BIENVENIDO TO, "CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES".

I'M HUGO BALTA, WTTW NEWS DIRECTOR AND YOUR HOST.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

WHAT A WEEK!

TONIGHT A GROUP OF LOCAL JOURNALISTS WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE FROM THE NEWLY INAUGURAL RATED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.

EXPA INDICTING GREEN CARDS FOR IMMIGRANTS.

ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMMIGRATION PLAN.

MEET A REMARKABLE EAST SIDE FAMILY WHO HAS HELPED FEED THEIR COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

AND YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE A VIRTUAL RECITELE WITH THE CHICAGO SYMPTOM.

>> THIRD REMARKABLE WEDNESDAY IN A ROW WITH THIS WEEK'S HISTORIC INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.

AND JUST A FEW DAYS INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, BIG CHANGES ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.

HERE TO LACK BACK AT INAUGURATION DAY, A LOOK FORWARD, JESUS DEL TORO, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF LA RAZA NEWSPAPER AND A REGULAR ON THE PROGRAM, JACKIE SERRATO, EDITOR AND CHIEF OF SOUTH SIDE NEWSPAPER.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.

>> President Biden: ON THIS JANUARY DAY MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN THIS.

BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER, UNITING OUR PEOPLE.

UNITING OUR NATION.

AND I ASK EVERY AMERICAN TO JOIN ME IN THIS CAUSE.

UNITING TO FIGHT THE FOES WE FACE, ANGER, RESENTMENT AND HATE, EXTREMISM, LAWLESSNESS, VIOLENCE, DISEASE, JOBLESSNESS AND HOPELESSNESS, WITH UNITY, WE COULD DO GREAT THINGS IMPORTANT THINGS.

>> Hugo: JESUS, DO YOU THINK THESE CALLS FOR UNITY WILL HELP THE COUNTRY MOVE FORWARD IN IN TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TIME?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S USEFUL A LOT AS A SYMBOL I CAN MEASURE FIRST.

BECAUSE THE CLIMATE THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING BEFORE WAS SO HARSH AND POLARIZED THAT A SENSE OF A CALL TO UNITY TO THINK BETTER EVERYTHING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

OF COURSE, NOT ENOUGH.

WE WILL NEED A LOT MORE TO BE ABLE TO START SOME SORT OF RECONCILIATION AND TO HEAL.

AND EVEN THEN, SOME CRITICS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE SAID THAT HIS CALL TO UNITY IS SOME SORT OF CALL TO STANDARDIZATION.

BUT IN FACT, I DON'T THINK THAT IS A THING THAT HE IS CONVEYING OR TRYING TO SAY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HAVE A COUNTRY UNITED IN LINE WITH THE TRUE PRINCIPALS OF THIS REPUBLIC AND WITH THE CIVICS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO FOLLOW AND MAKE A HARD AND STRONG SEPARATION WITH ALL THE RADICALIZATION AND INSURRECTION THAT WE SAW IN THE PAST.

AND ALSO WITH NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CAPITAL BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR MANY, MANY, YEARS.

WHICH WAS DIVISION.

>> Hugo: ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SAW WAS A BLACK AND INDIAN WOMAN, KAMALA HARRIS, TAKE THE SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION.

JACKY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON A KAMALA HARRIS VICE PRESIDENCY, HOW INVOLVED AND ACTIVE TO YOU EXPECT HER TO BE?

>> I THINK OVERALL THERE'S A PALPABLE SENSE OF RELIEF.

WE HAD FOUR YEARS OF LIES, RACISM, AND FEAR MONGERING BY DONALD J. TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES, WHICH WE KNOW CULMINATED ON AN ASSAULT IN THE CAPITAL.

IT WAS THERE BEFORE TRUMP INSTIGATED THE MOB AND IT WILL FESTER EVEN IF HE IS GONE.

KAMALA HARRIS BEING VICE-PRESIDENT IS SYMBOLIC HOPEFULLY OF A NEW ERA.

PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION SUCCEED IN THE POLICY OF TRUMPS.

THE DEMANDS FOR BLACK LIVES, THE DEMANDS FOR THE HUMANIZATION FOR IMGANT GRANT AND LATIN X PEOPLE AND THE WORKING CLASS.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSER NOW THAN WE WERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

>> Hugo: BIDEN THE CANDIDATE MADE MANY PROMISES TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY, JESUS, WHICH DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS TO TACKLE FIRST?

>> THE NEED FOR MORE SUPPORT AGAINST COVID AND THE CURRENT ECONOMY CRISIS BECAUSE IT'S AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT IMMIGRATION IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE IT'S A LONG, YOU KNOW STRUGGLE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR MANY YEARS WITH MANY PROMISES UNFULFILLED.

MANY BELIEVING THAT THE IDEA OF IMMIGRATION REFORM WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO COME BUT JUST A TOOL FROM POLITICIAN TO CONTROL THE VOTE OF THE LATIN-X COMMUNITIES WHICH IN PART WAS TRUE.

AND NOW, I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION NEED TO DO MANY WAYS IN PARALLEL WITH THOSE.

THE COVID-19 RELIEF IS CRITICAL.

BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW.

>> Hugo: CERTAINLY.

COVID-19.

I'M SORRY, CERTAINLY COVID-19 IS TOP OF MIND ESPECIALLY WITH THE VACCINATIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION TO ALL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY HISPANIC LATINOS COMMUNITIES SO HASHLY HIT BY THE PANDEMIC.

BIDEN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO EVER MENTION WHITE SUPREMACIST IN A INAUGURATION.

SO-CALLED PATRIOT EDUCATION.

JACKY, WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE MOVES SIGNAL TO AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES OF COLOR?

>> I THINK THAT THE COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH A RECKONING RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE REEVALUATING WHAT YOUR VALUES AND THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AND JUST BECAUSE TRUMP IS GONE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT RACISM IS GONE, RIGHT?

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO HAVE JUSTICE BECAUSE OF DEMOCRATS, ESPECIALLY THE MODERATE ONES HAD A LOT TO DO WITH TRUMP WINNING.

SO, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE, QUOTE UNQUOTE WON, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN TRUST THE PROCESS.

BUT, I THINK THERE ARE GOOD INDICATORS THAT THING WILL IMPROVE FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, BIDEN FOR EXAMPLE ALREADY IMPOSED A 100 DAY MORATORIUM ON DEPORTATION THAT BEGINS THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE, JANUARY 22nd IT IS THIS IS GOING TO PAUSE DEPORTATION FOR 100 DAYS TO REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THERE'S FAIR AND EFFECTIVE DUE PROCESS.

>> Hugo: BEFORE I LET YOU GUYS GO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IN SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OFFICE CHOICES, IN PARTICULAR IT WAS A BUS OF MEXICAN AMERICAN LABOR RIGHT'S CHAVEZ.

>> IT'S INTERESTING, OF COURSE, SOME SAY THAT COULD BE A SIGN OF THE COMMITMENT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN SO HELP THE LATINO COMMUNITIES IS AUTHENTIC.

AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING EMOTIONAL.

BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE THAT PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN OR ROOSEVELT OR REAGAN WHOEVER IS YOUR PREFERRED PRESIDENT, BUT WHEN YOU CHOOSE ONE LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. OR CHAVEZ, OR OTHER FIGHTERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY, THAT SHOWS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE MOSTLY FROM THE PAST ADMINISTRATION.

>> Hugo: A LOT OF SYMBOLISM CERTAINLY IN CHOOSING CHAVES.

JESUS, JACKY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOIN SOMETHING US, HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK SOON.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Hugo: UP NEXT, DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION PLAN COULD MEAN FOR THE CHICAGO REGION IN A CONVERSATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED.

>> Hugo: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD OVERHAUL THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRATION LAWS.

8 YEAR PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP.

EX.

AND BOOSTING BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY.

THE PLAN COMES AFTER A CHAOTIC FOUR YEARS FOR IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS AND LAWYERS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> IT WAS SO CONFUSING, ONE DAY YOU MUST FILE THIS EXTRA FORM, NEXT DAY, YOU DON'T.

AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DACA GO RESTATED AND STOPPED, AND AGAIN, RESTATED.

>> Hugo: ARE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, PARIS SCHUTZ SPOKE WITH A FEW GUESTS ABOUT THE BIDEN IMMIGRATION PACKAGE.

>> MY IMPRESSIVES AS A CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE, HE HAS THREE ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT GOALS AND 7 PLANKS THAT I THINK WILL BE GREAT STEPS TOWARD ACHIEVING THE COMMON GOAL OF IMMIGRATION REFORM.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS.

I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MAY DO BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT THE MORE THE PARTIES WORK TOGETHER TO PASS LEGISLATION, THE HAPPIER WE WILL BE.

>> SATISFY SOME OF THE WISHES THAT PRO-IMMIGRATION GROUPS HAVE HAD FOR MANY YEARS?

>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT BEGINNING TO ADDRESS A MORE HUMANE AND JUST IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

AS WELL AS TO ADVANCE FAMILY UNITY AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF RACISM AND SCENE PHOBIA THAT WE'VE SEEN.

HOWEVER, I CAUTION THAT CONGRESS TO ACT QUICKLY AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH NEEDS TO ACT TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE CONGRESS SOME TIME TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND IT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO REIMAGINE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> Hugo: NATIVIDAD HERNANDEZ, THE INK IS BARELY DRY ON THIS, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND THIS PROPOSAL?

>> HE WON WE JUST STARTED IT SEEING THINGS CHANGING.

I THINK WE DON'T FEEL SO UNDER ATTACK, LIKE BEFORE.

