[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> TODAY WE'RE HERE TO SHARE OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR ICONIC SOLDIER FIELD.

>> A PUBLIC PLEA TO KEEP THE BEARS IN CHICAGO WITH RENOVATIONS TO THEIR CURRENT STADIUM.

MONKEYPOX VACCINES ARE IN LIMITED SUPPLY HERE WE TALK WITH A LOCAL REPORTER WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS.

A NORTHWEST SUBURBAN BAKERY IS BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER BEING VANEL LAYED THE VICTIM OF AN ALLEGED HATE CRIME.

WE GET DETAILS FROM THE OWNER >> .

>> IT WAS LIKE AN OH, MY GOD MOMENT WHERE WE SAID THESE TWO ARE CORRELATED.

>> A NEW REPORT DRAWS A LINK BETWEEN REDLINING POLICIES OF THE PAST AND TODAY'S URBAN DECAY AND BLACK FLIGHT.

HOW TO SPOT SCAMS TARGETING LATINO RESIDENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE JULY 4TH MASS SHOOTING.

A BUILDING FOR SALE AND MORE BUSINESS NEWS FROM CRAIN'S.

>> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMMUNICATING AN AUTHENTIC STORY.

>> A LOCAL BELLY DANCER SHARES HOW SHE IS DISIMAGELING CURL TROUBLAL APPROPRIATIONS IN LIVE PERFORMANCES LIKE SUNDAY'S ON STATE.

>> AND A COMEDY FROM CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE BASE OND A SCI-FI MOVIE.

>> A 15-YEAR-OLD WAS STABBED TO DEATH ON THE REDLINE ON THE C.T.A.

THIS MORNING.

CHICAGO POLICE SAID VARIED CAUGHT A GROUP OF SEVEN TRYING TO ROB A MAN.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD HAD A GUN BUT THE MAN REPORTEDLY TOOK OUT A KNIFE AND STABBED HIM.

EVERYONE RAN AWAY INCLUDING THE INJURED TEEN WHERE HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.

THE DEADLY INCIDENT FOLLOWS ANOTHER STABBING.

THE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY.

HERE IS WHAT THE CHIEF HAD TO SAY AFTER GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE DAILY DEPLOYMENT OF AN ESTIMATED 250 GUARDS >> WE HAVE STRATEGICALLY PLACED PERSONNEL AT STATIONS TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER TO THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ALREADY >> WE THINK TWO THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN.

OUR PRESENCE HAS TO GO UP IN COLLABORATION WITH C.T.A.

BUT THESE OFFENDERS NEED TO BE CAPTURED BROUGHT TO JUSTICE TO SEND THE MESSAGE YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS IN INDIANA AS LAWMAKERS MEET FOR AN EMERGENCY LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BAN MOST ABORTIONS.

ACTIVISTS PROTESTED AGAINST THE BILL WHICH WOULD BAN ABORTIONS EXCEPT IN CASES OF RAPE, INCEST OR IF THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER IS AT RISK.

SOME LAWMAKERS ARE ARGUING FOR A TOTAL BAN.

INDIANA IS THE FIRST STATE TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY SESSION SINCE ROE WAS OVERTUNNED BY THE DOBBS DECISION.

HERE IS WHAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY >> THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE DOBBS DECISION, TOOK A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.

>> AND UP NEXT THERE COULD BE BIG CHANGES IN THE OFFING AT SOLDIER FIELD SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> SOLDIER FIELD UNDERWENT A TRANSFORMATION IN 2002 AND THE CITY IS STILL PAYING OFF AND WILL BE PAYING OFF THE DEBT ON THAT FOR THE NEXT FEN YEARS.

BUT MARTIAL SAYS IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER -- MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYSES TIME FOR ANOTHER REHAB.

SHE HAS PLANS TO PUT A DOME OVER THE STADIUM.

WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO ENTICE THE BEARS TO STAY?

AMANDA VINICKY IS LIVE OUTSIDE SOLDIER FIELD.

WHAT IS BEHIND THE PUSH?

>> YOU HIT ON IT RIGHT THERE.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS BEARING DOWN ON TRYING TO GET THE CHICAGO BEARS TO STAY IN THE CITY RATHER THAN MOVE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS >> THIS STADIUM IS A STAPLE OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY.

SOLDIER FIELD AND THE CHICAGO BEARS HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR CITY'S GROWTH AND EVOLUTION.

BUILDING ON CHICAGO'S LEGACY, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY AND BUILDING THE STRONGEST AND THE BEST FAN BASE THAT EXISTS.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE: SOLDIER FIELD IS THE HOME OF THE CHICAGO BEARS.

>> OR IS IT?

LAST SEPTEMBER, THE BEARS INC.KED A DEAL TO BUY ARLINGTON RACE COURSE TO BUILD A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART STADIUM ONE THAT THE FAMILY WOULD OWN OTHER THAN SOLDIER FIELD WHICH THEY PAY $6.5 MILLION TO THE PARK DISTRICT TO RENT TO PLAY HOME GAMES HERE.

LIGHTFOOT AND HER TEAM HAVE PUT FORTH THREE OPTIONS FOR SOLDIER FIELD'S FUTURE TO LURE THE BEARS TO REMAIN.

ONE OPTION: UPGRADES TO MAKE THE STADIUM MORE MULTIUSE.

UPGRADING THE FIELDS TO BE FOR A SOCCER TEAM LIKE TO HOST THE CHICAGO FIRE.

ADDING INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE A DOME COULD BE ADDED OVER THE FIELD.

AND THEN THAT MOST MAJOR UPGRADE, A $2.2 BILLION PROJECT THAT WOULD INVOLVE PUTTING A DOME OVER THE STADIUM.

THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE SURE EVEN SO.

>> THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUILDING AS WE'VE SHARED IT WITH YOU RNGHTS WITHOUT QUESTION, IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING NEW.

>> GRANTED THAT IS BOB DUNN PART OF THE PROPOSED ONE CENTRAL PROJECT THERE BY AND WOULD STAND TO PROFIT SHOULD THE BEARS REMAIN HERE.

BACKERS SAY THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT A STADIUM REHAB, THIS IS PART OF AN EFFORT TO MAKE SOLDIER FIELD AND THE LAKEFRONT NEARBY IT A YEAR-ROUND ENTERTAINMENT DRAW.

SO FAR, THE BEARS ARE NOT BITING.

SAYING THE ONLY POTENTIAL PROJECT THE CHICAGO BEARS ARE EXPLORING FOR A NEW STADIUM DEVELOPMENT IS ARLINGTON PARK.

AND THAT STATEMENT THE BEARS SAYING THAT CONTRACTUALLY THEY CANNOT PURSUE ALTERNATIVE SITES INCLUDING REVISITING SOLDIER FIELD AND THE TEAM SAYS IT DOES PLAN TO STAND BY ITS CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS.

THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES, FOR EXAMPLE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS SAYS IF MAYORS WERE NOT ENGAGED BY THE MAYOR ON HER FUTURE -- VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF SOLDIER FIELD AND THE GROUP DOES HINT AT A LAWSUIT IF THERE IS TO BE EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL OF THE EXTEAR I DON'T REMEMBER OF THE STADIUM BECAUSE A DOME COULD BEACH THAT LAKEFRONT ORDINANCE THAT PROTECTS THE LAKEFRONT.

AND IF THE DOME IS POSSIBLE THAT ILLINOIS SAYS HE DOUBTS.

EVEN IF IT IS HE SAYS STADIUMS ARE NOT WORTH SINKING A LOT OF MONEY INTO >> IT'S BECAUSE TELEVISION IS DRIVING THIS.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE STADIUM LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ATALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM TELEVISION.

I WOULD SPEND AS LITTLE MONEY AS POSSIBLE >> NOW, AS A CITY, BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF MONEY, PARIS AS YOU NOTED, OWES $640 MILLION ON THE LAST SOLDIER FIELD REHAB.

ONE OF LIGHTFOOT'S OPPONENTS FOR MAYOR CAM BUCKNER SAYS RESIDENTS WANT TO BE SPENDING MONEY ON EDUCATION, SAFETY AND TRANSIT NOT ON A STADIUM.

THIS PROJECT SHOULD NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND AND THE REALITY IS IT LIKELY NEVER WILL BUCKNER SAYS IN A STATEMENT.

THE PRESENTATION WAS NOTHING MORE THAN THE MAYOR TO PAY CONSULTANTS TO CREATE SCENARIOS TO MAKE THE LOSS OF THE BEARS TO SEEM ANYTHING OTHER THAN ANOTHER FAILURE FOR THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION.

NOW, THE MAYOR SAYS THAT SOLDIER FIELD IS HISTORIC AND NO MATTER WHAT SHE SAYS, IT DESERVES AND IS GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT.

INVESTMENT.

HOW MUCH FROM TAXPAYERS SHE SAYS THAT DEPENDS.

THE CITY IS GOING TO BEGIN ON STUDYING THAT AND IT DEPENDS ON A POTENTIAL DEAL FOR A FUTURE ANCHOR TENANTS THE BEARS OR OTHERWISE.

THE BEARS WOULD BE FOOLISH SHE SAYS TO IGNORE THIS OPTION >> THIS IS A VERY SOUGHT AFTER VENUE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

AND FRANKLY, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE TO BALANCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEBODY SAYS I WANT TO PUT ON THIS EVENT I WANT TO BRING THIS SPORTING ACTIVITY.

SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT HOPEFULLY THE BEARS WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A OVERWHELMINGLY COMPELLING FINANCIAL CASE FOR THEM TO STAY IN CHICAGO.

>> SHE SAYS THAT THE CITY IS IN TALKS WITH OTHER FRANCHISES AS WELL AS WITH THE NFL.

SHE WAS ASKED WILL THE CITY HELP TO PUT A DOME OVER SOLDIER FIELD FOR ANOTHER TEAM?

>> I COULD SEE THAT AS AN OPTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE, YES.

>> LIKE A POTENTIAL ANOTHER NFL TEAM?

>> 20 CITIES HAVE MULTIPLE TWO NFL TEAMS.

>> PLENTY OF CITIES JUST NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES.

BUT I CONGRESS CHICAGO LIKES TO THINK OF IT SELF AS THE THIRD COAST.

SANDERSON WAS PART OF A WORKING GROUP THAT PUT OUT A BLUE PRINT FOR TRYING TO IMPROVE THE MUSEUM CAMPUS AREA AND HE SAYS IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SOLDIER FIELD IS DOMINATING SO MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION, INCLUDING FROM THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE SAYS THERE IS SO MUCH ELSE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT THAT CHICAGO HAS TO OFFER.

WITH THAT, PARIS, I'M TOSSING IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, AMANDA.

ADDITIONAL MONKEYPOX VACCINES ARE ARRIVING IN CHICAGO IN LIMITED SUPPLY FOR THIS FIRST GO AROUND AS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION THIS WEEKEND DECLARED MONKEYPOX A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO WEIGHING WITH IT TO DECLARE THE VIRUS A HEALTH EMERGENCY HERE AS REPORTED CASES NATIONWIDE APPROACH 3,000.

SO WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE THE DISEASE?

AND HOW CAN COMMUNITIES CURB ITS SPREAD?

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE AARON GETTINGER A REPORTER WITH THE HYDE PARK HERALD WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MONKEYPOX.

AND Dr. ANIRUDDHA HAZRA AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT U CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER.

WELCOME BACK.

YOU'VE REPORTED ON MONKEYPOX AND THEN YOU GOT MONKEYPOX.

YOU'VE HAD IT SINCE EARLY JULY.

WHAT HAS THE LAST FEW WEEKS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?

>> NOT PLEASANT.

ABOUT A WEEK OF INTENSE SYMPTOMS, SPECTACULAR, TERRIBLE PAIN WITH LEGIONS IN EVERY PART OF MY BODY DURING WHICH I MISS A LOT OF WORK.

ONE FULL DAY AT WORK AND DIMINISHED OUTPUT.

FOR THE REST OF IT AND LINGERING SENSES AFTERWARDS.

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH WANTS PEOPLE TO HAVE MONKEYPOX TO QUARANTINE FOR A FULL THREE WEEKS AFTER THE SYMPTOMS DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE DESCRIBE IT AS SWOL LOWING BROKEN GLASS FOR PASSING BROKEN GLASS THROUGH THEIR BUM EXTREMISTS AND THAT IS WHAT I EXPERIENCE.

THE PAIN THAT I -- I DON'T WANT TO EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH AGAIN.

A PAIN I HAD TO ASK MY PRIMARY HEALTH PROVIDER FOR MORE SERIOUS PAIN-KILLERS PRESCRIPTION PAIN-KILLERS TO DEAL WITH.

AND.

>> SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT ORDEAL TO GO THROUGH.

AND YOU TOLD US YOU ARE FEELING BETTER.

WE ARE THANKFUL YOU'RE FEEL BETTER AND HERE WITH US.

Dr. HAZRA ARE THESE SYMPTOMS COMMON?

>> WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE AS WELL.

WHILE THE CASE FOR MONKEYPOX [INAUDIBLE] JUST BECAUSE ASS A DISEASE DOES NOT KILL YOU DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS.

