JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M AMANDA BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MAY SOON BE BANNED FROM SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN SOME CITIES.

QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER LAST WEEK'S TRAIN DERAILMENT IN MADISON.

THE CITY'S MAYOR JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION.

AND CHICAGO'S PIPING PLOVER FAMILY JUST EXPAND IT.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PENALIZE FOR ILLEGAL ACTIONS AS LONG AS THOSE ACTIONS WERE DONE IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

BUT TODAY'S RULING FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT IMMUNITY DOES NOT APPLY TO AN OFFICIAL ACTS.

THE 63 OPINION COULD HAVE A SWEEPING IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENCY AND ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S PROSECUTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN HIS LOSS IN THE 2020 RACE.

IT'S UP TO A TRIAL COURT WHETHER TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO HOLD ON TO THE WHITE HOUSE WERE OFFICIAL IN PROTECTED OR NOT.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, A TOP BACKER OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS NO ONE, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT TRUMP NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR HIS ACTIONS.

IT WON'T LIKELY BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

SHOULD TRUMP WHEN HE COULD ORDER THE ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE BE DROPPED COMPLETELY TURNED COLD.

ILLINOIS DRIVER'S LICENSES AND STATE ID'S ARE AVAILABLE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013 NON PERMANENT AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR TEMPORARY VISITORS, DRIVER'S LICENSES.

BUT IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAY THOSE LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION AND THE MARKINGS MEANT THEY COULDN'T BE USED AS ID'S FOR GETTING A BANK ACCOUNT APPLYING TO RENT AN APARTMENT OR TO PICK UP A PRESCRIPTION.

AND IT'S NOT SOME HIGH IN THE SKY IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE.

THIS IS EVERY DAY THINGS THAT PEOPLE RELY CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO PICK UP A PRESCRIPTION FROM THE PHARMACY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO?

AWFUL.

THAT WAS AWFUL THAT THAT HAPPENED.

NOW WE'RE CHANGING THAT AND APPLICANTS NEED TO PRESENT A PASSPORT OR CONSULATE PARTY AND GETTING A DRIVER'S LICENSE ALSO REQUIRES PROOF OF INSURANCE AND PASSING DRIVING TEST ADVOCATES SAY MORE PEOPLE WITH LICENSES, THE SAFER, THE ROADS UNDER THE NEW LAW LICENSE INFORMATION CANNOT BE USED FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS IT HAS SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT IN ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANTS FROM RECEIVING REAL ID'S AND FROM BEING ADDED TO VOTING ROLLS.

WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED TODAY MARKS A YEAR SINCE STORMS CAUSE FLOODING IN AUSTIN AND LAWNDALE.

THEY SAY HUNDREDS OF HOMES ARE STILL MOLDY.

AND MOST OF THE REMEDIATION THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS THANKS TO PHILANTHROPY.

I'M JUST SAYING.

BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SEE SENIORS.

PROPELS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO PAY TAXES IN IS GOING TO OKAY, GETS IT CANCUN SITTING OUT.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR COMMENT BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK.

ILLINOIS IS SIGNING ON TO A BILLION DOLLAR PLUS PROJECT TO KEEP INVASIVE AND ECOLOGICALLY DESTRUCTIVE CARP OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES.

AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE STATE HAS AGREED TO A DEAL TO SPEND 50 MILLION DOLLARS ON WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE BRANDON ROAD IN OR BASIN PROJECT.

IT WILL BE BUILT ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR JOLIET WITH THE INTENT OF KEEPING THE FISH FROM ACCESSING LAKE MICHIGAN VIA THE RIVER.

ILLINOIS'S APPROVAL ALLOWS THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FEDERAL PROJECT.

UP NEXT, A MOVE TO BAN PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FROM SLEEPING OUTSIDE.

LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DO THIS.

AN INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS HAS CITIES ACROSS AMERICA SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS.

SOME INCLUDING GRANTS PASS IN OREGON ARE TURNING TO PUNISHMENTS SUCH AS FINES OR EVEN ARREST FOR THOSE SLEEPING IN PUBLIC AREAS.

THAT PRACTICE CAN CONTINUE WONDER.

A RECENT RULING FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THE DECISION IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A SWEEPING IMPACT ON POLICIES FOR THE UNHOUSED.

BUT ADVOCATES ARE HOPING P EFFECT WILL BE MUTED IN CHICAGO.

AND IN ILLINOIS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE PATRICIA NEXT HODGES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LAW PROJECT WITH THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND VIA ZOOM, BOB PALMER, POLICY DIRECTOR AT HOUSING ACTION, ILLINOIS.

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU AND SO PURCHASE.

I WOULD LIKE BEGIN WITH YOU FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

THIS OVERTURNS THE CASES FROM LOWER COURTS THAT HIT DEEMED JUST TO BE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

YES.

THERE THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF IN THE 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WHICH COVERS THE WESTERN PUT THAT FOUND THAT BANNING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE.

COULD BIG, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE'S NO SHELTER AVAILABLE.

THAT WAS THE FACTS OF THE CASE.

THERE WAS NO SHELTER AVAILABLE.

AND IF PEOPLE HAD SO MUCH SO LITTLE AS A BLANKET TO SLEEP OUTSIDE, THEY COULD BE ARRESTED.

FIND HER TICKET AND THE LOWER COURTS FOUND THAT WAS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AND THEREFORE UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE 8TH AMENDMENT AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE JUSTICES DECIDED IN OVERTURNING THAT.

YES, SO THAT THEY OVERTURNED THE DECISION.

SO THEY SAID THAT CITIES WOULD BE PERMITTED TO TAKE IT FINE ARREST PEOPLE FOR USING A OR ANYTHING LIKE A ROLLED UP SHIRT AS A PILLOW IN THESE BLANKET.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WHERE NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE.

MORE ON THAT, I WANT TO READ A PIECE OF THE MAJORITY OPINION THAT WAS WRITTEN BY JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH WHO WROTE HOMELESSNESS IS COMPLEX.

ITS CAUSES ARE MANY PEOPLE WILL DISAGREE OVER WHICH POLICY RESPONSES ARE BEST.

THEY MAY EXPERIMENT WITH ONE SET OF APPROACHES ONLY TO FIND LATER ANOTHER SET WORKS BETTER.

THEY MIGHT FIND CERTAIN RESPONSES MORE APPROPRIATE FOR SOME COMMUNITIES THAN OTHERS.

BUT IN OUR DEMOCRACY, THAT IS THEIR RIGHT.

SO, BOB, YOU HAVE LONG BEEN WORKING IN THE AREA THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND SOLVING THESE ISSUES.

IT IS COMPLEX.

IS THIS IN AN APPROPRIATE POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR COMMUNITIES TO AT LEAST TRY?

WELL, I WOULD PUSH BACK A BIT AGAINST THE POSITION THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM.

THERE'S LOTS OF INDIVIDUAL REASONS.

LOTS OF INDIVIDUAL STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.

BUT IN THE END, WHAT EVERYONE WHO'S HOMELESS HAS IN COMMON IS THAT IS THEY CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.

SO WE'RE VERY TROUBLED THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING FOR CRIMINALIZATION OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE SHORTAGE AFFORDABLE HAS.

SO THAT THE ANSWER TO THIS THEN?

BECAUSE OF FOLKS, I CONCERNED WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

SO YOU'RE SAYING WHAT FINES?

THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.

INSTEAD, RESOLVE EARLIER.

YES, OBVIOUSLY TO END HOMELESSNESS.

WE NEED TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TREATED AS A HUMAN RIGHT.

BASIC HUMAN NEED IN OUR SOCIETY AS WE GET ON THE PATH TO GET THERE, WE REALLY NEED MORE CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTIONS DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE AND SHELTERED AND HOMELESS FOCUSED ON SOCIAL SERVICES.

I'LL REACH.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES IN ILLINOIS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY HAS A RELATIVELY NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH METRA TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS ON THE TRANSIT, SYSTEM.

A ROCKFORD IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE MORE OF A SOCIAL SERVICE.

PERSPECTIVE ON ADDRESSING UNSHELTERED ALMOST MS TREATING IT AS A CRIMINAL PROBLEM DOESN'T AND THE PERSON'S HOMELESSNESS.

AND IT CREATES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR SOCIETY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PERSON WHO IS PENALIZE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS REALLY NEGATIVE AND ACTUALLY MAKE SOME MORE COMPLICATED AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY AND THEIR HOMELESSNESS.

IF THEY'RE BEING TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU'RE FINED, PRESUMABLY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THAT FINE, SITS YOU DOWN TO FOR THE PATH TO NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING.

IS YEAH.

AND ALSO THE FINES CAN ACCUMULATE.

THERE CAN BE LATE FEES.

IT CAN IMPACT YOUR CREDIT REPORT WHICH COULD IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO GET HOUSE AND THEN SIMILARLY HAVING AN ARREST OR CONVICTION ON YOUR RECORD CAN CAUSE A BARRIER COURSE, THIS IS ALL THE POLICY IN THE COMMUNITY IN OREGON.

BUT IS THIS MORE WIDESPREAD?

DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COMMUNITIES ADOPTING THIS SORT OF I HOPE THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN.

BUT I WOULD SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THAT CONCERN.

ONE IS IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE FOR THE REASONS BAD HAS MENTIONED.

IT MAKES HOMELESSNESS WORSE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY GETTING HOUSE BECAUSE RECORD.

AND BECAUSE OF YES, YES.

SO THAT'S ONE IT'S EFFECTIVE THINGS LIKE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

PREVENTION ARE EFFECTIVE THE OTHER THING IS JUST BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ORDER DOESN'T MEAN CITY SHOULD JUST GO INTO A MODE OF BEING REACTIONARY AND CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE FOR BIOLOGICAL JUSTICE SODA BY HOURS SAID IN HER OPINION, THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE SLEEP IS A BIOLOGICAL NECESSITY, NOT A CRIME.

AND THAT PARTICULARLY IN CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS.

I THINK THERE IS A RECOGNITION CRIMINALIZATION IS NOT EFFECTIVE.

HOUSING FIRST APPROACH IS EFFECTIVE AND THAT'S THAT SEEMS TO BE THE DIRECTION PEOPLE HERE WANT SO BAPTISTE TURNING TO YOU.

IS THIS AN APPROACH THAT YOU COULD SEE PERHAPS NOT THE CITY OF CHICAGO, WHICH HAS SEEN IN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, PARTICULARLY, I BELIEVE WITH THE ADDITION OF MIGRANTS COMING IN SORT OF EXACERBATING THAT.

BUT IS THIS AN APPROACH AND YOU COULD SEE COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS ADOPTING OR THERE BE ANYTHING IN STATE LAW PREVENTING THAT?

WELL, ILLINOIS FOR MANY YEARS HAS HAD A ACTUALLY A HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS.

IT DOESN'T EXPLICITLY.

RESTRICT COMMUNITY IS FROM DOING AND CAMPING BANS.

BUT IT PROVIDES A LOT OF STRONG PROTECTIONS TO MAKE SURE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE TARGETING PEOPLE A NEGATIVE WAY JUST BECAUSE THERE HOMELESS AS WELL AS PROTECTING THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL UNDER GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

ONE REALLY GOOD THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ILLINOIS OFFICE REDUNDANT AND HOMELESSNESS HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO COME UP WITH A GUIDEBOOK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT INCLUDES MANY OF THESE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING SURE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALWAYS WORKING WITH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, TOO.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE UNDERLYING ME THAT THE PERSON HAS AND NOT JUST PARALYZING THEM AND BY WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT TO.

SO JUST IS ILLINOIS DOING ENOUGH?

MORE MONEY HAS BEEN PUT TOWARD THIS.

BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GROW.

ILLINOIS IS DOING MUCH MORE THAN IT HAD BEEN.

BUT NO, IT'S I'M NOT ENOUGH AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE, GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE REALLY NEED TO BE COMING FROM A RESPECTED AGAIN.

THAT HOUSING IS HUMAN RIGHT IS A BASIC HUMAN NEED AND COMMIT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE.

PALMER AND PARTICIPATION AT THAT YOU ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN AND THE CAUSE BRIEF.

THAT WAS A PART OF FOR ANY LEGAL EAGLES OUT THERE.

CHECK THAT OUT AND WE'LL TRY TO POST THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, THE MAYOR OF MADISON ON THE MASSIVE TRAIN DERAILMENT LAST WEEK.

STAY WITH US.

TRAINS ARE RUNNING AGAIN AFTER A 25 CAR FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING VARIOUS SUBSTANCES DERAILED, FORCING NEARLY 300 RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOMES IN MADISON, ILLINOIS.

LAST WEEK.

NO ONE WAS REPORTEDLY HARMED IN THE ACCIDENT.

AND CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY SAYS THERE IS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY DESPITE THE EVACUATION LEAKS AND EVENTUAL CONTROLLED BURN OF LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS OFF 11 TRAIN CARS.

NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT AND REMEDIATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE IS GOING TO TAKE WEEKS.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE MAYOR OF MADISON THAT SHEILA CHALMERS CURRAN AND JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN, A PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY.

AND WHEN TO BEGIN WITH YOU, MAYOR, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SCENE THAT UNFOLDED ON THURSDAY?

WELL, THE SCENE WAS THEN FOLLOWED IT WITHIN 10.

34 WE RECEIVED A CALL INDICATING A DERAILMENT AND BITE 10.

37 MY POLICE AND FIRE WERE BOTH ON THE SCENE TOOK ACTION.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

THEY'VE HAD TRAINING IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

AND SO AND THAT TRAINING WENT INTO EFFECT AND THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE DID EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO.

THAT IS WHAT?

AS A PRECAUTION.

WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE AREA, NOT KNOWING AT THE TIME.

WHAT WAS THERE AND THAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING TOXIC, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS WERE SAFE.

SO WE EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION.

SO THAT WAS DONE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'VE DONE WHAT IS CALLED A FLARING OF THE RESIDUE THAT WAS LEFT THERE.

AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND CLEARED AWAY.

SO WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE CARS THERE THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT THERE.

BUT THEY'RE TO BE REMOVED SOON.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL.

SO, YEAH, HOPING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

BUT MISTER CHAIRMAN, WHAT IS CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT?

SO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, CREDIT FOR THE CITY FOR REALLY TAKING ACTION QUICKLY TO SOLVE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A VACUUM OF INFORMATION WHEN HEARD IT WAS AT THIS CROSSING AND MATS AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, BOY, THIS IS A HIGH INTENSITY.

FREIGHT JUNCTION, ALMOST A WHOLE CLOVERLEAF AND WHICH TRAINS MOVE FROM ONE LINE TO ANOTHER VETERAN AND CURRENT COME THROUGH THERE.

SO YOU PROTECT TREMENDOUS RISKS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DODGED A BULLET HERE WITH 10 CARS DERAILING, BUT THANKFULLY THEY FULLY LOADED.

OF COURSE, THE CITY IN THE REAR WHERE TOOK ACTION.

BUT THIS WAS A SCARY ONE.

WHAT'S GOING THAT WHEN YOU SAY DODGED A BULLET, IS THIS JUST HAPPENED STANCE NO MATTER WHAT TO AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, AND NOT A DISCREDIT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HEADING TO REACT WITH WHATEVER PASSES.

IS THERE TRACKING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE ARE TOXIC SUBSTANCES, SO COMMUNITIES KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

THIS, BUT THERE IS LIMIT.

SO IF YOU'RE CARRYING CLASS 3 AND FLAMMABLE AS YOU HAVE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TANK CARS, YOU'VE GOT LOWER THE SPEED, BUT THERE'S A BIT OF A LAG EFFECT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RULED THAT THEY KNEW OR TANK CARS HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

THE OLD ONE SAFER ONES.

BUT THAT'S NOT COMING UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

SO LOT OF THESE OLDER CARS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T QUITE AS SAFE AS YOU KNOW, THE NEWER ONES HITTING THE RAIL.

SO WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH BAD ACCIDENTS IN THE EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, AS ONE.

WELL, A MAN TAKEN IN QUEBEC, JUST TERRIBLE OUTCOMES AND THE EAST.

THIS TRAIN IS MOVING AT FAIRLY SLOW SPEEDS ARE NOT SAYING IT WAS IMMINENT, BUT IT'S SCARY WHEN TANKERS COME OFF THE RAILS.

YOU TALKED THE EAST PALESTINE SITUATION.

IT IS WHAT?

ITS SIMILARITIES COULD WE SEE BETWEEN WHAT POSSIBLE IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MAPS AND WHERE YOU HAVE THESE CLOVERLEAF CROSSINGS AND BUNCH OF CARS CARRYING PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE SEE DIFFERENT HERE IS JUST IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION OF THE RESIDENTS.

PEOPLE ARE SCARED THAT CARS COME OFF AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A A TANK CAR, NOTIFYING PEOPLE GETTING HIM OUT OF THERE WHEN THE FLARING HAPPEN.

PEOPLE KNEW THAT WAS COMING.

BUT I CAN SAY IS WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH THIS IS A COUNTRY.

I MEAN, THE PIPELINE PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IS SLOW DOWN WITH A LOT OF NEWBIES FOR PIPELINES.

A LOT OF CRUDE AND THEN TOXIC CHEMICALS MOVE BY THE RAIL.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WORST KIND OF COME TO GRIPS WITH THAT.

THE LAST THING WANT TO JUST PUSH THAT CAR GO OFTEN TO THE ROADS.

SO IT'S IT'S A TOUGH, A TOUGH SITUATION.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM RESIDENTS IS THIS SPARKING NEW FEARS THAT THEY THOUGHT PERHAPS WELL, THIS WHAT THIS WHAT HAPPENED TO IT ON AREA?

WELL, FIRST OF WHEN WE HAVE THE MIGHT.

POLICE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN IN TRAINING FOR THIS IF IT EVER HAPPENS AND THEY HAVE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR, BOTH FIRE AND POLICE HAVE DONE TRAINING FOR THIS.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED.

SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW IS BY GIVING THEM INFORMATION INDICATING THAT WE'RE SAFE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, TOO, WITH HELPING THEM FEEL SAFE ABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW.

RESIDENTS ARE, OF COURSE, PLENTY TO BE CONCERNED AND WE HAVE KEPT THEM ABREAST OF EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WE'VE BEEN COME COMMUNICATING WITH NOT ONLY WITH CNN, BUT ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE'VE HAD CALLS FROM THE SENATOR DURBIN, SENATOR DUCK WORD, CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ALL ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT THIS HERE, THIS PARTICULAR WHAT WE HAD THERE WITH THE LIQUID PATROLLING IN GAS IS NOT TOXIC TO OR A RISK TO THE PUBLIC.

AND SO THAT IN ITSELF MAKES THEM FEEL A LOT SAFER THAN WHAT YOU'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING.

WE'RE GOING WANT WRITE.

YES.

WHAT IS THE COST OF THE DAMAGE TO YOUR COMMUNITY?

WELL, THAT THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED.

WE, OF COURSE, HAD OVERTIME WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS.

AND THAT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN KEEPING THAT AREA SAFE AND MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO THROUGH THAT AREA CANNOT RIGHT NOW GO COMPLETELY THROUGH THAT WITHOUT HAVING A POLICE AND FIRE THERE TO PROTECT THEM SHOW.

HOW LONG WILL THIS CAUSE A DISRUPTION WILL GET BACK TO SOME OF THE MORE LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS.

BUT RIGHT NOW OUR COMMUTERS AND PERHAPS SOME SHIPPERS OUT OF LUCK.

WELL, YOU'RE LUCKY THAT IT'S A HIGH CAPACITY WHERE AS A BETTER USE A SEPARATE TRACKS, THOSE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL.

PRETTY QUICK THE UPPER LINE, THE FORMULA CENTRAL LINE WAS BACK PRETTY QUICK, TOO.

BUT BOY, THAT INTERCHANGE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THAT AND THAT'S GOING SET BACK SOME SOME FREIGHT LOGISTICS IN THIS REGION THAT SIR, IT'S A INTERCHANGE AND I WILL SAY YOU KNOW, OUR REGION GRAPPLING WITH THIS.

WE HAVE METRO LINES THAT SHARE LINES OF FREIGHT TRAINS.

WE WERE LUCKY THAT THIS LINE THEY HAVE SEPARATE TRACKS AND THINK THAT'S HELPED GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE?

I'VE TAKEN THE AMTRAK AND METRA A TIME OR 200 IN MY LIFE AND CERTAINLY BEEN HELD UP THE WIN.

AMTRAK TRAIN IS TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S A FRONT THAT KEEPS IT BACK FOR AN HOUR.

YOU KNOW, RELEVANT TO THIS ACCIDENT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS RAILROADS WITH THIS PRECISION, RIGHT?

A SCHEDULE CONCEPT REALLY MAKING THESE TRAINS LONGER AND LONGER.

AND I USED TO THINK 2 MILES WAS THE MAX.

WE'RE NOW PUSHING 2.2 OR SO.

SO THERE'S YOU CAN SAY A PHYSICAL PRESSURE ON THOSE COUPLE YEARS AND OTHERS.

SO YOU HAVE MORE DERAILMENTS.

BUT THE TRAINS ARE OFF AND MOVING A SLOWER SPEEDS.

ATTRACTION WILL MAINTAIN SO OUR COUNTRY ARE IS IN A IS A TOUGH SPOT HERE WITH ONE OF THE USE THOSE RAILS PER PASSENGER AS HE'S TRYING TO GET LONGER AND LONGER.

AND THIS, OF COURSE, AS YOU NOTED, CHICAGO'S REGION IS CENTRAL TO THIS JUST GIVEN HOW MUCH FREIGHT TRAFFIC THERE THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS LOTS OF FUNDING DEVELOPMENT, PASSING TRACK AND SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE MADISON.

THIS IS A THE BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE IS ART OF OUR RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE COULD TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAY GREAT AND GLAD THAT IT'S CONTINUING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY.

WE'RE WE'RE VERY GLAD IS WELL, ESPECIALLY LATE FOR THAT THINKS.

ALSO GLAD FOR YOUR TIME WITH TO EXPLAIN ALL HERE.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

NOW, UP NEXT, CHICAGO, NEWEST RESIDENTS ON THE LAKEFRONT.

STAY WITH US.

MOVE OVER.

CICADA IS THERE ARE SOME NEW ARRIVALS IN TOWN.

THE LEGACY OF THE BELOVED PIPING CLOVERS, MONTANA ROSE LIVES ON MONTROSE BEACH, THEIR SON, THE MONEY.

NOW A FATHER HIMSELF W T TW NEWS REPORTER PATTY, WHAT LEE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THE EGG-CITING WHAT IS THE OVER CHECKED?

YES OR BOY.

AMANI AND HIS MATES, IRAQ.

IT HAVE BEEN INCUBATING FOR EGGS.

AND YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT 3 OF THEM HAD HATCHED.

AND THEN THIS MORNING, THE 4TH ONE.

SO THEY ARE NOW FAMILY OF 6 ON MONTROSE BEACH.

VERY EXCITING.

I LOVE THAT.

CITING AS YOU SAY, IT AND HAD SWITCH OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

THEY DO.

THAT'S THAT'S REFRESHING.

NO OFFENSE TO MOTHER MY CHILD.

OF COURSE.

OKAY.

REMIND US AGAIN WHAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THESE BIRDS IN THE IF YOU REMEMBER 5 YEARS AGO WHO EVEN KNEW WHAT A PIPING PLOVER WAS AND THEN MONTANA ROSE SETTLED IN AT MONTROSE BEACH AND BECAME GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES.

YOU KNOW, NOT THAT LONG AGO, THERE WERE ONLY 12 BREEDING PAIRS IN THE ENTIRE GREAT LAKES THIS YEAR.

WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 80, WHICH IS A GREAT MARK TO REACHED AT THIS POINT.

BUT THERE USED TO BE HUNDREDS SO GREAT RECOVERY EFFORTS UNDERWAY AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE NOW HAVE NESTING BIRDS AND CHICKS AT MONTROSE AND ALSO UP NORTH IN WAUKEGAN.

SO WE'VE GOT TO CLOVER FAMILIES IN ILLINOIS WHERE FOR A GOOD, 50 YEARS, THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING BESIDES MOUNTAIN ROADS, PART OF MONTANA ROADS.

SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY SCARCE.

NOW.

YOU AND NOT BE A CHICAGO AND NOT KNOW WHO MY REALLY IN WAUKEGAN?

HOW MANY BABY OVER TO ME.

AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOT 3 THERE FOR SURE AT THE LAST COUNT.

I THINK THERE WAS ALSO A 4TH IN TO THE PARENT BLAZE AND PEPPER.

THE PARENTS THERE.

HE'S SO HAPPY UNCOVERED SKYROCKETING MONEY.

OKAY.

WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW?

HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE GOING TO MONTROSE EITHER TRYING CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THEIR NEW NEIGHBORS, EVEN BE DOING THAT.

WELL, I MEAN, YOU WANT TO A LITTLE FLUFF, BUT GIVE THEM THEIR SPACE.

RESPECT THE FENCING, THE PROTECTIVE AREA BE CHELSEA PLOVER MONITORS THERE.

YOU KNOW, THESE LITTLE CHICKS, THEIR MOBILE AS SOON AS THEY'RE BORN.

SO THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE THAT FUNDING LINE IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING.

THEY'RE VERY TINY.

IF YOU'RE TAKING A DOG TO THE BEACH FOR SURE.

KEEPING ON A LEASH.

I'M TRYING PICK UP TRASH BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY TRACKS GOALS WHICH ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THESE LITTLE CHICK.

THEY WANT WANT TO SO, YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY BE RESPECTFUL OF THEM AND UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW EXCITING IT IS THAT THEY'RE HERE AND WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GROW UP, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO MIGRATE SOUTH, COME BACK, START THEIR OWN FAMILIES OVER ACTUALLY SAYING THEM.

I SAW HIM.

I KNEW LIKE 10 DAYS AGO AND I WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE BEACH TOMORROW TO SEE IF I COULD CHECK BE CHECKING YOUR TWITTER FOR YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING.

YOU CAN READ PATTIES FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

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

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN GET CHICAGO TONIGHT STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 AND AT 10 NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M AMANDA FINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

WE HAVE A GREAT NIGHT DREAMS BEAUTIFUL.

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