[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT DPSH.

>> FAMILIES ARE GETTING CLOBBERED BY THE COST OF EVERYDAY THINGS.

>> INFLATION IS RISING AT ITS FASTEST RATE IN 40 YEARS.

WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON CONSUMERS AND THE MARKET.

>> THE CITY SAYS A CONTROVERSIAL METAL SHREDDING PLANT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE HEALTH OF SOUTHEAST SIDE RESIDENTS.

>> WHILE, IT IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE AREA.

>> A POTENTIAL RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE LOOMS WE VISIT UKRAINIAN VILLAGE TO CHECK IN WITH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

>> NO SINGLE PERSON CAN BE HIM.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TWO PERFORMERS PLAYING HIM IN THE SHOW.

>> WE PREVIEW A NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION HONORING A BLACK CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSER.

[♪♪♪] >> AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF MUSIC ON LOCAL STAGES.

THEATRE CRITIC HEDY WEISS RECOMMENDS FIVE OTHER SHOWS TO SEE.

>> THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF IRISH FAMILIES: THE HITTING KIND AND THE TEASING KIND.

>> WE LOOK BACK AT THE 2015 INTERVIEW WITH P.J.

O'ROURKE WHO DIED HIS WEEK.

>> AND BRANDIS AND PARIS AS YOU MENTIONED I'M IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WHERE I WILL BE REPORTING LIVE FOR OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE IS PART OF THE WEST TOWN COMMUNITY AREA AND LONG BEEN AN ENCLAVE FOR UKRAINIAN AMERICANS AND THE IMPACT IS FEELING THE IMPACT OF TENSIONS WITH RUSSIA.

WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THOSE WHO STILL HAVE FAMILY IN THE UKRAINE.

FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT'S COMMUTE.

A WINTER-WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 P.M. DUE TO WIND-DRIVEN SNOW AND SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

CHICAGO'S SNOW TOTALS ARE PREDICTED TO RANGE FROM 2-5 WINDS WITH WINDS GUSTING TO HIGHS OF 40-MILES-PER-HOUR.

THE CITY DOUGH PLOY SALD SPREADER AND SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAKEOVER TONIGHT.

>> POLITICAL TEETHER AS NINE ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICANS WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER OVER THEIR REFUSAL TO WEAR MASKS.

A MAJORITY VOTED AFTER THEY REFUSED TO WEAR MASKS FOR THREE DAYS IN CHAMBERS.

BEFORE THE DISMISSAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES ANDRES CHESNEY AND LAKESIA COLLINS SHARED A HEATED EXCHANGE.

>> YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT A CLOTH MASK?

ABSOLUTELY ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT A CLOTH MASK AND YOU IN THE BREAK ROOM AND EATING AND LOBBYIST DINNERS IS THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY.

YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR ANYBODY 800 PEOPLE DIED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S MINDSETS LIKE YOURS THAT CREATED THOSE MURDERS.

YOUR PRIVILEGE AND TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE PLAYING GAMES AND THAT WE'RE NOT DOING REAL WORK, LOOK WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

ARE YOU INTERRUPTING A SESSION THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE IMPORTANT BILLS OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON.

>> ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITEN DORSED ANNA VALENCIA TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR.

IT PUTS HIS POLITICAL MACHINE BEHIND THE CITY CLERK WHICH COULD HELP HER WIN.

SHE IS RUNNING IN A CROWDED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY INCLUDING FORMER STATE TREASURE AND DAVID MOORE.

WHEN WHITE LEAVES HIS POSITION HE WILL HAVE SERVED 24 YEARS IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

>> UP NEXT, MEMBERS OF CHICAGO'S UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT INCREASING TENSIONS ABROAD.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR JANE BYRNE DEG NAILED UKRAINIAN VILLAGE AN OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1983 THAT KEPT THE HERITAGE ALIVE IN WEST TOWN.

OUR AMANDA VINICKY AND MARISSA NELSON VISITED THE AREA AS THE LATEST STOP IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

AND AMANDA JOINS US RIGHT NOW.

WHERE ARE YOU?

>> WELL, PARIS, WE'RE IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS GIVEN THE ONGOING CRISIS IN UKRAINE.

THIS MORNING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE EXPECTS RUSSIA TO INVADE ITS WESTERN NEIGHBOR WITHIN DAYS.

AND THAT SITUATION IS TECHNICALLY POIGNANT -- PARTICULARLY POIGNANT GIVEN THE AREA'S LARGE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN POPULATION.

TARAS DROZD HAS LIVED IN THE VILLAGE FOR 60 YEARS.

WALK FROM WESTERN P TO DAY MON YOU WILL SEE FLAGS, RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND HE WORKS FOR A BANK.

>> THE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE.

SO YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN UKRAINIAN SENSE WITH UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE, UKRAINIAN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MOTIVATES YOU AND HOW YOU GO ABOUT BUSINESS.

>> UKRAINIANS MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WAVES MIXING WITH GERMANS AND POLES IN THE 1800'S AND ANOTHER WAVE AFTER WORLD WAR 1 AND TARAS DROZD GENERATION IMMIGRATED POST WORLD WAR II.

IN TIME THE AREA HAS CHANGED.

RECENT YEARS RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS WITHOUT UKRAINIAN TIES POPPED UP.

>> THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE NOW, I WOULD SAY THIS IS LIKE MORE OF LIKE THE CULTURAL HUB BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGED IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A BUBBLE WHERE ANYONE THAT WOULD COME IN THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE THEY WERE BACK IN UKRAINE AND WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE TO ASSIMILATE AS MUCH AS THEY DO NOW.

>> STILL MIXED IN WITH THE NEWER ESTABLISHMENTS ARE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTERS LIKE THE INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART THAT BEGAN AS A COLLABORATION FOR UKRAINIAN ARTIST ARTS TO EXHIBIT THEIR WORK.

AND SEVERAL CHURCHES LONG SERVED AS COMMUNITY CENTERS ESPECIALLY NOW, AGAIN AS TENSIONS WITH RUSSIA HEIGHTEN.

ON SUNDAY, ST. NICHOLAS KEPT ITS DOORS OPEN FOR A VIGIL FOR UKRAINE.

VOLODYMYR KUSHN SAYS PARISHER WITH FAMILY OVERSEAS HAVE A MIX OF FEELINGS: FEAR, FRUSTRATION, ANGER.

