>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SAFETY.

INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AFTER A CTA TRAIN CRASH.

TALKING TO THE QUEEN OF CHICAGO ROCK AND ROLL RADIO, TERRY HAMMERED AS SHE MARKS 50 YEARS ON THE AIR.

THE NATIVE AMERICAN STORY.

IT'S STILL YET TO BE REALLY THAT JUST TO AMERICAN.

AND THE PULITZER FINALIST AUTHER BEHIND THE LATEST ONE BOOK ONE CHICAGO SELECTION ON THE URBAN NATIVE AMERICAN STORY.

NOW IT'S ON TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

AT LEAST 3 TEENAGERS WERE FATALLY SHOT ACROSS THE WEEKEND ACROSS CHICAGO.

POLICE SAY 2.14 YEAR-OLDS WERE FOUND IN AN ALLEY IN CHATHAM AROUND 02:30PM, SUNDAY.

>> AND A 16 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED JUST AFTER 08:30PM, SATURDAY IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

ALL 3 VICTIMS WERE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE.

THEY ARE AMONG 25 PEOPLE SHOT IN.

22 INCIDENTS THIS WEEKEND.

CHICAGO'S FIRST RESPONDERS ARE REMEMBERING FIREFIGHTER ANDREW PRICE TODAY.

>> WE WILL EVENTUALLY RECOVER.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, DREW FOR WHO HE IS AND WAS.

MY GUY.

I HOPE YOU HAVE BIG WAVES TO CATCH BRIGHT SUNSHINE COMING DOWN ON YA.

AND A NICE WARM BREEZE AT YOUR BACK.

>> 39 YEAR-OLD PRICE WAS KILLED LAST WEEK AFTER FALLING THROUGH THE ROOF OF A LINCOLN PARK RESTAURANT WHILE BATTLING A FIRE THE 4TH CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THIS YEAR.

PRICE GRADUATED FROM THE CHICAGO FIRE ACADEMY IN 2009 AND SERVED 14 YEARS WITH CFD.

HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND HIS EXTENDED FAMILY.

A FORMER FIELD MUSEUM OFFICIAL TESTIFIES TODAY IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

THE JURY HEARD THE FIRST DIRECT TESTIMONY FROM RETIRED FIELD MUSEUM DIRECTOR DEBORAH, BACK IN PROSECUTORS, ALLEGED BOURKE SOUGHT TO EXTORT BACK IN BY WEAPONIZING HIS POWERFUL POSITION AS CHAIR OF CITY COUNCIL'S FINANCE COMMITTEE.

BACK IN TESTIFIES.

BURKE WAS OUTRAGED.

HIS GOD DAUGHTER WASN'T CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERNSHIP, THEN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO HOLD UP AN EFFORT BY THE MUSEUM TO HIKE ADMISSION RATES BACK AND SAYS SHE PERCEIVED AS A THREAT.

YOU CAN READ THE FULL RUNDOWN OF TODAY'S TRIAL ON OUR WEBSITE.

EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE 800 MILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO RENOVATE NORTHWESTERN'S RYAN FIELD.

ANY MOMENT NOW, THE PLAN WAS DELAYED FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SOUGHT MORE TIME TO REVIEW AN AGREEMENT WITH NO NORTHWESTERN PAY 157 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF EVANSTON WITH THE COURSE OF 15 YEARS FOR THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ZONING AND ALLOW UP TO 6 CONCERTS AT THE NEW FIELD.

A PRELIMINARY VOTE TO ADVANCE THE ORDINANCE WAS DEADLOCKED IT FOR 4 WITH EVANSTON MAYOR DANIEL BREAKING THE TIE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

AND IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT ANYTIME STARTING TOMORROW, MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING AIRPORTS URGES UPON US.

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION INSPECTING MORE THAN 1.6, 5 MILLION PASSENGERS AT O'HARE AND MIDWAY FROM TOMORROW UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.

TRAVEL ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING A 1.5% PASSENGER INCREASE AT O'HARE AND ONE PERCENT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AT MIDWAY.

SYED SUNDAY'S EXPECTED TO BE THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY AT BOTH AIRPORTS FOR THE YEAR.

AND UP NEXT, WHAT SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT LAST WEEK CTA TRAIN CRASH.

THAT'S 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.

>> FEDERAL SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING LAST WEEK'S CTA TRAIN CRASH THAT INJURED NEARLY 40 PEOPLE WHEN IT STRUCK INTO SNOW.

PROBABLY REMOVAL EQUIPMENT.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD RELEASED A PRELIMINARY REPORT CITING A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM.

AND JOINING US WITH MORE ON THAT IS JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN, A PROFESSOR AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZING IN PUBLIC POLICY AND TRANSPORTATION.

JOE SULLIVAN, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SO AS WE SAID, THE NTSB IS LOOKING AT A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM.

WHAT IS THIS DESIGN PROBLEM?

>> YOU KNOW, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT REALLY RISING SEAS, 5,000 SERIOUS CPA CARS TO BE ON ON THE ROAD A LONG TIME.

RAILS AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE ACTUALLY LONGER THAN WHAT'S BEST FUSION SUGGESTED.

SO THAT APPEARS TO BE A FACTOR HERE THAT EXTRA 1000 FEET NEEDED TO SAFELY STOP CORNER.

WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING AT THAT TOP SPEED OF 55 AND YELLOW LINE.

NOW, ONE OF THE VARIABLES HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IS THE RESIDUE ON THE TRACKS, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE CRUSH ME.

USE FROM QUESTION MEANS THE MADE THAT STOPPING EVEN LONGER.

>> SO COULD CTA ANYTHING TO RECOGNIZE THIS BEFORE THE ISSUE HAPPENED.

YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 1000 FOOT DIFFERENCE HERE IN THE BRAKING REQUIREMENTS THAN WHAT WAS.

ALLOWED FOR.

>> YEAH, CERTAINLY WE'RE WONDERING THE REST.

REPORT IS NOT YET CLEAR IF THERE WERE DRIVER ERRANT BALL IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED IMMEDIATELY, IF THERE WAS SOME.

SAFE STOPPING THE HOWARD STATIONS.

THIS TRAIN IS COMING IN FROM THE YELLOW LINE.

THE VISIBILITY IS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING LOCATION WITH UNDERPASS THE STOPPING OBVIOUSLY, I WAS MISSED GREATLY WITHOUT GETTING AT 26 MILES PER HOUR OR SO WE SEE AIR PRETTY MODEL FACTORS HERE.

AND THE OTHER THING I KIND OF STRIKING IS HOW THE RADIO COMMUNICATION IMPRESSIVE WHEN THE ALERT IN THE TRAIN'S MOTORMAN OF VERY AROUND THE TRACKS BUT DIDN'T REACH THE TRAIN QUESTION WE'RE NOT SO THAT A MYSTERY SURROUNDING THAT AS WELL.

>> YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF ANY OTHER TRAIN LINES AND THEY'RE BRAKING SYSTEMS.

WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS.

SURE.

YEAH.

THIS IS 800 NUMBER OF THESE ACCIDENTS.

FORTUNATELY, I NOT MANY FATALITIES.

24.14 ACCIDENTAL HERE WHICH WAS DRIVER ERROR A PARTIALLY WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED STATION SMALLER ACCIDENT ON THE PURPLE LINE IN 2019.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK LOOKING PART OF DRIVER TRAINING, WHETHER NEW EMPLOYEES, PERHAPS THAN SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS.

THAT ECCENTRIC PROPER SAFETY.

BUT THERE'S A WHOLE PATTERN HERE.

YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, YOU THERE HASN'T BEEN A GREAT LOSS OF LIFE, BUT THIS LAST ACTIONS BIT OF A WAKE-UP CALL.

>> NO LOSS OF LIFE, ALTHOUGH SOME PASSENGERS ARE FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CTA RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS?

