>> AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> I'M COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

CONSTRUCTION MOVES FORWARD ON THE WINTERIZED MIGRANT CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK.

DESPITE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

JURORS HEAR SECRETLY REPORTED EVIDENCE AND FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE CORRUPTION TRIAL.

>> MOST BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, LANDS IN YOUR MAILBOX, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY NEED.

>> AND COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE DUE THIS WEEK WBTW NEWS EXPLAINS HOW YOUR BILL IS CALCULATED.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, PROSECUTORS PRESENT THE 3RD OF 4 CORRUPTION SCHEMES.

THEY SAY FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE SPEARHEADED DURING HIS TIME IN CITY COUNCIL.

JURORS TODAY HEARD PHONE CALLS AND WATCH VIDEOS RECORDED BY ANOTHER FORMER ALDERMAN DANNY SOLIS WHO'D AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.

TODAY'S EVIDENCE SURROUNDED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE OLD POST OFFICE IN SULLY SAYS FORMER WARD PROSECUTORS SAY BURKE SAW THE BUILDING'S RENOVATION NEEDS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE DEVELOPERS TO HIRE HIS LAW FIRM.

JURORS ALSO LEARNED THE EXTENT OF SULLY SAYS COOPERATION AS A GOVERNMENT MOLE A ROLE HE AGREED TO AFTER LEARNING THE FBI DISCOVERED HE'D USED HIS POSITION AS CHAIR OF THE CITY ZONING COMMITTEE TO ILLEGALLY OBTAIN CASH AND TRIPS.

YOU CAN READ MUCH MORE OF THE COURTROOM TESTIMONY ON OUR WEBSITE.

COMMUTERS IN THE SOUTH SUBURBS SHOULD NOTICE A SMOOTHER RIDE.

NOW THAT 82 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS ON INTERSTATE.

57 ARE WRAPPING UP THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, 20 MILES OF THE STATE'S LONGEST INTERSTATE HAVE BEEN PATCHED AND RESURFACED.

WHILE 2 BRIDGES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED ALONG A MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THIS PART OF THE PROJECT IN SOUTH SUBURBAN MARKHAM.

>> RESURFACING BRIDGE WOULD PERISH AT GRASS.

A FREQUENT LOCAL SHARE AND ABOUT RIGHT QUALITY ON I-57.

THEY ALSO ARE A SMART INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE OUR EXISTING ROADS BRIDGES ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> IF YOU'RE PREPPING TO PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL AND THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT OR FRUSTRATED BY WHERE THAT MONEY GOES, YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK OUT THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER'S LATEST ONLINE TOOL TREASURER MARIA PAPPAS SAYS THE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO LET PROPERTY OWNER SEE HOW MUCH EACH TAXING BODY LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT GET FROM EACH TAX PAYMENT.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOW MUCH THAT AMOUNT CHANGED.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL IS DUE THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER FIRST IN COOK COUNTY WILL HAVE MORE ON HOW YOUR TAXES ARE CALCULATED IN OUR WTW NEWS EXPLAINS SERIES COMING UP LATER.

UP NEXT, THE LATEST IN THE CONTROVERSY OVER A WINTERIZED BASE CAMP FOR CHICAGO'S MIGRANTS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> A CONTROVERSIAL MIGRANT SHELTER AT 38 IN CALIFORNIA IN THE BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS WEEK THAT DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS OF LOCAL ALDERMAN, THE LOCAL ALDERMAN AND MANY RESIDENTS AMONG THOSE OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT TOXIC METALS FOUND AT THE SITE.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE MOVE, OUR ANTHONY MOSER, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF NEIGHBORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ANY GOMBERG LEAD ORGANIZER OF DISTRICT 15 FOR THE POLICE STATION RESPONSE TEAM AN ANTHONY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO IN THE YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU'VE RAISED CONCERNS CONTAMINATED AT THE SITE.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS?

>> YEAH, TO BE OUR GO BEYOND THE SOIL CONTAMINATION THIS SITE, OF COURSE, WAS HISTORICALLY A FREIGHT TERMINAL AND THERE WAS A SINK SMELTER.

SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THE CITY FOUND EVIDENCE OF METAL CONTAMINATION.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RELEASE THAT INFORMATION BUT WE HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY IDENTIFIED IT AS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST ON THE BASES BEING A PLAN TO ALL OF PEOPLE ON A TRUCK LOT BY THE HIGHWAY.

>> IN THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR.

IN THE CARE OF MILITARY THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LACK OF SAFETY.

>> YOU OF COURSE, THE CONTRACTORS OR THE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER SOME CONTROVERSY TO CONSTRUCT THIS SITE.

WHAT ARE YOU CALLING FOR?

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE CITY DO?

>> WE'RE CALLING FOR THE MAYOR TO CANCEL THE THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE GUARD WILL CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS AND TERMINATED AT ANY TIME WE THINK THAT IT THERE'S NO WAY TO THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS WITH VENDORS AND VOLUNTEERS.

WE NEED TO REBUILD THE CITY'S CAPACITY TO CARE FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

WHETHER THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE ALL THEIR LIVES OR IF THEY JUST ARRIVED TODAY.

AND WE THINK THIS KIND OF APPROACH OF, YOU KNOW, FARMING EVERYTHING OUT, I'M RATHER YOU KNOW, BUILDING REAL CAPACITY IS A PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> ANDY, YOU TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE NEED FOR MIGRANT PROTECTIONS IN THIS PLAN.

WHAT KIND OF PROTECTIONS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

>> WHAT WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TRACK RECORD OF THE CITY'S SHELTERS BEING INADEQUATE FOR HOUSING.

SO THE FAMILIES THAT THE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW THAT IS LEFT POLICE STATIONS AND GONE TO SHELTERS.

SOME OF THEM.

IT'S GOING OK, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SHELTERS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD WOULD BE MORE OF THE SAME AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE DAMAGING GIVEN SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THE CONTRACT IS STRUCTURED AND HOW WILL BE ORGANIZED AND RUN MISTER MOSHER SAID WITH THIS CONTRACT BEING COMPLETELY SORT OF A CLOSED SYSTEM.

I THINK WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WILL BE GOING ON AT POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SIGHT AND OPERATIVES THAT DON'T REALLY ANSWER THE CONSTITUENCY THAT THEY'RE SERVING IN ANY REAL WAY.

>> MAYOR ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HIS ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO THIS SITE.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT ARE WE STILL MOVING FORWARD?

BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN AND MINISTRY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THE ALDERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND AS WE'VE ASSESSED, WE'VE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE ASSESSMENT.

NOTHING CHANGED.

AND ONCE THAT FULL REPORT IS AVAILABLE BY END OF THE WEEK, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

THERE IS NO INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE.

>> NOW THE MAYOR LAYER LATER ADDED THAT WITHOUT THESE ASSESSMENTS, NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE TOXIC MATERIALS AT THE ANTHONY, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO >> I SO ACTUALLY NEIGHBORS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT THE HISTORICAL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ON SITE AND FLAGGED IT TO REPORTERS WHO THEN ASKED CITY HALL AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER THAT HAPPENED THAT WE STARTED TO SEE ANY MENTION OF THE CITY CONDUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS A REFLECTION OF DILIGENCE ON THEIR PART AS FAR AS THE QUESTION OF KIND OF TRANSPARENCY AND PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING, I MEAN, I LIVE HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEY HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY PART OF THIS MOMENTARILY.

THEY DID NOT ANNOUNCE WHEN THEY SIGNED THE GUARD WILL CONTRACT.

THEY DIDN'T ANNOUNCE WHEN START TO LOOK AT THE SITE.

THEY DIDN'T ANNOUNCE WHEN THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT TO RENT THEY DIDN'T ANNOUNCE WHEN THEY FOUND WHATEVER TOXIC METAL THEY FOUND IN THE SOIL, WHICH WE STILL DON'T BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED IT.

>> AND THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THAT REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS WEEK.

BUT WE'RE ALREADY REPORTING THAT CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START AS SOON AS TOMORROW.

SO IS A REPORT LATER THIS WEEK THAT SOON ENOUGH WHEN CONSTRUCTION COULD ALREADY BE UNDER WAY.

AND SEE YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD.

GET THAT INTO YOU.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT SEEMS.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT.

THE MAYOR'S SPOKEN ABOUT EXPEDIENCY BUT NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WINTER IS COMING FAST AND YOU KNOW, I UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE THE PROBLEM WHERE, YOU KNOW, TIME TIME DOES MOVE FORWARD.

THIS IS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE TO SAY, OH, WAIT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN THIS WE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR MORE TO HOUSE THOSE POPULATION.

AND RIGHT NOW WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THIS VERY LARGE, VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

THIS IS A HUGE FACILITY.

I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT.

I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THIS IS NOT A COUPLE 100 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE HOUSED AT THE SITE FOR POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE REPORTING ON THE GARDA WORLD CONTRACT AND THE SET UP OF THE STATUS OF THIS ISN'T COULD BE A VERY PROMINENT LIVING SITUATION.

THAT'S IT'S NOT WHEN YOU TO THE FINISH LINE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE KIND OF THESE KIND OF THAT'S WHEN YOU PAUSE ARE CIRCUMSPECT AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

>> FRANKLY, GO HAS TO ADD TO THAT.

I THINK HAVING AGAIN, I LIKE I ABOUT 2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE.

AND SO I GO BY THEIR VERY REGULARLY TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND EVEN WHEN THE CITY SAID THEY WERE PERFORMING ASSESSMENTS, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS ON THERE AND THERE WAS ACTIVITY HAPPENING AND IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOIL CONTAMINATION, HAVING A LOT OF HEAVY VEHICLES COMING IN, DIGGING EVERYTHING AND THEN COMING OVER HERE TO LAY EVERYTHING DOWN BEFORE YOU HAVE A FINAL ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SAFE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEST PRACTICE, BUT I DON'T THINK >> I'M ANTHONY, WHAT WILL YOU BE LOOKING FOR IN THIS REPORT WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE?

>> WELL, FOR STARTERS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MEDAL THIS IS RIGHT INCAS THAT MERCURY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS >> I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WIDESPREAD THE CONTAMINATION IS.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

>> THE STATE BEFORE AN INDUSTRIAL SITE CAN BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.

NORMALLY THE STATE WILL HAVE TO ISSUE A LETTER.

THEY CALL FR LETTER FOR NO FURTHER RADIATION REQUIRED AS THE STATE ISSUED.

ONE OF THOSE TO CERTIFY THAT THIS IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ON.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD START TO LOOK FOR JUST TO SEE IF THEY'VE EVEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DONE THE BASICS >> AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO FIND A PLACE FOR MIGRANTS.

TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING TODAY.

OF COURSE, WINTER IS ALWAYS COMING IN.

CHICAGO.

IS THERE ANOTHER OPTION AT THIS POINT?

SHOULD SOURCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD OR IS THIS THE LEAST OF THE BAD?

I THINK EVERYONE THAT I WORK WITH ON THIS ISSUE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MISTER MOSHER MENTIONED ABOUT MOVING FROM THESE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS TO BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS A HALF YEARS WITH COVID.

>> WE NEED TO INVEST IN CITY MONEY TO INVEST IN REAL SOLUTIONS THAT ARE PERMANENT THERE.

AGAIN, THIS IS THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

WE KNOW ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT REFUGEE POPULATIONS.

WE KNOW HOW JUST SUPPORT UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND THIS IS NOT THE BEST PART IS PRETTY.

AND CHICAGO'S DIFFERENT THE NEW YORK, CHICAGO IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER AREAS WE HAVE.

WE HAVE BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.

WE JUST NEED TO MAY.

WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE SOMEWHAT MESSY AND DIFFICULT PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO THAT HOUSE.

THERE'S NEVER SIGNIFICANT WITH THERE.

>> ANY EASY ANSWERS?

OF COURSE, I'M SURE WE'LL ALL BE LOOKING FOR THAT REPORT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LATER THIS WEEK.

ANTHONY MOSER, AN ANTI-GUN BURKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, HEATHER SHARON EXPLAINS HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL IS CALCULATED.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY.

BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL GETS CALCULATED?

OUR HEATHER SHARON TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THAT GAME.

PART OF OUR EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> PROPERTY TAXES CAN BE DOOZY OR RATHER HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED.

CAMPY MONTHS BEFORE THAT BILL LANDS IN YOUR MAILBOX, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY THEN THE FOLKS IN CHARGE BREAK OUT THE CALCULATORS FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD THAT AMOUNT ACROSS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

YOUR TAX BUT IT ISN'T ANY OF THEM SPLIT YOUR FINAL BILL OR SHARE IS BASED ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

AFTER ALL, THE OWNER OF $100,000 HOUSE SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO PAY THE SAME AS SOMEONE WITH A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION RIGHT?

SO THE NUMBER CRUNCHERS HIT THE BOOKS, CALCULATING THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF EACH PROPERTY USING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA LIKE STILL PRICED LOT SIZE, NEIGHBORHOOD, HOME AGE AND MORE ALL FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STEPS DESIGNED PROTECT TAXPAYERS FROM THE WILD SWINGS IN THEIR BILLS.

AS A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU CAN APPEAL YOUR FAIR MARKET VALUE BEFORE ACT.

>> NEXT ASSESSMENT IN COOK COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE ASSESSED A 10% OF FAIR MARKET IF YOUR HOME IS VALUED AT $300,000 PIECE, ESTE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYONE PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE.

OFFICIALS THEN APPLY A COUNTY WIDE EQUALIZER TO THE VALUE AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN GET BREAKS OR EXEMPTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS RANGING FROM OLD AGE OR MILITARY SERVICE JUST LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME.

NOW IT'S TIME TO FINISH UP THE REMEMBER THE TAX RATE FROM THE BEGINNING?

MULTIPLY AGAINST THAT FINAL VALUE.

AND WHILE LOCK, YOU HAS YOUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX AND OF COURSE, THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, PARKS AND LIBRARIES.

HOME, SWEET HOME.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR DIGITAL SERIES.

WTW NEWS EXPLAINS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE LATEST IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL.

A FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

BRANDON JOHNSON PROMOTES A RENEWED EFFORT BY CHURCHES TO HELP MIGRANTS IN THE CITY.

JURORS HEAR SECRETLY RECORDED EVIDENCE IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE AND A FORMER STATE LAWMAKER IS JAILED IN A REVENGE CASE HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE, OUR AMANDA KEY AND HEADER, SHARON FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THE WEATHER BEFORE WE GET TO THE MIGRANT STORY, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKING NEWS FOR US ABOUT THE POWER THAT ALDERMAN HAVE TO CONTROL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR WORD TELLS ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS DECIDED THAT THE WAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS DECIDED WHERE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, NOT ONLY FUELS SEGREGATION IN CHICAGO, BUT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT GIVES WHITE ALDERMEN A VETO OVER WHETHER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> IN THEIR WEALTHY WARDS AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SAYS VIOLATES THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AND COULD EXPOSE THE CITY TO SIGNIFICANT SANCTIONS UNLESS MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON DOES WITH HIS PREDECESSORS, REFUSED TO DO AND END THIS UNWRITTEN PRACTICE.

WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AS ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE.

RIGHT?

THIS FEELS THIS FEELS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, HEATHER, SOME OF THE WAYS THAT ALDERMAN AND CITY COUNCIL FUNCTION IN CHICAGO.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY SIGNIFICANT.

AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

THIS IS BASED ON A 2018 COMPLAINT.

>> BY A COALITION OF FAIR HOUSING GROUPS THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING OUT THERE NOW FOR 5 YEARS.

AND IT WILL BE UP TO BRANDON JOHNSON TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WILL KEEP THE CITY SORT OF OUT OF TROUBLE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE WAY THE CITY COUNCIL HANDLES AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

TO TELL WHAT OCCURS TO ME HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE HAD MAYORS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TRYING TO REIN IN THIS RIGHT?

AND THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK BECAUSE WHAT ELECTED OFFICIAL WANTS TO GIVE UP SOME OF THEIR POWER, NONE OF BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE HAND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMING IN THERE AND SORT OF FORCING IT TO HAPPEN, THAT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR JOHNSON TO DO THAT PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS.

IT'S CAN'T.

IT'S NOT.

HE'S NOT THE BAD GUY, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HE HAS TO WORK WITH AND RECEIVED BY AN FROM IT'S IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WHEN YOU SAY I'VE GOT TO DO THIS, FOLKS CAN'T HELP.

IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID, HEY, CHICAGO, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG GET WITH THE TO.