>> ALL KINDS OF EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT SITUATION.

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND IT SEEMS LIKE UNREALISTIC UNREAL THAT OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTRY FRIGHTEN US WITH A WAR.

IT JUST UNJUST AND UNFAIR.

>> YARYNA KLIMCHEK IS AMONG THOSE WITH FAMILY STILL IN UKRAINE.

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LEFT TODAY TO VISIT HER NEW GOD DAUGHTER.

INSTEAD, SHE HEEDED THE WARNINGS OF THE PRESIDENT AND CANCELED HER TRIP.

>> I WILL BE WATCHING VIRTUALLY FOR SURE.

AND OF COURSE, I WILL SUPPORT THAT LITTLE GIRL FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AND THAT IS THAT CONNECTION EVEN IF I CANNOT BE THERE.

I PLAN TO GO BACK HOPEFULLY LATER IN THE SUMMER WHEN THINGS SLOW DOWN.

BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS SHAKE UP AND HOPEFULLY THE WEST WILL BE THERE TO HELP SO THINGS BECOME CALMER WITH TIME.

>> SHE SAYS OTHER KIDS AROUND CHICAGO WERE SLEEPING IN WATCHING CARTOONS SHE SPENT HER WEEKENDS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING ATTENDING UKRAINIAN SCHOOL.

SHE ALSO SPENT SUMMERS VISITING UKRAINE.

HER RELATIVES LIVE CLOSER TO POLAND THAN TO RUSSIA AND ARE NOT IN A PANIC BUT THEY ARE MAKING CONTINGENCIES.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF OUR WATER SUPPLY IS CUTOFF?

OR THE GAS IS GONE?

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY?

HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THE POPULATION HOW DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO THRIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> AND IF RUSSIA DOES INVADE YARYNA KLIMCHEK FEARS HER LAST TRIP TO UKRAINE MAY BE HER -- MAY HAVE BEEN HER LAST VISIT WITH HER GRANDMA WAVING GOOD-BYE TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER.

SHE WAS THREE WHEN SHE MOVED TO CHICAGO WITH HER BROTHER AND PARENTS.

THE MOST RECENT WAVE OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER UKRAINE DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION IN 1991.

MARIA KLIMCHEK SAYS THEY WERE RELIGIOUS REFUGEES WHO BROUGHT WITH THEM ONLY TWO SUITCASES.

>> THERE WAS NO ENGLISH, THERE WAS NO JOB BUT WAS A DREAM TO BE NICE AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT NEVER FORGET ABOUT UKRAINE.

>> MARIA KLIMCHEK IS THE CURATOR OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHICAGO WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

AND IT IS A POSITION THAT ALLOWS HER TO CELEBRATE HER TWO HOMES.

THE UKRAINE AND THE U.S. CHICAGO SPECIFICALLY.

A CITY THAT SHE SAYS IS UNIQUE.

>> YOU CAN WALK ON ANY STREET AND YOU WILL SEE LITHUANIAN, AMERICAN, IRISH, ITALIAN, GREEK, PUERTO RICAN YOU SEE ALL THE COMMUNITIES AROUND AND WORKING IN A MUSEUM YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ACTUALLY QUALITY OF THE CITY.

BECAUSE THE CITY IS OPEN TO THE WORLD.

AND I NEVER FEEL THAT I AM [INAUDIBLE] I SAID THIS IS MY HOME.

>> NOW, HER DAUGHTER IS COUNTING ON THE U.S. AND THE WEST TO HELP PROTECT UKRAINE FROM RUSSIA.

SHE SAYS IN THE 21ST CENTURY YOU CANNOT HIDE ATROCITIES.

EVEN IF RUSSIA DOES PULLBACK, PREDICTS THAT WILL NOT BE THE END OF PRESSURE FROM PUTIN THEY HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE AND THEY EXPECT RUSSIA TO COME BACK ON UKRAINE WITH PRESSURE.

BUT IN THE FACE OF IT UKRAINE HAS BEEN AND UKRAINIANS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESILIENT.

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> A LOT ON THE MIND OF THE UKRAINIAN AMERICANS IN CHICAGO AND UKRAINIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

INFLATION IS RISING AT THE FASTEST RATE IN 40 YEARS.

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THAT MEASURES THE COST OF A BROAD RANGE OF GOODS SURGED 7.5%.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS THE REASON IS QUOTE THE SUPPLY CHAINS HAVE BEEN CUTOFF AND ECONOMISTS SAY THE PICTURE IS MORE COMPLICATED.

HERE IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD TO SAY ABOUT INFLATION EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> FAMILIES ARE GETTING CLOBBERED BY THE COST OF EVERYDAY THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE GAS AND FOOD PRICES ARE UP.

WE'RE WORKING TO BRING THEM DOWN.

I GREW NEWSPAPER A FAMILY WHERE THE PRICE AT THE PUMP WAS FELT IN THE KITCHEN.

SO WHILE WE WORK ON SUPPLY CHAINS AND WE WORK ON BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH WE STILL HAVE OTHER WAYS WE CAN REDUCE THE BURDEN ON WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.

>> AND JOINING US ARE DAVID SEKER CHIEF U.S. MARKET STRATEGIC FOR MORNINGSTAR.

>> AND PHILLIP BRAUN AN ECONOMIST AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGE MANY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

DAVID SEKER YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN BLAMING THIS ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES DUE TO DEMAND AND THE PANDEMIC.

IS THAT THE FULL STORY?

>> LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THAT.

YES THE SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS AND THE BOTTLENECKS HAVE BEEN A LARGE PART OF IT.

BIG PART OF THE INFLATION HAVE BEEN IN THE CONSUMER DURABLE AREA AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR WHERE THE SHORTAGES WE'VE SEEN IN SEMICONDUCTORS LOWERED THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY AND WITH THE DEMAND HIGH THAT WE'VE SEEN PRICES AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT LEAK INTO OTHER AREAS.

SOME OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AT HOME CERTAINLY HAS BEEN RISING AS WELL.

>> PHILLIP BRAUN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THE PAIN ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING CLASS CITIZENS AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WHAT ARE THE TOOLS THEY HAVE THAT CAN TACKLE THIS INFLATION?

>> VERY LITTLE.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER INFLATION.

MOST OF IT IS GOING HAS TO BE MANAGED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

>> AND TO THAT ISSUE, DAVID SEKER, THERE'S WHISPERS THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL MEET AND RAISE RATES MULTIPLE TIMES.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING?

>> WE DO.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET I AM IMPLEMENTED EXPECTATIONS FOR THE YEAR THEY HAVE REASONED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THIS POINT, I THINK THE MARKET IS EXPECTING NOT ONLY RAISE RATES IN MARCH BUT RAISE RATES EVERY MEETING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

>> PHILLIP BRAUN, SHOULD THE FED HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG?

ARE THEY LATE TO THE TABLE GIVEN THE FACT THIS HAS NOT BEEN TRANSITORY IT'S PERSISTED?

>> VERY MUCH SO.

SO THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AND TODAY THEY ARE NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH.

INFLAGHTS IS OUT OF CONTROL.

INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE AT THIS POINT BE INCREASING INTEREST RATES TARGETS AND ARE NOT.

AND THEY SHOULD BE IN THE FUTURE INCREASING INTEREST RATE TARGETS AT A HIGH CLIP.

>> AND PHILLIP BRAUN ARE WE ANTICIPATING A QUARTER OF A POINT EACH TIME?

OR HIGHER?

>> UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT.

THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE RATES IN MARCH.

THE INITIAL EXPECTATION WAS FOR A QUARTER POINT.

BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE HALF A POINT.

>> PHILLIP BRAUN, AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE IT SEEMS MARKETS TEND TO GET SPOOKED BY THE WHISPERS OF RAISING RATES.

HOW DO YOU BELIEVE MARKETS WILL REACT TO THE INTEREST RATE HIKES IF THEY COME?

>> THEY'VE ALREADY REACTED AND THAT IS A CRITICAL THING.

MARKETS TO EFFECT THE ECONOMY, THE INDUSTRY INCREASE HAS TO BE A SURPRISE.

AND SO THIS QUARTER POINT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE MARKET ONE OF THE REASONS THE MARKET HAS BEEN DECLINING.

>> DAVID SEKER DOES THAT MEAN THAT PERHAPS THERE WON'T BE AN UNEXPECTED DIP WHEN MARKETS DO RISE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS BASICALLY?

>> THEY HAVE BUT I THINK THAT IS JUST ONE FACTOR AMONGST MANY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MARKET DECLINE THIS YEAR.

COMING INTO 2022 WE PUBLISHED WE THOUGHT THE MARKETS WERE OVERVALUED ON THE VALUATION APPROACH COMING INTO THE YEAR WE NOTED THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HEADWINDS THE MARKET WAS GOING TO FACE.

TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY.

INFLATION RUNNING MUCH HOTTER THAN EXPECTED.

RISING INTEREST RATES.

AND THEN THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE SLOWING THIS YEAR.

WE STILL EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO COME IN AT 3.9% ROBUST ON A HISTORICAL BASIS BUT SLOWER THAN LAST YEAR.

ALL OF THOSE FACTORS COMBINED TOGETHER HAS HELPED PUSH THE MARKET DOWN AND THE GLOBAL TENSIONS IN UKRAINE ANOTHER RISK FACTOR WE'VE HAD TO ADD IN.

>> AND DAVID SEKER A LOT OF COMPETING FACTORS PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

YOU HAVE HIGHER INFLATION AND RETAIL SALES UP 3.8% FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY.

IF AMERICANS SO SO WORRIED ABOUT INFLATION WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO SPEND?

>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED.

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAD A SHIFT IN CONSUMER SPENDING.

SPENDING HISTORICALLY HAD BEEN MORE FOR SERVICES THAN GOODS BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC, REALLY NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND DO THE THINGS THEY HAD BEEN DOING IN THE PAST WE SAW A BIG SHIFT IN THAT SPENDING AWAY FROM SERVICES AND INTO GOODS.

THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS CAUSING INFLATION NOW.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DO BELIEVE THAT INFLATION WILL START TO MODERATE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

OUR OUTLOOK WILL BE AN AVERAGE OF 3.6% FOR THE FULL YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE THINK INFLATION DIPS BELOW 2% BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO A 2% AREA AFTER.

>> IT WOULD HAVE TO MODERATE QUITE A BIT TO GET DOWN FROM 7.5.

>> WHAT AMERICANS FEEL THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES MOST?

USED CAR PRICES, CERTAIN SECTORS THAT AMERICANS THAT ARE REALLY HIGHER THAN OTHERS?

>> PROBABLY FEEL IT'S MOST AT THE GROCERY STORE, MEAT, POULTRY PRICES HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY THAT IS WHERE THEY FEEL IT THE MOST.

USED CAR AND NEW CAR PRICES ARE WAY UP.

BUT IT'S I THINK IN THE GROCERY STORE WHERE IT'S REALLY FELT.

>> AND DAVID SEKER YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF LABOR SHORTAGES THERE ARE MORE JOBS THAN FOLKS TAKING THEM HOW DOES THAT IMPACT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND ARE WAGING KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR WORKERS?

>> I'M SORRY?

THAT IS TO YOU.

>> OK.

SO, YES, WE ARE SEEING SOME INCREASES IN THE WAGES RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE LIKE A WAGE PRICE INFLATION SPIRAL IN THIS ASPECT.

WE DO THINK THAT AS WAGES ARE INCREASING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR AS CONSUMER SPENDING STARTS TO NORMALIZE AS THE PANDEMIC RECEDES THIS SPRING INTO THE SUMMER MORE PEOPLE WILL GO BACK TO THE SERVICES THEY HAVE BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON IN THE PAST.

WE SEE LOTS OF EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE MARKETS IN THE SERVICES AREA AND SKPEP TO SEE THE HIGHER WAGES BRINGING MORE EMPLOYEES BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE THAT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

>> WE'LL WATCH FOR THAT ACTION FROM THE FEDS.

THANK YOU TO DAVID SEKER AND PHILLIP BRAUN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW WE TOSS IT TO BRANDIS AND THE IMPACT OF A METAL SHREDDING COMPANY ON AREA RESIDENTS.

>> NEIGHBORS AROUND THE SOUTH DEERING COMMUNITY ARE AWAITING THE CITY'S FINAL WORD WHETHER TO GRANT A PERMIT TO A CONTROVERSIAL SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING PLANT.

