>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

CHICAGO.

FIRST RESPONDERS MOURNING ONE OF THEIR OWN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINCOLN PARK FIRE.

EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO DECIDE THE FATE OF THE 800 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION TO NORTHWESTERN'S RYAN FIELD.

A STATEWIDE PUSH TO ALLOW TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHEN AND HOW THEY DIE.

AND WHY CHICAGO BIRDERS WILL NEED TO LEARN SOME NEW NAMES.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN TONIGHT.

OFFICIALS SAY 39 YEAR-OLD FIREFIGHTER AND EMT ANDREW PRICE WAS KILLED AFTER FALLING THROUGH A LIGHT SHAFT OF A BURNING BUILDING IN LINCOLN PARK EARLIER THIS MORNING.

>> EVERYBODY LOVED REALLY STINGS.

HE'S HE'S LIKE A BIG KID.

REAL ENTHUSIASTIC.

JUST A WONDERFUL YOUNG VERY HIMSELF IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, GREAT PHYSICAL CONDITION.

JUST A GREAT FIREFIGHTER.

LET'S WORK EVERYBODY.

LOVED WORKING WITH >> FIRST RESPONDERS GATHERED AS PRICES BODY WAS ESCORTED FROM ILLINOIS MASONIC HOSPITAL TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY PRICE WAS WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 14 YEARS.

HE IS THE 4TH FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THIS YEAR.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE OVI TRANSPORTATION CENTER AS PROTESTERS BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE TO THE ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL'S OFFICE.

HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS IDENTIFYING AS MIDWEST JEWS ARE CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA AND ISRAEL.

>> HOSTAGE RELEASE.

>> THE GROUP SAYS IT OCCUPIED THE AREA FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS UNTIL CHICAGO POLICE ARRESTED PROTESTERS WITH ZIP TIES, MATTRESSES, TRAINS CONTINUE TO RUN ON TIME.

BUT RIDERS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE STATION THROUGH DIFFERENT DOORS AS THE SOUTHERN EXIT WAS BLOCKED, SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENED LAST MONTH IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A NEW LEADER, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ANNOUNCES IN A STATEMENT HE'S APPOINTING DOCTOR ALLISON AS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER DOCTOR IGE IS CURRENTLY WITH THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN NEW YORK CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

DOCTOR IGE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN A PERMANENT ROLE.

SHE BEGINS DECEMBER 4TH.

THE CARROT, A WALK-OFF HAS BEEN LEADING THE DEPARTMENT AS ACTING COMMISSIONER SINCE MAYOR JOHNSON FIRED.

THEN COMMISSIONER DOCTOR ALLISON ARWADY IN AUGUST.

THE CUBS ARE WELCOMING THEIR NEW SKIPPER TODAY.

THE CLUB INTRODUCED CRAIG COUNSELL AS THEIR NEW MANAGER AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

THE TEAM MADE THE SURPRISING MOVE LAST WEEK FIRING THEN MANAGER DAVID ROSS AND SIGNING COUNSELL AWAY FROM THE DIVISION RIVAL MILWAUKEE BREWERS.

COUNCILS CONTRACT MAKES HIM THE LEAGUE'S HIGHEST-PAID MANAGER WITH A 5 YEAR DEAL WORTH MORE THAN 40 MILLION DOLLARS.

UP NEXT, EVANSTON OFFICIALS VOTE ON NORTHWESTERN STADIUM RENOVATION PLANS.

A LIVE REPORT FROM PARIS SCHUTZ RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> EVANSTON RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THIS EVENING WHERE THE CONTROVERSIAL 800 MILLION DOLLAR REHAB OF NORTHWESTERN'S RYAN FIELD IS A GO OR NOT.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE SUBURBS CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE PLAN AS WE SPEAK.

THIS COMES AS PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY CLASHED, PROMPTING SEVERAL REVISIONS AND A TALLY THAT COULD ULTIMATELY COME DOWN TO WHICH DIRECTION THE TOWN'S MAYOR CHOOSES TO GO.

PARIS SCHUTZ JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

PARIS.

>> BRANDON, 7, TONY AND SHOULD KNOW THIS EVENING.

BUT CITY COUNCIL IS MEETING RIGHT BEHIND ME AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING DELAYING THIS VOTE FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DEBATING RIGHT NOW.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE HAS PITTED EVAN STONY IN AGAINST EVAN SONY IN NORTHWESTERN PLANNING AND 800 MILLION DOLLAR REBUILD OF RYAN FIELD THROUGH PRIVATE FINANCING.

IT WOULD MAKE IT ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S MOST STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES, BUT ALSO ONE OF ITS SMALLEST REDUCING THE CAPACITY FROM 47,000 TO 35,000 SEATS FOR FOOTBALL GAMES.

WITH THE BIG ISSUE.

HERE IS WHAT THE SCHOOL PLANS TO DO BESIDES FOOTBALL IN ZONING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO ALLOW FOR 6 CONCERTS AS WELL AS A HOST OF SMALLER AND YOU YOU CAN'T GO FORWARD WITHOUT THESE EVENTS.

SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE TOWN CAN'T HANDLE IT.

OTHERS SAY BRING IT ON.

>> IF YOU'RE USED TO FOOTBALL GAMES TO GET 47,000 PEOPLE AND A CONCERT IS CAPPED.

A 28,500 PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOU GET MORE TRAFFIC LESS PEOPLE.

AND THEY'VE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THERE REALLY WON'T BE MORE TRAFFIC.

THERE WILL JUST BE 6 ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF TRAFFIC DURING THE SUMMER WHEN STUDENTS ARE AWAY.

THE TOWN IS PRETTY QUIET.

AND THIS IS JUST GOING BRING MORE TOURISTS REVENUES TO THE CITY.

IT'S NOT JUST >> YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, AREA AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN.

BUT IT'S ALSO JUST THAT NORTHWESTERN HAS IN THE CITY'S OWN.

EXPERTS HAVE SAID THIS.

THEY HAVE NO FEASIBLE, TRAFFIC PLAN, NO PARKING PLAN.

THAT MAKES SENSE AT THIS POINT.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE A TOWN THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY LOOKS AT THE FACTS AND REASON TO MAKE OUR DECISION.

THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE TONIGHT.

>> PERHAPS WITH SOME OF THE HOLDOUTS HERE, THE SCHOOL'S NEGOTIATE AN UPDATED COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN THAT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONCERTS TO 6.

THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNING TO HOLD ABOUT TWICE THAT AMOUNT AND IT WOULD GET THE SCHOOL TO FORK OVER ABOUT 157 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IN TAX AND OTHER APPS ARE 857 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 15 YEARS IN TAX REVENUE OTHER REVENUES TO THE TOWN OF EVANSTON.

AND NOW THIS VOTE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE WHENEVER IT DOES HAPPEN.

VOTE 2 WEEKS AGO, TOO.

SEND THE PROPOSAL TO THIS MEETING RESULTED IN A 44 DEADLOCK ON CITY COUNCIL.

EVANSTON MAYOR DANIEL BISS HAD TO BE THE TIME BREAKING AFFIRMATIVE VOTE TO BRING THE VOTE TO THIS MEETING.

ALTHOUGH THE CITY'S LAND USE COMMISSION VOTED PRETTY AFFIRMATIVELY TO REJECT IT BY A 72 VOTE.

SO I ASKED MAYOR DANIEL BISS SAYS HE WAS WALKING BY TONIGHT.

WHERE DOES HE THINK THE VOTE IS GOING TO FALL TONIGHT?

HE SAID, QUOTE, IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS, BUT IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TONIGHT.

AFTER ALL, AS WE'RE SPEAKING, IT LOOKS LIKE EVANSTON IS GOING TO CONSIDER DELAYING THIS ONE MORE WEEK AND PERHAPS RENEGOTIATING THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL AND TAKING US UP NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 20TH LIVE FROM EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL ON PARISH.

THAT'S BRAND AS WE TOSS IT RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

OKAY.

PARA SOUNDS LIKE MORE TO COME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, SUPPORTERS AND CRITICS OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHEN AND HOW THEY DIE.

STAY WITH US.

>> THERE'S MOVEMENT IN ILLINOIS TO ALLOW TERMINALLY ILL ADULTS TO CHOOSE WHEN AND HOW TO END THEIR OWN LIVES.

THE NAME OF THE PRACTICES DEBATED MEDICAL AID IN DYING TO SOME AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE TO OTHERS.

EITHER WAY ADVOCATES ARE HOPING THE ISSUE COMES UP IN SPRINGFIELD SOON.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, OUR DEB ROBERTSON, ADVOCATE FOR MEDICAL AID IN DYING.

AMY SHERMAN, MIDWEST ADVOCACY DIRECTOR WITH COMPASSION AND CHOICES.

ACTION NETWORK, ILLINOIS DOCTOR MARY KEEN KERCH OFF AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WITH NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE MAYOR ENJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN.

WE CAN AND A MEMBER OF STAFF ASSISTED SUICIDE, ILLINOIS AND ERIC SHIDLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE.

THANKS TO 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE JUST MENTIONED, WE MAY NOT AGREE ON THE ISSUE ITSELF, BUT THERE'S ALSO DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT TO CALL THE ISSUE.

I'M AMY, WHY MEDICAL AID IN DYING?

>> WELL, FIRST BECAUSE IT IS NOT ASSISTED MEDICAL AID IN DYING IS A TIME TESTED PRACTICE, WHICH ALLOWS A TERMINALLY ILL MENTALLY CAPABLE ADULT WITH A PROGNOSIS OF 6 MONTHS OR LESS.

THE OPTION TO REQUEST AND TAKE MEDICATION THAT WILL RESULT IN A PEACEFUL DEATH IF THEY'RE SUFFERING BECOMES UNBEARABLE.

IT'S NOT SUICIDE.

SUICIDE IS WHEN SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, CONSCIOUSLY WANTS TO DIE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT HIM.

WHEN YOU PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO GENERALLY WANT TO DIE.

THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.

THEY'RE ALREADY DIED.

THIS IS ABOUT HOW THEY DIE.

THE DYE IS A MORE ACCURATE TERM.

IS REALLY GETTING A PRESCRIPTION SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A MEDICATION THAT RESULT IN A PEACEFUL WE WILL HEAR IN-DEPTH STORY JUST JUST A SECOND AS WELL.

DOCTOR, KING, COURAGE OFF PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE.

WHY?

>> WHY IS THAT THE BETTER TERM?

BECAUSE MEDICAL AID IN DYING THAT TERM IS DECEPTIVE.

>> AND PERVERSE.

THERE'S NOTHING MEDICAL ABOUT HELPING A PATIENT COMMIT SUICIDE.

KILLING IS NOT CARING.

WITHIN THE TERM MEDICAL ASSISTED.

IT PLACES.

RIGHT ALONGSIDE PELLET HAVE ANOTHER LEGITIMATE THEIR PEAK OPTIONS.

MEDICAL AID IN DYING PUTS ACT OF SUICIDE OR KILLING.

AND TO RESPECT CONTEXT, IT DOES NOT BELONG.

IT'S NOT A RESPECTABLE THING.

THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION IS SIMPLY A VERY BAD IDEA.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE TURNS PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAINED TO SAVE LIVES.

AND TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE INTO AGENTS OF DEATH.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IT GOES, IT GOES AGAINST WHAT PHYSICIANS, WHAT DOCTORS ARE TRAINED TO DO, WHICH IS FIRST TO TAKE AN OATH, DO NO HARM.

>> AND YOU'RE SEEING THIS.

THIS IS THE OPPOSITE THAT EXACTLY EXACTLY RESPOND TO THAT.

WELL, AND I WANT TO DO WHAT I I WANT TO GET WANT TO GET DEVON ERICK AND HERE AS WELL.

BUT YES, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY ON BECAUSE DEAD, BUT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR AND YOUR PROGNOSIS?

>> WELL, MY DIAGNOSIS IS NO.

AND THE CARCINOMA HIGH GRADE, WHICH IS VERY RARE, VERY AGGRESSIVE.

TERMINAL CANCER.

I MY PROGNOSIS I'M GOING BACK.

I'M GOING TO DIE SOON.

HOW I'M GOING TO DIE IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

AS WELL FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

AND WHEN I WAS RECEIVED THIS DIAGNOSIS IN JANUARY OF 2022.

I HAD TO QUIT MY JOB, WHICH WAS WORKING WITH HOMELESS YOU FOR OVER 30 YEARS, SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND VERY, VERY DRIVEN TOWARDS.

I I FOUND THAT I NEEDED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, REALLY BELIEVED IN SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HAVING TO RETIRE, NOT BE ABLE TO WORK.

MEDICAL AID IN DYING IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVED BEFORE I HAD MY DIAGNOSIS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PERSON, I ALWAYS FELT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT EACH PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO.

OBLIGE.

I DON'T WANT TO DIE.

I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS DIAGNOSIS AND I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO HELP MYSELF AND OTHERS NOT HAVE TO DIE.

WITHOUT PEACE.

I HAVE WATCHED ALMOST 12 OF MY FRIENDS WORLDWIDE THAT I'VE MET THROUGH MY MY CANCER DIAGNOSIS DIE.

IN PAIN WITH HOSPICE WITH PALLIATIVE CARE.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH A DOCTOR CAN DO FOR PAIN RELIEF.

I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AND I WANT TO GO OUT, LIKE I AM TODAY.

I CAME TODAY WITH MY FAMILY WITH MY FRIENDS.

WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL.

I WANT TO BE ABLE SHOW THAT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE UGLY.

I'VE SEEN MY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE I KNOW WITH THIS TYPE OF CANCER AND MANY OTHER CANCERS.

BUT I DEALING WITH MY CANCER.

I I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

AND IF I IF I COULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS.

>> LIKE IF I COULD NOT WORRY ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO DIE.

I COULD LIVE EACH DAY THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IN TODAY.

ENJOY THOSE PEOPLE THAT I AND OF COURSE, SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DIAGNOSIS AND THAT IS THAT THIS IS YOUR FATE ON.

>> ERIC, WHEN YOU HEAR FROM SOMEONE LIKE DEB, WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?

WHAT DO YOU SAY FOLKS WHO WHO FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY FIRST OF MY HEART IS BROKEN FOR.

WE'VE JUST MET.

BUT I MEAN, HEARING ABOUT SOMEBODY WITH THIS TYPE OF DIAGNOSIS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO HELPING THE HOMELESS.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

>> AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS SYMPATHY FOR YOU.

FOR ANYBODY FACING THAT SITUATION.

THE PROBLEM IS SO THERE'S A DARK SIDE TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE IN EVERY LOCATION WHERE THIS TYPE MEASURE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

ITS EXPANDED THE ORIGINAL IDEAS TO KEEP IT VERY NARROW.

AMY, DESCRIBE FOR US, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF DYING, TERMINALLY ILL, WE'VE SEEN VASTLY EXPANDED AND OTHER PLACES IN OREGON KENT AND CANADA AND VERY OFTEN.

THE END RESULT FOR THE MOST DISABLED AND THE MOST DISENFRANCHISED IMPORTS.

PEOPLE IS VERY DARK.

GUY NAMED ROGER FULLY UP IN CANADA, HAD TO SUE THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.

HE NEEDED ASSISTED LIVING AT HOME.

THEY TOLD HIM YOU CAN PAY $1500 A DAY FOR THAT OR YOU CAN HAVE A DOCTOR HELP YOU DIE.

A WOMAN NAMED SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL VANCOUVER BECAUSE SHE WAS FEELING SUICIDAL.

SHE NEEDED HELP BECAUSE SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT KILLING HERSELF.

