>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARIS SCHUTZ, AND BRANIS FRIEDMAN WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

A HEATED DEBATE OVER STATE FUNDS TO HELP MIGRANTS BUS TO CHICAGO, PLUS LORI LIGHTFOOT'S FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER LOSING HER BID FOR REELECTION.

>>> COMING UP TONIGHT, I'M HAVING A PERMANENT CONVERSATION WITH TATTOO ARTIST, RYAN HENRY.

>> WE KICK IT OFF WITH TODAY'S TOP STORY.

>>> A FIERCE DEBATE ERUPTED TODAY OVER THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO HELP MIGRANTS BUS TO CHICAGO, WTTW NEWS REPORTER, HEATHER HAS THE DETAILS HERE.

THE DECISION TO OPEN A SHELTER FOR IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL FROM THE START.

THE OLDER WOMAN, JEANETTE TAYLOR URGED THEM NOT TO CONSIDER THE MONEY UNTIL THE PLANS ARE SUBMITTED.

>> TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT BLACK AGAINST BROWN, STOP IT.

THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PITTED US AGAINST EACH OTHER.

>> WHY IS SHE FRUSTRATED?

>> Reporter: SHE IS URGING THE MAYOR TO RECONSIDER THIS PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SHE SAID THE MAYOR CONSULTED WITH ALDERMAN TAYLOR BUT OPENED THE SHELTER ANYWAY.

SINCE THEN, ALDERMAN TAYLOR SAID IT IS NOW OVERCROWDED AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE DON'T HAVE ANY SERVICES, AND THAT HAS EXACERBATED TENSIONS BETWEEN BLACK RESIDENTS AND LATINO RESIDENTS.

SHOWS THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE PROBLEM.

>> OTHER PEOPLE PLEADED WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND WORK WITH THE NUMBER OF UN-HOUSED CHICAGOANS BY REUSING THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX.

>> IF YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE FOR BRING CHICAGO HOME.

>> HOW IS THIS ISSUE CONNECTED TO THE CRISIS?

>> Reporter: WHEN THE MIGRANTS STARTED ARRIVING IN LATE AUGUST, IT WAS AT A TIME IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTER SYSTEM WAS ALREADY STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT.

AND WITH THE ADDITION OF 5000 MORE PEOPLE REALLY PUT IT INTO CRISIS MODE.

THAT MEANT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS FOR ALL OF THE UN-HOUSED CHICAGOANS WHO NEED THEM, WHICH HAS REALLY FRUSTRATED SOME PEOPLE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SIT SEE THE CITY DO MORE.

THAT IS WHERE THE TENSION IS.

AS WE HEARD, WE NEED MORE MONEY, WE GAVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THIS ISSUE TO THE VOTERS AND YOU ALL DECLINED AT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE WILL SEE YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER.

>>> YOU CAN READ THIS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, WTTW .COM.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>>> THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CHICAGO'S POLICE SUPERINTENDENT IS UNDERWAY, THE INTERIM COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY DISCUSSED THE NEXT STEPS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR THREE FINALISTS THAT WOULD TAKE OVER OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT, DAVID BROWN.

THE MAYOR CAN CHOOSE FROM THESE THREE FINALISTS OR REJECT THEM AND ASK THE COMMISSION TO SEARCH AGAIN.

NUMBERS OF THE CURRENT COMMISSION SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A LEADER WITH A BOLD VISION.

>> OUR FIRST PROSPECTS WILL BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN, OUR GOAL IS TO FIND THE BEST CANDIDATES TO LEAD THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHETHER IF THEY COME FROM INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR OUTSIDE OF IT.

>>> TWO MASSIVE RAIL COMPANIES ARE ON TRACK TO MERGE DESPITE CONCERNS FROM NORTHWEST SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES, THE SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BOARD HAS APPROVED THE $31 BILLION MERGER OF CANADIAN PACIFIC AND KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, THAT MAKES IT THE FIRST NETWORK TO EXTEND FROM CANADA THROUGH THE U.S. ALL THE WAY TO MEXICO.

ONCE COMPLETE, THE TRAINS WILL PASS THROUGH DUPAGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS CHICAGO WITH A COALITION TO STOP CT CASEY .

THE MERGER WOULD CAUSE NOISE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS IN EMERGENCY SERVICES AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN THE WAKE OF THE NORFORK SOUTHERN DERAILMENT IN OHIO.

MORE ON WHAT ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT THIS MERGER, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PILOT PROGRAM TO ISSUE TICKETS TO MOTORISTS PARKED IN BUS OR BIKE LANES.

THEY PASSED THE ORDINANCE TO THE THAT WOULD SEND THEM A TICKET IN THE MAIL IF THE CAMERA SNAPS THE INFRACTION.

IT IS IN RESPONSE TO A NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES WHERE BIKERS WERE HIT.

SAMUEL WAS KILLED WHILE RIDING A BIKE IN SEPTEMBER AND 2-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED RIDING A SCOOTER IN LINCOLN SQUARE IN JUNE.

THE FIRST TICKET FOR EACH DRIVER WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A WARNING.

>>> UP NEXT, WITH THE RUNOFF ELECTION JUST WEEKS AWAY, HOW MIGHT CHICAGO'S NEXT MAYOR HANDLE POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY?

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION , AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> IT'S ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR, PUBLIC SAFETY.

CANDIDATES WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD ON THE TOPIC AT A FORUM LAST NIGHT.

WE HAVE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD THE NEXT MAYOR DO TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S VIOLENCE?

UNDER THE NEXT MAYOR, A RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT WHO WAS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, ROBERT VARGAS WHO ALSO SERVED AS THE CHICAGO JUSTICE PROJECT, AND FOUNDER OF MOTHERS AND MEN AGAINST SENSELESS KILLING .

SINCE 2015, VOLUNTEERS HANG OUT ON THE BLOCK TO NOT ONLY INTERRUPT VIOLENCE AND CRIME WOULD ALSO TEACH CHILDREN TO GROW UP AS FRIENDS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

PETER, LET'S START WITH YOU, THE MAYOR NEEDS NEW STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CHICAGO CRIME.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE WORKS TO REDUCE CRIME?

>> MY OPINION , SOMETHING HAS TO BE BAD FOR IT TO TURN GOOD.

SO, WE HAVE BEEN IN A BAD PLACE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS UNDER TWO OUTSIDE SUPERINTENDENTS.

SO, WE NEED, IN MY OPINION, MORE POLICE, PATROL PEOPLE , PATROL OFFICERS IN THE STREETS , IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS , GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY POLICE AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY PROTECT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE THE SAME OFFICERS ROTATING , SO THE PEOPLE BECOME CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL SEE JOE SMITH OR WHOMEVER , ALL THE TIME .

AND THAT THEY WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE COMING TO ME AND TELLING ME, I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE AND I THINK MAYBE YOU SHOULD ADDRESS IT THIS WAY.

IN MY DAY, IT WAS MORE INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY .

AND WE WERE MORE PROACTIVE WITH THEIR HELP .

>> MORE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE ON THE CORNER WITH YOUR GROUP EVERYDAY DOING POSITIVE LOITERING, GATHERING WITH NEIGHBORS AND KIDS TO TAKE UP SPACE, INTERRUPT VIOLENCE AND CRIME.

BUT WHEN YOU CALLED 911, YOU NOTICED IT COULD TAKE MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR THEM TO SHOW UP, AND POLICE ARE HARASSING PEOPLE TOWARD THE POSITIVE LOITERING THAT YOU ARE DOING.

TELL US WHAT IS NOT WORKING?

>> MORE POLICE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY DON'T SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH THE POLICE.

PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

SO, WE DON'T NEED THAT.

WE MEET WITH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE, WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT , THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.

>> BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE PROMISED AT THE VERY LEAST MAINTAIN CURRENT FUNDING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT AFTER A SURGE IN CHICAGO HOMICIDES, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN POLICE OFFICERS AND FUNDING.

HOW HAS THAT WORKED OUT HISTORICALLY?

>> HISTORICALLY, OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS, THE POLICE AND INSTITUTION HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DEFLECTED RESPONSIBILITY OF UPTICKS IN HOMICIDE AND USED THE CRISES TO CALL FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES , TO LOCK UP CRIMINALS.

AND WE SAW THIS MOST RECENTLY IN 2016 , AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY AND THE STATE WAS GRAPPLING WITH THE BUDGET CUTS FROM THE GOVERNOR.

AND AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS UNDERGOING A LEGITIMACY CRISIS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE KILLING OF McDONALD.

