I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE GROWING DIVIDE BETWEEN THE CITY'S TOP COP AND THE AGENCY INVESTIGATING POLICE MISCONDUCT.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES BLANKETED WITH CICADAS SCREENING THE TOPS OF THEIR >> THAT'S RIGHT.

THE INVASION OF THE CICADAS IS COMING SOON TO A LAWN NEAR YOU.

WE HAVE THE STORY IN OUR SERIES WBTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

WAIT, WHAT'S THAT?

AND FROM GHOSTS TO UF OWES A WTW SPECIAL TRACKS DOWN CHICAGO MYSTERIES.

>> AND NOW TO SOME TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A TOP AIDE TO EMBATTLED ALTON MAYOR TIFFANY TENURE IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES.

PROSECUTORS SAY VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR KEITH FREEMAN COMMITTED BANKRUPTCY FRAUD, UNDERREPORTING INCOME FROM THE VILLAGE OF DALTON FROM THORTON TOWNSHIP, WHERE HE SERVES AS MANAGER AND FROM A CONSULTING BUSINESS.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THE INDICTMENT IS PART OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND YOU'RE FACED CLAIMS INCLUDING CORRUPTION, WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND RETALIATION.

FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS LEADING AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN YARD FREEMAN'S BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CHARGES CARRY A SENTENCE OF UP TO 5 YEARS.

A NEW EFFORT TO A VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS.

THE CHICAGO POLICE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ANNOUNCE AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER IN THE BACK OF THE YARDS.

IT WILL RUN FROM 03:00PM TO 07:00PM TOMORROW AT RICHARD J DAILY ACADEMY AND OFFER AID TO CHICAGOANS AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE, INCLUDING THE MASS SHOOTING JUST DAYS AGO THAT LEFT 9 YEAR-OLD ARIANA MOLINA DEAD ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CHICAGO SURVIVORS.

YOU CAN METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES AND THE BACK OF THE NAR YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WILL BE ON SITE TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO HELP IN THEIR RECOVERY.

>> YOU DO NOT NEED A POLICE REPORT IN ORDER TO GET THE SERVICES ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE FREE.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO START THAT JOURNEY OF HEALING.

>> PRO GAZA ACTIVISTS, A CHICAGO POLICE BROKE UP A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT WARNING WITH 3 MARCHERS NOW FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES.

THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE TOOK TO DOWNTOWN STREETS YESTERDAY, PROTESTING U.S. FUNDING OF ISRAEL AMID ITS WAR IN GAZA.

A SPOKESMAN SAYS THE PROTESTS ARE NEEDED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THOUSANDS OF CIVILIAN DEATHS IN GAZA.

>> WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT.

THAT IS OUR STRATEGY.

WE NEED TO ESCALATE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ESCALATE GENOCIDE WON'T STOP.

AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO JUST WATCH OUR PEOPLE BEING KILLED.

ANY PEOPLE BEING KILLED LIKE THEY'RE BEING KILLED RIGHT NOW WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

>> IN A STATEMENT, CPD SAYS OFFICERS ONLY MADE ARRESTS AFTER THE PROTEST DEVIATED FROM ITS PLANNED ROUTE AND MARCHERS REFUSED ORDERS TO DISPERSE AND ILLEGALLY BLOCKED TRAFFIC.

POLICE SAY A PROCESS.

A PROTESTER WAS CHARGED WITH 2 FELONIES, AGGRAVATED BATTERY TO AN OFFICER AND RESISTING ARREST.

2 OTHERS FACE MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF RESISTING ARREST AND BATTERY CHARGES ARE STILL PENDING AGAINST 2 OTHERS.

ADVOCATES SAY ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN ILLINOIS ROSE DRAMATICALLY IN 2023.

74 1% HIGHER THAN THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2022, THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE'S AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS FOUND 211 CASES AROUND THE STATE LAST YEAR.

155 OR HARASSMENT.

54 WERE ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALISM AND 2 WERE CASES OF ASSAULT.

>> 68% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS.

RECORDED IN ILLINOIS LAST YEAR OCCURRED AFTER HAMAS ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7.

TO PROVIDE ADDED CONTEXT.

20% MORE ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 7TH AND DECEMBER 31ST.

>> THEY WERE REPORTED IN ALL OF 2022.

>> UP NEXT, CHICAGO'S TOP COP SAYS AN OVERSIGHT AGENCY STEPPED OUT OF LINE.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> SIGNS OF TENSION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES OFFICER MISCONDUCT.

MEANWHILE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S AMBITIOUS BOND PLAN HITS A ROADBLOCK IN CITY COUNCIL AND TRAVELERS HIT AN ACTUAL ROADBLOCK AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE TO O'HARE HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AND OF AN ICKY AND HEATHER, SURE AROUND.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE LATEST IN THE MARCH.

POLICE KILLING OF 26 YEAR-OLD DEXTER READ SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING HAD STAYED RELATIVELY QUIET UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN HE CALLED UP THE HEAD OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

HEATHER, WHAT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT UPSET ABOUT?

WELL, HE SAID THEY HAD ACTED IRRESPONSIBLY AND MOST OF HIS COMPLAIN SEEM TO CENTER ON THE FACT THAT W T TW NEWS AND OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

>> OBTAINED A LETTER THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST THAT DETAILED WHILE CHIEF IT WHY CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR ANDREA KIRSTEN THOUGHT THAT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF THEIR POLICE POWERS UNTIL THE PROBE IS COMPLETED.

IN THAT LETTER, SHE ALSO QUESTIONED WHETHER THE STOP WAS TRULY PROMPTED BY A MISSING SEAT BELT, WHICH IS WHAT THE OFFICERS TOLD INVESTIGATORS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF FREED'S DEATH.

SO ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORD.

KIRSTIN DID NOT SORT OF HAVE ANY SORT OF DISCRETION ABOUT WHETHER TO RELEASE THOSE.

BUT I THINK IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THIS IS A PERHAPS NEW SUPERINTENDENT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME FACING THE WHITE HOT SPOTLIGHT AFTER A TRULY SORT OF REALLY BREATHTAKING INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE CHICAGO'S YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

STOPPED FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, BUT WITH SOME PRETTY DARKLY TINTED WINDOWS THAT WOULD MAKE IT TOUGHER OFFICERS TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LATEST CRACK IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND COPA SNOW GONE AS FAR TO SAY THAT THE AGENCY'S TREATED OFFICERS SO POORLY THEY MIGHT CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE.

DOES THIS LATEST RIFT?

HEATHER DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW INTRACTABLE ISSUE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE.

YES, EVEN UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWN OF REPEATED INABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT.

THAT IS WHY THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER A CONSENT DECREE.

THAT IS WHY THERE IS VARIOUS LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN EMOTIONS ARE SO FRAUGHT AND THERE'S SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGER IN THE COMMUNITY JUST SORT OF MAKE THE SYSTEM THAT HAS SOME REAL PROBLEMS WORK AS IT SHOULD YOU AND WE HEARD FROM MAYOR JOHNSON WHO SAYS TRANSPARENCY IS SO KEY IN CASES LIKE THIS.

THIS VIDEO CERTAINLY WAS RELEASED FAR QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS POLICE SHOOTINGS.

AND WE SAW GOING BACK TO LOOK ONE MCDONALD.

IT CAN TAKE COURT ACTION SOMETIMES.

>> IS TRANSPARENCY ENOUGH TO APPEASE FOLKS WHO ARE CALLING FOR WHOLESALE POLICE REFORM?

NO, IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

I THINK THAT IT HE'S HELPED.

YOU'RE NOT SEEING MASSIVE RIOTS IN THE STREETS.

IT CERTAINLY IS.

>> A STEP.

AND THAT IS A STEP THAT FRANKLY, I IT IS NOT JUST ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO ARE CALLING FOR CHANGES AT THE CPD, BUT ALSO SHOWING THEIR SIDE THEIR OFFICER WAS SHOT, OF COURSE, IS.

WELL, IT IS.

JOHNSON POINTED OUT, BUT NO.

IS THIS ENOUGH TO SATISFY THOSE CONCERNS?

CERTAINLY NOT.

AS HEATHER NOTED, YOU STILL HAVE AN ONGOING CONSENT DECREE IN ONE THAT THE CPD IS BEHIND IN COMPLYING WITH THIS HALL.

SO HE'S REALLY RAISED THE TENOR AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT STOP SUCH AS THIS, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION, WHETHER THERE SHOULD STOPS BEING MADE IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO WITH THIS SORT OF CRIMES OF THESE ARE KNOWN AS PRETEXTUAL STOPS, WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE HAPPENING, RIGHT IS IT IS A NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT OR A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT ENOUGH TO ENDANGER THE LIFE OF >> SOMEONE BEING STOPPED.

AND AS WE SAW WITH THE OFFICER BEING SHOT OF A FOCUS ON THE FORCE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

THERE WAS SOME DRAMA IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AS THERE'S BEEN KNOWN TO BE A HEATHER.

WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS?

PRETTY AMBITIOUS BOMB PLANNED THE MAYOR'S PUT FORWARD?

WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE ONE MAJOR STICKING POINT, WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD FOR PROJECTS TO REQUIRE SEPARATE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SETS THAT THRESHOLD AT 5 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS RELATIVELY TIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

THE CITY COUNCIL ROUTINELY ONLY UP APPROVES PROJECTS OF THIS KIND THAT ARE MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THIS IS >> A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

MORE OF OVERSIGHT PROMPTED BY CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE GREATER SAY ABOUT HOW THIS BORROWED MONEY IS USED.

HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THRESHOLD DROPPED TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT TOMORROW RECONVENED MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IF THEY FIGURE IT OUT, THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COULD VOTE ON IT JUST A COUPLE HOURS LATER.

BUT THAT'S A BIG IF, IT'S THE MAYOR DID HAVE A REQUEST THAT I MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE SUCCESSFULLY YESTERDAY.

THIS IS FOR 70 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

>> TO FUND SERVICES FOR MIGRANTS COMING TO CHICAGO THAT PAST 28 20 TO 8 RATHER.

AND IT'S HEADED TO A FULL VOTE TOMORROW.

AND IT DID TAKE SOME ARM TWISTING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE PUTTING FORWARD MONEY.

YOU KNOW, IS THE MAYOR GOING TO HAVE THAT ON HIS FACE?

IF THIS DOESN'T CLEAR THE COUNCIL, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FACE.

>> BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD PRESENT AN ISSUE.

FIRST OF LET'S SET ASIDE THE POLITICS FOR A MOMENT.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT MORE MIGRANTS WILL BE COMING.

SO THERE'S JUST A PRACTICAL ISSUE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THOSE DOLLARS IN BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIGURE THAT TO BE STATE COUNTY AND CHICAGO'S LEADERS HAVE AGREED UPON AS >> CARRYING THROUGH.

THEY BELIEVE AT LEAST THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

SO WHAT THEN?

BUT OF COURSE, YES, IT WOULD BE.

I GUN THE MAYOR'S FACE AND FRANKLY, THAT OF 20 PRECKWINKLE WHO WAS DOING A LOT OF THAT ARM TWISTING, SHE, OF COURSE, IS NOT JUST THE CHAIR OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD, BUT SHE'S ALSO >> HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SAW BOTH HER I THINK PUBLICLY PRITZKER SAYING THIS MONEY NEEDS TO COME FOR >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE THE IDEA HERE MAY HAVE BEEN TO TRY AND PRESSURE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PUT FORWARD MORE MONEY BY SHORTCHANGING AT THE CITY SIDE.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK DOWN.

NO, I DON'T THINK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLENTY GOING ON.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY REALLY CARE.

ONE HOWEVER, THINK THAT >> PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD HAVE HIS EYES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO A BIT BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS RE-ELECTION GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT IS WHAT THE DNC IS ALL ABOUT.

WELL, AND SPEAKING OF THE DNC, WE HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY'S GAZA PROTESTS DOWNTOWN.

THERE IS ALSO THAT HUGE BROKE UP PROTEST BLOCKING.

>> THE HIGHWAY INTO O'HARE, A COORDINATED PROTEST BLOCKING GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

HEATHER, HOW WORRIED ARE THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR?

AND CERTAINLY FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ABOUT DISRUPTIONS LIKE THIS AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE SHADOW OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 1968 LOOMS VERY LARGE HERE IN CHICAGO AND THEY WANT TO SORT OF PORTRAY CHICAGO AT ITS BEST.

SO THEY HAVE A VERY FINE LINE THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK BETWEEN PROTECTING PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND SORT OF MAKING SURE THE PROTESTS DON'T GET OUT OF CONTROL.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE PLANS WILL UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK.

THE CITY IS DUE TO DEFEND ITS POLICY FOR MASS ARRESTS IN COURT.

THE COALITION BEHIND THE CONSENT DECREE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED SAYS IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND VIOLATES THAT COURT ORDER.

SO MORE TO COME ON THIS.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO MADE SOME HEADLINES THIS WEEK WITH A BIG CHANGE TO THE STATE'S PAROLE BOARD.

THIS COMES.

>> AFTER THE TRAGIC KILLING OF A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO OF 11 YEAR-OLD JADEN PERKINS BY A PAROLEE JUST A DAY AFTER HE WAS RELEASED.

>> A MAN WHO IS THE GOVERNOR BRINGING IN.

>> I DON'T KNOW DON'T EXPECT MANY IN FROM ILLINOIS.

DO AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED JAMES MONTGOMERY JUNIOR.

HE HAD WORKED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY.

>> IN MASSACHUSETTS IS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES PREVIOUSLY IN THAT STATE.

SO HE'S COMING IN REALLY.

>> HE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON THESE PAROLE CASES.

SO I THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL TO POINT OUT WHAT HE IS CHARGED WITH IS DOING TAKING SOME OF THE MATTERS OFF OF THE BOARD'S HANDS.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO DO TAKE UP THOSE CASES, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THEM, SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BLAMED THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HEARING THIS CASE NOT DOING ENOUGH?

>> CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING WITH INTEREST.

AND I KNOW THE 2 OF YOU WILL AND EVEN HE HAD AROUND.

THANK YOU BOTH.

UP NEXT, WHAT'S THE BUZZ?

WE'VE GOT THE SCOOP ON SOME NOISY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ABOUT TO EMERGE.

LAST WEEK.

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY, BUT IT CAME AND WENT IN JUST A FEW HOURS NEXT MONTH.

ANOTHER NATURAL PHENOMENON IS SET TO HAPPEN AND IT WILL LAST FOR WEEKS.

>> THE BUZZ ABOUT THIS RARE NATURAL EVENT IS SURE TO GROW AS WE APPROACH.

IT'S EXPECTED.

MID-MAY ARRIVAL.

HERE'S PATTY WET LEE WITH THE LATEST EDITION OF THE W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> TIME TO STOCK UP HERE.

PUT FOLKS BECAUSE THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET LAUGH CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD.

>> NOW MAYBE WONDERING WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

WE GET DOES EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S TRUE THAT ANNUAL CICADAS ALSO KNOWN AS DOG DAYS TURN UP EVERY JULY OR AUGUST.

JUST TO REMIND US THAT SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THINK IT'S OKAY HOLD A HEARING ON THE CASE.

OKAY.

>> THEY'RE MORE THE LACKS STARTS THE DISAPPEAR UNDERGROUND FOR LIVING OFF OF AND THEN EMERGE TOPSIDE LOADS MEDIA HYPE.

EVEN HAVE THE BLOOD SHOT EYES TO COMPLETE THE LOOK.

THESE PERIODICAL CICADAS ARE EVERYTHING TO 15 DIFFERENT.

SCATTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. EACH ROUTE HAS A DIFFERENT ALARM.

CLOCK STARTS SET EITHER A 13 YEAR FOR 17 YEAR CYCLE.

>> WHEN THE ALARM GOES ENTIRE BUST OUT OF HIDING SO THEY CAN HURRY UP AND MAKE DIE.

>> SO WHAT'S THE BUZZ IN 2024?

