I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

GUN LAWS ABORTION ACCESS AND RELIGION WE COVER THE BIG CASES OF THE UP COMING SCOTUS TERM.

>> THOUSANDS OF RENTERS COULD LOSE THEIR HOMES AS THE STATE'S EVICTION MORATORIUM COMES TO AN END.

HOW CITY SERVICES COULD HELP THOSE IN NEED.

>> THE WHITE SOX MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS AND THE FANS ARE RALLYING.

I'M AMANDA VINICKY I WILL BE LIVE OUTSIDE WRIGLEY FIELD.

>> SOX FAN ALSO SEE HOME PLAYOFF BASEBALL.

>> PLUS ONE-ON-ONE WITH WHITE SOX GM RICK HAHN ON PLAYOFF BASEBALL COMING TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER ENDOWMENT RETURN THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> NEW McARTHUR FELLOW JACQUELINE STEWART ON HER WORK HIGHLIGHTING BLACK FILMMAKERS.

>> AND NAVY PIER IS PARTING WITH CRYSTAL GARDENS.

MEET A WOMAN FIGHTING TO SAVE IT.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS CRITICIZING THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR WHAT SHE CALLS FAILING TO BRING CHARGES IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT FROM FRIDAY.

>> WE CAN'T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NO ACCOUNTABILITY MEANING INDIVIDUALS WHO WREAK HAVOC WHO FIRE INDIES CRIME NANTLY OR FIRE AT A TARGET BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS, IF THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LEVEL OF BRAZENNESS THAT WILL SEND THE CITY INTO CHAOS.

>> AND THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON THE WEST SIDE AND KILLED ONE PERSON WHILE INJURING THREE OTHERS.

THE MAYOR A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS BELIEVES THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR CHARGES FOR SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THAT SHOOTING AND SENT A LETTER TO TO KIM FOXX.

FOBBING'S OFFICE RESPONDED THIS EVENING SAYING C.P.D.

DETECTIVES AND HER OFFICE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPROVE CHARGES BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THEY HAD.

ONLY ENTER INTO CONTRACTINGS ARE VENDORS WHO AGREE TO PAY EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES AT LEAST THE MINIMUM WAGE.

THE WAGE INCREASE WILL NOT COST ANY EMPLOYEE THEIR JOB.

THE STATE WILL WORK WITH ITS VENDORS TO INSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL WORK WITH STANDARD PAY.

>> AND THE STATE SAYS WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES EARN 87 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY PEOPLE WITHOUT DISABILITIES U.

>> UP NEXT WHITE SOX FANS RALLY AHEAD OF THE FIRST WEEK'S PLAYOFFS.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT OUTSIDE OF THE GUARANTEE FIELD.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY...

BASEBALL SEASON MAY BE OVER FOR THE CUBS BUT WHITE SOX FANS HOPE THEY HAVE A WHILE LONGER TO CHEER ON THEIR TEAM.

THEY GOT STARTED WITH A RALLY OUTSIDE GUARANTEE RATE FIELD.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FROM THE SITE OF THIS EVENT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE?

>> WELL, BRANDIS IT WAS A PARTY THIS AFTERNOON OUTSIDE GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

SORRY TO SAY THAT YOU'VE MISSED THE PARTY BY NOW IT ENDEDDALITY 7:00 P.M.

THE RALLY HAD A LOT FOR FANS, GET THEIR PICTURES TAKEN WITH THE SOX MASCOT, SOUTHPAW AND SNACK ON PIZZA AND DANCE ALONG WITH THE DJ AND GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH A GIANT BOBBLE HEAD PLAYER IN COMPETE IN A QUIZ TO WIN WHITE SOX MERCH.

AND HRVE GOT A CHANGE THE GAME BANNER AND A POSTER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION CENTRAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

I MET UP WITH FANS WAITING FOR THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OZZIE CHAVEZ WHO GREW UP WATCHING SOX GAMES WITH HIS DAD AND UNCLE.

HIS GIVEN NAME IS NOT OZZIE BUT HIS UNDELL STARTED CALLING HIM THAT WHEN THE SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES AND IT STUCK.

>> AS A FANATIC IT'S FUN.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE ENERGY AND FEEL THAT ENERGY AND THAT POSITIVITY ALL THE VIBES AND YOU CAN MEET NEW PEOPLE.

IT IS THE SOUTH SIDE WE COME HERE AS A COMMUNITY AND COME HERE TO HAVE FUN AT THE GAME.

>> THE SOX HAVE BUILT THIS TEAM FOR YEARS AND BROUGHT IN FORMER CUBS PLAYERS ALONG THE WAY WHICH MAKES THINGS CROSS TOWN FUN.

THEY WILL PLAY TWO GAMES IN HOUSTON STARTING THURSDAY BEFORE HEADING BACK TO CHICAGO SUNDAY.

THE SOX MADE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR, TOO.

BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, FANS COULD ONLY WATCH ON TV.

EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TICKETS TO SUNDAY'S GAME SAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND GAMES IN-PERSON THIS YEAR IS SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED AND PLAYERS SHOULDN'T EITHER.

NOW, THIS IS A TEAM THAT WON THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME AND THAT FANS SAY IT IS NOT A STRETCH TO DREAM THAT THE SOX WILL WIN BIG THIS YEAR.

>> LET'S GO ALL THE WAY AND WIN THIS THING.

>> WE'RE RIDE OR DIE WHITE SOX FANS.

>> WE HAVE THE PROBABILITY TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES.

>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.

>> CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP AND WE HAVE THE CREAM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOYALTY AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE TEAM.

>> HOW GOOD IS THE TEAM?

>> IT CAN GO ALL THE WAY.

>> I DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY IN 2005.

SO WE'LL SEE.

I'M ALWAYS FAIRLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT I HATE LOSING.

PROBABLY MORE THAN I LIKE WINNING.

I'M ALWAYS NOT THAT CONFIDENT.

BUT I'M EXCITED FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO A PLAYOFF GAME IN 13 YEARS.

>> THERE'S ONLY ONE TEAM IN CHICAGO RIGHT HERE.

>> THE SOX LAST WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 2005 AND HAD TO OF COURSE STAND BY AND WATCH AS THE CUBS BROUGHT HOME THE TITLE IN 2016.

THIS IS THE YEAR THEY HOPE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

AGAIN, THE SOX PLAYING IN HOUSTON FOR A COUPLE OF GAMES.

BUT BEFORE RETURNING ON SUNDAY, THEY WILL BE PLAYING RIGHT HERE AT 35TH.

YOU HEAR THAT.

DO YOU BRAN DISA LOT OF CHEERS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

CLEARLY EXCITED FANS TODAY.

>> AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL TALK WITH WHITE SOX GENERAL MANAGER RICK HAHN ABOUT THE UPCOMING PLAYOFFS AND MORE.

FIRST, TO PARIS SCHUTZ AND A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUPREME COURT TERM.

PARIS?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THE SUPREME COURT RETURNED TO IN-PERSON TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 2020 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH WHO JOINED BY PHONE AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID.

THE COURT'S NEW TERM IS FULL OF HIGH PROFILE CASES INCLUDING HOT BUTTON ISSUES LIKE ABORTION, SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND RELIGION.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE BIG CASES AND HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED ON THE COURT ARE JULIE M.K.

SIEGEL, A PARTNER AT KIRKLAND & ELLIS AND A FORMER CLERK TO CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS.

AZIZ HUQ A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL WHO CLERKED FOR RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

AND MATTHEW HELLMAN A PARTNER AT JENNER AND BLOCK HE CLERKED FOR FORMER JUSTICE DAVID SOUTHER WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

JULIE I WILL START WITH YOU THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN BACK IN-PERSON FOR HEARINGS SINCE MARCH OF 2020 HOW HAS COVID CHANGED ORAL ARGUMENTS AND HOW JUSTICES INTERACTED WITH THESE CASES?

>> WELL, ONE THING CHANGED DURING COVID WHEN THE COURT WAS HOLDING ARGUMENTS OVER THE PHONE WAS THE WAY THAT THE JUSTICES ASKED QUESTIONS.

SO IN THE COURTROOM, THEY ARE USED TO ASKING QUESTIONS IN WHATEVER ORDER THEY WANT OFTEN INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER AND THE ADVOCATES THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE OVER THE PHONE SO THEY TRIED A MUCH MORE ORDERLY METHOD OF GOING IN ORDER OF SENIORITY ASKING QUESTIONS ONE AT A TIME.

AND NOW THAT THEY ARE BACK IN THE COURTROOM WE ARE SEEING AN EXPERIMENT OF A HYBRID MODEL.

FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE ARGUMENT THE JUSTICES ARE ASKING QUESTIONS AT WILL AND AT THE END THERE IS MORE OF A ROUND ROBIN FORMAT WHERE THEY EACH HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK ANY FINAL QUESTIONS AGAIN IN ORDER OF SENIORITY.

AND ONE EXCITING THING WE SAW TODAY WAS THAT JUSTICE THOMAS ACTUALLY STARTED OFF THE QUESTIONING FOR THE TERM.

AND THAT IS NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE BEFORE COVID JUSTICE THOMAS WENT MOST ARGUMENTS WITHOUT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.

AND HE BECAME MORE ACTIVE DURING THE PHONE ARGUMENTS AND TODAY INDICATED THAT HE MIGHT REMAIN ACTIVE THOUGH THEY ARE BACK TO THE COURTROOM.

>> THOMAS HAD BEEN SILENT FOR YEARS UNTIL COVID WHEN HE STARTED REQUESTING QUESTIONS VIA THE PHONE ARGUMENTS.

MATTHEW WE MENTIONED SO MANY HIGH PROFILE ISSUES IN THIS TERM.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE BIG SWEEPING DECISIONS ON THESE ISSUES THAT INVOLVE ABORTION RIGHTS, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE GUN RIGHTS OR MORE NARROW RULINGS ON THE CASES?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERING.

I THINK IT'S USEFUL TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHERE THE COURT HAS BEEN AND MAYBE WHERE IT'S GOING.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER CLERKING FOR THE JUSTICE DURING THAT TIME ON THE COURT IT WAS OFTEN SAID THAT JUSTICE O'CONOR AND JUSTICE KENNEDY WERE THE SWING JUSTICES.

I DON'T THEY NECESSARILY ENJOYED THAT TERM BUT THAT WHAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAID ON 5-4 CASES THE ONES CLOSE THEY WERE OFTEN THE JUSTICES IN THE MAJORITY.

AFTER JUSTICES O'CONOR RETIRED JUSTICE KENNEDY HAD THAT MAN TELL.

AND THEN WHEN JUSTICE KENNEDY RETIRED IT WAS THE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS WHO, I THINK, WAS MOST OFTEN IN THE MAJORITY.

97% OF THE TIME TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS IN THE MAJORITY IN CASES.

NOW, THE CENTER JUSTICE ON THE COURT HAS MOVED A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK FURTHER STILL TOWARDS MAYBE JUSTICE KAVANAUGH MIGHT BE.

AND WHETHER THAT WILL LEAD TO BROADER SWEEPING OPINIONS, I THINK IS HARD TO KNOW.

BUT THERE ARE MORE WAYS TO GET TO A BROADER OPINION WITH THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT.

>> IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A 6-3 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY WHERE IN THE PAST IT WAS 5-4 WHERE JUSTICE ROBERTS WHO IS JUDICIALLY CONSERVATIVE WOULD BE THE SWING VOTE.

AZIZ HUQ LET'S TALK ABOUT CASES GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AND THAT IS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI'S BAN ON ABORTION AFTER 15 WEEKS THAT IS BEING CHALLENGED.

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF A DECISION FOR ROE V. WADE?

>> ROE V. WADE WHICH IS A CASE FROM THE EARLY 1970s, ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD, CASEY THE CASE FROM THE EARLY 1990s, TOGETHER PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO AN ABORTION AFTER A -- UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT THE FETUS IS VIABLE.

IT'S GENERALLY CONSIDERED THAT VIABILITY OCCURS AROUND 24 WEEKS.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI HAS PASSED A STATUTE THAT PROHIBITS CATEGORICALLY WITH A FEW RELATIVELY NARROW EXCEPTIONS, PROHIBITS CATEGORICALLY ABORTION AFTER 15 WEEKS RATHER THAN 24 WEEKS.

IN DOING THIS, THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IS PURPOSEFULLY CHALLENGING THE NOT JUST THE FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING ABORTION RIGHTS UNDER ROE AND CASEY IT'S CHALLENGING THE IDEA THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS ABORTION RIGHTS AT ALL.

SO LOOKING AT MISSISSIPPI'S BRIEF IN THIS CASE WHICH IS CALLED DOBBS VERSUS JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC, MISSISSIPPI ESSENTIALLY DOESN'T TRY AND ARGUE THE MERITS OF ITS LAW UNDER ROE OR CASEY.

IT'S ENTIRE BRIEF IS FOCUSED UPON THE IDEA THAT ROE WAS WRONGLY DECIDED.

THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT MISSISSIPPI IS TRYING TO TEE UP.

IF THE JUSTICES ENDORSE MISSISSIPPI'S POSITION, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL HAVE SWEEPING LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AT LEAST OUTSIDE TEXAS WHERE SBA HAS ALREADY DEFACTOD PROHIBITED ABORTION.

AND SO WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE A LOT OF EMPTY ABORTION CRIMINAL STATUTES PUT BACK IN.

>> STRIKING AT THE WAY THE 73 LAW WAS DECIDED.

DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS A POTENTIAL RULING HERE THAT WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE?

>> WELL, THAT IS WHAT THE STATE IS ASKING FOR.

I WOULD NOTE THAT ONE INTERESTING FEATURE OF THIS CASE IS THAT THE STRATEGY SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED FROM THE TIME IT WAS ASKING THE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR THE CASE TO THE MERITS STAGE BRIEFING.

THE BRIEF NOW ARGUES THAT THE COURT SHOULD OVERRULE ROE VS. WADE BUT WHEN THEY WERE ASKING THE COURT TO REVIEW THE CASE THEY TOLD THE COURT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO OVERRULE ANY PRECEDENT TO DECIDE THE CASE.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF INTERESTING DYNAMIC THERE WITH THE CHANGE OF IN STRATEGY AND WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THE COURT REACTS TO THAT.

>> MATTHEW ANOTHER CASE GETTING ATTENTION A SECOND AMENDMENT CASE OUT OF NEW YORK STATE.

EXPLAIN THIS CASE AND THE RAMIFICATIONS HERE?

>> SURE.

SO THE CASE IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT NEW YORK CAN JUSTIFY RESTRICTIONS ON CARRYING CONCEALED HANDGUNS OUTSIDE THE HOME, CONCEAL CARRY LICENSES AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ONE OF THOSE LICENSES IN NEW YORK.

BUT WHAT IS GOING ON FROM THE COURT'S PERSPECTIVE IS AT THIS POINT A FEW YEARS BACK MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO THE COURT ISSUED A MAJOR SECOND AMENDMENT DECISION REGARDING DC GUN LAWS AND STRUCK THEM DOWN.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A BIG SUBSTANTIVE SECOND AMENDMENT CASE.

AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE COURT HAVE EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION WITH THAT IN OPINIONS DISSENTING FROM THE COURT'S DECISION NOT TO TAKE THE CASES SAYING IT HAS THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WE TAKE FIRST AMENDMENT CASES ALL THE TIME WE SHOULD WORKOUT WHAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT REQUIRE AS WELL.

THE COURT HAD NOT TAKEN ONE OF THOSE CASES UNTIL RECENTLY AND THE CASE WENT AWAY FOR OTHER REASONS AND NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN THE CASE OUT OF NEW YORK ABOUT CONCEALED PERMITS AND WHAT IT COULD DETERMINE IS HOW GOOD A RATIONALE THE STATE NEEDS TO HAVE TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON OUTSIDE THE HOME.

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT WILL BE NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AZIZ HUQ I WANT TO ZOOM OUT ALL THE DECISIONS ARE COMING AS TRUST IN THE COURT IN THE COURT'S IMPARTIALITY OR BEING A NONPOLITICAL ACTOR HAS ERODED.

YOU HAVE JUSTICES LIKE ALIT TOW, TRYING TO DEFEND THE COURT, CONEY BARRETT DEFENDING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT.

TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS DISTRUST EARNED RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK IT'S VERY HARD TO CALL THE COURT AN INSTITUTION THAT IS IMPERMEABLE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF POLITICS.

WE'VE SEEN IN PARTICULAR IN THE NOMINATION CONTEXT FIGHTS THAT ARE PARTISAN IN NATURE OVER TRADITIONAL APPOINTMENTS.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE ABORTION AND THE GUN CASE IS THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE OF REPLACING JUSTICE GINSBURG WITH JUSTICE BARRETT.

JUST THE FACT IS THAT THE COURT AND THE COUNTRY ARE DIVIDED OVER QUESTIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL MEANING IN WAYS THAT TRACK PARTISAN LINES.

I THINK IT'S BETTER NOT TO BLAME THE COURT.

AND BETTER TO THINK ABOUT THE COURT IN THE CONTEXT OF A COUNTRY THAT IS INCREASINGLY POLARIZED ALONG LINES.

AND WHERE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS WITH ABORTION, GUN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AND LGBTQ RIGHTS AND THE LIKE.

>> AND THE NOMINATION AND CONFIRMATION PROCESSES HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY CHARGED.

JULIE M.K.

SIEGEL, YOU CLERKED FOR CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS.

IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS LEGACY OF THE COURT WEIGHED ON HIM.

HIS RULING IN THE OBAMACARE CASE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS A SURPRISE BUT SEEMED TO INDICATE HIS BELIEF IN INCREMENTALISM ON THE COURT.

HOW DOES THE PERCEPTION WEIGH ON THE WAY HE MIGHT STEER THIS COURT?

>> WELL, ONE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE IS STILL AT THE CENTER OF THE COURT AND IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE HE IS NOT.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE COURT HANDLES THESE REALLY BIG HOT BUTTON ISSUES THIS YEAR TO SEE WHETHER HE IS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER COALITIONS FOR MORE INCREMENTAL DECISIONS OR WHETHER THE COURT HAS AN APPETITE TO MAKE MORE SWEEPING, BROADER RULINGS.

>> AND IT SEEMS LIKE KAVANAUGH MIGHT BE MORE TOWARD WHERE THE CENTER OF THE COURT IS AT THIS POINT.

AND MATTHEW, THERE'S ANOTHER VERY HEATED CASE DEALING WITH THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE COMING OUT OF MAINE.

EXPLAIN THIS CASE FOR US.

>> SURE.

WELL, THIS IS A FOLLOW ON TO A CASE THAT THE COURT DECIDED RECENTLY COMING OUT OF MONTANA.

AND IT DEALS WITH WHEN A STATE CAN DECIDE THAT MONEY IT PROVIDES TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CAN OR CANNOT BE SPENT IN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

OR I THINK THIS CASE DEALS SPECIFICALLY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OR INSTITUTIONS AFFILIATED WITH RELIGION THAT HAVE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AS A CORE COMPONENT OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY TEACH.

AND IN THE MONTANA CASE THAT PRECEDED THIS ONE, THE COURT HELD THAT MONTANA COULDN'T LIMITS FUNDING JUST TO SECULAR SCHOOLS IT HAD TO ALLOW FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE LIKE FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AND THIS NEXT CASE IS THE NEXT STEP FORWARD BECAUSE THEY LEFT OPEN IN THE MONTANA CASE WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, BUT ONE WHERE THERE IS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

>> SO MANY HIGH PROFILE CASES TO COVER.

OUR THANKS TO JULIE M.K.

SIEGEL, AZIZ HUQ AND MATTHEW HELLMAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

IT IS A STRESSFUL TIME FOR ANYONE BEHIND ON THE RENT.

THE ILLINOIS MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS ENDED YESTERDAY.

THAT COULD MEAN THOUSANDS OF CHICAGOANS COULD BE FACING EVICTION AND FORECLOSE.

AN ACCORDING TO A CENSUS BUREAU SURVEY MORE THAN 60,000 ILLINOISIANS SAY THEY ARE LIKELY TO FACE EVICTION IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

JOINING US TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN NEED ARE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMISSIONER MARISA NOVARA.

AND MICHELLE GILBERT, LEGAL DIRECTOR AT THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR BETTER HOUSING.

THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

>> ILLINOIS' EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDED YESTERDAY WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO RENTERS WHO ARE SERVED EVICTION NOTICES?

>> THANKS, BRANDIS THERE ARE THREE MAIN MESSAGES WE WANT TO GET ACROSS TO RENTERS.

ONE IS DO NOT SELF EVICT.

ONLY A COOK COUNTY SHERIFF CAN EVICT YOU.

EVEN IF A LANDLORD SERVED YOU AN EVICTION NOTICE IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU NEED TO MOVE OUT RIGHT AWAY ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO.

THERE IS FREE LEGAL HELP AVAILABLE GO TO RENTER CONVENTION.COM OR CHICAGO.GOV/EVICTION AND THERE'S FINANCIAL HELP AVAILABLE AND THERE'S MORE ON THAT AT CHICAGO.GOV/RENT HELP.

THREE THINGS DO NOT SELF EVICT.

THERE IS FREE LEGAL HELP AND THERE IS FINANCIAL HELP AVAILABLE.

>> WHAT REQUIREMENTS DO NEED TO BE MET FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE?

>> UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES THE FIRST ROUND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE RECEIVED FROM LATE 2020 LEGISLATION PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAD A COVID-RELATED IMPACT TO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY RENT.

THEY NEED TO BE UNDER 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

AND WE NEED TO SEE THAT DOCUMENTATION.

AND UNDER THESE GUIDELINES RENTERS AND LANDLORDS BOTH NEED TO APPLY IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM A LANDLORD WE WILL MAKE THREE EFFORTS TO REACH THEM.

AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE A MATCH AT THAT POINT WE WILL PROCEED WITH PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO THE TENANT.

>> AND MICHELLE GILBERT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSIONER SOME ADVICE FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE FACING EVICTION.

WHAT DO YOU ALL TELL PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN DANGER OF BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES?

>> WELL, DEFINITELY IF SOMEONE GETS A SUMMONSING TO TO EVICTION COURT, THEY SHOULD GO TO COURT.

I KNOW THAT GOING TO COURT IS SCARY.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE.

BUT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT THERE IN THE ZOOM COURTROOM.

SO COURT IS VIA ZOOM.

IF A TENANT GETS THAT SUMMONS AND THEY DON'T USE ZOOM THEN THEY CAN GO TO A COMMON AREA IN THE DALEY CENTER IT'S SOCIALLY DISTANCED.

SOMEONE FROM THE JUDGE'S STAFF WITH HELP THEM GET ON TO ZOOM.

IF ANYONE HAD EVER BEEN TO EVICTION COURT BEFORE IT WAS THE PAST PRACTICE IS THAT FIRST COURT DATE WAS A TRIAL.

AND THE COOK COUNTY COURTS WORKING WITH THE COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THE CITY, AND THE CONSORTIUM OF LEGAL AID AGENCIES, HAVE MADE CHANGES IN THOSE PRACTICES.

THAT FIRST COURT DATE IS NOT A TRIAL.

IT IS A DATE WHERE SOMEONE CAN ASK TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE EARLY RESOLUTION PROGRAM AND THAT IS EITHER A LANDLORD OR A TENANT WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY AND THEY WILL GET SENT INTO A ZOOM ROOM WHERE THEY CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR FREE.

>> COMMISSIONER, ESTIMATES SAY THAT MORE THAN 60,000 ILLINOISIANS EXPECT EVICTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WHAT HAS THE CITY SEEN?

HAVE YOU RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES?

>> WELL, THE TRUTH IS IT'S VERY HARD TO KNOW.

WE KNOW THAT IN OTHER LOCALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHOSE MORATORIUMS ENDED EARLIER THAN OURS THEY HAVE NOT SEEN A SPIKE IN EVICTIONS.

WE DID HAVE A PREDICTION THIS YEAR BY THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE ACTUALLY THAT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 HOUSEHOLDS MIGHT BE AT RISK OF EVICTION IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO PROPER.

BUT THAT WAS BEFORE BOTH THE CITY AND THE STATE BEGAN DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DOLLARS.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST ALMOST 5500 HOUSEHOLDS SINCE WE BEGAN THE STATE HAS MORE THAN MATCHED THAT.

WE DON'T YET KNOW THE EXACT IMPACT OF THOSE RESOURCES.

OUR HOPE SSK THAT THE POINT WAS TO STABILIZE PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES AND GET THE MONEY FLOWING TO THE LANDLORDS WHO MAY BE NEEDING THE FUNDS AS WELL.

THE OTHER TRUTH HERE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE WITH THE FUNDS TO PAY AHEAD IN ADVANCE THREE MONTHS.

AND LANDLORDS WHEN THEY AGREE TO TAKE THE FUNDS ALSO AGREE THAT THEY CANNOT EVICT FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS AFTER THE LAST PAYMENT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT SIX MONTHS FOR SOMEONE GETTING THIS ASSISTANCE.

IT COULD BE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE STABILIZED AND PICK UP THEIR RENT WE MIGHT BE SEEING EVICTIONS LATER DOWN THE LINE AND NOT AS MUCH OF A RUSH RIGHT NOW.

WE JUST ARE NOT SURE YET.

>> MICHELLE YOUR NONPROFIT REPRESENTS ON FOCUSING ON LOW INCOME RENTERS.

WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED?

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE THE ONES HARDEST HIT BY EVICTION GENERALLY.

OUR EVICTION DATA BANK ANALYZES CHICAGO EVICTION RECORDS.

WE KNOW THAT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITIES OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY ARE VERY HIGH RATES OF EVICTION.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO OUTREACH TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP.

>> AND MICHELLE WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM CLIENTS THAT THE STRAIN THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD PLACED ON THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS?

>> I MEAN IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

PEOPLE WE'RE SEEING TENANTS WHO ARE STILL NOT BACK TO WORK OR MAYBE THEY ARE BACK PART-TIME.

THEY ARE STILL WORRIED DEFINITELY HAVE HAD AN UPTICK IN CALLS.

SADLY WE SEE LANDLORDS WHO ARE ENGAGING INS ILLEGAL EVICTION PRACTICES.

LOCKING PEOPLE OUT.

AND OF COURSE, IT IS A MUCH BETTER TO GO TO APPLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND WE KNOW IT'S BEEN TOUGH ON LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.

AND THAT IS WHY THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS HERE.

IT'S TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING COMMUNITY GENERALLY.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE'LL LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO HOUSING COMMISSIONER MARISA NOVARA AND MICHELLE GILBERT FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE FIGHT TO SAVE NAVY PIER'S CRYSTAL GARDENS.

STAY WITH US.

>> NAVY PIER IS SAYING GOOD-BYE TO CRYSTAL GARDENS AND WELCOMING A 3D VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ MEETS WITH A WOMAN WHO IS ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE POPULAR ATTRACTION.

>> IF YOU HAVE EVER VISITED NAVY PIER THEN YOU HAVE PROBABLY STUMBLED ACROSS CRYSTAL GARDENS.

ONCE YOU WALK IN YOU CANNOT HELP BUT WE CAPTIVATED BY ALL THE NATURAL BEAUTY.

>> GEEZ YOU CAN HARDLY FIND A PLACE LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.

YOU WALK IN HERE.

IT'S CALM.

IT'S PEACEFUL.

YOU GOT THESE FOUNTAINS AND TREES.

>> CELINE WYSGALLA WAS HOPING CRYSTAL GARDENS WOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE SHE AND HER FIANCEE WOULD GET MARRIED SHE FOUND OUT THE GARDEN WAS SET TO CLOSE.

>> I WENT STRAIGHT TO MY COMPUTER AND STARTED LOOKING INTO IT.

I FOUND NEWS ARTICLES THAT A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE WAS GOING THROUGH THE CHICAGO PLANNING COMMISSION TO REZONE THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL WHICH IS FOR THE ALOOM NECESSARY YUM.

>> THE GARDEN IS BEING REPLACED BY A 3D EXPERIENCE.

>> I UNDERSTAND COVID-19 HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME.

I'M SURE NAVY PIER COULD USE THE REVENUE.

I THINK IT'S IRONIC I'VE READ ARTICLES ABOUT THE C.E.O.

AND HE IS QUOTED SAYING HE IS TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES.

WHAT IS MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN A FREE GREENSPACE FOR EVERYBODY.

>> CRYSTAL GARDENS HAS BEEN INSIDE NAVY PIER FOR 20 YEARS.

FOR SOME IT IS A HIDDEN TREASURE AND THE THOUGHT OF LOSING THIS PLACE MAY COME TO A SURPRISE TO MANY.

>> I SUGGEST THEY CAN BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE THIS SHOULD BE HERE.

>> A SAFARI EXPERIENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST SHOW.

ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY IT WILL VIRTUALLY TRANSPORT PARTICIPANTS TO AFRICA.

>> THEY SHOULD KEEP THE WAY IT IS.

BECAUSE THE VIRTUAL SAFARI EXPERIENCE I'M SURE THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE AND THIS SPACE IS FREE.

>> NAVY PIER TEMPORARILY SHUTDOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

A SPOKESPERSON TOLD US REVAMPING THE CRYSTAL GARDEN HAS BEEN PART OF THE PLAN SINCE 2016.

>> IT DOESN'T CLICK FOR ME.

I WOULD LOVE FOR NAVY PIER TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE TO PUT IT.

THE IMAX THEATRE CLOSED THAT COULD BE A GREAT SPACE FOR IT.

>> WITH LEADING THE EFFORT BY STARTING AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS DOZENS PEOPLE STARTED SENDING MEMORIES OF THE GARDEN.

A PETITION GENERATED 20,000 SIGNATURES.

>> I HAD SOMEONE WHO WORKS HERE AT NAVY PIER REACH OUT AND TELL ME LIKE HEY, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

I HERE ABOUT PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY TO THE FERRIS WHEEL AND THE OTHER END OF THE PIER AND THEY HAPPENED ON THIS PLACE AND AMAZED.

>> THEY PLAN TO INVEST MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CRYSTAL GARDEN SPACE A PLAN NAVY PIER IS BACKING.

A SPOKESPERSON TELLING US THE PROJECT WAS VETTED BY CITY OFFICIALS AND THEY ALSO SAY THEY HAVE INVESTED IN NEW GREENSPACES THROUGHOUT THE PIER.

HOWEVER CELINE WYSGALLA HAS HOPE THAT WITH ENOUGH SUPPORT NAVY PIER WILL CHANGE THE LOCATION.

>> I THINK THIS PLACE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXIST AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SPACE FOR HAPPY MEMORIES FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-2022 WITH IT OPENING ITS DOORS THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", ELECTRIC CAR MAKER RIVIAN DETAILS A LOSS IN THE IPO PAPERWORK THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> PLAYOFFS BEGIN ARE NOT WHITE SOX ON THURSDAY WE HEAR FROM GENERAL MANAGER RICK HAHN ABOUT THE POST SEASON AND MORE.

>> AND FILM SCHOLAR JACQUELINE STEWART ON HER PIONEERING WORK HIGHLIGHTING BLACK FILMMAKERS AND HOW IT GOT HER NOTICED BY THE McARTHUR FOUNDATION.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> AN UPDATE ON CHICAGO'S CONTROVERSIAL GANG DATABASE.

CHICAGO POLICE SAYS THE NEW DATABASE IS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME MORE THAN TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AFTER AN INSPECTOR GENERAL'S AUDIT DEEMED THE CURRENT ONE DEEPLY FLAWED.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN APPEARED BEFORE A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TODAY FOR HEARINGS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S $1.9 BILLION BUDGET.

C.P.D.

PREVIOUSLY TOLD CITY COUNCIL THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY SEPTEMBER.

AND AS WE MENTIONED THAT APRIL 29TH AUDIT BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL DETERMINED THE GANG DATA BASES WERE DEEPLY FLAWED DATA WITH POOR QUALITY CONTROLS AND INADEQUATE PROTECTIONS FOR PROCEDURAL RIGHTS.

RARE PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM ILLINOIS' WEALTHIEST RESIDENT AND HE DIRECTED SOME OF HIS HARSHEST WORDS TOWARD GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

DURING AN EVENT AT THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF CHICAGO, KEN GRIFFIN SEEN ON THE LEFT CRITICIZED WHAT HE SEES AS BROKEN SCHOOLS, BANKRUPT PENSIONS AND A DECLINING TAX BASE IN ILLINOIS.

GRIFFIN SAYS HE ASKED GOVERNOR PRITZKER TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD DURING UNREST IN 2020 BUT PRITZKER REFUSED AND PRITZKER DID CALL UP THE GUARD THEN AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

GRIFFIN COMPARED CHICAGO CRIME TO AFGHANISTAN ON A GOOD DAY.

AND SAYS GOVERNOR PRITZKER HASN'T DONE ENOUGH TO TACKLE IT.

>> IT IS A DISGRACE THAT OUR GOVERNOR WILL NOT INSERT HIMSELF INTO THE CHALLENGE OF ADDRESSING CRIME IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT IN OUR STATE THAT CONTINUALLY PUTS VOTES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, VOTES IN FRONT OF LIVES, VOTES IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS AND WE NEED TO START TO TAKE THE STATE BACK FROM PEOPLE THAT PUT POLITICS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE SECOND.

>> AND A SPOKESPERSON FOR GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER RESPONDED CALLING GRIFFIN A QUOTE LIAR AND SAYING THAT GRIFFIN HAS QUOTE ACTIVELY WORKED TO DISMANTLE THE ECOSYSTEMS OF SOCIAL SERVICES THAT PREVENT VIOLENCE.

GRIFFIN AND PRITZKER HAVE LONG BEEN AT ODDS HE WAS THE PRIMARY FUNDER OF THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT THE PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX IN ILLINOIS ONE OF PRITZKER'S KEY PRIORITIES.

>> FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING FOR USERS THIS EVENING AFTER BEING SHUTDOWN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.

FACEBOOK CONFIRMED THAT IT EXPERIENCED A WORLDWIDE OUTAGE ON ALL PLATFORMS INCLUDING INSTAGRAM AND WHATSAPP.

THE COMPANY HASN'T SAID WHAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE OR WHEN SERVICE WILL BE RESTORED AND THIS COMES A DAY AHEAD OF EXPECTED TESTIMONY FROM A WHISTLER BLOWER WHO CLAIMS THE COMPANY ROUTINELY PUT PROFITS AHEAD OF REGULATING HATE AND DISINFORMATION ON ITS PLATFORMS.

BACK TO BRANDIS FOR TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS POSTS A RECORD-BREAKING ENDOWMENT RETURN ONE OF THE LARGEST TENANTS IN THE FORMER JOHN HANCOCK CENTER IS LEAVING AND ELECTRIC PICK UP MAKER RIVIAN BACKED BY AMAZON REVEALS A NET LOSS OF NEARLY A BILLION IN THE IPO PAPERWORK.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER WELCOME BACK ANN.

SO THE ENDOWMENT HAS SEEN POOR FER MASSPORT MANS BUT IT IS A RECORD 3.8 BILLION.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

>> MAINLY THEY ARE RIDING THE UPDRAFT IN THE STOCK MARKET THAT LIFTED SO MANY PORTFOLIOS NATIONWIDE.

U OF I DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF THE INVESTMENT MONEY RIDING ON VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY AS SOME OTHER SCHOOLS DO.

AND I THINK THE RETURNS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER THIS YEAR IF THEY HAD.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT THE UNIVERSITY'S SMART INVESTMENTS IN THE STOCK PORTFOLIO AND BONDS AND INVESTMENTS COUPLED WITH A MAJOR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS INFUSION OF FEDERAL CASH IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC SEEMED TO HAVE ALL COMBINED TO LIFT THE SCHOOL'S FINANCIAL FORTUNES AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW AND THE SCHOOL IS SAYING THEY ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THOSE EFFORTS IN THE COMING YEARS.

>> SO THE FORMER JOHN HANCOCK CENTER'S LARGEST TENANT SMS ASSIST ANNOUNCED IT'S MOVING OUT.

WHERE IS IT HEADED AND WHY IS THIS A SIGNIFICANT MOVE?

>> THEY ARE HEADED TO PRU PLAZA AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE BUILDING RECENTLY LOST ITS MAJOR TENANT THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

AND SMS WILL BE PRU PLAZA'S LARGEST TENANT.

MORE BROADLY THIS MOVE SIGNALS THERE'S STILL SOME TENANT INTEREST IN THE EAST LOOP AT A TIME WHEN THE MOMENTUM IN THE DOWNTOWN OFFICE MARKET SEEMS TO BE MARCHING WEST.

JUST TODAY WE GOT WORD THAT THE PR GIANT EDELMAN IS ABANDONING ITS LONG TIME HEADQUARTERS AT THE AIAN CENTER AND THEY ARE GOING WEST TO CANAL STREET JUST WEST OF THE RIVER.

SO THAT'S JUST PART OF THAT LONG TIME MARCH THAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING IN THE LOOP TOWARD THE WEST LOOP AND FULTON MARKET.

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND ELECTRIC TRUCK MAKER RIVIAN LOST NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

AT A TIME WHEN THE MARKET FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS SO HOT.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

>> WELL, A GROWTH PLAN AS AMBITIOUS IS ABOUT TO CAUSE BIG BUCKS AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

RIVIAN IS JUST NOW STARTING TO ROLL PRODUCT OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE IN DOWN STATE NORMAL.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN PLACE.

THEY ARE -- THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUT SERVICE CENTERS IN SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING ILLINOIS.

AS WELL AS A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF CHARGING STATIONS TO SERVICE THESE VEHICLES.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT SAID BACKERS LIKE AMAZON AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY DON'T SEEM TO BE SCARED OFF BY A BILLION DOLLAR BURN RATE AT RIVIAN.

THE SAME FILING THAT DISCLOSED THIS LOSS ALSO GAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS ABOUT AMAZON'S DEAL WITH RIVIAN.

THEY ARE STANDING TO RECEIVE FOR FOUR YEARS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO RIVIAN'S DELIVERY VEHICLES AND THAT IS GOING TO HELP AMAZON SHOULD MEET ITS OWN CARBON NEUTRAL GOALS.

>> A BILLION DOLLARS NOT SCARED OFF.

WOW.

ANN DWYER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

AS YOU HEARD FROM AMANDA VINICKY EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, SOX FANS ARE BRIMMING WITH EXCITEMENT AS THE TEAM HEADS TO THE PLAYOFF MATCHUP WITH HOUSTON STARTING THIS THURSDAY.

AND THIS IS A CULMINATION OF A REBUILD THAT SAW DOZENS OF STRATEGIC TRADES, DRAFT CHOICES AND FREE AGENT SIGNINGS AND JOINING US NOW IS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THAT REBUILD AND THIS CURRENT WHITE SOX ROSTER GENERAL MANAGER RICK HAHN.

RICK HAHN THANK YOU FOR BEING BACK ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AL CENTRAL TITLE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME AGAIN.

>> HOW SATISFYING IS IT TO YOU TO SEE THIS TEAM THAT YOU'VE REBUILT WIN THE DIVISION AND HAVE A SHOT HERE AT WINNING IT ALL?

>> YOU KNOW IT'S EXCITING OBVIOUSLY WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR BUT WE WERE NOT QUITE WHERE WE FELT WE NEEDED TO BE FROM A ROSTER STANDPOINT TO REALLY MAKE A LOT OF NOISE DEEP INTO THE POST SEASON.

WHEREAS THIS YEAR WE FEEL WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF SOMETHING SPECIAL.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE AT A POINT FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT THAT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC WHERE OUR PLAYERS ARE AT AND WE VIEW THIS AS THE START OF POTENTIALLY A NICE EXTENDED PERIOD OF WHITE SOX BASEBALL WHERE WE MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL APPEARANCE.

>> I KNOW THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE REBUILD PUTTING TOGETHER A CONSISTENT WINNER.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFF SEASON MOVES WAS THE HIRE OF TONY LARUSSA WHO HAD NOT MANAGED SINCE 2011.

YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE JOB HE HAS DONE WITH THE TEAM TO THIS POINT?

>> OBVIOUSLY WE ARE ALL THRILLED WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH JERRY AND KENNY WILLIAMS LEADING UP TO THE HIRING OF TONY ABOUT PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH BUT THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SEASON AND FIND OURSELVES ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE POST SEASON IN A STRONG POSITION, IS IN LARGE PART AND TESTAMENT TO TONY AND THE COACHING STAFF AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THAT CLUBHOUSE DESPITE THE ADVERSITY.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED ADVERSITY AND GETTING HEALTHY.

YOU LOST ROBERT AND JIMENEZ A LOT OF INJURIES.

DO YOU ATTRIBUTE ANY ONE THING TO THE INJURIES?

OR THESE WERE FREAK OCCURRENCES AND NOW THEY ARE BACK?

>> YES.

I WISH THERE WAS A MAGIC BULLET WE COULD POINT TO.

EARLY ON WE FIGURED THAT OUT WE WOULD HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.

A LOT OF SOFT TISSUE INJURIES THROUGHOUT BASEBALL THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT PERHAPS IT WAS RELATED FROM GOING TO 60 GAMES BACK TO 162.

SOME OF OURS HAPPENED EARLY IN THE SEASON THAT INCREASED WORKLOAD PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE FACTORED INTO THAT.

IT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATE, BUT KNOCK ON WOOD WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY IN A FAIRLY STRONG POSITION AS WE ENTER THE POST SEASON WITH MOST EVERYBODY BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AND IN THE POSITION TO COMPETE COME OCTOBER.

>> ONE OF THE KEY PIECES CARLOS RODON WHO HAD ARM ISSUES.

WHAT IS HIS STATUS FOR THE PLAYOFFS?

>> WE REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT CARL LOSS WILL CONTRIBUTE.

HE WAS SPECTACULAR THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS AND IT'S NOT UNFORESEEN GIVEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BEING LIMITED.

AS WE GOT DEEPER WE HAD TO PROTECT HIM MORE AND GIVE HIM MORE REST AND ATTENTION.

CARLOS HAS BEEN GREAT IN TERMS OF ADAPTING HIS PROGRAM.

OUR TRAINERS AND PITCHING COACH STAFF HAS BEEN CREATIVE GETTING HIM THROUGH THE FINISH LINE AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL PUT HIM IN A GOOD POSITION TO SUCCEED AGAINST HOUSTON.

>> JUMPING FROM 60 GAMES TO 162 GAMES.

DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE BEHIND LARUSSA'S DECISION TO REST PLAYERS A LOT OF GAMES?

I KNOW THAT WAS A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR A LOT OF FANS.

WANT TO SEE THOSE BIG SUPERSTARS IN THERE EVERY GAME?

>> SURE.

AND YOU HEAR THE TERM LOAD MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATED MORE WITH THE NBA BUT IT IS A CONSIDERATION.

THE MORE RELEARN ABOUT WHAT ATHLETES NEED IN TERMS OF KEEPING THEM AT THEIR PEAK LEVEL.

WE WERE FORTUNATE WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A COMFORTABLE LEAD EARLY IN THE SEASON WITH REGARDS TO THE DIVISION.

WHICH GAVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO PROTECT SOME GUYS AND REST GUYS ESPECIALLY DOWN THE STRETCH.

OVER ARCHING GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP AND PART OF THAT WAS GIVING THE GUYS THE PROPER WORKLOAD AS THEY ENTERED THIS FINAL MONTHS OF THE SEASON THEY ARE HOPEFULLY ABLE TO SPRINT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE THANKS TO HOW THEY HAVE BEEN HANDLED.

>> WE MENTIONED THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE FIVE YEARS IN TRADES AND TRADING AWAY VETERANS FOR YOUNGER PIECES.

YOU WERE WHEELING AND DEALING.

YOU TRADED NICK MAGICAL WHICH A LOT OF FANS WERE EXCITED ABOUT TO GET CRAIG KIMBREL FROM THE CLUBS AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FANS THAT MIGHT WONDER IF THAT TRADE WAS WORTH IT GETTING RID OF THAT PROSPECT PAID OFF?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH THING WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A REBUILD AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS TIME TO WIN.

BECAUSE WE'VE ALL GROWN ATTACHED TO MANY OF THE YOUNG PLAYERS.

WE HAVE KNOWN THEM SINCE THE TIME THEY WERE DRAFTED AND PROMOTED THROUGHOUT WHITE SOX NATION AND THIS DAY AND AGE YOU ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM MORE CLOSELY THROUGH THE JOURNEY.

IT'S ONLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT PEOPLE GET ATTACHED TO SOME OF OUR YOUNG GUYS.

IN THE END, THAT TRADE WAS VERY MUCH ABOUT PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEXT FEW WEEKS PLAY OUT IN TERMS WHETHER THE JUICE WERE AT THE SQUEEZE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE A GUY IN CRAIG THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER A HALL OF FAME CAREER AS A BACK END OF THE BULLPEN AND WE THINK HE WILL BE AN ASSET FOR US.

>> ABSOLUTELY LONG CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST CLOSERS IN THE GAME.

WHITE SOX FANS HAVE ALSO WONDERED ABOUT THE OFFENSE ESPECIALLY WITH LUIS ROBERT AND JIMENEZ GETTING HEALTHY AND HOT BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OVERALL OFFENSIVE INCONSISTENCIES WHAT IS THE KEY AGAINST THE ASTROS?

OFFENSIVELY?

>> YOU KNOW I THINK REGARDS TO THE OFFENSE AGAINST ANY TEAM IT'S ABOUT BEING HEALTHY.

WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT, I FEEL LIKE AS I SAID WE ARE ENTERING THIS POST SEASON HEALTHY REALLY ARE NOT FIRST TIME OVER THE COURSE OF MOST OF THE SEASON.

I THINK WE'VE HAD OUR TOP SIX IN OUR LINEUP TOGETHER LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES.

SO WHEN WE ARE ALL ATOGETHER THE WAY WE ANTICIPATED THIS THING FROM AN OFFENSIVE STANDPOINT WHERE WE DREW IT UP WE ARE A TOUGH UNIT TO DEAL WITH AND I THINK WE'LL BRING THAT MENTALITY TO HOUSTON.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE FACING A STRONG TEAM AND A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN TESTED REPEATEDLY IN OCTOBER, WE'D LIKE TO WIN AND THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD SERIES.

>> AND SPEAKING OF HOUSTON ASTROS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THEM GIVE US THE SCOUTING REPORT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT ABOUT THE TEAM?

>> THEY ARE A DYNAMIC OFFENSE.

VETERANS THROUGHOUT WHO HAVE BEEN INTO THE MOUNTAIN TOP A STRONG PITCHING STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE STARTING ROTATION.

AND A SOLID DEFENSE.

OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE HEADED UP BY DUSTY BAKER AND A COACHING STAFF THAT HAS EXTENSIVE OCTOBER EXPERIENCE THEY WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

THE FACT IS THAT A COUPLE GOOD TEAMS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE DIDN'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THEY GOT ELIMINATED IN TORONTO AND SEATTLE.

SO WE KNEW NO MATTER WHO WE FACE THIS MONTH WE WERE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.

STARTING OFF WITH THE TEAM THAT HAS ESSENTIALLY PUT TOGETHER AN EXTENDED OCTOBER RUN AND SUCCESSIVE YEARS WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BE IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

>> IT'S EXCITING SERIES TO COME STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

RICK HAHN ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

>> TOTALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME.

>> YOU BET.

UP NEXT WE HEAR FROM A CHICAGO BASED GENIUS, FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... SHE GREW UP IN HYDE PARK AND NAMED A GENIUS.

THAT IS A FELLOW OF THE McARTHUR FOUNDATION.

JACQUELINE STEWART IS THE FILM SCHOLAR, AND CURATOR AND IS BEING HONORED FOR QUOTE INSURING THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OVERLOOKED BLACK FILMMAKERS AND COMMUNITIES OF SPECTATORS HAVE A PLACE IN THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.

AND JACQUELINE STEWART JOINS US NOW FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE IS THE CHIEF ARTISTIC AND PROGRAMMING OFFICER AT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES WHICH JUST OPENED LAST WEEK.

AND WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> THE MUSEUM OPENED ON THURSDAY.

WHAT WAS THAT DAY LIKE FOR YOU?

>> WELL, IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK THE TEAMS AT THE MUSEUM HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO INSURE THAT WE COULD OPEN WITH STRONG PROGRAMMING AND AMAZING EXHIBITIONS.

IT WAS THE END OF A VERY EXHAUSTING PERIOD AND INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND NOW SEEING FAMILIES COMING THROUGH THE DOORS ENJOYING WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS PHENOMENAL.

>> AND WHEN DID YOU GET THE CALL ABOUT THE McR MACK ARTHUR FELLOWSHIP?

>> I GOT THE CALL A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT THEN AND EVEN TODAY I'M STILL PRETTY SHOCKED BY THIS NEWS.

AND INCREDIBLY HONORED.

>> SO TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS GOTTEN YOU NOTICED FOR THIS HONOR.

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM STUDYING EARLY BLACK CINEMA?

>> WELL, I GREW UP IN CHICAGO AS YOU SAID.

AND I GOT MY PH.D. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND WHEN I BEGAN MY GRADUATE STUDIES AS A TIME WHEN FILM STUDIES WAS BECOMING FORMALIZED AT THE UNIVERSITY.

I WAS INTERESTED IN THE CHICAGO ROOTS OF FILM HISTORY.

AND I WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BLACK FILM HISTORY IN CHICAGO.

I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE SILENT ERA AND FILMMAKERS LIKE OSCAR WHO WAS A PIONEER IN MAKING BLACK FILMS FOR SEGREGATED BLACK AUDIENCES AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK FILMMAKERS THESE ARE THE PIONEERS WHO LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR SPIKE LEE AND ALL THE FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE HAD CAREERS IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES.

WE'VE COVERED THE SOUTH SIDE MOVIE PROJECT ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WHY IS THAT A POINT OF INTEREST FOR YOU AS FAR AS RESEARCH GOES?

>> SO MUCH OF FILM SCHOLARSHIP HAS FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL FILMMAKING MAINSTREAM FILMMAKING.

BUT BY FAR THE VAST MAJORITY OF FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HAVE NOT BEEN THOSE KINDS OF FILMS.

BUT AMATEUR FILMS AND TRAINING FILMS AND EDUCATIONAL FILMS.

SO FOR ME, STUDYING THE HOME MOVIE MAKING OF PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WAS A WAY OF KIND OF CORRECTING THE RECORD WHERE FILM STUDIES IS CONCERNED AND THEN AS A NATIVE SOUTH SIDER I WAS CURIOUS.

I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THINGS PEOPLE SHOT WHEN THEY HAD CAMERAS.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HOME MOVIES ARE REMARKABLE ARCHIVE OF EVERYDAY LIFE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND BUILDINGS THAT NO LONGER STAND.

AND BUSINESSES AND THEY ACTIVATE MEMORIES PUBLIC MEMORIES THAT I THINK ARE SO VALUABLE ESPECIALLY TO COUNTERACT THE REALLY DETRIMENTAL NEGATIVE MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> YOU GREW UP IN HYDE PARK.

WHAT ROLE DOES CHICAGO PLAY IN YOUR INTEREST IN FILM?

AND SORT OF YOUR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT?

>> YEAH, WELL, A HUGE ROLE.

I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I GREW UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS SO STEEPED IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE AND STRUGGLE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING THOSE STORIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MY WORK I FEEL BLESSED I WAS ABLE TO COME HOME FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TO REMAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND DELVE INTO ARCHIVES FORMAL AND THE ARCHIVES THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR BASEMENTS AND ATTICS AND LIVING ROOMS.

WHERE I FOUND THE TRUE BLACK HISTORY REALLY LIVES.

AND DOING THIS KIND OF WORK IN THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FILM INDUSTRY IS THE EARLY PREHIP HOLLYWOOD DAYS HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN NARRATED IN A WAY THAT BROADER PUBLICS UNDERSTAND.

I FELT IT WAS A RESPONSIBILITY AND ALSO A PRIVILEGE TO TRACE THE CHICAGO ROOTS OF FILMMAKING AND BLACK FILM CULTURE IN PARTICULAR.

>> YOU'RE ALSO THE HOST OF TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE OF A PROGRAM ON TURNER NETWORK WHERE YOU HOST A SERIES ON SILENT FILMS.

DO YOU THINK SILENT FILMS ARE UNDER APPRECIATED BY THE MODERN AVERAGE MOVIE FAN?

>> SURE, YEAH.

PEOPLE I THINK HAVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION OF SILENT FILMS.

MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PROJECTED IN THE WRONG WAYS.

LIKE I PICTURE THE OLD MOVIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING AROUND THE BASES IN A BASEBALL GAME.

WHEN THESE FILMS ARE SHOWN PROPERLY, BEAUTIFUL RESTORATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE OF SILENT FILMS PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST DECADE WHEN THEY ARE PROJECTED IN WAYS THAT REPLICATE HOW THEY LOOKED ORIGINALLY AND AT THE RIGHT SPEEDS THEY ARE CAPTIVATING.

THEY ARE TOTALLY FULLY REALIZED WORKS OF ART.

AND FOR ME, SILENT FILMS ARE FASCINATING BECAUSE THEY SHOW US HOW STORYTELLING CAN THRIVE AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING BUT IN ACTING STYLES AND COSTUME AND SET DESIGN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DELVING INTO AT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM.

YOU GET A DEEPER APPRECIATION SOMETIMES OF FILM CRAFT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SILENT FILMS.

>> AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO THE FELLOWSHIP COMES WITH A GOOD BIT OF MONEY A $625,000 GRANT OVER FIVE YEARS.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE CHANCE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THAT?

>> NO.

ACTUALLY I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT.

THAT THE McARTHUR FOUNDATION GIVES YOU TIME THIS IS WHAT SCHOLARS AND ARTISTS NEVER HAVE WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TOWARD THE NEXT THING.

AND TRYING TO PROJECT IN OUR PROPOSALS THE TIME-FRAMES FOR PROJECTS.

AND THIS IS AN INVITATION TO TAKE A PAUSE AND TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO ADVANCE YOUR THINKING AND YOUR WORK.

I'M REALLY MAKING MYSELF TAKE THE TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> LET US KNOW WHEN YOU FIGURE IT OUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR BEING T JACQUELINE STEWART CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

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

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>> AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. A NEW BOOK ON THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION FINDS THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK WAS A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY.

WE TALK WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORS ROBERT COSTA.

>> AND WE DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CITIES CHICAGO IN PARTICULAR IN A POST COVID AND CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGED WORLD.

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

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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