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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT >> ALLOWS US TO KNOW HOW TO REACT TO COVID.

>> COVID TESTING IN SCHOOLS AND WHAT IS BEHIND DEFENDANT OF TESTING DELAYS AT C.P.S.

>> SUCH AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS GIVEN BY COMMUNITY INPUT HAS NEVER BEEN CONDUCTED.

>> AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION'S QUEST TO REMAKE CHICAGO'S WARDS MORE ON THE PROPOSED PEOPLE'S MAP.

>> CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE HAS SEEN A DECREASE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS?

>> CHICAGO IS LIKE AFGHANISTAN ON A GOOD DAY.

>> AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.

>> CHICAGO'S WEALTHIEST MAN SOUNDS ON THE CITY'S VIOLENCE OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS IN.

>> THERE WAS LESS [INAUDIBLE] AND MORE TICKETS IN BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> AS CHICAGO BEGINS A MAJOR BIKE LANE EXPANSION ADVOCATES CALL FOR MORE INFRASTRUCTURE AND LESS POLICE ENFORCEMENT.

>> AS WHITE SOX HEAD TO THE PLAYOFFS A LOOK AT THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF LATINO PLAYERS ON THE TEAM AND IN BASEBALL.

>> THERE'S NO CITY IN THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK THAT DOES WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN CHICAGO.

>> AND BROADWAY IN CHICAGO IS BACK.

STARTING WITH THE MUSICAL RENT.

WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> RUSH-HOUR COMMUTERS ON THE PURPLE AND REDLINES SAW TRAINS GROUND TO A HALT WHEN A CTA CRANE COLLAPSED NEAR THE REDLINE THE CORROBORATE WAS BEING USED FOR WORK.

PHOTOS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS SHOW AN INVERTED CRANE CAB ON A CAR.

THE CRASH AFFECTED POWER LINES AND PARTIALLY EVACUATED A NEARBY BUILDING.

THE LINES ARE STILL EXPERIENCING MAJOR DELAYS.

>> ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS SAY THE STATE NEEDS TO TAKE A TOUGHER STANCE AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME AND GUN TRAFFICKING.

>> THERE IS NO DENYING IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS GUN VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A CRISIS.

WE MUST ACT AND TAKE BOLD STEPS TO HOLD CONVICTED CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH PENALTIES THAT WILL MAKE THE PERPETRATORS THINK TWICE BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

WE MUST HAVE DETERRENTS.

WE MUST STRENGTHEN PENALTIES BECAUSE CLEARLY WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS NOT DETERRING CRIME.

>> THE G.O.P.

SAYS IT'S INTRODUCED SEVERAL BILLS AIMED AT INCREASING PENALTIES A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER FACING CHARGES WITH A GUN WOULD RECEIVE A MANDATORY 10-YEAR SENTENCE.

REPUBLICANS PROPOSE BETTER FUNDING FOR TRAINING AND RETENTION OF POLICE OFFICERS.

>> REPORTS TONIGHT THAT CHICAGO HISTORIAN AND ACTIVIST TIMUEL BLACK ENTERED AT HOME HOSPICE CARE.

AT 102 YEARS OLD HE HAS SEEN HISTORY'S MOST PIVOTAL MOMENTS NORMANDY AND A WITNESS TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMP IN WORLD WAR II.

YEARS LATER BLACK WOULD WORK WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

WHEN HE CAME TO CHICAGO.

HE ATTENDED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND WOULD GO ON TO HELP CHICAGO ELECT HAROLD WASHINGTON.

A "GOFUNDME" PAGE HAS BEEN CREATED TO HELP HIS WIFE COVER THE COST OF AT HOME-NURSING CARE.

>> THE CHICAGO AREA WOMAN ACCUSED OF HELPING HER BOYFRIEND MURDER HER MOTHER AT A RESORT IN INDONESIA SEVEN YEARS AGO IS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON EARLY.

HEATHER BLACK WHO WAS 18 WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON ALONG WITH THEIR BOYFRIEND WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS.

INDONESIAN OFFICIALS SAY MACK RECEIVED 34 MONTHS OF SENTENCE REDUCTION AND IS SHOWN TO BE A PERSON WHO EARNED THEM.

MACK WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL BEFORE BEING CONVICTED WILL BE RELEASED AND DEPORTED BACK TO THE U.S. ON OCTOBER 29TH.

UP NEXT, TAKING A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF CHICAGO'S WARD REMAP PROCESS.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> EVERY 10 YEARS CHICAGO'S MAP OF 50 WARDS IS REDRAWN GENERALLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

BUT NOW AN INDEPENDENT GROUP IS PUTTING FORTH WHAT IT CALLS THE PEOPLE'S MAP AN ALTERNATIVE WHICH ACCURATELY REPRESENTS THE CITY'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITHOUT SPLINTERING DEMOGRAPHICS TO CONCENTRATE POWER.

THE 13-MEMBER CHICAGO WARD ADVISORY REDISTRICTING COMMISSION WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF 10 ALDERPEOPLE TO PROMPT A REFERENDUM VOTE BY THE PUBLIC.

AND JOINING US TO SPRAIN THIS MAP IS SOMEONE WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THE COMMISSION, CHAUNDRA VAN DYK CHICAGO PROJECT MANAGER OF CHANGE ILLINOIS A NONPROFIT THAT'S PURPOSE IS TO PURSUE EFFICIENCY AND ETHICS WITHIN GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND ELECTION.

CHAUNDRA VAN DYK WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK.

>> A QUICK REMINDER WHO IS THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AND WHAT IS THE GROUP'S ROLE IN THE REMAP PROCESS IF.

>> THE CHICAGO ADVISORY REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IS A COMMUNITY LED REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

THERE ARE 13 COMMISSIONERS THAT SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.

EVERYDAY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHO APPLIED IN THE SPRING TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION.

TO HELP DRAFT WARD MAP FOR THE RESIDENTS BY THE RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO.

>> AND LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP THAT YOU REVEALED TODAY AFTER MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND LOTS OF INPUT.

I THINK WE HAVE A GRAPHIC SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN.

15 MAJORITY BLACK WARDS YOU PROPOSE, 14 LATINO, TWO LATINO INFLUENCE WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF LATINO RESIDENTS.

13 WHITE MAJORITY AND THEN ONE MAJORITY ASIAN-AMERICAN WARD.

WHY WAS THIS THE APPROPRIATE BREAKDOWN, DO YOU BELIEVE?

>> ULTIMATELY IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE ASKED FOR.

THE PROCESS WAS COMMUNITY LED.

THE COMMISSION HELD 41 OPEN HEARINGS AND RECEIVED OVER 525 TESTIMONIES THAT INFORMED THE MAPPING PROCESS AND LED TO THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND THE REASON I THINK THESE RESULTS ARE THE RIGHT ONES IS BECAUSE IT'S THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WORKED TO DRAFT THIS MAP.

>> AND THE BOTTOM IT WOULD HAVE THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY WARD.

THE FIRST WARD WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION WAS ASIAN-AMERICAN, WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT?

>> IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS CAME OUT AND THEY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSION DIFFERENTLY.

THEY LIFTED THEIR VOICES.

THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY ADVOCATED FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT AND ALSO THE NUMBERS SUPPORTED IT.

THIS IS DATA SUPPORTED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS ONE MAJORITY ASIAN WARD COULD EXIST AND THE COMMISSION HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS AND TRADE-OFFS.

ULTIMATELY FELT THIS WAS THE BEST CHARTER FORWARD.

>> AND HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH WARD MAPS EVERY 10 YEARS.

NEIGHBORHOODS LIKENING EVENING AND AUSTIN AND OTHERS GET CARVED UP INTO MULTIPLE WARDS.

ENGLEWOOD IS PART OF FIVE WARDS WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.

HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THAT IN THE MAP THAT YOU DRAFTED?

>> SO THE COMMISSION WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP THESE COMMUNITIES WHOLE.

AND SPECIFICALLY FOR ENGLEWOOD AND ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE AUSTIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BACK OF THE YARDS ARE NO LONGER SPLINTERED BUT THE COMMUNITIES ARE KEPT WHOLE SO THE COMMUNITIES HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES THEY FEEL BEST SUPPORT THEM IT'S RETURNING THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE BACK TO THE PEOPLE.

>> IN ORDER FOR THIS MAP TO HAVE A CHANCE YOU HAVE TO GET 10 ALDERPEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT AND THEN IT GOES TO A PUBLIC REFERENDUM.

SO WHERE ARE YOU IN GETTING 10 ALDERPEOPLE?

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THAT WORK CONTINUES.

THE FIRST DAYS OF THE PROJECT WAS INSURING THAT WE TOOK THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS AND UPLIFTED THOSE VOICES TO CREATE A PEOPLE MAP FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND NOW WE USE THE PEOPLE AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AND ENGAGE WITH THE PEOPLE TO BUILD THE SUPPORT FROM ALDERS.

OUR HOPE IS THROUGH THE PEOPLE AND ENGAGING AND EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS WE WILL GET THE SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM UP UNTIL THE DECEMBER FIRST DEADLINE WHEN WE HOPE WE WILL HAVE 10 ALDERS WHO WILL SUPPORT THE MAP.

>> ANYONE ONBOARD ANY NAMES YOU CAN THROW OUT THERE?

>> CURRENTLY, NO I WILL BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND JUST SAY THAT THE COMMISSION HAS REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING THE PEOPLE'S INPUT AND NOW THAT THE MAP IS PUBLIC, I THINK NOW WE CAN SAY WE CAN CAN WORK TOWARDS GETTING THE SUPPORT OF ALDERS.

PRIOR TO THE MAP THE COMMISSION WAS PROVING THE PROCESS WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT ENGAGES RESIDENTS DIFFERENTLY THAN HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.

SO THAT PROCESS WAS BEEN PRIVILEGE EN AND NOW THERE IS A PEOPLE'S MAP WE HOPE TO USE THE PEOPLE TO PUSH COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE MAP.

>> AND THE PROCESS HAS BEEN DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, HANDSHAKE DEALS AND SOMETIMES IT COMES DOWN TO WHICH ALDERPEOPLE THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES WANT OUT OF THERE.

THEY DRAW THEM OUT OF THEIR DISTRICTS.

THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE FROM THAT.

TELL US ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT YOU GOT.

WHO SHOWED UP AND WHAT THINGS DID THEY TALK ABOUT?

>> WE SAW MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO SHOW UP.

AS STATED BEFORE THERE WERE 41 PUBLIC HEARINGS.

PUBLIC MEETINGS.

OF THE MEETINGS 31 WERE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NINE WERE HELD IN-PERSON.

WE GOT A WIDE RANGE OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE.

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WANTED THEIR COMMUNITIES TO BE KEPT WHOLE.

SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THEIR COMMUNITIES TO BE DRAWN IN CERTAIN WAYS AND OTHERS WANTED TO EMPOWER OTHER COMMUNITIES.

WE GOT A LOT OF MIXED FEEDBACK.

BUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS DONE PUBLICLY AND IT REMAINS PUBLIC ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AND CHICAGO'S WARDS.ORG ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE TRADE-OFFS THE COMMISSION HAD TO MAKE BECAUSE THAT IS PUBLIC THEY CAN VISIT THE CHICAGO WARD'S WEBSITE AND LEARN ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND ITS PROCESS AND WATCH THE ARCHIVED PUBLIC HEARINGS.

>> AND BEFORE WE GO I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT THE MAP UP AGAIN AND GET A SENSE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

MUCH MORE GEOMETRIC THAN THE CURRENT MAP WITH LOTS OF SWIGGLEY LINES AND A JINKING GEORGIA LOCK.

WHAT IS NEXT?

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE?

>> THE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER FIRST AND WE WILL BE IN COMMUNITIES ENGAGING IN REALLY LIFTING UP THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK TO PUSH FORWARD FOR A PEOPLE'S MAP BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.

>> INTERESTING PROJECT.

AND WE WILL FOLLOW IT.

THANKS TO CHAUNDRA VAN DYK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

MANY ILLINOIS STUDENTS ARE TAKING A LOT MORE TESTS THIS YEAR NOT EXAMS BUT COVID TESTS.

UNDERWAY IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA HOW IS IT GOING SO FAR?

>> COULD YOU EVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS WOULD BE CLAMORING FOR MORE TESTS?

BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE SEEING PARTICULARLY IN CHICAGO.

AS CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN SLOW TO ROLL OUT COVID TESTING.

THE NEW C.E.O.

FOR C.P.S.

PEDOR MARTINEZ SAYS BY THE END OF LAST WEEK TESTING MADE IT ALL TO BUT A DOZEN OF C.P.S.

SCHOOLS.

LAST WEEK LESS THAN 4% OF STUDENTS HAD CONSENTED TO PARTICIPATE.

NOT ENOUGH CRITIC SAY TO GIVE THEM THE ASSURANCES THEY WANT.

MARTINEZ ADMITS THE CONSENT FORM IS CONFUSING FOR NONENGLISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES.

IT'S SOMETHING HE IS WORKING ON.

STILL HE SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP.

GIVING THAT CONSENT BUT THAT PRESENTS A NEW CHALLENGE.

HE ESTIMATES C.P.S.

WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE ABOUT 20,000 COVID TESTS THIS WEEK.

THAT IS LESS THAN THE 35,000 STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO SIGNED UP.

>> THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANSWERED THIS WEEK IS WHAT IS THE REALISTIC TIMING OF THAT RAMP UP?

AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THE CHALLENGE OF OUR PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE STAFF UP.

AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE.

AND WE HAVE A TIGHT LABOR MARKET.

>> Dr. ALLISON ARWADY WITH THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PREROGATIVE IS NOT TO TEST EVERY STUDENT ALL THE TIME.

RATHER C.D.C.

GOALS TO GET 10% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION TESTED WEEKLY.

THE IN-SCHOOL TESTS ARE FOR SCREENING PURPOSES.

>> THE SCREENING TESTING IS FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS.

SO THIS IS REGULAR TESTING AND THE MAIN REASON WE DO IT IS TO SEE ARE WE MISSING RECOGNIZED SPREAD.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE AT A DISTRICT WIDE LEVEL WE ARE NOT MISSING CASES OF COVID.

>> CHICAGO IS NOT ALONE IN WAITING.

SHIELD ILLINOIS THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEVELOPED TEST IS ANOTHER OPTION C.P.S.

USES A DIFFERENT ONE THAT SCHOOLS STATE-WIDE CAN CONTRACT WITH TO DO THE COVID TESTING AND THEN GET REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.

AND A SPOKESPERSON FOR SHIELD SAID 451 SCHOOL AGENCIES SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

SO FAR SHIELD TESTING IS IN 173 OF THEM BUT THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THESE ARE RAMPING UP AND TESTING WILL BE DEBUTING AT 88 SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK AND 45 DISTRICTS THE WEEK FOLLOWING.

NOW, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE HILLSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPER EARLY ADOPTER OF SHIELD TESTING.

IT IS ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY.

>> OUR KIDS COME DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL AND HAVE THE TESTING KIT AND GO TO A SPOT THAT IS NOT NEAR ANYONE AND THEY END UP DOING I HAVE MY EXAMPLE MASK HERE YOUR MASK IS ON AND TAKE YOUR KIT AND GO UNDERNEATH YOUR MOUTH AND DEPOSIT THAT SALIVA AND GO TO ANOTHER SPOT AND THEY CHECK THEM IN BASED UPON THE DATE OF BIRTH AND BARCODE EVERYTHING IS CONFIDENTIAL AND WE CAN PROBABLY DO ABOUT 280-300 TESTS IN ABOUT AN HOUR >> NOW, IN HILLSIDE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE REQUIRED TO PARTAKE IN COVID TESTING.

IF THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

THE SUPERINTENDENT HILLSIDE SAYS 73% OF STUDENTS HAVE GIVEN THAT CONSENT.

NOW, YOU HAVE OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE HESITANT TO DO SO NOT ONBOARD WITH IT.

DAVID ROBBINS HAS TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND BARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND HE HAS OPTED OUT OF HAVING THEM PARTICIPATE IN ANY IN-SCHOOL COVID TESTING.

HE IS WORRIED ABOUT FALSE POSITIVES AND ANY SCRAMBLE THAT THEY COULD SET OFF IF THEY DID TEST POSITIVE.

>> I DON'T WANT THEM SUBJECT TO THAT.

I DIDN'T WANT THEM SUBJECT TO YOU'VE TESTED POSITIVE THIS IS A BIG THING WITH HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THEY ARE TELLING EACH OTHER IF YOU TEST POSITIVE YOU WERE NOT AROUND ME.

THIS IS THE REALITY OF IT.

AND THEY HAD HOMECOMING IT IS A BIG THING THE KIDS ARE LIKE YOU WEREN'T AROUND ME IF YOU TEST POSITIVE AND KIDS ARE SAYING DON'T TEST.

>> HIS SON HAD TO BRIEFLY QUARANTINE WHEN ANOTHER STUDENT TESTED POSITIVE IN A RAPID TEST IDENTIFIED HIS SON AS A CLOSE CONTACT BUT DAVID ROBBINS SAYS HIS SON DID NOT MEET THE C.D.C.

DEFINITION OF CLOSE CONTACT AND IT WAS ALL ILLOGICAL AND HIS SON CONSISTENTLY TESTED NEGATIVE.

>> IT WAS LIKE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN KIDS WERE SICK YOUR TEACHER MIGHT GIVE YOU A COUPLE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.

HE IS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND FALLING BEHIND IN MATH.

SO I WAS REALLY MAD AT THAT POINT SAYING I NEED MY KID BACK IN SCHOOL.

>> DAVID ROBBINS SAYS ILLINOIS IS BEING TOO CAUTIOUS AND ADOPT A MODEL THAT YOU HAVE TO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOL.

IN HILLSIDE, THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT COVID TEST SOMETHING GOING GREAT DOING WHAT HE WANTS IT TO DO.

>> WHEN I STUDENT SAYS THEY WANT TO BE IN-PERSON IT DELIGHTS US.

WHAT THIS HAS DONE IT ALLOWS US TO FIGHT THE SPREAD OF COVID WE ARE ABLE TO CATCH ASYMPTOMATIC STUDENTS AND ABLE TO GET IT EARLY BEFORE IT'S CONTAGIOUS FOR US THE BENEFIT OF TESTING IS NOT GAUGHANFYABLE IT IS PRICELESS.

YOU CANNOT PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF IT.

IT GIVES THE LEVEL OF COMFORT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

>> HE SAYS THAT EVEN STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL CLASSES ARE ABLE AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT SALIVA SHIELDS TESTING.

BACK TO YOU.

>> AND THANK YOU.

REPRESENTATIVERS ARE FINDING FEWER AFFORDABLE -- RENTERS ARE FINDING FEWER AFFORDABLE HOMES AND APARTMENTS.

A STUDY SHOWS THE CITY EXPERIENCED A 5.2% DECLINE IN AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS OVER THE PAST DECADE.

AND THE SHARE OF LOWER INCOME RENTERS WHO FACE HOUSING INSECURITY HAS GROWN.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARE JOSE MUNOZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LA CASA NORTE AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES YOUTH AND FAMILIES CONFRONTING HOMELESSNESS.

>> AND GEOFF SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE INSTITUTE FOR HOUSING STUDIES AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST, THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDES ARE SEEING A PARTICULARLY STEEP DECLINE.

COMPARING AFFORDABLE UNITS FROM THE AVERAGE OF 2012 TO 2014 AGAINST THE AVERAGE OF 2017-2019 LOGAN SQUARE AND AVONDALE LOST 14%.

PORTAGE AND JEFFERSON PARK LOST 12% AND LINCOLN SQUARE, NORTH CENTER AND WEST TOWN AND NEAR WEST SIDE BOTH OF THOSE LOST A LITTLE OVER 11%.

GEOFF SMITH LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS DECLINE?

>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE EFFECTS OF THE MARKET ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT AFFORD HOUSING THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE IS DIRECTLY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND THE OTHER ARE LOWER COST RENTAL HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE CHEAP BECAUSE THEY ARE IN OLDER BUILDINGS OWNED BY SMALL LANDLORDS.

AND THOSE TYPES OF UNITS ARE REALLY VULNERABLE TO RISING DEMAND IN THE MARKET FROM HIGHER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REALLY EXPERIENCING AT THAT TIME TYPE OF INCREASED DEMAND FOR HOUSING.

>> WHAT DO THE FINDINGS TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS?

>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE RENTAL HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES WE ARE SEEING IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DRIVE ESPECIALLY BY PRESSURES ON THE SUPPLY.

AND THAT MEANS AS THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWERRER AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS THAT MEANS LOW INCOME RENTERS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO MOVE ELSEWHERE TO NEIGHBORHOODS OR PARTS OF THE REGION WHERE THERE IS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR THEY STAY IN PLACE AND PAY MORE OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS HOUSING COSTS.

>> JOSE MUNOZ IS THIS SURPRISING WE'RE SEEING THIS DECLINE ON THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDES WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT?

>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS THIS IS DECADES IN THE MAKING.

WE'VE SEEN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BEING PRICED OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES.

ONE BECAUSE REPRESENTATIVES KEEP GOING ON AND DEVELOPERS ARE PURCHASING PROPERTIES AND REHABING THEM AND MAKING THEM LESS AFFORDABLE.

INDIVIDUALS ARE REALLY BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN WAGES AND JOBS GROWTH ENOUGH TO A POINT WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR INCOMES TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO AFFORD THE HOUSING.

THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IS GENTRIFICATION?

>> A MAJOR FACTOR.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FACT THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE LOSING OUT ON HOUSING.

THE INDIVIDUALS KEEP -- THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR SMALLER UNITS THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD SO THEY HAVE TO GO AND FIND HOUSING ELSEWHERE.

>> COOK COUNTY IS SEEING A LOSS OF LOW INCOME RENTERS WHO ARE THE LARGEST GROUP OF RENTERS IN THE COUNTY.

WHY IS THAT?

>> WELL, AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT'S HARD TO PIN DOWN THE EXACT REASONS BUT I THINK A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR CERTAINLY IS THIS ISSUE OF DECLINING AFFORDABILITY IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS BOTH IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY.

YOU KNOW AS RENTERS STRUGGLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, THEY HAVE TO EITHER AGAIN MAKE THAT CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY BUT PAY MORE AND CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON OTHER TYPES OF MONTHLY COSTS OR MOVE ELSEWHERE TO FIND LOWER COST HOUSING.

>> THE STUDY MEASURED UP UNTIL 2019, SO RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

JOSE, WHAT EFFECT HAS COVID HAD ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET?

>> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST IMPACT HAS BEEN ON RENTERS.

WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN NO AFFORD REPRESENTATIVE.

THE MORATORIUM ALLOWED INDIVIDUALS TO STAY HOUSED BUT THAT LIFTED, INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE RENT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRAMS.

WE'VE CREATED A FEW THROUGH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO TRY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF THEIR RENT.

BUT THE STILL SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE.

WE ARE FACING A SITUATION DECADES IN THE MAKING.

WE'VE SEEN DISINVESTMENT FOR DECADES.

AND NOW AS THE MARKET DEVELOPERS PURCHASE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES REHAB THEM AND PUT THEM AND PRICE PEOPLE OUT.

SO EACH THOUGH THEY TRY TO KEEP UP BY CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER INCOMES.

>> THE STUDY MEASURED COOK COUNTY'S AFFORDABILITY GAP.

TELL US WHAT THAT GAP IS AND WHERE IS THE COUNTY IN CLOSING IT?

>> SO THE AFFORDABILITY GAP IS THE MISMATCH BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF LOW INCOME RENTERS THAT NEED AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING AND THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME RENTERS AT 30% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME.

IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY IS THE AFFORDABILITY GAP THAT MISMATCH HAS GONE DOWN AND SHRUNK IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY.

BUT THE REASON IT'S SHRUNK IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD REASONS.

WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE LOW INCOME RENTERS THERE IS A DECLINE IN DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.

YOU ARE LOSING RENTERS AND LOSING THAT AFFORDABLE RENTAL SUPPLY.

EVEN THOUGH THAT GAP MIGHT BE SHRINKING THERE ARE BROADER PROBLEMS THAT ARE REVEALED BY THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THAT CALCULATION.

>> AND JOSE MUNOZ BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, HOW DO YOU THINK OR WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING TO CLOSE THIS GAP?

>> I THINK THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THEY HAVE IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS ON A EMERGENCY BASIS TO ACCESS FUNDS AND CONTINUE TO STAY HOUSED AND PAY THEIR RENT.

LA CASA NORTE IS OPERATING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE CITY AND THE STATE.

I THINK IF WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN, [INAUDIBLE] GO A LONG WAY IN SOLVING THE ISSUES.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.

LA CASA NORTE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE OR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THEY CAN VISIT US AT LA CASA NORTE.ORG FOR MORE.

>> AND WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT.

GEOFF SMITH AND JOSE MUNOZ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, AS CHICAGO ADDS BIKE LANES, TRANSPORTATION VOBS SAY THERE'S MORE ADVOCATES SAY THERE'S MORE TO DO TO MAKE CYCLING EQUITABLE.

DETAILS AFTER THIS.

>> CYCLISTS OF COLOR IN CHICAGO GET A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF TICKETS FROM POLICE BUT IT'S NOT WHILE BIKING BUT WHERE THOSE CYCLISTS ARE RIDING.

AS NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS BIKE ADVOCATES HOPE A NEW CITY INITIATIVE CAN HELP ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BUT SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> LATE LAST MONTH, THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED WHAT IT SAYS IS THE LARGEST EVER EXPANSION OF BIKE LANES IN THE CITY.

THE TWO-YEAR, 100-MILE EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON WEST AND SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY ENJOY.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE CAREFULLY.

>> UIC'S KATE LOWE SAYS SOME SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS KEY AND SHE WANTS PLANNERS TO THINK BEYOND JUST PAINTED LANES.

>> ONE THING A LOT OF BIKE ADVOCATES WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS PROTECTED BIKE LANES.

AND THAT IS RELEVANT TO THIS INTERSECTION OF POLICING AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> THAT INTERSECTION WAS THE FOCUS OF A STUDY FROM UC DAVIS AND FOUND THE SAME THING AS EARLIER INVESTIGATIONS.

>> MORE TICKETS IN BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE WERE SIX TICKETS PER 1,000 IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS AND .7 PER THOUSAND IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> BUT IT LOOKED AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREAS WHERE TICKETS WERE ISSUED AND BIKE LANES WERE MISSING FROM MAJORITY BLACK AND LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE RIDING ON BUSY STREETS THEY MAY NOT FEEL SAFE FROM THE TRAFFIC THAT IS THERE AND SO THEY WILL GO ON THE SIDEWALK AND THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR TICKET.

WHEN THERE WAS ANY BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THOSE STREETS THE RATE OF TICKETING WENT DOWN.

AND SOME CASES BY UP TO 75%.

>> THE STUDY FOUND NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF TICKETS ISSUED AND THE NUMBER OF BIKE CRASHES PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRASHES.

>> WHAT WE SUSPECT AND I WOULD IMAGINE ANY ADVOCATE OR ANY SORT OF PERSON OF COLOR IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WOULD CONFIRM AS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE THIS WAS A PRETEXT FOR OTHER KINDS OF FOR THE POLICE IT WAS NOT TIED TO SAFETY BUT TIED TO OTHER REASONS.

THE STUDY WAS PART OF THE NONPROFIT'S MOBILITY JUSTICE IN CHICAGO PROJECT.

INDICATE KA INDICATE SAYS THE RESULTS KATE LOWE SAYS IT POINTS TO OVERPOLICING IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> POLICING NEEDS TO CHANGE WITH BIKE LANES BUT BIKE LANES CAN PARTIALLY MITIGATE THE IMPACT.

>> AS BIKE LANES EXPANDS THEY ARE CALLING ON CHICAGO NOT TO RELY ON POLICE ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF ITS VISION ZERO STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES.

JESUS CHUY GARCIA SAYS THAT IS A CONVERSATION HAPPENING NATIONWIDE.

>> HOW WE CAN GET TO THAT PLACE OF ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS WITHOUT AUTOMATICALLY RELYING ON POLICE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... WE HAVE A HISTORIAN ON DECK TO TALK ABOUT LATINOS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THIS YEAR'S WHITE SOX SUCCESS.

>> I WAS QUITE HONESTLY MORTIFIED.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM BREAKS DOWN THE BEEF BETWEEN COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

[♪♪♪] >> AND BROADWAY IS BACK.

LOOKING AT THE RETURN TO CHICAGO STARTING WITH THE MUSICAL RENT.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT SUPERVISOR RESIGNED AND IS ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN UNDERAGE LIFEGUARD.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A STORY REPORTED BY "THE SUN TIMES".

THE REPORT STATES THE SUPERVISOR HAD BEEN SUSPENDED AMID A PROBE INTO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE AMONG LIFEGUARDS.

SCANDAL BROUGHT PARK DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT MIKE KELLY UNDER FIRE WITH SOME ALDERPEOPLE CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION.

THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS ANNOUNCED A PROBE INTO MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS IN THAT OFFICE.

>> CHICAGO WHITE SOX REPORT THAT ONE OF THE STAR PLAYERS IS UNDER THE WEATHER BUT STILL ON THE WAY TO HOUSTON FOR TOMORROW'S PLAYOFF OPENER AGAINST THE ASTROS.

THE TEAM SAYS JOSE ABREU HAS BEEN BATTLE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS BUT THAT HIS SYMPTOMS ABATED A BIT TODAY.

THE TEAM SAYS MULTIPLE TESTS CONFIRM THE SYMPTOMS ARE NOT COVID RELATED BUT A FINAL DECISION WHETHER OR NOT HE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE GAME WILL COME TOMORROW.

AND IN A FEW MOMENTS WE TALK ABOUT ABREU AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WHITE SOX AND CHICAGO'S LATINO COMMUNITY.

>> AND IT'S OFFICIAL BEARS FANS MOVING FORWARD, ROOKIE JUSTIN FIELDS IS THE TEAM'S STARTING QUARTERBACK.

BEARS HEAD COACH MATT NAGY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT HE WILL BE STARTING THIS WEEK AND HE IS THE NUMBER ONE QB FROM HERE ON OUT.

OVER VETERAN ANDY DALTON.

FIELDS HAD A STRONG OUTING AGAINST DETROIT THROWING FOR 209 YARDS.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS TOMORROW WITH OUR BEARS ANALYST JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS.

>> THE HISTORY OF LATINOS IN BASEBALL GOES WAY BACK HAVE BEEN FAN FAVORITES OR CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.

NEVER HAS A LATINO PRESENCE ON THE WHITE SOX ROSTER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS YEAR WHEN THE SOX COULD HAVE SEVEN OTHER MORE PLAYER STARTING IN THE PLAYOFFS THAT BEGIN TOMORROW IN HOUSTON.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF LATINO PLAYERS ON THE WHITE SOX AND BASEBALL IN GENERAL IS ADRIAN BURGOS, JR., A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN AND COAUTHOR OF THE BOOK PLAY BALL.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE SOX AND LATINO BALL PLAYERS HOW DEEP DOES THAT HISTORY GO?

>> THE CUBAN CONNECTION OF THE WHITE SOX STARTED WITH THE PLAYER THAT WE BECAME FANS OF AND THOSE ARE 1950s WHITE SOX HAD MINI, JIM RIVIERA, A NEW YORK PUERTO RICAN ON THE TEAM THAT DIVERSITY FROM VENEZUELA, CUBA AND THE CARRIBBEAN AND THE UNITED STATES WAS REPRESENTED ON THE SOX.

AND THEY BROUGHT IT BACK REALLY IN A WAY THAT WAS POWERFUL IN THE 1990s AND 2000'S WHEN WE SAW JOSE CONTRERAS TAKE THEIR TURNS PITCHING FOR THE WHITE SOX.

>> NOT TO MENTION OZGY GILLIAN.

FRONT OFFICE PERSONNEL WANT TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST TEAM POSSIBLE WAS THAT A THOUGHT TO CONTINUE THAT LATINO HERITAGE YOU THINK?

>> I THINK IT WAS PART OF THEIR STRATEGY.

YOU SEE THIS IN BOTH HOW THEY USE LATINO PLAYERS TO RECRUIT ONE ANOTHER.

GRANDAL KNOWS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF ABREU AND THE EXPERIENCE OF MONCADA.

AND I THINK THE WHITE SOX HAVE BEEN SMART IN THAT THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY BUILD A CULTURE THAT IS WELCOMING TO THESE CUBAN PLAYERS TO LATINO PLAYERS, THAT THEY WILL LOVE PLAYING FOR THIS TEAM.

THERE IS A HISTORY THERE.

AND I MENTIONED RAMIREZ AND JOSE ABREU WHEN THE SOX WERE RECRUITING THE GUYS THEY BROUGHT PLAYERS OUT TO WHAT BROUGHT THE PLAYERS IN.

CUBANS KNOW THEIR BASEBALL HISTORY.

I SAW THAT ON THE TIMES I WAS TRAVELING TO CUBA TO DO RESEARCH.

AND ABREU AND THESE OTHER BALL PLAYERS THEY KNOW THAT MUNOZ HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN BASEBALL HISTORY.

THE WHITE SOX KNOW IT AND THEY USE THAT TO BRING THE PLAYERS ALONG.

>> THE CUBAN CONNECTION BUT OF COURSE, COUNTRIES LIKE VENEZUELA, MEXICO, PUERTO RICO ARE REPRESENTED.

I THINK HAWK MADE THE POINT HE BELIEVES THAT LATIN-AMERICAN BORN PLAYERS PLAYED WITH AN EXTRA GUSTO THEY HAD MORE FUN IT WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT ANALYTICS.

IS THAT WHAT SETS LATIN-AMERICAN PLAYERS APART DO YOU BELIEVE?

>> LATINO PLAYERS HAVE THEIR OWN BASEBALL CULTURE IN VENEZUELA.

AGAIN, THERE'S VENEZUELA CONNECTION WITH THE WHITE SOX BASEBALL TO OZGY GILLIAN.

AND THEY ALL PLAY WITH DESIRE BUT ALSO THIS JOY.

I THINK WHAT OFTEN HAS CAUSED SOME STRIFE FOR FOLKS NOT LATINO IN BASEBALL IS THAT LATINOS ARE EXUB RENT AND THEY CELEBRATE THEIR TEAMMATES ACHIEVEMENT PARTLY BECAUSE MANY OF THE BALL PLAYERS ARE COMING FROM COUNTRY AND SOCIETIES THAT THE HAVE BEEN TORN APART BY POLITICAL STRIFE BY ECONOMIC TURMOIL AND TO BE A MAJOR LEAGUER TO REALIZE THAT DREAM, IT'S LIKE TO CELEBRATE LIFE FOR THEM.

LIKE THEY MADE IT.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE STRONGEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND TO EXCEL AND WE SEE THAT OUT JIMENEZ JOKES AROUND OUT IN THE OUTFIELD.

AND YOU SEE IT IN THE JOY OF GARCIA.

THAT WHITE SOX TEAM IS SO LOADED WITH LATINO TALENT.

AND THE MOST SERIOUS IS JOSE ABREU.

BUT HE YOU SEE THAT SMILE POP-UP AND JOSE SMILES THE REST OF THE TEAM THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE FUN PLAYING THE GAME AND HAWK HARELSON WAS LAMENTING THE FACT NOT ALL PLAYERS HAD THAT FUN AND BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT BASEBALL IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE SOX MARKETING OUTREACH HAVE THEY DONE EXTRA THINGS -- THE CHICAGO AREA HAS AN IMMENSE LATINO POPULATION.

>> THE WHITE SOX HAVE DONE THIS CONCENTRATED EFFORT FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.

THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND WE WENT INTO QUARANTINE THERE WAS A FESTIVAL I ATTENDED IN PILSEN.

AND THE SOX HAD THE BATH THERE AND -- BOOTH THERE AND PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY RELATIONS THERE.

AND THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WHITE SOX ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND SHE FOLLOWS A TRADITION OF WHAT SOX HAVE BEEN DOING.

THE SOX HAVE A DIVERSE FAN BASE IN TERMS OF SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS AND IN TERMS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY.

WHEN YOU GO TO SOX PARK, GUARANTEED RATE PARK AND YOU WALK THE PAVILION AND WALK THROUGH THE CONCOURSE, YOU SMELL THE ETHNIC BLEND.

YOU ENJOY THE VOICES OF DIFFERENT ACCENTS.

I BELIEVE I DO.

AND YOU GET A SENSE THAT THIS IS PART OF THE SOX BUSINESS PLAN OF BRINGING DIVERSE FANS TOGETHER AND GIVING THEM A TEAM AND CULTURE TO CELEBRATE.

>> QUICKLY, THERE WERE ISSUES ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN SCOUTS WERE CONVICTED OF SKIMMING MONEY FROM LATINO PLAYERS.

HAS THIS BEEN A PROBLEM SCOUTS MAYBE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PLAYERS THAT WEREN'T FROM THE COUNTRY THAT DID NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE?

>> WE DEFINITELY SAW HOW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BEGAN TO ENACT A NUMBER OF REFORMS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM OF THE PLAYERS BEING EXPLOITED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SKIMMING THE BONUSES.

AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, HOWEVER, OF BRINGING IN 16-YEAR-OLD LATINOS FROM VENEZUELA, FROM COLOMBIA, FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IT IS A SYSTEM THAT THE STAKES ARE HIGH TO THESE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS TO GET A 50, 70, 200 A MILLION DOLLAR SIGNING BONUS.

WHAT MLB HAS DONE IS TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAYER GETS THE BONUS THEY SIGN FOR AND THE SYSTEM IS HINGED UPON MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS TRYING TO SIGN THE PLAYERS MORE CHEAPLY.

THE INTERNATIONAL SIGNING POOL HAS BEEN A MECHANISM THEY SOUGHT TO SUPPRESS THE SIGNING BONUSES THAT PLAYERS ARE GETTING.

>> WOW IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT LOOKS LIKE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS STARTED TO TACKLE AND THE WHITE SOX BEGIN THEIR SERIES WITH HOUSTON TOMORROW.

ABREU FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS BUT HE WILL BE A GAME TIME DECISION AND THANK YOU TO ADRIAN BURGOS, JR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON >> UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM BREAKS DOWN STRONG COMMENTS FROM CHICAGO'S RICHEST RESIDENT.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> CHICAGO'S MAYOR AND THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY BATTLE EACH OTHER AS GANGS GET OFF WITH NO CHARGES IN A WEST SIDE SHOOT OUT THAT AND MUCH MORE IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US NOW ARE AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO FIRST, TEAM, WE KNOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED OUT COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AFTER NO CHARGES WERE FILED IN A WEST SIDE SHOOT OUT.

HERE IS WHAT BOTH OF THEM HAD TO SAY.

>> WE REALLY URGE THE STATE'S ATTORNEY HERSELF TO GET PERSONALLY INVOLVED LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CHARGES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT AT A MINIMUM AGAINST THE INDIVIDUALS WHO INITIATED THE GUNFIRE.

WE CAN'T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE YESTERDAY THAT WERE NOT FACTUALLY ACCURATE.

SHOULD THIS CASE BE READY FOR CHARGES THE ISSUE [INAUDIBLE] NOBODY WANTS THAT.

NOT FOR A POLITICAL STUNT.

>> SO HEATHER LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHY NO CHARGES OF ANY SORT?

NO GUN CHARGES OR ATTEMPTED MURDER?

>> THIS INCIDENT STARTED IN ON THE WEST SIDE BLOCK IN THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE A CAR PULLED UP TO A HOUSE AND THEN APPARENTLY STARTED FIRING INTO THAT HOUSE.

AND PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE RETURNED FIRE.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY KAY YACHTIC SCENE CAPTURED ON CITY STREET CAMERAS.

HOWEVER THAT FOOTAGE DID NOT MAKE IT CLEAR WHO WAS SHOOTING AND WHO SHOT FIRST.

AND THAT LEFT DETECTIVES UNABLE TO RECOMMEND TO KIM FOXX'S OFFICE ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE CHARGED AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH WHICH WAS WHY I THINK KIM FOXX WAS REALLY ANGRY WHEN SHE HEARD THE MAYOR SAYING IT WAS HER OFFICE'S DECISION TO NOT CHARGE WHEN WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM CHIEF OF DETECTIVES DURING A CITY COUNCIL BUDGET HEARING THAT THE POLICE AGREED THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH CHARGES FOR ANYBODY TO BE CHARGED WITH.

NOW, THE MAYOR THEN SAID WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOT CLARITY?

THERE WAS GUNSHOTS SOMEBODY HAS TO BE CHARGED WITH SOMETHING AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

THIS IS THE LATEST BETWEEN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND KIM FOXX.

WE DID LEARN TODAY THAT THE TWO PLAN TO MEET IN THE COMING DAYS TO TRY TO SORT OF TALK THIS OUT AND MAYBE SMOOTH RUFFLED FEATHERS.

BUT THIS IS JUST BECOME THE LATEST FLASHPOINT IN THE INCREASING POLITICAL NARRATIVE ABOUT GUP VIOLENCE AND -- GUN VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SAID SHE WAS QUOTE MORTIFIED BY THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.

AND THE MAYOR IS A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND SHE TOO HEARD FROM C.P.D.

AND THIS WAS BASED ON WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THEM.

IS IT CLEAR IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT IS IT THAT IS INACCURATE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID?

>> WHAT IS CLEAR ABOUT THE SITUATION, BRANDIS IS THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS HORRIFIC.

I'VE SEEN IT REFERRED TO AS SOMETHING OUT OF THE WILD WEST.

TO ME IT'S MORE LIKE AN ACTION MOVIE THAT IN THESE REALLY HORRIFIC WAYS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CHILDREN WHERE FAMILIES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.

AND YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS GETTING OUT OF A CAR AND KNEELING DOWN AND IN SORT OF THE THEY HAVE CHARLIE'S ANGELS STANCES AND SHOOTING REAL GUNS THAT LEFT SOMEBODY DEAD.

KIM FOXX MORTIFIED?

I AM ASSUMING QUITE MAD INCENSED ABOUT THIS.

TO ME IT IS ALSO REMARKABLE THAT IT TAKES A BACK AND FORTH SUCH AS THIS CONSIDERING HOW MUCH FINGER POINTING HAS BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS AND THEIR OFFICES.

TO HAVE A MEETING.

WHOOPPY HOW ARE THEY NOT MEETING REGULARLY CONSIDERING THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE MORTIFIED AND HORRIFIED BY.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS INACCURATE THERE?

AGAIN, AS HEATHER NOTED THE CHIEF OF DETECTIVES HAD SAID UNCLEAR INCONCLUSIVE WHO STARTED THE SHOOTING AND POTENTIALLY UNCLEAR WHAT STRATEGIES THE PROSECUTORS' OFFICE AND THAT IS THE POINT FROM WHICH THE MAYOR WAS PERHAPS APPROACHING THIS FROM.

HOW AS A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PRESS CHARGES TO LEAN ON SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS VERSUS LETTING THEM BE FREE ON THE STREETS WHERE CRITICS SAY THEY CAN BE FREE TO PURSUE ACTIONS LIKE THIS AGAIN.

>> AND PARIS, IS WHAT KIM FOXX IS SAYING IS SHE CALLING THIS A POLITICAL MOVE BY THE MAYOR.

IS IT?

>> I CAN'T DEDUCE WHAT THE MOTIVATION OF THE MAYOR IS FOR SAYING THAT.

IT IS CLEAR THAT MAYOR IS FACING REELECTION IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND CRIME IS GOING TO BE HER ACHILLES HEEL.

UPONS WILL -- OPPONENTS WILL SAY SHE HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH AND SHE HAS HAD A DRUM BEAT POINTING FINGERS AT THE JUDGES AND TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY NOW.

AND ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE COOK COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE DATA DOES NOT BEAR THAT OUT.

THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPIKE.

THE DATA DOES BEAR THERE IS A PERCENTAGE OF FOLK THAT REOFFEND THEY MIGHT BE LET OUT AND OUT ON BOND THEY REOFFEND.

BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT HAS BEEN THE SAME WHETHER IT WAS NOW, FIVE YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS AGO.

YOU CANNOT SAY THAT THAT FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE IS DRIVING THIS SPIKE ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE THIS HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION.

ONE OF THE DEADLIEST YEARS IN AMERICA IN A LONGTIME.

AND PEOPLE SAY COVID AND LOSS OF JOBS AND THE GUNS THOSE THINGS DO BETTER TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN APPEARED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL HEARING THIS WEEK TO DEFEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET EXPANDED TO NEARLY $2 BILLION.

HEATHER, ALDERMEN SAY HE RAN A POLICE FORCE IN THE QUOTE MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN AMERICA.

NOT EXACTLY THE FRIENDLIEST CROWD.

WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT MEETING?

>> IT WAS A TENSE HEARING WHERE DAVID BROWN ATTEMPTED TO SORT OF SAY THIS IS OUR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD AND THERE WERE SEVERAL ALDERMEN WHO WERE NOT HAVE IT.

I WANT TO POINT OUT ALDERMAN MATT O'SHEA SAID CHICAGO WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY.

CHICAGO IS NOT.

AND I THINK WHAT SOME OF THE ALDERMEN TRIED TO PUSHBACK ON IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS IMAGE OF CHICAGO AS A VERY VIOLENT PLACE WHEN IT'S BEING REINFORCED BY SOME ELECTED LEADERS.

AND THAT IS SORT OF THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE THAT DAVID BROWN FINDS HIMSELF IN.

YES, CHICAGO HAS A SERIOUS VIOLENCE PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT THE MOST VIOLENT CITY IN AMERICA BUT IT HAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH THAT THERE ARE NEARLY 1,000 VACANT POSITIONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE A FULL COURT PRESS BY THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AT A TIME WHERE POLICE MORALE IS LOW AND INTEREST AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IS LOW IN JOINING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT IS THE BIG CHALLENGE.

ALSO THE 1.9 BILLION BUDGET THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE IS FLAT.

IT INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT PAY BUMP FOR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WILL GET THAT RAISE UNDER THE CONTRACT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THIS SHOW.

BUT THERE ARE NO NEW PROGRAMS.

THERE ARE NO NEW INITIATIVES.

IT'S JUST SORT OF LET'S TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS CRIME PROBLEM WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS AND NOTHING THAT THE MAYOR OR SUPERINTENDENT BROWN HAS DONE HAS SEEMED TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE ALMOST TWO -- YEAR-AND-A-HALF THAT DAVID BROWN HAS BEEN ON THE JOB.

>> AND PARIS, KIM FOXX HAS SLAMMED SUPERINTENDENT BROWN FOR HIS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCES THAT OFTEN BLAME HER OFFICE AND THE COURTS FOR CRIMINALS BEING ON THE STREETS PERPETRATING MORE CRIMES.

FORKS SAYING THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VIOLENCE PLAN.

DOES SHE HAD A POINT OR IS SHE DOING THE SAME THING?

>> MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

THE MAYOR HAS COME OUT WITH PLANS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKED ABOUT PLANS BUT THEY HAVE NOT WORKED.

YOU KNOW, ALL WE SEE IT'S REDUCED TO FINGER POINTING.

I WILL GO BACK TO THE POINT I MADE, THE DATA DOESN'T SO THAT PEOPLE BEING SOFTLY PROSECUTED AND REOFFENDING IS WHAT IS DRIVING THE SPIKE.

IT IS A PROBLEM AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLEX THINGS HAPPENING TO CAUSE THE SPIKE AND NO ONE HAS ANSWERS THAT WORK.

>> MEANWHILE, CHICAGO'S WEALTHIEST BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN LIKENS CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE TO AFGHANISTAN.

>> IT'S BECOMING EVER MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE THIS AS OUR GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS.

A CITY WHICH HAS SO MUCH VIOLENCE.

I MEAN CHICAGO'S LIKE AFGHANISTAN ON A GOOD DAY.

>> AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.

I WILL PUT THIS IN BLACK AND WHITE.

I PROBABLY HAD 25 BULLET SHOTS IN THE BUILDING I LIVE IN.

THEY TRIED TO CARJACK THE SECURITY DETAIL.

THAT DID NOT GO WELL FOR THE CARJACKER.

BUT IT JUST TELLS YOU LIKE HOW DEEP CRIME RUNS IN THIS CITY.

>> SO HEATHER IS A THREAT TO YANKEES HEADQUARTERS ENOUGH TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR POLITICIANS TO CURB THE VIOLENCE?

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, GOVERNOR PRITZKER DID NOT NEEDMY MORE REASON TO BE VERY FOCUSED ON THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM IN CHICAGO.

I THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR REACTED QUITE SHARPLY TO KEN GRIFFIN'S STATEMENTS WHO HE OF COURSE HAS FUNDED REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS FOR MANY YEARS NOW.

AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IS BEFORE CHICAGO'S NOT THE MOST VIOLENT CITY AND NOT COMPARATIVE TO AFGHANISTAN WHERE, OF COURSE, THERE IS A LITERAL WAR GOING ON.

AND AN INSURGENCY.

IT'S THAT KIND OF RHETORIC THAT A LOT OF OFFICIALS FEEL FRUSTRATED BY WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING CHICAGO HAS A REAL PROBLEM THIS SORT OF BROAD APPROACH THAT WE HEARD SO FREQUENTLY FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, DOESN'T GET TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE WHICH AS PARIS SAID IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO PARS IT INVOLVES POVERTY AND THE LACK OF INVESTMENT, AND LACK OF JOBS AND IT IS JUST NOT AS SIMPLE AS SAYING EITHER YOU STOP THE CRIME OR I'M GOING TO MOVE MY INVESTMENT FIRM TO NEW YORK.

>> CAN I JUMP ON OTHER COMMENTS HE MADE THAT I FOUND INTERESTING UNRELATED.

HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE 3.5 TRILLION FEDERAL SPENDING PLAN AND HE SAID HIS ANSWER WAS THANK GOD FOR JOE MANCHIN.

OBVIOUSLY REALLY OPPOSED TO THAT AND IT MIGHT GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THE RESISTANCE THAT FOLKS ARE FEELING.

MANCHIN AND SINEMA IF GRIFFIN'S SENTIMENTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE TOP 1%, WALL STREET HEDGE FUND MANAGERS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT PERHAPS THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THIS BILL IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING FULL SUPPORT.

>> AND AMANDA 30 SECONDS, GRIFFIN ATTACKED GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER, AND PRITZKER AS WE KNOW CLAPPED BACK ON THAT.

QUICK HISTORY ON THE TWO BILLIONAIRES?

>> WELL, PEOPLE SAY WHY DOES KEN GRIFFIN MATTER?

IT MATTERS BECAUSE OF HIS REPUTATION IN CHICAGO AS PRITZKER IS FACING ELECTION, WHO IS GRIFFIN GOING TO BACK.

AS PRITZKER POINTED OUT, GRIFFIN WAS A BACKER OF BRUCE RAUNER.

AND IS REPUBLICANS ARE SEARCHING FOR A CANDIDATE THAT CAN WIN STATE-WIDE SUPPORT WHO IS GOING TO HAVE KEN GRIFFIN'S BACKING AKA HIS MONEY TO GO UP AGAINST BILLIONAIRE PRITZKER.

>> THANKS TO AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS FIRST CLOSE AND LAST TO OPEN THE PHRASE THAT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE BY BUT DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO THE CIBC THEATRE FOR CHICAGO'S BROADWAY RETURN.

>> CHICAGO IS CELEBRATED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AS THE BEST BIG CITY IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW.

MANY SAY THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT CHICAGO'S LIVE THEATRE SCENE.

>> CHICAGO IS WHERE PLACE AND POSSIBILITY MEET.

LET US CELEBRATE TODAY AND WELCOME THE WORLD BACK TO CHICAGO.

>> S IT'S BEEN 822,000 MINUTES.

NOW NEARLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF LATER THEY ARE BACK WITH A STORY THAT IS GIVING US 525,600 REASONS TO LOVE.

[♪♪♪] HOW DO YOU MEASURE, MEASURE IN DAYLIGHTS IN SUNSETS IN MIDNIGHTS AND CUPS OF COFFEE♪ >> RENT KICKED OFF THE TOUR IN CHICAGO WITH REMINDERS BROUGHT WAY AND CHICAGO PRESIDENT LOU RAIZIN SAYS WE CAN ALL USE.

>> THE SHOW SPEAKS TO COMMUNITY.

IT SPEAKS TO COMING TOGETHER.

AND IT SPEAKS TO UNDERSTANDING TIME.

AND HOW TIME IS PRECIOUS.

AND THE LAST 18 MONTHS SURELY SHOWED US THAT.

THAT TIME IS PRECIOUS.

>> WITH BROADWAY AND CHICAGO STAFF GOING FROM 1,000 TO 14, THIS CELEBRATION HAS BEEN A LONGTIME COMING.

>> IT FEELS REALLY NICE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIENCE AGAIN AND FEEL THAT ENERGY THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR SO LONG.

AND ESPECIALLY RENT LIKE I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE DOING ANY OTHER SHOW EXCEPT FOR RENT.

SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE STORY MEANS SO MUCH.

>> IT DRAWS SIMILARITIES TO OUR POST PANDEMIC REALITY.

>> IT'S SPEAKING TOWARDS OUR FUTURE AND TRYING TO LEAD PEOPLE TOWARDS CHANGE.

LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE AIDS EPIDEMIC FORCING THINGS TO CHANGE.

ALL THE CLINICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES NOW THERE IS MEDICINE IT'S NOT GETTING RID OF IT BUT IT'S KEEPING PEOPLE FROM DYING.

AND WE HAVE VACCINES KEEPING PEOPLE FROM DYING.

THE PARALLELS ARE INSANE.

>> AS FOR THE FUTURE OF LIVE THEATRE IN CHICAGO, LOU RAIZIN SAYS IT'S CRAWLING BACK.

SO IT CAN REMAIN THE SILICON VALLEY OF THEATERS AND KEEP ALL 250 STAGES ALIVE AND THRIVING.

>> FROM A BROADWAY IN CHICAGO STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO CITY IN THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK THAT DOES WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN CHICAGO.

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