>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE LATEST ON WHETHER THE CITY WILL EVICT MIGRANTS FROM CITY-RUN SHELTERS THIS WEEK.

MEANWHILE, CONGRESS MEMBERS LOOK TO STRIKE A BIPARTISAN DEAL TO CLAMP DOWN ON BORDER CROSSINGS.

A NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK OF POEMS AND PAINTINGS FROM AN UNLIKELY AUTHER.

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

>> AND COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILL SHOULD HIT MAILBOXES THIS WEEK.

WE EXPLAIN HOW YOUR BILL IS CALCULATED.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

WILL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP BE KICKED OFF ILLINOIS'S ELECTION BALLOT?

>> MIGHT HAVE SOME KIND OF AN ANSWER TO THAT TOMORROW.

THIS AFTER HEARING LAST FRIDAY BEFORE THE STATE ELECTIONS BOARD TO KICK BOTH TRUMP AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN OFF THE ILLINOIS BALLOT.

IN TRUMP'S CASE, A HEARING OFFICER SURMISE THAT TRUMP SHOULD HAVE HIS NAME REMOVED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION, BUT ALSO SAID IT'S A QUESTION THAT ULTIMATELY BE DECIDED BY THE STATE'S COURTS, NOT THE ELECTION BOARD.

THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THAT OR PUNCH IT BY TOMORROW.

WORRIES.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE LOOP CANCEL CLASSES TODAY.

THIS AFTER 2 STUDENTS WERE FATALLY SHOT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

INNOVATIONS HIGH SCHOOL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY BUT TOLD STUDENTS IT WOULD REOPEN FOR CLASS TOMORROW.

ACCORDING TO CHICAGO POLICE, SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE EXITING THE SCHOOL ON 17 NORTH STATE STREET AT AROUND 12:25PM.

FRIDAY WHEN 2 VEHICLES PULLED UP AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE GOT OUT AND BEGAN FIRING SHOTS.

THE 2 VICTIMS, A 16 YEAR-OLD ROBERT BOSTON IN 17 ONTARIO WILLIAMS WERE STRUCK AND RUSHED TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER RESPONSE TO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S CLAIM THAT THE STATE CAN PUT MIGRANT SHELTERS ANYWHERE IT WANTS AN UNRELATED EVENT.

TODAY.

THE GOVERNOR SAID CHICAGO HAVE TO BEAR THE LION'S SHARE OF MIGRANT SHELTERS AS TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT KEEP SENDING BUSLOADS TO THE CITY, SAYS OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE OAK PARK HAVE STEPPED UP AND ACCEPTED STATE GRANTS FOR SHELTERS BUT SAYS THE STATE IS READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO ASSIST THE CITY.

>> THE MAJOR IN MAJORITY PART OF WHAT'S NECESSARY NEEDS TO BE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITH LITERALLY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DIRECTLY AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INDIRECTLY.

WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE ON THIS ISSUE IN JUST A MOMENT.

STARTING WITH THE LATEST ON WHETHER THE CITY WILL EVICT MIGRANTS.

>> FROM SHELTERS THIS WEEK, HEATHER, JOINS US FROM CITY HALL FOR A LIVE REPORT 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.

>> CHICAGO OFFICIALS WILL NOT EVICT MIGRANTS FROM CITY SHELTERS UNTIL AT LEAST MID-MARCH.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.

AND HERE'S SOME OF WHAT HE TOLD REPORTERS.

>> BECAUSE OUR PLAN FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER WAS NEVER MEANT AS A LONG-TERM HOUSING SOLUTION.

WE WANT TO GIVE EVERY PERSON IN EVERY SINGLE FAMILY THAT HAS COME TO OUR CITY ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS THEIR WORK AUTHORIZATION, FIND HOUSING.

STARTED TO LIFE IN OUR GREAT CITY.

>> WDW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHER AND JOINS US NOW FROM CITY HALL WITH THE LATEST ON THE 3RD TIME, JOHNSON HAS STEPPED BACK FROM EVICTING MIGRANTS WHO SPENT 60 DAYS IN CITY SHELTERS.

