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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE VACCINE IS HERE.

AND THAT MEANS HOPE IS HERE.

>> AS THE GOVERNOR GETS HIS COVID SHOT THE LATEST ON THE VACCINATION EFFORT.

>> THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.

>> MEANWHILE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT PULLS VACCINES FROM PROVIDERS FOR MISS APPROPRIATEIATING SHOTS AND THAT AND MORE IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US AND REALIZE THE CHANGE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS POSE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS.

>> THE CONVERSATIONS ARE A SLAP IN THE FACE... >> ALDERMEN DEBATE REPARATIONS FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS AND THAT AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING.

>> WE ARE READY FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK INTO THE BUILDING AND IT IS A MATTER OF PEOPLE FEELING COMFORTABLE.

>> WHAT RESEARCH SAYS WHETHER OR NOT CHICAGO WORKERS WILL GO BACK TO THE OFFICE ONCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.

>> PARKING METERS ARE COMING TO MONTROSE HARBOR AND WHY SOME RESIDENTS ARE UP IN ARMS.

>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS MORE TO [INAUDIBLE] LIVES.

>> AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO REPLACE LEAD WATER SERVICE PIPES IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE STATE?

FIRST TOP STORIES...

THE UNITED CENTER IS NOW OPEN FOR DRIVE-THRU VACCINATION SERVICES.

THE DRIVE-THRU OFFICIALLY OPENED YESTERDAY SEEING MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST IN THE CITY AND IT WILL FOCUS ON THOSE 65 AND OLDER WHO LIVE IN CHICAGO.

AND LIMITED APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE 18-64 YEARS OLD WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, LIVING IN ONE OF 17 OF THE CITY'S UNDER VACCINATED ZIP CODES.

THE SITE IS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S VACCINATION PILOT PROGRAM.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE 2800 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS, PLUS 20 DEATHS.

THE STATE'S TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IS 1.2 MILLION.

AND 21,136 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE TICKS UP SLIGHTLY TO 3.1%.

WEDNESDAY IT WAS 2.6%.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM EARLIER NEXT YEAR UNDER A PLAN PASSED BY THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION TODAY.

THE DISTRICT'S NEW START DATE SHIFTS TO AUGUST 30TH INSTEAD OF THE TUESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY.

THE DISTRICT SAYS THE CHANGE SHOULD HELP REDUCE SUMMER LEARNING LOSS BY SHRINKING THE SUMMER BREAK BUT IT DOES NOT MAKE THE SCHOOL LONGER.

THE CALENDAR INCLUDES THE SAME NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE DAYS.

AND WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE DISTRICT'S PLAN FOR CHANGING ITS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

AND TO PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

15% OF ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED FOR COVID.

ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

MANY ARE ON THE HUNT FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THERE IS QUESTION AS VACATION RATES RISE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINING US WITH MORE.

>> MORE THAN FIVE MILLION DOSES OF THE COVID VACCINE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED IN ILLINOIS AND NOW GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IS AMONG THEM.

THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING OTHER FOLKS TO GET A SHOT.

>> WE REALLY DO HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE NOW TO BRING THIS PANDEMIC TO AN END.

WE HAVE THREE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AND PROTECTIVE VACCINES THAT WILL PROTECT PEOPLE FROM GETTING VERY SICK, PREVENT THEM FROM NEEDING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, AND WILL KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE PASS AWAY FROM THIS VIRUS.

>> STILL, THE GOVERNOR HAD HERETOFORE NOT GET EN VACCINATED DESPITE HIS GUIDANCE THAT SAYS EARLY FEBRUARY INCLUDED LAWMAKERS AMONG THOSE ELIGIBLE.

>> BUT I ALSO WANT ILLINOISANS TO KNOW ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT YET FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GET VACCINATED, THAT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO ANYTHING THAT I WOULD NOT DO MYSELF.

>> IT IS ONE AND DONE FOR PRITZKER WHO RECEIVED THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

THE STATE, BY THE WAY, IS EXPECTING MORE OF THAT COME THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE GOVERNOR GOT HIS JAB AT A SITE IN SPRINGFIELD ON THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR GROUNDS.

HE IS NOT SCARED OF NEEDLES AND FELT THE SAME AFTER GETTING THE SHOT JUST MORE FORTIFIED.

>> THE VACCINE IS HERE.

AND THAT MEANS HOPE IS HERE.

SO HERE'S MY ASK OF YOU...

IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ABOUT HOW FRIENDLY AND EFFICIENT IT WAS AND THE PROCESS HERE AT THE STATE MASS SITE.

>> THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THESE STATE RUN MASS VACCINATION SITES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.

A NEW ONE OPENS IN FOREST PARK FRIDAY.

MOST ARE RUN BY THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD BEFORE LEADING IEMA ALICIA TATE-NADEAU WAS THE GUARD BRIGADIER GENERAL.

SITES LIKE THIS IS HELPING TO MOVE THE STATE'S RATE UP.

66% OF ADULTS AGED 65 AND OVER HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST THEIR FIRST COVID SHOT AND THAT IS THE A KEY METRIC PER THE GOVERNOR'S REOPENING GUIDELINES THINGS CAN OPEN UP ONCE 70% OF SENIORS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR COVID VACCINE.

MEANING THAT ILLINOIS IS RAPIDLY GETTING TO THAT POINT, INCHING CLOSER TO THE BRIDGE BASE.

THAT BRIDGE WILL ALLOW MORE OUTDOOR EVENTS TO HAVE 500 PEOPLE AND CONVENTIONS AND HOTELS AND SUCH AS MANY AS 1,000 INDIVIDUALS.

THE PHASE WILL ALLOW MUSEUMS, STORES AND RESTAURANTS TO INCREASE CAPACITY LIMITS UP TO 60%.

OR MORE IF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

PER THE RULES FOLKS WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED DO NOT COUNT TOWARD THOSE CAPACITY LIMITS.

CHEF RODOLFO CUADROS OF BUCKTOWN'S LATIN RESTAURANT AMARU SAYS IT IS A NICE GESTURE BUT... >> I THINK IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US RESTAURANTS TO SEE WHO IS VACCINATED AND WHO IS NOT TO TRY TO FAKE VACCINATION SLIP FROM A REAL ONE.

IT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

>> AMARU TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK THIS IN SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE BUT DECIDE TO DO WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE.

>> TO THINK WE CAN DO MORE, BUT FOR US WE TAKE THE APPROACH WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP SURVIVING THE WAY WE HAVE BASKETBALL DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR GUESTS FEEL SAFE.

