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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HERE IN OUR AUTHORITY WEST SIDE STUDIO.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ REPORTING LIVE FROM SOUTH SUBURBAN RIVERDALE.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE ARE VERY CONCERNED BY THE GROWING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BOTH GAZA AND ISRAEL.

>> CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANIANS ESCALATE.

WE HEAR FROM TWO SIDES HOW THE CURRENT CONFLICT GOT TO THIS POINT.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE OF US IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.

>> VACCINATION RATES IN SOUTH SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY LAG BEHIND THE REST OF COOK COUNTY.

>> A SUITE OF THE WIRELESS PREGNANCY MONITORS CAN TRANSFORM PRENATAL CARE.

A LOOK AT THE LEGACY OF HELMUT JAHN IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EYE OF VIVIAN MAIER.

SOME EXCITING NEWS.

MONTY AND ROSE ARE EXPECTING WE HAVE THE DETAILS.

>> IT CHALLENGES OUR CONCEPTIONS OF VALUE.

>> AND HOW A CHICAGO ARTIST IS TURNING DIGITAL ART INTO A SCULPTURE.

>> AND AS WE MENTIONED I'M IN SOUTH SUBURBAN RIVERDALE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH RIVERDALE THE COMMUNITY AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO THAT WE ARE SOUTH OF THAT.

THIS COMMUNITY IS NEAR DEAD LAST IN TERMS OF COVID VACCINATION RATES IN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHY THAT IS AND WHAT LOCAL OFFICIALS PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT.

FIRST WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

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

RULES AROUND MASK WEARING COULD BE GETTING LOOSER.

CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL REVIEW CURRENT ORDERS REQUIRING MASKS INDOORS NOW THAT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS THAT THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED CAN STOP WEARING MASKS OUTDOORS IN CROWDS AND MOST INDOOR SETTINGS TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SECOND SHOT OR FIRST SHOT FOR THE SINGLE-DOSES.

AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED IN BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, OFFICES AND OTHER GATHERING SPOTS STARTING TOMORROW AS THE STATE ENTERS THE BRIDGE PHASE.

THE LAST STEP BEFORE PHASE FIVE WHICH IS A FULL REOPENING.

>> THIS WILL INCREASE FOR MANY OF THEM TO 60% FOR THIS NEXT PHASE BUT ALSO WEDDINGS WILL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MUCH MORE THAN FROM 50 TO 60%.

OTHER OUTDOOR GATHERINGS AND SO ON.

AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING RELATIVELY SHORTLY, 28 DAYS TO PHASE FIVE.

>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS JOINING THE STATE IN THIS BRIDGE PHASE AND IS ANNOUNCING A FULL EXPANSION OF THE VACCINE EXEMPTION.

THIS MEANS BUSINESSES WILL NOT HAVE TO COUNT VACCINATED PEOPLE TOWARD CAPACITY LIMITS AS LONG AS THEY VERIFIED THAT THE PATRONS ARE VACCINATED.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR COVID-19 AND THE DEATH RATE AND ICU BED AVAILABILITY.

BARRING ANY SIGNIFICANT REVERSALS IN THE RATES, THE STATE WILL MOVE TO PHASE FIVE ON JUNE 11TH.

AND THERE'S MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> MEANWHILE, ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT ANOTHER 1900 CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS TODAY AND 35 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

1.361 MILLION HAVE BEEN INFECTED IN ILLINOIS.

AND 22,320 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE STATE'S TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS 3.2% TODAY.

>> 11TH WARD ALD MAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT.

HE IS ACCUSED OF FILING FALSE TAX RECORDS THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS DALEY THOMPSON SAID HE PAID INTEREST ON MONEY HE RECEIVED FROM THE FORMER WASHINGTON FEDERAL BANK.

THOUGH PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE KNEW THAT HE HAD NOT PAID THAT INTEREST.

THE 51-YEAR-OLD DID NOT SPEAK DURING A VIRTUAL ARRAIGNMENT BUT HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS EAGER TO GET TO TRIAL TO CLEAR HIS NAME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THOMPSON IS FACING SEVEN CHARGES OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO BANK REGULATORS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS.

>> TO PHIL PONCE FOR A LOOK AT A GROWING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

PHIL.

>> BRANDIS, TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ARE STILL HEATED AS MORE ROCKETS AND AIR STRIKES COME DOWN ON EITHER SIDE.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN GAZA.

AND SEVEN HAVE DIED IN ISRAEL.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE CONFLICT ARE RICHARD GOLDBERG, SENIOR ADVISER AT THE FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES.

AND HATEM ABUDAYYEH, THE NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE UNITED STATES PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK AND A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHICO LICKS FOR JUSTICE IN -- COALITION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE.

>> YOU BOTH HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.

HATEM ABUDAYYEH WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM?

>> WELL, WE'RE HEARING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN AND IT'S GROWING.

THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE WEST BANK OF MINE AND THEN FRIENDS IN JERUSALEM ESPECIALLY WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE EYE OF THE STORM SO TO SPEAK WHERE THE ESCALATION HAS BEEN CLEARLY INITIATED BY ISRAEL, ESPECIALLY THE THREATS OF FORCED EVICTIONS OF OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN JERUSALEM.

PART OF REALLY A POLICY OF ONGOING ETHNIC CLEANSING AND ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH ISRAELI JEWISH MAJORITY IN JERUSALEM.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISRAELI MILITARY POLICE AND THE RACIST SETTLER GANGS WHO CONTINUE TO ATTACK PALESTINIANS IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE CHANTING DEATH TO ARABS WHILE THEY WERE DOING IT.

>> RICHARD GOLDBERG BEFORE WE GET TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HATEM ABUDAYYEH JUST MENTIONED WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW?

>> YEAH, MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEED IS FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHOWING PICTURES OF THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES AT 2:00 A.M.

IN THE MORNING AS THE ROCKETS ARE RAINING DOWN THROUGHOUT ISRAEL HUDDLED UP WITH THEIR CHILDREN DRYING IN THEIR BOMBSHELLTERS AND ASKING IF THIS IS CHICAGO AND WE WERE UNDER AATTACK FROM A TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WITH ROCKETS IN CHICAGO WHAT WOULD PRESIDENT BIDEN DO IN RESPONSE?

OF COURSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MORAL EQUIVALENCY OF A DEMOCRACY FIGHTING FOR ITSELF DEFENSE AND A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION TO TARGET CIVILIANS.

>> RICHARD GOLDBERG WE HEARD HATEM ABUDAYYEH SAY THE PRECIPITATING EVENT WERE THE EVICTIONS.

IN YOUR VIEW WHAT HAS BEEN THE PRECIPITATING EVENT?

