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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PHIL
PONCE.
ON THIS MONDAY DECEMBER 21...
>> WE MEET THE HIJAB WEARING
WHEATON COLLEGE PROFESSOR
SUSPENDED SIX MONTHS FOR THE WAY
SHE MAY HAVE CONNECTED ISLAM
WITH CHRISTIANITY.
FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION RAY LAHOOD
REFLECTS ON HIS TIME AS THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
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A SPECTACULAR NATIVITY SET AT
THE ART INSTITUTE BLENDS DRAMA
WITH EARTHLY DELIGHTS.
>>> RECOVERY!
HE DID IT ALL!
>> IT WAS A MISERABLE AFTERNOON
FOR JAY CUTLER AND THE CHICAGO
BEARS.
JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS IS HERE
WITH HIS TAKE ON THE BEARS 9TH
LOSS OF THE SEASON.
>> I DON'T DRESS PRACTICAL, I
DRESS ROYAL.
>> A PLACE IN TIME THAT ONCE
EXISTED OPPORTUNITY CHICAGO'S
SOUTH SIDE.
A BOOK SHOWCASES WITH THE IMAGES
OF THE WORDS OF A CELEBRATED
SLAM POET.
>> THE ORIGINAL PLAY FOUR COPIES
OF OUR PIECE OF THE STAR.
>> AS "STAR WARS" FANS THRILLED
TO THE FORCE AWAKENED WE LOOK AT
THE CHICAGO COMPUTER SCIENTIST
WHO MADE THE FIRST "STAR WARS"
MOVIE MAGICAL.
AND WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF
OUR SECOND "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
PUZZLE.
ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
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>> THANK THANK HERE IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN CHICAGO TONIGHT.
250,000 SIGNATURES CALLING FOR
RAHM EMANUEL AND ANITA ALVAREZ
TO STEP DOWN.
ACTIVISTS DELIVERED THE
SIGNATURES AT THE THOMPSON
CENTER AND CITY HALL.
THE PETITIONS ARE SAID TO
INCLUDE SIGNATURES FROM AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
THE MAYOR AND STATES ATTORNEY
HAVE BEEN UNDER FIRE FOR THE
HANDLING OF THE LAQUAN
McDONALD CASE AND ISSUES OF
POLICE REFORM.
BOTH DEFIED CALLS FOR THEIR
RESIGNATIONS.
>>> THE THEATER IS CLOSING ITS
DOORS.
THE INSPECT PROFIT WHICH OPENED
IN 1990 HAS BECOME BEST KNOWN
FOR THE CHICAGO FIRE FESTIVAL.
AFTER A ROCKY IS THAT RIGHT IN
THE CHICAGO RIVER IT WAS HELD ON
NORTHERLY ISLAND.
BUT IN OCTOBER, THE CITY PULLED
FUNDING AND THE THEATER HATS
BEEN TAKEN TO COURT BY THE
LANDLORD OVER UNPAID RENT.
JIM LAST CO-SAYS RED MOON HAS
TRIED TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO
FUND ITS PROJECTSISM OUR MISSION
IS TO GET AS MUCH WORK AS WE CAN
INTO PUBLIC PLACES AND BE AS
LARGE A SCALE AS POSSIBLE TO
IMPACT THE CITY AND GIVE AWAY
FREE WORK YOU GOT TO HAVE A GOOD
BUSINESS MODEL AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO DEVELOP THAT
MODEL AND WE HAVE AMAZING
SOURCES OF EARNED REVENUE BUT WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP IN THE
END.
>> LAST CO-SAYS THE THEATER IS
SHUTTING DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
THEY ARE IN COURT WEDNESDAY.
>>> THE OBAMA FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES SEVEN FINALISTS TO
DESIGN THE OBAMA LIBRARY.
THE ONLY CHICAGO FIRM IN THE
RUNNING.
RONAN DESIGNED THE YOUTH CENTER
OPPORTUNITY THE SOUTH SIDE.
ALSO ON THE LIST IS THE MAN WHO
DESIGNED THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN
WASHINGTON D.C. AND HAS A SHOW
AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
THE TRIBUNE REPORTS THE OBAMAS
ARE EXPECTED TO CHOOSE THE
WINNING DESIGN BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT YEAR.
>>> AS FOR THE WEATHER CLOUDY
SKIES TOMORROW WITH A HIGH
AROUND 45.
AND UP NEXT, THE COLLEGE
PROFESSOR SUSPENDED AFTER A SHOW
OF SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIMS.
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>> WHEN WHEATON COLLEGE'S
PROFESSOR LARYCIA HAWKINS
DECIDED TO WEAR A HEAD SCARF TO
EXPRESS SOLIDARITY SHE DID NOT
EXPECT IT TO SPREAD CONTROVERSY.
BUT IN A Facebook POST HAWKINS
WHO IS CHRISTIAN SAID MUSLIMS
AND CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE SAME
GOD.
THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE EVAN
GELLAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WHICH
SUSPENDED HER FOR SIX MONTHS
SAYING IT IS IN CONFLICT OF THE
STATEMENT OF FAITH ALL FACULTY
MUST SIPE AND LIVE BY.
HERE IS LARYCIA HAWKINS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE AT WHEAT.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO WHEATON
COLLEGE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND THEY REFERRED US TO
PUBLISHED STATEMENTS.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WEAR THE
HIJAB AND WRITE ABOUT IT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> AS A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE MY TEACH SOMETHING
GEARED TOWARDS NOT JUST THEORY
BUT PROXY.
HOW DO WE LIVE OUT THE LESSONS
THAT WE LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM?
A LOT OF THE LESSONS I HAVE BEEN
TEACHING MY STUDENTS THIS
SEMESTER IS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO EMBODY POLITICS.
WE OFTEN LIVE IN OUR MINDS IN
ACADEMIA.
GOING BEYOND THE INTELLECTUAL
TOUR TO LIVE NATURE OF POLITICS.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE
EMBODIED NATURE OF POLITICS?
>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT OFTEN
POLITICS INVOLVES RHETORIC AND
KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT THERE'S LITTLE ACTION OFTEN
BEHIND IT.
SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR
MILLENNIALS THE STUDENT THAT I
TEACH TO LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH IN
THE CONTEXT OF POLITICS?
SINCE WE ARE A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL
ARTS COLLEGE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LOOKS
LIKE IS TO PUT FEET TO OUR
FAITH.
BEYOND LAMENTING FERGUSON
PROTESTING, BUT BEYOND SIMPLY
FOR CHRISTIANS PRAYING IN THE
PEWS, ACTUALLY GETTING OUT INTO
THE STREETS, PEACEFULLY
PROTESTING AND RESISTING THE
POLICE VIOLENCE AND OTHER
INJUSTICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> LET'S LOOK AT A PORTION OF
WHAT YOU WROTE ON Facebook AND
YOU WRITE...
AND THERE IN LIES THE RUB.
DID YOU EXPECT THIS TO BE A
CONTROVERSIAL THING TO DO?
>> NO.
THE Facebook POST WAS ABOUT
SOLIDARITY AS HUMANS.
AS CHRISTIANS SAY CREATED IN
GOD'S IMAGE.
THE PURPOSE WAS HUMAN
SOLIDARITY.
