March 23, 2023 - Full Show

[MUSIC] HI, THERE AND THANK YOU JOINING US I AM READY FREEMAN.

>> WE CAN PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE.

QUICK SUBURBAN LEADERS TWO WILL COMPANIES IS A DANGER OF SAFETY.

>> THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AMID THE ONGOING UKRAINE WAR.

WE ARE ONE-ON-ONE WITH FORMER U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY JACK EI.

>> I AM STOKED ABOUT WORKING HERE.

>> EXCITEMENT FEELS ABOUT A OF EXPEDITION IN THE ARCTIC.

AND NOW A TOP STORY A NEW RAIL LINE LINKING NORTH AMERICA IS SENT TO SEND MORE FREIGHT TRAINS THROUGH CHICAGO SUBURBS.

FEDERAL REGULATORS FOR AMERICAN SPECIFIC FROM CHICAGO AS PART OF THE ROAD MAKESRIGHT TRAINS THROUGH CHICAGO SUBURBS.

FEDERAL REGULATORS FOR AMERICAN SPECIFIC FROM CHICAGO AS PART OF THE ROAD IT AGAIN MEXICO TO THE U.S. QUICK THE IMAGE EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS AND GREAT JOBS BUT THEY SAY THE DEAL IS DANGEROUS.

AS PART OF OUR CHICAGO TONIGHT SERIES REPORTER NICK BLOOMBERG ARE LOOKING INTO THIS.

AND NICK JOINS US LIVE.

>> ITASCA IS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE BY TRAIN TRACK AND THESE DRUGS ARE USED BY METRO MILWAUKEE DISTRICT WEST FROM UNION AND BY FREIGHT TRAIN.

A TASK A FIRE TREETRUCKS ARE US MILWAUKEE DISTRICT WEST FROM UNION AND BY FREIGHT TRAIN.

A TASK A FIRE TREE THE VILLAGE LIVED NORTH OF TRACKS THE THE FIRE STATIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

HE IS WORRIED RAIL TRAFFIC COULD HAVE A HUMAN COST.

ITASCA FIRE CHIEF IS TAKING US ON A DRIVE FROM THE VILLAGES ONLY FIRE STATION TO A HOUSE A QUARTER MILE AWAY.

>> YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE WHY DON'T YOU TIME AS.

>> ALL OF THE REAL CROSSING ON ITASCA IT JUST GOT ARE ON STREET LEVEL SO THEY HAVE TO CROSS TO GET TO THIS PART OF TOWN.

THEY FOUND IT IS A SHORT TRIP.

>> ONE MINUTE 25 SECONDS.

NOW WE WILL SLIDE BACK.

>> IF CROSSINGS WERE BLOCKED MINUTES ON END BY A FREIGHT TRAIN.

QUICK THERE ARE NO GOOD ALTERNATE LINES.

>> HE SAID THE ONLY OPTION IS GO SOUTH, GET ON THE INTERSTATE GOING BACK NORTH OVER THE TRACKS AND WENT BACK SOUTH THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

WHEN HE SHOWED SAYS THAT ROUTE IT TOOK MORE THAN 11 MINUTES.

>> EVERY EMERGENCY, A HOUSE FIRE DOUBLES IN SIZE EVERY MINUTE.

QUICK THAT IS WHY THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAS THE COALITION TO STOP BEACH COUNTY AND A CLUSTER OF NORTHWEST SUBURBAN FIGHTING THE MERGER OF THE TWO REAL COMPANIES.

A MERGER THAT WAS JUST CONFIRMED.

>> WE FEEL THEY DID NOT TAKE PEOPLE AN ACCOUNT THEY TOOK MONEY INTO ACCOUNT.

>> THE MERGED COMPANY PLANS TO HAVE 7-EIGHT ADDITIONAL TRAINS ALONG THIS TRACK.

COMPONENTS WORN A TWO MILE TRAIN BLOCKING CROSSINGS IN A SET A TIME.

SPEAKING WTTW TO NEWS LAST YEAR ANDY CUMMINGS.

>> AT ANY GIVEN CROSSING YOU'RE LOOKING AT A THREE MINUTE CROSSING BLOCK FOR A 2000 FOOT TRAIN MOVING AT SPEED.

CERTAINLY THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT A THREE MINUTE BLOCKAGE.

TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT IS SPREAD OUT OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD WOULD BE ONE MINUTE PER HOUR.

>> AFTER THE MERGER THEY ARE COMMITTED TO AN ONGOING DIALOGUE ALONG THE RAIL LINE.

>> IT IS REALLY FELT LIKE A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH BATTLE.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN MARCY OPPOSED HE SAID CANADIAN PACIFIC AND KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN HAVE EACH HAVE TRAINS CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAIL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A SITUATION WHAT HAPPENED IN EAST PALESTINE HAPPENED IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS.

IT WOULD BE ON A SCALE UNIMAGINABLE COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW IN OHIO.

>> THE HEAD OF FEDERAL AGENCY THAT OKAYED THE DEALS AT 94 PERCENT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS INVOLVED TRUCKS NOT FREIGHT TRAINS.

>> IT IS NOT A PROBLEM CAUSED OR THE RESULT OF THIS MERGER.

IN FACT TO THE EXTENT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CAN BE MOVED ON RAILS RATHER THAN ON HIGHWAYS WE ARE BETTER OFF THE MORE OF THAT TRAFFIC THAT IS MOVED RAIL TO.

>> IN A STATEMENT COMPANY LEADERS SAY IT WILL ENHANCE COMPETITION, HAVE IMPROVED RELIABLE RAIL SERVICE, TAKE DRUGS OFF OF PUBLIC ROADS AND IMPROVE REAL SAFETY.

BUT THE FEAR OF DERAILMENT IS BUILT MORE IN ELGIN WHERE THEY RUN ALONG THE FOX RIVER.

QUICK THE RIVER IS LIGHT I DON'T MEAN ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT THINK THE RIVER IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.

AND WORTHY OF PROTECTION.

>> TERRY FLICKS THAT DESPITE THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND CREATE A RISK.

>> ANYTIME THERE IS MORE OF SOMETHING IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

>> IT MAKES YOU THINK AN UNELECTED BODY.

I WOULD TELL THEM TO NOT PUT INDUSTRY FIRST.

NOT BELIEVE INDUSTRIES CLAIMED THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE BEST.

>> CHRISTIAN MURPHY SAID UPSET HOW FEDERAL REGULATORS APPROACH THE DEAL.

>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE VERY POWERFUL.

IN MY OPINION TOO MUCH SWAY I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING.

>> NICK, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?

>> Nick: ANY REQUEST TO STAY THE DECISION OR DO ON MONDAY.

AND A PETITION CALLING ON THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER ITS APPROVAL OF THE MERGER ARE DUE BY APRYL FOURTH.

THE COMPANY SAID IT PLANS TO CLOSE THE DEAL APRYL 14TH.

COALITION TO STOP DDKT SAY THEY ARE WEIGHING THEIR NEXT STEPS HERE BUT HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER THAT IS THE OPTION.

WHAT YOU ALLUDED TO THIS BUT TRAIN DERAILMENT AS BILLS ARE TOP OF MIND ON WHAT HAPPENED AFTER EAST PALESTINE.

A REMINDER TO THE ISSUE THAT ILLINOIS HAS HAD WITH THIS?

>> Nick: ABSOLUTELY, PARIS AS HER COLLEAGUE REPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH THERE HAVE BEEN 272 INCIDENTS INVOLVING TRAIN CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HERE IN ILLINOIS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

INCLUDING IN TWO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE ANTI-MERGER EFFORT.

>> NICK, THANK YOU AND NO MORE UPDATES TOP STORIES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE HOPING MORE MONEY WILL FURTHER TAME THE SEARCH OF CARJACKINGS IN ILLINOIS.

>> SOME OF IT IS DRIVEN.

WE SAY GANG ACTIVITY SOMETIMES BUT IT IS OFTEN MORE THAN THAT.

JUST A SOCIAL DYNAMIC WERE A RIGHT OF PASSAGE.

AND IT IS NOT EVEN THAT THEY ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROFIT ON IT SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT IS JUST A SOCIAL PHENOMENON.

SOMETIMES DRIVEN BY SOCIAL MEDIA THEY ARE FILMING THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

PUTTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DIRECTOR SAID HIS OFFICE WILL BE USING ITS SHARE OF $21 MILLION STATE GRANT TO PURCHASE MORE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

TO LOCATE STOLEN CARS AS WELL AS FORENSIC SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND CANINE TEAM.

SECRETARY OF STATE IS AWARDING THE FUNDS TO SIX ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL RECEIVE A 1.4 $1.4 BILLION AND.

IN 20221600 REPORTED CARJACKINGS IN CHICAGO.

MORE THAN TRIPLE THE AMOUNT IN 2012.

>> A NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISTURBING RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE SAID THERE WERE 290 INCIDENTS REPORTED ACROSS THE MIDWEST LAST YEAR.

THAT IS A 44 PERCENT INCREASE FROM 2021.

THOSE INCIDENTS INCLUDE HARASSMENT, VANDALISM AND ASSAULT.

THEY SAID LAST YEAR COUNT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF REPORTED INCIDENTS SINCE IT STARTED REPORTING IN 1970.

AND THEY SAY TRAGIC RIGHT AND ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> ALLSTATE FUNDED -- APARTMENTS WILL HAVE TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

THE MANDATED TO THE HEAT RELATED DOES LAST MAY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUNDED IN THEIR UNITS IN THE JAMES SNYDER APARTMENT.

ATTORNEY HEATWAVE MANAGERS REFUSED TO TURN THE AIR ON.

THE REQUIRED UNITS INSTALL AIR CONDITIONING AND MAKE SURE RESIDENTS CAN CONTROL IT.

BILL NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE.

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CHICAGO IS LOOKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE MAY FIND OTHER LOCAL LIBRARY BRANCH.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS TEAMING UP WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO ALLOW RESIDENTS AGES 13 AND UP TO RECEIVE CARE REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE, IMMIGRATION STATUS OR ABILITY TO PAY.

THE STORE BRANCHES PROVIDE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WEEK ARE LOCATED IN MOUNT GREENWOOD, BEVERLY, KENWOOD AND EDGEWATER.

THEY SAY THESE BRANCHES WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY FEW IF ANY NO BARRIER MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS THERE.

>> A TRIP TO O'HARE WILL GET SHORTER STARTING IN 2025.

UNITED AIRLINES A THEY ARE LAUNCHING THE FIRST AIR WAY.

THEY SAY THE ARCHER MIDNIGHT WILL TRAVEL BETWEEN O'HARE AND VERTICAL CHICAGO TRIP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.

ARCHER AND UNITED WANT TO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES WAS THAT IS ESTABLISHED.

NO WORD YET ON FARE THE FOR THAT.

>> I WILL PROBABLY STILL BE TAKING THE CAR.

>> LOOKS FUN.

COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM ARCTIC IS UNDERWAY.

>> AMID THE RUSSIA UKRAINE MORE WE TALK TO FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY CHUCK HEGLE.

AFTER THIS QUICK CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JON THE COKE BROTHER FOUNDATION.

AND THESE DONORS.

>> RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE IS NO MORE THAN A YEAR-OLD WITH LITTLE SIGN OF ANY RESOLUTION IN THE FUTURE.

THE U.S. IS GIVEN MILLIONS TO PUSH THE INVADING RUSSIAN BACK.

HOW MUCH MORE MEDITATE?

CHUCK HAGEL SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER THE OBAMA MENSTRUATION 2013-15.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOR A SOLD-OUT LECTURE ON THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN UKRAINE AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS IS FORMER U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL.

SECRETARY HAGEL THINK MIKE FOR BEING HERE ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

IT IS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN.

AS WE MENTIONED MORE THAN A YEAR AND THE RUSSIA UKRAINE WERE.

UKRAINE HAS WON BACK SOME OF THE TERRITORY THAT WAS OCCUPIED THE HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW?

>> LET ME START WITH THIS OBSERVATION.

THIS ILLEGAL MASSACRE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, INVASION OF A SOVEREIGN NATION BY PRESIDENT PUTIN AND THE RUSSIANS.

IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE TO GLOBAL WORLD ORDER TO BUILD AFTER WORLD WAR II WE HAVE SEEN.

THAT WORLD ORDER WAS BASED ON LAW AND ORDER.

COMMON INTEREST, IT PRODUCED INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS, IMF, THE WORLD BANK AND TRADE.

NOT PERFECT, IT MAKES MISTAKES CAN'T FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS WAR IS REALLY ABOUT.

AND IF PUTIN IS SUCCESSFUL IT WILL CHANGE ENTIRE NOT ONLY GLOBAL ORDER.

NOT JUST IN EUROPE BUT INDO PACIFIC EVERYWHERE.

AND IT WILL BREAK THAT ORDER UP INTO A WORLD THAT IS VERY FRACTURED.

MUCH LIKE WE SAW BEFORE WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.

BUT THIS IS A FORMER DANGEROUS.

>> AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD NOT DEPENDENT ON WESTERN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.

TO THAT EFFECT YOU SAW THE MEETING BETWEEN CHINESE PRESIDENT XI AND VLADIMIR PUTIN.

SHOULD AMERICANS BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT ALLIANCE?

>> AMERICANS SHOULD BE IN AN OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS.

OVER AT THAT ALLIANCE.

ALL NATIONS ALWAYS RESPOND TO THEIR OWN SELF INTEREST.

THAT IS NOT NEW IT IS NOT THAT.

BASICALLY BECAUSE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO COUNTRIES CHINA AND RUSSIA.

IN MANY WAYS THEY NEED EACH OTHER THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSE.

HISTORICALLY NEVER BEEN CLOSE.

ACTUALLY ENEMIES.

BUT NEITHER HAS ALLIES.

YOU THINK OF WHAT ARE RUSSIA'S ALLIES?

WHO ARE CHINA'S ALLIES?

IRAN?

NORTH KOREA?

BELARUS?

THESE TWO NATIONS FOR THEIR OWN INTEREST NOT NECESSARILY FOR EACH OTHER'S INTEREST.

ARE COMING TOGETHER AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS SEEN THIS.

EVEN THOUGH CHINA IS HOLDING BACK AND IS NOT FULLY ENDORSING THE INVASION OF MR. PUTIN INTO UKRAINE.

BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY.

IT IS A WORLD THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

IT IS INTERCONNECTED.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELATIONSHIP.

THERE IS NOT A COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT IS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THE UKRAINIAN WORLD.

WHETHER IT IS TRADE, WHETHER IT IS ENERGY, WHETHER POLICY, SECURITY, RELATIONSHIPS.

EVERYONE IS CONNECTED.

AND THE CHINESE ARE VERY SMART ABOUT THAT.

WHERE PUTIN IS ON HIS KNEES'S ECONOMY IS BEING DEVASTATED.

'S MILITARY IS BEING DEVASTATED.

STILL DANGEROUS HAS THE MOST NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF ANY COUNTRY.

THEY NEED EACH OTHER FOR THEIR OWN REASONS.

>> CHINA IN THE NEWS TODAY THE CEO OF THE CHINESE BASED PHONE APP TIKTOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS GETTING A GRUELING.

A BIPARTISAN GRILLING INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN BELIEVED THAT TIKTOK IS SOMEHOW DE FACTO SPY FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND CAN TAKE AMERICANS INFORMATION TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

DO YOU VIEW TIKTOK AS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT?

>> Chuck Hagel: I THINK THERE ARE NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST INVOLVED AND THERE ARE ELEMENTS.

I DID NOT HEAR THE ENTIRE HEARING OR THE PRESIDENT OF TIKTOK'S TESTIMONY BUT I HEARD A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE VERY RELEVANT.

WE KNOW THAT CHINA IS A MASTER AT STEALING OUR SECRETS.

THEY ARE MASTERS BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THEIR INTEREST THEY CONTROL THEIR COUNTRIES.

AND SO THAT IS A THREAT.

HOW SPECIFICALLY IS TIKTOK IN THAT ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF CHINESE INTELLIGENCE?

I SUSPECT SOME OF THAT IS TRUE.

IS IT AS TRUE AS MANY ON THE COMMITTEE SAID IT IS?

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE REALITY.

BUT IT GETS TO THE BIGGER POINT TO ME.

WHERE AMERICA'S MIND IS ON ALL OF THIS.

WHERE POLITICAL LEADERS ARE?

VERY SUSPICIOUS IN MANY WAYS WE ARE IN TWO WARS OVER ILL ADVISED WE LOST ONE OF THEM WE HAD TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN IN A TERRIBLE WAY.