ANY DOCUMENTED INJURIES HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE 20 FOR THE NEXT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF LEGAL SETTLEMENTS BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR DRIVER'S AIR.

I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THE LINGERING QUESTION.

MANY ARE ASKING CPA SHOULD I POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL AND REALLY FAST TIMETABLE POSSIBLY CAN TO STOP THIS ACCIDENT.

THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE COMES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

COSTS ARE LOT OF OTHER SAFETY ISSUES ON THE CTA WITH OLDER BRIDGES WORSE WITH BUS, STOP SAFETY ISSUES LOT OF PLACES.

AND SO IT'S A REAL TOUGH, TOUGH SITUATION.

GET THOSE SAFETY DOLLARS GET THE MOST BENEFIT.

BUT YOU CAN BET THESE LAWSUITS GOING 0 IN SOME OF THE SAFETY SYSTEMS ON THE OUT.

>> IT'S ALSO QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THIS SNOW REMOVAL WAS ON THE TRACK.

IS THAT UNUSUAL THAT IT WAS JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE ON THE TRACK?

>> YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY SOMEWHAT SURPRISING OPEN THEIR REPAIR FACILITIES THERE ON THE YELLOW WANT TO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HOW THE ORDER WHICH YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE.

IT'S A >> KIND OF A BIG GUY.

>> COMPLEX YARDER WITH IT'S STORAGE FACILITIES IS A REGULAR THING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE YELLOW LINE DOESN'T RUN ALL DAY LONG.

THERE ARE INTERVALS WERE DOESN'T RUN.

USUALLY IT'S BEST MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT.

>> DIFFERENT TIMES THE DAY.

AND CERTAINLY EXPECTING SNOW SO TO GET A GOOD EXPLANATION WHY THIS COURT WAS MOVING AND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOY, IT WAS A RECIPE DISASTER.

>> ALL BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT THERE, JOE, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT THE THRUST OF EVERYTHING YOU SAID WHAT THAT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NTSB STILL HAS TO ANSWER HERE.

>> QUITE A BIT.

AND WE NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TO DO WITH THE MOTOR MAN, CONDUCTOR ON THE TRAINS TO WHY WHY THE SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE GIVEN THE THIS RESIDUE ON THE TRACKS.

AND THAT COULD BE A BIT OF A GAME CHANGER IF WE HAVE CONDITIONS THAT WEREN'T FACTORED SOME OF THE SPECIFICATIONS.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE REALLY OR OIL ON THE TRACKS, I THINK THERE'S ALSO JUST GOING TO BE SOME REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PIECE OF SNOW APPOINTMENT.

IT MAGNIFIES THE EFFECT OF THE ACCIDENT METAL PROJECTILES JUST, YOU KNOW, PIERS, RIGHT INTO THE HEART GETS.

SO IT MADE THE EFFECT OF THIS ACTION A LOT WORSE THAN SEEING JUST 2 NORMAL CARS WITH HIT.

I'M PRETTY GRUESOME SCENE SIGHT.

>> PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

THEN IT ENDED UP BEING, THOUGH, I LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL LEFT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU MUCH.

AND NEXT, WHY ONE WITH RADIO LEGEND TERRY HAMMERS.

SHE'S A QUEEN OF CHICAGO ROCK AND ROLL RADIO AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

THIS YEAR SHE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS SINCE SHE FIRST WALKED INTO THE DOORS AT WX RTE RADIO IN CHICAGO.

AND IN THAT TIME SHE'S BECOME CHICAGO'S MOST BELOVED DJ.

A PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE AND THE COUNTRY'S FOREMOST BEETLE, JUST STILL HOSTING HER BELOVED SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST WITH THE BEATLES RADIO BROADCAST.

PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK COVER TONIGHT, RADIO LEGEND TERRY HEMMER CARRY HIM.

SO GREAT TO TALK TO YOU WE COULD TALK ALL DAY AND I WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME ABOUT MUSIC.

EXACTLY.

