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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S PROGRAM WITH THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTACKS ON THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.

>> DONALD TRUMP'S OWN WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, HIS OWN WHITE HOUSE STAFF, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN FAMILY ALL IMPLORED HIM TO IMMEDIATELY INTERVENE TO CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE AND INSTRUCT THE SUPPORTERS TO STAND DOWN, LEAVE THE CAPITOL AND DISPERSE.

AND FOR HOURS, DONALD TRUMP CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER THE PLEAS FROM CONGRESS, FROM HIS OWN PARTY AND FROM ALL ACROSS OUR NATION TO DO WHAT HIS OATH REQUIRED.

HE REFUSED TO DEFEND OUR NATION AND OUR CONSTITUTION.

>> AND WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE WITH PATRICK COTTER, A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS NOW IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.

AND JOE WALSH A FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS AND HOST OF THE PODCAST WHITE FLAG WITH JOE WALSH.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

THE HEARING JUST CONCLUDED N TERMS OF WHAT YOU HEARD WHAT WAS THE MOST STRIKING TO YOU?

PATRICK COTTER LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE >> THE MOST STRIKING PART OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WAS THE EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT Mr. TRUMP INTENDED THAT HE WANTED THE RIOT TO GO FORWARD.

BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE OF THAT WAS HIS FAILURE TO STOP IT WHEN HE CLEARLY NOT ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BUT WAS BEING URGED TO DO SO BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

AND LEGALLY THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE IT IS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS INTENTIONALLY PART OF A CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT THE LAW AND PREVENT THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM GOING FORWARD.

AND LEGALLY THAT VERY SIGNIFICANT.

>> JOE WALSH SAME QUESTION, WHAT WAS THE MOST STRIKING THING YOU HEARD?

>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A VIVID REMINDER OF WHAT A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING DONALD TRUMP IS.

TO WHAT PATRICK SAID, I WATCHED THE HEARING TONIGHT, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF OVER AND OVER, THIS WASN'T A DERELICTION OF DUTY.

NO TRUMP CHOSE TO DO WHAT HE DID.

THIS WAS ALMOST AN ACT OF TREASON.

HE CHOSE TO SUPPORT THIS COUP.

HE WATCHED IT ON TV HE CHEERED IT ON.

LET'S NOT FORGET HE KNEW HIS SUPPORTERS WERE ARMED AND HE WANTED TO GO TO THE CAPITOL.

THIS WAS AN ACTIVE CHOICE.

HE CHOSE TO LEAD A COUP TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION AN AMERICAN ELECTION.

>> AMONG THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD TONIGHT WAS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOTHING TO GET HELP TO THE CAPITOL.

LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THAT >> ARE YOU AWARE OF PHONE CALL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES THAT DAY?

>> NO.

>> ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY PHONE CALL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT DAY?

>> I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, NO.

>> THE PRESIDENT >> NO.

>> DID YOU HEAR THE PRESIDENT ASK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE?

>> NO.

>> NUMBER OF WITNESSES TESTIFYING ON TAPE THAT THEY NEVER HEARD THE PRESIDENT CALL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.

PATRICK HOW DAMAGE SOMETHING THAT TESTIMONY?

HAS THE JANUARY 6TH HEARING DONE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR THE ATTACK?

>> I THINK THEY TONIGHT THEY SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE BALL TO ESTABLISHING A PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE PRESIDENT INTENTIONALLY ENGAGED IN A CONSPIRACY SO FRUSTRATE THE ELECTION.

THAT IS ILLEGAL.

IT VIOLATES A NUMBER OF FEDERAL FELONIES.

AND I THINK TONIGHT'S EVIDENCE CLEARLY ADVANCED THE BALL IN THE SENSE THAT IT PROVIDED A LOT MORE EVIDENCE THAT HE IS INTENDED TO BRING ABOUT EXACTLY THE RESULT THAT CAME ABOUT.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET PROVE THAT SOMETHING WANTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ILLEGAL.

