>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES .

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

>>> THE HEAVY RAINS PUTTING FLOODING IN BASEMENTS.

>>> ADDRESSING VIOLENT CRIME WITH THE FIRST DEPUTY MAYOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.

>>> A PREVIEW OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL NEGRO LEAGUES.

>> IS 40,000 PEOPLE NOW.

>> THE BLOCK PARTY PREPARING FOR THE LAST DANCE.

>>> OUR FIRST STORY, CHECKING WITH RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE WERE STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL DAYS LATER.

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> AT FIFTH THIRD, WE BELIEVE WHEN VOICES ARE HEARD, COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER.

THAT IS WHY WE WORK WITH CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES , WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER, TOGETHER, WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>>> THE ENTIRE CITY HAD TORRENTIAL RAIN AND RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE WERE HIT HARD.

NOW, AS AUSTIN RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING AT COSTLY REPAIRS, MANY ARE ASKING, WHY SO MANY HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODING WHILE THE REST OF THE CITY ESCAPED THE SAME FATE JOINING US ARE AN OLDER WOMAN OF THE WESTSIDE 37th WARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTHWEST AUSTIN, AND A LEADER WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP ONE SIDE RISING, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT.

WE INVITED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT BUT THEY SAID NO REPRESENTATIVES WERE AVAILABLE.

HERE IS WHAT KEVIN FITZPATRICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING ABOUT WHY THE WESTSIDE TOOK ON SO MUCH WATER THIS WEEK ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

>> THESE WEATHER PATTERNS, THE MICROBURSTS, WHERE THE RAINSTORM IS STUCK IN THIS AREA.

IN GENERAL, CHICAGO GOT THREE NUMBER TO FOUR INCHES, THE WESTSIDE, CICERO, 18.9 EDGES OVER 12 HOURS ON SUNDAY.

IT IS UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS.

SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

>> CAN YOU GIVE US A PICTURE OF WHAT PROPORTION OF HOMES FLOODED THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN?

>> I WOULD TELL YOU ALL THE HOMES.

ALL OF THEM.

EVERYWHERE I GO, STARTING WITH MY BLOCK.

WATER IN THE BASEMENT.

EVERY HOME I HAVE BEEN TO, THREE OR FOUR FEET OF WATER WHICH DESTROYED EVERYTHING.

IN OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR BASEMENT.

DAY CARES THEY ARE OPERATING.

EVERYTHING IS HEARTBREAKING.

I AM EXHAUSTED.

I AM FRUSTRATED.

BUT I CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME HELP.

WE NEED HELP.

WE CANNOT WASH OUR CLOTHES.

NOT ONLY THAT, OUR HOT WATER HEATERS ARE OUT.

IT IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE THESE THINGS.

WE NEED HELP.

>> MARTIN, YOUR HOME WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS FLOODED.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY HOME, JUST AS SHE WAS SAYING, THREE FEET OF WATER OR MORE.

IT CAME UP MY BASEMENT.

THE HOT WATER TANK, WASHER, DRYER, CLOTHES IN THE BASEMENT, IT HAS BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE FLOODING EXTENDED BEYOND AUSTIN.

STEPHEN, CAN YOU GIVE US A BREAKDOWN SO RESIDENTS HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE FLOODING OCCURRED?

>> MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IT CAME IN FROM DOWN SOUTH.

OTHERS ARE SAYING IT WAS WATER COMING INTO THE BASEMENT.

I BELIEVE IT IS A COMBINATION.

THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT IS UNUSUAL.

WE HAD A FLOOD LIKE THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN 1997.

IT -- WE NEEDED IT.

PEOPLE WERE IN DIRE STRAITS.

ONE INDIVIDUAL IS IN HOSPICE RIGHT NOW AND LIVES IN A BASEMENT APARTMENT.

THEY HAD TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION FOR HER TO LIVE IN.

THE DAUGHTER TAKING CARE OF HER DOES NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GO TO THE OTHER LOCATION.

THEY TRIED TO CLEAN UP WHAT THEY HAD AND MAKE A BEDROOM SANITIZED AND LIVABLE.

IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION WE ARE DEALING WITH.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED.

YOU SEE IT BY THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT.

SINCE THE FIRST DAY, IT STARTED ABOUT 2:00 ON SUNDAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAD A FLOOD OF CALLS, PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

WE HAVE SIX GARBAGE CANS FLOATING AROUND IN THE BACKYARD.

YOU CAN IMAGINE.

>> WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF WATER, SEWAGE, CLOGGING, WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN SCENARIOS LIKE THIS?

>> YES.

THIS STORM WAS TRULY UNPRECEDENTED.

THE EQUIPMENT IS ABOUT 84 TO 96 INCHES OF SNOW.

THIS REGION DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE EXTRAORDINARY VOLUME OF RAIN THAT CAME DOWN IN ABOUT 10 HOURS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE RECLAMATION DISTRICT WORKED TOGETHER, THE WATER FLOWS FROM THE SEWER MAINS IN THE STREET TO THE RECEPTOR TUNNELS ABOUT 30 TO 45 FEET UNDERGROUND.

THEN TO LARGER TUNNELS.

ABOUT 200 FEET UNDERGROUND.

ALL OF US WORK TOGETHER TO PLAY A ROLE IN KEEPING EVERYONE -- MANAGING STORM WATER IN CHICAGO.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT, 311 CALLS ARE COMING IN, MOST ARE WATER IN THE STREETS AND BASEMENT, FLOODED VIADUCT, 8000 OF THOSE CAME IN.

1800 WERE IN THE WARD.

WE PUT UP ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, OUR FOOD, WE ADDRESSED EACH ONE OF THOSE 311 CALLS.

THE SEWER MAINS IN THE AREA, MAKING SURE THERE IS NO CLOG.

LOOKING AT THE TEST BASIN NEARBY.

WHAT YOU SEE IN THE STREET THAT HAS A COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT COLLECT THE STORM WATER IN THE SEWERS.

WE LOOK FOR THINGS THAT MAY BE CLOGGING, BAGS, LEAVES, AND WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR DRAIN PROGRAM IF PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PRIVATE SEWER DRAINS.

ALL OF THAT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRIAGING THE AREAS HARDEST HIT.

WE ALSO ARE DOING THIS AS A PART OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION, MAKING SURE THEY ARE MONITORING THE WEATHER, COORDINATING THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.

PICKING UP DAMAGED FURNITURE.

A GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN TRYING TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

>> A FOLLOW-UP TO SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED, THE SEWAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER RECEIVED.

FLOODING SPECIFIC TO THE WESTSIDE, WHY THAT PART OF OUR CITY WAS HIT HARDER THAN OTHER AREAS?

ARE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THE DRAIN PARTS ARE CLEAR?

>> SO, WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE LAST RAIN EVENTS.

WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, THESE ISOLATED, INTENSE STORMS.

WHEN WE MAP OUR WATER IN TERMS OF RAINFALL, IT IS A GOOD CORRELATION.

THERE WAS INTENT STORM WATER THAT FELT IN THAT AREA.

STORMS STAY IN THE AREA.

WE SAW THAT LAST SEPTEMBER.

IT STALLED OVER THE NORTH SIDE IN THAT CASE AND THAT IS WHERE WE SAW THE WATER MOSTLY.

IT IS CORRELATING TO WHERE THE STORM IS STALLING OUT.

IT IS DIFFERENT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WHERE A STORM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.

>> ALTAR WOMAN, TELL US ABOUT THE RESOURCES YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR, RESIDENTS ON THE WESTSIDE, TO GET THEM HELP?

>> RIGHT NOW, I AM WORKING WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO THE OMC, TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT, STREETS AND SANITATION CALLED THE COMMISSIONER 160 TIMES WITH GARBAGE, AND WE ARE NOT HALFWAY THROUGH WITH OUR CLEANING.

160 TIMES.

IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OEMC, TOOK THEM DOOR-TO-DOOR SO THEY COULD SEE, IN ORDER TO GATHER THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO GIVE IT TO THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

IN ORDER TO GET IT DECLARED, THE DECLARATION FOR CITIZENS.

>> I AM SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

>>> NEXT, WE TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE IN A CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .

>> WITHIN HOURS OF TAKING OFFICE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON CREATED A COMMISSION, THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, LEAVING EFFORTS ON AN ISSUE THAT WAS A CORNERSTONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN.

THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.

THAT PERSON IS THE CITY'S FIRST EVER DEPUTY MAYOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY WHO JOINS US NOW.

HE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION.

WHY DO WE NEED THIS POSITION, OR THE CHANGE FROM DEPUTY MAYOR TO COMMUNITY SAFETY?

>> MAYOR JOHNSON WANTED TO TAKE THIS APPROACH.

WE WANTED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY SAFETY, MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE BUILD OUR LONG-TERM COMMUNITY STRATEGIES.

AS SEEN THROUGH OTHER TIME FRAMES.

WE WANTED TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

IN PARTNERSHIP.

>> HOW WILL YOU MANAGE YOUR SUCCESS?

ARE THERE TANGIBLE NUMBERS?

>> I WILL SAY THIS.

HOW WE IMPACT PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT NUMBERS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO MAKE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

HOW WE ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES.

WE WANT TO GIVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED.

>> WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?

AND HOW WILL YOU BE ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY DIFFERENTLY?

>> WE WILL BE OUT MORE.

WE CAN BE IN PLACES ALL OVER THE CITY.

WE ARE BRINGING IN FOLKS WITH DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THEY VIEW COMMUNITY SAFETY, RESOURCES, AND HOW WE TACKLE THE GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE?

HOW DO WE PROVIDE RESOURCES?

HOW DO WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY?

SO WE CAN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

>> BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN THAT WORKS FOR REDUCING CRIME AND VIOLENCE?

>> A MULTIPLE LAYER APPROACH.

NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.

INVEST IN PEOPLE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

HOW DO WE PULL ALL OF THESE RESOURCES TOGETHER TO TARGET AREAS IN THE MOST DIRE NEED?

>> WHAT SHOULD THE CITY BE DOING TO ADDRESS CRIME, ESPECIALLY GUN VIOLENCE?

>> WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE.

MAKE SAFE SPACES AROUND THE CITY.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND EXPECT THE SAFE SPACES.

WE HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES.

NOT JUST HOW WE DEPLOYED LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HOW DO WE DEPLOY OUR CVI WORKERS.

GOING TO YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.

HOW DO WE DO THAT COLLABORATIVELY?

WE DO ALL OF THIS TOGETHER UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA.

>> YOU WERE BEHIND MAYOR JOHNSON, THERE WERE NEARLY TWO APPLICANTS FOR EVERY JOB IN THE PROGRAM.

HOW DOES THE CITY ADDRESS THE UNMET NEED AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE?

>> JOBS ARE ONE BIG TICKET HOW WE ADDRESS THAT NEED IS TO GROW THE AREA WHERE WE CAN GIVE JOBS TO FOLKS.

NOT ONLY TO OUR SISTER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT HOW WE COLLABORATE.

AMAZON, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO WORK, NOT JUST FOR SUMMER JOBS BUT FOR LONG-TERM JOBS THAT LEAD TO A CAREER.

WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS AND CONTINUE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

WE WANT TO BUILD COMMUNITIES HUNGRY FOR JOBS.

>> THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POLICE, HOW WILL YOUR WORK FIT INTO THIS AND WHAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES, AND HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THEM?

>> WE WANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE.

WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID NOT GET TO THIS PROBLEM ALONE, WE WILL NOT GET OUT OF THESE PROBLEMS ALONE.

>> YOU ARE LEAVING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

WHAT OTHER INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE AGENCY'S ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY?

>> ALL OF US.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

ONE THING THAT COMES UP, YOU TOOK A BIG JOB, I SAY, WE TOOK A BIG JOB.

EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMICS, FEELING SAFE, CREATING SAFETY.

NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN DO AS CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE FULL FORCE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHAT ARE THE MAJOR OBSTACLES ?

>> WHO KNOWS?

WE SEE A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THE CITY.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT BASE SUCCESS SOLELY ON VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE TO APPROACH IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS A SYSTEMIC INVESTMENT.

IT IS NOT AN OR, IT IS AN AND.

>> THERE WILL BE A FINANCIAL COMPONENT, WHAT INVESTMENT WILL BE NECESSARY TO MAKE AN IMPACT?

>> WE NEED A BETTER SENSE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

WE WANT OUR INVESTMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

>> THREE WEEKS ON THE JOB AS DEPUTY MAYOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

♪ ♪ PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE, IT WAS NOT ALWAYS SO DIVERSE, ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE AND INTERVIEWS FROM A NEW DOCUMENTARY GIVES US A LOOK AT HOW BLACK BASEBALL PLAYERS CHANGE THE GAME.

THE FILMMAKER HAD A FATHER WHO WAS THE LAST LIVING NEGRO LEAGUE UMPIRE.

>> MY FIRST INTERVIEW WAS WITH MY FATHER.

MY HOMETOWN.

IS WHERE THE MUSEUM IS.

I FLEW THERE AND TOOK A CREW WITH ME.

I RAISED MONEY TO START THE PROCESS.