AARON'S EXPERIENCE IS INDICK TOUGH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING WITH PATIENTS WHO CONTRACTED MONKEYPOX AND DEALING WITH RECOVERY.

IT IS WEEKS OFTEN AND THE SYMPTOMS DON'T JUST GO AWAY.

AND WE ARE LIMITED WITH THE TYPE OF TREATMENTS WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS AS WELL.

ALL OF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER SERIOUS AND SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WANT TO TAKE AND WE TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST MILD SYMPTOMS.

THESE OFTEN REQUIRE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AS WELL AS MAKING SURE PARTNERS AND CONTACTS ARE AWARE SO THEY CAN GET THE NECESSARY MEDICATIONS IF NEEDED.

>> AND THE CITY REPORTED SOMEWHERE AROUND 230 CASES NEARING 300 IN THE STATE.

AARON HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GET TESTED AND CONFIRM THIS WAS A CASE OF MONKEYPOX?

SY.

RELATIVELY EASY AT THIS POINT.

CHICAGO IS NO LONGER IN A TESTING BOTTLENECK, THE COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES, QWEST AND HOWARD BROWN WHICH IS THE GAY, BISEXUAL NETWORK OF CARE CLINICS USING A COMMERCIAL LABORATORY SCALED UP TESTING TREMENDOUSLY.

AND I GOT A RESULT BACK IN TWO DAYS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYING THAT I DID HAVE MONKEYPOX AND COMMENCING CONTACT TRACING.

THE ISSUE IS GETTING VACCINATED.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH WITH Dr. HAZRA ON JULY 2 THEY WERE OFFERING VACCINATIONS BECAUSE I WAS EN ROUTE TO THE FESTIVAL IN JACKSON PARK AND THEY WERE DOING IT IN BASH WASH PARK AT THE SOUTH SIDE AT THE PRIDE SOUTH SIDE FESTIVAL AND I GOT VACCINATED AHEAD OF WHEN MY SYMPTOMS BEGAN.

NOW THERE IS A THREE-WEEK WAITING LIST FOR MEN AND OTHERS LOOKING TO GET VACCINATED AND THEY NEED TO GET VACCINATED THIS IS SPREADING ALMOST IN THE GAY, BISEXUAL AND QUEER COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO.

>> AND LET'S PICK UP ON THAT Dr. HAZRA IT'S PRIMARILY BEING SPREAD AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SAYING IT'S DANGEROUS TO STIGMATIZE THIS AS A GAY DISEASE IT IS NOT JUST A GAY MEN'S DISEASE.

HOW IS IT SPREAD AND WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE VULNERABLE?

>> I THINK BOTH CAN BE ACCURATE HOW WE FRAME THIS.

WE NOW HOW MONKEYPOX SPREADS.

IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR HALF A CENTURY AND WE'VE SEEN HOW IT SPREADS FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN.

THE PRIMARY MEANS OF SPREAD IS DIRECT SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ESPECIALLY WITH LEGIONS.

THE OUTBREAK IS DRIVEN THROUGH SEXUAL NETWORKS OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN.

THE RISK IS TRUE FOR ANYONE WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS OUTBREAK IT'S BEING DRIVEN THROUGH THE SEXUAL NETWORKS AND MONKEYPOX DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE GAY OR NOT IT CARES WHO YOU HAVE SEX WITH AND YOUR CLOSE CONTACTS.

WE'RE SEEING THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT IN THE SEX WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN.

AT THIS CURRENT POINT OUT OF THE OUTBREAK THE RISK IS HIGHER IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN.

OUR INTERVENTIONS AND THE TOOLS WE USE TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS NEED TO BE DIRECTED FOR THIS POPULATION.

>> AND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH TRICK TORE Dr. ARWADY SAID THAT IS WHO WILL BE PRIORITIZED WITH THE INITIAL ROUND OF VACCINE DOSES.

>> YOU'VE REPORTED ON MONKEYPOX HOW MUCH MORE VACCINE DOES CHICAGO NEED TO MEET THE DEMAND HERE?

PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER CRYING FOR MORE HELP?

>> I WAS TOLD LAST WEEK BY A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAT THERE ARE AROUND 130,000 MEN IN COOK COUNTY, LGBTQ ARE HARD TO MEASURE BUT THAT IS A GOOD FIGURE CONSIDERING THE SOURCE.

OF THAT 50,000 MEN GIVE OR TAKE ARE HIV POSITIVE OR HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS.

MEANING THEY ARE AT RISK.

IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 15,000 DOSES COMING IN TO CHICAGO ON TOP OF THE 5,000 OR SO THAT WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE.

WITH 50,000 DOSES -- MEN WE ARE GOING TO NEED ABOUT 100,000 DOSES IF EVERYONE GETS VACCINATED.

THE CITY IS CHANGING STRATEGIES RIGHT NOW TO INSTEAD OF GIVING EVERYONE, ONE DOSE OF VACCINE AND WAITING TO GET ANOTHER ONE LATER THEY ARE CHOOSING TO DO A ONE DOSE STRATEGY WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE ALL OF THE VACCINE DOSES TO PEOPLE NOT KNOWN EXPOSURES AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT WAY THERE WILL BE SOME PROTECTION FROM THAT FIRST DOSE OF VACCINE AND THEN ONCE MORE SUPPLY COMES IN BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTED VACCINE THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY IS IN DENMARK.

ONCE MORE VACCINE COMES IN LATER PEOPLE WILL GET THE SECOND DOSES.

THE EVENTUAL IMMUNE PROTECTION THAT PEOPLE WILL GET WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED FROM GETTING IT PAST THE 28-DAY THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR SECOND DOSE.

THIS IS ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED IN BRITAIN WITH THE VACCINES WHEN THE COVID VACCINES WERE LIMITED.

>> ONE DOSE IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE DISEASE BUT IT IS A TWO DOSE VACCINATION LIKE COVID.

THROUGH TO AARON GETTINGER AND Dr. ANIRUDDHA HAZRA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> OF COURSE.

>> VACANT LOTS AND ABANDONED HOMES HAVE BEEN A BRIGHTON CHICAGO COMMUNITIES.

A STUDY FROM THE TREASURE'S' OFFICE FINDS A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FEDERAL DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING POLICY OF REDLINING FROM THE 1940s AND THE BLIGHT THAT EXISTS TODAY.

AS PART OF WTTW'S FIRSTHAND SEGREGATION INITIATIVE WE DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORY WITH GEOFF SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR HOUSING STUDIES AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY AND ASIAHA BUTLER DIRECTOR OF THE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION FOR GREATER ENGLEWOOD OR RAGE THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

GEOFF SMITH REMIND US WHAT REDLINING WAS?

>> SURE.

GOOD EVENING.

REDLINING WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL POLICIES THAT CREATED RACIALLY SEGREGATED COMMUNITIES ENTRENCHED THOSE PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION AND LED TO DISINVESTMENT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

REDLINING IN PARTICULAR WAS REALLY GEOGRAPHIC DISCRIMINATION IN MORTGAGE LENDING.

>> AND WE HAVE MAPS TO SHOW YOU.

THAT REDLINING MAP CIRCA 1940.

WHERE BASICALLY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO LEND TO THESE RED AREAS AND THEN THE YELLOW AREAS THEY FOUND TO BE AREAS OF DECLINING STABILITY.

PROBABLY TOUGHER TO GET A LOAN THERE AS WELL.

AND FAST FORWARD, TO SOME OF THE DISTRESSED PROPERTIES IN CHICAGO THEY CORRELATE 97% WITH THE RED OR THE YELLOW AREAS.

SO ASIAHA BUTLER, DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU THAT THE AREAS THAT WERE REDLINED BACK 80 YEARS AGO ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE MOST DISTRESSED PROPERTIES TODAY?

>> NO, NOT AT ALL IS THAT A SURPRISE.

I THINK IT'S JUST MORE SURPRISING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

THIS IS A DIRECT OUTCOME OF WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH IN 2022.

>> GEOFF SMITH AND THE STUDY CAME FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE THEY WERE LOOKING AT SCAVENGER SALE HERE.

REMIND US WHAT THAT SALE IS?

>> SURE, THE SAFE VEN GEAR SALE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO BID ON SEVERELY TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTIES AT THE SCAVENGER SALE THE BIDDERS CAN PURCHASE THE TAXES, PROPERTIES THEN GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM THE PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELINQUENT TAXES THROUGH A COMPLEX AND OFTEN DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE FORECLOSE PROCESS.

>> AND THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES GO ON THE AUCTION BLOCK IN THE SCAVENGER SALE AND PROPERTY THAT TAXES HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THREE YEARS SO THEY CORRELATE WITH WHAT THE DISTRESSED PROPERTIES ARE.

WHEN YOU SAW THE STUDY SAYING THE REDLINING AREAS CORRELATE TO THE AREAS WITH THE MOST DISTRESSED PROPERTIES NOW, WERE YOU SURPRISED?

>> NO.

THIS IS YOU KNOW THERE IS -- THE HISTORY OF SEGREGATION, DISCRIMINATION, DISINVESTMENTS IS PRETTY CLEAR AND THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS THAT PLAYS ON THE GROUND.

ONE OF THE WAYS IS VACANCY, POPULATION LOSS, ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND THIS IS ONE ADDITIONAL MANIFESTTATION OF THOSE PATTERNS.

>> THE SALE WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY BY TRYING TO FIND BUYERS FOR SOME OF THE TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTIES.

IT'S BEEN PROPER PARTICULAR FOR ENGLEWOOD.

EXPLAIN THAT?

>> -- PROBLEMATIC FOR EVENING.

EXPLAIN THAT?

>> WHEN YOU THINK THE POPULATION OF HOMEOWNERS IS 24%.

SOME OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE SENIORS, FIXED INCOME, COULD HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TAXES.

FALL BEHIND, WHATEVER THE CASE MAYBE.

AND EVENTUALLY THREE YEARS LATER, SOMEONE ELSE IS SWIPING THOSE TAXES UP.

AND COULD GET OWNERSHIP OF THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE WE CALL GHOST PROPERTIES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE TAX SALE THAT NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO IS THE OWNER, SO THOSE ARE COMING TO -- SOME OF THE THINGS WE SEE EVERYDAY WITH THE WORK WE DO HERE IN ENGLEWOOD.

AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT THE WAS DELIBERATELY REDLINED, FOR US IT'S LIKE HOW ELSE CAN WE RECTIFY THIS IF WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

GEOFF SMITH WHAT ABOUT THAT QUESTION?

HOW CAN IT BE RECTIFIED THESE WERE DELIBERATE GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT CAUSED THESE ISSUES?

>> I THINK THE TAX -- SCAVENGER PROCESS IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED THERE IS A NEED TO IMPROVE IT.

ESPECIALLY IF THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THE DISTRESSED PROPERTIES AND PUT THEM INTO USE AND HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR ORGANIZATIONS REALLY PARTICIPATE AND OWN THAT PROCESS.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE REFORMS TO THE SCAVENGER SALE PROCESS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO HELP THE GROUPS NOT JUST ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES BUT DO THE WORK NEEDED TO PUT THOSE PROPERTIES BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE.

>> ASIAHA BUTLER THIS IS NOT THE PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

THIS IS 80 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WHAT ARE THE POLICIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CAN FINALLY START TO TURN THE TIDE HERE?

>> I JUST THINK AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS OF REPARATIONS THEY CAN LOOK AT THIS AS A CASE FOR REPARATIONS.

I THINK MOST OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF PREDATORY LENDING, OR AGGRESSIVE SCAVENGER SALES AND SOME TYPE OF REPAIR ACTIVE TYPE OF PROCESS OR POLICY NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE AND FORGIVENESS FOR THE FUTURE.

AS THE TAX SALES GO AWAY AND DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS ARE PURCHASING THESE, THEY ARE HOLDING THE LAND AND SELLING VERY HIGH WHICH IS PUSHING HOMEOWNERS OUT.

SO I THINK IF WE THINK ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF REDLINING AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM GENERATIONALLY WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO REPAIR THAT.

>> REDLINING THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH STILL BEING FELT IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO TODAY.

VERY IMPORTANT STUDY.

OUR THANKS TO GEOFF SMITH AND ASIAHA BUTLER FOR JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> AND YOU CAN FIND MANY MORE STORIES FROM THE WTTW INITIATIVE FIRSTHAND SEGREGATION AT WEB WEB.

>> AND UP NEXT, CELEBRATING ART ON ONE OF CHICAGO'S ICONIC STREETS.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING A LOCAL BAKERY OWNER WHOSE BUSINESS WAS VANDALIZED WITH HOMOPHOBIC MESSAGES.

>> FIRST THIS WEEKEND SAW THE TAKEOVER OF A ICONIC DOWNTOWN STREET THE SECOND ANNUAL SUNDAYS ON STATE.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW OF THIS YEAR'S PERFORMING ACTS TO SHARE HOW THIS SOUTH LOOP EVENT IS CELEBRATING THE CITY >> FROM MONROE TO LAKE, SUNDAYS ON STATE BRINGS THE CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO ONE CENTRAL LOCATION TO SHOWCASE THE BEST OF WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

>> SUNDAYS ON STATE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

WE CLOSE STATE STREET THE MOST ICONIC STREET IN CHICAGO AND IT IS A FREE AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN THE LOOP.

AND WE WANT IT TO BRING JOY FOR ONE BACK TO THE HEART OF THE CITY ALSO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE ON STATE STREET.

>> WHAT STARTED AS A WAY TO ACCELERATE THE ECONOMY AFTER THE PANDEMIC HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A FREE CELEBRATION SHOWCASING LOCAL VENDORS AND PERFORMERS.

MEET AZEEMA THE BOLLYWOOD BELLY DANCER.

AS A SOUTH ASIAN-AMERICAN WITH PARENTS FROM PAKISTAN SHE FOUND BELLY DANCING AS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE CULTURE >> I DANCED WITH A GROUP VISUAL RHYTHMS CHICAGO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IS THAT CONNECTION TO DANCE AND MUSIC.

>> SHE IS WORKING TO NOT ONLY CELEBRATE HER HERITAGE BUT ADDRESS CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS AS WELL.

>> THERE ARE SOME THINGS PEOPLE THINK VERY MUCH ALIVE AND JASMINE AND THOSE IMAGERIES COME TO MIND FOR PEOPLE.

ONCE THEY SEE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA THOSE ARE DIFFERENT REGIONS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CULTURAL ADVANCES WHICH WE TRY TO PRESENT IN OUR DIFFERENT SHOWCASES.

THEN THEY GET TO SEE THE CULTURE THERE'S REAL PEOPLE FROM WHERE IT COMES.

AND IT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT IT'S MORE ENGAGING.

>> MOST OF THE TIME WE GET PEOPLE UP MOVE OR TWO AND GET THEM ENGAGED AND THEY ENJOY THAT WAY OF DISMANTLING THE ASSUMPTIONS.

>> TO IRISH DANCERS... >> IT'S AMAZING GETTING TO HAVE EVERYONE OUT AFTER A LONGTIME OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND, YEAH, WE LOVE THAT IT BRINGS IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS AND CULTURES.

>> WE HOPE THAT SUNDAYS ON STATE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ALL YOUR FESTIVALS IN ONE HERE.

>> WE WANT TO BE EVERYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> SUNDAYS ON STATE RUNS AUGUST 7-21 WITH THE FINAL TAKEOVER ON SEPTEMBER 4.

CAN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON WHO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE PERFORM EACH WEEK.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WHY A NEW CANNABIS CENTER FIZZLED MORE AND BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM CRAIN'S.

AND NORTHWEST BAKERY IS BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER BEING VANELLIZEED A VICTIM OF AN ALLEGED HATE CRIME.

WE GET DETAILS FROM THE OWNER.

HOW TO SPOT SCAMS THAT THE ARE TARGETING HIGHLAND PARK'S LATINO RESIDENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE JULY 4TH MASS SHOOTING.

AND MEET THE TEAM BEHIND A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY, BASED ON THE CONSULT CLASSIC MOVIE IT CAME FROM OUTERSPACE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... FIRST.

>> OPPOSITION IS MOUNTING AGAINST THE RAIL MERGER TO CREATE THE LARGEST FREIGHT COMPANY BETWEEN MEXICO AND CANADA.

ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY THE TRAIN TRAFFIC THREATENS PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR SAFETY AND IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING THE NUMBER AND LENGTH OF TRAINS.

SENATORS DICK DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND MARIE NEWMAN ARE OPPOSING THE MERGER.

THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY IS OFFERING $10 MILLION TO COMMUNITIES TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES.

THE DEAL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD >> ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY CUTS THE RIB DON ON A NEW RESEARCH FACILITY.

JENNIFER GRANHOLM AND BOBBY RUSH USED THEIR SCISSORS AND GOT A LOOK AT THE CLEAN ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FACILITY.

HERE IS WHAT SECRETARY GRANHOLM HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE NEED FOR ARGONNE'S NEW FACILITY AS GLOBAL WARMING ACCELERATES.

>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLANET DYING BECAUSE OF THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT THE WE CONTINUE TO SEE.

AND THEY ARE ACCELERATING.

AND THEY ARE GETTING MORE INTENSE.

IF WE DON'T ACCELERATE OURSELVES, THE MISSION OF DISCOVERING THE WAYS TO GET TO NET ZERO AND 100% CLEAN ELECTRICITY, THEN WE ARE GOING TO FRY UP.

SO WE NEED TOOLS LIKE WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE.

>> SUMMER CONSTRUCTION SEASON MAY DRAG ON LONGER THAN USUAL.

OFFICIALS SAY REPAVING AND PROJECTS COULD GROUND TO A HALT AFTER A QUARRY WORKERS REJECTED A PROPOSAL TO END THEIR STRIKE WHICH STARTED ON JUNE 7.

THE STRIKE HAS LIMITED THE SUPPLY OF ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS.

ABOUT 300 MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 WALKED OFF THE JOB ALLEGING UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.

THREE COMPANIES OPERATE MORE THAN 30 QUARRIES IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

>> LOLLAPALOOZA IS OPENING BUT THE FUTURE COULD BE UP IN THE AIR.

MORE THAN 170 ACTS AND FANS ARE EXPECTED AS GRANT PARK STARTING THURSDAY.

THAT AND THE DOZENS OF AFTER SHOWS ARE A HUGE TOURISM DRAW AND $300 MILLION ECONOMIC BOON FOR THE CITY BUT THE CONTRACT ENDS THIS YEAR.

NOW, TWO DOWNTOWN ALDERMEN WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO ANY NEW CONTRACT AND NEITHER HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE NEGOTIATIONS.

CONCERNS AROSE AFTER THE CITY MADE A DEAL FOR A DOWNTOWN NASCAR RACING WITHOUT ANY CITY COUNCIL INPUT.

THE PARK DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ROSA ESCARENO IS IN HER FIRST NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOLLAPALOOZA.

>> A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE FROM A COFOUNDER OF CHICO GIANT WEED FIZZLED IT'S SELLING THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS FOR LANDLORDS TRYING TO FILL SUBURBAN OFFICE SPACES.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

LET'S START WITH THE FIRST STORY.

CRESCO LABS THE OWNER STARTED TO INVEST IN WEED START-UPS AND HE IS SHUTTING IT DOWN.

HOW COME?

>> HE IS A COFOUNDER OF CRESCO AND LAUNCHED LAST YEAR CALLED CHOICE CONSOLIDATION A COMPANY THAT RAISES MONEY PUBLICLY AND ACQUIRES A COMPANY MAKING THAT COMPANY PUBLICLY TRADED.

