>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT -- >> WE ARE BUILDING MOMENTUM.

>> THE FILING DEADLINE HAS PAST.

WHO IS OFFICIALLY IN AND OUT OF THE RACE FOR MAYOR.

>> THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.

WILL INFLATION DAMPENED DOWNTOWN CHICAGO'S HOLY SPIRIT?

>> HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU PROUD WHEN WE ARE SAFER?

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO ROLL OUT A NEW DATABASE.

COMMISSIONERS SAY, NOT SO FAST.

>>> IRAN ANNOUNCES THE UNITED NATIONS ON ITS INVESTIGATION INTO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING ONGOING PROTESTS.

>> NEW RESEARCH REVEALS SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG YOUTHS WAS ON THE RISE BEFORE THE START OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

>>> FAMILY MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW PROJECT THAT AND OTHER BUSINESS NEWS.

>>> TWO CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CRITICS CAME TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHO IS THE CITY FOR IN THEIR LATEST BOOK.

>> FIRST, SOME OF THE TOP STORIES.

AFTER 54 YEARS IN OFFICE, THE 14th WARD ALDERMAN ED BURKE, FEDERALLY INDICTED ON A DOZEN COUNTS OF CORRUPTION, IS CALLING IT A CAREER.

HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY GRAND ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT SIMPLY THE DEADLINE FOR THE CANDIDATES TO FILE CAME AND WENT FOR PETITIONS AND BURKE'S NAME WAS NOT ON THE LIST.

HE WAS A LONG TIME CHAIR THE CITY COUNCIL POWERFUL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE VOCAL PART OF THE OPPOSITION BLOC TO THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR, HAROLD WASHINGTON.

TWO CANDIDATES ARE VYING TO REPLACE BURKE.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS AND MORE ON WHO DID FILE TODAY COMING UP.

>>> SIX PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN INJURED IN SHOOTINGS ACROSS CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND.

THAT INCLUDES A SHOOTING THAT LEFT TWO DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED EARLY SATURDAY AT A GATHERING ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE.

IT OCCURRED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WEST PULLMAN.

TWO MEN AGES 34 AND 36, WERE KILLED.

TWO OTHERS WERE HOSPITALIZED AND ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

POLICE SAID NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY.

>>> CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID AS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS RAISE THE WARNING LEVEL FROM LOW TO MEDIUM.

THAT IS BASED ON DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

CHICAGO HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING OF AN EMINENT SURGE OF COVID AT HOLIDAY GATHERINGS AND COLD WEATHER BRINGS PEOPLE INDOORS.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE SHOW DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE ALSO SCENE SHARP INCREASES IN THE CASES OF THE FLU AND RSV RESPIRATORY VIRUS.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, WITH HOLIDAY SHOPPING UNDERWAY, A LOOK AT DOWNTOWN CHICAGO'S RETAIL MARKET.

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS, THE GYM AND K NAVY FAMILY, AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> SOME OF US LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING IS ON SALE.

IT SEEMS LIKE RETAILERS START ROLLING OUT THE BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY SHOPPING DEALS EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY YEAR.

BUT THIS YEAR, THE THIRD PANDEMIC HOLIDAY SEASON WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY INFLATION.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE MAGNIFICENT MILE ASSOCIATION, THE CHIEF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CHICAGO LOOP ALLIANCE, PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS RETAIL WORKS ASSOCIATION AND A PRINCIPAL AT CONSULTING AND THE RETAIL INDUSTRY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

KIMBERLY BEARS, LET'S START WITH YOU.

MANY RETAILERS HAVE HAD TO SHUT THEIR DOORS BECAUSE OF COVID.

HAS MICHIGAN AVENUE FULLY RECOVERED YET?

>> NO.

I WOULD NOT SAY ANY MAIN STREET HAS RECOVERED.

I JUST CAME BACK FROM LONDON.

IT HAS NOT RECOVERED AND NEW YORK HAS NOT RECOVERED.

NO AREA HAS RECOVERED BUT WE ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY.

I THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE LIKE TO GET OUT.

>> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, BEING ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY?

>> WE HAVE SURPASSED 2021 NUMBERS.

THAT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 2020 ANYMORE.

WE SURPASSED THOSE NUMBERS.

HOTEL OCCUPANCY IS UP.

AVERAGE DAILY RATES ARE UP AND WE ARE SEEING NEW RETAILERS TO COME ON MICHIGAN AVENUE .

>> HOW ABOUT THE LOOP?

>> I WOULD ECHO WHAT KIMBERLY SAID AND SAY THAT DURING THE HOLIDAY TIME, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR DOWNTOWN.

DEFINITELY A MAGICAL TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN STATE STREET IN THE LOOP AND THE NEGATIVE IS A MILE TO SHOP AND PEDESTRIAN LEVELS, WE EXPECT THE HOLIDAY SEASON THIS YEAR FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR, THAT WE MAY EXCEED 2019 LEVELS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.

>> IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

ROB CARR, ARE YOUR MEMBERS TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION?

>> THEY HAVE BEEN WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCT ACQUISITION.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE TEAM OF CONSUMERS, STORE TRAFFIC IS UP NOTICEABLY AND WAS OVER THANKSGIVING AT ALMOST 20%.

OVER 2021.

INFLATION HAS BEEN A CONCERN.

BUT WILLING TO SPEND IN SHOP AND THAT IS HOPEFUL FOR ALL OF US.

>> MATT ADAMS, THERE WAS A SURVEY ABOUT HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

WHAT WERE THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS?

>> THE BIGGEST ONE ECHOES WHAT ROB SAID IN TERMS OF SHOPPERS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO SPEND MORE THEN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

AND CHICAGO, 22% IN TERMS OF HOLIDAY EXPENDITURES.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS SPENT ON EXPERIENCE .

IT IS NOT JUST GIFTS BUT A RETURN TO GOING TO RESTAURANTS AND GOING TO THEATERS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE SEASON WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS .

>> ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVEY.

IT PREDICTED THAT HOLIDAY SPENDING WOULD DECLINE IN THE MIDWEST BUT WOULD INCREASE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT IS BEHIND THAT?

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

>> I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

THE EXPERIENCE SPENDING WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED.

IT IS A BIG RECOVERY.

46% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE THE SAME DECLINE IN EXPERIENCE SPENDING LIKE YOU DID IN THE MIDWEST.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME INFLATIONARY CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF GIFTS IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWN YEAR-OVER-YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD AND IN CHICAGO SPECIFICALLY FROM 15 GIFTS, TO NINE.

