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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, PARIS
SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT...
>> 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS.
>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND HER
BUDGET TEAM ON THE MASSIVE
DEFICIT FACING CHICAGO.
>> THE MIDWEST BROADLY IS NOT IN
GREAT SHAPE FROM COVID.
>> THE CITY'S TOP DOCTOR WITH
THE LATEST ON COVID-19 IN
CHICAGO.
>> WE CAN STOP AND PREVENT FATAL
OVERDOSES FROM HAPPENING ON THE
WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.
>> TACKLING CHICAGO'S OTHER
PUBLIC CRISIS.
AN AUDIT SHOWS THE CITY SAVED $1
MILLION AFTER A POWERFUL
ALDERMAN WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
>> A MINIMUM WAGE BATTLE IN THE
AGE OF COVID.
>> A WEEK LONG EVENT CELEBRATING
WOMEN'S RESTAURANTS WRAPS UP.
>> MAKES PEOPLE SMILE AND WE
NEED MORE OF THAT THESE DAYS.
AND HOW A UKULELE SHOP IS
KEEPING THE HAPPIEST INSTRUMENT
ALIVE WITH VIRTUAL LESSONS.
FIRST TOP STORIES...
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT REVEALS THE
BUDGET IMPACT OF WHAT SHE CALLED
THE CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF THE
ECONOMY DUE TO THE COOP COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
>> OUR PROJECTED GAP FOR 2021 IS
ESTIMATED TO BE $1.2 BILLION.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS WILL BE
OUR PAFN McBUDGET --
PANDEMIC BUDGET.
>> LIGHTFOOT REVEALED THE BUDGET
GAP FOR THE 2020 FINANCIAL YEAR
HAS GROWN TO $800 MILLION.
>> AFTER A WEEKEND THAT SAW 10
HOMICIDES AND 54 SHOOTING
VICTIMS INCLUDING TWO POLICE
OFFICERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVID
BROWN SAYS OFFICERS WERE BEING
TARGETED BY SHOOTERS.
>> 51 OFFICERS SHOT AT OR SHOT
IN ONE YEAR THAT QUADRUPLES ANY
PREVIOUS YEAR IN CHICAGO'S
HISTORY.
SO I THINK THERE'S MORE TO THE
SUGGESTION THAT PEOPLE ARE
SEEKING TO DO HARM TO COPS.
>> 19-YEAR-OLD JEFFON WILLIAMS
HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND OTHER FELONIES IN
RELATION TO THE SHOOTING OF TWO
CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS SUNDAY.
WILLIAMS IS CHARGED WITH
EXCHANGING GUNFIRE WITH POLICE
FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING
TRAFFIC STOP IN THE HOMAN SQUARE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE WAS SHOULD IN THE SHOULDER
WAS RELEASED AND THE OTHER
SUFFERED DAMAGE AND CONTINUES TO
BE TREATED.
>> THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH CONFIRMS 1600
CASES OF CORONAVIRUS SINCE
YESTERDAY BRINGING THE TOTAL TO
MORE THAN 235,000 CASES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT SEVEN
ADDITIONAL DEATHS FOR A DEATH
TOLL OF MORE THAN 8,000.
>> KENOSHA MAYOR SAYS HE HAS
ASKED THAT A PLANNED VISIT BY
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOMORROW
BE POSTPONED.
HE AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS FELT
THE TIMING WAS NOT RIGHT.
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE ROOM FOR
PRESIDENTS TO COME TO VISIT.
CANDIDATES TO COME TO VISIT THAT
IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE APPRECIATE
AND HAVE PEOPLE DO.
BUT, THE TIMING ON THIS WE FELT
WAS NOT GOOD SO WE DID MAKE THE
REQUEST FOR HIM TO DO IT AT A
DIFFERENT TIME.
>> AND HE ANNOUNCED THE CITYWIDE
CURFEW WOULD BE EXTENDED THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK.
KENOSHA HAS BEEN WRACKED WITH
PROTESTS SINCE JACOB BLAKE WAS
SHOT IN THE BACK.
THE PROTESTS TOOK A DEADLY TURN
WHEN KYLE RITTENHOUSE FROM
ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS ALLEGEDLY SHOT
AND KILLED TWO PROTESTORS AND
WOUNDED A THIRD.
RITTENHOUSE IS FACING TWO FIRST
DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND OTHER
FELONIES IN RELATION TO THE
SHOOTINGS.
>> ON A PROGRAMMING NOTE IN LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS WTTW NEWS IS IT
LAUNCHING TWO NEW WEEKEND
PROGRAMS PRO FOESED ON
INCLUSIVITY, CELEBRATING THE
RICH CULTURE OF THE LATINO AND
BLACK COMMUNITIES AND HOW THE
COMMUNITIES ARE LEADING TO
POSITIVE CHANGE IN CHICAGO.
JOIN HOST OF US TONIGHT AT 8:00
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A WTTW NEWS COMMUNITY
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WE'LL SHARE PLANS FOR THE NEW
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OF HELPING US SHAPE THE TOPICS
AND VOICES THAT WILL BE
PRESENTED.
YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION BY
HEADING TO WTTW.COM/NEWS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU THERE.
AND NOW TO CAROL MARIN AND THE
MAYOR OF CHICAGO.
CAROL?
>> BRANDIS, CHICAGO IS FACING A
STAGGERING $1.2 BILLION BUDGET
GAP FOR 2021 THAT COMES ON TOP
OF A NEWLY PROJECTED $800
MILLION HOLE IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET.
BECAUSE OF LOST REF FEW FROM
COVID-19.
THAT IS $2 BILLION IN TOTAL.
THIS AFTERNOON MAYOR LIGHTFOOT
SAID A VARIETY OF OPTIONS ARE ON
THE TABLE TO TRY AND HANDLE THE
SHORTFALLS INCLUDING LAYOFFS.
>> PAINFUL CHOICES WILL HAVE TO
BE MADE INCLUDING THE NECESSITY
OF PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS.
>> AS CHICAGO HOPES FOR
ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO MAKEUP SOME OF
THAT LOST REVENUE AND AN ASK
THAT HAS GONE UNANSWERED HERE TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET GAPS,
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT, CITY
BUDGET DIRECTOR SUSIE PARK AND
CHICAGO'S FEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
JENNIE HUANG BENNETT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
>> MAYOR, THE PROPERTY TAX IS
ALREADY 90% OR MORE DEDICATED TO
PENSIONS AND DEBT SERVICE.
EVEN IF YOU RADICALLY AMPED UP
THE PROPERTY TAX IT COULD NOT
BEGIN TO FILL THIS HOLE, COULD
IT?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY PROPERTY
TAXES IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE
HAVE TO KEEP ON THE TABLE.
BUT I'VE BEEN CLEAR EYED WITH MY
TEAM AND ALSO WITH OUR PARTNERS
IN CITY GOVERNMENT THAT THAT IS
REALLY A LAST RESULT.
GIVEN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TASKING WITH THE REALLY SEISMIC
ECONOMIC MELTDOWN THAT MANY ARE
COMPARING TO OTHER GREAT
DEPRESSIONS, THE LAST THING WE
WANT TO DO IS TO ADD TO THE
BURDEN.
WHILE WE CANNOT TAKE THAT OFF
THE TABLE THAT IS THE BOTTOM OF
THE LIST OF OPTIONS.
WE HAVE TO LOOK TO OTHER MEANS
FIRST.
