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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> NOW, WE'RE ALL SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN HIGHLAND PARK.

>> IN THE WAKE OF MONDAY'S MASS SHOOTING, A LOOK AT GUN LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AND WHAT ADVOCATES WANT TO SEE CHANGED.

>> I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T FORGET.

>> ILLINOIS DOESN'T BAN MILITARY GRADE GUNS.

WE LOOK INTO WHY NOT AND WHETHER THAT COULD CHANGE.

>> FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER ON THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND WHAT HE THINKS CAN BE DONE TO FIX IT.

>> THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS A YEAR AFTER THE YOUNG SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.

>> CASES OF MONKEYPOX ARE ON THE RISE.

WE WILL TALK TO CHICAGO'S TOP DOCTOR TO HOW TO AVOID GETTING AUTO IT.

>> A BLUEPRINT FOR OVERHAULING THE 9-1-1 SYSTEM.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> DEREK CHAUVIN GETS 21 YEARS IN PRISON FOR VIOLATING GEORGE FLOYD'S CIVIL RIGHTS.

DURING SENTENCING, THE FEDERAL JUDGE TOLD THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER THAT PINNING FLOYD TO THE DPD WITH A KNEE ON HIS NECK FOR MORE THAN NINE MINUTES WAS WRONG AND OFFENSIVE.

CHAUVIN WILL SERVE THE SENTENCE AT THE SAME TIME HE SERVES THE 22 YEAR SENTENCE ON STATE MURDER CHARGES.

HE DID NOT EXPRESS REMORSE.

HE SAID HE WISHES FLOYD'S CHILDREN QUOTE ALL THE BEST IN THEIR LIFE.

>> THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HAS ITS FIRST BLACK FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

>> I, LISA HOLDER WHITE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... >> JUSTICE LISA HOLDER WHITE TAKES THE PLACE OF THE LONGEST SERVING ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT RITA GAR MAN WHO RETIRED TODAY AND HANDED HER ROBES TO HER SUCCESSOR.

THE JUSTICE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY AND PUBLIC DEFENDER.

SHE SERVED AS A CIRCUIT AND APELLLANT COURT JUDGE.

>> THE MAYOR AND CIVIC LEADERS UNVEILED THEIR VISION OF A MUSEUM CAMPUS INCLUDING AN UPDATED SOLDIER FIELD INSIDE, ATOP AND AROUND THE STADIUM AS WELL AS EASIER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS INCLUDING FOR BIKERS.

THE PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR CREATING AN URBAN NATURE RETREAT BY USING NATIVE SPECIES TO TIE THE CAMPUS TOGETHER.

THE FULL REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> UP NEXT, THE LATEST FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS ARE MOURNING THE VICTIMS OF MONDAY'S MASS SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK.

TWO MORE VIGILS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AS NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS OFFER THEIR SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS, ADVOCATES FOR STRIBLGHTDER GUN LAWS ARE ORGANIZING TO CALL FOR CHANGE.

WE BEGIN WITH NICOLE NIEVES WHO JOINS I OWE NICK BLUMBERG JOINS US AT THE SITE OF ONE OF THE GATHERINGS IN HIGHLAND PARK.

>> MARCH FOR OUR LIVES IS HOLDING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL SHORTLY HERE AT SUNSET WOODS PARK.

THESE GATHERINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THE MASS SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED SEVEN LIVES THIS PAST MONDAY.

JUST UNDER A MONTH AGO MARCH FOR OUR LIVES HIGHLAND PARK HELD AN ANTIGUN VIOLENCE RALLY FOLLOWING MASS SHOOTINGS IN UVALDE AND BUFFALO AND TULSA.

ATTENDEES MARCHED THROUGH HIGHLAND PARK THROUGH THE SITE OF THIS WEEK'S MASS SHOOTING.

ORGANIZER RACHEL JACOBY SAYS 400 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS ON GUNS.

>> ILLINOIS AND HIGHLAND PARK SPECIFICALLY HAVE REALLY STRICT GUN LAWS THAT KEEP US SAFE AND OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T.

IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE WISCONSIN AND INDIANA AND OHIO AND IOWA HAVE MUCH MORE LAX GUN LAWS THAT MAKES ALL OF US IN DANGER.

BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN EASILY CROSS THE BORDER AND GET ACCESS TO A GUN THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO HERE IN ILLINOIS.

>> NOW, SHE WANTS TO SEE ACTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

SOME LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TOUGH GUN RESTRICTIONS.

HIGHLAND PARK AND DEERFIELD HAVE ASSAULT WEAPONS BANS SO DO COOK COUNTY AND CHICAGO.

AND PUTTING LOCAL GUN REGULATIONS IN PLACE IS NOT A SURE THING IN 2013 THE COURTS FORCED ILLINOIS TO PASS A 0 LAW LEGALIZING CONCEALED CARRY AND RESTRICTED WHAT MUNICIPALITIES COULD DO IF THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ON THE BOOKS.

RICHARD KATES A FORMER VILLAGE OF WINNETKA TRUST TEE TOLD ME THAT VILLAGE SCRAMBLED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS BEFORE A NARROW WINDOW CLOSEDDISM WE CONCENTRATED ON THE SAFE STORAGE SO YOU HAD TO LOCK -- YOU COULD HAVE GUNS BUT YOU HAD TO KEEP THEM UNDER LOCK AND KEY AND HAVE HEAVY SECURITY SO THAT A CHILD FOR INSTANCE COULDN'T GET INTO IT.

THE USE OF A WEAPON, THE TRANSPORTATION OF A WEAPON, AND HAVE SOME STRICT RESTRICTIONS ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> HE SAYS IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT ENACT LOCAL RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIMITED SWAY OVER WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES.

>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WITH STATE LEGISLATION.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LOCALLY, WE MAINTAIN OUR RIGHTS TO LEGISLATE IN THIS AREA.

>> NOW, DESPITE STATE AND LOCAL RESTRICTIONS, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ACCUSED HIGHLAND PARK GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO LEGALLY BUY ONE OF THE WEAPONS RECOVERED AFTER THE SHOOTING.

HE REPORTEDLY BOUGHT IT ON-LINE.

AND PICKED IT UP AT RED DOT ARMS IN SUBURBAN LAKEVILLE LA ACCORDING TO THE DAILY BEAST AND CBS2.

EMPLOYEES REFUSED TO COMMENT AND WOULD NOT CONFIRM OR DENY WHETHER THE ALLEGED SHOOTER PICKED UP A WEAPON THERE.

