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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING CITY OFFICIALS WILL NO LONGER USE A SHUTTERED SCHOOL IN WOODLAWN AS A MIGRANT SHELTER.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES BLANKETED CICADAS SCREENING THE TOPS OF THEIR LIVES.

>> CHICAGO IS STILL WAITING ON THE CICADA INVASION, BUT OTHER STATES ALREADY BUZZING.

A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

>> AND ONE ON ONE OF LEGENDARY OPERA SINGER RENEE FLEMING ON THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC.

>> AND HER OWN EXPERIENCES WITH STAGE AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A FORMER LORETTO HOSPITAL OFFICIAL IS BEING CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING NEARLY $500,000.

HEATHER BERGDAHL IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY WORKING WITH A DOCTOR TO STEAL FROM LORETTO BY WRITING HOSPITAL CHECKS TO BUSINESSES.

THE DOCTOR PURPORTED TO OWN.

BUT PROSECUTORS SAY THOSE WERE NOT LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES IN THE HOSPITAL NEVER RECEIVED GOODS OR SERVICES.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, WHICH FIRST REPORTED BERGDAHL'S CHARGES SAYS THE CASE STEMS FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE HOSPITAL'S VACCINATION PROGRAM.

THE FACILITY CAME UNDER FIRE DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR ALLEGEDLY OFFERING STILL RARE COVID-19 VACCINES TO PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE HOSPITAL'S CEO AND COO, THOUGH NEITHER HAVE BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED.

ABOUT 73% OF ILLINOIS.

RESIDENTS ON MEDICAID HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR COVERAGE AS THE STATE BEGAN RE IMPLEMENTING A PROCESS THAT WAS PAUSED DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.

>> BUT MILLIONS OF OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR THOSE WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC OR TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS OR WHOSE DISABILITIES HAD PREVENTED THEM FROM PREVIOUSLY APPLYING FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE.

WE'RE IN DANGER NOW OF BEING THROWN OFF THEIR NEWLY FOUND MEDICAID COVERAGE DESPITE BEING ELIGIBLE.

SO HOW YOUR STATE HANDLES MEDICAID RE DETERMINATIONS HAS A HUGE IMPACT.

WHETHER YOUR POPULATION GETS HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR >> GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER AND OTHER STATE LEADERS SAY NEARLY 3.8 MILLION ILLINOIS PEOPLE WENT THROUGH MEDICAID.

RE DETERMINATIONS PROCESS CONFIRMING THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

THE STATE SAYS IT LAUNCHED THE READY TO RENEW CAMPAIGN A YEAR AGO TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAID PATIENTS KNEW ABOUT THE PROCESS TO AVOID LOSING THEIR COVERAGE.

A KEY CITY PANEL WILL GET A CHANCE TO QUIZ MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S PICKS TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

IF THE 7 NOMINEES WIN THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON POLICE AND FIRE THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COULD VOTE TO CONFIRM THEM AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.

THE COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL SAY ON POLICY FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBJECT TO A VETO FROM THE MAYOR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POINT HE'S THEMSELVES.

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AND HUNDREDS OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CROSSING GUARDS WERE CELEBRATED DURING AN APPRECIATION CEREMONY TODAY HONORING THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN MAKING SURE KIDS GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

THEY ALSO NAMED FOR CROSSING GUARDS OF THE YEAR.

>> KIMBERLY DUKE'S SHE CROSSES AT 51ST AND ARTESIAN FOR CHRISTOPHER ELEMENTARY.

KIMBERLY SHE'S BEEN A CROSSING GUARD FOR 1990, PLUS YEARS DURING HER 19 TENURE IN SERVICE.

SHE SUPPORTED.

>> LITTLE BIT OVER 15 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE ENGLEWOOD AREA.

>> AND >> AND OF COURSE, BOTH MAYOR JOHNSON SCHOOLS, CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ, WERE ON HAND TO PRESENT THE AWARDS.

