>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHULTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>>> WE WILL PROTECT OUR MIGRANTS.

>> FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST ASYLUM SEEKERS, CALLS TO MOVE MIKEERANTS OUT OF ALL CHICAGO POLICE STATIONS GROW LOUDER.

>>> A FAILED TEXT TO SUPPRESS CALLS IN THE RACKETEERING CASE, THAT FROM THE SPOTLIGHT IN POLITICS TEAM.

>>> NEW FRIENDS AT MONTROSE BEACH, A WTTW EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THIS.

>>> AND TEACHING UKRAINIAN GLASS PAINTING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE WAR IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A VERY STORMY NIGHT IN THE CITY.

COOK COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10:00.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY PELTED THE AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS ALSO ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COOK, DUPAGE AND WILL COUNTY.

THERE IS A WARNING OF POTENTIAL DOWNPOUR OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

MORE THAN 200 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

O'HARE HAS HAD 244 AND MIDWAY 35.

FLIGHT DELAYS ARE RUNNING A LITTLE OVER 20 MINUTES RIGHT NOW AT EACH AIRPORT.

>>> CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS THE CITY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS IS MONITORING THE CONDITIONS AND SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD CALL 311 FOR ANY FLOODING ISSUES.

THE MAYOR IS ALSO URGING RESIDENTS NOT TO TAKE EXTRA LONG SHOWERS, DO DISHES OR LAUNDRY DURING THE STORMS AS IT COULD PUT MORE STRAIN ON THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM AS IT TRIES TO MOVE ALL OF THE STORM WATER.

>>> UP NEXT, THE LATEST ON ALLEGATIONS CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAD IMPROPER SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH MIGRANTS STAYING AT POLICE STATIONS.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXAND RUAND JOHN NICHOLS, THE JIM AND KAY NAVY FAMILY, THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> ORGANIZATIONS ARE DAMANDING ANSWERS FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER CLAIMS THAT POLICE OFFICERS AT THE TENTH DISTRICT STATION HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH MIGRANTS.

FOR MONTHS ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN POLICE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ IS JOINING US WITH MORE ON A PROTEST HELD OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TODAY.

WHAT WENT ON AT THE PROTEST?

>> FIRST OFF, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED OR IF THERE WAS A CRIME.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

ALL WE KNOW IS THERE IS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS AND POSSIBLY UNDERAGED MIGRANTS.

THIS NEWS HAS NOT SET WELL WITH THE LITTLE VILLAGE CONSULT AND OTHER ACTIVISTS HELPING ASYLUM SEEKERS.

A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE HEADQUARTERS DEMANDING A FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT.

>> WE WILL HOLD THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE EXTENT OF THE LAW.

THEY ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE A VOICE.

>> ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS, SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS CAMPING OUT IN THE TENTH DISTRICT.

THOSE AT THE RALLY TODAY SAY THE CLAIMS CAME FROM MIGRANTS STAYING AT THE POLICE STATION.

ONE ACTIVIST TELLS ME THAT A CHILD IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

AVENEZUELAN ASYLUM SEEKER SPOKE AT THE RALLY WITH A MESSAGE TO OTHERS IN HER POSITION.

[ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE] .

>> SHE HAS PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING SHE IS INVESTIGATING THE DETAILS OF THE CLAIMS.

HOWEVER, ACTIVISTS IN LITTLE VILLAGE WANT MORE TRANSPARENCY AND ARE ASKING FOR THE OFFICERS' NAMES TO BE RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC AMONG OTHER DEMANDS.

>> THE DEMANDS ARE ONE, IF YOU ARE SAYING TRANSPARENCY, SHOW US THAT TRANSPARENCY.

TWO, THERE SHOULD BE A CIVILIAN ONLY BOARD.

MEANING ANY CIVILIAN ON THAT BOARD CANNOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE EVER.

THIRD, THERE IS ASYLUM SEEKERS CURRENTLY IN THE OFFICE THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THESE PEOPLE?

>> AS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AN OFFICIAL TELLS ME IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND DIDN'T SAY IF THE ACCUSED OFFICERS HAVE BEEN REPRIMANDED.

THE PEOPLE OF COURSE WANT THE OFFICERS FIRED AND CHARGED.

>> I KNOW THAT CPD AND COPA ARE INVESTIGATING BUT STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> UP NEXT, NEW DETAILS IN THE MICHAEL MANGON CORRUPTION CASE FROM OUR POLITICS TEAM.

STAY WITH US.

>>> NEW EFFORTS FROM MICHAEL MADIGAN'S ATTORNEY TO SUPPRESS KEY EVIDENCE IN HIS UPCOMING BRIBERY TRIAL.

THERE IS FALLOUT OF ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING AND RACISM AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL TEAM.

WITH THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, HECTORTIA ALAND A SPECIAL GUEST WITH CAPITAL NEWS ILLINOIS.

HANNAH, WHAT IS THIS EVIDENCE THAT THE ATTORNEYS ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS?

THE PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING THIS IS JUST A FLIMSY EFFORT TO CREATE AN AIR OF IMPROPRIETY WHERE NONE EXISTS.

>> RIGHT.

MADIGAN IS ACCUSED OF STEERING BUSINESS TOWARDS HIS PRIVATE LAW FIRM, A PROPERTY TAX FIRM.

HIS LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS WIRE TAPS THAT CAME OUT OF FORMER ALDERMAN TURNED GOVERNMENT MOLL, DANNY SOLIS.

SOLIS AND A DEVELOPER IS COOPERATING WITH THE FED.

THEY MET IN THE LAW OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF PARCELED LAND IN CHINA TOWN.

THIS BECAME THE BASIS OF WIRE TAPS IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD END UP IN THIS INDICTMENT.

SO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY THAT SOLIS HIMSELF SAID THERE WAS NOTHING IMPROPER ABOUT THIS.

I WOULD HAVE AS HEAD OF THE ZONING COMMITTEE APPROVED THE CHANGE ANYWAY.

>> SO MAYBE THAT IS WHY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING WHY DOES THIS NEED TO BE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE.

THIS IS BACK AND FORTH BEFORE THE TRIAL.

WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN FROM THE FILINGS?

>> IT MAKES THE STARKEST CASE THAT MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS RUNNING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, ABUSING HIS POWER AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO BENEFIT NOT JUST HIMSELF BUT HIS ASSOCIATES WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHARGES THAT CONVICTED FOUR FORMER EXECUTIVES AND LOBBYISTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH CON ED.

>> THE DIAGRAM DOES RUN TOGETHER IN THIS CASE.

THERE WERE ALSO WIRE TAPS OF TIM MAZE WHO IS CHARGED IN HIS OWN CASE.

HOW DOES HE FIT INTO THE PICTURE?

>> HE SPENT THREE DECADES AS MADIGAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ALONG WITH THE CLERK OF ILLINOIS HOUSE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS, UNDER CHAIRMAN MADIGAN.

HE WAS THE RIGHT-HAND MAN OF MIKE MADIGAN.

>> PEOPLE SAY HE MADE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME.

>> YES.

IN THIS FILING, THE FEDS ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME DESCRIBING SOME OF THE WIRE TAP PHONE CALLS BETWEEN MADIGAN AND MIKE McCLAIN WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUR CONVICTED AND ALSO STANDS CONVICTED IN THE SEPARATE MADIGAN TRIAL WHICH STARTS NEXT SPRING.

SO BASICALLY, THE PHONE CALLS SHOW JUST HOW CLOSE THE TWO MEN ARE.

THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP INDEPENDENT OF MADIGAN, HOW LOYAL THEY WERE TO EACH OTHER, AND BASICALLY, HE IS ACCUSED OF LYING TO THE GRAND JURY WHEN THEY THOUGHT HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT McCLAIN'S ACTIONS AND INVOLVEMENT WITH MADIGAN'S SO-CALLED ENTERPRISE.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO MACE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GRANTED IMMUNITY, THE FED ATTORNEYSED HE LIED AND THEY HIT HIM WITH A COUNT OF PERJURY.

>> MACE AND McCLAIN, INVOLVED IN THE MADIGAN CASE AND ALSO FACING CHARGES OF THEIR OWN.

AND THEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE COMMENT THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

WHAT GROUNDS?

>> THEY ARE SAYING I'M INNOCENT, THE VERDICT WAS INCORRECT, RIFE WITH ERROR.

THAT IS A REALLY HIGH BAR TO CLEAR IN THE APPELLATE COURT.

BUT ALL OF THESE APPEALS WILL STRETCH OUT THE CASE AND POTENTIALLY DELAY ANY JIEL TIME AT THE FOUR EXECUTIVES CAN SERVE.

SINCE THEY CAN AFFORD THESE LAWYERS AND COURT CASES, IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO STRETCH IT OUT.

>> ARE THEY PAYING FOR IT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET OR CON ED?

>> IT DEPENDS.

THE DEFENSES ARE NOT PAID BUT THE CEO, PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT SET UP THE COVERAGE UNLESS A CONVICTION IS UPHELD.

>> I WOULD IMAGINE THESE ARE BIG FEES.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE ACTUAL SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JUDGE?

>> SO SHORTLY AFTER THE CONVICTIONS WERE HANDED DOWN IN MAY, WE HEARD THAT IT WOULD HOLD UP UNTIL JANUARY WHICH IS A REALLY LONG TIME TO SIT IN JEOPARDY.

THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT HERE SAID THAT RIGHT AWAY, WE WILL APPEAL.

THIS IS ALSO ON THE GROUNDS OF NOT ONLY WAS IT SPECIFIC TO THE JURY TRIAL THAT WE HAD BUT ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS -- THE JURY WAS BASICALLY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ASKING ITSELF, WAS THERE A TRUE PRID QUO PRO HERE.

REALLY, THE STANDARD HERE IN THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT IS WAS THERE A THING OF VALUE.

IN OTHER CIRCUITS, THE QUID PRO QUO STANDARD IS THE STANDARD.

THIS IS POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD END UP IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OR A SIMILAR CASE COULD WHICH COULD THEN DETERMINE THE OUTCOME RETROACTIVELY.

AND AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY NEED DEEP POCKETS TO FUND THIS ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.

BACK AT THE CITY LEVEL, MARISSA NOVARWAS THE HOUSING COMMISSIONER UNDER MAYOR LIGHT FOOT.

SHE ANNOUNCED SHE IS LEAVING.

WHAT IS HER LEGACY?

>> SHE WAS BROUGHT ON TO ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF SEGREGATION IN CHICAGO.

YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCENTRATED ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN AND ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SHE REALLY WAS HIRED TO ADDRESS AND TACKLE THAT ISSUE.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, SHE OVERHAULED THE CITY'S MOST POWERFUL TOOL TO FORCE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS WHEN THEY GET A SPECIAL PERMIT.

BUT THEN COVID HIT AND THEN HER JOB BECAME VERY DIFFERENT.

SHE OVERSAW MILLIONS IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

SHE IS LEAVING AFTER RUNNING A FOUR YEAR RACE, SHE SAYS, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IS NEXT.

I THINK MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WOULD STAY ON UNDER MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SINCE THEY SEEM TO HAVE SIMILAR SUPPORT TO COUNTERACT SEGREGATION.

BUT THAT IS ANOTHER APPOINTMENT THAT JOHNSON WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> AND ANOTHER ONE THAT HE WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IS THAT OF POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE TOMORROW ABOUT WHO IT MAY BE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WILL UNVEIL THE THREE PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK MAYOR JOHNSON SHOULD CHOOSE FROM FOR THE CITY'S TOP COP.

THEY MEET TOMORROW IN A PUBLIC SESSION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, 6:30.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST RESULT OF THE NEW PROCESS WHICH IS A NEW COMMISSION THAT HAS NEVER RUN THE SEARCH BEFORE.

IT USED TO BE DONE BY THE POLICE BOARD.

IT SETS UP A REALLY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR JOHNSON WHOSE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF HIS PLAN TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AND CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> A FEW DAYS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIX SEMI FINALISTS ON THE LIST NOW.

WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHO THE THREE ARE.

MAYOR JOHNSON CAN PICK FROM THAT OR START THE PROCESS OVER.

HEATHER, I KNOW YOU ARE FOCUSED ON SPRINGFIELD.

HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HAZING INVESTIGATION AT NORTHWESTERN?

YOU HAVE DAN WEBB AND MAGGIE HICKEY INVOLVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THESE THINGS.

>> THESE ARE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN CHICAGO POLITICS, AND INVESTIGATIONS.

MAGGIE HICKEY, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MADIGAN SITUATION.

AFTER TIM MACE LEFT HIS JOB AS CHIEF OF STAFF IN 2018, AFTER HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, SHE WAS BROUGHT IN TO DO A TOP TO BOTTOM INVESTIGATION OF THE SITUATION.

SHE WAS BROUGHT IN ON SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT SEXUAL HARASSMENT BUT IN INVESTIGATION CAPACITY UNDER THE ROUNER ADMINISTRATION.

SHE IS A WELL RESPECTED PERSON.

BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE?

>> AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT SHE DID THE REPORT THAT CORROBORATED THE ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING.

AND NOW LEADING THE CONSENT DECREE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DAN WEBB DEFENDED FOX NEWS RECENTLY.

HE WAS PROBING KIM FOXX'S OFFICE.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT SO MUCH MORE BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIMES.

THANK YOU HANNAH AND HEATHER.

>>> UP NEXT, THE WTTW NEWS EXCLUSIVE, PIPING CLOVERS AT MONTROSE BEACH, READ ALL ABOUT IT.

BUT FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THERE IS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO'S BIRD WORLD AND THIS IS I MANNY, LOAN PIPING CLOVER AT MONTROSE BEACH, THAT IS UNTIL TODAY.

THREE WERE RELEASED HOURS AGO AT A PROTECTIVE SITE ON MONTROSE.

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME PIPING CLOVERS WERE RELEASED IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT.

COULD IMANI GET HIS SUMMER ROMANCE?

WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM SINCE HIS PARENTS WERE THE FIRST SPECIES TO NEST IN CHICAGO IN FIVE DECADES BACK IN 2019.

JOINING US WITH MORE ON THE NEWS REPORT IS A FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST WITH THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WHO RELEASED TODAY'S CHICKS INTO THE WILD AT MONTROSE.

ARMAN, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS FOR THE THREE CLOVER CHICKS AT MONTROSE BEACH?

>> HISTORICALLY, IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE.

THIS IS A POPULATION THAT WAS LISTED IN 186 WITH 13 PAIRS.

NOW WOE ARE UP TO 80.

WE HAVE BEEN STARTING A RECOVERY EFFORT FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES.

MANY OF THE CHICKS RELEASED HAVE ONLY BEEN IN MICHIGAN.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE RELEASING THEM OUTSIDE OF MICHIGAN, AND ALSO THE FIRST TIME INTO ILLINOIS.

>> THERE THEY ARE GETTING USED TO THEIR NEW DIGS AT MONTROSE BEACH, REALLY CUTE.

AND IMANI IS THE SOP ON OF MONTY AND ROSE, THE FAMOUS COUPLE.

AND HE RETURNED ON HIS OWN?

>> YES, ON HIS OWN VOLUTION.

WE CAN'T BE SURE WHY THEY RETURN YEAR AFTER YEAR BUT THEY DO.

IT IS AN AMAZING FEAT.

>> THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS, MONTY AND ROSE, NAMED AFTER MONTROSE BEACH.

HE HAS BEEN ALONE AND KIND OF LONESOME OUT THERE.

NOW HE HAS THREE LITTLE CHICKS, ARE ANY OF THEM FEMALE THAT HE COULD MATE WITH?

>> OH, MAN, I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SOME OF THE CHICKS ARE FEMALE.

TRUTH IS, WE DON'T KNOW THE SEX, THEY ARE TOO YOUNG.

WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN THEY RETURN NEXT YEAR.

>> I KNOW BIRD WATCHERS WILL GO OUT AND SEE IF THE MATING DANCE HAPPENS.

THEY HAVE A REALLY CLEVER MATING DANCE THAT WE SAW MONTY AND ROSE DO A FEW YEARS AGO.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE SPECIES RECOVERY?

IT WAS DOWN TO ONLY ABOUT 13 PAIRS?

AND NOW BECAUSE OF PRESERVATION, IT IS AROUND 80?

>> YES.

>> AND ALL OVER THE GREAT LAKES?

>> YES, ALL OVER THE LAKES, UP TO 80.

WE WERE AROUND 74 PAIRS LAST YEAR.

THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE FROM ONE YOUR TO THE NEXT SINCE WE WERE WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS IS SIGNIFICANT.

AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS TO RELEASE IN THESE AREAS IS PRETTY BIG TESTAMENT TO THE STATUS OF THE RECOVERY OF THE SPECIES.

>> AND YOU ARE HOPING ONE OF THESE IS A FEMALE THAT AMANI COULD MATE WITH BECAUSE IT IS CHALLENGING.

HE HAS BEEN ALONE BUT THE MIGRATION PATTERNS MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

YEAH, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ALL OF THE FEMALES ARE BYPASSING ILLINOIS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

IT REALLY IS A SHAME BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIES WITH SUCH SMALL NUMBERS, THE GENDER DIFFERENTIATETION FROM PLACE TO PLACE CAN BE VERY SKEW.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER.

>> LAST QUESTION, WHY DO YOU THINK MONTY AND ROSE, AND AND THE MROEFBERS HAVE CAPTURED CHICAGO'S ATTENTION?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

PROBABLY ONE THAT DESERVES ITS OWN NOVEL.

>> IT HAD ITS OWN MOVIE.

THERE IS THE MATING DANCE THAT MONTY IS DOING TO COURT ROSE.

IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?

>> YES, THE MALE IS LIFTING HIS LEG AND THE FEMALE IS DIPPING DOWN BECAUSE SHE IS INTERESTED.

>> AND UNFORTUNATELY, MONTY AND ROSE ARE GONE, WE BELIEVE THEY HAVE DIED.

BUT AMANI IS THE NEXT GENERATION.

SO HOW COME YOU ARE FASCINATED WITH THEM?

>> I LOVE BIRDS.

THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY LIVING DINOSAURS.

THEY CAN GO EVERYWHERE.

IT IS INCREDIBLE AND WE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE NAVIGATION.

THEY ARE BORN IN ONE PLACE AND FLY SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE GULF COAST AND WITHOUT HAVING ANY DIRECTION AND THEN FINDING THEIR WAY BACK, THAT'S FASCINATING.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY MILLIONS OF YEARS.

>> THAT IS FASCINATING.

IN MY NEXT LIFE I WANT TO COME BACK AS A BIRD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR MORE COVERAGE ON AMANI AND THE GANG, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> UP NEXT, HOW TO PAINT UKRAINIAN FOLK ART, A LOCAL ARTIST SHOWS US HOW AFTER THIS.

>>> SHE'S AN ARTIST, ANIMAL LOVER, TEACHER AND NATIVE OF UKRAINE.

A CHICAGO RESIDENT FOR 30 YEARS, ELINA USES HER TALENTS TO PAINT FOLK ART TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE WAR IN THE COUNTRY WHERE SHE WAS BORN.

>> Reporter: WE FIRST MET ELINA IN MARCH OF 2022.

SHE WAS SELLING HER ART TO BENEFIT THE RED CROSS IN UKRAINE, RAISING NEARLY $50,000.

MANY WORKS WERE PAINTED ON GLASS NOW THE ARTIST IS GIVING LESSONS ON HOW TO MAKE THE ART THAT FLOURISHED IN THE 16th CENTURY.

>> BASICALLY ARTISTS STARTED TO PAINT ON GLASS IN REVERSE.

THE SCENES WERE MOSTLY FROM THE BIBLE.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF VIRGIN MARYS, ICONS, AND SAINTS.

A FEW HUNDRED YEARS LATER, A LOT OF SELF TAUGHT ARTISTS LIVED IN DIFFERENT VILLAGES AND STARTED TO PAINT ON GLASS.

IT WAS A PRIMARILY VILLAGE SCENES.

THEY WOULD DRAW PEASANTS, ANIMALS, IT WAS REALLY PRIMITIVE STYLE OF PAINTING.

IT LOOKS REALLY NICE, VERY BRIGHT.

AND ALWAYS WITH BLACK OUTLINES.

>> Reporter: SHE STILL RAISES MONEY FOR THE WAR EFFORT AND SHE HAS A NEW CAUSE.

HER FRIEND, A PARISH PRIEST NEAR KYIV HAS BEEN CARING FOR THE ANIMALS DISPLACED BY THE RUSSIAN INVASION.

>> HE STARTED PICKING THEM UP FROM EASTERN REGIONS AND STARTED FEEDING THEM, GIVING THEM MEDICAL TREATMENTS.

I ASKED HIM HOW MANY CATS AND DOGS HAVE YOU SAVED, 100, 200, OVER 200?

AND HE SAID AFTER 200, WE STOPPED COUNTING.

>> Reporter: HIS EFFORTS HAVE SAVED MANY MORE ANIMALS.

TO BENEFIT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, SHE NOW LEADS CLASSES ON HOW TO MAKE A PAINTING USING GLASS AS A CANVAS.

>> I HAVE ABOUT 23 PEOPLE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PAINT.

I TOLD THEM NOT TO WORRY.

I HAVE A LOT OF SKETCHES OF MY OWN THAT I GAVE THEM.

IF YOU HAVE TO WRITE ANYTHING, YOU HAVE TO WRITE IN REVERSE.

YOU PAINT ON ONE SIDE AND THE IMAGE IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

I'M AN ARTIST AND I'M AN EDUCATOR.

I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT NOT DO IT.

I HAVE TO DO IT TO STAY SANE.

YOU HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER AND THINK, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP.

SO LIKE A SOLDIER.

THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.

>> THE NEXT CLASS IS THIS EVENING IN THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE.

SHE WILL TEACH AGAIN AT THE UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART ON JULY 21st.

THE CLASSES COST $60 AND BENEFIT THE VETERANS OF THE YOU CRANE WAR AND DISPLACED ANIMALS AND PETS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO REACH HER ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:30 AND 10:00.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARIS SCHULTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY SAFE.

WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFTON AND CLIFTON LAW OFFICE, A