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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PHIL
PONCE.
ON THIS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6TH...
A 55-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY POLICE THE
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS IS LAID TO
REST.
WE TALK WITH THE FAMILY'S
ATTORNEY.
>> LOOKING AT A CHANGE TO THE
CITY'S RECYCLING PROGRAM AND
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT
CAN AND CANNOT BE RECYCLED.
>> FAMILY EVERY TIME I COME IN
LIKE MY SECOND HOME.
>> JAY SHEFSKY VISITS A JOB
TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE CHICAGO
SUBURB.
>>> NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY
HEALTH SYSTEM BATTLES THE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SO WE
CAN MERGE WITH ADVOCATE
HEALTHCARE THAT STORY AND MORE
FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.
>>> GENDER IDENTITY VIA EMOJI
AND THE DAD BODE A LINGUIST
WALKS US THROUGH THE WORDS OF
THE YEAR OF 2015.
>>> AND AIR POLLUTION FROM
BURNING COAL MADE THE WINDY CITY
LOOK LIKE THE SOOTY CITY HOW
CHICAGO CLEANED UP IT ACT.
ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
[♪♪♪]
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO
TONIGHT.
22 CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE
BEEN PUNISHED FOR FAILING TO USE
VIDEO CAMERAS CORRECTLY.
ACCORDING TO THE "CHICAGO SUN
TIMES" ALL THE OFFICERS WERE
DISFLIPPED IN THE MONTH SINCE
THE RELEASE SHOWING THE FATAL
SHOOTING OF LAQUAN McDONALD
AND RONALD JOHNSON BOTH WHICH
LACKED AUDIO.
PUNISHMENTS WERE REPRIMAND TO A
SUSPENSION.
JOHN ESCALANTE WARNED OFFICERS
THAT IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE THAT EQUIPMENT WAS
WORKING PROPERLY.
>>> A WHEATON COLLEGE PROFESSOR
WHO THE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO FIRE
AFTER SHE SAID THAT MUSLIMS AND
CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE SAME GOD
SAYS SHE WILL NOT BE
INTIMIDATED.
LARYCIA HAWKINS MADE THE
COMMENTS IN A Facebook POST
WHICH SHE EXPLAINED HER DECISION
TO WEAR A MUSLIM HEAD SCARF AS
AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY WITH
MUSLIMS FACING DISCRIMINATION.
IN A NEWS CONFERENCE HAWKINS
STRUCK A DEFIANT TONE.
>> WHEATON COLLEGE CAN SIGNIFY
THAT EMPLOYEES SIGN A STATEMENT
OF FAITH THAT IS WITHIN THEIR
RIGHTS AND ADHERE TO IT AND I
DO, THEY DID NOT GIVE ME JESUS
AND THEY CANNOT TAKE HIM AWAY
FROM ME.
>> THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SAUCE
HAWK KIPS' COMMENTS ARE NOT
CONSISTENT WITH THE STATEMENT OF
FAITH WHICH ALL FACULTY ARE
REQUIRED TO SIGN.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL MAKE
THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TO
REVOKE HER TENURE.
>> CHARTER SCHOOL SUPPORTERS
WILL REPLACE RUIZ AT THE CHICAGO
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MAYOR EMANUEL PRAISED GUZMAN AS
A COMMITTED PUBLIC SERVANT WHO
WORKED TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS.
HE LED THE CHICAGO SCHOOLS
OFFICE OF NEW SCHOOLS THAT SAW
THE EXPANSION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
IN THE CITY.
IN A STATEMENT DENOUNCING THE
APPOINT MANY THE TEACHERS' UNION
SAYS THE SCHOOLS DO NOT NEED
ANOTHER QUOTE PRO CHARTER RUBBER
STAMP WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE
DISSEMINATION OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THROUGH
CHARTER EXPANSION.
>>> THE AQUARIUM WILL HAVE A NEW
BOSS.
BRIGITTE COUGHLIN WILL SUCCEED
THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. TED
BEATTY THIS SPRING.
COUGHLIN IS PRESIDENT OF
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND
PROGRAMS AND CURATOR AT THE
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND
SCIENCE.
BEATTY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RETIRE
THIS YEAR AFTER LEADING THE SHED
FOR 22 YEARS.
>>> FRENCH COMPOSER AND
CONDUCTOR PIERRE BOULIES IS
DEAD.
HE DIED AT HIS HOME IN GERMANY
ON TUESDAY.
HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD.
HE HAD A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH
THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MAKING THE CSO CONDUCTING DEBUT
IN 1969.
HERE IN A 2005 INTERVIEW HE
EXPLAINED TO ME WHY HE WAS DRAWN
TO THE CITY AND THE ORCHESTRA.
>> FIRST THE QUALITY OF THE
ORCHESTRA.
THAT IS WHAT ATTRACTS YOU THE
FIRST SIGHT.
AND SECOND, I LIKE THE TEAM
ALSO.
AND THIRD I LIKE THE AUDIENCE
HERE BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE HAS
ALWAYS REACTED VERY WARMLY TO
WHAT I WAS DOING.
>> AT HIS DEATH HE RETAINED THE
TITLE OF CONDUCTOR EMERITUS OF
THE CSO.
>>> A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SLEET
FOR THE MORNING RUSH AND SMALL
POSSIBILITY WITH RAIN WITH A
HIGH OF 38.
TO CAROL MARIN AND THE LAWYER IN
THE LATEST HIGH PROFILE POLICE
SHOOTING CASE.
CAROL?
>> THANK YOU, PHIL.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TODAY
FOR BETTIE JONES.
A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT MS. JONES THE
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" PARIS SCHUTZ
WAS AT THE FUNERAL AND HAS MORE
ON THAT STORY.
>> 55-YEAR-OLD BETTIE JONES WAS
REMEMBERED AS A DEVOTED MOTHER
OF FIVE AND GRANDMOTHER OF NINE.
>> MY MOM WAS EVERYTHING TO ME.
SHE FOUGHT FOR EVERYBODY TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY DID RIGHT.
AND PEOPLE HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> AND THE TONE OF THE FUNERAL
SERVICE AT THE CHURCH ON THE
WEST SIDE SHIFTED FROM
CELEBRATING A LIFE TO
QUESTIONING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
WHICH IT WAS TAKEN.
>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN TESTIFIED
THAT SHE DID NOT DESERVE THIS.
SHE WAS MERELY TRYING TO HELP
THE POLICE.
[INAUDIBLE]
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT SHE
FEARED SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE
DIFFERENTLY.
>> JONES DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF THE MORNING ON DECEMBER 26TH.
WHEN POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO A
DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN
19-YEAR-OLD QUINTONIO LeGRIER
AND HIS FATHER WHO LIVED IN THE
APARTMENT UPSTAIRS.
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED THE
YOUNGER QUINTONIO LeGRIER
HANDLING A BAT.
AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE
ACCIDENTALLY AND TRAGICALLY
KILLING JONES NOT CROSSFIRE.
JONES' FAMILY MEMBERS SAY SHE
WAS KILLED WHILE OPENING THE
DOOR ARE NOT OFFICERS BUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT
CONFIRM THE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH A GROUP OF
BLACK PANTHERS LED MOURNERS IN
CHANTS ADMONISHING THE CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[INAUDIBLE]
THE CASE IS NOW BEING
INVESTIGATED BY THE REVAMPED
INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW
AUTHORITY AND THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO
DESK DUTY.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> BUT THE INVESTIGATION AND
RECENT ACTIONS ANOUNSED BY MAYOR
EMANUEL TO CURB THE USE OF
DEADLY FORCE BY POLICE OFFICERS
ARE LITTLE COMFORT TO FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL IN SHOCK
THAT SHE IS GONE.
FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
PARIS SCHUTZ.
>> JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
MS. JONES' TRAGIC DEATH IS
LARRY ROGERS, JR. ONE OF THE
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING HER
FAMILY.
AND HE REPRESENTS WE SHOULD NOTE
THE FAMILY OF SANDRA BLAND THE
CHICAGO WOMAN WHO DIED IN POLICE
CUSTODY IN TEXAS.
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, CAROL.
>> WOULD YOU TELL US, Mr.
ROGERS, WHAT MORE WE CAN KNOW TO
UNDERSTAND HOW EXACTLY MS.
JONES DIED?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE
BEEN CONDUCTING OUR OWN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
HOWEVER, THE SLOW TRICKLE OF
INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GETTING
FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS HAMPERING AND
SLOWING THAT PROCESS.
AS JUST THE SIMPLE MATTER WE
CANNOT GET THE NAME WITHOUT
FILING A LAWSUIT OF THE OFFICER
WHO KILLED BETTIE JONES.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME
INFORMATION.
THERE ARE WITNESSES WHO
IDENTIFIED ASPECTS OF THE
SHOOTING.
AND IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION OF
THE OFFICER AS BEING FAR AWAY
FROM THE DOOR AS THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO HAS NOT SHARED ANY OF
THE REPORTS OR THE DETAILS OF
THE SHOOT SNOOK IS THAT NORMAL
POLICE PRACTICE IN THESE
SITUATIONS?
>> IT SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TRUST IN THE
INDEPENDENT NATURE OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS OF
POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
WITH THE POLICE-INVOLVED
SHOOTING WE KNOW WHO THE SHOOTER
IS.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TRACK DOWN
THE SHOOTER.
>> SOMEONE KNOWS WHO THE SHOOTER
IS.
>> MEANING IT IS IDENTIFIABLE
POLICE OFFICER NOT SOME PERSON
ON THE STREET WHO RAN AWAY FROM
THE SCENE.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THERE IS NO
REASON TO KEEP OBJECTIVE
EVIDENCE LIKE VIDEOS OR AUDIO
TRANSMISSIONS OR PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE SCENE.
THOSE ARE OBJECTIVE PIECES OF
EVIDENCE THAT SHOULD NOT CHANGE,
WON'T CHANGE AND THOSE SHOULD BE
PRODUCED WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME.
>> THE NEW HEAD OF THE
INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW
AUTHORITY SHARON FAIRLEY SAID
THIS WEEK THAT TO HER KNOWLEDGE
THERE IS NO VIDEO.
HAVE YOU CONFIRMED THAT TO BE
THE CASE?
>> I HAVE NOT.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE SEEN YOU SEE
VIDEOTAPE RECORDING EQUIPMENT ON
THE NEIGHBORS HOMES IN THAT
AREA.
AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DID LEAVE WITH SOME
RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT GETTING
ANY INFORMATION.
I REQUESTED IT BOTH IN WRITING,
BOTH THROUGH ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
WITH Mr. PATTON AND HAVING --
>> THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
>> WE HAD TO FILE SUIT.
>> CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING IF
YOU KNOW ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MS. JONES AND THE
FAMILY UPSTAIRS, QUINTONIO
LeGRIER AND HIS FATHER?
>> SURE.
QUINTONIO LeGRIER WAS THE --
ANTONIO LeGRIER WAS THE
LANDLORD AND MS. JONES RENTED
THE PROPERTY ON THE FIRST FLOOR
AND THEY KNEW ONE ANOTHER SHE
WAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
HE HAD HER CELLPHONE NUMBER AND
CALLED HER TO TELL HER THAT THE
POLICE WOULD BE COMING AND THEY
HAD BEEN CONTACTED.
AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND
GOOD SAMARITAN SHE WENT TO THE
DOOR WHEN SHE WAS FATALLY SHOT
BY THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> ARE WE CERTAIN THAT SHOTS
WERE FIRED THROUGH THE DOOR
BEFORE SHE HAD OPENED THE DOOR?
>> WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN OF THE
SEQUENCE OF SHOTS AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE
IS A BARRAGE OF BULLETS THAT
WERE AIMED AT THE DOOR AND SOME
WENT THROUGH THE WALL ON THE
LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE.
SOME STRUCK THE DOOR.
AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY WRECKLESS
CONDUCT.
IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENTS ARE SPEEDING AND
RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
WHEN YOU POINT A LOADED WEAPON
AND FIRE AT A HOME WHEN YOU KNOW
THERE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE INSIDE
THAT IS WRECKLESS CONDUCT.
>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
HOWEVER SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
QUICKLY.
AND THAT WAS CITED BY A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE AS A RARE DISCLOSURE
AND POSSIBLY A POSITIVE KIND OF
DISCLOSURE THAT IF THERE HAD NOT
BEEN THESE CASES SO MANY OF
THEM, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IT.
DO YOU SEE IT AS A SENSE OF A
POSITIVE CHANGE AT LEAST?
>> CALLING THIS AN ACCIDENT, I
THINK FALLS FAR SHORT OF WHAT IT
IS.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFFICER FIRING
AT A 19-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO
REPORTEDLY CALLED THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FIRST, HE CALLED
APPARENTLY SEEKING ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN HE AND HIS FIRST FLOOR
NEIGHBOR ARE KILLED IN A BARRAGE
OF BULLETS AND BOTH INSIDE THE
PREMISES.
THE OFFICERS REPORTEDLY 15, 20
FEET AWAY ON THE PARKWAY.
THAT FALLS WELL SHORT OF WHAT IT
SHOULD BE.
HIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
THIS IS WRECKLESS CONDUCT.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN CONTACTED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE
F.B.I., ANY OF THE FEDERAL
AGENCIES?
>> WE HAVE NOT BEEN DIRECTLY
CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE OR THE F.B.I.
WE WELCOME THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE IN IPRA BASED UPON
THEIR HISTORY OF NOT FINDING
OFFICERS TO HAVE ENGAGED IN
IMPROPER CONDUCT.
THEIR HISTORY OF FINDING
QUESTIONABLE SHOOTINGS
UNJUSTIFIABLE WE DO NOT HAVE
FEDERAL CONFIDENCE AND WELCOME
THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
INVESTIGATION.
>> HAS IPRA CONTACTED YOU OR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT?
>> I DID GET A CALL FROM IPRA
REQUESTING TO INTERVIEW THE
DAUGHTER IN THE HOME SOMEONE
ELSE WHO COULD HAVE BEEN A
VICTIM OF THE SHOOTING BECAUSE
BULLETS WENT THROUGH THE WALL
AND THROUGH THE APARTMENT.
>> DID SHE SAY YES?
>> SHE WILL.
BUT SHE NED NEEDED TO BURY HER
MOTHER FIRST.
>> YOU STILL REPRESENT THE
ESTATE OF SANDRA BLAND THE
CHICAGO WOMAN WHO ENDED UP
RUNNING AFOUL OF POLICE IN
TEXAS.
TODAY THE TROOPER WHO PULLED HER
FROM HER CAR WAS ARRESTED OR WAS
CHARGED WITH PERJURY.
DO YOU SEE THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENT IN THAT CASE?
>> IT'S A POSITIVE.
BUT, AGAIN, IT TOOK SIX MONTHS
TO INDICT THE OFFICER FOR
FRANKLY A RATHER SMALL CHARGE OF
PERJURY.
SIGNIFICANT BUT SMALL CHARGE.
WE HAVE A VIDEOTAPE OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO SANDRA BLAND AND IT
SHOWS HIM POINTING A TASER.
WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT.
SHE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
WRONG.
>> SHE WAS RESISTING ARREST?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
SHE WAS TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE
CAR BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT PUT
OUT HER CIGARETTE AND SHE HAD
EVERY RIGHT TO SMOKE.
AND HE POINTED A TASER TO FORCE
HER OUT OF THE CAR.
>> Mr. ROGERS THESE CASES ARE
JUST UNFOLDING FAIR TO SAY?
>> NO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A
LONGTIME.
>> THE CASES THAT YOU ARE
REPRESENTING.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN BOTH
CASES?
>> WE DO.
WE DO.
THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTIGATION
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND MS. BLAND'S CASE THEY HAVE
WITHHELD A LOT OF INFORMATION
AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET THAT
AND HOPE THEY WILL NOT STONE
WALL US FURTHER OBVIOUSLY AND
THIS TRAGIC CASE OF MS. JONES
WE HAVE MORE TO DO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" CONTINUES
IN A MOMENT.
PLEASE STAY WITH US.
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STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" JOB TRAINING IN A
SUBURBAN CAFE.
IS THE LAND WHERE IT ONCE STOOD
RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT?
HOW CHANGING FORMS OF
COMMUNICATION AND CONVERSATIONS
AROUND IDENTITY SHAPE 2015'S
WORDS OF THE YEAR.
AND IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY"
A LOOK AT THE FOLKS FROM
KENTUCKY WHO HELPED BUILD
CHICAGO.
>>> FIRST THERE IS A BIG CHANGE
TO CHICAGO'S RECYCLING PROGRAM
THAT COULD MEAN YOUR BLUE BIN
MIGHT NOT GET PICKED UP.
STARTING THIS YEAR CREW ALSO NOT
PICK UP RECYCLING IF IT'S IN A
BAG.
THAT MEANS THE PLASTIC BOTTLES
AND RECYCLABLES MUST BE LOOSE IN
THE BLUE BIN.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE
CHANGE AND COMMON MISTAKES IS
THE COMMISSIONER CHARLES
WILLIAMS.
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
SO WHEN YOU SAY NO MORE
RECYCLABLES IN PLASTIC BAGS I
ASSUME THAT MEANS PAPER BAGS AS
WELL.
>> YES, IT DOES.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE
RECYCLING STREAM.
CURRENTLY WHEN YOU PUT A PLASTIC
BAG INSIDE THE CONTAINER WE
CANNOT SEE WHAT IS IN THERE.
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE SMALL
CONTAMINANT LIKE A STYROFOAM CUP
OR A PIZZA BOX THAT IS IN THAT
PLASTIC BAG THAT WILL
CONTAMINATE THAT ENTIRE STREAM.
WE ARE TRYING TO EDUCATE
RESIDENTS SO THEY PUT THE ITEMS
IN LOOSELY SO IF THEY MAKE A
MISTAKE WE CAN LEAVE A STICKER
ON AND LET THEM KNOW.
>> WHAT IS THE --
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
PUTTING RECYCLABLES WITH A
PLASTIC OR PAPER BAG?
>> QUITE A FEW.
>> HALF?
>> PROBABLY AT LEAST HALF.
AND AGAIN IT BECAME A PROBLEM
NOT JUST WITH US NOT BEING ABLE
TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE BAG BUT
THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE BEGINNING
TO DAMAGE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT
AT THE RECYCLING CENTERS.
WE HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THE
PLASTIC BAGS AND PAPER BAGS WE
WANT TO SEE WHAT IS IN THERE.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO PUT IT
IN LOOSELY WE KNOW WE CAN
PROTECT THAT STREAM THAT HELPS
EVERYONE THERE ARE NO LOSERS IN
RECYCLING.
EVERYBODY WINS BUT THAT STEAM IS
NOT HARMED YOU DO NOT DAMAGE
THAT STREAM YOU USE ALL OF THE
ITEMS AND PUT BANG THROUGH THE
SYSTEM.
--
BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
>> TO BE CLEAR IT IS ALL RIGHT
IF SOMEONE DUMPS THE PLASTIC BAG
AND THE CONTENTS INTO THE BIN
SAME WITH PAPER BUT AS FAR AS
PLASTIC BAGS...
>> TAKE THOSE BAGS AND PUT THEM
IN THE BLACK CART.
THAT PLASTIC BAG DO NOT PUT THAT
IN THE BLUE CART BUT THE BLACK
CART.
>> AND OTHER PLACES YOU CAN TAKE
PLASTIC BAGS.
>> THERE ARE.
WE HAVE A COLLECTION CENTER AT
1150 NORTH BRANCH.
GROCERY STORES YOU CAN TAKE
PLASTIC BAGS BACK TO THE GROCERY
STORES.
>> THEY HAVE BINS.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO REVIEW
THE THINGS THAT CAN BE PUT IN
RECYCLING.
AND THERE IS A LIST THAT HAS
BEEN CALLED THE DIRTY DOZEN.
PLASTIC BAGS, FILM AND BUBBLE
WRAP, FOAM, FOOD WASTE, GREASEY
CARDBOARD AND PAPER...
CLEAR
>> WHY NOT BIODEGRADABLE
PLASTICS?
ONE WOULD THINK THAT IS A
NO-BRAINER THAT IS WHAT YOU
SHOULD PUT THEM IN.
>> SOMETIMES THE CHEMICALS ARE
NOT GOING TO BREAKDOWN THE WAY
WE WANT TO MIX WITH THE
EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF THE
PLASTIC BEFORE IT DEGRADES CAN
DAMMING THE EQUIPMENT.
>> AND PLASTIC CUTLERY?
>> NO, WE DO NOT WANT THAT
BECAUSE IT IS MADE OUT OF THE
SAME MATERIAL THAT YOU MAKE
STYROFOAM CHEMICALS WE DO NOT
WANT INTO THE RECYCLING STREAM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT SPECIFIC ITEMS AND
TELL ME AS YOU LOOK AT THE
SCREEN ARE THESE RECYCLABLE WHY
YES OR NO?
A PIZZA BOX.
>> DEFINITELY NOT AND IT IS ONE
OF THE BIG OFFENDERS.
>> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
GREASEY PORTION HOW ABOUT IF YOU
RIP-OFF THE GREASEY PART?
>> IF IT'S DRY CERTAINLY WE WILL
TAKE THAT BUT WE PREFER YOU JUST
NOT PUT IT IN.
IF IN DOUBT THROW IT OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND THE NEXT ONE HOW ABOUT
THIS...
A BAG OF CHIPS?
>> EMPTY BAG OF CHIPS WE DO NOT
WANT BECAUSE THAT EMPTY BAG AND
SOMETHING THAT I TELL FOLKS TAKE
A LOOK AT THE CALORIES ON THE
BAG.
THERE IS A LOT OF GREASE INSIDE
THAT BAG WE DO NOT WANT THAT
BAG.
>> THIS IS ONE I WONDERED ABOUT.
HOW ABOUT EGG CARTONS?
>> IF IT IS CARDBOARD WE WILL
TAKE THAT.
IF IT IS STYROFOAM DEFINITELY
NOT.
>> YOU DO NOT --
SO OFTEN IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR AN
EGG TO CRACK IN AN EGG CARTON.
>> WE ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO PUT
IT IN THERE BECAUSE AGAIN IT CAN
CONTAMINATE.
WE WILL PROBABLY TEAR THAT OFF.
BUT FRANKLY AGAIN IF IN DOUBT
THROW IT OUT.
>> THERE ARE LINGERING QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO
RECYCLABLES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO
WONDER HOW DO I KNOW IT'S NOT
COMBINED WITH THE GARBAGE IN THE
BLACK BINS AND GOES TO A
LANDFILL?
>> EVERYONE SAVES WITH
RECYCLING.
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE.
THE PLASTIC CONTAINERS THAT YOU
DRINK FROM THE WATER BOTTLES
THAT CAN TURN INTO A BEAUTIFUL
JACKET.
PRACTICES PARTICULARS CAN TURN
INTO A PARK BENCH.
YOU RECYCLE A SODA POP CAN AND
IT TAKES LESS ENERGY TO RECREATE
THAT CAN.
>> SOME PEOPLE WONDER THEY SEE
THE RECYCLING TRUCKS HAUL THE
BLUE BIN BUT WONDER, I WONDER
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> IT GOES TO THE RECYCLING
CENTER AND THEY DUMP IT ON TO A
TIPPING FLOOR AND THEY SORT
THROUGH IT AND BREAK IT DOWN
INTO THE CATEGORIES AND IT'S
REUSED.
>> ARE THERE PLANS TO STRENGTHEN
THE RECYCLING ORDINANCE?
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS APARTMENTS
ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE RECYCLING
BUT OFTENTIMES DO NOT BOTHER TO.
>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
STRENGTHENING THE HIGH-RISE
ORDINANCE.
WE WILL MAKE IT MORE DIRECTED AS
FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME
THING DOING FOR THE RESIDENT AND
SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT THAT
RECYCLING IS COLLECTED
SEPARATELY AND THAT THAT STREAM
IS PROTECTED.
WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL TO DRAFT AN
ORDINANCE THAT IS BETTER FOR
HIGH-RISES TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
PROTECTED.
>> CHARLES WILLIAMS THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> EVERY DISCUSSION OF CRIME OR
POVERTY OR HIGH INCARSRATION
RATES POINTS BACK TO JOBS.
FOR THE LAST THREE-AND-A-HALF
YEARS A RESTAURANT IN EVANSTON
CALLED CURT'S CAFE HAS BEEN
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR YOUNG
MEN AND MORE RECENTLY YOUNG
WOMEN.
JAY SHEFSKY WENT FOR A VISIT.
>> I STOPPED FIRST AT A BURGER
SHOP IN EVANSTON TO MEET
CLIFFORD SMILELY.
IT WAS THE LUNCH RUSH SO HE WAS
BUSY.
FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS JUST OUT
OF PRISON AND NOT PRODUCTIVE.
>> AT THAT POINT I WAS LIKE WELL
SINCE I AM ON PROBATION I WILL
SKIP EVERYTHING AND JUST GO DOWN
THE DRAIN.
THEN I MET SUSAN AND IT ALL
CHANGED.
SHE TALKED SENSE INTO ME THAT
LADY REALLY CARED.
>> I MET SUSAN A MILE AWAY AT
CURT'S CAFE.
THE NONPROFIT THAT SHE FOUNDED
IN EVANSTON IN 2012.
AT FIRST, CURT'S LOOKS LIKE A
LOT OF OTHER BUSY, COZY CAFES.
COFFEE, SANDWICHES, SOUPS,
DESSERTS.
BUT CURT'S IS DIFFERENT.
>> COMES OUT OF THERE.
>> MOST OF THE STAFF ARE
TRAINING FOR CAREERS IN FOOD
SERVICE AND MANY ARE JUST OUT OF
PRISON.
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE HOMELESS.
90% ARE HOMELESS.
MANY HAVE LITERACY ISSUES.
AND MOST OF THEM HAVE THIS LEVEL
OF HOPELESSNESS THAT IS
UNFORTUNATE TO SEE IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THE CAFE HAS THREE FULL-TIME
STAFF.
DURING THE THREE MONTHS THAT
MOST YOUNG MEN STAY THEY LEARN
SKILLS AND THEY ARE TAUGHT FOOD
PREPARATION BY A STAFF CHEF.
AND THEY WORK THE FRONT COUNTER.
>> I DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH
SCHOOL SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
I'M HERE.
AND IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BEFORE I CAME HERE, LIKE I WAS
HORRIBLE WITH TALKING TO PEOPLE.
I BARELY KNEW HOW TO
COMMUNICATE.
>> CURTS OPENED IN 2012 AFTER A
YEAR THEY REALIZED JOB SKILLS
WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH THAT IS WHEN
THEY ADDED FULL-TIME SOCIAL
WORKERS.
>> THEY DO SOCIAL WORK BUT DO
THINGS LIKE HELP WITH HOUSING,
HELP GET STATE ID'S AND DRIVER'S
LICENSES AND TALK THEM OFF THE
LEDGE.
>> MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE OK AND
GOOD AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON
TOP OF THINGS WHICH IS WHY I
LOVE THIS PLACE.
>> GEORGE SAYS GETTING THE MEN
INTO STABLE HOUSING IS THE FIRST
PRIORITY.
>> THERE'S COUNSELING AND STAY
WITH RELATIVES AND WE HAD A LOT
OF KIDS THAT WAS RIDING THE
TRAIN.
THEY WERE COMING IN HERE COMING
INTO THE CAFE EARLY TO TAKE A
NAP SO THEY COULD WORK.
>> IN CURT'S FIRST THREE YEARS
THEY TRAINED 110 MEN.
AND THE RESULTS SAYS SUSAN ARE
CLEAR.
>> THE STATE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR
KIDS OUT OF PRISON IS 86%.
AND WE HAVE A 2% RECIDIVISM RATE
AND WE KNOW THAT IS WORKING.
82% OF OUR KIDS ARE GETTING JOBS
AND STAYING IN JOBS.
WHICH SHOWS THAT THE THAT WILL
WORK.
>> IN 2015 CURT'S OPENED A
SECOND CAFE.
CURT'S SOUTH.
TO TRAIN AND SERVE YOUNG WOMEN.
THEY HAD TRIED ADDING WOMEN TO
CURT'S NORTH BUT THE MEN BECAME
LESS FOCUSED.
>> THEY BECOME WHO THEY NEED TO
BE WHEN THEY ARE HERE UNTIL A
GIRL WALKS IN AND THEN THEY ARE
BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU KNOW,
MASKING UP AND IT JUST I DID NOT
SEE IT AS A POSITIVE THING FOR
THE MOST PART WE TRY TO BUILD
THEM UP SO WHEN THEY ARE
TOGETHER THEY ARE STRONGER
PEOPLE.
>> SHE WANTS TO BE A NURSE.
SHE SAYS SHE CAN USE HER NEW
RESTAURANT SKILLS TO HELP PAY
HER WAY THROUGH NURSING SCHOOL.
>> AND ME BEING 20 YEARS OLD, I
HAVE TWO KIDS ONE IS 3 AND ONE
IS SEVEN MONTHS IT GIVES ME A
CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM
AS THEIR MOTHER.
SO I MADE MY FIRST QUICHE TODAY
AND IT'S SPINACH, GARLIC CHICKEN
AND FETA CHEESE.
>> BEFORE STARTING, SUSAN SPENT
HER CAREER IN THE RESTAURANT AND
CATERING WORLD.
AND SAYS FOOD-RELATED JOBS ARE
IDEAL FOR GETTING AT RISK YOUTH
ON TRACK.
>> A LOT OF STUDENTS I HAVE A
LOT OF ENERGY AND I LIKE TO MOVE
AND I LEARN BY DOING AND A LOT
OF OUR STUDENTS ARE THE SAME
WAY.
SO TEACHING THEM HOW TO FILE
WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
>> AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A
COMMUNITY PROBLEM.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY CREATED IT
AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO BE PART OF THE HEALING
PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY COMES
IN HERE AND TRIES TO DO THAT.
>> THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
BOTH IN THE CAFE AND BEHIND THE
SCENES.
AND IN ADDITION TO JOB SKILLS
CURT'S TEACHES LIFE SKILLS.
>> RESPECT, HOW TO DO THE XY
CHARTS FOR THE DAILY REPORTS FOR
HERE, HOW TO BALANCE MY
CHECKBOOK.
ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
SUSAN TAUGHT ME HALF OF THE
STUFF I KNOW TODAY.
>> THESE ARE KIDS THAT HAVE SO
MANY CHECKS IN THE BOX AGAINST
THEM AND PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT
THEY WILL NEVER GET A JOB AND
NEVER DO THIS AND THAT AND WE
ARE PROVING THAT IS NOT THE
CASE.
THEY WILL BECOME CONTRIBUTING
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AS OPPOSED TO
ALWAYS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF IT.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
JAY SHEFSKY.
>> CURT'S CAFE IS A NONPROFIT
SUPPORTED BY SALES OF COFFEE AND
SANDWICHES AND PRIVATE
CONTRIBUTIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND
HELP FROM THE CITY.
AND LAST FALL SEVERAL SUPPORTERS
SPEARHEADED AN EFFORT TO BUY A
HOUSE TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
SOME OF THE YOUNG MEN TRAINING
AT CURT'S.
YOU CAN FIND MORE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
>>> TWO BIG LOCAL HOSPITAL
CHAINS ARE BATTLING THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO MERGE AND A DEVELOPER IS
BETTING MILLIONS ON THE NEXT BIG
RETAIL MARKET IN CHICAGO.
HERE WITH THE STORIES AND MORE
IS ANNE DWYER.
WHO ARE THE HOSPITAL CHAINS THAT
WANT TO MERGE?
>> ADVOCATE HEALTHCARE, PHIL, IS
THE BIGGIE IN THIS COMBO.
THEY ARE THE LARGEST HOSPITAL
NETWORK IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW
AND FOR-PROFIT, OF COURSE.
AND FOR MORE THAN A YEAR THEY
HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO MERGE WITH
NORTH SHORE HEALTH SYSTEM.
THAT IS AN ACADEMIC HEALTH
SYSTEM.
AND ACTUALLY STATE REGULATORS
OK'd THE DEAL A WHILE AGO.
IT WENT TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND
THEY RAN INTO A ROADBLOCK.
>> WHY THE ROADBLOCK?
WHY DOES THE FTC OPPOSE IT?
>> THE FTC IS WORRIED ABOUT
COMPETITION.
AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN LARGE MERGERS TAKE
PLACE AND WHAT THEY DO TO
CONSUMER PRICES.
THEY CONTEND THAT THIS COMBINED
ENTITY WOULD BE QUITE LARGE IN
THIS MARKET AND SAID THE
BASICALLY THEY ARE WORRIED THAT
ONE HOSPITAL SYSTEM WOULD
CONTROL 22% OF THE MARKET IS
JUST TOO BIG.
>> AND THE RESPONSE OF THE TWO
HOSPITALS THAT WANT TO MERGE
ABOUT THAT ARGUMENT?
>> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
THEY ARE MAD AS HELL.
THEY HAVE COME AROUND TO THE
EDITORIAL BOARDS OF EVERY MAJOR
PUBLICATION INCLUDING OURS AND
FILED A LAWSUIT.
THEY ARE PUSHING BACK ON THIS.
AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE A CASE.
THEY ARE SAYING THE WAY THAT THE
FTC IS DEFINING THE MARKET THAT
THEY WILL SERVE IS TOO NARROW.
THAT IN THE MARKET THAT THE FTC
DEFINES, SAYING YOU GUYS WILL
HAVE 55% MARKET SHARE THAT IS
WAY TOO BIG.
AND WHAT THE HOSPITALS ARE
SAYING NO, LOOK AT THE WAY THAT
INSURERS DEFINE THE MARKET THEY
DEFINE THE MARKET AS THE
SIX-COUNTY AREA AND WE WOULD
HAVE 22% CONTROL OF THIS MARKET
IN A MARKET AS COMPETITIVE OF
CHICAGO WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE
PRICING POWER THAT THE FTC IS
WORRIED ABOUT.
>> AND CABRINI GREEN WHAT IS
HAPPENING?
>> WELL, THE CHA PUT OUT A CALL
FOR PROPOSALS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR QUITE A WHILE AND CAME OUT
WITH A CALL FOR DEVELOPERS TO
COME IN AND MAKE BIDS TO DEVELOP
ABOUT 900 UNITS ON 65 ACRES OF
VACANT LAND.
>> WHAT WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT
CONSIST OF?
>> MOSTLY HOUSING.
IT WOULD BE A MIX OF LOW INCOME
AND MIDDLE INCOME AND HIGH
INCOME HOUSING.
BUT ALSO THERE IS A RETAIL
COMPONENT AND THAT MAKES SENSE
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH
RETAIL IS IN THAT AREA SINCE
CABRINI WENT DOWN.
THERE'S BEEN TARGET THAT WHOLE
AREA IS FILLED IN.
>> THE CHA PROMISED RESIDENTS
WHEN CABRINI WAS DOOMED TO BE
TAKEN APART THAT RESIDENTS WOULD
BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK.
HOW MANY OF THE UNITS WILL BE
SET ASIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS?
>> WELL, I THINK THE RFP CALLS
FOR A THIRD OF THE HOUSING TO BE
LOW INCOME HOUSING.
BUT I THINK TO MAKE IT PALATABLE
TO DEVELOPERS IT WILL HAVE BEEN
TO BE A MIX.
>> IT WILL HAVE TO BE A MIX.
>> AND THE STORY THE NEW YORK
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER MAKING A
BET ON A PART OF CHICAGO.
WHAT PART IS THAT?
>> THE FULTON MARKET
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS ON THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF WHAT WE THINK
OF NOW AS THE WEST LOOP.
IT'S BEEN TRADITIONALLY A
MEATPACKING DISTRICT AND
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT A CENTER OF
FOOD COMMERCE AND LATELY THERE'S
BEEN RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THERE.
AND THIS NEW YORK COMPANY THOR
EXWITIES PLOPPED DOWN $50
MILLION BETTING THERE'S MORE TO
COME.
>> WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE
50 MILLION?
>> THEY ARE BUYING UP A ROW OF
LOW SLUM STRUCTURES ON FULTON
AND IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THE IDEA I THINK THEY HAVE IS
FIRST FLOOR RETAIL AND WHAT GOES
ABOVE IT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT IT CAUGHT OUR EYE BECAUSE IT
WAS NOT THE PRICE TAG BECAUSE
$50 MILLION IN THE REAL ESTATE
WORLD IS SMALL CHANGE BUT WHAT
IS INTERESTING THIS COMPANY THOR
EQUITIES THEIR TRACK RECORD IS
MORE ON ESTABLISHED RETAIL
LOCATIONS.
THEY OWN THE BARNEY'S BUILDING
ON OAK STREET.
AND THIS IS SPECULATIVE PLAY FOR
THEM.
THEY ARE BETTING LONG THAT THE
FULTON MARKET DISTRICT WILL BE
THE NEXT HOT NEIGHBORHOOD IN
CHICAGO.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO SIT ON IT
OR DEVELOP IT THEMSELVES?
