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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THIS VARIANT IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN NOT A CAUSE FOR PANIC.

>> THE U.S.

FOLLOWS OTHER COUNTRIES IN IMPOSES A TRAVEL BAN TO SOUTH AFRICAN NATION AS MID-THE OMICRON VARIANT.

>> CONSUMERS ARE HEALTHY THEY HAVE $4 TRILLION IN SAVINGS ON SIDE LINES.

>> HOW MUCH WILL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND INFLATION PLAY A ROLE IN THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON?

>> YOU GOT TO SHOW THE MAP, YOU DO THE TO SHOW THE MAP.

IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.

>> WILL THE MAYOR GET INVOLVED IN THE WARD REMAP AHEAD OF CITY COUNCIL'S BIG DEADLINE.

>> TECHNICALLY WINTER BEGINS IN TWO DAYS.

>> WINTER IS IT COMING.

OFFICIALS ARE PREPPING AND SAY YOU SHOULD, TOO.

>> AND WITH THE COLD WEATHER APPROACHING A LOOK AT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ACROSS CHICAGO.

>> A NEW RADIO SERIES FOLLOWING THE CASES OF CHICAGO'S MISSING BLACK WOMEN.

>> THEY ARE USING OUR CULTURE.

>> AND THE CHICAGO COFFEE ROASTER THAT CUTS OUT THE MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN THE COFFEE FARM AND YOUR MORNING CUP.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE STATE'S COVID-19 TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER.

AND THAT IS AT 5.2% RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE NEARLY 4600 NEWLY REPORTED CASES AND EIGHT DEATHS THE CITY IS REPORTING 94% OF ALL CHICAGO CITY WORKERS REPORTED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS OF THOSE REPORTING 77% INFORM THE CITY THEY ARE INDEED VACCINATED.

87% OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES COMPLIED WITH THE MANDATE IN THE ON-LINE PORTAL.

76% OF THEM SAY THEY ARE VACCINATED.

CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS 85 MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY IN NO PAY STATUS.

>> MEANWHILE BROWN SPOKE TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE CITY'S HIGH RATE OF CARJACKINGS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS THERE HAVE BEEN 1635 TOTAL CARJACKING INCIDENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

CHICAGO POLICE MADE 1300 CARJACKING RELATED ARRESTS, INCLUDING A PRETEEN.

>> OUR TASK FORCE ARRESTED AN 11-YEAR-OLD FOR CARJACKING.

ON NOVEMBER 26.

HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE OFFENDER WHO CARJACKED A 48-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ON NOVEMBER 14TH.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS 11-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE.

AND HE IS CONSIDERED A PROLIFIC CARJACKER.

>> FRUSTRATED MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WEIGHED IN ON CHICAGO'S CARJACKING WAVE.

HERE IS SOME OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.

>> WE SEE JUVENILE WITH THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SOME INSTANCES 11 PENDING CASES IN CARJACKING.

THAT IS INSANE.

SO I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE JUVENILE JUDGES HERE RELATIVELY SOON TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

WE'VE GOT A CRISIS AND IT'S CRISIS THAT THEY HAVE TO OWN SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

>> THE JURY IS SEATED AND OPENING ARGUMENTS HAVE BEGUN IN THE TRIAL OF ACTOR JUSSE SMOLLETT.

HE IS BEING TRIED ON SIX FELONY COUNTS FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO POLICE WHEN HE CLAIMED HE HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME ATTACK NEAR HIS HOME IN STREETERVILLE IN 2019.

THE JUDGE TOLD JURORS TO EXPECT LATE NIGHTS TO WRAP UP THE TRIAL LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SMOLLETT COULD FACE THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

>> AND UP NEXT MORE ON THE NEW OMICRON COVID VARIANT SO STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> A NEW COVID-19 VARIANT KNOWN AS OMICRON FIRST DETECTED IN SOUTH AFRICA IS SPREADING GLOBALLY.

DOCTORS ARE WARNING THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW C.D.C.

GUIDELINES AS THEY EXPECT THE VARIANT TO APPEAR IN THE U.S., THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND ITALY REPORTED THIRST FIRST REPORTED CASES TO IMPOSE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS I MOVE CRITICIZED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

JOINING US ARE Dr. EGON OZER AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR PATHOGEN EVOLUTION AT THE JAVY INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.

AND Dr. EMILY LANDON EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FORFEITING US IN.

Dr. OZER, OMICRON IS LIKELY TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE U.S.

SOON WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW VARIANT?

>> WELL, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VIRUS.

WE KNOW THIS VIRNT THAT WAS FIRST -- VARIANT FIRST IDENTIFIED FROM A PATIENT IN EARLY NOVEMBER IN SOUTHERN AFRICA HAS SINCE SPREAD TO MULTIPLE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND BOTSWANA AND DETECTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW MUTATIONS WITHIN THIS VIRUS THAT HAVE SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SEEN IN OTHER VARIANTS AND SOME ARE NEW BUT IT IS A LARGE COLLECTION OF MUTATIONS WITHIN THE VIRUS ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIKE PROTEIN WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR ENTRY INTO THE CELLS AS WELL AS FOR RECOGNITION BY ANTIBODIES PRODUCED BY THE VACCINES OR THERAPEUTICS.

>> AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHETHER IT IS MORE TRANSMISSIBLE THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST?

OR CAN IT CAUSE MORE SEVERE ILLNESS THAN WHAT WE KNOW?

>> CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.

WE DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE SURGE IN CASES IN SOUTH AFRICA OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO.

WE DO KNOW THAT FROM THE SEQUENCING DONE IN SOUTH AFRICA A LARGE PORTION OF THE CASES ARE DUE TO THIS NEW VARIANT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THOSE ARE CONNECTED OR WHETHER THE SURGE IN NEW INFECTIONS IS DUE TO ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WE DON'T YET UNDERSTAND.

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE TRANSMISSIBILITY OF IT YET.

IT WILL TAKE SOMETIME BOTH FROM LAB WORK AS WELL AS OBSERVATION AND CLINICAL WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THIS IS MORE INFECTIOUS MORE TRANSMISSIBLE AND WHAT THE CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IT ARE WHETHER IT CAUSES MORE SEVERE DISEASE OR NOT.

WE NEED MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY ADDRESSED THE NATION AND URGED THOSE TO GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOT AMID THE GROWING CONCERNS OF THIS NEW VARIANT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> THIS VARIANT IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, NOT A CAUSE FOR PANIC.

WE HAVE THE BEST VACCINE IN THE WORLD.

THE BEST MEDICINES.

THE BEST SCIENTISTS.

AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND WE'LL FIGHT THIS VARIANT WITH SCIENTIFIC AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ACTIONS AND SPEED.

NOT CHAOS AND CONFUSION.

>> Dr. LANDON, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT VACCINES WILL BE EFFECTIVE AT STOPPING THE VARIANT?

>> SOME OF THE MUTATIONS THAT Dr. OZER MENTIONED HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED VACCINE EFFICACY BUT THIS IS NOT LIKE A SBICH ON OR -- SWITCH ON OUR OFF IT'S NOT BLACK OR WHITE.

THE VACCINES WILL BE SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THEY GOING TO BE.

BUT THE MORE RECENT YOUR LAST DOSE HAS BEEN IF YOU'VE GOTTEN YOUR BOOSTER OR NOT CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE AT FIGHTING OFF ANY OF THE VARIANTS.

I DO AGREE THAT THIS BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY APPROACH BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE GETTING THE BOOSTERS IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT IT'S PLAUSIBLE THAT IT WILL AND IT IS CLEARLY SAFE TO DO SO BASED ON WHAT THE F.D.A.

AND THE C.D.C.

AND THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN.

THE BEST THING FOR ANYBODY TO DO WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT IT IS TO GET THE BOOSTER.

>> AND Dr. LANDON AT SOME POINT WILL VACCINE DRUGMAKERS WILL THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER REFORMULATING THE VACCINE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE IF THAT IS WHAT IS NECESSARY?

>> YEAH, WORD ON THE STREET IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.

AND THAT IS REALLY HARD TO DO.

THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT THESE NEWER VACCINES THAT WE HAVE ARE THAT FORMULATING THEM IS REALLY VERY SIMPLE.

PREVIOUS VACCINES AND OTHER YEARS IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE MAKING MUMPS OR MEASLES VACCINES TOOK AGES TO DEVELOP THE PROCESS FOR GETTING THE VIRUSES TO GROW AND PURIFY AND MAKE THE STUFF YOU NEED TO MAKE THE VACCINE.

THESE CAN NOW WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO JUST SEND OUT A RECIPE AND WE CAN DO THE TESTING IN SIX MONTHS LIKE THE TESTING WAS ALWAYS DONE ON THE OTHER VACCINES IN THE PAST WE CAN SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT PART AND THAT MEANS THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET US A VACCINE SPECIFIC BOOSTER SOONER IF WE NEED THAT.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE VACCINES WE HAVE ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

>> Dr. OZER AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW MUCH TIME DOES THE COMMUNITY NEED BEFORE WE HAVE ANSWERS?

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S ON THE ORDER OF WEEKS, DAYS TO WEEKS THAT WE GET THE ANSWERS.

I'M SURE THERE ARE TESTS UNDERWAY TO IN THE LAB TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE SPIKE PROTEIN WHETHER THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE HOW WELL THE VIRUS CAN ENTER CELLS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND SEE WHETHER WE'RE SEEING RAPID SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WITHIN THE POPULATION.

SO I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD KNOW FAIRLY SOON WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER USING THE SAME THERAPEUTICS AND THE SAME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES WE HAVE BEEN USING ALL ALONG.

>> AND Dr. LANDON, THE RESPONSE FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN TO IMPOSE TRAVEL BANS ON SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

IS THAT AN EFFECTIVE STEP?

>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE FULL ON TRAVEL BANS BUT IN THE SHORT-TERM TO GET AND STOP THE SPREAD QUICKLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED AND IS BEING USED.

I HOPE THEY GET REPLACED BY METHODS OF QUARANTINE IN THE COUNTRY IF PEOPLE NEED TO TRAVEL BACK OR OPEN THOSE THINGS UP SO PEOPLE CAN GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

BUT IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ONEROUS TRAVEL SINCE WE WANT TO KEEP THIS AS MUCH UNDER CONTROL AS WE CAN.

>> AND SAME QUESTION TO YOU IS THAT AN EFFECTIVE STEP TO IMPOSE TRAVEL BANS?

>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

I THINK THAT THE IMPULSE BEHIND IT IS SOUND IN THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS ALL THE CASES -- MOST OF THE CASES ARE CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA AND WE WANT TO PREVENT SPREAD BEYOND THAT AREA.

THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE DETECTED THIS VIRUS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

AND IT WAS DETECTED WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA EARLIER IN NOVEMBER.

SO IT'S BEEN CIRCULATING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WAS ONGOING.

SO LIKELIHOOD IS THAT THE SPREAD HAS BEEN FAIRLY EXTENSIVE.

>> AND HOW MUCH OF THIS PROBLEM WOULD YOU SAY IS ABOUT POORER COUNTRIES NOT HAVING ACCESS OR AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TO THE VACCINE ALLOWING THE VIRUS TO MUTATE AND WHAT 32 VARIATIONS ON THE SPIKE PROTEIN.

Dr. LANDON?

>> THE STORY OF COVID HERE FOR ALL OF US IS THAT NONE OF US ARE AN ISLAND.

EVERYONE OF US INFECTION DISEASES SPREAD BECAUSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE OTHER PEOPLE.

WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THIS IS SUCH A SMALL WORLD.

AND WE CAN'T BE SAFE UNLESS WE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS, WHETHER THEY ARE THE PERSON THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR TO YOU IN A HIGH-RISE OR A PERSON THAT LIVES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TREAT HEALTH WHEN IT COMES TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES AS A GLOBAL ISSUE NOT JUST A LOCAL ONE.

>> EMILY LANDON AND Dr. EGON OZER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> TO PARIS WITH THE LATEST ON THE CITY'S WARD REMAP.

>> IT'S TURNING INTO A CITY COUNCIL BATTLE ROY AL.

TOLDER PEOPLE HAVE 36 HOURS AND COUNTING TO APPROVE A NEW WARD MAP.

BUT IF TODAY'S RULES COMMITTEE MEETING IS ANY INDICATION WHEN THAT MAP MIGHT BE RELEASED IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A ROUGH FEW DAYS.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

FIRST OF ALL, REMIND US WHAT IS AT STAKE WEDNESDAY AND WHY THAT IS THE DEADLINE.

>> WELL, STATE LAW SINCE DECEMBER 1 IS THE DAY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO DRAW NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THE 50 WARDS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS WHICH FOUND THAT CHICAGO'S BLACK POPULATION DROPPED 10% AND LATINO POPULATION ROSE 5%.

AND THE ASIAN-AMERICAN POPULATION SOARED 30%.

IT IS A DIFFERENT CITY THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO AND THE WARDS HAVE TO REFLECT THAT.

IF 41 ALDERMEN DO NOT AGREE ON A SINGLE MAP THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO SEND THE WHOLE QUESTION TO A REFERENDUM AND TO LET CHICAGO VOTERS DECIDE WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS THAT HAD HAPPENED.

>> AND THESE REMAP FIGHTS COME DOWN TO RACE.

TODAY'S MEETING WAS RACIALLY POLARIZED THERE IS A CLIP OF MICHELLE HARRIS PRAISING WHITE ALDERMEN FOR THEIR NEGOTIATING SKILLS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> SO I THINK IT'S WRONG TO CHARACTERIZE IT AS A PROCESS JUST FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE 36 OR MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THAT THERE AND CREATED A MAP.

IT'S NOT JUST CERTAIN CAUCUSES MAPS OR IT WOULDN'T BE 36 PEOPLE.

>> WHAT IS SHE GETTING AT HERE?

>> WELL, IN EVERY REMAP EFFORT THE MAP HAS BEEN DRAWN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

GIVING ALDERMEN THE POWER THAT HAS BROKEN DOWN BECAUSE THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL'S LATINO CAUCUS IS INSISTING THE MAP HAS AT LEAST 15 WARDS WITH A MAJORITY OF LATINO VOTERS.

THEY SAY IT'S NECESSARY TO REFLECT CHICAGO'S GROWING LATINO POPULATION.

AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE POLITICAL REPRESENTATION.

NOW, AT THE SAME TIME, THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL'S BLACK CAUCUS IS DETERMINED TO CREATE AS MANY WARDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF BLACK VOTERS.

THEY HAVE 18 WARDS NOW.

THEY SAID THEY ARE WILLING TO SETTLE FOR 17 WARDS BUT THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS A ZERO SUM GAME WHEN ONE RACIAL GROUP GAINS ANOTHER WILL LOSE AND THAT IS WHY THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE WIRE LATE, LATE TUESDAY NIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

>> CERTAINLY A LEGISLATIVE GAME OF CHICKEN.

AND HERE IS AN X FACTOR MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND TODAY YOU ASKED HER WHETHER SHE SHOULD STEP AND AND WEIGH-IN ON THE PROCESS.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE PROCESS I THINK HAS BEEN VERY TOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTIONS BUILT UP ON ALL SIDES.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE, PLAY THE LONG GAME, AND GET SOMETHING DONE.

WHETHER THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO GET THEMSELVES ORGANIZED AND MAKE IT HAPPEN I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO DO?

>> I DON'T.

I COULDN'T GET HER TO NAIL DOWN ON HOW LONG THE MAP SHOULD BE PUBLIC BEFORE A VOTE.

SO THAT IS ANOTHER X FACTOR GOING INTO THE LAST HOURS OF FRAUGHT NEGOTIATIONS.

>> THANKS TO HEATHER CHERONE.

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

>> UP NEXT, ALTHOUGH CYBER MONDAY IS COMING TO A CLOSE HOLIDAY SHOPPING IS JUST BEGINNING.

ECONOMISTS TELL US WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> RETAIL SALES SAW A BOOST ON BLACK FRIDAY THOUGH SHOPPING WAS OFF FROM PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.

RETAIL SALES WERE UP 30% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WITH AN INCREASE COMING FROM INSTORE PURCHASES ACCORDING TO DATA.

BUT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STILL PLAGUING STORES AND THERE ARE PERSISTENT CONCERNS OVER INFLATION.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE HOLIDAY SEASON'S ECONOMY AND WILL YOUR LOCAL LOT BE STOCKED WITH CHRISTMAS TREES IN THE WEEKS TO COME?

JOINING US ARE MICHAEL MILLER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME BACK.

AS WE HEARD RETAIL SALES ARE UP DOES THAT PORTEND A STRONG HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON?

>> IT DOES WHEN YOU COMBINE IT WITH OTHER INFORMATION AND THAT IS THAT PEOPLE'S WEALTH IS UP BECAUSE THE WAY THE MARKET IS DOING.

AND THE SAVINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY CAN DRAW UPON TO BUY THINGS.

WE SEE THERE'S PENT UP DEMAND THAT PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY SPEND NOW INSTEAD OF WHEN THEY DID NOT SPEND DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS SPOOKING THE MARKET IS INFLATION.

IT IS AN ECONOMY OF CONTRASTS.

THE BIG PICTURE GDP, UNEMPLOYMENT, NEW JOBS ARE ALL DOING WELL.

BUT WHEN YOU ASK THE CONSUMER HOW DO YOU FEEL?

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS AT A 10-YEAR LOW.

IT IS A VERY FULL OF CONTRASTS.

BEST OF TIMES AND PERCEIVED WORST OF TIMES.

EDWARD STUART HOW MUCH WILL THIS PRESSURE AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THROW A WRENCH INTO THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON?

>> WELL, THE PERCEPTION OR THE FEAR OF INFLATION INFLATION IS UP A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT NEARLY AT THE LEVELS THAT WE SAW IN THE LATE 70s OR EARLY 80s.

THIS HYANNISPORT ABOUT INFLATION IS AS MUCH ABOUT A POLITICAL FACTOR AS IT IS AN ACTUAL ECONOMIC FACTOR.

BUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE REAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT IS DRIVING UP PRICES.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STILL RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

IF YOU LOOKED AT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS THE DRIVERS OF INFLATION ARE THINGS LIKE USED CAR PRICES AND RENTAL CAR PRICES.

WHY ARE RENTAL CAR PRICES SO HIGH?

IN MARCH AND APRIL OF 2020, THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES SOLD OFF THEIR INVENTORY OF CARS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT OWE THERE IS A PANDEMIC NOBODY IS GOING TO BE RENTING CARS.

AND THAT WAS RIGHT.

BUT ONCE THE ECONOMY STARTED TO REBOUND, AND DEMAND FOR RENTAL CARS WENT UP, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO ME I'M GOING TO DENVER TO VISIT MY BROTHER IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND THE RENTAL CAR PRICE IS HIGHER THAN THE AIRLINE TICKET PRICE FOR MY TRIP.

SO YES, THERE ARE INFLATION ISSUES BUT THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

AND THOSE AREN'T GOING TO BE RESOLVED ANYTIME SOON.

AND THEREFORE I THINK CONSUMERS WILL HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT INFLATIONARY ISSUE IS WITH US FOR A WHILE.

>> AND ED MAYBE YOU HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT.

MICHAEL MILLER, THERE'S SOME PREDICTING THAT INSTORE PURCHASES ARE THE SAFER ROUTE TO GO IF ONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN INSTORE VERSUS ON-LINE.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> YES, I THINK THAT IS THE CASE AND I THINK PEOPLE HAD COVID OVERLOAD AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT.

PEOPLE I SPEAK TO AND THAT IS ONLY ANECDOTAL BUT THE DATA DO SUPPORT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA ON BLACK FRIDAY.

WE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE STORES.

AND IF SOMETHING IS IN STOCK GRAB IT NOW AND BRING IT HOME AND PUT IT AWAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS AND BUT WE ARE FINDING, ED'S ANALYSIS OF THE PRICES IS SPOT ON.

BUT THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY BUY FOOD IT'S UP 7%.

WHEN THEY BUY APPAREL IT'S UP 6% AND THESE THINGS AFFECT THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY INCLUDING GASOLINE UP 51% FROM A YEAR AGO.

I KNOW THAT THE PRICES WERE LOWER THEN BUT THAT PERCEPTION I KNOW ED AGREES.

THERE IS THE REALITY LIKE I SAY THE ECONOMY IS SOLID BUT THERE ARE THE TWO UNDERLYING PROBLEMS THAT THE INFLATION AND THAT WEIGHING ON THE CONSUMER THAT THERE'S THIS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PROBLEM.

>> AND ED MAYBE THE GAS PRICES ARE LEADING TO THE HIGHER RENTAL CAR PRICES.

WHAT IS DRIVING THE HIGH GAS PRICES?

ARE THERE SIGNS THE EFFORTS OF MITIGATION BY THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BRING THE COSTS DOWN?

>> THE RELEASING OF THE STRANGIC OIL -- STRATEGIC MIGHT DO A LITTLE BIT.

THE ENERGY PRICES ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE AS WELL.

THERE ARE DOCK WORKERS AND REFINERY WORKERS THAT ARE AFFECTED WITH COVID.

THE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING CRISIS WHICH IS NOT JUST THE U.S.

I LIKE TO PIGGY BACK FROM Dr. LANDON SAID WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

INFLATION IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON.

THERE'S INFLATION EVERYWHERE IT IS NOT A U.S. PHENOMENONS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED UNTIL ALL OF THE GLITCHES IN THE SUPPLY MOW SASSIC IT IS NOT A SUPPLY CHAIN BECAUSE IT IS A BUNCH OF INDEPENDENT ACTORS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR.

AND IT WILL TAKE PATIENCE WHICH AMERICANS DON'T USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF.

BUT THAT'S THE BAD NEWS IS THAT HIGH ENERGY PRICES SOME FOOD PRICES ARE UP.

IF LOOKED AT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS, PARIS, YOU WILL SEE THAT BACON PRICES ARE UP 20% AND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRICES ARE UP 3%.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CUT BACK ON BACON AND LOAD UP ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AS THE ECONOMICALLY PRUDENT THING TO DO BUT MY CARDIOLOGIST WOULD RECOMMEND THE SAME THING.

>> INFLATION SPURRING ON A HEALTHIER DIET.

MICHAEL MILLER WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GLOBAL INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO SOLVE THOSE AROUND THE WORLD?

>> WELL, I'M THINKING WHEN THIS FIRST BEGAN I FIGURED IT WOULD TAKE INTO EARLY NO LATER THAN MID-2022.

I AGREE THIS IS ONE REASON I WAS CONCERNED IT WAS RELATED TO THE MONEY SUPPLY UNTIL I SAW DATA SHOW IT'S ACROSS THE WORLD OUR MONEY SUPPLY IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE INFLATION IN JAPAN AND EUROPE.

A LOT IS DEMAND-BASED IN TERMS OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVING THE PENT UP DEMAND AND FURTHER SPURRED ON BY THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

BUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL COST PUSH INFLATION THE COSTS ARE RISING AND WE HAVE TO PASS THAT ON.

AND I DO THINK A LOT IS TEMPORARY.

I'M WITH THE FED AND KNOW ECONOMISTS JUMPED SHIP I'M WITH THE FED THIS IS A TRANSITORY PHENOMENON.

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SPIRAL WHERE WAGES AND PRICES KEEP CHASING EACH OTHER.

I THINK THAT WE WILL BY MID-NO LATER THAN MID-22.

I'M HOPING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 THAT THE PRICE ALSO SUBSIDE AND WE DO HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS ROUGH PERIOD RIGHT NOW.

>> AND EDWARD STUART YOU SAW THE MARKETS HAVE A BAD REACTION LAST WEEK TO THE RISE OF THE NEW OMICRON VARIANT HOW BIG A WRENCH COULD THAT THROW INTO THINGS IF THIS SPREADS AND IS A SEVERE VARIANT?

>> IT COULD.

ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO SHIFT THIS IS TO ANOTHER MARKET THE EXPECTATIONS ONE OF THE THINGS I SAY TO MY STUDENTS IF THERE'S INFLATION IN THE U.S. THAT IS BAD OUR LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE SHOULD GO UP AND THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR SHOULD GO DOWN.

AND JUST THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING.

THE 30-YEAR TREASURY BOND IS STILL WAY BELOW 2% WHEN I WAS IN EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER WITH FORMER NORTHEASTERN STUDENTS THE EURO WAS COSTING ABOUT 1.15, AND IT'S NOW DOWN TO 1.12.

THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COMMUNITY FOREIGN EXCHANGE PECULIAR LATERS DO -- SPECULATORS DO NOT SEE A BIG INFLATION TREND IN THE U.S. THAT IS GOING TO BE LONG-TERM.

I WOULD ADVISE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE, A LITTLE BIT OF FORBEARANCE AND MAYBE SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND WAIT FOR PRICES AND INFLATION TO MODERATE PROBABLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2022.

>> ALL RIGHT.

PATIENCE SEEMS TO BE THE KEYWORD HERE IN THIS DISCUSSION.

OUR THANKS TO MICHAEL MILLER AND EDWARD STUART THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> PLEASURE.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

THE PARKING BAN TAKES EFFECT THIS WEEK.

THAT AND OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES REALLY DIP AND THE SNOW STARTS TO FALL.

AND WITH THE COLD WEATHER APPROACHING HOW ARE LOCAL LEADERS TACKLING THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ACROSS CHICAGO?

WE TALK WITH THE HOST OF A NEW RADIO SERIES FOLLOWING THE CASES OF MISSING BLACK WOMEN IN CHICAGO FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS.

>> THEY ARE USING OUR COFFEE BUT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING MONEY.

>> AND THE CHICAGO COFFEE ROASTER THAT THE CUTS OUT THE MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN THE COFFEE FARM AND YOUR MORNING CUP.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> PROSECUTORS IN THE JUSSE SMOLLETT TRIAL LAYOUT THE CASE AGAINST HIM IN OPENING ARGUMENTS.

THE FORMER EMPIRE ACTOR WAS ACCUSED BY DAN WEB OF DEVELOPING A SECRET PLAN TO FAKE A HATE CRIME FOR NATIONAL ATTENTION.

A PAIR OF BROTHERS WHO HAD WORKED AS EXTRAS ON EMPIRE TOLD POLICE THAT SMOLLETT PAID THEM FOR THE FAKE ATTACK.

