[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE'VE LISTENED AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

>> DEMOCRATS PUSH FORWARD WITH A NEW MAP MEANT TO GIVE THEIR PARTY A LEG UP IN ELECTIONS TO CONGRESS DESPITE PUBLIC AND REPUBLICAN FRUSTRATION WITH A SECRETIVE PROCESS.

>> THEY SAID THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION THEY SAID MY CLAIMS WERE MERITLESS.

>> THE LATEST ON THE BLACKHAWKS SCANDAL AFTER KYLE BEACHCOMBS FORWARD.

>> WHEN YOU SEE THE FACES AND FACES OF DIFFERENT AGES, THEN YOU REALIZE YOU COULD BE THERE.

>> HOW PILSEN RESIDENTS CELEBRATE DAY OF THE DEAD THE NEXT TOP "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> ONCE IT'S GONE IT'S GONE FOREVER.

>> CONSERVATIONISTS AND CITIZEN ITS ARE BEHIND A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE A MACH OF RARE PRAIRIE NEAR THE ROCKFORD AIRPORT.

>> WHY A LOCAL ART MANAGER SAYS ART COLLECTING IS MORE THAN FINDING SOMETHING PRETTY TO HANG IN YOUR HOME.

THE MYSTERY GRUBS THAT ATE THEIR WAY THROUGH A LOCAL PARK ARE NOT A MYSTERY.

WE ARE READY TO START NAMING NAMES.

AFTER A USE MILLION LATING LOSS AGAINST TOM BRADY AND THE BUCKS CAN THEY BOUNCE BACK SUNDAY?

>> PILSEN IS IN CHICAGO'S LOWER WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

WE ARE IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN HART AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN BATTLING WITH GENTRIFICATION AND WE SPEAK WITH AN ORGANIZATION LOOKING TO SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

RIGHT NOW WE SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

NOW FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT AN INCREASE IN VACCINATION RATES ON THE CITY'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

75% OF ALL CHICAGOANS AGES 12 AND OLDER HAVE NOW RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

THE DEPARTMENT SET A GOAL OF REACHING 77% OF CHICAGOANS 12 AND UP TO START THE SERIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

80% OF RESIDENTS 12 AND UP ON SOUTHWEST SIDE STARTED THIS WEEK.

GARFIELD RIDGE REACHED 70%.

WASHINGTON PARK HAD THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE SINCE LAST WEEK AND WEST ELGIN REACHED 80%.

PRESIDENT BIDEN REACHED A DEAL ON THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN AAMOUNTING TO $1.75 TRILLION DOWN FROM HIS FIRST REQUEST OF 3.5 TRILLION TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR UNIVERSE STALL PRESCHOOL AND DROPS PAID FAMILY LEAVE EFFORTS TO LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES.

THE PROPOSAL WOULD RELY ON FUNDING FROM NEW TAXES INCLUDING ONES TARGETING MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.

>> AFT MONTHS OF TOUGH AND THOUGHTFUL NEGOTIATIONS I THINK -- I KNOW WE HAVE AN HISTORIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK THAT WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS, GROW THE ECONOMY, AND INVEST IN OUR NATION AND OUR PEOPLE.

TURN THE CLIMATE CRISIS TO PUT ON A PATH NOT ONLY TO COMPETE BUT TO WIN THE ECONOMIC COMPETITION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AGAINST CHINA AND EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

>> AND CHICAGO'S FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE AND THE CITY MET IN COURT OVER THE FOP'S MOTION TO STOP THE LIGHTFOOT VACCINE MANDATE.

THE JUDGE SAID A RULING WILL BE ISSUED IN THE CASE NO LATER THAN MID-MORNING ON MONDAY.

>> AND UP NEXT, AMANDA VINICKY WITH THE LATEST FROM SPRINGFIELD.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... DEMOCRATS IN SPRINGFIELD ARE SCRAMBLING TO PASS WHAT THEY SEE AS IMPORTANT INITIATIVES IN ILLINOIS' LAST SCHEDULED LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE YEAR.

THERE'S MOVEMENT BUT PERHAPS NOT ENOUGH TO GET IT OVER THE FINISH LYNN.

AMANDA VINICKY -- FINISH LINE.

AMANDA VINICKY JANES US WITH THE LATEST WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WELL, THERE IS A TEMPORARY LULL IN FLOOR ACTION AT LEAST IN THE HOUSE.

THE SENATE GETTING BACK UNDERWAY BUT I THINK SCRAMBLE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WORD FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.

GOING INTO THE THREE-DAY FALL VETO SESSION DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL EVERY FACET OF ILLINOIS STATE GOVERNMENT HAD A COUPLE PRIORITIES AND THE BIG ONE PUTTING OUT A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP.

IT IS UP TO STATE LEGISLATORS TO DRAW BOUNDARIES FOR THE U.S. HOUSE DISTRICTS AND THERE'S PRESSURE FROM WASHINGTON D.C. THAT ILLINOIS GETS THIS RIGHT GIVEN THAT IT IS A BLUE BASTIAN FOR THEM AND DEMOCRATS NEED TO WIN EVERY POSSIBLE SEAT IF THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL IN WASHINGTON.

JUDGING FROM PAST VOTERS' BEHAVIOR THIS NEW MAP GIVES DEMOCRATS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN ILLINOIS TO DO THAT.

WITH A SOLID CHANCE AT 14 SEATS VERSUS THREE DISTRICTS DESIGNED TO ADVANTAGE THE G.O.P.

THIS MAP CREATES TWO SO-CALLED LATINO OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS VERSUS THE ONE DISTRICT NOW THAT HAS A MAJORITY OF LATINO RESIDENTS.

MAP CONSULTANT SAYS CURRENTLY MANY LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE DIVVIED UP INTO TOO MANY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

>> THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, BENSONVILLE IN DES PLAINES, ADDISON, WEST CHICAGO, HANOVER PARK AND BARK LET AND ELGIN.

BARTLETT AND ELGIN.

THE PROPOSED THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT UNIFIES THESE LATINO COMMUNITIES.

>> NOW, THE LATEST MAP, HOWEVER MADE PUBLIC AT ABOUT 10:30 LAST NIGHT MEANING THERE WAS LITTLE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW IT.

AND CHICAGO AND COMMUNITY LEADER CLAIRE SAYS IT SEEMED THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO QUASH PUBLIC INPUT.

>> I RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE 9:00 MEETING AND I HAD TO E-MAIL MULTIPLE STAFFERS AND SUBMIT WITNESS SLIPS.

SO I WANT TO PUT IT ON RECORD OUR CONCERN AS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT THIS PROCESS IS MAKING IT QUITE DIFFICULT FOR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED.

>> REPUBLICANS, OF COURSE, FRUSTRATED, TOO.

GOP STATE SENATOR JASON PLUMBER SOUGHT TO HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OMAR AQUINO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE OMAR AQUINO IS A POTENTIAL CONTENDER FOR AT THAT TIME NEW THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND PLUMBER SAYS GIVING HIS ROLE IN DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES THAT WOULD CAST A SHADOW IF IN FACT THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR DOES DECIDE TO RUN.

AND PLUMBER SAYS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RESIDENTS DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT ON THE MAP AND THAT FRUSTRATION BOILED OVER AS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN THIS CLIP FROM THAT MORNING HEARING.

>> AND CANCELED EVERY HEARING SOUTH OF CHICAGO.

>> SIR, WE ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HOUSE AND THEY HAD HEARINGS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND SO WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF REDISTRICTING HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FOLKS BECAUSE WE ARE ON VIRTUALLY CAN ALWAYS PARTICIPATE.

AGAIN, I HAVE ALREADY ADJOURNED THE COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.

>> WHAT A JOKE.

>> STATE SENATE PRESIDENT HARMON SAYS THIS IS THE FINAL PLAN AND GIVEN THE WORK THAT WENT INTO BALANCING THE DISTRICTS THE MATERIAL CHANGES TO IT ARE NOT LIKELY.

>> IN THE END WE ARE GOING TO PASS A MAP AND NO ONE IS GOING TO BE 100% HAPPY WITH IT THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE NATURE OF COMPROMISE.

WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY HEARINGS.

WE HAVE TAKEN MORE PUBLIC INPUT THAN WE HAVE EVER BEFORE IN A REDISTRICTING CYCLE AND WE'VE LISTENED THAT DOES NOT MEAN EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE FEELS REPRESENTED FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IN THE CONGRESS.

>> EXCEPT THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE FINAL VERSION BECAUSE THERE IS REAL DOUBT THAT THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR IT TO PASS HERE IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.

SOME LATINO LEGISLATORS UPSET HOW THE LINES ARE DRAWN INCLUDING FEARS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH LATINO VOTING AGE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEW DISTRICT.

ALSO SOME SUBURBAN LEGISLATORS BOTHERED THIS MAP PITS TWO DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS, MARIE NEWMAN AND SEAN CASTEN AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.

THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS ON ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR THIS SESSION AND THAT IS A PACKAGE MEANT TO LURE AUTOMAKERS TRANSITIONING INTO MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

>> VERY SHORT TIME-FRAME THEY WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS WHERE TO LOCATE NEW FACILITIES.

RETOOL EXISTING FACILITIES.

AND WHERE TO LOCATE SUPPLIERS WHICH THEMSELVES MEANS THOUSANDS OF JOBS POTENTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO THIS PACKAGE WILL SIMPLY INCENTIVIZE THE EV INDUSTRY TO LOCATE IN ILLINOIS.

>> AN EXECUTIVE FROM ELECTRIC TRUCK START UP, SAYS THAT THE COMPANY'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS HAVING TO IMPORT LITHIUM ION CELLS FROM CHINA AND THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO GET CELL SUPPLIERS TO LOCATE NEARBY.

>> MAKE NO MISTAKE THESE TALKS WITH CELL SUPPLIERS ARE ONGOING NOW AS I TESTIFY RIVIAN IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THREE POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS ALL OF WHOM HAVE ASKED HOW ILLINOIS COMPARES TO OTHER STATES IN TERMS OF A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE.

>> SO GOVERNORS ADMINISTRATION WANTS THIS TO GET DONE TODAY.

BUT UNION PUSHBACK COULD STALL THAT PLAN.

AND WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING IT'S UNLIKELY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK IN THE YEAR 2021 IF THE MAPS DO NOT GET DONE, WELL THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN JANUARY AND PASS NEW CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDARIES THAT WOULD BE TRICKY BECAUSE BY THAT TIME CANDIDATES WILL WANT TO START CAMPAIGNING AND COLLECTING PETITIONS AND IT COULD PUT THEM IN A PICKLE SHOULD THERE BE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO A MAP.

WITH THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE ACTION, BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF ACTION DOWN THERE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'RE DAYS AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT COMES THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF LATIN AMERICA.

CELEBRATIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER IN PILSEN A COMMUNITY SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO'S LOOP WITH A SUBSTANTIAL MEXICAN POPULATION.

AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPENT THE DAY IN PILSEN.

AND WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE HOLIDAY KNOWN AS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.

>> YOU SAID IT CORRECTLY.

HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS ALTER.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS MAY SEEM LIKE A SAD HOLIDAY BUT IT IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE A TIME WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES IT IS A TIME WHERE PEOPLE CELEBRATE A LIFE AND DEATH AND COME TOGETHER WITH THE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET A WOMAN WHO TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO MAKE A TALL ALTER TO HONOR THOSE WHO DIED IN HER COMMUNITY.

>> YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED NOT FORGOTTEN.

BECAUSE SOMEONE DIES HE IS GONE FOREVER.

SO TO REALIZE THAT THAT IS PART OF LIFE.

>> ISABEL HERNANDEZ USED 178 MILK CRATES TO CREATE A 15-FOOT ALTER WITH 250 PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS THAT ONCE LIVED.

>> I LOVE GIVING.

AND FOR ME THIS WAS A MOMENT THAT I WAS ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAD DIED FOR ME IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THEM.

INTO TRIBUTE FILLED WITH THE FAVORITE ITEMS AND FOODS OF THOSE DIED THAT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 1 AND 2.

THE ALTERS ARE DECORATED WITH SUGAR SKULLS AND SWEDE BREED.

>> THEY LOOK LIKE MY FATHER AND MY OLDER BROTHER.

THEY ARE HERE.

THEY MIGHT NOT BE HERE PHYSICALLY BUT IN SOME WAY, I CARRY THEM WITH ME.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY DO COME AND VISIT US.

NOT PHYSICALLY BUT SPIRITUALLY.

>> JULIO CESAR VELASQUEZ THE OWNER OF ESCARAMUZA U.S.A. HAS HUNDREDS OF MEXICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM ALL AROUND MEXICO.

IT IS A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR FINDING ITEMS FOR DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATIONS.

>> YOU OFFER THEM ONE.

>> HE TOOK OVER THE STORE FIVE YEARS AGO AND HAS TAKEN WHAT HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER AND BROTHER TO KEEP THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS ALIVE AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES.

>> I FEEL PROUD OF BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THEM MY CULTURE AND TEACH THEM WHO I AM.

WHAT THE STORY REPRESENTS.

NOT ONLY REPRESENTS THE PRODUCE THAT WE SELL BUT THE CULTURE ITSELF.

>> JUST TWO STORES DOWN IS BAKER MANAGER AT PANADERIA HUEVO LEON.

HE HAS BEEN PREPARING SPECIAL BREAD FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] >> THE BAKERY HAS BEEN A STAPLE FOR 49 YEARS AND EVERY YEAR THEY MAKE MORE THAN 3,000 PIECES OF DAY OF THE DEAD BREAD.

WE GOT AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT.

AFTER THE DOUGH IS READY HE STARTS TO MOLD IT IN DIFFERENT SIZES.

HE SETS THE BREAD TO COOL AND IT'S READY TO DECORATE WITH SUGAR AND BAKE IN THE OVEN FOR 45 MINUTES.

>> YOU ARE A TEAM.

>> FATHER ADAN SANDOVAL HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR MONTHS TO THROW A TWO-DAY EVENT WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO DECORATE MOCK TOMBS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.

>> A SPACE TO COME AS A FAMILY TO DECORATE AND CELEBRATE AND A TOMB DOES A WONDERFUL THING.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT ST. PROCOPIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN FORMING THE SPACE INTO A CEMETERY.

LOCALS ARE GIVEN A PLACE TO REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> A MOMENT OF PRAYER.

YOU JUST SEE PEOPLE LAUGHING AND CRYING COMING TOGETHER.

I SEE IT AS A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

>> WITH HUNDREDS OF CHICAGOANS LOST TO THE CORONAVIRUS, FATHER ADAN SANDOVAL SAYS THIS YEAR'S FESTIVITIES FEEL DIFFERENT.

>> WE ALL EXPERIENCE DEATH SO CLOSE TO US THIS YEAR CELEBRATING THE DEAD TAKES A DIFFERENT TONE.

>> A TIME OF REFLECTION THAT SPARKS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE BITTERSWEET MOMENTS OF BEING HUMAN OPENING A SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THE LOVED ONES THAT ARE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.

AND ANOTHER FREE EVENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE ST. PROCOPIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 12-9:00 P.M. FOOD AND PERFORMANCE AND TONS OF ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS ARE IN TURMOIL AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE TEAM'S WINLESS RECORD ON TUESDAY GENERAL MANAGER STAN BOWMAN RESIGNED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED FORMER VIDEO COACH BRAD ALDRICH ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSED A FORMER PLAYER AND THAT TEAM EXECUTIVES WERE FORMED AND FAILED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.

LAST YEAR THE SURVIVOR REVEALED HIMSELF AS KYLE BEACH.

HE TOLD TSN HE BELIEVES THE PLAYERS AND COACHES AND STAFF KNEW THOUGH MANY SAID THEY DIDN'T.

WORD SPREAD PRETTY QUICK.

I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT LOCKER ROOM KNEW ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE THE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

THEY WERE MADE ON THE ICE.

THEY WERE MADE AROUND THE ARENA.

WITH ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, PLAYERS, STAFF, MEDIA IN THE PRESENCE.

>> AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE SEAN BLACK, CHIEF PROJECTS OFFICER WITH THE ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT.

AND BEN POPE, CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS BEAT REPORTER AT "THE SUN TIMES" WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE STORY.

BEN POPE I WANT TO START WITH THE LATEST.

CAPTAINS JONATHAN AND PATRICK MADE COMMENTS LAST NIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL.

FILL US IN ON THE LATEST?

>> WELL, GENERAL MANAGER STAN BOWMAN WAS ONE OF THOSE TEAM EXECUTIVES WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE COVER UP HAD TO RESIGN AND BOTH KANE AND TAVES WHO HAVE COME UP AND BEEN STARS FOR A LONGTIME UNDER BOWMAN DEFENDED HIM SAYING THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD PERSON AND THIS ACTION DOESN'T MATCH THE MAN THEY KNEW.

AND TAVES CASE SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW QUOTE DELETING HIM CAN REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM HERE.

SO VERY STRANGE DEFENSE OF HIM CONSIDERING ALL WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT BOWMAN'S ROLE IN COVERING UP THE SEXUAL ASSAULT 11 YEARS AGO AND THAT HAS BEEN MAKING WAYS.

TAVES BEING THE CAPTAIN AND KANE BEING SOMEONE SAID HE KNEW BEACH SURPRISING TO SEE THAT FROM THEM >> AND THE PLAYERS WERE AROUND BACK IN 2010.

AND SEAN BLACK AS SOMEONE WHO TRACKS THE CASES YOUR REACTION SO THAT INVESTIGATION THAT CAME OUT FROM JENNER AND BLOCK?

>> IT'S DISTURBING.

TRAGIC.

I FEEL SORRY FOR KYLE BEACH IN THIS CASE.

UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A LOT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.

PEOPLE TRYING TO COVER IT UP.

NOT BELIEVING THE VICTIM RIGHT AWAY.

AND CAUSING TRAUMA FOR THE VICTIM OR RETRAUMATIZATION FOR THE VICTIM.

IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE VICTIM TO WAIT TO COME FORWARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

YOU KNOW, SO IT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A VERY USUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE.

>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS OPEN HERE AND THIS INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED BY THE TEAM AS A RESULT.

BEN POPE YOU HEARD BEACH SAY HE THOUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW.

WHERE IS THE TRUTH HERE?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE DIFFICULT THING TO FIGURE OUT.

TWO PLAYERS FROM THE 2010 TEAM, BRENT AND NICK BOTH ARE NO LONGER IN THE NHL SAID IN INTERVIEWS THIS SUMMER THEY KNEW AND THEY BELIEVE EVERYONE ON THE TEAM KNEW.

MEANWHILE, KANE AND TAVES AND DUNCAN STILL IN THE LEAGUE IN EDMONTON SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW.

TAVES SAID HE LEARNED AT TRAINING CAMP THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

KANE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL IT STARTED COMING OUT THIS SUMMER.

HARD TO TRACK WHO IS RIGHT OR WRONG WE MAY NEVER KNOW.

THE INVESTIGATION FOCUSED ON THE BEHAVIOR AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEAM EXECUTIVES INVOLVED MORE IN THE HANDLING OF IT AND DIDN'T GO DEEPLY INTO THE PLAYERS.

I BELIEVE THEY INTERVIEWED 14 PLAYERS AND ALL BUT THOSE TWO SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT WHO IS TO SAY WHETHER THEY ARE LYING OR TELLING THE TRUTH.

AND CERTAINLY A DISAPPOINTING MYSTERY WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YET.

>> AND BEACH, IS ADAMANT ON WHAT HE EXPERIENCED BACK THEN.

SEAN BLACK WHEN YOU THINK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MAN ON MAN ESPECIALLY IF THE VICTIM HERE IS AN ATHLETE OR PHYSICAL.

HOW COMMON ARE CASES LIKE THIS?

AND WE SHOULD MENTION INVOLVING A COACH.

A MENTOR?

>> WELL, MOST SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PERPETRATORS ARE SOMEONE KNOWN TO THE VICTIM.

IT IS NOT UNUSUAL THAT IT'S SOMEONE THE VICTIM WOULD KNOW.

NOT UNUSUAL THAT SOMEONE WHO HOLDS SOME SORT OF POWER OVER THE VICTIM.

WHETHER IT BE A FAMILY MEMBER, COACH, OR TEACHER.

ANYONE OF THAT STATURE.

SO THE MOST COMMON WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT MAN AGAINST PERPETRATING RAPE AGAINST A WOMAN OR THINK ABOUT MAN ABUSING A CHILD.

BUT THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE IN THOSE MOMENTS YOU CAN BE THAT VICTIM.

AND TRAUMATIZING AND SOMEONE MIGHT FREEZE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IS ALWAYS THE FAULT OF THE RAPIST THE PERPETRATOR AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.

AND REALLY THE KEY IS TO BELIEVE THAT PERSON WHEN THEY COME FORWARD AND HELP THEM RECOVER.

>> AND THIS INVESTIGATION DOESN'T SAY THE EXECUTIVES THAT WERE APPRIZED DID NOT BELIEVE IT THEY JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER THE STANLEY CUP.

LET'S READ A STATEMENT... BEN POPE WE MENTIONED BOWMAN GONE AND JOHN McDONOUGH IS LONG GONE AND HE HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS SOMEONE THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ACTION.

IS THIS THE LAST OF THE FALLOUT FROM THE BLACKHAWKS?

>> FROM THE BLACKHAWKS STANDPOINT ALL OF THE EXECUTIVES ARE GONE AND THEY DISMISSED McISAAC.

QUENNEVILLE IS NOW THE PANTHERS COACH, HE MET WITH NHL COMMISSIONER TODAY AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS FUTURE IS.

WIN JET WINNIPEG WAS THE ASSISTANT.

BUT THE HAWKS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE EXECUTIVES INVOLVED STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEIR LAST TWO HOME GAMES HAVE NOT SOLD OUT THE FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS AND A TON OF FRUSTRATION ON-LINE AND IN-PERSON WITHIN THE FAN BASE AND IN FANS IN GENERAL HOW MUCH AN ORGANIZATION BETRAYED THEM AND ONE OF THE GREATEST TRIUMPHS IS TAINTED BY THIS INCIDENT.

THE HAWKS HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO SO THEY HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THOSE MOST RESPONSIBLE.

>> AND THE 2010 STANLEY CUP VICTORY.

AND LET'S HEAR WHAT BEACH HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALDRICH WAS ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE AND TAKE THE STANLEY CUP HOME.

>> AND THEN WHEN THEY WON TO SEE HIM PARADED AROUND LIFTING THE CUP, AT THE PARADE, AT THE TEAM PICTURES, AT THE CELEBRATIONS, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE NOTHING.

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T EXIST.

IT MADE ME FEEL THAT I WASN'T IMPORTANT.

AND...

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE THAT HE WAS IN THE RIGHT AND I WAS WRONG.

>> SEAN BLACK KYLE BEACH RETRAUMATIZED AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS RUINED HIS LIFE.

THE SPIRAL.

TAKE US INSIDE THE MENTAL ANGUISH OF SURVIVORS THAT LIVE WITH BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

>> IT IS AN INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE THE TRUST YOU HAD IN A PERSON IS BROKEN.

NOT ONLY OFTEN AND KYLE BEACH'S CASE NOT ONLY BY HIS RAPIST AND THE TRUST HE PUT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BLACKHAWKS AND THE TEAMMATES ALL THAT WAS BUSTED.

AND RECOVERING FROM THAT IS A LONG PROCESS.

EVERYONE DOES IT DIFFERENTLY.

BUT ALL YOU CAN DO IS TRY TO PROVIDE HELP AND SERVICES TO COME ONE WHO COMES TO YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION.

IT IS INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC TO THEM AND THE RECOVERY THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG RECOVERY TIME.

AND YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.

>> AND BEACH SAYS HE CANNOT BEGIN THE RECOVERY UNTIL HE CAME OUT AND THIS WENT PUBLIC AND NOW HE IS ON THAT ROAD.

OUR THANKS TO SEAN BLACK AND BEN POPE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND BREAKING NEWS... AS A RARE PIECE OF LAND IN ROCKFORD MAY BE SAVED FROM SOME DEVELOPMENT.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND MOST OF US KNOWN ILLINOIS WAS NICKNAMED THE PRAIRIE STATE WHEN IT WAS A FLAT LANDSCAPE OF NATIVE PLANTS AND GRASSES WHAT REMAINS IS PRAIRIE IS LESS THAN .00 OF 1%.

20 ACRES ARE THE RARE DRY GRAVEL PRAIRIE TIME AND A FIFTH OF THAT NUMBER IS TUCKED INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE LAND KNOWN AS BELL BOWL PRAIRIE WAS SET FOR DEMOLITION AS PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THE CARGO OPERATION.

AS OF THIS THIS AFTERNOON IT WOULD CAMPAIGN THE AUTHORITY, TO FIND A WAY TO SAVE BOTH THE PRAIRIE AND THE JOBS APPEARED TO HAVE EARNED BELL BOWL PRAIRIE A FEW MONTHS OF REPRIEVE.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> WE KNOW THE PRAIRIES DO THINGS FOR US.

WE ARE HUMANS BUT WE ARE NOT A PART FROM NATURE.

IT IS A PART OF OUR EVOLUTION AS WELL THAT WE ARE DESTROYING.

>> HARLEM HILLS NATURE PRESERVE IS A PATCH OF GRAVEL HILL PRAIRIE IN ILLINOIS A RARE PIECE OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY, THE 94 ACRES ARE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE PRESERVE IS OWNED BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

>> FROM THE ROADSIDE A PRAIRIE MAY LOOK LIKE A WEED PATCH.

