1 00:00:03,833 --> 00:00:10,900 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,433 >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 3 00:00:10,366 --> 00:00:16,566 "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 4 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:17,700 IMPAIRS PAIRS IN OR NORTHWEST 5 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:19,900 SIDE STUDIO. 6 00:00:16,566 --> 00:00:21,533 >> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN 7 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:22,366 REPORTING LIVE FROM NAVY PIER. 8 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:23,366 >> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT. 9 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:27,033 >> WE'RE POLICE OFFICERS PART OF 10 00:00:22,366 --> 00:00:28,133 THE TIME. 11 00:00:23,366 --> 00:00:29,900 WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS THE WHOLE I 12 00:00:27,033 --> 00:00:32,066 AM TIME. 13 00:00:28,133 --> 00:00:33,600 >> POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OF 14 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,966 ANTHONY ALVAREZ IS JUSTIFIED AND 15 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:35,533 OTHERS SAY IT'S POLICE 16 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,433 BRUTALITY. 17 00:00:33,966 --> 00:00:40,366 WE'RE LIVE IN LITTLE VILLAGE. 18 00:00:35,533 --> 00:00:41,600 >> LAST YEAR'S THEME CHAOTIC WE 19 00:00:38,433 --> 00:00:43,133 WERE CLOSED AND OPEN AND CLOSED 20 00:00:40,366 --> 00:00:45,100 AND OPEN. 21 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,533 >> BASKETBALL GAMES AND MORE 22 00:00:43,133 --> 00:00:49,600 DETAILS ON THE CITY'S LATEST 23 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:51,100 REOPEN PLAN. 24 00:00:47,533 --> 00:00:52,500 >> IN MY OWN HOME STATE OF 25 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,266 ILLINOIS WHICH HAS MORE LEAD 26 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:55,100 SERVICE LINES THAN ANY OTHER 27 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:57,066 STATE IN THE COUNTRY. 28 00:00:54,266 --> 00:00:59,300 >> ONE-ON-ONE WITH SENATOR TAMMY 29 00:00:55,100 --> 00:01:01,566 DUCKWORTH ON HER WATER 30 00:00:57,066 --> 00:01:03,733 INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL. 31 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:04,500 >> YOU GOT YOUR COVID SHOT BUT 32 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:06,533 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR 33 00:01:03,733 --> 00:01:07,733 VACCINATION CARD? 34 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:09,600 A RUNDOWN OF THINGS TO KNOW. 35 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:11,466 >> I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND TONIGHT 36 00:01:07,733 --> 00:01:14,366 WE WILL BE TAKING A TRIP DOWN 37 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,700 MEMORY LANE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 38 00:01:11,466 --> 00:01:18,100 IMPACT OF CHICAGO'S BLUES 39 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:18,633 LEGACY. 40 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:20,233 >> YOU GOT TO GET CREATIVE AND 41 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:21,000 OPPORTUNISTIC. 42 00:01:18,633 --> 00:01:25,100 >> THE NFL DRAFT IS NOW 43 00:01:20,233 --> 00:01:27,866 UNDERWAY. 44 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:30,033 WHAT CAN BEARS FAN EXPECT WITH 45 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:33,266 ALL OF THE TEAMS PICKS? 46 00:01:27,866 --> 00:01:36,700 AND PARIS I'M AT NAVY PIER WHERE 47 00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:38,600 I WILL BE COANCHORING AS PART OF 48 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:41,266 OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR 49 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:43,466 NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES. 50 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:44,500 THE PIER BEGINS THE PARTIAL 51 00:01:41,266 --> 00:01:46,633 REOPENING ALONG WITH MAYOR LORI 52 00:01:43,466 --> 00:01:47,700 LIGHTFOOT'S ANNOUNCEMENTS, 53 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,766 RETURN OF FESTIVALS AND GAMES 54 00:01:46,633 --> 00:01:49,500 AND SO MUCH MORE. 55 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:53,266 FOR NOW BACK TO YOU. 56 00:01:48,766 --> 00:01:53,600 >> THANK YOU. 57 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:54,966 AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP 58 00:01:53,266 --> 00:01:56,666 STORIES. 59 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,966 ANOTHER ALDERMAN IS INDICTED BY 60 00:01:54,966 --> 00:02:03,633 THE FEDS WITH A HIGH PROFILE 61 00:01:56,666 --> 00:02:05,866 CHICAGO NAME. 62 00:01:57,966 --> 00:02:07,433 11TH WARDAL MAN PATRICK DALEY 63 00:02:03,633 --> 00:02:09,300 THOMPSON GRANDSON OF RICHARD D. 64 00:02:05,866 --> 00:02:11,233 DALEY IS CHARGED WITH SEVEN 65 00:02:07,433 --> 00:02:13,600 COUNTS OF MAKING FALSE 66 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:15,366 STATEMENTS AND FILING A FALSE 67 00:02:11,233 --> 00:02:17,433 TAX RETURN FROM A FRAUD SCHEME 68 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,300 INVOLVING THE FAILED WASHINGTON 69 00:02:15,366 --> 00:02:20,800 FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS AND 70 00:02:17,433 --> 00:02:22,400 OPERATED OUT OF THOMPSON'S 71 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:24,200 HOMEWARD IN BRIDGEPORT. 72 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,533 10 DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED 73 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:27,066 IN WHAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S 74 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,366 OFFICE SAYS IS AN ONGOING 75 00:02:25,533 --> 00:02:29,133 INVESTIGATION INTO THE FAILED 76 00:02:27,066 --> 00:02:29,933 BANK. 77 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:31,433 IN A STATEMENT THOMPSON DENIED 78 00:02:29,133 --> 00:02:34,766 THE CHARGES. 79 00:02:29,933 --> 00:02:37,666 AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 80 00:02:31,433 --> 00:02:40,866 ALSO IS ANNOUNCING 16 CHARGES 81 00:02:34,766 --> 00:02:42,733 AGAINST FORMER 22nd WARD 82 00:02:37,666 --> 00:02:44,100 ALDERMAN RICARDO MUNOZ CHARGED 83 00:02:40,866 --> 00:02:46,266 WITH USING POLITICAL FUNDS TO 84 00:02:42,733 --> 00:02:47,900 PAY PERSONAL EXPENSES. 85 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:49,033 >> A REVIEW FINDS DEFICIENCIES 86 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:50,966 IN THE CHICAGO POLICE 87 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:54,833 DEPARTMENT'S POLICY AND TRAINING 88 00:02:49,033 --> 00:02:55,833 ON SEARCH WARRANTS THIS IN THE 89 00:02:50,966 --> 00:02:57,133 WAKE OF BOTCHED 2019 RAID OF 90 00:02:54,833 --> 00:02:57,900 RESIDENT ANJANETTE YOUNG. 91 00:02:55,833 --> 00:02:58,366 THE REPORT COMES FROM THE 92 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:59,033 CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE 93 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:01,700 ACCOUNTABILITY. 94 00:02:58,366 --> 00:03:03,500 OR C.O.P.A. 95 00:02:59,033 --> 00:03:05,166 THE AGENCY SAYS IT'S BEEN IN 96 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:06,933 CONTACT WITH C.P.D. ABOUT FOURTH 97 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:08,600 AMENDMENT AND SEARCH WARRANT 98 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:10,966 POLICIES BUT WOULD NOT GET INTO 99 00:03:06,933 --> 00:03:12,800 SPECIFICS IN TODAY'S REPORT. 100 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,400 THE C.P.D. HAS 30 DAYS TO DECIDE 101 00:03:10,966 --> 00:03:16,200 WHETHER TO TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE 102 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,833 ACTION AGAINST THE OFFICERS 103 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,966 INVOLVED IN THAT RAID. 104 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,833 >> FANS, FESTIVALS AND FARMERS 105 00:03:17,833 --> 00:03:23,566 MARKETS ARE BACK IN CHICAGO AT 106 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:25,500 LEAST PARTIALLY. 107 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:28,000 IN A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA 108 00:03:23,566 --> 00:03:29,633 FEATURING TEAM MASCOTS THE MAYOR 109 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:32,666 ANNOUNCED A LOOSENING OF 110 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:35,166 RESTRICTIONS ON BULLS AND 111 00:03:29,633 --> 00:03:36,666 BLACKHAWKS GAMES ALLOWING FOR 112 00:03:32,666 --> 00:03:38,333 25% CAPACITY FOR GAMES AT THE 113 00:03:35,166 --> 00:03:39,700 UNITED CENTER. 114 00:03:36,666 --> 00:03:41,633 OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL CAP THE 115 00:03:38,333 --> 00:03:43,633 CROWDS TO 20%. 116 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:44,433 THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE RETURN 117 00:03:41,633 --> 00:03:47,866 OF OUTDOOR SUMMER FESTIVALS AND 118 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:48,133 FARMERS MARKETS. 119 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:49,566 AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE IN A 120 00:03:47,866 --> 00:03:51,866 BIT. 121 00:03:48,133 --> 00:03:53,833 >> AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH 122 00:03:49,566 --> 00:03:54,133 OFFICIALS REPORT NEARLY 3400 NEW 123 00:03:51,866 --> 00:03:56,233 COVID CASES IN THE LAST 24 124 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:59,100 HOURS. 125 00:03:54,133 --> 00:04:02,666 AND 38 ADDITIONAL DEATHS. 126 00:03:56,233 --> 00:04:04,300 THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 1.331 127 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:06,466 MILLION CASES AND 21,927 DEATHS 128 00:04:02,666 --> 00:04:08,266 SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 129 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:09,966 SO FAR MORE THAN 31% OF THE 130 00:04:06,466 --> 00:04:13,500 STATE'S POPULATION HAS BEEN 131 00:04:08,266 --> 00:04:15,866 FULLY VACCINATED. 132 00:04:09,966 --> 00:04:18,166 >> THE FAMILIES OF A 22-YEAR-OLD 133 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:20,166 LATINO MAN AND LATINO BOY SHOT 134 00:04:15,866 --> 00:04:22,333 AND KILLED BY CHICAGO POLICE 135 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:22,633 OFFICERS ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE 136 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:24,033 AND THEY WANT OTHERS TO JOIN 137 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:26,400 THEM. 138 00:04:22,633 --> 00:04:29,233 THE LEADERS OF THE FRATERNAL 139 00:04:24,033 --> 00:04:29,600 ORDER OF POLICE LOCAL LODGE 140 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,566 CLAIMS BOTH SHOOTINGS WERE 141 00:04:29,233 --> 00:04:33,666 JUSTIFIED. 142 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,133 AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW LIVE 143 00:04:31,566 --> 00:04:35,933 IN LITTLE VILLAGE. 144 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:37,800 AMANDA? 145 00:04:34,133 --> 00:04:41,333 >> YES, PARIS, I AM NEAR A MURAL 146 00:04:35,933 --> 00:04:43,066 AND A MEMORIAL NEAR THE SITE 147 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:43,466 WHERE ON MARCH 29, 13-YEAR-OLD 148 00:04:41,333 --> 00:04:46,533 ADAM TOLEDO TOOK HIS FINAL 149 00:04:43,066 --> 00:04:47,166 BREATH. 150 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:48,533 VIDEO RELEASED BY THE CITY 151 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:49,900 CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE 152 00:04:47,166 --> 00:04:53,266 ACCOUNTABILITY SHOWED TOLEDO 153 00:04:48,533 --> 00:04:55,066 RUNNING FROM A POLICE OFFICER 154 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:57,066 AND AT THE OFFICER'S ORDER 155 00:04:53,266 --> 00:05:00,133 TOLEDO TOSSED THE GUN AND PUT 156 00:04:55,066 --> 00:05:00,866 HIS HANDS UP AND SHOT WITHIN 157 00:04:57,066 --> 00:05:03,233 SECONDS AFTER. 158 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:05,166 PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA STANDS 159 00:05:00,866 --> 00:05:08,033 BY THE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE 160 00:05:03,233 --> 00:05:09,233 SHOTS ERIC STILL MAN 161 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:11,100 >> HIS RESPONSE WAS SO 162 00:05:08,033 --> 00:05:13,033 CALCULATED AND TEXTBOOK IT NEEDS 163 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:14,833 TO BE A TRAINING VIDEO THOUGH 164 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:17,033 PEOPLE WON'T LIKE ME SAYING THAT 165 00:05:13,033 --> 00:05:19,066 I DON'T GIVE A DAMN. 166 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:21,200 BUT THE TOTAL CONTROL HE HAD OF 167 00:05:17,033 --> 00:05:22,800 WHAT HE WAS DOING EVERY SPLIT 168 00:05:19,066 --> 00:05:26,233 SECOND THAT HE WAS DOING IT, 169 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:28,000 SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR HOW 170 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:31,100 WELL-TRAINED HE WAS. 171 00:05:26,233 --> 00:05:32,400 >> MEANWHILE, JUST TWO DAYS 172 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:34,566 AFTER THAT INCIDENT ON MARCH 31, 173 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:36,000 22-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ALVAREZ WAS 174 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:38,066 KILLED IN PORTAGE PARK. 175 00:05:34,566 --> 00:05:40,033 VIDEO RELEASED YESTERDAY SHOWING 176 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,433 HIM RUNNING FROM POLICE IT IS 177 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:42,433 UNCLEAR WHAT PROVOKED THAT 178 00:05:40,033 --> 00:05:44,966 CHASE. 179 00:05:40,433 --> 00:05:46,466 HE APPEARS TO HAVE A GUN IN ONE 180 00:05:42,433 --> 00:05:48,966 HAND WHEN THE OFFICER SHOT 181 00:05:44,966 --> 00:05:51,533 ALVAREZ SEVERAL TIMES. 182 00:05:46,466 --> 00:05:53,166 JOHN CATANZARA DEFENDS THAT 183 00:05:48,966 --> 00:05:55,533 OFFENSER'S ACTIONS AS WELL. 184 00:05:51,533 --> 00:05:57,266 >> WHY HE WAS INITIATING THE 185 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:58,466 FOOT PURSUIT TO BEGIN WITH. 186 00:05:55,533 --> 00:05:59,966 HE COULD CLEARLY SEE A WEAPON IN 187 00:05:57,266 --> 00:06:02,200 THE SUBJECT'S HAND. 188 00:05:58,466 --> 00:06:04,000 IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT THE 189 00:05:59,966 --> 00:06:06,000 SUBJECT IS FACING AWAY FROM AN 190 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,066 OFFICER WHEN THEY HAVE A WEAPON. 191 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:10,166 THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES WHERE 192 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,000 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND 193 00:06:08,066 --> 00:06:13,200 KILLED WITH OFFENDERS WHO HAD 194 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:16,300 THEIR HAND UP IN THE AIR WITH A 195 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:18,033 WEAPON IN THEIR HAND. 196 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:21,533 IT IS ONE BULLET. 197 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:23,000 >> HE SAYS THE OFFICER WAS 198 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:23,766 CLEARLY FEARING FOR HIS LIFE. 199 00:06:21,533 --> 00:06:26,500 >> HIS REACTION IS I'M GOING 200 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,066 HOME TONIGHT. 201 00:06:23,766 --> 00:06:31,166 THIS SUBJECT HAD MULTIPLE 202 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:32,666 OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLY AND DROP 203 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:33,733 THE WEAPON AND STOP THE RUN STOP 204 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:37,433 CHASING BEING CHASED I SHOULD 205 00:06:32,666 --> 00:06:39,900 SAY. 206 00:06:33,733 --> 00:06:40,233 BUT THEY CHOSE YET AGAIN TO NOT 207 00:06:37,433 --> 00:06:42,100 COMPLY WITH LAWFUL ORDERS OF THE 208 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,900 POLICE. 