>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE JURY BEGINS DELIBERATING IN THE LANDMARK CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

AS TEMPERATURES DROP THE FIGHT OVER FOSSIL FUELS IS HEATING UP.

WHY A MASSIVE PROJECT TO UPGRADE CHICAGO'S AGING NATURAL GAS PIPELINES.

>> IS PARTIALLY ON HOLD.

UNITED AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ARE CALLING FOR THE O'HARE EXPANSION PROJECT TO BE SCALED BACK.

WE'RE GROUND IT.

AND REMEMBERING RICHARD HUNT, THE GROUNDBREAKING CHICAGO ARTIST WHO CREATED MONUMENTS IN METAL.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 5 YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS LIVING IN THE PILSEN MIGRANT SHELTER.

JEAN CARLOS MARTINEZ RIVERO FELL ILL AT THE SHELTER AND DIED AFTER BEING RUSHED TO COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT 02:45PM SUNDAY.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ISSUED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING THE CITY IS STILL GATHERING INFORMATION ON THIS TRAGEDY AND SAID, QUOTE, MY HEART AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE MARTINEZ FAMILY.

THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO THEM DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

THE FATE OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE HANDS OF FEDERAL JURORS.

THE JURY BEGAN DELIBERATING THIS AFTERNOON AFTER NEARLY 4 HOURS AND 350 PAGES OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS.

FACES 14 CHARGES, INCLUDING RACKETEERING AND ATTEMPTED EXTORTION IN CONNECTION TO ALLEGED SCHEME SURROUNDING THE RENOVATION OF THE OLD MAIN POST OFFICE.

THE SOUTHWEST SIDE BURGER KING, THE FIELD MUSEUM AND A SIGN.

BROOKS, FORMER AIDE PETER ANDREWS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER CHARLES QUAY ARE ALSO CHARGED IN THIS CASE.

IF THE JURY DOESN'T COME TO A VERDICT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT WEEK OFF FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN COME BACK TO DELIBERATE AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

ADJUNCT FACULTY AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE ANNOUNCED THEY'VE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL, ENDING A 49 DAY STRIKE.

THE UNION REPRESENTING ABOUT 600 FACULTY MEMBERS SAYS IT INITIATED THE STRIKE BECAUSE COLOMBIA CUT 50 CLASS SECTIONS FOR THE FALL SEMESTER IN MORE THAN 300 FOR THE UPCOMING SPRING SEMESTER.

COLLEGES SPOTTED THAT THE REDUCTIONS ARE NECESSARY, BUT THAT OFFERING PAY RAISES FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY.

SIDE DISCLOSE THE DETAILS OF THIS CURRENT, TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

AND THERE ARE MORE DETAILS ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

STATUS OF A GAS PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> AS TEMPERATURES DROP IN CHICAGO, THE FIGHT OVER YOUR GAS AND POWER RATES ARE HEATING UP.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMERCE COMMISSION THREW COLD WATER ON PLANS FOR COMMENT AND PEOPLE'S GASSED TO RAISE CONSUMERS RATES.

THAT PROMPTED CHEERS FROM CONSUMER GROUPS AND PROBABLY MOST OF THE CHICAGO CONSUMERS OUT THERE.

BUT HOWELL'S FROM POWER COMPANIES SAYING THEY'RE RELYING ON THE HIGHER RATES TO UPGRADE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE CLEAN ENERGY.

AND HERE WITH THEIR ANALYSIS, OUR SARA MOSCOW, ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD AND MARK POULOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS FOUNDATION FOR FAIR CONTRACTING.

WE ALSO INVITED PEOPLE'S GAS, BUT THEY DECLINED OUR INVITATION.

WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

SO TO REMIND VIEWERS, WHEN RATES GO UP OR WHEN PEOPLES GAS COMED THAT THEY ASKED FOR HIGH RATES AGO FOR THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION ABOARD APPOINTED FOR FOR THE GOVERNOR.

IN THE PAST, THE COMMENTS COMMISSIONERS USUALLY RUBBER STAMP THESE A RATE HIKE ASKS THIS TIME WITH PEOPLE'S GAS.

THEY CUT IT BY 25%.

SO PEOPLE'S WAS LOOKING FOR 400 MILLION DOLLARS IN HIKES IT'S GOING TO BE CUT TO 2 AROUND 300 MILLION.

SARA, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR CUTTING THOSE HIKES DOWN, WHICH AGAIN, IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERY CONSUMER IN CHICAGO'S BILL ON THE PEOPLES.

GAS SIDE OF THE COMMISSION SAID LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THE UTILITY HAD NOT DONE ITS JOB IN PROVING THAT THESE RATE HIKES WERE JUST AND REASONABLE AND PRUDENT LEE ARRIVED AT.

>> SO THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THE ON IT ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY OR SAFETY MAINTENANCE NEEDED ON THE LINES.

IN FACT, THE FINAL ORDER SAYS VERY EXPLICITLY THAT THE UTILITY STILL REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS BASICALLY JUST A RETURN TO TRADITIONAL REGULATION WHEREBY THEY MAKE THOSE UPGRADES AND THEN THEY PUT THAT INTO A FUTURE RATE CASE.

REMINDS WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR THE AVERAGE GAS CONSUMERS?

BILL?

>> SO PEOPLE'S GAS STILL GOT A RECORD RATE HIKE.

THEY RECEIVED A 300 MILLION DOLLAR RATE HIKE.

AND SO THE GAS COMPANY HAS COME BACK SAYING, WELL, FIRST, THEY FILED A MOTION ASKING IF THE COMMISSION, IF THEY REALLY MEANT IT.

THE COMMISSION SAID, YES, WE REALLY MEANT.

NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF GETTING READY TO GEAR UP FOR ANOTHER RATE HIKE REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS COMING OFF OF RECORD PROFITS AT THE UTILITY'S BEEN ENJOYING FOR 6 STRAIGHT YEARS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO FOLKS WILL STILL SEE HIGHER RATES ON THEIR BILLS OR PERHAPS NOT AS HIGH AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

MARK, YOUR REACTION TO THIS DECISION?

MY REACTION IS ONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE ICC COMMISSION IS EVER RUBBER STAMPED.

>> ANYTHING THAT THE UTILITY IS BEST FOR.

I THINK OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING THE CELEBRATED MAN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

I THINK PEOPLE'S GAS HAS MADE FILINGS BEFORE THE ICC COMMISSION ON TIME LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH THE ICC COMMISSION HAS TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY EVERY TIME THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IT, THEY DETERMINE THAT IT HAS IN FACT, A IN ABOUT THE 5TH YEAR OF FILING THOSE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE ICC COMMISSION WAS GETTING CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW, COST OF THE PROGRAM ESCALATING.

AND SO THEY ASKED FOR A 3RD PARTY TO DO A STUDY TO WHICH THEY DID IN THE 3RD PARTY.

NOT ONLY SAID HAS EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING PRUDENT.

THEY SAID THEY SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT FASTER THAN THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS THAT THE MAIN REPLACEMENT FRONT OF PEOPLE'S GAS IS GOING BLOCK BY BLOCK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

REPLACING.

>> INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN THERE IN SOME CASES 100 YEARS OR PUTTING POLYETHYLENE A PIPING IN THERE.

SO DOES THIS DECISION MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO STOP PART OF THAT?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS.

THERE'S A THEY PUT IT ON PAUSE PENDING FURTHER REVIEW.

WHAT IT MEANS IS STARTING JANUARY 1ST.

>> THE ICC COMMISSION HAS ORDERED PEOPLE'S GAS TO STOP THE ACCELERATED MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THERE'S ABOUT 250 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF 1000 JOBS.

ABOUT A MILLION AND A MAN HOURS THAT WE'RE GOING IN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFE, RELIABLE HEAT TO THE 90% OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT RELY ON NATURAL GAS TO HEAT THEIR HOMES AND THE BUILDINGS.

AND THEY'VE ASKED THEM TO PAUSE THIS, WHICH MEANS WHICH MEANS DOUG SCOTT, WHO HAS BEEN WHO'S THE ICC COMMISSIONER CHAIR HAS BEEN ON A VENGEANCE IN THE MIDWEST AND IS THE DECARBONIZATION CZAR WHO IS NOW RUNNING THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION.

THE FACT THE MATTER IS THIS ISN'T ABOUT RATE HIKES.

THIS IS ABOUT CAR, BUT HIS AGENCY IS HIS AGENDA HERE IS HE WANTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM FROM THIS KIND POWER FROM NATURAL GAS AND OTHER KIND OF ENERGY SOURCES.

AND THAT'S WHY DOING IT.

BUT I KNOW I WANT TO GET YOURS IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT RATE HIKES.

>> PEOPLES GAS CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW ARE PAYING UPWARDS OF $50 A MONTH BEFORE THEY EVER USE A BIT OF GAS.

WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY TALKING TO COLLEAGUES FROM OTHER STATES, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHEN I TELL THEM THAT.

>> CITY IS ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN SOME ZIP CODES.

WE SEE PEEP UPWARDS OF 50% OF CUSTOMERS ARE BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.

A REAR EDGE IS TOTAL NOW BETWEEN 80 90 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH EVENTUALLY GET RATE BASE COVERED BY THE REST OF THE CUSTOMER CLASS.

SO WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE WHERE PEOPLE FORWARD TO HEAT THEIR HOMES.

BILLS ARE ALREADY TOO HIGH.

THEY ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER UTILITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

NOW UTILITY HAS BEEN MAKING RECORD PROFITS HAVE BEEN BREAKING THEIR RENT THEIR RECORD YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR PROFITS.

AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE AND MORE.

THEY JUST GOT A RECORD RATE HIKE AND THEY WANT MORE AND THEY'RE KICKING AND SCREAMING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY JUST GOT A RECORD RATE HIKE.

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

ALL RIGHT.

SO RECORD RATE HEIGHT, TRUE RECORD PROFITS.

AND SO, WHY CAN'T THE PEOPLE'S FUND THIS MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WITHOUT?

>> THE EXTRA 100 MILLION DOLLARS SAID THAT.

IT'S ASKING FOR WHAT WHAT'S TRUE IS THAT THE ICC COMMISSION IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SETS THE PROFITS.

>> THAT THAT THE INDUSTRY'S IN THE STATE COMED CAMERUN PEOPLES GAS NIGHT NAME UTILITY RATES AND FACT THAT PROFIT A STAND-BY THE RATES SO THEY SET THE PEOPLE'S CAST.

THOSE RATES ARE SET BY THE ICC COMMISSION.

IN FACT, IN THE LAST RATE CASE THAT THEY JUST FILED TO ACTUALLY KNOCK DOWN WHAT THE PROPHET COULD BE FOR PEOPLE'S GAS.

THE FACT THE MATTER IS THINGS COST MONEY AND WE WOULD ADVOCATE ALONG WITH KHALID BIN ANYBODY ELSE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE AFFORDABLE RATES FOR FOR THEIR ENERGY, FOR THEIR GAS, FOR THEIR ELECTRIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT WHAT WE WHAT WE WON'T STAND FOR AS WE WON'T STAND COMMERCE COMMISSION THAT IS OUT ON A VENGEANCE TO DO AWAY WHICH WITH NATURAL GAS BEFORE WE HAVE A PLAN TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE SITTING BEFORE TOGETHER.

WE'RE SITTING BEFORE THE ICC, COMMISSION ON GEOTHERMAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

WE THINK IT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE TO HEAT AND COOL OUR HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

BUT THE FACT THE MATTER IS THAT IS 30 TO 60 YEARS OUT BEFORE WE ARE READY TO CAP THE NATURAL GAS SYSTEM AND MOVE ON TO A NEW SYSTEM.

BY THE WAY, WE HAVE SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THIS COUNTRY SUBSIDIZING THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TO SAY, LET'S DO OUR INDIE ON SOLAR.

LET'S DO OUR INDIE ON WHEN MALES.

LET'S LOOK AT ALL THESE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, BUT WE'VE NOT INVESTED IN NATURAL GAS TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE NEXT BEST AFTER A NATURAL GAS.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT THE FINAL ORDERS, BUT THAT ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION.

>> CALL FOR A FUTURE OF GAS PROCEEDING AT WHICH WE ALL SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO WORK OUT THE FUTURE OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE.

IT'S UNHEALTHY.

IT'S BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WE ALREADY SEE PEOPLE MOVING OFF OF GAS.

WE AT WHO ARE INTERESTED ELECTRIFYING THEIR HOMES.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT TRANSITION HAPPENS IN AN UNMANAGED WAY?

WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT PEOPLE WITH WHO CAN AFFORD TO DO SO EXIT THE GAS RATE THE REST OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, EVEN LESS ABLE TO PAY ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS 11 BILLION DOLLAR MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM?

>> PERHAPS IS NOT WARRANTED IF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE START MOVING AWAY FROM NATURAL WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS NOW THE TIME TO BE POURING MORE AND MORE OF RATEPAYER MONEY INTO A SYSTEM WHICH MAY ONE DAY SOON BECOME OBSOLETE, END NOT IN USE.

>> WE EAT THROUGH THE MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

THE UTILITY HAS BEEN REPLACING.

PIECES OF THEIR SYSTEM THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED MARKETING.

AND I MEAN THAT IN A LOT OF CHRIS AND INCLUDE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THIS THIS BUDGET JUST KIND OF BLEW INTO THE PROGRAMS.

GOTTEN UNRULY HERE.

>> WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS DIGGING AROUND THE MULTIPLE UTILITIES AND WORKING WITH I THINK IT'S 20 DEFEAT.

28 AGENCY AGENCIES TO DO THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE CITY OF IS RELATIVELY DIFFICULT WORK AND I WOULD THAT I THINK THE INITIAL ESTIMATE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AS THEY CONTINUE TO GET INTO THIS AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO OVER TIME AS REQUESTED THINGS LIKE WHEN YOU PUT THE MANNION, CAN YOU PLEASE REPLACE THE 4 CORNERS AND THE ADA ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK AND PREGNANT WITH THE SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT TO GO.

SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU KNOW, INITIAL COST ESTIMATES, THERE'S A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THOSE COSTS WENT UP AFTER LEAVE IT THERE.

SARAH MOSCOWITZ IN MARPLE US.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING DELAYS FOR THE EXPANSION AT O'HARE.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

UNITED AND AMERICAN AIRLINES WANT TO GROUND OR SIGNIFICANTLY SCALE BACK.

THE MASSIVE O'HARE REDEVELOPMENT DESIGNS THING IS THE AIRLINE SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO FOOT MUCH OF THAT BILL THROUGH INCREASED GATE FEES.

BUT NOW THEY SAY THE PROJECT IS OVER BUDGET.

TONIGHT IN THE SHOW AND PANDEMIC ERA LOSSES PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE.

SO WILL THIS ELABORATE JEANNE GANG DESIGN TERMINAL 2 EVER TAKE FLIGHT?

AND JOINING US, OUR JOE SCHWIETERMAN PROFESSOR AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, WHO SPECIALIZES IN PUBLIC POLICY, TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN PLANNING AND MARK DANTZLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.

WE ALSO INVITED UNITED AIRLINES AND AMERICAN AS WELL AS THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.

BUT THEY DECLINED.

WE DO APPRECIATE THE 2 OF YOU BEING HERE.

SO FIRST TO MARK, PROJECT WAS FIRST PEGGED AT 8.7 BILLION DOLLARS.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

NOW ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT 12 BILLION.

TELL US WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW AND WHY THE OVERRUNS.

>> WELL, WORK WERE HURT IN THAT.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND UNITED AMERICAN, WHICH ARE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT ARE BACK AT THE TABLE NEGOTIATING DISCUSSING HOW WE BRING FORTH THE MODERNIZATION OF O'HARE AIRPORT.

BUT WE DO IT IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER.

AS YOU NOTED, PEERS WITH AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN 2018, WHO'S ABOUT 8 BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT ABOUT 6 BILLION OF THAT WAS GOING TO THE TERMINAL REMODELING.

AND TODAY IT'S ABOUT A 12 BILLION DOLLAR COSTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT TODAY'S DOLLARS IN SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MODERNIZE THE AIRPORT BECAUSE TRAVELERS AND MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE IN PRODUCT AROUND THE WORLD.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFETY FISSION FLIGHT WHEN TRAVELERS ARE COMING THROUGH.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET THEIR CONNECTING FLIGHT AND GET TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION IT COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.

>> AND O'HARE HAS TO KEEP PACE OF SOME OF THESE AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE MODERNIZED.

I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE A DRY AND RENDERINGS OF THESE JEANNE GANG DESIGNS, ESPECIALLY THAT GIANT TERMINAL 2.

WHAT ARE THE AIRLINES CONCERNED ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS?

BECAUSE THERE ANY SIGN AN AGREEMENT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

GIVE ME A LITTLE HISTORY.

REMINDS ME LOOKING BACK AT THE MAYOR DALEY DAYS WHEN WE HAD A DEAL HERE IN MODERNIZATION PROGRAM, EXTENDING THE RUNWAYS, IMPROVING THAT THAT'S DONE NOW.

SO THAT SO TO RAISE THE BASE OF THE COSTS FOR THE AIRLINES, WITH ALL THAT BEING DONE, WE HAD THE TERMINAL.

5 GATES THIS YEAR.

THAT'S BEEN A WHOLE NEW WORLD OUT THERE AS EXCITING.

BUT THE AIRLINES ARE SAYING THE WORLD'S CHANGED AND THE NEED FOR 2 SATELLITE CONCOURSES INITIALLY RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX FOLLOWED BY THIS GLOBAL TERMINAL JUST AS TOO MUCH TOO FAST.

SO THERE'S FURIOUS NEGOTIATIONS HAPPENING, WHETHER WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT TIME AND WHETHER THERE'S A WAY TO CUT COSTS, THE SIDES APPEAR PRETTY FAR APART RIGHT NOW.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THE CITY IS IS ACTUALLY SITTING BACK DOWN TO THE TOWING?

RAHM EMANUEL WAS QUOTED A FORMER MAYOR WHO >> KIND OF CUT THIS DEAL PULLED THE AIRLINE, SAID THE DEAL THAT THEY BUT THEY MADE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY THINK THEIR LINE SEE HARRIS FALLEN BEHIND AND I CAME BACK FROM EUROPE.

I CAN ATTEST TO THE BE ON 7 EUROPEAN AIRPORT VERSE O'HARE.

AND SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE COLONEL HAIR, SOME TERMINALS DATING BACK TO 60'S JUST DOESN'T CUT IT.

TODAY'S WORLD, THE DIFFICULT PART HERES A 2 HUB AIRLINE.

AGAIN, AMERICAN FINAL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH O'HARE, THE ORIGINATING IN CHICAGO AND THEY ARE YOU THAT THE RISING COSTS JUST BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE TO A ROUTE PASSES TO OTHER HUBS.

NOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN LOT BARGAINING HERE.

SO THEY LEVERAGE HERE.

THEY DO HAVE SOME LEVERAGE AWAY FROM FROM O'HARE.

MARKDOWNS ARE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THAT?

SHOULD SHOULD THE CITY COME BACK IN AND SCALE DOWN THESE PLANS?

>> WELL, AGAIN, THE AIRLINES ARE COMMITTED TO THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IN A COST COMPARED TO FASHION PEARSON.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IN PLANE THAT CROSS, FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY'S O'HARE IS ABOUT $26 PER PASSENGER WERE THE 3RD HIGHEST UNITED STATES.

AND IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO GO THROUGH WITH ALL THE COST TO RENT, THAT'S GOING TO SKYROCKET TO ABOUT $54, WHICH IS NEARLY DOUBLE THE SECOND WOULD IN NEWARK.

AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMPETITION AWAY AND IS IT DOLLAR FOR WORK?

CHARLOTTE IS ABOUT $4.

DALLAS IS $12 PHOENIX'S $5.

MINNEAPOLIS IS $8.40 AND SO AS WE PRICE OR SO'S OUT THE MARKET IN IT IS IS HE SAID WERE ARE ABOUT 50% PASSENGERS THAT COME TO O'HARE OR CONNECTING AND WE HAVE WITH AMERICAN AND UNITED.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE COSTS GET DON'T GET TOO OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ARE THE AIRLINES OR GET AROUND PEOPLE ELSEWHERE?

BECAUSE WHEN WHEN A CONSUMER WITH MARTIN'S OR MAKES HIS PLANE RESERVATION AND I HAVE TO CONNECT, IF IT'S CHEAPER, GO THROUGH DETROIT OR DENVER OR MINNEAPOLIS OR CHARLOTTE IN ITS 5TH YEAR $100, CHEAPER PASSENGERS ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS FEWER PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH HERE MEANS LESS TAX REVENUE.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT AGAIN, I WANT TO PART OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS SITTING BACK DOWN WITH UNITED AMERICAN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PULL OUT THEIR COMMITTED THIS PROJECT, BUT THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY SIGNED IN 2018 ALSO HAVE COSTED.

