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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE ONLY QUEEN I'VE EVER KNOWN.

>> BRITAIN MOURNS OF DEATH OF ITS LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH.

A LOOK AT QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

>> A REPORT SHOWS RESIDENTS ARE LINKED TO THE OATH KEEPERS INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MILITARY MEMBERS.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CHICAGO REMAINS A SAFE HAVEN FOR ANYBODY.

>> A MEASURE TO BAN CHICAGO POLICE FROM COOPERATING WITH PROBES INTO ABORTION WINS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM A KEY CITY COUNCIL PANEL.

>> SIGN OF HOPE, MAYBE A SIGN OF US TRYING TO LURE THEM HERE AND WILL THEM HERE.

>> THE CHICAGO BEARS NEXT PLAY IS A MOVE TO THE SUBURBS.

WE'RE LIVE AT TONIGHT'S COMMUNITY MEETING IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> JUSTIN FIELDS LOOKING DOWN FIELD, RYAN GRIFFIN AND HE GETS THE TOUCHDOWN!

>> SOLDIER FIELD THE TEAM KICKS OFF THE NEW FOOTBALL SEASON THIS WEEKEND.

FORMER PLAYER JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS JOINS US FOR A PREVIEW.

>> A BACKSTAGE TOUR OF THE CITY'S SALTIEST MUSIC VENUE THE OLD MORTON SALT SHED.

>> I'M IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FOR THE LATEST IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

C.E.O.

OF THE BEARS TED PHILLIPS AND EXECUTIVES ARE SET TO PRESENT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND OTHER NORTHWEST SUBURBAN RESIDENTS WITH THE LATEST PLANS FOR THE PROSPECT OF MOVING OUT HERE FROM CHICAGO TO THE BUSHES.

WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST FROM THAT LIVE COMMUNITY MEETING.

FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

TOP STORIES... AFTER 70 YEARS ON THE THRONE QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAS DIED.

THOUSANDS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO MOURN AS WORLD LEADERS EXTENDED CON DELL LENSES TO THE FAMILY.

SHE WAS THE LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH SHE WAS 96-YEAR-OLD.

HER SON PRINCE CHARLES HAS AUTOMATICALLY BECOME THE KING.

WE WILL HAVE MORE REACTION TO THE QUEEN'S LEGACY LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> CHICAGO NATIVE AND STORIED FORMER CNN ANCHOR, BERNARD SHAW DIED WEDNESDAY OF PNEUMONIA.

SHAW WAS THE NETWORK'S FIRST CHIEF ANCHOR RETIRING IN 2001 AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

HE STARTED HIS JOURNALISM CAREER IN CHICAGO AS A RADIO REPORTER WHERE YOU INTERVIEW THE Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SHAW RECALLED KINDLING TELLING HIM THAT QUOTE ONE DAY YOU'LL MAKE IT.

JUST DO GOOD.

SHAW WAS 82 YEARS OLD.

>> AND CHICAGO POLICE COULD BE BANNED FROM WORKING IN PROBES AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL TO THE CITY FOR ABORTIONS OR THEIR DOCTORS.

THAT IS FROM A MEASURE THAT WON UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF A KEY CITY PANEL.

IT SET FOR A FINAL VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS MEASURE LATER IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

>> UP NEXT, A LIVE REPORT FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ON THE BEARS BIG PLANS.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> CHICAGO BEARS HAVE MADE THEIR PLANS KNOWN THEY WANT TO MOVE OUT OF CHICAGO AND INTO THE SUBURBS.

TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TO BE SPECIFIC.

OUR AMANDA VINICKY AND ACACIA HERNANDEZ HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THE GROUND WHAT 0 WOULD THE MOVE MEAN FOR THE VILLAGE BY TALKING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND LOCAL LEADERS.

NOW TO AMANDA FOR THE LATEST IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> YEAH, PARIS.

AS YOU NOTED THE BEARS MADE THEIR PLANS KNOWN LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY SIGNED A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR ARLINGTON PARK 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO.

NOW, FAST FORWARD A YEAR AND THIS WEEK, THE BEARS MADE THEIR PLANS FURTHER KNOWN WHEN THEY RELEASED PRELIMINARY SKETCHES OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, INCLUDING AN ENCLOSED STADIUM, BUT ALSO RESTAURANTS AND OFFICE PARK, HOTEL, FITNESS CENTER AND PARKS.

EXECUTIVES AT ARLINGTON RACETRACK GAVE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK WHERE IT HAPPENED.

PER THE SKETCHES THE FIELD THAT HAD BEEN SERVING AS A PRACTICE HORSERACE TRACK IS NOW BEGINNING TO BE OVERRUN WITH WEEDS AND GRASS THAT IS ROUGHLY WHERE THE STADIUM WOULD GO.

EVEN THAT IS GOING TO TAKE UP A SMALL PORTION OF THE 326-ACRE PROPERTY THAT THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE BEARS IS CLOSE TO OWNING.

THE TEAM HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT AT PRESENT WEIGHING ANY OTHER OPTIONS LIKE STAYING AT SOLDIER FIELD AT THIS POINT.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AT ARLINGTON RACE COURSE HAVE A TINGE OF HORSE FLAIR BUT BEARS READY TO GREET THE McCASKEY FAMILY.

THE TEAM AND TRACK OWNER CHURCHILL DOWNS AND VILLAGE LEADERS HAVE BEEN IN TALKS FOR SOMETIME.

RIGHT NOW I'M STANDING OUTSIDE HERSHY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WILL GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO TELL THE BEARS IN A FORMAL CAPACITY WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT ALL THIS.

WITH THE BEARS HOSTING A FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING.

IT IS JUST NOW GETTING STARTED BUT WE DID CATCH FOLKS GOING IN.

>> .

>> CURRENTLY WE LIVE IN PALATINE ACROSS FROM THE RACETRACK.

>> RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

AND CAN'T WAIT.

>> OBVIOUSLY A BEARS FAN.

AND I'M REAL INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE.

EITHER WAY, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SHOW SUPPORT AND SEE WHAT THE BEARS ARE UP TO.

>> WE KIND OF WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NOISE FACTOR.

AND THE IDEA WITH THE DOME I'M THINKING THAT WILL KEEP THAT IN A LITTLE BIT BUT SOMETIMES THE DOME MIGHT BE OPEN.

EITHER WAY WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HERE.

BETTER THAN CHICAGO.

SO GO BEARS!

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS!

>> THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF OPINIONS ON THIS.

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY A COKE BROTHERS FUNDED TROOP IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BLOCK MONEY TO HELP THE BEARS.

ON TUESDAY, THAT GROUP SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THAT EFFECT TO THE VILLAGE BOARD.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARK WALKER HE IS RIGHT NOW IN A COMPETITIVE RACE FOR REELECTION.

HE SAYS WHEN HE GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGNING THE BEARS IS NOT A TOP ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS ASK ABOUT.

THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH THINGS LIKE INFLATION, ABORTION, GUN CONTROL.

BUT, YES, THE BEARS COME UP IN DISCUSSIONS AND WALKER SAYS THAT AS A BUSINESSMAN WHAT THE BEARS ARE TRYING TO DO MAKES SENSE VERSUS RENTING SOLDIER FIELD FROM THE CITY.

>> AND IN ORDER TO GET, HOWEVER IN ORDER FOR HE IS WILLING TO GIVE SOME ECONOMIC ASSETS BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO USE TOOLS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE THINGS LIKE MINIMUM LEVELS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE BEARS MEET HE SAYS, GOVERNMENT GOALS FOR THINGS LIKE MINORITY CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS HAVING MINORITY AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE.

>> ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOT DO IS TO TREAT THE BEARS SPECIALLY.

THE BEARS ARE ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT IS COMING HERE THAT IS OFFERING A LOT OF JOBS AND POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT DECREASES TAXES.

SO WE'LL TREAT THEM LIKE ANYONE ELSE.

AS FAR AS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, WE DO AS PEOPLE MOVE IN AND AS PEOPLE ARE PROJECTED TO DRIVE MORE AND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO USE THE SITE, WE DO TYPICALLY DO THINGS WE INVEST IN ROADS AND SEWERS AND ELECTRIC FRACTURE LIKE WE WOULD FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPER.

>> THE CHALLENGER IS AN AFGHAN ARMY VETERAN AND SAYS FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER THINGS.

AS HE IS A FAN AND HE IS EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD HERE FOR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> ALSO BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL AND SEE WHAT IT DOES.

I THINK ANY PROPOSAL THE FINAL PLAN HAS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING TAXPAYERS AND ALLOWING ENOUGH FUNDING FOR LOCAL POLICE TO ADDRESS THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING HERE ON THE WEEKENDS AND ALSO WE DON'T ENDANGER THE CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

TAXPAYERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH HIGH TAX PRICES AND PROPERTY TAXES.

THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS THEN TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN FOR A BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION LIKE THE BEARS.

>> NOW, BRETT SAYS TO THAT NOTE HE IS ANTICORPORATE WELFARE.

BUT HE SAYS THAT INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THE BEARS WOULD BENEFIT FROM.

NOW, TO THAT END, THE BEARS SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT AS IN TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THE STADIUM ITSELF.

BUT THEY ARE GOING TO WANT SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THAT MIXED-USE PROJECT.

AND LIVED IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND IS PART OF A GROUP THAT WORKS TO PRESERVE THOSE HISTORIC HOMES AND SAYS THAT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IS GREAT AND SHE PUTS HER TRUST IN THE MAYOR AND TRUSTEES TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.

>> THERE'S -- CHANGE WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN.

AND I KNOW THAT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS HAS HAD A LOT OF CHANGE WE TRUST OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING.

THEY ARE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR BEST INTEREST AND THEY HAVE KEPT US A PART OF THE PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

>> ONE OF THE MAJOR LURES FOR THE BEARS AS WELL AS FOR THE POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS THAT WE HAVE WOULD COME WITH THEM THERE IS THE SHEAR SIZE OF THE RACETRACK PROPERTY AND HIGHWAY ACCESS AND THE STADIUM WOULD BE RIGHT ON A METRA STOP.

IT WILL BE AN EASY COMMUTE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TO THE ADVANTAGE BRINGING PATRONS TO JIMMY D'S.

A BAR AND RESTAURANT JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RACETRACK AND THE OWNER SAYS THAT THE ARLINGTON RACETRACK DID BRING HIS ESTABLISHMENT A LOT OF REGULARS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

BUT HE KNOWS THAT NOTHING LASTINGS FOREVER.

HE IS HUNG UP BEARS SIGNS TO HELP TO WISH OR LURE THE TEAM TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> NO ONE'S GOING TO EVER BE ABLE TO FILL THE SHOES OF THE LAKE, GREAT Mr. DUTCH AND WHAT HE DID OVER THERE, THE LEGACY HE LEFT.

BUT YOU KNOW NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.

THINGS CHANGE IT'S LIFE.

I GET IT.

BUT IF ANYONE CAN COME CLOSE, TO FILLING HIS SHOES, IT WOULD BE PAPA BEAR GEORGE HALAS AND THE ORGANIZATION.

WE HOPE IT HAPPENS BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OBSTACLES IN THE WAY SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP COOL, TOO.

>> AMONG THOSE OBSTACLES THE FEAR THAT BRINGING IN ALL OF THAT BEARS BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WOULD HURT THE BUSTLING ARLINGTON HEIGHTS DOWNTOWN.

BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF BUSINESS OWNERS INCLUDING THE ONE WE HEARD FROM, PETE, WHO SAY THEY BELIEVE INSTEAD THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDITIVE AND THERE WILL BE SPILLOVER EFFECT AS PATRONS LEAVE WHATEVER THE BEARS BUILD AND COME TO VISIT THEIR PLACES.

THIS HOWEVER IS ALL AS IF THE TEAM IS PHRASING, IF THE BEARS COME TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AT ALL.

WE'LL HAVE MORE COMING UP.

FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.

>> MAYBE THEY ARE STILL LEAVING THAT DOOR OPEN TO STAY IN CHICAGO BUT I DOUBT IT.

THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND TO BRANDIS AND A LOOK AT THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

>> THANK YOU.

QUEEN ELIZABETH WASN'T BORN TO BE THE MONARCH BUT HER AT THE TIME UNLIKELY AND UNEXPECTED ASCENSION TO THE THRONE LED TO BECOME THE LONGEST SERVING MONARCH IN BRITISH HISTORY.

DURING HER REIN SHE WAS A SYMBOL OF UNITY AND DIVISIVENESS AT ONCE.

SHE WITNESSED SHIFTS IN BRITISH SOCIETY AND A SHARE OF ROYAL CONTROVERSIES.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CONTROVERSIES ARE ROBERT BUCHHOLZ HISTORY PROFESSOR HE TEACHES THE EARLY HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN GREAT BRITAIN.

AND STEVEN OPINION CASS, THE PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND THE COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

PROFESSORS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO NEWS OF THE QUEEN'S DEATH TODAY?

>> I WAS ON MY WAY TO CLASS.

SO I HAD SOME CONTACT WITH PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE CLASS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I THINK WE ANTICIPATED THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND PROBABLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF PREPARATION BY THE PALACE.

IN THAT SENSE IT WAS NOT UNEXPECTED.

BUT IT'S STILL SAD.

STILL THE END OF AN ERA AND STILL A NEW DAY.

>> RIGHT.

UNEXPECTED BUT SAD.

HER HUSBAND DIED RECENTLY AS WELL WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THAT OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER AS LONG AS THE TWO OF THEM HAD.

HOW WILL QUEEN ELIZABETH II BE REMEMBERED?

>> THAT DEPENDS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

RIGHT NOW, BRITAIN IS IN CRISIS, RIGHT?

IT IS REMARKABLE.

TWO DAYS AGO THERE WAS A NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED.

>> A NEW PRIME MINISTER WHO DOESN'T HAVE AN ELECTORAL MANDATE.

SHE WAS ELECTED BY THE TORRE PARTY BUT SHE HASN'T FACED A GENERAL ELECTION.

WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT INFLATION HERE AND INFLATION IS HIGHER IN BRITAIN THAN IT IS HERE RIGHT NOW.

BREXIT HAS BEEN SHALL WE SAY UNEVENLY ROLLED OUT.

THIS SUMMER THERE WERE MILES AND MILES OF QUEUES TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE CHANNEL HUGE BACK UPS.

THERE'S SCOTTISH DEVOW LOSE IS -- SCOTTISH REFERENDUM FOR INDEPENDENT IS ON THE MAN TELL AND THE BORDER BETWEEN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND IS ANYTHING BUT STABLE.

IT IS AN UNSTABLE MOMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THINGS ARE GOING A VARIETY OF WAYS.

BRITAIN COULD BREAK APART.

BRITAIN COULD REMAIN TOGETHER WITH THE MONARCHY.

AND CHARLES THE NEW KING CHARLES COULD BECOME THE SYMBOL OF UNITY.

OR WE COULD GET A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.

THAT HE COULD BREAK BRITAIN COULD BREAK APART.

CHARLES COULD BECOME A KING OF ENGLAND OR A KING OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THERE IS AN OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY IF THINGS GO REALLY BADLY, THAT THERE COULD BE A REVIVED REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT.

THAT IS THE LEAST LIKELY OUTCOME BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WHICH IS BEING TALKED ABOUT IN SOME CIRCLES RIGHT NOW.

>> PROFESSOR, QUEEN ELIZABETH MADE A VISIT TO CHICAGO BACK IN 1959.

IT WAS HER ONLY U.S. STOP ON HER TOUR OF THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE GREAT LAKES.

TELL US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT TRIP AND DID IT HAVE ANY POLITICAL IMPACT THEN?

>> I THINK IT WAS CLEARLY IMPORTANT FOR HER STILL RELATIVELY EARLY IN HER REIGN IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HER TO BE PRESENT FOR BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE ALLY THE UNITED STATES.

VISITING CHICAGO, CHICAGO IS OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN CITY AND WE WOULD HAVE GREETED HER WITH A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT BUT A LACK OF PRETENSION AND PERHAPS NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF BOWING AND SCRAPING TOWARDS A BRITISH MONARCH.

EVERYTHING I'VE READ SUGGESTS THAT THE VISIT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

AND THAT IT'S HELPED TO STRENGTHEN TIES WHICH WERE VERY STRONG.

REMEMBER IN 1959, THE PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WHO SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME IN ENGLAND THERE WAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

IT WOULD BE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

AND GREAT BRITAIN THAT COULD ONLY HELP.

THIS SPEAKS TO THIS IMPORTANT INTANGIBLE ASPECT OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY THAT MY COLLEAGUE REFERRED TO THAT THEY ON THE ONE HAND IN A CERTAIN WAY, THEY DON'T MATTER THEY DON'T WIELD THE LEVERS OF POWER AND THEY MATTER A GREAT DEAL FOR THE SYMBOLISM AND THEIR DEMEANOR AND BEHAVIOR AND ABILITY TO KIND OF GET BRITAIN THROUGH.

>> LET'S GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

HOW IS THE MONARCHY BEEN A SYMBOL OF UNITY AND A SOURCE OF DIVISION OVER THE YEARS?

>> RIGHT.

SURE.

I MEAN, SO I MEAN, A KEY MOMENT I THINK A KEY MOMENT HAPPENED 25 YEARS AGO AND I REMEMBER IT WELL WHEN DIANA DIED.

THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS NOT IN GOOD ORDER PUBLICLY THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF CONTROVERSY NOT JUST ABOUT THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CHARLES AND DIANA, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE MARRIAGE OF TWO OTHER OF ELIZABETH'S CHILDREN THAT WAS VERY PUBLIC AND OBVIOUSLY PRINCE ANDREW, THE FIRST MIFFS OF SEX SCANDALS INVOLVING PRINCE ANDREW AT THAT TIME.

BUT AT THAT VERY MOMENT WHERE THE MONARCHY WAS DIVISIVE AND THERE WERE CONCERNS THERE WAS A REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME.

AT THAT MOMENT TONY BLAIR, A LABOR NOT A TORY PRIME MINISTER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIMSELF BEING SCOTTISH WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOVES OF SCOTTISH EVOLUTION AND HE GAVE A REMARKABLE SPEECH WHICH HE SAID WE CAN IMAGINE DEVOLVING MORE POWER TO SCOTLAND PRECISELY BECAUSE THE MONARCHY WOULD REMAIN AS A SYMBOL OF UNITY.

AND THEN ELIZABETH ROSE TO THE OCCASION THE NEXT DAY, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER DIANA'S DEATH GAVE A SPEECH UNIFYING THE COUNTRY.

WILDLY POPULAR, WILDLY ACCLAIMED SPEECH.

THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT THINGS COULD HAVE GONE IN A VARIETY OF DIRECTIONS.

FOR THE MONARCHY AND FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

ONE MORE QUESTION IF I COULD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OF A KING CHARLES REIGN PROFESSOR BACK TO YOU?

>> LOOKS LIKE -- [ALL TALKING AT ONCE] >> IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT HE SAYS AND HOW HE ACTS.

REMEMBER THE QUEEN'S SPEECH ABOUT COVID, IT MADE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER CAN HE DO THAT DOES HE HAVE THAT ABILITY?

>> AND I WOULD ADD HE IS TETHERED TO THE NEW PRIME MINISTER AS WELL.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN HIS CONTROL BUT I ALSO THINK A LOT DEPENDS HOW SHE HANDLES WHAT IS GOING TO BE A WINTER OF DISCONTENT IN BRITAIN WITH THE ENERGY CRISIS.

>> A LOT LIE AS HEAD FOR THAT NATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND FOR MORE ON QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LIFE AND LEGACY, STAY WITH WTTW IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING "CHICAGO TONIGHT" FOR A "PBS NEWSHOUR" SPECIAL.

QUEEN ELIZABETH A ROYAL LIFE.

>> UP NEXT, A NEW REPORT ON THE WIDE REACH OF THE OATH KEEPERS.

STAY WITH US.

>> A NEW REPORT FROM THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE FINDS THAT NEARLY 900 ILLINOISANS WERE ON THE MEMBERSHIP ROLLS FOR THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE OATH KEEPERS.

