CUNNINGTON'S RULING SAYING, "THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS AN INHERENT POWER OF THE COURTS UPON WHICH THE LEGISLATURE MAY NOT INFRINGE AND SETTING OF BAIL FALLS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE POWER.

APPROPRIATENESS OF BAIL RESTS WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT AND MAY NOT BE DETERMINED BY LEGISLATIVE," HIS INTERPRETATION DECLARING PARTS OF THE REACTION?

>> I WOULD DISAGREE.

WE'LL WAIT FOR AN ORDER IN ORDER TO APPEAL THIS TO THE SUPREME COURT.

AS WE STATED IN OUR BRIEFS, IN OUR ARGUMENT TO THE COURT WE DON'T THINK THIS INFRINGES ON THE INHERENT JUDICIAL POWER.

IN FACT, THE LEGISLATION IS GIVEN POWER TO REGULATE HOW JUDGES, FOR INSTANCE, SENTENCE THEIR MANDATORY MINIMUMS AND MANDATORY MAXIMUMS.

SO THERE ARE AREAS OF OVERLAPPING AUTHORITY AND PRETRIAL DETENTION IS ONE OF THEM AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SAFE-T ACT I THINK THAT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE IS, IN FACT, IT EXPANDED THE JUDICIAL DISCRETION WITH REGARDS TO PRETRIAL DETENTION.

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT THIS MEANS FOR JANUARY 1st BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID THAT THE JUDGE HAS DECLARED THIS PART OF THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT IT CAN STILL GO INTO EFFECT IN PLACES LIKE COOK COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY THAT WERE NOT ON THIS LAWSUIT.

HOW CAN A LAW BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT CERTAIN COUNTIES CAN STILL GO AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAY?

>> WELL, NORMALLY IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN AN OR TO RESTRAIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW, IT WOULD BE DONE BY INJUNCTION AND IN THIS CASE THE PLAINTIFF DID REQUEST FOR AN INJUNCTION AND THE JUDGE DENIED IT.

SO THIS JUDGE'S DECISION DOES NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL VALUE IN OUR COUNTIES BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY IT, DOES NOT HAVE ANY PRECEDENTIAL VALUE ON ANY JUDGE.

ANY JUDGE IN ANY ONE OF THE OTHER COUNTIES CAN MAKE A DECISION IF A DEFENDANT ASKS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAFE-T ACT IN THEIR CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY JUDGE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.

>> IS IT ODD THERE IS NO INJUNCTION IN THIS DECISION MEANING DESPITE THE JUDGE'S INTERPRETATION THE LAW DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PUT ON PAUSE WHILE IT GOES THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND GOES UP TO THE SUPREME COURT?

>> WELL, NO.

I THINK THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE DECISION NOT TO HAVE AN INJUNCTION.

HOWEVER, I DISAGREE WITH THE NOTION, THE CONCLUSION THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALITY EITHER BASED ON SEPARATION OF POWERS OR THE SURETIES CLAUSE WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION.

THE SURETIES CLAUSE IN PARTICULAR DOES NOT MEAN NECESSARILY CASH BAIL.

>> THE STATE SUPREME COURT YOU'VE SAID YOU'LL APPEAL IT.

IT WOULD SEEM TO GO IN YOUR FAVOR BECAUSE IT'S A 5-2 DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ON THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE HERE FOR AN APPEAL AND A DECISION THERE?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK PARTISAN AFFILIATION IMPACTS THE -- THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO ITS CREDIT HASN'T BEEN MAKING DECISIONS LARGELY IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES BASED ON PARTISAN BASIS.

SO TO ITS CREDIT, IT HAS AVOIDED DOING SO AND LOOKED AT THE LAW AND THE MERITS AND THE HISTORY OF PRECEDENT AND I THINK IT WILL DO SO IN THIS CASE AND OVERTURN THIS JUDGE'S DECISION WITH REGARDS TO CONSTITUTIONALITY.

WITH REGARDS TO TIMING, IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHAT THE TIMING WILL BE.

WE'LL CERTAINLY -- AS SOON AS THERE'S AN APPEALABLE ORDER, WE WILL MAKE THAT APPEAL AND START THE PROCESS.

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> NOW WE'RE JOINED BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FROM DOWNSTATE JACKSON COUNTY.

STATE'S ATTORNEY VEER IS AN CERVANTES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

CAN YOU TELL US WHY YOU BELIEVE THE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE BEING HERE AND BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS MY OPINION.

I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LAW WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BASED ON THE ILLINOIS STATE CONSTITUTION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT MANY OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS I DON'T THINK THE ILLINOIS STATES ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION RIGHT NOW, WHICH I AM A PART OF, BUT A LOT OF THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WITH WHETHER WE AGREED WITH THE ISSUE OR NOT.

A LOT OF IT WAS STRICTLY ON THE FOUNDATION WHETHER THIS WAS STRUCKAL AND I THINK FOR THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SEVERAL ADVOCATES OF THIS LAW, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOWN.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS SIMPLE.

WHILE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED WITHOUT CASH BAIL, THAT MAY BE PERFECTLY WELL AND FINE, BUT THEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN JAIL WITH NO CASH BOND AND THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, ONE THAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT AS WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, THEY START TO REALIZE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR JAIL THAT ARE SHACKLED AND UNABLE TO POST BOND.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DISCONCERTING TO ME.

>> THIS IS THE PART OF THE LAW THAT YOU FOUND PROBLEMATIC.

THERE'S NO EXPLICIT INJUNCTION IN THIS RULING.

DOES THAT MEAN COME JANUARY 1st THAT JUDGES CAN DECIDE TO DO AWAY WITH CASH BAIL?

>> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I THINK THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO RULE ON THAT VERY QUICKLY.

THERE'S NO DOUBT WE'LL SEE SEVERAL DIFFERENT RULINGS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THE PARTIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT NO DOUBT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL OUT OR IMPLEMENT THIS PART OF THE SAFE- T ACT UNLESS SOMEBODY STEPS IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT IT'S THE COUNTIES THAT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ACCORDING TO THE RULING FROM KANKAKEE THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF RULINGS FROM.

I ANTICIPATE SEVERAL TROs OR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS FILED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SIMPLY HAVING COUNTIES RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME?

THIS SHOULDN'T APPLY TO ME EITHER.

I EXPECT THAT TO START HAPPENING AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

>> SO A LOT OF CONFUSION HERE AND NOW THIS IS GOING TO GO TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE THERE?

>> IF I COULD GUESS THE OUTCOME OF WHAT THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT'S GOING TO DO, I WOULDN'T BE WORKING FOR A LIVING.