>> YEAH, THAT'S A PRETEXT HAMAS HAS BEEN USING.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE HOUSING DISTRIBUT GOES BACK TO THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WHEN IT WAS A JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL 1947, 48 AND WHEN THE JORDANIANS CAME, THEY KICKED OUT THE JEWISH RESIDENTS AND NOW, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT GET TITLE TO THE HOMES.

SIMILARLY TO HOW DECADES LATER WE SEE JEWISH FAMILIES SUE FOR ARTWORK THAT THE NAZIS STOLE THERE'S BEEN LITIGATION TO TAKE BACK SOME OF THE HOMES AS WELL.

BUT WE HAD WAS A PALESTINIAN ELECTION THAT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS MONTH IT WAS CANCELED AND HAMAS IF THEY PARTICIPATED WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN THOSE ELECTIONS.

THOSE ELECTIONS WERE CANCELED BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IS COMPLETING HIS 16TH YEAR OF A FOUR-YEAR TERM NOT EXACTLY A DEMOCRACY.

BUT HAMAS SAID YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS IS A NEW OPPORTUNITY IT IS A NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND THE ISRAELI ARAB NORMALIZATIONS LEAVE US BEHIND AND WE WANT TO REASSERT OURSELVES AND SHOW POWER SO THEY INSTIGATED VIOLENCE AND NOW WE ARE OBVIOUSLY RAINING DOWN ROCKETS ACROSS ISRAEL.

>> HATEM ABUDAYYEH, HOW ABOUT IT?

IS IT MORE DOES IT GO BEYOND THE EVICTIONS?

IS IT MORE NEW ANSWERED AS WE HEARD Mr. GOLDBERG SAY?

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY MORE NUANCED THIS IS NOT A LEGAL DISPUTE IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHITE SETTLER COLONIALISM AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.

THE ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ARE CALLING THIS LAND GRAB AN EXAMPLE WHY ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE.

25 HOUSE DEMOCRATS SIGNED A LETTER COSPONSORED BY ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE MARIE NEWMAN AND WISCONSIN REPRESENTATIVE ASKING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONDEMN THE EVICTIONS.

AND IT'S RIDICULOUS WHEN APOLOGISTS FOR ISRAEL LIKE RICH GOLDBERG TALK ABOUT HOW THE ISRAELIS ARE RESPONDING IN SELF-DEFENSE.

YOU CAN'T BE RESPONDING IN SELF-DEFENSE IF YOU ARE THE AGGRESSOR.

IF YOU HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE REGION, THE MOST WELL EQUIPPED AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED AND YOU ARE ATTACKING ESSENTIALLY, A CIVILIAN POPULATION, THOSE RACIST WHITE SUPREMACIST GANGS OF SETTLERS ATTACKING THE PALESTINIANS AND CHANTING DEATH TO ARABS, THEY ARE EMBOLDEN BY A GOVERNMENT OF ANJANETTE YOUNG THAT IS ALSO WHITE SUPREMACIST.

IT REMINDS ME A LOT, PHIL OF OUR OWN SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE WHITE SUPREMACISTS WERE ATTACKING BLACK PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEY WERE EMBOLDEN BY TRUMP BECAUSE TRUMP IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST AS WELL.

>> LET'S YOU'VE MADE SOME IMPORTANT POINTS, HATEM ABUDAYYEH.

RICHARD GOLDBERG YOUR RESPONSE TO THE ASSERTION THAT THIS IS COMPARABLE TO WHITE SUPREMACY IN THIS COUNTRY?

>> WELL, THAT IS DISGUSTING ATTACK AND ANTI-SEMITISM TO BE FRANK.

HAMAS IS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THAT BY DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS OVER MANY YEARS.

PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD IS COORDINATING WITH HAMAS.

WE KNOW IT'S CONTROLLED TAKING ORDERS FROM TEHRAN.

IRAN THE LEADING STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM IN THE WORLD SUPPORTS THESE TERRORIST GROUPS AND ISRAEL IS A DEMOCRACY.

IT'S WITH A FUNCTIONING JUDICIARY, A FLOURISHING DEMOCRACY.

WE DON'T NEED TO SIT HERE AND LIFT EN TO PROPAGANDA THAT EQUATES A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WITH A FLOURISHING DEMOCRACY.

WE KNOW THE TRUTH.

AND TONIGHT WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY WILL AND WE HOPE THE VIOLENCE STOPS AND HOSPITALS HAMAS STOPS THE ROCKET ATTACKS AND RESTORE PEACE.

>> PHIL, THE TRUTH IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST HAMAS THAT IS RESPONDING.

THIS IS THE ENTIRE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN PALESTINE INCLUDING ALL OF THE POLITICAL FORCES ARE RESISTING ISRAEL'S VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

IN UNITY, TOGETHER, FIGHTING FOR OURSELF DEFENSE AND THE DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ISRAEL HAS BEEN ATTACKING MERCYLESSLY FOR NOT JUST WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT DECADES A POLICY OF AN ISRAELI POLICY THAT IS TRYING TO PUSH MORE AND MORE PALESTINIANS OUT OF JERUSALEM SO JERUSALEM WILL REMAIN A MAJORITY JEWISH CITY THAT IS WHY WE CALL ISRAEL AN APARTHEID STATE AND WHY ISRAEL ACTUALLY IS NOW BEING ISOLATED ACROSS THE WORLD.

IT IS A PARIAH STATE EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND LEGISLATORS ARE STARTING TO REALIZE ISRAEL REPRESENTS.

>> WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RICHARD GOLDBERG A CHANCE TO RESPOND.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, RICHARD GOLDBERG?

>> LISTEN, I THINK THAT HAMAS HAS ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH WHICH IS TO BE BACK ON THE RADAR AND PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST GOING FORWARD.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS IN INDIRECT TALKS WITH THE IRANIANS REGARDING GOING BACK TO THE NUCLEAR DEAL.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF NOR MALLIZATION BETWEEN ARAB STATES AND ISRAEL THEY WANTED TO ASSERT THEMSELVES WITH THE CANLATION OF THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS.

THE ISRAELIS HAVE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THEY ARE PURSUING TO TAKE OUT THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE HAMAS TERRORIST LEADERS.

THEIR CAPABILITIES ONCE THE ISRAELIS FEEL THEY HAVE DONE THAT WE WILL SEE A DEESCALATION.

>> GENTLEMEN SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT.

THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

THANK YOU TO HATEM ABUDAYYEH AND RICHARD GOLDBERG.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GEORGIA BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL SIGNS POINT TO A GROWING RECOVERY FROM COVID AS ILLINOIS IS SET TO ENTER ITS BRIDGE PHASE TOMORROW.

