>> WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT .

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .

>> I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

11TH-CENTURY IN THE FORECAST AND THAT MEANS THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE.

>> AS THE GOVERNOR SCALES BACK HEALTHCARE FROM IMMIGRANTS , HE IS GETTING PUSHBACK.

>> A JUSTICE MEMORIAL IS AMONG THE MONUMENTS BUILT IN CHICAGO THANKS TO A MULTI-MILLION-DOLL AR GRANT.

>> USING MATERIAL THAT WILL OUTLIVE EVERYBODY.

>> A NEW PARTNERSHIP ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE ART MEETS SUSTAINABILITY.

>> NOT EVEN IMPORTANT .

>> A RECORD LABEL OFFERING GUIDANCE TO LOCAL ARTISTS.

>> TO THE TOP STORIES , CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT ADDRESSES THE HIGH RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

ACCORDING TO CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA , 75 PEOPLE WERE SHOT , 13 FATALLY OVER THE HOLIDAY.

THEY MADE REMARK AT THE OUTREACH CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ACKNOWLEDGED HOW DIFFICULT IT IS BUT HAD ITS SUCCESSES, SAYING MAJOR EVENTS IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS WERE SAFE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

>> SOME OF THE MOST HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS , LIKE THE LAKEFRONT, THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

>> A COALITION OF BLACK LEADERS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AT A TROUBLED CHARTER SCHOOL AND CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR TO KEEP THE URBAN PREP IN BUSINESS.

CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED TO REMOVE THE CHARTER BECAUSE OF ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL AND FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT.

THEY SAY THE SCHOOL IS BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND SHOULD REMAIN OPEN.

IT TRADITIONALLY HAS HAD A HIGH COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE.

>> THE LEADING ISSUE IS CRIME IN CHICAGO.

EDUCATION IS THE WAY TO REDUCE CRIME.

WHY IS IT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE A SCHOOL LIKE THIS ?

>> WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF THIS.

>> PEDIATRICIANS ON THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT A REMINDING PARENTS TO KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM FIREWORKS AS THE FOURTH OF JULY APPROACHES.

DOCTORS SAY THEY HAVE SEEN TOO MANY INJURIES, FROM LOST APPENDAGES TO FACE AND EYE INJURIES.

>> SEVERE BURNS INVOLVING LARGE PORTIONS OF THEIR BODY THAT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION AND CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SCARRING WHICH CAN BE TRAUMATIZING TO THE CHILD.

WHAT MAKES TREATING THESE INJURIES SO HARD IS SO MANY ARE PREVENTABLE .

>> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATED HOW CLOTHING CAN GO UP IN FLAMES .

THERE IS A 25% INCREASE IN INJURIES OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

THEY REMIND FAMILIES TO LEAVE FIREWORKS TO THE PROFESSIONALS.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH THIS SUMMER, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS OUT .

THEY ARE WATCHING THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS IN SUMMER PROGRAMMING.

KIDS 18 AND UNDER CAN ACCESS FREE MAIL SERVICES FOR LUNCH EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ENROLLED.

FOR MORE , VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> COMING UP , HEALTHCARE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS UNDER FIRE.

>>> FIRST, A DRY SUMMER.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE JIM AND KAY MABIE FAMILY.

THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> ALL THE SIGNS OF SUMMER ARE HERE EXCEPT ONE NOTABLES ONE , A BIG THUNDERSTORM.

CHICAGO IS IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF ITS WORST DROUGHTS IN DECADES AND NOT EXPECTED TO LET UP ANYTIME SOON.

ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND WHAT ECONOMIC IMPACT COULD IT HAVE?

KEVIN JOINS US, A METEOROLOGIST AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR US .

HOW HISTORIC HAS THIS BEEN ?

>> GOOD EVENING.

THE DROUGHT HAS BEEN QUITE REMARKABLE.

GOING BACK TO THE FIRST PART OF MAY.

THE LAST 45 TO 50 DAYS , ONLY ABOUT 20% TO 30% OF OUR NORMAL RAINFALL.

WHEN YOU START THE SEASON OUT DRY LIKE THAT , THE GROUND DRIES OUT, SUNSHINE , LITTLE CLOUD COVER, IT DRIES THINGS OUT.

WE ARE ON PACE FOR SOME OF THE DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD , THE DROUGHT OF 1988 AND THE MORE RECENT DROUGHT OF 2012.

>> WE ARE SEEING PARCHED LAWNS AND PARK AREAS.

WHY ARE WE IN THIS DROUGHT ?

WHAT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT?

>> THE ATMOSPHERE , FLOW PATTERNS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS HAVE BEEN STAGNANT.

THE BETTER FLOW AND MOISTURE TO PRODUCE OUR TYPICAL THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTH.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE WEATHER ACROSS THE GULF COAST IN RECENT DAYS.

THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE ENERGY IS.

FURTHER NORTH INTO OUR REGION, WE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE DOLDRUMS.

WE HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE MOISTURE ENERGY TO SUPPORT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.

>> PEOPLE LOVE TO DO OUTDOOR EVENTS , THEY ARE NOT COMPLAINING WITH NO RAINOUTS.

BUT THERE IS A COST ON CROPS AND WILDLIFE .

ESPECIALLY SPECIES THAT RELY ON WETLANDS.

HOW TAXING IS THE DROUGHT ON THEM ?

>> ABSOLUTELY .

LOOKING AT OUR AREA , THE STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA , SOIL MOISTURE, NEAR RECORD LEVELS , SOME STREAMS ARE BARELY FLOWING AT ALL.

THIS IS STARTING TO IMPACT THE GROUNDWATER AND THE MOISTURE .

>> I WAS WATCHING VARIOUS WEATHER REPORTS WITH NO REAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT IN THE IMMEDIATE FORECAST.

WHAT DO YOU PREDICT OVER THE LONGER-TERM IN THE NEXT WEEK OR COUPLE WEEKS?

WILL WE GET OUT OF THIS?

>> OUR NEXT CHANCE OF ANY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS SUNDAY.

AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT WEEK , WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVITY BUT LOOKING AT THINGS RIGHT NOW, NOTHING THAT WILL TAKE US OUT OF THIS DROUGHT.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE AVERAGED THIS TIME OF YEAR ABOUT 1507 INCH OF PRECIPITATION , WHICH EQUATES TO ONE INCH PER WEEK.

JUST TO KEEP UP WITH NORMAL CONDITIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE RAIN EVERY WEEK .

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT.

IT IS LIKELY THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE.

AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE .

>> HOW DEVASTATING COULD THAT BE IF THIS CONTINUES FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

CROPS ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING.

THEY ARE STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF THE GRIND .

IF WE CONTINUE THIS TREND WITH LITTLE RAINFALL , THAT COULD IMPACT YIELDS AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER SEASON.

>> HOPEFULLY THE SKIES WILL OPEN UP MORE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN .

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH US.

>> ABSOLUTELY .

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> NOW , WHY HEALTHCARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IS BEING SCALED BACK.

>> ILLINOIS IS ONE OF TWO STATES WHO GIVES HEALTHCARE BENEFITS TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BUT THEY ARE BEING SCALED BACK AND THAT IS CAUSING A POLITICAL PROBLEM.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US.

>> Reporter: ILLINOIS WAS THE FIRST BUT IT IS COSTLY, AND NOW THE STATE IS GIVING BACK.

THEY PROVIDE COVERAGE TO UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN UNDER A PROGRAM THAT BEGIN IN 2020 AND HAS EXPANDED.

IT NOW ALSO COVERS ADULTS.

THESE IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL MEDICAID BENEFITS.

LAWMAKERS AND OTHER ADVOCATES TRY TO GROW THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE ALL LOW INCOME ADULTS.

THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED CHANGES.

AMONG THEM , AND ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT .

IT BEGINS JULY 1st, ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN UP.

THEY WILL CAP IT AT 16,500 , THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WHO CAN BE ENROLLED.

AND THEY HAVE TO START PAYING CO-PAYS.

AN ORGANIZATION IS FIGHTING THIS.

>> CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW THIS PROGRAM AND WILL SHOW UP AT THE HOSPITAL FOR CANCER CARE OR ACUTE CARE , THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE BUT NOW THEY WILL NOT BE.

THERE IS CONFUSION NOW.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE ARGUMENT IT IS ALL ABOUT COST SAVING IS NONSENSE BECAUSE VULNERABLE PEOPLE ACCESS PREVENTATIVE CARE IS SAVING MONEY.

SHE SAYS SOMETHING ELSE IS EMPLOYED.

>> THE NARRATIVE AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEND MONEY AROUND HEALTHCARE , ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE, DOES COME FROM A PLACE OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE WORTHY THAN OTHERS .

>> Reporter: SHE HAS LOTS OF ALLIES IN THE FIGHT, LATINO LAWMAKERS SAY ILLINOIS AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS ON PROMISES.

BUT REPUBLICANS SAY ILLINOIS CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE ON THE COSTS.

>> WE ARE THE ONLY STATE THAT SAYS , WE WILL TAKE YOURS , SEND THEM TO US.

IT WILL BANKRUPT OUR STATE.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

OUR SENIORS WILL NOT BE HELPED , OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY WILL SUFFER.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE CANCER AND OTHER ISSUES, INSURANCE COSTS WILL GO WAY UP TO COVER THIS , THEY ARE SUFFERING.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY FOLKS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE NEW CO-PAY.

HE SAYS THEY WILL STILL GO TO THE DOCTOR BUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS WILL HAVE TO SWALLOW THE COSTS.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE MOVEMENT FROM THE START OF ILLINOIS BUDGET, IT WILL BE MOVED TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE WHICH THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY MOST LIKELY BEEN COST SHIFTING TO EVERYONE WHO HAS INSURANCE.

>> YOU MENTIONED THERE HAS BEEN POLITICAL PUSHBACK , DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?

>> THE GOVERNMENT IS IN A TOUGH SPOT, HE ORIGINALLY TOUTED THIS PROGRAM BUT NOW THEY SAY COSTS TOP $1 MILLION AND LEGISLATORS GAVE HIM THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE CUTS PART OF THE BUDGET DEAL THAT HE SIGNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALLOWING THE GOVERNOR TO WHERE THE POLITICAL JACKET.

>> HE SAYS THE PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY HEALTHCARE COVERAGE BUT THEY DO NOW AND IT IS A FAR CRY WHEN THE STATE WAS IN A PHYSICAL IMPLOSION A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

ADVOCATES LIKE HEALTHY ILLINOIS SAY THEY'RE WORKING AS HARD AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP BEFORE THE JULY 1st ENROLLMENT DEADLINE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> COMING UP , DETAILS ON NEW MONUMENTS COMING TO CHICAGO.

FIRST , A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> EIGHT YEARS AFTER IT WAS PROMISED, CITY OFFICIALS SAY IMMEMORIAL WILL FINALLY BE BUILT.

IT IS ONE OF EIGHT NEW MONUMENTS BY A MULTI-MILLION-D OLLAR GRANT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AS THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

>> THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE IS , NOT ONLY EDUCATING THE GENERATION , BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL OUR STORIES WITH OUR ART.

WHEN OPPRESSORS LOOK TO DOMINATE PEOPLE , THEY GO AFTER THE HISTORY.

THEY WILL NOT DO THAT IN CHICAGO.

>> HEATHER JOINS US WITH MORE.

CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PLANS FOR THIS MEMORIAL IN 2015 AS PART OF A LARGER PACKAGE FOR REPARATIONS.

