>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SHUTZ.

ON THE THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> YOU MUST TEST UNDER OATH.

>> >> THE SELECT COMMITTEE VOTES UY VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUBPOENA FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS WE LOVE.

LOVE OURSELVES.

>> FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO REBUILD AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING IN A BUILDING EXPLOSION.

HOW THE COMMUNITY IS STEPPING UP.

> >> THAT IS 110% UNIONBUSTING.

>> STARBUCKS SHUTS DOWN A UNIONIZED LOCATION IN CHICAGO OVER SAFETY ISSUES.

> >> TWO RESEARCHERS WITH CHICAGO CHICAGO CONNECTIONS ARE THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER MAJOR OIL SPILLS IN PERU AND THE U.S. U.S. > >> ART INTERSECTS WITH INNER-CITY SPACE, WE WELCOME ARTIST AND ARCHITECT AMANDA WIL.

AMANDA WILLIAMS.

>> THE MORE WE UNDERSTAND MORE CULTURES THE LESS FEAR THAT THERE IS.

>> WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT LESSON ON ADDRESSING HEALTH TOLD THROUGH DANCE.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED I AM IN AUSTIN AS PART OF THE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES, THE CENTER OPENED UP AFTER LAST NIGHT'S BUILDING EXPLOSION AND AN AFFORDABLE HOUG AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPLOSION DID EXPLOSION DISPLACED 31 FAMILIES, 31 FAMILIES, NOW WE ARE HEARING HEARING FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP.

>> >> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP S. TOP STORIES.

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTING IN THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUA TO SUBPOENA FORMER PREISDENT TR.

PREISDENT TRUMP.

>> MR. KINSINGER.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> THE COMMITTEE IS CALLING ON TRUMP TO TESTIFY ABOUT HIS ROLE ROLE IN THE ATTACK.

TODAY FOOTAGE OF NEW CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS DURING THE SIEGE OF THEL THE CAPITAL INCLUDING HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.

WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS LATER IN IN THE PROGRAM.

> >> A WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AND DISMEMBERING HER LANDLORD IN A NORTHWEST HOME IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

36-YEAR-OLD SANDRA KOLALOU CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, CONCEALING CONCEALING HOMICIDAL DEATH AND AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS OVERHEARD ARGUING WITH 63-YEAR-OLD FRANCES WALKER OVER AN EVICTION NOTICE BEFORE WALKER WENT MISSING, THEY CLAIM CLAIM SHE LATER ATTEMPTED TO DISCARD A BLOODIED RAG AT A LOCAL BEACH.

> >> WORKERS AT THE FIELD MUSEUM SAY THEY WANT TO FORM A UNION, EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE COUNCIL 31, 63 EMPLOYEES SIGNED SIGNED A LETTER OVER LOW WAGES AND HIGH TURNOVER AS REASONS BEHIND THE DECISION, THEY BECAME THE SECOND MAJOR UNIONIZED MUSEUM JOINING THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> COMING UP WE WILL MEET ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE MacARTHUR GENIUS GRANT BUT FIRST FOLLOWING THE BUILDING EXPLOSION LAST MONTH ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE WHERE DISPLACED RESIDENTS LIVING TODAY?

LIVE IN AUSTIN RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLAS.

THE JIM AND AND KAY FAMILY.

THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> A BUILDING EXPLOSION LAST MOH LAST MONTH LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD DEAD AND SEVERAL INJURED, THE EXPLOSION IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE, REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ SPENT THE DAY THERE AS PART OF THE CHICAGO TONIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL RELIEF EFFORTS TO HELP RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY THE TRAGEDY.

IS THERE ANY UPDATE REGARDING THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION?

>> ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS THE BLAST HAD SOMETHING TO DO WH DO WITH IGNITION OF NATURAL GAS.

WHAT IGNITED IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT THERE IS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING.

TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON CENTRAL AND WEST END AVENUES.

MOST OF THE BORDERS THE BORDERS WINDOWS ARE BOARDED BOARDED UP WITH THE ROOF COMPLETELY GONE I TALKED WITH A A RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND HE SAYS THE EXPLOSION FELT LIKE AN EART.

AN EARTHQUAKE.

>> IT WAS SCARY.

SOME OF THEM HAD NO CLOTHES ON.

IT WAS SCARY.

WAS SCARY.

I CAME OUT THE BACK D BACK AND FROM THE FRONT TO THE K THE BACK HIS FACE WAS BURNED ALL THE WAY DOWN.

CAN YOU IMAGINE SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

I WAS IN THE HOUSE SOMETIMES AT NIGHT AND I CAN STILL HEAR IT OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: THE BUILDING CURRENTLY HAS NO GAS.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THE SCENE THE DAY OF THE EXPLOSION ON SEPTEMBER 20th 20th AROUND 9:00 IN THE MORNING, THE MORNING, WE KNOW THAT A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN IT'S SUFFERED EXTENSIVE BURNS.

HE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL INJURED IN THE BLAST, DOWN THE BLOCK THE RED CROSS SET UP INSIDE OF URBAN CIRCLE MINISTRIES FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS TO ASSIST FAMILIES, THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT THE TEAM TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FAMIS WITH FAMILIES TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED.

>> THERE WAS 31 FAMILIES IN THE THE BUILDING, 30 SAVED MADE IT OUT SAFELY.

THE SHELTER WAS OPEN FOR THREE DAYS.

MANY HAD NT HAD NOT FOUND APARTMENTS BY THEN BY THEN SO ON THE SECOND AND THIRD DAY THAT WAS THE ONLY FOC.

ONLY FOCUS.

>> THE BUILDING IS OWNED BY WEST END LLC.

OVER THE PHONE I TALKED WITH A SPOKESPERSON FOR WEST END AND HE SHARES THE OWNER WAS ON SCENE MAKING SURE TENANTS WERE OKAY.

THEY WAVED PAST DUE BALANCES AND REFUNDED LAST MONTHS RENT.

WE WENT WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT ASSON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND HE MANAGES BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAYS THE OWNER OWNER IS KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AND RUNS MULTIPLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

>> WE DID THE INSPECTION THE WEEK BEFORE AND FROM WHAT THE CITY SAW AND FROM WHAT HE SAW EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER.

ON TOP TOP OF THAT HE REFUNDED ALL THE THE RENT CHECKS.

HE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.

AS AN OPERATOR OPERATOR HE FEELS HE IS PART OF OF THE COMMUNITY SO HE IS DOING DOING ALL HE CAN.

>> AT THE TOWNHALL PARK A TEMPORARY OUTREACH CENTER HAS OD HAS OPENED THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION APPROVED ADMINISTRATION APPROVED DISASTER DECLARATION LAST WEEK, WEEK, DISPLACED RESIDENTS CAN COME IN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FILING FOR LOW-INTEREST LOANS TO HELP REPLACE DAMAGE OR DESTROY PROPERTY.

ONE ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE SAYS THE LOANS OFFER LONG-TERM'S TO PAY IT BACK WITH WITH FIVE-MONTH FORGIVENESS PER.

FORGIVENESS PERIOD.

>> WE OFFER 30,000 FOR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND 200,000 FOR REPAIR REPLACEMENT OF THE REAL ESTATE.