COIZ RAISED $150 MILLION TO BUY A CANNABIS COMPANY BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE TARGET.

AND NOW THEY ARE RETURNING MONEY TO INVESTORS.

TWO THINGS: ONE THE SPANNING SPAKS BECOME LESS POPULAR AND THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN SHAKEY.

AND INVESTORS HAVE BEEN SOURING ON CANNABIS STOCKS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTINUED LEGISLATION OF POT NATIONWIDE.

>> AS YOU SAID ALL THE INVESTORS WILL BE MADE WHOLE SO THEY WILL GET THE INVESTMENT BACK.

THE NEXT STORY, BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS WERE THE COMPANY THAT ABANDONED THE WATER TOWER PLACE NOW THEY ARE GETTING RID OF A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.

IS THIS CONTINUED BAD THINGS FOR THAT RETAIL CORRIDOR?

>> YEAH, THE MAG MILE HAS BEEN HURTING.

BROOKFIELD HAD TO HAND BACK WATER TOWER PLACE TO THE VENDOR.

SO THERE IS A LONG LIVES RETAILORS THAT HAVE LEFT THE PAST TWO YEARS NOT JUST FROM COVID KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY BUT VIOLENT CRIME WREAKING HAVOC.

ONE SHINING SPOT WAS A WOMAN'S CLOTHING CHAIN THAT THEY LEASED THE FORMER GAP STORE.

THE BIGGEST LEASE SINCE 2015 BUT BROOKFIELD CAN HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR PROPERTY.

I WOULD NOT COUNT OUT THE IDEA OF A DEVELOPER TRYING TO BUY IT AND TURN IT INTO A HIGH-RISE AT A HIGH PROFILE LOCATION.

>> LET'S GO TO THE SUBURBS.

VACANCY IS RECORD-HIGH FOR SUBURBAN OFFICE PROPERTIES.

BUT THERE'S ENCOURAGING SIGNS WHAT.

ARE THOSE?

>> DEMAND DURING THE SECOND QUARTER FOR SUBURBAN OFFICE SPACE WAS UP BY AABILITY MOVE-INS OUTPACED MOVE-OUTS.

IT ENDS THE STREAK DURING WHICH THE SUBURBS LOST 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF TENANTS.

VACANCY IS A RECORD-HIGH.

IT'S STILL TOUGH OUT THERE IF YOU OWN A SUBURBAN OFFICE BUILDING.

THERE WAS SPECULATION THAT THE MARKET WOULD DO WELL WITH MORE MILLENNIALS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND IT WOULD BOOST DEMAND AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IT WILL SAY THIS IS AN EARLY SIGN OF WHAT IS COMING.

>> SOME OF THOSE REAL ESTATE VENTORS CLINGING TO HOPE THAT THE SUBURBS ARE COMING BACK AS IT RELATES TO OFFICE SPACE.

DANNY ECKER THANK YOU >> THANKS, PARIS.

>> A NORTHWEST SUBURBAN BAKERY AND CAFE IS BACK OPEN AFTER VANDALIZED AFTER BEING THE SUBJECT OF AN ON-LINE HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN WHEN THE BAKERY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD HOST A FAMILY FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW IT WAS CANCELED AFTER THE WINDOWS AND DOOR WERE SMASHED AND PATIO GRAFFITIS WITH HOMOPHOBIC MESSAGES.

A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME.

AND HERE TO DISCUSS THE BACKLASH AND THE SUPPORT SHE HAS RECEIVE SECOND CORINNA SAC OWNER OF UPRISING BAKERY AND CAFE.

CORINNA SAC THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND, THE HARASSMENT IS CONTINUING UP UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF THE PHONE MESSAGES AND E-MAIL MESSAGES THAT YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING?

>> YEAH, SO THINGS ARE STILL ESCALATING AS FAR AS CELLPHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS.

SOME OF THE LATEST ONES WERE RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

WERE TELLING ME TO GO KILL MYSELF, SLIT MY WRISTS.

CALL ME A COULD.

OMMIE AND EARLIER ONES WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO PLACE ORDERS FOR MONKEYPOX MUFFINS AND PEDOPHILE COOKIES.

I MEAN IT'S THE WIDE RANGE OF HARASSMENT OF VIOLENT AND THEN JUST COMICAL, RIDICULOUS.

>> AND ALL SOUNDING DISTURBING.

>> YEAH.

>> AND AGAIN THIS STEMS BACK TO YOUR DECISION TO HOST A FAMILY FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW AT YOUR BAKERY.

WHICH YOU HAD TO CANCEL.

TELL US WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO AT THAT EVENT?

>> SO WITH OUR EVENT, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS FIND A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WITH INFLATION WE ARE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE, LESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT BECAUSE OF INFLATION.

SO FOR US WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT MORE OF THE LIVE MUSIC WITH NO COVER CHARGE AND FREE WORKSHOPS FOR CUSTOMERS.

LIKE RESUME WRITING AND WHATNOT.

AND THEN WE SAID WHY DON'T WE SEE WHAT A DRAG SHOW HOW IT WOULD DO IN OUR FACILITY LIKE OURS.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN TO DRAG SHOWS, MY STAFF AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO DRAG QUEENS AND PERFORMERS FROM OUR AREA.

ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO TRY US OUT.

AND THEY SAID YES.

AND SO THEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM.

WE TOLD THEM WHAT OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS WHICH IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT FOR EVERYONE.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

AND WE SAID DO YOU THINK YOU COULD WORK WITH US ON MAKING MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY?

AND WITH THAT THAT MEANS LIKE MORE CONSERVATIVE DRESS, MORE LIP SYNCING AND DANCING AND LESS RISKY DANCING.

>> AND POPULAR AND IT SOLD OUT.

AND THIS IS WHEN SOME OF THIS ON-LINE HARASSMENT, IN-PERSON HARASSMENT HAPPENED.

IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THERE WERE GROUPS COORDINATING THIS HARASSMENT TO COME YOUR WAY?

>> YEAH THERE IS A FEW GROUPS IN ILLINOIS SPECIFICALLY LIKE AWAKE ILLINOIS AND THERE'S FREEDOM ILLINOIS.

THAT THEY WERE REALLY THEY ARE GEARED TOWARDS EXTREMISTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S THE PROUD BOYS AND THEY ALL HAVE VERY -- THEY HAVE BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT AND HAVE BEEN LOUD ABOUT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST US AND COORDINATING AND ORGANIZING PROTESTS AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT, CAMPAIGN TOWARDS US.

>> AND YOU WANTED TO GO FORWARD BUT AFTER THE VANDALISM YOU FELT IT WAS GOING TO BE UNSAFE.

HOW DIFFICULT A DECISION WAS IT AND TO SEE YOUR STORE HIT LIKE THAT?

>> SO IT WAS AN EASY DECISION CONTACTING THE MAIN QUEEN AND COORDINATOR AS SOON AS I SAW THE EXTENT OF THE VANDALISM.

BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, I FEEL LIKE I COULD NOT INSURE ANYONE'S SAFETY AND WITH ALL OF OUR SECURITY AND POLICE PRESENCE I WAS WORRIED IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH.

AND SAFETY IS MY TOP PRIORITY.

SO THAT WAS AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.

BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SEE THE CAFE LIKE THAT AND IT STILL IS.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT THE BOARDED UP WINDOWS AND WORK IN THE KITCHEN WHERE IT IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME, IT JUST ISN'T THE SAME IT'S NOT MY BEAUTIFUL CAFE AND KITCHEN.

IT'S COVERED IN GLASS AND WOOD.

WITH BEAUTIFUL AFFIRMATIONS IT'S STILL NOT WHAT IT WAS.

>> IT'S DAMAGED.

AS I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE HAD CUSTOMERS RETURNING IN FULL FORCE AND FOR EVERY HATE E-MAIL YOU'VE GOTTEN SUPPORT.

TELL US ABOUT THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GOTTEN?

>> THE COMMUNITY RALLIED.

PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AND NEIGHBORS STATES TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR US WHETHER THEY ARE DROPPING OFF A DONATION.

WRITING SOMETHING LIKE WE LOVE YOU ON THE WOOD PLANKS COVERING THE WINDOWS.

EVERYONE IS COMING OUT AND SENDING POSITIVE E-MAILS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THEY ARE JUST DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SUPPORT US AND TO SEE US THROUGH THIS TIME.

AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SPEAKING LOUDER THAN THE NEGATIVITY RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS GETTING ME AND MY STAFF THROUGH.

WITHOUT THOSE THINGS OUR MORALE WOULD BE SO HIGH.

BUT WE KEEP POWERING THROUGH AND STICKING TOGETHER AND IT'S 100% THE SUPPORTERS AND CUSTOMERS STICKING BY US AND THAT IS GIVING US OUR STRENGTH >> AND THE LAKE IN THE HILLS POLICE CAUGHT A SUSPECT.

DO YOU FEEL SAFE CONTINUING TO WORK THERE?

AND MIGHT YOU THINK OF A DRAG EVENT IN THE FUTURE DESPITE ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?

>> YES, SO WE DO HAVE MORE DRAG EVENTS SCHEDULED.

ONE IS SOLD OUT ALREADY.

AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE POSTED SOON WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE VILLAGE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.

I FEEL SAFE GOING TO WORK AT THE CAFE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORTERS AND THE SECURITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON SECURITY FOR OUR HOME LIVES CURRENTLY.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE.

AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF THE THREATS ARE JUST EMPTY, INTERNET WARRIORS AND NOTHING MORE.

BUT AFTER THIS PAST WEEKEND'S EVENTS YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL IN MY MIND ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN.

>> NOTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH.

STAY SAFE OUR THANKS TO CORINNA SAC THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, SCAMMERS TARGET LATINO RESIDENTS AFTER THE HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" WITH HOST ALEX HERNANDEZ OF UNIVISION.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... AS HIGHLAND PARK AND COMMUNITIES WITH WORKING TO HEAL AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING, ON JULY 4TH, SOME LATINO RESIDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED FOR SCAM CALLS.

RESIDENTS SAY SCAMMERS ARE CALLING THEM PRETENDING TO BE THE MEXICAN CONSULATE OR OFFERING LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE ESTEBAN CARBAJAL, SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AIDE CLINIC.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE LEGAL AID CLINIC HAS BEEN ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH THE SCAM CALLS.

WHAT ARE CALLERS AND THE SCAMMERS COMING TO HOMES IN PERSON TO SUPPOSEDLY OFFERING RESIDENTS?

>> PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS SAYING THAT THEY ARE FROM THE MEXICAN CONSULATE.

AND THEY ARE OFFERING HELP WITH APPLICATIONS TO ARE NEW VISAS, SOME SAYING THEY COULD EXPEDITE THE CASE.

SAME THING FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO PEOPLE'S ACTUALLY HOUSES AND KNOCKING ON YOUR DOORS.

OFFERING TO HELP WITH NEW VISA APPLICATIONS.

AND OFFERING TO HAVE THEM EXPEDITED.

>> IN REALITY WHAT IS THE WAIT LIST LIKE FOR PEOPLE APPLYING FOR NEW VISAS?

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT A SIX-YEAR WAIT FOR ADJUDICATION OF THE APPLICATIONS.

ON TOP OF THAT, MAYBE A COUPLE MORE YEARS TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE VISA JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A HUGE BACKLOG AND THERE IS A STATUTORY LIMITATION HOW MANY VISAS CAN BE ISSUED PER YEAR.

>> DIANA ALVEY AFTER GATHERING RESOURCES WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW COMMON IT IS FOR THESE TO POP-UP AFTER A TRAGEDY?

>> WELL, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE F.B.I., AND THE RED CROSS, THEY INDICATED TO US THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A SAD FACT OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THESE TRAGEDIES.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SCAMMERS THAT COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND TRY TO MAKE CONVINCE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE UP PERSONAL INFORMATION, TO PAY MONEY TO GET THE ATTORNEY SAID TO GET EXPEDITED VISAS OR "GOFUNDME" PAGES THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY'RE BEING APPROACHED ON FACEBOOK.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A SAD FACT THAT IT DOES HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.

>> RIGHT.

ESTEBAN CARBAJAL WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL IMPACT OF GOING THROUGH THE TRAUMA FIRST OF THE SHOOTING AND THEN TRYING TO GET SCAMMED BY THESE CALLS?

>> IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL PROTESTING WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM -- PROCESSING WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AND TRYING TO HEAL AND GET BACK TO A SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY.

IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SHARING ANXIETY FOR JUST BEING UNDOCUMENTED.

AND NOW SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST COMING -- ARE JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT NEW VISAS AND FINDING OUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE BENEFITS AND THEN TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] WHEN THEY THOUGHT MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE THIS RELIEF, IN A FEW MONTHS WHICH IS WHAT SOME OF THE SCAMMERS ARE PRESENTING IT'S BEEN DISHEARTENING.

>> THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND IDENTIFY THIS TYPE OF SCAM.

DIANA ALVEY HOW CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THEY ARE GETTING A CALL FROM SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO SCAM THEM?

>> WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IS THAT THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE.

A TRUSTED SOURCE IN THIS AREA IS THE HIGHWOOD LIBRARY.

