>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SHOTS.

AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ELECTION DAY IS ALMOST HERE.

AND YOU WON'T JUST CANDIDATES ON YOUR BALLOT.

YOU ALSO WEIGH IN ON NUMEROUS REFERENDUMS.

THE 1, BRING CHICAGO HOME SPECIFICALLY.

WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE VISIT A LOCAL LAB WHERE SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED PROSTHETICS IN THE WORLD ARE BEING DEVELOPED.

>> AND THERE'S NO ICONIC CHICAGO PATRICK'S DAY TRADITION DYING CHICAGO >> IF YOU'RE DOWNTOWN TODAY, SAW THE RIVER IS STILL GREEN FROM THIS WEEKEND'S SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION.

WE TELL YOU HOW IT ALL GOT NOW SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES EVICTIONS FOR MIGRANT SHELTERS ARE UNDER WAY.

ALTHOUGH FAR FEWER PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO LEAVE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

CITY OFFICIALS EVICTED 3 FROM SHELTERS ON SUNDAY.

THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION FIRST HOLE REPORTS.

35 PEOPLE WOULD BE EVICTED IN THIS INITIAL ROUND, BUT THAT WAS REVISED DOWN TO 34 31 OF THEM WERE ALLOWED A REPRIEVE EITHER BECAUSE THEY'VE PROVEN THEY WERE WORKING TO SECURE PERMANENT HOUSING OR PREGNANT OR HAD DISABILITIES.

MORE THAN 2000 MIGRANTS LIVING IN SHELTERS ARE SET TO BE EVICTED BY APRIL 30TH UNDER THE CURRENT CITY POLICY.

WTW NEWS ANALYSIS FINDS THE CITY PAYING BIG BUCKS TO SETTLE LAWSUITS FROM PEOPLE INJURED DURING POLICE PURSUITS.

ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS OF DATA, TAXPAYERS SPEND 51 MILLION DOLLARS FROM 2019 TO 2023.

TO RESOLVE LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY 16 PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED DURING THOSE PURSUITS.

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF A 45 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT.

CURRENTLY THAT ALLEGES AND ON AUTHORIZE CHASE LEFT A 15 YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND UNABLE TO WALK OR TALK.

THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED IN 2021 WHEN A POLICE OFFICER GAVE CHASE TO A CAR THAT FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN WHICH ALLEGEDLY LED TO A CAR CRASH.

THE LEFT THE TEEN SEVERELY AND PERMANENTLY INJURED.

IF APPROVED, THAT SETTLEMENT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER SAYS HE WANTS TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE TREATMENT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, MORE AFFORDABLE AND EQUITABLE.

THE RARE BLOOD DISORDER AFFECTS MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND CAN BE VERY COSTLY TO TREAT PRISCO'S THAT LAURA BE A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO ANNOUNCE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR AN ADVISORY COUNCIL COME UP WITH WAYS THE STATE CAN MAKE THE TREATMENT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

>> THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES WON'T HAVE TO WAIT A GENERATION BEFORE THEY CAN ACCESS THESE GROUNDBREAKING CURES.

INDEED.

I HOPE THEY WON'T HAVE TO WAIT MORE THAN A YEAR.

AND EARLY VOTING WRAPPED UP TODAY.

THAT'S, OF COURSE, BECAUSE ILLINOIS'S PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW.

MARCH 19TH.

>> HE SAYS SOME LAST-MINUTE EARLY VOTERS AT THE BUDLONG WOODS LIBRARY IN THE CITY'S 40TH WARD.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WWW NEWS'S VOTER GUIDE ONLINE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED ON ALL THE BIG RACES AS YOU HEAD TO THE POLLS.

THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH VOTER GUIDE.

AND A PROGRAMMING NOTE TOMORROW WE WILL BE LIVE AT 5, 30 10 WITH ELECTION ANALYSIS AND RESULTS.

SO PLEASE BE SURE TO JOIN US.

AND UP NEXT, ONE OF THOSE BIG ELECTION DAY ISSUES.

THE MUCH-DEBATED BRING CHICAGO HOME REFERENDUM.

WE DEBATED AGAIN.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> AFTER WEEKS OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE COURTS VOTES FOR THE BALLOT REFERENDUM KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME WILL BE COUNTED DURING TUESDAY'S ELECTION.

