>>> AND NOW TO OUR TOP TONIGHT, TENSIONS FLARED TODAY AT CITY HALL AS OLDER PEOPLE WAIT A $51 MILLION PLAN TO HELP CARE FOR MIGRANTS SENT TO CHICAGO FROM TEXAS.

THE MEASURE PASSED CITY COUNCIL 30 4-13.

THE VOTE CAME AFTER AN INTIMATE, 90 MINUTE DEBATE THAT SAW TENSION BETWEEN BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US OUTSIDE CITY HALL WITH MORE.

WHAT WILL THE CITY USE THE $51 MILLION FOR?

>> THIS $51 MILLION WILL BE USED TO FEED AND SHELTER THE NEARLY 4000 MIGRANTS NOW HOUSED IN CITY SHELTERS.

IN ADDITION, IT WILL HELP MOVE THE NEARLY 500 MIGRANTS LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING, OR AT LEAST TEMPORARY SHELTER.

>> SO ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE WAS ONE OF SEVEN BLACK ALDER PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE FUNDING, ECHOING THE COMPLAINTS OF DOZENS OF BLACK CHICAGOANS WHO HAD THE MEETING TO OPPOSE THE PLAN BECAUSE OF DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> I'M REMINDED WHEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAYS ON THE PLANE, IN AN EMERGENCY, MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR MASK ON FIRST.

BEFORE YOU HELP SOMEONE ELSE.

SO WE HAVE TO PUT OUR MASK ON FIRST AND WE HAVE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY.

>> HEATHER, WHO ELSE VOTED AGAINST THIS FUNDING AND WHY?

>> SIX WHITE AND CONSERVATIVE ALDERMAN JOINED ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE IN VOTING AGAINST THIS FUNDING.

SOME OF THEM SAID THAT IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO SPEND $51 MILLION THAT WILL ONLY COVER THE CITY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE WITH MORE MIGRANTS ARRIVING EVERY DAY.

THEY WANT A LONG-TERM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID TODAY AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HE IS STILL WORKING ON IT.

>> DESPITE SHARING SOME OF ALDERMAN MOORE'S CONCERNS, OLDER WOMAN HADN'T REACHED THE OPPOSITE CONCLUSION.

>> CONFLICT IS BEING CREATED AT A WEAK POINT IN OUR CITY AND IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THIS WEEK POINTS WOULDN'T EXIST IF OUR CITY HADN'T SPENT DECADES NOT SERVING BLACK RESIDENTS.

AND ALSO, I DO CARE ABOUT THE NEW ARRIVALS, AND I DO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.

WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS.

>> HEATHER, IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY AT CITY HALL.

WHAT ROLE DID THE CROWD PLAY IN TODAY'S MEETING, THE PUBLIC?

>> YOU COULD HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE CROWD IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE OLDER WOMAN HAD THERE WAS SPEAKING.

THEY PLAYED A HUGE ROLE.

THEY BOOED, THEY CHEERED, THEY HISSED.

SEVERAL TIMES PEOPLE HAD TO BE ADMONISHED TO QUIET DOWN AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS.

THE PERHAPS MOST STARTLING MOMENTS WERE WHEN TWO ALDER PEOPLE, ALDERMAN LOPEZ WAS TOLD TO GO BACK TO HIS OWN COUNTRY AND ALDERMAN JEANETTE TAYLOR WAS CALLED A TRAITOR AND A SELLOUT.

OLDER WOMAN TAYLOR VOTED FOR THE FUNDING BUT NOT BEFORE DELIVERING A REALLY TEARFUL AND EMOTIONAL SPEECH ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THIS ISSUE IS AND JUST HOW FRAUGHT THESE ISSUES ARE FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

>> HEATHER, MEANWHILE, WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE NEARLY 500 PEOPLE IN THE POLICE STATIONS IN CHICAGO?

>> THIS MONEY WILL HELP THE CITY GET THEM INTO TEMPORARY SHELTERS, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S STILL NO LONG-TERM PLANS TO SORT OF HELP THESE PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT, THAT THEY HAVE CLOTHES, AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY NEED.

MANY ARRIVED HERE WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK, WHICH IS WHY CITY OFFICIALS SAY THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS VERY MUCH ONGOING.

>> THANK YOU, HEATHER.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE WITH YOU IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT SOON.

MULTIPLE REPORTS CITE SOURCES THAT SAY HE'LL BE LAUNCHING HIS CAMPAIGN A WEEK FROM TODAY IN IOWA.

PENCE WILL JOIN A GROWING FIELD OF CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, GOING UP AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, HIS FORMER BOSS.

PENS TESTIFIED BEFORE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY LAST MONTH, INVESTIGATING EFFORTS BY TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

>>> OUTDOOR DINING IN CHICAGO IS HERE TO STAY.

THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSES A MEASURE TO MAKE PERMANENT THE OUTDOOR DINING RULES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO HELP RESTAURANTS STAY AFLOAT AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE MEASURE ALLOWS RESTAURANTS TO SERVE CUSTOMERS AND EXPANDED SIDEWALK CAFES AND NEARBY CURB LANES AND PARKING LOTS WITH THE LOCAL ALDER PERSON'S APPROVAL.

IT ALSO ALLOWS STREET CLOSURES FOR OUTDOOR DINING IF THREE OR MORE EATERIES JOIN FORCES.

BARS CAN ALSO APPLY FOR A PERMIT IF THEY PARTNER UP WITH RESTAURANT TO FEED PATRONS.

>>> A MICHIGAN MAN WHO HELD ILLEGAL CHARTER BOAT RIDES ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE CHICAGO RIVER IS SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON.

AUTHORITIES SAY 37-YEAR-OLD REST OF HER MIKE GRABOWSKI RAN UNLICENSED COMMERCIAL CHARTER VOYAGES FROM 2017 TO 2019 ON HIS 40 FOOT POWER BOAT KNOWN AS SEAHAWK AND ANCHORMAN.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THAT HE LIED TO COAST GUARD OFFICIALS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND ALSO OCCASIONALLY ASKED PASSENGERS TO LIE TO OFFICIALS.

KARBOWSKY PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO A FELONY CHARGE FOR VIOLATING A COAST GUARD'S ORDER.

>>> TEMPERATURES HIT 90 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, AND WITH THAT, CITY OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING PEOPLE OF NEW AIR-CONDITIONING REQUIREMENTS.

LANDLORDS MUST PROVIDE AC IN ALL APARTMENTS OR HAVE AN AIR-CONDITIONED COMMON SPACE WHEN THE HEAT INDEX IS 80 DEGREES.

THIS APPLIES TO BUILDINGS OVER 80 FEET IN HEIGHT OR IF IT HAS MORE THAN 100 APARTMENT UNITS, OR OPERATES AS HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS UNDER THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT.

PEOPLE CAN CALL 611 IF THEIR HOME IS DANGEROUSLY HOT TO REQUEST A SENIOR WELL-BEING CHECK OR PROVIDE A COOLING CENTER.

>>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A SPIN AROUND THE CITY'S NASCAR TRACK WITH SOME LEGENDS, DALE JARRETT AND DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR.

>> BUT FIRST, AMANDA VINICKY AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE ON THE NEW STATE BUDGET, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- >>> ILLINOIS COULD SOON SEE CHANGES, 565 OF THEM TO BE PRECISE.

THAT'S HOW MANY BILLS STATE LAWMAKERS PASSED IN THIS SESSION, WHICH ENDED ABOUT 3:00 A.M.

EARLY SATURDAY.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE MEASURES WOULD DO, AND WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIDN'T GET TO DO, IS ONE OF THE POWERFUL LEGISLATORS WHO CALLS THE SHOTS DURING SESSION, SPEAKER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE DANIEL CRISWELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, SPEAKER.

A QUICK NOTE THAT NEITHER OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WERE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

WE ARE WORKING TO GET THEM ON THE PROGRAM FOR NEXT WEEK.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

THE BUDGET DID PASS THE HOUSE.

AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER, A SUPER MAJORITY, HISTORIC, 78 DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS.