EVERYBODY, I THINK EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT IS JUST WELCOMING THE FEELING OF WELCOME TO THIS PLACE.

WE USED TO BE UNDER THE GROUND AND WITH THE CHANGES, I'M OVERWHELMED.

MY FAMILY, MY OWN FAMILY IS THINKING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION CHANGE WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS.

I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T JUST DO EXECUTIVE ORDERS BECAUSE, WE NEED THE REAL CHANGE AND WE NEED TO THINK LIKE THE PRIORITY TODAY WE KNOW WE'RE WAITING, MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER, PERSONALLY, I'M WAITING SINCE 1996 TO GET THEIR GREEN CARDS THROUGH THEIR MOTHER THAT IS A U.S. CITIZEN.

>> Hugo: SO A LOT OF WAITING AND I WANT TO ASK THIS, DAVID, 8 YEAR PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, IN THE PAST, OPPONENTS TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAVE CALLED IT AMNESTY TO TRY AND BLOCK AN EFFORT LIKE THIS.

IS THERE ANY WORRY OR CONCERN THAT FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING OR HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD, THAT THESE FOLKS CAN JUMP FIRST IN LINE.

>> I THINK THAT QUESTION IS BETTER ADDRESSED TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT HOW THE PROGRAM WILL LOOK, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO SHORTEN A 13 YEAR TIME FRAME TO 8 YEARS, 5 YEARS TO GET A GREEN CARD AND THREE TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP.

BUT DACA AND THE DREAMERS WILL ESSENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY BE GIVEN THE GREEN CARDS.

>> Hugo: THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO LIMIT SOME OF THE ACTION UNDERTAKEN IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION ON ICE ON AGGRESSIVE DEPORTATIONS, HOW MIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN ACCOMPLISH THAT?

>> WE KNOW THIS EVENING HE PASSED THREE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, REPEALING THE MUSLIM BAN, AND FORTIFIED THE ACTION FOR DACA.

AND THE HALTED THE BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION.

HE WOULD ISSUE A MORATORIUM ON DEPORTATIONS.

THAT WOULD PROVIDE TIME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT WOULD ENSURE THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF TOUR COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR OF DEPORTATION.

AND THIS MORATORIUM MUST INCLUDE A PLAN ADDRESSING THE IMMIGRATION'S ATTENTION SYSTEM.

FOR THOSE CURRENTLY IN JAIL, THEY ARE AT RISK ESPECIALLY NOW WITH COVID.

SO WE NEED TO THINK OF A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THE DEPORTATIONS AND TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A FAIR DAY IN COURT AND THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE AND JUST AJUDD INDICATION.

>> Hugo: ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH REUNITING THE BROKEN UP FAMILIES AT THE BORDER, THEVY CONTROVERSIAL POLICY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN SUCCESSFULLY DO THAT?

>> I REALLY HOPE SO.

I REALLY TRUST, I TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO DO IT, THE FIRST THING IS JUST TO STOP SEPARATING FAMILIES.

RIGHT NOW.

AND THE SECOND THING IS JUST TO TRY TO FIND OUT THE PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL BEING SEPARATED AND APART FROM THEIR PARENTS.

>> Hugo: DAVID, YOU MENTIONED THAT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE YOU LIKED THIS LEGISLATION ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT IT IS LEGISLATION AND NOT BEING DONE THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

DO YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE 10 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE THAT WOULD SIGN ON, ASSUMING THAT THE SENATE KEEPS THE FILIBUSTER RULES?

>> WELL, MITCH MCCONNELL IS A LOT BETTER AT COUNTING VOTES THAN I AM, PARIS, BUT I HAVE GENUINE HOPE THAT HE AND THE NEW MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER WILL WORK TOGETHER TO IRON OUT ANY ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE AND PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY GOING THE PASS THE HOUSE.

AND I ENTIRELY AGREE WITH NATIVIDAD, AND DISAGREE WITH MARY THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE HANDLED AS LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE SPEAKING THROUGH THE REPRESENTATIVES, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM AS OUR NEW DHS SAY.

PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER PARTY AND BE SUBJECT TO REVERSAL WHENEVER A NEW ADMINISTRATION COMES IN.

>> DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?

>> NO, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGE.

BELIEVE YOU ME, WE NEED A MAJOR SHIFT AND I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED IS A BOLD PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

SO I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AS NATIVIDAD MENTIONED, WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO SEPARATE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES OR STOP PEOPLE FROM SECURING PROTECTION UNDER OUR U.S. ASYLUM LAWS.

WE NEED TO GO IN THE ENTER MEDIATE.

>> THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK.

NOW TO BRANDIS WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S ON TOP FOR TOMORROW?

>> WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW PLANNED TOMORROW.

A PANEL OF JOURNALISTS RECAP THE HISTORIC INAUGURATION.

