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>> More turmoil Chicago Public Schools as a board of Education's president resigns over controversial post on social media.

>> With the election just days away are demeaning comments about what political move the dial with Latino voters.

In community members are pushing to stop a metal shredding facility from receiving a new permit.

>> And now to some of today's top stories.

Chicago police are now seeing hate crime and terrorism charges and the shooting of a 39 year-old Jewish man and West Ridge.

It comes after calls from 50th Ward Alderwoman Debra Silverstein, who says the victim was in traditional orthodox dress and on his way to the synagogue when he was shot.

Police say he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released.

A 22 year-old West Pullman man is facing the hate crime attempted murder charges.

This more information on our website.

And community members advocating for immigrant and refugee rights are criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson following his city budget proposal.

This comes after the city announced plans to end the migrant shelter system by the end of the year and to instead combined the program with local homelessness services in a plan called the one system initiative.

City officials say the streamlined operations will reduce cost.

Some local organizers say the move will place a greater strain on the city's homelessness crisis.

>> Multiple recommendations from the one system initiative have been put on hold right off the bat.

Including the decision to eliminate shelter beds without a full plan to replace them, leaving the city at least 4,000 beds.

Short of what the city itself says.

It needs to offer shelter to everyone who needs it and relying on 3, 1, 1, which is already over.

Stretched is not a reliable solution.

>> And the White Sox have a new manager Will Venable.

He's a former major leaguer in was a Cubs coach before his most recent job.

As an associate manager of the Texas Rangers.

Despite the Sox just completing a record-setting losing season.

Bentonville says he's cautiously optimistic.

>> There are struggles and challenges.

But this is a group that I saw come with energy every day and really compete.

And that's, you know, that's a for me.

What's really important and I thought really showed a lot and something looking forward to helping progress and move forward.

>> They're just 104 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training.

And some of the youngest trick or treaters are getting into the Halloween spirit.

Families and staff from the intensive care Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood celebrate these babies very first Halloween with the help of some handmade costumes.

This year's costumes included the bride of Frankenstein, Ghostbusters and pumpkins.

How adorable?

Up next, why the head of Chicago Public Schools Board of Education resigns just days after he was sworn in.

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>> The Chicago Board of Education is once again without a chair.

After today's resignation, a re-brand Mitchell, I Johnson, Robin Johnson stepped down after reporters uncovered doesn't social media post he made that were Anti-Semitic, misogynistic and conspiratorial less than 24 hours before asking for his resignation.

The mayor expressed confidence he could make a meant.

Let's listen.

In.

No way reflects.

>> You know, I believe is.

You know, commitment to ensure that every single child and our public school system is seen and heard value.

He You know, expressed his sorrow for those statements and he will release a full statement in.

He will continue to seek a tome.

It in the coming days, working with the Jewish community and really working across the city of Chicago to make sure that that voices are fully heard.

>> The Sharon joins us now with more.

Heather, we have some breaking news.

Tell us what changes.

The mayor told reporters Reverend Johnson could continue to serve as the CPS board chair will still more social media posts made by Johnson were uncovered.

These were misogynistic suggesting that women were only out to get money from men in child support cases.

We know that Johnson has in court over child support issues.

He also suggested the 9/11/2001 attacks were, quote, an inside job.

So that made his position untenable, especially after Governor JB Pritzker Pritzker issued a statement this morning calling on him to step down.

Hours later, Mayor Johnson put out a statement saying he had requested Johnson who is, of course no relation to the mayor, his resignation.

And now, as you said, CPS for the second time in less than a month has no board chair.

And the question is, why didn't the mayor his team find his post before making him the CPS board and giving him this president position?

Well, reporters asked the mayor exactly that yesterday and he really didn't answer, but it's not clear.

It's and it's not clear why this this information wasn't found or wasn't sort the mayor wasn't prepared to answer these questions.

There's been a lot of turmoil at CPS, all 7 members of the board resigned early in October.

The mayor announced 6 members, including Johnson and then annoyance to 7th.

So there's been a lot of chaos.

Perhaps this just got lost in the in the cracks.

The first meeting now for the CPS board is set to take place tomorrow.

What happens next?

Well, that meeting will go forward.

It's not clear who the mayor will appoint to replace Johnson.

does have that power to do so.

The board could also start moving toward terminating CEO Pedro Martinez, has resisted the mayor's request to resign.

But this amount of sort of cast, as I said, for any school district means it's not clear what happens next in voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect 10 new members of the Chicago Board of Education.

Now, what does this mean with this resignation?

What Mitchell Johnson was not running for one of the 10 seats that is up for grabs on Tuesday's elections.

So until that new board takes office in January, it will be totally controlled by the mayor.

After January, the mayor will have 11 appointments on the school board to serve on a 21 member board who those people will be is in the hands of Chicago voters for the first time in Chicago's history.

Well, thank you, Heather, for that update.

Thanks, John.

A and you can read Heather's full story on our website.

It's all at Www dot com slash news and we're back with more right after >> with just 5 days until the election, Chicagoans have already cast more than 320,000 ballots.

Among those are Latinos who make up an increasing number of voters across Illinois.

Both presidential candidates have made a point of reaching out to them in the final days of the campaign in their effort to win them over.

And joining us now to break it all down is Jose Sanchez.

Molina, communications and political consultant who previously served as deputy press secretary for Governor JB Pritzker.

And we have Jose Lopez, executive director of the Puerto Rican Culture Center.

We also reached out to the Chicago Republican Party, another Republican voters.

But we didn't hear back.

Now's Assange is the last time we spoke.

Vice President Kamala Harris was recently nominated in the Democratic convention was being held here.

Do you think she brought the energy to the campaign?

You said you were looking for?

>> Absolutely.

I think the convention not only began the rolling out of her policy platform, but I think she was also able to build on successfully on some of the policy victories that we have had here in Illinois.

Some of the same progressive miles so that she wants to achieve that the federal level.

And so I think she was able to carry that energy over not just to her campaign, that some of the other races that are up and down the ballot in other states.

And what messages from the vice president do you think are resonating with Latino supporters?

Would you say?

>> I think there's a big focus on making sure that home purchases become more affordable small business owners have an opportunity to do just that began a small business.

>> And then also a focus on education, making sure that that is a priority for our nation.

I think these are all things that resonate with voters right now.

>> In Mister Lopez, according to the Census data, the number of eligible voters in Illinois is increasing.

It also shows that eligible Latino voters in general are younger than other voting groups.

Are you seeing more engagement in this election from Latinos here in Chicago than in the past?

>> Well, absolutely special be in last few days after those incredible despicable comments made at a Trump Raleigh.

What is important us is that we need to be respected as a community.

They show.

This respect for us our community responded not only Chicago, but throughout the country and in a state like Pennsylvania, where there's a half a million Puerto Ricans word that a large Latino voting will is Puerto Rican.

There is no doubt in my mind that this is a transformative moment across the board for Puerto Rican and for appeals.

And one of the things that I think is very important.

Also note is that for too long?

Even many Puerto Ricans about that one.

All Trump and his campaign talks about not or about immigrants, they're going someone out for the first time.

Would know publicly what he thinks even though we knew in Puerto Rico why he before when he went work.

Every goal during the hurricane right after a game idea.

The house at the Puerto Rican people and then said, well, 16 people dead doesn't compared to Katrina.

And yet over $4.05 on the Puerto Rican die in Hurricane Maria.

In addition to it, I think that this has energized the community.

We have a hose Puerto Rican celebrities now endorsing openly endorsing including bed Barney, including Jennifer Lopez and a holes that are hair is now.

And there's a groundswell in our community.

And I think next to the is going to be transformative year.

An important legal because the candidate for.

part of the state pardon board illegal.

Jennifer Gonzalez is vice president that out.

The nose for Trump.

>> And Mr. Lopez, I want to talk about that comment that you mentioned, Sanchez, you know, earlier this week as he as he just said, a comedian at the Trump's rally, New York made a joke calling what the legal a floating pile of garbage.

We heard what Mister Lopez had to say would use in the Trump campaign distanced themselves from that joke saying it doesn't reflect their views.

Was that enough for Puerto Ricans?

Another Latino school were upset by that.

>> Absolutely not.

What I saw President Trump say is that he didn't know who the comedian was had no idea how he got on stage and all that.

And I think it's a pattern of what we continue to see President Trump to.

I was in.

I was working for Illinois governor when COVID happened.

Trump was m I a January 6.

Trump was am I a and I think this continues on that pattern of when things happen.

When things go wrong, he's nowhere to be seen.

There is no accountability.

And I think we're lucky in those one.

It was just an apology.

I'm sorry.

That was disrespectful.

That was out of line.

And please forgive me.

But he didn't do that.

To think this will have an impact on his campaign.

>> Absolutely.

I this is exactly what if you are on Vice President Harris's campaign, you want you want something that's going to energize base.

Voters get people out enough to get them to do that.

15 minute walk 30 minute drive to go and cast their ballot.

>> In Mister Lopez were just 5 days away from the election Day.

What does this growing demographic of voters mean for the upcoming election?

>> Well, it definitely means that we are the size of factor.

I want obviously most people don't think of Wisconsin and Michigan as having sizable Latino and Puerto Rican population in this Wisconsin, they're over 50,000 Puerto Rican.

They could easily make the difference in Wisconsin in Michigan, there and least 40,000 Puerto Rican.

They could easily make that difference.

We look at Georgia.

We look at North Carolina order because are now a sizable population and not the are a sizable population in states that will make the difference for the Electoral College.

Mr. Sanchez, a number of swing states have areas with high, as you mentioned, high Latino population in both candidates are making a point of addressing the Latino communities there.

>> What is the final push would say?

>> So the post show that the race is pretty tight and some of those battle states with decimals of a percentage.

And so they're out there trying to win votes.

I think what we want to see is Vice President Harris continued to tout some of the policy goals that she has in mind.

And I think what the what President Trump is trying to do is say forget about all the bad things that I've said, economy, economy, economy, but I don't think that's going to resonate based of had a couple of days ago.

>> And we know that the noles ago, the group's care about a variety of issues and have connected with Trump's message.

Some have connected with his message.

What do you think resonates with them from the Trump campaign?

You would say I think President Trump benefits from is perceived notion that Republicans really look out for voters when it comes to the economy.

But the data shows that when Democrats are in charge, they actually passed policy.

That stops increases the minimum wage and brings in more money for working families and their households.

So I think the data and, you know, actually Nicky Jam, he said it when he rescinded his and he says he supported Trump, said about a Trump and when he was sending his endorsement, he said I was only looking out for the for the Hondo.

Nicky Jam is a Puerto Rican rapper, a Puerto Rican rapper reggaeton artist sells millions of records has made songs without that funny people know.

>> And said I was looking out for the economy.

But based off of what was said at his rally, enough is enough.

That was a line that was too much for He took the endorsement back to well.

Thank you both for being here.

>> And the race for president, of course, isn't the only office you'll be voting for.

Check out our online voter guide for information on candidates running for state attorney schoolboard Congress and much more.

And up next, why some pills and residents are saying no to a metal shredder facility.

Stay with us.

Community members are pushing to stop a metal shredding facility from receiving a new permit.

At issue, the Sims Metal Management company in Pilsen that was cited by state and federal officials for violating environmental laws.

The company agreed to build new equipment to contain emissions from their site.

But advocates say the company should get its prevent until they put until they put in the new equipment and showing it's working to contain a missions.

Here to talk more about those issues are Brian McKeen, member of the Southwest Environmental Alliance.

And that is some of them chairwoman of the Southwest Environmental Alliance.

We also invited Sims Metal and the Chicago Department of Public Health.

But they declined to join.

However, they did send statements that will begin to shortly.

Thank you both for joining us.

That I want to start with you.

Give us a little background.

This became a concern for organization back in 2018 when they were cited by the EPA.

>> What did they discover?

>> they found was that Sims was so violating the law.

And so the attorney general decided because they were breaking the Let's take them court.

And that's what they did.

And what we decided as a community is that those things need to be addressed.

Our health of the of the children and the health of the elderly that live in that community.

It's affecting them.

So we were very much concerned about all these things until they they do what they're supposed to do.

We're going to continue.

To what we have to go and meet with the city.

Go in and talk to try to talk to the mayor.

Talk with the cdph INS, try to see what they what they come up with.

Why are you so passionate about this?

My mom and my sister.

My mom died lung disease.

I.

Sister has a lung disease.

And I have 3 a trip, a trip a set of triplets in the family and asthma.

we've just talking to people in the community in hearing about how this pollution is affecting them.

You can hear my voice.

I have a recipe for ICE and I'm pretty sure that has to do with the pollution.

And the community personal for you this in Bryan.

So we know the facility has an agreement to install new monitoring equipment.

Well, with the new equipment, do.

>> So with the equipment is supposed to do is to reduce emissions that come from the metal metal shredder.

By 81%.

That's what is required by the law.

And that's when it was previously tested.

Sims was Ed are below 50%.

>> And what other requirements is organization seeking from the company would be would you want people to So what we're asking is for the mayor.

>> To step in and pause the permitting process.

So that there can be health risk assessment done.

To look at the risk to the community considering local factors, the the nature of the people that live there.

>> As well as other sources of pollution and what the risk truly is similar to what was when general, why are we seeking seeking a permit and the southeast side?

Then Mayor Lightfoot pause the process in instructed Cdph to work with the U.S. PA us EPA to develop health impact study and then when the current was ultimately denied, they relied on that study and the bad track record of the facility and its operators in denying the permit.

And that's what we would like.

We'd like to have the whole for us known and studied.

We'd like for the track record of legal violations by to be fully considered by Cdph.

For no permit to be issued until the air filtering pollution control equipment.

You mentioned is installed and also shown to be working properly.

>> And I want talk about I want to read a statement from the Sims Metal and what they said.

In part, the says Sims Metal welcomes and ongoing engagement with the community.

And we look forward to continuing to provide this essential recycling service in pilsen in a safe and sustainable matter in line with the pa's.

So they're saying the in the EPA is 2024 findings at Sims Metal does not cause either short or long-term health effects for the community near the facility.

Theresa, have they offered your gun is a shun an opportunity to meet with them.

And how did that go?

>> Well, we've met with them, but the long and short of it is our people are the ones that are getting sick.

Our children are the ones that are sick, not theirs.

So it's not important to them.

So for us all, we want them to do is to follow their own law and the law says that they need to fix put this piece of equipment up and prove that it works.

And once they do that, I'd be more than happy to say they can have a permit.

But right now, I would say don't give them a permit because right now we're giving them a permit to.

Pollute our community.

And I don't want that not for our community.

Brian, you're currently urging the city to put a halt on this permanent right?

>> Yes, if I if I could address statement that was made respond to that.

the U.S. EPA came out with day before there was a community meeting.

Cdph emailed us EPA saying, oh, hey, what about long-term effects?

They came out with the one paragraph cursory statement and that conclusion is is not support supported by a report.

And so if EPA thinks that there, there isn't an issue with for us, they should submit a detailed report which cites particular day to use the methods employed and the analysis which leads to that conclusion.

Right now, it's just a brief para paragraph where they've come to this conclusion just by comparing 2 numbers, health benchmarks that doesn't look at risk to the community to look at risk to children and doesn't.

Consider the fact that posing as environmental justice community and Chicago has made commitments to do work to end the environmental racism work that we have done before.

there was a hug lawsuit the results of which.

The city of Chicago and the mayor as agreed to make inroads to make progress ending city practices of environmental discrimination.

right now, this is an example of not making good on those promises.

And really taking a step backward.

we'd like at least the treatment that the southeast side got when there was a pause to the permitting process and a full of examination of the risks and especially since the lawsuit and the city has tried It's supposed to be making improvements.

We haven't seen that in the actions we've seen and we haven't seen that coming from Cdph.

>> 3.

So we only have time for one last question to what plans do you have in place moving forward?

What's the message here?

Messages too.

Keep pushing to get what we need in our community.

And if they're not addressing that, we just need to keep pounding on doors and say you've got to address this issue.

>> you're not gonna stop if we're not going to stop, has to be address.

And and my worries once we end up possibly giving them a permanent, we don't know because they don't have the equipment We don't know if they're going to follow through sorry to him.

So good.

going to have to leave.

It came know.

It's OK.

Thank you.

Thank you both for being here to do the right Exactly.

>> The mayor.

We'll be back to wrap things right after this.

>> And because it's Halloween, I figured I will join in the fun today.

I'll be passing out candy in my pumpkin suits in some bring my own little pumpkin again.

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