JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN DAY 3 OF THE CONVENTION AT THE UNITED CENTER IS KICKING OFF THIS HOUR TONIGHT.

TIM WALZ TAKES THE STAGE INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

YOU CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC HAPPENING IN THE UNITED CENTER RIGHT NOW.

ALSO TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ARE AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTED THE SPEAKERS.

WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH MCCULLUM BIRD INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER FOR A LOOK AT WHAT THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HAS BEEN UP TO TODAY.

AND A LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT, NICK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BRAND IS AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE AND HEAR BEHIND THINGS ARE JUST TAKING OFF TELLING HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AND THEY ARE GATLING IN TENTS CONVENTION.

THERE'S A LOT OF ANTICIPATION.

OF COURSE, IT'S THE PENULTIMATE NIGHT LONG WEEK, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.

TOMORROW.

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO TAKE THE STAGE TO MAKE THE CASE AS TO WHY SHE DESERVES THE TOP JOB.

BUT BEFORE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HER VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, WHO A LOT OF AMERICANS PROBABLY COULDN'T PICKED OUT OF THE LINEUP BEFORE SHE TAPPED HIM TO BE HER VP BEFORE WALLS.

WE WILL HEAR FROM SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUTTIGIEG, ILLINOIS DELEGATES GOT A PREVIEW FROM THE FORMER MAYOR OF NEARBY SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WHEN HE STOPPED BY THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION BREAKFAST THIS MORNING TO GIVE CHICAGO SOME LOVE SAYING IT'S WHERE HE HAD HIS FIRST ABOVE GROUND APARTMENT AND OF COURSE, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE HAS BEEN CHASTANT DEPAUL GRADUATE, BUT HE HAD A SERIOUS MESSAGE TO SAYING IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE THE MOMENTUM IS WITH THE HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT DEMOCRATS MEAN TO KEEP IT UP.

TAKE A I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE MOMENTUM IS COMING FROM.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY PARTS TO IT.

BUT ONE OF THEM, ONE OF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGREE WITH US ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST IN THEIR LIVES.

GOT TO REMEMBER THAT.

FOR SOME REASON DEMOCRATS HAVE THIS HABIT OF SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE OUR VIEWS MUST BE UNPOPULAR.

NIC, WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW.

NEARLY 60 PEOPLE, THOUGH, WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI CONSULATE IN THE LOOP AFTER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS THEY CLASHED WITH OFFICERS.

MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BEHIND ENEMY LINES WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED TO A MAKESHIFT COURTHOUSE TO MAKE AN INITIAL APPEARANCE.

NOW WE GO TO UNION PARK WHERE OTHER PROTEST GROUPS HAVE GATHERED FOR ANOTHER DAY OF DEMONSTRATIONS.

REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ IS THERE AS A RALLY ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA GETS UNDERWAY.

AND BRAD IS THE MESSAGE HAS REMAINED THE SAME FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IN SOLIDARITY.

THEY WANT THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, HIS ADMINISTRATION TO END U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.

NOW, THIS IS DAY 3 OF DEMONSTRATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND HERE AT UNION PARK WHERE ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE UNITED CENTER WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS TAKING PLACE.

WE KNOW THE RALLY IS ORGANIZED, BUT THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE, AMONG OTHER LOCAL ACTIVISTS GROUPS.

WE SPOKE TO A TEACHER AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE WHO SAYS THEY ARE NOT STOPPING UNTIL THEIR PEOPLE ARE DOLLARS ARE GOING THERE.

AND WE'RE CALLING ON OUR GOVERNMENT.

OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO STOP AND IT TO END THAT GENOCIDE.

BIDEN COULD HAVE ENDED THIS 10 MONTHS AGO WITH ONE PHONE CALL.

BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO.

IT'S ALL ABOUT POWER AND MONEY.

UNFORTUNATELY.

VARIETY OF SPEAKERS ARE SET TO TAKE STAND DURING THE RALLY.

ALDERMEN VIRUS EACH A LITTLE BIT.

SO VOCAL SUPPORTER OF THE PALESTINE MOVEMENT ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA TO END THE SUFFERING.

I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CULTURES WITH SIGNS SAYING NO CEASE-FIRE, NO VOTE CHRISTIANS FOR A CEASE-FIRE, A MOVEMENT THAT A MOTHER FEEL COMPELLED TO BE A PART SHE DROVE FROM ROCKFORD TO BE PART OF THIS RALLY.

