>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT >> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO.

>> A PRO-PUBLIC INVESTIGATION LOOKS AT HOW ERROR OR NEGLECT CONTRIBUTED TO A PATIENT'S DEATH DEATH AT A SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

>> WE HAVE A WEAPON EYES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FBI.

>> THE FORMER ATTY.

GEN. ON RESIDENT TRUMP, THE FREE COURT AND THE THREAT HE SEES TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

> >> AND WE FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN CASH FLOWING INTO THE GOVERNOR'S GOVERNOR'S RACE.

>> THIS IS A MILESTONE IN CHICAGO'S HISTORY.

>> WITH GOOGLE EXPANDING INTO THE CENTER, WHAT ROLE WILL TECH PLAY IN CHICAGO'S FUTURE.

>> AND REMEMBERING THE DEAD AND CELEBRATING LIFE AT THE NATIONAL NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART.

> >> FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

LATINO COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE DENOUNCING ANTI-BLACK RACISM HEARD IN A LEAKED AUDIO RECORDING OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LAST YEAR.

>> WE ARE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AND ENRAGED AT WHAT WE HAVE HEAD HAVE HEARD AND WITNESSED.

THIS IS A MOMENT FOR RESTORATIVE JUS.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.

I SAY THIS KNOWING SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CONV.

THIS CONVERSATION.

SO I APPEAL TO THEIR BETTER SENSES TO COME FORTH AND SHOW A WAY FORWARD.

STEPHEN SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE NOW FORMER LA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WERE MADE AGAINST THE GRANDCHILD OF THE WHITE CITY COUNCILMEMBER WHO ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION TODAY.

> >> SOME ALTAR PEOPLE ARE CALLING CALLING FOR MORE MONEY IN THE CITY'S 23 THREE -- 2023 BUDGET TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

>> I CANNOT VOTE FOR THE BUDGET IF IT DOES NOT FULFILL THE PROMISE TO INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE CARE THEY NEED.

>> SHE'S BEEN REQUESTING A HEARING TO CREATE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE MODEL IN THE CITY THAT DOESN'T RELY ON P. ON POLICE.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES NO NEW MONEY FOR MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL MONEY THE CITY WILL SPEND THIS YEAR THAT'S BEEN BEEN EARMARKED FOR MENTAL HEALT.

MENTAL HEALTH.

> >> THE FDA AUTHORIZED AN UPDATED UPDATED COVID-19 BOOSTER FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FIVE.

THIS COMES AS FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE PEOPLE TO GET BOOSTED AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS FEARING A SURGE THIS WINTER.

VACCINATING CHILDREN HAS PROVEN TO BE A CHALLENGE.

LESS THAN ONE ONE THIRD OF 5-11-YEAR-OLDS RECEIVED THE TWO PRIMARY DOSES THAT WOULD EVEN QUALIFY THEM FOR FOR THE NEW BOOSTER.

> >> COMING UP, ERIC HOLDER TALKS TO US ABOUT SOME OF HIS FEARS REGARDING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

> >> BUT FIRST, DEADLY STAKES INSIDE A SOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL.

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

BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> ROSELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HAS BEEN OPEN FOR NEARLY A CENTURY SERVING THE MAJORITY BLK MAJORITY BLACK POPULATION.

IN 2020 NEARLY 92% OF ITS PATIENTS RECEIVED MEDICARE OR MEDICAID AND THE HOSPITAL HAS LONG FACED FINANCIAL STRUGGLES.

IN RECENT YEARS THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO FACED INSPECTIONS, LAWSUITS AND COMPLAINTS THAT RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT QUALITY OF CARE AND PATIENT DEATHS.

NICK BLUMBERG RS BLUMBERG REPORTS.

>> Reporter: ALICIA DID NOT WANT WANT HER FATHER TO GO TO ROSELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

>> I KNOW IT'S A BAD HOSPITAL.

YEARS OF NEGLECT AND PEOPLE NOT BEING TREATED RIGHT.

SO THEY HAD HAD A HISTORY.

>> Reporter: IN ANY CASE HER FATHER'S DOCTORS WERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITAL, NOT ROSELAND.

>> I TOLD THE AMBULANCE AND HE SAID THEY HAD TO TAKE HIM TO ROSELAND BECAUSE IT WAS THE NEAT HOSPITAL AND THAT WAS THE PROCEDURE THEY HAD TO FOLLOW.

>> >> Reporter: HER FATHER GREW UP ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE HIS PARENTS OWNED AND RAN APARTMENT.

APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

>> HE WAS A GOOD PERSON.

HE WAS VERY SMART.

DRESSED NICE, VERY .

VERY CLASSY.

HE WAS VERY RESPECTED.

>> Reporter: AS HE GOT OLDER HE MOVED INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH HIS BREATHING.

>> IT WAS NOT ABNORMAL FOR HIM TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

HE WAS AGAINST GOING TO ROSELAND.

I TOLD HIM TO JUST GO THERE AND WE WE WILL TRY TO GET YOU OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: THE SKEPTICISM MAY WELL HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED WHEN HOSPITAL MONITORS TAKING A CLOSE CLOSE LOOK AT THE FACILITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

>> ROSELAND HAS BEEN SUBJECT TOE TO MORE EFFICIENCY FINDINGS THAN THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: SINCE 2017 ROSELAND ROSELAND HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST 72 CITATIONS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN ILLINOIS REGULATED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.

SINCE 2017 ROSELAND RECEIVED EIGHT CITATIONS FOR PUTTING PATIENTS IN IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY OF INJURY OR DEATH.

>> IN 2020 THEY WERE HIT WITH IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY WARNINGS AFTER A PREGNANT WOMAN WAS ADMITTED HERE TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DID NOT RECEIVE THE REQUIRED REQUIRED MEDICAL ASSESSMENT.

THE THE WOMAN LATER DIED.

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN HIT WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT EFFICIENCIES RELATED O RELATED TO IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF STAFFIN.

STAFFING HERE.

AND THE LEVEL OF SUPERVISION THAT THOSE STAFFERS ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO PATIENTS.

>> SINCE 2020, ERRORS OR NEGLECT NEGLECT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF AT LEAST SEVEN ROSELAND PATIENTS ACCORDING TO FEDERAL REPORTS, ONE WAS PREGNANT.

IN A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO WTTW NEWS, THE HOSPITAL'S CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER SAID EVERYONE AT THE ORGANIZATION GRIEVES FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS STREAMED STAFFING THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT ALL HEALTHCARE.

ROSELAND'S EXPERIENCES MIRROR THOSE OF OTHERS CAREGIVERS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

BUT STAFFING PROBLEMS THAT ROSELANDE ROSELAND PREDATE COVID-19 AS A HOSPITAL'S FORMER DIRECTOR TOLD WTTW NEWS IN 2016.

>> THERE'S A CHRONIC SHORTAGE BECAUSE THERE'S A CHALLENGE IN G IN RECRUITING STAFF THAT WANTS TO WORK IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: HOSPITAL CEO TIM EGAN DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH US FOR THIS STORY BUT BACK IN 2016 HE HAD A DIRE WARNING FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THE HOSPITAL CLOSED.

>> OH I THINK PEOPLE WOULD ABSOLUTELY DIE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

ANYONE FROM OUTSIDE OF OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AMBULANCES CAN TAKE PATIENTS TO THE NEXT HOSPITAL, BUT THE NEXT HOSPITAL IS 7 MILES AWAY THAT'S LIFE OR DEATH FOR A PATIENT IS CRITICALLY INJURED.

>> Reporter: A REPRESENTATIVE SAYS IN A STATEMENT HE IS PROUD OF THE HEROISM OF THE ROSELAND HOSPITAL STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY THEY ARE PRIVILEGED T. TO SERVE.

DESPITE THE CRITICAL ROLE THE HOSPITAL SEES ITSELF PLAYING, EXPERTS SAYING EVEN ONE ONE IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY CITATION IS A SERIOUS BREACH AND CARE.

THE HOSPITAL IS NOW BACK IN GOOD GOOD STANDING BUT IN ORDER TO STAY IN GOOD STANDING AFTER PUTTING PATIENTS AND JEOPARDY EIGHT TIMES, THE HOSPITAL WAS REQUIRED TO PUT A CORRECTIVE PLAN IN PLACE THAT IT SAID WOULD.

>> EXPAND THE SAFETY CULTURE OF THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL.

THE HOSPITAL IS CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING BUT THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE DEEPER SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS ARE CORRECTED.

>> THAT HOSPITAL WAS IN TROUBLE AND IT NEEDS TO TAKE THESE CITATIONS SERIOUSLY.

>> Reporter: LISA MIKE GIFFORD SPENT 15 YEARS RUNNING THE PATIENT SAFETY NETWORK.

SHE SAYS SAYS HOSPITALS HAVE TO MEET FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THINGS LIKE INFECTION CONTROL AND AIR QUALITY.

>> THESE AIR STANDARDS ARE BASID BASIC AND EVERY HOSPITAL SHOULD MEET THEM.

SOME HOSPITALS MAY BE BE ABLE TO MEET THEM WITH MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAN OTHERS.

I BELIEVE THE STANDARDS SHOULD BE THE SAME AND NO MATTER WHERE PATIENTS LIVE AND GO TO THE HOSL THE HOSPITAL THEY SHOULD EXPECT THOSE SAME STANDARDS.

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: EGAN'S REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THE ENTIRE STAFF OF ROSELAND HOSPITAL SERVES THE FAR SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO THROUGH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE CHALLENGES OF WHICH THE HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO.

TO FACE.

SEVERELY ILL PATIENTS PRESENTED IN OUR SAFETY NET HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND SADLY SOME DID NOT SURVIVE.

ONE OF THOSE PATIENTS WAS ALICIA'S FATHER WILFORD.

HE WENT WENT INTO ROSELAND ON A FRIDAY MORNING IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD HOURS L. HOURS LATER.

>> HIS BIRTHDAY JUST PASSED AND I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GRIEVE.

I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I'M JUST AT THE POINT I WON'T SAY NUMB BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.

BUT THE GRIEVING PROCESS HASN'T COME FOR FOR ME YET.

>> A COMPLAINT FILED WITH STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS BY A FORMER ROSELAND PHYSICIAN SAYS THE ER DOCTOR WHO TREATED WILFORD DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HE WAS IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND FAILED TO ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH AFTER MULTIPLE NURSES CAME DIRECTLY TO TO HIM ASKING HIM TO INTUBATE AND STABILIZE THE PATIENT'S AIRWAY.

>> ALICIA SAW THE COMPLAINT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

>> THAT'S SO SAD.

JUST SO SAD.

FOR MAC ROSELAND DECLINED TO COMMENT ON ANY SPECIFIC DEATH.

THE QUALITY OFFICER SAID SAFETY IS A PRIORITY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO FURTHERING THE CULTURE OF SAFETY AT ROSELAND.

FOR HER IT'S DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE MIGHT WANT TO COME OUT OF HER EXPERIENCE.

>> I WOULD NEVER SAY TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THE COMMUNI.

THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IF THE HOSPITAL IS NOT SERVING ITS PUR, ITS PURPOSE, I WANT TO SEE THE HOSPITAL GET BETTER.

>> NICK JOINS US NOW, WE SAW THE THE STORY.

TALK US THROUGH THE SPECIFICS ABOUT SOME OF THE DEATHS THAT WERE UNCOVERED?

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: THERE WERE SEVERAL CATEGORIES TO LOOK AT, SEVEN DEATHS ARE DOCUMENTED IN FEDERAL FEDERAL REPORTS, MOST OF THOSE CAME IN TWO WAVES OF THREE PEOPLE EACH.

FIRST AND JULY 2021 2021 AND THEN JANUARY OF THIS YR THIS YEAR AFTER THE FIRST SERIES SERIES OF DEATH THE HOSPITAL HIRED A QUALITY OFFICER TO MAKE SURE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED.

SHE TOLD US HOSPITALS WORK TO IMPROVE SAFETY PRACTICES PRACTICES ACROSS THE FACILITY AND ARGUED THE DEATHS IN THAT REPORT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALL THAT SIMILAR.

IT WAS PATIENTS WITH UNIQUE HEALTH CONDITIONS.

THE HOSPITAL IS ALSO FACING AT LEAST FOUR LAWSUITS.

ROSELAND'SS ROSELAND'S HAS DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND COURT RECORDS DON'T SO SHOW A RESPONSE FROM THE THIRD.

THERE'S ALSO THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT WE MENTIONED WHICH COVERS WILFORD AS WELL AS ONE OTHER PATIENT WHO WHO DIED UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMST.

SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE HOSPITAL DID NOT COMMENT ON THOSE DEATHS AND THE DOCTOR NAMED NO LONGER WORKS AT ROSELAND.

>> I THINK YOU MENTIONED A STRAIN DURING THE PANDEMIC?

WE INTERVIEWED TIM EGAN AT THE HEIGHT OF IT AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.

HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT?

>> ONE OF THE ISSUES RAISED WAS THAT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND HOSPITALS ACROSS ILLINOIS WERE PREVENTED BY STATE STATE OFFICIALS FROM CLOSING THE THE DOORS OF THEIR EMERGENCY ROOMS IF THEY WERE FULL.

ROSELAND TELLS US THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OVERCROWDING AND STRESS ON THE STAFF.

IT ALSO EXACERBATED EXISTING CHALLENGES.

ROSELAND RELIES HEAVILY ON MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.

ROSELAND ROSELAND HAS LONG COMPLAINED THAT THE REIMBURSEMENTS COME IN REALLY SLOWLY FORCING IT TO OPERATE ON PRETTY SLIM MARGINS.

>> SO YOU SAY THE HOSPITAL IS BACK IN GOOD STANDING BUT WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS?

>> THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THE SPECIFIC DEATH OR CASES THAT WE COVERED BUT THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID TELL US THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT ROSELAND TOOK IN THE WAKE OF THE IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY CETACEANS WERE SUFFICIENT, THE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED AND THE HOSPITAL IS BACK IN GOOD STANDING BUT HOSPITAL EXPERTS SAY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEN NECESSARILY MEAN THAT ALL THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH.

> >> NOW WE HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE WITH WITH A FORMER U.S. ATTY.

GEN. NOW WE HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE WITH A FORMER U.S. ATTY.

GEN. >> AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO PUSH THE SO-D THE SO-CALLED BIG LIE THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS FRAUDULENTLY ELECTED, A RECENT REPORT FROM THE WASHINGTON POST SHOWS HALF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING THE MIDTERMS ARE ALSO ELECTION DENIERS.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS HEARD ANOTHER CASE THAT COULD IMPACT THE LANDMARK VOTING RIGH.

RIGHT ACT.

JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT AND MORE IS ERIC HOLDER, FORMER ATTY.

GEN.

UNDER BARACK OBAMA.

HE'S ALSO THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK, OUR UNFINISHED MARCH.

A HISTORY, A CRISIS, A PLAN.

MR. HOLDER THANK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO THAT JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD ANOTHER HEARING HEARING TOMORROW ESSENTIALLY A CLOSING ARGUMENT.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

>> WE'VE SEEN FROM THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THAT YOU NEVER CAN EXPECT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO .

TO EXPECT.

I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME SURPRISES BUT THERE COULD ALSO BE A WAY IN WHICH THEY DO CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

SOME KIND OF SUMMATION OF ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT SHOWS THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE CONSPIRACY TO TRY TO DISRUPT DISRUPT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF OF POWER.

THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE I THINK HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL.

>> ENOUGH TO SWAY VOTERS?

>> I THINK SO.

PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET CONCERNED ABOUT THE FATE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

CONCERNED THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNPROTECTED AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE RESULT OF THE WORK THIS IT -- THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HAS DONE.

>> SINCE WE TALKED TO YOU A TROVE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND IN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS HOME, MANY THAT WERE CLASSIFIED, HAS NOT INCREASED HIS LEGAL JEOPARDY?

>> ABSOLUTELY >> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S NO EXCUSE EXCUSE FOR HAVING THOSE DOCUMENTS IN A PRIVATE RESIDENC.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE.

THE FACT THAT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE ON -- SOME SOME DEGREE OF OBSTRUCTION WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THINGS BACK BACK FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

I THINK FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE HE'S GOT TO WORRY ABOUT ATLANTA, WHAT HAPPENS WITH WITH JANUARY 6 BUT ALSO NOW, THOSE DOCUMENTS.

>> WE HAVE A CLIP TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT THE WARRANT BEING SERVES.

>> THE FBI VIOLATED MY FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND MANY OTHER.

OTHER RIGHTS.

THERE IS NO CRIME.

CRIME.

IT'S NOT A CRIME.

THEY SHOULD GIVE ME IMMEDIATELY BACK EVERYTHING THEY'VE TAKEN FROM YOU BECAUSE IT'S MINE.

THEY TOOK TOOK IT FROM ME, IN THE RAIN, THEY BROKE INTO MY HOUSE.

>> HE SAYS IT'S MINE, THERE IS NO CRIME BEING COMMITTED HERE.

IS THERE ANY INSTANCE THAT JUSTIFIES THE FORMER PRESIDENT TAKING DOCUMENTS TO HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE?

>> THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOT FOR THAT.

IT CLEARLY VIOLATES THE LAW AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE OFFICE, THE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THEY GO TO PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES.

NO ONE, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT HAS EVER DONE WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE DOCUME.

THOSE DOCUMENTS.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT HE SAID I HAD THOSE DOCUMENTS, THOSE DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS WERE MINE, THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS IS AN ADMISSION I'M SURE HIS LAWYERS ARE WISHING HE HADN'T SAID THAT.

>> IS THERE A LEGAL ARGUMENT HERE OR IS THIS PART OF THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK?

>> I THINK IT'S PART OF THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK TO TRY TO DELAY.

THE ARGUMENT FOR THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT SUBSTANTIVE.

I SUSPECT IT WILL GO BACK TO WHAT THE 11th CIRCUIT SAYS.

>> GIVEN THAT THE WIFE OF CLARENCE THOMAS IS AN ELECTION DENIERS HERSELF.

SHOULD JUSTICE THOMAS RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE ?

THE CASE?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD IS GOING TO BE BUT FOR THE SAKE OF APPEARANCES I THINK THAT HE SHOULD RECUSE HIM.

RECUSE HIMSELF.

WE AS LAWYERS ARE TAUGHT NOT ONLY TO FOCUS ON WHETHER THERE IS A SUBSTANTIVE CONFLICT BUT WHETHER THERE IS THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT.

GIVEN THE NATURE OF JANUARY 6 THAN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE EMAILS SHE SENT, THAT APPEARANCES THERE.

I THINK THAT HE SHOULD.

WHETHER OR NOT HE WIL HE WILL TALK WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.

>> WHAT YOU THINK OF THE ARGUMENTS THE DOJ HAS BEEN WEAPON ICED AGAINST HIM.

>> THAT'S TOTAL NONSENSE.

THEY TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIM TO GET GET THE DOCUMENTS BACK.

THEY DID DID A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS.

THEY DID A SUBPOENA TO TRY TO GET THE DOCUMENTS BACK, BEFORE THEY WENT INTO HIS RESIDENCE.

THEY GAVE HIM ALL THE RESPECT TO TO WHICH HIS OFFICE WAS DUE.

IF HE WAS A REGULAR CITIZEN I SUSPECT HE WOULD'VE BEEN INDICTED BY NOW AND IN CONNECTION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT, I THINK THEY HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES IN APPROPRIATE WAYS WITHOUT LEAKS.

>> LATE LAST WEEK PRES.

BIDEN PARDONED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WHO HAD BEEN FEDERALLY CONVICTED CONVICTED OF SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.

YOU CALLED THE MOVE AN APPROPRIATE FIRST ACTION.

WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS.

>> I THINK PARDONING PEOPLE IS CERTAINLY A GOOD THING.

EXPUNGING THEIR RECORD WOULD MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE.

RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA.

IT'S NOW NOW SCHEDULED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHICH IS INCONSISTENT TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

I THINK WHAT WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID IS CONSISTENT WITH WHERE THE NATION NATION IS RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO MARIJUANA POSSESSION AND USE AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO HARMONIZE FEDERAL LAWS TO CATCH UP WITH WHERE OUR SOCIETY IS.

>> >> THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY HEARD ARGUMENTS IN ANOTHER CHALLENGE REGARDING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

>> THIS IS A CASE MY ORGANIZATION BROUGHT AND IT'S A CASE WHERE BLACK RESIDENTS IN ALABAMA ARE DENIED THE POLITICAL POLITICAL POWER TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED.

THEY MAKE UP 27% OF THE POPULATION BUT ONLY HAVE ONE OF THE SEVEN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRESSMAN IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.

WILL WE HAVE HAVE ARGUED IS THAT IF YOU DRAW THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICTS CONSISTENT WITH THE VOTING RIGHS VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF AMERICA YOU YOU WOULD HAVE ANOTHER BLACK DI.

BLACK DISTRICT.

MY HOPE IS THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL INTERPRET INTERPRET THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AS IT HAS FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS OR SO.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE ALABAMA IS ARGUING THAT THEY ARE TRYING TOE TO REMOVEIN THE CONSIDERATIONS WITH THE WAY THOSE LINES ARE DRAWN.

>> THEY SAY IT'S A TRULY RACE BLIND WAY.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN ALABAMA, 27% OF THE POPULATION END UP WITH LESS POWER TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED.

THEY MIGHT TRY TO CLAIM THAT IT'S RACE BLIND BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS A RACIAL IMPACT.

>> THE SUPREME COURT WILL ALSO R ALSO HEAR ARGUMENTS ON MORE VERSUS HARPER.

HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS THEORY IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR DEMOCRACY.

DEMOCRACY.

>> THE FIRST THING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW IS IT'S A FRINGE .

FRINGE THEORY.

THE INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY WORKS UNDER THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW LEGISLATURES CAN OPERATE INDEPEY OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF COURTS IN STATES, INDEPENDENTLY OF GOVERNORS IN STATES WHEN IT COMES TO DRAWING DISTRICT LINES.

IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH OUR NOTION OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.

THAT ONE BRANCH CAN ACT INDEPENDENT OF THE OTHERS.

THERE'S A RANGE OF CASES WHERE THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT THEORY IS IN FACT NOT A VALID O.

VALID ONE.

THIS IS A CASE THAT IS DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT.

COURT 9-0.

IT'S A FRINGE THEORY AND A FRINGE CASE.

I'M HOPING THE SUPREME COURT WILL NOT ADD TO ITS LEGITIMACY BY GIVING ANY KIND OF THE LITERACY -- VALIDITY.

>> APPROVAL RATINGS FOR THE SUPREME COURT ARE AT HISTORIC L. HISTORIC LOWS.

HOW CAN THE COURT COURT RECOVER ITS STANDING AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IF IT DOESN'T?

DOESN'T?

>> I THINK THE COURT CAN RESTORE RESTORE ITS CREDIBILITY BY DOING DOING THINGS IN THE WAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

ACT ON PRINCIPLE AND DID NOT HAVE THE SUPREME COURT BE SEEN AS A BODY THAT FUNCTIONS ON THE BASIS OF WHO SITS ON THE BOARD.

IT OUGHT TO BE PRECEDENT, PRINCIPLE AND NOT.

NOT PERSONNEL.

IF THE COURT LOSES ITS LEGITIMACY THAT REALLY REALLY HINDERS OUR SYSTEM OF GO.

OF GOVERNMENT.

THE COURT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEEN AS NEUTRAL.

IF IT IS SEEN AS AN IDEOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF OUR SYSTEM IT WILL WEAKEN PEOPLE'S BELIEF IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

>> ERIC HOLDER THANK YOU SO MUCH MUCH FOR JOINING US.

> >> THE BOOK IS OUR UNFINISHED M, UNFINISHED MARCH, THE IMPERILED FUTURE OF THE VOTE, A HISTORY, A A CRISIS, A PLAN.

> >> UP NEXT, WHAT WILL GOOGLE MOVING INTO THE THOMPSON CENTER MEAN FOR CHICAGO'S TECH SCENE, MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> BUSINESS LEADERS ARE DREAMING DREAMING BIG AFTER GOOGLE'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMPANY WILL EXPAND AND PURCHASE PURCHASE THE THOMPSON CENTER.

DOES THE CHICAGO REGION HAVE THE THE TALENT TO FILL THE NEW JOBS?

JOBS?

AND CAN THE REGION ATTRACT ATTRACT THE KIND OF VENTURE CAPITAL THAT HAS RAINED DOWN ON PLACES LIKE SILICON VALLEY.

JOINING ME IS CHRISTIAN HAMMOND, HAMMOND, PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERS.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

AND JACK GLAVINE, PRES.

AND CEO OF THE CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMM.

OF COMMERCE.

DO YOU THINK GOOGLE'S EXPANSION AND MOVED TO THE THOMPSON CENTER SIGNALS THAT THAT THIS MAJOR COMPANY BELIEVES BELIEVES CHICAGO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO A BIGGER TECH HUB THAN IT IS?

>> I THINK THEY ARE BETTING ON, WHAT THE NEXT WAVE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY BUT IT'S IMPACT ON THE WORLD.

CHICAGO IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT BECAE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE DIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY.

WE ARE ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO THE THE NOTION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING GOING TO JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BUT WHAT I CAN CAN DO FOR US.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

IT IT WAS A GREAT STEP ON THEIR PA. THEIR PART.

>> WHAT KIND OF AREAS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> IN TERMS OF IMPACT?

>> SECTORS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS... >> CERTAINLY MEDICINE, WE HAVE A A REAL GROWTH IN TERMS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.

MANUFACTURING OF THE P 33, BUSINESS SERVICES, AND THE USE OF AUTOMATION IN MAKING THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS ONEROUS.

AND LOOKING AT IT FROM MY POINT POINT OF VIEW OF LAW AND EDUCATION AND INTERNAL IS HIM.

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PRIMED TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ODDLY ENOUGH WE CAN BE LEADERS AND NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY BY ITSELF WHICH WHICH I THINK IS UNINTERESTING.

BUT TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO REAL .

REAL PROBLEMS.

WE ARE THE CITY THAT WORKS AND WE WORK ON REAL PROBLEMS.

>> JACK WHAT ARE THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF GOOGLE'S MOVE TO THE?

THE LOOP?

ON OTHER POTENTIAL STARTUPS THAT MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW SUIT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD JUST ADD ON TO WHAT CHRIS SAID.

WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A STUDY AND IT IT SHOWS THE TREMENDOUS 18% OF OUR WORKFORCE, TACH IS 17% OF OUR ECONOMY, AND IT REPRESENTS THE DIVERSE INDUSTRIES THAT WE .

WE HAD.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH TACT BECAUSE TACH IS IN EVERYTHING AND TALENT IS THE NUMBER ONE ASSET THAT WE HAVE HERE.

WE HAVE HAVE THE TECH TALENT.

IT'S NOT THAT WE COULD BE A TECH HUB, WE ARE A TECH HUB, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT AND GOOGLE PLANTED THEIR FLAG AT FULTON MAT FULTON MARKET 20 YEARS AGO AND LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH.

NOW THEY ARE DOUBLING DOWN IN C. IN CHICAGO.

I THINK WE HAD THE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL CLIENT SERVICES FROM GOOGLE AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING.

SHE SAID FOR AN- ANY -- EVERYONE GOOGLE JOB, 4 JOBS ARE CREATED.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND WE HAVE ALL THE GREAT GREAT THINGS IN CHICAGO.

DIVERSITY AND DEPTH OF TALENT, WE ARE AFFORDABLE, WE ARE A WELCOMING PLACE AND WE ARE A FUN FUN PLACE.

YOUNG TALENT WANTS TO TO BE HERE.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY GOOGLE MADE THIS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.

>> SPEAKING OF SOME OF THAT YOUNG TALENT, WE HAVE SOME HERE.

YOU ARE FROM CHICAGO BORN AND .

AND RAISED.

DID YOU FIND IT WAS EASY TO BREAK INTO THE TECH WORLD IN CHICAGO?

EASY TO GET THE EDUCATION AND FIND THE JOBS?

JOBS?

>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS CHICAGO IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BUT IT IT WAS FAR FROM EASY WITH THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION.

THE TALENT IS HERE WE JUST NEED THA.

THAT ASSISTANCE.

I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ASSISTANCE TO BREAK INTO INTO THE TECH INDUSTRY THROUGH THE COMPANY THAT I CURRENTLY WORK FOR.

I'M CURRENTLY CONTRACD CURRENTLY CONTRACTED WITH PBS N. PBS NOW.

SO HAVING THAT PLATFORM PLATFORM TO KIND OF JUMPSTART MR MY CAREER REALLY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE AND I'M SO HAPPY I'M ABLE TO STAY HERE IN CHICAGO WHERE I'M FROM.

>> AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NO LACK LACK OF INSTITUTIONS, YOU SAY STAY HERE IN CHICAGO.

WE ALL KNOW THE FOUNDERS OF PAYPAL LEFT LEFT SO HOW DOES CHICAGO KEEP THE TALENT THAT COMES OUT OF I.. OF I.T.

NORTHWESTERN AND SO ON?

>> I THINK THE MOVES OF COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE AND THE BG THE BIG STARTUP INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE I THINK WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN UNICORNS LAST YEAR IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG DRAW.

I THINK IT'S SORT OF OUR MISSION TO CREATE A DIVERSE TECH FORCE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I THINK THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF THE COMPANIES IN THE CITY PROVIDING INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS THAT LEAD THEM INTO GREAT TECH CAREERS.

IT'S NOT AS WELL KNOWN BUT CHICAGO ACTUALLYS ACTUALLY HAS THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES AFTER BO.

AFTER BOSTON.

SO HAVE A GREAT SOURCE OF TALENT ESPECIALLY IN THE COMPUTER FIELD.

I THINK WE CAN HELP PROVIDE TALENT THAT COMPANIES THAT ARE BIG LIKE GOOE LIKE GOOGLE AND SMALL ONES TO REALLY SUCCEED IN THE CITY.

>> CHRIS HOW DO YOU KEEP THE TALENT AT NORTHWESTERN FOR LEAVING FROM -- FOR SILICON VALLEY?

>> IT'S HARD, IT USED TO BE THAT THAT FURTHER UNIVERSITY OF ILLI, OF ILLINOIS, NORTHWESTERN, ETC.

YOU GET YOUR MASTERS ARE BACHEL, ARE BACHELORS, AND YOU GO TO O'.

TO O'HARE.

THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD.

WOULD DO.

I THINK WITH THE GOOGLE STEP IT HELPS US GROW TH.

THE ECOSYSTEM.

IT'S NOT JUST A JOB.

YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE ARE A DEVELOPER THAT THERE ARE A A STRING OF 15 JOBS AHEAD OF YOU YOU IN YOUR CAREER AND YOU CAN MOVE UP AND GET BETTER.

BUT ALSO ALSO I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO , TO UNDERSTAND, WERE YOU BORN IN CHICAGO?

>> YES.

>> SO BORN IN CHICAGO, RAISED I, IN CHICAGO, TRAINED IN CHICAGO AND THE UNIVERSITIES HAVE TO GOD GO BEYOND THEIR MISSION WHICH IS IS A GLOBAL MISSION.

TO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAVE A MOMENT WHERE THEY SAY, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS HELP THE CHICAGO INFRASTRUCTURE GROW.

THE CHICAGO CHICAGO TECH SKILLS.

AND ACTUALLY START STEPPING OUTSIDE OF OUR WALLS INTO THE STREETS OO OF CHICAGO.

>> HOW DOES THE CITY CREATE THOSE PIPELINES FOR STUDENTS LIKE YOU?

>> AGAIN, IT REALLY JUST STARTS WITH STARTING.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE MINDSET.

TO SAY WE ARE GOING GOING TO START DEVELOPING THAT TALENT HERE IN CHICAGO AND REALLY PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

MY BUSINESS IS NT IS NOT IN THE INDUSTRY A LOT AND AND IT'S KIND OF RESTRICTING.

I THINK THE MORE WE HAVE THESE PANELS LIKE THIS TO TALK ABOUT Y ABOUT DIVERSITY, THE JOBS THAT ARE HERE THE MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO STAY AND UNDERSTAND IS NOT DIFFICULT TO GET IN, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THOSE UNIVERSITIES ALSO HAVE TO, SPEARHEAD THAT MOVEMENT AS WELL.

WELL.

>> A BIG PART OF KEEPING GROWING KEEPING GROWING COMPANIES HERE.

WHERE CHICAGO KIND OF LAGS.

HOW DO YOU HELP THE ENVIRONMENT HER?

ENVIRONMENT HERE?

>> ALSO REMEMBER WE ARE A TECH HUB AND WE NEED TO EMBRACE IT.

BUT WE DIDN'T GET HERE BY ACCIDENT, WE HAD POLICIES PUT IE IN STAGE -- IN PLACE.

