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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> A CURFEW WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED THAT.

>> AFTER A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN MILLION 34EU8 PARK OWE MILA KOUMPILOVA PARK, CHICAGO IS SETTING A CURFEW FOR MINORS.

>> A COMPROMISE BETWEEN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IS IMPORTANT.

>> CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A NEW WARD MAP HERE FROM ALDERPEOPLE ON THE MAP AND THE WEEKEND VIOLENCE.

>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE RACIST HATE CRIME IT WILL BE PROSECUTED AAS A HATE CRIME.

>> RACIST RANTS FROM THE ALLEGED BUFFALO SHOOTER BRING ATTENTION TO THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY.

DETAILS ON THAT AND EFFORTS TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE.

>> WHAT NEW CHICAGO PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS COULD MEAN FOR YOU AND THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR'S RACE.

>> MCDONALD'S IS LEAVING RUSSIAN ABBOTT LABS IS FACING CONGRESSIONAL PRESSURE AND MORE BUSINESS NEWS FROM CRAIN'S.

>> A DEVELOPMENT IN BRITTNEY GRINER'S CASE IS GIVING SUPPORTERS HOPE AS THE WNBA STAR HAS BEEN DETAINED IN RUSSIA FOR MONTHS.

>> THE CITY'S BURDICK COMMUNITY IS MOWSHING THE LOSS OF THE PIPING PLOVER, MONTY.

>> IT'S FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE FOR ME TO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO RECEIVE THIS.

>> AND MEET THE LOCAL WOMAN WHO FILLS PURSES WITH ESSENTIALS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR WOMEN IN NEED.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES...... A BIT OF HOPE FOR PARENTS SEEKING BABY FORMULA FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

ABBOTT REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL ALLOW IT TO REOPEN A BABY FORMULA PLANT IN MICHIGAN.

THE PLANT WAS SHUTDOWN AFTER FOUR INFANTS SELL SICK AND TWO DIED FROM A BACTERIAL INFECTION AFTER CONSUMING FORMULA PRODUCED AT THE PLANT.

IT TRIGGERED A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE.

ABBOTT CAN RESTART THE PLANT IN TWO WEEKS BUT IT WILL BE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE THE PRODUCT HITS SHELVES.

AT CITY HALL... >> ON THE QUESTION OF THE REDISTRICTING MAP FOR THE NEXT DECADE, THE AYES ARE 43 AND THE NAYS ARE 7.

THE MATTER PASSES.

ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN ON THE INFORMATION FOR RECONSIDERATION.

>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVE A NEW WARD MAP THAT WILL SHAPE CHICAGO POLITICS FOR THE NEXT DECADE.

THE ACTION THAT NEEDED 41 VOTES AVERTED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST WARD MAP REFERENDUM IN 30 YEARS.

IT CREATES 16 WARDS WITH A MAJORITY OF BLACK VOTERS AND 14 WITH A MAJORITY LATINO VOTERS AND MORE ON THE MAP COMING UP.

>> A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED IN MILLENNIUM PARK WAS ONE OF THREE TEENS SHOT IN CHICAGO.

FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 28 OTHERS INJURED IN 28 SEPARATE INCIDENTS BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. FRIDAY AND MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.

THAT INCLUDES SEANDELL HOLLIDAY, A 16-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILL NEAR THE BEAN SCULPTURE.

UP NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT SHOOTING AT THE BEAN AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S RESPONSE COMING UP.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> FOR THE FORESEEABLE CHICAGO IS INSTITUTING A CURFEW FOR MINORS THE MAYOR'S ATTEMPT TO CRACKDOWN ON VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.

AS AMANDA VINICKY WILL TELL US, CRITICS QUESTION WHETHER THE MOVE WILL HELP OR CAUSE MORE HARM AND WHETHER MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

AMANDA.

>> PARIS, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE SIGNED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKING CURFEW AN HOUR EARLIER IT WILL BE 10:00 P.M.

INSTEAD OF 11:00 P.M. WITH A HEAVY HEART.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND IMPORTANTLY, THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT BASIC COMMUNITY NORMS.

RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES, RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.

AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT EVERYONE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME FROM OR HOW OLD THEY ARE ARE ABLE TO SAFELY ENJOY OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

>> NOW, THE ACTION FROM LIGHTFOOT CAME AFTER A GATHERING OF YOUTH THAT WAS PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR THE BEAN ENDED IN TRAGEDY.

16-YEAR-OLD SEANDELL HOLLIDAY SHOT AND KILLED HIS ALLEGED KILLER ALSO A TEENAGER, 17 WAS IN COURT TODAY AND IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT.

HOLLIDAY WAS A FRESHMAN THAT THE COLLEGE PREP AND SPENT FIRST PERIOD OF EVERYDAY AS PART OF THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE FOUNDER.

AND SINGLETON SAYS THAT HOLLIDAY WAS QUICK WITTED AND A DEEP THINKER.

HE RECALLS AN EARLY CLASS ASSIGNMENT FOR EVERYONE TO WRITE DOWN THEIR 10 GOALS.

SINGLE TON SAYS HE WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT HOLLIDAY WROTE.

>> IT WAS LIKE NOT DIE.

LIKE THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF HIS GOALS AND MAKE IT TO 21.

THIS IS LIKE THESE ARE MY GOALS UP TO 21.

LIKE I WON'T MAKE IT PAST THAT.

>> HE SAYS THE CLASS AT THE TIME DISCUSSED WHAT HOLLIDAY WROTE.

>> SAID I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IN FRONT OF THE CLASS WHY DID YOU WRITE IF YOU MAKE IT?

AND HE WAS LIKE MAN IT IS A LOT THAT HAPPENS IN CHICAGO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

YOU HEAR ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS AND YOU SEE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING SHOT AND KILLED EVERYDAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO SAY I'M 21 YEARS OLD.

TO MAKE UNGUIDED AND DISCRIMINATORY DETERMINATIONS OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A YOUNG PERSON.

>> THE ALSU SAYS CHICAGO HAS IN PLACE PLENTY OF TOOLS FOR CROWD CONTROL.

THEY USE THEM FOR PARADES, CONCERTS, BASEBALL GAMES AND SAYS IT IS UNFAIR SPEAKING OF TO DEPRIVE YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL THE AMENITIES AND CONCERTS AT PLACES LIKE MILLENNIUM PARK PUBLIC PLACES.

IT IS ONE OF THE FEW SPOTS TO ARE YOUTH THAT WERE USED FROM NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL SAFE SAYS COMMUNITY LEADER.

>> WE HAVE A LOST RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO ACT BADLY BUT ZERO RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO BE GOOD.