THIS SPRING, 2 DIFFERENT ANYWAY ARE GETTING THEIR WAKE-UP CALL.

THE SAME TIME, A 13 YEAR THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WILL MAKE THEIR FIRST JOINT APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN 200 YEARS.

THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WASN'T EVEN A STATE.

>> BEFORE PICTURES, SKIES THAT DON'T REALLY OVER THE LAST AND PLACES WHERE THE GROUND BEEN DISTURBED A LOT OVER THE LIKE CHICAGO WILL MISS OUT MOST OF THE FUN.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES BLANKETED CICADAS SCREENING THE TOPS OF THEIR >> ACTUALLY, ALL THAT NOISE COMES FROM MALE CICADAS DOING A SERIOUS POOR WORK OUT SPECIAL BODY PART THAT THEY VIBRATE BY CONTRACT AND TINY MUSCLES 100 TIMES A SECOND.

THEN THEY KNEW THERE HAD RANKING OF THE LAWN LEVEL AND THE DECIBEL >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS HERE'S WHERE WRECKAGE IS.

THE FELLOWS MATING SONG AND YOU LADIES CICADAS, DIG ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.

AND THE NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, A NEW GENERATION OF BABY CICADAS, PATCHES OR UNDERGROUND IN POLLS LIKE A STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> CNN 2041.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THIS AND OTHER ANIMATIONS IN OUR EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE ALSO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVASION OF THE CICADAS.

OKAY.

WE'VE UNLOCKED THE MYSTERIES OF THE CICADA INVASION.

UP NEXT, GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE TO PREVIEW HIS LATEST PROGRAM UNCOVERING SOME OTHER GREAT CHICAGO MYSTERIES.

STAY WITH US.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL M FRIEDMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ALVIN H BOMB FAMILY FUN.

>> REALLY FLY OVER O'HARE AIRPORT.

WHOLE HOUSE HAUNTED.

AND WHILE CHICAGO PUT KETCHUP ON THEIR HOT DOGS.

WELL, DETECTIVE JEFFREY BEAR SETS OUT TO TRY AND SOLVE THESE PUZZLER IS IN THE NEW W T TW SPECIAL CHICAGO MYSTERIES.

THAT'S PREMIERING TONIGHT.

HERE'S A LOOK.

>> EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD MYSTERY.

AND CHICAGO HAS ENOUGH OF THEM MY >> I'M JEFFREY LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SOLVE SOME CHICAGO'S MOST PERPLEXING MYSTERIES.

ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO COMMUNICATE.

WHERE DID COME I SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A DEAD END RIGHT HERE.

LIKE USING THE WORD >> AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS THE PROGRAM'S HOST, CO-WRITER AND PRODUCER JEFFREY THERE.

JEFFREY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND THE PRODUCERS, SHAWN KEANE A HAND RIGHT.

DID A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM WITH US.

OK, BEFORE WE GET INTO HOW THE SHOW CAME ABOUT, DID WE JUST SEE A GIANT POTATO?

>> WELL, LOOK LIKE A GIANT.

IS ACTUALLY A THAT WOULD SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO ROLL ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN IN WIND POWER VEST WAS PART OF A MY FAVORITE STORY OF THE SHOW, WHICH IS ABOUT THE FULL KILLER.

>> WHICH IS THIS SUPPOSED SUBMARINE?

>> THAT WAS FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHICAGO RIVER IN 1915.

SO THE FULL COACH ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE SUBMARINE VESSEL.

THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY US SELF-PROMOTING DEEP SEA DIVER THERE NAMED WILLIAM FRENCHIE TO STUB HIS TOE ON THIS THING AND IT WAS MARITIME LAW.

THEY SAID HE COULD KEEP IT SO HE PUT IT ON DISPLAY IN A SKEE-BALL RK.

THIS IS THE FELLOW WE INTERVIEW ABOUT MARK CHRYSLER PODCASTER.

HE PUT IT ON DISPLAY IN A SKEE-BALL ARCADE AND YOU COULD YOU COULD GO INSIDE FOR $0.10 IF YOU DARE.

OKAY.

I LOVE THE MARITIME LAW BOILS DOWN TO FINDERS CHICAGO SCOTT HISTORY OF MYSTERIES LIKE MANY OLD CITIES.

HOW TO PICK WHICH ONES TO INVESTIGATE FOR THIS PROGRAM?

WELL, YOU KNOW IT.

WE WANTED A RANGE OF MYSTERIES.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TRUE CRIME.

THERE'S THE PARANORMAL IN IN THE SHOW THERE.

I AM GHOST HUNTING WITH THE GOT THE IN THE SHOW OVER HERE.

>> AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALSO AS WE WORKED ON IT MORE AND WE REALIZE THERE'S THIS ELEMENT OF FUND.

SO, YEAH, THERE'S A THERE'S MURDER THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO.

AND AND SO WE REALLY DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING LIKE TO MODERN DAY OR 2 GRIM IN THE SHOW.

AND WE REALLY KIND OF SORT OF LEANED INTO THE FUND.

IT'S THE MOST FUN SHOW I'VE EVER DONE.

LOVE THAT.

WELL, SPEAKING OF THAT 100 YEAR-OLD MURDER MYSTERY NOT TO BE TOO BLEAK, BUT THIS IS KNOWN AS THE LOOK SAUSAGE THAT INTO A SORT OF A GHOST HUNT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP.

>> SO THIS ACTUALLY HAS A TEMPERATURE PROBE RIGHT HERE WE COULD ENCOUNTER WITH CALLED THE COLD SPOT.

HE SAYS THEY COULD HELP US TRACK DOWN.

EVIDENCE OF LOUISE IS SPIRIT.

>> THAT IS THE ACTUAL DETECTION DEVICE.

I FOR TAX SOMETIMES CALLED PUMPS WERE KIND OF FEEDING THE GHOST.

LOOK AT ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF THESE DEVICES GO OFF ON COMMAND.

ONCE WE WERE FULLY EQUIPPED, OK, LET'S DO IT.

AND WE CANVASSED THE PREMISES.

JUST SAID ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO COMMUNICATE.

>> ALL RIGHT, JEFFREY, WHERE IS THAT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN?

IT GOES TO WHAT DID THAT SEEM LIKE?

A GOOD WELL, ACTUALLY, WE WERE ONLY CAMERA CREW THAT'S EVER BEEN ALLOWED IN THIS IS NOW WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCLOSE THE LOCATION PRIVACY, BUT IT'S NOW A CONDO ON THE IN THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> AND BUT IT IN THE IN THE 18 90'S, IT WAS A SAUSAGE FACTORY BIG CHICAGO SAUSAGE KING WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND DISPOSING OF HER BODY IN RATHER GRIM IN THE BASEMENT OF SAUCERS, NOT OF SWEENEY TODD STORY.

OK, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, DULY BUT IT WAS AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY WAS A BIG 3 RING CIRCUS.

AND HE WAS EVENTUALLY CONVICTED, OK?

WELL, THERE'S A SEGMENT THAT HITS VERY CLOSE TO HOME FOR YOU.

THIS DATES BACK A PRE-DATING.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S FOUNDING BACK WHEN THIS WAS LAND OCCUPIED BY INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS INDIGENOUS LAND THAT WE ALL LIVE ON.

AND THAT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES LESS THAN HONORABLE MEANS AND SO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN NORTH SUBURBAN DEERFIELD, THERE WAS THIS TREE IN A LITTLE WOODLAND LIKE A BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE AND IT WAS A TREE THAT WAS BENT OVER AND THAT THIS IS HOW THE NATIVE AMERICANS DO THIS.

THESE WERE CALLED TRAIL MARKER TREES.

SO THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER, HE GROWS UP TO LOOK LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND IT'S A CLUE THAT NATIVE AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, LIVED THERE.

THEY USE THESE BENT TREES TO MARK THEIR TRAILS.

AND THEN WE GO ON IN THE SHOW TO EXPLAIN THAT MANY OF THE DIAGONAL STREETS IN CHICAGO ARE THE LIVING REMINDERS THAT NOW THESE ARE FORMER INDIAN TRAIL WHERE THE ROADS IN CHICAGO WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN OVERLAID BY THAT FAMOUS CHICAGO STREET GRID.

VERY WELL, SOME OF THE MYSTERIES ARE FAR MORE RECENT THAN THAT, INCLUDING AN ALLIGATOR THAT WAS FOUND IN HUMBOLDT PARK CAME TO AFFECTIONATELY BEING HARNESSED CHANCE.

THE WERE YOU ABLE TO FIGURE OUT JUST HOW HE MADE HIS WAY INTO THAT LAGOON?

WELL, SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE MYSTERIES ARE NOT YET.

ONE OF THE CLUES TO HOW HE GOT THERE.

THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE FIRST SPOTTED CHANCE THERE, SHE WAS SHOOTING A CASE IN YET OF PHOTO SHOOT AND THEY SHE SPOTTED SOMETHING IN THE WATER AND AND DIDN'T SEE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WASN'T AS YOU ZOOM IN AND SHE WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S AN ALLIGATOR IN THE MENA BLOOM HERE FROM A BLACK CLUB BROKE THE STORY.

SO THE CLUE ABOUT WHO HE WAS CHANCE IS BEEN SMELL AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT HE CAGED.

AND AS HE GREW BIG FINALLY, HIS NOSE WAS PRESSED UP AGAINST THE CAGE.

AND SO WHOEVER OWNED HUMANS AND ILLEGAL LIKELY DUMPED MARIAH'S, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE BIG GUY.

BUT WHEN THEY RESCUED HIM, USE HIS CUTE LITTLE GUY.

BUT THEN HERE'S ALLIGATOR.

ROBIN RESCUED WE WE INTERVIEW HIM DOWN IN FLORIDA NOW AND THAT'S CHANCE.

TODAY.

HE 6 MORE THAN 6 FEET LONG.

SO HE'S AT LIVING A HAPPY LIFE.

DON'T IN FLORIDA GETTING WELL.

GOOD FOR OKAY.

I THINK I ALSO SPIED A RECENTLY RETIRED BUT STILL MUCH LOVE WGN METEOROLOGIST TOM SKILLING.

IS WHETHER MYSTERY WELL KNOW, ALTHOUGH TONIGHT WOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR TIMES, PROBABLY AT HOME GOING, OH, I WISH I COULD GET BACK WITH THIS WHERE THERE WAS A U F THAT WAS SPOTTED OF AT O'HARE AND THIS IS NOT SOME CRACKPOT WHO SPOTTED.

THIS IS JOHN HILL CAN DITCH THE JOURNALISTS FROM THE TRIBUNE.

HE GOT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TAPES.

THE CONTROLLERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS THERE ON YOUR DID YOU GUYS SEE A U F O?

YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WE SAW FLYING DISC SO THEY CLAIMED THAT THE FAA CLAIMED THAT IT WAS THIS, THAT IT WAS A HOLE PUNCH CLOUD.

SO WHO BETTER TO SOLVE THAT MYSTERY?

AND TELL US WHAT A HOLE PUNCH CLOUD IS.

TOM SKILLING'S.

I WAS VERY THRILLED TO GET TO MEET TOM SKILLING AND ASK HIM IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO THIS HOLE PUNCH.

CLOUD.

THINK IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO KNOW IT'S GOING LEAVING.

HE JEFFREY, I CANNOT WAIT TO CHECK OUT ALL THE REST OF THESE AND ALL THAT IS LEFT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

I KNOW THIS MUCH MORE TO CHECK OUT THERE AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE WEBSITE IS LOADED WITH EXTRA CONTENT INCLUDING 4 MORE MYSTERIES THAT ARE NOT FEATURED IN THE SHOW.

SO FANNED 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.

I'M WTW AND WWW DOT COM.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY PLEASURE.

AND AS WE JUST MENTIONED, MORE BAFFLING TALES AWAIT YOU AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH CHICAGO MYSTERIES.

AND AS JEFFREY JUST SAID, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT.

>> THE PREMIERE OF CHICAGO MYSTERIES TONIGHT AT 7 ON W T TW.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF.

AND CLIFFORD LAW.

A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

THAT IS PROUD TO BE A