1 00:14:07,533 --> 00:14:12,000 >> THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE CAN 2 00:14:08,366 --> 00:14:13,300 SAY THAT OPTIMAL PROTECTION WHEN 3 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:14,100 YOU ARE DEALING WITH AN MRNA IS 4 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:17,300 WITH THREE DOSES THERE IS NO 5 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:18,933 DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 6 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:20,266 BOTH FOR THE DURABILITY OF THE 7 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,600 INPROTECTION AS WELL AS THE 8 00:14:18,933 --> 00:14:22,533 PROTECTION AGAINST THE OMICRON 9 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:25,600 VARIANT. 10 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:26,900 SO THERE'S LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT 11 00:14:22,533 --> 00:14:28,866 THAT AMONGST OF THOSE OF US WHO 12 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:30,633 WORK IN THE FIELD. 13 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:31,966 >> Dr. MURPHY, Dr. FAUCI IS 14 00:14:28,866 --> 00:14:33,333 SAYING THERE IS NO VARIANT 15 00:14:30,633 --> 00:14:34,833 BOOSTER SHOT NEEDED BUT A 16 00:14:31,966 --> 00:14:38,200 BOOSTER IN GENERAL WHAT DO YOU 17 00:14:33,333 --> 00:14:40,700 MAKE OF THE STATEMENTS? 18 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:42,633 >> YOU KNOW, Dr. FAUCI'S 19 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:46,033 VACCINE RESEARCH CENTER AT THE 20 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:46,400 NIH DID A LOT OF THE EARLY WORK 21 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:49,366 WITH THE MODERNA AND THE MRNA 22 00:14:46,033 --> 00:14:51,033 VACCINE. 23 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:53,900 HE IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE 24 00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:55,333 DEVELOPMENT AND OUR LEADING 25 00:14:51,033 --> 00:14:55,633 EXPERT IN THE COUNTRY AND HE IS 26 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:57,766 AWARE HOW GOOD THE VACCINES 27 00:14:55,333 --> 00:14:59,833 WORK. 28 00:14:55,633 --> 00:15:01,166 HE IS NOT READY TO PULL THE 29 00:14:57,766 --> 00:15:04,866 TRIGGER YET TO REDESIGN A NEW 30 00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:07,400 VACCINE WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE 31 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:11,533 AT A MINIMUM THREE MONTHS 32 00:15:04,866 --> 00:15:12,966 PROBABLY TO RETOOL IT. 33 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:14,266 AND WITH ALL THIS VIRUS 34 00:15:11,533 --> 00:15:16,433 REPLICATING, OMICRON IS JUST THE 35 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:18,100 ONE TODAY. 36 00:15:14,266 --> 00:15:18,400 WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE TOMORROW? 37 00:15:16,433 --> 00:15:20,033 WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE NEXT 38 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,333 MONTH? 39 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,366 IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE 40 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:24,433 AGAIN. 41 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:26,100 THE QUESTION IS: WHEN DO YOU 42 00:15:22,366 --> 00:15:28,100 START RETOOLING THE VACCINES? 43 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:30,766 WHAT HE IS SAYING WE CAN WAIT 44 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:33,000 FOR THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE YOU GET 45 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:33,333 BOOSTED WITH THIS ONE YOU ARE 46 00:15:30,766 --> 00:15:35,433 70% PROTECTED AGAINST SEVERE 47 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,600 DISEASE. 48 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:39,800 >> THE BOOSTER HERE FROM THE 49 00:15:35,433 --> 00:15:42,466 ORIGINAL MRNA VACCINE OR THE 50 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:45,600 VACCINES MOST EFFECTIVE. 51 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:46,900 Dr. BRITO, PFIZER HAS A PILL 52 00:15:42,466 --> 00:15:48,533 THAT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S ALMOST 53 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,200 90% EFFECTIVE AND STRONG AGAINST 54 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:52,666 THE VARIANT. 55 00:15:48,533 --> 00:15:53,066 ONCE THE PILL IS APPROVED WILL 56 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,933 THAT OFFER AN EXTRA LAYER OF 57 00:15:52,666 --> 00:15:57,200 PROTECTION. 58 00:15:53,066 --> 00:15:59,233 >> IT IS A WELCOME TOOL IN THE 59 00:15:54,933 --> 00:16:00,600 FIGHT AGAINST THE DISEASE. 60 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:03,166 IT DECREASES HOSPITALIZATIONS 61 00:15:59,233 --> 00:16:04,533 AND SEVERE DISEASE. 62 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:06,533 SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD STRATEGY 63 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:08,933 FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A 64 00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:10,166 BREAKTHROUGH THROUGH INFECTION 65 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:11,866 OR SOMEONE UNVACCINATED. 66 00:16:08,933 --> 00:16:12,666 HOWEVER I SHOULD CAUTION THE 67 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:14,733 PUBLIC THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE 68 00:16:11,866 --> 00:16:16,366 FOR THE VACCINE. 69 00:16:12,666 --> 00:16:18,466 THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IF 70 00:16:14,733 --> 00:16:21,333 THE NIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC. 71 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:24,200 WE STILL HAVE THE BEST TOOL 72 00:16:18,466 --> 00:16:25,833 AVAILABLE IS THE VACCINE. 73 00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:28,966 IT'S SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND IN THE 74 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:31,066 BEST TOOL WE HAVE SO FAR. 75 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:32,566 IT SHOULDN'T BE A SUBSTITUTE. 76 00:16:28,966 --> 00:16:35,233 WELCOME ADDITION. 77 00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:37,000 >> AND WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS 78 00:16:32,566 --> 00:16:38,366 LEFT Dr. MURPHY THAT UP COMING 79 00:16:35,233 --> 00:16:40,666 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY COULD IT BE 80 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,800 DANGEROUS IF FOLKS ARE GATHERING 81 00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:43,066 IN BIG NUMBERS? 82 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:45,000 >> YOU COULD DO IT BUT YOU HAVE 83 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:47,100 TO DO IT SAFELY. 84 00:16:43,066 --> 00:16:48,100 SO HOW DO YOU DO IT SAFELY? 85 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,966 NUMBER ONE, YOU KEEP THE NUMBERS 86 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:53,766 DOWN. 87 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:55,833 YOU KEEP STAY AWAY FROM DENSE 88 00:16:50,966 --> 00:16:57,566 INDOOR CROWDS AND HAVING A PARTY 89 00:16:53,766 --> 00:16:59,233 AT OUR HOUSE OR DINNER EVERYBODY 90 00:16:55,833 --> 00:17:00,566 HAS TO BE VACCINATED. 91 00:16:57,566 --> 00:17:03,066 IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A 92 00:16:59,233 --> 00:17:05,066 BOOSTER GET THE BOOSTER TODAY 93 00:17:00,566 --> 00:17:06,500 BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY BE 94 00:17:03,066 --> 00:17:08,366 MOSTLY EFFECTIVE BY THE TIME 95 00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:11,533 CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND OR JUST 96 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:12,133 THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 97 00:17:08,366 --> 00:17:15,666 SO DON'T MIX UNVACCINATED AND 98 00:17:11,533 --> 00:17:16,133 VACCINATED PEOPLE. 99 00:17:12,133 --> 00:17:18,266 THAT IS JUST A RECIPE FOR 100 00:17:15,666 --> 00:17:20,433 DISASTER. 101 00:17:16,133 --> 00:17:21,800 USE COMMON SENSE AND KEEP THE 102 00:17:18,266 --> 00:17:24,900 NUMBERS DOWN. 103 00:17:20,433 --> 00:17:25,966 >> IMPORTANT WORDS TO LIVE BY 104 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,533 AND THANKS TO Dr. MAXIMO BRITO 105 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:28,900 AND Dr. ROBERT MURPHY THANK 106 00:17:25,966 --> 00:17:30,433 YOU SO MUCH. 107 00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:32,466 >> THANK YOU. 108 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:34,700 >> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT 109 00:17:30,433 --> 00:17:36,300 BACK TO YOU. 110 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:37,933 >> THANK YOU, PARIS. 111 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:39,433 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE 112 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:41,866 FORMER CABRINI-GREEN PUBLIC 113 00:17:37,933 --> 00:17:43,666 HOUSING COMPLEX ONCE CALLED IT 114 00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:47,733 HOME DESPITE THE REPRESENT 115 00:17:41,866 --> 00:17:50,300 TUTATION FOR -- 116 00:17:43,666 --> 00:17:51,533 REPUTATION FOR BEING A POVERTY 117 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:52,133 CRIME RIDDEN. 118 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,600 NOW, A YEARLONG BETTER 119 00:17:51,533 --> 00:17:55,466 GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION 120 00:17:52,133 --> 00:17:57,900 INVESTIGATION DETAILS THE CITY'S 121 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:59,400 FAILURE TO KEEP PROMISES OF JOBS 122 00:17:55,466 --> 00:18:01,633 AND HOUSING FOR CURRENT AND 123 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:03,866 FORMER CABRINI-GREEN RESIDENTS. 124 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:06,766 JOINING US TO DISCUSS HER 125 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:07,200 FINDINGS IS ALEJANDRA CANCINO, 126 00:18:03,866 --> 00:18:08,733 REPORTER BEHIND THIS 127 00:18:06,766 --> 00:18:10,033 INVESTIGATION. 128 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,966 ALEJANDRA CANCINO WELCOME BACK. 129 00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:13,566 WHAT PROMPTED THIS INVESTIGATION 130 00:18:10,033 --> 00:18:15,600 FOR YOU. 131 00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:19,500 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE WAKE 132 00:18:13,566 --> 00:18:21,533 OF THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER AND 133 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:26,333 THE PROTESTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE 134 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:27,533 ACROSS THE CITY AND THE NATION 135 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:30,433 REALLY, WE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT 136 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:32,266 RESIDENTS IN CHICAGO AND WHY 137 00:18:27,533 --> 00:18:34,200 CHICAGO WAS SO SEGREGATED. 138 00:18:30,433 --> 00:18:35,633 AND INEVITABLY THAT LED ME TO 139 00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:37,233 PUBLIC HOUSING AND LED ME TO 140 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,866 CABRINI-GREEN WHICH IS ONE OF 141 00:18:35,633 --> 00:18:40,400 THE ONLY PUBLIC HOUSING 142 00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:40,833 COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH SIDE OF 143 00:18:38,866 --> 00:18:42,300 THE CITY. 144 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,900 >> RIGHT. 145 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:46,300 AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF 146 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:48,100 SEGREGATION WE SEE CONTINUES 147 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:49,266 TODAY IS REFLECTIVE OF THAT. 148 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:51,000 THE DALEY ADMINISTRATION 149 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:53,466 PROMISED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES 150 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:56,533 THEY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO 151 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:58,266 RETURN BUT 20% DID RETURN. 152 00:18:53,466 --> 00:19:01,566 WHAT HAPPENED? 153 00:18:56,533 --> 00:19:01,833 >> WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONGTIME. 154 00:18:58,266 --> 00:19:06,333 THE PROMISE WAS MADE 25 YEARS 155 00:19:01,566 --> 00:19:08,533 AGO. 156 00:19:01,833 --> 00:19:10,300 IN THE MEANTIME, THE TOWERS 157 00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:10,600 SLOWLY CAME DOWN THERE WERE 23 158 00:19:08,533 --> 00:19:13,500 TOWERS IN THE CABRINI-GREEN 159 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:15,500 AREA. 160 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:18,200 ALL OF THEM WERE DEMOLISHED BY 161 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:19,000 2011 AND ALONG THE WAY FAMILIES 162 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:20,300 WERE FORCED OUT OF THE 163 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:23,966 NEIGHBORHOOD. 164 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,266 IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND THE CITY 165 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:27,266 HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO BUILD BACK 166 00:19:23,966 --> 00:19:28,866 THE COMMUNITY THERE IS A NUMBER 167 00:19:25,266 --> 00:19:31,433 OF EMPTY PARCELS WHERE BUILDINGS 168 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:33,233 USED TO BE THERE BEFORE THAT 169 00:19:28,866 --> 00:19:35,133 SOME PEOPLE HAVE MOVED ON. 170 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:35,533 SOME PEOPLE CHOSE TO RELEE 171 00:19:33,233 --> 00:19:38,666 INDICATE IN OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING 172 00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:40,966 COMMUNITIES. 173 00:19:35,533 --> 00:19:43,133 SOME PEOPLE RECEIVED SECTION 8 174 00:19:38,666 --> 00:19:46,066 VOUCHER A HOUSING SUBSIDY. 175 00:19:40,966 --> 00:19:49,066 AND OTHER HUNDREDS OF THEM ARE 176 00:19:43,133 --> 00:19:50,200 MISSING, THE CHA CANNOT FIND 177 00:19:46,066 --> 00:19:51,366 THEM THOUGH WE HAD ADS IN 178 00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:53,433 NEWSPAPERS AND HIRED COMPANIES 179 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:56,966 TO FIND THEM. 180 00:19:51,366 --> 00:19:58,300 THEY CAN'T FIND THEM. 181 00:19:53,433 --> 00:20:02,000 SOME OF THEM HAVE DIED WAITING. 182 00:19:56,966 --> 00:20:05,033 >> WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. 183 00:19:58,300 --> 00:20:06,333 WE KNOW 146 ROW HOME UNITS 184 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,766 ROWHOUSE UNITS ARE STILL 185 00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:08,800 OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE FROM 186 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:10,533 CABRINI-GREEN. 187 00:20:06,766 --> 00:20:12,200 DID YOU NOTICE ANY DESIRE OR 188 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:14,066 SENSE OF HOPE TO RETURN FOR 189 00:20:10,533 --> 00:20:14,800 THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAD THE 190 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,300 RIGHT TO RETURN THAT YOU SPOKE 191 00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:17,566 WITH? 192 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:21,600 >> ABSOLUTELY. 193 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:21,933 ONE OF THE RESIDENTS I SPOKE 194 00:20:17,566 --> 00:20:25,800 WITH MS. RUSSELL SHE HAD BEEN 195 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:28,533 WAIT -- 196 00:20:21,933 --> 00:20:30,433 SHE LIVED IN ONE OF THE CABRINI 197 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:31,866 HIGH-RISES AND LEFT IN 1993. 198 00:20:28,533 --> 00:20:33,833 SHE WAS ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT 199 00:20:30,433 --> 00:20:36,666 WERE DISPLACED AND FORCED TO 200 00:20:31,866 --> 00:20:38,900 MOVE OUT BEFORE EVEN ONE OF THE 201 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:40,466 BUILDINGS WAS TORN DOWN THE 202 00:20:36,666 --> 00:20:41,800 FIRST WAS TORN DOWN IN 1995. 203 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:43,266 SHE WAS OFFERED GOING TO ANOTHER 204 00:20:40,466 --> 00:20:45,000 PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY AND 205 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:47,333 DECIDED THAT SHE DIDN'T FEEL 206 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:49,666 SAFE IN THAT COMMUNITY. 207 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:51,766 AND ENDED UP GOING INTO THE 208 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:52,833 PRIVATE MARKET AND ENDED UP IN 209 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:55,433 LOGAN SQUARE HER PARENTS HELPED 210 00:20:51,766 --> 00:20:57,900 SUPPORT HER FOR YEARS. 211 00:20:52,833 --> 00:20:58,200 WHEN THEY DIED ME STRUGGLED TO 212 00:20:55,433 --> 00:21:00,800 BE A MOTHER AND WORK AT THE SAME 213 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:02,833 TIME. 214 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:03,266 SHE ENDED UP HOMELESS FOR MANY 215 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,333 YEARS LIVING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S 216 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:07,466 HOMES. 217 00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:10,733 AND REALLY TRYING TO COMBAT FOR 218 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:11,666 THE LAST 10 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN 219 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:13,366 CALLING IN TO SEE IF SHE COULD 220 00:21:10,733 --> 00:21:16,033 COME BACK TO CABRINI-GREEN AND 221 00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:17,400 THEY COULD NOT FIND HER NAME ON 222 00:21:13,366 --> 00:21:18,966 THE LIST THAT THE CHA CREATED OF 223 00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:21,266 PEOPLE WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO 224 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:23,333 RETURN SO THE ANSWER WAS NO 225 00:21:18,966 --> 00:21:24,633 UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, SOMEONE 226 00:21:21,266 --> 00:21:26,133 THOUGHT TO ACTUALLY CHECK HER 227 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:29,166 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND THERE 228 00:21:24,633 --> 00:21:29,566 SHE WAS THEY FOUND HER AND SHE 229 00:21:26,133 --> 00:21:30,600 WAS ABLE TO MOVE BACK THIS YEAR. 230 00:21:29,166 --> 00:21:35,000 >> WOW. 231 00:21:29,566 --> 00:21:36,100 CABRINI-GREEN RESIDENTS WERE 232 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:37,666 ALSO PROMISED SOME 2500 233 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,533 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND THERE WERE 234 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:40,766 ONLY 40 FOR THE RESIDENTS. 235 00:21:37,666 --> 00:21:43,100 TELL US WHAT YOU FOUND THERE? 236 00:21:39,533 --> 00:21:44,300 >> AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT 237 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:46,866 PART OF THE PROMISE FOR ME TO 238 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:49,033 FIND BECAUSE THERE IS A PROMISE 239 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:50,833 OF HOUSING AND THEY PROMISE OF 240 00:21:46,866 --> 00:21:53,466 BEING ABLE TO COME BACK WHICH IS 241 00:21:49,033 --> 00:21:55,800 REALLY IMPORTANT AND REPORTERS 242 00:21:50,833 --> 00:21:56,566 NUMEROUS REPORTERS BEFORE ME 243 00:21:53,466 --> 00:21:58,066 HAVE UPDATED IT WITH TODAY'S 244 00:21:55,800 --> 00:22:01,100 NUMBERS. 245 00:21:56,566 --> 00:22:02,800 BUT THE PROMISE OF ECONOMIC 246 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:06,033 OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE CITY HAS 247 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:08,200 SPENT WELL SPENT BY THE TIME 248 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:09,966 IT'S OVER $2 BILLION 249 00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:12,533 REDEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY. 250 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:13,333 AND HERE IT WAS A PROMISE OF 251 00:22:09,966 --> 00:22:16,266 CREATING 2500 JOBS WHAT HAPPENED 252 00:22:12,533 --> 00:22:18,900 TO THEM? 253 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:21,533 WE COULD ONLY FIND 40. 254 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:22,966 WE ENDED UP GETTING RECORDS FROM 255 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:24,266 THE 1990s OF A CENTER THAT THE 256 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:26,766 DALEY CENTER PUT IN 257 00:22:22,966 --> 00:22:29,133 CABRINI-GREEN TO MATCH RESIDENTS 258 00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:30,900 WITH JOBS AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS 259 00:22:26,766 --> 00:22:31,200 THAT MANY OF THE JOBS THAT WERE 260 00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:33,000 CREATED WERE NOT CONSTRUCTION 261 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:34,866 JOBS. 262 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:37,300 THEY WERE LOWER PAYING JOBS IN 263 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:40,166 THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. 264 00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:42,766 AND WE ALSO RECEIVED DATA FROM 265 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:44,733 THE CHA WHICH SHOWS THE SAME 266 00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:46,266 THING, THE JOBS CREATED ARE NOT 267 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:47,766 THE HIGH PAYING CONSTRUCTION 268 00:22:44,733 --> 00:22:50,033 JOBS THAT THE DALEY 269 00:22:46,266 --> 00:22:51,533 ADMINISTRATION PROMISED. 270 00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:53,066 >> AND TO BE CLEAR AT THE TIME 271 00:22:50,033 --> 00:22:54,533 THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THEY DID 272 00:22:51,533 --> 00:22:56,633 VOICE OPPOSITION TO THIS 273 00:22:53,066 --> 00:22:59,066 DEMOLITION AND ARGUED INSTEAD 274 00:22:54,533 --> 00:23:00,300 FOR THE HIGH-RISES TO BE 275 00:22:56,633 --> 00:23:02,633 REPAIRED AND RENOVATED VERSUS 276 00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:04,566 BEING DEMOLISHED. 277 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:05,666 AND YOU REPORTED TO THAT END 278 00:23:02,633 --> 00:23:07,066 THAT FOR YEARS BEFORE 279 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:09,133 DEMOLITION, CABRINI-GREEN HAD 280 00:23:05,666 --> 00:23:09,533 BEEN NEGLECTED BY THE LANDLORD 281 00:23:07,066 --> 00:23:11,433 WHICH IS THE CHICAGO HOUSING 282 00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:12,566 AUTHORITY. 283 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:12,966 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM CHA 284 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:16,166 AND THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION 285 00:23:12,566 --> 00:23:19,266 TODAY? 286 00:23:12,966 --> 00:23:21,966 >> YOU KNOW WE'VE SPENT MONTHS 287 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:24,233 REACHING OUT TO THE SPOKESPERSON 288 00:23:19,266 --> 00:23:26,233 OF THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY 289 00:23:21,966 --> 00:23:28,100 C.E.O. TRACY SCOTT. 290 00:23:24,233 --> 00:23:31,266 AND ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES TO MEET 291 00:23:26,233 --> 00:23:32,300 HER AND SHOW HER OUR FINDINGS. 292 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:36,200 AND WE DID THE SAME WITH THE 293 00:23:31,266 --> 00:23:39,366 LORI LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION, 294 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:42,433 WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSIONER 295 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:46,433 NAVARA, WITH ALDERMAN BURNETT. 296 00:23:39,366 --> 00:23:47,400 AND ALL OF THEM DECLINE THE 297 00:23:42,433 --> 00:23:48,166 INTERVIEW REQUEST. 298 00:23:46,433 --> 00:23:48,933 >> OK. 299 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,433 ALEJANDRA CANCINO BETTER 300 00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:50,366 GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION THANK YOU 301 00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:52,166 FOR JOINING US. 302 00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:54,033 BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. 303 00:23:50,366 --> 00:23:55,933 >> THANK YOU. 304 00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:59,600 >> UP NEXT, A PHOTOGRAPHER 305 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:59,600 DOCUMENTS THE AMERICAN DREAM. 306 00:23:55,933 --> 00:23:59,600 WE'LL EXPLAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS. 307 00:24:35,833 --> 00:24:40,366 >> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD 308 00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:42,233 INCLUDING OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS 309 00:24:38,566 --> 00:24:45,366 TEAM WITH MORE DETAILS ON 310 00:24:40,366 --> 00:24:47,600 TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 311 00:24:42,233 --> 00:24:47,966 >> FIRST, MANY IMMIGRANTS DREAM 312 00:24:45,366 --> 00:24:49,466 OF OWNING AND OPERATING A SMALL 313 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,233 BUSINESS. 314 00:24:47,966 --> 00:24:52,466 A PHOTOGRAPHER HAS A PERSONAL 315 00:24:49,466 --> 00:24:55,033 UNDERSTANDING OF IMMIGRATION AND 316 00:24:51,233 --> 00:24:56,700 SPENT YEARS DOCUMENTING SMALL 317 00:24:52,466 --> 00:24:58,333 BUSINESSES HE CALLS HIS PROJECT 318 00:24:55,033 --> 00:25:01,600 IMMIGRANT OWNED AND ABOUT TO BE 319 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:03,533 EXPANDED IN A BIG WAY. 320 00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:06,466 MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY. 321 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:07,800 >> IN PILSEN A PHOTOGRAPHER 322 00:25:03,533 --> 00:25:09,566 REVISITS A BAKERY HE KNOWS WELL. 323 00:25:06,466 --> 00:25:10,866 >> IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES 324 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,866 ARE AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS. 325 00:25:09,566 --> 00:25:15,000 LARGELY THE PEOPLE DOING THIS 326 00:25:10,866 --> 00:25:15,933 WORK AND STILL TAKING A RISK AND 327 00:25:12,866 --> 00:25:18,733 OPENING UP A SMALL BUSINESS ARE 328 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:20,100 IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE NEW IN THE 329 00:25:15,933 --> 00:25:22,133 COUNTRY AND IT IS VERY MUCH THAT 330 00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:24,166 AMERICAN DREAM WHICH FOR MANY 331 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:25,833 PEOPLE IS ALIVE AND WELL AND AT 332 00:25:22,133 --> 00:25:27,900 THE SAME TIME IT'S STILL GOT 333 00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:29,566 THAT RISKY ELEMENT. 334 00:25:25,833 --> 00:25:30,533 MANY BUSINESSES I'VE BEEN TO AND 335 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:31,900 PHOTOGRAPHED AND WENT BACK THEY 336 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:35,433 ARE CLOSED. 337 00:25:30,533 --> 00:25:36,733 >> HE MAKES PORTRAITS OF THE 338 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:38,400 PEOPLE AND THE PLACES. 339 00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:40,833 >> TABLE GETS A LOT OF USE. 340 00:25:36,733 --> 00:25:42,433 >> I WILL GO INTO A STORE THAT 341 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,766 CATCHES MY EYE AND I WILL GO IN 342 00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:44,566 AND LOOK AROUND AND INTRODUCE 343 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:46,566 MYSELF. 344 00:25:42,766 --> 00:25:48,900 AND TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 345 00:25:44,566 --> 00:25:49,266 MY PROJECT AND ASK A LITTLE BIT 346 00:25:46,566 --> 00:25:50,700 ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THEIR 347 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:52,733 BUSINESS. 348 00:25:49,266 --> 00:25:54,100 >> IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING 349 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:55,666 INVITED INTO SOMEONE'S HOME 350 00:25:52,733 --> 00:25:56,666 DEPENDING ON THE WAY PEOPLE 351 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:59,600 DECORATE THEIR SHOPS AND FAMILY 352 00:25:55,666 --> 00:26:01,900 USES THE SPACES. 353 00:25:56,666 --> 00:26:04,033 IF WE LOSE THAT IT WILL BE 354 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:05,266 DUNKIN DOUGHNUTS AND STARBUCKS 355 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:06,633 AND IT WILL SUCK. 356 00:26:04,033 --> 00:26:09,033 >> JONATHAN'S OTHER PROJECTS 357 00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:11,033 INCLUDING DOCUMENTING CAR 358 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:12,266 CULTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 359 00:26:09,033 --> 00:26:14,866 AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE ACTION AT 360 00:26:11,033 --> 00:26:15,200 A PAINTBALL COURSE THAT HE 361 00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:17,600 MANAGED IN HIS NATIVE LOS 362 00:26:14,866 --> 00:26:20,500 ANGELES. 363 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:20,900 NOW AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT 364 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:23,766 COLUMBIA COLLEGE HE HAD MODEST 365 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:25,366 BEGINNINGS. 366 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:26,933 >> MY GRANDMOTHER HAD STORIES. 367 00:26:23,766 --> 00:26:29,033 SHE CAME INTO THE COUNTRY 368 00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:31,033 UNDOCUMENTED AND WAS DEPORTED 369 00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:32,566 SEVERAL TIMES AND KEPT COMING 370 00:26:29,033 --> 00:26:34,000 BACK AND WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE 371 00:26:31,033 --> 00:26:35,900 HER LIFE HERE. 372 00:26:32,566 --> 00:26:38,266 MY DAD HAD A SMALL BUSINESS HE 373 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:40,133 IS NOT AN IMMIGRANT HIMSELF, HE 374 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:40,700 IS A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS, AND HE 375 00:26:38,266 --> 00:26:44,133 HAD A COMPUTER STORE WHEN I WAS 376 00:26:40,133 --> 00:26:44,600 GROWING UP. 377 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:46,166 I USED TO SPEND TIME IN MY DAD'S 378 00:26:44,133 --> 00:26:47,766 STOREFRONT. 379 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,866 I'D GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND COME 380 00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:52,200 OVER THERE AND HANGOUT AT THE 381 00:26:47,766 --> 00:26:54,333 SHOP AND DO HAVE HOMEWORK. 382 00:26:49,866 --> 00:26:56,500 I HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR THESE 383 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:58,366 SPACES GROWING UP IN ONE. 384 00:26:54,333 --> 00:27:02,400 >> HIS WORK WILL BE ON VIEW IN 385 00:26:56,500 --> 00:27:02,766 LARGE FORMAT AT O'HARE AIRPORT 386 00:26:58,366 --> 00:27:05,200 WHEN THE TERMINAL 5 EXPANSION IS 387 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,533 COMPLETED. 388 00:27:02,766 --> 00:27:07,666 HE IS IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS 389 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,666 SERIES. 390 00:27:05,533 --> 00:27:11,600 >> THE PROJECT IS A CELEBRATION 391 00:27:07,666 --> 00:27:13,100 OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE 392 00:27:09,666 --> 00:27:14,066 IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY AS A 393 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,766 WHOLE AND THE FABRIC OF THE 394 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,866 NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE IN THE 395 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:19,533 CITY. 396 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:22,066 >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS 397 00:27:15,866 --> 00:27:23,833 MARC VITALI. 398 00:27:19,533 --> 00:27:25,200 >> HIGHLIGHTS OF JONATHAN'S 399 00:27:22,066 --> 00:27:27,566 PROJECT WILL BE UNVEILED AT 400 00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:29,233 O'HARE LATER IN THE NEW YEAR YOU 401 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:30,800 CAN SEE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE. 402 00:27:27,566 --> 00:27:33,500 >> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO 403 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:35,600 TONIGHT", THE CITY IS NOW 404 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:37,733 HANDING OUT TEST STRIPS FOR THE 405 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:40,266 OPIOID FENTANYL HOW THAT MIGHT 406 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:41,533 REDUCE OVERDOSES. 407 00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:45,266 >> YOU'RE TAKING AWAY YOUR RIGHT 408 00:27:40,266 --> 00:27:47,266 TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR 409 00:27:41,533 --> 00:27:49,800 WARD TOMORROW. 410 00:27:45,266 --> 00:27:51,966 >> IS ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE 411 00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:54,400 DEAD AFTER COUNCILMEMBERS VOTE 412 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:57,533 FOR A PROJECT OVER ANTHONY 413 00:27:51,966 --> 00:28:00,166 NAPOLITANO'S OBJECTIONS? 414 00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:02,233 >> WE USE ART TO CUT NOISE. 415 00:27:57,533 --> 00:28:03,833 >> HOW A COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN IS 416 00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:04,633 ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO GET THE 417 00:28:02,233 --> 00:28:05,000 COVID-19 VACCINE. 418 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:06,000 FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP 419 00:28:04,633 --> 00:28:07,666 STORIES... 420 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,533 >> THE CHICAGO BOARD OF 421 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,466 EDUCATION SETTLES YEARS LONG 422 00:28:07,666 --> 00:28:12,300 FEDERAL LAWSUITS WITH THE 423 00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:13,466 CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION THAT 424 00:28:10,466 --> 00:28:15,266 ARGUED LAYOFFS 425 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:15,766 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED 426 00:28:13,466 --> 00:28:19,233 BLACK TEACHERS AND 427 00:28:15,266 --> 00:28:21,233 PARAPROFESSIONALS. 428 00:28:15,766 --> 00:28:24,033 THE BOARD OK'd A $9.25 MILLION 429 00:28:19,233 --> 00:28:26,333 SETTLEMENT WITH THE C.T.U. GO 430 00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:28,433 TOWARD A FUND TO BENEFIT 400 431 00:28:24,033 --> 00:28:31,166 PLUS STAFF MEMBERS LET GO 432 00:28:26,333 --> 00:28:33,066 UNERDER THE TURN AROUND POLICIES 433 00:28:28,433 --> 00:28:34,533 IN SCHOOLS BETWEEN 2012-2014. 434 00:28:31,166 --> 00:28:36,333 C.P.S. SAID THIS WEEK THAT 435 00:28:33,066 --> 00:28:37,700 RESOLVING THE MATTER WAS IN THE 436 00:28:34,533 --> 00:28:39,900 BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS. 437 00:28:36,333 --> 00:28:42,666 >> AND IT MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE 438 00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:44,866 BUT TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR 439 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:45,833 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST 440 00:28:42,666 --> 00:28:47,200 COVID-19 VACCINATIONS IN 441 00:28:44,866 --> 00:28:48,433 ILLINOIS. 442 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:51,133 Dr. DEL RIOS FROM THE 443 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:53,333 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HEALTH 444 00:28:48,433 --> 00:28:53,666 SYSTEM WAS THE FIRST OF FIVE TO 445 00:28:51,133 --> 00:28:54,866 RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE IN 446 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:56,966 CHICAGO. 447 00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:59,500 ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 448 00:28:54,866 --> 00:29:01,100 SAY THAT SINCE THEN MORE THAN 18 449 00:28:56,966 --> 00:29:03,133 MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN 450 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:06,000 ADMINISTERED ACROSS THE STATE. 451 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:09,366 >> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN VISITS 452 00:29:03,133 --> 00:29:10,666 TORNADO AFTER ADVANTAGED -- 453 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:12,233 RAVAGED COMMUNITIES IN KENTUCKY. 454 00:29:09,366 --> 00:29:14,766 BIDEN PLEDGED THE FEDERAL 455 00:29:10,666 --> 00:29:15,100 GOVERNMENT WOULD DO ALL IT CAN 456 00:29:12,233 --> 00:29:20,066 TO HELP STRICKEN COMMUNITIES 457 00:29:14,766 --> 00:29:21,833 RECOVER. 458 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:24,266 >> BACK IN THE 1900'S, DAWSON 459 00:29:20,066 --> 00:29:25,200 SPRINGS WAS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE 460 00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:27,666 CAME TO BE HEALED BECAUSE OF THE 461 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:30,266 MINERAL WATERS. 462 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:31,966 WAS A PLACE YOU CAME TO HEAL. 463 00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:33,566 NOW, IT'S OUR TURN TO HELP THE 464 00:29:30,266 --> 00:29:36,066 ENTIRE TOWN TO HEAL. 465 00:29:31,966 --> 00:29:37,700 >> AT LEAST 88 PEOPLE WERE 466 00:29:33,566 --> 00:29:40,133 KILLED IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S STORMS 467 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:41,733 ACROSS SIX STATES INCLUDING SIX 468 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:45,300 PEOPLE WHO DIED AFTER AN AMAZON 469 00:29:40,133 --> 00:29:46,800 WAREHOUSE COLLAPSED IN ILLINOIS. 470 00:29:41,733 --> 00:29:49,900 THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL WAS IN 471 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:51,833 KENTUCKY WHERE 74 PEOPLE DIED 472 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:53,333 AND 100 REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR. 473 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:54,566 >> AND FINALLY IF YOU THINK 60° 474 00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:55,966 DAYS IN DECEMBER ARE UNUSUAL YOU 475 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:58,366 WOULD BE RIGHT. 476 00:29:54,566 --> 00:29:59,833 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 477 00:29:55,966 --> 00:30:02,766 SAYS TODAY'S HIGH OF 65° IN 478 00:29:58,366 --> 00:30:06,366 CHICAGO BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 479 00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:10,433 RECORD FOR DECEMBER 15TH BY 1° 480 00:30:02,766 --> 00:30:11,200 SET 50 YEARS AGO BACK IN 1971. 481 00:30:06,366 --> 00:30:13,166 >> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU. 482 00:30:10,433 --> 00:30:15,233 >> THANKS, BRANDIS. 483 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:17,966 A NEW EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO HELP 484 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:19,833 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES 485 00:30:15,233 --> 00:30:21,766 IN CHICAGO BY DISTRIBUTING 486 00:30:17,966 --> 00:30:23,666 FENTANYL TEST STRIPS. 487 00:30:19,833 --> 00:30:27,100 87% OF FATAL OVERDOSES IN COOK 488 00:30:21,766 --> 00:30:28,633 COUNTY THIS YEAR ARE RELATED TO 489 00:30:23,666 --> 00:30:31,400 FENTANYL WHICH IS A HIGHLY 490 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:32,500 ADDICTIVE SYNTHETIC OPIOID. 491 00:30:28,633 --> 00:30:33,866 THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS 492 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,833 DISTRIBUTING THE TEST STRIPS TO 493 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:36,966 TRY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 494 00:30:33,866 --> 00:30:38,533 DEATHS FROM THE DRUG. 495 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:40,833 AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE 496 00:30:36,966 --> 00:30:43,133 Dr. WILNISE JASMIN, MEDICAL 497 00:30:38,533 --> 00:30:44,633 DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AT 498 00:30:40,833 --> 00:30:46,866 THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 499 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:49,200 HEALTH AND JEPHTHAT MCDANIEL HIV 500 00:30:44,633 --> 00:30:49,566 TESTER AND NARCAN SPECIALIST 501 00:30:46,866 --> 00:30:52,266 WITH THE CHICAGO RECOVERY 502 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:54,166 ALLIANCE. 503 00:30:49,566 --> 00:30:57,400 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 504 00:30:52,266 --> 00:30:58,100 WHAT PROMPTED THE CITY TO START 505 00:30:54,166 --> 00:30:59,800 USING THESE FENTANYL TEST 506 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:03,166 STRIPS? 507 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:05,700 >> TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE 508 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:09,733 CONTEXT TO IT AS A RESULT OF THE 509 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:11,966 REPORTS THAT WERE RELEASED THAT 510 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:14,633 SHOWS THERE WERE AN INCREASED OF 511 00:31:09,733 --> 00:31:19,800 NUMBER OF 7 DEATHS IN 2020 BY 512 00:31:11,966 --> 00:31:20,200 THE CDC, THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED 513 00:31:14,633 --> 00:31:22,833 THAT FEDERAL FUNDING MAY 514 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:24,300 [INAUDIBLE] 515 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:26,366 CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE FENTANYL 516 00:31:22,833 --> 00:31:28,800 TEST STRIPS. 517 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:30,733 AND SO AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 518 00:31:26,366 --> 00:31:33,233 WE DECIDED TO MOVE AHEAD TO 519 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:34,900 PURCHASE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE 520 00:31:30,733 --> 00:31:36,566 AN EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED. 521 00:31:33,233 --> 00:31:38,333 >> AND HOW MANY HAS THE CITY 522 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:40,833 DISTRIBUTED AND HOW DO THEY 523 00:31:36,566 --> 00:31:43,566 WORK? 524 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:45,900 >> SO SO FAR SINCE THE END OF 525 00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:49,200 OCTOBER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 526 00:31:43,566 --> 00:31:50,900 DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 14-1500 STRIPS 527 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:54,100 AND THE WAY THEY WORK THEY ONLY 528 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:56,500 REQUIRE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE 529 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:56,900 SUBSTANCE THAT IS ABOUT TO BE 530 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:58,700 USED TO BE DISSOLVED IN A 531 00:31:56,500 --> 00:32:02,366 LIQUID. 532 00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:04,733 WE PROVIDE THE STERILE WATER AND 533 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:07,400 WE'RE USING SMALL KETCHUP CUPS. 534 00:32:02,366 --> 00:32:09,233 A STIR SOMETHING TO STIR IT WITH 535 00:32:04,733 --> 00:32:11,666 AND YOU PLACE THE STRIP IN TO 536 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:13,833 TEST THE SUBSTANCE AND WAIT ONE 537 00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:16,033 OR TWO MINUTES FOR THE RESULTS. 538 00:32:11,666 --> 00:32:17,400 >> HOW CRUCIAL HAVE THESE TEST 539 00:32:13,833 --> 00:32:19,333 STRIPS BEEN FROM WHAT YOU'VE 540 00:32:16,033 --> 00:32:21,133 SEEN ON THE GROUND? 541 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:22,333 >> WELL, FROM THE GROUND WORKING 542 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:25,766 WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THEY HAVE 543 00:32:21,133 --> 00:32:30,933 BEEN A LIFE CHANGER. 544 00:32:22,333 --> 00:32:31,933 AT MY SITE TODAY, I SAW 42 545 00:32:25,766 --> 00:32:33,800 PEOPLE, 38 PEOPLE THEY WANTED 546 00:32:30,933 --> 00:32:36,033 THE TEST. 547 00:32:31,933 --> 00:32:37,866 AND IT'S GIVEN THEM THAT FREEDOM 548 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:40,300 TO USE THE DRUG AND SAFELY TO 549 00:32:36,033 --> 00:32:42,666 KNOW THEY ARE ABLE TO TEST THEIR 550 00:32:37,866 --> 00:32:44,966 DRUG AND HAVE THE OPTION TO KNOW 551 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:47,966 IT'S FENTANYL ON THERE THEY KNOW 552 00:32:42,666 --> 00:32:50,866 THEY CAN USE THE DRUG AND USE 553 00:32:44,966 --> 00:32:52,466 LESS OF THE DRUGS OR USE THE 554 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:53,933 DRUGS WITH NARCAN AS WELL. 555 00:32:50,866 --> 00:32:55,666 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPIOIDS 556 00:32:52,466 --> 00:32:56,600 THERE'S BEEN FOR YEARS AND 557 00:32:53,933 --> 00:32:58,900 YEARS, A RASH OF HEROIN LACED 558 00:32:55,666 --> 00:33:01,033 WITH FENTANYL. 559 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:03,200 WHAT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT THAT THE 560 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:04,633 CITY AND GROUP SHOULD BE 561 00:33:01,033 --> 00:33:07,433 DISCOURAGING ANY OPIOID USE AND 562 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:09,733 THIS MIGHT BE ENCOURAGING THE 563 00:33:04,633 --> 00:33:11,233 USE EASTERN THOUGH IT'S 564 00:33:07,433 --> 00:33:13,566 ENCOURAGING A SAFER USE? 565 00:33:09,733 --> 00:33:13,866 >> I WILL SAY THIS, SIR. 566 00:33:11,233 --> 00:33:15,300 THIS PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO GO 567 00:33:13,566 --> 00:33:17,033 AWAY. 568 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:18,333 IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. 569 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:21,033 DO WE WANT MORE DEATH TOLL 570 00:33:17,033 --> 00:33:22,433 NUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO RISE? 571 00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:24,433 OR DO WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE 572 00:33:21,033 --> 00:33:26,666 STRIPS TO TEST THEIR DRUGS AND 573 00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:28,766 USE THE DRUGS SAFELY? 574 00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:29,100 I SAY THOSE PEOPLE OPPOSED TO IT 575 00:33:26,666 --> 00:33:30,833 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BROADER 576 00:33:28,766 --> 00:33:32,333 PICTURE. 577 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:34,066 IF WE DON'T OUR DEATH TOLL 578 00:33:30,833 --> 00:33:36,533 NUMBERS WILL KEEP RISING WITH 579 00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:39,000 THE OVERDOSE. 580 00:33:34,066 --> 00:33:40,666 WE ALREADY POSTED [INAUDIBLE] 581 00:33:36,533 --> 00:33:41,066 AND FENTANYL CONTRIBUTED TO 82% 582 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,233 OF THAT ALREADY WITH THE 583 00:33:40,666 --> 00:33:46,866 OVERDOSE. 584 00:33:41,066 --> 00:33:48,300 SO THESE TEST STRIPS WITH THE 585 00:33:44,233 --> 00:33:50,766 NARCAN ARE LIFE CHANGERS. 586 00:33:46,866 --> 00:33:53,400 THEY ARE CHANGING THE GAME. 587 00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:55,800 AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. 588 00:33:50,766 --> 00:33:59,266 I APPLAUD THE C.D.C. FOR THIS. 589 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:59,600 >> OK AND THE OVERDOSE DEATHS AS 590 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:03,666 WE MENTIONED IN 2020, THERE WERE 591 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:05,133 1844. 592 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:07,700 A LIGHT DIP IN 20211383. 593 00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:09,733 ALTHOUGH PENDING CASES. 594 00:34:05,133 --> 00:34:12,333 Dr. JASMINE IS IT THE 595 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:13,766 MEASURABLE DROP A POSITIVE SIGN 596 00:34:09,733 --> 00:34:16,300 OVERALL? 597 00:34:12,333 --> 00:34:19,233 >> ANYTIME WE SEE A DECREASE IN 598 00:34:13,766 --> 00:34:21,166 THE NUMBER OF DEATHS WE ALWAYS 599 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:25,866 SEE IT AS A POSITIVE SIGN. 600 00:34:19,233 --> 00:34:27,333 THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF HARM 601 00:34:21,166 --> 00:34:28,200 REDUCTION IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS 602 00:34:25,866 --> 00:34:30,366 THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT CAN LEAD 603 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:31,666 TO DEATH. 604 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:34,100 ANYTIME WE CAN SAVE A LIFE 605 00:34:30,366 --> 00:34:36,300 THROUGH MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE 606 00:34:31,666 --> 00:34:38,966 THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO TEST THE 607 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:43,366 DRUG BEFORE THEY USE IT OR TO 608 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:43,766 HAVE THE DRUG REVERSAL 609 00:34:38,966 --> 00:34:46,433 MEDICATION, NARCAN AVAILABLE, WE 610 00:34:43,366 --> 00:34:48,533 [INAUDIBLE] 611 00:34:43,766 --> 00:34:50,066 IN ADDITION BY GIVING THE 612 00:34:46,433 --> 00:34:51,766 FENTANYL TEST KITS AWAY WE ARE 613 00:34:48,533 --> 00:34:53,800 HOPING TO START THIS 614 00:34:50,066 --> 00:34:56,366 CONVERSATION NOT ONLY WITH THE 615 00:34:51,766 --> 00:34:58,300 HARM REDUCTION OUTREACH 616 00:34:53,800 --> 00:35:00,600 ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO IN 617 00:34:56,366 --> 00:35:03,133 SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES AND SOME 618 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:05,000 HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT THEY 619 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:07,933 ARE ALSO SCREENING INDIVIDUALS 620 00:35:03,133 --> 00:35:10,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR FENTANYL. 621 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:11,600 >> AND AS WE MENTIONED THE VAST 622 00:35:07,933 --> 00:35:13,800 MAJORITY OF OPIOID DEATHS COME 623 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:15,433 AS A RESULT OF FENTANYL. 624 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:17,166 WHY IS THAT Dr. JASMINE? 625 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:19,033 WHY AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF 626 00:35:15,433 --> 00:35:21,133 DEATHS DUE TO FENTANYL? 627 00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:21,833 IS THERE MORE FENTANYL IN 628 00:35:19,033 --> 00:35:24,200 OPIOIDS THIS YEAR OVER YEARS 629 00:35:21,133 --> 00:35:25,433 PAST? 630 00:35:21,833 --> 00:35:27,566 >> SINCE WE BEGAN TRACKING THE 631 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:29,333 COMPONENTS OF THE DRUGS THAT ARE 632 00:35:25,433 --> 00:35:31,166 FOUND IN THE SYSTEMS FROM PEOPLE 633 00:35:27,566 --> 00:35:33,233 WHO EXPERIENCE OVERDOSE DEATHS, 634 00:35:29,333 --> 00:35:33,800 WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AN 635 00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:38,266 INCREASING AMOUNT OF FENTANYL 636 00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:40,133 PRESENT. 637 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:42,433 AND SO SOME OF THOSE REASONS 638 00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:43,700 COULD BE MULLIFY FACTORIAL. 639 00:35:40,133 --> 00:35:46,100 SOME OF IT COULD BE RELATED TO 640 00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:47,866 THE PANDEMIC. 641 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:50,733 DUE TO THE BORDER CLOSURES. 642 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:51,733 SO THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE IT MORE 643 00:35:47,866 --> 00:35:54,000 DIFFICULT FOR THE DRUGS TO COME 644 00:35:50,733 --> 00:35:56,533 INTO THE COUNTRY. 645 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:59,133 AND SO FENTANYL IS CHEAP AND 646 00:35:54,000 --> 00:36:01,000 EASY TO MAKE. 647 00:35:56,533 --> 00:36:03,500 SO IT MADE IT EASIER TO 648 00:35:59,133 --> 00:36:05,933 TRANSPORT OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 649 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:07,066 ADDITIONAL LABS THAT WERE 650 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:08,900 STARTED WITHIN THE U.S. TO 651 00:36:05,933 --> 00:36:11,133 MANUFACTURE THE FENTANYL. 652 00:36:07,066 --> 00:36:12,966 >> A LOT OF DEALERS CUT THE 653 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:15,000 DRUGS WITH FENTANYL. 654 00:36:11,133 --> 00:36:16,966 WHAT ELSE CAN CITY OFFICIALS DO 655 00:36:12,966 --> 00:36:20,766 TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSE 656 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:22,066 DEATHS IN CHICAGO AND COOK 657 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:24,600 COUNTY AND ACROSS THE REGION? 658 00:36:20,766 --> 00:36:26,433 >> PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS. 659 00:36:22,066 --> 00:36:28,800 LET'S GET THE STRIPS OUT AND THE 660 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:30,833 NARCAN OUT THERE AND REMOVE THE 661 00:36:26,433 --> 00:36:31,400 STIGMA BEHIND ALL IT AND LET 662 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,466 PEOPLE KNOW IT IS OK YOU ARE NOT 663 00:36:30,833 --> 00:36:34,700 ALONE. 664 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:39,200 THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS OUT HERE 665 00:36:32,466 --> 00:36:40,866 THAT WILL WORK WITH YOU AT ANY 666 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:43,266 LEVEL YOU AT TO HELP YOU. 667 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,800 >> CERTAINLY OVERDOSE THE OTHER 668 00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:46,033 EPIDEMIC GOING ON ALONGSIDE 669 00:36:43,266 --> 00:36:47,400 COVID-19. 670 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:48,700 OUR THANKS TO JEPHTHAT MCDANIEL 671 00:36:46,033 --> 00:36:50,700 AND Dr. WILNISE JASMIN THANK 672 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:55,200 YOU SO MUCH. 673 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:56,700 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 674 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:57,366 >> AND UP NEXT, MORE ON THE CITY 675 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,600 COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IN 676 00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:02,300 SPOTLIGHT POLITICS. 677 00:36:57,366 --> 00:37:02,300 BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE 678 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,300 WEATHER... 679 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:26,266 A ROUGH DAY IN CITY COUNCIL. 680 00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:28,600 THE THOMPSON CENTER IS CLOSER TO 681 00:37:21,633 --> 00:37:29,966 BEING SOLD. 682 00:37:26,266 --> 00:37:30,433 JOINING US ARE AMANDA VINICKY, 683 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,433 HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS 684 00:37:29,966 --> 00:37:33,733 SCHUTZ. 685 00:37:30,433 --> 00:37:34,733 HEATHER LET'S START WITH CARRIE 686 00:37:32,433 --> 00:37:37,000 AUSTIN COLLAPSING DURING THE 687 00:37:33,733 --> 00:37:39,333 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHAT 688 00:37:34,733 --> 00:37:41,833 HAPPENED AND WHAT IS THE LATEST? 689 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:44,133 >> WELL, I WISH I KNEW I COULD 690 00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:45,833 GIVE PEOPLE AN UPDATE ON HER 691 00:37:41,833 --> 00:37:48,266 CONDITION WE JUST DON'T KNOW SHE 692 00:37:44,133 --> 00:37:50,000 SLUMPED OVER AND THIS COMES 693 00:37:45,833 --> 00:37:51,833 AFTER A HOST OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS 694 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:53,600 THAT CARRIE AUSTIN HAS SUFFERED. 695 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:56,233 SHE IS 72 YEARS OLD. 696 00:37:51,833 --> 00:37:56,666 SHE HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR LYING 697 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:59,200 TO THE F.B.I. AND FOR TAKING 698 00:37:56,233 --> 00:38:01,433 BRIBES. 699 00:37:56,666 --> 00:38:04,466 SHE IS DUE BACK IN COURT 700 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:06,233 TELEPHONICLY ON FRIDAY IN THE 701 00:38:01,433 --> 00:38:08,300 LAST HEARING HER ATTORNEY TOLD 702 00:38:04,466 --> 00:38:11,166 THE JUDGE SHE WAS SUFFERING 703 00:38:06,233 --> 00:38:11,466 SERIOUS ILLNESSES OF A CARDIAC 704 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:12,933 NATURE AND THAT IS REALLY ALL WE 705 00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:17,266 KNOW. 706 00:38:11,466 --> 00:38:18,766 IT WAS A FRIGHTENING MOMENT BUT 707 00:38:12,933 --> 00:38:20,533 AS WE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY IT WAS 708 00:38:17,266 --> 00:38:22,566 SOMEWHAT HEART WARMING TO SEE 709 00:38:18,766 --> 00:38:24,000 ALDERMEN RUSH TO HER AND MAKE 710 00:38:20,533 --> 00:38:24,733 SURE SHE WAS OK AND I KNOW MANY 711 00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:26,666 PEOPLE WERE GLAD THAT ANTHONY 712 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,100 NAPOLITANO WAS THERE. 713 00:38:24,733 --> 00:38:29,200 HE IS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER AND 714 00:38:26,666 --> 00:38:30,600 HE IS TRAINED TO HANDLE 715 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:32,466 EMERGENCIES LIKE THAT. 716 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:34,633 >> AND ALSO AS HE REPORTED 717 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:36,666 EARLIER WE KNOW SHE WAS 718 00:38:32,466 --> 00:38:37,266 CONSCIOUS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE 719 00:38:34,633 --> 00:38:38,700 ASKED NOT TO BE TAKEN TO THE 720 00:38:36,666 --> 00:38:40,933 HOSPITAL. 721 00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:42,366 WISHING GOOD HEALTH THERE AND WE 722 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:44,933 KNOW SOME OF THE STUFF COULD BE 723 00:38:40,933 --> 00:38:46,500 POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS 724 00:38:42,366 --> 00:38:47,866 NONE OF US IS A DOCTOR. 725 00:38:44,933 --> 00:38:49,666 ALDERPEOPLE ALSO APPROVED SPORTS 726 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:51,600 BETTING AT CHICAGO'S 727 00:38:47,866 --> 00:38:54,033 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ARENAS. 728 00:38:49,666 --> 00:38:56,800 PARIS, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 729 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:57,566 BETTING WINDOWS WILL COME TO 730 00:38:54,033 --> 00:39:00,100 BULLS, HAWKS, BEARS, LOCATIONS? 731 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:01,733 >> SEEMS LIKE IT. 732 00:38:57,566 --> 00:39:03,800 IT MEANS A LUCRATIVE REVENUE 733 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:04,200 STREAM FOR ALL OF CHICAGO'S 734 00:39:01,733 --> 00:39:05,766 MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 735 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:09,200 FRANCHISES. 