10 TO 12 FAMILIES HAVE COME IN RIGHT NOW BUT THEY THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DEBT SO WE WE HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT APPLICANTS THAT DID APPLY.

THEY THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE LOW LOW INTEREST LOAN.

>> THE CENTER WILL BE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 20th.

THE CIRCLE URBAN MINISTRIES WILL HOLD A RESOURCE FAIR FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARE AFFECTED BY THE EXPLOSION CAN COME IN AND GET ANYTHING FROM CLOTHING TO FREE GIFT CARD.

GIFT CARDS.

>> NEIGHBORS ARE SPRINTING TRAUA SPRINTING TRAUMA AND THEY ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING, NOW YOU ARE IN A NEW PLACE WITH NOTHING IN THE NEW PLACE SO WE'RE TRYING TO HELP SUPPLY FURNITURE AND WE WE ARE TRYING TO HELP SUPPLY TOILETRIES, POTS AND PANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND DONORS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL IN SENDING IN THINGS THINGS THEY FEEL THEY WOULD NEED IN THIS SITUATION.

>> AS YOU HEARD FAMILIES LOST EG LOST EVERYTHING AND THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO START OVER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL PHYSICIANS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP WITH HOUSING AND OTHER THINGS THEY WILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE WILL SPEAK WITH A LOCAL ALDERMAN COMING UP.

> >> NOW TO PARIS AND A DRAMATIC DAY IN WASHINGTON.

>> FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP GETS A SUMMONS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE E THE HOUSE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE CAPPING OFF A HEARING HEARING FEATURING NEW BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO RECORDED VIDEO RECORDED AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SEEKS TO MAKE THE THE CASE THAT TRUMP KNEW THAT HE LOST THE ELECTION WHILE PUSHING SCHEMES TO OVERTURN IT.

JOINING US NOW ARE PATRICK CONNOR A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NOW IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND LEGAL COMMENTATOR AND TRIAL LAWYER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

PATRICK, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS COMMITTEE IT DISSOLVES IN THE NEW YEAR SO CAN DONALD TRUMP LAY OUT THE CLOCK OR RUN OUT THE CLOCK FOR HAVING TO TES?

TO TESTIFY?

>> YES, THAT IS A SIMPLE ANSWER.

SIMPLE ANSWER.

HE HAS A TRACK RECORD OF RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK CLOCK AND APPEALING AND OBJECTING AND FILING MOTIONS AND DELAYING.

HE ONLY HAS TO LAST FOR THREE MORE MONTHS.

HE WILL RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND NEVER TESTIFY.

>> GIVEN THIS IS LARGELY SYMBOLC LARGELY SYMBOLIC THE 9-0 VOTE TO SUMMON HIM BEFORE THE COMMIT.

THE COMMITTEE.

>> YES I THINK THAT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE THE CASE.

DEFINITELY DOES SEND A MESSAGE THERE IS MORE TO HEAR FROM TRUMP.

UNLESS THE DEMOCRATS RETAIN THE HOUSE I DON'T EXPECTM EXPECT THEM TO PASS THE NEW CONGRESS TAKING OVER IN JANUARY.

>> THE VICE CHAIR LIZ CHENEY SAD CHENEY SAID THERE READY TO MAKE MAKE CRIMINAL REFERRALS, OF WHOM AND FOR WHAT?

>> SHE DID NOT SAY BUT AT THE END OF THE STATEMENT SHE WROTE OFF A LIST OF EIGHT NAMES IN ADDITION TO MR. TRUMP AND IF ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT ALREADY HAVE A CRIMINAL DEFENSE DEFENSE LAWYER THEN THEY SHOULD SHOULD GET ONE.

I THINK THEY WILL MAKE A REFERRAL TO THE DOJ DOJ THAT IS UNNECESSARY.

THEY WILL MAKE THE REFERRAL AND I THINK THEY WILL RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE CHARGED AT LEAST WITH CONSPIRACY AND WITH OBSTRUCTION OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY RECOMMEND THAT THEY ALSO BE CHARGED WITH ANTICIPATION AND SEDITION WHICH IS WHAT THE OLD KEEPERS AND THE PROUD BOYS ARE FACING.

>> SOME OF THE NAMES LIKE MICHAEL FLYNN, ROGER STONE, MR.. MR. BANNON.

MR. NAVARRO.

THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EITHER TAKEN THE FIFTH OR OTHERWISE MADE THEMSELVES UNAVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEY ARE ALSO ALSO PEOPLE THAT THE EVIDENCE OF THE COMMITTEE HAS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC WERE ALL INVOLVED APPARENTLY OR THERE IS EVIDENCE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THEY WERE ALL INVOLVED IN BOTH PLANNING TO TRY TO STEAL THE ELECTION AND TO A GREAT EXTENT THE JANUARY 6th RIOT.

>> ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER TODAY RIGHT OFF THE INSURRECTION STAT.

INSURRECTION STATUTE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> SECTION 3 DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICE ANYONE WHO HAS SWORN AN H AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION BUT BETRAYS IT BY ENGAGING IN INSURRECTION OR REB.

OR REBELLION.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN LINCOLN AT THE START OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1861 BEST EXPLAINED WHY DEMOCRACY REJECTS.

REJECTS INSURRECTION.

INSURRECTION HE SAYS IS A WAR UPON THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT.

THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.

>> IT IS CLEAR THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THIS SEVERE CHARGE SHOULD BE BROUGHT ON, DO YOU THK YOU THINK THE DOJ WOULD BRING INSURRECTION AGAINST EITHER FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP OR SOME OF HIS HIGH-LEVEL ACCOMPLICES?

>> IF THE EVIDENCE WAS THERE THEY MIGHT, THE PROBLEM IS THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT OBTAINED THATE THAT EVIDENCE AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CHARGE WITH INSURRE.

WITH INSURRECTION.

THERE ARE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL INCITEMENTE INCITEMENT CHARGE AND INCITEMENT AND INCITEMENT FOR VIOLENCE AND AND THERE COULD BE A BROAD CHARE BROAD CHARGE AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS WITH FAKE ELECTOR FAKE ELECTOR SCHEMES AND SOME OF THE ADVICE GIVEN TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT THAT REALLY INVOLVES SMALL STATEMENTS BEINGE BEING MADE IN THE COURSE OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION BY MR. CLARK.

I THINK THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE WHERE THE CHARGES ARE FILED RATHER THAN SOMETHING SOMETHING LIKE INSURRECTION OR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY RELATED TO TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> WHAT EVIDENCE IS MISSING?

SOME DIRECT LINK TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND A PLAN TO VIOLENTLY OVERTHROW THE ELECTED?

ELECTED GOVERNMENT?

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION MORE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT AND INTERVIEW INTERFERE.

A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PLEADING GUILTY BUT THE QUESTION IS FOR ALL THEE THE PEOPLE THAT PATRICK REFERRED TO, THE EVIDENCE, WAS THERE EVIDENCE THEY WERE DIRECTING AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE AS PART OF THE COORDINATE IT CONSPIRACY?

A LOT LOT OF THE EVIDENCE IS NOT THER.

NOT THERE.

I THINK FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS WORTH IT.