SO IS THAT CROSSES 25% HIGHER.

IT BEHOOVES ALL SIDES TO DOWN AND SAY IT.

WHAT CAN WE DO IT AGAIN?

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS MODERN TERMINAL, BUT MOST PASSENGERS WOULD CONNECT THEIR FLIGHTS AND GET TO THEIR DESTINATION, DO IT.

AND THERE'S ALSO THERE'S ALSO COVID, OBVIOUSLY THAT THREW A WRENCH INTO THINGS.

THEY SHOULD READ STATEMENT FROM THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.

THEY SAY THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THROUGH.

>> O HARE.

21 ENABLING WORK FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT BEGAN IN MARCH.

THE CD REMAINS ENGAGED IN CONSULTATION WITH AIRLINE AGENCY AND BUSINESS PARTNERS ON A COMPLEX PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

SO IT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, JUST WONDERING WHAT MIGHT A SCALED BACK A REDEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE OR MIGHT THEY JUST LENGTHEN THE TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FINISH BY YOU KNOW, REALLY APPLAUD THE SENATE FINISH TERMINAL 5 ON TIME.

THE RUNWAY EXPENSES WERE DONE REALLY VERY WELL.

SAYS A LOT OF A POLITICAL CAPITAL THAT THE CITY'S BUILDUP TO TAKE AND DELIVER WHAT THEY PROMISE.

>> I THINK HERE ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS IS CAN YOU KEEP THE AIRPORT RUNNING IF WE TAKE TERMINAL 2 OUT OF COMMISSION TO BUILD THIS GLOBAL TERMINAL WITHOUT HAVE NEW SATELLITES TO PUT PLANS TO.

IN THE MEANTIME, AS DON'T BOTH SATELLITES, WE HAVE CHAOS OUT THERE TRYING TO BUILD THIS NEW TERMINAL GLOBAL TERMINAL WITHOUT SOMEWHERE TO PUT THE PLANS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME COMPLEX ANALYSIS.

THAT COULD BE THE KEY TO MAYBE SOLVING THIS.

IF WE MAYBE A A MOVE A TERMINAL CONNECTOR BACK AND FOCUS ON TERMINAL TO WARN OTHER THINGS.

THEY'RE SAYING 30 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT?

MAYBE THEY NEED TO SCALE DOWN THESE REALLY NICE DRAMATIC DESIGNS BY JEANNE LIKE LOOKING LIKE A RAINFOREST AND THEY'RE MEAN.

>> ALL AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE VERY, VERY WELL DESIGN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S A KIND OF ROAD FOR NEGOTIATIONS HERE IN THE CITY REALLY HAS JUST OF VISION FOR TERMINAL 2.

AND THE AIRLINES LOVE THAT.

IT'S REALLY A MESS NOW.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS PULLING INTO THAT TERMINAL 5 TELLING PEOPLE TAKE THAT JUMP ON THAT PEOPLE HEARD FROM SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT WAS OUT ONE OUTSIDE WITH YOUR BAGGAGE.

THIS WOULD FIX THAT.

SO THEY REALLY SEE THAT THE GLOBAL TERMINAL IS KEY.

THE QUESTION IS CAN WE GET THAT DONE COST-EFFECTIVE?

ALL RIGHT.

JOE SCHWIETERMAN MARKDOWNS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND UP NEXT, REMEMBERING LEGENDARY CHICAGO SCULPTOR.

RICHARD HUNT.

ARTIST RICHARD HUNT DIED ON SATURDAY AT AGE 88 FOR THE WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1935.

HE MADE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES.

>> IN HIS STUDIO IN CHICAGO AND EXPORT OF THEM AROUND THE WORLD.

CHICAGO TONIGHT LAST SPOKE WITH RICHARD HUNT AT HIS STUDIO IN JUNE 2021, THAT'S WHERE PRODUCER MARK THAT ALI CAUGHT UP WITH HIM BEFORE THE UNVEILING OF A MONUMENT IN BRONZEVILLE.

HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK.

>> 50 YEARS AGO, THIS ONE-TIME ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION NEAR DEPAUL WAS CONVERTED INTO A SCULPTURES LABORATORY.

>> RICHARD HUNT HAS BEEN GRINDING WELDING AND CREATING HERE SINCE 1971.

>> WHEN GOT THIS PLACE IN THE BEGINNING OUT, THEY HAD TAKEN OUT ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT.

>> EXCEPT THE CRANE, WHICH OF COURSE, I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT SO BIG HIGH CEILING OPEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THINGS IN, MOVE THEM AROUND WITH THE CRANE, GET THEM OUT THE BACK DOOR.

>> HIS PROCESS IS INTUITIVE.

WAY THINGS START.

>> YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOME THINGS TOGETHER AND I HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT SUGGESTS SOMETHING.

>> SOME OF HIS 21ST CENTURY WORKS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE TERRACE OF THE MODERN WING OF THE ART INSTITUTE.

RICHARD HUNT GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE IN 1957.

WITH A DEGREE IN ART EDUCATION.

BUT >> ONE YEAR.

YEAH, WORKING ON INCOME TAX.

YOU KNOW, I MADE MORE MONEY SELLING SCULPTURE THAN I DID FOR A FLIGHT TEACHING JOB.

AND SO DECIDED QUIT TEACHING AND JUST BE A SCULPTOR.

>> HE HAS CALLED HIS DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF, THE TECHNIQUE AND THE MATERIAL.

>> ITS DYNAMIC AND IS 3 DIMENSIONAL.

I MEAN, THAT IS SAY YOU HAVE A PAINTING OF SOMETHING ON THE WALL.

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.

BUT IF YOU SCULPTURE SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT IT FROM HERE, YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THERE.

YOU LOOK AT IT FROM.

>> ANOTHER SIDE AND IT REVEALS ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> HE WORKS WITH STEEL, BRONZE, COPPER, BRASS AND ALL KINDS OF SCRAP EARLY IN.

HIS CAREER-HIGH FOCUSED ON FOUND MATERIALS IN THE 1960'S STUDS TERKEL ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.

>> AS ABOUT HIS WORKS?

THESE TO WORKS SCULPTURE.

GOT THIS.

THAT'S THE MATERIAL KIND OF THIS COME TO WHAT THE >> I DON'T FEEL >> RICHARD HUNT SCULPTURES CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER THE CITY FROM THE WOODS AND REGIONAL LIBRARY.

TO MIDWAY AIRPORT.

HIS NEWEST WORK IN CHICAGO IS LIGHT OF TRUTH, A MONUMENT IN BRONZE TO IDA B WELLS.

THE CRUSADING JOURNALIST.

A LOCAL AUTHORS WHO IS IDA B WELLS.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, SPENT 13 YEARS TO BRING TO LIFE THIS UNCONVENTIONAL CIVIC MEMORIAL.

>> WE MADE A DECISION BEFORE WE EVEN CONTACTED RICHARD THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE IN HER LIKENESS.

WE WANTED IT TO BE A MONUMENT VERSUS THE STATUE BECAUSE I IT IS LIFE AND HER WORK WAS SO MULTI-DIMENSIONAL.

SO MULTILAYERED THAT WE FELT TRYING TO CAPTURE ONE POSE.

WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY CAPTURE ALL OF WHO SHE WAS.

THE IDA B WELLS HOMES WERE RIGHT HERE ON THIS LAND.

FROM 1941, TO 2002, A TRIBUTE NEEDED TO BE GIVEN TO IDA ON THE LAND WHERE THE HOMES ONCE STOOD, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO THE HOUSES SHE PHYSICALLY LIVED IN.

AND THIS IS BRONZEVILLE.

THIS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS OF STRONG RICH HISTORY.

>> YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED OF THE PAST AND AND THEN LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> IN THE STUDIO, HE'S AROUND FOR HALF A CENTURY.

85 YEAR-OLD RICHARD HUNT IS BACK TO THE GRIND.

>> IT'S INTERESTING HOW CITYSCAPE.

>> CHANGE.

AND OF COURSE, I I'M HAPPY THAT YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A PIECE HERE, A PIECE THERE.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THING ME ON MANY LEVELS.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS MARK.

BUT ALI.

AGAIN, ARTIST RICHARD HUNT DIED THIS PAST WEEKEND AT AGE.

88.

>> IT'S MY AUNTS TO IDA B WELLS IS CALLED LIGHT OF TRUTH AND STANDS AT 37TH IN LANGLEY BOULEVARD IN BRONZEVILLE IN HIS REGION.

SCULPTURE.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

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