
Jan. 30, 2023 - Full Show
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The Jan. 30, 2023, episode of "Chicago Tonight."
Another case of mixing political campaigning with CPS. Three of the nation’s worst water polluters are in the Chicago area. The city nears a deal with ComEd to be the sole power provider. And remembering Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull.
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Jan. 30, 2023 - Full Show
1/30/2023 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Another case of mixing political campaigning with CPS. Three of the nation’s worst water polluters are in the Chicago area. The city nears a deal with ComEd to be the sole power provider. And remembering Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.
>> IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY, IT FELT LIKE A CAMPAIGN.
>> ANOTHER POLITICAL CAMPAIGN RAISES QUESTIONS OF MIXING POLITICS AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A NEW REPORT FINDS CHICAGO AREA OIL REFINERIES RANK AMONG THE WORST POLLUTERS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER FORGET ME BECAUSE I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
I WILL NEVER FORGET CHICAGO AND THE FANS.
>> REMINDING ALL-TIME , REMEMBERING ALL-TIME GREAT , BOBBY HOLE.
AND, A CAFE GETS PUERTO RICAN CULTURE AND HOSPITALITY INTO THE GAME.
NOW SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
COOK COUNTY IS NOT PURSUING SEX CRIMES CHARGES AGAINST DISGRACED SINGER, R. KELLY.
THIS COMES FOUR YEARS AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE.
>> MR. KELLY IS LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY NEVER WALKING OUT OF PRISON AGAIN.
WHILE TODAY'S CASES ARE NO LONGER BEING PURSUED, WE BELIEVE --.
>> LAST YEAR HE WAS CONVICTED IN NEW YORK AND SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON.
MONTHS LATER HE WAS CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES IN CHICAGO.
HE IS SAID TO BE SENTENCED IN THAT CASE AND FACES 10 TO 90 YEARS IN PRISON.
>>> A DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF CHANGES HIS TUNE AND SAYS HE WILL ENFORCE THE BAN OF SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS.
HE FACED BACKLASH AFTER MAKING A STATEMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT HE WOULD NOT ENFORCE THE NEW LAW.
OTHER COUNTIES SAID THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO ENFORCING ALL STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.
ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT, ONE OF THE REASONS HE VOICED HIS OPINION TO THE CLARIFICATION THAT ENFORCING THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE DEPUTIES TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR.
A NUMBER OF OTHER SHERIFF'S SAY THEY WILL NOT ENFORCE THE LAW.
>>> ANOTHER INSTANCE OF MIXING PUBLIC CAMPAIGNING WITH CHICAGO SCHOOLS.
AN OLDER PERSON IS UNDER FIRE .
THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL SAYS, THEY DID NOT APPROVE AND ARE IN TOUCH WITH CPS ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
>>> REVELERS AND ONLOOKERS BRAVED THE SNOW TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE ON ARGYLE IN THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AMID THE COLORFUL FLOATS, A CONTINGENT MARCHES WITH PEERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LOOK CLOSER AND MANY OF THE MARCHERS, KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE , ARE WAVING SIGNS AND WEARING PINS FOR JOE DONE.
TREVOR WILLS SAID HE WAS UPSET WITH WHAT HE SAW.
>> I JUST FELT DISGUSTED, IT WAS GROSS AND TASTE LIST.
IT WAS , IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY, AND FELT LIKE A CAMPAIGN.
>> Reporter: THE PRINCIPAL SENT A NOTICE SAYING, HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT DURING THE PARADE, SUPPORTERS OF AN ALDERMANIC CANDIDATE WALKED ALONG CARRYING SIGNS WITH THE CANDIDATE'S NAME .
PLEASE KNOW THAT PIERCE SCHOOL DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND I AM IN IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR NEXT STEPS.
HE SAYS, I HAVE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE MOMENT, ENTHUSIASM OVERTOOK BETTER JUDGMENT .
I WILL MAKE SURE WE DO BETTER MOVING FORWARD.
THIS COMES AFTER FALLOUT FROM THE LIGHTFOOT FOR MAYOR 'S CAMPAIGN ASKING FOR STUDENT CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS.
