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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE'RE OPEN TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW TO PAY FOR IT.

>> WE TALK WITH ILLINOIS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON WHETHER BIPARTISANSHIP IS POSSIBLE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BIG TICKET BILLS.

>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING YOUR KIDS VACCINATED.

>> AND YOU CAN DO THAT STARTING THURSDAY WHEN CITY RUN SITES WILL BE VACCINATING KIDS 12 AND UP WITH THE PFIZER VACCINE.

>> BIRTHS IN THE U.S. HIT A 40 YEAR LOW IN 2020.

HOW THE PANDEMIC IS IMPACTING FAMILY PLANNING.

>> NEW DETAILS IN THE RACE TO REPLACE ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE.

>> WE ARE THE ENGINE THAT RUNS ALL THINGS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

>> WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE LOCALLY OWNED ENGINEERING FIRM HELPING OVERSEE THE CTA'S OVERHAUL OF THE RED AND PURPLE LINE.

A NEW SERIES EXAMINES HOW CHICAGO'S INSTITUTIONS INTERACT WITH ITS RESIDENTS THE HOST OF RESET JOINS US.

>> REFLECTING WHO OUR COMMUNITY IS RIGHT NOW.

>> AND HOW A PILSEN MURAL IS DOCUMENTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO PARENTS CAN START MAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE.

THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN WALK IN TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE ON THURSDAY BUT APPOINTMENTS CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE HOTLINE OR ZocDoc STARTING NOW.

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION GRANTED EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR KIDS 12-15 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IS EXPECTED TO GRANT FULL APPROVAL TOMORROW.

THE TOP DOC SAYS THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE VACCINE FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SHE ENCOURAGES TO HAVE THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> EVEN BEFORE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL WHERE WE THINK ABOUT KIDS GATHERING THIS SUMMER WE'RE BRINGING BACK THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POOLS WILL BE OPEN, THE CAMPS AND THE PARKS AND THE BEACHES, CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE GATHERING.

AND THIS IS BY FAR THE SAFEST WAY TO HELP PROTECT YOUR KID AND YOUR FAMILY MORE BROADLY.

>> AND COOK COUNTY HEALTH SAYS IT PLANS TO EXPAND VACCINES TO KIDS 12 AND UP ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

AND WE WILL HAVE MORE WHAT THE VACCINE MEANS FOR PARENTS AND THEIR TEENAGERS COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AND 26 DIED FROM IT.

THE STATE HAS SEEN MORE THAN 1357 MILLION CASES SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN AND 22,261 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

MORE THAN 4.5 MILLION OF THE STATE'S 12.7 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>> A NEW REPORT SAYS CYCLING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH COOK COUNTY JAIL AT THE START OF THE COVID OUTBREAK ACCOUNTED FOR 13% OF ALL CASES IN THE CITY MONTHS LATER.

THE REPORT CONDUCTED BY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO RESEARCHER SAYS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME THROUGH THE JAIL IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR FIVE CASES OF COVID IN THEIR ZIP CODE WERE INDEPENDENTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE JAIL AS OF AUGUST.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISPUTES THIS REPORT CALLING THE CONCLUSIONS BASELESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

IN A STATEMENT TOM DART'S OFFICE SAID QUOTE... >> NOW, TO PARIS SCHUTZ AND LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

PARIS?

>> BRANDIS THERE IS A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL INCLUDING NEGOTIATIONS ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S SWEEPING AMERICAN JOBS PLAN AND AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN AMONG OTHER BIG TICKET BILLS.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER A DEMOCRAT FROM DEERFIELD.

CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE AND CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY A DEMOCRAT FROM EVANSTON.

WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND SOME FROM SURROUNDING STATES NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION BUT WE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

I WANT TO START WITH THE ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE REPORTED DOZENS DEAD IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE ATTACKS IN GAZA, ROCKET ATTACKS THAT HIT NEAR TEL AVIV.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST WITH THIS SITUATION?

>> WELL, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CALLS TO SEE IF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN HELP TO DEESCALATE THE VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW.

THIS BACK AND FORTH HAS BEEN CONTINUING NOW FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THE LATEST I SAW WERE 28 PALESTINIANS AND THREE ISRAELIS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED.

IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT BY NOW.

WE NEED TO SEE THAT THE DEESCALATION.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK I WAS SAYING THE EVICTIONS THAT ISRAEL HAD TALKED ABOUT IN EAST JERUSALEM THAT WAS A BAD THING AND NOW WE'RE ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANE.

>> THESE ARE PALESTINIANS IN EAST JERUSALEM BEING EVICTED AS ISRAELI SETTLERS COME IN IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS THIS ONGOING VIOLENCE AND ANYTHING THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN DO TO DEESCALATE THAT.

THIS IS HORRIFYING WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES AND I KNOW IN ISRAEL AND I KNOW THAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA AS WELL.

HAMAS HAS BEEN LOBBYING FOR MISSILES AND ISRAEL HAS BEEN RETALIATING WITH -- >> CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER WHAT CAN THE U.S. DO TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION SHOULD PRESIDENT BIDEN CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE?

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM IS A REAL ESTATE DISPUTE.

ISRAELI SUPREME COURT PUT A HALT TO THAT.

THE SOURCE OF THE CONFLICT WITH HAMAS.

HAMAS FIRED HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL TARGETING FIRST JERUSALEM AND THEN TEL AVIV.

TEL AVIV NOW IS 40-50 ROCKETS TWO WOMEN WERE KILLED.

200 ROCKETS IT'S PROBABLY DOUBLED THAT.

AND HAMAS IS TRYING TO PUT THIS ISRAEL TO THE EDGE.

IT'S USING CIVILIANS WITHIN GAZA AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

AND REALLY RESTS ON THE SHOULDER OF HAMAS.

THE BEST THING THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN DO IS STAND WITH ISRAEL DEFEND IT AND WORK WITH ISRAEL AND WITH OUR ALLIES IN THE REGION TO PUT PRESSURE ON HAMAS TO STOP THE ROCKETS AND END THIS CURRENT EXCHANGE OF ROCKET FIRE.

>> ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT THE U.S. SHOULD STAND WITH ISRAEL TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION AT THIS POINT?

>> WELL, I AGREE THAT OBVIOUSLY ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF.

AND I CONDEMN THE ROCKET ATTACKS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN JERUSALEM AND WANT BOTH PARTIES TO WORK THE ISSUES OUT.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO A PRESSING ISSUE HERE.

CYBERSECURITY.

CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY YOU SIT ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE A RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON THE COLONIAL PIPELINE DISRUPTING THE GAS SUPPLIES UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

WHAT DO WE NO ABOUT THAT SITUATION?

>> WE ARE FIRST BREAKING ON THIS AS WE'RE BACK IN WASHINGTON D.C.

THIS WEEK AND I EXPECT WE WILL BE BRIEFED AS TIME GOES ON.

WHAT THE F.B.I.

DIRECTOR HAS SAID IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS A NON-STATE ACTOR OUT OF RUSSIA, NOT THE FIRST OF THESE ATTACKS THERE'S BEEN THOUSANDS BUT THE FIRST MAJOR ATTACK ON OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG LINES OF OIL.

I THINK THE CONCERN HERE IS OPERATING OUT OF RUSSIA WERE THEY ENCOURAGED OR PROTECTED BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT?

AND THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE LAYERS.

OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE REALIZATION OF THE MAJOR HACKS ON OUR BASIS, AND WE NEED TO DO SO MUCH MORE.

I THINK WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING SOON IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER INVOLVING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PROTECTION IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS VAST INCREASE IN RESOURCES INCLUDING SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING AND SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

MORE MANDATED PROTECTION.

AND HERE IS WHAT THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY AGENCY TOLD THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE TODAY ABOUT HACKINGS LIKE THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT.

>> CYBERATTACKS IN OUR NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE ARE GROWING MORE SOPHISTICATED, FREQUENT AND AGGRESSIVE.

CYBER ACTORS ARE DEATH INDICATING TIME AND RESOURCES TOWARDS RESEARCHING, STEALING AND EXPLOITING VULNERABILITIES.

>> WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IS A LOT IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

GAS PIPELINES, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LIKE.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION AND WE HAVE TO GET ALL THE MORE SOPHISTICATED AS THE ATTACKERS DO TO PREVENT THAT.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE KINDS OF REAL DAMAGE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT GAS PRICES THAT ARE LIKELY TO GO UP.

SO ALL AMERICANS ARE GOING TO FEEL THAT.

AND WE HAVE TO REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH SECURITY DO MORE.

RIGHT NOW.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT HOPES THAT ALL AMERICANS FEEL AND THAT IS NEW INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN THINGS LIKE CHILDCARE.

CONGRESSMAN SNYDER YOU SIT ON THE BIPARTISAN PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS ARE YOU HEARING NOTES OF AGREEMENT ON EITHER THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR THE AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN THAT HAS ADDED CHILDCARE FUNDING IN THERE?

>> WELL, I THINK I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM SOLVERS IT'S 29 DEMOCRATS AND 29 REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER.

THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE WE PUT OUT A WHITE PAPER THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE NOT MADE THE INVESTMENT FOR TWO DECADES.

AND THE THREAT ATTACKS ON THE PIPELINE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WE NEED TO BUILD RESILIENCY FROM I CYBER STANDPOINT AND RESILIENCY FROM A CLIMATE STANDPOINT.

IT WILL TAKE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

I THINK THERE'S SUPPORT.

WE NEED A BIG BOLD, INVESTMENT THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECTS OF THAT ARE THAT DOWN PAYMENT TOWARDS OUR FUTURE.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN THE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR HIKING THE INCOME TAX RATE ON THOSE EARNING $400,000 OR MORE AND NOT CORPORATIONS SOMETHING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE MOST IF NOT ALL REPUBLICANS WILL OPPOSE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE THE THING THAT BREAKS DOWN ANY HOPES OF BIPARTISANSHIP?

>> YOUR POINT IS A GOOD ONE IT'S ALWAYS HELD UP AN INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE HOW IS IT PAID FOR?

IN MY POINT OF VIEW, I'M WILLING TO BE FLEXIBLE.

I SAW MITCH McCONNELL SAID LET'S PAY FOR IT WITH THE GAS TAX.

VEHICLE MILES DRIVEN ARE WAY DOWN.

THE ADVENT OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

SO IT CAN BE PARTIAL PAYMENT.

AND IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS GETTING FAILING GRADES.

AND WE'RE BEING OUTSPENT BY OUR ECONOMIC COMPETITORS CHINA, INDIA AND EUROPE THREE-1, FOUR-1, FIVE-1 THERE IS A WAY TO COMPROMISE AND GET THIS DONE BUT .

>> SINCE DEFICIT SPENDING HAS BEEN THE NORM FOR MANY YEARS.

A WORSE THAN EXPECTED JOBS REPORT CAME OUT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE NOTION THAT PEOPLE ARE LURED TO STAY ON UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THE BENEFITS ARE MORE GENEROUS AS OPPOSED TO GETTING BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING?

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I THINK -- WE CALL THIS A RECESSION THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND I CALL IT ALONG WITH THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS A SHE-RECESSION.

BECAUSE IT'S WOMEN.

IF YOU SAW THOSE JOBS NUMBERS, ALL OF THE JOBS THAT WERE INCREASED WERE REALLY MOST OF THEM WERE FOR MEN AND WOMEN HAVE LOST TWO MILLION WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE.

AND THAT'S WHY THE ISSUES OF CHILD TAX CREDIT OF THE CHILDCARE BEING PROVIDED IS SO IMPORTANT IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THOSE JOBS NUMBERS AND IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THE ECONOMY.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE.

BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS A GOOD DEAL.

NO.

ONE, I THINK THEY WANT TO BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD JOBS WITH GOOD PAY, THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I THINK MAINLY IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK RIGHT NOW PARTICULARLY WOMEN.

>> AND THOSE JOB NUMBERS ABOUT TWO MILLION WOMEN 1.5 MILLION MEN'S JOBS LOST.

AND WE WILL PICK UP THIS DISCUSSION IN A BIT.

WE WILL BE JOINED AGAIN BY THE LAWMAKERS LATER TO DISCUSS POLICING LEGISLATION AMONG OTHER THINGS.

OUR THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVES SCHNEIDER, QUIGLEY AND SCHAKOWSKY.

>> AS WE MENTIONED, VACCINE ELIGIBILITY IS EXPANDING TO A NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE.

STARTING THURSDAY, CHICAGO IS OPENING ALL CITY OPERATED COVID VACCINATION SITES TO KIDS 12-15.

THE MOVE WAS PROMPTED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY USE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR THAT AGE GROUP.

EARLIER TODAY, CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER SPOKE ABOUT THIS NEWS.

>> THE NEWS FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR CHILDREN LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

THE SAFETY PROFILE WAS GREAT, THE EFFICACY PROFILE MEANING HOW PROTECTIVE THE VACCINE WAS WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND THE PART OF THE STUDY WITH THE VOLUNTEERS THERE WERE NO CASES OF COVID IN THE CHILDREN WHO GOT THE VACCINE.

AND NO SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS Dr. ALLISON BARTLETT A PEDIATRICIAN AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONER OF THE PEDIATRIC SECTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE.

WELCOME BACK.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO GET VACCINATED?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT KIDS DON'T GET AS SICK AS WE KNOW THAT OLDER ADULTS CAN WHEN THEY GET COVID.

BUT IT REALLY IS THE FACT THAT THEY CAN GET INFECTED AND CAN TRANSMIT TO OTHER PEOPLE AND CAN HAVE RARE SIDE EFFECTS.

WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF COVID ARE ON CHILDREN AND WE'VE SEEN KIDS WITH LONG SYMPTOMS.

THERE IS A LOT WE WANT TO BE PREVENTING.

>> THERE THERE BE SETTINGS WHERE VACCINATION MIGHT BE REQUIRED FOR THE AGE GROUP?

>> I THINK WE MAY HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.

THERE ARE IMMUNIZATIONS WE REQUIRE FOR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES HAVE BEEN REQUIRING VACCINATIONS.

WE ARE NOT THERE YET BUT I SUSPECT IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD HEAD THAT DIRECTION.

>> HOW CRUCIAL IS IT TO VACCINATE CHILDREN TO GET TO HERD IMMUNITY?

>> KIDS MAKEUP A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION.

SO REALLY IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE VACCINATE OUR CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO OUR ADULTS.

>> IN A RECENT STUDY, 29% OF ADULTS SAID THEY WOULD GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED RIGHT AWAY.

32% SAID THEY WOULD WAIT TO SEE HOW IT'S WORKING.

IS THIS SURPRISING TO YOU?

>> I THINK IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THOSE NUMBERS.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE TIDE WILL CHANGE AS WE SAW WITH ADULTS WHERE THE HESITANCY WAS THERE AND THEN STARTED TO TAPER OFF.

I THINK REASSURINGLY, SOME STUDIES ASKED CHILDREN 14-19 WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED AND THEY WERE MUCH MORE POSITIVE ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED THAN SOME OF THEIR PARENTS WERE.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT FIGURE WAS SO LOW FOR PARENTS?

>> I THINK THAT THE RELATIVE NEWNESS OF THE COVID VACCINE THAT IS STILL CONTRIBUTING TO WHAT IS GOING ON.

THE STUDY IS DONE TO LOOK AT CHILDREN AGES 12-15 INCLUDED 2,000 KIDS ONLY HALF GOT THE VACCINE.

BUT IT'S THE SAME VACCINE SAME DOSE, SAME INTERVAL THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO 16-YEAR-OLDS AND UP.

SO RELATIVELY FEWER CHILDREN 12-15 WERE INCLUDED.

BUT A 15-YEAR-OLD IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM A 16-YEAR-OLD FROM A 19-YEAR-OLD.

WE WILL BUILD ON THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE HOW SAFE AND EFFECTIVE THE VACCINES ARE.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK PEDIATRICIANS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS DO TO GET PARENTS ONBOARD?

>> ONE THING PEDIATRICIANS DO REALLY WELL IS VACCINATE KIDS AND TALK TO PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATIONS.

AND SO HAVING THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAMILY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF COVID IN YOUR CHILD OR IN LOVED ONES AND THE CHILD ENCOUNTERS IS REALLY THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS THIS.

>> HOW SOON DO YOU THINK WE'LL SEE VACCINE AVAILABILITY FOR YOUNGER KIDS MAYBE AGES 5-12?

ASKING FOR A FRIEND?

>> I HAVE A NINE-YEAR-OLD AND 11-YEAR-OLD TWINS.

AND THEY WILL TURN 12 IN OCTOBER.

I DON'T KNOW IN THEY ARE GOING TO GET A VACCINE FOR 12-YEAR-OLDS OR THE 11-YEAR-OLD VACCINE APPROVED IN TIME.

I'M CURIOUS AS WELL.

THE LATEST I'VE HEARD IS THEY ARE HOPING BY SEPTEMBER TO HAVE THAT VACCINE APPROVED FOR THE SORT OF 5-11-YEAR-OLD RANGE WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY WE WILL HAVE THOSE KIDS FULLY VACCINATED THE TWO DOSES AND THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD AFTER THAT SECOND DOSE BEFORE WE GET BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT WE WILL BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE ARE NOW.

>> WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW HOW ROUTINE THE VACCINE IS GOING TO BE?

SHOULD WE BE EXPECTING BOOSTERS AT SOME POINT?

>> I THINK THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YES.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IMMUNITY TO NATURAL INFECTION OR TO THE VACCINE LASTS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE ASPECT OF THE BOOSTER VACCINES THE SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON PROVIDE BETTER COVERAGE FOR SOME OF THE VARIANTS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOUR IMMUNITY IS THE ISSUE IT'S THERE'S NEW VARIANTS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT.

WHETHER IT WILL BE AN ANNUAL THING LIKE A FLU SHOT OR 10 YEARS LIKE A TETANUS BOOSTER, I EXPECT WE ARE A TWO DOSES AND YOU ARE DONE IN YOUR LIFETIME.

>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR PREGNANT AND BREAST-FEEDING MOTHERS OF THE VACCINE?

>> SO ALL OF THE BOTH CLINICAL TRIALS AND THE POST TRIAL SURVEILLANCE HAS BEEN VERY REASSURING.

IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN PREGNANT WOMEN AND NURSING WOMEN.

WOMEN WHO ARE VACCINATED DURING PREGNANCY PASS ANTIBODIES TO THE BODY AND WOMEN BREAST-FEEDING TRANSFER ANTIBODIES IN THE MILK.

SO IT IS A TWO FOR ONE.

>> THANKS TO Dr. ALLISON BARTLETT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT A LOCALLY OWNED ENGINEERING FIRM HELPING OVERSEE A MASSIVE CTA MODERNIZATION EFFORT.

THE CTA'S OVERHAUL OF THE RED AND PURPLE LINES ON THE NORTH SIDE ENTERS THE NEXT MAJOR PHASE ON SUNDAY.

STATIONS ARE SET TO SHUTDOWN FOR RECONSTRUCTION UNTIL 2024 WITH TEMPORARY STATIONS OPENING AT BRYN MAWR AND ARGYLE.

THE REVAMP IS BEING OVERSEEN BY THREE FIRMS INCLUDING ONE THAT STARTED IN A SOUTH SIDE ATTIC AND HAS GROWN TO HAVE NATIONAL GOALS.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS.