THE QUESTION ASKED VOTERS TO DECIDE IF THEY SUPPORT AN INCREASE OF THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX ON PROPERTY SALES OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASED RATE WOULD APPLY TO THE AMOUNT OF THE SALE THAT GOES OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

ONLY THE CITY SAYS THE INCREASE WILL FUND EFFORTS TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS.

CRITICS ARE CONCERNED THAT ACT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND RESIDENTS.

AND JOINING US, OUR ALDERMAN WILLIAM HALL, THE 6 FORD, REVEREND AND LOUISE HAWK, A LEADER WITH ORGANIZING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EQUALITY OR ONE NORTHSIDE FAR AS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION CHICAGO AND COREY OLIVER, A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING OWNERS ALLIANCE.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU.

FULL HOUSE CHICAGO TONIGHT.

SO TO REMIND EVERYBODY SAW IN THAT GRAPHIC HAS 0 TO $999,999 POINTS AT THE 6TH 0, TAX RATE.

1 MILLION TO 1.5 MILLION, 2%.

1.5 MILLION AND ABOVE 3%.

AND THAT'S MARGINAL RATES JUST ON THOSE AMOUNTS AND ABOVE.

SO ALDERMAN HALL, IT'S BEEN DUBBED THE MANSION TAX, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO HIT MORE THAN JUST THE SUPER-WEALTHY.

ABSOLUTELY WOULD.

WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS ABOUT BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOMES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE NEIGHBORS.

SECONDLY.

>> IT'S ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES OVER CLOSE TO 19% OF KIDS THAT GO TO CHICAGO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOUSE AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS WHO DO NOT HAVE A FAIR SHARE OF A 16 BILLION DOLLAR ECONOMY TO GET THEM ON THEIR FEET TO GET RIGHT BACK INTO THE WORK PRESIDENT PAIRING, THE CIVIC FEDERATION CAME OUT OF THE CRITICISM SAYING IT WAS GOING TO COOL OFF AND ALREADY CHILLED REAL ESTATE MARKET.

WHEN YOU THINK THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE AT THIS PASSES?

YEAH.

I MEAN, WE ALL I THINK AGREE WE HAVE A BIG HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND HOUSING CRISIS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SOLUTION WOULD ACTUALLY TRY TO ADDRESS A HOUSING CRISIS BY INCREASING THE COST OF HOUSING.

IT'S IT FUNCTIONALLY THE WAY OUR REAL ESTATE MARKET WORKS.

>> IT'S GOING TO CREATE A BACKDOOR PROPERTY TAX THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

EVERY HOMEOWNER RENTERS CONDO OWNERS IN THE PROCESS ACTUALLY HURTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UNION EMPLOYEES THAT DEPEND ON THE OFFICE INDUSTRY FOR SUPPORT FOR THEIR JOBS, RIVER IN HOCKEY.

HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK THIS COULD HELP THEN TO PARSONS POINT, COULD THIS ACTUALLY HURT MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS?

>> SO BRING CHICAGO HOME IS NOT GOING TO HURT MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS.

THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THIS ONE TIME REAL ESTATE TAX WHEN THEY PURCHASE A BUILDING, WE'LL BE FOLKS PURCHASING BUILDINGS THAT ARE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THAT IS AROUND 6 OR 7% OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS EVERY YEAR.

A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE BUYING THOSE BIG PROPERTIES, EVEN RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO THERE, FOLKS WHO ARE.

INVESTMENT.

INVESTING IN OUR CITY AND IF THEY WANT TO INVEST HERE, THEY CAN TO HELP CHIP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT A MORE LIVABLE CITY FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE.

COREY, OVER, YOU INVEST HERE AND YOU INVEST IN A AFFORDABLE UNITS.

WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN WITH THIS REFERENDUM?

WILL 70% OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY APARTMENTS IN CHICAGO ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY PROVIDERS LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SO MY CONCERN IS THAT.

>> BY EVEN ADDING THE ONE-TIME COST, THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO BE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RECALCULATE, HOW THEY'RE BUYING THINGS.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOSS OF VALUE PROPERTIES IN UNITY.

>> THAT CAUSED THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPED UP IN COST MORE TO HOMEOWNERS AS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.

AND THEN ALSO THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A BURDEN IF THOSE DO THINGS HAPPEN, THOUGH, BECAUSE THINGS ARE COUSIN WENT TO GO UP AND ALREADY IN THE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY ALREADY FIGHTING TO TRY TO KEEP OUR RENSLOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE HOUSING IS TO FLEE.

>> AND COMFORTABLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITIZENS.

WE FIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND FOR OUR FOR RENTERS.

WE ARE NOT SOME BIG CORPORATE ARM.

WE ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I GO INTO MY BUILDING.

MY TENANTS KNOW WHO WE ARE.

AND WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN STABILITY, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE ONES WHO HOW ARE CHECKED CHECKED, CREATING A BARELY STABLE FUNCTIONING SITUATION.

YOU START TO ADD INCREMENTAL INCREASES TO THEIR DAILY LIFE A SUDDEN.

NOW THEY'RE BECOMING HOUSING, UNSTABLE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME PART OF THAT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX.

AND THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR ALDERMAN ALL.

WHAT ABOUT THAT CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IF THIS FOLKS THAT OWN MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN LET'S LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.

CORPORATIONS WITH CORPORATIONS, THEY BUNDLE UP THESE BIG PROPERTIES.

NOW MAKING THE ATTENDANTS FREIGHT.

>> AGAIN, IF THEY'RE BUILDING IS NOT FOR SALE, THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.

IF YOU'RE A TENANT, PREDATORY, PREDATORY LANDLORDS WORLD, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX THAT APPROXIMATELY.

SO THESE BIG CORPORATIONS BUNDLE UP THESE BIG OLD PIECES OF PROPERTY.

YEAH, THE U.S.

INTO THE TENNESSEE WE'RE GOING TO RAISE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO TO MAKE MONEY.

>> BUT AGAIN, THE QUESTION WE MUST OURSELVES IS THAT THESE BIG CORPORATIONS, REAL ESTATE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE BUNDLING UP THESE PROPERTIES AND SELLING SO FAST IN SPACES, ARE AGAIN, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE SELLING TACTICS HELPFUL FOR TENANTS?

AND SO WHERE SOMEONE MAY LIVE 79 TO INDIANA, THAT PROPERTIES ANY TRUST OR IN PART OF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT EQUAL OVER MILLION.

SO YES, A LITTLE PEOPLE WILL PAY AS THE BIG PEOPLE CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY.

SO THAT TACTIC THAT THE RAIN IS GOING TO GO UP, THE TAX IS GOING TO GO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE THAT TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO PAY FOR EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER PROPERTIES BUNDLED UP IN ONE TRANSACTION OVER MILLION DOLLARS.

FIRST PRIZE AT THE WAY YOU SEE IT IS AS HEAD OF THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS KNOW, I MEAN, I CAN SPEAK TO APARTMENTS.

I'D BEEN IN THE OFFICE.

I THE PEOPLE WHO BUY IT.

>> OFFICE, THEIR INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS.

THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT INDIVIDUALS REALLY RIGHT THERE.

USUALLY PENSION FUNDS ARE SOME BIG KIND OF INVESTOR.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IN THE WAY THAT OUR OFFICE MARKET IS.

WE'RE ONCE IN 100 YEAR COLLAPSE.

THIS IS BILLY JUST HAPPENED.

WE HAVE AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS BOUGHT FOR 10% OF WHAT IT USED TO BE WORTH.

FIRST THING THAT THE NEW OWNERS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, AS THEY SAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOT ANYMORE.

THEY FIGHT EVERY ONE OF THE UNION WORKERS.

SO THIS KIND OF THING WE'RE COMPETING FOR THAT INVESTMENT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COME TO CHICAGO, BUT CHICAGOANS TO WORK.

SO EVERY TIME WE MAKE IT HARDER FOR US TO GET THAT INVESTMENT AND IT HURTS EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, WE'RE ONE OF THE CRITICISMS FROM THE CIVIC FEDERATION.

OTHERS WAS THAT.

>> THIS REFERENDUM DOES NOT OUTLINE HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL WORK AND WHAT THE PROGRAMS WILL BE TO GET TO THE HOMELESS FOLKS.

WHAT WHAT'S YOUR IDEA IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO GET TO THE FOLKS WHO NEED IT?

>> SO BRING CHICAGO HOME HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY A GRASSROOTS COALITION BUILT ACROSS THE CITY.

AND MONEY WILL BE PUT LEGALLY AND ILLEGALLY PROTECTED TRUST OR A FUND.

THEY CAN ONLY BE USED TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND ITS AND IT'S RELATED PROBLEMS IN THE CITY.

