>> GOOD >> EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOHN, THAT NON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> JUST GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REAL SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MIGRANTS TO HELP THEM MOVE ON.

>> THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS LEFT IN LIMBO AS THE 60 DAYS SHELTER LIMIT PLUS, RENEWED HEALTH CONCERNS AT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN A PILL IN PILSEN AFTER A MEASLES OUTBREAK.

>> LITTLE VILLAGE PARTY HAS THAT STRONG ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.

>> BUT THEY GETTING THE SAFE ACCESS TO SAME RESOURCES.

A COMMUNITY BUSINESS HUB IS COMING TO LITTLE VILLAGE.

GET YOUR SOLAR SHADES READY.

A TOTAL ECLIPSE IS ON THE HORIZON.

FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE AND >> AND THERE'S NO MORE ICONIC CHICAGO PATRICK'S DAY TRADITION DYING CHICAGO >> IT LOOK AT HOW AND WHY CHICAGO DIES.

THE RIVER GREEN FOR SAINT PATRICK'S BEEN SPONSORING THE DODGERS BACK TO KICK THINGS OFF RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE >> IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER CHICAGO OFFICIALS PLAN TO EVICT THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS FROM CITY SHELTERS AS SOON AS SATURDAY.

THE 60 DAY SHELTER LIMIT COMES AS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE SCRAMBLING TO COPE WITH AN APPARENT MEASLES OUTBREAK IN THE CITY'S LARGEST SHELTER.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON DEFENDED THE SHELTER LIMIT POLICY ON WEDNESDAY BUT SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY MIGRANTS WOULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE CITY SHELTERS.

LET'S LISTEN.

>> WITH THIS POLICY IS ESSENTIALLY DONE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REAL SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MIGRANTS TO HELP THEM MOVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER, BUT AGAIN, THEY COULD RETURN TO THE LOADING ZONE.

THAT'S ONE PLACE OR THEY CAN DECIDE TO MOVE ON.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REMAIN WITHIN THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD PROVIDE.

>> REPORTER HEATHER SHOWING JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEATHER, THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

AS MANY AS 5,600 MIGRANTS COULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE CITY SHELTERS IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.

WHY IS THERE SO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR FATE?

WELL, WHEN THEY ARE BRENDAN JOHNSON ANNOUNCED THIS POLICY BACK IN NOVEMBER.

HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THE CITY COULD NO LONGER BEFORE TO COPE WITH THE TOLL OF THE CRISIS, BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE.

BUT HE'S ISSUED 3 REPRIEVES TO THIS POLICY ONCE IN JANUARY AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, LEADING TO BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE ACTUALLY INTENDED.

>> TO THIS POLICY.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER TODAY.

DESPITE REPEATED QUESTIONS FROM W T TW NEWS AND OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, WE DON'T KNOW IF THE SHELTER EVICTION POLICY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THIS WEEKEND AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IT COULD AFFECT LEAVING A LOT OF THESE MIGRANTS, SOME STRUGGLING TO SORT OF MAKE THEIR WAY IN CHICAGO INLAND ABOUT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE DEADLINE FOR SOME MIGRANTS TO LEAVE.

CITY SHELTERS COMES AS THE CITY IS COPING WITH THE MEASLES OUTBREAK.

IT AT A CITY SHELTER.

WHAT'S THE LATEST THERE?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

WHAT THE LAST UPDATE WE GOT FROM CHICAGO HEALTH OFFICIALS WAS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED 8 CASES OF MEASLES IN THE SHELTER IN PILL.

SO WHICH, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT REPEATED COMPLAINTS ABOUT A LACK OF SANITARY FACILITY AND A LACK OF ISOLATION ROOMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL.

SO IT IS NOT CLEAR HEALTH OFFICIALS ATTEMPTS TO GET EVERYBODY VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE'LL STOP MEASLES FROM SPREADING ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.

4TH OTHER SHELTERS LEADING MANY PEOPLE TO URGE THE MAYOR TO PUT PUT A HOLD ON THIS POLICY, AT LEAST UNTIL THIS CRISIS PASS.

AND TALKING ABOUT THE 20 TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED JOHNSON TO END HIS POLICY LIMITING MIGRANTS TO NO MORE THAN 60 DAYS IN CITY SHELTERS.

WILL THAT FORCE JOHNSON TO REVERSE COURSE?

SO WE ASKED THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE.

WE SAW JUST A CLIP OF HIM.

HE REALLY DEFENDED THE POLICY AS A WAY TO SORT OF FORCE MIGRANTS TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM AND TO HELP THE CITY SERVICE ALONG IN THEIR JOURNEY.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN THOUGH, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT HE'S FACING INCREDIBLE PRESSURE FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING ALDERMAN ANDREA VASQUEZ, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS COMMITTEE, WHICH USUALLY AN ALLY OF MAYOR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO SEE THESE VULNERABLE PEOPLE, FORCED TO SORT OF SEEK SHELTER ONCE AGAIN, PERHAPS IN A DIFFERENT CITY SHELTER.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WHO COULD HAVE THEIR SORT OF FLAGS DISRUPTED BY THIS POLICY.

WHILE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY WILL TRY NOT TO DISRUPT THEIR SCHOOL YEAR.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.

BUT THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR THAT UPDATE.

THANKS, AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS WORKING WITH MIGRANTS AHEAD OF THE EVICTION DEADLINE.

AS WE JUST HEARD, THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS REMAIN IN LIMBO AS MUTUAL AID GROUPS AND OLDER PEOPLE URGED MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TO CANCEL THE 60 DAY MIGRANT SHELTER.

STAY LIMIT.

THE EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED 3 TIMES DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER NOW WITH THE MEASLES OUTBREAK AT THE CITY'S PILSEN SHELTER.

RESPONSE TEAM SAY EVICTING PEOPLE WOULD ONLY CREATE A BIGGER PROBLEM.

PROBLEM HERE TO TELL US MORE ARE IMMEDIATE LOCAL DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR ON WORD HOUSE ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ OF THE 25TH WARD AND MIMI, GOT SHOW A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND MUTUAL AID VOLUNTEER.

WE ALSO INVITED THE CITY IN THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

CDPH DECLINED A REQUEST AND WE DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN REGARDING THE 60 DAY LIMIT.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE MEASLES CASES PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS, THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING HOUSING AND WORK PERMITS.

SHOULD THIS STILL BE HAPPENING?

>> SAID TODAY DURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, IT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO APPLY THIS AS 60 DAY NOTICES AND WITH A SHORT SHOW NOTICE COMING IN, ASKING PEOPLE TO BE 21 DAYS DOING SHUTTING PLACE.

I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS START TALKING ABOUT HOUSING POLICIES FOR ALL CHICAGOANS IS CLEAR THAT HE IS AN ATTEMPT TO DESTABILIZE THE CITY.

THAT IS VERY CLEAR WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IS TAKE TAKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT.

I MEAN, WHERE PARENTS WE DO NOT WANT CHILDREN IN THE STREETS.

WE'VE GOT 20,000 CPS, HOUSE.

WE ARE AWARE OF THOSE CHALLENGES.

WE SEE THEM ON THE STREETS WITH THEIR MOTHERS.

I MEAN, SOME I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM EVEN SELLING CANDY, WATER BOTTLES WITH THEIR MOMS.

ABSOLUTELY BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS TO THE MAN OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS EXPECTED POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISSUE AND WORK PERMITS IMMEDIATELY, THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO.

WE RELOCATE OR RESELL 29,000 UKRAINE, HE'S RIGHTLY SO.

THEY'VE DEFINITELY VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE CENTURY CITY FOR ALL.

>> NOW SITE WILL BE CLEAR.

CUT IS WHITE SUPREMACY IS GROUPS THAT COME TO PITCH COMMITTEES AGAINST EACH OTHER TO TALK ABOUT AUSTERITY.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO VOTED TO RATIFY THE CENTER CITY.

WE TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME.

HE WILL RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS.

SO WHAT WE SUSPECT AND IF THE NEXT FEW DAYS AGAIN TALK TO THE DOG AND DUCK TO UT OF TALK SEE THE FSS ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS JUST WHERE WEEKEND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS VACCINATED.

I WANT TO TALK TO THE CEO CPS TUESDAY.

MAKE SURE THAT WE VACCINATION EVERY SINGLE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WHAT WE TO MAKE SURE WE TREAT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S MY EXPECTATION BECAUSE THE WE'VE GOT TO TREAT THIS JUST AS WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC AS A OUT, THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE TO LET YOU KNOW, COME THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

WE FROM THE PRESIDENT.

HE MENTIONED ONE CASE TO CALL US ON LEGAL END.

CRIMINALS.

I WANT TO HAVE A MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE PUBLICLY.

THERE'S NO ONE SINGLE STUDY IN THE COUNTRY THAT INDICATE THAT THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND IMMIGRATION.

WHY THE COUNTRY?

216 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS IMMIGRANTS HAVE BROUGHT COUNTRY TO SEE THAT.

YOU WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALKED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN.

I REMIND THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, WE CANNOT BE THE HUMAN EYES FLAWLESS ARGUMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO PRAY HIM IS LIKE OURS.

WHAT WE NEED IS INVESTMENT HOUSING.

WE NEED INVESTMENT PROTOCOLS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT HAVE YOU?

>> YOU WERE DOWN THE BLOCK FROM THE PILSEN SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THE GROUND EARLY ON.

WHAT HAVE YOU THE CONVICTION OF CONDITIONS?

WOULD YOU SAY THE OUTBREAK LIKE THE MEASLES WERE?

>> PREVENTABLE.

>> THAT'S A GREAT SO, YES, WE AS A TRADE REPRESENTATIVES AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE SHELTERS BEFORE THAT WE ALSO AT THE POLICE STATION.

I JUST WANT TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN SINCE THEY WON.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

I ALONGSIDE WITH A LOT OF YOU A VOLUNTEERS HAVE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS TO DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN CHARGE AN OFFICIAL SAYING THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC OFFICER.

IT'S NOT LIKE THIS WEEKEND.

NOW, WHEN WE WANT TO SHOP SURGERY NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN MEASLES OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAT DOWN AND THE CHILD, YOU GET FOR THE STATION LORDS, RIGHT?

EXACTLY TO SAY THAT THIS WHOLE SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, ISN'T AS IT WAS RESULT OF.

PIECEMEAL SOLUTIONS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND EMERGENCY SITUATION, IS BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MORE INTO THIS NOW.

WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM RESPONDING AND ACTUALLY PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE AND OUR WORK.

>> REALLY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

YOU ALSO HAVE THEIR ON WHAT HAS A WELCOMING CENTER.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HELP OR UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

AFTER THE 60 DAY LIMIT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE NEW IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING CHICAGO DIDN'T GO UP THROUGH THIS TRAUMATIC DANGEROUS JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE SHELTERS, RIGHT?

THEY WANT TO WORK.

THEY WANT TO PAY TAXES.

THEY WANT TO FREQUENT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THEY WANT TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE FABRIC OF CHICAGO.

AND SO BY PROVIDING RESOURCES LIKE THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES LIKE FOOD, FURTHER DOWN.

WHEN PEOPLE GET THOSE BASIC NEEDS MET AND ARE ABLE TO GO TO ADULT EDUCATION CLASS HAVE EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO THEIR CHILDREN.

ALL OF THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THAT SELF SUFFICIENCY THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR CITY STRONGER.

SO ONWARD HOUSE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT NEW IMMIGRANTS GET TO BUILD THAT FOUNDATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND MAKE OUR CITY BETTER.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BARRIERS THAT ARE HAPPENING?

DEFINITELY WORK PERMITS AND ASYLUM PERMITS ARE VERY WENT WITH THAT.

WE'VE SEEN IT COULD BE AS LONG AS A TWO-YEAR WAIT FOR SOMEONE WHO PAYING TO LAKE.

AND THE COST WORK PERMIT IS $410.

RIGHT?

AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO WORK, HOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?

HOW CAN YOU WAIT FOR IN MOVING IN AND OUT OF SHELTERS IF THEY'RE NOW GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THOSE SHELTERS, IF YOU HAVE ALL THESE CHALLENGES YOUR WAIST AND IT SAID IT WOULD CREATE A BIGGER CRISIS.

>> ALDERMAN WE HEARD MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAY THERE COULD BE EXPECTS EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIMITS.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?

>> WHAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE HELP ALL CHICAGOANS.

I THINK THAT WE NEED A HOUSING JUSTICE AGENDA.

I DO THINK THAT WE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO WORRY ABOUT EVICTIONS THAT WAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SHELTER AGAIN.

THERE'S OVER 80,000 PEOPLE AROUND HOUSE.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT WE HAVE 80,000 UNITS THAT ARE EMPTY.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAXED THOSE VACANCIES.

USUALLY BYCATCH FROM MANAGERS THAT PREY ON PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE THIS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME HAS BECOME PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

SO NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.

WE KNOW HAVE TO RESETTLE PEEPING OF CENTER CITY.

YOU'RE 29,000.

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES RECEIVE WORK PERMITS AS THEY ENTER JUMPING.

EVERYBODY'S LIFE IS OK BECAUSE WE KNOW THEIR EMERGENCY.

NOW WE PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT IS WE HEARD YOU COMPARE THIS BEFORE BEFORE YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT IS A FACT.

YOU KNOW, THESE CATHOLICS ACTS OF IMMIGRATION IS THAT IS WHAT WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THIS CAN COVER.

THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT OUT PUBLICLY.

AND I THINK THAT THAT THEIR RESETTLEMENT PROCESS HAS TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE STATE.

THE STATE DID THE SAME THING FOR CONGRESS, HE'S GOT ALMOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT NEEDED SOME FURTHERMORE, WE NEED TO POINT.

FRANK PRACTICE HOUSING LEGISLATION.

JUST CAUSE FOR EVICTION.

WE NEED FIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CREATES PUBLIC HOUSING OR BLACK RESIDENTS ARE WIDELY TO BE UPSET IN THE WEST SIDE, 15,000 HOMEOWNERS WOULD HAVE THINK WHITE.

NOT BECAUSE OF WHY?

BECAUSE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THOSE CORPORATIONS THAT WANT TO TAKE OVER THOSE HOMES, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO FALL FOR THE SMALL.

WE WANT IS A HOUSE IN JUST HIS PLAN.

WE WANT TO OR AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE CDPH WILLIAM C C H A AND IT GOT THE HOUSE AND I WANT TO BRING INTO THIS.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

YOU ATTENDED AND SPOKE AT THE MARCH LAST WEEK SUPPORTING THE NEW RIVALS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

ARE THE ROADBLOCKS AT THIS POINT?

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?

>> I JUST WANT TO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE UPCOMING EVICTION DEADLINE FOR CALLING ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO STOP EVICTIONS ALONGSIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME THE 22 ALDERMEN AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT FIRST BIG SHOT IS AND WHERE IT AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR WHEN WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO MOVE OUT AND THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE WORK PERMITS YET.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE, MEANING STRAP, WHICH IS ALREADY LIMITED.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, TOO.

BUT THAT AGAIN, IS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO GIVE PEOPLE 6 YOU KNOW, NOW THAT 3 MONTH, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING 3 MONTHS NOW WITH NO WORK PERMIT TO SOMEHOW THEN GO AND ACTUALLY SURVIVES WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FACE IS AFFECTING PRIVATE EVICTION FROM THOSE LANDLORDS AND THEY'RE GOING END UP ON THE STREETS AND HOUSE.