ETHICS WATCHDOGS ARE INVESTIGATING THAT INCIDENT WHICH APPEARS TO VIOLATE CPS FILINGS, CPS CODES.
IT IS UNCLEAR IF ANY ETHICS CODE WAS VIOLATED IN THIS CASE.
>> THERE POLICIES IN PLACE ABOUT POLITICAL AND SCHOOL AFFILIATIONS.
ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY ALREADY, I THINK MORE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD ABOUT THIS.
>> HE SAYS HE IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY CAMPAIGN IN THE 48th WARD.
THE ALDERMAN IS VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT HAS , HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL COUNSEL.
IN A STATEMENT, CBS SAYS , CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOES NOT COORDINATE CAMPAIGN EFFORTS WITH ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE POOR OUR ETHICS WEBSITE AND GUIDELINES ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
>>> UP NEXT, HOW A PROPOSED DEAL BETWEEN THE CITY AND, ED COULD AFFECT YOU.
THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT A LOOK AT A DEAL TO EXTEND COMED'S LUCRATIVE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
WE ARE JOINED WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS IS THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT GIVES THEM SOLE POWER TO POWER ALL OF CHICAGO.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE AGREEMENT SO FAR?
>> IT OFFERS CHICAGOANS $520 MILLION IN BENEFITS INCLUDING A NEW $100 MILLION FUND DEDICATED TO EXECUTING HER CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE CITY'S CARBON EMISSION BY 2040.
THE FUND WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY A NEW NONPROFIT JOINTLY RUN BY THE CITY AND COMED.
THEIR PLANS FOR A NEW TRAINING FACILITY WHICH WOULD TRAIN 10,000 CHICAGOANS TO WORK FOR COMED BOTH ON THE FIELD AND IN CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS.
>> THIS PROPOSED AGREEMENT REPLACES A 30-YEAR-OLD DEAL THAT EXPIRED THREE YEARS AGO.
WHY DID THIS TAKE SO LONG?
>> THERE WERE REALLY TWO THINGS , THE SCANDAL THAT ENGULFED COMED.
THE FIRM PAID A $200 MILLION FINE TO RESOLVE CHARGES THAT THEY HAD ENGAGED IN THIS SCHEME WITH HIM THAT LED TO A RATE HIKE BEING PASSED.
THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DECISION TO DISCONNECT PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC WHICH ANGERED LORI LIGHTFOOT.
SHE HALTED NEGOTIATIONS AND OUT ONE POINT ASKED OTHER FIRMS TO COME IN AND BID FOR THE CONTRACT.
SHE NEVER REALLY GOT ANY GOOD PROPOSALS AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
THAT IS WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
>> IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE ASK.
IT IS MOSTLY COMED'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHY UNVEIL THIS NOW?
>> I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THAT TODAY.
THEY ARE NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOW AN EMERGENCY TO GET DONE PERHAPS AS SOON AS MARCH 1, ONE DAY AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING FOR MOST CITY COUNCILS.
THIS EXPIRES 800 DAYS AGO BUT IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL ONE SIDE DECIDES THEY WANT OUT OF IT.
>> WHAT RECEPTION DID THIS GETS FROM OLDER PEOPLE?
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS PLAN TODAY.
>> I THINK IT WAS MOSTLY SKEPTICISM.
NOBODY REALLY KNEW THIS WAS IN THE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY A NEW NONPROFIT SHOULD HAVE $100 MILLION TO SPEND.
ALSO, FOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME ARE ABOUT TO GO ON TRIAL.
I SPOKE WITH AN ALDERMAN WHO SUGGESTED, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED THAT MADE US REEVALUATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRM?
WE MAY NOT KNOW UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> FINDINGS ABOUT CHICAGO AREA OIL REFINERIES IN A NEW REPORT.
STAY WITH US.
>>> THE NATION'S WORST WATER POLLUTING REFINERIES ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE CHICAGO AREA.
THAT IS THE FINDING OF A NEW REPORT THAT ANALYZES TOXIC DATA .
JOINING US WE HAVE THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.
AND, COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT.
WE SHOULD NOTE WE DID REACH OUT TO THE OIL REFINERIES.
EXXON MOBIL SAID THAT IT'S REFINERIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS WORKING TO IMPROVE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE.
STARTING WITH YOU, THE KEY FINDINGS OF YOUR REPORT, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE CHICAGO AREA.
>> THE REFINERIES PRODUCE ABOUT -- GALLONS PER DAY.
WE FOCUSED ON SELENIUM BECAUSE IT IS VERY TOXIC.
NITROGEN WHICH CAUSES ALGAE BLOOMS SUCKING THE OXYGEN OUT OF WATER .
THOSE WEREN'T THE ONLY POLLUTANTS THE REFINERIES DISCHARGED.
FOUR OF THE TOP 10 SELENIUM DISSED JURORS ARE IN ILLINOIS.
AND ACTUALLY, THREE OF THE TOP 10 ARE IN ILLINOIS.
ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER.
THE WORST ONE IS THE BP JUST OVER THE BORDER IN INDIANA.
>> THAT REFINERY, THE DISCHARGE CAN GET INTO THE DRINKING WATER OF CHICAGO.
HOW TOXIC IS THIS TO HUMANS?
>> IT IS LESS FOR HUMANS , IT IS TOXIC IN HIGH AMOUNTS.
THE PROBLEM IS MAINLY ABOUT THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO FISH.
THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE HAD WITH THE LOCAL FISH POPULATION >> THESE ARE THE TOXINS YOU ARE FOCUSED ON HERE.
WHAT ARE YOUR REACTIONS TO THE FINDINGS?
>> CERTAINLY IT IS VERY CONCERNING.
WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS MONITORING THE LEVELS OF DISCHARGE.
THE RESULTS OF THE REPORT WERE OF GREAT CONCERN.
>> THERE IS A FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
DO THESE CHARGES FALL WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE REGULATORY RULES?
>> THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.
THE CLEAN WATER ACT SAYS, IT IS POLLUTANTS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE NAMED ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIMITED .
THEY PICKED A FEW POLLUTANTS AND TESTED LIMITS BASED ON 1970S TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY AND STOP THERE.
THEY DID NOT COVER ANY OF THE OTHER POLLUTANTS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.
WHAT THEY ALSO FAILED TO DO IS MAKE THEM STRICTER AS TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED.
>> SO IT IS JUST NOT BEING ENFORCED AT THIS POINT.
WHAT DO YOU VIEW AS THE CULPRIT?
DOES MOORE NEED TO BE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL?
>> ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS IS JUST WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID.
THE FACT THAT THEY CLEAN WATER ACT IS DESIGNED TO BE AN INVOLVING ACUMEN OR SCHEME FOR REGULATING THESE REFINERIES.
EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND ASSESS AND DETERMINE WHETHER WE SHOULD ADJUST THE LEVELS FOR DISCHARGE OF CHEMICALS.
THAT JUST HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE EPA AND MAKE SURE WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THESE STANDARDS AND INCORPORATING CLEAN WATER TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE CAN.
>> THE STATE-LEVEL PART OF THE AGENCY HERE SAYS THAT THE DISCHARGE DATA DID NOT SHOW EVIDENCE OF ANY PERMIT VIOLATIONS THAT WARRANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF A RESPONSE LIKE THAT?
>> I TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE EPA AND THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN TERMS OF KEEPING OUR AIR AND WATER CLEAN HERE IN ILLINOIS.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING A STEP BEYOND AND ARE ONE OF A FEW STATES TRYING TO LOOK AT PFAS.
I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR CHANGING THESE STANDARDS AND TO REACH OUT TO OTHER GREAT LAKES STATES AND SEE IF WE CAN URGE OTHERS TO DO THIS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL.
>> PFAS, MR. SHAVER, YOUR REPORT IS BASED ON FEDERAL DATA.
IT IS NOT NEWS TO THEM.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THIS POINT?
>> NO, WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME.
WE WROTE A LETTER TO THE AGENCY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SAYING, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SET STANDARDS FOR ALL THESE INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES AND IMPROVING THEM.
YOU WROTE THESE STANDARDS IN THE 1970S AND 80s .
YOU NEVER IMPROVES THEM.
