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>> A stomach bug is causing issues across the country, including in Illinois.

What to know about the outbreak and how to stay healthy.

The pace of police reform under Superintendent Larry Snelling.

I want Chicago to be a place where families can build their future.

Mayoral candidate and entrepreneur Joe Holbert joins us to talk about his campaign for the city's top job.

First off tonight, a nationwide halt on ICE agents making most traffic stops.

>> That's the reporting from multiple outlets and it comes on the heels of federal immigration agents fatally shooting 2 people over the last week, one in Maine and one in Houston, Texas.

Those deaths have heaped further scrutiny on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in September of last year.

And ice agent shot and killed.

video, Villegas Gonzalez during a traffic stop in Franklin Park.

And in October, a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded Omar Martinez while she was in her vehicle in Brighton Park with body cam footage later contradicting agents accounts of the incident.

Ice declined to comment on the change in traffic stop policy.

Federal Trade Fraud task force reaches a milestone.

The task force whose lead prosecutorial partner is Chicago's U.S.

Attorney's office announced today it's hit 1 billion dollars in recoveries and penalties over the past year.

Officials say they reached the 1 billion Mark.

Thanks.

Charges against a gold jewelry import and wholesale company.

The Trade Fraud Task force operates across the country and is aimed at people trying to skirt customs laws and smugglers bringing banned goods into the U.S.

Northwestern Medicine celebrates a major organ transplant achievement.

36 year-old Iowa resident Elizabeth Morley is set to return home this week after undergoing a quadruple organ transplant in March, 2, lungs, liver and a kidney that quadruple transplant is the first known of its kind in the U.S.

Worley applauded the medical team that got her through the surgery and recovery and highlighted the importance and impact of organ donation thanking her donor's family.

>> During one of the hardest moments their lives, they made a decision.

They gave me another chance at because of their selfless gift.

I get to go home this week away.

11 year-old continue living a life.

I wasn't sure I get to have.

And never stop being grateful for that.

>> Up next, how to stay safe from a severe stomach bug that's going around.

That's right.

After this.

>> Chicago tonight is made possible in part by the Alexander and John Nichols family.

The Pope Brothers Foundation.

And the support of these donors.

>> Public health officials across the country are working to identify the cause of an outbreak of cyclists for ISS.

The parasitic infection is hitting more than half the states in the U.S., including Illinois, harder than in previous years.

The Illinois Department of Public Health says that as of today, they've identified over 200 probable cases of cyclist crisis in the state.

Joining us now with more on the outbreak and what you can do is Doctor Emily, Landon, executive medical director for infection prevention and control at Uchicago Medicine, but land.

And welcome back to the I'd like to start off fairly simply just asking what exactly is cyclists prices?

>> Well, a cyclist or high of 2 says is actually Parasite packages microscopic and it thrives in warm, wet weather, which is exactly what we've been seeing in all over the Midwest recently.

And it often contaminates foods especially produce that's grown in the ground where I can come from animal feces or contamination from other water sources and then those foods when people ingest them, they can develop diarrhea.

That's pretty significant.

>> Yeah, I want to ask what are the main symptoms and how severe can those symptoms >> So I think a lot of people have been hearing a lot of things on social media, about explosive diarrhea and that's not There is a lot of watery diarrhea involved in cyclists for ISIS and patients can unfortunately continue to have the symptoms sort of off and on college remitting and relaxing so they come and go for upwards of almost 2 months without treatment.

Now, if there aren't a lot of other major problems there, some cramping, bloating?

Just abdominal discomfort.

Sometimes people are a little nauseated.

But most patients just have those symptoms which are bad and disruptive to your life.

But they're usually not life threatening.

Some people do get such bad diarrhea, specially few medical problems are very young or very old.

That might.

Landed in the hospital, getting fluids for dehydration.

But the vast majority of people recover from this infection on their own.

>> You mentioned the potential sources of this parasite.

How can people avoid contracting this infection?

>> Yeah, one, a tricky situation.

So there are cases of cycles prices every summer all over the country you can get it when you're traveling abroad in places where the weather is warm and wet as produce.

And it's also there seems to be a much bigger than usual number of cases this year.

Now the CDC is reporting and some state health departments are reporting an outbreak.

That's probably all the cases are related that is taking place in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.

That's what they decided today.

But there are excess cases in a lot of states in total.

I think they're up more than 30 states report cases more than 5,000 cases under investigation by the CDC and Illinois has a much higher case count.

I think 216 as of today, much higher than you would usually see it this year.

But we really don't know exactly what's causing Usually at by this time, we would know that it's set contamination of produce like some maybe let in a bag or some berries.

You know, that's what usually happens with these foodborne outbreak outbreaks.

But this one has been particularly difficult to pin down and it's been hard to know exactly what to avoid.

So the question about how to prevent it is a little trickier.

It's a time of year when fresh produce is at its tastiest at its freshest.

And so I really am low tell people not to eat any fruits and vegetables.

That would be a bad idea.

So I think think there are some things that people can do to reduce the rest.

So the leafy greens becoming bags or containers where they're just leaves or already been chalked.

That's riskier.

That whole had a So if you want to make a salad, I would recommend final full head lettuce and be able to peel off those outer leaves and throw them away and then washing the rest of the leaves.

That's going to help reduce your risk when it comes to berries, which are my favorite thing to eat at this time of year.

There's not a lot that can be done.

I would just recommend washing them as best you can.

Those things that are on the market sort of spray on vegetables and fruits in order to clean those are not going to be effective at killing cyclist crisis.

So if you've got to eat, those raspberries are taking a little bit of a rest.

But so far, we don't know if the Rather's of the cars are not.

So I think you have to make your own judgment in short if you're eating fruits and vegetables, you can cook that will really help reduce the risk.

Cooking 258 degrees Fahrenheit will kill the parasite.

And then the other option is to wash them really well.

water doesn't always zone and some things are really hard to clean, come or can be scrubbed when you're cleaning it, that's going to be really good.

good intervention to do.

But a thing that can be peeled, that's a great choice, too.

But I think some things are a little geeter and I put very these the leaves greeley's like what you find and what is or honestly in the past there, the nation's a salon.

Basil, which is also one of my favorite things at this time of year.

So I'm really unhappy with recommendations, understandably so.

>> You know, last summer, the CDC quietly scaled back a federal state partnership that monitors foodborne illnesses and no longer requires monitoring for several pathogens, including cyclists, poor is the federal government falling asleep at the wheel here?

>> Now, that's a loaded question.

I happen to think that scaling back protections that we have been in food safety and a number of the other public health interventions that we've been doing for years is a problem.

And honestly, I think that's probably contributing to why we do have a source for this outbreak.

But there are other things about cycles that.

Make it trickier and more difficult to track than other This is like these you've heard of and in the past equal and 1, 5, 7, h 7 things like that.

They're easier to grow.

People get faster.

The incubation time for cyclists prices could be up to 2 weeks.

And so it's really hard somebody doesn't really complicated, takes it a week or so for you realize that this is not going away and come to attention and go to your doctor and get asked, then you are asking you look back and tell us what you ate 3 weeks ago.

It can be really hard to remember what you ate yesterday.

So it could be pretty tricky to track down the cause of these outbreaks.

>> You mentioned some of the numbers here.

As you said, 216 probable cases at last count in Illinois.

47 of those reported in Chicago.

Are you concerned this outbreak could become significantly larger?

>> Only probably already is significantly larger cycles prices because the symptoms having their relatively mild.

They're not going to put you in the hospital for most people.

A lot of people don't ever get tested or don't come to attention back.

Some people may be going to their doctor with symptoms of diarrhea and the doctor just as a lead.

It's the cyclists for will give you some back from now and see how you do without ever getting a test.

And so a lot of pieces are never get reported.

There are probably lots and lots more cases than what we're seeing actually hitting the numbers in the health department.

So probably a lot more people are sick than we think.

And I think it is already a pretty big outbreak now, granted, even the 5,000 additional I think CDC teens TJ 151600 cases confirmed and another 5,000.

They're looking into even those numbers seem like a lot.

But for the whole country, that's not a ton of people that they're probably a lot more case.

They're not coming to people's attention.

And so I think if you're having symptoms like watery diarrhea, cramping, bloating, abdominal pain, it's reasonable to go to your doctor.

Do have treatments for this.

If you can take silver drugs.

That we can probably reduce your suffering quite a bit.

>> Certainly a noble goal in an instance like this.

All right, Doctor, Emily, Landon, thanks very much.

We appreciate it.

>> Thank you for having me.

And good luck.

Thank you.

Likewise.

Up next, how a federal court order fared under police Superintendent Larry Snellings leadership.

By the time Superintendent Larry Snelling retires tomorrow.

The Chicago Police Department will have fully completed just a quarter of the consent decree.

That's the federal court order that requires CPD to stop routinely violating black and Latino residents.

Constitutional rights.