AMERICAN IS OFF BALANCE ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

YOU START TALKING ABOUT TIKTOK SPYING ON AMERICANS AND COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

TIKTOK IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

NOT THE ONLY SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE KNOW THAT IS GOING ON.

>> ANY OF THOSE AND FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ELON MUSK.

I WANT TO ASK YOU BECAUSE YOUR SPEECH TOMORROW YOUR LECTURE TOMORROW ON THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.

THERE IS A SITUATION IN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW WHERE FOLKS ARE PROTESTING WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE FLOODING OF DEMOCRACY.

PRESIDENT BENJAMIN.AND YET WHO WOULD ERODE THE POWER OF THE COURTS THERE.

HE IS BASING HIS OWN CHARGES.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE SITUATION THERE?

SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED OF WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> Chuck Hagel: I THINK IT IS DANGEROUS FOR ISRAEL.

INDIRECTLY IT IS DANGEROUS FOR US.

BECAUSE WE ARE ISRAEL'S BIGGEST, STRONGER SUPPORTER AND WE HAVE BEEN.

THERE ARE ON THE SIGNED DOCUMENTS ARE CREATED ISRAEL.

BUT IN THAT DOCUMENT CREATED A TWO STATE SOLUTION.

THE PALESTINIANS WOULD HAVE THEIR GROUP AND ISRAEL.

WHAT BENJAMIN NOT IN YAHOO AND HIS RIGHT WING ARE DOING.

NETANYAHU HAS DONE THAT BUT NOW IT IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS THE FAR RIGHT.

AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY.

NOT LIKE OUR SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN.

THAT IS LIKE OUR SYSTEM.

COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT LIKE WE HAVE EXECUTIVE, THE CONGRESS AND THE JUDICIARY ALL THREE COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.

SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHAT NETANYAHU IS SPECIFICALLY DOING I THINK IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ILL-ADVISED.

>> Paris: AND CLEAR CHINA TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE HIS POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OVER THE JUDICIARY.

>> Chuck Hagel: AND AS HE HAS CONSOLIDATED POWER AS HE TAKES A THIRD TERM THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN CHINA.

A MASSIVE, POWERFUL SELF-PROCLAIMED COMMUNIST PARTY.

NOT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THEIR GOVERNMENT.

BUT THROUGH THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND IN HIS INDIVIDUAL POLITICS.

PUTIN HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME THING IN RUSSIA.

NOW WE ARE SEEING NETANYAHU DO THIS IN A BOLD WAY.

I THINK PART OF IT IS AS YOU HAVE SAID HE IS IN TROUBLE.

AND I THINK HE IS TRYING TO INSULATE HIMSELF FROM CORRUPTION CHARGES AND THEY ARE STILL HANGING.

HE COULD BE SENT TO JAIL.

THERE IS ALL THAT IN THE MIX PLUS THE DANGEROUS ELEMENTS WE ARE SEEING MORE OF.

PROBABLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN 20 YEARS THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION.

IN GAZA, THE WEST BANK AND ISRAEL.

THE ONLY GET WORSE.

>> Paris: THAT IS WHAT MAKES TOMORROW'S LECTURE IMPORTANT THE FUTURE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY ALL THESE AREAS IN THE WORLD THERE IS A RISK OF BACKSLIDING.

SECRETARY HAGEL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> Chuck Hagel: THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> Paris: MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT UP AHEAD:STICK AROUND.

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COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL M FRIEDMAN PRESIDENT OF THE OF AN H BOND FAMILY FUN.

WITH THE PANDEMIC DELAY TRIP IS A RETURN TO THE CANADIAN ARCTIC.

IN AREA WHERE HE MADE A CAREER DEFINING DISCOVERY.

HE FOUND THE MISSING LINK FOSSIL OF ONE OF THE FIRST CREATURES EMERGE FROM THE WATER ONTO LAND.

CHICAGO TONIGHT PRODUCER KANE GOT UP AND BEGAN BY ASKING HIM WHERE HIS PASSION OF PALEONTOLOGY CAME FROM.

>> I WAS ALWAYS A SCIENCE NERD, ALWAYS.

ONE WAS A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL MY PARENTS WANTED A TELESCOPE.

THEY PUT UP WITH EVERY HOBBY I HAD.

WHEN I GOT TO COLLEGE I WENT TO SCHOOL NEAR ONE OF THE GREAT MUSEUMS WHICH IS THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE.

AND I GOT TO KNOW PALEONTOLOGY.

AND HERE I SAW THESE PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE WORLD FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO CHINA.

TO AFRICA AND COMING BACK WITH THESE TREASURES THAT TOLD US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LIFE.

AND I SAID TO MYSELF I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT.

THE WHOLE IDEA IS FINE PLACES AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE ROCKS OF THE RIGHT AGE AND RIGHT ANSWERS.

IN THE QUESTION I HAD IS THE TRANSITION FROM FISH TO LAND MAMMAL.

THIS GLOBAL EASTER EGG HUNT, THIS MYTHICAL CREATURE WE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA IN 2019.

YOU SEE ALL THIS WEIGHT HERE THAT ARE BONES.

THIS IS A COOL MAP A GEOLOGICAL MAP THAT ARE COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF ROCKS ARE WHERE.

THIS IS WHERE WE FIND THE RIGHT PLACES TO WORK.

WE DISCOVERED THE FISH RIGHT HERE THESE ARE ROCKS 375 MILLION YEARS OLD.

IT IS A LONG TIME HORIZON TO FIND ANYTHING AND PLACES WE WORK.

IN THE ARCTIC IT TOOK SIX YEARS.

THE REASON FOR THAT DISPOSAL ARE RELATIVELY SMALL IN THE ARCTIC IS HUGE.

ONE OF THE GREAT DOORS IF YOU GO PLACES NOBODY HAS WALKED BEFORE.

YOU FIND VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF HUMAN IMPACT.

WHICH MAKES IT REALLY SPECIAL.

TO ME THE ABSOLUTE MOST EXCITING PART IS DROPPING ON A NEW PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SEEING THE ROCKS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE TREASURE WILL BE.

FOR ME THAT IS THE MOST EXCITING THING.

THIS SUMMER WE WANT TO GO DOWN HERE.

WE KNOW THERE ARE FOSSILS THESE ARE TOO GOOD NOT TO HOLD FOSSILS.

I AM TOTALLY STOKED ABOUT WORKING HERE.

I WANTED TO BE HERE IN 2020.

I WAS COUNSEL.

$2,021 COUNSEL.

2022 WAS CANCELED, 2023 LET'S DO THIS THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

HERE IN THIS PART OF THE LAB WE LOOK AT ITS DNA.

AND WE ASK THE QUESTION, HOW DOES A FISH, A LIVING FISH A TROUT ANY FISH ALIVE.

HOW DOES A FISH DIFFER FROM A LAND LIVING ANIMAL LIKE A FROG, A MOUSE OR A BIRD?

ONE PART OF THE ANSWER YOU GO FROM TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD AND FINDING FOSSILS.

TO TELL US HOW THAT HAPPENED.

THE SECRETS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES OF FISH TO PLAN TO MAMMAL.

BUT ANOTHER APPROACH THE APPROACH WE DO IN THIS PART OF THE FLAP.

IS ASKED THE QUESTION GENETICALLY.

HOW DID THE GENES THAT BUILT THE EVENT OF A FISH DIFFERENT FROM THE THEN THE BILL THE ARM OF A HUMAN OR THE FROG.

THOSE TWO APPROACHES TOGETHER GIVES A MORE COMPLETE ANSWER.

ONE OF THE REALLY INTERESTING DISCOVERIES IS THAT MANY OF GENES THE WE ARE AFTER TO BUILD HER OWN HANDS AND FEET ARE ACTIVE IN THE FISH.

MAKING THE END OF THEIR FIN.

PART OF THE EVOLUTION FROM LIS TO FINS IS USING THE DNA IN NEW WAYS IT IS REPURPOSED SEEN.

WHICH IS PROFOUND.

>> Brandis: NEIL SHUMAN LEAVES FOR HIS ARCTIC ADVENTURE IN JULY AND WILL BE THERE FOR ONE MONTH.

TO FIND MORE ABOUT HIS TRIP GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE ON CAPITAL ONE.

STICK WITH US.

MESSAGING IS RESONATING WITH VOTERS?

>> Paris: WE FACT CHECK THE STAFFING QUESTION FACING CHICAGO.

NOW FOR ALL OF US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> Brandis: AND I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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