CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOINED THAT IN ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> WAS SIGNIFICANT INTERVENTION?

FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THIS MISSION WILL NOT BE SUSTAINED.

>> MAYORS OF CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND DENVER SAY THEIR CITIES ARE AT A BREAKING POINT WITH THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

>> WE DON'T DESERVE POLLUTION.

>> WEST CHICAGO RESIDENTS PUSHED BACK ON PLANS FOR A SECOND WASTE FACILITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND WINTER AS PHIL WARMER THAT WARMER THIS YEAR, WE EXPLORE WHAT'S BEHIND THE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

>> I STARTED PAYPAL FUNDRAISER AND THEN PEOPLE JUST STARTED PUTTING IN MONEY IN COLLECTING THE MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND HOW EDUCATORS AND ALUMNI ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP MIGRANT STUDENTS.

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

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED ROB AND ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING.

POLICE SAY A 14 YEAR-OLD WAS STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK ON THE 5400 BLOCK OF NORTH CAMPBELL AROUND 2.15, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE OFFENDER GRABBED THE VICTIM, THEN TRIED TO FORCE A CHILD INSIDE HIS VEHICLE.

WE'RE TOLD THE 14 YEAR-OLD BROKE FREE AND THE OFFENDER FLED.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS A WHITE MALE AROUND 30 TO 40 YEARS OLD WITH BROWN WAVY HERE AND DRIVING A BLACK TEA WITH ILLINOIS LICENSE PLATE E 8 8, 1, 4, 5, 5, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE AREA.

3 BERLE DETECTIVES OR SUBMIT AN ANONYMOUS TIP ONLINE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION AND CHICAGO POLICE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION IN A HIT AND RUN INCIDENT.

ON THE NORTH SIDE.

POLICE SAY A PEDESTRIAN WAS EXITING THE IRVING PARK BLUE LINE STATION ON DECEMBER.

20TH AT 01:00AM AND CROSSED IRVING PARK ROAD UNDER THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY WHEN THEY WERE HIT.

POLICE SAY THE PEDESTRIAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRASH, POLICE ASK THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION UNIT.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER TERRENCE SHANNON JUNIOR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RAPE ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY.

THE ALLEGED INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER WHILE SHANNON WAS ATTENDING AN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL GAME IN KANSAS.

THE SCHOOL STATES SHANNON HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM ALL TEAM ACTIVITIES IN A STATEMENT, ILLINOIS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, JOSH WHITMAN SAYS THE UNIVERSITY IN THE DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HAVE SHOWN TIME AND AGAIN THAT WE HAVE 0 TOLERANCE FOR MISCONDUCT AT THE SAME TIME D I A POLICY OFFERED STUDENT ATHLETES APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF DUE PROCESS BASED ON THE NATURE AND SEVERITY OF THE ALLEGATIONS.

UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAY SHANNON TRAVEL TO KANSAS TODAY WHERE HE WAS WHERE HE POSTED BAIL AND IS RETURNING TO CHAMPAIGN.

THE 23 YEAR-OLD IS FROM CHICAGO AND IS THE TEAM'S LEADING SCORE.

E-CIGARETTE USE WILL SOON BE BANNED IT IN INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES IN ILLINOIS, THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS REMINDING RESIDENTS OF THE NEW STATE LAW THAT TAKES EFFECT JANUARY.

1ST.

THE LAW ADDS ELECTRIC SMOKING DEVICES TO THE LIST OF ITEMS PROHIBITED FOR PUBLIC INDOOR USE UNDER THE SMOKE FREE ILLINOIS ACT BARS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER RETAIL EXCEPT LIVE ESTABLISHMENT.

CAN DOWNLOAD UPDATED SIGNAGE FOR THEIR BUSINESSES FROM THE IDPH WEBSITE THERE.

RESIDENTS CAN ALSO FILE NONCOMPLIANCE.

AND IF YOU STOP AT THE PUMP LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IT HASN'T BEEN COSTING AS MUCH AS IT HAS RECENTLY.

THAT'S BECAUSE CHICAGO AREA GAS PRICES ARE THE LOWEST THEY'VE BEEN IN OVER 2 YEARS.

AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GAS IN THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA WAS $3.17 A GALLON.

THAT'S A HEALTHY DROP FROM THE SUMMER.

WHEN DRIVERS ARE PAYING MORE THAN $5 A GALLON TO FILL UP THE TANK TO FIND OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THE DECLINE IN GAS PRICES.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

AND LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET AROUND THE CITY.

A NEW YEAR'S EVE, THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY IS PARTNERING WITH MILLER LITE TO OFFER FREE RIDES ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.

YOU CAN CATCH FREE BUS OR TRAIN RIDES FROM 10:00PM SUNDAY ON TILL 40 AM MONDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE TRANSIT AGENCY, CUSTOMERS WILL NOT NEED TO TAP THEIR VENTURE CARDS OR PROVIDE ANY OTHER PAYMENT AT TRAIN STATIONS OR WHILE BOARDING BUSES.

BUT REMINDER, THERE WILL NOT BE REFUNDS OFFERED CUSTOMERS DO TOUCH THEIR FARE CARD OR OTHER FORM OF PAYMENT ON FARE CARD READERS.

UP NEXT, WHAT'S BEHIND THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THIS MONTH?

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE >> IT'S >> WINTER IN CHICAGO, BUT WHERE'S THE COLD WEATHER AND SNOW THAT MAY HAVE CROSSED YOUR MIND IF YOU'RE A LIFELONG CHICAGO.

DECEMBER TEMPERATURES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 9 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

AND IT HAS BEEN AMONG THE TOP 5 LEAST SNOWIEST DECEMBERS ON RECORD.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER IS SCOTT COLLIS, A SCIENTIST AND DEPARTMENT HEAD OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY WILL THANK YOU FOR JOINING QUESTIONS HERE.

I WAS LOOKING AT WHEN I WAS HOPING FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN NOW BE ABOUT WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DECEMBER WEATHER?

>> RIGHT.

SO YEAH.

AS YOU SAID, IT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SNOWY IN CHICAGO.

AND THERE ARE 2 CULPRITS HERE.

BEYOND THE NORMAL VARIABILITY WE GET, ESPECIALLY IN DECEMBER ONE OF THEM IS PHENOMENON KNOWN AS EL NINO, WHICH WARM WATERS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND TO MAKE CHICAGO'S WITH A LITTLE DRY OUT AND A LITTLE WARMER THAN NORMAL.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY LOADED THE DICE FOR THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH NOT ONLY INCREASES TEMPERATURE IN CHICAGO, INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD FOR EXTREMES LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS ONE TO.

YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING, I THINK I READ THAT THIS WAS A SECOND WARMEST CHRISTMAS DAY ON RECORD.

>> I THINK IT WAS 1982.

THEIR RED WAS 64 DEGREES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT IT'S WRONG.

GRILLING ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN.

AND YOU SHOULD ME THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE GRILLING IN DAYTON THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

ALSO DON'T KNOW.

TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU.

YEAH.

WHEN WE LOOK THE WEATHER, THE INFLUENCES THAT REGION, ONE THING WE CAN USE TO HELP UNDERSTAND.

>> HOW CLIMATE VARIES FROM SEASON TO OCEAN CURRENTS BECAUSE OCEAN CURRENTS VERY LOOKED.

THE NOW DAY TODAY WITH A SO WHEN WINDS, I'M NOT VERY STRONG OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

AWARD IS TEND TO STAY AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE EQUATOR OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.

THAT HAS A REALLY STRONG INFLUENCE ON THE WAY.

THE ON THE COASTLINES, THE WEST COAST THE UNITED STATES AND IN PLACES LIKE ASIA AND AUSTRALIA AND A SMALL BIT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE MIDWEST IN ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD YOU TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

>> WELL, WE STILL WE WANT TO KIND CHANGE WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU SEE GREEN GRASS IN THE SAME.

YOU GET A LADYBUG IN YOUR HOUSE IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE ECOSYSTEM ADAPTATION IN A PLACE LIKE CHICAGO, WHERE WE START TO SEE MUCH MORE OF THE FLOOR.

AND FOR THAT, WE EXPECT FROM MASS SOUTHERN STATES, MORE INVASIVE SPECIES VICTIM BORNE DISEASES.

AND TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY, WE WERE HIT WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS, BUT IT HAS BEEN A DRIER MONTH, UNUSUAL USUAL AS WELL.

WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WETTER THAN USUAL, BUT A LOT LESS SNOW ALL OF THAT PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS RAINFALL.

COULD SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR WELL AND TRULY ABOUT RAINFALL.

BUT ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION WAS IF YOU TAKE ALL THE SNOW MELTED AND THEN ALL THE RAIN AND AT THAT TOGETHER OUR NEW NORMAL.

COULD THIS BE OUR NEW NORMAL?

I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION.

WELL, SO THERE'S GOOD AND BAD NEWS HERE.

THE BAD NEWS IS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE WARM WINTER IS THEN COOLER WINTER BUT IF WE LOOK TO LAST EL NINO EVENT FROM 2014 TO 2016, WE HAD ONE OF LOWEST SNOW FALLS IN RECORD IN CHICAGO IN DECEMBER OF 2014.

BUT THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A VERY SNOWY JANUARY OF 2015 WHEN THE HEAD ABOVE AVERAGE CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING IMPACT CALL UP SEASONS A COLUMN MONTHS OF WINTER, A DECEMBER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE THEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY FOR NOW.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS THAT I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER.

I THINK IT WAS THE 90'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD GOING ACTUALLY MAKE A SNOWMAN.

EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THING THAT I SEE IN CHICAGO IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WENT TO PERIOD REALLY CONSTRICT INTO THOSE CENTRAL MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE MIGHT EVEN SEE MORE SNOW IN JENIN THAN WE'VE BEEN USED TO BECAUSE WARMER HOLDS MORE WATER.

ONE OF THE THINGS ACTUALLY LIMITS OUT SNOWFALL IN THOSE DEEP WINTER MONTHS IS A LACK OF MOISTURE, A LACK OF TEMPERATURE.

SO SNOW IS COMING.

SO IS COMING.

THAT IS FOR SO HOW MUCH SNOW WOULD YOU SAY WE CAN EXPECT?

I MEAN, IF YOU FOR RIGHT TO.

DANA ALWAYS EVERY SNOW AROUND 12 INCHES FOR JANUARY.

FROM THAT 1990, TO 2020 CLIMATE NORMALS.

SO IF YOU LIKE SNOW THE BEST MONTH FOR IS JANUARY, FOLLOWED BY FEBRUARY.

NOW YOU START TO TOUCH ON THIS.

BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NINO LA NINA?

SO NINOS, WE HAVE THAT WARM TANG THAT TENDS TO BE DRY AND WARM IN CHICAGO, THE NORMAL AND THAT NINA IS WE HAVE A COLD PERIOD, COLD AREA OF WATER OFF THE EQUATOR ONLY EQUATE OFF THE COAST OF THE AMERICAS.

THAT TENSE SINCE STORMS UP AND CANADA AND OTHERS OUT AREA.

SO JOINING IN ON NINA IN CHICAGO, WE EXPECT AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO.

DO YOU EVER HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP TO YOU AND ASK YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER AND FRIENDS?

WHAT ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LIKE?

THEY HAVE THEIR FUN.

IT IS WONDERFUL.

WHEN YOU GET TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER, THE WORK WE DO IT.

I'M GOING NATIONAL BART RIHANNA.

WHAT SPECIAL CHICAGO WITH THE COMMUNITY RESEARCH ON CLIMATE AND SITES IN CHICAGO.

YOU KNOW, REALLY ABOUT UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES OF AND BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I THINK ALL CHICAGOANS WANT TO KNOW IT'S BEEN PRETTY GLOOMY.

EXPECT SOME TYPE OF SUNSHINE.

SO AGAIN, THE THE THE NEWS HERE MIXED SAID WARMING A HOAX WILL WANT TO.

SO THESE GLOOMY WANT CONDITIONS FROM THAT.