WE HAVE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO BUILD THAT REPUTATION HERE AND TO HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE TRUSTED COMMUNITY MESSENGERS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE INTERACTING IN THE SAME SPACES AND ARE TRUSTED WITH INFORMATION.

WE STARTED THAT WITH THE VACCINATIONS AND CONTINUING THAT WITH THIS JULY 4TH EVENT.

AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING THEM IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU ARE APPROACHING WHETHER ON FACEBOOK, TEXT MESSAGING OR SOMEBODY IS CALLING YOU, VERIFY.

ALWAYS VERIFY.

CALL, ASK SOMEBODY THAT YOU TRUST COME TO THE LIBRARY AND ASK US AND WE CAN DIG FOR INFORMATION FOR YOU AND FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS BEHIND WHAT THAT CALL IS.

>> WHAT RESOURCES IS THE LEGAL AID OFFERING IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO APPLY FOR A NEW VISA?

>> WELL, WE -- IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRAGEDY ON JULY 4TH, WE STARTED REACHING OUT TO PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE THE HIGHWOOD LIBRARY, THEY OFFERED TO HAVE TABLES THERE WHERE WE CAN SPEAK TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE JULY 4TH PARADE.

WE PROVIDED PRELIMINARY CONSULTATIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO REACH BACK OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE CONNECTED WITH TO DO A FULL LEGAL REVIEW TO SEE NOT ONLY IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A NEW VISA AND OTHER FORMS OF RELIEF.

WE ARE SOON GOING TO START PROVIDING PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

>> INFORMATION IS KEY IN THAT REGARD.

DIANA ALVEY A BILINGUAL RESOURCE CENTER OPENED UP FOR RESIDENTS.

WHAT IS OFFERED THERE?

>> WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS MIMIC WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT RATHER THAT HAVING ALL OF THE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THERE, WE HAVE BILINGUAL CASE MANAGERS THAT ONCE YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, YOU ARE ABLE TO APPROACH ONE OF THE CASE MANAGERS AT THE TABLE AND WORK THROUGH WHAT YOUR PRIORITY OF NEEDS IS.

SO WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW TO HELP YOU THROUGH TODAY.

IS IT COUNSELING RIGHT NOW?

CRISIS COUNSELING?

OR IS IT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE LET'S HOOK YOU UP WITH RESOURCES WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES.

OR IS IT JUST SOMEBODY TO TALK TO?

AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S BEEN THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE LEFT THEIR HOMES AND ONLY HAVE DONE SO TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THAT IS OUR TIME.

THANK YOU ESTEBAN CARBAJAL AND DIANA ALVEY.

THANK YOU BOTH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

BEST KNOWN FOR STAGING THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BUT THE THEATRE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING NEW SHOWS FOR YEARS.

THE BROADWAY SMASH "SIX" IS THE MOST NOTABLE SUCCESS.

AND NOW THEY ARE BRINGING ALIENS TO THE STAGE FROM THE FILM IT CAME FROM OUTERSPACE.

MARC VITALI MET THE TEAM BEFORE THE PREMIER IN CHICAGO AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> YES, IT CAME FROM OUTER PACE.

>> THE 1953 FILM WAS UNIVERSAL PICTURE'S FIRST 3D MOVIE.

>> NOW, IT IS A DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL.

>> THE STARS JUST LINED UP PERFECTLY.

THERE HAD BEEN AN INVITATION TO LOOK THE AT UNIVERSAL'S CATALOG AND WE SAW THIS MOVIE AND IT WAS LIKE WE GOT TO RUN WITH THIS.

[♪♪♪] >> I THINK IT TOOK ME SOMETIME AND REAL CONSIDERATION FOR IT.

BECAUSE I WROTE THE MUSIC TO WHAT IS THAT GOING TO SOUND LIKE?

IT'S 1953, SO THAT'S THE PAJAMA GAME ARE THE HOTTEST SCORERS IN THE CAN-CAN IN THE EARLY 50s WORLD.

I WAS LISTENING TO POP MUSIC AND IT FEELS LIKE NOTHING RIDDLEY IT IS AN EARLIER ERA.

I WAS RELIEVED HOW TRADITIONAL IT SOUNDS BECAUSE WE LOVE CHANNELING THE GOLDEN AGE.

PAYING CONTRIBUTE TO THAT -- TRIBUTE TO THAT ERA AND THUMBING OUR NOSE AT THAT ERA ALL AT ONCE.

[♪♪♪] >> THE ORIGINAL FILM WAS BASED ON A STORY BY RAY BRADBURY WHO EMBEDDED A NOTE OF TOLERANCE IN THE TALE.

>> IT'S SO BRADBURY IN THE SENSE OF PUSHING THIS PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE FORWARD DISGUISED AS POP ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS A SCI-FI THERE'S 3D, GIMMICKS AND IT'S FUN BUT AT THE HEART THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CORE MESSAGE ABOUT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WITH OPENNESS AND ACCEPTANCE AND NOT JUDGING EACH OTHER.

♪HE WAS ON THE FLOOR, DEAD, DIRT, WHAT A SHAME.

>> THE TEAM DEVELOPED "MURDER FOR TWO" WITH CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE IN 2011.

>> I HAD WORKED WITH THESE WRITERS BEFORE.

WORKING ON "MURDER FOR TWO".

AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TITLE AND THIS ONE THEY CAME TO ME WITH THIS TITLE AND I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD THIS IS PERFECT FOR THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR.

FOR NOT ONLY HOW FUNNY THEY ARE AND HOW THEY LAYER IN THAT BEAUTIFUL HEART THAT IT WAS PERFECT.

[♪♪♪] >> NEW WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE.

WE ARE ALL ABOUT VARIETY AND WHAT WE CAN BRING TO OUR AUDIENCE AND WHO WE CAN INVITE INTO OUR THEATRE AND CREATE AN AUDIENCE PORTAL THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE.

>> "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" KEEPS THE CAST ON THEIR TOES WITH MOST PLAYING MULTIPLE ROLES.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST CASTS I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW FUNNY AND BIG HEARTED AND JOYOUS THEY ARE IN ADDITION TO HAVING BEAUTIFUL VOICES.

BEAUTIFUL FACES.

SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO WATCH THEM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.

WE GOT SO FRICKEN LUCKY WITH THIS GROUP.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" IS AT NAVY PIER THROUGH SUNDAY.

AND MORE ON-LINE.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS... >> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND JOIN US TOMORROW LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. WE HEAR FROM FOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHY THEY ARE CHOOSING NOW TO STEP AWAY FROM CITY HALL.

AND WE CHECK WITH WITH WALT WHITMAN AND THE SOLE CHILDREN OF CHICAGO AHEAD OF THE CELEBRATION.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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