209 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:46,033 IT IS THE RECURRING THEME IN ALL 210 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:48,200 THE INSTANCES. 211 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:51,366 A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LAW 212 00:06:46,033 --> 00:06:53,633 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S LAWFUL, 213 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:55,566 DIRECT ORDERS. 214 00:06:51,366 --> 00:06:57,566 >> BUT ALVAREZ'S COUSIN SAYS SHE 215 00:06:53,633 --> 00:07:00,433 DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A POLICE 216 00:06:55,566 --> 00:07:01,533 OFFICER WHO WAS PRESUMABLY 217 00:06:57,566 --> 00:07:04,333 WEARING A BULLET-PROOF VEST WAS 218 00:07:00,433 --> 00:07:05,033 SO FEARFUL. 219 00:07:01,533 --> 00:07:05,433 POLICE ARE COWARDS NOT TENGERS. 220 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:07,333 AND -- 221 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:09,666 PROTECTORS. 222 00:07:05,433 --> 00:07:11,400 AND SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO 223 00:07:07,333 --> 00:07:11,800 IMMEDIATELY CREATE AND FIX A 224 00:07:09,666 --> 00:07:13,866 FOOT CHASE POLICY FOR THE POLICE 225 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,066 DEPARTMENT. 226 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:17,333 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYOR 227 00:07:13,866 --> 00:07:19,333 LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS PROMISED WILL 228 00:07:15,066 --> 00:07:21,766 COME OUT BY SUMMER. 229 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:22,300 >> I KNOW LORI SAID THAT BY THE 230 00:07:19,333 --> 00:07:23,566 SUMMER BUT IT DOESN'T TELL ME 231 00:07:21,766 --> 00:07:24,566 ANYTHING. 232 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:28,900 ANOTHER YOUNG INNOCENT PEOPLE 233 00:07:23,566 --> 00:07:29,266 COULD DIE TOMORROW. 234 00:07:24,566 --> 00:07:31,466 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE 235 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:32,233 PROTOCOLS. 236 00:07:29,266 --> 00:07:35,900 AND I MEAN, IT'S TOO LATE FOR 237 00:07:31,466 --> 00:07:37,900 US. 238 00:07:32,233 --> 00:07:40,133 WE ALREADY LOST ANTHONY. 239 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:42,433 >> THE MAYOR TWO YEARS IN HER 240 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:44,700 TERM TODAY REITERATED THAT THESE 241 00:07:40,133 --> 00:07:47,500 FOOT PURSUITS ARE DANGEROUS. 242 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:48,233 TEAR ALSO COMMENTS SHE SAYS 243 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:49,800 ABOUT 7-10 OCCURRING DAILY IN 244 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:52,100 THE CITY OF CHICAGO. 245 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:53,233 THE MAYOR DID TELL REPORTERS 246 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:55,333 THAT SHE HAD CONSIDERED 247 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:57,500 COMPLETELY SUSPENDING ORDERING 248 00:07:53,233 --> 00:07:57,866 THE POLICE TO STOP ALL FOOT 249 00:07:55,333 --> 00:08:00,466 CHASES PENDING A POLICY COMING 250 00:07:57,500 --> 00:08:02,533 OUT. 251 00:07:57,866 --> 00:08:03,233 BUT SHE DECIDED AGAINST IT. 252 00:08:00,466 --> 00:08:06,500 >> IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SAY WHAT 253 00:08:02,533 --> 00:08:07,533 SHOULD STOP. 254 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:09,633 BUT I DON'T WANT TO SIGNAL TO 255 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:12,166 INDIVIDUALS PARTICULARLY IN 256 00:08:07,533 --> 00:08:14,266 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER SIEGE 257 00:08:09,633 --> 00:08:15,600 BY VIOLENCE THAT YOU CAN AVOID 258 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:18,466 ANY ACCOUNTABILITY BY RUNNING 259 00:08:14,266 --> 00:08:20,000 FASTER THAN THE POLICE. 260 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:22,100 THAT WOULD SEND A TERRIBLE 261 00:08:18,466 --> 00:08:24,733 MESSAGE. 262 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:26,100 >> A FOOT CHASE POLICY IS ONLY 263 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:29,200 ONE OF THE VARIOUS CHANGES THAT 264 00:08:24,733 --> 00:08:30,633 ORGANIZERS, ACTIVISTS LIKE 265 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:32,433 MOTHER OF FIVE, CELIA GARCIA SAY 266 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:35,000 HAVE TO BE MADE. 267 00:08:30,633 --> 00:08:36,600 SHE SAYS POLICE ACT WITH 268 00:08:32,433 --> 00:08:37,733 IMMUNITY WITH CARRYING OUT 269 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:40,533 EXCESSIVE BRUTALITY AGAINST 270 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,000 BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BECAUSE 271 00:08:37,733 --> 00:08:41,766 THERE IS A LACK OF 272 00:08:40,533 --> 00:08:44,100 ACCOUNTABILITY. 273 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,333 >> HERE IN CHICAGO AND AROUND 274 00:08:41,766 --> 00:08:49,466 THE COUNTRY, THE POLICE CONTINUE 275 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:50,900 TO GUN DOWN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 276 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:53,466 WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS EVEN WHERE 277 00:08:49,466 --> 00:08:55,466 THEY ARE ASKED TO LEAVE. 278 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:56,933 YOU ARE BEING GUNNED DOWN WHILE 279 00:08:53,466 --> 00:08:58,600 WHITE CRIMINALS CAN COMMIT 280 00:08:55,466 --> 00:09:00,833 CRIMES OF VIOLENCE ARE 281 00:08:56,933 --> 00:09:03,200 HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN ALIVE. 282 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:04,933 WE WILL NOT STAND BY WHILE THIS 283 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:06,900 INJUSTICE CONTINUES. 284 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,200 >> WE'LL GET BACK TO WHAT 285 00:09:04,933 --> 00:09:12,266 ACTIONS THEY ARE TAKING IN A 286 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:13,833 BIT. 287 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:15,633 WE HAVE UIC JOHN MARSHALL DEAN 288 00:09:12,266 --> 00:09:17,500 SAM JONES SAYS COMMUNITIES OF 289 00:09:13,833 --> 00:09:18,900 COLOR CLAIMED THEY ARE SUBJECT 290 00:09:15,633 --> 00:09:19,933 TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND WHAT IS 291 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:23,000 CHANGING NOW IS AWARENESS. 292 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:25,033 >> WHAT IS DIFFERENT TODAY IS 293 00:09:19,933 --> 00:09:25,433 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SLOW 294 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,533 KILLING OF SOMEONE LIKE A GEORGE 295 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:30,400 FLOYD. 296 00:09:25,433 --> 00:09:32,166 WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS 297 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:34,433 TO A CHILD LIKE ADAM TOLEDO. 298 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:37,266 SO BECAUSE OF THIS AWARENESS WE 299 00:09:32,166 --> 00:09:38,133 ARE BECOMING COGNIZANT OF THE 300 00:09:34,433 --> 00:09:39,166 FACT THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY 301 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:43,600 PROBLEMATIC POLICE OFFICERS 302 00:09:38,133 --> 00:09:45,966 SERVING IN OUR POLICE 303 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:48,700 DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 304 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:50,300 >> JONES ALSO SAYS THAT 305 00:09:45,966 --> 00:09:52,566 SITUATIONS LIKE TOLEDO'S WHICH A 306 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:55,333 SUSPECT APPEARS TO COMPLY WITH 307 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:57,033 AND OFFICER'S ORDERS BUT STILL 308 00:09:52,566 --> 00:09:58,400 IS SHOT ARE PARTICULARLY 309 00:09:55,333 --> 00:10:00,066 PROBLEMATIC. 310 00:09:57,033 --> 00:10:00,433 >> THIS ENDANGERS OUR SOCIETY 311 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,400 BUT IT ENDANGERS POLICE 312 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:04,400 OFFICERS. 313 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:06,600 BECAUSE IF WE REACH A POINT IN 314 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:07,700 SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE 315 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,366 THAT THEY CANNOT SURRENDER TO 316 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,500 POLICE OFFICERS SAFELY AND THAT 317 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:13,133 THEY CAN'T LISTEN TO THE POLICE 318 00:10:09,366 --> 00:10:14,700 OFFICERS THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO 319 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:16,366 SURRENDER THEIR HANDS AND MORE 320 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:18,566 LIKELY TO SHOOT AT THE POLICE 321 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:20,000 OFFICERS OR TAKE OTHER INNOCENT 322 00:10:16,366 --> 00:10:21,400 PEOPLE HOSTAGES OR ENGAGE IN 323 00:10:18,566 --> 00:10:24,333 VIOLENT ACTS BECAUSE THEY 324 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:26,166 BELIEVE THEY WILL BE KILLED 325 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:28,900 ANYWAY. 326 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:30,333 >> MEANWHILE, THE 30-DAY MINIMUM 327 00:10:26,166 --> 00:10:31,900 TIME AFTER A SHOOTING HAS BEEN 328 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:34,700 COMPLETED, OFFICER STILLMAN IS 329 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:35,633 STILL ON LEAVE. 330 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:37,566 THE FOP PRESIDENT SAYING HE IS 331 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:39,233 TRAUMATIZED BY THE DECISION HE 332 00:10:35,633 --> 00:10:41,500 HAD TO MAKE THAT DAY WHEN ADAM 333 00:10:37,566 --> 00:10:44,233 TOLEDO DIED. 334 00:10:39,233 --> 00:10:46,733 C.O.P.A. DOES RECOMMEND THAT 335 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:49,400 OFFICER EVAN SOLANO BE PUT ON 336 00:10:44,233 --> 00:10:49,766 LEAVE THE ENTIRE TIME IT IS 337 00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:52,133 INVESTIGATING THE ALVAREZ 338 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,766 SHOOTING. 339 00:10:49,766 --> 00:10:55,400 >> AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU 340 00:10:52,133 --> 00:10:56,466 THE BIAS THAT COMES OUT OF 341 00:10:53,766 --> 00:10:59,000 C.O.P.A. IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO 342 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:01,266 US SADLY. 343 00:10:56,466 --> 00:11:02,733 I SPOKE TO THAT OFFICER MYSELF 344 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,500 SEVERAL TIME AND I TOLD HIM BE 345 00:11:01,266 --> 00:11:06,866 PREPARED THIS IS PROBABLY GOING 346 00:11:02,733 --> 00:11:08,600 TO HAPPEN BECAUSE C.O.P.A. DOES 347 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:09,866 NOT DO ANYTHING FAIR. 348 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:14,100 IT'S ALREADY SAY TO GO MADE A 349 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:15,766 JUDGMENT THAT THE OFFICER WAS 350 00:11:09,866 --> 00:11:18,333 WRONG ON SOME LEVEL. 351 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:19,766 >> NOW, SOLANO'S DECISION IN 352 00:11:15,766 --> 00:11:21,366 TERMS OF POLICE POWERS IS UP TO 353 00:11:18,333 --> 00:11:24,066 C.P.D. SUPERINTENDENT DAVID 354 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:26,566 BROWN AND AS OF THIS AFTERNOON 355 00:11:21,366 --> 00:11:27,733 WHEN WE LAST HEARD FROM THE 356 00:11:24,066 --> 00:11:29,533 C.P.D. BROWN HAD NOT YET MADE A 357 00:11:26,566 --> 00:11:32,133 DECISION. 358 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:32,400 MEANWHILE, ANTHONY ALVAREZ'S 359 00:11:29,533 --> 00:11:34,466 MOTHER WAS RIGHT HERE JUST HOURS 360 00:11:32,133 --> 00:11:35,466 AGO. 361 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:38,133 SHE WAS WEARING A SHIRT WITH HER 362 00:11:34,466 --> 00:11:40,033 SON'S NAME ON IT. 363 00:11:35,466 --> 00:11:41,966 SHE AND OTHERS ARE CALLING FOR 364 00:11:38,133 --> 00:11:44,866 CHICAGOANS TO COME OUT TO 365 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:46,766 PORTAGE PARK ON SATURDAY, THAT 366 00:11:41,966 --> 00:11:48,433 IS MAY DAY, WHERE THEY ARE 367 00:11:44,866 --> 00:11:49,866 SEEKING JUSTICE AND 368 00:11:46,766 --> 00:11:53,666 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POLICE. 369 00:11:48,433 --> 00:11:55,133 ORGANIZERS HERE SAYING THAT THEY 370 00:11:49,866 --> 00:11:55,533 BELIEVE THAT OFFICERS SOLANO AND 371 00:11:53,666 --> 00:11:57,666 STILLMAN SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH 372 00:11:55,133 --> 00:11:59,833 MURDER. 373 00:11:55,533 --> 00:12:01,666 PARIS, BACK TO YOU. 374 00:11:57,666 --> 00:12:02,833 >> AMANDA, THANK YOU. 375 00:11:59,833 --> 00:12:04,700 CHICAGO'S LOOSENING THE PANDEMIC 376 00:12:01,666 --> 00:12:05,466 RESTRICTIONS JUST A BIT MORE. 377 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:08,500 THE MAYOR MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT 378 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:09,766 AT NAVY PIER. 379 00:12:05,466 --> 00:12:11,300 THE CITY WILL ENTER PHASE 4 380 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:14,233 REGULATIONS THAT COULD HAVE AN 381 00:12:09,766 --> 00:12:14,566 IMPACT ON RESTAURANTS AND BARS 382 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:18,433 AND THEATERS AND PLACES OF 383 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:21,033 WORSHIP. 384 00:12:14,566 --> 00:12:23,233 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND QUINN MYERS 385 00:12:18,433 --> 00:12:27,633 SPENT THE DAY REPORTING AROUND 386 00:12:21,033 --> 00:12:29,200 NAVY PIER AS IT BEGINS A PHASED 387 00:12:23,233 --> 00:12:31,000 REOPENING STARTING TOMORROW. 388 00:12:27,633 --> 00:12:33,266 BRANDIS, SPELL IT OUT WHAT DOES 389 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,300 THIS ALL MEAN? 390 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,800 >> SO IMMEDIATELY IT MEANS 391 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:38,600 INCREASED CAPACITY ACROSS A 392 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:38,866 NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES IN CHICAGO 393 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,600 AND WE'LL BREAK THOSE DOWN IN A 394 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,933 BIT. 395 00:12:38,866 --> 00:12:43,900 BUT THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC 396 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,433 HEALTH Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAYS 397 00:12:42,933 --> 00:12:46,566 THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS 398 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:50,033 BECAUSE THE CASE NUMBERS AND 399 00:12:45,433 --> 00:12:52,066 POSITIVITY RATES AND 400 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:52,633 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ICU 401 00:12:50,033 --> 00:12:54,166 ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN OR 402 00:12:52,066 --> 00:12:56,533 STABILIZED. 403 00:12:52,633 --> 00:12:56,900 >> SEEING THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN 404 00:12:54,166 --> 00:12:59,700 OR BE STABLE IS THE TICKET TO 405 00:12:56,533 --> 00:13:01,000 REOPENING. 406 00:12:56,900 --> 00:13:03,566 THIS IS HAPPENING, MAKE NO 407 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:05,933 MISTAKE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 408 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:06,733 GETTING VACCINATED. 409 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:08,600 >> SO HERE IS WHAT THE LOOSENED 410 00:13:05,933 --> 00:13:11,533 RESTRICTIONS MEAN. 411 00:13:06,733 --> 00:13:13,200 RESTAURANTS AND BARS CAN 412 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:14,333 INCREASE INDOOR CAPACITY TO 50% 413 00:13:11,533 --> 00:13:16,400 OR 100 PEOPLE. 