SO THERE IS A DECLINE BASED ON THE INFLATIONARY CONCERNS.

BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL PLANNING ON PRIORITIZING CELEBRATED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

>> ROB CAR, WHAT DOES THIS MAKE YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS RESEARCH AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR MEMBERS?

>> I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT YOU SEE A LOT OF SURVEYS WITH DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE DOWN OVER THE MIDWEST.

WE HAVE STUDIES OUT OF OHIO AND MICHIGAN THAT INDICATE THE NUMBER 4.5% TO UP TO 5% RANGE FOR THE MIDWEST.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE VOTE AND DON'T JUST HAVE SURVEYS.

YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU SEE A SPIKE IN TRAFFIC AND THE MEMBERS REMAIN HOPEFUL.

THE SEASON STARTED EARLIER.

THEY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GOOD TRAFFIC.

I THINK THE MAYOR, THE PANDEMIC FORCED ALL OF US, ONLINE AND BRICK-AND-MORTAR, COMING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN IT STARTING EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY YEAR.

KIMBERLY, THE MICHIGAN AVENUE RETAILERS, ARE THEY FINDING THEY HAVE TO MAKE ANY EXTRA EFFORT TO CONVINCE CONSUMERS TO SHOP AT BRICK-AND-MORTAR STORES?

>> I THINK THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC CERTAINLY FORCED RETAILERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE EXPERIENCED AS CLOSE TO THEY CAN.

THE NOSTALGIC, PEOPLE WANT TO BE BACK TOGETHER.

SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC ARCHITECTURE AND EXPERIENCES ARE FOUND IN THE LOOP AND ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.

I THINK THAT IS WAY IT WILL BE VERY WELL SERVED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> HOW IMPORTANT ARE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS TO A THRIVING LOOP?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF THE YEAR IN THE LOOP AND AND DOWN CHINA -- DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

THEIR EXPERIENCES IN ADDITION TO MAGNIFICENT SHOPPING THAT YOU CAN FIND ON STATE STREET.

YOU ALSO HAVE TWO ICE SKATING RINGS.

TWO THE PHONES AT MILLENNIAL PARK AND THE TREE.

THINGS LIKE THE CHRISTKINDL MARKET IS NOT JUST WHAT YOU ARE BUYING THAT THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW STATE STREET HOLIDAY MARKET WHICH IS ALL LOCAL, INDEPENDENT SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ARTISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS.

MOSTLY BLACK, LATIN AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

PEOPLE ARE FEELING VERY GUILTY ABOUT ALL THE ONLINE SHOPPING WE MIGHT BE DOING AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GO DOWNTOWN AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCE.

STATE STREET IS LINED WITH LIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FROM WHACKER TO IDA WELLS.

SO YOU FEEL MAGICAL WALKING AROUND IN THE DISTRICTS.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY DOWNTOWN .

>> IS THERE AN IMPACT OF CRIME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON SHOPPERS?

>> DEFINITELY SOME ISOLATED INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE.

THE FACT IS WHEN MOST PEOPLE, MOST EXPERIENCES -- I'M DOWNTOWN MOST OF THE TIME.

MOST PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY EXPENSES ARE NOT LIKE THAT.

IT IS CRUCIAL AND CRITICAL THAT WE ARE ALL CONCERNED AND MAKING SURE THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS SAFE AND THAT IT IS CRUCIAL TO OUR RECOVERY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE.

>> KIMBERLY, IS THAT A CONCERN FOR THE MICHIGAN AVENUE SHOPPING?

>> WE KNOW FOLKS ARE SECURED -- CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE PILOT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE WORK EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH OUR POLICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONDERS TO MAKE SURE THE DISTRICT IS SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE OUTLOOK FOR IN PERSON HOLIDAY SHOPPING THIS YEAR?

>> THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STORES CONSUMERS SAY THEY WOULD UNDERTAKE IS ACTUALLY UP FROM 4.89%, UP TO 6.1%.

THE IN PERSON TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO GAIN TRACTION AND IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THE CITY.

AND SHOPPERS ARE REALLY DEDICATED TO SOME OF THE HOLIDAY EVENTS AND THE PROMOTIONAL EVENTS.

WE SAW MORE THAN 50% OF SHOPPERS WERE SAYING THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE.

HOPEFULLY THAT TRANSLATED TO MICHIGAN AVENUE STORES THIS YEAR.

>> THEY ARE HAVING LIKE THE POP-UP EVENTS HAPPENING .

ARE THOSE ON TREND AND HOPING TO GET FOLKS BACK OUT.

>> WE DID A SURVEY ABOUT THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM WORKING WITH RETAILERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THE POP-UPS CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS.

TRY TO GET PRODUCTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHERE TRAFFIC IS.

IF FOOT TRAFFIC IS UP, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THEN THOSE CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING THAT GENERATE GREAT VALUE FOR RETAIL ORGANIZATIONS.

>> ROB, I KNOW YOU ARE IN SPRINGFIELD RIGHT NOW FOR THE FINAL SESSION OF THE YEAR.

WHAT WOULD RETAILERS LIKE TO SEE?

WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT WOULD YOU SAY RETAILERS NEED FROM STATE GOVERNMENT?

>> THEY WON'T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE SESSION NECESSARILY.

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS ALREADY UPON US.

IF YOU LOOK AHEAD, ANYTHING THAT ADDS COST -- WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT RETAIL IS A NARROW MARGIN INDUSTRY AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ASPECT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

A NARROW MARGIN INDUSTRY.

ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS ADDED HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT AND IT MAKES IT HARDER AND HARDER TO DO BUSINESS AND TO MAINTAIN A PRESENCE.

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT RETAIL IS THE LARGEST REVENUE GENERATED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE SECOND LARGEST FOR THE STATE.

SO AS GOES THE RETAIL SECTOR, SO GOES THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE SERVICES WE ENJOY.

I THINK IT IS A LONGER-TERM VIEW OF MAKING SURE THE GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS IS AWARE OF THAT AND APPLIES THAT TO THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.

>> WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME BUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY.

>> SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED ALSO THAT CHICAGO HAS OR OTHERS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF IT IS ARTS AND CULTURE.

THE THEATER ASPECT OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN, THERE ARE NUMBER OF SHOWS AT BROADWAY CHICAGO LIKE THE NUTCRACKER.

THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT ADD TO THE EXPERIENCE.