>> THE 2.1 BILLION DOLLAR RED PURPLE MODERNIZATION EFFORT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST PROJECT IN THE CTA'S HISTORY.

FOR SOMETHING SO MASSIVE THE TRANSIT AGENCY NEEDED TO HIRE EXTRA HANDS TO OVERSEE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

>> IT'S BEEN A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FIRM TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

NOW WE ARE AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT YOU GET TO SEE THE DESIGN COME TO LIFE THAT IS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF ENGINEERING.

>> RASHOD JOHNSON HAD AN APTITUDE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE AND HIS PHYSICS TEACHER SUGGESTED ENGINEERING.

>> I'M LIKE NO I'M GOOD.

I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TRAINS.

NOT THAT KIND.

>> HE DISCOVERED HE LOVED CIVIL ENGINEERING.

>> ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BRIDGES, ROADS, BUILDINGS, TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES, CIVIL ENGINEERING HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

>> AFTER COLLEGE HE WAS WORKING FOR A TRADE ASSOCIATION BUT JOHNSON HAD AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND HE SAW AN OPENING.

SO HE STARTED THE RODERICK GROUP.

RODERICK IS HIS MIDDLE NAME.

>> STARTED IN MY ATTIC ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND NOW WE'VE GROWN TO 230 PEOPLE AND FIVE STATES AND PUERTO RICO.

>> THE COMPANY KNOWN AS ARDMORE RODERICK EXPANDS, JOHNSON SAYS HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN THE STAFF WAS TINY.

>> I'VE DONE THE MARKETING AND THE PR AND DONE THE ENGINEERING AND THE DESIGN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND TAKEN OUT THE GARBAGE AND NOW WE'VE GROWN INTO THE COMPANY WHERE I DO NOT DO THE WORK, I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE.

>> I LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT ARDMORE RODERICK.

WE DON'T FEEL THAT YOU ARE LIKE JUST A NUMBER.

>> ROBERT DRANICZAREK WAS ONE OF THE COMPANY'S FIRST EMPLOYEES.

>> RASHOD MADE AN EFFORT TO MAKE US DIVERSE AND IT'S BEEN A BRING FOR OUR COMPANY.

WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUND IT IS OPENS YOUR EYES TO A LOT OF THINGS AND YOU GROW AS A PERSON NOT JUST AN ENGINEER.

>> JOHNSON DOESN'T WANT A DIVERSE FIRM HE WANTS TO HELP THE NEXT WAVE OF ENGINEERS THROUGH WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND RAISING MONEY TO GET STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STEM.

>> I THINK MINORITY STUDENTS BLACK KIDS IN PARTICULAR SEEM TO BE AFRAID OF MATH AND SCIENCE.

YOU CAN'T CREATE A LOVE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE YOU HAVE TO BE A KID WHO KNOWS AND LOVES MATH AT 5 AND 6 AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD OLD.

>> AS FOR ARDMORE RODERICK'S FUTURE JOHNSON WANTS THE COMPANY TO BE NATIONWIDE BY 2025.

AND TO STAY TRUE TO ITS VALUES.

>> 60% OF OUR FIRM IS DIVERSE AND TESS' PURPOSEFUL.

WE GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT TYPICALLY WOULD NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE NOT HAD TO LOWER OUR QUALITY.

WE'VE HAD BETTER QUALITY BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY WITHIN THE FIRM.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> AND BY THE WAY, THAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY RASHOD JOHNSON INTERNED FOR WAS CALLED WEATHER APP.

CONSTRUCTION AND ITS JOINT VENTURE IS THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM WHOSE WORK ON THE CTA REVAMP JOHNSON'S COMPANY HELPS OVERSEE.

STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON WHAT LIZ CHENEY'S OUSTER FROM G.O.P.

'S LEADERSHIP MEAN ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S GRIP ON THE PARTY.

BIRTHS ARE ON THE DECLINE IN THE U.S. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE NATION'S POPULATION.

WE HAVE LONG KNOWN JESSE WHITE AS ILLINOIS' SECRETARY OF STATE WHO IS IN THE RACE TO TAKE HIS PLACE?

WTTW NEWS HAS THOSE DETAILS.

>> REIMAGINING HOW CHICAGO INVESTS IN ITS COMMUNITIES IS THE FOCUS OF A NEW COLLABORATION BETWEEN WBEZ AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

AND DOCUMENTING A NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY.

HOW PILSEN ARTISTS ARE HIGHLIGHTING 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A MURAL ON 18TH STREET.

BUT FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO BASED McDONALD'S IS JOINING IN ON THE VACCINE EFFORT BY PARTNERING WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINES.

THE FAST FOOD GIANT SAYS LATER THIS MONTH McDONALD'S COFFEE CUPS AND STICKERS WILL SEND CUSTOMERS TO VACCINES.GOV WHERE THEY CAN LEARN MORE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S PARTNERING WITH LYFT AND UBER TO PROVIDE FREE RIDES TO VACCINE APPOINTMENTS AND PARTNERING WITH PHARMACIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PROVIDE ON-SITE CLINICS.

FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL COULD BE HEADING TO JAPAN AS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AMBASSADOR.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT MADE THE NOMINATION BUT A SOURCE SAYS IT COULD COME LATER THIS MONTH.

THE FORMER THREE-TERM CONGRESSMAN AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD BEEN ON THE SHORT LIST FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND FACED OPPOSITION FOR SOME WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HIGHEST DIPLOMATIC ROLES AND IF CONFIRMED WOULD PUT HIM IN TOKYO AHEAD OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.

AND BACK TO PARIS WITH MORE FROM LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> EARLY IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED CYBERSECURITY AND ISRAEL AND NOW BACK WITH BRAD SCHNEIDER, MIKE QUIGLEY AND JAN SCHAKOWSKY.

WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AND SOME FROM SURROUNDING STATES BUT NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE G.O.P.

IS SET TO VOTE TOMORROW TO REMOVE CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY FROM WYOMING REMOVE HER FROM LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF HER STANCE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AGAINST THE LIE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

IS THIS A DONE DEAL?

>> EVERYTHING I'VE READ IT IS A DONE DEAL.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF HER STANCE THAT THEY ARE REMOVING HER IT'S THE REST OF THE PARTY'S STANCE SUPPORTING THE LIE AND CONTINUING TO ARGUE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

IT WASN'T.

IT WAS LEGITIMATE ELECTION AND CALLED BY THE SECURITY TEAM THE MOST SECURE ELECTION IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY WHY WE NEED TO FIGHT HARD TO PROTECT THE FRANCHISE AND INSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND WE HAVE TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND HR FOR THE PEOPLE ACT.

>> AND THOSE PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND ARE IN THE SENATE AS MANY STATE LEGISLATURES, REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED LEGISLATURES ARE PASSING BILLS TO RESTRICT VOTING.

CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY WHAT DOES TRUMP'S GRASP AT LEAST IN THE G.O.P.

THE FEELTY TO THE STOLEN NARRATIVE WHAT DOES THAT PORTEND FOR THE MIDTERMS AND YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE ANY ABILITY TO GET ANYTHING DONE?

>> LOOK, I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT.

IT'S INTERESTING WHAT WILL THE TRUMP REACH BE WHEN HE IS NOT ON THE BALLOT?

WE SAW IN THE OFF YEAR ELECTION, THERE WAS LESS TURNOUT BY PRO TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO SAY THIS IS ALL DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF TRUMP VOTERS.

I THINK A LOT OF THEM BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRUE BELIEVERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM ARE TRUE BELIEVERS.

MY BIGGER CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S 55% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THINKS THE ATTACK ON JANUARY 6 WAS REALLY BY ANTIFA.

THEY WERE DRESSED AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET PAST THAT MISINFORMATION AND COMBAT THAT TO GET PEOPLE TO YOU HAD HOW TO VOTE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN SCHAKOWSKY, THE DIRECTION OF THE G.O.P.

DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ADAM KING GEAR THAT HAS TAKEN A HARD STANCE AGAINST LIES ABOUT THE ELECTION AND THE TRUMP?

>> THE NUMBER OF TRUTH TELLERS IS SPARSE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I BELIEVE IT'S SHEAR COWARDESS.

SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES KNOW DARNED WELL THIS IS A BIG LIE AND THEY ARE SO AFRAID TO STAND UP TO DONALD TRUMP.

AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HIS APPROVAL NUMBERS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 40% THAT IS DONALD TRUMP.

NOW IN THE 30s.

SO I AM HOPING THAT ACTUALLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO GIVE JOE BIDEN SUCH HIGH RATING AND HIS PROGRAMS HIGH RATINGS.

WE HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THESE BILLS.

THE JOBS BILL.

THE FAMILY BILL.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR.

BUT THE IDEA OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH REPUBLICANS AFTER MITCH McCONNELL HAS SAID HIS ONE MINORITY IS TO STOP THIS DEMOCRATS FROM GETTING ANYTHING DONE.

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM PRAISING AS IF THEY SUPPORTED SOME OF THESE BILLS.

THEY ARE GOING AROUND THEY WILL BE IN ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS THEY WILL BE TAKING CREDIT AND THEY VOTED NO.

AND I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON US THE DEMOCRATS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT ON YOUR SIDE.

THEY ARE NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT DOES SEEM TO HAVE BIPARTISAN COOPERATION CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED ON BOTH SIDES WHAT ARE THE BIPARTISAN NOTES OF AGREEMENT HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT STARTS WITH THE NEED WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE WAY POLICING IS DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT WE SAW LAST SUMMER ON EVERY TV ON EVERY VIDEO DEVICE THAT THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD WAS NOT A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.

WE HAVE SEEN IT TIME AND AGAIN ACROSS THE NATION AND THE CALL OF THE NATION TO ACT UPON THIS AND CHANGE THAT.

I'M PROUD IN THE HOUSE ONE MONTH TO THE DAY OF OF AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD WE PASSED THE JUSTICE IN PRICING ACT.

WE REINTRODUCED IT IN CONGRESS AND SENT IT TO THE SENATE AND KAREN BASS AND TIM SCOTT ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND I HOPE WE CAN IMPROVE THE TRUST BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY WHEREVER THEY LIVE WHATEVER THEY LOOK LIKE SECURITY AND SAFETY THEY ALL DESERVE.

>> AND SECURITY AND SAFETY AND TRUSTING POLICE AN IG REPORT CAME OUT CONFIRMING WHAT EVERYBODY THAT WATCHED THIS SAW THAT SOMETHING WENT AWRY WITH THE CAPITOL POLICE AND THE PROTECTION OF THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6.

CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY THERE'S SET TO BE A HEARING TOMORROW ON THE RIOTS IN CONGRESS.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO LEARN FROM THIS HEARING?

>> LOOK, I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND FIRST OFF IS THAT THESE HEARINGS ARE TAKING PLACE WITHOUT A 9/11 TYPE COMMISSION WHICH IS A REAL, REAL SHORT COMING.

THE SENATE REPUBLICANS REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT THINK THE RESULTS WOULD COMPORT WITH THE WIG LIE.

I SERVE ON THREE COMMITTEES DOING THIS INVESTIGATION.

TOMORROW'S HEARING -- >> YOU DO HAVE THE POWER THAT A 9/11 STYLE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE?

>> OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SUBPOENA POWER BUT WILL WE GET PEOPLE LIKE LEADER McCARTHY WHO WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS WILLING TO TESTIFY?

I DON'T THINK HE WILL.

I ALSO THINK IT'S HARDER TO COORDINATE WITH MULTIPLE COMMITTEES AS YOU WOULD WITH A 9/11 COMMISSION WHICH DID A GOOD JOB AND WE'RE ALL SAFER BECAUSE OF ITS RESULTS.

FOR THOSE US IN THE CHAMBERS THAT DAY, I THINK A LOT OF US KNEW WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THE CONCLUSIONS BUT WE NEED TO BEAR THEM OUT AND WHAT THE REFORMS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE TO KEEP THE CAPITOL AND THE COUNTRY SAVE.

>> THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVES SCHNEIDER, QUIGLEY AND SCHAKOWSKY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

JESSE WHITE'S NAME HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED TO ILLINOIS DRIVERS BUT NEXT ELECTION HIS NAME WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998.

WTTW ACE NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE RACE AND JOINS US WITH NEW DETAILS WHO WON'T BE RUNNING.

HEATHER WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT THE THIS RACE?

>> WE LEARNED THAT ALDERMAN WALTER BURNETT, JR. WHO HAS LONG BEEN JESSE WHITE'S POLITICAL PROTEGE WILL NOT RUN TO SUCCEED HIM AS SECRETARY OF STATE.

AS MANY OBSERVERS EXPECTED HE TOLD ME HE CANNOT BE ALDERMAN OF THE WEST LOOP RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WITH NEW HOUSING AND OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND RUN A STATE-WIDE RACE ESPECIALLY IN THE ERA OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SO HE WILL NOT RUN.

HOWEVER HE DID TELL ME HE SOUGHT AN APPOINTMENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SEAT IF JESSE WHITE HAD RESIGNED BEFORE HIS TERM EXPIRES.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT HIM.

BUT HE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHO TOLD ME THAT THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE HYPOTHETICAL VACANCIES.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE USUAL ILLINOIS POLITICS GIVE AND TAKE.

>> REMIND US WHO IS IN THE RACE?

>> WELL, WE HAVE FIVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SO FAR.

WE EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO TOSS THEIR HAT INTO THE RING FOR THEIR PRIMARY IN MARCH IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WE HAVE ALDERMAN PAT DOWELL, DAVID MOORE, FORMER STATE TREASURER ALEXI GIANNOULIAS AND STATE SENATOR MICHAEL HASTINGS FROM FRANKFURT ALONG WITH ANNA VALENCIA.

IT'S ALSO A CROWDED RACE BECAUSE THIS IS AN OFFICE THAT HAS 3600 EMPLOYEES AND IT RUNS ALL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICES AND HAS A LOT OF POLITICAL POWER BECAUSE YOU GET THAT MAIL FROM JESSE WHITE BUT NOT AFTER 2022.

>> QUICKLY, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ANY SO FAR?

>> NONE SO FAR BUT WE THINK THAT FORMER STATE SENATOR BILL BRADY FROM BLOOMINGDALE IS LIKELY TO RUN BUT MOST REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW HAVE THEIR EYE ON THE TOP SEAT SEVERAL HAVE CHALLENGED GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

>> SHOULD BE FUN AS USUAL.

HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY AND 0 OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WALTER BURNETT, JR. AND JESSE WHITE'S FRIENDSHIP.

ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT WHAT SOME MIGHT CONSIDER AN ALARMING TREND IN THE U.S. >> 2020 SAW THE LOWEST LEVEL OF U.S.

BIRTHS IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC SOMEONEDERRED IF THERE WOULD BE A BABY BOOM AS COUPLES WAITED OUT THE QUARANTINE BUT EVIDENCE SHOWS THE PANDEMIC MAY HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC THE BIRTH RATE IS SO LOW THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING THAN BEING BORN.

TO TELL US WHAT THIS MEANS JOINING US IS PROFESSOR CHRISTINE PERCHESKI WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.

>> FIRST, BIRTHS DECLINED 4% LAST YEAR OVER 2019.

YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THE NUMBERS?

>> IT'S NOT SURPRISING.

THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW WE'VE SEEN THE DECLINE.

AND WE HAD A SHARP DECLINE AMONG TEEN MOTHERS AND THAT IS CONTINUING A TREND THAT IS 15 YEARS OLD NOW AND MOST OF US THINK THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

THE NEWS THAT IS MORE MIX SECOND ABOUT THE DECLINES AMONG OLDER MOTHERS IN 20s AND 30s.

AND SOME PEOPLE SEE THAT AS A BAD THING BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PANIC ABOUT IT.

>> I WANT TO GET TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS.

FOLKS THOUGHT EVERYONE STAYING HOME THERE WOULD BE A BABY BOOM AND WE SAW THE OPPOSITE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE PANDEMIC HAD THAT EFFECT?

>> YES.

WELL, THE PANDEMIC WASN'T A SNOWSTORM, RIGHT?

IT CAUSED SEVERE UNEMPLOYMENT, A LOT OF LOSS OF LIVES.

YOUNG COUPLES WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAVING A SECOND OR THIRD CHILD WILL LEFT WITH NO DAYCARE NO SCHOOL.

THEY MIGHT HAVE LOST A JOB THEY MIGHT HAVE LOST A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT TO COVID.

THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF SITUATION THAT MAKES PEOPLE CONFIDENT ABOUT TAKING ON ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY OR BRINGING A BABY INTO THE WORLD.

>> I WANT TO DIG INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

BIRTH BIRTH RATES FELL BY 4%.

AND THEY FELL THE MOST SHARPLY AMONG 15-17-YEAR-OLDS AT 6% AND 18-19-YEAR-OLDS 7% AND BIRTH RATES DECLINED THE LEAST AT THE UPPER END OF THE AGE BRACKET.

YOU FEEL POSITIVE ABOUT THAT DECLINE IN THE LOWER END, AND MIXED ABOUT THE DECLINE IN THE OLDER END.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND THOSE TRENDS AND WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO ABOUT IT?

>> RIGHT.

WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN TEEN BIRTHS FOR A WHILE NOW.

AND MOST OF US THINK THAT IS GOOD NEWS IN THE CONTEMPORARY U.S.

MOST TEENAGERS ARE NOT PREPARED TO HAVE A CHILD.

PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING.

AMONG OLDERS AGES I RAISE THE QUESTION IS THAT WHAT THE MOMS OR THE COUPLES OR THE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN WANT?

AND SO WE'RE HEARING SOME WOMEN SAY THEY ARE NOT HAVING AS MANY CHILDREN OR DELAYING THE START OF A FAMILY BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC REASONS, STAGGERING STUDENT DEBT, UNSTABLE EMPLOYMENT.

AND MOST OF US WOULD THINK WELL THAT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE THEIR BABIES WHEN THEY WANT TO.

ON THE OTHER HAND A LOT OF WOMEN ARE DELAYING SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR CAREER, PURSUE MORE EDUCATION AND THAT IS A NEUTRAL OR A GOOD THING.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE STORIES BEHIND THEM AND A DECLINING BIRTH RATE IS NOT PER SE A BAD THING.

>> DO YOU SEE DIFFERENCES IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN TERMS OF WHITE POPULATION VERSUS POPULATIONS OF COLOR?

>> YEAH, WE'VE SEEN DECLINES ACROSS ALL POPULATION GROUPS HERE.

AND THERE ARE INTERESTING DIFFERENT SUBSTORIES.

BUT I THINK THE TWO MAIN THEMES CUTTING ACROSS GROUPS IS A STORY ABOUT WOMEN DELAYING FOR MORE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND WOMEN AND COUPLES FEELING CONSTRAINED BY ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY OR STUDENT DEBT.

>> AND THAT GOES ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS AND THERE'S CONCERN THAT THE U.S. IS FALLEN BELOW THE REPLACEMENT RATE AND THIS IS A TREND OVER MANY YEARS.

AKA MORE PEOPLE DYING THAN BEING BORN IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

THE U.S. HAS BEEN MOSTLY BELOW THE REPLACEMENT RATE SINCE THE EARLY 1970s.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PER SE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF IS MAKING OUR PUBLIC POLICIES APPROPRIATELY.

SO FOR INSTANCE WHEN WE ARE THINK BEING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS WE NEED TO ACCURATELY BE ESTIMATING HOW LONG PEOPLE WILL LIVE AND IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED BUT WE HAVE TO APPROPRIATELY TARGET OUR PUBLIC POLICIES TO ADJUST TO THE CHANGES.

>> AND THOSE ARE DIFFICULT CALCULATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS AND ACTUARIES RIGHT NOW.

IN RECESSIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THERE IS SORT OF A DOWNTURN INITIALLY AND THEN AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS THERE IS AN UPTURN.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION.

IN TERMS OF AN UPTURN IN BIRTHS.

DO YOU EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN THIS TIME?

AND IF IT DOESN'T WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU?

>> PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEE SOMETHING A SHIFT IN THE AGE AT WHICH WOMEN HAVE BABIES.

WHAT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL LATER IS WHETHER THE WOMEN WHO WERE JUST STARTING THEIR CAREERS WHEN THE GREAT RECESSION HIT, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO MAKEUP THE BIRTHS LATER IN THEIR LATE 30s.

OR WHETHER THEY WILL JUST HAVE FEWER CHILDREN.

WE DIDN'T SEE THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE WOMEN WILL HAVE FEWER BABIES.

JUST DON'T KNOW YET.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN 2021 AND PROBABLY 2022 WILL BE LOW, THOUGH, GIVEN THE PANDEMIC AND THE ONGOING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

>> DO YOU SEE THE LONG-TERM TREND CONTINUING ON THAT ROUTE?

AS YOU SAID WE HAVE BEEN BELOW THE REPLACEMENT RATE SINCE THE 70s?

>> YES, I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET -- I THINK WE'LL STILL HAVE MOST WOMEN WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO BABIES AND SOME WOMEN WILL HAVE THREE AND SOME WILL HAVE ZERO.

BUT WE ARE ON THE HIGHER END OF MOST INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES AND I DO NOT EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE TOO DRAMATICALLY TOO QUICKLY.

>> INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU TO PROFESSOR CHRISTINE PERCHESKI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE NEW HOST OF RESET ON WBEZ.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> HOW DO CHICAGO INSTITUTIONS AND SEATINGS OF POWER WORK FOR AT TIMES AGAINST THE CITY'S RESIDENTS?

THAT QUESTION IS ONE OF SEVERAL AT THE HEART OF A NEW WBEZ SERIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

THE SERIES IS CALLED REIMAGINE CHICAGO IS HOSTED BY OUR NEXT GUEST WHO JOINED AS HOST OF THE STATION'S MIDDAY SHOW RESET AND SASHA-ANN SIMONS JOINS US NOW.

WELCOME I'M EXCITED YOU ARE HERE AND YOU GRADUATED WITH A MASTER DEGREE.

CONGRATS ON THAT AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU BET.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING THE JOB AS THE HOST OF RESET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

OBVIOUSLY YOU KNEW A LOT ABOUT CHICAGO BEFORE YOU ARRIVED HERE.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED OR WHAT HAS BEEN SURPRISING IF THE FEW MONTHS YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB?

>> WHAT HAVEN'T I LEARNED?

CHICAGO IS AN AMAZING CITY FULL OF SO MUCH, SO MUCH EXCITEMENT WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK HERE IN THE CITY.

I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT CHICAGO FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND SO I'VE ONLY HEARD THE TOP HEADLINES AND HEARD ABOUT THE BAD RAP, THE VIOLENCE HEARD THINGS ABOUT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT BUT DIDN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WERE PUT TOGETHER AND HOW THAT PLAYED OUT FROM INSIDE.

AND SO I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT WHO IS IN POWER HERE AND WHO IS NOT.

JUST THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS AND JUST DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT FOODS.

JUST EVERYTHING.

DEFINITELY TAKEN THE TIME TO EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT ONE IT REMINDS ME OF HOME I'M FROM TORONTO AND ONE OF THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS HOW MUCH THIS WAS GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT I HAD GROWN-UP IN.

AND IT HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED YET.

>> THERE'S SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN ABOUT CHICAGO EVERYDAY.

I'M STILL DOING IT TOO.

YOU WERE A REPORTER AND HOST FOR WASHINGTON'S NPR STATION.

HOW DOES THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TRANSLATE HOW YOU WILL COVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO NOW?

>> SO THAT KNOWLEDGE JUST HELPED ME REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PLAYING OUT IN WASHINGTON, AND PLAYING OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, AND WHEN I SAY WASHINGTON I MEAN EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND THINK OF THE PRESIDENT AND ALL OF THAT AS IF THAT IS ALL THAT WASHINGTON HAS TO OFFER.

BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY RESIDENTS OF DC, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

THINGS THAT PLAYED OUT FOOT INSECURITY, POVERTY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, THINGS THAT WERE RAMPANT RATES HAPPENING THERE ARE PLAYING OUT HERE IN CHICAGO.

I JUST REALLY GOT TO OPEN UP MY LENS AND REALIZE HOW MANY IN HOW MANY WAYS WE ARE JUST THE SAME OR THE PROBLEM THE ISSUES ARE JUST THE SAME.

COMING TO CHICAGO WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF EXPAND THAT, TAKE THAT REPORTING THAT I LEARNED AND THAT EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON AND BRING THAT HERE.

I'VE BROUGHT THAT LENS TO RESET AS WELL.

RESET WAS ALREADY A SHOW THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THESE ISSUES BUT SO FAR AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE MAGNIFYING THAT WITH THE COVERAGE WE KNOW DISCUSS ON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTS AND FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE AND FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS.

AND WE ARE BRINGING IN VOICES THAT YOU DON'T HEAR ON NPR.

>> AND TO THAT END, YOU ALL ROLLED OUT A SERIES IN COLLABORATION CALLED REIMAGINE CHICAGO.

HOW IS THE SERIES GOING TO DIG INTO THE CITY'S OPERATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS?

>> IT'S LOOKING AT THE INSTITUTIONS AND THE SYSTEMS HERE IN CHICAGO WHICH HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR A LONGTIME AND RUNNING IN A SPECIFIC WAY.

AND WE ARE ASKING HOW COULD THESE SYSTEMS WORK BETTER?

FIRST OF ALL LOOKING AT HOW THEY WORK, LOOKING AT THE ROOT AND SAY HOW CAN THEY WORK BETTER LOOKING AT OUR CITY AND LOOKING AT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY.

LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

WE LAUNCHED THE SERIES LAST WEEK.

I'M PROUD SO SAY WE HAD A WONDERFUL KICKOFF WE FOCUSED ON CITY GOVERNMENT AND TALKED ABOUT HOW ALDERMEN WORK WHAT THEIR ROLE IS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MAYOR HOW MUCH POWER DOES THE MAYOR HAVE, WHAT IS THE STRONG MAYOR SYSTEM THAT CHICAGO IS FUNCTIONING ON.

AND THROUGHOUT THE SERIES WHAT IS GOING TO BE GREAT IS WE TAKE THE INFORMATION AND THE IDEAS THAT COME UP AND TALK TO RESIDENTS CHICAGO RESIDENTS ARE SO MUCH A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND WE TAKE THE IDEAS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

LAST WEEK, WE TALKED TO A LONGTIME ALDERMAN AND TALKED TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND SHARED THE IDEAS TO GET THEIR REACTIONS AND THE SERIES IS GOING TO RUN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THROUGH THE SUMMER FROM CITY GOVERNMENT TO FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOLS.

>> SO SOME OF THE GUESTS THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO DISCUSSED THE CHICAGO MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE ALDERMAN APPROACH.

WHAT ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT WAS ALL WHAT YOU FOCUSED ON LAST WEEK, WHAT ARE YOUR BIG TAKEAWAYS?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MENTION WHEN WE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES WE LOOKED AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA THEY OPERATE ON A WEAK MAYOR SYSTEM A COUNCIL-MAYOR SYSTEM.

SO THEIR CITY COUNCILLERS OR ALDERMEN AS WE CALL THEM IN CHICAGO THEY HAVE MORE POWER THAN OUR ALDERMEN HERE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO EFFECT CHANGE MORE THAN OURS HERE AND WE LOOK IN MY HOMETOWN WE TA TALKED TO PHONES IN TORONTO HOW CITY COUNCIL WORKS THERE AND THE BIG TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT THE MAYOR CAN BE I DON'T WANT TO SAY STRIPPED OF POWERS BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO REALLOCATE HOW THINGS WORK AT CITY HALL AND WAYS TO GET RESIDENTS MORE INVOLVED AND GET VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY MORE IMPACTING MORE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT AFFECT US ALL.

THERE ARE WAYS TO GET MORE RESIDENT INPUT AND WAYS TO GET ALDERMEN TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE OUTSIDE OF THEIR JURISDICTION.

>> OBVIOUSLY MORE TO COME FROM RESET WITH YOU AS YOU ALL CONTINUE THE SERIES.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IT AND GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT.

THANKS TO SASHA-ANN SIMONS.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND PUBLIC ARTISTS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH CHICAGO'S PILSEN NEIGHBORHOOD A NEW RURAL IS USING THAT MEDIUM TO PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY AND MEMORIALIZE 50 RESIDENTS.

WE RECENTLY WENT FOR A VISIT AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> LIZETTE GARZA'S FAMILY HAS LIVED IN PILSEN FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

SHE IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> AND SHE IS ONE OF 46 RESIDENTS FEATURED ON A MURAL.

>> A LOT OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE PUTTING DOWN HISTORICAL ROOTS, WHAT IT MEANS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

>> ARTIST PABLO SERRANO AND MATEO ZAPATA CREATED THE 4,000 SQUARE-FOOT PAINTING IT'S NAMED SOMOS PILSEN WHICH MEANS WE ARE PILSEN.

>> THE MURAL IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF A COMMUNITY IN MOTION.

AND PART OF THAT MOTION IS IN AFFIRMATION OF THE THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER.

>> THE MURAL IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF CARNITAS DON PEDRO ON PILSEN'S 18TH STREET.

A COMMUNITY STAPLE.

THE LATE DON PEDRO OPENED THE RESTAURANT IN 1981.

THE DUARTE FAMILY COMMISSIONED THE MURAL IN HONOR OF PEDRO.

THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK TO THE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> BEING SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS I RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY ON THERE AND I UNDERSTAND LIKE THE ROLES THEY PLAY.

>> MARCUS IS MARY ANN SIMS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK FAMILIES TO MOVE IN PILSEN IN THE EARLY 60s.

>> ZAPATA SAYS THE MURAL IS THE WAY TO SOLIDIFY THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY IN THE FACE OF GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

>> THE MURAL IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY FROM ALL THE WORK THAT OLDER GENERATIONS HAVE PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE STARTING TO STEP UP TO PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ERASED.

>> SOMOS PILSEN FEATURES ESSENTIAL WORKERS, MUSICIANS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

>> ONE COMMUNITY LEADER ON THE MURAL IS CONCEPCION RODRIGUEZ, KNOWN TO MANY AS CONCHA SHE LIVED ON THE SAME STREET SINCE 1967 AND CONTINUED HER LATE BROTHER'S WORK OF DISCOURAGING YOUTH FROM JOINING GANGS.

>> I HAVE LETTERS OF KIDS WRITING TO ME TELLING ME THAT THEY THANK ME BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF A GANG BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER AND MYSELF.

>> RODRIGUEZ IS KNOWN TO SOME PILSEN RESIDENTS AS THE DEATH LADY.

SHE VISITS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF JOINING GANGS.

SHE BRINGS ARTICLES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OF GANG VIOLENCE AND A COFFIN WITH A MIRROR INSIDE.

>> FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO LOOK IN THERE AND SEE THEIR REFLECTION THAT IF YOU ARE IN A GANG, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO END UP.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BEING IN A GANG, JOINING A GANG DON'T DO IT.

>> SOMOS PILSEN IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF POWER IN CONTROLLING YOUR OWN NARRATIVE.

AND IT'S BEEN TOO OFTEN THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE REPRESENTED AS CRIMINALS WHETHER IT BE IN THE MEDIA OR BY CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.

AND IT'S UP TO US TO CHANGE THAT.

>> SEEING ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SEEING ANGELA MILLER.

SEEING DON PEDRO UP THERE LOOKING AT IT.

I'M PROUD OF IT.

BECAUSE THESE ARE THE LATINOS THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

NOT JUST IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IN SOCIETY.

>> AND WHILE PUBLIC ART IS COMMENT IN PILSEN ZAPATA HOPES THE MURAL WILL INSPIRE OTHER COMMUNITIES TO LEVERAGE ART TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY THIT.

>> PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. WHAT IS DRIVING THE BOOMING HOUSING MARKET IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> AND NASA'S INGENUITY HELICOPTER DRONE TAKES FLIGHT ON MARS THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE SPACE AGENCY'S MOST AMBITIOUS MARS MISSION YET.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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