So it'll be up to Chicago's next top cop to complete the hundreds of tasks laid out by the court order while making sure the changes stick.

Our Heather sure around joins us now for a look at Snellings record on the consent decree and what awaits his successor.

So Heather, when Superintendent Snelling took over the police department, it had fully complied with just 6% of the consent decree.

What changed during his tenure?

Well, as Mayor Brandon Johnson often told reporters Superintendent Snelling made more progress in his about 3 years on the job than any of the other superintendents that have led the department since 2019.

>> But the bulk of that progress came to the count came at the first 2 levels of consent decree, compliance.

They have written most of the policies as required by the consent decree and they have some of the officers on those policies.

But that final level of compliance, full compliance has proved elusive and that will be at the top of the list of things to do for whoever gets to be Chicago's next police superintendent.

imagine a lot of people will be asking questions about that.

So you're reporting found sort of a split on whether Superintendent Snelling deserves credit for increased compliance.

>> Or blame for the fact that there hasn't been any more progress made.

What did you hear?

Well, Illinois Attorney General Kwame ruled told me that he thought that that progress was really due to Superintendent Snellings decision to lean into the consent decree.

He didn't delegate responsibility for those tax to any of his command staff and he appeared at monthly hearings held by the federal judge who is keeping tabs on the reform effort.

>> But if you ask members of the coalition which sued the city to force it to agree to this federal court oversight, they say still needed great public relations job in convincing the mayor the judge in the other people that he was committed to reforms without making the significant changes in the department's culture that the consent decree requires.

Interesting split in opinion.

All right.

Obviously the search is on for his successor.

>> What will be at the top of the to do list for whoever the community Commission for Public Safety and accountability.

And finally, the mayor choose to replace superintendent snowing.

Well, whoever takes over the department will have a road map on some of the core tasks set out by the consent decree, including expanding real community policing, citywide and making sure officers are deployed where they need to be to address violent crime and other issues.

>> But they're going to have to sort of make some hard decisions on how to implement those plans.

They're also going to have to figure out whether Chicago police officers should be banned from making pretextual traffic stops and they're dealing with enforcement actions by that coalition that says the increasing number of times officers are using force against members of the public violates the decree in total.

And we know you'll be keeping an Heather Sharon.

Thank you so much.

Thanks, Nick.

And you can read Heather's full story on our website.

It's all a W t tw dot com slash news.

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>> Chicagoans have less than a year before they cast their ballots for the city's next mayor.

And the competition is heating up as 7 candidates so far have announced their bids entrepreneur Joe Holbert was the first to enter the race back in October.

The Michigan born businessman says he's ready to fight for safer neighborhoods, affordable housing and economic growth.

Joe Holder joins us now to discuss this campaign.

Welcome to the program.

Thank you for having So you say that you're you're not a politician.

Much like the last 2 folks elected as well.

limited experience in public office.

What do you see your qualifications to go all the way to the top and leave the city?

great question.

First and foremost, you I was a teacher on the West Side and got 3 years of academic growth for my students.

>> Many of whom want to some of the best high schools across the city.

I've worked and nonprofit.

I've worked at large companies and I even started a company and created jobs in Chicago.

And I think that fresh perspective and that diversity of experiences will lend itself very well to being the next mayor.

>> You know, the field of a moderate candidates has already up somewhat crowded one, including several with name recognition.

How do you hope to distinguish yourself in the field?

Yeah, I I think one of the big things we focus on is solving real problems for hardworking people.

One of those big problems in the city is are desperate.

Need to create more affordability through building housing.

My plan is to build 100,000 new units of housing so we can drop the cost for renters and homeowners alike so that we can continue to be an affordable, amazing city for people to grow for people who live and for them to raise their families.

What's the path forward for getting those 100,000 new units online?

It's in all of the above approach.

We need private investment, which is currently choked off because of the current administration's hostility towards growth and development.

We need subsidized housing.

We need to use our 10,000 vacant lots as a starting place.

Why we don't do anything with those baffles me.

And it's actually really exciting as an opportunity because it allows you to grow and neighborhood create jobs and bring affordability into every person's life.

Across the 77 neighborhoods.

So you were able to lend your campaign $350,000 blowing the contribution caps.

>> For folks who aren't familiar with you, can you tell us about the business career you had that puts you in that financial position?

Absolutely.

For starters, I grew up in rural Michigan in a low-income household.

We are on food stamps.

I was a first generation college student and I actually ran out of money and almost had to drop out of school and I was homeless and I slept in my car.

I came to Chicago for a job and an opportunity to make a life.

And by serving in putting other people first, I was able to start a business grow.

It create jobs across the city and serve tens of thousands of people and eventually that company was acquired, which was a life changing opportunity.

And to me, the best thing I can do with the opportunities and the resources that I've worked really hard for is to continue to put other people first, serve them and make sure they have opportunities to grow in their lives.

Just like I have in Chicago, the city's most financial forecast 1.1, 6 billion dollar budget cap next year.

Chicago, of course, has a longstanding structural deficit, underfunded pensions.

What are your specific proposals to improve the city's financial health?

Well, first and foremost, I think we should buy the parking meters back.

That represents an opportunity for us not only to control our streets and our infrastructure, but it represents an opportunity for us to rethink how we could actually generate money for the city rather than seeing that flow out of the city.

Additionally, we've been given reports by various financial firms and experts highlighting over 100 ways where we could save 500 million dollars to a billion dollars.

And lastly, by building homes, if every one of those had $3,000 and new property taxes, we could generate 300 million dollars in additional property tax revenue.

And that's not including all of the cascading effects from the jobs and the economic activity of building the houses themselves.

So it's multiple things that's going to lead us to a solution.

But I think we have the knowledge, the skills we have that experience and expertise in the city and we need to bring everyone to the table to do just that.

Want to come back to the the issue of parking meters because that could come with, you know, 3 billion dollar.

So price tag.

Is that something Chicago taxpayers can afford?

I think it's a great opportunity for us to partner with the state to think innovative Lee and differently than we have in the past.

And I've actually outlined a plan where we could add new features and value to the parking meter system to make it more affordable and more usable for everyone while still focusing on turning it into a revenue-generating assets.

Again for the rather than having that money flow out into Stone peak or whoever else that may be, what would be the right structure for financing, a buyback like that?

Are we looking at a bond issue?

What do you think?

Yeah, I think you know, there are opportunities.

Bond Issuances, one of them.

You know, there been other ideas floated about public, private trusts.

There are other financial mechanisms and tools that could be considered.

And this is one of the beautiful things about collaborating rather than close.

Closing your door and throwing away the key is if you go out and you seek to learn and partner, you can come up with new and innovative ideas that I don't think we've explored fully yet because of the secrecy, the deception and the lack of transparency from the current administration as it relates to the park commuters.

One of the elements of your schools platform is to have open in support of conversations about the future of each of our schools with communities and stakeholders.

Would you consider that, you know, supporting the idea, perhaps closing some Chicago public schools?

Yeah, I think this is a wonderful opportunity to figure out what communities are asking for.

I've spent my entire life listening to and responding to people to try to serve them.

We need to go into communities and say what do you need?

What do you want and what do you envision for your families and your community and through those conversations, we can have challenging conversations that ultimately lead to a path forward such as having a smaller building, but still having a school right?

aging infrastructure is costing us millions.

Tens of millions of dollars a year.

A school is a collection of people.

It's not always just a building.

And so those types of ideas could be solutions to helping communities navigate both through growth and when they're declining in terms of student population, you've also called for making the CTA system safer.

According to a recent Chicago Police Department data serious crime on the system is down sharply.

>> Do you think that the current efforts don't go far enough?

>> I think what we need to do is focus on making CTA safe, clean and reliable.

And in those 3 respects, we have a long way to go.

Data showing reductions in crime.

That's obviously a benefit.

But I ride the CTA every single day.

And I have for over a decade.

And when I get on the train and I see.

Things that we don't want to say on air and other people are saying the same things to us.

We can see reductions in data.

But if the system as a whole is not improving in terms of cleanliness safety and reliability.

There's a significant gap between the data and the lived experience of riders, the 1 million riders that use it every day, including myself.

We've got just about 30 seconds left.

But, you know, Mayor Johnson had has had a somewhat contentious relationship with City Council.

Should you be elected?

How would you work to improve the relationship with all the people?

>> I think one of the most exciting things about working with and collaborating with City Council is this idea that across the city no matter what neighborhood you're and we need more housing.

We need to fix the issues with our budget and we need to grow our city.

So it's more vibrant and healthy for everyone.

Those to me are the starting place and those can be the North star in collaborating in getting the job done, which is exactly why we need a different perspective on the 5th floor.

All right.

Joe Holbrooke, thank you very much.

We appreciate your time.

Thank you.

>> And additional candidates running for mayor have also been joining us Chicago tonight with more coming in the weeks ahead.

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