>> MS.  PARK, HOW DO THE DIRE
THINGS IMPACT THE UNRESOLVED
CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
CONTRACT WHERE POLICE OFFICERS
ARE DUE RETROACTIVE PAY RAISES
ONCE THE CONTRACT IS RESOLVED?
>> SO OUR BUDGET FORECAST DOES
INCLUDE A NUMBER.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
AROUND WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING
TO BE AND I KNOW NEGOTIATIONS
ARE ONGOING.
BUT OUR BUDGET FORECAST DOES
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR POTENTIAL
SETTLEMENT.
SOMETIME IN 2021.
>> WHETHER WE CALL IT DEFUND THE
POLICE OR CUT BACK, THIS BIGGEST
OF THE CITY BUDGETS PART, ARE
CUTS TO C.P.D. REQUIRED?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
REQUIRED BUT CERTAINLY WE'VE GOT
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WE'RE
HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND CERTAINLY I THINK RECENT
POLLING HERE IN CHICAGO AND
NATIONWIDE, I THINK IT'S SHOWN A
BIT OF A SHIFT.
THE FUNDAMENTAL THING THAT
GOVERNMENT MUST DO IS KEEP OUR
RESIDENTS SAFE CORE TO WHAT OUR
PRIMARY MISSION IS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN
THINK ABOUT DOING THAT.
WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY DEFUND,
AND PRESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE
SIGNED UP TO HASHTAG WITH RARE
EXCEPTIONS DO I HEAR SOMEONE SAY
LITERALLY THEY WANT TO CUT THE
NUMBER OF POLICE PERSONNEL.
AND PARTICULARLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN
OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER
WITH THE CHALLENGES IN THE SPIKE
OF VIOLENCE, I THINK A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY SAY NO WE
DON'T WANT TO CUT POLICE
SERVICES BUT WE WANT TO BE SMART
ABOUT THE MONEY WE SPEND.
AND THE OTHER PART IS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR INVESTMENTS
IN INDIVIDUALS, IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT WE HEAR A LOT IS, WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO BUILDING
HEALTHY AND VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOODS GET FUNDED AND I
AGREE WITH THAT AND WE MADE THAT
A PRIORITY IN OUR 2020 BUDGET
AND WE WILL MAKE THAT A PRIORITY
IN OUR 2021 BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION WHO SHOULD BE THE
RESPONDER?
WHEN WE DON'T FULLY FUND SOCIAL
SERVICES WHETHER IT'S JOB
CREATION OR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL
HEALTH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, WE ARE
EFFECTIVELY DEFUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
AND I'VE HEARD THAT IS NOT A
FAIR TRADE.
WE WANT TO GET THE PROPER
FUNDING TO SUPPORT HEALTHY AND
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE
AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO ANSWER WHO SHOULD
BE THE FIRST-RESPONDER?
AND WE HAVE FOR WAY TOO LONG
SAID THE POLICE.
AND THAT SET THEM UP FOR
FAILURE.
THEY ARE RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT
CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT IS WAY
BEYOND THEIR TRAINING AND WAY
BEYOND WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT
LOOKING AT EITHER CO-RESPONDER
MODELS OR ALTERNATIVE RESPONDERS
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND MAKE
SURE IF WE MAKE THAT PIVOT TO
OTHERS RESPONDING, THAT WE HAVE
A ROBUST TRIED AND TRUSTED
INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE
RESPONSES ARE REAL AND MEET THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE.
>> MS.  BENNETT IS REFINANCING
PENSION DEBT ON THE TABLE?
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR
PENSION BOND IN GENERAL AND HOW
WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO
CLIMB THE RAMP.
THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO
CLIMBING THE RAMP AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE POLICE AND FIRE
FUNDS ARE PAYING WHAT
INDEPENDENT EXPERTS SAY WE
SHOULD PAY AND WE ARE COMMITTED
TO DOING THAT GOING FORWARD.
HOW WE FUND THAT HAS TO BE A
CONVERSATION WITH EVERYONE AND
WE'VE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.
>> PAUL VALLIS PREDICTED A CODE
RED FINANCIAL MELTDOWN FOR THE
CITY AND THE VIRUS WAS UNDERWAY
TO WHICH MAYOR YOU SAID THIS...
>> THE SUGGESTION THAT SOMEHOW
OUR CITY BUDGET IS IN TATTERS AS
Mr. VALLIS DRAMATICALLY
SUGGESTS IS FOOLISH.
>> DID THE THREE OF YOU NOT SEE
THE SEVERITY OF THIS CODE RED
CRISIS OR NOT ACT SOON ENOUGH?
MAYOR?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
WHEN WE WERE SITTING IN APRIL, I
DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD HAVE
PREDICTED THE SEVERITY OF THE
ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AND CERTAINLY
NO ONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD
HAVE FAILED TO LEAD IN TERMS OF
THE RESPONSE TO COVID-19, FAILED
TO LEAD IN MAKING SURE THAT
THERE WAS ROBUST TESTING.
AND THAT WE WERE GETTING THE
RESOURCES THAT WE NEEDED TO
RECOVER.
AND NOT PUSHING REOPENING FASTER
THAN IT SHOULD BE.
WE WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT
SITUATION IN OUR CITY IF WE
WEREN'T SEEING THE INCREASE IN
CASES NOT ONLY HERE IN CHICAGO
AND ILLINOIS BUT NATIONALLY.
THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE ITS JOB
AND THE STATES AND LOCALITIES
WERE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES
IS PART OF THE CRISIS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN ENDURING.
AND WE SHOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT
POSITION AS A NATION.
WE ARE THE WEALTHIEST NATION IN
THE WORLD.
WE SHOULD BE LEADING NOT ONLY IN
THE RESPONSE TO COVID BUT THE
RECOVERY.
AND WE'RE NOT IN PART BECAUSE OF
THE FAILED LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
COULD HAVE PREDICTED REASONABLY
BACK IN APRIL.
BUT DESPITE THAT FACT, WE'VE
DONE, I THINK, REASONABLY WELL
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
FOR OUR 2020 BUDGET GAP WE ARE
$550 MILLION ON HER WAY TO $800
MILLION AND WE BELIEVE WE WILL
BE ABLE TO COVER THAT WITH A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT RESPONSES.
AND 2021 IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THERE, AGAIN, 65% OF THE 1.2
BILLION RELATES TO COVID.
AND IT'S PURE AND SIMPLE.
IF WE WEREN'T FACING THE COVID
MELTDOWN AND THE EFFECT ON OUR
ECONOMY BOTH HERE IN CHICAGO AND
ILLINOIS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
WE WOULD BE IN DECENT SHAPE FOR
NEXT YEAR AND WE WOULD BE HAVING
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
COVID-19 IS STILL VERY MUCH PART
OF OUR PRESENT.
IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO BE
DILIGENT IN DOING THE THINGS WE
KNOW THAT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE,
SOCIAL DISTANCING, FACE
COVERINGS IN PUBLIC OUR ECONOMY
WILL CONTINUE TO SPUTTER AND WE
WILL NOT HAVE THE ROBUST
RECOVERY THAT WE NEED.
>> MAYOR YOU SAID WE NEED TO
CHANGE THE TONE OF OUR DISCOURSE
AND YOU INCLUDED YOU ALSO
YOURSELF.
YOU AND THE ALDERMEN OR YOU AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> I THINK I MADE THE FIRST MOVE
TODAY BY STATING THE TOPIC.
OUR DISCOURSE HAS BECOME
DISCOURSE.
PEOPLE RETREAT TO THEIR CORNERS
AND FILLFY QUOTE UN--
VILIFY THE OTHER.
NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR BICKERING
AND RHETORIC.
WE SEE WAY TOO MUCH OF THAT AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE DON'T NEED
THAT HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
BUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A
CITY, THE ONLY WAY WE GET
THROUGH THIS IS BY WORKING
TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT.
I'VE GOT TO DO BETTER.
I'VE GOT TO DO MORE AND I'M
ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO DO THAT
WHICH IS WHY I MADE THAT A
FEATURED PART OF MY SPEECH
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A CITY
IN LISTENING TO EACH OTHER.
COMING TOGETHER TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS AND NOT TALKING PAST
EACH OTHER AND ASSUMING THAT THE
OTHER HAS BAD INTENT.
>> MAYOR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
TALKING TO YOU AND YOUR AIDES
FOR MUCH MORE THAN THE BUDGET
DISCUSSION WE LOOK FORWARD TO
TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO COMEBACK AS
SOON AS YOU CAN.
BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE CITY SAVES $1 MILLION
AFTER EMBATTLED ALDERMAN ED
BURKE WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP
CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL'S
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
BURNING RESIGNED AS COMPARE IN
JANUARY 2019 WHEN CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTED EXTORTION.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS
HEATHER CHERONE.
ALDERMAN ED BURKE WAS CHAIR OF
THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR QUITE
SOMETIME HOW DID HE USE HIS
POSITION TO BECOME ONE OF THE
MOST POWERFUL POLITICIANS IN
CITY HALL?
>> HE WAS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
AND USED THAT POWER TO CREATE A
CITY HALL WITHIN A CITY HALL.
HE HAD A STAFF OF 30.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO USE THAT
STAFF AS SORT OF HIS OWN EYES
AND EARS ACROSS CITY HALL.
AND HE CONTROLLED THE PURSE
STRINGS.
IF YOU WANTED HIS SPEND MONEY
YOU HAD TO GET HIS BLESSING OR
IT WOULD NOT APPEAR ON THE
AGENDA WHICH IS WHY IT WAS SUCH
A SEE CHANGE WHEN HE --
SEA CHANGE WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO
GIVE UP THAT POWER AFTER CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED EXTORTION.
HE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY AND COULD
GO TO TRIAL IN THE SPRING OF
2021.
>> THE CITY WAS SAVING $1
MILLION.
WHAT CHANGED?
>> IT'S MOSTLY STAFFING.
ED BURKE HAD A STAFF OF 30.
THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN SCOTT HAS A
STAFF OF THREE.
ALSO ALDERMAN DOES NOT HAVE A
SIX-MEMBER SECURITY DETAIL LIKE
ALDERMAN ED BURKE DID.
HE HAD THAT DATING BACK TO THE
ERA OF HAROLD WASHINGTON WHEN HE
SAID HE WAS THREATENED BY FORMER
MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON
SUPPORTERS WHOM HE TRIED TO
THWART AS PART OF THE COUNCIL
WARS ERA OF CHICAGO POLITICS.
>> WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE
CRIMINAL CHARGES HE IS FACING?
>> LIKE I SAID HE COULD GO TO
TRIAL AS SOON AS NEXT SPRING.
HE WILL BE IN FRONT OF A JUDGE
THIS WEEK WHERE HE WILL START TO
MAKE HIS ARGUMENT AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY
IN TAPPING BOTH HIS CITY HALL
PHONE LINES AND HIS CELLPHONE.
HE HAS SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
CORRECT PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO SO
SO HE WANTS ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE
TOSSED OUT.
WHICH COULD MAKE IT REALLY HARD
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVE
THEIR CASE IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL.
>> HOW HAS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT
CHANGED THE WAY CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEES OPERATE?
>> WELL, I TOOK A DEEP DIVE IN
THE AUDIT SO SEE WHAT CHANGED
UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AND SHE HAS
SCALED BACK SPENDING FOR SEVERAL
OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND SHE HAS USE TO DO TO SORT OF
NARROW DOWN WHAT EACH COMMITTEE
HAS ITS PURVIEW OF.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SHE
CREATED NEW COMMITTEES MOST
IMPORTANTLY A NEW COMMITTEE ON
ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
WHICH IS VERY MUCH IN KEEPING
WITH HER CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF
THE 2019 MAYORAL ELECTION.
>> GREAT REPORTING FROM HEATHER
CHERONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S
STORY ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING
DETAILS OF THE SPENDING OF OTHER
COMMITTEES THAT IS AT
WTTW.COM/NEWS.
>> AS THE SUMMER NEARS ITS END
CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES ARE
SEEING COVID-19 CASES RISE AMID
FEARS THAT THE FLU SEASON COULD
EXACERBATE THE PANDEMIC AND AS
ILLINOIS SURPASSES 8,000 DEATHS.
JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE STATE
OF CORONAVIRUS IN CHICAGO IS
Dr. ALLISON ARWADY,
COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
Dr. AR WADDY, COLIN McMAHON.
>> THE CITY IS NOT ADD
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY ARE MAKING
THE CHOICE?
>> WE HERE IN CHICAGO WERE CLEAR
THAT BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE
WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY SPREAD OF
COVID THAT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT
TESTING FOR ASYMPTOMATIC
CONTACTS.
I THINK THE CITY IS ATTEMPTING
TO PUT SOME OF THIS MORE BACK ON
STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS RECOGNIZING THAT
THERE MAYBE PLACES WHERE COVID
IS IN GOOD CONTROL.
BUT I THINK THE SCIENCE SUGGESTS
THAT WE NT WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO CONTROL COVID AND THAT
MEANS CONTINUING TO TEST
ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS.
I THINK LOST IN THAT MESSAGING
WAS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS
BEEN A CONTACT TO A POSITIVE
CASE, EVEN IF THEY GET A TEST
THAT IS NEGATIVE THAT DOES NOT
GET THEM OUT OF QUARANTINE.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD A REAL
CONTACT TO A COVID CASE NEEDS
14-DAYS OF QUARANTINE REGARDLESS
OF TESTING.
I WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND HERE
IN CHICAGO WE CONTINUE TO
RECOMMEND THAT TESTING.
>> THE CITY IS THAT CHANGING ITS
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE
CDC'S NEW ONES.
HAS THERE BEEN FALLOUT AND THE
RESPONSE TO NOT TAKING ON THE
GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC?
>> NOT REALLY.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE
GUIDELINES SAID, ONE OF THE
EXCEPTIONS TO THAT
RECOMMENDATION WAS IF THE LOCAL
OR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE
TO GET TESTED.
THE ONLY REAL CONCERN AND IT'S
BEEN MY CONCERN WHERE THERE IS
NOT CONSISTENT MESSAGING AT THE
LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL,
I THINK COVID CAN BE CONFUSING
FOR PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSET AND
LEAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE MIXED IDEAS
ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT THING THEY
SHOULD DO.
AGAIN HERE IN CHICAGO, IN
ILLINOIS, WE REMAIN AT HIGH-RISK
FOR COVID AND WE HAVE NOT
CHANGED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND
WON'T UNTIL WE ARE IN A BETTER
PLACE.
>> ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TOP
MEDICAL ADVISER SCOTT ATLAS
WANTS THE WHITE HOUSE TO EMBRACE
HERD IMMUNITY WHICH IS
CONTROVERSIAL IN THE CONTEXT OF
COVID-19.
DOES THIS ALARM YOU?
DOES IT MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU
TO DO YOUR JOB?
>> MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE A
VERY, VERY LONG WAY FROM HERD
IMMUNITY HERE.
AND THE WAY YOU GET TO HERD
IMMUNITY THE RIGHT WAY S.
THROUGH A VACCINE.
WHERE YOU HAVE A VACCINE
AVAILABLE YOU CAN CONSISTENTLY
VACCINATE ENOUGH PEOPLE SO THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOGNIZED COVID
AND IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO COVID
THAT WILL NOT GO ON TO SPREAD
IT.
BUT WITHIN THE ABSENCE OF A
VACCINE EMBRACING HERD IMMUNITY
YOU ARE EMBRACING THE
RECOGNITION THAT MANY, MANY,
MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL GET COVID
AND SOME PERCENTAGE OF THOSE
PEOPLE WILL BE HOSPITALIZED AND
DIE.
IF I THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSE TO
HERD IMMUNITY MAYBE THAT COULD
MAKE SENSE BUT EVEN HERE IN
CHICAGO WITH THE ESTIMATES THAT
PROBABLY 5-10 TIMES THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID.
WE HAVE 5-10 TIMES OF PEOPLE
THAT HAD COVID AND DID NOT KNOW
IT.
WE ARE WAY UNDER WHAT WE NEED
FOR HERD IMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD
APPROACH AT THIS POINT.
GIVEN WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IN
TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE AND
FRANKLY SERIOUS ILLNESS.
>> SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY IS AT A
WARNING LEVEL FOR THE VIRUS.
AMONG 30 COUNTIES.
HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO MANAGE
THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN MANY LIVE
IN SUBURBS BUT WORK IN THE CITY?
>> YEP, ABSOLUTELY.
AS YOU'VE HEARD US SAY MANY
TIMES WE DON'T HAVE A WALL
AROUND CHICAGO AND I WORRY NOT
JUST ABOUT SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY
BUT MANY PLACES IN ILLINOIS ARE
SEEING SURGES OF COVID.
WE'RE SEEING SURGES IN INDIANA.
IOWA IS WORSE IN THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF NUMBER OF CASES PER
POPULATION.
WE'RE SEEING RISES IN THE
DAKOTAS.
THE MIDWEST BROADLY IS NOT IN
GREAT SHAPE FROM COVID.
I NEED FOLKS HERE IN CHICAGO TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS WE
KNOW WORK.
WEAR THE MASKS.
KEEP THAT DISTANCE.
WASH YOUR HANDS.
IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT
IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT
AND TO BE CAREFUL AMONG PEOPLE
EVEN THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE
PUTTING THEIR GUARD DOWN, FAMILY
AND FRIENDS THAT IS HOW WE'RE
SEEING A LOT OF COVID SPREADING
AT THIS POINT.
>> WHAT MIGHT ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS LOOK LIKE IF
CHICAGO CASES CONTINUE TO
INCREASE?
>> SO WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE 350
NEW CASES PER DAY MARK.
WE WERE AT 352 TODAY ON THIS
SLOW RISE.
AND IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TURN
THAT AROUND, PARTICULARLY IF WE
GET TO A POINT WHERE ALL ALONG
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IF WE GET TO
400 NEW CASES PER DAY THAT WOULD
LIKELY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS.
WE PROBABLY WOULD START WITH
LIMITING GATHERING SIZES.
AGAIN THIS RECOGNIZED WHEN WE
HAVE THAT MANY NEW CASES THE
CHANCES ARE HIGHER THAT ANY
GATHERING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
WITH COVID WHO DON'T KNOW IT.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
EXAMPLES.
WE WOULD LOOK AT THE DATA AND
WHAT IS DRIVING THIS INCREASE?
ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN MORE
SURGICALLY WORK ON DECREASING
RISK THERE.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE TO TAKE
THE MAJOR STEPS BACKWARDS INTO A
SHELTER IN PLACE.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE PEOPLE
DO THE RIGHT THING AND BE MORE
FOCUSED IN OUR APPROACH
DEPENDING WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
>> THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE
DEALT WITH MORE 10,000 DEATHS
THIS YEAR SO FAR.
MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE DEATHS
ARE CONNECTED TO COVID-19.
AND A THIRD OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
BLACK.
HERE IS WHAT COOK COUNTY BOARD
PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE SAID
LAST WEEK.
>> AND ONCE AGAIN, THE BURDEN IS
BEING FELT DISPROPORTIONATELY IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WHILE A QUARTER OF OUR COUNTY'S
POPULATION IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
24%, CLOSE TO 43% OF THE CASES
THIS OFFICE SEES ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS.
33% OF THOSE WHO SUCCUMB TO THE
CORONAVIRUS ARE BLACK.
>> WITH FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR
LEFT WILL THOSE COMMUNITIES SEE
MORE DEVASTATION?
>> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.
WHAT I WOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY
HERE IN CHICAGO WHERE NEARLY A
THIRD OF THE POPULATION IS BLACK
AND A THIRD OF THE POPULATION IS
LATINX AND A THIRD IS WHITE WE
ARE SEEING ALMOST HALF OF OUR
NEW CASES IN LATINX CHICAGOANS
THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST NUMBER
IN TERMS OF CASES.
AND WE ARE SEEING 43% ACROSS THE
WHOLE TIME PERIOD OF DEATHS
BEING IN BLACK CHICAGOANS.
MORE DEATHS IN BLACK CHICAGOANS
AND MORE CASES IN LATINX
CHICAGOANS.
AND WE HAVE VERY MUCH FOCUSED
RESOURCES AND HEAVILY LATINX AND
BLACK COMMUNITIES PASSING
OUTREACH.
AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS.
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
WORKING JOBS THAT THEY CANNOT DO
REMOTELY.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE LESS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPREADING OUT
AT HOME LIVE IN
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSING.
BE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF STRUCTURAL
REASONS WHY WE SEE SOME OF THAT
AND DIFFERENT CHRONIC DISEASE
DISPARITIES ALREADY ACCOUNT FOR
HALF OF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP
BETWEEN BRACK AND WHITE
CHICAGOANS.
WE ARE WORKING AND FOCUSED ON
THIS AND PARTICULARLY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND LATINX
EXTRA CARE AROUND THE VIRUS AND
EXTRA CARE OF DOING THE THINGS
WE KNOW WORK IN TERMS OF
PROTECTION ARE ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> WE HAVE TO LEARN IT THERE.
THANK YOU TO Dr. ALLISON
ARWADY AS ALWAYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND UP NEXT, TAKING MUSIC
LESSONS VIRTUALLY.
STICK AROUND.
>> ON A PROGRAMMING NOTE IN LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS, WTTW NEWS IS
LAUNCHING TWO NEW WEEKEND
PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE LATINO
AND BLACK COMMUNITIES.
TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. JOIN US
BLACK VOICES FOR A VIRTUAL
EVENT.
YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION BY
HEADING TO OUR WEBSITE,
WTTW.COM/NEWS.
>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD A
QUARANTINE ACTIVITY TO YOUR
LIST, THE UKULELE MIGHT BE THE
INSTRUMENT FOR YOU.
IT MAY SEEM CHALLENGING BUT
ANGEL IDOWU SAYS THAT'S NOT THE
CASE AND SHE SHARES MORE ON
VIRTUAL LESSONS FROM THE ONLY
UKULELE SHOP IN THE CHICAGO
AREA.
>> ALOHA CITY YOU YOU UKES IS KG
THE CITY ALIVE WITH VIRTUAL
UKULELE LESSONS.
>> UKULELE IS A COMMUNITY.
IT IS A COMMUNITY OF NICE
PEOPLE.
WHICH IS A GREAT THING THESE
DAYS.
>> THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOP
SPECIALIZES IN A QART OF QUALITY
MADE UKES KNOWN AS THE HAPPIEST
INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD.
ITS ABILITY TO LEAVE PEOPLE
FEELING UPLIFTED MADE THE
VIRTUAL TRANSITION AN EASY ONE
WITH BOTH GROUP AND PRIVATE
LESSONS.
>> SALES HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR US
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AT HOME AND
BORED AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
TO DO.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN DO THAT IS NOT EXPENSIVE IT,
DOESN'T TAKE THAT MUCH OF A
COMMITMENT TO START PLAYING AND
IT'S FUN.
IT MAKES PEOPLE SMILE.
WE NEED MORE OF THAT THESE DAYS.
>> BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE
WERE ENCOURAGED TO COME INTO THE
STORE AND PICK OUT THEIR OWN UK
AND BEGIN LESSONS.
THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY HAS GROWN.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY LEARNING HOW
TO PLAY THE UKULELE IS SO
APPEALING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
RETIRED?
>> THE APPEAL FOR RETIRED PEOPLE
IS IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO PLAY.
A LOT OF INSTRUMENTS LIKE
GUITAR, VIOLIN OR PIANO YOU HAVE
TO PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS.
>> I WILL TEACH YOU WHAT LOVE
THIS IS.
WE USE A C.
>> WE'LL TEACH YOU WITHIN AN
HOUR AND YOU WILL LEAVE KNOWING
A COUPLE SONGS AND THAT IS WHAT
PEOPLE NEED NOWADAYS.
THE OTHER THING THE RETIRED
PEOPLE LIKE IT KEEPS THEIR HANDS
AND MINDS GOING WHEN YOU STOP
DOING WHAT YOU WERE DOING YOUR
WHOLE LIFE YOU NEED SOMETHING TO
DO.
>> LESSONS HAVE BEEN POPULAR FOR
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS
OLD.
IT'S CREATED A BONDING
EXPERIENCE FOR PARENT-CHILD DUOS
LIKE MATT AND DAPHNE.
[♪♪♪]
YOU FEEL CONFIDENT BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY FUN AND YOU ARE PROBABLY
GOING TO GET THE HANG OF IT
REALLY FAST.
>> TAKE YOUR RING FINGER AND PUT
IT ON THE HIGHEST STRING AND
STRUM WITH YOUR THUMB.
THAT A C CORD.
>> I TOOK HER ADVICE IN MY FIRST
EVER UKULELE LESSON.
>> YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.
>> PERFECT.
WE'RE ALREADY A DUO.
[♪♪♪]
MUSIC IS REALLY KEY RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE IS A TIME WHEN WE NEED
AN EMOTION AT LIFT IT'S NOW.
AND WHAT BETTER THAN THE
HAPPIEST INSTRUMENT ON THE
PLANET?
>> GET IN THERE DAPHNE.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M
ANGEL IDOWU.
>> AWESOME.
THAT IS PERFECT.
YOU GOT THE TIMING RIGHT.
>> LESSONS ARE EVERY SUNDAY AND
TUESDAY ANGEL IS DOING WELL.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR
INFORMATION.
STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" WHAT AIRLINES ARE
CHANGING ABOUT THEIR
CANCELLATIONS POLICIES TO KEEP
FLYERS AND BOARD THAT AND MORE
FROM CRANES.
THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN
CHICAGO BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE.
ON OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY A CALL
TO END A SPIKE IN DRUG-RELATED
DEATHS IN COOK COUNTY.
AND THE COFOUNDER OF WOMEN'S
RESTAURANT WEEK ON THE NEED TO
CHANGE FOR CHANGE IN THE
CULINARY INDUSTRY.
>> BUT FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S
TOP STORIES.
SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS
THAT HIS REORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT TO BRING THE CITY'S
VIOLENCE UNDER CONTROL IS HAVING
AN EFFECT.
BROWN SAYS HIS REORGANIZATION
CREATING CITYWIDE TEAMS TO
TARGET VIOLENT CRIME PRIMARILY
ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES WENT
INTO FULL EFFECT IN LATE JULY.
>> SIX WEEKS SINCE THE TEAMS
HAVE BEEN CREATED AND THE
PREVIOUS SIX WEEKS MURDERS ARE
DOWN 50% AND SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN
15%.
OVERALL CRIME THIS YEAR IS DOWN
19%.
IN CHICAGO.
FOR 2020.
>> BROWN SAYS THE TWO POLICE
OFFICERS SHOT ON SUNDAY MORNING
WERE PART OF THE NEW
ANTIVIOLENCE TEAMS.
>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ADMITS SHE
NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
REACHING OUT TO CRITICS IN
REMARKS SHE APPEARED TO OFFER AN
OLIVE BRANCH TO CRITICS.
>> I NEED TO PUSH MYSELF HARDER
TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH WHOM I
DO NOT AGREE.
AND WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH ME.
IF YOU ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING A
BETTER TOMORROW FOR OUR
RESIDENTS, THEN I WILL BE MORE
INTENTIONAL TO FIND COMMON
GROUND WITH YOU.
REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL DO
THE SAME.
>> MEANWHILE, THE ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CONFIRMS 1600 NEW CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS SINCE YESTERDAY AND
SEVEN ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
>> CHICAGO'S SECOND LARGEST
HOTEL IS HIT WITH A $300 MILLION
FORECLOSE LAWSUIT PROVING IT'S
NOT IMMUNE FROM THE PANDEMIC'S
EFFECTS ON THE HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY AND AIRLINES ARE MAKE
BIG CHANGES TO KEEP FLYERS
ONBOARD.
HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES
IS CRAIN'S BUSINESS EDITOR ANN
DWYER.
OL' THERE IS NO DOUBT OBVIOUSLY
THERE IS NO DOUBT THE
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
HIT HARD BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE PALMER HOUSE?
WHY IS IT FACING THIS FORECLOSE
LAWSUIT?
>> IN PART IT'S JUST THAT
MASSIVE HOTELS LIKE THE PALMER
HOUSE WHICH HAS AN ENORMOUS
RETAIL SPACE BUT DERIVES A TON
OF REVENUE FROM LARGE EVENT
SPACES, HAS REALLY BEEN HIT WITH
A TRIPLE WHAMMY BY THIS
DOWNTURN.
OBVIOUSLY RETAIL IS CHALLENGED
BEFORE THE COVID EPIDEMIC HIT.
BUT SINCE MARCH THE EVENTS
BUSINESS DRIED UP AND THAT IS
ONE REASON WHY WELLS FARGO IS
GOING AFTER THE OWNER OF THE
HOTEL NOW CLAIMING THAT THEY'VE
MISSED A MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND
IT'S QUITE A MESS.
>> SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE
LARGEST AND HIGHEST PROFILE
FORECLOSE LAWSUIT TO HIT THE
DOWNTOWN AREA.
DO ANALYSTS SUSPECT THIS WILL BE
THE NORM?
WILL WE SEE MORE?
>> I THINK THIS COULD BE A
HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME.
EMFOR HOTELS LIKE THIS ONE THAT
DO RELY SO MUCH ON EVENTS AND
CONVENTION BUSINESS.
I THINK THIS COULD BE THE
BEGINNING OF A REALLY TOUGH
PERIOD FOR DOWNTOWN HOTELS.
>> AND THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY HAS
TAKEN QUITE A HIT AND AMERICAN
AND UNITED SAY THEY'VE MADE
CHANGES TO GET FLYERS BACK
ONBOARD.
WHAT ARE THE CHANGES?
>> WELL, UNITED HAS GOTTEN RID
OF THE DREADED $200 FLIGHT
CHANGE FEE WHICH EVERYBODY HATED
ANYWAY.
SO IT IS A GOOD THING THEY ARE
GETTING RID OF IT.
AND A LOT OF RIVALS ARE
FOLLOWING SUIT.
DELTA AND AMERICAN HAVE SAID
THEY ARE GOING TO DROP THE FEE.
SO MANY TRAVELERS HAVE HAD TO
CHANGE PLANS BECAUSE OF COVID
AND I THINK THIS IS A
RECOGNITION THEY ARE TRYING TO
EASE MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS' PAIN.
>> ARE WE SEEING THE CHANGES
ACROSS THE BOARD?
IS THIS A WAY FOR AIRLINES TO
KEEP UP WITH RIVALS AND ENTICE
TWAFLERS BACK?
>> OWE HE TRAVELERS BACK?
>> IT IS A COMPETITIVE
ENVIRONMENT.
THEY ARE ALWAYS CHECKING ONE
ANOTHER'S PRICES AND TRY TO
PRICE MATCH AND UNDERCUT EACH
OTHER.
AMERICAN IS GOING A STEP
FURTHER.
THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO ALLOW
THEIR ECONOMY CUSTOMERS TO PAY
UP TO UPGRADE TO BETTER CABINS
AND MORE LEG ROOM.
I THINK THAT THE COMPETITION FOR
THE FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING
TO FLY RIGHT NOW IS ONLY GOING
TO GET PORE INTENSE.
>> CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
EDITOR ANN DWYER THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED IN
JULY TO $13.50 IN CHICAGO AND
$10 THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS BUT NOT FOR
EVERYONE.
AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH
MORE.
AMANDA?
>> BRANDIS, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE JUST THAT, A
MINIMUM, A FLOOR BUT THERE ARE
EXCEPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU SIT HERE
UNDER 18 ILLINOIS ALLOWS YOU TO
BE PAID $8 AN HOUR.
BUT ALSO TIPPED WORKERS,
WAITERS, WAITRESSES, THOSE WHO
DO GET A PAYCHECK FROM A
BUSINESS BUT THEN DEPENDS ON
DINERS TO OFFSET THAT.
THE STATE TIP'S MAJOR IS $6.
>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SAY WE
ARE INDEED THE LEGACY OF SLAVE
WAGES.
WE ARE INDEED THE LEGACY OF
SUBMINIMUM WAGE HERE IN OUR
GREAT STATE OF ILLINOIS.
>> IT'S PART OF A NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN THAT SEEKS TO GET RID
OF THE TIERED MINIMUM WAGE SO
THAT TIPPED WORKERS WOULD MAKE
THE STANDARD MINIMUM WAGE LIKE
OTHER EMPLOYEES.
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE
BECAUSE OF THEIR OCCUPATIONS AS
WELL AS RACISM THAT LEADS TO
LOWER TIPS.
>> BLACK AND BROWN WORKERS ARE
THE LEADING WORKERS IN THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.
BLACK WOMEN, LATINOS WE ARE THE
LEADING WORKERS IN THIS
INDUSTRY.
>> THE IDEA THAT TIPPED WORKERS
SHOULD EARN LESS THAN A LIVING
WAGE HAS AN UGLY HISTORY IN OUR
COUNTRY.
IT'S TIED TO THE LONG EXCLUSION
OF WOMEN, BLACK AND BROWN
SERVICE WORKERS FROM LABOR LAW
PROTECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THIS HISTORICAL INJUSTICE IS
WITH US TODAY.
>> COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS
AS AN IMMIGRANT AND SOMEONE WHO
USED TO WORK FOR TIPS SHE STANDS
WITH SOLIDARITY WITH TIPPED
WORKERS ESPECIALLY NOW DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
IN CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE, BLACK
AND LATINO INDIVIDUALS MAKEUP A
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
COVID-19 CASES.
>> WHY?
BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE AND
THEY HAVE TO WORK.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
THIS IS UNFAIR.
IT IS RACIST.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
ALL WORKERS FOR ALL WORKERS TO
RECEIVE THE DIGNITY TO RECEIVE A
FAIR WAGE TO RECEIVE A WAGE IN
WHICH THEY CAN LIVE IN THE CITY
OF CHICAGO.
>> NOW, THE SITUATION IS A BIT
MORE COMPLEX.
TIPPED WORKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO
MAKE AT LEAST THE MINIMUM WAGE
AND IF THEY DON'T GET TO THAT
THRESHOLD IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE
EMPLOYER TO MAKEUP THE
DIFFERENCE THAT IS THE ARGUMENT
AT THE ILLINOIS RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION MADE WHEN IT GOT THE
STATE AND CITY TO AGREE ON A
COMPROMISE.
THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
DECLINED TO COMMENT FOR THIS
STORY.
BUT THE RETAIL MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION SAYS REGARDLESS OF
TIERS LEADING UP TO JULY, IT
FOUGHT TO GET BOTH CHICAGO AND
ILLINOIS TO DELAY THE MINIMUM
WAGE HIKE PERIOD DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO CONTROL
COSTS, TRYING TO OPERATE OUR
BUSINESSES PROFITABLY, TRYING TO
ATTRACT PEOPLE BACK INSIDE THE
STORE AND INSIDE THE RESTAURANT
AND ENJOY OUR SERVICE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, NOT
KNOWING HOW WE'RE GOING TO
MANAGE AND HANDLE IT ALL.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT
ENVIRONMENT.
>> REMEMBER, THEY HAVE BEEN
CLOSED FOR MONTHS IN MANY CASES
BEFORE REOPENING.
STILL THEY DID NOT GET THEIR
WAY.
CHICAGO ALDERMAN BYRON
SIGCHO-LOPEZ SAYS HE DOES NOT
BUY THEIR ARGUMENT.
>> QUESTION ABOUT THE THIS IS
GOING TO HURT THE SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THIS IS GOING TO HURT THE
RESTAURANTS.
MORE BUSINESSES AND THE
RESTAURANTS BY OUR SYSTEMIC
FAILURES.
AND THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT TO
MAKE SURE THAT CORPORATIONS PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE.
>> BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE
MINIMUM WAGE THEY ARE BATTLING
WITH IN CHICAGO.
IN JULY AN ORDINANCE REQUIRES
THAT EMPLOYERS SCHEDULE WORKERS
IN ADVANCE WHICH IS COMPLICATED
DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.
ALSO A STATE RULE NOW PUTS THE
ONUS ON BUSINESSES TO ENFORCE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASK
RESTRICTIONS FOR THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
BUSINESSES CAN ALSO FOUGHT
ILLINOIS ON THAT RULE SAYING
IT'S ONE THING TO ASK CUSTOMERS
TO COVER THEIR FACES AND IT'S
ANOTHER TO DEPEND ON BUSINESS
OWNERS TO [INAUDIBLE]
>> OUR EMPLOYEES NOW HIRED AS A
CASHIER NOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE SECURITY GUARDS?
AND HOW FORCEFULLY ARE WE
SUPPOSED TO BE WITH PEOPLE?
WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY STOP SOMEONE
FROM ENTERING, RIGHT?
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO?
YOU WANT US TO CALL 99?
ARE THE POLICE GOING TO SHOW UP.
WHEN THE POLICE SHOW UP THEY
WANT TO ENFORCE AGAINST US FOR
PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS.
>> THE RETAIL ASSOCIATION SAYS
THAT VARIOUS LOCALITIES ENFORCE
THE LAW DIFFERENTLY.
SHE SAYS EVEN IN CHICAGO,
INSPECTORS WILL VISIT BUSINESSES
ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND DIFFERENT
INSPECTORS HAVE DIFFERENT
STANDARDS.
>> EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH
SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW HOW
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY WITH.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR BETTER
DIRECTION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE WE DESERVE THAT AT THE
MINIMUM OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO
AND WE DESERVE A MINIMUM FROM
THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE
ENFORCING.
>> SHE SAYS ELECTED OFFICIALS
CONTINUALLY ASK BUSINESSES WHAT
THEY CAN DO TO HELP.
AND SHE SAYS THIS WOULD HAVE
BEEN A TIME FOR LEADERSHIP TO
HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED.
THEY COULD HAVE HELPED BY
DELAYING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND
ALSO BY WORKING WITH THEM MORE
ON THE COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT
GUIDELINES.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR GOVERNOR
PRITZKER DID NOT IMMEDIATELY
RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR
COMMENT.
BACK TO YOU, BRANDIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ON A PROGRAMMING NOTE IN LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS, WTTW NEWS IS
LAUNCHING TWO NEW WEEKEND
PROGRAMS.
TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. JOIN US FOR
A VIRTUAL EVENT.
CAN YOU JOIN THE CONVERSATION BY
HEADING TO WTTW.COM/NEWS
WTTW.COM/VOICES.
WE ARE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.
FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER...
>> TODAY IS OVERDOSE AWARENESS
DAY AN EVENT AIMED AT REDUCING
DRUG-RELATED DEATHS AND THE
STIGMA OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDERS.
EARLIER TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE
WEST SIDE HEROIN OPIOID TASK
FORCE SOUNDED THE ALARM HOW
WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM IS AND
HOW IT DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTS SOME CHICAGOANS.
>> EVERYONE STANDING OUT HERE
KNOWS SOMEONE THAT HAS DIED OF
AN OVERDOSE.
KNOWS SOMEONE THAT IS STRUGGLING
RIGHT NOW WITH A SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER.
AND KNOWS SOMEONE THAT IS
STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF
THE DEATH OF SOMEONE FROM A
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
>> JOINING US NOW IS TONY STRONG
A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER WITH
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE HEALTH HELPS
OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY
FACE THE HIGHEST RATE OF HEROIN
OVERDOSES.
WHY IS THAT?
>> THE REASON THAT THAT'S THE
CASE IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TREATMENT, DETOX, NALOXONE
BETTER COMMUNITY HEALTH
SERVICES.
>> IS IT A MATTER OF THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENCIES
ORGANIZATIONS NOT BEING ON THE
GROUND IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO
PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT?
>> I THINK THAT HEARTLAND
ALLIANCE HEALTH WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE OUT THERE ON
THE GROUND BUT A LOT OF TIMES
THESE ENVIRONMENTS ARE SO
SECLUDED.
THAT YOU REALLY NEED A GOOD
OUTREACH TEAM TO GET TO THEM SO
THAT THEY KNOW THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT EXIST FOR THEM TO GET HELP
AND ASSISTANCE.
>> LAST WEEK, WE HEARD FROM THE
COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
ABOUT THE CASE LOAD HER OFFICE
IS FACING.
SHE SAID HALF THE CASES HER
OFFICE HAS HANDLED WERE
CORONAVIRUS-RELATED BUT IT'S NOT
JUST THE VIRUS DRIVING DEATHS.
>> IF WE TOOK THE COVID DEATHS
OUT OF THE EQUATION OUR OFFICE
WOULD BE ON TRACK TO MATCH OUR
CASE LOAD IN 1995, THE YEAR OF
THE CHICAGO HEATWAVE.
WE ARE SEEING UNIMPLEMENTS
DENTED NUMBERS OF OPIOID
OVERDOSES.
IF THE CURRENT TREND CONTINUES
WE WOULD SEE AS MANY OR MORE
THAN 2,000 OPIOID DEATHS THIS
YEAR.
>> NOW, OF THE MORE THAN 10,000
DEATHS, 1400 WERE OVERDOSES.
AND BLACK RESIDENTS ACCOUNTED
FOR HALF OF THOSE CASES.
TONY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO END
THIS RACIAL DISPARITY?
>> WELL, I THINK FIRST OFF THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE MONEY ALLOTTED
AND DEDICATED WHEN IT COMES TO
OVERDOSE AWARENESS.
WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING THE
LOCKS ON THE STREETS.
WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE
THE PROPER MEDICAL CARE THEY
NEED.
IT'S HARD IF I AM IN A HOMELESS
SITUATION FOR ME TO MAKE A
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
STATE AND THE CITY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THEY ALL RECOGNIZE
THIS.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES RIGHT NOW.
HAVE YOU SEEN OF COURSE, THE
PANDEMIC, COVID-19, POLITICAL
POLARIZATION AND RACIAL JUSTICE
DEMONSTRATIONS, HAVE YOU SEEN
ALL OF THESE THINGS COMBINE TO
WORSEN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC?
>> THE REASON IT'S WORSENED IS
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE
COMMUNICATION LEVEL HAS BEEN
DRASTICALLY REDUCED.
IT'S HARDER TO CONTACT WITH
PARTICIPANTS WHO OFTEN DO NOT
HAVE TERMS OR A RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY
CANNOT COME INTO THE CLINIC
BECAUSE OF COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS.
PLACED ON US BY THE STATE AND
THE CITY.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE MORE IS WE
NEED TO GET OUT INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS MORE AND TO LET
THEM KNOW WE ARE STILL AVAILABLE
TO ASSIST THEM WITH ANY HELP
THEY NEED.
>> YOU WORK ON COMMUNITY HEALTH.
WHAT IS HEARTLAND'S APPROACH TO
TACKLING THE OPIOID CRISIS RIGHT
NOW?
>> OUR APPROACH IS BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS STARTING WITH
MYSELF AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS.
I WORK ON THE STAR TEAM AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE THE
PARTICIPANTS WHERE THEY ARE AT.
IT IS NOT ABOUT JUDGING THEM OR
THEIR SITUATION.
IT'S JUST ABOUT THIS IS WHERE
YOU'RE AT AND WE'RE WILLING TO
HELP YOU GET UP OFF OF THE
GROUND BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND AND
WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE BACK.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES?
>> DEFINITELY THERE IS AN
INCREASE IN DEMAND AND ALSO THE
PROBLEM OF BEING ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
NEED US THE MOST.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PERSIST
AND GET OUT THERE INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
ENCAMPMENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WE
HAVE TO OPEN UP THE LINES OF
COMMUNICATION AND WE NEED TO
SUPPORT THE CITY AND THE POLICE.
>> YOU TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT THE
CHALLENGES WITH OFFERING
SERVICES ESPECIALLY DURING THE
PANDEMIC WHEN IT'S REALLY HARD
TO MAKE THAT SORT OF PERSONAL
CONNECTION.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THAT?
>> WELL, IT'S HARD BUT IT'S
DEFINITELY POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE, IS
THAT I HAVE TO QUICK LOOKING AT
THE SITUATION AS IT'S NOT MY
PROBLEM.
I HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE
SITUATION THAT THIS IS ANOTHER
HUMAN BEING THEIR LIFE IS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AS ANYBODY ELSE'S
AND WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED AND
ENGAGED AND WE DO THAT OVER ZOOM
IF POSSIBLE BUT IF NOT WE HAVE
TO GET OUT THERE AND GET BOOTS
ON THE GROUND.
WE HAVE TO GET OUR NAILS DIRTY
INVOLVING THIS SITUATION THAT IS
THE ONLY WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO
IMPROVE AND GET BETTER.
I BELIEVE AT HEARTLAND WE ARE
DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB BUT THE
FUNDING IS NOT ALWAYS THERE.
OTHER THINGS SEEM TO BE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN A HOMELESS ADDICT
AT THIS POINT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT LAWMAKERS,
POLICYMAKERS TO KNOW TO HELP
PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT IS
NECESSARY?
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE
NEED THE SUPPORT.
WE NEED THE PRESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IT.
WE NEED THE STATE AND THE CITY
TO FUND IT.
AND WE NEED GUIDELINES JUST LIKE
THEY WANT CONTACT TRACING FOR
COVID WE NEED CONTACT TRACERS
FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE
OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST IN A
TERRIBLE SITUATION AT THIS TIME
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS GOING AGAINST
THEM.
WE DO NEED LEGISLATION.
>> OK.
TONY STRONG HEARTLAND ALLIANCE
HEALTH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
>> TONIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT TO
DIG IN TO THE FIRST ANNUAL
WOMEN'S RESTAURANT WEEK WHICH
OFFERS DEALS AND SPECIALS AT 20
WOMEN-OWNED AND LED BARS AND
RESTAURANTS IN AND AROUND
CHICAGO.
AS THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY TRIES
TO RECOVER, OUR NEXT GUEST IS
WORKING TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE
CULINARY INDUSTRY.
JOINING US IS ROHINI DEY THE
OWNER OF RESTAURANT VERMILION
AND CO-OWNER OF WOMEN'S
RESTAURANT WOMEN.
WELCOME BACK.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
SHOWCASE WOMEN-LED BUSINESSES AT
THIS TIME?
>> THAT IS A TERRIFIC QUESTION
BECAUSE NOT ONLY ALL OF US ARE
REELING NOT JUST COVID BUT YEARS
OF UNREST WHETHER THE ISSUE OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE WHETHER IT'S
ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT HIT US NOW,
OR WHETHER IT'S THE #METOO
MOVEMENT WHICH STRUCK HIM HARD.
I HAVE ALWAYS CHAMPIONED THEM
FOR A DECADE.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE
IMPORTANT NOW FOR US WOMEN TO
BAND TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE CAN
FIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS THE
BIGGEST FIGHT OF OUR LIVES FOR
OUR BUSINESSES.
IT IS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.
>> THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, YOU
KNOW IT'S FACING A RECKONING OF
ITS OWN OVER BOTH SEXISM AND
RACISM AS A WOMAN OF COLOR IN
THE INDUSTRY WHAT HAVE YOU
EXPERIENCED AND WITNESSED?
>> I'M FORTUNATE BECAUSE OF MY
BACKGROUND I HAVE I CHAMP
UNIONED WOMEN WITHIN MY OWN.
I WRITE.
BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE DOCUMENTED
AND SURVEYED AND TESTED THIS AND
LESS THAN 7% OF LEAD CHEFS TEND
TO BE WOMEN.
AND THE WOMAN IS LEFT TO FEEL --
OWNER IS A RARER BREED.
CHECK, CHECK THE BOX.
MEGA GROUPS.
THERE ARE SO MANY GROUPS IN
CHICAGO, VERY FEW OF THEM ARE
RUN BY WOMEN.
SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
CHANGE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LESS WOMEN
IN THE KITCHEN AND MORE WOMEN
OWNING THEIR OWN RESTAURANTS AND
EXPIFS.
STEP A A TIME.
WE HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
CRISIS.
>> WHAT DOES THE INDUSTRY NEED
TO BE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO
BETTER SUPPORT WOMEN?
>> IT COMES DOWN TO TWO THINGS
AND THIS IS THE PERFECT
QUESTION.
ONE IS AS AN EMPLOYER YOU'VE GOT
TO DO BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT
WOMEN IN YOUR RESTAURANT GET
BETTER POSITIONS AND ARE NOT
STUCK IN THE SOFTER SIDE LIKE
PASTRY CHEF THEY GET TO RUN THE
KITCHENS AND LEARN ALL OF IT
COSTING, MANAGEMENT AND LABOR.
AND MENTOR THEM ACTIVELY.
AND I PERSONALLY FINANCE ALL THE
WOMEN WHO WORK IN OUR RESTAURANT
TO FINANCIAL SEEK COURSES WITH
THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.
FOR WOMEN THEMSELVES THEY'VE
GOT --
IF THEY WANT TO OWN AND EXPAND
THEIR BUSINESSES THEY HAVE TO
INVEST IN THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE
TO EXTERNAL FINANCES.
I AM A BELIEVER IN NOT JUST
THINKING SMALL IN TERMS OF YOUR
OWN SAVINGS OR CREDIT CARD BUT
REALLY GET ONBOARD, RAISE
EXTERNAL MONEY THROUGH DEBT OR
THROUGH EQUITY TO EXPAND YOUR
AMBITIONS.
AND THEN WE CAN ONLY CHANGE THE
GAME.
IT'S OWNERSHIP THAT WILL DRIVE
CHANGE.
>> DATA FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS IN 2012 FOUND
THAT 18.7% OF CHEFS AND
EXECUTIVES CHEFS IN RESTAURANTS
ARE WOMEN.
YOU CITED A NUMBER LOWER THAN
THAT.
DOES IT SEEM LIKE THERE IS MORE
REPRESENTATION IN THE LAST 8-10
YEARS?
>> ARE THE NUMBERS GETTING
BETTER?
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE KNOW THE NUMBER THAT I
CITED THE 7% WAS BLOOMBERG
EXECUTIVE CHEFS OF LEADING
RESTAURANTS.
MAGNITUDE OF WOMEN OWNED
RESTAURANTS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE
OWNED BY WOMEN THAT IS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
BUT 99% DO NOT CRACK THE $1
MILLION REVENUE.
WOMEN WILL BE CONFINED TO TINY
NICHE BUSINESSES AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE TOTEM POLE THAT IS NOT AN
ASPIRATION OF SUCCESS.
>> YOU COFOUNDED THE JAMES BEARD
FOUNDATION'S WOMEN'S
ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO INCREASE
VISIBILITY FOR WOMEN IN TOP
RESTAURANT POSITIONS?
>> I WISH I COULD
SINGLE-HANDEDLY SOLVE THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE NOT JUST
IN OUR INDUSTRY BUT EVERY REALM
OF THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE 200 YEARS OF SUFFERAGE
TWO DAYS AGO.
AND LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS.
WHETHER IT'S IN POLITICS, THE
CABINET, CONFERENCE BOARDS AND
C.E.O.S, IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO I DO THINK UNLESS WE GET A
HUGE NUMBER OF WOMEN INTO
POLICY, POLITICS AND THE TOP
LEVELS OF CORPORATIONS YOU WILL
NOT SEE MUCH POWER IS NEVER
GIVEN YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.
>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
THANK YOU TO ROHINI DEY FOR
JOINING US.
>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS
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TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
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