AND I THINK FOR OUR NEXT MAYOR, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW PATH, SO THEY CAN ADDRESS THESE BROADER ISSUES WITH POLICING SO THE POLICE ARE WORKING IN COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T SUFFERING.

>> PAUL VALLAS'S PROPOSALS LEAN INTO WHAT HE CALLS PROACTIVE POLICING AND WHAT IS PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE POLICING?

>> IN PROACTIVE, WE BECOME AWARE OF WHERE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WE GO OUT THERE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

YOU BROUGHT UP THAT IT TAKES 45 MINUTES OR 50 MINUTES , I LISTENED TO RADIO CALLS WHERE THE DISPATCHERS PUT OUT, WE HAVE A ROBBERY OF 55 MINUTES, WE HAVE A SHOOTING, 40 MINUTES, THEY ARE PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR SOMEBODY TO ANSWER THE CRIME OF THIS YOUNG LADY IS SAYING MORE POLICE ARE THE ANSWER, SHE IS DEFEATING HER PURPOSE BECAUSE IF THERE'S MORE POLICE, THERE'S MORE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND EVERY COMMUNITY WANTS POLICE.

EVERY COMMUNITY WANTS TO FEEL SAFE.

EVERY PERSON WANTS TO FEEL SAFE.

>> AND YOU THINK WITH MORE COPS , THEY CAN ?

>> YES, THEY ARE PUTTING THEM ALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE, LEADING ANOTHER AREA EXPOSED.

>> I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION.

>> THE POLICE DON'T MAKE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AT ALL, THEY MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE ARE UNDER SIEGE .

I HAVE NOT DIALED 911 IN THE LAST 9 YEARS, WHY?

BECAUSE WHEN THE POLICE COME OUT, IT TURNS INTO AN INFERNO.

THEY DON'T DO MUCH TO QUELL ANY VIOLENCE OR ANY SITUATION THAT IS HAPPENING, THEY ONLY EXACERBATE THEM.

AND WE DON'T NEED MORE POLICE.

WE DON'T.

WE NEED POLICE WHO DO THEIR JOB.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> YEAH , I THINK THERE IS ONE BARRIER TO THIS CONVERSATION, THAT THERE IS A TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO DATA THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE POLICING RESOURCES ARE GOING.

SO WE CAN INCREASE THE BUDGET TO ADD MORE POLICE OFFICERS , BUT THERE'S NO WAY FOR INSTITUTIONS TO ACTUALLY GET INFORMATION OF WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE LOCATED.

THERE WAS A RECENT STUDY RELEASED BY THE CRIME LAB THAT SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT THE POLICE WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY SCATTERED.

AND IT TOOK A REQUEST FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TO GET THAT STUDY RELEASED , AND THIS PROBLEM OF NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE DATA IS CREATING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN ADDITIONAL AGENCIES TO TAKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

THERE'S GOOD REASONS WHY THIS INFORMATION IS NOT OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC BUT OBVIOUSLY IN SOME CASES YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOWCASE WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING TO THE CRIMINALS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE SO PEOPLE ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE COULD TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT LONGER, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN WITH THE THREE OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> NEXT, WHERE THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR STANDS, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TALKS ABOUT THAT AFTER THIS.

>>> WHAT SHOULD THE CITY BE DOING TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF CRIME?

>> WE WORKED IN SILO SO THE LEFT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS DOING.

>> THE POWER IS THE VOICE, THE POWER IS THE NUMBERS, THE POWER OR THE PEOPLE.

THE ABILITY TO SWAY AN ELECTION IS THE POWER.

>>> FRESH ENDORSEMENTS IN RACE FOR MAYOR, THE TRIAL IS UNDERWAY AND POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, DAVID BROWN REPAIRS TO STEP DOWN AS THE SEARCH FOR HIS SUCCESSOR BEGINS.

WE HAVE OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM .

EVERYBODY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

HEATHER, LET'S START WITH THE MAYOR'S RACE, WHAT ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS?

>> TODAY, THERE WERE TWO BIG ENDORSEMENTS IN THE RACE.

BRANDON JOHNSON GOT THE FIRST STATEWIDE OFFICE TO BACK EITHER CANDIDATE IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE SINCE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT LOST HER BID FOR REELECTION .

HOW DID TODAY PLAY OUT?

>> TYPICALLY, WHEN THE MAYOR INTRODUCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THEY HAVE SAILED THROUGH, AT LEAST IN THE EARLY STAGE.

THE ALDERMEN TOLD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT SINCE THE MAYOR HAS LOST HER REELECTION, SHE SHOULD NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THAT WILL SOME CASES LAST UNTIL 2027, SO IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS NO NEED TO FOLLOW HER LEAD.

THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE MEASURE THAT WOULD HELP EMPLOYEES AND NONPROFITS TO UNIONIZE , THE MAYOR OPPOSED THAT.

THEY VOTED TO APPROVE IT.

BUT, THERE IS NO MORE RUBBERSTAMP ON THIS COUNSEL, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

SHE DIDN'T DO ANY SORT OF Q&A OR AVAILABILITY WITH REPORTERS AS IS CUSTOMARY , SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS DISAPPOINTING, EVEN IF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AWKWARD OR TOUGH FOR HER TO DO SO ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

>> WITH THE TRIAL UNDERWAY, WITH OPENING CASES, OF COURSE HE IS THE MAN THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM AS EVIDENCED.

AND THE STATEMENT BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY, SARAH STRYKER , IN SHORT, MIKE MADIGAN WANTED WHAT THE DEFENDANTS GAVE AND GOT WHAT THE DEFENDANTS WANT.

THE STATE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CORRUPTION.

HOW DO YOU WEIGH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TRIAL?

>> IS IT THAT SIMPLE?

OR IS THIS JUST LOBBYING AND HOW IT GOES?

AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TRYING TO GET FOLKS APPOINTMENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE ASKED BY CONSTITUENTS.

THIS IS HUGE,.

PARTICULARLY AS IT DID FOR DECADES, MIKE MADIGAN AT THE HELM AS THE STATES MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, IS NOW GOING TO BE NATIONALLY AS ATTENTION GRABBING , YOU DON'T HAVE CERTAIN POSTS, YOU DON'T QUITE HAVE THAT, BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME THINGS.

YOU HAVE THINGS, LIKE OUR FRIEND THAT WAS USED BY MIKE MADIGAN'S BEST HE TO DESCRIBE HIM, AND I THINK THAT COULD SERVE AS A VERY WELL NATIONAL NARRATIVE, RIGHT?

>> THAT QUOTE FROM SARAH STRYKER , IT'S THAT SIMPLE, WITHOUT ALLEGING ANY OTHER WRONGDOING, THAT IS HOW YOU CAN SUM UP HIS CAREER AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD.

THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.

>> ANOTHER REASON TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, STILL, THIS IS ABOUT THE UTILITY THAT EVERYBODY IN THE VIEWING AREA IS DEPENDENT ON TO BRING THEM THERE THE CITY THE ELECTRICITY AND HOW MUCH WE OWE FOR THAT POWER.

>> DAVID BROWN, HIS LAST DAY IS TOMORROW, THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD NOT KEEP HIM IN THAT POSITION IF THEY WERE TO BE ELECTED MAYOR, SO OF COURSE BROWN KNEW HIS TIME WAS COMING.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS HIS TIME IN CHICAGO?

>> DAVID BROWN, HE CAME IN RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND MAYBE THERE WAS NO SUPERINTENDENT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESIDE OVER A CITY THAT DID NOT SEE A SPIKE IN CRIME AND HOMICIDES BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

BUT, BROWN REPLACED CHARLIE BECK , HE HAD LED THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REFORM EFFORT , VERY HIGHLY REGARDED, HE REORGANIZED THE DEPARTMENT.

HE GOT HIGH MARKS FROM POLICE REFORMERS, FROM THE RANK AND FILE, FROM OBSERVERS, DAVID BROWN CAME IN AND UNDID A LOT OF THAT, HE NEVER HAD THE COMMAND AND RANK OF FILE.

AND THE PACE OF REFORM WAS REALLY SLOW.

AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS IS A VERY POOR LEGACY AND THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO INSTITUTE SOME KIND OF STABILITY IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT CONTINUES TO SEE CHANGE AND ATTRITION AND A CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHY.

SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO GIVE.

>> THERE'S NO SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK FOR WHOEVER HAS THE JOB, OBVIOUSLY, HIS DEPARTURE WILL TAKE UNTIL MID JULY , THIS IS A JOB THEY WILL BE FINISHING UP ONCE THEY GET INTO OFFICE.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMISSION WILL BE LOOKING FOR?

>> THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE, WHERE THEY SAID THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO TWO THINGS, BEEF UP THE REFORM EFFORT.

