>>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS MOURN AND HONOR PRESTON.

>>> WHERE AN ASSAULT STANDS AFTER A U.S. SUPREME COURT ORDER.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON'S ALLIES PROPOSE A $12 BILLION TAX-HEAVY PLAN.

OUR SPOTLIGHT TEAM BREAKS IT DOWN.

>>> TO SAY SO IS BLATANTLY ANTI-IMMIGRANT.

>> ILLINOIS WEIGHS THE COST.

>> WE MEET A LOCAL EMERGING ARTIST, CELEBRATING HER DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE.

>>> NOW TO A TOP STORY.

A 24-YEAR-OLD TRAGIC POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED IS LAID TO REST ON THE SOUTH SIDE THIS EVENING.

OUR ANNA PRESTON DIED AFTER AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

SHE WAS MEMORIALIZED AS BEING THE BEST OF WHAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD TO OFFER.

A PASSIONATE PUBLIC SERVANT, WHOSE BRIGHT FUTURE WAS ABRUPTLY TAKEN FROM HER.

>> Reporter: THE CASKET, CARRYING THE BODY OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ARIANA PRESTON ARRIVED AROUND 10:30 THIS MORNING.

POLICE OFFICERS, DIGNITARIES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS REMEMBERED THE FALLEN 24-YEAR-OLD AS A RAY OF LIGHT.

THEY SPOKE LOVINGLY ABOUT A FIVE-FOOT TALL 100-POUND DYNAMO.

>> CONFIDENT, DETERMINED, BRAVE, SMART, OUTGOING, BEAUTIFUL, WITTY, LOYAL.

>> THE CURRENT AND FORMER MAYOR RECALLED PRESTON AS A ROLE MODEL, WHOSE LIFE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL YOUNG WOMEN IN CHICAGO.

>> ARIANA PRESTON WAS EXACTLY THE SORT OF PERSON THAT WE WANT TO RECRUIT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PASSIONATE, ENERGETIC, BOLD AND QUIZ TIVE.

>> ARIANA KNEW THAT LAYING HER LIFE DOWN EVEN FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT ALWAYS VALUE LIFE.

THAT IS THE EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

>> Reporter: FOUR TEENAGERS ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER PRESTON WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON MATH.

SHE RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE.

AND.

>> ONE FINAL INTERVIEW LEFT TO DO BEFORE SHE WAS TO GO TO THE ACADEMY.

CHICAGO'S LOSS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FBI'S GAIN.

>> FELLOW OFFICERS REMEMBERED HER AS A DEAR FRIEND, A COLLEAGUE WHO KNEW EXACTLY WHERE SHE WANTED TO END UP.

>> WE WOULD ALWAYS JOKE WITH HER AND SAY THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT.

SHE WAS FIERCE.

SHE KNEW HER STUFF.

SHE WAS A FIRECRACKER.

SHE WAS WITTY.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS LITTLE, SHE WAS BIG.

>> BEFORE PROCEEDING TO HER INTERNMENT, A CUSTOMARY BAGPIPE SALUTE.

HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, PAYING ATTENTION TO A LIFE CUT SHORT, LIKE SO MANY BEFORE HER.

>> A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY MUCH TOO SOON.

BUT IN THAT, WE FIND SOME COMFORT.

BECAUSE NOW, HER NAME LIVES ON FOREVER.

THE WHOLE COUNTRY KNOWS ABOUT ARIANA.

>> AND PRESTON IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS.

HER MOTHER, FATHER, AND STEPFATHER.

>> AND NOW TO SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS ALLOWING ILLINOIS'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN TO REMAIN IN EFFECT AS LEGAL CHALLENGES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH COURT.

JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT HANDLES EMERGENCY APPEALS FROM THIS REGION.

THE FEDERAL CASE INVOLVES CHALLENGES TO BOTH AN ORDINANCE PASSED IN NAPERVILLE.

JUST YESTERDAY, THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS OVER THE LAW'S STATE CONSTITUTIONALITY.

