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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> ONE HOMICIDE IS ONE TOO MANY.

>> WHY IS CHICAGO SEEING MORE VIOLENCE THAN IT DID IN 2020?

HOW SOME GROUPS ARE WORKING TOWARD ANTIVIOLENCE SOLUTIONS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF GAPS.

>> MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO RENT RELIEF IN ILLINOIS BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO STAVE OFF A RUSH OF EVICTIONS?

THE BUDGET PENSION FIXES AND ETHICS, STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE TWO WEEKS TO HAMMER OUT BIG ISSUES.

WE'LL HEAR FROM 4 OF THEM.

THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO HEAR A MAJOR ABORTION CASE THAT COULD THREATEN ROE V. WADE AND WE LOOK AT THAT CASE AND OTHERS BEFORE THE COURT.

AS DAYCARES REOPEN ARE KIDS COMING BACK?

WE CHECK IN ON CHILDCARE IN ILLINOIS.

>> I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND STANDING IN THE HOME OF THE JACKSON 5.

WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY LATER ON TONIGHT.

>> WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

FULLY VACCINATED CHICAGOANS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK IN MOST INSTANCES BRINGING THE CITY IN LINE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE.

THIS COMING TODAY FROM CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER Dr. ALLISON ARWADY.

MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED IN HEALTHCARE AND CONGREGATE SETTINGS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT AND IN CITY BUILDINGS.

>> WE CONTINUE TO STRONGLY ADVISE, THOUGH NOT REQUIRE, MASKING POLICIES FOR ALL INDOOR SETTINGS IN CHICAGO UNTIL COVID CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED AND WE ARE IN PHASE 5.

THIS ADVISORY APPLIES TO ANY SETTING THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CHECK VACCINATION STATUS AND OR WHERE EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS OR ATTENDEES ARE NOT ALL KNOWN TORE VACCINATED.

>> STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE 1500 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING 21 DEATHS.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COVID CASES IS MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION WITH 22,466 DEATHS.

AND THE STATE'S POSITIVITY RATE IS NOW DOWN TO 2.8%.

>> THAT MEANS LOLLAPALOOZA IS OFFICIALLY BACK!

THE FOUR-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL RUN JULY 29-AUGUST FIRST IN GRANT PARK WITHOUT CAPACITY LIMITS.

BUT ATTENDEES WILL HAVE TO BE FULLY VACCINATED OR SHOW PROOF OF A NEGATIVE COVID TEST IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THE LINEUP OF BANDS IS SET TO BE RELEASED AT 10:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

>> AND NAVY PIER ANNOUNCES ITS REOPENING TARGETED FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND THAT TOURIST DESTINATION AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING IS FRIDAY THE 28TH WITH THE RETURN OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT FIREWORKS.

THE PIER'S OUTDOOR SPACES BEGAN OPENING LAST MONTH.

INDOOR SPACE ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THURSDAY.

>> AND THE CITY SAYS LOCATIONS FOR ITS CHICAGO AL FRESCO EFFORT AN EXPANSION OF THE POPULAR OUTDOOR DINING PROGRAM 15 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE CITY WERE CHOSEN AS PARTNERS AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE GRANT MONEY TO TRANSFORM STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC SPACES TO ALLOW FOR DINING, PERFORMANCES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

>> WELL, CHICAGO IS SEEING MORE VIOLENCE THAN IT DID IN 2020 ALTHOUGH HOMICIDES HAVE TAILED OFF RECENTLY AFTER A SPIKE EARLIER THIS YEAR.

JUST LAST WEEKEND MORE THAN 48 PEOPLE WERE SHOT, INCLUDING A TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL, A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY, AND TWO CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS.

AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS AROUND THE CORNER WHICH IS A NOTORIOUSLY VIOLENT TIME IN THE CITY.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS IS BENNETH LEE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS ININSTRUCTOR AT NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND COFOUNDER OF THE EMPOWERMENT FOR THE FORMERLY INCARS RAISED AND A FORMER GANG MEMBER.

AND CIERA BATES-CHAMBERLAIN, WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS THIS YEAR, SOME CATEGORIES OF CRIME ARE DOWN BUT MURDER IS UP 22% FROM LAST YEAR.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAUSE VIOLENCE IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD ATTRIBUT A SPIKE THIS YEAR TO?

>> I WILL SAY ONE WE KNOW THE CAUSE OF VIOLENCE, RACISM, POVERTY AND NEGLECT.

BUT WITH COVID-19 WE KNOW THAT LIKE BLACK COMMUNITIES WERE REALLY HIT DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT BY COVID-19 SO THE TRAUMA OF THAT WAS PUT ON BLACK COMMUNITIES THROUGH COVID-19 JUST EXACERBATED THE GUN VIOLENCE.

AND NOT ONLY JUST THE TRAUMA BUT AGAIN WHEN YOU ARE CONTINUALLY NEGLECTING COMMUNITIES THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COPE THROUGH OTHER PANDEMICS, THIS WAS A SOMETHING JUST WAITING TO COLLIDE.

I WILL ATTRIBUT ALL OF THOSE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO WHY VIOLENCE INCREASED.

>> AND BENNETH LEE WE'VE HEARD REPORTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT RETALIATORY SHOOTINGS.

WE HAVE KIDS GETTING SHOT.

AS YOUNG AS INFANTS GETTING CAUGHT UP IN CROSSFIRE.

DO YOU SEE THIS AS MOSTLY GANG ACTIVITY?

OR INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITY?

>> MOSTLY INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITY.

YOU MAY HAVE A GUY THAT IS PART OF A STREET GANG BUT HAVE A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

AND THEN HE RETALIATES MIGHT COME OUT BECAUSE THE PERSON WAS GANG AFFILIATED THEY SAY IT'S GANG-RELATED.

I DON'T THINK THESE ARE SHOOTINGS THAT A GANG SAME TOGETHER AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND MOVE TOGETHER.

IT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO TO ANOTHER PERSON AND SAY I NEED TO TALK WITH YOU, LET'S WORK THIS OUT.

EVERYBODY AFRAID OF EACH OTHER.

I AM AFRAID OF WHAT THE NEXT MAN MIGHT DO SO I WILL DO IT BEFORE THEY DO IT TO ME.

AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COMMUNICATE.

MORE INDIVIDUAL VERSUS GANGS DOING THE SHOOTINGS.

>> RIGHT YOU WERE ON THE SHOW SAYING THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE MORE NOW THAN IN YEARS PRIOR.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE YESTERDAY.

>> SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PROCEED WITH ALL HANDS ON DECK DURING THE PEAK HOURS WHEN ALL OF WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN.

THINK ABOUT THE LAST GLOBAL PANDEMIC WE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY.