THE CITY IS ONLY IN COMPLIANCE OF 3% OF THE DISSENT DECREE WHICH IS 4 YEARS OLD, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE.

BUT THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CHICAGO HAS A CRIME PROBLEM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MORALE IS VERY LOW, THERE IS NO SHORT TO DO LIST .

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A BIG DEBATE AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE FROM SOMEBODY INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHETHER IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER OUTSIDE.

BOTH JOHNSON AND PAUL VALLAS SAY THEY HAVE PREFERENCE FOR SOMEBODY TO COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS, WHETHER IT IS SOMEBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT TODAY THAT CAN TACKLE THAT LIST: >> HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION, THEY ARE GETTING STARTED ON THIS PROCESS TO FIND THE NEXT FINALIST, WILL THEY CHOOSE THE LIST OF FINALISTS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TAKES ITS SEAT?

THIS IS AN INTERIM COMMISSION, AND THEY ARE SAYING IT IS OUR JOB TO FIND OUR FINAL LIST.

>> SO MUCH WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS.

THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, THE ART OF TATTOOING, RIGHT AFTER A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THIS ARTIST HAS BEEN RECEIVING NATIONAL RECOGNITION OVER THE LAST DECADE, HE USES A COMMON TOOL, INC., AND HIS CANVAS, SKIN.

WE HAVE AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE ART OF TATTOOING.

>> I BEGAN TO GROW AND EXPAND MY BRAND AND I WAS HELD NOTABLE AND RESPECTED IN THE INDUSTRY.

I WAS ABLE TO CREATE STUDIOS AND GO INTO THE DROP SHOP, NOW I'M HERE AT THIS SHOP FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW.

>> HE IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH HIS 14 YEAR CAREER THAT HIS RECOGNITION WENT NATIONAL.

WHEN HE AND HIS ARTWORK WERE SHOWCASED ON THE NEW VH1 SHOW , THE CREW IN CHICAGO.

>> THE LAST 15 YEARS HAS BEEN SO MUCH MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY INDUSTRY .

NOW, IT HAS BEEN MORE ACCEPTED, NOW WITH THIS NEW GENERATION, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT IS JUST ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

>> SO, I DID A THING AND IT WAS A PRETTY BIG THING.

I GOT MY FIRST TATTOO.

IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T HURT AT ALL.

OKAY, THAT IS A LIE, IT DEFINITELY HURT A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY, I'M LYING, IT TOTALLY HURT.

>> IT'S AN ENTIRE CULTURE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH JUST EXPRESSING THEMSELVES.

WE HAVE AN ENTIRE CULTURE OF ARTISTS BUT GOING ALONG WITH THAT, YOU HAVE ART CONNOISSEURS.

>> THAT IS WHY THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE HELPING TO EXPLORE THE CRAFT AS A MAINSTREAM ART FORM.

>> IT'S THE SAME THING AS YOU BUY A PAINTING AND PUT IT ON YOUR WALL, YOU ARE PUTTING IT ON YOUR BODY, AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

>> IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I FINISHED THE FIRST AND ONLY TATTOO THAT I BETTER UNDERSTOOD THE DESIRE FOR THE ARTFORM.

>> THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS RYAN HENRY WORK WITH INCLUDE RED BULL, THEY HAVE A NATIONAL CONTEST DESCRIBED TO BE PERFECT FOR TATTOO ARTIST.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO COMPETE .

ALSO, MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN GET A TATTOO .

>> SHE ACTUALLY GOT A TATTOO.

WAY TO SACRIFICE FOR THE STORY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY I AM GOING TO GET A TATTOO OF EITHER THE WTTW LOGO , OR MAYBE MATCHING TATTOOS .

>> I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THAT ARTIST.

THEY DO GREAT WORK BUT I AM NOT GETTING A TATTOO.

>> HE WILL DO IT WHEN YOU ARE LIKE TAKING A NAP IN YOUR OFFICE.

JUST KIDDING.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING , YOU CAN ALSO STREAM ON YOUTUBE , FACEBOOK, OR OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN ALSO GET THE PODCAST AND VIDEO APP, AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00.

>>> AND A MAGNIFIED VIEW OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW AFTER THE CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENS.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH THE RED BULL DUAL ART WORKSHOP, FEATURING RYAN HENRY, THE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT CONTEST CLOSES TOMORROW.

I'M BRANIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL