[MUSIC] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BRANDON FREEMAN.

>> I'M PARENT ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> IN CHICAGO WESTERN UNITED GET MIGRANTS RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

>> MORE MIGRANTS ARRIVED IN CHICAGO MY TAXES AS GOVERNOR.

RESPONSE BY LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

>> WAS A STORE THE PARALYZED CHICAGOANS AND DIVIDED THE NATION.

LOOK AT THE TYLENOL MURDERS 40 YEARS LATER.

>> AND THAT CANNOT MAKE THE COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE.

IT WILL MAKE US SAFER.

>> ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MAKES A CASE FOR ENDING CASH FAIL.

ALL SMART LOG POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE US, WERE ALWAYS ON THE CONSUMER SIDE NONDECISION SIDE.

>> MEET THE FOUNDERS OF LOCAL TECH STARTUPS WHO HAVE 100,000 REASONS TO CELEBRATE.

>> CHICAGO'S BELOVED LOCAL BIRDS MONTY AND ROSE REMEMBERED AND LAKEFRONT CARVING.

A LOOK BEHIND THE MAKING.

>> WE COULD SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS.

>> TAKE A TRIP TO THE TROPICS BY WAY OF JEFFERSON PARK WITH A LOCAL COUPLE SHARING THEIR LOVE OF POLYNESIAN CULTURE AND STAND.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

HURRICANE IAN IS MAKING LANDFALL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

CATEGORY FOR STORMS WINS WITH ME AT 150 MILES AN HOUR.

IT'S AMONG THE STRONGEST STORMS TO HIT THE UNITED STATES.

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WARNS OF CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE AND FLOODING.

SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED IN HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING ARE SUING THE ALLEGED SHOOTER'S FATHER.

THE GUN SHOP THAT SOLD THE WEAPON USED IN THE ATTACK AND THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURED THE GUN.

SUITS ALLEGED, CHEMICAL THE MASS SHOOTING AT HELEN PARK FOR THE JULY PARADE WAS FORESEEABLE AND ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE OF A CHAIN OF EVENTS IS IT INITIATED BY SMITH AND WESSON OR PREDATORY MARKETING.

>> PHYSICAL HARM, MENTAL ANGUISH, SMITH AND WATSON HAS WATCHED THIS HAPPEN FROM THEIR CORPORATE SUITE NOW FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AS THEY WATCHED THEIR GUN SALES INCREASE.

THEIR PROFITS INCREASE.

HAVING TURNED DOWN, HAVING TONE DOWN THERE MARKETING STRATEGY?

THEIR ADVERTISING VELOCITY?

WHEN IT COMES TO VULNERABLE YOUNG MEN IN THIS COUNTRY?

NO.

>> THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE SUSPECTS FATHER IS AT FAULT FOR SPONSORING HIS THEN TEENAGE SON TO GET A FIREARM OWNERS IDENTIFICATION CARD.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS AN OBVIOUS DANGER WHO HAD JUST THREATENED TO KILL HIS FAMILY WITH A MACHETE.

7 PEOPLE DIED IN THE SHOOTING.

THE SUSPECT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CHARGES.

>>> RESIDENTS OF 6 AREA NURSING HOMES ARE SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF THE STATES LARGEST SENIOR LIVING PROVIDERS.

IT'S GOING TO CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

AARP ALLEGES ALDEN'S CHRONIC INTENTIONAL AND DANGEROUS UNDERSTAFFING HARMS RESIDENTS.

>> THEY SUFFER FROM PAUL'S.

THEY'VE SUFFERED FROM UNNECESSARY INFECTIONS.

THEY SUFFERED FROM PREVENTABLE INJURIES.

THEY SUFFERED FROM UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESSES GOING UNTREATED.

THEY'VE ALSO SUFFERED IN ADDITION TO UNSANITARY AND QUITE DISGUSTING TO SKIP DECISIONS THAT NOBODY SHOULD RELIVE" THE STATEMENT, AND ALDEN BOOKS PERSON SAYS THEY DON'T DISCUSS LITIGATION.

THAT'S COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY CARE.

IN ALDEN FIGURES HE DENIES ANY AND ALL ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING SET FORTH BY THE PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS AND IS CONFIDENT THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE WILL BRING OTHERS ARE HARVEY, CICERO AND McHENRY.

>>>, THE LATEST ON MIGRANTS ARRIVING IN CHICAGO FROM TEXAS.

STAY WITH US.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLY IN PART BY, ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K NAVY FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

IN THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> ANYONE MORE MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO VIA BUS FROM TEXAS TODAY.

BUSES ARE COURTESY OF TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WAS BEEN SENDING MIGRANTS TO MAJOR NORTHERN CITIES FOR MONTHS.

THESE MIGRANTS ARRIVING WITH NO POSSESSIONS, OFTEN MILES AWAY FROM THEIR INTENDED DESTINATION.

CHICAGO OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 1500 MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED TO DATE WITH MORE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE WEEK.

JOINING US ART JOHANNES CHICAGO IMMIGRANT AT INTERFAITH COMMUNITY FOR DETAINED IMMIGRANTS.

THE HYDRO WILL LEAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT THE JUSTICE CENTER AND ISAIAS SO LEASE SENIOR DIRECTOR PROGRAMS AT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.

WE INVITED THE CHICAGO MAYOR'S OFFICE AND GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION BUT, THEY DID NOT MAKE ANYONE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE ALL HERE.

ISAIAS I'LL START WITH YOU AS WE MENTIONED AROUND 1533 ASYLUM-SEEKERS HAVE ARRIVED ON THESE BUSES TO DATE SINCE TEXAS GOVERNOR STARTED SENDING THEM.

WHERE THE STAIN AND WHAT IS HER STATUS RIGHT NOW?

>> THANK YOU.

WE UNDERSTAND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HAS BEEN EVOLVED SINCE THE FIRST BUS ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AT THE WELCOME CENTER ON PULASKI AND THE CHURCH WHERE WE HAD A BUSTLE BUSES ARRIVE A COUPLE WEEKS.

UNDERSTAND FOR MORE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM I DHS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR NEWS OUTLETS AT MOST OF THE MIGRANTS ARE STAYING IN HOTELS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE CITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING THOSE DIRECT SERVICES AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY AND I DHS AND THE STATE TO MAKE SURE ALL MIGRANTS HAVE ALL THEIR RESOURCES AND SERVICES THEY NEED.

>> HYDRO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE MIGRANTS WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

HE MENTIONED MANY OF THEM COME HERE WITHOUT ANY POSSESSIONS.

>> YES.

WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES.

IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE VAST ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ITSELF HAS ORGANIZED.

CHRISTINA DIRECTS AMOUNT OF DONATIONS OF CLOTHES, NECESSARY ITEMS, TOILETRIES.

PEOPLE ARRIVING WITH VERY FEW PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.

>> JOHANNES, IS CHICAGO THE FINAL DESTINATION OR MANY OF THESE MIGRANTS HERE TEMPORARILY AND IN TRYING TO MOVE ON TO PREORDAINED DESTINATIONS THAT THEY PLAN TO GO TO WHILE THEY AWAIT THEIR ASYLUM CASES?

>> SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT STATES, KENTUCKY, WISCONSIN AND SOME OF THEM REMAINING IN CHICAGO.

>> MANY OF THEM ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER PLACES.

ISAIAS, YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH MANY OF THE MIGRANTS.

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?

WHAT IS THEIR DEMEANOR LIKE?

WHAT IS HER ATTITUDE?

HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT ALL THIS?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

I WAS RAISED IN EASTERN AS A BILINGUAL INTAKE SPECIALIST.

WE NOTICE MANY OF OUR MIGRANTS WERE ARRIVING IN BUSES IN COMMAND.

HE LOOKED VERY TIRED.

ONE OF THEM I SPOKE WITH MYSELF, HAVE BEEN IN ROUTE FOR OVER A MONTH AND HAVE NOT SLEPT AND HAD NOT HAD A HEALTHY MEAL.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLOTHING AS SHE WAS IN BASIC NEED ITEMS AND ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MEDICAL NEEDS AND HEALTH CHECKS RIGHT AWAY.

MANY OF OUR FOLKS ARE MENTIONING THAT THERE A NEED AND THEY ARE VERY TIRED AND THEY WANT ANSWERS IN TERMS OF SOME STABILITY.

SOME OF THE FUNDS WE SPOKE WITH AS JOHANNES MENTIONED ARE IN ROUTE.

MANY OF THEM ARE REUNITING WITH FAMILIES IN NEW YORK AND DC AND OTHER AREAS.

AS THE MAYOR IN THE STATE HAVE MENTIONED, FOLKS THAT WANT TO STAY HERE, WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH HIM.

OVERCOMMITTED ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES, WORKFORCE OF LAMENT, MEDICAL SERVICES, PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE CHICAGO A HOME IF THAT'S WHAT THEY SIRE.

>> ALL HYDRO, THIS BEEN A LOT OF MISREPORTING, CLEAR THINGS UP.

THESE ARE ALL ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

THERE ARE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY OPENING THERE CASES TO BE ADJUDICATED.

MANY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM DEFENDANT SMOLLETTE ESCAPING TURMOIL THERE.

ARE WE STILL SEEING MOSTLY VENEZUELANS AND IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THESE ARE ALL ASYLUM-SEEKERS?

>> YEAH, THOSE ARE BOTH TRUE.

PROBABLY 90 TO 95 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE SEEN ARE FROM FELONS WITH A.

THEY ARE FLEEING SOME PRETTY HORRIFIC CONDITIONS AND COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY AND CLAIMING A RIGHT THEY HAVE WHICH IS TO PURSUE ASYLUM.

SO, THAT IS A PROCESS THAT IS GUARANTEED UNDER AMERICAN LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME THEM.

>> ALEJANDRA, HOW LONG TO THESE CASES TYPICALLY TAKE?

I KNOW IN RECENT YEARS THERE'S BEEN A HUGE BACKLOG AND A LOT OF TALK OF RESOURCES.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

>> YEAH, AND ASYLUM CASE CAN TAKE YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

RIGHT NOW THE FIRST LINE OF THESE FOLKS ARE FINDING IS TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR DEADLINE.

GET THAT PAPERWORK IN BEFORE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR ONE YEAR.

>> JOHANNES, THIS STARTED, THIS MOVEMENT OF MIGRANTS AND BUSES FROM TEXAS STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AS ARE ANY INDICATION HOW MANY MORE MIGHT ARRIVE AND HOW LONG THIS MIGHT GO ON?

>> WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE AND JUST PACK YOUR STUFF AND COME TO A CITY LIKE CHICAGO IS TESTING THE COUNTRY AND THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE.

MANY COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA CURRENTLY ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES POLITICALLY AND FLEEING.

ADDING TO THAT RECENTLY THE HURRICANE HAPPINING IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE PROBABLY HAVE LESS PEOPLE COMING FROM CUBA AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE AFFECTED BY THE CRISIS.

TRADITIONALLY IT KIND OF SWITCH DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH.

>> WE SHOULD NOTE, ASYLUM-SEEKERS MIGRANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COMING TO CHICAGO.

THIS IS JUST A PARTICULAR CASE WHERE THE TEXAS GOVERNOR AND WHAT MANY HAVE CALLED A POLITICAL STUNT HAS SENT THEM AWAY FROM TEXAS AND DROP THEM OFF CHICAGO IN THE BEGINNING WITHOUT ANY COORDINATION AND THAT NOT LETTING ANYONE KNOW.

ISAIAS, HAS A CORONATION BEEN BETTER WITH TEXAS AND ILLINOIS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY PLAN TO SEND HERE?

>> THAT WAS FOR ISAIAS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE LOST ISAIAS.

I WILL GET THAT TO ALEJANDRA.

AS ARE ANY BETTER COORDINATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?

>> AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THE MAIN, THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION WE HAVE ON WHEN OR WHETHER BUSES ARE COMING IS NOT FROM THE GOVERNOR.

IT'S FROM PEOPLE ON THE BUSES THEMSELVES TEXTING FAMILY HAD OF THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY.

I CAN'T SAY THE CORONATION FROM TEXAS HAS GOTTEN ANY BETTER AT ALL.

>> THAT'S BEEN THE BIG COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS IS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING FROM THE OFFICIALS IN TEXAS.

JOHANNES, WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR WORK FOR THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO STAY HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> FIRST THING YOU'LL NOTICE IS MOST OF THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE WANT TO WORK.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT.

THEY WANT TO SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILY.

THE SYSTEM KEEPS THEM IN A PRISON WHERE THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION AND THEIR DOCUMENTS.

THEY HAVE TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION WITHIN THE YEAR.

THE CLOCK STARTED AND THEN THEY CAN GET A WORK PERMIT.

THINGS ARE SLOW IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BACKED UP RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL TAKE THEM RIGHT SOMETIME BEFORE THEY CAN ADD DOCUMENTATION.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS.

FOR NOW OUR THANKS TO JOHANNES BOBBY, ALL HYDRO EVA AND ISAIAS SOLEUS.

THANK YOU.

>>> 40 YEARS AGO NEARLY TO THE DAY, 7 PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO AREA DIED TAKING TYLENOL THAT WAS TAMPERED WITH AND LACED WITH CYANIDE.

IT'S A COLD CASE THAT PARALYZES THE CHICAGO AREA AND CAPTIVATED A NATION.

MODELS WILL PULLED OFF SHELVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND A MAJOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED.

40 YEARS LATER AND THE TYLENOL POISONING CASE IS STILL UNSOLVED.

NEW REPORTING FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SAYS INVESTIGATORS MAY BE CLOSER THAN EVER TO FINALLY BRINGING CHARGES.

JOINING IS NOW WITH THEIR INSIGHTS ART CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTER, KRISTI KOTOWSKI AND STACY SINCLAIR.

IF AN COVERING THIS AS PART OF A MULTIPARTY INVESTIGATIVE AND PODCAST SERIES.

MICHAEL PRESHOW, CLINICAL PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

KRISTI, OR WRITE UP ON THE 40TH RESEARCH OF THE DAY.

TOOK US BACK TO THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 29, 1982. WHO WERE THE VICTIM'S OF WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THEIR SUDDEN DEATHS?

>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE TIME WAS MUCH MORE INNOCENT AND WAS A TIME WHERE YOU CAN WALK INTO A STORE AND OPEN A BOTTLE OF OVER-THE-COUNTER TYLENOL OR PEANUT BUTTER AND THERE WOULD BE NOTHING OTHER THAN A COTTON BALL IN THE TYLENOL SECURING THE BOTTLE.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

IN THE FALL OF 1982.

SEVERAL PEOPLE DIED AGES 12 TO 35 ALL HEALTHY AND YOUNG.

YOUNG IS BEEN A 12-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL.

ALTHOUGH THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BRING ANYONE, ANY CHARGES IN THE KILLINGS THE MEDICAL MYSTERY WAS SOLVED RATHER RAPIDLY.

WITHIN 24 HOURS.

BECAUSE HAVING 3 MEMBERS OF THE JANICE FAMILY WERE STRUCK, ADAM THOMAS.

HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD AND HE DIED AND HIS FAMILY CAME BACK TO THEIR HOME AND HIS BROTHER, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER STANLEY AND HIS NEW BRIDE PERRY, 20 YEARS OLD TOOK SOME TYLENOL FROM THE SAME MODEL AND THEY EVENTUALLY DIED AS WELL.

THEN HAD A CHICAGO FLIGHT ATTENDANT, PAULA PRINCE, 35.

2 WOMEN INCLUDING WOMAN THAT DELIVERED HER FOR CHILD DAYS EARLIER APPEARED AND THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE BECAUSE THEY ADJUSTED UNWILLINGLY FATAL AMOUNT OF CYANIDE.

>> THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST TAKING A STRAIGHT UP TYLENOL.

YOU PROFILE THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE STORY THAT WAS OUT ON SUNDAY.

JESUS DECLARED THAT WAS GOING TO BE NEXT QUESTION TO YOU.

THESE WERE SO RANDOM.

HOW DID OFFICIALS FINALLY PUT TOGETHER THAT THESE WERE ALL LINKED TO THAT CYANIDE LACED TYLENOL?

>> AS KRISTI SAID THE JANICE FAMILY WAS THE KEY INVOLVING THE MEDICAL MYSTERY THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY.

IT WAS A BIT OF LUCK AND PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOBS REALLY WELL.

THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE WHO INTERVIEWED ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND DETERMINED ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STRICKEN HAD TAKEN TYLENOL.

SHE WENT TO THE HOUSE AND GRABBED THE TYLENOL.

FIREFIGHTER OVERHEARD HER REACH THAT CONCLUSION.

HE PUT A CALL OUT ON HIS RADIO THAT ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER HEARD AND GOT TOGETHER WITH CASEY HEARD EARLIER THAT DAY.

THEN WE HAVE THE CRITICAL CARE DOCTOR, DOCTOR THOMAS KIM WHO HAD A WHILE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS WAS CYANIDE.

HE SENT THE BLOOD OUT FOR TESTING AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S WHO SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE LAB TESTING THE PILLS FOR CYANIDE AND REPORTER FROM CITY NEWS WHO FOUND IT OUT AND POSTED THE FIRST STORY AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

WILL THESE PEOPLE WORK SO HARD.

THEY SAVED LIVES.

>> THE LEGENDARY CITY NEWS.

AS WE MENTIONED IT BECAME JUST PANDEMONIUM AFTER THAT.

A HUGE STORY.

EVERYONE WAS COVERING IT.

MICHAEL PETRUS YOU WERE ACTING THE SEARCH WHAT WAS ERECTION FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ONCE THE PIECES WERE PUT TOGETHER THAT THIS WAS POISONING?

>> WE KNEW IT WAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC HEALTH BEFORE.

AS ALWAYS BEEN PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SO FORTH.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW AND COMPLETELY SHOCKING TO US.

PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES BEING RELATIVELY SMALL AND CLOSE LIKE MATERIAL.

I SAY WE, THE OTHER SECTION CHIEFS AND MYSELF NEW WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PUBLIC HEALTH LAB THROUGH THE CHICAGO POLICE CRIME LAB IN THE STATE POLICE CRIME LAB FOR SEARCH CAPACITY.

SO TRY TO MAINTAIN OUR INPUT WHICH WAS THOUSANDS OF SAMPLES A DAY FOR STD TESTING, ANIMAL RABIES, CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, PEDIATRIC BLOOD LEAD ALL SORTS THAT PUBLIC LABORATORIES DO.

WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 48 HOURS OF SEARCH CAPACITY AND SUPPORT.

KRISTI, YOU MENTIONED NO MORTAR TREASURES BUT THERE WERE CHARGES OF EXTORTION AGAINST JAMES LEWIS WHO WAS DISCOVERED HAD WRITTEN A LETTER THREATENING TO POISON TYLENOL PILLS.

WITH CYANIDE.

HE SPENT TIME IN PRISON FOR EXTORTION.

40 YEARS LATER HOW COME IT'S BEEN SO HARD TO BRING MURDER CHARGES AGAINST ANYONE IN THIS CASE?

>> IT SUCH A RANDOM PRIME.

HE HAD NO REAL CRIME SCENE.

YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE THAT SAID IT WAS TIME BEFORE WE HAD SURVEILLANCE CURRENT CAMERAS AND PEOPLE WITH CELL PHONES EVERYWHERE.

THE MULTI AGENCY TASK FORCE DOWN INCLUDING THE FBI AND THE STATE POLICE AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY REALLY DID SOME GROUNDBREAKING THINGS AT THE TIME TO TRY TO SOLVE IT.

IT WAS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT AND THEY DEVELOPED A COUPLE OF KEY SUSPECTS AND ONE OF THEM BEING MR. LEWIS WHO AS YOU MENTIONED WENT TO PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED EXTORTION BUT, THEY'VE NEVER, NEVER KNOW WITHIN WITNESSES TO THE CRIME.

THEY HAVE NO, WE LEARN THE ATTRIBUTE HAS LEARNED THEY DID DEVELOP DNA SAMPLES ON ON THROUGH THE 18 BOTTLES.

THEY'D NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT THAT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO ONE OF THEIR SUSPECTS.

WHAT WE ARE REPORTING IS THAT THE INVESTIGATORS CLAIM THEY HAVE A SOLID CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE THAT THEY DEVELOPED AGAINST LEWIS AND WORKING WITH PROSECUTORS TO TRY TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THIS IS A CASE THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO COURT.

>> YOU SAID IN YOUR STORY ABOUT THE INVESTIGATORS TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE A SOLID CASE.

IT'S UP TO THE PROSECUTORS TO BRING THIS CASE AND STACY SINCLAIR, IS THE CASE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING AGAINST MR. LEWIS?

>> NO PROSECUTOR HAS TAKEN UP THE CASE YET.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR ANSWER.

LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE FBI, WE SPOKE WITH FORMER CHICAGO BILL DIRECTOR ROB GRANT WHO TOLD US HE ENCOURAGED PROSECUTORS IN, AS FAR BACK AS 2012 TO CHARGE THIS CASE AND GIVE IT A PUBLIC HEARING.

HE CALLED IT, A RISK.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING TO PUT INFORMATION OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.

>> IN THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE PODCAST YOU CONFRONT MR. LEWIS IN BOSTON.

I WILL POINT THE LISTENERS TO SEE HOW THAT INTERACTION WENT.

MICHAEL PETRUS, WHAT CHANGED AFTER THAT?

AS YOU RECALL EVERYONE WAS IN A PANIC.

THEY WERE THROWING OUT THERE TYLENOL.

THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT COULD BE LEASED.

IT COULD'VE BEEN HALLOWEEN CANDY.

HOW DO THINGS CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THIS?

>> THE LANDSCAPE FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION CHANGED RADICALLY.

I FOUND, HALLOWEEN CANDY SALES, THE FOLLOWING MONTH WERE DOWN LIKE 25 PERCENT.

EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS.

THERE WERE FEDERAL REGULATIONS IN PLACE FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION ON HOW OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINES, PAIN READ LEVERS, COUGH MEDICINES AND SO FORTH COULD BE PACKAGED WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF SAFETY SALES AND PACKAGING.

WE SEE THAT TODAY WITH HELP REMAIN, PREPACKAGED FOOD AT THE GROCERY STORE, MEATS AND CHEESES AND THINGS HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF SAFETY SEALS OR THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO PRY OPEN TO GET OPEN AND WE CALL THEM TELLTALES.

THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE PACKAGE HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH OR OPENED.

THE SAME WITH JARS.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE VACUUM SEALS AT THE TOP.

AS FAR AS CONSUMER PROTECTION GOES, THERE'S BEEN VERY MUCH AN INCREASE.

AS FAR AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREPAREDNESS AS AN OUTGROWTH OF 9/11 AND SO FORTH, THERE'S MUCH MORE ATTENTION PAID TO BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> KRISTI AND STACY, WE KNOW YOU HAVE MUCH MORE TO COME IN THE SERIES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO READ AND LISTEN TO THE PODCASTS.

OUR THANKS TO KRISTI KOTOWSKI, STACY SINCLAIR AND MICHAEL PETRUS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WERE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >> DURING THE DARKEST DAYS OF WINTER EVERY CHICAGOAN HAS DREAMED OF BALMY ISLAND RECENT IN A POLYNESIAN PARADISE.

A TRIP TO TAHITI ISN'T IN THE CARDS FOR YOU THIS YEAR, THE DANCE IS A HOPE OF THE ECONOMY CAN DELIVER A TASTE OF THE TOPICS BY WAY OF JEFFERSON PARK.

PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON HAS A HIP SWINGING STORY.

>> HAWAIIAN HULA STORYTELLING.

IT'S REALLY GOES BACK FOR THE HAWAIIANS IT WAS A WAY OF RECORD-KEEPING BEFORE THERE WAS A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

>> IN STAGE PERFORMANCES AND OF THE STUDIO, ALL THEY COULD BE NO AND DAVID TELLER LOVE STORY THROUGH DANCE.

>> WE MET A POLYNESIAN DANCE COMPETITION IN HAWAII.

IT WAS THERE WHEN WE BECAME FRIENDS.

WE STARTED TALKING.

>> I LOVE SEEING HIM DO WHAT HE LOVES TO DO.

I ENJOY WHEN HE DANCES.

WE DANCE TOGETHER.

>> GABINO, A NATIVE OF MEXICO AND ALSO BELOW THE GROUP IN CHICAGO ARE BOTH LIFELONG DANCERS.

6 YEARS AFTER MEETING IN HILO HAWAII THEY MARRIED IN 2009.

REGULATOR THE OPENED COCHLEA ACADEMY A POLYNESIAN ARTS.

TOGETHER THEY TEACH THE OTHER GREAT LOVE.

THE LOVE OF POLYNESIAN CULTURE AND DANCE.

>> IN MEXICO YOU'RE LIKE A FAMILY COVERING EVERYBODY EATS AND DANCES.

THEY PLAY GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT SOMETHING I SAW IN THE POLYNESIAN CULTURE.

THEIR VERY FAMILY ORIENTED.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY.

DANCING.

IT GOES DEEP INTO CONNECTION WITH EVERYTHING IN NATURE.

THEIR ANCESTORS, THE LAND THAT 11.

>> HOCHUL HE IS A PROFESSIONAL DIVISION PERFORMS ALL OVER THE CITY LIKE THIS COMMUNITY EVENT IN ALBANY PARK.

IT'S EITHER AIM IS NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE.

>> THEY HAVE NO GPS OR MAPS OTHER THAN THE STARS IN THE BIRD MIGRATION PATTERN.

>> WHEN ALI DECIDED TO MOVE CHICAGO THERE WAS OTHER POLYNESIAN GROUPS AROUND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE NOTICED AS I THINK WAS GIVING THAT AUTHENTICITY YOU WOULD SEE IN THE ISLAND.

AS THE STORY GOES, IF IT DOESN'T EXIST WE CREATED.

>> OUR MAIN FOCUS OUT OF ALL OF THE POLYNESIAN CULTURES ARE WHEN YOU GO INTO ALL THE WHILE IT REPRESENTS ALL THE CULTURES AND THE OTHER POLYNESIAN ISLANDS.

YOU SEE THE FIRE DANCES AND THE SKIRTS.

PEOPLE JUST GET THAT IDEA THAT'S ALL HAWAIIAN DANCING.

WHEN THEY START LEARNING THE DANCE AND CLUSTER LIKE OH, THEY ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS.

COMPLETE DIFFERENT STYLES.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE POLYNESIAN CULTURES THAT I AM PORTRAYING THAT IT HAS TO BE THE RIGHT WAY.

I TRY TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP IT AS AUTHENTIC AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE.

>> LEARNING A LOT OF THIS STUFF DIRECTLY FROM HOMELANDS, TO HAITIANS.

WE TEACH THAT TO OUR DANCERS THAT THESE ARE THE MOVEMENTS.

THESE ARE THE TEACHINGS WE WERE TAUGHT AND IN MOST POLYNESIAN CULTURES IT'S A GIFT SO YOU PASS THAT GIFT ON.

[MUSIC] >> SAY THEIR STUDENTS TO COME ALL OVER THE CHICAGO AREA OFTEN HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO POLYNESIAN CULTURE THAT LEADS THEM TO SEEK OUT COCHLEA.

>> I RECEIVED A CALL YESTERDAY FROM A DANCER WHO BORN AND RAISED IN HAWAII.

HE LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR 5 YEARS AND HE MISSES HOME.

FOR HIM IT'S MORE ABOUT THE CAMARADERIE, THE FELLOWSHIP THAT OHANA, THE FAMILY SENSE.

[MUSIC] >> WHETHER THE DANCERS COME FROM HAWAII, MEXICO OR CHICAGO AND WHETHER THEY LEARN THE STEPS ON A TROPICAL ISLAND OR IN JEFFERSON PARK.

THE STORY COCHLEA TELLS ALWAYS RETURNS TO LOVE.

>> NEGATIVE TO HIM DANCE I'M LIKE, IN LOVE.

[MUSIC] AND SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS US ANYWAY.

IT'S NOT HOME BUT IT FEELS LIKE HOME.

>> ETHICAL PART THAT WE GET TO DO THE BUSINESS AND WE GET TO PERFORM TOGETHER.

LOVE IS REAL INDEED.

WE CAN SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS.

THROUGH DANCE.

IT'S PRETTY COOL.

[MUSIC] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT", THIS IS ERICA GABINO NSW DON'T SAY THEY CAN TEACH ANYONE THOSE MOVES.

IF YOU'RE UP TO THE CHALLENGE WILL FIND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

NOW PARENTS, WE CUT WE TALKED ABOUT YOU.

>> THE CAN TEACH ANYONE, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN TEACH ME.

BRENDA'S, THANKS VERY MUCH.

STILL TO COME.

THE MERITS 6 PROPOSALS FOR MAKEOVER OF THE LASALLE STREET CORRIDOR.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MUCH MORE.

>>> BLACK PIG ADVENTURES HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING CAPITAL.

MEET TO LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS GETTING A BIG FINANCIAL BOOST FROM GOOGLE.

>>> CARVING OUT SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHICAGO'S LONG-LASTING TRADITION OF LEAVING A MARK ALONG THE SHORELINE.

FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THOSE ARE RUSTED IN CHICAGO WILL BE GUARANTEED ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY AND PHONE.

CITIES REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS.

CONSENT DECREE CALLS FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL FOAMS IN INTERROGATION ROOMS AND CREATE ROOMS WHERE DETAINEES CAN TALK IN PRIVATE WITH A LAWYER.

>>> LOOKS LIKE A CHICAGO SUBURB COULD BE GETTING A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM.

NO, WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BEARS POTENTIAL MOVE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW BRIAN FAILED TO REPLACE ITS NEARLY 100-YEAR-OLD STADIUM.

THE NEWS RELEASE UNIVERSITY SAYS, IT WILL BE OUR YEAR-ROUND FACILITY WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART CANOPY THAT COULD ALSO HOST CONCERTS.

PLANS CALL FOR COMMUNITY PLAZAS.

THE PROJECT DISPLAYED COST IS BETWEEN 8 AND $900 MILLION.

THE MEAN FUNDERS ARE PAT AND SHIRLEY RYAN.

PAT RYAN FORMALLY BEYOND THE MINORITY OWNER OF THE CHICAGO BEARS.

WE SHOULD NOTE THE RYAN'S ARE ALSO SUPPORTERS OF WTTW.

>>> VOTERS AROUND THE STATE CAN BECOME TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS WITH AN OVER 8 ELECTION STARTING TOMORROW.

NOT IN CHICAGO.

THE CITY WILL OPEN ITS DOWNTOWN SIDE WEEK FROM FRIDAY ON OCTOBER 7.

SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY EARLY VOTING STARTS OCTOBER 12.

>>> OF COURSE YOUR MEMBER CHICAGO'S MOST POPULAR FEATHERED RESIDENTS, MONTY AND ROSE AFTER NESTING ON MONTROSE BEACH ON 3 SUMMERS.

MONTY PASSED AWAY WHILE THE OTHER GROWS NEVER RETURNED BUT, THE DEARLY DEPARTED LOVEBIRDS ARE BACK.

SORT OF.

BTW IN JOINS US TO EXPLAIN.

EACH COURSE, FIND MONTY ROSE IMMORTALIZED ON THE LAKEFRONT HOW AND WHERE?

>> YEAH, THEY ARE BACK AT THEIR HOME BEACH.

THERE IS A NEW CARVING OF OF THEM IN THOSE LIMESTONE BLOCKS THAT LINE THE LAKEFRONT.

THERE ON A PIECE OF ROCK THAT IS SITUATED BETWEEN WHERE THE MONTROSE DUNES ARE AND WHERE THE MONTROSE POINT BIRD SANCTUARY IS.

THERE'S A SLOPING SORT OF PORTRAITS OF THE WET OF MONTY AND ROSE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN WHERE THEY BELONG.

>> BACK TOGETHER AGAIN FOREVER.

TELL US ABOUT THE ARTIST.

THIS IS HIS FIRST PIECE ON LAKEFRONT?

>> HIS NAME IS DOCTOR SANTINI.

HE IS MORE TYPICALLY A PORTRAIT PAINTER OF HUMAN BEINGS.

THIS IS HIS FIRST CARVING.

HE JUST LLY WAS CAPTIVATED BY THE STORY OF MONTY AND ROSE.

HE VOLUNTEERED AT THE BIRD SANCTUARY.

SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE LAKEFRONT, LOVED THE BIRDS.

AS AN ARTIST THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER AND MERGED SO MANY OF HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS.

>> ARE THERE OTHER ARTIST THAT DO THESE KIND OF SCULPTURES IN THE STONE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT?

>> OH, YES.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE CARVINGS UP AND DOWN THE LAKEFRONT FROM THE INDIANA LINE UP TO HOLLYWOOD.

ACTUALLY DON WORKED ON DESIGNING A BOOK CALLED, LAKEFRONT ANONYMOUS THAT DOCUMENTS THESE CARVINGS THAT GO BACK AT LEAST TO THE 1930S.

LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR INITIALS.

SOME REALLY INTRICATE CARVINGS THAT HAVE VERY SORT OF MAYAN AZTEC LOOK INTO THEM.

EARLY ONCE YOU START TO SEE THEM YOU CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING THEM.

ALL THIS TIME.

HE'S REALLY CARING ON THIS VERY FASCINATING CHICAGO TRADITION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GO CHECK THEM OUT.

EDDIE, THANKS VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS.

>> YOU CAN READ PATTY'S FULL STORY ON WEBSITE THAT'S www.WTTW.com /NEWS.

NOW BRENDA'S, WE TOSSED BACK TO YOU.

>> PAIRS, THANK YOU.

STAY RIGHT THERE.

ILLINOIS SPEAKER CHRIS WELCH MAKES A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF SAFETY ACT.

MERIT LORI LIGHTFOOT WANTS TO MAKEOVER THE SOUTH QUARTER GB PRITZKER TO SUE OVER NEW ACT.

HERE THAT IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

TEAM WITH GHANA LATEBREAKING NEWS THIS EVENING.

THE CTU HOUSE OF DELEGATES HAVE VOTED TO ENDORSE COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRANDON JOHNSON FOR MIRROR PARENTS HEATHER, DOES THIS ENDORSEMENT MAKE HIM A TOP CONTENDER I CAN SPARE LIGHTFOOT?

>> I THINK IT DOES.

I SHOULD SAY THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN UNUSUAL ENDORSEMENT.

BRANDON JOHNSON IS NOT YET AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

THIS ENDORSEMENT CALLS ON BRANDON JOHNSON TO ENTER THE RACE AND SAYS IF AND WHEN HE DOES SO HE WILL HAVE THE UNION'S FULL THROATED SUPPORT.

NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT THE UNION IS BACKING JOHNSON.

HE IS A PAID EMPLOYEE OF THE UNION WITH LONG BEEN CLOSE WITH HIS LEADERSHIP.

HE FULLY EMBRACES THEIR PROGRESSIVE VISION IN CHICAGO.

WHICH IS BEEN AT A LOSS WITH AMERICA EVER SINCE YOU TOOK OFFICE ALMOST 4 YEARS AGO.

>> OKAY.

I SUSPECT AND WONDER NOW THAT HE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT THAT MIGHT GIVE HIM THE POINT SHE NEEDS TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL?

>> IT'S VERY POSSIBLE.

VERY POSSIBLE.

>> MY CROWD OUT SOMEONE LIKE A JIMMY GARCIA, THE CONGRESSMAN WHO IN THE PAST HAS, WHEN HE RECKONS ROBIN MANUAL WAS A GUY GETTING THE CTU ENDORSEMENT.

THIS IS A BIG ORGANIZATION.

BIG PLAYER IN POLITICS.

IF THE PARTY ENDORSED SOMEONE MIGHT NARROW THE PATH FOR JULIE GARCIAS IF HE WANTS TO GET IN WHICH AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT CLEAR.

>> BIG PLAYER IN POLITICS.

THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN CRITICISM FOR HOW MUCH THEY GET INTO POLITICS FROM SOME OF THEIR OWN MEMBERS.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

IT'S BIGGER WELCH WAS AT THE CITY CLUB TODAY AND WAS ASKED ABOUT SAFETY ACT AND THE END OF CASH BAIL.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAKE A MISTAKE.

THEY DO IT OUT OF DESPERATION.

THEY GO STEAL A LOAF OF BREAD.

THE GO STEAL SOME FOOD.

SO THEY CAN BE THERE KIDS.

THEY ARE SITTING IN THE COUNTY JAIL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD BAIL.

WHAT'S THERE ABOUT THAT?

WHAT'S JUST ABOUT THAT?

BUT A MURDER WHO CAN AFFORD BAIL IS WALKING FREE.

>> AMANDA, IF THE SPEAKER CAN MAKE A CLEAR CASE HERE FOR THE END OF CASH BAIL, WHAT YOU THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE STRUGGLED SO MUCH WITH THE MESSAGING ON THIS?

>> AMANDA, I THANK YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.

IT'S 2 AND HALF YEARS OF ZOOM.

ASK EVERY GO.

I'M PRETTY WHERE THE BUTTONS ARE.

SO, BRENDA'S I THINK A LARGE PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE DEMOCRATS PERHAPS WERE NOT EXPECTING POINT THIS BACKLASH.

OF COURSE THE ACT PASSED ON THE GO.

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S REALLY BECOMING A HUGE DEAL.

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SOMEONE FRONT IN TERMS OF THEIR MAJORITIES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THEM SO MUCH OF A FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGE.

THE MAY BE PERHAPS WERE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

THEY'RE NOT USING THAT SORT OF MESSAGING LEADING UP TO IT.

THEY DIDN'T CLARIFY WHAT THIS ACT TO DO.

I THINK OTHER PARTS OF IT THAT THIS IS, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME OR A PERCEPTION OF SUCH ONCE THIS MEASURE WAS PASSED.

JUST THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED ESPECIALLY WITH VOTERS ABOUT THE LARGE PART OF THINGS AS WELL.

>> DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATE DISCUSSED CASH BAIL.

STARTING JANUARY 1.

AMANDA WHAT ARE THE CHANGES HE'S LOOKING FOR?

>> A BIG CHANGE WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD AND CASH BAIL FOR ALL PETTY OFFENSES STARTING WITH CRIME COMMITTED JANUARY 1 OF 2023.

SO, NOT GOING BACKWARDS.

THAT'S REALLY I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER IMAGES CHANGES.

TRY TO TAKE A LOT OF THE CRITICISM.

SOME OF THE CRITICISM HAS BEEN VERY FAKE NEWS, OVER-THE-TOP AND BLOATED.

OTHERS ARE MORE NUANCES.

ESTATE ATTORNEYS IT'S A HEY, NO, WE ARE ALSO ALL RIGHT GETTING RID OF CASH BAIL.

THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT.

THE MEANS ARE FLAWED.

BENNETT TRIED TO TAKE HIM ABOUT.

>> AMANDA, HOW HAS OTHER DEMOCRATS AS MONITORS CHANGE?

>> HAVE SOME OF THE LEADING DEMOCRATS THAT HELP TO PASS THE SAFETY ACTS TAKING A BIT OF A STEP BACK AND SAYING, WE WILL LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTION.

SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT REALLY PUSHED FOR THE END OF CASH BAIL AND THE OTHER CHANGES THE SAFETY ACTS MAKE PRESSING THIS IS BAD, BAD, BAD.

WE THINK IT WOULD BE WORSE RETURN TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A SYSTEM SET UP FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM AND BY REMOVING THIS PRESUMPTION THAT ANYBODY ARRESTED SHOULD BE PUT, RELEASE SUCH AS DETAINED AND IT'S MAKING THINGS WORSE.

>> WILL START A HOME, LIGHTFOOT HAS REQUESTED PROPOSALS FOR THE MAKEOVER OF THE LASALLE STREET CORRIDOR.

THAT'S THE CITY'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

MAKING IT INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

IS AMERICA TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THE AREA FACES.

>> POSES TURN OF THE CENTURY.

THIS HISTORIC QUARTER HAS BEEN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR CITY.

HOME TO OFFICE BUILDING, RETAIL, THEATERS AND DINING.

WE ALL KNOW NOW THAT THE PANDEMIC CAN CULTURE SHIFT HAS BROUGHT SUIT CHALLENGES TO THIS CORRIDOR ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

CHANGES IN WHERE WE WORK.

AND WHERE WE SHOP.

HOW ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR WITH NEARLY 5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE.

>> HEATHER, TELL US WHAT THE MAYOR'S LOOKING FOR WHO IS PAYING FOR IT?

>> AS WE HEARD HER SAY, THE EDDIE ARRUZA PANDEMIC HAS RESHAPED HOW PEOPLE WORK.

ESPECIALLY IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

THERE IS A BIG DEMAND FOR NEW HOMES DOWNTOWN.

SHE IS HOPING TO OFFER DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AN INCENTIVE TO TURN THOSE BIG OFFICE BUILDINGS, OLD BANK BUILDINGS INTO NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH THE HELP OF CITY SUBSIDIES.

THOSE CARROTS COME WITH A STICK AND IF THE DEVELOPERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUBSIDIES THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SET AT LEAST 30 PERCENT OF THOSE UNITS ASIDE FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME CHICAGOANS.

IN A PART OF THE CITY WHERE IT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE APARTMENT.

THAT, SHE SAYS WILL KILL 2 BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

IT WILL REVITALIZE AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT IS TOTALLY STRUGGLED AFTER THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC AND IT WILL HELP CHICAGO BE MORE EQUITABLE AND MIGHT BY SEGREGATION.

>> PARENTS, THIS IS REPRESENT THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY THAT SOME DOWNTOWN OFFICE WORKERS MIGHT NOT BE COMING BACK DOWNTOWN?

>> I THINK IT'S PART ABOUT BRENDA'S.

I THINK THE LOOP WAS FACING HEADWINDS IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

THE PANDEMIC EXACERBATED.

CITY PLANNERS OF THE TALKING FOR YEARS TO REVISION THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT, THE BROADER LOOP INTO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE AKIN TO WORK LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

THE MEANS MORE RESIDENTIAL, MORE MIXED USE BUILDINGS.

AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

THE LOOP BECAME A GHOST TOWN AT NIGHT.

SO FEW PEOPLE LIVED THERE.

THE POPULATION HAS GROWN.

SOMETHING LIKE 42,000.

IT'S QUITE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE FUTURE IS IN STEVE'S AND MORE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE WORKERS ARE COMING BACK.

VACANCY HAS BEEN BAD.

YOU HAVE AREAS LIKE THE WEST LOOP THAT HAS BEEN HARDER FOR NEW BUSINESS BUILDINGS, VINDALOO.

THEY HAVE GOOGLE GOING TO THE THOMPSON CENTER.

MAYBE NOT CHANGES THAT BUT, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD.

MULTIPLE MAN IS GOOD.

HAVING A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LOOP IS GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

>> HEATHER YOU REPORTED FAIRLY COMPLETED STORY.

ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH THE CITY AND ROLLED IT CAN WITHHOLD NEARLY 50 YEARS WORTH OF POLICE MISCONDUCT FILES DESPITE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST.

THE CANDIDATE WE KNOW THE MAYOR PROFESSED HER BELIEF AND TRANSPARENCY.

WHY IS A CITY PARTY THESE?

>> WELL, THEY SAY IT WILL COST THE CITY NEARLY $8 MILLION AND TAKE THEM 10 YEARS TO PROCESS ALL OF THESE COMPLAINT FILES WHICH GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW MANY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE FACED COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.

NOW, SHE TRIED TO BROKER AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ACCRETIVE DATE DATABASE FULL OF COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO THE YEAR 2000.

THAT RAN AGROUND BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR PROGRESSIVE ALDERMAN AND THE FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL, JOSEPH FERGUSON.

ALL OF THIS HAS SORT OF REMAINED IN LIMBO WAITING FOR THE SUPREME COURT RULING.

IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER NOW THIS IS BEEN SETTLED WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANOTHER EFFORT TO BUILD THIS DATABASE WHICH THE FORMER CITY WATCHDOG SAID WAS NECESSARY TO HELP RESTORE THE PUBLIC TRUST IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH AS WE ALL REPORTED HAS BEEN TRULY THE SON OF MISCONDUCT OR WRONGDOING.

>> SHIFTING OF A BIT OF EDUCATION AND POLITICS.

TERESA MALL HAS MOVED TO BLOCK $50 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR A NEAR SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE SETTING THE LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CALLING THE CITY'S PLAN IN OFFENSIVE.

AMANDA, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CITY'S PLAN THAT HAS ALSO UPSET?

>> I THANK YOU TOUCHED ON IT.

SHE SAYS IT'S A HUGE, HER MAJOR COMPLAINT THAT THERE WASN'T AN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.

SHE FEELS AS IF SHE AND THE SCHOOL ARE BEING USED AS PAWNS IN AN EFFORT BY MERE LIFE WENT TO GET REELECTED.

SHE ALSO HAS AN UNABRIDGED WITH WHERE THIS PROPOSED SCHOOL WOULD BE LOCATED.

IT IS ON LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY.

LET IT BE CLEAR THIS IS FUNDING THAT WOULD COME FROM THE STATE TO HELP BUILD THE SCHOOL.

THE REASON SHE WOULD HAVE AN ABILITY TO SORT OF BARGAIN IS AS A STATE LEGISLATOR, DEMOCRATS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONE THAT CREPT THE BUDGET BECAUSE THEY ARE IN CHARGE.

CAN KIND OF CHOOSE THESE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES.

SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO PUT A HALT ATTENDING THIS MONDAY FOR THE INITIATIVE.

>> CAN I JUMP IN.

MOTH, SHE SUPPORTED THIS.

THE IDEA OF THIS.

THERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY LEADERS IN CHINATOWN THAT A BEEN PLANNING FOR A SCHOOL LIKE THIS IN CHINATOWN.

IT APPEARS THERE MIGHT BE SOME RACIAL POLITICS UNDERPINNING SOME OF THIS.

THE LOCATION IS NOT GOING TO BE IN CHINATOWN.

THE LOCATION PROPOSED IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VAN RYAN WHICH IS PREDOMINATELY AFRICAN AND AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

SMALL IS HELD MEETINGS WITH CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A SCHOOL THERE.

I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OLDER PEOPLE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT CPS MAKING THE CASE THAT THERE MIGHT BE RACIAL POLITICS INVOLVED.

MOM DID SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THE SCHOOL JUST I THINK IDEA IT WAS TO HAVE IT IN CHINATOWN TO BE PREDOMINATELY ASIAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL.

>> HEATHER, WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THAT LIFE WITH ADMINISTRATION?

>> THEIR MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD AT THE FORT BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED 4 3 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS AND AGREED TO SPEND $50 MILLION TO START DESIGNING THIS SCHOOL.

THAT VOTE, RAZOR THIN.

THE DECISIVE VOTE WOULD CAST BY FOLDER ALDERMAN, MICHAEL SCOTT WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AFTER PLANE TRUST, ONE OF HER ORIGINAL TRUST SAID HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS PLAN FOR THIS NEAR SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE OUSTED TRUST AND REPLACED HIM WITH MICHAEL SCOTT WHO MADE GOOD ON THAT APPOINTMENT TODAY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A SOURCE OF SIGNIFICANT CONTROVERSY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IF NOT LONGER THAN THAT.

RELIES ON TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUNDING WHICH HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS QUITE A HOT POTATO AND THAT APPROVAL IS CERTAINLY NO SURE THING.

>> RETURNING TO STATE POLITICS AMANDA.

ILLINOIS SENATORS MICHAEL HASTINGS AND EMILE JONES HAVE DECLINED TO RESIGN DESPITE GOVERNOR PRITZKER ASKING THEM TO DO SO.

WHICH WE TAKE FOR THE FACT THEY ARE STILL IN PLACE?

>> THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

THERE POTENTIALLY FACING SOME LITIGATION OR AT LEAST IN THE CASE OF JONES CERTAINLY FELT AND COULD USE A PAYCHECK.

THERE IS A SEPARATION OF POWER.

DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT MAKING THIS CALL AGAINST FELLOW DEMOCRATS, GRANTED WE CAN ONES, THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO TO FORCE THEM OUT.

>> OKAY.

PARENTS, WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL ADS.

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE DISGUISES NEWSPAPERS BE DISTRIBUTED BY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN DAN CROFT PACK.

THE PAST PRITZKER HAS PROCESSED MATERIAL AS RACIST AND NOW THE GOVERNOR IS THREATENING TO SUE THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES FOR MAKING FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS IN A NEW CAMPAIGN AD.

ELLIS WHAT'S @ ISSUE HERE?

>> THE LATEST OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOVERNOR PRETZER AND DAN WITH MOST OF THE FUNDING FROM DOSH.

THIS AD A WOMAN RELIGION OR OVER PRITZKER HEADER FIRED FROM HER ESTATE JOB AS A NURSE.

PRITZKER SINCE NO SUCH THING AND IN FACT SHE TOLD THE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET SHE HAD NO PROOF PRITZKER GOT HER FIRED.

PROP WENT AND REDID THE AD TOOK THE PARENT ALLEGATION OUT.

THERE'S IS WGN POLL SHOWING PRITZKER WITH A 51 2 36 PERCENT LEAN OVER BAILEY.

CRIME IS NOT REALLY A HIGH ISSUE ON VOTERS MINDS.

PROPP AND BAILEY AND REPUBLICANS HAVE GONE ALL IN ON THIS ISSUE OF CRIME.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LESSENING.

SO FAR IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO BGN POLE.

THE ELECTION IS AND WHAT, A MONTH AND HALF?

>> IT UP.

>>, LOOK AT MY BLACK TECH VENTURES HAVE HISTORICALLY DIFFICULTY ACCESSING CAPITAL.

THAT FIRST AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BLACK VOICES.

FIRST, A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER.

[MUSIC] >> TO LOCAL BLACK STARTUPS RECEIVE LOCAL NEWS RECENTLY.

THE LEADER OF THE EVENT MORE WE PRESENT WERE AWARDED $100,000 EACH FROM GOOGLE FOR THE STARTUPS BLACK PANTHERS FUND.

MONEY WILL BUOY PROMISING BLACK TECH VENTURES WHICH IS NORMAL HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY ACCESSING CAPITAL.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN SPACE, IN 2020 WAS COMPANIES RAISED NEARLY $150 BILLION IN VENTURE CAPITAL.

BLACK STARTED CONGRESS RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THAT TOTAL.

JOINING US ARE CANDACE SPEICHER, COFOUNDER OF BUOY PRICING, A RIVET MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR THE VACATION RENTAL INDUSTRY AND JOSHUA MERCER, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER OF THE EVENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT AWARD.

JOSHUA MERCER LET'S START WITH YOU.

YOUR COMPANY, INVENT OR COMMIT YOUR EVENT PLATFORM.

THERE'S A FEW OTHERS OUT THERE.

WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE?

>> WE ARE THE EVENT TICKETING PLATFORM FOR BLACK CULTURE.

I THINK WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE FROM AN EVENT ORGANIZER PERSPECTIVE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COOL ABOUT US IS WE ALLOWED THE EVENT ORGANIZERS TO TAKE A PORTION OF THE TICKETING FEE AND USE IT AS COMMISSION TO HELP FUND THEIR EVENTS.

THE INCREMENTAL REVENUE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR NONPROFITS OR IF YOU'RE DOING A FUNDRAISER.

IF YOU DO AN EVENT SAY $20 A TICKET THAT EXTRA 2 DOLLARS AND CHANGE WE GIVE A PORTION OF THAT BACK TO THE EVENT ORGANIZERS.

FOR USERS IT'S A REALLY EASY WAY TO FIND BLACK EVENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR AREA.

NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE WORLD YOU'RE IN.

WHETHER IN NIGERIA OR CHICAGO, CALIFORNIA.

BARB YOU GO.

YOU CAN EASILY TAP INTO EVENTS THAT ARE CATERED TOWARDS PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU.

>> CANDACE RIKER, YOUR COMPANY, YOU HELP VACATION OWNERS FIGURE OUT THEIR PRICING.

WHAT'S THE NICHE YOU'RE HOPING TO FULFILL?

>> HONESTLY, WE WANT TO BECOME THE GLOBAL FUNDS FOR THE OCCASION INDUSTRY.

OUR TECH PRICES AND REPORTS ON VACATION RENTALS AUTOMATICALLY.

WE NOTE FOR ALL VACATION RENTALS ARE PRICED.

OUR HOPE IS TO BECOME THE TRAVEL RESOURCE FOR USERS AND TRAVELERS ALIKE SO THEY CAN HAVE THIS INFORMATION.

THIS INFORMATION DOESN'T EXIST.

FOR EARLY USERS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE ME IT'S IMPORTANT FOR GETTING LOANS AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

>> CANDACE UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS RECENTLY?

>> YES.

JUST ONE TECH WRITES CHICAGO FOR THE CYBERSECURITY AND COMPETITION.

JUST THIS MORNING.

I'M STILL FEELING THE EXCITEMENT FROM THAT NEWS.

>> I'M SURE YOU ARE.

CONGRATS.

JOSHUA MERCER, WHAT IS A GRANT YOU ALL RECEIVED FROM THE GOOGLE FUND?

HOW'S I CAN HELP YOU MOVE YOUR BUSINESS FORWARD?

>> IT WILL BE TREMENDOUS FOR US.

IF YOU'RE NOT INTACT AND HEAVILY INVESTED IN TECH IT'S HARD FOR YOUR COMPANY TO SURVIVE.

IT WILL ALLOW US TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE ENGINEERING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO STAY RELEVANT.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 400,000 USERS ON OUR PLATFORM.

1500 EVENT PLANNERS.

WE CAN'T AFFORD AT ANY MOMENT FOR OUR WEBSITE TO GO DOWN.

WE HAVE A HUGE EVENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON D.C..

ALREADY OVER 20,000 TICKETS ARE SOLD.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY HAVING GOOD ENGINEERS IS EXTREME IMPORTANT.

IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE MARKETING AND MORE BRANDING TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR PLATFORM AND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> CANDACE, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

HOW WILL THE GRANT HELP YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

>> IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD TO RAISE MONEY.

ALL OF OUR COMPETITORS ARE VENTURED BACK.

THIS COMPANY IS RUN BY MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND.

THIS WILL CONTINUE OUR MISSION OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR USERS.

USING THIS TO NOT ONLY BUILD MORE CONNECTIONS AND ACCESS MORE USERS.

FOR USING IT TO CONTINUE TEACHING AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT GROUPS.

WE PROVIDE CONTENT OVER TRYING TO HELP MAKE MORE PEOPLE EXPERTS IN THIS INDUSTRY SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> JOSHUA ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES YOU MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED WHILE TRYING TO GET INVESTMENT FUNDING?

>> WELL, EVERY DAY IS A CHALLENGE.

WHETHER IT'S, IF DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS, YOU GO BACK AND YOU WILL PRESENT TO SOMEONE AND THEY WILL LIKE YOUR IDEAS BUT THEY WILL END UP SAYING WHAT ABOUT THIS OR WHAT IS IT.

OUR IDEAS ISN'T LIKE A NOVEL IDEA.

YOU HAVE OTHER TICKETING PLATFORMS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUND AS YOU TO IDENTIFY THE PAIN POINT.

WE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS, EVENT PLANNING.

APARCIO, JEFF AND PENNY MARSHA, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT PLANNING INDUSTRY.

SOMETIMES EXPRESSING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THE SOLUTION CAN BE DIFFICULT.

THANKFULLY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT OVER THESE LAST 3 YEARS AND WRITTEN IT OUT AND BE ABLE TO GET BLESSED WITH A HURRICANE.

>> CONGRATS.

CANDACE, SAME QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED IT'S DIFFICULT TO RAISE THE CAPITAL.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU EXPERIENCED?

>> IT'S BEEN A LOT LIKE WHERE'S YOUR ATTRACTION, WHAT ARE YOUR NUMBERS?

THESE INSTITUTIONS USE ACCELERATORS IT'S VERY INCREDIBLE VERBAL BEING.

LIKE JOSH SAID, QUOTE WE HAVE A FUNNY CHANCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS GETTING FUNDED EASILY.

WE HAD TO BUILD TECHNOLOGY BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN INVEST.

NOW WE GOT OURSELVES BACK AND CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR MISSION.

THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE BOTH OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT JOSHUA.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE TARGETED INVESTMENT FOR A BLACK START UP?

>> IT'S EXTREMELY CRITICAL.

A LOT OF TIMES IT WILL NOT LOOK LIKE US.

ROB WAS ON THE CONSUMER SIDE AND NEVER ON THE DECISION SIDE.

TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU, IT WILL BE MORE INTENTION AND MORE THAT UNLESS MANIPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY.

I'M A FATHER OF 2 AND I'M TELLING MY KIDS TO GET OFF OF YOU TO GET OFF OF THIS AND GET OFF OF THAT.

I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU YOU WILL BE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE BOARD ROOM.

THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO LEAVE IT.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH.

THANKS TO JOSHUA MERCER AND WILL BE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM INDICATE NAVY FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

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[MUSIC] >> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7.

OFFICIALS MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN FOR A NEW NEAR SIDE SOUTH SIDE DESPITE CONCERNS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

WE HAVE AN UP REPORT.

>>> HOW A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS HOPING OTHERS NAVIGATE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

ROB WAS HERE "CHICAGO TONIGHT", A BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND PARIS SHOTS.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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