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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
ON THIS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
19TH...
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT
POSITION OR HOW THE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WERE RECEIVED OR THE
ORDER IN WHICH THE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WERE RECEIVED.
>> ON DAY THREE OF THE JASON VAN
DYKE MURDER TRIAL, THE COOK
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER EXPLAINS
SOME GRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
>> THERE'S BEEN RECENT
DISCUSSIONS OF EVEN MORE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE POLICE.
>> U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS COMES TO TOWN AND
BASHES THE CITY'S EFFORTS AT
POLICE REFORM.
>> FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO
MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY, GERY
CHICO IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR SEVEN
YEARS AFTER LOSING TO RAHM
EMANUEL.
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>> CHICAGO'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TALKS WITH HEDY WEISS ABOUT THE
NEW SYMPHONY SEASON.
HOW LOCAL ELECTION BOARDS HOPE
TO INSURE EVERY VOTE IS SAFE
THIS MOVE.
A LOOK AT A MODERN ART MUSEUM IN
UKRAINIAN VILLAGE.
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AND THE CHICAGO AREA NATIVE WHO
IS THE SONGWRITER BEHIND SOME OF
POP MUSIC'S BIGGEST HITS.
ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
>> ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST
NOTORIOUS POLICE OFFICIALS IS
DEAD.
EDDIE ARRUZA HAS THAT STORY AND
MORE OF WHAT IS MAKING NEWS IN
CHICAGO TONIGHT.
EDDIE.
>> PHIL, JON BURGE, THE
DISGRACED FORMER AREA POLICE
COMMANDER ACCUSED OF TORTURING
HUNDREDS OF SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY
DIED AT HIS FLORIDA HOME TODAY.
HE WAS 70.
HE SERVED FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL
PRISON FOR LYING IN A CIVIL SUIT
BUT HE WAS NEVER CHARGED WITH
CRIMES HE ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT
OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DECADES.
ELECTRIC SHOCK TORTURE OF
SUSPECTS AND DAYS' LONG
INTERROGATIONS ARE AMONG THE
CHARGES LEVELED AGAINST BURGE
AND DETECTIVES UNDER HIS
COMMAND.
HE WAS FIRED IN 1993 AFTER
POLICE BOARD FOUND EVIDENCE OF
ABUSE IN ONE CASE.
THE CITY OF CHICAGO AGREED TO A
$5.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH 57
VICTIMS AND THE CITY PAID OUT
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
OTHERS.
>>> HOURS OF GRAPHIC TESTIMONY
TODAY ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE
JASON VAN DYKE MURDER TRIAL.
COOK COUNTY CHIEF MEDICAL
EXAMINER, DR. PONNI ARUNKUMAR
DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE 16
GUNSHOT WOUNDS THAT HIT LAQUAN
McDONALD.
JURORS AND THE McDONALD FAMILY
WERE SHOWN PHOTOS OF THE WOUNDS
TAKEN DURING THE AUTOPSY.
PROSECUTORS QUESTIONED DR. PONNI
ARUNKUMAR ABOUT TWO SHOTS THEY
BELIEVE KILLED McDONALD BEFORE
VAN DYKE CONTINUED FIRING BUT
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID THERE
IS NO WAY OF TELLING THE ORDER
IN WHICH THE BULLETS HIT THE
BODY.
>> THE SUBJECT IS USUALLY IN
CONSTANT MOTION AS THE SHOOTER
IS ALSO.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT
POSITION OR HOW THE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WERE RECEIVED OR THE
ORDER IN WHICH THE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WERE RECEIVED.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN SAY IS IT
CONSISTENT WITH THE PERSON
STANDING OR LAYING ON THE
GROUND?
BUT THE SEQUENCE OF THE INJURIES
IS HARD TO DETERMINE.
>> THE TRIAL CONTINUES TOMORROW.
>>> COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT
AND LIKELY MAYORAL CANDIDATE
TONI PRECKWINKLE LOSES YET
ANOTHER CHIEF OF STAFF.
JOHN KELLER RESIGNED AFTER
PRECKWINKLE SAID SHE WAS
INFORMED OF INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR BY HIM ON HIS PERSONAL
TIME.
IN A STATEMENT PRECKWINKLE SAID
FRIDAY I BECAME AWARE OF AN
ALLEGATION.
I CONFRONTED Mr. KELLER AND HE
DID NOT DENY THE ALLEGATION.
YESTERDAY, I DEMANDED AND
RECEIVED HIS IMMEDIATE
RESIGNATION.
KELLER IS THE FOURTH CHIEF OF
STAFF TO LEAVE PRECKWINKLE'S
OFFICE SHE IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE HER CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR
OF CHICAGO TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AND WE HAVE EXTENDED AN
INVITATION TO JOIN US ON THE
PROGRAM TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> SHOWERS HAVE CHART STARTED IN
CHICAGO WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND A LOW AROUND
69.
TOMORROW THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES WITH THE
TEMPERATURES REACHING A POSSIBLY
RECORD HIGH AROUND 91.
AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" STREAMED ON Facebook,
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APP AND ON-LINE AT
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NOW, PHIL BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NATION'S TOP LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL BLASTS THE
CHICAGO POLICE CONSENT DECREE
AND GROUPS LIKE THE ACLU.
EMBATTLED UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS WAS IN
TOWN SPEAKING BEFORE A GROUP OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND
PULLED NO PUNCHES ON THE POLICE
REFORM PROCESS TAKING PLACE IN
THE CITY.
PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE LATEST AND
WHAT DID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HAVE TO SAY?
>> IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
SESSIONS MADE CLEAR HE IS NO FAN
OF THE POLICE REFORM EFFORTS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN
CHICAGO.
AND HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE WAKE
OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF LAQUAN
McDONALD.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SPOKE
BEFORE A GROUP OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AT THE
GENNESEE THEATER THIS AFTERNOON
TELLING THEM HE BELIEVES THE
EFFORTS TO REFORM THE CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL LEAD TO
MORE CRIME AND LESS SAFETY.
>> THERE'S BEEN RECENT
DISCUSSIONS OF EVEN MORE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE POLICE.
CLEARLY, THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO MAKE
COMMUNITIES SAFER.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING.
>> TODAY'S COMMENTS COME AS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FACES FRESH
CRITICISM FROM PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP.
AND AS YOU KNOW, TRUMP HAS BEEN
AT ODDS AT HIM FOR THE BETTER
PART OF A YEAR AFTER SESSIONS
RECUSED HIMSELF IN ANYTHING
INVOLVING RUSSIAN MEDDLING WHICH
PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL MUELLER'S INVESTIGATION.
TRUMP SAID I HAVE NO ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
AND LEFT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF
FIRING HIM.
>> I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NUMEROUS
REASONS.
BUT WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR MANY REASONS AND YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> SO WHY WAS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN CHICAGO?
>> EARLIER IN THE DAY HE MADE A
VISIT TO THE 15TH DISTRICT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AUSTIN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE TOLD THIS WAS AT THE
REQUEST OF CHICAGO'S U.S.
ATTORNEY HE WANTED TO FILL
SESSIONS IN ON SOME OF THE
EFFORTS THAT THE U.S. ATTORNEYS
OFFICE AND THE C.P.D. ARE MAKING
AT COMBATING CRIME IN THE CITY.
WE'RE TOLD THAT SESSIONS GOT A
LOOK AT THE SHOT SPOTTER
TECHNOLOGY AND TOLD THAT C.P.D.
BRASS RELAYED TO SESSIONS THAT
SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 30% IN
CHICAGO THIS YEAR OVER LAST
YEAR.
DOWN ABOUT 631 SHOOTING VICTIMS.
A SPOKESPERSON AT C.P.D. SAID
THAT SESSIONS EXPRESSED SOME
PLEASURE AT THE FACT THAT THE
NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING.
BUT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, HE
CONTINUED HIS CRITICISM OF
REFORM EFFORTS.
THIS TIME OVER ANOTHER DECREE
WITH THE ACLU.
THIS SCALES DOWN RANDOM STREET
STOPS AND MAKES POLICE FILL OUT
MORE PAPERWORK.
>> CONSENT DECREE MANDATED A
MAJOR CHANGE IN CHICAGO'S
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING LEWDING
LAWFUL STOPS.
THE PROFESSORS WHO STUDIED
CHICAGO CALLED IT THE ACLU
EFFECT.
POLICING LET DOWN, CRIME WENT
UP.
SO THERE IS A CLEAR LESSON HERE.
YOU WANT MORE SHOOTINGS MORE
DEATHS, LISTEN TO THE ACLU AND
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND GROUPS
WHO ARE --
DO NOT KNOW THE REALITY OF
POLICING.
>> AND AFTERWARD THE ACLU PUSHED
BACK AT SESSIONS' REMARKS SAYING
THE NEW STOP AND FRISK POLICY
HAS NOT CAUSED MORE CRIME.
AND SESSIONS IS ALSO COME UNDER
FIRE FROM IMMIGRANT GROUPS FOR
THE FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY OF
BORDER CROSSERS AND REFUGEES.
SOME OF THE IMMIGRATION GROUPS
MADE THEIR DISPLEASURE KNOWN
OUTSIDE THE GENNESEE THEATER
SAYING THEY ARE UPSET HE HAS
TAKEN HIS MESSAGE TO THE TOWN OF
WALK KEEGAN.
>> THIS IS SCARY HE HAS BEEN
IMPLEMENTING LAWS THAT CAUSE
SEPARATION OF MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN AND FATHERS WITH THEIR
CHILDREN AND HE IS CREATING A
HUGE LIKE OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT
ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT AND
THAT IS NOT WHAT AMERICA
REPRESENTS.
>> SESSIONS DID NOT ADDRESS THE
BADGERING FROM HIS BOSS
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE STILL IS THE U.S. ATTORNEY OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> --
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> I KNEW WHAT I MEANT.
>> OK.
>> NOW, TO CAROL MARIN AND STILL
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
CAROL?
>> YES, PHIL, A FORMER MAYORAL
CANDIDATE WHO LOST TO RAHM
EMANUEL IN 2011 IS BACK IN THE
RACE NOW THAT HIS FORMER FOE HAS
WITHDRAWN.
GERY CHICO FORMERLY SERVED AS
MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY'S CHIEF
STAFF CHICAGO PRESIDENT BOARD OF
EDUCATION AND THE HEAD OF THE
PARK DISTRICT.
CHICO IS THE ONLY HISPANIC
CANDIDATE IN THE CROWDED MAYORAL
RACE.
BUT A POLITICAL COMMITTEE
CREATED BY CHUY GARCIA'S CAMP
AND A LINE OF OTHER LATINO
POLITICIANS EYEING A RUN, MAY
SOON CHANGE ALL OF THAT.
JOINING US ATTORNEY AND CHICAGO
MAYORAL CANDIDATE GERY CHICO.
WELCOME BACK.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
YOU SAID I NEVER TAKE ON RACES
WORRYING ABOUT WHO IS IN OR WHO
MIGHT GET IN.
BUT...
THE TIMING OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
MIGHT SUGGEST YOU NEEDED RAHM
EMANUEL TO GET OUT TO MAKE WAY
FOR THIS BID.
FAIR?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I HAD FORGED A RELATIONSHIP WITH
RAHM EMANUEL TO WORK ON ISSUES
THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
MOST RECENTLY HE AND I WORKED ON
MAYOR ASKED ME IF I WOULD BRING
IN COMPANIES IN CHICAGO TO SERVE
AS SPONSORS FOR A STEM
ENGINEERING INITIATIVE IN
CHICAGO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREED TO DO THAT
AND WE BROUGHT IN 15 COMPANIES
TO PARTNER WITH CHICAGO HIGH
SCHOOLS TO HELP BUILD
ENGINEERING CURRICULA.
WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE
TO STAB THAT PERSON IN THE BACK
AND TURN AROUND AND RUN AGAINST
THEM.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CALLED AS
CITIZENS TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
GOOD AND HEALTHY FOR OUR CITY
AND THAT IS THE APPROACH I TOOK.
>> OTHER PROMPTNENT HISPANICS
ARE CONSIDERING A RUN, CHUY
GARCIA, SUSANNA MENDOZA.
DO HISPANICS NEED TO GATHER
BEHIND JUST ONE OF THOSE
CANDIDATES?
>> I DO NOT LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
THE NEXT MAYOR OF CHICAGO IS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS TO WORK ACROSS
THE LINES WHETHER YOU ARE A
LATINO CANDIDATE OR NOT.
YOU CANNOT JUST APPEAL TO ONE
GROUP AND BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER
OF THE CITY.
MY GOAL IS TO OFFER MYSELF AS A
CANDIDATE TO THE CITIZENS OF
CHICAGO ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY
AND HOPEFULLY GET THE MOST VOTES
IN THAT PROCESS.
>> YOU CITE YOUR RECORD AS A
LEADER OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS AND
PARK DISTRICT AND MAYOR DALEY'S
CHIEF OF STAFF SOME VOTERS IS
THAT LONG TIME DALEY CONNECTION
IS A NET NEGATIVE NOT A
POSITIVE.
>> WELL, I'M PROUD OF MY SERVICE
TO THE CITY.
WHEN I'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE
I'VE STEPPED UP.
I HAVE NOT TAKEN A STEP BACK.
I'M PROUD OF MY RECORD HAVING
SERVED IN HELPING TO RUN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO.
THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
THOSE TWO GO HAND IN HAND FOR A
HEALTHY CITY.
MY RECORD STANDS FOR ITSELF.
LOOK AT THE METRICS.
I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I WANT TO OFFER THAT EXPERIENCE
TO DO THIS JOB FOR THE PEOPLE OF
CHICAGO.
>> YOUR CRITICS I REMEMBER IN
THE LAST ELECTION, RAISED THE
ISSUE THAT THAT EXPERIENCE ALSO
HELPED YOU BUILD A LOBBYING LAW
PRACTICE BY WHICH YOU'VE BECOME
A WEALTHY MAN, CORRECT?
>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN A LAWYER
FOR 32 YEARS-LONG BEFORE I WENT
INTO ANY SERVICE LIKE THAT, I
MAKE NO SECRET OF THE FACT THAT
I WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
I AM NOT ON A GOVERNMENT
PAYROLL.
I'VE SERVED IN THOSE CAPACITIES
IN A VOLUNTEER ROLE.
AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT
THAT AT ALL.
I'M PROUD OF THE CAREER I'VE
BUILT.
I'VE BUILT A LAW FIRM 15 YEARS
AGO THAT HAS BEEN PROFITABLE
FROM THE DAY I OPENED IT.
OCCASIONALLY WE WILL DO WORK
THAT COMES IN TO CONTACT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT BUT MANY, MANY
TIMES WE DO NOT.
>> YOUR PREVIOUS LAW FIRM
DEVOLVED INTO BANKRUPTCY WHICH
MIGHT BE A SIGN TO SOME VOTERS
THAT YOU MAY NOT BE THE PROPER
FISCAL LEADER FOR A FISCALLY
TROUBLED CITY.
>> I'VE HAD A CAREER WELL OVER
30 YEARS IN LAW.
AND WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT BATS A
THOUSAND.
THE QUESTION IS DO YOU LEARN
FROM THEM?
AND DO YOU HAVE THE STAMINA TO
BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN?
I DID THAT AFTER GRAY WAS
CLOSED, I STARTED MY OWN LAW
FIRM.
CHICO AND NUNEZ AND PROUD OF IT.
IT'S 15 YEARS STRONG WE HAVE A
GREAT GROUP OF LAWYERS AND WE'VE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL SINCE WE'VE
OPENED IN 2004.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK RAHM EMANUEL
HAS DONE WITH THE SCHOOLS?
>> I THINK RAHM EMANUEL HAS DONE
GOOD THINGS.
I'VE SAID BEFORE WE HAVE TO BE
STRAIGHT WITH THE VOTERS.
I WILL NOT PUMMEL SOMEBODY
BECAUSE IT'S POLITICALLY
ADVANTAGEOUS WE HAVE TO GIVE
PEOPLE CREDIT.
RAHM EMANUEL FOUGHT TIRELESSLY
FOR RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS A FATHER WHO HAD THREE
DAUGHTERS IN CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY,
VERY HONEST ABOUT A PERSON'S
ENTIRE RECORD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHICAGO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS I'M VERY HAPPY
THAT I HAD A ROLE IN LEADING THE
FOUNDATION TO CREATE THE
FOUNDATION OF THAT SYSTEM YEARS
AGO BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE
CREDIT WHO FOUGHT FOR RESOURCES
AND HELPED MAKE IMPROVEMENT.
SUCH AS AN IMPROVING GRADUATION
RATE.
A HIGHER ACT SCORE.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE
GOING WELL WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT
GOING.
>> AND THERE HAVE BEEN
CATASTROPHIC THINGS THAT HAVE
GONE ON IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS
AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING NOW
GOING BACK YEARS, IN TERMS OF
SEXUAL HARASS MANY AND SEXUAL
ABUSE.
HOW DID PEOPLE THEN YOU AND
OTHERS NOT SEE THAT OR GUARD
AGAINST IT?
>> WELL, WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF
THE SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD WE DID
NOT HAVE THE VOLUME OF
COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THAT WE ARE SEEING
RECENTLY.
I WAS A CHAIRMAN OF THE CHICAGO
SCHOOL BOARD I QUESTIONED THINGS
THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT TO US.
AND FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO
SCANDALS ON OUR WATCH.
AND I THINK WE DID A NUMBER OF
GOOD THINGS AT THE CHICAGO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
INCLUDING FORGING LABOR PEACE
WITH OUR TEACHERS, REBUILDING
OUR PHYSICAL STOCK AND STARTING
TO IMPROVE TEST SCORES.
I'M HAPPY ABOUT THE RECORD WE
HAVE ACHIEVED THERE.
>> YOUR PARTNER WAS PAUL VALLAS
AND YOU AND HE CAN BE OIL AND
VINEGAR YOU COMPLIMENTED EACH
OTHER HE IS THE C.E.O. AND YOU
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT PAUL VALLAS
ALSO RUNNING FOR MAYOR KNOWS
MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS THAN YOU?
>> I THINK PAUL VALLAS IS A VERY
TALENTED PERSON.
I ENJOYED AND AM PROUD OF THE
RECORD THAT PAUL AND I BUILT
TOGETHER IN THE CITY OR THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THAT IS A PART OF MY CAREER.
WHEN WE ENDED OUR CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOL STINT TOGETHER PAUL
WORKED IN EDUCATION AND I STAYED
IN CHICAGO.
I WORKED AT THE CHICAGO PARK
DISTRICT.
I WORKED AT THE CHICAGO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND I WAS
PLEASED TO RESPOND WHEN GOVERNOR
QUINN ASKED ME TO SERVE AS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE ILLINOIS STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT POSITION AND WE WORKED
HARD TO BRING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC
EDUCATION IN DISTRICTS ACROSS
OUR STATE INCLUDING THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
>> YOU HEARD JEFF SESSIONS IN AN
EARLIER SEG MANY IN THIS
BROADCAST --
SEGMENT IN THIS BROADCAST
DECRY THE POLICE CONSENT DECREE.
HAVE YOU READ IT?
>> I HAVE.
IT'S ALMOST 300 PAGES.
I'M MAKING MY WAY THROUGH IT.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
GOOD THINGS.
IT MARKS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES
THAT I'VE SEEN ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT MAKEUP A GOOD POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE CITIZENS, ARE IN ONE
PLACE.
INTERESTINGLY, I HEARD THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TALK ABOUT THE
NEED FOR COMMUNITY POLICING.
THE FIRST CHAPTER IS ABOUT
COMMUNITY POLICING WHICH I'M
HAPPY TO TELL YOU I WAS INVOLVED
IN BRINGING IN CHICAGO IN THE
MID-90s.
COMMUNITY POLICING IS ESSENTIAL
TO BUILD TRUST BETWEEN OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE
VARIOUS CHAPTERS THAT TALK ABOUT
PROMOTION, HIRING, TRAINING, IT
IS A GOOD DOCUMENT PUT IN ONE
PLACE WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD
HAVE TO BUILD THAT TRUST AGAIN
BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> YOU THINK THE POLICE IN THE
UPCOMING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
NEED TO PROVIDE SOME CONCESSIONS
BOTH IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION
BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF CONTROL?
>> LOOK, I'VE BEEN FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH LABOR MANAGEMENT
NEGOTIATIONS IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS THERE'S ALWAYS GIVE AND
TAKE TO ARRIVE AT A AGREEMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU I HAVE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THIS
MAYBE A DOZEN TIMES.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT PROCESS WILL
TAKE PLACE AGAIN.
AND LOOK OUR CHICAGO POLICE
OFFICERS WORK HARD THEY PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE RESPECTFUL
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME GUARDING THE
INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF
CHICAGO.
>> AND ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE
LAQUAN McDONALD TRIAL?
>> SURE.
OF COURSE.
>> AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
OUTCOME IS, GUILTY VERDICT OR AN
ACQUITTAL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
THE CITY?
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
MAYOR'S RACE?
U WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
JUSTICE HAS TAKEN ITS COURSE.
THIS IS A VERY RAW VIDEO.
THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE FOR
EVERYBODY TO SEE.
I THINK IT OPENED UP OUR EYES TO
WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE STREETS
OF CHICAGO WHEN POLICE ENCOUNTER
PEOPLE.
AND PERHAPS OVERREACT.
WE'LL SEE HOW THE JURY FINDS
THAT EVIDENCE.
BUT I THINK IT IS A TEACHING
MOMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THINGS LIKE THE CONSENT DECREE
AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THAT
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE
INCIDENTS AGAIN IN OUR CITY.
>> IF YOU ARE ELECTED MAYOR ONE
OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE THE
MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN CITY
COUNCIL IS YOUR FRIEND ED BURKE
WHO HAS A STRANGLE-HOLD ON
WORKERS COMPENSATION AND
ENORMOUS POWER AND LITIGATION
AGAINST THAT WORKER COMP
MATERIAL.
RAHM EMANUEL CAME IN AND WAS
GOING TO DEPRIVE ED BURKE OF
POWER BUT DID NOT SEEM TO DO SO.
IS IT TIME FOR ED BURKE TO STEP
AWAY OR DIMINISH SOME OF THAT
GRIP ON POWER?
>> LOOK, I THINK ALDERMAN BURKE
PROVIDED SERVICE TO THE CITY NOT
ONLY TO HIS WARD BUT AS A LEADER
IN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DECADES.
I'VE WORKED WITH ALDERMAN BURKE
AND WORKED FOR HIM WHEN I WAS A
STAFF MEMBER AT THE CITY COUNCIL
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T THINK BECAUSE WE ARE
GETTING OLDER OR WE HAVE
LONGEVITY THAT WE TOSS PEOPLE
AWAY.
IF YOU DID THAT YOU WOULD CLEAR
OUT THE UNITED STATES.
>> I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT AGE
BUT CONTROL AND POWER.
>> I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE THEY GO
HAND IN GLOVE.
WHAT I'VE WITNESSED OF ALDERMAN
BURKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY
MENTOR YOUNGER ALDERMAN MAKING
HIS OFFICE AVAILABLE TO HELP
YOUNGER ALDERMEN LEARN THE JOB.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF
ALDERMAN BURKE HAVING WORKED
WITH HIM UP CLOSE.
>> ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF RAHM
EMANUEL'S $10 BILLION BOND
BORROWING PROPOSAL?
>> NO, I'M NOT.
I THINK THE RISK IS TOO HIGH.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO COUNT AND
HOPE FOR A MARKET SET OF RETURNS
THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW THAT DEAL
TO MAKE SENSE.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS THE WAY
TO GO.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT
REVENUES, ABOUT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND
PENSIONS.
BUT I BELIEVE IN DOING IT
COLLABORATIVELY.
I THINK WE CALL IN LABOR.
WE'LL HAVE REVENUE EXPERTS I'VE
SEEN A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THAT
WE MAY BRING FORWARD.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU ARE GOING TO
ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION.
>> NO QUESTION YOU HAVE TO RAISE
TAXES?
>> IT MAY NOT JUST BE TAXES
THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO RAISE
REVENUE I'M SENSITIVE TO THE TAX
BURDEN THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE.
I DON'T WANT TO TAX BUSINESS AND
RESIDENTS OUT OF THE CITY.
>> GOT 28 BILLION PENSION HOLE.
YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
BESIDES RAISE FEES?
>> AS I SAID I THINK YOU WILL
HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS
ABOUT RAISING REVENUE AND
LOOKING AT PENSION PACKAGES AND
ARRIVE AT A FAIR SOLUTION FOR
EVERYBODY INCLUDING OUR
CITIZENS.
>> MEXICAN ANCESTRY DO YOU
BELIEVE CHICAGO SHOULD REMAIN A
SANCTUARY CITY?
>> I ABSOLUTELY DO.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
SANCTUARY CITY EXECUTIVE ORDER.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE SAFE.
THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN THE
CITY.
AND SOME OF THE POLICIES
EMANATING OUT OF WASHINGTON ARE
WAY TOO HARSH AND DRA CONIAN.
>> GERY CHICO THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MORE AHEAD ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
STAY WITH US.
>> HOW LOCAL ELECT ELECTION
BOARDS
>> AN ART MUSEUM IN UKRAINIAN
VILLAGE.
AND WE LISTEN TO SOME OF POP
MUSIC'S BIGGEST HITS AND MEET
THE SONGWRITER BEHIND THEM.
FIRST, THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA OPENS FRIDAY EVENING.
RICARDO MUTI CELEBRATES WITH A
FREE CONCERT IN MILLENIUM PARK.
HEDY WEISS, WHAT DID HE HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT TOMORROW'S FREE
CONCERT?
>> HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DOING IT 9
SEASONS BACK AND IT BRINGS
TOGETHER THE CSO AND THE CHICAGO
CIVIC ORCHESTRA, THE YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS THAT HE LIKES TO
COACH AND BRING UP TO THAT NEXT
STEP.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAYS.
>> WHEN I STARTED THE NINE YEARS
AGO, I STARTED WITH THE CONCERT
FOR CHICAGO.
AND WE HAD ALMOST 30,000 PEOPLE
THAT CAME TO THE CONCERT.
AND IT WAS REALLY SORT OF A
FEAST.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FANTASTIC AND
THE PUBLIC HAD A WONDERFUL
ATTENTION TO MUSIC, GREAT
DISCIPLINE, SILENCE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE COMPLETELY
SILENCE?
AND WE HAVE TWO SKYSCRAPERS ONE
HAD WITH THE LIGHTS WAS WRITTEN
CSO AND ON THE OTHER SKYSCRAPER
WAS WRITTEN WELCOME MUTI.
>> AND AT THE END FIREWORKS A
LOT OF THINGS THAT MADE IT AN
EVENT.
BUT THE MUSIC WAS NOT AN
ENTERTAINMENT IT WAS REALLY GOOD
CONCERT LIKE THE CHICAGO
SYMPHONY THAT I AGAIN TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERLINE TO THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING, IT IS
ONE OF THE GREATEST ORCHESTRAS
IN THE WORLD.
AND CHICAGO'S VERY FORTUNATE TO
HAVE THIS GREAT ENSEMBLE.
THE FACT IT IS ENSEMBLE WANTS TO
PLAY FOR CHICAGO, REFLECTS ALSO
MY IDEA THAT IS MUSIC SHOULD BE
BROUGHT TO ALL THE PEOPLE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER RICH, OR POOR,
ELITE, NONELITE, WHICH KIND OF
RELIGION OR NOT RELIGION OR RACE
TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE MUSIC
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> YOU KNOW I COULD NOT HELP BUT
NOTICE WHEN HE SAID ONE OF THE
SCRAPERS, WELCOME MUTI.
I THINK HE LIKED THAT.
AND HE SPOKE ABOUT THE
MYSTERIOUS NATURE OF MUSIC.
>> HE DID.
AND HE IS A BRILLIANT TECHNICAL
MUSICIAN.
HE PROBABLY KNOWS EVERY NOTE OF
EVERY SCORE BUT HE IS MORE
INTERESTED IN THE SPONTANEOUS
REACTION OF THE AUDIENCE AND
SPEAKS ABOUT THAT.
>> AS A MUSICIAN, I UNDERSTAND
THE ARCHITECTURE OF A SYMPHONY.
THE HARMONY ANY, THE COUNTER
POINT, THE DYNAMIC AND THE FORM.
BUT WHAT IS BEHIND THE NOTES
THAT IS A MYSTERY.
SO EVERYBODY CAN FEEL IN A
DIFFERENT WAY, AND IT'S VERY
POSSIBLE THAT A SIMPLE PERSON
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN A CONCERT
WHEN HE HEARS BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY
FOR THE FIRST TIME MAYBE HE CAN
GET A MESSAGE FROM THE
PERFORMANCE MUCH DEEPER THAN THE
CONDUCTOR --
>> HAD IN MIND.
>> A MYSTERY IS THE MYSTERY OF
MUSIC.
>> INTERESTING POINT.
AND THIS WEEKEND FEATURES A
GREAT RUSSIAN COMPOSER.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> TO OPEN THE SEASON, MUTI HAS
CHOSEN THE LANDMARK SYMPHONY BY
THE RUSSIAN COMPOSER.
THIS IS SYMPHONY 13 FROM 1961,
BUT IT'S BETTER KNOWN BECAUSE
IT'S BASED ON FIVE POEMS, THE
GREAT RUSSIAN POET WHOSE POEM
WHICH WAS A HORRIFIC MASSACRE IN
1941 IN UKRAINE OF 30,000 JEWS
AND OTHER ANTI-NAZI, HE TALKED
ABOUT AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS NOT
REALLY THE SAFEST THING TO DO
THAT.
SO THIS SYMPHONY USES FIVE POEMS
AND ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE
LIFE OF SOVIET WOMEN.
AND MUTI IS FOND OF IT AND HE
EXPLAINS WHY.
>> YOU HEAR ALSO SOME PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS THAT MAKE THE SOUND
OF THE BOTTLES OF THE THINGS
THAT WOMEN WERE CARRYING TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO EAT AND SOMETHING
TO DRINK AND, THEY WERE ONE
CLOSE TO THE OTHER SO THE NOISE
OF THE BOTTLES AND THINGS AND
THE PATIENCE OF THIS WOMEN, THE
SACRIFICE OF THESE WOMEN THAT IN
SILENCE WERE ABLE TO.
>> SURVIVE.
>> YEAH.
AND THIS IS IT REALLY, EVERY
MOVEMENT IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND
WONDERFUL BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST MOVING BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS
ABLE TO EVOKE.
BECAUSE THE MUSIC DOESN'T
DESCRIBE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT
ARE LISTENING.
MUSIC NEVER DESCRIBES.
MUSIC EVOKES.
>> PART OF THE MYSTERY HE WAS
REFERRING TO.
BUT HE ALSO HAS STRONG OPINIONS
ABOUT OTHER WELL-KNOWN
COMPOSERS.
>> LET HIM TALK ABOUT IT,
LIEUTENANT HE MIGHT RAISE A FEW
HACKLES.
HE IS ALWAYS CONTROVERSIAL.
>> SYMPHONY IS NOT THE SYMPHONY
OF A GERMAN COMPOSER.
SO FOR GERMANY IT IS NOT THAT A
PRESENTATION OF THE GREAT GERMAN
CULTURE.
BUT IS THE MUSIC THAT BELONGS TO
THE ENTIRE MANKIND.
THE MUSIC OF VERDI WILL REMAIN
FOREVER AND EVER BECAUSE IN THE
CENTURIES MORE I BELIEVE THAN
WILL BE ALWAYS MORE POPULAR THAN
THE MUSIC OF WAGNER.
AND THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE
WAGNER WAS NOT A GENIUS HE WAS A
SUBLIME GENIUS.
BUT WAGNER WROTE SUBLIME MUSIC
FOR THE SUPER HEROS FOR THE
LEGENDS OF THE.
VERDE SPOKE TO ALL OF US.
>> SO DEFINITELY THUMB'S UP FOR
VERDE AND --
>> HE IS ITALIAN.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT IS
INTERESTING THAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT HE HAS
VERY INTENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS MUSICIANS BUT IT IS A LOT OF
GIVE AND TAKE.
IT IS A SUBTLE GIVE AND TAKE BUT
IT'S PROFOUND AND I THINK THIS
TELLS A LOT ABOUT THAT.
>> A CONDUCTOR THAT IS VERY
ATTENTIVE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE
TELLING THE ORCHESTRA YOUR
MUSICAL IDEA BUT THEN MANY TIMES
THE MUSICIANS ANSWER BACK
MUSICALLY WITH THEIR IDEAS THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY
CONTRADICT WHAT YOU WANT.
BUT THEY CAN SUGGEST THINGS THAT
YOU CAN TREASURE AND THEN
BECOMES THE ENRICHMENT OF YOUR
PROFESSION.
SO I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL THE
ORCHESTRA, ALL THE ORCHESTRAS
FROM THE BEGINNING.
BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT FROM THE
MUSICIAN EVEN IF I HAVE THE
REPUTATION TO BE VERY DEMANDING
AND VERY STRONG BUT THAT IS NOT
TRUE.
AND I DON'T LIKE THE WORD
DISCIPLINARY, BECAUSE DISCIPLINE
IS NOT MILITARY, IT IS THE
DIGNITY OF OUR PROFESSION.
AND YOU CANNOT MAKE A PROFESSION
SERIOUSLY JUST TAKING THINGS
SUPERFICIALLY.
>> AND HEDY, NOT THAT LONG AGO
WHEN HE WAS RECRUITED THE
MUSICIANS HAD A LETTER WRITING
CAMPAIGN TO HIM TO ASK HIM TO
COME.
>> THERE IS A LOVE AFFAIR AND
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE STAGE.
YOU KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW THE
ORCHESTRA OVER DECADES YOU SEE
WHAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO IT.
AND IT IS NOT PALPABLE BUT IT IS
AUDIBLE IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> HEDY WEISS THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> AND BACK WITH MORE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF HEDY WEISS'
INTERVIEW TODAY WITH MUTI ON OUR
WEBSITE.
AND BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
>> IN 2016 ILLINOIS WAS TARGETED
BY RUSSIAN HACKERS WHO OBTAINED
PRIVATE INFORMATION OF SOME
76,000 VOTERS MAKING IT THE
COUNTRY'S MOST SERIOUS ELECTION
BREACH OF THE YEAR AS MIDTERM
ELECTIONS APPROACH, CAN LOCAL
VOTERS BE CERTAIN THERE WILL NOT
BE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE?
HOW SAFE IS YOUR VOTE AND THE
COUNTRY'S DEMOCRACY.
JOINING US ARE NOAH PRAETZ HE IS
THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AT THE
COOK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND JIM ALLEN SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION
COMMISSIONERS.
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
NOAH, I ELUDED WHAT HAPPENED IN
2016 BUT EXPAND WHAT HAPPENED?
>> SURE.