I HAVE 2 CHILDREN, MYSELF.

AM TO THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH AND PALESTINE UNFATHOMABLE AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

I FEEL LIKE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER, MAYBE THE MESSAGE WILL BE MORE RECEIVED.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

AND IT'S BEEN 10 MONTHS IS GROUPS OF COALITION STARTED MOBILIZING IN DEMANDING FOR POLITICIANS TO SPEAK AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY IS A GENOCIDE BEING TELEVISED FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH.

BERNIE SANDERS IS A POLITICAL FIGURE WHO HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE NEED TO END THE WAR IN GAZA.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

HOWEVER, IT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH FOR LEAD ORGANIZER.

THEY WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO SPEAK OUT AND HELP THE PEOPLE PALESTINE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE INSTITUTIONS PROP UP THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO HAVE UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE GENOCIDAL ACTIONS AND IN MY COUNTRY AND ON MY PEOPLE, THEN THERE WILL NOT BE UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THEM.

AND IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO CONDEMN A SINGLE CANDIDATE OR CONDEMN A SPECIFIC PERSON.

IT'S ABOUT AN ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT WILL UNCONDITIONALLY SUPPORT SOMETHING WITHOUT BEING AN QUESTION BY THEY'RE PUTTING SO MUCH MONEY BEHIND IT BEING UNWILLING TO TO EVEN LOOK BACK AND CONSIDER THAT THEIR THIS MONEY COULD BE BEING PUT ANYWHERE ELSE TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS A LIVE LOOK OF WHAT THE RALLY IS LOOKING LIKE AT UNION PARK.

WE ARE SEEING SADIE AND SEE ITS TIME STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE STUDENTS STAND WITH PALESTINE.

AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT ONCE THE SPEAKERS ARE THEY WILL BE MARCHING AROUND THE AREA NEAR THE UNITED CENTER.

WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS A FINAL RALLY HAPPENING TOMORROW HERE AT 05:00PM.

BUT AGAIN, PRESSED BRAND IS SO FAR EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PEACEFUL.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE.

I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

READ THIS.

ALL RIGHT, JOE ANNE, THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THE UNITED CENTER BACK INSIDE WHERE OUR AMANDA VINIK.

HE IS STANDING BY WITH US SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, TAMMY DUCKWORTH.

YES, AND IT'S UNDER.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

AND NOW LAST NIGHT SPOKE HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NEWS SHARED THAT YOUR STRUGGLE WITH INFERTILITY TOUGHER THAN ACTUALLY WOUNDS ON THE BATTLEFIELD THAT YOU EXPERIENCE.

I HAD CONTROL CONGRESS NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO BUT DID NOT USE IT TO CODIFY THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

WHY 4 LIVE ARTS AND HOMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ASSUME THAT ROLE WOULD BE THERE FOREVER.

AND THEN THE ATTACKS THAT ARE COMING.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THE FINDING A FERTILIZED EGG IS A HUMAN BEING.

AND THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

AND SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT.

SO SHOULD DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE?

WHAT SPECIFICALLY SHOULD PASS?

IS IT A RETURN TO ROW OR SOMETHING ELSE?

THEY WANT TO TAX SO THERE THERE'S THERE'S ACCURATE THE REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE ACT.

WE NEED TO PASS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY CODIFY ROE.

AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ACTIONS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.

SHE REGRETS AND NOT PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON LEADERS TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION BACK AND SAY 21 1, O WE WANTED TO DO IT BUT WE COULD HEAR A BLOCK EVEN YOUR 2 MEMBERS OF OUR OWN PARTY PARTICULAR, JOE MANSION.

AND JUST COULDN'T GET A PASS BECAUSE YOU NEED 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE, ALL THOSE VOTES.

SO LET'S SAY PRESIDENT HARRIS A NEXT AND THAT ALSO DEMOCRATS GAIN A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE WILL YOUR TOP PRIORITY.

BE.

HAVE THE REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE ACT WOULD BE RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WOULD BE ANOTHER.

ABSOLUTELY WANT TO PASS A FARM CAN DO THAT EVEN BEFORE KAMALA GET SWORN AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT HELPING HOME HEALTH AIDES PAYING MORE MONEY.

SHOULD FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GUESSING IT HITS HOME WITH A LOT OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU SPEAK WHAT NEEDS TO BE KEY IN A FARM BILL.

A CROP INSURANCE AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT SNAP BENEFITS ARE EXPANDED.

SO THAT MORE AMERICANS ME TO RELY FOOD ASSISTANCE CAN ACCESS THEM, ESPECIALLY MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN YOU KNOW, LET'S TURN TO THE MIDDLE EAST CHICAGO IS HOME TO MORE PALESTINIAN AMERICAN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

JUST HEARD A COLLEAGUE TALKING ABOUT PROTESTERS AND THEY'RE DEMANDING NOT JUST A CEASE-FIRE, BUT AN END TO MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

IS THERE A SCENARIO THAT YOU AS A MILITARY VETERAN WOULD SUPPORT CUTTING OFF KNOW THERE'S I WOULD NOT VOTE TO CUT OFF A CHANCE OR ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY.

AND I DO THINK THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, REGIS AND MANY OF HIS ACTIONS AND HAS.

AND THEN RESULT IT IN.

I JUST.

DESTRUCTION AND GAZA.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING MORE HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA, ESPECIALLY TO GET MEDICAL AID INTO GAZA PARTICULAR.

WE NEED AN END TO THE VIOLENCE AND END TO THE MASSACRES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ISRAEL IS OUR BEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT CHANGED AT ALL?

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU SPOKE WITH THE DOCTOR YOU CREDIT WITH SAVING YOUR LIFE, WHO WAS CARING FOR PALESTINIANS.

THAT CONVERSATION CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN ANY WAY.

MY PRECIOUS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING AID AND RENDER AID INTO GAZA EVEN BEFORE MY MY DEAR FRIEND WAS STOCK THERE.

AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE HOSTAGES RETURNED, BUT AT AND ENSURE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND HERSELF, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A CRISIS IN GAZA AND WE NEED TO HAVE MUTUAL CEASE-FIRE.

AND WE HAVE TO GET I HELP INTO GAZA TO END THE SUFFERING.

YOU KNOW, MANY SAY THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE BOTH DEFENDING HIS RALLY STRATEGY TO DEFEAT HAMAS.

BUT THE SAME TIME, PROTECTING PALESTINIANS.

HOW HOW DO YOU SWEAR THAT?

I'M NOT DEFENDING ISRAEL'S STRATEGY.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE NEED HAVE IN AN IMMEDIATE IRAN, FOLKS, HAVE TO GET AID INTO GAZA AND WE NEED IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION AND HEAR THAT MIGHT MEAN WE HAVE TO.

I CERTAINLY THINK THE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS REALLY CONDUCTED EGREGIOUS ACTIONS IN GAZA, WHICH I DON'T SUPPORT.

I SUPPORT ISRAELI PEOPLE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T SUPPORT THAT.

I YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NIGHT ABOUT JUST MISOGYNY AND RACISM THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND FACED WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

ANY IT BY, THEREFORE, HOW PARENTS SHOULD BE HANDLING I YOU KNOW, COME I CAN HANDLE MYSELF, BUT I THINK CALLING IT OUT.

IS WHAT I TELL OTHER PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE.

IS THAT CALL OUT SEXISM, COP, MISOGYNY CALLED OUT THE RACISM WHEN IT OCCURS.

AND I THINK PEOPLE RESPECT YOU WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 10 SECONDS LEFT.

SO A SHORT ONE.

IT SHOULD US UNDER DURBIN RUN AGAIN FOR RE-ELECTION.

I KNOW YOU 2 ARE QUITE CLOSE.

WELL, A DECIDES TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.

I WILL BE THERE FOR MEGAN REMARKABLE WORK, ESPECIALLY PLACING 206 JUDGES ON THE BENCH.

AND JUST THIS PAST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US.

AND FOR THE REST OF THE CONVENTION.

THINK THANK YOU.

THANK BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND OF COURSE, OUR THANKS TO SENATOR DUCKWORTH.

WE WILL SEE AND BACK AT 10.

BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO NIC BLUMBERG ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER NEXT.

WELL, BRANDIS ANOTHER GAS.

THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HEARD FROM EARLIER TODAY WAS ONE OF SENATOR DUCKWORTH COLLEAGUES, A WALKING EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE ELECTION CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

THAT WAS GEORGIA'S FIRST BLACK SENATOR, SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK, WHO'S 2021 ELECTION FLIP THE SENATE TO DEMOCRATIC CONTROL.

NOW, WARNOCK, OF COURSE, WAS CAMPAIGNING DURING COVID-19, BUT HE SAID HE'S BEEN FACING DOWN ANOTHER VIRUS ALL HIS LIFE COVID 16, THE WAYS IN WHICH WE SEE MUTATIONS OF THAT OLD VIRUS, THE BIGOTRY.

THAT AND JUST HOLD OUT, PEOPLE CALL IT HOLDS THE COUNTRY DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE STRONGER WHEN ALL OF US CAN STAND TOGETHER.

WITH THE SUNLIGHT ON OUR FACE RATHER THAN THE ON OUR NET.

AND ONE IN THIS ELECTION CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE AS WELL AS OF COURSE, THE U.S. HOUSE IS AT STAKE.

WARNOCK SAYS IT IS KEYED VOTERS TO STAY FOCUSED ON HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

HE SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE EXPANDING THE CHILD TAX CREDIT WHILE REPUBLICANS HAVE USED THEIR CONTROL OF THE HOUSE TO LAUNCH WHAT HE CALLS WITCH HUNTS.

NOW, OF COURSE, IN ILLINOIS, DEMOCRATS HAVE A FIRM GRIP ON STATE GOVERNMENT STATE.

SENATOR MATTIE HUNTER SAYS THEY USE THAT POWER TO PASS PROGRESSIVE MEASURES.

IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

WE WOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM ROE VERSUS WADE GO.

THAT'S THE SUPREME COURT BUT THEY'RE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER FOLKS.

WOMEN RIGHTS ALL OTHER ISSUES HERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE DONE.

WILL SEE.

NICK AGAIN, BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW.

THANK YOU, NICK.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE CONVENTION.

SO FAR.

WE'RE JOINED IN THE STUDIO BY FORMER CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ WHO REPRESENTED ILLINOIS 4TH DISTRICT FOR 26 YEARS.

AND ILLINOIS HOUSE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER TONY MACOMB.

BE THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO LET'S START WITH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LOOKING AHEAD AT TONIGHT.

HARRIS WAS CAMPAIGN HASN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO INTRODUCE GOVERNOR TIM WALZ BECAUSE THIS ONLY HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, OF COURSE, OF TONIGHT IS, COURSE, GOING TO BE A VERY BIG INTRODUCTION MOMENT FOR CONGRESSMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK VOTERS NEED TO HEAR FROM HIM IN ABOUT HIM?

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NEED HEAR HIS RECORD AS GOVERNOR OF STATE OF MINNESOTA.

AND HE'S GOING CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE THEME THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS AN INCLUSIVE PARTY.

IT'S A PARTY THAT WELCOMES EVERYONE AND CELEBRATE EVERYONE.

REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIENTATION, THEIR THIS CITY, THEIR RACE OR THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS.

HE'S GOING TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO THAT WONDERFULLY AND CONTINUE THE THEME OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

I AM NO LONGER A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

I WORK FOR NEXT.

YOU OWN.

IN PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARILY CITIES LIKE YORK AND MEN.

CASTOR IN THOSE SWING STATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE GOING NEXT WEEK HAVING SAID THAT MORNING, I GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

WHILE LAST WEEK ENERGY WAS SO DIFFERENT WHEN I WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA, IT'S ALMOST LIKE TOOK THE BAND-AID RIGHT?

SECTION.

SAID COME LET'S FACE AND SO PROUD OF PRESIDENT BIDEN.

I THINK HE KNEW THAT DEMOCRATS POSSIBILITY OF EVER REGAINING THE HOUSE AND MAINTAINING THE SENATE AND A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCY WERE IN GENERAL.

LEADERS HIDING WILL BE ABLE TO TALK AND NO THING.

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE I BUT I WOULD HAPPY TO READ IT WHEN I AND I'M PROUD THAT HE RECOGNIZED THAT AND STEPPED ASIDE.

GOING TO BE YOUR THOUGHTS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM FROM TIM WALZ TONIGHT WHERE THERE'S TALK THAT HE'S HAS MIDWESTERN VALUES.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH FROM HIM.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANY EXAGGERATION AND THERE'S THERE'S NO REASON TO REINVENT THE LAST 4 YEARS, WHICH HAS APPEARED TO BE SOME OF THE DIRECTION OF THE DNC FOR THE LAST 2 DAYS AND ACTUALLY SINCE KAMALA HAS COME OUT, AS SAYS, THE NEW CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

WE SHE HAS TO I WOULD PREFER THEM TO OWN WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS AND JUST COME FORWARD ON IT.