SOME OF THE TEENAGERS ARE TRYING TO GO TO MILLENNIUM PARK BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY SAFE SPACE IT'S MONITORED THERE'S POLICE THEY DON'T HAVE FEAR OR SHOULDN'T HAVE FEAR OF LIKE BEING RECRUITED BY GANGS OR HARASSED BY PEOPLE.

>> HE SAYS THAT SOME PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO AACCOMPANY THEIR CHILDREN PERHAPS SINGLE PARENT IS WORKING.

HE SAYS THAT INSTEAD OF ISSUING ALL THE FREE GAS CARDS LIGHTFOOT SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY TO KEEP OPEN THE CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NIGHTS AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SO THEY CAN SERVE AS SAFE PLACES FOR TEENS TO CONGREGATE.

HE QUESTIONS WHAT DIFFERENCE THIS EARLIER CURFEW IS GOING TO MAKE.

>> GANG VIOLENCE DOESN'T JUST STOP AT 10:00 P.M. OR 11:00 P.M. YOU'RE CHANGING A ONE HOUR IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

SOME OF THE SHOOTING ARE HAPPENING AT 9:00 A.M. >> WELL, WALLACE GATOR BRADLEY OF THE GROUP UNITED IN PEACE SAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED, CHICAGO CANNOT JUST KEEP DOING THE SAME THING.

HE SAYS THERE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES AND SAYS THAT ALL OF CHICAGO HAS TO STEP UP.

>> I APPLAUD THE MAYOR.

BUT MAKING THAT DECISION OK, AND SHE'S DAMNED IF SHE DO AND DAMNED IF SHE DON'T.

BUT THIS TIME, THE IF ANYTHINGER IS POINTED -- FINGER IS POINTED AT THE RIGHT PARTY WHICH IS US AS CITIZENS.

>> BRADLEY SAYS HE JOINED A GANG AT 14 AND LATER SERVED PRISON TIME AND, YES, HE SAYS THAT A CURFEW AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT SUPERVISION WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE.

>> IT MADE IT WHERE THE PARENTS HAD TO KNOW THEY WERE BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

I REMEMBER THE COMMERCIAL COME ON IT'S 8:00, 10:00 DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE?

I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE OF THOSE COMMERCIALS IN A LONGTIME.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WAS ASKED ABOUT LIGHTFOOT'S ACTIONS HE DID NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE CURFEW OR SAY HE HAS SPOKEN WITH THE MAYOR.

HE SAID THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REACHED OUT TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM KNOW TROOP REMEMBERS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ON THE FRONTLINES IF NEEDED.

>> THEY ARE ON THE FRONTLINES TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP ORDER AND TO -- I JUST WANT TO SAY, THESE KILLINGS PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ANY SORT, ARE JUST HORRIFIC FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN CHICAGO AND EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN ILLINOIS.

AND SO LOCAL POLICE HAVE TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND THIS.

>> NOW, AGAIN, THESE CURFEW POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

THE AC LUVMENT U SAYS IT'S DEMANDING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS INCLUDING THE LEGAL BASIS AND ALSO WHAT, IF ANY GUARDRAILS ARE IN PLACE TO INSURE THAT ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW POLICIES IS NOT RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY.

AND THEN, THE A.C.L.U.

WILL DECIDE ITS NEXT STEPS.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND A LOCAL INTERFAITH LEAD OFTEN THE SHOOTING IN BUFFALO AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A RISE IN RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTACKS.

>> SATURDAY'S MASS SHOOTING INSIDE A BUFFALO, NEW YORK, GROCERY STORE TURNED ATTENTION TO AMERICA'S WHITE SUPREMACY MOVEMENT.

ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BLACK.

THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER DESCRIBED RACIST BELIEFS IN A MANIFESTO.

HE IS NOT ALONE IN HIS RACIST RAGE.

HATE CRIMES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE IN AMERICA AND INCREASING PEOPLE, HALF OF REPUBLICANS ACCORDING TO A POLL, AGREE WITH AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS HATE CRIMES AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HEAL THE NATION'S GROWING DIVIDE IS EBOO PATEL, FOUNDER OF THE INTERFAITH YOUTH CORE.

YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF THE "WE NEED TO BUILD: FIELD NOTES FOR DIVERSE DEMOCRACY" BOOK.

AND AGAIN, WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

AS WE'VE SAID THE 18-YEAR-OLD WHITE MALE ACCUSED OF KILLING 10 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS IN THAT BUFFALO GROCERY STORE, HE EXPRESSED A LOT OF RACIST BELIEFS IN HIS ON-LINE MANIFESTO INCLUDING THE DECREASE IN WHITE BIRTH RATES EQUATING TO GENOCIDE.

THIS BELIEF IS PART OF WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY.

REMIND US WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS THEORY AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON THE FRINGE UNTIL NOW?

>> BRANDIS IT'S NICE TO BE WITH YOU.

I'M SORRY WE MEET UNDER THESE HEAVY CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE BOTH KNOW THAT WHITE RACIST CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST VIOLENCE HAS BEEN WITH AMERICA FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE HAVE DEFEATED IT BEFORE.

AND WE WILL DEFEAT IT AGAIN.

AND PART OF THE STORY THAT I TELL IN MY BOOK, IS PRECISELY HOW WE'VE DONE THAT.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS IS BY CONTINUING TO TELL THE NARRATIVE OF AN AMERICA THAT WELCOMES PEOPLE FROM ALL IDENTITIES, THAT NEEDS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE A GREAT NATION.

ON THE REPLACEMENT THEORY, ALL OF US UNLESS WE ARE INDIGENOUSIOUS PEOPLE REPLACED SOMEBODY HERE.

THE IDEA OF AMERICA AS A NATION WHERE PEOPLE OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH COMING TO A PATCH OF LAND PRAYING TO GOD IN DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING NOT AT ALL CAN BUILD OUT OF THIS FOR EVERYONE.

A NATION THAT RESPECTS DIVERSE IDENTITIES THAT NURTURES POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT COMMITS TO A COMMON LIFE TOGETHER.

I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN DO THAT THAT ACTUALLY WHEN THE MOMENT IS DARKEST THAT'S WHEN OUR LIGHT HAS TO BE BRIGHTEST AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.

>> THE F.B.I.

SAYS WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN HATE CRIMES WHAT.

DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING THE HATRED AND DRIVING PEOPLE TO ACT ON IT?

>> WELL, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH A MASSIVE ECONOMIC SHIFT.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE THE BUBONIC PLAYING.

WE ARE LOOK -- PLAGUE.

WE HAVE LOOKING AT A MASSIVE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION.

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL THINGS HAPPENING AND A SICK INNOCENCE SOME PEOPLE'S HEARTS THE SICKNESS OF RACISM.

I BELIEVE THE DREAM OF PLURALISM IS STRONGER.

OUR STORIES OF THE AMERICAN PAST THAT SHOW US THAT.

THE WHITE RACIST CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM OF THE 1920s IN THE FORM OF THE KKK WAS FACEDOWN IN AND DEFEATED BY A SET OF INTERFAITH LEADERS AT THAT TIME.

THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE NCCJ AND THEY GAVE US THE TERM JEW DAY YO CHRISTIAN.

JUDE YO CHRISTIAN.

WHICH I CITE.

I THINK WE'RE AT ANOTHER HINGE POINT IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE OUR RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IS WIDER THAN EVER BEFORE.

IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN THE GREAT STORY OF AMERICAN RELIGION.

TIME TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE INTERFAITH AMERICA AND ACTUALLY WE BELIEVE THAT SO STRONGLY IN INTERFAITH YOUTH CORP THAT WE CHANGED OUR NAME.

THE PURPOSE OF INTERFAITH AMERICA IS TO BUILD INTERFAITH AMERICA THE NATION.

AS WE WIDEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PLURALISM WE MARGINALIZE THE EXTREMISTS AND HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF DEFEATING THEM.

>> ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP IS REPRESENTING THE FAMILY OF AN 86-YEAR-OLD GRAND MOTHER KILLED ON SATURDAY AND CALLING FOR THOSE WHO RADICALIZE WHITE SUPREMACISTS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WE INTEND TO NOT ONLY HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THIS SICK, DEPRAVED MONSTER FOR HIS HATRED, HATEFUL ACTS, BUT WE ATTEMPT TO HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROOT OF THAT HATE.

THE PEOPLE WHO CURATE THE HATE.

THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE THE HATE ON WEBSITES AND INTERNET SERVICES AND CABLE NEWS STATIONS.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO RADICALIZE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND ORCHESTRATE HEINOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE, HEINOUS ACTS OF HATE.

>> DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

SHOULD WE BEHOLDING WEBSITES AND COMMENTATORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RADICALIZING PEOPLE?

>> WE NEED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE ECOSYSTEM THAT IS WHITE RACIST CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM.

WE HAVE SEEN IT BE VIOLENT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND JANUARY 6, THIS IS A SWAMP AND IT NEEDS TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO.

MRS.'S POLICE ACTION REQUIRED AND GOVERNMENT ACTION REQUIRED.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES, TOO.

WE CAN TELL THE STORY OF A NATION THAT IS A POT LUCK NATION A NATION THAT REQUIRES DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE SO THE WHOLE COUNTRY CAN FEAST.

WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME IN OUR LITTLE LEAGUES, SCHOOLS, IN OUR AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHERE PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE IDENTITIES AND IDEOLOGIES CAN FORM PARTNERSHIPS AND COOPERATION.

>> SO THAT POINT, HOW CAN PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS OR INTERACTING WITH SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE SO DIFFERENT, HOW DO YOU ADVISE THEY GET INVOLVED?

>> WELL, TAP INTO THE BETTER ANGELS OF THE AMERICAN TRADITION.

READ YOUR ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND BARACK OBAMA A LOT OF THE STORIES IN MY BOOK WE NEED TO BUILD.

THIS IS A REMARKABLE COUNTRY.

WE ARE THE FIRST NATION IN HUMAN HISTORY TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS CAN COME TOGETHER AND BUILD A COUNTRY AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THIS NATION HAVE TOLD THAT STORY AND BUILT THE BIG INSTITUTIONS.

WE NEED TO FIND IT WITHIN OURSELVES TO PLAY OUR ROLE TO BUILD THIS INTERFAITH AMERICA, TO SETUP THE TABLE FOR THE POT LUCK NATION AND I'M TOTALLY CONVINCED AS THE NCCJ DEFEATED THE KKK, THAT THE SPIRIT OF INTERFAITH AMERICA WILL DEFEAT THE UGLINESS THAT IS WHITE, RACIST CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM.

>> EBOO PATEL AT INTERFAITH AMERICA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A NEW CHICAGO WARD MAP.

STAY WITH US.

WITH 43 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 7 AGAINST THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES TO APPROVE A NEW WARD.

16 MAJORITY BRACK WARDS AND 14 LATINO, HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR BEING ANOTHER BACK ROOM POLITICAL INSIDER DEAL.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE NEW MAPS ARE ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE 36TH WARD AND ALDERMAN NICK SPOSATO OF THE 38TH WARD ALSO ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING TIME TO JOIN US.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS YOU PUSHED A COMPETING PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL LATINO MAJORITY WARD, WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS COMPROMISE PROPOSAL TODAY?

>> WELL, THANK YOU PARIS FOR HAVING ME.

I VOTED AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A SUPER JERRY MANNEDDERRED WARD THAT STRETCHES EIGHT MILES, CARVES UP COMMUNITIES.

YOU HAVE WARDS THAT HAVE IN ESSENCE TOOK THEIR COMPETITORS FROM PREVIOUS ELECTIONS AND CARVED THEM OUT.

THIS IS GERRYMANDERING AT ITS WORST.

AND I COULDN'T SUPPORT IT.

I WANTED TO HAVE A COMPROMISE.

I WANTED TO HAVE A COMPROMISE BUT IT DIDN'T WORKOUT.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I JUST WENT AHEAD AND VOTED AGAINST IT.

>> AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW 36TH WARD.

ALDERMAN NICK SPOSATO WAS THIS BACK ROOM DEALS OR A FAIR COMPROMISE?

>> NOT AT ALL, PARIS.

I WAS HERE FOR THE LAST MAP AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST TIME.

THEY DESTROYED ME.

THEY MOVED ME FROM MY FURTHEST NORTHWEST POINT TO MY NEW SOUTHEAST POINT NINE-AND-A-HALF MILES.

AND THE ODDITY IS BOTH TIMES THE 36TH WARD THAT GOT SCREWED AND I DON'T DISPUTE THAT GILL'S WARD IS A TERRIBLE WARD.

BUT IT'S ABOUT COMPROMISE AND COMING INTO THE MAP ROOM AND TALKING AND TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT AND THAT IS WHAT I DID WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

>> I WANT TO BRING UP THAT 36TH WARD, ALDERMAN VILLEGAS WAS THIS ABOUT RETRIBUTION FOR YOU PUSHING A COMPETING PROPOSAL?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I TOLD MY COLLEAGUES AND NOW AFTER THIS INTERVIEW THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD.

UNLESS WE START TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

BUT LOCALLY, THAT WHEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, IT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS JUST THAT.

ADVOCATING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND NOT VIEWED AS GOING AGAINST THE PROCESS SO MUCH AS YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'LL FOLLOWING THE DATA THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO.

I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE SECOND DECADE IN A ROW LATINO POPULATION HAS GROWN AND WITH THE CENSUS REPORTING THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY WAS UNDER COUNTED BY 5.5% ON TOP OF THE GROWTH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATINOS POTENTIALLY BEING CLOSER TO THE 40,000 PLURALITY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

MY JOB AS THE CHAIRMAN WAS TO MAKE SURE WE WERE FOLLOWING THE DATE TAN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ADVOCATE FOR AS MANY WARDS AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND FOLLOW-UP HERE BECAUSE WE HAD ALDERMAN IRVIN WAS WHO SAID IT WAS LATINOS THAT AGREED TO THAT WARD AND THEY WERE SEEKING RETRIBUTION S THERE ANY ACCURACY TO THAT?

>> NO.

I THINK WHAT YOU SAW WAS POLITICS OVER PEOPLE.

WHAT YOU SAW WAS A SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION UNITED WORKING FAMILIES THAT ACTUALLY ENGAGED INTO MY CONGRESSIONAL RACE SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THROW RETRIBUTION BECAUSE I'M RUNNING AGAINST ONE OF THEIR CHOSEN CANDIDATES.

>> YOUR CONGRESSIONAL RACE YOU ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WEIGHED IN THIS RACE TO THE POINT WHERE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WORKING FAMILY ORGANIZATION IN THE MAP ROOM HELPING TO DRAW THE MAP WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.

>> YOU MENTIONED 10 YEARS AGO THEY DREW A DIFFICULT FOR YOU AS RETRIBUTION AGAINST YOU.

WAS THERE A LOT OF THAT GOING ON HERE IN THE DRAWING OF THIS MAP?

>> I DON'T KNOW -- I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST TIME I WAS THE GUY THEY DESTROYED.

BUT THERE WAS NO SAY BY ANYBODY.

I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM ALDERMAN WHO RAN THE MAP SAID SORRY WE DREW YOU OUT OF YOUR WARD AND I WENT ON TO A PROFANITY LACED TIRADE AND HE GERRYMANDERED ME INTO MY WARD.

WITH THE 36TH IT IS A TERRIBLE WARD THE THIRD WORST WARD AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THE 36 IS THE WORST WARD RIGHT NOW.

BUT ALL ABOUT SITTING IN THAT MAP ROOM AND COMPROMISING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HISPANIC CAUCUS WHY THEY TURNED THEIR BACK ON MY GOOD FRIEND WITH THIS, GILL WILL BE MY FRIEND AND IT KILLS ME TO VOTE FOR THIS MAP TO SEE A GOOD FRIEND GET DESTROYED.

BUT 43 PEOPLE FELT IT WAS THE BEST WE COULD GET AND THAT IS HOW WE ENDED UP.

>> ALDERMAN SPOSATO ARE THE RESIDENTS WELL SERVED BY THIS MAP?

MENTIONED ENGLEWOOD ARE CARVED UP INTO FIVE DIFFERENT WARDS?

>> WELL, PARIS, THEY KEEP BRINGING UP ENGLEWOOD FIVE DIFFERENT WARDS.

GILL CAN TELL YOU THAT DUNNING IS FOUR WARDS.

YOU COULD DO THIS ANY PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE AREAS, BUT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT ENGLEWOOD FIVE ALDERMEN PORTAGE PARK HAS FIVE DIFFERENT ALDERMEN.

WHY ARE WE FIXED ON ENGLEWOOD.

>> ANY WARDS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CARVED UP IN MULTIPLE WARDS IS THAT GOOD FOR REPRESENTATION?

>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WE HAVE 50 ALDERMEN AND 77 COMMUNITIES.

THEREFORE THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT REPRESENTED BY TWO, OR FIVE PEOPLE.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IF WE HAD 77 ALDERMEN THEN WE COULD REPRESENT EACH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.

>> QUICKLY BOTH OF YOU WEIGH-IN ON THE CRIME FROM THIS WEEKEND.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM PARK SHOOTING.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS IS THE MAYOR'S PLAN TO INSTITUTE A CURFEW THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> I THINK WE HAVE -- THIS IS FRUSTRATING AS A FATHER OF A 19-YEAR-OLD AND A FATHER OF A 14-YEAR-OLD.

I AM STRICT WITH MY BOYS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT AND CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT WITH ME.

AND MAKING SURE THEY COME HOME AT A REASONABLE TIME.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OUTLET FOR THE YOUTH.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE WHETHER IT BE AT PARKS, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND WE'RE KEEPING THEM ACTIVE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS ARE COMING DOWNTOWN WITH THEIR KIDS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

>> I'M SORRY WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS.

IS THIS THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE.

I SUPPORT THE MOVE.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TRY WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

WE CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

THIS IS A GOOD START AND I SUPPORT IT.

>> OUR THANKS TO ALDERMAN VILLEGAS AND ALDERMAN SPOSATO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND TO READ MORE ABOUT THE VOTE IN CITY COUNCIL, VISIT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... BOEING SCRUTINIZED BY ANOTHER AIRLINE AND MCDONALD'S ANNOUNCES ITS DEPARTURE FROM RUSSIA.

THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> WHAT NEW CHICAGO PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS COULD MEAN FOR YOU AND THE RACE FOR COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR.

>> WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER HAS DION DAWSON TANNED IN RUSSIA FOR MONTHS BUT THERE COULD BE A SIGN OF HOPE.

>> THE CITY'S BURDICK COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A BELOVED PIPING PLOVER.

>> AND MEET THE LOCAL WOMAN WHO FILLS PURSES WITH ESSENTIALS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR WOMEN NEED.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES WHAT IS RECORD SETTING FUNDING FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANNA STRATTON WERE AT ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN WEST TOWN TO ANNOUNCE ILLINOIS HAS RECEIVED $5.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.

THAT PLUS $5.8 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING ADDS UP TO $11.2 FOR ILLINOIS' FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM.

STRATTON REFERENCED THE LEAK TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT COULD OVERTURN ROE VS. WADE.

>> WHAT DO I TELL MY DAUGHTERS IN DANGER OF LOSING RIGHTS THAT I HAD?

I TELL THEM WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.

WE ARE GOING FORWARD.

AND TODAY WE TAKE AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS JOURNEY BY RESTORING NILS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR TITLE 10.

>> ILLINOIS STATE TREASURER MICHAEL FRERICHS SAYS HIS OFFICE RETURNED $1.4 BILLION THAT LANGUISHED IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

THE TREASURER'S OFFICE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY DIVISION HAS NOW PAID OUT $1 MILLION IN CLAIMS SINCE 2015.

EXAMPLES INCLUDE UNCLAIMED PROCEEDS FROM A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OR THE CONTENTS OF A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.

>> WE FIND ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE FIND WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO THEM.

BUT WHEN YOU GO THERE, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

FREQUENTLY UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WILL COME TO US BECAUSE SOMEBODY PASSED AWAY AND THEY DIDN'T TELL THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS AND MONEY WAS STORED.

>> ROUTE 66 IS GETTING AN ELECTRICAL UPGRADE.

THE HIGHWAY THAT BEGINS IN CHICAGO WILL BE THE BENEFICIARY OF $4 MILLION IN STATE GRANTS FOR TOURISM TO MODERNIZE ATTACKIONS ALONG THE 300 MILES OF THE HIGHWAY THAT RUN THROUGH ILLINOIS INCLUDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGES STATIONS.

>> AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS WITH SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> MCDONALD'S IS DEARCHING IN RUSSIA AND LEAVING THE COUNTRY AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

AS THE BABY FORMULA CRISIS DEEPENS A CONGRESSMAN IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON ABBOTT LABS AND BOEING LEADERSHIP FACES CRITICISM FROM AN IRELAND BASED AIRLINE.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

MCDONALD'S IS LEAVING THEIR OPERATION IN RUSSIA AFTER 30 YEARS.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND THE SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DECISION.

>> WELL, IN SOME WAYS THE SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE IS GREATER THAN THE ECONOMIC.

THE COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE-OFF $1.2 BILLION DOLLARS IN COSTS IN ORDER TO UNLOAD THESE 850 COMPANY-OWNED STORES IN RUSSIA.

SPEAKING ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF THE LEDGER IS THE FACT THAT RUSH IS ONE OF MCDONALD'S LARGEST OVERSEAS MARKETS.

NOT BEEN A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO 9% OF TOTAL REVENUE.

BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND REALLY POPULAR MARKETS.

TO PEOPLE IN RUSSIA LIKE MCDONALD'S.

ON THE SYMBOLIC SIDE THIS IS A BLOW TO MCDONALD'S WHICH WORKED FOR 14 YEARS BEFORE THEY OPENED THE FIRST STORE IN MOSS COULD YOU BACK IN 1990.

THIS WAS A LONG-TERM PROJECT AND THEY WERE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE THERE.

HARD TO IMAGINE HOW RELATIONS CAN BE NORMALIZED AGAIN TO ALLOW FOR REOPENING.

>> BILLION DOLLAR PLUS WRITE OFF IS NO SMALL AMOUNT.

REPRESENTATIVE RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI WROTE TO INFANT FORMULA PRODUCER ABBOTT ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN, WHAT DOES THIS LETTER CHARGE?

>> THE LETTER IS DEMANDING ANSWERS TO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ABBOTT IN PARTICULAR.

HOW LONG DID THEY KNOW ABOUT CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS AT THEIR KEY MANUFACTURING PLANT IN STURGIS MICHIGAN AND WHAT DID THEY DO TO REMEDY THE PROBLEMS?

WHAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH AS CONGRESS SHARPENS THE TOW DISCUSS ON ABBOTT LABS IS WHETHER CONGRESS WILL TAKE AIM AT THE F.D.A.

WHICH A LOT OF REPORTING INDICATES HAS BEEN SLOW ON THE UPTAKE TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARGES OF CONTAMINATION AT THIS PLANT.

THE SHUTDOWN OF THIS PLANT CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO THE INFANT FORMULA SHORTAGE WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING.

TODAY ABBOTT ANNOUNCED THEY DO HAVE A DEAL WITH THE F.D.A.

TO TAKE STEPS TO REOPEN THAT PLANT HOPEFULLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> AND THE C.E.O.

OF RYANAIR, AN IRISH BASED AIRLINES SAID BJORK EXECUTIVES ARE RUNNING AROUND LIKE HEADLESS CHICKENS.

OUCH!

WHAT SMASHING R SPARKED THIS CRITICISM.

>> THE C.E.O.

OF RYANAIR HE IS FAMOUS IN BUSINESS CIRCLES FOR CALLING THEM LIKE HE SEES THEM.

HE HAS BEEN UNHAPPY WITH BOEING'S ABILITY TO DELIVER ON ORDERS RYANAIR PLACED FOR SKBRETS.

AND TODAY AT AN EARNINGS CALL HE UNLOADED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE HAD TO SAY HE WAS SKEPTICAL THAT BOEING'S PLANS TO MOVE FROM CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON D.C. WAS GOING TO DO MUCH TO HELP THE COMPANY GET ARMS AROUND THE PRODUCTION PROBLEMS.

HERE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THEY HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS HE CALLED FOR A MANAGEMENT SHAKE UP.

ANN DWYER AT CRAIN'S THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND WHY THE NEXT ROUND OF PROPERTY TAX BILLS COULD BE SMALLER.

>> PARIS?

>> THANKS.

IF YOU ARE A CHICAGO HOMEOWNER NEW PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT.

COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR FRITZ KAEGI ANNOUNCES HE IS FINISHED REASSESSING THE VALUE OF EVERY PROPERTY IN CHICAGO AND THE RESULTS COULD MEAN CHANGES TO THE WAY THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX BURDEN IS CARVED UP GIVING HOMEOWNERS A BREAK WHEN IT'S TIME TO PAY THEIR TAX BILLS.

HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT THE DATA COULD MEAN FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND FRITZ KAEGI'S BID FOR REELECTION.

EVERY THREE YEARS THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAVE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WHAT DID FRITZ KAEGI'S ASSESSMENT FIND?

>> OVERALL, THE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTIES IN CHICAGO INCREASED 31% AND THAT IS NEARLY TWICE AS FAST AS THE INCREASE CHICAGO SAW BETWEEN 2015-2018, THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED.

NOW, THAT INCREASE IS BEING FUELED BY AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN CHICAGO.

AND THAT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HOW THE COUNTY'S TAX BURDEN IS CARVED UP, PUSHING THAT BURDEN MORE ON TO COMMERCIAL AND PERHAPS SPARING HOMEOWNERS FROM DOUBLE-DIGIT INCREASES.

>> WE SAW THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THEY WENT UP FIVE TIMES THE RATE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

WHY THE BIG GAP THERE?

>> THERE ARE TWO MAIN REASONS: ONE, CHICAGO'S REAL ESTATE MARKET AND SPECIFICALLY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET IS RED HOT.

WE HAVE SEEN THE HEADLINES ABOUT BIG TICKET SALES DOWNTOWN AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

THE OTHER PART IS THE FACT THAT FRITZ KAEGI HAD TO SCRAP THE OLD SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES THAT WAS IN PLACE UNDER JOE BERRIOS BECAUSE WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE HE FOUND IT WAS NOT TIED TO ANY DATA OR ANYTHING THAT WAS OBJECTIVE.

THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK AT CHICAGO'S PROPERTY USING THAT NEW SYSTEM AND INDICATIONGY TOLD ME IT PROVES THE OLD SYSTEM WAS INEFFECTIVE AND MISLEADING AND HE CONSIDERS THE DATA PROOF OF A PROMISE TO COOK COUNTY VORRERS.

>> MULTIPLE REPORTS FOUND THAT THAT OLD SYSTEM WAS REGRESSIVE AND HIT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES MUCH WORSE.

THESE PROPERTY VALUES ARE THERE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE HOTTER THAN OTHER AREAS?

>> WELL, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THE LOOP AND THE WEST LOOP HAVE THE FASTEST GROWING SHARE OF THAT INCREASE IN CHICAGO PROPERTY VALUES.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT WHEN THAT PROPERTY TAX BURDEN SHIFTS FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IT WILL LEAVE NEIGHBORHOODS PAYING A LITTLE BIT LESS AT LEAST ACCORDING THE ASSESSMENTS.

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS YET TO BE DONE.

BUT THIS FRITZ KAEGI GOOD NEWS IS GOOD FOR PROPERTY HOMEOWNERS.

>> AND THIS COMES AS FRITZ KAEGI IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONTESTED PRIMARY REELECTION BETWEEN HE AND THE METROPOLITIAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT'S CARRY STEEL HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO THE CAMPAIGN?

>> WELL, FRITZ KAEGI HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO CRITICISM FROM CHICAGO'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY THEY HAVE VOICED CRITICISM THE CHANGES COULD TANK CHICAGO'S ECONOMY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR NEW INVESTMENT TO COME TO CHICAGO.

FRITZ KAEGI SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT AND THIS NEW DATA TA TO GIVE AN OPENING TO SAY LOOK HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

ON THE OTHER HAND FRITZ KAEGI WILL FACE VOTERS IN 45 DAYS AND MANY ARE PROPERTY OWNERS HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT RELIEF FROM THE BIG TAX BILLS.

AND THIS COULD GIVE HIM AN OPENING TO SAY LOOK, I MADE THE CHANGES THEY ARE WORKING.

I SHOULD SAY THAT I REACHED TOUT TO KERRY STEEL'S CAMPAIGN FOR REACTION AND I HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK.

>> HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU FOR BREAKING IT DOWN.

THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER HAS BEEN STUCK IN RUSSIAN CUSTODY SINCE BEFORE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE HER PRETRIAL DETENTION WAS EXTENDED 30 DAYS A SIGN SOME ARE SAYING COULD PROVIDE A GLIMMER OF HOPE.

GRINER WAS DETAINED IN FEBRUARY FOR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING HASHISH OIL IN HER LUGGAGE AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS SHE IS BEING WRONGFULLY DETAINED.

AND JOINING US IS ESPN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER T.J. QUINN WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR CASE CLOSELY.

T.J. QUINN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IF YOU COULD FIRST REMIND US WHO BRITTNEY GRINER IS AND HOW SHE CAME TO BE IN CUSTODY IN RUSSIA.

>> BRITTNEY GRINER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL.

CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GREATEST IN THE WNBA.

SHE IS NOT JUST ACCOMPLISHED SHE STANDS OUT.

SHE IS 6'9".

SHE DUNKS, AND DOMINATES ON DEFENSE BUT LIKE MOST WNBA PLAYERS SHE MAKES A LOT LESS MONEY IN THE WNBA THAN SHE CAN OVERSEAS.

WHAT A NUMBER OF TOP PLAYERS HAVE DONE ONCE THE WNBA SEASON FINISHES WHEN SHE MAKES $230,000 A YEAR SHE HAS BEEN GOING TO RUSSIA TO PLAY FOR A TEAM OWNED BY A OLIGARCH MAKING A MILLION.

WHEN SHE ENTERED THE COUNTRY TO JOIN THAT TEAM, SHE WAS PULLED OUT OF LINE IN CUSTOMS, RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE NOT TECHNICALLY CHARGED HER BUT THAT IS WHY SHE'S BEING HELD.

>> AND THIS NEWS THAT HER DETENTION IS EXTENDED 30 DAYS, WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT?

>> NOT A LOT.

UNDER RUSSIAN LAW YOU COULD K HOLD SOMEONE PRETRIAL FOR UP TO A YEAR AND THE EXPERTS EXPECTED THEM TO KEEP KICK TO GO DOWN THE ROAD.

WHAT STOOD OUT IS THE TIMING.

A WEEK AHEAD WHEN IT WAS SCHEDULED THEY BROUGHT HER INTO COURT AND THAT SAME DAY THE RUSSIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY HAD A STORY QUOTING A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAYING THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE DEAL TO BE MADE SWAPPING BRITTNEY GRINER FOR A RUSSIAN MAN WHO HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY IN THE U.S. 25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR FINANCING TERRORISM.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THAT DEAL MIGHT HAPPEN.

THAT SAME ARTICLE ALSO HAD DENIABILITY FROM ANOTHER RUSSIAN OFFICIAL BUT IT WAS A CLEAR SIGNIFICANT THAT WE'RE BRINGING HER FOR THE MEDIA TO SEE.

SHE WAS BROUGHT OUT IN HANDCUFFS ON CAMERA IN COURT.

THE ARTICLE WAS RELEASED.

IT WAS EVERYONE SAID IT IS A CLEAR CLASSIC EFFORT BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO CREATE PRESSURE ON THE U.S. TO CUT A DEAL.

>> AND DO YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE BACK CHANNEL DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS BY THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AND RUSSIA TO DO THAT?

I'VE READ AT PEELS TO GET BRITTNEY GRINER OUT HAVE BEEN LOW KEY SO AS NOT TO FURTHER INFLAME THE RUSSIANS?

