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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT OUR NEEDS NEED TO CHANGE.

>> CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION MEMBER ALSO VOTE ON THE LEADERSHIP THE RESULTS COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON SCHOOL.

>> I HAVE RESPECT FOR THE A.C.L.U.

BUT WE HAVE A CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.

>> THE MAYOR CALLS ON CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE CURFEW FOR TEENS AND SOME SAY IT IS A VIOLATION OF RIGHTS.

>> YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT STRETCH -- WARD THAT STRETCHES EIGHT PILES.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL PASSES A NEW WARD MAP AND NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

THAT AND MORE FROM OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

>> CHILDCARE IN ILLINOIS IS UNAVAILABLE, UNAFFORDABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE.

PARENTS AND EDUCATORS WEIGH-IN ON HOW THE SYSTEM CAN IMPROVE.

ONE ON ONE WITH JUSTICE LISA HOLDER WHITE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN SET TO SERVE ON THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT.

>> AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU LEGALLY CHANGED YOUR NAME AND IT NO LONGER MATCHES YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE CARD.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A LAW BANNING GHOST GUNS.

GHOST GUNS CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH ON-LINE BUILD AT HOME KITS OR MANUFACTURED USING 3D PRINTERS AND ARE UNTRACEABLE.

THEY HAVE BEEN PROMINENT IN CRIMES ACROSS ILLINOIS AND THE U.S.

THE BILL WAS PUSHED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND DECLARED MAYORAL CANDIDATE KAM BUCKNER.

AND THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WHO DID NOT INITIALLY HAVE THIS EVENT ON HER PUBLIC SCHEDULE.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER BELIEVES THE LAW WILL SAVE LIVES.

>> THESE ARE ILLEGAL GUNS.

WE'VE MADE THEM ILLEGAL.

WE'VE MADE THEM ILLEGAL TO ACQUIRE.

AND WE THINK THAT WILL HAVE A MEASURABLE IMPACT.

IS THERE MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

OF COURSE, THIS IS ONE THING.

>> THE CITY WILL FACE A BUDGET SHORTFALL BUT NOT AS SEVERE AS THOUGHT.

ACCORDING TO BUDGET DIRECTOR SUSY PARK SHE IS PROJECTING A SHORTFALL OF $306 MILLION, 561 MILLION LESS PROJECTED LAST WEEK DURING HEARINGS ON A CHICAGO CASINO.

PARK WARNS THE NUMBER COULD GO UP.

PARK SAYS THE CITY COULD END FISCAL YEAR 2021 WITH A BUDGET SURPLUS.

>> ANOTHER BIG SELL-OFF ON WALL STREET.

THE DOW TUMBLED MORE THAN 1100 POINTS MARKING THE SINGLE BIGGEST DROP SINCE JUNE 2020.

THE S&P LAST 2.5% AND THE NASDAQ LAST 4.75.

FEARS OF FURTHER FEDERATE HIKES AND INFLATION FOR THE POOR PERFORMANCES ONED WITH.

>> AND A NEW PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

NOR ONE OF THE REGION'S BIGGEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

THE C.E.O.

OF RUSH MEDICAL CENTER OWE ACTIVE WILL TAKE ON THE ROLE FOR HEALTH.

THAT SYSTEM ENCOMPASSES RUSH, RUSH OAK PARK HOSPITAL AND RUSH COPELY MEDICAL CENTER.

LA ACTIVE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN RUSH IN 2005.

>> A PREVIEW OF THE UP COMING CHICAGO TEACHER UNION'S ELECTIONS AND WHY THEY MATTER.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THE JUNE 28TH PRIMARY IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING FIRST COMES ANOTHER ELECTION, THIS FRIDAY AND IT'S ALSO BOUND TO HAVE A BIG POLITICAL IMPACT.

ONLY CICH TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF CAN VOTE IN IT.

THE ELECTION FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION AND IT IS A COMPETITIVE CONTEST.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> WHILE ONLY C.T.U.

MEMBERS CAN VOTE THE IMPACT WILL HAVE FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION HAS BECOME A DOMINANT FORCE IN CHICAGO ON THE NATIONAL LABOR SCENE IN THE PAST DOZEN YEARS.

REALLY EVER SINCE KAREN LEWIS' CAME TO POWER.

IT'S LED BY JESSE SHARKEY AND HE IS STEPPING DOWN AND RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM.

VICE-PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS GATES RUNNING FOR THAT TOP JOB WITH THE C.T.U.

AND SAYS PRIORITIES INCLUDE IMPROVING CURRICULA AND ELIMINATING A C.P.S.

BUDGET MODEL THAT SPENDS PER PUPIL.

>> FORCING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE OVERSIZED CLASSROOMS WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL DAY BETTER FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING IT BETTER FOR PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR REVENUE.

REVENUE THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS TO MAKE THE SCHOOL DAY BETTERMENT AND FINALLY, AMANDA OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE TO BE SAFE AND ANTIRACIST.

OUR UNION AND MEMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LEAD MER THAT ROLE.

>> C.T.U.

HAS GONE ON STRIKE MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE CONSTERNATION OF SOME PARENTS AND CERTAINLY TO RAHM EMANUEL AND LORI LIGHTFOOT.

THE 2019 BARGAINING AGREEMENT GUARANTEES NURSES AND COUNSELORS COMING TO ALL SCHOOLS.

THE CANDIDATE FOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAYS AS SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND BILINGUAL TEACHERS CONTRACTS THAT SKWUR BILINGUAL EDUCATION ARE IMPORTANT TO HER.

>> THERE'S LANGUAGE ON SANCTUARY FOR MEMBERS TO ORGANIZETH THEIR BUILDINGS TO KEEP I.C.E.

OUT OF THE BUILDINGS AND PROTECT OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.

TO ME ALSO IS VERY IMPORTANT, IS THAT WE DO FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.

WE FIGHT SO OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT TARGETED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

THAT TO ME MATTERS A LOT.

I DON'T THINK THE OTHER TWO GROUPS THAT ARE RUNNING WILL FIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE.

>> AND SHE NOTED COURT FACES COMPETITION FROM TWO GROUPS.

ONE IS MADE UP OF CORE MEMBERS.

AFTER THE MOST RECENT C.T.U.

WALKOUT THAT WAS IN JANUARY OVER COVID PROTECTIONS IN SCHOOLS, YEARS OF DISCONTENT WITH CURRENT LEADERSHIP BOILED OVER.

