>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> TAXES ARE UP BY NEARLY.

900 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE MORE ACCURATE.

>> WHY PROPERTY TAXES ARE WAY UP THIS YEAR IN COOK COUNTY IS NORTH AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS.

CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON WHETHER OR NOT TO BRING CHICAGO HOME AND TAX HIGH VALUE PROPERTY SALES TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

THAT AND MORE FROM OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

>> CONCERT FEATURING SONGS WRITTEN IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

>> GARDENING IS THE BEST WARM-UP THERE.

THAT INSURANCE COME.

>> AND ANOTHER LOOK AT A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER WHO TURNS HIS BACK YARD INTO AN AWARD WINNING ARTIST.

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

POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MASS SHOOTING THAT INJURED 15 PEOPLE IN NORTH LAWNDALE OVER THE WEEKEND.

SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS ALLEGED OFFENDER WILLIAM GROWS IS CHARGED WITH 32 FELONIES AND ALL INCLUDING MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY.

POLICE SAY GROSS WAS ARRESTED MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AT 01:00AM SUNDAY MORNING ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF SOUTH PULASKI.

BEHLING SAYS THE QUICK ARREST SENDS A MESSAGE.

>> SO 2 GOALS.

TO THOSE BAD ACTORS.

TEND TO TAKE LIVES, WERE TAKEN LIVES.

WE WILL BE HERE TO YOU.

>> THE CITY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO ASKING VOTERS TO APPROVE A WEALTH TAX ON HIGH-END REAL ESTATE SALES TO HELP FUND HOUSING IN PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS.

THE SO-CALLED BRING CHICAGO HOME ORDINANCE PASSED OUT OF CITY COUNCIL'S RULES COMMITTEE TODAY.

WOULD ASK VOTERS TO APPROVE A NEW LAW THAT WOULD IMPOSE A GRADUATED REAL ESTATE TAX ON PROPERTIES THAT SELL FOR MORE.

THEN 1 MILLION DOLLARS AND AN ADDITIONAL INCREMENTAL RATE FOR PROPERTIES OVER 1.5 MILLION INITIATIVE NOW GOES TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND IF IT GETS THE GREEN LIGHT, IT COULD APPEAR ON THE MARCH PRIMARY BALLOT.

WELL, A LOT MORE ON THIS IN JUST A MOMENT.

PLANS ARE BACK ON TO TURN AN ABANDONED K MART ON THE CITY'S SOUTHWEST SIDE INTO A MIGRANT SHELTER.

23RD WARD ALDERMAN.

SO A LOT OF VIRUS CONFIRMS THE CITY IS NOW PLANNING TO HOUSE MIGRANTS AT AN ABANDONED K MART AT THE CORNER OF 71ST IN PULASKI, BTW NEWS FIRST REPORTED IN FEBRUARY ON STATE PLANS TO TURN THAT SITE INTO A SHELTER.

BUT THE PLAN WAS SCUTTLED AFTER TOMORROW'S AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANGELA GUERRERO KR LED OPPOSITION.

SAYS SHE IS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLAN CITING SAFETY AMONG HER TOP REASONS FOR WORRY.

TRICK OR TREATERS.

YOU KNOW THIS BY NOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO BUNDLE UP TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN UNSEASONABLY COLD ALL DAY RIGHT AROUND THE MID 30'S WITH SEVERAL BURSTS OF SNOW SQUALLS COULD GET AS LOW AS 28 TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO ACCUWEATHER WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE GETTING UP INTO THE MID 40'S TOMORROW.

IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING SCARY THIS HALLOWEEN OPEN UP THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL.

IT MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY SPOOKY IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH OR WEST SUBURBS, WHICH HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST AVERAGE YEARLY SPIKE IN PROPERTY TAXES IN DECADES.

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, SOME HOMES HAVE EVEN SEEN THEIR TAXES.

DOUBLE FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST.

>> THIS SUBURBAN DES PLAINES HOME SAW ITS PROPERTY TAX BILL GO UP 101% FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS HOME ON THE SAME BLOCK WENT UP 109%.

THE MEDIAN PROPERTY TAX BILL AND COOKE COUNTIES NORTH AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS WENT UP 15.7% THIS YEAR OVER LAST.

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY RELEASED BY THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

THAT'S THE LARGEST PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THAT PART OF THE COUNTY IN 30 YEARS.

THE STUDY SHOWS A SHIFTING OF THE TAX BURDEN FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES DESPITE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR, FRITZ CAGES, CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO SHIFT IT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION IN ALL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT IN COOK COUNTY COLLECTED 1 BILLION DOLLARS MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES LAST YEAR.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE THEY GO UP.

WHY DID THEY GO ON?

WHY DID THESE ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST MONEY?

THE SUBURBS WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE ROSEMONT 32%.

>> SCHILLER PARK AT 29.7% AND DES PLAINES.

A 28.7% PART OF THE REASON PROPERTIES IN THE NORTH AND WEST SUBURBS HAD THEIR VALUES REASSESSED LAST YEAR.

FACTORS INTO THIS YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX BILLS ASSESSOR.

KATIE'S OFFICE SAYS IT INITIALLY REASSESSED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HIGHER THAN RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE BURDEN SHIFTED AFTER THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW REVISE THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

IN A STATEMENT, THE OFFICE SAYS, QUOTE, BECAUSE GROWTH AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OUTPACE NON RESIDENTIAL ASSESSED VALUES.

THIS SHIFTED, WHO PAYS?

WHAT SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES?

THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S REASSESSMENT HAPPENED IN 2021.

AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUBURBS ARE BEING REASSESSED NOW WHICH WILL FACTOR INTO NEXT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX BILLS.

BUT AN EXAMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL TAX BILL SHOWS A MASSIVE INCREASE IN TAXES PAID TO NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY.

ONE TREASURE PAPPAS SAYS HER OFFICE CONDUCTED THE STUDY TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE IN FOR THE MESSAGE HERE.

>> PARIS IS READ YOUR BILL.

IF YOU READ YOUR BILL, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHERE YOUR MONEY'S GOING TO.

>> AND THOSE BILLS ARE SET TO COME SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER THAN DUE DECEMBER.

1ST, YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AND COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, A PREVIEW OF AN UPCOMING CONCERT FEATURING SONGS WRITTEN IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

BUT FIRST IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, POLITICS TEAM SEGMENT.

OUR TEAM TALKS ABOUT HALLOWEEN AT CITY HALL AND MUCH MORE.

>> 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.

>> CITY COUNCIL VOTES WHETHER OR NOT TO BRING CHICAGO HOME WITH A NEW TAX ON HIGH VALUE PROPERTY SALES TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

THE INVEST IN KIDS PROGRAM TAKES ITS NEXT STEPS TOWARDS A POSSIBLE EXTENSION.

AND CITY HALL GETS IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE AS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ARE SPOOKY SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM OF HEATHER SHARON AND I'M AND I'M GOING THANK YOU FOR TREATING TONIGHT WITH YOUR LITTLE ONES TO BE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING HEATHER, WE MENTIONED.

>> BRING CHICAGO HOME.

THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX SURCHARGE ON HOMES OVER A MILLION.

ANOTHER SURCHARGE ON HOMES OVER 1.5 MILLION.

WHAT'S AT STAKE WITH THIS PROPOSAL?

SO THIS, IF IT'S APPROVED BY VOTERS IN MARCH WOULD GENERATE 100 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED.

>> NOT JUST TO FIND APARTMENTS OR HOMES, BUT TO GET SOCIAL SERVICES LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, COUNSELING OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

THIS WOULD RADICALLY CHANGE THE WAY THE CITY APPROACHES HOMELESSNESS AND ADVOCATES SAY IT IS LONG PAST DUE AS THERE ARE NEARLY 70,000 CHICAGOANS FOR EITHER HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OR LIVING DOUBLED UP WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES POINTS OF THIS.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, WHAT THEY HAVE TO WELL, THEY SAY THAT THIS WILL BE A DEATH KNELL FOR CHICAGO'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MARKET, WHICH THEY SAY IS STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM THE SHIFT DURING COVID TO REMOTE WORK WHICH IS LEFT LOTS OF EMPTY OFFICE SPACE DOWNTOWN.

AND THEY SAY IF YOU MAKE IT MORE COSTLY TO SELL THESE PROPERTIES, THEY WILL SIMPLY BE WORTH LESS.

AND THAT WILL HURT THE CITY'S WHOLE ECONOMY.

ADVOCATES FOR THE PROPOSAL SAY THAT FEAR-MONGERING AND WE ARE GOING TO ANOTHER ROUND OF ARGUMENTS TOMORROW AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN IF IT PASSES THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE IN FOR DONNYBROOK OF AN ELECTION SEASON FOR THE MARCH ABOUT THE 6 THERE'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIALS ON TV TRYING TO SWAY VOTERS ON THIS ISSUE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT, ALTHOUGH IN MARIAH HADN'T HAD TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCERNS.

>> SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

>> WE'RE TYING WE'RE TYING THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO CREATE TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM.

EVERY SINGLE CHICAGO SHOULD BE WORKING TO SOLVE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.

I JUST KNOW THAT THIS BODY, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BOMA FOR OTHER FOLKS, A LOT OF OUR LABOR THAT RELIES ON THAT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.

I'M JUST KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LET DOWN AND ABANDONED BY CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

>> OKAY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABANDONED BY CITY COUNCIL.

HAVE A STRONG LIKE SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE RIGHT >> HOW HOW CITY COUNCIL GOING TO COME TO THEIR AID?

WELL, THEY VOTED 32 TO 16 TO ADVANCE THIS.

AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR PROPERTIES WORTH LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT IS 96% OF ALL SALES IN CHICAGO.

>> THE CITY IS SAYING, LOOK, YOU WANT TO TURN SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND APARTMENT UNITS WHICH REALLY RESHAPE THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED CITY SUBSIDIES TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED CUT THE SUBTEXT OF WHAT ALDERMAN HADN'T SET RIGHT.

THERE WAS LUCK.

WE CAN GIVE A LITTLE AND PERHAPS YOU WILL ALSO GET A LITTLE AS WELL.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF DEAL IN THE OFFING THERE LET'S MOVE IT TO SPRINGFIELD, THIS INVEST IN KIDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS.

>> TAX CREDITS FOR PARENTS SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, PAY PRIVATE TUITION.

>> NEEDS TO BE RENEWED.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOME HER IS JUST BE CLEAR, IT IS A TAX CREDIT TO ANYBODY CAN GIVE.

YOU COULD GIVE MONEY TO THIS PROGRAM.

HEATHER COULD I COULD REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL IS THIS STUDENTS, HOWEVER, WHO ARE PARTICULARLY POOR THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A HUGE WAITING A LIMITED POOL OF STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY USE THOSE DOLLARS.

IT'S JUST YOU GET A TAX CREDIT IF YOU GET TO ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS.

>> AND IT HAD LONG BEEN PLANNED SINCE IT WAS STARTED TO BE DONE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY EXPANDED ONCE JUST FOR YEAR.

AND SO NOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THE AD BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM SAY DEEPLY UNFAIR TO ALL THOSE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SCHOOLS NOW LEFT THEM WANT TO CONTINUE WANT TO GRADUATE FROM THEM.

AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE PROGRAM SUDDENLY ENDS AS IT WILL HAPPEN IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNOR, THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ACTION.

THEY'VE HAD A WEEK OF VETO SESSION.

SO WHAT WHAT'S THE PROSPECTS HERE?

REALLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, I TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE BACKERS OF THIS PROGRAM BELIEVE IN THAT IS THAT THIS IS BEST IN A FAIR CHOICE FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO FINISH AT SCHOOLS OF THEIR CHOOSING.

HOWEVER, THE OTHER SIDE SAYS THAT THIS IS MONEY BY TAKING ANY SORT OF MONEY SORT OF AWAY FROM PUBLIC COFFERS.

THAT'S MONEY THAT COULD OSTENSIBLY AT LEAST GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ALSO NEED IT IN FURTHER.

YOU HAVE REALLY DEEP OPPOSITION FROM AWAIT VERY POLITICALLY POWERFUL TEACHERS UNIONS.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE IS COMPROMISE THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED.

THAT WOULD DO A LOT OF THINGS.

PARIS.

THAT QUESTION GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

SO DEMOCRATS KIND OF CAUGHT IN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE.

GOT CONSTITUENTS THAT WANT THIS TO CONTINUE.

>> THEY'VE GOT A VERY LARGE FINANCIAL BACKER AND POLITICAL BACKING THE TEACHERS USE THAT DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE.

LET'S BACK THE HEATHER.

SO OKAY.

MARKET 71ST IN PULASKI.

WE HAVE REPORTED BACK IN FEBRUARY THAT THE STATE OF PLANNED ON USING THIS AS A MIGRANT SHELTER.

LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS NOW.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY IS REVIVING PROPOSAL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THIS IS PART OF REALLY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAD SCRAMBLE BY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS HIS MINISTRATION TO GET THE NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE FLOOR OF POLICE STATIONS AT O'HARE.

>> HOUSED AS THE WEATHER IS VERY, VERY COLD.

AND WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK.

THAT WON'T BE FOR LONG.

SO THERE IS REALLY STARTED THE SENSE THAT NO STONE IS BEING LEFT UNTURNED AND THIS IS A LARGE WAREHOUSE IN A COMMERCIAL AREA AND IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IT COULD HOUSE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO RIGHT NOW HAVE NOWHERE TO GO EFFECT.

THE ORIGINAL STATE PLANS WERE FOR OVER 600 MIGRANTES.

OBVIOUSLY, 11TH HOUR RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE PRESENTED IS WE'RE SEEING.

IT SNOWED WHO WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.

POLICE STATIONS DURING THE DAY THEY HAVE TO BE OUT.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, TOTALLY AWFUL.

AND THE THAT IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS AT.

ALL, RIGHT.

SO WHAT IS THE DEAL?

WE TALKED ABOUT ABANDONED PROPERTIES OR AT LEAST BIG COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE NO LONGER HAVING FOLKS BECAUSE >> MANY ARE WORKING FROM HOME.

SO LET'S DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.

THE ISSUE, THINK, HOWEVER, COMPOSE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WAIT A SECOND, EVEN IF IT'S EMPTY, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT.

THIS IS WHAT IT FOR THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND PEOPLE MAY TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO THAT.

OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SAY, PLEASE, WE WELCOME THEM.

OTHER FOLKS ARE SAYING, NO, NOT IN MY BEEN SITTING THERE FOR EMPTY FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS AND IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ON A BUSY STREET TO HEATHER.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT A LITTLE CITY COUNCIL HAVING A LITTLE YES, A LITTLE FUN AND IT WAS KIND OF POLITICAL TELL US ABOUT THIS PICTURE ANDREA VASQUEZ IS DRESSED AS A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AND HE IS ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ, WHO I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE TODAY IS DRESSED AS SUBZERO FROM THE MORTAL KOMBAT.

>> VIDEO GAMES NOW ALDERMAN LOPEZ LOVES HALLOWEEN AND FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS, ALDERMAN VASQUEZ HAS GOTTEN INTO SPIRIT BY USING HIS CON HIS COSTUMES TO MAKE A POLITICAL POINT.

ALDERMAN VASQUEZ OPPOSES THE CHANGES THAT ALDERMAN LOPEZ IS MADE TO THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, >> THEY GOT INTO A TODAY VERY GOOD NATURED.

BUT THIS WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE TOMORROW.

AND THERE ARE SOME STRONG FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES.

ALDERMAN VASQUEZ SAYS THAT ALDERMAN LOPEZ PROPOSAL WOULD BAN LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES PEOPLE GO TO THE CITY TO GET A PERMANENT ALDERMAN.

LOPEZ SAYS THE CITY HAS TO REGULATE THESE THINGS WILL TURN THE PUBLIC WAY SOMETIMES TO HAS PASSED BOOKS AND CITY.

CANDY DID NOT.

HE DID NOT A SEPARATE UNIT.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

AND ANOTHER STATE TO ISSUE REPORT THAT EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF AIEA AND MADE AN EMERGENCY MENTION AGENCY QUIT AMID QUESTIONS OVER THEIR PAY.

THEY'RE MAKING SOMETHING LIKE $40,000 A MONTH PARIS, NOT DAY.

IF YOU CAN GET IT, I GUESS EXCEPT FOR WHEN THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT.

AND THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE.

SO GREAT REPORTING BY THE SUN-TIMES LEARN FITZPATRICK, ANYTHING REALLY THAT THE POINT OF THIS IS NOT ONLY THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS GETTING PAID THAT MUCH MONEY FOR AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.

>> BUT ALSO SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

WHY WAS A CONTRACTOR NEEDED FOR THIS WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE?

4 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE FIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OR AT LEAST I'M SORRY, LET GO.

BUT THE STATE ISN'T SHARING WERE NOT GIVE.

THE STATE IS NOT SHARING ANY OF TIME KEEPING.

AND THE HOURS WHEN THIS IS OK, SO LET'S SAY DID A LITTLE BIT OF MASS HERE LET'S TAKE 160 HOURS.

IT WITH A MONTH IS WHAT WE WOULD WORK.

IF YOU SAY WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?

THIS PERSON SUPPOSEDLY WORKS 350 HOURS A WEEK REGARDING EVIDENTLY SOMETHING WITH THE PANDEMIC, PERHAPS WHEN IT FIRST STARTED THAT JANUARY OF 2023, THAT WASN'T PARTICULARLY THE HEIGHT OF AN ID PH DISASTER, AT LEAST SO LOTS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS COUNTING OUR INVESTIGATOR NEED TO GET ON THE CASE HERE.

HEATHER THROWN THEM IN A HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

>> AND ENJOY BEING OUT THERE.

HAS BEEN CZAR UP NEXT, A UNIQUE CONCERT OF SONGS FROM THE HOLOCAUST.

WE EXPLAIN NEXT.

WE ARE HERE.

IT'S A ONE-TIME CONCERT EVENT THAT FEATURES SONG LYRICS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND GHETTOS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

THE LYRICS TAKE ON NEW LIFE WITH NEW MUSIC THAT'S JUST BEEN COMPOSED WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE SALT SHED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BY A COLLECTION OF ACTORS, MUSICIANS AND LOCAL NEWS PEOPLE INCLUDING YOURS TRULY.

IT WILL CERTAINLY BE A MEMORABLE NIGHT.

AND JOINING US WITH DETAILS IS IRAN.

TELL US THE CREATOR OF THIS PRODUCTION, PRACTICING UP.

YOU AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING ON AS I TELL PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME TO THE CONCERT TO SEE MAY BECOME TO SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING.

WELL, NOW I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER SO I COULD I COULD TALK ABOUT IT.

THAT A LOT OF AMAZING PERFORMERS AT THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

NOW, THIS ONE SONG THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING.

>> THAT YOU HELPED WRITE THE MELODY FOR A REALLY AMAZING SONG.

BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULD MENTION THE LYRICS ALL COME FROM FOLKS THAT WERE IN GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE AN ACTIVE RESISTANCE WHEN THEY WROTE THE ESSENCE LITTLE.

WHAT IS A WITNESS HISTORY BECAUSE THE SONGS TELL STORIES OF THE PAY.

ACTUALLY YOURS CALL PAIN AND SORROW.

>> AS THE SUN AND PLAYING SO THE TELLING THE STORIES OF THEIR LIVES DURING THESE HORRIFIC TIMES, MANY OF THEM ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, DYING IN >> AND THE CHAMBERS AND A LOT OF THIS, MOST OF THE MUSIC AND LYRICS WERE WRITTEN PRIOR CERTAIN CERTAIN SONGS.

I HELP THROUGH, YOU KNOW, JUST ADJUST THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

>> WHERE THE WHAT I'M PLAYING KIND OF HAS THIS LIKE ELTON JOHN, THE MELODY.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S A VERY SAD SONG.

SO LET'S REWIND A BIT.

HOW DID THIS PROJECT COME ABOUT?

>> ONLY WAS DIED.

I WAS READING ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND IT SAID THAT HE WROTE THE FORWARD 2 IN FALL, BUT FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, I WAS LIKE MUSIC FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

I JUST ACTUALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL I FOUND THE BOOK A LOT.

WHILE THE U.S. ALSO BEAUTIFUL AM THAT I BECAME POSSESS HOW WE GET A LIFE AND I'M LIKE, LET'S LET'S PERFORMER DIFFERENT PLACES WE PERFORMED AT THE CARNEGIE HALL LAST.

WORRY WITH BROADWAY STORMS LIKE HARVEY FIRE STEEN SHOULD RIVERA.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

AND THEN A FRIEND OF MINE, KEN LEONARD SAID YOU SHOULD DO THE CONCERT HERE.

I WASN'T REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT.

A LOOK AT THE STORE HERE TALK TO MY FRIEND CHRIS GOULDING FROM THE SALT SHED AND HE YES, COME HERE AND DO THIS CONCERT.

SO IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

CERTAINLY A GREAT VENUE FOR THAT CONCERT.

LET'S A TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP.

THIS IS E. THEY AND SAYING, THEY THE SONG AND SO SOME PHOTOS OF THAT PERFORMANCE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE SONGS AND SO TELL US ABOUT THE OTHER FOLKS TAKING PART IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MUSIC.

>> FOR OVER AND I MUSIC TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN OF >> SO WE HAVE PEOPLE PERFORMING LIKE DONALD LAWRENCE, ICONIC GOSPEL ARTIST, ADAM JACOBS, WHO STARRED PUTTING A LOT CREW TO THE ROLE ON BROADWAY.

I'M JUST I'M JUST BIG STAR IN EUROPE FROM HIGHLAND PARK YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, NEWSCASTERS SPORTS THINGS COMING TO PRESENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND IT'S ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER OF ALL FAITHS ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ALL RELIGIONS, EVERYTHING.

IS IT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA AND ISRAEL?

DOES IT GIVE NEW?

>> A MEETING TO THIS EVENT?

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT WAS SCHEDULED BEFORE LIKE PEOPLE SCHOOL TIME.

SO THIS THIS EVENT IS NOT POLITICAL IN ANY WAY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE SONGS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN THE IN THE 30'S AND 40'S, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK OF TO THE SITUATIONS AND THE DIFFICULTY IS GOING ON.

>> AND INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST AND HOW, YOU KNOW, PULL OVER HOW HORRIBLE THAT IS.

>> YEAH.

JUST THINKING OF THE LYRICS RIGHT NOW, THE SONG THAT I HAVE TO SAYING IT GOES ON, LIKE SMALL LITTLE KIDS CARRY GRAVEL AND STONE GET BEAT WITH ARRIVED FROM ABOVE, YOU KNOW, CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S THERE'S SUCH A TRAGIC LYRICS.

BUT AGAIN, THE MUSIC TO THIS, WHAT IT'S MORE UP TO IT.

THERE'S LIKE A TRUCK TO POSITION THE MUSIC IS NOT SAD.

THERE'S SOME KIND OF THERE'S UPLIFTING ELEMENT TO THE MUSIC.

I WOULD SAY YES.

AND THE REASON IS I KNEW THAT IF WE DID A CONCERT AND EVERYTHING WAS SORT OF VERY, VERY DOWN, NOBODY WILL CALL.

>> SO I WENT THROUGH LIKE 3, 4, 100 SONGS AND FIGURED OUT THE SONGS THAT CAN BE, LET'S SAY A RANGE OF MORE OF A CONTEMPORARY WAY.

YOUR SONG WHAT SORT OF THE WORLD DON'T JOHN BILLY JOEL TO GIVE IT UPLIFTING, FEEL.

BUT THE LYRICS OR ALDER, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVES AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN LOST.

THEY LOST THE FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR HOMES.

YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 80, 90 YEARS VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL, ERIC'S.

I'M STILL WORKING ON THE COURT AND THAT THAT 11 KORDA THANK YOU.

THREW IN THERE THAT I DON'T LOVE THE MINOR 11 COURT.

A LOT OF COOL LITTLE CORDS IN THERE THAT I'M WORKING.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT.

I TELL US.

>> I HOPE EVERYONE BREAKS A LEG ON MONDAY.

THE CONCERT IS SALT SAID NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 6, 07:30PM.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO WE'LL HEAR COUNCIL DOT COM.

WE ARE HERE CONCERT DOT COM.

THERE YOU GO.

WELL, THAT WILL LINK TO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START A HOBBY.

LAST WEEK WE INTRODUCED YOU TO A POLICE OFFICER USING HIS LOVE OF GARDENING AS AN OUTLET TO RECHARGE HIS MENTAL HEALTH.

THE STORY APPARENTLY STRUCK A NERVE.

IT'S ONE OF MOST READ AND VIEWED STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE A LONG TIME.

WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU ANOTHER LOOK.

HERE'S CHICAGO.

TONIGHT'S JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> BACK THEN, I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE NONE OF THIS WAS HERE.

THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

I HAVE FOR PLANT I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP THOSE ALIVE.

AND THEN UPON KEEPING THOSE ALIVE, THE KIND OF GREW, IF YOU CAN SEE DIRT AT ANOTHER PLANT IS ONE OF DRAMA.

SCHOOL PURSE, PHILOSOPHIES ARE WALKING TO WHAT WE HAD A SITUATION BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY PLANS ABOUT WHERE.

>> I WASN'T SUCCESSFUL IN GROWING GRASS.

THESE PLANS DRAIN OUT SO MUCH.

IT WAS JUST KILLING MY GRASS.

SO I DECIDED TO PUT PAVERS BACK HERE, MAKING A SEATING AREA.

WHAT STARTED WITH 4 PLANTERS HAS GROWN INTO MORE THAN 50 PLANT SPECIES AND COOPER'S BACKYARD.

WHEN I WAS A KID, I JUST DO MY GRANDMOTHER IN HER GARDEN OR GARDEN BASICALLY A A VEGETABLE GARDEN.

>> AND BACK THEN IT WAS MORE OF A CHORE AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OVER THE YEARS.

COOPER'S LOVE FOR PLANTS GREW LITERALLY.

HE CALLS IT HIS GRANDMA'S GARDEN IN HONOR OF HER MEMORY.

DEEP IN HERE AS A WINE BARREL.

LITERALLY YOU CAN PLANT THEM IN ANYTHING ON THE GARFIELD PARK RESIDENT SAYS GETTING HIS HANDS IN THE DIRT.

>> HELPS HIM COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER.

>> YOU CAN COME HOME AND SHARED DURING A FORM.

YOU CAN SAID A DUTY BELT, BUT YOU CAN SCHEDULE BRAIN.

CAN PUT MY BRAIN ON A SHELF AND COME BACK AND PICK IT UP TOMORROW.

SO ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE ENDURED DAY IN AND DAY OUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND IT STAYS WITH OFFICER COOPER HAS BEEN ON THE FORCE FOR 23 YEARS.

>> AND SHARE SOME HAUNTING STORIES 5, 6, YEARS AGO.

MY TEAMMATES AND OUR SON OUT FOR LUNCH.

>> ONE NIGHT IN HYDE PARK AND THE CALL COMES OUT OVER THE RADIO THAT A CHILD BEEN SHOT.

SO, OF COURSE, NATURALLY WE GET UP, WE TAKE OFF AND GO TO THE SCENE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, A 11 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS PLAYING WITH A GUN THAT HE AND HIS COUSIN A FOUL SHOT.

AND AS WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF BEING ON THAT ANOTHER CALL COMES OUT OF A PERSON SHOT LITERALLY FEELS.

>> LIKE YOU'RE BEING TRANSPORTED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

FROM 10 FOOT.

ELLISON EARS TO SUE POTATO VINES COOPER'S VIBRANT NOISES.

EVEN GOT THE ATTENTION OF 2 FURRY FELINES.

HI YOU KNOW.

AND HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN THE GARDEN.

YEAH.

HE SHOWED UP A YEAR AGO IN SEPTEMBER, SMOKY SHOWED UP BACK IN APRIL.

YOU GIVE THEM THAT LOVE AND CARE.

YES, YOU GIVE THEM LOVE.

YOU TALK HIM.

YOU KNOW, I LOOK >> AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF FUN WATCHING THEM, DO THEM.

WHAT YOU SEE NOW WILL ALL BE GONE COME WINTER, LITERALLY.

EVERYTHING IS GONE.

EVERYTHING IS GONE.

THE PLANTERS HAVE NOTHING ON AND WE OVER.

START FRESH.

EVERY KIND OF LOVE EVERY YEAR IS KIND OF DIFFERENT.

AS YOU EVERY ON AND I START OUR PLANT RIGHT >> YEAH, RIGHT BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.

AND THAT'S HOW IT GETS.

>> START.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> COOPER'S GARDEN WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST RESIDENTIAL GARDENS BY THE CHICAGO EXCELLENCE IN GARDENING AWARDS.

AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET INTO GARDENING, HE'S NOW ONE TIP IS TO READ THE LABELS THAT COME WITH THE PLANT.

GOOD TO KNOW.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES CHECKING IN ON HOW THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL HAS BEEN FAIRING ONE MONTH IN WERE ONE-ON-ONE WITH COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND THE CHALLENGES OF OBTAINING LEGAL REPRESENTATION WHILE INCARCERATED AND HOW THAT KEEPS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PEOPLE BEHIND BARS.

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARIS SHOTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE AND STAY WARM.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH WHOSE ATTORNEYS EMBRACE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN SERVICE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME