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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE NUMBERS ARE IN AND THEY'RE CAUSING SOME TO QUESTION IF CHICAGO BET TOO BIG ON CASINO REVENUE.

>> I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED.

ESCALATING AND VERY PUBLIC SPAT BETWEEN GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON OVER SHELTERS FOR MIGRANTS.

2, 1, IS FREE.

24 7, 365 DAY.

YEAR SERVICED.

>> AND WE TAKE YOU INSIDE A CALL CENTER CONNECTING CHICAGOANS TO LOCAL RESOURCES.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A WAKE-UP CALL FOR BOEING.

UNITED AIRLINES CEO SCOTT KIRBY SAYS THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO, QUOTE, TAKE REAL ACTION TO RESTORE ITS REPUTATION FOR QUALITY.

ONCE THE WORLD'S LEADING AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER, BOEING HAS LOST MARKET SHARE TO EUROPE'S AIRBUS AFTER A SERIES OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS WITH ITS 7.37 MAX AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING 2 FATAL CRASHES.

MOST RECENTLY A DOOR PLUG ON AN ALASKA AIRLINES 7.37 MAX 9 BLEW OUT MID-FLIGHT, LEAVING A LARGE HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE.

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW GROUNDED THOSE PLANES OF WHICH UNITED BOEING'S BIGGEST CUSTOMER HAS 79.

KEEPING TEENAGE GIRLS OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS WERE AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

THAT'S THE GOAL OF A NEW FACILITY THAT OPENED IN BLUE ISLAND TODAY.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION.

IT'S CALLED LOGAN'S PLACE.

>> THE VISION FOR THIS CAMPUS EXTENDS THE YOUNG.

THIS RIGHT.

SHE WE ASPIRE TO OPEN.

NOT ONLY LOCUS PLACE, THE FULL CAPACITY THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO CAMAROS PLACE, A VISION THAT'S CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS.

AND TO REALLY MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY.

WE NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

>> GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER WAS ON HAND TO CUT THE RIBBON HOUSES, NEW TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITY THAT OFFERS HOUSING EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR UP TO 50 YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN 17 AND A HALF.

AND 21 YEARS OLD.

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL SPEND 3 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO PAY FOR ROOM BOARD AND PROGRAM FEES.

A POW SAYS 23,000 YOUTH AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. AND 20% BECOME INSTANTLY HOMELESS.

THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE OPPENHEIMER TOPPED THE LIST OF TODAY'S OSCAR NOMINATIONS WITH 13, THE MAN FOR WHOM THE MOVIE IS NAMED J ROBERT OPPENHEIMER STARTED THE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS BACK IN 1945.

ALONG WITH SEVERAL UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCIENTISTS ALBERT EINSTEIN.

THEY CREATED THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TO CONVEY GLOBAL THREATS TO HUMANITY AND THE PLANET.

AND THIS YEAR, SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORLD IS JUST AS CLOSE TO THE FIGURATIVE APOCALYPSE AS IT WAS LAST YEAR AT 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

LAST YEAR.

WE EXPRESS AMPLIFIED CONCERNED BY MOVING THE CLOCK TO 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

>> THE CLOSEST A GLOBAL CATASTROPHE THAT HAS EVER BEEN.

THE RISK OF LAST YEAR CONTINUE WITH ABATED FEROCITY AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE THIS YEAR.

TODAY.

WE ONCE AGAIN SET THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TO EXPRESS A CONTINUING UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF RISK UKRAINE.

THE GROUP POINTS TO THE ONGOING WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE IN 2023.

BEING THE EARTH'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD AS REASONS FOR THIS YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> THE GROUP SAYS THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK COULD HAVE BEEN TURNED BACK BUT GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE URGENT ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE.

CITY OF BIG SHOVELS.

BETTER CALL SALT AND CONTROL SALT.

DELETE JUST A FEW OF THE 50 NAMES IN THE RUNNING FOR THIS YEAR'S.

>> YOU NAME A SNOWPLOW CONTEST.

THE DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND SAYS THE CONTEST MOVED INTO PHASE 2 SO RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITES, CHOOSING FROM AMONG OTHERS VAN DER SNOW.

ERNIE SNOW BANKS OR THERE'S BUEHLER'S SCRAPE OFF THE TOP 6 VOTE-GETTERS WILL BE FEATURED ON ONE SNOWPLOW IN EACH OF THE CITY'S 6 SNOW DISTRICTS.

FOR MORE ON HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT AND REMINDER OF LAST YEAR'S WINNERS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE GROWING RIFT BETWEEN CITY HALL IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

BUT FIRST, THE CITY'S GAMBLE ON ITS FIRST CASINO 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.

>> FOR 30 YEARS, CHICAGO'S MAYOR BEEN BETTING ON A CASINO AND WHETHER IT MIGHT BE THE ANSWER TO THE CITY'S BUDGET WOES.

BUT NEW NUMBERS INDICATE THAT GAMBLE MAY NOT BE PAYING OFF AS HOPED THE TEMPORARY CASINO IN RIVER NORTH MEDINA TEMPLE BROUGHT IN JUST OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE LAST YEAR.

ALMOST 10 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION PROJECTED HERE TO DIVE INTO THOSE NUMBERS AND DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE PLANNED PERMANENT CASINO ARE DEBORAH CARROLL, DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS'S COLLEGE OF URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS WHOSE WARD INCLUDES THE GOLD COAST, STREETERVILLE AND RIVER NORTH NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND DAVID RISING PRESIDENT OF THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION.

WE SHOULD MENTION WE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND VALLEYS, CHICAGO TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT, BUT THEY BOTH DECLINED.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US DEBORAH.

KARA, LET'S START WITH YOU.

WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE CASINOS, LOW PROFITS?

>> NOT AT ALL.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY THE PROFITS CAME IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

THEY OPEN LATE.

THEY WANT OPERATING 24 7 INITIALLY.

BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE PROJECTIONS WERE LIKELY OVERLY OPTIMISTIC FOR THE CASINO TO HAVE A TRUE LARGE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY.

IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE CITY WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE CALM.

AND I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING TO VISIT THE CITY FOR ALL OF THE GREAT REASONS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO CHICAGO VISIT AND THEY'RE STEPPING INTO THE CASINO TO CHECK THINGS OUT BECAUSE IT'S NEW AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.

BUT IT'S NOT THE MAIN FOCUS OF THEIR VISIT AND THEIR TRIP.

SO THEY'RE SPENDING LESS TIME AND MONEY THERE.

SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE JUST A PLACE TO GET OUT OF A COLD FOR THE ALDERMAN.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

ARE YOU SURPRISED BY REVELATION?

>> NO, I WASN'T SURPRISED.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS A HANDFUL OF ALDERMAN, INCLUDING VOTED NO ON THIS PROPOSAL ARE WE WERE TOLD BY THE GAMING INDUSTRY THAT THE PROJECTIONS WERE ARTIFICIALLY HIGH.

THAT JUST CHARACTERIZES DECEPTIVE NURSE THAT I FELT IT WAS PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

THAT FORCED VALLEY ZANO SAYS THEIR ULTIMATE CHOICE ONE.

WE KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE.

IT'S THAT THE WRONG COMPANY CHICAGO ON HALSTED IS THE WRONG LOCATION.

AND NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE THE PROOF OF THAT.

NOW.

>> DAVID GRAZING THE TEMPORARY AS WE MENTIONED, IT OPENED SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THAN PLANNED.

DO YOU THINK THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHORTFALL OR, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE CASINO FELL SHORT BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE CASINO AND IT IS NOT TO THE THE BIG, MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND HOTEL VENUE THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BECOME.

>> YES, AND OBVIOUSLY OPENING HURTS YOUR YEAR AND NUMBER, BUT THE TREND SO FAR ARE NOT PROMISING FOR THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE.

THEY ALSO OCCUR AGAINST THE CONTEXT OF GAMBLING INDUSTRY THAT IS SEEING KIND OF A DIVISION BETWEEN THOSE SUPER BIG CASINOS LIKE RIVERS CASINO IN DES PLAINES AND THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY, WHICH HAD A PRETTY GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR.

BUT THAT AGAINST LIKE A 10 YEAR PERIOD DURING WHICH REVENUES GENERALLY HAVE BEEN DECLINING.

SO THERE'S HUGE QUESTION ABOUT SATURATION IN THE GAMBLING MARKET.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IS PART OF THE BALLY'S DEAL.

THERE ALSO IS CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL NEW CASINOS AND THEY'RE GOING TO MONEY AWAY FROM THE CHICAGO CASINO FROM PEOPLE WHO WHO LIVE HERE, NOT THE VISITORS WHO MAY BE ATTRACTED TO A DOWNTOWN LOCATION, NEW CASINOS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE CREPT AND AROUND CHICAGO, IN PARTICULAR.

DENVER, WHAT IS A SHORTFALL MEAN FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN DAY?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

USING GAMBLING REVENUES FOR SOMETHING FINANCE TEEN PENSION FUNDS IS KIND OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

ON THE ONE HAND, IT CAN BE VERY GOOD BECAUSE THE TAX REVENUE GENERATED FROM THOSE GAMBLING ACTIVITIES WILL COME FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN THE CITY.

AND SO THAT KEEPS TAXES LOWER OVERALL FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE CITY RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER HAND, GATHERING FAMILY REVENUES ARE VERY VOLATILE AND UNPREDICTABLE AS WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

AND MAYOR JOHNSON DEPENDING JUST AS MUCH EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THESE REVENUES FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS.

AND ULTIMATELY IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE PENSIONS ARE FUNDED.

AND IF THE GAMBLING REVENUES DON'T COME IN AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK TO OTHER SOURCES.

>> COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE DISAPPOINTING BUT WE ALSO LEARNED THAT BALLY'S HOTEL PLANS NEED TO MAKE A FOR THE PERMANENT SITE ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER.

DAVID, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE DETAILS WELL, BALLY'S INITIALLY WAS PLANNING 500 HOTEL ROOMS.

>> THEY STILL HOPE TO BUILD THEIR STILL PUBLIC FACE STILL IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD 500 ROOMS ALL TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE NOW SPLITTING THE STOP.

AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT 100 ROOMS.

CONSTRUCTED INITIALLY.

AND IF YOU READ THE TEA LEAVES, YOU THINK IT'S A WAIT AND SEE IF THEY BUILD THE ADDITIONAL 400 ROOMS, THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY MADE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.

THEY DID A SALE AND LEASEBACK OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT GAVE THEM ABOUT 500 MILLION DOLLARS TO WORK WITH FOR CONSTRUCTION COST.

BUT THEY HAVE TO BEGIN PAYING RENT ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CONSTRUCT BUILD AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET RENT OBLIGATIONS.

AND THE REASON THAT THEY'VE GIVEN FOR NEEDING TO IS TO AVOID DAMAGING CITY WATER PIPES IN THAT LOCATION WHERE THE HOTEL IS.

AND AS YOU 100 ROOM HOTEL TO OPEN IN 2026, THEY'RE SAYING THE ADDITIONAL 400 >> ROOM TOWER COULD BE BUILT ON TOP OF THAT HOTEL WITHIN 5 YEARS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM BALLY'S YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT ALL MIGHT HAPPEN AND WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, ALDERMAN IT COULD THIS BE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SEND THE ENTIRE PLANE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL?

WELL, I THINK IT DEFINITELY INDICATES FURTHER REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A MINIMUM AND HAS TO GO BACK TO PLAN COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE'S IT'S A 30 ACRE SITE.

IT WAS A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN LAID FOR THAT SITE.

>> AND NOW TOLD THAT IT CAN HAPPEN AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO IT HAS TO GO BACK TO PLAN COMMISSION.

I THINK IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE THIS RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

IT RAISES QUESTIONS.

WHY DIDN'T THEY NOTICE IN THE FIRST YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANS FOR THE SITE OVER THE YEARS.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS NEW THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT UTILITY CONFLICTS.

YOU'VE GOT HALSTED AND YOU'VE GOT CHICAGO, WHICH ARE ELEVATED STRUCTURES THERE.

AND YOU'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AT THAT SITE.

THERE COULD BE SOME TOXIC CONTAMINATION THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCOVERED.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT THIS THAT QUESTIONS, THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WAS DONE BY THE ARE THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SAID INITIALLY THIS WAS NOT A GOOD SITE FOR THE CASINO WHEN THERE WERE A BETTER ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE.

SO THEY ARE HOLDING THE LINE.

THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT THEY CAN KEEP GOING, THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE PLAN.

THE COUNCIL APPROVED.

>> BUT THE ALDERMAN IS RIGHT.

THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AND THE POLITICS OF IT ARE SUCH THAT IT'S DOUBTFUL THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THAT.

>> THEY'RE OPERATING AT THE MEDINAH TEMPLE UNTIL 2026 WITH A TEMPORARY LICENSE 3 YEARS.

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT IS ALLOWED FOR A TEMPORARY LICENSE.

BUT OF COURSE, A LOT IS PROMISED WITH THIS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.

THE BIG HOTEL, 11 RESTAURANTS, A 3,000 SEAT THEATER, DENVER.

WHAT IF BALLY'S CAN'T OR DOES NOT DELIVER IN THE TIME FRAME THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED?

>> WELL, I THINK IT THE FULL PLAN THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT VISITORS.

AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE COME VISIT THE CITY.

BUT AS THE PLAN BEGINS TO SCALE DOWN AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DELIVER ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT PART OF THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FALL SHORT.

>> ALDERMAN, SAME QUESTION TO YOU WHAT THEY CAN DELIVER.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THEY'VE ALREADY SCALED ON WHAT THEY PLANNED ON SPENDING FROM 1.7 BILLION DOWN TO 1.3 BILLION.

I THINK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT WEATHER IN DURING DEFAULT IN THE AGREEMENT WERE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

IF THEY DO DEFAULT ON THE AGREEMENT AGAIN, THERE WERE OTHER OPERATORS AT HAD VIABLE THAT SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN.

SO IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE.

OUR TO CORRECT THIS MISTAKE AND LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE COMPANIES THAT CAN DO A BETTER JOB.

>> DAVID, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT WORKERS OUT AT THE CASINO HAVE ALSO VOTED TO THIS WAS EXPECTED, CORRECT PART OF PART OF THE WINNING.

BUT IT WAS EXPECTED.

IT'S IMPORTANT NOTE ALSO THIS COMPANY IS FINANCIALLY NOT SUPER STRONG.

THEIR STOCK IS DOWN BY ABOUT 80% OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF CASH ON HAND.

SO BEING ON THE KIND OF LIKE MUSCLE THROUGH THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE AND RAISES ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO BUILD OUT THEIR BONDS ARE CURRENTLY TRADING AT $0.65 ON THE DOLLAR.

SO THEY ARE COMPANY THAT STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, OK?

LOT MORE TO DISCUSS ON THIS ONE.

I'M SURE KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING DEBORAH.

CAROL ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS AND DAVID RISING, THANKS TO 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, TENSIONS ARE HIGH BETWEEN LOCAL OFFICIALS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

WE'LL TELL YOU MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> TENSIONS RISING BETWEEN MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER OVER HOW THE MIGRANT CRISIS IS BEING HANDLED.

A NEW ORDINANCE COULD SEE GAS HEATING BAND AND ALL NEW PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE CHICAGO POLICE MISCONDUCT IS AGAIN MAKING HEADLINES.

ALL THAT AND MORE IN THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS HERE NOW IS, OF COURSE, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

AND EVEN IF HE HAD A SHARON AND PERES 18.

SO AS YOU MENTIONED, CLEARLY, A RIFT BETWEEN GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR JOHNSON OVER THE HANDLING OF THE MIGRANT INFLUX INTO THE CITY.

HERE'S PITTSBURGH YESTERDAY.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT NOT PLANNING TO ADD MORE SHELTER CAPACITY.

>> I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER AS IT IS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THE CITY HAS NOT TOLD THE STATE.

>> WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PUT OUR RESOURCES TO BUILD NEW SHELTERS OR HELP THEM BUILD THEIR SHELTERS SO WE CAN HELP THEY DON'T IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ENDING SHELTER CAPACITY AS THE CITY IS NOW PLANNING TO DO AT THE END OF WINTER.

>> SO THIS TENSION HAS BEEN BREWING A LITTLE WHAT IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE FRICTION HERE FOR I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE MAIN SOURCE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST FRICTION, PERIOD.

I MEAN, THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM, INTRACTABLE IN SOME WAYS, PARTICULARLY WITHOUT ACTION ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

YOU HAVE A UNITED FRONT BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR CALLING FOR CONGRESS PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO MORE.

SO THEIR THEIR JOINT THERE.

BUT THE ON THAT THEY GOT THIS DEADLINE SORT OF OF THE DNC AND NEEDING TO GET THAT IN ORDER BEFORE THE CONVENTION COMES IN CHICAGO, SUPPOSED TO PUT ON A BRIGHT AND SHINY HAPPY FACE AND THEN FURTHER YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, THESE ARE HUMANS.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS JUST PRESSURE OF IT'S COLD.

IT'S ICY.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

DO SOMETHING.

WHERE THIS STEMS.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY WITH THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS TALK OF, YOU KNOW, PERSONALITY CONFLICT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY THAT IS MUCH.

IT TRUE.

FRUSTRATION BETWEEN THESE 2 TEAMS OF GETTING SOMETHING DONE, BOTH SEEMING TO POINT THEIR FINGERS AT THE OTHER SIDE FOR WHY THAT ISN'T HAPPENING.

HEATHER, HOW IS THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION RESPONDING TO THIS WAS THEIR POSITION?

WELL, THEIR POSITION IS THAT CHICAGO HAS DONE MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE IN CARING FOR THE PEOPLE SENT TO CHICAGO.

MANY ON BUSES PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, BRANDON JOHNSON WANTS YES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO SORT OF HELP CHICAGO CANDLE THAT INFLUX BY SORT OF ENCOURAGING OTHER AREAS TO AGREE TO HOUSE AND CARE FOR THESE MIGRANTS.

THE ISSUE IS IS THAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS FACING A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION IN NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 6,000 MIGRANTS ARE GOING TO GET EVICTED ACCORDING TO THE CITY POLICY.

NOW, IN EFFECT AND WHETHER THEY SORT OF END UP HOMELESS ON CHICAGO'S STREETS, I THINK IS A VERY REAL CONCERN FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS CONCERNED THAT IF THE CITY DOES NOT CONTINUE TO ADD SHELTER BEDS AT THE PACE THAT IT DID BEFORE A NEW INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.

NOW IT'S SLOWED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY PUT THE CITY BACK BEHIND THE BALL.

PARIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A GOOD LOOK TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND THE IN A VERY PUBLIC SPAT.

CERTAINLY AHEAD OF THE DNC AS AMANDA MENTIONED.

IS THAT A CONCERN FOR EITHER OF THEM?

YEAH, I THINK THE GOVERNOR PROBABLY ANTICIPATES AN UPTAKE IN BUSES SENSE, ESPECIALLY AS THE MONTHS GET WARMER.

WE GET CLOSER TO THE DNC, BUT IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, ACTUALLY.

>> TO HAVE CALLING OUT THE MAYOR OF THE SAME PARTY IN THE BIGGEST CITY IN A STATE.

WE DIDN'T.

WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR AND LIGHTFOOT DIDN'T REALLY SEE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY.

BILL PUBLIC THIS OFTEN FOR HIM TO GO PUBLIC.

I THINK MEANS THAT THE 2 CAMPS ARE NOT THEY'RE NOT AGREEING.

I WANT TO DO.

THEY CAN'T COME TO A MEETING OF THE MINDS ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS OR ELSE.

WHY WOULD THEY GO PUBLIC WITH IT?

I TO WHAT WAY, EXPAND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FAR.

>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS TEAM WE HAVE CHICAGO.

YOU SAY THAT YOUR ALL THIS, BUT WAIT, WE HAVE TAKING CARE OF.

WE PROVIDED THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

WE PROVIDE INTAKE CENTER.

WE PRINT WE ARE PAYING FOR SHELTER BEDS.

WE'VE OFFERED TO PAY FOR MORE AND YOU'RE NOT TELLING US WHERE TO PUT THEM.

WE DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SO FOR CHICAGO TO SAY, OH, GOSH, IT'S SO TOUGH ON US WHEN THERE WAS ENOUGH MONEY DID THE MAYOR HAS ADMITTED IN HIS OWN BUDGET NOT FARE.

SO REALLY IT'S JUST BOTH SIDES NOT GOOD.

AND IT'S A VERY TOUGH SITUATION.

IT IS.

OBVIOUSLY HAD MOVING ON.

A NEW ORDINANCE EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED AT CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

THAT WILL FORCE ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION TO USE ELECTRICITY FOR HEAT AND POWER RATHER THAN GAS.

WHO'S BEHIND THIS AND WHAT THE PROPOSAL?

WELL, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS PUT THE FULL FORCE BETWEEN BEHALF OF THE NEWLY RECONSTITUTED DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT BEHIND THIS.

>> IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO DO 2 THINGS.

ONE, IT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT CHICAGOANS FROM HAVING TO PAY.

REALLY.

IT ORBITING CASAS FOR FOR NATURAL GAS WHICH WE'VE SEEN GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT IT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE ELECTRICITY FOR THE MOST PART IS A CLEANER SOURCE OF POWER.

SO THIS PREVENT NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION IN NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FROM INSTALLING GAS.

APPLIANCES DISHWASHERS IN AND FURNACES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

NOW, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO OR ANY BUSINESSES TO RETROFIT BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY WE HEARD FROM CITY OFFICIALS TODAY THAT THIS WAS A BABY STEP, A REASONABLE FIRST STEP, BUT PEOPLE'S GAS IS VERY MUCH AGAINST IT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

AND THERE IS LOCAL ONE, 50, THE OPERATING ENGINEERS UNIONS WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR MEMBERS LOSE JOBS, INSTALLING THESE SORT OF GAS HOOKUPS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG FIGHT, EVEN THOUGH BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES HAVE SIMILAR LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT PASSED WITHOUT MUCH CONTROVERSY.

HARRIS IS A GIVEN WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE OPPOSITION?

I THINK IT'S A TEST OF WHERE SORT OF THE HEART OF CITY COUNCIL LIES THAT DOMINATED BY FURTHER PROGRESSIVE LEFT OR MAYBE THE MORE TRADITIONAL LEFT.

BECAUSE HEATHER MENTION, YOU SAW SOME ALL THE PEOPLE PREEMPTIVELY COME OUT AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE YESTERDAY IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AND LABOR UNIONS ARE A TRADITIONAL SOURCE OF POWER FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE SECTOR UNION TO THE TRADE UNIONS.

>> I WOULD GUESS THERE WOULD BE A MAJORITY SUPPORT, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO FACTOR INTO THE FULL HERE'S JUST MEAN MORE BUSINESS FOR COMED AND IS THAT THE CHICAGO IS COMING GOOD ABOUT GIVING LIKE ALL THOSE NEW COMED.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HERE.

GOOD INTENTIONS.

>> YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT?

SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME.

30 SECONDS.

ANOTHER ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

HOW POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT, HOW THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND WHO GETS THE FINAL SAY A POLICE BOARD OR AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR WISE IS BACK FOR THE COUNCIL.

WELL, THE INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR FROM FIRST SORT OF CREATED THIS CONTROVERSY HAS REAFFIRMED RULING THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'LL BE FIRED OR SUSPENDED FOR UP TO A YEAR.

>> THAT DECISION NOW COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO EITHER REAFFIRM OR REVERSED THAT VOTE.

THEY TOOK BACK BEFORE THE FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE A JUST ADANI GROUP OF OF LEGAL FIGHTING WILL WILL COMMENCE THAT WILL REALLY DETERMINE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT ACCOUNTABLE.

I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN IT WENT AHEAD OF HER OWN STORY INVOLVES A DONNYBROOK.

WROTE IN KEEP SETS.

THANKS.

UP NEXT, HOW A FREE SERVICE IS AIDING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN COOK COUNTY.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL M PRESIDENT OF THE IN AGE FROM FAMILY, FUN.

>> HAVE YOU HEARD OF 2, 1, IT'S A FREE HOTLINE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO EVERYDAY SERVICES FROM WHERE TO FIND HOUSING RESOURCES TO UTILITY PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ TAKES US INSIDE THE CALL CENTER AND TELLS US MORE.

>> GO AHEAD AND TRY TO >> AND WE HAVE WORK WITH ON SEARCHING THE INTERNET CAN SOMETIMES BE OVERWHELMING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH DIFFERENT WEBSITES, LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING 2, 1, METRO CHICAGO.

THIS IS IT'S TRUE.

TODAY.

THE CITY'S 2, 1, 1, HOTLINE IS WORKING TO MAKE CONNECTING CHICAGOANS WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT.

EASIER TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.

>> SO THE SPACE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ARE HOUSES OUR CONTACT CENTER.

SO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN OUR 2, 1, OPERATIONS.

I'M RESPONDING TO THE COLORS IN NEED.

THE 24 HOUR.

HELPLINE IS FREE AND SEARCH CHICAGO IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY.

>> IT'S ESSENTIALLY A REFERRAL SERVICE WITH AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, WHICH USES A GAME CHANGER FOR CHICAGO >> SO IN MY OPINION, YES, THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY IS ACTUALLY BENEFITING FROM 2 IN ONE SERVICE IS BEING INTEGRATED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

NOW BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN NEED, WE START OFF AT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH PHONE NUMBER TO CALL WHICH ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A SERVICE THAT I NEED.

>> DOZEN HOMES IS ONE OF THE RESOURCE NAVIGATORS.

ON THE OTHER END OF THE YES, WHAT ACTUALLY WITH THE SCHOOL FOR HUMAN SERVICES?

TELL US WHAT WANTED TO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE PEOPLE.

YES, HOLMES WAS ABLE TO HELP.

DERRICK MAY CAN FIND ASSISTANCE WITH HIS GAS BILL.

SHE GAVE ME HIS NUMBER HERE.

THE PEOPLE AFTER HERE SHE GAVE ME ANOTHER NUMBER.

>> AND I JUST I GET I GET I GET WITH ALL KIND OF NUMBER THAT JUST KEPT CALLING.

>> MAKING CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH WHERE THEY HELPED HIM PAY A PORTION OF HIS UTILITY BILL.

GRATEFUL FOR.

>> REALLY COULD WIN FOR WOULD HAVE NO GAS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO, SEAN GARRETT SPEARHEADED THE INITIATIVE.

>> WE LIKE TO SAY IS THOSE EVERYDAY EMERGENCIES THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING ABOUT.

SO IT MIGHT BE HOUSING MIGHT BE FOOD MIGHT BE GETTING CONNECTED WITH THE JOB.

IT MIGHT BE UTILITY ASSISTANCE REALLY RUNS THE WHOLE GAMUT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

>> IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED WAY THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY, THE SERVICES AVAILABLE.

24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

WE HAVE BILINGUAL SERVICE, ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

BUT WHATEVER LANGUAGE YOU CALLING ON WILL FIND SOMEBODY.

>> WHO CAN TRANSLATE FOR YOU?

>> THE CENTER HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

JOHN GARRETT SAYS HE'S HOPING MORE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE RESOURCES ARE OUT.

THERE HOW DO WE TAKE INDIVIDUALS FOR IN A TIME NEED AND GET THEM CONNECTED THERE THROUGH EMPATHETIC AND CARING PEOPLE FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> WE'RE TOLD 2, 1, ONE HAS ASSISTED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE ACROSS CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES.

HOW A PROPOSED ORDINANCE COULD IMPACT LOCAL DOLLAR STORES AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND ONE ON ONE WITH OUTGOING COOK COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE CHIEF ARNOLD RANDALL, WHO STEPPED DOWN NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BRANDIS FRIEDMAN STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW, OFFICES PERSONAL INJURY, LAW FIRM COMMITTED TO