>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING CHICAGO VOTERS WILL HAVE A NEW OFFICE ON THEIR BALLOT NEXT YEAR.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE CITY'S NEW ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

A LOCAL PALESTINIAN GROUP REACTS TO THE EVENTS UNFOLDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

>> WE ARE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT HOW IT DNR BEER AND ARBERY >> AND A LESSON IN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE 1, AT A TIME.

>> AND NOW TO SOME TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER JOINED MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TODAY FOR A RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL AFTER THIS WEEKEND'S ATTACKS.

>> WE ARE HERE AT A SYNAGOGUE WHERE?

YOU'RE SEEING SO UNWELCOME.

OURSELVES.

ANYONE WHO THINKS OTHERWISE.

LET ME ANY PEACE, LOVING PALESTINIANS AND WE MUST HONOR THEM.

BUT HAMAS.

IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, AN ARMY OF MURDERERS BACKED BY IRAN.

>> HUNDREDS ATTENDED THE RALLY THIS MORNING AT NORTHSHORE CONGREGATION.

ISRAEL IN GLENCOE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ALSO ADDRESSED THE CONFLICT TODAY, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MORE THAN 1900 REPORTED DEATHS SO FAR.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTY.

YOUR POLITICS.

IT'S ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR WORLD.

SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WE NOW KNOW.

AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE AMONG THOSE BEING HELD BY HAMAS.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION FROM THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK IN JUST A MOMENT.

VILLA PARK MAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY THREW ROCKS AT GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER'S GOLD COAST HOME.

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SAY 38 YEAR-OLD ADAM TO BASH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS STALKING AND ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE BASHING PREVIOUSLY LEFT A PAIR OF LETTERS AT PARKER'S HOME IN AUGUST STATE.

POLICE SAY THE BASH REMAINS IN CHICAGO.

POLICE CUSTODY AWAITING A DETENTION HEARING.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS SET TO UNVEIL HIS FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL TOMORROW AND WITH IT, HIS PLANS FOR BRIDGING A 538 MILLION DOLLARS GAP.

A 3RD OF THAT AMOUNT IS THE ADDITIONAL 200 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT'S COSTING THE CITY TO CARE FOR THE MORE THAN 17,000 MIGRANTS SENT TO THE CITY FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

JOHNSON WILL ALSO REVEAL HIS PRIORITIES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HAVING PREVIOUSLY VOWED NOT TO CUT THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE ON THE CITY'S BUDGET GAP.

SOME CHICAGO OLDER PEOPLE AND ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO USE HIS EXECUTIVE OF 40 TO GRANT WORK PERMITS FOR LONG TERM UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO.

>> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE THE SERVE DIGNIFIED LIVES.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR WELFARE.

PEOPLE ARE ASKING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN A CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE TO EARN A DECENT WAGES.

>> ADVOCATES ARGUE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS GRANTED PAROLE AND WORK PERMITS TO MORE THAN 550,000 MIGRANTS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS PROVING THAT HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT MORE, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY IS FACING A WORKER SHORTAGE.

THE GROUP IS PLANNING A RALLY FOR THIS THURSDAY.

BATTLING FOR REPRESENTATION ON CHICAGO'S SOON TO BE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> CHICAGOANS ARE SET TO SEE A NEW OFFICE ON THEIR BALLOT IN 2024.

FOR THE FIRST TIME VOTERS WILL ELECT MEMBERS TO CHICAGO'S BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IT'S A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION AS BOARD MEMBERS WERE PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WHILE ELECTION DAY IS SET THE DISTRICTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL RUN IN HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED.

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ALL VYING FOR REPRESENTATION WHILE ALSO TRYING TO BEAT THE CLOCK.

SO CANDIDATES HAPPENED OF CAMPAIGNING TIME.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE MAP.

OUR VALERIE LEONARD, CO-FOUNDER OF ILLINOIS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR EQUITABLE REDISTRICTING, JESSICA KAHN.

YES, SENIOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT KIDS FOR CHICAGO AND GRACE CHAN MCKIBBEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR A BETTER CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US, VALERIE LEONARD, HOW WILL AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD?

IDEALLY, IF YOU KNOW, IF THE MAP THAT FOR >> IS PASSED, IT WILL FUNCTION AS SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL ALIGN SEEING RESOURCES WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

>> WE KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING MANY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR FOR A VERY LONG IT DID MAKE THE CASE THAT IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE MORE OF AN OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DEFINITELY WOULD.

WHAT?

HOW HOW MIGHT THAT LIKE I SAID, THE WAY WE HAVE DESIGN, OUR MAP HAS WHAT 10 DISTRICTS, 5 DISTRICTS.

I'M 5 WARTS AND WE THINK DISTRICT RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE 2 REPRESENTATIVES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS AND THE 7 REPRESENTATIVES WOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER.

>> TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FROM CPS AS WELL AS FROM THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE OUTCOMES.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MORE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE RUNNING THE SCHOOLS AND EVEN IF OUR VOICES ARE NOT NECESSARILY >> JESSICA, ONE OF YOUR ISSUES WITH THE MAP IS THE LATINO CPS STUDENT POPULATION IS MAJORITY LATINO.

47% LATINOS MAKE UP 29% OF THE CITY POPULATION, THOUGH, AND LAWMAKERS HAVE BASED THE OFF OF THE CITY POPULATION THE STUDENT BODY POPULATION.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT PROPOSAL?

>> WELL, ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TASK FORCE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF PARENTS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY >> CPS, PARENTS AND MAJORITY BLACK AND LATINA PARENTS AS WELL.

>> THEY REALLY WANT THE SCHOOL BOARD TO REPRESENT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF CPS STUDENTS.

SO THE MAP THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED IS A MAP THAT HAS 8 MAJORITY LATINA DISTRICTS, 7 BLACK AND 5 WHITE, WHICH WOULD GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO REPRESENT TEAM CPS.

DEMOGRAPHICS WHILE STILL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CITY'S POPULATION AND, >> YOU KNOW, ALL THE THE THE LAWS DISTRICT TEAM AND FOR THAT REASON BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OF RACIALLY DIVERSE BOARD.

THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT SAYS THE BOARDS THAT ARE RACIALLY DIVERSE, RACE INTO ACCOUNT MORE.

THEY'RE MORE EQUITABLE IN THEIR SCHOOLS ARE MORE INCLINED TO TO LOOK AT ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.

AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO THAT'S WHAT OUR PARENTS WANT.

THEY WANT A BOARD THAT REPRESENTS THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC AND ONE WAY OF GETTING THEIRS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DISTRICT MAP THAT REPRESENTS THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC GRACE.

YOUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO ENSURE ASIAN AMERICAN PLURALITY IN THE MAP.

WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?

WILL THAT MEAN?

YEAH.

LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AN ASIAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY WORKED WITH IN THE 50 WORDS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY IS THAT FOLKS ARE SPREAD OUT SO THAT NOT REALLY POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MAJORITY ASIAN AMERICAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE WON LEAST ONE FOR LED TO STRICT, WHICH MEANS ONE DISTRICT WHERE ASIANS WOULD NOT MAKE UP 50%.

THAT WOULD MAKE THE LARGEST PROPORTION DEMOGRAPHICS.

IT IS IMPORTANT JUST LIKE JESSICA SET FOR THIS SCHOOL BOARD TO EXIT REFLECT THE STUDENT BODY.

WE SAW JUST NOW THAT ASIAN AMERICANS REPRESENT 4.5% OF CPS, WHICH ROUGHLY EMBARRASS 6.8% OF THE CITY.

SO WE BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN REPRESENT THAT VOICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHY THAT REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY THE EU NEEDS THE LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT AND SOME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT REPRESENTED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

>> YEAH.

AND THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LANGUISH ACCESS PRETTY PRIMARY.

SO.

>> BEING ABLE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL FORD REPRESENTED THAT.

THAT KNOW THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ESL NEEDS FOR THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS OF SERVICES THAT THE PARENTS KNEW WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.

I'M JESSICA KIDS FIRST IS ALSO CITED ISSUES WITH NON-LIFE NON CITIZENS ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES?

>> WELL, CURRENTLY THE WAY THE LAW IS AND NON-CITIZENS.

AND THAT INCLUDES.

>> KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR RESIDENTS, REFUGEES AND DOCUMENT A DOCUMENT.

