THAT'S NOT THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.

>> TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SPECIAL SERIES FOLLOWS THREE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE.

>> AS CHICAGO AREA STORES SEE RECORD-HIGH SALES AMAZON IS LOOKING TO SUBLET WAREHOUSES DUE TO COOLING ON-LINE SALES.

>> AND IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES ARE UNDERWAY IN COOK COUNTY AND MEET A LOCAL ARTIST USING DISCARDED MATERIALS INTO ART.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHANGES TO CHICAGO'S CURFEW LAW ARE NOT OFFICIAL YET.

TWO OF THE MAYOR'S ALLIES PULLED THE ORDINANCE IN CITY COUNCIL.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WANTS CHICAGO'S WEEKEND CURFEW TO START AT 10:00 P.M.

INSTEAD OF 11:00 FOR THOSE UNDER 18.

SOME ALDERPEOPLE CONDEMNED THIS METHOD TO CRACKDOWN ON THE SPIKE IN TEEN VIOLENCE.

TEENS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE CHANGES TODAY AT CITY HALL.

>> WE WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE OUR LIVES ARE SO RESTRICTED.

ENJOY THE CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY HE LOST HIS LIFE INSTEAD OF THE CITY UPLIFTING OUR YOUTH THEY ARE PUNISHING US TO ADD MORE RESTRICTION IT IS 0 OUR LIVES.

THE FINAL VOTE IS SET TO HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY.

AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> "THE SUN TIMES" REPORTS NEWLY UNSEALED COURT RECORDS CONTRADICT WHAT FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A PAYMENT SCHEME FOR A POLITICAL ALLY.

IN A WIRETAPPED PHONE CALL MADIGAN WAS RECORDED DURING A CONVERSATION WHERE ARRANGEMENTS WERE BEING MADE FOR SECRET PAYMENTS TO HIS FORMER AIDE KEVIN QUINN OUSTED IN A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL.

MADIGAN DENIED INVOLVEMENT IN THE PAYMENTS.

IN THE F.B.I.

RECORDING LOBBYISTS AND MIKE McCLAIN TELLS A FORMER SPEAKER THAT HE HAD TO QUOTE PUT FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MAKE SIX MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO QUINN UNTIL HE FOUND A JOB.

THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING AND TWO OTHERS IN A SCHEME TO TRADE JOBS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAVORABLE LEGISLATIVE RESULTS FOR ComEd.

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PLAN SUMMER PLAN VIOLENCE PLAN GOT A ROLL OUT.

THE POLICE ACTIVITY STARTED MONTHS AGO.

>> IT'S BEEN A VERY WELL PLANNED NOT ONLY SUMMER BUT WE BEGAN ACTUALLY STARTING TO IMPLEMENT THESE PLANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE SAW THAT THE EARLIER WE GOT OUR RESOURCES OUT AND THE TOP 55 HALF THE VIOLENCE AS WELL AS DEALING WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES HAPPENING IN DISTRICTS THAT DON'T SEE INCREASES IN VIOLENCE THAT HAVE LIKE THE FIRST DISTRICT 18TH IN THE DOWNTOWN AND 19TH ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND 27 WOUNDED IN SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY THIS WEEKEND.

THE LATEST ON CITY'S FUTURE CASINO.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... 3W78 >> BALLY'S CASINO PROPOSAL PASSES A MAJOR HURDLE TODAY.

A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PASSED THE PROPOSAL, 27-3 SETTING UP A TIME VOTE ON WEDNESDAY.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH CONTROVERSY TO BUILD A CASINO IN RIVER WEST WHICH WOULD REDUCE PROPERTY VALUES AND INCREASE CRIME.

LET'S LISTEN TO BRENDAN REILLY WHO HAS LED THE OPPOSITION.

>> THE PROCESS WE ARE GOING THROUGH, THIS SPRINT TO THE FINISH, AND THE GYMNASTICS WE'RE DOING TODAY WE RECESSED IT AND HAVING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE HEARING AND WE WILL GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.

MAKE IT AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON WEDNESDAY IN 48 HOURS, THAT IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND SPEAKING WITH CHAIRMAN BURKE WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS, HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

SO IN A WAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THE PROCESS FOR THE PARKING METERING DEAL.

>> SPRINTING TO THE FINISH LINE.

HEATHER, ALTHOUGH MAN REILLY IS ESPECIALLY OPPOSED TO THE TEMPORARY CASINO PLAN AT THE MEDINAH TEMPLE WHILE THEY BUILD OUT THE PERMANENT CASINO.

REMIND US WHY HE IS SO AGAINST IT?

>> WELL, THE MEDINAH TEMPLE WAS REALLY A LAST-MINUTE CHANGE BECAUSE THE CITY DECIDED IT WOULD NOT WORK TO PUT THE TEMPORARY CASINO ON THE TRIBUNE PRINTING PLANT SITE.

INSTEAD THEY WILL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THAT VACANT LANDMARK IN RIVER NORTH.

THE VOTE WAS SO LOPSIDED EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED TO BE UP IN THE AIR JUST AT THE LAST-MINUTE, THERE WERE SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAD THE VOTES THAT EVEN CHAIRMAN ALDERMAN TOM TUNNEY WAS NOT SURE HE WAS GOING TO CALL A VOTE.

BUT IN THE END, THE ALDERPEOPLE VOTED WITH THE MAYOR WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN CHICAGO.

>> ALTHOUGH, THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF OPPOSITION HERE REILLY WAS FOR.

ING -- FOR MEANTING OPPOSITION IS THAT A SURPRISE IT WAS SUCH A LANDSLIDE?

>> IT WAS TO ME.

BUT IN THE END, THERE WAS A VERY COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT THE CITY OFFICIALS MADE THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUSLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME, ONCE IN A GENERATION ATTEMPT TO BRING THE CHICAGO CASINO.

THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 1992.

AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT PUT THIS AT THE VERY CENTER OF HER EXPECTED CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION AS CHICAGO MAYOR WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE CASINO DEAL DONE.

>> AND THEY ARE RACING THROUGH THIS.

MULTIPLE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO CONSIDER THIS MASSIVE PROPOSAL.

ALDERMAN REILLY SAYING ALDERMAN BURKE IN HIS 50 YEARS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

HOW RARE IS THIS?

>> IT WAS TRULY UNPRECEDENTED.

THE CITY COUNCIL MET THIS MORNING AND RAMMED THROUGH THE NORMAL BUSINESS AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS RECESSED.

AND ALL OF THE ALDERPEOPLE WERE DIRECTED TO HEAD OUTSIDE AND PICK UP A FILE FOLDER FULL OF THE MOST RECENT CHANGES TO THE MASSIVE CASINO BILL.

