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As the snow falls, we take a deeper dive into what causes that “lake effect." The veterinary drug linked to a high level of opioid deaths in Cook County. And the issue of mental health front and center in the Chicago mayoral race.
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Jan. 25. 2023 - Full Show
1/25/2023 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
As the snow falls, we take a deeper dive into what causes that “lake effect." The veterinary drug linked to a high level of opioid deaths in Cook County. And the issue of mental health front and center in the Chicago mayoral race.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT WHEN THIS WET AND WARM AIR MASS HITS LAND AND STARTS TO COOL AGAIN, LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
>> SNOW RETURNS.
WE EXPLAIN HOW THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW MACHINE WORKS AND WHY WE MAY BE LUCKY.
>> CONGRESSMAN GARCIA HAS TO COME CLEAN.
>> SHE IS DESPERATE.
>> EARLY VOTING BEGINS TOMORROW.
OUR POLITICS TEAM BREAKS DOWN THE RACE FOR MAYOR.
>>> WE INVESTIGATE HOW MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS.
>> A VETERINARIAN DRUG LINKED TO A HIGH NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATH IN THE COUNTY.
>>> A WOMAN INCLUSIVE GYM THAT TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO WELLNESS.
>>> ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND THE OTHERS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE 15th FLOOR OF A HIGH-RISE ON SOUTH LAKE PARK AVENUE IN KENWOOD.
SOPHIA KING SAYS THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS FOUND IN THE APARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEGAN.
FIRE COMMISSIONER SAYS MORE THAN 300 FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER STAFF RESPONDED TO THE FIRE.
>>> CITY OFFICIALS CUT THE RIBBON ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER.
>> THERE ARE MANY TOOLS THAT WE MUST RELY UPON TO GET TO OUR DESTINATION OF THIS BIG CITY AND THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS MAKING SURE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE FIGHTERS HAVE EVERY TOOL THEY NEED AND IMPORTANTLY IT STARTS WITH TRAINING.
>> THE FACILITY SITS ON A 30 ACRE FORMER RAILYARD.
THE CITY BOASTS THE NEW CENTER HAS A SIX STORY TOWER FOR TRAINING FIREFIGHTERS AND IS A CITYWALK.
THE FACILITY WAS BUILT OVER THE OBJECTION OF HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BELIEVE THE FUNDS SHOULD BE OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HEALTH FACILITIES.
>>> ORGANIZED LABOR IS JOINING THE FIGHT TO BRING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION TO CHICAGO.
CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR RELEASED A VIDEO AD IMPLORING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO BRING THE CONVENTION TO THE HOMETOWN OF AMERICAN LABOR.
LIGHTFOOT AND OTHER OFFICIALS HAVE LOBBIED TO COME HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1996 ALTHOUGH THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE HAS BEEN FOR BOTH PARTIES TO GO TO THE SWING STATES.
>>> CHICAGO IS ONCE AGAIN ONE OF THE TOP COUNTRIES.
11 AREA RESTAURANTS MADE THE CUT THE AWARD CEREMONY RETURNS THIS YEAR ON JUNE FIFTH.
>> YOU POSTED IT.
>> THE COVERAGE FOR IT, COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT IS BEHIND THE SPIKE OF OVERDOSE DEATHS TIED TO THIS DRUG?
>> WE HEAR THE TERM TOSS AROUND ALL THE TIME.
HOW DOES LAKE EFFECT SNOW WORK?
WE EXPLAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.
THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.
>>> LAKE MICHIGAN SERVES THE CHICAGO WEATHER.
COOL IN THE LAKE IN THE SUMMER AND WARM IN THE WINTER.
HOW US DOES IT INFLUX FOR THE CLAIMANT?
>> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SNOW IS BACK IN CHICAGO TODAY AFTER SOMETHING OF A HIATUS.
