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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
ON THIS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER
15TH...
>> THESE WOMEN ARE GOOD LAWYERS
AND THEY LOVE THEIR JOHNS AND
THEY WORKED HARD TO GET TO WHERE
THEY ARE TO REPRESENT INDIGENT
CLIENTS EFFECTIVELY.
>> A COURT APPEARANCE BY
ATTORNEYS FOR COOK COUNTY PUBLIC
DEFENDERS THAT FILED SUIT OVER
INMATES EXPOSING THEMSELVES.
>> I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT
PUTIN FEELS AND HE FEELS
STRONGLY THAT HE DID NOT MEDDLE
IN OUR ELECTION.
>> AS EVIDENCE MOUNTS THAT
RUSSIA DID MEDDLE IN THE 2016
ELECTION WE TALK TO AN EXPERT
ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S STRATEGY
AND GOALS.
>> WHY SHOULD THE BLACK MAN HAVE
TO GO TO COURT TO GET FREEDOM
WHEN A WHITE MAN IS FREE WHEN HE
IS BORN?
>> THE DAUGHTER OF MALCOM X ON
HER ACTIVISM AND HER FAMILY'S
LEGACY.
>> RARELY SEEN ARTWORK FROM A
CHICAGO ARTIST WHO PAINTED
CAUTIONARY TALES OF CITY LIFE.
>>> WHEN DID THE STATUE OF
ALEXANDER HAMILTON EXIT STAGE
LEFT?
GEOFFREY BAER TELLS HIS STORY IN
TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".
>>> AND THE FIELD MUSEUM
WELCOMES THE TERRIFYING NEW
NEIGHBORS AT JURASSIC WORLD, THE
EXHIBITION.
ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
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>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M
PHIL PONCE.
CHICAGO VIOLENCE IS ONCE AGAIN
MAKING HEADLINES.
EDDIE ARRUZA HAS THAT STORY AND
MORE OF WHAT IS MAKING NEWS IN
CHICAGO TONIGHT.
EDDIE?
>> PHIL IT, A GRIM MILESTONE IN
CHICAGO'S HOMICIDE RATE.
AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF
THREE PEOPLE OVER THE LAST TWO
DAYS THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN
THE CITY HAS RISEN ABOVE 600.
THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AND THE
SECOND TIME IN THE LAST 14 YEARS
THAT THE TALLY HAS GONE THAT
HIGH.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY
ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ
WAS AMONG SIX HOUSE MEMBERS
INTRODUCING ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP.
THE CONGRESSMAN SAY THE
PRESIDENT'S FIRING OF COMEY
AAMOUNTED TO OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE.
THEY SAY Mr. TRUMP'S ATTACK ON
THE MEDIA HIS ALLEGED
UNDERMINING OF THE FEDERAL
JUDICIARY AND HIS ALLEGED
PROFITING FROM PROPERTIES AND
BUSINESSES ARE ALL IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSES.
>> I THINK THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS WILL UNCOVER MORE
INSTANCES WHERE THE PRESIDENT
HAS VIOLATED THE LAW AND
VIOLATED THE PUBLIC TRUST.
AND I'M GLAD THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL MOVING
FORWARD.
DESPITE IN SOME INSTANCES
ATTEMPTS BY THE PRESIDENT TO
SLOW THEM DOWN OR DERAIL THEM.
>> WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
RESPONDED BY SAYING QUOTE IT'S
DISAPPOINTING THAT EXTREMISTS IN
CONGRESS STILL REFUSE TO ACCEPT
THE PRESIDENT'S VICTORY IN THE
ELECTION.
AND THE CONGRESSMEN ACKNOWLEDGE
THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT THE
REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED CONGRESS
WILL INITIATE IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS.
AN UPDATE TO A STORY.
ELIZABETH BRACKETT LOOKED INTO
THE CONSTRUCTION DELAYS PLAGUING
THE FLYOVER BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT AT
GRAND AVENUE NEW NEAR NAVY PIER.
THE PROJECT BROKE GROUND THREE
YEARS AGO AND ONE PHASE HAS BEEN
COMPLETED SO FAR.
BUT MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL SAYS THE
PROJECT IS BACK ON TRACK AND
WILL BE FULLY FINISHED BY THIS
TIME NEXT YEAR.
>> THE VISION OF FINALLY GIVING
PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO
HEAR SCREAMING ON YOUR LEFT OR
ALL THE CONGESTION THAT HAPPENS
DOWN THERE BETWEEN BIKERS,
RUNNERS AND CARS AND AUTO
TRAFFIC THAT SAFETY GOAL THAT WE
HAVE SET WILL FINALLY BE
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT
IS EXPECTED TO COME IN AT AROUND
$60 MILLION FUNDED MAINLY WITH
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTS.
>> WELL, STATE LAWMAKERS HELD A
HEARING TODAY TO DEBATE WHETHER
ILLINOIS SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM A
MULTISTATE VOTER FRAUD PROGRAM
CALLED CROSS-CHECK.
THE SYSTEM RUN BY THE KANSAS
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
COMPARES VOTER REGISTRATION DATA
TO DETECT IF VOTERS ARE
REGISTERED IN ONE MORE LOCATION
BUT IT'S COMING UNDER SCRUTINY
BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS.
AN EXPERT TOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS
THE SYSTEM IS VULNERABLE TO
HACKERS.
>> PROVIDE FOR INCREDIBLE LACK
SECURITY FOR DATA AND THAT IS A
BIG CONCERN IN THIS TIME OF
VULNERABILITY WITH OUR COMPUTER
SYSTEMS.
THE STATE IS WOEFULLY BEHIND.
>> THE ELECTIONS BOARD MAY
DECIDE MONDAY WHETHER ILLINOIS
WILL LEAVE CROSS-CHECK.
>> AS FOR THE WEATHER TONIGHT A
LOW AROUND 30 AND TOMORROW
PARTLY SUNNY AND A HIGH AROUND
40.
>> FOR TWO YEARS FEMALE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS AND LAW CLERKS SAY
INMATES AND DETAINEES TARGETED
THEM WITH ACTS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT IN JAIL.
THEY HAVE FILED A FEDERAL SEXUAL
HARASSMENT LAWSUIT TO PUT AN END
TO A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.
THE ATTORNEYS APPEARED IN
DISTRICT COURT TODAY.
>> WHEN WOMEN HAVE TO ENGAGE IN
CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH
THEIR CLIENTS AND OTHER
DETAINEES SEEK TO ABUSE THEM
THEY MASTURBATE IN THEIR
PRESENCE.
ONE INCIDENT THE MASTURBATION
WAS ON HER.
AND IT'S THREATENING SEXUALLY.
AND EVERYDAY THEY ARE THREATENED
WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
CAROL MARIN JOINS US NOW.
WHO IS SUING AND WHAT ARE THEY
ALLEGING?
>> THEY ARE FEMALE ASSISTANT
PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND LAW CLERKS.
ONE OF WHOM HAS BEEN WITH THE
OFFICE SINCE 1986.
ON A GOOD DAY THEIR JOB IS A
HARD JOB AS THEY SOMETIMES CAN
NOT GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES
AND EXPLAIN THAT THEY DEFENDED A
FAMILY THAT DISMEMBERED A BABY
AND TRIED TO FRY IT TO COVER THE
CRIME.
THEY HAVE HARD JOBS MADE HARDER
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BY THE
FACT WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO
TALK TO A CLIENT IN A LOCK UP IN
THE COURTROOM OR THE JAIL OTHER
DETAINEES WILL THROUGH THE GLASS
WINDOWS OR THE BARS BE
MASTURBATING, EXPOSITIONS --
EXPOSING THEMSELVES, SAYING
HORRIBLE THINGS MAKING FOR A
TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT MAKES
THEM NOT WANTING TO GO TO WORK.
>> WHO IS BEING SUED?
>> THEY ARE SUING SHERIFF DART
BECAUSE IT IS HIS JOB TO MAKE
THE JAIL SAFE AND THEIR BOSS,
AMY CAMPANELLI HEAD OF THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS WHOM THEY HAVE
ARGUED DOES NOT HAVE THEIR BACK.
THEY WANT MORE ACTION AND MORE
CONSEQUENCES CREATED BY THOSE
TWO PEOPLE.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THEY
WANT.