736 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:12,066 RARE WHEN YOU GET MOST OF THE 737 00:39:05,766 --> 00:39:13,700 BIG TIME OWNERS, RICKETTS AND 738 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:16,233 WURTS COMING TO CITY COUNCIL 739 00:39:12,066 --> 00:39:18,400 LOBBYING FOR SOMETHING LIKE IT'S 740 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:20,966 HARD TO IGNORE BECAUSE NEIL 741 00:39:16,233 --> 00:39:23,066 BLUHM WHO IS THE OWNER OF RUSH 742 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:25,000 STREET GAMING THAT OWNS RIVERS 743 00:39:20,966 --> 00:39:27,566 CASINO AND HAS TWO BIDS OUT SAID 744 00:39:23,066 --> 00:39:30,866 DO NOT APPROVE THIS IT'S GOING 745 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:33,533 TO CANNIBALIZE FUTURE POTENTIAL 746 00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:35,900 REVENUES AT A CHICAGO CASINO 747 00:39:30,866 --> 00:39:37,333 SOME SUSPECTED IT MIGHT TAKE 748 00:39:33,533 --> 00:39:40,200 BUSINESS AWAY FROM RIVER CASINO 749 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:41,633 IN DES PLAINES BUT THE STUDY HAD 750 00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:44,133 A STUDY THAT SAID NO, THESE ARE 751 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:48,533 DIFFERENT CLIENTELE A DIFFERENT 752 00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:51,466 PERSON THAT WILL WALK IN TO THIS 753 00:39:44,133 --> 00:39:54,200 NEW WHAT THEY WILL CALL THE 754 00:39:48,533 --> 00:39:57,333 DRAFTKINGS SPORTS BET AT 755 00:39:51,466 --> 00:39:58,066 WRIGLEYVILLE VERSUS THE CASINO 756 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:59,366 AND BET AT THE SPORTSBOOK THERE. 757 00:39:57,333 --> 00:40:01,100 LITTLE DISAGREEMENT ON WHETHER 758 00:39:58,066 --> 00:40:02,700 OR NOT IT WOULD HAVE A BIG 759 00:39:59,366 --> 00:40:07,300 IMPACT ON CASINOS AND RICKETTS 760 00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:10,066 SAID THAT NOW THIS IS APPROVED 761 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:10,366 HE IS READY TO START BUILDING 762 00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:11,700 AND GET IT UP AND RUNNING IN 763 00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:13,333 2023. 764 00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:15,400 >> I WANT TO JUMP IN AND SAY 765 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:17,833 THAT TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO GET 766 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:18,500 OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE FIVE 767 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,933 CASINO PROPOSALS STARTING AT 768 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:21,666 1:00 P.M. 769 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:22,000 IT WILL BE ALL FIVE PROPOSALS 770 00:40:19,933 --> 00:40:24,166 WILL BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC 771 00:40:21,666 --> 00:40:25,600 HEARING. 772 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:27,566 AND IT WILL REALLY GIVE US I 773 00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:29,666 THINK THE FIRST CHANCE TO SEE 774 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,233 WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, WHERE 775 00:40:27,566 --> 00:40:32,166 AND WHAT THE CITY STANDS TO GAIN 776 00:40:29,666 --> 00:40:33,900 FROM THAT. 777 00:40:30,233 --> 00:40:35,400 AND THESE ARE ALL CRUCIAL 778 00:40:32,166 --> 00:40:36,500 QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE CITY IS 779 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,800 COUNTING ON REVENUE FROM A 780 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,666 CAMPAIGN TO SHORE-UP THE POLICE 781 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:42,766 AND FIRE PENSIONS. 782 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:44,900 THAT IS WHERE THIS MONEY IS 783 00:40:39,666 --> 00:40:46,533 GOING TO GO FROM A CASINO. 784 00:40:42,766 --> 00:40:48,266 >> ALDERPEOPLE APPROVED A NEARLY 785 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:50,000 $3 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH YOUNG 786 00:40:46,533 --> 00:40:51,000 FOR THE BOTCHED POLICE RAID OF 787 00:40:48,266 --> 00:40:53,300 THE SOCIAL WORKER'S HOME HERE IS 788 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:55,233 WHAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAD TO 789 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:58,033 SAY ABOUT THAT TODAY. 790 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:58,433 >> WE RECOGNIZE WHAT MS. YOUNG 791 00:40:55,233 --> 00:41:00,133 WENT THROUGH THE TRAUMA SHE 792 00:40:58,033 --> 00:41:02,066 EXPERIENCED. 793 00:40:58,433 --> 00:41:02,466 AND I THINK THE PROOF IS IN THE 794 00:41:00,133 --> 00:41:04,033 PUDDING. 795 00:41:02,066 --> 00:41:05,666 UNANIMOUSLY. 796 00:41:02,466 --> 00:41:06,900 WHICH RARELY HAPPENS ON MATTERS 797 00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:08,766 OF SETTLEMENTS. 798 00:41:05,666 --> 00:41:10,433 CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMED THE 799 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:12,900 AGREEMENT THAT HAD BEEN REACHED 800 00:41:08,766 --> 00:41:14,466 WITH MS. YOUNG AND HER COUNSEL 801 00:41:10,433 --> 00:41:16,600 TO PAY HER 2.9 MILLION. 802 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:18,100 >> THE MAYOR'S FORMER 803 00:41:14,466 --> 00:41:19,900 CORPORATION COUNSEL SLAMMED THE 804 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:21,833 SETTLEMENT BUT HE WAS FIRED. 805 00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:23,566 HOW DOES IT STACK UP WITH OTHER 806 00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:25,100 SETTLEMENTS FROM CITY HALL? 807 00:41:21,833 --> 00:41:26,766 >> IT RANKS UP THERE. 808 00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:28,066 BY COMPARISON THE FAMILY OF 809 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:31,033 LAQUAN McDONALD WHO WAS SHOT 810 00:41:26,766 --> 00:41:32,433 AND MURDERED BY FORMER POLICE 811 00:41:28,066 --> 00:41:36,300 OFFICER JASON VAN DYKE HIS 812 00:41:31,033 --> 00:41:38,933 FAMILY GOT $5 MILLION. 813 00:41:32,433 --> 00:41:39,266 IT IS IN THE SAME SORT OF BALL 814 00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:41,866 PARK BUT IT WASN'T THE ONLY HUGE 815 00:41:38,933 --> 00:41:43,433 SETTLE. 816 00:41:39,266 --> 00:41:45,266 THE CITY GREED TO PAY 1.2 817 00:41:41,866 --> 00:41:47,433 MILLION TO THE FAMILY OF A 818 00:41:43,433 --> 00:41:49,266 14-YEAR-OLD TEEN WHO WAS SHOT IN 819 00:41:45,266 --> 00:41:51,466 THE BACK BY A POLICE OFFICER AND 820 00:41:47,433 --> 00:41:52,966 THEN KICKED IN THE HEAD WHILE HE 821 00:41:49,266 --> 00:41:56,333 LAID DYING AFTER A FOOT CHASE 822 00:41:51,466 --> 00:41:57,700 BACK IN 2014. 823 00:41:52,966 --> 00:41:59,333 AND IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST FOOT 824 00:41:56,333 --> 00:42:01,166 CHASE POLICE MISCONDUCT LAWSUIT 825 00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:04,333 THAT WE WILL SEE. 826 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:06,066 OF COURSE WE ARE ALL REPORTING 827 00:42:01,166 --> 00:42:08,966 ON THE DEATH OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM 828 00:42:04,333 --> 00:42:10,666 TOLEDO IN MARCH SHOT AND WILL 829 00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:12,433 KILLED AFTER A FOOT CHASE. 830 00:42:08,966 --> 00:42:15,166 >> CAN I JUMP IN. 831 00:42:10,666 --> 00:42:17,200 MARK FLEISCHER WHO NOT ONLY SAID 832 00:42:12,433 --> 00:42:21,233 THAT HE HAD VERY HEATED COMMENTS 833 00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:22,800 FOR HIS FORMER BOSS THE MAYOR 834 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:25,666 CALLING HER RUDE, PET LENGTH, 835 00:42:21,233 --> 00:42:27,733 DISASTER, RIPPING HER TO SHREDS 836 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:30,600 THIS IS INTRIGUING BECAUSE NOT 837 00:42:25,666 --> 00:42:33,900 ONLY DID HE WORK TOGETHER HE HAS 838 00:42:27,733 --> 00:42:35,766 BEEN AN ALLY FOR LORI LIGHTFOOT 839 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:38,566 YEARS AND YEARS, CLEARLY A MAJOR 840 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:40,833 BREAK UP HERE AND HE IS UNHAPPY 841 00:42:35,766 --> 00:42:44,266 WITH HOW HE LOST HIS JOB. 842 00:42:38,566 --> 00:42:46,033 BUT SAYING THINGS LIKE SHE'S 843 00:42:40,833 --> 00:42:47,933 BEEN A COMPLETE DISASTER AND 844 00:42:44,266 --> 00:42:50,866 JUST REMARKABLE COMMENTS THERE. 845 00:42:46,033 --> 00:42:52,333 >> OUCH. 846 00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:56,866 YES, HARSH WORDS FOR SOMEONE YOU 847 00:42:50,866 --> 00:42:57,666 USED TO BE FRIENDS WITH. 848 00:42:52,333 --> 00:43:01,066 OTHER SETTLEMENTS TOTALED 2.2 849 00:42:56,866 --> 00:43:02,166 MILLION. 850 00:42:57,666 --> 00:43:05,100 DOES THE CITY BUDGET FOR THESE 851 00:43:01,066 --> 00:43:06,800 ESTIMATED SETTLEMENTS? 852 00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:08,366 >> THE CITY DOES BUDGET NOT 853 00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:10,633 PRECISELY FOR THERE IS NO 854 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,033 PREDICTING WHAT SITUATION, YES, 855 00:43:08,366 --> 00:43:12,266 THEY DO BUDGET MONEY FOR 856 00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:15,333 SETTLEMENTS. 857 00:43:11,033 --> 00:43:17,700 THERE'S BEEN REPORTING FROM 858 00:43:12,266 --> 00:43:20,266 ANOTHER OUTLET I WANT TO SAY ABC 859 00:43:15,333 --> 00:43:22,300 THAT FOUND $67 MILLION SO FAR 860 00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:23,800 THIS YEAR IN POLICE MISCONDUCT. 861 00:43:20,266 --> 00:43:25,266 SO, YES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 862 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:29,166 CITIES IT'S NOT JUST CHICAGO. 863 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:29,633 ALL CITIES DO THIS. 864 00:43:25,266 --> 00:43:33,300 THESE ARE VERY TENSE SITUATIONS 865 00:43:29,166 --> 00:43:35,633 OFTENTIMES. 866 00:43:29,633 --> 00:43:36,433 AND, OF COURSE, UNLESS THERE'S 867 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:38,166 BASKETBALL A LOT OF DEBATE OVER 868 00:43:35,633 --> 00:43:39,166 QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. 869 00:43:36,433 --> 00:43:42,366 IF YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER NOT 870 00:43:38,166 --> 00:43:45,333 PERSONALLY LEGALLY LIABLE FOR 871 00:43:39,166 --> 00:43:46,766 ANY SORT OF SITUATION, IT IS ON 872 00:43:42,366 --> 00:43:48,800 AN OFFICER'S EMPLOYER SO OFTEN A 873 00:43:45,333 --> 00:43:49,600 MUNICIPALITY TO TAKE THAT UP IF 874 00:43:46,766 --> 00:43:51,800 THERE IS ANY SORT OF MISCONDUCT 875 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:56,000 OR WRONGDOING. 876 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:57,500 I DON'T FORESEE THOUGH AGAIN 877 00:43:51,800 --> 00:44:00,000 ILLINOIS HAS A VERY BIG CRIMINAL 878 00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:01,300 JUSTICE OVERHAUL THAT IS SLOWLY 879 00:43:57,500 --> 00:44:03,000 TAKING PLACE, THERE IS NO 880 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:05,866 DISMANTLING OF QUALIFIED 881 00:44:01,300 --> 00:44:07,800 IMMUNITY AND I DON'T FORESEE 882 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:09,733 THAT CHANGES ANYTIME SOON. 883 00:44:05,866 --> 00:44:11,533 ANJANETTE YOUNG'S ATTORNEY STILL 884 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:14,133 SAYS WHAT SHE WANTS IS NEVER TO 885 00:44:09,733 --> 00:44:17,600 HAVE THIS SITUATION HAPPEN TO 886 00:44:11,533 --> 00:44:19,633 HER BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY TO ACT 887 00:44:14,133 --> 00:44:21,900 AND DO THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE 888 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:22,300 THAT POLICE WAIT BEFORE ENTERING 889 00:44:19,633 --> 00:44:24,133 A HOME EVEN IN A SITUATION LIKE 890 00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:25,000 THIS. 891 00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:27,733 BANNING ANY SORT OF POINTING OF 892 00:44:24,133 --> 00:44:30,233 GUNS AT CHILDREN. 893 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:32,300 SHE WANTS MORE ACTION TAKEN. 894 00:44:27,733 --> 00:44:33,500 BEYOND JUST A CASH OUT BUT 895 00:44:30,233 --> 00:44:35,800 MATERIALLY THAT SHE BRIEFS GOING 896 00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:37,533 FORWARD WILL SPARE OTHERS FROM 897 00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:40,533 BEING IN A SITUATION SUCH AS THE 898 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:42,966 ONE SHE WAS IN. 899 00:44:37,533 --> 00:44:45,566 >> AND SO ANTHONY NAPOLITANO'S 900 00:44:40,533 --> 00:44:46,766 ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE OVERRULED 901 00:44:42,966 --> 00:44:50,066 AS ALDERPEOPLE BACKED A MAYOR 902 00:44:45,566 --> 00:44:51,166 BACKED APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT. 903 00:44:46,766 --> 00:44:53,833 HOW RARE IS IT THAT ALDERMANIC 904 00:44:50,066 --> 00:44:55,366 PREROGATIVE IGNORED? 905 00:44:51,166 --> 00:44:56,800 >> IT IS BASICALLY UNPRECEDENTED 906 00:44:53,833 --> 00:44:58,866 ESPECIALLY IN A HIGH PROFILE 907 00:44:55,366 --> 00:45:00,900 CASE LIKE THIS. 908 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:03,200 AND IT WAS FASCINATING TO HEAR 909 00:44:58,866 --> 00:45:05,400 MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAY YEP 910 00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:05,733 WE'RE ALL UNCOMFORTABLE DOING 911 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,566 THIS BUT WE'RE DOING IT FOR TWO 912 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:09,600 REASONS. 913 00:45:05,733 --> 00:45:11,433 ONE WE NEED TO PROVIDE 914 00:45:07,566 --> 00:45:13,866 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR O'HARE. 915 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:16,666 THIS BUILDING WILL BE BUILT ON 916 00:45:11,433 --> 00:45:18,333 THE BLUE LINE TWO STATIONS DOWN 917 00:45:13,866 --> 00:45:20,333 FROM O'HARE AND THIS IS AN 918 00:45:16,666 --> 00:45:20,666 ATTEMPT QUOTE TO BREAK THE GRIP 919 00:45:18,333 --> 00:45:23,000 OF SEGREGATION END QUOTE IN 920 00:45:20,333 --> 00:45:25,733 CHICAGO. 921 00:45:20,666 --> 00:45:28,733 AND THOSE ARE VERY HIGH STAKES. 922 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:31,300 BECAUSE SHE WAS ELECTED ON 923 00:45:25,733 --> 00:45:32,933 PROMISES TO DO EXACTLY THAT AND 924 00:45:28,733 --> 00:45:34,833 THERE CAN BE NO ARGUMENT THAT 925 00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:37,433 ALDERMEN WHO REPRESENT WHITE 926 00:45:32,933 --> 00:45:38,733 WEALTHY WARDS IN CHICAGO USED 927 00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:41,166 THIS POWER TO PREVENT AFFORDABLE 928 00:45:37,433 --> 00:45:42,500 HOUSING FROM BEING BUILT IN 929 00:45:38,733 --> 00:45:44,933 THEIR WARDS AND THIS IS A 930 00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:46,300 REPUTATION OF THAT ABILITY AND 931 00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:48,466 WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHETHER THIS 932 00:45:44,933 --> 00:45:50,466 IS A ONE-TIME THING OR WHETHER 933 00:45:46,300 --> 00:45:52,666 THIS CHANGES HOW THE CITY 934 00:45:48,466 --> 00:45:54,633 APPROACHES AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 935 00:45:50,466 --> 00:45:56,066 >> QUICK PARIS TO THAT END IS 936 00:45:52,666 --> 00:45:57,266 THIS A SLIPPERY SLOPE ANTHONY 937 00:45:54,633 --> 00:45:58,933 NAPOLITANO IS WARNING HIS 938 00:45:56,066 --> 00:45:59,766 COLLEAGUES IT CAN HAPPEN TO 939 00:45:57,266 --> 00:46:02,300 THEM, TOO. 940 00:45:58,933 --> 00:46:04,100 >> IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. 941 00:45:59,766 --> 00:46:06,300 IT COULD BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE ON 942 00:46:02,300 --> 00:46:07,666 ISSUES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 943 00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:10,266 THAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO HELP 944 00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:11,700 REDUCE SEGREGATION IN THE CITY. 945 00:46:07,666 --> 00:46:14,066 I WOULD THINK THAT IT WON'T BE A 946 00:46:10,266 --> 00:46:16,566 SLIPPERY SLOPE ON OTHERS. 947 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:19,166 RIGHT NOW IN A PANDEMIC IT'S 948 00:46:14,066 --> 00:46:19,666 HARD TO VOTE AGAINST AFFORDABLE 949 00:46:16,566 --> 00:46:21,566 HOUSING WHEN PEOPLE ARE 950 00:46:19,166 --> 00:46:24,833 STRUGGLING. 951 00:46:19,666 --> 00:46:27,900 THE MAYOR PROMISED WE ARE GOING 952 00:46:21,566 --> 00:46:29,900 TO GET RID OF ALDERMANIC 953 00:46:24,833 --> 00:46:32,266 PREROGATIVE IT'S RIPE WITH 954 00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:34,200 CORRUPTION AND ALDERPEOPLE SAID 955 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:35,866 WHO KNOWS THEIR WARDS BETTER. 956 00:46:32,266 --> 00:46:37,500 THIS IS SOMETHING THE MAYOR 957 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,866 CAMPAIGNED ON DOING. 958 00:46:35,866 --> 00:46:40,000 >> MOVING OVER TO STATE 959 00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:42,166 POLITICS. 960 00:46:37,866 --> 00:46:44,633 STATE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO 961 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:46,700 SELLING THE JAMES R. THOMPSON 962 00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:48,900 CENTER FOR $70 MILLION. 963 00:46:44,633 --> 00:46:49,266 WHO IS THE BUYER AND WHAT DO 964 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:51,800 THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THE 965 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:54,333 BUILDING. 966 00:46:49,266 --> 00:46:57,200 >> THEY PLAN TO KEEP A LOT OF IT 967 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:59,400 INTACT THERE'S GOING TO BE A 968 00:46:54,333 --> 00:47:01,433 GLASS CURTAIN THAT WILL HELP TO 969 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:03,200 PREVENT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT 970 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:06,066 YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE 971 00:47:01,433 --> 00:47:07,866 NOISE THAT COMES FROM THE FAST 972 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:09,366 FOOD COURT AND THE CTA AND IT 973 00:47:06,066 --> 00:47:11,166 BEING A PUBLIC BUILDING AND 974 00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:13,033 PEOPLE WHO ARE STATE EMPLOYEES 975 00:47:09,366 --> 00:47:15,233 OF COURSE ARE TRYING TO GO ABOUT 976 00:47:11,166 --> 00:47:16,966 THEIR WORKDAY AND BE ON CALLS. 977 00:47:13,033 --> 00:47:19,933 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK 978 00:47:15,233 --> 00:47:20,900 THERE LET ME TELL YOU THERE IS A 979 00:47:16,966 --> 00:47:22,366 LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR AT LEAST 980 00:47:19,933 --> 00:47:24,033 SOMETHING TO BE DONE. 981 00:47:20,900 --> 00:47:26,533 THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF IMAGES 982 00:47:22,366 --> 00:47:27,466 YOU CAN SEE. 983 00:47:24,033 --> 00:47:29,533 WATER DRIPPING EVERY EVERY TIME 984 00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:31,033 IT RAINS. 985 00:47:27,466 --> 00:47:32,600 TODAY IT WAS VERY, VERY HOT IN 986 00:47:29,533 --> 00:47:35,400 THERE BECAUSE THAT WARM WEATHER. 987 00:47:31,033 --> 00:47:36,933 I WILL SAY WHAT IS INTERESTING 988 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:38,933 IS THE STATE GETTING I BELIEVE 989 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:40,800 $70 MILLION IS WHAT PRIME GROUP 990 00:47:36,933 --> 00:47:42,600 IS PAYING FOR THIS. 991 00:47:38,933 --> 00:47:44,166 ILLINOIS EVENTUALLY GOING TO IN 992 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:45,033 FACT PAY SOME BACK BECAUSE THEY 993 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,933 ARE GOING TO LEASE-BACK THE 994 00:47:44,166 --> 00:47:49,333 OFFICE SPACE. 995 00:47:45,033 --> 00:47:52,066 THIS, OF COURSE, DOES KEEP THE 996 00:47:46,933 --> 00:47:53,800 BUILDING INTACT AND I'M NOT 997 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:55,433 PRIVY TO ALL THE AGREEMENT AT A 998 00:47:52,066 --> 00:47:57,166 TIME WHEN GOVERNOR J.B. 999 00:47:53,800 --> 00:48:00,333 PRITZKER'S PREDECESSOR BRUCE 1000 00:47:55,433 --> 00:48:03,400 RAUNER HAD BEEN LOOKING HE WAS 1001 00:47:57,166 --> 00:48:05,900 AIMING TO GET UPWARDS OF 200-300 1002 00:48:00,333 --> 00:48:08,333 MILLION TO SELL THIS PRIME PIECE 1003 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:11,466 OF PROPERTY RIGHT IN THE LOOP. 1004 00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:11,866 SO ILLINOIS GETTING IT OFF ITS 1005 00:48:08,333 --> 00:48:13,533 HANDS A LOT OF DEFERRED 1006 00:48:11,466 --> 00:48:15,733 MAINTENANCE. 1007 00:48:11,866 --> 00:48:17,166 BUT CERTAINLY IT IS A DIFFERENT 1008 00:48:13,533 --> 00:48:18,000 REAL ESTATE WORLD THAN HAD THIS 1009 00:48:15,733 --> 00:48:20,233 OCCURRED YEARS PRIOR. 1010 00:48:17,166 --> 00:48:21,566 >> AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER 1011 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:23,600 DOWN-PLAYING A RUMOR HE HAD 1012 00:48:20,233 --> 00:48:24,800 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS. 1013 00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:26,733 HE LAUGHED IT OFF BUT WHERE DID 1014 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:28,900 THE RUMOR COME FROM. 1015 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:31,300 >> IT CAME FROM THE "NEW YORK 1016 00:48:26,733 --> 00:48:33,466 TIMES" AND GENERALLY THIS IS A 1017 00:48:28,900 --> 00:48:35,200 GIVE RESPECT TO FELLOW 1018 00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:37,200 JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE DONE THEIR 1019 00:48:33,466 --> 00:48:38,900 HOMEWORK AND I THINK IT IS NOT 1020 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:40,333 OUTSIDE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY 1021 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:42,166 FOR PRITZKER TO BE MENTIONED 1022 00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:44,633 BECAUSE HE IS A GOVERNOR OF A 1023 00:48:40,333 --> 00:48:46,133 BIG STATE AND ALSO HE HAS A LOT 1024 00:48:42,166 --> 00:48:48,733 OF CONNECTIONS WITH DEMOCRATS 1025 00:48:44,633 --> 00:48:50,166 BEFORE HE BECAME ILLINOIS' 1026 00:48:46,133 --> 00:48:51,533 GOVERNOR HE FUNDED MANY A 1027 00:48:48,733 --> 00:48:52,966 CAMPAIGN MANY HE HAS THE DOLLARS 1028 00:48:50,166 --> 00:48:55,600 TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 1029 00:48:51,533 --> 00:48:57,966 AND TO GET THAT GOING. 1030 00:48:52,966 --> 00:48:58,266 BUT HE IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED HE 1031 00:48:55,600 --> 00:49:01,600 SAYS ON THE NEXT GUBERNATORIAL 1032 00:48:57,966 --> 00:49:03,366 RACE. 1033 00:48:58,266 --> 00:49:06,033 AND THIS IS SORT OF PUTTING THE 1034 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:06,400 DONKEY BEFORE THE CART IF YOU 1035 00:49:03,366 --> 00:49:09,033 WILL WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOCRATIC 1036 00:49:06,033 --> 00:49:10,700 POLITICS. 1037 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:13,133 IT WAS A MENTION THAT CAUSED A 1038 00:49:09,033 --> 00:49:16,200 FLURRY OF ACTIVITY BUT IN 1039 00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:18,400 ILLINOIS, I'M GOING TO SAY I AM 1040 00:49:13,133 --> 00:49:19,833 MORE FOCUSED AS I'M SURE THE 1041 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:21,300 PRITZKER CAMP IS AS WELL ON THE 1042 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:23,166 22 ELECTION. 1043 00:49:19,833 --> 00:49:24,433 ANYTIME SOMEBODY SAYS YOU WOULD 1044 00:49:21,300 --> 00:49:26,500 BE GOOD FOR PRESIDENT AND FOLKS 1045 00:49:23,166 --> 00:49:27,433 WITH WHITE HOUSE CONNECTIONS IT 1046 00:49:24,433 --> 00:49:29,333 HAS TO FEEL GOOD, RIGHT? 1047 00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:31,266 >> COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATS 1048 00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:34,333 OFFICIALLY ENDORSED CANDIDATES 1049 00:49:29,333 --> 00:49:34,766 ALEXI GIANNOULIAS AND FRITZ 1050 00:49:31,266 --> 00:49:36,333 KAEGI, ANY SURPRISE WITH THESE 1051 00:49:34,333 --> 00:49:37,300 ENDORSEMENTS? 1052 00:49:34,766 --> 00:49:39,000 >> A LITTLE BIT. 1053 00:49:36,333 --> 00:49:40,733 ALEXI GIANNOULIAS OF COURSE RAN 1054 00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:42,666 FOR SENATE UNSUCCESSFULLY. 1055 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:44,500 HE DID SERVE IN STATE-WIDE 1056 00:49:40,733 --> 00:49:44,900 OFFICE SO HE DOES HAVE A TRACK 1057 00:49:42,666 --> 00:49:46,600 RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO WIN 1058 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:49,966 STATE-WIDE. 1059 00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:51,633 IT IS A HOTLY CONTESTED PRIMARY. 1060 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:54,333 HE FACES CITY CLERK ANNA 1061 00:49:49,966 --> 00:49:56,933 VALENCIA AND TWO ALDERPEOPLE, 1062 00:49:51,633 --> 00:49:58,066 PAT DOWELL AND DAVID MOORE AND I 1063 00:49:54,333 --> 00:50:00,233 THINK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 1064 00:49:56,933 --> 00:50:02,500 DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS WHO 1065 00:49:58,066 --> 00:50:04,166 VOTED NOT TO ENDORSE IN THAT 1066 00:50:00,233 --> 00:50:04,500 RACE AND HIS ENDORSEMENT CAME 1067 00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:06,066 WITH A SLIGHT MAJORITY OF 1068 00:50:04,166 --> 00:50:07,500 PEOPLE. 1069 00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:09,433 THAT RACE IS VERY MUCH UP FOR 1070 00:50:06,066 --> 00:50:11,566 GRABS IN THE COOK COUNTY 1071 00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:14,600 ASSESSOR RACE, FRITZ KAEGI WAS 1072 00:50:09,433 --> 00:50:16,666 ELECTED FOUR YEARS AGO. 1073 00:50:11,566 --> 00:50:17,600 PROMISING TO REVISE THE WAY THE 1074 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:19,533 COUNTY ASSESSES PROPERTIES IN 1075 00:50:16,666 --> 00:50:20,833 TERMS OF TAXES. 1076 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:22,466 HE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNHAPPY 1077 00:50:19,533 --> 00:50:23,766 BECAUSE HE HAS SAID THAT THE 1078 00:50:20,833 --> 00:50:25,400 SYSTEM WAS UNFAIR AND IF YOU 1079 00:50:22,466 --> 00:50:29,433 CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT MEANS 1080 00:50:23,766 --> 00:50:31,566 SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY MORE. 1081 00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:33,366 HE IS FACING KERRY STEEL A 1082 00:50:29,433 --> 00:50:35,433 CURRENT MEMBER OF THE 1083 00:50:31,566 --> 00:50:37,833 METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION 1084 00:50:33,366 --> 00:50:40,866 DISTRICT AND HER HUSBAND MAYS 1085 00:50:35,433 --> 00:50:42,633 JACKSON A WELL-KNOWN RADIO 1086 00:50:37,833 --> 00:50:44,033 PERSONALITY SAYS WILL RUN TENSE 1087 00:50:40,866 --> 00:50:46,733 TONI PRECKWINKLE HE IS ANGRY HIS 1088 00:50:42,633 --> 00:50:48,166 WIFE DID NOT GET THE NOD. 1089 00:50:44,033 --> 00:50:51,233 WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THAT. 1090 00:50:46,733 --> 00:50:52,100 BUT THESE ELECTIONS ARE RIGHT 1091 00:50:48,166 --> 00:50:54,333 AROUND THE RIVERBEND AND WE ARE 1092 00:50:51,233 --> 00:50:55,500 GOING TO HAVE TIME. 1093 00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:58,266 >> IT WILL BE A FUN ELECTION 1094 00:50:54,333 --> 00:50:59,933 YEAR FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS. 1095 00:50:55,500 --> 00:51:02,000 PARIS BEFORE WE LET YOU ALL GO, 1096 00:50:58,266 --> 00:51:03,433 ILLINOIS' POT CZAR LEAVING 1097 00:50:59,933 --> 00:51:06,300 PUBLIC LIFE TO HEAD UP A 1098 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:09,633 CANNABIS LOBBYING LOOP. 1099 00:51:03,433 --> 00:51:10,100 IS THAT A QUICK TURN AROUND IS 1100 00:51:06,300 --> 00:51:11,866 NOT THERE A LIMIT WHEN YOU GO 1101 00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:12,233 LOBBY? 1102 00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:13,933 >> WHEN YOU ARE AN ELECTED 1103 00:51:11,866 --> 00:51:16,500 OFFICIAL. 1104 00:51:12,233 --> 00:51:19,533 HE WAS A STATE SENATOR AND THEN 1105 00:51:13,933 --> 00:51:21,800 THE GOVERNOR BROUGHT HER INTO TO 1106 00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:25,233 BE THE TOP ADVISER ROLE IN 1107 00:51:19,533 --> 00:51:28,233 CHARGE OF THE CANNABIS PROGRAM 1108 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:29,733 SO SHE IS NOT PRIVY TO THE RULES 1109 00:51:25,233 --> 00:51:31,133 BUT A RESOLVING DOOR AND SHE WAS 1110 00:51:28,233 --> 00:51:37,100 INSTRUMENTAL IN CRAFTING 1111 00:51:29,733 --> 00:51:37,866 ILLINOIS' CANNABIS REGULATIONS 1112 00:51:31,133 --> 00:51:40,866 AND NOW SHE WILL SEE A LUCRATIVE 1113 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:42,600 CAREER. 1114 00:51:37,866 --> 00:51:44,400 AND LEGISLATORS LEVERAGE THEIR 1115 00:51:40,866 --> 00:51:45,566 KNOWLEDGE TO GET JOBS IN THOSE 1116 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:48,133 INDUSTRIES THAT THEY WERE MAKING 1117 00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:50,633 LAWS ON. 1118 00:51:45,566 --> 00:51:52,200 SO BUT, NO, SHE WOULDN'T BE 1119 00:51:48,133 --> 00:51:54,266 SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE REVOLVING 1120 00:51:50,633 --> 00:51:55,666 DOOR PROVISIONS WHICH ARE WEAK 1121 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:56,800 TO BEGIN WITH IN ILLINOIS. 1122 00:51:54,266 --> 00:51:59,033 >> ANOTHER DISCUSSION FOR 1123 00:51:55,666 --> 00:52:02,300 ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT POLITICS. 1124 00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:04,200 HEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY 1125 00:51:59,033 --> 00:52:05,633 AND PARIS SCHUTZ THANKS, GUYS. 1126 00:52:02,300 --> 00:52:05,633 >> UP NEXT, USING ART TO PROMOTE 1127 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:05,633 PUBLIC HEALTH. 1128 00:52:18,900 --> 00:52:24,566 THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1129 00:52:20,700 --> 00:52:26,833 THOUSAND WORDS BUT IN THIS CASE 1130 00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:28,366 SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOPE A 1131 00:52:24,566 --> 00:52:29,733 PICTURE WILL SAVE A LIFE. 1132 00:52:26,833 --> 00:52:31,333 ANGEL IDOWU RECENTLY TOOK US TO 1133 00:52:28,366 --> 00:52:32,200 ENGLEWOOD WHERE A MURAL IS 1134 00:52:29,733 --> 00:52:38,000 WORKING TO BRING AWARENESS TO 1135 00:52:31,333 --> 00:52:40,500 THE COVID-19 VACCINE. 1136 00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:42,233 HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK. 1137 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:44,466 >> ON 63rd AND HALSTED AN 1138 00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:45,933 ENGLEWOOD FAMILY STANDS WITH AN 1139 00:52:42,233 --> 00:52:51,000 IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT READS... 1140 00:52:44,466 --> 00:52:54,366 PROTECT YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE 1141 00:52:45,933 --> 00:52:56,000 YOU LOVE. 1142 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:57,000 COMMISSIONED BY AMPLIFIER A 1143 00:52:54,366 --> 00:53:01,133 NONPROFIT COMMITTED TO 1144 00:52:56,000 --> 00:53:03,533 HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNITY ISSUES 1145 00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:06,100 THROUGH ART AND MEDIA, ARTIST 1146 00:53:01,133 --> 00:53:08,000 BRANDON BREAUX CREATED A MURAL 1147 00:53:03,533 --> 00:53:09,633 TO PROMOTE VACCINE AWARENESS. 1148 00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:11,333 BRANDON BREAUX SAYS IN A MEDIA 1149 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,700 DRIVEN WORLD WITH A LOT OF FALSE 1150 00:53:09,633 --> 00:53:15,433 INFORMATION HE WANTED TO USE HIS 1151 00:53:11,333 --> 00:53:18,166 ART TO EDUCATE. 1152 00:53:12,700 --> 00:53:20,900 >> WE USE ART TO CUT THROUGH THE 1153 00:53:15,433 --> 00:53:21,300 NOISE AND ART HAS A HISTORY 1154 00:53:18,166 --> 00:53:24,066 TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO DO 1155 00:53:20,900 --> 00:53:26,933 SO. 1156 00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:30,600 SO WE BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY. 1157 00:53:24,066 --> 00:53:31,066 WE CREATE THIS WORK IN THE HOPES 1158 00:53:26,933 --> 00:53:34,300 IT LEAVES PEOPLE INFORMED AND 1159 00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:39,700 UPLIFTED. 1160 00:53:31,066 --> 00:53:39,966 >> THIS IMAGE DISPLAYS THE EVANS 1161 00:53:34,300 --> 00:53:42,733 FAMILY, FATHER DALE, MOTHER AND 1162 00:53:39,700 --> 00:53:43,066 SON. 1163 00:53:39,966 --> 00:53:44,900 THEY ARE FOUNDER OF HARVEST 1164 00:53:42,733 --> 00:53:48,033 CHURCH. 1165 00:53:43,066 --> 00:53:50,200 >> WE ARE HERE WE TRY TO HELP 1166 00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:54,800 AND WE MIGHT NOT EACH OTHER BY 1167 00:53:48,033 --> 00:53:56,833 NAME BUT WE FEEL THE PAIN. 1168 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:58,266 WE GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. 1169 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:59,833 >> THEY HOPE THEIR ADVOCACY WILL 1170 00:53:56,833 --> 00:54:01,866 NOT ONLY STRETCH BEYOND THE 1171 00:53:58,266 --> 00:54:05,200 HOMES OF THEIR NEIGHBORS BUT 1172 00:53:59,833 --> 00:54:07,366 WITHIN THEIR FAMILY AS WELL. 1173 00:54:01,866 --> 00:54:09,133 LIKE WITH THEIR ELDEST SON WHO 1174 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:11,233 WAS NOT FEATURED. 1175 00:54:07,366 --> 00:54:13,166 OUR GRANDCHILDREN IS VACCINATED. 1176 00:54:09,133 --> 00:54:14,966 MY SON IS NOT VACCINATED. 1177 00:54:11,233 --> 00:54:16,666 I HOPE HE SEES THIS. 1178 00:54:13,166 --> 00:54:18,433 >> WHILE THIS MURAL MIGHT BE 1179 00:54:14,966 --> 00:54:18,766 TEMPORARY BRANDON BREAUX HOPES 1180 00:54:16,666 --> 00:54:20,333 AT THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT LIVES 1181 00:54:18,433 --> 00:54:22,700 FOREVER. 1182 00:54:18,766 --> 00:54:23,633 >> WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO 1183 00:54:20,333 --> 00:54:25,833 PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND 1184 00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:27,700 SHOWING UP. 1185 00:54:23,633 --> 00:54:29,133 AND HAVING THAT STORY SO THAT 1186 00:54:25,833 --> 00:54:32,200 THE FUTURE CAN HAVE AN EXAMPLE 1187 00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:33,033 WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 1188 00:54:29,133 --> 00:54:35,966 FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL 1189 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:39,700 IDOWU. 1190 00:54:33,033 --> 00:54:41,800 >> AGAIN THAT MURAL STANDS AT 1191 00:54:35,966 --> 00:54:44,600 63TH AND HALSTED AND FEATURES A 1192 00:54:39,700 --> 00:54:45,433 QR CODE TO THE COVID INFORMATION 1193 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:47,733 CENTER AND THE COMPANY IS A 1194 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:49,366 SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT. 1195 00:54:45,433 --> 00:54:50,433 AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP 1196 00:54:47,733 --> 00:54:54,733 RIGHT AFTER THIS. 1197 00:54:49,366 --> 00:54:54,733 >> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" 1198 00:54:50,433 --> 00:54:54,733 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... 1199 00:55:17,300 --> 00:55:21,500 >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS 1200 00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:22,166 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 1201 00:55:19,766 --> 00:55:25,033 STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGN 1202 00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:26,533 UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING. 1203 00:55:22,166 --> 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