SO I'D LIKE TO RESERVE THAT PARTICULAR OPINION.

I DO KNOW THAT THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION SPECIFICALLY GIVES THE RIGHT TO ILLINOIS CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO BE INNOCENT AND CLAIM THEIR INNOCENCE UNTIL THEY'RE PROVEN GUILTY.

ITS IS SPECIFICALLY IN SECTION 9 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BAIL.

ONE THING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SAY HE BELIEVES THIS BILL GIVES DISCRETION TO THE JUDGES, I BELIEVE IF HE GOT JUDGES OFF THE RECORD, THEY COULD DISAGREE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE INTERPRETATION THAT ILLINOIS STATE'S ATTORNEYS HAVE AND IT'S NOT THE INTERPRETATION THAT I'VE HEARD FROM JUDGES.

MAKE NO MISTAKE.

I'M NOT IN SPRINGFIELD.

I'M HERE IN A STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE COURTROOM TRYING CASES.

THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.

SO FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND POINT OF VIEW, THIS HAS BEEN DISASTROUS AND WITH ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT WE SHOULD BE A LOT FARTHER ALONG.

>> A LOT UP IN THE ALONG AND MAYBE TROs FILED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY NOW.

OUR THANKS TO STATE'S ATTORNEY JOSEPH CERVANTES FROM DOWNSTATE JACKSON COUNTY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNERS HAVE ABOUT 29 HOURS LEFT IF YOU WANT TO AVOID LATE CHARGES.

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE BY 11:59 TOMORROW NIGHT.

DID YOU EVER WONDER JUST HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL GETS CALCULATED?

OUR HEATHER CHERONE TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THAT GAME.

IT'S PART OF OUR SERIES WTTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: PROPERTY TAXES CAN BE A DOOZY OR RATHER HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED CAN BE.

MONTHS BEFORE THAT BILL LANDS IN YOUR MAILBOX LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY NEED.

THEN THE FOLKS IN CHARGE BREAK OUT THE CALCULATORS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD THAT AMOUNT ACROSS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

THAT'S YOUR TAX RATE, BUT IT ISN'T AN EVEN SPLIT.

YOUR FINAL BILL OR SHARE IS BASED ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

AFTER ALL, THE OWNER OF A $100,000 HOUSE SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO PAY THE SAME AS A $100 MILLION MANSION.

THEY USE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA LIKE SALE PRICE, LOT SIZE, HOME AGE AND MORE FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STEPS DESIGNED TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS FROM WILD SWINGS IN THEIR BILL.

AS A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU CAN APPEAL YOUR FAIR MARKET VALUE BEFORE IT'S SET.

NEXT UP, ASSESSMENT.

IN COOK COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE ASSESSED AT 10% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.

YOUR HOME IS VALUED AT $300,000, THE ASSESSED VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY IS $30,000.

TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYONE PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE, OFFICIALS THEN APPLY A COUNTYWIDE EQUALIZER TO THE VALUE OF EACH PROPERTY AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN GET BREAKS OR EXEMPTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS RANGING FROM OLD AGE OR MILITARY SERVICE TO JUST LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME.

NOW IT'S TIME TO FINISH UP THE MATH.

REMEMBER THE TAX RATE FROM THE BEGINNING?

MULTIPLY IT AGAINST THAT FINAL VALUE AND VOILA, YOU HAVE YOUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX BILL.

OF COURSE, THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, PARKS AND LIBRARIES.

OH, HOME, SWEET HOME.

>> GEE, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

AGAIN, THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF YOUR COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE TOMORROW NIGHT BY 11:59.

YOU CAN PAY ONLINE AT THE TREASURER'S WEBSITE, AT ANY CHASE BANK LOCATION FROM ANY CHECKING OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT FROM ANY PARTICIPATING 200 COMMUNITY BANKS, BY MAIL POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 30th OR IN PERSON AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE DOWNTOWN.

DON'T BE LATE.

>>> SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SAYS IT WILL BE BACK TO ALMOST NORMAL OPERATIONS TOMORROW, COLD COMFORT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS WHO HAVE BEEN STRANDED OVER THE PAST WEEK, SOME STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR MISSING LUGGAGE.

SOUTHWEST CEO ROBERT JORDAN APOLOGIZED TO CUSTOMERS IN A VIDEO STATEMENT.

>> WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RETURN TO A NORMAL OPERATION AND PLEASE ALSO HEAR THAT I'M TRULY SORRY.

>> WHAT CAN THOSE PASSENGERS DO AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE EMBATTLED AIRLINE?

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT ARE THERESA MURRAY WHO DIRECTS CONSUMER WATCHDOG OFFICE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP OR PIRG AND CORLISS KING, A CHICAGO-BASED FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF TW LOCAL 556, SOUTHWEST AIRLINE FLIGHT ATTENDANT UNION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

CORLISS KING, WELCOME BACK.

YOU SPOKE WITH US LAST NIGHT.

THERESA MURRAY, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THE AIRLINE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS TOMORROW?

>> WELL, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT.

I DO GIVE SOUTHWEST CREDIT FOR BASICALLY PAUSING LIKE TWO- THIRDS OF THEIR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK SO THEY COULD GET CREWS AND PLANES BACK IN POSITION AND IF THEY SAY THEY'RE READY TOMORROW, THEN HOPEFULLY THEY ARE AND PASSENGERS CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

>> CORLISS KING, IN ALL IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 15,000 TOTAL CANCELLATIONS IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS OR SO.

HOW UNPRECEDENTED A DISRUPTION IS THIS?

>> IT'S CATASTROPHIC FOR US.

WE HAVE SEEN SITUATIONS THAT WE FELT WERE MELTDOWNS THAT WE TRIED TO WORK WITH MANAGEMENT ON ADDRESSING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN TERMS OF CREWS GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT AND I THINK IT'S LOUD ENOUGH TO SOUND THE ALARM WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SOUND FOR YEARS THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND INSURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE, THERESA MURRAY, SOUTHWEST BLAMED THE WINTER STORM.

THEY BLAMED A LOT OF STAFF BEING SICK OR AWAY, BUT EVERY AIRLINE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS AND DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS DISRUPTION.

WHAT IS THE MAIN CULPRIT?

>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

ALL THE AIRLINES HAD CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS LAST WEEKEND.

SOME OF IT WAS DUE TO WEATHER, SURE.

SOME OF IT COULD HAVE BEEN FORESEEN AND PREVENTED, BUT SOUTHWEST'S ISSUES WERE FAR MORE CATASTROPHIC.

