>> we need.

>> Advocates are warning their after school programs are at risk of losing funding.

And artist engineer philosopher Leonardo Da Vinci did a bit of everything.

A new documentary explores the life and work of the 15th century.

Polymath.

And now to some the city's proposed 2025 budget would cut 456 vacant sworn but mostly civilian police positions directly responsible for consent decree reforms.

The drama between the onion and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones just got even more layered today.

A company affiliated with Jones asked a federal judge to disqualify the satirical site winning bid to buy Info Wars.

The site formerly belonging to Jones the company forced United American companies and the only other bidder.

He's alleging fraud and collusion between the bankruptcy trustee, the Onion and the families of Sandy Hook victims.

The bankruptcy auction is part of the liquidation of Jones's assets.

Proceeds will go to Sandy Hook families after a defamation lawsuit brought by the families.

For more on this story, you can check out tomorrow's program when we will be joined by the onions executive director.

Northwestern Wildcats.

Fans are getting their first look at the future home for the Big 10 Football team, the Ryen family and the University released this video showing renderings of the 850 million dollar sports and entertainment complex funded entirely by the Ryan family.

They say the 35,000 seat venue will have better than TV sidelines for spectators along with the seeding canopy 194% of the seeding required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and more than 200,000 square feet of parks and plazas around the stadium.

It's slated to open in 2026.

Becoming a police officer was a calling for Officer Enrique Martinez who was laid to rest today by hundreds of other officers, friends and family, including Martinez's brother who is also on the Chicago Police Force.

We realized it wasn't just a job.

>> It was their calling.

To serve the disadvantage to protect the forgotten.

wanted to live the life of a hero.

Becoming police officers would not just the job title to Who we were supposed to >> Mourners gathered for the funeral at Saint Rita of Cost.

Yes, trying Chapel in Ashburn to remember the 26 year-old only on the force for 3 years.

Speakers included Superintendent Larry Snelling among other officers, Mayor Brandon Johnson originally planned to attend but did not after a request from the family.

Martinez was killed during a November 4th traffic stop.

Police have charged a suspect with his murder.

Up next, we hear from members of Chicago's first elected school board right after this.

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>> The Chicago Board of Education is in the midst of massive change.

Residents just voted in the city's first elected school board.

The election follows the last boards in mass resignation and current public clashes between the teachers union and the mayor here with what's on their agenda are newly elected board members G to Brown who won the 5th district on the city's west side.

Angel, good here.

As who won the 8th district on the city's south and southwest sides and Che Smith, who won the 10th District on the city's south side.

Welcome back, gentlemen.

And congrats to all of you on races.

Thank Jt Brown, let's start with you, please.

You have advocated for elected school board for a very long time.

How does it feel to not only be here, but also to have been elected as a member of the first port?

>> Yes, ma'am, it's be in this moment.

Remembering that.

You know, often having to protest at the Chicago Board of Education.

Pitch tents in front of the Chicago Board of Education to make sure that the voices of our community was I'm overwhelmed by the fact that there was a process that allowed the people to determine who would actually make education policy for the children Chicago.

>> And you could hear is how do you think elected school school board will perform differently from previous appointed boards?

>> I mean, just that right?

We are elected by the people.

And part of that is to do the people's work.

I often say that when I the 10 members who were elected, right, we ha have much more in common.

Then we don't write at and I think that we're on in this because we're trying to.

Do what's best for students making sure that our students have the dollars that they need in the classroom so they can perform.

was meant be to be successful.

>> Chase Smith.

What what do you anticipate?

The board's relationship will be like with City Hall.

>> I think the board I know the board's relationship will be great with city Hall because this board is so diverse.

This board is so wide ranging with artists with businesspeople, with educators, that we're going to bring a budget that city Hall is going to say, wow, this is what elected representation does, not just selected representation.

What do you make of the mayor appointing a new board just weeks before the election?

>> Well, that's the mayors, a privilege to do that.

And every mayor before this mayor has appointed a when the elected board comes comes along.

I have no doubt that we're going all be able to bring together what the constituents want.

So we talk a lot the mayor and the appointed board the opportunity.

And if elected board is that now the constituents get to speak and I have no doubt that every board member is going to be listening to the people.

We this is a hybrid Gore in 2 years.

It's going to be a fully elected board.

And I every board member is now looking to community for where to get our marching orders.

All right.

J to coming back to you.

What are what are some of your major concerns for the district?

What are your priorities going forward when I think one of the biggest issues in Chicago public schools is that Chicago, the you know, we don't have failing schools.

But as a public, we've been The school district is deeply inequitable.

>> And that has been accepted to sort of that's just how but I know my lived experience all children, including south and West sides, a beautiful visionary, brilliant and we have to have an environment to support system.

And number one equity is not have been evident at equity comes with decision making authority.

So as Jason, excited about expanding sustainable community schools.

That basically means working with the community to build the What schools look like.

>> Imagine a world class Pre-K through 12th grade system of education in every neighborhood.

excited about the possibilities of that.

I'm excited about listening to parents and gathering community wisdom partnering that would academic expertise.

And finally, we will actually have a board of education does not do the bidding of corporations, but does the bidding of the people in our communities in equity.

And we know that you've always been a supporter of community, sustainable community schools will get here as you supported and endorsed by the Illinois Network of Charter schools.

>> What are your priorities and concerns for the district still?

>> I mean, one, we have a major deficit, right?

That could potentially be looking at a billion dollars at the end of next And we as an elected school board the Capitol that right its structural write it.

been around for now.

But but now we have been elected by the people to actually address that issue.

And I think it means that, you know, looking at everything that that we're doing, you know, how is it that we could put the maximum amount of dollars back into the classroom that we currently know?

It's not happening right?

That's one.

And then I think the other pieces that we've seen some little bit of dysfunction, I think the board side and so there's been really no government, no real structure percent right.

Kind of, you we decide we're gonna have a special meeting today and he gets call.

He gets caught.

I didn't because right.

and it becomes a problem, right?

Because that's what happens for says.

There's a rubric of order, if every Thursday we're going to have an agenda review meeting.

Let's have the gender of you let's not cancel it.

And then going to a meeting with a different agenda.

so budgeting board organization, it sounds like are important to Ryan best.

We know that you come.

You're an artist.

You come from an arts background.

What are your major concerns and priorities for CBS?

You know, you just talked about later how you're going to be doing a story on to Vinci who was hardest engineer offer.

I want to make sure that every student in the city of Chicago has the opportunity to express their DaVinci.

>> And that means it's not just him is stain.

That means we're going to cross curriculum.

All students should be learning.

Aviation are stunning.

Should be doing that through art tripping on trees.

Not hard when you do in Angleton Martin and its map together.

So these are things that I want to make sure that our principles know that they're being listened to that the visionary leaders of the school.

I want to make sure that our teachers feel cared for and that our students know that what ever their passion is.

>> There's a school for I want to thank you for teasing Our Da Vinci segment.

That's coming up just a bit.

Good Of course.

Then there is there's been the contention between City Hall and leadership at CPS in Mayor Johnson, having called for Pedro Martinez is a resignation.

>> G 2 D think that is is what's called for and what questions do you have before the board comes together in has to decide whether he stays or goes?

>> Well, I don't I don't know it news and I think a good board member.

What you do is when you.

Take office, you do an assessment and that's what I'm prepared to do to really just kind of understand what's happening at CPS.

What the goals and objectives are they being the knot?

And then, you know, I can make a decision from there.

>> Then there's the relationship with CTU, Angel.

What how do you plan on approaching that?

And that the the contract that is currently being negotiated?

I think we have to look at it, right.

I think that.

>> Our teachers should be paired paid fairly.

But I think that there's some things in that contract that kind of go beyond the scope of of teaching.

And I think if we can take those things out and put the focus back onto teaching it in things that happen in the classroom that we can kind of find a some common ground there to get that Che 10 seconds left.

What's next?

>> Yeah, you the board, as you can see, you've got to see to member.

You have a charter member.

You have an independent member, but we all agree whatever is best for kids is what we're going to do for All right.

Spoken like a bunch people who just ran for office.

confirm that.

I want to respect advocate the but I come from the Kenwood, Oakland community organizations.

So Gold is Blakley grassroots organization.

The City of Chicago.

>> That's a pair of me.

And so the new member of of of the newly elected Board of to up.

But we do have to go we will have your back because you've got work to our thanks to JT Brown look at here is in Tehran Smith.

Thanks.

Everybody can you.

Don't think you.

>> Up next, Joanna Hernandez in the fight to keep after-school programs operating.

>> Organizations providing after school programs for students are sounding the alarm saying there's a statewide funding crisis.

Illinois lawmakers approved 50 million dollars for after-school and summer programs.

But advocates say that funding has been reached schools yet this delay leave Chicago public schools and local organizations facing difficult cuts.

>> The zone meeting that we had the time.

It was the one landing.

Elizabeth Childs is a program manager for an after-school program Haley Academy Elementary School operated in partnership with the YMCA having this program opens the door.

parents know that they chad have a safe haven to go to.

So where where they're supervised.

They're getting help homework.

Now the afterschool program is in jeopardy of losing funding.

Much of after school and community school work is cramped beast.

And the downside to being Graham paste is that grants come to an end.

Many organizations are now facing challenges due to Chicago.

Public schools, funding cuts expiring federal grants in COVID relief dollars drying up.

Mr. Last year, Illinois lawmakers approved 50 million dollars in new funding for after-school programming.

>> But those funds have yet to be distributed.

Eric, we're to overseas community programming for the YMCA says this funding was intended to help stabilize after school programs throughout the state that it shouldn't be that every year certain programs or are facing the end.

And so when the 50 million dollars was we were incredibly excited because we looked at it as a game changer.

>> He According to advocates more than 13,000 students have already lost after school programming.

Susan Stanton, the director of act now, Illinois Coalition advocating for youth programming, says that number is likely to rise if funding doesn't improve.

A lot of programs are really hoping that there would be at least the opportunity to compete for more funding by the New Year.

And at this point, given that we're already in November, it that doesn't feel is likely.

And so we're expecting another huge.

>> Kind of portion of closures and layoffs as we get into kind of the holiday season.

>> Jobs right now, like they say they're hiring and they don't hires.

Chicago debates is also experiencing the effects of funding The commitment from CPS makes up about a 3rd.

>> Of our annual budget.

So I mean, we're a small organization.

So you lose a small chunk of that.

And that makes a big difference in what you can do.

>> The organization has collaborated with CPS schools across the city since 1987 introducing students to the art of debate due to funding cuts.

It has reduced its outreach from 104 schools.

2.70, schools schools now have to >> pay for their own transportation.

Right to get to the tournaments have to pay for their own supplies because of that reality.

Some schools are saying we just don't have the budget to do that.

What about you?

That's a thing.

>> Sharon Mitchell and alumnus for the debate program at Morgan Park.

High School is now the Cook County Public Defender.

He says the program opened doors for him.

This program been serving the community.

>> Serving our community for so long and not just like the folks with the most right.

You're talking about hubris in title one schools right?

You're talking a lot of black and brown kids that may have that kind.

That opportunity.

Special program.

>> As funding dwindles programs like Chicago debates and the YMCA seek alternative solutions to keep their initiatives running.

The program said Mother Elizabeth Child says play a crucial role in supporting under-served communities.

>> When I told the parents they might not have this program anymore.

They like lifesavers.

You all create stability.

>> And the Illinois State Board of Education is taxed with expound listing the distribution system for the funds.

Although the board was unable to provide a specific timeline for the rollout of this system, they indicated they are working with the General Assembly and how to proceed the board also says they've released other funding opportunities that will be available for the upcoming year friend.

Just back to you.

Artist scientist engineer and philosopher.

>> Titles which only scratched the surface of what, 15 th-century Italian Leonardo Da Vinci achieved a new two-part PBS documentary series from Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon dissects the benches life in an effort to make sense of his work and the impact he has to this day.

Here's a look.

>> He filled his notebooks with calculations and Christians theories and innovations revealing the mind of him for the curious City.

In an age of astonishing artistic advances and a newfound reverence for humanity.

Leonardo da Vinci made his way.

He as of the ship, a little bit Santa.

>> A disciple of experience.

>> And joining us now with more is one of the film's directors and producers, David McMahon.

Welcome back.

Good to see you.

Thank you.

Grant So this is the first time Ken Burns film has focused on a non-American subject wide event.

She why now?

>> Well, Walter Isaacson, the biographer suggested the project to us.

He was working on a big bag fee of Leonardo Nissan.

This is a really compelling subject I think you should take it on and documentary and at first didn't seem obvious because we generally have not taken on many subjects from overseas.

But in this case, it felt really compelling for one Leonardo da Vinci was born a time when they're want to ban any archival footage film.

And so it would present a challenge to us.

How are we going to tell a story about this renaissance painter without this sort of material were accustomed to using.

We also quickly understood how little we knew about him.

And he became enormously compelling and felt like we had an opportunity to sort of deep in people's understanding of is a bit of enigma, a mystery.

Why is that?

>> Yeah, I think that, you know, he lived 500 years ago and at the end of his life, he didn't.

He wasn't a very public figure he didn't people can't really know him that well at that time.

So his legacy kind of builds over the centuries he was into so many different things.

Science art, geometry.

And so there's we're looking for any little tidbits that we tell us more about who he is.

And I think only find one.

people take some license and they run with it.

And so there's also this thing about him.

He feels a little bit like a wizard as kind of a Gandalf type feel about him.

He's got the big long beard and it feels like there's something magical about him.

And so our hope is to kind of ripped the beard off him and see the man actually was also have like, you know, sort of did that.

His drawings that look like gadgets at the time and the inventions that he sort of experimented with.

Yes.

And I think a lot of those drawings, a lot of those innovations were really only ever on the page.

And he didn't create a lot of them.

But a lot of those things.

There are many on president aspects to them, right.

And so for him to come up with a lot of those things, he had to have a profound imagination.

So which really interesting to me is where his deep curiosity about the world and everything news observing meets that imagination.

He's known for being ahead of his time.

Do do we think, you know, we have been taking his work for granted.

>> All this time.

I mean, do you think about like most famous work, right?

Lisa?

>> Yeah, I think that we can be distracted by Mona Lisa and the Last Supper and they're really profound n, you know, in an age of Instagram where you might go standing before that painting and take a picture last out and show you that it was there that you may missed opportunity to really understand Mona Lisa, but the painting actually means and so he is a man of his time and in that painting, I think it captures that at that time you would have if you're going take a learning out of pain, you would have also studied geometry.

You would have observed teacher.

You would have studied anatomy physiology.

And if you look closely at that painting, you can see all of that being poured into whether it's the smile and all the muscles that understands are activated in the smile or the backdrop.

And the really profoundly beautiful natural scenery behind there.

But he paints with understanding of all the size and for you all for the filmmakers.

How does this film look and feel different from your previous works out?

>> Well, we decided that we wanted to do for the audience is really get people between his ears.

And so we're using those notebooks to tell the story and to sort of guide our hand and what you find in the notebook says the Yulee blurs the lines between things like science and nature.

And so what we wanted to do was show to blur those lines ourselves.

So what we did was split the screen and show pictures that he would have drawn along with natural cinematography, our own of the natural world that he would have observed.

And then if it's an innovation, may be in a 3rd box.

We're showing some footage from the 20th century that captures something that feels a little bit like what it was.

He was designing on the page and we're hoping that that will help our audience see the way that he was observing the world in the way that he was thinking.

>> One of the unique things about she was that he was left-handed and he the way he wrote it was sort of a backwards, which is fascinating to me a little bit about that.

And what else that, you know, sort fascinating that you learned about this Yeah, he writes in a mere script, he was left-handed and I think really that was that paper is expensive because expensive and he's what he's writing.

He imagines publishing one day.

And so I think really he's trying and your script not to smudge.

The ink and that's really maybe what that was all about.

But it does take a profound mind, I think, to be able to do that reversal.

But I also think what it tells us is that we want to ascribe to that like something magical in fantastical.

And even to this day we have a deep interest in him because we think that everything he did is profound and has a certain magic.

And so you get lots of representations of Leonardo on the one.

A lot of them feel like his mysterious and chart of the mystery.

But I think what we're trying to do is get a little closer to the man, a man who is interested in science interest art interest playing everything.

He observed all that he was working on much of his work was also unfinished.

What was that about?

You know, that there are a lot of questions.

You know what a out of it.

Finish everything we have.

Many more I think that we we focus on the paintings and we are only maybe 15 or 17 of them that we know for sure have Leonardo's authorship or in part.

And so it feels like.

All of the art.

Everything was doing was an experiment.

And when he found out what he was going to find out, he moved on to something else.

So if you're trying to understand atmospheric perspective in the painting, he would go into the mountains, observe the mountains, make no, it's about the weather and then make his painting.

Maybe when he found out what it is he wanted to.

He moved on before you finish the painting and he seemed to be okay with that.

A few seconds left.

I know you just completed this, but what is next for you?

And the team?

>> Our next project and we already are underway with it is a kind of sequel to Ken Civil War film.

It's one that he's been wanting to make for 40 years.

>> And we're calling it emancipation to exodus.

And it's about the black experience between emancipation and the great migration.

So it's really about reconstruction, which we see is may be the most misunderstood period of our history.

cannot wait to have you back on to talk about that.

David McMahon, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you.

Grant us.

>> And part one of the documentary airs tonight at 7 with part 2 airing tomorrow night at 7.

And we're back right after this.

And that's our show for this Monday night.

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