IF I'M VACCINATED YOU WOULD NOT KNOW THAT.

YOU WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT I'M TOO CLOSE AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GUESTS THAT CAN BE IN THE ROOM AT ONE TIME.

>> ONE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT WAS A VACCINE PASSPORT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD SHOW TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED FOR COVID-19.

PRITZKER SAYS HE KIND OF LIKES THE IDEA AND MAYBE A PHONE APPLICATION THAT SOMEBODY CAN SHOW FOR THEIR VACCINATION STATUS.

BUT HE SAYS IT HAS TO NOT BE MANDATORY.

>> I DO LIKE THE IDEA, THOUGH, THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE WITH THEM EASILY ON THEIR DEVICE MOST PEOPLE CARRY THEIR DEVICES SOME WAY TO SHOW THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

LOOK YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU ALL WANT TO GET TOGETHER YOU MAY WANT TO SHOW EACH OTHER IT IS OK WE CAN TAKE OUR MASKS OFF AS THE CDC ALLOWED AS LONG AS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

>> WHEN I ASKED CHEF RODOLFO CUADROS ABOUT THIS, HE WAS GETTING MEALS READY FOR WHAT HE HOPES WILL BE A BUSY NIGHT, RESTAURANT WEEK, HE THINKS IT'S LATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RECOGNIZING LOGISTICS WENT INTO VACCINATIONS BUT THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE WE SAW FIVE MILLION DOSES OF COVID HERE IN ILLINOIS.

ALL OF THIS COMES AS CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR HAS SIGNALED A WORRISOME RISE IN COVID CASES IN THE CITY.

THE STATE'S REOPENING PLAN COULD GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF REOPENING INSTEAD LEAD TO MORE RESTRICTIONS IF THAT CONTINUES.

>> I DON'T EXPECT US TO GET THERE.

BUT I'M -- I'VE BEEN TO THIS MOVIE BEFORE AND SEEN THE RISING POSITIVITY RATES AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG AS WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE MITIGATIONS AND LOWER MITIGATIONS HERE OR THERE, I'VE SAID WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE VARIANTS >> NOW, TO HELP PREVENT REOPENING REVERSAL WEAR A MASK AND GET VACCINATED CHICAGO IS EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY STARTING MONDAY.

AND OF COURSE, STATE-WIDE, EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE STARTING APRIL 12TH.

SO IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF THE STATE RUN VACCINATION SITES ELSEWHERE STARTING APRIL 12.

PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> MOVING FAST BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE RISING NUMBERS.

AMANDA THANK YOU, NOW TO BRANDIS WITH AN UPCOMING CHANGE TO C.P.S.

SCHOOL HALLWAYS.

>> WHILE SEVERAL CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMOVED POLICE OFFICERS FROM THEIR BUILDINGS, 55 SCHOOLS IN THE CITY STILL HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

TODAY, AFTER MONTHS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENTS, PER-SHARE BASISES AND PARTNERS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LAID OUT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS TO PURSUE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SAFETY.

THE EXCLUSION AREA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS OF OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS STILL QUOTE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS STUDENTS OF COLOR.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE MARIA DEGILLO, COORDINATOR OF VOICES OF YOUTH IN CHICAGO EDUCATION OR VOICE.

ONE OF THE FIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHIEF SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER, JADINE CHOU JADE WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE, WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO SAFETY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING HERE?

>> WE'RE SO EXCITED AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO START BY SAYING WE ASKED OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND TRANSCEND DIFFERENT AREAS BEYOND JUST CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SAFETY.

WE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT EMOTIONAL SAFETY, WHAT WE CALL RELATIONAL TRUST SAFETY AS WELL.

A LOT OF IDEAS THAT CAME UP IN THE SESSIONS WITH PUBLIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS CAME UP WITH IDEAS THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT SCHOOL WIDE.

PARTICULARLY IF WE LOOK AT THOSE EFFORTS BEING LED BY COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS.

LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

PARTICULARLY IN THE SENSE OF CAPACITY AS WELL AS CAPABILITY.

MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WE DO HAVE, HAVE THE RIGHT SKILL SET SO THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT INFLICTING MORE HARM ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

ANOTHER ONE I WILL HIGHLIGHT WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT IS FINDING WAY TOSSEL VACCINATE STUDENT VOICE.

AND SO GIVING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE LEADERS, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE.

THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE EXAMPLES THEY CAME UP WITH.

>> MARIA, YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH STUDENTS AND HELD STUDENT TOWN HALLS ON THIS SUBJECT.

WHAT CHANGE HAVE YOU HEARD FROM STUDENTS?

WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE IN THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM?

>> SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.

YES, I AM THE COORDINATOR WITH VOICE.

AND VOICE HAS BEEN SINCE OUR INCEPTION HAS BEEN AROUND CENTERING THE VOICES OF BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH TO PROMOTE AN ADVANCED HEALING CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS.

FOR US THIS WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE VALUES OF YOUTH CENTERED SOLUTIONS BE FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE VERY END WHEN IT COMES TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CRAFTING OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAVE LIKE YOU SAID THREE TOWN HALLS ALL YOUTH-LED.

ONE WHICH WAS ONLY LIKE ONLY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE TOWN HALLS SO WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING FOCUSED ON YOUNG FOLKS.

AND THE OTHER BY BILINGUAL IN SPANISH AND THE ENGLISH AND THE OTHER WAS INTERGENERATIONAL.

SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOUNG PEOPLE HAS BEEN THE NEED TO INVEST AND INCREASE THE INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH.

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH ENHANCING OR CAPRI ITS AGO I -- CREATING A BEHAVIORAL COMMITTEE.

>> WHAT ARE PROBLEMS STUDENTS EXPRESSED HAVING HAD WITH A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER?

AND WE INVITED A MEMBER OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO JOIN US AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO.

WHAT HAVE STUDENTS SAID ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH HAVING A POLICE OFFICER IN THEIR SCHOOLS?

>> WELL, AND JADE DEAN KNOWS THIS IT WAS A VERY -- IT TOOK US A WHILE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT VOICE STANDS ON POLICE IN SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A FULL REMOVAL OF POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS AND A FULL INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH AND POSITIVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND WHERE SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR WRITING THEIR NAMES ON A DESK WITH A PENCIL.

OR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HANDCUFFED TO A PIPE FOR FIVE HOURS.

