SHOW.

HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

IT WAS A PASSING OF THE BATON TONIGHT AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HEADLINED DAY ONE OF WHAT JUST A MONTH AGO WAS EXPECTED TO BE A CONVENTION FOR HIS RENOMINATION.

OF COURSE, BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE AND ENDORSED HIS VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS TO RUN.

INSTEAD.

SINCE THEN, DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS, FUNDRAISERS AND VOTERS HAVE RALLIED ROUND.

HEAR US.

AND AS THE CITY THAT HAS HOSTED MORE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS THAN ANY OTHER SEEMS LIKE DESTINY, THAT CHICAGO WOULD PLAY HOST THIS YEAR.

WE KICK OFF OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WHERE OUR AMANDA BEEN A KEY WATCH.

TONIGHT'S SPEECH IS AMANDA.

YES, BRAND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAY NOT BE RUNNING AGAIN BECAUSE HE FRAMED IT.

TOO OLD.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU, HE GAVE A LOT OF ENERGY TONIGHT AND HE RECEIVED IT BACK FROM THE A CROWD AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE FREQUENTLY CHANTING WE LOVE JOE.

HE SAID THAT HE LOVED BEING PRESIDENT, BUT THAT HE LOVES HIS COUNTRY MORE.

AND HE SPENT A FAIRLY LIKE THE SPEECH TALKING ABOUT HIS LEGACY, BUT HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT HE BELIEVES WOULD BE DONE BY ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY, TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE CHARACTERIZED AS THE PLAYING TO HE FRIENDING DICTATORS AND HE SAID THAT TRUMP IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES DAMAGES DEMOCRACY.

IS NO PLACE AND AMERICA ARE POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

A COUNTRY ONLY WHEN YOU WIN.

IT WAS A SYMBOLIC PASSING OF THE TORCH AT THE END BIDEN SPEECH, KAMALA HARRIS CAME UP TO THE STAGE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY UNITED AND RAISED THEIR ARMS TOGETHER.

NOW THE REST OF THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE.

IS DEMOCRATS GET THEIR WAY, AT PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.

BY CELEBRATING OUR INCREDIBLE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

YOU FOR YOUR HISTORIC LEADERSHIP FOR YOUR LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND FOR ALL, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU.

HARRIS DOES HAVE ILLINOIS TIES SPENDING PART OF HER CHILDHOOD LIVING IN URBANA CHAMPAIGN WHEN HER PARENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY THERE.

AND ACCORDING TO REPORTING BY THE BLOG EVANSTON, NOW, SHE ACTUALLY ALSO LIVED IN EVANSTON WHEN HER PARENTS WORKED AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

BUT ILLINOIS REALLY WAS ALL OVER THE DNC TONIGHT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE CONVENTION IS TAKING PLACE HERE AT THE UNITED CENTER WHERE NORMALLY YOU HAVE A BULLS AND BLACKHAWKS GAMES.

SO FUN TO BE BACK HERE IN THE UNITED CENTER.

AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF AS HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING.

ESPECIALLY IN THE 90'S.

GOOGLE MICHAEL JORDAN.

YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT.

NOW.

A LOT OF OFFICIALS FROM ILLINOIS GOT PROMINENT SPEAKING ROLES THAT INCLUDED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN UNDERWOOD.

THE YOUNGEST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS.

SHE TALKED ABOUT BOTH HER AND HARRIS CHAMPIONING MATERNAL HEALTH AND ALSO ABOUT HOW SHE AND PART OF ME AND ALSO ABOUT HOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FAILED AMERICA DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.

WHEN SHE SAYS THAT BIDEN AND HARRIS GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL.

4 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS NOT PAY.

A CONVENTION LIKE THIS.

BUT TONIGHT.

TO HAVE GATHERED IN THIS ARENA IN MY HOME STATE OF ILLINOIS TO MAKE SURE.

IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHEN HE TOOK THE STAGE, ILLINOIS SENIOR U.S.

SENATOR DURBIN CREDITED BIDEN AND HARRIS WITH CREATING MILLIONS OF JOBS.

ONE A PAY RAISE.

TOO BAD.

THE BOSS JUST GAVE HIMSELF ONE.

SO THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU.

DONALD TRUMP REMINDS US OF THE BOSS.

WE ALL HAVE.

THE GUY WHO THINKS HE'S A VERY STABLE GENIUS IS DRIVING THE COMPANY INTO THE GROUND?

DURBIN SAYS THAT'S CONTRAST TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HE SAYS WOULD MAKE AMERICA UNEMPLOYED AGAIN.

OTHER ILLINOIS APPEARENCES CAME FROM CHICAGO'S MAYOR.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN ALSO ARCHBISHOP OF THE ARCHDIOCESE HERE IN CHICAGO, POLICE CUPICH.

THEN ALSO YOU'VE GOT A PERFORMANCE FROM THE CHILDREN OF CHICAGO, AND THEY ALSO FEATURING A SPEECH FROM CHICAGO BORN AND PARK RIDGE NATIVE WHO DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY HOPED WOULD BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON.

MY MOTHER, DOROTHY, WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO BEFORE WOMEN HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

CLINTON SAYS THAT SHE WISHES THAT HER OWN MOTHER AS WELL AS HARRIS'S MOM, WERE AROUND TO SEE WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE POISED TO DO NOW.

AND SHE BELIEVES ELECTING HARRIS TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

BACK TO AMANDA, THANKS.

WE'LL SEE.

OF COURSE, AGAIN, LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, CHICAGO IS THE CENTER OF THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE AND FOR A FEW MINUTES, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON WAS DIRECTLY IN ITS WHITE HOT SPOTLIGHT AS HE OFFICIALLY WELCOME TO THE DNC TO CHICAGO OR HADASH ROAN JOINS US NOW FROM THE UNITED CENTER WITH A LOOK AT HIS SPEECH.

HEATHER?

IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON LOVES MORE THAN CHICAGO, ITS HE LOVES PROCLAIMING CHICAGO AS THE GREATEST FREAKING CITY IN THE WORLD.

LET'S LISTEN TO HOW HE CLOSED HIS SPEECH TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN HIS HOMETOWN.

TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A BETTER, BRIGHTER FUTURE.

AND THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO START THAT THEN RIGHT HERE IN THE GREATEST FREAKIN CITY IN THE WORLD, THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO NOT ONLY DOES HE LOVE CHICAGO.

NOT ONLY DOES HE LOVE CHICAGO, HE SAID THIS IS A LOVE LETTER TO BOTH KAMALA HARRIS AND GOVERNOR TIM WALZ.

HE WANTED TO BASICALLY REBRAND CHICAGO AFTER FOUR-PLUS YEARS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DENIGRATING AND DEGRADING CHICAGO.

THIS IS THE CHICAGO HE WANTS DELEGATES, THEIR FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS TO REMEMBER NOT THE ONE PAINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

AND HEATHER, WE DID HEAR A FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF HARRIS AND WALZ FROM JOHNSON AT.

WELL, THEY ARE 3 POLITICIANS FROM THE MORE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THIS OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THEY CERTAINLY AGREE ON ISSUES LIKE EDUCATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT FOR JOHNSON, IT'S MORE PERSONAL.

LET'S LISTEN TO HOW HE SORT OF SET THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION FOR HIS FAMILY.

AND AS A BLACK MAN.

RAISING A LITTLE BLACK GIRL ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

I KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER BRADEN WILL SEE NOT ONLY A REFLECTION OF OURSELVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT HE WILL EXPERIENCE THE DEEPEST PART OF AMERICAN VALUES.

NOT ONLY DOES BRANDON JOHNSON, THE POLITICIAN HAVE A LOT AT STAKE WITH THE SUCCESS OR THE FAILURE OF THIS CONVENTION.

BRANDON JOHNSON, THE FATHER HAS A LOT AT STAKE, TOO AND BRANDIS WHEN WE COME BACK FOR SPOT LIKE POLITICS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACING THE POLITICIAN, MAYOR JOHNSON.

THAT'S RIGHT, HEATHER, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU.

FIRST, THOUGH, HERE IN STUDIO TO SHARE THEIR REACTIONS FROM THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE JOE WALSH, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT HIMSELF 4 YEARS AGO AND IS NOW SUPPORTING THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET.

AND PASTOR COREY BROOKS, THE CEO OF PROJECT HOOD IN CHICAGO.

PASTOR BROOKS SPOKE LAST MONTH AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.

WELCOME BACK, GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR JOINING US SO FIRST, LET'S GET YOUR REACTION TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT IN HIS SPEECH.

PASTOR BROOKS, FIRST TO YOU.

WELL, I WAS REALLY ON THE TWITTER LINE SOMEONE SAID THIS AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT BIDEN IS GOOD AT DELIVERING EULOGIES.

AND TONIGHT HE DELIVERED HIS OWN.

I THINK THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE SAW.

SOMEONE WHO GAVE A SWAN SONG AND A GREAT FAREWELL.

WHAT?

HOW LONG?

CRAZY MONTH AND A HALF.

IT'S SPENT.

AND SO I MEAN, THIS WAS A LONG NIGHT AND I THOUGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE A LONG SPEECH.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF WHEN HE SAID TONIGHT, I LOVE THIS JOB, BUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE.

THAT'S PROFOUND.

THOSE ARE WORDS THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD NEVER EITHER.

BUT THAT'S PROFOUND.

THIS WAS THE PASSING OF THE TORCH AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT CONVENTION HALL AND EVERYBODY AT HOME LISTENING UNDERSTAND WHAT BIDEN DID IN THESE FIRST 4 YEARS AND HANDING THIS OFF.

KAMALA HARRIS, I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL AND I THINK STARTING TOMORROW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS TOWARD LOOKING FORWARD.

WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU TONIGHT?

IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY DEMOCRAT EVER ELECTED IN THE HISTORY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SPOKE FOR A RIGHT OF I AM.

BUT I GET IT.

I GET IT.

DEMOCRATS HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG'S.

WE'VE BEEN PARALYZED BY TRUMP BIDEN FOR SO LONG.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS, A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.

THEY WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THEM TONIGHT.

A LOT OF COMPELLING SPEECHES.

I THOUGHT HILLARY CLINTON SPEECH WAS VERY COMPELLING AND AND LOOK, THEY LOVE JOE BIDEN, EVERYBODY IN THAT HALL LOVED HIM.

AND YOU COULD TELL THAT TO BROOKS.

DID YOU THINK WE'RE SEEING OBVIOUSLY, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE OLD GUARD LIKE HILLARY CLINTON, BUT SOME OF LIKE SOME OF THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON STAGE TONIGHT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THERE'S SOME OF THE FUTURE LEADERS OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY THEIR LITTLE FAR LEFT FOR ME.

BUT I THINK SOME OF THE NEW LEADERSHIP OF THE SISTER WHO SPOKE FROM TEXAS, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE SISTER WHO IS FROM NEW YORK AS WELL.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF GREAT FEMALE LEADERS WHO ARE COMING FORTH IN A DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE HARRIS TRUMP MATCHUP COMPARED TO THE FORMER BIDEN TRUMP MATCH?

WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE A FAR BETTER MATCHUP AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH MATCHUP IS NOT GOING TO BE A CAKEWALK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.

TRUMP WOULD JUST WALKED STRAIGHT THROUGH WITH HER.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT RACE IS GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE.

I WE HAVE TO STAY ON MESSAGE.

WE CAN'T GO INTO IDENTITY POLITICS.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, ECONOMICS, IMMIGRATION.

AND I THINK THAT WE STAY ON POINT ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT OUR POLICIES ARE FAR MORE BETTER.

THEN WHAT THE LEFT HAS TO OFFER.

PASTOR BROOKS AND STAY ON POINT.

TRUMP'S TEAM STANDPOINT TRUMP CAN TRUST AND RIGHT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MESSAGING IN A BIT.

WE'LL BRING THE WHOLE TEAM BACK FOR SPOTLIGHT.

JOE WAS COREY BROOKS.

THANKS.

WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SHORTLY.

NOW WE GO BACK INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WHERE OUR AMANDA BENNETT, HE HAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS PERSON STANDING ON A CHAIR INSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL EARLIER.

YES, THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU DID FOR INDICES, DID MANY OTHER VIEWERS.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, ILLINOIS COMPTROLLER SUSANA MENDOZA.

SO YOU OFTEN MIGHT HAVE THINK IF SOMEBODY WHO IT DOES, THE BUDGETING IN THE BOOKS TO BE TO BE TAME?

NOT SO IT IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC PUTTING OUT A LOT OF ENERGY, PARTICULARLY DURING FORMER FIRST LADY, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON'S SPEECH.

WHY?

WHAT GOT SO MOTIVATING GUYS CHECKING IN AT THE MOTIVATING THIS PLACE?

I MEAN, YOU HIGH ENERGY BY SEEING HILLARY CLINTON, JUST REMINDED ME I ACTUALLY WON MY ELECTION FOR CONTROLLERS.

STATE OF ILLINOIS AND 2016, THE SAME YEAR THAT TAMMY DUCKWORTH WAS ELECTED U.S.

SENATOR, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRIFECTA.

TAMMY, ME AND HILLARY CLINTON VICTORY PARTIES BOTH HERS AND MINE.

EVERYONE IN THE FRONT ROW WAS BAWLING THEIR EYES OUT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FINISHED.

SHE DIDN'T CROSS FINISH LINE.

SO TODAY WAS KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF EMOTION FOR ME IN THAT RESPECT.

IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER AT HER.

SHE'S HELPING OTHER WOMEN.

FINALLY BREAK THAT CEILING.

SHE'S DOING IT FOR ALL OF US.

KAMALA HARRIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMAZING, QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED WOMEN TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY.

SHE'S GOING TO DO IN EVERY LITTLE GIRL IN AMERICA IS GOING TO SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN HER.

IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

HE HAD KIND OF NOTICED WHEN PERHAPS CLINTON KEEP THAT SMILE WHEN IT PEOPLE WERE CHANTING IN THE CROWD, LOCK HIM WAS LIKE SO I THINK IT WAS THE LOUDEST ONE.

YES, IT'S ABOUT TIME AND RIGHT CATCH DONALD, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN BEING ELECTED, BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, THE WOMEN'S VOTE IS SO IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY PERHAPS IN SOME RACES IN SOME OF ILLINOIS SUBURBS, BUT ALSO CROSS COUNTRY.

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO SHARE?

2 WOMEN IS IT'S STILL ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OR IS IT ABOUT THE ECONOMY WAS ABOUT SO MUCH OF THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.

THEY'RE TIED TO HAND IN HAND AND YOU WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY PLANNING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THAT FAMILY.

IF YOU MAKE A WOMAN WHO IS RAPED, HAVE A BABY, HOW'S IT GOING TO HELP HER ECONOMICS?

HOUSING CAN HELP OUR COUNTRY'S ECONOMICS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLETELY DEAD WRONG ON THIS ISSUE AND THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT NOT EVEN JUST LIKE THAT, THE CHOICE ISSUES IS AT STAKE EVEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE BABIES WHO HAVE TROUBLE HAVING THEM.

THEY'RE IVF IS UNDER ATTACK.

SO YOU'VE GOT A PARTY WHO SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BABY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A BABY AND CAN'T HAVE A BABY, YOU CAN'T HAVE A BABY.

IS A NEW MAKE SENSE.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

IT DOESN'T IS JUST FLAT WRONG.

AND EVEN REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE LIKE THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR.

NOW'S THE TIME TO CORRECT COURSE.

WE HAVE TO ELECT KAMALA HARRIS FOR ALL OF OUR RIGHTS.

YOU HEARD SOME OF FAMILIES, THOSE WHO ARE HEARTBREAKING STORIES OF NEAR DEATHS FOR THE MOTHER BECAUSE OF THE LAW CHANGES GIVEN ROE V WADE A LOT AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION WE IT RIGHT.

AND THE ECONOMY ARE GOING TO BE KEY MESSAGES LIKE THIS.

YOU HEARD IT RIGHT HERE FROM ILLINOIS COMPTROLLER SUSANA MENDOZA, PERHAPS THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC, AT LEAST MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION MAKE IT AS A OUT OUT TO RAMIREZ FOR BUILDING THAT STAGE ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CHICAGO'S LABOR, ITS FINEST.

AMANDA CONTROL MENDOZA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND UP NEXT, OUR WHOLE TEAM IS BACK WITH MORE TAKEAWAYS FROM NIGHT.

ONE OF THE DNC.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

JOINING US ONCE AGAIN IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA HEATHER, SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG, ALONG WITH OUR STUDIO GUESTS, FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH AND PASTOR COREY BROOKS.

THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE.

HEATHER, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

SO, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO JOHNSON AND THE STAKES OF THE CONVENTION, WHY ARE THEY SO HIGH FOR HIM?

WELL, HE'S THE TOP GUY, IF THIS CONVENTION GOES WRONG, HE WILL WEAR THE JACKET AND IT WILL HURT HIS ABILITY TO GET THINGS THROUGH.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT WILL DIMINISH HIS STORE OF POLITICAL CAPITAL.

BUT IF THIS CONVENTION IS AND KAMALA HARRIS BECOMES THE 47TH PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS WELL-RUN CONVENTION, BRANDON JOHNSON WILL BE SEEN AS GREEN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE HAS FACED SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND HIS ABILITY TO KEEP THE PROTESTS IN CHECK.

SO THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE FOR HIM.

IT IS A HIGH-RISK HIGH-REWARD PROB PROBABILITY THAT HE IS FACING TONIGHT.

HEATHER GOT TO SAY I'M PRETTY SURE.

I THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I'VE HEARD USED THE TERM QUEEN MAKER.

SO YOU GET THE CREDIT FOR YOU ARE GOOD TRADE FOR?

IT'S ALL YOURS.

SO NICK, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROTESTS, OF AFTER TODAY'S RALLY, SOME OF THE GROUP'S RETURN TO UNION PARK.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY MARCHED ALL THE WAY BACK FROM THE LOCATION WHERE THEY WERE RALLYING NEAR THE UNITED YEAR, THE UNITED SO IN A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY, BUT WHEN THEY MADE IT BACK TO UNION PARK, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS WHO STARTED TO SET UP A SMALL ENCAMPMENT, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PITCHING TENTS THERE.

NOW, CHICAGO POLICE PRETTY QUICKLY MOVED IN AND EVENTUALLY GAVE THEM ORDERS TO DISPERSE, WHICH THEY DID.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE ON SITE, WHO WHO I SPOKE WITH, 2 SIDES SAID THEY TOOK THEIR OWN TENTS DOWN AND THEY MOVED OUT OF THE PARK.

BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK THERE, THERE WERE ROWS AND ROWS OF CHICAGO.

POLICE LINING UP THROUGH THE PARK, KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SITUATION.

BUT BY THAT POINT, THERE WAS ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PROTESTERS, NONE OF WHOM STILL HAD THOSE CAMPS UP.

CERTAINLY CHICAGO POLICE YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE ARE VERY HESITANT TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITY ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN PROTESTING ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST ALMOST YEAR.

NICK, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE OTHER CAUSES THE COALITION TO MARCH ON THE DNC ADVOCATES FOR ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, ALSO THINGS THAT MANY DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS SUPPORT.

ONE OF THE PROTESTERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THIS.

THIS IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON ENDING WHAT THEY SAY IS ISRAEL'S, YOU KNOW, GENOCIDE IN GAZA, STOPPING U.S. AID AND ARMS TO ISRAEL.

BUT THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALK A LOT ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, ABOUT RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR ALL.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, THEY SAY, LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE THEIR CHOICE IF THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AND THEY LOSE IN NOVEMBER TOO BAD.

THAT'S A DECISION THAT THEY'VE MADE.

AND SO THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY OUT HERE LINE VERY MUCH WITH CAUSES, NOT WITH A POLITICAL PARTY.

THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE 2 PARTIES ARE NOT REALLY REPRESENTING US.

AND IF THEY WANT US YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THEIR FULL-THROATED SUPPORT THEY NEED TO STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL.

IT'S A SIMPLE AS THAT.

EVEN IF THEY DO A LINE ON THINGS LIKE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ON THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES.

AND SO BACK INSIDE THE UNITED.

SO HERE'S A BRIEF CLIP FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY.

I STAND BEFORE YOU NOW THIS AUGUST NIGHT TO REPORT.

THE MARKERS PREVAIL.

DOCTORS A LETTER.

THEY MUST BE PRESERVED.

JOE WALSH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE MESSAGING THAT WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT?

I'M SO GLAD BRENDA STEAD JOE BIDEN STICKS WITH THIS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY THEME.

HE WAS TOLD IN 2020 TO AVOID IT.

HIS CONSULTANTS HOMES TO DO THAT.

HE IGNORED THEM.

EMPHASIZED THAT TRUMP IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.

THE DEMOCRATS HAD A GOOD MIDTERM.

THEY AVOIDED THE BIG RED WAVE.

IF THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.

THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER OF KAMALA HARRIS LOOSES.

SHE WILL PUBLICLY CONCEDE SHOW CONGRATULATE TRUMP AND SHE'LL PARTICIPATE IN A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.

IF DONALD TRUMP LOSES, HE'LL DO NONE OF THAT.

I THINK KAMALA HARRIS NEEDS TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH WHAT BIDEN'S DONE IN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF DEMOCRACY.

PASTOR BROOKS, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ENERGY IN THE MESSAGING TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ONLY DAY ONE FOR FOR THE DEMOCRATS, BUT ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR THEIR ENERGY IN MESSAGING A FEW WEEKS AGO.

WELL, I THINK THEY GOT UP TO A BAD START, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY LAW.

COMPARED TO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

IT WAS REALLY GOT OFF TO A LOT OF MOMENTUM.

WE'LL SEE TOMORROW.

PRETTY SURE IT'S GOING TO PICK UP.

I'M SURE THE MOMENTUM IS GOING PICK UP.

NOW.

THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL HISTORICAL POLITICIANS OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO ENTERTAINERS ARE GOING TO SEE CELEBRITIES ARE GOING TO SEE MUSIC AND YOU'RE GOING GET THE HAT TRICKS OF IT.

AND I'M SURE THE MOMENT THAT HE'S GOING TO PICK UP AND THEN LEADING UP TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS GIVING HER SPEECH.

I'M SURE THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB IN BIT OF RETOOLING RECALIBRATING AFTER TONIGHT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER SPEAKING TO THE PARTY FAITHFUL THIS MORNING, HINTING AT HIS OWN FUTURE PLANS AFTER NOT BEING SELECTED AS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR KAMALA HARRIS.

WHAT ARE THE GOVERNOR HAD TO SAY?

BRENDA SAYS IS A QUESTION THAT PRITZKER HAS BEEN ASKED BEFORE RECENTLY ON THE DAY THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HARRIS, ITS ELECTED GOVERNOR WALZ AND SAID OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT MY POLITICAL FUTURE.

HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT A CABINET POSITION OR WHEN ASKED DIRECTLY, WILL HE RUN FOR A 3RD TERM?

BUT HE BROUGHT IT UP TODAY, AS YOU NOTED, IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT WHO FEELS THAT JOB SOME POLITICIANS ABOUT WHO ARE HANKERING FOR RUNNING AT THAT POSITION.

HE SAID IT'S UP TO HIS WIFE, FIRST LADY OF ILLINOIS AND K PRITZKER, WHETHER WHAT HIS QUOTE, UNQUOTE TERM LIMIT AS BUT HE WENT ON TO SAY, FEEL FREE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IT.

SO A LOT OF TALK THAT, YES, IT WAS.

IT SORT OF AN OPENING GAMBIT AND PRITZKER ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT ELECTION AMANDA, YOU'RE ALSO IN HALL TONIGHT WHEN THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CANDIDATE APPEARED ON THE STAGE.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT?

IT'S NOT VERY TYPICAL TO TO APPEAR ON THE STAGE AND SAY A FEW WORDS THAT FIRST NIGHT.

IS IT?

NO, IT IS VERY TYPICAL.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS CONVENTION?

WHAT ABOUT THIS ELECTION?

WHAT ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS?

I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND FRANKLY, A PRESIDENT WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS, THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

SOMETHING LIKE A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW MADE CLEAR HE DIDN'T WANT TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE THAT HE IT IS A NOTED EARLIER SAID HE LOVES BEING PRESIDENT CLEARLY WANTED TO MAKE IT SAY IN THE CAMPAIGN.

BUT INSTEAD STEPPING ASIDE, THAT'S A TYPICAL.

SO WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT IN TERMS OF THE NOMINEE MAKING AN APPEARANCE ON THIS FIRST NIGHT, YES, IT IS DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAD TO BE DONE OUT OF RESPECT FOR THAT.

THE MAN WHO CHOSE HER TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE AND IN HOMAGE TO HIS LEGACY IS A KNOWN EARLIER REALLY TONIGHT WITHOUT LOOKING BACK AT THAT LEGACY.

THE REST OF THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD.

WELL, THANK YOU, AMANDA, BECAUSE THAT JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO IN TO GET PASTOR BROOKS'S THOUGHTS JESSE JACKSON'S, BRIEF APPEARANCE TONIGHT DURING A TRIBUTE TO HIM AT THE CONVENTION.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE JUST EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, HAS GROWN UP AS A LITTLE KID.

I WANTED TO BE A JESSE JACKSON.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT, CERTAINLY CERTAINLY A ROLE MODEL.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE NOT JUST FOR CHICAGO, BUT FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE.

SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TO PRESENT TO HIM.

AND SOME LOVE AND I THINK AS WELL.

ARE ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS FOR STUDIO GUESTS, PASTOR COREY BROOKS AND JOE WALSH AS WELL AS OUR TEAM IN THE AND VICKI, HEATHER, SHARON AND NICK LUMBER.

THANKS, EVERYBODY.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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IT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF, WHO RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY SUPER