HEATHER.

SO 2900 MIGRANTS WOKE UP IN CITY SHELTERS THIS MORNING THAT WERE SET TO BE EVICTED BY FRIDAY.

HOW LONG WILL THEY NOW BE ABLE TO STAY THERE?

>> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY ENTERED CITY SHELTER.

IF THEY ENTERED BY MID JANUARY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY UNTIL MID-MARCH.

AND THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 5700 PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE.

NOW, THOSE WHO ENTERED SHELTER AFTER WILL BUT WHICH IS ABOUT 2100 PEOPLE BY THE END OF JANUARY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY AN EXTRA 30 DAYS.

BUT THIS MEANS THAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON WILL BE RIGHT BACK WHERE HE WAS TODAY IN JUST ABOUT MID-MARCH, FACING REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE'S PREPARED TO SHOULD TURN OUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY SHELTERS WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

>> HE MADE IT CLEAR THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS TO THIS LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> LOOK, THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE.

THERE.

THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE 60 DAY LIMIT ON SHELTER STAYS IN NOVEMBER.

IT WAS NEVER INTENDED HEATHER TO BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

WAS IT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THE FIRST 2 TIMES THE MAYOR STEPPED BACK FROM ENFORCING THE LIMIT.

IT WAS BECAUSE OF BRUTALLY COLD WEATHER AND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM.

THAT'S WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH ATTENTION ON WHAT THE MAYOR WAS PREPARED TO DO IT THIS WEEK.

BUT HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE IS BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

HE'S FACING INCREASING PRESSURE FROM ALLIES ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS AND THOSE EVEN NOT ON THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THESE MIGRANTS.

BUT HE ALSO SAYS IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR THE CITY TO SPEND AS MUCH AS 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS PER DAY.

CARING FOR THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

MOST OF THEM MADE THEIR WAY TO CHICAGO ON BUSES PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WHO IS DETERMINED TO HURT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S REELECTION.

CHANCES BY SPLITTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND MAKING LIFE MISERABLE FOR MAYORS LIKE BRANDON JOHNSON.

AND AS YOU HEARD GOVERNOR PRITZKER EARLIER, CHICAGO IS GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP SHARING BEARING THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS.

ALTHOUGH HE SAID STATE.

>> MONEY IS AT THE READY.

HEATHER, YOU ASKED THE JETS ABOUT MY REPORTING FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT SHOWED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN AN E-MAIL THAT RAISE THE ALARM ABOUT CONDITIONS AT THAT PILSEN MIGRANT SHELTER IN OCTOBER.

THIS IS A SHELTER WHERE 5 YEAR-OLD JOHN CARLOS MARTINEZ RIVERO HAD FALLEN ILL AND LATER DIED.

THAT WAS IN DECEMBER AT WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE?

>> HE TOLD ME THAT HE ACTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE SAW THAT E-MAIL, WHICH YOU OBTAINED AND THAT SHOWED WENT DIRECTLY TO HIM.

NOW THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT YOU WERE TOLD AND WHAT YOU'VE REPORTED ON FROM OTHER OFFICIALS AND OTHER ADVOCATES FOR THE MIGRANTS.

WE HEARD TODAY FROM NEW CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER DOCTOR SON BEAU EK WHO SAID THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE EXPANDED EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE SHELTERS, HOUSING THE MIGRANTS.

NOW MANY 14,200 AS OF TODAY'S COUNT, WILL BE RESPECTFUL AND DIGNIFIED.

AND THAT INCREASE EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS CONNECTED TO HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

>> ALL RIGHT, HEATHER SHARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JOINING US FROM CITY HALL, YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> BORDER >> SECURITY IS ON THE MINDS OF CONGRESS.

PEOPLE THIS WEEK, THE CONTOURS OF A POSSIBLE DEAL ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND UKRAINE AID ARE EMERGING.

BUT REPUBLICANS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SUPPORTED THE DEAL SEEM TO BE BACKING AWAY REPORTEDLY BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD THEM IT WOULD BE BAD POLITICS FOR HIM TO GIVE JOE BIDEN DEMOCRATS A VICTORY BY PASSING BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND JOINING US IS CONGRESSWOMAN DAILY.

I MEAN, AS A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS'S 3RD DISTRICT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE AND WESTERN SUBURBS.

WE ALSO INVITED THE REST OF ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

THEY DID NOT ACCEPT OUR INVITATION, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN, WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.

THE FROM WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED BILL WOULD GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THE BORDER IT AVERAGES OUT TO MORE THAN 4,000 ILLEGAL CROSSINGS PER DAY.

IT ALSO GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.

WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT'S IN THIS BILL?

>> I MEAN, LOOK, HERES.

THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ACTUAL TAX THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE HAD NOT ACTUALLY SEEN ARE GOING VIRAL FOR IN SAYING FROM WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA, IMPRESSIVE DAYS THE REALITY IS, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO OPEN BORDER AS AS SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON REPUBLICAN SIDE KEEPS SAYING, BUT CENTERPIECE OF THAT WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO CROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD THIS MOMENT ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THAT.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS PEOPLE ARE SEEKING ASYLUM THEY COME TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND SEES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUESTING THAT THE STAFF, RIGHT.

THAT OFFICERS WILL SAY NO.

YOU'VE BEEN TO THAT REGARDLESS.

IF THEY, IN ARE SEEKING BECAUSE OF SAFETY OR WHATEVER.

ALSO WITHIN OF SEEKERS.

SO THAT'S A PROBLEM AT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE AND WORSE THAT HELPING CITIES CHICAGO WHO NEED ASSISTANCE TO HELP ARRIVALS THAT ARE ALREADY CHICAGO ARE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.

WHAT WOULD ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE LOOK LIKE ASSUMING THE AND YOU ARE THE DAUGHTER OF A GUATEMALAN IMMIGRANT.

BUT IN THE MOST OF THESE MIGRANTS ARE COMING FROM.

>> AM VERY TROUBLED SITUATION THERE RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, I THINK PERFECT EXAMPLE WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

IT IS A TROUBLING SITUATION.

SO PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO MANY OF THEM ARE CROSS AND JOHN BOSA, WHO ARE THE TO MAKE EAGLE TO GET TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND WHAT THEY IT WAS.

WE WERE WILLING TO RISK.

ABSOLUTELY EVERY CENT SO MANY OF THE WOMEN TO VIDEO ON NEARLY DYING JUST TRY TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

>> BECAUSE THEY NEED THE SERVICES.

THEY'RE ALSO ORDINANCES.

ALSO, CUBANS, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT THEM ARE CROSSING THE BORDER.

HERE'S WHAT HEAR MY COLLEAGUES WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF OK, LET'S DO THAT.

ACTUALLY PASSES DECISION OR FUNDING THIS RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DETECT FENTANYL COME INTO OUR PORTS OF ENTRY OF WHICH 80% OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE CITIZENS BIG OR HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT MEANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT COME WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO GET PROCESS THAT'S TO FUNDING FOR JUDGES AND OFFICERS TO STRANDING AND PROCESS.

THESE ARE 2 THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW.

THE 3RD I JUST CAME FROM, WHAT THE MODEL THERE HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPTED COUP THERE.

SO THE NEW PRESIDENT COULDN'T TAKE OFFICE.

THANKFULLY HE DID HOW MANY ADDRESSED ISSUES IN THESE COUNTRIES THROUGH FOREIGN POLICY STATE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS REASONS PEOPLE ARE MIGRATING TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE HERE'S THE REALITY.

YOU CAN TRY TO BUILD A BORDER WALL OFF.

PEOPLE WILL STILL EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO COME HERE SEEKING ASYLUM.

THERE'S NO THAT AND THEN THERE'S NO QUESTION.

IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF THE TURN TO PUT >> AT THE BORDER, AS YOU SAID, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO TRY TO COME TO THIS, GO A SITUATION.