OBVIOUSLY THEY TOOK THE FIFTH, THERE MAY BE ACTIVITIES WE ARE NOT AWARE OF BUT BASED UPON WHAT WE SAW PUBLICLY I DON'T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH TO SHOW BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

>> TODAY ENTER THE PROCESS THE COMMITTEE CAN SHOW EVIDENCE THAT PREISDENT TRUMP KNEW THAT HE LOST THE ELECTION AND STILL WENT FORWARD WITH THE SCHEMES.

IS THAT THE KIND OF EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO BRING ANY KIND OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM SHOWING SOME KIND OF INTENT?

>> YES THEY TO SHOW THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT MISTAKEN OR NE OR NACVE AND BELIEVED HE HAD WO.

HAD WON.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT WAS SUMMED UP TODAY AND A LITTLE BIT OF NEW EVIDENCE ALL DESIGNED TO SHOW THAT THE PRESIDENT KNEW HE WAS , WAS LYING, HE KNEW THAT THE CLAIMS HE WAS MAKING WERE FALSE FALSE AND HE HAD THE LEGAL INTENT NECESSARY TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF OBSTRUCTING CONGRESS TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF CONSPIRACY WITH OTHERS TO OBSTRUCT CONGRESS.

I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST MAYBE I WAS A MORE AGGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR IN MY DAY BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT A GUY WHO TELLS THE CROWD TO GO ATTACK THE BUILDING AND THEN THEY GO ATTACK THE BUILDIN, THE BUILDING, AND HE KNOWS THAT THAT THEY ARE ARMED BECAUSE THE THE SECRET SERVICE TOLD HIM THAT MORNING THAT THEY WERE ARMED, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AN INDICTMENT.

I REALLY .

REALLY DO.

YOU SEND ARMED PEOPLE TO ATTACK CONGRESS TO OVN TO OVERTURN AN ELECTION AND I THINK THERE IS AT LEAST A BASIS BASIS TO GET THE INDICTMENT.

YOU KNOW YOU GET A FEW WITNESS TO COOPERATE ALONG THE WAY THAT'S HOW PROSECUTORS DO IT.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE C. THE CASE.

>> YOU ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OF THE COIN.

>> AS I MENTIONED I THINK INCITT THINK INCITEMENT IS THERE.

I THINK THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CHARGE INCITEMENT TO RIOT AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THERE ARE CLEAR FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES THAT MAY CAUSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO NOT BRING THE CASE ESPECIALLY SINCE SINCE THEY HAVE STRONGER POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THE MAR-A-LAGO DOCUMENTS CASE.

TO NAME ONE EXAMPLE.

I'M NOT SURE THEY WILL GO THERE BUT I THINK THAT IS THE MORE LIKELY ROUTE RATHER THAN SEDITIOUS CONY SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY IN THE WAY WAY IT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRING A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT ELEMENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO.

TO PROVE.

>> A LOT OF DECISIONS FOR PROSECUTORS TO MAKE IN THE FUTU.

THE FUTURE.

LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER VIDEO ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME FEATURING NANCY PELOSI AND OTHERS IN A HIDDEN PLACE.

>> WE HAVE TO GET THIS JOB DONE.

DONE TODAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

>> SO THEY SHOWED TEXT MESSAGES MESSAGES TODAY AMONG THE SECRET SECRET SERVICE, THEY CLEARLY KNEW THE GRAVITY OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

THAT THERE MAY BE VIOLENCE OR MURDER.

DOES THIS PRESENT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY AGENCIES HAD NOT COORDINATED A SWIFT RESPONSE?

>> I THINK THAT IT DOES, THAT WAS A STUNNING PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SECRET SERVICE KNEW THAT THERE WAS VIOLENCE, THERE WAS AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE WEAPONS.

TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY KNEW THAT AND T AND YET THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THEM NOTIFYING THE CAPITOL P. CAPITOL POLICE.

OF THEM NOTIFYING POLICE IN D.C., OF THEM NOTIFYING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO GET THE NATIONAL GUARD.

THEY KNEW A LOT ABOUT THE KIND OF VIOLENT ARMED PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING TO THISY THIS RALLY AND THIS MARCH.

IT WAS STUNNING TO LEARN THAT WAS THE CASE AND I THINK THAT IT RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE WILL HAVE TO.

TO ANSWER.

>> A LOT OF DOTS TO CONNECT WITH THOSE SECRET SERVICE TEXT MESSAGES.

THERE IS ALSO THE MAR-A-LAGO DOCUMENTS CASE WHERE WHERE THE PRESIDENT FACES MAJOR MAJOR LEGAL EXPOSURE.

IF YOU WERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MERRICK GARLAND, DOES THAT PLAY PLAY INTO YOUR THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL CHARGES IN THIS CASE?

>> 100%.

WHEN YOU ARE A PROSECUR A PROSECUTOR YOU JUST NEED A CONVICTION ON ONE FELONY COUNT AND THEN THE JUDGE IS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW TO REQUIRE ALL THE CONDUCT ALL OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEFENDAN.

THE DEFENDANT.

SO I THINK THE STRONGEST POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CASE IS THE DOCUMENT CASE, IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE PRESIDENT KEPT TOP-SECRET FORMER TOP-SECRET FORMER DOCUMENTS AND THERE WERE FALSE STATEMENTS MADE WITH NEW EVIDENCE THAT HE ASKED INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE DOCUMENTS AFTER THE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA.

SO IT IS VERY STRONG AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, MUCH EASIER TO PROVE THAN A CASE AROD CASE AROUND MISCONDUCT AND I THK I THINK THE SAFER AND MORE DIFFT MORE DIFFICULT ROUTE WOULD BE TO GO FOR THE EASIER CHARGE AND AND THEN PUT ALL THE EVIDENCE IN THERE.

>> THERE ARE REPORTS THAT INVESTIGATORS MAY BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT RETRIEVED ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO RETRIEVE.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU BOTH.

> >> NOW, BACK TO YOU WITH THE LOCAL GENIUS.

>> THE MacARTHUR FOUNDATION WITH ITS ANNUAL LIST OF FELLOWS.

OFFERING A NO STRINGS ATTACHED GRANT.

THE GENIUS GRANT.

THREE CHICAGOANS MADE THE LIST INCLUDING JONATHAN MILLER AND THEY ARE BOTH OUT OF OF TOWN AND WE WILL CATCH UP WITH THEM LATER.

JOINING US NOW NOW WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME THE ARTIST, ARCHITECT AND MacARTHUR FELLOW AMANDA WILLIAMS.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

CONGRATS OBVIOUSLY.

WHEN AND HOW DID YOU RECEIVE THE NEWS?

>> I GOT THE NEWS A MONTH AGO.

I WAS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY, I HAD GIVEN A LECTURE.

I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER AROUND CAMPUS AND REMINISCING.

I WAS LITERALLY STANDING AT MY DORMIT, MY DORMITORY, I WAS EXPLAINING TO HER MY LIFE CHANGED WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS AND THE PHONE WAS RINGING.

IT WAS THE FOUNDATION CALLING.

THEY SAID CAN YOU TAKE A MOMENT?

WHEN YOU GET THAT CALL YOU PANIC SO WHEN SHE SAID WE ARE CALLING FROM THE MacARTHUR FOUNDATION I SAID NO YOU ARE NOT, CRYING TEARS STARTED.