UP NEXT, A CONTROVERSIAL MIGRANT SHELTER CLOSES REPORTER HEATHER SHARON HAS THE DETAILS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS A SHUTTERED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN WOODLAWN WILL NO LONGER BE USED AS A SHELTER FOR MIGRANTS.

THE MOVE TO CLOSE THE SHELTER AT THE FORMER WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMES 15 MONTHS AFTER IT OPENED AMID AN UPROAR.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEATHER, REMIND US WHY THE SHELTER AT WADSWORTH, WHICH IS AT 64TH STREET AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE.

WHY IS IT SO CONTROVERSIAL?

WELL, IN FEBRUARY 2023, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO OPEN IT UP.

DESPITE VEHEMENT OBJECTIONS FROM ALDERMAN, JEANETTE TAYLOR WHO SAID IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO PUT MOSTLY LATINO MIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY AFTER REQUESTING ASYLUM IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SERVICES.

>> TO HELP THEM TO ADJUST TO THEIR NEW HOMETOWN.

SHE WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD EXACERBATE TENSION BETWEEN LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF WOODLAWN WHO ARE FURIOUS THAT THE CITY IT SPENT 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO RENOVATE THE SCHOOL INTO A SHELTER AFTER SAT VACANT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

AND OF COURSE, IT BECAME FLASHPOINT WITH LONGTIME RESIDENTS SAYING THAT THE SHELTER REDUCE THE QUALITY OF PLACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LED TO SURGE IN SORT OF QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES LIKE LOITERING AND LITTERING.

WHAT IT'S WORTH.

IT'S THE LATEST MIGRANT SHELTER TO BE CLOSED BY THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS NOW OPERATING 16 FACILITIES.

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS CARE FOR ITS NEWEST ARRIVALS?

WELL, IN ALL, 41,000 PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT TO CHICAGO, MOST ON BUSES PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

>> THE CITY HAS REALLY WORKED TO REDUCE THE SHELTER POPULATION WITH RIGHT NOW STANDS AT ABOUT 8400 PEOPLE THAT IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE PEAK IN THE EARTH LIKE LATE 2023 EARLY 2024.

AND THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION'S THEY'VE CRACKED CRACKED THE CODE ON HOW TICKS HUMANELY CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS WHILE NOT SORT OF BREAKING THE CITY'S SPRING BANK, BUT THE CITY BEGIN ENFORCING ALSO CONTROVERSIAL 60 DAY LIMIT ON SHELTER, STAYS BEGINNING IN MID-MARCH.

HOW MANY MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN EVICTED SO FAR?

ABOUT 700 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE CITY'S MIGRANT SHELTERS.

AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY WIN BECAUSE THE CITY SAYS THEY'RE NOT TRACKING IT.

SO IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WORRY ABOUT A SURGE IN CHICAGO'S UNHOUSED POPULATION.

BUT THE MAYOR HAS SAID THAT THE SHELTERS CAN BE AS PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR THE MIGRANTS AND THAT THEY HAVE TO GET ON THEIR FEET.

THE BIG TEST WILL BE IN THE EARLY MONTHS WEEKS OF JUNE WHEN FAMILIES WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE SHELTER ONCE THEY HIT THAT 60 DAY LIMIT AND THE SCHOOL YEAR AT ITS WORSE.

NOW FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, THE CITY OFFICIALS, THEY'VE BEEN BRACING FOR A SURGE OF MORE MIGRANTS COMING INTO CHICAGO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION EXPECTING A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, A IN TEXAS TO SEND MORE.

>> BEFORE THE DNC.

BUT THAT GATHERING IS LESS THAN 100 DAYS AWAY.

ANY SIGNS OF THIS INCREASE?

THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR.

NO HUGE SURGE HAS MATERIALIZED YET.

BUT THE MIGRANTS ARE STILL COMING IN GREATER NUMBERS.

SO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER INCREASED ABOUT 8% IN THE LAST MONTH AS COMPARED TO THE MONTH BEFORE.