PEOPLE HAVE HUMAN DIGNITY BUT
NOT JUST BY VIRTUE OF
CONVENTIONS BUT VIRTUE OF THEIR
ESSENCE.
SO THE HUMAN SOLIDARITY DROVE
THIS.
THE PIECE ABOUT RELIGIOUS
SOLIDARITY WHAT BETTER WAY TO
SHOW LOVE FOR MY NEIGHBOR WHICH
CHRISTIANS ARE EMPLOYED TO DO IN
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT THAN BY
MOVING INTO SUFFERING WITH THEM.
EMBODIED SOLIDARITY IS SUFFERING
ALONGSIDE AND STANDING SOMETIMES
BETWEEN THE OPPRESSOR AND THE
OPPRESSED.
THE NOTION OF THE RELIGIOUS
ASPECTS OF MY STATEMENT BEING
CONTROVERSIAL, IT WASN'T A
THEOLOGICAL IT WAS SIMPLY A
Facebook POST INVITING PEOPLE
INTO A BIGGER NARRATIVE ABOUT
EMBODIED SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIMS
BEING ALIGNED AND MISTREATED FOR
THEIR RELIGIOUS DEVOTION.
>> YET IT WAS A RELIGIOUS PART
THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF QHET
TON ADMINISTRATORS AND --
WHEATON ADMINISTRATORS AND THEY
ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IN
PART...
IN YOUR MIND, IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT YOU SAID
GOES AGAINST THEIR STATEMENT OF
FAITH?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WHAT I SAID IN MY POST HAS BEEN
AFFIRMED BY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
FOR CENTURIES.
AND IS AFFIRMED BY MANY
PROMINENT EVANGELICALS THAT HAVE
SPOKEN ON WHEATON'S CAMPUS ONE
SITS ON WHEATON'S BOARD TIMOTHY
GEORGE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK
TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES
BUT ALSO THE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
IN TERMS OF THE HISTORICAL
ROOTS.
AND IN TERMS OF RELIGIONS
DEVOTING WORSHIP TO GOD,
RELIGIONS LIKE JUDAISM WORE SHOP
GOD DIFFERENTLY BUT THAT IS NOT
AT STAKE FOR MOST CHRISTIANS.
THE POINT OF MAKING A SMALL PART
OF A LARGER POST AND A LARGER
NARRATIVE INVITING PEOPLE TO
LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH MISSES THE
POINT OF THE PROJECT WHICH IS
SOLIDARITY.
>> THE COLLEGE RESPECTS THE
RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO EMBODY THEIR
DEEPLY HELD CONVICTIONS AND THEY
ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME
RESPECT.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY A FAIR STATEMENT.
I BELIEVE FIRMLY IN THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
THE FIRST FREEDOM OF THE BILL OF
RIGHTS IS FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
FREEDOM TO PRACTICE OR NOT
PRACTICE RELIGION.
FREEDOM FOR AND FROM.
AND ALSO FREEDOM AGAINST PEOPLE
INTERPRETING THINGS THAT I SAY.
SO EVANGELICALS BELIEVE IN THE
PROOFT HOOD OF THE BELIEVER.
--
PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER.
THIS IS A TENANT OF MARTIN
LUTHER AND THE IDEA THAT IT'S
NOT ONLY THE CHURCH THAT
INTERPRETS SCRIPTURE THAT GOD
GIVES US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
INTERPRET SCRIPTURE AND NOTHING
THAT WHEATON CITED I DENY.
AND IN NO WAY DID I MAKE A MORAL
EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN JESUS AND
MOHAMMED THAT WOULD BE OFFENSIVE
TO MY MUSLIM FRIENDS AND
OFFENSIVE TO MY CHRISTIAN
FRIENDS TO PRETEND THAT THE
RELIGIONS ARE THE SAME AND NOT
DIFFERENT.
>> YOU BELIEVE THAT RELIGIONS
WORSHIP THE SAME GOD?
>> YES, ALBEIT DIFFERENTLY.
>> WHAT IS THE RESPONSE OF OTHER
FACULTY AND STUDENTS?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK FOR WHAT
FACULTY HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE I
WAS SUSPENDED ON TUESDAY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO CAMPUS
EXPECT TO ADMINISTER MY FINALS
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
BUT I HAVE RECEIVED AN
OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT
FROM STUDENTS AND WHAT DOC HAWK
TAUGHT ME, AND NOTHING BUT LOVE
FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AS
WELL.
>> THE COLLEGE ASKED YOU TO
WRITE A THEOLOGICAL
RECONCILIATION STATEMENT.
EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ASKED YOU TO
DO?
>> THEY ASKED ME TO RESPOND TO
SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
STATEMENTS THAT I MADE IN MY TWO
Facebook POSTS.
THE FIRST Facebook POST IS
INVITING PEOPLE IN THE BROADER
NARRATIVE OF SOLIDARITY WITH
MUSLIMS AT THIS TIME IN OUR
NATION'S AND THE WORLD'S
HISTORY.
AND THE SECOND WAS REJOINEDDER
CALLING FOR UNITY AND PEACE IN
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
BECAUSE I NOTED THAT THE
PUSHBACK WAS PRIMARILY AMONG
CHRISTIANS IN RESPONSE TO THE
FIRST Facebook POST.
SO I WANTED TO QUELL THAT KIND
OF SENSE THAT WHAT I SAID WAS
MEANT TO BE SOME KIND OF THIGH
LOGICAL STATEMENT AS OPPOSED TO
AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR
NATURE WITH THE INTERACTION OF
THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN?
HAS IT BEEN ACRIMONIOUS?
RESPECTFUL?
>> THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT I HAVE
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IS ONE
OF WANTING TO BE RECONCILED TO
THE INSTITUTION BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM WITH MY STUDENTS.
SO BOTH SIDES HAVE REALLY SOUGHT
TO THROUGH THIS PROCESS
DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE AND RESPECT
THAT YOU EXPECT OF CHRISTIANS.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE
RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN LIKE.
>> YOU ARE SAYING IT'S BEEN THE
RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ONE WHICH
IS REFLECTS THE CHRISTIAN
HERITAGE OF THE SCHOOL?
>> A LOVE THAT YOU AFFORD TO
SOMEONE WHO IS A BROTHER OR
SISTER IN CHRIST.
ONE WHO IS I AFAMILY MEMBER.
>> DO YOU THINK RACE PLAYED A
FACTOR?
>> I THINK WE CANNOT SAY THAT
RACE IS NOT ALWAYS OPERATIVE.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
OPERATIVE?
>> MY BODY, MY BLACK BODY IS
ALWAYS DOING WORK FOR ME ON MY
BEHALF.
SOMEONE HE SEES ME IN MY HIJAB
THAT I AM A MUSLIM OR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE AND
THINK ABOUT WHAT POLITICS MIGHT
SHE BETRAY OR UPHOLD THEY WOULD
BE SAFE TO ASSUME I WAS A
DEMOCRAT.
SO OUR BODIES EXPLAIN THINGS
ABOUT US.
AND BODIES ARE POLITICAL.
AND SO RACE IS OPERATIVE FOR
WHITE MEN NOT JUST BLACK WOMEN.