AND THEN IT WAS A BLUR.

WHATEVER THEY SAY YOU ARE NOT LISTENING.

LISTENING.

>> LIKE YOU WILL HAVE TO REPEAT REPEAT THIS LATER ON.

AND YOU DID NOT KNOW THE PHONE CALL WAS WAS COMING.

SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ART?

>> I THINK MY WORK, IT USES COLOR AS THE FRAMEWORK TO BOTH DRAW VIEWERS AND PARTICIPANTS INTO IT BUT ALSO TO TALK ABOUT DIFFICULT SUBJECTS IN AN ACCESSIBLE WAY.

OF COURSE IN CH, IN CHICAGO, RACE AND COLOR ARE INTERTWINED.

THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH I AM ABLE TO USE COLOR TO TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SOMG UNDERSTAND SOMETHING AS COMPLEX COMPLEX AS REDLINING BECAUSE RED IS UNDERSTANDABLE OR YOU KNOW I HAVE DEVELOPED THIS KIND KIND OF PROCESS OF USING COLOR TO DESCRIBE COMPLEX SPATIAL SIT.

SPATIAL SITUATIONS.

WOULD TRAININGS AND ARCHITECTURE.

IT REALLY HELPS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THINK OF AS ART IN THE TWO DIMENSIONAL SCENTS WITH PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS AND THEN THEN THE ENVIRONMENT AS A CANVA.

A CANVAS.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT IMAGES OF YOUR ART.

WE WERE DOING A STORY STORY LAST WEEK AT THE SMART MUSEUM OF ART, WE TOOK VIDEO OF OF A PROJECT OF YOURS THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.

COLORED THEORY.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> COLOR THEORY IS A WESTERN CONVENTION, SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AND I WAS JOKING WITH A FRIEND THAT I WAS AN EXPERT IN COLORED.

COLORED THEORY.

SO I THOUGHT ABOUT COLORS THAT IMPACTED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS COMING-OF-AGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND WHAT WITH A PALLET BE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME?

SO I DEVELOPED A PALLET OF EIGHT AND THEN I PUT IT ON A LARGE CANVAS TO SEE THEE SEE THESE ABANDONED HOUSES.

AND AND IT DID BECOME A PROJECT HELPING TO HIGHLIGHT THE INJUSTICES THAT CREATED THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE COLORS WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR ME AS AN ARTIST AND PAINTER.

AS AN AR.

AN ARCHITECT.

SO THIS KIND OF PERFECT STORM OF WAYS TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE INTERESTING INTERESTING SKILL SETS.

>> THE COLORS ARE NAMED FOR MEMORABLE COLORS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THE OLDER BLUE MOISTURIZER AND HAROLD'S CHICKEN SHACK SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE COLORS THAT WOULD BE MNEMONIC DEVICES AND BRING PEOPLE JOY OR HAPPINESS BUT ALSO POINT 20 DIA OF VALUE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SHROUD THIS IN SOMETHING THAT WE THINK THINK IS PRICELESS SO COLOR CAN CAN DO THAT IN A WAY THAT MESSAGING CANNOT AND RALLYING CT RALLYING CANNOT BUT IT CAN LEAD LEAD TO THOSE TYPES OF CHANGES SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO FRAME IT VERY MUCH ABOUT MY OWNE OWN EXPERIENCE AND NOT TRY TO BE UNIVERSAL OR EXPLAIN EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE.

WESTSIDE WESTSIDE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT PALLET.

>> DO YOU FEEL YOUR WORK IS MOSTLY ABOUT CHICAGO OR COULD THIS PERTAIN TO ANY BIG CITY?

>> ON PURPOSE THE WORK WAS ABOUT CHICAGO, ABOUT ME HAVING AN INTERNAL DIALOGUE ABOUT WANTING TO BECOME AN ARCHITECT TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE AND THEN FEELING FRUSTRATED ABOUT T. ABOUT THAT.

SO I WANTED TO BE HYPER SPECIFIC BUT NOW I HAVE BRIDGED THE IDEA OF COLOR BEYOND THAT.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION CHALLENGING WHICH BLACK LIVES MATTER?

THERE WAS A A PANIC TO MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY SO THE MAINSTREAM ACCEPTANCE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.

SO WHICH LACK LIVES?

THE ONE THAT BACK INTO PARKING SPACES WERE THE ONS THE ONES THAT KNOW WHICH FORK YOU EAT SHRIMP WITH?

BLACK PEOPLE ARE VERY DIVERSE THEMSELS DIVERSE THEMSELVES SO WHAT DOES DOES IT MEAN TO MAKE A MONOLITHIC BLANKET ACCEPTANCE.

>> WE HAVE VIDEO OF A COLLABORATION YOU DID AT A GALLERY A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

TELL US WHAT THE FELLOWSHIP MEANS FOR YOU AND YOUR ARTISTIC ARTISTIC PRACTICE.

>> I THINK IT JUST SAYS TO KEEP.

KEEP GOING.

YOU NEED TO TAKE RISKS AND TO DREAM BIG.

SHINING IN THIS PROJECT YOU KNOW THAT S THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMING AND WE WANTED THIS SPACE TO BE A SPACE OF PROTECTION.

SO, THINKING BEYOND, THINKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN ONE MIGHT ASSUME EITHER ART CAN INSE CAN INSPIRE A TOPIC THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE UNIVERSAL BUT SHOULD BE OR IS, THIS WEEKEND I AM PLANNING 100,000 TULIPS ON THE SOUTHSIDE SOUTHSIDE AT 53rd AND PRAIRIE.

SO IT IS RIGHT ON TIME.

IT IS AN EXCITING EXTENSION FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE WON A GENIUS GRANT TO SAY WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO RE-CREATE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSES THAT WOULD'VE EXISTED.

SO WE'RE PLANTING THESE RED TULIPS TO REDEFINE REDLINING AND WE NEED AS MANY HANDS AS POSSIBLE.

MOST MOST OF THE WORK IS COLLABORATIVE AND PARTICIPATORY.

ART CAN BE A CATALYST FOR CHANGE.

>> YOU TRAIN AS A ARCHITECT AND AND YOU MADE THE TRANSITION TO T TO ART FULL-TIME SO HOW DOES YOUR BACKGROUND INFORM YOUR ART?

>> I GOT INTO ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A VEHICLE FOR TRANSFORMING SPACE OR BRINGING AUTONOMY TO SPACE.

I SAW IN EQUITY, AT SEVEN I DO NOT HAVE THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT BUT WHEN I CROSSED DAN RYAN IT WAS DIFFERENT SO I THINK THE IDA THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN LITERALLY LITERALLY CHANGE SPACE IS THE ULTIMATE DEFINITION OF ARCHITECE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ART ALLOWS THAT IN A WAY THAT IS VERSATILE.

YOU KNOW BUILDING OUT OF NECESSITY.

THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND OPERATE.

I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT MY TRAINING AND MY PEERS THAT ARE ARCHITECTS AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND ALSO UNDERSTAND TO CREATE THE SPACES THAT WE ASPIRE TO YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY BUY-IN WHICH OFTENTIMES COMES FROM BEHAVIOR AND SPECIAL PRACTICE NOT FROM THE BUILDING ITSELF.

>> THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT, AMANDA WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

> >> NEXT A STARBUCKS LOCATION WHERE WORKERS RECENTLY UNIONIZED RECENTLY UNIONIZED IS CLOSING ITS DOORS.

WE HAVE THE STORY, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> >> HOW DO WE FIND RESOURCES THAT WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT?

>> THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO BE BE IN THIS SPACE.

>> STARBUCKS IS SHUTTING DOWN ONE OF ITS FIRST CHICAGO LOCATIONS WHERE WORKERS UNIONIZD WORKERS UNIONIZED DAYS BEFORE THE COMPANY WAS SET TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON A CONTRACT.

THE THE EDGEWATER COFFEE SHOP LOCATED STEPS FROM THE RED LINEN LINE STATION IS SET TO CLOSE AT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

AS NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS ORGANIZERS AND SUPPORTERS SAY THAT THE SHUTDOWN IS A TACTIC TO WEAKEN THE UNION.

>> THE LOCATION AT WINTHROP IS CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE OF ONGOING ONGOING SAFETY ISSUES THAT IT COULD NOT SOLVE.

EMPLOYEE AND UNION SUPPORTERS SAY THE STORE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SAFETY INCLUDING INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT OR EVEN ASSAULT ON A A REGULAR BASIS.

>> AT THE SAME TIME THERE CLOSING THE UNION.

THEY ARE ENDG ARE ENDING UNIONIZATION.

THAT IS UNIONBUSTING SO IT IS A TRICKY SITUATION.

THE TIMING IS IS ALSO PRETTY SKETCHY.

>> QUITE ON THE NOSE AS THE CULTURE WAS ANNOUNCED DAYS AFTER THEY GOT A DATE ON THE BOOKS FOR THE FIRST BARGAINING N BARGAINING SESSION WITH THE COMPANY SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

>> AROUND THE COUNTRY STARBUCKS HAS CLOSED LOCATIONS THAT UNIONIZED OR THAT WERE INTERESTED IN UNIONIZING INCLUDING BUFFALO, KANSAS CITY, CITY, SEATTLE AND CHICAGO.

WORKERS AND THEIR ALLIES ORGANID ALLIES ORGANIZED A SITTING THURY SITTING THURSDAY ASKING MEMBERS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW SUPPORT BY COMING TO THE CAFE AND ORDERING DRINKS UNDER THE NAME UNION STRONG.

>> THIS IS WHAT THE CEO WANTS TO SEE.

THAT THERE IS A DOWNSIDE TO JOINING A UNION.

WE WE NEED TO STAND WITH THE WORKES THE WORKERS SO THEY CAN STAY BRAVE.

>> STARBUCKS HAS FACED A WRATH OF COMPLAINTS FROM WORKERS AND THE RELATIONS BOARD OVER ALLEGED RETALIATION AGAINST PROUNION WORKERS AND LOCATIONS WHICH THE COMPANY DENIES.

IN A STATEMENT ON THE EDGEWATER LOCATION SHUTDOWN, A SPOKESPERSON TOLD US THAT WE CONTINUE TO EQUIP PARTNERS WITH WITH TRAINING, POLICIES AND INFN AND INFORMATION TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL CHALLENGES ACROSS THE STORE THRESHOLD EVERY DAY BUT WHEN THE EFFORTS ARE NOT ENOUGH ENOUGH TO ENSURE SAFETY WE WILL WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO CLOSE CLOSE A STAR REGARDLESS OF REVEE OF REVENUE OR STATUS.

BECAUSE THE LOCATION UNIONIZED WORKERS CAN BARGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> I HOPE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PARTNERS ARE THE MAIN FOCUS BECAUSE THIS CLOSURE IS AFFECTING MY LIFE, MY BILLS.

>> >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT I'M NICK NICK BLUMBERG.

>> THE UNION REPRESENTING STARBUCKS SAYS THAT IT PLANS TO AMEND THE EXISTING UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGE AGAINST THE COMPANY OVER CLOSURE OF PROUNION STORES TO INCLUDE THE EDGEWATER LOCATION.

NOW BACK TO.

TO YOU.

> >> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

REBUILDING AND BUDGEG AND BUDGETING IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AFTER A DEADLY EXPLOS.

DEADLY EXPLOSION.

WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH A LOCAL ALDERMA.

LOCAL ALDERMAN.

> >> RESEARCH WITH CHICAGO TIES TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK TO HELP CLEAN OIL SPILLS IN PERU AND THE U.S. > >> CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH THE BALLET .

BALLET 58.

BUT FIRST, MILLIONS OF OLDER AMERICANS WHO RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY WILL GET A 8.7% 8.7% INCREASE IN BENEFITS STARTING NEXT YEAR.

THE COST OF OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS THE LARGEST IN 40 YEARS, THE SOCIAL SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE AVERAGE RECIPIENT WILL WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN 140 EXTRA DOLLARS PER MONTH IN JANUARY.

THIS WILL AFFECT MORE THAN 65 MILLION AMERICANS WHO ARE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARI.

SECURITY BENEFICIARIES.

> >> A PROGRAM TO END THE CYCLE OF RECIDIVISM IS CELEBRATING THE LARGEST GRADUATION IN ITS FIVE-YEAR HISTORY.

>> TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A SOLID SOLID FOUNDATION.

PEOPLE ARE IN IN YOUR CORNER.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE PEOPLE TELLING YOU IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

>> THE NORTH LAWNDALE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURT HELD A CEREMONY FOR 80 GRADUATES AIMING TO GIVE YOUNG ADULTS CHAD ADULTS CHARGED WITH NONVIOLENT FELONIES OR MISDEMEANOR CRIMES A SECOND CHANCE.

THE COURT IS THE FIRST RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURT IN COOK COUNTY.

PEOPLE WHO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHARGES D CHARGES DISMISSED AND THE ARREST AND COURT RECORDS EXPUNG.

RECORDS EXPUNGED.

> >> THE PARENT COMPANIES OF GROCERY STORES AND TALKS ABOUT A POTENTIAL MERGER.

THE DECISION BETWEEN KROGER AND ALBS AND ALBERTSONS COULD BE REACHED REACHED AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK.

THE PARENT COMPANIES OWN NEARLY NEARLY 5000 STORES COMBINED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE MERGER L MERGER DEAL WOULD CREATE A NATIONAL GROCERY GIANT.

> >> NOW, JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPENT THE DAY IN AUSTIN AS PART OF TE OF THE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SER.

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

>> WE ARE HERE WITH THE ALDERMAN FOR THE 29th WARD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE WERE JUST AT THE RESOURCE FAIR D FAIR ORGANIZED TO HELP FAMILIES FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM THE BUILDING BEHIND YOU.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE INSIDE?

>> IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING EXPER.

HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.

ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY KNOWING THE RESIDENCE THAT WERE THERE HAD LOST A LOT OF THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.

MANY OF THEM KNEW THE GENTLEMAN THAT PASSED AWAY.

AWAY.

IT WAS VERY HUMBLING A VERY HUMBLING TIME TODAY.

AT THE SAME TIME IT DID GIVE US AND IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF COMMUY OF COMMUNITY AND HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT FOR RESIDENTS OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND US.

>> Reporter: WHAT WERE YOU HEARING FROM FAMILIES?

