>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWS A TRUMP-ERA BORDER RESTRICTION TO STAY IN PLACE FOR THE TIME BEING, FORCING ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO REMAIN AT THE MEXICO BORDER.

>>> ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE BY HAVING SURVIVORS SHARE EXPERIENCES.

>>> 2022 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR LABOR ORGANIZERS.

>> WHEN I BECAME AN ARCHITECT, I DID IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT EVERYBODY HAD TO DO THEIR PART TO SAVE THE WORLD.

>> CAROL ROSS-BARNEY WINS A MAJOR AWARD.

>>> EVERY SINGLE DAY, PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY WHAT IS LARRY DAVID REALLY LIKE?

>> OUR CONVERSATION WITH COMEDIAN JEFF GARLAND.

>>> THE LEGENDARY MUSICIAN PATTY SMITH ON POETRY AND HER EARLY LIFE IN CHICAGO.

>>> AND A LOCAL TIKTOK STAR MAKES A CAREER OUT OF REVIEWING FOOD.

>>> FIRST, RESIDENTS OF THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUT HEAT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

>> WHAT CAN YOU DO?

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH.

>> ADVOCATES SAY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT ETIQUETTE HEAT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS NOW.

THE SOUTH LAWNDALE BUILDING.

RESIDENTS SAY THAT THERE ARE COMMONLY ISSUES AT THIS BUILDING.

>>> ALDERMAN RODRICK SAWYER WILL STAY ON THE BALLOT FOR CHICAGO MAYOR.

THAT IS AFTER WILLIE WILSON'S DROPPED HIS PETITION CHALLENGE.

THIS COMES AFTER A HEARING BETWEEN SAWYER'S LEGAL TEAM.

AND THERE IS A CHALLENGE TO THE NOMINATING POSITIONS.

>>> ANOTHER ROUGH DAY FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CUSTOMERS.

THE AIRLINE CANCELED MORE FLIGHTS TODAY.

AS OF THIS MORNING, MORE FROM SOUTHWEST ACCORDING TO FLIGHTAWARE.

U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG SAYS THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK AT THE AIRLINE AND THE CAUSES OF THE CANCELLATIONS.

SOUTHWEST CEO ROBERT JORDAN SAYS THAT THE AIRLINE WILL FLY A REDUCED SCHEDULE WHILE IT ATTEMPTS TO SORT THINGS OUT.

MORE THAN 2300 FLIGHTS OF ALREADY BEEN CANCELED FOR TOMORROW.

NOT GETTING ANY EASIER.

>>> UP NEXT, THE TRUMP-ERA IMMIGRATION POLICY IS SET TO REMAIN.

WHAT MEMBERS OF A LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP SAY THAT MEANS FOR THEM.

SO PLEASE, STAY WITH US.

>>> U.S. BORDER STATES ARE SUPPORTING THE RULING TO KEEP TITLE 42 IN PLACE.

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWS BORDER PATROL TO EXPEL MIGRANTS UNDER THE BASIS OF COVERED PROTECTIONS.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS FACE INCREASED UNCERTAINTY.

JOINING US NOW IS CLINICAL LECTURER AND DIRECTOR, AND JOHANNES FAVI, WHO JOINS US TONIGHT ON SOON.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

FIRST, WHAT IS TITLE 42 AND HOW DID IT GO INTO EFFECT?

>> IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WORLD WAR II ERA, IT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES PURVIEW TO EXPEL FOREIGN NATIONALS ON THE BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS.

>> SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED UNTIL 1944?

>> CORRECT.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION SPECIFICALLY.

IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> HOW HAS IT WORKED SINCE THEN, WHO GETS TO STAY, AND WHO GETS EXPELLED?

>> IT IS COMPLEX.

IT IS LONG OVERDUE.

WE WANT TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRUEL AND RACIST POLICY.

THIS DECISION SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT THE USE OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION.

THIS IS VERY COMPLEX.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED, THE BY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIED TO LET THIS EXPIRE.

>> IT IS QUITE INTERESTING.

SO THE STATES HAVE NOW SUED.

THEY HAVE ENTERED ONGOING LITIGATION FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.

AS SOON AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMPLEMENTED TITLE 42 IN 2020, IT HAS BEEN ONGOING.

SOME HAVE BEEN JOINED INTO ONE.

WHAT WE SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS FINALLY A JUDGE IN D.C., A DISTRICT JUDGE TO ALLOW TITLE 42 TO EXPIRE.

STATES NOW HAVE SUED AND IT HAS BEEN ON A BASIS OF ONE SAYING 19 STATES WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BORDER , THEY ARE SAYING THAT BOTH OF THESE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH.

ONE IS THAT STATES ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE EXCESSIVE MIGRANTS.

THEY ALSO SAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE BINDER MINISTRATION FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW.

>> THE SUPREME COURT RULING IS BASICALLY A STAY.

JOHANNES FAVI, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON MIGRANTS RIGHT NOW?

>> PARIS, THE IMPACT IS SERIOUS.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE FREELY WITHOUT BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR LOVED ONES.

IT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING WITH THAT POLICY IN PLACE.

>> VICTORIA CARMONA, TAKE US INSIDE THIS FIGHT FOR THE SUPREME COURT RULING.

WHAT DO THEY DO IF THERE IS NO COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK THAT BOTH SIDES, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE STATE AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE.

THEY HAVE AGREED IN THEIR ARGUMENTS THAT THIS IS NO LONGER A COVID GUIDE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT IT IS NO LONGER THE PANDEMIC, OR THAT THERE COULD BE NEEDS THAT WE COULD MANAGE.

BUT WE CAN'T PUT A HOLD ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION UNDER THE GUISE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN ANYMORE.

>> JOHANNES FAVI, THERE IS STILL A REPORTED BACKLOG OF 1.6 MILLION ASYLUM-SEEKERS EVEN DESPITE THIS ORDER.

HOW DOES THE COUNTRY EVEN BEGIN TO FACTOR THAT IN?

SOME PEOPLE ARE WAITING YEARS TO GET THESE CASES ADJUDICATED.

>> WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST STEP IS TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO GET THERE, PARIS.

>> AND VICTORIA CARMONA, TELL US ABOUT THE LEGAL CASES THAT HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURT.

IS IT ONE CASE OR SEVERAL CASES JOINED INTO ONE CASE?

>> THEY ARE STILL ONGOING.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJOINED.

THE ONE MAIN CASE WAS ALLOWED FOR TITLE 42 TO END.

EVEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ADMITS THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND THAT WE CAN'T BE USING A PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AS AN IMMIGRATION LAW.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY BAND-AID THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS ASYLUM-SEEKERS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS.

>> DOES THIS PORTEND HOW THE SUPREME COURT MIGHT RULE ON THE OVERALL ISSUE?

>> THAT IS THE IRONIC THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

THE SUPREME COURT IS WEIGHING IN ON THE STATE OF THIS LAW TO ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE IN PLACE.

NOT TO ALLOW THE BINDER MINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO DO ANYTHING.

THE INJUNCTION SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD TO END TITLE 42.

WHAT THE SUPREME COURT IS SAYING IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

NOTHING STOPS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM ACTUALLY CONTINUING FORWARD.

BUT THE SUPREME COURT, RIGHT NOW, IS GOING TO HEAR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE EVEN AS THE STANDING OR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.

AGAIN, IT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEGALITY OF TITLE 42 OR ANY PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

>> JOHANNES FAVI, SO WHEN MIGRANTS ARE EXPELLED, MANY OF THEM GO TO MEXICO, AS I UNDERSTAND.

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IN MANAGING THIS WHOLE SITUATION?

>> IT IS VERY CARELESS.

PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED TO WORK WITH GANGS, TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF POLICIES.

TODAY WITH THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE OF THE BORDER -- >> VICTORIA CARMONA, IS THAT CORRECT?

OR MOST OF THEM TEMPORARILY STAYING IN MEXICO OR GOING BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN?

>> FROM MY EXPERIENCE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS, MANY HAVE NO OPTION.

THEY CAN'T GO BACK OR THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO NICARAGUA OR VENEZUELA.

THEY CAN'T GO BACK OR RISK THEIR LIFE.

THEY ARE WILLING TO WAIT IN MEXICO OR LOOK FOR VERY DANGEROUS WAYS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

BECAUSE OF TITLE 42 THEY ARE BEING EXPELLED BACK, AND UNLESS THEY CAN CONVINCE THE BORDER TO MAKE A SMALL EXCEPTION, THEY WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

THEY ARE WILLING TO WAIT IT OUT.

>> I WANT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE BACKLOG OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS?

HOW DOES THE COUNTRY BEGIN TO HANDLE THAT?

AND OUR STATE IS READY WHEN TITLE 42 DOES GO AWAY?

>> I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADMITTED THEY ARE NOT READY.

THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING.

THEY HAVE SAID WE ARE READY TO STEP UP.

ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE AT THE BORDER ARE READY TO HELP.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS THAT ARE READY TO HELP.

BUT OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW THAT.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THIS CONVERSATION HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ME TWO MOVEMENT WENT VIRAL, ADVOCATES AND SURVIVORS SAY THAT IT IS STILL HARD TO SPEAK OUT.

ADVOCATES AROUND THE CITY HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO TRY TO SHIFT THE CHANGE BY ADDRESSING THE CAUSES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.

IT IS CALLED THE SURVIVOR POWER INSTITUTE, AND THE GOAL IS TO PUT SURVIVORS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING CHANGES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

JOINING US IS KARLA HULT MEYER.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

SO YOUR ORGANIZATION IS LEADING THIS NEW SURVIVOR POWER INSTITUTE.

TELL US HOW IT HELPS SURVIVORS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.

SO THE INSTITUTE IS A PLACE FOR BRINGING TOGETHER GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES AROUND ISSUES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THE REALITY OF WHAT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE AND PARTICULARLY THE CHALLENGES FOR SURVIVORS.

THE PANDEMIC REALLY EXACERBATED THE CHALLENGES OF THE INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH IN MEETING WITH SURVIVORS TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND BRING THE RESOURCES.

SO NOW IT IS TIME TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE THE TOOLS AND LESSONS LEARNED TO BUILD THE POWER SURVIVORS SO THAT SURVIVORS CAN BE MEETING WITH INTERMEDIARIES AND HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD FOR SHAPING POLICY AND ADVOCATING FOR POSITIONS.

>> WHEN YOU SAY THE APPROACH IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS, HOW CAN YOU DO IT IN A WAY THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION THAT YOU ARE ASKING.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AROUND ADDRESSING IT IS THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.

IT IS EMBEDDED IN OUR SOCIETY.

WHEN THE ME TWO MOVEMENT CAME OUT, IT WAS REALLY SOUNDING THE ALARM OF HOW PREVALENT THIS IS.

WITH SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE , WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO SURVIVORS.

BY DOING THAT THEY ARE BREAKING THE STIGMA THAT IS AROUND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND SURVIVORS ARE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HOLD COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT IS THE SHIFT THAT WE NEED TO SEE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT HAPPENED, WHERE SURVIVORS WERE EVEN MORE ISOLATED, AND SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO USE RESOURCES LIKE: THE POLICE OR ACCESSING THE CRISIS CENTER.

SO HAVING OTHER SURVIVORS IN THE COMMUNITY IS POWERFUL, BECAUSE THAT HELPS SURVIVORS TO THEN CONNECT AND CHAT, BUT THEY CAN ALSO USE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

>> I WANT TO RUN SOME STATS FROM YOU FROM THE NETWORK WHICH FOCUSES ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.

THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A 6% INCREASE IN HOTLINE CALLS SINCE 2020.

WHAT IS BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS?

MORE PEOPLE REPORTING?

>> IT MIGHT BE BOTH.

THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AGAIN, THAT GOES TO THE ISSUE OF HOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SHIFT IN VIOLENCE INTO THE ME TWO MOVEMENT, OR THROUGH OTHER MECHANISMS.

YET THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED OR REDUCED, RIGHT?

SO FOR US WE SEE SURVIVORS AS THE KEY INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN REALLY SHIFT AND TRANSFORM THE STATISTICS TO REDUCE THE VIOLENCE.

THAT WOULD HAPPEN BY SURVIVORS BOTH SPEAKING OUT.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE ISOLATION THAT SURVIVORS EXPERIENCE.

BUT THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO SHIFT POLICY.

ONE EXAMPLE OF THE SHIFTING POLICY IS THAT RECENTLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN RESPONDING TO SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES AS A KEY INITIATIVE.

PART OF THAT HAS BEEN PEOPLE SAYING THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND HERE IS WHY.

>> CERTAIN WORKERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO CERTAIN DISPUTES.

IS THAT A BETTER APPROACH TO ROOT OUT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE?

SENDING SOCIAL WORKERS THERE INSTEAD OF COPS THAT ARE FULLY ARMED?

>> I THINK OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE WE THINK ABOUT THE APPROACH RESPONDING.

BUT WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS HAPPENING TO PREVENT THIS?

FOR US, WE SEE THAT INVESTING IN LEADERSHIP AROUND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS ABOUT PREVENTING IT.

PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THEY CAN TALK TO SURVIVORS WHO ARE ISOLATED.

THEY CAN HELP TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE SITUATION.

WE HAD SOME OF OUR OWN SURVIVORS INTERESTED IN THE PANDEMIC AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES.

WE SEE THAT EFFORT HAPPENING WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO PREVENT THE VIOLENCE FROM HAPPENING, BUT ALSO ADVOCACY.

SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICIPANTS, THEY ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN CVS SCHOOLS.

SO HOW CAN YOU REALLY SHIFT, YOU KNOW, BEYOND BRINGING IN COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS, HOW CAN YOU SHIFT THE CULTURE SO THAT THERE IS NO MORE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE HAPPENING?

>> FIVE YEARS AFTER ME TOO, THERE SEEMS TO BE A STATEMENT OR STIGMA WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD.

HOW HIGH IS THE IMPACT OF THAT RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SEA CHANGE?

>> I THINK WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SEA CHANGE, BUT YOU STILL SEE SURVIVORS BEING REPRIMANDED FOR SPEAKING OUT.

I THINK A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE IS R KELLY AND THE CASE THAT HAPPENED.

AFTER THE DOCUMENTARY, THOUGH SURVIVORS, YOU HAD THEM BEING HARASSED AND CONTINUING TO BE HARASSED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SPEAKING OUT.

SO I STILL THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFICULTY.

SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US.

AGAIN, WE SEE THAT BREAKING THE STIGMA IS CRITICAL.

THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HELP WITH LEADERSHIP.

WE ARE SO GLAD TO COLLABORATE WITH RACIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY BEGIN TO SHIFT THE PERSPECTIVE BY BUILDING THE POWER OF SURVIVORS DIRECTLY.

>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING IT TO US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> UP NEXT, A LOCAL ARCHITECT WINNING A COVETED PRIZE.

>>> THERE IS MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING A ROUND UP OF MAJOR LABOR MOVEMENTS FROM THE PAST YEAR.

THE FIRST, A GROUNDBREAKING CHICAGO ARCHITECT HAS JUST WON THE GOLD MEDAL FROM THE AMERICAN AND TO OF ARCHITECTS.

IT IS GIVEN TO LUMINARIES LIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.

IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HER NAME, YOU ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF HER WORK.

I RECENTLY VISITED HER ARCHITECTURE STUDIO TO LOOK AT HOW SHE CREATES ICONIC DESIGNS WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

>> CHICAGO ARCHITECT CAROL ROSS BARNEY HAS BEEN ON A MISSION, USING ARCHITECTURE TO GUIDE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> WE SEEK TO BENEFIT THE QUALITY OF LIFE .

IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

>> BARNEY FOUND HER ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE 41 YEARS AGO.

SHE HAS CHOSEN TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC PARKS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> WE ARE NOT DOING MUSEUMS OR FANCY HOUSES.

WE ARE DOING EVERYDAY BUILDINGS.

I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY A VERY VALUABLE IDEA.

>> HER FIRM HAS DESIGNED MORE THAN 20 GTA STATIONS, INCLUDING THE TUBULAR GREEN LINE STATION ON CERMAK NEAR McCORMICK.

>> UNDERGROUND IS THIS EMPTY LOT RIGHT HERE.

>> BARNEY HAS ALSO DESIGNED MULTIPLE McDONALD'S FRANCHISES, INCLUDING THE CHICAGO FLAGSHIP AT RIVER NORTH THAT TOOK THE PLACE OF THE ROCK 'N ROLL McDONALD'S.

IT IS THE VERY FIRST EVER L.E.E.D.

PLATINUM-CERTIFIED RESTAURANT.

>> THEY SHOULD BE CENTERED WITH COMMUNITY.

THEY SHOULD BE HEALTHY.

THEY SHOULD BE SUSTAINABLE.

>> PERHAPS HER MOST TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT TO DATE, THE CHICAGO RIVERWALK.

A PROJECT SHE SAID SHE HAS DREAMT ABOUT HER ENTIRE LIFE.

>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A TRANSFORMATIVE JOB, BUT I DID NOT ANTICIPATE HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IT WOULD BE.

