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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY FOR MANY CHICAGOANS FOLLOWING THIS WEEKEND'S RAPID RAINFALL.

>> IN THIS CASE SUM IT UP IN TWO WORDS I WOULD PROBABLY SAY CHA-CHING.

>> YOU CAN CALL IT A PREELECTION BONUS MANY RESIDENTS WILL BE GETTING TAX REBATES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

>> AS THE WORLD MOURNS THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL OF CHICAGO REFLECTS ON HER LEGACY AND LIFE.

>> OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS?

THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROUP IN CHICAGO'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONSISM A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND A NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WE CHAT WITH DePAUL'S NEWEST LEADER ABOUT GOALS AND CHALLENGES.

>> A HUGE PART OF COMMUNITY IS SHARING FOOD WITH EACH OTHER.

>> A VIRTUAL COOKING CAMP FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS IN BOSTON TODAY PUSHING HIS CANCER MOONSHOT INITIATIVE AIMED AT SHARPLY REDUCING CANCER DEATHS.

SPEAKING AT BOSTON'S JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY MUSEUM HIS GOAL IS TO CUT CANCER DEATHS 50%.

THE PRESIDENT LOST HIS SON BEAU TO BRAIN CANCER AND HAS A MESSAGE OF UNITY.

>> CANCER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE RED AND BLUE.

IT DOESN'T CARE IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT.

BEATING CANCER IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

>> FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WOUNDED IN SHOOTING ACROSS CHICAGO OVER THE WEEKEND.

AMONG THOSE KILLED WERE TWO MEN AGES 30 AND 40 STANDING NEAR THE SURMAC CHINATOWN REDLINE STATION WHEN SOMEONE OPENED FIRE.

CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HE SEES AS THE NEXT STEP IN REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.

>> THE NEXT STEPS ARE COLLABORATIVE OF POLICING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS DIFFERENT.

NOT A RETURN TO MASS INCARCERATION AND OR STOP AND FRISK.

>> THE DES PLAINES RIVER HAD AN ANXIOUS NIGHT AHEAD WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER FLOODING.

MUCH OF THE CHICAGO AREA LOOKS TO DRY OUT AFTER SUNDAY'S TORRENTIAL RAIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A FLOOD WHAT WATCH THAT THE DES PLAINES RIVER MAY BURST ITS BANKS.

THE RIVER COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE.

THE RIVER WAS 12.5 FEET ABOVE ITS LEVEL AND WOULD BE IN FLOOD STAGE IN IT GETS TO 15 FEET.

THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 P.M.

TOMORROW.

I HAVE MORE IN JUST A BIT.

>> CHICAGO JAZZ LEGEND COMPOSER AND PIANIST RAMSEY LEWIS DIED.

HE DIED PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME THIS MORNING HE WAS 87.

LEWIS WAS BORN IN CHICAGO IN 1935 AND GREW UP IN THE CABRINI GREENHOUSING PROJECT HE BEGAN TAKING PIANO LESSONS AT THE AGE OF FOUR.

LEWIS EMBRACED MUSIC FROM JAZZ TO POP TO R&B, LATIN AND EVEN CLASSICAL.

HIS BREAKTHROUGH WAS THE 1965 HIT THE IN CROWD.

LEWIS HOSTED A POPULAR DAILY SHOW ON WNUA RADIO AND HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH WTTW MOST RECENTLY PRODUCING AND HOSTING THE WTTW SERIES LEGENDS OF JAZZ.

AND WE'LL SHARE A CONVERSATION AND PERFORMANCE WITH LEWIS FROM OUR ARCHIVES LATER IN THE SHOW.

>> AND UP NEXT, IT'S TAX REBATE SEASON SO STAY WITH US FOR THE DETAILS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> LAST MONTH IT WAS A SALES TAX HOLIDAY ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

THE SALES TAX ON GROCERIES IS WAIVED THROUGH JUNE A SAVINGS OF $1 FOR EVERY $100 ON FOOD AND RELIEF IS ON THE WAY FROM THE STATE.

AS AMANDA VINICKY REPORTS THE TIMING IS POLITICALLY CONVENIENT AND JOINS US WITH MORE.

AMANDA WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS I DON'T GET A TON OF FUN MAIL BUT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING MY MAILBOX FOR ONE OF THESE POSTCARDS.

>> STARTING NOW AND IN THE COMING WEEKS, A PERSON IN ILLINOIS CAN WALK UP TO THEIR MAILBOX THINKING I'M JUST GOING TO FIND ANOTHER BILL THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID.

BUT INSTEAD, THEY FIND A POSTCARD SENT FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TELLING THEM THAT THEY HAVE MONEY ON THE WAY.

>> IT'S ALL PART OF A PROGRAM MULTIPRONGED APPROACH KNOWN AS THE ILLINOIS FAMILY TAX RELIEF PLAN.

>> IN THIS CASE, SUM IT UP INTO TWO WORDS I WOULD SAY CHA-CHING.

AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY BEING ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, GAS IN THE CAR.

>> THE TAX RELIEF IS WORTH ABOUT 1.8 BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL AND THAT IS A HEADLINE MAKING NUMBER.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT IN ADS FROM GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION.

PRITZKER FIRST INTRODUCED OFFERING TAX RELIEF ALONG THESE LINES IN THE FEBRUARY BUDGET ADDRESS.

KENT REDFIELD SPENT DECADES STUDYING ILLINOIS POLITICS AND CAMPAIGNS AND HE SAYS THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE BETTER SPENT TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE A LONG-TERM DENT.

SOMETHING LIKE PAYING DOWN ILLINOIS' PENSION DEBT.

BUT HE SAYS THAT PRITZKER IS MAKING A POLITICAL DECISION TO USE THIS MONEY TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR ILLINOIS FAMILIES.

>> IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE NOW.

THAT IT IS A ONE-TIME CHECK THAT IS TAKING PLACE BEFORE AN ELECTION.

SO IN POLITICS, YOU CAN DO GOOD THINGS AND YOU CAN HELP OUT YOUR REELECTION AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THAT'S CLEARLY WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.

>> NOW, WE WILL GET TO THE POLITICS AND MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET IN A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, I WANT TO GET TO WHAT YOU ARE ALL THINKING AND THAT HAS TO BE SHOW ME AND THE MONEY AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING HERE?

THAT DEPENDS, FIRST LET'S FOCUS ON THE INCOME TAX REBATE.

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT IF YOU FILED INCOME TAXES AS AN ILLINOIS RESIDENT IN 2021.

AND YOU HAVE AN ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF LESS THAN $200,000.

DOUBLE THAT IF YOU FILE JOINTLY.

THE REBATE IS $50 PER PERSON.

YOU'RE ALSO DOUBLE FOR JOINT FILERS.

PLUS, $100 EACH FOR UP TO THREE DEPENDENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO GET IT.

THAT WILL HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY STARTING TODAY.

>> AND GETTING IT ALL COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IS MY PRIMARY GOAL.

MY OFFICE WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THESE REBATES INTO THE HANDS OF TAXPAYERS.

AFTER ALL IT'S YOUR MONEY.

>> NOW, YOU WILL GET THE MONEY AS A TAX REFUND IF YOU FILED TAX ON PAPER AND AN AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT IF YOU FILED ELECTRONICALLY.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SAYS YOU SHOULD BE EXPECTING A POSTCARD IN THE MAIL TELLING YOU WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> THINK ABOUT IF YOU RECEIVED MONEY ALL OF A SUDDEN IN YOUR ACCOUNT THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS COMING.

WAIT A MINUTE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.

WE WANTED TO ALERT TAXPAYERS THAT ARE GETTING A DIRECT DEPOSIT THAT WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR.

AS FOR THE PAPER CHECKS, THERE IS A NOTIFICATION ON THE PAPER CHECK THAT IT IS DUE TO THE REBATES.

>> NOW, IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER THAT CHECK MAY BE MORE BECAUSE THERE IS A PROPERTY TAX REBATE ON THE WAY.

THERE IS ALSO AN INCOME LIMIT THRESHOLD FOR THAT BUT IT'S HALF A MILLION FOR JOINT FILERS, $250,000 FOR THOSE FILING AS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL ON THEIR 2021 TAXES.

THE PROPERTY TAX REBATE WILL BE THE SAME AS YOUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX CREDIT SO YOU ARE GETTING DOUBLE THERE TO A MAXIMUM OF $300.

THAT REBATE.

THESE CHECKS ARE GOING TO BE STARTING TO ARRIVE IN THE NEXT SIX-EIGHT WEEKS.

AS IN RIGHT ABOUT WHEN EARLY VOTING GETS UNDERWAY LATER THIS MONTH AND THEN THROUGH THE ELECTION IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THAT GIVEN SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THIS IS WHEN IT HAD TO HAPPEN WHEN ILLINOIS GOT THE PAPER NEEDED TO ISSUE THE CHECKS AND HE SAYS THE STATE HAD TO GET THAT $1.2 BILLION THAT IT WILL COST IN THE BANK.

BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM COULD JUST AS EASILY BE WRITTEN OFF AS A CAMPAIGN EXPENSE FOR PRITZKER.

EVEN SO, G.O.P.

LEGISLATORS VOTED FOR IT.

SENATOR DON DeWITTE SAYS REPUBLICANS TRIED TO PUSH A MORE AGGRESSIVE PERMANENT TAX PROGRAM BUT DEMOCRATS WOULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING OF IT.

STILL SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

>> WE WERE NOT EVEN INVITED TO THE TABLE WHEN IT CAME TO 2023 BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK THE END RESULT THAT YOU HAVE HERE TODAY IS TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF, PANDERING TO THE VOTERS, ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR GIMMICK THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BECOME KNOWN FOR.

>> YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW CAN ILLINOIS AFFORD ALL OF THIS?

DEMOCRATS SAY THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THEIR PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND REPUBLICANS SAY IT SURE HELPS THAT ILLINOIS RECEIVED $18 BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN COVID RELIEF.

>> HERE IS PROFESSOR KENT REDFIELD'S TAKE.

>> IF WE WERE IN REALLY, REALLY GREAT SHAPE, THEN THIS WOULD BE A PERMANENT PROGRAM.

IT WOULD BE A RECURRING THING THAT YOU COULD FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE BACK EVERY YEAR.

WE ARE NOT TAKING THAT STEP.

AND SO THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ILLINOIS FINANCES ARE BETTER BUT THEY ARE PRECARIOUS.

>> ANOTHER POINT IN THE TAX RELIEF PACKAGE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JULY AND THAT IS LAYING OFF ON AN INCREASE IN THE TAX ON GASOLINE.

INSTEAD OF GOING UP BY A FEW CENTS, AGAIN STARTING THIS SUMMER, THAT WILL KICK UP IN JANUARY.

AGAIN, AFTER THE ELECTION.

BRANDIS, WE WILL HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FAQ, WAIT FOR THAT AND WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> MORE INFORMATION THERE, THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS WITH MORE ON CLEAN UP EFFORTS IN SOME CHICAGO COMMUNITIES.

PARIS?

>> BRANDIS, FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION WITH RAIN TOTALS COMING IN BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES IT LED TO FLOODED VIADUCTS AND BURSTING SEWER PIPES AND BEGS THE QUESTION WILL CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN MORE HEAVY RAIN EVENTS AND IS THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABLE OF HANDLING ALL OF IT?

JOINING US ARE SCOTT COLLIS A DEPARTMENT HEAD AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY.

LESLE HONORE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY.

MARGARET FRISBIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER AND ALDERMAN ANDRE VASQUEZ OF THE 40TH WARD ON THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ANDRE VASQUEZ WHAT HAS THE DAMAGE BEEN LIKE IN YOUR WARD ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WHAT IS THE CLEANUP EFFORT LIKE?

>> IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.

SO STARTING YESTERDAY THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR LED TO MULTIPLE HOUSES HAVING SEWER BACK UPS, ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE SLOWDOWN THE DRAINAGE THE FLOODING GOT HIGHER AND WENT OVER THE CURB INTO BUILDINGS AND SEEPING IN THE BASEMENTS THAT WAY.

AND WE'VE RECEIVED DOZENS OF CALLS AND TODAY IS TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF CALLS WE GOT IN.

AND RAVENS WOOD WHERE THE VIADUCTS ARE AND THE GRADES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER SO TRUCKS COULD GET THROUGH IT LED TO POOLING AND MADE THE AREAS WORSE.

IT'S DAMAGING.

WE TALKED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT TO FOLLOW-UP ON EVERY REQUEST WE'VE GOTTEN AS WELL AS HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN LONG-TERM.

>> MARGARET FRISBIE THE SCENES WE SAW OF SEWER PIPES BURSTING IS IT A SIGN THAT CHICAGO'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DESPITE THE BILLIONS SPENT ON DEEP TUNNELS IS NOT PREPARED TO HANDLE A HEAVY RAIN LIKE THIS?

>> PARIS WE KNOW IT'S TRUE.

THE TUNNEL AND RESERVOIR PLANS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.

WE'VE SEEN A HUGE REDUCTION IN SEWER OVERFLOWS AND IT CAPTURES A LOT OF WATER BUT IT DOESN'T CAPTURE IT WITH A HEAVY RAINSTORM AND THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES LIKE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DRAW THE WATER DOWN INTO THE GROUND AND KEEP IT OUT OF THE PIPES.

THAT WAS THE ISSUE SCOTT COLLIS IT WASN'T JUST THE TOTAL IT WAS HOW FAST IT CAME DOWN REPORTS IT WAS SIX-EIGHT INCHES PER HOUR.

HOW SERIOUS AND RARE A RAIN EVENT IS THAT?

>> MARGARET HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO GET FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

WE GET THESE RAINFALLS.

IT WAS THE INTENSITY AND THE SUDDENNESS OF THE RAIN.

BUT HERE IS THE THING, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF REGION OF REALLY DRY WEATHER AND WHEN IT'S DRY LIKE THAT WATER DOESN'T SOAK INTO THE GROUND IT RUNS OFF AND WATER MOVES.

>> AND WE SAW THE WATER POOL AT THE BEARS GAME YESTERDAY AT SOLDIER FIELD AND THE BEARS USE TO DO TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

AGAIN WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS KIND OF FLOODING AND DAMAGE DISPROPORTIONATELY HITS CERTAIN COMMUNITIES LESLE HONORE AS YOU WATCH THE BEARS PLAYERS SLIPPING ON THE FIELD.

IT'S NOT FUN FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE BACKED UP SEWER PIPES AND FLOODED BASEMENTS, IS IT?

>> NOT.

87% OF OUR FLOODING HAPPENS IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO.

THE STUDY BETWEEN 2006-2013 STUDYING INSURANCE PAYMENTS OVER 400 MILLION DOLLARS IN INSURANCE PAYMENTS WERE PAID OUT TO SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

13 SPECIFIC ZIP CODES IN CHICAGO THAT ARE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TENANTS AND RENTERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD INSURANCE AND MAKE A CLAIM.

WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW IS BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PROBLEMS OUGHT TO BE FOCUSED IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THEY WILL START TO [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN HAVE ALL THE DEEP TUNNELS UNTIL WE DO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDRESS IT, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

>> AND LESLE HONORE WHY IS IT DISPROPORTIONATELY IN THOSE AREAS?

DOES IT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE GEOGRAPHY?

ARE THEY MORE LOW-LYING AN OTHER AREAS?

>> NO IT IS A WORD TWO SYSTEMIC RACISM.

BECAUSE THAT IS HOW OUR COMMUNITIES WERE BUILT.

THEY WERE BUILT IN A WAY THAT UNDER RESOURCED BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BE UNDER RESOURCED.

WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE START TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT THEY ARE EQUITABLE CONVERSATIONS THAT THOSE FUNDS GO TO BRACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THAT THE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR DECADES FIRST AND WE PAY THAT ATTENTION TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST.

>> THE QUESTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

ANDRE VASQUEZ, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS CITYWIDE AND THROUGH PARTNER AGENCIES LIKE THE METROPOLITIAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OR THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT?

>> THE CONVERSATION HAS TO CHANGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND REALLY THE ADJUSTMENTS WE MAKE ARE LIVING IN GENERAL.

THIS IS CLEAR AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.

IT'S GOING IN A DIRECTION I DON'T'S IMAGINE IT WILL BE LESS RAIN IN THE FUTURE.

BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE EQUIPPED MEANS LOOKING AT OUR WHOLE SEWER SYSTEM AND INVESTING IN SMART SEWERS.

WHERE THEY WOULD ALLOW YOU TO KNOW WHERE WATER IS RISING AND WHERE IT CAN MOVE TO AND GIVE YOU BETTER CONTROL OF THE SITUATION.

IT'S LOOKING AT OUR PARKWAYS AND HAVING MORE NATIVE SPECIES POPULATIONS AND OTHER GREEN IS GOING TO ABSORB THAT RUNOFF.

HAVING NEW BUILDING CODES IMPROVEMENTS, TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN A PLACE, AND THAT IS THE OTHER PART OF THE RACISM IN GENERAL IS LOOKING AT BUILDINGS BECAUSE OUR CODES WE HAVE LANDLORDS WHO AREN'T ATTENTIVE IN AREAS AND ARE NOT GETTING THE SQUEAKKY WHEELS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE USED TO THE COMPLAINTS AND HAVE A GREATER STAKE THAT SOMEBODY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

YOU WILL SEE MORE PROBLEMS ADJUSTING BUILDING CODE AND HAVING SAID THAT YOU NEED TO FUND IT.

AND THAT REQUIRES FEDERAL MONEY.

IT REQUIRES FEDERAL FUNDING IN YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LEAD PIPES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REIMAGINING YOUR SEWER SYSTEM IT REQUIRES THE NECESSARY INVESTMENT TO DO SO.

THIS IS SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO BE ADVOCATING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> THERE IS THAT FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL BUT THERE IS FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE LEAD PIPE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WHICH IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.

MARGARET FRISBIE, WE MENTIONED IN THE SHOW THE DES PLAINES RIVER WHICH CUTS THROUGH WESTERN SUBURBS A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT THAT COULD FLOOD AND THE HOMES AROUND THERE THOSE BASEMENTS AND BACKYARDS GET FLOODED EASILY.

HOW AT RISK IS THAT RIVER?

>> AIM NOT AN EXPERT ON THE DES PLAINES RIVER BUT THERE'S BEEN OVERBANK FLOODING AND IT'S COMMON THE METROPOLITIAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT HAS BEEN BUYING HOUSES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WE ARE BRINGING WATER DOWN FROM WISCONSIN AND FLOODING COMMUNITIES JUST WEST OF CHICAGO ON THE DES PLAINES RIVER.

IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN MANAGED WELL AND WE HAVE ARCHAIC WAY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE WATER.

ANDING TO BACK TO WHAT THE ALDERMAN SAID WE HAVE NEW IDEAS BETTER IDEAS AND BETTER SOLUTIONS APPLY THEM EQUITABLY.

>> MARGARET YOU ARE SAYING THAT IS TO ABSORB THE WATER THAT IS COMING FAST.

>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE KNOW THAT NATIVE PLANTS, PRAIRIE PLANTS BREAK UP THE SOIL TO WATER CAN GET IN.

TURF GRASS CAN BE AS BAD AS CONCRETE.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CREATE A GREEN MANTLE AND PRIORITIZE INVESTING IN PLANTS AND NATURE SO IT SOLVES SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND THEY HAVE CO-BENEFITS REDUCES THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

BETTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO HAVE PLANTS AND NATURE AROUND.

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THIS WORKS FOR US AND IT WILL HELP US BUILD RESILIENCESY.

>> SCOTT COLLIS THERE IS LITERATURE SAYING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE THE MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS REGION IS GOING TO BE MORE SEVERE WEATHER MORE INSTANCES OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS LIKE WE SAW SUNDAY.

DOES THAT COMPORT WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN STUDYING CHICAGOANS SHOULD EXPECT MORE LIKE THIS?

THE YEARS AND DECADES TO COME?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE THING WE ARE STARTING AT ARGONNE THROUGH OUR GRANT IS HOW YOU TAKE THOSE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

MARGARET HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE RAINSTORMS, AND MORE RAIN IN FEWER RAINSTORMS.

SO TIMES OF FLASH DROUGHT AND TIMES OF FLASH FLOOD.

AND THE GRASS THAT MARGARET WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SHORT ROOTED GRASSES THEY MATT UP WHEN IT DRIES OUT AND THE WATER RUNS OFF.

WE NEED THE DEEP PRAIRIE PLANTS TO DEAL WITH THESE INTENSE RAINSTORMS LIKE WE SAW ON SUNDAY.

>> LESLE HONORE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE CITY TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM OF FLOODING DISPROPORTIONATELY HITTING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES?

THE CITY JUST STARTED REPLACING LEAD WATER PIPES A PROBLEM FOR DECADES.

IF YOU HAD TO ADVISE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND LOCAL LEADERS WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM?

>> TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH, WHO HAVE INFORMATION OUT WHO SHOW WHAT THE HUMAN IMPACTS ARE AND NOT JUST THE FINANCIALS.

AND START TO THINK RADICALLY.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SIMPLE SOLUTION.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO INVEST IN AND INVEST IN BIG BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

STORMS WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE CAPACITY TO TRACK THEM.

WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ON A SMALL TINY LEVEL.

IT HAS TO BE CITYWIDE AND IT HAS TO BE EQUITABLE.

>> AND MAYBE SOME FOLKS WANTING TO USE THAT COMING TAX REBATE TO CLEAN OUT THEIR BASEMENT WATER IF THEY ARE FACING FLOODING RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO SCOTT COLLIS, LESLE HONORE, MARGARET FRISBIE AND ALDERMAN ANDRE VASQUEZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND WHAT THE BRITISH MIGHT EXPECT WITH THE END OF ONE MONARCH AND THE START OF A NEW.

>> PARIS, TODAY WAS A DAY FILLED WITH CEREMONY AND TRADITION AS KING CHARGES ADDRESSED BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AS KING.

AND THOUSANDS LINED THE STREETS OF SCOTLAND'S CAPITAL TO WITNESS THE PROCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH COFFIN AS IT APPROVED.

WITH KING CHARLES III AND SIBLINGS WALKING BEHIND IT.

JOINING US FOR A LOOK AT THE QUEEN'S LIFE AND LEDGESY, IS BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL ALAN GOGBASHIAN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU, THANK YOU.

>> OF COURSE.

SO TELL ME IF YOU WOULD WHAT SORT OF RESPONSE HAVE YOU ALL BE RECEIVING FROM CHICAGOANS SINCE THE QUEEN'S PASSING?

>> IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL RESPONSE, EXTREMELY TOUCHING.

THE SECOND THE NEWS OF THE TRAGIC NEWS WAS ANNOUNCED, MY PHONE STARTED RINGING.

WE'VE HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LEAVING BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS, LEAVING BRITISH TEA AND DIFFERENT PERSONAL GIFTS.

AND REALLY WITH THE MOST TOUCHING MESSAGES ABOUT HOW THE QUEEN HAD IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO THEM.

IT'S REALLY BEEN ABSOLUTELY LOVELY TO SEE THE REACTION OF CHICAGOANS.

SOME OF THEM REMEMBERING HER HISTORIC VISIT TO CHICAGO OF 1959.

OTHERS SAYING THEY WERE IN LINE TO SEE HER DURING A PARADE IN LONDON DURING A VISIT.

IT'S REALLY BEEN A VERY SPECIAL REACTION.

>> CONSUL GENERAL, LET'S LOOK BACK AT THE VIDEO FROM THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHICAGO AS YOU MENTIONED BACK IN 1959.

SHE APPROACHED LAKE MICHIGAN ON A YACHT THAT LANDED NEAR BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN KNOWN AS QUEEN'S LANDING AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND PRINCE PHILLIP WILL GREETED BY MAYOR DALEY AND STRATTON.

WHAT DO YOU REFLECT ON HER VISIT?

>> I'M FLANKED BY ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT VISIT.

AND WHAT IS LOVELY SHE REIGNED FOR 70 YEARS AND WE DELL GREATED HER PLATINUM JUBILEE AND ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH A SPECIAL EVENT WE HELD AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM AND WE HAD ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VIDEO AND PHOTOS FROM 1959 AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO LOOK BACK AND SEE JUST THE WARM WELCOME SHE RECEIVED IN CHICAGO TO SEE A BROAD SMILE FROM THE QUEEN HER MILE IS FAMOUS AND MUCH-LOVED.

AND IT WAS ON DISPLAY THROUGHOUT HER TIME IN CHICAGO.

AND SEEING HER VISIT THE ICONIC LANDMARKS THE DRAKE HOTEL AS YOU SAID SHE LANDED AT QUEEN'S LANDING OPPOSITE BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN.

IT IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

SO I THINK I FEEL VERY PROUD THAT CHICAGO HAD ITS WORLD MOMENT IN 1959.

>> MANY SAW QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS A MODEL MONARCH SHE HAD AN EASY WAY ABOUT HER.

KEPT HER POLITICAL VIEWS TO HERSELF.

WAS SHE MAYBE MORE POPULAR THAN THE MONARCHY ITSELF?

>> I THINK WHAT IS REMARKABLE ABOUT THE QUEEN AND YOU SAID IT EXTREMELY WELL, THOUGH SHE WAS A MASSIVE PUBLIC FIGURE AN ICONIC GLOBAL LEADER, SHE HAD A VERY PERSONAL HUMAN TOUCH ABOUT THE WAY SHE WAS WITH PEOPLE.

AND COUNTLESS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET HER FELT HER WARMTH, HER COMPASSION AND HER SENSE OF HUMOR.

I THINK THAT PUT PEOPLE AT EASE.

SO I THINK THAT IS A VERY SPECIAL TRAIT.

AND I WOULD SAY ALSO THE KING, KING CHARLES III SHARES THAT TRAIT WITH HIS MOTHER.

HE IS ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAS A WONDERFUL WAY WITH PEOPLE A SENSE OF HUMOR AND A LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH.

>> LET'S GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

POLLS SHOW THAT THE BRITISH PUBLIC ISN'T QUITE AS EN AMORRED WITH KING CHARLES AS THEY WERE WITH HIS MOTHER.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CHANGE WITH TIME?

AND WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR HIM AND HIS REIGN?

>> I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING KING CHARLES A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I THINK HE HAS A WONDERFUL WAY WITH PEOPLE.

HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE.

JUST AS THE QUEEN HAS DONE.

HE HAS BEEN HUGELY ACTIVE IN HIS ENGAGEMENTS AND DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO CHARITY AND I THINK THE MORE PUBLIC SEES THAT WILL UNDERSTAND JUST THE NUMBER OF SIMILARITIES HE HAS IN TERMS OF HIS VALUES AND COMMITMENT TO DUTY AND SERVICE IN THE WAY THAT HIS MOTHER HAD.

>> CONSUL GENERAL, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU TWICE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND PALACE GARDEN PARTIES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE HOSTED BY THE QUEEN AND MET WITH KING CHARLES TWICE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ROLE OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY?

>> THE MONARCHY HAS A HUGELY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

AND HER MAJORITY, THE QUEEN, EXEMPLIFIED THAT IN TERMS OF SETTING A STANDARD FOR STABILITY, FOR INTEGRITY, AND WITH LIFE BEING AS FAST-PACED AS IT IS AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE SEE GOING ON IN SOCIETY, HAVING THE QUEEN HAVING THE MONARCHY AND THE CROWN BE A SOURCE OF REAL STABILITY HAS BEEN, I THINK VERY COMFORTING FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM.

I CAN JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

SHE IS THE ONLY MONARCH I'VE KNOWN THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND FOR ME THE QUEEN'S ALWAYS ASSOCIATED FIRSTLY WITH CHRISTMAS AND CHARLES THEY WOULD OPEN THE PRESENTS AND WE WOULD SIT DOWN AS A FAMILY TO HEAR THE QUEEN GIVE HER ADDRESS TO THE NATION.

AT 3:00 P.M. ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

AND IT'S THAT KIND OF RHYTHM THAT STABILITY THAT REASSURING PRESENCE THAT I THINK SPEAKS NOT ONLY TO BRITONS BUT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

>> NOW, AROUND THE WORLD, THERE HAS BEEN A FAIRLY STRONG INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT FROM SOME NATIONS LIKE SCOTLAND WHICH IS PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAMAICA, FIRST, REMIND US OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE QUEEN'S DEATH MIGHT MEAN FOR SOME OF THOSE NATIONS?

>> THE COMMONWEALTH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO THE MONARCHY AND TO THE QUEEN PERSONALLY.

WHEN THE QUEEN WAS BECAME HEAD OF STATE, THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS WAS RATHER SMALL AND UNDER HER REIGN EXPANDED HUGELY.

AND IS NOW THERE'S SCHOOLS OF COUNTRIES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS.

THE QUEEN PLAYED A FANTASTIC ROLE AND TOOK HER ROLE SERIOUSLY AS HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

SO THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CROWN AND IMPORTANT TO THE MONARCHY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT TO KING CHARLES III.

>> AND TO BE SURE ALL OF THE COUNTRIES FROM AUSTRALIA TO CANADA THEY RECOGNIZE KING CHARLES III HAS THEIR -- AS THEIR KING?

>> NOT ALL COUNTRIES OF COMMONWEALTH HAS KING CHARLES III AS HEAD OF STATE.

THERE IS A SUBGROUP OF COUNTRIES CALLED REALMS WHERE THE QUEEN WAS HEAD OF STATE OF THOSE COUNTRIES AS WELL AS BEING HEAD OF THE STATE OF UNITED KINGDOM AND FOR THOSE REALMS, KING CHARLES III WOULD BE HEAD OF STATE.

>> OF COURSE AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR YOUR COUNTRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE WHO WISH TO SEE THE MONARCHY ABOLISHED?

SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP IN CONVERSATION SINCE THE QUEEN'S PASSING?

>> WELL, I KNOW THAT IN SOME COUNTRIES THAT'S UNDER DEBATE AND IT'S FOR EACH COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE OF THOSE COUNTRIES TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

IT'S NOT REALLY MY PLACE TO GIVE A VIEW ON THAT THAT IS A MATTER FOR EVEN SOVEREIGN NATION TO DECIDE.

>> AND OF COURSE BACK TO THE CONDOLENCE BOOK THE CONSUL LATINO THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO STOP BY AND SIGN IT.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE HAVE A PHYSICAL BOOK WHERE THEY CAN COME IN-PERSON SOME TO EXPRESS THEIR RESPECT AND GRIEF AND WE'VE OPENED A BOOK OF CONDOLENCE AT 625 NORTH MICHIGAN THAT WILL BE OPEN EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FROM 11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. DAILY.

FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T COME IN PERSON OR PREFER TO LEAVE A DIGITAL MESSAGE THERE IS A VIRTUAL BOOK OF CONDOLENCE AT ROYAL.U.K.

OPEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR WISHES THAT WAY IF THEY PREFER.

>> OUR THANKS TO BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL ALAN GOGBASHIAN FOR JOINING US, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.

>> UP NEXT, A COOKING CAMP FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

STAY WITH US FOR A TASTE.

>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING A LOOK AT THE GROWING NUMBER AND POWER OF CHICAGO'S DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL LISTS.

BUT FIRST, THE FOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTS IS STIRRING UP WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS WITH COOKING CLASSES FOR ADOLESCENTS.

IT IS A WEEK LONG SUMMER CAMP THAT STARTED IN 2016 AND GROWN INTO A HYBRID PROGRAM WITH A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO THE QUESTION, CHEF, CULINARY CAMP WHERE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE A FAMILIAR FACE.

>> A HUGE PART OF BUILDING COMMUNITY IS SHARING FOOD WITH EACH OTHER.

>> THE YES CHEF CULINARY CAMP.

IT IS A FREE COMMUNITY FOSTERED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTS FOR UNDER RESOURCED CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 13-18.

AFTER SEVERAL WEEK LONG SUMMER PROGRAMS THEY'VE DECIDED TO KICKOFF A SERIES OF TWO-DAY VIRTUAL CAMPS.

BEGINNING THIS FALL.

>> WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM POTS AND PANS, KNIVES TO FIRST AID KITS AND DISINFECTING I KITS THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.

WE PROVIDE ALL OF THE GROCERIES.

THEY ARE GOING TO GET NOT JUST THE FOOD TO COOK WHAT THE RECIPE THAT THEY ARE MAKING BUT THEY GET ENOUGH TO CREATE A MEAL FOR THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.

AND SOME ARE PART OF THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE IN THEIR HOME.

THEY CAN'T GO AND STAY IN A DORM FOR A WEEK AND COOK.

SO BEING IN THEIR HOUSE, THEY ARE ABLE TO STILL BE A PART OF WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDS AND LEARN SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY.

>> THOSE LESSONS ARE TAUGHT BY CHEF WHO TEACHES VIRTUALLY FROM THE CHOPPING BLOCK IN LINCOLN SQUARE.

>> I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SEE THE KIDS DOING THEIR OWN WORK IN THEIR OWN KITCHENS.

I SAY IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN YOU WILL BE SET FOR LIFE.

DUMP IT ALL IN.

>> I LEARNED A FEW LIFE SKILLS TOO, AS CHEF SHARED HOW SHE TEACHES HER STUDENTS TO CREATE DISHES OF THEIR OWN.

>> THIS TAKES CARE OF SEASONING YOUR PANS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT STICKING.

>> WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN, CHEF COUNT SAYS COOKING IS AN IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES SELF SUSTAINABILITY AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>> NUTRITION IS A HUGE PART OF COOKING.

I THINK THAT READING LABELS AND GOING TO A FARMERS MARKETS AND KNOWING WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM AND HOW TO PREPARE THAT PROPERLY STAYING WITHIN SEASON, ONLY INSURES THAT IT TASTES GOOD AND WE REALLY DO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT NUTRITION INTO EVERYDAY OF CAMP.

>> WHILE THE YES CHEF CULINARY CAMP OFFERS CLASSES BOTH ON-LINE AND IN-PERSON, THE GOAL REMAINS THE SAME.

>> ONCE YOU HAVE SOME BASIC SKILLS IN THE KITCHEN, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND YOU MAY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE FAMILIAR FACE IN THAT STORY THAT OF FORMER CHECK PLEASE HOST.

THE YES CHEF CULINARY CAMP IS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL CAMP ON SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25.

THEY ARE OFFERING A HOLIDAY BAKING CLASS ON NOVEMBER 20.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

BRANDIS ARE YOU READY TO THEY CAN THAT CLASS WITH ME?

>> OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE TWO OF US NEED IT.

>> I DEFINITELY NEED IT.

WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... WITH THE WAVE OF DEPARTURES FROM CHICAGO COUNCIL HOW DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL LISTS WILL MAKE A SPLASH IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE DePAUL'S NEW PRESIDENT AND HIS GOALS FOR THE LARGEST CATHOLIC COLLEGE IN THE NATION.

[♪♪♪] >> AND REMEMBERING THE LATE JAZZ GREAT RAMSEY LEWIS IN A CONVERSATION AND PERFORMANCE FROM OUR WTTW ARCHIVES.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGAN TODAY IN R. KELLY'S FEDERAL TRIAL ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES.

PROSECUTESSERS SAY R. KELLY USED HIS FAME AND INFLUENCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND SEXUALLY ABUSE HIS GOD DAUGHTER.

HIS TWO CO-DEFENDANTS ARE ACCUSED OF WORKING TO CONCEAL KELLY'S ABUSE.

THE ATTORNEY FOR ONE OF KELLY CO-DEFENDANTS SAYS PROSECUTORS FAILED IN ATTEMPTING TO PROVE HER CLIENT WAS EVER A PART OF ANY CONSPIRACY TO OBTAIN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

CLOSING AUGMENTS TOMORROW WITH THE DEFENSE TEAM DELIVERING FINAL STATEMENTS BEFORE JURY DELIBERATIONS BEGIN.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AGAIN BLASTS HIS TEXAS COUNTERPART GREG ABBOTT.

PRITZKER SAYS ABBOTT FAILED TO COMMUNICATE OF BUSES OF MIGRANTS HE HAS BEEN SENDING TO CHICAGO.

>> THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS NEEDS TO STOP SOWING CHAOS AND NEEDS TO WORK WITH STATES IF HE IS GOING TO SEND PEOPLE.

AND LET'S MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WANTED TO GO TO THE STATES THAT THEY ARE BEING SENT TO.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S KIDNAPPING.

WE OUGHT TO BE GETTING A CALL FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE WORK TOGETHER GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATURES AND TALK TO ONE ANOTHER BUT NOT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THIS IS ALL POLITICAL GAME FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND FRANKLY IT'S CRUEL.

>> ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANNE BURKE IS RETIRING.

SHE SAYS QUOTE THE RACE HAS BEEN RUN AND IT IS TIME TO PASS THE GAVEL TO A SUCCESSOR.

THAT IS WHAT BURKE SAID IN A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE COURT.

SHE IS SET TO RETIRE NOVEMBER 30TH BRINGING AN END TO A JUDICIAL CAREER THAT INCLUDED 16 YEARS ON THE TOP COURT.

THE 78-YEAR-OLD IS MARRIED TO THE INDICTED ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

BURKE SAYS SHE MADE THE DECISION TO RETIRE AND INFORMED HER COLLEAGUES BEFORE THE COURT BEGAN ITS CURRENT TERM.

THE SEAT WILL BE FILLED BY FIRST DISTRICT APPELLATE JUSTICE JOY CUNNINGHAM WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL DECEMBER 2024.

>> THE ELECTION OF SIX SOCIALISTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2019 FUNDAMENTALLY SHIFTED THE BALANCE OF POLITICAL POWER AT CITY HALL.

NOW THE CHICAGO CHAPTER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL LISTS OF AMERICA IS DETERMINED TO USE THE 2023 ELECTIONS TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AND BEFORE WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE 2023 CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ELECTION OF THOSE SIX SOCIALISTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEANT TO CITY HALL?

>> WELL, THAT GROUP OF ALDERPEOPLE HAVE CONSISTENTLY PUSHED A PLATFORM THAT SOUGHT TO REDUCE THE BUDGET FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPAND THE CITY'S SAFETY NET.

THEY ALSO FOUGHT GENTRIFICATION AND REALLY RAMPED UP EFFORTS TO PUT REGULAR CHICAGOANS IN CHARGE OF THAT CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOW, THAT PUT THEM ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

SO THEY WON SOME AND THEY LOST SOME AND THEY ARE HOPING IF THEY INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS THERE WILL BE MORE WINS IN THE COMING CITY COUNCIL TERM.

>> SO THE CHICAGO CHAPTER OF THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA HAVE ALREADY STARTED MAKING ENDORSEMENTS IN THAT FEBRUARY ELECTION.

WHO HAS GOTTEN THE NOD SO FAR?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE ENDORSED FOUR OF THE CURRENT SITTING SOCIALISTS ALDERMEN FOR REELECTION.

ALDERMAN CARL LOSS RAMIREZ ROSA, SANCHEZ, AND JENNETTE TAILOR.

THEY DID NOT ENDORSE BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

NOR DID THEY ENDORSE ALDERMAN ANDRE VASQUEZ SENSORRED WHI THE GROUP AFTER VOTING FOR THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.

HOWEVER THEY DID ENDORSE NICK WARD WHO IS RUNNING IN THE 48TH WARD, WHICH IS AN OPEN SEAT PART OF THE ALDERMANIC EXODUS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

AND THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT.

NOW, YOU ALSO REPORTED THAT AT LEAST THREE OTHER CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ARE HOPING FOR THE ENDORSEMENT WHERE DO THOSE STAND?

>> VOTING ENDED AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF THREE CANDIDATES.

ANGELA CLAY IN THE 46TH WARD, AND OSCAR SANCHEZ IN THE 10TH WARD.

LIKE THE 48TH WARD, THE 10TH WARD AND THE 46TH WARD ARE OPEN SEATS AND THE DSA SEES THOSE AS PRIME PICK UP OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT-AND-SEE WHETHER THOSE ENDORSEMENTS ARE MADE.

>> A LOT TO KEEP UP.

AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN IF THE NOW FIVE-MEMBER SOCIALIST CAUCUS WERE ABLE TO EXPAND AFTER THIS FEBRUARY ELECTION?

>> WELL, THE MAGIC NUMBER AT CITY HALL REMAINS 26 VOTES.

IF YOU CAN GET TO 26 YOU CAN PASS YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND POTENTIALLY STAFF OFF A MAYORAL VETO.

SO THIS IS A NUMBERS GAME.

IF THEY CAN INCREASE FROM FIVE OR SIX TO MORE LIKE 10 THAT WILL EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY SHIFT POWER AT CITY HALL AND MAY PUT THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO IN REACH.

AND EFFORT TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS BY TAXING BIG CORPORATIONS AND WEALTHY CHICAGOANS.

>> A LONG WAY TO GO TO GRAB THAT MUCH POWER.

HEATHER CHERONE THANKS SO MUCH AS ALWAYS.

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

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE NEW HEAD OF A LOCAL UNIVERSITY.

PARIS?

>> DePAUL UNIVERSITY HAS A NEW LEADER ON CAMPUS, THE LARGEST CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION WELCOMES ROBERT MANUEL HE WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND ADMINISTRATOR AT GEORGETOWN AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HE TAKES OVER AT A VIEW SHALLOW OWE CRUCIAL TIME FOR.

WITH SCHOOLS REIMAGINING THEMSELVES POST COVID AND JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES AND GOALS FOR THE INSTITUTION IS DePAUL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ROBERT MANUEL.

ROBERT MANUEL WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POST.

>> THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WELL, DePAUL UNIVERSITY COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATE CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOL, VERY DIVERSE STUDENT BODY LOTS OF FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS.

WHAT IS YOUR OVER ARCING VISION FOR THE SCHOOL?

>> TO TAP INTO THE HISTORY AND THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TIE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANIMATED IN OUR REGION.

SO THE SAME QUESTIONS OF ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL REDEVELOPMENT POST COVID THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ENGAGING ATS UNIVERSITY, TOO.

HOW DO WE CONNECT WITH INSTEAD OF JUST DO BUSINESS NEXT TO CHICAGO AND HOW DO WE CONNECT OUR STUDENTS FROM THE CLASSROOM INTO THAT WORLD SO WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO ENGAGE THOSE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS.

IT WILL DEFINE OUR SOCIETY GOING FORWARD.

>> AND STUDENTS VERY CONNECTED TO THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS AN URBAN CAMPUS.

YOU MENTIONED COVID WHICH HAS HAD AN IMPACT AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION.

CURRENT GUIDELINES SAY THE SCHOOL OFFERS MOST CLASSES IN-PERSON AND SOME ARE ON-LINE ONLY.

DO YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE A HYBRID LEARNING MODEL?

>> WE HAVE THREE.

WE HAVE ON-LINE, ON-SITE AND WHAT WE CALL FLEX WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM SETTING GIVEN THEIR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THE IDEA IS MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION GIVEN THE REALITIES OF THE VIRUS, AND PEOPLE'S LIVES ATTACHED TO THOSE VIRUSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH CHILDCARE, PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WHO HAVE CERTAIN PERSONAL ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME INTO CLASS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION WITH US AND WE KNOW WE DO OUR EDUCATION BEST IN COMMUNITY.

SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT TOGETHER WHETHER THAT'S VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON.

SO MAKE EVERYBODY CAN PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR DEGREE.

>> AT THE SAME TIME IS THERE SOMETHING LOST FOR CLASSES THAT DO NOT MEET IN-PERSON?

ISN'T IT BENEFICIAL TO BE IN-PERSON FOR INSTRUCTION AND INTERACT WITH PROFESSORS AND OTHER STUDENTS?

>> I THINK THAT THE CREATIVITY THAT OUR FACULTY SHOWED IN DESIGNING THEIR EXPERIENCES TO INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY AS A BUILDING BLOCK TO ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN THAT WE CAN DO IF WE'RE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT, THAT WE CAN HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT INCORPORATE BOTH.

CERTAINLY, WE THINK WE DO BETTER WHEN WE ARE IN COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET BACK THERE AND OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR COURSES ARE BACK IN-PERSON.

SIMPLY ARE MAKING THE CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO JOIN US IN-PERSON TO CONTINUE THEIR DEGREES.

>> WE MENTIONED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEWS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER CANCELING STUDENT DEBT UP TO $10,000 WITH INCOME LIMITS.

IS STUDENT DEBT IN YOUR EYES A BARRIER TO STUDENTS ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME STUDENTS COMING TO COLLEGE AND THEN PERHAPS ENGAGING IN THE CAREERS THEY WANT TO ENGAGE IN IF THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE DEBT THEY TAKE ON?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE TWO -- THERE IS A MOMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TO DESIGN ITS FUTURE AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW.

THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK ARE RELEVANCE AND VALUE AND THEN HOW MUCH DOES IT COST AND HOW MUCH INDEBT TO STUDENTS GO TO GET THE DEGREE.

IN DePAUL'S CASE OUR TUITION HAS INCREASED 26% SINCE 2013.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE PUT IN FROM OUR OWN RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS AFFORD THAT HAS INCREASED 77% AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE'RE PUTTING IN ALMOST $230 MILLION A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCEPTABLE AND HERE AND WANT TO BE AT DePAUL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR EDUCATION HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.

I THINK INSTITUTIONS AT THE UNIT LEVEL THE INSTITUTION LEVEL IF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO FUNDRAISING AND FINDING ALUMNI WHO WANT TO GIVE BACK YOU CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS TO AFFORD A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR FACULTY AND YOUR STAFF THE WAGE THEY DESERVE TO CREATE THAT QUALITY EXPERIENCE.

>> THE SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS A BIG PART OF FUNDRAISING.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE TUITION AFTER GRANTS AND LOANS IS AVERAGES $33 HUNDRED A YEAR -- $33,000 A YEAR.

IS THAT LEVEL STILL A BARRIER FOR SOME LOWER INCOME FOLKS THAT DO WANT TO GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT OUR ANYBODY'S ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY, WE COUNSEL THEM TO FIND WAYS TO HELP AFFORD IT INCLUDING OUR OWN DOLLARS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.

THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE GENEROUS PROGRAMS AND THAT PROGRAM IS GENEROUS PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS IN NEED TO AFFORD TO COME TO SCHOOL AND A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS ALONG WITH THE STATE DOLLARS AND PELL MONEY CAN BE USED TO HELP MAKE THAT NEED HAPPEN.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THOSE WHO ARE WILLING WANTING TO BE HERE AND QUALIFIED TO BE HERE, THAT WE WORK WITH THEM TO FIND A WAY FOR THEM TO AFFORD IT.

>> VIOLENCE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, IN THE PLACES WHERE DePAUL HAS CAMPUSES DOWNTOWN, AND LINCOLN PARK.

MORE VIOLENCE IN THOSE AREAS THAN TYPICALLY.

HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR STUDENTS SAFE IN THOSE CAMPUSES?

>> FIRST, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE DEEPLY DESIROUS OF WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR TO BE A RESOURCE IN THE REBIRTH OF THE CITY POST COVID.

WE ARE A CITY IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY AND ALL THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FOR THEM TO DO THAT POST COVID.

WE HAVE TO DO MORE TRAINING AND EDUCATION BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ISOLATED FOR TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE TO REMIND AND REEDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BEING IN THE CITY AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

>> DePAUL UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN SOMEWHAT OF A PROGRESSIVE STANCE ON SOME SOCIAL ISSUES OF THE DAY, ABORTION, CONTRACEPTION.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE HEALTH CENTERS THAT HELP WITH CONTRACEPTIVE CARE.

IS THAT IN CONTRADICTION WITH DOCTRINE AND CATHOLIC TEACHING WHICH IS STRICT ON THINGS LIKE ABORTION?

>> SO WE ARE A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION AND WE RESPECT THE CHURCH'S STANCE LIFE IS SACRED FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH AND WE WORK WITH OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

AS A UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENGAGE IN CIVIL DEBATE THAT IS INFORMED BY RIGOR AND WE DO THAT ON CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENT RESPECTABLE TO ENGAGE THE QUESTION IN A DEEP LEVEL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ROBERT MANUEL, ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS VERY INTERESTING TIME TO BE IN HIGHER EDUCATION VERY IMPORTANT TIME AS WE KNOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> UP NEXT, AN INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE WITH THE LATE, GREAT JAZZ LEGEND RAMSEY LEWIS FROM OUR WTTW ARCHIVES.

[♪♪♪] >> RAMSEY LEWIS YOU HAD AN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOT OF JAZZ GREATS AS YOU WERE BECOMING A JAZZ GREAT AND ONE WAS JOHN COAL TRAIN.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

>> I MET JOHN COLTRAIN WHEN HE WAS PLAYING WITH MILES DAVIS AND CANNONBALL ALLEY WAS IN THE GROUP BUT IT WAS ONLY BRIEFLY.

I MET HIM THROUGH HIS MUSIC BEFORE THEN AND CONTINUED TO BE A FAN OF HIS BOTH ENTERTAINMENT AND FOR EDUCATION.

>> HOW MUCH DID HE INFLUENCE YOUR STYLE?

>> WELL, JOHN COLTRAIN'S STYLE HIS ADVENTURE INTO HIS SENSE OF HARMONY WAS NOT NECESSARILY MY FLAVOR.

BUT I ADMIRED WHAT HE DID.

AND HE WAS SO GOOD AT IT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HE INFLUENCED AND COPIED HIS STYLE.

BUT MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM AS A GENTLEMAN THAT PLAYED A LOT OF NOTES.

IN FACT, THEY USED TO SAY HE PLAYED SHEETS OF SOUND AND HE MASTERED IT.

>> WHY WASN'T IT YOUR STYLE?

>> WELL, I THINK ONE HAS TO FIND ONE'S OWN BEING ONE'S OWN FEELING, ONE'S OWN SELF.

WE ALL HAVE OUR EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL FINGERPRINTS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S AND YOU ADMIRE THEM THAT SHOULD END THERE.

THE JOURNEY IS ALWAYS WITHIN AND THAT IS THE GOAL.

I KNEW HE FOUND HIS.

AND IT WAS UP TO ME TO FIND MINE.

>> IT HASN'T PREVENTED YOU FROM INCLUDING HIM IN YOUR CONCERTS.

>> BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HIS SHEETS OF SOUND AND PLAYING MILLIONS OF NOTES AND MAKING THEM MAKE SENSE AND MAKING YOU FEEL THE MUSIC HE HAS A STYLE OF TENDERNESS AND HE WROTE AND PLAYED MANY BALLADS.

AND ONE OF THEM I HEARD AND I SAID IT MOVED ME.

>> AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

DEAR LORD.

YOU ARE GRACIOUSLY GOING TO PLAY FOR US RIGHT NOW?

>> YES.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[♪♪♪] >> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

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CLOSING ARGUMENTS UNDER WAY IN THE CHICAGO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHILD OF R&B SINGER R. KELLY.

>> AND NASA USES THE WEBB TELESCOPE TO IMAGE A PLANET OUTSIDE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

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

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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