[♪♪♪]

>> 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.

[♪♪♪]

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