BECAUSE OF THAT WALKOUT TEACHERS WILL BE LOSING NEARLY A WEEK'S PAY.

>> THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTITUDE BY OUR LEADERSHIP OF DISRESPECT, AND DEMEANING OF MEMBERS WHO HAD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

THAT CREATED CONDITIONS WHERE WE WERE WEAKENED OUR UNITY WAS WEAKENED GOING INTO THAT JANUARY ACTION.

ADD TO THAT, THAT OUR LEADERSHIP MADE STATEMENTS ALONG THE LINES OF YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING, YOU WILL STILL GET PAID, AND AT MOST, WHAT THEY CAN DO IS TAKE AWAY TWO DAYS PAY.

THE MESSAGING WE RECEIVED FROM OUR LEADERSHIP WAS MISLEADING, ERRONEOUS AND DEMORALIZING.

>> THE REAL CAUCUS SAYS IT SHARES GOALS FOR STRONG SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE BUT ALSO SAYS THAT IT IS DEMANDING GREATER TRANSPARENCY WITH HOW C.T.U.

'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE MONEY IS SPENT AND THE CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO TERM LIMITS OF SIX YEARS, AND ALSO NOT TAKING OUTSIDE MONETARY STIPEND.

THEY SAY C.T.U.

MEMBERSHIP WILL BE BEST SERVED BY LEADERS WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

>> C.T.U.

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU CAN DO WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS WE DON'T HAVE A UNION.

AND SOMETIMES I THINK CURRENT LEADERSHIP DOESN'T GET THAT.

>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE MEMBERS FIRST CAUCUS, NOT NEW TO THE SCENE BUT ITS LEADERS HOPE MORE GALVANIZED BY MEMBERS FRUSTRATED BY C.T.U.

'S DIRECTION.

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT SAYS PRIORITIES INCLUDE BETTER PAY AND CREATING A FUND TO INSURE THAT TEACHERS WILL GET PAID SOME MONEY IF THEY DO GO ON STRIKE.

>> IT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD BE AWARE THAT TEACHERS AREN'T GOING TO BE AS FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE STRIKE.

GIVE US LEVERAGE AT THE TABLE TO SAY, HEY, TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED LET'S GET THIS SOLVED.

>> PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARY ESPOSITO-USTERBOWSKI SAYS ANOTHER GOAL IS ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT TEACHERS RESIDE IN CHICAGO CITY LIMITS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MEMBERS SAY THEY WANT.

>> EVERY HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE WITH EACH MEMBER AND EACH SCHOOL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WEIGH CAN DO TO BETTER HELP THEM.

WE WANT TO WORK ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE MEMBERS NEED TO BE A PRIORITY WITHIN THIS UNION AND AT THE PRESENT TIME THEY ARE NOT.

>> SHE SAYS IF THE UNION IS NOT DELIVERING FOR ITS MEMBERS THEN STUDENTS AREN'T GETTING THE BEST FROM THEIR TEACHERS.

AGAIN, THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY.

A THIRD PARTY WILL BE COUNTING THE BALLOTS AND IT TAKES A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO WIN OTHERWISE WE COULD SEE A RUNOFF.

THE RESULTS OF THAT CONTEST WILL HOLD FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL EYES ON C.T.U.

THANK YOU.

>> NOW TO PARIS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW CURFEW FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TODAY CHANGED THEIR STANCE A BIT AND IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO PASS AN EARLIER WEEKEND CURFEW FOR TEENS FROM THE SUN 11:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. CITYWIDE IN RESPONSE TO RECENT VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN THAT RESULTED IN A 17-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND KILLING A 16-YEAR-OLD.

ACTIVISTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SAY THE MOVE WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND BROWN TEENS.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE CONTROVERSIAL PLAN ARE ALEXANDRA BLOCK SENIOR ATTORNEY FOR POLICING REFORM AT THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS.

AND DIANE LATIKER FOUNDER AND C.E.O.

OF THE ORGANIZATION KIDS OFF THE BLOCK.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

DIANE LATIKER, THE MAYOR WANTS CITY COUNCIL NOW TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE IN THE CURFEW FROM 11:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. IS THIS THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> I'M NOT SURE IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE MOVE.

I LIVE WITH THE CURFEW SINCE I WAS A YOUNG GIRL.

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG WE LIVED WITH CURFEWS.

WE HAD TO BE HOMAN SQUARE WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON -- WE HAD TO BE HOME WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE ALIENATED FROM GOING DOWNTOWN.

>> THE MAYOR ACKNOWLEDGED SHE CANNOT DO AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SHE ON LEGAL FOOTING IF CITY COUNCIL PASSES THE CURFEW?

AND DO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO?

>> WE DON'T BELIEVE IT IS IT'S THE RIGHT WAY IT IS.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT CURFEWS ARE EFFECTIVE TACTIC TO FIGHT CRIME.

WE THINK IT'S HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND SIMPLY NOT THE SOLUTION THAT WILL SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT FACE THE CITY.

IN TERMS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE PROPOSAL AND WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THE CITY PROVIDING MORE SPECIFICS.

DIANE AT MONDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE YOU MADE THE POINT THAT TEENAGERS SHOULDER RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU WANT THEM TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TRYING TO ENGAGE AND KEEPING THEM SAFE.

EXPLAIN THAT POSITION FOR US?

>> WELL, TO ME THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.

TO ME THE CITY IS TRYING TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE AND US SAFE.

THAT'S THE PART I AGREE WITH.

I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE BAN OR KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GOING ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

LIKE I EXPRESSED TO THE MAYOR'S STAFF I WOULD PREFER THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE IN IF THEY HAD RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

NOT THAT THEY CAN'T GO DOWNTOWN BUT PRIVY TO THE ONES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THAT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS GOING ON, THE REASON THEY ARE CLUSTERING DOWNTOWN.

AT ONE POINT YOUNG PEOPLE DID NOT GO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET DOWN THERE.

AND NOW, THEY SEE THAT THAT IS THE SPOT TO HANGOUT IN.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THIS, TOO, IT'S NOT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.

IT'S NOT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE THAT IS CREATING THIS DRAMA AND VIOLENCE AND CHAOS DOWNTOWN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

>> YOU ARE SAYING IT'S THOSE OVER 21 AS WELL.

ALEXANDRA BLOCK, WHAT WOULD BE A BETTER ROUTE FOR THE CITY GO TO ADDRESS WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS?