414 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:19,133 WHICHEVER IS SMALLER. 415 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:21,133 LARGE INDOOR THEATERS AND VENUES 416 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:23,433 INCLUDING THE UNITED CENTER CAN 417 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:25,733 OPEN AT 25% CAPACITY. 418 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:29,033 FESTIVALS AND OUTDOOR EVENTS 419 00:13:23,433 --> 00:13:31,133 LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD FESTIVALS 420 00:13:25,733 --> 00:13:31,433 CAN OPERATE AT 15 PEOPLE PER 421 00:13:29,033 --> 00:13:31,833 1,000 SCARE FEET. 422 00:13:31,133 --> 00:13:34,266 AND -- 423 00:13:31,433 --> 00:13:36,400 SQUARE FEET. 424 00:13:31,833 --> 00:13:39,266 AND GUESTS WHO ARE VACCINATED 425 00:13:34,266 --> 00:13:40,200 WILL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS 426 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:41,933 CAPACITY LIMITS LIKE WEDDINGS. 427 00:13:39,266 --> 00:13:43,133 Dr. ALLISON ARWADY EMPHASIZES 428 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:45,266 THE NEED TO GET VACCINATED AND 429 00:13:41,933 --> 00:13:46,500 ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME 430 00:13:43,133 --> 00:13:49,100 FOR THE CITY TO KEEP TURNING 431 00:13:45,266 --> 00:13:52,533 THAT DIAL REOPENING. 432 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:54,366 WHILE THE CITY'S POSITIVITY RATE 433 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:54,700 IS LOWER AT 4.7% SHE AND THE 434 00:13:52,533 --> 00:13:57,033 MAYOR WARN WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE 435 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:59,566 WOODS. 436 00:13:54,700 --> 00:14:00,666 >> WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE 437 00:13:57,033 --> 00:14:03,066 COUNTRY AND PLACES IS THIS 438 00:13:59,566 --> 00:14:05,633 ENTHUSIASM TO REOPEN. 439 00:14:00,666 --> 00:14:09,066 WE SAW THAT A LOT LAST SUMMER. 440 00:14:03,066 --> 00:14:11,233 AND PEOPLE WENT TO VERY HIGH 441 00:14:05,633 --> 00:14:11,566 CAPACITY LEVELS ONLY TO HAVE TO 442 00:14:09,066 --> 00:14:12,866 SHUT EVERYTHING BACK DOWN VERY 443 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:14,800 QUICKLY. 444 00:14:11,566 --> 00:14:18,366 WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN 445 00:14:12,866 --> 00:14:19,733 WE WERE LAST SUMMER BECAUSE WE 446 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:21,233 HAVE THE VACCINE. 447 00:14:18,366 --> 00:14:23,533 >> NOW, THE MAYOR AND HEALTH 448 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:25,033 COMMISSIONER SAY IF THESE 449 00:14:21,233 --> 00:14:26,700 FALLING CASES AND STABILIZING 450 00:14:23,533 --> 00:14:28,466 RATES CAN HOLD STEADY FOR TWO 451 00:14:25,033 --> 00:14:30,466 WEEKS THE CITY COULD JOIN THE 452 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:31,833 STATE OF ILLINOIS IN ENTERING 453 00:14:28,466 --> 00:14:32,166 THAT BRIDGE PHASE WHERE 454 00:14:30,466 --> 00:14:33,566 RESTRICTIONS ARE LOOSENED 455 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:35,733 FURTHER. 456 00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:37,433 THAT WOULD BE A WELCOME CHANGE 457 00:14:33,566 --> 00:14:39,300 FOR TOURISM BUSINESSES LIKE 458 00:14:35,733 --> 00:14:41,466 STEVE'S SEGWAY NEAR THE 459 00:14:37,433 --> 00:14:43,333 LAKEFRONT THE OWNER HAS BEEN IN 460 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:44,766 BUSINESS 14 YEARS AND HE AND HIS 461 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:46,500 TOUR GUIDES TAKE PRIDE IN BEING 462 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:48,333 THE BEST. 463 00:14:44,766 --> 00:14:50,366 MANY ARE PART OF THE GIG ECONOMY 464 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:52,500 AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP 465 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:54,966 WORKING DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT 466 00:14:50,366 --> 00:14:58,600 HE FELT LIKE HE IS HEMORRHAGING 467 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:59,333 MONEY WITH RARE SEGWAY TOURS HE 468 00:14:54,966 --> 00:15:04,533 LOST 90-95% OF HIS BUSINESS. 469 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:07,266 >> A GHOST TOWN. 470 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:10,433 PART OF A SCI-FI MOVIE IS HOW MY 471 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:12,800 TOUR GUIDES DESCRIBED BEING ON 472 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:13,533 CAMPUS AT TIMES TODAY. 473 00:15:10,433 --> 00:15:15,933 >> SO, HE IS HOPEFUL TO SEE THAT 474 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:17,733 RETURN. 475 00:15:13,533 --> 00:15:19,800 MEANWHILE, THE CITY ARCHITECTURE 476 00:15:15,933 --> 00:15:21,666 CENTER IS REQUIRING MASKS ON 477 00:15:17,733 --> 00:15:23,700 OUTDOOR WALKING AND BOAT TOURS 478 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:24,833 DESPITE THE CDC'S GUIDANCE FOLKS 479 00:15:21,666 --> 00:15:27,133 OUTSIDE AND VACCINATED DON'T 480 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:28,900 NEED THEIR MASKS. 481 00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:31,100 BUT THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE 482 00:15:27,133 --> 00:15:34,533 CENTER SAYS THEY ARE OPERATING 483 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:36,766 AS A REDUCED CAPACITY AND 484 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:39,366 NOTICING A RETURN IN INTEREST. 485 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:40,433 THEY HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM 486 00:15:36,766 --> 00:15:42,066 PEOPLE LOOKING TO MAKEUP 487 00:15:39,366 --> 00:15:44,100 RESERVATIONS AND WALK-UP 488 00:15:40,433 --> 00:15:45,600 BUSINESS IS STEADY. 489 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:46,866 LYNN OSMOND EXPLAINS THAT 490 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:48,533 ARCHITECTURE IS THE BACKBONE OF 491 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,266 CHICAGO'S TOURISM. 492 00:15:46,866 --> 00:15:52,633 >> IT REALLY SIGNALS THE REBIRTH 493 00:15:48,533 --> 00:15:54,333 OF WHAT IS GOING ON AFTER THE 494 00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:57,300 GREAT FIRE AND NOW THE REBIRTH 495 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:59,600 AS WE LOOK POST PANDEMIC AND 496 00:15:54,333 --> 00:16:01,200 IT'S FUN TO SEE BUILDINGS LIKE 497 00:15:57,300 --> 00:16:03,333 THE ST. REGENT GIST OPENING UP. 498 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:06,800 ON THE RIVER CRUISE THERE ARE 499 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:09,666 LOTS OF BUILDINGS THAT CREPT UP 500 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:11,700 OVER THE PANDEMIC YEAR. 501 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:12,566 >> OSMOND IS THE VICE-CHAIR OF 502 00:16:09,666 --> 00:16:15,066 CHOOSE CHICAGO THE CITY'S 503 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:17,433 TOURISM INFORMATION CENTER. 504 00:16:12,566 --> 00:16:20,066 AND THE CAC AVERAGED MORE THAN 505 00:16:15,066 --> 00:16:21,866 80% SOLD CAPACITY OF ITS TOURS 506 00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:24,866 IN APRIL, HOTELS ARE AT 50% 507 00:16:20,066 --> 00:16:26,833 CAPACITY ON WEEKENDS AND SURVEY 508 00:16:21,866 --> 00:16:27,133 OF CONSUMERS SAYS 32% OF THOSE 509 00:16:24,866 --> 00:16:28,233 SURVEYED ARE READY TO TRAVEL 510 00:16:26,833 --> 00:16:30,433 AGAIN. 511 00:16:27,133 --> 00:16:32,166 STILL A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO 512 00:16:28,233 --> 00:16:34,166 GROW FOR A COUPLE INDUSTRIES. 513 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:36,533 PARIS, WHEN WE COME BACK, AS WE 514 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:37,400 MENTIONED WE WILL HEAR MORE 515 00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:38,900 ABOUT NAVY PIER'S PLANS FOR 516 00:16:36,533 --> 00:16:40,166 REOPENING THIS WEEKEND AND WHAT 517 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,766 IS IN STORE HERE. 518 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:42,500 FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU. 519 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:43,766 >> THANK YOU. 520 00:16:41,766 --> 00:16:45,433 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE 521 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:46,633 SWEEPING PROPOSALS IN HIS 522 00:16:43,766 --> 00:16:48,500 ADDRESS BEFORE A JOINT SESSION 523 00:16:45,433 --> 00:16:50,100 OF CONGRESS LAST NIGHT. 524 00:16:46,633 --> 00:16:52,800 AMONG THEM A PLEDGE TO TACKLE A 525 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:56,033 PROBLEM FELT ACUTELY HERE IN 526 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:57,966 CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS, ACCESS TO 527 00:16:52,800 --> 00:17:01,600 CLEAN, LEAD FREE DRINKING WATER. 528 00:16:56,033 --> 00:17:05,033 >> AND TODAY UP TO 10 MILLION 529 00:16:57,966 --> 00:17:06,633 HOMES IN AMERICA AND MORE THAN 530 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:09,233 400,000 SCHOOLS AND CHILDCARE 531 00:17:05,033 --> 00:17:11,266 CENTERS HAVE PIPES WITH LEAD 532 00:17:06,633 --> 00:17:14,300 INCLUDING DRINKING WATER. 533 00:17:09,233 --> 00:17:17,233 A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO 534 00:17:11,266 --> 00:17:20,533 OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH. 535 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:23,033 AMERICAN JOBS PLAN CREATES JOBS 536 00:17:17,233 --> 00:17:26,233 REPLACING 100% OF THE NATION'S 537 00:17:20,533 --> 00:17:28,333 LEAD PIPES AND SERVICE LINES SO 538 00:17:23,033 --> 00:17:29,866 EVERY AMERICAN CAN DRINK CLEAN 539 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:31,166 WATER. 540 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:33,433 >> ILLINOIS REPORTEDLY HAS MORE 541 00:17:29,866 --> 00:17:35,800 LEAD SERVICE PIPES THAN ANY 542 00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:37,900 OTHER STATE IN THE NATION. 543 00:17:33,433 --> 00:17:39,900 CHICAGO MORE THAN ANY U.S. CITY. 544 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:41,333 TAMMY DUCKWORTH HAS PROPOSED 35 545 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:42,666 BILLION DOLLARS TO UPDATE WATER 546 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVE 547 00:17:41,333 --> 00:17:44,266 DRINKING WATER ACROSS THE 548 00:17:42,666 --> 00:17:46,233 COUNTRY. 549 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,766 AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS 550 00:17:44,266 --> 00:17:48,600 EFFORT AND MUCH MORE IS SENATOR 551 00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:50,166 TAMMY DUCKWORTH. 552 00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:51,833 SHE IS CHAIR OF THE SENATE 553 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:53,400 ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 554 00:17:50,166 --> 00:17:54,433 SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WATER 555 00:17:51,833 --> 00:17:54,833 AND WILDLIFE. 556 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,900 WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO 557 00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:59,566 TONIGHT." 558 00:17:54,833 --> 00:18:01,700 AS WE UNDERSTAND YOUR BILL IS IS 559 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:03,133 PASSING OUT OF THE SENATE TODAY. 560 00:17:59,566 --> 00:18:04,800 THAT $35 BILLION WATER 561 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:06,433 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 562 00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:08,733 WHAT CHICAGOANS WANT TO KNOW 563 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:10,300 WILL THERE BE ENOUGH FEDERAL 564 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:13,000 FUNDS TO COVER 100% OF LEAD 565 00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:14,100 SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT HERE IN 566 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:16,166 THE CITY? 567 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,433 >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL 568 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:18,966 GOING TO BE FEDERAL BUT 569 00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:21,533 COMBINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL, 570 00:18:17,433 --> 00:18:23,866 STATE AND CITY, THERE SHOULD BE 571 00:18:18,966 --> 00:18:24,133 ENOUGH TO REPLACE 100% OF THE 572 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:28,300 LEAD SERVICE LINE IN THE CITY 573 00:18:23,866 --> 00:18:30,500 YES. 574 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:31,333 WE HAVE 23% TOTAL OF THE LINES 575 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:33,366 IN CHICAGO IN ILLINOIS AND MOST 576 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:34,566 IS IN CHICAGO. 577 00:18:31,333 --> 00:18:34,933 AND THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AS 578 00:18:33,366 --> 00:18:36,733 MUCH FEDERAL FUNDING AS 579 00:18:34,566 --> 00:18:40,066 POSSIBLE. 580 00:18:34,933 --> 00:18:42,166 THERE WILL BE SOME LOCAL MATCH 581 00:18:36,733 --> 00:18:44,033 BUT THE GOAL IS TO REPLACE 100% 582 00:18:40,066 --> 00:18:46,400 OF THE LEAD SERVICE PIPELINES. 583 00:18:42,166 --> 00:18:48,133 >> WE'RE TALKING AS THIS BILL IS 584 00:18:44,033 --> 00:18:50,200 BEING VOTED ON IN THE SENATE, 585 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:51,133 EXPECTED TO PASS WITH BIPARTISAN 586 00:18:48,133 --> 00:18:53,733 SUPPORT AS I UNDERSTAND? 587 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,133 >> YES VERY MUCH SO. 588 00:18:51,133 --> 00:18:55,733 IT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE 589 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:58,300 UNANIMOUSLY. 590 00:18:54,133 --> 00:19:00,200 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD 591 00:18:55,733 --> 00:19:01,600 OF THAT IN POLITICS? 592 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:03,166 IT GOT 100% OF THE REPUBLICANS 593 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:05,200 ON THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE FOR IT. 594 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,733 THEY SUPPORTED IT. 595 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:08,033 IT'S BEEN VERY BIPARTISAN. 596 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:10,200 WE WERE CAREFUL WHEN WE WERE 597 00:19:06,733 --> 00:19:11,933 WRITING THE BILL TO INCLUDE A 598 00:19:08,033 --> 00:19:12,300 LOT OF CONCERNS FROM RURAL 599 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,000 COMMUNITIES, AGRICULTURAL 600 00:19:11,933 --> 00:19:16,033 CONCERNS. 601 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:17,433 WE INCLUDED VERBIAGE TO COVER 602 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,700 TRIBAL WATER TREATMENT 603 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:20,766 FACILITIES AND SO THIS IS GOING 604 00:19:17,433 --> 00:19:22,500 TO HELP AMERICANS ALL ACROSS OUR 605 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:23,633 GREAT NATION. 606 00:19:20,766 --> 00:19:25,366 >> RARE MOMENT OF BIPARTISAN 607 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:27,300 UNITY HERE. 608 00:19:23,633 --> 00:19:28,533 THE PRESIDENT AS YOU KNOW LAST 609 00:19:25,366 --> 00:19:32,133 NIGHT UNVEILED SWEEPING 610 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:34,133 PROPOSALS THE WATER PART OF IT 611 00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:36,133 AND ALSO THE $1.8 TRILLION 612 00:19:32,133 --> 00:19:38,933 AMERICAN FAMILIES PROPOSAL THAT 613 00:19:34,133 --> 00:19:40,266 WOULD PROVIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 614 00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:43,200 UNIVERSE TALL PRESCHOOL, 615 00:19:38,933 --> 00:19:44,033 CHILDCARE, PAID IN PART BY 616 00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:46,366 HIGHER TAXES ON WEALTHY EARNERS 617 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:48,400 AND CORPORATIONS. 618 00:19:44,033 --> 00:19:50,966 COULD THAT TAX PART TO HAVE 619 00:19:46,366 --> 00:19:53,966 DERAIL BIPARTISAN HOPES ON THAT 620 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:55,133 PLAN? 621 00:19:50,966 --> 00:19:57,533 >> WELL, YOU HAVE TO ASK THE 622 00:19:53,966 --> 00:19:58,800 REPUBLICANS THAT ONE. 623 00:19:55,133 --> 00:20:01,333 I HOPE THAT THEY WILL SEE A WAY 624 00:19:57,533 --> 00:20:02,833 TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION. 625 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:06,766 I THINK THAT THE HUMAN 626 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:07,933 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS MUCH 627 00:20:02,833 --> 00:20:10,233 INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTRY AS 628 00:20:06,766 --> 00:20:10,700 OUR REGULAR TRANSPORTATION 629 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:11,500 INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER 630 00:20:10,233 --> 00:20:13,233 INFRASTRUCTURE. 631 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:16,066 WE HAVE TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE 632 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:18,100 TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND THE 633 00:20:13,233 --> 00:20:21,466 HUMAN CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY. 634 00:20:16,066 --> 00:20:24,133 THAT MEANS KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE 635 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:25,700 TO HAVE UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND WE 636 00:20:21,466 --> 00:20:27,666 KNOW HOW WELL A CHILD DOES IN 637 00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:29,300 THE FOURTH GRADE IN READING AND 638 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:32,166 MATH STARTS WITH WHETHER OR NOT 639 00:20:27,666 --> 00:20:35,033 THEY WENT TO PRE-K AND WHETHER 640 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:39,100 OR NOT THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL 641 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:41,233 AND GO TO COLLEGE PREDICTS WHAT 642 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:43,133 THEY WERE DOING IN FOURTH GRADE. 643 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:44,766 IT'S ABOUT HELPING FAMILIES TO 644 00:20:41,233 --> 00:20:45,333 BE PRODUCTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE 645 00:20:43,133 --> 00:20:49,500 HOME AND TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES 646 00:20:44,766 --> 00:20:52,866 AS WELL. 647 00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:54,000 AND WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE VOF OF 648 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:57,700 INVESTMENTS AS WE DO TO FIX OUR 649 00:20:52,866 --> 00:20:59,800 ROADS AND BRIDGES. 650 00:20:54,000 --> 00:21:03,033 >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TAX HIKES 651 00:20:57,700 --> 00:21:04,866 ON HIGHER EARNERS AND 652 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:05,200 CORPORATIONS SHOULD PAY FOR THIS 653 00:21:03,033 --> 00:21:07,833 AS OPPOSED TO TAKING OUT MORE 654 00:21:04,866 --> 00:21:09,966 DEBT? 655 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:12,966 >> I THINK CORPORATIONS AND 656 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:15,200 WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE GOTTEN 657 00:21:09,966 --> 00:21:17,733 A GOOD RIDE THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 658 00:21:12,966 --> 00:21:19,933 THE REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS GAVE 659 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:22,800 BACK TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO 660 00:21:17,733 --> 00:21:25,766 LARGE CORPORATIONS WHO IN TURN 661 00:21:19,933 --> 00:21:28,766 WENT ON A BUYING SPREE THEY BOTH 662 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:32,366 BACK STOCKS THEY TOOK THAT MONEY 663 00:21:25,766 --> 00:21:33,700 AND BOUGHT BACK STOCK. 664 00:21:28,766 --> 00:21:35,700 PEOPLE WHO MAKE MORE THAN 665 00:21:32,366 --> 00:21:37,666 $400,000. 666 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:38,200 MANY OF THEM IN THE 40 MILLION A 667 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:41,200 YEAR BECAME WEALTHIER DURING THE 668 00:21:37,666 --> 00:21:45,366 PANDEMIC. 669 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:48,033 THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS THOSE 670 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:49,100 WHO HAVE THE NET WORTH MADE MORE 671 00:21:45,366 --> 00:21:52,166 MONEY WHILE HARD-WORKING 672 00:21:48,033 --> 00:21:54,733 FAMILIES WERE BEING LAID OFF 673 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:55,100 FROM WORK AND FALLING BEHIND ON 674 00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:56,633 MORE TAJES AND -- 675 00:21:54,733 --> 00:21:58,900 MORTGAGES. 676 00:21:55,100 --> 00:22:00,633 IT'S TIME THAT GENERAL ELECTRIC 677 00:21:56,633 --> 00:22:03,200 HAS NOT PAID INCOME TAXES. 678 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:05,433 MAYBE THEY SHOULD PAY A LITTLE 679 00:22:00,633 --> 00:22:07,566 BIT IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE 680 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:09,800 WORKFORCE THAT WILL ONE DAY WORK 681 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:10,966 IN GE FACTORIES. 682 00:22:07,566 --> 00:22:12,733 >> IT SEEMS THAT IS BECOMING A 683 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,533 BIPARTISAN NOTION AS WELL. 684 00:22:10,966 --> 00:22:16,533 THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIORITIES 685 00:22:12,733 --> 00:22:20,333 FOR DEMOCRATS, INFRASTRUCTURE 686 00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:21,533 THAT 1.9 TRILLION PROPOSAL. 687 00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:23,533 VOTING RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, 688 00:22:20,333 --> 00:22:26,900 CLIMATE LEGISLATION. 689 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:29,100 DO ANY OF THESE THINGS HAVE A 690 00:22:23,533 --> 00:22:29,500 CHANCE OF GETTING DOWN WITHOUT 691 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:31,466 MODIFYING OR GETTING RID OF THE 692 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:32,433 FILIBUSTER. 693 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:34,933 YOU ARE PERHAPS FOR THE TALKING 694 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:38,733 FILIBUSTER? 695 00:22:32,433 --> 00:22:41,600 >> LOOK, I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE 696 00:22:34,933 --> 00:22:42,900 TO MODIFY THE FILIBUSTER. 697 00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:44,266 BUT IF YOU TOLD ME MY CHOICE WAS 698 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,466 TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S VOTING 699 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:48,133 RIGHTS OR PROTECTING THE 700 00:22:44,266 --> 00:22:49,700 FILIBUSTER TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS 701 00:22:45,466 --> 00:22:50,933 OF 100 SENATORS TO OBSTRUCT ONE 702 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:53,700 ANOTHER I WILL VOTE ON BEHALF OF 703 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:54,766 THE VOTERS. 704 00:22:50,933 --> 00:22:56,066 I SPENT 23 YEARS IN UNIFORM 705 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:57,300 DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION AND 706 00:22:54,766 --> 00:22:59,533 OUR DEMOCRACY. 707 00:22:56,066 --> 00:23:00,500 NOWHERE IN OUR CONSTITUTION IS 708 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:03,233 THE RIGHT TO THE FILIBUSTER 709 00:22:59,533 --> 00:23:06,233 ENSHRINED IN OUR CONSTITUTION 710 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:08,466 THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS EN SHINED 711 00:23:03,233 --> 00:23:08,766 SO I WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT THE 712 00:23:06,233 --> 00:23:11,800 RIGHTS OF PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO 713 00:23:08,466 --> 00:23:12,266 VOTE. 714 00:23:08,766 --> 00:23:13,766 I HOPE THERE CAN BE 715 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,066 BIPARTISANSHIP. 716 00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:17,200 I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE 717 00:23:13,766 --> 00:23:18,800 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT NOT A 718 00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:20,333 SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR THAT 719 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,300 AND THAT BILL WAS NEEDED BY 720 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:24,233 WORKING FAMILIES. 721 00:23:20,333 --> 00:23:26,733 WE PUT MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS 722 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:28,666 TO PAY THEIR ELECTRICITY BILL 723 00:23:24,233 --> 00:23:30,600 AND GAS BILL AND BACK RENT AND 724 00:23:26,733 --> 00:23:32,366 BACK MORTGAGE IT PAID FOR 725 00:23:28,666 --> 00:23:32,766 VACCINATIONS AND CLEANING OF OUR 726 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:35,166 SCHOOLS THE KIDS GO BACK TO 727 00:23:32,366 --> 00:23:37,066 SCHOOLS. 728 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:38,833 IT REALLY YOU KNOW, ASTONISHED 729 00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:40,200 ME THAT NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN 730 00:23:37,066 --> 00:23:43,566 SENATOR VOTED FOR THAT WHEN IT 731 00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:47,233 WAS NEEDED BY THE COUNTRY. 732 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:49,866 >> AND IT SEEMS CLEAR TO MODIFY 733 00:23:43,566 --> 00:23:51,366 THE FILIBUSTER IT HINGES ON 734 00:23:47,233 --> 00:23:53,766 SENATOR JOE MANCHIN FROM WEST 735 00:23:49,866 --> 00:23:54,166 VIRGINIA WHO SAID HE IS NOT IN 736 00:23:51,366 --> 00:23:55,666 FAVOR OF GETTING RID OF THE 737 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:56,866 FILIBUSTER. 738 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:58,900 HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH 739 00:23:55,666 --> 00:24:00,400 HIM ON THIS SUBJECT? 740 00:23:56,866 --> 00:24:02,900 DO YOU THINK HE WOULD MODIFY HIS 741 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:06,066 POSITION ON IT? 742 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:07,433 >> YOU READ THE OP-ED HE WROTE 743 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:08,900 HE LAID OUT HIS THINKING AND I 744 00:24:06,066 --> 00:24:13,800 WILL LET PEOPLE READ THAT. 745 00:24:07,433 --> 00:24:17,033 HE MADE IT CLEAR. 746 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:19,466 HE SAID LISTEN, IF YOU ARE GOING 747 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:21,366 TO OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, 748 00:24:17,033 --> 00:24:21,633 DON'T'S BE SURPRISED THIS IDEA 749 00:24:19,466 --> 00:24:23,833 OF FILIBUSTER REFORM IS COMING 750 00:24:21,366 --> 00:24:27,300 UP. 751 00:24:21,633 --> 00:24:27,766 HE DOES NOT SUPPORT IT RIGHT NOW 752 00:24:23,833 --> 00:24:30,100 ENDING THE FULL BUSTER BUT THAT 753 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:33,366 IS -- 754 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:35,166 FILIBUSTER BUT THAT IS DEPENDENT 755 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:35,733 ON REPUBLICANS NOT BEING THE 756 00:24:33,366 --> 00:24:39,633 PARTY OF NO AND NOT GETTING 757 00:24:35,166 --> 00:24:40,800 ANYTHING DONE. 758 00:24:35,733 --> 00:24:42,466 HE SAID HE WILL CONSIDER TALKING 759 00:24:39,633 --> 00:24:46,066 FILIBUSTER, YOU KNOW I THINK 760 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:47,766 THAT IS A GOOD STEP. 761 00:24:42,466 --> 00:24:50,933 MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF A 762 00:24:46,066 --> 00:24:53,133 FILIBUSTER THEY THINK OF Mr. 763 00:24:47,766 --> 00:24:55,233 SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. 764 00:24:50,933 --> 00:24:57,566 THE FILIBUSTER TODAY ANY SENATOR 765 00:24:53,133 --> 00:25:00,100 CAN SAY I'M GOING TO FILIBUSTER 766 00:24:55,233 --> 00:25:02,800 THIS AND THEY CAN GO TO CANCUN 767 00:24:57,566 --> 00:25:04,400 IF THEY WANT TO AND THEY DON'T 768 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:05,133 HAVE TO BE ON THE FLOOR SPEAKING 769 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,766 UNTIL THEY RUN OUT OF ENERGY TO 770 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,266 DO SO. 771 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:09,566 A TALKING FILIBUSTER MIGHT BE A 772 00:25:07,766 --> 00:25:10,400 STEP. 773 00:25:08,266 --> 00:25:11,966 >> I WONDERING WHAT ARE YOU 774 00:25:09,566 --> 00:25:15,933 REFERRING TO. 775 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:17,366 YOU CALLED OUT THE BIDEN 776 00:25:11,966 --> 00:25:19,733 ADMINISTRATION FOR A LACK OF 777 00:25:15,933 --> 00:25:20,900 ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER 778 00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:21,266 REPRESENTATION IN HIS CABINET TO 779 00:25:19,733 --> 00:25:22,733 WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION 780 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,733 RESPONDED. 781 00:25:21,266 --> 00:25:25,966 ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THEY HAVE 782 00:25:22,733 --> 00:25:27,166 SOLVED THAT PROBLEM? 783 00:25:23,733 --> 00:25:28,466 WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU? 784 00:25:25,966 --> 00:25:29,833 >> WELL, THE PROBLEM IS NOT 785 00:25:27,166 --> 00:25:31,966 COMPLETELY SOLVED. 786 00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:33,833 BUT I AM PLEASED THAT THEY 787 00:25:29,833 --> 00:25:36,066 WORKED WITH ME AND RESPONDED 788 00:25:31,966 --> 00:25:38,766 LITERALLY WITHIN HOURS OF ME 789 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:40,333 INDICATING THAT I WOULD NOT VOTE 790 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:42,500 FOR ANYMORE NOMINEES AND I HAD 791 00:25:38,766 --> 00:25:43,800 VOTED FOR EVERY NOMINEE UP UNTIL 792 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:47,000 THAT POINT. 793 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:48,333 EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE SWORN IN 794 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,666 TO OFFICE, AND SINCE BEING SWORN 795 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,000 IN I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH 796 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:53,600 THEM. 797 00:25:48,666 --> 00:25:55,233 MOVING FORWARD AND FORWARDING 798 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:57,000 NAMES OF PEOPLE WELL QUALIFIED 799 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,366 AND SOMETIMES MORE QUALIFIED 800 00:25:55,233 --> 00:26:01,266 THAN THE PERSON WHO WAS 801 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:04,700 NOMINATED. 802 00:25:57,366 --> 00:26:08,500 I VOTED FOR EVERY WHITE PERSON, 803 00:26:01,266 --> 00:26:10,733 EVERY WOMAN, MAN, LGBTQ, EVERY 804 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:12,366 LATINO, BLACK AMERICAN THAT HAD 805 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:14,866 COME TO THE SENATE I VOTED YES 806 00:26:10,733 --> 00:26:17,800 ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 807 00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:20,200 AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME DO NOT 808 00:26:14,866 --> 00:26:22,166 HAVE A SINGLE API PERSON 809 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:24,033 NOMINATED TO A CABINET POSITION 810 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:25,133 I FELT WAS A DISSERVICE TO THE 811 00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:27,466 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 812 00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:28,700 PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISED A 813 00:26:25,133 --> 00:26:31,633 CABINET THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE 814 00:26:27,466 --> 00:26:32,866 AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THERE IS NOT 815 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:34,866 A SINGLE API IN A CABINET 816 00:26:31,633 --> 00:26:37,366 SECRETARY POSITION. 817 00:26:32,866 --> 00:26:40,900 >> YOU WANT MORE MOVEMENT ON 818 00:26:34,866 --> 00:26:43,766 THAT IT DID LEAD TO THE 819 00:26:37,366 --> 00:26:46,966 APPOINTMENT OF ERIKA AS A DEPUTY 820 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:48,100 ASSISTANT ON AAPI ISSUES. 821 00:26:43,766 --> 00:26:49,433 I WANT TO GET TO THE ISSUE OF 822 00:26:46,966 --> 00:26:51,066 GUN VIOLENCE IMPORTANT HERE IN 823 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:52,500 CHICAGO EXPERIENCING A TERRIBLE 824 00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:54,266 YEAR FOR HOMICIDES. 825 00:26:51,066 --> 00:26:55,866 THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT UP HIS 826 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:56,833 SUPPORT FOR BANNING ASSAULT 827 00:26:54,266 --> 00:26:58,500 WEAPONS, AND CLOSING THE GUN 828 00:26:55,866 --> 00:27:02,133 SHOW LOOPHOLE. 829 00:26:56,833 --> 00:27:05,300 IS THERE LEGISLATION ON THAT 830 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:06,833 FRONT THAT HAS ANY CHANCE AT ALL 831 00:27:02,133 --> 00:27:08,000 OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT? 832 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:11,233 >> WELL, THAT DEPENDS WHERE THE 833 00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:14,000 REPUBLICANS ARE. 834 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:16,066 SO MUCH OF THIS LEGISLATION IS 835 00:27:11,233 --> 00:27:17,366 ACTUALLY SUPPORTED BY THE 836 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:20,100 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 837 00:27:16,066 --> 00:27:21,866 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE 838 00:27:17,366 --> 00:27:23,666 SUPPORTED BY 95% OF AMERICANS 839 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:25,433 CLOSING THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE. 840 00:27:21,866 --> 00:27:27,466 IF YOU ARE A GUN STORE OWNER 841 00:27:23,666 --> 00:27:30,266 TODAY YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO OUT 842 00:27:25,433 --> 00:27:31,833 OF BUSINESS AND SAY YOU WANT TO 843 00:27:27,466 --> 00:27:34,333 RETIRE AND TURN YOUR GUN STORE 844 00:27:30,266 --> 00:27:36,500 TO PERSONAL USE WEAPON AND THEN 845 00:27:31,833 --> 00:27:39,133 A YEAR LATER YOU COULD SAY I 846 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:40,733 DON'T WANT TO HANG ON TO THE 847 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:42,300 GUNS AND SELL THOSE THOUSANDS OF 848 00:27:39,133 --> 00:27:44,266 WEAPONS AT GUN SHOWS WITHOUT 849 00:27:40,733 --> 00:27:46,533 DOING ANY BACKGROUND CHECKS. 850 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:49,033 SELLING THEM PERSON TO PERSON. 851 00:27:44,266 --> 00:27:50,833 WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE 852 00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:55,233 AND THAT IS VERY MUCH SUPPORTED 853 00:27:49,033 --> 00:27:57,266 BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 854 00:27:50,833 --> 00:27:57,900 I HAVE A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE A 855 00:27:55,233 --> 00:27:59,433 UNIVERSAL FOID CARD TO HAVE YOUR 856 00:27:57,266 --> 00:28:02,000 ID CARD. 857 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:03,733 I HAVE ONE OF THOSE MYSELF. 858 00:27:59,433 --> 00:28:06,166 I DON'T OWN A FIREARM BUT I HAVE 859 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,900 ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE I LIKE TO 860 00:28:03,733 --> 00:28:09,166 TARGET PRACTICE. 861 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:11,033 BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THIS 862 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:12,466 LEGISLATION IS VERY BIPARTISAN. 863 00:28:09,166 --> 00:28:14,400 THE QUESTION IS WILL REPUBLICAN 864 00:28:11,033 --> 00:28:15,933 SENATORS VOTE FOR IT? 865 00:28:12,466 --> 00:28:18,933 OR WOULD THEY CONTINUE TO BE 866 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:20,600 BEHOLDEN TO THE NRA. 867 00:28:15,933 --> 00:28:23,200 >> A FOID CARD APPLIED TO THE 868 00:28:18,933 --> 00:28:24,333 NATION AT LARGE. 869 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:25,733 SENATOR DUCKWORTH THANK YOU FOR 870 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:28,033 JOINING US. 871 00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:30,533 >> THANK YOU. 872 00:28:25,733 --> 00:28:33,700 >> AND UP NEXT HARMONICA LESSONS 873 00:28:28,033 --> 00:28:33,700 WITH A CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND SO 874 00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:33,700 STAY WITH US. 875 00:28:52,466 --> 00:28:56,600 THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD 876 00:28:53,766 --> 00:28:58,433 INCLUDING WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR 877 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,633 VACCINATION CARD AND A PREVIEW 878 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:02,366 OF THE NFL DRAFT. 879 00:28:58,433 --> 00:29:04,000 >> BUT FIRST, CHICAGO'S MUSIC 880 00:29:00,633 --> 00:29:07,500 SCENE IS SLOWLY REOPENING AND 881 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:09,800 ONE LOCAL ARTIST IS WASTING NO 882 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:12,100 TIME GETTING BACK ON THE STAGE. 883 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:14,166 ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO 884 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:17,666 CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND BILLY 885 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:19,900 BRANCH AND SHARES LIFE 886 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:21,600 HIGHLIGHTS AHEAD OF ONE OF 887 00:29:17,666 --> 00:29:25,700 BRANCH'S FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE 888 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:27,166 SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 889 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:32,366 [♪♪♪] 890 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:34,933 >> BLUES HARMONICA PLAY ERBIL 891 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:36,233 BILL HAS BEEN PLAYING THE MOUTH 892 00:29:32,366 --> 00:29:37,866 HARP SINCE HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST 893 00:29:34,933 --> 00:29:41,966 ONE AT 11 YEARS OLD. 894 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:44,333 >> AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN MY 895 00:29:37,866 --> 00:29:51,433 MOUTH I COULD PLAY ANY FOLK 896 00:29:41,966 --> 00:29:53,300 MELODY OR SMIS CAR ROLL. 897 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:55,466 WHEN THAT HARMONICA WORE OUT 898 00:29:51,433 --> 00:29:57,733 BECAUSE I WOULD PLAY IT ALL THE 899 00:29:53,300 --> 00:30:01,466 TIME I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ONE. 900 00:29:55,466 --> 00:30:03,433 >> IT TURNED INTO A PASSION. 901 00:29:57,733 --> 00:30:04,800 BRANCH WENT ON TO PLAY FOR BLUES 902 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:09,533 LEGEND WILLIE DIXON AND THE 903 00:30:03,433 --> 00:30:12,300 ALL-STARS FOR SIX YEARS. 904 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:14,433 [♪♪♪] 905 00:30:09,533 --> 00:30:17,100 >> IT WAS AFTER PLAYING AT THE 906 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:18,866 JAZZ FESTIVAL IN 1977 WITH 907 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:21,133 DICKSON AND OTHERS THAT BRANCH'S 908 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:26,133 OWN GROUP BILLY BRANCH AND THE 909 00:30:18,866 --> 00:30:27,900 SONS OF BLUES WAS BORN. 910 00:30:21,133 --> 00:30:30,433 [♪♪♪] 911 00:30:26,133 --> 00:30:33,566 >> I CONSIDERED IT AMAZING TO 912 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:36,533 HAVE PLAYED WITH SUCH LEGENDARY 913 00:30:30,433 --> 00:30:36,833 GREATS, WILLIE DIXON AND BO 914 00:30:33,566 --> 00:30:38,166 DIDDILY AND OTIS RUSH AND JUNIOR 915 00:30:36,533 --> 00:30:40,000 WELLS. 916 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:46,333 THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT LAID THE 917 00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:47,533 GROUND WORK FOR THE BIG ROCK 918 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:48,533 SCENE AND ROCK 'N ROLL. 919 00:30:46,333 --> 00:30:50,966 [♪♪♪] 920 00:30:47,533 --> 00:30:52,366 >> BRANCH CONTINUED HIS 921 00:30:48,533 --> 00:30:54,800 COMMITMENT TO THE MUSIC GENRE BY 922 00:30:50,966 --> 00:30:58,300 STARTING HIS INTERNATIONAL BLUES 923 00:30:52,366 --> 00:30:59,500 AND SCHOOLS INITIATIVE IN 1978 924 00:30:54,800 --> 00:31:02,633 THAT IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY. 925 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:08,100 >> I'VE ALWAYS SEEN PART OF MY 926 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:09,733 ROLE AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN 927 00:31:02,633 --> 00:31:11,333 TO AS KIND OF SOW THE SEEDS. 928 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:13,533 BECAUSE WHEN I DISCOVERED THE 929 00:31:09,733 --> 00:31:15,200 BLUES THE BEAUTY OF IT AND THE 930 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:16,500 DEPTH OF IT I FELT LIKE EVERYONE 931 00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:18,233 SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS. 932 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,633 >> DESPITE HIS NATIONAL 933 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:22,900 OUTREACH, BRANCH SAYS THERE'S 934 00:31:18,233 --> 00:31:25,833 MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 935 00:31:19,633 --> 00:31:26,266 >> IT NEEDS TO BE EMBRACED BY 936 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:30,133 ITS CREATORS, BY ITS 937 00:31:25,833 --> 00:31:31,766 ORIGINATORS. 938 00:31:26,266 --> 00:31:34,800 BECAUSE WE HAVE SITUATIONS NOW 939 00:31:30,133 --> 00:31:37,733 WHERE THERE ARE FESTIVALS WITH 940 00:31:31,766 --> 00:31:39,166 NO BLACK PERFORMERS, BLUES 941 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:40,900 FESTIVALS IS LIKE AN OXYMORON. 942 00:31:37,733 --> 00:31:43,133 >> WHAT MORE DO YOU THINK THE 943 00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:45,266 CITY COULD BE DOING TO 944 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:49,266 ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE IMPACT 945 00:31:43,133 --> 00:31:52,600 THAT BLUES HAS HAD ON THE CITY? 946 00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:52,900 >> THE CITY AS A WHOLE SHOULD 947 00:31:49,266 --> 00:31:54,700 EVEN MORE FIERCELY EMBRACE THE 948 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,633 BLUES. 949 00:31:52,900 --> 00:32:00,100 IN A PERFECT WORLD I WOULD LIKE 950 00:31:54,700 --> 00:32:02,666 TO SEE COMMON AND CHANCE WHO ARE 951 00:31:56,633 --> 00:32:05,033 RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO, DIRECT 952 00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:10,933 SOME OF THEIR ENERGIES AND 953 00:32:02,666 --> 00:32:11,266 ATTENTION TO THE BLUES. 954 00:32:05,033 --> 00:32:13,266 AND MAKE IT RELEVANT TO THE 21ST 955 00:32:10,933 --> 00:32:14,766 CENTURY. 956 00:32:11,266 --> 00:32:16,666 >> BRANCH RECEIVED A NUMBER OF 957 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:19,866 ACCOLADES ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WORK 958 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:22,933 AS ACTIVIST AND MUSICIAN. 959 00:32:16,666 --> 00:32:27,166 LAST YEAR HE WAS INDUCTED INTO 960 00:32:19,866 --> 00:32:29,366 THE 2020 BLUES HALL OF FAME AND 961 00:32:22,933 --> 00:32:34,066 RECENTLY CREATED A SONG ENTITLED 962 00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:39,633 THE BALLAD OF GEORGE FLOYD THAT 963 00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:40,100 WILL BE AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM. 964 00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:41,800 >> CAN YOU MAKE IT TALK? 965 00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:43,500 [♪♪♪] 966 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:47,733 >> AS BRANCH CONTINUES TO 967 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:50,300 EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE, HE SAYS 968 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:52,633 HIS MISSION REMAINS THE SAME... 969 00:32:47,733 --> 00:32:53,566 TO GIVE BLUES THE RECOGNITION IT 970 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:55,633 DESERVES. 971 00:32:52,633 --> 00:32:59,633 [♪♪♪] 972 00:32:53,566 --> 00:33:01,766 >> EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO THIS 973 00:32:55,633 --> 00:33:03,700 BECAUSE IT IS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 974 00:32:59,633 --> 00:33:04,833 THE HUMAN CONDITION. 975 00:33:01,766 --> 00:33:05,200 EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH 976 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:07,300 STRUGGLES, EVERYBODY HAS 977 00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:08,500 PROBLEMS. 978 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:13,366 AND THE BLUES IS A WAY OF 979 00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:14,133 RELEASING AND EXPRESSING THIS 980 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:15,900 AND MAKING IT NOT FEEL SO BAD. 981 00:33:13,366 --> 00:33:21,900 [♪♪♪] 982 00:33:14,133 --> 00:33:23,566 >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M 983 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:25,066 ANGEL IDOWU. 984 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:27,500 >> AND BILLY BRANCH AND SONS OF 985 00:33:23,566 --> 00:33:31,166 BLUES WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 986 00:33:25,066 --> 00:33:31,500 BIRTHDAY OF LITTLE WALTER FRIDAY 987 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:32,933 AND SATURDAY AT ROSA'S BLUES 988 00:33:31,166 --> 00:33:35,533 LOUNGE. 989 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:36,800 AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO 990 00:33:32,933 --> 00:33:38,333 TONIGHT", SHOULD YOU CARRY YOUR 991 00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:40,066 COVID VACCINATION CARD WITH YOU 992 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,566 OR WHAT IF YOU LOST IT? 993 00:33:38,333 --> 00:33:42,966 WE HAVE A RUNDOWN OF THINGS TO 994 00:33:40,066 --> 00:33:44,533 KNOW. 995 00:33:40,566 --> 00:33:45,733 AND LIVE FROM NAVY PIER ON THE 996 00:33:42,966 --> 00:33:47,866 REOPENING PLANS AND THE RETURN 997 00:33:44,533 --> 00:33:51,100 OF LIVE THEATRE. 998 00:33:45,733 --> 00:33:55,166 AND AFTER THE BEARS FAILED TO 999 00:33:47,866 --> 00:33:57,133 IMPRESS WHAT REINFORCEMENTS CAN 1000 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:58,166 HEAD COACH MATT NAGY EXPECT FROM 1001 00:33:55,166 --> 00:34:00,400 THE NFL DRAFT? 1002 00:33:57,133 --> 00:34:01,700 LAKE SHORE DRIVE IS ONE STEP 1003 00:33:58,166 --> 00:34:04,200 CLOSER TO GETTING A NEW NAME. 1004 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:09,533 A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PASSED 1005 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:09,866 AN ORDINANCE TO RENAME THE DRIVE 1006 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:11,366 IN HONOR OF JEN BAPTIST 1007 00:34:09,533 --> 00:34:13,800 DuSABLE. 1008 00:34:09,866 --> 00:34:15,633 THE CHANGE WOULD COVER 17 MILES 1009 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:17,033 OF THE DRIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD 1010 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:19,733 NORTH TO 67TH. 1011 00:34:15,633 --> 00:34:22,266 MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN CHILLY 1012 00:34:17,033 --> 00:34:22,600 TO THE NAME CHANGE INSTEAD 1013 00:34:19,733 --> 00:34:25,133 NAMING THE RIVERWALK AFTER 1014 00:34:22,266 --> 00:34:26,333 DuSABLE. 