AND WHEN I LOOKED AT ALDERMAN LESLIE HAIRSTON'S HANDOUT THE PAPER WAS WARM FROM THE COPY MACHINE THAT IS HOW LAST-MINUTE THINGS WERE AT CITY HALL TODAY.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF AN ANTI-CLIMATIC VOTE WHEN IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP.

BUT IT WAS IN DOUBT TODAY DESPITE THAT LOPSIDED VOTE.

>> LOTS OF ACTIVITY AND THAT COPY ROOM I'M SURE.

HEATHER CHERONE, ALDERMAN BURNETT HIS WARD WILL BE HOME TO THE CASINO.

HE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE PLAN.

>> THIS DEAL IS GOING TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND ALSO TO DEAL WITH THE PENSION CHALLENGES WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO IF WE POSTPONE THIS, ARE WE GOING TO MISS THE BOAT AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN?

>> WHAT WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT GOT THE 27 VOTES ONBOARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL?

>> WELL, NOTHING CONCENTRATES THE MIND OF A POLITICIAN MORE THAN COLD HARD CASH IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

IT'S NOT FOR THIS CASINO, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE STARING DOWN ANOTHER YEAR OF BIG DEFICITS AND NOBODY WANTS TO HIKE PROPERTY TAXES DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND SO THIS CASINO PROMISES AN ALTERNATE WAY TO SORT OF GET THE CITY'S FINANCES ON FIRMER FOOTING.

HOWEVER, ALDERMAN HOPKINS ONE OF THE ALDERPEOPLE WHO VOTED NO, THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PIE IN THE SKY AND THAT THE NUMBERS WEREN'T GOING TO ADD UP.

SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A BET ON THE CASINO TO HELP CHICAGO'S FINANCIAL FUTURE.

>> AND IT'S NOT AS IF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO START FLOWING RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE STEPS THIS PLAN NEEDS.

EXPLAIN THAT?

>> ON WEDNESDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE ONE FINAL VOTE AND THEN IT'S OFF TO THE ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD WHICH WILL HAVE TO LICENSE BALI TO OPERATE THE CHICAGO CASINO.

BALLY'S SAID THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE BALLY'S OPERATES ANOTHER CASINO IN ILLINOIS SO THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AND THEY SAY IT SHOULD BE NO SWEAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HEATHER CHERONE A LOT OF SWEATING DOWN THERE AT CITY COUNCIL TODAY.

AND FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> A SIGH OF RELIEF AS THE DOW JUMPED 600 POINTS REBOUNDING FROM A SEVEN WEEK SLIDE THAT PUSHED THE STOCK MARKET INTO BEAR MARKET TERRITORY LAST WEEK.

CONSUMERS STILL HAVE A LOT ON THEIR MINDS, INFRATION, RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND RECORD-HIGH GAS PRICES IN TIME FOR SUMMER TRAVEL.

TOPPING OFF THE CONCERNS ARE GROWING FEARS OF A RECESSION.

HERE TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF THIS FLUCTUATING MARKET AND ECONOMY ARE DAVID SEKER, CHIEF U.S. MARKET STRATEGIST FOR INVESTMENT RESEARCH MORE MORNINGSTAR.

PHILLIP BRAUN ECONOMIST AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND SUSAN SCHMIDT HEAD OF U.S. EQUITIES FOR AVIVA INVESTORS.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

SUSAN WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF OPTIMISM TODAY AFTER THIS LITTLE BOOM?

>> WELL, THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR MAYBE HALF EMPTY.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO -- INVESTORS WILL WAKE UP AND IT COULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

IT'S A NICE TIME TO HAVE AN UPDATE ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST WEEK I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF VOLATILITY AHEAD AND I WOULD NOT BE OPTIMISTIC JUST YET.

>> DAVID, YOU SHARE THAT THAT THE VOLATILITY HAS NOT COME TO AN END ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAUSE TODAY'S GOOD DAY?

>> UNFORTUNATELY NO, I DON'T THINK THE VOLATILITY IS OVER.

I THINK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE WILL SEE VOLATILITY IN THE MARKETS.

IN OUR 2022 WE NOTED THERE WERE FOUR HEADWINDS THAT THE MARKETS WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH.

FIRST, THE SLOWING RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE U.S. SECOND, THE FED WAS GOING TO BEGIN TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY WHICH THEY'VE STARTED.

INFLATION WAS EXPECTED TO RUN HOT AND INTEREST RATES TO RISE.

NOT ANY OF THOSE IS DIFFICULT FOR THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO PRICE IN BUT WE ARE AT A CON INFLUENCE OF ALL FOUR RIGHT NOW.

AND THE MARKET IS GOING TO WANT TO SEE CLARITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SEE HOW THOSE ARE GOING TO PLAY OUT.

PHILLIP BRAUN, DAVID MENTIONED THOSE FACTORS THAT ARING DRAING THE MARKET AND THE -- ARE DRAGGING THE MARKET AND THE ECONOMY.

RETAIL SALES ARE WAY UP.

A STUDY WE WILL TALK ABOUT ON THE PROGRAM SHOWED CHICAGO SAW A BOOM IN SALES LAST YEAR.

WAGES ARE RISING.

THE JOBLESS RATE IS LOW.

ARE THERE COMPETING FACTORS PULLING AGAINST THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FED RESERVE ARE TRYING TO COMBAT RISING INFLATION AND TO DO THAT THEY ARE RAISING INTEREST RATES AND BY RAISING INTEREST RATES, WE RUN THE RISK OF SLOWING THE ECONOMY DOWN AND CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO RISE.

CAUSING RETAIL SALES TO FALL AND SO ON.

SO IT REALLY DEPENDS WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE THEY DO HOW HIGH THEY INCREASE INTEREST RATES.

BUT TO COMBAT INFLATION THEY HAVE TO RAISE THEM QUITE A BIT AND THAT COULD PUSH US INTO A RECESSION.

>> AND SUSAN SCHMIDT, DO YOU FORESEE A RECESSION?

THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF FEARS AND THE FED HAS A DIFFICULT LINE TO TOW IN RAISING RATES BUT NOT COOLING OFF THE ECONOMY TOO MUCH?

>> WELL IT IS A DIFFICULT LINE TO WALK.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHY INVESTORS ARE SO CONCERNED AND WHY YOU ARE SEEING VOLATILITY IN THE MARKET.

SO NO ONE HAS CERTAINTY ON THAT VIEW TO A RECESSION.

BUT EVERYONE IS WORRIED THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE OUTCOME.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH BALANCE TO MANAGE TO GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, KEEP OUR ECONOMY GOING.

WE'RE STILL IN RECOVERY POST COVID.

THINGS HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO NORMAL YET.

AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL ARE HOPING TO ACHIEVE NORMAL.

INVESTORS ARE WAITING TO SEE WHICH WAY THIS GOES.