WHAT FOLLOWED WAS THE ROARING 20s.

AND YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ F SCOTT FITZGERALD'S THE GREAT GATSBY.

ALL THAT EMERGENCY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED EXPLODES WITH PEOPLE BEING OUT AND MORE PEOPLE BEING ACTIVE IN THE OUTDOORS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.

>> A LOT OF FOLKS WARY OF THE COMING SUMMER MONTHS.

CIERA BATES-CHAMBERLAIN THE MAYOR SAID THERE WOULD BE 200,000 OPPORTUNITIES SUMMER JOBS OR RECREATION FOR YOUTH.

DO YOU THINK THAT IS ENOUGH TO TAMP DOWN WHAT TYPICALLY IS A SPIKE IN VIOLENCE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AS KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL?

>> NO.

THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

IT WASN'T ENOUGH IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN WE HEARD HE NAMED THE NUMBERS WHERE WE'RE UP 22% IN HOMICIDES IN SHOOTINGS, AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE.

DOING THE BARE MINIMUM OR BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THERE MUST BE A LARGER INVESTMENT AND WE KNOW THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENT ITSELF ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS WHERE THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE TO INVEST IN STREET OUTREACH, HOSPITAL BASED INTERVENTION, TRAUMA SERVICES, SERVICES WITH BLACK AND BROWN CLINICIANS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE A SERIOUS INVESTMENT IN REDUCING VIOLENCE IN THIS CRITICAL MOMENT.

>> ALL THOSE WRAP AROUND SERVICES NOT JUST JOBS OR RECREATION BUT MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND BENNETH LEE THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU DO.

THE U OF C CRIME LAB PUT OUT A REPORT SAYING MORE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING FIREARMS.

THAN YEARS PAST IT KEEPS GOING UP.

DOES THAT SQUARE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING MORE PEOPLE IN POSSESSION OF WEAPONS?

>> YES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO LEGITIMATELY GET A FORD CARD OR GET CONCEAL CARRY BUT THEY CARRY THE GUN THE SAME REASON WHY A REGULAR CITIZEN WILL CARRY A GUN PROTECT THEMSELVES AFRAID THEY MAY GET VICTIMIZED.

YOU GOT THE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING THE GUNS ILLEGAL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LEGALLY GET A FOID CARD BUT WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT WITH A GUN, THEY GET PENALIZED.

THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE WORKING GOD FEARING PEOPLE IS AFRAID.

THEY ARE GETTING GUNS TO CARRY.

SO IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY ARE THE TARGET BECAUSE THEIR PEERS ARE GETTING SHOT AND PEERS ARE DOING THE SHOOTING.

SO THEY ARE MORE AFRAID THAN THE REGULAR CITIZEN SO THEY ARE GETTING THE GUNS.

>> REVEREND CIERA BATES-CHAMBERLAIN DO YOU HEAR THAT THAT THEY ARE AFRAID AND FEEL THEY NEED TO ARM TO JUST STAY ALIVE SOMETIMES?

>> I MEAN, I HEAR THAT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE AND I HEAR THAT FROM ADULTS.

I MEAN WE KNOW THAT FROM THE COVID NUMBERS THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN GUN SALES AND AMMUNITION.

YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY FLOODED WITH FIREARMS AND THERE IS FOLKS FEEL UNSAFE.

IF EVERYDAY PEOPLE WERE GOING OUT AND PURCHASE CHATSING FIREARMS, WHY ARE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES SCRUTINIZED AND FEELING UNSAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

>> WE MENTIONED MEMORIAL CAN BE A VIOLENT WEEKEND AS ARE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS IN THE SUMMER.

WE HEAR ABOUT POLICE STRATEGIES BUT THEY NEVER SEEM TO DO ANYTHING.

IS THERE ANY STRATEGY THAT CAN TAMP DOWN A VIOLENT WEEKEND OR IS THIS GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING UNTIL THE BROADER ISSUES ARE SOLVED?

>> I THINK WE PUT TOO MUCH ON THE POLICE TO CALM THIS DOWN.

THIS HAS TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE FAMILIES, BROTHERS GOT THESE RELATIONSHIPS LIKE MYSELF, THAT YOU MENTOR I WAS A FORMER GANG LEADER.

I DO MY PART GOING BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I COME FROM AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LITTLE BROTHERS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MORE THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER IT WILL BE HARDER TO SHOOT EACH OTHER AND MORE APT TO WORK THINGS OUT.

IT HAS TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY WE CAN'T PUT IT ALL ON THE POLICE.

>> THANK YOU.

THANKS TO BENNETH LEE AND REVEREND CIERA BATES-CHAMBERLAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> FOR 14 MONTHS THERE'S BEEN A BAN ON EVICTIONS HERE IN ILLINOIS AND THAT IS SET TO CHANGE LATER THIS SUMMER.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FOR A LOOK AT HOUSING IN THE PANDEMIC'S QUOTE-UNQUOTE BRIDGE PHASE.

WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?

>> WELL, PARIS THAT BAN ON EVICTIONS HAS TAKEN VARIOUS FORMS FROM A TOTAL PROHIBITION TO NOW WHERE EVICTIONS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN THE STRICTEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE WHEN A JUDGE DEEMS SOMEBODY TO BE A DANGEROUS THREAT.

>> SO THERE ARE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS TO THE MORATORIUM.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHILE THE MORATORIUM PREVENTED EVICTIONS WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S REALLY PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, IT HAS NOT RELIEVED TENANTS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THE RENT THAT HAS BEEN ACCRUING.

THEY STILL HAVE THAT DEBT.

>> LAWRENCE WOOD IS AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LEGAL AID CHICAGO'S HOUSING PRACTICE GROUP AND HE SAYS THAT A NEW STATE PROGRAM IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY THERE.

ILLINOIS IS GOING TO SPEND $1.5 BILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY TO PAYBACK RENT OWED BY RESIDENTS OF LIMITED MEANS, PRIORITY TO THOSE UNEMPLOYED AND THEIR LANDLORDS APPLY ON THE LINE AND THE MONEY GOES STRAIGHT TO THE LANDLORDS.

MICHAEL MINI REPRESENTS CHICAGOLAND R LANDLORDS AND SAYS THAT IS GOING TO HELP TO PREVENT A HUGE WAVE OF EVICTIONS ONCE THAT MORATORIUM IS LIFTED.

>> WE REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE THIS WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TSUNAMI OF EVICTIONS ONCE THE MORATORIUM ENDS.

>> BUT WOOD SAID THIS PROGRAM HAS LIMITATIONS.

>> FIRST OF ALL WE DON'T KNOW IF 25,000 DOLLARS IS GOING TO SATISFY THE DEBT.

PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING RENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED BACK IN MARCH.