BUT A LITTLE BIT TIME OUT INTERACTING WITH THE PLANTS SEASON TO SEASON THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT PLANTS BLOOM AND SET SEED AND WILDLIFE SPECIES COME AND GO.

>> BUT 10 MILES AWAY AT THE ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BELL BOWL PRAIRIE DOES NOT ENJOY THE SAME PROTECTION.

THE FIVE ACRE PRAIRIE INSIDE AIRPORT PROPERTY REPRESENTS 20% OF THE PRAIRIE LEFT OF ITS KIND IN ILLINOIS.

IT WAS JUST DAYS AWAY FROM BEING DEMOLISHED FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT.

BUT A LAST-DITCH CAMPAIGN BY CONSERVATIONISTS AND CITIZENS TO SAVE BELL BOWL PRAIRIE EARNED THE PRAIRIE A STAY OF EXECUTION.

CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO GENERATE AWARENESS AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ROCKFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY TO RECONSIDER THEIR DESIGN.

NOT TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT A NEW DEVELOPMENT BUT TO RECONSIDER THEIR DESIGN SO IT STAYS THE HIGH QUALITY PRAIRIE THAT THEY OWN THAT THEY SAVE BELL BOWL PRAIRIE.

>> THE AIRPORT ANNOUNCED IT'S REDESIGNING THE PORTION OF THE EXPANSION PLAN.

CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS SET TO BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 1 IS NOW SUSPENDED UNTIL AT LEAST THE SPRING OF 2022.

AMONG THE CONCERNS THAT CONSERVATIONISTS RAISED WAS THE FATE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES LIKE THE RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLE BEE AT BELL BOWL PRAIRIE.

WE HAVE RECORD OF THE ENDANGERED RUSTY PATCH BUMBLE BEE AT BELL BOWL.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE A BEE BEING RARE, IF IT IS ATTRACTED TO PLANTS THAT ARE IN A RARE ECOSYSTEM, THAT JUST COMPOUNDS ITS PROBLEMS.

>> TYLER PELLEGRIN, A RESTORATION ECOLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL LAND INSTITUTE SAYS BELL BOWL'S ANCIENT STRUCTURE WHICH MEANS RELOCATION IS NOT AN OPTION.

>> BLASE UR SEED AND GRAVEL, SOIL, BUT THOSE INSECTS AND MICROBES DOING THEIR WORK FOR 10,000 YEARS THERE IS NO WAY TO RECREATE THAT.

>> AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAID THEY FOLLOWED THE RULES THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND A ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RECEIVED A FINDING OF QUOTE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

STILL, THE CONSERVATIONISTS SAY IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY TO SAVE THE PRAIRIE AND CONTINUE WITH THE EXPANSION.

>> TEAM OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS THAT TOOK A LOOK WHAT THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS AND PRESENTED AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN THAT REROUTES THE ROAD AND MOVES THE BUILDINGS AND ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.

THAT IS PROPOSED BUT SAVES THE PRAIRIE.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRAIRIE BOTH HAPPEN.

>> AND THEY SAY THAT THE REVAMPING THE PLAN WILL TAKE MORE TIME.

IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT.

>> WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL PIECE OF PRAIRIE JUST A SMALL ACRE AGE THERE IS SO LITTLE OF IT LEFT IN ILLINOIS THAT WE CANNOT ATO TOWARD LOSE ANY PART OF IT.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR GENERATION AND FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT WE SAVE WHAT WE HAVE.

ONCE IT'S GONE IT'S GONE FOREVER WE CAN'T PUT IT BACK.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE BELL BOWL PRAIRIE STORY.

YOU CAN READ HER REPORTING INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE TO STOP THE DEMOLITION ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT IS WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND PATTY WETLI WILL JOIN US LATER IN THE PROGRAM WITH AN UPDATE AND THE INFESTATION OF GRUBS AT A LOCAL PARK.

STICK AROUND FOR THAT.

AND COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", CONSTRUCTION ON AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IS UNDERWAY IN PILSEN.

WE HEAR FROM THE NONPROFIT BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT.

MIXED MEDIUM ARTISTS UNITE FOR BERGART'S FALL REVIEW.

AFTER A LOSS TO THE BUCHANEERS, THE BEARS COULD BE WITHOUT HEAD COACH MATT NAGY DURING THIS 49ERS MATCH FOLLOWING HIS POSITIVE COVID TEST.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY CIVIL FINISHES ITS INVESTIGATION INTO A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN A BLACK WOMAN AND A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ON NORTH AVENUE BEACH.

THE OFFICE DID NOT RELEASE ITS FINDINGS.

THE ALTERCATION HAPPENED IN AUGUST WHEN SHE WALKED HER DOG ON THE LAKEFRONT AND CAPTURED BY BROWN'S PHONE AND THE OFFICER'S BODY-CAMERA HE ASKED BROWN TO LEAVE THE BEACH AREA THAT WAS CLOSED.

IT SHOWS THE OFFICER GRABBING HER WRIST AND ARM.

BROWN'S LAWYER SAY THIS IS A CASE OF RACIAL PROFILING.

THE OFFICER WAS PUT ON DESK DUTY WHILE THE AGENCY CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION.

C.O.P.A.

ANNOUNCED IT'S SHARED ITS REPORT WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN.

>> A FORMER CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IS FACING FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES.

MAURICIO RAMIREZ WAS ORDERED HEALTH ON $500,000 BAIL THIS AFTERNOON.

CHICAGO POLICE SAY RAMIREZ ABUSED A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO AT THE TIME WAS AS LIFEGUARD.

DURING A BOND HEARING, PROSECUTORS DETAILED MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN WHICH THEY SAY RAMIREZ SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.

THIS MARKS THE FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN THE PARK DISTRICT'S WIDESPREAD SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT SCANDAL UNDER MIKE KELLY.

THIS IS ALL FIRST REPORTED BY WBEZ.

KELLY RESIGNED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

>> FACEBOOK IS GETTING A FACELIFT.

OR CHANGING ITS NAME.

THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED TODAY IT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS META.

THOUGH THE SOCIAL PLATFORM WILL BE CALLED FACEBOOK.

C.E.O.

ZUCKERBERG SAYS IT REFLECTS THE COMPANY'S GROWTH MOVING BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE COMPANY IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE QUOTE METAVERSE A MORE IMMERSIVE PLATFORM.

AS THE COMPANY FACES SCRUTINY IN WEEKS FOR THE IMPACT ON TEENS AND ON THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

AND LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT THE COMPANY PUT PROFITS OVER THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION AND HATE ON ITS PLATFORM.

>> THE MYSTERY GRUBS THAT ATE THEIR WAY THROUGH A PARK HAVE BEEN UNMASKED.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI WITH THE FIRST REPORT ON THE STORY AND JOINS US WITH THE LATEST.

THEY FEASTED ON WELLES PARK.

NO ONE KNEW WHO THEY WERE.

WHO ARE THEY?

>> WELL, HELLO FROM GRUB HEADQUARTERS HERE.

>> GRUBHUB.

>> THEY ARE THE LARVA OF THE JUNE BEETLE.

SO WE NOW KNOW WHODUNIT.

BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE CULPRITS WHICH IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY NUMBER OF A BUNCH OF GRUBS WE STILL AND PROBABLY WILL NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS CRAZY INFESTATION THIS EXPLOSION IN THE GRUBS POPULATION THERE AT WELLS.

>> ALTHOUGH THE LATEST IS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WEATHER CONDITIONS?

>> DOESN'T EVERYTHING THESE DAYS HAVE TO DO WITH BIZARRE WEATHER CONDITIONS?

YEAH, YOU KNOW IT WAS A PERFECT STORM OF A MIX OF CONDITIONS THAT LIKELY LED TO THIS.

THE GRUBS ARE COMMON AROUND THE CITY PEOPLE'S LAWNS AND IN PARKS THIS SORT OF INFESTATION IS BEYOND THE PEAL.

>> AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR WELLES PARK?

>> THEY WERE OUT THERE AND I GOT MESSAGES THE PARK DISTRICT WAS OUT THERE TREATING THE AFFECTED AREAS TODAY.

THEN NEXT WEEK THEY PLAN TO START FERTILIZING AND RECEDING THE AREA.

PEOPLE WILL BE ASKED TO STEER CLEAR FOR A WHILE AND THEN THEY WILL COME BACK WITH A ROUND OF RECEDING IN THE SPRING.

AND TRY AND KEEP ACTIVITY OFF THERE UNTIL THE GRASS HAS A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH ITSELF.

>> WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> BACK TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN PILSEN AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

JOANNA?

>> THANKS.

WE ARE HERE WITH GUACOLDA REYES, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE RESURRECTION PROJECT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START OFF THE RESURRECTION PROJECTED STARTED 31 YEARS AGO TO HELP FIGHT GENTRIFICATION.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE BATTLE WAS LIKE THEN COMPARED TO NOW?

>> WELL, I GUESS IN EARLY 1990 WITH THE RESURRECTION PROJECT STARTED THE BATTLE WAS AGAIN SLUM LANDLORDS, DETERIORATED PROPERTIES UNSAFE APARTMENTS, RIGHT?

AND NOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

TODAY WE SEE NEW INVESTORS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUYING PROPERTIES, GUT RENOVATING THEM AND THEN INCREASING THE RENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING TODAY.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT TODAY THE FIGHT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN 31 YEARS AGO.

>> AND CONSTRUCTION STARTED THIS WEEK ON YOUR NEWEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> WE ARE SO EXCITED AND PROUD.

WE ARE BRINGING TO OUR COMMUNITY 53 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.

THERE WILL BE 2 LOCATIONS, WE WILL HAVE 37 APARTMENTS AND THE SECOND ONE IS 2010 SOUTH ASHLAND WITH 16 APARTMENTS ONE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES IN THE BUILDINGS, ELEVATORS.

A ROOM FOR THE BIKES.

BRAND NEW RENOVATED AND AFFORDABLE.

>> AND I HAVE TO ASK THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND WANTED MORE FAMILY UNITS IS THAT SOMETHING YOUR TEAM SEEKS TO PRIORITIZE?

>> OF COURSE THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF THREE BEDROOMS WE WERAGE TO GO TO DO SIX AND THE FINAL COUNT IS 10, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS.

21, ONE BEDROOMS AND 22 TWO BEDROOMS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR.

>> AND WE DISPLACEMENT HAPPENING ACROSS CHICAGO HOW ARE RENOVATIONS HELPING FAMILIES WHO CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE INCREASING RENT OR STAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE KEY ACTIONS OF THE RESURRECTION PROJECT HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE STARTED WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN 1990 AND THEN LATER ON WE STARTED WITH THE RENTAL REHAB AND WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THOSE TWO RESOURCES.

BUT ALSO WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL WELLNESS WHICH FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES, IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

WE BELIEVE IT IS NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES TO OUR FAMILIES SO THEY CAN STAY AND THRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AND YOU HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 30 YEARS.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL YOUR COMMUNITY NOW?

WE TOUCHED ABOUT GENTRIFICATION.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE CHANGES WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THEM?

>> THE FIGHT AND THE ENERGY TODAY IS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DECENT HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES.

OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

30, 40 YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS NOT INVESTMENT.

SO WHY NOT GIVE THOSE FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE PILSEN THAT WE HAVE TODAY WITH BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANTS, WITH IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS SCHOOLS THE PARKS.

IT IS AN EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN TAKING QUITE SOMETIME BUT IT IS RIGHTFULLY SO NOW THE LONG-TERM FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND ENJOY IT AND FEEL PROUD OF BEING AND LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> WELCOME.

>> WE'LL TALK WITH THE CURATOR BEHIND THE DAY OF THE DEAD EXHIBITION BUT FIRST WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, TURNING ART COLLECTING INTO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST HANGING PRETTY PICTURES IN YOUR HOME.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> A LOCAL ART MANAGER BELIEVES EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE ART IN THEIR LIVES WHETHER MAKE WHETHER MAKING IT OR BUYING IT.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU EXPLAINS HOW TO MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE WITH THE FALL REVIEW.

>> WHAT YOU'RE BUY SOMETHING A CULTURAL ARTIFACT YOU ARE NOT BUYING ART.

>> ALLAN BERGART IS LOOKING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN EMERGING ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS.

WITH AN OVERALL GOAL OF MAKING ART MORE ACCESSIBLE.

>> I TRY TO SPECIALIZE IN NURTURING THE EMERGING COLLECTOR.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING ART FROM BERGART THEY HAVE NEVER BOUGHT ART BEFORE.

EVERYTHING IS FRAMED.

WHAT SET US APART WE WORK WITH THE ARTIST WHO HELP CREATE A BODY OF WORK.

EVERY ARTIST THAT WE WORK WITH IS COMPENSATED ON EVERY SALE.

WE DON'T SELL ANYTHING ON THE SECONDARY MARKET AND EVERYTHING IS ORIGINAL NEVER BEFORE SEEN AND THEY ARE ALL PAPER.

>> AS AN ART MANAGER BERGART SAYS WORKS ON PAPER PARTICULARLY 16 BY 20 INCHES ARE LESS INTIMIDATING.

>> I TALK WITH EMERGING COLLECTORS HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO COLLECT WORKS ON PAPER THEY ARE A GREAT VALUE COMPARED TO MORE CANVAS WORK AND MUCH LESS RISK AND MORE APPROACHABLE AND THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE.

>> THE LATEST WORKS ON PAPER WILL BE ON DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND IN THE FALL REVIEW.

EACH OF THE SIX ARTISTS WILL BE SHOWING COLLECTIONS LIKE IICKY.

>> I DID A SERIES OF TAXI DRIVERS.

I GREW UP IN THE CARRIBBEAN.

AND TAXI DRIVERS KIND OF MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM TOURISM.

SO MOST OF THOSE GUYS WERE ALWAYS LIKE HEROS.

IN A SENSE.

>> NOW, AT THE MIXED MEDIUM ARTIST OVER TIME IICKY HAS LEARNED TO EMBRACE THE MISTAKES.

>> I LEFT THEM OUT ON THE FLOOR WHERE I WAS WORKING.

AND WATER CAME IN AND DRENCHED THEM ALL.

AND INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE MISTAKE OR ALLOWING IT TO LIKE MESS UP THE DAY, I JUST COMPLETED THE PIECES.

>> OTHER FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE MYRON, A MURALLALLIST WHO WILL BE DISPLAYING SMALLER STRETCHES WITH THE YOU DESERVE TO BE HAPPY SERIES PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.

>> BEHIND ME IS LAURA AND TO MY RIGHT IS JAMES STERNFIELD THEY ARE BOTH BRILLIANT.

THEY ARE WORKING VERY DEEP WITHIN JUST PENCIL AND PAPER.

AND I TALK TO COLLECTORS ABOUT HOW IT'S WONDERFUL TO COLLECT WORKS ON PAPER SPECIFICALLY PENCIL WORK BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TRICK A PENCIL.

>> CHRISTIE LOPEZ IN NURSING HOME STUDIO SHE FOCUSES ON AN INTERNAL DIALOGUE WITHIN HERSELF AND EXPLORATION WITHIN HER MENTAL ILLNESS.

LEXIE'S WORK HE UTILIZED HIS TRADEMARK SWIG SQUIGGLE AND HE WILL START IN ONE CORNER AND KEEP GOING SIMILAR TO KEITH HERRING.

HE SELLS HIS WORKOUT OF LOS ANGELES AND LONDON.

AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE ACCESSIBLE ARTWORK FROM AN ARTIST SUCH AS LEFTY HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> WHILE THE ART WORLD MAY BE CHANGING BERGART SAYS HIS GOAL WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

>> WORKING WITH ARTISTS IS MY PURPOSE.

AND IT REALLY HELPS ME BECOME MYSELF.

AND WHEN I CAN SEE AN ARTIST GROW, IT HELPS ME GROW.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FALL REVIEW TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE SPACE IN WEST TOWN.

TICKETS ARE FREE WITH AN RSVP.

PIECES RANGE FROM 150 TO 500 GOING AS HIGH AS 4,000.

MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN ONE MORE TIME WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN PILSEN AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> WE NOW HERE WITH CESAREO MORENO CURATOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START OFF THIS IS A MUSEUM 35TH ANNUAL DAY OF THE DEAD EXHIBITION.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL ANNUAL EXHIBIT THAT CELEBRATES LIFE AND EVERY YEAR THERE IS USUALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

IT IS A UNIQUE EXHIBIT EVERY TIME.

THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST ROOM WE ARE FOCUSING ON COVID AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE LOST IN THE PAST TWO YEARS TO COVID-19.

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EXHIBITION WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH IT?

THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL EXHIBITIONS IN EACH ROOM.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION FROM MEXICO BUT IT REALLY IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE THAT EVERYBODY CAN ADOPT.

IT REALLY IS A HELPING, HEALING WAY TO GRIEVE AND REMEMBER PEOPLE.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MEXICAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RELIGIOUS.

IT IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL A PART OF OUR FAMILY EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE PHYSICALLY WITH US AND KEEPING THEIR MEMORY ALIVE AND KEEPING THEM INTO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> HOW DOES THE EXHIBIT COMPARE TO OTHER YEARS?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAS FELT HEAVIER BECAUSE OF COVID?

>> IT'S DEFINITELY FELT HEAVIER.

I SEE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE COVID MEMORIAL.

AND PEOPLE COME IN, I THINK, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED FOR SO LONG WE GATHER TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE AND I THINK THAT IT'S NOT JUST AN ART EXHIBIT, PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT DIA DE LOS MUERTOS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH ART AND MORE TO DO WITH BEING ALIVE BEING MORE TALL AND OBVIOUSLY MORTAL AND HANGING ON TO OUR TRADITIONS AN ANCESTORS.

>> WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT DAY OF THE DEAD?

WE TALKED BEFORE YOU'VE TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF MEXICO AND HOW SMALL TOWNS CELEBRATED DIA DE LOS MUERTOS WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT IT?

>> PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS SEEING HOW UNIQUE IT IS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS.

I'VE BEEN TO CHAP PA, AND BEEN TO LOS ANGELES, AND EVERYBODY IN THE MEXICAN COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT SPACES REALLY DOES THIS IN THEIR OWN WAY.

AND THAT'S KEY.

THE OTHER THING AT HOME I LOVE TO DO IS CREATE AN ALTER BECAUSE IT GIVES US TIME TO THINK ABOUT OUR FAMILY AND WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT IS ALL PARIS FOR TONIGHT.

I SEND IT BACK TO YOU FROM PILSEN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, WE PREVIEW THE BEARS MATCHUP AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS.

FIRST A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND TOWN THIS WEEKEND... >> AFTER LAST WEEK'S THRASHING BY THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPS THE BEARS ARE LEADING THE LEAGUE IN ONE CATEGORY THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON THE COVID LIST AND THAT LIST INCLUDES HEAD COACH MATT NAGY WHO MAY BE OFF DUTY THIS WEEK UNLESS HE TESTS NEGATIVE.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE UPCOMING MATCHUP WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS?

>> JOINING US IS JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS, FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS FROM 91-2002.

BIG CAT GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THIS ONE WAS A DEBACLE WHO IS TO BLAME HERE?

>> EVERYBODY HAS A PART IN THAT GAME.

YOU COME OUT AND IN THE FIRST QUARTER, YOU JUST LOOK HORRIBLE.

YOU LOOK AT AN OFFENSE THAT COMES OUT THE FIRST TWO PLAYS ARE A TACKLE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

BY A GUY THAT IS UNBLOCKED.

SECOND PLAY IS A SAFETY BLITZ THAT NEARLY GETS THE QUARTERBACK'S HEAD KNOCKED OFF.

AND THERE IS AN INCOMPLETE.

AND A RETURN 443 YARDS AND THEY GO IN SCORE AFTER A RUN AND PASSES BY BRADY AND A PASS INTERFERENCE.

IT REARED ITS UGLY HEAD EARLY BUT THEY WERE JUST -- YOU SCRIPT THE FIRST 15 PLAYS OF A GAME AS FAR AS OFFENSE GOES.

SO FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND RUN A TOSS TO THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY BLOCKED FOR YOU TO HAVE TWO GUYS BLOCKING ONE GUY AND A SAFETY RUNNING FREE, THAT IS A PROBLEM.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP.

IT'S PLAYERS AND COACHES AND EVERYBODY.

>> THERE WAS NO CHANCE AFTER ALL THAT.

JUSTIN FIELDS THIS WEEK AND RECEIVERS ADMITTED THEY ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE?

>> I THINK YOU HEARD FIELDS TALK AFTER THE GAME.

AND LET ME SAY THAT THAT YOUNG QUARTERBACK COMING OUT BEING THE FIRST GUY ON THE PODIUM STILL HAVING HIS PADS ON, NOT AVOIDING ANYONE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS BREAK ME DOWN.

I'M GOING TO USE THIS TO HELP IMPROVE MY GAME.

I'M GOING TO USE THIS TO MAKE ME STRONGER.

AND YOU KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM A YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM A LEADER IN YOUR LOCKER ROOM.

I KNOW A LOT OF GUYS AFTER A BAD PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO THE LOCKER, AND SCOOTED BACK IN SO NOBODY COULD FIND THEM OR RAN TO THE SHOWERS QUICK.

FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND TELL YOU LOOK, I'M NOT USED TO THIS.

BUT I'M GOING TO WORK HARD TO MAKE THIS BETTER.

THE ZOOM MEETINGS THAT NOW THE RECEIVERS AND HIMSELF ARE ON.

AS FAR AS TRYING TO CLEAN THINGS UP.

I MEAN THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO.

>> YOU DEFINITELY GET THE SENSE HE HAS THE MENTAL MAKEUP TO BE RESILIENT EN AND HE DID NOT PLAY WELL.

THERE WAS NO BLOCKING FOR HIM.

THE SCHEME DID NOT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IN THE BEGINNING.

AND NOW WE KNOW THAT COACH NAGY IS IN THE COVID PROTOCOL IF HE DOESN'T COACH IT WILL BE THE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH.

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE WAY YOU GO ABOUT THE GAME?

>> IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT IT TOO MUCH.

TABER IS THERE TO MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS DO WE GO FORWARD ON FOURTH DOWN?

ARE WE GOING TO TRY AN ON-SIDE KICK HERE?

AND YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN NOT ONLY HIM BUT HIM AND A COUPLE OTHER COACHES.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SPECIAL TEAMS DUTIES WILL BE BUT I HAVE TO IMAGINE HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS SPECIAL TEAMS DUTY AND CARRY ON HIS INTERIM HEAD COACH.

>> WE KNOW THE MISS CASSKY'S NEVER FIRED SOMEONE MID-SEASON.

DO YOU THINK NAGY IS ON THE HOTSEAT?

>> I DO BELIEVE HE IS ON THE HOTSEAT.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE THE ORGANIZATION WENT THROUGH AS FAR AS MITCH TRUBISKY WAS CONCERNED AND NOW YOU HAVE FIELDS COME IN AND YOU GET HIM IN THE GAME AND YOU KNOW NOTHING SEEMED TO CHANGE.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO IMAGINE YES, BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE SEASON, THAT SEAT HAS TO BE KIND OF WARM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE BEARS FACE THE 49ERS THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE STRUGGLING, TOO.

HOW DO YOU ASSESS THIS MATCHUP?

>> THEY ARE TWO BASICALLY EVEN MATCHED TEAMS.

YOU LOOK AT THE 49ERS THEY RUN THE BALL WELL.

THEY HAVE A FEW INJURIES ON OFFENSE.

THEY ARE A LITTLE DEPLETED.

THE BEARS ARE THE SAME WAY.

AND DEFENSIVELY, 49ERS ARE GOOD.

YOU KNOW THEY HAVE SPOTS WHERE THEY CAN BE EXPOSED.

BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEARS BEING ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND RUN THE BALL BUT NOT ONLY RUN THE BALL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FROM THE RUN.

MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OFF THE RUN.

AND IF THEY CAN'T GO OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND AND DO IT AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS TEAM THAT YOU KNOW, IS AROUND ON THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY ARE ON, NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WILL BE REALLY ROUGH.

>> AT WHAT POINT DO YOU PULL FIELDS PERHAPS WORRIED ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS HIS DEVELOPMENT?

OR DO YOU KEEP HIM OUT THERE NO MATTER WHAT?

>> I THINK HIM BEING ON THE FIELD IS THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST PLAY AS FAR AS EVEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE PODIUM HE SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE SAFETY BLITZ.

THAT'S SOMETHING HE HAS TO SEE.

I'M SURE ALL WEEK THEY TALKED ABOUT LOOK, TODD BOWLS LIKES TO BLITZ YOUNG QUARTERBACKS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID FROM THE OPENING SNAP OF THE GAME.

>> THERE IS NO LEARNING LIKE DOING.

FEARLESS PREDICTION FOR THIS WEEKEND?

>> I WILL GIVE THE BEARS THE ADVANTAGE THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GOING 17-14.

I THINK HERBERT WILL BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL THEY HAVE TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SCREENS AND BOOTS AND MAKING PLAYS AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS, IT WILL BE A CLOSE ONE BUT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF.

>> SLUGFEST AND THE BEARS HAVE A HISTORY OF COMING BACK AFTER THE BAD DEFEATS.

AND GETTING BIG WINS.

LET'S HOPE THAT HAPPENS OUR THANKS TO JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS.

>> AND A NOTE FOR NEXT WEEK, THE BEARS PLAY THE STEELERS ON MONDAY NIGHT PREVIEW.

BIG CAT WILL PREVIEW THAT ON SATURDAY ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

AND WE'RE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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AND FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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