THE LEADER OF THAT GROUP IS FACING CHARGES FOR HIS ROLE IN JANUARY 6TH.

THE MEMBERSHIP LIST INCLUDED SEVERAL MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS.

AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE JESSICA REAVES, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR FOR THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE'S CENTER ON EXTREMISM AND KEVIN RUBY RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE CHICAGO PROJECT ON SECURITY AND THREATS OR C POST.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

KEVIN, REMIND OUR VIEWERS WHO THE OATH KEEPERS ARE?

>> RIGHT.

THE OATH KEEPERS ARE A PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION THAT WAS OR MILITIA THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2009 BY STEWART RHODES.

IT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN ITS ANTIGOVERNMENT AGENDA IN 2014, THE OATH KEEPERS BASICALLY BATTLED WITH THE BURROW OF LAND AND MANAGEMENT TO AT THE BUNNY RANCH IN NEVADA.

AND IN 2016, ALSO CONNECTED WITH THE BUNDY'S AND MILLER IN OREGON.

THEY HAVE A VERY DEEP ANTI-DISTRUST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEEP STATE.

AND ARE AS YOU CAN TELL FROM HAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CAPITOL INSURRECTION ALSO WILLING TO USE THEIR CAPABILITIES IN A WAY THAT DIRECTLY THREATENS DEMOCRACY.

>> AND CERTAINLY, THEY WERE SEEMINGLY FANS OF TRUMP AND OPERATE WITH A LOT OF CON P CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

JESSICA REAVES THIS LEAKED MEMBERSHIP ROLL AT THE ADL GOT SHOWS 38,000 MEMBERS.

WHAT IS MEMBERSHIP ENTAIL?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THESE FOLKS WERE ON THIS LIST?

>> YES, WE'VE BEEN CAREFUL IN OUR DISCUSSIONS OF THIS REPORT TO NOTE THAT SIGNING UP FOR OATH KEEPERS MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT SOMEBODY HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GROUP.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY ARE ACTIVE IN THEIR MEMBERSHIP.

IT MEANS AT ONE POINT SIGNED UP FOR THE OATH KEEPERS AND PAID MEMBERSHIP DUES TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AT THE START.

BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE OATH KEEPERS HAD TO SAY.

AND WANTED TO POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AS KEVIN SAID.

A LOT OF THAT ANTIGOVERNMENT, SOME OF IT IS VIOLENT.

A NUMBER OF OATH KEEPERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON VIOLENT CHARGES.

SO YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY CONCERNED TO SEE.

>> AND AMONG THE 900 IN ILLINOIS AND THE 38,000 ON THAT LIST, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THERE ARE MILITARY EXMILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS.

PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.

KEVIN RUBY WHY IS THAT?

ARE THERE DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF THOSE FOLKS A PART OF THIS GROUP?

>> WELL, I THINK THE REASON IS THE OATH KEEPERS DIRECTLY TARGET INDIVIDUALS WITH MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE FOR RECRUITMENT.

SO THEY ARE DESIRABLE THEY BRING NOT JUST SKILLS WITH WEAPONS, RIGHT WHICH IS A CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE MILITIA.

THEY ARE ARMED.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND PROTECTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A CORE PART OF WHAT THEY SEE THEIR ROLE AS IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.

BUT THEY ALSO BRING ORGANIZATION AT SKILL.

WHICH AGAIN WE SAW ON THE IN THE ROLE ON THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.

>> AND WE WERE SHOWING THIS MAP.

THE NUMBERS 883 MEMBERS ON THESE ROLLS IN ILLINOIS.

JESSICA REAVES IT SEEMS LIKE OTHER STATES HAD A HIGHER AMOUNT OF MEMBERS.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, I MEAN I WOULD SAY ILLINOIS IS PROBABLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

THERE ARE STATES THAT HAD AROUND 8 TO 900 MEMBERS ON THESE ROLLS.

AND I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS IS A VERY MAINSTREAMED SORT OF GROUP IN SOME WAYS, WHICH IS SCARY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT IT'S AN EXTREMIST GROUP.

BUT WE SEE THEM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN EQUAL MEASURE.

AND I THINK THAT REALLY AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING IN ONE PLACE.

IT USED TO BE YOU COULD POINT TO MILITIAS AND SORT OF IDENTIFY THEM BY THEIR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.

THERE WERE A LOT OF MILITIAS IN MICHIGAN AND WE SEE THAT A FAIR AMOUNT.

NOW WE'RE SEEING IT IN A WIDESPREAD NATIONALIZED SORT OF WAY.

AND THAT IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING.

WE ARE NOT AS FOCUSED ON THE STATE BY STATE MEASUREMENTS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN EVERY STATE.

>> RIGHT.

THEY ARE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND KEVIN RUBY THERE WAS A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH JANUARY 6TH.

A LOT OF THE WEBSITES OR MESSAGE BOARDS THEY USED HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

AND FOLKS THE LEADER STEWART RHODES CHARGED WITH SEDITION CONSPIRACY DO THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT SOMETHING LIKE JANUARY 6 AGAIN?

>> WELL, I MEAN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE OATH KEEPERS WEREN'T ALONE ON JANUARY 6.

OR JANUARY 6 WASN'T SPECIFICALLY AN OATH KEEPERS EVENT.

FIRST OF ALL, EVEN AT THAT LEVEL OF SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY IT WAS BETWEEN THE OATH KEEPERS AND PROUD BOYS.

THERE WAS AN EVERYDAY AMERICAN COMPONENT TO THAT.

THERE WERE 2,000 ESTIMATED INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE IT INTO THE CAPITOL.

10,000 MAYBE MORE WHO WERE BATTLING WITH POLICE AND OTHERWISE IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITOL.

AND 31 OR 20TH OAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR FOR THEIR ROLE IN JANUARY 6TH.

SO I THINK JUST TO THINK ABOUT THEM AS SORT OF SINGULARLY ABLE TO PULL OFF SOMETHING OF THAT SCALE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HELP IN THIS CASE ALSO OF THE PRESIDENT WHO BROUGHT ALL OF THESE FORCES TOGETHER, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IS UNLIKELY.

>> THEY ARE NOT A THREAT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T OR WOULDN'T ENGAGE AND WOULDN'T IN OTHER WAYS SUPPORT POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

IT IS A GROUP THAT IS AS VIOLENT AT ITS CORE.

WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A POTENTIAL THREAT.

>> JESSICA REAVES WHAT HAS MEMBER AND DONE SINCE THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION.

HAS IT GONE UP?

HAS IT BEEN DIMINISHED AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP CURRENTLY ARE DATED FROM 209-2018.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS CURRENTLY.

I BELIEVE THAT OUR RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE HOLDING FAIRLY STEADY.

THERE IS A REAL SORT OF STRONG ANTIGOVERNMENT EXTREMIST SORT OF THREAD GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THESE MILITIA GROUPS ARE LOSING STEAM.

WE THINK THE OATH KEEPERS SPECIFICALLY ARE STRUGGLING A BIT ORGANIZATIONALLY.

CERTAINLY WITH HAVING STEWART RHODES IN SIGNIFICANT LEGAL TROUBLE HAVING A HUGE IMPACT.

BUT IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE WAY PEOPLE VIEW THE GOVERNMENT AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY SEE THAT ANTIGOVERNMENT EXTREMISM HAVE BEEN PLANTED QUITE DEEP.

>> IT IS A PROBLEM WE'LL FOLLOW.

OUR THANKS TO JESSICA REAVES AND KEVIN RUBY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... A MEASURE TO BAN CHICAGO POLICE FROM COOPERATING WITH PROBES INTO ABORTIONS.

AS ARLINGTON HEIGHTS LOOKS TO WELCOME THE CHICAGO BEARS WE TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE LEGACY OF THE PROPOSED STADIUM.

QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS LEADS THE BEARS, JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS JOINS US FOR A SEASON PREVIEW.

AND A BACKSTAGE TOUR OF THE CITY'S SALTIEST NEW MUSIC VENUE THE OLD MORTON SALT SHED.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A MAN STRUCK BY A DRIVER IN RIVER WEST HAS DIED.

THAT IS THE FIFTH CYCLIST KILLED IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR.

THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM WAS 44-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL BELL.

A WITNESS TO THE CRASH TELLS WTTW NEWS THAT THE MAN WAS RIDING NORTH ON AN E-BIKE IN THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE BIKE LANE AND THE CYCLIST WAS STRUCK BY A DRIVER TURNING LEFT AND COLLAPSED AND WAS NOT RESPONDING IN ANYWAY.

28 PEDESTRIANS AND FOUR OTHER CYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED ON CHICAGO STREETS SO FAR IN 2022 ACCORDING TO CITY DATA.

>> A NINE-YEAR-OLD ROAD IN THE SUBURBS IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY.

WOOD STREET-ASHLAND AVENUE RUNNING THROUGH JAVY, DIXMOOR IS GETTING AN INVESTMENT FROM THE STATE.

OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND ON THAT SITE TODAY.

>> THESE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT THE HAVE SUFFERED FOR LONG WITH DISINVESTMENT.

NOBODY WANTED TO COME TO THESE COMMUNITIES AND INVEST IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

AND MANY WILL SAY AND I AGREE, THAT THE ROADWAYS HOW THE ROADWAYS LOOK, ARE A SIGN OF WHAT IS TO COME IN A COMMUNITY.

>> THE ROAD WILL HAVE NEW CURBS, LIGHTING, MODERNIZED SIGNALS AND SAFER RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

>> IT'S MAKE OR BREAK TIME FOR THE CHICAGO SKY.

THE SKY IS HOSTING THE CONNECTICUT SUN IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE WNBA SEMIFINAL PLAYOFF SERIES.

AND IT'S ALMOST DEJA VU FOR THE TEAM WHERE LAST YEAR CHICAGO BEAT CONNECTICUT.

WHICHEVER TEAM THAT ADVANCES WILL PLAY THE ACES FOR THE WNBA TITLE.

NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> CHICAGO POLICE WILL NOT SUPPORT OUT OF STATE AGENCIES LOOKING TO INVESTIGATE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL TO THE CITY FOR ABORTIONS.

THAT IS IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A MEASURE THAT RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM A KEY PANEL OF ALDERPEOPLE TODAY AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS EXPECTED TO PASS THE FULL COUNCIL.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINING US NOW WITH MORE.

AND EXPLAIN FOR US WHAT THE MEASURE WOULD DO?

>> WELL, IT'S MODELED ON THE CITY'S WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE THAT PREVENTS CITY OFFICIALS FROM COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES SEEKING TO ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

IN THIS CASE, THE LAW AT ISSUE COULD BE PASSED BY STATES THAT HAVE BANNED ABORTION OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FROM LOOKING TO CHICAGO FOR HELP PROSECUTING PEOPLE SEEKING THAT CARE HERE IN THE CITY.

>> AS YOU SAID, THIS PROPOSAL IS MODELED ON THE SAME CITY RULE DESIGNED TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS.

HERE IS WHAT ALDERWOMAN RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ HAD TO SAY.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR GIVING US THE BLUEPRINT FOR FIGHTING SO HARD SO THAT CHICAGO COULD BE A WELCOMING CITY FOR IMMIGRANTS WHICH NOW WE CAN USE TO PROTECT EVERYBODY ELSE, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS IN NEED OF REFUGE.

>> HEATHER THIS IS A RARE SOURCE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MAYOR, RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ AND PREROGATIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

HOW COULD THE VOTE IMPACT POLITICAL DIVISIONS AT CITY HALL?

>> WELL IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THE ISSUE FOR ABORTION AT LEAST FOR DEMOCRATS IS A UNIFYING FORCE RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF LOVE LOST BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ.

THEY HAVE CLASHED OVER THE PROPER ROLE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTHCARE TO CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

BUT THEY ARE IN LOCK STEP ON THIS ISSUE.

AN INDICATION THAT THIS POST ROE VS. WADE WORLD IS VERY MUCH A WHOLE NEW WORLD.

>> THIS MEASURE RATIFIES AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY THE MAYOR BACK IN JULY.

BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HERE.

WHAT IS IT?

>> IT WILL PROTECT PEOPLE SEEKING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

SO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSAND LIVE IN STATES LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA, NOW HAVE VERY LIMITED ABILITY TO GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND IF THEY COME TO CHICAGO FOR IT, THEY WILL BE PROTECTED.

THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH SHE ISSUED IN JULY, DID NOT HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS.

BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEASURE THAT AS YOU SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO PASS ON SEPTEMBER 21.

>> ALL RIGHT, HEATHER CHERONE YOU WILL BE WATCHING THAT VOTE FOR US.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO THE FULL PROPOSAL.

IT IS ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MAY SOON BE EXCHANGING HORSES FOR BEARS.

AS CHICAGO'S NFL TEAM LOOKS TO GO TO THE SUBURBS ONE LEGACY MAY REPLACE ANOTHER AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE GO BACK TO AMANDA VINICKY IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FOR OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

THIS TIME WITH A FOCUS ON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL RACE COURSE.

AMANDA?

>> YES, PARIS.

A YEAR AGO ABOUT THIS TIME YOU WOULD HAVE HORSE TRAINERS, JOCKEYS AND FANS AND A STAFF OF 300 DASHING ABOUT ARLINGTON RACE COURSE.

>> AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF HUSTLE AND BUSTLE WE JUST FINISHED THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF RACING AND HOSTING THE ARLINGTON MILLION AND GUESTS FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

IT IS A LOT DIFFERENT WALKING THROUGH HERE.

IT'S WALKING THROUGH A GHOST TOWN.

REALLY THE LIFE HAS BEEN SUCKED OUT OF THE FACILITY.

>> AND IN FACT, BETTING WINDOWS AND THE CASH DRAWERS ARE EMPTY.

STABLES AND BARNS VACANT AND WEEDS RATHER THAN FLOWERS SPROUT IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE OF THE RACETRACK.

ARLINGTON'S STAFF IS NOW 30 AND THEY ARE MAINTAINING THAT LAVISH GRANDSTAND THAT WAS BUILT BY RICHARD DUCHESS WALL AFTER A FIRE IN 1985.

THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME AN EYESORE AND WHILE THE PLANS RELEASED THIS WEEK BY THE BEARS ENVISION KNOCKING THEM DOWN THE GRANDSTAND AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS MAY WELL SERVE AS TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE OFFICES FOR THE BEARS IN THE FUTURE.

ARLINGTON PRESIDENT TONY PETRILLO SAYS ARLINGTON WAS ONE OF THE FINEST HORSE TRACKS IN THE WORLD AND DREW JOCKEYS AND TRAINERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE THEY HAVE SCATTERED BACK TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND STATES.

>> DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD SEE THE DAY?

>> NO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR SO MANY YEARS, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF RACETRACKS CLOSE.

A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS.

>> THE PROPERTY IS SO MASSIVE THAT TONY PETRILLO SAYS FROM A SHAREHOLDERS PERSPECTIVE RACING AT ARLINGTON NO LONGER MAKES SENSE.

CHICAGO, OF COURSE, IS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TRACK.

HAS CONTRIBUTED TO ARLINGTON'S NEARLY CENTURY-LONG SUCCESS.

THAT IS WELL AS THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY IS PART OF WHAT IS ATTRACTING THE BEARS.

ARLINGTON OFFICIALS ARE TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WHAT NEGOTIATIONS THEY ARE HAVING WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

BUT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OF ARLINGTON SAYS HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THE TEAM MIGHT SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE.

>> THEY DO NOT LET ME KNOW THAT.

THAT IS HELD VERY TIGHT TO THE VEST.

AND I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY KNOWS.

THERE IS A LOT TO WORK THROUGH WHEN YOU ARE BUYING A PROPERTY THIS LARGE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO MAKING SURE IT IS RIGHT.

>> MEANWHILE, HE AND OTHERS THAT ARE STILL AT THE TRACK ARE WINDING THINGS DOWN AT ARLINGTON INCLUDING RESTRUCTURING THE COMPANY AND LIQUIDATING ASSETS WITH WEEKLY AUCTIONS.

HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF ARLINGTON MEMORABILIA ARE UP FOR SALE ON-LINE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER RIGHT NOW AND THEY WILL BE WEEKLY THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

THAT INCLUDES BENCHES THAT ARE GOING FOR UP TO $1,000 AS WELL ASTROFIES AND GLASSWARE.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS SUCH AS ARLINGTON ALCOHOL POLICIES AROUND.

WE FOUND ONE IN THE COOLER.

IT'S CODED IN PLASTIC.

IT IS AN EIGHT-AND-A-HALF BY 11 SHEET THAT EXPLAINS OUR ALCOHOL POLICY.

I FIGURE TO DO WENT FOR A DOLLAR OR TWO AND IT WENT FOR $35 AUTO 0.

>> -- $350.

>> IT SHOWS WHAT ARLINGTON MEANT TO PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT TO LITERALLY HAVE A PIECE OF THOSE MEMORIES TO KEEP WITH THEM.

THE TRACK MEANS A LOT TO HIM, TOO.

BEFORE HE STARTED WORKING AT THE TRACK HIS FAMILY WOULD GO TO THE RACES AND HIS SON, JASON, WHO IS A SINGER HAS SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE TRACK.

NOW, WHILE THE BEARS HAVE BEEN CAGEY ABOUT SAYING THAT THE SALE IS FOR SURE A GO, THIS AUCTIONING OFF OF MERCHANDISE IS A CLEAR SIGN THAT RACING DAYS AT ARLINGTON ARE DONE.

>> WE'VE BEEN RACING ON THIS SITE FOR 94 YEARS.

THAT IS A LONGTIME.

ALMOST A CENTURY OF RACING.

AND I THINK WHAT IS GETTING LOST IN ALL OF THIS IS JUST HOW DEEP THE HISTORY REALLY IS AND HOW DEEP THE ROOTS ARE OF ARLINGTON IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> HE SAYS THAT IF ARLINGTON CAN'T RACETRACK -- RACE HORSES, THEN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS BECOMING HOME TO THE CHICAGO BEARS WELL THAT IS THE NEXT BEST THING.

STILL, THERE IS A LOT THAT IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

MAYBE RIGHT FOR BETTING YOU MIGHT SAY.

THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THE DEAL COULD CRUMBLE THAT THE FINANCING MAY FALL APART.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TALKED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING A DIFFERENT NFL TEAM TO CHICAGO IF THE BEARS MOVE TO THE BURBS.

IT'S LIKE A SAYING THAT YOU CAN FIND AT A TWO-SCALE STATUE AT ARLINGTON THAT COMMEMORATES A FAMOUS BY THE NOSE RACE FROM 1981.

THAT A LOT CAN HAPPEN AGAINST ALL ODDS.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK WITH A RESIDENT WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THE CHANGE COMING TO HIS HOMETOWN.

FOR NOW WE ARE SEND TO GO BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF HISTORY THERE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

UP NEXT WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS FROM THE BEARS MOVE TO THEIR UP COMING SEASON.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... AMID ALL THE CHAT ARE ABOUT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THE BEARS HAVE A SEASON THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR AND IT KICKS OFF AT SOLDIER FIELD AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS.

AND IT IS A SEASON OF RADICAL CHANGE FOR THE TEAM NEW HEAD COACH, NEW GENERAL MANAGER AND A TON OF NEW PLAYERS AND HIGH HOPES FOR JUSTIN FIELDS.

AND HERE WITH A PREVIEW OF THE SEASON IS FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM THE CHICAGO BEARS FROM 1991-2002, JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS.

IT IS A GREAT DAY.

FOOTBALL IS FINALLY BACK.

EVERYTHING IS NEW OVER THERE IN LAKE FOREST FOR THE BEARS, NEW GM, NEW COACH, A LOT OF NEW PLAYERS.

JUSTIN FIELDS YEAR TWO WHAT SHOULD FANS EXPECT FROM HIM THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, YOU WANT TO SEE HIM GROW.

YOU WANT TO SEE HIM GET BETTER.

YOU WANT TO SEE HIM MAKE PROGRESSIONS FROM LAST YEAR.

IT WASN'T AN IDEAL SITUATION LAST YEAR.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO HOPE THAT THEY PUT HIM IN A SITUATION TO GROW THIS YEAR.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TALENT AROUND HIM OR BIG NAMED TALENT AROUND HIM.

BUT THERE ARE GUYS OUT THERE THAT CAN MAKE PLAYS FOR HIM.

>> AND WE'RE WATCHING CLIPS HERE FROM HIS FINAL PRESEASON GAME.

EVERYONE SAYS IT'S JUST PRESEASON BUT FIELDS LOOKS SPECTACULAR IS IT OK TO GET EXCITED?

>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO GET A LITTLE EXCITED.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH A FAN BASE THAT HAS BEEN WITHOUT A SUPERSTAR QUARTERBACK FOREVER.

SO TO SEE A YOUNG GUY MAKE PROGRESSION, TO SEE HIM GROW A LITTLE BIT ON THE FIELD, EASTERN THOUGH IT'S IN THE PRESEASON.

YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BUILDUP YOUR HOPES FOR WHAT HE CAN DO AND WHAT THE COACHING STAFF CAN HELP HIM DO DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED THERE AREN'T A LOT OF WEAPONS AROUND HIM.

A LOT OF FOLKS COMPLAIN THAT THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER DID NOT DRAFT A RECEIVER OR GET A FREE AGENT ARE YOU OK WITH THE RECEIVING CORE?

DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR HIM?

>> I THINK YOU'RE -- THE BEARS ARE IN A SITUATION RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE PROGRESS AS THEY GO ALONG.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME IN THIS YEAR WITH A NEW COACHING STAFF AND A NEW GM AND JUST PUT A BUNCH OF HIGH-PRICED PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.

THEY HAD TO CLEAR OUT A LOCKER ROOM THAT WAS FULL OF PLAYERS THAT THEY DID NOT BRING IN.

THEY WANTED TO FILL IT UP WITH THEIR TYPE OF PLAYERS.

AND THEY ARE DOING THAT.

BUT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOMETIME.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET EVERYTHING COORDINATED IN A SENSE THAT THEY CAN PUT THE PRODUCT ON THE FIELD THAT THEY REALLY WANT.

THEY ARE JUST BUILDING UP TO IT NOW.

>> AND PART OF BUILDING IS THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

A LOT OF FOLKS WERE WORRIED THAT THE BEARS WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT COULD PROTECT FIELDS ADEQUATELY BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE SOLIDIFIED WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THE LINE?

>> WELL, THE LINE IS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRAXTON THE LEFT TACKLE RIGHT NOW.

YOUNG GUY, FIFTH ROUND DRAFT PICK AND HIS FIRST GAME HE HAS TO GO UP AGAINST THE 49ERS.

YOU KNOW, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE GET BACK TO THE COACHING STAFF.

IS THE COACHING STAFF GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT A SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THIS FIRST GAME TO HELP OUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE AS WELL AS THEIR YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

DO THEY KEEP TIGHT-ENDS?

WE HAVE A COUPLE FULLBACKS ON THE ROSTER.

ARE THOSE FULLBACKS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHIP ON THEIR WAY OUT TO GET INTO THE FLATS TO HELP THE TACKLES WITH THE ENDS?

ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLIDIFY THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET PUSHED BACK INTO FIELDS' LAP?

IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WE SHOULD SEE GREAT IMPROVEMENT FROM THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND FIELDS.

>> PLUS THE PLAY CALLING IT SEEMS THERE WILL BE MORE ROLL OUTS, BOOTLEGS AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR WHERE FIELDS WAS A SITTING DUCK.

ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE TO THE BALL THEY ARE SHIFTING TO A FOUR-THREE DEFENSE.

WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE DEFENSE?

>> WELL, I EXPECT THE DEFENSE TO FLY AROUND.

WHEN YOU YOUR HEAD COACH IS A DEFENSIVE MINDED GUY, A LOT OF HIS ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON WHAT THE DEFENSE DOES AND HOW THEY DO IT.

SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A DEFENSE THAT TYPICALLY IS BUILT STRONG RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

YOU USUALLY HAVE AN OUTSTANDING THREE TECHNIQUE OR NOSE GUARD.

AN OUTSTANDING LINEBACKER AND OUTSTANDING SAFETY.

AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEARS HAVE AT THOSE POSITIONS YET.

SO AS THE SEASON GOES ON, WE'LL FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE GO TO GUYS ON THAT DEFENSE AND WHO ARE THE GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE BIG PLAYS EITHER UP FRONT OR IN THE SECONDARY.

ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THAT OUT WE'LL SEE THE DEFENSE GEL AND TAKE SHAPE.

>> A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AND THE BEARS ARE GOING UP IN THE HOME OPENER AGAINST A TEAM FOLKS CONSIDER PLAYOFF CALIBER, SAN FRANCISCO.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THIS GAME?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH GAME FOR THE BEARS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A SHANAHAN OFFENSE THAT IS GOING TO COME IN HERE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BEARS' DEFENSE ON THEIR HEELS THEY WILL GIVE THEM DIFFERENT LOOKS BUT THE LOOKS WILL LOOK LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO -- THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND BE CLEAR WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HUSTLE BE ALL OVER THE FIELD.

BECAUSE OUTSIDE ZONE BOOT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE WANT THE BEARS TO RUN, SAN FRANCISCO RUNS.

AND THEY RUN THEM WELL.

>> A GOOD TEAM.

THE NATIONAL PUNDITS ARE DOGGING THE BEARS SAYING THEY ARE ONE OF THE WORST TEAMS IN THE NFL.

THEY DON'T EXPECT MUCH OF ANYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK A REALISTIC PREDICTION IS IN TERMS OF THEIR RECORD THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, I MEAN, IF THE BEARS COME OUT OF THIS SEASON AND THEY ARE 8-9, OR 9-8, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE TEAM HAS GOTTEN BETTER, HAS PROGRESSED ALONG AS THE SEASON GOES ALONG, I AM OK WITH THAT.

YOU CAN'T BE A TEAM THAT COMES OUT HERE AND GOES ONLY GETS FOUR WINS AND YOU DON'T SEE ANY PROGRESSION OUT OF THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

YOU DON'T SEE YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE GETTING BETTER.

YOU DON'T SEE THE PASS RUSH FROM YOUR DEFENSE GETTING ANY BETTER OR THE BLITZES THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M LOOKING FOR.

THEY NEED TO GO 8-9 AND EVERYONE GETS BETTER KNOWING THEY WILL BRING MORE AND BETTER PEOPLE IN NEXT YEAR, I WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK BEARS' FANS WILL BE HAPPY WITH 8-9.

AS YOU SAID, IT'S ALL ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS TAKING THAT LEAP AND HE LOOKED GOOD IN THE PRESEASON.

JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THANKS PARIS, GOOD TALKING TO YOU, MAN.