THERE'S A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS STORY ABOUT THIS ON MY STORY ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT PROBE DID FIND ALDERMAN DEFENDING THIS PRACTICE EXCUSING WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID WAS CODED RACIAL LANGUAGE.

THAT WAS CLEARLY DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS.

I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD BOMBSHELL ON THE AIR, BUT THIS IS AN INDICTMENT OF THE WAY THE CITY HAS OPERATED FOR DECADES EXACTLY 4 DECADES BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SEGREGATION IN CHICAGO AND HOW THAT ALL WENT BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER A BIT OF HOUSING THAT IS, OF COURSE, HOUSING THE NEW ARRIVALS, THE THOUSANDS OF SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, MAYOR JOHNSON TOUTED A RENEWED CHURCH LED EFFORT TO HELP ADDRESS THIS MIGRANT CRISIS AT A CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.

>> IN THE FACE OF THIS, OF COURSE, IS >> CONTINUE TO DESPERATELY WORKED TO TEAR OUR CITY APART.

WE WILL OVERCOME THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

AND WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER.

EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS MISSION.

THE TIMING COULD NOT BE MORE CRUCIAL.

WE CANNOT ABANDON FAMILIES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND LET THEM GO THROUGH CHICAGO'S WINTER ALONE.

>> HEADED TO THE MAYOR ADDRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION IN BRIGHTON PARK OR AT THE SITE THERE?

WELL, I WASN'T THE ONLY REPORTER TO PRESS HIM ON WHY CONSTRUCTION IS BEGINNING NOW ON THE BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK BEFORE ANYBODY.

SEEN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WAS ON THAT SITE.

WE DO KNOW TOXIC METALS WERE DISCOVERED ON IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE MIGRANTS WHO COULD MOVE IN AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.

MAYOR SAID WILL HAVE THAT FULL REPORT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

HE DID NOT REALLY ADDRESS MY QUESTION ABOUT WHY DO IT IN THIS ORDER.

BUT HE SAID IT'S 20 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

THE CITY HAS RUN OUT OF OPTIONS.

THEY HAVE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN OFF OF THE FLOORS.

POLICE STATIONS AND O'HARE INTO A MORE IS HE SAID DIGNIFIED LIVING SITUATION AND SAID SORRY IF I AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS RECENTLY PREGNANT, I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE IN A POLICE STATION AND I WOULD BE IN A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITE LIVING IN A TENT, EVEN A WINTERIZED ONE.

>> THE FACT THAT WE ARE AT THIS POINT WHEN IT IS ALREADY FRIGID OUTSIDE AND WHEN WE HAVE EMPTY OFFICE BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE CITY IS WE HEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN AT THIS POINT WHERE THIS IS WHAT COME TO.

THINK THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHY THAT IS.

BUT IT IS SAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, CENTRAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND HARMFUL FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THESE CONDITIONS.

ABSOLUTELY.

ON HEADER.

HE ALSO TOUTED THE NEW UNITY HOW MANY PEOPLE GOING HELP?

WHAT IS IT?

SO IT WILL HOLD ONLY LESS THAN 350 PEOPLE AS PART OF THIS FIRST WAVE AND IT WILL TAKE.

>> INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES GOING TO THE POLICE STATIONS IN FIGHTING AS MANY AS 20 OF THE MIGRANTS TO COME LIVE IN THEIR CHURCHES AND GET WRAPAROUND SERVICES, GET WARM MEALS AND FIND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE OFF THOSE FLOORS.

>> BUT THERE ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1100 MIGRANTS RIGHT NOW LIVING AT POLICE STATION WITH ABOUT ANOTHER 150 AT O'HARE.

SO THIS IS PERHAPS A BUT IT IS NOT SORT OF OVERALL STRATEGY, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE SEEN SORT OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO GET THE SPACE CAMPS UP AND RUNNING.

THERE'S ALSO A PLAN TO BUILD A BASE CAMP AT 115 HOSTED IN ROSELAND.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED.

BUT IT SEEMS THE MAYOR'S DETERMINED TO SORT OF HAVE THIS BE THE SOLUTION TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE POLICE STATIONS WHICH HAVE TO REMIND YOU HE'S BEEN PROMISING TO DO SINCE JULY.

THE BURKE CORRUPTION TRIAL CONTINUING DESPITE A NUMBER OF MORE EVIDENCE IN THIS TRIAL OF A FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

THIS TIME FOCUSING ON THE AUDIO, THE VIDEO SECRETLY RECORDED BY FORMER ALDERMAN DANNY SOLIS MENTIONED IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE ONE OF THE JURORS HERE.

WELL, THINK ANYTIME THAT YOU HEAR OF ONE OF THESE CALLS AND SAID THIS FOR AND AGAIN, IT REALLY HITS HOME FOR JURORS AND MISSES.

>> THE BIG EVIDENCE, RIGHT?

THIS IS WHEN YOU HEAR BURKE HIMSELF REALLY NEGOTIATING WITH ALDERMAN, THEN ALDERMAN SOLIS SAYING, HEY, I CAN GET YOU A MARKETING CONTRACT.

CAN YOU HELP ME?

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO GET ME THESE BIG PROJECTS?

SEND THEM TO MY LAW FIRM.

IT REALLY WIELDING THE POWER OF HIS PUBLIC OFFICE.

HE SAYS THAT'S NOT SO.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IS TRYING TO BE PROVEN ALDERMAN, HEY, YOU'VE GOT I'M TALKING TO THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMITTEE.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BRING THIS WORK TO MY LAW FIRM?

I THINK THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING ON THAT.

THE CALL HE CALLS IT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD OF CLASS AFTER AND BURKE.

>> ON THE CALL, WHICH IS JUST SORT OF OLD HE ALSO, HOWEVER, ADDRESSES TRYING TO WORK WITH POLICE TO AVOID, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, LEGAL PITFALLS.

SO IT SEEMS AS IF HE WAS AWARE AT LEAST OF THE LAW, IT SEEMS AS IF HE WAS SORT OF DOING THIS OLD-SCHOOL POLITICAL PRACTICE OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN HIS EYES WALKING UP TO THE EDGE OF THE LAW WITHOUT CROSSING IT.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS WHAT THIS CASE IS ALL ABOUT.

WAS THAT BUT IT WAS THAT DIVIDE CROSSED SOMETHING.

WE TALK ABOUT A LOT HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION OR POTENTIAL CORRUPTION.

IT'S NOT ILLEGAL.

SAID THIS ISN'T THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME NOR IS IT THE FIRST.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO READ INTO THAT AS WELL.

WITH THAT MISTER LEE ON TAPE.

BUT I'D RUN WITHOUT A FIGHT.

HE SAID THEY'RE OK SOME FOR RENT ON TIME.

HEATHER, CHICAGO BOARD OF ETHICS IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO TIGHTEN CAMPAIGN RULES.

>> CAMPAIGNS ASKING FOR CASH FROM CITY WORKERS.

WHY IS THIS THING?

WELL, I THINK SPORTS DECIDED THAT THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS ORDINANCE ONLY IN PHASE TO INDIVIDUALS AND NOT COMMITTEES OR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.

SO THE BOARD ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL, HEY, CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT THEY COULD NOT SANCTION.

FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WHO SENT A WHOLE PLETHORA OF E-MAILS TO CITY OFFICIALS AT THEIR OFFICIAL CITY ADDRESS IS ASKING FOR CAMPAIGN CASH.

NOW, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT REALLY WHAT ORDINANCE AS DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE WILL TO SORT OF TIGHTEN THESE LOOPHOLES, WHICH WE COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE CASH FROM PEOPLE.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE ALSO LARGER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE CITY'S ETHICS ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING.

THE ETHICS BOARD COULD HAVE FOLLOWED INSPECTOR GENERAL DE PERE RECOMMENDATION AND HIT LORI LIGHTFOOT WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES.

THEY DID NOT AND SAID ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS REALLY A DETERRENT TO CORRUPTION, I THINK IS AN OPEN IT IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

ALRIGHT, THAT IS SPOTLIGHT.

HEATHER SHARON, A MAN DOVE THANKS.

TEAM.

ONE NOTE BEFORE WE GO TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY AS A NONPROFIT NEWSROOM.

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HOW A STATEWIDE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING STUDENTS OF COLOR.

AND A NEW INVESTIGATION EXPLORES WHY SO MANY BLACK WOMEN GO MISSING IN CHICAGO AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

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