GULF MOISTURE HAS BEEN CAUSING THAT SYSTEM.

CLOUD COVERAGE WHEN IT GETS COLDER AND WE HAD THOSE COLD ARCTIC OUTBREAKS.

THAT'S WHEN THE SUN COMES AND FRANKLY, EVEN AS AN IMPLANT.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE WEATHER IN CHICAGO.

I LIKE IT COLD AND I LIKE IT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.

SCOTT COLLEGES.

UP NEXT.

PUSH BACK TO THE POSSIBLE ADDITION OF THE NEW WASTE FACILITY IN WEST CHICAGO.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL FREQUENT PRESIDENT OF THE ALVIN H FAMILY FUN.

>> WHAT CHICAGO IS SET TO ADD A SECOND WASTE FACILITY IN SOME RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WBTW NEWS JOURNALISM STUDENTS FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYS MADILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

TAKE A DIVE INTO WHAT MORE GARBAGE COULD MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HERE'S NORTHWESTERN JOURNALISM PROFESSOR DAVID THOMPSON GREENWELL.

>> SINCE 1999 WAS CHICAGO.

RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED NEXT TO WHAT MANY CONSIDER UNWELCOME NEIGHBOR.

THE ONLY WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY IN DUPAGE COUNTY, GROOT INDUSTRIES RUNS THE OPERATION, WHICH SOME RESIDENTS SAY BRINGS UNWANTED POLLUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> FEEL WOULD TARGETED BECAUSE WE'RE PREDOMINANTLY A MINORITY WITH CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL AND ITS MAYOR, RUBEN CANADA, APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND TRASH FACILITY IN FEBRUARY 2023, JUST HALF A MILE FROM THE CURRENT TRASH FACILITY.

LAKESHORE RECYCLING SYSTEMS OR LRS WOULD RUN THE SECOND OPERATION.

IT ALREADY HAS A RECYCLING FACILITY IN WEST CHICAGO.

>> IS WHAT SAYING.

IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY GOVERNMENT OR ARE HERE TO REPRESENT US HERE TOO, REPRESENT CORPORATIONS >> 53 YEAR-OLD LEANNA ALCANTARA GARCIA AND HER FAMILY HAVE LIVED IN THIS WEST CHICAGO HOME SINCE SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD.

THE HOUSE IS ABOUT 4 MILES FROM KREUTZ TRASH FACILITY AND THE PROPOSE LRS EXPANSION.

AND AL CONTAR GARCIA SAYS SHE CAN SMELL GARBAGE.

WE DO GET THIS THIS GUST OF THAT.

>> THAT IS NOT THAT PLEASE PLEASING.

>> A SECOND TRASH FACILITY WOULD MEAN THE ADDITION OF 650 MORE TONS OF GARBAGE ENTERING WEST CHICAGO PER DAY.

NOT TO MENTION THE INCREASED AIR POLLUTION FROM DIESEL DANIEL BORDEN IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE HEAD OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH GROUP.

>> ONE OF THE MAIN POLLUTANTS THAT COMES FROM DIESEL.

A DIESEL TRUCKS IS NITROGEN DIOXIDE BUT JUST SIDE HAS BEEN LINKED TO PEDIATRIC ASTHMA INCIDENTS.

IT'S BEEN LINKED TO ALL THE WAY UP TO PREMATURE MORTALITY.

>> WHAT CHICAGO IS AN AREA WITH A NEARLY 50% LATINO POPULATION.

THE PROPOSED LRS FACILITY WOULD ACCEPT TRASH FROM NEARBY COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NAPERVILLE AND WE CAN BOTH OF WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE.

>> IT'S SAD.

IT'S SAD BECAUSE EXACTLY THAT'S WHAT OUR US IS GOING BRING.

ALL THE RECYCLING AND WASTE FROM THE TOWNS FROM THE WHERE THEM EARLIER WAY, PEOPLE WEALTHY PEOPLE ON TOP OF THAT.

>> SOME WAS CHICAGO RESIDENTS ARE ASKING WHY THEIR CITY HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR ANOTHER WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH A HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.

ACCORDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY ATTORNEY ROBERT WINE STOPPED WHERE CHICAGO HAS STRUGGLED WITH RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION SINCE WORLD WAR.

2 AND CONTINUOUS DIESEL TRAFFIC FROM NEARBY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.

THE PROBLEM HERE, STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN MARCH 2023, THE GROUP PEOPLE OPPOSING DUPAGE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM OR PULL THERE FILED A PETITION AGAINST THE NEW FACILITY WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD.

THE GROUP IS WORKING WITH WEINSTOCK AND HIS LEGAL TEAM FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TO STOP THE PROPOSAL.

>> RSS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE ALREADY OPERATING IN AN AREA WITH UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY AND THAT THEY WOULD ONLY ADDING.

THAT'S THE VERY TYPE OF POLLUTION THAT IS HARMFUL TO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THE PETITION INCLUDES DATA GATHERED BY OCONTO GARCIA INDICATING POOR AIR QUALITY IN THE AREA.

WHAT'S NEW HERE?

REALLY IS THE.

REAL ABSENCE OF ANY ADDRESSING THE THE LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY IMPACTS AND THE FACT THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE TRYING TO STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT.

OUR AND OUR FINDING NEW WAYS TO DO IT BY USING HANDHELD AIR QUALITY SENSORS.

IN ADDITION TO DISMISSING HEALTH CONCERNS THERE SAYS THE WEST CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL DID NOT PROVIDE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.

THERE WAS NO TRANSLATION OFFERED AT THE CITY NONE OF THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.

>> WHICH MEANT THAT ANY CITIZEN WHO WANTED TO MEANINGFULLY REVIEW ANY OF THESE MATERIALS.

>> WHO SPANISH PRIMARILY OR WHO MORE COMFORTABLE IN THAT LANGUAGE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO.

>> WHILE LRS DECLINED MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO COMMENT AT THE HEARING.

LRS ATTORNEY GEORGE MUELLER SAID THAT PULL THERE WAS USING THE TRANSLATION ISSUE TO, QUOTE, THROW US INTO THE CULTURAL WAR.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PROFESSOR RAMAN LIVE BATTLE STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF.

>> WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN A WEALTHIER WHITE COMMUNITY?

AND IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT, YES, IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY ISN'T AN ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM ISSUE.

MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE LOOKING AT SAYING, NO, THAT'S NOT WOULDN'T EVEN BE PROPOSING MAYOR AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE SUPPORTED.

THE CITY OF WAS CHICAGO DECLINED TO COMMENT UNTIL THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD MAKES A FINAL DECISION.

NOTHING CAN BE BUILT UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THE SECOND FACILITY.

>> UNTIL THEN OCONTO GARCIA AND OTHER RESIDENTS SAY THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

>> TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY FREE FOR MORE POLLUTION.

WE DESERVE IN OUR TOWN.

WE DON'T DESERVE.

>> POLLUTION MORE IN THIS WE HAVE ENOUGH.

>> FOR WTW NEWS AND NORTHWESTERN'S MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

I'M AVA THOMPSON GREENWELL.

>> FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE STORIES FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHWESTERN JOURNALISM.

STUDENTS IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.

UP NEXT, CALLS FOR MORE FEDERAL SUPPORT TO HELP WITH THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

MAYORS FROM CITIES MOST IMPACTED BY THE RIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN MIGRANTS SENT FROM TEXAS ARE NOW JOINING FORCES.

THAT INCLUDES CHICAGO WHOSE MAYOR WARNS OF A BREAK.

AMANDA IS HERE WITH MORE ON THE COLLECTIVE WHICH CITIES AND WHERE THE MAYOR IS ASKING CHICAGO, OF COURSE.

BUT ALSO TO NEW YORK IN DENVER AND THE MAYOR SAY WITH THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SENT THEIR WAY WEEKLY, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO SEVERE.

>> THAT THE WHITE HOUSE SHOULD DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

ASKING FOR 3 THINGS IN PARTICULAR FROM THE FEDS.

>> FOR STARTERS, MONEY ALSO COORDINATION AT THE BORDER.

THEY WANT A NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT STRATEGY.