>> DAVID SEKER WHAT DO YOU THINK?

ARE FEARS OF A RECESSION WARRANTED?

>> WE THINK THEY ARE OVERWARRANTED.

WE ARE NOT PROJECTING A NEAR TERM RECESSION.

OUR RESEARCH TEAM UPDATED THEIR PROJECTIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 3% OF THE FORECAST FOR REAL GDP THIS YEAR AND 2.2% NEXT YEAR.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT WE SEE A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT CAUSED THE CONTRACTION.

WE THINK THOSE WILL BE ONE TIME IN NATURE AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THE SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS AND ISSUES WORK THEMSELVES OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS.

>> PHILLIP BRAUN FOR THE FOLKS THAT ASK HOW LONG IS INFLATION GOING TO BE AROUND, HOW LONG ARE HIGH GAS PRICES GOING TO BE AROUND?

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?

>> HOW LONG INFLATION WILL BE AROUND IS AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

BUT MOST LIKELY THE FED IS NOT BEING THAT AGGRESSIVE TO FIGHT INFLATION SO IT WILL BE AROUND A WHILE MORE THAN A YEAR POSSIBLY TWO YEARS.

WHETHER GASOLINE PRICE ALSO COME DOWN IT'S HARD TO SAY.

GLOBALLY, THE CRUDE OIL PRICES FLATTENED OUT.

NOT RISING ANYMORE.

SO THAT USUALLY INDICATES THAT THE GASOLINE PRICES WON'T CONTINUE TO RISE BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL.

>> SUSAN SCHMIDT, WHAT ABOUT THAT?

AND DO YOU FORESEE INFLATION RAISING AT THE RATE IT HAS BEEN?

>> I THINK THAT IS A IMPORTANT DECISION THE RATE WHICH IT IS RISING.

WHILE WE HAVE SEEN PRICE INCREASES THE RATE THE PRICES ARE INCREASING SEEMS TO BE COMING DOWN.

AND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS THE FED CONTINUES TO RAISE INTEREST RATES.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE SUPPLY CHAIN S.N.A.F.U.S INCREASE COSTS AND AS THEY PUSH THEM THROUGH TO THE CONSUMER.

THE CONSUMERS CONFIDENCE IS DROPPING.

WE SAW BIG RETAILORS REPORT WHERE SALES WERE NOT AS HIGH AS EXPECTED.

I THINK THAT IS GOING TO PULL THINGS BACK WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T RUSHING TO BUY SOMETHING AND THAT WILL EASE THE PRESSURES ON INFLATION.

AND AGAIN, FOCUS ON THE RATE OF CHANGE THAT DOES SEEM TO APPEAR TO BE FALLING.

>> DAVID SEKER THERE IS A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY.

IT HAD BEEN BOOMING FOR A LONGTIME AND IT'S VOLATILE BUT SEEMS TO BE IN THE MIDST OF A PROLONGED DROP RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO KEEP GOING ON PART OF THE NATURAL VOLATILITY OF THE NEW INSTRUMENTS?

>> WE DON'T COVER THE CRYPTO SPACE.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PRICE FORECAST OR TARGETS IN THAT AREA.

BUT I THINK BASED ON THE NATURE OF WHAT CRYPTOCURRENCY IS, AND IT'S A YOUNG ASSET, A YOUNG DIGITAL ASSET, I DO THINK THAT WILL BE PRETTY VOLATILE SPACE FOR A WHILE TO COME.

>> PHILLIP BRAUN, WHAT DO YOU FORESEE THE FED DOING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS?

THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE RATES MIGHT THEY RECONSIDER GIVEN THE REALITIES OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY WILL.

THEY CAN'T.

INFLATION IS TOO HIGH FOR THEM TO BACK OFF.

AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RAISE INTEREST RATES THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR AND IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THE LEVEL THAT THEY ARE RAISING INTEREST RATES IS ENOUGH TO COMBAT INFLATION.

IN THE FUTURE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE TO BRING INFLATION DOWN.

>> SUSAN SCHMIDT WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR HOME MORTGAGES AND LOANS?

>> WELL, IF INTEREST RATES GO UP THINGS GET MORE EXPENSIVE.

ALL OF THOSE LOANS WILL GET MORE COSTLY TO THE CONSUMER.

WE'VE SEEN THAT IMPACT THE INTEREST IN HOME BUYING.

WE'VE SEEN THAT IMPACTING ON A REFINANCING THAT IS ON EXISTING MORTGAGES.

INTEREST RATES ARE AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT HOW THE ECONOMY FUNCTIONS.

INCREASED INTEREST RATES PUTS A DAMPER ON THE ECONOMY OVERALL AND WE WILL SEE THAT COSTS ARE GOING UP.

>> SUCH A DELICATE BALANCE TO WALK.

OUR THANKS TO DAVID SEKER, PHILLIP BRAUN AND SUSAN SCHMIDT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, ONCE A DECADE A NATIONAL CENSUS IS SUPPOSED TO GET A HANDLE HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE RESULTS IMPACT EVERYTHING FROM FEDERAL FUNDING TO HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES EACH STATE GETS IN CONGRESS.

THE RESULTS OF THE LATEST CENSUS HAVE BEEN IN FOR A WHILE BUT NOW NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ILLINOIS.

TURNS OUT ILLINOIS IS NOT LOSING POPULATION AFTER ALL, IT GAINED A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK.

EXPLAIN THAT TO US.

>> THE STORY HAD BEEN THAT ILLINOIS WAS LOSING POPULATION, PEOPLE WERE LEAVING ILLINOIS THAT THE POPULATION HAD DROPPED.

INSTEAD THE CENSUS BUREAU CAME OUT WITH NUMBERS THAT SHOWED THE REVERSE THE STATE GAINED 250,000 PEOPLE.

I ASKED CYNTHIA BUCKLEY A SOCIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND BY THE WAY, A SELF DESCRIBED CENSUS NERD TO HELP US PUT THAT DATA INTO PERSPECTIVE.

>> WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT HUGE ADJUSTMENTS.

I KNOW THE NUMBERS SOUND BIG BUT REMEMBER, A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHE HAS 330 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE PARKING SPACE.

IT IS A CROWDED SORT OF PLACE.

IT IS A HARD GROUP TO ENUMERATE.

>> SHE WOULD KNOW BUCKLEY WORKED AS AN ENUMERATOR THAT GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR TRYING TO GET FOLKS WHO DID NOT FILL OUT CENSUS FORMS TO DO SO.

2020 WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR.

THE FIRST TIME YOU COULD FILL OUT YOUR FORM ON-LINE.

THERE WERE POLITICAL FIGHTS CONCERNED ABOUT A CITIZENSHIP QUESTION AND A PANDEMIC WHICH MADE PEOPLE EVEN WARIER THAN USUAL TO ANSWER WHEN A STRANGER KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.