>> YOU TOO, BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

NOW BACK TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WHERE AMANDA VINICKY SPENT THE DAY AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

AMANDA?

>> YES, BRANDIS WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHAT HAS BEEN HEARD BY THE APPROXIMATELY 800 PEOPLE AT THIS COMMUNITY MEETING THUS FAR.

THEY HEARD THAT THIS IS NOT FOR SURE A DEAL WITH THE BEARS CHAIRMAN C.E.O.

PRESENT ON THE STAGE SAYING THEY ARE UNSURE IF THEY ARE GOING TO CLOSE AND EVEN IF THEY DO CLOSE ON THE ARLINGTON RACE COURSE PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE BEARS ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING IT INTO THE STADIUM.

BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE EAGER TO DO SO.

THEY SAY SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR EVENTS LIKE THE SUPER BOWL WHICH THE TEAM SAYS THEY CANNOT DO NOW.

A DECISION COULD BE MADE BY LATE THIS YEAR THEY SAY OR EARLY IN 2023.

JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE OF THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS RESIDENTS WHO WAS LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS MARTIN BOWER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOING IN YOU HAD CONCERNS SHARE WITH US WHAT THOSE WERE.

>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

MY CONCERNS SIMPLY ARE HOW THE FINANCING IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THIS PROJECT.

ON THE ONE HAND THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCITING PROJECT NO DOUBT.

THE PROSPECT OF HAVING THE BEARS IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IS EXCITING TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS TO A LOT OF MY FRIENDS.

ON THE OTHER HAND WE ALSO KNOW A LOT OF THESE DEALS WHERE PUBLIC FINANCING IS NEEDED TO MAKE A PROJECT HAPPEN, THEY TEND TO GO SOUR.

THEY TEND TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES.

AND I AM VERY CONCERNED WHAT THAT IMPACT MIGHT BE ON MY AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS BACKS.

>> YOU DON'T BUY THE ARGUMENT INSTEAD THIS IS GOING TO BRING PATRONS AND PEOPLE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THAT MAYBE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES NOT GO DOWN BUT HOLD STEADY?

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THE CALCULATIONS WILL ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC.

NO DOUBT.

WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED WILL ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC.

REALITY JUST DOES NOT QUITE AGREE WITH THAT.

AND SO THE CONCERN REMAINS.

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT OFFICIALS ARE A LITTLE BIT TOO EAGER TO PROMISE DOLLARS AND QUITE HONESTLY WHAT I HEARD HERE FROM GEORGE McCASKEY WAS ALREADY A STATEMENT OF IF THE PUBLIC DOES NOT MAKE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE THIS PROJECT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD.

IN MY MIND IT IS A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION.

A BUSINESS, IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IS POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE BEST PLAN AFTER ALL.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU YOU SORT OF ANSWERED IT, DID ANYTHING THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND OR GIVE YOU REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC WANTING THE PROJECT TO COME HERE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO PAY EXTRA IN TAXES?

>> I DON'T THINK I'M WILLING TO PAY EXTRA UNLESS THE LITTLE IS REALLY A LITTLE.

WHAT I HEARD SOUNDS EXCITING.

THE PLAN SOUNDS EXCITING.

THE PROSPECT SOUNDS EXCITING.

THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS SOUND GREAT.

I LEFT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ARCHITECT'S PRESENTATION.

BUT, AGAIN, THERE IS A PRICE TAG ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE FOOTING THE BILL.

>> WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK IN THERE TO CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE BEARS MAY HAVE IN STORE ONCE AGAIN THAT IS MARTIN BOWER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

A LOT FOR RESIDENTS THERE TO THINK ABOUT.

>> UP NEXT, A TOUR OF ONE OF CHICAGO'S NEWEST MUSIC VENUES.

FIRST, A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND... [♪♪♪] AS FAR AS CHICAGO ICONS GO IT'S NOT THE WATER TOWER OR THE MERCHANDISE MART BUT THE MORTON SALT SHED IS FAMILIAR TO ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN IT OFF THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY ON THE NEAR NORTH SIDE.

NOW IT IS HOME TO THE CITY'S NEWEST CONCERT VENUE.

APPROPRIATELY CALLED THE SALT SHED.

PRODUCER MARC VITALI TOURED THE NEARLY REIMAGINED BUILDING ON OPENING DAY.

>> ALONG ELSTON AVENUE, THE ROOFTOP SIGN IS BACK WITH A FRESH COAT OF PAINT.

INSIDE, PHOTOGRAPHS DETAIL THE REBUILDING AND PAINTING PROCESS ON THE STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1929.

BUT THE REAL ATTRACTION IS THE NEW OUTDOOR CONCERT VENUE ON A FOUR-ACRE SITE ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER ACROSS FROM GOOSE ISLAND.

WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS BEHIND THE PROJECT.

>> I'VE BEEN DRIVING BY THIS ALL MY LIFE YOU KNOW.

AND WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF MAYBE WE CAN REPURPOSE THIS INTO A VENUE.

WE STARTED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

BEEN WORKING IN EARNEST FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

TOOK US ALMOST A YEAR TO CLEAR THE PLACE OUT AND GET THE STRUCTURE SAFE AND TRUE AND SO FOR THE LAST WE ARE WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.

>> WE VISITED WHILE DRUMMER AND HIS BAND CHECKED THE SOUND FOR THEIR OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE.

>> UP COMING PER FORMERS INCLUDE FLEET FOXES, MOUNT JOY AND ANDREW BIRD.

IN THE NEW YEAR THERE WILL BE AN INDOOR VENUE WITH CAPACITY OF UP TO 3600 PEOPLE.

OUTDOORS THERE IS A FAIRGROUND ATMOSPHERE WITH SHOPS AND BARS ALONG THE MIDWAY.

AND THEY'VE KEPT MANY OF THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE SITE UNIQUE.

>> WE TRIED TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE COLUMN RELICS AS WE COULD.

BEHIND ME, IS THE OLD CONVEYOR BELT THAT USED TO BRING THE SALT OFF OF THE RIVER AND INTO THE SHED.

AND THEN ALL THE STRUCTURE AND THE WALLS MORE OF AN ARC LONG CAL VIEWING OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY.

>> ONE THING THE WORKER ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF: SALT.

>> WE GET A LOT OF SALT HERE.

WE GOT MOST OF IT OUT BUT IT SEEPS THROUGH THE FLOORS.

IT IS AN ICONIC STRUCTURE IT IS A WONDERFUL PART OF CHICAGO AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONVERT IT INTO SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE OF AN APPROPRIATE USE IN TODAY'S WORLD.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> >> >> ALONG MANY OTHER VENUES IN THE AREA AND THEY STRESS AT THE SALT SHED IS AN ALL AGES VENUE.

THE CONCERTS MENTIONED HAVE ALREADY PASSED.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER UP COMING CONCERTS AT THE SALT SHED ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

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