>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON DAY 2 OF JURY DELIBERATIONS IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

WHAT TRENDS IN A CHANGING LABOR MARKET LABOR LANDSCAPE COULD MEAN FOR WORKERS.

I CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE AND THIS WAS GOT TO BE KIDDING.

AND FROM ROOT BEER OCEANS TO LOLLYPOP FORESTS.

A LOCAL MAN CREATES THE CINNAMON BEARS MINIATURE WORLD OF MAYBE LAND.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, ATTORNEYS FOR FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN WANT TO DELAY HIS APRIL TRIAL DATE, CITING A U.S. SUPREME COURT CASES THEY SAY COULD IMPACT NEARLY EVERY PHASE OF THE TRIAL.

>> MADIGAN'S TEAM POINTS TO JAMES E SNYDER VERSUS THE U.S.

WHICH COULD DETERMINE WHETHER THE FEDERAL BRIBERY STATUTE CRIMINALIZES ONLY BRIBERY OR ALSO GRATUITIES LIKE PAYMENTS MADE FOR AN OFFICIAL ACTION.

BUT WITHOUT ANY QUID PRO QUO, THE HIGH COURT'S REVIEW HAS ALREADY AFFECTED THE SO-CALLED COMMENT FOR CASE WITH THEIR JANUARY SENTENCING DATES DELAYED.

JUSTICES ARE EXPECTED TO RULE IN THE SNYDER CASE BY NEXT JUNE.

FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

SOME COOK COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS COULD SEE A REFUND ON THEIR TAXES STARTING THIS WEEK.

TREASURER MARIA PAPPAS SAYS SHE SENDING OUT MORE THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN AUTOMATIC REFUNDS TO ABOUT 9,000 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OVERPAID THEIR FIRST INSTALLMENT LAST YEAR.

MOST OF THOSE REFUNDS WILL GO TO HOMEOWNERS RECEIVING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, WHICH ARE APPLIED TO THE SECOND INSTALLMENT, REDUCING THE TOTAL TAXES DUE.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE TREASURER'S WEBSITE, COOK COUNTY TREASURER DOT COM TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE IN LINE FOR ONE OF THE NEWS.

ANDROID USERS HAVE USED GOOGLE PLAY COULD BE GETTING A PIECE OF A 700 MILLION DOLLARS COURT SETTLEMENT.

ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL WAS AMONG A GROUP OF ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHO ANNOUNCED THE SETTLEMENT TODAY OVER ALLEGATIONS THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE ENGAGED IN ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES.

THE LAWSUIT ACCUSED THE COMPANY OF SIGNING ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS TO PREVENT OTHER APP STORES FROM BRIT BEING PRELOADED ON ANDROID DEVICES.

BUYING OFF DEVELOPERS WHO MIGHT HAVE LAUNCHED RIVAL APP STORES AND MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMERS TO DIRECTLY DOWNLOAD APPS TO THEIR DEVICES, ROLLS OFF US AS CONSUMERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESTITUTION DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT A CLAIM AND WILL RECEIVE AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL OR VENMO.

SOME WORKPLACES.

CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.

WHAT TRENDS IN THE WORKFORCE COULD MEAN FOR YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS?

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> REMOTE WORKING A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK QUIETLY QUITTING RESURGENT LABOR MOVEMENT.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CHANGES.

WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF THE WORKFORCE LOOK LIKE?

AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR COMPANIES AND WORKERS?

HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, OUR BOB BRUNO, A PROFESSOR OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA CHAMPAIGN AND OF THE BOOK.

WHAT WORK IS AND TOM GIMBEL, CEO OF THE NETWORK.

WELCOME BACK.

THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

BOB, LET'S START WITH YOU.

WE'VE GOT YOUR BOOK RIGHT HERE.

YOU ASK YOUR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE FREEZE.

WORK IS DOT, DOT, AND YOU RECEIVED A VARIETY OF ANSWERS.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS?

SOMEWHERE?

VERY SOME ARE PROFANE.

