DRAMATICALLY LOWER TOTAL THAN NORMAL BUT DATA FROM PHARMACIES LIKE WALGREENS, CVS AND ALBERTSON'S IS MISSION FROM THAT COUNT.

TO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE HEAD OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

BRANDIS?

>> PARIS, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS C.E.O.

JANICE JACKSON WILL NOT BE RENEWING HER CONTRACT AT THE END OF JUNE.

THIS COMES AS THE DISTRICT AIMS TO BRING STUDENTS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM FULL-TIME IN THE FALL AND AS TWO OTHER TOP OFFICIALS ARE SET TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

JACKSON'S TENURE IS MARKED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE TO REMOTE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND A WEEK'S LONG TEACHERS' UNION STRIKE IN 2019.

IN A PRESS CONFERENCE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT REFLECTED ON JACKSON'S TIME IN THE DISTRICT WHEN SHE ATTENDED ITS HEADSTART PROGRAM.

>> FIRST AS A STUDENT THEN A START TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL AT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.

CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER AND A C.E.O.

THERE ARE NOT MANY WHO CAN TELL THIS KIND OF STORY HAVING WALKED IN A SCHOOL AS A HEADSTART STUDENT AND LEAVING AT THE END OF JUNE AS A C.E.O.

OF THE SAME DISTRICT.

IT IS A REMARKABLE, REMARKABLE STORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.

>> AND JANICE JACKSON JOINING US NOW.

JANICE WELCOME BACK.

BIG DAY FOR YOU.

YOU'VE CALLED THIS YOUR DREAM JOB.

IS THIS BITTERSWEET FOR YOU?

>> YEAH, BRANDIS, I MEAN OF COURSE IT'S BITTERSWEET.

PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME LIKE WE KNOW EACH OTHER, I LIVE AND BREATHE EDUCATION AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO IN GENERAL.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A BITTERSWEET DECISION.

I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT.

BUT I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE BY WORK.

I'VE SERVED C.P.S.

FOR 22 YEARS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING IN OTHER WAYS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BUT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIFE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TO SAY THEY HAVE A DREAM AND ACCOMPLISH IT.

>> I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE LEADERS IN CHICAGO THAT AFFORDED ME THIS AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

>> WHY ARE YOU STEPPING DOWN?

AND WHY NOW IN PARTICULAR?

I THINK WE KNOW IT'S TUMULTUOUS TIME FOR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW?

>> I'VE BEEN IN C.P.S.

FOR 22 YEARS, SENIOR LEADERSHIP THE PAST SIX-AND-A-HALF TO SEVEN AND IT'S ALWAYS A BAD TIME TO STEP DOWN THAT IS ONE THING I'VE LEARNED.

TO ME MY BIGGEST GOAL THIS YEAR WAS HAVING OUR STUDENTS RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

I MADE NO SECRET HOW THIS PANDEMIC IMPACTED ME PERSONALLY.

AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS IMPACTED OUR STUDENTS IN WAYS THAT ARE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET THEM BACK IN OUR BUILDINGS FULL-TIME.

BUT FOR ME THIS YEAR IT WAS ABOUT LET'S GET ALL THE STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL WHO WANT AN IN-PERSON OPTION AND LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR FULL FIVE DAYS IN-PERSON FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FALL AND THAT IS EXACTLY I INTEND TO SPEND THE LAST TWO MONTHS AAS I WRAP UP MY TIME.

THERE IS NEVER A PERFECT TIME BUT IF I SIGNED THE CONTRACT, I WOULD HAVE FELT OBLIGATED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

AND WHEN I DID IT IT FELT LIKE NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE THE BREAK BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW I AM A LIFELONG CHICAGOAN I WILL BE TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER JUNE 30TH AND FIND IN OTHER WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY.

I LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVE THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> YOUR TENURE AT C.P.S.

INCLUDED THE LONGEST TEACHER STRIKE IN 30 YEARS WHEN YOU HAVE CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER THERE WAS A NEAR STRIKE IN 2016.

WHERE WOULD YOU SAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN C.T.U.

AND C.P.S.

STAND RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS REPORTED PUBLICLY AND WHAT IT IS IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT.

I HAVE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT SHARKEY ALL THE TIME.

BUT IT'S NO SECRET THAT AS' HARD FOR US TO MAKE DECISIONS AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS.

I AGREE WITH ALMOST ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND ADVOCATED FOR BY THE TEACHERS' UNION AROUND QUALITY SCHOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT SCHOOLS NEED.

I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SOME OF THE TACTICS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH POLITICS HAVE TAKEN OVER THAT DISCUSSION.

MOST EDUCATORS FEEL THAT WAY.

MY WISH MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WHEN A NEW C.E.O.

IS SELECTED AND IS GOING TO BE THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS LEADING IN SUPPORT WITH OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, I HOPE THAT THEY GIVE THE NEXT PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND TO UNDERSTAND WE CAN MAKE CHANGE AND ADVOCATE AND GET ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR SCHOOLS DESERVE WITHOUT MAKING A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING.

AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SHOW THEM WE CAN DO IT RIGHT AND WELL AND IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

>> WE KNOW YOUR CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER LATANYA MCDADE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH, THAT SHE WOULD BE LEAVING.

WE LEARNED TODAY YOUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ARNIE RIVERA IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE.

THAT LEAVES NOT MUCH OF A BENCH BEHIND THE THREE OF YOU.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS AT ALL DESTABILIZING FOR THE DISTRICT OR STUDENTS AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE FALL AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO REOPEN SCHOOLS THEN?

>> WELL, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING MY TENURE HERE.

THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN I ASCENDED TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP I WANTED TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT HAVING SERVED IN THE DISTRICT I'VE SEEN C.E.O.S COME AND GO.

I'VE WORKED IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND THE CHIEF ED POSITION RUNNING DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND NOW THIS FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS.

AND THIS TEAM HAS BEEN THERE WITH ME.

AND THEY HAVE SACRIFICED THEY HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY WELL AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED.

I FEEL LIKE THE NEXT C.E.O.

HAS A RIGHT TO SELECT HIS OR HER TEAM JUST AS I WAS ABLE TO SELECT PEOPLE THAT I TRUST.

BUT WITH THAT SAID IT IS MY OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSITION GOES WELL AND WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO IS WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT NEEDS THAT KIND OF STABILITY IN ORDER TO REALLY DEATH BACK ON TRACK AFTER A YEAR OF KIDS BEING OUT OF SCHOOL.

I DON'T HAVE A TICKET TO ANYWHERE OR I APLACE I NEED TO GO.

I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THE TRANSITION WORKS WELL.

>> MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S MANAGEMENT STYLE SOME CALLED HER A MICRO MANAGER.

WE'VE SEEN YOU WORK TOGETHER QUITE A BIT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT BUT THIS IS WHAT I WILL SAY.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

AND LIKE ANY RELATIONSHIP, WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE DEBATE ABOUT AND THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HER.

I COULDN'T WORK FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO HAVE A VOICE AND SHE RESPECTS STRENGTH.

SHE RESPECTS COMPETENCE I CANNOT THINK OF A TIME WHEN WE DISAGREED HOW TO DO SOMETHING THERE WAS A PLACE TO HAVE THE DISAGREEMENTS.

AS A MANAGER SHE HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ME.

SHE TRUSTS MY LEADERSHIP AND THE DECISIONS I WAS MAKING.

BUT PEOPLE DON'T OFTENTIMES SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.

SHE HAS BEEN A LEADER THAT HAS TAKEN INTEREST HOW I AM DOING AS A PERSON.

THERE WERE TIMES AND SHE CAN TELL SOMETHING IS GOING ON AND SHE IS LIKE HOW ARE YOU?

I HAVE APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT HER.

I KNOW PEOPLE WILL MAKE A LOT OUT OF THIS BUT YOU KNOW I AM A STRAIGHT-SHOOTER.

IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM I WOULD SAY THAT.

THERE ISN'T.

I HAVE SUPPORTED HER AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HER.

I THINK SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND SHE DESERVES ALL OF OUR SUPPORT AND SHE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE CITY OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> JANICE YOUR LAST TWO PREDECESSORS LEFT UNDER ETHICAL CLOUDS FORMER FORREST CLAYPOOL LEFT AFTER AN INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION AND BARBARA BYRD BENNETT WENT TO PRISON.

HOW MUCH OF YOUR JOB HAS BEEN CLEANING UP THE DISTRICT?

>> LEADING WITH INTEGRITY IS SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO IT BROKE MY HEART TO HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT C.P.S.

AND THERE'S SOME VESTIGES OF THAT.

IT WAS POSH FOR MEME -- IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THERE ARE AMAZING PEOPLE NOT ONLY WORKING IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND LEADING OUR SCHOOLS BUT WORKING IN CENTRAL OFFICE AND I WISH THE PUBLIC HAD MORE VISIBILITY INTO THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND HOW HARD PEOPLE WORK.

THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WE POUR INTO THE DISTRICT EVERYDAY IN HOPES WE CAN MAKE THE LIVES OF EACH STUDENT BETTER ASSAULT.

SO THAT WAS -- AS A RESULT.

THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.

MY PERSONAL INTEGRITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME SO THAT HAS GUIDED ME.

IT IS A TIGHT ROPE YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY, WATCH WHAT YOU DO.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT I SHOWED UP FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GOT A GOOD EDUCATION AND TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY THAT C.P.S.

AFFORDED ME.

I WENT FROM 79TH IN RACINE, AUBURN GRESHAM TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY AND YOU DON'T GET THERE WITHOUT A QUALITY EDUCATION AND THE DISTRICT POURED INTO ME AND MY SERVICE HAS BEEN ABOUT POURING INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS.

>> WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO THE NEXT C.E.O.

OF C.P.S.?

>> I'VE WRITTEN THAT LETTER YET.

I WILL LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND MY ADVICE IS THE SAME TO ALL EDUCATORS YOU HAVE TO PUT CHILDREN FIRST BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THESE ROLES BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT AUTHENTICITY AND WHEN THEY DISAGREE THEY GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND THE DOOR IS OPEN.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT EVERY RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE HAD TO ENGAGE IN OR MANAGE AS A RESULT OF THIS ROLE, THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW MY HEART AND THEY KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT AND KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS DO WITHIN MY POWER TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.

I HOPE THE NEXT PERSON COMES IN WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THAT PHILOSOPHY AND THAT HUMILITY.

I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO I'M SERVING AND MY WISH IS THE NEXT C.E.O.

HAS A SIMILAR PERSPECTIVE ON SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT UNLESS ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD LATER?

>> YOU WERE JOKING.

>> KIND OF.

STAY TUNED.

>> JANICE JACKSON BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR NEXT STEPS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> IT'S TIME FOR ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS TO GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF DRAWING NEW SETS OF MAPS THAT WILL DECIDE THE BOUNDARIES FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

A SEEMINGLY ARCANE AND PEDANTIC TASK BUT WITH CONSEQUENCES THEY HAVE LOTS OF INPUT TO WEIGH.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> BRANDIS, ALTHOUGH I'M DISTRACTED WONDERING WHAT Dr. JACKSON'S FUTURE IS GOING TO BE WHETHER I WILL BE COVERING HER AS A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.

AS FOR THE CURRENT LEGISLATORS THEY HAVE HEARD FROM DOZENS OF EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS AND INTEREST GROUPS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT THE NEXT SET OF MAPS TO LOOK LIKE AT LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT DILARA SAYEED TESTIFIED ON THE MUSLIM CIVIC COALITION.

>> DON'T MAKE IT JUST ABOUT SURE.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEAR US.

YOU SEE US.

AND YOU ALLOW US TO HAVE REPRESENTATION.

>> WE'VE GONE OVER WHAT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS ENTAILS AND WHAT IT TAKES.

YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT TONIGHT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE WHAT THE FOLKS WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR WORKDAYS IN CASES THEIR WEEKENDS, TO TESTIFY WANTED LEGISLATORS TO KNOW.