THERE WERE SOME HICCUPS AND THE MAIN POINT OF CONTENTION WAS OVER HOW MUCH HEALTHCARE FOR UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS.

THE BUDGET ARRIVES ON GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER'S SLICING SPENDING AT A HALF BILLION DOLLARS.

CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE SPENDING BY THAT MUCH, AND HOW?

>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.

WE PASSED A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE BUDGET.

THIS IS A BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS STATE, AND THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM CALLED HEALTHY BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANT ADULTS.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, THEY'RE WORKING, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES.

IF THEY WERE SICK, WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM, THEY WOULD GO GET HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY ROOMS.

IT WOULD COST US ALL A LOT MORE MONEY.

THEY ARE RECEIVING THEIR HEALTHCARE AND THERE'S A PROGRAM FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBLE, THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GET HEALTHCARE THROUGH.

>> HOW CAN IT BE CUT BY THAT MUCH, THOUGH?

IT'S HUGE, ABOUT HALF.

>> THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL MATCH AND THE GOVERNOR, THROUGH THE TOOLS THAT WE PROVIDED HIM, WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTAIN THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM.

>> YOU'RE CONFIDENT IT WILL BE THAT MUCH, THAT GREAT?

>> WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT WE GAVE THE GOVERNMENT THE TOOLS HE NEEDS TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM.

>> WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS CITY COUNCIL BATTLE OVERSPENDING ON MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

THE STATE BUDGET WAS ABOUT $42 MILLION AND GIVES CHICAGO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HELP IN THE EFFORTS THAT REALLY COULD BE CONSIDERED A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

WHAT IS THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY HERE?

>> IN 2017 REPRESENTATIVE WELCH PASSED A LAW CALLED THE TRUST ACT.

THE TRUST ACT MADE ILLINOIS THE MOST LAWFUL STATE IN THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE A WELCOMING STAY.

CHICAGO IS A WELCOMING CITY, AND WE CAN'T JUST TALK THE TALK.

YOU HAVE TO WALK THE WALK AND WE BELIEVE IN HELPING PEOPLE.

>> WHY NOT MORE, THEN?

>> WE ALSO HAVE TO DO IT IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY.

WE DO HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE, AND I THINK IS WAS THE RIGHT WAY OF GOING ABOUT IT.

WE ARE NOT IGNORING NEW ARRIVALS.

WE ARE ACTUALLY BEING CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES AND WELCOMING THEM TO THIS GREAT STATE.

HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STAY AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR IN YEARS TO COME.

>> THE BUDGET HAS A LOT.

WE HAVE COVERED SOME OF THAT, BUT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES YOU AND OTHER EDGES LEGISLATORS PAY RAISES TO BASE PAY FOR A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEARLY $90,000.

I'M TOLD THAT HAS PROMPTED NOT JUST NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BUT EVEN DEATH THREATS FROM CONSTITUENTS.

EXPLAIN WHY IS THE 5.5% RATE DESERVED?

>> YOU MAY RECALL THAT I WAS PART OF A LAWSUIT YEARS AGO WHEN FORMER GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER INTENDED TO STOP THAT AND THE COURTS RULED IN FAVOR OF THE LEGISLATURE.

HE COULD NOT STOP OUR PAY.

THERE WERE OTHER LAWS AND JUDGES HAVE RULED THAT WE CANNOT WAIVE OUR COLA.

IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

WHAT YOU ARE HEARING EVERY YEAR FROM THE OTHER SIDE IS A POLITICAL ARGUMENT THAT THEY KNOW COURTS HAVE ALREADY RULED.

>> IS THIS COLA, 5.5%?

>> THIS IS COLA AND A RAISE THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE COLA AND WE CANNOT WAIVE THE COLA.

COURTS HAVE RULED THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT FOR MORE THAN WHAT IT IS BUT OUR LAWYERS HAVE ADVISED THAT IT'S PROPER.

>> HAVE YOU RECEIVED DEATH THREATS?

>> I HAVE NOT.

>> GOOD.