A POST CENSUS SURVEY THAT UPDATES NUMBERS THAT IS NORMAL.

REGULAR EVERY 10 YEARS.

EVEN WHEN IT IS A NUMBER LIKE THE QUARTER MILLION ILLINOIS GAINED IN THAT LATEST ESTIMATE.

>> COUPLE HUNDRED,000 PEOPLE IS STUFF.

THAT IS THE DAN RYAN ON A GOOD DAY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS THE IDEA THAT WE'RE THE BIGGEST STATE IN THE MIDWEST WE HAVE 12 MILLION ILLINOISANS.

AND THEREFORE ADDING ON THIS ERROR FACTOR FROM THE SURVEY, IS A VERY MINOR PERCENTAGE.

>> ILLINOIS WASN'T THE ONLY STATE TO SEE A CHANGE.

SOME 14 STATES SHOWED SWINGS.

SOME STATES UP AND OTHERS DOWN.

BUCKLEY SAYS THE PROVISIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE REVERSED ILLINOIS' LOSS OF A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

GOING FORWARD, ILLINOIS WILL HAVE 17 U.S. REPS GOING TO WASHINGTON D.C. RATHER THAN 18.

AND SAID THEY LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE SHIFTED THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRICTS AND CONGRESS OR THE STATE HOUSE.

BUT WELL, OF COURSE, POLITICIANS ARE DRAWING THOSE DISTRICTS AND THIS IS A CONTINGENT NOT ENOUGH TO TRUMP THE POLITICAL INTERESTS THAT ALSO DETERMINE BORDERS.

WHERE THINGS COULD CHANGE IS NOT INFLUENCE, THEN MONEY.

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S ADMINISTRATION WERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. LAST WEEK WHEN THE CENSUS MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRITZKER'S CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE CALLED RIGHT AWAY.

>> THE VERY FIRST OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FEDERAL RESOURCES OR DOLLARS WE ARE NOT GETTING BECAUSE OF THIS UNDER COUNT.

AND SO WE KICKED OFF AN IMMEDIATE EFFORT WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO START THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ANY MONEY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS?

ARE THERE GRANT PROGRAMS WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR?

>> SHE DOES NOT HAVE CHANCES TO THE QUESTIONS BUT YES, ILLINOIS COULD SEE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, HUMAN SERVICES AND HOSPITALS BECAUSE A LOT OF CONGRESSIONAL MONEY GOES BACK TO STATES ON PER CAPITA BASIS.

ANNE CAPRARA SAYS IT IS NOT YET TIME FOR A VICTORY LAP BUT... >> PEOPLE DO WANT TO MOVE HERE AND WORK HERE AND GO TO COLLEGE HERE AND I ALSO THINK IT'S A REBUKE OF THE NAY SAYERS AND PESSIMISTS AND THE FOLKS MADE A CAREER OUT OF DOWN-PLAYING THE STATE'S CHANCES OUT OF TALKING DOWN OUT OF MAKING IT OUT TO BE THIS THIS OUTMIGRATION AND WE GREW AS A STATE.

>> BUT CRITICS SAY ILLINOIS HAS NO BUSINESS BOASTING ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW IT IS DOING COMPARED WITH NEIGHBORING STATES IN THE MIDWEST.

>> WE ARE THE LAGGERT AND GIVEN THE CRIME WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN THE COUNTRY, AND GIVEN SOME OF THE STRICTEST COVID MITIGATIONS, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF PRESSURE WITH OUR POPULATION.

>> MEANWHILE, STATES THAT SAW AN INCREASE IN THEIR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION WELL, THEY SAW THEIR POPULATIONS SOAR.

TEXAS BY FOUR MILLION.

FLORIDA BY NEARLY THREE MILLION.

>> THOSE STATES ARE TAKING ALL THE PEOPLE AND THE INVESTMENT ALL THE WEALTH AND A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM HERE.

YOU LOOK AT THE I.R.S.

DATA AND THE CENSUS DATA PEOPLE ARE LEAVING ILLINOIS IN DROVES AND IT IS ACROSS EVERY INCOME GROUP AND AGE GROUP.

IF WE WANT TO THRIVE IN ILLINOIS WE NEED PEOPLE AND INVESTMENT AND IF WE ARE GETTING THE OPPOSITE WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.

>> BUCKLEY SAYS ANY CLAIM THAT RESIDENTS ARE FLOCKING IN OR FLOCKING OUT OF ILLINOIS BASED ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION OR POLICY, WELL, SHE CALLS IT BOLDER GAS.

>> THE MIDWEST AS A WHOLE IS NOT GROWING AS FAST AS THE SUN BELT.

SO UNLESS THE DEMOCRATS OR THE REPUBLICANS OR THE INDEPENDENTS CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT PREVENTING THE NEXT POLAR VORTEX, I HAVE A REAL STRONG SUSPICION THAT THESE CLAIMS OF WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT SO PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN AND WE'RE DOING IT WRONG SO PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT ARE OVERBLOWN >> NOW, BUCKLEY, BY THE WAY, SAYS THAT CONSIDERING AGAIN THERE WAS A PANDEMIC OVERALL, THE UNITED STATES DID REALLY WELL POST ENUMERATION SURVEY.

IT IS NOT A MISTAKE THAT THE U.S.

CARRIED OUT THE CENSUS WELL AND CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS IN PARTICULAR, SAW GREAT RATES OF RETURN ON THE CENSUS AND SHE SAYS THE CITY AND THE STATE ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.

THE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY FRESH AND WE DON'T YET HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE MAY BE GETTING FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, BUCKLEY HAS A GUESS WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND SOME OF THE GROWTH IN STATES LIKE ILLINOIS.

SHE SAYS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE SHE USED THE TERM MIGRANT MAGNETS AND GUESSES IT MAY BE THAT YOU HAD NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS OR MIGRANTS HESITANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENSUS PARTICULARLY WITH THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTIONS.

BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK ASH AND THERE IS A SMALLER POPULATION, AS THERE IS WORKING WITH THE POST ENUMERATION SURVEY THERE IS EASIER TO GET IN TOUCH AND WITH AND PARTICIPATE AND SHE THINKS THAT WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND THE SURGE IN THE POPULATION IN ILLINOIS.

>> SMART PERCENTAGE BUT 250,000 GAMED -- PERSON GAINED IN POPULATION BETTER THAN AN 18,000 PERSON LOSS.

>> UP NEXT, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES TO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> CHICAGO AREA RETAIL STORES HIT RECORD-HIGH SALES NOT WITHOUT IMPACTING ON-LINE BUYING AS AMAZON IS LOOKING TO SUBLET WAREHOUSE SPACE AND LEGAL LIMBO FOR 200 POT SHOP LICENSES COULD SOON TOMORROW TO AN END.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

FIRST OFF GOOD NEWS FOR LOCAL RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS THAT SAW RECORD SALES LAST YEAR.

