[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> MOST IMPORTANT THING IS MAKING SURE WE GET THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE VOTERS.

>> A DAY LONG CAMPAIGN LAUNCH FOR THE MAYOR'S SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

WE GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF TODAY'S EVENTS.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN DO.

>> A WAY TO KEEP GUNS FROM PEOPLE DEEMED UNSAFE BUT IT IS SELDOM USED.

DETAILS ON ILLINOIS' RED FLAG LAW.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM LOOKS HOW THE RECALL OF SAN FRANCISCO'S PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR RAISED IN CHICAGO MAY AFFECT RACES HERE.

>> CLIMATE REFUGEES COULD FLOCK TO THE MIDWEST WHY SOME ARE CALL CHICAGO A SAFE HAVEN.

>> AS SUMMER SWINGS IN FULL GEAR A LOOK AT THE STATE'S BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY.

>> FANTASTICAL FOLK ART CREATURES MADE A BIG DEBUT AT WHEATON'S CAN TINY PARK.

>> AND OCEAN VUONG TALKS ABOUT THE LARGER THAN LIFE LEGACY OF MILES DAVIS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., A CANDIDATE FOR A TOP COOK COUNTY OFFICE HAS BEEN KICKED OFF THE BALLOT DESPITE EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY DOWNTOWN.

A RULING FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT APPELLATE COURT STATES THAT CARMEN NAVARRO GERCONE CANNOT RUN FOR COOK COUNTY SHERIFF BECAUSE SHE WAS QUOTE STATUTORILY UNQUALIFIED TO BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF AT THE TIME SHE FILED HER NOMINATION PAPERS.

LAST MONTH, CARMEN NAVARRO GERCONE WAS ALLOWED BACK IN THE RACE AFTER INITIALLY GETTING KICKED OFF OF THE BALLOT UNDER A LAW REQUIRING ANYONE RUNNING FOR SHERIFF IN ILLINOIS TO BE A CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

ELECTION DAY BALLOTS ARE ALREADY PRINTED WITH CARMEN NAVARRO GERCONE'S NAME ON IT.

THE BOARD OF ELECTION SPOKESPERSON SAYS VOTES CAST WILL NOT COUNT AND THERE WILL BE SIGNS SAYING CARMEN NAVARRO GERCONE IS NOT OFFICIALLY A CANDIDATE PENDING GUIDANCE FROM THE COURT.

TOM DART IS SEEKING HIS FIFTH TERM IN OFFICE.

>> THE APPLICANTS ARE IN TO FILL THE VACANT 24TH WARD CITY COUNCIL SEAT.

19 PEOPLE APPLIED TO REPLACE SCOTT, INCLUDING MONIQUE SCOTT HIS SISTER.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND THE ALDERMAN'S REPLACEMENT.

SCOTT RESIGNED THIS MONTH TO TAKE A POSITION WITH CINESPACE.

>> CHICAGO POLICE SAY A MAN WIELDING A MACHETE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OVER A NINE-DAY PERIOD.

ANDRE GONZALES WAS ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BAIL DURING A HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.

>> OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK UTILIZING VIDEO AND INTERVIEWING WITNESSES TO IDENTIFY GONZALES.

THE FACTS OF THE CASE WERE PRESENTED TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND APPROVED FOR THE COUNTS OF ARMED ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.

>> GONZALES IS DUE BACK IN COURT ON JUNE 15TH.

>> UP NEXT A LOOK AT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S WIRL WIND REELECTION TOUR ACROSS THE CITY.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WASTED NO TIME BEFORE HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER MAKING HER REELECTION BID OFFICIAL.

LIGHTFOOT SPENT THE DAY ON A WHISTLE STOP TOUR OF THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND BRISTLED AT SUGGESTIONS SHE FACES HEADWINDS IN HER BID FOR A SECOND TERM AS MAYOR.

HEATHER CHERONE JOINING US WITH MORE.

LIGHTFOOT MADE FIVE STOPS TODAY.

AND GREETED BY CITY GRANTS, FRIENDLY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ENDORSERS.

AMID THE WARM RECEPTION, SHE PUSHED BACK ON SUGGESTIONS THAT SHE FACES ' UPHILL CLIMB TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE REELECTED MAYOR IN CHICAGO.

>> I AM A BLACK WOMAN IN WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT EASY AND WE ARE VIEWED BY A DIFFERENT LENS IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE NOT READY FOR THE FIGHT.

NO ONE ELSE HAS A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH UNCHALLENGES UNPRECEDENTED WE'VE HAD AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF TELLING THAT STORY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

HATERS ARE GOING TO HATE.

HATERS ARE GOING TO HATE.

>> HEATHER WHY FRAME THE REELECTION THIS WAY?

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS ATTEMPTING TO CLAIM THE IMAGE R MANTLE OF AN OUTSIDER FIGHTING AGAINST THE FORCES IN CHICAGO THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITY THAT SHE VOWED IN 2019 TO REDUCE BUT REMAINS A VERY PRESENT.

SHE IS HOPING ALSO TO MAKE AN ASK OF THAT COMBATIVE PERSONALITY WE HAVE GROWN SO FAMILIAR WITH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CAST HERSELF AS THE CHICAGO POLITICIAN WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO THROW ELBOWS IF IT MEANS GETTING THE JOB DONE FOR CHICAGOANS.

>> AND WE REMEMBER THE FIRST CAMPAIGN, THE HALLMARKS IN ED BURKE, ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE, POLICE REFORM.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE SIMILAR CAMPAIGN PLATFORM ITEMS THAT SHE WILL RUN ON THIS TIME?

>> WELL, I ASKED HER THAT QUESTION IN TWO WAYS AND DID NOT GET AN ANSWER.

IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT SHE IS GOING TO PUT AT THE HEART OF HER PITCH TO VOTERS FOR A SECOND TERM.

AS MAYOR OF CHICAGO, AND WE WILL HAVE TO SEE AS THAT DEVELOPS AS OF COURSE SHE ALREADY HAS FIVE CHALLENGERS AND IT'S SURE TO BE A HARD, FOUGHT RACE.

>> PUBLIC SAFETY A HUGE ISSUE.

DID SHE LAYOUT ANY NOTION OF A CRIME PLAN?

>> NO.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REDUCTION OF CRIME WAS HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING NEW FROM HER TODAY.