>> BUT THAT IS PRETTY STANDARD UP FOR WHAT THIS CRISIS HAS SORT OF BEEN SINCE IT BEGAN.

THE QUESTION IS, IS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO PREVENT THE SURGE?

AND THE ANSWER IS REALLY NO.

HOWEVER, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THIS WEEK ASKED SORT OF FOR NEW RULES RESTRICTING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN REQUEST ASYLUM.

THAT COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND REQUEST ASYLUM.

BUT THOSE ARE FAR OUT OF THE CONTROL OF MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

AND OF COURSE, ORGANIZERS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION PAY MORE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HOW TO SHARON.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

UP NEXT, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THAT INCOMING CICADA INVASION.

OKAY TO WATCH 2024.

IS REACHING FEVER PITCH IN THE CHICAGO REGION WHERE MILLIONS OF THE INSECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BURST FROM THE GROUND ANY DAY NOW.

BUT WHY WILL THERE BE SO MANY IN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR?

HERE'S PATTY WET WITH THE ANSWER IN OUR WTW NEWS EXPLAINS SERIES.

>> TIME TO STOCK UP HERE.

PUT THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET LAUGH.

>> CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD.

>> NOW MAYBE WONDERING WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

WE GET DOES EVERY YEAR IT'S TRUE THAT ANNUAL CICADAS ALSO KNOWN AS DOG DAYS TURN UP EVERY JULY OR AUGUST.

JUST TO REMIND US THAT SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER.

>> BUT THERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF STICKING HOLD A HEARING THE CASE.

OKAY.

>> THEY'RE MORE THE LACKS STARTS THE DISAPPEAR UNDERGROUND FOR LIVING OFF OF AND THEN EMERGE TOPSIDE LOW TO MEDIUM EVEN HAVE THE BLOOD SHOT EYES TO COMPLETE THE LOOK.

>> THESE PERIODICAL CICADAS ARE EVERYTHING TO 15 DIFFERENT.

SCATTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. EACH ROUTE HAS A DIFFERENT ALARM.

CLOCK STARTS SET EITHER A 13 YEAR FOR 17 YEAR CYCLE.

>> WHEN THE ALARM GOES ENTIRE BUST OUT OF HIDING SO THEY CAN HURRY UP AND MAKE DIE.

>> SO WHAT'S THE BUZZ IN 2024?

THIS SPRING, 2 DIFFERENT GREEN ARE GETTING THEIR WAKE-UP CALL THE SAME TIME, A 13 YEAR THE SOUTHERN AND 17 BEATING MORE THAN AND WILL MAKE THEIR FIRST JOINT APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN 200 YEARS.

THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WASN'T EVEN A STATE.

>> PICTURES, SKIES THAT DON'T REALLY OVERLAP GEOGRAPHICALLY AND PLACES WHERE THE GROUND BEEN DISTURBED A LOT OVER THE LIKE CHICAGO WILL MISS OUT MOST OF THE FUN.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES BLANKETED CICADAS SCREENING THE TOPS OF THEIR >> ACTUALLY, ALL THAT NOISE COMES FROM MALE CICADAS DOING A SERIOUS POINT WORKOUT.

THEY HAVE A SPECIAL BODY PART THAT THEY VIBRATE BY CONTRACTING TIME 100 TIMES A SECOND.

THEN THEY KNEW THERE HAD DRINKING AT THE LAWN LEVEL AND THE DECIBEL.

>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS HERE'S WHERE WRECKAGE IS.

THE FELLOWS MATING SONG AND YOU LADIES CICADAS, DIG ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.

AND THE NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, A NEW GENERATION OF BABY CICADAS, PATCHES OR UNDERGROUND IN POLLS LIKE A STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> CNN 2041.

>> SO WHILE CHICAGOANS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE GRAND EMERGENCE, SOUTHERN STATES ARE ALREADY BUZZING.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY, WHAT LEE JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.