>> IN THEIR COUNTRY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE OPPOSED TO THIS BILL IF IT DOES GET TO THE HOUSE AND BEING NEGOTIATED IN THE SENATE ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS, THEN WE HEARD DONALD TRUMP APPARENTLY CALLED REPUBLICANS AND SAID DON'T DO ANYTHING ON THIS AS SO.

DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE THAT MIGHT SINK THE WHOLE THING?

>> IT COULD BE ANY LOVE.

WE'VE HAD A WHOLE YEAR IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GET A SOLUTION TO THE BORDER, IF HE WANTED TO CREATE KIND OF SOLUTION.

SO IMMIGRATION SINCE WE HAVE AND I THINK SECONDED 6 BECAUSE I SERVE AS VICE MAKING MEMBER HOMELAND SECURITY WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BORDER WITH ACTUAL SOLUTION.

ALL BE THERE TOMORROW PEACH IN HERE AND AGAIN, SECRETARY MICHAEL BECAUSE REPUBLICANS WANT TO TRY IMPEACH BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH HIM.

THERE IS NO REAL SOLUTION IN MOMENT.

BUT I WOULD TO YOU IS THE BILL IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD.

IT IS SO FAR THAT HAS NO ACTUAL SOLUTION TO THE BORDER AND CHANGES FUNDAMENTALLY THE ABILITY OF SOMEONE TO SEEK ASYLUM, THAT I'M AN ADULT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL ALSO SEE THAT HAS THAT KIND OF LEGISLATION THAT TAKE US BACK 15 YEARS INSTEAD OF MOVING US FORWARD.

AND IT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNVEILED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY.

>> ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION IN CHICAGO.

WE REPORTED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT THE PILSEN MIGRANT SHELTER THAT HOUSING ABOUT 2500 FOLKS.

THIS IS WHERE JOHN CARLOS RAMIREZ MARTINO LATER FELL AND DIED.

>> WE REPORTED THAT THE BRANDON JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAD BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS AT THIS SHELTER AS EARLY AS OCTOBER.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ENOUGH TO ENSURE HUMANE CONDITIONS AT THE SHELTERS?

>> I BELIEVE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK IN HAND WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING LITTLE TO NOTHING REALITY TO HELP SUPPORT.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING 10 MILLION I SENT OUT A WITH LEGISLATION, NEW YORK AND COLORADO REQUESTING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE MENG.

THAT POSSIBLE 10 BILLION DOLLARS NATIONALLY, WHICH MEANT THAT IT COULD BE 3 TO 400 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLACES LIKE CHICAGO UNLESS THE STATE EVEN SEE THEM.

THEN AND EVEN BORDER POLICY NEGOTIATION YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT YOUR ACTION AND HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN TEARS.

CITIES FOR ARRIVALS.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND I'M GOING TO SAY THE STAIRS.

I KEEP SAYING THIS OVER AND OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IN THE STATE OF AND EVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE COORDINATED APPROACH BETWEEN THE STATE.

THE CITY ARE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND THE FEDERAL DELEGATION TO TRYING TO FIGURE HOW IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY ADDRESS THE ISSUES SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH HUMANITY AND EXTEND THE RESOURCE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.

BUT IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF NOT JUST THE CITY ARE YOU SAYING IS ARE YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING THE COLD SHOULDER FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHEN YOU'RE ASKING PERHAPS FOR FUNDS FROM FEMA SOME OTHER.

>> SOME OTHER EXECUTIVE AGENCY TO GO TOWARD CHICAGO.

AN ABSENCE OF CONGRESS BEING ABLE TO PASS ANYTHING.

>> WE PUT IN RUN OVER THEIR SIDE AS EVENING IN PASS A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.

BUT TO HER SPEAKER JOHNSON JUST SAY DEAD ON ARRIVAL TO GET YEAR AND WHAT YOU NEED JUST HEARD ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS RECENTLY.

NOT THAT TALK ABOUT THE MONEY THEIR CITIES.

SO WAS GOING TO BE THERE.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING RECENTLY.

WHICH CONCERNING BECAUSE THAT IS A WAY THAT WE COULD HELP STATES LIKE ILLINOIS CITIES CHICAGO, THAT UNWANTED GETTING TO CHICAGO QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE PROVIDE ADDED CAPACITY NECESSARY ADDRESS THE WINTER, BUT ALSO HELP PEOPLE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR WORK PERMITS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN PRESUMABLY WILL BE RENOMINATED TO HERE IN CHICAGO LATER THIS SUMMER WHERE THERE MIGHT BE MORE MIGRANTS AND IN A LARGER CRISIS.

SO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE?

>> MORE INCENTIVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE?

THAT CONGRESSWOMAN DAILY RAMIREZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> NEXT, AN UNLIKELY OFF.

THEIR BRINGS US HIS NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

FROM SPORTS JOURNALIST TO CHILDREN'S POET, SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST RICK CALENDAR.

CERTAINLY WAXES POETIC WHEN LAMENTING THE FATES OF OUR OFF UNDERPERFORMING SPORTS FRANCHISES.

BUT NOW HE'S TURNED HIS LITERARY AND WORDSMITH ABILITIES TO POETRY.

A NEW BOOK CALLED SWEET DREAMS, POEMS AND PAINTINGS FOR THE CHILD.

A BED.

AND JOINING US NOW IS THE AUTHOR, RICK, TELL UNDER RICK, ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING ALL RIGHT.

SO THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO WRITE A CHILDREN'S BOOK CHALK FULL POETRY?

WELL, I WAS SICK IN BED.

THIS IS 30 YEARS AGO.

I HAD I WAS REALLY SICK AND I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> FOR 2 AND A HALF WEEKS, THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND THEY STOP THE PAIN.

IT WAS IN MY STOMACH.

BUT I WAS NAUSEATED SO I COULD WATCH TV COULDN'T READ.

COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, I COULD NOT.

IT WOULD MAYBE EVEN SICKER.

AND SO I STARTED WRITING POEMS IN MY HEAD AND I THOUGHT WHO NEEDS HOMES AND SOOTHING MORE THAN LITTLE KIDS WHO ARE MAYBE SECOND CONDITION.

I'M IN OR JUST GOING TO BED GENERALLY.

>> AND IT'S AND YOU'VE GOT I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT DOZENS IN HERE.

SO I SO I TAKE IT.

SO OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS OF KIND OF LIKE ADDED TO YOUR WELL, TELL YOU WHAT 42 REGIONAL PALMS AND 42 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.

>> SO EACH ARTIST I HAD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IN COMING UP.

I THINK THERE'S 14 FROM CHICAGO, THE AREA FEDERALIST ARTIST AND GUYS LIKE TONY FITZPATRICK AND MARK MCMAHON AND L BRAND OR WHO IS A DESIGNER TRANS KIDS WANT DO PASSKEY WAS.

SO HE'S KIND A PAINTING IN THERE THAT IS NOT LIKE IT PAST.

GET ALL DOES THOSE KIND OF LIKE THE VOC ALMOST OF WAYS THIS ONE'S OVER TEDDY BEAR FLOATING IN SPACE FOR LITTLE KIDS WHO'S HAVING A FEVER DREAM.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF OF SUMMIT IS SOME BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.

I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE TITLES OF SOME OF THESE DOWN IN THE VALLEY THE NIGHT BIRD, THE HAMMOCK, THE LAW OF THE TIGER IN THE LAND WHERE THE CITY GAME.

WHAT DID YOU COME UP?

WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS?

YOU KNOW, WOULD BE JUST READING SOMETHING OR REMEMBERING A POEM THAT STRUCK ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT ROBERT FROST, THAT GREAT PALMA STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING.

YOU KNOW, HAVE MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP, YOU MENTIONED THE TIGER IN THE LAMB.

I THOUGHT OF THAT BECAUSE OF A STUDY.

WILLIAM BLAKE, THE KIND OF PULL IT FROM 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY.