SO WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE ATTACKS, RT, 1973.

DID YOU SAY?

>> I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 50 YEARS DOING THIS.

I WAS HOPING FOR 2, HE REALLY IN EFFECT THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY PART OF TO BE A WOMAN AND GET A JOB IN RADIO.

>> YOU ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD.

YOU START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CAREERS.

I HAD THAT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.

NO, I DID NOT GET IN 50 YEARS ANYWHERE.

AND YOU BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN MORNING.

WELL, THE ALL IMPORTANT DRIVE TIME MOST OF THAT MEAN A LOT TO, YOU MY LOVE OF ALL, I DON'T WANT REALLY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT ACTUALLY >> THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY FILL IN FOR 4 WEEKS AND FOR WEEKS TURNED IN 8 MONTHS.

AND I WENT IN, I SAID YOU FOUND ANYBODY YET.

THEY SAID, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO 11 YEARS LATER, THEY BROUGHT LYNN BRAMMER INTO DO MORNINGS.

AND I TOLD LYNN THAT HE SAVED MY LIFE BECAUSE I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE STANDING BY BECAUSE IT'S SO STRESSFUL TO DO LAST THING TO CAUSE.

LYNN AND I WERE THE SAME IN THAT WE DIDN'T GO TO BED AT 7 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING LIKE MOST MORNING DEEJAYS COURSE IS PROBABLY HORSE LIVE LIKE I'M STILL 50 YEARS AGO AND SHE USED THAT'S IT.

AND WE WANT LIVE THE LIFE OF OUR LISTENERS LIVES.

SO WE READ ON LIKE 4, 5 HOURS OF SLEEP A LOT AND WE BOTH BECAME GREAT NOT TOGETHER AT ON STARTING RUMORS ABOUT THE WE'VE WE'VE GOT REALLY NAPPING BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTEGRATE THE LATE GREAT LEN TOLD THE STORY MANY TIMES IN 1965.

YOU'RE UP QUO >> YOU SEE A PICTURE IN THE LOCAL PAPER OVER DJ, INTERVIEWING RINGO STARR.

YOU LIKE?

I DO THAT, I CAN MEET THE BEATLES.

WELL, YEAH, ACTUALLY WAS A TEEN MAGAZINE.

ONE OF THOSE, YOU LIKE WHAT THE THE BEATLES LIKE, KEEP FOR BREAKFAST AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF FAR FROM JOURNALISM.

BUT NO, I I SAW A PICTURE OF JIM STAGG WHO WAS A DISC JOCKEY IN CLEVELAND THE TIME AND THEN HE CAME HERE TO CHICAGO TO WORK AT WC FL THE TIME I WENT TO ELMHURST COLLEGE TO STUDY THEORETICALLY SPELL OVER THE CAMPUS RADIO STATION.

NO, I SAW A PICTURE OF JIM'S STEAK INTERVIEWING RINGO AND I THOUGHT WOW, YOU LISTEN RADIO.

I LIKE ONE OF THOSE KIDS HAVE THE TRANSISTOR RADIO AIRED GOOD TO MY EAR AND I KNEW ALL THE SONGS OF THEY'RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE CHARGE.

WHENEVER WE GO TO DAYTON, WHICH IS OUR MANHATTAN, YOU KNOW, FROM PICK WE WOULD GO TO AND THEY HAD THE WINDOW, WE CAN LOOK SEE THE WING LIVELY GUYS.

AND I MY GOSH, I WAS LIKE A NIRVANA.

YOU YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND KIND OF IGNORED EVERYBODY.

WHEN THEY SAID I COULDN'T CAUSE THEY'RE WARNING WOMEN ON THE AIR.

SO I WENT TO FILM HEARST AND THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO DO MY CRAFT AND ALSO MET THE GUY GAVE ME MY FIRST FULL-TIME AIRSHIPS A FEW YEARS LATER.

AND YOU ALSO DID NEED SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BEATLES.