>> PAUL ARENA REPRESENTS SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED LANDLORDS AND WHEN I ASKED HIM WHETHER THIS NEW RELIEF PROGRAM IS THE CURE HE DID NOT HESITATE TO TELL ME NO.

HE POINTS TO A COUPLE FIRST TIME LANDLORDS RENTING TO PEOPLE WHO STOPPED PAYING RENT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN THE EVICTION MORATORIUM KICKED IN BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THE RELIEF MONEY IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO COVER RENTERS WITH COVID-RELATED HARDSHIPS.

SO THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO ABIDE BY THE EVICTION BAN.

TENANTS HAVE TO COOPERATE WITH LANDLORDS TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING.

>> IF A TENANT JUST MOVES OUT, RIGHT, SAY THEY STAY FOR A YEAR AND JUST MOVE OUT, THERE'S NO ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE LANDLORDS.

THEY HAVE NO OPTION RIGHT NOW.

SO THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT AREAS WHERE THERE ARE OBVIOUS DEFICIENCIES IN THE PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.

>> WHEN GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED THIS PROGRAM, HE ALSO SAID THAT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IS GOING TO COME TO AN END THIS SUMMER BEING PHASED OUT AND STOPPING IN AUGUST.

MICHAEL MINI SAYS THIS IS WELCOME AND SENSIBLE NEWS FOR LANDLORDS.

HE SAYS EVICTIONS SHOULD BE A LAST RESORT BUT HE HOPES THAT PRITZKER WILL LOOSEN THE CONDITIONS SO THAT EVICTIONS ARE ALLOWED IN CIRCUMSTANCES UNRELATED TO COVID AND NONPAYMENT.

>> TO ALLOW FOR CASES TO MOVE FORWARD, AGAINST RESIDENTS THAT ARE AGAIN, BREAKING THE RULES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, CAUSING PROBLEMS, BEING A DANGER TO OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING... >> NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC'S DIRECTOR OF HOUSING LAW PRACTICE MAUREEN SIMS SAYS SHE WORKS THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND NOW SHE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ILLINOIS BE MINDFUL BEFORE COMPLETELY LIFTING THAT BAN.

>> WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT IS OUT THERE TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE GETS DISTRIBUTED FULLY BEFORE THE MORATORIUM IS LIFTED.

AND YOU KNOW, THE ON-LINE APPLICATION PROCESS DOES TAKE SOMETIME BEFORE IT IS APPROVED AND THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED.

>> MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNING A LAW THAT SEALS EVICTIONS RECORDS FROM MARCH OF 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN THROUGH MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

SO 2022.

KIM SAYS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROTECTION SO THAT A HUGE NUMBER OF TENANTS WILL NOT BE BLACKLISTED FROM FUTURE APARTMENTS.

>> WE ARE FILING OF AN EVICTION CASE GOES ON A TENANT'S SCREENING REPORT AND A FUTURE LANDLORD WILL SEE THAT AND NOT WANT TO RENT TO THEM.

>> NOW, ARENA SAYS TAKE IT FROM A LANDLORD'S PERSPECTIVE.

>> THEY ARE DESTROYING THE CREDIT OF THE LANDLORDS.

THE LANDLORDS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO INCOME THEIR CREDIT IS GOING TO BE WRECKED BUT NOBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR RECORDS.

SO THIS WHOLE APPROACH HAS BEEN SO ONE-SIDED IT'S FRUSTRATING.

>> AND HE SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE LANDLORDS PROVIDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE ANOTHER CRISIS A FURTHER LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE COULD SEE SOME MORE HOUSING ACTION IN SPRINGFIELD BEFORE THE MONTH'S END BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES.

WITH THAT, PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE UNTIL THE END OF MAY TO WRAP UP MAJOR ISSUES INCLUDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM DILEMMA AND HAMMERING OUT THE STATE'S BUDGET AND DEALING WITH BALLOONING PENSIONS.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MUCH MORE ARE STATE SENATOR JASON BAKER MAN, STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM DEMMER A REPUBLICAN IN DIXON, ANNA MOELLER A DEMOCRAT FROM ELGIN AND REPRESENTATIVE LASHAWN FORD A DEMOCRAT FROM THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I WANT TO START WITH THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.

REPRESENTATIVE FORD ABOUT A BILLION-AND-A-HALF IN AID FOR RENTERS THAT MIGHT BE MONTHS BEHIND IS THAT ENOUGH TO HELP SOME OF THOSE RENTERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING OUT THERE?

>> IT'S NOT ENOUGH BUT IT IS NEEDED AND I THINK THAT WE WILL FIND THAT BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SPRINGFIELD CAME TOGETHER AS A GROUP BIPARTISANLY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN I THINK WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.

>> THE MORATORIUM WILL EASE OUT ONCE IT ENDS IN AUGUST.

SENATOR BARRICK MAN WHAT ABOUT FOR LANDLORDS?

RENTERS HAVE STRUGGLED BUT IF THEY ARE NOT PAYING LOTS OF LAND OWNERS ARE NOT GETTING INCOME TO PAY THE COSTS THEY HAVE.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO HELP THEM OUT?

>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AS IT GETS BACK TO NORMAL.

THERE IS EVICTION CASES THAT HAVE BEEN STUCK IN COURT FOR MONTHS OR LONGER.

THAT PROCESS WILL START.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OVERWHELMING FOR THE COURTS BUT WE HAVE TO SEE IT BEGIN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED COOPERATION BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO GET THE RELIEF THAT IS AVAILABLE.

AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A SIGH OF RELIEF WITH US AS A NATION MOVING BEYOND THE COVID PANDEMIC.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE NORMALCY BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND TENANT RELATIONS ALTHOUGH SLOW TO START.

>> I WANT TO GET THIS TENSE REDISTRICTING FIGHT REDRAWING THE MAPS HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF PURPORTED DRAFTS OF NEW MAPS DRAWN BY DEMOCRATS THAT WOULD WIPE OUT TWO G.O.P.

HELD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER WHERE IS THIS REMAP PROCESS RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE IN AN INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE OF LOOKING AT THE NEW MAPS.

AS YOU KNOW WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION TO REDRAW THE MAPS AFTER EVERY CENSUS AND THAT IS WHAT THAT PROCESS WE ARE GOING THROUGH.

WE'VE HELD SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO GATHER INFORMATION AND HEAR FROM LOCAL MAYORS, PRIVATE CITIZENS, ADVOCATES, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOOD GOVERNMENT TO GATHER INFORMATION TO USE TO HELP DRAW THOSE MAPS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF THAT DATA AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR NEW MAPS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DEMMER, GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAID HE WOULD VETO ANY MAP THAT WASN'T DRAWN BY AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.

HE HAS GONE BACK ON THAT.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS PROCESS IS INDEPENDENT, BIPARTISAN IS TAKING IN THE VIEWS OF ALL SIDES HERE?

>> THIS PROCESS IS CLEARLY NOT INDEPENDENT AND IT'S NOT BIPARTISAN.

THIS PROCESS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN WHICH WE HAVE AN ATTEMPT BY LEGISLATORS TO PICK THEIR VOTERS INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

THE REASON THE CONSTITUTION CALLS ON US TO DRAW NEW MAPS TO USE THAT NEW CENSUS DATA TO DRAW THE MAPS.

THAT DATA IS NOT BEING USED THIS TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ILLINOIS REDISTRICTING HISTORY.

INSTEAD ESTIMATED SURVEY DATA IS BEING USED TO PRESERVE A POLITICAL PARTISAN ADVANTAGE INSTEAD OF USING ACCURATE DATA.

>> BECAUSE THAT CENSUS REPORT CAME IN LATE, DEMOCRATS ARE PURPORTEDLY USING A DIFFERENT SET OF DATA.

REPRESENTATIVE FORD WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL THAT CENSUS DATA IS THERE BEFORE DRAWING THE MAPS?

>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE BY CONSTITUTION WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.

AND THAT'S THE GOAL TO GET IT DONE.

BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE.

I THINK THAT NO MATTER HOW WE PUT IT IT WILL BE VERY TOUGH TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON THE MAPS WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> SENATOR BARRICKMAN MIGHT THE G.O.P.

BRING LEGAL ACTION IF THERE IS A MAP BASED ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY AND NOT BASED ON THE CENSUS?

>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK THE MANY WITNESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THE DEMOCRATS YOU KNOW HAVE POINTED TO, THOSE WITNESSES HAVE SAID THAT THEY INTEND TO SUE BECAUSE THE USE OF BAD DATA RESULTS IN VOTING RIGHTS ACTS VIOLATIONS, VIOLATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION'S EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.

I THINK WE'LL LAWSUITS FROM THOSE GROUPS.

HERE IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, PARIS, GOVERNOR PRITZKER PROMISED TO VOTERS AS A CANDIDATE THAT HE WOULD VETO ANY MAP DRAWN BIPARTISANS AND WE ARE SEEING JUST THAT PROCESS TAKING PLACE IN A SECRET ROOM.

THE GOVERNOR COULD STOP ALL OF THIS.

HE IS THE ONE PERSON IN THE STATE WHO HAS THE ABILITY THROUGH HIS MEGA PHONE AND VETO PEN TO KEEP THE PROMISE THAT HE MADE TO VOTERS AND TO VETO THIS MAP.

UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS GOING TO JOIN A LONG LINE OF POLITICIANS WHO SAY ONE THING AS A CANDIDATE AND DO SOMETHING ELSE WHEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAD ON IT AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT HE IS UNWILLING TO KEEP HIS PROMISE ON THIS.

>> THIS IS CONTENTIOUS ISSUE.

REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A BILL FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THERE'S ONE BACKED BY THE TEACHERS' UNION THAT WOULD HAVE 21 ELECTED MEMBERS.

AND ONE BACKED BY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THAT WOULD GIVE THE MAYOR THE POWER TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS AND A HYBRID BOARD.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ASKED FOR A COMPROMISE.

WHERE DO YOU THINK A COMPROMISE MIGHT END UP?

>> LOOK, I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT HAS ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS.

I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE FOR PARENTS AND VOTERS IN CHICAGO TO WANT TO ELECT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

I THINK THE PROPOSAL PUT FORTH BY REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ WAS A GOOD PROPOSAL.

AND IT WAS CRAFTED AFTER MANY MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH PARENTS, THE UNION, SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALS AND OTHERS.

BUT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE MAYOR PUT FORTH, SCALED BACK THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WERE ACTUALLY ELECTED.

AND I THINK THE COMPROMISE WILL BE FOUND SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.

I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT DEMOCRACY IS GOOD.

EDUCATION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND VOTERS AND PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHO REPRESENTS THEM ON THE CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD.

>> AND REPRESENTATIVE DEMMER, SPEAKING OF EDUCATION, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED BECAUSE OF BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED TAX RECEIPTS THAT THE STATE WILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCREASED AID UNDER THE NEW EXPANDED AID FORMULA.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACROSS THE STATE?

>> I THINK IT IS A POSITIVE STEP FOR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE WORKED ON A BIPARTISAN EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM BILL.

THAT PLEDGED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO KEEP A COMMITMENT TO ADDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ONE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

BUT ALSO TO INSURE THAT LOCAL PROPERTY TAX PAYERS ARE NOT THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING K-12 EDUCATION.

IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER HOW THIS FITS IN WITH OTHER FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS THAT SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE RECEIVED AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE GETTING IN LOCAL PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT TO INSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION.

>> TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN ALLOCATING THE MONEY.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.

BUT WE WILL BE JOINED LATER IN THE PROGRAM BY THESE LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS ETHICS REFORMS AMONG OTHER THINGS AND NOW OUR THANKS TO STATE SENATOR, JASON BARRICKMAN AND TOM DEMMER AND ANNA MOELLER AND LASHAWN FORD.

A LOOK INSIDE THE JACKSON 5 FAMILY HOME WITH FAMILY MEMBERS MARLON AND TITO.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

CASES HEADED TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

NEW HOPES IN THE KING OF POP'S HOMETOWN FOR A REVIVAL OF WHAT WAS ONCE A THRIVING COMMUNITY.

ATRS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU VISITED WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON 5 IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AT THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME.

[♪♪♪] >> THE CELEBRATION WAS IN FULL FORCE AT 2300 JACKSON STREET IN GARY, INDIANA, AS THE CITY MARKED THE HOME OF THE JACKSON 5 WITH OFFICIAL HIGHWAY SIGNAGE.

>> THEY KNOW GARY ALL OVER THE WORLD.

LET'S PUT IT ON THE MAP THE WAY WE SHOULD.

>> ONE WOMAN DROVE FROM AS FAR AS PHILADELPHIA TO SEE JACKSON 5 MEMBERS MARLON AND TITO IN PERSON AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR IMPACT ON MUSIC.

>> I CAN'T THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH.

>> THE SIGN WILL STAND NEAR A NEW HARD ROCK CASINO, A RECENT ADDITION TO NORTHERN INDIANA.

NOW IT'S HOPED WITH THE NEW SIGNAGE IN FRONT OF THE JACKSON FAMILY HOME IN ADDITION TO THE CASINO COMING TO GARY, THAT THE CITY WILL SEE AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

>> MANY YEARS BACK GARY WAS A THRIVING CITY.

THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE GO TO THE CASINO, THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY WILL CHANGE AND THE CITY WITH THE DOLLARS BEING SPENT AND USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR THE TAXES TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH BACK.

>> GARY IS A GREAT PLACE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR PAST, RIGHT HERE, AT 2300 JACKSON STREET CAME THROUGH HARD EFFORT AND WORK HERE AT THIS HOUSE.

>> WE'RE BACK AT YOUR CHIDE HOOD HOME WHAT MEMORIES IS THIS BRINGING BACK FOR Y'ALL?

>> I REMEMBER THE LAYOUT OF THE AREA THE HOUSES ARE STILL HERE.

THE NOSEY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET THAT USED TO TELL ON US ALL THE TIME.

>> THE STREET AND IT WAS THE GRAVEL AND WE WOULD PLAY AND THINK OF ALL WERE CONCEIVED IN THIS LITTLE HOUSE.

>> HOW HAS COVID BEEN FOR YOU ALL?

>> TITO HAS A BLUES ALBUM.

>> DURING THE PANDEMIC I PUT TOGETHER A BLUES ALBUM AND I HAVE GREAT BLUES MUSIC COLLABORATIONS I DID SOME WITH GEORGE BEB SON AND I DID SAY SONG WITH STEVIE WONDER.

>> THE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE IS ONE OF MANY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FAMILY IS WORKING ON TO HONOR THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME.

>> WORKING ON MAKING IT AN HISTORICAL SITE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE WHEN THEY COME TO GARY, THEY WANT TO SEE THE HOME THAT THE JACKSON 5 STARTED AND MAKES US FEEL GOOD BECAUSE IT LETS YOU UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THE BLESSING THAT THE LORD BESTOWED ON THIS FAMILY AND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT BLESSING.

WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN HARMONY AND PEACE ALL OVER THE GLOBE.

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

[♪♪♪] AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNAGE ON 94 IN GARY INDIANA NEXT TO THE HARD ROCK CASINO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VISITING THE HOME THE ADDRESS IS 2300 JACKSON STREET.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", UNPACKING A MAJOR ABORTION LAW SET TO GO IN FRONT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THAT AND DETAILS ON OTHER CASES FACING THE JUSTICES.

LAWMAKERS WEIGH-IN ON HAMMERING OUT THE STATE BUDGET, ETHICS REFORMS AND BIG ISSUES BEING DEBATED IN SPRINGFIELD.

AND AS DAYCARE CENTERS REOPEN ARE KIDS COMING BACK?

HOW ILLINOIS' CHILDCARE INDUSTRY IS FARING MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC.

FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

DEFUNCT METAL SCRAPPER GENERAL IRON'S PARENT COMPANY SUES THE CITY DEMANDING A PERMIT FOR THE SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING FACILITY.

THE CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT HAS FACED PROTESTS, INCLUDING A HUNGER STRIKE OVER THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT INDEFINITELY DELAYED THE PERMIT AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CALLED FOR A REVIEW OVER CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR A CITY PERMIT AND WANTS $100 MILLION FOR LOST PROFITS AND DAMAGES.

>> A LATINO AGENDA FOR ILLINOIS.

A COALITION OF LATINO LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCED THE ILLINOIS LATINO AGENDA 2.0 CALLING FOR EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND PHILANTHROPY AND RESOURCES AND TREATMENT FOR LATINO COMMUNITIES.

LATINOS WERE THE HARDEST HIT GROUP DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND THAT MANY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

>> AS WE EMERGE FROM THIS RECOVERY WE SEEK INVESTMENT TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE SEEK INVESTMENT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

WE SEEK JUSTICE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LOST LIVES.

WE DEMAND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM.

AND WE SEEK EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY FROM ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY.

>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE FOR A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CASES THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO HEAR.

>> PARIS, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED IT WILL TAKE UP A MAJOR CASE THAT SOME SAY COULD THREATEN ABORTION ACCESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE COURT WILL HEAR AN APPEAL SUPPORTING A MISSISSIPPI LAW SO FAR BLOCKED BY LOWER COURTS WHICH WOULD BAN MOST ABORTIONS AT THE 15TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY.

THE DECISION COMES AS THE COURT WRAPS UP ORAL ARGUMENTS INVOLVING FREE SPEECH ON-LINE, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES FOR CHARITY DONORS AND MORE.

HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN AZIZ HUQ, A PROFESSOR OF UNIVERSITY OF LAW SCHOOL AND THE ROBERT HOCHMAN COLEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT AND APPELLATE PRACTICE AT SIDLEY AUSTIN A LAW FIRM AND A FORMER CLERK FOR JUSTICE STEFAN BREYER AND JOSEPH MORRIS A FORMER ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND ATTORNEY AT THE LAW FIRM MORRIS & DE LA ROSA.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AZIZ HUQ, THIS MISSISSIPPI LAW WHICH AGAIN WOULD BAN MOST ABORTIONS AT THE 15TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY, DO YOU SEE IT AS A CHALLENGE TO ROE V. WADE POTENTIALLY?

>> YES.

MISSISSIPPI LAW ON ITS FACE IS INCONSISTENT WITH ROE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY A 1993 CALLED CASEY WHICH LIMITS THE STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE ABORTIONS BEFORE VIABILITY WHICH IS 23-26 WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY.

>> WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU THE COURT HAS TAKEN A CASE WHICH COULD CONCEIVABLY HAVE REVERBRATIONS THAT MIGHT IMPACT ROE V. WADE?

>> WELL, THAT IS RIGHT.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT CASE.

THERE IS AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF POSSIBLE OUTCOMES HERE.

AT ONE EXTREME THE COURT COULD ATTACK THE FOUNDATION IN ROE VS. WADE AND OVERRULE THE PROPOSITION THAT THIS MATERNAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IS FOUNDED IN THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT NUMBER OF SHADINGS OF POSSIBLE OUTCOMES BETWEEN THERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THE NARROW -- A NARROW WAY TO FRAME THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE INDUSTRY MIDWESTER REGIME AND THE VIABILITY STANDARD, GROUNDED IN NO TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION OR STATUTE.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE JUDGES TO TWEAK THE WORK OF THOSE JUDGES AND TO SAY THAT IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A LEGISLATURE BY ENACTING A STATUTE TO DEFINE THE LIMITS OF NOTION OF VIABILITY.