SPEAKING OF REPUBLICANS, SENATE REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THEY WERE PART OF BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS, THAT IS NOT SO ACCORDING TO YOUR COUNTERPART IN THE HOUSE, AND THAT IS MINORITY LEADER TONY RICCARDI.

LET'S LISTEN.

>> REGARDLESS OF OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS, SPEAKER WELCH, YOU GAVE A FALSE HOPE FOR A NEW DAY.

A HOUSE REPUBLICANS WERE DENIED PARTICIPATION IN MANY THINGS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.

>> IS THIS A CASE OF TO THE VICTOR GO THE SPOILS, OR CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED BY GOP INPUT?

>> FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT'S NOT A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT.

SHE WAS PERFORMING FOR HER CAUCUS AND HER FOLKS BACK HOME IN HER DISTRICT.

THE REALITY IS I MET WITH HER WEEKLY, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION, AND WE ALSO HAVE REPUBLICANS AS A PART OF OUR WORKING PROCESS.

A BUDGET WILL BE WORKED ON IN A VERY BIPARTISAN WAY.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND ONE OF OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS I ASKED THE LEADER IF REPUBLICANS WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND I ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY SAID, CAN YOU AT LEAST ALLOW YOUR LEADERSHIP TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET.

AFTER THAT, SOMETIMES MEETINGS THAT WERE TWICE, THRICE A WEEK ENDED.

SHE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME IN RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION.

THE FIRST TIME THAT I FOUND OUT THEY WERE AGAINST THE BUDGET WAS WHEN THEY VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET.

SO WE WERE VERY DIRECT IN WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.

WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM.

THEY WERE PART OF OUR PROCESS.

WHEN I ACTUALLY ASKED HER TO COMMIT REPUBLICANS ON THE BUDGET, ALL COMMUNICATIONS STOPPED ON HER PART.

THIS IS A BUDGET THAT HELPS THE ENTIRE STATE.

EVERY UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE IS IN A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

UNIVERSITIES RECEIVED 7% INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING, INCREASING -- >> $1 MILLION MORE IN THAT.

AIM HIGH SCHOLARSHIPS ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> MERIT-BASED ONES.

WE'RE ABOUT AT TIME.

I WANT TO GET ONE MORE JUST QUICK YES OR NO QUESTION.

DOES ILLINOIS NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CODIFYING THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION?

IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ON THE 2024 ABOUT IT, YES OR NO?

>> NEVILLE.

>> I'M AFRAID THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR RIGHT NOW BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF REPUBLICANS SHOULD THEY JOIN US NEXT WEEK.

THANKS AGAIN TO HOUSE SPEAKER CHRIS WELLS.

>>> AND UP NEXT, PARIS SCHUTZ TEST DRIVE NASCAR'S SUMMER ROUTE.

STAY WITH US.

>>> THE STREET CLOSURES ARE COMING.

THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS START THIS WEEK AND.

ALL SIGNS POINT TO THE KICKOFF OF CHICAGO'S NASCAR STREET RACE, THE FIRST-EVER STREET COURSE FOR THE 75-YEAR-OLD RACING INSTITUTION.

TODAY, NASCAR LEGENDS DALE JARRETT AND DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR GAVE ME A SPIN AROUND THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TRACK THAT WEAVES IN AND OUT OF GRANT PARK AND PROVIDES SOME ICONIC VIEWS FOR SPECTATORS.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SIMULATION THAT NASCAR PROVIDED.

SO WE DIDN'T EXACTLY DRIVE A STOCK CAR, RATHER WE GOT INTO A GIANT CADILLAC SUV, AND THERE WEREN'T OTHER RACERS ON THE COURSE BUT CHICAGO TRAFFIC DID GIVE US A SIMULATION OF WHAT THIS MIGHT FEEL LIKE AS WE PULLED OUT FROM BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A CRASH COURSE FOR THEM IN CERTAIN TERMS.

WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A CRASH FEST BY ANY MEANS BUT WHEN I SAY A CRASH COURSE IT'S THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN THIS VERY QUICKLY.