I STARTED DOING THESE INTERVIEWS.

I BECAME IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE A PART OF THIS STORY.

IT IS AMERICAN HISTORY.

HISTORY MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.

BLACKS NEEDED TO CREATE SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN.

BLACK PLAYERS WERE THE FIRST TO GO TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND INTRODUCE THE GAME OF BASEBALL.

TO CUBA, PUERTO RICO, VENEZUELA , AND BLACKS WERE THE FIRST TO GO TO JAPAN TO PLAY BASEBALL.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT JAPANESE PLAYERS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, A BYPRODUCT OF THIS.

THEIR ANCESTORS LEARNED THE GAME FROM THESE GREAT BLACK PLAYERS.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HISTORY, FUN, ENGAGING, IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING.

>> LEAGUE IS SHOWING AT SELECT THEATERS ACROSS CHICAGO ON JULY 9th, JULY 10th, AND JULY 12th, GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.

>>> THE SILVER RIM HAS BECOME MORE THAN A JEWELRY STORE, ECLECTIC OFFERINGS CURATED BY THE OWNER HELP CREATE AN ECLECTIC COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES.

THE SPIRIT OF THAT COMMUNITY INSPIRED WILLIAMS TO START A BLOCK PARTY IN 1997 AS A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC, DANCE, AND ART.

BUT NOW HE SAYS THIS WILL BE THE LAST DANCE FOR THE FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE THE STORY.

>> I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE, IT WAS A PERFECT SUMMER DAY.

THE MUSIC CAME ON, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT IS A MASSIVE ONE IN HYDE PARK, MANY PEOPLE EAT, SHOP, CELEBRATE.

THE FIRST EVENT, IT WAS IN AN ALLEY NEXT TO HIS JEWELRY STORE IN 1997, IT WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO CALL A BLOCK PARTY.

>> IT WAS AN APPRECIATION PARTY.

HAVING BEEN OPEN FOUR YEARS.

I MET INTERESTING PEOPLE.

IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

IT WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE AN EVENT THAT FEATURES THIS, WICKER PARK WAS VERY VIBRANT.

♪ >> Reporter: WILLIAMS SAYS HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET CITY FESTIVALS TO INCLUDE MORE BLACK AND BROWN ACTS WITHOUT MUCH LUCK.

>> I SAID, I WILL NOT KEEP BEGGING THEM, I WILL START ONE.

I CALLED UP SOME FRIENDS, CUSTOMERS, THEY SAID, OKAY, COOL .

THAT WAS REALLY IT.

IT WAS A FREE EVENT.

I GOT EXTENSION CORDS FROM MY HOUSE.

THAT POWERED THE ENTIRE BLOCK PARTY.

THE FIRST 10 YEARS WE HAD NO VENDORS.

NO SECURITY.

NO NOTHING.

THE FIRST ONE WAS SO PURE, MAGICAL.

THE STORE CAN BE BUSIER WHICH CAN HELP PAY FOR THE BLOCK PARTY.

I >> Reporter: THE EVENT OUTGREW VALLEY.

WHEN THE SILVER ROOM MOVED TO THE HEART OF HYDE PARK, IT HAD A BIGGER PROFILE.

>> WHEN WE MOVED DOWN HERE IS WHEN IT ESCALATED AND BECAME A HUGE ORDEAL.

IT IS NOW 40,000 PEOPLE.

IT GENERATES OVER $1 MILLION.

>> Reporter: IT IS FREE TO ATTEND UNTIL 2022 WHEN IT WAS TICKETED.

NOW, IT IS TOUGH CONTINUE TO CONTINUE WITH THE LABOR AND THE COST.

>> PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TIME, RESOURCE, MONEY IS INVOLVED.

WE DON'T HAVE A TEAM OF 100 PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: WILLIAMS SAYS IT IS A BIG PART OF WHY THE 18th YEAR OF THE BLOCK PARTY WILL BE THE LAST.

>> I THINK IT IS TIME.

SOMETIMES , THINGS NEED TO END.

WE HAD A GREAT RUN AT AN IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT A TIME TO BE SAD.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DANCING.

SAYING HELLO TO FRIENDS.

I HAVE EIGHT JOBS.

I AM GOOD.

>> EVEN THOUGH THIS WILL BE THE LAST BLOCK PARTY, WILLIAMS SAYS HE HAS SOME SURPRISES UP HIS SLEEVES.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES , I AM ANGEL IDOWU AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES , A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM AND A PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING WITH STRATEGIES TO HELP LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.