WE TAWANA POPE SHE HAS LIVED IN NORTH LAWNDALE FOR 32 YEARS AND WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SAYS HER COMMUNITY HAS SEEN FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT IT NEEDS MORE.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE RETURNING HOME FROM INCARCERATION.

WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF ADDICTION.

WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF CERTAIN TYPES OF RESOURCES.

SO WE NEED OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOOD TO KNOW US, KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

>> NOW, A MAJOR CONCERN FOR NORTH LAWNDALE RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS KEPT MAJORITY BLACK REPRESENTATIVE AND LEGISLATORS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN PRISON ARE NOT COUNTED IN CENSUS DATA AS RESIDENTS OF NORTH LAWNDALE.

NOW, THE LEADER OF THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER WANTS A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT KEPT IN TACK THAT INCLUDES A QUARTER THAT RUNS ALONG DIVISION FROM WESTERN TO COSTNER.

>> THIS IS A HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC CENTER OF THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY.

AND IT HAS BEEN SO SINCE THE 1950s.

WHEN THOUSANDS OF PUERTO RICANS BEGAN TO MIGRATE TO THE CITY.

AND ESTABLISHED POSITIONS AS THEIR PLACE.

>> LOPEZ SAYS THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY CREATED FOR ITSELF A MAIN STREET, THE HUB AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE AREA ESPECIALLY AS IT JENFYS THAT IT -- GENTRIFIES THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE REPRESENTED BY A LEGISLATOR WHO SPEAKS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DIVIDED INTO TOO MANY DISTRICTS.

>> AND WE HAVE DISTRICT LINES THAT RUN RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTS OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHICH IT DIVIDES US IF WE GET FURTHER DIVIDED AND WE'RE SPLIT UP INTO INSTEAD OF BEING STRETCHED OVER THREE DISTRICTS WE ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE INSTEAD OF BEING 30% OF VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT WE ARE ONLY 5 OR 10% WE ARE GOING TO BE LESS IMPACTFUL.

>> SHLOMO SOROKA SAYS IF THE JEWISH ORTHODOX COMMUNITY THAT IS CONCENTRATED ON CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE AS WELL AS IN EVANSTON AND LINCOLNWOOD AND SKOKIE IS FURTHER DIVIDED THEN IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR A LEGISLATOR TO IGNORE THEIR INTERESTS.

HE IS NOT ASKING THAT A DISTRICT BE DRAWN TO HELP TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO IS JEWISH ORTHODOX IN FAITH, RATHER THAN THE JEWISH ORTHODOX COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE INTERESTS BE CONSIDERED AS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.

THAT IS A LEGAL TERM OF ART IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, ORTHODOX JEWS HAVE BECOME TARGETS THEY ARE VISIBLY IDENTIFIABLE AS JEWISH.

THERE'S BEEN AN ALARMING RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM AND A LOT OF THOSE ATTACKS FOCUSED ON ORTHODOX JEWS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE CONCERNS ARE GIVEN PROPER ATTENTION.

>> NOW, DURING HER PRESENTATION, DILARA SAYEED TOLD LEGISLATORS THAT ILLINOIS HAS THE MOST MUSLIMS PER CAPITA OF ANY STATE IN THE NATION.

>> MUSLIMS ARE EVERY SINGLE RACE.

WE ARE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AT MOSQUES AT CENTERS, AT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM LAWNDALE, GARFIELD PARK, ET CETERA.

WE ARE IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF COOK COUNTY.

WHERE WE ARE SOUTH ASIANS AND LATINOS AND WE ARE IN PEORIA AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

AND THIS COMMUNITY IS LARGE AND IT IS COMPLETELY ZERO REPRESENTED IN OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.

>> MEANWHILE, THE ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY IS ALSO GROWING.

>> WE KNOW THAT ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN COOK COUNTY ARE APPROACHING HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AND ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES ARE THE FASTEST GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES A TREND THAT WE EXPECT TO BE REFLECTED IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

>> THAT CENSUS DATA COMING LATE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEANING THAT THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT DEMOCRATS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE MAY WELL FORGE AHEAD WITH MAP MAKING BEFORE THEY GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.

THIS EVEN DESPITE AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT TESTIFIED AT THOSE HEARING SAID THEY WANT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO WAIT.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A POTENTIAL NAME CHANGE FOR A FAMOUS CHICAGO ROADWAY.

STAY WITH US.

ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST FAMOUS ROADWAYS MIGHT HAVE A NEW NAME.

LAST WEEK, A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY ADVANCED A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE TO DuSABLE DRIVE RECOGNIZED AS CHICAGO'S FIRST NONINDIGENOUS SETTLER.

THE PLAN TO APPLY TO THE OUTER DRIVE IS TO MOVE TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION LATER THIS MONTH.

AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ETZER CANTAVE, PRESIDENT OF THE DuSABLE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION AND 17TH WARD ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE THE ORDINANCE'S SPONSOR.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ETZER CANTAVE A BIG PART OF THE STORY IN CHICAGO ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS THAT WATCH CHANNEL 11 THAT HAS THE GREAT HISTORY PROGRAMMING.

REMIND US WHO DuSABLE WAS?

>> ETZER CANTAVE YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE.

>> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE TALKING ABOUT DuSABLE OUR FAVORITE SUBJECT.

DuSABLE'S ASSOCIATION IS A ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF JEN BAPTIST -- JEAN BAPTIST DuSABLE, THE HAITIAN BORN FOUNDER OF CHICAGO.

HE WAS BORN IN ST. MARK IN THE COLONY AROUND 1745 AT THE AGE OF 25, AROUND THAT AGE HE MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND FIRST LANDED IN NEW ORLEANS AND LATER OWE FOUND HIS WAY IN PEORIA.

WHERE HE SETTLED FOR A WHILE.

AND HE PURCHASED LAND THERE AND AS THE SITUATION WAS CHANGING, POLITICALLY, HE FOUNDED SAFER TO MOVE UPWARD AND UP NORTH AND LANDED IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION IN CHICAGO IN CHICAGO AT THAT TIME THAT PLACE WAS CALLED.

AND HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF THERE.

AND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT HE FOUNDED WITH HIS WIFE.

>> I WANT TO GET MORE INTO THAT BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS INDIGENOUS AND NATIVE TO THIS AREA AND THE MARSHLANDS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OR WHATEVER CHICAGO MEANT.

ALDERMAN MOORE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TALKED ABOUT OTHER TRIBUTES LIKE NAMING THE RIVERWALK AFTER HIM AND THAT PARK RIGHT BY LAKE SHORE DRIVE AFTER HIM.

WHY IS LAKE SHORE DRIVE THE RIGHT MONUMENT TO RENAME AFTER DuSABLE.

>> LET ME SAY THE MAYOR'S VISION IS A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE RENAMING OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

THE OUTER DRIVE TO DuSABLE DRIVE AND IT IS A GREAT COMPLIMENT AND I THANK HER FOR THAT.

THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, I TELL PEOPLE I CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES ON ONE HAND THAT I HAVE BEEN TO THE RIVERWALK.

PROBABLY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS CAN COUNT THEM ON NO HANDS.

MAGGIE DALEY PARK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARKS AND I COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAVE BEEN THERE.

AND MY COMMUNITY THEY CAN COUNT NO TIMES.

WHAT THIS DOES IT DOES TWO THINGS.

IT CONNECTS THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH SIDE AND JUST ENTIRE CHICAGO IF SOMEBODY IS COMING FROM THE NORTH AND THEY SEE DuSABLE DRIVE IT RAISES THOSE QUESTIONS: WHO IS DuSABLE?

AND THEN IT PUSHES THEM BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE IN NORTH THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DuSABLE HUMAN AND PEOPLE COMING FROM 0 SOUTH TO NORTH IT WILL CONNECT THEM TO THE RIVERWALK AS THEY GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT DuSABLE WHEN THEY ARE DRIVE TO GO INCONNECTING TO THAT RIVERWALK.

AND CONNECTING TO THAT PARK.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

WHEN I INTRODUCED THIS IN 2019, THE NUMBER OF YOUTH FROM BOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS BUT THOSE ARE TWO CALLS I GOT WHO GOT SO INTERESTED IN THIS IN SAYING I DID NOT KNOW THAT A BLACK MAN FROM HAITI WAS THE FOUNDER OF CHICAGO.

THAT'S MEANS MERE TO ME THAN ANYTHING.

>> WHAT ABOUT CONCERNS WITH LAKE SHORE DRIVE?

IT IS AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED BRAND CONNECTED TO CHICAGO IT MIGHT CONFUSE FOLKS AND TOURISTS?

>> NO.

NOT AT ALL.

AND THOSE ARE THE MISNOMERS.

NUMBER ONE, JUST LIKE THE DAN RYAN.

WE HAVE CHANGED BISHOP FOUR, I HAD TO HAVE A REALLY A THOUGHT PROCESS TO REMEMBER THE EXPRESSWAY WAS CALLED BEFORE IT WAS BISHOP FORWARD IT WAS THE CAL USE MUTT EXPRESSWAY.

NO DIFFERENCE.

WHAT WE TRY TO CHANGE THINGS THAT GETS PUSHBACK WHEN PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IT WON'T CONFUSE PEOPLE LIKE WHEN YOU GET OFF THE DAN RYAN YOU ARE AT WALES.

AND WHEN YOU GET OFF YOU WILL BE ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUTER AND INNER.

ETZER CANTAVE, YOU WERE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT DuSABLE'S INDIGENOUS WIFE.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER AND HOW SHE WILL BE HONORED AS WELL?

>> WELL, DuSABLE MARRIED TY TY AND SHE IS INDIAN.

THE H THEY MARRIED FIRST IN A CEREMONY AND LATER RENEWED THEIR VOWS IN A CATHOLIC CEREMONY THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

THEY WORKED TOGETHER.

AND THERE WAS A HISTORY THAT WELL-KNOWN IN THE CITY IS THAT AT SOME POINT DURING HIS JOURNEY, DuSABLE WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED BY THE BRITISH.

BECAUSE THEY SUSPECTED HIM OF SYMPATHIZING WITH THE AMERICANS.

SO THEY CAPTURED HIM AND PUT HIM IN JAIL IN MICHIGAN FOR A YEAR.

AND AFTER THAT YEAR, THE INDIAN CHIPPEWA, DESCENDED ON THE FORT AND DEMANDED HIS RELEASE.

>> I HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU.

IT IS A FASCINATING STORY BUT WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

ALDERMAN MOORE TELL US WILL INNER LAKE SHORE DRIVE BE CALLED LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND OUTER DRIVE BE CALLED DuSABLE?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE IS NO ADDRESSES ARE AFFECTED THE ONLY THING THAT IS AFFECTED ARE THE HARBORS ALONG THE OUTER DRIVE.

>> GOT IT.

OUR THANKS TO ETZER CANTAVE AND ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

FEWER BAGS LOST BUT CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS TAKE OFF HOW UNITED AIRLINES FARED THIS PAST YEAR AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TOP PERFORMING COVID VACCINES AND SUSPENDING VACCINE PATENTS TO MAKE DOSES MORE ACCESSIBLE.

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM ON EXPANDING THE MISSION TO ALL OF CHICAGO.

AND WHEN THE DOCUMENTARY MY OCTOPUS TEACHER WON JAY SHEFSKY WAS REMINDED OF HIS CROSS SPECIES ENCOUNTER WITH A LARGE INSECT.

FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO RUN OVER A GROUP IN LOGAN SQUARE IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY WHEN 57-YEAR-OLD TIMMOTHY NIELSEN DROVE HIS PICKUP TRUCK ON TO THE PARK AT WEST LOGAN BOULEVARD AND TORE THE VICTIMS.

ONE PERSON WAS STRUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE AND A WOMAN WAS HIT AND PINNED.

BOTH ARE TREATED FOR INJURIES.

MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THIS EVENING POSTPONED TONIGHT'S CUBS GAME.

ALL IS CALM RIGHT NOW BUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WARNING OF A SEVERE BAND OF STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE TORNADO THREATS.

ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE CITY.

THE CUB ALSO PLAY A DOUBLE-HEADER WITH THE DODGERS TOMORROW STARTING AT 1:20.

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

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

NEW DATA SHOWS CVS AND WALGREENS WASTED MORE COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES THAN MOST STATES COMBINED.

CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS SOAR FOR UNITED AIRLINES AND A PROPOSAL FOR A HABITABLE BILLBOARD OVER THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS CRAIN'S BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

WELCOME BACK.

DATA FROM THE CDC SHOWS THAT ADEERFIELD BASED WALGREENS AND CVS WASTED MORE DOSES THAN STATES U.S.

TERRITORIES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES COMBINED.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

>> WELL, FIRST WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THAT THE NUMBERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY ASTRONOMICAL.

150 MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO AMERICAN ARMS.

THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS LATEST DATA INDICATE THAT ABOUT 128,000 OF THOSE DOSES THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED HAVE BEEN WASTED.

AND THAT CVS AND WALGREENS ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WASTE.

CVS IS THE BIGGER CULPRIT OF THE TWO.

IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN HOW THIS HAPPENED.

EXCEPT THAT MOST CRITICS AT KAISER HEALTH NEWSTALKED TO IN THE REPORT THAT CRAIN'S PUBLISHED TODAY INDICATES THE EARLY ROCKY ROLL OUT OF THE VACCINE PROGRAM UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS THE LIKELY CAUSE.

YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THE FEDS DID LEAN HARD ON THESE PRIORITY PARTNERS TO DO THE EARLY VACCINATIONS ESPECIALLY AT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND IN FACT, CVS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AS MUCH AND SAID THAT MOST OF THE WASTE THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TOOK PLACE IN THIS EARLY PERIOD OF THE ROLL OUT.

SINCE THAT THE CDC IS SAYING THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET A WINDOW INTO HOW DEEP THIS PROBLEM IS.

>> SO ALSO A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR AIRLINES.

UNITED AIRLINES REPORTEDLY EXCELLED WHEN IT CAME TO BUMPING FEWER PASSENGERS AND LOSING BAGS BUT THERE IS ONE CATEGORY WHERE THE AIRLINE DID NOT PERFORM WELL.

>> RIGHT.

AND THAT IS IN THE AREA OF REFUNDS OR THE LACK THEREOF.

UNITED IN CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN DINGED IN PARTICULAR FOR ITS PRACTICE EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC OF WANTING TO GIVE PEOPLE TRAVEL CREDITS INSTEAD OF CASH REFUNDS WHEN THEIR FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED OR DELAYED.

AND WITH SO MANY FLIGHTS DISRUPTED PARTICULARLY IN THE EARLY PHASES OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT WAS A REAL BONE OF CONTENTION AMONG THE FLYING PUBLIC.

>> AND LASTLY, A PROPOSAL FOR A HABITABLE BILLBOARD.

WHAT IS THAT AND WHERE MIGHT WE SEE IT.

>> IT IS A WILD IDEA AND IT IS ONLY THAT AT THIS NOT AN IDEA.

BUT IF IT GETS MOMENTUM, THE DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO BUILD IT WOULD CREATE A PARK OVER HUBBARD'S CAVE AT THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY THAT WOULD FEATURE A GLASSED IN FOUR STOREY BUILDING THAT COULD BE LEASED OUT FOR PUBLIC EVENTS OR CORPORATE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.

AND WITH ABOUT 100 MILLION CARS PASSING BENEATH HUBBARD'S CAVE IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT CORPORATE BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY.

>> AND MAKE HUBBARD'S CAVE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN THE TRAFFIC BACK UP MOST OF US ARE USED TO EXPERIENCING.

ANN DWYER CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> INDIA HAS FULLY VACCINATED ONLY 2% OF THEIR POPULATION AGAINST COVID-19.

COMPARE THAT TO THE UNITED STATES WHICH HAS 32% OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED AND ON TOP OF A LACK OF VACCINATIONS INDIA IS GOING THROUGH A MAJOR OUTBREAK WITH MORE THAN 368,000 CASES ANNOUNCED JUST YESTERDAY NOW THERE ARE SOME PROPOSALS TO SUSPEND VACCINE PATENTS FOR THE BIG DRUG COMPANIES LIKE PFIZER AND MODERNA TO HELP BOOST PRODUCTION AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE JACOB SHERKOW A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND Dr. ERIN PAQUETTE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AND LAW AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME ABOUT THE OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

Dr. PAQUETTE REMIND US OF THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT HAVE PRODUCED THE VACCINE TO THIS POINT?

>> PATENT PROTECTIONS ARE PROVIDED IN DOMESTIC SETTINGS AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.

PARTY OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS TO THE TRADE RELATED INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT, HAVE MADE A JOINT EFFORT TO PROTECT PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURED VACCINES BY THE MAJOR COMPANIES THAT ARE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> AND JACOB SHERKOW WHAT WOULD THE EFFECT BE OF SUSPENDING A PATENT AND WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW?

>> YEAH, SO THERE IS SOME ARGUMENT THAT SUSPENDING THE PATENTS IS GOING TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF VACCINES ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE OTHERWISE HAVING DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THAT.

BUT THE REALITY IS IT IS SUCH NOT HOW PATENTS WORK AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SUSPENDING THEM IS GOING TO INCREASE PRODUCTION IN THOSE COUNTRIES.

>> AND Dr. PAQUETTE DO YOU AGREE THE IDEA OF SUSPENDING PATENTS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION?

>> I AGREE THAT THERE IS NOT LARGE SCALE EVIDENCE FOR THE KIND OF WAIVER THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

BUT THERE ARE -- THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT ISSUING ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE VACCINES CAN BOOST PRODUCTION OVER TIME.

PROBABLY NOT WON'T LEAD TO IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINE BECAUSE YOU NEED TIME TO MAKE IT.

HOWEVER IN A CRISIS LIKE THIS, I THINK USING PARALLEL ARMS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO MOVE IN AND RELAXING PATENT PROTECTION ALSO ALLOW FOR THAT INCREASE IN SUPPLY.

>> JACOB SHERKOW, IF NOT RELAXING PATENTS WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE SUPPLY IN PLACES LIKE INDIA WHICH HAVE STRUGGLED DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE VACCINES?

>> SURE.

I THINK FIRST IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ON THE GROUND.

WAIVING PATENT RIGHTS IS NOT GOING TO BUILD A FACTORY IT'S NOT GOING TO TRAIN WORKERS IT'S NOT GOING TO SECURE RAW MATERIALS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO INSURE THAT THE VACCINES PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE PURE OR POTENT OR SAFE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION A MORAL OBLIGATION AND FRANKLY A FINANCIAL INTEREST TO HELP OTHER COUNTRIES MANUFACTURE VACCINES AS AN EFFORT TO END THE PANDEMIC NOW.

THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A LOT OF DIRECT SPENDING IN SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO THINGS LIKE BUILD FACTORIES AND SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND TRAIN WORKERS.

THAT'S WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY NEED TO BE DOING.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A DOLLARS AND CENTS ISSUE ON OUR END NOT NECESSARILY A PATENT WAIVER AT THE WTO.

>> WHAT ABOUT THAT OR THE NOTION OF SENDING SUPPLIES OF VACCINE IN THE UNITED STATES TO PLACES LIKE INDIA?

ESPECIALLY AS YOU SEE THE DEMAND START TO LEVEL OFF HERE A LITTLE BIT?

>> SO LIKE I SAID, I DO THINK THAT USING PARALLEL EFFORTS IS THE WAY TO GO.

DIRECT DONATION OF VACCINE IS AN IMMEDIATE WAY TO PUT VACCINE INTO ARMS AND I AGREE THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT GLOBALLY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE VACCINE AVAILABLE NEED TO TAKE AND INDIA HAS PROMISED DONATION OF VACCINE TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS AND SUPPLIES TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS FOR VACCINE PRODUCTION.

BUT THAT IS ONE MECHANISM BY WHICH VACCINES CAN BE INCREASED.

WHILE WE CANNOT PROMISE EVERY COUNTRY TO WHICH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION MIGHT BE SHARED WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR PRODUCTION, WE DO KNOW THERE ARE PLACES LIKE INDIA THAT ARE MANUFACTURING VACCINES AND PROVIDING THE BLUEPRINT TO MAKE MORE VACCINES COULD INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTION EFFORTS AND COULD GIVE THEM AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE VACCINES DEMONSTRATED EYER EFFICACY THAN THE ONES THEY ARE PRODUCING.

>> JACOB SHERKOW, IN LEGAL TERMS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELAXING A PATENT RESTRICTION AND HAVING ONE COMPANY PROVIDE BLUEPRINTS TO OTHER COMPANIES TO HELP DEVELOP A VACCINE?

>> SURE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE TWO THINGS ARE JUST NOT THE SAME THING.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAIVING A PATENT DOES IT FREES THE PERSON TRYING TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY FROM CLAIMS OF PAT AT THE PRESENT TIME INFRINGEMENT BY THE OTHER SIDE.

IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE OR MANDATE AND IT DOESN'T ENCOURAGE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THE KNOW HOW TO PRODUCE THE VACCINES TO SHARE THAT KNOW HOW WITH AROUND THE WORLD.

THE BEST EFFORTS GOING FORWARD ARE COLLABORATIVE ONES WITH THE COMPANIES THAT ARE MAKING VACCINES NOW.

AS WELL AS PAYING HERE FOR THE MANUFACTURER OF MORE VACCINE THAT CAN BE SHIPPED ELSEWHERE.

>> AND Dr. PAQUETTE DO YOU SEE EFFORTS HAPPENING AMONGST THE BIG COMPANIES, PFIZER, MODERNA, JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS THERE AN INTEREST HERE TO STEP IN AND HELP SOLVE THIS GLOBAL PROBLEM?

>> I THINK THERE IS A STATED INTEREST.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT MATERIALIZE INTO ACTUAL EFFORTS TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION BEYOND DONATION OF VACCINE AND RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER THAT I HAVE SEEN TALKED ABOUT IS DONATION OF 60 MILLION FROM THE U.S.

BUT LOOKING AT THE POPULATION OF INDIA AND THOSE THAT NEED TO BE VACCINATED THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT IS EXISTING AND I THINK WHILE PROFESSOR IS CORRECT THAT THE RELAXATION OF THE PATENT STAYS FROM CLAIMS ABOUT INFRINGEMENT IT IS ONE STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVING TOWARDS FREER USE OF THAT PROPERTY OR THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT WORRY OF CLAIMS ABOUT PATENT INFRINGEMENT THAT MIGHT HELP TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURERS THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUILDUP THAT SUPPLY.

>> AND JACOB SHERKOW IN GIVEN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PATENT RELAXION WHAT CAN GOVERNMENTS DO WHAT CAN THE W.H.O.

DO TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THESE PARALLEL EFFORTS AND SOME MORE COLLABORATION HERE?

>> SURE.

FIRST AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE NEED DIRECT INVESTMENT WITH RESPECT TO HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES BUILD THEIR OWN FACTORIES TO MANUFACTURE THEIR OWN VACCINE NOW.

I THINK AS Dr. PAQUETTE MENTIONED THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE TURN AROUND.

SOME OF THE FACTORIES TAKE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX MONTHS TO GET OFF THE GROUND BUT WE NEED TO START AND DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR SCALING UP MANUFACTURING AND DOING MORE SO QUICKLY.

WE ARE AT AN ARM'S RACE WITH THE VIRUS.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS OF DOSES OF VACCINE SO MANY MORE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DON'T DIE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE WORLD GENERALLY SPEAKING PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC PRODUCED BILLIONS OF DOSES OF VACCINES GLOBAL FOR ALL DISEASES IN THE WORLD.

WE ARE LOOKING TO DOUBLE IF NOT TRIPLE THAT IN ORDER TO END THIS PANDEMIC AGAINST ONE PARTICULAR VIRUS NOW.

SO WE NEED BETTER TECHNOLOGY TO DO WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AND IN ADDITION, WE NEED CORRUPTION NOT ANTAGONISM FROM THE COUNTRIES -- FROM THE COMPANIES.

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION AT A SUFFICIENT LEVEL TO END THE PANDEMIC ELSEWHERE.

DOING THINGS LIKE CLAIMING THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WILL BE SEIZED OR WAIVING PATENT RIGHTS THAT WOULD BE ONE THING BUT IF IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

>> AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING AS VARIANTS ARE SPREADING AND YOU SEE THE DATA THAT LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR POPULATIONS VACCINATED.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO JACOB SHERKOW AND Dr. ERIN PAQUETTE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS A NEW PRESIDENT.

SOUTH SIDE NATIVE DONALD LASSERE HAS RETURNEDDED TO CHICAGO TO LEAD THE MUSEUM AFTER HELMING THE MOHAMMED ALI CENTER FOR YEARS.

HIS HIRING COINCIDES WITH THE EMPHASIS ON PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING CHICAGO'S HISTORY ESPECIALLY ON THE CITY'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

AND DONALD LASSERE JOINING RES US NOW.

THERE HE IS.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NATIONALLY AND IN CHICAGO MANY INSTITUTIONS ARE REEVALUATING WHAT HISTORY IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HOW IT'S TOLD.

HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS?

>> WELL, THE ROLE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM SHOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY.

THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF CHICAGO WHICH IS VERY DIVERSE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS AN INSTITUTION MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY.

BECAUSE THAT WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW HOW THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO IMPACTS PEOPLE TODAY.

AND WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT CHICAGO'S HISTORY WHILE IT'S DIVERSE IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND.

BECAUSE IT'S GLOBAL.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHICAGO, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT IMMIGRATED TO THE CITY.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHICAGO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH OF BLACK PEOPLE TRYING TO ESCAPE JIM CROW.

AND THINK ABOUT CHICAGO'S HISTORY, IT WAS A GREAT SPARK FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

SO THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK WITH THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO THAT I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM TO START WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY SEES THEMSELVES IN THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO.

>> SPEAKING OF, THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM LOCATED IN OLD TOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WHAT ARE SPECIFIC WAYS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BROADEN ITS SCOPE AND DIVERSIFY ITS VISITORSHIP?

>> SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR STRATEGY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO TO THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND HAVE A FOOTPRINT THERE.

WHETHER IT BEHOLDING SPECIAL PROGRAMS OR SPECIAL EVENTS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUTREACH BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL BUILDING AS YOU SAID ON THE NORTH SIDE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO THE NORTH SIDE.

I HAD THIS SIMILAR ISSUE WHEN IN LOUISVILLE WE WERE LOCATED DOWNTOWN AND MANY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL WELCOME DOWNTOWN.

SO WE HAD A STRATEGY WHERE WE WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES STARTED PROGRAMS AND THEN CREATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE IN CHICAGO.

PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOU ENTER A PARTNERSHIP, IT BE LONG-TERM AND THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IN A PARTNERSHIP IS ASK FOR HELP.

AND SO WE ASK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HELP IN TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE SINCE SEAR IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE THERE TO HELP, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THERE UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY.

>> NOW, THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS AN EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE OF PHOTOS FROM OVER A CENTURY OF THE CITY'S HISTORY AND WE ASKED YOU TO BRING A FEW TO SHARE.

THE FIRST ONE IS OF MOHAMMED ALI AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO IN 1966.

HE IS NOT SOMEONE THAT IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.

YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HIM AND HIS HISTORY BUT HE HAS A LOT OF TIES HERE YOU SAY?

>> YES, VERY DEEP TIES.

HE STILL HAS CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN CHICAGO IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE.

HE, OF COURSE, JOINED THE NATION OF ISLAM HERE IN CHICAGO.

SO HE HAS VERY DEEP ROOTS HERE.

HE LIVED HERE FOR SOMETIME.

HE LOVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

HE STILL HAS GREAT FRIENDS THAT STILL LIVE HERE.

YES, HE HAD DEEP ROOTS HERE.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WHEN I WAS AGREEING UP -- GROWING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO HE WAS MY HERO.

NOT ONLY WAS HE MY HERO HE WAS MY PARENT'S HERO.

HIS IMPACT HERE IN CHICAGO RUNS VERY, VERY DEEP.

>> DONALD YOU HAVE CHOSE THIS 1955 PHOTO OUTSIDE EMMETT TILL'S FUNERAL OUTSIDE THE CHURCH OF GOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS ONE?

>> I SELECTED THAT PHOTO FOR TWO REASONS: THE FIRST IS IT REALLY DOES SHOW THAT CHICAGO WAS THE SPARK THAT PHOTOGRAPH WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT WAS THE SPARK THAT STARTED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

ALSO THERE IS A FAMILY CONNECTION.

LILA PARKER WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH EMMETT WHEN PULLED OUT BY THE FOLKS WHO MURDERED HIM HE WAS MY MOTHER'S COUSIN.

THERE IS A FAMILY CONNECTION I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT AND TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PHOTO REPRESENTS.

>> AND WE WERE THANKFUL TO HAVE WHEELER PARKER HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AS WELL TO SHARE PART OF THAT STORY.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE DONALD LASSERE JOINING US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

BEST OF LUCK IN THE NEW POSITION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH A LARGE INSECTS.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AT OSCARS WENT TO MY OCTOPUS TEACHER ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP A MAN DEVELOPS WITH AN OCTOPUS.

THAT GOT JAY SHEFSKY THINK BEING A CROSS SPECIES ENCOUNTER OF HIS OWN LAST FALL.

HERE'S JAY.

>> THIS STARTED LIKE A LOT OF MY FAVORITE DAYS.

IN A KAYAK ON A QUIET RIVER.

BUT SOON, IT WOULD GET A LOT MORE INTERESTING.

I WAS ALONE ON THE PAW-PAW RIVER PADDLING OUT OF MICHIGAN.

WAIT, WHAT IS ON THAT LOG?

IS THAT A PRAYING MANTIS?

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A PRAYING MANTIS IN PERSON.

IS IT TURNING ITS HEAD TO WATCH ME PASS?

I MUST BE IMAGINING THAT.

I'VE GOT TO GET A CLOSER LOOK SO I TURN AROUND AND SIDLE UP TO THE FALLEN TREE THAT IS THE PRAYING MANTIS' PERCH.

AND THIS TIME NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, IT TURNS ITS HEAD TO FACE ME.

IT IS WATCHING ME.

THIS GIANT INSECT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CLASSIC CARTOON ALIEN IS WATCHING ME.

AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SCARED.

AT LEAST NOT ENOUGH TO FLY AWAY.

OR WALK AWAY.

OR WHATEVER IT WOULD DO.

I'M A LITTLE SCARED.

SO BEFORE I GET ANY CLOSER I GOOGLE ARE PRAYING MANTIS' DANGEROUS?

WHILE THEY CAN BE ROUGH ON THEIR PREY THEY ARE HARMLESS TO HUMANS.

SO I GET IN CLOSER.

HOPING TO GET A FEW SHOTS BEFORE I SCARE IT OFF.

BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM SCARED AT ALL.

IT SEEMS CURIOUS.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I SHOULDN'T ANSWER, BUT AM I WRONG TO SAY IT SEEMS EVERY BIT AS INTERESTED IN ME AS I AM IN IT?

SOON, I'M FEELING READY TO TAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WILL IT READ THIS GESTURE AS A SIGN I CAN BE TRUSTED?

DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT THEN AFTER HALF AN HOUR OF JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, AN AMAZING THING HAPPENS.

IT BEGINS TO APPROACH.

TENTATIVELY AT FIRST AND THEN WITH A LITTLE MORE SWAGGER.

I'M GLAD I ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT IT IS NOT A THREAT TO ME.

BECAUSE IT'S COMING ABOARD.

AND THEN FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR, IT EXPLORES ME AND MY KAYAK.

[LAUGHTER] THIS IS TOTALLY WILD.

[LAUGHTER] THERE IS A PRAYING MANTIS ON THE BOTTOM OF MY SHOE THAT I CANNOT SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF MY SHOE.

IT MAKES ITSELF QUITE AT HOME ON THIS NEW PERCH.

AND SOON IT'S READY TO MAKE THE MOVE TO MY HAND.

THAT IS THE WILDEST THING!

BUT NOW, I AM IN BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR TERRITORY.

BECAUSE WHILE I KNOW THAT THIS THING WON'T HURT ME IT'S TOUGH TO KEEP MY COOL AS IT MOVES FROM MY HAND TO MY ARM.

CREEPY.

GEEZ.

EVEN THOUGH I GET IT BACK TO MORE COMFORTABLE TERRITORY THIS GIANT INSECT STILL WANTS TO BE BETTER FRIENDS.

AND THEN AS IT EXPLORES ME, IT MANAGES TO FIND THE ONE PLACE I CAN'T FILM IT.

ON MY HAND THAT IS HOLDING MY PHONE.

[LAUGHTER] THIS IS INCHES FROM MY FACE SITTING ON THE PHONE.

IT'S TAKING [INAUDIBLE] IT IS MAGNIFICENT.

>> WHEN HAVE I EVER SPENT THIS MUCH TIME THIS CLOSE TO A CRITTER I ENCOUNTERED IN THE WILD?

AND WHICH I THINK HAS COME TO TRUST THAT I MEAN IT NO HARM.

UNFORTUNATELY, I BETRAYED THAT TRUST.

AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT THE REST OF THE STORY HAPPENED OFF CAMERA.

THERE ARE PHOTOS AS I TELL YOU HOW IT PLAYED OUT.

THE PRAYING MANTIS SPENT SEVERAL MORE MINUTES ON MY HAND AND THEN STARTLED ME BY QUICKLY WALKING UP MY ARM TOWARD MY FACE.

I INCITIZEN ACTIVELY CONFLICTED IT OFF IT LANDED IN THE WATER WHERE I WATCHED IT FLAIL AS THE CURRENT CARRY TO DO DOWNSTREAM.

I WAS HORRIFIED AND I COULDN'T LET MY NEW FRIEND DROWN SO I TOOK OFF AFTER IT.

USING THE KAYAK PAZLE TO SCOOP IT OUT OF THE WATER.

THEN SOMEHOW WITH THAT SAME PADDLE, I MADE MY WAY TO THE SHORE AND HERE IS MY STUNNED END FRIEND ON THE PADDLE.

JUST BEFORE I RETURNED IT TO SAFETY AND WATCHED IT QUICKLY TAKE OFF INTO THE BRUSH.

DID I TEACH IT THAT HUMANS CAN'T BE TRUSTED?

MAYBE THAT'S NOT A BAD LESSON.

AND WHAT DID IT TEACH ME?

SOMETHING PRETTY SIMPLE REALLY...

THE BENEFITS OF QUIET, PATIENT OBSERVATION.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS JAY SHEFSKY.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT PATIENT BUT JAY TELLS US HE LEARNED THERE ARE 2400 SPECIES OF MANTIS AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY COME IN A WILD VARIETY.

A FEW OTHER FACTS.

MANY SPECIES CAN TURN THEIR HEADS 180°.

OUCH.

THE FEMALES ARE THE HABIT OF BITING OFF THE MALE'S HEAD AFTER MATING.

DOUBLE OUCH.

THE DARK SPOTS IN THEIR EYES MOVE TO FOLLOW THEIR PREY AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO KEEP MANTIS AS PETS.

PERHAPS JAY WILL GO FIND ONE AT A PET STORE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO LUKE FOR ALLOWING TO US USE THOSE PHOTOS THAT YOU SAW.

>> WHAT ABOUT IT, BRANDIS?

INTERESTED?

>> DID YOU SEE THAT LOOK THE MANTIS GAVE JAY.

>> THEY BUILT A TRUST AND I FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

THE MANTIS SURVIVED.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

>> JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. TODAY'S CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE 230TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH LITHUANIAN CONSTITUTION DAY IN DALEY PLAZA.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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