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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I FEEL BETTER TODAY THAN I HAVE THIS ENTIRE YEAR.

>> ONE YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC WE TALK ONE-ON-ONE WITH GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ABOUT THE ROAD AHEAD.

>> IT IS THE TALE OF TWO CITIES AS USUAL.

>> CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AFTER A MASS SHOOTING IN GREATER GRAND CROSSING OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL'S TAKEOVER OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" COULD BE DERAILED THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> WE ARE MISSING OUT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S VOICES AND IDEAS.

>> HOW TWO CHICAGO AREA INSTITUTIONS ARE HELPING PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED VISION AND BLINDNESS MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

>> CHICAGOANS WILL BE HAVING A BIT MORE SUNSHINE IN THEIR DAY THANKS TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BUT HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR SLEEP?

>> SOME [♪♪♪] >> A CLASSICAL MUSIC TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 88TH BIRTHDAY.

>> 91-88.

ILLINOIS IS THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPION.

>> MARCH MADNESS IS HERE TWO ILLINOIS TEAMS PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE BIG DANCE.

WE HAVE A PREVIEW.

>> SOME OF TODAY'S STOP STORIES.

MORE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE HIT HARDEST BY THE COVID SHUTDOWNS.

SUSANA MENDOZA AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED THE STATE WILL STOP DEDUCTING UNPAID FINES FROM TAX FILERS WHO GET THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

THE STATE DEDUCTS UNPAID TRAFFIC, PARKING, CHILD SUPPORT AND UNPAID FEES.

>> TODAY'S ACTION IS A NARROW TARGETED APPROACH TO PROVIDE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RELIEF TO LOW INMODERATE INCOME WORKING FAMILIES WHO NEED OUR HELP NOW.

>> AND THIS POLICY AFFECTS AS MANY AS 41,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE STATE AND COULD MEAN AN AVERAGE BOOST OF $363 PER PERSON.

AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE 782 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.

AND 12 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF MORE THAN 1.210 CASES.

AND THE POSITIVITY RATE IS 2.6%.

AND THE STATE LAUNCHES A PUBLIC HOTLINE TO MAKE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CALL BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. AND MIDNIGHT TO GET INFORMATION AND TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

HOTLINE WAS LAUNCHED ESPECIALLY TO HELP RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD TROUBLE MAKING APPOINTMENTS ON-LINE.

AND NOW TO AMANDA VINICKY FOR A ONE-ON-ONE WITH ILLINOIS' GOVERNOR.

AMANDA?

>> PARIS, IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TOOK THE EXTRAORDINARY STEP OF ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT PUT A STOP TO DINING AT RESTAURANTS AND BARS ACROSS ILLINOIS.

JUST FIVE DAYS LATER HE WOULD ANNOUNCE A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER THAT WOULD LAST MORE THAN TWO MONTHS.

SINCE THEN MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION ILLINOISANS HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS AND 29055 RESIDENTS DIED.

JOINING US TO REFLECT AND DISCUSS WHAT IS AHEAD IS ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US, GOVERNOR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SINCE THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER RESTAURANTS, BARS, MANY SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY AFLOAT.

CAN YOU GIVE THEM ILLINOISANS ASSURANCES THAT THE WORST IS BEHIND THEM?

>> YOU KNOW, I FEEL BETTER TODAY THAN I HAVE THIS ENTIRE YEAR.

AS YOU SEE OUR NUMBERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED.

THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL, GETTING SICK GOING ON A VENTILATOR, IN AN ICU WARD AND WE'VE GOTTEN MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED ON A PER CAPITA BASIS THAN ANY OTHER OF THE TOP 10 LARGEST STATES IN THE COUNTRY.

SO WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT AND THEIR ABILITY TO GO OUT TO A RESTAURANT AND BAR.

NOW IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> YOU TALKED THEN EARLY ON THAT SACRIFICE WOULD BE NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES.

UPON REFLECTION, WOULD YOU HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY FOR EXAMPLE EVEN SHOULD THAT INITIAL ORDER HAVE BEEN MORE TARGETED SO THAT IT COULD HAVE HELPED SMALL BUSINESSES NOT FAVOR BIG BOX STORES?

>> WELL, IT'S CERTAIN THAT IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW WE WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS HIT US AND WE ARE GETTING LITTLE GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT MUCH HELP AND BECAME A HINDERANCE ALONG THE WAY.

WE HAD TO REALLY FIND OUR OWN WAY AS A STATE AND I THINK WE DID SO AS BEST WE COULD.

CERTAINLY MY FOCUS ALL ALONG, MY NORTH STAR HAS BEEN KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE AND KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY WHILE KEEPING OUR ECONOMY GOING.

>> TYPICALLY AS GOVERNOR, YOU WOULD BE CHARGED WITH THAT SOLEMN DUTY OF ATTENDING WAKES, FUNERALS, MEMORIALS, STANDING BY HOSPITAL BEDSIDES AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE VIRUS.

HOW HAVE YOU HONORED ALL OF THOSE LIVES LOST PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW IF UNFORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN PERSONAL TO YOU?

>> WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS OF MINE THAT I'VE LOST TO THIS PANDEMIC.

AND A NUMBER THAT HAVE BEEN SICK AND RECOVERED.

SOME EVEN WITH LONG-HAULER SYNDROME.

WE HAD TWO MAJOR MEMBER SERVICES IN THE -- MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE STATE ONE IN SPRINGFIELD AND ONE IN CHICAGO TO HONOR THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF CORONAVIRUS.

BUT HONESTLY, I TRY TO HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO PASSED AND THOSE WHO GOTTEN SICK EVERYDAY.

I LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY.

WHAT I CAN DO TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE ACROSS THE STATE EVERYDAY, I WATCH THE NUMBERS CLOSELY.

AND I TRY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS BEST I CAN TO KEEP THE STATE MOVING FORWARD AND PROTECT EVERYBODY.

>> SPEAKING OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, THERE WERE A LOT OF GUIDELINES ISSUANCES OF RESTRICTIONS BASED ON CASES AND SUCH LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY THE OTHER DAY WHEN ASKED ABOUT EASING SOME OF THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS?

>> WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ALL THE TIME AS THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY SPECIFICS AS WE'RE IN THIS INTERMITTENT PERIOD WHEN ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE?

SPECTATORS ALLOWED IN BASEBALL STADIUMS 20% FULL WHAT ELSE?

BUSINESSES TELL US THEY WANT CERTAINLY, METRICS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ALL ALONG HERE, AMANDA.

THE 20% ATTENDANCE THAT BALL GAMES THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CHANGED IN THE RULES IN THE MITIGATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE EXPANDED AS YOU'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BE IN A BAR OR A RESTAURANT.

WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BRINGING BACK CERTAIN KINDS OF CONVENTIONS, CERTAINLY MAKING IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND THOSE CONVENTIONS.

AND WE'RE TALKING TO BUSINESSES CONSTANTLY ABOUT THE ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE BASED UPON THE SCIENCE AND THE METRICS THAT WE'VE SET OUT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING MORE ADJUSTMENTS AS THINGS GET BETTER BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE NOTE WE ARE NOT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC YET WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS THERE ARE VARIANTS WE KNOW THE U.K.

VARIANT IS PREVALENT NOW IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

AND WE'VE GOT THE BRAZILIAN AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANTS AND WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL, PRUDENT WHILE LOOKING AT OPENING UP THE STATE.

I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN I HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

>> YOU HAVE ISSUED 70 EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT DO ALLOW BUSINESSES SAY WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

THE REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE SENATE HAS A MEASURE THAT SAYS NO MORE IF AN EMERGENCY GOES PAST 30 DAYS YOU WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THAT EMERGENCY POWER INSTEAD IT WOULD TAKE WORKING WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ISSUE ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> WELL, LET ME START WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN WE HAVE A FLOOD, FLOOD DOESN'T DECIDE THAT IT'S OVER AFTER 30 DAYS.

PANDEMIC AS YOU'VE SEEN DOESN'T DECIDE IT'S OVER AFTER 30 DAYS.

AND YOU'RE TRULY DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY HERE.

AS WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

I'VE CONSULTED WITH THE LEGISLATURE ALONG THE WAY.

THEY HAVE ONLY MET FOR A FEW DAYS IN 2020.

AND A FEW DAYS IN 2021.

AND SO FRANKLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS TO MOVE FORWARD THEY'VE NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO LEAD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MOVING THE STATE FORWARD AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER CRITICISMS HAS BEEN THE ISSUE WITH THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY.

WE HAD A VIEWER CONTACT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SAYING THAT IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE HE FILED A CLAIM STILL WAITING FOR IT TO GET CERTIFIED HE HAS BEEN HUNG UP ON AND HE NO LONGER HAS ANY SAVES TO PAY THE RENT WHAT HAVE YOU.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL THIS INDIVIDUAL ABOUT HIS NOT JUST HIS UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS PER SE BUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT AGENCY AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME?

>> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOB IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BE TO GET THEM THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DESERVE.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN, WE HAD 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AS APPLIED DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED WE WOULD HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHER THAN THE GREAT RECESSION.

>> AND WE ARE A YEAR IN NOW.

>> AND FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY HAS GONE DOWN.

SO WHEN THIS CAME, A YEAR AGO, WE IMMEDIATELY ACTED AND WE STARTED BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE.

WE STARTED INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM NOW AND PEOPLE ARE BEING CALLED BACK FASTER.

TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WAITING I KNOW THERE ARE SOME UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE MORE CHALLENGING THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXIST DON'T FORGET WE HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADDING NEW PROGRAMS IN AND -- >> YOU ARE SAYING PATIENCE TO THIS INDIVIDUAL?

>> WHAT I'M SAY SOMETHING WE'RE GETTING BACK TO PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS HIT ALL OVER THE NATION LITERALLY EVERY STATE IN THE NATION HAS THIS SORT OF A CHALLENGE BUT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT AND IT'S GETTING BETTER.

>> A LOT OF FOLKS WANTING TO GET THE VACCINE WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO GET IT?

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AFTER ALL AND YOU ARE THE STATE'S GOVERNOR?

>> I AM ELIGIBLE AND I'VE SAID ALL ALONG I DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE LINE IN FRONT OF ANYBODY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE IN PHASE 1B PLUS ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR VACCINATION AND THEN I WILL GET MINE.

I'M STAYING SAFE.

I'M WEARING A MASK EVERYWHERE I GO.

FOLLOWING THE MITIGATIONS SO I'M HOPEFUL I WILL GET VACCINATED SOON ENOUGH.

>> WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THE STATE TO OPEN A HOTLINE THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY.

THERE'S BEEN FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN OVER THE PLACES TO SIGN UP.

WHY NOT HAVE A SIGN UP FROM THE ONSET?

>> WELL THERE IS A STATE-WIDE WEBSITE THAT IS CORONAVIRUS.ILLINOIS.GOV AND THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO FIND WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT AND WE HAVE HAD THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AVAILABLE BY PHONE.

>> NO CENTRAL SIGN UP.

REMEMBER WE HAVE A DECENTRALIZED PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

THEY DON'T ANSWER TO THE STATE THEY ANSWER TO THE LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.

WE OFFERED EVERYBODY THE SAME SOFTWARE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET APPOINTMENTS.

MANY OF THOSE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS CHOSE NOT TO USE THAT SOFTWARE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT IS A STATE-WIDE HOTLINE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND WE'VE GOT OUR WEBSITE THAT IS AVAILABLE.

>> GOVERNOR, ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE IN THE PAST YEAR, THE FORMER HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS NO LONGER THERE.

WHAT CAN CHANGE FOR YOUR PARTY NOW THAT SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN IS NO MORE?

>> WELL, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS.

I THINK THAT WE HAD A HISTORICAL ELECTION WITH TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN COMPETING BOTH OF THEM HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ELECTED OFFICIALS BOTH OF WHOM ARE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE IS REPRESENTED BY DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR THEM.

I WOULD POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN TO HELP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

IT WAS DEMOCRATS THAT LED THAT PLAN IT WAS DEMOCRATS THAT VOTED FOR THAT PLAN AND I'M PROUD OF THOSE DEMOCRATS AND I WILL HELP TO ELECT ALL OF THEM COME 2022.

>> AND GOVERNOR, A FINAL QUESTION.

YOU HAVE EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS.

WHAT IS THE STATE PLANNING FOR WHEN THAT IS OVER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A BUNCH OF RENT IS GOING TO BECOME DUE?

>> WELL, I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN THE NATION THAT WE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR AND NOW WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THERE IS MORE DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR RENT TO THEIR LANDLORDS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE CATCH UP ON THEIR RENT BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS DOWN.

I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE STATE PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION AT KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

>> WHILE A YEAR IN, WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH US, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AMANDA.

>> AND THIS THURSDAY WE'LL HAVE A ONE HOUR SPECIAL MARKING ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 SHUTDOWNS IN ILLINOIS.

WE'LL SHARE INSIGHTS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, HEAR FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND SHINE A LIGHT ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC.

THAT IS THIS THURSDAY AT 7:00 P.M. ON WTTW.

>> BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> 15 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND TWO KILLED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT WHAT POLICE DESCRIBED AS A POP-UP PARTY IN THE PARK MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALDER WOMAN JEANETTE TAYLOR SAYS THE BUSINESS WHICH OPERATES AS A TOWING COMPANY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WE CAN'T HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS FOR SOME COMMUNITIES THAN OTHERS.

THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN LINCOLN PARK NOT IN A MILLION YEARS NOT A THOUGHT IN MY MIND.

WHY DOES IT GET TO HAPPEN IN MY COMMUNITY?

WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT HAPPENED AND DO A BETTER JOB AT FIXING IT.

SO ALL I HAVE IS MY WORD.

TO THESE FAMILIES IF IT'S LEGISLATION, WHATEVER IT IS WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND IT'S NOT GIVING PEOPLE A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

>> JOINING US ARE PASTOR ANTHONY WRIGHT OF RING OF HOPE YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER, AND VONDALE SINGLETON, OF CHAMPS A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINO MEN.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PASTOR WRIGHT LET'S START WITH YOU YOUR ORGANIZATION IS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SITE OF THIS SHOOTING.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD IT HAPPENED?

>> THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.

I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE THOSE WITH THOSE RECOVERING IN HOSPITALS.

WHEN I HEARD I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I HEARD JUST BITS AND PIECES ON THE NEWS.

SO I WAS KIND OF TAKEN ABACK WHEN I HEARD IT.

AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION I GOT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN FACTUAL.

BUT THE INITIAL THING I HEARD WAS IT WAS GANG-RELATED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED OFTENTIMES WE LABEL THINGS GANG-RELATED WHEN IT IS AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ESCALATES INTO VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS AND ACCESS TO GUNS.

>> AND VONDALE SINGLETON, ON THAT NOTE, WHAT ROLE DOES MENTAL HEALTH CARE PLAY IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING DESENSITIZED TO IT?

>> I THINK IT'S EVERYTHING AND I THINK WE DON'T DO ENOUGH OF MAKING THAT COOL MAKING THAT POPULAR.

BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA.

AND SO WHEN TRAUMA HAPPENS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A HEALING PROCESS.

THAT IS THE NORMALCY PART OF TRAUMA.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHILE ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT SOMETHING ELSE INTERRUPTS THAT.

YOU NEVER GET THE FULL DEVELOPMENT TO BECOME WHOLE.

AND I THINK IT'S UNFAIR.

I THINK WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO SOUND THE DRUM THAT I'M SURE THAT THE SHOOTER HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

I'M SURE HE DID.

OR SHE.

>> AND PASTOR WRIGHT HAVE YOU SEEN HAVE THERE BEEN SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS OR HAS IT BEEN PATCHWORK IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> IT'S BEEN MOSTLY PATCHWORK IN MY EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PRO-ACTIVE AND WE NEED TO BEGIN TO INVEST IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BOOTS AND ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

OFTENTIMES WHERE FUNDED IS DISPERSED IT'S DISPERSED TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT THERE.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING AND CONNECTIONS WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> NOW, WHEN WE SPOKE WITH ALDERWOMAN JEANETTE TAYLOR, SHE SAID IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING.

HERE IS A BIT MORE FROM HER.

>> I GET PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE POLICE.

I GET THE POLICE HAVEN'T BEEN FRIENDLY TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.

WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB WORKING TOGETHER NOT IN SILOS.

WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING WITH VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE CHURCHES, WORKING WITH THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT?

>> AND VONDALE SINGLETON HOW DO YOU HELP BUILD THAT TRUST WHETHER IT IS WITH POLICE OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY LEADERS?

>> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATION AROUND JUST HOW WE HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT SHOOTER SHOULD BE HIDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE BRINGING [INAUDIBLE] TO.

THERE NEEDING TO BE AN APPROACH WHERE STAKEHOLDERS SAY, HEY HERE WE ARE WE ARE BEING CONSISTENT AND WE ARE HERE AND WE NEED EVERYBODY TO PLAY A PART.

EVERYBODY TO PLAY A PART!

BECAUSE IT IS A TRICKLE EFFECT WHEN IT HAPPENS THAT TRAUMA SPREADS TO THE FAMILY ON THE VICTIM'S SIDE AND THE SHOOTER'S SIDE.

THERE ARE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT WE FEEL AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENS.

AND I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO HEAL AS A COMMUNITY EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND HAVE CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS.

>> AND PASTOR WRIGHT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES WHETHER IT'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR MENTAL HEALTH THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY?

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO RESOURCES.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SUSTAINABILITY.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITHOUT RESOURCES.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, RESOURCES BEING DISPERSED BUT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS SEPTEMBER TO THE RIGHT PLACES AND WHAT VONDALE SINGLETON WAS SAYING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE WE HAVE PEOPLE HELD HOSTAGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF FEAR.

IF I SPEAK OUT, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T FEEL SAFE I MAYBE RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK AND TELL BUT THEY ARE HELD CAPTIVE AND HOSTAGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> AND VONDALE SINGLETON HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE PANDEMIC AND COVID-19 COMPOUND THE UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE?

>> YES IT'S LAYERS UPON LAYERS, UPON LAYERS AROUND SYSTEMIC RACISM AND AS PASTOR WRIGHT MENTIONED, LIKE'S WE'VE BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND OTHER LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

OPERATION SAFE PUMP AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH BROTHER MOORE AND BROTHER HARRIS IS PHENOMENAL.

EVERY WEEK THEY ARE AT THE GAS STATIONS PROTECTING AND PROVIDING SAFE SPACES.

SO I THINK LIKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT OUR OWN ISSUES AND ALSO BRING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE.

SO PART OF THAT IS BRINGING MORE RESOURCES IN.

PART OF THAT IS HAVING LISTENING COMMITTEES WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES ARE SITTING DOWN AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

>> BOTH OF YOU TALKED ABOUT RESOURCES.

WE HELD ALDERWOMAN TAYLOR TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OWNING IT.

A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT CHAMPS AND HOW YOU ALL WORK?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO CHAMPS, WE ARE A MALE MENTORING GROUP STEMMING FROM GARY COLEMAN COLLEGE PREP FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

WE ARE BOTH PROVIDING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SUPPORT AND AS A MATTER OF FACT WE ARE TEAMING UP WITH PASTOR WRIGHT AND THE COMMUNITY SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM TO CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY THIS SATURDAY.