YOU CAN EITHER GET IT FROM STATEMENTS THEY MAKE SAYING I WANT TO BREAK THE LAW.

I WANT TO DISRUPT THIS ELECTION.

OR IN THIS CASE, TONIGHT, WE SAW THE OTHER WAY YOU PROVE IT YOU SHOW THAT WHEN THEY TAKE STEPS AND THE THING HAPPENS, THEY DON'T SAY OH, MY GOSH THAT NOT WHAT I WANTED I BETTER STOP T INSTEAD WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT IS THAT TRUMP WHEN IT HAPPENED, HE ACTED LIKE A GUY WHO WAS VERY HAPPY IT HAPPENED AND HE SAT AND WATCHED IT FOR THREE HOURS WHEN HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IN IN [INAUDIBLE] IT IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE ABOUT INDICTING EXPRESIDENTS BUT DID THEY ADVANCE THE LEGAL CASE FOR INDICTING HIM?

YES.

>> WE HEARD A HARROWING RADIO EXCHANGE BETWEEN VICE PENCE'S SECURITY DETAIL AS THE MOB INVADED THE CAPITOL >> >> WE NEED TO MOVE NOW >> IF WE LOSE, ANYMORE TIME WE MAY HAVE MAY LOSE THE ABILITY TO LEAVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.

>> GAINED ACCESS TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND I'VE GOT FIVE FEET FROM ME DOWN HERE BELOW >> COPY.

>> NECESSARY ON THE SECOND FLOOR MOVING IN NOW.

WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER GETTING OUT AND LEAVING NOW.

COPY?

>> JOE WALSH YOU'VE TALKED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS CULT LIKE DOES THIS DISREGARD PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOWING HIS DISLIKE OF PENCE?

>> TRUMP SUPPORTERS WERE NOT WATCHING TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WATCHING THESE HEARINGS.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT MIKE PENCE THERE AND HOW CLOSE PENCE CAME.

AND THINK ABOUT IT... WE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SO FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES THAT THEY CALLED THEIR FAMILY.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

BUT TO WHAT PATRICK SAID, THIS IS REALLY HARD FOR AMERICANS TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND.

TRUMP DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE HE WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN.

HE WANTED IT TO SUCCEED.

I MEAN THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES.

IT'S TOUGH TO GRASP BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE IS LIKELY SOONER THAN LATER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS RUNNING AGAIN IN 2024.

ASSUMING HE DOES, PATRICK COTTER DOES THAT COMPLICATE THINGS FOR U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND?

>> YES.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS FOR 40 YEARS A RULE THAT SAYS THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IT CANNOT TO BRING CASES THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT OR LIKELY TO IMPACT ELECTIONS T WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL HURDLE FOR THE DOJ TO GET OVER ONCE TRUMP ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS AN ACTIVE CANDIDATE IN AN ELECTION.

BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO SOMEHOW SQUARE BRINGING AN INDICTMENT OF HIM WHILE HE IS AN ACTIVE CANDIDATE.

ADDITIONALLY ONCE YOU BRING CHARGES IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM IT CAN TAKE YEARS BEFORE YOU GET TO TRIAL.

SO THE FACT THAT EVEN IF THEY BROUGHT THE INDICTMENT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW IF THE CASE GOES FORWARD IT WILL BE GOING ON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THAT IS VERY DAUNTING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BECAUSE, AS I SAY, THE RULE IS DON'T DO ANYTHING TO AFFECT AN ELECTION.

IT IS AN OBSTACLE.

IT IS A HUGE COMPLICATION.

>> JOE WALSH IF AND WHEN TRUMP DOES ANNOUNCE A 2024 RUN DO YOU THINK HE IS THE FAVORITE TO GET THE NOMINATION?

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULD CONTEST HIM?

>> TRUMP IS AUTOMATICALLY THE FAVORITE.

THIS IS STILL DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY.