CAROL MARINE MY COLLEAGUE TOLD ME THIS STORY THAT THERE WAS A CONCERT SHE WAS AT WRIGLEY.

THE PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS DOING AND MCCARTNEY COMES BACKSTAGE TO MEET THE GOVERNOR IS LIKE OKAY.

BEAT THE BEAR THAT HE SEES YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS UP AND GIVES YOU A HUGE HUG.

SO CLEARLY THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT KID DOESN'T GET YOU SOCIETY OVER ADMIRATION.

WELL, HE KNOWS ME, YOU AND HE'S VERY SWEET.

>> HE'S A HE AND RINGO.

BOTH UNFORTUNATELY NEVER MET JOHN AND GEORGE.

THEY HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS AND THEIR KINDNESS AND CONNECTEDNESS.

IT'S NOT LIKE DOING IN THEIR VIEW ANYMORE.

CHECK CHAD.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WHEN YOU GET THEM TO OPEN UP YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE TIME HE CALLED ME ON THE AIR AND THE SUN TIMES THAT THEY HAVE DONE A FEATURE ON HIS DAUGHTER STELLA WHO WAS JUST STARTING HER BIG DESIGNING COURIER.

SO I SAID, WELL, WE WERE GETTING A CALL FROM LONDON FROM STELLA MCCARTNEY'S FATHER PAUL, AND HE WAS NEVER BEEN INTRODUCED.

SO RIGHT AWAY IF YOU GET THEM OFF PUT.

AND SO I READ HIM SOME OF THE THINGS OVER THE AIR AND HOW MUCH SHE SAID HER SUCCESS.

BECAUSE OF HER PARENTS, THAT THEY REMARKABLE.

PARENTS HAD A GREAT FAMILY LIFE AND I'M READING DEPAUL AND HE'S MELTING ON THE OTHER.

SO WE JUST GO FROM THERE AND JUST TALK ABOUT.

THE VALUES HE HAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE WASN'T JUST YOUR TYPICAL ROCK STAR AND HIS FAMILY WAS NUMBER ONE FAN IS OBVIOUSLY VERY WE KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS HIS LATE WIFE AND THEN ALL OF HIS WIVES.

YOU'VE INTERVIEWED SO MANY DIFFERENT ROCK AND SOUL STARS OVER THE YEARS.

ANY ANY OTHER INTERVIEWS REALLY STAND OUT TO ANYTIME I GET TO TALK TO MAVIS STAPLES.

I'M A HAPPY PERSON.

>> ALL BECAUSE YEAH.

>> BECAUSE SHE IS JUST SIMPLY THE BEST.

SHE REALLY IS CHICAGO.

SO LUCKY TO HAVE SHE STILL SHARE.

YEAH, HER WHOLE LIFE.

BRYAN HUGE TRUCKS MUSIC, RIGHT?

CARRIE ANN AND HE ACTS LIKE WORLD FRIENDS, EVEN THE SUNS ARE REALLY SWEET TO TRAVEL WITH HIM AND ALL THAT.

SO I'M ALWAYS AMAZED THE LIE WAS TOLD THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MEET HEROES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISAPPOINT YOU.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE THE WAY IT'S BEEN.

IN FACT, YOU TELL ME A STORY.

YOU WERE MAVIS STAPLES AND A FORMER.

>> A PERSON WHO USED TO COURT HER POPPED MISTER BOB DYLAN, MISTER ALSO KNOWN AS BOB RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

TELL ME.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, SHE IS TOLD THIS STORY AND IT'S IN BOOKS AND STUFF.

SO IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

BUT THE FACT BOB DYLAN WANTED TO MARY HER WENT BACK IN THE 60'S AND ACTUALLY SHE TOLD THE STORY TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME YEARS AGO.

WE WERE AT THE EX RT FREE 4TH OF JULY CONCERT.

SHE WAS BUT HER AND HER SISTER BECAUSE BOOKER T WAS THERE FROM BOOKER THE MGS AND THEIR THEIR OLD FRIEND.

SO BUDDY GUY WAS THE HEADLINER IN NUBA DEFECT.

BUT HE CALLED HER UP ON THE STAGE AND I GOT A SCORCHER OUT.

BUT BUT WE WERE SURROUNDED BY STAFF MEMBERS AN INSURANCE.

AND I GOT GO AND I SAID, SO WHAT ABOUT YOU AND BOB DYLAN?

AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO POP-IN SAID, I WANT TO MARRY YOUR DAUGHTER AND POP SAID WHY US?

GOOD ME.

ASK HER.

AND THEN SAID THAT HE WANT THEM TO OF FUNNY.

HER SISTER AND NEVADA SAID WANT TO MARRY YOUR SISTER.

WHY ASK ME, ASK HER.

HE NEVER ASKED SO BUT THEN YEARS LATER, SHE TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT HOW THEY WENT ON TOUR TOGETHER AND THEY HAD EACH OTHER IN DECADES HE WALKED INTO DRESSING ROOM TO SAY HELLO.

SHE SAID UP, YOU COULD HAVE HE WAS JUST TOO NERVOUS TO EVER ASK TO SHOW HE WAS SHOT.

MET WITH HER.

YEAH.

YOU GO JAZZ FEST IN NEW ORLEANS EVERY YEAR MY FAVORITE FESTIVAL AND I KNOW YOU HAD AN EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIC.

YOU DIDN'T GET TO GO BECAUSE YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT.

>> WHERE A SHOOTING BROKE OUT.

YOU NARROWLY GETTING SHOT.

THANKFULLY FOR US HOW YOU'RE PROCESSING FRIEND OF MINE DID GET HIT AND SHE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

AND SHE GOT HIT IN THE BACK.

AND THE BULLET STILL THERE.

BUT WE JUST BOOKED A FLIGHT THE OTHER DAY TO GO DOWN NEXT APRIL.

SO YOU'RE GOING BACK TO JUST I'M GOING IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

28 OF MY BEST FRIENDS THERE, THE RESTAURANT I'VE GONE TO SINCE 85 WHEN IT FIRST WENT IT WAS JUST A NIGHTMARE.

IT WAS JUST BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE WERE LIKE A MEZZANINE LEVEL.

SO THERE ARE NO WINDOWS THERE.

BUT BULLETS ARE FLYING IT WAS JUST A VERY TRAUMATIC AND TO SEE MY FRIEND FALL RIGHT AT MY FEET.

BUT SHE'S HANGING IN THERE.

IT WAS.

IT'S A MATTER OF INCHES AND THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT JUST REMIND YOU THAT THE YOU COULD GO ANY MINUTE, IT REALLY IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT WAS KIND OF A SPIRITUAL MOMENT OF CALM THIS AT ONE POINT WHEN THEY WELL, THIS IS REALLY WEIRD WAY TO GO.

MY 75TH BIRTHDAY IN RESTAURANT SAUL CITY CHICAGO'S HOME ORLEANS AND MY SOUL CITY.

ONE OF FAVORITE EVENTS.

TO GO THAT WAY.

BUT I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS IT.

IT'S FUNNY.

I NEVER IF IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

IT MIGHT BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT REACTION.

THANKFULLY, YOU'RE YOU'RE STILL HERE TO DO MORE RADIO AFTER 50 YEARS.

YOU'RE STILL DOING BREAKFAST WITH THE BEATLES.

TAPING AT THE OTHER DAY.

WHAT STILL EXCITES YOU ABOUT?

>> THE MEDIUM OF RADIO GETTING TO CONNECT WITH LISTENERS.

I LOVE RADIO BECAUSE I REMEMBER BEING ON THE OTHER END OF IT AND HOW IT IS AND HOW ENGAGED I FELT WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE MET LISTENERS OVER THE YEARS OF CALLED ON ME DURING THEIR ROUGHEST TIMES.

YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES WELCOME YOU INTO THEIR LIVES LUCKILY, I SORT OF HAD SOME TRAINING CAUSE.

I REALLY DID WANT TO BE A PRIEST OR NUN OR SOMETHING NOT REALLY IN AN BUT PRECEPT MORE FUN.

I WANT TO BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

THAT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN RADIO.

I MEAN, TRY GOING OVER THE BUT JUST GETTING TO KNOW THEM IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE I'VE MET OVER THE YEARS.

THAT IS THE MOST SATISFYING THING TO ME.

IT'S NOT A GREAT THING WHEN PEOPLE COME I LOVE YOUR VOICE.

LIKE RIGHT NOW VOICE IS TRASHED BECAUSE OF SICKLE WEEK.

WHEN THEY COME UP AND SAY YOU GOT ME FEEL ROUGH TIME YOU'RE THE REASON A BEATLE FAN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT IT SHOWS SOMETHING REALLY THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP THERE THAT I RESPECT.

NOT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL OBVIOUSLY, AS A BEATLE, ALA JUST A.

>> WHAT WHAT DO YOU WHAT YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT THE BEATLES THAT THAT CAUSE YOU TO GO SO DEEP INTO EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM?

>> WELL, THEY WERE JUST IT'S IT'S LIKE A.

WHEN IT HAPPENED.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE WERE ALL WATCHING THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW THAT NIGHT.

AT THE SAME TIME YOU COULDN'T.

>> THE VR ATTORENY.

THANK YOU KNOW YOU COULD GET THE VIDEO OR THE DVD YOU HAD TO BE THERE.

AND THAT WAS A SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY WE WENT TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S LIKE ALL WE TALKED ABOUT.

WE WERE JUST FREAKED OUT AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO LIKE ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T LIKE ALL THE HYPE AND OTHERS THAT BIG SO FAN AND I THOUGHT, OH, WE NEED FOR PAT BOONE'S LIKE WE NEED A COVER, AN R B SONGS WITH FUNNY OR CUTS AND ALL THAT.

AND I WATCHED HIM AND I WAS WON OVER IMMEDIATELY.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

THE MUSIC WAS GREAT.

HAVE THIS ENERGY, JOY TO IT THAT YOU DIDN'T OFTEN HERE AND STUFF THAT WAS ON THE TOP 40, THAT AND JUST THEY WERE REHEARSED.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DOING THE GUITARS LIKE THIS LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SMILE LIKE THEY REHEARSED THAT IT WAS SPONTANEOUS AND EVERYBODY.

WELL, NOT EVERYBODY, BUT WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHAT OUT, BUT GUITARS AND DRUMS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE IN A BAND.

THEY WANT TO BE THAT THAT THERE'S THAT SENSE OF CAMARADERIE THAT THEY SHOWED US THAT WE HAD SEEN HIM SHOW BUSINESS BEFORE.

HOW MANY MUSICIANS, HOW MANY BANDS STARTED BECAUSE OF THAT MOMENT?

YEAH.

MAKE PEOPLE GOTTEN RADIO.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND YOU TRANSLATE THAT LOVE TO SO MANY LISTENERS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND MANY MORE TO COME.

>> TERRY HEMMER, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WHAT ONE MORE THING, ONE MORE THAN KIDS.

THE YOUNG KIDS ARE STILL INTO THE BEATLES HOST FEST FOR BEATLES FANS AND WE GET TEENAGERS TO PUT THE BATTLE.

THE BEETLE BANDS.

THEY KNOW ALL THE WORDS.

KNOW THE CORDS WELL, BECAUSE NEW SONGS NOW AND THEN WHICH I JUST LISTEN TO FIRST TIME A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY, BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, TALKING WEEK, I LIKE I SAID, WE CAN TALK MUSIC ALL DAY.

MANY WILL DO A PODCAST WHERE WE CAN TO THAT THERE WOULD BE FUN.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH ON AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE BOOK ONE CHICAGO PROGRAM IS KIND OF LIKE A BOOK CLUB FOR THE ENTIRE CITY LIBRARY SELECTS.

A BOOK ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO READ IT AND THEN HOST A BUNCH OF EVENTS AROUND THE BOOK.

THE CURRENT SELECTION IS THEY'RE THEY'RE THE PULITZER FINALIST DEBUT NOVEL FROM NATIVE AMERICAN, TOMMY ORANGE, WHO TELLS THE STORY OF FELLOW NATIVE AMERICANS NOT AS IT EXISTED CENTURIES AGO, BUT AS THEY DO NOW IN CITIES DEALING WITH EVERYDAY CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS, I SAT DOWN WITH ORANGE LAST WEEK BEFORE PRESENTATION HE GAVE AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY.

16 YEARS AGO, FINDING OUT IN CHICAGO THAT THIS WAS A ACROSS THE COUNTRY WAS WAS A REVELATION TO ME.

>> AWARD-WINNING AUTHER TOMMY ORANGE SAYS A TRIP TO CHICAGO'S AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER SET HIM OFF ON A JOURNEY TO WRITING ABOUT THE URBAN EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE AMERICANS.

WE'VE GOT TO TOUR THE INDIAN CENTER AND IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY CONCEPT OF A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OF NATIVE LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> ORANGE GREW UP AND RESIDES IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AND SAID HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN POPULAR CULTURE.

80 1% OF US LIVE IN THE IN CITIES.

NOW BEEN THAT CASE FOR OVER A DECADE.

>> SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR VIEW OF NATIVE PEOPLE FOR.

YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

THE BOOK FOLLOWS A DOZEN CHARACTERS.

MANY BATTLING DEMONS LIKE ADDICTION AND CRIMINAL RECORDS.

>> AS THEY DESCEND ON A GIANT POWWOW IN OAKLAND.

>> PAOLO FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN URBAN CENTERS REALLY A PLACE TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY.

AND AND 2 CONNECT TO SOME TRADITIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE OLDER.

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY CHOSE THERE'S THERE AS IT'S ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO SELECTION LIBRARY COMMISSIONER CHRIS BROWN SAYS CITY READERS HAVE REALLY EMBRACED >> IT'S REALLY A STORY ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF IDENTITY IT'S A STORY ABOUT THE CHANGING NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

AND I THINK IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO, WHERE WE JUST WE'RE HOME TO SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES.

IT'S IT'S A STORY THAT THAT WOULD RESONATE AND WE'RE GLAD THAT HE ORANGE RECENTLY GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BOOK BEFORE A PACKED AUDIENCE AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY.

LAST WEDNESDAY, I FELT COMPLETELY HONORED AND AMAZED THAT.

>> THIS FAR INTO THE BOOKS LIFE THAT IT STILL IS GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED TO READ AND AND CHICAGO'S OR A SPECIAL TIME.

>> THE BOOK'S INTRODUCTION TACKLES DIFFICULT THEMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY.

FOR INSTANCE, THAT NATIVES WERE MASSACRED AROUND THE TIME OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.

HE SAYS THAT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHEN FAMILIES COME TOGETHER FOR THE HOLIDAY, WE KNOW CERTAIN ASPECTS AND TALK ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> IS NOT INNOCENT, BUT THEY THE NATIVE AMERICAN STORY.

IT'S STILL YET TO BE REALLY ADJUSTED BY AMERICAN PEOPLE.

OR IS ABOUT TO PUBLISH HIS NEXT NOVEL, WHICH HE SAYS IS A PREQUEL AND SEQUEL TO THERE AND WILL TIE UP SOME LOOSE ENDS FROM HIS FIRST BOOKS.

SHOCKING ENDING.

YOU HAVE TO READ IT TO SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

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WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT CHICAGO'S 2 NEW BEARS.

NOT THE FOOTBALL BEARS.

THAT IS AFTER THOROUGH EXAMINATION, 10 MONTHS OLD, ORPHAN BROWN BEARS ALASKA HAVE FOUND THEIR NEW HOME AT BROOKFIELD ZOO.

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARISH SHOTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO, PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES