ON TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR NEW STADIUMS.

FIRST OFF, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE THEIR EYES SET ON THE SKY TODAY TO WITNESS THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ JOINS US LIVE FROM THE ADLER PLANETARIUM TO SHARE WHAT IT WAS LIKE WATCHING THIS CELESTIAL SHOW IN CHICAGO.

JOANNA, WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

HAHA.

>> WELL, IS I HAD NEVER SEEN ECLIPSE FIRSTHAND IN.

IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

IT WAS QUITE SPECTACULAR TO JUST WATCHING.

JUST SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER BESIDES THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

THE BEST PART OF THIS DAY WAS JUST WATCHING PEOPLE GATHER AND WATCH THEIR EXCITEMENT CURIOSITY WAITING TO SEE THAT PARTIALLY COVER OVER THAT SENT, OF COURSE, WITH THEIR SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES LIKE THE GIANT ONES THAT WE SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GATHERED OUTSIDE THE ADLER PLANETARIUM OR THE MUSEUM HOSTED A VIEWING PARTY WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE ECLIPSE FANS WITH TELESCOPES CAMERAS AND EVEN DIY DEVICES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM CAMPUS.

WE TALKED WITH ONE CHICAGO IN WHO TOOK HER SON OUT OF SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL TO WATCH THEIR FIRST ECLIPSE TOGETHER.

>> I LOVE THIS YOU COVERED THIS CREATED THIS.

I PUT GLASSES OVER THE CAMERA AND ALSO OVER MAN BECAUSE I ON THE NEWS ONLY WAY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IS TO COVER.

SO I AT HOME TODAY TO COVER SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

>> AND SHE HAD THE RIGHT IDEA.

THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THE CLIPS THROUGH YOUR CAMERA LENS WAS TO PLACE A SOLAR FILTER OVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE PLANETARIUM PASSED OUT THOSE SPECIAL FILTERS FOR PEOPLE TO USE.

THE PROCESS BEGAN AROUND 12.

41, THAT'S WHEN YOU STARTED TO SEE THE MOON COVER THE SUN SLOWLY AND THE CLIPS.

TRUE INTERESTS WORLDWIDE.

WE MET A MAN WHO CAME FROM WHAT A LOT TO WATCH THIS PHENOMENON.

WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO BOUGHT HIS FIRST TELESCOPE TO EXPERIENCE THIS MOMENT.

>> OUR FIRST AND USE SOME THAT WANT TO LEARN CAN INTO ASTROLOGY.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A AND LOVE WHAT WE THINK IS SO FASCINATING ABOUT WATCHING THE CLIPS?

WILL I DO A RESEARCH IN HISTORY.

SO, YOU KNOW, BACK TO MY EYES, NOT JUST YOU IS CAN THIS GET BACK THAT IN THE DAYLIGHT AND THEY JUST CROSS OVER THE SET HAVE LED US IT DOWN TO YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING'S BLOCKED THE TOO, IS THEIR >> AND HE'S RIGHT.

IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH AT THE PEAK OF THE ECLIPSE AROUND 02:00PM.

THE SKY DARKENED IT DIDN'T GET COMPLETELY DARK, SAYS IT WAS A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.

BUT YOU SAW THE SKY DAM IN THE TEMPERATURE DROP.

IT WAS A SENSORY EXPERIENCE.

WE WATCH ECLIPSE FANS TAKEN EVERY MOMENT OF THE CARS MAKE SPECTACULAR.

>> LET START ALL THE WIN.

>> IT REALLY WINDY.

IT'S A REALLY WEIRD BECAUSE JUST NEVER HAPPENED LEFT NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

AND I TOOK THE DAY OFF TO GO THE PLANETARIUM.

AND THEY SAID THAT THIS IS LIKE THE LAST TIME IN OUR LIFETIME.

BUT WE'LL SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS YEAR THAT THE NEXT WAS IN 2019.

WILL IF I MAKE IT WILL BE 109 >> AND YOU HEARD RIGHT?

ACCORDING TO NASA, THE NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ILLINOIS IS HAPPENING IN 2099.

THAT'S 75 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO IF I MAKE IT THAT FAR, I WILL ALSO BE 109 PARIS.

ANYONE HAS CALLED ARE GOING TO BE.

>> DON'T ASK THAT, JOANNA, BUT I THINK WE'RE BOTH STILL BE HERE.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING 109 IS GOING TO BE YOUNG AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFETIME.

SO IT WAS SO WELL AS THE CITY LIKE, WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE SKYLINE LOOKS LIKE?

WHAT WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED?

>> THE ATMOSPHERE, I MEAN, YOU COULD HEAR PEOPLE SCREAMING.

I HEARD SOME PEOPLE GET EMOTIONAL, EVEN JUST LOOKING AT THE SKY THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST DISBELIEF WAS THE BEST PART OF IT WAS JUST KIND OF WATCHING THE PROGRESSION.

EVERY TIME THAT I WOULD LOOK LOOK UP, YOU CAN KIND OF START SEEING THE MOON COVER THE SIGN.

AND THEN FINALLY, IT JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ONLY SEE SOME OF THE SUN AND YOU COULD JUST IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT GOT REALLY COLD AND WINDY.

AND THEN EVERY EVERYBODY'S JUST QUIET, KIND OF JUST TAKING THAT MOMENT TO TAKE IT IN.

AND HOW COOL IS IT THAT WORLDWIDE PEOPLE ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING?

>> YEAH, AND I KNOW OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND AMANDA VINIK IS IN IN THE OF TOTALITY IS WE'VE GOT TO GET A REPORT FROM HER.

I WAS HERE AT THE STUDIOS WITH THE ENTIRE WTW STAFF.

WE'RE ALL LOOKING UP.

IT WAS COOL.

HOW THE TEMPERATURE DROP REALLY QUICKLY.

ALL THE SUDDEN GOT WINDY.

I GOT, YOU KNOW, SEMI DARK, ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS DARK AS I GUESS, THAT THE FOLKS IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY.

BUT ON OFF BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

JOANNA, NICE ASSIGNMENT TODAY GET HOME SAFE.

WE'LL TALK TO SOON.

AND UP NEXT, PRESIDENT BIDEN HITS TOWN FOR A BIG FUNDRAISER.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY