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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> TODAY WE MADE HISTORY BRINGING A CASINO HOPEFULLY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO CHICAGO.

>> THE BALLY'S CASINO PROPOSAL PASSES.

WE DIG INTO THAT AND MUCH MORE FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>> YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER AND YOU ARE LYING.

ALMOST EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AFTER YOU SAY YOUR NAME IS A LIE!

>> A FIERY EXCHANGE INSIDE CITY HALL OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM IS HERE TO BREAKDOWN WHAT HAPPENED.

>> ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA.

ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING.

>> THE SHOOTING AT A TEXAS SCHOOL SPURS CALLS FOR ACTION BUT WILL ANYTHING COME OF IT?

>> ON THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH A LOOK AT EFFORTS TO INCREASE POLICE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE IS NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE HE IS NOT HERE.

>> THE LATEST IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SERIES ON THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE ON VICTIMS' FAMILIES.

>> A NEW NORTHWESTERN STUDY SHOWS HOW BRAIN FOG AND FATIGUE ARE AFFECTING COVID LONG-HAULERS.

>> ON THE PHONE UKRAINE AND I ANSWERED THE PHONE.

>> HOW WAR IN UKRAINE COMPLICATED BRINGING TWIN PREEMIES BORN VIA SURROGATE HOME TO THEIR PARENTS IN HIGHLAND PARK.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> WE'RE LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT THE 21 VICTIMS INCLUDING 19 CHILDREN KILLED IN YESTERDAY'S TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING AT A TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AMONG THEM, 10-YEAR-OLD FOURTH GRADER LEXIE RUBIO WHOSE FATHER IS A DEPUTY IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.

>> ALL I CAN HOPE IS THIS IS NOT A NUMBER.

HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GETS RESOLVED.

HOPELY SOMETHING GETS RESOLVED.

>> I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET RESOLVED TO SEE RESOLVED?

>> DAMN VIOLENCE GUNS I AM A DEPUTY HERE IN UVALDE COUNTY.

THIS IS ENOUGH.

THIS IS ENOUGH.

NO ONE ELSE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THIS.

>> DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG REVEALED THE 818-YEAR-OLD THE SHOOTER REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS GRANT MOTHER MINUTES BEFORE HE SAID HE SHOT HER AND SHOOT UP AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE ATTACK LEFT 17 PEOPLE WOUNDED.

>> A 22-YEAR-OLD CHICAGO MAN IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING SEVEN GHOST GUNS ON FIVE OCCASIONS.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS DEVIN DOW SOLD THE GUNS TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

OFFICIALS SAY THE GUNS ARE CONSIDERED GHOST GUNS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO IDENTIFIABLE SERIAL NUMBER AND WERE ASSEMBLED USING PARTS COLLECTED FROM SOURCES.

DOW'S DETENTION HEARING IS SET FOR FRIDAY.

>> TO COMMEMORATE THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH ACTIVISTS PLANNED A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE HE DIED AND A RALLY AT THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE IN MINNESOTA.

FLOYD'S DEATH TOUCHED OUTFIELD PROTESTS IN THE 2020.

OFFICIALLY NAMING IT GEORGE PERRY FLOYD SQUARE WHILE DERRICK CHAUVIN IS SERVING 22-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON TWO OTHER OFFICERS ARE SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL ON STATE CHARGES NEXT MONTH.

>> ON THAT ANNIVERSARY, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIGNS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS POLICING REFORMS.

>> THE EXECUTIVE ORDER MODERNIZES POLICING.

IT CALLS FOR FRESH APPROACH TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, PROMOTE AND RETRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT TIED TO ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRUST.

>> THE ORDER MANDATES THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL DATABASE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT TO BE USED BY ALL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL OFFICERS WHO JOIN FEDERAL TASK FORCES AND BANS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM USING CHOKEHOLDS UNLESS DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRES THEM TO INTERVENE IF THEY SEE IT AND ADMINISTER MEDICAL AID TO INJURED PERSONS.

UP NEXT A CHICAGO CURFEW PASSES.

THAT AND MORE CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S PUSH TO EXPECTED AND EXPAND CHICAGO'S TEEN CURFEW IS NOW LAW.

CITY COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE CURFEW TO APPLY 17 AND YOUNGER EVERY NIGHT STARTING AT 10:00 P.M. HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

THERE'S SO MUCH CONTROVERSY OVER THIS PROPOSAL WHICH THE MAYOR UNVEILED AFTER THE MAY 14TH KILLING IN THE HEART OF MILLENNIUM HERE IS CHARLES PIPAL WHO JOINED THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS IN VOTING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL.

>> IT'S CLEAR.

EXPANDING TEEN CURFEW LEADS TO AN KREBS IN OWE AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE.

A VOTE IN THIS ORDINANCE IS A VOTE TO INCREASE GUN VIOLENCE.

>> WHAT WAS THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE TO THAT CRITICISM?

>> SHE CALLED IT OFFENSIVE SHE SAID IT WAS CERTAIN IT WOULD HELP REDUCE CRIME AND RESPONDED SARCASTICLY AT THE PLEAS FROM ALDERPEOPLE LIKE WE HEARD FROM CARLOS RAMIREZ-ROSA.

AND ALDERMAN ANDRE VASQUEZ TO NOT DO THIS AND SHE SAID IT WAS NOT QUOTE-UNQUOTE EARTH SHATTERING TO MOVE THE CURFEW UP AN HOUR ON THE WEEKENDS AND INCLUDE 17-YEAR-OLDS.

16 AND UNDER HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CURFEW.

>> SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE BY THE VIOLENCE THAT THREATENS TO SPILL OUT OF CONTROL.

HERE IS CHRISTOPHER TALIAFERRO WHO VOTED FOR IT.

>> WAY SEE AND WE CLAIM AND WE TOLD THE TITLE OF BEING A WORLD CLASS CITY.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I ASK HOW CAN WE CLAIM THAT TITLE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO ARE SAFE?

>> HEATHER WAS THIS THE ARGUMENT THAT WON THE DAY TODAY?

>> IT WAS.

IT'S HARD TO UNDER STATE HOW MUCH PRESSURE ALDERPEOPLE AND THE MAYOR ARE UNDER TO GET AHOLD OF THE CRIME THAT APPEARS TO BE SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL DOWNTOWN.

IT WAS NOT ONLY THE DEATH OF NEAR THE BEAN BUT IT WAS THE MASS SHOOTING NEAR CHICAGO AND STATE AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THOSE WHO WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE TOUGH ON CRIME SOMETHING TO POINT TO.

I SHOULD MENTION THAT TWO PARTICULAR ALDERPEOPLE JOINED THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS IN VOTING AGAINST THIS.

THEY WERE PAT DOWELL AND GILBERT VILLEGAS BOTH ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN SEPARATE RACES AND BOTH VOTED NO WHICH COULD BE AN EDUCATION THAT THE POLITICS OF THIS ISSUE ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE MAYOR THINKS.

>> TRICKY HERE.

AND THE OTHER ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY THAT BALLY'S CASINO PROPOSAL.

AFTER ALL IT PASSES BY 41-7 VOTE AND WHAT IS NEXT?

>> WELL, IT HEADS TO THE ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD AND NO DOUBT, A LIGHTFOOT REELECTION CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL COMING TO A TELEVISION STATION AND WEBSITE SOON.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO SEEK THE CAPITALIZE ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR 30 YEARS AND SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE CROSSED THIS HURDLE.

AND THAT SHE WAS THE MAYOR WHO GOT IT DONE.

NOT MAYORS DALEY OR RAHM EMANUEL BUT LIGHTFOOT.

>> HEATHER, THE COUNCIL HAD ANOTHER MEETING LATER IN THE DAY TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE ONCE AGAIN THIS MORE ANTAGONISTIC TO THE MAYOR.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> NOT MUCH.

IT LASTED ALL OF 19 MINUTES.

THE MAYOR DID NOT SHOW UP.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN DID NOT SHOW UP.

PEDRO MARTINEZ DID NOT SHOW UP.

AND CHICAGO PARKS C.E.O.

ROSA ESCARENO DID NOT SHOW UP.

SO THEY HEARD PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN ENOUGH ALDERPEOPLE LEFT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE QUORUM AND THAT IS ALL SHE WROTE.

>> IT'S NOT ALL SHE WROTE WE WILL SEE YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER AREA STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> TEXAS OFFICIALS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING YESTERDAY'S TRAGIC SHOOTING AT A TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT LEFT 19 STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD.

IT IS A GRIZZLY CRIME BUT NOT -- GRISLY CRIME BUT NOT UNCOMMON.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH A LOOK WHAT CHANGES MAY HAPPEN IN THE WAKE OF THIS LATEST TRAGEDY.

>> PARIS, CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN OR NOT.

AS YOU SAID NOT PARTICULARLY UNCOMMON SO FAR THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 24 SHOOTINGS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AMERICAN CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS THE SOBERING STATISTIC.

GIVEN BY ILLINOIS SENATOR DICK DURBIN IN HIS OPENING REMARKS TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT HE CHAIRED.

SENATORS WERE QUESTIONING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NOMINEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATION'S TOP GUN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS POSITIONED THAT HAS BEEN LEFT VACANT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

DURBIN ALLEGED THE GUN LOBBY WANTS IT THAT WAY.

THAT IS AS BRIDEN'S NOMINEE FOR THE HEAD OF THE A.T.F.

SAID CRIMES AND MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE INCREASED.

>> FIREARMS VIOLENCE AND MASS SHOOTINGS ARE INCREASING HATE CRIMES AND RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE ARE INCREASING AS IS VIOLENT EXTREMISM.

IF CONFIRMED, I PROMISE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

>> FOR SOME LIKE TOM VANDEN BERK THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THAT VIOLENCE IS PASSING LAWS THAT KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE.

TOM VANDEN BERK SON WAS KILLED IN THE EARLY 90s IN GUN CROSSFIRE WHILE AT A PARTY AND NOW TOM VANDEN BERK HEADS A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT SEEKS TO USE THE POWER OF POLITICS AND PERSUASION TO PASS GUN LAWS.

>> YOU JUST CANNOT HAVE RERANGED 18-YEAR-OLDS, INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS HAVE SUCH ACCESS TO LETHAL WEAPONS THAT CAN AS YOU SEE JUST MASSACRE A COUNTRY OF, A CITY, A SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE'RE AFRAID TO FACE IT.

WE IN ILLINOIS THINK WE ARE TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> TO THAT END, TOM VANDEN BERK HELPED TO FIGHT FOR LAWS PASSED IN RECENT YEARS INCLUDING A RED FLAG LAW THAT PROVIDES A PATH THAT PERSONS DEEMED BY COURTS DANGERS TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS FROM HAVING A GUN.

AND GUN OWNERS MUST BE LICENSED.

JUST THIS SPRING A NEW LAW MAKING ILLEGAL GUNS WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBERS.

THE GHOST GUNS.

THERE IS HOWEVER NO FEDERAL LAW REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND TOM VANDEN BERK SAYS THAT IS BECAUSE LAWMAKERS INTIMIDATED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

BUT IN TEXAS TODAY, GOVERNOR GREG HINZ WHO IS SCHEDULED -- GREG ABBOTT WHO IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT AN NRA CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON, QUESTIONED IF ILLINOIS' LAWS ARE SO STRONG WHY THE SURGE IN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO?

>> I HATE TO SAY THIS MORE PEOPLE ARE SHOT EVERY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO THAN THERE ARE IN SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.

AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WELL MAYBE WE IMPLEMENT TOUGHER GUN LAWS, IT'S GOING TO SOLVE IT.

CHICAGO AND LA AND NEW YORK, DISPROVE THAT THESIS.

AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A REAL SOLUTION, CHICAGO TEACHES THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT A REAL SOLUTION.

>> TOM VANDEN BERK SAYS THAT IS A LIE.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S OF THE LORI POST WHO RESEARCHES MASS SHOOTINGS PUSHED BACK ON WHAT ABBOTT SAID.

SHE SAYS THAT FEDERAL LAWS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE IS A PATCHWORK.

GUN RESTRICTIONS ARE ONLY STRONG AS THE WEAKEST LINK SOMEONE CAN DRIVE ACROSS THE BORDER THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ANY STATE.

AND POST SAYS HER RESEARCH SHOWS MASS SHOOTINGS DECLINED FOR THE DECADE THAT A FEDERAL BAN ON MILITARY GRADES WEAPONS WAS IN EFFECT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WEAPONS ARE MORE LETHAL, THEY ARE ALSO FEWER MASS SHOOTINGS PERIOD.

>> BECAUSE BASICALLY, MEN WHO COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS THEY NEED TO FEEL HYPER MASCULINE AND THE WAY THEY FEEL THAT IS HURTING LITTLE CHILDREN, HURTING INNOCENT PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT ARE UNARMED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THAT KIND OF A MASS SHOOTING OR MASSACRE UNLESS THEY ARE PROPERLY ARMED WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS.

TAKE THAT AWAY AND A LOSE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> WANT TO REDUCE MASS SHOOTING REINSTATE A FEDERAL ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE BAN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN PLACE METHODS TO SPOT THOSE LIKE THE TEXAS SHOOTER WHO THERE'S EVIDENCE COULD BE PLANNING, PLOTTING THESE CRIMES.

AT THAT NOMINATION HEARING FOR THE A.T.F.

DIRECTOR, UTAH SENATOR MIKE LEE SAYS THAT FOLLOWING TROJS LIKE WE SAW IN TEXAS THERE IS OFTEN A FAILURE TO EXAMINE THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHAT HE CALLS RAMPAGE VIOLENCE.

>> OUR CULTURE SUDDENLY PRODUCING SO MANY YOUNG MEN WHO WANT TO MURDER INNOCENT PEOPLE.

RAISES QUESTIONS LIKE COULD THINGS LIKE FATHERLESSNESS, THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILIES, ISOLATION FROM CIVIL SOCIETY OR THE GLORIFICATION OF VIOLENCE.

BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

THE LEFT IS CALLING FOR MORE GUN CONTROL.

>> SOME SUGGESTED AS A SOLUTION TO HAVE ARMED SECURITY GUARDS POSTED AT SCHOOLS.

FOR TEACHERS THEMSELVES TO CARRY WEAPONS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S VICE-PRESIDENT HIMSELF A FORMER MATH TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOLS SAID HE REJECTS.

>> JUST LIKE WE DO NOT SUPPORT ARMING EDUCATORS, WE DO NOT SUPPORT US REQUIRING TEACHERS TO BE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED PSYCHOLOGISTS WE NEED SOCIAL WORKERS WITH REALISTIC CASE LOADS.

I WORKED IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAD ONE SOCIAL WORKER FOR EVERY 800 KIDS.

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THAT.

>> ILLINOIS HAS SINCE 2019 HAVE A STATE LAW REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO HAVE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND PLANS.

A NEW LAW JUST SIGNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO TRACK WHETHER DISTRICTS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WHETHER THEY HAVE THE ASSESSMENTS IN PLACE.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND TO BRANDIS WITH A LOOK AT A NEW SURVEY ABOUT CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACROSS 100 U.S. CITIES.

>> AS WE MENTIONED, TODAY MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE.

FLOYD WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPENSION OF USING A COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL.

HIS DEATH TRIGGERED PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CALLS FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS PROFESSOR SHARI FAIRLY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S LAW SCHOOL AND IN HER NEW WORK SHOWS HOW POLICE OVERSIGHT AS INCREASED IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

TELL US WHAT THIS NEW RESEARCH WHAT YOU LOOKED INTO AND WHAT YOU FOUND?

>> THANK YOU, BRANDIS.

I HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE LARGEST 100 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING IN THOSE CITIES AND IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS IT'S SKYROCKETED IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD.

WE'VE SEEN CITIES LARGE AND SMALL CREATING AND THEN ALSO ENHANCING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT POWERS.

IT'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF DEVELOPING THERE.

>> WHY HAS CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT EMERGED AS ONE OF THE TOP REFORMS THAT CITIES ARE IMPLEMENTING PARTICULARLY SINCE GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH?

>> SO THERE'S BEEN REFORM IN I ANUMBER OF AREAS BUT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT CITIES ARE TURNING TO CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AS A WAY TO HAVE A FORMAL MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ON POLICING, POLICIES AND OPERATIONS.

AND WE'RE SEEING CITIES ASKING TO HAVE A SAY IN THESE POLICIES NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS P BUT ACTUALLY HAVING MORE POWER TO DETERMINE HOW POLICE SOMETHING DONE IN THEIR LOCATIONS.

>> WHAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT DO THE PANELS OR BOARDS, AGENCIES WHO OVERSIGHT ARE CITIES IMPLEMENTING?

WHAT AUTHORITY DO THE AGENCIES HAVE?

>> RIGHT.

SO SOMETIMES THEY ARE BOARDS SOMETIMES AGENCIES AND MORE OFTEN WE ARE SEEING A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.

A CITY RE8ING A -- CREATING A BOARD THAT OVERSEES AND AUDITORS TO DO ANALYSIS THAT THE BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON.

WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN.

AND IT'S REALLY BEEN AN ADVANCEMENT INTO MORE INTENSE FORMS OF OVERSIGHT.

THE INVESTIGATIVE MODEL WHERE YOU HAVE AN AGENCY THAT HAS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION WITH SUBPOENA POWER WHICH HAS BEEN A LOT OF SOURCE OF GREAT DEBATE IN MANY OF THE CITIES.

>> ARE THEY PROVIDING THE TRANSPARENCY THAT PROTESTORS AND PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WERE CALLING FOR?

>> TRANSPARENCY IS A REALLY KEY THEME THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE SEEING MANY CITIES ARE INCLUDING THE WORDS TRANSPARENCY IN THE NAME OF THE AGENCIES THEY ARE CREATING THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

>> HERE IN CHICAGO THE CITY WILL BE EMBARKING ON A CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ENTITY THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU HEADED A PREVIOUS ITERATION THE INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW AUTHORITY BEFORE IT BECAME C.O.P.A., THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHAT DOES THE SUCCESS OF THEM DEPEND ON?

>> THE KEY THING IS THEY HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT AND THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE JOB WELL.

AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN THE FORMAL POWERS IN ORDER TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW POLICING HAPPENS.

SO THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THE NEW ENTITY CREATED HERE IN CHICAGO.

IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REAL POWER AND TEETH WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS WHAT IS NEW AND UNIQUE.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NEW AGENCY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IS THE LOCAL BOARDS THAT WILL BE DIGGING DOWN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO IDENTIFY POLICING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES AND THEN WORKING ON THEM DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS INNOVATIVE IN ITS STRUCTURE SO THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW WELL IT'S GOING TO DO.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY CHICAGO COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES THAT YOU STUDIED?

>> WELL, CHICAGO IS AMONGST THE LARGER CITIES THAT HAVE MULTIENTITY SYSTEMS.

AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE FIVE AGENCIES THAT APPROACH ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THAT SIMILAR APROWCH AND THEY HAVE DETERMINED USING ONE FORM OF OVERSIGHT MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY EFFECTIVE TO DRIVE THE SYSTEMIC CHANGE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS MULTITIERED SYSTEM THAT APPROACHED OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS.

>> YOU MENTIONED INDEPENDENT, RESOURCES, AND AUTHORITY ARE KEY PILLARS TO MAKE SURE THE BOARDS OR AGENCIES ARE SUCCESSFUL.

ARE YOU FINDING THAT THEY HAVE THOSE?

>> WELL, I THINK RESOURCES ARE A BIG QUESTION AND THAT IS ALSO A BIG QUESTION HERE IN CHICAGO FOR SURE.

MANY OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH RESOURCES TO FULFILL THE MISSION THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

SO FOR EXAMPLE THEY WILL DEVELOP BACKLOGS OF CASES AND THAT LEADS TO GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY FILE A COMPLAINT AND IT GOES INTO A SYSTEM AND THEY DON'T GET THE ANSWER QUICKLY.

SO WE'RE SEEING THAT AS A CHALLENGE ACROSS MANY JURISDICTIONS NOT JUST HERE IN CHICAGO.

RESOURCES CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE.

AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED AS WE GO ALONG IS WHETHER THE BUDGET THAT C.O.P.A.

HAS IS ENOUGH.

AND IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED.

>> SHARON ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD WERE CALLS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.

AND IN A LOT OF CITIES IT SEEMS THAT HASN'T NECESSARILY HAPPENED BUT OVERSIGHT HAS.

ACCORDING TO YOUR STUDY.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN MORE OVERSIGHT INSTEAD OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

OBVIOUSLY THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT TIT FOR TAT BUT WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE INSTEAD OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU CALL RIGHT SIZING A POLICE DEPARTMENT IT IS A COMPLICATED QUESTION.

AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT CITIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH THAT AND ARE NOT JUMPING AND TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION BEFORE EXPLORING WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO ACHIEVE THE OPTIMAL STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION IN TERMS OF CITIES THAT ARE SAYING I'M GOING TO TEST OUT THE PROPOSITION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION BEING DONE WITH A DIFFERENT RESOURCE RATHER THAN ARMED POLICE.

WE'RE SEEING CITIES TALKING ABOUT CREATING DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES AS OPPOSED TO AN ARMED POLICE FORCE.

WE ARE SEEING EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPLORATION AROUND THE TOPIC.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOT SEEN BUDGETS DRASTICALLY REDUCED.

WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEMS IN MOST OF OUR LARGER JURISDICTIONS.

NOW IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME TO TALK ABOUT CUTTING POLICE BUDGETS WHEN WE ARE STRUGGLING TO ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME.

UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH GREATER SOLUTIONS TO THAT IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE THAT QUESTION RIGHT AWAY.

>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN POLICING.

SHARON FAIRLY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW A LOCAL COUPLE IS NAVIGATING BUREAUCRACY TO BRING HOME THEIR TWIN BABIES BORN TO A UKRAINIAN SURROGATE.

STAY WITH US.

>> WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF A HIGHLAND PARK COUPLE WAITING ON WORD OF THE SAFETY FROM SOMEONE IN UKRAINE.

THAT SOMEONE WAS THEIR SURROGATE DUE TO DELIVER THEIR TWIN DAUGHTERS IN JULY.

HERE IS AN UPDATE...

THE BABIES WERE BORN 13 WEEKS EARLY.

WE REVISITED THE FAMILY TO FIND OUT HOW THE BABIES WILL GET HOME.

>> SUITCASES HAVE BEEN WAITING BY THE FRONT DOOR FOR TWO MONTHS AT JEFF STERLING AND LILAC EPSTEIN.

>> PHONE CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

THAT IS WHY THE SUITCASES ARE OUT IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT.

>> AND THEY DID GET A PHONE CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN LATE APRIL.

>> THE PHONE SAID UKRAINE AND I ANSWERED THE PHONE.

>> THEIR SURROGATE NOW IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC DELIVERED THEIR TWIN BABIES BY EMERGENCY C SECTION AT 27 WEEKS.

WHILE THE EARLY DAYS WERE SCARY... >> THEY ARE DOING MUCH BETTER.

AND IT'S ONE DAY AT A TIME.

I KNOW IT IS A PROCESS.

THEY WILL BE IN THERE FOR MORE FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS.

AND IT'S PROGRESS.

IT'S BETTER THAN IT WAS THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS THEY WERE BORN.

>> THE TWINS HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE NICU AND WEIGHING IN AT 3 POUNDS EACH.

AND IF BEING AWAY FROM THE NEWBORNS IS NOT HARD ENOUGH, JEFF STERLING AND LILAC EPSTEIN ARE NAVIGATING THE BURR ROCK TYSY TO BRING THE TWINS HOME FROM A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SURROGACY.

>> THE NONPROFIT HAS BEEN HELPING PARENTS BRING THEIR BABIES HOME FROM WAR-TORN UKRAINE.

>> SOME OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY WERE BORN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEM AND UNTIL THE INTENDED PARENTS COUNTRY GIVES THE KIDS THE DOCUMENTS, THE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE A CLEAR IDENTITY AS TO WHO THEY ARE AND THAT IS THE CONFUSION.

>> IN THE CASE OF JEFF AND LILAC, JEFF IS THE BABY'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER AND WOULD NEED TO TAKE A BLOOD TEST TO PROVE IT.

BUT FOR HEALTH REASONS HE CANNOT TRAVEL.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TO INSURE HE CAN TAKE THE TEST HERE AND LILAC CAN BRING THE DOCUMENTATION.

BOTH THE SURROGATE AND HER HUSBAND NEED TO SIGN AWAY THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS.

>> AND VICTORIA'S HUSBAND CANNOT LEAVE UKRAINE THERE IS NOT A U.S. EMBASSY PRESENCE IN UKRAINE HE CANNOT SIGN THIS DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF THE A MEMBER OF THE U.S. EMBASSY.

AND HE DID RELINQUISH HIS RIGHTS PRIOR TO THE EMBRYO TRANSFER.

WITH ALL OF THE COMPONENTS WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WAIVER.

>> AS THE COUPLE WAITS TO HEAR FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN BE ANXIOUS ABOUT.

>> AT SOME POINT IT WILL GET RESOLVED.

>> THE STRESS RELIEF IS THE PROGRESS THAT THE GIRLS ARE MAKING.

THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN AGENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC WHO KEEPS THEM POSTED AND IN REGULAR CONVERSATION WITH THEIR SURROGATE.

WHEN IT'S FIGURED OUT LILAC IS READY TO MAKE THE TRIP TO FLY HER NEWBORN TWINS HOME FROM EUROPE ALONE.

>> I WANT THAT TO BE MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING ELSE LET THAT BE MY BIGGEST PROBLEM.

>> LILAC HOPES TO HEAD TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS BUT BECAUSE THAT TRIP IS SO LONG THE BABIES MAY NEED A MEDICAL TRANSPORT TO GET HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

THE LATEST IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SERIES ON THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE ON VICTIMS' FAMILIES.

>> A RECENT NORTHWESTERN STUDY SHOWS MONTHS AFTER INFECTION BRAIN FOG AND FATIGUE PERSIST FOR COVID LONG-HAULERS.

>> THINK ABOUT CHICAGO.

A CRIME RIDDEN, CORRUPT, DYSFUNCTIONAL HELL HOLE.

>> AND G.O.P.

CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY HAS HARSH WORDS FOR CHICAGO.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS ON THAT AND MORE.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., LUIS ARROYO GETS NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

LUIS ARROYO PLEADED GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD FOR HIS ROLE IN BRIBING A ESTIMATE SENATOR TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD EXPAND SWEEPSTAKES GAMBLING IN ILLINOIS.

ARROYO HAD BEEN LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF THE SWEEPSTAKES COMPANY WHILE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

>> EMPLOYEES AT TWO STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOPS IN EDGEWATER VOTED TO UNIONIZE MARKING THE CHAIN'S FIRST ORGANIZED LOCATIONS IN CHICAGO.

THE THIRD CHICAGO AREA STARBUCKS LOCATIONS TO UNIONIZE JOINING COLLEAGUES IN NORTHWESTERN CARAY.

TO FOUR OTHER STORES ARE VOTING BY MAIL WHETHER TO UNIONIZE WITH RESULTS EXPECTED BY JUNE.

>> PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO ORGANIZE STARBUCKS.

WORKERS AT 260 LOCATIONS AROUND THE U.S.

FILED FOR REPRESENTATION AND 90 HAVE WON THEIR ELECTIONS ORGANIZERS SAY.

>> SPEAKING OF ELECTIONS EARLY VOTING IN CHICAGO IS DELAYED YET AGAIN.

THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANNOUNCES EARLY VOTING ARE NOT 2022 PRIMARY WILL GET UNDERWAY ON MAY 31.

THE DATE WAS SET FOR MAY 18TH AND PUSHED BACK TO THE 26TH BEFORE TODAY'S DELAY.

THE REASON COOK COUNTY COURT HAD TO MAKE FINAL RULINGS ON BALLOT CHALLENGES BUT IT APPEARS THE FINAL BALLOT IS NOW OFFICIALLY SET.

THE LOOP SUPER SITE IS THE ONLY PLACE TO EARLY VOTE UNTIL JUNE 13TH WHEN SITES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE IN EACH OF THE CITY'S 50 WARDS.

AND NOW BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

THERE HAVE BEEN 899 SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.

AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" SPECIAL SERIES TURNING PAIN IN PURPOSE REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH FAMILIES ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS OF LOSING LOVED ONES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND JOINS US FOR THE TIME PIECE IN THIS SERIES.

>> BRANDIS, MIGUEL RIOS WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.

HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL HE HAD A JOB AND THERE FOR HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

THIS JULY WILL MARK TWO YEARS SINCE HE WAS KILLED AND HIS FAMILY HAS YET TO RECEIVE JUSTICE.

LOOK HOW HIS FAMILY REMEMBERS HIS LIFE.

>> IT IS A FULL HOUSE.

ON A SUNNY DAY THE BOYS ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL.

BUT IT'S WITHOUT THEIR OLDER BROTHER MIGUEL.

>> HE IS THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW.

>> ABOUT BASKETBALL?

>> HE WAS REALLY GOOD.

>> HIS CAKE.

>> ALL THIS FAMILY HAS LEFT ARE MEMORIES, PICTURES AND ITEMS REMINDING THEM OF 18-YEAR-OLD MIGUEL RIOS.

>> ONE OF THE MOTHERS THAT ALSO LOST HER SON GAVE ME THAT ONE.

>> 675 DAYS WENT BY SINCE SHE HEARD HER SON'S VOICE.

>> HE SAID MOM, I'M I LOVE YOU AND HE HUGGED ME.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE HIS LAST HUG.

>> ON A SUMMER NIGHT ON JULY 18, 2020, MIGUEL WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

MIGUEL AND HIS FATHER STAYED IN CHICAGO TO WORK WHILE THE REST OF THE FAMILY WERE IN MEXICO.

>> WHAT I KNOW IS THAT HE WENT OUT LATE TO SEE THE GIRLFRIEND THEY WERE GOING TO MEET I DON'T KNOW.

SO I GUESS ON HIS WAY BACK SINCE THE GIRLFRIEND DID NOT ANSWER HE DECIDED TO COME BACK.

AND HE WAS TARGETED.

AND THEY SHOT HIM.

THEY ROBBED HIM.

>> INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT FAMILY TRIPS OR GRADUATIONS, MIGUEL'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE LEFT TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT THEIR BROTHER.

>> ME AND HIM WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SCHOOL AND HOW I WAS GOING TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS GOING TO DRIVE ME THERE AND HE WILL GO TO COLLEGE AFTER.

>> MIGUEL IN MY OPINION NAMED CHIP POW GRADUATED FROM UIC COLLEGE PREP HE HAD A SUMMER JOB AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO TO PURSUE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

>> HE WOULD PLAY AROUND WITH MY MOM, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU A -- HAVE A LOT OF KIDS.

MY GIRLFRIEND IS PREGNANT.

HE WAS A JOKESTER.

>> HE WAS REALLY FUNNY.

>> HE WOULD GO TO TARGET AND TAKE PICTURES OF LITTLE GERBERS.

>> 10 YEAR OLD EMILY IS STILL TRYING TO YOU HAD WHY.

>> IT WASN'T OK BECAUSE I JUST EVERYBODY SAYS I DIDN'T WANT TO CRY IN FRONT OF MY FAMILY BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT WOULD MAKE IT WORSE BECAUSE MY MOM SHE WAS REALLY AFFECTED BY MY BROTHER'S DEATH.

>> CATALINA HAS HAD MEETINGS WITH THE POLICE, THE MAYOR AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY BUT SAYS NOTHING HAS LED TO A CRACK IN THE CASE.

>> IT TOOK EVERYTHING FROM HIM LIKE MY SON DID NOT DESERVE WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.

IT'S A SHAME THAT I'M GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THERE'S NOBODY, NOBODY'S RESPONSIBLE OR PAYING FOR WHAT THEY DID TO MY SON AND IT HURTS ME.

>> TO HER KIDS SHE IS MOM.

BUT TO THE WORLD SHE IS A FIGHTER.

LEARNING TO NAVIGATE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

>> I DON'T FIND A PURPOSE WHY.

THIS VIOLENCE IS OUT OF CONTROL.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO START LIKE BY YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THESE GUN LAWS.

PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE WITH CLIPS.

>> MY MOM DOESN'T LET ME GO OUT BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED FOR MY LIFE AND I GET WHERE SHE IS COMING FROM.

IT'S NOT SAFE OUT HERE.

>> 15-YEAR-OLD ANNA HOPES TO PURSUE A CAREER IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN HONOR OF HER BROTHER.

>> I WANT HIM TO BE MY MOTIVATION AND BE SOMEBODY GREAT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE.

>> THAT IS A PICTURE HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS DAD.

>> I THINK HE WOULD BE HAPPY BECAUSE HE ALWAYS KNEW THE STRONG MOM HE HAD.

AND I THINK HE IS REALLY HAPPY FOR WHAT I'M DOING.

THAT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS GO.

I DON'T WANT MY SON'S MURDER TO BE ANOTHER NUMBER TO THE CITY.

>> CATALINA IS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN MOTHERS AND FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE A MOVEMENT THAT WAS CREATED TO BRING AWARENESS TO DOZENS OF MOTHERS WITH UNSOLVED CASES.

>> WE JUST SAW THIS AMAZING MURAL AT THE FAMILY HOME.

AND WE SAW CATALINA AND HER FAMILY TOUCHING THAT MURAL.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT?

>> IT WAS PAINTED BY A LOCAL ARTIST AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE HAND PRINTS OF EVERY FAMILY MEMBER IT'S EIGHT OF THEM.

SIX CHILDREN AND YOU CAN SEE THE ITEMS THAT MIGUEL USED TO LOVE.

HE WANTED AND DREAMED OF GETTING A PINK CAR.

>> A TOUCH STONE FOR THE FAMILY.

THE SHOWCASING HARD TOPICS BUT ECHOING WHAT FAMILIES FACE EVERYDAY.

AND TOMORROW YOU WILL BE TALKING TO TWO OF THE MOTHERS WE HEARD FROM IN THIS SERIES?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THIS WHOLE SERIES IS HEARTBREAKING.

BUT IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT.

AND TOMORROW WE'LL SPEAK TO THE MOTHERS ABOUT THE CHANGE THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> ALL RIGHT THANKS, BRANDIS.

BRAIN FOG, FATIGUE AND A COMPROMISED QUALITY OF LIFE PERSISTS FOR COVID LONG-HAULERS MONTHS AFTER INFECTION ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE FOLLOWING UP FROM RESEARCH IN MARCH 2021 TRACKING THE EFFECTS OF LONG COVID THAT STUDY FOUND 85% OF LONG-HAULERS EXPERIENCE FOUR OR MORE NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS WHICH IMPACT PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

AND TO BREAKDOWN THE FINDINGS ARE PATRICK MALIA A WEST RESIDENT AND COVID LONG-HAULER PATIENT AND Dr. IGOR KORALNIK CHIEF OF NEUROINFECTIONS AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

WE MENTIONED THE FIRST STUDY AND NOW THE NEW STUDY THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS.

THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES IN OTHER THINGS.

DECREASE IN THE LOSS OF TASTE AND SMELL.

SO SOME TASTE AND SMELL CAME BACK.

INCREASE IN HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE FINDINGS?

>> FIRST, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW AGAIN.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW: HOW LONG IS LONG COVID?

AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMPTOMS IN OUR NONHOSPITALIZED COVID LONG-HAULERS AND WE SAW THE MOST NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS PERSISTED UP TO AN AVERAGE OF 15 MONTHS FROM SYMPTOM ONSET.

SOME IMPROVED OVER TIME AND THE LATE APPEARANCE OF DISORDER OF GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS AND HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE SUGGESTS THERE IS A DYSFUNCTION OF THE AUTOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OCCURRING LATE IN THIS ORGAN DISEASE IN LONG COVID.

>> DOCTOR, IS THERE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SAY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF LONG COVID SUFFERERS WILL EXPERIENCE THESE LATE ONSET HEART RATE ISSUES AND BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES?

>> THIS IS A STUDY THAT IS THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND TO LOOK AT EVOLUTION OF NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS 15 MONTHS FROM ONSET.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO TRANSLATE IN THE REST OF THE POPULATION.

WE KNOW ALREADY THAT UP TO 30% OF ANYONE WHO IS INFECTED WITH COVID-19, WILL MAY DEVELOP LONG COVID AND THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE THAT CAME OUT IN MARCH 2022 SAYING THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WERE PROBABLY UP TO 23 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WHO DEVELOPED LONG COVID PUSHING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.

>> AND PATRICK MALIA YOU ARE ONE OF THE LONG COVID SURFERS YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT YOUR SITUATION.

REMIND US WHAT COVID DID TO YOU?

>> WELL, I GOT SICK INITIALLY IN MARCH OF 2020.

AND THE PRIMARY THING HIT ME AT FIRST WAS RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS WHICH ONE OF THE MORE DOCUMENTED ASPECTS OF IT.

AFTER THE RESPIRATORY ISSUES THE BRAIN FOG, FATIGUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT DEVELOPED.

PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUBSIDED.

AND IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

DIDN'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT UNTIL I GOT INTRODUCED TO Dr. IGOR KORALNIK THIS YEAR HE HAS BEEN THE ONE WHO HELPED ME THE MOST OVER THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

BUT IT WAS THE FATIGUE, BRAIN FOG FORGETTING WORDS, CONFUSION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> SO THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU WERE SUFFERING FROM WHEN YOU VISITED US.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED OVER THE LAST YEAR?

>> FATIGUE IS GETTING BETTER.

Dr. IGOR KORALNIK GUIDED ME ON A GOOD REGIMENT.

IT'S BEEN SLOWLY IMPROVING.

I TAKE LEAPS AND BABY STEPS TIME TIMES AND LEAPS AND BOUNDS OTHER TIMES.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW MY BODY RESPONDS TO THINGS.

BUT I AM SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENT.

I'M MAKING PROGRESS AND I'M HAPPY I'M FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS I WENT SO LONG WITHOUT WHICH IS STAGNATED.

AND NOW I'M STARTING TO SEE IMPROVEMENT.

>> Dr. IGOR KORALNIK WHAT ARE THE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM LONG COVID SYMPTOMS DO ALL THE PATIENTS NEED TO UNDERGO THERAPY TO GET RID OF THOSE SYMPTOMS?

>> CERTAINLY EXCELLENT QUESTION.

80% OF PATIENTS WHO COME TO SEE US THE NEUROCOVID CLINIC AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE COMPLAIN OF BRAIN FOG AND BRAIN FOG IS A TERM GIVEN BY THE LONG-HAULERS TO THEIR PROBLEM WITH MEMORY, ATTENTION, CONCENTRATION, MULTITASKING ABILITIES IN SUMMARY, ABILITY TO WORK IN THEIR CURRENT JOB.

AND WHAT PATRICK IS DOING IS WHAT WE DO THE MOST FOR OUR PATIENTS.

FIRST IT GETS SCREENED IN THE CLINIC WITH STANDARDIZED COGNITIVE TESTS THAT ALLOW US TO DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM ALREADY.

THEN IT GETS REFERRED TO THE NEUROCLINIC WHERE THEY SEE A SPECIALIST IN COGNITION AND THAT REFER THEM FOR PRECISION COGNITIVE REHABILITATION THAT THE LAB ACROSS THE STREET FROM US AT NORTHWESTERN AND PATRICK CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE THERE.

>> PATRICK, TELL US ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.

>> I STARTED SEEING AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND HAD MY CONSULTATION WITH A SPEECH THERAPIST BOTH OF THE SPEECH THERAPIST IS GETTING STARTED WITH ME BUT THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS I NEED THE MOST HELP WITH.

ONE OF THE FOCUSES IS DAY-TO-DAY LIKE LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT.

HOW DO I GET BACK TO THE NORMAL EVERYDAY THINGS THAT I USED TO DO?

THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WORK ON WHEN I GET THERE.

I WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH STRENGTH IN MY HANDS MY HANDS WERE WEAK, WE STARTED BUILDING STRENGTH.

I WAS THERE MONDAY AND WHAT WE DID WE DID LIKE A WORKPLACE TRAINING SCENARIO WHERE SHE GAVE ME DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO, WOULDN'T LET ME WRITE IT DOWN.

MEMORY IS AN ISSUE.

AND I HAD TO RESPOND ON MY OWN.

LET'S PRACTICE AND LET'S GET YOUR MEMORY WORKING.

LET'S DO A REALTIME SCENARIO SO WE CAN SEE HOW YOU RESPOND AND WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE.

>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE HAVING TO RELEARN COGNITIVE AND NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.

DOCTOR, DOES THE VACCINE HAVE ANY IMPACT ON LONG COVID OR NOT WHETHER ONE HAD THE VACCINE?

>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.

ALL THE PATIENTS WHO CAME IN THE STUDY IN 2020 WERE ENROLLED BEFORE VACCINATION WAS AVAILABLE.

AND 77% OF THEM GOT THE VACCINE BEFORE THE SECOND VISIT AND SOME DIDN'T GET VACCINATED.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EFFECT OF VACCINATION.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER NEWS NETWORKS THAT VACCINATION MAY CURE LONG COVID AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO GET VACCINATED THEY ARE AFRAID IT WILL REAWAKEN LONG COVID.

NEITHER WAS TRUE.

THERE WAS A NEUTRAL EFFECT ON LOW COVID SYMPTOMS.

WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PATIENTS TO GET VACCINATED ACCORDING TO C.D.C.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

EVEN IF THEY GET VACCINATED THEY CAN STILL GET INFECTED AND LONG COVID BUT THEIR DISEASE IS GOING TO BE MUCH MILDER THAN IF THEY WERE NOT VACCINATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> IMPORTANT RESEARCH HERE.

AND PATRICK MALIA OUR WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.

OUR THANKS TO PATRICK MALIA AND Dr. IGOR KORALNIK.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WITH DETAILS ON THE NEWLY PASSED CHICAGO CASINO.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> FIREWORKS AT CITY HALL OVER THE CHICAGO CASINO PROPOSAL.

DETAILS OF AN F.B.I.

WIRETAP ON FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN AND DUELING G.O.P.

GUBERNATORIAL DEBATES.

HERE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO THE BALLY'S CASINO PROPOSAL IS PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL IN A 41-7 VOTE.

THE RESULT OF THE VOTE WAS NEVER IN DOUBT BUT THERE WAS A FIERY EXCHANGE BETWEEN ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND I SHOULD STRESS THIS IS JUST PART OF THEIR EXCHANGE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.

NOT A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AFTER THE FACT.

>> YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER AND YOU ARE LYING.

ALMOST EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AFTER YOU SAY YOUR NAME IS A LIE.

YOU NEED TO STOP.

>> I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

I -- >> YOU ARE A LIAR, SIR.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

PLEASE, CEASE AND DESIST.

>> OUCH.

HEATHER?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WELL, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ HAVE NEVER SEEN EYE TO EYE ON ANYTHING AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST FLARE-UP OF THIS TENSION BETWEEN THEM.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE ALDERPERSON SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS THE MAYOR HAD TAKEN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CASINO.

YOU HEARD HER TAKE DIRECT EXCEPTION TO THAT AND IT WENT ON FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND IT PUNCTUATED UP UNTIL THEN SOMEWHAT GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS DEBATE.

BECAUSE AS YOU SAID EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THE CASINO WAS GOING TO VOTE TODAY AND THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

IT DID FOLLOW, HOWEVER, SOME OF THE ALLIES OF THE MAYOR BLOCKING A PLAN WHEN THE ALDERPERSON DOWN ZONE A CHURCH IN PILSEN THAT BROUGHT A THREAT OF LAWSUIT FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THAT I THINK WAS SORT OF ROILING IN THE BACKGROUND AND HELPED FUEL THIS CONFRONTATION.

>> A LOT OF PASSION AND TENSION.

BUT A 41-7 VOTE.

IS THIS A DONE DEAL?

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD DERAIL THE CASINO NOW?

>> SURE.

AS I SAID IT'S GOT TO GO TO THE ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD AND WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ NOW THE CITY WILL START A TRADITIONAL PLANNING PROCESS.

THEY WILL DETERMINE WHAT ROAD IS GOING TO GO WHERE IN THE CASINO PROPERTY AND HOW EXACTLY HOW TALL IT'S GOING TO BE AND SORT OF WHERE THE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO GO AND HOW IT WILL INTERFACE WITH THE CHICAGO RIVER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DECISIONS LEFT TO BE MADE.

A LOT OF THE ALDERPEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THEY HAD TO VOTE FOR IT BEFORE THEY CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK.

>> DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.

PARIS IS THIS A POLITICAL GAME CHANGER FOR MAYOR?

>> I THINK THE MAYOR CERTAINLY LOOKS AT THAT THAT WAY.

THIS IS DONE NOW.

IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY AND SEEMS LIKE THEY WANTED TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THEY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THEIR REELECTION BID.

AND THINK OF ALL THE STEPS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID IT IS NOT A NAME DALEY IT WAS LIGHTFOOT.

FIRST SPRINGFIELD HAD TO PASS A BILL TO ALLOW THE CASINO AND SHE HAD TO GO BACK AND REVISE IT AND MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE AND THEN THEY HAD TO PICK A WINNER AND GET IT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL ALL THOSE HURDLES WERE CLEARED.

IT IS CERTAINLY A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IT MEANS A LOT OF JOBS.

IT COULD MEAN THAT PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS, LABOR, GETS ONBOARD LIGHTFOOT'S REELECTION.

MAYBE THEY ENDORSE HER BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS BUSINESS GROUPS AND RESTAURANT GROUPS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PIE IN CHICAGO OF THE POLITICAL PIE HERE THAT THIS PLEASES.

THAT IS WHY THE MAYOR WANT TO DO SO BAD.

>> ALSO THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THAT FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS CAUGHT ON A WIRETAP DISCUSSING SECRET PAYMENTS TO A POLITICAL ALLY WHO WAS IMPLICATED IN A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL.

DID WE LEARN ANYTHING NEW AND WHAT IS MADIGAN ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE?

>> I'M NOT SURE THE FEDS [INAUDIBLE] LANDED THE TUNENA WITH ANYTHING IN WHAT WE DID TURN -- LEARN IS MADIGAN PREVIOUSLY SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SHENANIGANS GOING ON WITH KEVIN QUINN, IN FACT DID.

BECAUSE THERE IS A PHONE CALL WHERE HE WAS SECRETLY RECORDED TALKING ABOUT THIS PAY OUT.

BY THE WAY, KEVIN QUINN WAS SOMEBODY OUSTED FROM MADIGAN'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION DURING THE #METOO MOVEMENT AND KICKED IT OFF IN ILLINOIS ALLOWED MADIGAN TO SAVE POLITICAL FACE BY SHOVING OUT QUINN.

BUT MADIGAN'S ALLIES ARRANGED TO PAY HIM OUT A THOUSAND, 2,000 A MONTH TO SORT OF GIVE HIM A SOFT LANDING WHILE HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC ALLEGATIONS FINDING WORK.

MADIGAN PREVIOUSLY PROFESSED TO BE TOTALLY IGNORANT BUT AGAIN WE HAVE WIRETAPS SHOWING HE DID KNOW.

IS IT ILLEGAL TO HAVE MADE THE PAYMENTS?

NOT NECESSARILY.

NOR IS THERE AN ALLEGATION OF SUCH BUT HE WAS SECRET THEN.

IS IT UNETHICAL AND FLY IN THE FACE WHAT HE PROFESSED TO BE TRUE?

YES.

>> SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT ON SPOTLIGHT MAYBE IT IS NOT ILLEGAL BUT IT'S QUESTIONABLE.

AMANDA THERE WERE TWO DUELING G.O.P.

GUBERNATORIAL DEBATES YESTERDAY.

WHY THIS TWO DEBATE FORMAT RATHER THAN HAVE ALL THE CANDIDATES ON STAGE AT ONCE?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

BECAUSE IT WAS CONFUSING TO FOLLOW.

BOTH OF THE DEBATES WERE VERY WELL DONE.

YOU HAD MODERATORS WHO PRESSED FOR ANSWERS AND TRIED TO GET CLARIFICATIONS.

BUT YOU CAN'T COMPARE WHAT THE ANSWERS WERE BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS WERE, OF COURSE, DIFFERENT.

AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A MATTER OF SCHEDULING.

I WOULD SAY EGG ON THE FACES OF THE TV STATIONS THAT ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE PLAYED BY THE CANDIDATES.

YOU ARE RICHARD IRVIN WHO IS JUST BARELY ON THE TOP OF THE POLLS IN ONE OF THE DEBATES THAT WAS WITH NBC AGAINST TWO OF THE LESSER KNOWN POLLING IN THE SINGLE-DIGITS CANDIDATES AND THE OTHER DEBATE ON WGN THE NUMBER TWO GUY DARREN BAILEY AND JESSE SULLIVAN AND GARY RABINE IN THAT TOP TIER OF CANDIDATES.

IT WAS CONFUSING TO FOLLOW.

>> AND PROBABLY CONFUSING FOR THE VOTERS.

IN LIGHT OF THIS HORRIFIC NEWS OUT OF TEXAS GUN VIOLENCE BROADLY AND SPECIFICALLY IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN COMING UP AS YOU DISCUSSED.

HERE IS WHAT STATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY FROM DOWN STATE HAD TO SAY ABOUT CHICAGO.

>> LET'S FOCUS ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO A MINUTE.

LET'S CALL IT LIKE IT IS.

LET'S THINK ABOUT CHICAGO.

A CRIME RIDDEN, CORRUPT, DYSFUNCTIONAL HELL HOLE AND NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CHICAGO.

SOMETHING'S WRONG.

CITY LEADERS THEY HATE THE POLICE.

AT LEAST THEY ACT LIKE THEY DO.

>> AMANDA DID WE HEAR ANYTHING ON GUN CONTROL MEASURES LAST NIGHT?

>> SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO SAY HE LIKES CHICAGO SPENDING TIME HERE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING TIME ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.

HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE MEASURE THAT WOULD SEPARATE CHICAGO DURING THE REST OF THE DEBATE.

HE WAS PRESSED YOU WANT TO STAND BY THAT AND HE DID.

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

I'M NOT SURE NOT NECESSARILY A TON BUT BY AND LARGE ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WANT TO DO AWAY THE FOID SYSTEM TO GUN LICENSING PROGRAM THAT ILLINOIS USES.

ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT NECESSARILY SAY THAT THEY ARE AGAINST LICENSING STRAIGHT OUT.

BUT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES DURING THE DEBATES TALKED AS MANY GUN OWNERS SAYING THERE ARE FLAWS WITH HOW ILLINOIS CARRIES THIS OUT.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DELAYS PARTICULARLY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND PROCESSING THOSE LICENSES.

>> PARIS ONLY A MINUTE LEFT.

IRVIN HAS HAD STRONG FINANCIAL BACKING FROM THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN, KEN GRIFFIN AND THE FOCUS OF ATTACKS HE IS THE CLEAR FRONTRUNNER HERE?

>> THE IRVIN CAMPAIGN IS PROJECTING THEMSELVES AS THE FRONTRUNNER AND OTHER CANDIDATES ARE TARGETING HIM.

HE HAS GOTTEN $45 MILLION FROM KEN GRIFFIN NOT TO MENTION HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS MORE FROM OTHER WEALTHY ILLINOISANS.

BUT THAT ONE POLL THAT CAME HIM OUT HAD HIM UP 4% CLOSE TO THE MARGIN OF ERROR.

IT'S HARD TO TELL AND IRVIN HAS HAD ISSUES IN HIS BACKGROUND THAT WE HAVE REPORTED ON AND OTHER CAMPAIGNS HAVE USED SOME OF THAT IN ATTACK ADS AGAINST HIM.

I THINK IT'S JUST SO HARD TO KNOW.

THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS: TURNOUT, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS?

WHO IS GOING TO DONATE MORE MONEY TO WHAT CAMPAIGN?

I DON'T PUT A LOT OF STOCK P POLLS.

>> WE ARE A MONTH TO THE PRIMARY AM I RIGHT?

>> YOU ARE.

>> LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANKS TO AMANDA VINICKY HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

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

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