AND THE CDC ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ABOUT MASK WEARING OUTSIDE.

BUT SOME COMMUNITIES ARE LAGGING WAY BEHIND IN VACCINATION RATES AND MANY ARE CLUSTERED ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE CITY.

RIVERDALE IS A VILLAGE SOUTH OF THE BORDER OF CHICAGO.

HOME TO A MAJORITY AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION AND RIVERDALE HAS AMONG THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATES IN THE COUNTY.

AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES", PARIS SCHUTZ AND MARISSA NELSON SPENT THE DAY TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND WHY LOCAL LEADERS PLAN WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> BRANDIS, CONSIDER ILLINOIS' VACCINATION RATE 36% FULLY VACCINATED.

THE RATE HERE IN SOUTH SUBURBAN RIVERDALE IS AT 14% AND ONLY 20% RECEIVING THEIR FIRST SHOTS.

THOSE RATES ARE LAGGING WAY BEHIND.

NOW, RIVERDALE SUFFERS FROM A HIGH RATE OF POVERTY AND DISINVESTMENT.

IT IS A TOWN OF AROUND 13,000 RESIDENTS.

26% OF WHICH LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.

SO THAT PRESENTS A HOST OF CHALLENGES WHEN DEALING WITH COVID.

FOR STARTERS, MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CARS SO GETTING AROUND HERE OR THE OTHER SOUTH SUBURBS AROUND HERE YOU HAVE TO HOP ON PACE.

IT MIGHT NOT BE AS EASY AS HOPPING ON THE CTA AND PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND THAT LEADS TO CONFUSION WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID AND VACCINATION AND WHETHER THE VACCINES ARE SAFE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WHERE COOK COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS COMING IN DOING POP-UP EVENTS TRYING TO OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

AS WE UNDERSTAND IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THOSE ARE CERTAINLY BARRIERS.

THERE'S CERTAINLY A CERTAIN LEVEL OF HESITANCY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

MAINLY THEY ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD EASY OR READY ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

>> AND IN RIVERDALE WE DIDN'T FIND ANY PERMANENT VACCINATION SITES.

SO AGENCIES LIKE THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE HAD TO STEP UP DOING POP-UP SITES.

THEY DID ONE IN APRIL HOSTING VACCINE CLINICS FOR RESIDENTS AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER ONE THIS WEEK AT SITES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

>> FOR THE MOST PART MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IT AT A SMALLER LOCATION NOT JUST A MASS VACCINATION SITE.

I THINK IT'S MORE PERSONAL I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE I'M JUST NOT ON A LINE SOMEWHERE JUST GETTING THE SHOT.

I DID HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TELL ME THEY HAD TO DRIVE-THRU AND GET THE SHOT AND THEY WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EITHER.

>> THE SAME THING WE HEARD NEARBY IN HARVEY AT THE FAMILY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER.

Dr. LISA GREEN TELLS US THAT SAME THING THE BIGGEST BARRIER IS THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF PROVIDERS.

PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL OF THE VACCINE ESPECIALLY IF THEY ONLY HEAR ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS PATIENTS HAVE.

ONE WAS AFRAID THAT SYMPTOMS WOULD BE WORSE THAN COVID SYMPTOMS.

AND Dr. GREEN HAD TO CALM THEIR NERVES THERE.

WHICH IS WHY HAVING COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS DO THE BULK OF VACCINE ADMINISTRATION MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

>> COMMUNITY CARE WASN'T JUST IN THE BUILDING BUT IT WAS THE COMMUNITY.

AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THAT SPACE THAT YOU ARE IN TO GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND SO WE STARTED GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO CHURCHES, TO SCHOOLS, TO BUSINESSES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF WE HAVE TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR WHATEVER THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE AND MOVE FORWARD.

>> INDEED WE MET A PATIENT FROM NEARBY SUBURBAN MIDLOTHIAN WHO WOULD ONLY DO IT AT THIS FACILITY.

>> NO.

I MEAN MY DOCTOR BEEN TAKING CARE OF ME FOR A WHILE I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR MAYBE 10, 14 YEARS.

>> AND RIVERDALE AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SOUTH HOLLAND, HARVEY, THEY DO SUFFER FROM HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENCE AND SO A BIG CONCERN OVER THE LAST YEAR IS POLICE DEPARTMENTS KEEPING THEIR MEMBERS SAFE.

SOME OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SAY THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF AN OUTBREAK A COVID OUTBREAK AMONG THE POLICE FORCE?

>> THE CHIEF FROM SOUTH HOLLAND AND DALTON WE HAD A MEETING WHEN THIS ALL STARTED.

IF ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS GOT TAKEN OUT COMPLETELY WHICH IS EASY TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS IT AND GIVE IT IS TO EVERYBODY ELSE WE WOULD FILL IN AND HELP WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES.

AND THEN WE ALSO CONTACTED THE STATE AND THE COUNTY AS A BACKUP.

BUT LUCKILY NONE OF OUR COUNTIES NEEDED TO TAKEOVER ANOTHER PERSON'S TOWN.

>> AND THE STRUGGLES THE COMMUNITY FACES COVID OR OTHERWISE.

RESIDENT JANTAE SPENCER FOUNDED A NONPROFIT FOR KIDS CALLED COMMUNITIES CREATING CHANGE FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS, COOKING AND OTHER THINGS TO HELP THEM DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA THAT MANY OF THEM FACE.

>> COMMUNITY SUFFERS FROM POLICE HARASSMENT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BLACK COMMUNITY.

THIS COMMUNITY SUFFERS FROM THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH IS WHY MY NOT-FOR-PROFIT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR MISSION IS TO BREAK THAT GENERATIONAL CURSES, TO BREAK THAT GENERATIONAL GAP WHERE THE FAMILY IS SEPARATE.

NO, IT'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, I CREATE PROOMS THAT THEY CAN DO -- PROGRAMS THEY CAN DO TOGETHER.

>> RIVERDALE IS HOME TO CHUCK'S GUNSHOP AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES FOR YEARS.

A LOT OF FIREARMS THAT WINDUP IN CRIME SCENES THEY ORIGINATED AT CHUCK'S GUNSHOP.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAUSED A LOT OF ANGER.

WE ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE OWNER AND THEY DECLINED OUR REQUEST TODAY.

AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE FROM SOME PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS HERE IN RIVERDALE.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'RE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS WITH VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO PEOPLE AND PLACES.

AND MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A LOOK AT THE LEGACY OF THE LATE ARCHITECT HELMUT JAHN WITH GEOFFREY BAER.

FIRST, WHEN SHE DIED 12 YEARS AGO, PHOTOGRAPHER VIVIAN MAIER WENT FROM ANONYMOUS TO FAIRLY FAMOUS.

SHE HAS HAD BOOKS ON HER WORK PUBLISHED AN OSCAR NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY AND EXHIBITS AROUND THE WORLD.

THE NORTH SHORE NANNY IS GETTING MORE PRAISE FOR THE UNSEEN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" MARC VITALI HAS THAT STORY.

>> SHE TOOK MANY IMAGES OF CHILDREN, SOMETIMES THE KIDS SHE CARED FOR.

AND SHE HAD A SENSITIVE EYE FOR CHICAGO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE ARE SCENES OF THE LOOP IN 1970 AND THE RUBBLE FROM THE DEMOLITION OF THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE.

VIVIAN MAIER WAS UNKNOWN TO CURATORS AND HISTORIANS NOW SHE IS GETTING THE SECOND SHOW AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM AND IT'S ALL IN VIVID COLOR.

>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT CHICAGO, CHICAGONESS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

HOW ARE THEY SHAPING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THE PLACE WE LIVE IN?

CREATIVE COMES OUT IN THE QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING AND HOW ARE THEY REFLECTING THE CITY?

TO LOOK AT THE WORK IS TO REVEAL SOMETHING NOT ONLY ABOUT HER, THIS AMAZING ARTIST AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SHE GENERATED AND SOMETHING ABOUT US AS WELL.

>> IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH VIVIAN MAIER'S WORK YOU KNOW ABOUT HERSELF PORTRAITS.

SHE OFTEN FOUND WAYS TO DOCUMENT HER PRESENCE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

MOST OF THESE COLOR WORKS ARE FOCUSED IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT LOOKING AT HER WORK SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVIDENT YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY SEE IT AS A CHICAGO WORK AND YET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME YOU SORT OF CAPTURE A SENSE THAT THIS REFLECTION IS OF THAT BUILDING.

AND YOU CAN SORT OF GROUND THE SCENE SHE'S PHOTOGRAPHING IN CONTEXT IN A PLACE IN CHICAGO.

PLACES REALLY CLEARLY IMPORTANT TO HER.

>> THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES A SELECTION OF SUPER 8 MOVIES INCLUDING MORE ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING.

THE WORKS CAME FROM A DONATION TO THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM BY A LOCAL ART COLLECTOR WHO WANTS THE PICTURES TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

>> SHE IS ABLE TO WALK THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING VOYEURISTIC AND EMPATHETIC SHE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE WITHIN THAT SMALL WORLD THAT THAT PERSON IS IN AT THAT MOMENT.

AND, YET, CONTINUE TO KEEP HER ART MAKING SELF ON TASK WHICH IS TO CAPTURE THIS PICTURE AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT LIGHT AND THE RIGHT FRAMING TIME AND AGAIN.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS VIVIAN AND HER HISTORY CAN INSPIRE US.

HERE IS THIS AMAZING ARTIST WHO NEVER HAD THE CRITIC'S EYE, NEVER HAD ANY POPULAR SUCCESS IN OUR CULTURE.

AND, YET, WAS CREATING THESE FANTASTIC WORKS AND IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT OUR WORLD IS MORE FULL OF CREATIVITY AND GREAT ART MAKING AND MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING THAT COMES TO GENIUS THAN WE HAVE TIME TO ELEVATE AND RECOGNIZE AND GIVE ATTENTION TO.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AND IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE VIVIAN MAIER STORY, VISIT US ON-LINE TO SEE JAY SHEFSKY'S REPORT ON THE DISCOVERY OF HER WORK IT IS AN EPIC STORY WITH GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO PEOPLE AND PLACES.

THE SHOW OF VIVIAN MAIER COLOR PHOTOS OPENED FOR A LONG RUN AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM.

>> STILL COULD TOMORROW ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" HOUSING IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDS?

WE TALK WITH A COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

PREGNANCY MONITORS ARE A MASS OF WIRES THAT CAN BE A BURDEN.

A TEAM FROM NORTHWESTERN AIMS TO CHANGE THAT.

OUR FAVORITE PIPE PIPING PLOVERS ARE HAVING THE EG EXPERIENCE AND WE SHARE GOOD NEWS.

GEOFFREY BAER ON THE IMPACTS OF THE LATE ARCHITECT HELMUT JAHN IN TONIGHT'S ALL NEW "ASK GEOFFREY".

AND EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL ART AND NFT'S IN A NEW INSTALLATION WE HAVE THE DETAILS.

BUT FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD HAVE A NEW LEADER IN PLACE BY THE END OF JEWEL.

ACCORDING TO A TIMELINE, THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT LAID OUT TODAY.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION SAY THE PROCESS TO REPLACE OUTGOING C.E.O.

JANICE JACKSON WILL BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE IN RECENT HISTORY.

THE DISTRICT PLANS TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM 30 FOCUS GROUPS.

A SEARCH FIRM HAS BEEN HIRED AND A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES LEADERS AND TEACHERS AND PARENTS WILL INTERVIEW SEMIFINALISTS.

THE MAYOR AND BOARD PRESIDENT WILL MAKE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

JACKSON'S CONTRACT ENDS AT THE END OF JUNE AND AN INTERIM C.E.O.

WILL BE APPOINTED.

AND BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT WILL DISCUSS THE PROCESS MORE ON SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" TUNE IN FOR THAT AT 6:00 P.M. >> PERVIS STAPLES KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ACT THE STAPLE SINGERS HAS DIED.

HIS TENOR VOICE COMPLIMENTED HIS SISTER'S AND FATHER'S VOICES SINGING MUSIC THAT URGED CHANGE ON SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES.

MANY WILL RECALL THAT FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT I'LL TAKE YOU THERE.

THE 85-YEAR-OLD DIED AT HIS HOME IN DALTON.

THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTDY IS SURVIVED BY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND SISTER MAVIS.

>> AND LEGENDARY CHICAGO POLITICAL REPORTER DICK KAY HAS DIED.

THE 84-YEAR-OLD DIED IN ST. CHARLES AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE LAST WEEKEND.

FOR 38 YEARS KAY WORKED FOR CHANNEL 5 COVERING POLITICIANS AND COURT TRIALS HE WAS KNOWN AS A TIRELESS UNION ADVOCAT AND LEADER.

WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS SCHUTZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN RIVERDALE AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> WE ARE HERE WITH RIVERDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF MICK SMITH.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT COVID IT WAS A TENSE DAY AROUND HERE.

THERE WAS A CAR CHASE, CARJACKING, A DOUBLE SHOOTING.

HOW DID Y'ALL DEAL WITH THAT?

>> UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES WE GET A SPILLOVER FROM THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN CHICAGO THROUGH EFFORTS WITH DALTON, SOUTH HOLLANDE AND RIVERDALE WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THE SITUATIONS.

>> I SAW THERE WERE DALTON POLICE OFFICERS, RIVERDALE POLICE OFFICERS SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF COLLABORATION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT COVID HERE IN RIVERDALE.

WE MENTIONED A HIGH RATE OF POVERTY HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT?

>> WELL, WITH A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS BEING ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND SOME BEING NONESSENTIAL WORKERS WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO WORK AND POTENTIALLY INFECTING THEMSELVES WITH THE COVID VIRUS.

AND THAT HAS CAUSED A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS.

SOME NOT BEING ABLE TO GO AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND SOME PUTTING THEMSELF IN HARM'S WEAR TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY.

>> DO YOU SEE THAT SITUATION IMPROVING THOUGH THE VACCINATION RATE IS LAGGING BEHIND HERE, IT'S UP IN OTHER AREAS?

>> YES.

WELL, THE RESOURCES THAT THE RIVERDALE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS GET VACCINATED HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

OUR BOARD HAS HAD A WIDESPREAD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION GO OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GET VACCINATED.

WE DO HAVE A LOCATION IN OUR TOWN AT THE CVS YOU CAN GET VACCINATED.

WE WORK WITH COOK COUNTY TO GET OUR RESIDENTS TO GO TO SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE WHERE LARGE VACCINATION SITE.

THERE IS ANOTHER SITE IN CALUMET PARK AT THE WALGREENS AND BLUE ISLAND THROUGH COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

WE HAVE BEEN AS A COMMUNITY AND AS AN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO GET OUR RESIDENTS MORE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND GET THEM RESOURCES WE CAN IN HELP TO THEM BECOME VACCINATED >> AND THAT IS THE BARRIER WE HEAR.

YOU HAVE THE PLACES AROUND SOUTH HOLLAND, AND PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL.

THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN TRUST THE VACCINE.

HOW DO YOU FIX THAT?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LOW AMOUNT OF DATA ABOUT THE VACCINE, AND WITH THE RECENT SITUATION WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL AND AFRAID OF WHAT ACTUALLY COULD BE HAPPENING WITH THE VACCINE.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT OUT POSITIVE AND FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE WELL-INFORMED HOW IT DOES HELP AND HOW IT WILL PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING AS FAR AS CONTRACTING COVID AND ACTUALLY SPREADING COVID.

>> ALL RIGHT FIRE CHIEF MICK SMITH HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF RIVERDALE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND BRANDIS WE WILL BE BACK WITH COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBORAH SIMS WITH MORE ON THAT.

AND THE HOUSING SITUATION HERE.

THERE IS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM AS YOU KNOW AND THAT IS HELPING OUT RESIDENTS HERE IN THE SOUTHLAND.

OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT THAT TO STICK AROUND A BIT.

WE'LL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF CONCERN FOR FOLKS.

>> FOR PREGNANT WOMEN CURRENT FETAL MONITORING DEVICES ARE WIRES AND TAPE THAT REQUIRE CONSTANT ADJUSTMENTS AND TETHER AN EXPECTANT MOTHER TO A HOSPITAL BED.

A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED A SUITE OF WIRELESS DEVICES THAT CAN DO ALL THAT AT LESS COST AND WITHOUT THE CONSTRAINTS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW MONITORS IS THE LEADER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM JOHN RODGERS.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME BACK.

WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THAT LED YOU TO WANT TO DEVELOP THESE NEW MONITORS?

>> FIRST OF ALL, THAT THANKS FOR HAVING ME AND THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR WORK.

I THINK YOU KIND OF OUTLINED IT EFFECTIVELY.

THE CURRENT HOSPITAL STANDARDS FOR MONITORING THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER AND THE FETUS AND THE NEONATE AFTERBIRTH INVOLVES A RATS NEST OF WIRE-BASED SENSORS THAT MOUNT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE BODY.

AND THE BIRTHING PROCESS AND GIVING BIRTH INVOLVES LOTS OF MOTION AND THOSE WIRES BECOME CONSTRAINTS NOT ONLY FOR THE MOTHER BUT ALSO FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE BIRTH PROCESS.

SO WE WANTED TO GET RID OF ALL THAT HARDWARE, OLD FILE HARDWARE AND MOVE TO A WIRELESS BASED PLATFORM TO LIBERATE WOMEN FROM THESE MONITORING SYSTEMS.

>> EXPLAIN HOW THE MONITORS WORK AND WHAT MAKES THEM SUPERIOR TO THE ONES BEING USED?

>> SO THEY REPRODUCE ALL OF THE MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE MADE TYPICALLY EVEN IN THE MOST ADVANCED HOSPITAL SETTING BUT THE MEASUREMENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHED WITH BAND-AID DEVICES THEY ARE SOFT AND FLEXIBLE AND THEY MOUNT ON THE CHEST OF THE MOTHER, THE BELLI HER FINGER, TO MONITOR ALL VITAL SIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOTHER AS WELL AS THE FETUS.

AND THEY ARE ALL OPERATING IN A TIME FASHION, STREAMING DATA TO JUST A CONVENTIONAL SMARTPHONE SMART THEREBY REDUCING THE COST.

>> WHAT INFORMATION CAN YOUR MONITORS COLLECT THAT WASN'T BEING COLLECTED?

>> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WITH THE OLD STYLE DEVICES.

WE'RE CAPTURING UTERINE CONTRACTIONS AND BLOOD OXYGENATION, TEMPERATURE HEART RATE, AND CAPTURING CONTINUOUS BLOOD PRESSURE WE'RE GETTING FETAL HEART RATE CONTINUOUSLY.

WE ARE MEASURING THE BODY ORIENTATION AND THE ACTIVITY LEVELS OF THE MOTHER WE'RE CAPTURING CARDIAC SOUNDS.

AND ALL OF IT IS DONE WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF FIDELITY AS WELL.

ELIMINATING THE WIRES YOU ELIMINATE THAT TETHER AND YOU ELIMINATE THE NOISE THAT IS INDUCED BY THE WIRES.

SO THE DATA FIDELITY IS HIGHER AND WE'RE CAPTURING A BROADER SUITE.

HEALTH RELATED PARAMETERS.

>> HOW MIGHT THESE BE USEFUL?

ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS OR WOMEN WHO WANT TO HAVE HOME BIRTHS DEVELOPING NATIONS?

>> ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'VE RECENTLY PUBLISHED IS WE WERE ABLE TO TEAM WITH THE GATES FOUNDATION AND SAVE THE CHILDREN ORGANIZATION TO PUT THESE DEVICES IN LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.

WE HAVE MONITORED ALMOST 500 WOMEN IN ZAMBIA DURING CHILDBIRTH THROUGH THE POSTPARTUM PERIODS AND THAT IS EXCITING BECAUSE THE COST INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS THESE PLATFORMS TO BE INSERTED IN THE HIGHLY RESOURCED CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGING AREAS OF THE GLOBE WHERE THEY ADD THE MOST VALUE AND THAT IS THE EXCITING PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED THE GATES FOUNDATION AND SAVE THE CHILDREN AND WORKING WITH THEM IN DEVELOPMENT WHY IS THIS SOMETHING THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN?

>> THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SAVING LIVES IN THOSE CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE GLOFNLT AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT MORTALITY AND WOMEN CHILDBIRTH REPRESENTS THE MOST DANGEROUS ACTIVITY THEY WILL ENGAGE IN.

AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NO MONITORING TECHNOLOGY AT ALL IN MANY PARTS OF THESE COUNTRIES.

ZAMBIA, KENYA AND GUANA.

AND THE NEED IS STRONG.

BEING ABLE TO MONITOR AND INTERVENE QUICKLY IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS CAN SAVE LIVES.

>> WHAT COULD IT COST TO DEVELOP THESE MONITORS AND TO DEPLOY THEM ONCE THEY ARE READY FOR PRIMETIME?

>> THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

THE GATES FOUNDATION, SAVE THE CHILDREN ORGANIZATION ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE COST STRUCTURES THAT ENABLE THEIR DEPLOYMENT IN THESE PARTS OF THE WORLD.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE COST PER PATIENT PER DAY IS THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

AND BECAUSE THE DEVICES ARE REUSABLE AND BECAUSE THEY INVOLVE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND A SMARTPHONE FOR THE MONITOR AND SMARTPHONE EXISTS IN THESE PARTS OF THE WORLD YOU END UP WITH COST ESTIMATES FULL-SCALE DEPLOYMENT VOLUMES OF A FEW CENTS PER PATIENT DAY IS THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

>> WOW.

SO WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEP FOR THE MONITORS BE?

AND WHEN MIGHT WE SEE THEM DEPLOYED IN HOSPITALS HERE AND ABROAD?

>> IT'S ABOUT THE FDA APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND SO WE'RE DEEP INTO THAT REGULATORY PROCESS.

I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS OUT FROM GETTING OUR FIRST APPROVED INDICATIONS FOR THESE DEVICES AND THAT WILL BE AN EXCITING MILESTONE FOR US.

AND THAT'S THE TRIGGER THAT'S THE GATING ITEM IN GETTING THE DEVICES OUT AT SCALE.

WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE MANUFACTURING FLOW AND WE KNOW HOW TO SCALE UP THE PRODUCTION.

BUT THEY ARE YIELDING VITAL SIGN INFORMATION THAT IS CRITICAL TO PATIENT CARE SO THAT FDA APPROVAL PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ARE IN THE LATTER STAGES OF THAT.

>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM YOU.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, MONITORING A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOTHER AND HER KIDS, STICK AROUND TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.

>> NOTHING QUITE SAYS SPRING BETTER THAN SIGNS OF NEW LIFE AND THANKS TO AUR FAVORITE PIPING PLOVERS MONTY AND ROSE WE HAVE THAT ON MONTROSE BEACH.

PATTY WETLI JOINS US WITH MORE.

I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN SO EXCITED.

THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT DISCOVERED THAT MONTY AND ROSES NEST DOES HAVE EGGS IN IT.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE EGGS AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THEM TO HATCH?

>> VERY EXCITING WE ARE ALL LIKE EXPECTANT MOTHERS THEY FOUND THREE EGGS IN THE NEST WHICH WAS CONFIRMED THIS WEEK.

AND THEY'VE NOW PUT AN EN CLOSURE OVER IT A WIRE EN ENCLOSURE TO PROTECT THEM BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A FOURTH ON THE WAY.

THAT IS THE USUAL AMOUNT THAT PLOVERS LAY AND A MONTH FROM NOW WE COULD BE SEEING CHICKS.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THE NESTING SITE?

>> YEAH.

CONSERVATIONISTS BIRD LOVERS ARE ECSTATIC BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA OF MONTROSE BEACH THAT WAS JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO ACTUALLY SET ASIDE BY THE PARK DISTRICT AS PART OF A PROTECTED NATURAL AREA.

SO BIRD LOVERS THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE WHERE THE PLOVERS WOULD NEST AND THEY ASKED THE PARK DISTRICT TO SET IT ASIDE AS A PROTECTED AREA AND THEY DID AND LO AND BEHOLD IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME AND THAT IS WHERE THE BIRDS DECIDED TO PUT THEIR NEST.

>> I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE AGAIN IN A MONTH ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE MONTIES AND ROSES.

PATTY WETLI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS SCHUTZ WHO SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN RIVERDALE.

HE IS THERE NOW WITH A COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

>> WE'RE HERE WITH COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBORAH SIMS WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES RIVERDALE AND SOUTHLAND SUBURBS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE REASONS FOR LOWER VACCINATION RATES IN RIVERDALE I LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, TRANSPORTATION AND TRUST.

TRUST IS A BIG FACTOR.

WHAT CAN YOU DO AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO IMPROVE ON THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN TRYING TO DO MORE THINGS AND MAKE MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND GET THEIR SHOTS.

AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.

WHEN THE SHOTS FIRST CAME OUT THEY HAD SO MANY STIPULATIONS YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND THEN THAT EASED UP BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM COLD YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM WHERE THEY ARE SAFE AND WHERE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE VACCINE THAT YOU ARE PUTTING IN PEOPLE'S ARMS ARE SAFE.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE VACCINATED BUT YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT YOURSELF?

>> WELL, I WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE VACCINE.

I AM AFRAID OF NEEDLES.

SO BEING AFRAID OF NEEDLES, THE VACCINE PART OF IT DIDN'T BOTHER IT'S JUST I'VE NEVER HAD A SHOT IN MY ARM.

I TELL THE DOCTORS, IF YOU CANNOT GIVE IT TO ME IN MY HIP I'M NOT TAKING IT.

SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I TOOK A SHOT IN MY ARM.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY GAVE IT TO ME WAS REALLY GOOD.

NEVER FELT A THING.

>> IF YOU CAN DO IT ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

ANOTHER ISSUE RELATED TO COVID IS HOUSING.

WE MENTIONED IN RIVERDALE 26% OF RESIDENTS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AND THERE IS STILL EVICTION MORATORIUM.

WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE SOUTHLAND IN THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS IF THAT IS LIFTED?

WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR RESIDENTS?

>> I'M VERY FEARFUL OF THAT.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE SAD PART IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING THEY ARE RENTING FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE A MORTGAGE SOMETIMES.

THE BANK STILL WANTS THEIR MONEY.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE RENTER THAT HAS TO PAY RENT TO THE OWNER HAS A MORTGAGE THAT HE HAS TO PAY?

SO IT'S DIFFICULT.

AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEND MORE MONEY.

>> AND COOK COUNTY PUT TOGETHER A FUND.

>> WE DID.

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP RENTERS.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR.

I THINK IT WAS THREE OR SIX MONTHS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT YOU COULD GET YOUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SO WE'RE TRYING.

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> DEBORAH SIMS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND BRANDIS WE'LL WRAP IT UP IN RIVERDALE IN A BIT NOW WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, THE LEGACY OF HELMUT JAHN IN AN ALL NEW "ASK GEOFFREY".

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> 81-YEAR-OLD GERMAN ARCHITECT HELMUT JAHN DIED AOF LAST WEEKEND AFTER STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE RIDING A BICYCLE IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS.

JOHN IS KNOWN FOR >> GEOFFREY BAER JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT HELMUT JAHN'S WORK AND LEGACY IN A SPECIAL EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

GEOFFREY, OBVIOUSLY A TRAGIC LOSS FOR THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY.

>> OH, IT WAS SO SAD AND SHOCKING THAT IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE QUESTION IS AND THIS COMES FROM "CHICAGO TONIGHT" STAFF HELMUT JAHN IS BEST KNOWN IN CHICAGO FOR DESIGNING THE THOMPSON CENTER IN THE LOOP BUT THERE'S MORE TO HIS STORY, ISN'T THERE?

>> CERTAINLY THERE IS.

AS YOU SAID, THE THOMPSON CENTER HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL SINCE THE DAY IT OPENED AND NOW MORE THAN EVER WITH THE BATTLE TO SELL IT OR SAVE IT.

BUT I WONDER IF PEOPLE REALIZE THEY KNOW HIS BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE CITY AND SUBURBS.

HELMUT JAHN'S UNITED TERMINAL AT O'HARE WAS INSPIRED BY THE DESIGN OF GRAND OLD CHICAGO RAILWAY TERMINALS THAT LET LIGHT IN THROUGH THE CEILING FROM ABOVE.

HE DESIGNED A JAZZY SUBJECT TERRAINIAN PASSAGE WAY AND HE DESIGNED THE O'HARE L TERMINAL USING CURVES AND COLOR TO BRING DRAMA TO AN OTHERWISE GRAB UNDERGROUND SPACE.

THEN HIS ANNEX TO THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING BEHIND THE FAMOUS ART DECO TOWER THAT LOOMS OVER THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

AS A SHORTER GLASS VERSION OF THE OLDER TOWER COMPLETE WITH THE PYRAMID SHAPED ROOF AND ORNAMENT ON THE TOP.

THERE'S THE CASCADING BLUE GLASS OF METRA'S TRANSPORTATION CENTER KNOWN AS ACCENTURE TOWER WHICH LOOKS LUKE A WATERFALL.

AND HELMUT JAHN DESIGNED BUILDINGS LIKE THE N SHAPED TOWER THAT SCREAMS NAPERVILLE TO MOTORISTS ON I88.

>> THERE IS A THEME OF BUILDINGS THAT BREAK THE MOLD OF THE RESTRAINED MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND HELMUT JAHN HAD A CERTAIN PANACHE.

>> WHEN HE CAME TO PROMINENCE IN THE 70s AND 80s, HELMUT JAHN'S OUT SIZED PERSONALITY AND LIFESTYLE DREW AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THINGS.

HE MADE THE COVER OF GQ IMAGE SEEN IN 1985.

HE THREW A COPY ON THE DESK OF A STAFF ARCHITECT WHO WAS PICTURED IN THE SPREAD AND SAID IF YOU ARE IMPORTANT THEY PRINT YOUR NAME IN THE MAGAZINE.

SOME CRITICS NICKNAMED HIM FLASH GORDON MEANING HE WAS LIKE A FLASH IN THE PAN THAT WOULD NOT LAST.

BUT HE EMBRACED THAT AND USED THE NAME ON A STRING OF RACING SAILBOATS.

HE BRO VLAD DOUGH WAS PART OF HIS SUCCESS ACCORDING TO DEAN REED CROW LAUGH.

HERE IS WHAT REED TOLD US.

>> HE WAS PART OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARCHITECTS THAT BECAME PROMINENT WHERE WE INVENTED THE TERM STAR KA TECH.

THE PERSONALITY BECAME A PART OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF ACT PROTECTERTER BEING CREATED AND HELMUT JAHN UNDERSTOOD THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HOW TO INCORPORATE THE MEDIA INTO HIS CAMPAIGN FOR MAKING BUILDINGS.

>> GEOFFREY, HELMUT JAHN WAS GERMAN BUT CHICAGO BECAME HIS HOMETOWN?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

HE MOVED HERE IN THE MID-1960s TO STUDY DONE ARE THE RENOWNED AT IIT.

AND THE IMPRINT OF THE MODERNISTS WITH THE RESTRAINED LESS IS MORE PHILOSOPHY, IS OBVIOUS IN WHAT HELMUT JAHN CONSIDERED HIS FIRST BUILDING AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS THE McCORMICK PLACE CONVENTION CENTER ON THE LAKEFRONT WHICH HE HELPED TO DESIGN UNDER JEAN SUMMERS AFTER HE JOINED THE FIRM OF CF MURPHY.

HELMUT JAHN TOOK OVER THAT FIRM AND BEGAN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE RIGHT ANGLES AND DARK COLORS.

AND EVEN AT IIT WHERE HE DESIGNED THIS SHINEY CURVEY DORMITORY, SOME OF THE FAVORITE PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND HE IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDED THE TOWER IN FRANKFURT ONE OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN EUROPE IN THE 1990s.

THERE IS HIS SPRAWLING AIRPORT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND ONE OF SEVERAL AIRPORTS HELMUT JAHN WORKED ON AND THE SONY CENTER IN BERLIN FROM 2000 WHICH MIGHT REMIND VIEWERS OF THE THOMPSON CENTER.

HELMUT JAHN CONSIDERED THIS COMPLEX ONE OF HIS FINEST WORKS.

>> AND THE THOMPSON CENTER ALWAYS REMAINED ONE OF HIS FAVORITES AS WELL.

BUT IT WAS BACK IN THE NEWS AS THE STATE ANNOUNCED IT HAS PUT THE PROPERTY UP FOR SALE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER MANY YEARS OF SPECULATION ABOUT THIS, THE CASH-STRAPPED STATE OF ILLINOIS FINALLY ANNOUNCED IT DOES INSTEAD TO SELL THE BUILDING.

MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS CRITICIZED ITS SHAPE AND COLORS WHICH ARE SHOCKING CONTRAST WITH THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AND STATE WORKERS HAVE EXPLAINED ABOUT HEATING AND COOLING MALFUNCTIONS AND NOISE FROM THE ATRIUM BUT THE BUILDING'S DEFENDERS SAY MOST OF THE PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE STATE USED BETTER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND KEPT UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF NEGLECTING IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

HERE IS HELMUT JAHN HIMSELF RESPONDING TO THAT CRITICISM IN A "CHICAGO TONIGHT" INTERVIEW THIS WAS FROM 2003.

>> THEY ARE OVER STEP PEOPLE WHO LEAD AND FOLLOW.

AND I THINK IF OUR WORLD WOULDN'T REACH FOR NEW WAYS HOW TO DO THINGS NOT ONLY JUST TO BUILD BUT HOW TO LIVE AND HOW TO MOVE AND HOW TO GET FROM PLACE A TO PLACE B, THEN WE ALL STILL WOULD BE LIVING IN CAVES.

>> THAT'S CLASSIC HELMUT JAHN.

THE PROPOSED SALE HAS IGNITED A FIERCE PRESERVATION BATTLE.

PRESERVATION GROUPS ARGUE THE BUILDING IS AN ACHIEVEMENT CREATING A VAST ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

>> OF COURSE WE WILL BE WATCHING MORE OF THAT AS THAT SALE OR THE PRESERVATION BATTLE PROCEEDS.

FOR NOW GEOFFREY BAER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE ON THE LEGACY OF HELMUT JAHN INCLUDING A "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SEGMENT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THOMPSON CENTER IN 1985.

WHILE YOU ARE THERE SUBMIT YOUR OWN QUESTION TO GEOFFREY BAER.

>> AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NFT'S OR NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS GIVES ARTISTS MOW AUTONOMY OVER THEIR ARTWORK AND AN EXHIBIT IS SHOWCASING HOW THIS DIGITAL ART CAN TAKEOVER PHYSICAL SPACES.

ANGEL IDOWU SHARED DETAILS ABOUT THE NEW CONCEPT AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF ART AS WE KNOW IT.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> IMAGINE AN INFINITY ROOM FILLED WITH MIRRORS AND AT THE CENTER IS A MONITOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL ART THAT PROJECTS MOVING IMAGES ACROSS THE ROOM.

YOU HAVE JUST ENTERED THE QUANTUM MIRROR.

THOSE DIGITIZED MOVING IMAGES ARE KNOWN AS NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS.

TRADITIONALLY ARTISTS HAVE HAD TROUBLE MONITORING THE USE OF THEIR WORK ON-LINE NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN'S ALLOW THEM TO A DIGITAL TRACKER.

>> I CHOOSE HOW OWNERSHIP IS TRANSFERRED WHETHER IT IS A PARTIAL TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AN OWNERSHIP WITH ROYALTY RIGHTS, WHETHER IT IS IN ADDITION, THE ARTIST HAS A LOT OF CONCEPT AND A LOT OF POWER IN THE TRANSACTION WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO GROUNDBREAKING.

>> QUANTUM MIRROR IS ON DISPLAY AT THE ART SPACE 8 GALLERY AND WORKS AS A METAPHOR FOR HOW ONE'S LIFE CAN BE EN TAKE GELLED WITH TECHNOLOGY.

>> THE MIRRORS ARE IN A PHYSICAL SPACE THAT MAKES QUANTUM MIRROR THE FIRST-EVER NFT SCULPTURE.

>> SO THESE MIRRORS CREATE A THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD THAT EXISTS AROUND THE NFT'S AND THE NFT'S ARE THE CORE THAT ARE PROJECTED AND REFLECTED INTO INFINITY.

THIS PIECE IS THE SAME OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF QUANTUM MIRROR.

BUT THIS REALLY EXISTS HERE JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT AN NFT IS AND WHAT A PHYSICAL OBJECT IS AND PROMPT THAT CONVERSATION.

>> JUST LIKE NFT'S ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO HAVE AGENCY OVER THEIR WORK, THE QUANTUM MIRROR ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO HAVE AGENCY OVER THEMSELVES AND RECOGNIZE HOW OUTSIDE INFLUENCES CAN INHIBIT THAT.

>> THE ANIMATIONS IN QUANTUM MIRROR ARE INFINITE REPETITIONS OF BODIES IN THE SAME WAY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS CREATING INFINITE REPETITIONS OF AN INFLUENCE, AN IDEA, TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR ORIGINALITY.

WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT THEN OUR CODE IS ESSENTIALLY CRACKED.

WE BECOME ENTRENCHED AND INFLUENCED IN A WAY BY SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE SCREENS THAT IT CHANGES OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF US SO MUCH THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG ANYMORE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND THE QUANTUM MIRROR EXHIBIT AT ART SPACE 8 IS OPEN MONDAY-SATURDAY UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

AND PARIS JOINS US FROM RIVERDALE WHERE HE SPENT THE DAY REPORTING AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

I HEAR THE TRAIN THAT MANAGES TO FIND YOU.

WE KNOW IN THE EFFORT TO GET THE VACCINE RATES UP IN RIVERDALE, I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE AREA.

TELL US ABOUT THOSE?

>> YEAH THERE IS AN EVENT AT CALUMET PARK THERE IS A CVS, THERE IS A SITE IN MATSON AND THE PARK DISTRICT IS HELPING COORDINATE WITH RESIDENTS GETTING RESIDENTS TO ONE OF THOSE PLACES TO GET THEIR FIRST OR SECOND SHOT.

SO THAT'S KEY HERE.

AND AS WE HEARD OVER AND OVER WE HEAR THIS EVERYWHERE.

THE KEY TO GET THROUGH THAT HESITANCY BARRIER IS TO HAVE A TRUSTED DOCTOR.

IDEALLY IF YOU HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN THEY ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE.

AND THAT'S WHAT SORT OF KEPT THE VACCINE RATE LOW IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH WHO DO YOU TRUST?

IS IT JUST SOCIAL MEDIA YOUR NEIGHBOR?

SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ISSUES.

AND BRANDIS WE'LL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

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

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

AND FOR ALL OF US I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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