SO PEOPLE CAN GO SHOP, SEE A SHOW, HAVE DINNER AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

>> WE HAVE IT ALL, CHICAGO.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

HAPPY SHOPPING.

>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS .

>> THANK YOU.

IT IS OFFICIAL.

NINE MAJOR CANDIDATES WILL RUN FOR CHICAGO MAYOR IN 2023.

THAT INCLUDES INCUMBENT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND CONGRESSMAN GARCIA WHO FILED THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES TODAY TO QUALIFY FOR THE ELECTION.

OUR REPORTER JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHERE THE MAYOR'S RACE STANDS NOW AND WHETHER ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO WANT TO BE ON THE BALLOT WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE IT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG NEWS OF THE DAY.

ALDERMAN ED BURKE GOING ON 54 YEARS IN OFFICE DECIDES APPARENTLY THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO GO FOR ANOTHER TERM.

DO WE KNOW WHY?

>> HEATHER, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HAVING ISSUES.

CAN HEAR ME?

>> HELLO.

HE WILL NO LONGER BE A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ED BURKE FACED TWO MAJOR OBSTACLES IN RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

ONE, A 14 COUNT INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES HE USED HIS PUBLIC OFFICE TO DRUM UP BUSINESS FOR HIS PRIVATE LAW FIRM.

HE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY.

HE ALSO FACES THE 14th WARD WHICH IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE HE RAN IN IN 2019 WHICH IS CHOPPED OFF AND GIVEN TO OTHER OLDER PEOPLE.

>> ED BURKE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE STATE'S FINANCE LAW WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS .

HE HAS HAD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

HE CAN NOW CONVERT SOME OF THAT TO PERSONAL INCOME.

>> HE CAN.

HE HAS ABOUT $9 MILLION IN HIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT.

HE HAS ALREADY SPENT $3 MILLION FROM THAT ACCOUNT ON THE LEGAL FEES.

AND HE IS ENTITLED TO SPEND ALL OF THAT MONEY ON LEGAL FEES.

'S TRIAL ISN'T UNTIL 2023.

IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH THE DEFENSE WILL COST HIM BUT EVERYONE IS ANTICIPATING A VERY LONG AND HARD-FOUGHT TRIAL THAT WILL CERTAINLY NOT COME CHEAP.

>> SO IF IT ALREADY COST $3 MILLION, IT IS SAFE TO SAY IT WILL COST SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS MORE HAVING THAT BIG CAMPAIGN FUND WHERE HE YOU LEGALLY COULD USE THAT MONEY TO PAY HIS LAWYERS FEES.

>> THE OTHER NEWS OF THE DAY.

LORI LIGHTFOOT SUBMITS 40,000 SIGNATURES EARLY THIS MORNING RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE FINISH LINE AT 5:00 P.M.

EXPLAIN WHY THAT MATTERS.

>> IT MEANS THAT SHE WILL BE SEVENTH ON THE BALLOT.

SHE WILL NOT BE LAST.

HAD SHE BEEN IN LINE WITH CHUY GARC÷A, BOTH OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR A LOTTERY TO BE LAST ON THE BALLOT.

INSTEAD, SHE FILED ON HER OWN SCHEDULE SAYING IT DID NOT MATTER TO HER WHERE SHE WAS ON THE BALLOT AND THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO SHE IS AND THEY KNOW WHAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN OFFICE.

BUT IT DEFIES ALL THE POLITICAL WISDOM, ESPECIALLY IN A RACE THAT WHEN THIS CROWDED, YOU HAVE TO GET EVERY PERCENTAGE POINT YOU CAN FIND.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE CONGERS MEN CHUY GARC÷A DOES WANT TO BE LAST ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE HE FILED PRETTY LATE, RIGHT CLOSE TO THE 5:00 DEADLINE.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD REPORTERS TODAY.

>> I AM GETTING INTO THIS RACE BECAUSE I THINK I CAN BE A UNIFYING FORCE IN CHICAGO.

I THINK I HAVE THE TEMPERAMENT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

I HAVE THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE.

>> AS IS CUSTOMARY, THE CANDIDATES MEASURE HOW TALL THEIR STACKS OF SIGNATURES ARE.

HIS WAS A LITTLE TALLER THAN LORI LIGHTFOOT.

>> HE HOPES THAT IT SIGNALS THAT HE IS A CANDIDATE WHO FACED NO PROBLEM GETTING PEOPLE TO SUPPORT HIS CAMPAIGN AND THAT HE GOT THESE SIGNATURES HE SAID IN THREE WEEKS AND BARELY BROKE A SWEAT.

HE WANTED TO SIGNAL TODAY AND INDICATE THAT HE IS LIKELY TO BE IN THE TOP TWO AND FORCE THE MAYOR OR ANOTHER CANDIDATE INTO THE RUNOFF WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT.

HE SIGNALED, I'M A FRONT RUNNER AND TAKE ME SERIOUSLY.

THAT IS WHAT TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT WITH HIS PETITIONS EMBLAZONED WITH A MUSTACHE, A SYMBOL WE WILL SEE A LOT OF IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WE JUST SAW SOME FOOTAGE OF THAT MUSTACHE.

DID EITHER LORI LIGHTFOOT OR CHUY GARC÷A TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO SHOULD THEY EMERGE VICTORIOUS IN THE END?

>> THEY DID NOT.

TODAY WAS A DAY FOR FLEXING THE POLITICAL MUSCLE.

THERE WERE NO SPECIFICS.

EVEN THOUGH I ASKED LORI LIGHTFOOT WHAT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD BE ABOUT FOR HER IN 2023 THE WAY IN 2019 SHE CAMPAIGNED ON AN ANTICORRUPTION, ANTI- ED BURKE PLATFORM.

SHE SAID SHE WOULD PROMISE TO KEEP WORKING AND FINISH WHAT IS UNDONE AND FINISH TO REVERSE THE INEQUITY.

SHE -- CHUY GARC÷A HAD A SIMILAR MESSAGE BUT PROMISE TO DO IT BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

>> AND WE SHOULDN'T FORGET ANOTHER CANDIDATE THAT FILED TO RUN FOR MAYOR WHICH IS CURRENT ALDERMAN RODERICK SAWYER.

HOW MANY PETITIONS DID HE FILE AND IS HE VULNERABLE TO A CHALLENGE?

>> I THINK HE MAY BE VULNERABLE TO A CHALLENGE.