PATTY, WE CAN EXPECT A BUNCH OF BUGS.

I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED.

SUPER EXCITED AS AS ALWAYS.

WORD WE HEARD THE CICADAS STARTING TO EMERGE.

I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY COME OUT AND STATES LIKE MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHERN STATES, THEY'RE FULL ON SO HEAD TO.

>> ANY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL, UNHEALTHY.

LOTS OF VIDEOS FROM PEOPLE EITHER LOVE AND OR HATE IN MOST STATES.

BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY REALLY HITTING FULL EMERGENCE NOW IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

THOSE FOR US IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT BROOD.

THEN WE'RE EXPECTING HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S SO DEPENDENT ON SOIL TEMPERATURE, THAT'S WHY WE MIGHT LAGGING A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR SOUTHERN COUNTERPARTS BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE SOIL TO HIT 64 DEGREES.

AND THEN HERE.

THEY'LL COVER BUDDY OUT.

YEAH.

SO HOW ARE PEOPLE DESCRIBING WHAT THEY I HEARD A LOT DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION, SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY SOUND LIKE IF YOU'RE WATCHING TV LIKE AN OLD 1960'S MOVIE, WHAT SHIP MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE IT KIND OF LIKE A.

>> DOWN MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE GOVERNMENT MIND CONTROL.

SO THINK THAT'S WHAT SOME STEADY STREAM OF NOISE JUST, YOU KNOW, MESSING WITH OUR BRAIN WAVES.

IT'S ALLOWED TO DO YES, IT'S OKAY.

WE CAN EXPECT SORRY.

IT'S WE'RE EXCITED.

CAN CHICAGO EXPECT ITS EMERGENCE OF I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WAS CHECKING SOME OF MY FACEBOOK PAGE IS TODAY AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE BUT IT'S VERY KIND OF SPOTTY.

SO WHERE YOU HAVE OLDER TREES IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TEND TO SEE THEM MORE THAN IF YOU LIVE IN A SUBURB.

MAYBE THAT GREW UP OUT OF FARMLAND.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

>> SORRY, PLACES LIKE NORTH SHORE, PARK.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A FALL EMERGENT.

I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY I'VE SEEN THEM HERE SPRING I'M NOT SEEING THEM IN NAPERVILLE.

I'M SEEING THEM HERE.

I'M NOT SEEING THEM THERE, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO TO SLOWLY COME OUT.

SO WE ALSO LEARNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD RAINS AND SOME OF THEM WERE GETTING LIKE FLUSH OUT OF THERE.

HEIDI HOLES FALSE ALARM.

BUT THEY ARE STARTING NOW.

I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK ISH OR SO.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT 50 YEAR-OLD TREE, YEAH, IN YOUR YARD.

YEAH.

THEY'RE GOING TO COMING OUT OF TREE YESTERDAY FOR THAT.

HOW PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR THIS?

>> WELL, SOME FOLKS ARE WRAPPING THEIR YOUNG TREE SAPLINGS.

IF YOU HAVE A TREE THAT'S MAYBE A YEAR TO ALL.

DEFINITELY WAS NOT BE YEAR TO PLANT A TREE THIS SPRING.

>> THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN NETTING AROUND THEM.

THAT THE INDEX THEMSELVES DON'T REALLY HURT THE TREES WHEN THEY FLOCK ON THEM BY THE HUNDREDS OR WHATNOT.

>> BUT THE FEMALES DO MAKE THESE CUTS IN VERY TENDER BRANCHES AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LAY THEIR EGGS.

AND THAT CAN DAMAGE A YOUNG TREE AND OLDER TREE CAN WITHSTAND THAT.

IT JUST MIGHT NOT LOOK SO PRETTY.

BUT I'VE SEEN IMAGES OF LAKE DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.

THIS YEAR.

IT'S FINE NEXT YEAR.

SO SO 30 SECONDS LEFT.

PATTY, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU?

I MEAN, I'M SEEN HOW PEOPLE REACT.

I WAS AROUND FOR THE LAST ONE AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY IN MY PART OF THE CITY.

SO I'M DEFINITELY GOING AHEAD TO SOME FOREST PRESERVES THIS TIME AND TRYING TO THE GET A VARIANCE, MAYBE FROM A I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE.

KNOW TAKE OVER PORT PATTY WILEY, THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR AND YOU CAN READ PATTIES FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN ALSO WATCH MORE IN OUR IN THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

IT'S ALL IT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, ONE ON ONE WITH WORLD RENOWNED OPERA SINGER RENEE FLEMING.

WORLD RENOWNED SOPRANO.

RENEE FLEMING HAS A NEW PROJECT, BUT IT'S NOT A NEW OPERA.

IT IS A BOOK CALLED MUSIC AND MIND A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS.

EXPLORING THE EXTRAORDINARY HEALING POWER OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS AND WHAT MODERN SCIENCE IS UNCOVERING ABOUT THAT CONNECTION AND DIVINITY RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH THE OPERATIC SUPERSTAR WHO MADE HER LYRIC OPERA DEBUT BACK IN 1993, AND WHO SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS ITS FIRST-EVER CREATIVE CONSULTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK AND BEGAN BY ASKING FLEMING ABOUT ITS ORIGINS AT A DINNER WITH 3 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

>> WELL, THIS WASN'T JUST ANY DINNER BECAUSE IT WAS THE DAY AFTER MARRIAGE EQUALITY WAS DECIDED.

AND SO THE 3 JUSTICES WERE NOT AS CHUMMY AS THEY NORMALLY ARE.

AND DOCTOR FRANCIS COLLINS WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY BROUGHT HIS GUITAR AS I'VE SINCE LEARNED, HE ALWAYS DOES.

AND WE STARTED SINGING TOGETHER.

WE KIND OF STAGE TO SING ALONG.

THERE'S A LITTLE BAND THERE AS WELL.

SINGING JUST SONGS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS LAND IS YOUR LAND.

YOU KNOW, SHENANDOAH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND BUT WE ENDED WITH THE TIMES THEY ARE CHANGING, WHICH WASN'T PARTICULARLY APPS THAT EVENING AND EVERYBODY RELAX WONDERFUL TIME.

AND I SAID TO TALK TO COLLEGE, HE SAID, I'M JUST STARTING AT THE KENNEDY CENTER AS AN ADVISER.

I FIND THE WORK THAT SCIENTISTS ARE DOING NOW IN TERMS OF RESEARCHING MUSIC.

AMAZING.

WHY ARE THEY DOING IT?

IT'S ASKING THE RIGHT PERSON.

AND HE SAID WE HAVE A BRAIN INITIATIVE AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BRAIN IN MUSIC.

HE'S ACTUALLY EVERY KNOWN MAPPED AREA OF THE BRAIN.

A VERY COMPLEX KIND OF SERIES OF PROCESSES THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO DO TO ENGAGE WAS MUSIC TO PLAY TO LISTEN TO END AND IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE FOR GRANTED BECAUSE IT'S THE AIR WE BREATHE.

EVERYWHERE.

SO HE SAID THAT'S WHY WE'RE STUDYING IT BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BREAK.

>> NOW, I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SCIENTISTS PER SE, BUT YOU DID AT THIS BOOK.

ARE THERE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT IN EVERY MAPPED REGION OF THE BRAIN OR IS MUSIC UNIQUE.

>> IT'S PRETTY THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT'S QUITE THAT THAT'S QUITE THAT KIND OF PART OF OUR DNA.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY VISUAL ART IS OUR EXPERIENCES THEY PERTAIN TO NATURE ARE REALLY HEALTHY FOR US.

WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW A LOT OF THIS.