THESE WERE HORROR STORIES WE WERE HEARING AT THE BEGINNING WHICH IS WHAT LED VOICE TO TAKE A STRONG POSITION.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION BUT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SAFETY THAT IS ENGAGED AND AUTHENTIC PROCESS IN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY VOICES AND THAT IS WHAT WE WENT THROUGH HERE.

BECAUSE THE FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THE PART OF THIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE WE ALL STAND DIFFERENTLY IN THIS ISSUE.

WHICH IS WHY IT WAS CHALLENGING BUT IT WAS ALSO AUTHENTIC.

>> AND JADINE CHOU FOR THE 55 SCHOOLS THAT STILL HAVE RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WHEN IT IS UP TO THE SCHOOLS TO SORT OF DECIDE WHAT THEIR SAFETY PLAN LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THEY WILL DECIDE TO RELEASE ONE OR BOTH OF THEIR SRO'S?

>> I THINK THIS IS THE TIME WHERE SCHOOLS ARE STARTING TO CONSIDER WHAT WE NEED BY WHOLE SCHOOL SAFETY.

AS I BEGUN TALKING TO PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS THEY ARE SAYING WELL, MAYBE WITH THIS NOW NEW OPTION OF TRADING IN MY SRO TO GET ALTERNATIVES, THAT MEANS ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES, AND PROGRAMS, MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF TEST IT OUT AND SEE IF WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING THAT MOVE.

THIS IS WHAT IT DIFFERENT WITH THE PROCESS THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY REMOVING JUST ONE AND IT IS NOT AN ALL OR NOTHING.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS DIFFERENT WE ARE HELPING TO IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES THAT THEY CAN USE TO REPLACE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE USING THE SRO'S FOR N THIS CASE GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, WE WANT TO WORK IN PHASE 2 TO HELP SCHOOLS THINK THROUGH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> AND WE HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT.

EXPLAIN QUICKLY PHASE 2 AND WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE BEING TASKED WITH NOW?

>> ESSENTIALLY SCHOOLS WILL BE TASKED WITH FORMING WHOLE SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'LL GET PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP THINK THROUGH WHAT IS BEST FOR THAT SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND THEN IN JUNE WE WILL ASK THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUPLES TO VOTE ON THE WHOLE SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN.

>> JUNE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU TO JADINE CHOU AND MARIA DEGILLO OF VOICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, AGAIN.

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT RETURNING TO THE WORKPLACE.

>> BRANDIS, THE INCREASE IN VACCINATIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE COVID TUNNEL PRESENTS A VEXING QUESTION FOR MANY: DO I GO BACK TO THE OFFICE?

SOME MAY HAVE GOTTEN USE TO THE COMFORTS OF HOME OTHERS MAY BE ITCHING TO GET OUT AND THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER FOR THE CITY ESPECIALLY FOR OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF THE MASSIVE PIECES OF REAL ESTATE IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT STILL SITTING MOSTLY VACANT.

>> THE LOOP HAS BEEN A GHOST TOWN FOR A YEAR.

BUT IT HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE DURING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES LIKE IN THE 1980s.

>> IN A LOT OF WAYS WE ARE IN THE SAME PLACE.

PEOPLE ARE FEELING DOWNTOWN IS LESS HEALTHY AND LESS SAFE.

>> THE CENTRAL CORE BOOMED BEFORE HITTING A ROADBLOCK AFTER 9/11.

>> NO ONE WANTED TO BE IN A HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDING EVER AGAIN.

20 YEARS LATER, PEOPLE ARE IN HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS.

>> THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY COVID-19 AND SHUTDOWNS WILL REVERBERATE IN THE LOOP.

ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OR BOMA, BETWEEN 88-92% OF WORKERS WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE IN THEIR OFFICE ARE STILL NOT BACK.

THE RATE OF OFFICE SUBLEASES IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND THE TRIBUNE REPORTS THE OVERALL VACANCY RATE IS 15%.

AND IT COULD GO HIGHER.

BUT BUILDING OWNERS SAY THE TRUE DAMAGE WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL LONG-TERM LEASES EXPIRE IN A YEAR OR SO.

>> WE HAVE BEEN READY FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK IN THE BUILDING AND IT'S JUST OF A MATTER OF PEOPLE FEELING COMFORTABLE.

>> DEREK CHAUVIN MANAGES SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE LOOP FOR THE FIRM ZELLER INCLUDING 311 SOUTH WHACKER AND SAYS THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RETROFITTED FOR SAFETY AND SANITATION AND IT INCORPORATING COMFORTS OF HOME INTO THE OFFICE.

>> WHETHER IT'S PICK UP DRY CLEANING OR THINGS DELIVERED WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

>> JOHNSON SAYS THE BUILDING PLANS HAVING ON HAVING REGULAR CONCERTS IN THE OUTDOOR PLAZA AND ALL BUILDINGS WILL HAVE TO PLAN STREET-LEVEL EVENTS TO LURE WORKERS BACK AND KEEP THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

>> THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OFFICE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO NEED TO SHIFT AND CHANGE.

>> SHERYL SCHULZE LEADS REPOSITIONING AND LANDLORD SERVICES FOR GENSLER, A SURVEY REVEALED THAT 70% PLAN TO GO BACK TO THE OFFICE ALL OR MOST OF THE WEEK.

WHILE 30% SAID THEY WANTED FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES.

THE CUBELES AND CUBICLES AND WALLS WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN.

>> ACCESS TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS.

ACCESS TO PLACES OUTSIDE OF YOUR TENANT SPACE.

>> A FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS BRINGING RESIDENTS BACK.

>> SAMIR MAYEKAR IS CHICAGO'S DEPUTY MAYOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAYS THE LOOP'S FUTURE IS CONTINGENT ON BUILDING A MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH EQUAL AMOUNTS OF OFFICE, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT.

>> THAT COULD INVOLVE CHANGING ZONING SO THE OLDER BUILDINGS MIGHT BE REPURPOSED AS HOTELS OR APARTMENTS.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN HERE IN CHICAGO AND LARGE CITIES LIKE NEW YORK.

I WOULD EXPECT MORE ADAPTABILITY FROM THE CITY SO WE CAN RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> PLANNERS SAY THE IDEAL MODEL IS THE WEST LOOP AND FULTON MARKET AREA.

BOOMING WITH DEVELOPMENT IN EVERY SECTOR.

FARZIN PARANG IS BOMA'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ACKNOWLEDGES NERVOUSNESS ON THE PART OF LOOP BUILDING MANAGERS BUT IT IS NOT LIKE CHICAGO IS ALONE.

>> WE WILL BOUNCE BACK AND IT IS A QUESTION OF HOW ARE WE BOUNCING BACK RELATIVE TO COMPETITORS.

>> FARZIN PARANG SAYS THE FUTURE LOOKS PROMISING.

>> THERE ARE CHALLENGES AHEAD BUT WE ARE OPTIMISTIC AND BULLISH IN CHICAGO AND WE BELIEVE IN CHICAGO.

THIS IS OUR HOME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE CHALLENGE.

>> UP NEXT, A PLAN TO ADD PARKING METERS TO THE LAKEFRONT HAS RESIDENTS UP IN ARMS.

SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

METERED PARKING IS COMING TO MONTROSE HARBOR AND SOME RESIDENTS ARE NOT TOO PLEASED WITH THAT.

THE CHANGE HAPPENED QUIETLY WHEN PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST NOVEMBER.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE JUAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE PARKS, JUANITA IZIZARRY.

AND VAL FREE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK ALLIANCE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND WE INVITED ALDERMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN WHOSE WARD INCLUDES MAN INTRODUCES HARBOR BUT HE DECLINED OUR INVITATION HE DID SEND A STATEMENT WHICH WE WILL GET TO IN A BIT.

AND WE INVITED THE CITY TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE AND WE'VE HEARD NO RESPONSE.

JUANITA IZIZARRY WELCOME BACK.

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE METERS?

>> FIRST OF ALL, THE PROCESS BY WHICH THIS DECISION WAS MADE WAS CLEARLY ONE THAT DID NOT ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

THE ALDERMAN TO THE NORTH, OSTER MAN DECIDED NOT TO HAVE METERS PUT IN HIS PART OF THE PARK AND WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CHICAGO TO CALL FOR A BETTER CONVERSATION WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE DAY PARKING AT THE PARKS AT ALL.

>> WHO DO YOU FEEL THIS IMPACTS THE MOST?

>> LOW INCOME USERS ARE LIKELY TO BE PRICED OUT AND THAT IS A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE CITY.

BUT BECAUSE IT IS USED BY A DIVERSE SET OF FOLKS IT'S DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THIS CASE.

>> VAL FREE, THESE METERS HAVE BEEN IN SOUTH SHORE FOR YEARS.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE SUDDEN PUSH AGAINST THEM ON THE NORTH SIDE?

>> WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, MY REACTION IS THIS CRY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO.

IT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING NOW.

WE'VE BEEN CRYING ABOUT IT FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS IN SOUTH SHORE.

WHAT WE SEE IS OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME FAMILIES DON'T REALLY COME TO THE PARK AS FAMILIES UNLESS THEY DRIVE THERE AND DON'T PAY THE PARKING AND RISK TAKING A TICKET, RECEIVING A TICKET.

I REALLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THIS.

BUT IT DEFINITELY HAS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING CRIME, IF YOU'RE PUSHING THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE IN THE PARKS OUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

>> WE INVITED ALDERMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN WHO VOTED YES FOR THE METERS.

AND HIS WARD INCLUDES MONTROSE BEACH.

HE DID SEND US A STATEMENT AND IT READS IN PART... >> VAL, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

>> I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FACE OF LET'S NOT PAY FOR PARKING HOW ABOUT THAT, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THIS PARTICULAR ROUTE.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PARK BECAUSE THEY COULD COST THEM A MINIMUM OF $40.

>> JUANITA IZIZARRY WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

IS METERED PARKING NOT A WAY TO CONTROL CROWDS?

IN THE CASE THAT ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN HE SUGGESTED IT IS A MATTER OF THE NORTH SIDE AND RESIDENTS IS HAVING TO CARRY THE PAPER PARKING LOAD?

>> I THINK THE PAPER PARK LOAD IS COMPLICATED AND WE NEED TO POINT OUT THAT ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE CALUMET PARK THERE'S FREE PARKING AT THE LAKEFRONT AND STEELWORKERS PARK HAS PARKING.

AND PLACES ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THERE ARE PARKING LOTS THAT YOU PAY INCLUDING AT MONTROSE THERE ARE PAID PARKING LOTS.

THESE ARE THE STREETS IN THE PARK.

AND THE STREETS IN THE PARK ARE CONTROLLED BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO RATHER THAN THE PARK DISTRICT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BREAKDOWN THE DISTINCTION HERE.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STREETS IN THE PARK MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT LINCOLN PARK BY LINCOLN PARK ZOO WHICH IS AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO METERS AND RELATIVELY WEALTHY CHICAGOANS GET TO USE THOSE PARKS AND THOSE STREETS AS OVERNIGHT PARKING.

THEY GET TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY WANT OFTEN NOT MOVING THE CARS UNLESS STREET CLEANING.

AND FOLKS LIKE ME I LIVE IN HUMBOLDT PARK I CANNOT PARK MY CAR THERE BECAUSE THE PARKING DOESN'T TURNOVER.

I MENTION THAT BECAUSE ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN REFERENCED THE TURNOVER OF PARKING SPACES AT MONTROSE.

>> WELL, AND SO THAT END, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THE CASE THAT IT WILL HELP THE PARKING TURNOVER IF THERE ARE METERS?

>> THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT WILL KEEP PAYING THE METERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO ENJOY A PARK.

>> VAL A FEW SECONDS LEFT HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE ADDITION OF THE METERS AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT USE THE BEACHES AND PARKS?

>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD NORMALLY DRIVE THEIR CARS TO THE LAKEFRONT AND GET OUT AND WALK.

A LOT OF THEM DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

YOU HAVE, AGAIN, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WOULD HAVE HOLIDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

CELEBRATIONS AT THE PARK.

YOU DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH.

MIND YOU THE PARKS ARE STILL FULL AND A LOT OF CASES THEY ARE NOT PAYING THE FEES AND THEY ARE RISKING THE COST OF A TICKET.

>> OK.

QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THERE.

THANK YOU TO JUANITA IZIZARRY AND VAL FREE FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> AND FOR MORE ON THE STORY VISIT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND WHILE YOU ARE THERE CHECK OUT OUR STORY ON EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE PIPING POLICE OFFICER HABITAT AT MONTROSE BEACH.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" ALDERMEN PASS A MEASURE THAT COULD REDUCE POLLUTION BUT NOT EVERYONE IS BREATHING EASY.

CHICAGO HAS MORE LEAD SERVICE PIPES THAN ANY OTHER CITY AND ILLINOIS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE.

WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE?