I SPEAK TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS EVERYDAY.

NONE OF THEM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NONE OF THIS DISAPPROVE OF TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR ON JANUARY 6TH.

IF THERE'S SOFTENING FOR SUPPORT OF TRUMP IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY WORRY ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS NEWS MIGHT MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR TRUMP TO WIN.

BUT THERE IS STILL TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

HE WOULD BE THE UNDISPUTED FAVORITE TO BECOME THE 2024 NOMINEE.

THE MAN WHO ASPIRED TO LEAD AN COUP TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION THE UNDISPUTED FAVORITE TO BE THE NEXT REPUBLICAN NOMINEE NOR PRESIDENT.

>> WE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT THE JANUARY 6TH SELECT COMMITTEE SAYS THEY PLAN TO HAVE MORE HEARINGS IN SEPTEMBER AFTER RETRENCHING IN AUGUST.

GENTLEMEN I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT LATER ON.

THANKS TO JOE WALSH AND PATRICK COTTER FOR JOINING US >> UP NEXT, MORE ON THE HEARINGS WITH A LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATIONS EXTENDED FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE PUBLIC.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AS WE'VE SAID TONIGHT THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 ATTACKS WRAPPED UP THE HEARINGS FOR NOW.

IT'S EXPECTED TO RESUME IN SEPTEMBER.

THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN SHOWN NEVER BEFORE SEEN VIDEO OF THE ATTACK AND HEARD FROM A DOZEN WITNESSES INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER, FORMER PROUD BOYS AND MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHO RESIGNED IN THE WAKE OF OF THE ATTACK.

THE CASE HAS BEEN LAID OUT BUT IT BEGS THE QUESTION: HAVE THE HEARINGS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC?

>> JANE HALL.

AND JASON SHERMAN PRESIDENT OF SHERMAN COMMUNICATIONS A CHICAGO PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LET'S START WITH YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE HEARING AS WELL.

JASON SHERMAN FIRST TO YOU.

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> I THINK OVERALL THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY HAVE CALLED AND MANAGED THE WITNESSES BEAUTIFULLY.

THEY STUCK WITH FACTS.

THEY'VE STABBED ENORMOUS CREDIBILITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

THEY FOLLOWED PROCESS AND THEY'VE PAINTED A CLEAR PICTURE.

SO I THINK AS A BODY AND AS DOING THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.

>> JANE HALL SAME QUESTION TO TO YOU >> I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AS NEWS.

IT'S BEEN WELL PRODUCED.

IT HAD COMPELLING TESTIMONY.

ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE PIECES OF THE MESSAGING HAS BEEN THE REPUBLICANS WHO TESTIFIED, THE REPUBLICAN STATE SENATE RUSTY BOWERS.

THE WOMAN WHO WORKED FOR MARK MEADOWS.

PEOPLE WERE LOYAL TO TRUMP WHOSE LIVES WERE CHANGED IN BOWERS CASE, THREATENED.

I THINK WHAT THEY'VE COMPILE SECOND A COMPELLING NARRATIVE.

AND TODAY WAS MORE EXPLOSIVE.

THEY DID A TIMELINE THAT SHOWED AN ABSOLUTE INACTIVITY ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT.

AND I THINK THEY BUILT A CASE AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.

PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THESE HEARINGS.

>> WELL BUILT CASE YOU ARE DESCRIBING, JANE HALL, BUT IS IT SWAYING PUBLIC OPINION?

ARE PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR MIND?

>> IT'S INTERESTING THE REPUBLICANS SAID NOBODY WAS GOING TO WATCH.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

FOX NEWS HAS NOT BEEN PLAY TO GO IN PRIMETIME AND WHEN THEY PLAY IT DURING THE DAY, THEIR VIEWER VIEWERSHIP DOES NOT WATCH IT.

THEY ARE CONVINCED IT IS A PARTISAN SITUATION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S NEW POLLING OUT THAT SHOWS TRUMP'S SUPPORT WANING TO SOME DEGREE.