WHY DID THIS TAKE SO LONG?

>> Reporter: MONEY, ADVOCATES WERE THRILLED THE MAYOR EARMARKED $1.8 MILLION FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION TO BUILD THIS MEMORIAL , IN ADDITION TO LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CITY.

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE 118 PEOPLE WHO WERE TORTURED BY COMMANDER BURGE AND THOSE WHO REPORTED TO HIM, MOST WERE INNOCENT , MANY BLACK MEN , SOME SPENT DECADES IN PRISON.

>> EIGHT NEW MEMORIALS FUNDED BY A NEAR $7 MILLION GRANT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION.

WHAT OTHERS ?

>> IT IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE PEOPLE AND THE EVENTS HONORED BY CHICAGO PUBLIC MONUMENTS WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED, THERE WILL ALSO BE A MEMORIAL FOR MURDERED BLACK WOMEN, INCLUDING ONE KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

>> THEY GREW OUT OF THE WORK OUT OF THE CHICAGO MONUMENT COMMISSION, FORMED BY LORI LIGHTFOOT, WIFE WERE THESE CHOSEN?

>> THERE ARE NO MEMORIALS MEMORIALIZING REAL CHICAGO WOMEN.

THIS IS DOING THAT AND RECOGNIZING PEOPLE WHO FLEW UNDER THE RADAR , AND EVENTS, LIKE THE RACE RIOTS.

>> THAT COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED THE REMOVAL OF 13 MONUMENTS THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC , INCLUDING CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS , WHERE IS THAT ?

>> IN LIMBO, THEY WERE NOT SAID TO BE REMOVED SO THEY ARE IN STORAGE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THREE YEARS.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> YOU CAN READ HER FULL STORY ON HER WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> TWO ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST SIDE ARE ON A MISSION TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND BRING ARTS AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH A NEW INITIATIVE AIMED AT HELPING WITH THE PLASTIC PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: IT STARTS WITH AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF SORTS.

>> YOU WANT TO CUT THEM DOWN THE MIDDLE AND MAKE IT EASIER.

WE WILL PUT THEM IN HERE.

>> Reporter: WASHING AND DRYING DETERGENT BOTTLES COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT LAUNDROMATS.

>> WE HAVE TO DRY IT.

WE LABEL IT.

WE THEN SHRED THE PLASTIC TO MAKE SMALL GRANULES.

FROM THERE, WE PUT IT IN HERE WHICH EATS IT UP.

WE ARE MAKING TWO BY THREES.

>> Reporter: THIS BENCH WAS MADE FROM WHAT USED TO BE DETERGENT BOTTLES.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, YOU NOTICE THERE ARE NOT AS MANY BENCHES ON THE WEST SIDE, NOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND DESIGN THE SUBJECT FOR PUBLIC USE AND MADE FROM A MATERIAL THAT WILL OUTLIVE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

>> Reporter: A CONCEPT SPEARHEADED BY THE ORGANIZATION WITH FUNDING .

>> WE LOVED THAT ART WAS AT THE CENTER OF IT BUT THE COMMUNITY PIECE , THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED IN NOT JUST DEVELOPING THE ART, BUT INTERACTING WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFTERWARDS.

>> Reporter: PLASTICS THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE MISSION OF USING ART AS A TOOL TO GALVANIZE COMMUNITIES.

A CONCEPT STARTED BY CAMPBELL AND HIS LATE BUSINESS PARTNER.

>> I THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE CALLED TO PLANT SEEDS AND WATER.

ALLOW THESE THINGS TO GROW.

WHAT WE WITNESSED WAS JOHN PLANTING THOSE SEEDS.

SPURRING PEOPLE ON AND CHALLENGING PEOPLE , SHOWING LOVE .

HE TALKED ABOUT HOW SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE AN IDEAL COLLABORATOR WHOSE MISSION IS DIGITAL CRAFT AND RECYCLING PLASTICS.

TOGETHER , THE GROUPS WANT TO TAKE THEIR LOVE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LOVE OF COMMUNITY NATIONWIDE .

>> WE PROCESSED 800 POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

A FRACTION OF THAT PLASTICS CONSUMED IN CHICAGO EVERY DAY.

IT IS AN AWARENESS TOOL , WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR YOGURT CUP ?

THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THE AWARENESS FROM THE COMMUNITY , WE ARE HIRING PEOPLE, TRAINING THEM, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO BE ARTISTS.

THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY JUST AS MUCH AS A TRANSFORMATION OF THE LANDFILL.

>>> THEY SAY THEY ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF THEIR BENCHES .

INTERESTED IN REDEEMING PLASTICS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

>>> BREAKING INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS NOT AN EASY TASK BUT A LOCAL WORKING-CLASS FAMILY IS TRYING TO HELP GUIDE ARTISTS TO THE INJURY.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ LEARNED MORE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF MUSICAL TALENT AT THIS HOME.

♪ FROM THE VOCALS TO THE INSTRUMENTALS, EACH ARTIST HAS THEIR NICHE .

THIS COLLABORATION OF ARTISTS WITH THIS RECORD LABEL.

THEY CREATED THE LABEL IN 2021.

>> NO SE IS I DON'T KNOW, WHICH CAME FROM WORKING IN RETAIL.

FOR AFTER WORKING IN RETAIL DURING THE PANDEMIC, HE WANTED TO GO TO HIS FIRST PASSION, MUSIC.

>> IT IS OKAY TO SAY YOU DON'T KNOW.

IT IS A PHILOSOPHY .

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC IS IT?

YOU DON'T KNOW.

WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE.

A REMINDER.

>> Reporter: THE LABEL IS RELATIVELY NEW BUT THEIR BAND HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

♪ THEY DESCRIBE THE MUSIC AS SOUNDS FROM THE WORKING CLASS.

>> THE ART IN MUSIC, WE DON'T STRESS ABOUT THE MELODY ANYMORE, NOT ABOUT MAKING A BIG.

IT IS IN OUR BLOOD.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BALANCE OF OUR LIFE .

>> THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE ARTIST.

FOR WITH THEIR SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, THEY OPENED THE STUDIO TO ARTISTS.

>> WE HAD PLANS TO CONTINUE MAKING MUSIC, THE POINT WAS HAVING A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT , BECAUSE CHICAGO IS DIFFICULT FOR ARTISTS TO FIND A SPACE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A HIP-HOP ARTIST.

>> EVERYTHING I DO IS ABOUT REPRESENTATION AND UNAPOLOGETIC SELF-EXPRESSION.

>> Reporter: AND LATIN PLAYER.

>> HE IS NOT SHARING HIS STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HE IS WORKING , GOING HOME , A WIFE , THREE KIDS , LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> Reporter: A FUSION OF MINIMALIST TRACKS THEY MAKE UP ON THE SPOT.

>> EASY TO GET AN IDEA OUT THERE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM.

>> SORCERER PRODUCES HIP-HOP BUT , WHAT MAKES HIS MUSIC DIFFERENT , HE SWITCHES FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH.

>> AN UNDERSTANDING .

NO OUR STORY.

VERY HANDS-ON.

>> Reporter: CREATING AN OUTLOOK FOR ARTISTS WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

>> THIS IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD , OUR SCHOOLS .

>> Reporter: TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> INTERESTED IN HEARING THE ARTIST, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING ON JULY 8th.

CATCH OTHER ARTISTS AND LITTLE VILLAGE IN AUGUST .

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING AND GET US STREAMED ON FACEBOOK AND OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS .

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THE HOMEWOOD HOUSE GOT A START AND WILL RECEIVE LANDMARK STATUS.

>>> NEW RESEARCH IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE CHICAGO COMMUNITIES.

FOR ALL OF US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT , I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

>> I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY SAFE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.