>> WHEN SHE WAS FIRST IN CUSTODY SHE WAS -- THE STATE DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS TASK WAS THE OFFICE KEEPING AN EYE ON HER LIKE ANY AMERICAN ARRESTED OVERSEES BUT THEY MADE THE MOVE A WEEK-AND-A-HALF AGO TO DLE CLAIRE HER -- DECLARE HER AS BEING WRONGFULLY DETAINED AND THAT MOVES TO THE PRESIDENT'S ENVOY FOR HOSTAGE AFFAIRS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT.

IT SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NO LONGER IS WAITING TO SEE IF THERE'S LEGITIMACY TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

THEY THINK SHE IS THERE WRONGFULLY NOT THE SAME AS BEING A HOSTAGE.

THEY LEGALLY THAT IS NOT WHAT SHE IS RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT MEANS THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVEMENT FORMER U.S.

AMBASSADOR RICHARDSON HE AGREED TO REPRESENT HER AS WELL.

>> AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CONDITIONS SHE FACES THERE?

WE CAME OUT AS A LESBIAN.

SHE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO SAY THE LEAST DON'T TOLERATE VERY WELL.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A BIG DEAL.

VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS POSITIONED HIMSELF AS THE VANGUARD OF OLD SCHOOL WHITE EUROPEAN CULTURE AND TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DEMOCRACY AND WHAT PEOPLE LIKE BRITTNEY GRINER REPRESENT.

THE PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE SAID THAT THE REPORTS ARE SEE IS IN GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING.

NO ONE IS GOING TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE AFTER BEING IN A RUSSIAN PRISON FOR 80 DAYS.

THEY WERE CONCERNED HOW SHE WOULD BE TREATED AND WHAT NATIONAL SYMBOL SHE COULD BECOME IN RUSSIA.

PGH SO FAR THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY THEY WANT TO GET HER OUT.

>> IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT RUSSIAN OFFICIALS PLANTED THAT HASHISH OIL OR THE VAPE PEN AND THEY DELIBERATELY TARGETED HER TO HAVE LEVERAGE?

>> THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

I MEAN THERE WAS A RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS PICKED UP BY AUTHORITIES HIS LAWYER WAS SCREAMING AT HIS WIFE OVER THE PHONE DON'T LET HIS SUITCASE OUT OF YOUR SIGHT.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WITH BRITTNEY GRINER.

THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED ANY EVIDENCE.

HER CAMP HAS NOT SAID EITHER WAY.

THEY HAVE NOT FLAT OUT DENIED IT.

BUT REALLY IN THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IF PROSECUTORS SAY SHE DID FOR ALL PURPOSES SHE DID.

THEY WILL NEGOTIATE ANYWAY.

>> IT'S HARD TO BEAT THE STATE THERE.

THE ONGOING WAR HERE AND THE TENSIONS AND THE U.S. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THIS CASE OR IS THIS JUST ALL ABOUT GAINING LEVERAGE FOR A PRISONER SWAP?

>> WELL, THE FEAR WAS THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION.

BUT WHEN TWO WEEKS AGO AMERICAN TREVOR REEVED FORMER U.S. MARINE CHARGED WITH HITTING A COP WHEN HE SUDDENLY CAME HOME IT WAS A THE BEST NEWS THE FAMILY HAD HEARD OR ANY SUPPORTER HAD HEARD IT MEANT THERE WAS A DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL OPEN.

DESPITE THE WAR, THE LEAST THEY KNOW THEY CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS A DEAL CAN BE MADE.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER AMERICAN PAUL WEE LAND THERE FOR THREE YEARS HE HAS JOHN NOTHDURFT COME HOME YET EITHER.

>> WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT WEEKS IN THIS CASE?

>> IT'S HARD TO SAY.

FOR THE MOST PART THE PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO AT STATE SAYS HERE IS WHERE WE GO TO WORK AND WE TRY TO DO OUR JOBS.

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WHEN HER FAMILY KNOWS WHEN SHE IS COMING HOME.

T.J. QUINN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE APPRECIATE IT.

UP NEXT, BURDICKS IN CHICAGOANS PLAY TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED FEATHERED FRIEND SO THEY WITH US.

>> CHICAGO'S BIRDING COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A BELOVED PIPING PLOVER.

THE PLOVER KNOWN AS MONTY DIED FRIDAY.

BIRDERS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS ROMANCE WITH ROSE AT MONTROSE BEACH FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

THAT ROMANCE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE ENDANGERED BIRDS AND CAPTURING MANY RESIDENTS' HEARTS IN THE PROCESS.

AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE JOURNEY OF MONTY AND ROSE.

AND SHE JOINS US WITH MORE.

PATTY WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MONTY'S DEATH?

>> YES.

SO MONITORS HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON MONTY EVER SINCE HE FLEW BACK ONE OF HIS EPIC MIGRATORY FLIGHTS IN LATE APRIL.

AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THEY SAW HIM KIND OF STUMBLING AROUND THE DUNE AREA THE PROTECTED DUNE AREA AND AT ONE POINT HE FELL OVER FOR THE LAST TIME.

AND THEN HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN TO LINCOLN PARK ZOO WHERE OFFICIALS TELL ME THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON TEST RESULTS TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

>> HOW IS CHICAGO'S BIRDING COMMUNITY REACTING TO THIS NEWS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE BIRDING COMMUNITY.

IT'S ADMIRERS OF THE BIRDS GLOBALLY.

AND THE REACTION HAS BEEN A MIX OF PROFOUND SADNESS AND ALSO GRATITUDE.

FOR SO MANY PEOPLE MONTY AND ROSE AND THEIR STORY HAS BEEN SUCH A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF DARK YEARS.

AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CHICAGO, THE BIRDS AND THE WAY THE CITY RALLIED AROUND THEM REPRESENTED SO MUCH HOPE IN THE BEST OF WHAT CHICAGO CAN BE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THESE ARE WILD ANIMALS AND NATURE IS SO TRANSIENT AND PRECARIOUS THAT WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO EXPERIENCE THEM AS LONG AS WE DID.

IN SO MANY WAYS.

>> WE KNOW MONTY RETURNED TO CHICAGO IN LATE APRIL.

HIS TRIP IS FROM TEXAS?

AND THERE WERE EXPECTATIONS THAT ROSE WOULD NOT BE FAR BEHIND.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ROSE'S WHEREABOUTS AND OTHER PLOVERS IN THE AREA?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THE THINKING THAT ROSE IS GOING TO ARRIVE AT SOME POINT IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S DIMINISHING A HOPE FOR THAT IS DIMINISHING.

SHE HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN QUITE SOMETIME.

AND ONE OF THEIR OFFSPRING WHO MADE HEADLINES IN OHIO LAST YEAR I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS RETURNED TO HIS BREEDING GROUNDS YET EITHER.

A LOT OF PLOVERS WERE ON THE MOVE LATE BECAUSE WE HAD NOT A GREAT SPRING.

BUT I'VE RECENTLY SEEN THAT THE GREAT LAKES PLOVER MONITORS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY'VE SEEN MULTIPLE NESTS.

SO THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR PLOVERS OVERALL.

JUST NOT SO MUCH GOOD NEWS HERE IN CHICAGO.

>> AND MONTY AND ROSE THEY LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY WITH THE BIRDING COMMUNITY.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, FOR STARTERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM ON THIS SHOW AND WHO WOULD HAVE HEARD OF PIPING PLOVERS FIVE YEARS AGO?

FOR THEM TO BE IN AN URBAN BEACH LIKE CHICAGO THAT RAISED GLOBAL AWARENESS OF THESE BIRDS AND IT REALLY BROUGHT CONSERVATION TO THE FOREFRONT IN CHICAGO AND THE NATURAL AREAS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

NOT JUST GREEN PARK SPACES FOR US TO PLAY BALL ON BUT NATURAL AREAS THAT CAN SUPPORT ENDANGERED WILDLIFE.

AND THAT'S SO EXCITING FOR CONSERVATIONISTS WHO ARE NOW WAITING FOR THE NEXT PLOVERS TO COME.

>> AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES WHAT MIGHT BE CHICKS.

MIGHT HAVE HATCHED.

MAY MONTY REST IN PEACE.

PATTY WETLI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS.

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

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> MONTY CERTAINLY LEFT A LEGACY.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED HOUSING INSECURITY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVEN LEAVING WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH THOSE ISSUES WITH VIRTUALLY NO RESOURCES TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THE PANDEMIC SPARKED AN IDEA FOR LOCAL WOMAN MARIA CASTRO SHE FOUND A WAY TO GET EVERYDAY NECESSITIES AND A TOUCH OF INSPIRATION TO WOMEN IN NEED.

AND SHE IS HELPING PUT LOVE ON THE SHOULDERS OF WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THAT STORY.

>> I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT BEFORE WE WALKOUT THE DOOR, WE GRAB OUR PURSE.

>> FOR MANY WOMEN, A PURSE IS MORE THAN WHERE THEY CARRY THEIR WALLET AND KEYS IT IS A LIFE KIT.

>> IN THAT PURSE IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM YOUR KIDS' PHOTOS.

MAYBE A TRINKET THEY GAVE YOU.

A ROSARY.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF DANGER AND YOU RUN OUT, YOU HAVE NOTHING, HOW DO YOU PICK UP THE PIECES?

HOW DO YOU GET BACK THAT PURSE THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO YOU?

>> MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THE CHAT WITH A FRIEND SENT MARIA CASTRO ON AN ERRAND THAT TURNED INTO A MOVEMENT.

>> A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE IS A FOUNDER OF A SAVE HAVEN IT IS A MODEL TO HELP ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS.

>> DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW ARE THINGS GOING AND WHAT IS GOING ON?

AND SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TOILETRIES THAT THE WOMEN COULD INDIVIDUALLY HAVE BECAUSE THEY COULD NO LONGER SHARE.

SHE WAS KIND OF IN A QUANDARY AND SAID LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT.

>> CASTRO'S SOLUTION WAS SIMPLE TO GET THE ITEMS TO A SAFE HAVEN SHE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THE TOILETRIES HERSELF.

SURROUNDED BY SHOPPING BAGS INSPIRATION STRUCK.

>> I THOUGHT I CAN'T GIVE A WOMAN A PLASTIC BAG FILLED WITH THE TOILETRIES.

SO I DECIDED TO GO ON TO AMION I ORDERED PURSES I WROTE A NOTE OF INSPIRATION PUT ONE IN EACH OF THE PURSES AND IT DONNED ON ME IT'S FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE FROM ME TO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO RECEIVE THIS.

IT IS A LOVE PURSE.

YOU.

>> I IMMEDIATELY EMBRACED IT AND LOVED IT TO THE WOMEN THAT ARE HERE AT SAFE HAVEN.

THEY ARE HERE SOME DUE TO JOB LOSS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOME COMING OUT OF PRISON AND MILITARY VETERANS ARE HERE.

AND THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY GOT A PURSE FILLED WITH ALL THESE AMAZING ESSENTIALS.

I THINK IS TRULY LIVES UP TO THE NAME.

IT'S LOVE.

>> THAT'S WHEN CASTRO REALIZED DONATING PURSES FILLED WITH NOT JUST NECESSITIES BUT ENCOURAGEMENT IS A MISSION THAT ANYONE WANTING TO HELP WOMEN IN NEED COULD CARRY OUT.

>> I PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FLOODGATES OPENED.

I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THIS IS GREAT.

IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY COULD DO SO EASILY AND IT WASN'T THAT COSTLY.

>> SOON THE IDEA TOOK OFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE.

VOLUNTEERS CASTRO CALLS LOVE PURSE'S ANGEL AMBASSADORS HOLD PURSE STUFFING PARTIES AND DELIVER THEM IN THEIR AREAS.

>> I HAD PEOPLE FROM CANADA, ONTARIO THAT SAID CAN WE DO THIS HERE?

OF COURSE.

MEXICO, PUERTO RICO.

AND WE SENT SOME TO UKRAINE RECENTLY.

>> LOCALLY, LOVE PURSE PARTNERS WITH METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES AND IMAGEDY LYNN HOUSE CHICAGO FOR SEWER SHRIVERS OF -- SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

FOR WOMEN THE PURSES CARRY SPECIAL MEANING.

>> WE PROVIDE THE HOME FOR THEM AND THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO FUNCTION AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD FOR YEARS PERHAPS OR IF EVER.

SOMETHING THAT IS PERSONAL.

SOMETHING THAT IS THEIR'S THAT IS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL TO THEM.

>> ONE YEAR AND 6,000 DONATED PURSES LATER CASTRO SAYS THE FLOOD OF HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT LOVE PURSE CONTINUES TO RECEIVE FILLS HER WITH THE DESIRE TO KEEP THIS MISSION GOING.

>> LIKE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP AS MANY WOMEN AS WE CAN.

THE NEED IS THERE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S NEVER A LACK OF DONATIONS OR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP.

IT PROVES TO ME THAT THERE'S SO MUCH KINDNESS AND SO MUCH GOOD OUT THERE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND CAN YOU FIND MORE INFORMATION ON LOVE PURSE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> AND A PREVIEW OF THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG WHERE YOU GUESSED IT, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.

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

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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