SHE FIERCELY DEFENDED SUPPORT DAVID BROWN AS THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TOOK A SWING AT THE COOK COUNTY COURT SYSTEM SAYING THAT PEOPLE CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES MUST BE HELD ON PRETRIAL RETENTION EVEN THOUGH BAIL IS A HALLMARK OF OUR COMOKIC SYSTEM.

>> -- DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.

>> WE WILL SEE YOU LATER FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS WHERE WE'LL TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WEIGH MEASURES TO PROTECT THENCE MASS SHOOTINGS, ONE OPTION IS A SO-CALLED RED FLAG LAW.

ILLINOIS ALREADY HAS ONE BUT DOES IT WORK?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

>> PARIS, THIS IS A DEBATE THAT HAS TAKEN ON A TRUE SENSE OF URGENCY AFTER A GUNMAN ARMED WITH AR-15S KILLED 19 STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS.

THE SHOOTER HAD EXHIBITED PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR SHARING PLANS FOR A MASSACRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WARNING SIGNS.

AND THAT IS WHERE SOME BELIEVE A RED FLAG LAW COULD COME INTO EFFECT.

I ASKED DUKE MED SCHOOL'S PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT AND THE FIREARMS CENTER WHAT A RED FLAG LAW IS.

>> THE POPULAR TERM FOR WHAT MEMBERS OF THE POLICY NERD BRIGADE REFER TO AS AN EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER LAW.

IT BOILS DOWN TO, IT'S A CIVIL RESTRAINING ORDER THAT GIVES POLICE OFFICERS CLEAR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO REMOVE FIREARMS FROM A PERSON WHO IS MANIFESTLY POSING A RISK OF HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS A CIVIL MEASURE NOT A CRIMINAL ONE AND THESE RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE TIME LIMITED.

IN ILLINOIS, GUNS COULD BE STRIPPED FROM SOMEONE DEEMED DANGEROUS TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO WEEKS OR UP TO SIX MONTHS.

THAT IS A SHORTER TIME-FRAME THAN IN OTHER STATES.

19 STATES DO HAVE RED FLAG LAWS.

REPRESENTATIVE KATHLEEN WILLIS SPONSORED ILLINOIS' IN 2018 AND SAYS NOT TO BE GLIB BUT THINK OF IT LIKE A SITUATION IN A COUNTRY WESTERN SONG.

>> THAT YOUR DOG GOT RUN OVER YOUR WIFE LEFT YOU AND YOUR LOST YOUR JOB ALL THESE THINGS ONE AT A TIME YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAM BUT EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE COULD PUT NEW A SPIN AND YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE A GUN IN YOUR NIGHT STAND DURING THOSE TIMES.

THIS ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE PRO-ACTIVE.

>> NOW, EVERY STATE'S MEASURE DIFFERS SOME.

BUT IN ILLINOIS ONLY A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEBODY LIVING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO FILE A PETITION FOR A FIREARM RESTRAINING ORDER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY LAWYER OR ATTORNEY, THERE'S NO COURT FEE.

THIS IS INTENTIONALLY MADE TO BE EASY AND QUICK.

IF A JUDGE DOES AGREE THAT THE PETITIONER PRESENTED GOOD EVIDENCE THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL TEMPORARILY TAKE AWAY THE INDIVIDUAL'S GUNS.

>> RED FLAG LAWS UNDOUBTEDLY VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WHICH IS UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.

AND SO A PERSON IS ACCUSED THEY DON'T KNOW THEY ARE ACCUSED.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POLICE OR SOMEBODY COMES AND TAKES THEIR FIREARMS AWAY AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> NOW, GUN OWNER DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST THAT REMOVAL.

AND ILLINOIS REQUIRES THAT A COURT TAKE THAT UP WITHIN 14-DAYS' TIME BUT THE STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S RICHARD PEARSON SAYS IT WOULD BE FOLEY TO GO TO COURT WITHOUT A LAWYER.

EVEN IF THE GUN OWNER DOES SUCCEED IT COSTS TIME AND MONEY.

HE SAYS THAT ILL MEANING RELATIVE TO FILE A RED FLAG PETITION OUT OF VINDICTIVENESS.

ALL STATES SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE PROTECTIONS LIKE ILLINOIS' IN WHICH SOMEONE WHO FILES A PETITION FRAUDULENTLY COULD BE CHARGED WITH PERJURY.

MAKING SURE THERE IS NO INDICATIVENESS USED HERE.

TEXAS DOES NOT HAVE A RED FLAG LAW BEFORE THAT MASS SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS.

BUT NEW YORK DOES HAVE A RED FLAG LAW.

PIERSON POINTS OUT IT DID NOT STOP THE BUFFALO SHOOTER DESPITE HIS ALSO HAVING HAD EXHIBITED WARNING SIGNS AND EXTREMISM.

I ASKED DUKE SWANSON DO RED FLAGS WORK?

>> SIMPLE SOUNDING QUESTION.

I WISH IT HAD A SIMPLE ANSWER.

I WOULD SAY THEY CAN WORK.

AND THEY DO WORK, BUT I WILL PUT CONDITIONS AROUND IT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WORK IF YOU JUST PASS THE LAW AND NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

AND NOBODY USES IT.

THEY HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

THEY HAVE TO -- THERE HAS TO BE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT OR YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE YOUR NEW BILL AND PUT IT IN THE BOTTLE AND THROW IT IN THE OCEAN.

>> AND DENYSE WANG STONEBACK IS A FIRST TERM STATE LAWMAKER NOW IN A CONTEST FOR REELECTION AND WERE CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT USING THIS TOOL ENOUGH.

CBS NEWS CITES RESTRAINING ORDERS IN ILLINOIS WERE USED 150 TIMES IN 2020 AND 37 TIMES LAST YEAR.

A LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS MONTH, A WEEK AGO AS OF TODAY, DOES REQUIRE POLICE TO BE TRAINED ANNUALLY ON THE RED FLAG LAW AND ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT CREATE AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

THE NEW STATE BUDGET WILL ALLOCATE $1 MILLION TOWARDS SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT IT.

>> WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT PEOPLE THERE IS SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN DO IF THEY HEAR OF SOMEONE THAT IS MAKING THREATS AND WE KNOW THAT OVER HALF OF MASS SHOOTERS GIVE ONE WARNING SIGN ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THESE MASSACRES.

IF WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT THIS IS A RESOURCE, THIS IS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX THAT PEOPLE HAVE, IF THEY ARE A FAMILY MEMBER THEY CAN PETITION THE COURT DIRECTLY.

IF THEY ARE NOT A FAMILY MEMBER THEY CAN GO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THERE ARE OTHER MEANS OF KEEPING A FIREARM AWAY FROM SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE DANGEROUS.

IF YOU HAVE A FELONY YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A FOID CARD AND THE RED FLAG DOES, AGAIN, WHILE ILLINOIS' RED FLAG HAS THAT SMALL CIRCLE THOSE WHO CAN GO TO COURT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.

AND POLICE HAVE MEANS TO INTERVENE AND STALKING OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDERS THAT COULD LEAD TO GUN REMOVAL FROM SOMEONE SUBJECT TO THEM.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> FIRST, A NEW STUDY CONCLUDES THAT COOK COUNTY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE PLACES FOR THOSE ESCAPING THE EXTREME EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

REFUGEES SEEKING MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENTS LOOK TO CITIES ACROSS THE MIDWEST BUT IS THE MIDWEST A SAFE HAVEN?

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING AND THE INFLUX OF CLIMATE REFDIES ARE SABINA SHAIKH AND KAREN WEIGERT, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND RESPONSIBILITY AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY.

SABINA SHAIKH, THIS STUDY CAME FROM THE BLOG HIRE A HELPER AND SHOWED 1% OF PEOPLE MOVING FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MOVED TO COOK COUNTY AND THAT PLACED IT 7TH ON ITS LIST.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I THINK THAT IT'S A BIT HARD TO DISENTANGLE THE REASONS PEOPLE MOVE SOMEWHERE.

I THINK ATTRIBUTING IT TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO DO.

AND SO I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION GROWTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY MANY OF THE CITIES AND STATES THAT ARE SEEING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST CLIMATE RISKS.

AND THE RISKS HAVE NOT OUTWEIGHED THE OTHER REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING.

WE MAY SEE THIS GOING FORWARD.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BURDEN OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT EQUAL AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WHO CANNOT MOVE AND THEY SOMETIMES GET LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.

>> SOME OF THE CITIES MIGHT HAVE SEEN AN OUTFLOW BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE PROBABLY SAW A GREATER INFLOW FOR OTHER REASONS.

KAREN WEIGERT THAT STUDY CONCLUDED 40-50,000 PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR RISK COUNTIES PER YEAR.

WHERE ARE THE CITIES?

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A YEAR LIKE 2050 AND BEYOND?

>> WELL, ALSO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU.

IT IS A CRITICAL CONVERSATION.

AND IT'S UP WITH WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND ULTIMATELY HOW CAN WE PREVENT THEM.

IF WE LOOK THE THE IMPACT CERTAINLY COASTAL AREAS HAVE CHALLENGES WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND WITH CLIMATE FUELED STORMS COMING OFF THE WATER.

THOSE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.

AND THOSE WHO HAVE THE FEWEST RESOURCES ARE IMPACTED THE MOST.

YOU HAVE THE SHOCK OF A STORM AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CHRONIC OF SEA LEVEL RISE HAPPENING.

THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE COAST.

OUT WEST YOU HAVE EXTREME HEAT WITH THE WILDFIRES.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE ITSELF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE AND IT DOES VARY BY REGION.

AND WE ARE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE HERE BUT IN MANY WAYS THOSE IMPACTS HAVE NOT REACHED THAT LEVEL OF WILDFIRES OR HURRICANES.

BUT WE HAVE ABSOLUTE CHALLENGES AROUND HEAT, AROUND STORMS AND THEY ARE EQUALLY FELT WITHIN OUR OWN CITY.

WE'LL SEE A LOT OF CHANGE BUT I LIKE THE BROADER QUESTION HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS DRIVING THAT CHANGE AND GET AHEAD OF IT AND SUPPORT THOSE IMPACTED NOW.

>> SABINA SHAIKH, WHAT ABOUT THE NOTION THAT CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST CONSIDERED A CLIMATE REFUGE WHEN YOU HAVE STUDIES THAT TALK ABOUT THE FAST RISE AND DROP IN LAKE LEVELS AND FLOODING AS WE MENTIONED STORMS.

IS THIS REALLY A CLIMATE SAFE ZONE?

>> YEAH, I THINK WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WATER IN CHICAGO AND RIGHTLY SO.

CHICAGO ACTUALLY HAS A DEADLY HISTORY WITH HEATWAVES.

HEATWAVES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.

PEOPLE ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE WHEN THEY ARE LIVING WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AIR-CONDITIONING OR MODERN BUILDING DESIGNS OR ACCESS TO GREENSPACE THAT CAN MITIGATE HEAT EFFECTS.

MIDWEST AND CHICAGO PREPARES FOR THIS IN CITIES AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

AND IT WILL BE DISPROPORTIONATELY UNLESS WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL URBAN INJUSTICES OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> AND KAREN WEIGERT IS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS DOING A STUDY WHAT ARE THE WAYS A CITY LIKE CHICAGO CAN START TO GET AHEAD OF THESE QUESTIONS TO START MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> I PUT THEM IN TWO BIG BUCKETS.

THE FIRST IS HOW DO WE REDUCE EMISSIONS?

THE SAME QUESTION FOR ANYONE ON THE GLOBE.

ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE CARBON REDUCED ANYWHERE HELPS ALL OF US EVERYWHERE.

FOR THE CITY AND THEY CAME OUT WITH A PLAN LOOKING AT HOW DO WE REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM BATTLE, TRANSPORTATION AND HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE TO CREATE A GREEN ECONOMY THAT IS INCLUSIVE.

THOSE ARE CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT SECOND PART IS HOW DO WE BEGIN TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGES THAT ARE HERE?

YOU TALKED ABOUT LAKE LEVELS RISING AND HEAT AND THE HISTORY WE'VE HAD WITH HEAT EVENTS IN THE CITY.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THOSE TWO THINGS REDUCE OUR OWN EMISSIONS AND LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE STARTED.

AND INSURE THAT WE'RE CREATING SAFE, HEALTHY PLACES WHERE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THAT MEANS ACCESS TO COOLING STATIONS ON THE HOT DAYS.

AND MEANS BEING INTENTIONAL WHERE YOU PLANT TREES YOU ARE CREATING COOLING IN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE WILL NEED MORE OF IT.

>> SABINA SHAIKH WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE REFUGEES IN THE U.S. ABOUT WHAT ACROSS THE WORLD?

THERE MIGHT BE TENS OR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BECOME UNINHABBABLE.

WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE?

CLIMATE REFUGEE IS NOT A FORMAL TERM BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES THE CROSSING OF INTERNATIONAL BORDERS.

THERE'S EVIDENCE OF MOVEMENT ACROSS BORDERS DO TO TIME MATT HAZARDS AND THESE ACCUMULATED EVENTS THAT LEAD TO CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

WE'RE NOT SEEING IF -- IF WE DON'T SEE A BIG MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO A GIANT STORM WE'RE SEEING CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT ARE MAKING LIVING IN CERTAIN PLACES DIFFICULT.

SO I THINK ONE THING WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT THINK BEING THE WAY WE LIVE AND THE WAY WE DESIGN THE PACES WE LIVE.

SO PARTICULARLY CITIES.

CENTER URBAN ENVIRONMENTS WE SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CHANGING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OUR STREETS AND BUILDINGS AND TRANSIT.

AND THINKING ABOUT THAT MORE BROADLY.

THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE THE INEQUITABLE BURDENS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE LEAVING AND MORE UNINHABITABLE PLACES AND THE ONES THAT STAY BEHIND ARE THE ONES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO LEAVE.

LOTS OF CONSIDERATIONS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND FOR NOW OUR THANKS TO SABINA SHAIKH AND KAREN WEIGERT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, FANTASTICAL FORK ART CREATURES MAKE A DEBUT AT A LOCAL PARK.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> FROM EMBROIDERED TEXTILES TO POTTERY, MEXICO'S FOLK ART TRADITIONS BURST WITH THE BRILLIANT COLOR AND LIFE OF THE COUNTRY.

SOME OF THE TRADITIONS HAVE ORIGINAL GYPS REASONING BACK CENTURIES BUT ONE FOLK ART FORM IS NOT 100 YEARS OLD YET.

THE FANTASTICAL CREATURES WHICH DATE BACK TO THE 1930s.

THE ART FORM EXPLODED WHEN ONE WAS FEATURED IN THE 2017 DISNEY FILM COCO.

AND NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A WEST SUBURBAN PARK.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> YOU'RE NOT DREAMING.

GIANT FANTASTICAL CREATURES, TWO HEADED DOGS AND KANGAROOS ARE IN THE FLOWERS IN WHEATON'S CAN TINY PARK.

CAN LINNEY >> IF YOU'VE TRAVELED TO MEXICO YOU MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT HOME LIKE THIS LITTLE CAT.

BUT THE ONES ON DISPLAY ARE CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL ARTIST'S DREAM OF FANTASTICAL CREATURES THAT EXISTED IN HIS IMAGINATION AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

>> THE ARTISTS SAY THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AADORNMENTS CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.

>> HE CONSTRUCTED HIS A COMBINATION OF TUCAN, JAGUAR AND BUTTERFLY ARE RECYCLED MATERIALS LIKE PAPER AND PLASTIC BOTTLES HE SOLICITED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> THE VISITING ARTISTS HOPE THEIR BIG AND BRILLIANT ART WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MEXICO'S MANY ARTISTIC TRADITIONS.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> THE CREATURES OF A DREAM WORLD OPENED THIS SUNDAY.

THE FESTIVITY ALSO INCLUDE ARTISTS EVENTS, DANCE AND FOOD TRUCKS.

THE EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY THROUGH OCTOBER.

AND CAN YOU FIND MORE ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM LOOKS ATED KINDER, GENTLER SWEATER SIDE OF MAYORAL POLITICS.

AND OCEAN VUONG REIMAGINING WORKS BY MILES DAVIS.

>> AND IS CHICAGO REALLY A BICYCLE FRIENDLY CITY?

WE TAKE A LOOK AT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE PERMIT FOR THE AURORA PRIDE PARADE HAS BEEN PULLED WHICH NOW PROHIBITS THE PARADE FROM TAKING PLACE.

THE GROUP SAYS IN A STATEMENT THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT CLAIM IT IS CANNOT SUPPLY ENOUGH SWORN POLICE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE PARADE SECURITY.

AURORA POLICE SAID PRIVATELY RUN SPECIAL EVENTS REQUIRE OFFICERS TO WORK OUTSIDE REGULARLY ASSIGNED DUTIES AND THE CITY CANNOT FORCE WORKERS TO WORK EXTRA JOBS.

ORGANIZERS SAY THEIR POSITION HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED AND MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE PARADE GOING AS SCHEDULED.

>> A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WHO GOT INTO A CONFRONTATION LAST YEAR WITH A BLACK WOMAN WALKING HER DOG RESIGNED FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE "SUN-TIMES".

CELLPHONE VIDEO WENT VIRAL SHOWING THE OFFICER GRABBING BROWN AND THREATENING TO HANDCUFF HER WHILE SHE WAS WALKING HER DOG.

THE OFFICER RESIGNED BEFORE ANY FORMAL DISCIPLINARY CHARGES WERE IMPOSED.

THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WRAPPED UP ITS INVESTIGATION IN OCTOBER AND PASSED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN.

BROWN'S DECISION HAS BEEN PASSED ALONG TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW.

>> MORE THAN 77,000 POUNDS OF BANANAS ON DISPLAY BROKE A WORLD RECORD TODAY RIGHT HERE IN THE SUBURBS.

JEWEL-OSCO IN WESTMONT TEAMED UP WITH FRESH DELMONTY TO BREAK THE GUINESS WORLD RECORD.

IT TOOK THREE DAYS TO CREATE THIS WHICH ENDED UP HAVING MORE THAN 211,000 BANANAS.

THEY WERE DONATED TO THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK.

THAT STORY IS BANANAS.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT MAKES IT OFFICIAL.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND SO MUCH MORE IN OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> AND JOINING US NOW ARE HEATHER CHERONE AND AMANDA VINICKY.

WELCOME BACK TO THE BROADCAST MY FRIENDS.

SO HEATHER CHERONE YOU WERE FOLLOWING MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S BARNSTORMING TOUR ACROSS THE CITY.

WHAT WAS THE REACTION LIKE?

>> I'M NOT SURE SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ABSOLUTELY ANYONE WHO WASN'T VETTED AND HOLDING A CAMPAIGN SIGN.

THESE EVENTS WERE HIGHLY SCRIPTED AND TIGHTLY CONTROLLED.

AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR DID NOT WANT TO BE CONFRONTED WITH PROTESTORS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE PROTESTER AT THE LAST EVENT AT THE SIDEKICK IN LAKEVIEW IN NORTH HALSTED.

THAT WAS UPSET ABOUT HER RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT WHETHER THOSE CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES SHOULD BE HELD BEFORE TRIAL AND WHETHER THEY ARE GUILTY.

SO THAT WAS CLEARLY WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TRYING TO AVOID.

>> A CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT THERE A FEW DAYS BACK AND CHALLENGERS HAVE BEEN HITTING HER WITH HER BRASH STYLE THAT SHE ADDRESSED IN HER CAMPAIGN VIDEO.

>> THEY SAY I'M TOUGH.

THEY SAY I GET ANGRY.

THEY SAY SOMETIMES I TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY?

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> AMANDA VINICKY REMIND YOU OF ANOTHER MAYOR TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE RUBBED PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY?

>> YOU'RE REFERRING, I THINK, TO THE FUZZY SWEATER AD THAT FORMER MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL BECAME INFAMOUS FOR PERHAPS WHERE HE TRIED TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS WARM AND FUZZY.

AND SORT OF COMING FESSING UP, TALKING TO VOTERS FROM AS IF THEY ARE REAL.

IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE I THINK LIGHTFOOT AS YOU SEE IN THAT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IS TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT HER OFTEN AS HEATHER TALKED ABOUT THE PERSONALITY THAT WE'VE ALL COME TO KNOW AS SOMEWHAT TEMPERAMENTAL, BRASH BUT SHE DID IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SHE IS SAYING YES I AM AND YOU WANT ME TO BE LEANING INTO THE NOTION THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT THIS IS CRITICISM SHE BRIEFS SHE FACES BECAUSE SHE IS A BLACK WOMAN.

THAT FORMER MAYORS WHO HAD EQUALLY MAYBE TEMPTER.

AL REACTIONS DID NOT GET THE PUSHBACK.

AND CRITICS WILL SAY THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THEIR PROBLEM WITH LIGHTFOOT IT IS WITH HER POLICY.

AND YES, WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSONALITY THAT MEANS YOU CANNOT COMPROMISE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER FIGURES WITHIN CHICAGO.

BUT THAT IS WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO DO.

>> I REMEMBER RAHM EMANUEL SAYING, YEAH, I RUB PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY I OWN THAT.

SIMILAR HERE IN THIS REELECTION VIDEO.

THERE WAS AN ELECTION LAST NIGHT ELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT SPECIFICALLY IN LOS ANGELES.

PRIMARY ELECTION WHERE A FORMER REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMAN WENT TO A RUNOFF AGAINST CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS AND HAD THE RECALL OF A PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR WHO IS CHICAGO BORN BUT THE PROSECUTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FOLKS IF SAN FRANCISCO CITED THE HIGH CRIME FOR THE RECALL.

DOES THAT -- DO THOSE RESULTS ECHO HERE IN CHICAGO AT ALL?

>> I CERTAINLY THINK EVERYBODY THINKS THAT IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HEARD MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAY THAT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY WAS HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

TODAY AND IF SHE WINS THE SECOND TERM.

I DO THINK THE HIGH PROFILE CASES TEND TO SORT OF SCRUB OFF THE LOCAL ISSUES.

IN ANOTHER LIFETIME I COVERED POLITICS IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE BAY AREA NEXT DOOR TO SAN FRANCISCO ISAL MITT TA COUNTY AND THEY ELECTED A PREROGATIVE PROSECUTOR AT THE SAME TIME THAT CHESA BOUDIN WAS RECALLED.

AND NOW THAT THE LA MAYOR'S RACE IS GOING TO A RUNOFF, RICA RUSSO, THE BUSINESSMAN WILL FACE A CHALLENGE FROM KAREN BASS WHO HAS EMBRACED PROGRESSIVE POLITICS IN LOS ANGELES.

AND HE WAS REALLY THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE AND THE VOTE MAY HAVE SORT OF SPLIT UP ANUNGE THE PROGRESSIVES.

THE SECOND ROUND COULD BE DIFFERENT.

>> ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL.

I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT.

HEATHER IS RIGHT WE CAN PONTIFICATE AND SAY DOES THIS APPLY TO CHICAGO?

NONETHELESS, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE CAMPAIGN MANAGERS AND CANDIDATES WHO ARE EYEING THAT.

SO IT DOES REVERBERATE IN THE CITY CAMPAIGNS AND STATE CAMPAIGNS AS WELL.

THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE YOU ARE SEEING TALK ABOUT CRIME AND CANDIDATES ALL TRYING TO FEEL THINGS OUT.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT, AMANDA, EACH CITY IS DIFFERENT.

PHILADELPHIA REELECTED A PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DIFFERENT.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PORTEND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN CHICAGO.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT MADE HER FIRST CAMPAIGN ABOUT POLICE REFORM, PUSHING FOR THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY OVERSIGHT.

I WONDER IF THIS CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO BE A MORE PRO LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPE OF CAMPAIGN GIVEN THE CRIME ISSUES IN THE CITY.

ALSO SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO APPOINT A NEW ALDERPERSON FOR THE 24TH WARD AS MICHAEL SCOTT LEFT TO TAKE A JOB AT CINESPACE.

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES SO FAR?

>> THERE ARE 19 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOSSED THEIR HAT INTO THE RING.

INCLUDING MONIQUE SCOTT MICHAEL SCOTT'S SISTER.

HIS CHIEF OF STAFF AND CREE ACTIVE NOT RELATED TO EITHER SCOTT BUT WHO FINISHED SECOND IN THE 2019 ALDERMANIC ELECTIONS.

THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT THE MAYOR AND HER SCREENING COMMITTEE WILL NOW HAVE TO SORT THROUGH.

SHE HAS A COUPLE WEEKS TO MAKE A DECISION.

BUT WHOEVER GETS THE NOD WILL GET A LEG UP IF THEY CHOOSE TO RUN FOR A FULL TERM IN 2023.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PARIS, WE'VE SEEN IT TIME AND AGAIN ALDERPEOPLE RESIGNING, APPOINTING THEIR FAVORED SUCCESSOR AND HELPING THEM SORT OF GET A HEADSTART THAT COULD BE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

>> IT HAPPENS AT ALL LEVELS OF POLITICS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALL THE TIME AS YOU BOTH KNOW.

ANOTHER FORMER ALDERPERSON PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON HE IS CONVICTED HE IS ASKING FOR NO PRISON TIME FOR HIS TAX EVASION CHARGE.

PROSECUTORS WANT TWO YEARS.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE WILL FALL?

>> I HESITATE TO PUT MYSELF IN THE HANDS OF ANYBODY WEARING A ROBE.

BUT I'M GOING TO VENTURE THAT OF COURSE THAT IS WHAT DALEY'S TEAM IS PUSHING FOR.

THEY SAY HE FACED PLENTY OF PUNISHMENT AS IS IN THE SENSE HE WAS STRIPPED OF HIS ALDERMANIC SEAT, THE DALEY NAME DRUG THROUGH THE MUD.

THAT HE ISN'T ABLE TO VOTE, TOO AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

FELONY CONVICTION YOU CANNOT HAVE A GUN IN ILLINOIS.

HE IS FACING A LOT THERE.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IN JULY.

I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A SENTIMENT ON THE PART OF JUDICIARY AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER RECENT CORRUPTION CASES TO CRACKDOWN IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL YOU ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, PERIOD.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND THE GOVERNOR'S RACE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

AURORA MAYOR AND CANDIDATE RICHARD IRVIN THE CAMPAIGN HAD NEWS THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR ADVERTISING STRATEGY.

AND THEY HAVE SO MANY ADS UP FUNDED BY THE MILLIONS FROM KEN GRIFFIN.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THEIR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD AND WHY THE CHANGE?

>> SO WE ARE -- THEY ARE STILL UP IN AIR IN CHICAGO.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WHEN "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS NOT ON AND TURN AWAY FROM WTTW, THE COMMERCIALS ON A COMMERCIAL STATION THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

IT'S DOWN STATE THE ADS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND THE CAMPAIGN SAYS HEY THE VOTING ELECTORATE IS IN CHICAGO AT LEAST 52% OF IT.

I THINK YOU CAN READ THIS HOWEVER AS A SIGN THEY ARE CEDING TO DOWN STATE WHERE DESPITE A LOT OF ATTEMPTS BY THE IRVIN CAME TO PAINT BAILEY AND SULLIVAN AS ANTI-TRUMP AND AS DEMOCRATS DECIDE THEY ARE NOT WORKING.

GRIFFIN STILL HAS MONEY TO PLAY WITH.

WHAT HE IS RUNNING OUT OF IS TIME.

>> CEDING DOWN TO FOLKS LIKE BAILEY OR SULLIVAN WHO MAYBE THEY THINK WILL WIN THE DOWN STATE VOTE BUT THERE ARE A HUGE CHUNK OF VOTERS IN THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.

AND WE LEARNED THAT AURORA IS PULLING THE PERMIT FOR THE PRIDE PARADE.

BECAUSE IT CAN'T GET POLICE OFFICERS.

AND MAYOR IRVIN GOT INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT IN THIS.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, SO THIS STARTED WHEN RICHARD IRVIN SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT MARCH IN THE PRIDE PARADE BECAUSE ORGANIZERS ASKED AURORA POLICE OFFICERS TO NOT WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS DURING THE EVENT.

AND MAYOR IRVIN SAID IF THEY ARE NOT INVITED I'M NOT COMING AND THAT HAS LED TO AN ISSUE WHERE THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS 20 OFFICERS SHORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARADE GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

HOWEVER, WITHOUT THOSE OFFICERS AND THAT IS CERTAINLY PART OF HIS HUB-BUB VOLUNTEERING TO WORK OVERTIME LEFT IT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A LURCH.

THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT ISSUES OF GAY RIGHTS AND PRIDE PARADES HAVE BECOME FAR MORE POLITICAL AND CONTROVERSIAL THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.

AND IT IS AN INDICATION, I THINK WHAT A HOT BUTTON ISSUE THIS ISSUE IS FOR SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR STATE-WIDE OFFICE AS A REPUBLICAN.

>> WE SHOULD MENTION THAT WE OBTAINED TEXT MESSAGES THAT IRVIN SENT TO A CITY EMPLOYEE WE PRESENTED THAT STORY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HIS DISTASTE FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2 HO 19.

AND ALSO, HE DEFENDS HAVING A PRIDE PA PRAYED SAY -- PARADE AND HAS A DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF THAT PARADE.

ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE IRVIN IS AT ODDS WITH THE MAYOR IRVIN OR HIS RECORD.

>> ALSO TRYING TO SHOW ANOTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUE, CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IRVIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE BLUE.

>> A LOT OF POLITICS AT PLAY.

WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO HEATHER CHERONE AND AMANDA VINICKY.

>> AND REMINDER THAT ILLINOIS' PRIMARY ELECTION IS THREE WEEKS AWAY.

CHECK OUT OUR 2022 VOTER GUIDE THAT LAUNCHED THIS WEEK.

YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES IN THEIR OWN WORDS WHY THEY WANT YOUR VOTE.

YOU CAN FIND YOUR POLLING LOCATION ON ELECTION DAY.

>> AND UP NEXT, THE LEGENDARY LEGACY OF MILES DAVIS.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> JAZZ GREAT MILES DAVIS IS THE FOCUS OF A CONCERT THIS WEEKEND AT THE KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

IT'S PART OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC AND THE ARTS CENTER.

JOINS US ARE OCEAN VUONG ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC AND VANESSA STOKES DIRECTOR OF THE CUSTOMERN CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

>> OCEAN VUONG WELCOME BACK.

I AM A FAN OF YOURS AND THIS SOUNDS AMAZING.

YOU ARE GOING TO DO TWO ICONIC ALBUMS OF MILES DAVIS.

WHAT ARE THE LEGACY OF THESE TWO WORKS?

>> OH, MY GOODNESS, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THE -- EVERYBODY HAS BLUE, BUT PROBABLY THE ONE CD THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE INTRODUCED TO JAZZ FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT'S THE HIGHEST SELLING JAZZ RECORD OF ALL TIME.

AT THE TIME THE COUNTRY WAS LITERALLY FALLING APART BECAUSE OF PRECIVIL RIGHTS AND ALL THE ANGER AND HOSTILITY IN THE NATION.

BUT YET MILES DAVIS PUTS OUT THE COOLEST RECORD OF ALL TIME.

>> AND A RECORD THAT IS SO ICONIC.

PLAYING HIS A MOTIVE.

>> VANESSA STOKES WE MENTIONED THIS IS HAPPENING IN AUSTIN AT THE KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS THIS IS A NEW CULTURAL CENTER TELL US ABOUT IT AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME AND HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF ORB CAROL OSHANA OBERT DAVIS.

>> I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THERE IS A LOT OF AMAZING JUST NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THE KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

SO A FEW YEARS AGO WEEK FULLY FUNDED TO CREATE A $5 MILLION COMPLETELY VEN R RENOVATED STATE-OF-THE-ART THEATRE ON THE WEST SIDE.

AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST AMAZING LANDMARKS WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY.

AND IT WAS EMPTY FOR 50 YEARS.

VERY LONG TIME.

AND JUST IT'S CONNECTED TO A SCHOOL CATALYST SCHOOL AND THAT SCHOOL DECIDED IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO RENOVATE IT FOR THE SCHOOL.

IN THIS PROCESS, REALIZE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY SPACE.

I STEPPED INSIDE IN 2019 AND WAS BLOWN AWAY.

I FELT LIKE I WAS DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

AND I LITERALLY BUGGED THEM UNTIL THEY PUT ME ON THE BOARD.

BECAUSE A SPACE LIKE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE WEST SIDE IS JUST HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN DECADES.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY OBERT DAVIS YOU PLAYED AT THE CIVIC CENTER WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO PARTNER WITH THE KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS?

>> WELL, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF KIND OF IDENTITY CRISIS IF YOU WILL.

FIGURING OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT IS THIRD STREAM, THE BLENDING OF CLASSICAL AND JAZZ.

AND WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER WE DO WHETHER IT BE IN EDUCATION OR PERFORMANCE, CHANGE HAPPENS.

CHANGE IN LIFE, CHANGE IN COMMUNITY, CHANGE IN CREATIVE PRACTICE AND CHANGE IN THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MUSICIANS AND THE AUDIENCE.

BUT WHAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US WAS THAT WE THINK OF THE CONCEPT CHANGE IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU PAY FOR SOMETHING.

WHEN WE PLAYED AT VARIOUS DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS, TICKETS WERE $50.

HOW DO WE CREATE CHANGE FOR THE COMMUNITY IF IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS THAT IS AROUND THE TIME COVID HIT BUT IT WAS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND WE NEED TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PERFORM.

AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MUSIC SHOULD BE.

AND THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS FUNDERS WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND PROVIDE THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> AND VANESSA STOKES AS I UNDERSTAND THE TICKETS ARE THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF A DOLLAR IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THEY ARE $1.

>> AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROGRAMMING AT KEHREIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO HAVE ORBERT DAVIS TO PLAY MILES DAVIS CLASSICS?

>> I THINK THIS IS THE THING THAT IS MISSING IN COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

IS CULTURE.

AND WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO GO SEE THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND TO HEAR MUSIC LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY ICONIC MUSICIANS TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO SHARE IN THEIR PROCESS IN THEIR MUSIC.

I THINK IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER.

>> ORBERT DAVIS YOU DESCRIBED ONE OF THE ALBUMS KIND OF BLUE, THE TOP SELLING JAZZ ALBUM AND THE JARRINGLY DIFFERENT SKETCHES OF SPAIN.

WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF SKETCHES OF SPAIN TO YOU?

>> GOODNESS, IT'S BEEN A PIECE THAT HAUNTED ME FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.

I PERFORMED IT WITH THE CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND I SAY THAT I PLAYED THE ROLE OF MILES DAVIS.

BECAUSE WHEN MILES DAVIS APPROACHES ANY MUSIC IT'S DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO EMULATE THAT WITHOUT BEING SARCASTIC TO SOUND LIKE MILES.

AND THERE IS A CRITICISM OF GOING ONE'S OWN WAY WHEN MILES SET THE PACE ALREADY.

BUT I'VE SPENT YEARS AND YEARS STUDY TO GO NOT ONLY AS A TRUMPET PLAYER BUT AN ARRANGER.

I THINK THAT PIECE IS THE CENTER OF WHERE JAZZ MEETS CLASSICAL MUSIC.

THE INCREDIBLE WRITING OF GILL EVANS AND THE PHENOMENAL PERFORMING OF MILES DAVIS.

THERE ARE MOMENTS IN THE TRUMPET PART WHERE IT'S HARD TO TELL WHETHER MILES IS IMPROVISING OR GILL EVANS WROTE IT.

I TOOK A LOT OF LIBERTIES WITH THE FIRST AND FIFTH MOVEMENT.

BUT THEN MORE SO IN THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH MOVEMENT WHERE I DISSECTED WHAT THEY WROTE AND INCLUDED TWO ORIGINALS AND A STRING QUARTET AND CHANGED THE INSTRUMENTATION AS WELL.

>> I THINK JAZZ HAS TO MOVE TOWARD THE FUTURE AS WELL.

THE CLASSICAL PART OF US WANTS TO PLAY EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN PLAYED BEFORE US BUT THE JAZZ PART IS INVAF.

>> AND MILES DAVIS DID NOT WANT HIS PLAYERS TO REHEARSE THAT MUCH BEFORE.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO ACHIEVE THAT TOTAL FREEDOM WHEN TRYING TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT?

>> ALL I CAN SAY IS I HAVE THE RIGHT GUYS WITH ME THAT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

IT'S REALLY BEING -- PLAYING THIRD STREAM IS BEING THIRD STREAM.

CLASSICAL AND JAZZ AND I HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING A STUDIO MUSICIAN WHEN ANY GIVEN DAY I WAS CALLED TO DO ANYTHING WHETHER IT SOUND LIKE MILES OR LEWIS ARMSTRONG OR THE TRUMPET SECTION OF EARTH, WIND AND FIRE.

AND AND CLASSICAL.

I WAS NOT FOREIGN TO BE DIFFERENT ALL THE TIME.

SO I THINK WHAT WE HEAR -- I WILL TELL YOU A QUICK STORY.

FOR KIND OF BLUE, WE DID A CONCERT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE TOOK THE KIND OF BLUE AND SAID LET'S CREATE A NEW KIND OF BLUE ON THE SPOT.

AND I DECIDED WITH THIS CONCERT TO USE THE ARRANGEMENT WE DID FOR THAT.

WE'RE TAKING THE FIVE MILES DAVIS PIECES AND PLAYING THEM IN TOTALLY DIFFERENT STYLES.

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN JAZZ.

>> THAT IS WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SHOWS.

THANKS TO ORBERT DAVIS AND VANESSA STOKES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND SKETCHES OF BLUE AN ORBERT DAVIS TRIBUTE IS THIS SUNDAY.

UP NEXT, A CONVERSATION ABOUT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY HOSTED BY MICHAEL PUENTE THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

INCONSISTENT PATCHWORK OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES CAN MAKE CHICAGO STREETS A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR BICYCLISTS.

FROM 12-2019 AN AVERAGE OF FIVE TO SIX BICYCLISTS WERE KILLED EVERY YEAR IN CHICAGO.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC THAT NUMBER TICKED UP TO NINE DEATHS IN 2020 AND 10 DEATHS IN 2021.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, THREE BICYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY CARS.

AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AGENCY REPORTED A 25% JUMP IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS FROM 2020-2021.

BUT DESPITE THE CITY'S PLAN TO DO MORE TO PROTECT CYCLISTS, TRANSIT ADVOCATES SAY THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO TO MAKE THE STREETS A WELCOMING PLACE FOR BIKES.

MORE 0 LENA GUERRERO REYNOLDS, AUDREY WENNINK DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL.

AND RUTH ROSAS, A BICYCLING ADVOCATE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY NETWORK.

>> LENA GUERRERO REYNOLDS, YOU ARE A COMMUTER NEAR A NORTHWEST SIDE INTERSECTION THAT HAS BEEN THE SITE OF TWO FATALITIES IN RECENT YEARS.

DO YOU FEEL SAFE ON YOUR DAILY COMMUTE?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SCARY WHEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT COULD BE ANYONE OF US, RIGHT?

AND IT'S SAD, TOO, FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LOST SOMEONE.

I STILL THINK THAT BIKING IS THE BEST WAY TO GET AROUND TOWN IT'S EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE.

AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE SAFER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> RUTH ROSAS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN CHICAGO?

>> I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY GREAT IDEA IF THEY DO ACTUALLY GO FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE PLANS TO EXPAND THE BIKE NETWORK.

BUT I DO THINK THAT A LOT OF EQUITABLE PRACTICES NEED TO BE EMBEDDED INTO THE ACTUAL CREATION OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE MAKING SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND LEFT OUT OF CREATING A BICYCLE LANES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES OR HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OR INVISIBLIZED IN THE BICYCLING COMMUNITY NEED TO BE SOUTH OUT FOR INPUT ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

MAKING SURE THAT EQUITY IS AT THE FOREFRONT.

>> AUDREY WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE ALDERMEN PLAYING IN BICYCLISTS' PROTECTION.

>> THEY CAN BE A DEFINITE SOURCE FOR GOOD WHEN THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF BIKE LANES.

AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF INSTALLING PROTECTED BIKE LANES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT CYCLISTS ARE NOT RIDING ONLY WITH A STRIPE OF PAINT AS PROTECTION BUT IDEALLY HAVE A CONCRETE PROTECTED BIKE LANE SO THEY FEEL ACTUAL SAFE AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES COME OUT AND RIDE.

>> LENA GUERRERO REYNOLDS, WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO AVOID DANGEROUS ROUTES WHILE CYCLING?

AND IS IT DIFFERENT IN THE SUMMER COMPARED TO WINTER?

>> YEAH, I'VE GONE FAR OUT OF MY WAY ESPECIALLY IF I KNOW I'M RIDING LATER AT NIGHT OR WEEKENDS WHEN PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE INTOXICATED BEHIND THE WHEEL.

AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO LIKE TAKE THE LAKEFRONT TRAILER THE OFF STREET TRAILS, IT CAN BE MILES OUT OF OUR WAY.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE BIKING AS A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THEIR STORES, SCHOOLS, FAMILY HOUSES WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND NOT JUST IN THESE EDGES AND DISTANT PLACES THAT ARE HARD TO MAKE IT PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

PANDEMIC IN YOUR VIEW IMPACTED CYCLING PATTERNS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY?

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T MAYBE PREVIOUSLY CYCLING IN THE CITY SOUGHT OUT CYCLING AS A FORM OF GETTING AROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF MAYBE BEING IN PUBLIC TRANSIT DURING THE PANDEMIC OR THEY WANTED TO BE OUTSIDE AND SO MANY PEOPLE WENT OUT TO BIKE SHOPS AND GOT BIKES THAT CHANGED A LOT OF ACCESS TO CYCLING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND ALSO THE EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK ALLOWED PEOPLE TO ACCESS BIKES THAT PREVIOUSLY DID NOT HAVE BIKE STATIONS.

>> AUDREY, DO YOU THINK CHICAGO'S GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY VIEWS BICYCLING AS TRANSPORTATION VERSUS JUST RECREATION?

>> WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLANS THAT DO SAY THE RIGHT THINGS.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN LISTS SHIFTING PEOPLE TO SUSTAINABLE MODES AS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY.

HOWEVER THERE IS A COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDELINES POLICY AND THAT MEANS PRIORITIZING WHO IS THE PRIORITY ON EACH STREET?

AND THAT HIERARCHY IS SUPPOSED TO BE PEDESTRIANS ARE NUMBER ONE.

TRANSIT IS NUMBER TWO.

CYCLISTS ARE THREE AND CARS ARE LAST.

THAT WOULD MEAN THE WAY YOU ALLOCATE STREET SPACE, THE WAY YOU MANAGE SPEEDS, THE WAY YOU DESIGN ROADS, WOULD MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE AND SAFER AGAIN PRIORITIZING THE MORE VULNERABLE USE E., TRANSIT, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

AND I THINK THOSE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A DECADE AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY ON MOST STREETS IT FEELS THAT WAY.

>> LENA GUERRERO REYNOLDS, AS A BIKE COMMUTER HOW DO YOU THINK CAR DRIVERS REGARD YOU ON THE STREETS?

>> DEPENDS.

THERE'S DEFINITELY DANGEROUS FOLKS OUT THERE AND AGGRESSIVE FOLKS.

BUT EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES AND CAN BE DISTRACTED WE SHOULD HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT AND KEEPS YOU SAFE EVEN IN DANGEROUS CONFLICTING SITUATIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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9:00 P.M.

ANALYSIS ON THE PRIMETIME HEARING OF THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION ON CAPITOL HILL.

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