>> WELL, PARIS, THERE IS NO SHORT-TERM FIX TO THE PROBLEMS WITH CRIME AND POLICING IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE CONSENT DECREE IN PLACE THE REQUIRES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MEET A NUMBER OF REFORM TARGETS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO BUILDING LONG-TERM TRUST BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

IN THE SHORT-TERM, THE POLICE HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO CONTROL CROWDS AND TO ARREST PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES.

BANNING KIDS FROM MILLENNIUM PARK MAKING YOUTH FEEL UNWELCOME DOWNTOWN, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH DIANE THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL WELCOME TO USE AMENITIES DOWNTOWN AND WE KNOW FROM THE WAY DOWNTOWN AND THE REST OF THE CITY HAS DIRECTLY HAVE BEEN POLICED THIS IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN BIASED POLICING AND THAT BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TARGETED FOR CURFEW ENFORCEMENTS.

>> DIANE LATIKER ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT?

AND HOW WOULD CURFEW ENFORCEMENT WORK?

WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE WITH THAT?

>> DEFINITELY I WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WORRY ABOUT THAT IN MY OWN COMMUNITY.

SO DEFINITELY I WORRY ABOUT IT DOWNTOWN.

WHERE THERE'S MORE PRESSURE TO KEEP THINGS RIGHT, IF YOU WILL.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CURFEW NOW.

WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD FROM TALKING TO A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE YESTERDAY, WHEN YOU TELL YOUNG PEOPLE NO YOU CAN'T GO THERE, WHAT DO THEY DO?

THEY GO THERE.

SO THAT DOES WORRY ME.

AND I'M HOPING AT LEAST IT WILL BE A SUBTLE SAYING NO, DON'T DO THAT OR DON'T COME AT THIS TIME NOT DEMANDING THAT THEY DON'T COME BUT MAKE SURE WHEN THEY DO COME, THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THEY ARE UNWELCOME.

THAT'S MY CONCERN, TOO.

>> AND YOU'RE WORRIED THEY MIGHT DEFY THAT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT KIDS DO.

>> THE MINUTE YOU TELL THEM DON'T DO SOMETHING, WHAT DO THEY DO?

THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

>> ALEXANDRA BLOCK SEPARATELY THE MAYOR IS STICKING WITHIN AEXECUTIVE ORDER ON BANNING UNACCOMPANIED MINORS FROM MILLENNIUM PARK ON WEEKEND EVENINGS.

IS SHE ON SOLID FOOTING ON THAT?

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PERTAINING TO MILLENNIUM PARK.

IF THERE IS AN ORDER, I AM NOT FAMILIAR IT.

BUT GENERALLY WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE CITY OF CHICAGO CURFEW ORDINANCES BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OR BY PRESS CONFERENCE THE WAY SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO.

>> AND SHE IS SAYING THERE IS A SUPREME COURT DECISION FROM THE EARLY 2000'S THAT GIVES HER THE JURISDICTION OVER THE PARKS.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID IS THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALLOWED LEGISLATIVE BODIES LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACES AND THAT MAY BE TRUE AS FAR AS IT GOES BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THE MAYOR THE UNILATERAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

AND IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SMART POLICY.

NO CURFEWS ARE NOT A GOOD STRATEGY.

>> MIGHT BE THE SAME ISSUE.

SHE MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.

DIANE LATIKER WHAT ABOUT THE NOTION THERE ARE CARVE OUTS IF KIDS ARE GOING TO CONCERTS OR WORK, THEY ARE EXEMPT.

COULD THIS LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION?

>> DEFINITELY.

IT ALREADY DOES.

I WORRY ABOUT KIDS COMING TO THE PROGRAM.

THEY ARE COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE TO THE NORTH SIDE.

>> AND THIS BIG EVENT TRAGIC EVENT THAT HAPPENED IT PUT A SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

THEY CAN'T GO IF YOU GO TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOU, THOSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND SOME DO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE TELL ME ABOUT IT.

SO, YES, I WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> A LOT TO KEEP IN MIND HERE OUR THANKS TO ALEXANDRA BLOCK AND DIANE LATIKER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND A NEW REPORT SHINING LIGHT ON CHILDCARE AFFORDABILITY IN ILLINOIS.

>> PARIS, ADVOCATES SAY THERE IS A CHILDCARE CRISIS IN ILLINOIS.

A RECENT REPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS CHILDCARE FOR ALL COALITION WHICH INCLUDES THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION HEALTHCARE ILLINOIS, ARGUES THAT CHILDCARE IN THE STATE IS QUOTE UNAVAILABLE, UNAFFORDABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE.

ACCORDING TO THE FINDK, CHILDCARE IS THE LARGEST EXPENSE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGES 4-8.

58% OF THE POPULATION LIVES IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH NEARBY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.

ONE IN FIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS LIVE IN POVERTY.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE REPORT AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE ERICA BLAND-DUROSIMI, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION HEALTHCARE ILLINOIS.

MARIE COOK A CHILDCARE WORKER AT NEW CENTERS HORIZON.

AND JUSTIN RUSSELL A PARENT AND PART OF THE GROUP SOUTH SIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MARIE COOK STARTING WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN IN CHILDCARE FOR 42 YEARS.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT'S CHANGED SINCE YOU STARTED OUT.

>> TREMENDOUSLY.

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS MY PAYCHECK AS STAYED THE SAME.

SO THAT A BIG CHANGE RIGHT THERE.

AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO ME BEING ABLE TO RETIRE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.

BACK THEN WHEN I STARTED IT WAS AN OPTION AND YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT.

IT IS A MISMATCH.

WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDCARE NOW.

WE DO THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK BUT WE OUR PAY DOES NOT MATCH IT.

SO WHEN WE CARING FOR THE CHILDREN I CARE FOR CHILDREN.

SO THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

SO MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST CHANGE FOR ME AND IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE ALSO.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PAY HAS NOT MATCHED THE VALUE OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO.

ERIKA, WE KNOW THAT IN A RECENT REPORT FROM 12 TO 2019 IN ILLINOIS LICENSED CHILDCARE CAPACITY DECLINED 20% AND THE NUMBER OF LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES DECLINED BY 65%.

WHAT IS DRIVING THAT DECREASE?

>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I THINK THE LARGEST THING THAT IS DRIVING THAT DECREASE IS WAGES.

WHEN WE LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THIS PROFESSION, THEY ARE COMING INTO THE PROFESSION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROVIDING QUALITY CARE.

WHO CAN PROVIDE QUALITY CARE WHEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE TO TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN AND MAKING $7.04 AN HOUR.