>> BARNEY SAYS THE RIVERWALK, LIKE ALL HER WORK, BEGAN WITH A NEED TO SOLVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS.

FOR ONE, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH LAND TO BUILD ON.

SO THE CITY GOT PERMISSION TO BUILD FLOATING WALKWAYS ON THE RIVER.

SECOND, SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED EACH CITY BLOCK TO HAVE ITS OWN DISTINCT NEEDS.

>> ONE IS A HARBOR.

ONE IS A BEACH.

ONE IS A THEATER THAT COMES DOWN TO THE RIVER.

ONE FEATURES NATURAL PLANTS.

>> PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING ARCHITECTURAL CRITIC BLAIR KAMAN SAYS THAT IT IS ALMOST A MISTAKE TO TAKE ON PUBLIC PROJECTS AND MAKE THEM STAND OUT ARCHITECTURALLY.

>> THERE ARE PUBLIC BUDGETS.

THERE ARE BUREAUCRATIC AGENCIES WHICH ARE NORMALLY PATRONS OF GREAT ARCHITECTURE.

YET SHE IS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THAT THICKET AND RAISE THE LEVEL OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS TO THE LEVEL OF ART.

>> PERHAPS HER MOST DAUNTING DESIGN, THE REBUILDING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING AFTER THE 1995 BOMBING.

BARNEY SAID THAT SHE GOT HER IDEAS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE AND SURVIVED.

>> I THINK THEY WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE IDEA OF GOING BACK TO THAT SITE.

BUT WE LEARNED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SCARED AWAY.

SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE BUILDING BECAME THAT WE HAD TO CREATE A BUILDING THAT WAS SAFE AND STRONG BUT STILL REFLECTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT.

>> THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS VOTED TO GIVE BARNEY IT'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THIS YEAR.

THE GOLD MEDAL.

THAT PUTS HER AMONG THE RANKS OF CHICAGO LUMINARIES LIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, LOU SULLIVAN, AND -- THIS IS ARCHITECTURE THE BETTORS THE DAILY LIFE OF ALL WHO INTERACT WITH IT.

WITH FOCUS ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GENEROSITY, BARNEY IS AN UNRIVALED ARCHITECT FOR THE PEOPLE.

KAMAN SAYS THAT THE AWARD SHOWS HOW GREAT ARCHITECTURE IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN DESIGNING BUILDINGS.

>> CAROL'S CONTRIBUTION IS DIFFERENT.

IT IS MORE ABOUT SPACES THAN OBJECTS.

THAT IS REALLY WHERE SHE HAS EXCELLED.

>> BARNEY SAYS THAT SHE TAKES PRIDE IN BEING ONE OF ONLY THREE WOMEN TO RECEIVE THE PRIZE.

HERE MEMBERS BEING ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURAL COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

>> I SAY THAT WITH SOME TREPIDATION, BECAUSE IT IS CHANGING.

IT IS NOT AHEAD OR BEHIND THE REST OF OUR SOCIETY, BUT IT IS STILL NOT EASY FOR WOMEN IN PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURE.

I AM GLAD TO WIN IT FOR THAT REASON.

>> ROSS-BARNEY HAS ANOTHER BIG PROJECT AHEAD OF HER.

SHE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH REDESIGNING SAVO PARK.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BIG PROJECT THAT SHE IS NOT QUITE READY TO ANNOUNCE YET, BUT IT COULD TRANSFORM THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

>>> STILL TO COME ON CHICAGO TONIGHT, A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE BIG GAINS FOR ORGANIZED LABOR IN 2022.

>>> WE REVISIT OUR CONVERSATION WITH COMEDIAN AND ACTOR JEFF GARLAND.

>>> HOW A LOCAL TIKTOK STAR IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT CHICAGO'S HIDDEN GEMS.

>>> AND THE LEGENDARY PATTY SMITH ON POETRY, PERFORMANCE AND HER EARLY LIFE IN CHICAGO.

>>> FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUT HEAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

>> ACCORDING TO THE HEATING SITUATION, IT IS NOT GOOD.

I'M THINKING ABOUT TAKING HER TO MY HOUSE IN THE MEANTIME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>>> COMMUNITY ADVOCATES SAY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE GONE THREE DAYS WITHOUT HEAT.

THEY HAVE CALLED TO THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO RESTORE POWER.

RESIDENTS SAY THAT ISSUES ARE COMMON.

>>> THE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY GREW EVEN MORE TODAY.

THE JACKPOT INCREASED TO ABOUT $640 MILLION AFTER NO BIG WINNER WAS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT.

THAT MEANS THAT 21 STRAIGHT DRAWINGS WILL HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ANYONE CORRECTLY CHOOSING ALL SIX NUMBERS.

THE ODDS OF WINNING THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT ARE ABOUT ONE IN 302 MILLION.

NOT SO BAD.

THE NEXT DRAWING WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT.

>>> CHICAGOANS CAN BEGIN TO ON THE OFFER NOW.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO SAYS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN SIX DAYS THE TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED ABOVE FREEZING.

COMPARE THAT TO ROCKFORD, WHICH HAD EVEN LONGER FREEZING TEMPERATURE STREET OF 12 DAYS.

WE ARE EXPECTING EVEN MILDER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>>> THE FEDERAL AGENCY CHARGED WITH ENFORCING LABOR LAW IS SET TO GET ITS FIRST BUDGET INCREASE IN NEARLY A DECADE.

THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD WILL GET $25 MILLION MORE IN FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

ACTORS SAY THAT THE BUDGET BOOST IS NEEDED AMID THE UPTICK IN UNIONIZATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NICK, HOW SIGNIFICANT OF AN UPTICK IN ORGANIZING HAS THERE BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR?

>> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD THERE WERE MORE THAN 1200 UNION ELECTIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022.