THEY ONLY REGULATE A FACTION .
YOU NEED TO COVER IT ALL AND YOU NEED TO BRING THEM UP TO STANDARD.
I THINK REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS MENTIONED THEY COULD TO MISS UP ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE NEED THE EPA TO READ THE LAW AS WRITTEN.
>> OUR THANKS TO ERIC SCHAEFFER AND REPRESENTATIVE --.
>>> MORANT JUST AHEAD BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW LONG THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL BE STICKING AROUND.
>>> JUST ABOUT EVERYONE LIKES PLAYING BOARD GAMES, BUT THEY BOARDGAME INDUSTRY OFTEN LACKS DIVERSE REPRESENTATION.
THESE ENTREPRENEURS ARE ROLLING THE DICE THAT GAME LOVERS OF ALL STRIPES WILL WANT TO STAY AND PLAY AT THEIR NEW GAME CAFE.
ERIKA GUNDERSON GETS US STARTED.
>> ON A LIVELY FRIDAY EVENING, THE TABLES ARE BUSY .
THE OWNERS SAY TABLETOP GAMES LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF GAMES THEY HAVE STOCKED ARE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT LOVES THEY HOPE TO SHARE WITH THEIR BUSINESS.
>> WE WANT TO REPRESENT OUR LOVE AND AFFINITY FOR CHICAGO, OUR PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE AND CHICAGO.
>> LITERALLY A DECADE AGO WE WERE HOSTING GAME NIGHTS AND IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT.
WE LEFT THAT NIGHT AND I SAID, WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE THIS TO A LARGER SCALE BECOME THE CAFE SERVES UP CLASSIC PUERTO RICAN FINGER FOOD .
>> OUR PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE.
OUR FOODS ARE CONVENIENT AND DELICIOUS.
>> WE GET COMMENTS LIKE WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOME THINGS .
WE LOVE EATING THAT FOOD AND LOVE COOKING IT.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE GOING TO THEM AND FINDING FOOD HERE AND THERE.
>> THEY ALSO OFFER A RUM COCKTAIL.
SOMETHING THEIR MASCOT WOULD APPROVE OF.
>> HE IS NAMED AFTER --.
THE SPANISH WORD FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY IN PUERTO RICO.
WE DESIGNED A MEATBALL AND THAT IS WHAT WE NAMED HIM.
>> HE BE PLAYING BOARD GAMES, DRINKING COCKTAILS -- >> HE BE DOING EVERYTHING.
>> THE MALDON AUTOS SAY THEIR VISION IS OF A PLACE THAT IS WELCOMING TO EVERYONE AND OFFERS CULTURE AND COLLECTION, CULTURE AND CONNECTION.
>> WE ARE NO STRANGERS TO SAYING, YOU HAVE A PARTY OF TWO?
THERE IS A PARTY OF THREE , CAN WE JOIN THE TABLES?
IT WARMS OUR HEART WHEN THEY JOIN FORCES AND PLAY TOGETHER.
>> SO FAR, THE CAFE IS GETTING HIGH SCORES ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> THIS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM AT HOME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BARS AND LOUNGES, BUT THERE ARE NOT PLACES WHERE YOU CAN JUST HANG OUT.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAFE CON LECHE AND PLAY A GAME.
>> THIS BROUGHT ME BACK TO TIMES WHEN I WOULD DO THIS WITH MY FAMILY.
WE ARE A GAME FAMILY.
THE FACT THEY HAVE OVER 200 GAMES TO PLAY, THEY HAD THE SIMPLEST GAMES OR MORE INVOLVED GAMES.
IT IS PERFECT.
>> THEY SAY THEY ARE STAYING TRUE TO THEIR NAME.
>> WE SAY STAY AND PLAY.
PLAY OUR GAMES, EAT OUR FOOD AND THEN GO HOME.
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
THERE IS A PARTY GAME TEACH AND PLAY COMING UP.
MORE INFO ON THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> THE GOLDEN JET AS HE WAS KNOWN THRILLED SOLD-OUT CROWDS AT THE OLD CHICAGO STADIUM.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR END-TO-END RUSHES AND A BOOMING SLAPSHOT.
HE VISITED CHICAGO TONIGHT .
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT COMING TO THE BLACKHAWKS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
>> I CAME TO CHICAGO.
>> YOU ARE 18, YOU ARE IN A BIG CITY, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THESE EXPECTATIONS, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD?
>> I NEVER REALIZED THAT I WAS COMING TO THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.
IT DID NOT TAKE ME LONG TO FIGURE IT OUT THAT CHICAGO IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
AND, THEY HAD THE GREATEST HOCKEY FANS IN THE WORLD.
WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A LOVE AFFAIR .
THEY LOVED ME, I LOVED THEM AND FOR 15 YEARS, THEY WERE THE GREATEST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE PLAYING HERE FOR THE BLACKHAWKS IN FRONT OF THE TREMENDOUS BLACKHAWK FANS.
>> YOUR CAREER WAS AT THE OLD CHICAGO STADIUM.
WAS THERE A DIFFERENT VIBE THAN THE WHAT THERE IS NOW?
>> THERE WAS NO PLACE LIKE THE STADIUM.
THERE WAS NEVER A SPHERE OF ACTION LIKE THE OLD CHICAGO STADIUM.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE SOUND, THE SMELL, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OLD STADIUM WAS CONTRIBUTED TO US PLAYING OUR VERY BEST.
WHEN THE ORGAN BOMBED AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED IN THOSE 22,000 FANS JUST WENT WILD , I USED TO SAY GUYS, GET THEM IN THEIR AND AND DON'T LET THEM OUT.
>> NO HELMET, NO FACEMASK, DESCRIBE HOW THE GAME HAS CHANGED IN THE 50s, 60s AND 70s .
>> BACK WHEN WE THEY ABOUT BACK WHEN WE WERE KIDS, THEY DO NOT MAKE HELMETS THAT WERE ANY GOOD.
WE WENT OUT THERE AND PLAYED THE WAY REAL MEN SHOULD PLAY.
>> LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES.
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.
>> A HELMET WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED THAT.
I GOT HIT IN THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE BY BRUCE McGREGOR.
THE HEEL OF HIS STICK.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD.
THAT LOOKS WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS.
>> HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED IN YOUR HOCKEY CAREER?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE THAT ENTERTAINED THE PEOPLE ROYALLY .
GOT THEM OUT OF THEIR SEATS.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO EVER FORGET ME BECAUSE I WILL NEVER FORGET CHICAGO AND THE FANS HERE.
>> HE WON A STANLEY CUP WITH THE BLACKHAWKS IN 1961.
HE EARNED TWO MVP AWARDS.
HE IS REGULARLY LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 HOCKEY PLAYERS OF ALL TIME.
AFTER A BITTER BREAKUP WITH THE HAWKS, HE WAS WELCOMED BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION AS AN AMBASSADOR IN 2007.
LAST YEAR HE AND THE TEAM PARTED COMPANY WHEN HE RETIRED FROM ANY OFFICIAL TEAM ROLE.
HIS PERSONAL LIFE WAS HELD WITH CONTROVERSY.
IN 1998 HE WAS QUOTED BY A RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER MAKING RACIST REMARKS.
HE WAS 84 YEARS OLD.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.
JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 10.
KIM FOXX WILL BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT DROPPING CHARGES AGAINST R. KELLY AND MUCH MORE.
WE ALSO TELL YOU WHY CHICAGO HAS NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
Area Oil Refineries Among Worst Water Polluters, Study Says
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Clip: 1/30/2023 | 7m 43s | A nonprofit studied pollution by oil refineries and the discharge of toxic chemicals. (7m 43s)
Candidate Under Fire After CPS Parade Marching
Clip: 1/30/2023 | 2m 16s | A City Council candidate's supporters marched with a CPS contingent at a parade. (2m 16s)
Chicago City Council Gets Look at ComEd Deal
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 1/30/2023 | 3m 24s | Mayor Lori Lightfoot is urging the City Council to extend a deal with ComEd. (3m 24s)
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull Dies at 84
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Clip: 1/30/2023 | 3m 49s | Chicago Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull has died at age 84. (3m 49s)
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