THE OPENING UPDATE.

>> CORPORATE AMERICA AND THE WEALTHIEST 1% JUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

>> LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WEIGH-IN ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN.

ILLINOIS LOSING A HOUSE SEAT AND MORE.

>> TOBACCO COMPANIES HAVE LONG MARKETED MENTHOL CIGARETTES TO BLACK AMERICANS HOW AN FDA BAN COULD IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INCARCERATED WOMEN IN ILLINOIS BY 50% RELEASE A NEW REPORT.

>> COOKIES OF THE INTERNET VARIETY HOW THESE DATA FILES ARE RAISING PRIVACY CONCERNS.

>> THE STORIES ARE WHAT CREATE US.

>> AND A LOCAL THEATRE GROUP CONNECTING CHICAGOANS ONE STORY AT A TIME.

BUT FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

MEMBERS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY ARE CALLING ON THE MAYOR AND CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND THE USE OF FOOT PURSUITS FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO AND 22-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ALVAREZ IN RECENT MONTHS.

>> THE POLICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SET IN MOTION A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT PRODUCE THE LOSS OF LIVES AND THAT VALUE THE LIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH QUICK AND MINDLESS RESOURCE OF USE OF LETHAL FORCE.

>> THE GROUP OF ACTIVISTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ATTORNEYS ARE CALLING ON THE MAYOR TO DIRECT SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN TO KEEP SUCH A MORATORIUM UNTIL NEW POLICIES ARE IN PLACE THAT BETTER PROTECT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHEN INTERACTING WITH POLICE.

THE GROUP IS CALLING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO AGAIN INVESTIGATE C.P.D.

'S POLICING TACTICS IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED 2200 MORE PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS AND 19 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL NUMBER OF 1.343 MILLION CASES AND 22,066 DEATHS.

>> THE HOOSIER STATE HAS BEEN ADDED TO CHICAGO'S TRAVEL ORDER.

VISITORS FROM INDIANA AS WELL AS OTHER STATES SEEN HERE IN ORANGE WILL NOW HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS OR HAVE A NEGATIVE COVID TEST BEFORE ARRIVING IN CHICAGO.

CITY OFFICIALS HELD OFF ON ADDING THE STATE TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE CASES WERE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT THE VIRUS HAS INSTEAD SPREAD.

MEANWHILE, OFFICIALS MOVED EIGHT STATES AND WASHINGTON D.C. TO THE YELLOW TIER MEANING VISITORS DO NOT REQUIRE QUARANTINE OR A NEGATIVE TEST.

>> CONVENTIONS, FESTIVALS THE AUTO SHOW.

AMANDA VINICKY HAS THE LATEST ON COVID REOPENINGS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAYOR IS HOPING TO SET A TIMELINE THIS TIME?

>> THAT IS RIGHT, BRANDIS.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS HOPING FOR A FULL REOPENING TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY.

>> WE WILL BE ABLE TO ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO FULLY AND SAFELY REOPEN IN THE NATION.

OUR GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS TO BE FULLY OPEN BY JULY 4.

>> SHE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT McCORMICK PLACE AND THAT WILL BE THE SITE OF ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR BIG EVENTS OF THE SUMMER THE 113TH CHICAGO AUTO SHOW SCHEDULED FOR JULY 15-19 FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF COVID SOME OF THE SHOW WILL BE HELD OUTDOORS.

ORGANIZE E. MENTIONING TEST CAR TRACKS BRINGING IN THE NEW FORD BRONCO AND MUSTANG AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EVENING STREET FESTIVAL.

OTHER PARTS OF THE SHOW WILL BE INDOORS.

>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO DESIGN A PLACE TO TRY TO PULL OFF AN EVENT LIKE THIS, WOULDN'T IT LOOK LIKE THIS?

40-FOOT CEILINGS.

OVERHEAD FANS.

THE BEST FILTRATION THAT MONEY CAN BUY.

THIS PLACE IS DESIGNED FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

>> THE BOARD SHARE OF THE CITY'S TOURISM LINK TO CHICAGO SAYS GIVEN THAT THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES WERE THE FIRST AND AMONG THE HARDEST HIT BY COVID AND WILL LIKELY BE AMONG THE LAST TO RECOVER, THIS WILL BE LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

>> IT IS HOPE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK TO WORK AT THE McCORMICK PLACE BUT IT'S HOPE FOR THE RESTAURANT OWNER, THE BAR OWNER, THE HOTEL GM EVEN THE CAB DRIVER OR BAGGAGE HANDLER AT MIDWAY.

>> THE COVID SHUTDOWN COSTS CHICAGO AND SPECIFICALLY THE PIER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN TAX REVENUE AND THE HOPE IS THIS SHOW WILL NOT BE THE LAST.

THE PLANNERS IS GAUGED HOW THINGS WILL GO IF THEY BRING THEIR BUSINESS BACK TO CHICAGO THERE IS A HEALTHY MEETINGS WEBSITE THAT WALKS THROUGH COVID PRECAUTIONS AND OPTIONS.

AS FOR HARD HIT RESTAURANT OWNERS AND WORKERS, THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION'S RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND IS OFFERING GRANTS, DON'T HAVE TO BE REPAID TO HELP THEM STAY OPEN.

BARBECUE KING HOUSE OWNER SAM MA SAYS CHINATOWN RESTAURANTS SUFFERED.

>> SOME RESTAURANTS WE CLOSED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.

SOME RESTAURANT CLOSE OVER A YEAR.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP US.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS IT'S NOT JUST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IS ALSO ON TRACK TO BE ALONG ROUGHLY THE SAME REOPENING TIMELINE.

IF COVID HOSPITALIZATION RATES AND CASES CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS THEY ARE NOW, NEXT WEEK WOULD BE A BRIDGE PHASE WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE SOME LIFTING OF CAPACITY LIMITS AND THEN BY THE SUMMER, A FULL REOPENING.

IT IS A BIG IF, THOUGH.

>> I EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR SAID WHICH IS WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE.

AND THIS VIRUS HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY CHALLENGING.

THE DEVELOPMENTS OF VARIANTS, THE TIMES IN WHICH IT IS SEEMED TO RISE, SURGE IN STATES LIKE RECENTLY MICHIGAN FOR EXAMPLE.

AND OF COURSE WE ALL EXPERIENCED NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND JANUARY HERE IN ILLINOIS.

SO WE ALWAYS ARE ON GUARD.

>> NOW, OFFICIALS STRESSING THAT THE BEST WAY TO GET TO THAT REOPEN SOMETHING TO GET VACCINATED.

VACCINES MORE AVAILABLE THAN EVER THOUGH WE ARE SEEING DEMAND ON THE DECLINE.

