[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> JURY SYSTEM WORKS AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY IT.

>> THE RITTENHOUSE JURY GAVE ITS VERDICT FINDING HIM NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.

WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT DOES THAT SET?

>> THE DESPERATE NEED OF SUBSTITUTES THIS YEAR.

>> HOW BAD IS THE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE?

DISTRICTS ARE CANCELING SCHOOL.

>> WHAT A FIGHT OVER BOOK CENSORSHIP IN ILLINOIS COULD MEAN FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM.

>> AFTER THE KILLING OF A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE A LOOK AT STUDENT SAFETY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

>> IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR WISCONSIN AND GREAT DAY FOR FOXCONN.

>> A NEW BOOK SAYS THE FOXCONN FACILITY WAS A BAD DEAL FOR RESIDENTS.

>> ONE OF LAKE MICHIGAN'S MOST TROUBLING INVASIVE SPECIES SPOTTED THE A NORTH SIDE BEACH.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT QUAGGA MUSSELS?

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS WHERE WE'RE GOING.

>> A TOAST TO THE 26 STREET FAMILY THAT ADDED A TWIST OF CHICAGO HISTORY TO MEXICAN SPIRITS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> WISCONSIN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ALLEGED DRIVER WHO KILLED FIVE PEOPLE IN A WAUKESHA HOLIDAY PARADE YESTERDAY.

39-YEAR-OLD DARRELL BROOKS, JR. IS THE LONE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

HE IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING A RED S.U.V.

AT A HIGH-SPEED INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE WAUKESHA CHRISTMAS PARADE LEAVING FIVE DEAD AND 48 INJURED.

THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS THIS WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM.

>> HE WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE MINUTES PRIOR.

AND THE SUSPECT LEFT THAT SCENE JUST PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL TO THAT DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.

>> AT LEAST 18 CHILDREN WERE HOSPITALIZED.

SIX ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE FIVE 2 DIED RANGE IN AGE FROM 52-81.

BROOKES IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT ON FIVE COUNTS OF FIVE COUNTS OF INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE.

CHICAGO SA NEARING A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS CONFIDENT THAT VACCINATIONS OF CHICAGOANS WILL HIT 77% OF PEOPLE AGES 12 AND UP BY THANKSGIVING.

NOW THAT IS FOR BOTH FULLY AND PARTIALLY VACCINATED RESIDENTS.

BUT VACATION DATA SHOW OWE VAX RATES DATA SHOWS THE RATES ARE LOW IN BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO.

>> NOBODY IS TAKING A VICTORY LAP AND WE ARE STILL SEEING PROGRESS IN SOME OF THE AREAS PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND THERE.

>> A MASSIVE YEAR END DONATION FOR THE OBAMA FOUNDATION.

THE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED A $100 MILLION DONATION BY JEFF BEZOS.

THE GIFT WILL IN PART HONOR THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS BY NAMING THE PLAZA AFTER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON.

THE DONATION WILL EXPAND THE SCOPE OF PROGRAMMING TO REACH EMERGING LEADERS.

>> UP NEXT, RECAPPING THE KYLE RITTENHOUSE MURDER TRIAL WITH A LOOK AT THE VERDICT'S IMPACT.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> PROTESTORS MARCHED IN CHICAGO AND IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND AFTER A JURY LAST FRIDAY FOUND ANTIOCH RESIDENT KYLE RITTENHOUSE NOT GUILTY ON ALL FIVE CHARGES.

MARK RICHARDS BELIEVES IT WAS A CLEAR-CUT CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE WHEN RITTENHOUSE SHOT AND KILLED TWO MEN AND WOUNDED ANOTHER DURING UNREST IN KENOSHA LAST SUMMER.

>> HE DIDN'T WANT TO KILL ANYBODY.

AND HE WAS LEFT WITH THE TERRIBLE CHOICE AND HE EXERCISED THAT CHOICE WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE LAWFUL.

>> SO WHAT DOES THE VERDICT SAY ABOUT SELF-DEFENSE, GUN LAWS AND THE THREAT OF VIGILANTISM IN THE U.S.?

JOINING US ARE DAN MCCONKIE IS A FORMER STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.

>> AND CHICAGO DEFENSE ATTORNEY TONY THEDFORD, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

DAN MCCONKIE AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR YOUR REACTION TO THE VERDICT THAT THE JURY CAME BACK WITH ON FRIDAY?

>> IT WASN'T MUCH OF A SURPRISE TO ME.

THE PROSECUTION BEARS A HEAVY BURDEN OF PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

AND HERE THE DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO PRESENT AN EFFECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE AA PLAUSIBLE SELF-DEFENSE SCENARIO BASED ON COMPELLING TESTIMONY FROM THE DEFENDANT HIMSELF AND VIDEO FOOTAGE.

>> TONY THEDFORD THE JURY DID DELIBERATE INTO DAY FOUR OR THIS CASE ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE ACQUITTAL AND NOT ONE OF THE LESSER CHARGES THEY COULD HAVE CONSIDERED?

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I AGREE WITH THE PROFESSOR RELATIVE TO THIS BEING AN EASY SELF-DEFENSE CASE AT LEAST RELATIVE TO THE DEFENSE BECAUSE THERE WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION THERE FOR THE DEFENDANT TO EMPLOY SELF-DEFENSE AS A DEFENSE AND HIS TESTIMONY WAS CRUCIAL TO SECURING THAT ACQUITTAL.

I AM SURPRISED TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT A JURY THAT DELIBERATED THAT LONG WOULD COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE VERDICT AND I BELIEVE AS A COMPROMISE VERDICT THEY WOULD FIND ONE OF THE LESSER CHARGES.

MY BELIEF WAS THIS WOULD NOT BE FIRST DEGREE BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ELEMENT OF SELF-DEFENSE BUT I THOUGHT THE JURY MIGHT FIND A COMPROMISE.

NOT BECAUSE A COMPROMISE WAS REQUIRED HERE BUT BECAUSE I BELIEVED THE JURY SAW THE WEIGHT OF THE DECISION THEY WERE MAKING AND HAVING DELIBERATED FOR THAT LONG, I ASSUMED THEY WERE WRESTLING TO GET TO THAT CONCLUSION.

I WAS SHOCKED WHEN ALL FIVE COUNTS HE WAS NOT GUILTY.

>> A CASE THAT HAD NATIONAL REVERBRATIONS.

DAN MCCONKIE WHAT WAS THE KEY EVIDENCE ASIDE THE TESTIMONY FROM KYLE RITTENHOUSE THAT MADE THE CASE FOR SELF-DEFENSE IN THIS TRIAL?

>> I THINK THE KEY EVIDENCE THE VIDEOTAPE FOOTAGE.