SMOLLETT SAYS THE BROTHERS ATTACKED HIM AND FRAMED HIM TO AVOID BEING CHARGED THEM IS HE WAS.

SMOLLETT COULD FACE THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

>> ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCES HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

GREG HARRIS IS CALLING IT QUITS AFTER 15 YEARS.

THE NORTH SIDE DEMOCRAT SPENT THREE YEARS AS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER HARRIS IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND IS HIV POSITIVE.

HE SPONSORED A BILL TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN ILLINOIS.

HARRIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY POST GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANS YET.

>> AND TRIBUTES ARE COMING IN FOR FASHION DESIGNER VIRGIL ABLOH WHO DIED AFTER BATTLING CANCER.

HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT LOUIS VUITTON AS WELL AS FOUNDER OF HIS LABEL OFF WHITE.

AFTER STUDYING ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HE EARNED A MASTER DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE.

IN ADDITION TO BEING A LEADER AT LOUIS VUITTON ABLOH WAS DIRECTOR FOR FELLOWIAN CHICAGOAN KANYE WEST.

HE SPENT TWO YEARS OF BATTLING CANCER AND DIED YESTERDAY AT AGE 41.

>> PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TEMPERATURE IS SUPPOSED TO SINK TO THE 30s TONIGHT.

NOT FRIGID BUT COLD AS WINTER HITS MORE IS EXPECTED.

SO NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH TIPS.

AMANDA?

>> YES, PARIS.

I'VE BROUGHT OUT MY WINTER COAT AND HATS AND SUCH.

BUT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT WINTER IS COMING.

AND SOON TECHNICALLY SPEAKING ANYWAY.

FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE THE SEASONS WILL CHANGE FROM FALL TO WINTER WEDNESDAY.

IT'S OFFICIALLY WINTER THROUGH FEBRUARY.

BUT ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE MIDWEST SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES CAN HIT THROUGH MARCH, AND APRIL AND PRAY NOT MAY.

CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD SAYS DESPITE FARMER'S PREDICTIONS THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WINTER WILL BE MILD OR INTENSE EVEN FOR PROS LIKE HIM IT'S DIFFICULT TO FORECAST MORE THAN A WEEK OUT.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MODELS OVERALL ARE SEEING -- ARE PREDICTING A WINTER THAT IS BETWEEN DECEMBER 1-FEBRUARY 28, THAT IS HIGHER CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

AND FOR MOST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE HIGHER CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.

>> HE CAUTIONS NOT TO READ TOO MUCH INTO THAT WARMER WEATHER BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING AVERAGES HERE.

TAKE LAST WINTER IT WAS WARMER THAN AVERAGE BUT AFTER A RELATIVELY CALM COUPLE OF MONTHS FEBRUARY GOT SNOW DUMPS.

REGARDLESS OF PRECISE PREDICTIONS HE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO PREPARE.

>> EVEN IF WE HAVE A RECORD WARM WINTER, THIS WINTER IN CHICAGO IT IS STILL GOING TO BE COLD.

IT'S GOING TO BE COLDER THAN SUMMER.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE SNOW.

IT WILL ACCUMULATE A FEW TIMES.

MAYBE A LOT.

>> BEYOND THAT YOU COULD SAY IT'S WISE TO TAKE ANY LONG-TERM WINTER PREDICTIONS AND FORECASTS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

AND SPEAKING OF CHICAGO HAS 400,000 TONS OF SALT STORED UP TO SPRINKLE ON ROADWAYS WHEN NEEDED.

THE CITY IS KEEPING SOME OF THAT ON HAND IN A NEW GIANT DOME THAT IS STORING 30,000 TONS OF SALT AND THAT IS HALF ITS CAPACITY.

THAT IS WHERE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TODAY STOOD ALONGSIDE CITY OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE WINTER PREP PLANS.

>> I DON'T NEED TO REMIND FOLKS WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC.

AND THE MANY CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 COUPLED WITH THE INCONVENIENCE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS THAT COLD WEATHER AND EXTREME WEATHER BRINGS EVERY YEAR, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO UTILIZE EVERY TOOL TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS.

>> CHICAGO WILL RESPOND TO WELL-BEING CHECK REQUESTS AND OFFERS TRANSPORTATION TO SHELTERS AND ALSO HAS WARMING CENTERS FOR WHEN TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING.

>> DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, THE CENTER MAY OPERATE AT REDUCED CAPACITY AND RESIDENTS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS WHILE IN THE WARMING AREAS.

DURING EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, DSS WILL REACH OUT TO SHELTERS THAT TYPICALLY OPERATE FOR 12 HOURS A DAY TO REMAIN OPEN FOR 24 HOURS A DAY.

>> THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS THROUGH WINTER BUT BILLS WRACK UP.

THOSE WHO QUALIFY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GIVEN ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE BASIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE OTHER STEPS TO TAKE AS WELL LIKE PREPARING EMERGENCY KITS FOR BOTH AT HOME AND IN YOUR CAR.

SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH BLANKETS, FLASHLIGHT, FIRST AID KIT AND SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM THE CITY OFFICIALS THAT NOTIFY CHICAGO.ORG.

THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY RECOMMENDS SETTING UP A SMART 9-1-1 PROFILE AND THAT WAY FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE PERSONAL INFORMATION SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY.

>> PROFILES CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MEDICAL CONDITIONS, IMPORTANT HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION, PETS, EMERGENCY CONTACTS AND MORE.

THIS IS A FREE AND SAFE SERVICE.

>> AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS OFFICIALLY WINTER ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER FIRST AND THAT MEANS THAT IS WHEN CHICAGO'S PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR WINTER GO INTO EFFECT.

ON 107 MILES OF CHICAGO'S MAIN ARTERIES NO PARKING FROM 3:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. AND THAT IS THROUGH APRIL FIRST.

WHETHER THERE'S SNOW OR NOT.

>> THE CITY IMPLEMENTS THIS BAN TO HELP INSURE THE ROADS ARE SAFE AND PASSABLE FOR NOTER TO RIFTS, BUSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK ALL POSTED SIGNAGE BEFORE YOU PARK TO AVOID BEING TICKETED AND TOWED.

>> IF IT DOES SNOW, ADDITIONAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS DO GO INTO EFFECT.

CAN YOU CHECK WHETHER PLOWS ARE ON YOUR STREET IN REALTIME THANKS TO TURN BY TURN NAVIGATIONAL SOFTWARE THAT HELPS ALSO TO GUIDE THE SNOWPLOW DRIVERS.

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ALSO HAS AN UPDATED MAP GETTING AROUND ILLINOIS.COM.

IF WEATHER IS BAD DRIVERS ARE ENCOURAGED PLEASE STAY HOME.

IF YOU HIT THE ROADS KEEP A DISTANCE FROM PLOWS OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THAT GETTING AROUND ILLINOIS.COM MAP THAT IS NOW GOING TO SHOW MORE UPDATED PRECISE AND LOCALIZED INFORMATION ON ROAD CONDITIONS.

SO PARIS, BUNDLE UP.

BACK TO YOU.

>> IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> 51 BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE GONE MISSING OR BEEN FOUND DEAD AFTER DISAPPEARING OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS IN CHICAGO.

A NEW RADIO SERIES TALKS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THESE VICTIMS WHO ARE NOW LOOKING AT GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO HELP FIND ANSWERS AFTER CASES HAVE GONE COLD WITH THE POLICE.

THE SERIES EXAMINES WHY WITH SO MANY WOMEN MISSING, COVERAGE AND ATTENTION ON THE CASES SEEMED MINIMAL.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS CANDACE MCCOLLUM, MORNING NEWS ANCHOR AT WVON AND IS HOSTING AND PRODUCING THE SERIES.

WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

>> THE SERIES HAS FIVE PARTS.

WALK US THROUGH HOW YOU COVERED THIS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO FIVE PARTS.

THE FIRST DAY WHICH STARTED AIRING TODAY AT 6:50AM WE TALK ABOUT THE STATISTICS OF BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE GONE MISSING IN CHICAGO AND IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL.

WE TALK ABOUT THE DISCREPANCIES OF HOW OUR WHITE COUNTERPARTS WOMEN AND GIRLS HOW THEY HAVE BEEN VIEWED OVER MEDIA HOW THEY ARE TALKED ABOUT ON MEDIA AS FAR AS THEY GET NATIONAL ATTENTION.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW COME OUR WOMEN AND GIRLS DO NOT GET THE SAME.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU DO HEAR ABOUT THE GABBY PETITO'S OR JONBENET RAMSAY, NATALIE HOLLOWAY THEY GET HOUR LONG SPECIALS.

THEIR STORIES ARE ROMANTICIZED AND HUMANIZED.

WE GO THROUGH THAT IN THE EPISODE WE TALK TO PROFESSORSER JOHN FOUNTAIN WHO ALSO HAS A PROJECT HIGHLIGHTING THE WOMEN AS WELL.

EPISODE 2 THAT AIRS ON TUESDAY WE TALK TO JOHN HARGROVE OF THE MURDER ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT AND HE GOES INTO THE THOUGHTS OF POSSIBLY BEING A SERIAL KILLER OR TWO IN CHICAGO AND HE TALKS ABOUT THE ALGORITHM HE CAME UP WITH TO DETECT THE CLUSTERS IN CHICAGO AND OTHER NEARBY CITIES LIKE GARY WHERE HE HELPED SOLVE MURDERS AS WELL.

>> AND YOU SAY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT THE COVERAGE THAT SOME OF THE CASES MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN.

WHY DO YOU THINK THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH ATTENTION ON SOME OF THE CASES?

>> SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY THAT I TALK TO THEY SAY IT BOILS DOWN TO RACE.

IF YOU GO DEEPER, THERE IS A TERM AS I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH CALLED ADULT INDICATION WHERE I LEARNED THAT SOCIETY LOOKS AT BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS AS IN LESS NEED OF NURTURING.

THEY DON'T LOOK AT US AS VICTIMS.

THEY LOOK AT US AS PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT SEX.

SO THEY LOOK AT US DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY DO OUR WHITE COUNTERPARTS.

I THINK THAT BREAKS IT DOWN TO JUST DEEPER THAN SAYING IT'S JUST A RACE.

>> YOU ALSO SPOKE TO SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF SOME OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR GONE MISSION.

WHAT DO THE FAMILIES HAVE TO SAY?

>> THE FAMILIES ARE STILL HEARTBROKEN.

THEY WANT ANSWERS.

THEY FEEL LIKE THE CHICAGO POLICE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH.

I TALKED TO THE MOTHER OF SIERRA COLES SHE REVEALED THAT THE POLICE HAVE NOT EVEN SPOKE TO THE MAN WHO WAS THE FATHER OF HER DAUGHTER'S UNBORN CHILD.

AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON YOU WOULD TALK TO.

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN URGENCY OR WHEN THEY ASK QUESTIONS THEY ARE TOLD WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

WHEN SOMEBODY FIRST GOES MISSING ALTHOUGH THAT IS JUST NORMAL.

THERE'S NOT AN URGENCY AND WE WANT THAT URGENCY.

YES OUR MISSING WHITE GIRLS AND WOMEN THEIR LIVES MATTER AS WELL BUT WE WANT THAT SAME ATTENTION FOR OUR BLACK GIRLS AND BLACK WOMEN.

THESE ARE SISTERS.

THESE WERE MOTHERS.

COUSINS, GRANDMOTHERS.

THEY HAVE STORIES AS WELL.

>> AND SOME FAMILIES YOU SAY THEY ARE CALLING FOR GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO SOLVE THESE CASES.

WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE?

>> THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TASK FORCES AND SO THAT'S WHEN I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO KIM BUCKNER, BOBBY RUSH WHO RECENTLY WANTS TO CREATE A TASK FORCE HE ASKED MERRICK GARLAND TO BE A PART OF THAT AND HAS SPOKEN TO CHRISTOPHER WRAY FROM THE F.B.I.

AND FEELS THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN BE AN ALLY IN CHICAGO BUT ALSO ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

BECAUSE YES THERE IS A PROBLEM IN CHICAGO WITH MISSING BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS BUT THIS IS ALSO ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

DOING OUR RESEARCH, THEY SAID THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 64,000 BLACK WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE JUST VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE.

>> 64,000.

THAT IS SOBERING NUMBER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHAT RESPONSE DID YOU RECEIVE FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOING YOUR RESEARCH?

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM EITHER.

I THINK THIS GO AROUND WE JUST WANTEDDED TO FOCUS ON WHO THESE WOMEN WERE.

I DID REACH OUT, BUT, NO.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

BUT THIS GO AROUND WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE WOMEN.

IN THE BEGINNING OF EACH EPISODE I CALL OUT THEIR NAMES 10 WOMEN PER EPISODE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THESE NAMES HOUSEHOLD YES WE KNOW ABOUT DIAMOND AND SIERRA COLES BUT I TALKED ABOUT NANCY WALKER, GLEN LYNN WILLIAMS NAMES THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH SO I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE.

>> AND YOU SAY THIS GO AROUND YOU EXPECT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO COVER?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I EXPECT FOR THIS TO JUST BE THE BEGINNING.

WE CAN DO ANOTHER FIVE-PART SERIES AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO OFFICIALS AND FIND OUT WHY THESE CASES HAVEN'T BEEN SOLVED, WHY ARE FAMILIES FEELING LIKE THEY ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

NOW YOU HAVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COCO WHO ARE LIKE I SAID THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL WHERE THEY ARE HITTING THE PAVEMENT AND HAVING MARCHS EVERY YEAR AND THAT WAS STARTED BY A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND SHE FELT LIKE WAS ALL OF THE WOMEN MISSING SHE WAS AFRAID TO GO OUTSIDE.

SHE DECIDED TO COME UP WITH A MARCH TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE WOMEN AND PUT THEIR NAMES OUT THERE.

>> RAISING AWARENESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> CANDACE MCCOLLUM WE ARE OUT OF TIME BUT THANK YOU CANDACE MCCOLLUM ALL THE BEST.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE SERIES ON 1690AM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> WE SPOKE ABOUT THE COMING WINTER WEATHER AND THE ONSET OF WINTER ALSO MEANS GROWING CONCERNS FOR CHICAGO'S HOMELESS POPULATION.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH HOTEL JULIEN PAYING FOR 175 ROOMS TO HOUSE THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AMID THE PANDEMIC.

ALDERPEOPLE RECENTLY EXTENDED THIS PARTNERSHIP INTO FEBRUARY BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH?

TONIGHT IS PART OF OUR FIRSTHAND LIVING IN POVERTY SERIES AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS AND MORE ARE SUSAN REYNA-GUERRERO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COVE NANT HOUSE ILLINOIS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING YOUTH AGES 18-24 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE LINDSEY LAPOINTE, WHO REPRESENTS NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO AND IS A PART OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSING COMMITTEE.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

REPRESENTATIVE LAPOINTE I WILL START WITH YOU, WE MENTIONED YOU ARE PART OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSING COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW?

>> THANKS PARIS AND THANKS FOR LOOKING AT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE RIGHT AS IT IS ABOUT TO GET COLDER IN CHICAGO WHICH IS A SERIOUS CONCERN.

SO IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL HOW WE CAN INVEST THOSE DOLLARS TO AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND IMPORTANT TO THE COMMITTEE IS MAKE SOME SERIOUS HEADWAY ON MEDIUM TERM ISSUES.

BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAVING LIVES THIS WINTER.

AND NEXT WINTER.

AND WITH THE CURRENT DIMINISHED EMERGENCY SHELTER BED CAPACITY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT IS A REAL CONCERN.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE HOW DO WE SAVE LIVES AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH HOTELS LIKE THE HOTEL JULIEN TO GET PEOPLE IN TO GET ON A PATHWAY TO STABILITY.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL IN A SECOND.

SUSAN REYNA-GUERRERO YOU RUN COVENANT HOUSE FOR YOUTH ARE YOU ANTICIPATING BEING AT CAPACITY THIS WINTER?

>> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SLOWLY RAMPING UP OUR PROGRAMMING ONCE WE ARE UP AT FULL CAPACITY WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE UP TO 40 YOUTH AND WE KNOW THE NEEDS FROM HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTS THEY NEED.

THAT LIKE SOMETHING WE ARE DOING WILL NUDGE AWAY AT THE BIGGER ISSUE BUT WE KNOW THERE IS A GAP IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS.

>> AND AS A FOLLOW-UP, WILL THERE BE ENOUGH BEDS FOR YOUTH WHO NEED HOUSING THIS WINTER?

>> UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T.

WE KNOW THAT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT THERE'S 2,000 TO 3,000 HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD NUMBER IS A LOT MAYBE ON THE STREETS OR THEY ARE COUCH SURFING OR DOUBLED UP WHICH MEANS MAYBE THEY HAVE A BED TONIGHT BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE A BED TOMORROW.

WE KNOW THAT APPROXIMATELY IN CHICAGO THERE'S FROM 200, 375 BEDS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE'S 2,000-3,000.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A GAP.

THAT'S WHY THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROGRAM THAT REPRESENTATIVE LAPOINTE IS TALKING ABOUT CAN PROVIDE STOPGAP.

BUT THERE IS THE BIGGER ISSUE OF JUST RESPONDING TO THE OVERWHELMING NEED IN A WAY THAT RESPONDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE NEED.

>> REPRESENTATIVE LAPOINTE YOU MENTIONED THE CITY DEALS WITH HOTEL JULIEN AND THEY WILL EXTEND THAT.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE ROOMS GO VACANT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE MATCHING UP FOLKS WITH THE ROOMS THAT THE CITY PAID FOR?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND I HEARD THAT WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND IT'S TROUBLING.

SO ONE OF THE BIG GAPS IS THAT ON THE GROUND OUTREACH AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS WHO MIGHT BE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS COME OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT GETTING INTO HOTEL JULIEN.

THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD.

AND UP HERE IN JEFFERSON PARK WHERE I LIVE AND REPRESENT WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN ADEQUATE HUMAN SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN BEFORE COVID.

SO NOW WHAT MY OFFICE DOES IS A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE CITY TO GET THEM TO COME UP TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT HOTEL JULIEN AND THEN GET THEM ON A PATHWAY INTO THOSE VACANT UNITS.

THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THEM AND WE HAVE NEEDS.

>> AND REPRESENTATIVE LAPOINTE, THE CITY IS SPENDING $95 MILLION IN THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HOTEL JULIEN AND MAYBE THAT INCLUDES THAT MONEY IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM THIS WINTER?

>> OR THIS COMING YEAR?

>> BOTTOM LINE IT'S NOT.

WE HAVE NEVER FULLY RESOURCED THE SYSTEM.

AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME OUR NORMAL HUMAN SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN ROCKED BY THE PANDEMIC.

WE ARE SEEING AN HUP PARTICULAR IN -- UPTICK OF HOMELESSNESS AND DEFINITELY WE SEE ENCAMPMENTS THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR MORE INVESTMENT AND IT CALLS FOR SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WILL KEEP THE PEOPLE ALIVE THIS WINTER.

>> SUSAN REYNA-GUERRERO, YOU'VE SAID THAT HOMELESS YOUTH ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION WE DON'T ADDRESS THE YOUTH POPULATION.

WHY IS THAT?

WHY IS THERE THIS GAP HERE?

>> I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO COUNT AND IF YOU LOOK AT BIG NUMBERS PEOPLE GET SCARED.

WE KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN SYSTEMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE YOUTH HOMELESS POPULATION.

PARTICULARLY KNOW A LOT OF THE YOUTH THAT ARE HOMELESS HAVE EXITED THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM THEY ARE FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN AND ENDING HOSPITALIZATION SO THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THEY ARE LEAVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.

IT IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

SO ONE THE PROBLEM IS VERY BIG BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DOABLE IF WE DEVELOP THE PROGRAMMING THAT CAN RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS.

