>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SHOTS.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ABORTION ACCESS IS AGAIN BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ROE V WADE WAS OVERTURNED, WILL BE PATIENT.

IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE PRIMARY ELECTION, BUT THE DEMOCRATIC WINNER FOR COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS YET TO BE DECLARED OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM HAS THE LATEST.

>> A GROWING NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ARE APPLYING THE ART RANKING TO VOTING.

SO HOW RAIN AND ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER RANKED CHOICE VOTING AS WE EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS THEM STARTING WITH THEIR FAVORITE.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 6 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING AFTER A BRIDGE COLLAPSED IN BALTIMORE.

OFFICIALS SAY 8 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE WHEN A CARGO SHIP CRASHED INTO IT EARLIER THIS MORNING.

>> 2 OF THEM WERE RESCUED FROM THE WATER.

US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG SAYS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAINS.

CHICAGO HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED 14 CASES OF MEASLES IN THE LAST WEEK.

70 1% OF ALL CASES ARE IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 4 YEARS OLD.

THOSE OFFICIALS SAY THE MAJORITY, THE NEW CASES ARE EMANATING FROM THE CITY'S LARGEST MIGRANT SHELTER.

THAT TROUBLE WAREHOUSE SPACE IN PILSEN WHERE A YOUNG BOY FELL ILL AND LATER DIED OF OTHER CAUSES THIS YEAR.

DEATH WAS CAUSED BY SEPSIS AND OTHER VIRUSES.

ACCORDING TO AN AUTOPSY, ALL RESIDENTS IN THAT SHELTER MUST NOW BE VACCINATED AGAINST THE HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL IN THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S RACE AFTER THE LATEST BATCH OF COUNTING EILEEN O'NEILL BURKE, HER LEAD HAS SHRUNK TO 1600 VOTES.

THAT'S AFTER COOK COUNTY TALLIED.

800 MAIL-IN BALLOTS TODAY.

EITHER O'NEILL BURKE OR HER OPPONENT, CLAYTON HARRIS HAVE YET TO DECLARE VICTORY OR GET INTO ALL OF THIS AND SPOTLIGHT POLITICS IN JUST A MOMENT.

JUST WHEN WILL WE HAVE A WINNER HERE?

SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER A NEW STUDY OF LEAD IN CHICAGO'S DRINKING WATER.

THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN JAMA PEDIATRICS SAYS THAT NEARLY 70% OF CHICAGO CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO LEAD IN THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER.

THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 129,000 KIDS.

TOXIC LEAD EXPOSURE CAN LEAD TO MYRIAD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN.

CHICAGO ALDERMAN LAMONT ROBINSON SAYS HE WANTS THE CITY TO SPEED UP THE VERY COSTLY REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S AGING LEAD PIPES.

USE.

>> THERE'S NO SAFE LEVELS OF LEAD.

>> AND AS DOCTOR MONA MENTION, AND WITH KNOWING THAT THE MOVE HAS TO BE THE URGENCY HAS TO BE NOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE LEAD PIPES.

>> THE DEADLINE IS TODAY FOR A LITTLE VILLAGE.

RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO APPLY FOR A PORTION OF A 12 MILLION DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

SPECIFICALLY IT'S FOR RESIDENTS WHO CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE BOTCHED IMPLOSION OF THE HILCO SMOKESTACK ON APRIL.

11TH 2020 THAT SENT A GIANT PLUME OF DUST INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE LITTLE VILLAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION SAYS IT EXPECTS APPROXIMATELY 130,000 PEOPLE TO SUBMIT CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.

AFTER MANY HAVE TALKED ABOUT SUFFERING FROM PERSISTENT RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES SINCE THE IMPLOSION.

AND FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO APPLY.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

AND UP NEXT, A LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE ABORTION PILL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THE ISSUE OF ABORTION IS ONCE AGAIN BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OF THE CASE IN QUESTION PITS THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AGAINST ANTI ABORTION.

DOCTORS AND OTHER GROUPS WHO SUED THE FDA AFTER IT MADE THE ABORTION PILL.

MIFEPRISTONE EASIER TO ACCESS.

BUT IN ORAL ARGUMENTS TODAY, JUSTICES APPEARED SKEPTICAL THAT THE PLAINTIFF, THE ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE, EVEN HAS STANDING TO BRING THIS CASE.

>> JUST TO COMES ON THE STANDING ISSUE UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

NO DOCTORS CAN BE.

FORCE AGAINST CONSCIENCE IS TO PERFORM OR ASSIST IN AN ABORTION.

CORRECT?

>> IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DOCTORS TO SEEK AN EXEMPTION.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HERE IS THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM POSSIBLY EVER HAVING TO DO THESE KINDS OF PROCEDURES.

EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM GETTING ACCESS THIS MEDICATION.

SO WHY ISN'T THAT PLAINLY OVER BROAD SCOPE OF THE REMEDY, THE END OF THIS CASE.

>> AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE CALLING CONNELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS AND PETER BREEN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF LITIGATION AT THE THOMAS MORE SOCIETY.

WELCOME BACK TO BOTH OF YOU.

CALLING WE JUST HEARD JUSTICE KAVANAUGH ON JACKSON THERE.

THE QUESTION, SKEPTICISM HERE ABOUT THE STANDING OF THE PLANE TO BOWSER, TAKE AWAY FROM IT HER.

SO I THINK THE JUSTICES ARE SKEPTICAL AS YOUR LEAD-IN >> THE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS DOCTORS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO ABORTION HAVE SUFFERED NO REAL INJURY, WHICH IS THE BASELINE FOR GETTING INTO FEDERAL COURT BECAUSE THEY DON'T PERFORM ABORTIONS.

AND AS YOU HEARD IN THE THERE'S AN EXEMPTION UNDER FEDERAL LAW FOR PHYSICIANS BEING FORCED YOU KNOW, PROVIDE PROCEDURES ARE MEDICAL CARE.

THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR CONTENT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A VERY HARD TO OVERCOME THAT FAR OF NO INTEREST.

FACT.

PETER, BRING TO THE THIS GROUP, THE ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE DO ENOUGH TO PROVE THEY'RE STANDING OR THAT SOMEHOW THEY ARE SUFFERING INJURY RESERVE AS RESULT OF THE FDA'S RULING SHORTER.

AND SO THAT THE SITUATION HERE IS YOU'VE GOT A PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS MIGHT BE WORKING ON THAT.

THAT WING OF THE HOSPITAL.

>> MAYBE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE THERE.

THEY GET CALLED INTO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

SO THERE'S NOT REALLY TIME TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE VERY VARIANCES OF FEDERAL LAW AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THEY'RE GETTING CALLED IN RIGHT AWAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PATIENTS WHO HAS SOME PROBLEM MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT IT'S PART OF A BOTCHED ABORTION OR A FAILED ABORTION.

AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE HARM THERE ALONG WITH THEIR ORGANIZATION, WHICH DOES STUDIES ON THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO THEY SUFFERED WHAT THEY CALLED FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

SO THERE ARE CASES WHERE THAT'S BEEN APPLIED.

SO THERE'S THE ISSUE IS STILL VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR.

>> JUST FOUND IN THE AFFIDAVIT SAID ONE OF THE ACKNOWLEDGE HE HAD PERFORMED.

I'M ACTUALLY WITHOUT NOT CLEAR WHETHER IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS WHICH IS A OR WHETHER THERE WAS EVEN FETAL HEARTBEAT.

AND SO EVEN BY THE PLAINTIFF'S OWN PAPERS, THERE'S A REAL LACK OF INJURY.

IN FACT, PETER GREEN THAT THEY PLAN GET PAST THE ISSUE STANDING.

WHAT IS?

>> THE ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE SAY THE FDA HAS DONE WRONG HERE, BUT THERE WERE 2 A BIG CHANGES.

SO IT'S ABOUT HOW THE MEDICATION IS APPLIED.

SO >> 2016 FDA TOOK AWAY THE REQUIREMENT TO TAKE THE MICE UP.

ROSS ALL THE SECOND PART OF BILL AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

ALSO REDUCED ALMOST ENTIRELY THE REPORTING OF COMPLICATIONS.

WELL, IN THOSE YEARS FALLING FROM 2016 ON EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS RAPIDLY INCREASED, ALMOST TRIPLED DEPENDING ON THE STUDY LOOK AT 5% OR SO.

AND THEN IN 2021, ACTUALLY TURNED THE WHOLE THING TO AN AT-HOME PROCEDURE.

SO YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE A DOCTOR BEFORE YOU GET THIS ABORTION PILL THE DOCTOR WOULD NORMALLY DURING THAT VISIT FIGURE OUT YOU HAVE A VIABLE PREGNANCY.

YOU HAVE TOPIC ISSUE OR ONE OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU?

BECAUSE FOLKS NEVER QUITE KNOW FOR SURE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE DOING THIS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME?

AND YOU KNOW THAT FIRST, YOU KNOW, PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S ALLOWED UNDER LAW.

SO ALL OF THAT WAS WIPED AWAY.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE COMPLAINT OF THE ALLIANCE AND THE MAJORITY OF JUSTICES TODAY, EVEN IF WE HAVE THE STANDING ISSUES, NO ONE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE.

THE MAJORITY OF JUSTICES THE FDA DID EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS A VERY POLITICAL PROCESS.

AND SO THEY DO HAVE A GOOD CLAIM THERE.

IF THEY GET OVER THE STANDING.

SO I DISAGREE ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF THEIR CLAIM.

>> AND I THINK WHAT TO BE PUT CONTEXT TO PARIS IS THE FACT THAT THIS LAWSUIT IS PART OF A VERY BROAD EFFORT NOT ONLY TO A STRICT ABORTION BUT TO A STRICT CONTRACEPTION.

AND AS WE SAW IN THE ALABAMA DECISION A MONTH OF GO, IVF IS A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW THE ISSUE, THE PRACTICE OF OF MEDICINE THAT I THINK SHARED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

WOULD SAY THE PLAINTIFFS ARE SUCCESSFUL YEAR?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ACCESS?

MEANS IS WOMEN STATES LIKE ILLINOIS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY LIVED IN A STATE THAT HAS AFFIRMATIVELY PASS ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AS EASILY ON THE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES SUPT OR OTHER MEDICATION ABORTIONS.

SO THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPINGEMENT ON THE RIGHTS OF ALL MORE THAN HALF OF ALL ABORTIONS THAT ARE PERFORMED IN THIS COUNTRY.

TODAY ARE BY VIRTUE OF MEDICATION THE ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION, INCLUDING NEW RULES IN 2021.

PETER DESCRIBED WERE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ACCESS BECAUSE THEY MADE HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE KIND OF THE PORTALS THAT HAVE BECOME SO NECESSARY.

TURNING DURING THE PANDEMIC THE WOMEN ARE NOT BLOCKED FROM ACTUALLY IN-PERSON VISIT BY VIRTUE OF THESE NEW REGULATIONS THEY CAN, OF COURSE, SEEK AN IN-PERSON VISIT IF THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOPIC PREGNANCY.

BUT THIS IS WHERE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY.

MANY MILLIONS OF WOMEN LIVE IN STATE WHERE THEY CANNOT EASILY SEEK A MEDICAL ADVICE BECAUSE OF ABORTION BANS OR RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY MORE THAN 21 STATES IN THIS POST WORLD.

PETER BREEN IS IS THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE?

THE PLAINTIFFS IS TO IS TO ELIMINATE A ACCESS TO THIS DRUG?

WELL, IT RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE COURT?

SO WE WE FIND MANNEQUINS, BRIEF ON BEHALF OF HEART BEAT INTERNATIONAL.

THEY HELP FOLKS.

>> WERE PREGNANT.

THEY RUN PREGNANCY CENTER NETWORKS ACROSS THE WORLD ACTION.

THOUSANDS OF PREGNANCY CENTERS TOGETHER AND THEIR CONCERNS EXPRESSED TO THE COURT, WHICH IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THESE ISSUES.

WAS THAT THE BY REMOVING THESE PROTECTIONS BY NOT EVEN REQUIRING AN IN-PERSON DOCTOR VISITS AND AN ULTRASOUND TO CONFIRM THE PREGNANCY AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TOPIC SITUATION NOW YOU ARE DIMINISHING WOMEN'S HEALTH, YOUR INCREASE IN EMERGENCY ROOM FDA ADMITTED THEY WERE INCREASING EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS WITH BY ROLLING BACK THESE REGULATIONS.

SO IF THIS, IF THEY WERE TO WIN THIS LAWSUIT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN ILLINOIS ARE EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT CHEMICAL ABORTIONS WOULD GO DOWN.

LIFE WOULD GET SAFER AND BETTER AND YOU LOOK, I I DISAGREE, MIKE, MY GOOD FRIEND CALLING HERE.

THAT IS REALLY THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF THE COURT.

NOT THE BROADER ISSUES OF ABORTION, BUT ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO GET AN ABORTION, GIVE THEM THE BEST CHANCE OF A SAFE PROCEDURE.

INSTEAD, WHAT WE GOT TODAY, THIS IS WE WOULD SAY IN MY HOME, SAID NORTH DAKOTA, THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE IT'S THESE RESTRICTIONS IN OTHER STATES THAT HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN TO ACCESS MEDICAL CARE.

>> VERY IMPORTANT TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MEDICATION ABORTIONS, INCLUDING MISTER PRESTON.

THE FDA STUDIES SHOW THAT THEY ARE EXTREMELY SAFE.

THEY'RE SAFER PRESCRIPTIONS OF THEY'RE SAFE FOR THEM.

PRESCRIPTIONS OF PENICILLIN, THE COMPLICATE MORTALITY RATE PER 1000 PEOPLE FROM MIFEPRISTONE ESA PROCESS ABORTION.

HIS POINT 0, 6%, FOR OF IAG CREW 1000.

IS I BELIEVE 20 AND FOR PENICILLIN.

IT'S 49 AM.

AND SO IT IS A VERY SAFE PROCEDURE.

NOBODY IS BLOCKING ACCESS TO ISSUE OF A REGULATORY AGENCIES LIKE THE FDA SAY THE POINT IS WHEN THIS CASE.

>> DOES THAT SET KIND OF DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT, YEAH, TERRAIN IS DON'T GET TO SET THE REGULATIONS WELL, THEY SEE FIT CERTAINLY THE FDA WE HAVE NORMALLY BEEN ABLE TO TRUST THE FDA NOT TO BE POLITICAL, IF ANYTHING, THE MOMENT TO SLOW.

YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.

>> IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA BECAUSE OF SEA ISSUE OF ABORTION.

THEY HAVE NOT REGULATED IN THE WAY THAT THEY NORMALLY DO IS ANY OTHER DRUG.

SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT APPLIES TO THEM JUST LIKE IT APPLIES TO ANY OTHER REGULATORY AGENCY.

AND SO WE JUST SAY, HEY, LOOK, GOING DO SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE.

JUSTIFY YOUR DECISION.

WHY WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR EMERGENCY ROOM RATE UP TO ALMOST IN 20?

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS IS GOING TO ADD.

THIS WILL CONTINUE.

I KNOW UNTIL WE HEAR THE FINAL COMING WITH THE LEAVE IT THERE.

MY THANKS TO CALLING KYLE.

>> AND PETER THANKS SO MUCH.

GOOD TO BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

PARIS.

AND UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE RAZOR THIN MARGIN IN THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S RACE.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

BALLOTS ARE STILL BEING TALLIED IN THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S RACE.

THE AFTERMATH OF MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S REJECTED, BRING CHICAGO HOME PROPOSAL AND IT'S KICKOFF TIME FOR CHICAGO'S ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM OF AND AUTHENTIC.

AND HEATHER SHARON, MY VERY, VERY GOOD FRIENDS OUTSIDE.

YOU GET YES, I'M VERY EXCITED.

WHEN I GET TO SEE BOTH OF YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S BEEN ONE WEEK NOW SINCE THE PRIMARY ELECTION, THEN THE BALLOTS ARE STILL BEING TIED TO CLOSE TO CALL.

BURKE JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD.

HEATHER, AS WE KNOW THAT HAS DIMINISHED WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

SO THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW IS 1600 VOTES AFTER THE COOK COUNTY CLERK COUNTED ABOUT 800 MAIL-IN BALLOTS TODAY.

NOW, SO FAR AS OF THIS TAPING, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.

>> SO WE ANTICIPATE SOME RESULTS FROM THEM TODAY.

WIND WILL GET THEM WHAT THEY WILL SAY.

WHO KNOW?

WHY IS IT TAKING SO SO THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL FOR ELECTIONS.

YOU HAVE JUST ABOUT HALF OF PEOPLE VOTING IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY.

YOU HAVE HALF OF PEOPLE VOTING BY MAIL.

IT TAKES LONGER TO COUNT MAIL-IN BALLOTS YET TO VERIFY SIGNATURES.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE POSTMARKED BY THE RIGHT NOW IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS, THIS IS HAPPENING TO SENSE TWENTY-TWENTY SINCE THE PANDEMIC REALLY CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE VOTE.

IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE LEADS WERE LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT DID NOT COME DOWN TO THESE TINY, TINY MARGINS OF JUST REALLY SORT OF DECIMAL POINTS AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S WHY THE SYSTEM IS UNDER SUCH SIGNIFICANT STRESS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL APRIL 2ND, WHICH IS WHEN IS THE LAST DAY FOR BALLOTS TO ARRIVE AND WHEN ELECTION OFFICIALS WILL CERTIFY THE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY HONE IN ON THAT JUST FOR A BIT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS STANDARD POLICY THAT ILLINOIS HAS GIVEN 2 WEEKS FROM ELECTION DAY FOR THAT MAIL TO FILTER THROUGH THE USPS AND TO ARRIVE AS LONG AS IT'S GOTTEN SO IT'S GOT TO BE POSTMARKED.

THAT IS THE RULE.

NOT EVERY STATE DOES THAT ILLINOIS IS FAIRLY LIBERAL WITH THAT TWO-WEEK DEADLINE, GIVING THAT THAT FULL TIME FOR THE MILL TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

>> NONETHELESS, THAT IS WHAT IT IS SO TRUST IN THAT IT'S NOTHING NEW.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME BY THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS HERE IN COUNTING, ALTHOUGH NEITHER CAMPAIGN IS ALLEGING ANY KIND OF FUNNY BUSINESS, RIGHT?

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THIS THAT THERE WERE 9,000 MORE BALLOTS SET TO BE COUNTED IN SORT OF THE PROPER PLACE?

SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TOLD REPORTERS IT HOW THEY WERE RIGHT.

BUT BECAUSE WE SORT OF LIVE IN THIS ERA OF SORT OF SORT OF PEOPLE BEYOND HYPER ALERT FOR ELECTION RIGGING OR ELECTION SHENANIGANS.

IT REALLY ALARMED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT AS YOU SAID, BOTH CAMPAIGN SAYS, LOOK, WE'VE BEEN THERE 24, 7 WATCHING THESE BALLOTS.

THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE.

AGAIN IS INCUMBENT, I THINK, WE AS JOURNALISTS TO REALLY BE ACCURATE, PRECISE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

>> THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CAME FORWARD AND SAID OUR BAD, OUR COMMUNICATIONS ERROR, NOT ACCOUNTING ERROR.

>> THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO POINT OUT.

ALL THE BRING CHICAGO HOME REFERENDUM FAILED BY NEARLY 20,000 VOTES.

THE LEADERS OF >> THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS A REFERENDUM SAID THAT IT WAS JUST TRUST IN GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED DOOM WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT?

WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO WITH THIS ROUGHLY 100 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE MEASURE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO GENERATE WOULDN'T REALLY GO TOWARD HOMELESSNESS.

WOULD IT REALLY OR WOULD THEY USE IT FOR OTHER PROJECTS OR WOULD IT PAY DOWN PENSION, DAN, OR WHAT WOULD IT THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

>> BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO SORT OF THING ERA THAT WE'RE LIVING IN WITH.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRUST ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE WANT ASSURANCES LOCK BOXES TO BRING BACK AN OLD TERM TO SAY IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT AND THERE HAVE TO BE SORT OF LEGAL PROTECTIONS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTERS OF SORT OF A DEDICATED FUND TO HELP THE UNHOUSED CHICAGO IS GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH GOING.

FLORIDA CITY OFFICIALS ARE SET TO MOVE MIGRANTS OUT OF 5 CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT SITES.

>> WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE MOVING INTO AND HOW MANY MIGRANTS WILL THIS AFFECT?

>> I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT 800 MIGRANTS THAT ARE IN THE IS RIGHTY OF A FIELD HOUSE IS IN SUCH AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS I THINK, IMPORTANT TO FOLKS WHO HAD RELIED ON THOSE PARK DISTRICTS FOR PROGRAMMING THAT THEY WANT TO RETURN COME SUMMER HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED THAT THERE.

>> YOU KNOW, LOCAL GYM WAS INSTEAD BEING USED AS HOUSING.

I DO THINK, HOWEVER, THIS, OF COURSE, >> DOES NOT NECESSARILY RESOLVE THE ISSUE THAT THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE HAVE SPOTS FOR THESE FOLKS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LONGER AT THE PEAK OF MIGRANTS THAT HAVE COME SINCE REALLY THIS WHOLE THING BEGAN.

WHAT IS LEFT UNANSWERED, HOWEVER, WHAT IF THAT PEAK RETURNS, PARTICULARLY WE HAVE SAID IT BEFORE WE'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

ATTENTION REALLY ON CHICAGO BECAUSE OF THAT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND YOU CAN BE SURE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL WANT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF CHICAGO.

WHAT HAPPENS THEN PARTICULAR IS THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS SCALING BACK SHELTER'S, NOT JUST AT PARK DISTRICT SITES, BUT OTHERS AS HEATHER SHARON, THAT THERE'S AN ALDERMAN IN BIT OF HOT WATER HERE BECAUSE OF A AND HE'S BEEN IN HOT WATER FOR FOR SOME OF THIS PROTEST ACTIVITIES THE GAZA SITUATION.

>> RIGHT IN FRONT OF A DESECRATED BURNED, THE AMERICAN FLAG OWNERS COLLEAGUES GOT ASKING FOR NOW.

SO THIS IS BYRON LOPEZ WHO'S BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE ISRAEL GAZA WAR.

E HE SPOKE AFTER A VETERAN WHO BURNED AN AMERICAN FLAG IN PROTEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.

ALDERMAN A LOPEZ SAYS HE DIDN'T BURN THE FLAG.

HE DIDN'T REALIZE THE FLAG HAD BEEN BURNED AT THIS PROTEST.

HE SPOKE AFTER THAT HAPPENED.

>> THAT HAS NOT STOPPED SEVERAL OF MORE CONSERVATIVE COLLEAGUES FROM REALLY SORT LAYING INTO HIM.

THEY SAY THAT THIS IS AN INAPPROPRIATE THING FOR AN ELECTED CHICAGO OFFICIAL TO BE A PART OF THERE'S A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW AND TALK OF CALLING A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ATTEMPT TO CENSURE ALDERMAN SICK PERHAPS WE'LL SEE THAT COME UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN A COUPLE SEEMS THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFFRONT TO THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY KILLINGS PICTURES AT THAT.

THAT FLAG IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM IS HARD TO BELIEVE.

YOU DIDN'T NOTICE AND WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION.

AND NOW FOLKS ARE CIRCULATING PETITIONS FOR THE NEXT ONE.

THIS FOR THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

YOU'VE GOT TO TRAIN YOUR EYE TO NOVEMBER AND WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT HERE, OF COURSE, IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT CHICAGO IS GOING TO BE ELECTING.

>> ALBEIT PART, NOT THE WHOLE CPS.

THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION AND FOLKS THAT WANT TO RUN HAVE TO GET THOSE PETITIONS CIRCULATING NOW.

AND THAT IS VERY MUCH SHORTEN TIME FRAME.

TYPICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WELL IN ADVANCE HOW MANY SIGNATURES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, WHAT THE DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THAT LAW WAS JUST SIGNED EARLIER THIS MONTH BY THE GOVERNOR.

ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO RUN REALLY HAS TO GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER AND SOON BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF SIGNATURES, A MINIMUM OF 1000, A MAXIMUM OF 3,000 IN ORDER TO RUN.

THIS, BY THE WAY, IS FOR A SCHOOL BOARD SEAT.

SO THAT IS WHERE CRITICS SAY THAT TOO HIGH OF A THRESHOLD, ESPECIALLY IN THAT IS GOING BE SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE BENEFITS REALLY AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BACKERS LIKE THE CTU DEFEND OTHERS SAY IT'S SIGNATURES, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH PURPOSES LIKE THIS TO GET THAT MANY SIGNATURES.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE RACES ARE MAN OF AN ICKY.

>> HEATHER TRONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND UP NEXT, ANOTHER WAY OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.

WE EXPLAIN.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT THROUGH WITH ITS PRIMARY ELECTION.

BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES?

WHAT IF YOU CAN RANK CHOICES IN ORDER OF YOUR PREFERENCE?

WELL, THERE IS A SYSTEM LIKE THAT AND IT'S IN USE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM MAINE TO ALASKA.

IT'S CALLED RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

IT HAS ITS BACKERS AS WELL AS THE TRACTORS.

BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?

WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED WITH RANKINGS.

BEST DRUMMERS OF ALL TIME.

THE NCAA TOP 25 MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS.

>> YOU NAME WE RANK >> NOW A GROWING NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ARE APPLYING THE ART OF RANKING TO VOTING.

SO HOW RANKED CHOICE VOTING WORK?

WELL, INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR JUST ONE CANDIDATE, A VOTER RANKS THEM STARTING WITH THEIR FAVORITE.

IF NOBODY GETS MORE THAN 50% OF THE FIRST PLACE VOTES, THE ELECTION GOES TO AN INSTANT RUNOFF.

ELIMINATING THE BOTTOM CANDIDATE AND REDISTRIBUTING THEIR VOTES TO THE NEXT PREFERENCE.

>> LET'S SAY THE RACE IS BETWEEN THE CLASSIC CHICAGO HOT DOG DEEP DISH PIZZA ITALIAN BEEF AND THE GREEK HERO OUT OF 100 TOTAL FIRST-PLACE VOTES.

HOTDOG FINISHES WITH 40 PETA GETS 30 TELL YOU THE 20 AND 1.10 EUR IN A CONVENTIONAL ACTION CASE CLOSED.

I THOUGHT WHEN BUT NOT SO FAST WITH RANKED CHOICE VOTING SINCE NO CANDIDATE WON 50%.

IT'S ON THE ROUND 2.

THE EURO IS ELIMINATED AND ANYONE WHO RANK EUROFIRST NOW HAS THEIR SECOND CHOICE COUNTED INSTEAD.

SO WHO DID THE LOVERS VOTE AS THEIR NUMBER 2?

LET'S SEE.

HOT DOGS SPENT A LOT OF THE CAMPAIGN ATTACKING EURO.

CERTAINLY THAT DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED AND DUST.

NONE OF YOUR O'S FANS RANKED HOTDOG.

SECOND 5, GO TO PIZZA AND 5.

GO TO BE NOW.

IT'S HOT DOG.

40 PIZZA.

35 BEEF.

25 STILL NO ONE HAS CRACKED 50% BEACHES.

BEEF IS OUT AND IT'S BOATS.

GET REDISTRIBUTED.

I THOUGHT PICKS UP 5 VOTES.

BUT PETA GETS THE OTHER 20 AND WINS.

55 TO 45.

>> MADE THE RIGHT CALL AVOIDING NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING.

>> ADVOCATES ARE YOU RANKED CHOICE.

VOTING IS MORE DEMOCRATIC AND IT FORCES CANDIDATES TO BUILD COALITIONS.

DETRACTORS CITE VOTER CONFUSION AND LORD VOTER TURNOUT AMONG OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST AND THAT'S THE DISH RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

>> AND ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE A REPORT ANALYZING THE STATE'S CURRENT ELECTION PROCESS AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO POSSIBLY ADOPTS RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES STARTING IN 2028, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE OF OUR ANYWAY AWARD-WINNING SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

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A PERSONAL NOTE BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, I WALKED INTO WTW AS A COLLEGE INTERN AND INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, A PROGRAM UNLIKE ANY OTHER ON TELEVISION.

MYRON HERE ALMOST FEELS LIKE A DREAM TO GO FROM INTERN TO PRODUCER, TO REPORTER TO ANCHOR ALL IN MY HOMETOWN FOR A STATION THAT HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN.

BUT AS GEORGE HARRISON SAYS, ALL THINGS MUST PASS AND I WILL BE STEPPING DOWN FROM MY WTW ON APRIL 12 TO PURSUE EXCITING NEW ADVENTURE.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE THAT WTW FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AND NURTURING MIKE OR EAR TOO MANY NAMES TO MENTION.

WHENEVER I ROAM WTW WILL ALWAYS BE HOME.

AND OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THE VIEWER FOR WATCHING ME GROW UP ON THE AIR AND ALWAYS LETTING ME INTO YOUR HOME.

AND COMING UP TO ME ON THE STREET AND TELLING ME THAT YOU WATCH THE SHOW, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

ENJOY MEETING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO BE CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGNING UP BY 4 DAILY BRIEFING AND YOU CAN GET CHICAGO TONIGHT STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST IN THE PBS VIDEO APP AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10, A PUSH TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR LONGTIME HOMEOWNERS AND SOUTH SHORE.

AMID GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS SPARKED BY THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER AND A NEW STATE COMMITTEE LOOKS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR BLACK PATIENTS.

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARIS SHOTS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

>> HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

I CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO, PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FROM