THERE'S LIMITED AMOUNT OF ACTUAL ON THE TIME TRACK PRACTICE SO THE DRIVER IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE YOUR BEST PLACES TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SPEED AND THEN NOT ONLY TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SPEED, BUT WHERE ARE GOING TO BE MY PASSING OPPORTUNITIES?

>> THIS IS DOWN THE STRETCH HERE.

>> YES IT IS.

>> YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOVE.

>> PROBABLY THE HIGHEST SPEED PARTS OF THE TRACK.

UPWARDS OF 140 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH HERE.

BUT AS I DISCUSSED WITH OTHERS, AT EVERY WIDE PART OF THE TRACK COMES A NARROW PART AT THE END OF THAT AND THE DRIVERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY CAN PUSH THE LIMIT TO TRY TO MAKE THAT PASS OR TO MAKE THAT, OUTBREAK SOMEONE GETTING INTO THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT THE END OF THIS STRAIGHT.

WE ARE COMING DOWN FROM 140 MILES AN HOUR DOWN TO A HARD RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW WE WILL BE ON THAT SIDE, MAKING THE CORNER, SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE ROOM, BUT THIS HAS ALL BEEN LAID OUT AND MADE SO THAT IT'S BETTER FOR THE DRIVERS AND FOR PUTTING ON A GOOD RACE.

SO A LOT HAS GONE INTO THAT.

BUT I LOOK AT THAT, HOW MUCH BREAKING AND I GOING TO NEED, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO UPSET THE CAR, AND ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT PARTS ARE PAVED AND NEWLY FORMED ASPHALT HERE BUT THERE'S MORE GRIPPING THAT PART OF THE RACE TRACK.

I'M SURE THE FIRST FEW LAPS AROUND HERE THE DRIVERS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DISTRACTED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT USED TWO SEEING THINGS LIKE THIS.

>> WHAT'S THE MENTALITY OF THE DRIVER GOING INTO THIS ONE?

THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ON THIS COURSE AND THEY'VE NEVER RACED A STREET COURSE.

>> EVERY DRIVER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

SOME WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT A NEW CHALLENGE.

SOME WILL BE MAY BE MISERABLE OUT OF THE GATE.

NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WILL ENJOY.

THE ONES WITH THE GREAT ATTITUDE PROBABLY HAS THE BEST SUCCESS IN THE RACE.

THE ONES WHO COME IN PESSIMISTIC OR EXPECTING THE WORST, EXPECTED TO STRUGGLE, WILL LIKELY STRUGGLE.

>> NASCAR OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE ALREADY EXPECTING 100,000 SPECTATORS DOWNTOWN TO WITNESS THIS HISTORIC EVENT JULY 1st AND SECOND.

IT WON'T COME CHEAP, HOWEVER.

TICKETS START AT $259 FOR GENERAL MISSION, $352 FOR ENHANCED GENERAL ADMISSION AND $455 FOR PREMIUM SEATS FOR THE WEEKEND, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE A FESTIVAL AND CONCERTS.

I GUESS IT IS CHEAPER THAN TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS, SO THERE IS THAT.

REGISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.

FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT STRUCK THE DEAL BEFORE CITY COUNCIL COULD WEIGH IN.

GROUPS LIKE FRIENDS OF THE PARTS HAVE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL ALL GO.

>> SAFETY, NOISE POLLUTION, AND THE FACT THAT THIS WAS BUT ONE OF MANY EVENTS THAT IS REALLY GOING TO CLOSE OFF GRANT PARK TO LOTS OF PEOPLE ALL SUMMER LONG.

SOME OF IT WAS DONE VERY QUICKLY AND WITHOUT A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY, UNDER THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, SO WE HOPE MAYOR JOHNSON WILL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AND MAYBE MAKE A CHANGE.

>> AND UP NEXT, MORE ON TODAY'S EXPLOSIVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> AS WE HEARD EARLIER, TEMPERS AND EMOTIONS FLARED AT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

TO BREAK IT DOWN HERE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

JOINING US IS THE FULL CREW, AMANDA VINICKY A, PARIS SCHUTZ AND HEATHER SHARON.

TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THAT TENSE, EMOTIONAL SCENE.

>> THAT'S OUR BUILDING IN SOUTH SHORE.

