>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SHOTS.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SHOULD CHICAGO REMAIN A SANCTUARY CITY FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TO LOCAL ALL THE PEOPLE SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.

FROM SPARKLING MOSAICS TO PUBLIC PARKS.

GEOFFREY BAER SHARES THE STORIES BEHIND SOME OF CHICAGO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES.

>> FEEL GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED PART OF THE >> AND WE'RE EASING ON DOWN THE ROAD WITH EVEN LEAD FROM THE WIND IS NOW PLAYING AT THE CADILLAC PALACE THEATER.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS FOR ED BURKE CALLED THEIR FIRST WITNESS TO THE STAND IN THE FORMER ALDERMAN'S ONGOING FEDERAL CORRUPTION TRIAL.

GABRIELA GARCIA MARTINEZ WORKS FOR BERKS PRIVATE TAX LAW PRACTICE AND TESTIFIED THAT THE FIRM KEPT THE, QUOTE, CONFLICTS, SCREENING PROCESS TO ROOT OUT ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN BERKS CLIENTS AND AS OFFICIAL DUTIES AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, GARCIA MARTINEZ SAYS THEY CHECK NAMES, PROPERTY ADDRESSES AND PIN NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE BUSINESS WAS DONE ON THE UP AND UP.

BURKE IS ACCUSED MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ALLEGEDLY EXTORTING FOLKS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY TO HIRE HIS PRIVATE TAX LAW FIRM, CLATTERING BURKE.

THE PROSECUTION STILL HAS NOT RESTED ITS CASE, BUT THE DEFENSE WAS ALLOWED TO CALL THIS WITNESS DUE TO A MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT WOULD MAKE HER UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF THE TRIAL.

A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG SAYS MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SHOULD THINK AGAIN ABOUT A PROPOSED PLAN TO LIMIT WHO CAN ATTEND PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN A LETTER RELEASED TODAY.

THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WARNED THE MAYOR THAT THE MOVE WOULD LIKELY BE, QUOTE, INEQUITABLE AND ILLEGAL.

THIS COMES AFTER COUNCIL'S RULES COMMITTEE FLOATED CHANGES THAT WOULD ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE PROCEEDINGS ON COUNCIL FOR ONLY IF INVITED ANY UNINVITED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE TO WATCH FROM THE 3RD FOR GAS BLAST IN GALLERY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THE RULES ARE IN RESPONSE TO SEVERAL RECENT MEETINGS THAT GOT OUT OF HAND.

WE'RE ALL THE PEOPLE WERE HECKLED AND HARASSED.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE MAYOR SAYS THE NEW RULES ARE STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

CHICAGO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FIRE AT THE HISTORIC SWIFT MANSION ON THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE.

THIS COMES AFTER FIRE.

OFFICIALS SAY THE WEEKENDS BLAZE BEGAN IN A REAR STAIRWELL AND WAS RESULT OF HUMAN ACTION.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE SENT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ARSON DETECTIVES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

THE BRONZEVILLE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 18, 92.

IT WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1978.

AND UP NEXT, DISAGREEMENT OVER WHETHER CHICAGO SHOULD REMAIN A SANCTUARY CITY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> HANDFUL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT VOTERS TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER CHICAGO SHOULD STAY A SANCTUARY CITY FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THIS COMES AMID THE CRISIS POSED BY THE ARRIVAL OF AT LEAST 23,000 MIGRANTS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ASYLUM SEEKERS SINCE AUGUST 2022.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S ALLIES ARE GETTING IN ON THE ACTION AS WELL WITH THEIR OWN PROPOSED REFERENDUM.

THAT WOULD ASK VOTERS IF THE CITY SHOULD HAVE SPENDING LIMITS ON MIGRANTS.

AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON ALL OF THIS ARE ALDERMAN RAYMOND LOPEZ OF THE 15TH WARD AND ALDERMEN, BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ OF THE 25TH WARD LOPEZ VERSUS LOPEZ.

TONIGHT.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

FIRST OF AND LOPEZ RAY LOPEZ.

THAT IS A CLARIFY.

WHAT DID THE SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS PROVIDE RIGHT NOW?

WELL, RIGHT NOW, AS THE LAW STANDS, THE MUNICIPAL CODE SAYS THROUGH OUR WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE OR SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCE THAT.

>> IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, WILL OUR GOVERNMENT EVER COORDINATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ANY MATTER?

