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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THIS UPDATED COVID-19 VACCINE IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN THE KIND OF COVID VACCINE YOU CAN GET.

>> UPDATED COVID VACCINES ARE BEING ROLLED OUT.

CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

>> LOCAL MUSIC JOURNALIST JIM DeROGATIS ASKED TO SAY OFF THE WITNESS STAND DURING R. KELLY'S TRIAL.

>> A SNEAK PEEK OF THE BEARS VISION FOR A NEW STADIUM COMPLEX AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> TWO MORE ALDERPEOPLE ARE CALLING IT QUITS AT CITY HALL.

WE TALK WITH LESLIE HAIRSTON AND SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA ABOUT THEIR DECISIONS NOT TO SEEK REELECTION.

>> HOLIDAY WEEKEND AIR TRAVEL SOARED PAST PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.

WE CHECK OUT AN ON-LINE TOOLS PROVIDING PASSENGERS WITH EASY INFO IF YOUR FLIGHT IS CANCELED.

>> RELIEF EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THOSE FACING DEADLY FLOODING IN PAKISTAN.

>> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT OF WHITE RESIDENTS.

WE TALK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS WORKING TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

>> GO OUT AND LISTEN FOR THE CHATTER, THE TWEETING.

>> AND LOCAL BIRDER JORGE GARCIA TALKS ABOUT HOW HE FOUND COMMUNITY THANKS TO A FLEDGLING INTEREST.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> WE'RE GETTING THE FIRST SNEAK PEEK AT THE BEARS VISION FOR A NEW STADIUM COMPLEX AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

THE ORGANIZATION IS AIMING TO TURN THE 326-ACRE PROPERTY IN AN ENTERTAINMENT AREA ANCHORED BY AN ENCLOSED STADIUM CAPABLE OF HOSTING THE SUPER BOWL AND MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS.

THE BEARS WILL SEEK NO PUBLIC FUNDING FOR DIRECT STADIUM CONSTRUCTION BUT LEFT OPEN FINANCING ON THE COP DEVELOPMENT.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE CITY IS HOPING TO PERSUADE THE TEAM TO STAY IN CHICAGO.

>> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEAGUE.

BUT, AS YOU KNOW I'M SOMEBODY WHO LIKES TO PLAN.

SO WE'VE GOT PLAN B, PLAN C, AND OTHERS IN THE WORKS AS WELL IF THE BEARS DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO ABAB DON THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I HOPE THEY DON'T.

AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING THE FIGHT AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> WE WILL BE LIVE IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THURSDAY.

>> MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE SHOT NINE FATALLY OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

55 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN 47 INCIDENTS BETWEEN FRIDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS.

THE VICTIMS INCLUDED TWO MEN KILLED OUTSIDE A HOME IN SOUTH CHICAGO AND ANOTHER MAN FATALLY SHOT DOWNTOWN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

BUT IN A MORNING NEWS CONFERENCE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN HIGHLIGHTED THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS AT REDUCING THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE YEAR TO DATE.

>> WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN HOMICIDES, HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 15% AND WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN SHOOTINGS.

SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 19%.

OVER THE WEEKEND, SHOOTINGS WERE DOWN 15%.

COMPARED TO LAST LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

SHOOTING VICTIMS WERE DOWN 23%.

>> AND CHICAGO'S ROLLING OUT TWO NEW UPDATED VACCINES DESIGNED TO TARGET THE CORONAVIRUS SUBVARIANTS THAT DOMINATE INFECTIONS.

THE VABS WHICH WILL BE -- VACCINES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

>> IT'S FANTASTIC TIMING.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 99.9% OF ALL OF THE CASES OF COVID RIGHT NOW ARE THIS BA.4, BA.5 SUBVARIANT.

GETTING THE VACCINE THAT IS A PERFECT MATCH IS YOUR BEST CHANCE TO NOT ONLY PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY LONG-TERM AGAINST SEVERE OUTCOMES BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY TO HELP US GET AHEAD OF THE VIRUS LOOKING TO THE WINTER.

>> AND STICKING WITH THIS TOPIC, Dr. ALLISON ARWADY JOINS US UP NEXT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLL OUT OF THE NEW COVID VACCINE.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> YOU'LL SOON BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YET ANOTHER COVID-19 VACCINE.

THIS ONE IS CALLED THE BOOSTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT IS THE PERFECT MATCH TO COUNTER THE WIDESPREAD OMICRON SUBVARIANTS.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS APPROXIMATELY 150,000 DOSES OF THE VACCINE ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE IN THE CITY THIS WEEK.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE ROLLOUT IS Dr. ALLISON ARWADY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

WELCOME BACK Dr. ARWADY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GIVE US A SENSE OF THE CURRENT COVID-19 STATUS IN CHICAGO, PLEASE.

>> SO WE ARE AT A MEDIUM LEVEL WHEN YOU CAN BE LOW, MEDIUM OR HIGH BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF COVID.

I MYSELF HAD COVID FOR THE FIRST TIME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND VERY MUCH NOT OVER BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW VACCINE.

IT'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO HELP A LOT AND AS YOU SAY, THE PERFECT MATCH TO THE TYPES OF COVID WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

>> WE KNOW THAT THE OMICRON SUBVARIANTS BA.4 AND BA.5 MAKEUP 99% OF NEW CASES IN THE U.S. HOW DOES THIS BOOSTER WORK AGAINST THOSE SUBVARIANTS?

>> THE THING THAT NEW ABOUT THIS VACCINE, DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE COVID VACCINES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE IT'S FOR THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO NOT ONLY GIVE YOU A BOOST AGAINST ALL THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF COVID, BUT IT'S ALSO INCLUDES PROTECTION AGAINST OMICRON BA.4 AND 5.

IT HAS TWO PORTIONS IN IT.

AND SO I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF COVID AND SAY I HAD MY SHOTS IN THE PAST BUT THIS ONE TODAY HAS BEEN MADE SPECIFICALLY TO HELP FIGHT OUT THE TYPE OF COVID THAT IS 99.9% OF THE CASES IN CHICAGO.

SO WE WANT EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 12 WHO GOT THEIR PRIMARY VACCINE BACK IN THE DAY TO STEP UP NOW AND GET THIS UPDATED COVID VACCINE.

IT IS A BIG DEAL AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ADVISING EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 12 TO GET IT AND SOON, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN BOOSTED?

>> YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY BOOSTED WAIT TWO MONTHS UNTIL YOU GET THIS COVID VACCINE.

IF YOU RECENTLY JUST HAD YOUR FIRST COVID VACCINE, NO PROBLEM NO MATTER WHAT COVID VACCINE PLEASE WAIT TWO MONTHS TO GET THE UPDATED BOOSTER.

BUT IF IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE YOUR LAST COVID VACCINE YOU CAN GET IT THIS WEEK AND YOU SHOULD.

>> AND WHAT IS HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS BOOSTER?

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU NOT ONLY WILL GET THAT GOOD BOOSTED PROTECTION WE'VE SEEN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET WITH PRIOR BOOSTERS BUT THERE'S BEEN A PROTECTION IN THERE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE BA.4 AND 5.

THAT MEANS WE'RE HOPING TO SEE FEWER BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

WE KNOW THAT OMICRON BA.4 AND 5 MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING REINFECTED.

IF PEOPLE HAD COVID BACK IN JANUARY, ESPECIALLY WITH BA.4 AND 5 WE'RE SEEING THEM GET IT AGAIN.

AND GETTING THIS VACCINE RIGHT NOW THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MATCH FOR THE COVID WE'RE SEEING HERE CAN HELP US GET AHEAD OF THE VIRUS GOING INTO THE WINTER.

IT MAKES IT HOPEFULLY LESS LIKELY WE'LL SEE NEW VARIANTS EMERGE AND IT WILL GIVE US THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION.

IT IS NEW AND DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THE COVID VACCINES THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY.

IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 12 TO GET IT.

DON'T WAIT FOR THE SURGE IN THE WINTER.

GET IT NOW BECAUSE THE MATCH IS PERFECT NOW.

>> Dr. ARWADY, ARE WE AT THE POINT NOW OR WILL WE BE SOON WHERE THE COVID-19 VACCINE BECOMES LIKE THE FLU VACCINE WE GET IT EVERY YEAR?

>> WE MAY AND IT IS A GOOD ANALOGY.

EVERY YEAR WE MAKE A NEW VERSION OF THE FLU VACCINE TO BE AS GOOD OF A MATCH AS POSSIBLE AGAINST THE FLU STRAINS AND THAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS ONE.

COULD THIS BE AN ANNUAL THAT WE GET WITH THE FLU VACCINE IN THE FUTURE?

IT COULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THIS UPDATED VACCINE.

AND I'M THRILLED WITH WHAT A GOOD MATCH IS.

WE NEVER HAVE A 99% MATCH FOR THE FLU VACCINE AND TO HAVE A 99% MATCH TO THE COVID THAT IS CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW, THE TIMING COULD NOT BE BETTER BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO WAIT BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANCE THE MATCH WON'T BE AS GOOD BY THEN.

NOW IS THE MOMENT.

AND EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 12 WITH WHO GOT THE PRIMARY VACCINE DOSES WE WANT YOU TO GET THIS BOOSTER, PLEASE.

>> AND AND Dr. ARWADY WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH REGARDS TO VACCINE EQUITY TELL US WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES WITH LOW UPTAKE OF THE VACCINE AND HIGH INFECTION RATES HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND RECEIVE IT?

>> WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED THAT BLACK CHICAGOANS IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN LESS LIKELY TO GET THE PRIMARY SERIES.

I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO HASN'T HAD THE PRIMARY SERIES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR RACE ETHNICITY THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO START WITH THAT AND WE CAN BRING YOU UP-TO-DATE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL BRING VACCINES FREE OF CHARGE TO YOUR HOUSE.

NO QUESTIONS ASKED WITH AN APPOINTMENT.

AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THE UPDATED VACCINE MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY OVER 65, ANYBODY WHO IS HOMEBOUND, AND HAS DIFFICULTY LEAVING THE HOUSE.

BUT ALSO TO ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN OUR LESS VACCINATED ZIP CODES.

GO AHEAD AND CHECK OUT CHICAGO POINT GOFF OR GIVE US A CALL, AND WE WILL HELP YOU GET AN APPOINTMENT THIS WEEK INCLUDING IF YOU FIT THE CATEGORIES AT HOME.

OTHERWISE WE'RE WORKING WITH LOTS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FAITH GROUPS ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE SENIORS.

TODAY WE WERE VACCINATED SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SERVICES SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD START BUT WE WANT FOLKS TO GET CONNECTED AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

WE HAVE THAT CALL LINE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

>> IF SOMEONE SHOULD GO ON-LINE AND SEARCH AN APPOINTMENT HOW CAN THEY BE CERTAIN WHERE THE PLACE THEY ARE MAKING THAT APPOINTMENT HAS THE UPDATED BOOSTER VERSUS THE PREVIOUS ONE?

>> THE PREVIOUS BOOSTER IS OFF THE SHELVES.

IF YOU ARE SEEING A BOOSTER APPOINTMENT AND OVER 12 KNOW THAT IS THE UPDATED COVID VACCINE.

VACCINE.GOV IS EASY NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

YOU CAN CHECK THE PHARMACY OR YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE VACCINES 250 SITES ACROSS CHICAGO BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A VACCINE WITHOUT SO MUCH TROUBLE AND IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GIVE US A CALL AND WE WILL GET IT SORTED FOR YOU.

>> OUR THANKS TO Dr. ALLISON ARWADY FOR JOINING US AS ALWAYS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS, AND A LOOK AT HOW A NEW ON-LINE TOOL COULD HELP AIRLINE PASSENGERS.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

IT WAS A BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT THE AIRPORTS WITH AIR TRAVEL REACHING PREPANDEMIC HEIGHTS AND SURPASSING 2019 LEVELS FOR THE SAME HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

BUT THE POST PANDEMIC TRAVEL SURGE COMBINED WITH LABOR SHORTAGES LEFT MANY TRAVELERS FRUSTRATED OVER FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

A NEW ON-LINE TOOL COULD HELP FLYERS NAVIGATE THEIR AIR TRAVEL WITH EASY TO USE INFORMATION COMPARING CANCELLATION AND DELAY POLICIES AT THE COUNTRY'S TOP AIRLINES.

AND HERE TO GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS ARE JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN PUBLIC POLICY TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN PLANNING.

AND ROBERT SILK, A SENIOR EDITOR AT TRAVEL WEEKLY, A MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE COVERING THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN, FIRST OF ALL TELL US ABOUT THIS ON-LINE TOOL THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS PUT UP NOW?

>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER SUMMER.

BEGINNING OF SUMMER WE HAD SO MANY CANCELLATIONS.

THE AIRLINES GOT A HANDLE ON THAT AND IT PIVOTED TO DELAYS.

TREMENDOUS MANY AS QUARTER FLIGHTS CANCELED NATIONWIDE.

THE D.O.T.

PUT AN EASY TO FOLLOW WEBSITE A CLEAR MATRIX TO SEE WHAT AIRLINE POLICIES ARE SO PAST YOUR BOOKING OR EXPERIENCING A DELAY, KNOW WHAT THE AIRLINES HAVE COMMITTED TO.

WILL THEY GIVE YOU A VOUCHER OR PUT YOU ON A NEW AIRLINE.

WHEN WILL THEY DO THAT?

AND THAT ELIMINATED SOME OF THE FOG THAT PASSENGERS FACE AND LEAD TO STRESSFUL FLYING.

>> AND THEY PUT THE DIFFERENT AIRLINE POLICIES, IN THE HOPE IS THAT AIRLINES WILL UP SOME OF THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVISIONS HERE.

ROBERT SILK, HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT DO YOU THINK THIS COULD MAKE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT.

I DON'T THINK IT IS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT TO THE EXTENT THAT FLYERS ARE AWARE OF THIS TOOL, IT WILL HELP THEM KNOW WHAT THE AIRLINES PROMISED.

AND THEN THEY CAN HOLD THE AIRLINES TO IT IN CASE THEY RUN INTO PROBLEMS.

I THINK IT ALSO IN ADVANCE OF THIS GOING UP ONCE THEY TOLD THE AIRLINES WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP THIS DASHBOARD AT THE AIRLINES MADE MOST OF THEM, MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THESE CATEGORIES THEY HAVE LIKE WILL YOU PAY FOR MEALS DURING A DELAY?

WILL YOU GUARANTEE YOU WILL PROVIDE A HOTEL ROOM, PROVIDE A REBOOKING ON YOUR AIRLINE OR ANOTHER?

THEY WERE ALL DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS BEFORE BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING THEY PUT THESE IN WRITING IN A WAY THAT IS MORE ENFORCEABLE.

IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT BEFORE IT WENT UP TO THAT EXTENT.

>> SO TRAVELERS CAN COMPARE WHAT THE DIFFERENT AIRLINES ARE DOING.

JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN DO YOU THINK IT WILL INFLUENCE MORE AIRLINES TO CHANGE SOME OF THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICIES FOR FEAR OF LOOKING LESS AMENABLE THAN THEIR COMPETITORS?

>> DEFINITELY WILL.

MY YOUNGER DAYS I WORKED FOR UNITED AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT DELTA AND AMERICAN DOES, UNITED FEELS PRESSURE TO RESPOND TRYING TO GET THE CORPORATE CLIENTS AND IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT UNITED, DELTA AND AMERICAN ALL HAVE CHECK MARKS ON ALL THE SIX CRITERIA BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING OVER EACH OTHER'S SHOULDERS.

I THINK THERE'S SOME THAT ARE HALFWAY IN-BETWEEN.

JETBLUE AND ALASKA OFFER MANY OF THE PERKS BUT IT SHOWS IF YOU GO ON ONE OF THE DISCOUNTERS LIKE FRONTIER, YOU HAVE FEWER OPTIONS IF SOMETHING BAD OCCURS.

>> AND WE SHOULD CLARIFY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTROLLABLE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS.

THINGS THAT ARE IN THE AIRLINE COMPANY'S CONTROL THAT IS WHAT IS INCLUDED.

ROBERT SILK WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS?

>> WELL, THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE LACK OF STAFFING, AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT THINGS LIKE WEATHER OR A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM NETWORK.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SECURITY ISSUES.

BUT A KEY THING IS IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE AIR CARRIER DELAY.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IT'S NOT JUST YOUR AIRPLANE GETS THERE LATE, AND SO THE NEXT FLIGHT IS LATE.

AND THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY THE AIRLINE BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT HAD A PROBLEM.

BUT THE NEXT FLIGHT THEY CAN RECORD IT UNDER THIS AIRCRAFT DELAY STATISTIC AND IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THEM.

34% OF THE DELAYS IN JUNE WERE CATEGORIZED AS AIRCRAFT DELAYS.

DELAYS SOME OF THEM ARE THE AIRLINES' PROBLEM, FAULT BUT THEY DON'T FALL IN THAT CONTROL CATEGORY AND NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER THESE SERVICE PLANS.

>> MORE THINGS PERHAPS TO PUT ON THIS DASHBOARD.

JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN IN GENERAL WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IN TERMS HOW LONG YOU ARE DELAYED TO WHEN YOU CAN GET A FULL REFUND OR GET REBOOKED EITHER ON THAT AIRLINE OR ANOTHER AIRLINE VERSUS NOT REALLY GETTING MUCH OF ANYTHING?

>> YOU KNOW, THESE THE DASHBOARD HAS DONE IS FORCED AIRLINES TO BE CLEAR.

SOME CASES THEY LEFT IT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF MANAGERS AND NOW IT'S ON PAPER.

MOSTLY THE DELAYS MORE THAN THREE HOURS YOU HAVE OPTIONS.

AND WHETHER YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR A HOTEL, A CASH MEAL VOUCHER IN A LOT OF CASES YOU STILL DON'T HAVE RIGHTS TO COMPENSATION IF YOUR FLIGHT IS CANCELED.

THAT IS SOMETHING EUROPE HAS THAT AIRLINES ARE AFRAID OF.

THE US DOT COULD IMPOSE THAT SO THEY FEEL PRESSURE TO FOLLOW A SET OF POLICIES SO THE STICK DOESN'T COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHICH PASSENGERS MAY LIKE BUT IT IS A TOUGH FOR THE AIRLINES.

>> ROBERT SILK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT THESE ARE AIRLINE POLICIES NOT D.O.T.

STANDARDS BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THAT THEY DO WANT TO ENFORCE AIRLINES THAT DON'T FOLLOW THEIR OWN POLICIES OR PUNISH THEM.

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL ENFORCE RULES ON THOSE AIRLINES, ROBERT SILK?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

I WOULDN'T CATEGORICALLY SAY NO.

THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT RECORD OF ENFORCING THE EXISTING RULES.

SUCH AS REFUND RULES THAT WERE VIOLATED DURING PARTICULARLY EARLY IN THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SO ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THE MANPOWER AND THE WILL TO ENFORCE AIRLINES NOT STANDING BY THEIR CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE?

I THINK NOT VERY OFTEN WILL IT HAPPEN.

BUT MAYBE OCCASIONALLY.

>> AND JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN WE MENTIONED THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND SURPASSED THE LAST YEAR PRECOVID CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES WERE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SUMMER.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAS GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL.

HOW DID AIRLINES TAKE CARE OF THOSE PROBLEMS?

>> THEY LEARNED THE HARD WAY OVER LABOR DAY AND TREMENDOUS EMPLOYEE BURN-OUT.

PASSENGERS ARE FRUSTRATED BUT LOSING STAFF WHEN YOU HAVE THE LONG DELAYS.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE BEING YELLED AT AND ATTRITION.

LABOR DAY APPEARED TO BE OK. AND WHAT IS REMARKABLE THEY EXCEEDED 2019 WITH CONSIDERABLY FEWER FLIGHTS WHICH MEANS PACKED CONDITIONS ONE BAD STORM AND THE WHOLE THING CAN UNRAVEL BUT THINGS MOVED PRETTY WELL.

>> DON'T WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF O'HARE.

OUR THANKS TO JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN AND ROBERT SILK.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, TWO MORE DEPARTURES FROM CITY HALL.

FIND OUT WHO COMING UP.

>>ED EXODUS FROM CITY HALL CONTINUES AS TWO ADDITIONAL ALDERPEOPLE ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT.

ALDERWOMAN SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY SHE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION AFTER SERVING THE SOUTHEAST SIDE'S 10TH WARD FOR TWO TERMS.

AND LAST WEEK, LESLIE HAIRSTON SAID SHE WILL ALSO NOT SEEK REELECTION AFTER SERVING THE SOUTH SIDE'S 5TH WARD FOR 24 YEARS.

AND THEY JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT THE RETIREMENTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE CITY THEY HAVE SERVED.

LESLIE HAIRSTON YOU HAVE BEEN A STALWART IN THE FIFTH WARD FOR 24 YEARS.

WHY THIS DECISION NOW?

>> IT IS TIME.

IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER.

>> WHAT IS THAT NEXT CHAPTER?

>> OH, IT'S FULL OF LOTS OF THINGS.

I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> AND ALDERWOMAN GARZA YOU HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS YOU HAVE BEEN IN CITY COUNCIL WHY ARE YOU DECIDING TO HANG IT UP NOW?

>> I'VE SPENT MY LIFE GIVING BACK TO PEOPLE IN THE 10TH WARD.

32 YEARS TO BE EXACT.

AS A COUNSELOR, AN EDUCATOR AND ALDERWOMAN.

AND IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GIVE BACK TO MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND MYSELF QUITE FRANKLY.

>> ALDERWOMAN HAIRSTON IF WE COUNT RETIREES AND ALDERPEOPLE RUNNING FOR MAYOR THAT IS MORE THAN A FIFTH OF CITY COUNCIL POISESSED TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR IF NOT MORE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS SUCH AN EXODUS THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON THEIR LIVES.

I THINK COVID GAVE US TIME WITHIN OUR HOMES, TO BE AROUND OUR FAMILIES.

AND TO JUST ASSESS THE SITUATION AS TO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR US AND OUR FAMILIES AT THIS TIME.

>> SO MANY FOLKS IN SO MANY INDUSTRIES ARE DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA I TALKED TO BOTH OF YOU IN 2020 AROUND THE DAYS THAT THE CITY WAS FALLING INTO CHAOS WITH CIVIL UNREST LOOTING IN STORES, OFFICES BEING ROBBED AND SHOT UP.

WAS THAT THE TOUGHEST TIME YOU FACED ON YOUR JOB?

>> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF IF YOU WERE AN ALDERPERSON OR NOT.

IT WAS SCARY.

IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.

IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.

A LOT OF US HAD TO SIT BACK AND WATCH OUR WARDS JUST CRUMBLE.

AND IT WAS A VERY HARD TIME.

IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME.

BUT I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ALL OF US HANDLED IT WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY.

AND DID THE BEST WE COULD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.

>> AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE ALDERPEOPLE WERE YOU KNOW, SAYING IF WE COULD BE HELPFUL TO ONE ANOTHER AND BEING A SUPPORT SYSTEM DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

>> RIGHT AND WE ACTUALLY THERE WAS TIMES WE WERE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES A DAY.

>> I KNOW HOW UPSETTING IT WAS, TOO, WHEN YOU SAW YOUR WARDS KIND OF FALL INTO CHAOS.

ALDERWOMAN GASSER GARZA YOU WERE AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND MORE RECENT TIMES YOU'VE BROKEN SAYING YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT HER FOR A SECOND TERM AND SAID ON A RADIO SHOW I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO TICKS OFF EVERY PERSON THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT GOT ME TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS AT.

AND MY DECISION HAS TO LEAVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAYOR.

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME AND MY FAMILY.

WE MADE A FAMILY DECISION TOGETHER AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT AND I'M CONTENT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PEOPLE GET IN ARGUMENTS.

THAT'S CALLED BEING A HUMAN BEING.

SO YOU KNOW.

WE'RE FINE.

>> YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT HER IN HER RUN FOR SECOND TERM?

>> I'M NOT SUPPORTING ANYBODY FOR MAYOR RIGHT NOW.

I'M FOCUSING ON SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA AND WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I'VE TAKEN CARE OF PEOPLE FOR 32 YEARS.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHARP LEARNING CURVE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

THAT IS WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON.

>> LESLIE HAIRSTON HA IS YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP BEEN LIKE WITH THE MAYOR AND DID THAT FACTOR INTO YOUR DECISION?

>> WELL, AGAIN, JUST LIKE SUE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME.

WHERE I AM IN MY LIFE.

I HAVE CONSISTENTLY OVER THE 23 PLUS YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INDEPENDENT OF EVERY MAYOR.

SO MY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

I WORK WELL WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

I, TOO, HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OVER 31 YEARS.

AND SO GIVING UP MYSELF, GIVING OF MY TIME, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT MY TIME TO DO ME.

>> ALDERWOMAN SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA, NOW THAT YOU CAN BE CANDID HERE WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO YOUR SUCCESSOR AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL HOW TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL IN THE CITY?

WE SAW ANOTHER LABOR DAY WEEKEND WITH OVER FOUR TO FIVE DOZEN PEOPLE SHOT?

>> YOU KNOW, MY ADVICE TO SOMEBODY, I'M NOT A POLICE OFFICER.

I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THAT DO THAT JOB.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL.

I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD TAKE A HARD LOOK AND LISTEN TO THE RANK-AND-FILE.

I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT AND I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE TRENCHES DOING THE JOB ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO.

BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING IT.

SO IF THEY HAVE IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS, I WOULD LISTEN TO THEM.

>> ALDERWOMAN HAIRSTON YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST FOLKS TO BE VOCAL ABOUT A POLICE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD IS THIS COMING TOGETHER THE WAY THAT YOU ENVISIONED IT AND WILL IT HELP PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY?

>> IT SHOULD HELP IN THE CITY.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF IDEAS AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT WANT TO WORK AND THIS GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> ALDERWOMAN SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA IN THE 10TH WARD GENERAL IRON MOVED THE METAL SCRAPPING PLANT TO YOUR WARD.

YOU WERE OPPOSED TO IT AND THEN YOU SUPPORTED IT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENIED THE PERMIT.

DO YOU THINK THE CITY MADE THE RIGHT CALL?

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST I NEED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

SOUTH SHORE RECYCLING HAS BEEN IN MY WARD FOR 29 YEARS.

THIS HEADLINE THAT SAYS THE RELOCATION, THE MOVING FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE, IS A PURE UNADULT RATED LIE.

IT DID NOT MOVE HERE IT'S BEEN HERE.

IT IS THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL.

THE MANTRA IS REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE AND WHEN YOU HAVE A RECYCLING FACILITY THAT IS STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY AND YOU HAVE THE U.S. EPA CONSULTANT SAYING LESS THAN ONE IN A MILLION PEOPLE WILL GET SICK FROM THE FACILITY DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE, I HAVE FAITH IN THAT SYSTEM.

AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENIED THE PERMIT AND I DON'T FEEL THE SCIENCE WAS FOLLOWED.

I DON'T FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST VOCAL HAVE NOT BEEN THERE TO LOOK AT IT.

SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VOCAL HAVE TOURED THE FACILITY AND THEY CAME OUT AND OH, MY GOD I WAS SO WRONG.

>> AND THE COMPANY VOWED TO CHALLENGE THE CITY IN COURT.

ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU AND THE MAYOR BROKE OFF.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE, THANKS TO ALDERPEOPLE SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA AND LESLIE HAIRSTON.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

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

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... MUSIC CRITIC JIM DeROGATIS ASKS NOT TO TESTIFY AT R. KELLY'S TRIAL.

THAT AND OTHER UPDATES IN THE R&B SINGER'S CASE.

DETAILS ABOUT LOCAL RELIEF EFORT DES FOR PAKISTAN WHERE PEOPLE ARE FACING A DEADLY MONSOON SEASON AND THE HEAVIEST FLOODING ON RECORD.

IF YOU ARE BLACK IN CHICAGO YOU ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SHUTOUT OF THE FORMAL LABOR MARKET.

WE TALK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS HELPING BLACK WORKERS GET HIRED.

>> GO OUT AND LISTEN FOR THE CHATTER.

THE TWEETING.

>> AND LOCAL BIRDER, JORGE GARCIA TALKS ABOUT HOW HE FOUND COMMUNITY THANKS TO A INTEREST.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MORE PROTESTS IN UPTOWN AGAINST A PLANNED NEW LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ON A LOT FORMERLY OWNED BY WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND NOW OWNED BY LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY THAT AIMS TO BUILD A 314 UNIT BUILDING ON THE SITE.

A COALITION OF ACTIVISTS OCCUPIED THE LOT UNTIL THEY WERE EVICTED BY POLICE LAST WEDNESDAY.

THEY WANT THE DEVELOPER TO SELL THE LAND BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> SELL BACK THAT LAND TO RESILIENT, THE NEW OWNERS OF THE HOSPITAL SO THAT THAT LAND CAN BE USED FOR EXPANDED MEDICAL SERVICES FROM THE HOSPITAL.

RATHER THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY SLATED FOR WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ANOTHER LUXURY APARTMENT HIGH-RISE BUILDING HERE WITH UNITS THAT NOBODY LIVING HERE CAN AFFORD.

>> THE MORTON ARBORETUM IS PICKING A FAMILIAR FACE TO BECOME THE NEXT LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION.

THEY ANNOUNCED JILL KOSKI WILL BECOME ONLY THE FOURTH LEADER IN THE INSTITUTIONS 100 YEAR HISTORY AND THE FIRST WOMAN SELECTED FOR THE TOP JOB.

ALTHOUGH JILL KOSKI SERVED AS C.E.O.

OF HOLDEN FOREST AND GARDENS IN OHIO SHE SPENT 10 YEARS OF VICE-PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR MORTON ARBORETUM AND FUNDRAISING AT SHEDD AQUARIUM.

SHE WILL TAKEOVER THE HELM ON NOVEMBER 28.

SHE REPLACES GEAR REGARD DONLEY WHO HELD THE POSITION SINCE 1990.

AND THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80s FOR THIS WEEK.

WHILE IT MAY FEEL LIKE SUMMER, THE SEASON IS OVER FOR CHICAGO BEACHES.

THE PARK DISTRICT SAYS ALL LAKEFRONT BEACHES ARE CLOSED FOR SWIMMING WITH LIFEGUARDS NO LONGER ON DUTY.

RED FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT ALL LOCATIONS TO SIGNAL SWIMMING IS PROHIBITED.

AND NOW, PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

THE DIRKSEN FEDERAL BUILDING'S CLOSURE DID NOT STOP DEVELOPMENTS FROM HAPPENING IN THE R. KELLY TRIAL.

JIM DeROGATIS FILED A MOTION ASKING THE JUDGE TO QUASH A SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY AT THE R&B SINGER'S TRIAL.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEY, MATT, AS A REMINDER R. KELLY IS ON TRIAL FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR HOW DID JIM DeROGATIS FITS INTO THIS PICTURE?

>> JIM DeROGATIS HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST R. KELLY FOR TWO DECADES.

HE WROTE THE BOOK WITH THE BOOK SOULLESS.

THE REASON HE IS BEING CALLED TO TESTIFY IS DUE TO A VHS HE RECEIVED IN 2002 THAT SHOWS R. KELLY SEXUALLY ABUSING A GIRL.

AND LED TO THE CHARGES FILED IN THE 2008 TRIAL WHICH THE SINGER WAS ACQUITTED.

I AM JIM DeROGATIS WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY BUT HE EXERCISED HIS FIRST AND FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> AND JIM DeROGATIS FOLLOWED THIS FROM THE BEGINNING.

MATT WHAT IS THE MOTION JIM DeROGATIS FILED ASKS FOR?

>> HE AND THE EMPLOYER THE NEW YORKER ARE SEEKING TO QUASH THE SUBPOENA BROUGHT BY A CO-DEFENDANT DERREL McDAVID THAT SIEGES TO HAVE HIM TESTIFY AT THE TRIAL.

THERE WILL BE LIKELY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 2002 TAPE BUT IN THE MOTION HE ARGUED HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO SO BECAUSE JANE WHO APPEARED IN THE TAPE AUTHENTICATED THE TAPE WHEN SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT IT LAST MONTH.

HE IS CLAIMING THAT COMPELLING HIS TESTIMONY WOULD BE INVASIVE TO HIS NEWS GATHERING METHODS AND HARASSMENT FOR INTIMIDATION AGAINST HIM.

>> AND WE MENTIONED THAT DIRKSEN FEDERAL BUILDING WAS CLOSED TODAY.

IT IS NOT A HOLIDAY TODAY.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

>> MONDAY NIGHT COURT STAFF INDICATED THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE CLOSED DUE TO OPERATIONAL ISSUE.

NO DETAILS WERE GIVEN.

TODAY WE LEARNED THERE WAS SOME SORT OF BUILDING LIGHT SYSTEM FAILURES THAT APPARENTLY IMPACTED THE ABILITY TO OPEN UP THE COURTHOUSE.

WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS WERE THEY SEEM TO BE RESOLVED THE COURTHOUSE IS SET TO RESUME ON WEDNESDAY.

>> THAT MEANS TRIAL WILL BE BACK IN SESSION TOMORROW.

WHAT DO WE EXPECT THIS WEEK?

>> THE PROSECUTION'S CASE OVER WITH THE DEFENSE'S FINAL WITNESSES OVER THE COMING DAYS DEPENDING HOW JIM DeROGATIS MOTION GOES THAT CAN INCLUDE HIM AND LIKELY INCLUDE DERREL McDAVID CHOSE ATTORNEY INDICATED HE WILL LIKELY TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

R. KELLY AND BROWN ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DO SO.

WE COULD SEE THE CASE GO TO THE JURY AND A POSSIBLE VERDICT WITH THE DELAY THAT IS POSSIBLE IT WILL COME NEXT WEEK.

>> WE KNOW YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING IT AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

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

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A LOOK AT LOCAL EFFORTS TO HELP FACING DEADLY FLOODS IN PAKISTAN.

>> MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF PAKISTAN IS UNDERWATER.

SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW FLOODING THAT KILLED AT LEAST 1300 PEOPLE.

THE FLOODING DISPLACED MILLIONS AND DEVASTATED CROPS AND LIVESTOCK.

IN CHICAGO, RESIDENTS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER RELIEF EFFORTS FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE Dr. ABDUL GHAURI, MANAGER OF THE HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION PROGRAM AT HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT.

TARIQ KARIM, CONSUL GENERAL OF PAKISTAN IN CHICAGO.

AND RAO KOTAMARTHI, SENIOR SCIENTIST IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DIVISION AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

Dr. ABDUL GHAURI, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE FAMILY IN PAKISTAN THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING.

GIVE US A SENSE WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

ACTUALLY I BELONG TO THE AREA HEAVILY AFFECTED BY THIS FLOOD IN PAKISTAN.

MY FAMILY LIVES THERE.

AND STILL THEY ARE STRUGGLING A LOT OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THEY ARE STRANDED IN THE FLOODWATER AFTER THIS IMMEDIATE RESCUE.

NOW, THEY ARE HAVING TO DOING THIS RELIEF WORK.

SO A LOT OF MISERY, PAIN, DISEASES, HUNGER, AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME OVER THERE.

>> TARIQ KARIM, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF RESCUE EFFORTS?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S REALLY MY PLEASURE TO BE ON THE PROGRAM.

AND AS FAR AS THE CRISIS THIS DISASTER IS CONCERNED, MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDERWATER.

A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

THE SHEAR SCALE OF THIS NATURAL DISASTER IS UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR RECENT HISTORY.

AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS IMPLIED ALL ITS RESOURCES MOBILIZED ALL THE CAPACITIES.

AND PROVIDING RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE NATIONAL DISASTER AUTHORITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH ALL SUCH DISASTER [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE THE FLOOD OF 2010.

THEY ARE IN THE FIELD IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT IS APPLIED THEY ARE PROVIDING RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

DOCTOR CIVIL DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS ARE IN THE FIELD AND BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CRISIS WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND I THINK MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS LATER IN THIS PROGRAM.

BUT DESPITE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, I THINK WE ARE STRESSED THE GOVERNMENT IS STRESSED ALL RESOURCES TO THE LIMIT.

AND THAT IS WHY, I THINK THERE IS A MUCH BROADER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED.

>> AND LET'S GET INTO THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT WITH RAO KOTAMARTHI.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FORCES THAT ARE DRIVING THE UNUSUALLY INTENSE MONSOONS?

>> SO, AS PEOPLE ARE CALL TO DO A SOUPED UP MONSOON.

THE MONSOONS GET AFFECTED FOR A BUNCH OF REASONS.

THERE IS NO ONE CAUSE.

BUT FROM CLIMATE STUDIES FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS THEY EXPECT THE MONSOONS TO BE INCREASING PRECIPITATION OVER THIS REGION AND THE INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE.

THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE HAPPENING AS CLIMATE IS CHANGING.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS BESIDES WHEN YOU GET MORE HOTTER YOU GET MORE WATER SO THAT IN PLACES THAT WILL GET MORE PRECIPITATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THE WAY MONSOONS BEHAVE IS LIKE A LAKE BREEZE BUT INTENSE WAY AND IT HAPPENED OVER A LONGTIME.

AND THE SECOND THING IS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL SOME OF THE GLACIERS ARE MELTING.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 7,000 GLACIERS IN PAKISTAN AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 50,000 GASHERS THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF GLACIERS THAT ARE PRESENT.

SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE MELTING.

POTENTIALLY MELTING SO THAT COULD BE ENHANCING THE FLOODING.

>> ABDUL GHAURI WE SAW DEVASTATING FLOODS IN 2010 IN PAKISTAN.

HOW DOES THE DAMAGE COMPARE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING CURRENTLY?

>> THE EXPERT ESTIMATES THIS IS MORE DEVASTATING AND MORE KIND OF DESTRUCTIVE THAN THE LAST FLOODING IN 2010 AND 2011.

AND ALSO, IT'S NOT ONLY THIS FLOOD BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE IN 2005 THAT CAUSED A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE.

EVEN THE DEVASTATION IS MORE THAN THAT TRAGEDY AS WELL.

>> TARIQ KARIM, HOW IS THE CONSUL GENERAL PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED?

>> WE ARE HERE YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE STATES IN THE MIDWESTERN REGION AND WE ARE IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH THE PAKISTANI AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT IS IN THE LARGE NUMBER AND VERY MIGRANT AND I'M PERSONALLY ATTENDING TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

AND WE ARE SENT ADVERTISING THE SCALE OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED.

SO MANY INCLUDING I AM IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND SO MANY OTHERS THEY ARE IN THE FIELD AND THEY ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE IN THE PRIME MINISTER FLOOD RELIEF FUND AND THE DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE IN COMMUNITY IS GIVING DONATIONS TO THE FUND AND OTHER CHARITIES AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALSO MEETING WITH THE LOCAL OFFICIALS, CORPORATE SECTORS AND OTHERS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SCALE OF THE EMERGENCY.

AND I THINK WE AS OUR FRIENDS TALKED ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGE, OUR CONTRIBUTION PAKISTAN'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IS JUST BY 4% BUT PAKISTAN IS THE 8TH MOST COUNTRY IN JOBS AT THE CLIMATE.

AND I THINK AS YOU RIGHTFULLY POINTED OUT THIS HEATWAVE, AND UNPRECEDENTED RAIN THREE TIMES MORE THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND IN SOME AREAS IT'S 10 TIMES MORE RAIN.

NO COUNTRY CAN ACTUALLY TACKLE SUCH NATURAL DISASTERS.

WE ARE AWARE OF THEM.

BUT THERE IS A MUCH BIGGER, I MEAN THIS TRAGEDIES AND SIMILARLY THE RESOURCES NEEDED NOT ONLY FOR RELIEF.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN A VERY DEVASTATING COMBINATION OF EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE.

ABDUL GHAURI, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RELIEF EFFORTS YOUR GROUP IS PROVIDING?

>> WE ACTUALLY WE ARE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE 2005 EARTHQUAKE WE HAVE A HUGE NETWORK WITH ALL PROVINCES IN THE REGION AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS EDGE THAT WE CAN START AS EARLY WE WERE ON THE FIRST OF JULY WHEN THIS STARTED.

AND WE MOBILIZED ON THE 14TH OF JULY.

THE FIRST TIME EFFORTS WE WERE IN THAT AND UPHILL NOW WE HAVE SERVED UNDER 30,000 PEOPLE IN 20 DISTRICTS.

AND THE SERVICES RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THIS IMMEDIATE PLAN, IMMEDIATE RELIEF ACTIVITIES AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM PLANS.

THE IMMEDIATE ACTIVITIES WE ARE PROVIDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO THEM.

AND NONFOOD ITEMS TO THOSE WHO ARE DISPLACED AND THOSE WHO ARE STRANDED.

IN THEIR HOUSE NOT USABLE.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE UNFORTUNATELY A LONG WAY TO GO FOR PAKISTAN FIRST TO MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENT AND THEN TO RECOVER AFTERWARDS.

WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD HOW THAT IS GOING.

GENTLEMEN THANK YOU.

Dr. ABDUL GHAURI, TARIQ KARIM AND RAO KOTAMARTHI FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, ADRESSING THE UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

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>> IN A TIME WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE STOREFRONTS ARE AWASH IN HELP WANTED SIGNS IT MIGHT BE SURPRISING TO HEAR THAT ANYONE IS HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A JOB.

BUT MANY BLACK AMERICANS ARE FINDING THEY ARE STILL SHUTOUT OF THE WORKFORCE.

NATIONWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST STOOD AT 3.7%.

FOR BLACK AMERICANS THAT RATE WAS 6.4%.

A GAP THAT HAS EXISTED FOR AS LONG AS THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS BEGAN REPORTING THAT DATA.

LOCALLY, THE RACIAL UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IS EVEN STARKER.

THE OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR CHICAGO IS NEARLY 6%.

BUT THE RATE FOR BLACKS IS NEARLY THREE TIMES THAT AS 14.3%.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND THAT GAP, ARE CLEOPHUS LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CBO COLLECTIVE AND RICHARD WALLACE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CLEOPHUS LEE, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE CBO COLLECTIVE A GROUP OF 16 NONPROFITS THAT HELP TO WORK BLACK AND BROWN CHICAGOANS FIND EMPLOYMENT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT THAT YOU SEE WITH THE FOLKS YOU WITH WORK WITH?

>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU, BRANDIS FOR HAVING ME ON TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE SEE FOR BLACK JOB SEEKERS IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A LACK OF DIVERSE HIRING PRACTICES.

IN THE LABOR MARKET TO GIVE SPECIFICS WE SEE POOR WORK HISTORY, WE SEE EDUCATION, A LACK OF EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS.

OF COURSE MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND JUST A LACK OF RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP TO POSITION THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR SUCCESS IN THE LABOR MARKET.

>> AND YOU'VE NAMED A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO COME BACK TO DURING THIS DISCUSSION.

RICHARD WALLACE YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE ENGAGING IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY.

EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS AND WHY PEOPLE MIGHT BECOME PART OF IT?

>> BRANDIS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

AGAIN, YEAH, FOUNDER OF EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION AND WE ORGANIZE FOLKS IN THE INFORMAL MARKET.

IT'S THE GIG ECONOMY, DOCUMENTED AS LOCATION WHERE OUR FOLKS ENGAGE AND LABOR OPPORTUNITIES THEY CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE NONE.

IT'S UNREGULATED AND UNPROTECTED BY THE STATE.

SOMEONE SELLING DIVIDENDS THOSE ARE INFORMAL WORK WORKERS.

>> AND WHY MIGHT SOME FOLKS FIND THEMSELVES NEEDING THOSE JOBS?

>> YEAH, WE'VE LEARNED A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ORGANIZED HAVE BEEN BOXED OUT OF FORMAL LABOR OPPORTUNITIES.

OF THE GOALS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES COME FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES.

MARKED WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD IN GENERAL THE CYCLE GOES THEY APPLY FOR JOBS AND THEY ARE DENIED AND REDUCE CAPITAL TO BUY FOOD AND PAY RENT IS CONSISTENT EVEN THOUGH THE EMPLOYMENT ISN'T.

SO A LOT OF FOLKS THEN REENGAGE IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

>> CLEOPHUS LEE HOW IS THE CBO COLLECTIVE HELPING CANDIDATES OVERCOME THE BARRIERS AND SCHEDULE ONCE THEY ARE IN THE JOB -- SUCCEED ONCE THEY ARE IN THE DOOR OF A FORMAL JOB.

>> GOING DIRECTLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AFFECTED THE MOST.

AND WE'RE BRINGING A HOST OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WE DO THIS FIRST OF ALL BY YOU KNOW HOSTING HIRING AND RESOURCE EVENTS WHEN WE BRING EMPLOYERS TOGETHER THAT HAVE A HOST OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EMPLOYERS TO HELP THEM TO ADDRESS INTERNAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES THAT'S PREVENTED THIS POPULATION FROM ADVANCING ALONG WITH OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WHILE OUR GOAL IS TO SHRINK THE WEALTH GAP IN CHICAGO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SHRINKING THE WEALTH GAP IS ABOUT MORE THAN PUTTING PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT IS WHY WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH J.P. MORGAN CHASE IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT THIS POPULATION IS HAVING.

>> RICHARD, A MAP OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS REVEALS MUCH HIGHER RATES IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS TEND TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENCE.

DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION HERE?

>> YES.

I THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THERE DEFINITELY IS A CONNECTION.

IN 2021 WE RELEASED A REPORT.

AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT INFORMAL LABOR WE FOCUSED ON WEST GARFIELD PARK.

IN IT WE FOUND 29% OF THE FOLKS SURVEYED SAID THEY NEVER HAD A JOB THAT PROVIDED A REGULAR PAYCHECK.

48% REPORTED THAT TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN YOU READ STATISTICS LIKE THAT, THE ENTIRE STATE SHOULD BE ALARMED.

BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT 48% OF WEST GARFIELD PARK RESIDENTS ARE DETACHED FROM THE SYSTEM BUILT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR LABOR TO MAKE MONEY AND USE THAT MONEY TO BUY THE THINGS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE.

IT BECOMES ALARMING WHEN YOU HEAR NUMBERS LIKE 48% DETACHED FROM THE VERY SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

WHEN THEY CAN'T ENGAGE WITH THAT SYSTEM THEY GET BACK ENGAGED IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY WHICH IS PRECARIOUS AND UNREGULATED AND UNPROTECTED BY THE STATE.

IT PUTS THEM AT RISK FOR REOFFENDING.

PUTS THEM AT RISK FOR A NUMBER OF HARMS.

AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY.

THAT OUR FOLKS ARE FACING.

>> CLEOPHUS LEE, WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO EMPLOYERS AND CORPORATIONS HAVE IN REDUCING THIS UNEMPLOYMENT GAP AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO GAIN BY DOING SO?

>> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, BRANDIS, FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT EMPLOYERS DEFINITELY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS EFFORT OF REDUCING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

WE BELIEVE TO AID IN THIS EFORT D, BUSINESSES FIRST MUST LOOK AT THEIR HIRING PRACTICES AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES THAT WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO SUCCESSFULLY ENTER INTO THE LABOR MARKET.

AND THEN SECONDLY WE BELIEVE THAT BUSINESSES MUST PAY THESE INDIVIDUALS A LIVING WAGE.

PAY THEM SO THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES, CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AS WAS JUST MENTIONED.

THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VIOLENCE THAT IS TAKING PLACE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE ECONOMICS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

THERE ARE TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS OF THESE COMMUNITY THAT WAS THE ARE TAGGED AS THE WORKING POOR.

NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO LIVE FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT BUSINESSES MUST CREATE PATHWAYS OF ADVANCEMENT WITHIN THESE COMPANIES SO WHEN INDIVIDUALS JOIN THEIR COMPANIES, THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE UP AND NOT JUST REMAIN STUCK IN THE POSITION THEY STARTED IN.

>> SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYBODY.

THANKS TO CLEOPHUS LEE AND RICHARD WALLACE FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

A CONCRETE JUNGLE LIKE CHICAGO MIGHT NOT BE THE FIRST PLACE YOU EXPECT TO FIND A WIDE VARIETY OF BIRDS BUT THEN AGAIN WE ARE A CITY IN THE GARDEN.

AS A YOUNG LATINO MAN MORE A GARCIA MIGHT BE AN ODDITY BUT HE WANTS EVERYONE TO FIND OUT HOW THE CITY IS A PERFECT PLACE TO STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN FOR OUR FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> BIRDING HELPED EASE MY MIND AND HELPED ME CALM DOWN AND CENTER MYSELF A LITTLE BIT.

>> ON THIS STICKY SUMMER MORNING, GEORGE GARCIA IS WAITING IN A NORTHWEST SIDE PARK HOPING TO HEAR A CHIRP OR SPY WINGS IN TIME TO CAPTURE A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN A PHOTO.

>> WHEN I BEGAN BIRDING THIS IS THE PARK WHERE I WOULD COME TO BIRD.

FOR ME BIRDING WAS VERY SOLITARY FOR A LONGTIME.

YOU CAN IT WAS A PEACEFUL EXPERIENCE A MINDFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

MINDFUL EXERCISE.

>> GARCIA WASN'T ALWAYS A BIRD, HE HAS ONLY BEEN AT IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS AFTER AN UPGRADE TOOK AN UNEXPECTED TURN.

>> IT WAS WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAMERA I BOUGHT IT IN THE PANDEMIC.

I THOUGHT THAT I WANTED TO IMPROVE THE VIDEO OUTPUT OF MY ZOOM CALLS SO I STARTED TRYING TO PURPOSELY SHOOT MORE PHOTOS WITH THIS AND GET MORE ACCLIMATED WITH THE CAMERA AND I STARTED BUYING OLD LENSES TRY TO EXPERIMENT.

THEN I STARTED TRYING TO FIND SUBJECTS.

I WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT WOULD BE AND IT ENDED UP BEING BIRDS AND SUDDENLY I WAS LEARNING ABOUT BIRDS, LISTENING FOR BIRDS, LEARNING THEIR BEHAVIOR AND CALLS THEIR NAME.

>> HE ALSO BEGAN PRINTING AND SELLING POSTCARDS OF HIS PORTRAITS TO SUPPORT THE POST OFFICE.

>> AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE POSTAL SERVICE WAS UNDER ATTACK, WHERE THEY STARTED STRIPPING DOWN THE MACHINES I THOUGHT WELL, I WANT TO MAKE POSTCARDS TO SUPPORT THE POST OFFICE.

AND THEY REMIND ME OF TRADING CARDS IN A COLLECTIBLE SENSE.

>> AS THE NEW INTEREST TOOK FLIGHT, HE BEGAN BRANCHING OUT AND SEEKING COMMUNITY.

THOUGH AS A YOUNG LATINO HE IS A BIT OF A RARE BIRD IN THIS CIRCLE.

>> THE FIRST GROUP THAT I FOUND WAS IN NORTH PARK VILLAGE NATURE CENTER.

I STARTED TO MAKE A LOT OF FRIENDS OUT OF THAT SPACE AND BIRD WITH THEM FREQUENTLY.

AND NOW THAT IS A REGULAR FOR ME.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE WOULD BE LATINX INDIVIDUALS BUT I SEE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE FOR SURE.

>> THOUGH HIS PRESENCE HAS SOMETIMES DRAWN UNWELCOME ATTENTION IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES... >> I ONCE HAD A POLICE OFFICER STOP ME WHILE DRIVING AND SEARCH ME FOR GUNS AND ALL I HAD WAS A CAMERA.

I STARTED CARRYING AROUND THIS BAG SO SORT OF ADVERTISE THAT I WAS SHOOTING BIRDS.

>> HE SAYS BIRDING IS A PASTIME ANYONE CAN PICK UP.

EVEN IN THE CITY.

>> IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE LOOKING BUT IT'S BEEN LISTENING.

YOUR BACKYARD IS A PERFECT PLACE TO START.

YOUR ALLEY THERE ARE BIRDS EVERY JUNIOR WHERE.

WHEN I LEFT THIS MORNING TO MEET YOU OUTSIDE WAS A GOLD FINCH AND A CHICKADEE.

SHE WAS A JOKE OVER THE WINTER THAT I LOVE SEEING AND FOLLOWING WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND WHEN THEY LEAVE.

THE CITY.

>> AND GARCIA SAYS WITH TIME AND PATIENCE, PERHAPS YOU, TOO, CAN CAPTURE A BEAUTIFUL FLEETING MOMENT.

>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE WILL BE ONE BIRD LIKE GIVES ME A NICE EXPERIENCE WHO SHOWS EXCEPTIONAL BEHAVIOR, UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN.

THAT MOMENT WHERE LIKE THE BIRD ALLOWED ME TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

I LIKE THAT.

IT WAS A MOMENT FOR ME TO REMEMBER.

>> THAT IS A COOL SHOT.

GARCIA OFFERS POSTCARDS OF HIS BIRD PHOTOS YOU CAN FIND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND HE INVITES EVERYONE TO JOIN THE FALL MIGGER TO WALKS AT 8:00 A.M. SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

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