WE MUSICIANS OBVIOUSLY REALLY KNOW WHAT BUT SCIENCE IS BEGINNING TO KNOW IT IN A WAY THAT WILL IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES, IMPACT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

AND I THINK BEGIN TO SOLVE EVEN MORE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING.

IT SEEMS.

>> SO OBVIOUS THAT MUSIC HAS POWER.

IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE POWER TO PROVIDE SOLACE ENERGIZE BRING PEOPLE JOY.

WHAT THEREFORE NEEDS TO BE STUDY OR WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN FROM STUDYING MUSIC.

>> SO WE'RE WORKING, FOR INSTANCE, WITH ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AND DEMENTIA PATIENTS FOR WHOM MUSIC MEMORIES THE LAST TO GO.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND ELDER CARE FACILITIES HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN.

THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH OF ANYTHING.

AND YET IF YOU START SINGING A SONG, THEY KNOW ALL THE LYRICS PERFECTLY.

SO I SAW THIS MYSELF WITH MY HUSBAND'S AND IT'S MAGICAL CHILDREN.

CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM LEARNING TO PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WE'RE ALSO FINDING EVEN NEWBORNS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, IN UTERO, THEY'RE LISTENING.

THEY HEAR THEY REMEMBER MUSIC THAT THEY'VE HEARD.

IT'S SO THAT THE STUDIES ARE NOW ABLE TO SHOW US THAT THESE THINGS ARE A REALLY INTERESTING AND ALSO POTENTIALLY HELPFUL.

MOVEMENT DISORDERS, MS STROKE.

ALL OF ALL OF THESE PATIENTS CAN BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM MUSIC BECAUSE SUDDENLY IF THEY COULDN'T WALK OR OR THEY'RE SHUFFLING ARE FREE.

SULLY FREEZING.

IF YOU PUT ON RHYTHMIC END WITH SOMETHING, THEY'LL SUDDENLY MOVE GRACEFULLY.

SO IT'S THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH MUSIC BECAUSE IT'S IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRAIN CAN HELP US BYPASS THE PROBLEM.

AREAS AND INSPIRE US TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS WE OTHERWISE CAN'T DO ANOTHER OF ABER.

ONE A LOT OF CAN TO NATION THERAPY SO THAT BRAIN OR STROKE OR YEAH, THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS.

BUT IF YOU'VE OF PATIENTS CAN'T SPEAK A LOT OF CAN TO NATION THERAPY IN ONE SESSION CAN GIVE YOU THE POWER TO COMMUNICATE AGAIN AGAIN BECAUSE YOU'RE BYPASSING THE SPEECH AREA AND GOING TO THE SINGING AREA.

SO THIS IN FAVOR ONE OF MINE AND SUDDENLY YOU CAN COMMUNICATE BECAUSE THE WORDS YOU CAN SING THE WORDS, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK THEM TEST AN AD.

>> STEVEN, AN OPERA HALLS.

BUT NOW POSSIBLY WELL YEAR RECORDINGS ARE IN.

IN HOSPITAL.

WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I MEAN, I I REALLY THINK ALL OF THESE THERAPIES SHOULD BE IN BED IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ACROSS THE BOARDS.

WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT?

AND THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT TO STILL LEARN ABOUT WHY MUSIC IS SO POWERFUL, CREATE THESE PATHWAYS.

BUT SCIENTISTS, ITS SCIENCE KNOWS THIS ALREADY, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH HAVING INSURANCE COVER THESE SORTS THERAPIES OR MAKING SURE THAT IT IS MORE COMMON.

YOU'RE ASKING EXACTLY THE RIGHT QUESTION BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S STILL A LOT TO LEARN.

WHAT'S THE RIGHT DOSAGE?

>> WHAT HOW TO CHOOSE WHAT MUSIC WORKS FOR EVERYONE, COURSE, FOR INSURANCE, ET CETERA, THAT THIS HAS TO BE FULLY VALIDATED.

THE FACT THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IS NOW FUNDING.

THE RESEARCH IS A MASSIVE GAME CHANGER.