>> QUICKER PROCESSING OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, PAPERWORK THAT INCLUDES WORK, AUTHORIZATION PERMITS, THINKING BEING THAT THESE FOLKS THEN REQUIRE SHELTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES IF PERMITS ARE SPED UP.

>> THERE IS A COMMON SENSE PRACTICAL WAY TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS.

AND WE BELIEVE WE 3 MAYORS AND OTHER MAYORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THOSE CRITERIA ARE >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN A PUBLIC JOINT ASK, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HEARD MAYORS AND OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS MAKE THAT ASK FROM THE FEDS.

DENVER MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON SAYS HE IS HOPEFUL A DEAL WILL BE PART OF ONGOING BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS IN CONGRESS.

BUT NOTHING SO FAR HAS MOVED THE NEEDLE IN DC AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THIS IN THEM CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS REQUEST?

WELL, THE MAYOR'S HELM THAT THINGS ARE REALLY AT A BREAKING POINT.

THEY SAY THAT SHELTERS ARE AT OR CLOSE TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

THAT INCLUDES HERE IN CHICAGO.

ACCORDING TO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

ALSO THE COST OF CARING FOR MIGRANTS.

THEY SAY CRUSHING CITY BUDGETS.

DENVER'S MAYOR SAYING IT'S ESTIMATING THAT THE COST OF CARING FOR MIGRANTS WILL EAT UP 10% OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

NEW YORK.

MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAYS THAT'S ALREADY ROEDING CITY SERVICES COULD SQUEEZE LIBRARY, TRASH PICKUP AND HIRING OF POLICE.

>> IT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERY DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN THE CITY.

WE NOW HAVE A HIRING FREEZE THAT WE CANNOT BRING ON ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO DO WITH EVERYTHING FROM SOCIAL SERVICES TO ACTUALLY CLEAN IN ALL CITY.

SO WE'RE SEEING THE FALLOUT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> CHICAGO'S MAYOR WAS NOT AS EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT FALL OUT.

BUT JOHNSON SAYS THAT THE MIGRANT SITUATION HAS PUT A STRAIN ON CITY SERVICES.

HE SAYS THAT CITIES ARE TAKING HUMANE APPROACH AND HE SAYS CHICAGO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO, BUT HE SAYS IT IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH FOR CITIES AND STATES TO HANDLE.

HE PLEADED FOR THE FEDS TO LEAN IN AND SAYS WITHOUT IMMEDIATE FEDERAL ACTION, QUOTE, THIS MISSION WILL NOT BE SUSTAINED.

>> WE HAVE REACHED A CRITICAL POINT IN THIS MISSION THAT ABSENT.

REAL SIGNIFICANT INTERVENTION IMMEDIATELY.

LOCAL ECONOMY'S NOT DESIGN AND BUILD TO RESPOND.

TO THIS TYPE OF CRISIS.

>> ENJOYING I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE IN THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, ONLINE PRESS CONFERENCE TO ASK THE MAYOR WHAT EXACTLY HE MEANS BY THE MISSION WILL BE SUSTAINED.

WHAT THAT COULD LEAD AN END.

YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY'S WAIT FOR REACTION FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE BIG APPLE IS ACTUALLY FALLING.

CHICAGO, HIS LEAD MIGHT NOT RESTRICTIONS ON WHEN AND WHERE MIGRANTS CAN BE DROPPED OFF.

WE KNOW THOUGH THAT TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS IN.

THIS IS HOW JOHNSON DESCRIBED IT, CIRCUMVENTING THAT LAW BY SENDING PLANES INSTEAD OR BUSES DROPPING MIGRANTS OFF IN SUBURBS.

AND WE NOW HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES AND ACTING DROP-OFF FOR SECTIONS AS THANK AND WE SEE CHICAGO'S CHALLENGES.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

YOU CAN READ HIM AND HIS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING JOURNEY FOR THOUSANDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN ARRIVING IN CHICAGO.

WE TAKE YOU INSIDE A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALBANY PARK.

>> THAT HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT STUDENTS AND SHOW YOU HOW THE STAFF AND ALUMNI ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THEM.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE PLACE OF THESE FAMILIES.

IF WE WERE IN THIS PLACE IN THE SITUATION, WHAT WOULD WE NEED FOR OUR KIDS?

IT'S A STATE BEEN PRINCIPAL, HEATHER.

YET HE TOOK TO HEART WHEN HAGAN ELEMENTARY OPENED ITS DOORS TO MORE THAN 300 MIGRANTS STUDENTS SINCE THEY BEGAN ARRIVING IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR, WE PREPARE DIFFERENTLY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> SO WE DOUBLED OR BILINGUAL PROGRAM ADDED EVEN MORE STAFF.

AND WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT ANOTHER 150 CHILDREN THIS YEAR, KIMBERLY.

SO LARSON WILSON, NICK IS ONE OF KEEP A WHILE, SOMEWHAT ON BUT IT GAVE THEM FULL AND BASED ON THAT THEY THIS TICKET THAT ASKING IS THE MOMENT THE MOST WANT TO I DIDN'T MISS IN.

THINK I'M I WANT ANYTHING IF THE SOME ARSENAL SAYS AFTER HER FAMILY'S LONG, TREACHEROUS JOURNEY FROM VENEZUELA.

>> THE SCHOOL HAS FELT LIKE A SECOND HOME.

>> ALL OR THIS HOPE SOON.

BUT IT THE WELL, AND THEN IT'S GOING IF THAT SEEMS THE DON'T THINK IDOLS.

I'M IN WRIGLEYVILLE COORDINATING A SCHOOL WITH 1000 STUDENTS CAN BE CHALLENGING.

>> PRINCIPAL YET HE SAYS HER STAFF HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP NAVIGATE THE CHANGE.

WE'VE ENDED UP BEING OF POINT OF FIRST CONTACT MORE THAN WE EXPECTED.

SO WE END UP BEING THE FIRST PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME FOR >> WARM CLOTHING, CONNECTIONS FOR MEDICINE.

THE PRINCIPAL CALLED FOR DONATIONS.

>> ALSO EXPRESSING THE NEED FOR FAMILIES TO ACCESS THE LAUNDRY UNIT.

IT JUST FELT PROHIBITIVE, AN OLD BUILDING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE PLUMBING, THE ELECTRICAL AND THE DONATION OF THE WASHER AND DRYER.

THAT'S WHEN HAGAN ELEMENTARY GRADUATE TOOK ACTION.

MY SISTER AND I JUMPED ON IT AND STARTED PLANNING TO GET THIS WASHER AND MAKE THIS WASHER AND DRYER.

LIVINGS MOBILIZE HER COUSINS WHO ONCE ATTENDED THE SCHOOL.

THERE ARE 19.

>> OF US THAT WENT TO THE SCHOOL.

FIRST COUSINS, 19 0ST SO I THINK >> WE ALL STARTED HERE, ALI.

IN 1980, THE COUSINS RAISE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THE MACHINES ARE COUSINS IS ACTUALLY INSTALLER FOR SO HE'S THE ONE WHO INSTALLED THE WASHER AND DRYER AND CAME HERE YET SEE SAYS THE DONATION IS ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

WE'VE HAD A FEW FAMILIES WHO NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME LAUNDRY BECAUSE THEIR THEIR HOUSING SITUATION.

WE'VE ALSO HAD KIDS THEY MIGHT BRING THEIR LAUNDRY IN THEIR BACKPACK.

NOW, SOLAR WAS ONE OF THE MANY PARENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY FOR ONE LESS THING TO WORRY ABOUT AS THEY ADJUST.

AND THINK THAT THE MUFFLED >> BUT AND ALSO PUTIN HINTED AT IN DEPENDING ON OBAMA 1000 THE NUMBNESS, THAT LET PEOPLE BECOME >> TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF COMING TOGETHER.

ONE OF LIVINGS COUSINS HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO PROVIDING LAUNDRY SUPPLIES FOR THE SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.37, FOR A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW FOR PARIS, SCHUTZ AND HIS PANEL REVIEWS.

THE MAJOR STORIES FROM 2023 NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOINED MAN THIS POINT HAS NOT SAYS AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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