AND THE FACT THAT HE IS STILL AT THE TOP OF THE PRIMARY MATCHUP IN A LOT OF PLACES, IS CERTAINLY COMPELLING.

BUT YOU SEE SOME LOSS OF SUPPORT EVEN AMONG REPUBLICANS.

AND I ALSO SEE LIKE 44% OF REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY ARE WATCHING THIS.

SO YOU KNOW, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

THE PURPOSE IS TO THE COMMITTEE HAS SAID IS TO DOCUMENT THE CASE THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY.

BUT IT ALSO IS GOING TO HAVE IMPACT ON WHO RUNS IN 2024.

I THINK IT HAS HURT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> JASON SHERMAN WHAT IS HAS THE STRATEGY BEEN THUS FAR AND WHAT SHOULD THE COMMITTEE HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO COMMUNICATE THEIR MESSAGE AND STRATEGY TO THE PUBLIC?

>> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.

I LIKE TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS: ONE NEVER WASTE A GOOD CRISIS AND NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION AND BY THAT I MEAN THIS IS A MASSIVE CRISIS WHAT HAPPENED JANUARY 6.

AND BY PULLING THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND DOING THE HEARINGS THEY ARE DRAWING ATTENTION TO IT AND PUTTING IT ON A PUBLIC RECORD.

AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE OUR ATTENTION, NOW THE 44% OF REPUBLICANS ARE WATCHING, THEY NEED TO DO A BIT MORE.

AND THE DEMOCRATS IT'S NOT JUST A COMMITTEE HEARING IT'S A VEHICLE FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND TO REALLY CEASE THAT MOMENT AND THEY NEED TO BOAST TO THE MIDTERMS AND DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND THE RADICAL, PHENOMENA NATURAL SUPREMIST REPUBLICANS.

AND DO AMERICANS WANT THAT LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT THAT IS TAKING US TWO STEPS AWAY FROM A FASHIST AUTHORITARIAN REGIME RUNNING BY SOMEONE BY ALL ACCOUNTS UNHINGED.

THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO CEASE ON THAT MOMENT AND THEY NEED TO SUMMON CONVERTS PEOPLE THAT WERE FORMER TRUMPERS AND TO COME FORWARD AND DEPLOY THEM AND HAVE THEM GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO CONSERVATIVE NEWS OUTLETS AND HAVE THEIR DAMASCUS MOMENT AND COME OUT AND SAY, LOOK HERE IS MY ROAD TO DAMASCUS, I SEE WHAT I DID WRONG.

YOU SAW THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE RUINED.

HAVE 15 OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THE NEWS CIRCUIT ON A REGULAR PERIOD THROUGHOUT AND SATURATE THE MEDIA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN OP-EDS AND PERSON INTERVIEWS.

THAT IS COMPELLING.

SOME WILL PAY ATTENTION AND SOME WILL TURN AWAY.

ALL YOU NEED IS 5% AND YOU'VE CHANGED THE ELECTION BOTH THE MIDTERM AND 2024.

THEY SHOULD DO MORE IN TERMS OF DEMONIZING TRUMP AS A MAJOR THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.

>> I WANTED TO JUMP IN AND GET JANE HALL IN HERE.

WE HEARD JOE WALSH SAY IT BUT IF DEMOCRATS FORMED THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE OF THE HEARINGS, HOW MUCH DOES THE MESSAGE MATTER IF IT IS MOSTLY DEMOCRATS WHO BELIEVE WHAT THE HEARINGS ARE ABOUT?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY PLAYING OUT THAT WAY.

THE LATEST POLLING IS SHOWING THAT LIKE 75% OF PB NEWSHOUR POLL SAYS 77% OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.

WHAT IS DIFFICULT IS THIS COMMITTEE IS AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE THAT REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF.

