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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST TWO POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN FATAL SHOOTINGS LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE COMMUNITY REACTION.

>> POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SAME STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS EVERY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEE.

>> STANDOFF OVER THE VACCINATION STATUS OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS.

WHAT IS NEXT?

>> NOT ONE DAY HAS GONE BY THAT I HAVEN'T CRIED.

>> THE MOTHER OF A DRUNK DRIVING VICTIM FIGHTS TO PREVENT FUTURE FATALITIES BUT THERE ARE COSTS AND PRIVACY CONCERNS.

>> WORK WITH US NOT AGAINST US.

>> ALDERPEOPLE PLEAD TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT AS CHICAGO'S WARD MAP MOVES CLOSURESSER TO A REFERENDUM.

LOOK HOW RUSSIANS ARE REACTING TO THEIR COUNTRY'S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND THE ROLE STAYED-RUN MEDIA IS PLAYING.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL WITHOUT FEAR.

>> JUST A FRACTION OF CHICAGO'S INTERSECTIONS HAVE AUDIO SIGNALS FOR BLIND PEDESTRIANS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AIMS TO CHANGE THAT.

>> AN AMENDMENT TO THE EQUAL PAY ACT MEANS REQUIREMENTS ARE COMING TO SOME ILLINOIS BUSINESSES AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE GENDER PAY GAP.

>> THE INUSE BAITER WOULD BE -- INCUBATOR IS USELESS IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO USE CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX ANNOUNCES HER OFFICE WILL NOT BE CHARGING THE TWO CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS THAT SHOT AND KILLED 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO AND 22-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ALVAREZ.

BOTH WERE ON DUTY SHOOTINGS DAYS APART.

FOXX SAYS HER OFFICE REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE OF BOTH SHOOTINGS AND DECIDED AGAINST CHARGES OFFICERS.

ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ WERE KILLED AFTER BEING CHASED ON FOOT BY OFFICERS SPARKING CALLS TO REFORM THE DEPARTMENT'S FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

C.P.D.

REVISED THAT FROM BANNING OFFICERS FROM PURSUING SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN MINOR CRIMES UNLESS THEY POSE A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.

ATTORNEYS FOR ADAM TOLEDO'S FAMILY SAYS THEY FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST OFFICER STILL MAN CITY.

>> DOZENS OF FAMILIES OF VETERANS ARE FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST ILLINOIS AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY WAS A PREVENTEDDABLE COVID OUTBREAK.

26 OF THE 27 VETERANS DIED AT THE STATE RUN LASALLE VETERANS HOME.

ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS SAYS SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE WELL-KNOWN BY THE TIME OF THE OUTBREAK IN LATE 2020.

>> WHAT DIDN'T THE STATE DO?

THE STATE HAD NO COMMUNICATION OF A PLAN.

THEY HAD NO PLAN.

THEY HAD NO TRAINING.

THEY HAD NO ASSESSMENT.

AND MANY CASES THEY WERE NOT WEARING MASKS.

THEY HAD NO HAND SANITIZERS.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE MORPHINE ORDERED BY A DOCTOR TO MITIGATE THE PAINFUL DEATH MANY OF OUR CLIENTS SUFFERED.

>> MEANWHILE, OVERSEAS KYIV ENTERED A 36-HOUR CURFEW FOLLOWING THE AIR STRIKE OF FOUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

THIS ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

AS RUSSIA INCREASES ITS ATTACK EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS MET VIA VIDEO WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY.

HE IS SET TO GIVE A VIRTUAL ADDRESS TO U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS TOMORROW MORNING.

JOIN US TOMORROW FOR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL REACTION TO THAT ADDRESS.

>> UP NEXT, LOCAL REACTION TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S DECISION NOT TO FILE CHARGES IN THE FATAL SHOOTINGS OF ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AS WE MENTIONED, COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX ANNOUNCES HER OFFICE WILL NOT FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO KILLED ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ LAST YEAR.

FOXX SAYS HER OFFICE CONSIDERED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST ERIC STILLMAN AND EVAN SOLANO IN ALVAREZ'S DEATH BUT THE OFFICE DECIDED THAT EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT CRIMINAL CHARGES.

AND JOINING US WITH REACTION ARE MATEO ZAPATA, A PHOTOJOURNALIST HE WROTE FOR THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" TITLED WE ARE ADAM FOR MANY YOUTH ACROSS CHICAGO SOUTH AND WEST SIDES ADAM TOLEDO LIFE IS TOO FAMILIAR.

AND BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I WANT TO READ FROM FOXX'S DECISION SHE SAID QUOTE... >> AGAIN THIS IS THE ADAM TOLEDO CASE.

BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ YOUR REACTION TO THIS DECISION?

>> WE HERE AT THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY WE ARE OUTRAGED.

NUMBER ONE, OFFICER STILLMAN SUFFERED FROM PSTD HE HAD DONE TWO TOURS OF AFGHANISTAN.

HE TACKLED ONE INDIVIDUAL BUT COULDN'T TACKLE THE SECOND ONE, COME ON, MAN.

IT SHOWS HE IS CLEARLY A TRIGGER HAPPY OFFICER.

AND THEREFORE HE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF ADAM TOLEDO.

HIS ACTIONS PROVED IT.

HE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ACTS BEFORE THINKING.

AND HERE, YEAH, WE SEE HE GIVES THE ORDER TO THE CHIDE TO RAISE HIS HANDS AND HE STILL SHOOTS HIM.

IT WAS A SPLIT SECOND DECISION BUT THAT IS A 98-POUND CHILD HE COULD HAVE TACKLED HIM AND DONE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT THINGS HE DECIDED TO SHOOT AND KILL HIM BECAUSE HE IS A TRIGGER HAPPY OFFICER.

>> I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOUND THERE WAS NO CRIMINAL INTENT OR SHE DIDN'T FEEL SHE COULD PROVE CRIMINAL INTENT AND HE DID REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE MIGHT BE IN DANGER.

MATEO ZAPATA, YOUR REACTION?

>> I THINK THAT HER DECISION IS GOING TO FURTHER NORMALIZE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS KNOWING THAT THEY WON'T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY KILL BLACK AND BROWN KIDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

OFFICER STILLMAN SIGNED UP TO BE A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

AND IF A 13-YEAR-OLD WITH HIS HANDS UP UNARMED IS GOING TO STRIKE THAT MUCH FEAR IN HIM THEN HE SHOULD NOT BE A POLICE OFFICER, PERIOD.

>> AND IN THE CASE OF ANTHONY ALVAREZ, FOXX DID ACKNOWLEDGE ALTHOUGH NOT GUILTY THE SHOOTING DEBRIS UP PROBLEMS WITH THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND THE OFFICERS WERE NOT COMPLETELY FREE OF ANY KIND OF CULPABILITY.

SHE SAID QUOTE... >> BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT STATEMENT?

>> SO THE OFFICER SHOOTS HIM IN THE BACK.

HE DIDN'T SHOW ANY THREATS TOWARDS THE OFFICER AND WHEN THE OFFICER SHOOTS HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS AT.

LOSES HIS GLASSES AND SHOWS THAT THE NEGLIGENCE.

AND IT SHOWS THAT HE KILLED HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW ANTHONY BEFOREHAND.

HE KNEW HIS ADDRESS AND HE COULD HAVE CHASED HIM TO HIS HOUSE BUT THE OFFICER DECIDED TO KILL HIM.

AND WE HAVE THAT TRIGGER HAPPY OFFICERS.

SOLANO HAS BEEN CAUGHT WHERE HE PULLS A GUN OUT ON ANOTHER CIVILIAN.

HE SHOULD NOT BE REPRESENTING CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HE SHOULD BE TERMINATED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AUTOMATICALLY.

>> MATEO ZAPATA YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT YOU BELIEVE THIS MIGHT NORMALIZE THE SHOOTINGS OF BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY REACTION BEEN ESPECIALLY IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND IN HERMOSA AND THE NORTHWEST SIDE WHERE THE INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE?

>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED.

HEARTBROKEN.

I MEAN THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY HERE FOR EITHER OF THE SITUATIONS.

YOU KNOW LIKE BALTHAZAR SAID ANTHONY WAS SHOT IN THE BACK.

CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE SHOOTING PEOPLE IN THE BACK.

ANTHONY HAD NOT USED HIS WEAPON.

HE DIDN'T ENDANGER HIMSELF AND HE WASN'T PRESENTING A DANGER TO THE POLICE OFFICER.

HE HAD HIS BACK TO HIM.

AND THIS IS DEFINITELY, IN MY OPINION, GOING TO NORMALIZE HOW CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS TREAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> AND IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTINGS, BALTHAZAR, THE MAYOR ATTEMPTED TO REFORM THE C.P.D.

'S FOOT PURSUIT POLICY OR INSTITUTE ONE.

HAVE THERE BEEN ENOUGH REFORMS THAT GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT THESE FOOT PURSUITS WILL BE SAFE?

>> I MEAN WE COULD WRITE UP A THOUSAND FOOT PURSUITS BUT IF THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT FOLLOWING IT AND RESPECT TO GO WHAT IS THE POINT?

WE SAW IT ON THE ELLA FRENCH SITUATION.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR BACK UP AND THEY DIDN'T AND THAT IS WHY ELLA FRENCH IS DEAD THEY THINK THEY ARE ROBO COPS AND BEYOND THE LAW.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THE TOUGH COPS.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT A MILITARY BASED POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE KEEP ASKING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGES IN THE COMMUNITIES, PARTICIPATES IN THE COMMUNITY, BECOME THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF BEING TOUGH GUYS.

WE DON'T NEED TOUGH GUYS.

THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO CIVILIZE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY ACTION THEY DO.

AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING MILLIONS IN TAXES ON THE STUPIDITY THEY DO.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WE KEEP PAYING THE PRICE AND BEING THE VICTIM AT THE SAME TIME FOR ACTIONS THAT THEY DO.

AND THEY ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY HAVE IMMUNITY.

SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE BIGGEST GANG IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THEN THEY HAVE THE UNION WHICH IS ANOTHER GANG.

SO FOP IS STRONGER THAN C.O.P.A.

AND THE FOP IS STRONGER THAN THE MAYOR.

IF WE START HAVING SOME BALANCE CHECK AND BALANCES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE WILL GO SOMEWHERE.

IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO KILL.

>> WE SHOULD MENTION THE FOP BATTLED ALL THESE AGENCIES.

MATEO ZAPATA YOU WROTE THAT ADAM TOLEDO WAS SORT OF THE RESULT OF SYSTEMIC FAILURE ALL AROUND HIM.

EXPLAIN THAT.

>> I MEAN, CHICAGO HAS ENABLED THE CULTURE OF GANG VIOLENCE THAT EXISTS TODAY.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SAME POLICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGING GANGS TO CLAIM THEIR TERRITORY DURING THE SOCIAL UNREST OF 2020.

POLICE NEED TO STOP BEING PRESENTED AS A SOLUTION TO COMBAT THE VIOLENCE THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I AM A STRONG BELIEVER THAT WE NEED TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND THE CITY AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EXTRACURRICULAR LEARNING ALONG WITH VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES.

POLICE ARE NOT A SOLUTION TO THE VIOLENCE TAKING PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THEY ENABLE IT AND THEY CAUSE IT AND CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR SITUATIONS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM AND ANTHONY TO OCCUR.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DISCUSSION THERE.

THANKS TO BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ AND MATEO ZAPATA.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SPEAKING OF POLICE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAD UNTIL SUNDAY TO COMPLY WITH THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR CITY WORKERS OR GET PULLED OFF THE PAYROLL AFTER A LABOR ARBITRATOR SIDED WITH THE MAYOR.

AS OF NOW 2500 POLICE OFFICERS HAVE NOT GOTTEN VACCINATED OR REPORTED THEIR STATUS ACCORDING TO CITY DATA.

THAT IS ABOUT 20% OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPARED TO 95% OF ALL OTHER CITY WORKERS.

IN A LETTER TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT 12 CHICAGO ALD APPROXIMATELY PEOPLE ARE -- ALDERPEOPLE ARE DEMANDING A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW.

THE MAYOR IS CALLING THE LETTER FEAR MONGERING AND SAYS A MASS FIRING WILL NOT HAPPEN.

>> CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SAME STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS EVERY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEE.

BUT THIS NOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TERMINATE MASSES OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPROMISE PUBLIC SAFETY RECALL THEY RATTLED THAT SABER LAST FALL.

AND THEY WERE WRONG THEN.

AND THEY'RE WRONG NOW.

>> AND LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING THE SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW CALLING IT QUOTE A POLITICAL CHARADE.

AND JOINING US ARE ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN WHO REPRESENTS PARTS OF THE WEST SIDE AND RAY LOPEZ WHO REPRESENTS PARTS OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ALDERMAN LOPEZ YOU ARE ONE OF THE 12 ARGUING FOR NATURAL IMMUNITY OPTION.

EXPLAIN YOUR POSITION?

>> YOU KNOW AS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF COVID AND THE PANDEMIC HAS EVOLVED SO TOO SHOULD OUR POLICIES THAT MEANS TO INCORPORATE NATURAL IMMUNITY WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS COVID AND BUILDUP ANTIBODIES AND THAT SHOULD BE AN OPTION THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO REPORT THROUGH THE PORTAL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS REFUSED TO EVOLVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION TO MATCH THE TIMES WE ARE IN.

WE WANT THAT OPTION AVAILABLE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.

WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES HAVE YET TO GO TO THE PORTAL WOULD DO SO IF THAT THIRD OPTION OF PROVING THEY HAVE NATURAL IMMUNITY WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> JASON ERVIN, YOU TAKE THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU SAY THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE HOLDING THE CITY HOSTAGE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> I THINK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDERS THAT THE REST OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE COMPLIED WITH, WHICH IS TO REPORT THE STATUS AND GET VACCINATED.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE ANTICIPATION FOR CITIZENS OF COMING FOR POLICE SERVICE OR POLICE OFFICERS COMING TO THEIR HOMES, AND PUT THEM IN GREATER HARM THAN WHEN THEY WERE NOT THERE.

SO I BELIEVE PART OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING WE'VE ASKED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO DO AND OTHER PEOPLE IN SETTINGS WITH HIGH CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC WHICH IS TO BE VACCINATED.

>> ALDERMAN LOPEZ, THE ANTIBODY TESTS CAN BE EXPENSIVE AND TIME ON ASSUMING DO YOU BELIEVE THE POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET?

>> I BELIEVE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR INSURANCE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COVER IT.

IF IT IS AN OPTION RECOGNIZED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AS LEGITIMATE THEN WE SHOULD NOT BE STANDING IN THE WAY.

WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO CHERRY PICK THE SCIENCE TO FIT THE NARRATIVE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO DO.

WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THAT IT IS STANDARD IN POLICIES TO KEEP PACE WITH THE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT IS OUT THERE AND NOT CONTINUE TO RELY ON INFORMATION FROM A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO WHICH IS WOEFULLY OUT OF DATE AND ARBITRARY AS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN RESOURCES SAYING THE DATES AND DEADLINES HAVE NO SCIENTIFIC BEARING THEY ARE PICKED BY THE MAYOR TO FORCE THE ISSUE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

>> ALDERMAN ERVIN, THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST SHOT HAS COME AND GONE.

THE MAYOR SAID THERE WON'T BE A MASS FIRING THOUGH 20% OF POLICE OFFICERS HAVE NOT REPORTED THEIR STATUS, HOW WILL THIS PLAY OUT TO AVOID MASS LAYOFFS?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY TRUE ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY AT A MASS LEVEL.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT VACCINATIONS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SCIENCE, THIS IS ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO RUN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ARE THE OFFICERS GOING TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT?

OR WILL MANAGEMENT RUN THE DEPARTMENT?

THE DEPARTMENT HAS A LEADER IN DAVID BROWN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

AND I THINK THIS IS MORE ABOUT POWERPLAY EVEN TOMORROW'S CONVERSATION IN THE SPECIAL MEET SOMETHING ABOUT SENDING A RESOLUTION TO A COMMITTEE.

AGAIN MORE HIJINX AND POLITICAL STANDING WITHOUT TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT OR SOLVE THE CHALLENGE THAT ALDERMAN LOPEZ'S COLLEAGUES PUT ON THE TABLE.

TO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO BE SENT TO A COMMITTEE TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS MORE POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING THAN HIJINX BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE OFFICERS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED NOR IS IT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THIS MATTER OTHER THAN PUT AN ITEM INTO THE COMMITTEE SEVEN DAYS EARLIER THAN WE WOULD FOR OUR NEXT MEETING NEXT WEEK.

>> ALDERMAN LOPEZ, THE MEET SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN THE MAYOR IS NOT GOING AND THE MOST THAT CAN COME OUT OF IT IS A RESOLUTION BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD BIND THE CITY TO ANYTHING SO WHAT IS THE POINT?

>> PARIS, THIS IS THE ONE TIME THAT I THINK THIS WEEK ALDERMAN ERVIN AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT SCIENCE IT'S ABOUT CONTROL AND THE ONE PULLING THE HIJINX HAS BEEN THE MAYOR.

THERE HAVE BEEN ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS INTRODUCED TRYING TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES, TRYING TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES.

THEIR FAMILIES.

AS WE WORK THROUGH THE EVER EVOLVING SCIENCE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND THE ONE WHO PUT THE HIJINX AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID IS PLAYING GAMES IS THE MAYOR BY PUTTING BRICKS ON ALL OF THE CHAIRMEN TO WHICH ALL OF THESE ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.

WE TALK ABOUT OFFICERS AND TALK ABOUT OUR FIRST-RESPONDERS, AND TALK ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES AS BEING ESSENTIAL YET THE COUNCIL HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS, THEIR CONCERNS AND FEARS.

AND I'M SORRY IF THAT INCONVENIENCES SOME ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS UP WHEN THE MAYOR IS OFF THE FLOOR WE SHOULD BE MEETING RELIGIOUSLY TO INSURE ALL THE BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE FAIR, EQUITABLE AND INCORPORATE THE FULL SCOPE OF SCIENCE AND NOT JUST THE ONES THAT FIT THE MAYOR'S CONTROL NARRATIVE.

>> THE CITY DID DROP THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE WHY NOT THEN DROP THE VAX MANDATE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES?

>> I THINK THAT THE VACCINATION AGAIN, THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THEY ARE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SERVICED BY US AS CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT WALK INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FEAR THAT THEY MAY BE EXPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED WITH THE VACCINE.

SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US AS GOVERNMENT NOT TO PUT OUR RESIDENTS AT RISK BY HAVING PEOPLE SERVICING THEM CARRYING A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DISEASE TO THEIR DOORSTEPS.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ALDERMAN LOPEZ HALF OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE GOTTEN COVID.

SIX HAVE DIED.

ISN'T IT PROTECTING THEIR SAFETY TO HAVE THEM GET THE VACCINE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALL OF THIS SHOULD BE ABOUT PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF NOT JUST OUR POLICE OFFICERS BUT OUR FIREMEN, OTHER FIRST-RESPONDERS AND ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE ASKED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT FAIL EVERYDAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

NOT EVERYONE HAS HAD THE LUXURY OF GETTING A VACCINE AND WORKING FROM HOME.

SOME PEOPLE HAD TO SHOW UP AND HAD TO MEET THE PUBLIC.

AND WHILE WE KNOW THAT OFFICERS HAVE DIED FROM COVID, THIS COUNCIL HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING A DEATH BENEFIT FOR GOING TO WORK, DOING THE ESSENTIAL WORK THAT WE ASKED THEM TO AND LET THEIR FAMILIES WITH LITTLE RECOMPENSE AFTER PASSING.

WE PAY A LOT OF LIP SERVICE TO THEIR SAFETY AND LITTLE TO INSURE THEM.

>> AND WE WILL FOLLOW THAT.

THANKS TO ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN AND ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ.

>> ILLINOIS IS SET TO RECEIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW LATE LAST YEAR.

BUT THE LAW DOES MORE THAN ALLOCATE MONEY FOR ROAD AND CONDUCTION PROJECTS.

AMONG OTHER THINGS IT'S SET TO CHANGE THE TYPES OF CARS YOU WILL DRIVE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE OF THAT.

>> YEAH, CHANGING THE TYPES OF CARS THAT YOU AND I DRIVE YOU ARETYING BUSINESS IS ABOUT A MOVE TO ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES AND THE FRACTURE LAW DOES PUT THE U.S. ON THAT PATH BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT PROVISION.

THIS IS ONE THAT WILL IN A HANDFUL OF YEAR REQUIRED ALL NEW VEHICLES BE EQUIPPED WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT MONITORS FOR DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVING.

>> WHAT IT WOULD DO, IS TO BE ABLE TO DETECT THE THINGS THAT ARE COMMON TO DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

EYE MOVEMENTS, LANE CROSSINGS.

THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EITHER STOP OR MOVE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.

IT ALSO COULD INCLUDE REQUIRING BEFORE STARTING A CAR A BREATHALYZER TEST.

>> JUST HOW IT WILL WORK IS NOT YET DETERMINED AND ACTUALLY THAT TECHNOLOGY MIGHT NOT YET EXIST.

THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION HAS A FEW YEARS TO COME UP WITH STANDARDS AND AUTO MANUFACTURERS HAVE A COUPLE YEARS TO ROLL OUT THE TECHNOLOGY.

THE KEY IS IT HAS TO BE PASSIVE A DRIVER WON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IT WILL BE AUTOMATIC.

>> AS THE AUTO INDUSTRY GOES TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND TESTING DRIVERLESS CARS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GOING ALL ELECTRIC, THIS IS DOABLE.

THIS INDUSTRY HAS SOME OF THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS IN THE WORLD THOUSANDS OF THEM WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND WHY NOT SAFETY?

>> THIS IS PERSONAL FOR SHEILA LOCKWOOD.

IN 2018 HER SON AUSTIN WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS 23rd BIRTHDAY.

>> I NEVER WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.

LOSING AUSTIN DESTROYED OUR LIVES.

>> THAT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR DRUNK DRIVING MAY PUNISH, MAY GIVE FAMILIES SOLACE AND MAY WORK AS A DETERRENT BUT PREVENTING IMPAIRED PEOPLE FROM DRIVING WILL SAVE LIVES.

>> AUSTIN WOULD BE HERE IF THAT TECHNOLOGY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT VEHICLE.

AUSTIN THAT VEHICLE NEVER WOULD HAVE STARTED.

THE PERSON THAT MURDERED MY SON AND THAT IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S PREVENTIBLE, I WOULD PAY FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE HIS TECHNOLOGY IF I COULD GET MY SON BACK.

>> THE A.C.L.U.

IS RAISING PRIVACY CONCERNS.

HE SAYS MODERN CARS ARE COMPUTERS ON WHEELS THEY SPY ON OWNERS SENDING DATA BACK TO CAR MANUFACTURERS THAT CAN BE SENT TO DATA BROKERS WHO SELL THE INFORMATION.

>> MODERN CARS ARE COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR TO YOUR LOCATION TO INFORMATION FROM YOUR ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WHEN YOU CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO IT.

AND THINGS LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE DRIVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE COLLECTED BY MODERN CARS.

>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CARS BEGIN TO COLLECT DATA FROM PASSIVE IMPAIRMENT DEVICE SYSTEMS?

>> IF IT'S INTIMATE PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BODIES, INCLUDING YOUR HEART RATE YOUR BREATHING RATE WHO KNOWS HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK, THAT WILL BE A PRIVACY ISSUE BECAUSE THAT CAN REVEAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE.

>> AT THIS POINT, THE LAW DOES NOT STIPULATE ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVACY IN EITHER DIRECTION.

I ASKED CATHY CHASE HEAD OF ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY TO RESPOND TO THESE PRIVACY CONCERNS.

>> KEEP ALSO IN MIND THAT YOU ARE ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.

AND YOU'RE SHARING THE ROAD.

IT IS NOT JUST I'VE DECIDED TO TEXT YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAYS WITH EVERYONE IMPERILLING EVERYONE ELSE.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE HEIGHTENED EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY THAT ONE WOULD IN THEIR OWN HOME FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY.

>> SHE AS WELL AS ADVOCATESES FOR M.A.D.D.

SAYS THE OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO COLLECT FORENSIC DATA IS TO PREVENT CRASHES FROM HAPPENING.

ONCE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL IT COULD SAVE MORE THAN 9,000 LIVES A YEAR.

THE A.C.L.U.

JAY STANLEY SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE TO PROTECT PRIVACY WHILE ALSO USING MORE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE LIVES.

HE SAYS THE A.C.L.U.

WILL BE FIGHTING FOR TERMS TO BE SPELLED OUT.

REQUIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE TO OBTAIN A WARRANT IN ORDER TO ACCESS DATA FROM THESE DETECTORS.

THE EARLIEST THAT THE IMPAIRMENT SYSTEMS WILL BE IN ALL NEW CARS, EARLIEST WOULD BE 2026.

IT COULD TAKE LONGER AND OTHER SAFETY PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW COULD BE ROLLED OUT FOR EXAMPLE, CARS WILL HAVE TO ALL COME WITH AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BREAKING SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH MANY LUXURY VEHICLES.

>> AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING CAN ADDRESS IMPAIRMENT, DISTRACTION, DROWSY DRIVING BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CAR'S BRAKING SYSTEM TAKES OVER AND SENDS AN ALERT AND IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT REACT, THE CAR BRAKES FOR YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUSHING SO HARD TO THESE SYSTEMS TO GET INTO CARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

EVERY FAMILY DESERVES THE SAFEST BRAKING SYSTEM AT A MINIMUM.

>> NEWLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLES ALSO WILL SOON HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS COMMON IN MORE HIGH-PRICED LUXURY VEHICLES AND THAT IS AN ALERT THAT GOES OFF IF A CHILD OR A CAR IS PERHAPS -- A CHILD OR A PET IS LEFT IN A HOT CAR.

WITH THAT PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF CHANGES ON THE WAY THANK YOU.