>> ROBERT HOCHMAN DO YOU SEE VIABILITY AS A POTENTIAL INROAD INTO ROE V. WADE WHEN A LIFE BEGINS?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF ESSENTIALLY THE QUESTION HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S ABOUT WHEN LIFE BEGINS I DON'T THINK JUSTICES WILL WADE INTO THAT PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION BUT WHAT MAKES THAT CASE SO IMPORTANT AND POTENTIALLY DISRUPTIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE OF WHEN THEY THINK OF ROE V. WADE, A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO HAVE AN ABORTION, IS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE VIABILITY STANDARD WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR RESTRICTING STATES AND WHAT THE LINES THAT THEY COULD DRAW IN DETERMINING WHEN WOMEN ARE PERMITTED OR PROHIBITED FROM HAVING AN ABORTION.

IN THE OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR THE COURT TO REVIEW THE CASE, THE PROPONENTS OF THE PRO-CHOICE ADVOCATES WERE VERY, VERY STRICT AND CLEAR THAT VIABILITY IS CLEAR AND PROPER STANDARD AND NOW I THINK THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND THINK WHAT ELSE MIGHT THERE BE?

BECAUSE IF VIABILITY IS GOING TO BE BY THE BY THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE PUT IN ITS PLACE.

>> AZIZ HUQ THE COURT DOES NOT OPERATE IN A VACUUM IT'S AWARE OF WHAT THE POLITICAL CURRENTS ARE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND AT THIS POINT POLLS SHOW THAT MOST AMERICANS NOT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY, BUT A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DO SUPPORT ROE V. WADE.

DOES THAT FACTOR -- HOW DO THOSE OUTSIDE INFLUENCES IMPACT HOW A COURT RULES?

>> WELL, THE COURT OBVIOUSLY EXISTS IN A POLITICAL CONTEXT IT'S APPOINTED BY PRESIDENTS AND CONFIRMED BY SENATES THAT HAVE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND AND WE WOULD NOT BE SEEING THE DOBBS CASE ARISE AND ADJUDICATED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

HOWEVER, THE KIND OF OPINION POLLS THAT YOU CITED I THINK HAS AN EXTREME HE WILL WEAK EFFECT UPON THE COURT.

THE COURT IS BY DESIGN AND IN THE OPERATION OF THE JUSTICES THEMSELVES REASONABLY WELL INSULATED FROM PUBLIC OPINION AT LARGE.

THE COURT IS MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO THE OPINION OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL ELITES.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CASE THAT WRAPPED UP ORAL ARGUMENTS INVOLVING A CHEERLEADER SUSPENDED FOR POSTING PROFANITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.

JOSEPH MORRIS HOW MUCH DOES THE PERSON IN QUESTION BEING A STUDENT AND BEING OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS PLAY A ROLE HERE?

>> IT'S HUGE.

NOW, I COME DOWN ON THE FEDERAL LIBERTARIAN ON THIS CASE.

WE HAVE A PRIOR SUPREME COURT DECISION KNOWN AS TINKER INVOLVING AN IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT CONFERS UPON SCHOOL AUTHORITIES PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF AUTHORITY OVER WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

REGULATE SPEECH AND CONDUCT AND SO FORTH INSIDE THE SCHOOLHOUSE IF THAT SPEECH IS DISRUPTIVE NATURE.

WHAT THIS CASE INVOLVES SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTSIDE SCHOOL, TO BE CLEAR, THE STUDENT IN QUESTION A YOUNG CHEERLEADER KNOCKED OFF HER CHEERLEADING SQUAD SAID RATHER OBSCENE THINGS NOT ABOUT THE SCHOOL OR OTHER STUDENTS OR TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.

BUT ABOUT THE NOTION OF CHEERLEADING AND THE TEAM AND THE LIKE IN GENERAL.

SHE USED THE F WORD SEVERAL TIMES IN HER STATEMENT NOT IDENTIFYING PARTICULARLY THE SCHOOL AS I AM AWARE OF THE FACTS.

THIS IS OFF CAMPUS OUT OF SCHOOL BEHAVIOR AND IN MY VIEW THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE OVERREACH ON THE PART OF SCHOOL AUTHORITIES.

WHAT IS AT ISSUE IS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, A RIGHT OF A CITIZEN EVEN A CHILD, TO SPEAK IN A SETTING THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.

>> ROBERT HOCHMAN HOW ABOUT THAT?

WHEN ONE LOOKS AT TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT ANYBODY CAN SAY ON THE INTERNET IS IT SUCH A THING AS ON CAMPUS OR OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS ANYMORE?

>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS CASE AND IT MIGHT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE QUESTION OF DISCIPLINING STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE CASE AND THERE IS A LOT OF ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THAT FOR GOOD REASONS.

BUT THE QUESTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA SPEECH IN GENERAL, THE FACT THAT IT TAKES PLACE BOTH NOWHERE AND EVERYWHERE, WAS VERY MUCH ON THE MINDS OF THE JUSTICES AT ARGUMENT AND THAT HAS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS IN AREAS OF LAW BEYOND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.

THERE ARE EMPLOYMENT RELATED IMPLICATIONS.

THERE ARE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND OTHERWISE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COURT FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO, CERTAINLY SINCE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HAS BEEN ON THE COURT HAS STRUGGLED WITH ADAPTING OLD NORMS AND CASES AND VIEWS ABOUT PRIVACY AND VARIOUS RIGHTS TO THE MODERN INTERNET AGE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD.

>> AZIZ HUQ, THE COURT ALSO TOOK UP A CASE INVOLVING CALIFORNIA LAW THAT REQUIRES CHARITIES TO DISCLOSE THEIR DONORS.

KIND OF A PARALLEL DO YOU SEE A PARALLEL TO THAT IN CASES INVOLVING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS?

EXPAND ON THAT?

>> WELL, THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THAT LIMIT THE EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE EITHER TO POLITICAL PARTIES OR TO POLITICAL CANDIDATES.

IN DOING THIS, THE COURT HAS REPEATEDLY UNDERSCORED THAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION THAT CONCERNS MONEY IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN IMPOSE DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS.

THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION.

THE DECISION FOR THE CASE THAT IS BEFORE THE COURT, CONCERNED CALIFORNIA'S REQUIREMENT THAT CHARITIES GIVE TO THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL A PART OF THEIR FEDERAL TAX RETURN THAT DISCLOSES THE MAJOR DONORS.

THE WORRY THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN RESPECT TO THIS CASE, IS THAT A DECISION THAT PROTECTS DONORS TO A CHARITY WILL BE EXTENDED TO DISCLOSURE RULES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN UPHELD IN THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTEXT.

SUCH THAT THAT THE JUSTIFICATION TO LIMIT EXPEND TURS AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL FALL AWAY.

THE STATE WILL BE UNABLE TO REGULAR CAMPAIGN FINANCE DIRECTLY AND IT WILL BE UNABLE TO USE DISCLOSURE MANDATES TO INSURE THAT WE THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHO STANDS FINANCIALLY BEHIND THE PARTY FOR A CANDIDATE.

>> THREE DECISIONS MAYBE WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK WHEN THE DECISIONS ARE ISSUE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ROBERT HOCHMAN, AZIZ HUQ AND JOSEPH MORRIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, PHIL.

EARLY IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED A BATTLE OVER REMAPPING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS AND WE'RE JOINED BY SENATOR JASON BARRICKMAN, REPRESENTATIVES TOM DEMMER, ANNA MOELLER AND LASHAWN FORD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR'S TALKED ABOUT CLOSING A BILLION DOLLARS IN CORPORATE LOOPHOLES TO CLOSE A $1.3 BILLION BUDGET GAP.

LOOPHOLES CAN BE A CATCH ALL TERM.

WHAT ARE THOSE LOOPHOLES AND HOW MAY IT PRODUCE THE MONEY NEEDED?

>> THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED THE BUDGET CUTS FOR CORPORATE LOOPHOLES THAT WE SHOULD AGREE ON AS A BODY BECAUSE THERE IS A $1.3 BILLION DEFICIT.

WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING K-12 EDUCATION AT A HIGHER LEVEL WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T FIND THE MONEY.

SO THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT REMOVING SOME OF THE FEDERAL TAX BREAKS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND HANDED DOWN TO THE STATE WHICH IS GREAT.

CAPPING THE CORPORATE DEDUCTIONS THAT IS GREAT.

ALIGNING THE TREATMENT OF FOREIGN SOURCES AS A MEANS TO CUT CORPORATE LOOPHOLES I THINK WE HAVE TO RESET THE TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

CAP RETAIL DISCOUNTS.

THERE IS A LOT OF CUTS OR CORPORATE LOOPHOLES THE GOVERNOR IS TALKING ABOUT ROLLING BACK AND WE SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED ON THAT.

>> SENATOR, IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO CLOSE THAT BUDGET GAP?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE NOTION THAT THERE IS A BUDGET GAP IS A WILD MISNOMER.

LOOK IT IS AS GOOD NEWS FOR THE STATE.

THE REALITY IS THAT THE BUDGET FORECASTS SHOW THERE'S MUCH MORE REVENUE COMING INTO THE STATE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FORECAST.

THAT IS GOOD NEWS AND IT MEANS THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY.

YOU ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BUT THE REALITY IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING $8 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE STATE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY HERE.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR TAX INCREASES AS THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED.

THERE'S NO -- WHAT THE GOVERNOR CALLS LOOPHOLES AND OTHERWISE ARE THINGS LIKE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS WHO ATTEND FAILING SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT IS A DISASTROUS POLICY TO CUT.

WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT AND SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND OUR SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY OUR LOW INCOME CHILDREN THAT ARE IN FAILING SCHOOLS.

>> DISAGREEMENT ON JUST WHAT THE CORPORATE LOOPHOLES ENTAIL ARE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOOD OR NOT.

REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER THE STATE DID GET BY ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING THROUGH COVID AND NOW THE U.S. TREASURY IS SAYING SOME OF THAT $8 BILLION THE STATE WANTS TO USE TO PAY DOWN THE DEBTS AND IT'S NOT ALLOWED.

DO YOU THINK THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY DOWN THE SHORT-TERM DEBT OBLIGATIONS WITH THAT FEDERAL AID COMING IN?

>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW.

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

AND SO WE CAN'T BUDGET AS IF WE CAN.

WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT AT THIS POINT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT $8 BILLION TO PAY OFF DEBT.

AND WE KNOW THAT OUR BACKLOG OF BILLS IS STILL IN THE MULTIBILLION DOLLARS RANGE I BELIEVE AROUND $6 BILLION.

THE IDEA THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE WEALTHIEST CORPORATIONS IN OUR STATE PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, FOR VIT CAL PUBLIC SERVICES I THINK IS -- VITALE PUBLIC SERVICES IS DISINGENUOUS.

AND LET'S BE HONEST.

THE CORPORATE LOOPHOLES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING ARE NOT THOSE THAT AFFECT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS.

THESE ARE CORPORATE LOOPHOLES THAT AFFECT MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES THAT HAVE BENEFITED TREATED SPECIAL UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND HIS LAST TAX CUT WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE.

AND WE'RE MERELY TRYING TO DECOUPLE FROM THAT FEDERAL TAX CUT SO WE CAN PAY FOR EDUCATION AND FOR HELPING SENIORS AND HELPING THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED ALL SERVICES, ALL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN JEOPARDY AND HAVE BEEN STRESSED DURING COVID AND BECAUSE OF THE LONGSTANDING TIME UNDER RAUNER WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A BUDGET IN THE STATE.

THERE IS A LOT WE NEED TO MAKEUP FOR AND A LOT WE NEED TO INVEST IN.

>> IF HISTORY IS A GUIDE WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THE 11TH HOUR IN SPRINGFIELD BEFORE THE SESSION ENDS.

I GOT TO JUMP TO THE ISSUE OF ETHICS THE COMMONWEALTH EDITION BRIBERY SCANDAL HAS PEOPLE INDICTED AND MICHAEL MADIGAN IS IMPLICATED NOT CHARGED IN COURT DOCUMENTS.

AS A RESULT LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR ETHICS REFORMS.

>> THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A FEW OUTLIERS TAKING BRIBES OR BREAKING RULES THIS IS ABOUT FUNDAMENTALLY REFORMING THE SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO POLICE OUR OWN HOUSE.

I BELIEVE IT'S UNAMERICAN AND UNFAIR AND FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DEMMER, THERE ARE COMPETING ETHICS PROPOSALS BUT A BASE ISSUE IS TRYING TO PREVENT LAWMAKERS FROM BECOMING LOBBYISTS RIGHT AFTER THEY STEP DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATIVE CAREER.

WILL THERE BE A BILL THAT TACKLES THAT?

>> THERE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE.

THIS ETHICS ISSUE HAS BEEN BREWING IN SPRINGFIELD FOR MORE YEARS THAN MOST OF US CAN COUNT AND WE HAVE COME TO THE TABLE WITH SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO TRY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN SPRINGFIELD.

EVEN MORE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER LEGISLATORS CAN BECOME LOBBYISTS IS WHETHER A LEGISLATOR CAN BE A LOBBYIST WHILE THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN OFFICE.

THAT PRACTICE IS ALLOWED TODAY AND THAT PRACTICE DIRECTLY LED TO LEGAL TROUBLES FOR A FORMER REPRESENTATIVE AND IT IS A PRACTICE THAT I SOUGHT TO STOP WITH A BILL THAT I INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE LAST YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, OF TRYING TO WATER DOWN ETHICS REFORMS, THOSE PROPOSALS HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN A VOTE THEY HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE WITH THE IDEA THAT SOME LARGER BILL WAS COMING.

THE DANGER IN THIS, THE MORE TIME THAT LAPSES BETWEEN THE JAW-DROPPING ARRESTS THAT HAPPENED THE BOMBSHELL REPORTS THAT COME THROUGH, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THE STATUS QUO PRESERVED TO WATER DOWN THE REFORMS.

WE NEED SERIOUS ETHICS REFORM IN SPRINGFIELD AND THE TIME IS NOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

>> THERE IS A LOT ON YOUR PLATE.

THERE'S ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT WE'LL SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT.

THANKS TO SENATOR JASON BARRICKMAN AND REPRESENTATIVES TOM DEMMER ANN, AND ANNA MOELLER AND LASHAWN FORD.

>> ENROLLMENT IN KIDS IN CHILDCARE SERVICES THAT MEANT MORE PARENTS WERE LEFT BALANCING WORK AND CARE TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE ALSO NAVIGATING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

AND NOW AS CHILDCARE CENTERS REOPEN SOME FAMILIES APPEAR SLOW TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS HOW THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND IMPACT AT CAROL ROB SOB CENTER FOR LEARNING.

AND APRIL JANNEY, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF ILLINOIS ACTION FOR CHILDREN.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST APRIL, TELL US HOW THE CHILDCARE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

>> WELL, WE KNOW INITIALLY THAT A NUMBER OF CHILDCARE PROVIDERS HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN PERIOD AND EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT WERE SERVING ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT WE HAD TO WORK TO GET THEM OPEN AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE ESSENTIAL WORKERS BASICALLY WHO HAD TO GO TO WORK.

IMPACT OVERALL WAS ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT DECREASING.

OVERALL LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO HAD TO LEAVE WORK AND FOR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS WHO HAD STAFF WHO HAD TO LEAVE.

SO THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT LOSS BUT THEN BEING AT HOME FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO COULD WORK FROM HOME HAVING A JUGGLE PARENTING AND TEACHING AND WORKING REMOTELY BECAME A BIG CHALLENGE AND KEEPING THAT INCOME COMING INTO THE HOME.

>> A BIG IMPACT ON FAMILIES AND ON WORKERS AT CHILDCARE CENTERS.

SONJIA, HOW WERE THE COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE IMPACTED BOTH THE FAMILIES AND THE WORKERS?

>> YES.

WELL, COVID EXPOSED EXISTING VULNERABILITIES AND HISTORIC SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES.

SO OUR STAFF ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE THEY COME FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES SO THEY WERE DEEPLY IMPACTED AS WERE OUR FAMILIES.

OUR FAMILIES ARE THE ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE.

SO WE STARTED THINK BEING REOPENING AS SOON AS WE CLOSED.

AND WE WERE SURE TO CURATE THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH FROM THE CDC AND GUIDANCE AND CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO MAKE A PLAN FOR REOPENING SAFELY.

THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE KEPT OUR EMPLOYEES WHOLE.

WE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED TO A VIRTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO A COMMUNITY THAT DEPENDS ON US TO BE THERE EVERYDAY.

IN ADDITION TO VIRTUAL CONNECTING WE DID MONDAY DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS LEARNING MATERIALS.

>> A LOT OF YOUR FAMILIES ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT CANNOT WORK FROM HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEIR JOBS SO THE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS I'M SURE CAME IN HANDY.

APRIL, AS WE MENTIONED, THINGS ARE REOPENING BUT YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING A LOT OF FAMILIES AND KIDS COME BACK IN.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES, I THINK IN SOME CASES A LOT OF PARENTS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT HEALTH CONCERNS WITH EXPOSING THEIR CHILDREN AND THOSE CHILDREN MAY BE EXPOSING THEM AND TEACHERS ARE AS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THE EXPOSURE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ON THEIR FAMILIES.

THERE IS THAT TENSION ABOUT KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.

AS SONJIA SAID.

>> SONJIA, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE WOMEN, ARE BLACK AND BROWN.

ARE THEY ABLE TO COME BACK TO THEIR JOBS?

ARE THERE ENOUGH CANDIDATES TO MEET THE DEMAND OF JOBS IN THIS INDUSTRY?

WE HEAR THERE MIGHT BE A SKILLS GAP OUT THERE?

>> YES.

WELL, CAROL ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING HAS A LONG LEGACY OF GROWING OUR OWN.

SO WE ARE ALWAYS ACTIVELY RECRUITING THOSE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN EARLY LEARNING AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO BUILD THOSE SKILLS AND GET THE REQUISITE EDUCATION AND STATE CREDENTIALS.

AND WE TOOK GOOD CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAY GROUNDED IN THE SCIENCE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND FOSTER TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION AND TO LEAD WITH DIGNITY.

WE LISTENED TO THE FEARS AND LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF BOTH OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF.

AND THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

>> APRIL, AS YOU KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS PROPOSED BIG TIME FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE RELIEF FOR FAMILIES.

HOW MIGHT THAT IMPACT FAMILIES HERE IN CHICAGO AND FAMILIES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION SERVE?

>> I THINK FOR FAMILIES IT HELPS THEM TO COVER THE COST OF CHILDCARE THAT THEY NEED AND BEING ABLE TO FIND PLACES WHERE THEY COULD PAY FOR THAT AS WELL AS WITH THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS BEING ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO RECEIVE THE INTERRUPTION GRANTS SO THEY CAN HAVE AND BRING STAFF BACK TO CAPACITY AND SUSTAIN THE REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THE PPE AND THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING ALONG WITH FIXED COSTS.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, MAYBE SOON, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY.

SO YOU HAVE LIMITED NUMBER OF KIDS THAT CAN BE IN THE SPACE WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING THEIR FULL INCOME FROM THE SLOTS THAT THEY COULD FILL.

>> AND SONJIA, IN THE LATEST FEDERAL RELIEF BILL FAMILIES GOT $1400 CHECKS OR MORE IF THEY HAD KIDS.

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT GO TOWARD CHILDCARE COSTS?

>> WELL, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO YOU KNOW THOSE THAT MUCH-NEEDED SUPPORT GOING TO CHILDCARE COSTS BUT I WOULD IMAGINE FOR OUR ESSENTIAL WORKING FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED THE STATE FUNDED CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH ALSO REQUIRES A COPAY IF YOU WILL A SMALL PERCENTAGE BASED ON INCOME, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT INFUSION OF MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCES DEFINITELY HELPED TO COVER THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND WE WILL BE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP, FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. CONFUSION OVER MASK WEARING GUIDELINES OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM BREAKS THAT DOWN AND MORE.

A CURIOUS BEAR DESCRIBES A CHICAGO PUPPETEERS EXPERIENCE WITH RACIAL PROFILING.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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