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

I AM PARIS.

>> 2%.

>> TRYING A NEW ASSET FOR CURBING GANG CHRONIC.

CRITICS SAY IT COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

A POLICE CONTRACT YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT THAT AND OTHER PRESSING CITY BUSINESS.

>> WE ARE PLAYING FOR REAL HERE.

THIS IS NOT A GAME.

>> Paris: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FACING PUSHBACK OVER THE MANDATE FOR EMPLOYERS WITH 100 WORKERS OR MORE.

>> IT IS TOUGH TO IMAGINE THE WORLD WE WANT TO CREATE.

>> KICKING OFF RACIAL EQUITY WEEK.

WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE GOALS.

SHALL DRINK NINE LOCATIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT AND MORE.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE CREATOR ECONOMY.

WE LOOK AT HOW INDUSTRIES ARE EMERGING FROM REGULAR PEOPLE GARNERING LARGE AUDIENCES ONLINE.

PART AND TO SEE HELP ONE LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS ON A MISSION TO SERVE THOUSANDS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

AFTER MONTHS OF THE HEAD RIGGING, ESTATE ENERGY BILL IS FINALLY ON ITS WAY FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

>> WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF GREEN ENERGY ECONOMY.

WHOLE NEW WAVE OF JOBS.

WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY SACRIFICING A WHOLE BUNCH OF INCUMBENT JOBS.

THAT IS WHAT WE SPENT THIS SUMMER DOING.

TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T WAKE UP TOMORROW WITHOUT A JOB BUT THAT EVERY KID IN THE STATE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE A BRIGHTER ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE AND A PROSPECT OF GOING TO BREAK IN THESE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMIES.

>> Paris: HE HAS SAID HE WILL SIGN THE BILL WHICH PASSED THE SENATE WITH A 37-17 VOTE.

IT IS A WIN FOR THE GOVERNOR ELIMINATING CARBON EMISSIONS.

CHICAGO WINDS WORKING ON REDRAWING THE CITY'S 50 BOARD MAP.

THEY HAVE RELEASED THEIR FIRST DRAFT TODAY.

>> THIS INCLUDES LATINO CITIZEN VOTING POPULATION.

AND VOTING AGE BLACK MAJORITY AND KEEPS -- WITHOUT CREATING DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE SPAGHETTI.

>> IT MAY SOUND DELICIOUS, BUT IT DOES NOT SO GOOD FOR YOUR BOARD MAP.

THAT DRAFT ACTUALLY INCLUDES 13 MAJORITY LATINO WARDS, 15 BLACK MAJORITY BOARDS AND SEVEN WORDS THAT WOULD KEEP THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY WHOLE VERSUS SPLIT BETWEEN OTHER WORDS.

THE COMMISSION IS ASKING CHICAGOANS FOR FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND IS WORKING TOWARDS GETTING AT LEAST TEN OLDER PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE SO CALLED MAP WHICH WOULD TRIGGER AN ELECTION.

PARENTS IN NEED OF CHILDCARE AND THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED ARE GETTING SOME EXTRA SUPPORT FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT TODAY.

HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY TO THE BREAK THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING TO HELP BOTH OF THOSE GROUP DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> OVER 5,000 CHILDCARE PROVIDERS HAVE RECEIVED RESTORATION GRANTS GOING BACK TO JULY OF 2020.

A SUSTAINING AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AS THE GOVERNOR NOTED AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE WORKING.

98% OF LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTERS HAVE RECEIVED THESE GRANTS AND ARE STILL OPEN AND CARING FOR CHILDREN TODAY.

>> THIS NEW AID COMES IN THE FORM OF THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH GOES TO UNEMPLOYED PARENTS FOR 3 MONTHS WHILE THEY LOOK FOR AND BEGIN WORK.

ADDITIONALLY, IN THE CHILDCARE WORKFORCE PROGRAM PROVIDES A THOUSAND DOLLAR BONUSES TO ELIGIBLE CHILDCARE STAFF.

UP NEXT, DETAILS ON MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S METHODS TO THE CURBING GANG CRIME.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Brandis: CHICAGO IS COMING OFF OF ANOTHER VIOLENT WE CAN.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WANTS TO DEPLOYED A NEW TACTIC.

AMENDED JOINS US WITH MORE.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO LOOK?

>> A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT HERE.

ACCORDING TO CHICAGO POLICE STATISTICS, THE CITY SOUGHT 77 SHOOTINGS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.

CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID IT IS MAKING PEOPLE AFRAID, FEARFUL AND ESPECIALLY SHE SAYS OF GANGS WHICH ARE TERRORIZING NEIGHBORHOODS.

HER PROPOSAL TO GO AFTER GANG LEADERS IN CIVIL COURT AND SO TO SEE IF BACKS -- BRING THEM OUT OF THE SHADOWS, SHE SAYS, TAKE AWAY THAT COMMENT MOTIVES.

>> KILLING BABIES, KILLING CHILDREN, KILLING OLD PEOPLE INDISCRIMINATELY, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCEPTABLE.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO PUT A MARKER DOWN THAT AS A SYNDICATE WE ARE USING EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THESE VIOLENT GANGS THAT ARE LEAVING A TRAIL OF BLOOD AND DEATH AND MISERY.

DATABASE INTO PER WEEK.

>> Reporter: HER PROPOSAL IS MODELED AFTER THE ILLINOIS THREE GANG TERRORISM ONLY MUST PREVENTION ACT WHICH HAS BEEN USED FOR DECADES SINCE THE COLLAR COUNTIES HAVE GONE AFTER GANG STICKS.

I'M SURE CHICAGO LOOKED AT THIS WHEN THE LAW WAS PRESS PASS AND SAYS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE?

AND ARRIVED AT THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION THAT IT WOULD BE A HUGE BOONDOGGLE, A WASTE OF MONEY AND A TRUE POLITICAL SHOW.

>> Amanda: THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTED THREE FORMER LATIN TEEN GANG MEMBERS WHO SAID TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND WHEN A CASE OUT OF KING COUNTY, AND AFTER THEM THAT GANG LAW.

HE SAID IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO DISMISS THE CHARGES AND THAT TIME, HIS CLIENT HAD TROUBLE GETTING JOBS.

PAYING MORTGAGES.

HE SAYS IT IS HARD TO WIN A CASE LIKE THIS.

HE REVIEWED A DOCKET OF 100 OR SO ATTEMPTS AND HE SAYS FEW, IF ANY, SUCCEEDED.

>> LOOK LIKE THE MAJORITY WERE WHAT WE CALL IN THE LAW DEFAULT.

SOMEONE WAS SUED.

THEY NEVER APPEARED IN COURT OR THEY TORE UP THE SUMMONS AND THEY COULD CARE LESS AND THEY GOT A COURT ORDER AND THEN THE STATE SAID, LOOK AT THAT WE GOT A COURT ORDER.

THEY DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THEY DID NOT STOP CRIME.

DID NOT COLLECT ASSETS.

>> Amanda: NOW, THE ACLU IS ALSO COME OUT AGAINST THE PLAN SAYING THAT CHICAGO NEEDS TO FOCUS ON INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES.

ALSO NOTED THAT A TOOL ALREADY EXISTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYING THAT LAW ALREADY PROVIDES BROAD AUTHORITY TO POLICE TO SEIZE PROPERTY FROM THOSE SUSPECTED OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

WE BELIEVE THOSE PROCESSES ALREADY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

AND THAT IS ALSO THE CONCERN FOR MARTINEZ WITH THE LUCY PURSES LAB BECAUSE THIS IS A CIVIL AND NOT A CRIMINAL MATTER.

ELECTRIC INC. MEMBERS WOULD NOT GET A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THESE CASES.

ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A CIVIL MATTER, THERE'S A LOWER BURDEN OF PROOF.

THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE VERSUS BEYOND INVISIBLE DOUBT.

>> AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE CAREER PROSECUTORS WHOSE ENTIRE JOB IS TO -- GOING UP AGAINST POOR BROWN PEOPLE WITH OFTEN NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND HAVE A VERY CHALLENGING TIME.

EVEN RAISING THE KIND OF ARGUMENT THAT THE JUDGE WOULD ACCEPT.

>> Amanda: YEARS OF DATA OF CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.

IT CREATES A PERVERSE INCENTIVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

POLICE CAN SEIZE PEOPLE'S CARS AND VIDEOGAME MACHINES, CASH, AND USE THE MONEY TO BUY MORE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT.

ALSO QUESTIONS WHETHER THE STRATEGY IS EFFECTIVE.

>> YOU CAN IMAGINE A HOUSE FOR EXAMPLE THAT MAYBE -- THAT WAS BEING USED.

MAYBE YOU COULD RACE THE KIND OF ARGUMENT.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE AVERAGE SEIZURE, RIGHT?

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE, BIT -- LIKE PUBLIC ESCOBAR.

WHERE TALK ABOUT EVERYDAY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR RENT MONEY, YOU KNOW, SEIZED.

>> ATTORNEY JOHN SAYS THAT HE IMAGINES LIGHTFOOT IN THAT WAKE OF SO MUCH CRIME IS CASTING A NET AND LOOKING FOR ANY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

IF THIS METHOD IS TO BE USED, HE SAYS, IT SHOULD BE THE COUNTY STATE THE ATTORNEY AND NOT CHICAGO'S CORPORATE COUNSEL IN CHARGE OF ENDORSING IT.

AS WITH THAT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GOVERNMENT CAN FOX, THE MAYOR ON FRIDAY SAID NO.

SHE SAID IT IS HER RESPONSE BUILDING NOT TO WAIT.

USE ANY TOOL AT HER DISPOSAL TO HELP TO MAKE A CHICAGO SAFE.

IN A STATEMENT, CAN FOX'S OFFICE SAYS IT DOES NOT HAVE DETAILS ON THAT MAYOR'S PLANT BUT WE ARE OPEN TO COLLABORATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY LEADERS AS WE LOOK TO INCREASED SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

NO, THE ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND IT -- SPECIFY THAT MINIMUM OF HALF OF ANY ASSETS SEIZED BE CENT TO SUPPORT VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF STREET GANG ACTIVITY.

BRENT JUST GOT BACK TO YOU.

>> Brandis: AMANDA, THANK YOU.

MORE OF WHAT IS HEADED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> A PROPOSED UNION CONTRACT.

IT HAS MEANT TO CITY COUNCIL.

MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER THE LAST CONTRACT EXPIRED.

OLDER PEOPLE ARE ALSO SENT TO CONSIDERED PLANS TO ALLOW MARIJUANA TO BE SOLD LEGALLY AND THIS COMES AS THE CALL FOR JIM'S REIGNITION.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THAT AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S MEETING ARE OTHER PERSON SCOTT WAGUESPACK, ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS, ALDERMAN ANTHONY BEALE, WHO REPRESENTS PARTS OF THE SOUTH SIDE, AND ALDERMAN BRENDAN REILY.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU BACK TO CHICAGO.

ALDERMAN RECKONS BACK, I WILL START WITH YOU.

THE UNION CURRENT -- CONTRACT THAT THEY WILL VOTE TO RATIFY OR NOT RATIFIED IT.

DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE REFORM EFFORTS THAT THE MERE PROMISE.

>> I THINK IT GOES PRETTY FAR.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE AWAIT WITH ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS HERE.

WE HAVE ALSO ADDED I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE FUNDING AND ASPECTS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

WE OFFICERS.

WE WILL TRY TO PROVE THEIR -- THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE BACK END FOR DOUBLE HEALTH.

I THINK IT IS A PRETTY GOOD COMPROMISE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.

BUT I THINK THAT MOST ALDERMAN WOULD AGREE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FIVE YEARS TO GET A CONTRACT.

THE INTERIM AGREEMENT STILL HAS SOME THINGS TO WORK ON.

BUT I THINK WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.

>> Paris: IT ALSO REWARDS PAY RAISES.

AS THE HOMICIDE RATE IS STILL HIGH.

SUPERINTENDENT BROWN ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO WE DEPLOY THIS CITYWIDE ROOFING GAIN OR COMMUNITY SAFETY UNIT AND PUT THOSE COPS INTO OTHER UNITS.

IS THAT AN COULD NOT BENCH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THAT CONVERSION PLAN DID NOT WORK?

>> I'M GLAD THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING THAT CHANGE.

IT IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE.

WE HAD INCREDIBLE ATTRITION RATES IN THE DEPARTMENT CLOSE TO 1100 OFFICERS HAVE RETIRED AND CERTAINLY NOT COMING CLOSE TO DEATH.

IN A TIMELY FASHION.

THEM TO HAVE HUNDRED MARKUPS PULL OUT OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT ONTO MUCH LARGER TEAMS COULD NOT BEEN DIRECTLY SUPERVISED BY LOCAL COMMAND STAFF, I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS THE BEST USE OF RESOURCES RIGHT NOW.

SO I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE THE ADJUSTMENT TO THAT, PROGRAM.

TACTICAL UNITS ARE VERY FALLIBLE.

THEY ARE A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL.

BUT IT CAN'T BE AT THE EXPENSE OF A LOCAL POLICE DISTRICT.

OFFICERS NOTABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS BEST.

THE LOCAL COMMAND STAFF ARE BEST AT DIRECTING THE TACTICAL UNITS THAT ARE USED.

SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT THESE CHANGES WILL CONTINUE.

AND THAT WE WILL GET MORE OF OUR OFFICERS BACK INTO JOSH BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY CAN CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS WHERE THEY CAN GATHER INTEL.

THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT DID LOOK AT FOR WHEN THEY ARE OUT THERE IN THEY KNOW BEST.

>> Paris: AND I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINED THAT DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS FROM -- SO SOME WILL BE HAPPY TO GET THOSE OFFICERS TRACK.

AUTOMOBILE, THIS ALSO COMES AS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO GO AFTER GANG MEMBERS ASSETS.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CONSTITUTIONALLY WOULD WORK OR IT WOULD WORK TO HELP COMMITTEE SAFETY?

>> LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I THINK IT WAS AN UTTER FAILURE WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT CRATED THE FIRST UNIT.

WE HAD CRIME DOWN OVER 33% IN MY AREA BEFORE HE CREATED THAT UNIT AND ONCE THAT UNIT WAS CREATED, CRIME WENT RAPID, NOT ONLY MY COMMUNITY, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND SUNOCO THAT YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ADMISSION OF FAILURE BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS POLICY IN THE NEW -- DID NOT WORK AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REVERSE THE COURSE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT.

BECAUSE OF THAT STRATEGY THAT FAILED.

AND SO NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT HERE WE ARE TRYING TO SUE, YOU KNOW, THE GANG BANGERS, I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK?

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SO SOMEONE WHO DON'T HAVE ASSETS, WE DON'T HAVE CAPITAL?

AND SO THIS JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LET'S THROW EVERYTHING UP AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS.

LET'S SEE WHAT GETS THE HEADLINE FOR TODAY.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SO THESE GANG BANGERS AND THIS IS ALL POLITICAL MANEUVERING AT ITS BEST.

>> Paris: THE ACLU HAS TALKED ABOUT IT IS HARD TO CONDENSE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS OFFICIALLY IN A GANG.

ALDERMAN VIEQUES, CITY COUNCIL IS STARTING TO DISCUSS THE NEW BOARD MAPS WHICH SHOWED SNIFFING AND GAMES IN THE LATINO PUBLISHING.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR MAJORITY COLLECTING AWARDS AND PERHAPS LATINO REPRESENT US ON CITY COUNCIL?

>> I THINK THAT THE DATA JUST CAME INVESTMENT.

WE HAVE OUR TEAM AND LYSING IT.

YOU KNOW?

TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, LATINOS ARE JUST 40,000 PEOPLE SHORT OF BEING THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO I TICKETERS PAST DUE THAT WE GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF REPRESENTATION.

NOT JUST INTO WARDS, BUT ALSO IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ADMINISTRATION, HAVING JUST TWO LATINO COMMISSIONERS, IT IS ABYSMAL BUT I THINK THE CAUCUS HAS TAKEN A STANCE THAT WE WANT TO SEE PARITY.

THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY, ALL OF THOSE NICE WORDS ARE NOT WORKING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO SEE PARITY.

WE WANT TO SEE OUR FAIR SHARE AND THIS RELATES TO THE DATA AND VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO TO DETERMINE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO SEE AS WE -- FOR THE NEXT DECADE.

>> Paris: REDRAWING THOSE MAPS IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING PROCESS.

I WANT TO MOVE ONTO THE PROPOSAL TO ALLOW CANNABIS SALES DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN TO ARE CURRENTLY PROHIBITED.

ALDERMAN RILEY, THIS IS SOMETHING HE WANTED FOR A WHILE.

NO.

SHOPS ON MICHIGAN AVENUE AND MOST OF THE STATE STREET.

-- THIS PLAN WORK FOR YOU?

>> IT IS A COMPROMISE.

IT IS MY PREFERENCE.

MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THERE BE NO EXCLUSION ZONE AT ALL DOWNTOWN.

BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKS AT CITY HALL.

YOU NEED TO GIVE UP A LITTLE TO GET THINGS DONE SOMETIMES AND THAT IS THE CASE HERE.

I THINK THE CITY GROSSLY UNDERCOUNTED THE REVENUE OF SIDE THAT COMES WITH THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

NOW WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE ALL NEW SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT THAT HAVE JUST BEEN PLAYED TWO YEARS TO GET APPROVED ARE IN A POSITION TO GO AND GET LOCATIONS.

BY OPENING UP DOWNTOWN, WE ARE GIVING THOSE SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT A LEG UP.

IT IS AN IN THE STREET WE NEED TO EMBRACE.

I THINK THE CITY OF CHICAGO, EVERY DOLLAR WE ARE MAKING OFF OF THAT CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS ONE LIST ALERT WE NEED TO LEAN ON.

MOST OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE OUT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES.

AND I THINK THAT STIGMA THAT GOES WITH CANNABIS IS BEING LIFTED PIT PEOPLE USE IT TO HELP TREAT DISEASE AND SYMPTOMS OF CANCER.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF USE FOR IT BUT WE DESPERATELY NEED THE REVENUE.

WE SHOULD EMBRACE THIS AS A TOURISM ECONOMY.

CANNABIS TOURISM ECONOMY.

OTHER CITIES HAVE AND THEY ARE MAKING WHEN FOLK PROFITS.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THAT MANY OF THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE NEEDING SERVICES AND WE NEED FOR POLICE OFFICERS UNDER PETE.

>> Paris: AND ALDERMAN BEALE THIS HAS BEEN A WAY TO GIVE THEM A LEG UP WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN LACKING.

EATING THIS PLAN WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I VOTED AGAINST THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT CAME BEFORE THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND I SENT THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND AS OF TODAY, THERE IS STILL NO PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IN THIS INDUSTRY.

THEY HAD ALMOST 83 YEAR HEAD START AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL EQUITY PIECE AND BASED ON THE DATA THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT ALMOST 50% OF THESE SO-CALLED CULTURAL EQUITY APPLICANT ARE -- AND THEY ARE FRONTING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU GOT PEOPLE LIKE RICKY WHO ARE PAYING A LICENSE AND HE IS TRYING TO SO THE LESSONS.

THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THIS ORDINANCE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE DOMINATING THE INDUSTRY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME OLD SAME OLD WORK OF PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PENETRATE, YOU KNOW, THIS INDUSTRY AND IT HAS HEARD PEOPLE OF COLOR MORE SO THEN ANYONE IN THE HISTORY, THE WAR ON DRUGS, THE COMMUTE IS OF COLOR MORE -- AND WE ARE NOT GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE OF THE PIE AND HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO PUT UNDER THE BAND-AID ON A CONTRACT MIND.

>> Paris: RICKY HAS BEEN A LONGTIME POLITICAL OFFICIAL.

ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK, WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR COLLEAGUE WHO HAD TEXT MESSAGES DENIGRATING YOUR FEMALE CHIEF OF STAFF.

ALSO TEXT MESSAGES APPARENTLY SHOW VINDICTIVE -- TAKING RETALIATION AGAINST CONSTITUENTS THAT OPPOSED HIM.

WHAT KIND OF REQUEST SHOULD THERE BE FOR ALDERMAN GARDNER?

>> I SUPPORT THAT WOMEN WHO ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THOSE TEXT MESSAGES AND IT IS VERY INAPPROPRIATE.

IT WAS MISOGYNISTIC AND WHILE HE CALLED ME UP, I THINK HE IS STILL -- HAS TO APOLOGIZE AND MAKE AMENDS THE CONTENT THAT THAT LIMITED THE CONSTITUENTS THAT HE MADE THE COMMENTS ABOUT IN THIS MESSAGES.

BUT I THINK THE BIGGER THING HERE IS THAT UNICODE WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT WITHHOLDING SERVICES AND WE CAN'T DO THAT AS ALDERMAN.

WE MIGHT HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ON POLICIES WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ON THE ZONING.

BUT WE HAVE TO STILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES.

WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE THINGS THAT EVERY CONSTITUENT IS ENTITLED TO AND THAT IS SERVICES.

SO I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TAKES IT ON OR WHO DOES.

BUT WE CAN'T GO BACK TO OLD MACHINE WAYS OF TREATING CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK AT THIS POINT NOW WHERE HE HAS TO MAKE SURE THE ALDERMAN DOES THAT HE IS PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND DOING RIGHT BY HIS CONSTITUENTS.

>> Paris: AND OF COURSE, THAT MAYOR HAS CALLED FOR AN INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS, YOU AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO TAKE ABOUT A SIX TO $7,000 PAY INCREASE.

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE YOURS?

>> NOW, I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTATION.

THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THAT I HAVE DECLINED IT.

LISTEN, WE ARE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC.

OUR COMMITTEES ARE STRUGGLING.

WE NEED EVERY PENNY POSSIBLE.

PROGRAMS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND MY COMMUNITY -- THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMITTEES WORK DEVASTATED BY COVID.

AT ONE POINT THE AREA CODE WHICH I REPRESENT A PORTION OF HAD ALMOST ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE WITH COVID, COVID-POSITIVE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MY BOARD HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO WERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TIGHTEN.

-- AND TO GET OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

SO I HAVE ALREADY DECLINED THAT PAY RATES.

>> Paris: I WILL POST THAT QUESTION TO EVERYONE ELSE.

, HAS TAKEN THE PAYMENTS?

WHO IS DECLINING IT?

>> I HAVE TAKEN IT.

>> Paris: ALDERMAN REILY BEALE?

>> I HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION YET.

>> I'M LEANING TOWARDS TAKING HIM.

I AM THE THIRD LOWEST PAID ALDERMAN IN THE COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE I MISSED TURNING BACK THAT RACE ONE YEAR.

I THINK IT IS LOWERED.

BUT I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

I HAVE BEEN DOING JUST SYMBOLIC TIGHTENING THE BELT SINCE I WAS ELECTED.

SO I WILL TAKE THAT.

>> Paris: ALL RIGHT.

WELL, A LOT TO THINK THROUGH.

A LOT OF STUFF ON THE AGENDA AND WE DO THINK ALDERPEOPLE SCOTT WAGUESPACK, GILBERT VILLEGAS, ANTHONY BEALE, AND BRANDY RISING -- BRENDAN REILY FOR JOINING US.

AND NOW TO PRINT IS OVER THE DEBATE OVER THE NEW FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE FOR EMPLOYERS.

>> Brandis: PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MANDATE IS PLEASING PERSPECTIVE ANNOUNCED LAST MINUTE, REQUIRES ALL COMPANIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO THE INSURED THE SPACE THEIR WORKFORCE IS FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

AND FOR WORKERS TO WERE NOT VACCINATED COMPLY WITH WEEKLY COVID TESTING.

AMENDED IS INTO TO PUSH BUT TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICAN WORKERS TO GET VACCINATED.

BUT SOME ARE CLAIMING IT IS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS MANDATE ARE DR. RACHEL RUBIN, TINA PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICAL OFFICER AND COLEADING AT THE KERR COUNTY.

DEPARTMENT OF.

HEALTH AND SENIOR FELLOW AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS AT THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE.

WELCOME TO THE BOTH OF YOU.

DR. RUBEN, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHAT YOU BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT MANDATE THE VACCINE?

>> WE NEED TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THIS PANDEMIC.

AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE QUITE MULTIPLE TO GETTING EXPOSE TO COVID.

WE NEED TO HAVE VACCINE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED TO ALL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> Brandis: AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED, OF COURSE, BUT NECESSARY TO MANDATE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AT THIS POINT, I THINK A MANDATE IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH VACCINE AVAILABLE TO GO AROUND FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NO.

AND WE STILL ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE THRESHOLD THAT WE NEED TO BE TO HAVE EVERYBODY SAFE.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE AT THE POINT OF NEEDING MANDATES.

>> Brandis: BUT YOU ARE NOT DIFFERENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S MANDATE.

WHY NOT?

>> IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SOLVE AND ELECTED TO HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DO IT.

BUT THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.

THE REALITY IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNDER WHAT IS CALLED THE POLICE -- THE POLICE COLORS ARE RESERVED TO THE STATE.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DESIRES TO DO THIS.

THEY WANT TO DO THIS.

BUT THEY CAN'T AND SO THE SHOULD NOT BREAK PRINTER TO BE CLEAR TO THE FOLKS AT HOME, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, YOU STATE RELATED TO -- WHICH CLAUSE?

WHICH PART OF THE CONSTITUTION DOES THE AMENDED BY THE?

>> THE TENTH AMENDMENT.

AND ALSO REMEMBER TO TENTH AMENDMENT WAS FIRST CONCEPT THAT IS CALLED THE -- WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT EXPLICITLY GRANTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE POWER AND IS GRANTED TO CONGRESS COULD NOT THE PRESIDENT.

IS AN UN-ENUMERATED -- IT IS NOT AN ENUMERATED.

AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO IT AND THE PRESIDENT, DO THESE THINGS EVEN IF HE HAS CONGRESS' PERMISSION BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.

BUT EVEN IF CONGRESS DOES IT AND IT IS NOT AN ENUMERATED COLOR.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT.

SO THERE ARE TWO PLACES WHERE THIS FALL SHORTS -- FALLS SHORT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ANY -- >> Brandis: AND DR. RUBIN, YOUR DEPARTMENT REPORTS A HEIGHT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION LEVEL WITH 408 NEW CASES AS OF SATURDAY.

AND THAT IS IN THE BREATH WE ARE LOOKING AT.

HOW IS THE MANDATE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID?

>> I THINK THE MANDATE NOW GIVES ESPECIALLY EMPLOYERS THE RIGHT TO SAY THE WORKERS, YOU NEED TO BE VACCINATED OR YOU DON'T WORK HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE VACCINE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

YOU WANT TO HAVE YOU SAY.

WE WANT TO HAVE OUR CUSTOMERS SAFE.

AND I THINK THIS MANDATE IS THE WAY TO GO AT THIS POINT.

DO NEED TO BE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.

IT IS NOT A MATTER OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

IT IS A MATTER OF PROTECTING EVERYBODY'S HEALTH.

AND THAT IS THAT MANDATED PUBLIC HEALTH.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

IMAGE THAT WHEN I GET VACCINATED, I'M NOT JUST PROTECTING MYSELF.

AND PROTECTING MY FAMILY AND PROTECTING MY COMMUNITY.

I'M PROTECTING MY COUNTRY.

>> Brandis: ST KARNICK, PART OF THAT MANDATE SINCE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE WEEKLY TESTING BEFORE YOU CAN TURN TO WORK.

IS THAT NOT BE PURE ALTERNATIVE?

>> IT IS A ALTERNATIVE BUT THE REALITY IS GOOD THE DECISION -- THIS IS A MEASURE OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

WE CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

IF WE WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO.

BUT THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY CAN'T DO EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO DO.

AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

AND IN A CASE LIKE THIS THERE'S THE OPTION OF THE STATES, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE STATES.

THE STATES COULD DO THIS IF THEY WANTED TO PUT IF YOU HAVE.

SO THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

SO PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO DO THIS VERY BADLY.

BUT THAT IS DUE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.

UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A HABIT OF DOING.

HE SEEMS TO BE -- HE SEEMS TO FEEL LIKE HE HAS NOT HAD A GOOD STATE IF HE HAS NOT DONE SIX ENCLOSURE JEWELED THINGS BEFORE -- UNCONSTITUTIONAL THINGS BEFORE BREAKFAST.

>> Brandis: GOVERNOR RICKETTS SPOKE WITH FOX NEWS ANCHOR CHRIS WALLACE ON HOW CHILDREN NEED TO BE VACCINATED TO BE VACCINATED IN ORDER TO ATTEND SCHOOL PARTICULAR.

>> WHY ARE THOSE THAT PARENTS AND NEW YORK STATE MUST COMPLY WITH AND DO COMPLAINT WITH ROUTINELY, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ARE NOT SO OBJECTIONABLE IN SUCH A VIOLATION OF PERSONAL FREEDOM?

BUT BIDEN'S VACCINE MANDATES ARE?

>> WELL, FOR ALL THOSE THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT THERE'S A LONG HISTORY THAT PARENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED PIGMENT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TRUST.

THIS IS DELETE AN OUTCOME OF WHAT THE CDC HAS DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE FLIP-FLOPPING SO MANY ISSUES.

WHETHER IT IS MASKS OR THE VACCINE AND SO FORTH BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST RIGHT NOW.

>> Brandis: SIMILAR QUESTION TO DEPICT A GLIMMER DEPARTMENT OF.

HEALTH HOLDS THESE SAME VACCINE REQUIREMENTS.

IS THE COVID MANDATE MUCH DIFFERENT?

>> IS BECAUSE IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE.

WE CAN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF INTERFERING IN SUCH INTIMATE INDIVIDUAL CHOICES.

FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IF THE STATES WANT TO DO IT, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

UP AT THE REALITY IS THAT EVERYONE STATE -- IT, AND ANOTHER STATE DOES NOT DO IT, THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOME TRISTYN THE MATTER, THEY CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO LIVE.

BUT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES IT, IT IS NOT RIGHT.

IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

PRINTER DOCTOR, WHAT DID YOU SAY?

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THE MANDATE IS GOVERNMENT OVERREACHING FOLKS.

>> I'M NOT A LAWYER.

I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY ISSUE.

BUT ALL I DON'T IS THAT IT IS ALSO THE OBLIGATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO KEEP US SAFE AND KEEP US HEALTHY.

IT WITHOUT EASEMENT IS, WHETHER IT IS ONLY FEDERAL LEVEL OR ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE LEVEL, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HAS THESE MANDATES IN PLACE.

THE RECENT ORDER PLACE RELATED TO THIS.

IS THAT WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT THESE MANDATES, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIED.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.

AND I THINK THAT IT IS ABSOLUTE ONCE BUILDING WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO HAVE THESE KIND OF MANDATES IN PLACE WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT ABIDING BY THE GUIDANCE THAT IS PUT IN PLACE, WHICH IS NOT MANDATED.

WE HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE MADE IT OTHERWISE PEOPLE WILL NOT DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> Brandis: IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

MY THANKS FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, A LOCAL EFFORT TO CONSERVE THOUSANDS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

STAY WITH US.

♪ ♪ >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO EARN THE TRUST INTO COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT?

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO PROPOSE THIS BILL?

EXPECT SOME LEGISLATION.

WE GOT TO TURN THE PAGE.

>> WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN HOLD INSTITUTIONAL -- INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE AND HAVE COMMUTED SHOW UP AND DEMAND AN ACT THAT WE BUILT THESE PAGES TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE TRULY GOING TO GET FREE.

♪ ♪ >> Brandis: THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE KICKOFF FOR KERR COUNTY'S RACIAL EQUITY.

EVERY YEAR, MILLIONS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FROM THE CRUSTY WAS MIGRATED TO MEXICO FOR THE WINTER.

CHICAGO TONIGHT'S JOANA HERNANDEZ VISITED AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS RAISED THOUSANDS OF MONARCHS PROFITABLE ANIMAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE.

HERE'S A LOOK.

>> WHAT IS THE MILK WE USED FOR?

>> FOR BUTTERFLY SO THEY CAN LAY THEIR EGGS IN THERE.

SPOKE THIS 30-YEAR-OLD CAN TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

>> THEY LAY 100 EGGS IN ONE WEEK.

AND YOU SEE THE EGGS, IN SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THOSE BIRDS EIGHT THE EGGS OR THE CATERPILLAR.

>> Reporter: BEEN ATTENDING FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

TO GO UP OVER THE ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS DOZENS OF PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR ADULTS AND KIDS WITH DISABILITIES BUT HER FATHER TELLS US HER DAUGHTER'S JOURNEY HAS NOT BEEN EASY AS SHE SUFFERS FROM BAD SEIZURES AND MEMORY LOSS.

>> ARE YOU READY TO FLY?

>> PROGRAMS LIKE THE BUTTERFLY RELEASE HAVE HELPED HIS DAUGHTER GROW AND FIND THE PASSION FOR NURTURING ANIMALS.

>> ARE YOU READY?

>> Reporter: PARTNERING WITH THE U.S.

POSTAL SERVICE TO CONSERVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FOR 15 YEARS.

>> IT IS UP AS THE EDUCATIONAL AND -- BUT SECONDLY, IT REPRESENTS MIGRATION AND SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING YEARS THAT WE HAVE HAD ARE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND RIGGING THEM ALTOGETHER AND REPRESENTING THIS FREEDOM AND MIGRATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE HEART AND SOUL.

>> Reporter: ARE FROM THE YOUNGEST PARTICIPANTS TO ADULTS, IF ONE LEARNS OUT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS DELICATE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIES.

>> CHILDREN RAISE THEM.

THEY ARE GETTING TO EXPLORE NATURE WHICH IS HARDLY THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.

TO GET OUTSIDE AND REALLY BE FREE AND ENJOY IT.

>> Reporter: THESE FRIENDS ARE TWO OF THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF 150 MONARCHS THIS YEAR.

THEY, A CLOSE LOOK AT THE HAVE -- CATERPILLARS.

>> WE GIVE THEM FOOD.

WE LET THEM GO OUT.

SPOKE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES' JOURNEY IS A LONG ONE.

THAT YOU TRIED TO NAME SOME BUTTERFLIES?

WHAT DID YOU NAME THEM?

>> ROSE E. >> Reporter: ONCE THE WINGS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE BOOK MONARCHS AND HOPE THEY COME BACK TO CHICAGO NEXT YEAR.

>> THEY ARE STARTING TO OPEN AND CLOSE.

>> Reporter: FOR THEN CHAVEZ IS TEACHING OTHERS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PRACTICE TAKING CARE OF THESE -- OF TAKING CARE OF THESE FRAGILE BUTTERFLIES.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT," I'M JOANA HERNANDEZ.

>> THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN MEXICO IN NOVEMBER.

PARIS, WE TALKED IT HAS TO -- TOSSED IT BACK TO YOU.

>> Paris: THINGS AND STILL TO COME KEPT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS WORKING ALONGSIDE RETAILERS TO STOP ORGANIZED THEFT.

THAT AND MORE BUSINESS NEWS.

COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF RACIAL EQUITY WEEK.

WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THE GOALS.

AND A LOOK AT THE CREATOR ECONOMY WITH MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING THIS YEAR ALONE.

FIRST GOT SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES BIG GROUP OF NORTH SIDE RESIDENCE ARE CALLING ON THEIR ULTIMATE TO PRESENT.

THE GROUP BILLING ITSELF AS YOU NOTED NORTHWEST SIDE HELD A BELLY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OUTSIDE WARD ALDERMAN JIM GARDINER BUT THEY ARE DEMANDING GOVERNOR'S PRESENTATION THIS AFTER MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM TREATMENT AND OTHER APPLETS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT GARDNER HAS RETALIATED AGAINST CRITICS AND TEXT MESSAGES SHOWING SUCH A MYSTIC LANGUAGE.

GARDNER HAS NOT RESPONDED REPEATEDLY -- TO REPEATED REQUESTS.

A WOMAN KNOWN FOR SHARING QAnon CONSPIRACY HAS REPORTEDLY DIED FROM COVID-19.

SHE HAS BEEN NO TO PUT ANTI-VACCINE AND QAnon SIGNS OVER AN ESPECIALLY BRIDGE.

REPORTEDLY BOMBARDED WITH CALLS DEMANDING THAT THE HOSPITAL GIVE HER AN UNPROVEN TREATMENT POPULAR IN ALL RIGHT CONSPIRACY CIRCLES.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORTS THAT SHE DIED AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MONEY.

A GROUP OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARENTS ARE CALLING ON THE DISTRICT TO STEP UP COVID MITIGATION EFFORTS AND ALLOW FOR REMOTE LEARNING OPTIONS FOR THE UNVACCINATED STUDENTS.

>> WE ARE DEMANDING A VERMONT OPTION TO KEEP ARTICLE CAN SAY.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE ASKING WHERE ARE THE MEDICATIONS TO KEEP THE KIDS WHO DECIDED TO GO BACK IN PRISON, TO KEEP THEM SAFE?

WHAT ARE WE REALLY GOES BACK?

>> Reporter: CARROTS FROM THE GROUP HAVE BEEN KEEPING THEIR KIDS HOME FOR THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE DISTRICT HAS DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM THE VIRUS.

THEY SAID PICTURES FROM A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN CLASSROOMS OR HELP WITH AND THEY ARE ALSO CALLING ON THE DISTRICT TO BRING BACK THE DELETE HEALTH SCREENING TO PREVENT SICK CHILDREN FROM COMING INTO BUILDINGS.

SHIKAKA POTASNIK AND LARGEST BANK BY DEPOSIT IS CLOSING MULTIPLE INCHES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAUL IS TEAMING UP WITH RETAILERS TO CRACK DOWN ON ORGANIZED THEFT AND AUTO CONVENTION IS CANCELING THEIR CHICAGO EVENT DUE TO RISING COVID CASES.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

GREAT TO YOU AS ALWAYS.

ONE OF CHICAGO'S BIGGEST BANKS, WHY IS IT CLOSING SILIPO BRANCHES?

>> Reporter: YOU WERE CUSTOMERS WANT TO THANK IN PERSON.

AND -- RELATIVELY SLOW TO MAKE THIS MOVE.

CHASE BANK OF AMERICA HAVE BEEN TRIMMING THEIR BRANCH NETWORK.

AND NO BE MILD IS FOLLOWING SUIT WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE ARC CUTTING 5% OF THEIR 128 BRANCHES INCLUDING THE SIX COUNTY AREA.

IT IS A MOVE THAT IS DRIVEN BY COVID BUT IT IS ALSO HERE TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF BANKS HAVE BEEN RETHINKING THEIR NETWORK OF BRANCHES, PRIOR TO COVID.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL BANKING IS JUST MUCH CHEAPER TO RUN AND MORE AND MORE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO DOING THEIR BANKING BY PHONE AND OVER THEIR COMPUTERS.

>> Paris: AND MORE BANKS NOT WANTING TO PAY -- LEASING COST.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAUL IS MUNCHING THE RETAIL I'M SORRY, COORDINATED THEFT TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> Ann: YEAH.

I THINK THAT THE A.G. IS ACKNOWLEDGING HERE THAT A LOT OF THE ATTACKS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN PLACES LIKE THE MAGNIFICENT MILD, AUTO DEALERSHIPS, PHARMACIES, ET CETERA, ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS AND IN FACT, THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMMITTING SOME OF THESE CRIMES ARE OFTEN DOING IT IN MORE THAN ONE JURISDICTION.

SO WITH THE BELIEF THAT THESE WORK-RELATED ATTACKS, RAUL AND HIS COUNTERPARTS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SEEM TO BE SAYING THAT IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO BE CORRELATED, TOO.

THEY WILL BE COOPERATING ON PROSECUTIONS AND THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH RETAILERS AND RETAIL ASSOCIATIONS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A MORE FORCEFUL RESPONSE TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM.

>> Paris: A LOT OF RETAILERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS.

WE SAW THE TRADE SHORT AND CONVENTION BUSINESS WAS PICKING UP.

BUT CHICAGO LISTENS AND IS ONE.

TELL US WHICH ONE.

>> NATIONAL AUTO AUCTION SHOW.

IT IS NOT BY CHICAGO STANDARDS A HUGE SHOW.

BUT ITS CANCELLATION ANNOUNCED TODAY IS A WARNING SIGN THAT PERHAPS WE MAY BE FLIPPING BACK INTO THE -- THAT WE WERE IN JUST ABOUT A YEAR.

WHEN COVID SEEMS TO SHUTDOWN THE ENTERIC CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN THINK IT IS A HUGE PILLARS OF CHICAGO'S HOSPITALITY ECONOMY.

NOW, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IS EDWARD'S DESK.

I THINK A LOT OF FUTURE OPERATORS, THOUGH, ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS AND RETHINKING THEIR PLANS FOR IN PERSON EVENTS.

THE DELTA PERIOD DOES NOT GET INTO CHECK SOON, I THINK A LOT MORE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO BE RESTING BACKPACK.

>> Paris: WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP WATCHING THAT AND ANN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS ALWAYS.

AND GREATEST, WE TOSSED IT BACK TO YOU.

>> Brandis: PARIS, THANK YOU.

THREE BIRDS ARE BEING USED SOME OF THIS YEAR'S COOK COUNTY RACIAL EQUITY WEEK.

IMAGINE, INTERSECT, ACT.

IT IS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE PUSH FOR ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY IN HEALTHCARE COUNTY LEVEL CREATED BEFORE BUT MADE MORE RELEVANT IN THE WAKE OF THE RACIAL RECKONING AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S KICKOFF.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE STRATEGIES AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO JUST TALK ABOUT EQUITY.

WE MUST.

>> HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT IS TONI PRECKWINKLE AND DENISE BARRETO.

WELCOME BACK, BOTH OF YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT LET'S START WITH YOU.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU HAVE MADE SINCE YOU STARTED THE PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE OUTCOMES HAS BEEN THE SAME OR WORSE AFTER LAST YEAR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE PLEDGED ON RACIAL EQUITY?

>> I WANT TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING.

THE COUNTY WORKED AROUND RACIAL EQUITY.

IT BEGAN WITH MY TEN YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS I FOCUSED ON IMMEDIATELY WAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

I KNOW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

AND WE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING HEALTH CARE.

SO EQUITY WAS THE MOTIVATING FORCE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

IN THE FALL OF 2018, AFTER 18 MONTHS OF WORK TOGETHER .

TOGETHER A POLICY ROADMAP.

BUT WE WORKED VERY HARD WITH OUR STAFF AND THEIR ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION WE SHOULD BE GOING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE PUT TOGETHER A POLICY ROADMAP AND WE CAME UP WITH WHAT WE REALLY HAD TO DIRECTED ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUITY.

AND THIS WAS A REAL CHALLENGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO ADDRESS AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US TO ADDRESS RACIAL EQUITY.

>> Brandis: AND YOU SAID WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE ACCOUNTABILITY?

WHAT ARE THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE?

>> Brandis: FIRST OF ALL GOT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS RACIAL EQUITY IS A CONCERNED ALL ACROSS OUR OPERATIONS.

BUT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A PERSON ON STAFF THE FOCUS ON EARTH IT'S INTO LEAD OUR EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES.

WE HEARD DENISE BARRETO, WHO IS WITH US TONIGHT.

ON THE RICHTER TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE INTO BE THE KIND OF LOCUST FOR OUR ACTIVITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DENISE SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT SHE SEES AND WHAT BROUGHT HER TO THE COUNTY.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRECKWINKLE.

YES, I AM THE FINAL HUMAN COGNITION, AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR EQUITY THE ENTIRE TIME AND REALLY I THINK I SEE MYSELF AS MORE OF A FACILITY AND A COACH AND AN ADVOCATE BECAUSE WHILE HAVE THE TITLE, EVERY PERSON THAT HAS WORKED IN THE COUNTY HAS A DUTY TO EQUITY ENTERED LOOK AT THEIR JOB IN AN EQUITABLE WAY.

ENDS OF THE CHANGES I THINK THAT I HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH WAS REALLY JUST GETTING MY ARMS AROUND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING.

BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS EQUITY WORK IS PEOPLE WANT TO GREAT THINGS AND IT IS LIKE SHINY DISC OR SHINY THAT.

AND WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK AND BEAT THE DRUM OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ADMINISTRATION EQUITY HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING AND EVEN AT THE CORE PRINCIPLE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ROADMAP.

AND SO PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CONNECTING THE DOTS FOR EVEN OURSELVES INTERNALLY BUT ALSO CONNECTING THE PUBLIC TO THAT END ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE OUR LANGUAGE ACTS AS A POLICY.

WE HAVE ALWAYS TRANSLATED THINGS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED WITH MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE HAD AN ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WHILE A LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES THAT LAUNCHED BACK IN MAY WAS A WAY TO BRING THAT TO LIVE AND SOCIALIZE IT AS WELL AS CODIFY IT SO THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS WILL PRESENT PRECKWINKLE IS IN OFFICE BUT PERPETUITY.

IT IS A POLICY.

>> AND OTHERS LEAVE YOUR POSITION IS RELATIVELY NEW AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PROBLEM OF RACIAL INEQUITY IS NOT NEW.

UCFEST HARD TO TURNING THE SHIP AROUND WORK TO BRING THE SHIP?

>> YEAH, FOR SURE.

THE COUNTY IS 191 YEARS OLD AND HAVING SOMEBODY IN PLACE FOR 1-YEAR IS NOT GOING TO TURN IT AROUND THAT QUICKLY.

BUT AGAIN, AND BUILDING ON THAT MOMENTUM THAT WAS ALREADY HERE, AND I WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON, AND OUR COUNTRY, IT HAS RAISED AWARENESS IN A WAY THAT MADE IT VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR ME TO COME COMMUNICATIVE PART OF WHAT PRESIDENT PRECKWINKLE ASKED WAS WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE.

AS MUCH AS THIS IS TEST IN DEALING WITH COVID AT THE RESPONSE TO IT IS INC. THAT IS MAKING EVERYONE PAUSE AND STOP AND WE HAVE TO A KNOWLEDGE, RED PIXIE MY SIDE TIME, I'M ALMOST 50 AND I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN AS MUCH PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND TALKING ABOUT IT IN A REAL AND TRUTHFUL WAKE-UP WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOING IT NOW WE GET TO BUILD ON THAT BUILD AND BRING COMMITTEE PARTNERS ALONG WITH US.

>> Brandis: IT LET'S TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY IN COOK COUNTY.

COMMISSIONER DONALD MILLER WROTE IT DOWN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> THE SENSES SHOWS THAT MAKE UP HIS 22% WHITE, 24% BLACK, 24th NEXT -- 25% HISPANIC OR LATINO.

INTO% OTHER.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT IS COOK COUNTY BUT DIVERSE?

>> Brandis: DENISE BARRETO ACTIVITY YOU.

WHAT DOES THAT DIVERSITY.

COOK COUNTY MEAN IN THE DATA DAY WITH THE GROWING LESS NEXT COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE:CONTRACTS?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> IT COMES TO THE PLATE AND A COUPLE OF WAYS.

WHAT EXACTLY AS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE.

ARE AMONG THE MOST TRANSPARENT IN THE WAY THAT WE REPORT THAT DATA.

OTHER PEOPLE REPORT IT BUT WHEN WE REPORT IT, WE BREAK IT UP IN A WAY THAT SHOWS YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE HAVING THIS BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BUSINESS WITH BLACK-OWNED -- YOU KNOW, BLACK-OWNED WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS.

AND IT WAS A SMALL NUMBER.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE ARE LOOKING DEFEATED AND THE -- IN A DISAGGREGATED WAY GIVES US A CHANCE AT THE LEVELS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRING WORKABLE INTO OPPORTUNITY?

THE CULTURAL COMPETENCE PART, I THINK, EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY AS JUST A RACE THING.

BUT RACIAL EQUITY IS A LENS THAT COVERS ALL THE AREAS OF MARGINALIZATION.

AND SO WHILE IT IS NOT ENOUGH JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS FROM A RACIAL POINT OF VIEW.

YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT ABILITIES.

AND DISABLED FOLKS AND FOLKS AT THE VARIOUS GENDER EXPRESSIONS AND GENDER AND SOCIAL IDENTITIES.

-- SEXUAL IDENTITIES.

>> Brandis: MADAM PRESIDENT.

YOU ANNOUNCED AN 80,000-DOLLAR GRANT.

WILL MARK GRANTS LET THAT BE GIVEN WITH THE DOLLARS IN FEDERAL COVID-19 FUNDS.

>> THOSE RESOURCES WERE OUR OWN.

THIS SUMMER.

WE ADDED TO THE SUPPORT THAT WAS GIVEN FOR EXAMPLE TO NORTH LONG BILL EMPLOYMENT NETWORK.

AS WELL AS INSTITUTE THE PROGRESSIVE LATINO.

IS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK AND WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WE TRY TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED SO MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ALONG WITH OUR USUAL ALLOCATIONS.

>> Brandis: OKAY, A LOT, A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT LONGER, BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

MY THANKS TO COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE AND DENISE BARRETO FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Brandis: UP NEXT, WHAT IS THE CREATOR ECONOMY?

THE FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Paris: HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE CREATOR ECONOMY?

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY IT.

IT REPRESENTS THE GROWING INDUSTRIES BEHIND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS OR ANYONE WHO GREAT AND MONETIZES CONTENT ONLINE.

FASHION BLOGGERS TO LIVESTREAMING GAMERS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN.

ABOUT 50 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE CONSIDER THEMSELVES CREATORS IN THE INDUSTRY IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE LORRI BUCKLE, CEO AND FOUNDER OF CRICKET MEDIA AND INFLUENCER MARKETING AGENCY.

AND MATT KEPT THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF CELEBRITY RELATIONS AND TALENT RESOURCES.

IT IS A MARKET AGENCY.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Paris: LORI BUCKLED, WE START WITH YOU.

WHAT EXACTLY IS A GREATER IN THIS CONTEXT AND WHAT IS THE GREATER ECONOMY?

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

A CREATOR IS AN AMAZING TALENTED PERSON WHO CREATES CONTENT FOR AUDIENCES EFFECTIVELY.

IT IS A RISING INDUSTRY.

IT IS NEW THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT.

IT IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

BUT IT IS REALLY CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.

>> Paris: AND YOU BOTH WORK AND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPECTRUM OF "CREATORS" YOU WORK WITH AND WHAT KINDS OF FIELDS THE ART INFLUENCES IN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

RELATE TO GO OFF OF THAT APPOINTMENT, THIS TIME, ALMOST ANYONE CAN BE AN INFLUENCER.

FROM YOUR -- YOUR -- ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS.

SO THERE ARE THESE -- FROM BLOGGERS, INFLUENCERS, CONTENT SPECIALISTS.

PHOTOGRAPHER, VIDEOGRAPHER, AS LORI KNOWS, CHEFS AND CULINARY ESPECIALLY.

>> WE WORK WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HUNDRED%.

IT IS A MATTER OF WHO FITS OVER THE RIGHT DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY AND WITH THE CAMPAIGNS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PRODUCED AND IMPLEMENT.

>> LORI, AS MATT MENTIONED THAT YOU WORKED WITH A LOT OF CHEFS ON COOKIT MEDIA.

MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE CLASSIFY THEMSELVES AS CREATORS INFANT OF THE BEST MAJORITY OF THEM CONSIDER THEMSELVES AMATEURS.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL?

AND HOW MUCH MONEY CAN SOME OF MAKE DOING THIS?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

THE INFLUENCER IS A PERSON WHO ESPECIALLY ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, CHIEF INDIVIDUAL.

DEFINITELY SOME GREAT GUYS OUT THERE.

DECIDED.

AND SHE IS A CONTENT CREATOR.

SHE CREATES CONTENT FOR HER AUDIENCE AND WHEN HER AUDIENCE ALLIES WITH A BRAND TARGET CONSUMER, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARTNERSHIP AND REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE FIND THAT PASS THROUGH THIS KIND OF MAZE OF INFLUENCER MARKETING AND ALL THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM A PARTNERSHIP.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COMPLETELY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

BUT IT IS LIKE MATT SAID.

TO OVER A MILLION FOLLOWERS AND WHAT THEY CAN EARN IN THE PROCESS COMES ALONG WITH THAT.

>> Paris: MATT KIRSCH AND ARE -- MATT KIRSCHNER, OR THE SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS THE NEW CELEBRITIES AND ATHLETES?

ARE THE AS LUCRATIVE OR IN DEMAND?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY HAVE IN THAT WAY FOR THE WILDLIGHT I THINK THESE NEW CELEBRITIES AND INFLUENCERS ARE BIGGER THAN SOME OF YOUR TRADITIONAL CELEBRITIES AND ACTORS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED A CULT FOLLOWING.

MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF ENGAGED FOLLOWERS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

THEY HAVE -- BUT YOU LOOK AT -- LOOK AT HE'S ALL THAT AND THAT REMAKE, SHE IS ALL THAT.

SO SOME OF HER PHOBIC AND HER ABILITY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE GAVE DISTANT IS THE CONFIDENCE TO GREENLIGHT AN ENTIRE FILM JUST BASED AROUND THAT.

YOU ARE SEEING A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD IN MARKETING AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING WHO CAN HIT A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> Paris: LORI YOU ED REPRESENT A LOT OF THESE INFLUENCERS.

YOU CAN HAVE A PROBLEM HERE WITH MISINFORMATION FOLKS THAT PROPAGATE THE QAnon CONSPIRACY THEORY.

SO LAURIE HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT FOLKS BECOME FAMOUS CAN GET A LOT OF FOLLOWERS BUT ARE NOT JUST SPEWING A BUNCH OF NONSENSE AND ARE LEGIT?

>> THAT IS A REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DURING THAT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NETWORKS THAT WE WORK WITH.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE PROCESS OF VETTING INDIVIDUALS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE UP, THEY THINK ARE, THAT THEY REALLY ARE IN THIS FOR THE AUTHENTICITY OF WHAT THEY DO.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION PICTURES A LOT TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE START WATCHING OUT FOR.

IS YOU ARE A BRAND, -- OVER HERE.

AND YOU NEED TO GETS VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT YOUR RESULTS AND ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT ABOUT.

WE WORK HARD TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.

>> Paris: MATT KIRSCH IS THERE A SPECIAL SAUCE HERE FOR A SPECIAL CREATOR?

SOME SPECIAL THING THAT THEY GARNER A MILLION FOLLOWERS.

>> I WISH I COULD GIVEN TO YOU.

THERE'S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.

THE SECRET IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THE RIGHT TIME.

PEOPLE ARE STUDYING THE ALGORITHMS OF EVERY SINGLE PRO-TRUMP LOOKING AT CONTENT THAT IS MAKING A GET INTO VIEWERSHIP AND ARE BECOMING EXPERTS TO MEASURE THE ALGORITHMS AND SEEING WHAT CAN POP UP AT ANY DIFFERENT TIME.

>> Brandis: INTERESTING INDUSTRY.

THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS.

LAURIE BUCKLE AND MATT KIRSCHNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BYE.

>> Paris: AND WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP AFTER THIS.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Paris: ADD THAT A SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LAST AT 7:00.

>> Brandis: WE WILL DIG INTO NEW HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DATA.

>> Paris: AND CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK, TO RING A NEW PUBLIC MUSEUM THAT IS ELECTRIFIED.

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> Brandis: AND I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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