IT HASN'T ACCUMULATED MUCH OF THE CITY BUT IT HAS BEEN A BIT HEAVIER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BECAUSE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
COMING HERE INSTEAD OF PLACES LIKE BUFFALO WHICH GOT HIT BY MASSIVE SNOW MAKERS, CHICAGO CAN GET HIT IDYLLIC EFFECT.
WE TAKE ON MY QUESTION IN OUR LATEST ADDITION OF NEWS EXPLAINS.
>> BETWEEN THE WIND IN THE COLD, WINTER IN CHICAGO IS NOT A PART.
IT COULD BE WORSE.
ALL WE COULD LIVE IN ONE OF THESE CITIES, THE SNOWIEST IN THE U.S. BY WRONG SIDE, WE MEAN THE SIDE MOST LIKELY TO GET SHOCKED WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
IT IS REAL, UNPREDICTABLE AND CAPABLE OF DUMPING TONS OF SNOW IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAKE, WHEN THE WINTER TURNS ON CHICAGO, WATCH OUT.
WHAT CAUSES LAKE EFFECT SNOW?
COLD AIR AND WARM WATER.
DURING A TYPICAL WINTER, COLD WIND MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH WHICH USUALLY MEANS CANADA.
THEY HOLD ONTO THEIR HEAT LONGER SO WHEN AIR PASSES OVER THE WARMER WATER, IT SUCKS UP MORE SURE LIKE A SPONGE.
DEPENDING WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING, IT MIGHT CROSS A LOT OF WATER.
THE WARM WATER HAS MORE MOISTURE THAT IT PICKS UP.
WHEN THIS WET AIR MASS STARTS TO COOL AGAIN, LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
THE WEIRDEST THING IS HOW IT CAN FALL FAST AND FURIOUS IN ONE PLACE WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING JUST A MILE OR TWO AWAY.
WHAT STORM?
UNLIKE LARGE WEATHER SYSTEMS, THEY TEND TO BE HYPER- LOCAL.
WHAT KEEPS CHICAGO FROM BEING BUFFALO?
HERE, WIND PATTERNS TYPICALLY FLOW WEST TO EAST PUSHING THAT WARM AIR TOWARDS INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.
SORRY, NOT SORRY.
WHEN THE WINDS SWITCH, THAT'S WHEN THE CITY GETS A TASTE OF THE SNOW APOCALYPSE.
CHICAGO WINTER, IT COULD BE WORSE AND SOMETIMES IT IS.
THANKS, LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
>> FORTUNATELY, WE DODGED IT TODAY BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WINDS ARE GOING TO TURN ON US.
ALL THE MEN FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL, IT WAS SNOWING EVERY DAY.
I THINK BUFFALO WILL PROBABLY WIN THIS YEAR.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND WE ALL HAVE OUR HORROR STORIES.
I WILL NEVER FORGET DRIVING BACK FROM CHICAGO TO MICHIGAN WITH CLEAR ROADS THE HALLWAY.
WHAT IS THIS?
IT WAS FALLING SO HEAVY AND SO FAST.
IT WAS THE SCARIEST DRIVE UP LAKESHORE DRIVE.
I WAS HOPING MINE.
>> I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.
I WAS DRIVING TO BUFFALO.
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CANNOT WIPE THE SNOW AWAY FAST ENOUGH.
I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I HAD TO COMPLETELY CHOP.
>> WE KNOW WHY.
WE NEVER KNOW WHEN.
>> YOU CAN SEE MORE FROM A DIGITAL SERIES.
HOW MENTAL HEALTH IS TAKING UP HEADSPACE FOR THE RACE FOR MAYOR.
>> FORMER MAYOR CLOSED HALF OF THE CITIES PUBLICLY RUN MENTAL HEALTH ABILITIES IS STILL RIPPLING ACROSS THE CITY.
NOT ONE, TWO BUT THREE ELECTIONS.
ITS IMPACT ON CHICAGO POLITICS, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE WAY THE CITY PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH CARE??
SHE PROMISED TO REOPEN AS MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS BUT DID NOT DO SO QUICKLY CHANGING HER MIND AFTER TAKING OFF.
SHE SAID IT HAS BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL MORE THAN 28,000 CHICAGOANS.
WE ONLY HAD NINE MONTHS OF DATA.
>> SHE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF HELP MAKING THE CASE.
WHY IS SHE USING HER PROFILE TO BOOST THE MAYOR'S REELECTION??
THEY CAME TO PROMINENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
FREQUENTLY COMING ON OUR SHOW AND SHE HAS SAID WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THE MAYOR HAD THE CORRECT APPROACH AND SHE HOPE SHE IS REELECTED.
SHE HELPED CRAFT THIS PROPOSAL AND SHE SAYS THERE'S NO REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE FROM A PUBLICLY FUNDED CLINIC OR ONE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL COUNTY FUNDING.
>> NONE OF THOSE EIGHT HAVE ENDORSED MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S PLAN.
A MAJORITY HAVE CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS TO BE REOPENED.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST CLINICS SAY THE MAYOR HAVE FAILED.
>> SHE SAYS THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE FROM A PUBLICLY RUN CLINIC AND A NONPROFIT CLINIC CARE.
THEY WILL PAY BETTER AND HAVE BETTER PROTECTION.
SHE SAYS IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CARE.
SYMMETRY IS THE AUTHOR OF A SO-CALLED TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA.
IT HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY SEVERAL CANDIDATE INCLUDING BRANDON JOHNSON.
WHAT IS THAT??
IT'S BECOME A LITMUS TEST AND IT WILL REDUCE THE BUDGET TO HELP REOPEN THESE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AND CREATE A CITYWIDE RESPONSE TO THOSE SUFFERING THAT WOULD NOT INVOLVE A POLICE OFFICER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SHORTLY FOR SPOTLIGHT.
>> YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> BACK TO PARIS, AND EFFECT ARE INVOLVED IN OVERDOSE DEATHS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
>> A VETERINARIAN DRUG ALMOST UNHEARD OF FIVE YEARS AGO HAS MOVED INTO A BIG CAUSE OF OVERDOSE DEATHS.
THEY SHOW A LIKELY INCREASE EVEN MORE LAST YEAR.
MORE ON THAT STORY WITH THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE NEWS TEAM INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, JARED.
THE FIRST OF MANY IMPORTANT STORIES FOR YOU.
HOW IS IT CONNECTED TO THE OPIOID CRISIS HERE?
>> A VETERINARIAN TRANQUILIZER IN THE LOCAL DRUG SUPPLY.
146 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR AND THERE'S BEEN A GREAT INCREASE IN PERCENT.
THERE'S HUNDREDS PENDING.
IT IS A DRUG NOT APPROVED FOR HUMAN NEWS AND HAS A LOT OF NASTY SIDE EFFECTS.
HEART RATE CHANGES AND YOU SEE ULCERS THAT CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO AMPUTATION.
A LOT OF BAD THINGS THERE AND IT GETS EVEN WORSE AS TIME GOES ON WITH FLESH DISINTEGRATION.
>> ANOTHER DRUG TO HEAR ABOUT.
WHAT IS THE RESPONSE?
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THIS GOT PUT ON THE MAP WITH LOCAL RESEARCH HERE.
HARM REDUCTION ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY INTO THIS AND TEST DRUG FOR THE USERS SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN THEIR SUPPLY.
THEY ARE IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HEALTHCARE AND OVERDOSED HOTSPOTS.
IT TARGETS A LOT OF THE EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE CONDITIONS.
IT WAS SOMETHING GOING ON FOR A NATION.
INTERESTING STORY AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU CAN READ JARED'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> THE JESUS CHEWY GARCIA CAMPAIGN CONTROVERSY.
MUCH MORE, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> EARLY VOTING OPENS TOMORROW.
THAT AND MUCH MORE INTO NICE ADDITION OF SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.
JOINING US KNOW, HEATHER SHARON.
AFTER JUST HOURS ON THE AIR, GARCIA CHANGES HIS FIRST TV COMMERCIAL AFTER IT GOT HIM AND A COUPLE OF COPS IN HOT WATER.
>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO A SAFER CHICAGO NOW BY GETTING MORE COPS ON OUR STREET AND ILLEGAL GUNS OFF OF THEM.
>> CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY PREVENTS OFFICERS IN UNIFORM FROM ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
YOU SAW A SHOT THERE WOULD CHEWY GARCIA LOOKING ON AS IF THEY WERE BEING TOLD THE SECRETS TO THE UNIVERSE.
THAT PROMPTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LAUNCH AN ETHICS PROBE AND HE HAS SINCE CHANGED THAT AD.
THE CAMPAIGN RECUT THE ADS SO THAT THE OFFICERS ARE NO LONGER FRONT AND CENTER.
IT CAME AT NOT A GREAT TIME WHEN CHEWY GARCIA WAS TRYING TO GET ALL THE ATTENTION ONTO THE MAYOR FOR HER ETHICS PROBLEM.
>> THAT IS A PLUMP SPOT TO BE AT.
>> HE WAS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY.
HE HAD GOTTEN $200,000 BY SAM BINGAMAN FREED.
HE SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT, I'M GOING TO GO VERY HARD ON CRYPTO REGULATIONS TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, THEY TAKE CONTROL OF THESE COMMITTEES SO THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HIM.
MORE HAVING THIS TO DO WITH PERCEPTION.
>> PEOPLE WITH LOWER SENIORITY WERE DROPPED.
AMANDA, LORI LIGHTFOOT DROPPED ANOTHER.
THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS?
I THINK IT IS JUST THAT.
IT ALSO FEATURES MICHAEL MANN AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU ARE A SUPPORTER OF CHEWY GARCIA, YOU ARE GOING TO BACK HIM.
THEY ARE TRYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THEY CLEARLY SEE GARCIA AS A MAJOR MAJOR CHALLENGE.
THEY WANT HIM OUT OF THE WAY IN THERE THROWING ANY CANDIDATE AT HIM HOPING IT WILL STICK IN AN AREA YOU CLEARLY HAVE RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE REALLY THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY FROM GARCIA.
YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN.
>> SOME OF THESE ADS ME MAKE YOU LOOK AT IT A LITTLE MORE CRITICALLY.
THE ETHICS BOARD RULING AGAINST THE MAYOR WITH THE WHOLE EMAIL TEACHERS AND SOLICITING STUDENTS.
SEE MIKE AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE ETHICS BOARD TO SAY THIS DESERVES INVESTIGATION.
BILL CONLON, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD MADE A CLEAR POINT TO WARN HIM THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE EMAILS AND IF YOU SEND THEM AGAIN, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A COERCIVE ACT.
USING THE POWER TO VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN, THAT WAS A STRONG WARNING FROM THE ETHICS BOARD.
>> IT'S A SIGNIFICANT TIE WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO READ INTO THE POLLS RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE ON MESSAGE WITH THE SINGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT ELECTION.
IT IS WHO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ONCE TO GET TO THE RUNOFF.
IT'S WHY SHE IS PUTTING UP ADS.
IF YOU ARE PROGRESSIVE VOTER, YOU DON'T LIKE LORI LIGHTFOOT.
THIS IS WHAT SHE'S ANGLING FOR.
>> THERE ARE 16 OLDER PEOPLE LEADING CITY COUNCIL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT JIM GARDNER AND THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST GO AROUND WITH THE ETHICS BOARD.
HE HAS TWO MORE COMPLAINTS WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE ETHICS BOARD FOR GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND HARASSING FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHEN THEY WERE PETITIONED AND HE BASICALLY YELLED AT THEM AND ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS SAID HE THOUGHT JIM GARDNER WAS GOING TO PUNCH HIM.
JIM GARDNER IS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR POLITICS AND HE HAD TO GET UP ON THE FLOOR TO APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING TEXT THAT WERE HOMOPHOBIC AND MISOGYNISTIC ABOUT OTHER CITY HALL STAFFERS.
THIS IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT THAT RAISES REAL QUESTIONS WITH THE CONCERN ON CITY COUNCIL.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE SITTING MEMBERS WHO ARE RETURNING IN UNOPPOSED.
HE IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
>> CARS ARE SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S LAWN.
>> IS A PERSON THAT SUED GARDNER BASICALLY.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS FITNESS YEAR GIVEN ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN PILING UP.
>> THAT IS ONE TO WATCH FOR SURE.
THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT, THINK YOU.
>>> WE VISIT A WOMEN INCLUSIVE JIM BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
>>> YOU MIGHT NOTICE GYMS ARE MORE PACKED THAN USUAL IN JANUARY AND NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS ARE IN FULL SWING.
FOR SOME NEW GYM MEMBERS, THIS ENVIRONMENT CAN BECOME A DAUNTING EXPERIENCE.
THEY VISIT A GYM TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO JIM CULTURE.
>> ONE MINUTE.
>> AFTER LEAVING THE CORPORATE WORLD AND HAVING HER FIRST CHILD, SHE TOOK A CHANCE TO OPEN A GYM.
IT'S WHY I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
I GIVE UP MY OLD LIFE JUST TO HAVE THIS COME TRUE.
>> SHE STARTED WW M. IS TO SERVE WOMEN OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
>> I HOPE TO INSTILL HOPE IN OTHER WOMEN TO GO OUT THERE AND FEEL AMAZING.
>> THIS ATTITUDE WAS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR.
>> I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY WHERE I WAS AT A PLACE WHERE I WAS VULNERABLE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SELF-CONFIDENCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USUALLY ALREADY VERY FIT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TAKEN IN BY THAT.
DIDN'T WANT TO BE BRAINWASHED BY THE IMAGE THAT I SEE ON INSTA GRAHAM.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR REALLY FOCUSES IN OUR BRAINS.
>> JOCELYN CARTER LEADS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
A LOT OF THE MEDIA INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA ESPECIALLY THE FITNESS AND ATHLETIC SPACE IS LARGELY GEARED TOWARDS WHITE WOMEN AND HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN FOR WOMEN WITH A PARTICULAR BODY TYPE.
>> WHEN THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE EXERCISE AND FITNESS MORE INCLUSIVE BY TAKING A MORE COMMUNITY CENTERED APPROACH.
>> IT'S NOT JUST FOCUSED ON WHAT THE WEIGHTS ARE IN DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT BUT THERE IS SOME SORT OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND MAYBE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO DO PARTICULAR THINGS TOGETHER AND MAKING A CONNECTION, HAVING IT BE MORE OF A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SPACE.
>> THERE TAKING A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO FITNESS.
WHILE NOT BEING UTILIZED AS A GYM, IT IS CONVERSATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF US HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THINK.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THERAPY AS WELL.
>> A LOT OF US FEEL SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I FEEL LIKE THIS PLACE HAS BECOME AN OUTLET FOR HOW WE HAVE GROWN UP.
>> THE GOAL IS NO LONGER TO LOSE WEIGHT.
IT'S ABOUT MUCH MORE.
IT'S ABOUT BEING ME.
MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR BODIES THAT THEY HAVE AT TIMES STRUGGLED TO LOVE.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL EMPOWERED AFTER LEAVING AND FEEL THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD AND LIFE.
THEY CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES.
>> THE GYM IS NOT WOMEN EXCLUSIVE.
THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE STARTING THEIR NEW FITNESS JOURNEY.
SEE MECCA TO KNOW IN CASE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GYM.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 10:00 P.M. WE TAKE YOU TO CHINATOWN AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS READY FOR THIS WEEKEND'S LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE.
>>> WHAT THAT MEANS FOR LIFELONG RESIDENCE IN THIS WEEK'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.
>>> FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
STAY SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
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