SO THERE WILL BE ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW THIS FUN SHOULD BE USED.

THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT WILL BE MADE UP OF FOLKS WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY.

SO FOLKS WHO EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS THEMSELVES, FOLKS WHO ARE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AND REALLY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO HELP ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO.

ALL RIGHT, COREY ALLEN ROOM EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE WAYS TO ADDRESS IT.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

>> IS THERE A WAY THAT WOULD WORK OUT BETTER THAN BRING CHICAGO HOME?

I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO MY HISTORIES I GREW UP STREET MY DAD IS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHY?

SO I'VE BEEN ON HOMELESSNESS ALMOST MY ENTIRE >> SO ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS ALWAYS THROUGH RIGHT?

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GROW PEOPLE, EARNING INCOME LOOKING AT WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM WITH STABLE GROWTH AFFORDABLE WAGES, I THINK IS IS A WAY THAT YOU ADDRESS IT.

I THINK WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE A PROBLEM.

NOT ONLY IS IT NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT'S GOING TO CREATE OTHER SET OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE ALDERMAN IS CORRECT THAT THERE ARE CORPORATIONS WHO DO COME IN AND BUY.

BUT A LOT OF THE OWNERS IN CHICAGO WHO OWN PROPERTIES, THEY'RE SMALL PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME WHO ARE JUST COMING IN.

WE'RE TRYING BRIDGE THAT.

WELL, THE FIGHT FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY ARE COMING IN AS BLACK FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IN CHICAGO.

WE'RE TRYING TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT IS PART OF THE EQUATION.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A TRANSFER TAX, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A ONE-TIME TAX, YOU'RE NOW ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FEE WITH THE ACQUISITION.

SO NOW IT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO BUY THIS PROPERTY NOW BECOMES COST FOR A TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR OWN FAMILY.

WELL, AS WE'RE TRYING TO GROW AND STABILIZED.

>> ALDERMAN WHAT DO YOU THE ESTIMATE FOR REVENUE?

I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING 100 MILLION EVERY YEAR, BUT IS THE MARKET VOLATILE.

SO AGAIN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MARKET.

NUMBER ONE, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT REPORT, 69.

>> HAVEN'T 99.9% OF PROPERTIES LESS THAN A MILLION COME TO BOARD AND BY CHICAGO EMPOWERMENT ZONE.

WHEN YOU PAY NO TAXES, WHY CAN WE HAVE A GOOGLE BUILD A DOWNTOWN VERSION OF THAT IN THE 6 LET'S GO TO STEPHANIE COMBS WARD ALDERWOMAN OF 16 100% OUR PROPERTIES LESS THAN THE SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO EMPOWER ECONOMICS IS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AGAIN.

THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT THE EMPLOYEES THAT GO DOWNTOWN.

WHY CAN'T YOU COME IN BY INDIA'S NEIGHBORHOODS?

SECONDLY, WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS 1000 JOBS CREATED BACK IN THE DAY.

SOME WILL GO WORK ON THE HOME AND THEN WALKED TO A LOCAL BAR, GET A DRINK AND THEN WALKED HOME AGAIN.

THE POINT IS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WILL COME OUT OF THE 100 MILLION DOLLARS PROJECTED AS A RESULT IS A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC FORMULA.

THEN PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT WHAT THE DAY LOOKED LIKE.

SOMEONE GOES TO SIMULATE, GET TRYING TO SIMULATE AND THEN BE ABLE TO DOWN THE STREET WHEN HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND PUT THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY MOVE OVER HOME THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR SOMEONE TO YEARS.

SO I MEAN, A PORTION OF THIS MONEY WILL GO TO JUSTIN MOORE, DOUBLE HOUSING, WHICH IS JOB CREATION AND NOT 100% SUBSIDIZED.

A PORTION HOMES ARE GOING FOR IT AFFORDABLE.

HOME IS SIMPLY THIS.

MY HOME IS LESS THAN A BILLION LESS A $300,000 SOMEONE CAN LIVE NEXT DOOR THE HOME MIGHT BE ON 15, 200,000 IN DOESN'T HURT.

WHEN YOU GOT 10 OF THOSE CORPORATIONS ONLY COME IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN WARDS WHERE THEY WILL RIGHT NOW.

FOR THE 3RD TIME WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH NO NEIGHBORS.

IF YOU WANT CORPORATIONS TO COME TO DEAL FLOW AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, WE NEED MOVE TOP SIDE AND THIS WILL NOT ONLY BRING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET TO GET THE BUT IT BUILDS A HOME SOMEONE TO FAR AS YOU KNOW, THEIR LAWSUIT SUCCESSFUL AT A LOWER COURT OVERTURNED THE APPELLATE COURT STATE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR IT.

>> YEAH, IT WILL.

THERE BE FURTHER LEGAL ACTION AFTER THIS WHOLE REFERENDUM TAKES PLACE.

>> WELL, THE DRIVING FACTOR, THE LAWSUIT IS THAT WE FELT THAT WAY THAT THEY CRAFTED THIS REFERENDUM WAS UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL.

AND PURPOSE OF THAT WAS 2 ATTEMPTS TO GET A MORE HONEST, TRANSPARENT QUESTION PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IS ANSWER THE QUESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS ALL SHAKES OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

THE EMORY HAWK LAST WORD HERE.

HOW DO HOW DO YOU THINK THIS VOTE IS GOING TO GO TOMORROW?

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS WORKED SO HARD OVER SO MANY YEARS.

>> REALLY BRING CHICAGO HOME.

WE'VE GOT 68,000 PEOPLE WHO UNHOUSED IN OUR CITY OF THAT 17,000 OF THEM ARE STUDENTS IN CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO STUDY?

GET AN EDUCATION APPLY FOR A JOB IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW, I'M A PERSON OF FAITH AND MY SCRIPTURES.

TELL ME THAT WHERE YOUR HEART IS, THEY'RE YOUR TREASURE WILL BE TOO.

MY HEART IS WITH THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY OF CHICAGO WHO NEED HOMES WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING HIM HOME.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO CITY ONE WAY OR MY THANKS TO ALDERMAN HALL FOR SOME PRAYING.

>> RIVER AND TALK AND COREY OVER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING AND AGAIN, BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 5, 30 10 FOR OUR SPECIAL ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE WILL BE BRINGING YOU RESULTS ON THE BRING CHICAGO HOME REFERENDUM IN OTHER RACES AS WELL AS ANALYSIS WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

AND IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE POLLS, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE VOTER GUIDE FOR DETAILS ON WHERE THE VOTING INFORMATION ON ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT TO WWW DOT COM SLASH VOTER GUIDE.

AND UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIONIC PROSTHETICS.

STAY WITH US.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ESTIMATES AT LEAST 30 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NEED SOME FORM OF PROSTHETIC LIMB AND GLOBAL CONFLICTS FROM UKRAINE TO GUYS ARE ONLY SERVING TO DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS HIGHER.

BUT ARTIFICIAL LIMBS HAVE COME A LONG WAY.

AND AT THE SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITY LAB IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIONIC PROSTHETICS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.

PRODUCER PAUL CAME VISITED TO FIND OUT MORE IN CAUGHT UP WITH SCULPTOR, TERRY CARPETS, WHO LOST A LEG IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN 1975.

AND WE FIRST MET IN 2019.

>> MY INITIAL LEG WAS A.

ANOTHER SOCKET.

WITH 2 METAL BARS AND WENT DOWN TO A PIECE OF PLYWOOD, FLAT PIECE OF PLYWOOD.

AND I HAVE SEEN A PROGRESSION OVER THE YEARS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS GOING FROM A WOULD LEAD TO A FIBERGLASS LEG.

AND AND NOW A POWERED AND IT'S VERY EXCITING.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S MY WAY MAKING LEMONADE.

THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS ADVANCES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE FIELD.

>> BOTH IN THE OF BIONIC ARMS AND BIONIC LEGS GOING PLATEAU FOR MANY YEARS AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

IT WAS A VERY STICKS.

AND SPRINGS BIONIC LEGS STARTED TO BECOME COMPUTERIZED AT THE END OF THE 1990'S.

AND THEN WE STARTED MORE SENSORS TO THEM AND MOTORS TO THEM TO GIVE SENSE OF OF RESPONSE TO THE USER WHEN THEY PUSHED AGAINST THE BETTER.

>> THESE ARE THINGS THAT I BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T DO WITH MY NORMAL.

LIKE.

THIS LEG.

ACTUALLY POWERS MAY UP TO THEIRS.

SO DON'T HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW, DRAG ONE UP.

BEEN WITH THIS TEAM FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND THE FIRST DEVICE WE HAD WAS A QUITE A BIT HEAVIER.

