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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THE TEXAS LAW.

>> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ABORTION LAW IN ILLINOIS?

ACTIVISTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ABORTION DEBATE GEAR UP FOR A LEGISLATIVE BATTLE.

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FACE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES AND THE NUMBER OF PLAINTIFFS COULD BE MASSIVE.

>> IT WAS HARD WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL SURGE AND IT KEPT GOING AND IT'S STILL GOING.

>> NEARLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF INTO THE PANDEMIC SOME HEALTHCARE WORKERS REPORT FEELING BURNED OUT WE TALK TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN COVID'S LATEST SURGE.

>> LOCAL RESEARCHERS LOOK INTO HOW AIR POLLUTION IS SHORTENING LIFE EXPECTANCIES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> ILLINOIS' EVICTION MORATORIUM IS COMING TO AN END WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR PETS AND ANIMAL SHELTERS IN THE AREA.

>> IT SAVES LIVES.

HOW A POPULAR DOWNTOWN STRUCTURE IS PAYING HOMAGE TO A CLASSIC CHICAGO DANCE STYLE.

>> PLATFORM TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> AND A BRONZEVILLE INUSE BAITER -- INCUBATOR BOXES UP BUSINESS SAVVY FOR ENTREPRENEURS.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A GROUP OF WEST AND SOUTH SIDE NONPROFITS ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT VIOLENCE THIS AFTER A DEADLY LABOR DAY WEEKEND WHERE SIX WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 60 WERE SHOT.

AMONG THE DEAD, FOUR-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MUTUAL TRIJR.

SHOT AND KILLED IN A WOODLAWN APARTMENT.

THE INITIATIVE IS CALLED JUSTICE RISING PROJECT 77 AND AIMS TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICE AND JUSTICE TO ANYONE CAUGHT UP IN THE CYCLE OF INCARRATION.

>> INCARCERATION.

>> WE BELIEVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WORTH IT AND WE BELIEVE THAT REDEMPTION IS POSSIBLE AND REDEMPTION DOESN'T ABSOLVE US BUT IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOPE.

JUSTICE IS RISING AND SO IS HOPE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.

>> U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEY SEIZED MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTER COVID-19 VACCINATION CARDS AT O'HARE AIRPORT.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CARDS HAD ARRIVED FROM CHINA AND WERE HEADED TO AN ADDRESS IN OHIO WHEN FOUND AT O'HARE.

THEY SAY THAT THEY WERE DEEMED FRAUD LEAPT AFTER AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THEY HAD LOW QUALITY AND MISSPELLED WORDS.

>> FORMER ILLINOIS U.S.

SENATOR STEVENSON DIED.

HE SERVED AS ILLINOIS SENATOR FROM 1970-1981.

HERE HE IS ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 1982 AND 1986 AND LOST BOTH TIMES TO FORMER REPUBLICAN ILLINOIS GOVERNOR JIM THOMPSON.

STEVENSON WAS 90 YEARS OLD.

>> AND THE COVID VACCINE IS OFFICIALLY GOING TO THE ANIMALS.

THE BROOKFIELD ZOO BEGAN ADMINISTERING ANIMAL VANS TO SOME INCLUDING THER IS VILLAGE SEEN HERE.

IT WAS DONATED BY A MICHIGAN BASED COMMUNITY AND ANIMALS CAN SPREAD AND GET SICK FROM COVID-19 SO IT'S IMPORTANT THEY GET VACCINATED AND THEY PRIORITIZED PRIMATES, BIG CATS AND BEARS TO GET THE FIRST SHOTS.

UP NEXT A LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE NEW TEXAS ABORTION LAW ON ILLINOIS.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> TEXAS HAS TAKEN A CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH BANNING ABORTIONS ONCE CARDIAC ACTIVITY IS DETECTED WITH A LAW THAT ALLOWS CITIZENS TO SUE ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE PRACTICE INCLUDING SOMEONE WHO GIVES A WOMAN A RIDE TO THE DOCTOR AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OTHER STATES INCLUDING ILLINOIS?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINING US NOW WITH ANSWERS.

>> THAT TEXAS LAW WENT INTO EFFECT LAST WEEK AFTER A SUPREME COURT REJECTED A CHALLENGE CITING LEGAL COMPLEXITIES AND THAT LAW SPARKS DIVERGENT OPINIONS.

AMY GEHRKE CALLS IT A TREMENDOUS VICTORY.

>> WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THE TEXAS LAW AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS LAW WILL SAVE OVER 300 BABIES A YEAR IN TEXAS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROTECTIVE PRO-LIFE LAW THAT NOT ONLY PROTECTS UNBORN CHILDREN BUT PROTECTS OUR MOTHERS FROM A PREDATORY ABORTION INDUSTRY AS WELL.

>> AND HERE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER SPONSOR OF A MEASURE THAT WOULD EXPAND ACCESS TO ABORTIONS IN ILLINOIS.

>> THE TEXAS LAW SHOWS US THE FULL PICTURE OF A TRULY RADICAL ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

AUTHORIZING ANTIABORTION ACTIVISTS TO ESSENTIALLY SEEK OUT A BOUNTY ON WOMEN TRYING TO ACCESS THE HEALTHCARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO ASSIST THEM.

>> AND SO DIVERGENT OPINIONS BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL POINTS WHICH ADVOCATES FROM BOTH SIDES AGREE.

FOR ONE, THIS CASE IS A SIGNAL PORTENDING THE POTENTIAL GUTTING OF ROE VS. WADE WHICH SINCE 1973 HAS PROTECTED A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO HAVE AN ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

NOW THE NATION'S HIGH COURT WILL THIS FALL CONSIDER THE DOBBS CASE THAT IS CHALLENGING A MISSISSIPPI LAW THAT BANNED ABORTIONS BEFORE A FETUS IS VIABLE.

IF THAT HAPPENS, BOTH SIDES AGREE IT WON'T HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT IN ILLINOIS DUE TO A LAW THAT ANTICIPATES THE POSSIBILITY OF NO MORE ROE V. WADE.

>> IF ROE V. WADE GOES AWAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD START AND SAY WHEN ROE V. WADE GOES AWAY, IT'S PUT BACK TO EACH STATE TO MAKE ITS DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO ALLOW ABORTION IN THEIR STATE.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IN ILLINOIS IS THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT THAT MAKES SURE A PATIENT CAN GET A SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION IN OUR STATE.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT IN 2019 THAT ENSHRINES THE RIGHT TO ABORTIONS ALSO TO BIRTH CONTROL IN ILLINOIS AS WELL AS TAKING OUT REFERENCES TO ABORTION FROM ILLINOIS' CRIMINAL CODE, AND REQUIRES INSURERS TO COVER ABORTIONS HERE.

BUT THERE IS STILL A STATUTE ON ILLINOIS' BOOKS THAT BOTH ANTIABORTION AND ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALIKE ARE WATCHING AND THAT IS ILLINOIS' PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAW THAT REQUIRES PROVIDERS TO CONTACT THE PARENT IF ANYONE 17 OR YOUNGER SEEKS AN ABORTION.

AMY GEHRKE SAYS HER MAIN GOAL THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS PRESERVING WHAT SHE CALLS ILLINOIS' LAST REMAINING PRO-LIFE LAW.

>> THIS HAS BEEN COUCHED AS AN ABORTION BILL.

AND ON ITS FACE IT LOOKS THAT WAY BUT IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING PARENTS' RIGHTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE HEALTHCARE DECISIONS OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTERS AND ALSO TO PROTECT MINOR GIRLS FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, SEX PREDATORS.

>> SHE SAYS IN THAT REGARD THOSE IN THE TEXT TRADE NOT GOOD IF THEY GET PREGNANT AND OFTEN COERCED INTO HAVING ABORTIONS.

AND THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT MERELY THAT THEY ARE GIVEN A HEADS UP.

REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER SAYS THIS NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT CAN PUT MINORS IN DANGER.

IT IS HER PRIORITY AND THAT OF OTHER ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO GET IT REPEALED IN THE COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> THERE ARE YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR STATE AND THERE WILL BE YOUNG WOMEN COMING TO ILLINOIS SEEKING, AGAIN, CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE WHO DON'T HAVE RELATIONSHIPS OR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ADULTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR NOTIFICATION.

AND ARE FEARFUL OF HAVING THESE ADULTS BEING NOTIFIED BY A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS CARE.

AND IT'S PUTTING THEM IN HARM'S WAY.

>> SHE SAYS IT'S THE ONLY PROCEDURE DURING PREGNANCY THAT REQUIRES NOTIFICATION.

SHE SAYS A YOUNG WOMAN COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE DANGEROUS PROCEDURES THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY WITHOUT ANY PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

ANNA MOELLER DID INTRODUCE A SIMILAR MEASURE LAST YEAR, AND ABORTION NOT A STRICTLY PARTISAN ISSUE BUT IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT DESPITE DEMOCRATIC SUPER MAJORS IN THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEASURE DID NOT ADVANCE.

SHE IS, HOWEVER, HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL THIS COMING SESSION.

LEGISLATORS POTENTIALLY GALVANIZED BY THAT TEXAS LAW ESPECIALLY AS PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S PRESIDENT SUSPECTS OTHER STATES MAY SOON COPYCAT.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A RACE TO THE BOTTOM FOR SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING STATES TO SEE WHICH OF THEM CAN PASS A SIMILAR LAW THE QUICKEST.

I'VE HEARD THAT KENTUCKY IS HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HURRY UP AND PASS A SIMILAR LAW BUT THEY MIGHT GET BEAT BY MISSOURI WHO IS IN SESSION SO THEY HAVE THE LAW AUTOMATICALLY ON THE BOOKS.

>> WELCH SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE IN TEXAS ABORTIONS ARE STILL LEGAL AND ACCESSIBLE IN ILLINOIS.

THAT ILLINOIS DOES WELCOME THOSE FROM STATES WITH MORE SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONS TO HAVE THE PROCEDURE HERE.

IS CHIEF AMONG THE CONCERNS FOR ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE.

A QUICK MENTION OF A NEW LAW THAT IS RELATED TO THIS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR PRITZKER IN JULY IT MAKES BIRTH CONTROL AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.

COME JANUARY PHARMACISTS CAN DISPENSE HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL WITHOUT A DOCTOR'S ORDER.

BACK TO YOU, PARIS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> STARTING A BUSINESS IS TOUGH FOR ANYONE BUT ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK ENTREPRENEURS WHO AVERAGE LESS THAN A THIRD OF START UP CAPITAL THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS ACCORDING TO THE STANFORD ECONOMIC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH.

IN BRONZEVILLE, SMALL BUSINESS START-UPS ARE GETTING OFF THE GROUND BY PUTTING THEMSELVES IN BOXES AT THE CORNER OF 51ST AND CALUMET.

ERICA GUNDERSON EXPLAINS WHAT WE MEAN.

[♪♪♪] BOXVILLE IS FOR EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE THE HOT DOG BOX WHICH IS HAS LIKE GOURMET HOT DOGS.

WE HAVE SYNERGY FOODS WHICH BELIEVES IN PRODUCE AND THEY MAKE GOURMET HAND DIPPED APPLES.

>> MOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE PACKED WITH CONSUMER GOODS.

BUT THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN BOXVILLE ARE PACKED FULL OF SMALL BUSINESSES WITH BIG AMBITIONS.

>> WE HAVE THE WORK SPOT IN THE BACK THAT DOES SELF SCREEN PRINTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CLOTHING LINE CALLED PROJECT ESCAPE.

>> MARKET LEAD JANEEN MAYS SAYS BOXVILLE HELPS BLACK ENTREPRENEURS LAUNCH THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES BY GIVING THEM A LOW COST PHYSICAL LOCATION AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES.

>> THEY GET A SUBSIDIZED RENT WHICH HELPS ACCELERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

THEY GET TO WORK WITH OUR FOUNDATIONS FOR ANYTHING FOR MARKETING, OPERATIONS ADVICE THROUGH THE ARM WHICH IS THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER THROUGH THE SBA.

>> IT COMES WITH A SIDE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY.

>> KIND OF SPARKS THE CREATIVITY TO BE AROUND THE ENTREPRENEURS PEOPLE THAT ARE DIVERSE IN WHAT THEY OFFER, WHAT THEY'RE SELLING AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.

>> ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES IS THE METAHOUSE WHICH OFFERS SELF CARE AND WELLNESS ITEMS.

>> WE HAVE NOTICED THERE IS A DISPARITY AND GAP FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY IN THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY.

BOXVILLE IS A PERFECT PLATFORM AND AFFORDABLE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE EVERYBODY WIN.

WHETHER THAT IS SHARING BUSINESS ADVICE, WHETHER THAT IS SHARING RESOURCES, OR EVEN JUST CUSTOMER BASE, IT'S JUST LIKE THE CENTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE.

>> TEEN MENTORING ORGANIZATION MALE MOGUL INITIATIVE OPERATED OUT OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATIONS UNTIL THE PANDEMIC CLOSED THEM LAST YEAR.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WALTER MENDENHALL SAYS THAT SETTING UP SHOP IN BOXVILLE PRESENTED HIM WITH NOT ONLY RETAIL SPACE BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND UPON HIS MISSION.

>> WE ARE IN THE BRONZEVILLE INCUBATOR AND SAW THE BOXES WAS AVAILABLE AND WE FIGURED THAT WHY DON'T WE ACTUALLY PUT SOME LEGS TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TEACHING THE KIDS AND TALKING ABOUT AND LET THEM LEARN HOW TO OWN AND OPERATE A BUSINESS.

THIS SUMMER WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR YOUNG MEN INTERN FOR THE ENTITIES THAT YOU USE HERE IN BOXVILLE.

GREAT EXPERIENCES.

GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

GREAT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND WE WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.

>> I STARTED MY CLOTHING LINE THREE YEARS AGO SEEING OTHER ENTREPRENEURS LIKE IT INSPIRES YOU TO BE MORE OF AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS.

I TRY TO TAKE IN AND LEARN AS MUCH FROM THE GUYS AS I CAN.

>> SHOW HOW AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE BRINGING A PRODUCT OUT IN THE WORLD AND SHOW HOW HARD-WORKING THEY IS.

HOW COLLABORATIVE THEY IS.

IT LIKE PUSHES THEM TO THEY GOALS.

>> THE CULINARY CONNECTION INITIATIVE OFFERS ASPIRING FOOD AND HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEURS A RECIPE FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE GO INTO THIS INDUSTRY THEY THINK I KNOW HOW TO COOK, AND THAT IS ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN AN ENTIRE BUSINESS AND IT ISN'T.

SO THEY NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR COST ANALYSIS WOULD BE, HOW TO HIRE AND TRAIN.

ALL OF THESE THINGS MAKE A BIG PART WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO HELP.

>> AND TWICE A MONTH, BOXVILLE BRINGS IT ALTOGETHER.

FOOD, MUSIC AND SHOPPING FOR THEMED MARKET WEDNESDAY EVENTS.

>> SOMEONE DESCRIBED IT AS THE BEST BACKYARD PARTY AND A LOT OF FUN.

>> THE POP-UP VENDORS WILL TIE IN WITH THE CULINARY CONNECTION.

TODAY IS VINTAGE VEGAN SO THE CULINARY PARTNERS ARE ALL VEGAN AND THE VENDORS ARE VINTAGE RESELLERS.

>> THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX WHILE WE ARE IN THE BOX.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> THE MARKET WEDNESDAY EVENTS AT BOXVILLE RUN THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ON THE BUSINESSES IN BOXVILLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> AND PARIS, THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING A LOOK AT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES.

BUT FIRST, A CHICAGO DANCE IS GETTING A FORMAL DEBUT AS PART OF THE ART ON THE MART.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU SHARES HOW THIS MASSIVE PROJECTION TITLED FOOTNOTES IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO MUSIC AND DANCE STYLE THAT HAS HAD GLOBAL IMPACT.

>> IT'S ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PLATFORM TO CATALYZE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS, INNOVATIONS AND ISSUES.

>> FOOTWORKING IS AN ART FORM THAT CONSISTS MUSIC AND DANCE.

NOW IT'S BRINGING FOLKS DOWNTOWN TO THE BUILDING FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MERCHANDISE MART TO SEE PROJECTIONS CREATED BY BRANDON CALHOUN.

>> FOOTWORK IS NOT JUST DANCE IT'S MUSIC AS WELL.

THE MUSIC GENRE IS A FAST-PACED ELECTRIC SOUND THING.

ALWAYS BEEN LIKE A FUTURE SOUND DRUM BASSES AND PATTERNS.

A LOT OF ENERGY IN THE MUSIC.

SO LIKE THE MUSIC IS A THING OUTSIDE OF THE DANCE AS WELL THAT PEOPLE ENJOY THAT DON'T NECESSARILY DANCE.

>> CHICAGO FOOTWORK SAYS YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER AS HE BREAKS DOWN THE HISTORY OF FOOTWORKING.

>> IT WENT FROM HOUSE TO GHETTO HOUSE TO FOOTWORKING.

SO LIKE YOU KNOW FOOTWORKING IS NOT AN EASY THING BUT IT IS NOT HARD AT THE SAME TIME.

>> IT CAME FROM A COMMUNITY.

IT CAME FROM US EXPRESSING OURSELVES.

>> WHY FOOTWORKING IS MORE THAN THE ART FORM.

THE DANCERS SAY IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES IT'S SAVING AND CREATING.

>> DUE TO LIFE SITUATIONS AND BECOMING AN EARLY AGE FATHER YOUNG FATHER, I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER OUTLET TO RELEASE STRESS OR ESCAPE ANYTHING.

SO WHAT I DID SEE THAT FOOTWORKING BECAME THE BIGGEST OUTLET FOR ME.

>> IT WAS JUST LIKE A THING WHERE IT SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO THE FUTURE OF THAT ESPECIALLY IN CHICAGO ESPECIALLY IN THE IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THE MORE FUNDING THE MORE OUTREACH WE GOT TO KIDS AND SCHOOLS AND THE MORE THEY COME TO GET THE ENERGY OFF IN A BETTER WAY THAT IS NOT VIOLENT.

FOOTWORK IS NOT JUST A CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE IT IS AN IMPROVISATIONAL DANCE.

WE GET TO TALK TO EACH OTHER THAT WAY.

>> CO-PRO DUDERS WILL AGREES AND SAYS THAT IS WHY THE ART ON THE MART PROJECTIONS ARE INPAIR ACTIVE IN GIVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE CRAFT THE FLOWERS IT DESERVES.

>> IT BECAME MUCH MORE THAN JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC OR THE DANCE.

IT BECAME ABOUT ADDRESSING INQUALITY IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE FACING THE MOST DIRE CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY BLACK COMMUNITIES.

>> THAT CAUSED ME TO QUESTION THE APPROPRIATION OF FOOTWORK OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND THINK ABOUT HOW CAN I HELP AS A WHITE PERSON MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THIS STYLE CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

>> IT IS A CHICAGO CULTURE INTO ONE.

YOU GOT BUCKET BUOYS AND A -- BOYS AND YOU HAVE A DJ, A DANCE.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUNGER GENERATION AND OLDER GENERATION BECAUSE YOU'RE INSPIRING AND YOU PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE BEFORE US.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE FOOTNOTES ON THE MART AT 9:00 P.M. AND 9:30 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH.

FRIDAY EVENING THERE WILL BE A LIVE DANCE FROM 7-10.

AND WE'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE NEARING THEIR BREAKING POINT.

THAT IS WHAT SOME WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COVID PATIENTS ARE SAYING DURING THIS INCREASE.

HOSPITALS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE FELT THE LATEST SURGE MOST ACUTELY.

AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS COULD BRING.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS WHAT THE LATEST SURGE LOOKS LIKE IN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE ARE ASHLEY LACHOWICZ, A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST AT RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

Dr. J.C. MICHEL AT ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER.

LUPE PEREZ A COMMUNITY NURSE IN CHICAGO AND A MEMBER OF ILLINOIS' CHAPTER OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC NURSES AND OSSIE CLOE A ICU NURSE AT ST.JOHN'S HOSPITAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

Dr. J.C. MICHEL LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARE ESPECIALLY FEELING THIS LATEST COVID SURGE.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AT ST.JOHN'S HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD?

>> AT ST. FRANCIS WE'RE SEEING A SIMILAR SURGE.

A VERY SIMILAR SURGE TO THE PREVIOUS SURGES WE'VE SEEN.

WE WERE KIND OF NAIVELY HOPING WE WERE PAST ALL THIS DURING THE SUMMER.

WE HAD NO COVID CASES IN OUR HOSPITAL.

AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE STARTED TO SEE A TRICKLE AND NOW THE SLOPE UPWARDS OF COVID CASES LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE OUR PREVIOUS SURGES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO PEAK.

>> OSSIE CLOE HOW DOES THE LATEST SURGE COMPARE TO THOSE IN THE PAST?

DOES IT HIT CLOSER TO HOME FOR YOU?

>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE YOUNGER PATIENTS.

WE DID GET SOME THE FIRST SURGE BUT THEY HAD CO-MORBIDITIES AND NOW THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEIR 20s, 30s, 40s, NO MEDICAL HISTORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT GETTING HIT VERY, VERY HARD AND HAVING TO BE PUT ON THE VENTILATOR FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND SINCE I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND BEING SO YOUNG.

>> LUPE PEREZ, EARLIER ON IN THE PANDEMIC WE ARE HEARING FROM HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE AFRAID OF GOING TO WORK, CONTRACTING COVID-19 AND THEN TAKING IT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

IS THAT A FEAR THAT YOU STILL CARRY?

>> YES.

I'M TAKING CARE OF MY MOTHER WHO HAS LUNG ISSUES.

EVERY TIME I GO TO WORK I'M ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT I WEAR MY PPE CORRECTLY.

LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE BUT NOW I'M EXTRA TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AND MORE STRESSED I'M OVERWHELMED LIKE WHAT IF I DO BRING HOME SOMETHING TO MY MOTHER?

AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.

SO I AM REALLY -- I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND IT'S JUST MORE OVERWHELMING NOW THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAD BEFORE.

COVID HAS BEEN TOUGH FOR ALL OF US.

>> THIS IS THE WORST IT'S BEEN FOR YOU PROFESSIONALLY?

>> YES.

YES.

>> AND ASHLEY LACHOWICZ TO YOU DO, FEEL BURNT OUT?

>> YOU KNOW BURN-OUT IS DEFINITELY A THING.

IT IS PRESENT.

I THINK WE ARE EALL FEELING THOSE ALL OF THOSE FEELINGS.

THE PANDEMIC HAS NOT ONLY BEEN PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING BUT MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING AND MY FIRST CAREER WAS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEAR TO MY HEART TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AS WELL.

WE CANNOT TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS IF WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.

>> WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU REFER TO?

>> YOU KNOW, IN A 12-HOUR SHIFT YOU MIGHT GO THROUGH MORE THAN 10 EMOTIONS.

YOU HAVE GRIEF, YOU HAVE FEAR, YOU HAVE CONCERN, YOU HAVE ANGER, YOU HAVE FRUSTRATION, YOU HAVE SADNESS, YOU HAVE NUMBNESS.

SO BY DEALING WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS, IT IS EXHAUSTING.

>> OSSIE CLOE, HOW DOES BEING AN ICU NURSE DURING COVID COMPARE TO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC?

OBVIOUSLY BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM ASHLEY, OBVIOUSLY MORE TRAUMA AND DEATH IT SOUNDS LIKE?

>> YES.

AS I SEE WE ARE NOT REALLY STRANGERS TO DEATH.

HOWEVER NOW IT'S BECOME A NORM FOR US.

AND ASHLEY MENTIONED ABOUT THE NUMBNESS WE FEEL THAT AS WELL.

BUT THERE IS THE ACUITY LEVEL OF OUR PATIENT LOADS IS INCREASED DRASTICALLY FROM PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS PUTTING THEM ON WHAT WE SAY COMFORT MEASURES AND TRYING TO BE WITH THEM WHEN THEIR LOVED ONES CAN'T.

IT'S BROUGHT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS IN JUST THE ABILITY FEELING LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

AND A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH THAT.

>> AND Dr. J.C. MICHEL WOULD YOU SAY THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS THE ONES YOU KNOW AND SEE ARE YOU REACHING A BREAKING POINT?

>> I THINK IF WE'RE NOT BREAKING WE CAN SEE A POINT IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE MIGHT.

THIS SURGE FEELS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE ARE 18 MONTHS INTO THIS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HUMAN CAN CONTINUE TO SLOG THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF.

AND ALSO FEELS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT IT FEELS UNNECESSARY.

LIKE 90 PLUS PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN MY ICU ARE UNVACCINATED AND YOU WONDER IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS THERE IS A LAYER OF FRUSTRATION.

UNNECESSARINESS OF IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS THAT MAKES IT MORE PRONE TO HAVE US REACH OUR BREAKING POINT.

>> WE SPOKE WITH ANOTHER RESPIRATORY THERAPIST FROM RUSH, BRADY SCOTT HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC CAN HELP MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GIVING US CREDIT FOR BEING ON THE FRONTLINES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE ON THE FRONTLINES.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE ICU THAT IS THE END OF THE LINE.

YOU'RE ON THE FRONTLINE.

THE PUBLIC YOU ARE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE PANDEMIC.

YOU HELP US KEEP THE HOSPITALS NOT SO FULL.

>> AND ASHLEY, BRADY SCOTT IS A COLLEAGUE OF YOURS AT RUSH.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO VIEWERS AS THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO WEATHER THIS PANDEMIC?

>> YOU KNOW I THINK THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND COVID IS REAL.

IT'S PRESENT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST AFFECTING THE PATIENTS, IT'S AFFECTING FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.

AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT VACCINATIONS.

I MYSELF AS A SEVERE ASTHMATIC AND ALLERGIC TO A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS.

SO I'VE TALKED TO MY PHYSICIANS.

I READ THE RESEARCH AND I ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE I MADE THE DECISION TO GET VACCINATED IN DECEMBER OF 2020 AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO THE SAME.

>> LUPE PEREZ WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAUMA THAT YOU EXPERIENCE, HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR OWN STRESS AND EMOTIONS WHEN DEALING WITH THIS?

>> RECENTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS REACHING OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES.

SO I AM PART OF A NURSING ORGANIZATION WHERE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR STRESSES AND WHAT CURRENTLY IS AFFECTING OUR PERSONAL LIFE.

SO A LOT OF OUTREACH BETWEEN ALL OF US WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING WHICH HELPS.

AND THEN ALSO, CONTINUING TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR VACCINES AND FOR MASKS AND IN A WAY THAT WHEN WE VOLUNTEER IT'S A WAY THAT CAN HELP US FEEL THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING FOR US FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR OURSELVES.

THAT IS A STRESS RELIEF AND THAT IS WHAT WE DO TO GET THROUGH THIS.

>> Dr. J.C. MICHEL WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS AS WE HEAD INTO THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS?

>> MY CONCERN IS IF WE DON'T FOLLOW C.D.C.

GUIDELINES AND MASK AND GET VACCINES, THEN WE MAY NEVER SEE THE END OF THIS.

THIS MAY BECOME ENDEMIC AND WE MAY HAVE 10 TO 15 COVID PATIENTS IN OUR ICU'S FOREVER AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP US FROM GETTING BACK TO NORMALCY.

>> I HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.

ASHLEY, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS HOW HAS THIS PANDEMIC AFFECTED THAT?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SHORTAGE SINCE I HAVE BEEN A THERAPIST FOR FIVE YEARS.

BEING A RESPIRATORY PANDEMIC IT HAS BROUGHT RESPIRATORY THERAPY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS OR WHAT WE DO.

AND SO NOW THEY ARE AWARE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND BASED ON THAT, OUR EDUCATION APPLICATIONS ARE UP.

SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE MORE COMING.

>> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

BEST OF LUCK AND STAY SAFE, TO Dr. ALICIA TATE-NADEAU, ASHLEY LACHOWICZ, LUPE PEREZ AND OSSIE CLOE.

AND NOW TO PARIS AND WHAT WE SEARCH SAYS THE IMPACT AIR POLLUTION HAS ON LIFE EXPECTANCY.

>> A NEW STUDY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SAYS AIR POLLUTION TAKES MORE THAN TWO YEARS OFF OF THE AVERAGE HUMAN'S LIFESPAN MORE THAN SMOKING, DISEASE, AND WAR.

THE STUDY IS OUT OF THE U OF C'S AIR QUALITY LIFE INDEX AND CONCLUDES IT'S DUE TO PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR FROM BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AND OTHER SOURCES.

WHILE TEMPORARY SHUTDOWNS PROVIDED CLEAN UP AROUND THE WORLD.

AND JOINING US WITH MORE IS KEN LEE, DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S AIR QUALITY LIFE INDEX AND A SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS.

KEN LEE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>> YOUR RESEARCH CONCLUDES THAT AIR POLLUTION TAKES TWO YEARS OFF OF THE AVERAGE HUMAN'S LIFESPAN.

EXPLAIN THOSE FINDINGS?

>> SURE, AS YOU MENTIONED THE MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF AIR PLUNS IS CAUSED BY FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION.

P.M. 2.5 ARE FINE PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN THE AIR AND CAN ENTER OUR LUNGS, AND OUR BLOODSTREAM CAUSING ALL SORTS OF HEALTH ISSUES.

RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN SHOWING FOR DECADES THAT BREATHING POLLUTED AIR LEADS TO A HIGHER RISK OF DYING FROM A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE, LUNG CANCER, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTED PULMONARY DISEASE AND OTHERS N MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE IS RELATIVELY LOW AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHERE P.M. 2.5 POLLUTION LEVELS CAN BE MANY TIMES HIGHER THAN THE LEVELS THAT WE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN EUROPE.

>> AND P.M. 2.5 ALSO CALLED PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE UNITED STATES, THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE DECADES, HAS IT NOT?

HOW BAD IS IT HERE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, ACTUALLY THE U.S. ON AVERAGE IS A PRETTY CLEAN COUNTRY COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

THERE WAS A TIME IN HAD THE LATE 60s EARLY 70s WHEN AIR POLLUTION WAS A HUGE ISSUE IN THE U.S.

BUT THE U.S. WAS LARGELY ABLE TO ADDRESS EXTREME AIR POLLUTION THROUGH THE U.S. CLEAN AIR ACT, AND ESSENTIALLY EFFECTIVE CLEAN AIR POLICIES.

>> THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS NOT HAVING THEIR LIFESPAN SHORTENED VERY MUCH COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND INDIA, CHINA, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE REALLY BAD POLLUTION.

SO HOW MANY YEARS CAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN LIVING THERE EXPECT TO HAVE TAKEN OFF THE END OF THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF POLLUTION?

>> RIGHT.

WELL, 82% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN AREAS WHERE PARTICULATE POLLUTION EXCEEDS THE W.H.O.

GUIDELINE.

SO IN PARTS OF SOUTH ASIA OR MUCH OF SOUTH ASIA P.M. 2.5 IS ON AVERAGE ROUGHLY 70 MICROGRAM, SEVEN TIMES HIGHER.

GLOBALLY, THE AVERAGE P.M. 2.5 CONCENTRATION IN 2019 WAS ABOUT 32 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METERS MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE W.H.O.

GUIDELINES.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AIR POLLUTION, THE QUESTION PEOPLE HAVE ARE NUMBER ONE HAUGH BAD IS THE AIR POLLUTION IN MY COUNTRY OR COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE.

AND NUMBER TWO, HOW IS AIR POLLUTION AFFECTING MY HEALTH AND MY LIFE EXPECTANCY.

TO SORT OF EXPLAIN WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM, WE OUR TEAM AT THE ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CREATED SOMETHING CALLED THE AIR QUALITY LIFE INDEX WHICH IS A WEBSITE THAT COMBINES HIGHLY LOCALIZED SATELLITE DERIVED P.M. 2.5 DATA.

ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

WITH ACADEMIC, ECONOMICS RESEARCH THAT QUANTIFIES THE CAUSAL EFFECT OF SUSTAINED EXPOSURE TO HIGH POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS ON LIFE EXPECTANCY.

SO WE PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER INTO AN MAP THAT LETS USERS OR PEOPLE ZOOM INTO ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND VIEW HOW THE AVERAGE POLLUTION LEVEL HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, WHAT THE CURRENT AVERAGE POLLUTION LEVEL IS, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, ANSWER THE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION HOW MUCH LONGER WOULD PEOPLE LIVE IF THIS LEVEL OF POLLUTION WERE DROPPED DOWN TO THE W.H.O.

'S STANDARD OF 10 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER.

SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, GLOBALLY, THE HOI SHOWS THAT IF POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE W.H.O.

GUIDELINES THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD LIVE 2.2 YEARS-LONGER.

>> WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

AND YOU MENTION THAT CHINA WHICH HAS HAD BIG TIME AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY IN THE BIGGEST CITIES HAS TURNED THE CORNER A BIT?

>> SO IN CHINA, IN THE 2000'S CHINA WAS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST POLLUTED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

AROUND THE TIME OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AWARENESS AND PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT THE ISSUE, BEGAN TO INCREASE.

TO THE POINT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA TO DO SOMETHING.

IN 2013, POLLUTION LEVELS IN BEIJING HAVE PEAKED AT 70 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER.

SEVEN TIMES HIGHER THAN THE W.H.O.

GUIDELINES AND IN 2014 THE PREMIER OF CHINA ANNOUNCED A WAR AGAINST POLLUTION AND DIRECTED HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

THEY SET BOLD POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS.

ESPECIALLY IN KEY AREAS LIKE BEIJING.

THEY REQUIRED SOME OF THEIR EXISTING COAL PLANTS TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS OR SWITCH TO NATURAL GAS.

THEY EVEN BUILT POLLUTION REDUCTION INCENTIVES INTO THE PROMOTION FUNDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

THEY HAD A HOST OF POLICIES AND AS A RESULT CHINA HAS SEEN A DECLINE OF ROUGHLY 30% BETWEEN 2013 AND 2019.

AND IF YOU TAKE THE HOI RESULTS LITERALLY THAT TRANSLATES INTO 1.5 YEARS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY GAIN FOR THE AVERAGE CHINESE CITIZEN AS A RESULT OF THOSE REDUCTIONS.

>> SO PROMISING SIGN FOR THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY ON EARTH.

AND THE FACT THAT YOUR STUDY PUTS IT IN SUCH STARK LIFE AND DEATH TERMS PERHAPS THAT RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT AIR POLLUTION AS WELL.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO KEN LEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... CHICAGO'S POLICE OFFICERS COULD SOON HAVE A NEW UNION CONTRACT.

BUT WILL IT SATISFY POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES?

THE ILLINOIS EVICTION MORATORIUM IS COMING TO AN END AND PETS NEED A HOME, TOO.

WHAT ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE EXPECTING.

>> AND PLAINTIFFS IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST C.P.D.

SAY POLICE STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES VIOLATED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD CONTINUES TO LEND SUPPORT TO THE SEARCH, RESCUE AND CLEAN UP EFFORTS IN LOUISIANA MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER HURRICANE IDA MADE LANDFALL.

THE ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS A 68-MEMBER FIRE ENGINE STRIKE TEAM IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS FROM FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THEY WILL ASSIST FIREFIGHTERS IN THE REGION FOR 17 DAYS.

ALSO 160 MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD WILL PROVIDE MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT TO HELP WITH DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES, STORM DEBRIS REMOVAL AND ROUTE CLEARANCE.

>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS REMINDING BUSINESS OWNERS ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF TWO MUST WEAR MASKS INSIDE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND THAT BUSINESS MUST POST SIGNAGE INFORMING CUSTOMERS OF THE MASK MANDATE.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION CONDUCTED 110 INVESTIGATIONS AND ISSUED 66 CITATIONS TO BARS AND RESTAURANTS FOR VIOLATING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER.

RESIDENTS CAN DIAL 3-1-1 TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THE MASK MANDATE.

>> THE LEADER OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BEST REHABILITATION HOSPITALS HAS DIED.

THE SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB SAYS THE C.E.O.

AND PRESIDENT JOANNE SMITH DIED FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR A CANCER SHE HAD BEEN BATTLING WHILE LEADING THE HOSPITAL.

SMITH LED THE NUMBER ONE RANKED ABILITYLAB FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS OVERSEEING THE OPENING OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH HOSPITAL.

SHE SERVED AS A FACULTY MEMBER AT NORTHWESTERN'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

AT 60 YEARS OLD SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, TWO CHILDREN AND EXTENDED FAMILY.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED UNION CONTRACT FOR CHICAGO'S POLICE OFFICERS.

PARIS?

>> A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE CHICAGO'S POLICE UNION AS POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER TERMS OF A CONTRACT THAT EXPIRED MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH DETAILS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS REMIND US THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS CONTRACT?

>> WELL, IT CALLS FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO GET RETROACTIVE PAYBACK TO 2017 AND SO OVER THE EIGHT-YEAR AGREEMENT WHICH WILL END IN 2025, THEY WILL GET A RAISE EQUIVALENT TO 20%.

THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT 2.5% PER YEAR WHICH IS ON PAR WITH OTHER EMPLOYEE UNIONS BUT IT WILL BE A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A RAISE FOR A LONGTIME.

>> AND THERE ARE A LOT OF REFORM ELEMENTS IN THE CONTRACT, TOO.

HOW MUCH WILL THIS CONTRACT COST THE CITY?

>> WELL, IN ALL, IN 2022, IT WILL COST THE CITY $375 MILLION TO PAY THE RETROACTIVE PAY AND COVER THE RAISES THAT ARE CALLED FOR IN 2022.

NOW, HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO PAY THAT HUGE BILL?

THEY HAVE $100 MILLION SAVED AND THEY ARE GOING TO REFINANCE $1 BILLION IN DEBT TO SAVE ANOTHER $250 MILLION.

THE REST OF IT, WELL WE'LL FIND OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN THE MAYOR UNVEILS HER BUDGET PROPOSAL.

>> THOSE MUST BE FAVORABLE RATES ON REFINANCING SOME OF THE LOANS.

WE MENTIONED THE REFORM ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT.

ARE POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES HAPPY WITH IT?

>> WELL, THIS DEAL WOULD END A 40-YEAR BAN ON THE INVESTIGATION OF ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE RAISED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S 2017 INVESTIGATION OF THE C.P.D.

SO THAT IS THE BIG DEAL.

HOWEVER, THE BIG OUTSTANDING ISSUE REMAINS ABOUT WHETHER COPS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK HOWEVER LONG THEY WANT AT A SECOND JOB.

THAT ISSUE IS STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION AND MAY END UP IN FRONT OF AN ARBITRATOR.

AND THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL REMAIN THAT POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES ARE NOT PLEASED WITH INCLUDING COPS WILL CONTINUE TO GET 24 HOURS BEFORE THEY HAVE TO SPEAK WITH AN INVESTIGATOR AFTER A POLICE SHOOTING.

>> A LOT OF COPS MOONLIGHT AS PRIVATE SECURITY OR OTHER JOBS.

ALL RIGHT SO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON THIS.

DOO DO YOU BELIEVE IT HAS THE VOTES OR COULD THERE BE A BLOCK OF ALDERPEOPLE THAT BLOCK IT?

>> THERE COULD BE BUT THE CITY LABOR NEGOTIATORS WERE CLEAR WHEN PRESENTING THE DEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IF IT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IT WILL BE QUOTE A ROLL OF THE DICE WHETHER THERE WILL BE A BETTER AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENT ANYTIME SOON BECAUSE AS YOU SAID IT TOOK FOUR YEARS MORE THAN FOUR YEARS TO NEGOTIATE THIS AGREEMENT AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

>> YEAH.

FOUR YEARS AND IT SEEMED LIKE TWO SIDES WOULD NEVER COME TO THE TABLE AND THEY DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT CITY COUNCIL DOES.

HEATHER THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

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

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

>> THANK YOU.

>> MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO ATTORNEYS SUING C.P.D.

AND THE CITY A LAWSUIT THAT WAS CERTIFIED AS A CLASS ACTION BY A FEDERAL JUDGE.

THE PLAINTIFFS ARGUE C.P.D.

DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETS YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED BLACK AND BROWN MEN WITH STOP AND FRISK TACTICS IN VIOLATION OF THE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

JOINING US ARE RASHAWN LINDSEY ONE OF THE OF THE OF PLAINTIFFS IN THE SUIT AND ATTORNEY ANTONIO ROMANUCCI WE ASKED THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMENT.

THE CITY DOES NOT COMMENT ON ONGOING LITIGATION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT RESPOND FOR THE REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ANTONIO, WHEN ARE POLICE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO MAKE A STREET STOP NN WHAT DO YOU ACCUSE THEM OF HAVING DOING?

>> POLICE ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW UNDER A 50 LAW THEY ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE WHAT ARE CALLED STREET STOPS.

BUT ONLY UNDER VERY CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

THEY NEED WHAT IS CALLED REASONABLE ARCTICABLE SUSPICION THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED OR ONE WILL BE COMMITTED IN ORDER TO MAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL STOP.

WHAT WE'RE ALLEGING IS THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO DID NOT FOLLOW THE LAW IN THIS CASE, TERRY V OHIO AND THEY MADE RANDOM STOPS THAT TARGETED BLACK AND HISPANIC PEOPLE.

THEY MAKE STOPS TO THE TUNE OF OVER TWO MILLION OF THEM.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS A GOOD CLASS THAT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE JUDGE BECAUSE THESE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL STOPS.

>> RASHAWN LINDSEY, WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEING STOPPED BY C.P.D.?

>> WELL, I WAS JUST TALKING WITH A COUSIN AND A FRIEND AND ONE MINUTE I HAVE THE HEADPHONES WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

AND THE NEXT MINUTE I HAD A TASER ON ME AND TOLD TO PUT MY HANDS UP.

NO WARNING NO SIRENS JUST TURN AROUND, TASE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TASED PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

>> AND WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

IT SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING CAME OF THAT THAT STOP WERE YOU CHARGED WITH ANYTHING WHAT CAME OF THAT?

>> NO CHARGES WHATSOEVER WE WERE HANDCUFFED TO EACH OTHER BROUGHT TO THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND SEARCHED ALL OUR STUFF PULLED OUT OF MY POCKETS ASKED IF WE HAD MARIJUANA AND WE DIDN'T.

AFTER THEY RAN OUR ID'S WE WERE ONE OF THE GOOD ONES AND THEY LET US GO.

NO REASON GIVEN TO US WHY WE WERE STOPPED.

>> ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU SUBMITTED BETWEEN 63-71% OF THE STOPS WERE BLACK RESIDENTS BETWEEN 17-21% WERE LATINX AND 7-13% WERE WHITE.

BASED ON THAT, AND WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK COULD BE A PART OF THIS CLASS ACTION?

>> WELL, WHAT WE KNOW IS THIS...

IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED IN THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF 2014, THERE WERE 716,000 OF THESE STOPS THAT WERE MADE.

NOT ONE OF THESE STOPS LED TO AN ARREST.

ZERO OVER 716,000.

NOT ONE OF THESE STOPS LED TO THE CONFISCATION OF AN ILLEGAL GUN OR ILLEGAL DRUGS.

SO THAT WAS IN ONE YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT OVER FOUR TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION OR MORE OF THESE STOPS.

SO THAT'S ONLY IN THE CLASS PERIOD.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE OF NO SUSPICION OF HAVING NO REASONABLE SUSPICION OF HAVING COMMITTED A CRIME OR ABOUT TO COMMIT A CRIME.

SO THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.

JUST ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING.

BUT WE KNOW THAT IN THIS CLASS PERIOD THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO MILLION PEOPLE WHO WERE SUBJECTED TO A STOP WITH NO ARREST.

>> TWO MILLION.

RASHAWN LINDSEY, BEING ONE OF THEM, WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS SUIT?

>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BRING ABOUT A GOOD CHANGE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE POLICE SYSTEM IN ITSELF FROM THE INSIDE.

BECAUSE IT'S [INAUDIBLE] FOR ZERO REASON AND NO ARRESTS.

>> ANTONIO, WE KNOW THAT C.P.D.

HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH AN EFFORT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REFORM ITS STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE A.C.L.U.

HAS THAT BROUGHT ABOUT ANY CHANGE?

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

THEY DID BRING OUT WHAT IS CALLED AN INVESTIGATORY REPORT OR A -- I FORGOT THE ACRONYM BUT THEY ARE NOT TRAINING ON THIS NEW STOP AND FRISK POLICY.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO CREATES POLICIES, THEY CREATE ORDERS, BUT THEN THEY DON'T TRAIN ON THEM APPROPRIATELY AND THAT'S PART OF THE OPINION THAT CAME OUT FROM THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE IS THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS A CUSTOM PRACTICE OF POLICY TO NOT TRAIN ON THESE POLICIES AND THEREFORE LEADS TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES.

>> RASHAWN LINDSEY WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK BEING FREQUENTLY STOPPED AND FRISKED BY C.P.D.

OFFICER HAS ON THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY?

NOT JUST BY THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE IT BUT THOSE WHO WITNESS IT AND KNOW ABOUT IT?

>> THERE ARE ALREADY DISTRUST IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE POLICE.

THE FREQUENT STOPS AND THE FRISKS FOR NO REASON IS ONLY STRESSING IT FURTHER.

NO ONE WANTS TO CALL THE POLICE, AND POLICE CAN'T BE TRUSTED AND THEY WON'T HANDLE IT WELL.

IT IS A ROLE OF TRUST.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COME OF THIS LAWSUIT?

>> WELL, CLEARLY THERE HAS TO BE SOME ABSOLUTE DEEP CULTURAL CHANGE.

WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE CLASS PERIOD THAT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE JUDGE.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DECADES AND DECADES OF A LONGSTANDING CULTURE OF MISTRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE.

PEOPLE ASK WELL, WHY DO PEOPLE RUN?

WHY DO PEOPLE PANIC WITH POLICE ENCOUNTERS?

WE KNOW THE CONTINUED DRIFT OF STOP AND FRISK AND DISTUFT HAS LED TO THIS.

IT'S LED TO MIDDLE INCOME FLIGHT FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO UNLESS WE MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY WHICH INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY A VERY COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PRACTICE AS TO WHAT IS REASONABLE ARCTICABLE SUSPICION WHEN A PERSON CAN BE STOPPED AND REGAIN THE TRUST OF PEOPLE LYCRA SEAN, IN THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY THEN WE WILL SEE SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

UNTIL THEN WE WON'T HAVE CHANGE AND THAT IS WHY WE WANT CITY HALL TO COME TO THE TABLE.

WE WILL WALK THERE AND WE WANT CHANGE TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN BE THE CITY THAT WE SAY WE ARE.

WE ARE A GREAT CITY.

LET'S BE ONE.

>> AND RASHAWN LINDSEY, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY BEING A PART OF THE SUIT?

>> WELL, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD SAY REPORT IT.

IF YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING UNJUST HAPPENED TO YOU, REPORT IT WHETHER IT BE ANONYMOUS OR PUT YOUR NAME OUT THERE.

NUMBER TWO, LOOK BACK HOW YOU WERE STOPPED AND ASK YOURSELF IF YOUR RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

AS LONG AS YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS YOU WILL BE GOOD.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE THANK YOU TO ATTORNEY ANTONIO ROMANUCCI AND RASHAWN LINDSEY FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE STATE'S EVICTION MORATORIUM IS COMING TO AN END AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR PETS.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> ILLINOIS' EVICTION MORATORIUM IS IN PLACE FOR ONE MORE MONTH BUT MANY RESIDENTS FEAR THEY WILL BE OUT OF A HOME ONCE THAT BAN LIFTS.

ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD BE AN INFLUX OF PETS THAT NEED A HOME, TOO.

THIS AS SOME SHELTERS ARE SEEING AN UPTICK FROM COVID-19.

AND JOINING US IS TRACY ELLIOTT, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY.

TRACY ELLIOTT WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> SO WHENEVER THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS LIFTS AND ASSUMING THERE ARE A LOT OF EVICTIONS WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR PETS AND SHELTERS?

>> WELL, HOUSING IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON PEOPLE SURRENDER THEIR ANIMALS TO US IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT'S NOT WITHSTANDING COVID.

AND THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THAT HAVE COME WITH THAT.

SO IT IS POSSIBLE IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HOUSING AND HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING PET FRIENDLY HOUSING TO MOVE INTO.

SO THAT OUR SHELTER AND OTHERS IN THE REGION MAY BE INUNDATED WITH SURRENDERS AND WE'RE VERY MUCH HOPING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND WE ARE GEARED TOWARDS WORKING HARD ON PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT OCCUR AND WE CAN KEEP FAMILIES WHOLE.

BUT IT COULD OCCUR.

>> WHAT ARE THE PREVENTION PROGRAMS ASSUMING FAMILIES ARE TEMPORARILY OUT OF A HOME BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR PETS.

>> RIGHT.

THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES OR THE SAFE PROGRAM.

WHICH WILL TAKE YOUR ANIMAL IN IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THOSE EMERGENCIES.

MAYBE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION OR YOU'RE HOSPITALIZED AND DON'T HAVE FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF IT OR YOU ARE TEMPORARILY LOOKING FOR NEW HOUSING THAT IS PET FRIENDLY.

WE CAN TAKE THE ANIMAL IN FOR 45 DAYS AND CARE FOR IT.

AND WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THAT PROGRAM JUST RECENTLY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 40 ANIMALS IN THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR MORE.

>> WHAT IS THE OVERALL SITUATION IS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY ANIMALS YOU ARE CARING FOR RIGHT NOW VERSUS A TYPICAL SUMMER?

>> IT'S NOT REALLY UNUSUAL RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 415 ANIMALS IN THE SHELTER AND 165 IN FOSTER.

THAT IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE ARE BACK TO MOST OF OUR VOLUME IN TERMS OF INTAKE, ADOPTION, AND OTHER PROGRAMS ARE BACK TO 2019 LEVELS.

COMPARING TO THE 2020 DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SO SUPPRESSED EXCEPT FOR FOSTER WE HAD HAD MORE FOSTER PARENTS THAN EVER.

WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

BUT WE ARE PREPARING FOR POTENTIALLY A GREATER INFLUX BECAUSE OF THIS.

SO ANOTHER WAY WE'VE STEPPED UP TO HELP A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS FIND PET FRIENDLY HOUSING BUT THE LANDLORD REQUIRES A PET DEPOSIT AND PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD IT AND DO A SECURITY DEPOSIT AND MOVING COSTS AND PAY A PET DEPOSIT.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN SUBSIDIZE THE PET DEPOSIT AT $250 TO HELP FOLKS IN THOSE SITUATIONS AS WELL.

>> ANOTHER BARRIER MIGHT BE FOLKS THINKING WELL, I'M GOING BACK TO WORK AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO STAY AT HOME AND CARE FOR A PET.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH OF THAT.

OUR SURRENDER NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY NO WORSE THAN THEY WERE IN 2019 PRECOVID.

SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT HOWEVER WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL FACE THAT SITUATION AND WHERE WE CAN HELP IS WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR HELP LINE SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW DO I GET MY ANIMAL READY FOR ME TO BE OUT OF THE HOUSE MORE OFTEN, THE LINE CAN HELP WITH THAT.

>> PEOPLE MIGHT BE HESITANT TO ADOPT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING AND THINKING I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME.

IS THAT WHERE FOSTERING COMES IN?

>> YES.

THAT IS A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.

OBVIOUSLY A FOSTER ANIMAL REQUIRES FULL ATTENTION AND CARE.

BUT IT IS NOT A PERMANENT COMMITMENT.

OF COURSE, NEITHER IS ADOPTION.

WE TELL PEOPLE IF IT DOESN'T WE WANT IT TO BE A PERFECT MATCH AND IF IT'S NOT BRING THE ANIMAL BACK TO US.

WE DO NOT LOOK UPON THAT AS A NEGATIVE THING AT ALL IT IS POSITIVE THING.

IN FOSTERING YOU HAVE A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE ANIMAL AND WHEN THE ANIMAL IS READY TO GET BACK TO THE ADOPTION FLOOR OR A DIRECT ADOPTION YOU ARE RELIEVED OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HAD THE JOY OF HELPING AN ANIMAL GET READY TO FIND ITS FOREVER HOME.

>> TRACY ELLIOTT THOSE PICTURES OF DOGS AND CATS THEY ARE TEMPTING FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T HAVE ANY AND MIGHT WANT TO ADOPT ONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

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