IT >> WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE FOR THEIR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, NOR WILL THEY BE ABLE TO RUN TO SERVE ON THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

AND WHEN WE CONSIDER CHICAGO BEING A CHICAGO, A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF NON-CITIZENS AND MANY OF THOSE NONCITIZENS HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE OR TO RUN IS REALLY A SILENCING THEIR VOICE.

AND SO FOR US, THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY RECENTLY DID A SURVEY OF CHICAGO RESIDENTS, 700 PLUS RESIDENTS ASKING THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS SOME OF OTHER TOPICS THEIR PARENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP WILL RELEASING THAT IN OUR TOWN HALL LATER ON THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY.

OKAY.

WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR I'M AWARE OF THAT.

COMING UP.

I'M VALERIE THAT CURRENT DEADLINE FOR STATE LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE THE MAPS IS APRIL.

1ST.

YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR APPROVAL DURING VETO SESSION THIS MONTH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THAT'S BEST?

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, CAN I RESPOND TO A COUPLE RESPONSES THAT HURT?

>> I THINK IT'S NOBLE TO DISTRICTS AROUND PARENTS.

BUT QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS CONSTITUTION, THE 14TH AMENDMENT, DID AWAY WITH COUNTING 3 OF EVERY 5 SLAVES.

REMEMBER, THERE WAS THIS TO DO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH WANTED TO COUNT SLAVES IN THE SOUTH WANTED TO SLIPS.

SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD A COMPROMISE THAT 3 FIFTHS PERSONS WE DID AWAY WITH THAT WITH THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT THE COURTS WOULD LOOK AT CHILDREN IN VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MORE CHILDREN IN THEIR DISTRICTS MORE SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICTS THAT THEY SHOULD.

IN FACT, HAVE A LOUDER VOICE IN GREATER REPRESENTATION AS IT RELEASED AS IT RELATES TO THAT COMMITTEE, THE NON CITIZENS COMMITTEE, WE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY FOR WE TAKE HUGE ISSUE WITH THAT.

WE SAW THE LANGUAGE IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION AND WE NOTICE THE STATE USES DIVERSITY RIGHT?

BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOTE, THERE IS A COMMITTEE THAT WILL PROVIDE VOICE AND CONSTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ON CITIZENS AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME MECHANISMS.

THAT'S A MECHANISM FOR BLACK CHILDREN.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING A STANDING COMMITTEE FOR BLACK ACHIEVEMENT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IN OFFICE, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE ACHIEVEMENT.

YES, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 SECONDS BUT WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT DEADLINE FOR STATE LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE THE MAPS IS APRIL.

1ST.

>> YOU'RE HOPING THAT WILL BE DURING VETO SESSION.

A BIG CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO RUN FOR AN END TO CAMPAIGN ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE RUNNING IN.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE NEXT SENATE HEARING IS ALSO ON THIS SO SOMETHING WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO VALERIE LATER, JESSICA, KINDNESS AND GRACE CHAN MCKIBBEN FOR JOINING THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, AS I MENTIONED ON THE MAPS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON THURSDAY AT 05:00PM.

UP NEXT, A LOCAL PALESTINIAN GROUP REACTS TO THE EVENTS UNFOLDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

STAY WITH US.

AS THE LATEST CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS ENTERS ITS 4TH DAY.

AT LEAST 1900 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.

ISRAEL HAS STOPPED THE ENTRY OF FOOD, FUEL AND MEDICINES TO PEOPLE IN GAZA IN RESPONSE TO ATTACKS BY HAMAS.

LAST NIGHT WE HEARD FROM COHEN, ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL TO THE MIDWEST.

AND JOINING US TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE IS HAD SOME OF DAY, NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE U.S. PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK, WHICH HAS A CHAPTER IN CHICAGO HAS.

AND WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US SO SO YOU KNOW, OF FOLKS IN GAZA, YOU HAVE FAMILY IN THE WEST BANK.

HOW'S EVERYONE DOING?

EVERYONE IS VERY ANXIOUS.

I'M CONCERNED.

>> IN THE WEST BANK, THERE HAS BEEN AN ESCALATION.

100 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED THERE ALREADY.

MY DAUGHTER HERSELF YESTERDAY, 18 YEAR-OLD JUST STARTED UNIVERSITY.

LOLA IS ASKING ME IF THIS IS GOING TO EXPAND INTO HER HOME VILLAGE.

MY HOME VILLAGE L G B IN A IN THE WEST BANK.

AND I TOLD HER I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT'S CLEARLY HAS EXPANDED TO THE WEST BANK AND ISRAELIS CLEARLY ARE PERPETRATING THEIR CRIMES ACROSS PALESTINE.

A 900 KILLED IN GAZA.

4500 INJURED 123,000 WHO ARE DISPLACED.

AND AS YOU SAID, CUTTING OFF FOOD, ELECTRICITY, WATER IN A PLACE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN UNDER SIEGE FOR 17 YEARS.

IT IS A WAR.

CRIME IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

AND NOT ONLY IS ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE, BUT THE U.S. IS RESPONSIBLE AS WELL FOR 4 TO 5 BILLION DOLLARS OF MILITARY AID THAT GOES TO ISRAEL EVERY ON THAT NOTE OF THE PRESIDENT CONDEMNED TO MA SAYS ATTACKS EARLIER TODAY SAYING, QUOTE, THIS IS SOME HAVE CALLED THE TAKING OF CIVILIANS.

>> TO BE A WAR CRIME AS DO YOU AGREE?

WHAT DO YOU WHAT HE OF COURSE.

CONDEMNED THE PALESTINIANS, WHAT HE SHOULD DO IS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THE U.S.

EMPIRE HAS BEEN DOING OVER DECADES IN PALESTINE.

IF IT WERE NOT FOR U.S. SUPPORT, UNEQUIVOCAL DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY AND POLITICAL SUPPORT OF ISRAEL, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PERPETRATOR CRIMES AGAINST THE POLICIES.

THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THERE.

ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN LANDS.

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE TO US.

THE FACT THAT THE PALESTINIAN UNIFIED RESISTANCE, NOT JUST ONE ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST ONE POLITICAL FORCE, BUT ALL THE POLITICAL FORCES IN PALESTINIAN SOCIETY UNITED IN A RESPONSE OF SELF-DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND UNDER TO SPECIFIC UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS TO FIGHT BACK AS AN OCCUPIED PEOPLE UNDER ILLEGAL MILITARY OCCUPATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

AND YOU SAY IT WAS NOT SURPRISED THE PALESTINIAN IT SEEMED TO BE A SURPRISE TO ISRAEL.

>> MANY AS WE MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE CONSUL GENERAL OF ISRAEL TO THE MIDWEST WHO JOINED US LAST HAVE SUGGESTED A QUESTION MOSS HAD SUPPORT FROM OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND IN PARTICULAR, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER MADE THE SAME SUGGESTION THIS MORNING.

WHAT DO YOU SAY IS IT POSSIBLE THAT DID HAMAS HAVE SUPPORT FROM WHAT I SAY IS I LIKE TO ASK.

>> PRITZKER AND AND BIDEN AND THE ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL, IF THEY HAD, IF ISRAEL HAS HAD SUPPORT FOR DECADES FROM THE UNITED STATES, FOR ITS CRIMES, AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

WE KNOW THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH AND UNDERSTAND, TOO.

THE UNITED RESISTANCE WARNED ISRAEL WARNED THE UNITED STATES WARNED THE EUROPEANS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE FOR 100 YEARS HAVE BEEN WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SETTLER COLONIALISM FOR 56 YEARS AND ILLEGAL MILITARY OCCUPATION.

AND FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS, MAYBE LONGER.

I'M A REALLY RAMPAGING WHITE SUPREMACIST RACES.

SETTLERS WHO ATTACK PALESTINIANS IN THEIR HOMES BURNED HOMES, BURNED CARS, KILL PALESTINIANS IN THE STREETS.

AND NOBODY IS DEFENDING US.

SO THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO DEFEND OURSELVES.

IF THERE'S NOBODY IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND IF THE MOST POWERFUL FORCES IN THE WORLD ARE SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION AND CRIMES AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, WHO IS TO DEFEND THE PALESTINIANS EXCEPT FOR OUR OWN RESISTANCE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SUPPORTED.

SO UNEQUIVOCALLY IN THE PALESTINIAN AND ARAB COUNTRIES AND SOCIETIES.

SO AS WE MENTION, OF COURSE, THE CONSUL GENERAL ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT.

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE SAID.

SPEAKING THAT SOME OF THE HUMANITARIAN CONFLICT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

>> PLANNING TO CONTROL THE LIFE OF 2 MILLION PALESTINIANS THAT LEAVING THE GAZA STRIP.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH ISRAELI AND PALESTINIANS ENJOY THE MOST BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS.

AND THAT IS THE RIGHT FOR LIFE.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS THE FORWARD.

HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO GO ON?

WHAT I SEE IS A FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE TO FOR US TO MAKE OUR DEMANDS.

>> OF NOT ONLY THAT, ISRAEL STOP AND ITS OCCUPATION WITH THAT THE UNITED STATES STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY.

TO MARK A PAST FORWARD FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION AND DIGNITY FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

THE ONLY WAYS IF YOU THE OCCUPATION, THE ONLY WAYS IF YOU STILL IF YOU STOP ALLOWING ISRAEL TO KILL WITH IMPUNITY, TO OCCUPY WITH IMPUNITY TO EXILE PALESTINIANS KICK THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES WITH IMPUNITY TO PUT POLITICAL PRISONERS IN DETENTION WITH IMPUNITY.

THAT IS THE REASON ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING.

WE PROTESTED WITH 2000 PEOPLE ON SUNDAY AND FROM THE ISRAELI CONSULATE TOMORROW, 4.30, AT B WELLS AND MICHIGAN AVENUE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE AND IN SUPPORT OF A CALLING FOR SHOKALSKIY AND DURBAN AND FOR TALKING US AND EVERYBODY HERE TO STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL.

OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE TO COVER THAT TIME OF THE DAY.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO'S CRAFT BEER SCENE JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE INDIAN.

THAT'S THANKS TO THE ADDITION OF A SAUDI BREWING WHOSE CO-FOUNDER SAY THE AMERICAN BEER MARKET WAS LACKING REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY.

PRODUCER NICOLE CARR.

DO SOME PARA SHOTS.

POOR YOU.

THIS STORY.

>> LONGTIME FRIENDS, BOB, MODI AND GATOR SURE AND MIGHT NOT AGREE ON WHEN THEY FIRST MET.

>> WE WERE A WEB DESIGN CLASS TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE MET.

WE MET FRESHMAN BASEBALL THINK FRESHMAN BASEBALL.

>> BUT THEY DO AGREE ON CREATING WHAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY INDIAN BREWERY ON TAP IN THE AMERICAN CRAFT.

BEER MARKET AS IT BREWING.

>> THERE'S NOBODY DOING BEER LIKE WE ARE EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH IS IT BEER IS A LESSON IN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE.

AS FOR THE INGREDIENTS, MOST COME FROM THE INDIAN GROCER PATEL BROTHERS ON DEVINE AVENUE.

OTHERS COME STRAIGHT FROM INDIA.

>> FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COACH IN A IT'S A LEMON GRASS SAISON.

WE WORK WITH A FEMALE OWNED FARM IN THE HIMALAYAS.

SOURCE THAT HAS FOR THE LOGO.

OUR LOVE THOSE ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED THEM BY DOUBLE AND THEY TAKE HOT LUNCHES FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES IN THE MORNING AND DELIVER THEM TO FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING DURING LUNCHTIME AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE LUNCHBOX BACK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD AND THE NAME HAS THERE'S A SONG THAT WAS RELEASED FROM A FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD MOVIE CALLED AS >> WE WANT TO TO OUR NAME TO REPRESENT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN CRAFT BEER AND IS SPECIFICALLY MEANS FREEDOM?

OUR LIBERTY?

>> THEY SAY EACH OF THE 30 PLUS BEERS THEY'VE BREWED TELLS A STORY.

THERE'S THE LACK CALLED TIME PASS A PHRASE OFTEN SAID INDIA.

THAT MEANS HANGING OUT OR A YEAR-ROUND.

MANGO IPA CALLED GEAR THAT CELEBRATES THE CASE.

OUR MANGO VARIETY IN INDIA, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW YOUR NAMES ARE WILL HARDER PER OUNCE.

AND THAT'S OKAY WITH US BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS OUR LANGUAGE AND OUR CULTURE.

>> THE BREWERY HAD ITS OFFICIAL LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER 2020 DURING VOLLEY, THE INDIAN FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.

BUT ONE COULD ARGUE THE SEED WAS PLANTED YEARS BEFORE THAT WHEN BY THEY CAN.

GATOR FIRST MET IN HIGH SCHOOL IN CINCINNATI.

>> I WAS BORN IN INDIA.

MY FAMILY WAS A INDIANA, THE FIRST GENERATION STUDENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> AND SO WHEN I MOVED TO OHIO, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.

>> MEETING BY BECAUSE DEFINITELY MY BIGGEST INTRODUCTION INTO INDIAN HIS FAMILY'S ALWAYS KIND OF PICKS UP TO ME OVER AT HIS HOUSE AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT DIFFERENT IN IN FOODS AND DIFFERENT INDIAN TRADITIONS.

>> AFTER COLLEGE GATOR STATE IN OHIO AND BY MOVED TO CHICAGO, THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND GROWING INTEREST IN BEER KEPT THEM IN TOUCH BY LATER BROUGHT THE IDEA OF INDIAN AMERICAN CRAFT BEER TO GATOR WHO HAD RECENTLY LEFT HIS CORPORATE JOB AND GOT A DEGREE IN BREWING SCIENCE.

>> HE KIND OF SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THERE ANY INDIAN BREEZE IN AMERICA WHERE INDIAN INFLUENCE BEERS IN AMERICA.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR HIM.

SO JUST DECIDED WE SHOULD START OUR OWN.

>> THE 2 EXPERIMENTED WITH TRADITIONAL INDIAN SPICES AND FRUITS.

THEY SAY THAT AFTER THOSE EARLY BATCHES AND GATORS GARAGE BREWED SOME BIG FANS, REALIZED IT WAS TIME TO BRING AS IT TO SCALE.

>> WE COULD SUDDENLY LANDED ON A BREWERY INCUBATOR IN CHICAGO CALLED PILOT PROJECT.

>> TONY JUROR AS PILOT PROJECTS NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR.

HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE IS IT CO-FOUNDERS HELPING OVERSEE THE BEERS PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING JURY IT OFFERS SOMETHING HE HASN'T SEEN IN ANY OF THE NEARLY 20 YEARS.

HE SPENT IN THE BEER INDUSTRY.

I THINK WHAT'S STANDING OUT WITH HIS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN IN THE CRAFT BEER MARKET AND HOW IT CAN BE KIND OF AN OVERSATURATED.

INDUSTRY IS THE FLAVORS.

I THINK THAT WE'RE LEANING A LOT MORE TOWARDS INTERESTING FLAVORS.

>> WELL, AS IT IS MAKING WAVES IN THE AMERICAN CRAFT, BEER MARKET.

IT'S ALSO BRIDGING TOGETHER 2 CULTURES THAT HAVEN'T ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE ON ALCOHOL.

>> HASN'T BEEN A PART OF INDIAN ONE DUE TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION.

ALSO CULTURALLY RELIGIOUSLY.

THERE'S BEEN BARRIERS TO ACCEPTANCE AROUND ALCOHOL.

AND I THINK 3RD ECONOMICALLY, YOU KNOW, INDIA'S ONLY RECENT REALLY A KIND OF GROWN THEIR MIDDLE GROWN FOLKS THAT CAN A FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIKE ALCOHOL AND THE CO-FOUNDERS SAY THEY ASPIRE TO OPEN THEIR OWN TASTING ROOM.

>> BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY HOPE AS IT CONTINUES TO GIVE BEER LOVERS, THE TASTE OF INDIAN FLAVOR AND CULTURE.

>> HERE'S THE >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS PARIS SHOTS.

>> I'M NOT FROM THURSDAY.

YOU'RE HUNGRY.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR A LIST OF PLACES THAT SELL US OUT YEARS AND WONDERING IF YOU HEARD GATOR STRANDS NAME CORRECTLY, YOU AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE STORY BEHIND THAT NICKNAME.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES, A CONTROVERSIAL TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

WE DIVE INTO THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT AND THE POSSIBLE RENAMING OF A CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CLOSE TIES TO THE PAINFUL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT AND BRING FRIEDMAN.

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