IT WAS PROMISED TO US IN 2014.

DON'T MAKE US COME FOR IT, MAYOR JOHNSON.

DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> WHERE THE DID $112 MILLION COME FROM?

SHOW ME THE MONEY.

>> I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE IN MY HEART I KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT.

I KNOW IT'S RIGHT TO WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE AS BLACK PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

BUT WHERE THE ARE Y'ALL GOING TO HELP US?

>> TENSE AND EMOTIONAL, LIKE WE SAID.

HEATHER, IN THE END IT WAS WAS SO FRAUGHT.

>> DO WE KNOW A SPECIFIC OR SPECIFIED WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS?

>> I UNDERSTAND IT'S A STOPGAP .

IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF THESE TEMPORARY SHELTERS.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE 700 OR SO FOLKS OFF OF THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATION IT IS GOING TO GO TOWARD HEALTHCARE OR ANYTHING.

BY THE WAY, MOST DO HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE CHECKOUTS.

THAT'S BEEN PAID FOR THAN THESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO DON'T GET QUALIFY FOR THAT.

YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO REALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT.

IT IS A TRULY SEPARATE ISSUE AS PEREZ NOTED, IT'S REALLY GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON COOK COUNTY.

>> HEATHER, WHAT IS NEXT TO HELP THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND IS THAT A BUDGET PRIORITY?

YOU JUST HEARD OLDER WOMAN TAYLOR BRING THAT UP.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON HAS PLEDGED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO INCREASE REVENUE IN THE CITY AND HE DID SO AGAIN TODAY AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN HE DOUBLED DOWN ON THE PROPOSAL KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME, RAISED THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX ON PROPERTY WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION, TO CREATE A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM THAT WOULD HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY GREW UP HERE OR WHETHER THEY ARRIVED YESTERDAY FROM TEXAS ON A PLANE OR A BUS.

SO THAT IS THE NEXT FIGHT THE REAL FIGHT WILL COME AS HE STARTS TO PUT TOGETHER HIS 2024 BUDGET.

WE WILL BE GETTING A LOOK AT WHERE THE CITY'S FINANCES CHANGE AT THE END OF JULY, PERHAPS, AND THEN HE WILL HAVE TO CRAFT A PLAN THAT HE SAYS BEGINS TO ADDRESS THE DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND THE DECADES OF DISPARITIES THAT LED TO SO MUCH OF THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION WE HEARD TODAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> HEATHER BRIEFLY, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, MOST VIOLENT IN CHICAGO SINCE 2015.

THE MAYOR RELEASING A STATEMENT ADDRESSING IT YESTERDAY.

WHAT DID HE AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE TO SAY TODAY IN THEIR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE POSTHOLIDAY?

>> MAYOR JOHNSON SAID THAT THE VIOLENCE AGAIN WAS INTOLERABLE AND THAT HE WAS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THOSE DISPARITIES THAT HE SAID CAUSED THAT VIOLENCE.

POVERTY, GENERATIONAL DESPAIR, AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT FRED WALLER, WHO IS THE INTERIM TOP COP, SAID THAT HE WOULD DEPLOY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A MORE NIMBLE WAY TO ADDRESS EMERGING THREATS OR EMERGING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND HE SAID THAT WHILE SOME CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS WON'T LIKE THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO.

AWAITING TONIGHT A RESPONSE FROM THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, SAYING THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THINGS CANCELED LAST SUMMER AS THEY WERE WITH ANOTHER SPIKE IN CRIME.

>> HEATHER SHARON THEY'RE CALLING FOR US, AMANDA VINICKY, PARIS SCHUTZ, THANKS TO EVERYONE.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

>> TO HELP ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, OR JUST PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE.

>> THIS IS THE FABRIC OF THE SYSTEM.

>>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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

A TREASURED COMMUNITY IN EDGEWATER COULD SOON BECOME A RESPITE FOR MIGRANTS.

WE HAD A LIVE REPORT.

>>> TRACKING DOWN ILLEGAL EARLY-MORNING TRASH PICKUP .

>>> NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT", I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL EVENING.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL