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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> GIVE THEM A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARG NINE UNIONS AND BUSINESS CLASH OVER A POSSIBLE CHANGE TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

WHAT VOTERS SHOULD KNOW.

>> PROTESTS IN IRAN AND AROUND THE GLOBE AFTER THE DEATH OF A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THE COUNTRY'S CONSERVATIVE DRESS CODE.

WE HAVE LOCAL REACTION.

>> THERE IS A CRISIS THAT IS UNFOLDING ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

>> AS A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN INDIANA GOES OFF LINE SOME ADVOCATES SAY CLEAN UP EFFORTS ARE INCOMPLETE AND PUT THE REGION'S WATER SUPPLY AT RISK.

>> A U.S.

TASK FORCE IS RECOMMENDING ADULTS UNDER 65 GET SCREENED FOR ANXIETY.

>> A SPAFT OF SPACECRAFT HITS AN ASTEROID, NASA'S MOON MISSION IS POSTPONED.

>> COULD IT BE TIME TO MOVE TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK?

THAT AND MORE BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM CRAIN'S.

>> THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

>> A NORTHWEST SIDE PARK IS REDEDICATED TO HONOR A GERMAN JEWISH POET WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A MAN IS SHOT AT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOLLEMAN SQUARE FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING GUNS AT OFFICERS IN A BIZARRE INCIDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS THE MAN CLIMBED A FIRE ESCAPE AND ENTERED THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING WHERE OFFICERS WERE UNDERGOING S.W.A.T.

TRAINING.

HE ALLEGEDLY SEIZED TWO GUNS BEING USED FOR THE TRAINING FROM A TABLE.

>> THE PERSON THE OFFENDER POINTS THOSE GUNS AT OFFICERS.

AND IS FIRED UPON AND STRUCK BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS.

AND HE IS IN THE OFFENDER IS IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM NONLIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

>> THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.

>> SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 30 OTHERS WOUNDED IN SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHICAGO POLICE SAY 38 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN 27 INCIDENTS BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. FRIDAY 11:59 P.M. SUNDAY.

THAT INCLUDES AN 18-YEAR-OLD KILLED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TWO MEN KILLED SUNDAY.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT UNVEILS A PLAN SHE HOPE ALSO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO CHICAGO'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT BY REIMAGINE TO GO AS THE CITY'S NEWEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE IS DETERMINED TO CHART A BRIGHT AND LASTING FUTURE 0 FOR LASALLE STREET BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JACKSON PERMANENTLY ALTERED BY SHIFTS TRIGGERED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CURRENT BUILDING OWNERS GIVE US YOUR BEST IDEAS WHAT YOU CAN YOU DO TO YOUR BUILDINGS TO MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE AND RECOGNIZED THE ACTIVITY BUT WITH AN EYE TOWARDS EQUITY.

>> THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY WILL OFFER SUBSIDIES TO DEVELOPERS WILLING TO TRANSFORM OUTDATED OFFICE SPACE INTO RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUT THE CATCH FOR DEVELOPERS THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE 30% FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

>> UP NEXT, A DEEP DIVE INTO A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

STAY WITH US.

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

VOTERS CAN START TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS THIS WEEK.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS THURSDAY.

AMONG THE CHOICES VOTERS WILL HAVE TO MAKE IS WHETHER TO ADD A NEW AMENDMENT TO THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US ON MORE WHAT IT WOULD DO.

>> THIS WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR BALLOT.

AND FOR THE REASON BECAUSE, YES, IT WOULD IF IT PASSES CHANGE THE STATE CONSTITUTION BY ADDING TO THESE WORDS GIVE EMPLOYEES THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY AND FORBID ANY LAW THAT INTERFERES WITH THAT.

UNIONS ARE MAKING A BIG PUSH FOR VOTERS TO AGREE TO THE CHANGE.

HEAD OF THE ILLINOIS AL TIM DREA SAYS IT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR WORKERS.

>> A PERSON SPENDS A NEARLY A MAJORITY OF THEIR LIFE AT WORK THAT THIS IS A -- THOSE RIGHTS THOSE WORKERS' RIGHTS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION SO THAT THEY ARE PRESERVED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T GIVE THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH OR THE RIGHT TO WORSHIP HOW YOU PLEASE OR ANY OTHER RIGHT SAYING I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO STATE STATUTE.

>> BRUCE RAUNER'S ATTEMPTS TO CURTAIL PREVAILING WAGE LAWS WERE A WAKE-UP CALL.

DRE SAYS THIS IS FROM FUTURE POLITICAL WHIMS.

RAUNER WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

THOUGH THE ILLINOIS BASED JANICE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION DID WEAKEN PUBLIC UNIONS SOME.

UNLIKE RIGHT TO WORK STATES, ILLINOIS PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN STILL REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO JOIN A UNION AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

>> WE KNOW THE POLITICAL WHIMS HERE IN ILLINOIS.

WE KNOW THAT ILLINOIS IS NOT GOING TO JOIN INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, IOWA AND KENTUCKY AS RIGHT TO WORK STATES ANYTIME SOON.

WE KNOW THAT.

BUT WHY ENSHRINE IT IN THE CONSTITUTION WHEN IT JUST SENDS A MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING TO INVEST IN ILLINOIS ABOUT WHERE OUR PRIORITIES REALLY LIE.

>> HEAD OF THE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TODD MAISCH SAYS THAT MESSAGE THAT UNIONS ARE THE PRIORITY OVER JOB CREATORS.

HE SAYS THAT THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO HURT THE ECONOMY.

BUT JOE BOWEN WHO DOES COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAMPAIGNING FOR PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT SAYS INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE ATTRACTS BUSINESSES.

BOOSTING WAGES WILL BOOST STATE REVENUES AND THAT OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

>> WE KNOW WHEN WORKING PEOPLE DO BETTER THEY DON'T JUST BUY STOCKS THEY BUY DINNER IN LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE FROM A LOCAL SHOP AND THE SPENDING DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT THE FAMILIES AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND OUR STATE.

VOTING YES FOR THE WORKERS RIGHTS AMENDMENTS WILL HELP PUT MORE MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF FAMILIES.

>> BASED ON ONE OF THE PHRASES, IT SPECIFIES WHAT UNIONS CAN BARGAIN ABOUT.

EXPANDING IT SO NOT JUST THINGS LIKE WAGES AND HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS BUT ALSO ECONOMIC WELFARE AND CRITICS SAY THAT TERM IS REALLY BROAD AND IT COULD GIVE TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC UNIONS MORE ROOM TO GO ON STRIKE.

MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO WALKOUT.

ONE OF THE CRITICISMS OF MAILEE SMITH WHO DOES LABOR ADVOCACY FOR THE ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE.

SMITH SAYS MOST OF THE AMENDMENT WILL ONLY APPLY TO PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS BECAUSE NATIONAL LABOR LAW WILL TAKE PRECEDENT.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A PATIENT WORK OF INCLUDE -- PATCHWORK OF LAWSUITS.

>> WHAT WE WILL PROBABLY SEE IS PATCHWORK LITIGATION WHILE UNIONS TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE NEW RIGHTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT THAT OUT IN LITIGATION.

>> SHE SAYS THAT AS UNIONS ARE ABLE TO BARGAIN OVER MORE, THEY WILL HAVE MORE POWER.

AGAIN, THIS IS GETTING BACK TO THE ECONOMIC WELFARE TERM.

SHE SAYS THAT IS GOING TO GET EXPENSIVE.

>> GOVERNMENT CONTRACT ALSO COST MORE.

THESE EXPANDED SUBJECTS WILL MAKE NEGOTIATIONS COST MORE, THEY WILL MAKE THE CONTRACT THAT IS NEGOTIATED COST MORE, AND THAT WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR IT.

>> UNION LEADER TIM DREA SAYS THERE ARE NO BIG PLANS TO DO SOMETHING MAJOR IF THE AMENDMENT PASSES.

HE SAYS THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTION, PROTECTING RIGHTS >> YES, LABOR WILL ALWAYS BE IN THEIR BUILDING UPON AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND THINGS HAPPEN WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON WORKERS' RIGHTS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEF ROUSE PLAN TO TAKEOVER THE WORLD WITH THIS AMENDMENT.

>> DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE VOTED FOR THIS AND THAT IS HOW IT GOT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT BUT IT'S UP TO VOTERS WHETHER IT BECOMES PART OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION'S BILL OF RIGHTS AND.

IT IS CONFUSING TWO WAYS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION IT NEEDS YES VOTES FOR THREE FIFTHS FOR THOSE WHO VOTE OR A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTERS WHO CAST BALLOTS IN THE ELECTION EVEN IF THEY SKIPPED THIS QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND THE WORLDWIDE UPROAR INCLUDING HERE IN CHICAGO OVER A DEATH IN IRAN.

PARIS?

>> PROTESTS TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO AND ESPECIALLY ERUPTED IN IRAN AFTER THE DEATH OF A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AT THE HANDS OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE MORALITY POLICE.

THE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WHILE VISITING FAMILY FOR NOT WEARING A HIJAB, A HEAD SCARF.

HER DEATH HAS CRIED FOR OUTCRY AND DENOUNCING IRAN FOR VIOLATION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

JOINING US IS JAQUELINE SAPER AN AMERICAN WRITER AND AUTHOR OF "FROM MINISKIRT TO HIJAB".

ALI TAROKH A FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER TURNED ACTIVIST.

AND MATEO MOHAMMAD FARZANEH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT NORTHERN NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE AUTHOR OF IRAN AND GENDER IN THE IRAN, IRAQ WAR.

>> JAQUELINE SAPER REMIND US WHO THE MORALITY POLICE IN IRAN ARE?

>> YES, GOOD EVENING.

THE MORALITY POLICE HAVE BEEN ROAMING THE STREETS OF THE CITIES OF IRAN AND NEIGHBORHOODS ENFORCES TOKING THE DECREE OF ENFORCE MANDATORY HIJABS.

THEY HAVE INSTILLED FEAR IN THE WOMEN.

I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH MORALITY POLICE.

I WAS WALK MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS IN A PUBLIC PARK.

NO THREAT TO ANYONE.

AND I WAS STOPPED BY THE MORALITY POLICE.

I WAS CALLED A BLOODY WHORE AND CAUSING CORRUPTION ON THE STREETS AND GIVEN A LECTURE OF MODS INDUSTRY.

I DID NOT WANT TO BE TAKEN BY THE POLICE, SO I APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY.

AND I SAID I WILL DIFFERENT OF DEFINITELY BE CAREFUL AND WEAR THE HIJAB PROPERLY.

AND I WAS LET GO WITH A WARNER.

BUT OBVIOUSLY MAHSA AMINI WAS NOT ENFORCEMENT.

>> THE BRUTAL TACTICS IN YOUR ACCOUNT HERE, BECAUSE THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SHE DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE MORALITY POLICE, AND OFFICIALS SAID THAT SHE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHICH IS MOST ARE SKEPTICAL OF THAT.

MATEO MOHAMMAD FARZANEH, THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN BEFORE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAS RESONATED?

>> THIS HAS SIMPLY RESONATED BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VIOLENCE AND PROBABLY TECHNOLOGY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A CELLPHONE AND THEY'RE RECORDING ALL THIS.

BECAUSE THE STATE MEDIA DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE RECORDING OR RECORDING OF ANY OF THESE ATROCITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.

I THINK TECHNOLOGY BOTH -- AND YOU HAVE A NEW GENERATION OF IAN RAN -- IRANIAN WOMEN THESE ARE NOT LIKE THE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS THEY ARE EMBOLDENED AND BRAVE.

WE'VE HAD BRAVE WOMEN BEFORE BUT THEY OPERATE UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW.

>> AND ALI TAROKH, YOU ORGANIZED A RALLY HERE IN CHICAGO.

DO THESE THINGS RESONATE DO THEY HELP THE CAUSE IN IRAN?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE AND I WANT TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO AMINI'S FAMILY AND ALL IRANIAN PEOPLE.

OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT IN THE BATTLE IN IRAN WE CANNOT FIGHT OVER THE DEMOCRACY BUT WE NEED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT.

ALL IRANIANS, EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING WHO IS THINKING FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDS TO SUPPORT THAT PROTEST IN IRAN.

SO THIS IS A SMALL THINGS WE CAN DO HERE IN CHICAGO IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> JAQUELINE SAPER, THE GOVERNMENT OWE SENTENCE I BELIEVELY -- OSTENSIBLELY BACKED PRO GOVERNMENT RALLIES IN IRAN ARE THOSE GRASSROOTS OR PUT ON BY THE GOVERNMENT?

>> BY THE GOVERNMENT.

I ASSURE YOU THAT PUT ON BY THE GOVERNMENT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THIS REGIME.

I WAS ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WHEN SOLEIMANI WAS ASSASSINATED.

AND I WAS TOLD THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE STREET AND I SAID EIGHT MILLION IS ONLY 10% OF THE POPULATION.

AND NOT ONLY THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN SO WIDESPREAD, THAT THE CERTAIN CITIES WHERE SOLEIMANI'S HOME CITY IS, THEY ARE PROTESTING.

THE HOLY CITY, THEY ARE PROTESTING.

THAT IS THE CRADLE OF THE REVOLUTION, THE CRADLE OF THE REGIME.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS AND THE DISCONTENT OF THE PEOPLE.

IN THESE PROTESTS, EVERYONE YOUNG AND OLD, RICH AND POOR, URBAN AND RURAL, OF DIFFERENT BELIEFS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROTEST THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM PRIOR YEARS.

>> MATEO MOHAMMAD FARZANEH AND YOU SAY THIS IS DIFFERENT, THERE WAS A 2009 GREEN REVOLUTION IS THERE A DIPLOMATIC ROLE HERE FOR THE U.S. THAT CAN HELP?

OR SHOULD THIS SORT OF REMAIN GRASSROOTS TO IRAN?

>> WELL, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT SHE SAID PREVIOUSLY.

I THINK THIS SHOULD REMAIN GRASSROOTS.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN HAVE ANY POSITIVE ROLE IN IT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEN THE PROTESTORS WILL BE GIVEN THE LABEL THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE ENEMY OF THE STATE QUOTE-UNQUOTE.

IT'S IMPORTANT IT REMAINS AS A GRASSROOT MOVEMENT.

THE THING I WANTED TO ADD WAS YOU ASKED ABOUT WHY THIS WOMEN ARE BEHAVING THE WAY THEY ARE AND WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHING THE KIND OF VIOLENCE THAT THEY ARE DOING NOW, THE POPULATION IN THE ENTIRE POPULATION I WAS JUST IN IRAN FOR TWO MONTHS OVER THE SUMMER THE ECONOMIC SITUATION LACK OF PROSPERITY, LACK OF HOPE FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY OF IRANIANS NOT JUST FOR WOMEN OR YOUNG WOMEN IT'S EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S SO BAD PEOPLE HAVE IN LAYMAN'S TERMS HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

THE POINT OF FRUSTRATION AND THAT IS WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN AND THE WORSENING OF THE SITUATION WITH THE IRANIANS BECAUSE OF THE SANCTIONS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SNAPPED BACK ON THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

I TRAVEL REGULARLY AND IT'S NEVER BEEN AS BAD AS THIS BAD SUMMER.

>> AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP PULLED OUT OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL.

>> ALI TAROKH IRAN OFFICIALS GOT RID OF INTERNET ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ON THE GROUND IN IRAN?

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION TO JACQUELINE.

THE BATTLE IS WHO TAKES OVER THE STREETS.

FOR MANY YEARS WE ARE USED TO THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND SHOW I HAVE ENOUGH FORCES.

[INAUDIBLE] HOWEVER THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT.

THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE.

BECAUSE THEY ARE TELLING EVERYBODY WHO STREETS OUR STREETS.

WE ARE FIGHTING TO TAKE OUR STREETS BACK IT IS OUR HOUSE, OUR COUNTRY OUR CITIES.

IT COULD BE MY SISTER AND IT COULD BE MY MOTHER.

AMINI'S DEATH COULD HAPPEN TO ALL OF US.

SO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION TO ME ABOUT THE INTERNET, YES, SCARY.

BECAUSE THE REGIME SHUTDOWN THE INTERNET.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNAL WEBSITE.

I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM MY FRIENDS JUST YESTERDAY, I CALLED THEM OVER THE PHONE OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARE YOU OK?

ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIFFERENT IS THE REGIME SHUTDOWN THE INTERNET.

WE IN THE FREEDOM IN THE FREE COUNTRIES WE CAN HELP PEOPLE INSIDE TO DO THE GLOBAL INTERNET.

>> AND I KNOW THERE ARE EFFORTS TO TRY AND DO THAT.

OUR THANKS TO JAQUELINE SAPER, ALI TAROKH AND MATEO MOHAMMAD FARZANEH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AS A CENTURY OLD POWER PLANT ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN SHUTS DOWN SOME RESIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS ARE WARNING THE REGION'S WATER SUPPLY COULD BE IN DANGER.

NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OR NIPSCO IS RETIRING THE 130 ACRE MICHIGAN CITY GENERATING STATION WHICH HAS BEEN BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY FOR NEARLY A CENTURY.

IT'S ALSO CLEANING UP DECADES OF COAL ASH BYPRODUCT AS "CITY CREATURES"'S NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS ADVOCATES SAY THE COAL ASH NIPSCO PLANS TO LEAVE ON THE SITE PUTS GROUND WATER AND LAKE MICHIGAN ITS SEVEN IN DANGER OF CONTAMINATION IN MICHIGAN CITY AND BEYOND.

>> MICHIGAN CITY IS ABOUT 40 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN AS THE CROW FLIES.

RIGHT NEXT TO THE INDIANA DUNES ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN IT'S ALSO HOME TO NIPSCO'S FIRST ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION.

>> IT WILL BE THE LAST COAL-FIRED FACILITY THAT WE'LL HAVE ON OUR SYSTEM THAT IS RETIRING BY 2026-2028.

>> AS THE UTILITY MOVES TOWARD RENEWABLE ENERGY IT'S UNDERTAKING A CLEAN UP OF COAL ASH THE BYPRODUCT FROM BURNING COAL FOR POWER IT CAN CONTAIN ARSENIC, LEAD, MERCURY AND MORE.

>> HISTORICALLY WAS TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND PUTTING IT IN A SETTLING POD.

AND WE WERE TRANSPORT TO GO TO A LANDFILL.

IT'S MATERIAL THAT IS STILL THERE.

>> NIPSCO IS REMOVING 300,000 CUBIC YARDS OF COAL ASH FROM MY PONDS.

>> EVERYTHING WITHIN THE COAL ASHES TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC.

>> ASHLEY WILLIAMS LEADS THE GROUP JUST TRANSITION NORTHWEST INDIANA.

>> WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT LITHIUM AND ARSENIC AND THAT THAT IS LEAKING INTO THE GROUND WATER AND ULTIMATELY INTO OUR LAKE.

>> WILLIAMS SAYS NIPSCO'S EFFORTS ARE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH.

FOR GROUP'S ANALYSIS ARGUES THERE COULD BE MILLIONS OF TONS OF COAL ASH LEFT ON THE SITE IN MADE LAND A MIXTURE OF THE ASH AND SAND AND DIRT.

HER GROUP AND OTHERS WANT THE UTILITY TO REMOVE ALL THE COAL ASH ON THE SITE.

>> THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR FURTHER CLEAN UP, THE WAY THEY TEND TO PHRASE IT IS YOU ARE CLEANING UP 10% OF WHAT IS ON THE SITE.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

>> I MEAN WE'RE CLEANING UP 100% OF WHAT WE BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE COAL ASH PONDS MADE LAND WHAT IS NOT UNIQUE IT EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES.

>> DONNITA SCULLY A NURSE AND CHAIR FOR THE 23457 SAYS IT'S FUTURE ACUTELY IN MICHIGAN CITY.

>> THE INDIVIDUALS MOST AFFECTED BY THIS COAL ASH POLLUTION AND ITS CONTAMINANTS ARE AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BLACK AND BROWN AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE POOR.

AND MICHIGAN CITY 30% OF THE POPULATION IS BLACK.

AND SO WE HAVE A LARGE PROPORTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE POOR.

>> ADVOCATES WORRY ABOUT COAL ASH SEIPPING INTO GROUND WATER AND THE WALL KEEPING THE MADE LAND OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN CAN START LEAKING OR COLLAPSE.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SITE COMMISSIONED BY EARTH JUSTICE FOUND CO-ROGUES HAS AND CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE THE WALLS.

JUST TRANSITION NORTHWEST INDIANA HAS TAKEN VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE WALL IS ALREADY IN DISREPAIR.

>> IF THE SEA WALL FAILS, IT'S NOT GOING TO ONLY AFFECT MINORITIES OR BLACK AND BROWN AND POOR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US.

>> NIPSCO DISPUTES THE REPORTS ON THE LAND AND THE SEA WALL.

NICK MEYER SAYS THE WALL IS NOT IN IMMINENT DANGER OF FAILING AND IT WILL BE REGULATED FOR DECADES.

>> THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE RISK, WHAT IS SAFE AND PROTECTED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT.

>> GROUPS SAY THE OVERSIGHT IS LACKING.

THE LAPORTE COUNTY N.A.A.C.P.

GROUPS EARTH JUSTICE AND OTHERS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE EPA ARGUING THE CURRENT COAL ASH REGULATIONS ARE LETTING DUMPS TO ESCAPE SAFE GUARDS.

>> THE RULES ARE STILL IN FLUX.

>> MARK TEMPLETON SAYS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REGULATORY BACK AND FORTH OVER THE COAL ASH RULE IN PLACE.

WHICH CAME AFTER A 2008 SPILL IN TENNESSEE.

>> MORE THAN A BILLION GALLONS OF COAL ASH WASTE BASICALLY, BREACHED AND FLOODED 300 ACRES NEARBY, WENT INTO LOCAL WATERWAYS.

TENNESSEE RIVER.

KILLED LOTS AND LOTS OF FISH.

>> MARK TEMPLETON SAYS AS MORE COAL-FIRED PLANTS GO OFF LINE IT'S KEY TO REMEMBER HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME WEATHER MIGHT AFFECT LEFTOVER COAL ASH SINCE SO MANY GENERATING STATIONS ARE LOCATED NEAR WATERWAYS.

>> WE'RE SEEING 100 YEAR FLOOD EVENTS.

COUPLE TIMES A DECADE.

THE ENGINEERING NEEDS TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> KAY NELSON DIRECTS ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR THE NORTHWESTERN INDIANA FORUM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT WORKS WITH NIPSCO.

CLEAN UP REMURDER/SUICIDE MEDIATION AND PROTECTING LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BE KEY TO THE REGION.

AND INDUSTRY IS, TOO.

>> WE STILL DEMAND THEIR SERVICES.

AND SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO AND THEY ARE DOING IT WELL.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMITS.

WHEN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION ERA BEGAN WE THOUGHT MOTHER EARTH COULD HANDLE IT ALL.

AND THEN WE LEARNED THAT IT COULDN'T CONTINUE IN THAT FASHION AND WE'VE SPENT THE LAST 50 YEARS OR SO MAKING CHANGES.

>> SOME ADVOCATES STILL SAY THOSE CHANGES ARE INADEQUATE.

>> MY HOPE IS THAT THE EPA WILL CONSCIOUSLY CONSIDER THEIR RULE AND CHANGE IT AND MAKE NIPSCO CLEAN UP 100%.

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

>> ANOTHER UNRESOLVED QUESTION: WHO SHOULD PAY FOR THE CLEANUP?

NIPSCO WANTS TO RAISE RATES TO COVER THE $40 MILLION COST BUT SO FAR THE INDIANA AGENCY REPRESENTING UTILITY CUSTOMERS HAS RECOMMENDED AGAINST THAT.

THERE IS A HEARING TOMORROW MORNING IN INDIANAPOLIS TO HEAR EVIDENCE AS PART OF THAT REQUEST.

UP NEXT, A STAR CROSSED SPACE STATION COLLISION SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> NASA DELIBERATELY CRASHED A SPACECRAFT INTO AN ASTEROID AN HOUR AGO.

THE AGENCY HAS DELAYED ITS MOON MISSION AGAIN THIS TIME DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS.

AND THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE CAPTURED OUT OF THIS WORLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEPTUNE.

JOINING US TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL IS MARK HAMMERGREN, AN ASTRONOMER AND PLANETARY SCIENTIST AT FARTHER HORIZONS.

WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THIS CRASH HAPPENED MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO.

HOW DID IT GO?

>> SPECTACULAR.

I WAS WATCHING IT WHILE I WAS ON ANOTHER ZOOM MEETING.

AND I AM AFRAID I MIGHT HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE I STARTED CHEERING AND PUMPING MY FIST.

SO IT WENT PERFECTLY.

>> VERY EXCITING I AM A SURE.

I DOUBT IT WAS THAT INAPPROPRIATE.

AN ASTEROID HAS BEEN CRASHED INTO.

NOW WHAT HAPPENS?

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

>> NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS IN A SENSE.

THE GOAL OF THIS MISSION WAS TO TEST A METHOD OF PLANETARY DEFENSE AND IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS THAT SOUNDS.

THIS AS TRADE ITSELF WASN'T HEADING TOWARDS EARTH BUT WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IF ANYONE COMES OUR WAY.

WHAT THIS SPACECRAFT DID IS SMACK INTO THE ASTEROID AND RATHER THE ASTEROID'S MOON AND IT WILL ALTER ITS COURSE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IN PRACTICE, IN THE REAL USE OF THIS, IT WOULD POSSIBLY HOPEFULLY DEFLECT AN ASTEROID FROM IMPACTING THE EARTH.

>> WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT PLANETARY PROTECTION, WHAT COULD THIS MISSION TELL US ABOUT PLANETARY PROTECTION?

>> WELL, NOBODY HAS EVER TRIED A TEST LIKE THIS BEFORE.

AND ONE OF THE BIG UNKNOWNS ABOUT ASTEROIDS IS WHAT IS THEIR INTERNAL STRUCTURE LIKE?

HOW DO WE GO FROM AN IMPACT, FROM SMACKING INTO IT UNTIL THIS VELOCITY CHANGE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR MOVING IT AWAY FROM THE EARTH.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL GET FROM FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS FROM GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES.

AND THOSE WILL BE KEY OVER THE NEXT WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS OR SO TO FIGURING THIS OUT.

>> MARK, WHY WAS THIS SPECIFIC ASTEROID CHOSEN?

>> A FEW REASONS, REALLY: FIRST IS, IT IS A NEARER ASTEROID.

A TERM THAT NASA USES FOR ASTEROIDS THAT COME TENS OF MILLIONS OF MILES FROM US.

THIS WAS MAKING A CLOSE APPROACH, 11 MILLION KILOMETRES.

AROUND THIS TIME IT WAS WELL SITUATED FOR AN IMPACT LIKE THIS.

AND ALSO THIS IS A BINARY ASTEROID.

IT HAS A MOON THAT GOES AROUND IT AND SMACKING THE MOON WILL ALTER ITS COURSE MORE STRONGLY OVER ITS PRIMARY ASTEROID.

THEN JUST DEFLECTING A BIG ASTEROID AROUND THE SUN.

>> JUST 11 MILLION KILOMETRES AWAY.

HOW DO WE TELL IF THE MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL?

OBVIOUSLY THE COLLISION HAPPENED BUT HOW DO WE MEASURE WHETHER THAT VELOCITY AND COURSE HAVE BEEN ALTERED?

>> BECAUSE THIS MOON ORBITS AROUND ITS PRIMARY ASTEROID WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE TIMING OF ITS ORBIT AND WHERE IT IS AROUND THE ASTEROID.

THAT WILL EVOLVE OR CHANGE MORE RAPIDLY THAN ASI ASI TRIED GOING AROUND THE SUN.

THE TIME SCALE FOR CHANGES WILL BE NOTICED IN ONLY A MATTER OF WEEKS.

SO GROUND BASED TELESCOPES WHICH ARE PLENTIFUL AND RELATIVELY CHEAP WILL BE USED TO AUGMENT THIS MISSION.

>> WE KNOW THAT NASA HAS ALSO DELAYED THE ARTERY MISS ONE MOON MISSION FOR A THIRD TIME.

TALK US THROUGH WHAT IS CAUSING THESE DELAYS?

>> SO IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOUR PLANE, YOUR FLIGHT GETS DELAYED IT'S EITHER WEATHER OR EQUIPMENT.

AND THE FIRST DELAYS WERE EQUIPMENT RELATED.

THIS ONE IS WEATHER-RELATED.

THE STORM IAN IS COMING TOWARDS FLORIDA.

CAPE CANAVERAL KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WILL BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WINDS AND THEY MADE THE TOUGH DECISION TO ROLL THE ROCKET BACK TO THE BUILDING FOR PROTECTION.

AND I SAY THAT TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO ADD AT LEAST A WEEK AND MAYBE MORE TO THE TIME-FRAME FOR RESCHEDULING THAT LAUNCH.

IT'S NO SMALL FEAT TO MOVE A HOCK KET THAT IS -- ROCKET THAT IS TALLER THAN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A BUILDING.

>> WHAT IS THE GOAL OF ARTEMIS MISSION?

>> IT IS THE FIRST TEST GOING ACTUALLY TO THE MOON OF NASA'S GIANT ROCKET SYSTEM.

THE ONE THAT WILL VERY SOON COUPLE YEARS, TAKE PEOPLE BACK TO THE MOON TO LAND.

SO THIS IS A VERY ESSENTIAL TEST.

IT WILL GO AROUND THE MOON A COUPLE TIMES AND COME BACK TO EARTH.

IT IS AN END TO END TEST OF THE SYSTEM MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS RIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE SENT UP.

>> AND MARK, WE KNOW THAT THE WEBB TELESCOPE CAPTURED A CLEAR VIEW OF NEPTUNE'S RINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE PHOTOS AND THE ONES BACK IN THE 80s.

>> VOYAGER 2, WAS REALLY A GREAT TEST.

PEOPLE KNEW THAT NEPTUNE HAD RINGS OR RING ARCS BECAUSE WHEN IT PASSED IN FRONT OF STARS THEY SAW LIGHT CAUSED BY THE RINGS.

THE QUESTION WAS DOES IT HAVE FULL RINGS OR SECTIONS?

IT TURNS OUT BOTH.

THAT IS WHAT VOYAGER SAW AND THE QUESTION AFTER THAT WAS: HOW DO THE RING ARCS CHANGE-OVER TIME?

AND IT'S TOUGH TO GET THAT FROM USING GROUND BASED TELL COPES.

THE JWST PROVIDED A SPECTACULAR IMAGE NEAR INFRARED LIGHT WHERE IT DIMS THE LIGHT COMING OFF OF NEPTUNE AND BRINGS THE RINGS INTO SHARPER FOCUS.

AND THEY SAW WHAT LOOKS TO ME THAT SOME OF THOSE RING ARCS ARE NO LONGER THERE.

THAT IS GOING TO KEEP ASTRONOMERS BUSY FOR YEARS NOW.

>> WE SHOULD CLARIFY WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING WE'RE SEEING TRITE TAN NEPTUNE'S MOON IT IS NOT A STAR IT IS A MOON, RIGHT?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHAT CAN THE IMAGES TELL US ABOUT OTHER DISTANT PLANETS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN NEPTUNE'S SIZE IN 30 SECONDS?

>> YEAH, SO NEPTUNE IS A DISTANT THE MOST DISTANT PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IT IS AN ICE GIANT AND WE HAVE DISCOVERED NEPTUNE'S ICE PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS SIMILAR TO STUDYING OTHER PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, IT ALLOWS US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS MAYBE MORE LIKE THAN HAVING TO REALLY DETECT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE LIKE.

STUDYING WHAT IS NEAR TELLS US MORE ABOUT WHAT IS FAR.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LAST TIME WE HAD GOOD PICTURES OF NEPTUNE, PLUTO WAS A PLANET AND NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.

>> MARK HAMMERGREN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> AND THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" JUST AHEAD.

SO STICK AROUND.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AS THE VALUE OF THE YEN PLUNGES, MCDONALD'S HIKES PRICES IN JAPAN.

A LOOK AT THE IMPACT ABROAD AND LOCALLY WITH CRAIN'S.

>> A U.S.

TASK FORCE IS RECOMMENDING ADULTS UNDER 65 GET SCREENED FOR ANXIETY.

WE LOOK HOW ANXIETY CAN EMERGE.

>> AND REDEDICATING A LOCAL PARK AFTER A GERMAN JEWISH POET WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST.

WE HEAR FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS BEHIND THE EFFORT.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY ALLEGEDLY PUSHED INTO THE WATER AT NAVY PIER BY HIS AUNT HAS DIED.

VICTORIA MORENO IS CHARGED AND HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFERED CONDOLENCES AND SAID IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COOK STATE'S ATTORNEY TO MAKE A DECISION ON UPGRADING THE CHARGES.

>> OUR HEARTS, PRAYERS AND JUST OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF THAT THREE-YEAR-OLD TODDLER.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT AT THIS POINT, THE CHARGING UPDATES WOULD BE UP TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THE CHICAGO POLICE WE HAVE INVESTIGATED AND THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR AN UPGRADE THAT IS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CONFIRMED THE BOY WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SUNDAY NEARLY A WEEK AFTER HE WAS PUSHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.

>> WITH JOHN ROWE THE FORMER C.E.O.

OF EXELON WHO TURN TO DO INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST UTILITY BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY DIED IN NAPLES, FLORIDA.

ROE HEALTH EMED THE COMPANY AND IS CREDITED WITH KEEPING THE HEADQUARTERS HERE IN CHICAGO.

HE WAS CIVIC MINDED COFOUNDING TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SERVING ON THE BOARD OF CHICAGO INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE FIELD MUSEUM, THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

ROE WAS 77.

>> C.T.A.

RIDERSHIP IS BOUNCING BACK AND MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE.

THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAYS AVERAGE RIDERSHIP TOPPED 900,000 RIDERS IN EACH OF THE LAST FOUR WEEKS THE FIRST TIME RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN ABOVE 900,000 SINCE FEBRUARY 2020 BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC BEGAN.

THE NUMBERS OF RIDERS IN SEPTEMBER IS UP 10% FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

>> GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE APARTMENT HUNTING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

MORE POWER AND GOODWILL FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS UNDER A NEW FEDERAL PROPOSAL.

AND CHICAGO BASED MCDONALD'S HIKES PRICES IN JAPAN.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS OWED EDITOR ANN DWYER.

LET'S START WITH THE DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS.

IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO MOVE OUT TO THE HEART OF CHICAGO PRICEWISE?

>> WELL, I WOULDN'T WANT TO SELL DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AS A BARGAIN.

THE NEWS REALLY IS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, RENTS PER SQUARE-FOOT FOR APARTMENTS HIT A RECORD LEVEL.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED THAT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING TO RENTERS IS THE GROWTH WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS STARTED TO MODERATE.

THE PRICES FOR A DOWNTOWN CLASS A APARTMENT LIKE NEW CONSTRUCTION ARE UP 7% THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

ON TOP OF A 19% INCREASE THE YEAR BEFORE.

IT'S A LANDLORD'S MARKET WITH OCCUPANCY HOVERING 95%.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID TO UNVEIL NEW REGULATIONS FOR AIRLINES THAT'S WOULD BENEFIT PASSENGERS.

CAN YOU PREVIEW WHAT THAT WOULD EN TRAIL?

IT.

LOOKS LIKE CARRIERS AND TRAVEL AGENTS AND ON-LINE TICKET SELLERS WERE ALL HAVE TO DISPLAY THE COSTS RELATED TO BAGGAGE OPTIONS, SEAT CHANGES, CANCELLATIONS ET CETERA.

UP FRONT IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER THAN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO NOW UNDER THE NEW PROPOSED RULES.

RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO PUT THE RANGE OF THESE PRICES UP ON THE WEBSITES.

AND THESE FEES CAN ADD UP.

THE AIRLINES IN FACT BAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON JUST THIS TYPE OF FEE STRUCTURE.

CAN YOU BET ANY CHANGE IS GOING TO BE SCRUTINIZED BY UNITED AIRLINES.

>> AND LASTLY MCDONALD'S IS HIKING PRICES FOR BIG MACS AND ITEMS IN JAPAN.

WHY IS THAT?

AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT BACK AT HOME?

>> YOU KNOW IT IS THE SAME THING THAT IS HITTING COMPANIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

INFLATION, THE RISING COST OF RAW MATERIALS THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY MCDONALD'S JAPAN SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO BE RAISING PRICES SIGNIFICANTLY ON MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR MENU ITEMS.

THE OTHER FACTOR IS THE WEAKENING YEN.

CURRENTLY FLUCTUATIONS MADE IT TOUGH FOR THEM TO KEEP COSTS UNDER CONTROL.

AND THAT IS REALLY THE STORY IN JAPAN.

AND THE STORY IN A LOT OF MCDONALD'S MARKETS.

AS FOR HOW IT'S AFFECTING BUSINESS HERE AT HOME, I SUPPOSE IF YOU ARE A MCDONALD'S SHAREHOLDER YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY THE COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO OFFSET THE COSTS AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T SUPPRESS DEMAND.

>> AND BUYING A BIG MAC IN JAPAN IT'S GOING TO COST YOU MORE.

ANN DWYER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE AN INDEPENDENT PANEL MADE UP OF HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS IS RECOMMENDING THAT ADULTS UNDER 65 BE SCREENED FOR ANXIETY.

AFFORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, ANXIETY DISORDERS ARE THE MOST COMMON MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE U.S.

IT AFFECTS 40 MILLION ADULTS OR 20% OF THE ADULT POPULATION AND IT OFTEN GOES UNDIAGNOSED AND UNTREATED.

JOINING US IS INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HOW SIGNIFICANT WOULD YOU SAY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS?

>> YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE EARLY SCREENING AND DETECTION OF COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF THE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONSES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AS YOU NOTED IN YOUR INTRODUCTION, ANXIETY CONDITIONS ACTUALLY ARE MORE COMMON THAN DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS.

THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP.

>> WHY PEOPLE UNDER 65?

WHAT ABOUT THOSE OVER THAT AGE?

>> WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE UNDER 65 YOUNG ADULTS AS WELL AS ADULTS MIDDLE-AGED ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ANXIETY CONDITIONS OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANXIETY CONDITIONS.

I THINK THAT FOCUSING THE ATTENTION THERE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

>> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RELEASED A REPORT THIS YEAR THAT THE GLOBAL PREVALENCE INCREASED BY 25% DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS, HOW CAN STRESSES FROM THE PANDEMIC DEVELOP INTO ANXIETY?

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND ANXIETY.

WE KNOW THAT STRESS IS OFTEN BROUGHT ON BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGER USUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS ACUTE LIKE THE PANDEMIC.

AND ANXIETY CAN THEN DEVELOP WHEN STRESS IS POORLY MANAGED OR IS NOT MANAGED AT ALL AND BECOMES INTERNALIZED.

SO THINK BEING THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THAT STRESS HAS PERSISTED AND MANY PEOPLE NOW ARE LIKELY TASKING ANXIETY -- FACING ANXIETY CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

>> THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE SPECIFIED PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PEOPLE GET SCREENED.

WHY THAT SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THAT POPULATION?

>> AGAIN, A LOT OF ATTENTION HAS BEEN PLACED ON PRESENT AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

HOWEVER WE KNOW THAT ANXIETY DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM IS ALSO QUITE COMMON.

ADDITIONALLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION OFTEN GO HAND IN HAND.

MANY OF THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A DEPRESSIVE CONDITION WHETHER THEY ARE PREGNANT OR NOT, ARE ALSO HAVING SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO IS HOVERS AROUND 40%, 40% OF THOSE DEPRESSED ARE ALSO ANXIOUS AND VICE VERSA.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANXIETY, ANGER HOW DOES IT DIFFERENT FROM STRESS?

>> ANXIETY IF IT'S PERSISTENT, GLOBAL FEAR AND WORRY THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL AND OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE EVENT AT HAND.

WHEREAS STRESS WHEN THE THING THAT -- WHEN THE STRESSOR GOES AWAY, THE STRESS TENDS TO GO AWAY.

FOR ANXIETY IT'S BECOME INTERNALLIZED AND IT'S GLOBAL OVERWHELMING CONDITION.

FOR MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OVERLAP.

IT ANXIETY HAS A COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS THE FEAR AND WORRY, THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS FEELING TIGHTNESS, TENSION, UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE STOMACH AND BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS WHERE IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO FALL ASLEEP.

SO WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE ARE DISTINCTIONS AS WELL.

>> WHAT ARE THE COMMON KINDS OF ANXIETY THAT HEALTH PROFESSIONALS MIGHT LOOK FOR?

>> SO WE THINK ABOUT ANXIETY AS THIS BROAD DISORDER.

BUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF ANXIETY ARE THE GENERALIZED ANXIETY LIKE THE GLOBAL.

PANIC DISORDER, SOCIAL ANXIETY.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ARE ALL ANXIETY CONDITIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THE BROADER CATEGORY OF GLOBAL ANXIETY.

>> WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT ANXIETY MIGHT GO UNDIAGNOSED?

>> YOU KNOW I THINK WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF EXPERIENCE ANXIETY AS THE NORM.

PEOPLE THAT ARE USED TO WORRYING ABOUT THINGS ALL OF THE TIME OR BEING AFRAID OF THINGS ALL THE TIME AND ARE USED TO BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BASELINE ANXIETY.

SO TO SCREEN IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HELPING THE INDIVIDUAL REALIZE THAT THESE ARE SYMPTOMS THAT WITH TREATMENT THEY COULD GET RELIEF FROM.

AND ALSO EXPERIENCE THAT ARE CAUTIONING IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.

>> THERE'S DIAGNOSING ANXIETY AND TREATING ANXIETY.

45 SECONDS LEFT.

FOLKS IN YOUR LINE OF WORK HAVE HAD NO SHORTAGE OF THAT WORK.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO COUNTER THE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS?

>> WE KNOW MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY DISORDERS ARE NOT RECEIVING TREATMENT.

THOSE THAT DO RECEIVE TREATMENT CAN RECEIVE MEDICATIONS AS TREATMENT AS WELL AS THERAPY AS TREATMENT.

ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO INDEPENDENTLY TO COPE WITH SOME OF THE ANXIETY THAT THEY MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING SUCH AS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR THOUGHTS.

BEHAVIORAL BREATHING EXERCISES OR OTHER STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.

BUT, INDEED, IT'S TRUE THAT AS MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING REFERRED TO THERAPY THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PROVIDERS TO MEET THE GROWING NEED.

>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> NEXT WE LEARN ABOUT THE REDEDICATION OF A CHICAGO PARK.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... SUNDAY EVENING MARKED THE START OF ROSH HA SHANNA.

GERTRUD KOLAMR WAS KILLED IN AUSCHWITZ IN 1943.

THE PARK NAMED ALCOHOL MARCH AVENUE WAS REDEDICATED IN HONOR OF GERTRUD KOLAMR.

>> THE FACT WE ARE HONORING HER TODAY, CAPTURING FOREVER A MEMORIALIZING HER HISTORY I THINK IS AGAIN A GREAT TESTAMENT TO WHO WE ARE AS A I CITY.

HONORING OUR HISTORY.

BECAUSE HER STORY IS ALSO OUR STORY.

>> BUT THE REDEDICATION SPARKED QUESTIONS ACROSS THE CITY WHO SHOULD PARKS BE HONORING AND WHAT PART DO THEY PLAY HOW WE TELL HISTORY?

HERE THAT TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE ARE PAUL CHODZIESNER THE GREAT NEPHEW OF GERTRUD KOLAMR.

MERRY MARWIG WHO LED THE EFFORT TO HAVE KOLMAR PARK REDEDICATED AND HER NEIGHBOR DAN POGORZELSKI WHO ASSISTED IN THE DEDICATION.

IT'S ALREADY CALLED KOLMAR PARK BECAUSE IT WAS NAMED AFTER A TOWN ON THE GERMAN FRENCH BORDER.

REDEDICATED IN HONOR OF GERTRUD KOLAMR.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA?

>> I HAVE TO CREDIT DAN, DAN AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO GERTRUD KOLAMR.

AND DAN DO YOU WANT TO GIVE BACK STORY AS WELL?

>> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER DIED IN AUSCHWITZ AND HIS SON AND MY GRANDFATHER'S BROTHERS WERE IN AUSCHWITZ AND THEY WERE TEENAGERS.

AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED HE ENDED UP MARRYING A GIRL RESETTLED FROM UKRAINE INTO WHAT WAS ONCE KOLMAR.

AND THERE AS LOCAL PATRIOTS WHEN I WOULD TALK TO MY COUSINS THEY TOLD ME A GREAT POET GERTRUD KOLAMR HER FATHER CAME FROM OUR PART OF POLAND AND THIS IS HOW IN A CONVERSATION WITH MERRY WOULDN'T BEATRICE CALHOUN GRAND TO DO THIS AND MERRY IS NOT JUST HAVE IT AS AN IDEA LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND FOR THAT, MYSELF, JACOB CAPLAN, AND OTHERS WILL BE GRATEFUL THAT SHE LEAD THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE AND TWO YEARS LATER IT HAPPENED.

>> AND PAUL CHODZIESNER THIS IS YOUR AN SESSER.

TELL US HOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE REDEDICATION.

YOU ARE FROM HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IN AUSTRALIA.

>> I AM JUST A SHORT TRIP ACROSS A FEW COUNTRIES.

LOOK, I RELATIVE OF MINE IN BERLIN ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE IN THE CHICAGO BOOK CLUB WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY AERIAL.

AND SHE SOMEHOW I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE FOUND IT AND FORWARD TO DO TO ME.

AND IMMEDIATELY I REACHED OUT TO THE JOURNALIST, WHO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH MERRY AND I THINK THAT WAS NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.

AND I SUPPOSE I CAME FOR THE JOURNEY THEY DID ALL THE HARD WORK BUT IT WAS SUCH A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AFTER ALL TO HAVE GERTRUDE RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY AS BEING IN A GREAT GERMAN POET.

>> YOU ARE REPRESENTING A CHICAGO BLOCK CLUB REPORT YOU READ.

MERRY THIS WAS A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

TELL US WHY THE PROCESS TOOK SO LONG?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

THE PARK DISTRICT CAME OUT WITH A PROCESS AFTER NEIGHBORS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RENAMING THE DOUGLASS PARK A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THAT'S THE GROUP WHO ACTUALLY INSPIRED US TO GET STARTED WITH THIS ONE.

SO WE WENT THROUGH THE FORMALIZED PROCESS.

WE GOT SIGNATURES DURING THE PANDEMIC IS NOT AS EASY AS YOU WOULD THINK.

I SETUP AN ON-LINE SIGNATURES FORUM SO NEIGHBORS COULD SHOW THEIR SUPPORT THAT WAY.

THEN I WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASKING PEOPLE ON A PIECE OF PAPER TO GO ON-LINE AND SEND YOUR SUPPORT.

AND THEN WE STARTED COLLECTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

AND THANKFULLY SO MANY PEOPLE WERE READY TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE AND WE'VE GOT OVER IN THE FIRST PASS WE GOT OVER 50 NEIGHBORS IN A FEW DAYS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND ONCE WE GET THE NEWS ARTICLES IT JUST WENT VIRAL.

SO NOT JUST HYPER LOCAL NEIGHBORS AND MORE CHICAGOANS AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND WE MET PAUL.

AND THAT REALLY TURNED THINGS AROUND FOR US.

ON THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN GREAT.

THEY HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER.

THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THE EVENT THURSDAY WENT BEAUTIFULLY.

THEY HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

>> MERRY YOU MENTIONED DOUGLASS PARK INSPIRED YOU.

IT WAS NAMED FOR STEVEN DOUGLAS AND THEN RENAMED FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS TA THEY HAD TO ADD AN S THE NAME STAYED THE SAME BUT HONORING A DIFFERENT PERSON.

>> DAN POGORZELSKI TELL US WHO GERTRUDE KOLMAR WAS AND HER POETIC LEGACY.

GERTRUDE KOLMAR SHE IS THE MOST RENOWNED GERMAN JEWISH POET OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ONLY RECOGNIZED AFTER HER DEATH AND SHE WAS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ.

HER FATHER WAS NO LESS TALENTED AS A LAWYER.

SO YOU COULD SAY THAT GIFT OF THE GAB CAME FROM THERE.

THEY CAME FROM A LINE OF VERY WELL-KNOWN FOLKS WHETHER IT WAS THE FAMILIES AND SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WITH EVEN THOUGH SHE WROTE IN GERMAN SOMETHING THAT THE POLISH COMMUNITY WAS PROUD OF AND ONE OF THE THINGS GREAT IS WE HAD THE POLISH CONSUL, AND POLISH TELEVISION SHOWED UP AND EVEN HAD FOLKS THAT JUST HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AND A LETTER FROM THE POLISH MUSEUM OF AMERICA.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND PEOPLE THAT WERE ASIANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO WANTED TO SHOW TOLERANCE AND THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

>> AND PAUL CHODZIESNER WHAT HAS IT MEANT TO YOUR FAMILY THAT THIS DEDICATION IS TAKING PLACE HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> I'M STRUGGLING FOR WORDS.

THE EMOTION IT BROUGHT OUT ON THURSDAY.

THE ATTENTION THAT IT GOT.

THE FAMILY IS A SMALL ONE.

I HAVE A BROTHER AND A SISTER IN AUSTRALIA.

AND WE HAVE CHILDREN.

AND I HAVE EYE COUSIN IN BRAZIL HE IS QUITE OLD NOW.

IT'S MEANT A LOT.

MY CHILDREN ARE SHOWING INTEREST.

THERE IS DEFINITELY A WHOLE CONNECTION BACK TO CHICAGO AND I'VE ALREADY SOME OF MY KIDS REACHED OUT SAYING THEY WANT TO COME OVER AND SEE IT AND IT IS A SPECIAL REASON TO COME.

AND FOR THE WORK THAT THE TEAM DID.

IT IS AMAZING.

IT SORT OF CAME OUT OF THE BLUE AND IT JUST MEANS -- IT'S HUMBLING I AM A LITTLE BIT LOSS OF LOST FOR WORDS.

>> AND BRINGING TOGETHER A FAMILY AROUND THE GLOBE.

MERRY MARWIG WE MENTIONED THERE'S DEBATES IN CHICAGO ABOUT STATUES AND MONUMENTS AND STREET NAMES AND PARK NAMES HOW IMPORTANT IS A PARK NAME TO TELLING EDUCATING FOLKS ABOUT HISTORY?

AND WHO SHOULD PARKS BE NAMED AFTER?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I WANT TO SAY THIS EXPERIENCE SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY YOU NAMED THE PARK THE NAME THAT IT WAS.

YES.

BUT THERE IS MEANING BEHIND THAT NAME.

THIS PARK IS NOW GERTRUDE'S PARK.

AND THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE WE WERE ABLE TO MEET PAUL AND WE HAVE A DEEP RELATIONSHIP NOW.

PAUL AND HIS FAMILY THEY ARE HONORARY CHICAGOANS ALWAYS WELCOME BACK.

I HOPE YOU COME AND SEE GERTRUDE'S TREE WE PLANTED A MEMORIAL TREE.

BUT I WANT YOU TO COME BACK EVERY 10 OR 15 YEARS AND CHECKUP ON IT AND CATCH UP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, MY MESSAGE IS IT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL CHANGE, BUT IT HAS HAD LITERALLY GLOBAL REVERBERATIONS.

WE HAVE MET PAUL.

WE HAVE MET PEOPLE FROM EUROPE.

SOUTH AMERICA.

AND THEY NOW KNOW THAT CHICAGO IS A WELCOMING PLACE.

THAT HAS PROMOTED TOLERANCE AND PEOPLE CARE ABOUT RIGHTING PAST WRONGS AND THERE IS A GENERATION OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT IN THAT WORK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> DAN POGORZELSKI, I WANT TO GET NEW HERE.

THERE'S DEBATES AROUND A STREET LIKE BALBO, NAMED AFTER THE FORMER ITALIAN PARTY.

SHOULD THOSE NAMES GO AWAY IN FAVOR OF POSITIVE FIGURES THROUGHOUT HISTORY?

>> WE SHOULD HAVE WHERE CHICAGOANS SHOULD WEIGH-IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RIGHT PAST WRONGS AND TO REFLECT THE KIND OF CITY THAT WE OUGHT TO.

AND CHICAGO CITY WHERE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WAS BORN NT ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL THAT A COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THAT.

>> THIS WAS A COMMUNITY PROCESS AND IT INVOLVED COMMUNITY INPUT.

BECAUSE PARKS CANNOT WILLY-NILLY CHANGE THE NAME JUST OVERNIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

OUR THANKS TO MERRY MARWIG, DAN POGORZELSKI AND PAUL CHODZIESNER.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

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

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

>> A LOOK AT THE ROLE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ADDRESSING STUDENT TRAUM MAN VIOLENCE REDUCTION IN CHICAGO.

>> AND THE LANDSCAPE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO ARE THE FOCUS OF AN ART EXHIBIT VISITING CHICAGO FROM THE ISLAND.

AND FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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