THEY PROBABLY LOST OUT FROM THE PUBLIC RELATIONS STANDPOINT BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A FEW REPUBLICANS KINZINGER AND LIZ CHENEY ON T WHAT IS DIFFICULT IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE AS THEY APPROACHED MIDTERM ELECTIONS, TO DISLODGE TRUMP, TO GET PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS INSURRECTION AS A TOP ISSUE 0 ON WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE.

THEY WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT THE FUNCTION OF THIS COMMITTEE BUT THERE IS A POLITICAL REALITY THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING BIG AND LOSING IN THE MIDTERMS.

SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE STRATEGY THAT IS BEING DESCRIBED.

BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S ONLY DEMOCRATS WHO ARE WATCHING.

AND THE STATISTICS DO NOT BEAR THAT OUT.

FOX NEWS IS DOING A DISSERVICE IN MY OPINION BY COMMENTING.

THEY HAVE TUCKER CARLSON AT NIGHT SAYING IT IS A SHAM THEY ARE LYING TO YOU.

I THINK THE TRUTH AND THE FACTS ARE BLEEDING IN OR YOU WOULDN'T SEE TRUMP LOSING ALTITUDE.

I THINK THAT IS A FACT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A LOT MORE TO COMMON.

WE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT FOR NOW, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> PLEASURE.

>> UP NEXT, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> NOW, TO SOME OF TOP STORIES...

THIS MORNING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

>> HEY FOLKS GUESS YOU HEARD THIS MORNING I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

I'VE BEEN DOUBLE VACCINATED AND DOUBLE BOOSTED AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE MILD AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS.

I'M DOING WELL, GETTING WORK DONE AND GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET IT DONE.

THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN AND KEEP THE FAITH.

I WILL BE OK. >> THE 79-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WORKING FROM THE RESIDENCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAVING A RUN ANY NOSE, FATIGUE AND DRY COUGH.

BIDEN IS BEING TREATED WITH THE DRUG PAXLOVID USED TO PREVENT SEVERE SYMPTOMS.

A LAWSUIT ALLEGES CHICAGO POLICE MADE FALSE ARRESTS BASED ON SHOT SPOT ALERTS.

THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY RESULTED IN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INCLUDING TWO MEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF CRIMES BASED ON UNFOUNDED ALERTS.

THE CONTROVERSIAL SHOTS FIRED TECHNOLOGY ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY GUNFIRE AND DIRECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE LOCATION.

THE LAW DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS NOT YET BEEN SERVED WITH THE COMPLAINT.

THOUGH IT WAS NOT NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN THE LAWSUIT.

SHOTSPOTTER DEFENDED ITS TECHNOLOGY IN A STATEMENT TO WTTW NEWS.

YOU CAN READ THAT STATEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> ANOTHER ALDERPERSON IS MAKING AN EXIT FROM CITY HALL THIS' MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S HAND PICKED ETHICS COMMITTEE CHAIR ALDERWOMAN MICHELLE 134EU9 SHE CITES FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 12.

THE REPLACEMENT WILL BE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S THIRD APPOINTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL GIVING THAT PERSON A LEG UP IF THEY RUN IN THE ELECTION.

SMITH IS THE FOURTH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT WHO ELSE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO CITY COUNCIL AND 0 OUR WEBSITE.

>> FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA IS ANNOUNCING A NEW BOOK >> CALLED THE LIGHT WE CARRY.

AND I THINK OF IT AS A TOOLBOX, A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE PERSPECTIVES AND I'VE GATHERED OVER THE YEARS TO KEEP ME CENTERED EVEN DURING TIMES OF HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESS.

>> MRS. OBAMA MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE BOOK CALLED THE LIGHT WE CARRY TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 15TH.

FOUR YEARS SINCE THE RELEASE OF HER MEMOIR WHICH SOLD MORE THAN A FIRST LADY OR A PRESIDENT INCLUDING HER HUSBAND.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

NEXT DOWN WE SIT DOWN NEXT WITH TAYLOR BENNETT.

FIRST, OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

[♪♪♪] >> A LOCAL MUSIC ARTIST IS WORKING TO ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GENERATION WITH AN ALBUM COMMITTED TO SELF GROWTH.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO TALK TO TAYLOR BENNETT ABOUT HIS ALBUM "COMING-OF-AGE."

>> [♪♪♪] >> IT'S AN ALBUM WITH A SOUND UNLIKE ANY OTHER >> [♪♪♪] >> THAT'S HOW 26-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR BENNETT DESCRIBES COMING YOU HAVE AGE A NEW PROJECT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ONE GENRE.

>> IT'S ROCK, HIP-HOP, THERE'S NO SAMPLES.

IT'S ALL LIVE INSTRUMENTATION.

I HAVE NOT DONE A SAMPLE SINCE 2014.

IT IS A BIG BALL OF ENERGY AND I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT PUSHED THAT ENERGY BACK OUT THERE.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE TOO GROWN FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVITY.

>> HIS UP COMING SHOW AT LINCOLN HALLMARKS THE END OF HIS BE YOURSELF TOUR A PHRASE HE REGULARLY HEARD FROM HIS MOM.

ONE MIGHT THINK THAT PHRASE WAS EXCLUSIVE TO ACKNOWLEDGING HIS SEXUAL AFTER COMING OUT AS BISEXUAL, THE ARTIST SAYS IT'S ABOUT MUCH MORE >> AFTER I DECIDED I NEEDED TO BE TRUE TO MYSELF, I STARTED LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF AND BUILD ON THE CHARACTER OF WHO I AM.

>> WHEN ASKED HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THIS UNAPOLOGETIC POINT OF SELF LOVE BENNETT CREDITS HIS DAD WHO SERVED AS THE ALBUM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER >> IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING WHERE HE WAS DIRECTING ME OR PUSHING ME IN A DIRECTION TO DO SOMETHING.

IF I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING HE WOULD HELP ME OR SHOW ME IS A METHOD OF PROCESS.

>> COMING FROM GOVERNMENT AND DOING THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE THERE, AS WELL AS IN BUSINESS, I UNDERSTAND STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES.

WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS THIS BUSINESS.

IT WAS TAYLOR WHO REALLY PULLED ME IN AND SAID DAD, I WANT TO TO UNDERSTAND THIS PART OF THE BUSINESS.

TAYLOR HAS CHANGED MY LIFE ON THAT.

I'LL TELL YOU I'M PRETTY GOOD NOW.

I HAD A GOOD TEACHER.

[♪♪♪] >> BENNETT'S TEACHING GOES BEYOND THE WORK HE DOES WITH HIS DAD >> HE'S FOCUSED >> HE WAS SUPERMAN.

>> NOT ONLY IS HE DOING HIS OWN CAREER AS AN ARTIST BUT HE AS OTHER ARTISTS THAT HE REPRESENTS THAT ARE PART OF HIS LABEL AND HIS BUSINESS.

BUT HE ALSO MANAGES HIS BROTHER'S BUSINESS >> WITH THE HELP AND THE SUPPORT THAT BENNETT HELPS HIS LATER ALBUM WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE ALL VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES >> THAT'S BEEN MY DREAM.

AS AN ARTIST IS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC.

THE THINGS ABOUT SHOWS AND CONCERTS AND THAT IS WHY I LIKE IT A LOT IT HAS THE POWER TO BRING AND INTRODUCE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF A LEVEL OF SOMETHING THEY SHARE.

[♪♪♪] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU [♪♪♪] >> AND MUSIC RUNS IN THE BENNETT FAMILY.

TAYLOR'S BROTHER IS, OF COURSE, CHANCE THE RAPPER.

YOU CAN SEE TAYLOR BEN FET PERFORM COMING-OF-AGE TOMORROW AT 6:30 AT LINCOLN HALL AND THE TICKETS ARE FREE.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR HOE FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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