THEY TOLD HER THERE'S NOT A ROOM AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

YOU CAN SEE A PSYCHIATRIST UNTIL NOVEMBER WAS IN JUNE, BUT WE COULD ASSIST TO INDICT.

SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HELP TO NOT KILL HERSELF AND THEY OFFER HELP KILLING HERSELF.

SO SO THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

IT GOING AWRY EVERY PLACE WHERE IT'S AND IMPLEMENTED.

WE HEAR HORRIBLE STORIES WHAT WHAT ARE THE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS BEFORE I ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE'S NO NEED.

>> FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PALLIATIVE SEDATION AND MINISTERING A PAIN MEDICINE TO ELIMINATE PAIN IS ALREADY LEGAL EVERYWHERE.

>> NOW THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH ACCESS AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

THERE'S NO NEED PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE.

NOW ISSUES ABOUT THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE LEGISLATION, PUTTING DISABILITIES ON THE PART UNACCEPTABLE RISK HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN A NATIONAL STUDY BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY WAS FOUNDED IN 9TH.

THIS COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED IN 1984.

TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

THEY HAVE PUBLISHED TO REPORT ON ASSISTED SUICIDE.

VIGOROUSLY OPPOSING LEGISLATION OF ASSISTED SUICIDE.

THEY THERE REPORTS.

CONCLUDED THAT ANY BENEFIT FROM ASSISTED SUICIDE WERE HEAVILY OUTWEIGHED.

BUT THE PROBABILITY THAT ANY OF PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS THAT CAN BE IMPOSED TO REGULATE PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE.

BE MISAPPLIED TO UNNECESSARILY COME THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

SO WANT TO I WANT TO BE SURE BEFORE WE GET OUT OF TIME, WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE WILL GET SOME REACTION IN HERE AS WHAT SAFEGUARDS THERE BE AGAINST THIS CONCERN?

WELL, THERE'S MORE THAN A DOZEN SAFEGUARDS.

BY THE WAY, THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND HIS LAWSUIT SAYS THEY ELIGIBILITY CANNOT BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY OR AGE.

>> BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THERE TO PHYSICIANS THAT ASSESS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THERE'S MANDATORY COUNSELING ON ALL TREATMENT OPTIONS.

SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE.

THERE INDEPENDENT WITNESSES TO THE REQUESTS.

IF SOMEBODY HAS DEEMED POTENTIALLY NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING A MEDICAL DECISION.

>> THERE WERE FOR TOOL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR AN ASSESSMENT.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.

AND BY THE WAY, IT'S A FAMILY FELT FELONY COURSE OR TO 40 PRESCRIPTION.

I DO WANT TO IN TERMS OF THIS ISSUE AROUND PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES FIRST, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT 73% IN A RECENT POLL THAT WE DID PEOPLE WHO REPORTED LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, SUPPORT MEDICAL AID IN DYING.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THIS OPTION.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S SAFE BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, WE HAVE EVIDENCE.

NO, THIS IS NOT A NEW THING.

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE, YOU 1997 IN OREGON AND IT'S AND IT'S AVAILABLE IN 10 STATES AND DC.

I WILL TELL YOU IN THE 25 NAMING A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN WON SUBSTANTIATED CASE FRAUD, ABUSE OR KORESHAN.

OKAY.

AND I CAN SEE YOU WANT TO GET IN HERE AND I WANT TO COME BACK TO JUST A SECOND.

BUT THE GOOD DOCTOR, KING KERCHIEF, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT THE PALLIATIVE SEDATION THAT EXIST.

>> ALREADY IN ILLINOIS DEBT.

DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT GOING?

NO, I DON'T IN.

LET ME SAY NO, I DON'T BECAUSE I'VE SEEN LIVED AROUND PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THAT A PALLIATIVE CARE IN.

>> IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

AND THEY'RE STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN.

BUT ALSO IT'S ABOUT.

HAVING THE CHOICE TO BE ABLE TO DIE THE WAY I WANT TO DIE.

I'M REALLY OFFENDED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SUICIDE BECAUSE I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO GET A TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS WITH, YOU A VERY AGGRESSIVE CANCER CELL.

THE SUICIDE PIECE IS IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IT'S I JUST WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW I DIE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE.

>> IS THAT THERE'S THIS PIPE DREAM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW YOU DIE.

BUT WE KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN.

IT'S HARD TO KILL A PERSON AND IT'S THEY'RE STILL EXPERIMENTING ON THESE.

PATIENTS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST CONCOCTION FOR KILLING THEM.

IN SOME CASES IT TAKE.

USUALLY GOES PRETTY SWIFTLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS.

IT IS TAKEN 6, 9, HOURS IN ONE CASE, 3 DAYS FOR SOMEONE TO DIE.

SOMETIMES THE CHEMICALS JUST DON'T WORK AND THEY HAVE TO SUFFOCATE THE PERSON OF THE PELLA HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

JUST LAST WEEK IN BELGIUM, A PATIENT HAD TO BE SUFFOCATED WITH A PILLOW BECAUSE THE CHEMICALS JUST DIDN'T.

WE'VE GOT 15 ALSO CROSS INCREDIBLE PAIN.

LET ME JUST DAY AND NONE OF THIS IS THE UNITED STATES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THOSE ARE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT MODELS.

OUR MODELS VERY, VERY RIGOROUS IN TERMS OF SAFEGUARDS.

MOREOVER, I WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS ADOPTED A NEUTRAL POSITION BECAUSE 3 OUT OF A 2 OUT OF 3 PHYSICIANS AND POLLS SUPPORT AND MEDICAL AID.

AND I SO THE CAN BEING RIPPED TO GIVE ANY ANSWER THAT YOU WANT.

AND THAT IS WHEN WE'LL HAVE LEAVE ARTS HAVE PRO PROVEN PROVEN NOT TO WORK.

MS DIAGNOSIS OF TERMINAL.

WHERE ACTUALLY APOLOGIZE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY FRESH OUT OF TIME AND THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS MORE BECAUSE NOT IN AGREEMENT IT JUST YET.

BUT I HAVE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING DEB ROBERTS AND AMY SHERMAN.

DOCTOR MARY CAIN, COURAGE OFF AN AIR THANKS TO ALL OF THANK BE TO BACK WITH MORE IN A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE AND >> CHICAGO BIRDERS ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH SPECIES LIKE THE COOPER'S HAWK WILSON'S WARBLER AND LOWS SPARROW.

BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR.

THE NAMES THAT IS NOT THE BIRDS, THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THEY WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RENAMING ALL OPPONENTS BIRDS STARTING IN 2024.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WET LEE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

PATTY, START BY REMINDING US WHAT OUR ECONOMY BIRDS AND HOW MANY BIRDS HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED THESE NAMES.

SO UPON US BIRDS ARE ONES THAT ARE NAMED AFTER PEOPLE.

THAT COULD BE A NATURAL IS DONE ON COLLEGE IS THE PERSON WHO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, DISCOVERED THE SPECIES.

>> DECISION APPLIES ONLY TO BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA THERE MAYBE LIKE 150 OF THEM THE LOGIC SOCIETY IS GOING TO TACKLE ABOUT 70 TO 80 OF THEM IN THE U.S. AND CANADA TO START WITH.

>> SO WHAT PROMPTED THIS DECISION FROM THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY?

WELL, THIS WAS THERE WAS A GROUP CALLED BIRD NAMES FOR BIRDS THAT STARTED IN 2020 FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

YOU RECALL ALL OF THE RACIAL RECKONING THAT HAPPENED AND A LOT OF THE NAMES ATTACHED TO THESE BIRDS.

YOU KNOW, MIGHT NEED A CONFEDERATE GENERAL MIGHT BE A SLAVE OWNER.

A LOT OF THESE NAMES CAME ABOUT IN YOU KNOW, MADE 18 HUNDREDS WITH THE WESTWARD EXPANSION.

SO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WHO ARE CREDITED FOR DISCOVERING AS SPECIES MAYBE WEREN'T THE FIRST PERSON TO ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED THE SPECIES OR MAYBE YOU KNOW, DID SOMETHING TO MOVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OFF THEIR LAND.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE BAGGAGE ATTACHED TO A FAIR NUMBER OF THESE NAMES PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE THOSE CHANGED.

>> SO SOME OF THE NAMES ARE BEING CHANGED.

REGARDLESS, THOUGH, OF WHO THEY'RE BEING ASSOCIATED WHITE, THEY'RE ALL GOING BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMITTEE FORMED TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE THE CRITERIA FOR SHOULD WE CHANGE A NAME OR NOT?

AND THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD JUST BE A DEBACLE.

IT WOULD CREATE SO MANY MORE CONTROVERSIES.

NAME BY NAME WOULD JUST HATE GROUPS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

CREATES SO MANY ARGUMENTS.

>> THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY USE THE WORD INTRACTABLE.

BASICALLY THAT GO ONE BY ONE WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE.

AND SO JUST CLEAR, THE ENTIRE SLEET AND THAT WAY, THERE'S NO QUESTION WHO'S GOOD, WHO'S WORTHY?

WHO IS?

AND IT'S JUST A CLEAN SLATE JUST TO ALL OF WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?

WELL, LIKE MANY THINGS, IT'S BEEN POLARIZING.

THERE'S BEEN A FAIR CONTINGENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S BEEN QUITE UPSET WITH THE SORT OF THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER APPROACH IN THEIR CONCERN IS THAT WE WILL LOSE A LOT OF NATURAL HISTORY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK ORNITHOLOGIST AND NATURALISTS DID SOME GOOD IN THE WORLD OF CONSERVATION?

BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE APPLAUDING IT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, CREATURE SHOULD HAVE A HUMAN NAME ATTACHED TO SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN IDENTITY.

APOSTROPHE S THINGS LIKE COOPER'S HAWK, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTS OWNERSHIP AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE OWNERSHIP FROM PRACTICAL STANDPOINT.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE NAMES DON'T REALLY HELP A YOUNG BIRD OR IDENTIFY A BIRD LIKE WILSON'S WARBLER.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU DOESN'T TELL YOU IT'S A YELLOW BELLIED BIRD WITH A BLACK CAP.

SO IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE MORE DESCRIPTIVE NAMES.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIRS PEOPLE AGAINST A PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY PRAISING THE ORGANIZATION FOR DOING EITHER WAY.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

SO THERE THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO START A PILOT PROGRAM IN 2024.

TACKLING ABOUT 10 MEANS OF 10 BIRDS.

TBD AND AND THEY WILL OPEN UP THE PROCESS TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT THE SUGGESTIONS SHOULD BE FOR THE NEW NAMES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS OF NAMING BIRDS IN THE PAST.

SO THEY WILL BRING IN INDIGENOUS GROUPS THAT WOMEN WHO TEND TO NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF BIRDS NAMED AFTER THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.

SO.

>> BE INTERESTING TO SEE THIS PLAY I'M SURE THAT AS IT DOES PLAY OUT, PATTY WILL BE WATCHING AS A OR NOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THANK YOU AND YOU CAN READ PATTIES FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL M FRIEDMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ELVEN H BOMB FAMILY FUN.

>> AND ONE NOTE BEFORE WE GO, CONGRATULATIONS TO WTW NEWS WAS HONORED OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ANY AWARD FROM THE CHICAGO MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE TV ACADEMY.

THE AWARD IS FOR OUR ANIMATED SERIES W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

CONGRATS TO MY COLLEAGUES PATTY NICK, AMANDA PARIS, HEATHER AND OUR ANIMATION TEAM OF JUSTIN YOUNGER NATALIE YOUNGER ALEX BLANCHETT AND GREG FOG, FISH.

YOU CAN CATCH UP ON THAT SERIES AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH EXPLAINS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALSO TO THE W T TW FIRSTHAND TEAM FOR WINNING AN EMMY FOR THE SERIES LIFE AFTER PRISON.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT ARE BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIPPER AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

THAT IS PROUD