>> MANY ARE IN NEED OF RESOURCE.

OF RESOURCES.

WHETHER IT IS FINANCIAL EVEN DOWN TO THE BASIC WITH CLOTHING AND FURNITU.

AND FURNITURE.

SO, THERE IS STILL A MAJOR NEED WITH ALL THE THE FAMILIES TODAY.

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP?

>> THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER TREMENDOUSLY.

THE COOK COUNTY CR COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO HAS TAKEN A GOOD LEAD ON THIS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS LIKE PASTORS IN THE WARD IN THE THE COMMUNITY, THE GREATER AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.

IT WAS, IT GAVE ME A GOOD SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD ALL COME TOGETHER.

>> A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE FAMILIES.

>> YES IT WAS AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY PLAN FOR.

YOU CANNOT PLAN TO BE DISPLACED FROM YOUR HOME.

YOU WOULD LEAVE HOPING TO COME BACK AND MANY LEFT THEIR HOMES GOING TO WORK HOPING TO COME BACK AND UNFORTUY AND UNFORTUNATELY THE INCIDENT D INCIDENT OCCURRED AND THEY WERE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO SO.

>> THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDED INCREASING FUNDING FOR FOR CHICAGO POLICE AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?

DO YOU BELIEVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS N?

IS NEEDED?

>> FUNDING IS NEEDED.

I KNOW THE POLICE BUDGET IS PRETTY HIGH BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING WITH NOT ONLY ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE BUT WE HAVE HAVE INCREASED VIOLENCE.

THERE IS ALWAYS TALK OF WE ARE UNDERSD ARE UNDERSTAFFED AND I THINK I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMING IN NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT, , FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, MY COLLEAGUES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STAFFING SHORTAGE.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A BIG EFFORT FOR POLICE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

>> THERE HAS BEEN HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

THE 15th DISTRICT COMMANDER, WE HAVE SEEN REALLY GOOD NUMBERS COMING COMING OUT OF AUSTIN.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT THEY HAVE HAVE PUT IN, NOT JUST IN POLICIG IN POLICING BUT IN THE EFFORTS TO REBUILD FAMILIES FROM THIS TRAGIC SITUATION.

>> Reporter: YOU ARE TAKING IMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR YOUR BOARD SO BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD, WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MONEY GOING?

>> THE 1.3?

GENERALLY WE ARE ONE OF SEVEN WARDS WHERE WE ALLOW RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER TO VOTE ON HOW TO SPEND TO SPEND 1 MILLION OF THE 1.3 MILLION.

IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LAST SEVEN YS SEVEN YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN GREAT PROJECTS AS A RESULT.

WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AND WE WILL ALSO REPAVE THE STREETS AND ALLEYS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER BUDGET.

THERE IS A LONG LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED, COMING UP WE WILL SPEAK WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION ABOUT ABOUT THE SOUL CORRIDOR.

>> A LONG WAY TO GO TO RECOVER, RECOVER, THANK YOU.

> >> NEXT, CHECKING IN ON EFFORTS EFFORTS TO CLEAN AN OIL SPILL OFF THE PERUVIAN COAST.

STAY WITH US.

>> THE BROOKFIELD ZOO IS MORE THAN A PLACE TO VISIT YOUR FAVORITE FRIENDS.

THE ORGANIZATION RUNNING THE ZOO HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

RECENTLY, RECENTLY, TWO RESEARCHERS WITH THE ZOO RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS RES PRESTIGIOUS REWARDS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE FIELD, FOCUSING ON THE IMPACTS OF OIL SPILLS ON MARINE LIFE.

JOINING US TO TALK TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET AND WILDLIFE.

DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM IN PERU AND RANDY WELLS VICE PRESIDENT OF MARINE MEMO N MEMO CONSERVATION FOR THE CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIETY SARASOTA DOLPHIN RESEARCH PROGR.

RESEARCH PROGRAM.

WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

YOU ARE FROM SARASOTA FROM SARASOTA AND YOU ARE FROM .

FROM PERU.

SO STARTING WITH YOU, WITH YOU, YOU ARE WORKING NOW TO HELP WILDLIFE EVERY MAJOR OIL SPILL RECENTLY IN PERU.

TELL US ABOUT THE DAMAGE CAUSED.

>> IT HAS NOT BEEN SO BIG, 12,000 BARRELS OF OIL THAT SPILLED NORTH OF LIMA AND THERE THERE IS A LARGE POPULATION OF BIRDS IN THE AREA.

THEY ARE RESIDENTIAL SEABIRDS.

OTTERS AND THE RAIN WILDLIFE IN THE AR.

THE AREA.

THERE HAVE BEEN BIG EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP AFTER THIS EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY.

THERE IS DEFINITELY, WE STILL ARE SEEING THOSE EFFECTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS SAYING IS HELPING WITH THE REHAB AND RESCE AND RESCUE BUT MORE SO WITH TRYING TO GET HARD EVIDENCE OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE FROM THE OIL SPILL.

>> WHAT IS SOME OF THE HARD EVIDENCE AND IMPACTS?

>> WHAT WE DID WAS HELP TO MAKE MAKE A CONNECTION, BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND AUTHORITS AND AUTHORITIES WORKING IN THE AREA.

TO CONDUCT THE TEST ON THE BIRDS AFTER THE SPILL.

EVEN EVEN THOUGH THE OIL SPILL WAS NOT EVIDENT ON THE WATER BECAUSE IT WAS ALL RATHER SUNKEN TO THE BOTTOM, SOME OF THE ANIMALS WERE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS.

SO THERE WERE DECEASED ANIMALS GETTING PICKED UP AND THEN SHIPPED OUT QUICKLY TO THE LABS LABS AT THE UNIVERSITY WHERE I WORK AND THEY WERE DONE WITH ALL WITH ALL THE PATHOLOGY AND THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING H HAPPENING WITH THE CAUSE OF DEATH WITH THE ANIMALS.

THERE WERE INTERESTING FINDINGS LINKED FINDINGS LINKED TO TOXICITY.

TWO OR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE S. THE SPILL.

>> RANDY WELLS, YOU ARE EXPRESSED WITH THIS WORK DOING RESEARCH AFTER THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL IN THE GULF SO WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER ABOUT THE DAMAGE DONE?

>> WE WERE PART OF A LARGE TEAM TEAM OF FOLKS OF ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT ON WITH THE DOLPHINS.

THE MAIN ASPECT OF OUR WORK INVOLVED COMPARING THE HEALTH AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF DOLPHINS DOLPHINS NEAR THE BAY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING FOR 50 YEARS.

THEY WERE HIT BY THE OIL IN LOUISIANA.

WHAT WE FOUND OVER TIME IS THAT THE DOLPHINS SUFFERED SEVERE HEALTH IMPACTS BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENCES IN IN HEALTH BETWEEN THE TWO SITES WHEN YOU POINT TO ASPECTS OF HEALTH THAT DID CHANGE.

RESPIRATORY ISSUES, LUNG HEALTHS HEALTH ISSUES, BOTH ACUTE ISSUES AND CHRONIC ISSUES.

THEY THEY STILL HAVE HEALTHY TISSUES TISSUES AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF OF THESE DOLPHINS 10 YEARS POISD YEARS POISED OIL SPILL.