IT COMES DOWN TO TWO THINGS FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL, ONE, OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY AND THEN, TWO, THE WAY SOUTHWEST OPERATES ITS POINT-TO- POINT SYSTEM FLYING OUT PLANES INSTEAD OF THE HUB AND SPOKE THAT GIVES OTHER AIRLINES MORE FLEXIBILITY AND SOUTHWEST DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

>> CORLISS, THERE ARE SOME POST MORTEMS ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

ONE COLUMNIST SAID SOUTHWEST BEGAN AS A SCRAPPY REGIONAL AIRLINE AND GREW TO BE A "BIG BOY" BUT DIDN'T UPDATE ITS SYSTEMS TO MATCH THAT.

IS THAT THE PROBLEM HERE?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE PROBLEM.

WE HAVE SOME SYSTEMS THAT ARE BUILT FOR 1999 FLYING AND WE ARE IN 2022 AND 2023 AND THOSE OF US ON THE FRONT LINES, I AM A LINE FLYING FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

I HAPPEN TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION.

SO WE AS FLIGHT ATTENDANTS KNOW FIRSTHAND WHEN THE PLAN GOES AWRY.

WHEN IT WORKS, IT WORKS WELL.

WE HAVE BUILT AN AIRLINE BASED ON OUR UNIQUE BRAND OF DOING THINGS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOW GROWN INTO A LARGER DOMESTIC CARRIER AND OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT GROWTH.

THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND HAVE BUILT THIS AIRLINE ON THE BACKS OF OUR PERSONALITIES AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WITH OUR PASSENGERS, BUT OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS TO WORK IN ORDER FOR US TO DO OUR JOB.

>> SOUTHWEST HAS SAID IT WILL GIVE PASSENGERS A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR FLIGHTS, EXTRA NIGHTS IN HOTELS, OTHER PROPOSITION COSTS.

WHAT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT TO EXPECT IF YOU'RE A PASSENGER?

>> WELL, HOPEFULLY SOUTHWEST WON'T BE STINGY WITH THAT, BUT REASONABLE IS A SQUISHY TERM.

SO I WOULD THINK, THOUGH, THAT I MEAN IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING A HOTEL BILL FOR SOMEPLACE THAT WAS 200 BUCKS A NIGHT OR SOMETHING, THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE.

IF YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO STAY ON A YACHT A NIGHT AND THAT WAS $2,000, MAYBE THAT'S NOT SO REASONABLE.

I THINK WITH THE PRESSURE SOUTHWEST WILL GET FROM REGULATORS AND THE PUBLIC, I REALLY HOPE THEY'LL DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT NITPICK WITH PASSENGERS WHO WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FLY WHERE THEY WANTED TO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO STAY IN THE HOTEL AND BUY EXTRA FOOD AND ALL THAT.

>> ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS WHERE MANY HAD TO CANCEL PLANS SEEING FAMILY.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE STRANDED BAGS, CORLISS?

WHAT WILL THEY GET BACK TO PASSENGERS?

>> THAT I'M NOT INVOLVED WITH BECAUSE I'M FLIGHT OPERATIONS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAVE THE SAME MISSION, WHICH IS TO MAKE OUR PASSENGERS' EXPERIENCE THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO I DO APPLAUD MANAGEMENT FOR ACTUALLY OPENING UP THE THROTTLE AND MAKING SURE THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO BEGIN TO GET FLIGHT CREW BACK WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AND I KNOW THEY'LL DO THEIR VERY BEST TO GET PASSENGERS' BELONGINGS BACK TO THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I KNOW ALL OF OUR FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND WE ABSOLUTELY ARE SORRY.

WE ARE FAMILY AND WHEN SOMEONE COMMITS AN INCONVENIENCE TO SOMEONE LIKE WE VALUE LIKE OUR PASSENGERS, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BAND TOGETHER TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

WE NEED OUR MANAGEMENT TO ALSO CONTINUE MAKING IT RIGHT AND I THINK IN THE LAST 24 HOURS CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN THAT TO GET PASSENGERS WHERE THEY BELONG.

>> CERTAINLY THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES HAVE SUFFERED THE LAST WEEK AS WELL.

CUSTOMER SERVICE HAD TO DEAL WITH IRATE PASSENGERS.

THERESA MURRAY, WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY DO YOU BELIEVE SOUTHWEST SHOULD FACE FROM REGULATORS, GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, D.O.T.

HAS ALREADY INDICATED THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION AND BASICALLY LOOK INTO WHETHER SOUTHWEST HAD ANY REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THE FLIGHTS THEY SCHEDULED.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAD A GOOD ENOUGH CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE, BUT THAT WILL BE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DETERMINE.

HONESTLY, WE HOPE THAT THEY START ASKING ALL OF THE AIRLINES TO BE JUST AS ACCOUNTABLE.

ALMOST ALL THE AIRLINES HAD PROBLEMS LAST WEEKEND BUT NONE AS SEVERE AS SOUTHWEST.

SO WE HOPE THE OTHER AIRLINES DON'T GET AWAY SCOT-FREE JUST BECAUSE ALL THE FOCUS IS ON SOUTHWEST.

THERE'S ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND AND ALL OF THE AIRLINES NEED TO BE HELD MORE ACCOUNTABLE.

>> CORLISS, WE MENTIONED EARLIER SOUTHWEST BUILT ITS BRAND ON DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

IT WAS SCRAPPY.

IT WAS FUN, LOW COST, HAD GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.

HOW DAMAGED IS THE BRAND NOW?

>> I BELIEVE VERY FIRMLY THAT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAS MANAGED TO HAVE THE BEST PASSENGERS.

THE PEOPLE WHO FLY SOUTHWEST FLY SOUTHWEST FOR A REASON.

ANYBODY COULD TAKE YOU FROM POINT A TO POINT B, BUT THEY'RE FLYING SOUTHWEST BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE, THE BRAND AND PROMISE.

I THINK WE'LL GET BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

WHAT IS A CONSTANT IS THAT THE WORKERS SHOW UP.

THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES WERE THERE.

WE WERE READY TO SERVE AND WE DID THE BEST WE COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.

I BELIEVE ONCE WE DO THE PROPER INVESTMENT IN OUR PROCESSES, IN OUR SYSTEMS, IN OUR TECHNOLOGY AND WE INVITE THE FRONT LINE WORKERS THROUGH THEIR UNIONS TO THE TABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS ON THE FRONT END, I THINK OUR PASSENGERS WILL BE BACK TO A VERY BIG EXTENT AND WE'LL BE BACK TO FEELING THE LOVE.

>> WE'LL SEE IF THAT BEGINS TOMORROW AS THE CEO PROMISED RETURN TO MOSTLY NORMAL OPERATIONS AFTER A VERY CHAOTIC WEEK.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THANKS.