WHETHER IT'S WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING WITH HIS REGARDS TO CRIME, ANYTHING WE WILL NOT CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GUARDING SOMEONE'S.

PERCEIVED IMMIGRATION STATUS.

WE WON'T ASK THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS AND THERE USED TO BE CARVE OUTS WHICH I SUPPORTED KIND OF SETS THE PARAMETERS IN PLACE FOR WHEN WE COULD, IN FACT, ENGAGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATED TO VIOLENT CRIME.

WHAT WE SAW DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, THOSE CARS WERE TAKEN OUT AND THAT MADE US A MAGNET FOR THE POLITICS OF THE NATION, WHICH IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THE FAILURES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE BORDER AND HAS SENT, AS YOU SAID, 23,000 PEOPLE TO OUR BACKYARD.

BUT WE NEED TO WE NEED DISCRIMINATE HERE BECAUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THOSE ARE THE MAJORITY.

THE 23,000 FOLKS.

>> THAT ARE COMING HERE.

AND THEN THERE ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THE SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS APPLY TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, NOT ASYLUM SEEKERS.

SO CORRECT.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS ORDINANCE THE POINT OF THIS ORDINANCE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PERFORM BEFORE THE VOTERS, WHICH IS SHALL WE REMAIN A SANCTUARY CITY IS THAT THAT POLICY IS WHAT'S DRIVING SO MANY INDIVIDUALS TO SEND THESE MIGRANT ASYLUM SEEKERS HERE TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND OTHER BIG CITIES AS WELL.

EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T NEED A CENTER ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEGAL STATUS, CORRECT?

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS TEMPORARY LEGAL PROTECTED STATUS, WHICH IS THE ASYLUM SEEKERS, WHICH ARE THE 23,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO ARE HERE UNDOCUMENTED, WHO CAME HERE EITHER WITH THEIR PARENTS AS CHILDREN CAME HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE.

ALSO, WE KNOW THAT IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, EVEN IF WE WERE TO REPEAL THIS ORDINANCE TOMORROW, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS STRUS TECH STILL GUARANTEES ALL THOSE PROTECTIONS WILL BE IN PLACE.

BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT IF THIS POLICY IS THE MAGNET THAT IS DRIP, BRINGING ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE.

SHOULD WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PAST BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE IT STARTED WITH THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS LIKE ABBOTT, DESANTIS.

WE NOW SEE DEMOCRATIC STATES USING OUR CITY AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR THEIR PRODUCT.

ALDERMAN 6 SHOW LOPEZ.

YOUR TAKE ON THIS PROPOSED REFERENDUM THAT WOULD ASKED VOTERS WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS.

WELL, I THINK INTEREST ON COUNTRY STATIONS ON THE ZEESHAN, THIS ENTRY A THING AS YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT >> CENTURIES THAT IS THAT'S NOT A NOT A MAGNET IS INCORRECT TO BE.

LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CUBAN HAS ITEMS SEE THAT ARE COMING TO FLORIDA WITHOUT THAT STATUS.

THAT IS INCORRECT.

THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.

AND I THINK THAT WANT TO EMPHASIZE VERY CLEARLY IS THAT THESE WAS AN ORDINANCE WAS THAT THAT WASN'T WHO'S BEHIND WASHINGTON IN 1985.

THIS TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY CHICAGO, SOMETHING THAT VAST MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS AGREE ON WHEN WE HAVE DISPARITIES OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL AS MY COLLEAGUE RIGHT POINT OUT MUST BE ADDRESSED, WHAT WE NEED TO STOP PANDERING FOR VOTES IN A TIME WE NEED TO HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT ARE CREATING SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO.

NOW, THE FEDERAL POLICIES THAT HAVE SENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, INNER CITIES.

AND WHAT REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS DOING?

TALKS TO POLICE THAT YOU SUPPORT KEEPING THESE WELCOMING CITY SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS IN EFFECT FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

LOOK, EVEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY RIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY CHICAGO IS A GUARANTEE THAT EVERY RESIDENT HISTORY TO THE SCENE, WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS ASKING PEOPLE TO COLLABORATE.

I DO THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT WELL-BEING AND INTEGRITY OF RACES NO MATTER WHAT THAT AND THE DIFFERENT DAYS, THE SATURDAY, THE CONDITIONS THAT SO I THINK THIS POLICY IS THAT NOTHING TO PANDER 2 DAYS THAT CORPORATE BECAUSE NOT OFFER ANY SOLUTIONS WE HAVEN'T.