A VISIT WITH THE GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE CIVIL RIGHT'S ICON, IDA B WELLS.

>> THAT'S TOMORROW AT 6:00.

>> Hugo: THANKS.

AND FINALLY TONIGHT WED LIKE YOU TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS.

FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY HAS RUN A COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OUT OF THEIR EAST SIDE GARAGE WITH LITTLE MORE THAN THEIR OWN HANDS.

THAT ALONE IS ENOUGH TO PEAK OUR INTEREST IN THEIR STORY, AS WE TALKED, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF ININCLUDESIVITY, SERVICE, AND LOVE THAT INSPIRED THE PANTRY.

MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND.

I STARTED BY ASKING HER HOW SHE MET THE MAN WITH WHOM SHE BUILT A FOOD PANTRY AND A FAMILY.

>> I WAS TALKING TO A GUY THAT LIVES IN THE NEXT PARISH.

WE KIND OF KNEW EACH OTHER.

AND BOB COMES IN AND THIS, I SAID, HEY, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET SOMEBODY AND HE COMES UP TO ME AND LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS I'M GOING TO MARRY YOU.

>> WOW, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE?

>> YEAH, AND LATER ON I ASKED HIM, WHY DID YOU FEEL THAT WAY?

AND HE SAID BECAUSE I HAD A DREAM THAT SOMETHING IMPORTANT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME WHEN I WALKED IN THERE >> Hugo: THAT DREAM CAME TRUE, BOB AND LOLLY MARRIED AND MOVED TO THEIR EAST SIDE HOME IN 1979.

>> YOU STARTED THIS PANTRY, TELL US ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START THE WORK.

>> WE BOTH KNOW WHAT IT WAS TO GO WITHOUT.

>> WHEN JOB CUTS AT NEAR BY FACTORIES CREATED TREMENDOUS NEED IN HER COMMUNITY SHE FELT A NEED TO HELP.

>> WE WORKED WITH SENATOR.

AS THEY BEGAN PUTTING DOWN ROOTING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THE RODRIGUEZS ALSO BEGAN GROWING THEIR FAMILY.

>> WE HAD 6 AND WE ADOPTED NINE.

AND WE HAD TWO PERMANENT FOSTERS.

>> THEY GOT ME WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS-OLD GOING ON 7 YEARS-OLD.

I REMEMBER ALL THE TIME DOING THE FOOD PANTRY, HELP STOCKING SHELVES, AND UNLOADING THE FOOD TRUCKS.

>> I WAS WITH THEM WHEN I WAS LIKE 14 T LIVING IN A HOUSE, YOU WERE NEVER ALONE.

THERE WAS 17 OF US.

>> THE DOOR WAS NEVER LOCKED.

AND THE DOOR WAS NEVER LOCKED.

THERE WERE 17 CHILDREN.

SO WE ALWAYS HAD ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO PLAY WITH.

>> Hugo: THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY LOST BOB IN 2002, BUT LOLLY HAS KEPT THE PANTRY GOING FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS IT.

>> IF THEY COME FOR FOOD, WE'LL GIVE IT TO THEM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT MY MOTHER AND FATHER'S FOOD PANTRY IS THAT THEY DID NOT DISCRIMINATE.

>> Hugo: AND RUNNING THE PANTRY, CONTINUES TO BE A FAMILY AFFAIR.

>> WE ALWAYS HELP ON PANTRY AND IT INSPIRED OUR KIDS TO WANT TO HELP OUT BECAUSE OF HERE.

>> Hugo: YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF FAMILIES THAT YOU'VE HELPED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

TELL US ONE OF THE STORIES, WHICH STORY STICKS OUT THE MOST FOR YOU?

>> I WAS WORKING AT A RESTAURANT ON THE NORTH SIDE AND I WAS TAKING THE TRAINS AND BUSES HOME, ONE DAY I MISSED MY BUS SO I TOOK AN UBER.

AS SHE PULLED IN, SHE SAID, OH, MY GOD, I USED TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME FOR FOOD.

I REMEMBER THE VERY NEXT DAY SHE GOT A DONATION FROM THAT PERSON.

>> Hugo: LEADING BY LOVE AND EXAMPLE.

THE RODRIGUEZ FOOD PANTRY IS OPEN FOR PICK UP ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 4-6:00.

YOU COULD FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PANTRY ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Hugo: AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO JOIN BRANDIS FRIEDMAN TOMORROW NIGHT.

AND JOIN ME ON MONDAY FOR THE LATEST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AT 8:00.

I'LL BE JOINED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, WHO'LL DISCUSS THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES VISIT news.wttw.com TO RSVP FOR THIS FREE EVENT.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH A PERFORMANCE, AT OR HALL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES," I'M HUGO BALTA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY INFORMED, STAY HEALTHY, AND STAY SAFE.

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