HE DECLINED TO TELL REPORTERS SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE MANY SIGNATURES HE OBTAINED.

ONE TELLING SIGN IS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CARRY THOSE PETITIONS INTO THE FILING CENTER.

HE DID NOT NEED A WHEELBARROW.

IT APPEARED TO ME THAT HE HAD MAYBE ABOUT HALF AS MANY AS THE MAYOR SUBMITTED AND THAT MEANS THAT HIS COMPETITORS, ESPECIALLY ON THE CROWDED PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE AISLE, LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THOSE PAGES, SEEING WHETHER THE SIGNATURES ARE VALID OR WHETHER THEY CAN KNOCK HIM OFF THE BALLOT AND MAYBE CLEAR SOME BREATHING ROOM IN THE CAMPAIGN AHEAD.

>> HEATHER, WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

A QUICK NOTE FOR THE VIEWERS.

WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH OUR LIGHTING THAT WE ARE FORGING AHEAD.

THAT IS WHY THE STRANGE LOOK RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES FOR THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE AFTER THIS.

>>> ONE CHICAGO'S FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES LOOKS TO SHED HALF OF ITS HEADQUARTERS BASED IN THE LOOP.

A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR SUBURBAN RENTERS AS RENT PRICES RISE AND THE WORK-FAMILY TAKES ON A PROJECT OFF THE ICE.

>> HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS OUR BUSINESS REPORTER, DANNY ECKER.

ANOTHER COMPANY LOOKING TO GET RID OF DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE AS MORE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME.

WHAT IS THE LATEST WITH SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE COMPANIES?

>> THEY PUT ABOUT 64,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICES IN THE LOOP UP FOR LEASE.

THIS PILES ON TO A RECORD AMOUNT OF OFFICE SPACE DOWNTOWN AVAILABLE FOR SUBLEASE.

ACTUALLY MORE THAN DOUBLE THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

THEY ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES IN CHICAGO BUT THEY DON'T EXPECT THE WORK FORCE TO BE BACK IN THE OFFICE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SO THEY SAID, WE CAN SAVE BY UPLOADING SOME SPACE.

SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME LISTINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC MAINLY COMING FROM THE RISE OF REMOTE WORK.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE RECESSION THREAT FORCING MORE COMPANIES TO TRY TO SAVE CASH.

AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY BAD NEWS FOR LANDLORDS WHICH ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH RECORD HIGH VACANCIES.

>> SO ANOTHER REAL ESTATE NEWS, SUBURBAN APARTMENT RENT IS UP NEARLY 12%.

THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR RENTERS.

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

>> RENTERS STILL ARE AT A RECORD HIGH.

A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

WE DEMAND RENTAL UNITS TO BE SURPASSING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

BUT THE RATE OF GROWTH IS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN.

ONE CONSULTING FIRM PROJECTED AN INCREASE.

NEXT YEAR, CLOSER TO FOUR OR 5%.

CLOSER TO AN ANNUAL TYPICAL RATE JUMP.

RECESSION BEING A BIG FACTOR AND A SLOW DOWN OF THE JOB MARKET.

USUALLY NOT GOOD FOR DEMAND FOR APARTMENTS.

YOU ALSO HAVE RISING INTEREST RATES WHICH MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD APARTMENTS WHICH COULD KEEP HER IN HIGH.

GENERALLY OVERALL, IT IS A GOOD TIME TO OWN AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE SUBURBS BUT RENTERS MIGHT FEEL RELIEVED IN 2023.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THE WORD FAMILY, OWNERS OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS, HAVE A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE.

TELL US ABOUT THEIR PLAN TO REDEVELOP THE FARMLAND IN THE COUNTY?

>> THE FAMILY HAS OWNED MORE THAN 700 ACRES OF FARMLAND SINCE THE 1850s.

FOR PERSPECTIVE, A COUPLE DECADES BEFORE THE BIRTH OF ICE HOCKEY ITSELF.

IT WAS THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD OF THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

THE FAMILY WANTS TO DEVELOP WITH AS MANY AS 2000 HOMES.

THEY WANT TO ALSO INCLUDE RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL SPACE.

THERE ARE OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PROJECTS NEAR THEIR THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PURSUING.

THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

THERE IS A HEARING COMING UP ON DECEMBER 12 WHERE THEY WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO ANNEX PROPERTY TO SUPPORT IT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE COULD SEE ANOTHER NEW ARM OF THE WIRTZ BUSINESS EMPIRE.

>> 1850s.

IMPRESSIVE TO HAVE KEPT IT IN THE FAMILY THAT LONG.

DANNY ECKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> BACK TO YOU.

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO DEBUT A REVISED GANG DATABASE.

BUT NOT IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE APPOINTED TO THE NEW OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, CAN STOP IT.

WE HAVE THE LATEST.

>> REPORTER: THE CPD IS SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE NEW CONTROVERSIAL GANG DATABASE.

GETTING FEEDBACK FROM IMPORTANT CONSTITUENTS IS NEGATIVE.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IT HAS GOOD REASON FOR KEEPING A LOG OF ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS FOR THE NEW ITERATION OF THE DATABASE.

THE PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT AND MANAGE INFORMATION ON CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES AND STREET GANGS TO PREVENT AND INVESTIGATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

BUT THE DATABASE HAS BEEN REVILED BY CRITICS AND HAS GONE TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WHICH HAS DONE AUDITS DETAILING THAT THE DATABASE IS RIPE WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR ERRORS AND CONTAINS OUTDATED INFORMATION AND OVERWHELMINGLY LISTS BLACK AND LATINOS.

MICHAEL HARRINGTON HAS BEEN LONG FIGHTING FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IS PART OF THE ROGERS PARK COMMUNITY GROUP NETWORK 49.

HE SAYS THAT THE INCLUSION ON THE LIST CAN HAVE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES.

>> THE EXISTING LIST THAT SAYS YOU ARE OR ARE NOT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, AFFECTS PEOPLE'S LIVES.

IT AFFECTS JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT BEING LISTED BY THE POLICE CAN HURT YOU WITH.

>> HE SAYS THAT THE CPD'S PAST DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE POLICE TO KEEP THE LOG AND TO LABEL WHO MAY BE IN A GANG AND THAT THERE SIMPLY IS NOT THE TRUST.

>> TO LABEL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AS MEMBERS OF A GANG, THERE IS NOT THE ABILITY TO HUMANELY MAINTAIN THE LIST AS BEING ACCURATE.

SO WHAT WE END OF HAVING IS A HUGE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SUSPECT LIST WHEN THEY NEVER BELONGED ON IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> HARRINGTON IS FAR FROM THE ONLY ONE WITH QUESTIONS.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE CHICAGO CPD COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT PLAN THAT UNDERWAY AND THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HE TOO HAS CONCERNS.

>> I HAVE THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTION STILL OUT THERE.

WHY DO WE HAVE IT?

HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU PROUD WE ARE SAFER?

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

WHAT ARE THE METRICS USED TO DEFINE THE EFFECTIVENESS?

THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE DATABASE NEEDS TO EXIST AND WHETHER IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP OUR POLICE.

>> HE SAYS THAT COMMISSIONERS SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE CPD'S POINT OF VIEW.

>> NO ONE SHOULD MAKE A POLICY WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.

AND NOT ONLY DO THE WORK BUT RISK THEIR LIVES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, NO ONE SHOULD BE MAKING POLICIES WITHOUT TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO PAY THEIR PAYCHECKS AND WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN HARMED BY POLICIES IN THE PAST.

>> HE SAYS THAT THE POLICY HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY VETTED BY THE PUBLIC, NOR BY THE COMMISSION.

HE SAYS THAT HE HAS TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND SAYS THAT SO FAR, NOT A SINGLE PERSON WHO ISN'T WORKING FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A POSITIVE VIEW AND IS IN SUPPORT OF A GANG DATABASE, EVEN WITH THOSE PROVISIONS.

IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT, HE SAYS THAT HE HOPES THAT POLICE WILL, AT THE VERY LEAST, DELAY BRINGING OUT THIS NEW GANG DATABASE BUT HE SAYS HE MAY ASK FOR MORE.

>> IS OR EVEN A NEED FOR A DATABASE?

BY NO MEANS DO I THINK IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IN A COLLABORATIVE FASHION AND WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS THE BEST USE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS OR IF IT WOULD BE DISCRIMINATORY.

>> THIS DATABASE FOR YEARS HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL.

WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE NEW ABOUT IT?

>> HARRINGTON SAYS THAT THE ANSWER IS NOT ENOUGH.

HE SAYS THAT FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, THE CHANGES ARE MOSTLY COSMETIC IN NATURE.

IT IS SOMETHING TO POINT OUT THAT THE POLICY DOES NOT CALL FOR AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFYING SOMEBODY WHEN THEY GET ON THE DATABASE BUT RATHER INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY CLERK TO LEARN THE INFORMATION.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE POLICY IS A PROCESS FOR APPEALING INCLUSION ON THE DATABASE.

THERE IS ALSO CRITERIA FOR WHAT WOULD PUT SOMEBODY ON THE DATABASE.

EITHER YOU NEED TO HAVE A RECORDED CONVERSATION IN WHICH SOMEONE IS ADMITTING TO BEING IN A GANG OR THEY HAVE TO MEET VARIOUS STIPULATIONS SUCH AS HAVING GANG TATTOOS OR DISPLAYING SYMBOLS FOR A GANG.

>> WHAT IS NEXT?

>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS POLICY UNTIL DECEMBER 7th OR THEY COULD DO SO RIGHT NOW.

EVEN AS WE SPEAK, THERE IS A COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT MEETING GOING ON AND THERE WERE 200 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING A COUPLE WHO PLAN TO SPEAK TO THE POLICY.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CPD DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT ABOUT THIS BUT THE CPD DID COMMIT TO A PRESENCE AT THIS EVENING'S VIRTUAL MEETING.

ALSO THAT THE CPD SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIRM TIMELINE FOR ROLLING OUT THIS NEW POLICY.

IN A PREVIOUS STORY ABOUT THIS, IT WAS REPORTED BY HEATHER THAT THE CPD DID SAY THAT IT HAD SOUGHT OUT NEW INPUT AND THAT IT HAD GONE OUT OF THE WAY TO MAKE SURE ANY INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THE NEW DATABASE IS ACCURATE.

WITH A STATEMENT SAYING, "IT IS IMPORTANT TO BUILD ON FAIR AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME IS TAKEN TO ENSURE IT IS ALIGNED WITH CPD'S COMMITMENT TO REFORM."

BUT ALREADY, YOU HAVE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE MAYOR'S RACE AND OPPONENTS OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT STATING THAT INSTEAD OF THE DATABASE, THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES.

THEY SAY MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW GANG DATABASE IS MOVING TOWARD A POLICE STATE.

APPARENTLY, IF YOU WEAR THE WRONG CLOTHES OR GET THE WRONG TATTOO, THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION INTO IMMATERIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM SAID IN A STATEMENT.

BY THE WAY, NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLICY BUT THE TENSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AND THE CPD.

YOU HAVE HOPE FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REALLY THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS SAY THAT THEY SEE IT AS A FIRST TRUE TEST OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMISSION AND HOW SERIOUS THE CPD WILL TAKE IT.

REALLY, WHO CALLS THE SHOTS AND WHO HAS THE POWER?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE A BUMPY ROAD POSE FOR THE NEW GANG DATABASE.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER >>> THE UNITED STATES MEN'S SOCCER TEAM FACES A CRUCIAL MATCH AGAINST IRAN TOMORROW IN THE WORLD CUP.

IT COMES AS U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION POSTED A PICTURE OF THE IRANIAN FLAG WITHOUT THE EMBLEM REPRESENTING THE REGIME.

THIS PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON A BRUTAL CRACKDOWN IN THE COUNTRY WHERE HUNDREDS ARE FEARED DEAD IN PROTEST THAT BROKE OUT AFTER THE DEATH OF A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO WEAR A HIJAB.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS IS THE PROFESSOR OF IRANIAN HISTORY AND THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND IRANIAN ACTIVIST.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE WITH CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FIRST, REMIND US WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE SEPTEMBER AND THE INITIAL PROTEST IN IRAN AFTER THE DEATH?

>> SHE WAS ARRESTED BY THE MORAL POLICE AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER ALONG THE LINE AND SHE APPARENTLY WAS HIT BY A BLUNT FORCE AND THEN GOES INTO A COMA AND ENDED UP ON LIFE SUPPORT AND DIED TWO DAYS LATER.

A BRAVE FEMALE JOURNALIST IN IRAN RELEASE TO THE PHOTO FIRST AND THEN TWEETS THE NEWS AND THAT IS WHEN EVERYTHING BREAKS LOOSE IN IRAN AND THE PROTESTS FOLLOW.

>> AND HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

THE U.N. SAYS IT WILL CONDUCT A HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRACK DOWN.

IRAN SAYING THAT THEY WON'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE INVESTIGATION WILL UNCOVER?

>> I'M NOT SURE IF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE ANY SORT OF INFORMATION THAT WILL FIND ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOTAGE AND PICTURES.

PEOPLE ARE WORKING AS JOURNALISTS AS THEY TRY TO DOCUMENT WHAT THEY ARE SEEING AND TRYING TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION.

THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AND HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS GOING ON THAT COULD PREVENT THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING THESE DAYS.

KILLING PEOPLE WITHOUT INVESTIGATING WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> WE ARE KEEPING HOPEFUL.

>> AND THERE IS AN UPRISING IN IRAN.

BUT THIS REGIME HAS BEEN IN POWER SINCE THE LATE 70s.

IS THERE ANY SERIOUS THREAT?

>> THERE IS A SERIOUS THREAT BUT WHAT I WOULD CALL, NOT IN EVOLUTION BUT A REVOLUTION EVERY YEAR, IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE RISING AGAINST THE REGIME AND THEY WANT THINGS TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 43 YEARS.

THE SECURITY APPARATUS HAS BEEN PERFECTING ITS TOOLS.

IS GETTING A LOT OF HELP FROM NORTH KOREA AND CHINA AND RUSSIA.

SO IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, TO SEE AN ABSOLUTE 100% CHANGE, FOR ME, IT IS VERY HARD TO IMAGINE.

>> WE MENTIONED THE PROTESTS BY THE U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION AND ALSO THE IRANIAN MEN'S SOCCER TEAM THAT STOOD FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT DID NOT SING IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

HOUSES PLAYING INTO THE WORLD CUP MATCH BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN TOMORROW?

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DEBATES ABOUT THIS AT THIS POINT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT THE IRANIAN SECTOR TEAM, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE KEEP SUPPORTING THEM AS A NATIONAL TEAM OF IRAN AND DIVIDING THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM AND BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM.

WE ARE ALL WONDERING CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE GAME WILL END AROUND MIDNIGHT AND IRAN.

AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE CEREMONY.

SOCCER IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR IRANIANS.

WHENEVER THERE IS WINNING, THEY TRY TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE NOT SURE IN THE FACE OF A LOSS WHAT WILL BE THE ACTION AFTERWARDS FROM THE PEOPLE AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESPOND.

BUT THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENTS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THE ISLAM REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SOCCER TEAM AND TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FACT THAT THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN SOME SORT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> IT IS REPORTED THAT THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS ANGRY AT THEIR SOCCER TEAM FOR THE PROTESTS AND NOT SINGING THE ANTHEM AND THREATENING NOW TO PERHAPS PUNISH THEIR FAMILY.

DO YOU THINK THOSE ARE SERIOUS THREATS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE SHOULDN'T KID OURSELVES BELIEVING THAT THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW ITS PLAYERS THAT ARE OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING THE ISLAM REPUBLIC, THAT IS TRUE.

AT THE SAME TIME, SOCCER IS QUITE POPULAR AND FOR THE PSYCHE OR THE MENTAL STATE OF PEOPLE, I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A WIN TOMORROW AND I DID SOME INVESTIGATION THIS MORNING CALLING DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT JOURNALISTS INSIDE IRAN TO SEE IF PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING IT.

THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO, ALMOST 100% WOULD SAY THEY WOULD WATCH IT.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD CELEBRATE IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

THINGS CAN CHANGE.

IF IRAN EITHER TIES WITH THE U.S.

TOMORROW OR GOING TO WIN.

THINGS CAN GO EITHER WAY.

>> IF THEY WON OR TIDE, THEY WOULD BE IN THE TOURNAMENT.

WHAT YOU THINK THE REACTION TO BE IF THEY LOST?

>> THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN.

PROBABLY THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND FACE THE CONSEQUENCES, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYERS.

AND I'M HOPING IT IS NOTHING SERIOUS.

>> THE NIECE OF THE LEADER, SUPREME LEADER, HAS WARNED OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO CUT THEIR TIES WITH HER AGAINST HER UNCLE'S RULE.

TO THINK THAT IS WITH U.S. AND WESTERN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD REACT?

OR SHOULD THEY MAINTAIN SOME KIND OF DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL?

>> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE.

BASED ON WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY, EVERYONE THINKS ALL THE GOVERNMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO START ISOLATING THE PEOPLE.

AND IT IS ABOUT ANY SORT OF DICTATORSHIP AND ANY SORT OF GOVERNMENT AS LONG AS OTHER INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS START TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE AND START TO HAVE THE POLICY WITH THEM.

IT IS HARD TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CHANGE.

AT LEAST IF THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF CHANGE IN THEIR BEHAVIOR OR OPEN UP THE FREEDOM, THERE WOULD BE HOPES FOR CONTINUING DIPLOMACY.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY POINT IN THE BEST FOR GOVERNMENTS TO SEPARATE FROM THE REST.

>> YOU SAID BEFORE THAT THE U.S. SHOULD NOT MUDDLE AT ALL BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROPAGANDA FROM THE RULING REGIME THAT ALL THESE UPRISINGS ARE SIMPLY CAUSED BY THE WEST.

>> IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY HURTING THE CAUSE OR THE LONG RUN AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS VERY REALISTICALLY.

DIPLOMACY WILL ALWAYS WIN.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF IT SUPPORTS AN INVASION OR AN ATTACK ON IRAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IRANIANS ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE RIGHT NOW NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHO TO ASK FOR HELP.

AND I THINK SOME WOULD SAY THE IRANIANS ARE EXHIBITING, EXPECTING AMERICANS TO STEP IN.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THE AMERICANS DON'T STEP IN UNLESS THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST FOR THEM.

AT THIS MOMENT, I'M SURE THERE IS NO INTEREST FOR THEM.

>> SERIOUS INTEREST IN THE WORLD CUP MATCH TOMORROW.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A STORY ON WHAT NEW RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT KIDS AND MENTAL HEALTH COMING UP IN A SECOND.

FIRST, WE WILL BE JOINED BY THE AUTHORS OF A PROMINENT NEW BOOK, THOUGHT PROVOKING BOOK ABOUT CITY'S ARCHITECTURE AND HOW IT HAS OR HASN'T HELPED BUILD A MORE UNIFIED AND EQUITABLE CITY.

