>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> PROVIDERS AROUND THE STATE HAVE ALREADY COST STATEMENT OUT OF FEAR THAT THEIR DOCTORS AND PATIENTS COULD BE PUNISHED.

>> FEARS OVER ACCESS TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AFTER RECENT ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULING THREATENS THE PRACTICE.

AND EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN ILLINOIS AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SURVIVES A BALLOT CHALLENGE.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE KILLING OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ELLA FRENCH.

MONTE MORGAN IS FACING MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR THE 2021 SHOOTING THAT LEFT FRENCH DEAD AND HER PARTNER CRITICALLY WOUNDED.

JURORS WERE SHOWN GRAPHIC BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT SHOWED FRENCH'S FINAL MOMENTS.

THE FOOTAGE IS NOT BEEN RELEASED PUBLICLY.

AND THERE'S MORE OF THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

HOMICIDES ARE ON THE DECLINE IN CHICAGO, ACCORDING TO MONTHLY REPORTS FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CPD SAYS CITYWIDE, THERE WERE 31 HOMICIDES IN FEBRUARY.

THAT'S DOWN 20% FROM LAST FEBRUARY.

AND OVERALL, HOMICIDES ARE THE LOWEST SINCE 2019 DROPPING NEARLY 21%.

YEAR-TO-DATE POLICE ALSO SAY THEIR HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE IS AT ITS HIGHEST RATE SINCE 2015.

THAT MORE THAN 79% AND BE SURE TO JOIN US ON MONDAY EVENING FOR WTW NEWS.

A SAFER CITY WHERE WE'LL DEVOTE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.

THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION IS GEARING UP TO RENEGOTIATE ITS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO THIS YEAR.

PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS GATES GAVE A PREVIEW DURING TODAY'S CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO LUNCH AND SHE WARNS HER MEMBERSHIP EXPRESSED EXPECTS THIS CONTRACT TO BE ABOUT TRANSFORMATION AND IT WILL COST MONEY.

>> THE ECONOMICS ARE GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WITH ALL THE PUBLIC LEADERS IN THIS SPACE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE EVIDENCE-BASED FUNDING MODEL IS ONE OF THE BEST MODELS IN THE NATION, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE GOING INTO THAT MODEL.

SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS LESS THAN A HALF A TANK AGAINST.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FEEL THAT GAS TANK UP SO WE CAN DRIVE THAT BEAUTIFUL CAR ALL AROUND.

>> THE NEARLY 1000 MEMBER HOUSE OF DELEGATES IS VOTING ON ITS CONTRACT PROPOSAL TOMORROW EVENING, DAVIS GATES WOULDN'T SHARE THE SPECIFICS OF THAT PROPOSAL OTHER THAN THE LIVING WAGE FOR SOME OF THE UNIONS, LOWEST PAID MEMBERS AND ADDING ARTS AND SPORTS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE SCHOOLS.

THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES THIS SUMMER.

THE LAST CONTRACT WAS COMPLETED AFTER CTU MEMBERS WENT ON STRIKE FOR 11 DAYS IN 2019.

FUTURE NURSES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND LEARN THROUGH A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NEW CHICAGO, MEDICINE AND CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO.

THE DEAL WHICH ALSO INVOLVES THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WILL MEAN BUILDING 2 NEW FACILITIES IN WASHINGTON PARK TO CREATE THE EU.

CHICAGO MEDICINE, CLINICAL LABS AND THE MALCOLM X COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER, THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY SAY THE FACILITIES WOULD MEAN HUNDREDS OF JOBS AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE CANCER PAVILION WHILE ALSO SERVING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.

BOTH FACILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BREAK GROUND IN 2025 AND OPEN DURING THE 26 27 ACADEMIC YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO COLLEGE'S PLANS TO ESTABLISH A FULL NURSING PATHWAY AT KENNEDY KING COLLEGE IN ENGLEWOOD, BUT OPERATED BY MALCOLM X COLLEGE.

UP NEXT, THE SCIENCE AND ETHICS BEHIND THE DEBATE OVER IVS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL M FRIEDMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ALVIN H BOMB FAMILY FUND.

>> FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE IN LIMBO AS MEDICAL FACILITIES ARE PUTTING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TREATMENTS ON HOLD.

IT COMES AFTER LAST MONTH'S CONTROVERSIAL ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS CHILDREN.

THE DECISION HOLDS INDIVIDUALS LIABLE FOR EMBRYOS THAT GET DESTROYED, CAUSING MANY PROVIDERS TO PAUSE TREATMENTS OUT OF FEAR OF CRIMINAL CHARGES.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE BATTLE OVER REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE IN THE U.S. ARE DOCTOR ERIC ALLOWED REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND INFERTILITY SPECIALIST AT KINDS BODY LORI'S OLOF PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS ETHICS AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

MATTHEW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND HUMAN DIGNITY AT TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM, RITA, GETTEL, SPECIAL COUNSEL TO THE NONPROFIT LAW FIRM, THE THOMAS MORE SOCIETY.

THANKS TO ALL 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

DOCTOR ALLOWED TO START WITH YOU.

PLEASE GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT IDF IS, HOW IT WORKS.

FUTURE FOR A STATION.

IVF IS A FOR SYSTEMIC THAT PRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY COUPLES ARE DOING IT FOR WEAKEN THE SYSTEM.

>> SO MAYBE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS TO PULL FACTOR INFERTILITY.

SAME COUPLES DIMINISHED.

OVARIAN RESERVE.

NO FACTOR.

SO MANY MEDICAL HEALTH, THINGS CAN CAUSE THE.

SO NOW THE CDC HAS RECOGNIZED THIS AS THE DISEASE IS NOT ELECTIVE.

SO COUPLES CHOOSE TO HAVE THEIR FAMILIES THIS WAY SO THAT THEY CAN DO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.

WE TAKE THEM TO A SURGICAL PROCEDURE, GET AS MANY WE CAN FERTILIZE THOSE ACTS WITH THEIR PARTNERS FROM A DONOR.

THEY WATCH THOSE EMBRYOS GROW AND A COACH, A SYSTEM IT.

EMBRYO BLASTOCYST, WHICH IS HE WAS THE DAY 5 TO 7 AFTER CRITICAL SURGERY AT THAT POINT.

NOW COUPLES CAN CHOOSE TO CHANCE FOR DIRECTLY THEY CAN TEST THEIR AND THOSE WITH SOMETHING CALLED PRE IMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE HEALTHIEST EMBRYOS PRODUCED MISCARRIAGE CAN INCREASE THE SUCCESS RATE.

SO THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS THAT OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IVF VERY AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GROWN QUITE A WITH TECHNOLOGY OVER THE YEARS.

MATTHEW, AFTER THOUGH, YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS WITH THE USE OF AS A AS A WAY OF CREATING A FAMILY.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS?

YEAH, WELL, AS WE WHEN THE AND EGG TONIGHT, A NEW HUMAN PERSON COMES INTO BEING.

AND SO IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF HOW WE TREAT THOSE HUMAN PERSONS, HOW WE CARE FOR THEM.

>> AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN QUESTION AT ISSUE.

REALLY GET TO WHAT WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT DECISION?

>> FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT THERE'S A CULTURE OF LIFE IN ALABAMA.

THERE IS NO DISPUTE BETWEEN THE CLINIC AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES WHOSE EMBRYOS WERE NEGLIGENTLY DESTROY THAT.

WHAT WAS AT STAKE WAS HUMAN LIFE.

AND SO THAT WAS NOT A MATTER OF DISPUTE.

THE DISPUTE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WHETHER WE TREAT THE ON BORN IN HUMAN EMBRYOS.

WHETHER IN THE BODY ARE OUT OF THE BODY IS PEOPLE OR IN PROPERTY.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT HUMANS DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

>> LOT.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING?

THIS IS A PROFOUNDLY RELIGIOUS QUESTION WHEN LIFE BEGINS WHEN HUMAN LIFE BEGINS IS A RELIGIOUS QUESTION THAT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS SUCH AS MY OWN AND MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE BEEN DEBATING FOR IT.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

RIGHT?

AND IN FACT, IT'S IT'S MENTIONED IN HEBREW SCRIPTURE THAT, IN AND WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, THE SHE'S CARRYING, EVEN THEN AS IF USE IT TO LIFE DOESN'T COUNT AS A LIFE ISN'T A HUMAN BEING WHEN HUMAN LIFE BEGINS IS A RELIGIOUS QUESTION.

NOT A POLITICAL QUESTION.

IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY FULLY A BIOLOGICAL QUESTION.

IT'S A COMPLEX THEOLOGICAL CLAIM.

AND WHEN WE SAY THAT A HUMAN THAT WE HAS RIGHTS, THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I DO IS TO THAT PERSON MIGHT BE IN JUDAISM AND ISLAM AND HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM.

THOSE BEGIN WITH A CHILD IS BORN COMES A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY.

NOT WHEN IT'S CREATED A DISH.

THE DOCTOR ALLOWED AND WHAT IS LIKE THIS MEAN FOR PROVIDERS LIKE REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST, THOSE WHO ARE IN ALABAMA.

>> BUT ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON IVF IS A WAY TO GROW THEIR FOR THEIR IS VERY RESTRICTIVE.

SO IS DISHEARTENING.

PEOPLE ARE LOSING HOPE BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF IVF IS TO GROW YOUR FAMILY, EXPAND IT.

IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH INFERTILITY.

NOW WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DO IT.

AND WE SEE THAT HAPPEN IN ALABAMA WHERE CLINICS, UNIVERSITIES, WHERE FOR OPTIONS SHUT DOWN THINGS.

PATIENTS IN THE MIDDLE THERE CYCLES WERE NOT LET OUT TO GO SO THAT PUSH IN THAT PLACE WHERE WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?

AND THEN?

OKAY, SHIP BILLS?

WELL, THAT'S A BIG LEGAL THING THAT YOU CAN TO SAY.

YES, WHEN IT'S SHUT CHANCE FOR BILLS TO ILLINOIS INTO MY CHANCE FOR LEGAL.

NO.

SO IT PUTS A LOT OF FEAR AND ANXIETY AND IT DESTROYS THE WHOLE PROCESS IS WHAT THE PATIENTS ARE TRYING TO DO.

WE BELIEVE THAT IS BETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND PATIENT.

OUR GOAL NOT TO CREATE WHAT THE PATIENT TO HAVE AUTONOMY.

WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR FUTURE.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL THING.

THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL THING.

AND YES, WE CAN DEBATE ABOUT WHERE HUMAN LIFE STARS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OXFORD DICTIONARY AND BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK THAT EMBRYO HAS, IT IS A RUDIMENTARY POTENTIAL FRIED DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS NOT A PERSON THEY CANNOT SURVIVE AFTER THERE FOR SHOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS CHILD, OR EVEN A FETUS FOR THAT MATTER.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT THE PROCESS OF IVF NOT ONLY COULD BE VERY INVASIVE, BUT ALSO VERY EMOTIONAL IS A LOT RIDING ON THAT PROCESS ACTUALLY TIME ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY VERY TELLING.

>> IT'S NOT FOR ITS PLANS TO PATIENTS IS NOT A SPRINT.

IT'S A MARATHON BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT IVF CYCLE SUCCESS RATES.

NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 35 IS 50% IS NOT 100% INCREASES.

THE SUCCESS RATE SLIGHTLY, BUT IT COULD TAKE MULTIPLE CYCLES OF YES, PRE IMPLANTATION, SYNTHETIC TESTIFY.

EARLIER DEPLOY BECAUSE WE'RE TESTING TO SEE IF EMBRYOS COMMENTS ON THE NORMAL SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A HEALTHY CHILD, NOT ONE THAT YOUR CHANCES OF HAVING A HEALTHY GONE TO THE PROCESS.

MATTHEW ORGANIZATION BELIEVES BELIEVES THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IVF IS USED IT SHOULD USED TO LEAD TO THE CREATION SORRY OF MULTIPLE EMBRYOS.

>> WELL, THEY REALLY RANGE OF OPINIONS WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING LOCALS AND IVF.

SO WOULD SAY THAT.

>> LIKE SHOULDN'T BE CREATED IN A LAB, OTHERS WOULD SAY ONLY CREATE AS MANY AS YOU'RE GOING TO TRANSFER AND YEARS AND NOT FREEZE THEM OTHERS WOULD BE FINE WITH FREEZING THEM FOR A TIME BUT REALLY WANTING THAT ORIGINAL COUPLE TO GO ON A TRANSFER THOSE TO FIT ALL POSSIBLE.

SO THERE'S A RANGE OF OPINIONS.

BUT AGAIN, COMING BACK TO CARING WELL FOR THE EMBRYO, I'M SEEING THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS FULL OF POTENTIAL RATHER THAN POTENTIAL HUMAN BEINGS.

>> A ALABAMA'S RULING HOLDS THAT ARE ACCOUNTABLE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, SHOULD SHOULD THIS BE PUNISHABLE OFFENSE?

>> WELL, IF YOU ASK ANY FAMILY WHO LOST THEIR EMBRYOS, WHETHER IN OHIO IN THE FREEZER FAILURE THERE, SHOULD THERE BE SOME REMEDY WHEN THE EMBRYOS OR NEGLIGENTLY DESTROYED?

I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY YES, THERE SHOULD BE A REMEDY.

AND SINCE THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS, SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE REMEDY GIVEN TO A HUMAN BEING?

CAN IT BE A JURY QUESTION TO WHAT SHOULD BE AWARDED?

CAN WE TRUST OUR JURIES TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION?

I THINK WE CAN.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT STRIKES ME THAT THERE'S ALL THIS PANIC LOUISIANA HAS TREATED EMBRYOS IS JURIDICAL PERSONS SINCE THE GET-GO THAT THIS ISN'T NEW.

THIS IS FIRST TIME EMBRYOS ARE TREATED AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN PROPERTY.

I'M SURPRISED IN A WAY AND ALL OF BECAUSE LOUISIANA FANT THE THAT, IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IN A SCRIPTURE THEY ARE TREATED AS PROPERTY.

>> WHEN THEY'RE LOST, THEY'RE TREATED.

THAT THE FINE FOR THEM?

MISTER PROPERTY.

THEY MAKE A DISTINCTION.

HE WAS SCRIPTURE.

AN EXODUS BETWEEN HUMAN PROPERTY AND THE LOSS OF A HUMAN LIFE.

IT'S A VERY, VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION.

ONE OF THE FEW ACTUALLY.

AND HE SCRIPTURE.

SO IT HASN'T BEEN DISPUTE.

WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT RELIGION IS HOW DIFFERENTLY WE APPROACH THIS QUESTION.

AND THAT'S WHY HAVING A STATE AND THE COURT SYSTEM AND PARTICULAR JUDGE IN A PARTICULAR JURISDICTION MAKE MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT PROHIBITS THE FREE EXPRESSION OF RELIGION IN THIS CASE.

AS IN OTHERS, IT'S EXTRAORDINARY PROBLEMATIC.

>> MATTHEW, I WAS STRUCK BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE AS A SIGHTING OF THE BIBLE IN THIS OPINION, DECLARING FROZEN EMBRYOS PEOPLE.

WHAT PLACE DOES RELIGION HAVE IN IN A VERY PERSONAL DECISION LIKE THIS?

I THINK ALL OF OUR PERSONAL DECISIONS DRIVEN BY ARE DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS OFTEN THOSE COME FROM RELIGION.

SO IN SOME WAYS IT WAS SURPRISING THAT HE SOME OF THINGS THAT HE SAID.

>> IN HIS OPINION.

BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT INFORM ALL OF OUR THINKING.

WE THINK ABOUT ISSUES OF LIFE AND HEALTH AND LIFE AND DEATH.

VERY, VERY DEEP, DEEP CONVICTIONS.

DOCTOR LEVIN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MEDICAL ETHICS THAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH IN GUIDING COUPLES?

THEY'RE FIGURING OUT.

>> WHAT TO DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A COUPLE IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS HOW DO YOU HELP THEM?

ONE OF THE ETHICS THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT, HELPING THEM DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH SO THAT THEY SURVIVED.

THAT IS CONSIDERING FIRST AGE, WHICH IS THE SINGLE MOST PART AFFECT ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL THOSE EMBRYOS ARE GOING TO BE.

KNOW AND BASES ABOUT MAYBE ONE IN 8 OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A VIABLE PREGNANCY.

SO THE PATIENT'S AGE WE CONSIDER HOW MANY CHILDREN THAT THEY HOPE TO HAVE.

>> THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AND RAILS.

THEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY 3 THOSE ACTUALLY ONE LIVE BIRTH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY COMPLEXITY PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO OCCUR BEFORE IMPLANT CAN'T MAKE IT TO ACTUAL FEES AND GET TO A LIVE BIRTH.

CAN JUST PREGNANCY DOES NOT MEAN THE GUARANTEE OF A TAKE-HOME BABY AND THAT SO WE LOOK AT THOSE.

AND THEN IF THEY HAVE SOME RELIGIOUS ETHICAL THINKS, GUESS WHAT?

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOUR FAMILY BUILDING THEIR FORECASTS.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISCARD YOU CAN DONATE TO SCIENCE WHICH WE CAN EVER CLONED YOU.

BUT THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN DO LIKE TESTS ARE INCUBATORS PHMSA TEST.

WE PUT THEM IN A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT ARE GOING TO DO.

IF YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO SOME CLINICS CALL COMPASSIONATE TRANSFER.

WELL, WE TAKE THOSE SKILLS THAT YOU HAVE REMAINING.

WE TRUST FROM BACK IN AT A TIME LESS LIKELY TO GET PREGNANT.

BUT YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO NATURE.

ELECTION BIDEN RESORT THAT THIS HAPPENS EVERY MONTH WHEN A WOMAN A LATE YOU DON'T GET A PRACTICING.

HE'S ACTUALLY A 30% OF PRACTICES GO UNDETECTED BECAUSE THERE LOTS OF VERY EARLY THOSE PRACTICES.

YOUR BODY RESERVES IS SO THERE ARE THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOUR VIEWS YOUR BELIEFS ARE, WHERE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISCARD THEM.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO OF THE AVENUES THANK YOU.

CASES OF OF OTHER WOMEN, OTHER PEOPLE ADOPTING.

REALLY.

SO LIKE IF YOU DIED AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMPANY, SERIOUS CALL SNOWFLAKE.

SO THEY HAVE BIG DONOR GROUP BECAUSE THEIR PATIENTS WHO ARE WAY TO TELL DECLINE FOR TULLY'S THERE.

AND IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM TO HAVE A VIABLE CHILD THEIR OWN SO THEY USE DONOR EMBRYOS.

SO THAT'S A GREAT OPTION.

NOT IN AN COMPLEX SITUATION.

I WANT TO THANK THE 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING DOCTOR ERIC ALLOWED TO LORRIES OLAF MATTHEW UP IN THAT AND REALLY GET THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

>> THANK THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT TEAM BREAKS DOWN THE LATEST IN POLITICS.

STAY WITH US.

THE ILLINOIS SENATE PASSES A PLAN FOR A HYBRID ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IN CHICAGO.

MEANWHILE, EARLY VOTING EXPANDS TO ALL 50 OF THE CITY'S WARDS ON THE SAME DAY THAT DONALD TRUMP SECURES HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT.

>> AND WHERE OUR WEEK, 5 YEARS AFTER THE CONSENT DECREE WENT INTO EFFECT.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM HAD A SHARON PARIS SCHUTZ AND OF ANY KEY FROM SPRINGFIELD.

WELCOME BACK.

TEAM.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

FIRST.

LAWMAKERS ARE BACK IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY.

THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME EDUCATION ISSUES, CHICAGO'S ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THE SENATE, AS WE MENTIONED PAST A MEASURE THAT WOULD CREATE A HYBRID WHICH MEANS HALF ELECTED HALF APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD IN THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTION.

MANY SENATORS, THOUGH, VOTING FORT BRAGG BEGRUDGINGLY.

TELL US WHY AMANDA.

>> YEAH, YOU ACTUALLY HEARD DURING THE DEBATE A LOT OF SUNDER SAYING WE HAVE TO PASS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE OF APRIL.

1ST TO GET THAT MATTER OF WHAT CHICAGO'S ELECTED OR AT LEAST HALF ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD WILL LOOK LIKE COME IT LATER THIS YEAR.

BUT THEY WERE REALLY FRUSTRATED BY THIS BECAUSE THE SENATE HAD PREVIOUSLY PASSED A MEASURE IT WOULD MOVE TO ALL ELECTED BOARD RIGHT AWAY.

INTERESTINGLY, OF COURSE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF U.S.

SENATORS AND OPPONENTS KEYED IN ON.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, WHICH OF COURSE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, HAD BEEN A AND MEMBER OF HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THEY WANTED ELECTED RIGHT AWAY.

HE BECOMES MAYOR CHANGES THEIR POSITION.

SO YOU HAD OPPONENTS, INCLUDING ALDERMAN DA DA SAYING THAT THIS IS EFFECTIVELY ECT.

YOU HACK BILL SENATORS, HOWEVER, SAID THAT WHILE THIS IS THE VERSION THAT THE HOUSE HAD BEEN HAD PASSED REALLY SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IT IN FURTHER.

THIS IS THE MEASURE THAT MAYOR JOHNSON HAD WANTED THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETELY DONE DEAL.

MEASURE THAT THE SENATE TOOK ACTION ON TODAY.

THAT STILL HAS TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE CHAMBERS WHERE I'M AT NOW.

BUT IT SEEMS AS IF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT REALLY LIKE.

I SAID BRANDIS, LOTS OF FRUSTRATION WITH THIS PLAN, SENATOR, SORT OF ADOPTING IT BUT REALLY DRAGGING THEIR FEET TO DO SO.

IT'S SO EARLY VOTING OPENED IN ALL OF THE CITY'S 50 WARDS DESPITE THERE BEING SOME BALLOT SO LET'S WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE PARIS.

WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY DONALD TRUMP WILL BE ON THE ILLINOIS BALLOT.

FILL US IN.

>> ON SUPREME COURT, U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING VOTERS IN ILLINOIS.

SUPREME COURT RULED THAT IT'S CONGRESS THAT IN THEIR OPINION MUST DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DOES NOT QUALIFY BASED UPON THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

>> THAT IS AFTER COLORADO SUPREME COURT RULED THAT HE WASN'T ELIGIBLE THE 14 SUPREME COURT SAYS STATES SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION.

CONGRESS SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION.

THAT MEANS ILLINOIS, WHICH A COOK COUNTY COURT JUDGE HAD STRUCK THAT TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

>> HE WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.

HE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT.

BUT NOW THE VOTES WILL COUNT OFFICIALLY.

HE IS OFFICIALLY AN ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE.

AND WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM?

I BELIEVE THERE WERE 5 ILLINOIS VOTERS WHO FILED IN ILLINOIS DUE TO ANY WORD ON WHAT THE REACTION HAS BEEN ON YESTERDAY'S RULING.

>> WELL, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION, I DON'T THINK WAS ANTICIPATED.

BUT IT CERTAINLY SORT OF WHAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE HOPING FOR.

AND IT DOES LEAVE THIS SORT OF QUESTION OF WHETHER AND ACCUSED OR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CHARGED.

INSURRECTIONIST CAN BE ON A FEDERAL BALLOT.

AND WE'RE ALL SORT OF A LITTLE BIT IN LIMBO.

EILEEN, OPEN THE QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

SORRY, GUYS.

I IT ALSO LEAVES OPEN THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TRUMP DID ENGAGE IN INSURRECTION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

>> DID NOT ANSWER.

I WILL ADD ALSO THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAID WILL HELP TRUMP AIR.

I'M SORRY WILL HELP.

DEMOCRATS SAID IS HAVING TRUMP ON THE BALLOT WILL HELP MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY.

I'LL ADD THAT.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE IN ILLINOIS.

I'M NOT SURE, HOWEVER, THAT THAT IS THE CASE IN SOME OF THE STATES WHERE GREATER CONTEST BETWEEN TRUMP AND DEMOCRATS LIKELY NOMINEE AS WELL, OF COURSE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS THAT THIS WHOLE QUESTION AND TRYING TO GET TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT MIGHT HAVE A GREATER IMPACT IN PLACES LIKE COLORADO.

RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GET TO THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OF THE HEATHER EILEEN O'NEILL.

BURKE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHO SHE IS NOT RELATED TO.

AND I'M QUOTING HERE THAT BURKE.

>> I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHICH BURKE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

BUT WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT WHAT SHE IS NOT RELATED TO CONVICTED?

FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE NOW HER MARRIED NAME IS PART.

SHE'S ALWAYS GONE BY O'NEALE BURKE AND THE CAMPAIGN OF CLAYTON HARRIS.

THE 3RD IS PERHAPS LEANING INTO THAT.

PERHAPS CONFUSION, PROMPTING HER SOCIAL MEDIA CASE.

BUT THAT PROMPTED ME TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT HER RECORD.

SHE WAS ENDORSED IN HER ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT BY ED BURKE, WHO WAS DECADES LONG CHAIR OF THE COOK COUNTY JUDICIAL SLAVING COMMITTEE.

AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND GAVE ABOUT $1700 TO BURKE'S CAMPAIGN WAR CHESTS.

SO BOURKE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE COOK COUNTY JUDICIARY, THE STATEWIDE JUDICIARY O'NEILL BURKE IS NO DIFFERENT.

AND WHETHER THAT WILL SORT OF PLAY A ROLE IN THIS CLOSELY FOUGHT ELECTION, I THINK IS YET TO BE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF STANDARD PRACTICE, AS YOU MENTIONED, HER OPPONENT CLAIM HARRIS SAYS HE'S DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT SHE'S APPARENTLY PAID OFF AT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS ENDORSEMENT.

SO THAT MIGHT BE OVERSTATING A LITTLE BIT.

BUT BURKE WAS CONVICTED BY A JURY ON 13 OF 14 COUNTS FOR ENGAGING ROUTINE AND ALMOST REFLEXIVE PAID TO PLAY.

AND THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT YOU DID NOT GET SLATED IF YOU DID NOT SORT OF PONY UP.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT CLAYTON HARRIS IS REFERRING TO NOW.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HE'S ENDORSED BY COOK COUNTY, TONI PRECKWINKLE WHOSE OWN BID FOR MAYOR BACK IN 2019 WAS TORPEDOED BY HER CONNECTIONS TO FORMER ALDERMAN BOOK.

SO IT IS SORT OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL CHICAGO POLITICS STORY OF EVERYBODY BEING CONNECTED TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT YET.

YEAH.

SO IT BURKE IS GONE.

BUT THE SAME KIND OF CRAZY PROCESS OF FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> INDEPENDENT ARBITERS JUDGES, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN AND AND KISS THE RING AND ASKED FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT.

BOTH THESE CANDIDATES DID ASK FOR THE COOK COUNTY PARTY THAT THAT ENDORSEMENT WENT TO CLAYTON HARRIS UP FROM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT THAT TONY PARKER ALSO THE PLAYERS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THE PROCESS IS THE SAME GAME IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

HEATHER, YOU ALSO TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW REFORMS ARE GOING CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 5 YEARS AFTER.

>> THAT CONSENT DECREE WAS AND WENT INTO EFFECT.

WHAT YOU FIND OUT?

WELL, THE CITY IS ONLY 6% FULLY COMPLIANCE WITH THIS DEGREE, WHICH SUPPOSED TO DONE.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FROM UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE BY NOW.

THAT, OF COURSE, DID NOT HAPPEN.

WE'RE AWAITING THE NEXT REPORT FROM THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM WHICH WILL COME BY THE END OF JUNE.

WE EXPECT AND THEY HAVE PROMISED TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE CITIES.

>> ABILITY TO A COMPLY WITH THE CONSENT DECREE AND ITS EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE REFORM SAID THIS IS NOT BEEN A PRIORITY FOR MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON OR HIS NEW TOP COP.

LARRY SNELLING.

THEY HAVE FOCUSED FAR MORE TIME ON CRIME REDUCTION IN SORT OF REMAKING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HOLE INTO A DIP AGENCY HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS LAW ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGE IS NOT REFORM.

IF YOU TALK TO POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES, THOUGH, THEY'LL TELL YOU THE 2 ARE IN EXTRA PLEA WELL, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFTEN DEFENDS ITSELF SAYING WE'RE PARTIALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH FAR THEN WHICH THEY ARE FULLY COMPLIANT, APPEARS BEFORE RAIN.

TIMES.

NEW STADIUM DEVELOPMENTS.

RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE BEARS AND THE SOX MIGHT BE TEAMING WELL, THERE IS A REPORT IN THE SUN TIMES THAT QUOTED THE THE OWNER OF THE RELATED MIDWEST.

HIS OWNS THAT 78, BUT THEY WANT TO BUILD THE SOX STADIUM.

IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM IF THE BEARS AND THE SOX TEAMED UP ANYTHING TO GET THAT SOX STADIUM BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW.

>> LAWMAKERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE TO JERRY REINSDORF BILLION DOLLAR ASKED IN PROBABLY ALREADY REVISING THAT NUMBER DOWNWARD.

SO IF TEAMING UP WITH THE BEARS MAKES THAT STADIUM IN THE 78 MORE OF A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS DEVELOPER.

THEN HE'S GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY, LET'S DO THIS, BUT DIFFERENT SO FAR, NEITHER TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND TO BE CLEAR, BE TEAMING UP ON FINANCING TO STADIUMS THAT SAME UP BEARS FOOTBALL STADIUM SOUTH OF THE CURRENT ONE.

>> IN THE SOUTH LAWN.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY BASEBALL AND TEAM SAME TIME OR IN THE 70'S.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT SPOTLIGHT POLITICS, AMANDA BENNETT, HEAD HER OWN PARISH THANKSGIVING.

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