I SPOKE WITH FIREARMS EXPERT AND TRAINER MARCUS MELNICK HE SAYS HE DOESN'T SUPPORT THINGS LIKE ASSAULT WEAPONS BANS CALLING THEM INEFFECTIVE.

>> NOBODY IN THE FIREARMS CULTURE WANTS SOMEONE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FIREARMS TO GET ACCESS TO FIREARMS.

THE FOID CARD DOES THAT.

THERE ARE FIREARM INSTRUCTORS AND SAY WELL THAT IS STILL AN INC.

FRINGE.

IT IS A BACKGROUND CHECK AND IF THE SYSTEM WORKS CORRECTLY AND THE REPORTING IS DONE CORRECTLY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LIMIT GUN OWNERSHIP TO PEOPLE THAT SHOULDN'T OWN FIREARMS >> NOW, AS FOR WHETHER THE SYSTEM WORKED CORRECTLY IN THE CASE OF HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER WHO POLICE FLAGGED ACE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, MELNICK SAYS FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL OFFER INSIGHT.

AND DESPITE CALLS FOR TIGHTER GUN LAWS CARRYING A FIREARM CAN HAVE AN EFFECT OTHER THAN SELF-DEFENSE.

>> IT CHANGES THE WAY SOMEONE CARRIES THEMSELVES AND MAKING THEM MORE AWARE OF SURROUNDINGS SO THEY COULD AVOID TROUBLE.

>> THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO SWAY RACHEL JACOBY.

MARCH OUR OUR LIVES IS HOLDING A RALLY SATURDAY.

IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO BECOME DESENSITIZED TO MASS SHOOTINGS.

>> WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS ISN'T NORMAL.

LIVING WITH THIS GUN VIOLENCE AND UNDER THIS TYPE OF THREAT FROM GUN VIOLENCE ISN'T NORMAL.

AND WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

>> NOW, COMING UP WE'LL TALK WITH THE LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY ERIC RINEHART AND HAVE MORE FROM THE VIGIL.

200 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED WITH FUNDS RAISED GOING TO THE HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FUND BENEFIT VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND FIRST-RESPONDERS AND FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW WE FOCUSED ON GUN CONTROL THE THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL LEVELS.

BUT MONDAY'S SHOOTING SPARKED TALK ABOUT WHAT ILLINOIS CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE STATE ISSUED A FIREARM'S OWNERS OR FOID CARD TO THE ALLEGED SHOOTER EVEN AFTER THE THEN TEENAGER SHOWED CLEAR SIGNS OF TROUBLE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

WHAT HAVE THE STATE POLICE SAID ABOUT THAT?

>> THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DEFENDED THEIR ISSUING A FOID TO ROBERT CRIMO, III DOES PIT HIGHLAND PARK POLICE REPORTING THAT CRIMO THREATENED TO KILL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

THERE IS NO FELONY ON RECORD AND CRIMO HAS NOT BEEN ADMITTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY BUT HIS DAD SIGNED OFF ON THAT FOID APPLICATION.

BUT REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY SAYS THE BUCK STOPS AT THE TOP AND BLAMES GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND THE STATE POLICE UNDER HIS JURISDICTION.

>> THE FIREARMS RESTRAINING ACT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE TRAGEDY ON THE FOURTH.

BUT YOU BURIED IT.

YOU LEFT IT MOLDERING IN BUREAUCRATIC BASEMENT SOMEWHERE.

YOUR WATCH, GOVERNOR.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PASS LAWS.

YOU HAVE TO DO THE HARD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LAWS DO WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO DO.

>> HE'S REFERRING TO WHAT IS OFTEN CALLED THE STATE'S RED FLAG LAW IN WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS CAN PETITION THE COURTS TO TEMPORARILY REMOVE GUNS FROM SOMEONE WHO IS DANGEROUS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO HAS THAT ABILITY.

WE HAVE REPORTED ON HOW RELATIVELY RARELY THAT RED FLAG IS THEN USED.

A NEW LAW SIGNED BY PRITZKER DOES EXTEND THAT AND PUTS MONEY TOWARDS SPREADING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT IT.

BAILEY VOTED AGAINST THAT LAW.

PRITZKER'S CAMPAIGN CALLS HIS OPPONENT'S POSITION ON GUNS EXTREME AND POINTS OUT THIS SPRING THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN RAISED MONEY USING GUN RAFFLES INCLUDING A GUN SIMILAR TO THE ONE USED IN THE MASSACRE.

BAILEY SAYS HE WAS IN COMPLIANCE IN THE LAW AND RENNING THAT HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING AND THE VIOLENCE IN THE CITY BAILEY CALLED FOR A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS MAYHEM IN OUR STREETS.

>> WE MUST DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ADDRESS THE BREAKDOWN IN MENTAL HEALTH.

PARTICULARLY AMONG ISOLATED YOUNG MEN WHICH WAS MADE IMMEASURABLELY DURING PRITZKER'S LOCKDOWNS.

>> BAILEY SAYS ILLINOIS DOESN'T NEED MORE GUN RESTRICTIONS.

IT NEEDS TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAWS.

BUT AFTER THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND VIOLENCE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE CALLING FOR JUST THAT.

LIKE THE ILLINOIS LATINO AGENDA COALITION WHICH WANTS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS REGISTRY AND MANDATORY FINGERPRINTING FOR ALL FOID APPLICATIONS.

A MEASURE TO DO THAT ALSO STALLED IN SPRINGFIELD LAST YEAR.

TOP ON THE COALITION'S LIST IS THE NUMBER ONE ASK OF THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PACT.

>> WE NEED TO REGULATE WEAPONS OF WAR.

YOU KNOW, THE SHOOTER MONDAY HAD AN M AND P15, A SMITH & WESSON ASSAULT RIFLE AND MILITARY AND POLICE.

SO THAT IS NOT -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A CIVILIAN WHY ANYBODY NEEDS A WEAPON WITH THAT KIND OF POWER.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE MAURA HIRSCHAUER IS SPONSOR OF A MEASURE THAT WOULD MAN MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS BUT IT DID NOT ADVANCE DESPITE DEMOCRATS HOLDING SUPER MAJORS IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND CONTROLLING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

>> THE SESSION WAS FAST AND FURIOUS IN SPRINGFIELD.

IT WAS A SHORTENED SESSION.

THE BILL DID GO TO THE JUDICIARY CRIMINAL COMMITTEE AND INTO A SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND THERE WASN'T TIME TO TACKLE IT.

>> THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE WHERE BILLS ARE PUT WHEN TRY AS A SPONSOR MIGHT, THEY ARE THERE TO DIE OR AT THE LEAST TO BE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.

MAURA HIRSCHAUER THINKS PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE SOMETHING LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE AND LAWMAKERS HAVE FIXED ON PIECES LIKENED VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING AND ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

>> THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN I THINK A GOOD POLICY.

THAT NEEDED A JUMP START.

AND I HATE, I HATE THAT WE LIVE LIKE THIS.

BUT TRAGEDIES CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC.

>> AND IT HAS.

A HIGHLAND PARK FATHER WHO RAN WITH THIS CHILDREN DURING MONDAY'S PARADE AWAY FROM THE GUNFIRE STARTED A CHANGE.ORG PETITION JUST THIS MORNING CALLING FOR ILLINOIS TO PASS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

MAURA HIRSCHAUER'S BILL HAS AT LAST CHECK BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED, AMASSED MORE THAN 21,000 SIGNATURES.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR EFFORTS FOR YEARS.

>> UNTIL THIS POINT, WE HAVE FELT LIKE THEY ARE NOT POLITICALLY VIABLE.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE NOT PASSED.

IF THEY WERE POLITICALLY VIABLE THEY WOULD GO UP ON THE BOARD.

AND THEY WOULD BE SIGNED.

SO I JUST THINK THAT THE TIME HAS TO BE RIGHT.

I HOPE THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW.

>> DID THIS CHANGE THINGS?

DO YOU THINK IT IS?

>> I DO.

BUT I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T FORGET.

>> SHE SAYS ADVOCATES WILL BE PUSHING TO MAKE SURE LEGISLATORS DON'T FORGET THAT THEY DON'T DROP THIS.

G PACT AND ADVOCATES HAVE DEMANDS.

>> LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION IT'S DEDICATED TO CHOICE THAT IS GREAT.

BUT THEY CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE.

AND I HOPE THEY TAKE THIS UP.

>> NOW, THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD ON ANY SPECIAL SESSION.

AS YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURN ROE DID SAY THIS MONTH HE WOULD CALL ON ONE TO TAKE UP ABORTION RELATED LEGISLATION BUT THAT SPECIAL SESSION HAS BEEN DELAYED AND THERE IS NO WORD ON WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.

WITH THAT BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER BARACK OBAMA WARNS THAT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL.

IN A BOOK, ERIC HOLDER ARGUES THAT SINCE THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN PARTS OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN 2013 STATES SOUGHT TO SUPPRESS AND RESTRICT VOTING RIGHTS.

HOLDER SAYS WHAT HE CALLS THIS ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY LED TO THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FAILED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION AN JANUARY 6.

THE BOOK IS CALLED OUR UNFINISHED MARCH, THE VIOLENT PAST AND PERILLED FUTURE OF THE VOTE, THE HISTORY, CRISIS AND THE PLAN.

AND JOINING US IS FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER.

LET'S START WITH THE MOST RECENT MASS SHOOTING WHICH HIT VERY CLOSE TO HOME IN HIGHLAND PARK.

AND IT'S YET ANOTHER ONE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM HAPPENING AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND WHEN THINK BEING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS?

>> WELL, FIRST YOU KNOW I'M ANGERED BY WHAT YOU SEE.

I FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE VICTIMS THE FAMILY MEMBERS THE SURVIVORS.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN INDICTMENT OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UNITED AROUND COMMON SENSE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE THOSE SHOOTINGS FAR LESS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, WAITING PERIODS THE BANNING OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THE MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR ALL THOSE THINGS YET OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY IT SEEMS TO GET OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE GUN LOBBY AND DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO DO.

IT MEANS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO GUN SAFETY MEASURES HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND WE DO THAT BY VOTING AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE THOSE POLITICIANS WHO WILL SIDE WITH THE GUN LOBBY AS OPPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> SHIFTING TO THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING THE CASE THAT THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO ORCHESTRATE A COUP TO KEEP HIMSELF IN POWER.

YOU NOTED A PARTICULAR EXCHANGE BETWEEN TRUMP AND RICHARD DON VIEW REVEALED IN THE HEARINGS AS BEING PARTICULARLY DAMNING.

LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF AT THAT TIME.

>> LET'S NOT PUT UP THE NOTES WHERE YOU QUOTE THE PRESIDENT AS YOU'RE SPEAKING HE SAID THE PRESIDENT SAID JUST SAY THE ELECTION WAS CORRUPT AND LEAVE THE REST TO ME AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN.

Mr. DONAHUE THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT AN EXACT QUOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT, YES.

>> SINCE THEN WE'VE HEARD MORE EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY FROM CASSY HUTCHINSON.

BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD Mr. HOLDER HAVE WE SEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT THAT WE COULD SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT POTENTIALLY CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED?

>> I CERTAINLY THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT THE P. THAT STATEMENT YOU SAY IT'S CORRUPT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.

THAT CALL THAT HE MADE TO FOLKS IN GEORGIA, FIND ME 11780 VOTES.

ALL TALK ABOUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND THE NECESSARY INTENT WITH REGARD TO TRUMP'S ACTIONS.

THAT IS BE LIED BY WHAT YOU PLAYED AND WHAT I SAID WITH REGARD TO THE GEORGIA CALL.

HE WAS CLEARLY HAD THE INTENT TO TRY TO STEAL THE ELECTION TO FOR.

A COUP.

AND I THINK EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SAY AN INDICTABLE CASE CAN BE MADE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

IF THAT IS THE CASE HE SHOULD BE INDICTED.

HE HAS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND WE HAVE TO ALSO THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN 2022, 2023 WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE.

AND WE HAVE TO DETER PEOPLE WHO LIKE TRUMP MIGHT TRY TO UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY AND REMAIN IN POWER THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> OF COURSE, THE SUPREME COURT THE TERM ENDED AND THEY HAD A LOT TO GET THROUGH AND ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS APPROVE OF THE JOB THE SUPREME COURT IS DOING.

I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SLEW OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

THE DOBBS DECISION WHICH OVERTURNS ROE.

EXPANDING GUN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, A LOT OF THE COURT'S DECISIONS SOME CRITICS ARE SAYING THEY ARE MORE DRIVEN BY IDEOLOGY RATHER THAN LAW.

HOW CAN THE COURT MAINTAIN ITS LEGITIMACY IF IT'S INCREASINGLY VIEWED AS PARTISAN?

>> I'M NOT SURE IT'S VIEWED AS MUCH PARTISAN AS IDEOLOGICAL.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE COURT WITH REGARD TO THE DECISION THAT OVERRULED THE ROE DECISION, THAT WAS NOT A NEW FINDING.