>> HUNDREDS OF LABOR SUPPORTERS TURNED OUT TODAY TO RALLY FOR THE STRIKING WRITER GUILD IN AMERICA.

A RALLY OUTSIDE NBC TOWER, INCLUDED STACY DAVIS GATES, AND OF COURSE, THREE INFLATABLE SCABBIES.

THOSE ARE THOSE BIG RAFTS.

THE WGA HAS BEEN ON STRIKE SINCE MAY 2nd.

THE STRIKE IMPACTS ABOUT 100 WRITERS IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND ABOUT 11,000 NATIONWIDE.

DEMONSTRATORS SAY THEY SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION OF THE SHOWTIME SERIES, "THE SHY," EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> SOME CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL'S PARENTS ARE CALLING TO REDRAW THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BOARD.

ALSO, PRIORITIES, ALLOWING NONCITIZEN PARENTS TO VOTE AND RUN.

>> WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION.

AND THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS ANY OTHER CHILD.

BY ALLOWING CITIZENS TO VOTE IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.

WE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR NEEDS AND CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED.

>> THE GROUP OF PARENTS, ALONG WITH KIDS FOR CHICAGO AND AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TASK FORCE, SAYS THE CURRENT MAP FEATURES 20 DISTRICTS, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE PRIMARILY WHITE.

SEVEN BLACK AND SIX LATINO.

THE GROUP SAYS SINCE 89% OF CPS FAMILIES ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE MAP FAILS TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT.

>>> SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE SEAT HE VACATED.

COUNTY ANNOUNCED A NEW COMMITTEE TO GET THAT DONE IN SHORT ORDER.

THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE OF ELECTED PARTY OFFICIALS FROM WITHIN THE PARTY'S DISTRICT.

THAT INCLUDES EIGHT PEOPLE.

REGISTERED VOTERS FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT HAVE UNTIL MAY 31st TO APPLY.

THE COMMITTEE WILL THEN BEGIN INTERVIEWS AND DELIBERATIONS BEFORE VOTING.

>> SUNSET ISN'T FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.

BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT, IT MIGHT SEEM REDDER THAN USUAL.

THAT'S BECAUSE SMOKE FROM RAGING WILDFIRES IN WESTERN CANADA HAS REACHED CHICAGO, MAKING FOR HAZY SKIES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE SMOKE ISN'T EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER LEVELS OF CHICAGO'S ATMOSPHERE.

BUT IS AFFECTING AIR QUALITY IN STATES CLOSER TO THE BORDER.

A MORE SUBSTANTIAL REGION OF SMOKE AND EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TOMORROW.

FOR MORE ON HOW THAT WORKS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> COMING UP, MAYOR JOHNSON'S ALLIES ARE PUSHING FOR $12 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE.

HOW THEY EXPECT TO GENERATE IT T. >>> FIRST, A FIGHT OVER HEALTHCARE.

AMANDA IS LIVE FROM SPRINGFIELD AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE JIM AND KAY MABEE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> IT'S GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE IF LAWMAKERS WANT TO PASS A BUDGET BY FRIDAY.

ONE HANGUP.

A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

AMANDA JOINS US NOW WITH THAT STORY.

>> YEAH, PARENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS IN FULL SWING.

THE HOUSE IN THE MIDST OF PASSING VARIOUS BILLS.

FURTHERS STILL HAVE TO BE HEARD BY THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER ACROSS THE CAPITOL IN THE SENATE.

BUT ONLOOKERS LIKE MYSELF ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR ONE BILL TO DROP.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE BUDGET BILL.

THE SPENDING PLAN.

THERE HAS BEEN, HOWEVER, A ROAD BLOCK WITH GETTING A BUDGET DONE.

AND THAT IS OVER A PROGRAM THAT ILLINOIS PAYS FOR THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO GREEN CARD HOLDERS AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS.

LOOKING BACK TO A TIME, WHEN HIS MOTHER GOT SICK.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE MORE AFRAID OF THAT HER HEALTH WAS FAILING OR THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD THE COST.

AND NO ONE IN ILLINOIS SHOULD HAVE TO QUESTION, CAN I AFFORD TO STAY ALIVE?

CAN I AFFORD TO KEEP WORKING?

THIS IS COVERED BY ILLINOIS'S FOR SENIORS.

THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID.

SO THIS, THOSE WHO WOULD BE COVERED BY MEDICAID, BUT NOT IMMIGRANT STATUS, ARE COVERED BY THIS RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM.

AT FIRST, IT WAS AVAILABLE TO SENIORS AND EXPANDED TO ADULTS.

NOW, ADVOCATES WANT EVERYONE.

SO ALL OF THOSE, AGED 19 AND OLDER, TO BE ELIGIBLE.

THE HEALTH ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN ESTIMATES THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $200 MILLION.

>> THIS ISN'T BREAKING THE STATE BUDGET.

AND TO SAY SO IS JUST BLATANTLY ANTI-IMMIGRANT.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 0.4% OF THE STATE BUDGET.

>>> BUT A REPORT PROJECTS THAT AN EXPANSION OF THIS WOULD COST NEARLY DOUBLE THAT.

ILLINOIS'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES SAYS IT STANDS BY ITS NUMBERS, WHICH WERE PREPARED, AFTER ALL, BY AN ACTUARY.

THEY POINT OUT THAT PREVIOUS COST ESTIMATES FOR THE CURRENT PROGRAM WERE WILDLY LOW.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER HAS TOUTED THIS PROGRAM.

BUT IS DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM EXPANSION.

INSISTING THAT THE BUDGET THAT LAWMAKERS COME FORWARD WITH HAVE TO BE BALANCED.

>> WHEN WE HEAR POLITICIANS SAY THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR EXTENDING COVERAGE THIS YEAR.

WE'RE HEARING THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH LEAVING 100,000 PEOPLE BEHIND.

WE'RE HEARING THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH LEAVING 100,000 PEOPLE TO GET SICK, TO NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, THE CARE THAT WE ALL DESERVE.

>> SO CERTAINLY PUTTING PRITZKER UNDER PRESSURE.

AND ADVOCATES ARE LAYING ON THE PRESSURE.

TO NOT FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET HEALTHCARE FOR ALL IS NOT HUMANE.

>> SO I URGED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, HSS, TO KEEP WORKING, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THIS.

AND STOP USING THIS AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP.

THESE ADVOCATES SAY THAT THE STATE'S COST ESTIMATES ARE FLAWED BY NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FOR EXAMPLE, FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.

ALSO, THERE ARE EXPECTED, INITIAL COST SURGES, AS YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG-NEGLECTED HEALTH NEEDS.

FINALLY GETTING THEM TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT THEY SAY THAT SPIKE TAKES OFF.

>> SOMEBODY NEEDS ORAL SURGERY, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND OUT OF PAIN.

BUT THEN THEY TRANSITION.

AND THAT'S KIND OF A LOW-SCALE EXAMPLE OF HOW THERE'S A SPIKE IN COSTS.

AND THEN IT SETTLES BACK DOWN.

>> NOW, NEGOTIATIONS ON A BUDGET CONTINUE.

YOU DO HAVE MANY LATINO LEGISLATORS, IN PARTICULAR, INSISTING THAT THE NEW SPENDING PLAN DOES INCLUDE THIS EXPANSION OF HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE OTHER LEGISLATORS THAT ARE UPSET, THAT PARTICULARLY WITH THE GROWING COSTS OF DOING THIS, THAT IT IS EATING UP FUNDING THAT COULD AND SHOULD, SAY, GO TO OTHER DESERVING PROGRAMS.

NOW TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT IS OF THE ESSENCE.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A SPENDING PLAN, AT LEAST FORMALLY INTRODUCED BY SOMETIME THIS EVENING, IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET THE SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE OF ADJOURNING BY FRIDAY.

WE'LL BE WATCHING.

BACK TO YOU.

>> WE, INDEED, WILL.

AND DON'T GO TO THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT JUST YET.

BECAUSE UP NEXT IS OUR POLITICS TEAM.

WE DISCUSS MAYOR JOHNSON'S FIRST DAYS IN OFFICE.

>>> ALLIES DROP A $12 BILLION FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO RAISE TAXES ON BOTH THE WEALTHY AND COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS IN CHICAGO.

ALL OF THAT AND MUCH MORE IN TONIGHT'S EDITION IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US NOW IS THE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

SO PROGRESSIVE NONPROFIT.

DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE POWER OF BIG CORPORATIONS WHOSE LEADERS BACKED BRANDON JOHNSON FOR MAYOR, ROLLED OUT A $12 BILLION PROPOSAL, INCLUDING ENACTING INCOME TAX.

AND CUTS IN SPENDING.

HEATHER, TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND THIS PACKAGE OR WHAT'S IN THIS PACKAGE?

AND ISN'T SOMEONE FROM JOHNSON'S TEAM BEHIND IT?

>> THIS IS -- AND ITS COAUTHOR IS ON THIS.

HE AUTHORED THIS REPORT AS YOU SAID, WHICH WOULD RAISE A WHOLE BUNCH OF TAXES.

TO BASICALLY REINVEST IN CHICAGO'S SAFETY NETWORK.

SO THE GOAL OF THIS REPORT AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM MAYOR JOHNSON IS THE SAME.

BUT THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

HIS TAX PROPOSED $800 MILLION IN NEW TAXES.

NOWHERE NEAR THE $8 BILLION THIS PLAN PROPOSES.

THE OTHER $5 BILLION IN SAVINGS WOULD COME FROM CUTS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN THAT THE MAYOR HAS NOT ENDORSED AND CHANGES TO HOW THE CITY DEALS WITH ITS FINANCIAL SERVICES BY CREATING A PUBLIC THING.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY PUTTING MAYOR JOHNSON ON NOTICE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE, THRILLED THOUGH THEY MAY BE TO BE IN OFFICE, THEY WILL BE MAKING SURE HE KEEPS HIS PROMISES.

LORI LIGHTFOOT DROPPED TO THE CENTER DROPPING A WHOLE HOST OF PROPOSALS, AND THAT HAS SORT OF SCARRED THE COMMUNITY.

>> ISN'T THAT GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC TO WATCH?

FIRST TIME, ORGANIZERS HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN FOR MAYOR.

HOW MUCH RUNWAY ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS.

MANY OF THESE THINGS REQUIRE STATE APPROVAL.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER ON A TAX.

MANY OF THESE THINGS WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

WHEN DOES THE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY GET UPSET WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN SAYING THIS IS OUR TIME AND YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

>> WHAT KIND OF OPPOSITION DO WEALTH AND INCOME TAXES FACE?

>> I THINK THEY FACE A WHOLE LOT OF OPPOSITION HERE IN SPRINGFIELD.

THERE ALREADY HAS BEEN VERY CLEARLY NO APPETITE FOR A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX.

PRITZKER WAS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

HIS ONE REAL PUBLIC MEETING WITH MAYOR JOHNSON.

THEN YOU HAVE PERHAPS SOME OF THIS RUNNING COUNTER TO REQUIREMENTS THAT TAXES ARE FLAT.

YOU'LL MAYBE RECALL THAT THERE WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT GAVE VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THAT ASIDE, SO THERE COULD BE A GRADUATED INCOME TAX THAT WOULD ALLOW THE WEALTHY TO PAY MORE.

VOTERS REJECTED IT.

SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE SEEN AS A TAX INCREASE IS SOMETHING THAT SPRINGFIELD, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN ELECTION.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT BACK.

PARTICULARLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY WANT TO HELP THE MAYOR.

THEY'RE A HANDFUL.

BUT BY AND LARGE; >> THE PROPOSED CUT HAS REALLY BAD TIMING, THE DAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAYS TO REST ONE OF THEIR OWN.

>> PROBABLY.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THAT OR WHAT WAS GOING TO DOMINATE THE NEWS CYCLE TODAY.

BUT BRANDON JOHNSON, AS YOU MENTIONED, WAS THERE, AT THE FUNERAL, GIVING VERY GENEROUS WORDS ABOUT ARIANA'S LIFE, AND TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE WAS THE EXEMPLARY OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF JOHNSON AS MAYOR IS GOING TO LINE UP WITH SOME OF WHAT THESE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ARE ASKING FOR, IN TERMS OF CUTTING FUNDING FOR THE POLICE.

>> SO WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD DO WOULD ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATE A THOUSAND VACANCIES, AND TAKE THAT $100 MILLION AND MOVE IT INTO THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET.

JOHNSON HAS SAID THAT IS A NONSTARTER.

BUT HE DOES WANT TO SORT OF REDIRECT $150 MILLION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BEEF UP EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE CONSENT DECREE.

THIS IS A CONCESSION OF WHAT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE BUT HOW TO DO IT.

AND TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS PHYSICALLY AND POLITICALLY POSSIBLE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

THEY SPOKE AT OFFICER PRESTON'S FUNERAL.

>> ARIANA CHOSE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

FOR WEARING THE BADGE AND PROTECTING AND SERVING HER BELOVED CITY.

I WILL SPEND TIME MAKING SURE THAT MY BLACK DAUGHTER UNDERSTANDS THERE'S A LIFE THERE OF A LIFE WELL LIVED.

>> I'M SO GLAD WE COME FROM A TRADITION WHERE WE CAN GRIEVE AND CELEBRATE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> HEATHER, SURPRISING THEY BOTH SPOKE?

>> IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING.

TYPICALLY, WHEN A MAYOR LEAVES OFFICE, THEY TYPICALLY GO INTO THE SHADOWS.

WE HAVE HEARD A LITTLE FROM RAHM EMANUEL.

BUT IT IS A RARE LOOK WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TALKING ABOUT HER LIFE.

AND SHE WAS MAYOR AS ARIANA PRESTON WAS SERVING AS POLICE OFFICER, SO PERHAPS IT'S FITTING.

>> THE TEARS THAT FAMILY SHED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE LAW ARE THE SAME, WHEN PEOPLE DIE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK JOHNSON WAS TRYING TO TELEGRAPH, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY OF SALEDO?

>> I THINK IT HIT A NERVE.

FOR SOME OF THE -- FOR LACK OF BETTER PHRASE, BLUE LIVES MATTER.

ONE HOURS, PUT OUT A TWEET, CONDEMNING THIS.

AND MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS, WHAT A SHORT HONEYMOON HERE.

BUT HE WENT ON TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ARIANA PRESTON.

I DON'T THINK HE WAS SAYING ONE LIFE AND THED WERE EQUALLY LIVED.

HE WAS SAYING THE SITUATION IS TRAGIC.

A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY GETSUT CAUP IN THE SITUATION.

AND IF YOU'RE A PARENT.

YOU'RE SAD, EQUALLY, THAT THAT WAS YOUR KID.

AND THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THESE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED, IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF THE ONGOING TRAGEDY OF GUN VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GETTING AT.

AND WHEN I HEARD IT, I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR THINGS THAT SOUNDED CONTROVERSIAL TO ME.

BUT CLEARLY, IT STRUCK A NERVE.

>> SO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY RULED ILLINOIS'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN CAN GO THROUGH WHILE LAWSUITS ARE WINDING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.

AND THEY HEARD CASE YESTERDAY.

JUST YESTERDAY, AMANDA, VARIOUS COURTS ARE HEARING.

WHERE DOES THIS LAW STAND?

>> SO WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE WHETHER GOING FORWARD, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES FURTHER ACTION.

THAT DEPENDS ON THE ACTION FIRST OF A U.S. APPEALS COURT.

SO YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LAWSUITS AS IT STANDS NOW.

NO, YOU CANNOT BUY WEAPONS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEEMED BY LAW TO BE ASSAULT GRADE.

CAN'T BUY THEM IN ILLINOIS.

IF YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD THEM, YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THEM, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER WITH THE STATE BEFORE 2023 IS DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING A WHOLE LOT OF LEGAL ACTION TO WAIT AND SEE.

THE WORD YOU GOT FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, WASN'T REALLY MUCH.

ALL IT IS JUST THAT.

WHILE THESE FEDERAL CASES ARE MAKING THEIR WAY PERHAPS TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THEY'RE GOING TO LET THE LAW STAND.

>> OKAY.

AMANDA IN SPRINGFIELD.

THAT IS SPOTLIGHT TEAM.

THANKS, EVERYBODY.

>>> UP NEXT, WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A LOCAL ARTIST, COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY.

>>> A LOCAL EMERGING ARTIST IS CELEBRATING RELEASE OF HER FIRST RECORD, WITH A CELEBRATION ROOTED IN TOGETHERNESS.

ANGEL ITO SHARES MORE.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> I BEGGED YOU ♪ >> I'M VERY -- INTERGALACTICAL.

ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN'T REALLY BE DEFINED.

>> WHILE THE SOUND CAN'T NECESSARILY BE DEFINED, THE INTENTION IS ALWAYS CLEAR.

SOUND.

>> I THINK THE MUSIC WE CONSUME DEFINITELY CHANGES OUR DNA.

IT ALSO TRIGGERS DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN OUR BRAINS SO I'M IN A PLACE WHERE I AM TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC THAT IS EXPANSIVE, THAT IS ROOTED IN LIBERATION.

>> MUSIC IS ENERGY WORKS.

SO WHAT WE CONSUME IS ULTIMATELY WHAT WE -- YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR PORES.

WHAT COMES OUT AGAIN.

WHEN YOU ARE DRINKING WATER, YOU SWEAT REAL GOOD.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DETOXIFYING.

AND I WANT TO BE TOXIFIED.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ ♪ EVERYTHING IS BACK INSIDE ♪ >> THE WAY THAT I SORT OF SEE THE WORLD IS THROUGH THE LENS OF COMMUNITY.

AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN I PERFORM -- OR IF I'M ON STAGE, OR IF I'M HAVING A CONVERSATION, THAT'S JUST ME EXPANDING MY COMMUNITY.

MUSIC IS, LIKE -- COMMUNITY IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF MUSIC.

>> NOW THAT, COMMUNITY HELPED HER CULTIVATE HER FIRST STUDIO ALBUM.

MOODY UMBRA.

>> THERE'S A SONG THERE FOR EVERYBODY.

LIKE THERE'S A SONG FOR EVERY, LIKE OCCASION.

IT'S LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TURN UP?

DO YOU WANT TO LAY DOWN?

DO YOU WANT TO TURN DOWN, MEDICATE?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

I FEEL LIKE THAT RANGE OF TIME I WAS ABLE TO DELIVER LIKE SOMETHING SO VAST AND NOT HAVE THIS LIKE OVERLY COHESIVE PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S COHESIVE, BUT EVERY SONG DOESN'T SOUND THE SAME.

BUT THEY ARE IN THE SAME WORLD.

>> CELEBRATING THE RECORD RELEASE WITH A LIVE CONCERT, WHICH INCLUDES A COMMUNITY JAM SESSION, FEATURING A RANGE OF ARTISTS, WHO HAVE BECOME HER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE YEARS.

>> SO IT WILL BE LIKE A REALLY BIG -- JUST LIKE CHICAGO MUSIC MOMENT.

MUCH BEYOND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE MOODY UM BER RELEASE SHOW.

BUT REALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST ALL GET FREE TOGETHER.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHERE I COME FROM.

I'M JUST EXCITED AND THANKFUL BE TO ABLE TO SHARE A GIFT WITH PEOPLE.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE I WANT TO DO.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M ANGEL ITO.

>> AND YOU CAN CATCH SHAUNIE DESPERFORMING "MOODY UM BRA" TOMORROW.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW AT 5:30 AND 10:00.

>>> WHAT RESTORING AN OVER 100-YEAR-OLD HOTEL COULD MEAN FOR CHICAGO'S PULLMAN COMMUNITY.

WE ARE LIVE.

>>> PLUS, BREAKTHROUGHS, WHEN VINCENT VAN GOGH AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES EXPLORED LANDSCAPES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES.

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