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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> YOU'RE COMING DIRECTLY AGAINST GOD.

>> ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS ARE AT THE STATE HOUSE WHERE THEY ARE SET CONSIDERING LIFTING A REQUIREMENT THAT PARENTS CAN BE NOTIFIED BEFORE THEIR TEEN CAN HAVE AN ABORTION.

>> TOTAL CONTROL IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

>> SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JOIN IN THE POLICE UNION IN FIGHTING THE VACCINE MANDATE.

>> WHAT IS BEHIND A RISE IN ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA?

A NEW REPORT HAS DETAILS.

>> JELANI DAY IS AN AVID SWIMMER AND HE DOESN'T DROWN HIMSELF.

>> HUNDREDS MARCHED TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR JELANI DAY THE GRADUATE WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER.

A FRONT ROW SEAT INSIDE A PRISON FOR A PERFORMANCE ABOUT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.

>> IT STANDS OUT AND DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE.

>> THE WRIGLEY BUILDING CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

THE LATEST EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY" EXPLORES HOW THE STRUCTURE TRANSFORMED MICHIGAN AVENUE.

>> AND WERE GRUBS MADE A NEW HUB IN WELLES PARK.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> BLACKHAWKS GENERAL MANAGER IS OUT AFTER THE TEAM RESPONDED TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CLAIMS AGAINST A FORMER COACH IN 2010.

THE RESIGNATION COMES AFTER AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION BY JENNER AND BLOCK ABOUT THAT INCIDENT PROMPTED BY A LAWSUIT FROM A FORMER PLAYER CLAIMING FORMER VIDEO COACH HARASSED AND GROPED HIM IT FOUND THAT BOWMAN DID NOT QUICKLY OR APPROPRIATELY TO THE ALLEGATIONS BECAUSE OF A DESIRE TO FOCUS ON THE BLACKHAWKS 2010 PLAYOFF RUN.

THE TEAM APOLOGIZED TO THE FORMER PLAYER AND FANS SAYING IT'S IMPROVED ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND PLEDGING TO REGAIN FANS' TRUST.

>> POLICE UNION PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA RENEWS CALLS FOR OFFICERS TO IGNORE CITY'S MANDATE THAT CITY WORKERS GET VACCINATED BUT THE UNION WILL AGREE TO A DAILY TESTING POLICY.

>> LET'S TEST EVERY OFFICER EVERYDAY BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO WORK AND SERVE THE CITY WHETHER THEY ARE VACCINATED OR NOT.

YOU CAN STILL GET THE VIRUS AND THE SPREAD THE VIRUS AFTER THE VACCINE IF IT'S ABOUT STOPPING THE SPREAD LET'S TEST EVERYDAY WHEN YOU GO TO WORK.

>> CATANZARA SPOKE AHEAD OF A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE CHICAGO POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

UNTIL YESTERDAY HE WAS UNDER A JUDGE'S ORDER NOT TO REQUIRE THE VACCINE REQUIRE.

HE SAYS THE MANDATE IS ABOUT CONTROL RATHER THAN PUBLIC HEALTH.

FOUR MEMBERS OF THE C.P.D.

DIED OF COVID-19 AS DID THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL FOP.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND STATE LAWMAKERS TOAST WNBA CHAMPIONS THE CHICAGO SKY.

>> WOMEN OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND CREED STOOD IN SUPPORT OF THE TEAM AND YOUR JOURNEY SERVES AS A BEACON OF HOPE OF WHAT YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN CAN ACCOMPLISH IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY ON AND OFF THE COURT IN OUR GREAT WORLD.

>> THE SKY WERE HONORED FROM THEIR COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND THE TEAM'S CHARITABLE WORK.

CANDACE PARKER AND ALI QUIGLEY GOT A SPECIAL NOD FROM THE GOVERNOR.

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WAS THE FIRST IN THAT WNBA FRANCHISE'S HISTORY.

AND MUCH MORE FROM SPRINGFIELD LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

>> UP NEXT, DETAILS BEHIND THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR JELANI DAY.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS HAVE THREE DAYS IN SPRINGFIELD THIS WEEK AND THEIR DOCKET IS FULL OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES RANGING FROM TAX SUBSIDYDIES TO COVID VACCINE MANDATES.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FROM THE GALLERY IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE CHAMBERS.

AMANDA?

>> YES, BRANDIS ONE OF THE TOP ITEMS ON GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S AGENDA HAS TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC.

ILLINOIS HAS FOR A WHILE HAD A LAW CALLED THE ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE ACT AND THIS ALLOWS DOCTORS AND OTHERS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD TO REFUSE TO PERFORM ANY SORT OF MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT DEFIES THEIR BELIEFS AND THIS WAS INTENDED SO THAT ANTIABORTION PHYSICIANS WOULD NOT HAVE TO PERFORM THAT PROCEDURE.

BUT IN RECENT MONTHS, TEACHERS, NURSES AND OTHER WORKERS CITED THIS LAW AS A REASON FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THEIR EMPLOYERS COVID MANDATES TO GET THE VACCINE.

AND ALSO BEEN CITED AS A REASON FOR FOLKS REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH EMPLOYERS MANDATES TO GET COVID TESTING IF THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED OR TO WEAR A MASK.

AND WORKERS HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN COURT USING THIS LAW.

AND THEY SAY IT'S SOUND LEGAL FOOTING HERE.

THAT IS WHY THE PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION AND THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SEEKING TO MODIFY LAW.

THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE A NARROW CHANGE HERE EXPLICIT TO THE PANDEMIC SAYING THIS RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE ACT DOES NOT COVER COVID AND THAT EMPLOYERS CAN MANDATE MASKING.

>> IF WE LEAVE SPRINGFIELD DOING NOTHING WE WILL BE WALKING BACK FROM THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE.

WALKING BACK FROM THE STATE ON ALL THE MITIGATION EFFORTS WE MADE AND THAT INCLUDES MASKS AND TESTING.

NOT PASSING THIS BILL MEANS THE STATE CANNOT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONGREGATE SETTINGS, NURSING HOMES AND VETERANS HOMES AND SCHOOLS.

>> SHE SAYS THAT IT COULD LEAD TO MASSIVE OUTBREAKS BUT THERE'S ALSO MASSIVE OPPOSITION.

YOU HAD 49,000 INDIVIDUALS FLIPPING IN OPPOSITION FOR A LEGISLATIVE HEARING AND IT MAY BE A RECORD FROM WHAT I WITNESSED COVERING THE STATE HOUSE.

STATE SENATOR TERRI BRYANT A REPUBLICAN FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SHE SAYS THAT REFUSING TESTS OR ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH MEDICINE WELL THAT IS AN AMERICAN RIGHT AND BELIEF.

>> WHEN DOES ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS AFRAID OF SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PASS ON TO THEM, FOR INSTANCE IF I HAVE MY MASK ON STANDING SIX FEET AWAY FROM YOU AND TESTED REGULARLY, WHY DO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO TELL ME OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER BY THE WAY I AM VACCINATED.

BUT WERE WOULD SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ME I CANNOT EXERCISE MY CONSCIENCE OR WHAT IS MY SINCERELY HELD BELIEF?

>> BUT YOU HAVE BISHOP THOMAS PAPROCKI WHO SAYS IT IS CLEAN R CLEAR AT THE HEALTHCARE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE ACT WAS NOT INTENDED TO COVER COVID TESTING AND MASKING.

>> I THINK THAT IS JUST COMMON SENSE THE CATHOLIC HOSPITALS OR ANY HOSPITAL FOR THAT MATTER HAS TO HAVE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A SURGEON DOING SURGERY WITHOUT A MASK AND SCRUBBING DOWN SOME THINGS ARE COMPELLING.

>> THOMAS PAPROCKI NAME MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WHEN HE PERFORMED PRAYERS OF EXOTHERCISM WHEN ILLINOIS LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND HE WAS PART OF A GROUP OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS LOBLYING LEGISLATORS TO REFUSE AND VOTE AGAINST ANOTHER MEASURE THAT IS PERCOLATING HERE.

AND THAT IS ONE THAT WOULD REPEAL A STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES PARENTS BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEIR MINOR CHILD SEEKS TO HAVE AN ABORTION.

NOW, PASTOR JOSE ACEVADO LEADS A CHURCH IN PORTAGE PARK.

>> WHAT I KNOW IS THAT YOU AS LEGISLATORS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.

WHEN YOU COME AGAINST THE FAMILIES, YOU ARE NOT COMING AGAINST US DIRECTLY.

YOU ARE COMING DIRECTLY AGAINST GOD.

>> NOW, STATE SENATOR JIL TRACY POINTS OUT THAT ILLINOIS REQUIRES A PARENT'S PERMISSION FOR A CHILD TO GET A TATTOO, HAVE THEIR EARS PIERCED, HAVE ASPIRIN AT SCHOOL AND SAYS JUST AS SHORT TIME AGO AS 2019 THE STATE AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNED A LAW THAT RAISED THE SMOKING AGE TO 21.

>> SO DOESN'T IT SEEM ILLOGICAL AS I SAID, ILLOGICAL THAT WE THINK THAT GOING UNDER MAJOR MEDICAL PROCEDURE SUCH AS AN ABORTION SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO HAVE THE PARENTS INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION OR AT LEAST BE NOTIFIED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING?

>> BUT STATE SENATOR ELGIE SIMS POINTS OUT THAT A PREGNANT MINOR CAN HAVE OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT THE PARENTS EVER KNOWING.

>> IF THE CHILD MAKES THE DECISION TO HAVE THE BABY, THE PARENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED.

IF THEY ARE DURING THE PENDENCY OF THAT PREGNANCY IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY A MEDICAL PROCEDURE IS REQUIRED, A C SECTION OR ANYTHING ELSE, A PARENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED.

ONLY TIME A PARENT HAS TO BE NOTIFIED IS IF THE ABORTION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

>> DEMOCRATS DO HOLD SUPER MAJORITIES IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE.

AND THESE ARE BOTH PRIORITIES FOR GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

SO DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF VOTES EVEN WITH G.O.P.

RESISTANCE TO ENACT EITHER OF THESE INTO LAW.

HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT THERE IS NOT A CLEAR PATH FOR THEM GETTING EITHER OF THOSE DONE IN THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING HERE, I DID HEAR A BELL A SIGNAL THAT STATE SENATE IS LIKELY I'M GUESSING COMING BACK INTO ORDER AND THEY ARE SET THIS EVENING TO TAKE THAT INITIAL VOTE ON THE REPEAL OF THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTION ACT.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> I'M SURE YOU WILL BE GIVING US THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU.

>> HUNDREDS OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MARCHED IN UNITY WITH JELANI DAY'S FAMILY AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REVEREND JESSE JACKSON TO DEMAND INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF DAY'S DEATH.

THE GRADUATE STUDENT WAS LAST SEEN IF LATE AUGUST AND REMAINS WERE FOUND IN SEPTEMBER.

THE LASALLE COUNTY CORONER SAID THEY DAY DROWNED BUT HIS FAMILY IS ASKING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO GET INVOLVED.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE MARCH AND THE INVESTIGATION IS JONATHAN JACKSON A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION AND HOPED TO BE JOINED BY CARMEN DAY JELANI'S MOTHER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HER.

JONATHAN JACKSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IF YOU COULD, TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT TODAY'S RALLY?

>> TODAY WE HAD A STAGING AREA AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PERU, ILLINOIS.

WE DROVE PAST WHERE BETTER THAN A MILE AWAY WHERE HIS LICENSE WAS FOUND AND WE DROVE BETTER THAN A MILE TO WHERE THE CAR WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE BUSHES.

AND A WALKING TRAIL BUT A CAR WAS DRIVEN IN THAT TRAIL AND WE WENT THREE-AND-A-HALF MILES OVER TO THE BRIDGE WHERE THE CLOTHES WERE FOUND.

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE FINAL PLACE WHERE THE BODY CAME DOWN SHORE ABOUT A MILE-AND-A-HALF FROM THERE.

SO STUDENTS FROM THOSE CAMPUSES FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALL GATHERED ASKING FOR JUSTICE FOR JELANI AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE THERE.

>> HIS BELONGINGS WERE FOUND IN DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE FROM HIS CAR AND BODY WERE FOUND.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE ASKING OF FROM PERU LAW ENFORCEMENT?

>> WELL, WE ARE ASKING JUSTICE FOR JELANI DAY.

THE CASE STARTS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

IT'S BLOOMINGTON'S CASE.

AND THE MOTHER WHO INVITED US AT THE RAINBOW/PUSH TO COME DOWN AND ASSIST HER, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMMUNICATION THEY SAY IT IS MULTIJURISDICTIONAL IT STARTS TO BLOOMINGTON, ITEMS WERE FOUND IN PERU WHICH BUT RESPECTS AGAINST LASALLE IN THE COUNTY.

THE CLOTHES WERE FOUND ON STATE PROPERTY ON A STATE ROAD.

THE BODY WAS RECOVERED BY A STATE AGENCY IN THE RIVER.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BECAUSE THERE IS THIS MULTIJURISDICTIONAL DROPPING OF THE BALL AND NO ONE IS TAKING LEADERSHIP, NO ONE IS CALLING THE PARENTS AND NO ONE IS TALKING TO THEM AND THERE'S DISCREPANCY IN THE CASES.

THE MAN'S EYES WERE OUT OF HIS HEAD, THE JAWBONE WAS BROKEN TEETH WERE MISSING AND THE ORGANS WERE DISSOLVED.

THERE'S TOO MANY INCONSISTENCIES.

HE WOULD SWIM HE WAS 25 EN ROUTE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL WE WANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT YESTERDAY REVEREND JESSE JACKSON VISITED WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMPARED TO THIS CASE TO THAT OF EMMETT TILL.

WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES HOW ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT FOUL PLAY OR A HATE CRIME COULD BE AT WORK HERE?

>> WE'RE NOT SAYING HATE CRIME.

WE'RE SAYING THE GRUESOMENESS OF THE BODY.

A CORONER COULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE REMAINS AFTER SEVEN TO 10 DAYS.

THE MOTHER WAS NEVER ABLE TO SEE THE BODY.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD -- THERE HAVE BEEN THREE AUTOPSIES THAT HAVE ALL MAJOR DISCREPANCIES.

THE MOTHERS HAD TO PAY FOR TWO AUTOPSIES, TWO PRIVATE AUTOPSIES.

WHAT THE CORONER DID FOR LASALLE COUNTY THAT ISSUED THE REPORT YESTERDAY WAS DISINGENUOUS AND INSULTING AS OPPOSED TO SHARING THIS WITH THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY, HE JUST BROADCASTED IT AND SAID THAT A BODY THAT WAS MISSING TEETH OR JAWBONES THAT IS DIS MEMBERED EYES THAT ARE OUT AND ORGANS LIQUIFIED THAT HE COULD NOT TELL IF THERE WERE ORGANS IN THE BODY HAD DROWNED FACEDOWN FOR A YOUNG MAN THAT COULD SWIM.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

WE ARE TRYING TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.

WE'VE HAD TWO BUSINESS PERSONS TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY THEY ARE OFFERING REWARDS FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN LEAD TO TIPS.

THIS IS A FAMILY OF VETERANS.

THE FATHER AND FATHER -- MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH VETERANS.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.

I WANTED TO MENTION THE LASALLE COUNTY CORONER DID IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS DROWNING BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW JELANI ENDED UP IN THE RIVER AND YOU SAID AND STUDENTS AND STAFF SAID HE IS AN AVID SWIMMER AND WAS ON THE UNIVERSITY'S SWIM TEAM HIS MOTHER IS PAYING FOR A PRIVATE AUTOPSY.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT AUTOPSY?

>> NO.

WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE IMMINENT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

BUT TO THE POINT THAT HOW CAN THIS CORONER NOT RELEASE THE FINDINGS TO THE PARENTS NUMBER ONE.

AND SAID IT PUBLICLY.

NUMBER TWO HE SAYS THERE WERE NOT ORGANS IN THERE AND THE [INAUDIBLE] HAD WATER IN THEM HAVING BEEN IN THE LAKE IN THE RIVER FOR THE LAST SEVEN FOR 10 DAYS.

HE IS A DISHONORABLE PERSON I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE CORONER AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS A SECOND AND THIRD AND NOW THE BODY HAS BEEN SO DISFIGURED THAT YOU CANNOT DO AN AUTOPSY.

AFTER 10 DAYS IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER.

THIS BODY IS WHAT MY FATHER WAS REFERRING TO REVEREND JESSE JACKSON BEING THE GRUESOMENESS OF EMMETT TILL.

>> AND IN THE FEW SECOND WE HAVE HOW WOULD YOU SAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CASE HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO OTHER MISSING PERSONS CASES WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT NATIONALLY?

>> WELL, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN NOT JUST MISSING PERSONS BUT THE POWER OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH MULTIJURISDICTIONAL IT STARTS IN BLOOMINGTON AND THE CAR IS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN COUNTIES WHERE THE CRIME SCENE HAD NOT BEEN ROPED OFF AND NO ONE IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WE SAW THIS -- WE SAW THIS HAPPEN IN MINNESOTA WITH GEORGE FLOYD WHEN IT WAS QUESTIONABLE JURISDICTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STEPPED FORWARD AND BROUGHT ALL THE AGENCIES TOGETHER.

>> IT IS CERTAINLY A TRAGIC CASE.

JONATHAN JACKSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND WHAT IS ON THE DOCKET FOR TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING?

>> IT'S BEEN AN EVENTFUL WEEK AT CITY HALL AND IT'S ONLY TUESDAY.

THE ONGOING VACCINE MANDATE BATTLE, VOTING ON THE NEW BUDGET AND A NEW WARD MAP PROPOSAL THAT INCREASES LATINO REPRESENTATION BY TWO SEATS AND REDUCES BLACK MAJORITY WARDS BY TWO SEATS.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARE SILVANA TABARES, HARRY OSTERMAN, SCOTT WAGUESPACK AND MAIRA HADDEN.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ALDERWOMAN TABARES I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

YOU INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE TO GIVE CITY COUNCIL VETO POWER OVER THE MAYOR'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR COPS AND CITY WORKERS.

YOU SAY YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF VACCINES.

WHY ARE YOU OPPOSED TO THE MAYOR'S VACCINE MANDATE?

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE ORDINANCE I INTRODUCED IS NOT ABOUT VACCINES.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROPERLY VET MANDATES THAT IS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR.

AND IF I MIGHT START BY SAYING THE REASON I INTRODUCED IT IS BECAUSE THIS CITY OF CHICAGO IS GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.

AND THIS MANDATE IS JUST MAKING IT WORSE.

THE MAYOR'S ACTIONS THROUGH THIS MANDATE IS MAKING IT WORSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE MANDATE IS A NONDISCIPLINARY NO PAY STATUS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IF CITY WORKERS DO NOT FILL OUT THAT THEY ARE FIRED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS NOT PROTECTING OUR STREETS THAT IS WRONG.

WE ARE ALREADY AT A SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT MORE AND THIS DOES NOT HELP.

>> YOU ARE SAYING THERE SHOULD BE NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION IF THEY FAIL TO DISCLOSE THEIR VACCINE STATUS.

>> NO, IT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE.

MY FAMILY GOT VACCINATED BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO.

>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS A POWER THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE TO OVERRIDE A MANDATE THAT THE MAYOR PUTS IN PLACE?

>> I THINK WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE.

BUT I THINK MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND Dr. ARWADY HELPED LEAD OUR CITY THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT ALL PUBLIC WORKERS GET VACCINATED.

THEY ARE SERVING CHICAGOANS AROUND THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY OR ON THE BACK OF A GARBAGE TRUCK THEY SHOULD BE VACCINATED.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S CRITICAL WHEN WE COME TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE COME TOGETHER MORE AND A LOT OF THE BACK AND FORTH NEEDS TO BE PUT TO THE SIDE AND WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER ON WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFE WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE VACCINE OR THROUGH REDUCING THE VIOLENCE ACROSS THE CITY.

>> AND ALDERWOMAN HADDEN THE FOP MADE COMMENTS COMPARING VACCINES TO NAZI GERMANY AND HE WILL COME AFTER THE SEATS OF ALDERPEOPLE THAT DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.

DO YOU TAKE THAT AS A SERIOUS THREAT?

>> I'LL SAY IT'S DISTRACTING FROM THE ISSUE.

I AGREE WITH ALDERMAN OSTERMAN IN THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER ON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF VACCINES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR SERVICE.

IT'S REQUIRED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND REQUIRED FOR THE MILITARY, AND REQUIRED FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND REQUIRED FOR CONGREGATE LIVING.

I DO UNDERSTAND AND HEAR MY ALDERMAN TABARES RAISING CONCERNS THEE BRINGS AND I THINK WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THIS IN A WAY THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER THAT MAKES THE BEST DECISIONS FOR SAFETY FOR OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.

STATEMENTS LIKE Mr. CATANZARA HAS BEEN MOREAU TEENLY MAKING DOES NOT ACHIEVE THAT IT PUSHES US APART AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HELP ANYONE SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR MAKE CHICAGO SAFER.

>> IF I -- >> GO AHEAD.

>> IF I MAY ADD WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES IS WE SHOULD COME TOGETHER AND I TOTALLY AGREE.

WE SHOULD COME TOGETHER IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I TO WEIGH-IN ON ISSUES LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A PROPOSAL AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE ENGAGED AND HAVE A SAY IN THE PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO MANDATES.

>> SORRY I WANT TO GET SCOTT WAGUESPACK IN.

THIS ORDINANCE DID GO TO THE RULES COMMITTEE WHICH IS KNOWN AS LEGISLATIVE PURGATORY IT DID NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO ADVANCE.

DOES THAT MEAN THIS ISSUE IS KIND OF DOA?

OR MIGHT IT -- >> NO, PARIS, I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT AT SOME POINT.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE RULES COMMITTEE IS ACTING DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PAST AND WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF THE ORDINANCES I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I SAY THE SAME THING ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER AND ENCOURAGE EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE TO GET THE VACCINE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKING DECISIONS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LIABILITY OF SOMEONE WHO CONTRACTS COVID AND IS WORKING AS A CITY OFFICIAL OR A CITY STAFFER OR SOMEBODY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE THAT IS OUT THERE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE EVERYDAY.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS IF NOT WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CONTRACT THAT ARE CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE LIABILITY ISSUES THERE, TOO.

>> IT SEEMS MORE DEBATE TO GO.

TO THE BUDGET, ALDERMAN OSTERMAN, PART OF THE BUDGET IS 660 MILLION OF NEW BORROWING TO SPEND ON NEW INITIATIVES.

CAN THE CITY AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S IN DEBT UP TO ITS EARS?

>> I THINK IT CAN I THINK THE BUDGET TEAM PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT WILL PAY OFF THE DEBT DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT IS BONDING THAT WILL BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WILL LIFT UP COMMUNITIES.

THE BUDGET IS A HISTORIC BUDGET THAT WILL TRY TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT SEEN THE INVESTMENT THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AND HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MOST DEEPLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> ALDERWOMAN HADDEN WHEN THE BUDGET WAS FIRST INTRODUCED PROGRESSIVE ALDERMEN WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE AMOUNT SPENT ON PROGRAMS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH OR HOUSING OR ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE $1.9 BILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF AID THE CITY GOT THE MAYOR WANTS TO USE THAT TO PAY DOWN DEBT.

HAVE CHANGES BEEN MADE THAT PLEASED PROGRESSIVES?

>> YES, I WILL SAY THERE HAS.

THERE'S BEEN ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS AND COLLEAGUES AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS GIVEN US AND TO EXPAND SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTICULARLY AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE.

SO WE'RE SEEING TOMORROW THAT WE WILL VOTE ON HAS HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHICH IS EXCELLENT.

ALDERMAN OSTERMAN MENTIONED SOME OF THE BOND FUNDS SOME WILL BE COMMITTED TO HELPING WITH SINGLE OCCUPANCY PRESERVATIONS IMPORTANT ALL OVER THE CITY.

AND A BIG THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN THIS WAS PROPOSED HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME THROUGH ON OUR PROMISES WITH THE AROUND FUNDS SO THE NEW SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE FUNDS I THINK IS GOING TO HELP TO PROVIDE THAT REASSURANCE THAT CHICAGOANS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS GOING WHERE WE SAID IT'S GOING TO.

>> ALDERWOMAN TABARES YOU VOTED NO ON THE BUDGET IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

EXPLAIN YOUR OPPOSITION?

>> BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE INVESTING I HEARD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTION ABOUT INVESTMENT.

WE ARE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

MY SMALL BUSINESSES MY BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING IN MY WARD.

NOT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT HIRE PEOPLE.

THERE'S PEOPLE THERE'S SO MANY SIGNS THAT I SEE ON MY CORRIDOR THAT THEY ARE HIRING APPLY NOW.

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE?

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES WITH THAT?

AND I ASKED THE MAYOR TO REMOVE THE ITEM THE LINE ITEM OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.

I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT AND SHE SAID NO SHE TOLD ME IT IS A GIVEAWAY.

WHAT ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES?

WE NEED TO BE HELPING PEOPLE.

>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DIRECT CASH IN THE UNIVERSAL IN THE PILOT.

>> THE PILOT PROGRAM.

>> YOU WOULD RATHER SEE THAT GO TO SMALL BUSINESS.

>> EXACTLY.

AND HELP PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK.

WE NEED TO BE HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THE PAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF.

>> I WILL ADD WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO IN THE CHICAGO RESCUE PLAN WE PROPOSED $80 MILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE 2022 BUDGET WE GET TO VOTE ON IS $87 MILLION INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS IN ADDITION TO THE GUARANTEED INCOME WHICH AGAIN IS HELPING OUR WORKING FAMILIES.

SO SOME OF THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING SMALL BUSINESSES, RIGHT.

WHO AREN'T MAKING ENOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND THAT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS THE APPROACH TO HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES RECOVER.

>> HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND HELP FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK WITH THAT 660 MILLION IN NEW BONDING GIVEN ALL THE NEW BORROWS IS THIS A FISCALLY SOUND BUDGET NOTING THAT THE CITY HAS A LOT OF OUTSTANDING DEBT?

>> THIS IS A SOUND AND SOL VENT PLAN FOR REFINANCING AND THE FUTURE OUTLOOK OF OUR DEBT AND PENSION PAYMENTS THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST DRIVERS OF COST OF GOVERNMENT IN CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE WE ARE PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO SMALL BUSINESSES.

WE ARE PUTTING THE HAND -- MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

WHO WILL GO TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND PATRONIZE THEM.

ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO TODAY IS THAT WE ARE WE SEE THE RATING AGENCIES SAYING THERE IS A STABLE OUTLOOK FOR CHICAGO AND THAT IS A BIG DRIVER OF POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE STARTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, LOOKING AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

GETTING RID OF SCOOP AND TOSS AND REALLY MAKING SOUND INVESTMENTS AS ALDERMAN HADDEN SAID WITH THE FUNDS FROM THE ARP.

>> A LOT TO WATCH FOR TOMORROW AS YOU ALL AND THE REMAINING 46 OF YOUR COLLEAGUES MEET FOR THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THANKS TO SILVANA TABARES HARRY OSTERMAN, SCOTT WAGUESPACK AND MAIRA HADDEN.

BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

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

AHEAD OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE MASSACRE A NEW REPORT ON RISING ANTISEMITISM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

>> A LOOK AT PERFORMANCES ABOUT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE FROM INMATES AT LOGAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

>> 100 YEARS OF THE WRIGLEY BUILDING OUR LATEST EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY" EXPLORES HOW THE ICONIC STRUCTURE USHERED IN THE MAG MILE WE KNOW TODAY.

>> AND EXPERTS SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

WE DIVE INTO THE MISERY BEHIND THE INVESTTATION OF GRUBS IN A PARK ON CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE.

>> CITY LEADERS OUTLINE THEIR PLAN TO VACCINATE 5-11-YEAR-OLD KIDS AS EARLY AS THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE HUNGER GAMES.

WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE 210,448 CHILDREN LIVING IN CHICAGO BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5-11.

I WOULD LIKE TO REASSURE YOU THAT NEARLY 100,000 PEDIATRIC DOSES ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PEDIATRIC VACCINE ALONE.

>> ARWADY SAYS ONCE THEY GET FULL FEDERAL APPROVAL THE VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT DOCTOR'S OFFICES, HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES.

AND OFFICIALS PLAN TO HOST CLINICS AT SCHOOLS, CITY EVENTS AND THROUGH CHICAGO'S AT HOME VACCINATION PROGRAM AND YOU CAN FIND DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> A CHICAGO EYE CANCEL GREATS A CENTURY.

TODAY MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEATRE OPENING ITS DOORS.

IT'S LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS A CHICAGOLAND MARK.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DECLARED TODAY CHICAGO THEATRE DAY IN ITS HONOR.

AND LATER IN THE BROADCAST WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANOTHER CITY ICON, THE WRIGLEY BUILDING.

PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> TOMORROW MARKS THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE AT THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH.

A WHITE SUPREMACIST KILLED 11 THAT DAY.

THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE RELEASED A REPORT ON THE STATE OF ANTI-CISM IN AMERICA.

ONE IN FOUR AMERICAN JEWS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, FOUR IN 10 CHANGED THEIR BEHAVIOR OUT OF FEAR.

FOUR OUT OF 10 OF ALL AMERICANS HAVE WITNESSED ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS AND 82% OF AMERICAN JEWS SAY ANTISEMITISM HAS RISEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND 44% OF THE PUBLIC BELIEVES THAT TO BE THE CASE.

JOINING US TO HELP UNPACK THE REPORT ARE SARAH VAN LOON REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE IN CHICAGO AND HOLLY HUFFNAGLE DIRECTOR FOR COMBATING ANTSY TIP WHO IS JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> HOLLEY I WILL START WITH YOU, CAN WE BOIL DOWN WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND THE RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC BEHAVIOR OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS?

>> I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS UNFORTUNATELY AND NO REASONS JUSTIFY ANTISEMITISM.

BUT WE ARE AT A MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA'S HISTORY SEEING RISING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY WHERE JEWS ARE BLAMED OR SCAPEGOATED.

WE ARE SEEING POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS A LACK OF TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

WE'RE SEEING A FADING LEGACY OF THE HOLOCAUST WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY ARE NOT AWARE WHERE UNCHECKED ANTISEMITISM CAN LEAD.

WE ARE SEEING MORE SOURCES OF ANTISEMITISM TODAY NOT JUST FROM THE FAR RIGHT, WHICH WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN PITTSBURGH.

BUT FROM RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS FROM THE EXTREME POLITICAL LEFT AND ALL OF THIS IS COMING TO A HEAD-ON LINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE IT IS SPREADING EXPONENTIALLY AND THERE ARE NOT THE GATEKEEPERS AND FACT CHECKERS.

IT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RISE IN ANTI-JEWISH HATE.

>> WHEN YOU SEE INSECURITY YOU SEE SCAPEGOATS AND IT GOES DOWN THIS ROAD.

SARAH VAN LOON, WHAT IS THE SITUATION HERE IN CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS?

HAVE WE SEEN A SIMILAR RISE?

AND DO CHICAGO AREA JEWISH POPULATIONS FEEL THE SAME KIND OF FEAR?

>> YES, THEY DO SEE A SIMILAR TYPE OF FEAR HERE IN THE MIDWEST.

HAPPILY IF YOU WILL, I WOULD SAY AMERICAN JEWS IN THE BROADER MIDWEST REGION FEEL MORE SAFE THAN PERHAPS THAN THEY DID IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

BUT STILL GREATLY CONCERNING.

IF YOU DRILL INTO THE SURVEY FINDINGS FOR JUST THE MIDWEST, AMERICAN JEWS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS INCREASINGLY ARE ARE REMOVING OUTWARD JEWISH OBJECTS THEY ARE NOT WEARING THEIR STAR OF DAVID AND THEY ARE AVOIDING MORE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS JEWS.

NOT GOING TO SYNAGOGUE.

NOT GOING TO JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS.

WHILE WE ARE FEELING MORE CONFIDENT THAN THIS SPRING STILL GREATLY CONCERNING.

>> A SCARY SILENCING EFFECT AND THAT SURVEY MENTIONED ON-LINE IT'S REARING ITS HEAD THERE.

HOLLY HUFFNAGLE YOU MENTIONED IT IS COMING FROM THE FAR RIGHT AND WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THAT.

BUT ALSO ON THE FAR LEFT.

SO WHAT CHARACTERIZES THE ANTISEMITISM THAT COMES FROM THE FAR LEFT VERSUS THE FAR RIGHT?

>> SO I THINK THE FAR RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IT IS EASY FOR US TO IDENTIFY.

THE NEONAZIS MARCHING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND HAPPENED IN POWAY, CALIFORNIA WHEN A JEWISH WOMAN WAS KILLED WE SEE IT FROM THE POLITICAL RIGHT AND THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN JEWS SEE THE FAR RIGHT AS THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN AMERICAN JEWS PERCEPTION THAT THE EXTREME POLITICAL LEFT POSES A GREATER THREAT AND I DO THINK WE CAN POINT TO WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY IN MAY IN 2021 WHEN JEWS WERE ATTACKED IN THE STREETS IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK AND FOR 72% OF AMERICAN YEWS WHO HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACKS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY AND 72% OF THEM FELT LESS SAFE AS A JEWISH PERSON IN AMERICA.

AND YET THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE MAJORITY OF GENERAL PUBLIC WERE NOT AWARE OF THESE ATTACKS.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE RISE IN THE THREAT FROM THE POLITICAL LEFT AS WELL.

>> AND SARAH VAN LOON, AT THE OTHER END OF THE COIN YOU SEE COMMENTS LIKE WE HEARD TODAY FROM COMMITTEE'S POLICE UNION CHIEF COMPARING VACCINE MANDATES TO NAZI GERMANY WHAT DO THOSE HYPERBOLIC COMPARISONS HOW DO THEY AFFECT ANTI-SEMITIC BEHAVIOR?

>> IN MY OPINION IT EMBOLDENS THEM BECAUSE IT DIMINISHES THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS OWN VERSION OF HOLOCAUST INVERSION AND DENIALISM BY SAYING THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMPARING THAT TO MASS GENOCIDE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IT CHEAPENS A HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE IN THE JEWISH MEMORY.

WE HAVE SO MANY SURVIVORS AND PARTICULARLY HERE IN CHICAGO.

SO TO HAVE THE LEADER OF THE POLICE UNION SO CARELESSLY MAKE SUCH REMARKS IT'S FULLY UNACCEPTABLE.

>> HOLLY HUFFNAGLE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR AND FIVE YEARS FROM YOUR VANTAGE WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

>> SO, I THINK IT HAS TO START WITH RECOGNITION.

THERE'S BEEN A SMALL GLIMPSE OF HOPE THIS YEAR MORE AMERICANS ARE AT LEAST AWARE OF THE TERM ANTISEMITISM.

LAST YEAR 46% OF AMERICANS WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WORD ANTISEMITISM AND THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO 34%.

THAT IS ONE IN THREE AMERICANS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT ANTISEMITISM IS.

SO WE HAVE EDUCATION TO DO IN THAT SPACE.

BUT RECOGNITION IS THE FIRST STEP AND RECOGNIZING THAT ANTISEMITISM IS NOT A JEWISH PROBLEM IT IS A SOCIETAL PROBLEM THE REFLECTION ON THE HEALTH OF OUR SOCIETY AND IT'S UP TO NON-JEWS AND ALL AMERICANS TO PUSHBACK AND COMBAT IT.

>> AND SARAH VAN LOON HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE IT'S SORT OF THE WILD WEST AND YOU JUST SEE SO MANY DARK AND ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN HIDE WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> LOCALLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR INTERFAITH LEADERS TO PROMOTE IT ON A COMMUNITY BASIS.

BUILDING COALITIONS AND BREAKING DOWN WALLS AND BUILD BRIDGES TO DEMYSTIFY THE OTHER SO THAT SOME OF THAT DARK HATE AS YOU DESCRIBE IT ON THE INTERNET DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE OR A COMMUNITY TO BE FED ON TO BEGIN WITH.

WE LOOK TO PARTNER WITH OTHERS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTAND AND GOODWILL AND CALLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO TAKE ACTION TO FULFILL THE PROMISES THEY PUT FORTH IN THEIR CODES OF CONDUCT AND I KNOW WE HAVE WORKED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MODERATION EFFECTS.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT IMPORTANT WORK.

>> IMPORTANT DISCUSSION HERE AND OUR THANKS TO HOLLY HUFFNAGLE, AND SARAH VAN LOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A FRONT SEAT LOOK AT A NEW PERFORMANCE.

>> OVER THE YEARS, NUMEROUS NUMR STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MORE THAN 90% OF WOMEN IN PRISON ARE SURVIVORS OF GENDER AND VIOLENCE ABUSE.

THEY ARE TELLING THEIR STORIES THROUGH POEMS AND MORE IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC AWARENESS MONTH.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS ALEXIS MANSFIELD, A SENIOR ADVISER WITH THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE INSTITUTE.

ALEXI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND TELL US WHAT CAN VIEWERS EXPECT FROM THE PERFORMANCES TOMORROW?

>> THEY CAN EXPECT REALLY INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE FULL OF IMMENSE TALENT AND EMOTION AND COMPASSION FOR EACH OTHER.

IT IS I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING IT BE FILMED YESTERDAY AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE WORDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

>> NOW, AS I MENTIONED OVER 90% OF WOMEN IN PRISON ARE SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE EXPLAIN THAT LINK BETWEEN SURVIVING ABUSE AND BEING IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN THE INSTITUTE RELEASED A REPORT CALLED REDEFINING THE NARRATIVE THAT LOOKS AT PATHWAYS THAT LEAD WOMEN TO PRISON AS WELL AS THEIR RIGHTS AND NEEDS AND WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO.

AND ONE OF THE FIVE WAY PATHWAYS IS RELATIONSHIP SAFETY WHEN THERE IS ABUSE WHEN THERE IS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE THAT IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT PUSHES PEOPLE TO INCARCERATION WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A SAFE HOME OR THE CHOICES PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO MAKE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SAFE OR WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND HOW THAT CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S MINDSET AND FORCE THEM INTO SITUATIONS THAT THEN CAN LEAD TO THEM BEING CRIMINALIZED.

>> ONE OF THE PERFORMERS SANDRA BROWN WRITTEN A POW WOMEN CALLED ENOUGH AND SPOKE WITH US WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR SURVIVORS TO BE IN PRISON.

>> FOR SO MANY WOMEN TO SIT WITH SENTENCES BECAUSE THEY LIVED THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE, IT'S I CONSIDER IT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

A STATE LEVEL.

A LEGAL LEVEL.

IT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT WOMEN DON'T LEGALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE UNLESS THE LAW DEEMS THEIR SITUATIONS DEFENDABLE.

>> ALEXIS HOW CAN PRISON BE RETRAUMATIZING?

>> I THINK WHEN WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE FACTORS THAT WOMEN FACE AND LOOK AT GENDER BASED TRAUMA INFORMED POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

THAT CAN LEAD TO RETRAUMATIZATION AS WELL AS TO FURTHER INCARCERATION AND INCREASING OUR PRISON POPULATION.

THINGS LIKE USING THE SAME SECURITY CLASSIFICATION FOR MEN AS FOR WOMEN AND NOT RECOGNIZING THE ROLE AS WOMEN AS MOTHERS AND THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

OVER 80% OF WOMEN IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ARE MOTHERS.

AND 70% WERE THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF THEIR CHILDREN PRIOR TO INCARCERATION.

THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THERE IS ENOUGH STAFF TO RECEIVE THE MAIL THAT CHILDREN SEND IN AND THERE'S ENOUGH PHONES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN CAN BE CONNECTED AND RECOGNIZING THINGS LIKE SECURITY TRAINING SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT YELLING AND REENACTING THE SAME ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR THAT OFTEN LED WOMEN TO PRISON AND TRIGGERING THAT SAME RESPONSE R RESPONSE AS WOMEN EXPERIENCED FROM THEIR ABUSERS.

>> THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION IN THE WORKS THAT COULD IMPACT INCARCERATED SURVIVORS.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT, PLEASE?

>> WE'RE EXCITED.

REPRESENTATIVE KELLY CASSIDY AND MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE WOMEN DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS ARE SPONSORING SOME LEGISLATION COMING UP THIS SESSION TO LOOK AT THE PUNITIVE RESPONSES THAT SURVIVE OTHERS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE FACE.

THINGS LIKE SOME OF THIS INVOLVE THINGS LIKE THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND MANY THINGS INVOLVE CRIMINALIZING SURVIVORS.

LOOKING AT CREATING A GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PAROLE SYSTEM.

LOOKING AT THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION ACT TO RECOGNIZE VICTIMS WHEREVER THEY ARE.

LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHERE THE THEORY OF ACCOUNTABILITY REALLY IMPACTS YOUTH OF COLOR AND SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE AT DIS POURING PORTION AT NUMBERS THAT WILL BE LOOKING HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE LAWS AND MAKE CHANGES SO SURVIVORS ARE NOT PENALIZED BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE.

>> THIS EVENT COMES AS THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE INSTITUTE RELEASED A REPORT ABOUT REDEFINING THE NARRATIVE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN INCARCERATED WOMAN.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS EVENT WORKS TOWARDS THE GOAL?

>> THIS EVENT WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PERFORMED BY IMPACTED SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

MOVEMENTS LIKE THE #METOO MOVEMENT, WE FREQUENTLY FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND ALSO SURVIVED ALL THESE FORMS OF VIOLENCE.

SO THIS IS ALLOWING FOR THESE PERFORMERS TO REDEFINE THE NARRATIVE BY PERFORMING AND SHARING THEIR CHOICE VOICES AND HOPEFULLY CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS.

>> ALEXIS MANSFIELD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A REAL-LIFE HALLOWEEN HORROR MOVIE.

A GRUB INFESTATION TAKES OVER A LOCAL PARK.

STAY WITH US.

IMAGINE WALKING YOUR DOG IN A BARK TO DISCOVER THE GROUND IS MOVING WITH INSECTS AS WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI EXPLAINS IT'S NO FICTIONAL HORROR.

AND SHE JOINS US TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE GRUBS THAT ATE ROUGHLY A THIRD OF WELLES PARK ON CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE.

WELLES PARK NEAR WHERE YOU R YOU SPOKE TO A RESIDENT WHO DISCOVERED THE GRUBS AND EXPERTS WHO ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY GOT THERE.

WHAT ARE THE EXPERTS SAYING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> YOU KNOW THEY ARE MYSTIFIED I SPOKE WITH THE STATE'S OFFICIAL STATE ENTOMOLOGIST AND HE SAID HE NEVER SEEN DEVASTATION LIKE THIS.

THE BEST THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IS THAT IT WAS A PERFECT STORM OF GREAT CONDITIONS THAT CAUSED THESE GRUBS WHICH NORMALLY WOULD BE SPENDING THE ENTIRE FALL AND WINTER UNDERGROUND TO EMERGE SURFACE BY THE THOUSANDS AND CREATE A PREHALLOWEEN HORROR SHOW FOR FOLKS.

>> AND A BIG CHUNK OF THAT PARK THE GRASS IS DESTROYED.

WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE PARK?

>> YES.

SO THE PARK DISTRICT RESPONDED TO ME THEY ARE GOING TO START TREATMENT AT WELLES PARK ON THURSDAY.

THERE'S A LESSER INFESTATION AT THE PARK THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BEGIN BEING TREATED.

SO THOSE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OFF LIMITS FOR SOMETIME TO BOTH LET THE TREATMENT WORK AND TO LET THE GRASS RECOVER THERE.

HOPEFULLY I AM ASSUMING THEY WILL BE DOING RECEDING AS WELL.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR SPRING SPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE PARK DISTRICT THEY ARE ON IT.

THEY HAVE A PLAN TO COMBAT THIS.

>> QUITE A MYSTERY IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.

MORE INVESTIGATING TO DO.

PATTY WETLI THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND UP NEXT, CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF AN ICONIC CHICAGO STRUCTURE IN AN ALL NEW "ASK GEOFFREY".

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

"ASK GEOFFREY" ON WTTW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BENNY'S BEVERAGE DEPOT.

>> A CHICAGO ICON TURNS 100 THIS YEAR AND GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

WELCOME BACK GOOD TO HAVE YOU AT THE STUDIO.

SO TELL US WHAT IMPACT DID THE WRIGLEY BUILDING HAVE ON MICHIGAN AVENUE?

>> WHEN THE WRIGLEY BUILDING OPENED IN 1921, IT INAUGURATED THIS ERA OF THE MAGNIFICENT MILE.

SOME PEOPLE TODAY ARE SAYING THAT THE MAGNIFICENT MILE IS MAYBE NOT AS MAGNIFICENT AS IT'S BEEN WITH THE CLOSING OF STORES LIKE MACY'S AND THE GAP AND THE DISNEY STORE BUT THE WRIGLEY BUILDING STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.

A LITTLE OVER A CENTURY AGO, THE STREET NOW KNOWN AS THE MAG MILE LINED WITH RESTAURANTS, STORES AND SKY SCAPERS WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A COUNTRY ROAD CALLED PINE STREET SKPENDING NORTH FROM THE SMELLY CHICAGO RIVER LINED WITH DOCKS, AND WHARVES AND FACTORY RAILROAD TRACKS.

BUT THE OPENING OF THE MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE NOW DUSABLE BRIDGE IN 1920 FOLLOWED BY THE WRIGLEY BUILDING.

THE.

>> THE AREA WOULD BE AN AREA THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN.

AT THE HEART OF INDUSTRY.

>> RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE WRIGLEY BUILDING IS WAS A CHEESE FACTORY.

NOTORIOUSLY ODOR ROUSE AND ACROSS THE STREET THEY MADE SOAP.

>> TO MANY PEOPLE THIS MUST HAVE SEEMED LIKE A CRAZY PLACE TO BUILD A SKYSCRAPER BUT FOR CHEWING GUM MOGUL WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR.

IT WAS A MASTER STROKE BY A MASTER OF PROMOTION.

WILLIAM WRIGLEY WAS A MAN WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT EVERYTHING DONE THAT HE DID.

HE WAS RUNNING THIS GLOBAL CORPORATION AND RUNNING A BASEBALL TEAM.

>> THE WRIGLEY BUILDING WAS THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER NORTH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER DESIGNED BY ARC R ARCHITECTS GRAHAM, ANDERSON, PROBST AND WHITE IT WAS PART OF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT THAT GREW OUT OF DANIEL BURNHAM'S INSPIRED WHITE CITY AT CHICAGO'S 1893 WORLD'S FAIR.

>> JUST WHAT REALLY APPEALED THE TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE RELATIVELY NEW COUNTRY, YOU KNOW STILL, OUR BEACON WHAT WE WERE HARKENING BACK TO WAS EUROPE, RIGHT?

SO WE WANTED THE OLD STYLES WE THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT SHOWED IMPORTANCE.

>> THE SHINEY EXTERIOR LOOKS ALL WHITE BUT THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT SHADES OF GLAZED TERRACOTTA TILES TO DRY YOUR EYE UPWARD.

>> THE BOTTOM HAS A LOT OF BLUE IN IT A LITTLE BIT DARKER AND AS IT GOES UP THEY ADD MORE AND MORE OF LIGHTER COLOR UNTIL AT THE TOP IT'S THE SHINING WHITE TOWER THAT IS VISIBLE.

>> A JOG IN MICHIGAN AVENUE GAVE SHOPPERS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE LOOP AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE BUILDING.

LIKE AN ALL WHITE VERSION OF THE EMERALD CITY EN CRUSTED IN CLASSICAL ORNAMENT IT SEEMS THEY RAN OUT OF ROOM ON THE WALLS.

LOOK AT THE DETAIL THEY PUT HERE THAT NO ONE CAN SEE FROM THE STREET.

WE ARE ON THE ROOF.

>> AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER YOU SEE A CLOCK FACE AND IT'S TWO STOREYS IN THE BUILDING BUT IT'S FULLY ELECTRIC.

SO THAT MAKES IT TO KEEP UP WITH NEAR PERFECT TIME AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR CHICAGOANS TO ORIENT THEMSELVES.

>> AND GAVE PEOPLE ANOTHER REASON TO LOOK AT Mr. WRIGLEY'S BUILDING.

THE CLOCK TOWER WAS INSPIRED BY THE BELL TOWER OF THE SEVILLE CATHEDRAL IN SPAIN.

>> WHO SETS THE HANDS WHO CHANGES THE TIME ON THE CLOCK?

>> THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY WITH RADIOS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY CALLING UP AND SAYING OK IT'S THIS TIME AND WE'LL MOVE IT.

>> ABOVE THE CLOCK WAS AN OBSERVATION DECK EACH VISITOR GOT A PIECE OF WRIGLEY GUM.

THE DECK WAS YET ANOTHER PART OF WRIGLEY'S STRATEGY OF USING THE BUILDING TO PROMOTE HIS BUSINESS.

>> WRIGLEY NAME IS NOT ON THE BUILDING BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO STANDS OUT AND DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE.

>> Mr. WRIGLEY MADE SURE THE BUILDING WOULD STAND OUT AFTER DARK LIGHTING THE EXTERIOR FROM DAY ONE.

WE HAVE LIGHTS ACROSS THE STREET AND THE WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH A COUPLE BUILDINGS.

>> THE WRIGLEY FAMILY SOLD THE BUILDING IN 2011 BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF WILLIAM WRIGLEY THE CURRENT OWNER PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH BIRTHDAY INCLUDING A PROMOTIONAL STUNT Mr. WRIGLEY WOULD LIKELY HAVE LOVED.

THE OWNERS HELD A CONTEST FOR 100 PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED AT THE BUILDING.

370 COUPLES ENTERED THE CONTEST.

>> PEOPLE REALLY WROTE THESE BEAUTIFUL ESSAYS ABOUT WHAT THE BUILDING MEANS TO THEM.

INTANGIBLE.

>> THE MAG MILE IS ONCE AGAIN AT A CRITICAL POINT IN ITS HISTORY.

AS MORE CONSUMERS SHOP ON-LINE, AND MAJOR STORES SHUTTER THEIR LOCATIONS, SOME SAY THE ICONIC STREET NEEDS TO BE REIMAGINED.

>> WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO THAT MAKES IT MORE WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN COME DOWN AND NOT JUST GO IN AND SHOP BUT EXPERIENCE SOMETHING.

>> LIKE THE STARBUCKS ROSE TERRY OR THE ICE CREAM MUSEUM PLANNED TO OPEN AND PROPOSED ATTRACTIONS IN STORES BASED ON HARRY POTTER AND KING TUT.

AS MICHIGAN AVENUE ADJUSTS THE WRIGLEY BUILDING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GATEWAY.

>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK ON MICHIGAN AVENUE THAT MAKES PEOPLE WONDER AND.

>> IT MEANS SOMETHING.

IT MEANS HOPE.

THE BEACON.

>> AND THE BUILDING WILL CONTINUE ITS CELEBRATIONS IN NOVEMBER AT THE MAGNIFICENT MILE LIGHTS FESTIVAL.

>> AND AS THE BUILDING'S OWNERS LOOK TO THE FUTURE THEY ARE MAKING THE HISTORIC LIGHTING MORE SUSTAINABLE?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT SHINE ON THE BUILDING TAKE UP A LOT OF POWER AND THEY ARE UPGRADING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM.

THEY ARE ADDING LIGHTS THERE ARE 100 LIGHTS AND NOW 300 LIGHTS BUT THEY ARE LED LIGHTS SO THEY WILL DECREASE THE ELECTRICITY USE BY 60-70%.

>> I'M IMPRESSED YOU WERE NOT PHASED BY BEING ON THE ROOF SO HIGH UP.

>> IT WAS FUN.

>> ALL RIGHT GEOFFREY BAER THANKS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> AND BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.

WE HAVE DETAILS ON THAT AND MORE.

>> PLUS WE'RE ONE-ON-ONE WITH A NEW CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS C.E.O.

PEDOR MARTINEZ.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.