>> IS THAT PART OF YOUR OBJECTIVES THIS BOOK IS MAKING MORE COMMON MORE WELL-KNOWN.

IT'S IT'S IT'S THE BREATH OF THE FIELD BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW MORE.

SO I'M I'M LIKE THE CHIEF CHEERLEADER AND THE ADVOCATE IN A WAY.

SO BECAUSE I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

AND I'M NOT A SCIENTIST, BUT I I DO.

>> WANT TO USE MY PLATFORM AS A PERFORMER TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED STAGE FRIGHT, WHICH IS THING.

PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASTOUNDED BY YOUR RENEE STAGE FRIGHT.

WHAT IF ANYTHING, HAVE YOU LEARNED THROUGH THIS ABOUT OVERCOMING THOSE SYMPTOMATIC SO.

>> SO THE SEMANTIC PAIN WAS WHAT KIND OF DROVE ME TO THIS.

AND THE SOMATIC PAIN WAS KIND OF A DISTRACTION FROM THE STAGE.

FRIGHT AND PERFORMANCE PRESSURE.

>> SO THAT'S WHAT GOT ME INTERESTED IN THE MIND.

BODY CONNECTION.

TRAUMA IS NOW HEAVILY RESEARCHED AND THEY'RE FINDING BENEFITS WITH THEATER AND WITH INITIATIVES AND ARTS ART IN GENERAL.

SO ONE THING I'M DOING THIS YEAR, ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IS THAT FROM JANUARY FIRST, I SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE TIME IN MY DAY EVERY DAY TO DO THE THINGS I LOVE THAT.

BRING ME HAPPINESS AND THEN HELP ME RELAX.

WAS THAT FOR YOU AS I TEND TO WORK.

SO THAT'S WALKING OUTSIDE ITS THEATER, ITS MUSEUMS EVERYWHERE I TORE IT'S, OF COURSE, GOING TO MUSICAL CONCERTS.

SO WHETHER THE SYMPHONY OR THE OPERA OR MUSIC THEATER AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW GOOD THIS IS FOR ME IN A YEAR WHEN I WOULD PROBABLY BE ON MY NEWS FEED ALL DAY AND PENA NEWS FEEDS ALL DAY.

I JUST SAID I'M NOT DOING IT THIS YEAR.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT PARTICULARLY THOSE STRUGGLING WITH DEMENTIA HAVE WITH MUSIC AND >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT IF ANY PARTICULAR SONGS OR MAYBE PERFORMANCES OF OAK MEMORIES PIVOT POINTS IN YOUR LIFE.

FOR ME, IT'S MAJOR PERFORMANCES.

I MEAN, THE SUPER BOWL, IT DOESN'T GET BIGGER THAN THAT, WHICH IS HIS >> I YOU SEE TERRIFYING.

110 MILLION PEOPLE.

>> AND BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER UP.

BUT CERTAINLY THAT AND EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, IT TAKES YOU BACK THERE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THE MEMORIES INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

WE GO RIGHT THERE AND IT HAPPENS WITH SMELLS.

IT HAPPENS WITH TASTE.

ALL OF OUR SENSES ARE WORKING ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY TO KEEP US SAFE AND TO KEEP US ALSO CONNECTED TO OUR TRIBES.

THE MAIN POINT OF RESEARCH HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN MUSIC, BUT IT'S IT'S EXPANDING QUICKLY.

VISUAL ARTISTS NOW, PART OF THAT DANCE IS PART OF IT.

>> ALL OF THE ARTS YOU ARE INVESTED ARE FOR IT IN MIND AND MUSIC CONNECTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FUNDING THAT LIST.

THANK YOU.

>> AND RENEE FLEMING CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN HER TIES TO CHICAGO AS AN ADVISER AT THE LYRICS RYAN OPERA CENTER, WHICH HELPS TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF OPERATIC PERFORMERS.

>> AND AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED MUSIC AND MIND HARNESSING THE ARTS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

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