THAT LEAVES 20% OF THE PEOPLE IN POVERTY.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VALUING THE WORK THAT THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ARE CONTRIBUTING.

WE NEED TO RESPECT THEM.

WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM AND PAY THEM.

AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MAKING A LIVING WAGE THAT THEY ARE NOT LIVING IN POVERTY.

AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THAT GOOD QUALITY CARE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE SO INVESTED IN.

>> AND ERIKA HOW DOES THIS DECLINE IN ACCESS TO CHILDCARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR?

>> IT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO HAS ACCESS TO CHILDCARE AND THE CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN ILLINOIS IT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS AT 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

FOLKS WHO MAKE MINIMUM WAGE OR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEY ARE NEED CHILDCARE THE MOST.

PEOPLE WE DEEMED ESSENTIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND HAD TO CONTINUE WORKING.

ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE THE GOODS AND SERVICES WE FOUND NECESSARY TO LIVE AND SURVIVE AND THRIVE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING CHILDCARE TOWARDS THOSE FOLKS WE ARE NOT PROVIDING CHILDCARE FOR THOSE FOLKS AND FOR ANYONE IN THE WORKFORCE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS CAN CONTINUE WORKING OUR ECONOMY IS SUCCESSFUL.

AND STRONG IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

>> AND JUSTIN RUSSELL JUST AS A PARENT WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDCARE IN ILLINOIS?

>> DIFFICULT.

IT CAN BE A NIGHTMARE AT TIMES.

TIMES YOU GOT TO MEET A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT TO STAY WITHIN THAT GUIDELINES FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN MY COPAY WENT FROM 40 A WEEK TO 125 WEEK.

THAT IS AN EXPOEN IN THAT THING AND THAT IS DIFFICULT AUDRIUS PLIOPLYS WILL HAVE CLEAR THEY ARE OPERATING ON THIN MARGINS.

YOU CAN LOSE CHILDCARE AS A RESULT.

IT CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

I THINK THE SYSTEM INCENTIVIZES POVERTY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES YOU MAY GET IN A POSITION THAT DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM THE PROGRAM AND NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FULL-TIME CHILDCARE AND IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 20,000 A YEAR.

>> RIGHT.

WE KNOW IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE FOR MANY FAMILIES.

MARIE, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WAGES NOT CHANGING FOR YOU FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE LOW PAY AND THE LACK OF BENEFITS NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO RETIRE ON, HOW DOES THAT PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE INDUSTRY AND ALSO I WOULD IMAGINE IT DISCOURAGES PEOPLE FROM STAYING AND MORE PEOPLE LEAVE?

>> YES.

A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE LEAVING.

THEY HAVE LEFT.

AND THE ONES THAT TRY TO STICK OUT, THEY GET BURNED OUT.

YOU HAVE A HIGH RATE OF BURN-OUT.

AND A HIGH RATE OF TURNOVER.

THE TEACHERS CAN'T -- THEY LOVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO RETIRE YOU KNOW AT A CERTAIN AGE AND BE ABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE.

BUT THEY COULDN'T DO IT STAYING IN THE CHILDCARE FIELD.

WHICH WE WILL GET CHILDCARE FOR ALL THAT WOULD BE JUST A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYONE.

FOR THE TEACHERS FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS.

>> AND JUSTIN, HOW NECESSARY IS CHILDCARE FOR YOUR FAMILY?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU ALL?

>> IT MEANS EVERYTHING.

YOUR LIFE IS STRUCTURED BASED ON CARE FOR THE CHILDREN.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHILDCARE THAT IS LIMITING YOUR ACCESS TO JOBS, YOU WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

MY ENTIRE SCHEDULE IS BUILT OFF OF CARING FOR MY CHILD.

IMAGINE BEING IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO PICK UP A SHIFT OR MISS A BILL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FOREGO A SHIFT BECAUSE YOUR CHILDCARE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT.

AND THE FEARS OF MY SON BEING AROUND HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND IT CAN PUT [INAUDIBLE] THERE WERE TIMES I'VE HAD TO PASS UP JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES A MANAGEMENT POSITION THAT WE HAVE PAID ME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BUT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME OUT OF THE QUALIFICATION FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDCARE.

SO I ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING LESS MONEY IN A POSITION THAT PAID MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE CHILDCARE.

>> SO YOU HAD TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES THERE.

ERIKA 45 SECONDS LEFT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE FOR WORKING FAMILIES?

>> SURE.

CHILDCARE FOR ALL COALITION CAME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN THE STATE.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT ILLINOIS CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

WE THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE NO MATTER YOUR RACE, YOUR AGE OR INCOME, OR ZIP CODE.

THAT REQUIRES CORPORATIONS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.

WE HAVE CORPORATIONS IN THETATE THAT PAY LITTLE TO NO TAXES AND THE TOP CORPORATIONS ARE AMAZON, MCDONALD'S AND WALMART.

IF THEY PAID TAXES WE COULD AFFORD TO GIVE CHILDCARE TO ANYONE WHO DESERVED IT AND THAT IS WHAT THE COALITION IS FOUNDED ON, AND SUPPORT PARENTS LIKE JUST TIP AND PROVIDERS LIKE MARIE.

WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK A JOB AND HAVE THE SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> THANKS TO MARIE COOK, JUSTIN RUSSELL AND ERICA BLAND-DUROSIMI FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

STAY WITH US.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSORS SAYS NEW ASSESSMENTS ARE ABOUT FAIRNESS AND SOME BUSINESSES ARE NOT HAPPY.

THAT AND MORE IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT IS SET TO HAVE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN JUSTICE.

WE INTRODUCE TO YOU JUSTICE LISA HOLDER WHITE.

HAVE YOU LEGALLY CHANGED YOUR NAME AND NO LONGER MATCHES YOUR COVID VACCINE CARD?

WE HAVE A RUNDOWN WHAT TO DO.

>> GUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> SOME CHICAGO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE BEING AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL'S JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM THOUGH THEY NEVER SIGNED UP ON THEIR OWN.

IN A REPORT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND FOR TWO YEARS FOUR OUT OF 37 C.P.S.

SCHOOLS ENROLLED 100% OF FRESHMEN IN THE PROGRAMS AND FOUR SCHOOLS ENROLLED 91-99% OF THE FRESHMEN.

IT WAS OFTEN DONE IN LIEU OF A PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE BECAUSE THEY HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING PE TEACHERS DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

C.P.S.

AGREED TO 10 RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES.