RACE IS OPERATIVE IN THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE IT IS A CRUCIAL
PART OF OUR AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT.
>> DO YOU THINK IT WAS A REASON
YOU WERE SUSPENDED?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK FOR WHEATON
COLLEGE WHAT THEY HAVE POINTED
TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER A
VIOLATION OF THE STATEMENT OF
FAITH OR INCONSISTENCY WITH THE
STATEMENT OF FAITH COMPARED TO
THE WORDS I POSTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
AND NOW TO CAROL MARIN AN AND
ILLINOIS POLITICIAN REFLECTING
ON HIS CAREER HERE AND IN
WASHINGTON.
CAROL?
>> FORMER U.S. TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD WAS THE
ONLY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT OBAMA
APPOINTED TO HIS CABINET UPON
TAKING OFFICE IN 2009.
IN HIS NEW MEMOIR, "SEEKING
BIPARTISANSHIP: MY LIFE IN
POLITICS" IT CHRONICLES LA
HOOD'S POLITICAL LIFE AND ON THE
NATIONAL STATION.
THE BOOK DELVES INTO THE
STRUGGLE TO BRIDGE THE PARTISAN
GAP THAT SOMETIMES PARALYZES
AMERICAN POLITICS.
WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME RAY
LAHOOD.
WE SHOULD NOT SAY SOMETIMES BUT
NOW ALL THE TIME.
>> ALTHOUGH CONGRESS PASSED A
TRANSPORTATION BILL AND
EDUCATION BILL THAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA SIGNED BOTH VERY
BIPARTISAN.
>> BUT RARE?
>> VERY RARE.
VERY RARE.
>> SO YOU JOINED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION YOU HAVE BEEN THE
ONLY ONE ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND
YOU ARE THE POSTER BOY FOR
BIPARTISANSHIP, RIGHT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO.
I'M PROUD OF THAT.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF THAT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, I DON'T FAULT THE
PRESIDENT BECAUSE AS I'VE IS
SAID IN THE BOOK I THINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BIPARTISAN.
I THINK IT'S IN HIS DNA AND I AM
A RESULT OF THAT AND OTHER
THINGS HE HAS DONE PROVE THAT
HE'S BIPARTISAN.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT THEY
DISCOVERED THAT REPUBLICANS WERE
NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL AND THEY
HAD THE DEMOCRATIC VOTES TO PASS
THE STIMULUS BILL $870 BILLION,
PASS ALL HEALTHCARE WITH ALL
DEMOCRATS AND DO A FEW OTHER
THINGS AND THAT I THINK POISONED
THE WELL FOR REPUBLICANS BECAUSE
THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOT IN
THE GAME.
>> I KNOW YOU LIKE PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
BUT YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT
WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
FAIR TO SAY?
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT AND I ARE
STILL VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
WE HAVE AN ENDEARING FRIENDSHIP.
IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
LIKE MANY PRESIDENTS, I CAN GO
BACK AND RECITE THE MANY THAT I
SERVED WITH OR WATCHED.
THEY HAVE A CLOSE-KNIT GROUP OF
PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED
THEM GET ELECTED.
IT INCLUDED MICHELLE OBAMA, RAHM
EMANUEL, DAVID AXELROD AND MAYBE
A COUPLE OTHERS AND THAT BECAME
THE CORE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE
PRESIDENT RELIED ON.
>> WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH
THAT?
>> THE PROBLEM WAS PEOPLE LIKE
RAY LAHOOD AND OTHERS WHO HAD
EXPERTISE PARTICULARLY IN
POLITICS AND KNOWING POLITICS
AND WASHINGTON WHERE MAYBE WE
FELT WE COULD HAVE ADDED
SOMETHING AND IT DID NOT WORK
THAT WAY.
>> YOU WERE SURPRISED AS I READ
THIS BOOK AND IT IS BY NO MEANS
A BITTER RANT.
IT IS A PRAGMATIC DESCRIPTION
HOW IT WORKED.
BUT YOU WERE NEVER LET INTO THE
INNER CIRCLE.
IS THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE
REPUBLICAN?
>> NO.
IT WAS BECAUSE I WASN'T ON INER
IN CIRCLE TO BEGIN WITH.
THE PEOPLE THAT I LEFT OUT
ROBERT GIBBS HE WAS THERE.
>> YOU WERE NOT CRAZY ABOUT
ROBERT GIBBS, WERE YOU?
>> HE WAS DOING WHAT HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR THE
PRESIDENT PROTECTING THE
PRESIDENT AS WERE, I THINK, THE
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
>> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAY
ABOUT ROBERT GIBBS YOU NEVER GOT
CLOSE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE
REGRETS.
>> NO, NOT REALLY, NO.
HIS STYLE HE HAD TO BATTLE WITH
THE PRESS EVERYDAY AND THAT IS A
DIFFICULT JOB.
>> YOU KNOW I KNOW DEMOCRATS WHO
WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE OBAMA
INNER CIRCLE WHO WERE SAYING THE
SAME THING THAT YOU SAY IN THE
BOOK THAT THERE CAN BE A PROBLEM
WHEN YOU TAKE THE CAMPAIGN INTO
THE GOVERNMENT.
THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A
DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYERS.
YOU ARE A SUBSCRIBER TO THAT
BELIEF AS WELL?
>> I THINK THE ONLY PERSON WHO
WAS THE MOST AFFECTED BY RAMP
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN IN CONGRESS
AND HE KNEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ALL THE REST OF THAT GROUP HAD
NEVER BEEN ELECTED TO ANYTHING
AND HAD SERVED IN CONGRESS AND
HAD NEVER BEEN IN WASHINGTON AND
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
AND EXPERTISE IN DEALING WITH
CONGRESS AND TRYING TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN AND MAKE THE
SAUSAGE INTO WHATEVER IT WAS
THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT INTO.
RAHM EMANUEL HAD THAT ABILITY
AND HE TRIED VERY HARD.
>> HE RECRUITED YOU, RIGHT?
>> HE HELPED ME.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE PRESIDENT
I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE JOB BUT
RAHM EMANUEL AND I HAD A GREAT
FRIENDSHIP AND HE WAS HELPFUL TO
ME.
>> DO YOU THINK RAHM EMANUEL WAS
EFFECTIVE AS HE WANTED TO BE?
>> YES, I DO.
I THINK HE HAD A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY AND HE HAD THE
RESPECT OF THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEY WANTED HIM TO BE
CHIEF OF STAFF BECAUSE HE KNEW
WASHINGTON.
>> BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHAT
CAUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MARVEL
WAS FOR AS MUCH AS HE DID KNOW
WASHINGTON, AND FOLLOWING HIM
BILL DALEY NEW WASHINGTON
SOMEHOW THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO
GET CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER.
WHY WAS THAT?
>> I THINK IN THE BEGINNING THEY
FELT THAT THEY WOULD REACH OUT,
THEY WOULD TRY, BUT THERE WAS A
REAL REJECTION OF THAT.
AND THEY SAID SPEAKER PELOSI
SAID I GOT THE VOTES AND REID
HAD THE VOTES IN THE SENATE.
BOOM WITHIN 30 DAYS THEY PASSED
$800 BILLION SYSTEM PLUS BILL
AND THEY PASSED HEALTHCARE WITH
DEMOCRATIC VOTES AND I THINK
FROM THEN ON IT WAS REPUBLICANS
FEELING LIKE WE ARE NOT IN THE
GAME ON THIS.
>> AND YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A
BIG MISTAKE THAT IT HAD TO BE
REPUBLICANS ON THAT BILL AS WELL
AS DEMOCRATS?
>> I THINK IF THE PRESIDENT LEFT
TO HIS OWN INSTINCTS AND
FEELINGS, I THINK HE WOULD HAVE
PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED
PEOPLE.
BUT PEOPLE WERE SAYING HEY IT'S
A WASTE OF TIME TO DO THAT.
HE DID IT WHEN HE WAS A STATE
SENATOR.
HE DID IT WHEN HE WAS A U.S.
SENATOR.
AND WHEN YOU GET INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
AROUND YOU.
>> WERE YOU EVER ABLE TO SIT
DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SAY
YOU KNOW, THIS IS TOO CLOSED A
CIRCLE.
YOU NEED TO WIDEN IT, YOU NEED
TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND HEAR
OTHER VOICES.
>> I TALKED TO RAHM EMANUEL FOUR
OR FIVE TIMES A DAY AND I FELT I
WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
HE ASKED ME TO MAKE PHONE CALLS
AND COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND I DID SOME OF THAT.
SO IN TALKING TO RAHM I FELT
THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT
AND THE PRESIDENT WAS WORRIED
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND GETTING
OUT OF IRAQ AND OTHER THINGS.
I DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
THAT.
I HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH
RAHM.
>> HOW FRUSTRATED WERE YOU?
>> I WAS NOT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
WE GOT $48 BILLION AND HAD TO
SPEND IT IN TWO YEARS AND WE
WERE OFF TO THE RACES AND
FUNDING PROJECTS THE PRESIDENT
ASKED THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO
OVERSEE THE STIMULUS.
I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE
VICE-PRESIDENT TWO OR THREE
TIMES A WEEK.
>> AND WHAT YOU WRITE IN YOUR
BOOK IS THAT JOE BIDEN OF THAT
WHOLE INNER CIRCLE WAS THE MOST
BIPARTISAN AND THE LEAST INNER
CIRCLE.
>> HE IS THE MOST LOVED ON
CAPITOL HILL BY PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE BECAUSE HE
SERVED FOR 35 YEARS.
PEOPLE LOVE JOE BIDEN AND HE CAN
PICK UP THE PHONE AND MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN.
>> WE MADE A VIRTUE OF NOT BEING
IN CONGRESS AND NOT BEING
ELECTED BEING AN OUTSIDER
BECAUSE THAT THEORETICALLY IS A
BETTER WAY TO DO IT, RIGHT?
>> WELL, THAT IS A SILLY
ARGUMENT BECAUSE YOU IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, YOU NEED
TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM AND
KNOW THE PEOPLE.
CONGRESS IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS
GET DONE IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVE RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOW ONE
ANOTHER.
>> YOUR FRIEND RAHM EMANUEL IS
RIGHT NOW IN THE WORST MALSTROM
HE HAS BEEN IN IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
DO YOU HAVE ADVICE FOR HIM?
>> RAHM EMANUEL WORKS VERY, VERY
HARD.
HE IS VERY SMART AND VERY
DETERMINED.
HE LOVES CHICAGO.
HE LOVES THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.
AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE
THINGS THAT HE COULD DO THAT HE
HAS NOT DONE?
>> I THINK STANDING UP BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL AND APOLOGIZING
TO THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO WAS A
HUGE BIG STEP AND IT WILL TAKE
HIM A LONG WAY IN RECOVERING
WHATEVER HE HAS TO RECOVER WITH
THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.
>> IN YOUR BRIEF TIME IN THE
ILLINOIS STATE LEGISLATURE AND
IN CONGRESS, YOU WERE FRIENDS
WITH AND COLLEAGUES WITH DENNIS
HASTERT WHO BECAME THE SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE.
WHEN HE WAS INDICTED HOW
SURPRISED OR NOT SURPRISED WERE
YOU?
>> I WAS SHOCKED LIKE MOST
PEOPLE.
I WAS STUNNED BY THAT AND SAD
ESPECIALLIED.
I'VE KNOWN DENNY GOING BACK TO
1982.
AND I KNOW HIS WIFE AND BOYS.
AND I'M SADDENED BY ALL OF IT I
AM FOR THEIR FAMILY AND DENNY
AND FOR HIS SERVICE.
>> WAS THERE ANY SENSE THAT YOU
EVER HAD THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING IN HIS PAST THAT HE
WAS POSSIBLY TRYING TO PAPER
OVER.
>> NONE, ZERO.
I COULD NOT CONCEIVE THAT THIS
WOULD BE A PART OF HIS PAST.
>> IN YOUR WORLD THERE CAME ERIN
SHOCK.
HAD A LOT OF POLITICAL JUICE.
ARE YOU SURPRISED WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I AM SURPRISED.
ERIN WAS ON A TRAJECTORY TO BE
ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE WAS MOVING VERY FAST.
MAYBE TOO FAST FOR HIS OWN GOOD.
AND WE'RE SAD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
WE HELPED AARON WHEN HE WAS A
STATE REP AND HELPED HIM ON THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND HELPED HIM GET
ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
AND WE ARE SADDENED BY ALL THAT
HAS HAPPENED TO HIM.
>> AND YOUR SON IS IN THE SEAT
THAT YOU USED TO HAVE THAT AARON
SHOCK USED TO HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
TICKLED ME YOUR SON IS MORE
CONSERVATIVE THAN YOU.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> WELL, MAYBE JUST BECAUSE HE'S
A LAWYER, A TRAINED LAWYER, A
PROSECUTOR.
HE LIKED PROSECUTING PEOPLE WHEN
HE WAS A FORMER ASSISTANT U.S.
ATTORNEY AND HE JUST HE IS MORE
CONSERVATIVE.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS
CONSERVATIVE.
>> BUT YOU GOT ELECTED AND
ELECTED AND ELECTED AND YOU WERE
CONSIDERED A MODERATE SOMEBODY
WHO COULD WORK BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE SO YOU MANAGED.
>> WELL, I THINK DARREN WILL
TURNOUT TO BE A GOOD CONGRESSMAN
AND HE WILL WORK HARD FOR THE
PEOPLE OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
FOR ILLINOIS AND THE COUNTRY.
>> HAVE YOU PICKED A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
>> I LIKE JEB BUSH.
I THINK HIS TIME AS GOVERNOR OF
FLORIDA A BIG STATE DIVERSE
STATE VERY SUCCESSFUL GOVERNOR,
PLUS HE COMES FROM A VERY, VERY
GOOD FAMILY.
>> BUT HE IS TANKING IN THE
POLLS.
YOU WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN
DEBATES?
>> I WATCHED THE REPUBLICAN
DEBATES.
AND I'M SADDENED BY ALL OF THE
KIND OF VISITRIALIC NASTY WORDS
AGAINST PEOPLE THAT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO OUR
COUNTRY.
SO I HOPE THAT JEB WILL PREVAIL.
>> AND IF DONALD TRUMP PREVAILS,
COULD YOU AS A LIFELONG
REPUBLICAN WHO DID VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN YOU SERVED
HIM, COULD YOU VOTE FOR DONALD
TRUMP?
>> DONALD TRUMP'S NOT GOING TO
BE THE NOMINEE.
HE WON'T BE THE NOMINEE AND HE
COULD NEVER GET ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
HE HAS OFFENDED TOO MANY PEOPLE.
>> DOES THAT MEAN NO YOU WOULD
NOT VOTE FOR HIM.
>> I DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM IN THE
PRIMARY.
I WILL VOTE FOR JEB BUSH AND HE
WILL NOT BE OUR NOMINEE.
>> YOU WERE ON AIR FORCE ONE
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND YOU HAD
WRITTEN THIS BOOK.
DID YOU TELL HIM IN THE BOOK
WHILE YOU GIVE HIM HIGH MARKS IN
YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERE
WERE PROBLEMS IN THAT WHITE
HOUSE?
>> YOU KNOW WE DID NOT TALK
ABOUT THE BOOK.
THE BOOK I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
FINISHED.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FINISHED BUT
I DID NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD
THINGS THAT WE DID TOGETHER IN
TRANSPORTATION WHILE I WAS AT
D.O.T. AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED
REALLY WORKING TOGETHER.
AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH FOR
ILLINOIS.
AND AS I SAID, WE WILL HAVE AN
ENDURING FRIENDSHIP.
>> EVER GOING TO RUN AGAIN?
>> I AM NOT EVER GOING TO RUN
FOR OFFICE AGAIN.
>> NEVER EVER?
>> NEVER.
>> RAY LAHOOD ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE BOOK IS, "SEEKING
BIPARTISANSHIP: MY LIFE IN
POLITICS" RAY LAHOOD.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND "CHICAGO TONIGHT" CONTINUES
IN A MOMENT.
PLEASE DO NOT GO AWAY.
CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE
IN PART BY...
>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT", ANOTHER PAINFULLY LONG
SEASON FOR BEARS FANS.
JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS IS HERE.
AND LEGENDARY PHOTOS OF 70s
CHICAGO CLUB SCENE INSPIRE A NEW
BOOK AND POETRY.
CHICAGO'S CONNECTION TO THE
FIRST "STAR WARS" EPISODE AND
THE ANSWER AND WINNER OF OUR
SECOND "CHICAGO TONIGHT" PUZZLE.
>>> FIRST FOR SIX WEEKS DRAMATIC
WORK OF RELIGIOUS ART IS
UNVEILED IN CHICAGO.
CHRISTMAS SEASON IS THE ONLY
TIME TO SEE A RARE NATIVITY
SCENE THAT BLENDS SPIRITUAL AND
EARTHLY PURSUITS.
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" VISITED THE
ART INSTITUTE AND FOUND THE ART
SEEN IN CHURCHES IN 18TH CENTURY
NAPLES.
[♪♪♪]
IT'S CALLED A CRECHE.
IT IS A TRADITIONAL NATIVITY
SCENE WITH THE INFANT JESUS, THE
HOLY FAMILY, AND THE THREE WISE
MEN.
BUT THIS ONE HAS A CAST OF
HUNDREDS.
>> A CRECHE IS A SCENE THAT AT
THE VERY CORE SHOWS THE SCENE OF
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST BUT THEN IN
THE NEOPOLITAN TRADITION THAT
EXPANDS TO A CAST OF CHARACTERS.
SO IT INCLUDES THE ARRIVAL OF
THE THREE KINGS, AND IT INCLUDES
THE ANNUNCIATION OF CHRIST'S
BIRTH TO THE SHEPHERDS AND A
TAVERN SPRING WHICH BRINGS IN
THE LIFE AND CHARACTERS FROM
DAILY LIFE OF NAPLES IN THE
CENTURY.
>> YES, THE SETTING IS NAPLES
NOT BETHLEHEM.
COSTUMES REFLECT THE NEOPOLITAN
FASHIONS OF THE LATE 18TH
CENTURY.
IT IS A MIX OF CONTEMPORARY FOR
THE ERA WITH THE ORIGIN STORY OF
CHRIST.
THIS CRECHE WAS MADE IN NAPLES,
BEGINNING IN THE MID-1700'S BY
ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN
COMMISSIONED BY THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND LOCAL NOBILITY.
THEY WENT FOR BAROQUE.
>> THE MAKING OF THE CRECHE
BECAME PARTICULAR IT WAS AN
ASSEMBLY LINE PROCESS ONE ARTIST
WOULD SPECIALIZE IN MAKING THE
TERRACOTTA HEADS AND PAINTING
THEM AND ANOTHER ARTIST WOULD
MAKE THE WIRE ARMATURE OF THE
BODY TO BE MOLDED.
AND AN ARTIST WOULD MAKE THE
COSTUME.
ARTIST WOULD MAKE THE ANIMALS
THAT POPULATE THE SCENE AND ALSO
THE SMALL STILL LIFE OBJECTS SO
THAT THE SILVER TABLE SETTINGS
WERE MADE BY SILVER SMITHS AND
THE INSTRUMENTS WERE MADE BY
LOOP MAKERS.
[♪♪♪]
>> INSTALLED IN A CABINET, THE
CRECHE IS A THEATRICAL SCENE
FILLED TO THE CORNERS WITH
INGENIOUSLY CRAFTED FIGURESSISM
THE FIGURES ARE MADE FROM A MIX
OF MATERIALS AND WE HAVE ON VIEW
AN EXAMPLE HOW THE FIGURES ARE
PUT TOGETHER.
SO THE BODY OF THE FIGURE IS A
WIRE ARMATURE THAT IS COVERED IN
A HEM AND LIKE SEVERAL TO THE
ARMS AND LEGS CAN BE BENT AND
ARRANGED AND IT HAS A TERRACOTTA
HEAD THAT IS PAINTED AND THE
HANDS AND THE FEET ARE MADE OF
WOOD ORATOR RA COT TA AS WELL
AND A REAL SILK COSTUME COVERS
ALL OF THAT.
>> THE SILK COSTUMES ARE THE
REASON THE CRECHE MUST REMAIN IN
THE DARK FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR.
>> WE ARE ONLY ABE TO EXHIBIT
THE CRECHE FOR SIX WEEKS OF THE
YEAR BECAUSE THE MATERIALS ARE
FRAGILE AND THE ORIGINAL SILK
COSTUMES ARE LIKELY TO FADE SO
IT HAS TO REST IN THE DARKNESS
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR
WHICH IS GREAT FOR US TO HAVE
THE CELEBRATION AROUND IT EVERY
YEAR AT CHRISTMASTIME.
>> THERE ARE BELIEVED TO BE ONLY
A DOZEN CRECHES IN THE WORLD OF
THIS QUALITY AND SCALE.
THE ART INSTITUTE ACQUIRED
THEIRS FROM AN ITALIAN COLLECTOR
IN 2013.
IT WAS ASSEMBLED OVER YEARS.
AND IT'S ON VIEW 40 DAYS A YEAR,
THE CRECHE IS TOO BIG TO MOVE.
>> WHEN WE CLOSE DOWN THE
EXHIBITION WE INSTALL A WALL IN
FRONT OF IT AND KEEP IT IN THE
DARK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
YEAR.