THAT BOOK IS CALLED "WHO IS THE CITY FOR, ARCHITECTURE EQUITY AND PUBLIC REALM IN CHICAGO."

JOINING US ARE THE AUTHORS, BLAIR KAMAN, THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING ARCHITECT AND THE ARCHITECTURE CRITIC AND MEMBER OF THE SUN-TIMES WHO TOOK THE PHOTOS IN THE BOOK.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME TO CHICAGO.

THERE ARE SOME LIGHTING ISSUES SO WE ARE JOINING YOU FROM THE OFFICES.

HOW DID THE TWO OF YOU COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS BOOK?

>> BLAIR CALLED ME UP OR E-MAILED ME AND SAID, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS?

AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE COLUMNS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND FIGURE OUT A WAY AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND NOT A WRITER BUT A PHOTOGRAPHER, TO VIEW THE CITY AS HE SAW IT WHEN HE WROTE ABOUT IT.

AND HAVE KIND OF A SPIN ON THE IMAGES.

>> YOU ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE BOOK AND THESE ARE BLAIR'S ARTICLES FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THE FIRST CHAPTER, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRUMP AND OBAMA.

TWO DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS.

BOTH WITH THE VANITY PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

TRUMP TOWER AND THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.

FIRST, SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE YOU HAD WITH TRUMP BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN YOU WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT HIS POWER AND HIS NAME ON THE TOWER.

>> BLAIR, I THINK YOU NEED TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE THERE .

>> THERE YOU ARE.

I CAN HEAR YOU .

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH TRUMP INITIALLY WAS PRETTY CORDIAL ON HIS END.

IN HIS OWN WORDS, HE SAID HE WAS SUCKING UP TO ME BECAUSE HE WANTED A GOOD REVIEW OF HIS TOWER.

WHEN I CRITICIZED THE GIANT SIGN HE PUT ON THE BUILDING, ALL THE SUDDEN, I WAS NO LONGER AN ADMIRABLE ARCHITECTURE CRITIC.

I WAS, AS HE PUT IT ON THE TODAY SHOW, A THIRD RATE ARCHITECTURE CRITIC WHO HAD GOTTEN FIRED FROM HIS JOB.

SO THIS WAS A PRETTY WEIRD EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE IT FORESHADOWED, IN A WAY, WHAT TRUMP WOULD DO AS PRESIDENT, TURNING JOURNALISM INTO ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE.

EXPRESSING OPINIONS THAT REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

IT REALLY WAS ALL ABOUT HIM.

SO WHEN GENEROUS SIX HAPPENED AND HE WAS SITTING THERE AND HIS DINING ROOM WATCHING FOX NEWS AND WATCHING THE INSURRECTION UNFOLD, I WAS NOT SURPRISED HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT IS TRUMP.

IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM.

VERY SAD AND VERY STRANGE AND WEIRD REALLY.

>> EVEN WISHED YOU WELL.

YOU ARE UNDERGOING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE.

WHEN YOU WROTE A NICE REVIEW ABOUT THE BUILDING, THEN OF COURSE EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN YOU CRITICIZE THE BIG TRUMP NAME.

I WANT TO GET TO AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK, A KEY EXCERPT.

YOU WROTE WRITE, IS THIS A GOOD CITY OR A JUST CITY?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLING THE CITY ADVANCED THE FORTUNES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS DEVASTATED BY DECADES OF DETERMINATION, DISINVESTMENT AND THE INDUSTRIALIZATION?

ON THAT CRUCIAL MATTER, THE JURY IS OUT.

SO BLAIR, HOW CAN ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IMPROVE THE TALE OF TWO CITIES HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> I THINK WE ARE SEEING AN ATTEMPT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW BY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S ADMINISTRATION.

ONE OF HER SIGNATURE PROGRAMS OUT WEST HAS AMASSED $2.2 BILLION IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE COMMERCIAL CORNERS OF 10 COMMUNITY AREAS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAN THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT WENT INTO BUILDING A FIELD PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT LIKE THE ROBERT TAYLOR HOMES.

THE PROBLEM FOR LIGHTFOOT IS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS OF HERS IN THE SOUTHWEST ARE ON PAPER RIGHT NOW.

CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT STARTED YET.

THEY DO LOOK GOOD ON PAPER.

THEY ARE VERY INTELLIGENTLY ASSEMBLED PLANS.

THEY USE GOOD ARCHITECTS.

THEY HAVE A NICE MIX OF MODERN AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THEY MIXED USES TO MAKE LIVELY AND SAFE STREETS.

SO THERE IS MORE PROMISE THERE.

I THINK HER PLANNING COMMISSIONER REALLY DESERVES CREDIT FOR PUSHING THINGS FORWARD IN A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.

>> SO THERE IS A PROJECT IN BOSTON AND AUBURN.

SO A CRUCIAL POTENTIAL PUBLIC SPACE OR PLACE IT HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SPACE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE JAMES ART THOMPSON CENTER.

NOW GOOGLE IS PURCHASING IT.

DO YOU HAVE HIGH HOPES HERE THAT GOOGLE CAN REPURPOSE THAT SPACE INTO A PUBLIC SPACE?

>> THEY CERTAINLY SHOULD.

THE JURY IS STILL OUT.

I THINK THE TOWNS WILL CERTAINLY BE PUSHING FOR THAT.

THE BEAUTY OF SAVING THE BUILDING IN ADDITION TO SAVING THE HISTORIC EXTERIOR, MEANS PRESERVING THAT SPACE ON THE INSIDE.

THAT IS THE SPACE WHERE THE BUILDING ZOOMS.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT WILL BE PRESERVED AND IN SOME WAY, WE ARE HOPING YES, IT SHOULD BE.

AND HOW YOU DO THAT IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE SECURITY WISE.

BEFORE 9/11 AND THE MADNESS, YOU COULD GO TO ANY BUILDING IN CHICAGO AND LOOK AROUND.

NOW YOU CAN'T DO IT IS MUCH.

SO WILL IT BE OPEN AND HOW WILL IT BE OPEN?

THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED.

BUT THESE POINT OF USE COULD BE EXPRESSED.

>> WE KNOW THAT YOU AND OTHERS WILL KEEP THE PRESSURE ON GOOGLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

BLAIR, YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK ABOUT HOW PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE ARE NOT JUST BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

FOR INSTANCE, THE EXTENSION OF THE RED LINE DOWN TO 130TH.

YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON THAT.