>> SOME TELL US ABOUT THE KEY THEMES IN THE WAY THAT WORKING SUSPECT HE'S EXPERIENCED TIME IS A POWERFUL DIMENSION THAT SHAPES HOW THEY THINK ABOUT WORK.

THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING TO WORK OR THINKING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF WORK, THE SPACES THAT THEY WORK ARE VERY AS TO HOW FIND SATISFACTION OR NOT.

SO SPACE BECOMES AN IMPORTANT DYNAMIC.

THE WORKPLACE ALSO WHO THEY'RE WORKING FOR.

WHY ARE YOU WORKING THE PURPOSE OF WORK?

THE THAT WORK IS HAVING ON LIFE.

EAT THIS SUNDAY WITH SOME POWERFUL THEMES THAT RESONATED IN A LOT OF IN IN THE WAY WORKERS ARE RESPONDING FROM DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, DIFFERENT SECTORS WORK IS ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIFE.

WORK IS ALMOST YOU WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE THE FUTURE WORKFORCE.

OF COURSE.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT IN A FUTURE JOB OR PROFESSION?

>> YOU KNOW, MANY WAYS THEY WANT THINGS THAT MY GENERATION PREVIOUS GENERATIONS WANT THEY WANT TO BE WELL COMPENSATED.

THEY WANT A JOB THAT'S GOING MEET THEIR MATERIAL BUT BUT ALSO THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MEETING THERE NEEDS TO BE HIGH LEVELS OF SATISFACTION HIGH LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE BOTH YOUR PHYSICAL SKILLS, INTELLECTUAL THEY BRING THEIR WHOLE SELF INTO THE JOB.

AND I THINK BALANCE MUCH MORE BALANCED THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.

MORE TIME FAMILY.

MORE TIME THAT WORKS IN WITH THE WORKING LIFE.

>> TOM GIMBEL, WOULD YOU SAY COMPANIES ARE AWARE OF OF THESE WANTS THAT THE YOUNGER FUTURE WORKERS ARE LOOKING FOR?

>> WELL, I THINK MOST DEFINITELY THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT, I THINK IS UNEMPLOYMENT BELOW 4%.

THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE AWARE OF IT.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PENDULUM HAS SHIFTED AND NOW IT'S A SITUATION THAT WE'RE KIND OF MOVING FROM MORE SENSITIVE SOCIETY AND EMPLOYMENT MARKET THAT WE HAD DURING COVID BOOST COVID.

BACK TO MORE TRADITIONAL EMPLOYERS SETTING THE STANDARDS FOR WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR AND AND THERE'S WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR BUSINESSES, TOO.

NOT JUST SURVIVE LIKE THEY DID THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT TO THRIVE TO KEEP THIS ECONOMY GOING.

>> AND RECOGNIZING TOM, YOU KNOW WHAT SOME WORKERS ARE LOOKING FOR.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, SORT OF PIVOTING BACK TO WHAT THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMPANIES, EMPLOYERS BELIEVE THEY NEED.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY HOW THEY SORT OF STRIKE THAT BALANCE AND YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THE WORKFORCE THAT THEY NEED.

>> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS GENERATION IN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS WE ALL HAD WISH LISTS AND WANTS CLOSE TO HOME COMMUTING TIME.

IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN UNLIMITED VACATION OR WORK FROM HOME AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 3 WEEKS VACATION OR 4 WEEKS WITH OTHER WAS ALWAYS THAT AND I THINK WE'RE ACTING LIKE THE WANTS OF THIS GENERATION ARE SO DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE NOT.

WE'VE ALL HAD ONCE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY?

DUE TO REMOTE WORKING COVID IN THE TIMES WE'RE IN IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING ON THEIR WISH LIST AND THAT'S CALLED ENTITLEMENT.

AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN NOW VERSUS 2019 IS THAT COMPANIES ARE FINDING EMPLOYEES.

AND AND RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE GLOBAL SITUATION AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE ECONOMY IS THAT COMPANIES ARE HIRING AND BALL.

WELL, THEY ARE HIRING AND UNEMPLOYMENT STAYING LOW.

THEY'RE NOT HIRING IN BULK.

SO EMPLOYERS ARE SETTING THE STANDARD AND SAYS THAT SAYING THIS IS OUR EXPECTATION.

WE WANT YOU TO BE IN THE OFFICE.

WE NEED TO BE HERE ON THESE DAYS.

ARE THESE TIMES AND EMPLOYEES ARE REALIZING THAT THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE PLAY BY THE OTHER PERSON'S RULE.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS TAKE THE BALL AND GO HOME.

>> THOUGHTS.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

WHAT ARE WITH YOUR REACTION TO THAT OR COMPANY STRIKING THE BALANCE?

LOOK, I THINK COMPANY ARE DOING WELL ARE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

A COUP ATTEMPT TO INSPIRE THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO LOOK TO DEVELOP THEIR EMPLOYEES TALENTS.

I THINK THEY THEY FIGURE IT OUT.

I THINK MOST EMPLOYERS DON'T DO THAT VERY WELL.

AND AS A YOU'RE GOING TO FIND JOBS SHIFTING MAKE IS CONTINUING EVEN WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE AND MORE WORKERS HAVE REALLY A BODY INTO THE IDEA OF A HYBRID WORKPLACE.

THOSE THAT CAN DO THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S A MORE CONTESTED TERRAIN.

THEN THEN THEN AND TOM SUGGEST I THINK EMPLOYEES ARE WORKERS ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO REPRESENT THEM IN THAT YOU SEE THIS SURGE YOU MENTIONED IN THE OPENING THIS SURGE IN UNIONISM IN IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE A A WORKFORCE THAT IS GOING TO I THINK THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT WHAT THE BALANCE IS.

BUT I DO THINK SMART EMPLOYERS WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO MANAGE A WORKFORCE THAT MEAN IN THEIR WORK LIFE.

I THINK GOING TO BE WINNERS.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO WELL.

>> ON THE OTHER TRACK IS THAT THERE ARE STILL 4 GENERATIONS IN THE WORKFORCE FROM GEN Z THAT ARE STILL COMING IN.

AND THEN THE BABY BOOMERS THAT WE ALL KNOW ARE STILL AT WORK.

HOW CAN COMPANIES BALANCE THE VARYING NEEDS AND WANTS OF OF OF THESE 4 DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.

>> WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY IT IS I I AGREE WITH BOB, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE OR EMPLOYEES.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON WITH COMPANIES BESIDES ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE GOOD AT ACTUALLY.

I THINK WE LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

CONTRARY TO WHAT'S GOING ON POLITICALLY, THAT WE ARE HOME TO SOME OF THE BEST COMPANIES THAT HAVE GROWN EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE CREATED LEADERS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT GEN XERS, WE'VE GOT A GEN Z MILLENNIALS AND THE THE END OF THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION IN THE WORKFORCE.

THAT'S A LOT OF IN THE AIR FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERS TO JUGGLE ON HOW TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THAT BIG OF A OF A DISCREPANCY, NOT JUST AN EDGE, BUT IN BELIEVES IN VALUES, IN ABILITIES, BOTH TECHNOLOGICALLY AND FINANCIALLY AND SOCIALLY, THAT THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW YOU GIVE AN EMPLOYEE A BETTER WORK-LIFE BALANCE.

IT'S ABOUT HOW DO YOU GROW ENTERPRISE THAT GIVES CAREERED GROWTH AS WELL AS THE ULTIMATE THING SERVICING THE CUSTOMERS THAT PAY THE BILLS FOR EVERYTHING.

>> BOB, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT.

A LOT OF LABOR STRIKES THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR OR SO.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE WORKER TODAY?

>> I THINK USE THE TERM HIGH, RACE CONSCIOUSNESS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT EXPERIENCE IN THE NO LONGER REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE SOME LEVERAGE STILL IN THE SEEN SOME STRIKES IN ORGANIZING, SUCCESSFUL IN WILL INCENTIVIZE AND INSPIRE THEM TO TO RESIST PROBABLY IN WAYS THAT ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THOSE BREAD AND ROSES IN THE WORKPLACE.

RED ROSES.

SO BRUNO, TOM GIMBEL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE IT.

LET ME KNOW WHERE I PICK UP THE BREAD AND ROSES.

I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL.

YOU HA HA.

>> UP NEXT, SPOTLIGHT POLITICS HAS THE LATEST ON A HIGH PROFILE TRIAL.

STAY WITH US.

>> THE CITY IS ON VERDICT WATCH AS JURY DELIBERATIONS INTRADAY TO IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS LIVING AT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN PILSEN HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM PARA SHUTS AND HEADER.

SHARON, WHO'S COMING INTO US FROM THE DIRKSEN FEDERAL BUILDING STARTING OFF WITH SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS TEAM.

THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT THROWING A FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OFF OF THE BALLOT FOR 2024 PARIS.

WHAT WE KNOW WELL AS A 4 TO 3 RULING BY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT, THEY'RE SETTING THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

THE INSURRECTION CLAUSE STATING A VAGUELY FOUND TO HAVE ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR REBELLION AFTER TAKING THEIR OATH OF OFFICE.

>> SHELL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM RUNNING AGAIN.

SO 43, ALL THESE JUSTICES WERE APPOINTED BY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS IN COLORADO.

THEY'RE STAYING THIS PENDING AN APPEAL TILL JANUARY 4TH TO YOU WOULD IMAGINE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S APPEAL THIS RIGHT AWAY TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

YOU WOULD IMAGINE A CASE OF THIS MAGNITUDE THE SUPREME COURT WOULD HEAR RIGHT AWAY.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THE SUPREME COURT'S 63 CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES AND THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS INDICTED, HE IS INDICTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6 CAPITOL RIOT BUT NOT CONVICTED YET THERE HASN'T BEEN A TRIAL.

SO IT'S ALL HOW YOU INTERPRET THE LANGUAGE HERE.

THE 14TH AMENDMENT'S KIND OF VAGUE.

AND I WOULD THINK THERE'S VERY STRONG THAT THE SUPREME COURT, WE DON'T LIKE TO PREDICT THINGS BUT WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THIS DECISION.

I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER HAS A HAS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON YOU MAKE OF THAT.

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THERE'S A VERY HIGH STANDARDS IN THESE SORT OF CASES WHERE YOU HAVE THE FEDERAL SUPREME WEIGHING IN ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE FEDERAL LAW IS.

SO I THINK THAT PARIS IS RIGHT.

THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT RULING IS AN INTERPRETATION OF FEDERAL LAW.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IS THE ULTIMATE ARBITER OF THAT.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL RULINGS THAT WENT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S REQUESTS BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HEAT.

THEY HAVE ORDERED HIM TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS.

THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION.

TO THIS POINT, THEY HAVE REFUSED TO STEP IN WHEN HE HAS ASKED THEM TO.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH A MOMENT OF UNCERTAINTY.

I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HONEST TO GOODNESS CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WHERE WE HAVE A STATE SUPREME COURT DECLARING THAT THE FRONT RUNNER FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION AND SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THE BALLOT.

STUNNING DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO HAVE A STAKE IN WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN COVERING TRIAL.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE AT THE DIRKSEN BUILDING.

>> DELIBERATIONS, AS WE KNOW ARE ONGOING.

NO VERDICT BUT WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE DOWN THERE?

>> WELL, THE JURY HAS BEEN DELIBERATING SO FAR FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS.

WE HEARD FROM THE JURY A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY AND I KNOW WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST WATCH FULL ANTICIPATION IF THERE ISN'T A VERDICT BY FRIDAY AT 05:00PM, THE JURY WILL TAKE THE WEEK THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY OFF AND COME BACK ON JANUARY.

3RD AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO TODAY, LAWYERS, COURT WATCHERS REPORTERS HOPE FOR A VERDICT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT IS A MASSIVE CASE, A VERY COMPLICATED SET OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND A LOT THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT.

>> HEATHER, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOU DID HEAR FROM THE JURY A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY.

WE KNOW THAT THEY SENT OUT A COUPLE OF NOTES LOOKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.

WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.

>> WELL, THEY HAD A QUESTION INVOLVING 2 OF THE 4 CRIMINAL SCHEMES THAT ALDERMAN ED BURKE IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION ONE.

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PULLED OLD POST OFFICE.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW WEATHER AND TRACK WHICH OF COURSE IS CAN IN CONTROL OF THE TRACKS THAT GO UNDERNEATH THAT MASSIVE BUILDING, WHETHER THOSE REPRESENTATIVES WHERE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WHICH COULD COME INTO PLAY WHEN DEALING WITH WHETHER THERE WERE OFFICIAL ACTS TAKEN AS PART OF THE CONSPIRACY OR IF THERE WAS SORT OF AN INCH WORD.

INDUCEMENT OFFERED THE OTHER QUESTION INVOLVED.

ONE OF ALDERMAN BERKS CO-DEFENDANTS, CHARLES QUAY.

THEY ASKED WHETHER IN THAT SORT OF BRIBERY ALLEGATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD DEFINE WHAT EXACTLY TAKING UNLAWFUL PAYMENTS MEANT.

NOW THE JUDGE SAID IN THAT CASE, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT IN THE IN THE QUESTION ABOUT THE AMTRAK OFFICIALS.

THE JUDGE SIMPLY SAID NO AND TRACK REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

SO THE JURY IS A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR OWN IN SORTING OUT THESE CASES.

BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN AND THAT'S WHY THEY HOLD FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE'S FATE IN THEIR HANDS.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY GOT A LOT TO WADE THROUGH BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY WEEKS OF TESTIMONY RECORDINGS PARIS, AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, BURKE WIELDED ENORMOUS INFLUENCE OVER THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HIS TIME THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TRIAL?

AND IS ANYTHING STANDING OUT BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ALDERMAN, AT LEAST OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, THE LONGEST SERVING ALDERMAN CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE SAID THIS A MILLION TIMES LIKE AFTER THE BLAGOJEVICH TRIAL.

WELL, YOU PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO THINK TWICE NOW, LOOK, LOOK WHERE WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, 12 ARE SOME YEARS LATER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATURE OF THESE CHARGES, YOU LOOK AT LIKE KIND OF PENNY ANTE THINGS.

THINGS LIKE A DRIVEWAY, REDEVELOPMENT OF A BURGER KING, THINGS LIKE GETTING AN INTERNSHIP TRYING TO GET AN INTERNSHIP FOR THE CHILD OF A FRIEND.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT LASTING THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.

ALL THEIR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN FOR MANY YEARS.

AND IN WEATHER AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WENT OVER THE LINE OF CRIMINALITY OR NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK TWICE OF BURQAS CONVICTED FOR THESE THINGS.

AND ALSO THE FACT THAT SOLIS WORE A WIRE BACK IN 2016 WHEN THEY FOUND THAT OUT.

THEY WERE ALL THINKING TWICE ABOUT WHO THEY WANT TO TALK TO OR TELL THE TRUTH TO BECAUSE THEY'RE WONDERING WHO WAS GOING TO QUOTE, UNQUOTE, RAT THEM OUT.

SO YES, A CONVICTION OF THE MOST POWERFUL THEM IN AT LEAST THE LAST 50 YEARS IS GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTS, COURSE, RESIDENTS.

SO, OF COURSE, LET'S PIVOT TO THE VERY TRAGIC DEATH OF A 5 YEAR-OLD BOY.

JEAN CARLOS MARTINEZ, RIVERO TO PILSEN MIGRANT SHELTER ON SUNDAY.

THERE IS A POLICE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, BUT OF COURSE, A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

PARIS, DO WE KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THE CHILD'S CAUSE OF DEATH WERE AWAITING THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO SO OFFICIALS ISSUE AN OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH.

THE LATE THIS EVENING, THE MAYOR'S ISSUED AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED SAYING THAT HE WAS RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 13 MINUTES AFTER A SHELTER STAFF AT THIS PILLS AND SHELTER HAD WITNESS TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

SO HE'S SAYING THEY RESPONDED RIGHT AWAY.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE HAD SUFFERED FOR WITH A FEVER, 100 DEGREES.

BEGIN VOMITING ON THAT DAY.

HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE KNOW THAT HE HAD A SEIZURE.

WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ALSO SAYING THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE GOING TO SOME SOME KIND OF LIKE COMMUNICABLE THING, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN FOR OTHER 5 OTHER PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.

SO AGAIN, WE WAIT.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH.

OF THE MAYOR ADDRESSED THE ISSUE THE YOUNG BOY'S DEATH AT AN UNRELATED PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP IN VERY EXTREME.

>> CIRCUMSTANCES VERY, VERY UNHEALTHY.

AND SO WHAT I'M CONFIDENT IS THAT.

ALL OF OUR LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE SEEKING ASYLUM.

OF COURSE, WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY AND WE ARE OBVIOUSLY DEEPLY SORRY.

AND HURT BY THIS LOSS.

>> YOU KNOW ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT AFTER THE DEBACLE OF CANCELED MIGRANT BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK.

HOW MUCH DEATH RAMP UP PRESSURE ON THE CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS TO FIND SOMETHING A MORE SUITABLE FOR MIGRANTS?

>> IT RAMPS UP INCREDIBLY TOUGH SITUATION AND IT MAKES IT JUST THAT MUCH WORK.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PROMISED TO FIND PLACES FOR THE MIGRANTS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT LIVING IN A SHELTER THAT HAD IT WAS A CONVERTED INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT WAS MEANT TO HOUSE 1000 PEOPLE WHICH IS NOW HOUSING MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THAT ACTUALLY CAN PROVIDE DIGNIFIED LODGINGS.

AND I THINK A QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO TONIGHT IS WHETHER THE MOVE TO GET THE MIGRANTS OUT OF THE POLICE STATIONS BEFORE WINTER TRULY SETS IN IN CHICAGO, WHETHER THEY HAVE JUST SHIFTED THE PROBLEM FROM THE POLICE STATIONS TO THE SHELTER TO SHELTER.

SO CAME FAVORITE STAFFING.

THE COMPANY CONTACT WITH THEM, A 40 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY AND THEY BILLED FOR.

>> LOTS OF TEND ANSWER WILL COVER THAT.

THE NEXT SPOTLIGHT, HEADER, SHARON, PARROTT SHOTS.

THANKS.

TEAM.

NEXT, A LAND OF HOLIDAY MAGIC IN MINIATURE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

CHICAGOANS WHO REMEMBER SHOPPING AT THE WE BOTH DEPARTMENT STORE MIGHT REMEMBER THEIR CHRISTMAS CHARACTER PATIO.

CINNAMON.

>> BETTER KNOWN AS THE CINNAMON BEAR BUT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT MISTER O'SULLIVAN WAS ALSO THE STAR OF THE 1930'S ERROR, RADIO SERIAL, WHICH FOLLOW HIS ADVENTURES THROUGH THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF MAYBE LAND THE SHOW CHARMED AUDIENCES FOR DECADES.

BUT ITS BIGGEST FAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHICAGO MAN, RONALD KONECKI WHO CREATED A MINIATURE VERSION OF THEIR ADVENTURES.

AND AS PORTAGE PARK BASEMENT PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON TAKES US THROUGH THE LOLLIPOP FORRESTON ROOT BEER, OCEANS OF MAYBE LAND.

>> IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THESE LOLLIPOP FOREST ROOT BEER, OCEANS AND GLITTERING ICE CASTLES HAVE BEEN UNWRAPPED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

>> IT IS ALL BASED ON E CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW.

THE REAL PROGRAM WAS CALLED THE SON OF AIR.

>> THE 8 FOOT WIDE DIORAMA DEPICTS THE ADVENTURES OF THE CINNAMON AND SIBLINGS.

JUDY IN JAMIE BARTON THROUGH THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF MAYBE THEIR STORY WAS HAND CRAFTED.

INTRICATE MINIATURE CHICAGO HOBBYIST, RONALD CONNECTED WHO LISTEN TO THE RADIO SHOW AS A CHILD.

AND LATER WITH HIS OWN FAMILY IN PORTAGE PARK.

>> IT STARTED OUT IN THE 1930'S, BUT WE LISTEN TO IN THE 70'S ON A RAIL SHUTTLE AND IT WAS USUALLY 3 EPISODE TODAY.

SO USUALLY STARTED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

UP TO 70 FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND WHAT HE DID WAS HE RECREATED EVERY EPISODE WHICH EACH ONE OF THESE DISPLACE.

>> MOST WINTERS MAYBE LAND REMAINS PACKED AWAY.

>> BUT THIS YEAR, CONNECT SON, TONY HAS BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE IN HOPES OF FINDING A NEW HOME FOR THE DISPLAY, TONY, CONNECT.

HE SAYS HIS FATHER WAS ALWAYS TINKERING WITH MINIATURES RUNNELS WHO DIED IN 2017, NEVER MET FOR HIS CREATIONS TO BE SEEN OUTSIDE THE FAMILY HOME.

>> HE'LL BE MAKING A MODEL'S AIRPLANES, TANKS, SHIPS FIGURES IN THE BASEMENT HIS SPARE TIME.

ONE CHRISTMAS.

BUILT A SMALLER VERSION OF THE 7 AND THEIR STORY FOR UNDERNEATH OUR CHRISTMAS TREE.

>> A SILVER STAR, A LITTLE STILL THE STAR.

LEBRON TRIED A QUICK CRAZY QUILT HANDED OVER GREAT FOR ME AND YOU CAN GO YOUR IN 1951.

A TV SERIES USING THE RADIO SHOWS AUDIO WAS CREATED USING HAND PUPPETS FOR THE CHARACTERS IN 1986 RADIO HOST CHUCK SHADE AND INTERVIEWED RONALD KENTUCKY ABOUT THAT FIRST DISPLAY FOR HIS CHICAGO NOSTALGIA SHOW.

>> DID YOU GET THE IDEA FROM HIS FROM?

OF COURSE, THE RADIO SHOW.

>> OF COURSE, CHUCK, JUST LIKE LISTEN HIS SHOW AFTER SCHOOL AND AND THE MAJOR NATIONS TOOK >> AFTER TONY CONNECT, HE SAYS HIS DAD'S AND VISIONS FOR BUILDING TINY MAY BE MAN'S GOT BIGGER.

CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE AND 80 >> AND THIS WAS >> THINK YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

BLOCKED THE ENTIRE.

WINDOWS SO BE IT.

BECAUSE WHEN HE'S MAKING THIS, HE COULD GO DOWN A STORM FINE.

CRAZY CULT DRAGONS.

PIRATES MAGICIANS.

SO WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE THIS THAT FROM A MODEL THAT I ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE KIDS, DINOSAUR MODEL AND MY TOOK AND HAD A RABBIT FOR THE SCENE.

THE WINTERGREEN, WHICH WAS THE MAIN ENEMY IN THIS.

WAS ACTUALLY A GLOW IN THE DARK PRIZE FROM JACK.

>> CONNECT, HE SAYS HE'S STILL NOT SURE WHY HIS FATHER WAS SO CAPTIVATED BY THE CINNAMON BEAR STORY.

BUT NOW HE'S HOPING THERE'S ANOTHER CINNAMON BEAR SUPER FAN OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE MAGIC OF MAYBE LAND HOME.

>> LIKE TO SEE HIM GO SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT.

LOOK AT MAYBE GO BACK TO AMERICA.

IT.

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