THAT IS AT LEAST A 50% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

72% OF THOSE ELECTIONS, WORKERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF UNIONIZING.

THAT IS UP FROM 51% IN PRIOR YEARS.

THE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LABOR UNIONS IS ALSO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1985, ACCORDING TO A GALLUP POLL.

71% OF AMERICANS ARE IN FAVOR.

>> SO WHERE HAVE THESE EFFORTS BEEN CONCENTRATED?

WHAT SECTORS?

>> THEY HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHICH YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR.

MORE THAN 300 STARBUCKS LOCATIONS HAVE UNIONIZE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND HERE IN CHICAGO.

IN THOSE UNION ELECTIONS -- I'M SORRY, 300 OF THEM HAVE HELD ELECTIONS.

BUT WORKERS AND 80% OF THOSE VOTED IN FAVOR OF JOINING A UNION.

NOW THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL UNION ELECTION AT STARBUCKS WAS LAST SEPTEMBER IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

THE WAVE HAS SPREAD RAPIDLY.

THAT MONTH, WORKERS AT THE FIRST STARBUCKS IN CHICAGO TRIED UNIONIZING.

THEIR UNION DRIVE EVENTUALLY FAILED, BUT THERE ARE NINE UNIONIZED LOCATIONS IN CHICAGO NOW IN THE SUBURBS.

>> IT HAS BEEN A BUMPY ROAD FOR SOME OF THESE AREAS.

>> EXACTLY.

ORGANIZERS SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING IN PRETTY TOUGH TACTICS, ACCUSING THEM OF SO-CALLED UNION BUSTING AND CLOSING UNIONIZED STORES, INCLUDING ONE OF THEM HERE IN EDGEWATER THAT SHUT DOWN IN OCTOBER.

THE COMPANY HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED THOSE CLAIMS.

THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CHARGES FROM UNIONS AND THE NLRB.

BUT WORKERS SAY THAT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN STALLING BY SIMPLY REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE.

>> WE HAVE GOT BACK LETTERS FROM HALF THE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.

IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING.

WE WANT TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH AND THEY WANT TO AS WELL, BUT WE JUST DON'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

>> STARBUCKS IS OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST COFFEE CHAIN IN AMERICA AND THE BIGGEST ONE TO UNIONIZE, BUT NOT THE ONLY COFFEE COMPANY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET OUR OTHER COFFEE CHAIN FRIENDS OUT THERE.

ONE LOCAL CHAIN HERE IN CHICAGO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WANT TO UNIONIZE.

THEY RECENTLY WON A FIGHT WITH MANAGEMENT OVER UNIONIZING.

JUST THIS MONTH, EMPLOYEES AT INTELLIGENTSIA RATIFIED THEIR FIRST EVER CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY.

>> SO A LOT OF COFFEE SHOPS ORGANIZING.

WHAT OTHER COMPANIES, WHAT OTHER SECTORS?

>> WE MENTIONED THE FIELD MUSEUM.

THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH BY GRAD STUDENT WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN TRYING TO UNIONIZE.

ADJUNCT FACULTY AT THE URBAN ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO JUST VOTED TO JOIN A UNION.

THERE IS BEEN A PUSH TO UNIONIZE AND ORGANIZE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A PUSH TO UNIONIZE WITH A COMPANY THAT WE ALL KNOW, AMAZON WORKERS BECAME THE FIRST LOCATION IN THE COMPANY TO UNIONIZE.

>> AMAZON HAS A SYSTEM .

THERE IS NO RETAINING HER POSITION HERE.

WE DESERVE MORE.

>> CLOSER TO HOME THERE AREN'T ANY UNIONIZED JOBS.

THE COMPANY IS ALSO FACING A CHALLENGE FROM EMPLOYEES IN JOLIET.

THE COMPANY RECENTLY MENTIONED A HOSTILE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

THE CHARGES ARE PENDING.

>> WE WILL SEE WHAT 2023 BRINGS.

>>> UP NEXT WE REVISIT OUR CONVERSATION WITH COMEDIAN AND AREA NATIVE JEFF GARLIN.

COMEDIAN AND ACTOR JEFF GARLIN HAS SPOKE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HE HAS STRUGGLED WITH THIS YEAR.

THE NATIVE JOINED US TO TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN.

HE WAS ASKED TO SHARE WHAT HE IS GOING THROUGH WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH.

>> YEAH.

IT WASN'T -- IT WASN'T WHERE I WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE ON THE SPECIFIC DAY WHERE I REACHED OUT FOR HELP.

I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS WHO WAS A ROCK FOR ME.

SHE CALLED MY -- AND RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH.

THAT DAY I HAD GIVEN UP.

I GAVE INTO THEM.

THEY FOUND ME TWO PLACES.

ONE IN BEVERLY HILLS, ONE IN CINCINNATI.

I SAID THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING TO BEVERLY HILLS.

I DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, LET ALONE OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I WENT TO CINCINNATI FOR THE WINTER.

I SPENT THE MONTH AT THE LINDOR CENTER.

YEAH.

THROUGH -- AT ONE POINT AFTER I LEFT THERE, I HAVE THERAPY SEVEN HOURS A WEEK.

I HAD PSYCHOTHERAPY, ADDICTION THERAPY, ALL SORTS OF THERAPY.

I AM FUNCTIONING!

AT A HIGH LEVEL!

I AM VERY, VERY CONTENT.

YEAH.

IT CHANGES.

SO IF YOU REACH OUT FOR HELP AND THEN IF YOU GET HELP, TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, WHICH I DID.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SMILE AGAIN AFTER THAT.

I NEVER THOUGHT -- I THOUGHT NOTHING GOOD WOULD COME OF IT.

>> YOU ALSO SAID YOU HAVE STRUGGLED WITH BIPOLAR.

EVERYONE LOOKS AT YOU -- >> THERE IS NO WAY -- I PUT IT OUT THERE.

I BARELY POST TO INSTAGRAM.

I PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I WAS FEELING VERY FRUSTRATED.

I WAS SUDDENLY -- IT WAS ON THE NEWS AND I JUST PUT IT OUT NOT TO BE A HERO, BUT WITH THE LETTERS THAT I GOT I REALLY INSPIRED SOME PEOPLE.

THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE ANYTHING.

RECENTLY I PUT UP ABOUT THE SUICIDE STUFF.

AGAIN, I TOLD PEOPLE, HEY.

YOU KNOW, REACH OUT.

REACH OUT.

LOOK.

>> YOU SEEM GREAT.

WHAT WAS YOUR ROAD BACK LIKE?

>> EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT.

I HAD TO WORK MY MIND, WORK MY BODY.

I ALSO AM IN RECOVERY.

SO THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON.

BUT I DID NOTHING ELSE BUT THAT.

I PUT EVERYTHING -- I DEVOTED EVERYTHING TO GETTING BETTER.

I AM BETTER.

BETWEEN MEDICATION AND THESE THERAPIES I AM NOW DOING THREE HOURS A WEEK.

SO THAT IS MY ATTITUDE.

AND -- I FORGOT WHERE I WAS.

>> SO THERAPY IS A GOOD THING.

>> GREAT THING.

BOTH THERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

>> SO LET ME ASK YOU.

IT IS ABOUT A YEAR AGO OR MORE.

THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS THAT YOU ARE MAKING CRUDE HUMOR.

YOU ADDRESSED ALL THAT.

DO YOU -- HOW DO YOU REFLECT ON ALL THAT RIGHT NOW?

>> I REFLECT ON IT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT GOES ON, I DO SING SONGS THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE.

BUT CERTAIN PEOPLE FOUND THAT OFFENSIVE.

BUT I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO QUIT THAT SHOW FOR LIKE THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT DIDN'T SUDDENLY JUST HAPPEN.

EVERY YEAR IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

I AM LIKE, WHAT?

>> IS IT A RESULT OF CHANGING CULTURAL STANDARDS?

MAYBE SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS.

>> I SAY THAT IT IS MY SITUATION TO DEAL WITH.

I WISH THEM THE BEST.

I AM HAPPY NOT TO BE THERE ANYMORE.

I WISH THEM THE BEST AND I HAVE NO ILL FEELINGS.

YOU NEED TO GET RID OF YOUR RESENTMENT AND ANGER.

SO I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO FILM -- >> THAT ONE HAS BEEN MY PRIORITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

SO IT IS ONLY A WEEK FROM NOW.

>> OTHERS SAY IT IS A MORE CULTURALLY-RELEVANT SHOW.

>> IT IS MORE CULTURALLY-RELEVA NT BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH EVERYTHING.

WE ARE MORE IRREVERENT FOR THOUGHTFULNESS AS OPPOSED TO A REVEREND JUST A SHOCK.

>> DO YOU HAVE AN OUTLINE FOR THIS SEASON?

ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT IT?

I KNOW YOU CAN'T GIVE AWAY.

>> HOW MUCH -- >> PREVIOUSLY I HAD TO FILM WITH HER AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS EXTERNALLY DIFFICULT.

NOW I JUST GET TO FOCUS ON HER.

>> HOW MUCH OF THE DIALOGUE HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT?

YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU ARE JUST RIFFING VERSUS WHAT IS SCRIPTED OR WHAT IS PLANNED?

>> YEAH, IT IS IMPROVISED.

ALL OF IT.

>> ALL OF IT?

I KNOW YOU HAVE AN OUTLINE THAT YOU LOOK AT.

>> THERE IS AN OUTLINE.

EACH SCENE IS LIKE A PARAGRAPH.

AND WE IMPROVISE.

BUT SOMETIMES IN THERE THERE IS A SET.

NOT VERY OFTEN AT ALL, BUT I SAY IT, WHATEVER IT IS.

WE IMPROVISE.

EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE HAVE TO GROOVE.

CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT?

YOU KNOW.

>> WHEN YOU COME BACK HOME, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SPOTS TO HANG OUT?

>> DEFINITELY MY BED!

I LOVE NAPPING.

DEFINITELY FOR ME, FIRST OFF, OBVIOUSLY A CUBS GAME.

I GO TO SEE THE BOWLS.

SO THERE IS THAT.

>> I HAVE SEEN YOU AT CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE.

YOU ARE A BIG DUDE.

>> I GO TO CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE EVERY TIME I AM HERE.

I GO TO LOU MALNATI'S.

I GO TO 11 CITY DINER.

I GO TO MANY'S.

LOOK.

I TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF IT!

I LIKE TO WALK ON LAKESHORE DRIVE.

I HAVE A NICE WALK EVERY TIME I AM HERE BY THE WATER.

>> YOU HAVE ALL THESE HOBBIES.

YOU LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> PHOTOGRAPHY IS MORE THAN A HOBBY!

IT IS A PASSION.

BUT IT IS ACTUALLY -- I HAVE BEEN TO TWO SHOWS.

MY NEXT SHOW IS IN BOSTON.

>> WHAT INTERVIEW -- WE INTERVIEWED YOU ON YOUR LAST SHOW.

IT WAS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF COMEDIANS AND ACTORS.

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW?

>> I WANTED TO BE A GREAT STREET PHOTOGRAPHER.

I PRODUCED THAT MOVIE.

HE WAS A WONDERFUL GUY.

>> HE DISCOVERED ALL OF THAT.

>> HE IS A SWEET MAN.

>> I DON'T NUMBER WHAT YOUR CURRENT SHOW IS!

>> IT IS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS IN CHICAGO.

SO I AM DOING THAT SHOW.

SO I WANTED TO BE A GREAT STREET PHOTOGRAPHER.

BUT I STINK AT THAT.

I STINK.

WHAT I AM GOOD AT IS CANDID MOMENTS.

TAKING PICTURES OF OTHER COMEDIANS.

OTHER ACTORS.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, MY LAST MOVIE, WHICH IS CALLED BABYLON.

I THINK IT COMES OUT IN DECEMBER.

MARGOT ROBBIE AND BRAD PITT ARE IN IT.

I GOT AMAZING SHOTS.

I GOT NUMEROUS ONES OF BOTH OF THEM.

>> TO THE KNOW THAT YOU WERE DOING IT?

>> I ASKED PERMISSION.

I SAID WHILE WE ARE WORKING, CAN I SHOOT YOU?

BOTH OF THEM GAVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT, WHICH IS -- I HAVE NEVER HAD SOMEBODY SAY NO.

WHEN I AM ON THE SET WITH LARRY DAVID, FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD LET ANYBODY TAKE HIS PICTURE LIKE THAT?

BUT EVEN WHEN WE DO SCENES IT IS BETWEEN MY LEGS.

IT IS ON THE FLOOR.

THEN I WILL JUST PICK IT UP.

I SHOOT HIM, AND HE HAS NO REACTION!

BOB EINSTEIN.

I HAVE A GREAT PICTURE OF HIM.

HE PASSED AWAY, YEAH, BUT HE WAS ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS.

YEAH.

HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WHENEVER I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM, HE PUT A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE, AND IT WAS INSANE, BECAUSE IT WAS AN ABSURD SMILE, AND HE KNEW WHAT I WANTED!

SOMETHING CANDID THAT HE WOULD NEVER GIVE IT TO ME.

IN MY SHOW, THERE IS A SHOT OF HIM JUST MAKING THIS ABSURD SMILE.

BY THE WAY, I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE FROM HIM.

>> AGAIN, THAT WAS HER CONVERSATION WITH COMEDIAN AND ACTOR JEFF GARLIN.

UP NEXT, JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND A LOCAL DIGITAL CREATOR WHO WAS CREATING WAVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT FIRST AIRED ON CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINA VOICES.

THE FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> IT IS LIKE DOING SOMETHING SELF-CONSCIOUSLY.

NOT KNOWING WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE.

I HAVE NOW MADE 180 IN MY LIFE AND IT IS NOW MY CAREER.

>>> NOW I GOT TO ASK YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THIS?

>> SO PRIOR TO TIKTOK AND EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT STILL HAD TO DO WITH FOOD.

I WAS ACTUALLY DOOR DASHING AND DELIVERING STUFF FOR PEOPLE.

I HAD NOT BEEN EATING IT BUT DELIVERING IT TO THE PEOPLE.

SOME OF THOSE SPOTS ENDED UP GOING BACK TO REVIEW THAT I FOUND ON DOOR DASH.

>> SO BEFORE DOOR DASH YOU ARE THINKING MAYBE I CAN MAKE SOME CONTENT JUST DOING TO REVIEW!

>> NO, IT CAME LATER ON.

I REMEMBERED SOME SPOTS THAT WOULD CATCH MY EYE OR CATCH MY NOSE.

>> YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE HERE NOW!

>> I NEVER THOUGHT, NO.

>> WELL.

IT SEEMS LIKE MOST RESTAURANTS YOU VISIT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

IS THERE REASON BEHIND THAT?

>> THERE IS A BIG REASON.

WHEN I GO ON INSTAGRAM OR TIKTOK, BEFORE ME DOING THE VIDEOS I WOULD SEE OTHER VIDEOS OF PEOPLE DOING FOOD REVIEWS.

BUT WHAT I NOTICED WAS THAT IT WAS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN OR MORE CORPORATE RESTAURANTS.

THE MORE RESTAURANTS -- I THOUGHT THERE ARE A LOT OF MOM-AND-POP RESTAURANTS ALL OVER CHICAGO.

NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURES.

I FELT LIKE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DESERVED IT.

SO I JUST STUCK TO THAT.

NOW I KNOW WHERE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT MOM-AND-POP SHOPS ARE AROUND THE CITY.

>> SO YOU TRIED TO FIND SMALLER MOM-AND-POP SHOPS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR!

>> CORRECT.

IT IS A BLACK THING, JUST BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PLATFORMS.

THEY WORK ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT ON THEIR RECIPES, THEIR MARKETING.

SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN MARKET THE RESTAURANTS.

I JUST HELP THEM WITH THAT.

>> WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE LEARNED STOPPING BY THESE RESTAURANTS AND TALKING TO THE OWNERS?

>> EVERY RESTAURANT HAS ITS OWN STORY, YOU KNOW?

SOME OF THEM CAME FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

SOME OF THEM GREW UP HERE THEIR WHOLE LIVES.

SOME OF THEM HAVE 10 RESTAURANTS.

SOME OF THEM, IT IS A NEW RESTAURANT.

IT IS TOUGH TO HEAR DIFFERENT STORIES, SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES THESE RESTAURANTS HAVE HAD.

>> I WANT TO PLAY A CLIP FROM ONE OF THE OWNERS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY SAW.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WHEN HE SAID HE SAW THE VIRAL VIDEO OF YOUR RESTAURANT.

>> WHEN HE CAME OUT IT JUST STARTED BOOMING!

WE HAD TO CLOSE EARLY, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SO GOOD.

EVERYBODY KEPT ORDERING THE SAME THING.

WE KNEW THAT -- >> I HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT -- WAS SO GOOD -- I WAS LITERALLY THINKING ABOUT IT -- SOCIAL MEDIA?

>> AT THE TIME -- SOCIAL MEDIA HAD, NOW THAT I LOOK AT IT, WHAT ARE THE NEW COMMERCIALS?

I FEEL LIKE BILLBOARDS, RADIO STATIONS, THEY DON'T REALLY WORK WITH THE MARKETING NOWADAYS.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS MORE VISUAL NOW.

>> WHEN DID YOU START SEEING THAT WHEN YOU WENT AND MADE THESE VIDEOS THAT COULD BE LIFE-CHANGING FOR SOMEONE?

>> LITERALLY THE FIRST ONE, WHEN I DID THE FIRST RESTAURANT, WHICH WAS HANGRY'S, I WENT BACK.

AFTER I ORDERED THROUGH THAT FIRST TIME I BECAME A REGULAR.

SO I WENT BACK AND I ORDERED MY FOOD.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY SAW THE VIDEO OR NOT.

WHEN I GOT HOME MY BACK FELT HEAVIER.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS WHEN I KNEW.

>> SOMEONE SAID THAT NO ONE WAS COMING TO THEIR MOMS RESTAURANT.

>> THERE WAS A VIDEO OF HER DAUGHTER WAITING PATIENTLY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN.

LIKE I SAID, I LOVE THE SUPPORT FROM MOM-AND-POP SHOPS.

USUALLY WHEN I SEE THE STORIES IT IS NOT IN ILLINOIS.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE IN ILLINOIS.

I WAS THERE.

THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE ME THERE.

I ORDERED THE FOOD.

HOURS LATER I THINK THAT THE NEWS PULLED UP AND I THINK THERE WAS A TWO HOUR WAIT.

IT STARTED OFF WITH JUST THE MOM AND DAUGHTER IN THE BEGINNING.

BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THEY ARE SUPPORTING THEM AND HELPING THEM.

>> I ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE OTHER QUESTION.

BUT I DO WANT TO ASK.

THIS CAREER THAT YOU HAVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAS LET YOU HAVE SPONSORSHIP.

YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT.

NOW YOU ARE DOING YOUR OWN MARKETING.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> SO YEAH.

DOING SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERVIEWS FOR 2.5 YEARS, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD GO TO THESE RESTAURANTS, NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, OR THEY DID AND THEY JUST DIDN'T UTILIZE IT.

SO I THOUGHT, WHAT CAN I DO TO UTILIZE THIS?

I THOUGHT, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS.

I KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.

SO I STARTED THIS COMPANY WHERE WE TAKE RESTAURANTS AND WE GROW THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE ON TICK-TOCK, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, CREATING CONTENT IN A WAY THAT CONTENT IS BEING CREATED.

>> NOW WHAT IS YOUR TAG WHEN YOU START YOUR VIDEO?

I LOVE IT!

>> IT IS CHICAGO!

>> BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> LEARNING TO WRITE PERMEATED MY PERFORMANCES.

PROPELLED MY ENTRANCE INTO ROCK 'N ROLL.

PART OF EVERYTHING I DO.

I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AN ACCOLADE FOR POETRY, AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE.

IT CAME AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE.

OF COURSE IT IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS BOB DYLAN OR JIMI HENDRIX OR, YOU KNOW, JIM MORRISON OR WHOEVER HAS INCORPORATED POETRY IN MY TIME, THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE CANON OF POETRY FROM THE SONGS OF DAVID TO ARTHUR AND BOAT TO SYLVIA PLATT.

I THINK WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE, THIS SECRET LANGUAGE THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BECOME A UNIFYING ASPECT OF EXPRESSION.

YES, I WAS BORN IN THE OLD GRANT HOSPITAL THAT I THINK HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.

MY EARLY LIFE IN CHICAGO WAS SO BRIEF.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRECIOUS TO ME.

WELL I HAVE A YOUNG MEMORY OF HUBBELL PARK, MY YOUNG MOTHER TAKING ME AND SEEING A SWAN FOR THE FIRST TIME, I STILL REMEMBER THAT I WAS VERY, VERY YOUNG.

JUST LEARNING TO TALK.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.

MY MOTHER TOLD ME IT WAS A SWAN.

BUT TO ME, SWAN SEEMED LIKE SUCH A LITTLE WORD FOR SUCH A MAGNIFICENT CREATURE!

I LEARNED VERY EARLY ON THAT PEOPLE HAD TO WORK FOR A LIVING.

THAT YOU HAD TO WORK NOT ONLY FOR A LIVING, BUT WORK TOWARD ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO.

ANYTHING, ANY OF YOUR GOALS, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR UPBRINGING.

SO I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED.

I -- UNTIL I STARTED TOURING, WHICH IS ALSO A JOB, I HAD JOBS IN FACTORIES.

I PICKED BLUEBERRIES.

I BABYSAT.

I WORKED IN A BOOKSTORE.

BUT WHEN I WAS ABLE TO DEVOTE MYSELF ENTIRELY TO ART, TO CREATING, TO PERFORMING, TO WRITING, I KEPT THAT WORK ETHIC.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR DAILY PRACTICE.

IT MAKES LIFE MORE, TO ME MORE WONDROUS.

HAVING GRATITUDE AS PART OF YOUR DAILY PRACTICE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY TOOTHBRUSH, BECAUSE IT MAKES BRUSHING MY TEETH EASY.

REALLY, SAYING THANK YOU ONLY TAKES A SECOND.

I AM JUST, YOU KNOW, LEARNING EVERY DAY.

LEARNING NEW THINGS.

TRYING TO KEEP IN STEP WITH THE NEW GENERATION, WHICH IS PRETTY HARD, AND BE OF SOME USE TO THEM.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

NOW I -- MY ROLE IS DIFFERENT.

I AM READY TO BE HERE.

PEOPLE NEED AN ABSTRACT FRIEND.

SO HERE I AM.

>> THE COMPLETE LIST IS ON OUR WEBSITE .

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT PATTI SMITH.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, AND ENJOY THE WARMER WEATHER.