1015 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:28,000 IT FACES A FULL CITY COUNCIL 1016 00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:30,633 VOTE. 1017 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:31,866 >> HEALTH OFFICIAL REPORTS 3400 1018 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:34,933 NEW COVID CASES AND 38 1019 00:34:30,633 --> 00:34:38,866 ADDITIONAL DEATHS. 1020 00:34:31,866 --> 00:34:40,366 THAT MAKES FOR A 1.331 MILLION 1021 00:34:34,933 --> 00:34:43,233 CASES AND 21,927 DEATHS SINCE 1022 00:34:38,866 --> 00:34:45,433 THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 1023 00:34:40,366 --> 00:34:46,066 MORE THAN 31% OF THE STATE'S 1024 00:34:43,233 --> 00:34:47,633 POPULATION HAS BEEN FULLY 1025 00:34:45,433 --> 00:34:47,933 VACCINATED. 1026 00:34:46,066 --> 00:34:49,766 >> SHADES OF THE 1980s IN THE 1027 00:34:47,633 --> 00:34:51,966 LOOP. 1028 00:34:47,933 --> 00:34:54,200 CITY LEADERS SAY STATE STREET 1029 00:34:49,766 --> 00:34:56,000 WILL BE SHUTDOWN TO VEHICLE 1030 00:34:51,966 --> 00:34:56,866 TRAFFIC ON AS MANY AS 12 SUNDAYS 1031 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,666 THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER STARTING 1032 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,366 JULY 11. 1033 00:34:56,866 --> 00:35:03,766 DUBBED SUNDAYS ON STATE BY THE 1034 00:34:58,666 --> 00:35:05,433 CHICAGO LOOP ALLIANCE AND IT 1035 00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:06,600 WILL BRING OUTDOOR DINING, 1036 00:35:03,766 --> 00:35:07,033 RETAIL PERFORMANCES AND FAMILY 1037 00:35:05,433 --> 00:35:09,200 FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES TO THE 1038 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:11,066 STREET. 1039 00:35:07,033 --> 00:35:13,566 THE SHUTDOWNS WILL TAKE PLACE 1040 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:15,666 BETWEEN LAKE AND MADISON AND 1041 00:35:11,066 --> 00:35:15,966 SEEN AS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE 1042 00:35:13,566 --> 00:35:18,066 EXCITED ABOUT COMING BACK TO THE 1043 00:35:15,666 --> 00:35:19,433 LOOP. 1044 00:35:15,966 --> 00:35:21,166 >> IF YOU'VE RECEIVED THE 1045 00:35:18,066 --> 00:35:25,033 COVID-19 VACCINE YOU PROBABLY 1046 00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:25,966 GOT A VACCINATION CARD THAT 1047 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:28,000 INCLUDES THE NAME DATES YOU 1048 00:35:25,033 --> 00:35:29,833 RECEIVED YOUR SHOTS. 1049 00:35:25,966 --> 00:35:32,933 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? 1050 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:34,633 KRISTEN THOMETZ JOINS US TO 1051 00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:36,000 ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND MORE. 1052 00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:38,733 KRISTEN, YOU ASKED OUR NEWSROOM 1053 00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:40,233 STAFF AND FOLKS WHAT QUESTIONS 1054 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:41,600 THEY HAVE ABOUT THE COVID 1055 00:35:38,733 --> 00:35:42,433 VACCINATION CARD LET'S LOOK AT 1056 00:35:40,233 --> 00:35:44,633 SOME OF THOSE BEGINNING WITH 1057 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,933 THAT FIRST QUESTION. 1058 00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:47,900 WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY VACCINE 1059 00:35:44,633 --> 00:35:48,633 CARD? 1060 00:35:44,933 --> 00:35:50,533 SHOULD I CARRY IT WITH ME? 1061 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:52,033 >> HI, PARIS. 1062 00:35:48,633 --> 00:35:53,733 NO YOU SHOULD NOT CARRY YOUR 1063 00:35:50,533 --> 00:35:55,466 VACCINE CARD WITH YOU AFTER YOU 1064 00:35:52,033 --> 00:35:56,833 HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. 1065 00:35:53,733 --> 00:36:00,200 YOU WILL NEED TO BRING THAT CARD 1066 00:35:55,466 --> 00:36:01,933 TO YOUR SECOND APPOINTMENT IF 1067 00:35:56,833 --> 00:36:03,800 YOU ARE GETTING A TWO-DOSE SHOT. 1068 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:05,233 BUT OTHER THAN THAT EVERYONE 1069 00:36:01,933 --> 00:36:06,600 SAID KEEP THAT CARD IN A SAFE 1070 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:08,033 PLACE WITH IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS 1071 00:36:05,233 --> 00:36:11,666 LIKE YOUR PASSPORT. 1072 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:14,933 >> EASY TO LOSE THAT. 1073 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:16,200 ANOTHER QUESTION, I DID NOT GET 1074 00:36:11,666 --> 00:36:17,600 A VACCINATION CARD AT MY 1075 00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:20,066 APPOINTMENT? 1076 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:21,333 >> CONTACT THE VACCINATION 1077 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:22,366 PROVIDER WHERE YOU GOT THE SHOT. 1078 00:36:20,066 --> 00:36:24,933 AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE 1079 00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:26,166 YOU A CARD. 1080 00:36:22,366 --> 00:36:27,066 CAN YOU ALSO REQUEST PROOF OF 1081 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:29,300 VACCINATION FROM THE ILLINOIS 1082 00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:31,966 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1083 00:36:27,066 --> 00:36:32,333 WHICH KEEPS A RECORD OF EVERY 1084 00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:34,100 PATIENT'S IMMUNIZATIONS IN A 1085 00:36:31,966 --> 00:36:36,600 DATABASE. 1086 00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:37,400 FILL OUT A FORM TO REQUEST THAT. 1087 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:39,533 >> AND HOPEFULLY MOST FOLKS HAVE 1088 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:42,266 THEIR CARD. 1089 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:44,200 HOW CAN I PROVE MY VACCINATION 1090 00:36:39,533 --> 00:36:44,933 STATUS WITHOUT CARRYING MY CARD? 1091 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:46,400 >> GOOD QUESTION. 1092 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,700 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1093 00:36:44,933 --> 00:36:50,133 AND PREVENTION SAYS TO TAKE A 1094 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,933 PHOTO OF THE CARD THAT WAY YOU 1095 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:53,033 HAVE A COULD COPY BUT THE 1096 00:36:50,133 --> 00:36:54,233 ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 1097 00:36:50,933 --> 00:36:56,066 HEALTH IS SAYING PROOF IS 1098 00:36:53,033 --> 00:36:58,033 VACCINATION IS NOT BEING 1099 00:36:54,233 --> 00:37:00,300 REQUIRED AT MOST PLACES BUT THE 1100 00:36:56,066 --> 00:37:02,566 STATE AGENCY IS WORKING ON WAYS 1101 00:36:58,033 --> 00:37:03,966 TO COME UP WITH A WAY SO PEOPLE 1102 00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:06,033 CAN SHOW THEY ARE VACCINATED. 1103 00:37:02,566 --> 00:37:07,733 CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE LAUNCHING 1104 00:37:03,966 --> 00:37:10,233 THEIR OWN PASSPORT THAT WILL BE 1105 00:37:06,033 --> 00:37:10,566 ROLLED OUT FOR VACCINATED FOLKS 1106 00:37:07,733 --> 00:37:11,700 TO GO TO CONCERTS AND SUMMER 1107 00:37:10,233 --> 00:37:13,500 EVENTS. 1108 00:37:10,566 --> 00:37:17,266 >> WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT THAT 1109 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:20,333 LOOKS LIKE. 1110 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:20,633 MY VACCINE CARD IS IN MY 1111 00:37:17,266 --> 00:37:21,533 PASSPORT FUNNY THAT YOU SAID 1112 00:37:20,333 --> 00:37:24,400 THAT. 1113 00:37:20,633 --> 00:37:26,566 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1114 00:37:21,533 --> 00:37:28,700 >> AND YOU CAN READ THE FULL 1115 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:29,900 STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AND READ 1116 00:37:26,566 --> 00:37:32,733 MORE ABOUT VACCINE CARDS WHAT TO 1117 00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:34,133 DO IF YOU LOSE IT. 1118 00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:35,366 ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS. 1119 00:37:32,733 --> 00:37:37,233 >> AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY 1120 00:37:34,133 --> 00:37:38,300 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WHO SPENT THE 1121 00:37:35,366 --> 00:37:41,466 DAY AT NAVY PIER AS PART OF OUR 1122 00:37:37,233 --> 00:37:42,833 "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR 1123 00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:44,533 NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES. 1124 00:37:41,466 --> 00:37:45,766 >> YOU CAN TELL THE WEATHER 1125 00:37:42,833 --> 00:37:47,600 PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT SINCE THE 1126 00:37:44,533 --> 00:37:52,333 LAST TIME WE SPOKE. 1127 00:37:45,766 --> 00:37:53,733 EARLIER TODAY AS WELL WE STOPPED 1128 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:55,666 BY THE CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE 1129 00:37:52,333 --> 00:37:57,766 THEATRE AND SPOKE WITH BARBARA 1130 00:37:53,733 --> 00:37:58,200 GAINES AND I ASKED HER WHAT THE 1131 00:37:55,666 --> 00:38:00,300 PAST YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE FOR THE 1132 00:37:57,766 --> 00:38:03,733 COMPANY? 1133 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:05,200 >> ALL THEATERS THROUGHOUT THE 1134 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:06,466 WORLD THAT WAS BEEN SHOULDERED. 1135 00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:08,333 IT'S SHUTTERED. 1136 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:09,900 IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING AND THE 1137 00:38:06,466 --> 00:38:12,333 BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT WOULD BE 1138 00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:18,000 THAT THEATRE PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN 1139 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:19,200 THE PERFORMING ARTS HAVE NOT HAD 1140 00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:21,233 ANY OXYGEN FOR 14 MONTHS. 1141 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:22,733 IT'S BEEN TOUGH. 1142 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:26,600 >> WHAT IT LIKE FOR THE ARTISTS? 1143 00:38:21,233 --> 00:38:28,333 >> THE ARTISTS ARE SUFFERING THE 1144 00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:31,633 MOST ACTORS ON STAGE, THERE'S NO 1145 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:33,733 ON STAGE TO BE. 1146 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:34,066 SO OUR TECHNICIANS OUR 1147 00:38:31,633 --> 00:38:35,566 DESIGNERS, ARE ALL BLESSED 1148 00:38:33,733 --> 00:38:38,133 ACTORS. 1149 00:38:34,066 --> 00:38:40,066 IT IS REALLY BEEN A CHALLENGE 1150 00:38:35,566 --> 00:38:42,666 FOR ALL OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND 1151 00:38:38,133 --> 00:38:45,166 AS A GROUP. 1152 00:38:40,066 --> 00:38:46,166 >> YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PIVOT A 1153 00:38:42,666 --> 00:38:47,766 LITTLE BIT WITH YOUR SOME 1154 00:38:45,166 --> 00:38:49,700 VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING. 1155 00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:51,400 TELL US ABOUT THAT? 1156 00:38:47,766 --> 00:38:53,966 >> WE'VE HAD A BLAST DOING 1157 00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:56,666 VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING I MUST SAY. 1158 00:38:51,400 --> 00:39:04,733 THE MOST RECENT PROGRAMMING WE 1159 00:38:53,966 --> 00:39:07,566 HAD AND THEY ARE STILL ON RIGHT 1160 00:38:56,666 --> 00:39:12,533 NOW IS DIRECTED BY TYRON AND 1161 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:13,933 MARTY AND THE JOY OF THE 1162 00:39:07,566 --> 00:39:16,900 ONE-PEOPLE SHOWS, IS THAT IT'S 1163 00:39:12,533 --> 00:39:18,700 COMPLETELY CREATIVE. 1164 00:39:13,933 --> 00:39:21,700 IT IS A FULL PRODUCTION LESS 1165 00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:22,933 THAN AN HOUR BOTH OF THEM. 1166 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:23,300 AND THEY ARE SO INVENTIVE AND 1167 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:27,300 IMAGINATIVE AND LANGUAGE IS SO 1168 00:39:22,933 --> 00:39:27,700 IMPORTANT. 1169 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:30,133 AND THE PERFORMANCES TRULY ARE 1170 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:32,733 SPECTACULAR. 1171 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:35,100 AND WE HAVE TREMENDOUS 1172 00:39:30,133 --> 00:39:37,500 EXCITEMENT OUT THERE IN THE WEB 1173 00:39:32,733 --> 00:39:43,700 LAND IN TERMS OF APPRECIATION 1174 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:47,133 FOR THESE TWO SHOWS. 1175 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:49,400 WE HAVE JUST AS YOU KNOW, TO BE 1176 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:51,300 423 WHICH WAS A CELEBRATION OF 1177 00:39:47,133 --> 00:39:52,933 LIFE RETURNING TO THE PERFORMING 1178 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:54,666 ARTS WHICH WE PERFORMED ON THE 1179 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:56,233 ROOF OF THE PARKING GARAGE AT 1180 00:39:52,933 --> 00:39:58,866 NAVY PIER. 1181 00:39:54,666 --> 00:40:00,266 AND THAT WAS A BLAST. 1182 00:39:56,233 --> 00:40:01,866 YOU HAD SINGERS AND DANCERS. 1183 00:39:58,866 --> 00:40:05,733 THERE WERE GREAT INTERVIEWS. 1184 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:06,766 AND AGAIN THIS IS STILL YOU CAN 1185 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:09,266 JUST GET ON 0 OUR WEBSITE, 1186 00:40:05,733 --> 00:40:11,800 CHICAGO SHAKES. 1187 00:40:06,766 --> 00:40:14,000 >> AND TODAY THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED 1188 00:40:09,266 --> 00:40:15,800 FOR THEATRE VENUES ASKER PART OF 1189 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:17,900 THE REOPEN CHICAGO PLAN 1190 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:19,966 INCLUDING THE UNITED CENTER CAN 1191 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:22,300 HOST 25% OF CAPACITY. 1192 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:24,133 BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? 1193 00:40:19,966 --> 00:40:26,700 >> WELL, I THINK FOR ALL OF THE 1194 00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:29,033 PERFORMING ARTS IT IS A BIT OF A 1195 00:40:24,133 --> 00:40:31,300 STRUGGLE TO ONLY HAVE 25%. 1196 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:33,500 I HAVE TO SAY THE ONLY THING 1197 00:40:29,033 --> 00:40:36,300 THAT MATTERS TO US AT CHICAGO 1198 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:39,266 SHAKES RIGHT NOW IS SAFETY. 1199 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:40,166 AND HEALTH OF EVERYONE OF OUR 1200 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:41,400 STAFF, OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF 1201 00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:43,300 YOU. 1202 00:40:40,166 --> 00:40:45,233 THAT IS EVERYTHING. 1203 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:47,466 AND ONCE WE ARE ALLOWED TO 1204 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:49,966 GATHER AND SLIGHTLY LARGER 1205 00:40:45,233 --> 00:40:53,400 GROUPS, I THINK WE WILL BE 1206 00:40:47,466 --> 00:40:54,766 GATHERING WITH JOY AND WE WILL 1207 00:40:49,966 --> 00:40:58,266 BE THRILLED TO SEE PEOPLE BACK 1208 00:40:53,400 --> 00:41:00,533 IN THIS BEAUTIFUL THEATRE. 1209 00:40:54,766 --> 00:41:00,866 LOOK AT ALL THOSE EMPTY SEATS. 1210 00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:02,500 >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE 1211 00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:04,733 SUMMER? 1212 00:41:00,866 --> 00:41:06,900 WE ARE USED TO SEEING CHICAGO 1213 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:08,200 SHAKES IN THE PARK AND THEN 1214 00:41:04,733 --> 00:41:08,533 OBVIOUSLY THE PLANS FOR THE FALL 1215 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:09,800 WHEN HOPEFULLY THINGS ARE 1216 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,966 BETTER? 1217 00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:12,700 >> WE ARE DOING A SPECIAL 1218 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,600 PROJECT IN THE SUMMER WE'RE JUST 1219 00:41:11,966 --> 00:41:16,266 WORKING ON NOW. 1220 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:18,266 I WILL KEEP THAT A LITTLE TEASE 1221 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:21,500 BUT IT WILL BE GREAT. 1222 00:41:16,266 --> 00:41:25,366 AND THEN IN THE FALL, WE HAVE A 1223 00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:28,166 REALLY EXCITING PRODUCTION OF AS 1224 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:28,466 YOU LIKE IT WITH WITHIN THE 1225 00:41:25,366 --> 00:41:31,733 ENTIRE SHOW ARE THE BEATLES 1226 00:41:28,166 --> 00:41:34,000 SONGS. 1227 00:41:28,466 --> 00:41:36,466 SO THE SONG LIKE COME TOGETHER, 1228 00:41:31,733 --> 00:41:37,833 COME TOGETHER RIGHT NOW CAN BE 1229 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,366 OUR MANTRA. 1230 00:41:36,466 --> 00:41:39,500 >> HOPING THAT WILL BE 1231 00:41:37,833 --> 00:41:40,866 IN-PERSON? 1232 00:41:38,366 --> 00:41:41,900 >> IT WILL BE. 1233 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:43,800 >> THAT'S THE PLAN. 1234 00:41:40,866 --> 00:41:45,233 >> THAT'S THE PLAN FOR EVERYBODY 1235 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:48,033 TO BE IN PERSON AND HEAR THE 1236 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:49,733 MUSIC OF THE BEATLES AND THE 1237 00:41:45,233 --> 00:41:50,500 MUSIC OF SHAKESPEARE AND 1238 00:41:48,033 --> 00:41:52,766 PHENOMENAL CAST HAVING A BLAST 1239 00:41:49,733 --> 00:41:54,666 TOGETHER. 1240 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:56,733 WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO WELCOME 1241 00:41:52,766 --> 00:41:58,666 PEOPLE AS I LOOK AROUND HERE. 1242 00:41:54,666 --> 00:42:04,266 I KNOW THERE WILL BE LAUGHTER 1243 00:41:56,733 --> 00:42:08,966 AND BRILLIANT HAPPY MUSIC FROM 1244 00:41:58,666 --> 00:42:11,466 THE FABULOUS FOUR. 1245 00:42:04,266 --> 00:42:13,333 AND THIS OPENING OF NAVY PIER 1246 00:42:08,966 --> 00:42:15,500 RIGHT NOW IT IS A MARKER IT IS A 1247 00:42:11,466 --> 00:42:16,966 SYMBOL OF LIFE COMING BACK TO 1248 00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:19,766 ALL OF OUR LIVES OF SEEING YOUR 1249 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:21,700 FAMILIES AGAIN. 1250 00:42:16,966 --> 00:42:28,733 OF GOING OUT AND ENJOYING LIFE 1251 00:42:19,766 --> 00:42:30,966 AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED 1252 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:33,533 THAT THIS MOMENT IS HERE. 1253 00:42:28,733 --> 00:42:34,500 >> AND PARIS THAT WAS CHICAGO 1254 00:42:30,966 --> 00:42:36,266 SHAKESPEARE THEATRE'S ARTISTIC 1255 00:42:33,533 --> 00:42:38,333 DIRECTOR BARBARA GAINES WHEN WE 1256 00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:39,566 COME BACK MAYBE FROM A LESS 1257 00:42:36,266 --> 00:42:43,366 WINDY LOCATION WE WILL HAVE MORE 1258 00:42:38,333 --> 00:42:44,533 INFORMATION ON THIS LOCATION AND 1259 00:42:39,566 --> 00:42:44,866 WHAT IS IN STORE FOR NAVY PIER. 1260 00:42:43,366 --> 00:42:46,866 >> GET PROTECTION FROM THE 1261 00:42:44,533 --> 00:42:49,366 SQUALL. 1262 00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:50,766 AND GREAT TO SEE BARBARA GAINES. 1263 00:42:46,866 --> 00:42:51,333 UP NEXT, WE DIVE INTO THE NFL 1264 00:42:49,366 --> 00:42:52,766 DRAFT WITH JAMES "BIG CAT" 1265 00:42:50,766 --> 00:42:55,466 WILLIAMS. 1266 00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:55,466 BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE 1267 00:42:52,766 --> 00:42:55,466 WEATHER... 1268 00:43:15,133 --> 00:43:20,900 >> JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS SELECT 1269 00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:22,533 TREVOR LAURENCE, QUARTERBACK 1270 00:43:20,566 --> 00:43:25,466 CLEMSON. 1271 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:27,433 >> AND THE NFL DRAFT IS UNDERWAY 1272 00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:29,300 AND BEARS FANS ARE OPENING FOR 1273 00:43:25,466 --> 00:43:30,800 GAME READY REINFORCEMENTS AFTER 1274 00:43:27,433 --> 00:43:32,566 A DISAPPOINTING END. 1275 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:35,233 THEY HAVE EIGHT PICKS INCLUDING 1276 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:35,633 THE 20TH PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND 1277 00:43:32,566 --> 00:43:37,300 WILL THEY GET THAT FRANCHISE 1278 00:43:35,233 --> 00:43:38,566 QUARTERBACK? 1279 00:43:35,633 --> 00:43:40,500 JOINING US TO GIVE HIS TAKE IS 1280 00:43:37,300 --> 00:43:43,966 JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS. 1281 00:43:38,566 --> 00:43:47,400 FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE 1282 00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:49,666 BEARS FROM 1991-2002. 1283 00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:51,133 JAMES GREAT TO SEE YOU. 1284 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:52,866 >> HEY, PARIS HOW ARE YOU 1285 00:43:49,666 --> 00:43:54,300 >> I'M EXCITED HERE BUT THE 1286 00:43:51,133 --> 00:43:56,233 OTHER EXCITEMENT HAPPENING IN 1287 00:43:52,866 --> 00:43:56,900 THE NFL AARON RODGERS IS NOT 1288 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:59,100 GOING TO RETURN TO THE PACKERS 1289 00:43:56,233 --> 00:44:00,466 NEXT YEAR? 1290 00:43:56,900 --> 00:44:02,433 ARE YOU HEARING THAT? 1291 00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:05,433 >> THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING THAT 1292 00:44:00,466 --> 00:44:05,733 IS WHAT HE IS SAYING RIGHT NOW. 1293 00:44:02,433 --> 00:44:07,333 THE PACKERS STILL HOLD ALL THE 1294 00:44:05,433 --> 00:44:09,333 POWER. 1295 00:44:05,733 --> 00:44:11,033 HE IS UNDER CONTRACT. 1296 00:44:07,333 --> 00:44:13,233 IF HE CHOOSES NOT TO PLAY HE HAS 1297 00:44:09,333 --> 00:44:15,866 A LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE BACK. 1298 00:44:11,033 --> 00:44:18,866 I DON'T THINK IT IS ABOUT THE 1299 00:44:13,233 --> 00:44:22,600 MONEY I THINK IT'S ABOUT WHAT HE 1300 00:44:15,866 --> 00:44:24,533 IS DOING AS FAR AS BEING 1301 00:44:18,866 --> 00:44:26,100 DISRESPECTED AS FAR AS BRINGING 1302 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:28,866 JORDAN LOVE IN, TO BE A BACKUP 1303 00:44:24,533 --> 00:44:29,566 QUARTERBACK OR TO BE THE PERSON 1304 00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:30,900 THAT IS GOING TO TAKEOVER FOR 1305 00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:32,066 RODGERS. 1306 00:44:29,566 --> 00:44:37,866 AND RODGERS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING 1307 00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:39,066 ABOUT IT. 1308 00:44:32,066 --> 00:44:40,933 YOU ARE A TWO-TIME NFL MVP AND 1309 00:44:37,866 --> 00:44:42,733 YOUR ORGANIZATION CANNOT COME TO 1310 00:44:39,066 --> 00:44:45,000 YOU AND TELL YOU THAT WE'RE 1311 00:44:40,933 --> 00:44:45,433 GOING TO PICK UP A YOUNG 1312 00:44:42,733 --> 00:44:47,033 QUARTERBACK TO GROOM FOR THE 1313 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:49,400 FUTURE? 1314 00:44:45,433 --> 00:44:52,200 >> COULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE 1315 00:44:47,033 --> 00:44:54,666 CHICAGO BEARS AND THE RUMORS ARE 1316 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:56,766 THAT HE MIGHT LAND IN DENVER 1317 00:44:52,200 --> 00:45:02,766 WITH FORMER COORDINATOR VICK. 1318 00:44:54,666 --> 00:45:05,966 WITH THE 20TH PICK IN THE NFL 1319 00:44:56,766 --> 00:45:06,300 DRAFT THE BEARS SELECT... 1320 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:07,733 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TEVEN 1321 00:45:05,966 --> 00:45:09,633 JENKINS. 1322 00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:12,300 A TACKLE. 1323 00:45:07,733 --> 00:45:15,700 SOMEONE THAT CAN COME IN RIGHT 1324 00:45:09,633 --> 00:45:16,000 NOW AND PLAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO 1325 00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:17,666 WHAT THE TEAM NEEDS TO HAVE 1326 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:19,433 DONE. 1327 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:21,000 BUT YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER NEEDS 1328 00:45:17,666 --> 00:45:23,566 YOU HAVE WIDE RECEIVER. 1329 00:45:19,433 --> 00:45:25,766 A GUY LIKE TERRANCE MARSHALL 1330 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:27,733 FROM LSU THAT COULD STILL BE 1331 00:45:23,566 --> 00:45:29,866 THERE AROUND THE 20TH PICK. 1332 00:45:25,766 --> 00:45:32,933 THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS. 1333 00:45:27,733 --> 00:45:33,700 AND THE ONE THING ABOUT THE 1334 00:45:29,866 --> 00:45:36,166 DRAFT IS THINGS CHANGE EVERY 1335 00:45:32,933 --> 00:45:37,833 SECOND. 1336 00:45:33,700 --> 00:45:40,066 SO A GUY THAT MIGHT BE ON THEIR 1337 00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:42,266 BOARD THAT MIGHT BE HIGH ON 1338 00:45:37,833 --> 00:45:43,900 THEIR BOARD AT THE 15TH PICK 1339 00:45:40,066 --> 00:45:45,800 MIGHT BE GONE BY 16. 1340 00:45:42,266 --> 00:45:46,100 YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT IS 1341 00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:47,133 GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL IT IS YOUR 1342 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:49,000 TURN. 1343 00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:50,366 >> AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BEARS 1344 00:45:47,133 --> 00:45:52,166 WANT TO GET A FRANCHISE 1345 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:54,866 QUARTERBACK AT SOME POINT THIS 1346 00:45:50,366 --> 00:45:57,966 MAY NOT BE THE DRAFT TO DO IT. 1347 00:45:52,166 --> 00:46:00,233 DO YOU ANTICIPATE A BIG CRAZY 1348 00:45:54,866 --> 00:46:02,833 TRADE WHERE THE GENERAL MANAGER 1349 00:45:57,966 --> 00:46:04,433 RYAN PACE TRADES UP 15 PICKS SO 1350 00:46:00,233 --> 00:46:04,800 HE CAN LAND A QUARTERBACK? 1351 00:46:02,833 --> 00:46:07,800 >> NO, I DON'T SEE THAT 1352 00:46:04,433 --> 00:46:09,566 HAPPENING. 1353 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:11,433 I THINK THAT THERE IS FIRST OF 1354 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:12,566 ALL I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE 1355 00:46:09,566 --> 00:46:15,366 ENOUGH CAPITAL TO MOVE UP HIGH 1356 00:46:11,433 --> 00:46:16,833 ENOUGH IN THE DRAFT TO GET ONE 1357 00:46:12,566 --> 00:46:18,966 OF THE BIG FIVE QUARTERBACKS. 1358 00:46:15,366 --> 00:46:20,333 AND ONCE YOU START TALKING ABOUT 1359 00:46:16,833 --> 00:46:22,066 THE QUARTERBACKS AFTER THAT, YOU 1360 00:46:18,966 --> 00:46:24,866 ARE TALKING ABOUT QUARTERBACKS 1361 00:46:20,333 --> 00:46:27,366 THAT CAN GO AT THE END OF THE 1362 00:46:22,066 --> 00:46:29,200 SECOND ROUND, EARLY THIRD ROUND. 1363 00:46:24,866 --> 00:46:31,366 FOR THEM TO MOVE UP JUST TO TAKE 1364 00:46:27,366 --> 00:46:32,733 A GUY THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY 1365 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:34,733 GET IN THE SECOND OR THIRD ROUND 1366 00:46:31,366 --> 00:46:35,300 WE'VE HEARD THE STORY BEFORE AND 1367 00:46:32,733 --> 00:46:36,900 I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SEE IT 1368 00:46:34,733 --> 00:46:39,133 HAPPEN AGAIN. 1369 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:40,500 >> IS THERE A GOOD GUY IN THE 1370 00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:42,833 SECOND OR THIRD ROUND THEY 1371 00:46:39,133 --> 00:46:45,033 SHOULD BE TARGETING. 1372 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:49,300 >> THERE IS A A KID NAMED DAVIS 1373 00:46:42,833 --> 00:46:51,300 DAFS DAVIS OUT OF STANFORD -- 1374 00:46:45,033 --> 00:46:53,133 DAVIS MILLS, 600 3, 215 POUNDS. 1375 00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:55,233 STANDS WELL IN THE POCKET. 1376 00:46:51,300 --> 00:46:56,433 AND THEY WILL TALK ABOUT A FEW 1377 00:46:53,133 --> 00:46:57,166 ISSUES THAT HE HAD AS A SENIOR 1378 00:46:55,233 --> 00:46:59,766 COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL HE 1379 00:46:56,433 --> 00:47:01,066 HURT HIS KNEE. 1380 00:46:57,166 --> 00:47:03,266 AND HURT IT AGAIN AFTER THAT 1381 00:46:59,766 --> 00:47:03,600 SEASON WAS OVER. 1382 00:47:01,066 --> 00:47:05,666 AND THEN HAD ISSUES WITH IT IN 1383 00:47:03,266 --> 00:47:06,800 COLLEGE. 1384 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:08,833 HE HAD A COUPLE SURGERIES ON IT. 1385 00:47:05,666 --> 00:47:11,466 BUT HE IS THE TYPE OF 1386 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:13,700 QUARTERBACK YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. 1387 00:47:08,833 --> 00:47:16,433 BIG, ATHLETIC, HE HAS BEEN 1388 00:47:11,466 --> 00:47:19,333 THROUGH A LOT SO HE CAN DEAL 1389 00:47:13,700 --> 00:47:19,666 WITH A LOT AND SEEMS TO BE A 1390 00:47:16,433 --> 00:47:21,666 GOOD LEADER FOR THAT STANFORD 1391 00:47:19,333 --> 00:47:23,300 TEAM. 1392 00:47:19,666 --> 00:47:25,100 >> LIKE A BROKEN CLOCK BEING 1393 00:47:21,666 --> 00:47:27,433 RIGHT, THE BEARS HAVE TO DRAFT A 1394 00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:30,666 QUARTERBACK THAT WORKS OUT HERE. 1395 00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:32,266 AND TO THAT END, THE BEARS ARE 1396 00:47:27,433 --> 00:47:32,566 NOT JUST ON THE CLOCK ISN'T RYAN 1397 00:47:30,666 --> 00:47:34,600 PACE, THE GENERAL MANAGER ON THE 1398 00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:37,500 CLOCK? 1399 00:47:32,566 --> 00:47:38,633 HE NEEDS TO PROVE SOMETHING HERE 1400 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:40,200 BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN SUCH 1401 00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:41,733 GOOD GOING LATELY? 1402 00:47:38,633 --> 00:47:43,866 >> I THINK THE WHOLE BUILDING IS 1403 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:46,766 ON NOTICE. 1404 00:47:41,733 --> 00:47:48,266 I THINK EVERYONE THAT IS A 1405 00:47:43,866 --> 00:47:51,766 DIAGNOSE MAKEER IN THAT 1406 00:47:46,766 --> 00:47:56,833 BUILDING -- 1407 00:47:48,266 --> 00:48:00,566 DECISION MAKEER IN THAT SETTLE 1408 00:47:51,766 --> 00:48:02,833 ON NOTICE. 1409 00:47:56,833 --> 00:48:04,500 TAKEN OFF A AS TACKLE AT 20 THAT 1410 00:48:00,566 --> 00:48:06,366 HELPS SOLIDIFY THAT OFFENSIVE 1411 00:48:02,833 --> 00:48:08,500 LINE UNLESS YOU WIN GAMES DURING 1412 00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:09,700 THE SEASON, NONE OF IT IS GOING 1413 00:48:06,366 --> 00:48:12,400 TO MATTER FOR THESE GUYS. 1414 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:12,700 >> SOLIDIFY THAT OFFENSIVE LINE 1415 00:48:09,700 --> 00:48:15,600 AND GET A GOOD RUNNING GAME 1416 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:17,466 GOING. 1417 00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:18,900 ANDY DALTON IS THE BEARS 1418 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:22,166 STARTING QUARTERBACK BARRING 1419 00:48:17,466 --> 00:48:23,133 SOME CRAZY MOVE. 1420 00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:24,966 WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT OUT OF ANDY 1421 00:48:22,166 --> 00:48:27,900 DALTON? 1422 00:48:23,133 --> 00:48:30,000 >> I AM REALLY NOT SURE. 1423 00:48:24,966 --> 00:48:30,966 ANDY DALTON WAS A GUY THAT WAS 1424 00:48:27,900 --> 00:48:34,500 LOW ON THE LIST LAST YEAR 1425 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:36,866 LOOKING AT QUARTERBACKS. 1426 00:48:30,966 --> 00:48:40,966 THEY ENDED UP GETTING FOLES. 1427 00:48:34,500 --> 00:48:42,200 AND DALTON GOES TO DALLAS AND 1428 00:48:36,866 --> 00:48:44,800 PLAYS A COUPLE DALLAS AND HE 1429 00:48:40,966 --> 00:48:46,400 GETS HURT. 1430 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:48,766 IT'S KIND OF CYCLING THROUGH OLD 1431 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:50,700 QUARTERBACKS RIGHT NOW OR 1432 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:51,933 QUARTERBACKS THAT HAVE THE 1433 00:48:48,766 --> 00:48:54,300 POTENTIAL TO BE A STARTING BLOCK 1434 00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:56,133 FOR A YOUNG GUY. 1435 00:48:51,933 --> 00:48:57,366 BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T 1436 00:48:54,300 --> 00:48:59,833 HAVE THAT YOUNG GUY IN THE RANKS 1437 00:48:56,133 --> 00:49:01,600 TO TEACH. 1438 00:48:57,366 --> 00:49:03,100 >> BUT IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT 1439 00:48:59,833 --> 00:49:04,333 LANDSCAPE AGAIN IF AARON RODGERS 1440 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:06,600 DOESN'T COME TO THE PACKERS IT 1441 00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:08,400 DOESN'T SEEM THAT SCARY. 1442 00:49:04,333 --> 00:49:10,500 I WANTED TO ASK YOU YOUR 1443 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:13,400 REFLECTIONS WE HEARD THE NEWS 1444 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:15,066 THAT FORMER BEARS GREAT 1445 00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:16,866 DEFENSIVE TACKLE, STEVE 1446 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:18,500 McMICHAEL ANNOUNCED HE IS 1447 00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:20,233 STRUGGLING WITH ALS. 1448 00:49:16,866 --> 00:49:20,500 YOUR REACTION TO THAT? 1449 00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:23,100 >> I'M SAD. 1450 00:49:20,233 --> 00:49:26,800 SAD. 1451 00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:28,033 WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN '91 AS 1452 00:49:23,100 --> 00:49:30,066 A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, STEVE 1453 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:32,400 McMICHAELS WAS ONE OF THE GUYS 1454 00:49:28,033 --> 00:49:34,566 THAT TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING. 1455 00:49:30,066 --> 00:49:35,933 RICHARD AND STEVEN MICHAELS. 1456 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:37,933 THOSE GUYS TAUGHT ME WHAT IT WAS 1457 00:49:34,566 --> 00:49:42,666 LIKE TO BE IN THE NFL THINGS 1458 00:49:35,933 --> 00:49:47,333 THAT I NEEDED TO DO. 1459 00:49:37,933 --> 00:49:49,400 THE WAY I NEEDED TO ACT. 1460 00:49:42,666 --> 00:49:53,233 AND IT'S HARD TO SEE WHERE HE IS 1461 00:49:47,333 --> 00:49:53,533 NOW AND YOU LISTEN TO HIM AND HE 1462 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:56,800 STILL SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME OLD 1463 00:49:53,233 --> 00:49:58,633 STEVE. 1464 00:49:53,533 --> 00:50:07,766 BUT THEN YOU GET TO SEE HIM AND 1465 00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:09,633 IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING'S CHANGED. 1466 00:49:58,633 --> 00:50:10,000 HE IS NOT THAT BIG MUSCULAR GUY 1467 00:50:07,766 --> 00:50:11,400 THAT WASN'T SCARED TO SAY 1468 00:50:09,633 --> 00:50:13,400 ANYTHING. 1469 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:17,866 >> AND YOU DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY 1470 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:20,333 IN THIS INDUSTRY THAT DOESN'T 1471 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:21,933 SAY HE IS JUST A GREAT GUY. 1472 00:50:17,866 --> 00:50:23,866 QUICKLY YOU'VE GOT A HIGH SCHOOL 1473 00:50:20,333 --> 00:50:24,766 FOOTBALL SEASON UNDERWAY AT LAKE 1474 00:50:21,933 --> 00:50:26,233 FOREST HOW IS THAT GOING? 1475 00:50:23,866 --> 00:50:28,666 >> WE'RE DONE. 1476 00:50:24,766 --> 00:50:29,633 WE'RE DONE. 1477 00:50:26,233 --> 00:50:30,333 FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO GO 1478 00:50:28,666 --> 00:50:32,000 6-0. 1479 00:50:29,633 --> 00:50:32,800 SO. 1480 00:50:30,333 --> 00:50:34,866 >> CONGRATS. 1481 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,200 >> YEAH. 1482 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:37,200 CONGRATULATIONS TO LAKE SPORT 1483 00:50:34,866 --> 00:50:39,266 SCOUTS. 1484 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:41,366 >> AND JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, YOU 1485 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:42,500 ARE A COACH THERE AT LAKE FOREST 1486 00:50:39,266 --> 00:50:43,400 AND IT WAS A SPRING SEASON 1487 00:50:41,366 --> 00:50:44,500 BECAUSE OF THE STRANGE SITUATION 1488 00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:46,500 WITH COVID. 1489 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,933 AARON RODGERS IF YOU ARE 1490 00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:49,000 WATCHING CHICAGO IS A GOOD PLACE 1491 00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:50,866 IT IS. 1492 00:50:47,933 --> 00:50:53,300 SO WHO KNOWS. 1493 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:54,533 LET'S NOT GIVE UP HOPE. 1494 00:50:50,866 --> 00:50:55,266 OUR THANKS TO JAMES "BIG CAT" 1495 00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:57,100 WILLIAMS HIM. 1496 00:50:54,533 --> 00:50:59,100 THANKS PARIS. 1497 00:50:55,266 --> 00:51:00,333 >> UP NEXT, BRANDIS FRIEDMAN 1498 00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:01,966 JOINS US LIVE FROM NAVY PIER 1499 00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:02,766 HOPEFULLY IN A SAFER SETTING 1500 00:51:00,333 --> 00:51:06,233 WITH MORE ON THE CITY'S 1501 00:51:01,966 --> 00:51:06,233 REOPENING PLAN. 1502 00:51:02,766 --> 00:51:06,233 SO STICK AROUND. 1503 00:51:18,833 --> 00:51:23,533 >> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH 1504 00:51:20,633 --> 00:51:26,900 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WHO IS 1505 00:51:22,466 --> 00:51:28,000 COANCHORING FROM NAVY PIER AS 1506 00:51:23,533 --> 00:51:30,066 PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN 1507 00:51:26,900 --> 00:51:33,433 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES. 1508 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:34,800 YOU GOT OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. 1509 00:51:30,066 --> 00:51:36,733 >> WE FOUND A BETTER SPOT. 1510 00:51:33,433 --> 00:51:39,033 IT'S SURPRISINGLY BETTER HERE. 1511 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:40,366 RIGHT NOW WE ARE JOINED BY PAYAL 1512 00:51:36,733 --> 00:51:42,700 PATEL THE COMMUNICATIONS 1513 00:51:39,033 --> 00:51:44,266 DIRECTOR FOR NAVY PIER AND THANK 1514 00:51:40,366 --> 00:51:46,600 YOU FOR MEETING US OUT HERE. 1515 00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:46,900 FIRST, TELL US ABOUT THIS 1516 00:51:44,266 --> 00:51:49,500 LOCATION AND WHERE WE ARE ON THE 1517 00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:51,633 PIER. 1518 00:51:46,900 --> 00:51:53,800 >> WE ARE OFFSHORE ROOFTOP AND 1519 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:55,700 BAR THIS IS THE LARGEST ROOFTOP 1520 00:51:51,633 --> 00:51:57,800 BAR IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE 1521 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:59,100 LARGEST ROOFTOP IN THE WORLD AND 1522 00:51:55,700 --> 00:52:01,766 DOCUMENTED BY GUINESS BOOK OF 1523 00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:02,100 WORLD RECORDS THIS IS A 1524 00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:02,933 TREASURED PLACE FOR US AT THE 1525 00:52:01,766 --> 00:52:04,400 PIER. 1526 00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:06,166 NEWLY REOPENED. 1527 00:52:02,933 --> 00:52:07,766 >> A PHASED REOPENING IS 1528 00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:10,666 BEGINNING FOR NAVY PIER. 1529 00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:12,100 WHAT IS IN THE WORKS? 1530 00:52:07,766 --> 00:52:14,466 >> THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PIER'S 1531 00:52:10,666 --> 00:52:16,333 REOPENING IS OUTDOOR SPACES 1532 00:52:12,100 --> 00:52:18,633 NORTH AND SOUTH DOCK, THE PARK, 1533 00:52:14,466 --> 00:52:20,300 PIER PARK AND WHAT IS GREAT 1534 00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:21,800 ABOUT PIER PARK'S REOPENING IS 1535 00:52:18,633 --> 00:52:24,366 THAT THE RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS 1536 00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:26,500 WILL BE PART OF THE REOPENING. 1537 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:28,400 IT WASN'T LAST YEAR AFTER THE 1538 00:52:24,366 --> 00:52:31,700 PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH WE WERE 1539 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:33,833 NOT REABLE TO OPEN OUR RIDES 1540 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:35,266 LIKE THE WHEEL THEY WILL BE 1541 00:52:31,700 --> 00:52:37,766 REOPENED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 1542 00:52:33,833 --> 00:52:39,700 GET PEOPLE BACK SAFELY. 1543 00:52:35,266 --> 00:52:42,800 AND WE WILL BE DOING THOROUGH 1544 00:52:37,766 --> 00:52:43,733 CLEANING AND ONLY PEOPLE THAT 1545 00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:45,500 YOU CAME WITH WILL ENTER THE 1546 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:49,233 GONDOLA WITH YOU. 1547 00:52:43,733 --> 00:52:50,600 >> WHAT WON'T BE OPEN? 1548 00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:51,966 >> NORTH FACES THE INSIDE FOOD 1549 00:52:49,233 --> 00:52:53,900 COURT AREAS. 1550 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:54,566 THE SECONDFACE PHASE WILL 1551 00:52:51,966 --> 00:52:56,400 INCLUDE THEM WE ARE EASING BACK 1552 00:52:53,900 --> 00:52:58,700 IN. 1553 00:52:54,566 --> 00:53:00,466 SEEING HOW THINGS GO IN THE NEXT 1554 00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:01,200 COMING WEEKS AND SOMETIME IN MAY 1555 00:52:58,700 --> 00:53:02,466 WE ANTICIPATE REOPENING ALL 1556 00:53:00,466 --> 00:53:03,933 INDOOR SPACES. 1557 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:07,566 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE 1558 00:53:02,466 --> 00:53:09,900 IMPACT ON SOME OF THE BUSINESSES 1559 00:53:03,933 --> 00:53:11,933 HERE OVER THIS PAST YEAR IN 1560 00:53:07,566 --> 00:53:13,500 REGARDS TO RESTAURANTS? 1561 00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:15,900 >> THERE ARE NEARLY SO MANY 1562 00:53:11,933 --> 00:53:19,133 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE PIER 1563 00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:21,566 INCLUDES RETAIL SHOPS, 1564 00:53:15,900 --> 00:53:23,000 RESTAURANTS, TOUR BOATS AND 1565 00:53:19,133 --> 00:53:25,000 CRUISES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY 1566 00:53:21,566 --> 00:53:26,200 THAT CLOSURE WAS DONE WITH THEM 1567 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:27,866 IN MIND WITH THE INTENTION OF 1568 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,600 GETTING THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE 1569 00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:30,500 OF THE PANDEMIC. 1570 00:53:27,866 --> 00:53:32,233 THE OPERATIONAL COSTS WOULD HAVE 1571 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:34,100 BEEN TOO HIGH. 1572 00:53:30,500 --> 00:53:35,966 SO WE'VE HELPED A LOT OF THEM 1573 00:53:32,233 --> 00:53:38,366 MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE. 1574 00:53:34,100 --> 00:53:39,900 MOST ARE COMING BACK AND WE ARE 1575 00:53:35,966 --> 00:53:41,266 THRILLED TO SEE THEM COME BACK. 1576 00:53:38,366 --> 00:53:43,100 THE RESTAURANTS SOME OF THE 1577 00:53:39,900 --> 00:53:45,133 RESTAURANTS WILL BE OPENING AS 1578 00:53:41,266 --> 00:53:47,366 PART OF THE FIRST PHASE. 1579 00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:49,200 THE OUTDOOR PATIOS AND THOSE 1580 00:53:45,133 --> 00:53:51,133 THAT HAVE CAPACITY TO MANAGE 1581 00:53:47,366 --> 00:53:52,700 PEOPLE INSIDE CAN DO SO. 1582 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:54,700 AND THE RETAIL SHOPS WILL BE 1583 00:53:51,133 --> 00:53:55,366 PART OF THE SECOND PHASE. 1584 00:53:52,700 --> 00:53:56,466 IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM COME 1585 00:53:54,700 --> 00:53:58,033 BACK. 1586 00:53:55,366 --> 00:53:59,300 >> NAVY PIER YOU HOST 1587 00:53:56,466 --> 00:54:01,100 CONVENTIONS AND ART SHOWS AND 1588 00:53:58,033 --> 00:54:02,266 MAJOR EVENTS. 1589 00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:03,900 ANY IDEA WHEN THOSE MIGHT BEGIN 1590 00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:07,366 TO RETURN? 1591 00:54:02,266 --> 00:54:09,633 >> TODAY'S GREAT NEWS THAT THE 1592 00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:12,900 MAYOR ANNOUNCED WILL BE SO GREAT 1593 00:54:07,366 --> 00:54:13,366 FOR NAVY PIER BECAUSE NAVY PIER 1594 00:54:09,633 --> 00:54:16,066 IS A POPULAR PLACE FOR PRIVATE 1595 00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:17,666 EVENTS. 1596 00:54:13,366 --> 00:54:19,100 WHILE THE PRIVATE CONSUMER SHOWS 1597 00:54:16,066 --> 00:54:20,600 WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 1598 00:54:17,666 --> 00:54:22,666 TODAY'S NEWS WILL HELP US MOVE 1599 00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:24,533 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR 1600 00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:27,633 PRIVATE EVENTS THAT RELATE TO 1601 00:54:22,666 --> 00:54:29,766 WEDDINGS AND CORPORATE EVENTS 1602 00:54:24,533 --> 00:54:31,000 AND THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT NOT 1603 00:54:27,633 --> 00:54:32,400 HAVING THOSE WHO ARE FULLY 1604 00:54:29,766 --> 00:54:34,866 VACCINATED NOT COUNT AGAINST 1605 00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:36,800 YOUR CAPACITY LIMIT THAT WILL BE 1606 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:39,133 SO GREAT FOR US TO HOST THOSE 1607 00:54:34,866 --> 00:54:40,433 PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE THOSE 1608 00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:42,433 PRIVATE SPACES INCLUDING AT 1609 00:54:39,133 --> 00:54:44,733 OFFSHORE YOU COULD HOST YOUR 1610 00:54:40,433 --> 00:54:45,533 WEDDING HERE AND NOW THE 1611 00:54:42,433 --> 00:54:48,733 CAPACITY WILL BE MORE FLEXIBLE 1612 00:54:44,733 --> 00:54:50,633 TO ACCOMMODATE. 1613 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:51,766 >> AND YOU OPENED A NEW HOTEL. 1614 00:54:48,733 --> 00:54:52,400 PAYAL PATEL COMMUNICATIONS 1615 00:54:50,633 --> 00:54:53,766 DIRECTOR FOR NAVY PIER THANK YOU 1616 00:54:51,766 --> 00:54:55,333 FOR JOINING US. 1617 00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:56,633 AND PARIS WE WILL SEND IT BACK 1618 00:54:53,766 --> 00:54:58,366 TO YOU FOR NOW. 1619 00:54:55,333 --> 00:55:00,700 >> AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. 1620 00:54:56,633 --> 00:55:02,200 LOOKS LIKE IT'S CALMED DOWN BUT 1621 00:54:58,366 --> 00:55:03,766 YOU KNOW HOW THE WEATHER IN 1622 00:55:00,700 --> 00:55:04,966 CHICAGO ESPECIALLY ON THE 1623 00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:06,300 LAKEFRONT CAN CHANGE. 1624 00:55:03,766 --> 00:55:08,400 >> WAIT FIVE MINUTES. 1625 00:55:04,966 --> 00:55:09,133 >> FIVE SECONDS EVEN. 1626 00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:10,033 >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS 1627 00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,066 THURSDAY NIGHT. 1628 00:55:09,133 --> 00:55:12,333 STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR 1629 00:55:10,033 --> 00:55:14,166 YOUR DAILY BRIEFING. 1630 00:55:11,066 --> 00:55:16,966 AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO 1631 00:55:12,333 --> 00:55:17,500 TONIGHT" STREAMED ON Facebook, 1632 00:55:14,166 --> 00:55:20,566 YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE 1633 00:55:16,966 --> 00:55:22,933 WTTW.COM/NEWS. 1634 00:55:17,500 --> 00:55:24,366 >> AND YOU CAN GET THE SHOW VIA 1635 00:55:20,566 --> 00:55:26,133 PODCAST AND THE VIDEO APP. 1636 00:55:22,933 --> 00:55:26,466 AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 1637 00:55:24,366 --> 00:55:28,100 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN 1638 00:55:26,133 --> 00:55:31,466 REVIEW". 1639 00:55:26,466 --> 00:55:32,966 >> AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH MORE 1640 00:55:28,100 --> 00:55:35,300 FROM CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND BILLY 1641 00:55:31,466 --> 00:55:35,700 BRANCH FOR ALL OF US HERE AT 1642 00:55:32,966 --> 00:55:36,700 "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS 1643 00:55:35,300 --> 00:55:38,066 SCHUTZ. 1644 00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:40,100 >> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN STAY 1645 00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:40,100 HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD 1646 00:55:38,066 --> 00:55:40,100 NIGHT. 1647 00:55:41,233 --> 00:55:51,433 [♪♪♪]