RIGHT NOW, OLDER PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT ON BOARD TO PROVIDE CITY FUNDING.

THE WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU TO ENGAGE IN PROJECTS THAT CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE-NOTS?

>> I THINK THAT IN SOME CASES, THE ALDERMEN ARE TAKING A SHORTSIGHTED -- ULTIMATELY DISINGENUOUS PERSPECTIVE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH USING TIF FUNDS TO FUND THE PURPLE AND RED LINE MODERNIZATION ON THE NORTH SIDE BUT NOW THE SUDDEN IT IS THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.

I JUST FIND THAT DESPICABLE HONESTLY.

I THINK THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT.

THIS SOMETIMES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS ON THE CITY'S PLAY RIGHT NOW.

IT HAS ALL THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS.

NOT ONLY FOR ELIMINATING THE TRANSIT DESERT ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE BUT ALSO INCREASING THE TAX BASE AND IMPROVING AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND MAKING THE LABOR POOL BETTER FOR DOWNTOWN EMPLOYERS.

THERE ARE JUST ENORMOUS BENEFITS THAT WOULD ACCRUE TO THE WHOLE CITY.

SO THE ARGUMENT OF THE ALDERMEN IS UTTERLY BASELESS IN MY VIEW.

AND THIS GETS TO THE CORE ISSUE OF THE BOOK.

WHO IS THE CITY FOR?

WHO GETS WHAT?

WHO GETS TREATED FAIRLY AND WHO DOESN'T?

IF THIS PROJECT DOES NOT GO FORWARD BECAUSE OF SHORTSIGHTEDNESS, IT WILL BE A TRAGEDY AND A TRAVESTY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE BOTH OF YOU COME TOGETHER AND WRITE THIS BOOK.

TWO GREAT MINDS ON ARCHITECTURE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED "WHO IS THE CITY FOR?

ARCHITECTURE IN THE PUBLIC REALM IN CHICAGO."

YOU CAN READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR WEBSITE.

MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT JUST AHEAD SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

>>> THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SET IN.

RESEARCHERS AT NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SAY THAT EMERGENCY ROOMS IN ILLINOIS EXPERIENCED A SPIKE IN KIDS AGES 5-19 COMING IN WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR IDEATIONS IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND THEN ANOTHER SURGE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE RESEARCH IS THE LATEST IN A ROUND OF WARNINGS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

JOINING US NOW IS DR. AUDREY BREWER, INSTRUCTOR PEDIATRICS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND A PEDIATRICIAN AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

DR.

BREWER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SPECIFICALLY, YOUR RESEARCH SHOWS EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS RELATED TO SUICIDE THOUGHTS SPIKED IN THE FALL OF 2019 WHICH WAS BEFORE COVID, INCREASING 59% BETWEEN THE YEAR 2016 AND 2017 AND THEN 2019 AND 2021.

WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH TELL YOU?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

BASICALLY, YOU SAID IT.

WE WERE SEEING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS STUDY RELATED TO SUICIDAL IDEATION, RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AMONG YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS BEING A BIG THING AND IT STARTED TO INCREASE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE KNOW FROM THIS STUDY THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING SUICIDAL IDEATIONS OR CONCERNS WERE FOR THE PENDULUM.

>> WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ON THE REASONS FOR THIS?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK AT LURIE CHILDREN'S AND NORTHWESTERN AND PROBABLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A LOT OF PEDIATRICIANS AND RESEARCHERS AND PSYCHIATRISTS ARE DEFINITELY CONCERNED AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR WHY WE ARE SEEING MORE KIDS EXPERIENCE SUICIDAL IDEATION VISITS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY RELATED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THAT IS POSSIBLE.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.

>> DR .

BREWER, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

WE MAY HAVE LOST YOUR AUDIO THERE.

AND WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER QUESTION AND THEN OF COURSE WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT.

THERE YOU ARE.

NOW I HAVE GOT YOU.

SORRY.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACTORS BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> YES.

WE WERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CAUSING THE KIDS TO HAVE THESE THOUGHTS ARE DEFINITELY RELATED TO BULLYING OR THERE COULD BE OTHER PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL THAT KIDS ARE EXPERIENCING OR POTENTIALLY PROBLEMS AT HOME.

WE THINK ABOUT THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF HEALTH OR INDICATORS OF HEALTH THAT INFLUENCE OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL AND DEFINITELY AFFECT OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> THERE HAS ALSO BEEN ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.

THERE IS A BODY OF RESEARCH WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OR I WOULD SAY THE LAST YEAR OR SO ACTUALLY ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

IS A PROFESSIONAL, WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT AS FAR AS THE FUTURE GOES?

WHAT IS KEEPING YOU UP?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AMONG OUR YOUTH?

I REALLY DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY THE YOUTH BUT ALSO THEIR CAREGIVERS, THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN START TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND DEVELOP POLICIES THAT WILL HELP TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND HELP OUR USE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS, WHETHER IT IS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY TYPE OF RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM TO REALLY HELP THEM TO BE RESILIENT AND THRIVE .

>> YOUR RESEARCH ALSO FOUND THAT HOSPITALIZATIONS INCREASED BY 57% IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME THAT YOU STUDIED.

YOU MENTIONED PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND TEACHERS.

HOW CAN THOSE ADULTS IN A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE HELP A KID OR TEENAGER THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL IDEATION?

>> FIRST, IT IS LISTENING.

TAKING TIME TO REALLY HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT KIDS HAVE.

AND TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND STARTING TO NORMALIZE THE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.

I KNOW IT CAN BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION.

BUT WE NEED TO START HAVING MORE OF THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.

ALSO, PARENTS, LOVED ONES AND CAREGIVERS CAN SPEAK OUT AND SEEK ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND HELP THROUGH TALKING WITH THEIR CHILD'S PEDIATRICIAN.

THAT IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START.

>> DR .

BREWER, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WITH MORE RESEARCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR COLLEAGUES PRODUCE SO THAT WE KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT?

>> I DEFINITELY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK MORE AT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT LIKE RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.

THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT CULTURAL FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED KID'S MENTAL HEALTH OR FAMILY'S MENTAL HEALTH AND GENERAL.

THAT IS RUN THINKING WE REALLY NEED TO START FOCUSING IN ON AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR YOUTH.

>> IMPORTANT RESEARCH THAT HOPEFULLY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE DOING GOING FORWARD.

DR. AUDREY BREWER, THAT IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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