WE HAVEN'T A SINGLE SOLUTION FROM REPUBLICANS.

WE SEE THAT ESPECIALLY AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

WHAT WE OFFERING OUT SOLUTIONS THAT ARE WE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE PART OF IMMIGRATION REFORM.

WE NEED TO STOP THE SHAPE FEDERAL POLICIES THAT ARE BRINGING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

I WE PREDICT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INTO A COUNTRY.

DON'T CHANGE THIS FEDERALLY AND IN OR LOCAL LEVELS.

WE NEED TO DO IN CORONATION AND NOT PANDERING FOR VOTES AS I'M SURE SURE IT A PANDERING FOR VOTES WASN'T ENTERING FOR MOST I YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO SOMEONE SAY THAT WERE PANDERING FOR VOTES WHEN WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AND ITS ALLIES AND INCLUDING >> VARIOUS COMMITTEES WHERE A LOT IS BEING MADE FOR THE RHETORIC.

BUT THERE AREN'T ANY RESULTS.

WE NEED SOME COMPETENCE THAT FUELS THE COMPASSION THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND NOT SEEING WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW LIKE IN BRIGHTON PARK, WHERE YOU LITERALLY ARE TRYING TO PUT 2000 INDIVIDUALS WHO WE SAY WE CARE ABOUT WHO WE SAY WE'RE WELCOMING ON TO A TOXIC BROWNFIELD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

WE HAVE ZONING CHAIRMAN WHO DIDN'T CARE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING BEING BUILT WITH PERMITS.

WE HAVE THE REAL ESTATE CHAIRMAN WHO DIDN'T CARE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PROPER AUTHORIZATION COUNCIL OVERSIGHT TO GET ONTO THAT PROPERTY.

WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIRMAN WHO DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE TEXAS CITY OF THAT SITE AND AN IMMIGRATION CHAIRMAN CARE THAT THIS WAS THE BEST THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHTON PARK, 10 CAMPS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE WHOLE PROCESS.

BUT BUT BACK TO THE REFERENDUM, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE REFERENDUM?

AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MUCH A MAGNET AND ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT POLICY IS NOT A MAGNET CLEARLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE THAT WE'RE BEING PLAYED RIGHT NOW BY INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY THAT YES, YOU ARE SANCTUARY CITY.

VOTERS GET TO SEE PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT, VOTERS DECIDE TO GET RID OF IT.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT WON'T BE A MEGA EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID THE STATE?

>> STILL IS GOING TO HAVE THESE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE DOING WITH THIS ISSUE, WE SEE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SAYING WE DON'T MIND IF WE HELP.

WE WANT TO HAVE A SAY WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THEM AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR ALL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVESTED 4 YEARS.

GOING BACK TO THE HAROLD WASHINGTON DAYS.

>> THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A CATCHALL FOR EVERYBODY 2 COME HERE TO GET HAND OUT AND TO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT.

AND IT'S REALLY DISINGENUOUS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO KEEP THROWING HAROLD WASHINGTON OUT ON THIS ISSUE WHEN IT DOES THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT IS IGNORED THE MOST ALL OF THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

WHEN THEY ARE SEEING THAT THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING INVESTED IN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING THIS MOMENT WHEN WE'VE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT INVESTING IN THEM THROUGHOUT THE ALL OF INSECURE LOPEZ, THERE'S THAT THERE'S A COMPETING POTENTIAL REFERENDUM BEING FLOATED.

THAT WOULD BE.

>> BACKED BY THE MAYOR BACKED BY THE MAYOR'S ALLIES.

WHAT WOULD THAT DO?

>> I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO OFFER SOLUTIONS, RIGHT?

I THINK IS CLEAR IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CENTURY CITY IS NOT A MAGNET ASHORE WITH EVIDENCE ON THE STATES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT THEY DESCENT RATES.

THAT UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, BY THE PUTTING PRESSURES OF ALL OF THESE IN CITIES LIKE OURS.

I THINK FRANCIS, I WOULD MENTION THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE SHOW.

I LOVE MY COLLEAGUE ENOUGH TO GETTING BORED WITH INITIATIVES LIKE RESTORING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL OF THESE WITH ON THE TRANSPARENCY.