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE GOING
TO LOOK FOR PARTNERS.
DEPENDING WHAT SIZE THE PROJECT
THEY DECIDE TO PUT THERE.
FOR NOW THEY ARE JUST BUYING.
>> THE FULTON MARKET AREA
PREDICTIONS SOME PEOPLE THINK IT
WILL BE THE NEXT WICKER PARK OR
BUCK TOWN IS THAT CONCEIVABLE?
>> WELL, I THINK YOU THINK ABOUT
THE PROXIMITY TO THE LOOP IT'S
ACTUALLY IF YOU WANTED TO LIVE
AND WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IT
IS A CONVENIENT LOCATION.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE
NOW WHO ARE HOPING THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN BECAUSE IT IS AN
AFFORDABLE AREA.
WE HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE.
>> ANNE DWYER THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
CONTINUES IN A MOMENT.
PLEASE STAY WITH US.
♪.
>> IT WAS A YEAR OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IDENTITY AND
THE EMOJI USE OF THE SMILEY SMIY
FACES AND IMAGES IN TEXTS AND
E-MAILS SURGED IN 2015 AND WAS
ON THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW.
>> MY DAD'S GOING TO KILL ME.
>> SORRY.
BLUSHING FACE THUMB'S UP.
>> LOLLIPOP, SNOWMAN, TOILET,
MAILBOX, GHOST.
>> APPLE, WOMAN'S SHOE, ALARM
CLOCK, ACORN.
>> SO TRUE.
>> OK.
JOINING US TO DEVOWED THE EMOJIS
AND MORE IS LIPPING WIFT JASON
RIGLE.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EMOJI.
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY'S WORD FOR
2015 IS NOT A WORD IT IS THE
FACE OF THE FACE WITH TEARS OF
JOY EMOJI.
EXPLAIN WHAT AN EMOJI IS AND WHY
THIS WAS POPULAR.
>> IT IS AN ICON THAT GETS
APPENDED TO A TEXT MESSAGE OR
INCLUDED IN A TEXT MESSAGE THIS
ONE CALLED TEARS OF JOY IS
CALLED THE LOL FACE AND THE
REASON THIS IS USED SO OFTEN IN
TO INDICATE THAT SOMETHING WAS
FUNNY AND ALSO USED IN MUTUAL
TELL TIMES TO INDICATE A LOT OF
LAUGHING.
IT GETS USED QUITE A LOT.
>> AND HOW ABOUT WHAT WE SAW
THERE WERE SEVERAL WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
THAT IS SILLY.
I HAVE WATCHED SOME OF MY
STUDENTS COMMUNICATING WITH
EMOJIS ARE LONG STRINGS AND BEEN
PERPLEXED.
FIVE OR SIX MEAN SOMETHING BUT I
DO NOT KNOW.
>> IS IT ALONG THE LINE OF
HIEROGLYPHICS AND THE ORDER OF
THE DIFFERENT IMAGES HAD
SIGNIFICANCE IS THERE
SIGNIFICANCE THAT YOU HAVE NOT
DECODED YET?
>> THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE.
I GET ASKED WHEN EMOJIS IF THEY
ARE A LANGUAGE THEY ARE NOT THEY
ARE PART OF LANGUAGE THAT WE
USE.
THEY ARE NOT WORDS BUT THEY GET
USED LIKE WORDS AND HE ONCE YOU
SEE A STRING IT LOOKS LIKE
LANGUAGE.
I'VE SEEN STUDIES HOW MEN AND
WOMEN FLIRT USING DIFFERENT
EMOJIS.
AND YOU WILL SEE SEQUENCES OF
THEM.
>> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF EMOJIS
THAT A PERSON WOULD USE TO
FLIRT.
>> PEOPLE WILL FLIRT WITH WINKY
FACES AND MORE EXPLICIT WE
DIFFERENT THE EGGPLANT WHICH HAS
A MEANING IN FLIRTING MORE MENUS
THAT.
AND THE MOUTH WITH THE TONGUE
STICKING OUT AND HAND GESTURES
WHICH TAKEN BY THEMSELVES DO NOT
SEEM ODD BUT IN THE SEQUENCE ARE
CRUDE.
>> I CAN IMAGINE.
AND SPEAKING OF MEN AND WOMEN
DOES ONE SEX USE EMOJIS MORE
THAN THE OTHER?
TEXT MESSAGES THAT I RECEIVE
FROM MEN TEND NOT TO HAVE THEM.
AND TEXT MESSAGES I RECEIVE FROM
FEMALES, SOMETIMES DO INCLUDE
THEM.
>> SURE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN I KNOW
IN GENERAL WOMEN TEND TO BE MORE
EARLY ADAPTERS OF LANGUAGE
CHANGE.
THEY ARE A BIT CUTE.
I HAVE A COLLEAGUE AT STANFORD
WHO DID A STUDY YEARS AGO ON THE
ENRON E-MAILS ONCE THAT SCANDAL
BROKE OPEN AND PLOTTED WHO WOULD
CURSE WITH WHOM.
SO BASICALLY YOUR BOSS WOULD
HAVE TO START CURSING IN
E-MAILS.
HE MADE A NETWORK OF THAT.
AND HE TRACKED USE OF THE ICONS
AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT NETWORK.
SOMEONE HAD TO START USING THEM
AND THEN IT WOULD BE
RECIPROCATED.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE THE
OPPOSITE OF CURSING.
MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE BABY
TALK.
SO MAYBE IT GOES TO YOUR
QUESTION.
>> MAYBE WHATEVER.
I DO NOT WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
WE GOT SIDETRACKS BUT IT IS
FASCINATING.
BACK TO THE WORDS AND ONE OF THE
WORDS OF THE YEAR WAS IDENTITY.
WHICH IS A CONDITION OR
CHARACTER AS TO WHO A PERSON OR
WHAT A THING IS AND THE
QUALITIES ET CETERA THAT
DISTINGUISH OR IDENTIFY A PERSON
OR THING.
WHAT WAS OF WHAT IS DRIVING
IDENTITY AS A POWERFUL WORD THIS
YEAR?
>> SURE WE SAW A LOT OF BIG
STORIES WITH IDENTITY POLITICS
AND CAITLYN JENNER, AND A LOT OF
USE OF TRANSGENDERED IN THE
MEDIA AND SEE STORIES WHERE THE
TERM TRANSRACIAL WAS USED.
AND THE USE OF THE WORD IDENTITY
IN STORIES ABOUT IMMIGRANTS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS --
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT TRANSPARENT
POPULAR SERIES.
GO AHEAD.
>> FANTASTIC.
ONE OF THE REASONS.
THAT DICTIONARY.COM USED
IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY ADDED THE
EXPRESSION IDENTIFIED AS TO THE
SET OF USES OF THE WORD
IDENTITY.
I IDENTIFY AS A ANGELO AMERICAN
MALE.
>> YOU PICKED TWO WORDS THAT
DEAL WITH GENDER AND GENDER
NEUTRALITY MX AND THEY.
EXPLAIN USED BEFORE A PERSON'S
SURNAME OR FULL NAME BY THOSE
WHO PREFER NOT TO IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES AS MALE OR FEMALE.
WHEN DID THIS START TO COME INTO
COMMON --
POPULAR USAGE?
OR USAGE?
>> IT'S JUST BECOMING MORE
POPULAR IN AMERICA IT'S BEEN
USED IN THE U.K. FOR LONGER THAN
HERE.
ONCE A FEW PROMINENT PEOPLE
START ADOPTING IT WE WILL SEE
IT.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY COINED FOR
PEOPLE WHO SORT OF REJECT GENDER
DISTINCTION AND PICKED UP BY
OTHERS WHO THINK WELL, I SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO SPECIFY MY GENDER.
JUST USING MX THE WAY THAT MS.
WAS ADOPTED.
SINCE WE HAVE THE PRECURSOR OF
MS. I EXPECT IT WILL CATCH ON
QUICKLY.
>> HOW WOULD YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
>> MIX.
>> SO YOU I WOULD BE MIX PONCE.
>> THEY?
USED AS...
AGAIN VARIATION ON THE THEME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS I THINK INTERESTING
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A
LONGTIME USED BY WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE AND JANE AUSTIN.
I COULD SAY A COLLEAGUE LEFT
THEIR LAPTOP IN MY OFFICE.
I KNEW WHO IT WAS.
THAT USE OF THEY IS NOW ACCEPTED
BY GRAMMAR GUIDES SO YOUR
ENGLISH TEACHER WILL NO LONGER
WRITE RED CIRCLES ON YOUR PAPER.
THE NEWEST USAGE AS A DEFINITE
SINGULAR LIKE BOB LEFT THEIR
COAT IN MY OFFICE IS NOVEL AND
WE'LL SEE IF IT CATCHES ON.
>> THE TERM DAD BODE TOOK OFF.
AND IT WAS PROMPTLY LAMPOONED ON
THE DAILY SHOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHO REALLY
LOVES HIS DAD BODE?
GUYS LIKE YOU WHO GET MOST OF
THEIR EXERCISE BY TURNING FROM
CAMERA ONE TO CAMERA THREE.
>> AS A 40 SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD
DAD I FIND THIS REASSURING.
>> SHOW US YOUR DAD BODE.
>> WOMEN THINK IF YOU HAVE --
>> ALL MEN LIKE A DAD BODE
SANDWICH.
THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD BELLY
LAUGH.
AND THE GUYS ARE IF THAT WOMAN
ADDED BELLY THEY WOULD NOT LET
HER ON THE SHOW.
>> A DAD BOD IS THE NAME FOR A
MAN'S OUT OF SHAPE PHYSIQUE.
IS THIS ONE OF THE WORDS THAT IS
LIKELY TO STICK AROUND?
>> I DO NOT THINK SO I THINK IT
IS A 2015 WORD THAT POPPED INTO
USAGE IT'S INTERESTING IT'S USED
IN A SORT OF POSITIVE WAS AS
LOOM POONED BY THE DAILY SHOW
IT'S NOT FAT-SHAMING NOT A TERM
LIKE MAN BOOBS.
IMPLYING PEOPLE WITH ORDINARY
PHYSIQUES IS OK.
>> AND ANOTHER TERM DEFLATEGATE
AND THE DEFINITION...
SO YOU THINK THIS ONE MAY BE IS
TRANSITORY?
>> TRANSITORY THAT IS RIGHT.
IT PROBABLY GOT THE TRACTION IT
DID BECAUSE IT WAS A HASHTAG AND
THAT PUSHED WORDS UP.
BECAUSE TOM BRADY WAS IMPLICATED
AND WE LOVE TO WATCH HEROS
STRUGGLE.
BUT THE FACT THAT NOTHING EVER
CAME OF IT AND THERE WAS NEVER
EVIDENCE WILL MEAN IT WILL GO
AWAY.
>> BACK TO SOME OF THE BIG WORDS
OF 2015 RELATE TO CONVERSATIONS
AROUND SOCIAL ISSUES AND HOW
MINORITY GROUPS ARE TREATED.
AND MICRO AGGRESSIONS DEFINED
AS...
TELL US ABOUT MICRO AGGRESSIONS.
>> THIS WAS IN THE MEDIA A LOT
AROUND ISSUES OF IDENTITY
POLITICS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IT CAME
UP SO MUCH IT BECAME A TIT FOR
TAT THOSE ACCUSED WHO WERE
MAKING ALLEGATIONS OF MICRO
AGGRESSIONS WERE ACCUSED
PERPETRATING MICRO AGGRESSIONS
AND IT PROMPTED OTHER TERMS TO
COME OUT LIKE CULTURE OF
VICTIMIZATION OR THE TYRANNY OF
THE OFFENDED AND OTHER THINGS
WHERE PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THE USE
OF ONE'S OWN FINANCIAL FRAGILITR
AAPTNESS TO BE OFFENDED IN
POLITICS.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORDS
REFLECT DIFFERENT TENSIONS THAT
EXIST IN SOCIETY WHERE IDENTITY
AND BACKLASH TO POSITIONS THAT
ONE TAKES.
IT SEEMS LIKE FOR ONE OF A
BETTER TERM 2015 WAS AN ANGRY
YEAR.
>> IT WAS.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS RIGHT.
CONTENTIOUSNESS AND CULTURE WARS
THAT ARE BEING WAGED SPILLING
OVER IN LANGUAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANKS.
>> AND MUCH MORE ON OUR WEBSITE
ABOUT 2015 WORDS OF THE YEAR.
GEOFFREY BAER IS UP NEXT.
STAY WITH US.
[♪♪♪]
"ASK GEOFFREY" ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART...
>> A SOUTH SIDE PEDIATRIC
HOSPITAL HAS A NAME WITH A
HISTORY THAT REACHES ALL THE WAY
BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY.
GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE WITH THAT
AND THE STORY BEHIND OTHER
VIEWER QUESTIONS IN TONIGHT'S
EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> 2016 GOING OK SO FAR?
>> TERRIFIC!
>> SIX DAYS WE'VE HAD.
FIRST QUESTION.
PRIOR TO NATURAL GAS AND
ELECTRICITY CHICAGO USED MOSTLY
COAL AND WOOD TO HEAT HOMES.
WITH ALL THE INDUSTRY AT THE
TIME HOW DID WE DEAL WITH THE
POLLUTION?
>> YOU KNOW, OUR SKYLINE GLEAMS
TODAY BUT IT WAS NOT SO LONG AGO
THAT MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WERE
BLACK FROM SOOT FROM COAL FIRED
FURNACES AND FACTORIES.
IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER IT WAS NOT
LONG AGO.
PICTURES LIKE THIS SHOT --
IN 1952.
WE ARE GETTING TO THAT.
THIS IS WHAT OUR SKYLINE LOOKED
LIKE BACK THEN.
SOME DAYS POLLUTION TURNED DAY
INTO NIGHT AND MADE CHICAGOANS
SICK AND STOPPED PLANES FROM
TAKING OFF.
IN 1957, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
PUBLISHED THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT
STATE AND LAKE STREET AT
10:15AM.
AS I SAID THIS IS NOT UNLIKE
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS
FROM INDIA, IRAN, PAKISTAN,
BEIJING WHERE COAL IS STILL
WILDLY USED.
HERE IS BEIJING.
>> I READ THAT POLLUTION WAS
EQUATED WITH PROGRESS.
WHEN DO PEOPLE SEE IT AS A
PROBLEM?
>> WELL AS EARLY AS THE 1870s
THE CHICAGO CONTRIBUTE BUB BEGAN
REPORTING ON THE PROBLEM.
IN 1919 THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER
CREATED SMOKE PATROLS TO MONITOR
THE AIR IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
HE ENLISTED NURSES TO SPOT
VIOLATORS AND RALLIED JANITORS
TO STOP BURNING GARBAGE AND
LAUNCHED CLEAN AIR WEEK AND IN
THE 50s AND 60s THE MAYOR
BROUGHT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO
THE CITY WITH STRICTER POLLUTION
CONTROLS.
I HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
CHICAGO'S SOOTY PATH.
I WAS REPAIRING A WINDOW IN A
CONDO THAT I ONCE LIVED IN AND
WHEN I PULLED THE MOLDING OFF
THIS CLOUD OF DECADES OLD COAL
DUST FLEW OUT OF THE FRAME MOO
MY FACE.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> AND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
THAT WE GREW UP IN HAD A COAL
FIRED FURNACE AND WE TOOK TURNS
PUTTING COAL IN.
>> ARCHITECTS CAME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS SOOT-FREE SOLUTIONS IN
SOME BUILDING DESIGNS.
THE INTERIOR WALLS OF THE
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY NOW THE
CULTURAL CENTER ARE ADORNED WITH
THE MOSAICS IN PART BECAUSE THE
BUILDING STOOD ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE RAILROAD YARD AND
MOSAICS WERE EASIER TO CLEAN
THAN PAINTINGS OR PLASTER WALLS.
AND THE WRIGLEY BUILDING WITH
THE WHITE GLAZED FACADE.
WRIGLEY JR. HAD THE BUILDING
CLEANED AND LIT WITH FLOOD
LIGHTS TO STAND OUTLOOK A
BEACON.
AND AS FOR THE WAY AVERAGE
CHICAGOANS DEALT WITH THE
PROBLEM WE DUG UP A WONDERFUL
STORY THAT TALLIES UP THE COSTS
OF SOOTY AIR INCLUDING 66
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR
LAUNDRY AND WE HAVE PUT THAT ON
THE WEBSITE.
>> WHAT A COST.
THE NEXT QUESTION...
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MIGRATED
TO CHICAGO FROM KENTUCKY.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THEIR
STORIES?
ISM WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT SETTLERS
RUSHING TO CHICAGO FROM THE EAST
COAST TO MAKE FORTUNES IN REAL
ESTATE IN THE MID-1800'S.
BUT THERE WAS A GROUP FROM
KENTUCKY WHO BECAME RICH AND
POWERFUL IN CHICAGO.
SO MANY SETTLED ON THE WEST SIDE
AROUND UNION PARK THAT THE AREA
ON ASHLAND AVENUE AND WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD BECAME KNOWN AS THE
KENTUCKY COLONY.
AND ASHLAND AVENUE IS NAMED FOR
THE KENTUCKY HOME OF STATESMAN
HENRY CLAY.
ONE KENTUCKY COLUMNIST HONORED
WITH A STATUE WAS THE FIVE-TERM
MAYOR OF CHICAGO.
THE FIRST KENTUCKY SETTLERS WAS
HENRY, THE SON OF A KENTUCKY
PLANTATION OWNER AND MOVED HERE
AFTER A VISIT IN 1853.
>> THAT IS A FAMILIAR CHICAGO
NAME.
HONOREE'S DAUGHTER BERTHA
MARRIED POTTER PALMER AND BECAME
THE QUEEN OF CHICAGO SOCIETY AND
A GREAT CIVIC LEADER.
EDWARD WALLER HELPED FINANCE
SOME OF CHICAGO'S FIRST
SKYSCRAPERS INCLUDING THE HOME
INSURANCE BUILDING.
AND EDWARD WALLER COMMISSIONED
BUILDINGS FROM FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT INCLUDING THE LOW INCOME
EDWARD C WALLER APARTMENTS.
THESE ARE LANDMARK FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT BUILDINGS.
THERE WAS ANOTHER KENTUCKY
SETTLE THE ON THE NORTH SIDE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BANE BUENA
PARK AND SETTLED BY THE BROTHER
JAMES WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY
MANSION.
IN 1861.
AND IT WAS CALLED BUENA HOUSE.
JAMES WAHLER AND HIS WIFE THREW
EXTRAVAGANT PARTIES THE
EMBODIMENT OF SOUTHERN
HOSPITALITY THEY DEVELOPED BUENA
PARK INTO A SUBURB OF BEAUTIFUL
HOMES AND SOME ARE STANDING LIKE
THIS THE CLUB AND THE BELOVED
CHILDREN'S POET EUGENE FIELD WAS
A RESIDENT IN 1889 WHEN HE WROTE
THE MOST FAMOUS POEM, AND WROTE
A POEM IN THE VACANT LOT CALLED
THE DEELECTABLE BALLARD OF
WALLER LOT.
AND ONE PASSAGE READS WHERE
CHILDREN PLAY IN DAYTIME AND
LOVERS STROLL BY DARK 'TIS THE
GOODLIEST TRYSTING PLACE IN ALL
BUENA PARK.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT
WAS.
AND OBVIOUSLY IN BUENA PARK.
LAST QUESTION.
MY MOTHER WORKED IN THE AREA OF
THE U OF C CAMPUS AND TRYING TO
RECALL THE NAME OF A PEDIATRIC
HOSPITAL IN THE JACKSON PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY IDEAS?
>> WELL, YES.
THE PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN
JACKSON PARK IS LA RABIDA AND
IT'S STILL THERE.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN
WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES, ASTHMA
AND VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND
TRAUMAS ARE TREATED REGARDLESS
OF ABILITY TO PAY.
AND ITS ARCHITECTURE AND
LOCATION ON THIS SPIT OF LAND
ARE CLUES TO AN INTERESTING
HISTORY.
THE CURRENT BUILDING DATES FROM
1932 BUT IT IS ON THE SITE OF
THIS BUILDING THE SPANISH
PAVILION FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR
OF 1893 A REPLICA OF THE 13TH
CENTURY MONASTERY AND THAT
SPANISH FRIAR IS IN THE TOWN
WHERE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SET
OFF TO SAIL THE SO SCHENN BLUE.
IT WAS A NATURAL CHOICE FOR THE
FAIR WHICH CELEBRATED COLUMBUS'
TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ONE
YEAR LATE.
WHEN THE FAIR CLOSED, SPAIN
DONATED THE BUILDING TO CHICAGO
TO BE USED AS A FRESH AIR
SANITARIUM FOR SICK CHILDREN THE
AGE OF THE DIRTY AIR AND THOUGHT
AIR ON THE LAKE FRONT WAS CLEAN.
AND IT OPENED FOR THE FIRST
SEASON IN 1898 AND STAFFED BY
VOLUNTEERS MOSTLY WOMEN.
THE FIRST FOR CAUSE WAS
PROVIDING FOOD, FRESH AIR AND
MEDICAL CARE TO THE POOREST
CHILDREN OF CHICAGO.
AND THE FUTURE ACTOR WAS
TREATED.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL
BUILDING THAT HOUSED THE SPANISH
PAVILION IN.
>> LIKE ALL THE WORLD'S FAIR
BUILDINGS ALMOST ALL OF THEM,
THE PAF YAB WAS NOT MEANT TO
LAST.
IT WAS USED UNTIL 1918 WHEN THE
BUILDING WAS CONDEMNED AND MOST
BURNED DOWN IN 1922.
PATIENTS WERE TREATED AT ANOTHER
FACILITY UNTIL THE PRESENT
HOSPITAL OPENED.
IT'S HAD ADDITIONS AND DETAILS
LIKE THE TILE AND THE RED TILE
ROOF RETAINS THE OLD PAVILION
SPANISH CHARACTER.
>> GEOFFREY, THANK YOU.
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>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT
7:00.
THE DEMISE OF RED MOON THEATER.
WHAT HAPPENED?
AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE RED
MOON CREATIVE TEAM?
AND ARE WE ON THE BRINK OF A NEW
ERA OF PRIVATIZED SPACE TRAVEL
AND EXPLORATION?
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" I'M PHIL PONCE AND I