>> BUT IT DID PROVIDE POWER AND PROVIDED THE TO SEE THE PROGRESSION TO THE DEVICE.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH TODAY HAS BEEN AMAZING.

IT'S GOT DEFINITELY GOTTEN LIGHTER.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE IT ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS FUNCTION.

TERRY IS ABLE TO MOVE AROUND ON HIS OWN AND PERFORMS VERY WELL HIS LIFE.

SO NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WE'RE TRYING THIS DEVICE ON PEOPLE WHO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP TIME AS SOON AS THAT FELT LIKE THE LEG WAS NOT GOING FAIL I STARTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT IT COULD DO >> SO FAR I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BREAK IT.

COMPARED TESLA AS OPPOSED TO PICKUP TRUCK >> ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ALL THOSE SIGNALS ARE THE MUSCLE.

SO SO WE'VE GOT THE TEXTILE FABRIC ON HIS RESIDUAL LIMB.

AND THOSE ARE DIFFERENT MUSCLES THAT ARE FIRING WHILE HE'S WALKING AND CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS HOW WE CONTROL IT.

SO THERE'S EACH ONE OF THOSE BOXES ARE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

ONE IS WALKING, STANDING STAIRS, RAMPS AND AS HE GOES TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, YOU'LL SEE ALL THOSE KIND OF LIGHT UP.

OUR ENGINEERING TEAM CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ALL THOSE PARAMETERS.

SO IF TERRI WANTED TO CHANGE HOW MUCH THE LINK WAS SWINGING OR IF YOU WANTED MORE POWER GOING UP IN ON STAIRS.

WE CAN ADJUST ALL OF THAT.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN THIS TECHNOLOGY.

THEY FUNDED A LOT OF THE ORIGINAL WORK AND THEY CONTINUE TO FUND IT.

THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN DOING THE BEST FOR THE WOUNDED WARRIORS.

THE NEW CONFLICT IN UKRAINE.

A HAS RESULTED IN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF NEW AMPUTEES THAT NEED TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY WE USE COMPONENTS FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

IT'S A CONSCIOUS STRATEGY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE OVERALL COST.

AND SO FOR USING BATTERIES OF WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL MILLION MADE FOR THE CAR INDUSTRY, WE CAN GET THEM AT A REASONABLE COST FOR USING MICROCONTROLLERS USED IN THE CELL PHONE INDUSTRY.

WE CAN GET THEM AT A REASONABLE COST.

HERE WE HAVE THE HYBRID LEG AND THE PLACENTA HERE.

KIND OF WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC SPORTS DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE THAT'S THE KIND OF THE BRAINS OF THE SYSTEM WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CENTERS ON HERE.

THERE'S AND COLDER HERE TO TELL US THAT THE KNEE JOINT ABLE.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER CENTER DOWN HERE, WHICH IS A LOAD CELL.

THE KIND OF TELL US WHAT PEOPLE ARE MOTORS, ELECTRONICS AND ROBOTICS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW HOW TO CONTROL THINGS, BUT GETTING IT TO WORK WELL, WITH THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AND GETTING IT TO BE RELIABLE.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, EVERY STEP IS THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.

>> OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THE MOMENT IS TO MAKE IT QUIETER.

AND SO THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SIMPLE THING TO DO.

AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A BIT QUIETER USING THIS DESIGN.

BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY MAKE IT, A SILENT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

AND THAT'S THE ENGINEERING TEAM WORKING ON NOW.

EARLY PROSTHETICS OR A DEVICE THAT I GONE IN THE MORNING.

YOU KNOW, I HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

THIS POWERED LEG IS PART OF ME.

I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HAVE TO DON AT LAKE OF THE ANYTHING LIKE A PAIR OF PANTS.

I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

IF FROM MY INTENTIONS, WHATEVER I WANT TO DO, IT'S THERE TO SUPPORT I'VE WORKED IN INDUSTRY AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NICE, IT'S NEXT TO MAKE PRODUCTS THAT, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE AND PEOPLE >> REALLY HELP PEOPLE.

A LOT OF PRODUCTS ARE JUST THEY'RE BAIT TO MAKE MONEY.

IT'S NICE HAVE SOMETHING THAT I COULD SEE IT HELPING SOMEONE.

THE BEST PART OF IT IS THE FACT THAT WE GET TO PUT ON A SUBJECT AND SEE THEM WALK ON IT AND ENJOY IT.

ENJOY SOMETHING WE'RE KIND OF OUT THAT THE CUSP OF THIS BIONIC LEG TECHNOLOGY KIND OF TRANSFORMING CLINICAL CARE.

YOU'RE SEEING A FEW PRODUCTS COME ONTO THE MARKET.

SOME USE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY, SOME LEVERAGE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE HERE INTO THEIR OWN PRODUCTS.

AND WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A PASS PUSH THIS FURTHER.

YOU KNOW, A LEG LIKE THIS WILL CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE OVERNIGHT.

CERTAINLY INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY.

AND UP NEXT, LOOKING AT THE FASCINATING HISTORY BEHIND A UNIQUELY CHICAGO TRADITION.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY MAY HAVE COME AND GONE.

BUT THE CHICAGO RIVER IS STILL GREEN.

>> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, OR ARE YOUR NEW CHICAGO?

THE CITY DIES OR RIVER GREEN.

EVERY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY ON SATURDAY MORNING, THE RIVER DYEING CREW TURNED THE WATER A WHIMSICAL SHADE OF EMERALD BETWEEN ORLEANS IN COLUMBUS WITH THOUSANDS THERE TO WATCH.

AND THE CALLER HELD ON TO THE WEEKEND UNTIL TODAY.

SO YOU EVER WONDER HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED.

HERE'S UNITS ON WITH THE LATEST EDITION OF OUR SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> SEEN PATRICK'S DAY IN CHICAGO.

>> WELL, FOR SOME THE HOLIDAY GREEN BEER AND LOTS OF PARTYING.

ONE THING'S FOR IN CHICAGO'S ESTIMATED 200,000 RESIDENTS OF IRISH HERITAGE TAKE THEIR TRADITIONS.

SERIOUS AND THERE'S NO MORE ICONIC CHICAGO PATRICK'S DAY TRADITION DYING CHICAGO >> THE HISTORY OF THE GREEN RIVER FLOWS BACK TO THE LOCAL PLUMBERS UNION.

THEY'VE BEEN SPONSORING THE DYE JOB FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

THE STORY GOES AS THE PALMERS TELLING THAT BUSINESS MANAGER STEVEN BAILEY GOT THE IDEA SEEING CALMER AND STAINED GREEN COVERALLS.

SEE THE CITY WAS WORKING TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS ON WASTE GOING INTO RIVER DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY USING DI TO HELP TRACE THE FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND DETECT LEAKS POW MAYOR RICHARD J DAILY INITIALLY CONSIDERED DYING LAKE MICHIGAN BEFORE ULTIMATELY PICKING A PORTION OF THE MORE MANAGEABLE SIZE CHICAGO RIVER.

AND SO IN 1962, RIVER GOT ITS FIRST FESTIVE DYE JOB.

BAILEY LACKS POETIC, TELLING REPORTERS THAT DIE WITH CONNECT THE CITY TO IRELAND GOING FROM CHICAGO TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER ONTO THE MISSISSIPPI UP THE GULF STREAM AND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC INTO IRISH SEA.

THE CITY HAS TRIED.

THE FEW DIED DISTRIBUTION METHODS OVER YEARS.

BUT TODAY A COUPLE OF MOTOR BOATS DO THE JOB, TURNING A ROUGHLY A QUARTER MILE STRETCH OF THE RIVER DOWNTOWN.

JUST THE RIGHT USING WHAT ORGANIZERS SAY IS ORANGE VEGETABLE BASED POWDER GREEN ON CONTACT WITH THE WATER, EXACT RECIPE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET.

SOME LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS HAVE PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE TRADITION LIKE FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER FEEL IT HARKENS BACK TO A BYGONE ERA WHEN THE RIVER WAS TREATED AS IT WAS SEWER RATHER THAN A LIVING BODY HOME TO FISH AND WILDLIFE.

>> BUT REGARDLESS OF ONE STANCE, THERE'S NO DENYING THE TRADITIONS OTHER U.S. CITIES HAVE TAKEN THE IDEA DYEING THEIR OWN RIVERS AND CANALS.

EACH MARCH AND WITH THOUSANDS GATHERING ALONG CHICAGO RIVER EVERY YEAR TO SEE IT ALL THE TRADITION DOES IT SEEM READY TO DIE ANY TIME SOON?

>> ALL THE WAY OUT, IRELAND.

THAT'S A BIT FANCIFUL.

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