JUST HOW MUCH OF A JUMP IN CONSUMER SPENDING ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> WELL, IT WAS THE BIGGEST ANNUAL INCREASE IN RETAIL SALES IN CHICAGO IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

SIZABLE CONSUMERS SPENT ALMOST $153 BILLION LOCALLY LAST YEAR.

UP 29% FROM 2020.

OBVIOUSLY COMPARING ANYTHING TO 2020 COULD REVEAL FUNKY LOOKING STATS.

BUT SALES DROPPED ONLY 9% IN 2020 COMPARED WITH 2019.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG JUMP PEOPLE HAD STIMULUS CHECKS AND WERE READY TO SPEND MONEY AFTER THEY COULD NOT DO THINGS IN 2020 IN THE FORECAST FOR 2022 IS ALSO UP BY A LOT OF THAT HAVING TO DO WITH INFLATION AND THINGS COSTING MORE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN RECENT SLOW DOWN IN CONSUMER SPENDING.

>> THE 2021 NUMBERS GOOD FOR LOCAL TAXING BODIES HERE.

BUT WITH GOOD NEWS COMES BAD NEWS.

FOR ON-LINE SPENDING IT SEEMS TO BE COOLING OFF THAT AMAZON IS REPORTEDLY LOOKING TO SUBLEASE 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL US ABOUT THE STATE OF ON-LINE SHOPPING?

>> IT IS A SIGNAL OF CAUTION.

AMAZON LEASES A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF WAREHOUSE SPACE A LOT OF PEOPLE RUSHED TO BUY THINGS ON THE INTERNET.

A LOT OF THAT WAS BUILT OUT LEASED OUT IN CHICAGO.

BUT THE COMPANY SAID THAT THE SURGE IN ON-LINE SHOPPING HAS SLOWED A LITTLE BIT.

SO THEY MIGHT HAVE WAY TOO MUCH SPACE.

THIS IS A HEDGE BY AMAZON.

FOR PERSPECTIVE IF THEY DID SUBLEASE 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET THAT IS 5% OF THEIR FOOTPRINT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE PULLBACK BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH AS WE TRY TO GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE HEADING TOWARD A RECESSION.

>> THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT PLANS TO BUILD MORE WAREHOUSE SPACE.

FINALLY, A LONG DELAY IN ISSUING NEW STATE RETAIL MARIJUANA LICENSES MIGHT COME TO AN END.

WHAT IS THE LATEST THERE?

>> THIS IS A LEGAL PROCESS THAT BEGAN IN LATE 2020 WHEN THE STATE ANNOUNCED FINALISTS FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF CANNABIS RETAIL LICENSES.

THERE WAS A CHALLENGE AT THE TIME TO THE CRITERIA THE STATE WAS USING TO SELECT THOSE AND THAT LED A JUDGE TO BLOCK THE STATE FROM ISSUING THE LICENSES.

NOW THE ATTORNEY THAT FILED THAT CHALLENGE HAS ASKED THE JUDGE TO LIFT THE STAY SO WE MAY GET THE LICENSES ISSUED HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THAT WOULD MEAN APPLICANTS GETTING LICENSES TO SELL AND OPEN WEED SHOPS AND THIS HAS SLOWED SOME OF THE GROWTH OF ILLINOIS' MARIJUANA INDUSTRY THE REMOVAL COULD HELP BOON THAT TAX REVENUE.

>> A LOT OF APPLICANTS WAITING TO JUMP INTO THE GAME.

DANNY ECKER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", MEET A MOTHER DETERMINED TO MAKE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED.

>> HER STORY IS PART OF OUR NEW "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SERIES TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

>> WHAT THE C.D.C.

AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE RARE MONKEYPOX DISEASE IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND.

>> A PILOT PROGRAM OFFERING FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO NONCITIZEN IMMIGRANTS IS UNDERWAY IN COOK COUNTY.

WE HEAR HOW IT'S GOING SO FAR.

>> AND ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCING US TO A LOCAL ARTIST TURNING DISCARDED MATERIALS INTO ART HONORING BLACK HISTORY.

>> SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS HOMICIDES ARE TRENDING DOWN AS COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

OVER THE WEEKEND A 21-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED AND TWO DOZEN WOUNDED IN CHICAGO SHOOTINGS.

28 PEOPLE IN ALL INCLUDING FOUR TEENS WERE SHOT.

>> AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE SUMMER SPIKE IN VIOLENCE CHICAGO POLICE MADE CHANGES TO HOW DAYS OFF ARE CANCELED.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHIFTED FROM AN LAST-MINUTE DECISION TO TAMP DOWN CRITICISM.

>> WE'VE LISTENED TO OFFICERS WHO SHOWED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAST-MINUTE NOTICE BECAUSE OF PERSONAL SCHEDULING WITH FAMILY.

SO WE SCHEDULED IT FURTHER OUT GIVING NOTICE FURTHER OUT OF THESE DAYS BEING CANCELED AS WELL AS WE'VE ROTATED SO EVERY WORK DOESN'T GET CANCELED AT THE SAME TIME.

>> WITH THE ROLLBACK -- ANTICIPATED ROLLBACK OF ROE VS. WADE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS EXPANDING ACCESS TO ABORTION PILLS VIA MAIL.

PATIENTS MUST HAVE AN ILLINOIS MAILING ADDRESS.

PATIENTS MUST MEET WITH A CLINICIAN VIA TELEHEALTH TO DETERMINE IF THEY QUALIFY.

OUT OF STATE PATIENTS CAN ACCESS THE ABORTION MEDICATION VIA TELEHEALTH BUT NEED TO TRAVEL TO ILLINOIS TO PICK UP THE PRESCRIPTION IN-PERSON AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CLINIC.

>> A NEW "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SERIES FOLLOWS THREE GRIEVING MOTHERS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ MET WITH THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR LOST LOVED ONES AND HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.

IT BEGINS TONIGHT AND JOANNA HERNANDEZ JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE MOTHERS AND FAMILIES I SPOKE WITH ARE CARRYING UNIMAGINABLE PAIN.

WE BEGIN OUR SERIES BY SHARING THE STORY OF ONE MOTHER WHO MADE IT HER MISSION TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY PURCHASING THE EAST CHATHAM STORE WHERE HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED.

>> WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU WANTED THE PLACE WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER TOOK HER LAST BREATH.

>> I WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT.

SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO TRAUMATIC BUT I THINK I CAME UP WITH THE FINAL DECISION AND THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

>> WHAT WAS THAT FINAL DECISION?

>> TO STAY HERE AND FIGHT.

>> IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED ENVIED A CONVENIENCE STORE.

SHE SAYS EVERYDAY THAT GOES BY SHE WISHES SHE HAD TOLD HER DAUGHTER NOT TO GO TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE.

>> I GO BACK AND FORTH.

I WISH I NO, YOU CANNOT GO.

HOW CAN I TELL AN 18-YEAR-OLD NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT OR THAT.

YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T KEEP TELLING HER NO.

SHE WAS GOING TO THE SHEDD AQUARIUM.

SHE WASN'T GOING TO A PARTY OR A LOUNGE.

SHE WENT TO THE SHEDD AQUARIUM.

>> AND HERE WITH HER BOYFRIEND.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> AFTER THE SHEDD AQUARIUM I WAS GOING TO PICK HER UP.

YOU WONDER DID SHE SEE IT COMING?

DID SHE GO INSTANTLY?

>> 18-YEAR-OLD HAD HER LIFE AHEAD OF HER.

SHE WAS FOLLOWING HER MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND STUDYING TO BECOME A NURSE AT MALCOM X COLLEGE DREAMING OF BECOMING A TRAVELING NURSE.

>> THAT IS I LOVE HER EVERYDAY.

I TOLD HER FORT I DO I DO BECAUSE OF HER SHE WAS MY FIRSTBORN.

SHE WAS MY MOTIVATION.

WHY I WORK SO HARD.

>> THE TEENAGER WAS KILLED WHEN THREE PEOPLE OPENED FIRE SHOOTING INTO THE STORE ON FEBRUARY 2020.

22 BULLETS WERE DISCHARGED.

KILLING HER AND INJURING FIVE OTHERS.

>> YOUR DAUGHTER HAS NOT RECEIVED JUSTICE.

>> NO, SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED FULL JUSTICE 2 ADULTS THAT WAS THERE.

>> AT LARGE.

>> A 15-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED.

THE TEENAGER HAD PRIOR OFFENSES ON HIS RECORD.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS FAILING FAMILIES?

MOTHERS LIKE YOU?

>> THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS.

I MEAN, I GET KICKED OUT OF COURT BECAUSE I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION.

AND EVEN I FEEL LIKE A VICTIM WHEN I GO TO COURT.

THE LAST TWO COURT APPEARANCES I DIDN'T GET IN COURT.

>> AND YOU ARE THE MOM?

>> I'M THE MOM.

I DID NOT ASK TO BE HERE.

I TAUGHT MY CHILD RIGHT FROM WRONG.

>> MOTHERS LIKE BEAM MAN ARE FACING TRYING TO RAISE CHILDREN IN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAGUED WITH GUN VIOLENCE.

WHERE JAYA WAS KILLED 2 HUNDRED SHOOTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT LOGGED UPWARDS OF 800 SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS.

>> IF I LEAVE IF I RUN IF I GO WHO IS GOING TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR PROBLEM?

WHO IS GOING TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE TERRORISTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO?

WE'RE PLAGUED WITH DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

>> THIS MOTHER OF FOUR HAS SINCE TURNED HER PAIN INTO PURPOSE STARTING THIER YEAH BEMAN FOUNDATION IS IS GEARED TO HELP STEER YOUNG ADULTS AWAY FROM VIOLENCE.

SHE IS WORKING TO BUY THE PROPERTY WHERE HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED.

>> I WANT TO TURN IT INTO A HUB FOR THE FOUNDATION.

MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER.

AND OFFER THE CLASSES, SUPPORT GROUPS, GRIEF COUNSELING AND PEER COUNSELING, SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE PEERS NEED.

>> THE HURDLE IS GETTING THE MONEY TO BUY THE PROPERTY.

THE OWNER WANTS $159,000 IN CASH.

>> I WANT THIS HOUSE WITH THE X ON IT FOR A GROUP HOME.

>> WHILE SHE WORKS TO FIND HELP SHE IS BUYING PROPERTIES THROUGH THE COOK COUNTY TAX SCAVENGER SALE WHEREBIERS MADE CASH BIDS ON PROPERTIES WITH MORE THAN THREE YEARS INTO UNPAID TAXES.

ACTION SHE SAYS ARE MEANT TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE.

>> I JUST WORRY THAT AM I DOING WHAT SHE WANTS ME TO DO.

I TALKED TO MY KIDS AND THEY SAID YEAH.

>> DESPITE THE DAYS, WEEKS AND YEARS THAT HAVE GONE BY WITHOUT HER DAUGHTER, THE PAIN AND TRAUMA NEVER LEAVE.

THIS IS MY HEALING PROCESS.

I WILL NEVER BE HEALED.

THIS IS MY COPING, COPING.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE THIS -- >> I AM NOT ANGRY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE MAD I DON'T WANT TO BLAME THE POLICE I WANT TO BE A PART OF CHANGE.

>> ANDIER YEAH JAYA WOULD HAVE TURNED 20 THIS YEAR.

>> WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM FUTURE STORIES?

>> YOU WILL HEAR FROM A MOTHER WHO LOST TWO SONS WITHIN A YEAR AND ANOTHER MOTHER STRUGGLING TO HOLD HER FAMILY TOGETHER.

>> WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE STORIES THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CASES OF A RARE DISEASE KNOWN AS MONKEYPOX HAVE BEEN REPORTED WORLDWIDE INCLUDING IN THE U.S. AS OF SATURDAY, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTED 92 CONFIRMED CASES AND 28 SUSPECTED CASES IN 12 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES MOST IN EUROPE.

BUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID THE THREAT OF DISEASE DOESN'T RISE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS COVID.

>> WE'VE HAD THIS MONKEYPOX FOR THE LARGER NUMBERS IN THE PAST NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO WE HAVE VACCINES TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

NUMBER THREE, THERE IS THUS FAR DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A NEED TORE ANY KIND OF EXTRA EFFORT BEYOND WHAT IS GOING ON.

AND SO I JUST DON'T THINK IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF KIND OF CONCERN THAT EXISTED WITH COVID-19.

>> AND JOINING US TO EXPLAIN THE DISEASE IS Dr. ANIRUDDHA HAZRA AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST OFF A PRIMER WHAT IS MONKEYPOX AND HOW DOES IT SPREAD?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO MONKEYPOX IS A TYPE OF POX VIRUS IN THE SAME FAMILY AS COW POX OR SMALLPOX.

IT IS NOT NEW AT ALL.

IT WAS DISCOVERED BACK IN THE 1950s AND HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED AS ENDEMIC IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.

THE PRIMARY WAY OF TRANSMISSION IS CONTACT WITH THE POX OR THE LEGIONS ON THE SKIN.

BUT CAN BE SPREAD THROUGH CONTACT WITH SIGH LA VA AND SECRETIONS AND DROPLETS AS WELL.

>> IT'S ENDEMIC IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THIS IS THE LARGEST OUTBREAK IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.

YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN DOWN-PLAY.

HOW CONCERNED SHOULD PEOPLE BE?

>> I THINK THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX OUTSIDE THE AFRICA.

THE MIDWEST AND MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF ILLINOIS HAD A MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK BACK IN 2003.

WITH ALMOST 100 CASES AND ZERO FATALITIES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S DOWN-PLAYING JUST UNDERSTANDING THE VIRUS ITSELF IT'S DIFFERENT THAN COVID WHICH IS A NEW VIRUS IT'S NOVEL HOW TO IMPACTED HUMANS WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA TO SHOW HOW THE VIRUS IMPACTS HUMANS AND TRANSMISSION, AND HOW TRANSMISSION CONTINUES IN HUMANS.

>> YOU MENTIONED RELATED TO SMALLPOX HOW SERIOUS COULD IT BE IN HUMANS?

>> THE PRIMARY SYMPTOMS OF MONKEYPOX IS LEGIONS, A SKIN RASH, ASSOCIATED WITH FEVERS.

IN TERMS OF SEVERE, IT'S TYPICALLY RARE WITH ANY MONKEYPOX OR POX VIRUS.

IT'S MORE OF THE SKIN MANIFESTATIONS WITH OR WITHOUT FEVER IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON HUMANS.

>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE OUTBREAKS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES AT THIS POINT?

>> TO DATE, WE HAVE ALMOST OVER 170 NEW CASES ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTRIES WHICH IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR OTHER TYPES OF MONKEYPOX OUTBREAKS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

TYPICALLY THEY ARE CLUSTERS IN ONE COUNTRY.

BUT WHAT WE'VE THE W.H.O.

SEEMS TO SHOW IS A LOT OF THESE CLUSTERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN TYPES OF FESTIVALS OR RAVES OR EVENTS.

AND ALSO THAT THERE'S CLOSE CONTACT AND INTIMATE AND SEXUAL CONTACT THAT IS HELPING WITH THE SPREAD OR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS.

>> YOU MENTIONED THOSE CASES IN EUROPE TIED TO RAVES THAT TOOK PLACE IN PLACES LIKE SPAIN OR PORT GAVMENT IS THAT THE CASE FOR SOME OF THE U.S. CASES WE'RE SEEING?

>> YES.

THE CASES IN CANADA CAN BE LINKED TO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND I BELIEVE THE CASE IN BOSTON WOULD BE LINKED TO THE CASES IN MONTREAL.

I KNOW THAT AS FAR AS THE CASE IN NEW YORK AND FLORIDA WHICH ARE THE OTHER TWO, POTENTIAL CASES IN THE UNITED STATES STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT THAT CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION IS JUST YET.

>> IT'S CLEAR THIS DOES NOT SPREAD WITH THE SAME COVID DOES, CORRECT?

>> IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM PAST EXPERIENCES WITH THE OUTBREAKS AND WHILE IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH RESPIRATORY DROPLETS AND AIRBORNE THAT IS NOT THE PRIMARY MEANS OF TRANSMISSION AND THE PRIMARY MODES OF TRANSMISSION IS WITH DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LEGIONS OR THE PUSS LIKE LEGIONS.

>> AND THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THERE ARE SMALLPOX VACCINES THAT ARE PRIME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AND OTHER VIRAL TREATMENTS.

TELL US ABOUT THOSE TREATMENTS.

>> SMALLPOX IS IN THE SAME POX FAMILY AS MONKEYPOX.

THE SMALLPOX VIRUS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING MONKEYPOX.

THE UNITED STATES STOPPED THE SMALL BOX VACCINATION BEFORE 1972.

IT SHOULD PROTECT YOU AGAINST MONKEYPOX.

WE DO HAVE OUR NATIONAL STOCKPILE OF SMALLPOX VACCINE AND THE VACCINES AND THE NEWER ONES ARE CREATED IN 2019.

SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO MAKING SURE THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHO NEED IT.

>> AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK IN WISCONSIN IN 2003.

WHAT HAVE ESPECIALLY DEEM OBVIOUSLYISTS -- EPIDEMIOLOGISTS LEARN ON THAT.

>> THEY WERE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH RATS WHEN -- TRANSMISSION FROM THE RATS TO THE GUINEA PIG THEN SOLD AT FAIRS AND PLAYGROUNDS IN THE MIDWEST.

AND SO AGAIN WHAT WE LEARNED THE CENTRALIZED CLUSTER WITH A DRINK LINK TO WEST AFRICA WITH LIMITED HUMAN TO HIM SPREAD IN THAT REGARD.

AGAIN, ALMOST 100 CASES IF NOT MORE OUT OF THAT OUTBREAK AND ZERO FATALITIES WHICH GIVES YOU AN IDEA THE SEVERITY AND WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THESE OUTBREAKS OUTSIDE CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA.

>> FATALITY RATE IS VERY, VERY, VERY LOW.

WHAT ABOUT TESTING?

HOW DO PEOPLE GO ABOUT TESTING FOR THIS?

>> THE TESTING IS THROUGH THE THE GENETIC TESTING TESTING.

AND SO IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, MOST ACADEMIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OR SEXUAL HEALTH CLINICS HAVE BEEN LEASED BY CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HOW TO NOT ONLY OBTAIN THE TEST AND RUN THE TESTS.

THESE WILL BE SENT TO THE C.D.C.

THE TEST IS A SWAB OF THE LEGION THE SKIN.

AND WHICH IS SENT FOR PCR TESTING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

Dr. ANIRUDDHA HAZRA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT, DETAILS OF A PILOT PROJECT OFFERING FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO NONCITIZENS IN A CONVERSATION THAT FIRST AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LATANYA "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "CHICAGOTONIGE WHEN GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THE DEFENDER FOR ALL ACT IN AUGUST 2021, IT WAS THE CULMINATION OF A YEAR'S LONG FIGHT BY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS TO NONCITIZENS.

THE ACT TOOK EFFECT AT THE COMBINING OFTH YEAR AND SINCE THEN, THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS IMMIGRATION UNIT SAYS IT'S TAKEN ON OVER A DOZEN CASES FREE OF CHARGE THE LARGEST COUNTY IN THE NATION TO DO SO.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE GUADALUPE PEREZ IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY WITH THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS IMMIGRATION UNIT PILOT.

AND ERE RENDON VICE-PRESIDENT OF IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AT THE RESURRECTION PROJECT AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

ERE RENDON WHY WAS THIS STEP NECESSARY IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> SO WELL, SEVERAL THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO BE PUT IN THE PROCESS OF DEPORTATION.

ABOUT 70% OF IMMIGRANTS DON'T HAVE ATTORNEYS WHEN THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.

AND WHAT THAT IS RESULTING IN IS WE'RE NOT PROTECTING THE DUE PROCESS THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE.

IMMIGRANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL.

AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT NOT HAVING THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY 10, 15,000 DOLLARS FOR A PRIVATE ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING ADEQUATE AND ETHICAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

>> AND GUADALUPE PEREZ WALK US THROUGH THIS?

HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PARAMETERS FOR DETERMINING WHICH CASES TO TAKE.

WE ARE STILL A PILOT AND HAVE TWO ATTORNEYS IN OUR OFFICE AND ONE PARALLEL.

IF A PERSON DOES NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR AN ATTORNEY WE CAN CONSIDER THEIR CASE IF THEY ARE DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION, AND THEY HAVE ANY COOK COUNTY TIES WE WILL CONSIDER THEIR CASE.

IF THEY ARE NOT DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION IF THEY HAVE BEEN A CLIENT OF THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE.

>> AND LET ME STICK WITH YOU FOR A SECOND.

YOU SAY YOU ELUDED TO THE NUMBER OF CASES YOU ARE HANDLING.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DEGREE OF NEED THE DEMAND FOR IT?

>> THERE'S STILL A LARGE UNMET NEED.

AND WE'VE STARTED COLLABORATING WITH THE MIDWEST DEFENDERS ALLIANCE TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY AND THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE WHERE SEVERAL LEGAL AIDS GO INTO COURTS TO OBSERVE HEARINGS IF ANYONE IS UNREPRESENTED THEN WE CAN CONSIDER TAKING ON THEIR CASE AS WELL.

>> AND ERE RENDON FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEFORE A DEPORTATION COURT, HOW ARE THEY DISADVANTAGED IF THEY DO NOT HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION?

>> SO THERE IS A LOT OF THAT OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THAT FOR INSTANCE ONLY 5% OF ALL FOLKS UNREPRESENTED WIN THEIR IMMIGRATION CASE.

WE KNOW THAT REPRESENTATION GOES A LONG WAY IN ASSURING THAT IF SOMEBODY HAD THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO STAY MAYBE THEY ARE MARRIED TO A U.S. CITIZEN MAYBE THEIR CHILD IS A U.S. CITIZEN AND ELIGIBLE FOR CANCELLATION.

PERHAPS THEY HAVE A CLAIM FOR A VISA BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF THE CRIME.

YOU NEED TO BE AN ATTORNEY TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND ACTIVELY PUTTING IN THE PETITIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NEED FOR FOLKS TO KNOW WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE PERHAPS YOU ARE A CASE IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DEPORTED, YOU STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND WHAT TO EXPECT.

THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING SITUATION AND FOLKS ARE DETAINED.

KNOWING HOW LONG YOU MAYBE DETAINED ALL OF THAT AFFECTS BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILY.

>> GUADALUPE PEREZ GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A CASE ARE YOU HANDLING.

PULL ONE OUT OF THE HAT AND GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT THIS PERSON IS GOING THROUGH.

>> WELL, PRIMARILY WE'RE BREAD WINNERS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS.

AND WE FIRSTLY IDENTIFY TO SEE IF THE PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR BOND.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF BOND CASES.

AND BOND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL TO PAY THIS IMMIGRATION BOND AND TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILY WHILE STILL UNDERGOING THE IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.

AND THEN THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK, LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO ENDURE FAMILY SEPARATION.

>> AND LAST QUESTION FOR YOU ERE RENDON, HOW WILL YOU DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WHAT IS NOW A PILOT PROGRAM, HOW WILL YOU DETERMINE IF IT'S WORKED?

>> WELL, PROTECTING DUE PROCESS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

SO THE FACT THAT FOLKS THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY NOW DO IS SHOW US IT WORKS.

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR US IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUALLY ADVOCATE THE DEFENDER FOR ALL COALITION WILL MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS INCREASING THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE ATTORNEYS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND AND WE WILL BE RELYING ON OUR CHAMPIONS, LIKE COMMISSIONER BRANDON JOHNSON TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SERVICES IN THE COUNTY.

>> AND OUR THANKS TO GUADALUPE PEREZ AND ERE RENDON.

BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT SHALL BE.

THAT IS HOW ARTIST NICK CAVE DESCRIBES THIS THREE PART EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO AS HE WORKS TO RECLAIM IDENTITY WITH HELP FROM DISCARDED OBJECTS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO FOROTHERMORE.

>> IT IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT LITERALLY.

FOR NICK CAVE, AS HE TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER IN FULL, IN A NEW EXHIBIT TITLED FOROTHERMORE.

>> YOU WILL SEE SERIES OF OLD AND CURRENT ONES THAT ARE REALLY SORT OF BASED ON DETROIT.

AND THEN YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SCULPTURES WORKS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

>> IT IS IN REPURPOSED OBJECTS THAT CAVE WORKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE NEW LIFE HE FOUND AND THE OBJECTS THAT WERE ONCE DISARD CARDED.

THIS COMES AFTER DECADES AS TRAVELING AS AN EMERGING ARTIST CREATING ART WITH NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT SURROUNDED HIM.

>> THE MATERIALS HAVE TO PROVIDE A WAY IN FOR A LOT OF THE AUDIENCE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THAT IS FAMILIAR.

>> BUT RECLAIMING DISCARDED OBJECTS IS NOT THE ONLY NARRATIVE CAVE WORKS TO ADDRESS.

>> FOR DECADES I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING LIGHT TO THE RACE INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE.

AND I HAVE TO RESOLVE THAT WITHIN MYSELF.

EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, I'VE GOT TO RESOLVE IT.

OTHERWISE IT COULD DESTROY ME.

>> I'M SORT OF INTERESTED IN SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE AND SORT OF OWNING OUR HISTORY, OWNING OUR PAST AND BEING RESILIENT IN THAT SORT OF PROCESS.

AND HOW DO YOU SORT OF LIKE PSYCHOLOGICALLY WORK THROUGH MANIPULATIVE WAYS OF CALCULATING HOW WE SORT OF EXIST?

AND SAYING NO TO THAT.

SO IT'S MY WAY OF SORT OF RECOGNIZING AND PUTTING IT IN-YOUR-FACE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ELEVATING IT AND EMPOWERING IT.

>> NO MATTER THE MEDIUM, CAVE SAYS HE HOPES HIS WORK SERVES AS A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE AS HE CONTINUES WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS HIS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK FOR THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT HEARD.

>> I WANT TO TAKE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY.

I WANT THERE TO BE MOMENTS OF SILENCE.

I WANT THERE TO BE MOMENTS OF STILLNESS.

AND I WANT YOU TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN COME TO THE WORK AND BE OPEN TO SOMETHING THAT IS UNFAMILIAR THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT AND HOW DO WE SORT OF STEP UP TO THAT.

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

>> FOR FOROTHERMORE IS ON DISPLAY UNTIL OCTOBER 2.

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

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

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