>> FOREVER BE INSPIRED TO HOPE.

THEY WILL FOREVER BE INSPIRED TO BELIEVE IN CHANGE THAT WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN.

>> 18 MONTHS LATER, OBAMA CAME BACK TO THE OLD STATE CAPITOL TO ANNOUNCE THEN U.S.

SENATOR JOE BIDEN WOULD BE HIS RUNNING MATE.

THE PLAQUE INCLUDES A QUOTE FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT HE WAS REMINDED OF THE ESSENTIAL DECENCY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, WHY SOME CRITICS ARE SAYING THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT IS FLAWED.

>>> BUT FIRST, CHANGES TO A CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAW.

WE LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- >>> WITH TWO DAYS LEFT ON THE LEGISLATIVE CLOCK , DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS IN SPRINGFIELD HAVE COME OUT WITH CHANGES TO THE CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT IN JANUARY.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW FROM SPRINGFIELD.

WHAT DO THESE CHANGES DO?

HOW FAR DO THEY GO?

>> BRANDIS, REMEMBER THAT CRIME WAS REALLY A BIG ISSUE FOR THE ELECTIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND FRONT AND CENTER OF THAT WAS THE SAFETY ACT, WITH DETRACTORS SAYING THIS LAW WAS GOING TO ALLOW DANGEROUS CRIMINALS FREE ON THE STREET AND DEFENDERS SAYING THAT THE OVERHAUL OF A RACIST SYSTEM THAT PUNISHES THE POOR.

EVEN WITH THE ELECTION OVER, THE SAFETY ACT REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT.

THIS IS BECAUSE ILLINOIS IS PREPARING TO BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION, COME JANUARY 1st, TO COMPLETELY DO AWAY WITH CASH BAIL.

ABOUT A MONTH, REALLY JUST SEVERAL WEEKS OUT FROM THAT, ONE OF THE LEAD SPONSORS OF THE SAFETY ACT IS OUT WITH A 308 PAGE AMENDMENT THAT IS CHOCK-FULL OF CHANGES.

STATE SENATOR ROBERT PETERS, A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO, HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT HIS PARTY'S MAJOR WINS IN ILLINOIS ELECTION WERE A REFERENDUM THAT SHOWED RESIDENTS SUPPORT THE SAFETY ACT AS IS.

STILL HE SAID ADVOCATES ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS GOING TO NEED TWEAKS AND VERIFICATIONS, AND NOW HE'S OUT WITH A PLAN TO DO JUST THAT.

HE SAYS THAT SETTLING ON A LANGUAGE FOR DOING SO WAS DIFFICULT, GIVEN THE IMMENSE POLITICAL PRESSURE, AND ALSO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT ON CAMPAIGN ADS ATTACKING THE SAFETY ACT.

BUT HE SAYS HE IS HOPEFUL LEGISLATORS WILL BACK HIS NEW PLAN TOMORROW WHEN IT IS UP FOR DEBATE.

>> PEOPLE, STAKEHOLDERS TO GET TO THIS POINT, I BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THIS AGAIN PUTS ILLINOIS AT THE FOREFRONT.

>> AMENTA, WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES.

>> BRANDIS, THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.

ONE OF CRITICS MAJOR CONCERNS HAD BEEN UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS SOMEONE COULD BE KEPT IN JAIL BEFORE TRIAL.

REPUBLICANS AND ALSO DOZENS OF STATES ATTORNEYS FROM BOTH PARTIES, ACTUALLY, HAD SAID THAT THE LEGAL STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING THAT WERE TO NARROW.

PETERS PROPOSAL ACTUALLY EXPANDS THAT AND EXPLICITLY SPELLS OUT THAT SOMEONE CAN BE DENIED PRETRIAL RELEASE IF THEY ARE CHARGED WITH ADDITIONAL OFFENSES, NOW INCLUDING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY, AND KIDNAPPING.

ARSON, AS WELL.

HIS PLAN ALSO SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO BE DENIED RELIEF, A DEFENDANT MUST BE FOUND A REAL AND PRESENT THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS ANOTHER CHANGE HERE.

THE CRITICISM DETERMINING WHETHER SOMEBODY HAS BEEN A DANGER HAS BEEN SET TOO HIGH BECAUSE AS WRITTEN NOW, THE LAW SAYS THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS TO BE A THREAT TO A SPECIFIC PERSON.

SO AGAIN, YOU'RE MOVING THE STANDARDS FROM SOMEBODY HAVING TO BE A THREAT TO A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL, TO BEING DETERMINED THEY COULD BE DANGEROUS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

NOW CRITICS ALSO HAVE SAID THAT AS WRITTEN, SOMEONE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING WOULD HAVE TO BE OFF-LINE FOR A FULL TWO DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

PETERS NEW PROPOSAL STRIKES THAT LANGUAGE.

>> WHAT WOULD PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN JAIL, INCLUDING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEIR BOND?

>> THAT HAS BEEN ANOTHER SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY WITH THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR, DARREN BAILEY, COMPARING IT TO A PURGE LAW , SAYING THAT COME JANUARY 1st, ALL OF A SUDDEN CRIMINALS WILL BE LET LOOSE.

PETERS SAID THAT WAS ALWAYS FALSE, THAT WAS A TOP POLITICAL ATTACK.

BUT HIS NEW PLAN DOES WEIGH OUT SOME SPECIFICS THAT HAPPENED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CUSTODY WHEN THE LAW TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 1st.

BASICALLY, DEFENDANTS WILL BE ENTITLED TO HEARINGS AND THOSE WHO LIKELY WOULD NOT BE IN JAIL IF THEY HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN THE YEAR 2023 INSTEAD OF 2022, WILL GET PRIORITY FOR GETTING THEIR HEARING FIRST.

>> WITH THE EARLY FEEDBACK ON PETER'S NEW PLAN?

>> THIS IS A LOT OF DETAIL.

IT IS DENSE.

IT IS HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG.

LEGISLATORS HAVE HAD THE DAY TO DIGEST IT, BUT STILL IT IS LIKELY TO NOT BE THE FINAL PLAN.

WE ARE EXPECTING MORE CHANGES BEFORE IT COMES FOR A HEARING AND VOTE TOMORROW.

I DID, HOWEVER, GET SOME EARLY FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS INCLUDING A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR WHO ALSO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A STATE'S ATTORNEY, AND HE SAYS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THESE CHANGES IS VINDICATION, THAT HIS CONCERNS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN EXPECTING FOR MONTHS, ARE VALID.

STILL HE SAYS THESE CHANGES DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH FOR HIM, AND ALSO HE SAYS THAT GOP LAWMAKERS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS, AND HE SAYS THERE FEEDBACK WOULD'VE MADE FOR A BETTER PRODUCT.

YOU HAVE, HOWEVER, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE MORE NEUTRAL ON THIS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE NOT WANTED TO GO THIS FAR, THAT LIKE THE SAFETY ACT AND MOVED TO CASHLESS BAIL PRETTY MUCH AS IT IS NOW.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE TAKING A NEUTRAL STANCE ON THE PLAN.

PETERS, WE ASKED HIM WHETHER HE EXPECTS THIS ONE TO HAVE ANY GOP VOTES.

HE COULDN'T COMMENT ON THAT BUT HE DID SAY HE BELIEVES THAT MANY LACK LAWMAKERS WHO ARE CRUCIAL TO PASSAGE OF THIS WILL BE BEHIND IT, AND HE BELIEVES IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS TO PASS.

HE SAID THAT HIS MISSION IS TO BE PREPARED WITH THE SAFETY ACT AND FOR LENO TO ELIMINATE CASHLESS BAIL COME JANUARY 1st.

>> MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT COUNTY YOU ARE IN, WHETHER THAT'S VERMILLION COUNTY, WHETHER THAT'S COOK COUNTY, WHETHER THAT'S DUPAGE COUNTY OR WHETHER THAT'S CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, THIS PEOPLE IS GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE HERE.

>> HE SAYS THEN ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THINGS.

THAT LAW TAKING EFFECT, NO MATTER WHAT .

THE QUESTION, HOWEVER, IS IF IT WILL BE CHANGED AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW WHEN AGAIN, IT IS SCHEDULED TO COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THE SENATE ACROSS THE WAY, AND IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE WHERE WE ARE STANDING RIGHT NOW.

BACK TO YOU, BRENDA.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES UP.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER ON TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>>> NOW, WHAT EXACTLY IN THE BIPARTISAN RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT?

>> IN A LANDMARK VOTE, THE U.S. SENATE PASSES A BILL DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR SAME-SEX AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES, SHOULD THE SUPREME COURT STRIKE DOWN PROTECTION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

BUT SOME CRITICS SAY IT GOES TOO FAR, WHILE OTHERS SAY IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL ARE CAMILLA TAYLOR, THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION FOR LAMBDA LEGAL.

THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.

SHE ALSO WORKED ON THE OBERG FELL VERSUS HODGES CASE.

AND MARCY BIANCO, A WRITER, EDITOR AND CULTURAL CRITIC WHO WROTE AN OPINION PIECE FOR NBC NEWS THINK, TITLED THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT IS A PITIFUL BAND-AID.

WE WELCOME YOU BOTH TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

CAMILLA TAYLOR, FIRST TO REMIND VIEWERS WHAT THIS LAW DOES AND DOES NOT DO.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY BECAUSE THIS LAW, WHICH IS A VERY NARROW LAW, ADMITTEDLY DOES TWO THINGS.

ONE, IT REQUIRES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT MARRIAGES THAT ARE VALIDLY ENTERED INTO BY SAME-SEX COUPLES, AND IT ALSO REQUIRES STATES TO RESPECT THE MARRIAGES ENTERED INTO IN OTHER STATES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATES THAT WE KNOW WILL TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO TRY TO PREVENT SAME-SEX COUPLES FROM CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO MARRY, IF THE SUPREME COURT WERE TO REVERSE THIS DECISION IN OBERG FELL, AND THOSE STATES WOULD STILL BE FORCED TO RECOGNIZE THE MARRIAGES ENTERED INTO IN OTHER STATES THAT CONTINUE TO LEGISLATE SAME-SEX COUPLES.

>> SAY A COUPLE FROM NORTH DAKOTA GOES TO NEW YORK TO GET MARRIED, THEIR MARRIAGE WILL BE RECOGNIZED BACK IN NORTH DAKOTA WHEN THEY'RE FILING THEIR RETURNS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FILE JOINTLY.

>> YES, CONGRESS USED ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT STATES ARE REQUIRED TO RESPECT THE MARRIAGES ENTERED INTO IN OTHER STATES.

>> DOES THIS BILL GO FAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?

>> WELL, I THINK IT DOES AS MUCH AS ANY PIECE OF EQUALITY LEGISLATION CAN DO.

I AGREE WITH CAMILLA.

IT'S VERY NARROW IN SCOPE.

TO ME, IT'S VERY MUCH AN UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS A CONSERVATIVE SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAD THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE APPOINTMENTS.

I THOUGHT HE WOULD GET FOUR, ACTUALLY, AND HE HAD MORE THAN 230 JUDGE APPOINTMENTS.

SO IT FEELS LIKE AN UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY IN TERMS OF ALMOST LIKE A BAND-AID TO PROTECT US FROM BLEEDING OUT.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES AS FAR AS ANY PIECE OF EQUALITY LEGISLATION CAN GO, BECAUSE EQUALITY IS AN ARTIFICE WHEN IT IS APPLIED EXTERNALLY, BY INSTITUTIONS, LAW AND POLICY.

THAT DOES VERY LITTLE TO PROTECT AND HELP US, AND SECURE US AND PROVIDE SAFETY AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

I THINK ABOUT HOW DID THE CLUB Q SURVIVORS BENEFIT FROM THIS ACT?

SO THAT'S WHAT KIND OF FRAMED MY THINKING GOING INTO WRITING THIS PIECE.

>> CLUB Q OF COURSE THE CLUB IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT JIM OBERG FELL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

HE IS THE NAMESAKE BEHIND THE SUPREME COURT CASE.

>> I FIND IT CURIOUS THAT IT'S CALLED THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT BECAUSE THIS ACT DOES NOT RESPECT LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY OVER MARRIAGES OR RELATIONSHIPS, OR OUR FAMILIES, AND THE FACT THAT THIS ACT WOULD ALLOW STATES TO ONCE AGAIN DENY MARRIAGE LICENSES TO SAME-SEX COUPLES, WHERE IS THE RESPECT IN THAT?

>> CAMILLA, TAYLOR, MARCY, ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLITICAL REALITIES.

YOU HAD TO GET 10 SENATORS FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE TO AVOID A FILIBUSTER.

THIS WAS THE WAY TO DO IT.

IS THERE STILL A THREAT OF DISCRIMINATION FOR LGBTQ COUPLES SHOULD OBERGEFELL BE OVERTURNED ONE DAY?

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY AN ENORMOUS THREAT OF DISCRIMINATE AGAINST LGBTQ COUPLES, AND JIM OBERGEFELL IS RIGHT.

THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY STATE TO ISSUE MARRIAGE LICENSES TO SAME-SEX COUPLES IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO DO TWO.

AND HISTORICALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFERRED TO STATES TO DETERMINE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE FOR MARRIAGE, AND WHO CAN MARRY, AND CONGRESS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT OR UNIQUE FROM WHAT HISTORICALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

INSTEAD, IT TOOK A VERY NARROW APPROACH, A VERY, I THINK, IRONCLAD APPROACH IN TERMS OF HOW ROBUSTLY IT CAN WITHSTAND CHALLENGE, AND IT DID WHAT IT COULD IN THE MOMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE SUPREME COURT REVERSES OBERGEFELL, THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME MEASURE OF PROTECTION, NOT JUST FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR CHILDREN, WHO RELY ON THEIR PARENTS MARRIAGES IN ORDER TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS A FAMILY.

>> WHETHER THIS BILL IS NARROW OR NOT, IT DID GET 12 REPUBLICANS ON BOARD, WHICH 10 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO WOULD'VE BEEN UNTHINKABLE.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS EVOLUTION HAPPENED?

>> I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HOW IT HAPPENED IS THAT IT ALLOWED FOR, AT A LATE STAGE ADDITIONS WERE MADE FOR PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

I THINK THAT'S HOW 12 REPUBLICAN SENATORS CAME ON BOARD, IS THAT IT CODIFIES.

IF ANYTHING, WHAT IT CODIFIES IS PROTECTION FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, MEANING CODE FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE.

SO YEAH, THAT'S HOW I HAVE IT IN THIS CONTEXT.

>> I WILL SAY THERE WERE SENATORS LIKE ROB PORTMAN FROM OHIO, WHO HIMSELF HAS A CHILD THAT IS PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, WHO FELT THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

BUT EXPOUND ON THAT, IF YOU WOULD, SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS IN HERE.

>> THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT PROTECTS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, BUT IT TO A GREAT EXTENT SIMPLY RESTATES THE PROTECTIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOR FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.

THE BILL MAKES CLEAR THAT NO CHURCH IS GOING TO BE FORCED TO MARRY A SAME-SEX COUPLE, IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, OR WILL BE FORCED TO ALLOW ITS FACILITIES TO BE USED FOR MARRIAGE OF A SAME-SEX COUPLE IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT WOULDN'T ALLOW ANYWAY.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT LANGUAGE, IN ORDER TO REASSURE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THE LAW DOES NOTHING NEW WITH RESPECT TO REQUIRING RESPECT FOR MARRIAGES, AND IT DOES NOT INFRINGE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND ANYWAY.

I THINK THAT MADE IT EASIER TO PASS.

BUT I DO NOT THINK IN ANY WAY IT'S GOING TO BE USED AS A WEAPON IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE GOING FORWARD.

>> MARCY, AS WE STAND NOW, DID YOU FORESEE LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE MAKING THIS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT COULD ONE DAY THREATEN OBERGEFELL ?

GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS HAS SAID IN THE WAKE OF THE ABORTION RULING.

>> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT NO LONGER BELIEVES IN PRECEDENT, AND IS VERY IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN.

SO OF COURSE I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE LOOK AT DATA, THERE ARE MAYBE ROUGHLY ACCORDING TO 2019 DATA, 550,000 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE COUPLES IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THERE ARE MORE THAN 23 MILLION LGBT PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

SO WHO IS BEING SERVED BY THIS ACT?

WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY DO?

TO ME, MY CONCERN AS A CULTURAL CRITIC IS LOOKING AT WHAT IT'S A SYMPTOM OF, AND AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE, I FEEL LIKE CONGRESS COULD'VE DONE A LOT MORE TO WORK TO PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

CAMILLA TAYLOR, MARCY BIANCO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

NOW TO BRANDIS AND WHAT'S BEHIND LOW MEASLES VACCINATION RATES.

>> OFFICIALS SAY NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE MEASLES VACCINE.

NEW RESEARCH FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SHOWS THE VACCINE RATE HAS REACHED ITS LOWEST NUMBER SINCE 2008 AT JUST 81%.

THAT'S GLOBALLY.

HERE TO EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF THE DECLINE AND HOW CHICAGO IS DOING TO FIGHT TO ERADICATE THE MEASLES IS CHICAGO'S TOP DOCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER DR. ALLISON ARWADY.

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST CONCERN WHEN YOU HEAR THE CDC REPORT THAT ONLY 81% OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE HAVE RECEIVED THE FIRST NEW VACCINE.

>> MEASLES IS ONE OF THE MOST CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OUT THERE, AND IF PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES, AND THERE'S A SINGLE CASE OF MEASLES, IT WILL SPREAD, AND IT WILL SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.

WE NEED ABOUT 95% OF THE POPULATION TO BE VACCINATED, TO REALLY HAVE HERD IMMUNITY FROM MEASLES.

SO WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT NUMBERS DROPPING DOWN TO 81% GLOBALLY, I'M VERY WORRIED, BECAUSE WE WILL SEE MEASLES OUTBREAKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES FROM THE U.S., THERE'S AN INCREASING CHANCE THAT THEY'LL BRING IT BACK TO CHICAGO.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS YOU THINK MIGHT BE RELATED TO WHY IT'S DECLINED SO MUCH?

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE IS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF COVID AROUND THE WORLD.

HAPPILY HERE IN CHICAGO, WE STILL ARE MUCH MORE VACCINATED THAN THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT KIDS OF SCHOOL AGE, STILL ABOUT UNDER 97% HAVE HAD THOSE MEASLES VACCINES.

BUT EVEN THAT IS DOWN ABOUT 8% FROM RIGHT BEFORE COVID.

AND WE'VE JUST SEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION ON COVID AND BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM SOME OF THESE MORE STANDARD DISEASES.

I THINK HERE AT HOME IN THE U.S., WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME MORE QUESTIONING OF VACCINES IN GENERAL, RELATED TO COVID.

AND IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN VACCINES, THEY MAY NOT CHOOSE TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED.

I JUST NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TALKING IN A SERIOUS WAY ABOUT MEASLES IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN, BUT WE ARE.

>> AND CHICAGO YOU IDENTIFY JUST TWO MEASLES CASES IN 2019, NONE IN THE YEARS 2020 OR 2021.

ILLINOIS SAW NINE CASES IN 2019, ALSO KNOWN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS FOR 2022 YET, OF COURSE.

BUT TO WHAT YOU ATTRIBUTE THOSE INFECTION RATES, AND AS YOU SAID, THE HIGH VACCINATION RATE?

>> THAT'S EXECUTIVE WHAT IT IS.

WE HAVE VERY HIGH VACCINATION RATES, AND WHEN WE HAVE HIGH VACCINATION RATES WE DON'T HAVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH MEASLES.

I WORKED ON A MEASLES OUTBREAK AND COOK COUNTY BACK IN 2015.

MEASLES GOT INTO A DAY CARE THERE, AND ALMOST EVERY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF ONE GOT MEASLES BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED.

SO EVERYBODY GETTING THEIR VACCINE WHEN THEY SHOULD, APPROXIMATELY 81, APPROXIMATELY AGE 4, GIVES US THAT HERD IMMUNITY AND HELPS PROTECT KIDS WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED, AS WELL AS OTHERS.

THE REASON WE HAVEN'T HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MEASLES RECENTLY IN CHICAGO IS BECAUSE OF THOSE EXCELLENT VACCINE RATES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO KEEP THEM.

>> REPORTS ARE IN OHIO, WHERE THERE'S RECENTLY AN OUTBREAK THERE, LIKE THIS GROWING MORAL OPPOSITION, AND YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THIS AS WELL, BUT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT MISINFORMATION IN PARTICULAR AROUND THE COVID VACCINE, ALSO KIND OF HAPPENING TO OTHER VACCINES?

>> I AM.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IN CHICAGO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNTICK AND EVEN THOSE STANDARD CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS.

AND I'M WORRIED, BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER MEASLES, MAY NOT REMEMBER POLIO, MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THESE ARE DISEASES THAT LITERALLY KILL MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AVERT THROUGH VACCINE.

AND THIS IS NOT AN OPTIONAL THING TO DECID VACCINATE YOUR CHILD, REALLY.

IT IS REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE IS REALLY GOOD REASON FOR THAT.

EVEN A SINGLE CASE OF MEASLES, IT WILL SPREAD.

97% LIKELY THAT IT WILL SPREAD TO ANYBODY WHO IS NOT VACCINATED.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MYTHS ABOUT THE MMR, THE MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE?

>> I THINK THE MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE IS THERE WAS A STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DEBUNKED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW THAT SUGGESTED COULD THERE BE A LINK WITH AUTISM AND THE MMR VACCINE.

THIS HAS BEEN STUDIED EVERY WHICH WAY SINCE THEN, THOROUGHLY DEBUNKED.

IN FACT, THE RESEARCHER WHO PUT IT OUT HAS SORT OF LOST HIS LICENSE, ET CETERA.

BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES READING INFORMATION OR GIVING INFORMATION, NOT FROM THEIR PEDIATRICIAN.

THEY'RE GETTING IT OFF THE INTERNET, AND I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE ANYBODY, WE LIKE PARENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINES.

WE ACCEPTED.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM THE RIGHT SOURCE.

YOUR PEDIATRICIAN IS THE BEST SOURCE.

EVERY PEDIATRICIAN IS GOING TO STRONGLY RECOMMEND GETTING THAT MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINE, CAUSE IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T HAVE IT, IF THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WITH MEASLES THEY'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO GET MEASLES.

>> LATE LAST WEEK COOK COUNTY AND CHICAGO SHIFTED BACK TO THE MEDIUM COMMUNITY LEVEL FOR COVID-19.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE OMICRON VARIANT WAS JUST WEEKS FROM SETTING IN AND WE HONOR THE HAVOC IT WREAKED.

TODAY WAS A COLD ONE, GOT US THINKING ABOUT THE WINTER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WINTER MIGHT BE LIKE FOR COVID?

>> WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO KNOW FOR SURE.

AT THIS POINT THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL WE SEE ANOTHER REALLY DIFFERENT AND CONCERNING VARIANT, LIKE OMICRON FROM LAST YEAR.

WE KEEP SEEING THE VIRUS MUTATING, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ALL BEEN OMICRON RECENTLY.

AND THE UPDATED FALL 2022 COVID BOOSTER IS DESIGNED TO HELP FIGHT OFF OMICRON.

SO IF WE CAN GET A LOT OF FOLKS GETTING THAT VACCINE THIS FALL, I THINK IT WILL HELP PROTECT AGAINST THE OF A BIG, BAD VARIANT THIS WINTER.

WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE A SURGE IN RESPIRATORY VIRUSES, COVID INCLUDED.

INFLUENZA IS ON THE RISE.

AND I DO JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, GET UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF YOUR VACCINES.

IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, STAY HOME.

PUT A MASK ON IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL.

THAT HELPS YOU KEEP SPREADING GERMS FROM OTHERS, NO MATTER WHAT VIRUS IS AFFECTING YOU RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE WINTER, BUT I AM A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT.

>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE VAX RATE OF THE BIVALENT BOOSTER?

>> I'M CONCERNED.

ONLY ABOUT 15% OF CHICAGOANS OVER THE AGE OF FIVE HAVE HAD THAT FALL 2022 BOOSTER.

IT IS NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO BE PROTECTED HEADING INTO THIS WINTER.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A COVID VACCINE SINCE LABOR DAY, IT'S TIME.

EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF FIVE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER WINTER LIKE LAST YEAR.

THE VACCINE IS OUR BEST CHANCE TO AVOID SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT COVID FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH YOU.

>> LAST WINTER WAS UGLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, DR. ALLISON ARWADY.

>>> UP NEXT, ONE OF THE STATE'S NATIVE BAT SPECIES IS NOW IN DANGER.

A LOOK AT THE REASON BEHIND THE NEW DESIGNATION, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> IT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A SYMBOL OF HALLOWEEN AND VAMPIRES, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING FRIGHTENING HAPPENING TO ONE OF THE STATE'S BAT SPECIES.

THE NORTHERN LONG EARED THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST MAINLY BECAUSE OF A DEADLY DISEASE CALLED WHITE NOSE SYNDROME.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WHITLEY JOINS US TO EXPLAIN.

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, NORTHERN LONG EARED BAT.

TELL US ABOUT THIS BACK.

>> WITH ONE OF 13 BATS THAT'S NATIVE TO ILLINOIS, IT CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ALTHOUGH IT SPENDS ITS WINTERS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CAVES ARE.

SO IT'S A BAT THAT HIBERNATES OVER THE WINTER, AND THAT ACTUALLY IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FUNGUS THAT CAUSES WHITE NOSE SYNDROME LIKES TO HANG OUT, IN THE CAVES.

>> AND WHAT IS WHITE NOSE SYNDROME?

>> THEY DISCOVERED IT IN ABOUT 2006-2007.

IT'S A FUNGUS AND IT LIKES TO HANG OUT IN THESE DARK, DAMP LACES, AND IT GETS ON A BAT'S NOSE OR ITS WING WHEN IT'S HIBERNATING.

AND THE UPSHOT IS THAT IT CAUSES THE BAT TO WAKE UP FROM THEIR HIBERNATION, AND THEY WIND UP EXPENDING ALL OF THIS ENERGY THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO BE STORING UP THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.

THERE'S NO FOOD FOR THEM TO FIND, AND YOU KNOW, IT CAUSES THEM TO LOSE ALL THEIR ENERGY, AND IT'S QUITE DEADLY FOR THEM.

>> SULE VACCINE OR TREATMENT DOESN'T EXIST?

WHAT CAN THE AVERAGE PERSON DO TO HELP?

>> BEING LISTED QUITE A BIT AS IT DOES GIVE THEM SOME PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR HABITAT, THE PLACES, THE TREES THEY LIKE TO ROOST IN.

BUT FRANKLY, THE MOST THAT WE CAN DO AS REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BATS AND ALL THE BENEFITS THAT THEY PROVIDE AN ECOSYSTEM, LIKE EATING THE INSECTS THAT COULD DESTROY OUR CROPS.

THEY LIKE TO EAT MOSQUITOES.

SO APART FROM JUST THEIR EXISTENTIAL RIGHT TO EXIST, THEY DO A LOT FOR HUMANS, TOO, AND WE SHOULD KNOW THAT AND RESPECT THEM, PROTECT THEIR HABITAT, GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SURVIVE.

CIRCLE OF LIFE.

>> WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY, THAT'S, TOO.

>>> YOU CAN READ PATTY'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- >>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", A STUDY ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AGES 12 TO 34 ARE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING HEARING LOSS.

IT'S THE END OF AN ERA AS ALDERMAN ENBERG SAYS HE WON'T BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION AFTER FIVE DECADES IN CITY HALL.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ASSESSES HIS LEGACY.

AND CHICAGO'S DEAN OF ROCK 'N ROLL PHOTOGRAPHERS TALKS ABOUT ACCESS, MEMORABLE PHOTOS, AND HIS FIRST BOOK.

>>> THERE ARE SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN HIT WITH AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AFTER ACCEPTING A $25,000 DONATION FROM THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO FIRE, JOE MANSUETO.

THE DONATION COMES 57 DAYS AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LIGHTFOOT BACKED PROPOSAL TO TURN 26 ACRES OF CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY LAND TO THE CHICAGO FIRE FOOTBALL CLUB.

THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY 15 FORD ALDERMAN RAYMOND LOPEZ, WHO IS RUNNING FOR HIS SEAT AGAIN AFTER DROPPING OUT OF THE MAYORAL RACE.

LOPEZ TELLS WTTW NEWS THAT THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY IS, QUOTE, OVERWHELMING.

THE LIGHTFOOT CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON TELLS WTTW NEWS THAT THE MAYOR WAS PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM MANSUETO, WHOSE TEAM DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

AND THERE IS MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE BELIEVES LEGISLATION TO HELP AVERT THE RAIL STRIKE SHOULD REACH HIS DESK BY THIS WEEKEND, THIS AFTER THE U.S. HOUSE VOTED TO PASS THE BILL TODAY.

IT WOULD FORCE A TENTATIVE LABOR AGREEMENT AMONG 10,000 RAILROAD WORKERS AND PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH A 24% PAY INCREASE OVER FIVE YEARS.

IT IS ONE OF TWO RESOLUTIONS IN PLAY, THE OTHER BEING A MORE CONTROVERSIAL ONE THAT WOULD PROVIDE WORKERS WITH A MUCH WANTED SEVEN-DAY PAID SICK LEAVE.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF COURSE, OF COURSE HE SUPPORTS PAID SICK LEAVE FOR ALL AMERICANS, INCLUDING RAIL WORKERS.

BUT HE DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY BILL OR AMENDMENT THAT WOULD DELAY GETTING THIS BILL TO HIS DESK BY THIS SATURDAY.

>>> CHICAGO DRIVERS BEWARE.

THE CITY'S OVERNIGHT WINTER PARKING BAN BEGINS TOMORROW, WHICH MEANS CARS WILL BE TOWED FROM MAIN ROADS WHETHER IT'S KNOWS OR NOT.