THERE ARE DECLINES IN THE NUMBERS OF THE ANIMALS.

>> WHAT ARE THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINE LIFE IN IN THE GULF AS A RESULT?

>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE DECADES FOR THE POPULATION TO RECOVER, SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED TO RECOVER.

FOR THE ANIMAL TO COME COME BACK TO THE NUMBERS THAT THEY WERE AT BEFORE.

>> SO, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IS TO SORT OF DISCOVER FOR FUTURE OIL SPILLS AND FUTURE EVENTS HOW TO TO MANAGE THEM SO WHAT HAVE YOU YOU DISCOVERED?

>> FIRST, WE HAVE NOT HAD SUCH A LARGE OIL SPILL ON THE COAST IN PERU AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS LEARNING HOW TO WORK TOGETHER BETWEEN NOT ONLY JUST, , IT IS NOT JUST THE GOVERNMENTE GOVERNMENT ALONE WORKING BUT SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT, THE UNIVERSITIES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU EXPERTISE THAT THEY THEY HAVE AND THE CONNECTIONS THEY HAVE WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS TO TRY TO MOVE FAST FAST AND HAVE A FASTER RESPONSE RESPONSE AND ALSO LEARN, THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE UNFORTE THE UNFORTUNATE DISASTERS, THAT THAT HAS TO PREPARE US TO PREVENT THE NEXT.

I THINK THAT IS A HUGE LESSON.

>> RANDY WELLS, IS THAT THE LESSONS YOU LEARNED?

>> YES AND AMONG THE MORE IMPORTANT LESSONS IF YOU NEED THE BASELINE INFORMATION IN HAND AHEAD OF TIME, IF NOT YOU HAVE TO DO MODELING USING ASSUMS USING ASSUMPTIONS TO UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF IMPACT.

IMPACT.

IF YOU HAVE THE BASELINE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WITH A NUMBER OF HIS OF ANIMALS ANIMALS AND WHERE THEY LIVE THEN YOU HAVE A PRECISE INDICATION OF WHAT THE IMPACTS E IMPACTS ARE AND YOU CAN FOCUS EFFORTS ON TRYING TO RESTORE THAT.

>> YOU STUDIED BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS.

ONE OF THE EXPERTS SO SO I HAVE TO ASK YOU IN GENERAL GENERAL WHAT ARE THINGS YOU HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT THEM THAT THAT MAY SURPRISE THE GENERAL PUBLIC?

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENT POPULAT.

RESIDENT POPULATIONS.

THEY MAKE MAKE THEIR LIVING AND RAISE THEIR KIDS IN THE WATER.

THEY ARE JUST WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM.

THEM.

SO WHAT WE DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT WILL AFFECT THEIR HOME AND IT WILL AFFECT OUR HOME IN THE SAME COASTAL WATERS.

>> SO INTERESTING.

LOOKING AT THE BROOKFIELD ZOO WE THINK OF A BIG PLOT OF LAND IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO BUT CLEARLY IT HAS ITS TENTACLES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE ZOO ZOO TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE KINDS OF EFFORTS?

>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE AWARENESS THAT IS BEING BUILT NOT ONLY IN CHICAGO, PEOPLE IN CHICAGO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT E, DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, THEY SUPPORT THE PROGRAM, I WORK DIRECTLY WITHIN THE PROGRAM AT A SITE IN SOUTH PERU THAT WAS NOT HIT HARD BY THE OIL SPILL.

BUT THE CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE THE WORK OF COLLECTING BASELINE BASELINE DATA JUST LIKE WHAT RANDY WAS MENTIONING.

DATA ON HEALTH AND THE ABUNDANCE OF THE.

THE ANIMALS.

LEARNING ABOUT WHERE THE ANIMALS GO OUT AND HOW THEY USE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS.

WHERE THEY GO TO T TO EAT AND WHERE THEY EAT AND HOW MUCH THEY EAT.

HOW IT ALL IMPACTS THEIR BREEDING AND THIS THIS WILL ALL FEED INTO HOW POPULATIONS ARE THRIVING OVERTIME.

SO WHEN YOU WORK WITH SEABIRDS, JUST LIKE DOLPHINS YOU NEED A LONG TIME TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE THE ANIMALS LIVE FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY ARE OUT OF THE WILD OVER 25 YEARS SO THEY TAKE TIME TO BECOME PRE-REPRODUCTIVE AND MAT.

AND MATURE.

SO WE ARE VERY GRATL VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY THAT CAN LEAD US TO THE JOB AT THE FIELD FIELD SITE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NEEDED TO SURVIVE.

>> YOU WON AN AWARD THIS YEAR FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND AND YOU WON AN AWARD WITH THE ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU.

STRUCT NOW CHECKING BACK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN AUSTIN AS PART OF THE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

>> Reporter: WE ARE HERE WITH MALCOLM CRAWFORD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS NETWORK ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START, START HERE, YOU HELP BUSINESSES BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND IN AUSTIN SO WHAT HAS YOUR WORK LOOKED LIKE THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH COVID?

>> COVID HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

THE BUSIS THE BUSINESSES, WE HAVE HAD TO .

TO PIVOT.

WE HAVE HAD TO PIVOT AND DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE CHANGES AND AND THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO BE RESILIENT.

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN THE MOST IN AUSTIN.

PE AUSTIN.

PEOPLE TAKING WHAT WAS A SERIOUS NEGATIVE AND TURNING IT INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE BUSINESS.

>> DO YOU SEE THAT BUSINESSES ARE RECOVERING?

>> I THINK SO, WE ARE STARTING TO TURN THE CORNER.

AND THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF FEDERALP FEDERAL HELP AND STATE HELP AND AND CITY HELP COMING IN WHICH IS RARE.

USUALLY IT WAS MORE TOWARD THE SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT NOW TO LOOK AT BUSINESS AS BEING PART OF THE ANSWER, IT WAS RARE BUT THAT WAS OUT OF THE PIVOT SO THAT HAS BEEN HELPFUL BRINGING BUSINESS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S A MAJOR PUSH TO TRANSFORM CHICAGO WITH THE BUSINESS CORRIDOR SO HOW ARE THOSE EFFORTS GOING?

>> THEY ARE GOING PHENOMENAL.

THE CITY IS KNOWN FOR CULTURAL ENCLAVES AND ECONOMIC DRIVERS LE DRIVERS LIKE GREEKTOWN AND CHINATOWN AND LITTLE ITALY AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON IN THE CITY.

NOW HAVING SOLE CITY FUNCTIONING AS THE ECONOMIC DRIR ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND TO BE AN INCLUSIVE PLACE HAS BEEN GREAT SO TAKING A PLACE LIKE CHICAGO AVENUE I SAY WHAT BETTER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS ON IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAN CHICAGO AVENUE.

AVENUE.

SO IT IS GOING WELL.

WE WE HAVE SOUTHWEST AND OTHER INITIATIVES COMING IN GAINING T. GAINING TRACTION.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THERE HAVING A HARD TIME OPENING THE BUSINESS SO DO YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING WAYS FINDING WAYS WITH MORE RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS TO BE BE ABLE TO OPEN A STOREFRONT?

>> THERE IS A SAYING IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW KNOW NOW I COULD HAVE MADE IT IN BUSINESS.

