SHOW.

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

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN DAY 3 OF THE CONVENTION IS IN THE BOOKS AND IT INCLUDED BOTH THE OLD GUARD AND SOME FRESH FACES.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND SPEAKER EMERITA FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SPOKE TO THE CROWD AT THE UNITED CENTER GIVING WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT TO KAMALA HARRIS AND AIMING POINTED BARBS AT DONALD TRUMP AS DID FORMER SOUTH BEND MAYOR AND NOW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG AND THE ONE AND THE ONLY OPRAH WINFREY.

OF COURSE, THE EVENING'S MAIN EVENT, VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TIM WALZ TAKING THE STAGE TO ADDRESS DELEGATES AND THE NATION.

AS YOU JUST HEARD BEEN A KEY HAS BEEN TAKING IT ALL IN FROM INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER AND JOINS US NOW.

BRANDIS.

YES, WALZ IS OFF THE STAGE HE GAVE WHAT WAS A RELATIVELY SHORT SPEECH.

HE SAID HE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HASN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT OF THIS PART OF THE FOLKS IN US.

HE'S A GUY THAT ON I WE HEARD EARLIER SOMEBODY SAY YOU HAVE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS, PAY A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY GET A CHARACTER LIKE THAT.

AND BRING OUT YOU DON'T FAKE PLAID SHIRTS WHEN HE WEARS THEM FOR REAL.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THE CROWD REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING HE WASN'T ACCUSTOMED TO.

THEY ARE THEY REALLY ATE IT UP.

WELLS WAS THE HEADLINER.

WAS REALLY BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ALSO WHOLE LOT OF STAR POWER TO THE CONVENTION THIS EVENING.

I THOUGHT EVA LONGORIA IN THE HALLWAY AND OUR PRODUCER RAN INTO JULIANNE.

WE CRISIS.

YOU ALSO HAD MUSICAL PERFORMANCES LIKE FROM STEVIE WONDER, COMEDIAN MINDY KALING THE EMCEE.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, BRANDIS, WE ALSO HEARD FROM PERHAPS THE CHICAGO'S MOST FAMOUS ONE-TIME RESIDENT, OPRAH.

WE ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

WHEN A HOUSE IS ON FIRE.

WE DO ASK ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERS RACE OR RELIGION.

WE DO WONDER.

WHO THEIR PARTNER IS ARE HOW THEY VOTED.

NO.

WE JUST TRY DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SAVE THEM.

AND IF THE PACE PLACE HAPPENS TO BELONG TO A CHILDLESS CAT LADY.

WE TRY TO GET THAT CAT OUT TOO.

NOW, YES, ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE BONA FIDE CELEBRITIES, BUT IT WAS AUSTIN SHOULD ADD, BY THE WAY, THAT AROUND HERE, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TREAT IT LIKE THEY ARE A HOLLYWOOD STARS.

BUT THE NIGHT WAS NOT AT ALL.

JUST ABOUT LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARENTS WITH CHICAGO AREA ROOTS TELLING THE STORY OF HOW THEIR SON HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN HAD HIS ARM BLOWN OFF WHEN HE WAS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE.

THAT WAS OCTOBER 7TH, SOME 320 DAYS AGO.

WE WERE BOTH BORN AND RAISED HERE AND OUR FAMILIES STILL LIVE HERE.

THIS IS A POLITICAL CONVENTION.

BUT MEETING OUR ONLY SON AND ALL OF THE CHERISHED HOSTAGES HOME IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.

HE ALSO HAD TRADITIONAL POLITICAL SPEECHES LIKE THE ONE GIVEN BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

HE GOT SOME LAUGHS WHEN HE SAID HE JUST TURNED 78 AND HE IS STILL YOUNGER THAN TRUMP.

HE TOO MADE THE CASE FOR HARRIS.

WHAT IS OPPONENT DO WITH HIS BOISE?

MOSTLY TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU.

HERE IN DON'T COUNT THE LAWS.

COUNTY.

HE SAYS THAT HARRIS MADE A GREAT FIRST DECISION AS PRESIDENT AND THAT IS CHOOSING WALZ AS HER RUNNING MATE.

REALLY THIS WHOLE WEEK ABOUT THE PUBLIC GETTING TO KNOW HARRIS BETTER.

BUT IT IS ALSO IN TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN INTRODUCTION TO LAWS.

WE HEARD ABOUT HIS BULLS TEACHER AS DAD AS COACH NATIONAL GUARDSMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS, GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA.

AND HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT NOW, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO ADD THE TITLE OF VICE PRESIDENT THAT HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN MINNESOTA WANTS TO DO IN D C. AND WE MADE SURE THAT EVERY KID IN OUR STATE GETS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH EVERY DAY.

BOOKS FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.

WEWORK BANISHING HUNGER FROM BARS.

A FORMER FOOTBALL COACH ALSO BROUGHT OUT A SPORTS METAPHOR, HE SAYS, WITH 78 78 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION IT MAY BE BEHIND A FIELD GOAL, BUT HE SAYS THEY ARE ON THE OFFENSE AND THAT IS VERY MUCH THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HOPE DELEGATES GO HOME FRONT WITH.

THEY WANT TO MOTIVATE NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE THAT THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS.

BACK TO YOU, BRUCE.

AMANDA, THANKS.

WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU AGAIN SHORTLY.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BRACING FOR THE DNC FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WORK THAT RAMPED UP AFTER IT BECAME CLEAR THE PROTESTS FOCUS ON THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR WOULD TEST THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO KEEP THE PEACE AND PROTECT EVERYONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

TODAY, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY LARRY SNELLING SAYING HIS DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY PASSED THAT TEST BUT PROVED CPD HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE.

NEARLY 60 PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY.

MINIMAL INJURIES.

TELLS YOU THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRANSFORMATIVE.

THIS IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF WHAT YOU SAY.

PLEASE REPORT THAT.

LET'S GET OFF OF 1968.

LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT 1968.

THIS IS 2024.

HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WITH A LOOK AT TODAY'S AFTERMATH FROM A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN OFFICERS AND A GROUP THAT CITY OFFICIALS SAID WAS DETERMINED TO WREAK HAVOC.

TELL US ABOUT THE GROUP THAT CALLS ITSELF BEYOND ENEMY LINES.

WELL, THEY SAID THEIR GOAL WAS TO SHUT DOWN THE DNC TO MAKE THEIR POINT THAT THE WAR IN GAZA MUST END IMMEDIATELY.

NOW THEY DIDN'T COME CLOSE TO DOING THAT.

BUT CITY OFFICIALS SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS A FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY THAT THEY PLAN TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENT CONFRONTATION WITH OFFICERS AND THAT CPD A HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP UP AND PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

AND LARRY SNELLING SAID TODAY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HIS OFFICERS DID AND THAT HE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THEM.

HEATHER, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MEMBERS OF THE GROUP REFUSED A POLICE ORDER TO LEAVE THE AREA AROUND THE ISRAELI CONSULATE?

WELL, THAT MEANT THAT SUPERINTENDENTS, NELLY DECLARED A MASS ARRESTS IMPLEMENTING A NEW POLICY DEVELOPED JUST FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THAT MAKES ARRESTS A LAST RESORT AND ONLY IN THE CASE OF A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

THOSE CONDITIONS WERE MET.

AND THAT IS WHY 56 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.

NOW, NOT ALL OF THEM WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMES.

MOST WERE CITED AND RELEASED.

BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TEST OF THAT POLICY, WHICH TRUE MAJOR BLOWBACK FROM POLICE REFORM GROUPS WHO SAID THAT IT COULD LEAD TO VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS LIKE THE ONES WE SAW DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020.

BUT LARRY SNELLING SAID, NOPE, THE POLICY WORKED.

THE OFFICERS FOLLOWED THEIR TRAINING AND THE RULES AND ALL WAS CALL.

HEATHER.

WAS ANYONE INJURED DURING THE CONFRONTATION?

YES, AS WE HEARD THE SUPERINTENDENT SAY THERE WERE MINIMAL INJURIES TO PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, ONE SUFFERING FROM KNEE PAIN, THE OTHER WITH A FINGER INJURY.

THERE ARE ALSO 2 OFFICERS THAT WERE INJURED, BUT THEY REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND STAYED WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES TO QUELL THE PROTEST.

HOWEVER, THAT IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT WE SAW.

AS I SAID DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT FROM SUPERINTENDENTS KNOWING ASSUMING THAT THE REST OF THE CONVENTION CONTINUES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.

AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PROTESTS THIS AFTERNOON AT A PANEL THAT WAS HOSTED BY CNN AND POLITICO.

HERE'S A BIT OF THAT.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I PROMISE WAS A SAFE AND VIBRANT CONVENTION.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE PROTECTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

PROTESTS.

WE'RE WE'RE NOT MAYORS OF CITY, THE CITIES WITHOUT WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO HAVE GRIEVANCE.

AND HEATHER, WE WE HEARD FROM OUR OWN JOANNA HERNANDEZ EARLIER FROM ANOTHER PRO PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CROWD MARCHED TOWARD THE UNITED CENTER?

WELL, IT WAS STILL PEACEFUL.

NOW THERE WERE SOME TENSE MOMENTS AS PROTESTERS WANTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE CTA L STATION THAT JUST OPENED AT DAMON.

BUT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO INTERVENE AND TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG.

JUST A VERY DIFFERENT PROTEST.

ONE THAT DREW FAMILIES FROM MOSQUES ALL OVER THE CHICAGO LAND AREA THAT WAS, IN FACT PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT EXPRESSION AND AS THE POLICE AND MAYOR JOHNSON HAVE SAID THAT SORT OF ACTIVITY, THEY WILL ALLOW TO GO FORWARD AND ENSURE THAT IT DOES, BUT NOT PEOPLE INTERESTED IN VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS WITH CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS.

ALL RIGHT, HEATHER SHARON, THANKS.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US NOW TO SHARE THOUGHTS ABOUT DAY 3 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE FORMER CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ WHO REPRESENTED ILLINOIS 4TH DISTRICT FOR 26 YEARS.

AND ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER TONY MACOMB.

BE WELCOME BACK.

THANKS TO THE 2 OF YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

SO LET'S GET YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT YOU HEARD FROM TIM WALZ TONIGHT.

LEADER MACOMB BE I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.

WHAT SORT OF IMPRESSION DO YOU THINK YOU MADE?

WELL, I THINK HE LOVES FOOTBALL.

I GOT THAT'S NO SMALL TOWN USA.

RIGHT?

I DO WANT TO SAY I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THE POLLEN FAMILY THERE TODAY AND EVERYBODY TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL AND LISTEN IN.

AND LIKE I THINK THEY SAID HOW QUIET IT WAS AND THAT WAS VERY MOVING.

AND I WAS GLAD THAT THAT WAS A PART OF OF THE CONVENTION WAS PART OF THE RNC AS WELL.

ANOTHER FAMILY WAS THERE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT RESPECT THE THAT THEY WERE GIVEN.

BUT HE HE HE DID MENTION A FEW THINGS.

HE FIRED UP THE GROUP.

AND IT WAS GLAD TO HIM COME OUT AND TO DO THAT.

I'M I'M INTERESTED.

HE MENTIONED A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT KAMALA WAS GOING TO DO IN HER.

HER PACKAGE COMING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, AND I JUST ABOUT CUTTING TAXES RIGHT.

YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND AFFORDABLE HOMES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING TAXES, THAT'S GREAT.

BUT BUT WHO'S GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE CUT?

AND IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AFFORDABLE HOMES, HOW YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS THE WORDS OF $25,000 GIVEN FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS WILL NOTHINGS FREE IN THIS WORLD.

SO WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT?

SO THERE'S THERE'S JUST A BETTER WAY SOME TIME.

SO I'M I'M VERY CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT THAT PLAN IS.

SO WE JUST GOT A LITTLE LITTLE TASTE TONIGHT GET.

HERE IS WHAT DO.

THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION?

DID ANYTHING THAT STUCK OUT TO YOU WITH?

TIM WAS A SPEECH WHAT YOU THINK?

I I THOUGHT HE DID HIS JOB.

HE DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY.

SO VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND THE ISSUES THAT HE RAISED CORE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ISSUES.

WHAT I DO FIND LACKING.

IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND IN THIS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

WHAT I THINK GONNA TALK ABOUT IMMIGRANTS.

WHEN GOT TO TALK ABOUT GROWING IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN AMERICA ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO GO TO BED EVERY NIGHT, FEARFUL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEPARATED AND THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR HUSBANDS OR THEIR WIVES ABOUT TO CLASS THAT IS EXPLOITED.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT?

YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES MY JOB SO HARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IMMIGRANTS AND LATINOS IN PARTICULAR VISIBLE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS NOT YET REALIZE 800,000 THAT THE ENGLISH TURN 18.

EVERY YEAR.

AND THOSE ARE ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND I DON'T HEAR THEM SPEAKING TO ABOUT 100,000 VOTERS AND WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING THAT, OF COURSE, ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS HELD DEMOCRATS, PARTICULARLY KAMALA HARRIS RESPONSIBLE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE OF YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO UNITED CENTER WHERE AMANDA VICKI IS STANDING BY WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND AMANDA.

IT'S THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

AND I WANT TO BEGIN YOUR BOSS.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER WAS IN THE RUNNING TO BE VICE PRESIDENT OR AT LEAST THAT NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

THAT IS NOT GIVING ANYBODY APPROACHING.

JUST GET WHAT YOU THINK OF WHAT YOU HEARD FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IT SELECT AS A RUNNING MATE.

WHEN YOU HEARD FROM MOST WAS AN AMAZING SPEECH.

I THINK A LOT OF WHAT EVERYBODY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IS SEEING HIS KIDS CRYING WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVING HIS JOURNEY THROUGH IVF, WHICH IT'S JUST AN AMAZING TAKE AWAY FROM THAT SPEECH THERE A COUPLE OF REALLY AMAZING LINES THAT I THINK YOU'LL SEE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN A REALLY CONVERSATIONAL SPEECH.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT RELATED WILL HE WAS FUNNY.

HE TALKED IN LANGUAGE THAT EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND AND HIT THE REPUBLICANS IN A WAY THAT WAS AFFECTED WITHOUT SEEMING MEAN OR MEAN SPIRITED.

NOW WANT TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON IS HE'S NOT IMMINENTLY GOING TO BE GOING TO WASHINGTON HOME 3RD TERM FOR GOVERNOR.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THE GOVERNOR SAID THE OTHER DAY.

THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR TERM, ASK HIS WIFE BUT I DO KNOW THAT HE LOVES HIS JOB.

SINCERELY.

HE'S A CHEERLEADER.

HE HAS LOVED THIS CONVENTION, BRINGING IT TO CHICAGO, SHOWING UP ILLINOIS.

AND I THINK THAT HE WAS EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY STAY HERE BECAUSE THE ACTION REALLY DOES LOVE HIS JOB.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT DECIDES FOR TERM.

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HIM TO HOST THE THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANTED TO SHOW OFF CHICAGO.

I THINK REPUBLICANS YOU CHICAGO'S A PUNCHING BAG A LOT AND WE WANTED TO BRING PEOPLE HERE.

WE DIAL ABSOLUTELY PERFECT WEATHER FOR THE WEEK, BUT ALSO TO SHOW THEM LIKE OUR BUSINESSES, OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR CULTURAL LIFE, JUST HOW BY BRITAIN AMAZING THE CITY IS AND THE STATE AND ALL THE WORK AND PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE.

AND PART OF THE GOVERNOR SPEECH TO THE PRESIDENT WAS THAT YOU LITERALLY COULD STAND ON THAT FEELING OF THE UNITED CENTER LOOKOUT AND SEE WHERE ITEMS OF THE BIDEN AGENDA.

AND NOW THE HARRIS AGENDA HAVE HELPED THE STATE EVERYTHING FROM THE CHIPS ACT TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TANDEM WITH THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.

AND NOW YOU ARE ON CHICAGO MAGAZINE'S LIST OF THE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THIS CITY.

CURIOUS AS THE NATION COULD BE POISED TO HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT, WHAT SORT OF TAKEAWAYS YOU BEING A WOMAN IN LEADERSHIP AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE AN ADVANTAGE OR OR HARDSHIP.

I I WORKED AB ON HILLARY CLINTON SUPER PAC IN 2016 AND WATCHING HER LOSE.

THAT YEAR WAS ONE OF MOST DIFFICULT NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.

I WILL SEE, YOU KNOW IT IT WAS DIFFICULT THINKING ABOUT IS ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS TRAUMA AGAIN?

BUT I THINK KAMALA HARRIS HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF ASSUMING THE ROLE OF OUR NOMINEE.

SHE'S REALLY HITTING THE RIGHT MESSAGES.

AND I ALSO THINK, FRANKLY, IT'S HARD TO BE THE FIRST.

I THINK YOU HEARD HILLARY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE OTHER NIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE IN THE LONG COURSE OF HISTORY SHE HAD TO DO WHAT SHE DID IN ORDER FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO BECOME OUR FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER.

THANKS AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS TO AN AFTER THE BREAK.

WE'LL GATHER THE WHOLE TEAM FOR A LOOK BACK AT TONIGHT AND AHEAD TO TOMORROW.

DON'T GO AWAY.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT THESE DONORS.

JOINING US ONCE AGAIN AS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, AMANDA VICKI, HEATHER, SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG AND BACK IN STUDIO WITH OUR GUESTS FOR THE EVENING.

FORMER CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ AND ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER TONY MACOMB.

BE THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR STICKING AROUND.

HEATHER, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

GOP VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE TOOK AIM AT CHICAGO AS THEY DO SOMETIMES CALLING IT A WAR ZONE AND THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE U.S. HOW DID MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON RESPOND?

WELL, HE SPOKE THIS AFTERNOON AND AN EVENT HOSTED BY CNN AND POLITICO AND HE DEPLOYED HIS TRADEMARK SENSE OF HUMOR, CALLING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MORE USELESS THAN A ROOM.

KEY CARD AFTER YOU CHECK OUT OF THE HOTEL.

CHICAGO IS NOT THE MURDER CAPITAL.

IT IS NOT A COMBAT ZONE, BUT WE HEARD AND PARRA SAY THAT PELICANS FREQUENTLY YOU CHICAGO IS A PUNCHING BAG AND IT'S AN INDICATION THAT THE NEW VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IS SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMN KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

DONALD TRUMP.

ALL RIGHT.

AND HEATHER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING AT THE FAIRMONT HOTEL DOWNTOWN.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.

WELL, THAT HOTEL IS PLAYING HOST TO A NUMBER OF STATE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION FROM THE INDIANA, APPARENTLY 2 WOMEN ARE BEING SOUGHT WHO WERE SEEN SORT OF PLACING ITEMS THAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE BUGS EITHER.

CRICKETS ARE MAD.

IT MAGGOTS ON THE BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BUFFET AND THEN FLEEING ONE PERSON WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.

BUT OFFICERS ARE STILL TRYING FIND OUT SORT OF WHO DID THIS AND WHY THEY DID THIS.

AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER IT WAS A PRANK OR IT WAS SOME SORT OF ATTEMPT TO SORT OF STAGE SOME SORT OF PROTEST.

WE'LL KEEP CHECKING ON OKAY.

LITTLE BIT ALSO, NICK, THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HOSTED A BEVY OF LABOR LEADERS THIS MORNING.

WHAT WAS THEIR MESSAGE?

YEAH, NO BUGS AT THE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

BUT LABOR LEADERS WERE VERY CLEAR THAT WORKING PEOPLE'S ISSUES ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT DEMOCRATS OUGHT TO BE RUNNING ON.

THEY SAY THEIR WOMEN'S ISSUES.

WE HEARD THAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT IS GOING TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO TRY TO GET KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ELECTED.

ECHOED WHAT WE'VE HEARD ALL WEEK CALLING DONALD TRUMP A SCAB.

ONE OF THEM SAYING HE WAS THE WORST PRESIDENTS OUT WITHIN HIS LIFETIME OF THOUGH HE USED MUCH MORE COLORFUL LANGUAGE THAN THAT.

I ALSO HEARD SOME, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSIONS OF SURPRISE.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS SAY THEY WERE TAKEN ABACK BY SEEING TEAMSTERS PRESIDENT SEAN O'BRIEN AT THE RNC LAST MONTH.

DISAPPOINTED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY SAY THE GOP IS NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE UNION MEMBERS.

MANY, MANY OF WHOM ARE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN ILLINOIS, BUT CERTAINLY BY NO MEANS A ALL RIGHT.

SO AMONG THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, NICK, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT PETE BUTTIGIEG MADE AN APPEARANCE THIS MORNING.

HE HAD A PRIMETIME SLOT TONIGHT.

WE KNOW WHAT WE HEAR FROM HIM.

WELL, HE CAME OUT AND HE SAID HERE'S A SENTENCE.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY I'M PETE BUTTIGIEG AND YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM FOX NEWS SORT OF WINKING AT HIS ROLE AS KIND OF A REPUBLICAN WAS FOR.

HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO GO ANYWHERE TO SPREAD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S MESSAGE, WHICH HE BELIEVES CLEARLY SOME OF HIS COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS COME FROM PRACTICE.

HE HAD A LINE TONIGHT JOKING THAT JD VANCE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST AN AWFUL VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

AT LEAST MIKE PENCE IS NICE HEAR THAT LINE AT BREAKFAST.

BUT YOU KNOW, ANY GOOD COMEDIAN WORKS THEIR MATERIAL, BUT HE SAYS THE POLITICS THAT JD VANCE AND DONALD TRUMP ARE OFFERING OUR POLITICS OF DARKNESS AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.

HE ALSO SHARED HIS PERSONAL STORY SAYING THAT HIS FAMILY, YOU KNOW, HE'S TOO YOUNG TWINS THAT HE SHARES WITH HIS HUSBAND IS THE KIND OF FAMILY THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.

JUST 25 YEARS AGO, IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PROGRESS.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PROGRESS HE THINGS.

KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ CAN BRING.

SHOULD THEY BE ELECTED IN NOVEMBER?

OKAY.

DEMOCRATS, WE KNOW THAT THEY FEATURED A NUMBER OF DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS AT THE DNC, INCLUDING TODAY FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, JEFF DUNCAN.

HERE'S A LITTLE OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THE MILLIONS OF REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS THAT ARE AT HOME THAT ARE SICK AND TIRED OF MAKING EXCUSES FOR DONALD TRUMP.

INTELLECTUALLY HONEST WITH OURSELVES.

IT IS NOT CIVIL OR CONSERVATIVE.

IT'S CHAOTIC AND CRAZY.

AND THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS DUMP.

WE DON'T CALL ME.

I'M A COME TO YOU ON THIS ONE.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE KIND OF CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS, FORMER REPUBLICANS WHO FEEL THAT THE GOP HAS LOST ITS WAY UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WELL, THAT WHOLE LAST BIT WAS REALLY TOUGH, YOU TO SAY THAT REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE CHICAGO, CHICAGO'S ONE OF THE PREMIER CITIES OF THE WORLD.

AND SO TO BE LUMPED IN WITH THAT, I THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS THAT DEFINITELY HAVE LOST THEIR WAY IN BECAUSE THEY'VE THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT OUR CORE VALUES AND AND THIS THIS DNC, THEY TALK ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, PULL ITS, YOU KNOW, REPUBLICANS ARE THAT FILLED WITH HATE AND TRUMP'S FILLED WITH HATE AND WORD THE POLARIZING ONE.

BUT ALL WE'VE HEARD IS NEGATIVITY OUT OF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A A PEP RALLY AND PEP RALLIES ARE FUN AND THIS HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF TOUGH TO TO LISTEN TO AND NOT NOT COME BACK WITH REACTIVE, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS RIGHT BACK EARLY.

SO YOU TAKING A LOT OF NOTES AS WE WERE LISTENING TO THE SPEECH.

OBVIOUSLY, GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS ON IT.

LUIS GUTIERREZ WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE AS WELL BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CONTINUING TO INVITE HIM TO SPEAK?

DO YOU THINK THE PARTY HAS SORT OF MOVED ON FROM IT ONCE UPON A TIME, OF COURSE, BEING THE PARTY OF CLINTON.

OF COURSE, HIS CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN A POST ME TOO ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE KIND OF SOFT PLACE IN MY HEART FOR CLINTON.

I STARTED IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH HIS PRESIDENCY.

WHEN DEMOCRATS.

VOTED TO PUT 100,000 MORE POLICEMEN ON THE STREETS OF OUR COUNTRY WHEN.

DEMOCRAT WERE FIGHTING CRIME AND BEING VERY CLEAR AND VOCAL ABOUT IT.

I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT TONIGHT.

IT WAS A LOT OF JOY THAT I FELT COMING.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS FOR RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, FOR CIVIL AND VOTING RIGHTS.

WE SAW THAT ON DISPLAY THAT FILLS MY HEART WITH JOY.

I WAS A LITTLE SAD AND TAKEN ABACK BECAUSE I THINK THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND HAS SUCH GREAT FUTURE AND HE MENTIONED HOW THE RICH COLLAPSED AND BALTIMORE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE FAILED TO MENTION.

THIS.

THAT OF 6 PEOPLE.

6 IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL OF THEM FROM LATIN AMERICA.

WHY ISN'T THAT SPOKEN ABOUT ANDRES?

WHY IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS JUST YEAR?

AND SO WHEN I GO KNOCK ON DOORS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND AS PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO VOTE, THEY SAY, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHEN I'M I GOING TO BE CITIZENS LIKE FLORIDA'S DEMOCRATIC CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVEN'T AND WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS.

I KNOW YOU ILLINOIS'S YOUNGEST DELEGATE TODAY.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND WHAT GOT THEM INTERESTED IN POLITICS IN A FEW SECONDS.

IN A BRAND-NEW DO THAT IN JUST ONE SECOND.

BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT MINNESOTA IS SO EXCITED ABOUT GOVERNOR WALZ RUNNING TO BE VICE PRESIDENT FIT.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AT LEAST SINCE HIS SPEECH ENDED IN THE DELEGATION IS STILL CHANTING ON THE FLOOR.

BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 19 YEAR-OLD THE AND A CLEAR SECOND WITH JUST BUTCHERED HER LAST NAME PA BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN POLITICS FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON.

IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE REMEMBERS WATCHING OBAMA IN 2012 ON HER IPAD AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HIM LIVE ON STAGE AS ILLINOIS'S YOUNGEST DELEGATE AND THIS WILL BE HER FIRST ELECTION VOTING, MINNESOTA AND A FRENZIED BACK THERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANKS TO OUR SPOTLIGHT TEAM.

NICK LAMBERT HAD A SHARON AND ARE IN STUDIO GUESS LUIS GUTIERREZ AND LEADER TONY BECOME BE.

THANKS, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW AT 5, 30 10 OR WHENEVER THE CONVENTION IS OVER FOR COVERAGE OF THE FINAL DAY OF THE DNC NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

A CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND LAW.

A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY SUPER