>> GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, THIS COULD BE THE DEADLIEST HURRICANE IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY.

>> AFTER SLAMMING FLORIDA IAN INTENSIFIES AS IT HEADS TOWARD SOUTH CAROLINA.

A LOOK AT ITEM PABLTH CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ON STORM INTENSITY.

>> RIGHT BEHIND ME IS A BUILDING THAT'S NOT SEPARATING AT A THIRD OF THE CAPACITY.

>> PLANS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT.

>> QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DEATH LED TO WIDESPREAD MOURNING BUT ALSO SPARKED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY UNVEILS PLANS FOR A NEW STADIUM.

WE TALK DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR RESIDENTS.

>> WAKE UP ONE DAY AND GET THE PHONE CALL THAT SAID YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> MEET A LOCAL WOMAN ON A MISSION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF KIDNEY DISEASE.

>> CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF NATURE AT THE MORTON ARBRETUM.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED I'LL BE REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE "CHICAGO TONIGHT," IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

CITY OFFICIALS PLAN TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL HERE.

SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WANT, BE OUT ALSO CTS IS FACING PUSH BACK.

THERE'S OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION AND ALSO FEARS ABOUT WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR NEARBY SCHOOLS.

MORE AHEAD, BUT FIRST BACK TO YOU.

>> MILLIONS ACROSS FLORIDA WERE LEFT IN THE DARK AND MANY ARE DEALING WITH FLOODING AND DAMAGED HOMES AFTER BEING HIT BY HURRICANE IAN.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER AND THE DEATH TOLL IS UNCLEAR.

EMERGENCY CREWS ARE WORKING TO HELP THOSE CAUGHT IN THE PATH.

IT'S MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD SOUTH CAROLINA AND COULD MAKE LANDFALL BY FRIDAY.

WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> THE SENATE PASSES SHORT-TERM SPENDING WILL TODAY IN AN EFFORT TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

IT GIVES LAWMAKERS MORE TIME TO WORK ON THE BUDGET.

THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES 12 BILLION DOLLARS IN AID FOR UKRAINE.

AND NOW HEADS TO THE HOUSE WHERE IT WILL BE VOTED ON THERE.

>> CHICAGO MAYOR WILL NOT LONGER RAISE PROPERTY TAXES IN HER 2023 BUDGET AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.

LIGHTFOOT IS DROPPING THE PROPOSAL TO HIKE PROPERTY TAXES BY 43 MILLION NEXT YEAR.

SHE'S RUNNING FOR REELECTION AS WELL NEXT YEAR.

HER DECISION WAS DO TO FASTER EXPECTED RECOVERY OF THE CITY'S ECONOMY FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

MAYOR DIDN'T EXPLAIN HOW SHE PROPOSES TO BRIDGE THE SHORTFALL.

SHE IS SET TO UNVEIL HER DETAILED 2023 SPENDING PLAN ON MONDAY.

>> AND UP NEXT CONTROVERSY OVER A NEW SCHOOL PROPOSAL ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE.

WE HAVE THAT IN OUR LIVE REPORT.

>> NEW HIGH SCHOOL SLATED TO BE WILT WITH THE RECENT BLESSING OF A CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BUT IT WAS A TIGHT VOTE.

4-3.

AN INDICATION OF HOW CONTROVERSIAL THIS IS.

WE SPENT THE DAY ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE TALKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT IT.

AMANDA IS AT THE SITE OF THE FUTURE NEW SCHOOL.

THE BOARD GAVE APPROVAL.

WHY IS THIS STILL A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY.

>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A NEW SCHOOL FOR LITERALLY DECADES.

MAYOR IS ON BOARD TO GIVE IT TO THEM.

NOW THAT THERE'S POLITICAL MOMENTUM AND $60 MILLION DOLLARS PLEDGED TOWARD THE PROJECT.

SOME OF THOSE VERY SAME ADVOCATES ARE SKEPTICAL.

SHE IS HEAD OF THE COALITION FOR BETTER CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

OUR TONE HAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND FEEDER SCHOOL BUT NO OPEN ENROLLMENT HIGH SCHOOL.

SOME STUDENT SPEND MORE THAN 2 HOURS COMMUTING ELSEWHERE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL TO WALK TO OR RIDE A BUS TO ONE WITH PROGRAMMING TO SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE ESTABLISH THE SCHOOL IF WE DESIGNED IT CORRECTLY IT WILL BE A SCHOOL SERVING THE DIVERSE STUDENTS, ASIANS, BLACKS AND WHITE STUDENTS.

AND BUT THE FOCUS WILL BE ON BY LINGUAL EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS.

>> Reporter: HER MAIN PROGRAM IS WHERE CPS IS PROPOSING TO BUILD THIS 120 MILLION DOLLAR NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M STANDING NEARBY AT THE FORMER HERALD IKY HOME.

HER COMMUNITY IS STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH HOUSING ADVOCATES WHO DON'T WANT ACRES USED FOR A SCHOOL THAT WOULD THEREBY BE TAKEN AWAY FROM PUBLIC HOUSING.

BUT IN A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID THIS SUMMER THEY MET WITH LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCILS FOR CHA DEVELOPMENT.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE CAC IS ON OUR BOARD.

TWO MEMBERS OF -- TWO RESIDENTS ARE ON OUR BOARD.

THEY VOTED FOR THIS WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE MAKE SURE ALL 244 UNITS GO BACK ON THE ORIGINAL EKE SITE.

>> AS IN 244CHA HOUSING UNITS OR RESIDENTS DISPLACED WHEN EKIS DEMOLISHED.

THEY HAVE FALLEN MIND ON PROMISES BEFORE.

THEY FEAR THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAINST.

THE HOUSING ISSUE IS FAR FROM THE ONLY POINT OF CONTENTION.

AS SOME OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S APPOINTMENTS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, GREEN SAID IT MAKES NO SENSE TO BUILD A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL IN HIS ALMA MATER THAT'S 30% CAPACITY.

>> IT'S A GHOSTOWN.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS AND BY -- EDUCATOR.

THAT'S HOW THEY LEARN TOGETHER.

>> CTS LEADER PRIVATELY WORRIED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE WOULD HURT STUDENTS AT THE EXISTING LOCAL SCHOOLS LIKE THE FIRST BLACK HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S ROOIL -- RIVAL DUNBAR.

INSTEAD OF BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL THAT MONEY SHOULD BE USED SO THAT RESIDENTS WILL WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THESE SCHOOLS.

>> WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THEY BUILT THE SHINY NEW SCHOOL.

THEY SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE SCHOOL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GO TO.

THIS SCHOOL HAS THIS LONG WAITING LIST BECAUSE ALL THE PARENTS WANTED TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO.

I UNDERMINES THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY ATTENDANCE LEVEL IS LOW AND THEY SHUT THEM DOWN.

WE HAVE THESE MASSIVE BUILDINGS THAT CAN FIT 12 TO 1300 KIDS RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> HE SAID WHAT CPS IS TRYING TO DO IN THE CITY FORM OF RACISM.

CPS OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND WITH EFFECTED SCHOOL FAMILIES AND THEY WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND A QUALITY EDUCATION.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRUST.

THIS ISN'T AN OR.

THIS IS AN AND.

WE CAN BUILD A NEW SCHOOL AND DEVELOP THE OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

DON'T JUST LISTEN TO MY WORD.

IT WILL BE DONE IN ACTIONS TOO.

WE WILL DO IT.

>> Reporter: SHE WANTS TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTINGS IN PHILIPS AND DUNBAR BUT SHE SAID IT'S HIGH TIME FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THE POPULATION GROWTH IN PARTS OF DOUGLAS AND CHINATOWN HAVE BEEN EXPLOSIVE.

AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT A SCHOOL THAT WILL BRING, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES TOGETHER IN ONE LOCATION.

I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS IDEA.

>> CTS, CHA AND THE MAYOR ALL ONBOARD IT SEEMS LIKE ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.

BUT NOT QUITE.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE THERESA SECURED $50 MILLION IN STATE TAX PAYER MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT BUT NOW PLANS TO BLOCK IT.

SHE FEELS LIKE A POLITICAL PAWN FOR LIGHTFOOT'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN AND SHE SAID THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU IN A BIT.

NOW TO PARIS FOR WHAT SOME CALL THE DEADLIEST HURRICANE IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY.

>> EMERGENCY CREWS ARE WORKING ROUND-THE-CLOCK TO RESCUE INDIVIDUALS CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF MONSTER SURE -- HURRICANE IAN.

IT RIPPED UP HOUSES IN FLORIDA AND IS NOW ONCE AGAIN A HURRICANE AFTER BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM AND HEADED FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.

IAN HAS SEVERELY FLOODED FORT MEYER, NAPLES AND OTHER AREAS AT THIS POINT.

MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES AS OF EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ACCORDING TO FLORIDA OFFICIALS.

FINAL DEATH TOLLS AND INJURIES ARE NOT YET KNOWN.

>> JOINING US ARE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEO FISCAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND ALISON MICHAEL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ENVIRONMENT AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

YOU HAVE A MOM IN CAPE CORALS FLORIDA.

WHO HAS BEEN THERE THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER?

>> THANKFULLY, SHE HAS POWER MOST OF YESTERDAY.

IT WENT OUT LAST NIGHT.

CAME BACK MID MORNING THIS MORNING.

THANKFULLY HER AND MOST OF HER NEIGHBORS ARE ALL THANKFULLY OKAY.

DEFINITELY SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGE.

SPARED FROM MOST OF THE FLOODING DAMAGE THANKFULLY BUT HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF DAMAGE.

>> DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE FLOODING DAMAGE STAYED CLOSE TO THE WATERFRONT?

>> YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS TO.

MOST OF THE SURGE FLOODING STAYED ON THE COASTLINE.

BARRIER ISLANDS, FT. MYERS BEACH.

ALL OF THE COASTAL AREA.

THERE SEEMED TO BE QUITE A BIT OF THE DRY AIR ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STORM THAT SPARED THEM FROM A GOOD PART OF THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL.

>> HOW DOES THIS STORM COMPARE TO THE OTHER STORMS THIS HURRICANE SEASON?

>> THIS SEEMS TO BE IN TERMS OF THE COURSE IT TOOK, IT'S ONE MORE TYPICAL ONES THAT I WOULD SAY THAT EXPLODED.

INTENSITY WHY DEFINITELY ONE OF THE ONES THAT EFFECTED THE STATE.

I WILL WATCH CAREFULLY.

BECAUSE EARLY IN THE SIGN IT WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET FOR ATLANTIC HURRICANES.

THERE WASN'T VERY MUCH STORMS.

BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAD SOME THAT WERE STRONG.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE REST OF THE SEASON WILL PLAY OUT.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

AND ALISON, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS STORM HAS CAUSED MORE DESTRUCTION THAN STORMS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEAR.

WHAT MADE IT SO DESTRUCTIVE?

>> I THINK THE INTENSITY IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

IT'S NOT THE MOST INTENSE STORM THAT MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA.

IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE TOP FIVE.

AND ALSO JUST DEVELOPMENT ALONG COASTAL AREAS THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT HERE THE MORE DESTRUCTION WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

>> AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT RAPID INTENSIFICATION.

WHAT IS RAPID INTENSIFICATION AND HOW DID IT PLAY A ROLE IN IAN?

>> RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS REALLY A VERY FAST DECLINE IN THE PRESSURE AND RAPID INCREASE IN THE WIND SPEED AND IF A STORM INCREASES BY 35 MILES PER HOUR, OR 24-HOUR PERIOD THEN IT'S RAPID INTENSIFYING.

THIS HAPPENS TYPICALLY BEFORE THE LANDFALL AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THEN IT GIVES PEOPLE LITTLE WARNING FOR THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

AND WE DIDN'T -- WE USED TO HAVE VERY FEW STORMS THAT UNDERWENT RAPID INTENSIFICATION.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A TREND FOR MORE RECENT STORMS THAT MAKE LANDFALL.

MANY OF THE RECENT CYCLONES UNDERWENT RAPID INTENSIFICATION JUST BEFORE LANDFALL WHICH MAKES IT.

>> IS IT FAIR TO MAKE THE CONNECTION HERE WARMING CLIMATE, WARMING GULF WATERS, MORE RAPID INTENSIFICATION, IS THIS WHAT WE WILL SEE BECAUSE OF THE WARMING CLIMATE?

>> YEAH.

THAT'S OF COURSE A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER.

CLIMATE CHANGE, OF COURSE, IS NOT JUST ONE EVENT.

IT'S A CULMINATION OF MANY EVENTS AND LOOKING FOR THE TRENDS OVER TIME.

THE REALIZED IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE YET TO BE SEEN.

WE JUST NEED TO DO SOME WORK TO KIND OF DISSECT THIS PARTICULAR STORM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL CLIMATE CHANGE TO DATE IF ANY PLAYED IN THIS STORM.

OF COURSE, WARMING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE WILL PLAY A ROLE IN FUTURE STORMS.

ONE OTHER THING THAT RESEARCH IS LOOKING INTO NOW IS HOW FAST THESE STORMS ARE MOVING.

IF THESE STORMS ARE SLOWING DOWN AND OF COURSE THAT IS A BIG "IF," IF THEY SPEND MORE TIME OVER THE POTENT SURFACE TEMPERATURES THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE CHANCES OF RAPID INTENSIFICATION.

>> AND THIS STORM, OF COURSE DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM AFTER IT WENT ACROSS FLORIDA BUT NOW BACK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AS A HURRICANE.

WHAT IS THE PROJECTION.

HOW STRONG WILL IT GET?

AND WHO IS IN THE FIRING LINE HERE?

I THINK THAT IT IS LOOKING TO GET TO MAYBE A CAT 1.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

CHARLESTONTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LANDFALL AND THEN IT WILL MOVE UP THROUGH THE CAROLINAS.

>> IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER ON THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND UP THE LOWER EASTERN SEABOARD; IS THIS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO EXPECT MORE OF GOING FORWARD, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT EFFECTS QUITE YET?

>> RIGHT.

FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT OUT ON THE BEACH.

THE SEA-LEVEL RISE IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

THE GENERAL SEA-LEVEL RISE IS A RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING ALSO ENHANCES THE RISK OF STORM SURGE AND THE SEA WATER TOWARD THE SHORE.

IT'S A SURGE OF WATER.

IT'S THE MAIN DESTROYER ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES.

>> CERTAINLY A FACT OF LIFE RIGHT NOW AND OUR THOUGHTS TO EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA AND IN THE CAROLINAS, HOPEFULLY PREPARING OR EVACUATING AS THIS STORM MAKES ITS WAY NORTH.

OUR THANKS TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S LEGACY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

>> IN PARIS QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DEATH PROMPTED AND OUTPOURING OF GRIEF AMONG MANY PEOPLE IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND.

TO MANY HER 70-YEAR REINS SYMBOL OF TRADITION THAT LINKED THE PRESENT TO THE PAST.

BUT ON HER DEATH ALONG WITH EXPRESSIONS OF SIMILAR THINK MANY PEOPLE FROM FORMER COLONIES FROM IRELAND TO KENYA AND HERE IN AMERICA HAVE PUSHED BACK ON THE GLORIFICATION OF THE MONARCHY AND THE EMPIRE.

>> A PROFESSOR IN HISTORY AT NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY WHO RESEARCH INTEREST INCLUDE A FOCUS ON BRITAIN AND EMPIRE.

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY AT NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY.

PRODUCER THAT WROTE OPINION PIECE ABOUT HER FAMILY'S LIFE UNDER BRITISH RULE IN JAMAICA.

WELCOME BACK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

YOU WROTE YOU HAD THE LIFELONG FASCINATION WITH THE QUEEN BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN FAMILY HISTORY.

TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE MIXED EMOTIONS THAT YOU FELT UPON HEARING THAT THE QUEEN HAD DIED.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT WAS -- I FELT A LOT OF THINGS THAT MORNING.

I'VE BEEN HEARING OF THE QUEEN'S DECLINING HEALTH.

AND THEN HER PASSING.

I WAS VERY TAKEN ABACK THAT MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WHERE WITH MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

I FELT VERY CLOSE TO THEM AT THAT TIME.

HAVING LOST MY MOM AT 17 AND YOU KNOW NOW BEING IN MY 40s IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I REALLY KIND OF SAT AND UNDER THE STRUGGLES OF HER LIFE AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR HER TO BE A CHILD OF EMPIRE AND WHAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO THIS COUNTRY.

IT WAS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

THE SADNESS FOR THE QUEEN BUT ALSO SADNESS FOR MY OWN FAMILY.

>> YOU KNOW TO THAT END YOU WROTE THE BRITISH MONARCHY.

YOU HAPPENED TO BE IN THE U.K. ON ALREADY PLANNED TRIP.

YOU LAID A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ALTERNATE -- AT THE PALACE GATES.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

>> THAT'S SOMETHING MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE WANTED.

THEY ALWAYS HAD AN AFFECTION FOR THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.

NOT -- THEY WERE NEVER IGNORANT OF THEIR OWN SITUATION.

THEY OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD THEIR OWN HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THEIR NATION AND WHY THEY WERE THESE SITUATIONS AND INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE AROUND THEM.

VERY MUCH LIKE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THERE'S A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, AMERICA IS MY HOME.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF INJUSTICE AND THE HISTORY OF INEQUALITY THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO FACE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID IN THE PIECE, SHE, YOU KNOW NEVER MADE IT TO ENGLAND.

SHE NEVER MADE IT TO SEE, YOU KNOW THE QUEEN'S PALACE.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I COULD DO FOR HER IN THAT MOMENT.

>> THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS FOUNDED ON THE NOTION OF CHRISTIAN WHITE SUPREMACY GROWING RICH OFF THE SLAVE TRADE.

WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EUROPEAN CLONALISM BRITISH CLONALISM PARTICULARLY AND THE AMERICA AND THE INEQUALITY THAT WE KNOW AND SEE IN AMERICA AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE?

>> AS YOU KNOW.

THERE'S A BRIGHT LINE CONNECTION.

YOU JUST ARTICULATED IT.

THE ENTERPRISE OF INDIGENOUS DISPOSSESSIONS AND GENOCIDE AND THE SLAVE TRADE AS PROPAGATED BY THE ROYAL AFRICA COMPANY THAT SORT OF IMPORTED 3.1 MILLION SLAVES DIRECTLY FROM AFRICA TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS REALLY SORT OF THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN STORY IN THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN RACE MONSTER THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY LIVING WITH TODAY.

THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE ARE ALL OVER THAT STORY.

>> DO YOU THINK THE QUEEN'S DEATH WILL LEAD TO MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE LEGACY OF EMPIRE.

>> I THINK YES AND NO.

IN CONTRADICTION WE -- THIS IS A MODERN FIGURE WHO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FULLY FOR THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIALISM.

IT FREED INDIA AND THE AFRICAN COLONIES AND THE CARIBBEAN NATIONS; RIGHT?

IT'S A VERY CLEAR THAT ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND THE OTHER COLONIAL POWERS THE WEALTH OF THENATIONS IS PREDICATED UPON UNLAWFUL TAKINGS FROM BLACK AND BROWN AND ASIAN BODIES AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.

I THINK INSTANCES LIKE THE QUEEN DYING GIVE US A CHANCE TO CRYSTALLIZE THAT CONVERSATION FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THE WRONG HISTORY.

>> TRANS-ATLANTIC SLADE TRADE LONG GONE BY THE TIME QUEEN ELIZABETH TOOK THE THRONE.

HOW MUCH WERE THEY INVOLVED IN THE SLAVE TRADE TO THE SAME QUESTION, HOW MUCH OF THE BRITISM MONARCHS AND BRITISH WEALTH IS BUILT ON THE SINS OF THE EMPIRE.

>> THE EMPIRE REPRESENTED A HUGE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD TO BRITAIN.

AND THE BRITISH MONARCHY WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.

THE VERY FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY WAS THE BROTHER TO THE KING.

THE FUTURE JAMES THE SECOND.

HE BECOME KING IN 1685.

THAT'S WEALTH HAS BEEN PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

SHOULD THAT WEALTH BE GIVEN BACK.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE MONARCHY HAS TO FACE, I THINK.

>> LET'S GET BE INTO THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE.

DO YOU THINK THE QUEEN'S DEATH WILL LEAD TO A LOT OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND TO GIVE UP THE BRITISH MONARCHY AS HEAD OF STATE AND BECOME REPUBLICS?

>> THERE ARE ONLY 15 COUNTRIES LEFT IN THE WORLD THAT STILL HAVE THE BRITISH MONARCH AS THEIR HEAD OF STATE.

EIGHT OF THEM ARE IN THE CARIBBEAN.

AND BARBADOS BECOME A REPUBLIC LAST YEAR.

6 HAVE CONSIDERED THEY MAY CONSIDER DROPPING CHARLES THE THIRD AS THEIR HEAD OF STATE.

JAMAICA IS DEFINITELY ONE COUNTRY THAT COULD GO THAT WAY.

>> SOUNDS LIKE CHANCES ARE HIGH.

SIENNA, LAST YEAR PRINCE WILLIAM AND CAPE MIDDLETON HAD A DISASTEROUS TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN.

THEY DIDN'T FORMALLY APOLOGY FOR SLAVERY.

YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT, WHEN AN APOLOGY BE ENOUGH?

>> IT'S A START.

WE WANT THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND JUSTICE TO YOU KNOW CONTINUE.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR THAT CONVERSATION WITHIN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

LET ALONE THE ROYAL FAMILY.

INTERESTING WHEN I WAS IN ENGLAND I GOT INTO A BLACK TAXI AND WE WERE SPEAKING TO OUR CAB DRIVER ABOUT HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN.

SHE'S A MONARCH AND I WILL MISS HER IF YOU ASK MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS THEY BRING UP COLONIZATION.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON.

WE HEARD FROM DAVID CAMERON WHEN HE VISITED JAMAICA IN 2015, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND EXPRESSING REGRET BUT STARTING FORMAL APOLOGY WILL BE A START.

>> IT'S A STARTING POINT.

>> WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE BRITISH OR ANY OTHER FORM OF COLONIAL POWERS WILL BE FORCED TO PAY ANY SORT OF REPARATIONS.

>> I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY.

I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE CONVERSATION WON'T NECESSARILY BE DRIVEN BY CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND OR THE MONARCH.

IT WILL BE DRIVEN BY NATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH LIKE JAMAICA MOVING TO SUE ENGLAND FOR 10.5 BILLION OR 10.6 BILLION IN REPARATIONS.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WITH THE CAB DRIVER SAID TO SIENNA IS TO COMPLETELY FALSE.

THE ENTIRE FUNCTIONING OF THE SOCIETIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH THE WAY THEIR ECONOMIES WORK AND DO NOT WORK FOR THEIR PEOPLE IS PREDICATED TOWN STRUCTURES THAT WERE SET UP BY THESE COLONIAL POWER.

THEY ARE MEANT TO BE EXTRACTION POINTS FOR THE MARKETS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND THE OTHER COLONIAL POWERS.

THEY STILL FUNCTION THAT WAY.

REPARATIONS WILL BE FORTHCOMING IF WE COULD FIND A WAY FOR THOSE CONSUMERS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TO SEVER THOSE TIES.

THAT WOULD BE KEEPER THAN LOSING THE MARKETS FOR ENGLAND.

>> NO EASY ANSWERS.

WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS FOR THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> PARIS, TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

[AUDIO DIFFICULTIES] WE TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE -- >> YOU CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S BEEN 7 YEARS SINCE QIN TAYLOR RECEIVED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.

SHE'S IN COLLEGE WHEN HER KIDNEYS STARTED TO FAIL.

I WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 20.

MY BODY JUST FREAKED OUT.

I HAD BLOOD DRAWN AND GOT A PHONE CALL AT 5:00 THAT EVENING SAYING YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

YOUR KIDNEYS ARE FAILING.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEFINING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

IN THE BLINK OF THE EYE HER LIFE CHANGED DIRECTION.

SHE WAS JOINING HER FATHER'S BATTLE WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

WHEN MY DOCTOR LET ME KNOW I WOULD HAVE TO START DIALYSIS.

MY DAD WAS GOING BACK TO DIALYSIS FROM HAVING HAD A TRANSPLANT THAT LASTED HIM TEN YEARS.

WE LITERALLY SAT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AND SHARED THAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.

>> HER JOURNEY WAS TOUGH.

BUT QUINN SAID HER FATHER INSPIRED HER TO KEEP FIGHTING.

AFTER BEING ON KIDNEY DIALYSIS FOR FIVE YEARS SHE RECEIVED A TRANSPLANT AT 32 YEARS OLD.

HER FATHER EDDIE TAYLOR DIED SHORTLY AFTER HER TRANSPLANT.

>> IT WAS A VERY HARD TIME TO LOSE HIM.

BUT I ALWAYS WAS HAPPY HE KNEW IT WOULD BE OKAY AND I HAD A KIDNEY.

THAT HE COULD LEAVE ME SO I COULD BE A GREAT AND DO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I CAN DO.

SHE MAKES A MISSION TO HELP THOSE WITH A CHRONIC MEDICAL ILLNESS.

THROUGH HER BUSINESS.

>> I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SAY I NEED TO BE SCREENED FOR KIDNEY DISEASE.

I HAVE A DIABETES.

I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

>> I WORK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

>> THIS DOCTOR IS A SPECIALIST IN KIDNEY CARE.

AND ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.

>> THE KIDNEY DOCTOR SAYING YOUR KIDNEYS ARE ESSENTIAL.

YOU CAN LIVE WITH ONE KIDNEY.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE CAN DONATE A KIDNEY AND STILL LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFE.

PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH ONE KIDNEY CAN LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFE.

WE HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL TO PROTECT IT.

THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION KIDNEY HEALTH FOR LIFE CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON TARGETING THE HIGH RATE OF KIDNEY DISEASE.

>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, NEARLY 1 IN 4 BLACK PERSONS ARE LIKELY TO GET KIDNEY DISEASE AND FOR THE LATINO POPULATION IT'S ONE IN THREE.

IT'S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO BE LIVING WITH EARLY STAGES OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.

IN AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES THE FOUNDATION SENDS A KIDNEY MOBILE TO PROVIDE FREE TESTING.

>> THEY CAN GET A QUICK BLOOD AND URINE TEST.

WE GET TEST RESULTS QUICKLY.

THERE'S DOCTORS LIKE MYSELF THAT WILL BE THERE TO TERM.

>> THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION SAID MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST EACH MONTH.

>> I WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO SURVIVE.

THIS ISN'T A LIFE I WOULD GIVE TO ANYONE.

>> AS TAYLOR CONTINUES HER WORK FOR MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER ADVOCATE THERE'S ONE PERSON ALWAYS BY HER SIDE.

>> MY DAD IS VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I'M DOING.

I WEAR THIS NECKLACE AND EVERYTHING I DO AND INSIDE OF IT THERE ARE ASHES OF MY DAD.

AND SO I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS WITH ME.

I KNOW THAT HE'S PART OF MY MOTIVATION.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION KIDNEY DISEASE THE NINTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN ILLINOIS.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEB SITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK BEING DONE AT THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.

AND NOW BACK TO YOU.

>> INSPIRATIONAL STORY.

THANK YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

CHICAGO'S HISTORIC MOTOR RODE DISTRICT JUST GOT A FACE-LIFT.

WE'RE ONE ON ONE WITH THOSE THAT FUNDED THE PROJECT.

>> PHOTOGRAPHING THE NATURAL WORLD AND CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE MORTON ARBRITUM IN DE-PAIGE COUNTY.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS EXCLUDEING MILLIONS OF STUDENT LOAN BORROWERING FROM DEBT RELIEF PLAN.

THE POLICY REVERSAL EFFECTS BORROWERS WITH PRIVATELY HELD STUDENT LOANS THROUGH THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM.

A PROGRAM THAT ENDED IN 2010.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ASSESSING ALTERNATIVE WAY AND DISCUSSING WITH PRIVATE LENDER TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR FEDERAL LOANS NOT HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT PERKINS LOANS.

>> CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE SAID IT FOUND SHORTCOMING IN THE DATA COLLECTION OF POLICE-RELATED LAWSUITS.

THE OFFICE SAID THOSE SHORTCOMINGS MADE MAKE THE CITY POORLY POSITIONED FOR DISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION.

THEY CALCULATED THE CITY PAID MORE THAN $250 MILLION IN LEGAL SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE MEMBERS FROM 2017 THROUGH 2020.

VOIG MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE CONDUCT AND OPERATIONS.

>> EARLY VOTING IS ALREADY UNDER WAY IN SOME PARTS OF ILLINOIS FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION.

NOT IN CHICAGO QUITE YET.

EARLY VOTING IN THE CITY IS SET TO START AT TWO DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS FROM FRIDAY ON OCTOBER 7th.

>> NOW TO AMANDA WHO SPENT THE DAY ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE AS PART OF OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

>> EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH ERNIE WONG A MEMBER OF THE NEAR SOUTH PLANNING BOARD.

FORMER PRESIDENT OF IT.

HE'S ALSO A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECT LIKE CHINATOWN MEMORIAL PARK.

WE MET ON MICHIGAN AVENUE A SECTION OF MOTOR ROAD THAT UNDERWENT 11 MILLION TRANSFORMATION.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DETROIT.

I BEGAN BY ASKING WONG WHAT IS BEHIND THAT EPITHET.

MOTOR ROW IS CHICAGO VERSION OF THE AUTO SALES AREA.

BACK IN THE 1920'S.

MOTOR ROWS REALLY THE PLACE TO GO IF YOU WANTED TO BUY AN AUTOMOBILE.

YOU WOULD COME HERE AND SHE'S WERE ALL SHOWROOMS.

THEY ARE JUST WELL BUILT BUILDINGS THAT USED TO HOUSE AUTOMOBILES AND IT'S JUST AN AWESOME PLACE.

NOW IT'S A LANDMARK DISTRICT.

>> I DON'T SEE ANY CAR DEALERSHIPS AROUND HERE ANYMORE.

ARE THERE?

>> THERE ARE NO MORE CAR DEALERSHIPS HERE ANYMORE.

>> THEY HOUSE WHAT?

>> NOW THEY ACTUALLY CONVERTING INTO EVERYTHING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, NEW USES, BARS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

THE IDEA OF MOTOR ROW THE WHOLE RETRANSFORMATION FOR MOTOR ROWS TO BECOME MORE OF ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CONNECTION TO McCORMICK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THE PROXIMITY TO McCORMICK PLACE IS REALLY EXCITED.

>> IF YOU ARE HERE FOR CONVENTION.

COME ON DOWN.

>> COME ON DOWN TO MOTOR ROW.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> THIS IS ALSO GONE THROUGH THE ROW ITSELF HAS GONE THROUGH A TRANSFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> IT HAS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID AN EFFORT TO KIND OF RECONFIGURE NOT ONLY THE ROADWAY, BUT INCREASE THE SIDEWALK, THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK, MAKE IT MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, THERE'S KIND OF -- NOT QUITE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE BUT ENOUGH ROOM FOR BOTH MARKED CARS AND THE BIKES TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH HERE.

AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS A LOT MORE FRIEND LIVER FOR PEDESTRIAN SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.

WHY IS PUBLIC SAFETY IMPORTANT?

>> IT'S HUGE.

CHICAGO NOT KNOWN FOR ALL OF THIS THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN AND WALKABILITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE AREAS LIKE THIS IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE IN THERE AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.

>> AND BEYOND MOTOR ROW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE PLANNING BOARD.

IT'S NOT JUST HERE.

YOU'RE CONCERNED AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE.

IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT SORT OF CHANGE SOMETHING YOU ARE CARRYING OVER INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS ENJOY THE AMENITY THEY HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

IF YOU SEE START TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ALONG LINCOLN AVENUE AND THOSE KINDS OF AREAS WHERE THE WALKABILITY IS THERE, THE SOUTH SIDE NEEDS THAT AS WELL.

>> ANY PARTICULAR PLANS THAT YOU ARE HOPING WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

>> I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT THIS SPURS MORE DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES COMING TO THE MOTOR ROW.

WE FIND THAT TO BE REALLY EXCITING.

I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING PLACES LIKE NASHVILLE AND THOSE KIND OF PLACES THAT ARE CLOSE TO CONVENTION CENTERS THAT HAVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.

>> WE HAD A GOOD TIME THERE TODAY.

AGAIN, THAT WAS ERNIE WONG OF THE NEAR SOUTH PLANNING BOARD.

WITH THAT.

BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW DOES THE EVANSTON'S FAMILY FEEL ABOUT THE STADIUM PROPOSAL.

FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> IT'S A PLACE WHERE GLEAMING BRAND-NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM IS ABOUT TO BE BUILT.

NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY UNVEILED PLANT FOR STATE OF THE ART 800 MILLION NEW STADIUM TO REPLACE THE ALMOST 100-YEAR-OLD RYAN FIELD.

BUT WILL EVILONSTON OFFICIALS GIVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT AND CAN THE UNIVERSITY AFFORD TO BUILD IT.

JOINING US WITH MORE TOWN PLAN IS DANNY ECKERT FROM CHICAGO BUSINESS.

WE REACHED OUT TO NORTH WESTERN AND EVANSTON'S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION.

WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE.

800 MILLION DEVELOPMENT.

STATE OF THE ART DESIGN.

GIVE US THE FINER POINTS OF THIS PLAN.

>> IT WOULD BE DEMOLISHING 96-YEAR-OLD STADIUM THAT HAS 47,000 SEATS.

CAPACITY AT 47,000.

BUILDING MUCH MORE MODERN STADIUM WITH INDIVIDUAL SEATS AND A SMALLER CAPACITY OF 35,000 AND JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOKING STADIUM ON SLIGHTLY SHIFTED FOOTPRINT THAT WOULD GIVE IT BASICALLY JUSTING A IT WILL STADIUM SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOME ROOM OUTSIDE FOR PLAZAS AND PARK AREAS.

KIND OF WHAT MODERN STADIUMS ARE LOOKING LIKE TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT IF IT MOVES FORWARD WOULD BE BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE HISTORY OF EVANSTON.

>> FUNDED PRIMARILY BY GRANT PAT AND SHIRLEY RYAN.

HOW ELSE WILL THIS WITH PAID FOR?

>> AT THIS POINT IS SCHOOL IS BASICALLY SAYING THE BASIC POINT IT'S ALL PRIVATELY FUNDED.

THEY ARE NOT GIVING A LOT OF DETAILS ON THAT.

CERTAINLY THE RYAN GIFT WHICH THEY ARE SAYING WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE 480 MILLION THAT THE RYANS ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR.

WOULD BE LEADING THE WAY.

AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SOME OTHER PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC DONORS HELPING AND THE UNIVERSITY WOULD BE PAYING FOR SOME OF THIS AS WELL.

ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY ARE LIMITING THE UNIVERSITY'S MONEY TO BASICALLY ANY MONEY THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD TO SPEND ON RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING STADIUM.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE A NUMBER ON THAT.

COMBINATION OF FACTORS BY THE RAY, REMEMBER, EACH UNIVERSITY IN THE BIG TEN IS GETTING A PRETTY BIG WINDFALL COMING UP WITH NEW MEDIA RIGHT DEAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING INTO COLLEGE SPORTS NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG 10.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE SEEING IT YOU KNOW START TO BE USED.

>> THE BIG 10 ADDING A UCLA AND ADDING THE L.A. MARKET THERE.

ADDING A LOT OF MONEY.

DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE HURDLES HERE WITH THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS?

>> I THINK THERE COULD BE.

THE BIG THING THEY LOOK TO POST MORE THAN 7 FOOTBALL GAMES EACH YEAR AT THIS NEW VENUE.

CONCERTS, HOW MANY CONCERTS.

AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

TRY TO MAKE THIS MORE OF YEAR-ROUND GATHERING PLACE, DESTINATION, YOU KNOW MONEY MAKING VENUE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND YOU KNOW THIS IS MUCH LIKE RIGLY FIELD THIS IS STADIUM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT NUMBER OF EVENTS AND LIGHT AND NOISE AND WANT TO KNOW MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW THIS STADIUM IS DESIGNED TO LIMIT THOSE.

WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS.

I THINK THE UNIVERSITY IS BASICALLY SAYING LOOK THIS IS A HUGE TAX GENERATOR AND JOB GENERATOR FOR THE AREA.

LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND CERTAINLY THEY ARE JUST BEING CAREFUL WITH WHAT THEY ARE SAYING NOW AND EMPHASIZING IT'S STILL EARLY IN THIS PROCESS OF DESIGNING IT.

THEY NEED TO WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY UP FOR IT.

>> WHAT'S THE TIMETABLE FOR GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND AND OPENING IT.

>> THEY HOPE NEXT FOOTBALL SEASON WILL BE THE LAST ONE OF THE EXISTING RYAN FIELD.

THEY HOPE RIGHT AFTER THE SEASON IS DONE.

THEY WILL TAKE THE WRECKING BALL TO IT.

KNOCK DOWN THE STADIUM STARTING LATE 2023 AND HAVE IT DONE HOPEFULLY NEW STADIUM BY 2026 SEASON.

THERE WOULD BE TWO SEASONS THERE IN BETWEEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO PLAY.

THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US ANY DETAILS ON WHERE.

THEY SAID IT WOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

WE'LL SEE.

WE'RE TALKING 2026 PROBABLY AT THE EARLIEST BEFORE THERE'S A NEW STADIUM.

>> 2026 IS ALSO THE YEAR POTENTIALLY A NEW BEAR'S STADIUM COULD OPEN IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

I HAVE TO BRING UP THE CONNECTION.

PAT RYAN MAJOR FUNDER.

HE'S A DONOR OF THE WTTW AS WELL.

ANY CHANCE THEY PLAY AT SOLDIER FIELD FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS WHILE THIS RENOVATION HAPPENS?

>> I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT WITH THE BEARS THERE AND THE PLAY.

I'M NOT SURE THE SCHEDULES WOULD LINE UP.

THE CHICAGO FIRES OLD STADIUM IN BRIDGEVIEW IS ANOTHER STADIUM THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE CONSIDERED.

AND THERE'S WE'VE SEEN NORTH WESTERN PLAY FOOTBALL AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

WHO KNOWS.

THERE'S PROBABLY A LETTER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS BEING EXPLORED RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T SEE -- I THINK SOLDIER FIELD.

I WOULDN'T COUNT IT OUT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

IT SEEMS LIKE A LOGISTICAL STRETCH ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DISRUPTIONS AND FOCUS ON THE GRASS, THE TURF AT SOLDIER FIELD AND HOW RELIABLE THAT IS FOR ANYONE PLAYING ON IT.

>> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO MAJOR SCHOOLS LIKE MICHIGAN, OHIO STATE, PENN STATE.

THOSE STADIUM SIT OVER 100,000.

CAN NORTH WESTERN COMPETE WHEN THEY ONLY HAVE 35,000?

>> THEY CAN COMPETE NORTH WESTERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN NATURAL DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE BIG COMPETITORS IN THE BIG 10.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT A SURPRISE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE AT RYAN FIELD.

IT'S HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON IF YOU HAVE MICHIGAN OR BIG TEAMS COMING OUT.

YOU WILL SELL OUT.

EARLY IN THE SEASON THERE'S PLENTY OF EMPTY SEATS TO GO AROUND.

35,000 SEATS IS ACTUALLY SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE NUMBER.

I THINK ACROSS SPORTS, YOU KNOW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BIGGEST OF THE BIG STADIUMS, THERE'S A BIT OF A TREND TOWARD MORE INTIMATE STADIUMS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING GAMES ON TV SO DYNAMIC THAT GENERALLY ATTENDANCE AT LIVE SPORTING EVENTS IN MANY CASES WHAT IT USED TO BE.

I THINK THERE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS.

MAKE IT MORE PREMIUM EXPERIENCE.

TICKET PRICES CAN GO UP.

AND THE EXPERIENCE IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE THERE.

IT LOOKS BETTER ON TV WITH FEWER EMPTY SEATS.

>> THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LUXURY AND PREMIUM SEATS.

EXCITING MANS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> WE HEAD BACK TO CHICAGO NEAR SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY WHERE WE SPENT THE DAY AS PART OF THE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

AMANDA?

>> JUST A BIT AGO WE TALKED ABILITY ABOUT AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE MORE BUSINESSES.

EARLIER TODAY WE STOPPED BY ONE OF THEM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT THE YEAR AND THIS IS A BREWERY THAT PRODUCES WINE AND BEER.

CAME IN REPLACES MOTOR ROW BREWERY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

NEXT MONTH THEY WILL CELEBRATE A YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

I BEGAN BY ASKING TYLER DAVIS THE OWNER WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAME?

>> IT'S ACTUALLY FROM MYTHOLOGY.

IT COMES FROM REPRESENTING THE FOUR SEASONS AND ELEMENTS.

REPRESENTING WIND AND SPRING AND COMING ANEW.

IT REPRESENTS WINE AND BEER.

TWO THINGS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS.

A NEW WAVE OF THINGS.

>> I SEE THE CONNECTION HERE.

>> ALSO A NEW SPACE.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> JUST THE GROWTH THAT IS COMING IN DOWN HERE.

OUT OF ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE LIKE -- HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE BREWERIES, AND ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE THIS.

SOUTH LOOP HASN'T BEEN HIT YET.

THERE'S A COUPLE AROUND HERE THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT NOT IN THE WAY THAT LIKE YOU ARE OUT IN LOGAN SQUARE OR RAVENSWOOD OR STUFF LIKE THAT.

I SAW HOW MUCH GROWTH IS DOWN HERE.

THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE.

PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATIVE SO FAR.

>> THIS IS A NEW TAKE ON AN OLD TAKE OF BEER AND WINE.

EXPLAIN.

>> FERMENTATION COMBO IS?

>> WHAT IT BASICALLY IS.

THE FIRST THING I SHOULD SAY WHAT SIT NOT.

IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING WINE INTO A BEER AS THE BLEND.

WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY, PROCESS WHERE THE WINE IS BEING FERMENTED AT THE SAME TIME THE BEER IS.

IT'S AN ACTUAL HYBRID AND YOU GET NUANCES OF EACH COMING FROM THE CRAFT BEER, NATURAL WINE WORLD WHEN YOU DRINK THE HYBRID, IT BASICALLY DRY AS A WINE.

BIG FRUIT FLAVOR BUT THEN THE HOPS AND MALT ACCENT THE WINE.

>> HOW DOES IT TASTE?

>> REALLY GOOD.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME RIGHT HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AWESOME.

>> THAT ONE IS NIGHTFALL SANGRIA.

GRAPES, SPANISH AND ITALIAN GRAPES IN THERE WITH BLUEBERRY, POMEGRANITE AND BLACK CURRENT.

IT'S LIKE AN ACTUAL RED WINE.

>> DRINKABLE.

>> HOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN CIDER.

>> THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF HOPS, MALT AND ALL OF THAT.

YOU CAN PLAY A IDEA OF WINE CHARACTERISTIC AND PUSH IT FURTHER WITH THE NEW HOPS WITH TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> YOU ARE PUSHING THE BEER/WINE ENVELOPE.

WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS?

>> LOTS.

WE'RE EXPANDING -- WE'RE LUCKY THIS IDEA HAS BEEN TAKING OFF QUITE CLICKLY.

WE ARE GOING TO DO PROBABLY AN ACTUAL PROGRESSION OF GETTING OUR WINERY LICENSE HERE AS WELL.

UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, WE CAN HAVE A FULL ARRAY OF FERMENTATION, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF COME UP.

THAT SHOULD BE COMING MOST LIKELY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN NATURAL WINES AS WELL TOO.

WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

BASICALLY.

>> CHEERS AGAIN.

>> CHEERS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AS YOU KNOW I NORMALLY STICK TO DRINKING A LOT OF COFFEE AND SOME WATER DURING THE WORKDAY.

IT WAS WORTH MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS STORY.

THAT WAS TYLER DAVIS THE OWNER.

THAT'S HERE IN THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE.

BACK TO YOU.

>> YOU CAN'T LIVE ON COFFEE AND WATER ALONE.

MUST HAVE WINE AND OR CIDER OR BEER AS WELL.

BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, EARLIER IN THE SHOW YOU TOLD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEW SCHOOL COMING TO THE AREA DESPITE RESISTANCE.

THERE WERE 15 OTHERMENT SITES PROPOSED FOR THAT SCHOOL.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE?

>> IN PART THE COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE FRUSTRATED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW MORE ABOUT THOSE LOCATIONS AND WHY THEY WEREN'T CHOSEN IN PARTICULAR ADVOCATE FROM CHINATOWN IS HONING ON THE 78 THE BIG PROJECT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MIXED USE AND IS GOING IN SOUTH LOOP NEAR CHINATOWN.

THEY SAY, HEY, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT FOR SCHOOL.

CPS PUSHING BACK ON THAT BECAUSE A SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE PAYING TAXES.

THERE SEEM TO BE MONEY AND POLITICS AT THE ROOT OF IT.

>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

>> CELEBRATING 100 YEARS.

FIRST A LOOK AT SOME EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

>> HOPEFULLY AMANDA BRINGS US BACK SAMPLES.

50 YEARS BEFORE ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDER FATHER STARTED ARBOR DAY.

>> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

TREES AND NATURE HAVE SO MANY BENEFITS.

THEY ARE RESTORATIVE.

>> REJUVINATING.

ITS A PLACE I CAN RELAX AND FEEL ONE WITH NATURE.

IT MIGHT BE WATCHING A BIRD FOR A WHILE OR STOPPING TO LOOK AT THE DEW ON A FLOWER.

THE ARBORETUM HAS BEEN GROWING FOR 100 YEAR STARTED BY A MAN NAMED JOY.

>> MR. JOY MORTON FOUNDED THE MORTON ARBORETUM.

HE WAS PRESIDENT OF MORTON SALT.

HE CAME FROM A FAMILY THAT VALUED AND PLANTED TREES.

HE HAD A VISION OF AN ARBORETUM.

HE FOUNDED IT ON 175 ACRES HERE AND IT'S GROWN TO BE THE 1700 ACRE ARBORETUM YOU SEE TODAY.

THEY ARE CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE'RE PLANTING 3,000 TREES THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO REGION.

WE'VE BEEN OFFERING HISTORY HIKES AND HIKES TO 100-YEAR-OLD TREES.

AND ADDITIONALLY WE PUBLISH A BOOK OF MAGNIFICENT GARDEN OF YEAR CELEBRATING 100 YEARS.

A SECOND BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

IT FEATURES OF DECADES OF PICTURE BY PHOTOGRAPHER VISITING IN ALL SEASONS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

HE SHARED HIS APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> IT'S VERY INTUITIVE.

IT'S BASED ON FEELINGS.

I'M TRYING NOT TOLOGICALLY SAY HOW DO I COMPOST A PICTURE IN THIS SPOT BUT RATHER TRYING TO FEEL INTUITIVELY WHAT IS IMPORTANT AT THIS POT AND CAN I SOMEHOW JUST THROW THAT INTO MY PICTURE.

THERE'S CURRENTLY 8 SCULPTURES ON THE GROUND.

BEYOND ALL THE ART WORD NATURAL AND MAN MADE THE ARBORETUM IS WORKING TOWARD A GREENER TOMORROW.

>> WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE OR KNOW IT'S MORE THAN 30 SCIENTIST WORK THROUGHOUT THE GROUNDS AND LABORATORIES STUDYING TREES AND PLANTINGS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM THRIVE IN THE CENTURY TO COME.

>> HAVE VAST PRAIRIE RESTORED IN 1962 AND THE MODEL FOR OTHER PRAIRIE RESTORATION.

THERE'S MORE THAN 220,000 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS.

16 MILES OF TRAILS AND NINE MILES OF ROADS.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES FOR WALKING, EXPLORATION AND ENJOYING TREES.

>> IT'S A MEDITATIVE PLACE.

>> IT'S LOCATED IN LYLE ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CHICAGO.

THEY JUST OPENED THE NEW GRAND GARDEN ON A TWO-ACRE SITE NEAR THE VISITOR'S CENTER.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TOWN WEB SITE.

ABOUT TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO SOMEDAY CONNECTED BY SIGNING FOR DAILY BRIEFING.

>> YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SLOW VIA PODCAST IN THE PBS VIDEO APP.

JOIN US AT 7:00 FOR WEEK IN REVIEW.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.