WE ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND WE ARE READY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

>> AND PASTOR WRIGHT, RING OF HOPE AND THE WORK YOU DO THERE?

>> WE WILL, RING OF HOPE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES WE STARTED OFF IN THE GRAND CROSSING COMMUNITY WITH A BOXING PROGRAM AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO ALLOW YOUNG MEN TO CHANNEL THEIR ENERGY AND AGGRESSION IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY AND THE PROGRAM EVOLVED INTO DOUBLE DUTCH.

WE HAVE A MEDIA LAB.

WE HAVE FAMILY WRAP AROUND SERVICES.

WE ARE TRYING TO FOR THE MOST PART PREVENT VIOLENCE AND TRY TO FIND ALTERNATIVES TO PRO SIDE A SAFE COMMUNITY.

>> THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US, PASTOR ANTHONY WRIGHT AND VONDALE SINGLETON.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, COMMEMORATING A LEGAL LEGEND.

>> TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S 88TH BIRTHDAY.

TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE HER SON JIM AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AN OPERA SINGER, LAUNCHED A TRIBUTE.

TAKE A LOOK... >> SOMEONE WHO PRIMES IN THE STUDY OF LAW.

, ♪SOMEBODY ABLE TO READ AND SUCCEED, ♪MOUNDS OF MATERIAL.

>> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG ARE HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PATRICE MICHAELS WHO WE SAW SINGING AND SHE PENNED SOME OF THE NINE SONGS IN THE LONG VIEW TRIBUTE.

AND RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S SON JIM, WHO RUNS THE CHICAGO BASED CLASSICAL MUSIC LABEL.

WELCOME BACK TO BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU IT IS A PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT RBG WITH EVERYBODY.

>> AND WE HEARD YOU SINGING PATRICE, MUSIC THAT YOU WROTE SET TO TEXT THAT SHE WROTE.

TELL ME HOW THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT.

>> THAT SPECIFIC TEXT IS FROM AN INTERVIEW THAT SHE GAVE AND I WAS ABLE TO EXCERPT A WONDERFUL PART WHERE SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD A PRESIDENT LOOK FOR IN A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?

AND NOT ONLY DID SHE EXPOUND ON THAT, BUT SHE SHARED SOME OF HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT BEING ON THE COURT FOR SO LONG.

AND HOW UP UNTIL HER 70s SHE WAS ABLE TO DO ANYTHING SHE WANTED AND GRADUALLY SHE HAD TO MAKE MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE SHE FINISHED EVERYTHING.

AND WE WOULD FALL ASLEEP AND SOMETIMES MISS HER ALARM.

THIS EN DEARING PERSONAL STORIES AND DISSENTING OPINIONS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NINE SONGS.

>> TELL US THE IMPETUS WHY DID YOU WANT TO CREATE MUSIC AND SONG TO TEXT WRITTEN BY HER OR ASSOCIATED WITH HER?

>> IT DATES BACK TO HER 80TH BIRTHDAY WHEN MY SISTER AND I HAD THE IDEA AS A GIFT TO COMMISSION THREE WOMEN COMPOSERS TO WRITE SONGS ABOUT HER AND ONE OF THOSE COMPOSERS WAS PATRICE MICHAELS AND SHE TOOK HER INITIAL SONG AND DECIDED TO TURN IT INTO A CYCLE.

IMPETUS FOR THE CYCLE WAS PATRICE'S.

AND THEN FROM THERE WE TURN TO DO INTO AN ALBUM INCLUDING THE OTHER TWO SONGS WRITTEN FOR THE BIRTHDAY.

THE ALBUM'S CALLED NOTORIOUS RBG THE SONG.

AND OTHER PIECES AROUND HER INCLUDING AND ARIA FROM THE ON RETTA.

>> LET'S LISTEN TO MORE MY DEAREST RUTH THE LETTER RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S HUSBAND MARTY WROTE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

TAKE A LOOK.

♪MY DEAREST RUTH♪ ♪YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHOM I LOVE♪ >> PATRICE YOUR BASICALLY SINGING A LOVE LETTER THAT YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING SO PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL?

>> THIS WAS CERTAINLY THE MOST CHALLENGING PERFORMANCE TO PREPARE THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN PRESENTED WITH.

TOOK ME ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO GET TO WHERE I COULD BE SURE I WOULDN'T BREAKDOWN.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT SONG IS ONE OF THE THREE BIRTHDAY SONGS WRITTEN BY WONDERFUL EVANSTON COMPOSER STAYSTY GARA.

>> IT IS JUSTICE RBG'S 88TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.

JIM, HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING TODAY WITHOUT HER?

>> WELL, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TRIBUTES VERY MUCH LIKE THIS ONE.

OF COURSE, ALSO PROMOTING THE VIDEO THAT PATRICE CREATED WITH NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AS A TRIBUTE.

>> AND WE'RE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN FOR A WONDERFUL PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION THAT RBG SUPPORTED.

SHE GAVE TO SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO WE HAVE TWO VILLAGES AND A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER OPENING.

SO WE HAVE A BIG ROLL OUT OF THE HASHTAG WITHOUT RBG AND ALSO THE HASHTAG WITHOUT RUTH, AND ALSO THE HASHTAG TRAIL BLAZERS BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE AND WE NEED MORE.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE CONTINUING HER LEGACY IS A FULL-TIME JOB RIGHT NOW.

JIM, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FOLKS MISS YOUR MOTHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DO.

WHEN YOU REFLECT ON HER BIRTHDAY WHAT IS IT THAT YOU MISS THE MOST?

>> OH, SHE WAS SUCH A PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES BOTH AS A PUBLIC FIGURE AND I HAVE TO SAY WE ENJOYED THE LAST YEAR WHEN SHE BECAME NOTORIOUS RBG BEFORE THAT SHE WAS JUST MY MOTHER THE PERSON WHO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MADE ME LIVE UP TO A CERTAIN STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THAT HAS STOOD ME GOOD THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.

>> YOU MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCED BY NORTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL YOU TALK ABOUT HOW SHE LOVED OPERA AND IF SHE WEREN'T IN THE CAREER SHE HAD BEEN IN SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE AN OPERA DIVA.

HOW WAS YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW AS A SINGER?

>> YOU KNOW, SHE ALWAYS SPOKE OF HERSELF AS A SPARROW NOT A ROBIN BECAUSE SHE WAS PUT IN THE SING CATEGORY OF -- CAN'T SING CATEGORY OF A CHILD.

I HAD THE FORTUNE OF SITTING NEXT TO HER AND SHE HAD A LOVELY SWEET VOICE THAT MATCHED HER LOVELY SWEET SPEAKING VOICE.

>> RIGHT IT WAS SOFT SPOKEN.

JIM LAST QUESTION FOR YOU WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE LONG VIEW, THE NINE SONGS ONCE THE PANDEMIC MOVED ON?

>> THIS STARTED WITH THE BIRTHDAY THEN THE CYCLE THEN THE ALBUM AND NOW IT'S TURNED INTO A LIVE STAGE SHOW WHICH HAS MANY ITERATIONS AND BEEN PERFORMED WITH THE TRAVELING RBG EXHIBIT AT THE VARIOUS MUSEUMS.

INCLUDING WHEN IT WAS AT THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN SKOKIE HERE.

AND PATRICE HAS MORE PLANS THERE'S ONE COMING UP SOON.

>> JUNE 20TH, FATHER'S DAY, HIGHLAND PARK PILGRIM CLAIMER PLAYERS IS PRESENTING OUR QUARTET VERSION.

>> ART AND JUSTICE SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOUR MOTHER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOVED AND OUR THANKS TO JAMES GINSBURG AND PATRICE MICHAELS.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR AIRLINES AS NEW SIGNS POINT TO COVID'S LOOSENED GRIP OVER THE INDUSTRY THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> HAVING TROUBLE ADJUSTING TO THE SPRING FORWARD?

A PROFESSOR OF SLEEP MEDICINE JOINS US TO EXPLAIN HOW TO ADJUST TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

>> TWO LOCAL INSTITUTIONS OFFER EMPLOYMENT AND OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT AND BLINDNESS.

>> LAUNCH IT, WOW.

HOW ABOUT THAT!

>> AND ILLINOIS AND LOYOLA'S MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE HEADED TO THE BIG DANCE AND COULD FACE OFF IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT.

>> FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE SOUTH SIDE'S CALUMET HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.

THE COP WAS OFF DUTY DRIVING A PERSONAL VEHICLE WHEN TWO SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY OPENED FIRE ACCORDING TO CHICAGO POLICE OFFICIALS THIS IS THE SECOND SHOOTING OF A C.P.D.

OFFICIAL IN AS MANY DAYS SUNDAY, A POLICE SERGEANT WAS SHOT AND LATER TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT A HOSPITAL.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE 782 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.

AND 12 ADDITIONAL DEATHS MAKING FOR A TOTAL OF 1.210 MILLION CASES WITH 20955 DEATHS.

OT PRELIMINARY TEST POSSIBILITY RATE IS 2.6%.

JOHN PRINE WON A PAIR OF GRAMMY AWARDS.

HE WAS HONORED BY BRANDY CARLISLE AFTER ONE OF THIS LAST SONGS.

PRINE DIED OF COVID LAST YEAR AND APPEARED WITH ME FOR A CONVERSATION ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BACK IN 2010.

YOU CAN WATCH THAT INTERVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

A SUITOR COULD BE IN THE MIX TO PURCHASE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING DERAILING A HEDGE FUND'S PLANNED TAKEOVER AND NEW SIGNS THAT COVID-19'S GRIP ON THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS WEAKENING AND NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS OF A GRANT PARK SKYSCRAPER PROJECT ARE RIPPING APART A PLAN BY THE DEVELOPERS.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER WELCOME BACK, ANN.

WHAT IS IT THAT IS CONSIDERING THIS BID ON TRIBUNE PUBLISHING AND HOW MIGHT THAT AFFECT THE PLANS FOR HEDGE FUND ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL TO ACQUIRE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"?

>> THE POTENTIAL BIDDER IS STEWART BIND HAM.

HE IS A MARYLAND HOTEL TYCOON WHO HAS CUT A DEAL TO BUY THE BALTIMORE SUN AS PART OF THIS LARGER TRANSACTION THAT PUT ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL IN A POSITION TO BUY 70% OF TRIBUNE PUBLISHING THAT IT DOESN'T ALREADY OWN.

BY UNANIMOUS BYNAM HAD A PLAN TO PEEL OFF AND GO HIS OWN WAY BUT NEWS CAME THAT HE COULD BE INTERESTED IN MAKING A BID FOR THE ENTIRE COMPANY THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

NOW, THE THING IS, HE WOULD HAVE TO BEAT ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL'S BID WHICH IS RIGHT NOW 630 MILLION.

AND THAT WOULD BE A HEAVY LIFT.

CERTAINLY TRIBUNE EMPLOYEES WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE BYNAM AS THE OWNER SINCE ALDEN IS FAMOUS FOR COST CUTTING.

ONE EFFECT THAT ALDEN UPS ITS BID FOR TRIBUNE AND COUNTERS UNTIL BYNAM CANNOT BID ANYMORE.

IN WHICH CASE ALDEN'S COST OF ACQUISITION WILL GO UP AND THE CUTS COULD BE DEEPER.

WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS ONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

CHICAGO BASED UNITED AIRLINES SAID IT WILL STOP BURNING CASH.

WHAT DOES THIS NEWS MEAN FOR THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY?

>> WELL, IT MEANS THAT ACTUALLY UNITED HAS DONE PERHAPS A BETTER JOB THAN ITS RIVALS IN POSITIONING ITSELF TO WEATHER THIS COVID STORM.

TRAVEL DEMAND IS UP ACROSS THE INDUSTRY.

WE'VE SEEN DATA WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT THAT REFLECTS THAT.

BUT WHAT UNITED DID OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR TO PUT ITSELF IN A GOOD SPOT NOW IS COST CUTTING THEY HAVE CONTROLLED COSTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DECLARE THEY ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE THROWING CASH INTO THE FURNACE AS OTHER AIRLINES HAVE HAD TO DO.

THOSE CUTS INCLUDED 1500 CORPORATE HQ JOBS.

SO THERE'S BEEN PAIN INVOLVED BUT THEY FEEL LIKE NOW THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

>> AND LASTLY, DEVELOPERS FOR THE STALLED GRANT PARK SKY SCRAPER WANT TO ADD 200 UNITS TO THE PROJECT BUT SOME NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT CALLED 100 M ON SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE.

SOME NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET BECAUSE OF THAT ADDITION OF 200 UNITS BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE CONVERSION OF SOME OF THESE UNITS FROM CONDOS TO PROPOSED APARTMENTS.

AND I THINK THEY ARGUE THAT THIS WILL CHANGE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROPERTY VALUES FOR THAT MATTER AND IN THEIR VIEW NOT FOR THE BETTER.

>> CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> FOR SOME PEOPLE ADJUSTING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME THIS PAST WEEKEND IS AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING THE TIME ON YOUR OVEN.

FOR OTHER IT IS CAN LEAVE PEOPLE FEELING FOGGY AND TIRED AND IN SOME CASES A SPIKE IN CAR CRASHES.

JOINING US IS KRISTEN KNUTSON AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ACCORD TO A POLL FROM AP, 31% OF AMERICANS WANT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME YEAR-ROUND, 40% WANT STANDARD TIME YEAR-ROUND, AND 28% WANT TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE TWO.

REMIND US PLEASE WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAYLIGHT AND STANDARD TIME?

>> STANDARD TIME IS THE TIME WE EXPERIENCE DURING THE WINTER AS YOU KNOW, FROM YESTERDAY, THAT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS WHEN WE MOVE OUR CLOCK AS HEAD ONE HOUR SO WE LOSE AN HOUR.

>> THE EASIEST WAY SPRING FORWARD AND FALL BACK.

WHY IS THIS SUCH A CONTESTED ISSUE?

>> 70% OF THE PEOPLE WANT THE TRANSITION.

THE ISSUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IS THE TRANSITION.

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WE ALL HAVE AN INTERM CLOCK AND EVERY TIME WE EXPERIENCE A TIME CHANGE IT HAS TO READJUST AND THIS CLOCK CONTROLS OUR DAILY RHYTHMS OF MOOD OF ALERTNESS OF PERFORMANCE OF OUR ABILITY TO FALL ASLEEP AND WHEN WE WAKE UP.

AND SO WHEN OUR INTERNAL CLOCK DOESN'T MATCH THE CLOCK ON OUR WALLS THEN THERE IS A DISRUPTION AND OUR ALERTNESS LEVELS ARE WORSE.

AND MARCH IS PARTICULARLY BAD BECAUSE IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCING THE CLOCK WHICH FOR MOST OF US THE HARDER DIRECTION TO GO.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FOR ME, IT IS A LOT EASIER TO WAKE UP AN HOUR LATER THAN IT IS AN HOUR EARLIER.

AT THIS TIME IN THE SPRINGTIME CHANGE THAT MEANS A HOUR OF SLEEP LOST YOU ARE COMBINING SLEEP LOSS WITH THE RHYTHM PROBLEM AND IT IS A DOUBLE HIT THAT MAKES US INSTRUMENTAL A BIT.

>> AND PARENTS OF SMALL CHILDREN KNOW IT GETS HARDER WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ADJUSTING NAPTIME AND BEDTIME FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE AS WELL.

>> EXACTLY.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR CLOCK SAYS THEY DON'T CARE THEY ARE GOING TO WAKE UP WHEN THEIR INTERNAL CLOCK TELLS THEM TOO.

>> WHAT BENEFITS DO ARIZONA GET FROM NOT OBSERVING?

>> THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES YOU MENTIONED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INCREASING AND INCREASES IN HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES THAT SPIKE AFTER A TRANSITION.

IN ARIZONA AND SIMILAR AREAS DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED CAR CRASHES.

WHAT IMPACT TALK MORE IF YOU WOULD ABOUT THE IMPACT OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CAR CRASHES?

>> RIGHT.

IF YOUR ALERTNESS LEVEL IS IMPAIRED AND YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOUR REACTION TIME WILL BE SLOWER AND MORE LIKELY TO LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.

THAN IT WOULD HAVE A WEEK BEFORE WHEN YOUR INTERNAL CLOCK WAS MATCHED TO THE TIME OF DAY.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP AN HOUR EARLIER THEY'VE LOST SLEEP AND THEY ARE DRIVING AND MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS LEADING TO THE INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS IS BECAUSE OUR ALERTNESS WERE ALL IMPAIRED A LITTLE BIT.

>> AND YOU SAY IT'S MORE ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE BEING IMPAIRED COMPARED TO NIGHT FALLING EARLIER AND THEREFORE WE'RE DRIVING HOME IN THE DARK.

I GUESS THE OPPOSITE COULD BE SAID ABOUT THE MORNING AS WELL IT BEING DARKER IN THE MORNING IN THE WINTER.

>> AND THAT IS A LOT OF WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE CHANGE FROM THE FALL AND THE SPRING BECAUSE IF WE STICK TO PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME THEN IT'S DARKER IN THE MORNING FOR LONGER DURING THE WINTERTIME WHICH NOBODY LIKES AND DOESN'T WANT TO DRIVE IN THE DARK.

AND THEN THE FLIP IN THE SUMMERTIME IF WE DO PERMANENT STANDARD TIME IT GETS DARK EARLIER IN THE DAY EVEN THOUGH THE DAY IS LONGER, WE THE SUN STARTS TO SET AN HOUR EARLIER THAN WE WOULD LIKE IT TO IN THE SUMMERTIME.

>> WE'RE SHIFTING WHERE THAT DAYLIGHT FALLS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> COULD PEOPLE STILL BE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THIS SWITCH TODAY A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE SWITCH HAPPENS?

>> YES.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SUNDAY WE OFTEN SLEEP IN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO GET UP FOR WORK OR SCHOOL.

MONDAY IS THE DAY THAT PEOPLE START TO FEEL AND AND ADJUST THEIR CLOCK AND IT CAN TAKE A COUPLE DAYS FOR THE CLOCK TO ADJUST AND MAKEUP FOR THE SLEEP LOSS.

I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY TAKE IT EASY ON THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES AND FAMILY AND COWORKERS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING A BIT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THEY TRY TO READJUST.

>> WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOW FRAGILE OUR SLEEP CYCLES ARE?

>> THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF US WENT INTO DAY SLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WITH SOME SLEEP DEBT NOT EVERYBODY GETS THE RECOMMENDED SLEEP PER NIGHT IF YOU ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED THE LOSS OF ONE HOUR CAN HAVE A BIGGER EFFECT.

>> WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR WHEN THE TIME CHANGE HAPPENS?

SHOULD WE PLAN FOR A NAP ON THE DAY OF THE SWITCH?

WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE FEELING THE EFFECTS A COUPLE DAYS LATER?

>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS LIGHT EXPOSURE.

LIGHT IS THE KEY FOR CHANGING YOUR INTERNAL BIOLOGICAL CLOCK.

LIGHT EXPOSURE IN THE MORNING IS BENEFICIAL TO MAKE MOVING YOUR CLOCK EARLIER.