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMPETING FOR SHELTER BEDS WITH THE ADULT POPULATION AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND A GOOD MATCH WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED WITH THE PROGRAMMING OUT THERE.

IT IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM BUT IT IS ONE THAT IF WE RAMP UP OUR RESOURCES DEDICATED TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE DO BETTER COORDINATION IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN FIX BUT IT WILL TAKE A LONGTIME AND WE REMAIN HOPEFUL.

>> AND YOU MENTION THE FACT ARE COUCH SURFING, THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT HOME EACH NIGHT BASED WHERE THEY CAN FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP.

OUR THANKS TO SUSAN REYNA-GUERRERO AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE LINDSEY LAPOINTE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> UP NEXT, MEET A UNIQUE LOCAL COFFEE ROASTER.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... AS THE WEATHER STARTS TO TURN CHILLIER MANY CHICAGOANS RELY ON COFFEE TO BRING THEM DAILY SUNSHINE AND WE ARE NOT ALONE.

AMERICANS SPEND MORE THAN $5 BILLION ON COFFEE EVERY YEAR.

DON'T I KNOW IT.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO GROW THE BEANS DO NOT ALWAYS BENEFIT FROM THE WEALTH THEIR PRODUCTS CREATE.

A LOCAL COFFEE ROASTER AIMS TO BRING THE BEANS TO YOUR CUP THROUGH A FAMILY CONNECTION.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> WHEN I SAW A HOT CUP OF COFFEE REMINDED ME OF MY GRANDPA.

THEY DRINK THE HOT COFFEE IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON IT WAS HOT COFFEE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

AND SHARE TIME TOGETHER.

SO THAT IS WHAT COFFEE MEANS TO ME.

>> ELMER FAJARDO WAS 17 WHEN HE MADE THE TREK FROM THE FARM IN GUATEMALA TO CHICAGO IN 2011.

>> THE NAME OF MY VILLAGE, I REMEMBER WE DIDN'T HAVE LIKE ELECTRICITY UNTIL I WAS LIKE EIGHT YEARS OLD.

MY GRANDPA HE USED TO GROW A LOT OF NOT ONLY COFFEE BUT HE USED TO GROW TOBACCO, CORN, BEANS, SUGAR KANE.

>> TODAY, FAHEEM MAJEED'S BUSINESS ANTICONQUISTA CAFE TELLS ROASTED BEANS FROM THE FAJARDO FARM BUT WHEN HE CAME TO CHICAGO FAJARDO WAS HOPING FOR WORK TO SEND MONEY HOME.

IT WAS IN THE COFFEE SHOP THAT HE HAD A WAKE-UP CALL.

>> WHEN I COME HERE AND 2011, AND I SAW LIKE I MEAN THE PRICES OF COFFEE IN MY TOWN AND WHEN I WENT TO THOSE LIKE FANCY PLACES TO DRINK, I MEAN WHEN I SAW THE PRICES THERE, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE THEY ARE USING OUR COFFEE BUT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING MONEY.

THERE HAVE BEEN LIKE SELLING THIS COFFEE FOR THIS EXPENSIVE PRICE.

>> FAJARDO SAYS IN LATIN AMERICA COOPERATIVE FARMING MODELS END UP UNDER COMPENSATING FARMERS FOR THEIR BEANS.

>> AND THAT IS HOW THIS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION THEY SAY THE PEOPLE THEIR COFFEE WE HAVE THE COFFEE IN ADVANCE.

AND THAT MEANS THESE PEOPLE IF THE PRICE IS HIGH THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY OWN THE COFFEE TO THE CORPORATIONS.

>> IN 2019 HE DEVELOPED A BUSINESS MODEL THAT CUTS OUT THE MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN FARMERS AND CONSUMERS.

>> IT'S COMING FROM MY HUSBAND'S FARM AND I WORK DIRECTLY WITH HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, EMILIO FAJARDO AND WE TALK EVERYDAY.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DURING THE HARVEST SEASON I AM THIS POINT PERSON TO STEWARD THE COFFEE FROM THE FARM TO CHICAGO.

SPEAKING SPANISH >> ONCE THE BEANS MADE THEIR OWN TREK FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO CHICAGO, THEY ARE ROASTED HERE IN SMALL BATCHES.

THEY SELL THEIR COFFEE BEANS BY THE BAG AND BREWED COFFEE ON THEIR WEBSITE AND FARMERS MARKETERS.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY COFFEE SHOPS BUT NOT LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHICH IS AMAZING THAT THEY HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO THE FARM IT IS A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT DREW ME IN BECAUSE I LOVE A GOOD STORY.

THE STORY SELLS THE PRODUCT AND THE PRODUCT JUST DELIGHTS YOU.

>> REESE SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO OPEN THEIR OWN STORE THAT KEEPS THE NEEDS OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN MIND.

>> I DON'T SEE CAFES OPEN IN THE EVENING WHEN WORKING PEOPLE ARE MORE AVAILABLE AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS SPACE THAT IS OPEN IN THE EVENING TO SUPPORT THAT WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IS A GOAL FOR US.

>> AND FAJARDO SAYS BEING ABLE TO SHARE HIS FAMILY'S COFFEE WITH CHICAGOANS HELPED MAKE THIS CITY HIS SECOND HOME.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.

A LOT OF LATINO PEOPLE IN CHICAGO THAT I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING LIKE MY COFFEE LIKE WITH LOVE AND THAT'S MEANS FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE SOMETHING MORE OF MY FAMILY.

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

>> AND THIS DIESELLE WILL BE RETURNING TO ELMER FAJARDO WILL BE RETURNING TO SEE HIS FAMILY SINCE ARRIVING IN CHICAGO 10 YEARS AGO AND WHILE THE FARMERS MARKET SEASON ENDED, ANTICONQUISTA CAFE WILL BE AT THE LOGAN SQUARE MARKET OVER THE WINTER AND HE IS MAKING PLANS TO OPEN IN THE HERMOSA NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT SPRING.

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

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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>> AND YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND ONE SHOUT-OUT CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COUSIN'S MARTIN AND CONNOR FOR LEADING THE FENWICK FRYERS TO THE FIRST-EVER 58 STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS.

AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M.

THE CLOCK IS STARTING TO RUN OUT ON DRAWING NEW WARD MAPS WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE BATTLE.

>> AND REMEMBERING THE LATE COMPOSER WITH A LOOK AT THE LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND.

AND JOIN ME TONIGHT IN A FEW MINUTES AT 8:00 P.M. FOR THE VIRTUAL BLACK VOICES COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WE'RE TALKING WITH BLACK BUSINESS LEADERS AND OWNERS ABOUT CHALLENGES ENTREPRENEURS ARE FACING LIKE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT IS HAPPENING TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. YOU CAN JOIN US.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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