AND WHAT'S THE NEW PLAN TO FIX IT?

LEADER?

THERE'S BEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON WALL SAYS RECORD OF MILITARY SERVICE TO THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO STICK.

WELL, AS A MILITARY BRAT IS SOMEBODY WHO MY FATHER WAS IN THE ARMY OVER 20 YEARS, CAREER WENT TO VIETNAM.

THERE'S NO REASON TO EXAGGERATE THAT YOU WENT TO TO WAR.

THERE'S NO REASON TO EXAGGERATE YOUR RANK.

SO I JUST HOPE HE COMES CLEAN ON THAT.

LUIS GUTIERREZ HEAVY THINK THAT'S GONNA PLAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD TOUCH IT.

LET'S REMEMBER.

THAT SENATOR MCCAIN.

WAS AN AMERICAN AND LET'S REMEMBER HOW DONALD TRUMP DEMEAN.

HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

HE SAID HE'D RATHER SUPPORT THOSE THAT WERE NOT CAPTURE.

AND THERE'S WE'RE NOT CAPTURED.

SO LET'S REMEMBER WHOLE DONALD TRUMP IS HE CAN US GET THE DRAFT A NUMBER OF TIMES NOW.

I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD GO NO QUESTION THE GOVERNOR SERVICE.

WE HAVE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO EXAGGERATE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE WANT TO GET YOU 24 YEARS RIGHT IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

HE SERVED OUR NATION.

ALL RIGHT.

FINAL THOUGHTS FROM THE BOTH OF YOU.

THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO DNC HOST COMMITTEE.

STICK AROUND.

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

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT THESE DO ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING BACK INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER AND THE CONVENTION FLOOR WHEN NICK LAMBERT HAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO DNC HOST COMMITTEE CHRISTINE GEORGE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BRAND IS CHRISTINE GEORGE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING YOU KNOW, AS THE HEAD OF THIS COMMITTEE WERE TASKED WITH A HUGE JOB, A BIG FUNDRAISING LEFT TO TRY AND GET THIS COMMITTEE OFF THE GROUND.

WAS IT AT ALL OF A TOUGH ASK FOR DONORS AT A TIME WHEN YOU KNOW, CORPORATIONS MIGHT NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE WAS ANY SORT OF CONCERN ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REELECTION CHANCES AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A MOMENT FOR A BROAD COALITION OF DONORS AND PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, WHAT WE HAD WAS MEMBERS OF UNIONS.

WE HAD MEMBERS, VARIOUS CORPORATIONS.

WE INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST ALL CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE CITY REALLY WAS A UNIFYING MOMENT FOR THE CITY.

AND WE SAW FOLKS BEING INCREDIBLY GENEROUS BOTH WITH THEIR TIME AND THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

AND THAT CERTAINLY BENEFIT IT UP.

YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BOLSTER CHICAGO AND ENSURE SHOWED OFF THE OF WHAT CITY HAS TO OFFER AND OUR DONORS FOR AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FOR WE CERTAINLY HAD WE'RE VERY CLOSE OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL.

I WHICH PRESIDENT BEING THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

AND THEN WE COMPLETELY SHATTERED IT WITH KAMALA HARRIS.

SO WE CAN BE IN A BETTER POSITION AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AND YOU MENTIONED THE CITY COMING TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIME CHICAGO CAN GET AN UNFAIR REPUTATION FOR BEING VIOLENT.

CAN BE A PUNCHING SOMETIMES FOR POLITICIANS.

DO YOU THINK A CONVENTION LIKE THIS CAN HELP TO REWRITE THAT NARRATIVE AND SOME WAY?

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY BENEFITS HAVING A CONVENTION OF THIS SIZE OF THIS I'M HERE IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY, THE VIBRANCY OF OUR CITY, ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL SMALL BUSINESS DIVERSITY VIBRANCY OF ALL OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 77 COMMUNITY AREAS.

WE REALLY HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE IT.

GIVEN THAT WE HAVE 15,000 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA LIKE YOURSELF, I'M HERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CHICAGO HAS TO OFFER.