BUT I WOULD BE REMISS I MENTION THAT SOME OF MY SOME COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE HERE, THE 15TH WARD.

WHEN WE'RE SEEING THESE A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

YOU CAN LOOK INTO A TRACK RECORD TO SEE.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE.

WE DID ALSO PREPARING PLANS WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE LAST SEEMS MAYOR JOHNSON HAS BEEN OFFICE BUILDING IS SHOWN EVERY WEEK.

BUT WE HAVE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS THAT THE MORE INTERESTING POUNDING AND THOSE DEALERS AND ALL THOSE INTERESTS THAT CAN FUEL THIS INVESTMENT.

TALK ABOUT THIS OTHER PROPOSED REFERENDUM, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY ASKED VOTERS, SHOULD THERE BE LIMITS ON MONEY SPENT ON ASYLUM SEEKERS OR IMMIGRANTS COMING HERE AND LIMITS ON HOW LONG THEY CAN STAY CARE ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT'S COMPROMISE.

PARIS SAID IT'S JUST PERFORMATIVE POLITICS AT ITS BEST BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REACH YOUR LIMIT?

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUT ON THIS REFERENDUM THAT WE WILL ONLY SPEND 100 MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU SAY YES, AND WE GET TO 101, ARE WE GOING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY?

ARE WE GOING TO SAY NO?

ARE WE GOING TO RELY ON EMERGENCY ORDERS?

>> TO OVERRIDE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

IT'S A FALSE CHOICE THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO JUST PUTTING IN PLAIN AND SIMPLE TERMS.

DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS YES OR NO AND MAKE OUR POLICIES MATCH WITH THE PEOPLE WANT BECAUSE WE ARE ULTIMATELY HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I LOVE THAT.

PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.

BUT THERE HAS TO BE PARAMETERS TO OUR GENEROSITY AND WE'RE GET I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEARD ON THAT.

NOT GIVE THEM SOME WE WE KNOW THE GAMES THAT GET PLAYED WITH REFERENDA.

YOU'RE ALLOWED 3 REFERENDA, PUBLIC REFERENDA ON THE BALLOT.

WE HAVE ONE, WHICH IS THE BRING CHICAGO HOME OWNERS THAT'S THERE.

ONE OF THESE MIGHT BE, TOO.

AND THE WHOLE GAME IS YOU PUT TO KIND OF MAYBE SILLY REFERENDA ON THERE.

SO YOU CROWD OUT REFERENDUM THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT WANT.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT WITH LET ME LET ME TO READ HAVE TO RIGHT.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE ONE THESE 2 ARE GOING TO COMPETE FOR NUMBER 3 LAST OF THE 3.

WHAT WE BEEN CHICAGO HOME OR AND IT FOR THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A LOT MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT COMPASSION, TALK ABOUT INVESTMENT.

>> TO SUPPORT THIS COMMISSION'S, WE HAVE PEOPLE QUESTIONING OPPOSING ANYTHING, RIGHT?

WE'RE PROPOSING NOW A DEDICATED.

>> A REVENUE STREAM TO ADDRESS HOUSE RESIDENCE.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REFRAIN WAS IN POWER, RESIDENTS TO CREATE SOLUTIONS.

WE HAVE A THING HERE IN THE FLOOR THAT THE CENTURY QUESTION HAS NOTHING TO OFFER SOLUTIONS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

250,000 CUBAN RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO TO FLORIDA WITHOUT A CENTURY.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT?

JUST VERY QUICK, VERY QUICK, THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T ALLOW DEMOCRACY TO BE PART OF THIS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ALLOW THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO INCORPORATE, BRING HOPE.

I CHICAGO THIS IS PUSHING THEM ASSETS RIGHT HERE AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

ENGAGING IN THE DEBATE GOES ON OVER ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ, BYRON LOPEZ, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING AND UP NEXT, JEFFREY MAIER GIVES US A TOUR OF SOME CHICAGO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.

AND TONIGHT, THE BEHOLDER IS OUR VERY OWN JEFFREY BEAR LAST YEAR, BEAR AND HIS WTW PRODUCTION STAFF BROUGHT YOU THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN CHICAGO.

BUT SINCE NO ONE PROGRAM COULD CONTAIN EVERY SINGLE BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN TOWN, IT'S HIGH TIME FOR THE SEQUEL.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN CHICAGO.

PART 2, VIEWING TONIGHT AT 07:00PM.

AND GEOFFREY BAER JOINS US NOW.

JEFFREY, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

AND WE ARE READY FOR YOU REMIND THAT AT 10 A DUTY TO SOME OF THESE PLACES.

BUT FIRST ITS OBJECTIVE HERE AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LIST.

SO HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT TO INCLUDE?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE 2 KINDS OF BEAUTY, REALLY.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST THE DROP DEAD, INCREDIBLY JAW DROPPING, GORGEOUS BEAUTY.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT IN THIS SHOW AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

I'M SURE.

>> BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THIS SORT THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE TELL HIM WHY THESE PLACES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO THEM.

AND THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THAT IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

THE STORIES ARE EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS THE BEAUTIFUL VISUALS AS WAS WITH THE FIRST 20 START OFF WITH THE CULTURAL CENTER.

ALL OF US KNOW THAT BEAUTIFUL TIFFANY DOME THERE.

BUT YOU TAKE US TO A ROOM THAT'S NOT AS YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S A TIFFANY DOME RIGHT IT THIS IS REALLY THE INSPIRATION FOR THE SHOW FOR ME BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TAKE SOMEBODY INTO THE CULTURAL CENTER RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM LENNY IN PARK.

THEY THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES.

THESE THESE GORGEOUS MOSAICS.

THIS IS A DOME THAT WAS COVERED UP FOR DECADES, LIT WITH UGLY FLUORESCENT LIGHT.

IT'S CALLED THE IT'S NOT CIVIL WAR.

MEMORIAL AND IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.

THEY THEY SCRAPED OFF THE OLD PAYS DESIGNED BY TIFFANY AND THE CULTURAL CENTER, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK WAS THE ORIGINAL CHICAGO PUBLIC NOT IT WAS CLOSE TO BEING TORN DOWN.

DOES THAT MEAN USING?

YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A POINT AT WHICH BUILDINGS ARE ALL RIGHT BEFORE THEIR HISTORIC.

THEY'RE JUST AND WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE BEAUTY, YOU AND SO IT'S AMAZING THAT THIS THOUGHT TO BE TORN DOWN.

FABULOUS MORNING BY THE PALMER FAMILY WITH BIRTH OF PALMER POTTER WELL, IT WAS BUILT ON PART OF THE 4 DEARBORN RESERVE.

SO AS MILITARY LAND AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO AGREE WHEN THEY BUILT THE LIBRARY TO INCLUDE A CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL.

HOW IN IT I SEE.

OKAY.

INTERESTING.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO ANOTHER ONE.

CITY'S TREASURES ALSO ALMOST LOST A VERY FAVORITE SPOT OF MINE TO GO AND REFLECT.

THAT'S THE CALDWELL, LILY POND.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS.

IT'S SUCH A HIDDEN GEM.

IT'S ADJACENT LINCOLN PARK ZOO AND IT'S THIS SERENE LILY POND DESIGNED BY ALFRED CALDWELL WHO WAS A DISCIPLE OF THE FAMOUS NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JENS JENSEN AND YEAH, THEN THE ZOO TOOK IT OVER FOR THEIR LIKE PELICANS AND SEA BIRDS AND THINGS GOT TRAMPLED IN THE SHOW.

YOU SEE THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED IT COMES BACK AND SEES WHAT'S HAPPENED TO IT.

IN THE 1990'S, AN EAST HEARTBROKEN.

IT WAS BUT ACTUALLY HE DIDN'T LIVE TO SEE IT OFFERED CALDWELL RESTORED SO THAT THEY SO THERE'S LIKE A SERVANT BUT IT'S SUCH A GREAT LEGACY BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE HIT.

AND YOU JUST WANT TO HIM LEAVE IT WITH YOU TO FULL SPOT.

JUST ABSOLUTE CAN'T.

ALRIGHT, STICKING WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU TALK TO SHOW IS AND URBAN ECOLOGIST NAME YEAH, DEJA PERKINS AND SHE'S INTRODUCING FOLKS TO THE GEORGIA BIRDWELL.

JUST I ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE I'VE EVER INTERVIEWED IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S A YOUNG SHE'S THE ONE IN THE RED HAIR THERE.

YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MOMENT AND SHE REALLY MAKES IT HER MISSION TO TAKE PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT INTO NATURE WHERE SHE SHE SAYS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVEN'T FELT WELCOME.

THEY HAVEN'T FELT SAFE IN NATURE AND SHE WANTS ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO ENJOY NATURE.

SHE SAID WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP IN THE CITY, SHE KNOW THAT NATURE EXISTED IN THE CITY AND SHE TOOK THE BIRD WATCHING, WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE AND ENJOY IT SHE'S CONVERTED ME.

I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN.

THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE NATURE DESPITE THE MODEL HERBS AND HEART.

EXACTLY CITY AND GUARD CITY.

I DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT SHE'S ALSO INCLUDE A PRIVATE HOME IN OLD TOWN.

TELL US WHY THIS ONE HOME MADE THE CUT.

WELL, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM IN THIS PLACE.

YOU WALK INTO THIS HOUSE, YOU JUST CANNOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND SOMETIMES CALLED A HANDMADE HOUSE EDGAR MILLER.

AND IT'S LIKE HE DID EVERYTHING HE CARVED THE WOOD.

HE MOLDED THE PLASTER MOLD ON THE WALL THERE STAINED GLASS.

THERE'S EVERY KIND HERE.

HAVE CARVED A RED DOOR AND ALL OF THAT.

ALL OF THIS IS EDGAR MILLER.

SO HE DID ON THE STAINED GLASS ALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE WOOD YOU JUST CANNOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU GO INTO THIS PLACE.

AND IT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE BOHEMIAN SORT OF LIKE ARTISTS COLONY SORT OF IT'S REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRINT PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE INSIDE OF IT BECAUSE AS THEY SAY, IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALL THIS.

THE TILE WORK, EVERYTHING ANOTHER A HOME.

AND I HOPE WE HAVE A CLIP OF THIS.

HOME IN AURORA DISLIKE DOUGHNUT SHAPED.

HOW DOES THAT TELL US ABOUT THAT?

IT'S CALLED RUTH BEEN SICKLE FOR IN-HOUSE RUTH AND SAM FORD HOUSE WHEN IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN AURORA, THERE WAS A SIGN OUT FRONT THAT SAID WE DON'T LIKE YOUR HOUSE EITHER.

IT WAS DESIGNED A SELF-TAUGHT ARCHITECT.

THIS GUY, BRUCE COUGH, AND HE IS RECYCLED THINGS LIKE THOSE ARE PIECES OF WORLD WAR, 2 QUONSET HUTS.

THERE'S THE SIGN AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE THE DOME IN THE IN THE BATHROOM IS FROM A WORLD WAR, 2 BOMBER AIRPLANE THAT'S THROWN AWAY GLASS ON THE SIDE.

ONE WALL IS WHOLE.

AND YOU KNOW THE OWNER OF THIS, IT ROBINSON WAS SO GENEROUS TO ALLOW US FILM INSIDE THE HOME AND REALLY SHOW THIS THIS AMAZING PLACE, WHICH WAS 9 FOR AN ARTIST WHO RAN AN ART SCHOOL IN CHICAGO.

AND SHE SORT OF BUILT IT AS A KIND OF BIT OF SELF-PROMOTION JEFFREY.

WE KNOW YOUR MANY TALENTS, BUT THERE'S A SCENE.

I THINK IT WAS IN THIS GLENN HOW LEICESTER HOUSE YOU'RE SITTING PLAYING OKAY WITH THE HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THAT TOWN.

SO FOLKS SHOULD TUNE IN TO WATCH YOU DO SO HOW MUCH OF ELECTIONS WERE THE RESULT OF FOLKS READING IN AFTER THE FIRST ONE SAYING?

>> WHAT DID YOU INCLUDE THIS INCLUDE THAT?

ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, ONE PERSON WHO WROTE IN SAID WHY DIDN'T YOU INCLUDE GUNNY HARBAUGH, THE FAMOUS RESTORATION ARCHITECT AND >> SURE ENOUGH.

WE INTERVIEW GUNNING HER BOW IN THE OUR MEMORIAL HALL AT THE CULTURAL CENTER.

SO YES, VIEWERS SUGGESTIONS I WE DO LISTEN TO THEM THAT SUGGEST THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PART 3 HERE.

BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST PART 2 AIRING TONIGHT 07:00PM.

WE SHOULD LET OUR FOLKS WATCHING AT 10 KNOW THAT YOU CAN STILL CATCH.

>> THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ONLINE AT WWW DOT COM AND AGAIN THIS SATURDAY AT 08:00PM AMONG OTHER TIMES ON WTW.

ALTHOUGH MAYBE YOU ALREADY WATCH THAT AGAIN.

THAT'S IF YOU'RE WATCHING US RIGHT NOW 10.

AND UP NEXT, WHY ONE WITH ONE OF THE STARS FROM THE NEW PRODUCTION OF THE WIZ.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD THE WIZARD OF OZ, BUT ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WIN IS THE STORY IS AN ADAPTATION ON THE CLASSIC TALE THAT BECAME A 1974 BROADWAY MUSICAL AND INSPIRED A FILM A FEW YEARS LATER STARRING AN ALL-BLACK CAST, INCLUDING DIANA ROSS AND MICHAEL JACKSON.

AND NOW IT'S RETURNING TO THE STAGE ONCE AGAIN AT THE CADILLAC PALACE THEATER IN ITS PRE BROADWAY RUN.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT.

ANGELA, YOU DO DOWN WITH MELODY, A BETTS WHO PLAYS BOTH NTM AND ABILENE.

THE VETERAN ACTRESS SHARES.

WHY PLAYING THIS ROLE IN THIS PRODUCTION?

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HER.

>> AS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S AN INJURY.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY DOUBLE NO MATTER THE STORE TELLS THE STORY.

HOWEVER, THE WINDS, HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE WIZARD OF IS THAT IT'S JUST THROUGH A DIFFERENT THROUGH THE LENS OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE.

AND SO YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE SAME STORY.

YOU JUST WE HEAR IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

THE CAUSE, THE MUSICAL SOUND DIFFERENT.

IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER UNDERSTANDING TO PLAY 2 ROLES IN THE PRODUCTION.

I PLAY ON HIM IN THE >> YOU KNOW, I AM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW.

SHE'S IN KANSAS DOROTHY AND AND YES, IT'S KANSAS ON THE STAGE A NEW YORK LIKE A MOVIE.

HAHA AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT OF YOUR CHARACTER SPECIFICALLY A NEW PLAYING >> I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A CARICATURE.

I WANTED HER TO REPRESENT WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE TO BE.

AFRAID TO DIE.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ULTIMATELY HER MAIN CHALLENGE.

YES, SHE REPRESENTS DOROTHY'S BECAUSE OBSTACLE, HER BIGGEST FEAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET PAST HE CAN GET TO THE NEXT.

YES, BUT ALSO EVEN LEAN HAS HER OWN.

CHALLENGES.

OWN JOURNEY THAT.

CREATED MADE HER WHO SHE AND I WANTED TO HONOR THAT.

THE GOAL IS TO REPRESENT THIS CHARACTER AND ALL OF ENCOMPASS ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE IS SHE HAS DEALT WITH AND IS DEALING WITH.

AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO HER.

AND HOW SHE WHAT SHE WANTS HOW SHE GETS.

SHE GOES AFTER WHAT SHE WANTS.

THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE FOR ME.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT OF EXPERIENCE OF SEEING THE WINDS IN CHICAGO SPECIFICALLY THE BLACK PLAN THE SHOW.

THERE WERE I FEEL LIKE IF I FEEL LIKE IT WAS BAD, THEY US KNOW.

WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT WE CAN TELL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, SEES.

>> THEY ARE OUTSIDE HIS DOOR TRYING TO GET UP IN THIS THEATER.

THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE IS.

SAYING THINGS AISLES.

ARE LETTING US KNOW THEY FEEL.

>> AND THEY ARE HAVING GOOD TIME.

I MEAN.

TALK TO ANYBODY THAT SCENE ARE READY.

YOU DON'T NEED TO FOR ME.

TALK PEOPLE SEE THAT ARE THEY HAVE A IDEA.

>> THE WIND IS AT THE CADILLAC PALACE THEATER THROUGH DECEMBER 10TH THAT'S SET TO MAKE ITS FORMAL BROADWAY DEBUT NEXT SPRING.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING AND YOU CAN GET YOU CA GO TONIGHT STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS AND YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10, MOVE TO LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

PLUS, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS BUILDING MODULAR HOMES TO PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE ROSELAND COMMUNITY.

LOOK AT THAT IMPACT.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS 20 ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE