November 17, 2020 - Full Show
11/17/2020 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch the Nov. 17, 2020 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson discuss plans to reopen Chicago Public Schools. The role of the White House chief of staff. And a Chicago artist interprets blackness.
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November 17, 2020 - Full Show
11/17/2020 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson discuss plans to reopen Chicago Public Schools. The role of the White House chief of staff. And a Chicago artist interprets blackness.
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