THERE'S SO MUCH FOOTAGE, DRONE FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTINGS OF ALL THREE OF THE VICTIMS HERE.

AND IT HELPED THE DEFENSE TO FOCUS IN ON JUST THOSE FEW MOMENTS BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS.

FOR THE PROSECUTION TO PERSUADE THE JURY THAT RITTENHOUSE WAS THE AGGRESSOR WHICH WOULD DEFEAT A SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM REQUIRES THE JURY TO THINK ABOUT THE LARGER SITUATION.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE VIDEO THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING AT RITTENHOUSE, HUBER IS HITTING RITTENHOUSE OVER THE HEAD AND HE IS APPROACHED WITH A PISTOL IT PUTS THEM IN THE MOMENT AND MADE IT EASY FOR THE DEFENSE TO FRAME IT AS SELF-DEFENSE.

>> TONY THEDFORD ONE OF THE SELF-DEFENSE CLAIMS WAS THAT RITTENHOUSE WAS AFRAID HIS GUN COULD BE TAKEN FROM HIM AND USED TO KILL HIM.

IS THAT A SLIPPERY SLOPE THERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW THE DEFENSE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND AT TRIAL THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN FRAMING THIS FROM THE MOMENT OF THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN Mr. RANKED-CHOICE HOUSE AND -- Mr. RITTENHOUSE BETWEEN THE DECEASED GENTLEMEN AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS SHOT AND SURVIVED.

ONE CAN FRAME IT BROADER FROM THE TIME THIS YOUNG MAN BROUGHT THE GUN INTO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN OR TAKING THE GUN BEFORE HE WENT OUT THERE ON THE STREET TO PRESUMABLY PROTECT PROPERTY SOMEHOW.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT BROADENING THE SCOPE WHO BECOMES THE AGGRESSOR OR WHAT THE INTEND WAS -- INTENT WAS OF Mr. RITTENHOUSE BECOMES MUDDLED AND FAR MORE MUDDLED THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE JURY AT TRIAL.

HOWEVER, I AM NOT ARGUING THAT THE JURY SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE INFORMATION THERE ARE RULES IN TRIAL THAT DISALLOW CERTAIN INFORMATION TO COME IN BECAUSE WE WANT TO INSURE THE DEFENDANT HAS A FAIR TRIAL AND THE COURT MADE A DECISION TO CUTOFF THAT TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE JURY WAS TO RECEIVE TO THAT POINT FRANKLY OF THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE DECEASED IN THIS CASE AS WELL AS THE OTHER VICTIM.

>> CERTAINLY APPEARED TO BE LIKE A FOG OF WAR SITUATION THAT IS HOW THE JURY SAW IT.

DAN MCCONKIE IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF SELF-DEFENSE STANDARDS IN ILLINOIS VERSUS WISCONSIN?

WOULD IT BE THE SAME CASE HAD IT HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS?

>> I DON'T THINK THE LAW IN ILLINOIS IS IN ANY IMPORTANT RESPECT DIFFERENT FROM THE LAW IN WISCONSIN WHEN IT COMES TO SELF-DEFENSE.

I THINK THE RESULT IF IT HAPPENED ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER HERE, I THINK THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME.

>> ALTHOUGH TONY THEDFORD, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE MET WHAT ABOUT OPEN CARRY LAWS IN WISCONSIN?

MIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT HAD IT HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT GUN LAWS HERE?

>> WELL, THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT Mr. RITTENHOUSE WAS LAWFULLY CARRYING THAT GUN THAT ASSUMPTION WAS MADE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MADE BY THOSE PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE INTERVENED EARLIER BY ASKING QUESTIONS OF THIS YOUNG MAN WALKING UP THE STREET WITH SUCH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.

BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE FOG OF WAR PIECE AND FACTOR IN THE ABUNDANCE OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING THAT NIGHT, THE PROTESTS, AND THERE WAS ACTIVITY POLICE WERE INVOLVED IN AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE ASSUMPTION THIS YOUNG MAN WHO WAS WHITE WAS SAFE AND JUSTIFIED IN CARRYING HIS RIFLE AT THE TIME HE WAS CARRYING IT.

AND THE SAME SCRUTINY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID TO SOMEONE IF THIS YOUNG MAN WERE A BLACK MAN.

SIMPLY MY BELIEF AND THAT IS OBVIOUS BASED ON THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY.

>> AND DAN MCCONKIE I WANT TO PICK UP ON THAT ISSUE OF RACE.

DO YOU AGREE THAT RACE DID PLAY A ROLE AND IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT BLACK MEN DO NOT GET A HIGHER LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAN WHITE MEN?

>> YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CHIME IN AND SAY I AGREE WITH TONY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE CASE, IT'S HARD TO ISOLATE RACE AND SAY THAT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR.

BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW TONY WORKS WITH A LOT OF CASES AND I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF CASES OVER MY CAREER, AND I DO THINK IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A YOUNG BLACK MAN WALKING THE STREETS THAT NIGHT WITH AN AR15 AND THE POLICE ARE JUST ALMOST TREATING HIM AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE.

I THINK THAT IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS VERDICT ON ONE LEVEL YOU SAY WELL IT IS A WHITE DEFENDANT WHO KILLED WHITE VICTIMS WHAT DOES RACE HAVE TO DO WITH IT?

FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH THE REALITY OF AN UNEQUAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IT STINGS TO SEE A RESULT LIKE THIS IT IS A REMINDER THAT BLACKS AND WHITES DON'T GET THE SAME LEVEL OF JUSTICE.

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO THE CONDUCT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT NIGHT ON THE SCENE.

TONY THEDFORD, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT THIS FINDING THIS VERDICT COULD SET FOR PEOPLE WHO DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO BE ARMED AT PROTESTS IN THE FUTURE?

>> ONE CAN ARGUE THAT PRESS DEPARTMENT WAS SET -- PRECEDENT WAS SET IN OUR COUNTRY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO BETWEEN THE YOUNG MAN WHO IS WHITE LIKE Mr. RITTENHOUSE AND A POTENTIAL DIFFERENT YOUNG MAN WHO IS BLACK THAT PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET IN TERMS THAT THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND THAT IS THE TRAGEDY OF THIS CASE.

IN TERMS OF IT SETTING PRECEDENT IN TERMS OF VIGILANTISM AND PEOPLE'S BELIEF THEY CAN CARRY A GUN INTO A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH IMPUNITY IF TRAGEDY OCCURS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH Mr. RITTENHOUSE'S CASE I THINK IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE BUT IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH NOT THE COURTS AND THE COURTS PERMISSION TO ALLOW A PERSON TO ACT IN A MANNER THAT RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF OTHERS.

I THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE EXPECTATION OF THE GUN CARRYING POPULATION.