AND SO THAT'S THE THING IS WE CANNOT JUST SAY PUSHING AND THE MAYOR SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DECIDE TO MOVE WELL, ONE OF THE MOVING ON TO THEY'RE MOVING ON TO BE HOUSE IN 3 MONTHS AND THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THAT RENT.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE'RE CALLING ON YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THEIR INVESTMENT AND A STRAP AND OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THESE FOLKS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU FROM SEEING WHAT YOU'RE ALL SAYING PROBABLY AROUND CITY OF CHICAGO, PEOPLE ARE ASKING PEOPLE ARE SELLING THINGS FOR MONEY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIVING SHELTERS AREN'T THERE.

JUST NOT THEY WANT TO LIVE.

THERE HAS BEEN NO, AS MY COLLEAGUE HERE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY IN THE SHELTERS.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS OUT.

UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THAT MEANS THAT SOMETIMES THEY END UP WITH JOBS THAT, YOU KNOW, SADLY, WHENEVER THEY DO FIND A JOB, THEY EXPERIENCE FREQUENT LAY STAFF EXPLOITATION.

AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT WORKING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND LEAVING THEM UP TO FAIL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY BECOME FOR THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, CHICAGO OR TRY TEAMING FOR CAUGHT.

WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US ON THIS TOPIC.

AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> HAVE >> YOU EVER WATCHED A SOLAR ECLIPSE?

I HAVE BUT IF YOU HAVE UHAUL ARE IN LOVE WERE OFFICIALLY LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE REPORTER PAT LEE WHEN JOINS US WITH ALL THE DETAILS.

PATTY, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY MORE FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR.

WHAT EXACTLY IS A TALL ORDERS.

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WHEN THE MOON COMES BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN.

AND IN THE 3RD LOOKS AS IF THE MOON IS COMPLETELY BLOCKING OUT THE SUN.

>> TOTAL ECLIPSE.

EVERYTHING GOES DARK.

VERY SO WHEN ALL WHEN WITH THE CLIPS TAKE PLACE AND HOW MUCH WILL HOW MUCH OF IT WILL BE SEEN IN CHICAGO ALL THE DETAILS?

YES, SO APRIL AND IT IS MARKED ON YOUR CALENDAR.

IT WILL START IN JUST BEFORE LIKE 01:00PM, CHICAGO TIME REACH ITS PEAK IN CHICAGO AROUND 2 O'CLOCK.

WE'RE ONLY IN FOR 94%.

PARTIAL ECLIPSE IN CHICAGO.

YOU WANT TO HEAD DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS OR INDIANAPOLIS OR MY HOMETOWN IN TOLEDO, IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE PAST OF TOTALITY, WHICH THE MOON WILL COMPLETELY BLOCK THE SUN, IT WILL GO DARK.

IT WILL LOOK LIKE IT'S NIGHT TIME.

THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO DROP.

>> ANIMALS COULD BECOME CONFUSED.

IS IT A OR SO THAT'S WHAT THE TOTALITY MEANS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TOTALITY IN CHICAGO.

CLOSE, BUT NOT QUITE.

I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE 94% PARTIAL ECLIPSE.

BUT THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO ARE LIKE PARTIALLY IS BUT REALLY WANT TO GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE, OPENING IT TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARE SCOOT OVER AND INDIANAPOLIS.

DO IT.

DO DO IT.

IT'S AND IT'S ONLY BEEN 7 YEARS SINCE THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE HAPPENED IN 2017.

WHY SHOULD WE NOT TAKE THIS YEAR'S TOTAL ECLIPSE FOR GRANTED?

IS THAT WAS KIND OF A FREAK SITUATION TO HAVE THEM COME ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

SO CLOSE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAPPEN ACROSS PACIFIC OCEAN OR ANTARCTICA AND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.

SO FOR TO BE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA IS REALLY RARE.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MORE EVEN MORE OF AN INCREASED PARTIAL ECLIPSE IN CHICAGO.

THEN IT WAS THE LAST TIME.

BUT CLOUD COVER.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

SO IF YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN ONE ONCE OR YOU THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO COME AROUND AGAIN, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANOTHER ONE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA UNTIL 2040 CHICAGO WILL NOT BE IN THE PAST OF TOTALITY UNTIL 28 99 AND LAOS HAVE A BABY RIGHT THE TIME THEY'RE REALLY OLD AND TAKEN PLACE AND A TIME.

YES, SOLAR ECLIPSE DAYTIME.

SO NOT A LUNAR ECLIPSE.

SO WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED ONE OF YOU WOULD SOME ECLIPSE GLASSES LIKE THIS ARE A FILTER WERE FROM 2017 ECLIPSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY CAN EVEN ZOOM IN ON THIS.

BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE THIS.

I CERTIFICATION NUMBER ON THEM.

COME MY WEB ARTICLE LINKS INTO.

THE APPROVAL OF SUPPLIERS ARE THE SUPPLIERS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE NASA DOES NOT PUT ITS STAMP OF APPROVAL ON ANYTHING ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMERS HAS CHECKED OUT ALL THE LEGIT SUPPLIERS.

WE HAVE LINKS TO THAT DON'T NECESSARILY TRUST THE CHEAPEST THING.

YOU SEE IT ON AMAZON ADLER PLANETARIUM WILL START HANDING THESE OUT AT ABOUT 11:00AM FOR THEIR SHOW ON THE LAKEFRONT.

SO GET THERE WELL, THANK YOU, THEY READY FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR CUOMO TO TRY TO MAKE NOW YOU CAN YOU CAN READ PATTIES FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, WE EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY THE CHICAGO RIVER WILL TURN GREEN THIS WEEKEND.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN BY JOEL HIM FREE PRESIDENT OF THE ALVIN H BOMB FAMILY FUN.

>> SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IS THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO WILL CELEBRATE WITH NOT ONE BUT STILL BIG PARADES.

THE OFFICIAL CITY PARADE DOWNTOWN IS ON SATURDAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE, IRISH PARADE AT 100 AND 3RD AND WESTERN ON SUNDAY.

BUT CHICAGO PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE PARADE ON THE CHICAGO RIVER.

HERE'S EUNICE UP A SIGN WITH THE LATEST EDITION OF SERIES WDW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> SEEN PATRICK'S DAY IN CHICAGO.

>> WELL, FOR SOME THE HOLIDAY GREEN BEER AND LOTS OF PARTYING.

ONE THING'S FOR CERTAIN CHICAGO'S ESTIMATED 200,000 RESIDENTS OF IRISH HERITAGE TAKE THEIR TRADITIONS.

SERIOUS AND THERE'S NO MORE ICONIC CHICAGO PATRICK'S DAY TRADITION DYING CHICAGO >> THE HISTORY OF THE GREEN RIVER FLOWS BACK TO THE LOCAL PLUMBERS UNION.

THEY'VE BEEN SPONSORING THE DYE JOB FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

THE STORY GOES AS THE PALMERS TELL IT THAT BUSINESS MANAGER STEVEN BAILEY GOT THE IDEA SEEING A PALMER IN STAINES GREEN COVERALLS.

SEE THE CITY WAS WORKING TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS ON WASTE GOING INTO RIVER DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY USING DI TO HELP TRACE THE FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND DETECT LEAKS POW MAYOR RICHARD J DAILY INITIALLY CONSIDERED DYING LAKE MICHIGAN BEFORE ULTIMATELY PICKING A PORTION OF THE MORE MANAGEABLE SIZE CHICAGO RIVER.

AND SO IN 1962, RIVER GOT ITS FIRST FESTIVE DYE JOB.

BAILEY LACKS POETIC, TELLING REPORTERS THAT DIE WITH CONNECT THE CITY TO IRELAND GOING FROM CHICAGO TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER ONTO THE MISSISSIPPI UP STREAM AND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC INTO IRISH SEA.

THE CITY HAS TRIED THE FEW DYE DISTRIBUTION METHODS OVER YEARS.

BUT TODAY A COUPLE OF MOTOR BOATS DO THE JOB, TURNING A ROUGHLY A QUARTER MILE STRETCH OF THE RIVER DOWNTOWN.

JUST THE RIGHT SHADE USING WHAT ORGANIZERS SAY IS ORANGE VEGETABLE BASED POWDER LEAN ON CONTACT WITH THE WATER, THE EXACT RECIPE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET.

SOME LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE LIKE FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER FEEL IT HARKENS BACK TO A BYGONE ERA WHEN THE RIVER WAS TREATED AS IT WAS SEWER RATHER THAN A LIVING BODY HOME TO FISH AND WILDLIFE.

>> BUT REGARDLESS OF ONE STANCE, THERE'S NO DENYING THE TRADITIONS OTHER U.S. CITIES HAVE TAKEN THE IDEA DYEING THEIR OWN RIVERS AND CANALS.

EACH MARCH AND WITH THOUSANDS GATHERING ALONG CHICAGO RIVER EVERY YEAR TO SEE IT ALL UNFOLD, THE TRADITION DOES IT SEEM READY TO DIE ANY TIME SOON?

>> HOW COOL IS THAT?

THE CHICAGO RIVER GETS HIS 2024 DYE JOB THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 BETWEEN ORLEANS AND COLUMBUS.

AND YOU CAN SEE MORE FROM OUR EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES WDW NEWS EXPLAINS ON OUR WEBSITE AT COM SLASH EXPLAINS.

NOW LITTLE VILLAGE IS KNOWN FOR ITS BUSINESS CORRIDOR AND LATINO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

NOW A SPACE COMING TO THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AIMS TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES TO THOSE HOPING TO KICK START A BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN.

ON THE CORNER OF 26TH STREET AND DRAKE AVENUE STANDS AN EMPTY 3 STORY BUILDING.

>> WE TOOK A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 18, 80 AND INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN, WE'VE DECIDED TO REINVEST IN THE BUILDING AND REVITALIZE THIS BUILDING AND SAVE IT CAME CLOSE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION OF LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> THE TEAM REHABBING THIS BUILDING INTO A COMMUNITY HUB.

>> IT'S ON A CORNER, WHICH IS WHY IT'S CALLED KENYA.

BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT INVESTING IN THE RESOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST HERE AND BRINGING A NEW LIFE TO AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH LOCAL OPERATORS.

>> THE SPACE IS SET TO BE A SCHEME INCUBATE ARE IN CLOSE AS THEY'LL BE HOME TO LOOK AT CAFE IN FOOD HERO, LATINO LEAD CULINARY SCHOOL, BUT ALSO SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO EXPLORE THEIR IDEAS.

THE IDEA IS TO CREATE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM THAT BRINGS TOGETHER RESOURCES, PROGRAMMING, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP EVERYBODY GROW.

>> LITTLE VILLAGE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLOSE AS THE CO-WORKING SPACE WILL GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEVATE THEIR BUSINESSES AND WORK TOGETHER.

>> THIS IS BEEN CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED IN THE SPACE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN BECAUSE BETWEEN 80 AND 90% OF THE ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE WORKING IN LITTLE VILLAGE DER INTERESTED FOOD BUSINESSES LIKE I WANT TO BRING US ALSO TO MARKET.

AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN IN LITTLE VILLAGE TO MEET THE NEEDS.

>> IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LITTLE VILLAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CITY AND PRIVATE GROUPS FUNDED THE PROJECT.

THE HUB WILL ALSO INCLUDE A MULTIMEDIA ROOM AND ARTISTS GALLERY AND AN EVENT SPACE.

>> LONG TERM, IT'S A PROJECT BASED CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION, CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING.

>> THE SEC TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAN AXES THE CAFE IN COMMUNAL KITCHEN.

13 SAID NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, LET VOICE JONATHAN ON THIS.

>> STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE.

WHEN US NOT JUST.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO, PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS 18 ATTORNEYS