IT DOESN'T COME CHEAP.

THE MINIMUM TOWING FEE IS $150 PLUS A $60 TICKET AND A $25 A DAY STORAGE FEE.

THE PARKING BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT BETWEEN 3:00 A.M. AND 7:00 A.M.

THROUGH APRIL 1st.

MOTORISTS CAN CALL 311 OR VISIT CHICAGO SHOVELS.ORG TO SEE IF THEIR VEHICLE WAS TOWED.

>>> THAT CONSTANT RINGING IN YOUR EAR IS PRETTY ANNOYING, ISN'T IT?

A NEW STUDY FROM BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH SAYS AS MANY AS 1.35 BILLION YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE ENGAGING AND LISTENING PRACTICES THAT COULD MAKE THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARING LOSS.

AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT RISK GOING DOWN WITH THE PREVALENCE OF EARBUDS, LOUD CONCERTS, AND JUST THE GENERAL DIN OF CITY LIFE.

JOINING US NOW WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOUR EARS IS DR. TRACY NGUYEN, A LICENSED CLINICAL AUDIOLOGIST AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AUDIOLOGY, SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND LEARNING.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> THIS STUDY SAYS 1.35 BILLION YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING IN UNSAFE LISTENING PRACTICES.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ENGAGING IN AN UNSAFE LISTENING PRACTICE?

>> IN GENERAL IT MEANS LISTENING TO THINGS TOO LOUD AND NOT PROTECTING YOUR EARS.

LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE EXPOSED TO LOTS OF NOISE IN THE CITY.

EARBUD USE, PUBLIC VENUES, CONCERTS, SPORTING EVENTS.

VERY LOUD INPUT INTO THE EARS.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT PROTECTING YOUR EARS, WE ARE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT DAMAGE.

>> IS THERE A SPECIFIC THRESHOLD IN TERMS OF DECIBEL LEVEL AND THAT AMOUNT OF TIME EXPOSED TO THAT DECIBEL LEVEL?

>> YES AND IT IS A FACTOR OF LEVEL AND TIME, SO THERE ARE GUIDELINES FROM OSHA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT OUTLINE SAFE LISTENING LEVELS.

THE BASIC RULE OF THUMB TO REMEMBER IS NOTHING MORE THAN 85 DECIBELS.

IF IT'S ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, YOU WANT TO BE LIMITING YOUR TIME.

BUT IT'S A LOGARITHMIC SCALE, SO YOU CAN BE EXPOSED TO 80 DECIBELS FOR EIGHT HOURS SAFELY, BUT IF YOU GO UP TO 90 DECIBELS, YOU'VE GOT TO CUT THAT DOWN TO FOUR HOURS AND SO FORTH.

SO THERE ARE APPS YOU CAN USE TO MEASURE SOUND LEVELS AND JUST KEEPING THAT AT A SAFE LEVEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> IF YOU HEAR RINGING IN YOUR EAR AFTERWARDS, MAYBE A SIGN YOU SHOULD COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY, THAT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING IN UNSAFE LISTENING PRACTICES?

>> YES, I THINK WHAT IS BASICALLY TELLING US IS WE ARE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE, SO WHETHER YOU'RE YOUNG OR OLD, WE ARE ALL IN A VERY NOISY WORLD.

SO 1 BILLION IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THAT TELLS ME THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IS AT RISK, AS THE WORLD GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER.

I DON'T THINK -- IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM BUT WE JUST HAVE A LOT MORE THAT WE ARE EXPOSED TO THESE DAYS.

>> EARBUDS AS YOU MENTIONED, CONCERTS, SPORTING EVENTS, THE GENERAL DIN OF CITY LIFE.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE MORE PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS FALLING INTO HEARING TROUBLE, TINNITUS, AS A RESULT OF OUR CURRENT CULTURE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

UNLESS PEOPLE START PAYING ATTENTION AND PROTECTING THEMSELVES, IF THESE VENUES ARE NOT GOING TO TURN IT DOWN, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO PROTECT HIMSELF.

SO UNLESS THAT HAPPENS, I DEFINITELY THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS OVER TIME.

>> IN TERMS OF PROTECTING YOURSELVES, YOU'VE GOT THOSE FOAM EARPLUGS YOU SEE AT WALGREENS OR CVS, YOU'VE GOT MAY BE THE HIGHER-END SPECIALIZED EARPLUGS.

WHAT WORKS THE BEST?

>> THEY ALL WORK WELL IF YOU USE THEM PROPERLY, BUT EVEN THE LITTLE FOAM ONES THAT YOU CAN GET AT THE DRUGSTORE, IF YOU PUT THEM IN YOUR EARS CORRECTLY AND WEAR THEM RIGHT -- >> I HAVE ONE IN MY POCKET RIGHT NOW.

>> IF YOU CAN GET THAT DOWN REAL SMALL AND THEN GET IT INTO YOUR EAR NICE AND DEEP AND THAT THAT EXPAND, IT CAN EVEN PROVIDE QUITE A BIT OF PROTECTION.

BUT YOU CAN GET CUSTOM EAR PROTECTION THAT FILTERS SOUND SO THAT IT WON'T DISTORT THE SOUND OF MUSIC, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO, BUT WILL KEEP IT AT A SAFE LEVEL.

>> I'M A MUSICIAN.

I KNOW A LOT OF MUSICIANS.

IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THIS, WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS THAT FOLKS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR?

>> AGAIN, THE LEVELS.

IF YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A SOUND LEVEL METER, EVEN JUST ON YOUR PHONE, AND JUST WATCH THAT LEVEL, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO TO HIGH .

THEN USING PROPER HEARING PROTECTION AND MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF TIME BASED ON THAT LEVEL.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE EXPOSED FOR TOO MANY HOURS IF IT'S AT A LOUDER LEVEL, AND IF YOU START TO NOTICE THINGS LIKE RINGING IN YOUR EARS WHEN YOU'RE DONE, OR IF YOUR EARS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF PLUGGED UP AFTER YOU LEAVE A CONCERT, OR AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED PLAYING, THAT MEANS PROBABLY SOME DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES I'LL FEEL THAT PLUGGED UP FEELING, BUT IT WILL GO AWAY IN A COUPLE DAYS.

>> USUALLY IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A TEMPORARY SPECIAL CHIP, SO YOU ARE HEARING DROPS TEMPORARILY FOR 24 OR 48 HOURS BUT IT RECOVERS.

OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THAT WILL STOP RECOVERING OR COULD STOP RECOVERING.

YOU MIGHT BE FINE WITH ONE OR TWO EXPOSURES, BUT IF YOU'RE DOING THIS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, OR GOING TO CONCERTS ALL THE TIME, IT'S JUST NOISE EXPOSURE TO YOUR LIFETIME IS GOING TO ADD UP AND CAUSE DAMAGE.

>> YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE PATIENTS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

HOW DOES IT IMPACT ONE'S LIFE, THEIR WELL-BEING, THEIR HAPPINESS?

>> IT COULD BE PRETTY DRAMATIC.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, TINNITUS OR HEARING LOSS DOESN'T BOTHER THEM THAT MUCH, BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE IT COULD BE PRETTY DEVASTATING.

THAT'S KIND OF UP TO AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU CAN, AVOID IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT .

>> IS THERE A HEADPHONE THAT'S BETTER?

EVERYONE IS USING EARBUDS RIGHT NOW.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO USE THE BIG, FOAM HEADPHONES.

IS ONE BETTER THAN THE OTHER?

>> NOT NECESSARILY.

AGAIN, YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS AT A SAFE LEVEL.

CERTAINLY WITH THE EARBUDS, THE CLOSER YOU ARE GETTING THAT SOUND INPUT TO THE INNER EAR OR THE EARDRUM, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO DO SOME DAMAGE.

THE OVER THE EAR EARPHONES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER.

BUT IF YOU CRANK THOSE UP LOUD ENOUGH, THEY CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.

>> DR. TRACY WIN, A LOT OF USEFUL ADVICE FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP IN MIND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> A ASKED, HOW ARE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM BREAKS DOWN THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CONTROVERSIAL SAFETY ACT INCLUDE CASH BAIL IN ILLINOIS.

THE FIELD IS SET FOR CHICAGO'S MAYORAL ELECTION AND THE END OF AN ERA AT CITY HALL AS ALDERMAN ED BURKE, FIRST ELECTED IN 1969, HE WON'T SEEK REELECTION.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

AMANDA VINICKY STILL IN SPRINGFIELD.

SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT BACK JUST YET.

AMANDA, LET'S START WITH YOU THERE IN SPRINGFIELD.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SAFETY ACT, RESPONDING TO REAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ACT OR JUST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO?

>> MAYBE A LITTLE OF BOTH.

THE ANSWER FOR THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO, WITH THOSE WHO DON'T SAY IT CHANGED MUCH, THESE ARE MOSTLY CLARIFICATIONS, THAT THEY BELIEVE MUCH OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL AS IS, OR IN THE LAW AS IS, IS ALREADY PRETTY CLEAR, BUT GIVEN THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH CONTROVERSY AND PUSHBACK THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SPELLED OUT EXPLICITLY, SO THERE'S LESS CONFUSION.

BUT THEN TALK TO FOLKS WHO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE I NOTED A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR WHO SERVED AS A STATE'S ATTORNEY, HEY WAIT A SECOND, THIS IS 300 PAGES OF A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES, INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

SO WHILE THERE HAD PERHAPS BEEN SOME OVER-THE-TOP MISINFORMATION THAT WAS DONE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SERIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT ARE AT LEAST PARTIALLY IN THIS LEGISLATION, AND THAT PROOF THEIR LEGISLATIVE PUTTING.

>> WILL THIS ELECTION PUT THE ISSUE TO BED FINALLY?

>> I DON'T THINK SO, BRANDIS.

FIRST OF ALL, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE OF THEM IS THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO SATIATE THOSE CRITICS WHO ARE SO UPSET ABOUT IT THAT THEY ARE SUING.

THAT IS ABOUT 60 STATE'S ATTORNEY WHO ACROSS ILLINOIS, MOSTLY THOSE FROM THE GOP, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THERE IS A COURT HEARING SET FOR THAT ON DECEMBER 15th.

THERE'S ALREADY AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS COULD GO TO THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT LEVEL, WHICH AFTER A MONTH'S ELECTION, ARE NOW GOING TO BE FULLY, EVEN MORE SO, IN DEMOCRATIC CONTROL.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

AND AGAIN, YOU TALK TO CRITICS WHO SAY SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE JUST WRONG, BY SPELLING OUT FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THESE CRIMES OR ATTAINABLE OFFENSES THAT THERE ARE STILL MORE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, OR PERHAPS MORE DISCRETION GIVEN TO A JUDGE.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT TIME.

YOU TALKED TO FOLKS LIKE SENATOR PETERS.

HE SAYS WAIT A SECOND, WE CONSTANTLY IN SPRINGFIELD ARE GOING BACK AND MAKING CHANGES TO THE LAW AS IT IS BORNE OUT IN REAL LIFE.

I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A MATTER OF CONTROVERSY STILL, BUT SOME OF THE BIG CRITICISMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN THIS AMENDMENT.

THOSE WILL GO AWAY.

IT WILL AT LEAST QUELL SOME IF WE ALL WATCH AND SEE HOW THESE CHANGES ARE .

>> MORE TO COME IN THE MAYORAL RACE.

LORI LIGHTFOOT MADE HER BID FOR REELECTION OFFICIAL ON MONDAY, HANDING IN THOSE SIGNATURES.

ABOUT 40,000 TO GET HER NAME ON THE BALLOT.

THAT'S LESS, THOUGH, THAN CHUY GARCIA'S CAMP, 48,000 SIGNATURES, AND WILLIE WILSON, WHO GATHERED MORE THAN 60,000.

IS THIS SIGNIFICANT THAT LIGHTFOOT CAME IN WITH FEWER SIGNATURES?

IS THAT UNUSUAL FOR AN INCUMBENT?

>> YES.

IN THE PAST RAHM EMANUEL AND RICHARD M DALEY SHOWED UP WITH 97,000 SIGNATURES, AN OVERWHELMING SHOW OF POLITICAL FORCE, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT FILING IS ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT FLEXING YOUR POLITICAL MUSCLE.

AND LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN DOGGED FOR MONTHS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT HER STRENGTH.

IF SHE WANTS TO PUT THOSE QUESTIONS TO BED WITH FILING, SHE DID NOT DO THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> YES IT IS.

SHE AIMS TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT SHE'S, QUOTE, THE ONLY RATIONAL CHOICE TO BE REELECTED.

LAST TIME AROUND SHE BENEFITED FROM HAVING BEEN AN OUTSIDER AND NOT HAVING HAD THAT POLITICAL RECORD TO RUN ON.

THIS TIME SHE DOES, AND SHE'S RUFFLED SOME FEATHERS IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN IN OFFICE.

WHAT IS YOUR PITCH GOING TO THE TWO VOTERS THIS TIME AROUND?

>> GO WITH THE ONE YOU KNOW AND MAYBE ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE CRAZY.

IN HER MIND, THE COMMERCIALS HAVE BEEN, I DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING PERFECT, BUT I'M THE PERSON YOU KNOW AND I'M WORKING REALLY HARD.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS ONE GENERATION PANDEMIC THAT I HAD TO MANAGE THE CITY THROUGH.

WE MENTIONED PAUL VALLAS TODAY GOT $100,000 FROM THE COO OF CITADEL, KEN GRIFFIN'S COMPANY, MAYBE A PROXY FOR KEN GRIFFIN HERE, MAYBE A SIGN THAT VALLAS IS GOING TO BE THE CONSENSUS BUSINESS CANDIDATE.

BUT VALLAS IS ALSO GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO THE F.O.P.

AND HE'S BEEN DOGGED WITH HIS CONNECTION TO THIS AWAKE ILLINOIS SUBURBAN GROUP WHERE HE APPEARED AT AN EVENT WITH.

WE'LL SEE IF IT'S GOING TO HELP HIS CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST.

IT MIGHT NOT HELP HIS PERCEPTION WITH ALL THESE OTHER PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.

>> WE'VE HEARD THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE OUT OF SOME CANDIDATES, SOME INCUMBENTS IN PARTICULAR.

I MADE MISTAKES BUT I LEARNED FROM THEM AND I'M READY TO CONTINUE THIS POSITION AND CONTINUE LEADING.

ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ RECENTLY DROPPED OUT OF THE MAYORAL RACE, FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST LIGHTFOOT FOR TAKING MONEY FROM BUSINESSMEN AND CHICAGO FIRE OWNER JOE MANSUETO.

WHAT IS THE ALLEGED WRONGDOING HERE?

>> 57 DAYS AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL CHANGED THE ZONING ON A PIECE OF LAND WHICH WAS ONCE HOME TO THE OBLONG HOMES ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE, JOE MANSUETO GAVE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT $25,000.

TYPICALLY COMPANIES AND PEOPLE THAT DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY ARE LIMITED TO GIVING CANDIDATES NO MORE THAN $1500.

ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ ASKED INSPECTOR GENERAL DEBORAH WITS BERG AND THE CITY'S BOARD OF ETHICS TO LOOK INTO THIS TO SEE IF IT VIOLATES THOSE LIMITS.

I SHOULD SAY WE GOT A LATE RESPONSE FROM JOE MANSUETO'S OFFICE.

HE SAID HE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND HE IS COMMITTED TO REVITALIZING THE WESTSIDE WHILE KEEPING THE CHICAGO FIRE TEAM IN CHICAGO.

IT IS AN INTERESTING QUANDARY TO FIND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IN, BECAUSE IN 2019, HER CAMPAIGN PITCH WAS CLEAR AND PRECISE.

I WILL BRING IN THE LIGHT.

I WILL ROOT OUT CORRUPTION.

WHEN SHE FILED ON MONDAY, I ASKED WHAT'S THE ELEVATOR PITCH THIS TIME AROUND.

WHAT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF YOUR CAMPAIGN?

AND SHE REALLY JUST SAID WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WILL THAT WORK IN A CROWDED FIELD, WHEN THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH DRAMA, SO MUCH PAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS?

WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

>> LOCAL 150 ENDORSING CHUY GARCIA.

HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT TO GARCIA'S CAMPAIGN, GIVEN THAT HE ENTERED THE RACE AS LATE AS HE DID, AND LAST TIME WHEN HE RAN AGAINST RAHM EMANUEL HE HAD THE SUPPORT OF CTU.

THEY ARE NOW BACKING BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> BRANDON JOHNSON HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AND THE SEIU HEALTHCARE AND SEIU LOCAL 73.

SO THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHUY GARCIA TO SORT OF TAKE A LOOK, I'VE GOT LABOR SUPPORT.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE OPERATING ENGINEERS HAVE BACKED MORE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES AS RECENTLY AS THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN JUNE, WHERE THEY BACKED KERRY STEELE OVER FRITZ CAKEY FOR ASSESSOR AND RUFFLED A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE FEATHERS WITH THAT.

WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM BRANDON JOHNSON'S CAMP, WE ARE STILL THE CHOICE OF PROGRESSIVE LABOR.

THIS IS THE SITUATION THAT THE PROGRESSIVES IN CHICAGO DID NOT WANT.

THEY DID NOT WANT THIS SPLIT, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGAIN SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT.

>> FEBRUARY.

HERE IS WHAT GARCIA SAID ON MONDAY ABOUT HIS REASON FOR ENTERING THE RACE.

>> 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, TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE.

>> ASSUMING THAT WITH NINE CANDIDATES, THE CHANCES OF ONE OF THEM GETTING MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE, PRETTY SLIM.

>> EXACTLY.

>> IF YOU'RE ONE OF NINE OR YOU'RE CHUY GARCIA, HOW DO YOU STAND OUT IN THIS FIELD?

>> I THINK IT'S THE PERSON THAT CAN BUILD ON THEIR COALITION, THAT HAS MULTIPLE GROUPS IN THEIR COALITION.

IF YOU LOOK AT CHUY GARCIA, HE'S GOT PROGRESSIVES BUT HE'S ALSO GOT A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

IF WE LOOK AT PAUL VALLAS, WE MENTIONED BUSINESS AND CONSERVATIVE FOLKS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

OTHER PROGRESSIVES, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD A MULTI-GROUP COALITION.

IT CAN'T JUST BE ONE NARROW BASE.

THE TWO THAT CAN DO THAT WILL BE THE ONES THAT GET TO THE RUNOFF.

>> 14th WARD ALDERMAN ED BURKE, WHO WAS ONCE THE MOST POWERFUL ALDERMAN IN CITY COUNCIL, AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SAID HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR A 15th TERM.

HE IS OF COURSE PREPARING FOR THAT FEDERAL TRIAL ON BRIBERY, EXTORTION, RACKETEERING CHARGES.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THIS?

>> AS SOMEONE YOU CAN'T REALLY POINT TO BIG PUBLIC-POLICY THINGS HE DID THAT REALLY IMPACTED THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

HIS LEGACY FIRST IS AS PART OF THE OPPOSITION BLOCK TO THE CITY'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, HAROLD WASHINGTON, AND LATER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE VERY POWERFUL FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHERE MOST LEGISLATION WENT THROUGH.

BUT ALSO THE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED THE MASSIVE, SPRAWLING WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM OF THE CITY, WHICH MEANT BURKE HAD A LOT OF POWER OVER WHAT CITY WORKERS GOT COMPENSATED FOR THEIR INJURIES, WHAT CITY WORKERS DID IN.

HE'S KNOWN FOR BUILDING MASSIVE POWER FOR HIMSELF THROUGH HIS POSITION AND GETTING MASSIVELY WEALTHY THROUGH HIS POSITION, AND OH YEAH, HIS STREET WAS PROBABLY THE BEST PLOWED STREET IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN THE WINTERTIME.

BUT BEYOND THAT, HE'S KNOWN AS A LOVER OF CHICAGO HISTORY.

HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT CHICAGO HISTORY, WHICH IS KIND OF PUZZLING THAT HE CONDUCTED HIS PUBLIC CAREER THE WAY HE HAS, IN A WAY THAT HAS BEEN MORE ABOUT HIS POWER AND HIS WEALTH, AND HIS FIGHT HIM, AND NOT ABOUT BIG, MAJOR POLICY THINGS THAT HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> AMANDA, THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THEY'VE BEEN UNDER A LOT OF SCRUTINY OVER THE LAST YEAR, REALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DIRECTOR MARK SMITH HAS BEEN HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR HANDLING OF PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN.

WHAT'S THE NEWS ON THAT FRONT?

>> NOW YOU HAVE AN APPELLATE COURT SAYING THAT THAT RULING WAS WRONG, THAT SMITH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AT ALL.

THERE IS SOMETHING STRIKING IN THIS RULING.

IT BASICALLY SAYS BECAUSE SMITH WAS ACCUSED OF NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PLACE CHILDREN IN PROPER HOMES THAT WERE IN THE STATE'S CARE.

INSTEAD THEY WERE HEADING TO STAY IN HOSPITALS OR IN MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, LONG AFTER, IN CASES MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS, AFTER THEY WERE MEDICALLY AVAILABLE TO BE RELEASED.

AND SMITH HAD SAID THAT IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO FIND LACES FOR THEM TO LIVE AND TO STAY.

SO THE COURT SAYING THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT AND SOMETHING OF COURSE THE AGENCY IS CELEBRATING, THEY HAD APPEALED THIS CASE, SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

YOU STILL HAVE CHILD ADVOCATES SAY THEY BELIEVE THIS IS WRONG, THIS WOULD CAUSE FURTHER HARM TO CHILDREN, AND I WANT TO NOTE IN THE READING IT DID SAY IT DID APPEAR AS IF DCS ASKED AND SMITH MADE EFFORTS TO PLACE THESE CHILDREN BUT ADDED IT WAS NOT DONE, APPARENTLY, WITH A LOT OF URGENCY.

>> SO MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, FALLOUT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DINNER WITH AN AVOWED ANTI-SEMITE AND WHITE SUPREMACIST, NICK MANTAS AND KANYE WEST , WITHOUT MENTIONING THE FORMER PRESIDENT BY NAME, SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> LOOK, LET ME JUST SAY AGAIN, THERE IS SIMPLY NO ROOM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR ANTI-SEMITISM OR WHITE SUPREMACY.

THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL OF THE LEADERS IN THE PARTY WHO WILL BE SEEKING OFFICES.

>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF McCONNELL'S STATEMENT AND HOW REPUBLICANS ARE HANDLING IT?

>> WE SHOULD MENTION FUENTES IS ORIGINALLY FROM THE CHICAGO AREA, KANYE OF COURSE IS FROM THE CHICAGO AREA.

LISTENING TO WHAT McCONNELL SAID IS KIND OF LIKE HAVING IT BOTH WAYS.

BECAUSE CLEARLY A WHITE SUPREMACIST KIND OF MENTALITY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWING BACK SINCE AT LEAST THE '50S, GOING BACK TO JOHN BURCH, GOING BACK TO NIXON'S SOUTHERN STRATEGY, AND EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW THE GUY THAT WANTS TO BE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, KEVIN McCARTHY COURTS PEOPLE LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, WHO HAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAN, NICK MANTAS, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF THEIR BASE.

MAYBE IT'S SMALL, MAYBE IT'S LARGER THAN THAT.

WITH RESPECT TO MR. FUENTES, HE'S A 24-YEAR-OLD GUY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS GUYS HEART BUT HE IS PART OF A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT SEEK NOTORIETY, SEEK FAME BY SAYING REALLY CONTROVERSIAL THINGS, DIVISIVE THINGS, AND SAYING THAT'S SOME KIND OF CELEBRATION OF FREE SPEECH.

SO WHETHER YOU CONDEMN IT OR WHETHER YOU LOVE IT, HE'S GETTING EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS, WHICH IS THAT FAME AND THAT NOTORIETY.

ANOTHER MAN AT THE TABLE, MILO YIANNOPOULOS HAS BUILT HIS OWN CAREER ON THAT AND THEN HE FELL.

FUENTES GETTING A SEAT AT THE TABLE, CLEARLY THAT'S PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHITE SUPREMACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC, WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACTUALLY HAVING DINNER WITH HIM.

SO IT'S HARD FOR REPUBLICANS TO SAY THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THAT IN OUR PARTY.

THEY CAN SAY IT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A PLACE.

>> APPARENTLY A SEAT AT THE TABLE, QUITE LITERALLY.

THAT'S SPOTLIGHT ALL THE TICS.

X, EVERYBODY.

>>> UP NEXT, CAPTURING ROCK AND ROLL AND MUSIC GREATS IN A NEW BOOK.

THAT'S AFTER THIS.

>>> WEATHER TOURING WITH THE ROLLING STONES OR TAKING PHOTOS OF ELLA FITZGERALD HERE AT WTTW, PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL MADDEN SNAPPED MEMORABLE IMAGES OF MUSIC GIANTS.

ROCK, REGGAE, JAZZ, FOLK, R&B, HE'S CAPTURED IT ALL, AND PRODUCER MARK VITELLI RECENTLY CAPTURED HIM AND SHARED PICTURES WORTH MANY THOUSANDS OF WORDS.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT, I MADE THIS CONSCIOUS DECISION FROM THE BEGINNING THAT I WASN'T JUST GOING TO GO AND SHOOT THE BANDS THAT I LIKED.

IF I DID THAT, I'D BE SHOOTING PICTURES OF JOHN PRINE AND STEVE GOODMAN ALL DAY LONG.

BUT I FIGURED I GOT TO BE WELL-ROUNDED, AND I GOT TO SHOOT EVERYTHING, SO I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE PROMOTERS, AND I WOULD GO TO A CONCERT EVERY NIGHT.

I WOULD GO TO A FRESH METAL CONCERT ONE NIGHT AND THE NEXT NIGHT I'D GO AND SHOOT RODNEY DANGERFIELD.

THESE ARE ALL MY COVERS.

>> Reporter: WE MET PAUL IN HIS HOME STUDIO AND COMBED THROUGH NEARLY 50 YEARS OF ARCHIVES.

SOME WORK ENDED UP ON MAGAZINE COVERS.

OTHER PICTURES FILLED THE FIRST BOOK DEDICATED TO HIS PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> I LIKE TO SHOOT ANYBODY THAT PUTS ON A SHOW, ANYBODY THAT JUMPS AROUND.

EVEN IF I DON'T LIKE THEM AS PEOPLE, WHICH I DO LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE I PHOTOGRAPH, BUT I SHOOT THE ROLLING STONES ANY TIME THEY'RE IN TOWN.

BUDDY GUY, I WORKED FOR FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

I TOOK A PICTURE OF OZZY OSBOURNE AND RANDY RHOADS BACK IN 1983.

PEOPLE TELL ME IT'S THE MOST FAMOUS HEAVY-METAL PICTURE EVER TAKEN.

>> Reporter: THAT IMAGE EVEN ENDED UP ON A LIMITED EDITION SNOWBOARD.

AT WTTW, HE WORKED ON THE SET OF SOUNDSTAGE, WHERE HE SHUT COUNT BASIE AND ELLA FITZGERALD IN 1979.

HIS BIG BREAK CAME IN 1984, WHEN HE PHOTOGRAPHED PRINCE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AND THE JACKSON'S VICTORY TOUR IN JUST ONE MONTH.

HE HAD INCREDIBLE ACCESS TO LEGENDARY ENTERTAINING'S.

>> THESE GUYS ARE NOT LIKE ALIENS.

THEY'RE JUST NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT HAPPEN TO HAVE SOME KIND OF TALENT THAT PROPELS THEM TO A STAGE.

AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE FUN, TOO.

>> Reporter: AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW THAT CAN SAY THIS -- >> I FOUND MYSELF PLAYING POOL WITH KEITH RICHARDS AGAINST ERIC CLAPTON AND DAVID BOWIE.

>> Reporter: THAT STORY IS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE MED CAN ALSO TELLS THE TALE OF PHOTOGRAPHING PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

EVEN WITH EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS, SOME PICTURES ARE TOUGH TO GET, INCLUDING THIS PHOTO OF MILES DAVIS.

>> HE PLAYED THE WHOLE SHOW WITH HIS BACK TO THE AUDIENCE, AND I KNEELED ON THE FLOOR, THE HARDWOOD FLOOR, I STAYED THERE FOR 2 1/2 HOURS UNTIL HE TURNED AROUND TO LEAVE, AND HE WAVED, AND I TOOK ONE PICTURE.

>> Reporter: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED IN THE NEARLY 50 YEARS HE'S BEEN ON THE JOB.

>> I DON'T SHOOT MUCH ANYMORE.

BACK 10 YEARS AGO, I SHOT 200 BANDS IN A YEAR.

THE YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC I SHOT EIGHT, AND IT'S BECAUSE BANDS AND MANAGERS AND PUBLICISTS DON'T WANT TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED ANYMORE.

THEY WANT THEIR FRIENDS TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR iPHONE.

AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME ANSWER WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY, AND THEY SAY, BECAUSE YOU GUYS MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY OFF OF US.

AND IF THEY EVER LOOKED AT MY SALES REPORT FROM THE AGENCY THAT REPRESENT ME, THEY WOULD JUST START LAUGHING, BECAUSE MORE THAN HALF THE PICTURES THAT THEY LICENSE OF MINE, MY SHARE OF THE SALE IS UNDER TWO DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE HE CELEBRATES HIS BOOK RELEASE, HE'S NOT SURE WHERE HIS ARCHIVE OF MUSIC HISTORY WILL END UP.

>> I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED THAT OUT YET.

IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO A MUSEUM OR A COLLEGE.

WHO KNOWS?

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS MARK VITELLI.

>> THE BOOK IS CALLED NAPKIN, THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, AND THERE ARE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND STORIES FROM POLL AND ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING THE TIME HE WAS SHOOTING POOL WITH THE ROLLING STONES, LIKE WE ALL DO, AND PHOTOGRAPHING PRINCE ON HIS 26th BIRTHDAY.

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

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