THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN DAY 2 OF THE CONVENTION IS HERE IN CHICAGO ZONE.

BARACK OBAMA IS SET TO HEADLINE, BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AREN'T THE ONLY ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS IN THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER IS ALSO ON THE LIST OF TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS.

SO TO BEGIN TONIGHT, WE GO INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WHERE IT IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.

A MAN VICKI IS KICKING OFF OUR COVERAGE THERE.

HEY, A FRIEND AND AS I SPEAK WITH YOU, THE CONVENTION IS LITERALLY JUST NOW BEGINNING FOR ITS A SECOND NIGHT.

AS YOU NOTED, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK AND THAT HAS ILLINOIS DELEGATES EXCITED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM CONSIDER HIM TO BE AN ACQUAINTANCE, EVEN A FRIEND.

AND ALSO THEN GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER WILL BE GIVING A PRIMETIME ADDRESS.

HE'S EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY.

WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM AS WELL AS STATE PARTY CHAIR STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA FERNANDEZ DURING A CEREMONIAL ROLE CALL WHEN ILLINOIS IS GOING TO BE PLEDGING ALL OF ITS DELEGATES TO KAMALA HARRIS.

NOW PRITZKER'S THINK BIG AMERICA ALSO LIKE A LOT OF THE BIG DONORS HAS A SWEET POWER.

THEY CAN GATHER, ENJOY SOME FOOD DRINKS.

WATCH THE SPEECHES WITH THE REALLY GOOD VIEW.

THINK THINK AMERICA IS IN THE GOVERNOR'S NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEDICATED TO ADVANCING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GIVEN UP A LOT OF HIS PERSONAL FORTUNE TO THAT, IT HAS BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE THE DOBBS DECISION OVERTURNED ROE AND DEMOCRATS SAY THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT STILL RESONATES WITH VOTERS FROM TAKING PUBLIC HANDS ARE OUT FOR CONTROL.

THEY BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN SHOULD STAY IN HER PLACE.

BAREFOOT PREGNANT WITH LIMITED OPTIONS, LIMITED CHOICES AND LIMITED HOPE FOR A LIFE OF HER OWN CHOOSING.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT READING MIGHT AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE.

STATE TREASURER MICHAEL FRERICHS SHARED SOMETHING THAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

AND THAT IS THAT HE HAS A PAIR OF ONE YEAR-OLD TWINS THAT WERE BORN VIA IVF.

BUT THIS MORNING, HE TOLD THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION SOMETHING THAT HE SAYS HE'S NEVER TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC BEFORE.

AND THAT WAS THAT WHEN HIS WIFE WAS 4 MONTHS PREGNANT, THEY LEARNED FROM A DOCTOR THAT UNFORTUNATELY THEIR CHILD WAS GROWING WITHOUT A BRAIN HIS MISSION RECOMMENDED TERMINATING THE PREGNANCY, BUT HE SAID TO HOSPITALS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS REFUSE TO PERFORM AN BECAUSE WHAT THOSE HOSPITALS AND THEIR BOARDS OF DIRECTORS WHO MADE THIS POLICY ARE SAYING MY WIFE KNEW HER CHILD ARE CHILD COULD NOT SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE.

BUT THEY WOULD FORCE HER TO CARRY TO TERM FOR 9 MONTHS.

ALL RISKS OF PREGNANCY.

DEALING WITH THE PAIN OF KNOWING I'M GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND IT WILL BE BARRA, STILLBORN CHILD, ONE THAT DIES SOON AFTERWARDS.

ASSISTANT HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER TO HAUNT GORDON BOOTH SAYS IN THIS REGARD, THIS ISN'T A MATTER OF CHOICE.

ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE.

OFTEN FORGOTTEN AS IT RELATES TO ABORTION HERE BEING HEALTH CARE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF WITH CHILD AND AS MUCH AS THAT CHILD MAY BE WANTED DESIRE AND EVEN PRAYED FOR THAT CHILD.

A UTERO IS PUTTING THAT MOTHER'S HEALTH AT RISK.

COURT BRUISES FROM PEORIA, WHERE IN MAY, A NEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC OPENED AFTER A MAN ADMITTED TO FIREBOMBING IT LAST WHILE IT CLEARLY THERE EVIDENCE THAT IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

DEMOCRATS SAY THAT REALLY ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A POCKETBOOK ISSUE AS WELL.

NO FOCUS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS THE ECONOMY FOR WOMEN TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR WOMEN TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR BODIES IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.

AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.

NOW, ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS OFTEN USE ACTUAL TROPICAL METAPHORS WHEN TALKING ABOUT ILLINOIS'S ROLL IN PROVIDING ABORTIONS.

THEY SAY THAT ILLINOIS IS AN ISLAND IN THE MIDWEST IN A WAY, AN INCREASE IN LEA.

THE STATE IS BEING A PLACE THAT SERVES RESIDENTS FROM STATES WHERE ABORTION BANS ARE IN PLACE JOSH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE INVESTMENT FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND ILLINOIS, WHICH IS VERY RARE BECAUSE ILLINOIS DOESN'T WANT TO JUST CREATE CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY PEOPLE OF MEANS CAN ACCESS THEM.

AND JUST A COUPLE ABORTION FUNDS SINCE THAT DOBBS DECISION, IT HAS COMMITTED MORE THAN 7 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PAYING FOR TRAVEL COSTS AND OTHER ABORTION EXPENSES.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO COME TO ILLINOIS FOR THEM.

ALSO THIS WEEK DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS A MOBILE CLINIC.

I'M TOLD THAT YESTERDAY 10 THE SEC TO MUSE WERE PERFORMED AND TODAY THEY WERE ON TARGET TO OUT ABORTION PILLS, MEDICAL ABORTIONS TO 10 PATIENTS.

BY THE WAY, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT AN ARTICLE THAT WE HAVE UP ONLINE, ILLINOIS, RIGHT TO LIFE, UPSET WITH CARDINAL BLASE CUPICH LAST NIGHT GIVING AN INDICATION HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE CARDINAL DIDN'T TALK OR TOUCH ON ABORTION IN FACT, HE SAYS PREVIOUSLY IT A FAN OF THE DOBBS DECISION, BUT RIGHT TO LIFE SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE AT ALL GIVEN ABORTIONS ROLE IN THE HARRIS PLATFORM THAT AMANDA, THANKS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

NOW, WHEN REPUBLICANS GATHERED IN MILWAUKEE, WE TOOK A DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR CHICAGO WINDS.

IF DONALD TRUMP WINS ANOTHER TERM AS PRESIDENT AS DEMOCRATS GATHER AT THE UNITED CENTER FOR THE SECOND NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION, WE EXAMINE WHAT IT MEAN IF KAMALA HARRIS WINS THE WHITE HOUSE.

OUR HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER.

AND HEATHER, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON JUST AN HOUR TO BACK VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BACKED OUT OF THE RACE.

TELL US WHY.

WELL, FOR BRANDON JOHNSON, THIS PROSPECT OF ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY HAS ALWAYS POSED AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO CHICAGO AND ITS RESIDENTS WHO, OF COURSE, ARE TWO-THIRDS BLACK AND LATINO.

SO IF KAMALA HARRIS WAS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE TO REPLACE HIM ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET BRANDON JOHNSON SAID THAT'S GREAT.

LET'S GET BEHIND HER.

AND WE HEARD LAST NIGHT THAT IT'S ALSO PERSONAL FOR HIM.

HE HAS A 10 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BRAYDEN COULD, AND HE KNOWS HOW POWERFUL IT WILL BE FOR SO MANY BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CHICAGO TO SEE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BOTH JOHNSON AND HARRIS.

HEATHER BELONG TO THE MORE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR CHICAGOANS?

WELL, AT A MINIMUM, IT MEANS THAT WHEN BRANDON JOHNSON CALLS THE WHITE HOUSE, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO CALL HIM BACK AND AT LEAST LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS.

THE CITY NEEDS.

NOW, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CHICAGO IS GOING TO GET A BLANK CHECK OR THAT THEY GET OUT.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO SWOOP IN AND HELP THE CITY WHEN IT CONFRONTS WHAT IS SURE TO BE BURGEONING CRISIS IS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

BUT AT LEAST IT IS HARRISON, THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOT TRUMP.

BRENDAN JOHNSON IS GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE CELL PHONES THAT HE CAN CALL IN HIS TIME OF NEED AT LEAST A COUPLE CELL PHONES MAY BE SOME LAND AFTER DECADES OF OTHER SICK AGO IS FINALLY ON THE BRINK OF BREAKING GROUND ON THE EXTENSION OF THE RED LINE SOUTH TO 100 AND 30TH STREET.

WHAT WOULD A HARRIS VICTORY MEAN FOR THAT PROJECT?

WELL, HERES VICTORY WOULD MEAN THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY FINALLY BREAK DOWN BREAK GROUND IN 2025.

THIS WAS A PROJECT FIRST PROPOSED BACK IN THE 1950'S BY MAYOR RICHARD J DAILY AND IT WILL GET OFF THE GROUND WITH THE ASSURANCE OF A PRESIDENT.

IF IT'S HARRIS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AS AN EQUITY ISSUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO GET DOWNTOWN TO THE LOOP FOR JOBS AND OTHER KINDS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS.

BUT WE ALSO IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN WHAT STARTED THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND GETTING CARS OFF THE ROADS IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

NOW THE COST OF THE RED LINE EXTENSION HAS ALREADY BALLOONED TO MORE THAN 5 BILLION DOLLARS.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE COST OVER ON SOMEWHERE ON ALONG THE LINES OF THIS VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT.

A PRESIDENT HARRIS WOULD AT LEAST TAKE THE IS SORT POSITION THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD EVEN GET OFF THE DRAWING BOARD.

HEATHER, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TENSION BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE WHITE HOUSE, OF COURSE, OVER THE ARRIVAL OF THOSE 47,000 MIGRANTS, 2, CHICAGO, ALMOST ALL OF THEM SENT BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

YOU KNOW, TO GET PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS AT THE BORDER.

DO WE KNOW HOW SHE WOULD HANDLE THIS ISSUE?

SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ON THAT.

SHE'S ONLY BEEN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

I THINK IT'S A MONTH TOMORROW ACTUALLY.

SO SHE'S BEEN LIGHT ON DETAILS OF HER POLICIES AND PLATFORMS, BUT SHE HAS TRIED TO STRIKE A NOTE OF PLEA TOUGHER LINE ON IMMIGRATION.

THEN AT FIRST PRESIDENT BIDEN DID WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE AND THAT HAS HELPED REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER AND CLAIMING ASYLUM AND BEING ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY.

WHILE THOSE CASES ARE ADJUDICATED AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MADE THEIR WAY CHICAGO.

SO IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER HARRIS WILL SORT OF CONTINUE THAT OR IF MORE PEOPLE COME TO AMERICA AND CLAIM ASYLUM, WHETHER SHE WILL HELP CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CARE FOR THEM.

IF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR RESTARTS THE BUSES TO CAN CITIES CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS.

BUT AGAIN, HE MIGHT NOT GET ANY ANSWERS, BUT AT LEAST HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PRESIDENT HARRIS OR ONE OF HER TOP AIDES ON THE PHONE TO AT LEAST MAKE THE ASK IF IT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I THINK HE'S GONNA HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME MAKING THAT CALL.

OKAY.

HEATHER SHARON, THANKS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AGAIN DURING OUR 10:00PM BROADCAST.

10 LATER AFTER THE AFTER THE BIG SHOW.

SO JOINING US NOW WITH A LOOK AHEAD AT DAY 2 OF THE BIG SHOW, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE KAREN FREEMAN.

WILSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE.

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 JUST LAST MONTH.

THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO I WANT TO LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT, RIGHT?

TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, OF COURSE, AND THE FOCUS OF THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT THEME IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PIVOTING TOWARDS A LOOK AHEAD AT THE FUTURE FROM CELEBRATING PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST NIGHT TO MAKING THAT LOOK AHEAD, KAREN, FROM AND WE'LL SEND YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM BARACK OBAMA TO 90 THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPRINKLE SOME OF THE MAGIC OBAMA FAIRY DUST ON KAMALA HARRIS WILL.

CERTAINLY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HEARING FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA.

HE IS POPULAR.

HE'S A NATIVE SON AND HE'S HOME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WHAT IS PRESIDENT?

WHAT IS PRESIDENT?

HARRIS?

LOOK LIKE?

TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HARD FOUGHT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISE FOR 4 YEARS AND NEVER DELIVERED BUT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WERE ABLE TO DELIVER.

SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.

RICHARD PORTER SPEAKERS LAST NIGHT SPENT A LOT OF TIME ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT PLAYS AND AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT.

WELL, YOU'RE MORE OF THAT.

I'M SURE, BUT I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE TO THE FUTURE THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON SPEAKERS FROM THE PAST.

AND I THINK THAT SO FAR THE CONVENTION HAS REALLY BEEN GEARED TOWARDS MOTIVATING THE DEMOCRATIC BASE AS OPPOSED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE VERY FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY CAN DO THAT?

WHO DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE USING A WELL THOUGHT BEST SPEAKER LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF KAMALA HARRIS'S FRIENDS FROM WHEN SHE GREW UP AND SHE WAS SHE WAS CONVEYING INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THE VICE PRESIDENT IS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS MUCH MORE VALUABLE.

THE HEARING FROM HILLARY CLINTON, WHICH SHOULD CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE.

SHE'S A PERSON OF THE PAST.

I DON'T THINK THAT HELPS KAMALA BUT HEARING FROM A FRIEND THAT CAN TALK IN A PERSONAL WAY ABOUT SOME ATTRIBUTES THAT SHE HAD, THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE OF.

THAT WAS A MUCH MORE POSITIVE THING.

I THINK FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO THAT POINT FROM WILSON, DO YOU THINK THE PARTY HAS DONE ENOUGH TO DEFINE KAMALA HARRIS AND HER VISION?

AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING KAMALA.

I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN A LOT OF PRACTICE, BUT WE'LL WE'LL GET MORE OF THAT IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS.

BUT I THINK THAT THE PARTY HAS DONE QUITE A BIT HELPING PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW.

KAMALA HARRIS, YOU'LL SEE MUCH MORE AND WHO BETTER TO HEAR FROM THEM TO HEAR FROM HER ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

BUT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH PERSON OR FROM PEOPLE EACH NIGHT.

AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR MORE EVEN TONIGHT.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HER HUSBAND, THE SECOND CURRENT SECOND GENTLEMAN, DOUGLAS EMHOFF TONIGHT, RICHARD PORTER, GUNS TO SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT WELL, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HEAR PERSONAL STORIES.

I THINK THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE THING.

I THINK THE STEERS AWAY FROM POLICY WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.

AND I I THINK AS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, I THINK HE'S THE RIGHT GUY, BUT HE'S A GOOD SPOKESMAN.

FIRST WIFE.

CAN SAY IT BETTER THAN HOPEFULLY THE PERSON AND WHO KNOWS HER LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, OF COURSE.

AND I KNOW THAT 2 OF YOU ARE STICKING AROUND WITH US AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

AVERAGE REPORTER KAREN FREEMAN, WILSON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

BUSINESSES ARE HOPING TO SCORE FROM HAVING THE DNC IN TOWN.

REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPOKE TO SOME BUSINESS OWNERS NEAR THE AREA AND TELLS US MORE.

JOANNA.

IRAN IS A BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH, SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN PICKED, BEEN PREPARING FOR MONTHS AND THEY'RE HOPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT NOW WALKING INTO THE UNITED CENTER, MAKE IT STOP IN THEIR BUSINESS.

GOING IT'S NOW TURNED INTO A PUNCHLINE.

MY MOTHER USED TO SHE WOULD GIVE US A HARD TIME SOMETIMES AND SHE WOULD SAY TO US, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.

YOUNG PEOPLE.

YOU THINK YOU JUST FELL OUT OF A COCONUT TREE.

THE QUOTE HAS GONE VIRAL IN THE COCONUT THEME IS NOW GENERATING BUZZ IN CHICAGO.

IT'S A SOMEWHAT SAY SOMETHING.

IT WE TWEETED ABOUT WHERE IS NEAR THAT?

MUCH IS AND THERE'S.

FRAUD IS A COCKTAIL INSPIRED COFFEE SHOP IN THE WEST LOOP.

JUST A 12 MINUTE WALK FROM THE UNITED CENTER OWNER, MICHAEL SALVATORE IS HOPING TO GET FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE DNC AND SAYS THEY'RE SERVING UP A SPECIAL COLD BREW AND COCONUTS ALL WEEK.

WE ONLY GET A WEEK, YOU KNOW THIS.

SO WE WANT TO REALLY SHOWCASE WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE ARE I CELEBRATE OR STAFF OF THE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.

RIGHT NEXT TO THE UNITED CENTER MEXICAN RESTAURANT THAT TACKLE HAS BEEN BRACING FOR THIS WEEK'S IMPACT.

ACTUALLY WENT THAT SAME WEEK AND HE BOUGHT REAL SO THEY COULD HAVE LIKE A FAST TOPLESS GREATEST AND RIGHT AWAY SO PEOPLE GET IN AND OUT THE FAMILY-RUN BUSINESSES BY THE VEHICLE SECURITY CHECKPOINT, A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

THE CARLA FRANKEL SAYS THE STAFF IS EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA FROM MICHIGAN TO AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE JUST COMING IN LIKE TO HELP OUT AROUND OR EVEN THE WORKERS TO THAT, THE SECURITY ABLE TO INTO.

AND WE COULDN'T LEAVE THE AREA WITHOUT STOPPING AT THE FAMOUS BILLY GOAT TAVERN ALONG MADISON STREET.

WAS RIGHT HERE.

THE NEWCOMERS WERE NOT FROM CHICAGO, OF COURSE, JUST BECAUSE GET UP GET UP THERE.

OWNER POLICY ON US AS THE OPEN THIS LOCATION A YEAR BEFORE THE 1996 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION JUST DON'T HAVE THE MEMORY ABOUT IT.

BUT ON BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE READY.

WE DO LOT OF HIGH-VOLUME EVENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOT OF THE UNITED CENTER BANKS, BULLS AND BLACKHAWKS CONCERTS.

SO WE'RE READY TO HANDLE CROWDS.

THE CHICAGO STAPLE IS KNOWN TO BE A POLITICAL HOT SPOTS.

TAKE ONE LOOK AT THE WALL AND IT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH MEMORY LANE.

WE'VE HAD PRESIDENTS WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, FROM BOTH SIDES COME IN.

SO, YOU KNOW, TO THINK IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY TO BE A BILLY GOAT, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE NATION COME EXPERIENCE IT.

AND SINCE 2008 ILLEGAL HAS BEEN SERVING A BURGER, THEY CALLED THE OBAMA BURGER, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF LUNCH AND BREAKFAST.

AT THAT TIME OBAMA WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND THE STAFF ARE FREQUENT CUSTOMERS.

SO THEY CREATED THAT BURGER.

AND SINCE THE OBAMAS ARE IN TOWN, THE OWNERS ARE HOPING THEY MAKE A STOP WITH KAMALA.

I MEAN, HOW COOL THAT THE RENT REPORTING OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER ICE UNITED CENTER.

I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

READ IT LOOKS DELICIOUS, JOANNA, EITHER WAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK AND AFTER THE BREAK, WE GO BACK INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER TO TALK WITH CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI RIGHT AFTER THIS.

STICK AROUND.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND TAY, MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

AND NOW WE GO BACK INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WHERE OUR AMANDA BEEN A KEY IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FLOOR FOR US.

AMANDA.

YES, I AM.

I'M JOINED BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

I BELIEVE BORN DELHI.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO IS OF INDIAN HERITAGE?

SO EXCITING.

IT'S A MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR ALL INDIAN AMERICANS.

IT TURNS OUT THAT HER FAMILY HAILS FROM EXACT SAME THAT MINE SO THERE'S AN CRIME.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SOMETHING POLITICAL.

PLOTLINE AND JEANNE AND MICAH YOU CAME THIS AFTERNOON, HE HAD A BIG FUNDRAISER I KNOW AND ALI TICKETS WERE GOING FOR LIKE BETWEEN 10 $100,000.

IS THAT RIGHT?

HOW MUCH YOU RAISED WITH THE PADRES ARE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE.

THEY WANT TO MAKE LEADER JEFFRIES, SPEAKER HAKEEM JEFFRIES.

AND SO WE RAISE MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOLLARS.

A RECORD FOR THE D TRIPLE C AND IN THAT CHICAGO.

BUT IT WAS IT WAS LIKE UNITED NATIONS TYPE OF SCENE IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE AUDIENCE.

EVERYBODY WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN.

WHAT'S AT STAKE ARE THE HOUSE I THINK WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE REGULAR TARGET, LGBTQ PEOPLE REGULATE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS AND YOU HAVE ALL NONSENSE WHERE INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH EVERYDAY ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT DEALING WITH, WHAT TYPE OF SHOULD BE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?

I MEAN, THIS IS A KIND OF NONSENSE YOU WE DON'T WANT TO BE KIND OF RE WORKING ON WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PRESSING WHAT 50 YOU HAVE.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, IN TERMS THE HOUSE AND FLIPPING I THINK THAT THERE'S AN EXCELLENT I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO REALLY ANY 77 DAYS.

JOKE.

IT'S 154.

IF YOU DON'T SLEEP, WE CAN ALL SLEEP ON NOVEMBER BUT I HONEST TRUTH IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

BUT KAMALA HARRIS BEING AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF MOBILIZATION HELPS FOR SAYS HAD PRESIDENT BIDEN REMAINED WELL, I THINK THAT THIS IS SO MUCH ENERGY ENTHUSIASM.

I WENT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS WISCONSIN, TOOK SEVERAL CARLOADS ILLINOIS.

COLIN TEARS AND I SPOKE AT THE KENOSHA COUNTY DEMOCRATS.

IT WAS WALL TO WALL PEOPLE WHO ARE BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 10 BUT THEY WERE JUST INCREDIBLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS.

AM I RIGHT?

JUST TO BE CLEAR, BY THE WAY, THAT THOSE TICKETS AND I WRITE THAT IT WAS 10, $200,000 AND WAS NOT.

IS NOT WE HAD A LOT OF VERY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS.

WITH CASH TO SPEND FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.

I WANT TO THEY BELIEVE ACCORDING TO OPEN SECRETS, YOU HAVE 17 MILLION OR SO IN YOUR CAMPAIGN FUND.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO BELIEVE THAT YOU MIGHT BE EYEING A U.S. SENATE SEATS SHOULD DURBIN DECIDE NOT TO RUN AGAIN?

SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.

AND TIME 1000% BEHIND THEIR MAN, ONE OF MOST OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE WE'VE EVER THERE'S NO VACANCY AND HOPE RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION, NOT RUNNING AND NOT NOT WILLING TO GO THERE UNTIL OR UNLESS THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN DO WITH ALL THAT CASH THAT WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I YOU KNOW, I YOU MIGHT HAVE I KNOW THAT I TOOK THE SILVER BEFORE I WON THE GOLD IN MY QUEST FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

I KNOW THAT WITH THE ADVENT OF SUPER PACS AND THE FACT THAT, YOU AGENTS PRESENCE, THE VAPING INDUSTRY, ACCORDING TO TIME MAGAZINE, HAS A TARGET ON MY BACK, ALONG OTHER COMPANIES HAVE TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING AND WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ONCE AGAIN.

THAT IS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KRISHNAMOORTHI.

AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS TO CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMURTHY IS WELL, OK, FEW MOMENTS LEFT.

WE'RE GONNA GET SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FROM OUR IN CO GUESS.

KAREN FREEMAN, WILSON AND RICHARD PORTER.

SO EACH ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, RICHARD PORTER EARLIER WAS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE OLD SCHOOL SPEAKERS THAT YOU FELT LIKE THERE WERE AT THE CONVENTION LAST NIGHT ON.

BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM FROM ANDREA OCASIO CORTEZ FROM NEW YORK SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK FROM GEORGIA.

AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MORE SORT I DON'T KNOW, FIERY SPEECHES THAT THAT WE HEARD IN THE ROOM LAST NIGHT.

DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GIVING ANY FUTURE SPEAKERS THE OPPORTUNITY?

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SEEING ANY SORT FUTURE EMERGE?

DO THINK THAT THEIR FIERY AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FULL OF LIFE, JUST LIGHTS UP THE ROOM WHEN SHE IT'S REALLY TERRIFIC.

BUT SHE SPEAKS TO A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.

ARE ALL DEMOCRATS ALREADY KNOW?

BUT HE'S A MODERATE IS GOING WITH SEE SHUNS, A SOCIALIST.

SO I MEAN, I THINK AND THE SAME THING WITH THE SENATOR FROM GEORGIA.

SO I THINK THE REALITY IS THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR BASE.

THEY'RE NOT PUTTING PEOPLE UP THERE THAT ARE COMMUNICATING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO COME OUT IS AND ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING TO REALLY IS JUST GOING TO TRY TO STEAL SOME WORDS FROM THE REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR A WAS TALKING ABOUT STOVES, THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR CHOICE OF A GAS STOVE.

AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S NOT PROMOTING FREEDOM.

AND SO I THINK, AGAIN, I THINK ARE SO FAR LEFT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE FOLKS TO TRY TO MOBILIZE.

PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON THE LEFT, NOT A BEAT OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE.

45 SECONDS LEFT HERE IN FROM WILSON.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU HEARD FROM BOTH ALC AND SENATOR WARREN NOT.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE SO MUCH MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT.

AND I THINK THAT MATTERS AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF THAT.

THERE'S BEEN SUCH A DIVISION IN AN EFFORT TO DIVIDE WHEN YOU HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR ROOTS, THEIR HISTORY, THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A WAITRESS BARTENDER, THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER WAS A JUNK MAN AND A PREACHER.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL IDENTIFY WITH AS WE COME FROM OUR ROUTES, OK, IT'LL BE FUN TO WATCH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IT BACK HERE AT 10.

BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR NOW.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR NOW.

BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR MORE LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT AFTER THE CONVENTION AROUND 10 OR SO AS WE BREAK DOWN DAY 2 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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AND STAY TUNED FOR CONVENTION COVERAGE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE PBS NEWS HOUR NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT 10 ISH.

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