FOLKS WHO ARE GOING.

WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AGAIN LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

BUT FIRST, NOW SOME REACTION TO HOW DEMOCRATS FARED ON NIGHT 2 OF THEIR CONVENTION.

WE'RE JOINED AGAIN BY KAREN FREEMAN.

WILSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE.

AND SHE'S THE FORMER MAYOR OF GARY, INDIANA AND RICHARD PORTER, A CHICAGO ATTORNEY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE FROM 2014 UNTIL LAST MONTH.

SO 10 YEARS BECAUSE MATH, THANKS AGAIN TO BOTH OF YOU FOR STICKING WITH US.

SO UP FIRST, LET'S GET YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU HEARD THIS EVENING AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU.

RICHARD PORTER, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WELL, I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW THE RHETORIC WAS COMING FROM THE HEART OF AMERICAN CULTURE.

AND IT WAS VERY I THINK MAINSTREAM.

BUT THE SAME TIME DISCORDANT WITH THE POLICIES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BEEN PURSUING OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY STABBED AMERICAN THE BACK WITH THE OPEN BORDERS, KIND OF THE LACKS CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT AND THEN ALSO MAKING US MORE UNSAFE.

YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW WE WITHDREW FROM AFGHANISTAN.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE WEAKENING IN THE ON THE WORLD STAGE.

AND SO TO ME, THERE'S A REAL DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE 2 IN THE OTHER THING.

KNOW IT IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SPENT ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE MENTION OF THAT IN PASSING BY ANY OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

AND I THINK SHOWS BECAUSE THAT WAS A POLICY THAT DIDN'T WORK AND IT WAS WRONG FOR AMERICA TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND INTO ELECTRIC CARS HERE FROM WILSON.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE HEARD ABOUT A JOYFUL WARRIOR FROM THE PERSON WHO PROBABLY KNOWS HER THE BEST.

HER HUSBAND.

I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HEARD FROM 2 VERY TRUSTED AMERICANS.

PRESIDENT BARACK AND MICHELLE FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.

THEY TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WHO KAMALA HARRIS, HE IS BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DEFINE THIS WEEK.

BUT THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDED AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS AMERICANS AS THOSE LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND WHO LOVE FOR, YOU PHILIP, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLL CALL.

BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING.

WHAT WERE YOUR OH, MY GOODNESS.

LOW ON THE ROLL.

RISING.

YEAH, NO.

IT WAS LIVELY.

IT WAS INSPIRING OR INSPIRATIONAL.

AND I THOUGHT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, THE NUMBER OF FIRST LADY SHACKLE FORD IS AN EXAMPLE AND OTHER WOMEN WHO WERE IN THEIR ROLL CALL IN THE ROLE CALL JUST THEIR STATES PARTICIPATING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT RICHARD PORTER, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ROLL CALL?

I WAS A WASTE OF TIMES.

I WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM DO IT.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS FUN FOR JUNKIES, RIGHT?

AND SO I GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT.

I THINK THEY DID A NICE BIT OF COLOR AROUND IT.

YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE MUSIC AND KNOW THAT SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, THEY DID WELL TO AD.

DO NOT THINK MAYBE IT WAS A SORT OF I MEAN, FUN FOR THE JUNKIES, RIGHT?

LIKE THE 3 OF US AND WATCH IT AND OTHERS LIKE US.

I THINK MAYBE IT WAS A WAY TO PULL IN PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT FIND A POLITICAL CONVENTION, VERY ENTERTAINING INTERESTING.

I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN.

THEY WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS.

AGAIN, I THINK SO MUCH AND IS GEARED TOWARD THE BASE.

I THINK THE SPEECH IS TOWARD THE END.

DOUG EMHOFF SPEECH WAS PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE AND SHOW OBAMA WITH JUST ROCKED THE HOUSE.

BUT AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS JUST SO DISCONNECTED FROM THE REALITY OF HOW THE DEMOCRATS GOVERN.

ALL RIGHT.

THE MAIN QUESTION AMERICANS ARE GOING SIDE ON THIS FALL IS ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE 4 YEARS AGO?

ARE YOU SAFER TODAY THAN YOU WERE 4 YEARS AGO?

AND I THINK THAT THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THINK THAT'S WHY DONALD TRUMP WILL COME THROUGH IN THIS