AND IT'S KEY TO BEING ABLE TO FLIP THAT NARRATIVE AND SHOWING PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN COME HERE YOU CAN BE SAFE.

YOU CAN POST A SHOT YOU CAN HAVE ONE EXPERIENCE HERE.

AND SO WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND EXPERIENCE OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

SOME FOLKS SAID WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY ON A CONVENTION WHEN CHICAGO FACES SOME REAL PROBLEM WITH WITH THIS INVESTMENT WITH HOMELESSNESS, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE 2 THINGS?

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO FOLKS WHO HAVE THE SORTS OF CONCERNS?

BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT WE DID NOT USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR WE DID NOT USE FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO OR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THIS CONVENTION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN CITY.

ON WE INDEPENDENTLY FUNDRAISE PRIVATE AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SO DO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT OUR EFFORT WAS PRIVATELY RACE PLAY.

COME SOMETIME.

I KNOW IT'S A BUSY WEEK.

CHRISTINE CHARGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NIC, THANKS SO MUCH THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HELD ONTO THAT WE COULD HEAR FROM HER.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TONIGHT AT 10.

BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FROM FORMER CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ AND ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER TONY KOBE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WALLS AND HIS MILITARY SERVICE LEADER.

MCCONNELL BE LET'S START WITH YOU.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE MATCHUP WE'LL GO BETWEEN 2 WALLS AND JD VANCE.

WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BOTH FAIRLY NEW TO THE SCENE.

ALSO BOTH FROM THE MIDWEST.

AND I THINK A LOT OF WHETHER YOU'RE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CANDIDATE.

SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO TO DO THAT.

I KNOW WE ARE ON OUR SIDE FOR SURE AND CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DEBATE THAT'S COMING FORWARD.

THIS THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT, ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE 4 YEARS AGO?

AND I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE PLATFORM IS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER.

AND I THINK THE THE DEBATES ARE GOING TO SHOW US A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

LUIS GUTIERREZ, FIRST OF THANK YOU FOR HAVING DTW AND PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS DONE SO MUCH.

NOT ONLY TO ALLOW MY VOICE TO BE HEARD, BUT SO MANY VOICES.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY SAY THE FILING.

WHEN I STARTED IN THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

THERE WAS A VOTE AND THE RIGHTS ACT.

IT FAILED.

IT FAILED.

IT PASSED 3 YEARS LATER IN 1996.

UNFORTUNATELY, BILL CLINTON.

SIGNED INTO LAW THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT WHICH SAID THAT A MARRIAGE WAS EXCLUSIVE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY WE LIVE IN THAT I WAS BORN WITH SEPARATE BUT EQUAL WAS THE LOVE THAT LED PEOPLE GAVE UP THEIR LIVES SO I COULD LIVE FREE IN THIS COUNTRY OF FREEDOM.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GAME AND SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND WE DON'T WANT TO TURN BACK NOW.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

BUT OF COURSE, THE GAME AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR PETE, FORMER MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, Y OR I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MATCHUP ALSO BETWEEN JD VANCE AND TIM WALZ?

ALL I LOVED KATIE I DEMOCRATS, WE JUST SAY THEY'RE WEIRD BECAUSE THEY JUST REALLY ARE WHERE.

WANT TO SAY THE FOLLOWING.

I HAVE LEARNED MY MOST VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT FROM MY WIFE.

WE WERE DRIVING BY AND SHE HUNG UP, SAID HOME FOR CHOICE.

I SAID HONEY, WHY DID YOU HOME?

AND SHE SAID TO ME.

BECAUSE THIS IS MY BODY WEISE.

INCEST OR RAPE.

I WAS TO BECOME PREGNANT.

I WOULD HAVE THAT CHILD.

BUT I'M GOING TO DEFEND EVERY WOMAN'S RIGHT TO FOLLOW HER CONSCIENCE AND OF HER AND I AGREE HER THAT DAY, MY WIFE'S CONVICTION TOOL.

THE RIGHTS OF OTHER WOMEN FOR THOSE WANTING TO BE HEARD.

CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT THESE FEW DAYS AS WELL.

MORE ABOUT TONIGHT.

I'M WE DON'T THINK THE 2 OF YOU FOR STICKING AROUND WITH US.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT 10 AS WELL.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR NOW.

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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 BRING FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

SEE YOU AROUND.

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