THANKS TO CHICAGO AND SNOWY WEATHER YOU MAY HAVE TO USE THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO AVOID BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE EVENING AND THE HOURS BEFORE BED AND THIS IS YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET LIGHT AT NIGHT IS TELLING YOUR CLOCK TO GO LATER AND THAT IS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT OF WHAT WE WANT.

BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE MORNING IS GOOD, LIGHT IN THE EVENING IS BAD FOR NOW AND THAT WILL HELP YOUR CLOCK READJUST.

>> CLASSIC CHICAGO WEATHER, TOO.

MORE DAYLIGHT AND WINTRY MIX.

KRISTEN KNUTSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED FIND EMPLOYMENT.

BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> WITH 10,000 PEOPLE TURNING 65 EVERYDAY IN THE U.S.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR BLINDNESS IS EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE COMING YEARS.

BUT TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW OR NO VISION TO LEARN ADAPTIVE SKILLS THAT HELP THEM LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY AND FIND EMPLOYMENT.

HERE IS HOW TWO CHICAGO AREA INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SUPPORT THE VISION IMPAIRED COMMUNITY FOR OVER A CENTURY.

ERIKA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> CHICAGO IS WHAT MADE ME THE PERSON I AM.

THE CITY IS WHAT MADE ME INDEPENDENT.

>> FOR MOST CHICAGOANS THE CITY'S STREET GRID IS A CONVENIENCE BUT FOR JOSE MARTINEZ HE WAS BORN BLIND IT IS A CRITICAL PART OF MAINTAINING HIS AUTONOMY.

>> IT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE HERE.

THE STREETS ARE ORGANIZED IN SUCH A PATTERN THAT IT'S EASY TO LEARN.

AND I LEARNED IT.

I CAN TEACH IT TO ANOTHER BLIND PERSON.

I FEEL THAT CONFIDENT.

>> NAVIGATING THE CITY WAS JUST ONE OF THE SKILLS MARTINEZ LEARNED AT THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE.

IN ADDITION TO OFFERING VISION CARE, REHABILITATION, JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT, THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE EMPLOYS THEM IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES.

>> WE EMPLOY 800 INDIVIDUALS 30% OF WHOM ARE MISSION RELATED EMPLOYEES PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY DISABLED OR VETERANS.

>> THE 114-YEAR-OLD NONPROFIT WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE ITSELF THROUGH THE PANDEMIC BY PIVOTING EMPLOYEES TO REMOTE WORK.

>> EVERYTHING IS CLOUD BASED.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT ENTERPRISE PEOPLE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE PAYCHECKS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY WORKING.

>> CALL CENTER SUPERVISOR MARCUS JOHNSON SAYS FOR HIS TEAM THE MOVE TO WORKING FROM HOME WAS BITTERSWEET.

>> BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE IN THE OFFICE SURROUNDED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK AT HOME IN THEIR OWN COMFORT ZONE.

>> JOHNSON SAYS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN FOLLOW THE LIGHTHOUSE'S LEAD IN EMPLOYING PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED VISION.

>> THEY ARE AT HOME THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK IT FEELS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE.

SO WE MISSING OUT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S VOICES AND IDEAS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.

>> JOSE MARTINEZ WORKS THE AT LIGHTHOUSE AS PART OF A TEAM THAT USER TESTS WEBSITES FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

>> THERE WERE 20 MILLION PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS IN THE U.S.

THIS IS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REACH THE LARGEST MARKET POSSIBLE.

>> LAS VEGAS BASED REGINA MITCHELL BECAME ONE OF THE 20 MILLION WHEN A CHRONIC ILLNESS CAUSED HER TO BEGIN LOSING HER SIGHT IN HER 50s.

>> SOCIETY IS NOT ACCEPTING OR USED TO A BLIND PERSON MOVING ABOUT.

IT'S ALMOST AS IF WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHY ARE YOU OUT HERE?

YOU'RE STRUGGLING?

GO HOME.

>> MITCHELL SAYS DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES OFFERED BY THE HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HELPED HER DEVELOP SKILLS TO KEEP COOKING NOW SHE RUNS COOKING CLASSES FOR VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

CASES LIKE MITCHELL'S ARE EXPECTED TO BE INCREASINGLY COMMON SAYS JULIE TYE.

>> THE INCIDENTS OF AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASE IS GOING TO CAUSE A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT BY 2050.

>> THE HADLEY INSTITUTE HAS BEEN A DISTANCE LEARNING ORGANIZATION SINCE IT BEGAN OFFERING BRAILLE LESSONS BY MAIL-IN 1920, TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BROADEN THEIR SCOPE TO ON-LINE WORKSHOPS, PODCASTS AND WEBINARS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO ANYONE WORLDWIDE.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 500 WORKSHOPS ON-LINE HOW TO CUT SAFELY.

HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR CLOSET.

HOW TO DINE OUT.

PRACTICAL HELP THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES.

>> REGINA MITCHELL URGES PEOPLE LEARNING TO LIVE WITH VISION LOSS TO ACCEPT THE HELP SO THEY TOO CAN GO ON TO HELP OTHERS.

>> YOU WILL BE A MODEL TO HELP THE NEXT PERSON ON THEIR JOURNEY.

BECAUSE SOMEONE IS GOING TO NEED YOU AND THAT'S WHERE I LIKE TO FEEL THAT THE REASON I AM IN THIS POSITION SO I CAN HELP THE NEXT PERSON.

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

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE ON THE HADLEY INSTITUTE AND THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> WELL, GET YOUR BRACKETS READY BECAUSE MARCH MADNESS IS HERE AND TWO ILLINOIS TEAMS TO ROOT FOR WHEN THE NCAA'S MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ARE THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE MIDWEST REGION AFTER A THRILLING WIN AGAINST OHIO STATE.

AND HERE IN CHICAGO LOYOLA IS LOOKING FOR A REPEAT OF THE FINAL FOUR SEASON FROM 2018 AS IT HAS THE 8TH SEED IN THAT REGION GIVING THEM A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WITH I -- U OF I IN THE SECOND ROUND.

JOINING US IS JORDAN BERNFIELD, ESPN WHO HANDLES PLAY BY PLAY.

JORDAN BERNFIELD WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> U OF I FRESH OFF THAT WIN AGAINST OHIO STAT.

NUMBER ONE SEED HOW DOES THE TEAM MATCHUP AGAINST THE ELITE TEAMS?

>> ILLINOIS IS PLAYING AS WELL AS ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT NOW I SAY THEY MIGHT BE THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

GONZAGA IS NUMBER ONE OVERALL BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDEFEATED.

SO YOU CAN'T RATE THEM ANYTHING LOWER THAN THE ONE SEED BUT ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW, I THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY INCLUDING MYSELF, IS THE NEXT BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

WE STARTED THE SEASON 5-3.

BUT SINCE THEN THEY HAVE ONLY LOST THREE TIMES AND WON 18 GAMES INCLUDING THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS TEAM PLAYING CYCLING DEFENSE THEY HAVE AN OUTSTANDING GUARD, WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE BEST FOUR OR FIVE PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CENTER IS SO BIG AND STRONG HE IS A DIFFICULT MATCHUP FOR ANY TEAM THAT THEY PLAY.

RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THE CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE COMING OFF THAT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP, I THINK ILLINOIS IS AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN AMERICA.

>> CERTAINLY ON A ROLL AND ELECTRIC PLAYERS.

THEY ARE A JOY TO WATCH.

AND BACK HERE IN CHICAGO, LOYOLA WON 16-17 GAMES AND LED BY CAMERON FINAL FOUR TEAM IS THIS TEAM AS GOOD AS THAT TEAM?

>> I THINK THEY ARE.

IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE TEAM THAT WENT TO THE FINAL FOUR, THAT TEAM HAD INCREDIBLE GUARD PLAY.

THEY HAD BACK-TO-BACK LARRY BIRD TROPHY WINNERS WHICH MEANS, MISSOURI CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND CLAYTON CUSTER AND MARCUS TOWNS AND THOSE WERE THE STARTING GUARDS WITH DANTE ENGRAM.

THROUGH THAT RUN TO THE FINAL FOUR ALL THOSE GUYS HAD GAME WINNING SHOTS TO ALLOW THEM TO GET TO THE FINAL FOUR.

THAT TEAM ALSO, THOUGH AS YOU MENTIONED HAD CAMERON.

AT THAT TIME, CAMERON WAS A FRESHMAN.

NOW HE IS A SENIOR.

HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.

WON THE LARRY BIRD TROPHY.

AND AROUND HIM IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED STABLES OF GUARDS IN AMERICA THAT IS WHY LOYOLA OUT OF THE CONFERENCE HAS BEEN A RANKED TEAM AND WON 16 OF 17.

ONE MORE THING.

LOYOLA THIS YEAR HAD THE BEST SCORING DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY THEY WERE ALLOWING TEAMS 55 POINTS PER GAME.

IF LOYOLA CAN GET THE RIGHT MATCHUPS.

THEY ARE UNDER SEEDED THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY ILLINOIS IN THE SECOND ROUND BUT IF THEY CAN GET THE RIGHT MATCHUPS THEY ARE A STIFLING DEFENSIVE TEAM AND WOULD BE ABLE TO GO FAR.

>> AND LOYOLA IS NOT GOING TO SNEAK UP ON ANYBODY.

AND YOU MENTIONED THE SAME BRACKET AS ILLINOIS THEY ARE GOING IF THEY BOTH WIN THEIR FIRST ROUND GAMES, THEY WILL PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE SECOND ROUND IS THAT A RAW DEAL TO HAVE TWO ILLINOIS TEAMS PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE SAME BRACKET SO EARLY?

>> YEAH, I FEEL THAT IT'S TOO EARLY.

THE REASON THAT THEY ARE DOING IT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS YOU GOT THE TWO ILLINOIS SCHOOLS GOING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THIS IS A TV SHOW THIS IS CONTENT AND THIS COULD PROVIDE A DELICIOUS MATCHUP FOR THE TELEVISION NETWORKS SHOULD LOYOLA BEAT GEORGIA TECH AND IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE SECOND ROUND THIS LOYOLA TEAM IS RANKED 17TH IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP 25 FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THEY GOT AN 8 SEED BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE UNDER VALUED HOW GOOD LOYOLA IS OUT OF THE CONFERENCE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT LOYOLA GOT AN EIGHT SEED IF YOU GO BY THE RANKINGS THEY SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN A FIVE SEED AND IF THAT HAD HAPPENED THEN A POTENTIAL LOYOLA ILLINOIS MATCHUP WOULD HAVE HAPPENED LATER IN THE TOURNAMENT.

I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FAIR BUT THIS YEAR, THE TWO TEAMS HAVE TO PLAY THEY WILL PLAY IN THE SECOND ROUND AND I THINK WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PICKING ILLINOIS TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR THE STATE AND THE CITY AND ALUMNI OF ILLINOIS IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I THINK MANY PEOPLE IN THE STATE ARE THE RAOING FOR BOTH TEAMS TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE BUT BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS SEEDED ONLY ONE TEAM WILL GET TO THE SECOND WEEKEND.

>> MORE FUN IF THEY MET EACH OTHER IN THE FINAL FOUR.

HOW IS THE TOURNAMENT WORKING THIS YEAR?

IT'S ALL IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

LIMITED FANS.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A COVID OUTBREAK?

>> SO IT IS ALL IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR THE LATER ROUNDS OF THE TOURNAMENT AND ALL IN INDIANA.

SOME OF THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AAT ASSEMBLY HALL IN BLOOMINGTON WHERE INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS.

AND SOME GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT HINKLE FIELD HOUSE AT BUTLER UNIVERSITY.

SOME GAMES WILL BE AT INDIANA FARMERS COLOSSEUM.

AND SOME WILL BE AT PERDUE UNIVERSITY IN ADDITION TO THE TWO MAJOR ARENAS IN THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS IT WILL BE ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL THE TEAMS ARE QUARANTINED FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THEY ARE BEING TESTED EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THERE ARE FOUR REPLACEMENT TEAMS RIGHT NOW.

IF ONE OF THE TEAMS TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 THEY WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.

THERE ARE FOUR REPLACEMENT TEAMS THAT WOULD GO FOR ANY AT LARGE TEAM THAT NO LONGER WOULD QUALIFY BY VIRTUE OF POSITIVE TESTS.

IF ONE OF THE ONE BIG LEAGUES LIKE THE HORIZON LEAGUE WERE TO LOSE A TEAM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ONE BID LEAGUES THOSE CONFERENCES WOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT ANOTHER TEAM TO GO INTO THEIR SPOT FROM THOSE LEAGUES.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS POTENTIALLY A FEW EXTRA TEAMS THAT COULD GET INTO THE DANCE.

>> CERTAINLY INCENTIVE FOR COACHES TO KEEP PLAYERS FROM LEAVING THOSE BUBBLES.

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