WHEN YOU COME AND VISIT THE
MUSEUM YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IT'S
HIDING BEHIND THE WALL.
>> BY THE WAY, THE WORD CRECHE
COMES FROM THE FRENCH FOR CRIB.
THE ART INSTITUTE'S CRECHE IS ON
VIEW IN THE EUROPEAN PAINTING
AND SCULPTURE GALLERIES THROUGH
JANUARY 10TH.
MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> IT IS OFFICIAL.
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.
THE BEARS ARE ELIMINATED FROM
THE PLAYOFFS.
AND THEIR LOSS TO THE VIKINGS
YESTERDAY SECURED THEIR STATUS
AS A SUB.500 TEAM AND CREATED
MORE QUESTIONS HEADING INTO THE
FINAL TWO GAMES.
WHY HAS THE TEAM REGRESSED SINCE
THE THANKSGIVING AT LAMBEAU
FIELD AGAINST THE PACKERS?
AND WHICH PLAYERS ARE DOING WELL
ENOUGH TO KEEP THEIR ROSTER SPOT
FOR NEXT SEASON?
JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS JOINS ANN
KREITER ON OUR WEEKLY EDITION OF
BIG CAT AND THE BEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
UNLIKE THE BEARS FIVE LOSSES,
THIS ONE WASN'T CLOSE.
JAMES, IT WAS UGLY, IT WAS UGLY.
AS YOU WERE WATCHING THE GAME
UNFOLD, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
ABOUT THE STATE OF JOHN FOXX'S
BEARS?
>> IT WAS HARD TO WATCH.
YOU SIT DOWN AND EXPECT TO SEE A
GOOD GAME BECAUSE IT IS A
RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN TWO TEAMS
THAT PLAY QUITE A BIT AND DON'T
LIKE EACH OTHER AND YOU EXPECTED
TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND NOT DO
VERY MUCH AFTER SUCH A GOOD
KICKOFF RETURN.
IT WAS HARD TO WATCH.
IT WAS A LONG GAME.
>> AND THE OFFENSE FIRST.
IT WAS BRUTAL.
IT WAS BROW TALL.
THEY ONLY GAINED 10 YARDS IN THE
FIRST QUARTER FOR THE ABISMAL
STAT OF THE DAY.
AFTER THAT GREAT KICK RETURN WE
HAVE THIS.
MATT FORTE RIPPING OFF A 35-YARD
RUN AND IT'S NEGATED BECAUSE OF
A PENALTY ON THE ROOKIE.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE ROOKIE?
IS HE UP TO THE TASK OF BEING AN
NFL CENTER?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.
YOU LOOK AT SOME GUYS AND THEY
HAVE TO FIT INTO THE SYSTEM.
WHETHER OR NOT HE FITS INTO THE
SYSTEM WITH WHAT FOXX AND THESE
GUYS WANT TO DO, I'M NOT SURE
YET.
BECAUSE FROM EVERYTHING THEY SAY
THEY WANT TO BE A POUNDING
FOOTBALL TEAM.
THEY WANT TO RUN THE BALL AND
STICK IT UP IN THERE AND PLAY
DEFENSE.
AND YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BLOW PEOPLE
OFF THE BALL NOT A POSITION
BLOCKER.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE AS
TIME GOES ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY
DO SOME THINGS TO COMPENSATE FOR
THE TYPE OF TECHNIQUE THAT HE
CAN PLAY OR TRY AND BULK HIM UP
MUSCLE WISE TO MAKE HIM MORE OF
A PHYSICAL PLAYER.
>> AND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE
SUFFERED.
JAY CUTLER GOT SACKED FIVE
TIMES.
AS FOR THE DEFENSE, ANOTHER SLOW
START ON DEFENSE.
THE VIKINGS' OPENING DRIVE
CHEWED UP 6-AND-A-HALF MINUTES
ON THE CLOCK.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS THIS LATE
IN THE SEASON THAT WE ARE JUST
SEEING SOMETHING LIKE A LOT OF
MISSED TACKLES?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE MISSED TACKLES, THE
ASSIGNMENT ERRORS, WHEN THE BALL
SNAPS GUYS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
WITH EACH OTHER, WHO IS SUPPOSED
TO BE COVERING WHO --
>> ISN'T THIS DEFENSE 101 HERE?
>> IT IS.
AND FOR IT TO BE HAPPENING THIS
LATE IN THE SEASON MAKES YOU
QUESTION A LOT OF THINGS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAD A LOT OF
NEW STARTER ALONG THAT DEFENSE
IN THE GAME.
THEY ONLY PENCILED IN ONE NEW
GUY.
AND HE LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES.
>> HE HAD A GREAT GAME.
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS
BOTH OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY
FOR THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YOU GOT TO FOCUS.
YOU GOT TO FOCUS ON THE LITTLE
THINGS.
AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES
IT HASN'T SEEMED LIKE THEY HAVE
DONE THAT.
>> AND ANOTHER FRUSTRATION FOR
BEARS FANS, THE OPPOSING
QUARTERBACKS LOOK LIKE ALL PROS
AGAINST THE BEARS DEFENSE.
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER HAD A CAREER
DAY.
>> THEY ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH
MAN TO MAN COVERAGE AND
QUARTERBACKS BREAKING THROUGH
THE CENTER OF THE LINE AND RUN
FOR LONG YARDAGE.
IT IS A COMMUNICATION ERROR.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE IT WHETHER IT BE
FROM A SAFETY OR DEFENSIVE
LINEMAN IT HAS TO GET OUT THERE.
>> WELL, WHETHER IT IS RIGHT
TACKLE KYLE LONG GETTING BEAT ON
THE OUTSIDE, MIDDLE LINEBACKER
SHEA McLELLAN PLOWING AN
ASSIGNMENT OR POOR TACKLING BY
ALLEN BALL THE BLAME COULD BE
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE BUT THE HEAD
COACH REFUSED TO POINT FINGERS.
>> I'M NOT GOOD AT THE BLAME
GAME.
TO ME IT'S ALL OF US.
IT'S COACHING, IT'S PLAYING,
IT'S EXECUTING.
ULTIMATELY WE ARE ALL IN IT
TOGETHER.
I WOULD SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED IN
OUR RECORD.
AND REALLY LEAVE IT AT THAT
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
MEASURED ON.
>> THEY ARE MEASURED ON THAT AND
RIGHT NOW THE RECORD IS NOT
GOOD.
THEY CANNOT GET TO.500.
THE ABILITY TO GET MENTAL
TOUGHNESS THEY WILL BE FACING
FORMER HEAD COACH LOVIE SMITH.
DO PLAYERS GET UP FOR SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS IF THEY ARE PLAYING A
FORMER HEAD COACH OR FORMER
TEAM?
>> I THINK YOU DO GET UP FOR IT
A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS FOR ME I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AGAINST
DITKA WHEN HE WENT TO THE
SAINTS.
AND FOR ME, IT WAS THE GUY THAT
DRAFTED ME.
IT WAS A GUY THAT BROUGHT ME
INTO THE LEAGUE SO I HAD A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR HIM BUT I WANTED
TO BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM.
EXCUSE ME.
SO I --
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET
PUMPED UP.
AS AN ATHLETE, YOU USE THAT TO
YOUR ADVANTAGE.
IF THIS IS THE GUY THAT YOU
PLAYED FOR WHETHER YOU LIKED HIM
OR DIDN'T LIKE HIM, YOU WANT TO
BEAT HIM ON SUNDAY.
>> THE BEARS GOT TO THE PLAYOFFS
THREE TIMES UNDER SMITH AND HIS
NINE YEARS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIFTH
SEASON THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING
BACK.
HOW DO BEARS PLAYERS IF THEY DO
NOT HAVE THE SMITH INCENTIVE HOW
DO THEY GET UP FOR THE FINAL TWO
GAMES KNOWING THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO THE PLAYOFFS?
>> FOR EACH PLAYER IT'S
DIFFERENT.
EACH GUY HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IT IS THAT IS GOING TO MOTIVATE
HIM FOR THE GAME.
WHETHER IT'S TO GO OUT AND KICK
SOMEBODY'S BUTT OR PLAYING FOR
YOUR LIVELIHOOD THERE ARE GUYS
THAT HAVE NOT STARTED OR HAD
OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND THERE.
AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO GET A
LITTLE MORE OF A LOOK BECAUSE
IT'S THE END OF THE SEASON.
AND COACHES WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE NEXT
YEAR.
IF THAT IS NOT MOTIVATION FOR
YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JAMES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT
MONDAY.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE THIS IS
HEADED.
I KNOW THAT THE BOW TIE HAS BEEN
ELIMINATED FROM YOUR WARDROBE.
>> NO, WE CAN GET A WIN.
>> WE GOT TO WIN.
IF THE BEARS GET A WIN AGAINST
TAMPA OR THE LIONS.
>> OR DETROIT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL SEE JAMES AGAINST NEXT
MONDAY.
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" CONTINUES IN A
MOMENT.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
>> Announcer: THIS EVENING'S
PRESENTATION OF "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY...
[♪♪♪]
>> THERE WAS ONCE A CLUB SCENE
IN CHICAGO THAT WAS SOMETHING OF
A RASHFIED WORLD.
OUTSIDERS WERE KELL COME BUT FEW
JOINED IN.
ONE NIGHT A PHOTOGRAPHER NOT
PART OF THE SCENE VENTURED INTO
THE WORLD AND BEGAN A PROJECT
THAT HAS BECOME LEGENDARY.
HE CAPTURED A FAN IT IS
PARTICULAR NIGHT LIFE THAT IS
LONG GONE AND PRESERVED IN THAT
PHOTOGRAPHER'S WORK.
SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOW
SHOWCASED IN A BOOK WITH AN
ACCLAIMED POET PROVIDING THE
WORDS FOR THE PICTURES.
EDDIE ARRUZA HAS THE RAP.
>> OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN MELLOW BE THY NAME.
THY MIDNIGHT COME THY WILL BE
SHUNNED IN SHY AS IT IS IN THIS
CLUB HERE.
[♪♪♪]
GIVE US OUR JAMS OR NIGHTLY BEAT
AND FORGIVE GALS WHO WON'T DANCE
AGAINST US.
LEAD US STRAIGHT INTO
TEMPTATION.
AND DELIVER US FROM WOMEN WHO
ARE EVIL.
FOR MINE IS THE DANCE FLOOR WITH
ITS POWER AND ITS GLORY.
AMETROPOLITAN.
AMEN.
FOR SOME IT MAY HAVE BEEN A
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IT WAS A
SOULFUL ONE.
CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE DANCE CLUB
SCENE OF THE 1970s WAS A
PAGEANT OF FAR OUT CLOTHES,
DYNAMITE DANCE MOVES AND A
RAINBOW OF ATTITUDES.
A SCENE THAT DISAPPEARED DECADES
AGO AND WHICH MIGHT HAVE LIVED
ON IN THE MEMORIES OF CLUB GOERS
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A NEW
JERSEYIAN NAMED MICHAEL
ABRAMSON.
>> HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER THAT
CAME TO CHICAGO TO GO TO THE
INSTITUTE OF DESIGN.
AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS BOOK
WERE PART OF HIS THESIS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHS
I DO NOT THINK THIS PORTRAIT OF
THIS AMAZING WORLD WOULD EXIST.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS,
ABRAMSON TOOK 5,000 PHOTOGRAPHS
AT SUCH LEGENDARY CLUBS AS
PEPPER'S HIDEOUT, THE HIGH
CHAPARRELL, THE PATIO LOUNGE AND
SHOWCASE LOUNGE.
AND SOME OF THE FINEST IMAGES
ARE IN A BOOK CALLED GOTTA GO
GOTTA FLOW.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST PUBLISHED
COLLECTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE
PHOTOS BUT THE BOOK BRINGS A
LITERARY ELEMENT TO THE
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTRY.
>> WHAT WE LOOK FOR ARE
COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT
HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE OR
COLLECTIONS THAT BY ARTISTS NOT
WELL-KNOWN.
I THINK MICHAEL FIT IN WELL TO
THAT CATEGORY.
WE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A BOOK OF
PICTURES BUT FOR US, THE
QUESTION WAS HOW CAN WE ADD TEXT
TO THIS?
AND HOW DO YOU DO IT WITHOUT
MAKE TO GO TOO ACADEMIC?
>> I DON'T DRESS PRACTICAL.
I DRESS ROYAL.
>> FOR THE BOOK'S COPY, THE
PUBLISHER'S TURN TO NATIVE
CHICAGOAN AND SLAM CHAMPION
PATRICIA SMITH.
I GOT THE PICTURES AND NOT ONLY
WERE THEY IN THEMSELVES
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SHOTS BUT
THEY REMINDED ME A LOT OF MY
UPBRINGING IN CHICAGO.
MY PARENTS THE MUSIC I USED TO
LISTEN TO.
AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO CAPTURE THAT TIME AND THOSE
SOUNDS.
AND BRINGING WHAT I LEARNED AS A
POET TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THE
PICTURES CLEARER FOR PEOPLE.
[♪♪♪]
>> WHEN THE FUNK TAKES HOLD,
WHEN THE FUNK TAKES OVER, WHEN
THE FUNK WON'T LISTEN, WHEN THE
FUNK KEEP YAPPING AND WHEN THE
FUNK RULES THE ROOM, WHEN THE
FUNK IS YOUR MISTRESS WHEN THE
FUNK IS YOUR GOD.
WHEN THE FUNK GOT THE GOSPEL.
WHEN THE FUNK IS YOUR WOMAN.
WHEN THE FUNK REACHES FOR PHONE,
REACHES FOFER PULSE REACHES FOR
YOUR RUMBLE, REACHES AND FINDS
YOU AND CONQUERS YOU.
THERE IS NOTHING TO DO BUT GIVE
WHAT YOU GOT TO THE ROOM.
>> WE ORIGINALLY WANTED HER TO
LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENED IF SHE WAS
INSPIRED BY THEM.
AND THE GOOD NEWS NOT ONLY WAS
SHE INSPIRED, IT WAS LIKE A
LAUNCHING POINT FOR A GREATER
AND MORE AMBITIOUS PROJECT THAN
WE HOPED.
>> PATRICIA SMITH ENDED UP
WRITING POEMS AND THE TITLE
COMES FROM A POEM THAT
CELEBRATES THE RHYTHMS THAT
PROPEL MANY OF THE PHOTOS
ABRAMSON'S THESIS EARNED HIM A
MASTER DEGREE AND HE WENT ON TO
BECOME A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD AND
PHOTOED MANY FROM OPRAH TO STEVE
JOBS.
BUT THE SOUTH SIDE PHOTOS MIGHT
BE THE GREATEST LEGACY.
>> HE SHOWED A REMARKABLE DEGREE
OF SENSITIVITY FOR WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN THE CLUBS.
HE WAS NOT THERE TRYING TO GRAB
SENSATIONAL IMAGES BUT DRAWN TO
THE PEOPLE AND PERSONALITIES AND
TRYING TO CAPTURE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE CLUBS.
OF COURSE
♪
[♪♪♪]
>> GET AWAY.
GO AWAY.
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY.
[♪♪♪]
CLOSE YOUR CRAVE INTO A WIND
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CARRY YOU
CLOSER TO FARTHER AWAY FROM WHAT
YOU RUN TOWARD FROM WHAT YOU
FLEE.
GO ANYWHERE, EVERYWHERE,
WHEREVER BEGIN WITH THE NIGHT
AND IT'S SLY ENGINE LAUGH IN ITS
FACE UNTIL YOU HEAR IT ROAR.
♪I HAVE TO CELEBRATE YOU BABY♪
>> IN A 2008 INTERVIEW, MICHAEL
ABRAMSON SAID I REALIZE I HAVE
BEEN TO EVERY PART OF THE PLANET
BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN AS FAR
AWAY AS I WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF CHICAGO NOT BECAUSE IT WAS
EXOTIC BUT BECAUSE IT WAS SO
EXHILARATING.
ABRAMSON DIED AT THE AGE OF 62.
BUT HIS PHOTOS OF AN
UNPARALLELED TIME AND PLACE IN
CHICAGO REMAIN IMMORTAL.
FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M EDDIE
ARRUZA.
>> YOU CAN SEE PHOTOS AND LEARN
MORE ABOUT GOTTA GO, GOTTA FLOW.
IT RAKED IN $250 MILLION IN THE
FIRST WEEKEND WARNERRING
CRITICAL ACCLAIM.
"STAR WARS" THE FORCE AWAKENS ON
ITS WAY TO BECOMING THE HIGHEST
GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME.
A FEW YEARS AGO WE LOOKED AT THE
CHICAGO COMPUTER SCIENTIST WHO
HELPED MAKE SPECIAL EFFECTS IN
THE FIRST "STAR WARS" MOVIE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT ASH-HAR
QURAISHI'S REPORT.
>> WHEN "STAR WARS" WAS RELEASED
IN 1977, THE THEY USED
INNOVATIVE CAMERA TECHNIQUES FOR
SPECIAL EFFECTS.
BUT FOR AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR
SCENE GEORGE LUCAS REQUIRED A
CUTTING EDGE 3D COMPUTER
ANIMATION NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON
FILM.
A SMALL FIGHTER SHOULD BE ABLE
TO PENETRATE THAT DEFENSE.
>> THAT ANIMATION WAS TO BE USED
IN THE FILM AS PART OF A
MILITARY BRIEFING.
ENGINEERING A PLAN ATTACK
AGAINST THE "EVIL EMPIRE"'S
DEATH STAR.
THE ANIMATION REQUIRED A 3D
COMPUTER RENDERING OF THE DEATH
STAR AND THE TRENCH TO WHICH
FIGHTERS WOULD TRAVEL TO EXPLOIT
ITS WEAKNESS.
BUT IN 19763D COMPUTER ANIMATION
WAS IN ITS INFANCY AND FEW COULD
DO IT.
SO LUCAS TURNED TO 27-YEAR-OLD
LARRY CUBA THE THE UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO.
CUBA WAS WORKING WITH CUTTING
EDGE COMPUTER ANIMATIONS AT THE
CIRCLE GRAPHICS HABITAT NOW
KNOWN AS THE ELECTRONIC
VISUALIZATION LABORATORY.
>> IT WAS ADVANCED TO SHOW
SHADED MODELS BUT IN LOOKING AT
WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THEN GEORGE WANTED TO TAKE IT A
STEP BACK BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WAS
NOT FULLY AWARE OF WHAT COMPUTER
GRAPHICS WAS YET.
HE WANTED MORE ICONIC IMAGE AS
OPPOSED TO A POLISHED VERSION.
WHAT YOU SAW IN THE FILM WAS
THREE GENERATIONS BACK OF
SOFTWARE THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED.
>> OK.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU
NOW BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE...
>> STEVE WAS A STUDENT AT THE
LAB BACK IN THE MID-1970s.
AND TODAY HE IS A SPECIALIST IN
LASER GRAPHICSES.
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, HE HAS
BEEN BEHIND THE LASER SHOWS FOR
THE BULLS AND THE BLACKHAWKS.
>> THE COMPUTING HORSEPOWER WE
HAD WAS SO TINY.
WHAT ALL OF US HAVE ON OUR
CELLPHONE EXCEEDS BY ORDERS OF
MAGNITUDE WHAT WE HAD.
>> WHAT THEY HAD WAS A SYSTEM
THAT INCLUDED THIS VECTOR
COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO A CRT
MONITOR.
COMPUTERS TODAY RUN HALF A
MILLION TIMES FASTER THAN THIS
DID BACK IN THE 70s.
LARRY CUBA USED PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGE DEVELOPED BY TOM AS A
BASIS FOR PRODUCING THE 3D
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FOR "STAR
WARS".
>> AS YOU CAN SEE THE VECTOR
GENERAL IS CAPABLE OF PUTTING UP
IMAGES.
>> A LOT OF WHAT LARRY DID WAS
PHOTOGRAPHS BECAUSE THE SET
PIECES WERE NOT BUILT YET THEY
HAD PHOTOGRAPHS OF THINGS OR
ARCHITECT CAL DRAWINGS AND HE
SAT DOWN WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND HE MEASURED THEM.
AND THEN WE PUT THEM ON A
DIGITIZING TABLET AND TRACED
OVER THE PHOTOGRAPH AND HE HAD
TO ACONSUME WHAT THE THIRD
DIMENSION WAS OR SOMETIMES WE
HAD SIDE SHOTS SOME WERE SET
PIECES THAT WERE BUILT AND SOME
WEREN'T.
>> ONE PIECE THAT WAS BUILT
HANGS ON THE WALL IN THE LAB AT
UIT TODAY.
>> THIS SHOT FROM THE ORIGINAL
"STAR WARS" YOU CAN SEE FOUR
COPIES OF OUR PIECE OF THE DEATH
STAR MAKING UP THE SURFACE IS
THERE FLYING ACROSS IT DURING
THE FILM.
>> AT THE TIME WHEN WE RECEIVED
IT IT WAS NOT WORTH ANYTHING
BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW HE WAS GOING
TO BE THAT FAMOUS.
THEY LEFT IT BEHIND AND THEY
PROMPTLY LEFT.
AND THEY FORGOT ABOUT T.