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>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, WE SAW THE GOOD THE BAD AND UGLY IN THIS PROGRAM.

>> COMING BACK.

OLDER PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

THAT AND MORE FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>>> I HAVE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE I COME FROM HERE.

>> RESIDENTS WORK TO REVITALIZE EMPTY SPACES IN NORTH LONG DALE.

THAT AND MORE FROM CHICAGO WEST SIDE.

>>> HOW FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MADIGAN RAN ILLINOIS FOR DECADES.

WE TALK WITH THE HOST OF NEW POD CAST DOCUMENTING THE LEADER RISE AND FALL.

>>> COMIC BOOK INCREASINGLY INCLUDING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITIES.

WE DISCUSS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SUPERMAN'S SON JOHN KENT IS BY SEXUAL.

>> JONES.

RODGERS.

LOOKING AROUND.

FIRING.

CAUGHT.

FOR THE TOUCH DOWN.

>> BEARS AND THE RODGERS PACKERS RESUME THE OLDEST RIVALRY IN FOOTBALL ON SOLDIER FIELD ♪♪.

>> CHICAGO CHILDREN CHOIR ON THE 65 YEARS OF HISTORY AND MUSIC MAKING.

LATEST COLLABORATION.

>>> AS YOU MENTION I'M IN NORTH LONG DALE PART OF THE CHICAGO TONIGHT.

IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

I'M LOCATED ON CHICAGO WEST SIDE 20 MINUTES FROM THE LOOP.

NORTH LAWN DALE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS DEALT WITH DECADES WITH ABANDONED SPACES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS BY CREATING COMMUNITY GARDENS AND SAFE SPACES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE SPEAK WITH RESIDENT AND LEADERS OF FRON PROFIT HOW THEY TACKLE SYSTEMIC ISSUE THE COMMUNITY IS FACING.

FIRST BACK TO YOU.

>>> THANKS.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER CITY WORKERS HAVE ONE DAY TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY VACCINE MANDATE.

UNION REPRESENTING RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS SHOW NO SIGNS OF BACKING OFF THE OPPOSITION.

FOP PRESIDENT SAID HE ADVISES OFFICERS NOT TO COMPLY AND WARN THAT AS MANY AS HALF COULD FAIL TO REPORT FOR WORK IF THE MANDATE STAY INS PLACE.

THE MAYOR SAYS OFFICERS THAT DON'T UP LOAD THE VACCINE STATUS WITH THE CITY LABOR PORTAL WILL BE MOVED TO NO PAY STATUS BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY OR OVER THIS WEEKEND.

SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE CITY WILL BE DEPLETEED TO THE POLICE THAT IT WOULD NEED TO CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

>> MY EXPECTATION THE PEOPLE WHO SUPERIOR SWORE AN OATH TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITY WILL HONOR THAT OATH AND SHOW OFF AND REPORT FOR DUTY AND COMPLY WITH LEGAL DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY AND ORDER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANYTHING LESS HAD BEEN INSUBORDINATION.

>> YOU SAW EARLIER SCOOTERS GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO RETURN TO CITY STREETS.

THAT'S ROBUST CITY COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE TO PERMANENTLY ALLOW THE SCOOTER SHARING PROGRAM.

THIS TIME EXPANDING IT TO DOWNTOWN AND TO THE 6 06 TRAIL AMONG OTHER AREAS.

3 COMPANIES WILL GET THE GO AHEAD TO OPERATE ABOUT 6000 RENTAL SCOOTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

MUCH MORE ON THIS AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL ACTION IN JUST A BIT.

>>> MAYOR LIGHT FOOT WORD OF PRAISE FOR OUTGOING INSPECTOR GENERAL FERGUSON.

OP-ED IN THE TRIBUNE THE MAYOR IS GRATEFUL TO FERGUSON FOR MORE THAN A DECADE OF GOOD GOVERNING.

LIGHT FOOTAGE THE 2 DISEVENINGED AT TIMES BUT THAT FERGUSON RAISED THE STANDARD OF EXPERTISE OF THE OFFICE.

FERGUSON CONFIRMED TO THE POST IN 20 09 AND WILL STEP DOWN TOMORROW.

5 PERSON COMMITTEE APPOINTED JOINTLY BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IS CHARGED WITH FINDING HIS REPLACEMENT.

>>> UP NEXT.

SCOOTERS AND REST OF TODAY ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL.

PLEASE >>> >>>.

>>> GREEN LIGHT TO RETURN TO CHICAGO STREETS THIS SPINNING.

THIS AFTER CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROACH THE PROJECT.

HEATHER WAS THERE AND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE DETAILS ON THAT AND OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.

WELCOME BACK.

SO FIRST HEATS HEAR FROM TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR ALDERMAN ABOUT TODAY PASSING OF THE SHARED SCOOTER PROJECT.

>> I BELIEVE THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK THE TALK WE NEED TO WALK THE WALK.

AND THAT ONE, OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SLOWLY DYING.

WE REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GO TO ELECTRIC.

THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME GROWING PAINS.

I WON'T TELL ANYBODY THAT WE'LL GET IT RIGHT IMMEDIATELY.

BUT ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STEPPING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO OUR CITY AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

>>Reporter: WHAT CAN CHICAGO EXPECT IN THE SPRING.

>> WELL, ONCE THE WINTER EASES, 6000 SCOOTERS COULD HIT THE STREETS AND THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY EXPECT THE LAKE FRONT TRAIL.

NOW DURING THE CITY'S 2 PILOT PROGRAMS OF THE SHARED SCOOTER PROGRAM THEY WERE BANNED FROM DOWNTOWN AND THE 6 06 TRAIL.

BUT THE SCOOTERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO ANYWHERE ALTHOUGH THEIR RULES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE E.SCOOTERS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE UNDER MAYOR LIGHT FOOT COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST IN TOURIST HEAVY AREAS OF THE CITY.

>>Reporter: WE KNOW THIS WAS ALSO SOME OPPOSITION.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO THAT.

>> I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE A RISE OF WHERE I HAVE TO GO OUT AND SOME ONE FROM MY STAFF TO GO OUT TO REPORT THE ISSUES TO THEY 11.

TO TRY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

TO FOCUS ON BEING THE SCOOTER POLICE.

WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH IN MY WARD AS ALDERMAN.

>>Reporter: I THINK SOME OF US REMEMBER THE FUNNY POST OF SCOOTER FAILS.

IS THIS MAN ADDRESS ANY OF THESE CONCERNS?

>> WELL, IT ATTEMPTS TO.

DURING THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM OF THE SCOOTER TEST, THE SCOOTERS COULD BE LEFT ANYWHERE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LOCKED UP.

THE SECOND PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED RIDERS TO LOCK UP THE SCOOTERS AND WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTS IN THE SPRING, THAT WILL AGAIN BE THE RULE.

NOW THE SCOOTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BANNED ON SIDEWALKS TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS AND THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

THE SCOOTERS THAT WILL HIT THE STREETS IN THE SPRING WILL HAVE AN ALARM SIMILAR TO YOUR NOT WEARING YOUR SEAT BELT ALARM THAT YOU HEAR IN CARS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T RIDE THEM ON THE SIDEWALK.

NOW SEVERALAL DEAR MEN ARE SKEPTICAL THAT WILL KEEP SCOOTERS OFF THE SIDEWALK ESPECIALLY IN AREAS LIKE EDGE WATER WHERE SHERIDAN ROAD IS KNOWN AS BEING SOMEWHAT PERILOUS PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS VYING FOR THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE FRONT ACCESS.

SO A LOT OFFAL DEAR MEN HAD CONCERNS THAT THE PROGRAM DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR WARD OF COMPLAINTS OF OLDER MIAMI.

>>Reporter: MAYOR SPOKE ABOUT HER PROPOSED BUDGET AFTER TODAY'S MEETING.

LET'S LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT.

>> THIS BUDGET WILL DO A LOT.

WE NEED EVERYONE TO JOIN US.

SO HERE LISTEN AND BELIEVE AS DO I THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.

TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WILL RESOUND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF PEOPLE DRIVING IN THE CITY.

CALL YOUR ALDERMAN AND TELL THEM.

VOTE FOR THE BUDGET.

>>Reporter: ANY ACTION ON THIS?

WHAT IS NEXT?

>> WELL, TODAY WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WAS CHICAGO ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE 16.$16.7 MILLION BUDGET AND THERE WERE 2 NOTICEABLE SPEAKERS.

1 LAWRENCE FROM THE PACIFIC FEDERATION NON-PARTISAN WATCH DOG GROUP ENDORSED THE PLAN BUT REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY LONG-TERM FINANCIAL POSITION BECAUSE THE CITY HAS HUGE PENSION BILLS AND A LOT OF DEBT.

ALSO VOICING OPPOSITION WAS JACK LAVIN THE CEO OF THE CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYING SMALL BUSINESSES CAN NOT HANDLE THE PROPERTY TAX LIKE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.

THAT PROPERTY TAX IS DESIGNED TO COVER THE RISE IN THE COST OF INNATION AS WELL AS TO START PAYING OFF THE CITY'S MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF LAST YEAR BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE 2 REALLY BIG ISSUES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

THE NEXT MEETING IS SET FOR OCTOBER 25 AND THE BUDGET IS EXPECTED TO BE ADOPTED BY HALLOWEEN.

SO WE ARE MOVING PRETTY FAST HERE.

>>Reporter: GREAT.

ALSO DID CITY COUNCIL PASS ANY OTHER MEASURES TODAY?

>> THEY DID.

THEY ISSUED THE FINAL HAND MARK STATUS FOR THE HOME OF BLUES ICON MUDDY WATERS.

HE LIVED AND RECORDED IN NORTH OAKLAND 2 FLAT WHICH WOULD BE PERMANENTLY PRESERVED AS A MUSEUM THANKS TO THE WORK OF HIS GATE GRAND-DAUGHTER.

AND IT IS DESIGNED TO PAY HOMAGE TO ALL OF THE CHICAGO ANN WHO MADE THE BLUE SUCH A CULTURAL IMPACT TO CHICAGO AND RECOGNIZE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO MOVED TO CHICAGO AS PART OF THE GREAT MIGRATION SEVERAL DECADES AGO.

>>Reporter: OKAY.

HEATHER, BUSY DAY AT CITY HALL FOR YOU.

THANKS AS ALWAYS.

>>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER NUMBER STORY ON THE WEB SITE LISTED HERE.

>>> NORTH LAWN DALE HAS A RICH HISTORY BUT ALSO A LONG CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND POVERTY THAT PLAGUED THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES.

CHICAGO SPENT THE DAY IN NORTH LAWN DALE WITH IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

SHE JOINS US NOW TO TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

JOANNE A?

>>Reporter: THE TIME I HAVE SPENT HERE TALKING TO PEOPLE I CAN TELL YOU REAL WORK HAPPENING HERE FROM THE BIGGER PROJECTS TO THE SMALLER ONES LIKE BIKE BOX.

BICYCLE SHARING PROGRAM ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO LEIF HERE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY INITIATIVES CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE.

>> I KNOW THAT PERSONALLY BEING A BLACK MAN FROM CHICAGO THAT IN ORDER TO SEE CHANGE YOU HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE.

AND THE NO.

1 THING THAT I CAN THINK OF MYSELF IS HONESTLY, JUST TO BE PRESENT.

>>Reporter: ROBERT WELCH RUNS THE BIKE SHARING PROGRAM HERE.

A VISION HE HAD SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.

>> ONE OF BY FRIENDS WAS SHOT FOR WALKING DOWN A STREET.

AND THERE WAS NO DRUG RELATION.

HE WAS A KID.

LIKE ME.

AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

AND LIKE NOBODY, NOBODY IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT DETECTIVELY.

OR IT HIS TO START SOMEWHERE.

SO THAT WAS MY FIRST AWAKENING TO WANTING TO BEAL GREATER CHALLENGE TO THE COMMUNITY.

>>Reporter: AS A KID WELCH WAS PART OF YOUNG MEN ORGANIZATION.

PROGRAM AIMED AT GIVING KIDS A SAFE SPACE TO LEARN THROUGH VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.

THE BIKE BOX IS FREE FOR RESIDENTS TO BORROW BIKE.

FIX BIKE AND BUY THEM AT LOW PRICE.

>> THE BIGGEST PART ABOUT HOW ACTIVITY THE CONNECTION IS GOING IS THOSE EVENTS RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S 4 OR 5 PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOW STARTED TO COME.

HELP OUT.

FREE OF THEIR OWN WILL.

JUST BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE THEY CONDITION REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

DO PROJECT.

FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ACTUALLY GIVING BACK IN A WAY THAT IS ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL.

>>Reporter: HE WAS CHOSEN TO BE PART OF THE CHICAGO ARCHITECT.

THEY WORKED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUP TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS TO UTILIZES EMPTY SPACE.

HE USED SHIPPING CONTAINER TO CREATE OUTDOOR SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO USE.

>> THIS ORGANIZATION HAD A GROUP OF TEENAGERS WHO WERE THERE TO HELP US PAINT THE SURFACE.

HELP US PUT THE METRO ATLANTAER BED TOGETHER.

WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL WHAT IS THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS THE POWER OF THIS AND IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>>Reporter: IN RECENT YEARS A BIG PUSH TO HELP STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE BY REINVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE NORTH LAWN DALE.

CORNELIUS PRESIDENT OF GMA CONSTRUCTION GROUP ONCE A KID GROWING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND RUNS A COMPANY DETERMINED TO REVITALIZE CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> I GREW UP HERE.

MY EXPIRE LIFE.

FROM THE TIME I WAS 9 UNTIL I WAS 21 YEARS OLD.

BECAUSE I BOUNCED AROUND I GAINED SENSE OF GREAT AND SENSE OF DETERMINATION THAT I KNEW I WANTED BETTER.

>>Reporter: GMA CONSTRUCTION IS GEARING UP TO TRANSFORM THE VACANT LOT INTO 60 MIX INCOME APARTMENTS.

TOWN HOUSE.

RETAIL.

RESTAURANT SPACE AND COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT DOOR PLAZA.

IT'S ONE OF MULTIPLE PROJECTS SELECTED BY THE CITY FOR THE INCEST SOUTH WEST INITIATIVE.

>> I WANT PEOPLE ON MY PROJECT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHERE I HAVE COME FROM.

WHO LOOK LIKE ME.

WHO SOUND LIKE ME.

WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME STRUGGLE AS ME SO THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO OUT AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

>>Reporter: NORTH LAWN DALE HAS CRIME RATE LONG OVER SHADOW THE RICH HISTORY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOLDS.

THIS FAMILY SERVICES HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 62 YEARS.

>> WE CAN SEE THE CHANGE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.

>> GOING TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY.

GOING TO TAKE STAKE HOLDERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

GOING TO TAKE GOVERNMENT.

GOING TO TAKE ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE NORTH HAWN DALE WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

>>Reporter: ANGELA WILLIAMS WAS A TEENAGER WHEN HE STARTED AT BBS.

NOW OWNS HIS OWN COMPANY.

>> WE ARE THOROUGHLY INVESTED IN THE YOUTH AND PARTICIPANT LIKE OUTSIDE OF HIGH SCHOOL THEY LOOK AT US WITH INTERNSHIP THAT REALLY DEVELOP ME GREATLY.

I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.

>>Reporter: WILLIAM STORY IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF LEADERS THAT THEY ARE PROUD OF.

>> I BELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ONLY BE WHAT THEY SEE.

IF THEY COULDN'T SEE POSITIVITY IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO LIVE POSITIVE LIVES.

SO I BELIEVE BBF IS A BEACON OF HOPE.

>>Reporter: 27 YEARS OLD WILLIAM HOPES THAT OTHER YOUNG MEN WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BBF HAVE TO OFFER.

>> BE OPEN TO DIRECTION.

DISCOVERY AND CULTIVATE RESOURCE AND BLESSINGS THAT SURROUND YOU.

>>Reporter: WILLIAM ALSO SHARES THAT BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL TO PLACES HE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD GO TO.

AND STAY TUNE.

WE ARE SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS COMPANY AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE BIKE SHARING PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER.

FIRST, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> NOW TO PARIS.

IN YOU POD CAST ILLINOIS POLITICAL JUNKIE MY WANT TO CHECK OUT.

PARIS.

>>Reporter: YES ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MADIGAN RULED STATE POLITICS FOR DECADES.

AMID EXPANDING COMMENT BRIBERY SCHEME INVESTIGATION HE STEPPED DOWN FROM 2 POWERFUL POSITION THIS YEAR TO SPEAKERSHIP AND ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

NEW POD CAST FROM THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION TELLS THE STORY OF MADIGAN AND HOW HE RAN ILLINOIS POLITICS FOR SO LONG AND VERY OWN AMANDA IS ONE OF THE MANY JOURNALIST FEATURED IN IT.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE POD CAST IS JUSTIN KAUFMAN.

PRODUCER AND HOST OF THE MADIGAN RULE.

ALSO REPORTER FOR THIS GROUP.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>>Reporter: GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

SO POD CAST TAKES LISTENERS ALL THE WAY BACK TO MADIGAN EARLY DAYS IN POLITICS STARTING WITH HIS TIME AS DPAR PANEL TRUCK WORKER.

EXPLAIN THAT.

>> WELL HE GREW UP SOUTH WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO DOWN BY MIDWAY AIRPORT.

13 WARD WHICH IS 22 DISTRICT WHICH HE REPRESENTED.

HE CAME FROM A FAMILY THAT WAS POLITICAL.

DAD PRECINCT CAPTAIN AND FIRST JOB WAS HE GOT ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

HE WORKED HIS WAY UP.

HE DID INTERNSHIP IN THE LAW OFFICE AND HE GOT INVOLVED WITH MAYOR DALY AT THE TIME AND FOUND HIMSELF AS DELEGATE ACTUALLY SENT TO WORK ON THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION CONVENTION IN SPRINGFIELD IN 1970.

THAT IS HOW HE GOT HIS START.

IT REALLY IS A STORY ABOUT A CHICAGO KID WHO ROSE TO RANK AND BECAME CHICAGO POLITICIAN WHO BECAME ESSENTIALLY AWARD BOSS WHO BECAME A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

NOT JUST SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

LONGEST SERVING STATE HOUSE SPEAK INTERAMERICAN HISTORY.

NOT JUST ILLINOIS.

AMERICAN HISTORY.

>>Reporter: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN THE EARLY DAYS THAT PLANTED THE SEED TO WHERE HE WOULD BECOME SO SUCCESSFUL AS PARTY BOSS.

>> OLD ADDAGE ALL POLITIC IS LOCAL.

MADIGAN TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

SUPER SIZING OF CONSTITUENT MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IN THE TAKEN WARD WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

I'M NOT SAYING PICKING UP GARBAGE OR MAKING SURE POT HOLE ARE FIXED.

MAKING SURE THAT THE KIDS HAD JOBS AND EVERYONE WAS ESSENTIALLY HE WORKED FOR MAD BEGAN MACHINE AND MAD BEGAN ORGANIZATION, YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND I DON'T WANT TO SAY REWARD BUT BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PATRONAGE, A BIG PRIZE AT THE TIME WHEN IT CAME TO CHICAGO POLITIC.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY SUPER SERVING HIS CONSTITUENT THEN LOYALTY AND DISCIPLINE AND JUST BEING AROUND REALLY IMPRESSIVE POLITICAL MIND.

I MENTIONED MAYOR DALY AT THE TIME AND HE SPARRED WITH IN THE EARLY DAYS HE LEARNED HE STUDIED UNDER A THE OF IMPRESSIVE NAMES INCLUDING BILL ROCK AND HIS PEER WITH YOUNG GOVERNOR EDGAR STATE REP AT THE TIME AND GREAT STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY FORMER GOVERNORS AND LAWMAKERS CURRENT AND FORMER ABOUT THOSE DAYS OF HIM COMING UP.

>>Reporter: HE HAD A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR EDGAR AND THAT LOYALTY WAS BUILT NOT THROUGH HARD POWER OR THREAT BUT SEEMS LIKE THROUGH REWARDING OF JOBS AND IN YOUR POD CAST YOU TALK ABOUT HOW HE SPENT A LOT OF THE WORKDAY ACTUALLY CHECKING UP ON FOLK THAT DID POLITICAL WORK FOR HIM AND MAKING SURE THEY WERE SET UP WITH JOBS.

>> THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS.

THAT WAS POLITICS BACK IN THE DAY RIGHT.

BEFORE THE IT WAS MADE ILLEGAL THAT YOU COULD REWARD CAMPAIGN WORKERS WITH STATE JOBS THAT'S WHAT YOU DID.

YES HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE HAD JOBS OPEN AT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE.

MAKE SURE THAT HELPED THE CITY.

ALL OVER THE PLACE MAKING SURE HIS PEOPLE WERE TAKEN CARE OF.

IN RETURN THEY WORKED HARD FOR HIM.

RIGHT NOW ALLSTATE GOVERNMENT THERE'S NOT AN OFFICE THAT SOME ONE HE DIDN'T.

>>Reporter: EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT TOWNSHIP ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT JUSTIN, WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT SURPRISED YOU?

SO MUCH REPORTED ON MADIGAN OVER THE YEARS.

ANYTHING FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH HIM THAT KIND OF SHOCKED YOU?

>> YOU AND I HAVE COVERED MIKE MADIGAN OUR ENTIRE CAREER.

YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE YOU THINK YOU HAVE HEARD IT ALL OR YOU FOLLOW WHATEVER THE POLITICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS ARE OF HIM.

I LEARNED A TON ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND ALSO JUST WHO HE WAS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

HOW HE ACTED WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS NOT JUST HIS ALLY BUT HIS FOLKS.

WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING WAS HOW MUCH REFERENCE THAT OLD REPUBLIC HAVE FOR MADIGAN.

FORMER GOVERNOR RYAN FORMER GOVERNOR EDGAR.

THEY DIDN'T TALK OF HIM AS MAYBE HIM BEING ADVERSARY HAD YOU TO GET PAST.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS ALWAYS A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

SAID WHAT HE MEANT.

DIDN'T LIE TO THEM.

WASN'T DISHONEST.

CAME STRAIGHT AT THEM WITH WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH.

HE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO MAKE A DEAL.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MADIGAN IN THE HAS 5 YEARS TO FAILED FAIR TAX TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH THE COMED SCANDAL.

THEY FORGET WHAT A SUCCESSFUL POLITICIAN HE WAS WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE AND GETTING THINGS DONE FOR PEOPLE.

>>Reporter: IT CAME TO AN END UNDER GOVERNOR BRUCE HAD FAMOUSLY HAD A HORRIBLE FEUD WITH HIM THROUGH THE ENTIRE 4 YEARS IN OFFICE.

HE TOLD YOU SOMETHING IN YOUR POD CAST ABOUT A LUNCH THAT HE HAD WITH MADIGAN BEFORE HE WAS GOVERNOR.

WHAT DID HE SAY.

>> YES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY KNOW THIS.

BUT THE GOVERNOR TOLD ME AND I HAVE 4 OF THE 5 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO TALK ON THE POD CAST.

>>Reporter: DO A CAMEO.

>> I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

BUT GOVERNOR ROUNDER TALKED ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPEAKER BEFORE HE GOT INTO POLITIC.

GOVERNOR ROUNDER WAS BRUCE, THE PHILANTHROPIST.

HE WAS RAISING MONEY FOR EDUCATION AND HE WAS GIVING MONEY TO DEMOCRAT INCLUDING SPEAKER MADIGAN.

SO THEY WOULD MEET FOR BREAKFAST.

IN THE CITY.

GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND THERE WAS A COUPLE TIMES WHERE BRUCE TOLD THE STORY WHERE HE SAT DOWN WITH MIKE MADIGAN.

WHY DO YOU DO IT.

WHAT IS IT.

YOU WANT TO BE GOVERNOR.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU.

GOVERNOR SAYS, HE SAYS MIKE MADIGAN JUST SAID IT'S IMAGINE POWER AND MAKE MONEY OFF PLANNINGING POWER.

THAT WAS HIS PHILOSOPHY.

THAT WAS THE EEVT OS WHEN IT CAME TO TALKING TO BRUISE ROUNDER AT BREAKFAST AT CHICAGO CLUB DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES LIKE THAT.

PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MIKE MADIGAN YOU KNOW THIS FAMOUS DOESN'T TALK TO THE MEDIA MUCH.

>>Reporter: CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT WAS THE END AND MANE FOR MADIGAN.

SURPRISED HE WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

LASTLY WHAT IS MADIGAN LASTING HELPING IS SITUATION NOW THAT HE'S GONE?

>> THAT'S THE CORE OF THE POD CAST IS ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT IF HE IS HE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND POWERFUL POLITICIAN IN ILLINOIS HISTORY OR IS HE THE CORRUPT POLITICIAN OUT FOR HIMSELF AND PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND HE DID THAT ANY MEANS NECESSARY INCLUDING TAXPAYER MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT IN THE POD CAST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE KIND OF RISES TO THE TOP AND IF THEY CAN BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE GET INTO.

AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M NOT SURE I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.

>>Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE AT TIMES WILL PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THAT.

SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN 10 OR 20 YEARS.

JUST CONTINUE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD LUCK ON THE POD CAST.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS JOB KEEP UP GOT WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT.

CHICAGO CHILDREN CHOIR ON THE LATEST COLLABORATION.

>>> MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING JOANNE A HERNANDEZ IN NORTHERN LAWN DALE AND LOOK AT THE UPCOMING MATCH BETWEEN THE BEARS AND THE PACKERS.

>>> BUT FIRST SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED BACK IN 1956, THE CHICAGO CHILDREN CHOIR HAS GROWN FROM A SINGLE CHOIR TO A VAST NETWORK OF SINGERS ACROSS THE CITY.

LATEST RECORDINGS SPEAKS TO THE RESILIENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO RAISE EACH OTHER'S VOICES.

MARK HAS THE STORY.

♪♪.

>>Reporter: FROM HYDE PARK.

TO HUMBOLDT PARK.

THE CHICAGO CHILDREN'S CHOIR IS EVERYWHERE.

WITH SOME YOUNG FOLKS STILL LEARNING ABOUT MUSIC AND OTHERS ON A CAREER PATH.

♪♪NOW THE CHOIR HAS JOINED FORCES WITH THE CUE BROTHERS FOR THE NEW RECORD LONG WAY HOME.

MUSICAL ODYSSEY AND LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY.

♪♪.

>> WE COLLABORATE WITH SO MANY GREAT ARTIST AND CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN OUR CITY, NATION AND WORLD WITH THE CUE BROTHERS THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE WITH THEM.

WITH THE SINGERS.

SO THEY CAME IN FROM THE BEGINNING TO WORKSHOP.

SEVERAL SCENES.

>>Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE THE ALBUM BEGAN AS A STAGE SHOW.

PRE-PANDEMIC.

♪♪IN THE THEATER THE CUE BROTHERS HAVE A REPUTATION FOR RAP ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE AND MORE.

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS WRITTEN FOR OURSELVES.

TO PERFORM IN AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BARE MINIMUM OF CASTING SO 4 OF US MR.

I 20 SOME CHARACTER.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY SAID WE HAVE 100 PEOPLE FOR YOU TO CAST IN THIS AND 100 VOICES TO USE THAT ALL KNOW HOW TO SING AND CAN SING IN 8 PART HARMONY.

WHAT A DREAM.

♪♪.

>>Reporter: CHICAGO JONES CHOIR WAS BORN OUT OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF 56 AND WE IMPACTED IF I,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WHAT STARTED OUT AS ONE CHOIR IN HYDE PARK NOW A NET WORK OF OVER 100.

WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE AFTER SCHOOL SATELLITE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

♪♪.

>>Reporter: ONE FORMER CHOIR STUDENT IS THE SINGER HERE WE SPOKE WITH BEFORE HER PERFORMANCE AT THE PITCH FORK MUSIC FESTIVAL.

>> TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO BE EXPOSED TO MUSIC AND HAVING TO SING BUT BE IN TUNE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SING THE HARMONY PARTS.

BUT ALSO HELPED ME A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WORKING MUSICIAN.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY SEASON ME FOR NOW.

♪♪[ SINGING].

>> THEY ARE ALL LEARNING HOW TO BECOME NOT ONLY MUSICIANS BUT GLOBAL AMBASSADOR.

LEADERS.

AM BACK DOOR OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC TO UNIFY ALL OF US RIGHT.

DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES.

RELIGIOUS.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OTHERWISE.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC.

MUSIC IS THE FORCE THAT BRING US ALL TOGETHER AND CONNECTS AND UNITES US AND HELPS US CELEBRATE OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS MARK.

>>> AND THE NEW RECORD LONG WAY HOME IS OUT NOW.

AND THIS SATURDAY THE CHICAGO CHILDREN CHOIR HOST VIRTUAL CONCERT RED JACKET OPERATIONAL WHICH THEY CALL THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL CONCERT OF THE YEAR.

SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE JAZZ VOCALIST AND OPERA BARITONE GREEN.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEB SITE.

>>> STILL TO COME ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

MORE ON THE NON-PROFIT WORKING TO MAKE BIKING ACCESSIBLE FOR NORTH HAWN DALE RESIDENTS.

>>> COMIC BOOK AND INCLUSION.

WE DISCUSS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SUPERMAN'S SON JOHN KENT IS BISEXUAL.

>>> AND BEARS AND PACKERS RESUME THE OLDEST RIVALRY IN FOOTBALL AS GENE BAY LOOK TO EXTEND A 4 GAME WINNING STREAK AT SOLDIER FIELD ON SUNDAY.

>>> BUT FIRST.

MORE OF TODAY TOP STORIES.

FAMILY OF MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IN MICHIGAN HAS FILED A CIVIL SUIT DEPENDS THE COUNTY FOR HIS DEATH.

OSCAR WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN APRIL WHEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO HIS HOME IN HILLS DALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN OVER COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS DOG.

ATTORNEYS FOR THE FAMILY SAY THE DEPUTY VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION USING UNREASONABLE DEADLY FORCE AND FAILING TO RENDER MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED 32-YEAR-OLD MAN AND HIS DOG.

FAMILY MEMBERS JOINED ATTORNEYS IN ANNOUNCING THE SUIT.

>> SPEAK OF OSCAR IN THE PAST TENSE IS STILL UNNATURAL.

169 DAYS LATER.

EVEN MORE UNNATURAL IS A YOUNG MAN SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

WE ARE MEANT TO BURY OUR ELDER NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

>>Reporter: CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS THE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND RAE TAKEN TEACHERS IS PAYING OFF.

IN THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY THAT STRUGGLE TO KEEP HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS.

DISTRICT SAYS THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE HAS INCREASED EARLY CAREER TEACHER RETENTION FROM 56 PERCENT 5 YEARS AGO TO 82 PERCENT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

>>> OF THE 800 TEACHERS PLACED IN OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS HAVE BEEN IN HARD TO STAFF SUBJECT LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND AT LEAST HALF ARE TEACHERS OF COLOR.

THEY PLAN TO GROW FROM THE CURRENT 78 NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES SCHOOL TO 100 BY THE YEAR 2024.

>>> LOYOLA UNIVERSITY JOINS GROWING LIST OF BUSINESSES GOVERNMENT NON-PROFIT AND UNIVERSITIES TO ANNOUNCE THEY MAN TO DIE VEST FROM COMPANY THAT DERIVE A MAJORITY OF THEIR REVENUE FROM FOSSIL FUEL.

IN A LETTER TO THE LOYOLA COMMUNITY THE JESUIT UNIVERSITY SAYS THE NEW SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT POLICY ALSO PLANS TO ACTIVELY SEEK INVESTMENT IN COMPANIES WORKING TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSION AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

NATIONWIDE 127 UNIVERSITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DIE VEST FROM FOSSIL FALL AS WELL.

>>> NEARLY 74 PERCENT OF CHICAGOANS RECEIVED ONE DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE.

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTS CHICAGO 77 INITIATIVE AIMS TO HAVE AT LEAST 77 PERCENT OF ALL CHICAGOANS AGES 12 AND OVER TO AT LEAST HAVE STARTED THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE SERIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AS OF OCTOBER 9 THEY SAY MORE THAN 1.1.7 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE.

AMONG THE 77 COMMUNITY AREAS FOR WHICH THE CAMPAIGN IS NAMED WEST SINGLE WOOD AND WEST GARFIELD PARK HAVE THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN FIRST DOSE VACCINE COVERAGE IN THE LAST WEEK.

>>> PARIS GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH JOANNE WHO SPEND THE DAY IN NORTH LAWN DALE AS PART OF OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

>>Reporter: THANKS.

WE ARE NOW HERE WITH MIKE TROUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WYE MAN THANKS FOR JOINING DAUGHTER.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

GREAT.

>>Reporter: START OFF WITH ROBERT.

HE SHARED HIS STORY.

HOW HE HAD A VISION ABOUT THE BIKE BOX.

HOW HAS THAT FEELING BEEN FOR TO YOU WATCH HIM GROW UP.

YOU WATCHED HIM SINCE HE WAS A KID.

NOW HE'S IN HIS 30'S.

AND HE'S COME BACK TO RUN THE BIKE BOX.

HOW IS THAT FEELING FOR YOU.

>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF ROBERT AS WELL AS THE OTHER INDIGENOUS EMERGING LEADERS FROM THE NORTH LAWN DALE COMMUNITY USING THE GIFTS TO REINVEST AND MAKE THIS A SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

>>Reporter: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE BIKE BOX STARTED TO COME ABOUT.

>> ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT NORTH LAWN DALE IS THE COLLABORATIVE WAY STAKE HOLDERS AND INSTITUTION WORK TOGETHER.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A VISION OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BUT THEN WE HAD OTHER GROUP COME ON BOARD.

YOU CAN.

POXING OUT NEGLECT ACTIVITY.

WORKING BIKES AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS VISION OF HAVING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND ACCESS BIKES FOR FREE.

TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT AND RIDE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>>Reporter: AS YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE?

HAVE YOU SEEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RIDING BIKES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

10 YEARS AGO YOU WOULD RARELY SEE A BIKE IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE RIDING BIKE.

NEW BIKE LANES.

THE CITY HAS INCESTED RESOURCES.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE NORTH LAWN DALE THE MOST BIKE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>>Reporter: WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT PARTICIPATED.

>> WELL MY WIFE IS A SCIENCE TEACHER SO SHE WOULD SAY MECHANICAL NORMAL.

PEOPLE OUT AND ACTIVE AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK OF ANY COMMUNITY ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR OR BUS OR TRAIN.

TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

WHEN ON A BIKE GOING THROUGH THE CITY STREETS.

NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

YOU ARE SEEING GRANDMA ON THE PORCH.

GUY WALK DOG.

KIDS GO TO SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE BUILD COMMUNITY.

BY BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING ON BIKES.

DIFFERENCE US ACCESS NOT ONLY TO ENJOYING THE APPRECIATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILDING THE KEY RELATIONSHIPS.

>>Reporter: RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE BIKE BOX THERE'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN MADE OUT OF A CONTAINER AS WELL.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WYE MAN AND THE CHICAGO ARCHITECT BIANNUAL.

>> YES THEY CAME TO US AND SAID WE LOVE THE BIKE BOX IDEA.

THE CAMEER YOU HAVE HERE.

NOT ONLY CAN YOU IMPORTANT 0BIKE BUT FIX BIKE AND PURCHASE BIKE HERE.

WHAT IF WE TAKE A CONTAINER AND DESIGN AN ART INSTALLATION, ARCHITECT ART INSTALLATION USING THE CONTAINER MOTIF SO THEY HAD AN ARTIST FROM NEW YORK AND CUT UP THE CONTAINER.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL JUST SHARED SPACE FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION FOR YOGA OR ART CLASSES.

FOR COMMUNITY XWAVT ERTION THEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR STUDENTS PAINTED ADDED KLOSH TO THE PROJECT.

SO IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUTSIDE ARTIST AND ARCHITECT EXPERTS AND THE KIDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>>Reporter: LAST PERSON I WANT TO ASK YOU HERE.

YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WYE MAN AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR MANY YEARS.

HOW DO YOU AIM TO REACH YOUTH IN NORTH LAWN DALE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.

AND WE WORK WITH 300 YOUTH EVERY YEAR AND RECENTLY YOUTH ARE NOT PROBLEM BUT THE GOAL IS TO ADEQUATELY EQUIP THEM TO BECOME THE LEADERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO NORTH LAWN DALE ARE ALREADY HERE.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE THE INVESTMENT IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WATCH THEM GROW IN THEIR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.

>>Reporter: HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL AGAIN WHEN YOU WATCH THEM GROW AND COME BACK AND THEY HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS?

POSITIONS THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD OBTAIN.

>> WELL, IT'S OUR MISSION AS YOUNG MEN EDUCATION NETWORK AND PERSONAL PASSION.

SO YES TO SEE THEM TAKE OVER.

POSITION OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP BRINGS ME GREAT JOY.

>>Reporter: THANKS FOR JOINING US MIKE.

>>> UP NEXT.

WITHER TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL, YOUNG LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND HOW HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON STUDENT LIVES.

SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> HACK FORWARD TO THAT.

>>> NOW BACK WITH BIG NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SUPER HERO COMIC.

BRANDON?

>>Reporter: THANK YOU.

COMIC BOOK CRATOR APPEAR TO MAKE EFFORT TO BEING MORE INCLUSIVE.

EARLIER THIS WEEK DC COMIC ANNOUNCE JOHN KENT THE SUPERMAN OF EARTH AND SUN OF CLARK KENT AND LOW IS LANE IS BY SEXUAL.

IN THE NOVEMBER 9 ISSUE OF SUPERMAN, SON OF JOHN KENT STRIKE UP A FRIENDSHIP AND EVENTUAL ROMANCE WITH REPORTER JAY.

SOME HAVE APPLAUDED THE MOVE WHILE OTHERS WORRY IT COULD JUST BE A SHORT LIVED PUBLICITY STUNT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ANNA AND AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER WHO HAS EXPLORED RACE GENDER SEXUALITY IN COMIC BOOK.

JUSTIN HALL CRATOR AND CHAIR OF THE GRADUATE COMIC PROGRAM AT THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ART AND ROBERT ELDER CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER FOR THE CHICAGO BASE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTIST.

WELCOME ALL OF TO YOU CHICAGO TONIGHT.

WELCOME BACK ROB.

SO LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE ROB.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

IS IT A BIG DEAL.

>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.

I WAS DISCUSS TALKING WITH MY TAKEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS.

IT'S PERHAPS A LITTLE LONG OVERDUE.

QUEER SUPER HERO AREN'T NEW ANY MORE.

BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE ARE GETTING SORT THAT REPRESENTATION IN MAJOR DC COMIC SERIES INVOLVING THE NAGSHIP CHARACTER SUPERMAN.

THAT'S NEWS WORTHY.

I THINK THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

>>Reporter: ANNA ARE YOU WORRIED THIS IS JUST POTENTIALLY A PUBLICITY STUNT TO SELL COMICS.

>> I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WORTH WORRYING ABOUT THAT WHEN WE THINK OF LEGACY SUPER HERO.

ONE OF THE BIG NAME SUPER HERO REPLACED WITH MORE DIVERSE CHARACTER AND BY MORE DIVERSE NOT STRAIGHT WHITE MALE SUPER HERO.

THAT KIND OF HAPPENS THAT ONE OF THE CHARACTER REPLACED WITH MORE DIVERSE CHARACTER AND REFER BACK WHEN THE COMPANY DECIDES THEY WANT TO FOR MARKETING REASONS GO BACK TO THE CLASSIC VERSION OF THE CHARACTER.

REASON TO BE SUSPICIOUS.

FANS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.

>>Reporter: DISCUSS CONTINUE TO THAT END YOU ARE A CRATOR AND ACADEMIC.

WHAT DOES IT SAY IF IT IS MAYBE JUST THE SECOND OR THIRD SORT OF GENERATION OF THE CHARACTER OR EVERYONE MAYBE SIDE KICK CHARACTER IN MORE MAIN STREAM COMIC THAT THAT IS THE CHARACTER WHO COMES OUT TO BE BISEXUAL OR MEMBER OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY?

>> CERTAINLY NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY WOULDN'T USE CLARK KENT HIMSELF.

THE PRIMARY PERSON, CHARACTER WITH THE SUPERMAN NAME AS QUEER REPRESENTATIVE BUT I THINK IT'S TILL IMPORTANT THAT CHARACTER NAMED SUPERMAN HAS QUEER IDENTITY.

BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THIS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OPENLY BISEXUAL DECREE 8TOR HAVE BEEN CREATING THEM FOR MANY, MANY DECADES.

GOING RI AND LA MARS CREATING UNDERGROUND QUEER COMIC WITH BISEXUAL CHARACTER FROM THE EARLY 1970'S ONWARD.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK MOMENT OF CULTURAL GRAVITY WITH CHARACTER LIKE SUPERMAN BUT HEATS ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE PIONEER OF THIS SORT OF MATERIAL REPRESENTATION HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

>>Reporter: ROBL, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT JOHN KENT?

HE'S ACTUALLY AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED SUPERMAN'S SON AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE UPCOMING ISSUE.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET BUT THE CHARACTER HIMSELF IS RELATIVELY NEW.

AROUND SINCE 2015.

AND HE'S A TYPICAL TEEN IN A LOT OF WAYS BUT IF YOUR DAD WAS SUPERMAN IT MIGHT BE A TOUGH ACT TO LIVE UP TO.

SO HE'S STRUGGLING WITH THAT IN KIND OF THE SETTING WHAT KIND OF SUPERMAN HE IS GOING TO BE.

>>Reporter: JUSTIN YOU CREATED SEVERAL COMICS.

TELL US A LITTLE PIT MORE.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT ALREADY ABOUT THE WORLD OF QUEER COMIC.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.

YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE UNDERGROUND COMIC MOVEMENT.

GAG STRIP THAT APPEARED IN THE QUEER PUBLICATION AND QUEER COMIC AROUND FOR AWHILE.

SINCE THE LATE MIDDLE 60'S.

I WOULD SAY.

REALLY STARTING POINT.

AND THEY ARE INITIALLY REALLY BY AND FOR QUEER COMMUNITY.

CREATED BY CRAYTORS WHO IDENTIFY AS SUCH AND REALLY CONVERSATION WITHIN QUEER COMMUNITY.

SO IT IS INTEREST TO GO SEE THE CHARACTER COMING OUT IN THE MAIN STREAM.

FOR A LONG TIME THE MAIN STREAM OF SUPER HERO COMIC COMPLETELY STOPPED ALL QUEER CHARACTER AND THEME SO THE ONLY PEOPLE MAKING SORT OF WORK WERE UNDERGROUND CRATOR.

SO IT DOES REPRESENT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SHIFT WHEN WE HAVE MAIN STREAM CHARACTER AND CREATORS WORKING WITH THE TRL.

>>Reporter: ANNA IN THE PAST HAVE YOU OBSERVED THE COMIC BOOK CULTURE TO BE LESS THAN INCLUSIVE.

>> YES.

YES.

THAT WOULD BE A FAIR COMMENT FOR CULTURE IN THE PAST.

YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE STEREO TYPE.

A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH TO STEREO TYPE LIKE THAT.

IN TERMS OF HOW SHOW THE SOUP ON HERE 0COMIC HAVE BEEN IT'S TRUE AND SHE TO ADAPT THE WORLD AS WELL.

JUSTIN IS RIGHT THE QUEER COMIC HAVE EXISTED AS LONG AS COMIC QUEER PEOPLE EXISTED BASICALLY YET WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED THE COMIC CODE THAT PROHIBITED A LOT OF MAIN STREAM PUBLISHER NOT IN THE UNDERGROUND CONTEXT FROM CODED AS PERFECT VERSUS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP THEY MEANT ANY LGBTQ RELATIONSHIP THAT WASN'T CHANGED UNTIL 1989.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE FIRST GUYS SUPER HERO UNTIL A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT IN NORTH STAR MARVEL COMIC.

SLOW GOING SINCE THEN TO SORT OF DIVERSIFY THE UNIVERSE.

SO THERE'S A REASON WHY THIS NEWS IS A BIG DEAL.

BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT'S SUPERMAN.

FLAG SHIP CHARACTER AND TO BE HONEST REPRESENTATIVE WHAT IT IS IT'S GETTING BETTER BUT THE REPRESENTATION BEING WHAT IT IS, IT'S ALWAYS A BIG DEAL WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER WHO IS REPRESENT THAT GO DIVERSITY OF THE WORLD THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN ALL TYPES OF MEDIA.

>>Reporter: STICKING WITH YOU FOR A SECOND.

FORMER SUPERMAN ACTOR HE PLAYED IN THE 90'S CALLED THIS JUMPING ON THE PANNED WAGON WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S THAT.

REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR WORLD.

SO BISEXUAL PEOPLE ALWAYS HERE.

NOT A TREND.

NOT GOING AWAY SO I DON'T SEE HOW PANNED WAGON JUMPING.

>>Reporter: ROB WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

>> I CAN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

DEAN HAS BECOME FAR RIGHT SINCE HIS TIME IN THE CAPE SO I THINK THOSE VIEWS ARE PART OF THAT.

>> BAND WAGON TO JUMP ON.

>>Reporter: JUSTIN, DO YOU HOPE OR EXPECT THAT COMIC BOOK SUPER HERO CULTURE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

REPRESENTATION MATTERSMENT XOMLY IMPORTANT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THE JOB IS TO ENTERTAIN.

NOT REALLY, DOESN'T NEED TO WORK WHICH DIVE INTO QUEER IDENTITY AND ANALYTICAL OR COMPLEX WAY BUT WE NEED REPRESENTATION THAT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL LINK AT AND SEE THEMSELVES AND THE IMMEDIATE CONTRACT THEY CONSUME.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE THIS IS TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE AND THAT THIS BAND WAGON WILL KEEP ONGOING BECAUSE IT'S GOOD THING TO HAVE REPRESENTATION.

>>Reporter: GOOD POLICE TO HEAVE IT AS WELL.

THANKS TO ANNA, JUSTIN AND ROBERT FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT.

MORE FROM JOANNE IN NORTH LAWN DALE.

FIRST >>> WE CHECK BACK WITH JOANNA NORTH LAWN DALE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

JOANNA?

>>Reporter: THANKS.

NOW HERE WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF NORTH LAWN DALE COLLEGE PREP.

MR. OWENS WELCOME TO THE SHOW HOW ARE YOU.

>> I'M WELL.

>>Reporter: I WANT TO START OFF WITH THIS IS YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL SCHOOL YEAR AS PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLINS CAMPUS.

WHAT HAS YOUR VISION BEEN THIS YEAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MY VISION HAS REALLY BEEN REORIENTING STUDENTS INTO AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AS WELL AS RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION.

SECONDLY MAKING SURE WE ARE EDUCATION AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO COMBAT THE VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE INDUCED BY THE PANDEMIC.

>>Reporter: ALSO SECOND YEAR THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN OPEN FOR IN PERSON LEARNING SINCE COVID-19 HIT.

WHY WAS IT PRIORITY FOR TO YOU CONTINUE IN PERSON LEARNING.

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE, PROSECUTE I MAYORAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MINORITY AND MARGINAL COMMUNITY IT WAS NO BRIDGEER FOR TO US OPEN THE DOORS TO THE STUDENTS WHO NEED AND DESERVE EDUCATION THE MOST.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT FETE ENSURING WE WERE COVID-19 READY IN A YEAR WHERE WE HAD NO MODEL AND WE BECAME THE MODEL.

BUT OUR DEDICATED CEO AND TEAM SPENT LONG NIGHTS TO ENSURE WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE BUILDING SIMPLY BECAUSE THE STUDENTS NEED IT AND DESERB IT.

>>Reporter: WHAT HAS THE SCHOOL YEAR BEEN LIKE.

CONTACT TRACING BEEN AN ISSUE OR DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE HANDLED IT PRETTY SMOOTHLY.

>> I THINK THAT BRINGING STUDENTS BACK LAST YEAR REALLY ALLOWED US TO HAVE A HEAD START IN WHICH STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION ARE IN THE BUILDING EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY SEE RUDIMENTARY AT MANY TIMES SO WITH THAT RESPECT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE IT DOWN PAT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR USING LAST YEAR AS LEARNING LESSON.

>>Reporter: YOU WERE A YOUNG PRINCIPAL.

27 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE TO ASK.

WHAT DRIVES YOUR PASSION TO SERVE AS PRINCIPAL FOR THE STUDENTS OF NORTH LAWN DALE.

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

I MYSELF AM CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT FROM VERY MARGINALIZE COMMUNITY SURE TO FORTH HAWN DALE COLLEGE PREP AS I TELL MY STUDENTS IT WAS EDUCATION THAT SAVED ME AND IT'S REALLY HE HAD KA IS THAT ALLOW ME TO BE ON THE PLATFORM AND WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS THAT I DO TODAY.

AND SO KNOWING THAT, I NO HE THAT EDUCATION CAN BE TRANSFORMATIONAL IN MY STUDENT LIVES AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILY.

THAT DRIVES MY PASSION EVERY DAY.

>>Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE TO THEM.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE LOOK AT MY AGE.

OFTEN SHOCKED BY IT BUT ACTUAL IS POSSIBLE.

HERE I AM 26-YEAR-OLD PRINCIPAL AND DOING THE WORK AND SHOWING MY STUDENTS THAT THEY CONDITION DO IT TOO.

>>Reporter: WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO COME MICHIGAN AT THIS SCHOOL.

>> YES.

YOU BE THING I REALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IS THE INCREASE IN A P COURSES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENTS REALLY FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASPECT.

WHAT DOES COULD IT MEAN TO BE PERSONALLY RESILIENT AND KNOWING THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A KEY LEVER IN PREPARING THEM FOR COLLEGE GRADUATION AND BUILDING UP THEIR CHARACTER AND THAT FORM OF EDUCATION.

>>Reporter: I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK OF COURSE THIS SQUARE HAS DEALT WITH GUN VIOLENCE IN THE AREA.

HOW DOES YOUR SCHOOL AIM TO RESPOND AND SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

>> YES ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A ROBUST PEACE WARRIOR PROGRAM IN WHICH WE REALLY TRAIN OUR STUDENTS ON THE PRINCIPAL OF NON-VIOLENCE.

IN WHICH THEY ARE THE DISRUNTOR OF VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PROMOTER OF PEACE.

SO REALLY EMBODY FOR STUDENTS KIND OF LIKE A SPIRIT OF PEACE IN OUR SCHOOL AND ALSO TAKING THAT OUT INTO THE STREETS.

SECONDLY PRIMARILY THROUGH EDUCATION.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT EDUCATION IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER AND THE NO.

1 LIFE EXPECTANCY IS YEAR OF EDUCATION.

MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE FULLY EDUCATED AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE TO EXTEND THAT EDUCATION THEN COME BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DISRUPT THE VIOLENCE THAT THEY EXPERIENCE NOW.

>>Reporter: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>>Reporter: THAT IS ALL HE HAVE HER FROM NORTH LAWN DALE THANKS FOR JOINING US.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> THANK YOU JOANNA.

>>> UP NEXT.

PREVIEW THE BEARS SUNDAY MATCH UP AGAINST LONG TIME RIVAL.

BUT FIRST LOOK AT SOME EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND >>> BACK TO BACK WIN BUT THE ROOKIE QUARTERBACK HAS TOUGHEST TEST SO FAR AS HE TAKES ON RODGERS AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS AT SOLDIER FIELD ON SURROUND.

JOINING US NOW TO HELP PREVIEW THE GAME IS JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS.

FORMER OFFENSIVE LINE MAN FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS FROM 91 TO 02.

WELCOME BACK.

>> HOW ARE YOU.

>> I'M GREAT THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

SO IT TURNS OUT THAT THE HAS BEARS GAME WAS THE LAST GAME FOR RAIDERS HEAD COACH JOHN AFTER THE E-MAILS SHOWING RACIST HOMOPHOBIC CONTENT COME OUT.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WHOLE SITUATION.

>> FOR ME THE INTERESTING THING IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

HEN THE OTHER SHOE DROPS.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT SENDING OUT E-MAILS.

WHO IS HE ENDING THESE E-MAILS TO?

HAS TO BE ALIKE MINDED PEOPLE SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE INTERESTING PART OF IT.

NOT ONLY THAT BUT JOHN WASN'T EVEN REALLY A PART OF THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION.

THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION WAS INTO THE WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WENT ON AS FAR AS CHEER LEADERS.

>>Reporter: RIGHT.

>> FOR ALL THIS TO COME OUT ABOUT JOHN T-YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY HAD AN AX TO GRIND AND SOME OTHER REASON HE WAS IN SOMEBODY'S CROSS HAIRS.

>>Reporter: CERTAINLY SEEMS YOU SEE THIS IN POLITICAL CORRUPTION CASES ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS JUST KIND OF ANCILLARY PART OF IT.

SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MUCH DEEPER STORY.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FUN STUFF.

FOOTBALL.

PACKERS WEEK.

OBVIOUSLY THE FANS LOVE THIS RIVALRY.

THEY GET REALLY SOUPED UP FOR IT.

DO THE PLAYERS FEEL THE RIVALRY.

>> FOR ME IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I CAME IN IN THE 90'S.

AND A LOT OF THE OLDER GUYS WERE STILL THERE.

RICHARD AND STEVE McMICHAEL.

SINGLETARY.

SO THE ABILITY FOR PLAYERS TO CHANGE TEAMS HAD NOT BLOWN UP AS MUCH AS IT HAS NOW.

SO NOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT KNOW EACH OTHER.

THEY ARE FRIENDS.

GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER.

DO THINGS TOGETHER DURING THE OFF SEASON.

MIGHT HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO I THINK IT'S STILL A RIVALRY BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT RIVALRY THAN IT USED TO BE BACK WHEN EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE FIELD WAS TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER.

>>Reporter: RIGHT.

MAYBE NOT THE SAME BITTERNESS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.

THAT THE FANS MIGHT FEEL FOR GREEN BAY FANS.

LOPSIDED RIVALRY.

HASN'T BEEN A RIVALRY AT ALL IN RECENT YEARS.

PAIRS ARE 3 AND 19 AGAINST THE PACKERS SINCE 2011.

BEARS HAVE HAD 16 QUARTERBACK SINCE ROGERS TOOK OVER.

DO YOU THINK THEY FINALLY CHANGED THAT NARRATIVE HERE WITH JOSH FIELDS?

>> WELL.

YES.

YOU HAVE TO HOPE YOU HAVE TO HOPE SO.

WE HAD THAT HOPE WITH OTHER AND YOUNG FIELDS IN HERE.

HE STILL HAS A LONG WHICH TO GO.

A LOT TO LEARN AND A LOT TO IMPROVE ON BUT WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT HE'S THE FUTURE AND IF HE'S THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY THAT FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT.

BECAUSE HE'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ATHLETE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN YEARS TO EVER.

>>Reporter: YES.

RIGHT.

I THINK THAT IS A GOOD TIME FRAME THERE.

LAST WEEK HE DIDN'T ASK HIM TO DO THAT MUCH BUT HE TOOK A BEATING.

BEARS FOCUS ON RUNNING THE BALL.

HOLDING THE BALL FOR TIME OF POSSESSION THE IT'S THAT THE BEAT THE PACKERS OR DO THEY HAVE TO AIR IT OUT A LITTLE MORE.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE BALL.

YOU HAVE TO EAT UP THE CLOCK.

YOU HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT ON THIRD DOWN PAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP AARON OFF THE FIELD.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT PASSER OFFENSE ON THE FIELD.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THEY CAN DO.

SO THE MORE, THE BETTER THE BEARS CAN RUN THE BALL THE BETTER THE BEARS CAN EAT UP THE CLOCK THE PETS THE BEARS CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE CHAIN IT'S ALL BENEFICIAL FOR THEM.

>>Reporter: YES.

TWEAK HIS KNEE THERE ON THE LAST RUN.

I HOPE THEY KEEP HIM HEALTHY.

DEFENSIVE YOU ARE GOING UP AGAINST THE PEST IF THE BUSINESS.

GUY THAT ALWAYS HAS THE BEARS NUMBER IN AARON RODGERS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DEFENSE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK TO AT LEAST CONTAIN HIM?

>> YOU THINK THEY HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HIM.

WE TALKED HAS WEEK ABOUT KARR AND STATEMENT MADE BY THE CHARGERS AS FAR AS IF YOU CAN HIT HIM A COUPLE TIMES HE STARTS TO FLINCH AND THAT'S ANYBODY.

YOU PUT ANYBODY BACK THERE AT QUARTERBACK AND THEY GET HIT TOO MANY TIMES THEY NRIVRNL A LITTLE BIT.

RODGERS IS BETTER AT IT THAN OTHERS.

BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET MACK FREE AND GET QUINT OFF THE EVENLY AND IF SMITH IS ABLE TO BLITZ AND GET SOME HITS ON THE QUARTERBACK, THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE SACK BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IN A SPACE, PUT PRESSURE ON HIM, TRY AND MOVE HIM AROUND IN THE POCKET EVEN THOUGH HE THROWS WELL ON THE MOVE, IT BODY WELL FOR THE BEARS.

>>Reporter: SEEMS LIKE THE DEFENSE IS GELING IN THE RECENT WEEK.

ARE YOU HAPPY IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING.

DO YOU THINK ITS FORMING AN IDENTITY NOW.

>> YES I THINK IT IS.

I THINK THE SIZE, THE COACH HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF FINDING THE STRENGTH OFS TEAM AND GETTING THEM TO ALL PLAY TOGETHER.

ALL LEVELS TO MATCH.

GETTING THE D.LINE.

THE LINE BACKERS.

CORNERS AND SAFETY.

GETTING THEM ALL TO PLAY TOGETHER AND IN SYNC SO LIKE LAST WEEK.

THE ABILITY TO PING A LOT OF PEOPLE UP TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND GIVE THEM DIFFERENT LOOKS AND FORCE THEM TO CHANGE SOME OF THE CALLS AND THEN ONLY RUSH 4.

NOW YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS OFFENSIVE LICENSE MAN WHO THOSE 4 ARE GOING TO BE BUT THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE WHEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE STANDING UP THERE WEIGHING ABOUT 2 90 POUNDS.

350.

TRYING TO GET TO YOUR QUARTERBACK.

>>Reporter: BROADCASTER SAY THAT'S A LOT OF MEAT UP THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

YOUR PREDICTION.

FEARLESS PREDICTION.

>> UNFORTUNATELY I WANT TO GO WITH THE BEARS.

I THINK THEY STAND A GOOD CHANCE.

I THINK THAT FIELDS AND THE OFFENSE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL.

BUT I JUST WORRY ABOUT RODGERS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IF THE GAME IS CLOSE.

SO I HAVE GOT TO GO 24-21 GREEN BAY.

>>Reporter: ONLYERS IS DEADLY IF THE GAME IS ANYWHERE CLOSE.

THEY HAVE LIKE 30 SECONDS OR MORE TO GET IN THE FIELD GOAL RANGE AS WE HAVE SEEN.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS TO JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS.

>> THANKS.

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