A CITY ASSESSMENT SAID THE PLANT WOULD NOT HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON RESIDENTS' HEALTH BUT ADVOCATES DISAGREE.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE YES, SIR YESENUA CHAVEZ A SOUTHEAST SIDE RESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE UNITED NEIGHBORS OF THE 10TH WARD AND VICTOR HENDERSON AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN REPRESENTING 10TH WARD RESIDENTS IN COURT.

WE ALSO INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING AND THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THIS CONVERSATION THEY WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US BUT WE HAVE STATEMENTS FROM EACH THAT WE WILL GET TO IN A BIT.

FIRST, REACTION FROM THE TWO OF YOU THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YESENUA CHAVEZ WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS REPORT?

>> IT'S TAMED FOR NOW.

VERY DISAPPOINTED.

THE PROCESS IS INEQUITABLE AND NOT TRANSPARENT WHATSOEVER.

>> VICTOR HENDERSON?

WHAT IS NURS.

>> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE CITY FOR A YEAR, YEAR-AND-A-HALF NOW MAYBE LONGER AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN TRANSPARENT OPPOSED TO HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTED ITSELF WHEN IT WAS COMING INTO OFFICE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND SHINE THE LIGHT HOW THE CITY OPERATED.

AND WHAT WE HAVE WITH THIS PROCESS IS JUST THE OPPOSITE.

THE TRIBUNE EDITORIAL SAID THERE'S ALMOST NO LIGHT ON THE PROCESS AND THAT IS UNFAIR TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> DESPITE THESE FINDINGS FROM THIS REPORT THAT SOME RESIDENTS FACE RISKS OF CHRONIC DISEASE SOME WILL, THE STUDY SAYS IT IS STILL WITHIN EPA GUIDELINES.

YESENUA CHAVEZ TALK ABOUT YOUR ISSUES WITH THOSE EPA GUIDELINES?

>> WELL, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE IS NO SAFE THRESHOLD OF EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS IN GENERAL I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY CALCULATED THIS AND CAME UP WITH THE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE ON THE EPA WEBSITE THERE IS NO SAFE THRESHOLD.

REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER HOW MANY MINISCULE THE RISKS MAY BE THERE'S ALREADY CHRONIC DISEASE PRESENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHATEVER CHRONIC DISEASES THEY HAVE AND ANY CONDITIONS THAT WILL EXACERBATE THOSE CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT WHATSOEVER.

>> THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RELEASED A STATEMENT AFTER THIS WEEK'S COMMUNITY MEETING AND IT READS IN PART QUOTE... >> AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS EVENING, VICTOR YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, WHAT THE CITY SAYS IS TRUE AND IT'S NOT TRUE.

THE LONG AND SHORT IS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

THEY HAVE NOT PUT THE INFORMATION OUT FOR IT TO BE TESTED THACH NOT PUT THE INFORMATION OUT TO BE EXAMINED.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN TO HAVING PEOPLE LOOK WHAT IS BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

AS YOU KNOW THERE WAS A DEAL CUT WITH THE CITY AND GENERAL IRON IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.

GENERAL IRON HAS BEEN VERY LOUD ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED $80 MILLION IN THE PLANT.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ALDERMEN AND STATE OFFICIALS WHO HAVE TAKEN MONEY FROM GENERAL IRON THROUGH LOBBYING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS ABOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS STANDING WITH THE POLLUTERS AS OPPOSED TO THE PEOPLE.

STANDING WITH THE POWERFUL AS OPPOSED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S JUST ONE ADDITIONAL INDICATION THAT WE CAN'T TRUST THE PEOPLE IN CITY HALL AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

IT IS A TRAVESTY AND IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE PEOPLE IN THE 10TH WARD IT'S HOW THE CITY DOES BUSINESS AND SPEAKS ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN GENERAL AND THE PEOPLE IN CITY HALL ARE FAILING US.

>> AND WE TALK ABOUT THE PHYSICAL HEALTH RISKS OR POTENTIAL RISKS, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE SITES ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA?

>> I MEAN WHERE DO I START?

I'VE BEEN SEEING DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN SINCE I WAS A CHILD AND IT'S CONTINUING.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT MY POLLUTION THAT MY GRANDFATHER COMBAT WHEN HE GOT HERE.

I AM THE THIRD GENERATION, AND TO SEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DISTRESS, TO SEE THEIR ANXIETY THROUGH THE ROOF BECAUSE THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A METAL RECYCLING COMPANY IS BEING LOCATED HALF A MILE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THEY ARE BEING SENT TO DEVELOP THEIR BRAINS IS GOING TO BE OPERATING?

YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN THAT.

YOU CANNOT QUANTIFY THAT WHATSOEVER.

SO TO SAY THE LEAST IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS STANDING WITH POLLUTERS AND GENERAL IRON DESPITE THE FINE THEY HAD TO PAY FOR A CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATION AND THE EXPERIENCE IS JUST OVERWHELMING.

>> SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING THEY SENT A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART QUOTE... WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING CALLING OPPOSITION MISINFORMATION?

>> THEY HAVE YET TO POINT OUT WHAT THE MISINFORMATION IS.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT STATEMENT.

ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN.

SO WHATEVER MISINFORMATION THEY ARE POINTING OUT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YET THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE YET TO DO SO.

>> HOW COULD THE CITY HAVE GONE ABOUT THIS PROCESS DIFFERENTLY?

>> YOU KNOW FIRST AND FOREMOST IF IT WAS SUCH A GREAT THING IT WOULD HAVE STAYED IN LINCOLN PARK.

ANYTHING THAT IS GOOD THEY WOULD HAVE WANT TO DO IN LINCOLN PARK OR GLENCOE.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S BAD THEY THROW IT DOWN TO THE 10TH WARD THEY THINK THE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND THE WOMEN AND OTHERS DON'T HAVE THE SENSE TO FIGHT.

THE CITY SHOULD HAVE DONE AND COULD HAVE DONE WHAT IT SAID IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SHED THE LIGHT AND BE DIFFERENT THAN PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THEM AND THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THEM.

WE NEED TO SEE A CHANGE.

>> WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO YESENUA CHAVEZ AND VICTOR HENDERSON VEHICLE FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION HONORS A BLACK CLASSICAL COMPOSER.

WE SHARE A PREVIEW RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING THE LATEST IN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO SUE CHICAGO GANGS.

BUT FIRST, MUSICIAN, FRIEND TO MOZART, MUSIC TEACHER TO MARIE ANTOINETTE.

ACCOLADES THAT DESCRIBE THE MAN TO BE THE FIRST BLACK COMPOSER OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO THE CHEVALIER.

>> AFTER ALL YOU ARE IMMIGRANT JUST LIKE ME.

>> MEET JOSEPH CHEVALIER DEF ST. GEORGE.

NOT THE REAL HIM, OF COURSE.

>> WHO ARE THEY?

I CAN HEAR YOU.

>> THE KING CREATED A NEW FORCE.

>> HE IS SAID TO BE THE FIRST BLACK FRENCH COMPOSER OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND LIFE AND LEGACY HIGHLIGHTED IN A PRODUCTION TITLED THE CHEVALIER.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS INTRIGUING INCREDIBLE MAN WHO JOHN ADAMS DESCRIBED AS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED MAN IN EUROPE.

A COMPOSER, A VIOLINIST, A CRUSADER FOR ABOLISHING SLAVERY.

A RENAISSANCE MAN AND THIS FRIENDSHIP WITH MOZART REALLY CENTERED THIS WHOLE PLAY AROUND THAT PARTICULAR FORTUNATE COMING TOGETHER OF THESE TWO GREAT FIGURES IN 1978.

>> IT'S WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY BILL BARR CLAY WHO IS ALSO AN ACTOR IN THE SHOW.

>> THERE ARE 16 MOVEMENTS OF HIS MUSIC REPRESENTED IN THE SHOW AND HIS LIFE, HIS PSYCHOLOGY HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, REPRESENT WITH FENCING HOW HE WAS KNIGHTED AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHARACTERS MUCH MORE FAMOUS THAN HE TO LIFT UP THIS MAN'S BIOGRAPHY AND REPLACE HIM WHERE HE BELONGS IN MUSIC HISTORY AND HONOR HIM.

NO SINGLE PERSON CAN BE HIM.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TWO PERFORMERS PLAYING HIM IN THE SHOW WE HAVE AN ACTOR AND VIOLINIST.

THERE ISN'T ONE WHO COULD HAVE BEEN THE CHEVALIER DU ST. GEORGE.

>> ON THE MUSICAL SIDE IS BRENDON ELLIOTT.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO EMBODY SUCH A PROMINENT CLASSICAL COMPOSER?

>> PLAYING THE ROLE FEELS A LITTLE UNREAL.

BECAUSE IT MAKES ME REALIZE HOW HARD HE REALLY WORKED TO CARVE OUT THIS ENTIRE LIFE FOR HIMSELF.

>> ELLIOTT IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MUSIC OF ORCHESTRA.

THE PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE CHEVALIER'S MUSIC WITH LIFE STORY AND COMPOSITION.

>> THERE WEREN'T MANY LIKE HIM.

HE WAS A ONE-OFF.

WHO SURVIVED SPECTACULARLY AGAINST SO MANY ODDS.

[♪♪♪] WHEN AND MOZART CAME TOGETHER THEY WERE BOTH OUTSIDERS.

AND IN A WAY IT WAS [INAUDIBLE] MORE STACKED UP AGAINST HIM WHO SURVIVED BETTER.

>> HE IS COMING OUT OF THE GALLANT STYLE OF EARLY CLASSICAL MUSIC IT ENDS WITH BA LOAN STOPPED COMPOSING AND STARTED FIGHTING IN THE REVOLUTION HE DECIDED THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO DO ABOLISH SLAVERY.

>> ON THE ACTING SIDE STANDS RJ FOSTER.

DESPITE LEARNING ABOUT THE MULTIFACETED ARTIST HE SAYS THERE ARE MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN THE 18TH CENTURY PRODUCTION AND TODAY.

>> YOU HAVE A BLACK MAN WHO HAS A TITLE HE HAS INFLUENCE BUT ALSO HE DEALS WITH RACISM AND DIFFERENT SORT OF WAY WHICH WE DEAL WITH HERE.

BUT MIRRORS IT IN THE SAME SORT OF WAY.

CULTURE IS A SOCIAL LUBRICANT IT HELPS TELL STORIES THAT ARE RELATABLE TO PEOPLE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE THIS PRODUCTION OF THE SHECHIER THROUGH SUNDAY -- CHEVALIER THROUGH SUNDAY.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEEMEMBERS PASS MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S CONTROVERSIAL GANG PROFITS ORDINANCE WE SHARE THE DETAILS.

USE UKRAINIAN AMERICANS ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ABROAD WE TALK TO TWO COMMUNITY LEADERS, LEADING THE EFFORTS IN UKRAINE.

AND FOUR MORE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CRITIC HEDY WEISS.

AND P.J.

O'ROURKE DIED THIS WEEK.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR 2015 INTERVIEW WITH THE POLITICAL SATIRIST.

MORE OF TODAY'S STOP STORIES.

>> A CITY COUNCIL PANEL NARROW HE WILL PASSES A SETTLEMENT FOR $OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

NEAR BRICK YARD MALL AMID THE UNREST THAT SWEPT THE CITY IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.

THE SETTLEMENT WAS THE LARGEST OF THREE TIED TO THE POLICE WRONGDOING ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

THE PROPOSAL WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE WEDNESDAY.

>> A MAN UPSET OVER MUTUAL TELL TRAVEL CITATIONS BEGAN STALKING MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT NEAR HER HOME OVER A MONTH.

THE MAN DROVE BY HER RESIDENCE WHILE CARRYING A FIREARM THAT HE FIRED FIVE TIMES IN AN ALLEY.

HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ONE FELONY COUNT OF RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON AND THREE FELONY COUNTS OF STALKING.

HE WAS ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BAIL DURING A HEARING TODAY.

AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ON THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> CLEAN UP FOR GREAT LAKES HARBORS AND TRIBUTARY RIVERS IS RECEIVING A $1 BILLION BOOST FROM THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AMID BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

JOACHIM GIAVER KEY BEGAN WILL RECEIVE A SITES WERE DESIGNATED A QUARTER CENTURY AGO AS AMONG THE REGION'S MOST DEGRADED AFTER BEING PLAGUED BY INDUSTRIAL TOXINS.

THE WATERWAYS SUPPORT 1.3 MILLION JOBS IN MANUFACTURING, TOURISM, FISHING AND FARMING ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN.

BACK TO BRANDIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO FIGHT CRIME BY GOING AFTER THE PROFITS OF GANG MEMBERS WILL ADVANCE TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE THAT IS AFTER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ENDORSED THE MEASURE WITH A 10-4 VOTE.

MUCH OF THE HEARING FOCUSED ON CONCERNS FROM OPPONENTS THAT THE MEASURE WOULD TARGET BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS AND DOING NOTHING TO STOP VIOLENT CRIME.

HEATHER CHERONE HAS BEEN COVERING THIS IS BACK WITH PORE.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS A TOOL THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO FIGHT CRIME.

HOW DID THEY CONVINCE A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE TO SEND THIS TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL?

>> WELL HONESTLY THEY DID NOT HAVE TO WORK THAT HARD BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S MOST CONSERVATIVE AND PRO POLICE MEMBERS.

SO WHEN THEY HEARD DEPUTY MAYOR JOHN O'MALLEY AND DEPUTY CHIEF CATO SAY WE NEED THIS TOOL AND IT WILL HELP US STOP CRIME THEY WERE SOLD AND THAT'S ALL THEY NEEDED TO HEAR TO SEND TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY.

>> DID THEY MAKE PROGRESS IN WINNING OVER PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO BLOCKED A VOTE ON THIS FOR FIVE MONTHS?

>> THEY DID NOT.

THEY WERE REPEATEDLY PRESSED BY THE PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS TO SHARE DATA THAT THEY COULD TO PROVE THIS WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO FIGHT CRIME AND THAT IT WOULD NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY CHARGE POOR BLACK AND LATINOS IN CHICAGO.

THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT BUT THEY ARE CERTAIN IT WOULD SERVE TO FIGHT CRIME AND AS A DETERRENT.

THE PROGRESSIVE ALDERMEN WERE NOT CONVINCED AND MOST FOUR ALDERMEN VOTED NO AND MORE PLAN TO VOTE NO ON WEDNESDAY.

>> ON WEDNESDAY, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY THIS SETS UP A SHOWDOWN FOR WHEN IT GOES GET TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY.

DOES IT HAVE THE VOTES TO FAST?

>> THAT IS THE CRUCIAL QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

IT WILL BE A BIG TEST OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S ABILITY TO FIND 26 VOTES.

SHE WILL NO DOUBT BE MAKING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND TELLING ALDERMEN THIS WILL GIVE THEM A WAY TO SAY THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING CRIME AT A TIME WHEN MURDERS AND CARJACKINGS ARE STILL ON THE RISE.

PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE GOING TO ARGUE THAT THAT IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO MAKE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

>> I'M SURE YOU WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS FOR US.

HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> AND NOW WE GO BACK TO AMANDA VINICKY WHO SPENT THE DAY IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> YES, PARIS I'M JOINED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL UKRAINIAN MUSEUM, LYDIA TKACZUK.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT ALL THIS HUMAN OFFERINGS ARE?

>> THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN 1952.

THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDED BY THREE GENTLEMEN WHO CAME AFTER WALL WAR 2 VE.

IT WAS INTENDED TO BE AN ARCHIVAL CENTER BUT AS THEY GATHERED -- RECEIVED ARTIFACTS FROM A HUMAN IN CALIFORNIA THAT CLOSED DOWN, IT DEVELOPED INTO A LARGER MUSEUM WHICH HAS COLLECTION AND A HISTORICAL COLLECTION AND ARCHIVES IT HAS A RELIGIOUS SECTION AND THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN VETERANS IT'S VERY DIVERSE.

>> AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL.

YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT?

>> OF COURSE.

I DO.

AND IT'S AS COSTUME FROM THE MOUNTAINS IT IS.

>> IT'S GORGEOUS -- HAVE YOU PUT IT ON?

>> NOT THAT ONE.

I HAVE MY OWN.

>> LET'S TURN NOW TO SERIOUS MATTERS WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING THE DAY TALKING ABOUT THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE WITH THE POTENTIAL INVASION FROM RUSSIA.

YOU HAVE DISTANT FAMILY THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THOSE IN UKRAINE?

>> SO I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND MOST OF THEM MY FAMILY IS IN WESTERN UKRAINE.

HOWEVER I DO HAVE FAMILY IN EASTERN UKRAINE AND I SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY.

I COULDN'T REACH MY NIECE SO I CALLED HER HUSBAND AND HE SAID THAT HE MOVED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO THE WESTERN PART OF UKRAINE TO HER HOMETOWN.

HE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW REMAINED IN KYIV.

>> AND WHAT IS THEIR EXPECTATION?

ARE THEY GIRTING FOR BATTLE?

>> THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT PANICKING.

THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH ALL THE TIME THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT.

AND THEY SAID THEY NEED TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES BUT THEY ARE GETTING READY.

HE SAID HIS AMMUNITION IS CLEANED AND HE IS READY TO FIGHT.

>> HOW IS THAT HAVING AN IMPACT IF AT ALL HERE?

CHICAGO PARTICULARLY THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN POPULATION?

>> IT EFFECTS THE FAMILIES BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES ONLY THE WIFE IS HERE OR THE HUSBAND AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY IS IN UKRAINE.

THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS, THERE IS A VERY BIG CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

>> HOW COULD YOU NOT BE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL AS IF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN HANDLING THIS SITUATION?

>> SO FAR I THINK THEY ARE HANDLING IT VERY WELL.

AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE THAT WAY.

I THINK THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I SEE THEY ARE CONCERNED.

AND THEY ARE TRYING TO HAVE OTHER COUNTRIES BE JUST AS CONCERNED.

AND TO DO THEIR WORK AS WELL.

>> ANY NEXT STEPS THAT YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO TAKE?

>> WELL, IF THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE TAKING SANCTIONS THEY WILL BE TAKING SANCTIONS THEY SHOULD BECAUSE THIS AFFECTS PEOPLE FINANCIALLY IT AFFECTS CULTURAL DIPLOMACY.

>> IT AFFECTS SO MUCH AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT STORY AND BEST WISHES TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UKRAINE.

ONCE AGAIN THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM HERE IN CHICAGO, LYDIA TKACZUK.

WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM THE MUSEUM LATER.

BUT FOR NOW BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND UP NEXT, SHOW RECOMMENDATIONS AHEAD OF CHICAGO THEATRE WEEK.

FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WEATHER.

HE WROTE IT AT THE END BUT IT'S ABOUT THE BEGINNING AND IT IS SUCH A POWERFUL PLAY.

DIRECT BIDE CHUCK SMITH WITH FABULOUS PERFORMANCES MANY AND WHAT IT DOES IT GOES -- IT'S SET IN PITTSBURGH BUT IT IS A STORY OF A WOMAN WHO IS 280 OR 300 YEARS OLD WHICH MEANS SHE CAME OVER ON THE EARLY SLAVE SHIP AND THE YOUNG BLACK GUY FROM THE SOUTH WHO HAS COME NORTH AND SHE HAS TO TEACH HIM A LOT OF LESSONS.

AND SHE DOES IT IN WHAT IS ALMOST LIKE AN OTHER RHEA ABOUT THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE OCEAN AND TO THIS CITY OF BONES WHICH IS WHAT SHE CALLS IT.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THE SHOW I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE STORY.

IT IS ABOUT A HOUSEHOLD IN PITTSBURGH AT A ROUGH TIME AND YOU GO AWAY AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE BEEN I DON'T KNOW, RAISED.

THAT IS THE BEST WORD.

>> THAT IS A RINGING ENDORSEMENT SET IN PITTSBURGH.

AND RELENTLESS AT TIMELINE THEATRE WHICH IS WRITTEN BY SOMEONE YOU CALL PERHAPS A BURGEONING AUGUST WILLSON SUCCESSOR.

>> SHE IS A FEMALE AND I THINK SHE MIGHT BE THE FEMALE ALTERNATIVE TO AUGUST WILLSON.

SHE WROTE A PLAYSET IN 1919 AND ABOUT AN ASPECT OF BLACK CULTURE CALLED THE BLACK VICTORIANS.

ALTHOUGH THEIR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN SLAVERY, THEY ARE FREE AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THEY'VE BEEN EDUCATED AND THEY ACTUALLY NOW ARE PART OF THE BLACK ELITE.

AND IT'S ABOUT TWO SISTERS ABOUT TO EMPTY THE HOME OF THEIR MOTHER AND IN A SERIES OF DIARIES THEY FOUND OUT THE TRUTH OF THE PAST WHICH THEY NEVER KNEW AND IT IS A FASCINATING PLAY BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY ACTED.

DIRECTED BYRON ENABLED PARSON AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO RUN FOR EIGHT OR NINE DAYS I HOPE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT.

>> THEATRE WEEK AT THE TIMELINE THEATRE.

NEXT WOMEN OF SOUL.

IT IS SORT OF A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE GREAT SOUL SINGERS IN HISTORY ROCK HISTORY ARETHA FRANKLIN AMY WINEHOUSE BUT MORE THAN A MUSICAL REVIEW, CORRECT?

>> IT IS IT'S BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER IT IS A LITTLE BIT ON A TIME-FRAME FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE LATEST.

AND HOW ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THE WOMEN WERE SOME RELIGIOUS, SOME HIPSTERS, IT IS A VERY, VERY -- >> JANICE JOPLIN.

>> AND EACH OF THE ACTRESSES CAPTURE THE SOUND OF THE SINGER'S VOICES THAT WE KNOW SO WELL.

AND AT THE END OF THE SHOW THERE IS A TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN.

>> ARE ALL THE WOMEN SOUND ALIKES FOR THE LIKES OF MAVIS STAPLES AND JANICE JOPLIN?

>> THEY HAVE REALLY HAVE CAUGHT THE TIMBER OF THE VOICES AND THE PERSONALITIES AND THEY ARE DRESSED UP TO THE 9s.

AND I THINK IT IS A SHOW THAT IS REALLY WORTH SEEING.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAVE BLUES IN THE NIGHT.

THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

TELL US ABOUT THIS ONE AND THE SONGWRITERS REPRESENTED HERE?

>> IT HAS.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE EARLY 1980s AND IT'S SET IN 1938, THE END OF THE DEPRESSION ABOUT THREE WOMEN ALL AT DIFFERENT AGES AND ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.

LOVE AFFAIR PROBLEMS, MONEY PROBLEMS, LIFE PROBLEMS IN GENERAL.

AND THEY ARE ALL LIVE IN SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTELS A HOTEL THAT WAS ONCE POSH BUT NOW ON ITS HEELS.

AND THEY SING AND IT SORT OF FOLLOWS THE LINE OF THEIR LIFE AT THE MOMENT.

AND SO ALL THE SONGS ARE BLUES SONGS AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS SONGS THAT THEY SING.

AND THEY ARE FABULOUS.

FELICIA FIELDS AND DON LYNN, AND PAT KENNEDY AND THE THREE ARE WONDERFUL AND THERE WERE TWO GUYS.

ONE WHO IS A DANCER WHO IS KIND OF THE BACKDROP FOR THE WHOLE THING AND A SINGER AT THE HOTEL WHO HAS ISSUES WITH GIRLS.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO "WEST SIDE STORY" AT THE MARRIOTT LINCOLNSHIRE.

WE KNOW ABOUT THE STEVE VEP SPIELBERG ADAPTATION HOW DOES THIS STACK UP?

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THE "THIS IS A ROBBERY"VIE U THIS IS AN INTIMATE SPACE IN THE REALM AND THE DANCING WHO DID SOME OF THE DANCE SETTINGS FOR PARADISE SQUARE WHICH IS GOING TO BROADWAY IS TERRIFIC.

AND THE VOICES ARE GREAT AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HEAR BERNSTEIN, SONDHEIM TUNES AGAIN.

>> THEY DO ELABORATE PRODUCTIONS AT MARRIOTT.

HEDY WEISS A LOT OF WONDERFUL SELECTIONS FOR CHICAGO THEATRE WEEK.

>> IT IS THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY WHO SPENT THE DAY IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> I'M JOINED NOW BY PAVLO BANDRIWSKY, HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA ILLINOIS DIVISION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

WHAT IS THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA AND WHAT ROLE DOES IT PLAY?

>> UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA THE UCCA, IS THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION THAT UNITES THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S COMPRISED OF 30 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN'S GROUPS, YOUTH GROUPS, UKRAINIAN AMERICAN VETERANS AND OTHERS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.

AND IT WAS FORMED IN 1940 SO THAT UKRAINIANS AT THAT TIME AND GOING FORWARD WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE ABOUT OUR CONCERNS TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE OUR CULTURE AND OUR TRADITION AND OUR LANGUAGE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE'VE ALSO OVER THE YEARS HAVE COME TO ADVOCATE FOR CERTAINLY STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES AND ADVOCATING ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AMERICANS.

>> AND THE ILLINOIS CHAPTER IS STRONG GIVEN THE POPULATION OF UKRAINIAN AMERICANS IN CHICAGO?

>> WELL, OTHERS SAY WE ARE THE BEST.

WE'RE TOO MODEST TO ADMIT THAT.

BUT WE ARE VERY ACTIVE AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF COMMITTED PEOPLE THAT REALLY HELP US GET OUR WORK DONE.

>> WHAT WORK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING NOW AMID THE TENSIONS WITH RUSSIA?

>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVELS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT IN TERMS OF BUILDING AWARENESS.

MANY AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE, WHY IT'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE WHAT THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IS ABOUT AND WE WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND KEEPING OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS OUR SENATORS AND OUR CONGRESSMEN INFORMED ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR STRONG SANCTIONS.

WE THINK THAT SANCTIONS NEED TO BE APPLIED NOW BEFORE THE INNOVATION HAPPENS.

UP TO NOW -- INVASION HAPPENS.

14,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WITH THE INVASION OF RUSSIA.

>> WHAT RESPONSE ARE YOU GETTING?

>> THEY ARE POSITIVE AND THEY YOU HAD AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THEY COME BACK FROM THE BRIEF RECESS THERE'S GOING TO BE TALK.

THERE ARE TWO CURRENT BILLS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PARTISAN BILLS WE ARE LOOKING TO GET THE PARTISANSHIP BEHIND THEM AND MAKE IT BIPARTISAN AND THAT IS THE ONE THING UKRAINE HAS ENJOYED IS STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OUT OF WASHINGTON.

>> AND NOW WE HAVE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAY BE HAS BEEN IGNORED IN ALL THE CONVERSATION THE IMPACT OF THE POTENTIAL RUSSIAN AGGRESSION ON INC. R INDIGENOUS PEOPLES?

>> THE CRY MEANIAN CRIMEAN PENINSULA SUFFERED A TERRIBLE GENOCIDE WHEN DEPORTED TO ASIA AND SINCE RUSSIA HAS ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED THAT LANDOVER EIGHT YEARS THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN PLACES OF WORSHIP AND SCHOOLS LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND PEOPLE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED.

A LOT OF REPRESSION GOING ON.

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS GOING ON AGAINST THOSE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

>> AND I KNOW YOU AS WELL AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UKRAINE.

BEST WISHES TO THEM.

WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHT WITH US HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

THAT WAS PAVLO BANDRIWSKY.

HE IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE USE CORROBORATIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE -- UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS' AMERICA DIVISION.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> I LEARNED A LOT DURING THAT INTERVIEW.

WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL THAT THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HOST YOU AND THE CREW AND KEEP YOU OUT OF THE SNOW.

TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> I'M PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND ESPECIALLY HOSTING HERE.

BRANDIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET A VIEW OF IT BUT I'M STANDING ASIDE GORGEOUS FOLK ART THAT IS CALLED [INAUDIBLE] I'M HOPING I AM PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT.

THESE ARE EASTER EGGS ACTUAL EGGS HOLLOW BY NOW THAT ARE NOT PAINTED ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK IT.

INSTEAD LAYERS OF DIPPED LIKE THE BA TEAK METHOD AND EGGS THAT TELL A STORY AND SHARE A MESSAGE OFTEN OF HOPE, NEW LIFE AND SPRING AND THAT IS WHY THEY COME FOR EASTER.

IF YOU COME TO VISIT THERE IS A GOOSE EGG PLENTY TO SEE AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FROM UKRAINIAN VILLAGE THIS EVENING.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

COME CHECK IT OUT AT THE MUSEUM.

>> LOOKS COOL.

AND WE'RE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> LONG TIME AUTHOR AND POLITICAL SATIRIST P.J.

O'ROURKE DIED THIS WEEK FROM LUNG CANCER.

WROTE FOR EVERYONE FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON TO THE WEEKLY STANDARD COVERING POLITICS, WAR AND EVERYDAY LIFE.

HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY WAS FROM CHICAGO AND SPENT TWO YEARS AT OAK PARK.

WELL-KNOWN FOR CONSERVATIVE POLITICS HE WAS RAISED IN A ROCK RIBBED REPUBLICAN FAMILY.

BUT AS HE TOLD PHIL PONCE HE BRIEFLY STRAYED DURING YOUNG ADULTHOOD.

>> THE FIRST WEEKEND MY FRESHMAN YEAR I WAS WALKING DOWN AN ALLEY, I WENT TO OHIO ONE SIDE OF THE ALLEY WAS THE FRAT AND SORORITY BAR AND THE GIRLS WERE REALLY CUTE.

AND I WASN'T IN THAT STAR ATHLETE OR A RICH KID OR A SHARP DRESSER.

ON THE OTHER SIDE WERE EQUALLY CUTE GIRLS, STROKING GUITARS AND DRINKING BEER OUT OF THE BOTTLE, I -- I THOUGHT I MIGHT STAND A STAND A CHANCE OVER THERE.

>> I WAS RAISED IN A ROCK RIB REPUBLICAN FAMILY.

I COME HOME WITH MY HAIR DOWN TO MY BEHIND AND MY GRANDMOTHER SAYS PAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU ARE YOU BECOMING A DEMOCRAT?

OF COURSE I'M NOT A DEMOCRAT I AM A COMMUNIST?

AND MIGRANT MOTHER SAID JUST AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT A DEMOCRAT.

>> P.J.

O'ROURKE DIED TUESDAY AT HIS HOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HE WAS 74 YEARS OLD.

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

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY... >> THAT'S OUR SHOW NOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> YOU CAN GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE OUT THERE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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