>>> UP NEXT, LOCAL MUSICIANS NOMINATED FOR THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST CHILDREN'S MUSIC ALBUMS.

STAY WITH US.

>>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S BEEN A RETHINKING HOW THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN IN CHICAGO?

>> I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF AND MY CAREER EVERY YEAR I WOULD MAKE A PIECE OF ART DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY.

>> GOT INTO A ZONE OF MENTOR TO CHILDREN, SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO ELEVATE EACH OTHER.

WE'RE ALL WE GOT AT THIS POINT.

>> I'M USING MY PAST TO PUSH FORWARD TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO CREATE THE WORLD WE ALL WANT TO SEE.

>>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING A RUNDOWN OF NEW LAWS IN THE NEW YEAR.

>>> BUT FIRST TWO OF THE FIVE GRAMMY NOMINEES FOR BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM ARE FROM THE CHICAGO AREA.

FOR JUSTIN ROBERTS, IT'S HIS FIFTH NOMINATION.

FOR THE DUO WENDY AND DB IT'S THEIR FIRST.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" PRODUCER MARC VITALI MET THEM TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MAKING MUSIC FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE WITH A POSSIBLE GRAMMY AWARD IN THE BALANCE.

♪ I I I I'M AN ICICLE I I I I'M AN IGLOO.

♪.

>> I KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THIS BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING IN A BAND CALLED PIMENTOS FOR GUS IN THE EARLY '90s, STARTED PLAYING MUSIC FOR KIDS BUT NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE A CHILDREN'S MUSICIAN.

I HAD A LOT OF MEMORIES OF MY OWN CHILDHOOD THAT SEEMED TO COME OUT NATURALLY.

♪ WHAT'S IT CALLED I FORGET OH YEAH SPACE CADET I'M TRAVELING ALL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.

♪.

>> HIS 16th LP "SPACE CADET" EARNED JUSTIN ROBERTS ANOTHER GRAMMY NOMINATION.

>> THIS IS MY FIFTH NOMINATION WHICH IS CRAZY, UNEXPECTED, BUT SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS RECORD AND SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IT ACKNOWLEDGED.

♪ BUT I I I'M ILLUMINATED THROUGH AND THROUGH BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST AN I WHEN I'M WITH YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LEAVE YOUR HAT AT THE DOOR FEEL YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR ♪ ♪.

>> WENDY AND DB ARE TEN YEARS INTO THEIR MUSICAL PARTNERSHIPS.

>> WE'VE HAD UPS AND DOWNS LIKE EVERYBODY, BUT WE'VE WEATHERED THE WHOLE THING AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.

DB AND I SING.

I LOVE SINGING WITH DB.

I LOVE WORKING WITH HIM.

I THINK PEOPLE CAN FEEL THAT WHEN THEY COME OUT TO A LIVE SHOW.

HE HAS LISTENED TO ME AND I APPRECIATE THAT IMMENSELY.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

YOU LISTEN TO ME WHEN I NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR ARRANGEMENT.

I SAY WE NEED TO GO DO THIS WITH THAT.

SOMETIMES I SAY WE NEED TO TAKE IT BACK.

WE SEEM TO MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS WITH EACH OTHER.

♪ WELCOME SIGN AT THE DOOR ALL ACCEPTED COME EXPLORE ♪ ♪.

>> THEIR FIFTH RECORD INTO THE LITTLE BLUE HOUSE IS A BLUES ALBUM FOR KIDS.

FELLOW NOMINEE JUSTIN ROBERTS CONNECTED THEM WITH A PRODUCER.

>> SO I GET JUSTIN ON THE PHONE AND I'M LIKE JUSTIN, WE NEED SOMEBODY.

WE WANT TO DO A BLUES ALBUM.

WHAT DO I DO?

HE SAID YOU HAVE TO CALL MICHAEL FREEMAN.

♪ ♪ BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM CORN OR STONE LOVE IS IT GROWN.

♪.

>> TOP TALENT LIKE BILLY BRANCH AND IVY FORD WERE BROUGHT IN AND THEY WERE TOLD DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS.

>> YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.

THAT'S TRUE.

♪I DON'T WANT TO BE A WHY I'D RATHER BE A WE IN FRENCH IT'S PLAIN TO SEE ♪ ♪.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL FIVE NOMINEES THIS YEAR.

IT'S A GREAT GROUP.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED BECAUSE YOU KNOW A BUNCH OF YOUR PEERS LIKE CARED ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR RECORD TO VOTE FOR YOU, SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

♪ ALL YOUR LOVE IS ME AND I AM YOU.

♪.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT," THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE NOMINEES.

THE GRAMMY AWARDS ARE COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 5th AND WE'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW IF THEY TAKE HOME AN AWARD.

THERE'S MORE ABOUT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE AND ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES AT THE END OF OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT.

>>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT," FROM A MINIMUM WAGE HIKE TO EXPANDED INSURANCE COVERAGE, HUNDREDS OF NEW LAWS WILL TAKE EFFECT IN 2023.

WE HAVE A RUNDOWN OF A FEW TO KNOW.

>>> WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, A LOOK BACK ON MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM OUR 2022 IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

>>> AND THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, WE TALK ABOUT THE LATEST EDITION OF THE REVERED SIGHT AND SOUND MOVIE LIST WITH SOME LOCAL FILM CRITICS.

>>> BUT FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, PELE, THE BRAZILIAN KING OF SOCCER, DIED TODAY AT 82.

OVER HIS STORIED CAREER PELE WON A RECORD THREE WORLD CUPS.

HE HAD BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR COLON CANCER SINCE 2021.

PELE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SOCCER WORLD AT 17 DURING THE 1958 WORLD CUP IN SWEDEN AS THE YOUNGEST PLAYER AT THE TOURNAMENT.

HE BECAME A GLOBAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPORT AND IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF SOCCER'S GREATEST PLAYERS IN HISTORY.

>>> NEW YEAR'S EVE REVELERS MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER PUBLIC TRANSIT THIS WEEKEND.

CTA AND METRO ARE OFFERING PASSENGERS FREE RIDES FROM 10 P.M. SATURDAY TO 4 A.M. SUNDAY.

YOU CAN SKIP THE FARE ON BUSES AND TRAINS.

METRO WILL PROVIDE FREE TRAVEL FROM ALL TRAINS ARRIVING OR DEPARTING FROM DOWNTOWN STATIONS AFTER 6 P.M. SATURDAY.

>>> 2022 WAS A BUSY YEAR FOR THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE ENACTING HUNDREDS OF NEW LAWS.

HERE ARE SOME THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE RADAR OR COULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IS OUR AMANDA VINICKY.

AMANDA, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW OF THE YEAR, SAFE-T ACT.

WHAT ALREADY THE OTHER LAWS YOU'VE KEPT TABS ON?

>> THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO MANY NEW LAWS THAT TAKE EFFECT STARTING SUNDAY, MOST MAJOR OF THOSE THE SAFE-T ACT.

IT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION.

WE'LL HONE IN ON SOME THAT HAVE NOT.

THAT DOESN'T, HOWEVER, MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT.

FOR EXAMPLE, A LAW THAT GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS TO GET COURT PROTECTION BY ALLOWING VICTIMS TO FILE PETITIONS FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS ONLINE AND IN LARGER COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF A QUARTER MILLION RESIDENTS, COURTS MUST ALSO OFFER REMOTE HEARINGS.

COOK COUNTY IS AMONG PLACES THAT ALREADY OFFER THIS.

AMANDA PYRON ADVOCATING TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SAID THAT WAS HUGE FOR A GUNSHOT VICTIM WHO GOT A CIVIL ORDER OF PROTECTION FROM HER HOSPITAL BED.

>> SHE'S NERVOUS ABOUT BEING RELEASED GOING BACK TO HER HOME OF RESIDENCE, HAVING A CIVIL ORDER OF PROTECTION KNOWING THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN TOLD AND ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM HER WAS AN EXTRA LAYER OF SECURITY.

SHE COULD ONLY GET THAT REMOTELY.

SHE COULD NOT LEAVE THE HOSPITAL AND GO TO THE COURTHOUSE AND WAIT FOR THE ORDER TO BE SERVED.

>> ALSO POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN IN PARTICULAR, COME JANUARY EMPLOYERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO OFFER TEN DAYS TO THOSE WHO HAVE A MISCARRIAGE.

>> I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LOST THEIR CHILD AT EIGHT MONTHS.

IT'S DEVASTATING, DEVASTATING, EIGHT MONTHS AND THE HEARTBEAT JUST STOPPED AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY.

YOU TIME THE PROCESS.

YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK AND PRETEND THE WORLD IS THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT.

>> OTHER LAWS PASSED THIS YEAR BUT WHICH DON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 2024 WILL REQUIRE MORE COVERAGE, GENETIC TESTING FOR BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER, PROSTATE SCREENINGS AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY BREAST REDUCTION.

MEASURES THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION BUT WHICH THE HEAD OF THE STATE'S ASSOCIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SAYS ARE HIDDEN COSTS BUSINESSES ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH AS THEY ARE ALSO DEALING WITH INFLATION.

ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE STATEWIDE MINIMUM WAGE, FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS ANYONE 18 OR OLDER MUST BE PAID AT LEAST 12 BUCKS AN HOUR.

THAT GOES UP TO $13 AN HOUR IN 2023 AND UP BY ANOTHER DOLLAR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS UNTIL IT REACHES $15 IN 2025.

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES ILLINOIS' CHRIS DAVIS SAYS ALREADY SHE KNOWS OF VERY FEW EMPLOYERS THAT ARE PAYING THE MINIMUM WAGE.

MOST ARE PAYING MORE.

>> EMPLOYERS HAVE BEEN BRACING FOR IT.

THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.

THEY'VE BEEN EXPECTING IT.

HOWEVER, EMPLOYERS CAN'T FIND EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW AND SORT OF REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY'RE PAYING.

THEY'RE FINDING IT VERY HARD TO HIRE STILL.

48% OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE REPORTING DIFFICULTY IN HIRING STILL.

>> ANOTHER NEW LAW COULD HELP JOB SEEKERS WHO DID NOT GO THE TRADITIONAL ROUTE BY WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, THOSE WHO PASSED A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY EXAM WILL NOT GET A CERTIFICATE.

IT WILL NOW BE RECOGNIZED AS A DIPLOMA.

>> IN THE PAST THAT EQUIVALENCY CERTIFICATE CARRIED A STIGMA AND INCORRECT ASSUMPTION THAT THE GRADUATE HAD RECEIVED A LOWER LEVEL OF DEGREE AND THIS CHANGE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CERTIFICATE IS A DIPLOMA INSURING NO GRADUATES OF ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL WILL FACE CHALLENGES BASED ON INACCURATE ASSESSMENTS OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL.

>> GOING FORWARD, ILLINOIS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE HUGE ON IMPACTS ON STUDENTS OF ALL AGES WILL NEED TO GET TRAUMA- INFORMED TRAINING.

>> IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE WORLD I THINK THAT WE LIVE IN.

SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE FACING THINGS THAT IN MY GENERATION WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LIKE MASS SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS AND A PANDEMIC THAT HAS CERTAINLY HAD A VERY STRONG IMPACT ON SCHOOLCHILDREN.

>> ALSO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN TAKE AT LEAST ONE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL EXCUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CIVIC EVENT.

PARIS, THERE ARE MANY OTHER LAWS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING HERE.

YOU HAVE A NEW LAW THAT PROVIDES OWNERS OF CARJACKED VEHICLES TO NOT BE LIABLE FOR SPEEDING TICKETS OR OTHER CITATIONS ONCE THE CAR IS STOLEN.

ALSO A LOWER VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND WE'VE GOT SOME MORE LIGHT HEARTED LAWS, AUGUST 1st HENCEFORTH OFFICIAL BY TO BE SWEET CORN APPRECIATION DAY IN ILLINOIS.

>> FINALLY.

>> ALSO ILLINOIS OFFICIALLY GETTING A STATE SNAKE.

THAT IS THE EASTERN MILK SNAKE AND THE STATE ROCK.

>>> UP NEXT OUR TEAM SHARES SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE STORIES FROM OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES, BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

♪♪ >>> EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT WE VENTURE OUT.

IN 2022 WE VISITED 33 COMMUNITY CHICAGO AREAS, PLUS TEN CHICAGO SUBURBS AND VENTURED UP NORTH TO TAKE THE PULSE OF MILWAUKEE.

WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE BIG NEWS EVENTS, BUT BEYOND THOSE KINDS OF STORIES WE REALLY AIM TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION AND SHINE A LIGHT ON THOSE COMMONALITIES THAT BIND US TOGETHER AS A CITY AND A REGION AND HELP US LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

JOINING US TO LOOK BACK AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 2022 ARE NICK BLUMBERG, AMANDA VINICKY, ACASIO HERNANDEZ AND JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

NICK, YOU WERE JUST OUT IN THE 20 BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURE LAST WEEK.

WAS THAT YOUR TOP MOMENT OF THE YEAR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOTHING BETTER.

TONIGHT WHEN IT'S 60 DEGREES, I GET TO BE IN THE STUDIO.

IT'S PERFECT.

>> RIGHT.

WHAT WAS YOUR TOP MOMENT, IF IT WASN'T THERE?

>> THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS, BUT ONE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT IS IN JUNE WE WERE OUT IN NORTH HALSTED FOR THE FIRST PRIDE PARADE SINCE 2019.

THERE WAS A TON OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PARADE COMING BACK, BUT SINCE THE LAST PARADE THERE HAD BEEN A BIG RACIAL RECKONING IN THE DRAG COMMUNITY AND CHICAGO'S BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THAT MOVEMENT OFFERED GREATER EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY WAS DRAG PERFORMER JOE MAMA WHO TALKED WITH US WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE THE PARADE BACK AFTER A BIG PERIOD OF UPHEAVAL.

HERE'S A LOOK.

>> I HOPE FOR CONTINUED GROWTH AND DIVERSITY.

I'VE SEEN SO MANY NEW FACES OF ALL DIFFERENT COLORS AND WALKS OF LIFE AS WE OPENED BACK UP.

EVERYONE CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUT AND ABOUT AND CELEBRATE AND I'M ALL FOR IT.

WE'VE REALLY OVERCOME A LOT AND CONTINUE TO AND I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN RADICAL JOY, FINDING JOY IN DARK PLACES AND DARK TIMES, AND THIS DEFINITELY WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.

>> LOVE THAT IDEA OF EMBRACING JOY EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE STILL IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY CALLS FOR GREATER INCLUSION, FOR CHANGING THE NAME OF BOYS TOWN TO NORTH HALSTED MAKING SURE BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS AND TRANS FOLKS FEEL WELCOMED IN QUEER SPACES BUT STILL CELEBRATING WITHOUT FORGETTING THERE'S WORK TO DO.

I'M ALSO VERY JEALOUS OF HER EYE MAKEUP.

>> AND HAIR.

>> WE'VE BEEN IN NORTH HALSTED/FORMERLY BOYS TOWN MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DONE THIS, BUT ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT THE SERIES IS WE GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS MAYBE MANY CHICAGOANS EITHER HAVEN'T BEEN TO OR HAVEN'T HEARD OF.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I LOVE THE MOST, ESPECIALLY COMING BACK AND GETTING TO DISCOVER THE CITY.

I WENT TO WEST ELSDIN, ONE OF THE SMALLEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO RIGHT NEXT TO MIDWAY AIRPORT.

WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THERE.

HE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> THE THEME OF THE MURAL IS THIS IS A STARTING POINT, RIGHT?

EDUCATION IS THE FIRST STEP TO REACHING YOUR DREAM WHICH IS WHY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG BECAUSE I HOPE THAT MY SON GETS THE SAME THING I'M OFFERING THESE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES, KIND OF PAYING IT FORWARD.

I'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE I AM BECAUSE OF EDUCATION.

>> WE WERE THERE WHERE A VERY TALENTED ARTIST PABLO SERRANO WAS PAINTING THAT MURAL AND YOU COULD TELL THE PRINCIPAL WAS VERY DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT PUTTING THIS BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG KIDS.

HE GREW UP IN THAT AREA.

HE WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL, WANTED TO PUT THAT FORWARD OUT THERE FOR ALL THOSE KIDS.

THIS IS LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU GET TO JUST BE THERE AND GET THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

YOU GET TO JUST FEEL THAT.

I ALWAYS GO -- WHEN I'M DONE WITH IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I ALWAYS END UP FEELING GREAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I TALK WITH OUR PRODUCER.

WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MANY STORIES TO SHARE.

>> WHEN I DID THIS EVERY DAY, I WOULD COME HOME FEELING SUCH PRIDE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO MEETING THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT REALLY MAKE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS.

AMANDA, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALL LOVE ABOUT CHICAGO IS HOW DIVERSE IT IS, THE ETHNIC ENCLAVES.

YOU WENT TO UKRAINIAN VILLAGE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT?

>> THIS WAS JUST BEFORE THEN.

FOLKS WERE, OF COURSE, FEELING SCARED AT THAT POINT ALREADY.

THERE WAS SADNESS.

YOU USED THE WORD.

I THINK THE OVERWHELMING SENSE WAS ONE OF PRIDE.

LET'S MEET ONE OF THESE RESIDENTS.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF OUR WATER SUPPLY IS CUT OFF?

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE GAS IS GONE?

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY?

>> THAT WAS A WOMAN WHO I ALSO MET HER MOTHER WHO IS PART OF THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM THERE.

THESE ARE FOLKS WHO LOVE THEIR HERITAGE.

THEY LOVE UKRAINE, GO BACK THERE, VISIT, ARE FRIGHTENED FOR THEIR RELATIVES AND CONTINUE TO BE.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING AS EFFECTS I THINK OF IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT JUST THE DAY YOU'RE THERE.

IT'S FORGING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE WITH RUSSIA AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS AS YOU'RE SEEING FOLKS MOVE TO CHICAGO FROM UKRAINE.

THEY'RE STILL SCARED.

THEY'RE STILL ANGRY AND THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH FILLED WITH PRIDE.

>> STILL A PLACE WE MIGHT VISIT IN 2023.

OCASIO HERNANDEZ, YOUR NAME WAS SAID EVERY WEEK BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRODUCER FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SEGMENTS.

YOU DO THE RESEARCH AND THE LEGWORK IN ADVANCE TO SET THESE THINGS UP.

WHAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU THIS YEAR?

>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ROSELAND ONCE KNOWN AS THE JEWEL OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

WHEN WE GOT THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES.

SOME OF THAT WAS FALLOUT FROM LOOTING AND RACIAL RECKONING SOME YEARS BEFORE, BUT YEAH, IT WAS JUST SEEING THE DISINVESTMENT THAT WAS THERE, BUT PEOPLE WORKING TO REBUILD THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY REALLY CARED ABOUT IT AND ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SPOKE WITH WAS CHICAGO CRED.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO EXPRESS YOURSELF TO, LIKE A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS HOLDING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE EVER DID IN THEIR LIFETIME WITHIN THEMSELVES AND, YOU KNOW, TRAUMA DON'T STAY WITHIN YOU.

I MAY BE HAVING A BAD DAY AND I DON'T LET NOBODY KNOW IT.

SOMEBODY COME STEP ON MY SHOE, MY BOILING POINT WAS AT THE TIP.

YOU JUST STEPPED ON MY SHOE.

IT WAS HARMLESS, BUT I'VE BEEN HOLDING THIS RAGE IN FROM SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, TWO MONTHS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO AND IT JUST ERUPTS.

>> RIGHT.

THAT WAS CHICAGO CRED.

THEY DO FACE-TO-FACE OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY IN ROSELAND AND TACKLING GUN VIOLENCE BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN A TOLL ON THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY REALLY GET TO SEE AND HEAR AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND TRY TO, YEAH, ADDRESS VIOLENCE ON THE GROUND.

>> IT'S THE COMMONALITY WE SAW IN A LOT OF PLACES WE VISITED.

I WENT TO HARVEY, SOUTH SUBURB, HARD HIT THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.

EVERYONE WE GO WE TEND TO FIND RESIDENTS WHO LOVE LIVING THERE, LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE NOT LOVING.

THEY'RE NOT DOWN AND OUT ABOUT IT AT ALL.

>> THEY'RE DEDICATED TO WANT TO CREATE CHANGE.

ONE THING I THINK WE ALL EXPERIENCED AND TALKED ABOUT, YES, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE.

BEYOND THAT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HEY, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS WHAT IS WE LOVE ABOUT IT.

THESE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHAT KEPT ME INSPIRED.

>> NICK, YOU WENT TO ENGLEWOOD.

WE KNOW THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS CHALLENGES.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND WHEN YOU WERE THERE?

>> DOING THE SERIES WE GET TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES COMMUNITIES AROUND THE CITY FACE .

WE VISITED A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE USING A DISUSED RAIL LINE FOR A NATURE TRAIL.

THIS IS A TRULY COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECT.

>> WE HEAR WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT AND WE WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING SO THEY CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT HAVE TO LEAVE TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO COME ALONG TO, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFY US.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OURSELF.

>> I LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN ASPECT OF THIS.

I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW THE FABRIC OF THE CITY LIKE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CHANGES AND ADAPTS TO THE NEED OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

WE COULD SEE THAT ON THE GROUND EVERY WEEK.

>> ANOTHER THING WE SEE ON THE GROUND EVERY WEEK IS THE COMMUNITY IN THE AFTERMATH OF SOME REALLY BIG NEWS EVENT.

WE LIKE TO GO PLACES WHERE SOME BIG NEWS EVENT OCCURRED TO KIND OF GET THE TEMPERATURE.

SO YOU WENT TO GARFIELD PARK RIGHT AFTER THAT TERRIBLE MASS SHOOTING HAPPENED.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT REPORT?

>> OF COURSE, THAT WAS HORRIFIC.

YOU HAD A MASS SHOOTING ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

THIS WAS RELATIVES WHO WERE MOURNING A LOSS OF A FAMILY MEMBER UNRELATED TO VIOLENCE AND THEN BECAME VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE THEMSELVES.

YOU GO AND AGAIN I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH MAKING CHANGE AND PRESERVING LEGACIES OF SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND YET THERE IS FRUSTRATION.

THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR.

YOU SPEAK WITH LEADERS OF A COMMUNITY THAT SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ATTENTION HERE AND THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO BOTH CELEBRATE ALL THE WONDERFUL PLACES THAT WE DISCOVER.

IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES READY TO MOVE HERE.

I LOVE THIS RESTAURANT.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> WE ALWAYS FIND NEW RESTAURANTS.

>> THE FOOD.

>> AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU ALSO GO TO PLACES UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PLACES TO GO TO AND YOU VISIBLY SEE THAT SORT OF DISINVESTMENT.

WE DID SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE PASTORS WHO IS TRYING TO REALLY BE THERE FOR HIS COMMUNITY.

LET'S MEET HIM.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A MISHAP NOT JUST WITH THE MASS SHOOTING, BUT THIS HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE ON THE REGULAR UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE MASS SHOOTING NOW THE COMPARISON FROM EAST GARFIELD TO HIGHLAND PARK BROUGHT UP NOW BECAUSE OF RESOURCES, BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'VE BEEN LACKING BEFORE THE MASS SHOOTING.

>> CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THAT AND MET ONE OF THE VICTIMS FROM THAT SHOOTING AFTERWARD WHO IS ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO STATEWIDE POLICY.

ACASIO WAS NOT THE ONLY PRODUCER WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.

PRODUCER MARISSA NELSON.

>> WE CAN'T FORGET TIM BOYD, DAMON RANGER, DAN MORRIS.

THEY WERE OUT THERE WITH US THE ENTIRE TIME.

>> IT'S A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE HERE TO TELL THE STORIES OF ALL THESE COMMUNITIES.

GREAT WORK TO ALL OF YOU THIS YEAR, LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN 2023.

>> AWESOME.

>>> UP NEXT, A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME, SEE IF YOU AGREE, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

♪♪ >>> HERE'S A FUN DINNER TABLE DEBATE, THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, EVERY TEN YEARS "SIGHT AND SOUND MAGAZINE" COMES OUT WITH ITS MASTER LIST OF THE 100 GREATEST FILMS YOU'VE EVER MADE, A LOT YOU MIGHT EXPECT, "THE GODFATHER,"" CITIZEN KANE," AND "VERTIGO."

JOINING US ARE TWO CHICAGO- BASED FREELANCE FILM CRITICS WHO ARE PART OF THIS YEAR'S PROCESS, ROBERT DANIELS AND MARIAH GATES.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST, ROBERT DANIELS, TELL US WHY THIS LIST IS SO REVERED AND HOW IT WORKS.

>> YEAH.

THE FIRST "SIGHT AND SOUND" LIST ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1962.

"SIGHT AND SOUND "IS A BRITISH MAGAZINE.

THEY POLLED A SMALL GROUP OF CRITICS ABOUT 50 OR SO AND FROM THEIR VOTES SPAT OUT ABOUT 100 OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME.

NOW THEY DO THIS VOTE EVERY DECADE.

SO EVERY DECADE PEOPLE PULL OUT "SIGHT AND SOUND "AND USE IT AS THEIR GUIDE TO GET INTO FILM MAKING OR TO GET INTO FILM HISTORY ITSELF.

>> MARIAH GATES, WE ISSUED BOTH OF YOU WERE PART OF THE PROCESS.

HOW MANY CRITICS WERE INVOLVED IN TOTAL?

>> A LITTLE OVER 1,500.

I THINK STARTING IN THE PREVIOUS DECADE THEY ADDED CURATORS, FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS, HISTORIANS AND OTHER ACADEMICS AS WELL.

SO IT'S A MUCH BROADER -- THE 1,500 IS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FILM, WHO WORK WITH FILM HISTORY, WHO REALLY HAVE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON NOT JUST BRITISH AND AMERICAN FILMS, BUT GLOBAL FILM HISTORY.

>> THIS IS DEFINITELY THE LIST TO END ALL LISTS.

LET'S GET TO THE TOP FIVE.

AT NUMBER FIVE ON THE "SIGHT AND SOUND" 2022 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME LIST MOOD FOR LOVE, FOUR, TOKYO STORY, THREE, CITIZEN KANE WHICH PROBABLY WAS NUMBER ONE, VERTIGO, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, AND NUMBER ONE A MOVIE CALLED JOHN DIAMON, 1080 BRUSSELS.

I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT FOR NEVER HAVING HEARD OF THIS FILM.

TELL US ABOUT IN AND WHY IT LANDED IN NUMBER ONE.

>> IT'S A LANDMARK OF FEMINIST CINEMA PARTIALLY INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF THE DIRECTOR'S MOTHER.

SHE IS THE SAME AGE AS OR IS ORSON WELLS WHEN SHE MADE THIS FILM.

SHE PARTICULARLY WANTED TO MAKE A FILM THAT SHOWED HER MOTHER'S LIFE MATTERS, WOMEN WHO ARE HOMEMAKERS' LIVES MATTER AND THEIR LIVES ARE JUST AS POIGNANT.

IT'S THE SAME KIND OF JOURNEY.

IT'S A 3 1/2 HOUR MOVIE.

IT WAS THE FIRST FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN TO MAKE THE LIST, FIRST MADE THE LIST IN 2002.

>> EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN MADE IN 1975.

>> IT TOOK THAT LONG.

IT SLOWLY CLIMBED.

I THINK PART OF THE REASON THEY OPENED, THEY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A BIG OVERSIGHT IN BOTH FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN, FILMS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ FILMS, THE FILM IS NOT NECESSARILY A QUEER FILM, AND I THINK IT SHOWS THEY REALIZED THEY HAD THOSE GAPS AND A FILM AS GOOD AS ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN FINALLY ROSE TO THE TOP.

>> AS GOOD AS "CITIZEN KANE" OR "VERTIGO."

WERE YOU SURPRISED AT THIS NUMBER ONE SELECTION?

>> I WAS SURPRISED I THINK MOSTLY BECAUSE THE LIST HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOR ABOUT FOUR DECADES.

"CITIZEN KANE" HELD THE TOP AND "VERTIGO" TOOK THE NUMBER ONE SPOT THE LAST LIST, BUT IF YOU LOOKED AT THE TOP TEN ALMOST OVER THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE POLLING, IT BASICALLY REMAINED UNCHANGED.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITERATION ALMOST HALF OF THEM CHANGED IN THE TOP TEN.

THEN WE HAD A COMPLETELY NEW NUMBER ONE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE TOP TEN BEFORE.

SO IT DEFINITELY SURPRISED ME AND SURPRISED MANY OTHERS.

>> ROBERT, WHAT ARE SOME FILMS YOU SUBMITTED IN YOUR TOP TEN THAT DIDN'T MAKE THIS FINAL LIST?

>> "THE WATERMELON WOMAN."

IT IS A COMPLEX STORY OF A QUEER DIRECTOR, LESBIAN DIRECTOR, WHO IS LOOKING TO THE PAST AND FINDS A MOVIE FIGURE WHO IS A LESBIAN BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS A DIRECTOR THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT AND SHE DECIDES SHE'D MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER AND THROUGH MAKING A DOCUMENTARY SHE REVEALS PORTIONS OF HER OWN IDENTITY.

I THINK IT'S COMPLEX IDENTITY, ALSO WAS THE I BELIEVE FIRST FILM DIRECTED BY A BLACK LESBIAN.

>> MARIAH, ANY FILMS YOU SUBMITTED THAT WERE SURPRISING OMISSIONS?

>> YEAH.

THERE WAS ONE FILM ON MY LIST BECAUSE I LOVE FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN AND I LOVE THE SILENT ERA AND LOTS OF WOMEN MADE FILMS VERY EARLY IN CINEMA THAT ARE OFTEN NEGLECTED AND FORGOTTEN.

I SAW A FILM ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO CALLED "CHOOSE" FROM DIRECTOR LOIS WEBER WHO ALONG WITH GRIFFITH INVENTED A LOT OF TECHNIQUES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY.

SHE INVENTED SPLIT SCREEN IN ANOTHER ONE OF HER FILMS.

SHE SPECIFICALLY SAW CINEMA AS A MEDIUM IN WHICH TO TELL MORAL STORIES AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL DEBATE LIKE SHOULD THIS BE ENTERTAINING?

SHOULD YOU LEARN A LESSON?

SHE FELT CINEMA WAS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST MEDIUM.

MORE PEOPLE WOULD SEE HER FILMS THAN EVER READ THE BOOK IT WAS BASED ON.

SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE FILMS THAT HELPED PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE MORE LIFE.

SHE IS ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WORKS AT A DEPARTMENT STORE AND SHE NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, BUT SHE'S SUPPORTING HER ENTIRE FAMILY.

HER FATHER IS A DRUNKARD, TAKES ALL HER MONEY AND SHE CONSTANTLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE FILM FROM 1916 -- BUT SHE CONTEMPLATES SPENDING SOME TIME WITH A GENTLEMAN IN ORDER TO EARN MONEY FOR A NEW PAIR OF SHOES WHILE SHE KEEPS SUPPORTING HER FAMILY.

>> AN EARLY FILM THAT KIND OF SET PRECEDENT FOR LATER FILMS.

ROBERT, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FOLKS THAT SAY THIS DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, THERE'S POLITICS INVOLVED, IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE?

>> I THINK HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT EVERY MOVIE IS SUBJECTIVE IN SOME WAY.

WE ALL APPROACH MOVIES AND FILMING CINEMA WITH OUR OWN PERSONAL EMOTIONS.

I THINK EVERYTHING IN CINEMA AND IN ART IS INHERENTLY POLITICAL.

I GUESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHY DOES IT MATTER, ONCE AGAIN I THINK THE "SIGHT AND SOUND" POLL SHOWS HOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE FILM AND EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS IS REFLECTED IN THIS POLL.

WHEN SOMEONE WHO IS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE SAYS I WANT TO FIND OUT THE BEST FILM EVER MADE, THEY LOOK AT THIS LIST AND FROM THERE THEY DEVELOP NOT JUST POLITICS, THEY DEVELOP EMPATHY.

THEY DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

>> THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF FILM MAKING AND ART IN GENERAL.

I HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK TO DO.

I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH SOME OF THESE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US!

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>>> WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS, THE JIM AND KAY MABIE FAMILY, THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MILD THURSDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 FOR THE YEAR IN REVIEW.

WE MIGHT EVEN BUST OUT SOME CHAMPAGNE.

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

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A