WE TRY TO ADDRESS NOW SO WHAT IS HELPING IS THOSE THOSE OF US THAT ARE WORKING TOR WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES, HAVING THE BUSINESSR BUSINESS CENTER OR CHICAGO AVENUE HAVING SERVICES WHERE BUSINESSES COME IN AND ALSO FROM COVID BUSINESSES ARE WORKING TOGETHER WHICH WE DID NOT SEE BEFORE BUT PEOPLE COME AGAIN IF I HAVE CHAIRS THAT YOU YOU NEED OR IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU NEED WITH BUSINESSES BUSINESSES WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAS BEEN HELPING OUT TREMENDOUSLY IN THE SOLE CITY.

>> WHAT YOU ENVISION WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOLE CITY?

>> A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN VISIT AND EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE AFRICAN CULTURE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WITH A DIFFERENT RICE AND THINGS THEY ARE ALL PRETTY SIMILAR.

TO BRING THOSE IN ONE PLACE AND EXPERIENCE THAT THE BLUE AND THE JAZZ AND THE MUSIC WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT VISION TO FINALLY TAKE PLACE IN CHICAGO AND ON CHICAGO AVENUE.

A LOT TO LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

ONE-MILE SCRIPT OF BUSINESS, 21N 21 MILLION IN STREETSCAPES.

IT IS A LOT AND WE ARE EXCITED.

>> >> EVERYBODY IS JOINING IN.

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THERE WAS YOUTH COMING IN TO HELP.

>> WE HAVE YOUTH.

IT HAS BEEN A A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.

EVERY NATIONALITY HAS BEEN ON CHICAGO CHICAGO AVENUE HELPING, PAINTING MURALS AND DOING EVERY.

DOING EVERYTHING.

THIS IS COMING TOGETHER OF EVERYBODY TO TO BUILD SOLE CITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

SENDING IT BACK TO YOU.

TO YOU.

>> CLEARLY A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND EXCITEMENT.

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT FROM THE EXPLOSION WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY CAN DO?

>> THEY CAN COME AND DONATE.

THERE IS THE URBAN CIRCLE MINISY CIRCLE MINISTRY THAT CAN DONATE DONATE ITEMS AND THEY WILL BE HG BE HOSTING A BENEFIT CONCERT OCTOBER 29th.

THERE WILL BE A GRAMMY AWARD PERFORMANCE AND ALL OF THAT IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND CONTINUE TO HELP THEM AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FROM AUSTIN.

BACK TO YOU.

STRUCT NEXT, A NEW BALLET PRODUCTION FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH.

WE SHARE A PREVIEW BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> > >> A BALLET COMPANY CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH DANCERS ROOTED IN THE CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC CULTURE CULTURE AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH.

OUR CORRESPONT OUR CORRESPONDENT INTRODUCES US TO THE BALLET 58.

>> FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS PROFESSIONAL DANCERS WITH BALLET 58 HAVE UTILIZED THE PRAE THE PRACTICE TO NOT ONLY EXPRESS THEIR PASSION BUT TO TELL STORIES TO A COMMUNITY LACKING SUBSTANTIAL ART RESOURCES.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BELIEVS DIRECTOR BELIEVES THAT COMMITMENT IS IMPORTANT.

>> IN THE SUBURBS THAT TENDS TO TO BE A LACK OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE ARTS ARE.

HAVE A CHANCE TO EDUCATE AND TO BRING THAT IMPORTANT CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY TO A PLACE WHERE NOBODY ELSE IS IN THAT SPACE.

>> THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING THEIR WORK TO EDUCATE PEERS ON A DIFFERENCE OF IDENTITY WITH HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SHOWCAS.

MONTH SHOWCASED.

>> ONE IS CALLED MY FAMILY.

I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD SHOW PEOPLE THE REAL REAL HEART OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANT.

MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.

THE MUSIC IS INCREDIBLE.

IT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC THAT CS THAT CAPTURES THE HIGHS AND THE THE LOWS OF FAMILY LIFE.

THE VALET IS ALL ABOUT THE JOY OF THE FAMILY, ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND LIVING IN COMMUNITIES SO I HOPE THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO WALK A MILE IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S SHOES.

>> MIRANDA RUBIO HAS BEEN DANCIG BEEN DANCING PROFESSIONALLY FOR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

BEING BEING OF HISPANIC HERITAGE, SHE SHE IS UTILIZING HER POSITION TO ENSURE THAT HER PRIMARILY WHITE COLLEAGUES FEEL COMFORTABLE DANCING AT THE SITE AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE.

>> INITIALLY WHEN I WOULD USE A A SPANISH TERM TO REFER TO THE P THE STEP THEY WOULD THEN SAY IT IT BUT IN ENGLISH OR ANOTHER DANCE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS SIMILAR.

WE HAD A REHEARSAL AND AND WE SET ASIDE TIME AT THE BEGINNING FOR ME TO SPEAK TO THE WHOLE COMPANY AND TEACH THEM TEACH THEM THIS IS WHAT IT IS AD IS AND KIND OF SPEAK THROUGH WHAT IT IS, GIVE THEM INFORMATION AND BALLET IS ALL IN FRENCH.

WE TALK IN FRONT ALL ALL THE TIME AND IT IS OKAY TO DO A DANCE STYLE NOT FROM YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND WE USE THE TERMS THAT ARE USED WITHIN THE STYLE OF DANCE.

>> AMONG THE CONVERSATIONS OF CULTURAL AWARENESS COME STORIES STORIES ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

>> THIS IS A PLAY, BUT IT MEANS DAY OF THE LIVING.

SO THIS BALT THIS BALLET IS FROM MY OWN JOURNEY WITH CLINICAL DEPRESSION.

SOMETHING I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH ON AND OFF FOR 10 YEARS.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT MY FAMILY IS KIND OF THERE.

OF THERE.

PEOPLE HAVE PASSED ON ON ARE ENCOURAGING ME TO CHOOSE CHOOSE LIFE AND TO KEEP GOING AND THEY ARE REMINDING ME OF THE BEAUTY OF LIFE AND IT DOES GET DIFFICULT BUT MY JOB IS TO CARRY ON BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME.

THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTORS.

TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THAT JOY SO THERE ARE ANSWERS AND THE STUDENTS CAN SEE THAT AND GO IF IF I AM STRUGGLING I CAN GET OUT GET OUT HELP.

I WANT PEOPLE TO DECREASE THE STIGMA AND UNDERSTAND HOW VITAL IT IS THAT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE HEALTH HEALTH AND THAT WE STRIP BACK SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS THAT AS THAT ARTISTS ARE PERFECT ALL THE TIME.

>> WHETHER IT IS EDUCATING NON-DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, MENTALH MENTAL HEALTH OR TELLING A STORY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY, BALLET 58 HOPES THAT THE AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING.

>> LOOKING PAST DIFFERENCES TO T TO WHAT MAKES US THE SAME BRINGS US TOGETHER FAR QUICKER.

QUICKER.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE FULL BALLET 58 COMPANY IN THEIR IMAGINE BETTER PRODUCTION SATURDAY.

OTHER FALL PERFORMANCE TIMES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WILL BE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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FOR ALL OF US FROM "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

I'M I'M PARIS SHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.