I'M SORRY AND HE WROTE A POEM CALLED THE TIGER AND IT'S ALL TIGER TIGER BURNING IN THE NIGHT IN THE FORCE OF THE NIGHT.

WHAT IMMORTAL AND AWRY FOR JUST FEARFUL SYMMETRY LIKE, HOW COULD GOD MAKE A LION?

AND HE ALSO WROTE PALM BLAKE DID CALL THE LAMB LIKE LITTLE.

IT'S VERY SWEET.

LITTLE LAMB WHO MADE THE LITTLE LAMB WHO MAYBE GOT THE THERE'S NOT A RELIGIOUS BOOK IN ANY WAY, BUT I THOUGHT I WILL SOLVE THAT.

I'LL HAVE THE LAM AND THE TIGER LINE DOWN TOGETHER, NOT WRITE A POLL SO THAT THEIR WAY TO TRAIN GETTING WILLIAM HOMES HERE.

ALL RIGHT, RICK WANTED TO READ A READ READ.

I WANT TO READ?

EVERYONE'S CALL MY OR ANY UNTIL STATED BY JOHN RUSH.

BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION.

>> I ALMOST HAVE MEMORIZED ONE NIGHT.

MY FATHER HELD CLOTHES WHEN I WAS TIRED AND LONG TO SLEEP.

HE BUT ME INTO HIS COAT.

AND WALK THE PATHAN LIT AND STEEP.

HE HELD ME TOO, WITH AN ARM.

THE COLD WIND TORE THE SKY APART.

HE WAS PROOF AGAINST THE STORM AND I BECAME HIS BEATING HEART.

SO TELL ME THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THAT ONE.

JUST A CHILD.

ONE OF THE TRIALS, BIGGEST FEARS BEING ABANDONED NOT BEING LOVED, NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF, ESPECIALLY WONDERS FORCES, FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN HE OR SHE.

AND HERE'S IS EPIC AND SEE FROM BEHIND AND HE'S GREAT COACH CARRYING THIS LITTLE KID HE'S A LITTLE KID'S FACE AND HE'S WRAPPED INSIDE MAN'S COAT.

THE WIND IS BLOWING THE SKY IS SNOW IS BLOWING AND THE WORLD APART AND THIS KID IS SAFE AND SLEEPING IN HIS FATHER'S ARMS.

YOU KNOW, YOUR HALL OF FAME, A SPORTSWRITER YOU PLAYED 4 YEARS OF FOOTBALL AT NORTHWESTERN, BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE LITERARY TALENT AND POETIC TALENT AND INTEREST.

WAS THAT COMMON AMONG FOOTBALL BACK IN YOUR DAY OR DID YOU KIND OF STAND OUT A LITTLE YOU KNOW, I WAS ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR NIGHT AS A TONY AND A LOT OF POETRY KIND OF MY SENIOR YEAR INDEPENDENT CLASSES.

I WAS DIFFERENT IN A WAY.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS ON THE TEAM THAT DID A LOT OF THINGS I ACTUALLY PLAYED WITH NUMEROUS PLAYERS BECAME LAWYERS AND DOCTORS.

IT MEANS JUST NORTHWESTERN.

THAT WAS DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM MY SENIOR YEAR.

WANT POINT THAT OUT, I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I WAS THINKING OF DIFFERENT REMEMBER MY HIGH SCHOOL COACH AS A QUARTERBACK, MY TEAM AND WE'RE HALFTIME HOMECOMING AND HE'S TELLING US ALL THE STUFF THAT I'M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW IN THE CLASSROOM INSIDE AT THE AT THE FESTIVITIES.

BUT HE GOT SO MAD THE HOME OF ICE.

JUST SAY, AND HE TOLD ME BEFORE YOU TYSON, YOU RECEIVE, REPEATED IT PERFECTLY.

HAHA.

I JUST YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN WAS GOING IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I'D ONLY FASCINATED BY POETRY.

DID DID PLAY A ROLE IN IN THE LIFE OF YOUR FAMILY, RAISING YOUR KIDS READ TO THEM AT NIGHT.

>> YEAH BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY.

THIS TOOK SO LONG AS OUR DESCENT AND MYSELF, DON'T WANT TO START MY KIDS WERE LITTLE AND AS IT DEVELOPED BY THE TIME I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS IN PROCESS.

THEY'RE OLDER.

THEY COULD READ THEMSELVES SO THEY HAVE READ IT.

NOW THE READING IT TO GRANDKIDS.

WOW, THAT'S RICK, BEFORE WE GO, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, SUPER BOWL'S.

COMING KANSAS CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO.

HE LIKE.

>> HOW CAN YOU BET AGAINST PATRICK MAHOMES HIS 4TH SUPER BOWL CAN'T USE ONE TOO.

IS COULD BE 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

HE'S ONLY 28.

>> AMAZING.

AMAZING.

AMAZING RUN.

AMAZING YOUNG CAREER.

ALRIGHT, AND THE BEARS A DRAFT.

CALEB KEEP JUST FEELS ME IT THIS WAY.

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT.

I WROTE A COLUMN ABOUT THAT EXACT TOPIC DATE.

>> I MY PERSONAL FEELING IS I DON'T KNOW.

KAYLA WILLIAMS IS THE ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS GUY, DRAKE MAYE WHO'S GOING TO GO SECOND FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS THE ANSWER.

BUT I DON'T JUSTIN FIELDS I GUESS THAT'S HOW IT SAID.

I THINK EITHER WAY YOU GO, IT'S NOT A SURE THING.

IT'S JUST GOING TO ROLL THE DICE.

>> NO, AND JUST LIKE THE BEARS COULD HAVE HAD PATRICK MAHOMES II COULD SET THE FUTURE FOR MANY, MANY MINUS RICK CALENDAR, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S FINALLY OUT.

SWEET DREAMS, POEMS AND PAINTINGS FOR THE CHILD A REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL BOOK.

AND AGAIN, THERE IT IS IN THE PROMPTER, SWEET DREAMS PALMS AND PAYING FOR THE CHILD TO BED BY RICK CALENDAR.

AND UP NEXT, WE EXPLAIN HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE CALCULATED.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

COOK COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS CAN EXPECT THEIR FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE 2023 PROPERTY TAXES TO HIT MAILBOXES THIS WEEK.

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

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

PART OF OUR SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

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

CAMPY MONTHS BEFORE THAT BILL LANDS IN YOUR MAILBOX, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY THEN THE FOLKS IN CHARGE BREAK OUT THE CALCULATORS FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD THAT AMOUNT ACROSS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

YOUR TAX BUT IT ISN'T ANY OF THEM SPLIT YOUR FINAL BILL OR SHARE IS BASED ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

AFTER ALL, THE OWNER OF $100,000 HOUSE SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO PAY THE SAME AS SOMEONE WITH A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION RIGHT?

SO THE NUMBER CRUNCHERS HIT THE BOOKS, CALCULATING THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF EACH PROPERTY USING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA LIKE STILL PRICED LOT SIZE, NEIGHBORHOOD, HOME, AGE AND MORE ALL FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STEPS DESIGNED PROTECT TAXPAYERS FROM THE WILD SWINGS IN THEIR BILLS.

AS A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU CAN APPEAL YOUR FAIR MARKET VALUE BEFORE ACT.

>> NEXT, STOP ASSESSMENT IN COOK COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE ASSESSED A 10% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.

IF YOUR HOME IS VALUED AT $300,000 PIECE, ESTE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYONE PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE.

OFFICIALS THEN APPLY A COUNTY WIDE EQUALIZER TO THE VALUE AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN GET BREAKS OR EXEMPTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS RANGING FROM OLD AGE OR MILITARY SERVICE TO JUST LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME.

NOW IT'S TIME TO FINISH UP THE REMEMBER THE TAX RATE FROM THE BEGINNING?

MULTIPLY AGAINST THAT FINAL VALUE.

AND YOU HAS YOUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX AND OF COURSE, THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, PARKS AND LIBRARIES.

HOME, SWEET HOME.

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THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE DUE MARCH.

1ST.

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