IT SEEMS LIKE COULD A PHYSICAL
CHANGE IN THE FACILITY MAKE
THINGS BETTER?
>> YOU COULD SO IN THE LOCK UPS,
YOU ARE LIKE A BULLPEN.
SO A DEFENDER WILL BE TALKING TO
HER CLIENT BUT THERE ARE OTHER
DETAINEES AROUND.
COULD THERE BE A SEPARATE ROOM?
YES, BUT THAT IS GOING TO
REQUIRE A DEPUTY TO LEAVE THE
COURTROOM AND GO TO THE SEPARATE
ROOM AND JUDGES WANT DEPUTIES IN
THE COURTROOM TO PROTECT PEOPLE
THERE.
SO IT IS A STAFFING ISSUE.
IN THE JAIL, THEY ARE IN A GLASS
CUBE TO TALK TO THEIR CLIENTS
AND DETAINEES ROAM FREELY IN THE
DAY ROOM AND CAN PRESS UP
AGAINST THE GLASS.
IT IS NOT AN EASY SITUATION TO
CONTROL.
BUT THEY ARGUE IT'S OUT OF
CONTROL.
SHERIFF DART SAID HE IS DOING
ALL THAT HE CAN INCLUDING
SPECIAL UNIFORMS FOR INMATES
THAT EXPOSE THEMSELVES SO THEY
CANNOT UNZIP THEM.
CONSEQUENCES.
HE WANTS THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO
CHARGE --
CREATE CRIMINAL CHARGES.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS SAY THE PROBLEM
WITH THAT IS WE'RE DEFENDING
THEM IN COURT.
WE CANNOT SUE THEM AND DEFEND
THEM.
>> GETTING BACK TO THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS AND THEIR LEGAL
ASSISTANCE, THE FEMALE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS THEY ARE SUING HER OWN
BOSS.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
>> PART OF IT THEY SAY THEY
BROUGHT THE COMPLAINTS TO HER
AND SHE SAID LARGELY THE SAFETY
ISSUE IS IN DART'S HANDS.
AMY CAMPANELLI SAID SHE WORKED
VERY HARD WITH DART AND WITH THE
CHIEF JUDGE TIM EVANS TO CREATE
A MUCH SAFER CIRCUMSTANCE AND
WHEN THEY FILED THEIR FIRST
ACTION, SHE SAID YOU CANNOT GO
INTO THE LOCK UPS ANYMORE.
SHE SAID IT'S NOT --
SHE IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE
FEMALE PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO VISIT
THE CLIENTS IN THE LOCK UPS.
WHICH THEY DO NOT CONSIDER A
SOLUTION BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE
TO REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY BELIEVE THE SOLUTION RESTS
ELSEWHERE.
>> THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
IS CALLED SAVAGE LIFE INVOLVED.
WHAT IS SAVAGE LIFE?
>> IT IS A JAIL GANG.
IT DOESN'T HAVE AN AFFILIATION
LIKE A GANG, IT IS A JAILHOUSE
GANG WHOSE GOAL IS CHAOS AND
THEY ARE IN THE SUPER MAX UNITS
DIVISIONS 9 AND 10.
AND FRANKLY SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY
GIVE POINTS TO INMATES WHO
ENGAGE IN THE MOST HORRIFIC
BEHAVIOR.
SO SAVAGE LIFE MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE ARE CHARGED WITH SUCH
SERIOUS CRIMES, IF THE SHERIFF
OR A PUBLIC DEFENDER SAYS WE ARE
GOING TO CHARGE YOU WITH
INDECENT EXPOSURE.
SO WHAT.
THE COURT SYSTEM HAS ME HERE FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME ON A
MISDEMEANOR IT'S JUST ANOTHER
CHARGE.
>> PART OF THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO
WITH INMATES ARE THERE FOR
LONGER THAN WHAT REALLY THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
>> SMITH WHO RUNS THE JAIL SAID
THAT IS A PROBLEM AND THAT YOUNG
MEN LANGUISH FOR SO LONG BECAUSE
OF THE SLOW WHEELS TURNING IN
THE COURT SYSTEM THAT IT BECOMES
A KIND OF POWDER KEG, ANOTHER
CIRCLE OF HELL AND THAT THAT IS
PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> WHAT IS NEXT?
>> EVERYBODY GOES BACK TO COURT
ON NOVEMBER 30TH AND DECEMBER
FIRST IN FEDERAL COURT LOOKING
FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
THE JUDGE WILL TAKE TESTIMONY
FROM PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND FEMALE
SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WHO END UP IN
VERY MUCH THE SAME POSSIBLY
WORSE SITUATIONS WITH BODILY
FLUIDS BEING THROWN AT THEM,
MASTURBATION, BEING GRABBED AND
PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.
>> SOUNDS HELLISH, THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW TO PARIS SCHUTZ AND
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MOSCOW INSIDE
AND OUT.
PARIS?
>> PHIL, PRESIDENT TRUMP
RECENTLY SAID HE BELIEVED
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DENIALS OF ANY
RUSSIAN INVOLVE.
IN INFLUENCING THE 2016
ELECTIONS AND SLAMMED U.S.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES THAT
CONCLUDED OTHERWISE ONLY TO
PARTIALLY WALK BACK THE COMMENTS
AND THE INVESTIGATION BY SPECIAL
COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER.
DID THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
COORDINATE WITH THE RUSSIANS?
WHAT IS PUTIN'S END GAME?
AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS
MURKY RELATIONSHIP?
JOINING US IS HEDRICK SMITH A
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
JOURNALIST AND FORMER EDITOR FOR
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND
CORRESPONDENT FOR FRONTLINE AND
AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK
THE RUSSIANS.
HEDRICK SMITH WELL KEMP TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" --
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
>> YOUR REACTION TO WHAT HAS
BEEN REPORTED ABOUT RUSSIAN
INFLUENCE IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS?
>> WELL, WHAT I THINK IS
INTERESTING IS THAT ROBERT
MUELLER HAS BEGUN TO PUT
TOGETHER A TAPESTRY OF
CONNECTIONS.
NOT JUST ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS HAVING MET WITH THE
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OR MICHAEL
FLYNN THE FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER IT IS A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE.
PEOPLE GOING TO MOSCOW AND
TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE DEALS.
TRUMP'S ATTORNEY AND SOMEBODY
ELSE AND TALKING ABOUT SETTING
UP A MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP AND
PUTIN.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
AND WHAT YOU ARE BEGINNING TO
SEE IT IS A PATTERN.
IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO DENY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND YOU JUST THE OTHER DAY HAD
GENERAL SESSIONS CHANGING HIS
STORY.
HE FORGOT THAT HE MET WITH THE
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND HE FORGOT
HE WAS AT A MEETING THAT
PAPADOPOULOS SAID HE WAS --
IT RAISES CONSTANT SUSPICIONS.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT DONALD
TRUMP, JR. WAS IN TOUCH WITH
WIKILEAKS.
MORE AND MORE IS COMING OUT.
>> IF WE ARE TO BELIEVE THIS WAS
COORDINATED TO THE LIEST --
HIGHEST LEVELS OF KREMLIN WHY
DID PUTIN DO THIS?
>> I THINK HE IS ENGAGED IN
PUTIN'S REVENGE.
FROM THE RUSSIAN STANDPOINT THE
END OF THE COLD WAR WE PUSHED
THE BORDERS OF NATO UP AGAINST
THE RUSSIAN BORDER.
NATO MEMBERS AND LITHUANIA AND
PEOPLE FROM THAT PART OF THE
WORLD LIVE IN CHICAGO AND OTHER
CITIES IN AMERICA IT'S 150 MILES
FROM ST. PETERSBURG.
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TODAY.
THERE IS LOTS OF EASTERN EUROPE
IS NOW IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.
THE EU AND THEN THE BIG ONE FOR
PUTIN WAS UKRAINE.
THERE WAS A LEADER THERE WHO WAS
A PRO MOSCOW, PUPPET OF PUTIN
AND WAS OVER THROWN BY RIOTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS AND PUTIN'S
THINKS THE C.I.A. DID IT.
AND HE IS HITTING BACK.
HE IS COMING BACK.
AND WE HAD THE EPISODE OF
HILLARY CLINTON ADVOCATING
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS NOT UNUSUAL
FOR THE UNITED STATES TO
ADVOCATE DEMOCRATIC
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN
RUSSIA.
BUT PUTIN SEES THIS AS AN
ASSAULT ON RUSSIA.
AND YOU HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE
THE RUSSIANS FOR A DECADE OR
TWO, WERE A SUPERPOWER ON A PAR
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
THERE WERE MEETINGS, REAGAN AND
GORBACHEV AND IT WENT ON AND ON.
AND SUDDENLY THEY ARE DOWNGRADED
THEY ARE NO LONGER A SUPERPOWER.
CHINA IS THE COUNTRY TO WORRY
ABOUT.
AND SO YOU HAVE A NATION WITH
WOUNDED PRIDE.
YOU HAVE A LEADER WHO FEELS AS
THOUGH HE IS UNDER PRESSURE FROM
THE WEST AND HE HAS A CHANCE TO
LASH BACK.
SO HE IS NOW FOUND WEAKNESS IN
OUR DEMOCRACY THAT HE CAN
PENETRATE IT USE WIKILEAKS AND
Facebook AND GOOGLE AND IS
DRIVING US CRAZY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WANTS
OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES NOW?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN
JUST TRUMP AND THE UNITED
STATES.
I THINK HE WANTS TO BE SEEN AS A
GREAT POWER.
TAKE US SERIOUSLY AS IF WE ARE
NUMBER TWO AGAIN THIS IS THE
AVIS-HEFORTS COMPLEX.
>> AVIS ALWAYS SAID WE ARE
NUMBER TWO SO WE TRY HARDER.
AND RUSSIA SAYS WE ARE GOING TO
TRY HARDER.
HE PROBABLY WANTS AN AGREEMENT
THAT YOU CRANE WOULD NEVER JOIN
NATO.
AND UKRAINE IS TO RUSSIA AS
CANADA IS TO AMERICA.
COMMON BORDER, COMMON HISTORY,
ANGELO SAXON IN OUR CASE, IN
THEIR CASE SLOF VEHICLE SLOFFIC
SLAV VEHICLE.
AND WE ARE TIGHTENING
SANCTIONS, HE WE DON'T TRUST
YOU.
>> IN A WAY THIS MOVE TO
INTERFERE IN THE ELECTION IS
BACKFIRING?
OR SUCCEEDING?
>> I DO NOT THINK HE IS
STEADYING.
--
SUCCEEDING.
LOOK AT THE VOTES IN CONGRESS
THE VOTES YOU HAVE IN CONGRESS
ARE OVERWHELMING.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
YET TO INSTITUTE THE SANCTIONS.
>> IN TERMS OF POLITICS HE
RAISED THE BACK OF SENATORS LIKE
JOHN McCAIN AND BOB CORKER
SAYING THE RUSSIANS ARE
INTERFERING WE NEED TO TIGHTEN
SANCTIONS AND THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY SAYING THE RUSSIANS
ARE PROBING.
AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
VULNERABILITY OF OUR ELECTION
SYSTEM PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THE ELECTION OF 2018 WILL THE
RUSSIANS INTERFERE AGAIN?
WILL THE VOTE COUNT BE JIMMIED
BY RUSSIAN HACKING?
I MEAN NO, I DO NOT THINK IT'S
WORKING.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S WILLINGNESS TO CRITICIZE
NEARLY EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR
VLADIMIR PUTIN TO DEFER TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN?
>> IT IS ASTONISHING.
I WAS THE WASHINGTON BUREAU
CHIEF FOR THE TIMES SO I COVER
AMERICAN DOMESTIC POLITICS THE
IDEA THAT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
WOULD CRITICIZE HIS OWN MAJORITY
LEADER LIKE JOHN McCAIN AND
BOB CORKER AND THEN SAY PUTIN
TOLD ME THEY DID NOT INTERFERE
AND I TRUST HIM.
THE MAN SEEMS SERIOUS.
IS ASTONISHING.
AND I THINK FROM JUST AS A
JOURNALIST LOOKING AT IT --
>> YOU DO NOT BELIEVE VLADIMIR
PUTIN?
>> NOT FOR A MOMENT.
WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER HE WAS A
KGB COLONEL BEFORE HE MADE HIS
WAY INTO THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
I DO NOT BELIEVE HIM FOR A
MOMENT.
AND I TRUST THE AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FROM BOTH
ADMINISTRATIONS.
TRUMP IS IMPLYING THIS WAS JUST
THE OBAMA APPOINTED C.I.A.
CHIEF.
AND HIS OWN PEOPLE HAVE COME IN
AND THEY HAVE ENDORSED THE
ASSESSMENTS.
I MEAN SEEMS TO ME FOR TRUMP IT
INCREASES THE SUSPENSION THAT
SOMEHOW THERE IS A DEAL OR THERE
IS A HIDDEN RELATIONSHIP OR
THERE'S SOMETHING COVERT GOING
ON HERE.
>> AND DOES THIS LEND
CREDIBILITY IN YOUR MIND TO THE
CLAIMS BROUGHT UP IN THE NOW
INFAMOUS DOSSIER PRODUCED BY
THAT FORMER MI6 AGENT MICHAEL
STEEL THAT THERE'S BLACKMAIL ON
TRUMP AND THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE
BEEN GROOMING TRUMP FOR YEARS?
>> I DO NOT THINK HE IS A
MENTORING CANDIDATE.
I DO NOT BUY THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE RUSSIANS
HAVE BEEN SMART ABOUT TRUMP.
THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
LAUNDERING, RUSSIAN MAFIA, MONEY
BY BUYING CONDOS IN TRUMP TOWER
AND TRUMP OWNED REAL ESTATE IN
NEW YORK.
SO HE IS HELPING THEM BY TURNING
A BLIND EYE TO THE SOURCE OF THE
MONEY AND THEY ARE HELPING HIM
BY PUTTING MONEY INTO AN
INVESTMENT AND THE REAL ESTATE
DEAL IN FLORIDA WHERE HE BOUGHT
A PROPERTY FOR $50 MILLION AND
SOLD IT FOR $100 MILLION.
MAKING A $50 MILLION PROFIT IS
GOOD.
>> YOU BELIEVE THIS IS MORE
ABOUT MONEY-LAUNDERING AND ABOUT
THE TURNING A BLIND EYE?
>> THAT IS WHERE I WOULD --
I FOLLOWED POLITICS FOR A
LONGTIME AND THE NAME OF THE
GAME IS FOLLOW THE MONEY.
AND MONEY IS INFLUENCE.
I'M SKEPTICAL OF THE OTHER
STUFF.
I'VE GOT TO SEE IT PROVEN.
BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
THE INTIMACY AND THE CONTINUITY
AND THE SPREAD OF THE CONTEXT WE
ARE GOING ON.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
DOES THE UNITED STATES NEED TO
FOSTER A BETTER RELATIONSHIP
WITH RUSSIA TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NAMELY
DEFEATING ISIS?
>> IT GOES BEYOND THE MIDDLE
EAST IT GOES TO DEALING WITH
NORTH KOREA AS WELL.
RUSSIA IS A PLAYER AND PUTIN IS
SAYING TAKE ME SERIOUSLY.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THEM
SERIOUS.
IT IS NOT JUST TRUMP IT'S THE
CONGRESS SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT
THE RUSSIANS ARE A MAJOR POWER
IN THE PACIFIC, CERTAINLY IN
EUROPE IN TERMS OF SUPPLYING
EUROPEAN OIL AND IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
AND SO WE SHOULD LOOK FOR PLACES
WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DEAL.
THAT IS WHAT JOHN KERRY WAS
TRYING TO DO AND PUTIN THOUGHT
SAW THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
INCLUDING KERRY AS SOFTIES AND
HE COULD PUSH THEM AROUND.
IT IS NOT EASY TO DO WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I THINK LOOKING FOR PLACES
WHERE WE CAN STRIKE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THEM WHERE THEY CAN HELP US
AND WE CAN HELP THEM AND REDUCE
THE TENSION AND THE FRICTIONS
THAT WOULD BE SMART.
>> WHAT DO YOU SEE ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESIDENT
NOT TAKING A TURF TONE TO
RUSSIA?
>> HE HAS NO CREDIBILITY ON
CAPITOL HILL.
HE HAS LITTLE CREDIBILITY WITH
THE PRESS.
HE LOST SOMETHING IN HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS OWN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FOR HIM TO
SAY WHAT HE SAID AFTER TALKING
TO PUTIN A SLAP IN THE FACE TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE AS DEDICATED TO
AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY AS
THE MILITARY.
WHICH TRUMP LIKES TO PRAISE AND
THE GENERALS WHOM HE HAS AROUND
HIM.
IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
HE IS UNDERMINING HIS
CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMPORTANT TO HIM.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS SMART
FROM HIS OWN TANNED POINT.
>> YOU WROTE THE BOOK THE
RUSSIANS ABOUT YOUR TIME
REPORTING THERE DURING THE COLD
WAR.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE
RUSSIANS' VIEW OF THEIR OWN
GOVERNMENT OF VLADIMIR PUTIN IS
RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE
PEOPLE BUT IT'S FAVORABLE AND
ONE OF THE REASONS, THE WOUNDED
PRIDE OF THE RUSSIANS.
THE SENSE THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN
KNOCKED OFF A PEDESTAL AND THEY
ARE NOT SORT OF PEERS OF THE
UNITED STATES ANYMORE.
IN POWER TERMS.
SO HE IS AGGRAVATING AND PLAYING
ON THE NATIONALISM OF THE
RUSSIANS.
HE IS ACTING LIKE A RUSSIAN
CZAR.
THE WAY THE RUSSIANS OPERATED
FOR CENTURIES NOT JUST UNDER THE
COMMUNISTS, WAS TO CONTROL OR
DOMINATE ALL OF EASTERN EUROPE.
BULGARIA, HUNGRY, POLAND AND SO
FORTH.
HE WANTS TO DO THAT AGAIN AND HE
SEES US IN HIS BACKYARD AND HE
IS ABLE TO TURN TO HIS PEOPLE
AND SAY LOOK THEY ARE PUSHING ON
US.
THEY WANTED TO PUT A SYSTEM IN
EASTERN EUROPE AND THEN THE
AMERICANS TOLD US THAT WAS
AGAINST THE IRANIANS.
SO I THINK HE IS VERY POPULAR IN
THAT HE IS PLAYED TO THAT VERY
STRONG RUSSIAN NATIONAL PRIDE.
>> ARE THEY WILLING TO FORGIVE
SOME OF HIS BEHAVIOR, THE
JAILING OF DISSIDENTS, THE
PURPORTED MURDERING?
>> THERE ARE LOTS OF POLITICAL
ASSASSINATIONS.
WHO ARE THE THEY?
THE GREAT MASS OF RUSSIANS
PROBABLY ARE DOING THIS.
THERE'S 25% OF RUSSIANS MOST
YOUNG AND MOST INTELLIGENT,
COLLEGE EDUCATED IN THE CITIES
AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO
DEMONSTRATE AND PREPARED TO GO
IN THE STREETS.
YOU HAVE ALEX HE WOULD LIKE TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
THEY ARE GOING TO FORBID HIM TO
DO THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COOKED
UP CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND SAY
HE CANNOT RUN BECAUSE HE IS A
CRIMINAL.
WHICH IS BOGUS.
BUT CERTAINLY, THERE IS A VERY
IMPORTANT DISAFFECTED MINORITY
BUT IT IS A MINORITY.
AND IT'S NOT A MINORITY WHERE
THE POWER TO CHALLENGE HIM OR
OVER THROW HIM OR UNDERMINE HIS
POWER.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE RUSSIAN
ROLE WAS OR HAS BEEN IN THE WAVE
OF NATIONALISM THAT SORT OF
SWEPT THROUGHOUT EUROPE WITH
ELECTIONS IN AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY
AND BREXIT?
>> WHAT'S HAPPENED IS HAVING
BEEN BACKED INTO THE CORNER I
CALL IT PUSHING THE RUSSIAN
BAREBACK INTO THE CAVE, IN
MILITARY TERMS, IN TERMS OF
WHERE NATO IS, WHAT HAPPENED IS
THAT PUTIN AND THE KGB AND NOW
THE SFB, HAVE DISCOVERED THAT
THEY CAN PLAY ON THE WEAKNESSES
OF OPEN SOCIETIES OF
DEMOCRACIES.
THEY CAN NOW START TO INTERVENE.
THINK OF IT.
THERE WERE 80,000 POSTS ON
RUSSIAN INSPIRED Facebook
SITES THAT REACHED 120 MILLION
PEOPLE.
>> WITH THE POINT TO DIVIDE THE
ELECTORATE.
>> THEY WERE SAYING TO ONE SIDE
THEY ARE ANTI-MUSLIM AND THE
OTHER SIDE PRO MUSLIM GO HOLD A
DEMONSTRATION.
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO PROMOTE
VIOLENCE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
DIVISIONS IN OUR SOCIETY.
IN FRANCE, GERMANY, IN SPAIN AND
PARTS OF EUROPE.
SO THE ANSWER IS THEY FOUND
THROUGH THE CYBER WARFARE SYSTEM
A NEW SET OF WEAPONS.
AND FOR US IT IS A CHALLENGE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
THAT.
WE BELIEVE IN FREE EXPRESSION
AND BELIEVE IN OPEN DEMOCRACY
AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN
CENSORSHIP.
HE IS SHUTTING DOWN AT HOME.
HE IS CLOSING DOWN LOTS OF
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS THAT
DEVELOPED.
BUT IN OUR SOCIETY HE IS
PRESSING US AT OUR WEAKEST POINT
AND OUR STRENGTH OUR OPENNESS
AND FREEDOM.
AND WE HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT A
WAY TO COPE WITH THAT.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA RELATIONS?
OR THE WEST AND RUSSIA
RELATIONS?
>> WELL, WHAT I WILL TELL THE
AUDIENCE TOMORROW NIGHT AT
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, THE
INITIATIVE OUT THERE A TERRIFIC
THING EMPHASIZING IS THAT I
THINK WE ARE IN FOR MORE OF THE
SAME.
I DO NOT THINK WE'VE FIGURED OUT
A WAY TO GET AROUND THIS.
WE HAVE GOT A BUILT IN STRUCTURE
OF FRICTION AND OPPOSITION.
AND WE'VE GOT AN OPPONENT WHO IS
AGRIEVEED, WHO IS ANGRY, WHO IS
VENGEFUL AND FOUND TECHNIQUES
THAT ARE DRIVING US CRAZY AND
PLAYING FROM WEAKNESS.
HIS ECONOMY IS WEAK.
HE IS ONLY SELLING OIL AND GAS
FROM RUSSIA AND THE PRICE IS
DOWN WORLDWIDE SO HE IS NOT IN A
STRONG POSITION.
HE IS NOT MILITARYLY IN A STRONG
POSITION.
HE HAS BEEN BACKED OUT OF
EASTERN EUROPE BUT FOUND A WAY
TO PENETRATE US.
AND I THINK PUTIN WILL BE A
TOUGH GUY TO GET OFF THAT TRACK.
>> CYBER WARFARE IS NOT
EXPENSIVE NOT LIKE BUYING
MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
HEDRICK SMITH THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
MORE HE HAD HEDRICK SMITH WILL
BE AT DOUGH MINUTE CON --
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
ROLE OF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS.
DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" AHEAD SO PLEASE STAY
WITH US.
>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" A PAINTER'S LOOK INSIDE
THE WORLD OF ARTIST BILL WALKER.
>>> ALEXANDER HAMILTON MAY BE A
STAR ON STAGE BUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIS MONUMENT IN LINCOLN PARK?
>>> AND IT IS DINOSAUR TIME WALK
ON THE WILD SIDE WITH THE GIANT
T REX AT THE FIELD MUSEUM.
>>> BUT TO MANY THE LEGACY OF
MALCOM X IS A FIERY COUNTERPART
TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
BUT TO ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS THAT
OVERLOOKS HIS COMPLEXITIES AND
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIGHT FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS.
JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE LEGACY
OF HER FATHER, HER MOTHER BETTIE
AND TALK ABOUT HER WORK, IS
AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR, ILYASHA SHE
IS IN --
ILYASAH SHABAZZ SHE IS IN
CHICAGO FOR THE FINE ARTS SHOW.
>> WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
AS I WAS LEARNING ABOUT YOU, I
LEARNED YOU HAVE NO MEMORY OF
YOUR FATHER.
DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?
ANY SNIPPETS?
YES.
I REMEMBER THEY ARE FLICKERING
IMAGES BECAUSE I WAS NOT QUITE
THREE YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS
GUNNED DOWN.
I REMEMBER A SMILE BEAUTIFUL
TEETH AND HIS VOICE AS HE WOULD
CALL MY NAME.
>> IN TERMS OF KNOWING MUCH
ABOUT HIM WHEN YOU REALLY
LEARNED ABOUT HIM WAS IN
COLLEGE.
HOW WAS THAT?
DID YOUR MOM TALK TO YOU ABOUT
YOUR DAD?
>> ACTUALLY I LEARNED ABOUT MY
FATHER'S HUMANITY.
I LEARNED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT
HE LIKED.
THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD APPROVE
OF IF WE DID SOMETHING GREAT IF
WE DID A GREAT SCHOOL PROJECT OR
SOMETHING GOOD AROUND THE HOUSE
MY MOTHER WOULD SAY YOUR FATHER
WOULD LOVE THAT.
IF WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT
THAT GREAT SHE WOULD SAY YOUR
FATHER WOULD NOT LIKE THAT.
SHE KEPT OUR FATHER IN THE
HOUSEHOLD.
WE HAD HIS ITEMS HIS HAT AND HIS
BOOKS HIS CLOTHES.
THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE.
>> BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YOU WERE
IN COLLEGE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT HIM
AS A PUBLIC PERSON AND THE
IMPACT THAT HE HAD IN THE WORLD.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN MY MOTHER
TAUGHT US ABOUT OUR FATHER IT
WAS MORE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
HOW HE WAS A COMPASSIONATE MAN.
HE WAS A LOVING MAN.
HE WAS HUMOROUS.
WE DID NOT LEARN ABOUT RACISM
AND JUSTICE AND ALL OF THE
SOCIAL CLIMATE UNTIL I GOT TO
COLLEGE.
>> AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF YOU.
IS THAT MOHAMMED ALI?
>> YES.
>> WHEN YOU WENT TO COLLEGE MY
YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT THERE
WERE EXPECTATIONS OF YOU?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WHAT WERE THOSE EXPECTATIONS?
>> GOODNESS.
WHATEVER PEOPLE THOUGHT OF MY
FATHER THEY PROJECTED ON TO ME.
IF THEY THOUGHT MY FATHER COULD
SAVE THEM FROM ANYTHING THEN
THEY EXPECTED ME, A 16-YEAR-OLD
YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD GONE TO PREP
SCHOOL HAS BEEN OVER PROTECTED
BY MY MOTHER, TO BE ABLE TO DO
ALL THE THINGS THAT MY FATHER
DID.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAD THE
WRONG IMPRESSION OF MY FIRE.
>> A FIRE BRAIN.
>> THEY WERE EXPECTING ME TO
JUST JUMP ON THE STAGE AND BE
VERY VOCIFEROUS AND I WAS NOT
THAT PERSON.
AND THE THINGS SOMETIMES THAT
PEOPLE THOUGHT OF MY FATHER WAS
NOT ACCURATE.
>> LEGALITY'S GET BACK --
LET'S GET BACK TO WHEN YOU FIRST
STARTED LEARNING ABOUT YOUR DAD
AS A PUBLIC PERSON.
WHEN YOU READ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF MALCOM X WHAT WAS THAT
EXPERIENCE?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE UNTIL TODAY
THEY SAY TO ME THAT THIS BOOK
CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
THEY HAD A NEW PERSPECTIVE WHO
THEY WERE THEIR IDENTITY THEIR
POSITION AND POWER IN THE WORLD.
AND FOR ME, IT WAS MORE OF AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
MY MOTHER HAD ALREADY RAISED US
PROUD OF WHO WE WERE AS WOMEN AS
MUSLIMS AS PEOPLE OF AFRICAN
ANCESTRY IT WAS MORE OF AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE TO THINK MY
FATHER WAS SUCH A YOUNG MAN WHEN
THE WORLD LEARNED OF HIM HE WAS
IN HIS 20s.
HE WAS GUNNED DOWN AT 39 AND ALL
HE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME DURING HIS LIFE
IS SIGNIFICANT.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE MALCOLM.
>> YOUR MOTHER WAS AN ACTIVIST.
HOW WAS SHE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR
FATHER WAS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW I ALWAYS
SAYING ABOUT AN ACTIVIST IS
BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LIFE.
IT'S BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR
OTHERS.
WHEN YOU SEE INJUSTICE YOU WANT
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO
CHANGE IT.
SO MY MOTHER WAS A MUCH A
COMPASSIONATE WOMAN JUST LIKE
HER HUSBAND.
HER PARENTS TAUGHT HER TO BE
RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY FOR HER
LIFE.
>> WHICH ONE IS YOU?
>> I AM THE SHORTEST ONE
HOLDING --
>> ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
I'M SORRY.
BACK TO WHAT YOUR MOM --
MOTHER'S ROLE AS AN ACTIVIST.
>> I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE A BOOK
COMING OUT JANUARY SECOND ON
BETTIE.
BEFORE X AND IT IS A MIDDLE
SCHOOL BOOK AND SPEAKS TO THE
ACTIVISM THAT WAS INSTILLED IN
HER AS A CHILD TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANYONE WHO WAS BEING TREATED
UNFAIRLY.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING AS I READ
ABOUT THE BOOK THAT IS COMING
OUT IS ONE OF YOUR GOALS IS TO
QUOTE TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR MOM
AND YOUR FATHER AS OPPOSED TO
HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT.
WHAT WAS THE TRUTH?
>> WELL, MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE READER CAN SEE
THEMSELVES IN THE TEXT.
THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN A
POSITIVE LIGHT.
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR
HUMANITY.
THAT THEY CAN FIND THEIR VOICE
IN MALCOLM AND IN LITTLE
MALCOLM, MY FATHER AND YOUNG
BETTIE THAT YOUNG CHILDREN
WHETHER IT'S MY CHILDREN'S BOOK,
MY YOUNG ADULT BOOK THAT THEY
ARE ABLE TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND
POWER IN THAT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU
RETRACED YOUR FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
TO THE HOLY CITY OF MECCA.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN
EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.
I'M GRATEFUL MY FATHER WAS ABLE
TO EXPERIENCE THAT HIMSELF.
>> DID IT GIVE YOU INSIGHTS INTO
YOUR FATHER?
HAVING GONE THROUGH IT?
HAVING MADE THAT HAJJ YOURSELF?
>> ANY INSIGHT?
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I
UNDERSTAND MY FATHER'S HUMANITY.
I WAS GRATEFUL THAT MY FATHER
WAS ABLE TO GO TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY IN THE 1960s, HERE HE
WAS IN THIS COUNTRY AND HE
WASN'T FULLY RESPECTED AS A MAN
AND THAT HE WOULD GO TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY AND NOT ONLY BE
RESPECTED BUT BE RECEIVED IN THE
WAY THAT HE WAS.
AND IT JUST EXPERIENCE YOU KNOW,
ALL OF WHAT HE DID WAS JUST YOU
KNOW --
>> BECAUSE AFTER THAT, HE WENT
TO MECCA, HE IS VIEWED AS
SOMEONE WHO UNDERWENT A
TRANSFORMATION.
DID YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE,
TOO WHERE IT WAS TRANSFORMING
FOR YOU?
>> I WOULD SAY, I THINK WE
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN OUR LIVES.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME THAT
I EVOLVED AND TRANSFORMED.
>> HOW WOULD YOUR FATHER HAVE
REACTED TO THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT?
>> I THINK HE WOULD BE PROUD OF
ANY YOUNG PERSON THAT IS TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJUSTICE
AGAINST ANYONE.
SO I THINK HE WOULD BE PLEASED
WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
ADULTS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
WHEREVER OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
TODAY AND NOT JUST POINT
FINGERS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT
IN ANYTHING WE DO WHETHER IT IS
A DEMONSTRATION, MARCH, THAT WE
HAVE GOAL, MEASURABLE GOALS AND
WE MAKE SURE WHEN WE GO AND
MARCH AND GO AND DO THESE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE CHECK MARKS THAT WE
ACCOMPLISHED WHATEVER IT IS WHAT
WE SET OUT TO DO.
INSTEAD OF MARCHING JUST TO
MARCH.
>> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR OWN WORK
BECAUSE IT SEEMS INFLUENCED BY
THE KINDS OF VALUES INSTILLED TO
YOU BY YOUR MOM AND YOUR FATHER?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
I WRITE MY BOOKS.
AND AS I SAID I HAVE FOUR BOOKS,
GROWING UP EXPECT, AND BETTIE
BEFORE X.
I AM A PROFESSOR AT HOME AT JOHN
JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT MY STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHO
THEY ARE, THEIR IDENTITY AND
THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE.
>> IS THERE --
DO YOU FEEL A PARTICULAR
RESPONSIBILITY BEING THE
DAUGHTER OF AN ICONIC FIGURE IN
THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY?
>> I MEAN I DO FEEL A
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE ANYTHING
BETTER THAN I FOUND IT.
MY MOTHER OFTEN SAID ONE MUST
GIVE BACK BUT I THINK IT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY AS MUCH IT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND THE NEXT
PERSON'S.
SO I DO NOT FEEL OVERWHELMED
WITH EXPECTATION.
>> ILYASAH SHABAZZ THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON THE PROGRAM.
IT WAS A PLEASURE.
ILYASAH SHABAZZ IS IN TOWN FOR
THE HARLEM FINE ARTS SHOW AT
MALCOM X COLLEGE THERE ARE
DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> A NEW EXHIBITION LOOKS AT
RARE WORKS OF ART THAT ARE
POWERFUL AND A BIT GRAPHIC.
THIS WORK WAS MADE BY AN ARTIST
WITH A STRONG CONNECTION TO
CHICAGO PUBLIC ART.
BILL WALKER WAS A MEASURALLIST
ON A --
MURALIST AND REFLECTED ON THE
REALITIES OF LIFE ON THE
STREETS.
>> THERE ARE POSITIVE PORTRAITS
OF HAPPY FAMILIES.
AND THREATENING IMAGES OF STREET
LIFE AND DESPAIR.
AT THE HYDE PARK ART CENTER THE
WORKS ARE ON DISPLAY CREATED BY
BILL WALKER WHO ONCE STATED THE
ARTIST AND HIS ART ARE WARNING
MAN OF THE DANGERS AHEAD.
>> YOU WILL SEE PICTURES OF
CHILDREN AND THEY ARE BEARING
WITNESS TO THE VIOLENCE THAT IS
GOING ON HE IS SAYING I WILL
KEEP THIS REAL BECAUSE THIS IS
WHERE I LIVE.
HE LIVED IN THESE AREAS.
SO I LIVE HERE AND THIS IS MY
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND I SEE THESE
CHILDREN ALL AROUND ME AND IT'S
THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
>> THIS EXHIBITION OF WALKER'S
ART FROM THE 1970s AND 80s
IS CALLED URBAN GRIOT.
>> IN WEST AFRICAN CULTURE, THE
GRIOT PASSES ON THE CULTURE.
IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH CULTURES
THAT DO NOT HAVE A WRITTEN
LANGUAGE THE WAY YOU PASS ON THE
HISTORY OF A GIVEN TRIBE OR
CULTURE IS THROUGH THE
STORYTELLER OR THE GRIOT.
AND HE OR SHE WOULD BE THE
KEEPER OF THE STORIES TO
CONTINUE TO PASS ON THROUGH THE
GENERATIONS.
>> THE PICTURES ARE CREATED BY
AN ARTIST CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PLIGHT OF HIS NEIGHBORS.
>> THE WORK IS DIVIDED INTO
THREE MAIN SERIES: THE FIRST IS
CALLED FOR BLACKS ONLY.
AND A LOT WAS DIRECTED AT THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A WAY OF SAYING HEY LOOK
AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES THE VIOLENCE AND THE
GANGS AND THE DRUGS.
MAYBE WE AS A COMMUNITY SHOULD
HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TOO.
SO AT LEAST BE AWARE OF WHAT IS
GOING ON AND NOT BE BLIND TO IT.
THE SECOND SERIES IS CALLED
REAGANOMICS, DEALING WITH THE
IMPACT OF THE POLICIES ON THE
POOR AND WE HEAR ABOUT THE TAX
BREAKS BUT AT THE FLIP END
SOCIAL SERVICES WERE CUT AND IT
HAD A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE THIRD ONE IS CALLED RED,
WHITE AND BLUE, I LOVE YOU.
SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE SAME
ISSUES OF DRUG ADDICTION AND
VIOLENCE AND SO ON THAT WE SEE
IN THE OTHER SERIES BUT THEY ARE
RENDERED IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
GIVING A NOD TO SAY, HEY THIS
COUNTRY IS HAVING A LOT OF
PROBLEMS BUT I'M STILL A
PATRIOT.
BUT AGAIN CONTINUING TO SHOW THE
WORLD AND SHOWING PEOPLE HEY,
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
WE NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO
CHANGING IT.
>> BILL WALKER MADE A NAME FOR
HIMSELF IN PUBLIC ART.
HE WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
THE HISTORIC MURAL WALL OF
RESPECT WHICH DEBUTED IN 1967 AT
43rd STREET AND LANGLEY
AVENUE.
>> THE IDEA WAS ONE TO BRING
BEAUTY INTO A REALLY ROUGH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME PEOPLE CALLED THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD THE BUCKET OF BLOOD
BECAUSE OF THE GANG VIOLENCE AND
POVERTY.
IT WAS ABOUT BRINGING BEAUTY AND
A SENSE OF HISTORY.
PART OF THE IMPETUS WAS TO SHOW
THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW ITS
CHILDREN ALL OF THE WONDERFUL
BLACK ENERGY AND BLACK PRIDE.
>> THE CURATOR OF THIS
EXHIBITION HAD A PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO THE WALL.
>> MY MOTHER FLORENCE HAWKINS
WAS ONE OF THE PAINTERS OF THE
WALL OF RESPECT AND A MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNITY WE LIVED AROUND
THE CORNER.
SO OFTENTIMES HE WELCOMED PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
HE IS KNOWN FOR INTERACTING WITH
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
HE WORKED IN.
AND MY MOTHER JUST SAYING YOU
ARE PAINTING SOMETHING THIS IS
COOL I AM AN ARTIST CAN I PLAY?
AND THEY GAVE HER A BRUSH.
>> MUCH OF THE WORK COMES FROM
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
UNLIKE HIS CANVAS OF BRICK AND
CONCRETE WALKER CREATED THESE ON
PAPER.
NEWSPAPER.
AND PLEXIGLASS.
>> HE THOUGHT THAT THAT TRUTH AS
AN ARTIST SPEAKING THE TRUTH
THAT IS ONE WAY OF HELPING
MANKIND STAVE OFF HIS OWN
DESTRUCTION.
IN TERMS OF SAYING HEY WE ARE
NOT GOING TO PULLBACK.
THIS IS THE REALITY MANY OF US
ARE DEALING WITH.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE IMMUNE TO
WHAT IS AROUND US BECAUSE IT IS
A WAY OF LIFE.
WE HAVE TO RISE UP AND HAVE TO
COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE.
AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE.
>> BILL WALKER DIED IN 2011 AT
THE AGE OF 84.
THE EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK
OPENED AT THE HYDE PARK ART
CENTER UNTIL APRIL 8.
MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
UP NEXT AN ENCORE EDITION OF
"ASK GEOFFREY" SO STAY WITH US.
>> ALEXANDER HAMILTON IS NOT THE
ONLY STAR OF THE HOTTEST SHOW IN
AMERICA.
HE WAS THE SUBJECT OF TWO
MISSING MONUMENTS IN CHICAGO.
SO WHERE DID THEY GO?
GEOFFREY BAER GETS THE JOB DONE
ON TONIGHT'S EDITION OF "ASK
GEOFFREY".
GEOFFREY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU'LL NOT THROWING AWAY MY
SHOT.
I LOVE MYSTERIES.
>> WELL, SO FIRST OF ALL, YES,
HAMILTON IS THE HOTTEST SHOW ON
BROADWAY AND RUNNING IN CHICAGO
SINCE LAST FALL STILL SELLING
OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU CAN SEE ALEXANDER HAMILTON
ANYTIME YOU WANT FOR FREE IN
LINCOLN PARK.
HE DOES NOT RAP OR SING OR
DANCE.
THE HAMILTON STATUE IN LINCOLN
PARK WAS TAKING A BREAK OFF
STAGE WHEN THIS QUESTION WAS
SENT TO US.
BUT HE JUST RETURNED FOR AN
ENCORE PERFORMANCE AT THE CORNER
OF CANNON DRIVE.
THE STATUE WAS PROPOSED IN THE
20s BY WEALTHY PHILANTHROPIST
WHO COMMISSIONED CHICAGO'S
FOUNTAIN.
>> WHY SHE WANTED A STATUE OF
HAMILTON?
>> YES.
SHE BELIEVED THAT HAMILTON'S
WORK IS THE FIRST SECRETARY OF
TREASURY SECURED THE COUNTRY'S
FINANCIAL FUTURE AND ALLOWED HER
FAMILY TO MAKE A FORTUNE IN
GRAIN ELEVATORS AND BANKING.
ARTIST JOHN ANGEL DESIGNED THE
STATUE BUT BUCKINGHAM DIED
BEFORE THE VERGE WAS COMPLETED
AND A SITE WAS FOUND FOR IT.
THE GREAT ARCHITECT WAS
COMMISSIONED AND SHE
COMMISSIONED HIM TO DO A BIG
SURROUND FOR THE SCULPTURE AND
WHEN SHE SAW THE PLANS SHE HATE
TO DO.
IT WOULD MAKE THE SCULPTURE LOOK
TOO SMALL AND SHE DIED AND SAID
THE STATUE HAD TO BE COMPLETED
AND INSTALLED WITHIN 10 YEARS OR
THE MONEY WOULD REVERT TO THE
ART INSTITUTE.
THE ART INSTITUTE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTALLING THE
STATUE SO THEY HAD A
DISINCENTIVE TO DO IT.
SO THAT ENDED UP IN COURT.
AND THERE WERE LAWSUITS AND
WORLD WAR II HAPPENED AND IT DID
NOT GET INSTALLED UNTIL 1952, 14
YEARS AFTER KATE BUCKINGHAM'S
DEATH.
IT WAS SET ON A 78-FOOT TALL
BLACK GRANITE BASE.
AND BY 1993, THE PARK DISTRICT
DETERMINED THAT PEOPLE DID NOT
LIKE IT, SO IT WAS DEMOLISHED.
THE 13TH FOOT TALL STATUE WAS
REINSTALLEDDED ON A RED GRANITE
BASE AND IT WAS TURNED TO FACE
SOUTH TO GET BETTER LIGHT AND
WHEN HE WAS FIRST INSTALLED ON
THE MODERNIST BASE HE HAD BEEN
GILDED.
IT WAS BRONZE BUT GILDED.
HE WAS INSTALLED ON THE BASE
FACING SOUTH.
>> ISN'T THAT MAKE HIM SQUINT?
>> EXACTLY AND ALSO WHAT IT
MEANT IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD
SEE HIS REAR INSTEAD OF HIS
FRONT.
SO ANYWAY HE WAS REMOVED FROM
THE POST IN SEPTEMBER 2015
BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO REGUILD
HIM ANYWAY.
AND THAT WAS A MONTH AFTER THE
MUSICAL DEBUTED ON BROADWAY.
HE DID NOT REALIZE WHAT THEY BIG
HIT HE WAS GOING TO BE.
AFTER REGUILDING BY CONSERVATION
OF SCULPTURE AND OBJECTS A NEW
GLEAMING Mr. HUMIDITY IS
REINSTALLED AND HE FACES NORTH.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ONE
OF TWO HAMILTON STATUES IN
CHICAGO?
>> WE HAD ANOTHER VIEWER WHO
ASKED ABOUT A MISSING HAMILTON.
THE SECOND ONE IS IN STORAGE
THAT WAS DEDICATED BY
DESCENDANTS OF HAMILTON IN 1918
AT THE NORTH END OF GRANT PARK.
THE STATUE BY BALY PRATT WAS SET
ON A SURROUND IN A NICHE AND
FLANKED BY MASONRY WALLS
INSCRIBED WITH HAMILTON'S
WRITINGS ON JUSTICE.
SO THE PARK DISTRICT SAYS THE
STATUE WITH THE BASE WERE MOVED
INTO STORAGE WHEN MILLENIUM PARK
WAS BUILT IN THE 1990s.
AND THE LONG-TERM PLAN IS TO
REINSTALL THAT IN GRANT PARK BUT
THERE IS NO TIME LINE FOR THAT
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO
FUNDING FOR IT.
>> NOT ENOUGH HAMILTONS.
>> NOT ENOUGH HAMILTONS.
>> WE NEED ANOTHER ONE.
BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING THAT
HAMILTON STATUE WAS PAID FOR BY
THE BF FERGUSON FUND A BIG DEAL.
IT WAS A CHARITABLE FUND LEFT TO
CHICAGO BY BENG MING FRANKLIN
FERGUSON IN 1905 TO MAINTAIN
PUBLIC MONUMENTS COMMEMORATING
IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE
FERGUSON FUND WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SOME OF CHICAGO'S MOST
ICONIC SCULPTURES LIKE THE
FOUNTAIN OF TIME.
OR THE FOUNTAIN AT THE GREAT
LAKES.
IN THE GARDEN AT THE ART
INSTITUTE.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE FERGUSON
FUND ON THE WEBSITE.
>> INTERESTING.
>> NOW, WHAT IS NOW A FIRST
FLOOR APARTMENT IN THIS BUILDING
1810 NORTH CLEVELAND WAS ONCE A
GROCERY STORE.
IT WAS CALLED JOE LITTLE'S OLD
TOWN MARKET UNTIL 1986.
WE TALKED TO THE CURRENT OWNER
AND HE HAD THE BUILDING
REMODELED AND WHEN HE DID THAT
HE ADDED THE LETTERING TO HONOR
THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
SMALL MARKETS LIKE JOE LITTLE'S
WERE NEIGHBORHOOD FIXTURES.
RESIDENTS WOULD WALK TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET EVERYDAY.
EVERYDAY.
THE STORE'S OFFERINGS REFLECTED
THE ETHNIC MAKEUP OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
POLISH FOOD, GERMANS, AND SO
FORTH.
BY 1914 THERE WERE 7400 GROCERY
STORES, 1800 MEAT MARKETS AND
HUNDREDS OF PRODUCE STANDS ALL
OVER THE CITY.
THAT IS A STORE FOR
APPROXIMATELY EVERY 200
RESIDENTS.
AROUND THAT TIME CHAIN STORES
LIKE A AND P AND KROGER BEGAN TO
ENTER THE MARKET AND SELL THE
GOODS AT LOWER PRICES THAN THE
MOM AND POP STORES.
AND EVEN WITH THE INCREASED
COMPETITION THERE WERE 17,000
FOOD STORES IN CHICAGO IN 1933.
NOW COMPARE THAT WITH 2013 WHEN
THERE ARE 500 FOOD STORES
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CITY
OF CHICAGO.
AND WE DID THIS GREAT MAP OF
LINCOLN PARK SHOWING JUST HOW
MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD
MARKETS THERE WERE IN 1949 AND
NOW LOOK AT THIS HERE ARE SOME
OF THE AREAS FOOD MARKETS TODAY.
SOME FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERIES YOU CAN SPOT THEM.
THE OLD ONES.
THE DEFUNCT ONES ARE LIKE IN
THIS BUILDING HAVE BEEN
CONVERTED TO RESIDENCES.
USED TO BE CALLED ADLER GROCERY.
THE FAMILY OWNED TWO GROCERY
STORES IN THE AREA.
AND IF THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR
IT IS THE SAME FAMILY THAT OWNS
HABITLER BOWLING.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY GREAT BECAUSE
IT HAS A GOLD MEDAL GHOST SIGN
ON ITS SIGN.
>> YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED FROM
TEXAS WE LIVED IN WHAT USED TO
BE A MA AND PA GROCERY STORE
CONVERTED TO AN APARTMENT.
WHY DID THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS
DISAPPEAR?
>> AFTER WORLD WAR II FAMILIES
GOT REFRIGERATORS AND CARS SO
THEY COULD STORE FOOD LONGER AND
THEY COULD DRIVE TO BIGGER
STORES THAT SOLD EVERYTHING THAT
THEY NEEDED ALL IN ONE PLACE.
SO GROCERY STORE INDUSTRY
SHIFTED FROM MANY SMALL STORES
TO FEWER LARGER STORES.
SOME INDEPENDENTLY OWNED
GROCERIES DID FEND OFF THE
COMPETITION FOR A WHILE BY
CONSOLIDATING THE CHAINS WE
REMEMBER.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE BIG
CHAINS BEAT OUT THE MOM AND POPS
IN CHICAGO UNTIL THEY THEMSELVES
FILL VICTIM TO BIGGER CHAINS
LIKE JEWEL AND DOMINICK'S WHO
CORNERED THE BOOMING SUBURBAN
MARKET.
>> WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND THE
CITY YOU SEE THE OLD WHICH WERE
MA AND PA GROCERY STORES AND A
LOT ARE CHARMING APARTMENTS.
AND THEY ARE ON CORNERS AND THE
PEOPLE AND THEN THAT CENTER POLE
AT THE ENTRANCE.
STILL A LOT OF CHARM AND
HISTORY.
GEOFFREY, THANK YOU FOR BEING
CHARMING AND HISTORIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT MORE OF
OUR PHOTOS OF NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERY STORES AND VISIT MORE
FERGUSON FUN MEMORIALS AT OUR
WEBSITE WHERE YOU WILL FIND MORE
ON OTHER GEOFFREY STORIES AND
DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT TO
SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT
CHICAGO TO GEOFFREY BAER AND WE
ARE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
>> EVERYDAY DINOSAUR LOVERS
FLOCK TO THE FIELD MUSEUM TO
MARVEL AT THE T REX SKELETON.
HER FORM CONJURES IMAGES OF
SNAPPING JAWS AND NASHING TEETH
BUT THE MOST VIVID IMAGINATION
CAN USE HELP.
AN EXHIBITION AT THE FIELD
MUSEUM USES ANIMATRONICS TO
BRING TO LIFE A MOVIE'S WORTH OF
DINOSAURS INCLUDING A T REX.
HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK INSIDE
JURASSIC WORLD, THE EXHIBITION.
>> HAVE YOU WONDERED WHAT SUE,
THE FIELD MUSEUM'S T REX WOULD
LOOK LIKE WITH MEAT ON HER BONES
IF IS WELL, NOW YOU CAN FIND OUT
STEPS OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM'S DOORS
IN JURASSIC WORLD, THE
EXHIBITION.
INSIDE A 16,000 SQUARE FOOT TENT
DINOSAUR LOVERS CAN GAZE UP AND
GET FACE-TO-FACE WITH A RAPTOR
AND, YES, ENCOUNTER A RAGING T
REX WHO IS THE FIELD MUSEUM
PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE.
>> THERE IS NO QUESTION THE T
REX.
THE SCARIEST, THE MOST DOMINANT
AND DANGEROUS AND THEY DO A
WONDERFUL JOB OF CONVEYING THOSE
ASPECTS OF THOSE REMARKABLE
ANIMALS.
>> PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE FIELD MUSEUM THE JURASSIC
WORLD EXHIBIT AIMS TO BE AN
EMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT BRINGS
THE MOVIE AND THE STARS TO LIFE.
VISITORS EXPLORE THE ISLAND THE
SITE OF THE FICTIONAL DINOSAUR
PARK JURASSIC WORLD THROUGH A
SERIES OF JUNGLE ENVIRONMENTS
FEATURING DINOS FROM THE PLACID
TO THE PETRIFYING.
ALSO ON THE TOUR IS A TRAINING
PADDOCK SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN
THE MOVIE WHERE CHRIS PRATT'S
CHARACTER SOOTHED SNARLING
RAPTORS.
THE PRODUCERS SAY WHILE IT IS A
THRILLING GOOD TIME, THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH FIELD MUSEUM
GIVES VISITORS MORE TO EXPLORE.
>> WE ARE FINDING THAT IT
INSPIRES FAMILIES AND KIDS TO GO
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT
PALEONTOLOGY AND WE ARE EXCITED
TO SEE AFTER THE EXHIBIT.
>> THAT IS JUST WHAT THE FIELD
MUSEUM IS BETTING ON.
>> WE DISCUSSED WITH OUR
SCIENTISTS HOW THEY BECAME
INTERESTED IN PALEONTOLOGY AND
MANY INSTANCES IT WAS THROUGH
THE USE OF FICTION THROUGH
STORIES, NOVELS, MOVIES.
AND SO WE ARE HOPING THAT
JURASSIC WORLD WILL INTRODUCE
PEOPLE TO THE FANTASY OF WHAT
OUR FOSSILS MIGHT HAVE LOOKED
LIKE AND THEN COME TO UNDERSTAND
THE VALUE OF THESE COLLECTIONS
ALL THE MORE.
>> EVEN THOUGH THE JURASSIC
WORLD EXHIBIT IS ENTERTAINMENT
FIRST, THE PRODUCERS SAY GETTING
THE SCIENCE AS ACCURATE AS
POSSIBLE WAS CRUCIAL TO MAKING
IT FEEL REAL TO DINOSAUR FANS.
>> PALEONTOLOGY THEY HAVE DONE
STUDIES TO MAKE SURE IT HAS THAT
TRUE REAL EXPERIENCE.
SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT INTERACTIVE AN MA
TONICS BUT TO THE ROAR AND THE
LIFE THAT COMES WITH THEM.
IT'S FUN TO WATCH FAMILIES BUT
ESPECIALLY THE KIDS THAT WALK IN
THEY ARE WATCHING IN AMAZEMENT
AND GET AN IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE NEXT TO A DINOSAUR.
>> AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF
IT.
>> THE COLOR, THE TEXTURE OF THE
SKIN IS REALLY, IT IS A
SCIENTIFIC GUESS BUT IT IS AT
THE END OF THE DAY IT'S FANTASY.
WHAT WE REALLY DO KNOW A GREAT
DEAL ABOUT IS THE FROM THE
FOSSILS IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE
BODIES AND PROBABLY HOW THEY
MOVED.
AND THIS IS A FAIR
REPRESENTATION OF THE BEST
SCIENTIFIC GUESSTIMATES WHAT WE
KNOW ABOUT THE ANIMALS.
>> THE CHICAGO IS THE SHOW'S
SECOND STOP IN THE UNITED STATES
AFTER A 2016 STAY IN
PHILADELPHIA.
THE FIELD SAYS THEY ARE EXCITED
TO WELCOME THE NEIGHBORS EVEN IF
THEY ARE A LITTLE LOUD.
>> FOR ME, THE GREAT THRILL
EVERYDAY IS WALKING THROUGH THE
FIELD MUSEUM AND WATCHING THE
PEOPLE ASTONISHED BY OUR
SCIENCE.
AND THIS EXHIBIT EMBODIES THAT
BEAUTIFULLY.
BECAUSE YOU GET TO WATCH THE
SURPRISE, THE SOMETIMES FEAR, A
LITTLE BIT OF PANIC IN THE YOUNG
ONES SOMETIMES.
IT'S REALLY FUN.
>> JURASSIC WORLD THE EXHIBITION
RUNS THROUGH JANUARY 7TH.
>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
I HOPE YOU JOIN US TOMORROW
NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M.
AFTER SEVERAL U.S. HOUSE MEMBERS
FILE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, IS IT
CLOSER TO REALITY?
OR HIGHLY IMPROBABLE?
AND A PREVIEW OF THE NEW WTTW
DOCUMENTARY WHICH GOES BEHIND
THE SCENES OF THE NEW CHICAGO
"NUTCRACKER".
NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PHIL PONCE
AND I THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.
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