IT WASN'T SOME NEW FOUND LAW OR NEW FOUND FACTS.

THAT WAS A COURT PERSONNEL AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY IN WHICH OUR SYSTEM WORKS.

COURTS MAKE DETERMINE -- DETERMINATIONS.

AND STARE DESIGH SIS.

AND FOLLOWING PRECEDENT TO OVERRULE SOMETHING THAT WAS ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD AND UPON WHICH PEOPLE ORDERED THEIR LIVES AND RELIED, ON THE BASIS THAT THE COURT STATED IN THAT OPINION BY JUSTICE ALITO, REALLY DELEGITIMIZES THE COURT AND PUTS AT RISK THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS VIEWED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE JUSTICES WILL NOT USE THE POWER THEY HAVE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT.

BUT USE THAT POWER IN A WAY THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST TRADITIONS OF THE COURT.

>> AND GENERAL, THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT IN ITS LIFETIME THERE HAVE BEEN DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED.

HOW SHOULD THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT COURT TO TRUST?

>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.

FERGUSON WAS OVERRULED BY THE BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION.

THE COURT MADE OTHER MISTAKES IT HAS LATER CORRECTED.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ROE DECISION ESPECIALLY TO SHOW THAT WHAT THE COURT DID BACK ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO WAS INCORRECT IN THE SAME WAY THAT IMPLEMENTSY WAS INCORRECT.

AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE, THE RELIANCE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD IN PLACE ON THE ROE DECISION, THERE WAS NOT A BASIS AS THERE WAS IN 1954 IN THE BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CASE.

THERE WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT BASIS TO OVERRULE A LONGSTANDING PRECEDENT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK.

IN BROAD TERMS IT IS ABOUT THE FIGHT TO WIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO UNDERMINE THAT RIGHT.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS BOOK?

>> THE STATE OF OUR COUNTRY AND WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

I SAY IN THE BOOK AND I'VE SAID PUBLICLY I THINK OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK.

WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO EXAMINE PREVIOUSLY TIMES IN OUR HISTORY WHEN OUR DEMOCRACY WAS UNDER ATTACK.

HOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RESPONDED THEN.

AND TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE ARE CONFRONTING AND PUT OUT SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY BETTER.

MAYBE SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.

AND I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN THE PAST CONFRONTED WITH CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUES, COME TOGETHER, FIGHT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NATION STAYED TRUE TO THE FOUNDING IDEALS.

I'M CONFIDENT AS AMERICAN PEOPLE FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES, COMMIT OURSELVES TO RESOLVING THEM WE CAN SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.

>> SO SOME OF THOSE IDEAS THAT THE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DO SHARE IN THE BOOK, YOU HAVED IDEAS ON FIXING THE ELECTIONS FOR EXAMPLE, WITH AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION, SAME DAY REGISTRATION AND ON-LINE REGISTRATION.

EN FRANCHISINGS THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

MAKING THE VOTING DAY A FALL HOLIDAY AND FIXING OUR INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING ELIMINATING THE FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE.

BAN PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, ENDING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND ENDING LIFE TENURE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES BY ALLOWING EACH PRESIDENT TO APPOINT TWO JUSTICES OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR TERM.

IN THOSE JUSTICES WOULD SERVE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS INSTEAD OF LIFETIME.

WHAT HOPE DO YOU HAVE THAT SOME OF THESE MEASURES WILL COME TO FRUITION?

>> IT IS A LONG LIST OF PROPOSALS.

ALL OF WHICH I THINK ARE GOOD ONES AND WOULD REALLY FOSTER THE NOTION OF A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY.

AND SO PEOPLE SAY WELL, THAT IS TOO MUCH.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT PESSIMISM BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO INACTION.

WE HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT LEADS TO CONSISTENT AND CONCERTED ACTION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY PART OF THE BOOK, I'M SURE AT SOME POINT Dr. KING AND THE PEOPLE WHO SURROUNDED HIM THOUGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING -- HOW ARE WE GOING TO PULL DOWN A SYSTEM OF AMERICAN APARTHEID?

AND YET THEY PERSEVERED AND THEY DID IT.

AND THE PROPOSALS THAT I AM MAKING ARE NOT NEARLY AS BIG AS THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT Dr. KING AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BROUGHT ABOUT.

I THINK, YEAH, WITH CONCERTED ACTION, WITH CONTINUED FOCUS AND WITH A COMMITMENT TO MAKING THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, OUR HISTORY TELLS US THAT WE CAN MAKE ALL THOSE CHANGES REAL.

>> WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE UNSERVED WARRANT IN THE EMMETT TILL CASE THAT WOULD HAVE CHARGED FOR THE KIDNAPPING WILL TILL.

AND SOME CALLS SHE SHOULD BE ARRESTED.

>> WARRANTS CAN GO STALE OVER TIME.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE WARRANT SAID.

TRY TO GET AHOLD OF THE EVIDENCE THAT LED TO THE WARRANT THAT MADE A JUDGE MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT PROBABLE CAUSE EXISTED THERE AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MAYBE 10 MONTHS MADE A DETERMINATION THERE WAS NOT A BASIS TO GO FORWARD.

BUT THAT IS A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED.

AND IMPORTANTLY THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENTS THAT LED TO THE JUDGE'S FINDING THERE WAS A BASIS TO HAVE HER ARRESTED.

THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW THERE THAT MIGHT LEAD TO A REOPENING OF THE CASE.

>> FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ONCE AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED OUR UNFINISHED MARCH, THE VIOLENT PAST AND IMPERILLED FUTURE OF THE VOTE, A HISTORY, CRISIS AND A PLAN.

>> AND THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" JUST AHEAD, SO STICK AROUND.

>> A FAMILY IS STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS TO WHY A 19-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL GUARDSMAN WAS KILLED IN A BELMONT CRAIG HIT-AND-RUN NEIGHBORHOOD LAST SUMMER.

THE FAMILY IS DEMANDING KIM FOXX'S OFFICE REEVALUATE THE CASE.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPENT TIME WITH THE FAMILY AS THEY PREPARED FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE YOUNG SOLDIER.

>> SHE VISITS HER SON'S GRAVE DAILY.

>> HE WAS IN A POINT IN HIS LIFE WHERE HE WAS YOUNG.

HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO LIVE.

>> THERE ARE DAYS SHE PUTS ON MUSIC AND SPENDS TIME WATERING THE FLOWERS ON HIS BURIAL SITE.

>> LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, WE WERE PREPARING TO WELCOME HIM HOME.

THRILLED HE WAS COMING HOME.

AND NOW OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER.

>> 19-YEAR-OLD CHRYS CARVAJAL HAD GRADUATED AS A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN AND WAS SET TO BE STATIONED AT A MILITARY BASE IN RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS.

LAST SUMMER HE WAS SHOT DEAD OVER FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

>> HE WAS INVITED TO A PARTY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.

AT ONE POINT HE DECIDES TO GO TO HIS CAR AND HE WAS THREE CARS AWAY FROM HIS WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

>> ACCORDING TO POLICE, HE WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.

HIS FAMILY SAYS DETECTIVES COLLECTED EVIDENCE INCLUDING WITNESS TESTIMONY.

BUT STATE ATTORNEY KIM FOXX DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES.

>> HER TEAM DECIDED WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE AND ALL THE WITNESSES AND AN ADULT PERSON IS STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> IN A STATEMENT, THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THEY'VE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY POLICE AND QUOTE AT THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR BURDEN OF PROOF TO FILE CHARGES.

ALMOST A YEAR LATER THE FAMILY IS CALLING ON FOXX TO REVISIT THE CASE.

>> HE WAS WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AS WELL.

HE WAS GOING TO SERVE AND PROTECT YOUR CITY.

THE MINIMAL THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS BRING JUSTICE.

>> VETERAN MARCOS TORRES NEVER MET THE SOLDIER BUT THAT WAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE CASE.

>> WHAT IS THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN CHICAGO AND THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES IF YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, IF YOU ARE SERVING YOUR COUNTRY HONORABLY AND RESPECTFULLY AND YOU GET KILLED IN OUR OWN STREETS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE TO PROSECUTE, DON'T PROSECUTE.

>> JENNIFER RAMIREZ SAYS SHE WANTS THE WORLD TO REMEMBER HER YOUNGER BROTHER AS THE HARD-WORKING AND LOVING YOUNG MAN HE WAS.

>> WE WANT THE YOUTH THE YOUNG KIDS TO FOLLOW HIS STEPS YOU KNOW.

HE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM.

AND HE HAD MANY GOALS.

AND HE WAS WORKING TOWARDS THE GOALS.

AND EVEN THOUGH HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT HE ACHIEVED MANY OF THOSE GOALS.

AND ONE WAS JOINING THE NATIONAL GUARD.

>> THIS WAS MY SON'S LIFE.

THE ATMOSPHERE, THE FAMILY.

>> YOU CAN SEE A GLIMPSE OF THE LIFE COUNTRIES LIVED A LIFE THAT IS FILLED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

>> NO MATTER WHAT I DO MY SON IS NOT COMING BACK.

I WOULD GIVE UP MY LIFE FOR MY SON TO COME BACK.

>> A GRIEVING MOTHER HOLDS ON TO HER FAITH THAT JUSTICE WILL COME.

>> WE TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.

THE MESSAGE I WANT TO CONVEY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IS DON'T GIVE UP.

YOU'RE A VOICE FOR THE CITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> AND THE FAMILY IS OFFERING A $25,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WE HEAR FROM THE LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY WHY HE CALLING FOR AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN FOLLOWING THE JULY 4TH PARADE SHOOTING.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS MONKEYPOX CASES ARE ON THE RISE WORLDWIDE.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DISEASE AND HOW TO AVOID GETTING SICK.

>> AND REBUILDING THE 9-1-1 SYSTEM.

WE SPEAK WITH THE CREATOR OF A BLUEPRINT THAT AIMS TO MODERNIZE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS TRYING TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT SAFETY EFFORTS AT CITY EVENTS ARE BEING REDOUBLED IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING.

>> ON TUESDAY MORNING, I HAD REACHED OUT ALREADY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OEMC AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF OUR LARGE SCALE EVENTS TO SAY WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM HIGHLAND PARK WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM PHILADELPHIA.

ARE THERE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IN THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND INTO THE EARLY FALL THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND I WILL NOT GO INTO HERE ANY DETAILS OF WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS TOP OF MIND FOR US.

>> MEANWHILE, THE TASTE OF CHICAGO IS BACK AS A TINY TASTE LIKE IN A MOOSH BOOSH.

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL RETURNS WITH 30 VENDORS AND WILL BE AT THE GRANT PARK LOCATION STARTING TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY.

ADMISSION IS FREE BUT FOOD VENDORS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS OR CASH.

SAFETY OFFICIALS SAY PEOPLE ATTENDING EVENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO 9-1-1.

>> AND CHICAGO BEARS PLAYER DAVID MOORE WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGED OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE TEAM'S NEW WIDE RECEIVER POSTED $5,000 BOND AND WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL IN TEXAS.

MOORE WAS FOUND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL BY OFFICERS AT AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT AND HAD MARIJUANA EDIBLES AND THREE HANDGUNS IN HIS CAR.

HE SIGNED A ONE-YEAR, $1 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE BEARS IN APRIL.

>> AND NOW BACK TO NICK BLUMBERG WHO HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

WE ARE JOINED NOW BY LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY ERIC RINEHART.

I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE.

>> AT THE BOND HEARING YESTERDAY, THE ACCUSED GUNMAN WAS CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND SOME DISCUSSION THAT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES FORTHCOMING.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL AVENUES FOR PROSECUTION?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST HER LOVED ONES.

WE HAVE DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO JUSTICE.

WE WILL HAVE CHARGES CENTERING AROUND EACH OF THE PEOPLE HURT.

THIS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING TO HIGHLAND PARK.

HIGHLAND PARK WILL NOT BE THE SAME.

AND EVERYONE OF THOSE VICTIMS OF A GUNSHOT DESERVES JUSTICE.

THERE WILL BE MORE CHARGES CENTERING AROUND EACH OF THE VICTIMS.

>> YOU ARE A LOCAL RESIDENT YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY.

HOW CHALLENGING HAS IT BEEN TO PROSECUTE?

>> WE'VE HAD AMAZING LAW ENFORCEMENT WE HAD AMAZING FIRST-RESPONDERS WHO RAN TOWARDS THE GUNFIRE.

F.B.I., A.T.F., THE MAJOR CRIMES TASK FORCE, THE SHERIFF, THE STATE POLICE, THE POLICE NOT ONLY PROTECTED PEOPLE BUT THEY MADE THE CASE.

THEY CAPTURED THE GUNMAN IN A MATTER OF HOURS.

THEIR WORK TO GATHER THAT EVIDENCE IS GOING TO MAKE OUR JOB STRAIGHTFORWARD.

AS HURT AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WE ARE FOCUSED ON JUSTICE.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON SERVING EACH AND EVERY DIRECT VICTIM AS WELL AS THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE VICTIM WITNESS COUNSELORS WE HAVE HAD THEM IN THE COMMUNITY EVERYDAY.

THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT.

MULTIPLE EVENTS AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

>> HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO HAVE THAT NOT JUST THE PROSECUTION NOT JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE ALLEGED GUNMAN HAS HIS DAY IN COURT BUT MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ARE CARED FOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE COUNSELORS HERE EVERYDAY.

WE'VE HAD OUR COMFORT DOG HERE.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AND WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE.

TO BE THERE FOR PEOPLE.

AND TELL THEM THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND NOBODY SHOULD BE ALONE DURING THIS TIME.

>> YOU'VE SPOKEN OUT CALLING FOR A NATIONWIDE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES THAT THAT MIGHT ACCOMPLISH?

>> WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THESE.

THERE CANNOT BE ANOTHER TOWN GOING THROUGH THIS IN A FEW DAYS.

WE MUST STOP THIS.

THERE CAN'T BE ANYMORE VICTIMS.

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ASSAULT WEAPON BAN.

WE HAD IT FROM 1994-TWOOF AND 2004.

AND WE CAN DO IT IN ILLINOIS AND THE UNITED STATES AND WE HAVE TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT RED FLAG LAWS IN ILLINOIS.

>> ARE YOU HOPEFUL THERE IS THE POLITICAL WILL THAT THE TRAGEDIES MIGHT RESULT IN FURTHER ACTION?

>> I HOPE SO.

I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATORS AND CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER MY HOPE IS THIS CAN KEEP MOVING BUT WE HAVE TO MULTIPLE LEVELS TO STOP THIS AND WAYS TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THEY'VE LOST THE FREEDOM TO LIVE THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

TO LIVE, TO LOVE, TO LEARN TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.

THEY HAVE LOST THOSE FREEDOMS AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE BALANCE RIGHT.

>> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE THAT SAYS THE BANS MIGHT NOT BE EFFECTIVE.

HIGHLAND PARK DID HAVE AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, THE TRAGEDY STILL OCCURRED.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT PUSHBACK ON THAT?

>> HIGHLAND PARK HAS A BAN AND THE GUNMAN DID NOT BUY THE WEAPON IN HIGHLAND PARK HE BOUGHT IT IN LAKE COUNTY.

THAT IS NOT THE FAULT OF LAKE COUNTY.

THE LAW SAYS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES CANNOT LEGISLATE ON THIS.

COOK COUNTY DOES HAVE AN ASSAULT WEAPON BAN.

AS CONCERNED AS WE ARE ABOUT THE CRIME IN CHICAGO IMAGINE IF PEOPLE WERE BUYING ASSAULT WEAPONS IN COOK COUNTY?

HARD TO PROVE A NEGATIVE SOMETIMES.

SO PLACES THAT DO HAVE THE BANS ARE POTENTIALLY SAFER THAN THEY WOULD BE.

AND OF COURSE, WE SHOULD MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS WE CAN TO GET THE WEAPONS.

THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT BE PERFECT AND SEAL OFF A PLACE DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COMMON SENSE APPROACHES.

>> ERIC RINEHART THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENING'S CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

FOR NOW BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS SINCE JUNE 27, IT'S CONFIRMED 2600 NEW CASES OF THE MONKEYPOX AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 80% WORLDWIDE.

HERE IN CHICAGO, THE NUMBERS REMAIN STEADY BUT CASE COUNTS IN THE STATE PUT ILLINOIS IN THE TOP FOUR.

HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN IS Dr. ALLISON ARWADY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Dr. ARWADY, WELCOME BACK.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT MONKEYPOX LET'S DO AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID.

CHICAGO'S RISK LEVEL REMAINS HIGH.

ARE THESE TWO NEW SUBVARIANTS THE CAUSE OF THAT?

>> THEY ARE.

THE BA45 ARE THE MOST CONTAGIOUS VERSION WE HAVE HAD YET OF COVID.

I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE C.D.C.

UPDATES TONIGHT WE EXPECT THAT COOK COUNTY IN CHICAGO TO MOVE INTO THE MEDIUM LEVEL AGAIN.

WE WERE JUST OVER THE MEDIUM TO HIGH BORDER LAST WEEK AND WE'RE JUST UNDER IT.

WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITH THE COVID AROUND TO WEAR THAT MASK WHEN YOU ARE INDOORS AND MAKE SURE ARE YOU UP-TO-DATE WITH OF THE BOOERS.

THE NEWS IS -- BOOSTERS.

>> THE NEWS IS COVID BUT NO MAJOR NEW CONCERNS AT THIS POINT.

>> MONKEYPOX NUMBERS WORLDWIDE.

HELP PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THEY ARE SEEING AN 80% INCREASE IN CASES GLOBALLY.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BIG JUMP.

HOW DOES IT SOUND TO YOU?

>> IT IS A BIG JUMP.

WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT MONKEYPOX FOR DECADES.

BUT USUALLY IT'S BEEN A VIRUS THAT WE FIND MORE IN RODENTS IN PARTS OF AFRICA AND SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE CASES IN THOSE PARTS OF THE WORLD MORE FROM INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS HUMAN TO HUMAN SPREAD.

THE NUMBERS ARE MANAGEABLE.

WE HAVE 79 OF THOSE CASES AT THIS POINT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED HERE IN CHICAGO.

BUT IN A NORMAL YEAR WE WOULD SEE ZERO, ONE OR TWO CASES GENERALLY IN TRAVELERS AND NOW WE'RE SEEING CASES IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT TRAVELED.

DIFFERENT THAN COVID THERE ARE VACCINES AVAILABLE AND TREATMENTS AVAILABLE.

IT IS NOT SPREAD THROUGH CASUAL CONTACT IT'S SPREAD THROUGH CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE LEGIONS OR LONG PROLONGED INTIMATE CONTACT.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE TRACING OF MONKEYPOX AND THE SPREADING OF IT COMPARES WITH COVID?

>> SO I'D SAY ON THE ONE HAND WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT JUST PEOPLE BEING OUT AND ABOUT IN PUBLIC IN A GATHERING THAT IS NOT IS THE SETTING WHERE WE SEE SPREAD.

IT'S WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE INTIMATE CONTACT, LONGER SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT OFTEN IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS BUT NOT ALWAYS.

WHEN WE KNOW WHO THE CONTACT OF SOMEONE DIAGNOSED WITH THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS WE CAN GET THEM THE VACCINE THAT DECREASES THEIR RISK AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL ALONG.

IF PEOPLE HAVE HAD CONTACT ARE MORE ANONYMOUS MAYBE WE CAN'T KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'VE HAD THAT CONTACT WITH, AND THAT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN STARTING TO VACCINATE IN SOME HIGHER RISK SETTINGS WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE MAY HAVE MORE ANONYMOUS INTIMATE CONTACT.

THIS IS NOT LIKE COVID BECAUSE WE HAVE TREATMENTS THERE IS VACCINE AND IT'S NOT SPREAD IN A CASUAL MORE THROUGH THE AIRWAY.

>> AND YOU SAID IT'S TYPICALLY IN THE PAST BEEN FOUND MOSTLY TRAVELERS WHO ARE GETTING INFECTED AND NOW PEOPLE GETTING EXPOSED CAN BE INFECTED.

THE QUESTION IS WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO BE INFECTED?

>> AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THE CASES WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED HAVE BEEN IN [INAUDIBLE] PEOPLE WHO HAD MORE INTIMATE SEXUAL TYPE CONTACT.

RISK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC REMAINS LOW.

RISKS TO THE POPULATION OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN REMAINS RELATIVELY LOW.

UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTNERS OVER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.

WE'RE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING ANYBODY WHO DEVELOPS THE RASH AND NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

WE HAVE A TEST AVAILABLE AND THERE'S TREATMENT AVAILABLE IF YOU DO DEVELOP THIS.

WE CAN GET TREATMENT TO YOU QUICKLY.

AND IMPORTANTLY WE CAN GET VACCINES TO YOUR CLOSE CONTACTS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON.

WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HAVE MORE VACCINE AVAILABLE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON.

AND THE PARTNERS IN CHICAGO ARE MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY AT THE INCREASED RISK CAN GET THE VACCINE AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT.

>> YOU MENTIONED IT IS SPREAD THROUGH INTIMATE CONTACT BUT COULD A MASK PROTECT FROM THE SPREAD OF MONKEYPOX.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE THINK OF RISK OF SPREAD IT'S GENERALLY THE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT AND WHERE WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

WE WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE WITHIN SIX FEET FOR 15 MINUTES FOR COVID.

WE'RE TALKING LIKE MINIMAL OF THREE HOURS BEFORE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN RELATED TO MONKEYPOX.

FOR MASKS ARE -- WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SPREAD AT THIS POINT AT ALL IN SORT OF THE SETTINGS WHERE YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE WORLD.

THE MASKS ARE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE RESPIRATORY TYPE INTERACTIONS.

AND GENERALLY WHERE WE SEE SPREAD IT TENDS TO BE WITH PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE THE INTIMATE PROLONGED CONTACT WITH.

>> AND TREATMENTS AND VACCINATIONS WHO CAN GET VACCINATED AND WHERE?

>> AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THIS IS USUALLY A RARE DISEASE THERE IS NOT JUST VACCINE AVAILABLE AT YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN VACCINES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEY ARE WORKING TO GET MORE.

AT THIS POINT ANYBODY WHO IS A CONTACT OF SOMEONE DIAGNOSED WITH MONKEYPOX A CLOSE CRACK, WE WOULD BE VACCINATING AND YOU GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

WE'VE GOT A PLACE WITH VARIOUS PROVIDERS WE CAN GET YOU CONNECTED THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUT YOU NEED TO SEE THE DOCTOR WE CANNOT JUST GIVE YOU A VACCINE WITHOUT HAVING THE DIAGNOSIS.

AND THE OTHER THING IS FOR MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN WHO HAVE HAD ANONYMOUS PARTNERS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHO HAVE HAD SEXUAL CONTACT AT SORT OF A VENUE THAT IS MORE SEXUAL IN NATALLER OR EXCHANGED SEX FOR GOODS, MONEY ET CETERA, THAT WOULD BE WHO IS ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE MORE THE SOCIAL NETWORK WHERE WE'RE SEEING IT SPREADING.

VACCINE IS NOT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AND VACCINE IS NOT EVEN FOR ALL MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN.

REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF VACCINE AVAILABLE IT WENT TO THE HIGH-RISK GROUPS THIS IS THE SAME -- >> GOT IT.

HELPFUL INFORMATION.

Dr. ALLISON ARWADY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, AN EFFORT TO MODERNIZE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM IN THE U.S. HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1968.

A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INITIATIVE AIMS TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THAT SYSTEM AND THEY HAVE PUBLISHED A BLUEPRINT FOR DOING SO.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, REBECCA NEUSTETER.

WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU ARE THE PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR OF THIS PROJECT CALLED TRANSFORM 9-1-1.

DID YOUR RESEARCH UNCOVER A PRESSING NEED FOR CHANGE FOR 9-1-1?

>> YES, THE REALITY IS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THE NUMBER TO 9-1-1 BUT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.

AND 9-1-1 IS NOT A RELIABLE PATHWAY TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA AND IT DOES NOT PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THE 9-1-1 PROFESSIONALS WHO MANY OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT TAKING SUMMER VACATIONS AND MAKING PLANS.

9-1-1 NEVER TAKES A VACATION.

AND THE PROFESSIONALS DEDICATED TO HELP ATTEND TO OUR EMERGENCIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS SECRETARIES OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO TODAY AND THROUGH THIS TRANSFORM 9-1-1 BLUEPRINT IS THE PRESSING NEED TO SUPPORT OUR 9-1-1 CALL TAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> WHAT RESOURCES ARE CURRENTLY LACKING IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM?

>> WELL THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS OF THIS SYSTEM THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER VALUED AND UNDER ATTENDED TO.

IN FACT MOST JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOUR LOCAL PIZZA DELIVERY SERVICE IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO RELIABLY FIND YOU THAN WHEN YOU CALL 9-1-1.

WHEN YOU CALL 99 YOU EXPECT THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ANSWER 9-1-1 WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

IN FACT, THE QUESTION IS 9-1-1 WHERE ARE YOU?

BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORTED IN A WAY IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES THAT THE STAFF NEED TO BE SUPPORTED AND TO RUN THE SYSTEM AND MODERN WAYS.

>> YOU ALSO WRITE THAT, OF COURSE, DESPITE WHATEVER THE EMERGENCY MIGHT BE, THE POLICE ARE TYPICALLY THE FIRST DEPLOYED.

WHAT OTHER KIND OF RESPONDERS COULD BE USED IN A TRANSFORMED 9-1-1 SYSTEM?

>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT POINT UP.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CALLS ARE MADE TO 9-1-1 EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S ONE NATIONAL ESTIMATE AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY NETWORK ASSOCIATION -- THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION PRODUCED THAT SAYS 240 MILLION CALLS ARE MADE TO 9-1-1 EVERY YEAR.

MANY EXPERTS SAY THAT IS CLOSER TO 300 MILLION 9-1-1 CALLS.

AND ANY EVENT THAT IS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ABOUT 650,000 AT LEAST 9-1-1 CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THAT COME INTO 9-1-1.

AND 75% OF THOSE CALLS AS, REGARDING RESO MUCH THAT WE'VE DONE, TELLS US THAT THE CALLS ARE NOT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND THAT THE POLICE ARE NOT WELL EQUIPPED TO RESPOND OR ATTEND TO THOSE NEEDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE CALLS, A QUARTER OF THE CALLS ONLY REALLY ARE THE POLICE WELL EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO.

WE NEED A MASSIVE ECOSYSTEM TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES.

WHETHER THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS OR CRISIS RESPOND R RESPONSE WORKERS.

9-1-1 TODAY DEFAULTS TO THE POLICE AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY INSTANCE AND RELIES ON FIRE AND EMS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AS WELL.

BUT WHAT WE ARE CALLING FOR THERE TO BE A RICHER AND DIVERSE SET OF ECOSYSTEM OPTIONS THAT 9-1-1 PROFESSIONALS CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT RESPONDER IS DEPLOYED AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU ALL MAKE IN THIS REPORT?

>> WELL, PRIMARILY WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE 9-1-1 INDEPENDENT AND EQUAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOST 9-1-1 CENTERS ARE SUBORDINATE TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR FIRE OR EMS DEPARTMENTS.

AND WE THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT 9-1-1 CENTER IS THE INDEPENDENT AND THAT THE LEADERSHIP BE EQUAL TO THAT OF OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS.

AND THAT THEY ARE RESOURCED IN A SUSTAINABLE AND SUFFICIENT WAY.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO SECURE NATIONAL LEVEL SUPPORT FOR 9-1-1 IN ORDER TO ATTEND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES I'VE HIGHLIGHTED.

INCLUDING THE FACT THAT 9-1-1 PROFESSIONALS ARE CLASSIFIED AS SECRETARIES THAT IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDONE AND WE NEED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE STANCE TO CHANGE THAT.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RELIABLY TRACKING 9-1-1 WE HAVE DATA AND TEXT STANDARDS TO INSURE THAT 9-1-1 OF TODAY IS ABLE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF TODAY.

>> ARE THERE ALSO ISSUES OF MISTRUST WITH THE PUBLIC?

THEY DON'T DIAL 9-1-1 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WILL GET THE POLICE RESPONSE AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

AND PART OF THE PROBLEM OF DEFAULTING TO THE POLICE WHEN IN FACT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF 9-1-1 CALLS ARE NOT CALLS THAT THE POLICE ARE WELL-TRAINED OR EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO.

AND POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN CENTER OF THIS ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR OTHER RESOURCES TO BE PUT INTO PLACE.

THE REALITY, HOWEVER, IS THAT MOST JURISDICTIONS WE DON'T HAVE 24-HOUR AROUND THE CLOCK ACROSS THE ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY.

RESOURCES BEYOND THE POLICE.

SO WHEN CALLS COME IN AND THE RESPONSE IS NEEDED, WE DEFAULT TO THE POLICE.

AND AS A RESULT, 9-1-1 HAS BEEN CONFOUNDED WITH THE POLICE.

WE THINK OF THEM AS ONE AND THE SAME AND THEY ARE NOT.

WHICH IS WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT 9-1-1 BE EQUAL AND INDEPENDENT.

>> OK. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

REBECCA NEUSTETER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, WE CHECK BACK IN WITH NICK BLUMBERG IN HIGHLAND PARK BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND... >> NOW BACK OUT TO HIGHLAND PARK WHERE WE CHECK IN WITH NICK BLUMBERG WHO SPENT THE DAY THERE.

>> I'M HERE WITH LIZA ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENING'S VIGIL HERE AT SUNSET WOODS PARK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW IT IS A TOUGH WEEK AND YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HELP ORGANIZE THIS EVENT?

>> I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MARCH FOR OUR LIVES SINCE MY JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING AND MARCHING AND DOING THIS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER BUT NEVER HAS IT HIT MY HOMETOWN LIKE IT JUST DID.

AND JUST IT'S REALLY IMPACTED ALL OF US.

SO I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS A SAFE SPACE TO GATHER AND MOURN.

>> HOW DOES IT FEEL IN THE MIDST OF A HORRIBLE INCIDENT TO BE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND THABS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TOGETHER?

>> IT MAKES ME FEEL GREAT.

IT IS AN EMOTIONAL TIME SEEING HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONG AND ABLE TO COME TOGETHER IN A TIME LIKE THIS AND IS HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IT WARMS MY HEART AND MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A PART OF HIGHLAND PARK.

>> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE ACTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN RESPONSE TO THIS SHOOTING AND THE MASS SHOOTINGS WE'VE SEEN?

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS MORE GUN REFORM.

MORE RED FLAG LAWS AND A BAN ON ASSAULT RIFLES.

THERE WAS RECENTLY A NEW PIECE OF LEGISLATION BROUGHT UP ABOUT AIDEN'S LAW THAT WOULD PUT A BAN ON ASSAULT RIFLES AND THAT IS THE REFORM WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW THE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE THE GUNS.

SO WHAT WE NEED IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT THAT ARE OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET IN THE WRONG HANDS.

>> AND YOUR MESSAGE IN ADDITION TO THE DIFFERENT REFORMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WHAT SUPPORTS DO YOU FOLKS NEED AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOUCHES THEIR COMMUNITY?

>> ITH WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, ALL THE DIFFERENT REFORMS ARE NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

I KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY THEY STARTED DIFFERENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

MAKING SURE YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR MENTAL WELL-BEING IS IMPORTANT.

>> LIZA TACK WITH MARCH FOR OUR LIVES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR US FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

BRANDIS, OBVIOUSLY AN EMOTIONAL DAY A BIG OUTPOURING THE PARK FILLED UP.

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> I WAS NOTICING IT'S FILLED UP IN THIS HOUR WE HAVE BEEN TALKING.

THANK YOU.

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