AND FRANKLY, SOME BELIEF PERHAPS THAT JUST BECAUSE ONE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A GUN EVEN OPEN CARRY STATES THAT THEN ALLOWS BEHAVIOR BASED ON THEIR OWN DISCRETION TO FIRE THAT GUN, CLAIMING SELF-DEFENSE WHEN IN FACT IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT BUT FOR THE PRESENCE OF THAT GUN IN THE FIRST PLACE THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN THIS OUTCOME.

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE AND PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE FOR A LONGTIME.

OUR THANKS TO DAN MCCONKIE AND TONY THEDFORD THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS THANK YOU.

>> A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE DAYS OFF ON THURSDAY AND MAYBE FRIDAY TOO FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

AT LEAST ONE SUBURBAN SCHOOL'S STAFF AND STUDENTS GOT AN EXTRA FEW DAYS THIS WEEK OFF DUE TO A STAFFING SHORTAGE.

IT'S EMBLEMATIC OF A WIDER ISSUE OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> YEAH, BRANDIS IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR BUT DISTRICT 65 IS OUT ALL THIS WEEK.

PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED FRIDAY WITH SUBS AND STAFF PITCHING IN SCHOOLS WOULD NOT OPERATE ESPECIALLY WITH PANDEMIC GUIDELINES.

THIS DECISION WAS MADE IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR TEAM.

SUPERINTENDENT WROTE IN THE LETTER BASED ON NUMBERS RECEIVED TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING OR SUB COVERAGE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CARE OR SUPPORT HIGH QUALITY LEARNING.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS A RESULT OF EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF NEEDING TO REST AND FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO TO TEND TO THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

THIS IS A SIGN OF WHAT PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS, MARK KLAISNER SAYS IS AN EDUCATOR SHORTAGE STATE WHITE IN RURAL, SUBURBAN AND CHICAGO.

>> AS ONE OF MY SUPERINTENDENTS SAID YOU KNOW, MARK, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO FILL CLASSROOMS SO I'M PUTTING MY PARAPROFESSIONALS IN THE CLASSROOMS.

AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARAPROFESSIONALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF KIDS SO I'M PUTTING SUBSTITUTES IN AS PARAPROFESSIONALS WHICH MEANS I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUBSTITUTES WHICH MEANS MY ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IS SUBSTITUTING IN CLASSROOMS.

>> DATA FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOWS 4,000 UNFILLED POSITIONS IN SCHOOLS STATE-WIDE INCLUDING MORE THAN 1700 TEACHING POSTS THIS YEAR.

IF THERE WERE MORE TEACHERS MARK KLAISNER SAYS THERE WOULD BE LESS OF A STRESS ON SUBS IT HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

>> MEDICAL ISSUES OR FEAR OR CONCERN FOR ONE'S OWN HEALTH OR EVEN POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS LATELY THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AS WELL.

>> ANOTHER ISSUE: PAY MARK KLAISNER THAT ON AVERAGE SUBS MAKE 100 A DAY IT IS MORE IN C.P.S.

ABOUT 180.

GIVEN LICENSURE AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO DO THE JOB, MICHELLE GUNDERSON SAYS THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> YOU CAN'T TREAT SUBSTITUTES AS SOMETHING ON THE BACK BURNER.

AND THEN NOT REALIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CRISIS ALONG THE LINE.

IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS TREATED AS A PRIORITY.

>> I TALKED TO GUNDERSON THIS AFTERNOON AFTER SHE HAD SUBSTITUTED FOR A THIRD GRADE CLASS AT THE C.P.S.

SCHOOL FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED.

>> OUR BIGGEST RESOURCE REALLY IS OUR RETIRED TEACHERS.

WE NOT CHILDREN.

WE KNOW THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE QUALIFIED WE HAVE OUR LICENSURE.

BUT WHEN I RETIRED I DID NOT RECEIVE A LETTER AN INVITATION, PLEASE COME SUB FOR US HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT.

>> GUNDERSON WHO IS A TEACHER'S UNION LEADER SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE WORKING TO REMOVE EVERY BARRIER TO MAKE IT EASIER TO STAFF UP AND THAT INCLUDES REACHING OUT TO RETIREES.

SOME EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THAT FRONT, RETIRED TEACHERS CAN NOW DO THAT MORE OFTEN WITHOUT GETTING THEIR PENSIONS NICKED AND THE DISTRICT OFFERS A $420 BONUS EACH MONTH TO THOSE WHO TAKE ON AT LEAST A DOZEN TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN A 30-DAY PERIOD.

THAT BONUS IS DOING THE TRICK SAYS KATHERINE KONOPASEK.

>> THERE WERE 500, 600, 700, I SAW 900 OPENINGS ONE TIME.

THAT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE NOW I SEE ON THE SYSTEM THE ON-LINE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE I SEE THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NEED FOR SUBS.

>> KATHERINE KONOPASEK IS A RETIRED C.P.S.

PRINCIPAL WHO LAST YEAR FILLED IN 115 DAYS FOR A TEACHER AND SHE, TOO, SUBBED AGAIN TODAY.

BUT SHE IS IN HER 60s AND HAS SOME COVID VULNERABILITIES.

SHE SAYS SOME WOULD BE SUBS HAVE FEARS GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM LIKE HEALTH CONCERNS.

>> SO IT WAS SCARY.

AND IT IS STILL TO SOME DEGREE AND THERE'S MUCH GOING ON WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE FEELING BURNT OUT.

OUR SUBSTITUTES ARE FEELING BURNT OUT.

I'M STAFFING SUBBING MYSELF EARLY IN DECEMBER I'M NOT GOING TO DO THE 12 DAYS ANYMORE.

I APPRECIATE THE INCENTIVE.

BUT I JUST CAN'T.

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.

I'M TIRED.

I'M SADDENED BY SOME OF THE THINGS WE SEE.

>> THERE'S THE ISSUE OF SOME POTENTIAL SUBS BEING RETICENT TO KIDS HIT AT SCHOOLS AND PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS BE IT ANY POTENTIAL VIOLENCE OR MAYBE A DIFFICULT PRINCIPAL.

>> A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WILL LOOK AT THAT ON THE SCREEN AND WILL DECIDE NOT TO GO THERE.

NOW, THIS BECOMES A RACIAL ISSUE, TOO.

AND A PROBLEM WITH THE TALE OF TWO CITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

BECAUSE IN OUR TOUGHER TO STAFF SCHOOLS, WE'VE HAD A FILL RATE THAT IS MUCH LESS THAN OUR SCHOOLS WITH WHITE STUDENTS IN THEM.

>> C.P.S.

SAYS IT DOES NOT USE TEACHING ASSISTANTS TO WORK AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND ALSO THAT THE DISTRICT IS MAKING EFFORTS SOME KATHERINE KONOPASEK DESCRIBES AS VALIANT.

EXTRA PAY FOR THOSE WHO TAKE ON ASSIGNMENTS IN THOSE HARDER TO STAFF OR SO-CALLED INCENTIVE SCHOOLS.

SUBS FOR PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS CAN NOW GET HEALTHCARE.

MARK KLAISNER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION SAYS IN A CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW TO ALLEVIATE THIS SUB SHORTAGE.

>> A COUPLE STATES IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE NOW ALLOWED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO GO THROUGH A TRAINING TO BE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

AND JUST FRANKLY IN ILLINOIS WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T DILUTE THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ERODING THE LEVEL OF QUALITY.

>> IT MAY NOT BE AS EASY AS A JOB AS YOU MIGHT ASSUME.

THINK BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL AND A DIFFICULT TIME THAT SUBS MAY HAVE HAD PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU GAVE THEM A DIFFICULT TIME HOPEFULLY NOT.

BUT MARK KLAISNER DOES SAY THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS ON THIS FRONT INCLUDING WORKING TO SPREAD THE WORD TO THOSE LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE AND MEANINGFUL WORK THAT YOU DO NOT NEED A UNIVERSITY TEACHING DEGREE IN ORDER TO WORK AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, AFTER THE KILLING OF A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE A LOOK AT STUDENT SAFETY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

STAY WITH US.

>> A DISCUSSION SURROUNDING SAFETY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS ONGOING IN CHICAGO.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COMMUNITY IN HYDE PARK IS REELING FROM THE NOVEMBER 9TH KILLING OF A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM CHINA.

SOME CALLED FOR INCREASED SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY IN THE AREA WHILE OTHERS ARGUE A GREATER POLICE PRESENCE ONLY EXACERBATES THE ROOT CAUSES OF GUN VIOLENCE.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC IS GRACE PAI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASIAN-AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE IN CHICAGO.

GRACE PAI IS AN ALUMNA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS TO THE CALL FOR INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE ON U CHICAGO'S CAMPUS?

>> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE.

HYDE PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST POLICED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF TWO POLICE FORCES ONE IS THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE TONS OF POLICE ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE KNOW THAT THAT HASN'T STOPPED ISSUES LIKE THIS FROM OCCURRING.

IT HASN'T STOPPED GUN VIOLENCE FROM IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY I THINK TO TRY THE SAME FAILED PRACTICES OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS NOT GOING TO WORK THIS TIME.

>> IF ADDED SURVEILLANCE, MORE POLICE IF THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER WHAT CHANGES COULD THE CAMPUS MAKE TO BE SAFER?

>> WE THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS LARGER THAN JUST THE UNIVERSITY.

CERTAINLY THE UNIVERSITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PUSHING OUT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FROM HYDE PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO BUILD TRUST AND TO INVEST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING VERY EXCLUSIVE.

HYDE PARK HAS BECOME UNAFFORDABLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE UNIVERSITY DOES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THAT.

BUT WHEN I SAY IT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST THE UNIVERSITY THE CITY AND THE STATE NEED TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT ACTION AS WELL.

GUN VIOLENCE RESULTS FROM DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT FROM LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, FROM LACK OF ACCESS TO GOOD JOBS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAUMATIZED THEY ARE EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE AND I THINK THAT THE TRAUMA OF THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.

TO REVERSE THAT WE NEED LARGE SCALE INVESTMENTS IN THINGS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, IN QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH HEALTHCARE AND ALL THE TRAUMA INFORMED SUPPORTS AND CARE PEOPLE NEED.

>> CAN YOU CONVEY THE SENTIMENTS AND OBSTACLES THAT STUDENTS FROM CHINA MIGHT FACE WHEN CONSIDERING OR ATTENDING U.S.

COLLEGES?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH THE GRIEF AND THE SORROW AND THE FEAR THAT MANY ASIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ASIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN KILLED IN HYDE PARK.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE TRAUMA OF WHAT FOLKS ARE GOING THROUGH.

I LIVE JUST TWO BLOCKSES FROM WHERE HE WAS KILLED AND I CAN RELATE TO THAT FEAR OF GOING OUTSIDE OR GOING FOR A WALK OR NOT BEING SURE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU.

SO I CAN COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH THAT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MANY OF WHOM AREN'T REALLY AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE RACIALIZED TENSIONS THAT EXIST IN CHICAGO AND ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR DIALOGUE THAT THERE IS A LOT THAT THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE GRIEVING HAVE IN COMMON WITH OTHER OUTSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE BLACK WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME GRIEF AND LOSS.

>> TODAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF ASIAN-AMERICANS USED AS A WEDGE TO DIVIDE PEOPLE IN THE PAST.

TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> YEAH.

SO ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE OFTEN BEEN USED TO DIVIDE OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE I SHARED TODAY WAS THAT OF THE MODEL MINORITY THIS COMMON PERCEPTION OF ASIAN-AMERICAN AS A MINORITY THAT DOES WELL THAT DOESN'T NEED HELP THAT IS HIGHLY EDUCATED THAT MYTH WAS CREATED BY A WHITE SOCIOLOGIST IN THE 1960s DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO UPLIFT ONE MINORITY AND TO WORK AGAINST ANOTHER.

IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT THAT HAPPENS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ONE BLACK COMMUNITY IS DEMANDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND THAT IDEA THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE INNATELY GIFTED WAS USED TO PLAY DOWN THE DEMANDS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND IT'S COMPLETELY FALSE.

ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE NOT INNATELY GIFTED.

IT'S JUST THAT THE UNITED STATES ONLY ALLOWED IN HIGHLY EDUCATED AND HIGH EARNING IMMIGRANTS FROM ASIA.

WE HAD A SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY.

WE STILL HAVE A SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY.

THAT IS THE REAL REASON THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS YOU SEE ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED OR MAKE LOTS OF MONEY.

IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY.

>> GRACE, HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY WITH REGARD TO YOUR ORGANIZATION'S CONCERNS?

>> WE HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THESE CONCERNS.

BUT THEY ALSO DIDN'T REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN MAKING THIS DECISION.

I THINK THAT IT'S TELLING THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY WENT TO INCREASING POLICING AND SURVEILLANCE WHICH THEY KNOW WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN HYDE PARK AND BEYOND.

>> OK. AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ASIAN AND ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES WITH HATE CRIME ATTACKS ON THE RISE.

HAVE YOU FOUND ALLIES WITHIN OTHER COMMUNITIES DURING THIS TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY?

>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

A LOT OF WORK WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION IS IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

WE HAVE SEEN FOLKS STEP UP WHEN OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TARGETED AND WE STEP UP WHEN OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HARMED AND THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THE RACIAL SOLIDARITY WORK.

>> GRACE PAI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", CONTROVERSY OVER BOOK CENSORSHIP IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS WE SHARE THE DETAILS.

A BOOK SAYS AFTER BULLDOZING HOMES AND SPENDING BIG ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WISCONSIN'S CONTROVERSIAL FOXCONN PLANT WAS ILL ADVISED.

AND INVASIVE SPECIES DOCKED AT CHICAGO BEACHES FOR DECADES AND YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW IT.

WE TELL YOU ABOUT THE QUAGGA MUSSELS.

AND THE TOAST TO THE 26 STREET FAMILY THAT ADDED A TWIST TO CHICAGO HISTORY WITH THE MEXICAN SPIRITS.

MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, POLICE REPORTED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS TO THE CITY.

DAVID BROWN REPORTS AS OF TODAY 84% OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHICH INCLUDES SWORN OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE DISCLOSED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS TO THE VACCINATION PORTAL.

OF THE 84% REPORTING, NEARLY 79% ARE VACCINATED.

AND 35 OFFICERS REMAIN ON NO PAY STATUS FOR REFUSING TO INTER THEIR VACCINATION STATUS.

HERE IS WHAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN HAD TO SAY TODAY... >> WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WITH EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS.

THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF MISINFORMATION COMING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF COUNSELING INDIVIDUALLY TO OVERCOME THE MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACTS NOT BEING IN THE PORTAL ON THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

>> BLACK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUGGEST A COMPROMISE IN DRAWING A NEW CITY COUNCIL WARD MAP WITH A DEADLINE NINE DAYS AWAY, THE CITY COUNCIL'S BLACK CAUCUS SAYS IT WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP ONE MAJORITY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WARD AND BEEN ADVOCATED TO KEEP ALL 18 IN SPITE OF POPULATION LOSSES.

THAT CONCESSION MEANS THE LATINO CAUCUS FIGHTING TO GAIN TWO WARDS WOULD PICK UP ONE WARD IN THE ONCE EVERY TEN-YEAR SCRAMBLE FOR POWER.

HERE IS WHAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BLACK CAUCUS SAID TODAY.

>> WE ARE SUPPORTING AND HAVE PRESENTED A PLAN FOR 18 -- 17 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WARDS, 14 LATINO WARDS, 18 WHITE WARDS AND ONE ASIAN WARD.

THAT WE FEEL IS ADEQUATELY REPRESENTS ALL OF CHICAGO AT THE SAME TIME WHILE WE ARE PRESERVING THE COMMUNITIES.

>> BLACK CAUCUS DID NOT DRAW 50 WARD LINES.

INSTEAD THEIR MAP SHOWS REGIONS WHERE WARDS SHOULD BE DRAWN.

41 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO AGREE ON A MAP OF 50 WARDS BY DECEMBER 1.

A COALITION OF ACTIVISTS INTRODUCED THEIR OWN PEOPLE'S MAP TODAY.

AND TAKE A LOOK WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> WHY THE PEOPLE'S MAP IS COMPACT, IT'S CONTIGUOUS AND IT PROTECTS THE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHICAGO.

IT IS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO HAVE AN EFFECT IN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.

THE PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE THE ALDERMEN RATHER THAN THE ALDERMEN CHOOSE THE PEOPLE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THE PEOPLE'S MAP INCLUDES 15 BLACK MAJORITY WARDS AND 14 LATINO WARDS AND CREATES CHICAGO'S FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY WARD AND THAT WOULD BE AROUND CHINATOWN.

IN ORDER TO VOTE A REFERENDUM THE PEOPLE'S MAP NEEDS 10 ALDERPEOPLE TO BACK IT WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE JUST YET.

>> HOLIDAY TRAVELERS BEWARE.

THANKSGIVING TRAVEL NUMBERS COULD RETURN TO NEAR PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.

AAA SAYS 90% OF THANKSGIVING TRAVELERS WILL TAKE THE ROAD.

AND HERE ARE TIPS FROM THE MOTOR CLUB.

LEAVING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS A BAD IDEA WITH GRIDLOCK EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON-8:00 P.M. AVOID THE ROUTE IN CHICAGO WILL BE THE EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY WESTBOUND.

FROM 2: 4 5:00 P.M. TO 4-4 TIME P.M.

WHEN TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO BE TRIPLE THE AMOUNT.

THE BEST TIME TO HEAD WHERE YOU ARE HEAD SOMETHING AFTER 9:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY AND CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.

>> THERE IS AN AQUATIC INVADER THAT WRECKED HAVOC IN THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM FOR DECADES AND MADE AN APPEARANCE ON THE BEACH ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE.

PATTY WETLI JOINS US WITH DETAILS ABOUT QUAGGA MUSSELS.

SO ONE OF OUR WTTW NEWS COLLEAGUES WAS STUMBLING ACROSS EDGEWATER BEACH AND FOUND A QUAGGA MUSSEL.

REMIND US WHAT QUAGGA MUSSELS ARE?

>> THEY ARE THIS LITTLE GUY IF YOU CAN SEE IT.

THEY ARE TINY.

AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE, DEVASTATING CREATURES IN THE GREAT LAKES.

THEY ARE THIS INVASIVE MUSSEL THAT CLOGS WATER INTAKES, IT STICKS TO BOATS AND IS WREAKING HAVOC WITH THE ECOSYSTEM ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOD CHAIN.

IT'S TAKING UP ALL KINDS OF NUTRIENTS THAT SMALL FISH NEED AND THERE ARE NOT SMALL FISH FOR THE BIG FISH THEY ARE A NIGHTMARE.

>> HOW DO THEY COME ASHORE?

>> YES, SO THAT WAS THE INTERESTING THING LIKE THERE WAS A HUGE DEPOSIT OF SHELLS THAT OUR COWORKER SAYS FOR 10 YEARS I'VE WALKED THIS BEACH EVERY NEVER SEEN SHELLS IT'S BECAUSE LAKE MICHIGAN DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME TIDAL WAVE ACTION AS OCEANS DO SO IT DOESN'T BRING SHELLS UP FROM THE BOTTOM BUT WE HAD MAJOR WAVE ACTION AND STORMS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO BRING ALL OF THIS SHELL DEBRIS ON TO THE BEACH.

>> THAT IS ONE OF MANY INVASIVE SEE SPES HOW ABOUT THE ZEBRA MUSSELS HOW IS THEIR POPULATION?

>> THE QUAGGA HAVE DECIMATEDDED THE ZEBRA MUSSELS THEY ARE STILL IN A LOT OF WAYS BALL GAME KNOWN AS THE QUAGGA BUT THE QUAGGA HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ZEBRAS DON'T STAND A CHANCE.

>> THE ZEBRA MUSSEL IS ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.

>> THEY ARE BOTH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED SO THAT CAN BE CONFUSING IF YOU COME ACROSS THE SHELLS BECAUSE UNBENOUNCED TO ME QUAGGA IS A ZEBRA, TOO THAT IS EXTINCT.

THE QUAGGA MUSSELS ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE QUAGGA ZEBRAS.

>> A MUSCLE MUSSEL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A LOOK AT THE FIGHT OVER BOOK CENSORSHIP IN ILLINOIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE NATIONAL DEBATE OVER BOOK CENSORSHIP IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN DOWNERS GROVE ARGUED WHETHER THE GRAPHIC NOVEL JEANDER QUEER SHOULD BE KEPT IN LIBRARIES, THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY COMING OUT AS NONBINARY IS CRITICIZED FOR HAVING EXPLICIT COULD BE TENT SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS NOT ONLY AFFIRMING FOR STUDENTS BUT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

JOINING US IS DEBORAH CALDWELL-STONE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM.

WE INVITED GROUPS THAT OPPOSE THIS NOVEL IN SCHOOLS BUT REPRESENTATIVES WERE UNAVAILABLE OR DID NOT RESPOND.

DEBORAH CALDWELL-STONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR REACTION TO THIS DISTRIBUTE?

>> -- DISPUTE?

>> WE ARE DISPLAYED AT ANY REQUEST TO SENSOR CERLS IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES WE BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY READ AND WE TRUST THE CHOICES OF THE LIBRARIANS AND WHAT THEY ADD TO THE COLLECTIONS.

I THINK THAT THAT DECISION HAS BEEN AFFIRMED BY THE DOWNERS GROVE SCHOOL BOARD AND ITS ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS LOOKED AT THE BOOK AND AFFIRMED THAT IT MET THEIR CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.

>> AGAIN THE BOOK IS CALLED GENDER QUEER A MEMOIR.

ARE YOU AWARE OF WHICH PARTS THE CRITICS ARE CALLING INAPPROPRIATE?

>> THERE ARE SOME PANELS THAT FEEL DEAL WITH SEXUAL ACTIVITY AS A GRAPHIC NOVEL THEY PORTRAY THAT ACTIVITY.

AND WITH GRAPHIC NOVELS IT IS MORE INTENSE.

IT IS A LITTLE MORE IN IRFACE BECAUSE IT IS AN IMAGE RATHER THAN TEXT.

BUT MANY, MANY BOOKS DEAL WITH THE SAME KINDS OF ACTIVITIES AND TEXT AND REMAIN ON THE SHELF AT THE LIBRARIES.

IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE LIBRARY USER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY OF ADD LESS DENTS -- ADOLESCENTS WHO MAY BE DEALING WITH ISSUES ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY AND HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT WHETHER FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE FRIENDS ARE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE.

SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND DEVELOP EMPATHY ASH THE ISSUE.

-- AROUND THE ISSUE.

CERTAINLY WHILE WE AGREE THAT A PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO GUIDE THEIR OWN CHILD'S READING, THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DICTATE WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO MAY WANT AND NEED THIS INFORMATION.

>> YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE MANY BOOKS THAT PORTRAY SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND OBVIOUSLY HETEROSEXUAL EXPERIENCES DO YOU THINK THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE?

>> I THINK WE HAVE ARE SEEING A CAMPAIGN REALLY TO REMOVE LGBTQ THEMED MATERIALS FROM SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING MULTIPLE REPORTS OF CENSORSHIP CHALLENGES NOT ONLY IN ILLINOIS BUT IN MANY OTHER STATES.

AND THE TARGET SEEM TO BE LGBTQ THEMED BOOKS.

SOME ARE GENDER CLEAR AND OTHERS ARE BOOKS YOU MIGHT THINK ARE INKNOCK DISCUSS THAT ARE PICTURE BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH FAMILIES HEADED BY SAME-SEX COUPLES.

WE'RE HEARING ANYTHING DEALING WITH GAY, QUEER OR TRANSGENDER TREATMENTS ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE IS AN EFFORT TO REMOVE THE BOOKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> HOW DO YOU THINK DEBATES LIKE THIS ARE BEING HEARD BY STUDENTS WHO MIGHT OR MIGHT BE CONSIDERING IDENTIFYING AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY?

>> WELL, CERTAINLY DEMANDS TO REMOVE THE BOOKS FROM SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE A STIGMATIZING EFFECT.

A MESSAGE THAT YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS COMMUNITY.

YOUR BOOKS DO NOT BELONG IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT IS TERRIBLE.

LIBRARIES HAVE LONG BEEN WORKING ON BEING WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE INSTITUTIONS THAT REFLECT THE LIVES AND INTERESTS OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY NOT JUST GROUPS THAT HAVE THE LOUDEST VOICES.

AND CERTAINLY IT SENDS A TERRIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND OUR FREEDOM TO READ.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BOUND BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

STUDENTS HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

READERS HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WE SHOULDN'T BE TEACHING LESSONS IN CENSORSHIP IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING OUR FREEDOMS AND CELEBRATING THE RIGHT TO READ.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS HAVE BECOME A BATTLE GROUND CONVERSATIONS AROUND LGBTQ ISSUES AND QUITE A BIT WITH REGARD TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY?

>> WELL, WHAT WE'RE OBSERVING IS EFFORTS BY LOCAL GROUPS AND EVEN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO TARGET SCHOOL BOARDS.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION IN THE MOMENT IS ABOUT WHAT MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE ABOUT CENSORSHIP ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO.

WE SELDOM SEE THE BASE ABOUT MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ADULTS.

BUT WHEN THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WE SEE MORE DISPUTES WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND NOT APPROPRIATE.

BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN WE DISCUSS THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO RESOLVE IT IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUAL CHOICE WHETHER THAT IS THE GUIDANCE FROM THE PARENT OR THE YOUNG PERSON THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY AS THEY GET OLDER.

AND THEY START PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR ADULTHOOD AND LIFE AS A VOTER, LIFE IN SOCIETY.

TO REMOVE THESE MATERIALS FROM THEIR HANDS IS REALLY A DENIAL OF THEIR AGENCY AND THEIR LIVES AS INDIVIDUALS.

>> AND DEBRA, WE KNOW THAT EFFORTS TO BAN BOOKS IS NOTHING NEW.

ARE YOU NOTICING MORE OF IT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WORKED AT ALA IN THIS OFFICE FOR OVER 20 YEARS DEALING WITH CENSORSHIP IN LIBRARIES.

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS VOLUME OF CHALLENGES COME IN.

IT'S WHAT LED US TO CONCLUDE THERE IS A ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND CERTAIN GROUPS TO TARGET THESE BOOKS AT THIS TIME WHEN THERE IS SUCH A CONVERSATION GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AROUND THESE ISSUES.

>> DEBORAH CALDWELL-STONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, BRANDIS.

>> UP NEXT, DID WISCONSIN OFFICIALS MAKE A MISTAKE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR FOXCONN?

MORE ON THAT AHEAD.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> THE MOST JOBS EVER CREATED BY A NEW U.S. BASED PROJECT FUNDED BY A FOREIGN COMPANY THAT WAS THE PROMISE IN 2017 WHEN DONALD TRUMP AND FORMER WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER HERALDED A MASSIVE NEW FACTORY IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO BE BUILT BY TAIWAN-BASED ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER FOXCONN.

>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA.

IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR WISCONSIN AND IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR FOXCONN.

[APPLAUSE] TODAY WE'RE ANNOUNCING THE SINGLE LARGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> BUT WAS THAT ALL A MIRAGE?

A NEW BOOK ARGUES THE PROMISES HAVE COME UP WAY SHORT.

THE BOOK IS CALLED, "FOXCONNED", AND THE SAGGING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND JOINING US IS THE AUTHOR OF "FOXCONNED" LAWRENCE TABAK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

REMIND US WHO FOXCONN IS AND WHAT THEY HAD VOWED TO BUILD IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

>> FIRST OF ALL THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

FOXCONN IS MOST FAMOUS FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES MOSTLY IN CHINA.

THE iPHONE BEING THE MOST PROMINENT OF THOSE OBJECTS.

THEY MORE LATELY IN THEIR HISTORY GOT INTO THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING LARGE SCREEN TV'S, FLAT SCREENS.

AND THEY PROPOSED THAT THEY WOULD BRING THAT TECHNOLOGY TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO WISCONSIN.

AND BUILD A $10 BILLION PLANT THAT WOULD BUILD THE LARGEST TEMPERATURE V SETS THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.

>> I REMEMBER AT THE TIME THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN PROMISED UP TO $3 BILLION IN STATE TAX INCENTIVES FOR CREATING ALL THE JOBS.

THEY PROMISED THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

WHERE IS THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY AT TODAY?

>> WELL, THE INCENTIVES THAT THE STATE PROMISED WERE PROTECTED IN A SENSE BY LINKAGE TO JOB CREATION.

SO THAT MONEY HAS NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED.

HOWEVER, THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES RACINE COUNTY AND MOUNT PLEASANT VILLAGE OF 26,000, WENT IN WHOLE HOG ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING AND THEY HAVE SPEND HALF A BILLION ON ROADS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUYING THE PROPERTY WHICH THEY DEEDED TO FOXCONN.

AND WHAT IS THERE IS RATHER DISAPPOINTING.

ABOUT 5% OF THEIR PROMISED SQUARE-FOOTAGE AND ONLY A TINY FRACTION MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE THAT PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> AND A BIG COST HERE.

YOU MENTIONED THE PROMISED TAX INCENTIVES HAVE NOT BEEN PAID OUT BUT MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS AND SO MANY FOLKS LOST THEIR HOMES DUE TO EMINENT DOMAIN.

TELL US ABOUT THE PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT FOLKS GIVE FORCED TO GIVE UP THE DWELLING PLACES.

>> THIS IS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING PART OF THE STORY.

THAT AREA WHICH I DROVE THROUGH IN OCTOBER OF 2017 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

IT'S FLAT AREA WITH A LOT OF FAMILY FARMS GROWING NOT ONLY CASH CROPS BUT PRODUCE.

AND SCATTERED ALONG THOSE COUNTRY ROADS WERE LITTLE HOMESTEADS ONE TO FIVE ACRE HOMES BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED AND LANDSCAPED.

AND ABOUT 75 OF THOSE HOMES WERE GIVEN A LETTER IN OCTOBER OF 2017 SAYING THAT THEY WOULD BE LOSING THEIR HOMES THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN.

AND THE FAMILY FARMS THAT ARE IN THERE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED UNDER GREAT DEAL OF STRESS AND PERHAPS COERCION TO SELL THEIR LAND EVEN THOUGH SOME HAD BEEN IN FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS.

>> AND WE REMEMBER THAT THE FORMER GOVERNOR AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUTED THIS PROJECT AS A MASSIVE INVESTMENT AND YOUR BOOK ARGUES IT HAS NOT COME TO FRUITION WAS PUBLIC INPUT TAKE 19 CONSIDERATION WHEN THE LEADERS WERE MAKING THESE DECISIONS?

>> THE MAJOR DECISIONS WERE DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THEY WERE OFTEN TOP DOWN.

PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO THE MOST COMET-FOR-THEY USE SECOND GETTING -- METAPHOR.

IT CAME INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH SO MUCH TOP DOWNPOUR INVOLVED THAT IT WAS JUST SWEPT AWAY.

THERE WERE NO HEARINGS.

THERE WERE NO REFERENDUM.

THIS WAS JUST DROPPED ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

>> THERE ARE OTHER GOVERNORS OF OTHER STATES THAT SOURED ON THE DEAL THAT SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

WAS THIS DECISION PURELY ABOUT POLITICS MORE THAN THE REALITIES OF ECONOMICS?

>> WELL, CERTAINLY IT WAS POLITICS OVER ECONOMICS.

KEEP IN MIND THIS WAS ACTUALLY AFTER WALKER'S ATTEMPT TO GET THE NOMINATION FOR THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY.

AND HIS APPROVAL RATINGS IN WISCONSIN WERE QUITE LOW HE WAS LOOKING AT AN ELECTION WHICH WAS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.

AND HE THOUGHT I'M SURE HE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE REALLY THE EVENT THAT WOULD PUT HIM OVER THE TOP THAT WOULD RESTORE HIS REPUTATION.

AND HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN WISCONSIN.

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT WERE BIDDING PLENTY OF MONEY.

>> THESE BIDDING WARS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

CHICAGO TRIED TO BID FOR AMAZON'S HEADQUARTERS AND YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT SOME OF THE BIDDING WARS IN YOUR BOOK.

WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND WHEN YOU ANALYZED THESE SITUATIONS?

>> THIS IS A NOVEL DISCOVERY.

ACADEMICS HAVE BEEN POINTING TO THIS FOR DECADES AND THAT IS THAT THE NET SUM GAME OF OHIO BIDDING AGAINST ILLINOIS BIDDING AGAINST WISCONSIN IS ZERO.

IF A FACTORY IS GOING TO BE BUILT OR A HEADQUARTERS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IT WILL GET DONE REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH INCENTIVE MONEY IS INVOLVED.