ONLY 32% OF ILLINOISANS FULLY VACCINATED.

>> EVERYBODY HERE IS WEARING A MASK.

IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE MASK GET A VACCINE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO QUOTE GET BACK TO NORMAL.

THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT IS GET VACCINATED.

>> AND ILLINOIS IS OFFERING UP A SPECIAL INCENTIVE FOR FOLKS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

OPENING UP A NEW MOBILE VACCINATION CLINIC AT THE WORLDWIDE SHOOTING AND RECREATION COMPLEX IN SPARTA.

AND IF YOU GET A VACCINE THERE ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, YOU WILL GET 100 FREE TARGETS OF TRAP, SKEET OR SPORTING PLAYS TO USE AT THE COMPLEX.

>> IF YOU CAN GET 100 ROUNDS FREE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, I'M ASKING THE GOVERNOR'S FOLKS IF I CAN BRING MY VACCINATION CARD IN SINCE I'VE GOTTEN IT AND SEE IF I CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 100 ROUNDS.

>> THE TEACHERS' UNION SAYS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO GET SHOTS INTO THE ARMS TO OF AGE C.P.S.

STUDENTS AND THEIR RELATIVES.

MIKE SMITH IS A TEACHER AT ENGLEWOOD STEM HIGH SCHOOL AND HE SAID THIS MORNING HE PREDICTED HE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 10 STUDENTS IN HIS CLASS TODAY.

HE SAYS SCHOOLS WILL LIKEWISE LIKELY BE EMPTY IN THE FALL UNLESS C.P.S.

FOLLOWS THROUGH ON IN-SCHOOL VACCINE CLINICS.

>> IT DOESN'T RISK THEIR HEALTH, THEIR WELL-BEING AND THE FAMILY THIS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.

WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE THE PEOPLE.

AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS CORRECTLY.

RHETORIC DOES NOTHING HERE.

TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AND PUT IT INTO MOTION.

>> HIS CRITICISM COMES AS NEWLY PRESIDENT PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE DATE IS JULY 4 FOR 70% OF THE U.S. POPULATION TO BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY VACCINATED.

AS FOR THAT JULY 4 REOPENING, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE AUTO SHOW IS NOT THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT SHE'S GOT PLANNED.

>> THERE'S MORE THAT'S COMING.

WE FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT THE SUMMER IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I'VE SAID THIS THE SUMMER OF 2021 WILL LOOK MORE LIKE THE SUMMER OF 2019 THAN 2020.

WE FEEL CONFIDENT BASED UPON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA.

BASED UPON OUR MODELING.

>> THAT IS A FAR CRY THAT OPTIMISM FROM WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID WAS ONE OF HER GRIMMEST DAYS OF 2020 WHEN SHE DECIDED WITH OTHERS TO CLOSE DOWN McCORMICK PLACE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND NOT ONLY SHUTTING IT DOWN AND TURNING IT INTO A MAKESHIFT COVID HOSPITAL THAT REALLY DID NOT NEED TO BE USED BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THAT OVERFLOW OF PATIENTS.

McCORMICK AT THIS POINT NOT THE ONLY CONVENTION CENTER LOOKING TO REOPEN IN THE SUMMER.

ALSO TODAY NEWS COMING THAT THE DONALD E STEVENS CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE CENTER IS LIKEWISE LOOKING TO HOST EVENTS IN JULY.

PREPANDEMIC, HOLDING SOME 70 CONVENTIONS IN 250 MEETINGS THERE BRINGING IN $800 MILLION ANNUALLY IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SO THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A HOPEFUL REOPENING.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THAT THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS WITH LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

PARIS?

>> BRANDIS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN LAID OUT HIS VISION FOR A MASSIVE ONCE IN A GENERATION AGENDA OF INVESTMENTS LAST WEEK BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.

HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY YESTERDAY.

>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START GIVING TAX BREAKS AND TAX CREDITS TO WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES INSTEAD OF THE VERY WEALTHY.

AND HERE IS WHAT THE PLAN DOESN'T DO.

IT DOESN'T ADD A PENNY TO OUR DEFICIT IT'S PAID FOR BY MAKING SURE CORPORATE AMERICA AND THE WEALTHIEST 1% PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

>> JOINING US NOW ARE CONGRESSMAN SEAN A DEMOCRAT FROM DOWNERS GROVE.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARIE NEW MAN AND ROBIN KELLY A DEMOCRAT FROM MADISON AND NOW CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS.

AND WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION BUT WE THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR JOINING US.

CONGRESSWOMAN INVESTMENTS FIRST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOW THE 1.8 TRILLION AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN.

TELL US WHAT IS IN THIS PLAN?

>> YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THE AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN IS WELL NAMED.

BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH FAMILIES.

EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, SUPPORT FOR ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT IN COMBINATION WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THE OTHER PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

THINGS LIKE CHILD TAX CREDITS, ACCESS TO FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

MAKING SURE OUR WORKFORCE IS TRAINED AND MAKING SURE WE'RE STARTING TO CUT POVERTY ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HELP SUPPORT A 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY ARE CRITICAL IN TANDEM WITH THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD IN A ACTION FOR OUR AMERICAN SOCIETY I'M THRILLED TO SEE THE CONTENT IN THERE.

>> TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENTS.

AND CONGRESS CASTEN AS IT RELATES TO THIS AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN, IT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY HIGHER TAXES ON THOSE MAKING MORE THAN $400,000 AND ON CORPORATIONS.

DOES THAT MEAN IT WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT HERE?

>> WELL, TWO POINTS ON THAT.

NUMBER ONE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE STIMULATING THE ECONOMY MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN LIVE UP TO THEIR POTENTIAL AND CHILDREN ARE NOT IN POVERTY, GETTING KIDS INTO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THESE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE RETURNS REGARDLESS HOW WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEM.

I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME REPUBLICANS ONBOARD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE HEADLINES SOME OF THE THINGS ARE FUNDING THE IRS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO THE AUDITS.

THE AUDIT RATE IS DOWN 80% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS FOR PEOPLE MAKING MORE THAN A MILLION A YEAR.

THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH IT.

THERE ARE CLEVER STUFF THEY HAVE IN THERE OF SAYING LET'S REQUIRE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE DISCLOSURES IF ANYBODY HAS A BANK ACCOUNT WITH A TAXABLE TRANSACTION BECAUSE THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAX FRAUD GOING THROUGH PEOPLE NOT PAYING TAXES.

SHOULD WE MAKE SURE OUR TAX STRUCTURE IS MOREET WITNESSABLE?

BUT ON BALANCE THINGS ON BOTH SIDES CAN SAY WHATEVER THE TAX CODE IS ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE.

>> HERE IS WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT NEGOTIATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FAMILIES PLAN.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID... >> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH REPUBLICANS ON INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN IF YOU HEAR WHAT THE MINORITY LEADER SAYS THERE?

>> I ALWAYS THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND HAVE A BIPARTISAN EFFORT.

I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT OUR ALL.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORKOUT WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD.

THERE WAS POLLING DONE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID THEY WANTED US TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER BUT THEY WANTED US TO GET THINGS DONE.

IF WE HAVE TO MOVE AHEAD WITHOUT THE REPUBLICANS THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO BUT WE HAVE TO TRY FOR BIPARTISANSHIP.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORKOUT IT DOESN'T WORKOUT.

>> THERE DO SEEM TO BE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS ON JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT OR POLICE REFORM IN GENERAL.

CONGRESSWOMAN NEWMAN ARE THERE HOPES OF PASSAGE OF THAT AND WHAT WILL THAT BILL DO?

>> I THINK THEY ARE REAL.

I THINK THE COMBINATION OF TIM SCOTT GETTING TOGETHER WITH SENATOR BOOKER AND CONGRESSWOMAN BASS TO HAVE A PARTICULAR CONVERSATION AROUND THE CONTENT OF THE BILL.

HERE IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THIS DONE.

THEY WANT JUSTICE IN POLICING AND POLICE REFORM THAT DOESN'T MEAN TAKING AWAY PUBLIC SAFETY OR POLICING.

IT DOES MEAN THAT WE WANT A BETTER MORE 21ST CENTURY MODEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN SUPPORT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES SO ALL THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES ARE PRESENTED AT THE SAME TIME AND EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY NEED INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING ONE ELEMENT OF COMMUNITY POLICING.

>> WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS GO.

AND THE PASSED THE SENATE, CONGRESSMAN CASTEN A BILL SPONSORED BY TAMMY DUCKWORTH TO PROVIDE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.

YOU KNOW THAT ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LEAD SERVICE LINES, DO YOU THINK THAT TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE LEAD SERVICE LINES WILL THAT BE 100% FUNDED BY CONGRESS?

A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE AFRAID OF THE COSTS OF DOING THAT?

>> WELL, I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT'S DELIGHTFUL TO SEE WHAT SENATOR DUCKWORTH HAS DONE.

I WAS JUST ON A CALL TODAY WITH FOLKS IN WESTMONT IN MY DISTRICT TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE A A LOT OF NEWER HOMES THEY DON'T HAVE LEAD BUT THAT LAST SERVICE CONNECTION AND IT IS A GAP.

THAT THE TOWNS KNOW WHAT THEY PAID FOR AND THE HOMEOWNERS KNOW WHAT THEY PAID FOR BUT IT'S THAT LAST SEGMENT AND I'M DECIDED AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT PUSH THROUGH IN THE HOUSE.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY YOU SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN TALK ABOUT IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION, GUN LEGISLATION, ANOTHER BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, CLOSING THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN CHICAGO AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE GUNS ON THE STREETS EVERY YEAR.

ANY BIPARTISAN MOVEMENT ON ANY OF THOSE?

I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN ACTION IN THE HOUSE?

>> WELL, THE BACKGROUND CHECK BILL AND THE CHARLESTON LOOPHOLE WERE PASSED IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION.

IT'S JUST GETTING IT CALLED IN THE SENATE THAT HAS BEEN OUR HEARTBURN AND HEARTBREAK I'M HOPING AT SOME POINT SOON THAT WE CAN GET THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION PASSED.

GUN VIOLENCE WAS WORSE DURING THE COVID 2020 YEAR AND IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER IN 2021.

SUICIDES HAVE ALSO INCREASED DURING THIS TIME AND MOST SUCCESSFUL SUICIDES IS DONE BY GUN.

SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE TRAFFICKING THAT THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT ALSO.

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW BUT LATER WE WILL BE JOINED BY CONGRESS MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ILLINOIS LOSING A SEAT IN THE HOUSE.

THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVES, SEAN CASTEN, MARIE NEWMAN AND ROBIN KELLY.

>> NOW, TO PHIL PONCE AND HOW A PROPOSED BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES COULD IMPACT HEALTH OUTCOMES.

>> THANK YOU.

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO BAN MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS.

TOBACCO COMPANIES LONG MARKETED MENTHOL PRODUCTS TO BLACK AMERICANS WHO USE THEM AT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THAN OTHER GROUPS.

THE C.E.O.

OF THE N.A.A.C.P.

CALLS THE LIKELY BAN LONG OVERDUE.

BUT SOME ARE CONCERNED IT COULD LEAD TO THE FURTHER CRIMINALIZATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE BAN ARE KRISTINA HAMILTON, SHE IS DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AT THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA.

AND Dr. CLYDE YANCY, VICE DEAN OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND CHIEF OF CARDIOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

KRISTINA HAMILTON, FIRST OF ALL, BASIC PRIMER... WHAT EXACTLY IS A MENTHOL CIGARETTE?

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM A CIGARETTE THAT DOESN'T HAVE MENTHOL?

>> MENTHOL IS A CHEMICAL NATURALLY FOUND IN PEPPER MINTED AND OTHER MINT PLANTS.

AND IT CAN BE MADE IN A LAB.

FIRST ADDED TO THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE 1920s AND 30s.

AND IT IS KNOWN TO REDUCE THE HARSHNESS AND THE IRRITATION FROM TOBACCO AND NICOTINE.

UNDER THE 2009 SPOKING PREVENTION AND TOBACCO CONTROL ACT THAT GAVE THE FDA AUTHORITY OVER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, MENTHOL IS THE ONLY FLAVORING THAT IS ALLOWED IN CIGARETTES AS A CHARACTERIZING FLAVOR BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT AD [INAUDIBLE] ALMOST ALL CIGARETTES CONTAIN MEN THOL THOL IN THEM.

>> ACCORDING TO THE FDA 85% OF BLACK TOBACCO USING ADULTS SMOKE MENTHOL CIGARETTES COMPARED TO 48% OF HISPANIC AND ROUGHLY 30% OF WHITE ADULTS.

CLYDE YANCY WHY IS THE RATE SO HIGH AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS?

>> IT'S CLEAR THERE'S BEEN DISPROPORTIONATE MARKETING OF MENTHOL 8ED PRODUCTS AND AS A RESULT THERE IS DISPROPORTIONATE USE.

BECAUSE THE TASTE HAS BEEN OBLITERATED WITH MENTHOL, THE ADDICTION POTENTIAL OF TOBACCO IS EXTRAORDINARY AND THOSE SMOKERS END UP BEING LIFELONG SMOKERS AND EXPERIENCE THE TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES.

>> KRISTINA HAMILTON HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW AGGRESSIVE TOBACCO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN MARKETING MENTHOL PRODUCTS TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS?

>> THE PREDATORY MARKETING PRACTICES OF THE BIGGEST TOBACCO COMPANIES DATES BACK TO THE 1960s.

THERE IS A 1998 U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENTIONAL TARGETED MARKETING TO PORTRAY BLACK PEOPLE IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

AND THEY ARE RADIANT AND POISED AND LOOK HAPPY AND THEY ARE USING THE PRODUCTS.

AND THEY ARE SEEING THIS AT A TIME WHEN THE PURVEYSIVE IMAGES IN THE MEDIA OF BLACK PEOPLE WERE NEGATIVE AND THE PRACTICES THEY WERE RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

AND REALLY BECAME EFFECTIVE IN APPEALING TO BLACK PEOPLE GETTING THEM HOOKED ON THE HARMFUL PRODUCTS.

>> Dr. YANCY WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT IF THIS PROPOSAL WERE TO BECOME POLICY?

WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES?

>> WELL, THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT SMOKING IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES HAS RIGHT NOW.

AT LEAST 40-50,000 EXCESS DEATHS PER YEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.

ATTRIBUTABLE TO TOBACCO.

TO REVERSE THAT WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY BUT THIS IS JUST ONE STEP TOWARDS REDUCING THE BURDEN OF TOBACCO AND ONE STEP TOWARDS TRANSITIONING TO HEART HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES BUT THE STEP IS NECESSARY.

>> AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

LET'S LISTEN TO NUSRAT CHOUDHURY, AS THE A.C.L.U., ILLINOIS.

>> IT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES BOTH UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND UNDER STATE AND LOCAL LAW.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE FDA BANS MENTHOL CIGARETTES EVERY STATE IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ILLINOIS HAS LAWS THAT CRIMINALIZE THE UNLICENSED SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERGROUND MARKET OF MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO USE THESE PRODUCTS WHO ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT LEAVES THEM OPEN TO POLICE STOPS AND ENCOUNTERS THAT CAN ESCALATE AND CAUSE HARM.

>> SHE WENT ON TO NOTE THAT ERIC GARNER WAS KILLED BY POLICE AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP FOR SELLING LOOSE CIGARETTES S THERE A CONCERN, KRISTINA HAMILTON, THAT NUMBER ONE THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERGROUND MARKET AND NUMBER TWO THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE TARGETED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT?

>> YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS TARGETED AT THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

IT DOES NOT PENALIZE OR CRIMINALIZE THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS.

THIS IS ABOUT STOPPING THE COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING OF A TOBACCO PRODUCT.

WE AGREE THAT LITTLE PENALTIES FOR ADDICTED SMOKERS WOULD BE HARMFUL.

THE FDA CANNOT AND WILL NOT ENFORCE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER FOR POSSESSING OR USING MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

THIS IS ABOUT SAVING BLACK LIVES NOT CRIMINALIZING THEM.

AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT ORGANIZATIONS WHO CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY HAVE TAKEN TOBACCO INDUSTRY MONEY HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN THEIR OPPOSITION OF THIS LIFE-SAVING PROPOSAL.

>> Dr. YANCY, SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT MEN SHOL CIGARETTES AND -- MENTHOL CIGARETTES THAT MAKES THEM MORE ADDICTIVE AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> EXACTLY.

ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE ACCESS TO HAVE A LESSER VARIANT DOES PROMOTE CHRONIC USE.

WE KNOW FROM THE SCIENCE AND IT ONLY TAKES TWO WEEKS OF EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO PRODUCT IN A YOUNG ADULT OR A CHILD TO DEVELOP A DEPENDENCY OR ADDICTION.

TWO WEEKS.

SO THIS IS A CAMPAIGN THAT HAS TO BE HALTED BECAUSE IT'S LEADING TO LIFELONG BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOT HEALTHY.

>> KRISTINA HAMILTON, LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

DO YOU THINK THE BAN WILL HAPPEN?

>> THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION PARTNERS ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE URGING THE FDA TO QUICKLY PROPOSE THEIR RULE ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS.

THE FDA HAS SAID THAT'S BEEN UP TO 12 MONTHS THEY WILL RELEASE THEIR PROPOSED RULE AND FROM THERE THERE WOULD BE A 90-DAY COMMENT PERIOD AND THEN AFTER THAT THE FDA WILL TAKE TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND THEN UNDER THE TOBACCO CONTROL ACT THERE WOULD BE A DATE THAT WOULD BE ONE YEAR OUT.

SO THIS WILL BE A PROCESS.

BUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS OUR VOLUNTEERS WE WILL BE CERTAINLY MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD TO THE FDA THIS POLICY THAT THEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.

>> AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.

>> KRISTINA HAMILTON AND Dr. CLYDE YANCY THANK YOU BOTH WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT HOW A SOCIAL JUSTICE THEATRE GROUP IS USING THE ART OF STORYTELLING TO UNIFY CHICAGO SO STAY WITH US.

>> AND THERE IS MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING LOCAL CONGRESS MEMBERS AND THEIR TAKE AND REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY'S COMMENTS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN.

FIRST, THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CHICAGO THEATRE COMPANY IS EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF ORAL HISTORY WITH ONE STORY AT A TIME.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCE US TO FAMILY TREE STORIES AND HOW IT'S WORKING TO UNITE THE CITY THROUGH STORYTELLING.

>> WHAT IS A STORY?

A STORY IS A ARTISTIC FORM OF A LIFE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY SHARING OUR STORIES WITH EACH OTHER WE SHARE OUR LIVES WITH EACH OTHER.

>> IT IS A NEW PROJECT BY CHICAGO'S THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE ENTITLED FAMILY TREE STORIES.

LOCATED ON ITS WEBSITE, THE VIDEO SERIES FEATURES ORAL HISTORIES FROM A NUMBER OF CHICAGO STORYTELLERS.

THE HOPE IS TO NOT ONLY HONOR FAMILY HISTORIES, BUT USE THE STRENGTH OF STORYTELLING AS A WAY TO CONNECT ONE ANOTHER OF THE.

>> WE BECOME INFORMED OF THE PAST THROUGH TELLING A STORY.

>> LORETTA "FIREKEEPER" HAWKINS IS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE 15 FEATURED FAMILIES.

HER STORIES WHICH SHE SHARED IN THE FORM OF SPOKEN WORD WERE THE SAME STORIES SHE HEARD GROWING UP FROM HER MOTHER.

>> RED BONES, PANTS OR AT THE KNEE.

IF YOUR OLD FOLKS COME FROM AFRICA WE BE FAMILY.

>> PRIYA SHYA SAYS THE STORIES HER MOTHER SHARED WITH HER GROWING UP HAVE FORMED HER IDENTITY.

>> I SPOKE ABOUT WAS I HAVE INDIAN HERITAGE AND MY MOM GREW UP IN AFRICA.

AND LIVING IN EAST AFRICA UNDER COLONIAL BRITISH RULE.

SO THE THINGS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW CULTURES INTERSECT AND HOW THAT FLOWS TOGETHER AND A LOT OF MY MOM'S ROOTS IS STILL VERY MUCH AFTER CAN.

SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF UGANDAN.

AND MORE THAN CONSIDERING HERSELF INDIAN BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE SHE GREW UP AND THE CULTURE SHE CAME THROUGH AND THE STORYTELLING IS THE POWERFUL THAT IT MAKES ME FEEL I'M MORE CONNECTED TO AFRICA AS WELL AS BEING INDIAN.

>> WITH THE HELP OF A MAP OF THE CITY PEOPLE CAN SEARCH WORDS OR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS TO VISUALIZE HOW THE STORIES AND THE EXPERIENCES ARE CONNECTED.

>> THESE THINGS THAT HABITS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR ARE REPETITIVE.

IF WE LOOK BACK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE US WE CAN SEE WE CAN DO THEM AGAIN IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF OUR BEHAVIORS.

>> WE CULTIVATE STORIES THAT GIVES US INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG TO EACH OTHER AND ALL THE FORCES THAT ARE THERE PULLING US APART.

AND OUR ISSUE IS CAN WE UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS THAT PULL US APART WELL ENOUGH TO NAVIGATE OURSELVES BACK TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AND FIND EACH OTHER.

>> WHEN WE SHARE OUR LIVES WITH EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE OVERCOME OR THAT HAVE HURT US DEEPLY, WE MAKE OURSELVES VULNERABLE TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE ACTUALLY MAKE OURSELVES ABLE TO CHANGE.

BOTH OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER.

AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO LEARN AND GROW THAN TO DO THAT WITH A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE?

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

>> AND THE NEXT PHASE OF THE FAMILY TREE STORIES PROJECT REQUIRES INPUT FROM YOU.

THE PUBLIC WILL SOON BE ABLE TO UPLOAD AND SUBMIT THEIR VIDEO RECORDINGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FAMILY TREE LIBRARY.

AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

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

DETAILS OF A NEW REPORT THAT AIMS TO REDEFINE THE NARRATIVES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED IN ILLINOIS.

>> WE SHOULD NOT BE EMBRACING THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEBATE THE HIGH PRICE THAT LIZ CHENEY MAY PAY FOR SPEAKING HER MIND.

>> INTERNET COOKIES MIGHT OPTIMIZE A USER'S EXPERIENCE BUT WHAT IF THE PERSONAL DATA FALLS INTO THE WRONG HANDS?

BUT FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS TAKEN A STEP FORWARD IN THE ONGOING ACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS.

C.P.D.

SAYS IT'S LAUNCHED A WEB-BASED PORTAL THAT WILL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS DETAILED REPORTS ON OFFICER COMPLAINTS.

THE SUMMARY REPORTS WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION SUCH AS DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND THE NATURE OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OFFICER.

AS WELL AS EVIDENCE THE NAME OF THE ACCUSED OFFICER AND THE OUTCOME ONCE THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

THIS PORTAL DATES BACK TO 2012 BUT THE CITY'S INSPECTOR GENERAL ENCOURAGED CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE THAT HE ARGUES WOULD BE A MAJOR STEP TOWARD TRANSPARENCY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S MORE OF THAT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> MOST OF THE TRADING PITS AT CME GROUP WILL NOT REOPEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

THE CHICAGO BASED DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE IT'S PERMANENTLY CLOSING THE PHYSICAL TRADING PITS FOR ALL PRODUCTS OTHER THAN EURO DOLLAR OPTIONS.

CME CLOSED IN MARCH 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

MOST TRADING PLATFORM HAS MOVED TO ELECTRONIC TRADING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU WITH MORE FROM LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

PARIS?

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGGRESSIVE AGENDA AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES SEAN CASTEN, MARIE NEWMAN AND ROBIN KELLY.

WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE ALL HERE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REDISTRICT THE CENSUS THE APPORTIONMENT NUMBERS ARE OUT ILLINOIS WILL LOSE A SEAT IN CONGRESS.

AND CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY WE GOT THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT REPRESENTATIVE SHERRY BUSTOS WHO REPRESENTS CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS SHE IS GOING TO STEP DOWN IN 2022.

THAT IS A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DISTRICT.

ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT ONE FOR DEMOCRATS TO HANG ON TO?

>> NO, I THINK THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAPPING WILL LOOK LIKE YET.

BUT IF IT'S YOU KNOW, DONE RIGHT AND DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FAIR CHANCE OF KEEPING THE SEAT AND WINNING THE SEAT, I THINK THAT WILL BE OK. AND I KNOW THAT IS HOW SHERRY FEELS ALSO.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN CASTEN, AS WE MENTIONED, THE STATE DOES LOSE A SEAT THAT MEANS YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE DELEGATION NOW WILL NOT BE.

OBVIOUSLY DEMOCRATS DO HAVE THEIR WAY DRAWING THE MAP IT WOULD BE A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE MAP?

>> WELL, THE IMPORTANT THING WE NEED TO DO FAIR MAPPING AND LET'S TRUST OUR PEOPLE TO DO THE MAPS FAIRLY SO MAKE SURE WE ARE REPRESENTED PROPERLY.

AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED I THINK AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET THE INFORMATION BACK BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN ILLINOIS IS PART OF A NATIONAL TREND OF THE RURAL AREAS ARE DEPOPULATING.

ILLINOIS LOST POPULATION BUT I EXPECT THAT MOST OF THAT POPULATION LOSS WILL BE DOWN STATE AND SINCE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IF WE DO THE MATH RIGHT WE ALL REPRESENT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MEANS THE DOWN STATE DISTRICTS WILL GET BIGGER AND I THINK THE ESTIMATES ARE THAT THE CHICAGOLAND SUBURBS THE POPULATION HAS BEEN FLAT MAYBE THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT MIGRATION FROM THE CITY TO THE SUBURBS.

WE HAVE TO SEE BUT THAT DATA INCLUDING MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDER COUNT SCENARIOS OF THE SOME OF THE HARDER REACH COMMUNITIES WE WILL NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL AUGUST.

>> AND CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY, YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND YOU SAID DRAW THE MAPS RIGHT DO YOU SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUING TO HOLD SWAY OVER THIS PROCESS.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER CAMPAIGNED ON AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AND IS NOW SAYING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, I MEAN IT'S UP TO PRESIDENT HARMON AND SPEAKER WELCH TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER THEY DRAW THEIR MAPS AND THEY DRAW THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS AND FROM MY CONVERSATIONS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS A FAIR MAP REPRESENTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE STATE AND THEY WANT COMMUNITIES TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A SAY.

SO IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

I FULL FAITH IN THEM THAT THESE TYPE OF MAPS WILL BE DRAWN.

>> LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE ISSUE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOLD AN AUDIENCE THAT A PARTISAN LED VOTE RECOUNT IN ARIZONA WILL FIND MORE VOTES FOR HIM HE BELIEVES.

LOOK WHAT HE SAID AND REPUBLICAN LEADER LIZ CHENEY'S RESPONSE.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT THEY FIND.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY FOUND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF VOTES.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY.

AND AFTER THAT WE'LL WATCH PENNSYLVANIA AND WATCH GEORGIA AND YOU WILL WATCH MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN.

>> WE SHOULD NOT BE EMBRACING THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND LIZ CHENEY CALLING IT THE BIG LIE THIS LIE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

OBVIOUSLY THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYING THINGS THAT ARE PATENTLY FALSE.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARIE NEWMAN WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE G.O.P.

THAT CHENEY DOES RISK LOSING THEIR LEADERSHIP POSITION AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> I THINK CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY IS REPRESENTING PRINCIPLES THAT WE DON'T EVEN SEE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

SO GOOD ON HER FOR SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER.

AND THEN FURTHER, I MEAN, EVERYBODY THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS ARIZONA AUDIT IT'S RIDICULOUS.

WE HAVE CERTIFIED THE ELECTION SO YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS MANPOWER AND THERE IS NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITH WHATEVER RESULTS THEY COME UP WITH.

SO IT IS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.

BUT I APPRECIATE LIZ CHENEY'S COMMENTS AND HOPE SHE CONTINUES TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.

>> CONGRESSMAN CASTEN WHEN YOU TALK TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WHAT DO THEY TELL YOU?

YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM NOW TRYING TO SORT OF HEDGE, AVOID THE ISSUE, THE LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY ADMONISHED THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS ACTION AND WALKED THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES?

>> UM, IT'S PRETTY TENSE RIGHT NOW I WILL BE HONEST, PARIS.

WE ARE JANUARY 6 WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO.

THE CLIP YOU PLAYED OF DONALD TRUMP THIS SAY SMALL BROKEN MAN WHO SIMPLY CANNOT ACCEPT MATH AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT FOR 535 PLUS PRESIDENT 537 OF US ELECTED HAVE THE HONOR OF HOLDING AN OFFICE THAT WE MUST ALL APPRECIATE IS BIGGER THAN US.

THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THE FACT THAT 137 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AFTER THE HOUSE WAS ATTACKED AFTER THEY WERE INCENTED TO ATTACK US AS LIZ CHENEY SAID YOU INFLAMED THE MOB AFTER THEY CAME, 137 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE G.O.P.

VOTED WITH THEM TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION INCLUDING SOME IN STATES WHERE THEY WERE JUST ELECTED.

AND THERE IS A CHALLENGE WE CAN ALL DISAGREE WE MAY HAVE WILD DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON THE POLICY ISSUES AND IT IS OUR POWER TO VOTE.

BUT FOR FOLKS WHO VOTED TO TAKE AWAY THE VOTES OF OTHER PEOPLE?

IT'S HARD AND THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS RIGHT NOW IS SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE EITHER TOO COWARDLY TO STAND UP OR WHO ARE HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY.

AND I GIVE TREMENDOUS CREDIT TO LIZ CHENEY FOR NOT TAKING EITHER OF THOSE DOORS.

I WISH SHE WASN'T IN SUCH A LONELY POSITION IN HER CAUCUS.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY WHAT DOES THAT PORTEND FOR YOUR ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE YOU HAVE MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SPREADING THIS DANGEROUS LIE ABOUT THE ELECTION AND GOING FORWARD SAYING THAT?

>> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED IN A BIPARTISAN WAY SINCE I'VE COME TO CONGRESS BUT I'M GOING TO LIE THAT MYSELF AND SEAN CASTEN WERE HOPING TO GET OUT OF THE GALLERY.

I DON'T WORK WITH AS MANY REPUBLICANS AS I USED TO BUT I STILL WORK WITH REPUBLICANS THAT GAVE JOE BIDEN HIS CREDENTIALS AND VOTED FOR THAT.

I TRY TO WORK WITH SOME AND WHEN I SAW LIZ CHENEY I SAID HANG IN THERE.

I DON'T WORK WITH AS MANY BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.

AND I GIVE LIZ CHENEY NOT THAT WE VOTE ALIKE BUT ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD FOR HANGING IN THERE.

>> OUR THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVES SEAN CASTEN, MARIE NEWMAN AND ROBIN KELLY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THERE WERE ABOUT 1400 WOMEN IN ILLINOIS' PRISON SYSTEM.

ONE GROUP IS AIM TOO LONG CUT THAT NUMBER IN HALF H DETAILS IN THE REPORT REDEFINING THE NARRATIVE A TASK FORCE OF HUNDREDS OF EXPERTS RESEARCHERS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CUT THE POPULATION AND TO BETTER SUPPORT WOMEN WHILE IN AND OUT OF PRISON.

JOINING US ARE THREE WOMEN WHO WORKED ON THE REPORT.

COLETTE PAYNE THE DIRECTOR OF THE RECLAMATION PROJECT AT THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE INSTITUTE.

DEANNE BERIOS, THE COFOUNDER OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE INSTITUTE.

AND AMANDA WARD, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT LOYOLA'S CENTER FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

COLETTE PAYNE LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ABLE TO REDEFINE THE NARRATIVE ABOUT WOMEN IN PRISON?

>> [INAUDIBLE] WHEN YOU LOOK AT FALSE NARRATIVES AND THE NARRATIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FED FROM SOCIETY BY SOCIETY THAT WE'RE NOT GOOD MOTHERS IF WE HAVE POSSIBLY USED SUBSTANCES.

WE ARE NOT DESERVING OF.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE MOTHERS AND MANY OF MY PEERS WERE AS WELL.

AND TO IT MEANS WE ARE RECREATING A STRUCTURE.

A STRUCTURE THAT WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ARE A PART OF IN LEADING AND PAVING THE WAY.

FOR OTHER WOMEN.

>> AMANDA WARD THROUGHOUT THE 80s AND THE 90s, ILLINOIS' THE WOMEN ILLINOIS -- WOMEN'S PRISON POPULATION IN THE STATE INCREASED BY 776% TAKING US TO THE HIGHER NUMBERS THAT WE SEE TODAY.

WHAT HAS CAUSED THAT MASSIVE INCREASE?

>> THE INCREASE THAT WE SAW IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN INCARCERATED IN PRISON DURING THE 80s, 90s AND MUCH OF THE THE RESULTS OF MORE WOMEN BEING ADMITTED TO PRISONS FOR LOW LEVEL CLASS 3 AND 4 FELONIES.

THE LEAST SERIOUS OF FELONIES.

AND PRIMARILY AND LARGELY FOR NONVIOLENT CRIMES.

PARTICULARLY DRUG-RELATED CRIMES SUCH AS POSSESSION.

>> AND DEANNE BERIOS COULD YOU EXPLAIN LET'S GET TO THE REPORT, EXPLAIN THE THREE GOALS OF THE REPORT?

>> SO WHEN WE CONVENED WITH 100 WOMEN AND REACHED 500 OR MORE STATE-WIDE.

WE SET THREE GOALS.

THE FIRST WAS DIVIDE THE PLAN TO CUT THE WOMEN'S PRISON POPULATION BY 50% AND BEYOND WE GO FOR THE FIRST 50 AND KEEP GOING SIMILAR TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE MOVEMENT THAT LEAD TO A 69% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN OUR STATE.

THE SECOND GOAL WAS TO REDUCE HARM TO IMPACTED WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM THAT CONTINUE TO BE ENTRENCHED BY THE SYSTEM AND YOU CANNOT LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND BECAUSE OUR PRISON CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN ARE DEPLORABLE IN OUR STATE.

AND THE THIRD GOAL WAS TO INSURE THAT WE'RE CREATING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING AND OUTCOMES OF WOMEN.

COLETTE TALKED ABOUT REDEFINING JUSTICE IT MEANS HEALTH, RELATIONSHIP SAFETY DOESN'T MEAN WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR NOT OR WHETHER A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IS 98% OF WOMEN IN OUR PRISONS HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AND RELATED TRAUMA THAT PAVED THEIR PATHWAY TO PRISON.

JUSTICE BEGINS BEFORE.

WHEN WE MEASURE WHAT JUSTICE IS AND WE MEASURE OUTCOMES AND WELL-BEING IT MEANS WHAT ARE WE DOING BEFORE?

WHAT ARE WE DOING DURING AND AFTER IN TOUCHING THE SYSTEM?

BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE 98% GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, 80% MOTHERS INCARCERATED AND 58% OF OUR WOMEN ON A MENTAL HEALTH CASE LOAD COMPARED TO 24% OF MEN.

OUR PRISONS HAVE 40% STAFF SHORTAGES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT IS NOT JUSTICE.

THAT IS WHERE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM COULD PAVE THE WAY AND WHY THERE WERE SO MANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> AMANDA WORKING THROUGH THAT DATA AND BUILDING ON WHAT WE HEARD, HOW DID YOU DEVELOP THAT 50% CUT GOAL?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE POINT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY FROM PRIOR TO ARREST THROUGH ARREST, SENTENCING, TIME IN PRISON AND REENTRY AND WE IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES AND POLICIES THAT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT WHEN I SAY THAT WE IDENTIFIED POLICIES THIS IS NOT JUST OUR HOPES AND DREAMS.

WE DID SOPHISTICATED ANALYSES TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT WOULD BE OF OUR POLICIES THAT WE SUGGEST IN THIS.

AND THINGS LIKE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF CLASS 3 AND 4 NONVIOLENT FELONIES WHO END UP GETTING ARRESTED.

CRISIS INTERVENTION.

THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ONCE ARRESTED ARE SENTENCED TO PRISON.

INCREASED RELIANCE ON PROBATION FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCESS TO PRISON PROGRAMMING CREDITS THAT WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE WOMEN WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN TIME OFF THEIR SENTENCE, BUT REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD FIND THEMSELVES BACK IN PRISON AGAIN.

>> AND YOU LOOK AT DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

WOMEN FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AT HIGHER RATES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR FACE HIGHER RATES.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS HARSHER DISCIPLINE AND THAT FURTHER DISCRIMINATION THAT WOMEN OF COLOR FACE WHILE IN PRISON?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IN THE DIFFERENT FOR WOMEN THAN IT DOES FOR MEN WHEN IT COMES TO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES.

SAY FOR EXAMPLE, ME BEING A PERSON A WOMAN WHO HAS SUFFERS SOME TYPE OF FORM OF ABUSE.

I HAVE HAD CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS HOLLERING AT ME, TELLING ME HEY, YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME IS ABUSE THAT I EXPERIENCED IN MY OWN COMMUNITY.

THE EXPERIENCE THAT I EXPERIENCED WITH MY OWN PARTNER THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WOMEN ARE BEING TREATED AND TREAT THEM ACCORDING TO GENDER.

THAT IS GENDER RESPONSIVENESS.

OF COURSE, WE ARE DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW.

OFTENTIMES WE ARE OK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN?

HOW ARE WE BEING TREATED?

>> AND BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, DEANNE BERIOS WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT WHAT IS NEXT?

HOW DO YOU TURN THIS REPORT INTO ACTION?

>> WELL, WE CALL IT THE $1 BILLION PROPOSITION BECAUSE WE SPENT $1 BILLION ON THE LAST DECADE FOR A SYSTEM THAT FAILED OUTCOMES TO SEND WOMEN TO PRISON 20,000 TIMES AND TO CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE HARM TO THEIR CHILDREN THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS, A REPRESENTATIVE ARE GOING TO HOST SUBJECT MATTER HEARINGS ON WOMEN'S JUSTICE REINVESTMENT STRATEGIES SO WE CAN LOOK HOW WE TRANSFORM STATE TAX DOLLARS INTO OUTCOMES AND TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN DECIMATE THEM.

AND THAT BEGINS WITH INVESTING IN WOMEN.

>> AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL KEEP FOLLOWING GOING FORWARD.

IN THE MEANTIME THANKS TO COLETTE PAYNE, AMANDA WARD AND DEANNE BERIOS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, COOKIE CONCERNS.

INTERNET COOKIES.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> MOST OF US ARE AWARE OF THE COOKIES YOU TAKE OUT OF THE OVEN.

HOW ABOUT THE ONES THAT STORE YOUR DATA ON THE INTERNET?

IF YOU SURF THE WEB CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE SEEN A POP-UP VISITING A WEBSITE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO USE COOKIES, TINY DATA FILES CONTAINING A USERS INFORMATION OR PREFERENCES.

COOKIES CAN ENHANCE A USERS ON-LINE EXPERIENCE THERE ARE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT YOUR DATA COULD FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS.

JOINING US TO UNPACK INTERNET COOKIES ARE BLASE UR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

AND DEREK EDER FOUNDER OF DATA MADE AND WEEKLY TECH EVENT CHI HACK NIGHT.

>> BLASE, WHAT ARE COOKIES?

AND HOW DO THEY IMPACT OUR INTERNET EXPERIENCE?

>> SURE.

COOKIES ARE SMALL FILES THAT YOUR WEB BROWSER IS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO STORE INFORMATION.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN YOU VISIT A WEBSITE AND GO TO THE NEXT PAGE THE WEBSITE WOULD NOT KNOW YOU ARE THE SAME THING.

NAMED AFTER FORTUNE COOKIES WHERE YOU HAVE A SMALL LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION AND THERE IS A DISTINCTION THAT WILL BECOME IMPORTANT BETWEEN FIRST PARTY COOKIES AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO WTTW'S WEBSITE AND WTTW STORE I A COOKIE THAT IS THE FIRST PARTY COOKIE.

ON THE WTTW WEBSITE IS LOADING ADS FROM GOOSELE AND GOOGLE STORES THE COOKIE THAT IS A THIRD PARTY COOKIE AND THAT IS WHERE THE CROSS TRACKING HAPPENS.

>> WHEN ONE DOES CLICK NO DOES THAT CHANGE THE WEBSITE EXPERIENCE?

>> IT DEPENDS.

SOME WEBSITES WILL RESPECT THAT AND OTHERS WON'T.

SOME OF THESE WEBSITES WILL HAVE THE TRACKERS ON BY DEFAULT AND WILL NOT ASK YOUR PERMISSION.

IN THE U.S. THAT IS TYPICAL FOR MOST WEBSITES IT'S ONLY BASKETBALL INTRODUCED TO WEBSITES IN EUROPE DUE TO LEGISLATION THAT ASKS YOUR PERMISSION.

BY DEFAULT YOU ARE BEING TRACKED.

>> AND WE WILL GET TO THE GDPR IN JUST A MINUTE.

DERRICK IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESSENTIAL COOKIES AND LESS ESSENTIAL ARBITRARY COOKIES?

>> YES.

THEY ARE COOKIES THAT ARE REMEMBERING YOUR LOG IN AND YOUR WEBSITE AND THEY ARE PARTS OF THE WEB AND THOSE ARE GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR A LONGTIME BUT THE OTHER COOKIES ARE USED FOR TRACKING ADVERTISING.

CAN YOU GO TO A WEBSITE AND HAVE YOUR COOKIES SENT BY ONE OF THE TRACKING WEBSITES.

AND GO TO ANOTHER WEBSITE AND STILL BE TRACKED BY THOSE SAME SERVICES AND ALL THAT INFORMATION FEEDS INTO THE VAST ADVERTISING NETWORKS THAT CAN TRACK AND MAKE VALUE OUT OF THAT DATA.

KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN WHICH CAN BE VALUABLE TO THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SHOW YOU IN TERMS OF ADS.

>> HOW DO COOKIES POSE A PRIVACY RISK?

AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THAT INFORMATION GETS IN THE HANDS OF HACKERS?

>> I THINK IN A LOT OF CASES YOUR TYPICAL BROWSING THE BIGGEST RISK IS PRIVACY.

AS ARE YOU BROWSING THE WEB A LOT OF ADVERTISERS WILL ASSIGN YOU A SUED NICHE AND NOW EVERY SITE YOU VISIT THAT INCLUDES ADS, OR CONTENT HOSTED BY THE ADVERTISER, THE ADVERTISER KNOWS WHAT PAGE YOU HAVE BEEN ON BY THE WAY THE WEB IS CONSTRUCTED.

I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY FOR THE AVERAGE INTERNET USER THE BIGGEST RISK.

THERE ARE SECURITY RISKS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.

SO AS DERRICK MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN YOU ARE LOGGED IN, THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU ARE LOGGED IN IS STORED IN A COOKIE.

IF SOMEONE GETS THAT BY SNOOPING ON YOUR WI-FI CONNECTION OR INSTALLING MALWARE OR VIRUSES THAT STEALS THE COOKIES IF THEY STEAL YOUR Facebook THEY ARE LOGGED INTO Facebook AS YOU.

THERE ARE PRIVACY AND SECURITY RISKS IN SITUATIONS.

>> A BIG REASON FOR WEBSITE ALERTS ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO USE COOKIES, EVERYBODY STARTED TO NOTICE IT HAPPEN WAS THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION THAT SWEEPING LAW PASSED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 2018.

ARE THERE ADDITIONAL OR FURTHER EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE USE OF COOKIES BY POLICY MAKER OR BROWSER COMPANIES?

BLASE I WILL THROW THAT TO YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SOME OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ACTIONS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN FROM THE BROWSER VENDORS.

MOW SYLLA CHANGES THE COOKIE POLICIES.

THE TRACKING COOKIES TO PROFILE YOUR INTERESTS ACROSS WEBSITES, FIREFOX BLOCKS THAT BUY BY DEFAULT.

AND FELLOW CHICAGOANS ARE CORE PARTS OF THE PRIVACY TEAM.

THE BROWSERS HAVE BEEN PUSHING AWAY ADVERTISERS ABILITY TO TRACK PEOPLE WITH THIRD PARTY COOKIES AND A LOT OF PROPOSALS BY THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS A PANIC MOVE THAT THEIR ABILITY TO TRACK IS SLOWLY BEING ERODED BY BROWSERS.

>> IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND HERE BETWEEN DATA PRIVACY AND THE OPTIMAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE?

IS ASKING FOR THE PERMISSION IS IT ENOUGH OR SHOULD WE DO AWAY WITH THE COOKIES FOR THE SAKE OF PRIVACY?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S HARD TO CHALLENGE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR LONG.

AND THE INTERNET FOUNDATION IS BUILT ON ADVERTISING.

IT IS A HUGE MULTITRILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY THAT HAS WITH ALL THE DATA.

AND SO I THINK WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO DO IS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE SYSTEMS CAN DO.

AND I THINK THE MORE THEY LEARN ABOUT IT THE MORE RIGHTFULLY CREEPED OUT THEY ARE BY IT.

AS FAR AS THE MIDDLE GROUND GOES PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE BACK SOME OF THE PRIVACY RIGHTS.

YOU SEE THAT AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING AGAINST THIS.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE MORE REGULATION AND MORE PRIVACY AND PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN DATA.

RATHER THAN BEING A SURVEILLED CONSTANTLY BY UNSEEN FORCES.

AND A REGULAR COOKIE PURGE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND IN YOUR PANTRY.

THANK YOU TO BLASE UR AND DEREK EDER FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

>> PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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