>> COOK COUNTY IS OFFICIALLY EMBARKING ON WHAT WOULD BE THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLICLY FUNDED GUARANTEED INCOME INITIATIVE.

THE PILOT WILL SEND MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $500 TO 3250 RESIDENTS FOR TWO YEARS.

THE MONEY TO FUND THE PROGRAM COMES FROM THE BILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INVESTMENT.

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE AN INCOME OF 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES R GUIDELINES AND NOT ENROLLED IN SIMILAR PROGRAMS.

BOTH CITY AND SUBURBAN RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

>> ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE SPEND UNRESTRICTED MONEY WISELY.

AND IT LEADS TO MORE FINANCIAL STABILITY AS WELL AS IMPROVED PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES.

RESEARCH REMEMBERS PARTNERING WITH THE PROGRAM TO STUDY ITS EFFECTS, APPLICATIONS OPEN IN THE FALL.

>> PRESERVATIONISTS ARE WORKING TO SAVE TWO HISTORIC STATE STREET BUILDINGS.

THE 107-YEAR-OLD CENTURY BUILDING AND THE 109-YEAR-OLD CONSUMERS BUILDING HAVE BOTH BEEN ON THE CITY'S MOST ENDANGERED BUILDINGS LIST AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH OWNS THEM BUDGETED $52 MILLION TO HAVE THEM DEMOLISHED.

THE TWO HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR.

TO SAVE THEM THE COLLABORATIVE ARCHIVE CENTER ARE PROVIDING A NATIONAL ARCHIVE CENTER TO BE HOUSED IN THE TWO BUILDINGS MAKING THEM A HUB FOR ARCHIVE BASED RESEARCH.

>> WE VERY MUCH ALSO WELCOME A CHICAGOLAND MARK DESIGNATION OF THESE TWO STRUCTURES.

THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

>> AND NOW PARISK BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

THE DAYS OF NEEDING TO PROVIDE PROOF OF VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 MAY LARGELY BE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR YET SOMEPLACES REQUIRE PROOF.

BUT WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU LEGALLY CHANGED YOUR NAME SINCE RECEIVING YOUR VACCINATION CARD?

WTTW NEWS REPORTER KRISTEN THOMETZ ASKED FOR GUIDANCE AND JOINS US WITH MORE.

YOU HAVE A PERSONAL VESTED IN THIS SINCE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IT.

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP?

>> SO I DO HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THIS.

I GOT MARRIED IN 2020 AND I RECENTLY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF LEGALLY CHANGING MY NAME FOR THINGS LIKE MY LICENSE, CREDIT CARDS, PASSPORTS.

WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND WHILE I WAS DOING THIS I HAD TO GET TO A PLACE DOWNTOWN THAT REQUIRED PROOF OF VACCINATION AND GOT ME TO THINK WHAT IS GOING TO HAVE A LICENSE THAT SAYS ONE NAME AND A VACCINATION CARD THAT SAYS ANOTHER.

I REACHED OUT TO LOCAL AND STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS WHAT DOES SOMEBODY DO.

AND IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST CHANGING THE NAME ON YOUR CARD.

THAT IS A BIG NO, NO.

STATE OFFICIALS TOLD ME WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FIRST SIGN UP ON-LINE FOR THE SAFE IMMUNIZATION PORTAL CALLED VAX VERIFIED.

IT'S EASY.

IT TOOK A MATTER OF MINUTES AND I SIGNED UP WITH MY MAIDEN NAME PER ADVICE.

>> NO WHITE-OUT.

AND SO ONCE YOU SIGN UP WITH VAX VERIFY WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?

>> SO ONCE YOU SIGN UP, YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND INFORM THEM OF YOUR NAME CHANGE.

YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDE SHOULD COLLECT ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION AND REPORT THE NAME CHANGE TO THE STATE IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY.

>> OUT OF CURIOSITY CAN SOMEONE GET A NEW VAX CARD?

>> STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE RECOMMENDING YOU USE DIGITAL PROOF OF VACCINATION.

BUT THEY DO SAY THAT YOU CAN REQUEST A NEW CARD FROM YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE C.D.C.

'S NAME IS ON ALL THE CARDS, DO NOT EXPECT TO GET ONE FROM THE C.D.C.

THE C.D.C.

DOES NOT MAINTAIN A IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY OR ISSUE CARDS TO INDIVIDUALS.

>> IMAGINE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS GOING THROUGH THIS.

HOW HAS THE EASE OF THIS PROCESS BEEN ONCE YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO?

>> IT'S BEEN SURPRISINGLY EASY.

ALL OF ALL THE THINGS I'VE HAD TO CHANGE THIS IS THE LEAST SO FAR.

NO PAPERWORK INVOLVED THAT HAS BEEN EASY.

AS I SAID, I JUST SIGNED UP FOR VAX VERIFY ON TUESDAY AND IT TOOK ME A COUPLE MINUTES IT WAS NOT HARD.

SO THE NEXT STEP WILL BE REACHING OUT TO MY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER INFORMING THEM OF MY NAME CHANGE AND HAVE THE STATE UPDATE ON MY BEHALF.

AND CHECKING VAX VERIFY MYSELF.

THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN READ KRISTEN'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH INCLUDES WHAT TO DO IF YOU'VE LOST YOUR VACCINATION CARD ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

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

>> USEFUL INFORMATION.

THE CITY COUNCIL PASSES A NEW WARD MAP AVOIDING THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING VOTERS TO WEIGH-IN ON A REFERENDUM AND THE MAYOR ORDERS A CHANGE TO THE TEEN'S CURFEW.

SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US ARE AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND OF COURSE, PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO LET'S START WITH THE NEW WARD MAP.

IT PASSED CITY COUNCIL AFTER A DEAL CREATING 16 BACK MAJORITY WARDS 14 LATINO MAJORITY WARDS AND ONE WARD WITH A MAJORITY OF ASIAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS.

PARIS, HOW WAS THE DEAL BROKERED.

>> IT WAS THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS AND SOCIALIST CAUCUS WERE THE FLU IN BRINGING THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER.

BUT IT WAS ABOUT CERTAIN ALDERPEOPLE WHO WERE FAVORABLE GETTING GOOD MAPS THAT MAPPED POTENTIAL OPPONENTS OUT OF THEIR WARDS AND OTHERS GETTING A MORE UNFAVORABLE MAP.

AND THE FOLKS PUSHING THE LATINO CAUCUS MAP BLINKED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED THIS TO GO TO A PUBLIC REFERENDUM.

AND GILBERT VILLEGAS WHO WAS THE LEADER ON THAT LATINO CAUCUS HE TOLD US THAT GROUPS CAME TO HIM AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START MESSING WITH HIS RACE FOR CONGRESS.

HE IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND IF HE DIDN'T RELENT THEY WERE GOING TO GET INVOLVED AGAINST HIM IN HIS RACE FOR CONGRESS.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT GROUP HAD TO BLINK AT THE LAST-MINUTE.

>> WOW.

ON THAT REFERENDUM, HEATHER, HOW MUCH DID THE FEAR THAT THE VOTERS MIGHT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED HERE AND HAVE THEIR SAY THROUGH THAT REFERENDUM, HOW MUCH DID THAT INFLUENCE THE VOTE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS?

>> IT WAS UPPER MOST IN EVERYONE'S MIND.

IT HAS -- A REFERENDUM HAS NOT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO ON A WARD MAP SINCE 1992 WHICH MEANT IT WAS TRULY UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

AND ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

AND IT WOULD HAVE REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE RACES ON THE BALLOT INCLUDING THAT CONGRESSIONAL RACE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT WHERE GILBERT VILLEGAS IS RUNNING AGAINST RAMIREZ.

WE HEARD HIM ON OUR SHOW IMPLY THAT THE PROGRESSIVES SORT OF ENGAGEDDED IN PAYBACK AGAINST HIM IN PART BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING AGAINST CELIA RAMIREZ SUPPORTED BY MANY PROGRESSIVE OFFICIALS INCLUDING UNITED WORKING FAMILIES WHICH PLAYS A NOT SMALL ROLE IN GETTING THIS DEAL DONE AND ACROSS THE FINISH LINE BEFORE THE BUZZER.

>> ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS MADE HIS FEELINGS CLEAR ABOUT THAT MAP ON OUR PROGRAM MONDAY.

HERE HE IS.

>> I VOTED AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A SUPER GERRYMANDERED 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.

LOOK, THIS IS GERRYMANDERING IN BACK ROOM DEALS AT ITS WORST.

>> PARIS, WHEN YOU SEE THE MAP OF VILLEGAS' NEW WARD YOU CAN SEE WHY HE IS UPSET IT IS NOT THE ONLY WARD SHAPED RIDICULOUSLY, DID VILLEGAS GET SCREWED HERE?

>> YEAH, BUT THE REAL PEOPLE WHO GOT SCREWED ARE THE RESIDENTS IN THAT WARD AND AROUND THAT WARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONTINUITY IT'S NOT KEEPING TOGETHER ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT LIVE AROUND GRAND AVENUE NEW, MIGHT WONDER WHO DO I GO TO FOR SERVICES?

HOW DO WE GET PUBLIC SAFETY?

HOW DO WE GET A PARK?

AND YOU SEE THIS WITH THIS MAP IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS LIKENING EVENING WE'VE BROUGHT UP SPLIT INTO FIVE WARDS LIKE IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

GOOD GOVERNMENT GROUPS HAVE COME ON THIS PROGRAM SAYING THAT IS BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE IT'S BAD FOR REPRESENTATION.

THIS MAP WAS ABOUT KEEPING THOSE IN POWER IN POWER AGAIN.

AND THE FIRST CONSIDERATION HERE WAS NOT THE RESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES OF THESE WARDS.

>> IN RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCES INVOLVING LARGE GROUPS OF TEENAGER DOWNTOWN THE MAYOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CURFEW ORDER WHICH PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE OF.

HERE IS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TALKING ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CHANGING THE CURFEW FROM 11:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M.

IT'S ABOUT DOING A FULL COURT PRESS ON EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS.

I'M HEARING FROM PARENTS THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A CURFEW THOUGH THERE'S BEEN ONE SINCE 1992.

>> HEATHER, AS THE MAYOR SAID CURFEW IS ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONGTIME.

WHAT CHANGES DID THE MAYOR MAKE?

>> IT IS AN OPEN QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

THAT LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1992.

AND THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERTURNING AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WHICH IS WHY ALL OF THIS WILL COME TO A HEAD-ON FRIDAY.

THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL HEAR THE MAYOR'S DETAILED PROPOSAL ON WHAT THE CURFEW SHOULD BE, WHO SHOULD BE EXEMPT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.

I SHOULD SAY THIS IS THE SEPARATE ISSUE FROM THE BAN THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED SUNDAY THAT WOULD KEEP TEENS 16 AND YOUNGER OUT OF MILLENNIUM PARK AFTER 6:00 P.M. THURSDAY-SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD NEAR THE BEAN.

WE ARE DEALING WITH TWO QUESTIONS AND THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT EXACTLY HOW THIS IS ALL GOING TO WORK.

>> I'M SURE CONFUSION WHERE TEENS CAN BE AND CAN'T BE AND WHEN.

HEATHER HAS THIS CURFEW BEEN ENFORCED ALL THIS TIME?

>> YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.

IF YOU ASK POLICE OFFICERS THEY WILL SAY YES WE'RE TELLING TEENS YOU ARE OUT AFTER CURFEW.

GET OUT OF HERE AND DID HOME T RARELY TURNS INTO AN ARREST WITH CHARGES AND A JUVENILE COURT APPEARANCE.

BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THESE CHANGES WOULD CAUSE THE POLICE TO SORT OF STEP UP THOSE ENFORCEMENTS AND WE ASKED MAYOR LIGHTFOOT REPEATEDLY WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THIS CHANGE HOW EXACTLY SHE WANTED TO SEE THIS ENFORCED.

AND SHE WAS NOT CLEAR SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE KIDS ARRESTED.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE KIDS INTO COMPLIANCE AS SHE SAID SHE HOPED.

>> WHAT IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT?

>> WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SHOWDOWN ON FRIDAY LIKE I SAID.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRESSIVE ALDERMEN WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS.

AND IT WILL MEAN JUST A DONNIE BROOKE ON FRIDAY BECAUSE AT 9:00 A.M.

THIS IS SET FOR A VOTE AND 10:00 A.M.

IT IS GOING TO BE A KEY VOTE ON THE CHICAGO CASINO AND THAT IS A LOT FOR A FRIDAY.

>> AND THE C.T.U.

ELECTION THAT AMANDA TALKED ABOUT FRIDAY.

A LOT GOING ON.

AMANDA ON COVID THE CASES RISING AND IT SEEMS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A MASK MANDATE FOR INDOORS MIGHT BE INTRODUCED.

BUT COOK COUNTY AND THE CITY MIGHT NOT BE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE BEEN USING SORT OF DIFFERENT METRICS ALL ALONG NOT NECESSARILY DIFFERENT METRICS, DIFFERENT NUMBERS BUT DIFFERENT NUMBERS THEY ARE LOOKING AT.

COOK COUNTY A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE BASED ON NOT ONLY CASES BUT HOSPITALS.

AND THAT IS WHERE Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAID SHE IS LOOKING LESS TO CASES.

SHE PIVOTED TO SAYING THAT THE MASK MANDATE WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK IN CHICAGO IF HOSPITALS ARE THREATENED BEING OVERWHELMED BY COVID CASES I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE 10% WOULD BE THE ISSUE.

ALSO BEAR IN MIND IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE GO TO THE HOSPITAL BASED ON THE COUNTY THAT THEY LIVE IN.

YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL NEAREST YOU.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE COOK COUNTY AT HIGH TRANSMISSION LEVEL WHILE THE CITY IS MEDIUM, THEY ARE FACTORS IN A LARGER GROUP OF HOSPITALS THAN ALLISON ARWADY IS LOOKING AT.

I THINK WE CAN SAY AT THIS POINT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MAYOR SIMILAR POSITION WITH THE GOVERNOR, RETICENT TO PUT BACK A MASK MANDATE WANTING PEOPLE TO TO BE CAREFUL AND SAFE AND THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE AS WELL.

WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT.

>> SHIFTING TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, PARIS YOU BROKE A STORY FRIDAY BETWEEN TEXT MESSAGES RICHARD IRVIN THAT HE SENT IN 2018 ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOT SURE HE APPRECIATES WILL I'M SURE HE IS NOT A FAN OF THEM HAVING GOTTEN OUT.

HAS HE RESPONDED TO YOUR STORY?

HE RESPONDED WHEN WE TOLD HIM WE RETAINED THE TEXT MESSAGES AND SAYING HE DID NOT RECALL THE TEXT MESSAGES BUT SUPPORTED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DID AND IT CAME OUT AFTER THE WILD PRESS CONFERENCE.

HE TRUMP HAS BEEN UBIQUITOUS IN THIS PRIMARY IN ILLINOIS AND ALL THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THE IRVIN CAMPAIGN IS DISINGENUOUS THEY HAVE BEEN BEHIND MAILERS AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS ATTACKING THEIR CHIEF OPPONENTS HERE DARREN BAY LITTLE AND SULLIVAN BEING NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

AND BAILEY WAS THE SUPPORTER AND CHALLENGED PRITZKER'S MASK MANDATE.

TURN AROUND, WE GET A SENSE OF HOW IRVIN FEELS ABOUT TRUMP OR IN 2018 IN THE TEXT MESSAGES CALLING HIM A BIGOTED RACIST AND HATES WHAT HE STANDS FOR.

BAILEY IS OPENLY SOUGHT THE ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP.

WE'LL SEE IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL.

I DID REACH OUT TO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION TO SEE IF THEY HAD A RESPONSE BUT NEVER HEARD BACK.

>> HEATHER, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED INTO LAW LEGISLATION THAT BANS SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS IN ILLINOIS.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT APPEARED APPARENTLY SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY WAS NOT ON HER SCHEDULE.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

>> IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

NOBODY EXPECTED THE MAYOR TO SHOW UP AND SHE RARELY APPEARS IN PUBLIC WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE WITH TWO HAD A TENSE RELATIONSHIP AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

BUT THERE SHE WAS AND SPOKE NEXT TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN.

CELEBRATING THE LAW IT WAS AWKWARD BECAUSE ONE OF THE SPONSORS IS KAM BUCKNER AND HE IS RUNNING TO UNSEAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IN THE 2023 MAYORAL ELECTION.

THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF AWKWARDNESS AND CONFUSION ALL AROUND TODAY.

>> AMANDA DOES THIS REVEAL TENSION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR?

>> I'M NOT CERTAIN IT DOES.

I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT SURFACE ELSEWHERE.

I THINK WHAT MORE IT SHOWS SHE IS PERHAPS VERY WORRIED ABOUT CRIME CERTAINLY, AND WANTING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND DOESN'T WANT HER OPPONENT KAM BUCKNER TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A CASE OR IF IT WAS A WINNING STRATEGY BECAUSE IT BROUGHT MORE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE AND GIVING KAM BUCKNER MORE PRESS THAN HE PERHAPS OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AND RAISES AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO POINT OUT WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT MAKES A PUBLIC APPEARANCE THAT IS NOT ON THEIR SCHEDULE, THAT IS A PROBLEM.

I MEAN THIS IS ONE THAT YOU DID HAVE MEDIA AT.

NOT LIKE THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THERE.

BUT THIS IS SORT OF AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENTLY.

BEAT REPORTERS AND THE MEDIA WANT TO KNOW WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKE APPEARANCES SO WE CAN SHARE IT ALL OF YOU THE VIEWER.

>> AMANDA, EARLY VOTING STARTS IN MOST OF THE STATE TOMORROW.

AND YOU'VE SAID THIS RACE HAS BEEN INR UNCONVENTIONAL.

HOW SO?

>> THE GOVERNOR'S RACE HAS BEEN UNCONVENTIONAL IN PART BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH FROM THE CANDIDATES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF PRESS CONFERENCES.

WE SHOULD HAVE HAD DOZENS.

YOU ARE SEEING THE INTERVENTION BY THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION WHICH, BY THE WAY, GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS GIVEN A LOT OF MONEY TO IN THIS RACE.

AND WE SAW THIS PLAY OUT IN A SIMILAR SITUATION IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE DEMOCRATS GOT INVOLVED, TRIED TO HELP ELEVATE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW WITH THE ADS SAYING BAILEY IS TOO CONSERVATIVE THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT CONSERVATIVES WANT TO HEAR SO IT'S HELPING TO BOOST HIM BUT THEN THE EXPECTATION THE PLOT WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD HELP PRITZKER HELP DEMOCRATS COME THE GENERAL ELECTION IF BAILEY WERE TO WIN OVER SOMEBODY LIKE IRVIN BEING CLEAR TRYING TO TAKE ANY CLEAR STANCE ON TRUMP.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THIS IS AN UNCONVENTIONAL RACE THESE ARE TWO KEY ONES THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A DEEP PUBLIC VETTING IN THE WAYS THAT WE WOULD OF THE CANDIDATES.

>> GOOD NEWS FOR HOMEOWNERS NOT SO MUCH FOR BUSINESSES BASED ON WHAT FRITZ KAEGI IS SAYING ABOUT THE LATEST PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS.

HEATHER HE WAS ELECTED AS A REFORMER AND VOWED TO OVERHAUL THE SYSTEM.

DOES THIS SHOW HIS -- IS THIS SHOWING THAT HE HAS DONE WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO?

INTEREST THE MESSAGE HE WANTS TO GET TO VOTERS HE WILL FACE WELL FINANCED OPPOSITION IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE METROPOLITIAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT.

AND SHE WILL BE MAKING THE POINT THAT THE CHANGES HURT BUSINESSES THAT FRITZ KAEGI IS ALL IN ON HELPING HOMEOWNERS POTENTIALLY PAY LESS IN PROPERTY TAX IN THE COMING MONTHS.

>> A RACE TO WATCH.

THANKS TO OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY, AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

UP NEXT A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN SET TO SIT ON THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT IN A CONVERSATION THAT FIRST AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER...

THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT WILL SOON HAVE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN JUSTICE.

LISA HOLDER WHITE IS SET TO REPLACE RITA GARMAN.

LISA HOLDER WHITE'S TERM BEGINS IN JULY AND WILL EXPIRE IN THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTIONS.

AND JUSTICE LISA HOLDER WHITE JOINS US.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENT.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I APPRECIATE YOU INVITING ME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU ARE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE BROKEN THAT BARRIER?

>> IT'S VERY EXCITING.

I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION QUITE A BIT THE LAST FEW DAYS AND MY RESPONSE HAS BEEN THAT IT REALLY MAKES ME REFLECT ON HOW FORTUNATE I AM AND ALSO TO REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SO MANY WHO CAME BEFORE ME WHO DIDN'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SO I'M VERY THANKFUL AND EXCITED.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS TAKEN SO LONG?

WHY HAVE THERE BEEN SO MANY THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU BUT HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I'M GLAD THE BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY THE FIRST THIS OR THAT IT'S COMMONPLACE.

>> SO YOUR APPOINTMENT COMES DURING A HISTORIC YEAR FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AS WELL.

JUSTICE DO YOU THINK WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN DIVERSIFYING POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY PARTICULARLY IN GOVERNMENT?

>> I DO THINK WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES REPRESENTED PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT PERCENTAGE A CERTAIN GROUP MIGHT BE OF A COMMUNITY OR A POPULATION.

EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE REPRESENTED.

>> AND SPEAKING OF REPRESENTATION, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND POINTS OF VIEW ON A COURT?

>> IT'S VITAL.

THE THING ABOUT IT ON THE SUPREME COURT YOU HAVE SEVEN JUSTICES AND EACH JUSTICE WILL BRING WITH THEM THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEIR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS AND EVERYTHING THAT MAKES THEM WHO THEY ARE.

AND SO WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THE PERSPECTIVES THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT BASED ON YOUR BACKGROUND YOU ARE NOT REALLY THINK BEING OR DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE.

AND SOMEONE ELSE WITH A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND WILL BRING THAT TO YOU AND BRING THAT UP AND THINK THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE DECISION.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE VOICES, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES WE LOSE THE BENEFIT OF THAT IN MAKING DECISIONS.

>> JUSTICE, YOU ARE ALSO A REPUBLICAN.

WHAT KIND OF PERSPECTIVE DOES YOUR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE AND HOW YOU VIEW CASES THAT COME BEFORE YOU?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, ILLINOIS IS UNIQUE IN HOW WE SELECT OUR JUDGES.

AT THE CIRCUIT COURT LEVEL AS WELL AS THE APPELLATE AND SUPREME COURT LEVEL WE ARE ELECTED AND WE HAVE TO DECLARE A PARTY AFFILIATION TO RUN.

BUT AS JUDGES, WHO WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOU GO BEFORE A REPUBLICAN JUDGE OR A DEMOCRAT JUDGE?

ANYONE WHO COMES BEFORE THE COURT DESERVES TO BE HEARD THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT AND THEIR MATTER RESOLVED FAIRLY AND ACCORDING TO LAW.

AND THAT IS WHAT MY GOAL IS AS A JUDGE ALWAYS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CASES THAT THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT IS HEARING GREEN VERSUS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CHARLES GREEN NOW OUT OF PRISON AFTER SERVING 24 YEARS FOR A QUADRUPLE MURDER HE MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE HE SAID HE WAS COERCED INTO A CONFESSION AND WANTS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE DECADES WORTH OF MISCONDUCT RECORDS IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR HIS NAME.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS KIND OF CASE COMING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE?

>> WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS JUDGES TO DO IN ADDITION TO GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOW THEM TO GET TO KNOW US SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW THEM AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING, IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND AS JUDGES, UNLIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION LATELY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES NOT NECESSARILY HAVING ETHICAL RULES THAT THEY ARE CONSTRAINED BY OR HAVE TO FOLLOW.

WE IN ILLINOIS HAVE RULES.

AND THE RULES PROHIBIT US FROM DISCUSSING PENDING MATTERS OR MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COURT.

BASED ON THAT, AND MY ADHERENCE TO THOSE STANDARDS I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT CASE.

>> UNDERSTOOD.

OF COURSE AS YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT LATELY WITH THE LEAK WITH REGARDS TO ROE VS. WADE I'M SURE YOU CANNOT DISCUSS THAT CASE AS WELL BUT THERE'S TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COURTS.

SAME THING WITH THE 2015 SHELBY V HOLDER DECISION IN CHANGING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE CASES BUT THE ROLE OF THE COURTS HOW DO YOU VIEW THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM?

>> AS A JUDGE, I VIEW MYSELF AS A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE.

IT IS QUITE AN HONOR AND ALSO QUITE A RESPONSIBILITY TO RESOLVE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE YOU AND SO I TAKE AT THAT TIME VERY SERIOUSLY.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DECISIONS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE DECISIONS, AND HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT AND BE RESPECTED AND BE HEARD.

AND SO I VIEW IT AS I'M A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE AND IT'S MY ONDATION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE VERY BEST THAT I CAN SO THAT THEY DO RECEIVE JUSTICE.

>> AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO YOUR TERM ENDS IN 2024, DO YOU PLAN ON RUNNING FOR THAT POSITION?

>> I AM ABSOLUTELY RUNNING FOR THE POSITION, YES.

>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO JUSTICE LISA HOLDER WHITE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS... >> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND A NOTE BEFORE WE GO.

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