IT'S JUST A CASE STUDY HERE WITH FOXCONN HOW THEY PLAYED ONE STATE AGAINST ANOTHER STATE AGAINST ANOTHER STATE TO CRANK UP THE VALUE OF THEIR PROJECT TO THE POINT WHERE WISCONSIN WAS WILLING TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A NUMBER OF JOBS THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE NEVER PAID BACK THAT UP FRONT EXPENSE.

>> AND LAST QUESTION TELL US WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE IS?

IT'S NOT GOING TO MATERIALIZE INTO WHAT THEY PROMISED THOUSANDS OF HIGH PAYING MANUFACTURING JOBS.

SO WHAT IS THE LIKELIEST OUTCOME?

>> FIRST OF ALL FOXCONN OWNS A THOUSAND ACRES OF WISCONSIN PROPERTY WHAT THEY DO WITH IT IS UNKNOWN.

THEY NOT ONLY OWN PROPERTY I HAVE THEY HAVE A PIPELINE TO LAKE MICHIGAN WATER ONE OF THE LAST GREAT RESOURCES OF CLEAN WATER IN THE WORLD.

AND THE REST OF THE PROPERTY WHICH IS NOW ABOUT 3900 ACRES IS AN EMPTY INDUSTRIAL PARK WAITING FOR THE CIVIC LEADERS TO DEVELOP IT OVER TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT THE CAUTIONARY TALE OVER THE ILLINOIS BORDER IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

OUR THANKS TO AUTHOR LAWRENCE TABAK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AGAIN THE BOOK IS "FOXCONNED", IMAGINARY JOBS BULLDOZED HOMES AND THE SAGGING OF LOST GOVERNMENTS.

AND BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> LITTLE VILLAGE IS RENOWNED FOR BEING A DEEPLY MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TODAY.

BUT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

IT WAS LARGELY POPULATED BY EASTERN EUROPEANS UNTIL A WAVE OF MEXICAN AMERICAN MIGRATION TO CHICAGO IN THE 1960s GAVE IT THE CHICANO FLAVOR BE KNOW TODAY AMONG THE MIGRANTS WAS THE MORENO FAMILY THAT GREETED VISITORS TO THEIR LIQUOR STORE FOR DECADES.

THE NEXT GENERATION HAS A WAY FOR CHICAGOANS TO ENJOY A DRINK WITH THE HISTORY OF PROHIBITION.

>> WHEN YOU THINK OF 26TH STREET AND THINK OF THE DIFFERENT SIGNS OR UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT IS 26TH STREET PEOPLE THINK OF THE ARCH AND MORE.

>> MIKE MORENO, JR. IS THE THIRD GENERATION OF THIS FAMILY TO SETUP SHOP IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS GRANDFATHER OWNED TWO GROCERY STORES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS FATHER MIKE MORENO, SR.

OPENED THE FIRST MORENO'S LIQUOR STORE IN 1977.

>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AND STUFF.

WHEN I MOVED IN WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED IN TO PILSEN IT WAS PRIMARILY USING SLOF YAK, CHECK SLOF YAKIAN AND POLISH AND SO WAS LITTLE VILLAGE.

WHEN I OPENED UP ON HARDING IN 1977, THERE WAS NO MEXICAN LIQUOR STORES.

AND SO WE STARTED BRINGING IN ALL THE MEXICAN PRODUCT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD ENJOY THAT.

>> NATURALLY, THAT INCLUDED MEXICO'S BEST KNOWN SPIRIT, TEQUILA.

THEY HAVE BECOME WELL-KNOWN OUTSIDE OF LITTLE VILLAGE FOR THE HAND CURATED SELECTION OF TEQUILA.

>> IT HAS BECOME A GLOBAL PLAYER WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITS.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE LARGEST SELECTION OF TEQUILAS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE OVER 900 VARIETIES OF TEQUILAS AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR UNIQUE AND OBSCURE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PRODUCTS THAT HAVE UNIQUE FINISHES.

>> AND IF YOU TAKE A LEFT AT THE CRAFT BEER SECTION AND LOOK FOR THE CHIHUAHUA, THEY OFFERS A PORTAL INTO BOOZEY CHICAGO HISTORY.

>> THIS BUILDING HERE WAS A BAR IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S BUT SHOT DOWN DUE TO PROHIBITION.

>> THE BLACKED OUT WINDOWS REMAIN AS A TESTAMENT TO THE TIME AS A SPEAK EASY AND UNDERGROUND GAMBLING DEN.

>> THERE'S GAMBLING IN CICERO.

WHO RAN THE GAMBLING RINGS IN CHICAGO AND WHO LIVED IN CICERO?

AL CAPONE I CANNOT PROVE THAT HE WAS IN THE BAR I GUARANTEE ALL THE MONEY WENT BACK TO AL CAPONE.

>> WHEN THE SPACE BEHIND MORENO'S BECAME AVAILABLE MIKE MORENO, JR.

SAW AN ON TO FILL A NICHE.

IN 2019 HE OPENED A COCKTAIL BAR NAMED FOR THE DOG OSITO.

>> THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR A WHILE BUT NO ONE WAS PROVIDING THAT OUTLET.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS WELL AS WHERE WE'RE GOING.

SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PREMISE OF THE BAR ITSELF IS A MIX OF THAT OLD WORLD CHICAGO VIBE BUT WITH THAT MODERN LATIN FEEL.

>> UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BAR MANAGER DENISSE SOTO, OSITO'S TAP OFFERS A HEAVY POUR OF MEXICAN CULTURE WITH A MIDWEST WITH TWIST.

I WAS BORN IN MEXICO AND I LOVE ALL THE FLAVORS EVERYTHING THAT I REMEMBER.

I TRY TO MIMIC AS MUCH AS I CAN THE FLAVORS HERE.

AND HAVE A TWIST ON COCKTAILS BASED ON THAT.

SO LIKE THIS IS REALLY COOL.

LIKE I HAVE NO ENDING HOW CREATIVE I CAN GET.

SHOWCASE WHO I AM.

AND THE CITY THAT I FALL IN LOVE WITH WHICH IS CHICAGO.

AND WHAT I LOVE TO DO.

>> BOTH JUNIOR AND SENIOR SAY THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE SIGNS OF THEIR FAMILY FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> WE WERE RAISED AND GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PASSION AND PRIDE FOR THAT.

>> BECAUSE IT'S OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE JUST LIKE TO BRING TO THE TABLE WHAT THE TABLE GIVES US.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO LEARN MORE, MORENO'S AND OSITO'S TAP HOLD TASTING EVENTS INCLUDING A BEER AND WHISKEY SHOWCASE NEXT WEEK.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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