>> IF THINGS ARE THERE IS A VIP LINE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.

>> AND EMPLOYEES OF A GOLD COAST STEAKHOUSE THE LATEST VIPS TO GET LORETTO'S HOSPITAL VACCINES THAT AND MORE IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> BUT FIRST, MORE OF OUR TOP STORIES... U.S.

SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CABINET AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE NOMINEES NOW THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID BIDEN WILL APPOINT AN ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LIAISON TO THE STAFF.

TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND ANOTHER CALLED OUT THE ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT HAVING AAPI REPRESENTATION AND THREATENED TO WITHHOLD SUPPORT UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED.

IN A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, TAMMY DUCKWORTH'S SPOKESPERSON SAID THE SENATOR QUOTE APPRECIATES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S ASSURANCES THAT IT WILL DO MUCH MORE TO ELEVATE AAPI ADVICES AND PERSPECTIVES INCLUDING APPOINTING A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, SECURE THE CONFIRMATION OF AAPI APPOINTMENTS AND ADVANCE POLICY PROPOSALS RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO DIVERSIFY THE NEXT CLASS OF RECRUITS THROUGH VIDEOS RELEASED TODAY.

>> IT'S NEEDED.

IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO PEOPLE ON THEIR LEVEL, TO HELP THEM.

SO HOW DO WE RELATE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM?

>> C.P.D.

IS OFFERING THE FIRST ENTRANCE EXAM SINCE JANUARY OF 2020 AND SAYS THE SERIES OF VIDEOS IS PART OF THE BE THE CHANGE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN.

THE VIDEOS FEATURE HIGH RANKING DEPARTMENT MEMBERS DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY AND THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AS CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS.

APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXAM ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH APRIL 9TH.

AND TO PARIS WITH DETAILS ABOUT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>> CITY COUNCIL PASSED SEVERAL MEASURES TODAY INCLUDING RULES THAT COULD AFFECT AIR POLLUTION ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE'S.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINING US WITH HIGHLIGHTS.

CITY COUNCIL TIGHTENS REGULATIONS ON RECYCLING CENTERS AND INDUSTRIAL TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION BUT PASSES WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM ENVIRONMENTALISTS PUSHING THIS.

HERE IS MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ.

>> IN THE LAST DAYS OF THIS ORDINANCE, THERE WERE CONCESSIONS AND THOSE CONCESSIONS WERE TO INDUSTRY.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE STUDY OUR HISTORY AND WE LOOK PARTICULARLY AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND INDUSTRIAL REGULATION, WE FIND THAT WHENEVER WE GO AFTER INDUSTRY TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO COMMUNITY, MORE ENGAGING, THE SKY FALLS.

>> HEATHER WHAT IS THE VERDICT FOR ENVIRONMENTALISTS?

>> THEY DON'T CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE A WIN.

AND THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND THE ALDERMEN WHO SUPPORT TO DO ARE CHARACTERIZING IT AS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPROVE AIR QUALITY ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES WHICH IS WORSE THAN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN AND ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THEY ARE UPSET THE NEW REGULATIONS DON'T APPLY TO WAREHOUSES LIKE THE ONES THAT TARGET AND OTHER E-COMMERCE GIANTS ARE BUILDING IN CHICAGO TO COVER THAT LAST MILE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES.

THEY WANTED MUCH STRICTER REGULATIONS SO THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT CHOKED WITH TRAFFIC AND DIESEL FUMES.

AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WAREHOUSE GOING WHERE THE PLANT IN LITTLE VILLAGE CAME DOWN.

ANOTHER MEASURE PASSED REQUIRING DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DEMOLISH BUILDINGS IN PILSEN NEAR THE 606 TO PAY A FEE UP TO $15,000.

REMIND US HOW THAT WORKS?

>> WELL, WHAT HAPPENED ALONG THE 606 TRAIL IS THAT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET HAS JUST EXPLODED.

SO YOU'VE GOT TWO OR THREE-FLAT BUILDINGS ARE BEING TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MANSIONSES AND THAT IS PUSHING LONG TIME PRIMARILY LATINO RESIDENTS OUT OF THE AREA AND FORCING THEM TO FIND SOMEWHERE NEW TO LIVE.

FOR A YEAR DEMOLITION HAS BEEN BANNED ON THE 606 TRAIL.

THIS ORDINANCE REPLACES THAT BAN IN THE HOPE IT IS WILL TAMP DOWN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.

THE DEMOLITION BAN IS IN EFFECT IN PILSEN CICERO SENN WHERE THERE'S BEEN DISPLACEMENT WHO ARE ALSO LATINO AND WE HEARD FROM BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ WHO SAID THIS WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF PILSEN.

AND WHETHER IT WORKS IS VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION.

BUT IT WILL SERVE AS A SORT OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO FACING GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLATION PLACEMENT PRESSURE.

>> AND ALDERMEN HELD A DEBATE ABOUT REPARATIONS.

HOW DID THAT COME UP?

AND HOW WAS IT RESOLVED?

>> THE CITY COUNCIL WAS EXPECTED TO PASS AND THEY DID, A NONBINDING RESOLUTION CALLING ON MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TO TAKE ABOUT $50 MILLION FROM THE LATEST COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SEND CASH PAYMENTS TO RESIDENTS OF CHICAGOANS STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT AMID THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.

AND JASON ERVIN, OBJECTED SAYING THAT REPARATIONS SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE CITY'S PRIORITY LIST IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SENDING CASH TO CHICAGOANS WHO NEED HELP.

HE WAS JOINED BY SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLACK CAUCUS IN VOTING AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION WHICH HAS NO FORCE OF LAW.

AND THIS SETS UP, I THINK, A PUSH TOWARD REPARATIONS.

PERHAPS SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN LOOKING NORTHWARD AND SEEING THE HEADLINES EVANSTON GOT AND THEY ARE JUMPING ON THIS TOPIC.

>> SEEMS LIKE EVANSTON MIGHT LEAD TO ACTION IN CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> ILLINOIS HAS MORE LEAD SERVICE WATER PIPES THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION AND CHICAGO MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY.

ILLINOIS MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS A QUARTER OF ALL LEAD SERVICE PIPES IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH LEADING THE PUSH FOR A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO REBUILD THE NATION'S WATER SYSTEMS.

HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY CITING DATA FROM A "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" REPORT.

>> BETWEEN 2015-2020 TAP WATER MEASUREMENTS IN DOZENS OF ILLINOIS HOMES SHOWED HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS PARTS PER BILLION OF LEAD THESE MATCH WHAT RESEARCHERS FOUND DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN FLINT, MICHIGAN.

AS WITH MANY PROBLEMS THIS LEAD CONTAMINATION IS OFTEN THE WORST IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> AND JOINING US ARE ANGELA TOVAR THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AND JEREMY ORR SENIOR ATTORNEY AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL WHERE HE FOCUSES ON THE SAFE WATER INITIATIVE.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

JEREMY ORR, REMIND US WHY LEAD SERVICE LINES FOR WATER CAN BE SO DANGEROUS?

>> YES, SO AS WE'VE SEEN WE POPPED UP ON THE SCENE FOLLOWING THE FLINT WATER CRISIS THE LEAD SERVICE LINES ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND IN CHICAGO WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST IN THE COUNTRY.

IT'S LIKE DRINKING THROUGH A LEAD STRAW.

AND THE REASON LEAD IS SO DANGEROUS IS BECAUSE IT IS A NEUROTOXIN THAT CASES IRREVERSIBLE HARM.

ONCE IT'S IN YOUR SYSTEM IT'S HARD TO GET OUT AND ONCE THE DAMAGE IS DONE, IT'S DONE.

>> AND ANGELA TOVAR THE CITY STARTED YEARS AGO TO REPLACE SOME OF THE LEAD SERVICE LINES.

WHERE IS THE CITY ON THAT EFFORT RIGHT NOW?

>> SO, YOU ARE RIGHT THE CITY HAS ALLOWED LEAD SERVICE LINES UNTIL 1986 WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROHIBITED THE PRACTICE.

AS A RESULT HERE IN CHICAGO WE HAVE MANY SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO-FLATS THAT HAVE LEAD SERVICE LINES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE 380,000 SERVICE LINES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION TO STEP UP TO ADDRESS THE REMOVAL OF THE LINES.

WE HAVE STARTED BY IDENTIFYING SOME SOURCES OF FUNDING TO TACKLE THE ISSUE.

AND WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH AN EQUITY LED SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND A HOMEOWNER INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

THE FIRST WOULD BE AN INCOME QUALIFIED PROGRAM WHERE HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE FULL LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.

THROUGH GRANT FUNDING.

AND THE SECOND IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS HOMEOWNERS TO INITIATE THE PROCESS ON THEIR OWN TO HAVE THE FEES WAIVED TO ENABLE THE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> AND JEREMY ORR FIRST ON THE STATISTICS WE MENTIONED CHICAGO NUMBER ONE LEAD SERVICE LINES AMONG CITIES.

ILLINOIS NUMBER ONE AMONG STATES.

HOW DID THEY GET THOSE DISTINCTIONS?

>> IT GOES BACK TO WHAT ANGELA MENTIONED THE IDEA THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES AROUND THE STATE ALLOWED THE USE OF LEAD SERVICE LINES THROUGH 1986 WHICH WE KNOW IS LONG AFTER IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT LEAD SERVICE LINES WERE TOXIC AND WERE CAUSING HARM.

WHEN YOU HAVE PLACES LIKE ILLINOIS WHO WERE USING THE PIPES FOR YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FOUND TO BE DANGEROUS AND OTHER CITIES AND STATES STOPPED USING THEM YOU GET THE LINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND STATE MUCH MORE THAN OTHER PLACES WHO STOPPED USING THEM SOONER.

>> AND SPEAKING OF PLACES THAT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF THEM, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO LIVE IN AREAS WITH LEAD SERVICE LINES.

WHY THE DISPARITIES?

>> I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THAT AS THE DATA HAS SHOWN 23409 JUST IN CHICAGO BUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, 95% OF THE LEAD SERVICE LINES ARE LOCATED IN BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ISSUES LIKE THAT.

ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WHEN WE KNOW THAT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES TYPICALLY BEAR THE BRUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND WHEN WE THINK HOW LONG THOSE LEAD SERVICE LINES WERE USED THREE 1986 THEY ARE STILL BEING USED PREDOMINANTLY IN THOSE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES THAT NOW WE'RE SEEING AS WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PIPES ARE, WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE USE OF LEAD AND OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN USE R USING SAFER FORMS OF DRINKING WATER.

>> AND MAYBE IT SHOWS MORE AFTER LUCENT COMMUNITIES STARTED REMOVING THOSE LINES EARLIER.

ANGELA TOVAR YOU ARE A CHICAGO HOMEOWNER WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT SERVICE LINES YOU HAVE?

AND HOW DO YOU QUALIFY FOR HAVING THE REPLACEMENT PAID FOR?

>> ANYONE IN CHICAGO THAT WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A LEAD SERVICE LINE CAN CALL 3-1-1 AND A KIT WILL BE SHIPPED FOR YOU.

WE WILL TAKE WATER SAMPLES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT WILL COME AND PICK THOSE UP.

AND CERTIFIED LAB WILL PROCESS.

AND WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR RESULTS.

YOU CAN THEN IF YOU ARE INCOME QUALIFIED SO IF YOU HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME BELOW 80% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME LEVEL WITHIN CHICAGO IS $72,800 FOR A FAMILY OF 4 AND IF YOU OWN YOUR HOME AND IF YOU TEST, IF YOUR TEST REVEALS THAT YOU HAVE A HIGHER THRESHOLD, THE EPA ACTION LEVEL OF 15 PARTS PER BILLION WE WILL YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

THE HOMEOWNER INITIATED PROGRAM AGAIN IF A HOMEOWNER WANTS TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE THEIR LEAD SERVICE LINES WE WILL WAIVE THE PERMIT FEES AND THERE IS INFORMATION ON BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION AND THAT IS LEAD SAFE CHICAGO.ORG.

>> AND JEREMY WE MENTIONED THE STATE'S PROBLEMS ARE THERE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REPLACE ILLINOIS' LINES?

AND WHAT ABOUT THE BILL THAT DUCKWORTH SPONSORED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

>> THERE IS ACTUALLY ILLINOIS LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION ACT BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED THIS SESSION IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE.

WHAT IT DOES IT MANDATES THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL LEAD SERVICE LINES AND REQUIRES AN INVENTORY AND BANS THE DANGEROUS PRACTICE OF PARTIAL LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT WHEN YOU REPLACE THE PUBLIC SIDE AND NOT THE PRIVATE SIDE WHICH INCREASES LEAD IN YOUR DRINKING WATER IN YOUR HOME AND CREATES A FEE OR FUNDING SOURCE OF THAT ALL UTILITIES CAN SHARE THE COST OF REPLACING THE LEAD SERVICE LINES AND IT ISN'T JUST PLACED ON THE RATE PAYER.

AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH DUCKWORTH'S LEGISLATION SHE HAS BEEN A CHAMPION ON DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALLOCATED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT IN PARTICULAR.

IN VULNERABLE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WHICH IS WHAT A PLACE LIKE CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS NEEDS BECAUSE THERE'S FUNDING NEEDED TO GET THIS WORK DONE.

>> WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE EFFORTS AS THEY PROGRESS.

THANKS TO ANGELA TOVAR AND JEREMY ORR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WITH BREAKING NEWS AT LORETTO.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

THE CITY CRACKS DOWN ON VACCINES GOING INTO THE ARMS OF LINE JUMPERS AS CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS WORRY ABOUT THE SPIKE OF INFECTIONS.

THAT AND MUCH MORE ARE THE FOCUS OF OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WELCOME BACK AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT LORETTO'S COO Dr. ANOSHA AHMED RESIGNED FROM THIS POST.

THIS AFTER ACCUSATIONS CONTINUED TO MOUNT AGAINST LORETTO HOSPITAL'S VACCINE DISTRIBUTION WITH ONE ER EMPLOYEE SAYING THERE IS A VIP LINE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY.

WE BEING AN ER TECH I KNOW MY COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN CERTAIN PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

COWORKERS, FAMILIES, LOVED ONES.

AND THEN WE GET DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE HOSPITAL ALL OF A SUDDEN AND IT'S SEEMS ODD AT TIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A VIP LINE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.

>> PARIS THE STORY KEEPS GETTING WORSE.

THE HOSPITAL DENYING THE VIP LINES.

BUT TODAY THERE WERE NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT EMPLOYEES AT A GOLD COAST STEAKHOUSE THAT THE COO USED TO FREQUENT THAT THEY GOT VACCINES AND THE RESTAURANT DENIES THIS AND NOW WE'RE HEARING THE COO RESIGNED.

>> THIS IS FROM BLOCK CLUB ANOTHER CONNECTION TO AHMED AND WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT THE SO-CALLED VIP LINES THAT WORKERS STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT APPARENTLY SINCE THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION BEGAN BACK IN JANUARY.

WHAT HAPPENED SEVERAL WORKERS STARTED RAISING EYEBROWS AT GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE USHERED TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE AND ETHNICALLY, THEY WERE NOT THE NORMAL PATIENTS OF LORETTO HOSPITAL.

THEY WERE NOT WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE WORKERS SO THEY BROUGHT THEIR COMPLAINTS TO THE SEIU HEALTHCARE.

I SPOKE WITH THE PERSON THAT REPRESENTS LORETTO'S WORKERS WITH THE UNION AND SHE SAYS THEY FIELDED THE COMPLAINTS AND WENT TO THE C.E.O.

GEORGE MILLER.

MILLER DENIED THERE WAS ANY VIP ACCESS THAT ANYONE WAS GETTING SPECIAL ACCESS.

TURNED A COLD SHOULDER ON THAT.

AND SO THE EMPLOYEES SAID THAT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE AND OF COURSE YOU HEARD ON OUR SHOW LAST NIGHT Mr. THOMAS SAID THAT WERE EXHE CO-ING THOSE THINGS AND WBEZ REPORTS THAT JUDGES WERE IMPROPERLY GETTING VACCINATED AND THE REVELATIONS FROM BLOCK CLUB AND WE LEARN IN A STATEMENT THAT THE BOARD VOTED TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF THE COO ANOSHA AHMED AT THE CENTER OF ALL THESE.

AND WE STILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS IS THERE A SEVERANCE PACKAGE?

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

>> AND MORE WE'LL LEARN.

AMANDA, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LORETTO HOSPITAL ONE IS LaSHAWN FORD, WHO JOINED PARIS HERE ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT STEPPING DOWN FROM THE HOSPITAL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WHY ARE THREE LAWMAKERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOSPITAL?

>> YOU HAVE ONE STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALL DEMOCRATS FROM CHICAGO, ALL BLACK INDIVIDUALS.

YOU HAVE LaSHAWN FORD RESIGNED OVER FRUSTRATIONS HOW THIS WAS HANDLED.

SENATE SENATOR KIM LIGHTFORD IS ON THE BOARD AND IS THE VICE-CHAIR.

AND CAMILLE LILLY IS NOT ON THE BOARD BUT SERVES AS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

THIS, OF COURSE, AS LORETTO IS COMING UNDER FIRE NOT JUST FOR THE VACCINE SITUATION BUT ALSO FOR ITS HANDLING OF IT AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, INCLUDING WHAT SORT OF REPRIMAND THE C.E.O.

GEORGE MILLER WAS GIVEN.

HE HAS NOT RESIGNED OR BEEN TERMINATED.

NOR HAS HE REALLY ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS.

>> AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED HE IS STILL WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL.

REPRIMAND JUST WAS A WORD THERE IS NO PAID OR UNPAID LEAVE BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL WORKERS THAT MILLER IS STILL WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL AND UP UNTIL TODAY AHMED WAS THERE, TOO.

>> WHEN IF EVER WILL LORETTO START TO GET MORE VACCINES ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR AND CDPH?

>> NOT ANYTIME SOON THEY ARE INDEFINITELY CUTOFF AND I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEIR ACCESS IS EVER RESTORED.

THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO CONTRACT WITH OTHER COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY THE PANDEMIC HAVE ACCESS TO THE VACCINE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY INBOX HAS BEEN FILLED WITH PEOPLE WORRIED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR APPOINTMENT THAT THEY MADE OR NOT COME BACK FOR THE SECOND DOSE.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT ALL OF THIS SCANDAL WILL LAND HARDEST ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE PANDEMIC.

THOSE BLACK CHICAGOANS WHO NEED THESE LIFE-SAVING VACCINES THAT ARE STILL IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY.

>> AND THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT C.P.S.

EMPLOYEES BECAUSE EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE MAYOR SAYS SHE PREDICTED THERE MAYBE MORE STORIES AND THERE HAS BEEN THE CITY IS PULLING BACK VACCINES FROM INNOVATIVE EXPRESS CARE GIVING C.P.S.

VACCINES UNDER A $5 MILLION CONTRACT.

INNOVATIVE EXPRESS CARE IS DEFENDING THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND THE MAYOR DISAGREES SAYING THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN.

WHAT HAPPENED HEATHER?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE INNOVATIVE EXPRESS CARE TOOK ALL OF THE VACCINE THEY WERE GIVEN BY CDPH AND PUT IT IN EVERY AVAILABLE ARM.

WHILE THE CITY SAYS THEY SHOULD HAVE HELD BACK A PORTION TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE C.P.S.

WORKERS WERE ABLE TO GET A SECOND SHOT AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO OTHER PEOPLE OTHER THAN C.P.S.

WORKERS.

NOW, THE C.E.O.

OF THE COMPANY WHO HAS BEEN PUBLIC ON Facebook SAYING WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG HE SAYS LOOK, WHAT WE DID WAS TRY TO GET AS MUCH VACCINE IN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT PLRL TODAY AFTER MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS NOT HAVING THAT.

SHE SAID NO, THEY BROKE THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY MADE WITH THE CITY AND THEY ARE CUTOFF.

AND THIS WAS NO SMALL AMOUNT OF VACCINE THIS WAS A $5 MILLION CONTRACT.

AND BRANDIS, YOU HAD COVERED WHAT A HOT BUTTON ISSUE IT WAS FOR THE TEACHERS TO GET VACCINATED BEFORE SCHOOLS REOPENED.

THE MAYOR WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 6,000 VACCINES THAT CDPH IS SAYING WHY MISS ALLOCATED.

COVID IS TICKING UP.

HOW CONCERNED ARE OFFICIALS?

>> OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED AND AS I TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIDGE PHASE THAT ILLINOIS' REALLY GETTING CLOSE TO, WELL, WE MIGHT NOT SEE THAT SAME SORT OF THING IF THE STATE GUIDELINES YET AGAIN THE MAYOR SIGNALING SHE MAY GO STRICTER.

LIKELY NOT PLANNING TO EVEN IF THAT THRESHOLD IS MET STATE-WIDE OF 70% OF INDIVIDUALS 65 AND OLDER THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE INCREASE IN CASES AND THE GOVERNOR SAYING HE IS FEARFUL THAT PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, MORE VACCINES OTHER STATES' ACTIONS OR WHAT, PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP ON THE GUIDELINES THAT HE STILL WANTS TO BE FOLLOWED.

>> TURNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS HOPING TO BOOST THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOMES IN CHICAGO AND FIGHT SEGREGATION.

TELL BUS THAT?

>> THIS HAS BEEN A REWRITE OF THE CITY'S AUTO AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENTS LONG IN THE WORKS.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CAMPAIGNED ON THIS AND SAID CHICAGO NEEDS TO DO MORE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOMES.

AND SHE FORMED A TASK FORCE AND LAST SEPTEMBER, THAT TASK FORCE FOUND THAT BASICALLY, IT HAD THE CURRENT LAW HAD ONLY CREATED A LESS THAN 1100 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND THAT THOSE APARTMENTS WERE NOT AFFORDABLE FOR BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

SO THE NEW PROPOSAL WHICH IS JUST A PROPOSAL, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER IT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL, WOULD INCREASE FEES FOR DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO BUILD IN WEALTHY AREAS THAT TRIGGER THE ORDINANCE.

AND IT GIVES THE DEVELOPERS MORE INCENTIVE TO BUILD APARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR LOWER INCOME CHICAGOANS AND FAMILY SIZED UNITS.

IT'S HARD TO FIND A FAMILY SIZED AFFORDABLE UNIT IN CHICAGO AND THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO TRY TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT SHORTFALL.

BUT IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE ARE JUST STARTING THIS DEBATE.

>> AND PARIS AFTER EVANSTON PASSES A REPARATIONS FUND, THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL IS DEBATING REPARATIONS.

WHAT COULD WE SEE HERE?

SOMETHING SIMILAR?

>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT PACKAGE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS GOING TO SUPPORT.

I THINK SHE SAID SHE SUPPORTED THE CONCEPT OF IT BUT NOT SPECIFICS: IN EVANSTON SOME OF THAT MARIJUANA REVENUE USED FOR HOUSING.

WILL IT LOOK LIKE THAT IN CHICAGO?

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS.

I THINK THE BLACK CAUCUS IS GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL IS.

AND IT WOULD SEEM TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF SUPPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE IDEA OF IT, BUT THE SPECIFICS WE DON'T KNOW.

>> IN STATE NEWS, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER GETTING HIS FIRST ONLY SHOT HIS COVID VACCINE ON CAMERA TODAY.

THE ONE SHOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON DOSE.

DO THE PHOTO-OPS ARE THEY MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE VACCINE HESITANT AND WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG?

>> I'M GUESSING IF SOMEBODY IS VACCINE HESITANT WHO WOULD TRULY HELP WOULD BE HEARING FROM DOCTORS, PHYSICIANS, THOSE WHO REALLY STUDY THE DATA AND CAN SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HUMAN BODY VERSUS THE POLITICIANS.

THEN AGAIN CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS ARE POPULAR OR THEY WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

I DO THINK THIS IS THE CASE OF SORT OF PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH AND THE GOVERNOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN A TOUGH SPOT YOU WANT TO GET IT TO SET AN EXAMPLE AND THEIR OWN PROTECTION AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT WANTING TO SEEM AS IF THIS LORETTO STORY SHOWS THERE IS FRUSTRATION WHEN IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY IS CUTTING.

HE DID GET THE SHOT.

HE WAITED THAT LONG I THINK HE WAS FEARFUL OF THIS PUBLIC RELATIONS PERHAPS NIGHTMARE IF IT WAS SEEN AS IF HE WAS GETTING AHEAD OF OTHER PEOPLE.

HE WANTED EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR CHANCE.

>> IN OUR ONGOING COVERAGE WE WILL GO OUT ON THIS.

PARIS, THE PIPING PLOVERS AT MONTROSE BEACH MAY GET A BIGGER NEST?

>> MONTY AND ROSE ARE ROMAN DICK AND THE DANCE THEY DO IS SOMETHING ELSE.

LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THE WAY -- LOOK AT THE WAY ROSE IS LIKE I'M NOT THAT INTERESTED.

AND MONTY IS WORKING HARD AND HAS HE TO WORK TO GET HER LOVE.

ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN WANTS I THINK A LARGER AREA TO HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO WITNESS OF PLOVERS AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

>> OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS STORY CLOSELY.

MY THANKS TO SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

AND YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE STORIES DISCUSSED TONIGHT WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON OUR WEBSITE WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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>> YOU CAN GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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