SO WE NEED NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE POSITIVE PUBLIC POLICY TO BRING STUDENTS HERE, KEEP THEM HERE, CONNECT THEM TO COMPANIES, THE DISCOVERY PARTNERS INSTITUTE WHICH IS BEING DONE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO CONNECT STUDENT AND ACADEMIC TALENT TO COMPANIES IN CHICAGO.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE POLICIES LIKE THAT TO HELP MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.

IN 2021 WE HAD MORE BUSINESS STARTUPS IN THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS, SO WE HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE VENTURE CAPITAL I.

IS THERE.

I THINK WE COULD DO THAT WORKING WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POLICIES POLICIES ARE IN PLACE.

LISTEN, WE HAVE AFFORDABLE LIVING, WE HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, DIVERSITY, WE HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS HERE IN CHICAGO AND WE JUST NEED NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT TALENT I.

IS HERE.

BY THE WAY OUR STUDIES SHOW THERE ARE MORE WOMEN FOUNDERS OF TECH COMPANIES IN CHICAGO THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

WHILE WE HAVE A LOT LOT OF WORK TO DO, WE ARE BEATING A LOT OF OTHER CITIES.

SO THE FOUNDATIONS ARE THERE TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

THERE'S OPPORY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY.

>> A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GR, TO GROW, A LOT OF GOOD METRICS THERE.

LANCE, HOW DO YOU PREPARE PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS TO ENTER THE WORKPLACE FOR THE JOBS THAT EXIST NOW IN THE JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO EXIST?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMPUTING IS A MOVING TARGET.

WE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPANIES AND TRYING TO FIND OUT OUT WHAT THEIR BIG NEEDS ARE.

CYBER SECURITY, DATA SCIENCE, AND REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT MEET THOSE NEEDS AS WELL IS WORKING WITH COMPANIES TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION AND INTERNSHIPS, TO WORK WITH THE COMPANIES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS FIT THEIR NEEDS AND CAN FIND A WAY THAT THEY CAN BE BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CAREERS.

>> WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS TO TRY TO GET TALENT TO COME IN.

>> HALF OF THE TOP 10 JOBS IN TECH YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITHOUT A COLLEGE DEGREE AND BEYOND THAT UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THAT'S WHERE COMPANIES CAN TRAIN TRAIN EMPLOYEES, ALSO PROVIDE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR EDUCATION.

>> SO EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER HERE AND A LOT OF PASSION AND OPTIMISM.

WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> NOW WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON CHICAGO TONIGHT, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSES GOV.

>> REMEMBERING THE DEAD AND AFTER DAY OF THE DEAD.

> >> OLDER AMERICANS COULD SEE A HIKE IN THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

TOMORROW IT COULD BE D BE ANNOUNCED THE BIGGEST BENEFIT BENEFIT HIKE SINCE 1981.

THIS WOULD AFFECT MORE THAN 65 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE WHO ARE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARI.

SECURITY BENEFICIARIES.

> >> ALEX JONES MUST PAY NEARLY $.

$1 BILLION.

TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS IN THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING.

THAT'S AFTER A CONNECTICUT JURY FOUND HE SHOULD PAY THOSE FAMILIES $965 MILLION.

THAT IS FOR FALSE CLAIMS HE MADE THAT THE SHOOTING WAS A HOAX.

A SEPARATE JURY IN TEXAS FOUND JONES LIABLE FOR NEARLY $50 MILLION IN DAMAGES.

THE MOST RECENT AWARD IS FOR A RAW SUIT FILED BY RELATIVES OF EIGHT SANDY HOOK VICTIMS.

> >> THIS YEAR'S McARTHUR FELLOWS INCLUDE THREE OF CHICAGO'S VERY OWN, AMONG THE GROUP, TANIKA RED TANIKA REED, AND RUBEN JONATHAN.

JONATHAN MILLER.

MILLER WAS FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN A SERIES SERIES THAT AIRED LAST WEEK.

HIS HIS WORK LOOKED AT THE LONG-TERS LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES.

EACH FELLOWSHIP COMES WITH AN $800,000 REWARD TO SUPPORT FELLOWS IN THEIR PURSUIT > >> UP NEXT WE TACKLE THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND MUCH MORE MORE BUT FIRST, THEY LOOK AT TH.

THE WEATHER.

> >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT USES HER HER BUDGET TO SHOW OFF AGGRESSIVE POLICIES DESPITE BEING AT ODDS WITH CHICAGO'S PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES.

CASH IS IS FLOWING AND THE GOVERNOR RAC.

GOVERNOR RACE.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE, AMANDA, HEATHER AND PARIS.

WELCOME BACK.

SO LAST LAST WEEK THE BUDGET WAS UNVEILED AND SHE SAYS WITH THAT SHE CAN BUILD ON HER PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

>> WHAT I HAVE ASKED OF HIS BODY BODY TO DO OVER THREE SUCCESSIVE SUCCESSIVE YEARS AND AGAIN TODAY, WITH THE FOURTH BUDGET IS IS TO BE BOLD.

TO CONTINUE TO WRITE HISTORIC WRONGS SO THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME WILL BENEFIT AND BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL.

>> HEATHER YOU HAVE REPORTED HOW HOW THIS HAS CLASHED WITH LEFT-LEANING OLDER PEOPLE AND US AND UNIONS.

>> ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE THE MAYOR TOOK OFFICE IN 2019 AFTER PROMISING REOPEN THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS THAT WERE CLOSED BY THE FORMER MAYOR.

TODAY, TWO ALDERMEN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE CONFERENCE TO SAY WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN CHICAGO AND WE NEED THOSE CLINICS TO BE REOPENED.

>> THE MAYOR HAS A DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES SENDING MONEY TO NONPROFITS AND WORKING THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH ACCORDING TO THESE ALDER PEOPLE.

>> SO HER 2022 BUDGET WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

DO YOU THINK SHE WILL COMPROMISE?

>> IT ALL DEPENDS HOW THE MATH WORKS OUT.

IF SHE HAS THE BOATS -- VOTES WITH THE BUDGET AS IS, SHE WILL KEEP IT.

SHE HAS PASSED PASSED BUDGETS WITH JUST A FEW VOTES TO SPARE SO IF THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES RIGHT NOW SHE WON'T WON'T HAVE TO COMPROMISE.

IF THEY ALL STICK TOGETHER ON THESE THESE DEMANDS THEN YES SHE WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.

LIKE THE EXTRA $200 MILLION PENSION PAYMENT SHE'S PROPOSING THIS YEAR AND MAY BE DIVERTING SOME OF THE MONEY SHE'S PROPOSING TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF SHE DOES DIVERT THE PENSION MONEY IT WILL MAKE FISCAL WATCHDOG IS VERY SAD BECAUSE THE THE PENSION SITUATION IS DIRE IN IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

ONLY THE THE MAYOR KNOWS WHAT THE MATH IS.

I KNOW THEY ARE DOING THOSE TALLIES RIGHT NOW.

>> AND YOU CAN'T FORGET AGAIN THE ELECTION IS ON THE HORIZON.

SHE WANTS TO GET A WIN SAYING SE PUT MONEY TOWARDS PENSIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF HER OPPONENTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WILL BE LOOKING AS WELL.

>> THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING FROM TEXAS, THE LATINO CAUCUS CALLING FOR ACE DATE -- A A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

>> THEY SAY IT WILL FREE UP CITY CITY RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRIVING WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK AFTER TRAVELING THOUSANDS OF MILES.

THEY SAY THE CITY HAS NOT DONE , DONE ENOUGH, IT HAS PAST OF THE CITIES SHELTER SYSTEM AND THERE IS NO SIGN THE MIGRANTS WILL STOP ARRIVING IN CHICAGO ANYTIME ANYTIME SOON.

>> I ASKED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THE CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THEY DID NOT SAY THEY WERE CONSIDERING THAT.

THEY THEY DID POINT TO THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET HAS CONTINGENCY FUNDING IF THE CITY NEEDS IT.

THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A DISASTER WHICH FREES UP STATE RESOURCES AND THE CITY SAID THEY ARE WORKING WITH STATE STATE AND COUNTY, ALL PULLING TOGETHER.

>> SO A PROPOSAL TO USE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE DOWNTOWN TO TO FUND THE REDLINE EXTENSION CLEARED ITS FIRST HURDLE YESTER.

HURDLE YESTERDAY.

>> IT COULD GO TO THE CHICAGO PLAN COMMISSION NEXT WEEK WHICH WOULD SET UP CONSIDERATION BY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WHERE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE ALDER PEOPLE WHOSE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS WOULD BE REDUCED TO FUND THIS EXTENSION.

IT WILL BE A BIG FIGHT BECAUSE THOSE ALDERMEN LIKE THOSE DISTRICTS TO STAY LOCAL AND BENEFIT THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR, THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNLESS THE CITY HAS COME UP WITH REVENUE.

IT HAS DONE THIS IN THE THE PAST, INCREMENTING THE TAX .

TAX DISTRICT.

BUT TO ACCESS ABOUT $2 BILLION IN FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS THE CITY NEEDS TO TO COME UP WITH THIS MONEY EITHER THROUGH THE TIP OR SOME OTHER MEANS OR THIS PROJECT THAT THAT HAS BEEN LONG SOUGHT EXTENDING THE REDLINE FROM 95th 230th, IT IS NEEDED BUT WILL NOT NOT HAPPEN IF THE CITY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY.

>> AND THIS IS $950 MILLION, THE THE CITY CAN'T BORROW THAT MONEY, IT'S NOT LYING AROUND AN.

AROUND ANYWHERE.

>> IT WAS SUCCESSFUL ON THE NORTH SIDE WHEN THEY DID IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I KEEP $950 MILLION IN MY COUCH CUSHIONS.

>> WELL I HOPE ALEX JONES DOES.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT STATE RACES.

RECORDS SHOW ANOTHER 13.9 MILL.

13.9 MILLION.

THAT MONEY IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO THE REPUBLICAN OPPONENT.

>> IT'S BEING USED MORE AGAINST PFISTER THEN BAILEY.

YOU HAVE TO TO LOVE ALL THESE NAMES.

THEY'VE THEY'VE HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU LINE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT SORT OF MAGIC HE WHISPERS , WHISPERS BUT, HE GIVES A LOT OF MONEY TO CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE.

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES.

THROUGHOUT VARIOUS SELECTION CYCLES, FUNNELING SO MUCH OF ITH IT THROUGH DAN PROVOST.

HE'S MAKING A BUCK.

BAILEY HAS ONLY RECEIVED $1 MILLION.

>> SO ONE OF THE ADS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES, IT IT LAUNCHED RECENTLY FEATURING EARL THOMAS.

HERE'S A BIT OF THAT.

>> FOR 25 YEARS ABC SEVEN REPORR SEVEN REPORTER CHARLES THOMAS GAVE YOU THE STRAIGHT NEWS.

NOW HE'S GIVING YOU REAL TALK ON THE THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

>> JD?

WHAT HAS HE EVER DONE.

OUTSIDE OF TELLING THE WORLD HE HIT A TRIPLE.

HE AND HIS PEOPLE CALL BAILEY AND EXTREMIST.

HE'S AN EXPERT IN GROWING FOOD.

>> WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS?

>> WELL JB WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT, HE HAS RUN THE STATE OFS OF ILLINOIS, CHARLES THOMAS WAS A GREAT POLITICAL REPORTER AT CHANNEL 7 AND I REALLY LOOKED UP UP TO HIM.

HE WAS A FRIEND AND I I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS AD ALTHOUGH, I THINK THE FOLKS PUTTING ON THIS AD, THEY WANT TO USE NEWSPEOPLE TO KIND OF LEGITIMIZE THEIR MESSAGE.

ON A SMALLER SCALE YOU SEE IT WITH NEWS CLIPS.

WE DON'T APPROVE OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BEING USED USED BUT THEY DON'T NEED OUR APPROVAL.

>> IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF THING, HAVING A FORMER JOURN.

FORMER JOURNALIST.

HE DOES SORT OF LEND THAT CREDIBILITY.

HE WAS WAS PAID $50,000, CHARLES THOMAS THOMAS RECEIVED THAT TO DO THAT.

THEY ARE FENDING OFF ATTACKS OF OF FAKE NEWS.

FURTHER YOU DO QU, DO QUESTION, WHAT SORT OF REACTION WOULD THIS BE IF DEPENDING ON IF IT WAS ANOTHER .

ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

IT'S BECAUSE IT IS BAILEY, I THINK THAT WOULD WOULD BE VERY MUCH DISCUSSION.

>> TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO PLAYS BY THE RULES P, RULES PACK, >> SO THIS IS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT, SENT PRETEND NEWSPAPERS THE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO CHICAGO SAYING THE GOVERNOR WAS PRESIDING OVER CHAOS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WERE AT BEST MISLEADING AND ACTUALLY FALSE.

SO THIS IN A SENSE IS TO TRY TO LEGITIMIZE ATTACKS AND THEY ARE DOING THAT BY USING DECADES OF GOODWILL THAT CHARLES CHARLES THOMAS GENERATED BY BEING A RESPECTED AND LOVED CLINICAL REPORTER.

THE MAYOR PAID TRIBUTE TO HIM AND IT WAS A A WONDERFUL MOMENT.

I THINK IT SORT OF GIVES US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT IN THE STOMACH BECE STOMACH BECAUSE WE STRIVE ESPECIALLY HERE AT WTTW I'M GLAD TO SAY, TO BE VERY FAIR AND AND VERY OBJECTIVE.

>> ALSO THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S EDITORIAL BOARD SAYING, WE APPRECIATE BAILEY'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND HIS PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS BUT OUR ENDORSEMENT GOES TO PRITZKER.

>> THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO SIT WITH AN INTERVIEW FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT.

ENDORSEMENT SESSION.

HE HAS TRASH THEIR EDITORIAL PAGE AND THINKS THEY'VE BEEN UNFAIR TO HIM.

BUT CHRIS JONES, THE HEAD OF THE EDITORIAL SAID PRITZKER DID AN ADMIRABLE JOB DURING THE PANDEMIC OF COMMUNICATING TO PE.

TO PEOPLE.

HE ALSO, TOUTED HIS L HIS PHYSICAL -- FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE AND BASICALLY SAID, BAILEY IS AGAINST ABORTIONS IN ILLINOIS SHOULD STAY PRO ABORTION.

THEY DON'T LIKE BAILEY'S STANCE ON GUNS EITHER.

>> THEY ALSO SAID BAILEY HAS NOT NOT DONE ENOUGH TO DISAVOW STRUM -- TRUMP WHOSE ENDORSEMENT HE .

HE RECEIVED.

IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING DANCE THAT BAILEY HAS DONE THERE.

>> 2 COMPETITIVE ILLINOIS CONTES ILLINOIS CONTESTS IN THE CYCLE.

>> WHAT'S AT STAKE IS DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK TO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME FOR THE COURT.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE FOR ABORTION RIGHTS WHO SAY ANYBODY WHO'S AGAINST ABORTION COULD SEND ANY NUMBER OF ILLINOIS LAWS TO THE STATES HIGH HIGH COURT BUT BY THE WAY IT'S NOT JUST ABORTION.

WE HAVE REDISTRICTING AND THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN ON A PARTISAN TONE.

THE COURT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NONPARTISAN.

>> THAT IS SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANKSGIVING.

> >> UP NEXT, WE VISIT THE MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART.

>> THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN HOLIDAY THAT THAT REMEMBERS LOVED ONES THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US.

CHICAGO TONIGHT VISITED THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN HARDWARE FOR THE 36 YEAR THEY ARE PRESENTING PRESENTING AN EVER-CHANGING ART EXHIBIT THAT CELEBRATES LOVE, AND LOSS.

MARK VITELLI HAS THE .

THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE INSTALLATION, OFFERING A TRIBUTE TO EARLY MOVIES FROM MEXICO.

IT HONORS THE FILMS, THEIR STARS AND THE WIDESPREAD INFLUENCE OF MEXICAN CINEMA THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS.

THIS YEAR'S DAY OF THE DEAD EXCAVATION BLENDS THE TRADITIONAL.

IT'S MEANT TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE WORLD AT LARGE.

>> EVERY YEAR THE EXHIBITION IS UNIQUE.

ARTISTS MANY TIMES CREATE WORK THAT RESPONDS TO THS THE EVENTS OF THAT YEAR RIGHT?

WHATEVER'S HAPPENING IN CHICAGO, WHATEVER'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD.

ARTISTS CREATE PIECES THAT DEAL WITH THOSE EVENTS.

I LIKE TO THINK THAT THE GALLERY WALLS ARE MIRRORS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT'S POLITICAL OR CULTU.

OR CULTURAL.

OFTEN TIMES WHAT YOU HEAR BEING SPOKEN ABOUT IN CAFCS OR IN CHURCHES OR IN BARS, AND UP AS THE SUBJECT MATTER AND IN WORKS OF ART ON OUR WALLS.

>> ONE INSTALLATION COMES FROM THE UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART.

IT'S A REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UKRAINE RUSSIA WAR.

THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS IS COMMEMORATED IN A WORK CREATED WITH STUDENTS FROM MOOSE ELEMENTARY IN HUMBOLDT PARK.

> >> PHOTOS CAPTURE ARTWORK FROM YEARS PAST THAT ALSO RECOGNIZE THOSE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

>> >> IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.

IT'S TIME TO STOP BEING PASSIVE OR QUIET OR POLITICALLY CORRECT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

IT'S TIME TO SORT OF START PROG START PROTESTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.

WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED S. UNITED STATES.

THOSE FEELINGS OF OF ANGER AND HELPLESSNESS, REALLY FLOATED TO THE SURFACE IN IN CURATING THIS YEAR'S EXHIBIT.

YEAR'S EXHIBITION.

>> THE REST OF THE EXHIBITION TAKES ON THE REGULAR SORT OF RECIPE, WHICH IS A LOT OF FOLK ART, THE TRADITIONAL ARTISTS OF MEXICO ALWAYS CELEBRATE THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN A WAY THAT IS LINKED TO THE PAST.

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MEXIC, MEXICO TODAY, HOW PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING WHETHER IT'S IN LOSS LOS ANGELES OR ELSEWHERE.

AND OF OF COURSE THE INSTALLATIONS PEOPLE CREATE THAT CREATE -- COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE AND REALLY LOOK WITE WITH HOPE TO A LIFE AFTER DEATH WHETHER IT BE A CHRISTIAN VIEW OR AN ANCIENT INDIGENOUS VIEW, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERL THE UNIVERSAL EMBRACING OF THE FACT THAT LIFE CONTINUES.

AND THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US CONTINUE.

>> THIS ALTER IS AN ALMOST TO THE ARTISTS MODEL OF DIEGO RIVE.

DIEGO RIVERA.

MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE MUSEUM FIRST PRESENTED PRESENTED THE EXHIBITION IN THE 1980S.

>> 36 YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST S, FIRST STARTED, CELEBRATING THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS.

WE WOULD WOULD GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS WONDERING IF IT WAS SOMETHING EVIL OR SATANIC.

IT HAS THE WORD WORD DEAD IN IT AND THAT'S NOT A A VERY POPULAR WORD IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS SOCIETY.

I THINK PEOPLE NOW REALIZE IT'S ACTUALLY LIFE THAT WE ARE CELEBG ARE CELEBRATING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS MUSEUM HAS REALLY HELPED EDUCATE EDUCATE PEOPLE TO MAKE THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION OF PART OF CHICAGO'S TRADITIONS.

>> THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION IS CAD IS CALLED MEMORIES AND OFFERING.

AND OFFERINGS.

AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART THROUGH DECEMBER 11.

THE HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 1 AND SE.

AND SECOND.

THERE'S MORE TO SEE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THIS.

FORGET TO STAY CONNECTED BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.