WELL, THERE WAS AN ATTACK IN THE
SUMMER OF 2016 ON THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON THEIR
PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
IN ILLINOIS ELECTIONS ARE RUN AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND EACH OF US IN CHICAGO AND IN
SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY WE HAVE OUR
OWN VOTER REGISTRATION DATA BASE
AND OTHER DIGITAL SERVICES.
WE WERE WELL INSULATED FROM THE
ATTACK THAT HAPPENED ON THE
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
>> BUT THE ATTACK JIM ALLEN HOW
DID IT HAPPEN?
HOW WAS ACCESS GAINED?
>> THEY BROKE IN AND ONCE THEY
BROKE IN THEY MADE SO MUCH NOISE
AND ACTIVITY THAT THEY DETECTED
THERE WAS AN INTRUDER TRYING TO
SCOOP UPDATE TA.
AND SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM AND THEY
NOTIFIED ELECTION AUTHORITIES
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BUILD
SAFEGUARDS.
>> JIM WHAT VOTING MACHINES DO
PEOPLE HAVE IN THE STATE?
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN
ILLINOIS, IF YOU ARE USING A
PAPER BALLOT OR A TOUCH SCREEN
THERE IS A PAPER TRAIL.
THERE'S BEEN CONTROVERSY AROUND
THIS IN OTHER STATES, VIRGINIA
HAD TO CONVERT TO MACHINES THAT
HAD A PAPER TRAIL.
BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT.
BUT ILLINOIS HAS ALWAYS HAD A
PAPER TRAIL SO THAT YOU COULD
THE IMPORTANT THING IS BE ABLE
TO RECOVER.
YOU BUILD SYSTEMS TO DEFEND AND
PROTECT THE SYSTEM UP FRONT AND
THEN TO BE ABLE TO DETECT
PROBLEM AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO
RECOVER AN ELECTION YOU HAVE
THAT ENTIRE PAPER TRAIL THERE.
>> NOAH THERE ARE A GROUP OF
STATES IT'S ALL --
THERE IS NO PAPER TRAIL.
AND WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF
THAT?
AS YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT THERE
WAS A BIG PUSH BEFORE 2016 TO DO
IT ALL ON-LINE.
SOME STATES JURISDICTIONS
EXPERIMENTED WITH THAT.
DOWNSIDES OF DOING IT ON-LINE?
>> OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT'S ON-LINE
THERE'S LITTLE WAY TO TELL IF
THE SOFTWARE WORKED PROPERLY AND
THAT IS WHY THE HEART OF
ELECTION SECURITY IS THE ABILITY
TO AUDIT THE BALLOTS AND RECOUNT
THEM IF NECESSARY.
THAT IS WHY SECURITY IS GREAT AT
A FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL HERE IN
ILLINOIS.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY IN THE FIVE
STATES THEY ARE NOT TAKING
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.
THE HARD PART IS THEY HAD A
BURDEN OF BEING PERFECT AND IF
YOU LOOK AT IN THE CORPORATE
WORLD UBER AND EQUIFAX,
PERFECTION IN THE CYBER REALM IS
DIFFICULT.
AND SO I THINK THE ENTIRE
ELECTION ECOSYSTEM IS COMING TO
TERMS THAT PAPER IS FUNDAMENTAL
AND FROM THAT BASELINE WE CAN
ENSURE SECURITY EACH IF WE HAVE
A FAILURE.
>> AND DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS
HANDLE THEIR OWN DIFFERENT UNITS
OF GOVERNMENT HANDLE THEIR OWN
ELECTION PROCESS.
IN A SENSE IT MAY NOT BE
EFFICIENT BUT IT IS A SAFEGUARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EASILY HACK AN
ENTIRE NETWORK OF COMPUTERS.
THERE IS NO VOTING SYSTEM THAT
IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.
EACH ARE INDEPENDENT MACHINES
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT EVEN IF
THE SOFTWARE WERE TO BE
MANIPULATED PERHAPS BY AN
INSIDER, YOU STILL HAVE THE
PAPER TRAIL THAT THE VOTER IS
VERIFYING BEFORE THEY HIT CAST
BALLOT AND THAT PAPER TRAIL IS
THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
ELECTION.
>> NOAH, THE CONGRESSIONAL
LOCATED $380 MILLION TO THE
STATES TO DO SOMETHING OR INSURE
THE SANCTITY OF THE ELECTION
SYSTEM HOW MUCH DID ILLINOIS
GET?
>> ILLINOIS GOT APPROXIMATELY
$14 MILLION.
>> THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A
LOT.
>> IT IS NOT A LOT BUT IT IS A
GREAT DOWN PAYMENT.
OUR LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
PUT FOR THE FORTH $7 MILLION TO
BE SPENT ON A CYBER NAVIGATOR
PROGRAM.
AND IT OUTFITS NOT ONLY OUR
JURISDICTION IN CHICAGO BUT THE
106 LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS
WITH A CYBER EXPERT.
WE TEAMED UP AND WE HIRED ONE OF
THE BEST INFORMATION SECURITY
OFFICERS IN THE AREA SO THEY
COULD INGEST ALL THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKE SURE
THAT OUR AUDITS WERE GREAT AND
DISASTER RECOVERY WAS GREAT.
BUT MOST OF THE STATE ARE SMALL
COUNTIES AND THEY HAVE TWO OR
THREE PEOPLE ON STAFF.
SO $7 MILLION IS SPENT ON A
PROGRAM THAT OUTFITS ALL OF THE
COUNTY CLERKS WITH AN EXPERT.
AND THE OTHER $7 MILLION IS
SUPPOSED THE TO COME TO US SO WE
CAN PLUG HOLES AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
>> JIM, YOU ELUDED TO THE FACT
THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
POST ELECTION AUDITS AND THAT IS
ONE OF THE REASONS PAPER IS A
GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE
TO DOUBLE-CHECK.
WHAT TRIGGERS AN AUDIT?
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING IS
WRONG OR IF THERE IS A QUESTION
THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK?
>> WE'VE HAD A 5% AUDIT
AUTOMATICALLY NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS.
THE STATE RANDOMLY SELECTS 5% OF
THE PRECINCT MACHINES AND EARLY
VOTING MACHINES AND YOU HAVE TO
VERIFY THAT THROUGH THAT PAPER
TRAIL WHAT WAS RECORDED ON THE
MACHINES ACTUALLY MATCHES THE
PAPER BALLOT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO AMP IT UP AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING
RISK LIMITING AUDITS.
RIGHT NOW THAT 5% WHILE IT
SOUNDS GOOD, YOUR SPENDING A LOT
OF TIME RECOUNTING CONTESTS THAT
ARE CRAZY LOPSIDED WHETHER IT'S
DOWN STATE OR HERE, 80-20% AND
WE CAN MATHEMATICLY PROVE THAT A
CLOSE ELECTION IN A STATE
CONTEST OR A DISTRICT CONTEST IS
VERIFIABLE.
>> NOAH ARE THERE OTHER KINDS OF
HACKING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE NOT
JUST TO A GOVERNMENTAL UNITS
ELECTION SYSTEMS BUT OTHER HACKS
OR OTHER CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS?
>> SURE.
WE RELY ON DIGITAL SERVICES NOT
ONLY DO WE HAVE VOTING AND
COUNTING SYSTEMS BUT WE HAVE
WEBSITES AND WITH WE PUBLISH
RESULTS ON AND WEBSITES TO LOOK
UP WHERE THEY GO TO VOTE AND
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND ELECTION
DAY COMMAND CENTERS.
EACH HAVE A STRONGER DIGITAL
FOOTPRINT AND MORE LIKELY ATTACK
FACTORS THAN THE VOTING SYSTEMS
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
STRONG PRESENCE ON THE INTERNET.
>> THERE IS WIDESPREAD CONCERN
THAT RUSSIANS AGAIN WILL ATTEMPT
TO INTERFERE WITH NOVEMBER'S
ELECTION.
JIM ALLEN, DO YOU EXPECT ANOTHER
ATTACK?
ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF
SOMEBODY IN A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
TO MESS WITH THE ELECTION SYSTEM
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS WHY NOAH'S AGENCY AND
OUR AGENCY WE HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH HOMELAND SECURITY, THE
F.B.I., THE ILLINOIS STATE
POLICE WE ARE WORKING WITH A
MULTISTATE SHARING NETWORK THAT
RELAYS TO US THREATS.
BAD IP ADDRESSES, SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY.
PHISHING SCAMS AND --
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ON GUARD.
WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO TRY TO ATTACK OUR
SYSTEMS AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE PAPERBACK UP SYSTEMS TO
BACKUP.
WHEN WE LOOK AT FLORENCE IN
NORTH CAROLINA, WE THINK ABOUT
NOT ONLY JUST THE HACKABILITY OF
ANY SYSTEM BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CAN GO EVEN IF THE
POWER IS OUT.
SO WE HAVE MANUAL SYSTEMS TO
BACKUP THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS.
>> NOAH DID THE RUSSIANS HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE RESULTS?
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET INSIDE
OF VOTE COUNTING SYSTEMS.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON THE
INTERNET.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN WE TOOK DOWN THE IRANIAN
EYE EYE IRANIAN NUCLEAR REACTOR
THAT DROPPED A USB INTO
SOMEBODY'S POCKET.
PAPER BALLOTS WITH AUDITS ARE
IMPORTANT.
>> LAST QUESTION AND THAT IS
SHORTAGE OF JUDGES THIS TIME
AROUND.
JIM ALLEN WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> THIS IS A NEW TWO-YEAR TERM
FOR JUDGES OF ELECTION.
WE HAVE TO START FRESH AND WE
HAVE TO WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND
WE HAVE TO RECRUIT JUDGES.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
REACHING OUT TO ALL THE JUDGES
WHO SERVED IN THE PAST AS WELL
AS NEWER JUDGES WHO WOULD BE
WILLING TO TAKE THE TRAINING AND
SERVE ON ELECTION DAY.
BOTH AGENCIES HAVE INCREASED THE
PAY FOR JUDGES WHO COMPLETE
TRAINING AND SERVE ON ELECTION
DAY TO $200.
RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO BE AHEAD
OF THE CURVE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
GET THE JUDGES OF ELECTIONS
SIGNED UP BY THE EARLY PART OF
OCTOBER SO THEY CAN TAKE
TRAINING.
>> NOAH PRAETZ AND JIM ALLEN
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PICTURE UKRAINIAN ART AND YOU
MIGHT THINK OF POTTERY OR
DRESSES OR DECORATED EASTER EGGS
BUT A JEWEL OF A MUSEUM IN
CHICAGO'S UKRAINIAN VILLAGE
EMPHASIZED CONTEMPORARY ART FOR
40 YEARS.
WE RECENTLY VISITED THE
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN
ART AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.
THE EXHIBITION IS AT THE
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN
ART.
AND MORE INFORMATION IS ON OUR
WEBSITE.
>> YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF JUSTIN
BIEBER AND BRITNEY SPEARS AMONG
OTHERS BUT DO YOU KNOW THE
PERSON BEHIND SOME OF THE
BIGGEST HITS, JUSTIN TRANTER WON
MANY AWARDS AND OPENED FOR LADY
GA-GA.
NOW HE IS IN TOWN TO CELEBRATE
THE OPENING OF THE NEW RECORDING
STUDIO AT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY
FOR THE ARTS WHEREAS A STUDENT
HE DISCOVERED HIS TALENT FOR
WRITING MUSIC.
AND JOINING US IS SONGWRITER AND
CHICAGO NATIVE JUSTIN TRANTER.
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
AND YOU HAVE MADE THIS RECORDING
STUDIO POSSIBLE FOR YOUR ALMA
MATER.
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
>> SUCH AN AMAZING SCHOOL NOT
ONLY THE ARTS EDUCATION I GOT
WAS BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT TO
THE ARTIST I'VE BECOME BUT IT
CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR ME.
WHEN I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL OUT
IN THE SUBURBS, I CAME OUT AS
OPENLY CLEAR IN 1994 AND THE
BULLYING I FACED IN MY ONE
SEMESTER OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
WAS SO HORRIBLE FOR LACK OF A
BETTER WORD THAT I FOUND THE
SCHOOL AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
THE SCHOOL MADE ME SAFE AND MADE
ME THE PERSON I AM I WANTED TO
GIVE BACK.
>> SO YOU HAVE DONATED THIS
RECORDING STUDIO.
>> YES.
>> AND IT IS QUITE A SETUP.
AND YOU ARE FROM HAWTHORNE WOODS
YOU WOULD MAKE THE TREK DOWN TO
CHICAGO.
THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING FOR A
KID TO DO?
>> TOTAL KID.
MY MOM WOULD DRIVE ME TO THE
PALATINE TRAIN STATION, A
20-MINUTE DRIVE TO THE TRAIN.
AND TAKE THE METRO AND DO THE
SAME THING ON THE WAY HOME BUT
IT WAS BEYOND WORTH IT.
>> HOW DID SCHOOL SAVE YOUR
LIFE?
>> I WAS SAFE AT HOME, I WON THE
PARENTAL LOTTERY.
MY PARENTS AND BROTHERS LIVED ME
FEMININITY AND CLEARNESS BUT AT
PUBLIC SCHOOL MY CHILDHOOD IT
WAS DANGEROUS AND DEPRESSING AND
AWFUL.
SO TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL WHERE
EVERYONE COULD BE WHO THEY
WANTED TO BE AND PURSUE THEIR
DREAMS IT SAVED MY LIFE.
>> AT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR
THE ARTS YOU HAD AN ENCOUNTER
THAT LED YOU TOWARDS SONG
WRITING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> IT WAS EOWE I DON'T KNOW HE
WHICH I WAS THERE, YOU WOULD DO
YOUR ACADEMICS IN THE MORNING
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE LUNCH
AND ARTS IN THE AROUND.
BEFORE MY ARTS CLASSES EVERYDAY,
I WOULD GO INTO A CLASSROOM AND
HIDE AND WRITE SONGS BECAUSE A
MUSICAL THEATER MAJOR AND THE
SONGS PROBABLY ARE NOT GOOD AND
A TEACHER WALKED IN AND SHE WAS
LIKE WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
AND I WAS LIKE SOMETHING I
WROTE.
AND SHE IS LIKE I THINK THAT IS
ALMOST GOOD.
LIKE --
OWE.
>> HIGH PRAISE FROM A TEACHER.
>> CAN YOU START OVER AND I
STARTED MEETING WITH HER EVERY
FRIDAY AT MY LUNCH BREAK.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT MEANS THE WORLD WHEN YOU
ARE A KID THAT WANTS TO MAKE ART
IS SCARY ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S NOT
CONSIDERED COOL AND YOU WANT TO
WRITE SONGS.
THAT CAN BE NERVE-WRACKING AND
WEIRD.
SO TO HAVE A TEACHER BE LIKE
THIS AMAZING AND YOU SHOULD KEEP
DOING THIS.
AT THAT MOMENT DID NOT HAPPEN, I
PROBABLY THE SONGS I'VE BEEN
FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE WORLD HEAR
WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED.
>> LET'S GO TO SOME OF THE
SONGS.
AND FIRST LET'S GO TO A GWEN
STEFANI CLIP OF USED TO LOVE
YOU.
♪BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO YOU♪
♪I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME THE
MOST♪
♪I DON'T KNOW WHY I CRY BUT IT
SEEMS I REMEMBER FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE I HATED YOU♪
♪THAT I USED TO LOVE YOU♪
>> YOU ARE SINGING ALONG WITH
IT.
FOR SOMEBODY NOT GWEN STEFANI,
DID YOU WRITE THAT SONG
SPECIFICALLY FOR HER?
>> WITH HER.
SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZING
SONGWRITER THAT I WAS LUCKY
ENOUGH TO HELP ORGANIZE AND
FOCUS HER THOUGHTS AND MAKE HER
THE BEST VERSION OF HERSELF.
SHE HAS WRITTEN SO MANY HITS ON
HER OWN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO
GET TO HEPPELL VAT IT AND I WAS
OBSESSED WITH HER.
TO WORK WITH HER WAS CRAZY.
>> I BET.
AND THEN YOU SAID, I READ WHERE
YOU SAID THAT WORKING WITH
JUSTIN BIEBER THAT WAS SUCH A
BIG GUN.
HERE IS A SONG OF HIS CALLED
FRIENDS.
[♪♪♪]
♪
♪BUT YOU KNOW WE HAD HAD
SOMETHING SO GOOD♪
♪CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?
♪CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?
[♪♪♪]
>> JUSTIN HOW DO YOU START
WRITING A SONG?
WHAT IS THE PROCESS.
>> THERE IS A HUNDRED DIFFERENT
WAYS BECAUSE YOU ARE CREATING
SOMETHING OUT OF THIN AIR YOU
GET IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE THAT
YOU KNOW OR DON'T KNOW AND YOU
CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF THIN AIR
THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO DO IT.
FOR ME, I LIKE TO GET TO THE
TRUTH.
I TRY TO FIND TALK TO MY
COLLABORATOR WHETHER THE ARTIST
OR A SONGWRITER AND GET TO THE
TRUTH OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THEIR LIFE AND FIGURE OUT THE
SONG TITLE OR THE MAIN IDEA AND
BUILD THE SONG FROM THERE.
THAT IS HOW I DO IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE START WITH
MELODY BUT I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
THE HELL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
>> YOU WERE SAYING THAT
SUCCESSES COME LATE.
YOU ARE STILL YOUNG YOU ARE IN
YOUR MID-30s.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT SUCCESS CAME
LATE?
>> WELL, IN THE CREATIVE
COMMUNITY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
CALL IT, ONCE YOU START HITTING
30, IT'S LIKE IF IT'S NOT
HAPPENING IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND I USED TO BE IN A BAND AND
WE DID COOL THINGS BUT WE NEVER
MADE MONEY TO SUPPORT OURSELVES
IN A REAL WAY TO SETUP A LIFE.
AND SO I STARTED LOOKING AT
WRITING SONGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE
WHEN I WAS 33.
AS MY VERSION OF A DAY JOB NOT A
VERY SECURE DAY JOB.
BUT IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND I
COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.
>> ANOTHER SONG YOU WROTE ALONG
WITH THE SINGER JULIA MICHAELS
IS HOT RIGHT NOW IS ONE CALLED
ISSUES.
♪I GOT ISSUES
♪
[♪♪♪]
>> I READ THAT YOU HAVE GOOD
CHEMISTRY WITH HER?
>> ME AND JULIA STARTED WRITING
SONGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE FIRST.
WE DID JUSTIN BIEBER'S SORRY.
AND WE WERE LIKE BEHIND THE
SCENE SONGWRITERS AND WHEN WE
WROTE THAT SONG ISSUES THAT WAS
THE MOMENT SHE IS YOUNGER SHE IS
LIKE 15 YEARS YOUNGER SHE IS
LIKE I THINK I NEED TO SING THIS
MYSELF.
I NEED TO KEEP THIS AND PUT IT
OUT MYSELF.
OUR CHEMISTRY RUNS SO DEEP
BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE THE WORLD
HEARD HER SING.
>> YOU ELUDED TO BEING YEAR AND
A LOT OF WHAT YOU MAKE MAKE
COMES FROM BEING QEER.
>> YEAR.
>> IF A STRAIGHT PERSON IS GOING
TO SING THE SONG I WANT TO
RELATE IT TO THE BEST AS I CAN.
AND MY LIFE IS INFORMED BY BEING
LGBTQ WELL THAT MEANS BULLYING
OR CELEBRATING WHO I AM AND
ENJOYING MY FEMININITY AND
MAKING SURE THAT I TAP INTO THAT
EVERY TIME I WRITE.
FOR ME BEING QUEER INFORMS
EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WON
THE PARENTAL LOTTERY.
>> I DID.
MY PARENTS ARE JUST AMAZING.
I ALMOST SWORE THAT IS HOW
AWESOME THEY ARE.
THEY ARE FUNNY.
THEY ARE LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY TO
THEM HOW BRAVE OF YOU TO SUPPORT
YOUR SON FOR BEING SO OPENLY
QUEER AND MY PARENTS ARE LIKE
ISN'T THAT WHAT PARENTS ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO?
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID.
>> YOU STARTED THE AGE BENEFIT
AT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF THE
ARTS AND IS IT STILL GOING ON?
>> IT IS.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> WHEN I WAS 17 MY SENIOR YEARS
OF HIGH SCHOOL A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME WERE AFFECTED
BY THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS AND ME
AND MY FRIENDS PUT TOGETHER A
VARIETY SHOW OF SORTS.
STUDENT-WRITTEN AND
STUDENT-DIRECTED AND
STUDENT-PERFORMED ALL JUST TO US
RAISE MONEY FOR LOCAL AIDS AND
HIV CHARITIES.
AND NOW 22 YEARS LATER IT
HAPPENS EVERY YEAR WHERE KIDS
GET TOGETHER AND CREATE ART AND
RAISE MONEY FOR AN AMAZING
CAUSE.
>> JUSTIN TRANTER THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
AND CONGRATULATIONS VOTED WRITER
OF THE YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
GOOD FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS
ON THE AIDS BENEFIT AT THE
CHICAGO ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ON
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