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

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> WHY STATE LAWMAKERS WANT TO LIFT STRICTER STANDARD FOR PASSENGER SAFETY.

>>> FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF WORKING IN TURKEY AND SYRIA AFTER THOSE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES.

>>> A AIRPORT EXPANSION, THEY WON'T GIVE UP THE BATTLE TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING EMBEDDED IN OUR DNA.

>> A CENTURY OLD FAMILY RECIPE FROM MEXICO THAT'S PERFECT FOR WINTER DAYS IN CHICAGO .

>> TO THE TOP STORY TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS PROPOSING TO GET EVEN TOUGHER WITH REGULATIONS ON RIDESHARE COMPANIES.

UBER AND LYFT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE COMMON CARRIER STANDARD THAT APPLIES TO OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION LIKE RAILROADS AND AIRLINES .

THEY SAY IT'S A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY NEED AND THIS MOVE HAS DRAWN PUSHBACK FROM LOCAL BUSINESS GROUPS, UBER, AND LYFT.

>> WHEN YOU GET ON THE PLANE OR YOU GET INTO A TAXICAB YOU AREN'T IN CHARGE OF HOW THE DRIVE OR THE PILOT BEHAVES WHICH IS WHY UNDER ILLINOIS LAW THOSE FORMS OF GETTING AROUND AND OTHERS LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED ARE CONSIDERED COMMON CARRIERS WHICH MEANS ENTITIES MOVING TRAVELERS FROM ONE POINT TO THE OTHER ARE HELD TO A HIGH STANDARD OF KEEPING PASSENGERS SAFE FROM HARM .

>> YOU ARE TURNING OVER YOUR SAFETY TO THE PERSON THAT'S BEHIND THE WHEEL .

THAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR THE HEIGHTENED STANDARDS FOR THE COMMON CARRIER .

SIMILARLY, THIS IS DONE IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED EXEMPTION FROM THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR UBER AND LYFT.

>> THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SPONSORING A BILL TO TAKE AWAY RIDESHARE COMPANIES EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMON CARRIER STANDARD.

HOW DID THEY GET THE EXEMPTION TO BEGIN WITH?

>> THEY SAID WHEN LAWMAKERS FIRST MOVED TO REGULATE RIDESHARE COMPANIES THERE WERE THESE SCRAPPY UPSTARTS AND THE IDEA WAS TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITION BUT GIVEN THEIR UBIQUITY NOW, THE EXEMPTION NO LONGER MAKES SENSE AND IT'S HOLDING THEM TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

>> IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.

WHAT SORT OF RESPONSE DO THEY HAVE WITH THIS BILL?

>> AS YOU'VE PROBABLY EXPECTED THEY ARE CLOSE TO IT WITH TESTIMONY FILED WITH THE HOUSE COMMUNITY THAT HEARD THE BILL, SINCE DAY ONE WE BUILD SAFETY INTO EVERY PART OF THE LYFT EXPERIENCE AND ARGUES WHILE A COMMON CARRIER COMPANY COULD EMPLOY A FEW DOZEN CHAUFFEURS, RIDESHARE NETWORKS RELY ON INDEPENDENT DRIVERS .

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ECHOING THAT SAYING THAT TAKING AN UBER OR LYFT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND WRITER RIDE HER RIDER.

>> HE ONLY HAS 2 1/2 OR THREE STARS.

WILLING TO TAKE THAT.

IN LIEU OF WRITING WITH SOMEONE I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THEY ARE SAFE.

>> FORTS PART, AN UBER PERSON SAYS THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE ILLINOIS BE THE ONLY STATE CENTURIES RIDESHARING IMPACTING THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO EARN MONEY.

OTHER STATES HOLD RIDESHARING COMPANIES TO THOSE STANDARDS THOUGH THESE MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN PASSED BY LAWMAKERS THEY SAY THERE'S CHALLENGES ARE MORE LIMITED.

A CHARACTER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPPOSED TO THE BILL, SAYING STATE LAW REQUIRES UBER AND LYFT TO CARRY WHEN MILLION-DOLLAR INSURANCE POLICIES IN CASE PASSENGERS ARE INJURED OR EVEN KILLED AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND CAUSING THEM TO LEAVE THE STATE MAKING IT HARDER FOR WORKERS TO GET AROUND.

>> MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS IS A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY TOOL WHICH KEEPS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVERS OFF OF THE ROADS EACH YEAR AND MAKES US SAFER AS WE GET AROUND TO TRAVEL SAFELY ON THE ROADWAYS.

>> THEY SAY IT'S NOT THE ONLY SAFETY CONSIDERATION WITH DRIVERS HAVING BEEN ACCUSED OF PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING PASSENGERS AND ARGUES THE COMPANIES ARE DOING JUST FINE AND PLACES WHERE THEY FACE TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS.

>> WE SIMPLY CANNOT CONTINUE TO EXEMPT UBER AND LYFT FROM THE SAME STANDARDS OF CARE THAT WOULD APPLY TO ANY OTHER TAXI, TRAIN, COMMON CARRIER, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES POINTED OUT ANOTHER COMMON CARRIER IN ILLINOIS.

THEY ARE COMMON CARRIERS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

>> THE BILL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE JUDICIARY CIVIL COMMITTEE.

THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR DEBATE AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF IT.

>> I THINK THAT THEY WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES AND IT WILL BE A ROBUST DEBATE.

>>> THE STATE SUPREME COURT IS EXPEDITING A HEARING ON A LEGAL CHALLENGE OF ILLINOIS NEW BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THEY WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS ON THE CASE AND MAY.

THE JUDGE RULING IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS ARGUING THAT THIS VIOLATED ILLINOIS LAW.

WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL COURT.

THE JUDGMENT ON THE LAW WOULD LIKELY COME FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

>>> NASCAR RACE AROUND GRANT PARK, LEAVING A SOUR TASTE IN SOME ELSE.

CALLING FOR THE RACE AROUND THE EVENT TO BE HELD JULY 4 WEEKEND, ONE OF THE WEEKEND TASTE OF CHICAGO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD.

NOW THEY ARE BLASTING THE MOVE SAYING THEY'VE NOW DECIDED TO MOVE THIS TO A DIFFERENT PARK WEST OF NAVY PIER.

THEY PUT THE BRAKES ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CASE AND SAYS THAT THE AREA SHOULD ULTIMATELY REJECT TO MOVE AND THE PEER IS RUN BY A NONPROFIT PUBLIC ENTITY AND HAS NOT YET APPROVED ANY OF THIS .

>>> ANOTHER SET OF ENDORSEMENTS IN THE RUNOFF RACE FOR THE CHICAGO MAYOR.

THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE LONGTIME PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WILL APPEAR IN THE RUNOFF DEBATE TOMORROW EVENING MODERATED BY AN ANCHOR FROM NBC 5.

>> A LOCAL DOCTOR JUST RETURNED FOR SYRIA AND TURKEY.

THEY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE TREATING PATIENTS.

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

THE CHIM AND K NAVY FAMILY THE GYM AND K NAVY FAMILY.

AND IN SUPPORT OF KEY DONORS .

>>> PROMINENT LOCAL -- RECENTLY RETURNED .

>> DOCTOR SAYER, THE GLOBAL HEALTH DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT RESIDENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT THE ADVOCATE CRISIS MEDICAL CENTER.

WELCOME TO NEW YORK.

BACK TO THIS JOURNEY.

A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, 50,000 AND COUNTING REPORTED DEAD.

TRANSLATE THIS TO THE VIEWERS TO WHAT YOU WITNESSED ON THE GROUND.

>> SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND YOU SEE A LARGE-SCALE EARTHQUAKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE.

UNLESS YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE THE DESTRUCTION , YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE SCALE OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

YOU SEE FAMILIES WHO ARE DEVASTATED.

ONE OF THE STORIES THAT ARE STUCK IN OUR MIND A BOY, HE WAS PULLED FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE 44 HOURS .

HE LOST HIS FAMILY.

HE LOST PART OF HIS LEG BECAUSE OF A INJURY.

>> HE WAS UNDER THE RUBBLE FOR 44 HOURS AND YOU WERE ABLE TO OPERATE ON HIM AND SAVE HIS LIFE.

>> WE HAVE A ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON .

>> PART OF HIS LEG HAD BEEN CRUSHED BY RUBBLE THAT HAD FALLEN ON IT SO WHEN WE RECOVERED HIM THERE WAS NO BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE LEG.

THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT WAS TO AMPUTATE HIS FOOT AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR CHILD , WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN AND TO SEE THIS AND SEEING HOW HIS LIFE WILL BE AFFECTED FROM HERE ON OUT NOT JUST FROM THE TRAUMA OF HIS FOOT BUT LOSING HIS FAMILY, THE TRAUMA THAT HIS FAMILY HAD TO DEAL WITH.

>> YOU JUST HAVE TO IMAGINE HAPPENING ON THE SCOPE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS RIGHT NOW .

ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 50,000.

TURKEY HAS SEEN PARTS OF THAT.

WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE HUMANITARIAN AND HEALTH CRISIS CURRENTLY?

>> AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, THE IMPACT WAS SUFFERING BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS A REGION CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, THERE IS A SMALL STRIP OF LAND CONNECTING THEM TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT A EARTHQUAKE OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THIS, THE BURDEN OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH RESPONSE.

WE SAW PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP WHO NEEDED HELP AND HELP WAS NOT GETTING TO THEM IN TIME.

>> AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE POLITICS OF THE REGION, THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO AT NAVIGATE THIS?

>> THIS PART OF SYRIA HAS 4.2 MILLION PEOPLE .

FROM OTHER PARTS THROUGHOUT THE STATES.

THEY WERE AT WAR .

THEY HAD BEEN BOMBED NONSTOP OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.

THEY HAD CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK.

THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE AREA FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, LED TO THIS PART OF SYRIA.

FROM THERE HE WENT TO PROVIDE TRAINING .

A PORTABLE ULTRASOUND.

TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

THE SKILLS ON PSYCHIATRIC RECOVERY.

>> BE UNFATHOMABLE EVENTS FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT THEY FACED.

WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS ALIVE.

ARE THE SANITARY CONDITIONS, THE HOUSING CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT?

>> THERE IS AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.

OF THESE CHALLENGES IS TRYING TO --.

THE ISSUE OF SANITATION AND SAFETY.

THIS ALL BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE.

FULLY RECOGNIZING IT'S A LARGER ISSUE.

GIVEN THE ISOLATION , THAT PART OF SYRIA, THE AREA HAS BEEN HARD-HIT WITH A LACK OF USE OF SUPPLIES.

>> $1,000,000.04 RELIEF, WHAT'S THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF RESOURCES AND DOCTORS AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND VERSUS WHAT IS THEIR RIGHT NOW.

>> IT'S BASED ON WHAT IS NEEDED.

THEY SET THE GOAL BUT IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY COULD DO IN THE RESPONSE TIME, THE LAG TOOK THE U.S. TO SHOW UP TO THE AREA I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN A HUMAN BEING BEING ABLE TO DO MUCH.

IT WILL REQUIRE THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THESE DOCTORS WHO ARE THERE, A FEW WHO REMAIN THERE NEED SUPPORT IN ALL SORTS OF SUPPLIES, THEY NEED OTHER PEOPLE THERE TO HELP THEM SO IT'S REALLY A DEVASTATING SCENARIO AND PEOPLE HAVE TO STEP UP .

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED RIGHT NOW ?

WHAT IS THEIR LIFELIKE ARE THEY LIVING IN FEAR GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN GIVEN WHAT'S THE CONDITION?

>> 300,000 PEOPLE ARE NOW NEWLY DISPLACED.

THIS AREA HAS CAUSED 200 MILLION PEOPLE TO BE DISPLACE KOS OF THE WAR.

BECAUSE OF THE WAR.

THEY LIVE IN POOR CONDITIONS.

WE WENT TO SOME OF THESE CAMPS AND IMAGINE YOU HAVE FOUR FAMILIES LIVING IN A TENT.

SOME FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR ATTEND AND THEY CAN'T FIND A TENT EVEN.

THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION.

WE NEED PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR DISPLACEMENT.

1.5 MILLION CAMPS .

LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.

THE DIVISION OF SYRIA.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS BARBARIC CIVIL WAR AS I AM UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THESE POLITICS IS THAT CORRECT?

>> TRYING TO GET AID TO SYRIA, THIS IS -- I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ANY GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD PREVENT BABY MILK FROM GETTING TO THE POPULATION THAT THEY ARE BOMBING AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING .

>> SO THE POLITICS HERE COULD EVEN FURTHER COMPLICATE WHAT IS ALREADY A CRISIS.

PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IF THEY WANT TO HELP WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN TURKEY AND PARTICULARLY IN SYRIA AND I WOULD SAY THEY COULD SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY OR IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

HUMANITARIAN AND MEDICAL WORK.

THIS WOULD BRING SOME POLITICAL AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION.

>> THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION , THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF CRISIS ZONES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

GIVE US THE SCOPE OF THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.

>> THEY GO TO PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE NORMALLY GOING TO BECAUSE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE ARRIVING TO.

THEY DEALT WITH THE REFUGEES AND THE MIGRANT CRISIS SO I THINK THE ORGANIZATION , THE GOAL OF THIS IS HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN A WAY THAT AFTER WE LEAVE THESE AREAS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THEM AND THEY COULD HELP THEMSELVES.

THAT'S ALL PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.

THEY WANT TO RELY ON THEMSELVES THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS OR FOR CHARITY.

I THINK MED GLOBAL IS TRYING TO OFFER THAT KIND OF RESILIENCE WITHIN THE POPULATION.

>> DO YOU ALL PLAN ON RETURNING ?

WE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT.

OUR THANKS TO THESE DOCTORS.

THINK YOU OFFER BEING HERE.

>> NEXT, PRAIRIE ADVOCATES PUTTING THE FIGHT AGAINST PLANNED FOR A AIRPORT EXPANSION .

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>>> AN FAA RULING COULD HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON AN ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE.

PRAIRIE NEAR ROCKFORD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, OUR REPORTER JOINED US WITH AN UP DATE.

YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> TO CATCH PEOPLE UP QUICKLY, THE PRAIRIE IS WITHIN THE CAPITAL PROPERTY OF THE GREATER AREA AND THEY WANT TO BUILD AN EXPANSION OF THEIR OPERATION , THE ROAD PLANS TO GO THROUGH THE PRAIRIE AND THE FAA HAD THEM GO BACK TO REVISIT THESE PLANS BASED ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE PROPERTY.

THEY WENT BACK TO REEVALUATE THEIR PLAN AND ARE GOING WITH AN ALTERNATE PLAN FOR WHERE THE ROADWAY GOES NOW .

THE FAA GAVE THEM THE OKAY TO GO AHEAD WITH THE ALTERNATE.

THEY WOULD TAKE OUT SOME OF THE PRAIRIE.

>> CLEARLY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL FLYING OBJECTS LIKE VISA WHAT WOULD THIS DO TO THE BEES?

>> THIS WOULD KNOCK OUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF HABITAT WHERE THEY WOULD NEST SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY OPERATION WITHIN THE PRAIRIE OR CONSTRUCTION AFTER MARCH 15 WHICH IS WHY THERE'S A RUSH ON IF THEY ARE GOING TO START CLEARING THE PRAIRIE FOR THE ROADWAY.

THE SUSPICION IS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THURSDAY WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE FILED A STAY.

THE COURT SYSTEMS RALLYING ON WEDNESDAY TO TRY TO GET THIS STOPPED.

>> PER THE FAA RULING IF THEY DON'T START TO PAY THIS BY THE 15th THAN THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING THEN?

>> THEY COULD DIG IT UP THROUGH THE 15th THAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 15 AND BY THAT POINT, PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SAVE THE PRAIRIE.

THEY COULD PUT THE PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR PRITZKER TO GET THE ROADWAY MOVED TO AN ALTERNATE THAT GOES AROUND THE PRAIRIE.

>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE SEEN DEMONSTRATING HERE THERE'S NO CHANCE THEY COULD STOP THE ENTIRE PROJECT?

>> THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE COURTS TOMORROW WHETHER OR NOT A STAY WOULD BE IN PLACE SO THERE ARE MORE JUDICIAL OPTIONS BUT THIS COULD BE THE END OF THE LINE.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU COULD READ PATTY'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE .

>>> COOKING UP A CENTURY-OLD FAMILY RECIPE RIGHT AFTER WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THERE ARE SEVEN CULINARY REGIONS IN MEXICO WITH THEIR OWN UNIQUE FOODS, TECHNIQUES, AND FLAVORS THAT HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE CENTURIES.

THE CLASSIC TALE OF THE MEXICAN INGENUITY , THIS STEW WAS THE WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OVERPOPULATION OF GOATS IN THE JALISCO REGION.

RAMON REYES BROUGHT HIS FAMILIES RECIPE TO CHICAGO'S SOUTHEAST SIDE .

HIS SON IS BRINGING THIS TRADITIONAL DISH TO A NEW GENERATION.

>> IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO FOR LIVING AT THIS IS ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN OUR DNA.

>> WHEN ANDY CREATES THE PERFECT BOWL OF THIS FOOD HIS FOREBEARS ARE SPEAKING THROUGH HIM.

>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FAT AND A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT TOWARD THE END .

YOU COOK THE LIME, THE CILANTRO.

YOU PUT THE MEAT AND SALSA.

THEN YOU TAKE A BITE OUT OF IT.

>> THOUGH AND HE IS ONLY THE SECOND GENERATION TO RUN THIS BUSINESS, THE RECIPE GOES BACK TO 1926 WITH HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER DEVELOPING HIS OWN VERSION OF THE STEWED GOAT RECIPE AND JALISCO.

WHEN HIS FATHER EMIGRATED TO THE CHICAGO AREA HE BROUGHT THIS FOOD WITH HIM.

>> AT 18, MY DAD RECEIVED A POSTCARD AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE OLD-SCHOOL POSTCARDS WHERE IT'S AT CHICAGO I DID HAD THE SKYLINE AND HE PULLED OUT THE POSTCARD AND POINTED TO HIS FRIEND AND SAID HEY LOOK, HIS UNCLE WHO LIVES IN CHICAGO NOW, ONE DAY, I'M GOING TO SELL THIS RIGHT HERE.

>> IN 1973 HE MADE GOOD ON THE PREDICTION AND TOOK OVER A SMALL DINER AT 87th AND COMMERCIAL AND HE BEGAN TO SELL THE FAMILIES SPECIALTY.

ANOTHER LOCATION ON ON 106th STREET WAS ADDED IN 1992 AND OVER THE YEARS, ALL FOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN WORKED AT THE FAMILY'S RESTAURANT.

>> I REMEMBER MAKING MY DEBUT OFFICIALLY, WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

THEY SAT ME DOWN IN THE CORNER.

I STARTED WORKING HERE .

I REMEMBER IS TO PLAY FOOT TALL FOOT BALL .

AFTER PRACTICE I WOULD COME WORK HERE.

>> WHEN HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS FOR HEALTH REASONS , ANDY THE YOUNGEST CHILD STEPPED IN.

>> I WASN'T READY BUT LUCKILY I HAVE MY SISTERS.

>> SINCE THEN HE'S HELPED STEER THE RESTAURANT THROUGH COVID BY BRINGING MODERN MARKETING TO THE TRADITIONAL DISH AND UPDATING THE MENU.

>> WE KEPT EVERYONE ON PAYROLL BUT WE HAD TO CLOSE FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.

SO WHAT DID I DO?

I GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA I WAS ABLE TO GET TRACTION.

>> HE SAYS HE FEELS A RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THEM THRIVING.

>> A LOT OF THE HEART THAT MY FATHER PUT INTO THIS BUSINESS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS HE BUILT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE RECIPE ITSELF SPEAKS VOLUMES.

WE DO PUT A LOT OF HEART AND SOUL INTO OUR FOOD AND WE IN DOING THIS FORECLOSED 100 YEARS NOW.

I'VE SEEN FOUR OR FIVE GENERATIONS GO THROUGH THE DOORS AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE , FOOD IS SUPPOSED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT UNITES PEOPLE FROM EVERY CULTURE.

IT'S FOR EVERYONE.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS ERICA DENNISON.

>> YOU WILL FIND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS .

>> WHAT SHOULD THE CITY BE DOING TO BETTER SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF HATE CRIMES?

>> WE WORK .

THE CONSTITUENTS ARE BEING LEFT OUT.

>> POWER IS THE VOICE.

THE POWERS THE NUMBERS AND THE POWERS THE PEOPLE.

THE ABILITY TO SWAY THE ELECTIONS IS THE POWER.

>> THAT'S OUR CHAUFFEUR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT PLEASE JOIN US FOR TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 10:00 PEER CANDIDATES FOR THE MAYOR ARE IN THEIR FIRST RUNOFF DEBATE.

OUR SPOTLIGHT ON POLITICS TEAM SHARE HIGHLIGHTS.

>>> MOSAICS CREATED OUT OF SOME UNEXPECTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

'S A HEALTHY AND SAFE.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.