>> A FEDERAL JUDGE ALOUD A LAWSUIT OVER THE SAFETY OF CHICAGO'S CROSSWALKS FOR BLIND PEDESTRIANS TO PROCEED AS A CLASS ACTION.

ALMOST NONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS HAVE DECRIESES GIVING AUDIO QUEUES TO PEOPLE BLIND OR LOW VISION.

AS NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS, PLAINTIFFS WANT SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

>> FOR DECADES ANN BRASH COMMUTED INTO THE CITY FOR WORK.

BLIND SINCE BIRTH SHE EXPERIENCED GETTING AROUND USING A KANE BUT CHICAGO'S NOISY DOWNTOWN POSES A CHALLENGE AND IN 2017 SHE HAD A NEAR MISS.

>> I STARTED TO CROSS THE STREET AT AN INCORRECT TIME AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A BUS.

AND TWO PEOPLE GRABBED ME BACK.

IF THEY ARE WATCHING I WOULD LOVE TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE.

BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

AND IT WAS SO CLOSE OF A CALL THAT IT ACTUALLY SORT OF SPLIT MY CHAIN PRETTY MUCH IN HALF.

>> CROSSING THE STREET USED TO BE SIMPLER.

BUT ULTRA QUIET ELECTRIC CARS AND NEW INTERSECTION LAYOUTS AND TIMING, MADE CROSSING THE STREET MORE FRAUGHT.

>> WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF SECONDS TO CROSS THE STREET AS A SIGHTED PERSON HAS.

THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND THE SAME ACCESS TO SAFETY OS OUR SIGHTED COUNTERPARTS HAVE.

>> THE TECHNOLOGY ANN BRASH IS REFERRING TO IS AN ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL THAT GIVES AUDIO QUEUES THAT IT'S SAFE TO CROSS.

BUT JUST 26 OF CHICAGO'S 2 800 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE DEVICE.

THIS BEING A SERVICE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IT HAS A DUTY TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AS WELL.

>> THAT'S WHY ATTORNEYS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE CITY SAYING IT'S INACCESSIBLE INTERSECTIONS VIOLATE THE REHABILITATION ACT AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

>> UNFORTUNATELY CONSTITUENTS WITH DISABILITIES DO NOT TEND TO BE POWERFUL CONSTITUENCIES IN GENERAL.

IT WASN'T A PRIORITY AND IT NEEDED TO BE A PRIORITY.

>> SINCE FILING THE LAWSUIT IN 2019, PLAINTIFFS GAINED A POWERFUL ALLY WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTERVENED IN SUPPORT.

AND THIS MONTH, THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE SUIT TO GO FORWARD AS A CLASS ACTION.

AND IT IS A BIG CLASS, CENSUS BUREAU DATA SHOWS 68,000 ADULTS IN CHICAGO WITH A VISION RELATED DISABILITY AND OTHERS WHO SPEND TIME IN THE CHICAGO.

>> WE THINK IT WILL CONVEY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ISSUE AND THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT IT AFFECTS EVERYDAY.

>> ATTORNEYS FOR CHICAGO DENY ALL THE PLAINTIFF'S CLAIMS AND A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE CITY DOES NOT COMMENT ON ONGOING LITIGATION.

SINCE 2019 OFFICIALS OUTLINED PLANS TO ADD MORE ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS.

THE CITY TOLD WTTW NEWS IT'S PLANNING TO INSTALL 150 THIS YEAR AND NEXT.

>> WE CAN AND WE MUST DO BETTER AS A CITY.

WE MUST DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRULY INCLUSIVE NOT JUST ON RACE OR ETHNICITY BUT ON DISABILITY.

>> AT THE CURRENT RATE IT WILL TAKE DECADES FOR THE CITY TO UPGRADE INTERSECTTIONS.

ANN BRASH SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT.

>> IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE COULD TRAVEL WITHOUT FEAR.

A LOT OF TIMES I WILL WAIT TO CROSS THE STREET UNTIL SOMEONE COMES BY TO HELP OR I WILL GO OUT OF MY WAY TO GO ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S SAFER.

OR A LOT OF TIMES I WILL JUST DECIDE I'M NOT GOING WHERE I WANT TO GO BECAUSE I'M AFRAID.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> AND RIGHT NOW THE TWO SIDES ARE WORKING THROUGH EXPERT TESTIMONY.

NO TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET.

>> AND STILL COULD COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THE LATEST IN THE DEBATE OVER CHICAGO'S WARD REMAP AS THE PROPOSALS MOVE CLOSER TO A REFERENDUM.

>> HOW A RUSSIAN IS VIEWING THEIR COUNTRY'S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND WHAT ROLE DO GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES PLAY?

SOME ILLINOIS BUSINESS ALSO NEED TO APPLY FOR EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATION WHAT A PROVISION IN THE ACT COULD MEAN FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS.

>> AND HOW A RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS HELPING CULINARY ARTISTS PERFECT THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL RECIPE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> TODAY MARKS THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST COVID DEATH IN ILLINOIS.

DESPITE BEING IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT NOW THE PANDEMIC IS NOT YET OVER WITH 10 TO 15 CITY RESIDENTS DYING EVERY YEAR.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARDS ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND COVID VACCINATION RATES ARE ONGOING.

>> 82% OF CHICAGOANS AGE 5 AND UP HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE.

FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS THAT NUMBER IS 61%.

ALMOST A 20% PLUS GAP.

WE CANNOT STOP WORKING UNTIL VACCINATION PERCENTAGES FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC IN OUR CITY ARE AS CLOSE TO 100% AS POSSIBLE.

>> FORMER ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON LAWYERS FILE A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL ARGUING PROSECUTORS MADE PREJUDICIAL REMARKS TO THE JURY.

THOMPSON WAS CONVICTED A MONTH AGO ON TWO COUNTS ON LYING TO FEDERAL REGULATORS ABOUT LOANS HE RECEIVED FROM THE FAILED BRING PORT BANK AND FIVE COUNTS OF FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS.

THE MOTION COMES A MAYOR LIGHTFOOT RELEASES A LIST OF 27 APPLICANTS TO FILL THE SEAT.

A COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE A FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES ARE NOT MAYOR TO CHOOSE FROM.

>> CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR A NEW 43rd STREET BRIDGE ON SOUTH DUSABLE LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

DRIVERS CAN EXPECT TO RUN INTO CLOSURES.

NORMAL TRAFFIC IS SET TO RESUME AT 5:00 A.M. ADDITIONAL CLOSURES ARE SCHEDULED FOR NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND DRIVERS NEXT WEEK.

>> MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL'S BLACK CAUCUS FILED THEIR VERSION OF A WARD MAP WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE MAKING IT MORE LIKELY THAT VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHAT CHICAGO'S WARD BOUNDARIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE COME THIS JUNE 28TH PRIMARY UNLESS 41 AGREE ON A MAP BEFORE THE END OF MAY.

MICHELLE HARRIS MADE NOTHING SHORT OF A PLEA TO ONE COLLEAGUE IN PARTICULAR.

>> GIL VILLEGAS LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT COMING INTO THE ROOM AND WORKING WITH US TO DO A MAP.

>> AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE ON THE LATEST CHAPTER OF CHICAGO'S WARD MAP SAGA.

WE SHOULD MENTION THAT VILLEGAS FILED THE MAP THAT HE SUPPORTED NOW THIS MAP IS FILED.

WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?

>> WELL, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO A QUESTION OVER HOW MANY WARDS WILL HAVE A MAJORITY OF BLACK VOTERS AND HOW MANY WARDS WILL HAVE A MAJORITY OF LATINO VOTERS.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS SAID HE WILL NOT ACCEPT A MAP WITH FEWER THAN 15 WARDS WITH A MAJORITY OF LATINO VOTERS AND THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BLACK CAUCUS BECAUSE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT A MAP WITH FEWER THAN 16 WARDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF BLACK VOTERS AND ONE WARD WITH A PLURALITY OF THE BLACK VOTERS.

THE ONLY THING THEY AGREE ON IS THE NEXT WARD MAP SHOULD CREATE CHICAGO'S FIRST WARD THAT HAS A MAJORITY OF ASIAN VOTERS AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MAP TODAY FILED WITH THE CLERK SETTING UP A HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTEST BETWEEN THE TWO MAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS.

>> AND THAT IS BARRING ANY BACK ROOM AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

WHY WAS HARRIS CALLING OUT VILLAGE GAS?

>> IT'S SEEN AS ALDERMAN VILLEGAS' SHOW.

HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LATINO CAUCUS HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SOLANO TAVARES TO MAKE SURE THAT LATINO POLITICIANS IN CHICAGO DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER ANOTHER BAD DEAL.

THE LAST TIME THE CITY COUNCIL WENT THROUGH A WARD REMAP LATINO ALDERPEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY GOT THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK AND THEY ARE DETERMINED TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND ALDERMAN VILLEGAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS ALSO IN THE JUNE PRIMARY IS DETERMINED TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN AND IT'S BECOME A BATTLE OF WILLS BETWEEN ALDERMAN HARRIS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK CAUCUS AND THE RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR AND ALDERMAN VILLEGAS.

>> AND VOTERS WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO MAPS IN REFERENDUM ON THE JUNE 20TH PRIMARY.

WHAT IS NEXT IN THE INTERIM?

>> WELL, WE HEARD FROM MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TODAY THAT SHE THINKS A COMPROMISE IS STILL POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ONE IS.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT ENDORSE ONE MAP OVER THE OTHER MAP.

SO IF THINGS REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, WE ARE IN FOR QUITE A CONTEST ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF CHICAGO POLITICS WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THAT BALANCE OF POWER WILL BE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

>> IT IS A SIMPLE MAP.

NEITHER MAP HAS THE VOTES NECESSARY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND CAN YOU READ HEATHER'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> RECENT POLLS OF RUSSIAN PUBLIC OPINION HAVE MEASURED SUPPORT OF THE INVASION OF UKRAINE ABOUT 58-71% OF THE POPULATION AND THIS WEEK A RUSSIAN STATE TELEVISION EMPLOYEE PROTESTED THE WAR LIVE ON AIR.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GAUGE PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN THAT COUNTRY?

AND HOW ACCURATE ARE THE POLLS?

JOINING US IS SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE STUDYING PUBLIC OPINION IN RUSSIA AND THAT IS OLGA KAMENCHUK, AN ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION IN THE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION.

OLGA KAMENCHUK WELCOME BACK.

YOU WERE ON LAST WEEK WHEN YOU HAD GOTTEN HOME FROM RUSSIA.

WE MENTION THE POLLS BUT IT'S HARD TO TRUST THE VERACITY.

WHERE WOULD YOU GAUGE THE SENTIMENT IN RUSSIA?

>> GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS DO SUPPORT THE WAR THEIR COUNTRY IS WAGING AGAINST UKRAINE.

AND YES, BETWEEN 57-65% OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR AND UP FROM 65 TO 71% TOWARDS THE THIRD WEEK OF THE WAR BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL WAVES THE OPINION POLLS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE WAR.

SO THE SUPPORT GREW.

HOWEVER, I MUST EMPHASIZE EVEN THOUGH WE SEE THE MAJORITY RUSSIANS SUPPORTING THE WAR IT'S STILL NOT THE CRIMEAN CONSENSUS.

WHEN MORE THAN 90% OF RUSSIANS SUPPORTED THE WAR.

30% LESS NOW.

SO, YES IT IS A MAJORITY IT IS A SHAKEY MAJORITY.

REALLY, THE NUCLEOUS OF Mr. PUTIN'S SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR HIS ADVENTURES AND AGGRESSIONS THAT HE IS WAGING IN UKRAINE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING BETWEEN 25%.

>> SO EVEN THAT GIVEN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENERATIONAL DIVIDE.

HOW DOES IT SPLIT WITH YOUNGER RUSSIANS VERSUS OLDER RUSSIANS?

>> YES, THAT IS TRUE.

THERE ARE TWO FACTORS WHICH DIFFER IN OUR POLLS IN THE POLLS WHICH ARE CONDUCTED IN RUSSIA.

SO USUALLY THOSE ARE AGE AND TYPE OF MEDIA USED.

LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF YOUNG RUSSIANS PEOPLE UNDER 25 YEARS OLD SUPPORT THE WAR.

I WILL REPEAT LESS THAN ONE-THIRD.

AND MORE THAN 70% OF ELDERLY RUSSIANS DO.

THERE'S GENERATIONS.

AGE IS ONE OF THE FACTORS AND THE SECOND ONE IS MEDIA USE.

PEOPLE WHO ARE USING INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA ESPECIALLY FOREIGN SOCIAL MEDIA SEEM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH LESS SUPPORT FOR THE WAR AND TV NEWS AS IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN WAR IN UKRAINE.

>> AND THIS AS PRESIDENT PUTIN CRACKED DOWN ON ANY INDEPENDENT REPORTING ON THE WAR IT'S ALL SORT OF THE STATE SANCTIONS PROPAGANDA.

ALTHOUGH JUST THIS WEEK AN EMPLOYEE AT A RUSSIAN STATE NEWS OPERATION PROTESTED LIVE ON AIR.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> GIVEN THE CRACKDOWN AND SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES FOR PROTESTORS, OLGA KAMENCHUK, HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU AND HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS THIS THAT THIS HAPPENED?

>> YES, YOU KNOW WE MUST REMEMBER THAT PROTESTING IN RUSSIA IT IS NOT LIKE PROTESTING IN PARIS OR CHICAGO.

IF YOU ARE PROTESTING THERE YOU ARE FACING ALMOST ALMOST DEFINITELY AN ARREST OVER 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND MANY ARE FACING CHARGES FROM 3 TO 20 YEARS IN JAIL.

THIS WOMAN, MARINA OVSYANNIKOVA SHE IS FACING TWO CHARGES.

AND THE WORST ONE OF THEM IS FAKE NEWS CHARGES.

AND FAKE NEWS IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR.

RUSSIAN MEDIA CANNOT SAY THE WORD WAR ABOUT THE WAR THEY HAVE TO USE THE WORD SPECIAL OPERATION AND THE PROPAGANDA EFFORTS ALL THE INFORMATION OF WARFARE USED BY RUSSIAN MEDIA STATE CONTROLLED MEDIA IS SOMETHING WHICH INFLUENCES THE OPINION OF THE RUSSIANS AUDIENCE.

>> I WANTED TO ASK THE MAJORITY OF RUSSIAN AUDIENCES BELIEVE WHAT THEY HEAR ON TV AND THE TV NEWS?

OR IS THERE SOME UNDERSTANDING A LOST OF THE INFORMATION IS MANIPULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT?

>> YOUTH PEOPLE LIVING IN LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS EDUCATED PEOPLE INTELLECTUALS WHO ARE PROTESTING.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOUBTING THIS INFORMATION.

AND ALSO I HAVE TO SAY THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN RUSSIANS HAD ACCESS TO SOME OF THE MEDIA IT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY.

RIGHT NOW KREMLIN SHUTDOWN THE TWO MAJOR MEDIA OPPOSITION MEDIA.

AND IT BLOCKED FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER IN RUSSIA.

FOREIGN MEDIA INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THEY COULD NOT CONTROL OTHERWISE.

HOWEVER MANY RUSSIANS LEARNED TO USE CIRCUMVENTION TOOLS TO GET AHOLD OF OFFICIAL MEDIA AND AHOLD OF INFORMATION THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.

>> SO THERE ARE WAYS AROUND THAT.

VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION OLGA KAMENCHUK.

AND WE SHOULD MENTION YOU WERE JUST IN RUSSIA UP UNTIL LAST WEEK.

FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.

WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AGAIN.

THANKS TO OLGA KAMENCHUK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SOME ILLINOIS EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR AN EQUAL PAY REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.

AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS AND PAY DATA PART OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE ILLINOIS EQUAL PAY ACT THAT LEGISLATORS PASSED LAST YEAR AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE GENDER PAY GAP AND IT COMES AS WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE FELT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 AS THEY DISPROPORTIONATELY WORK IN INDUSTRIES AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW RULES ARE JASON KELLER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, CHERITA ELLENS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF WOMEN EMPLOYED.

CHERITA ELLENS LET'S DISPENSE WITH STATISTICS ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER WOMEN ARE PAID 82 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THE MALE COUNTERPARTS MAKE.

AND BLACK WOMEN EARN 63 CENTS AND LATINAS EARN 55 CENTS.

REMIND US HOW THE PANDEMIC IMPACTED THE NUMBERS?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE PANDEMIC IMPACTED THE NUMBER PAUSE WE KNOW THAT WOMEN AND PARTICULAR, BLACK AND LATINO WOMEN WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE LABOR FORCE OF THE PANDEMIC THE JOBS THEY WERE IN WERE DECIMATED THEY HAD TO REDUCE HOURS OUR CHILDCARE SYSTEM BLEW UP SO MANY WOMEN FOUND THEMSELVES HAVING TO STAY AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDCARE RESPONSIBILITIES.

THAT REALLY IMPACTED THE WAGES THAT THEY EARNED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT THE JOBS THAT WOMEN EARN [INAUDIBLE] MANY OF THE JOBS ARE IN LOW WAGE ROLES.

SO EVEN THE WAGES THAT ARE COMING BACK ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THE WAGES THAT MEN ARE EARNING.

>> MAJOR IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AND REMIND US TODAY IS EQUAL PAYDAY.

WHY IS TODAY MARKED THAT DAY?

>> TODAY MARKS EQUAL PAYDAY BECAUSE WE CALCULATED THIS IS THE DAY FOR THE AVERAGE WOMAN WHERE IT TAKES HER TO INCOME PARITY WITH MEN.

THEY WHAT MEN EARNED LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER 2021, ON AVERAGE, WOMEN HAVE TO WORK TO TODAY TO EARN THE SAME PAY.

AND THAT OBVIOUSLY CHANGES WHEN YOU THINK OF SEGREGATE THE DATA FOR BLACK WOMEN IT WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER AND FOR LATINAS IT'S DECEMBER.

THEY HAVE TO WORK A FULL YEAR IN ADDITION TO REACH THE SAME PAY.

>> JASON KELLER THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENACTED CHANGES TO THE ILLINOIS EQUAL PAY ACT.

TELL US WHAT THOSE CHANGES ENTAIL?

>> THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING HERE ARE REQUIRING PRIVATE EMPLOYERS WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO FILE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS WITH US TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES AN EQUAL WAGE OR SALARY.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS WE WILL VERIFY THOSE WAGE AND SALARY AMOUNTS AND LOOK AT THEM IN A COUNTY LEVEL BASIS.

AND CONCLUDE IF THEY DO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES EQUALLY WE WILL GIVE THEM A CERTIFICATE BASED UPON THE LAW.

>> AND IF IT'S FOUND THAT THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WHAT HAPPENS?

>> SO IF THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AFTER TURNING IN THE MATERIALS, WE WILL RESPOND WITHIN 45 DAYS OF RECEIVING THEIR INFORMATION AND IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME WE WILL TELL THEM WHAT LOOKS INCORRECT, WITH THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.

THEY WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO CURE THOSE DEFICIENCIES IN THEIR PAY DATA.

AND RETURN THOSE TO US.

>> CHERITA ELLENS WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANGES WILL MEAN FOR EQUAL PAY IN ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, IT WILL GET US TO AT LEAST EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

THE EQUAL PAY ACT PASSED IN 2003.

AND WE STILL SEE PERSISTENT WAGE GAPS FOR EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

IT WILL GIVE ONE EMPLOYERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR DATA WHICH MANY OF THEM ARE NOT.

AND IDENTIFYING IF THERE ARE ISSUES THERE THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS AND TWO, IT OPENS UP THIS NOTION OF PAY TRANSPARENCY AND ALLOWS EMPLOYEES ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE.

SO IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT, YOU CAN'T PUSH FOR IT.

SO IT WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF ADVOCATING FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE DATA ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE NOT COMPLIANT WILL BECOME PUBLIC.

>> AND JASON THERE IS A $10,000 FINE FOR EMPLOYERS THAT ULTIMATELY ARE NOT COMPLIANT.

SO WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVEN IN ORDER TO ENACT A FINE LIKE THAT?

>> WE WILL LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES EQUALLY.

AND IF NOT, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT PENALTY STAGE BUT WE WOULD LOOK AND SEE IF A BUSINESS IS NOT COMPLYING WITH REPORTING THIS INFORMATION TO US IF THEY ARE JUST WILLFULLY NOT REPORTING IT TO US THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THE PENALTY STAGE.

COMPLIANCE FIRST.

>> AND THE MAJOR IMPACT THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN NOW.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T GO BACK UP.

WHAT SUPPORTS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE HERE TO GET WOMEN ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR BACK UP TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE AT AND THEN UP TO THE LEVEL OF THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS?

>> I THINK ONE IS THE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

ENOUGH.

IT'S TIME TO GET THAT FIXED.

ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND RECOVERY STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING WOMEN ON A PATH TO CAREERS THAT OFFER SUSTAINABLE WAGES WHICH ARE OFTENTIMES CAREERS THAT ARE DOMINATED BY MEN.

WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ESSENTIAL JOBS, THE FRONTLINE JOBS THE JOBS THAT ARE HELD BY WOMEN AND N CHILDCARE, IN HEALTHCARE, WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE TIME TO RAISE THE WAGES.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID OCCUPATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE DOMINATED BY MEN AND WHEN WE KNOW THEY ARE SO ESSENTIAL TO OUR ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.

AND WE NEED TO BEGIN WITH LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE OF CARE AND LOOKING AT CARE'S INFRASTRUCTURE NOT JUST CHILDCARE BUT ELDERCARE AND CARE FOR DISABILITIES BECAUSE WE KNOW IN ORDER TO GET WOMEN BACK TO THE WORKFORCE WE HAVE TO SHORE THAT UP BECAUSE THEY CARRY THE BURDEN OF CARE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT OUR THANKS TO JASON KELLER AND CHERITA ELLENS FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AHEAD BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... A LOCAL ARTIST AND RESIDENCESY PROGRAM OFFICIALLY WELCOMED THE SECOND COHORT.

THE PROGRAM A PART OF THE RETREAT AT CURRENCY EXCHANGE CAFE AIMS TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WAS CREATED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN CULINARY ARTISTS FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT SPACES.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO THE ARTISTS.

>> FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS, CULINARY ARTIST DOZZY IBEKWE HAS BEEN WORKING TO MAKE WEST AFRICAN DISHES MORE POPULAR IN THE CITY.

FROM MONTROSE AVENUE TO THE SOUTH SUBURBS, THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT FIVE WEST AFRICAN RESTAURANTS.

HE IS HOPING TO CHANGE THAT WITH HELP FROM THE REBUILD FOUNDATION'S RETREAT AT EXCHANGE CAFE.

>> THE REBUILD IS ABOUT BRINGING LIFE INTO DEAD SPACES.

AND I'VE JUST SEEN THAT MY EXPERIENCE HERE.

>> LOCATED ON EAST GARFIELD BOULEVARD BLOCKS FROM HIDE PARK, THIS CAFE SERVES ANSWER AN INCUBATOR FOR CULINARY ARTISTS LOOKING TO EXPAND WITHOUT THE STRESSES THAT COME WITH STARTING A BUSINESS.

>> WE USED THE VARIOUS SPACES INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO SUPPORT A MULTITUDE OF ARTISTS AND CREATIVES HERE.

WE HAVE A BAR INSTEAD OF DETERMINING ON OUR OWN OR DICTATING WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, THE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND WITHIN THE TOOLS THAT WE OFFER THEM, CONFORM THE SPACE TO THEM.

AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

SO TO BE ABLE TO RELIEF THEM OF THAT -- RELIEVE THEM OF STRESS IT CREATES A LANE TO THINK MORE CLEARLY AND TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY US.

>> FROM A COLORFUL BEET SALAD TO A WRAP, DOZZY SAYS HE HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND HIS PALLET WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HIS FINANCIAL ONE.

>> REBUILD FOUNDATION IS ALSO ABOUT BLACK ART AND WHAT WE DO IN ARTS HOSPITALITY IS INDEED AN ART.

FROM THE IDEATION TO THE TESTING OUT RECIPES, DEVELOPING A MENU, BUILDING A MENU THAT CONNECTS MYSELF AS A CHEF AND OF COURSE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE CAFE SERVES A A WORK AND EVENT SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> ZANDRO ZAFRA SAYS HE APPROACHES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST RECIPES ON CUSTOMERS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF HIS FILIPINO HERITAGE.

>> WE WANT TO HAVE MY FLAVOR IT CAN BE A DESSERT WE USE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

IT'S PURPLE YAM.

AND A LEAF.

IT'S LIKE VANILLA BUT A TWIST TO IT.

>> FIRST SIP SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEY HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND SOMETHING THEY CAN LOVE.

>> IT'S GOOD.

>> WHILE THE FIRST COHORT CONSISTED THE THREE CULINARY ARTISTS THIS ROUND FEATURES DOZZY AND ZANDRO ZAFRA.

THEY SAY IT IS A ALLOWED THEM TO CREATE MENUS THAT COMPLIMENT THEIR GOALS AND COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER'S SKILLS AS WELL.

>> WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING OF COURSE ON ALL MATTER TO HELP EACH OTHER GROW.

WE'RE PROVIDING SAVORY BREAKFAST PASTRIES.

>> THE END GOAL IS TO OPEN LOCATIONS, THE CAN YOU WILLNARY ARTISTS ARE GRATEFUL TO EXPERIENCE A RESIDENCY THAT IS IT COMMITTED TO THEIR CREATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL GOALS.

>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK TO FEEL PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE WHETHER IT IS AS AN EMPLOYEE, OR AS AN ENTREPRENEUR.

I CAN SAY THIS IS A TRUE RETREAT.

>> WOW.

THAT IS REALLY GOOD.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT", I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> IT DOES LOOK DELICIOUS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING THEM OUT VISIT RETREAT AT THE CURRENCY EXCHANGE CAFE MONDAY-FRIDAY.

THEY WILL BE THERE THROUGH JULY WHEN THE RESIDENCY ENDS.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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