JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN DEMOCRATS WRAP UP THEIR WEEK-LONG PARTY TONIGHT WITH KAMALA HARRIS TAKING THE STAGE TO ACCEPT HER NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.

WE'LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF THAT LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT OF IT RIGHT NOW.

AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL HAVE A LIVE CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON REFLECT ON THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK.

WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH AMANDA VICKI INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER.

AND A LOOK AT WHAT ILLINOIS DELEGATES SAY THEY'RE HOPING HERE THIS EVENING.

PERMANENT MAY BE ON.

IS GREATEST.

AS YOU NOTED, THINGS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY LITERALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE SECOND TIME DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO ELECT A WOMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP AND TONIGHT GET TO BEN IN CHICAGO SINCE MONDAY ARE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THEIR JOYFUL WARRIOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA SHE'S GOING TO FIRE US UP.

SHE IS GOING TO ASSURE US.

AND I THINK THIS WHAT IT IS THAT SHE HAS.

GOT TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF PEOPLE.

HIGHLAND PARK MAYOR NANCY ROTERING IS THAT KAMALA OG AS ORIGINAL BACKERS.

SHE WASN'T PLEADED DELEGATE FOR HARRIS'S FIRST SHORT-LIVED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

LOVE.

KAMALA, HAVING WATCHED SURE HAS.

AND ATTORNEY GENERAL CALIFORNIA WAS WHEN I WAS READY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I FELT THE CAMARADERIE WITH OUR BUT SHE MOVED TO THE SIDE SHE'S JUST DOING GREAT THINGS AS SENATOR DURBIN MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, SHE'S JUST BRIGHT AND SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE GETS IT DONE.

WE'RE HONORING AND OTHER ILLINOIS.

OH, JEEZ GOT TOGETHER EARLY THIS WEEK FOR WHAT WONDERING CALLED A CELEBRATION.

SHE SAYS THAT HARRIS'S TIME IS OVERDUE.

YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR ROTERING WAS PART WAS WALKING IN THAT 2022 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE.

IT WAS CUT SHORT BY A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING.

MOTORING SAYS THAT IF HARRIS AND DEMOCRATS WIN IN NOVEMBER, THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE, ABANDON COMBAT STYLE WEAPONS.

BACKGROUND CHECKS, DIGITAL REGISTRATION.

SHE SAYS THAT THERE IS LOT OF ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN.

BUT SHE SAYS REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADING A COORDINATED APPROACH.

WE ALSO SPOKE WITH KIND OF COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, TONI PRECKWINKLE, WHO ALSO LEADS THAT COUNTY BOARD.

AND SHE SAYS THE REPUBLICANS LARGELY DUE TO VIOLENCE WRONGLY MADE CHICAGO THEIR WHIPPING BOY, SHE SAYS UNDER A PRESIDENT, HARRIS, SHE BELIEVES THAT CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY WILL BE TREATED FAIRLY KAMALA HARRIS HAS TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OF BUILDING A SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT OR WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD HOMEOWNERSHIP AND FINDING THAT OUT OF REACH.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

YOU KNOW, INVESTING MORE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AM A TEACHER AND, YOU ESPECIALLY IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO WHERE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR AS LONG AS I'D LOVE TO.

THERE'S NEXT TO NO DOUBT THAT HARRIS IS GOING TO WIN IN ILLINOIS AND PRACTICAL ALREADY THE PARTY IS ORGANIZING, SENDING VOLUNTEERS TO BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE WISCONSIN IN EFFORT TO GET HARRIS ELECTED.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT ILLINOIS IS YOUNGEST DELEGATE.

THAT'S A 19 YEAR-OLD CLAIRE SACK WITH SHE COLLEGE STUDENT ORIGINALLY FROM THE SUBURBS IS GOING TO BE VOTING FOR ANYONE.

AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS EXCITED THAT HER FIRST BALLOT WILL BE CAST FOR HARRIS.

I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN MYSELF REPRESENTED IN THAT WAY BEFORE.

AND I HEARD THAT SPOKE THE OTHER DAY BE THE REPRESENTATION YOU WISH YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.

AND I I SEE THAT KAMALA HARRIS RIGHT NOW AND I HOPE THAT I CAN BE THAT FOR SOMEONE LATER IN MY LIFE.

AND LATER IN MY CAREER.

NOW BEFORE, HARRIS, WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING IS WELL FROM THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND THEN ALSO FROM A FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN ADAM KINZINGER, WHO HAS TWEETED, HE SAYS THAT REALLY HE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS ABOUT TAKING DOWN TRUMP AND HE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO WHAT HE SAYS IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S COWARDICE.

THERE'S ALSO, BY THE WAY, A LOT OF HYPE ABOUT WHO IS IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS MIGHT BE MAKING SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE IN.

MIGHT THAT BEYONCE?

I DON'T KNOW EFFECTIVE OR IF WILL HAVE TO FIND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'LL SEE LATER ON NOW WE GO TO HEATHER SHARON.

SHE'S OUTSIDE WINTRUST ARENA NEAR MCCORMICK PLACE WITH CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

HEATHER.

BRANDIS.

I'M HERE WITH MAYOR JOHNSON, MAYOR JOHNSON.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED THIS CONVENTION TO REWRITE CHICAGO'S NARRATIVE.

HAS IT?

WELL, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, FOR BEING HERE I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE CHICAGO A SHOWED UP FOR THE WORLD.

LOOK, PROMISED A SAFE, VIBRANT, EXCITING CONVENTION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DELIVER FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.

AND IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO WE REALLY ARE IN WHY WE ARE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

WE'RE ALSO THE GLOBAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

AND THE ENTIRE WILL GET A CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN WITH CHICAGO SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAID HE WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WAY THE POLICE OFFICERS HANDLED THE PROTEST AND THAT IT WAS EVIDENCE OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT TRANSFORMED.

DID THEY PASSED THE TEST THIS CONVENTION POSED TO CPD?

THEY MOST CERTAINLY DID.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SELECTED SUPERINTENDENTS, NELLY TO RUN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNEW EXACTLY HE AND WHAT WE WERE GETTING, SOMEONE WHO'S COMPASSIONATE, COLLABORATIVE, INCOMPETENT, THE TRAINEE AT OUR BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN HAVE GONE THROUGH ORDER TO REALLY PRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

IT'S A SURE EXAMPLE OF WE PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

WITH THAT.

WE ALSO ENSURE THAT THE VALUE OF PROTEST IS ALSO PROTECTED AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD BE MORE PROUD OF HOW THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED IN THIS MOMENTS.

MANY OF THE PROTESTS CENTERED ON THE WAR IN GAZA.

YOU ARE THE MAYOR FIRST MAYOR OF A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY TO CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE.

YOU TOLD MOTHER JONES THIS WEEK THAT ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN THAT WAR IS GENOCIDAL.

ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THOSE COMMENTS HAVE OPENED A BREACH WITH PARTS OF CHICAGO'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION?

WE'LL KEEP IN MIND THAT I WAS ALSO THE FIRST MAYOR AND WE WERE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO CONDEMN THE ACTS OF TERROR.

LOOK WHAT HAS DONE, THAT HAIR THAT IS CAUSED ACROSS THE GLOBE AND PARTICULARLY AGAINST THE ISRAELI PEOPLE.

WE CONDEMNED IT IN VERY CERTAIN IMPACT TERMS.

WE'RE ALSO THE CITY THAT IS CALLED FOR TO RELEASING OF THE HOSTAGES RIGHT NOW AND A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE.

LOOK, I'M A PART OF A POLITICAL PARTY THAT CAN CONDEMN ACTS OF TERROR.

CALL FOR THE RELEASE SCENE OF HOSTAGES AND CALLED FOR PEACE.

I BELIEVE THAT IT SPEAKS TO WHAT AMERICANS WANT IS REALLY WHAT THE GLOBAL WE WANT AN END TO THESE WARS THAT ARE CAUSING SO MUCH DEVASTATION AROUND THE GLOBE.

AND THAT HAS DECREED THAT THIS CITY IS IN BY SINCE IT'S INCEPTION.

QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE DR TEAM MADE IT VERY CLEAR IF WE CAN DO IT RIGHT IN CHICAGO, WE CAN DO IT ANYWHERE IN THE IN THE WORLD AND MUCH LIKE WE HAD A GENERATION AGO RESPOND TO A CRISIS.

THIS GENERATION IS DOING A VERY ADEQUATE AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR BALANCED APPROACH AGAIN OF CONDEMNING 8 CONDEMNING THE ACTS OF TERROR AND ALSO CALLING FOR PEACE.

THE CITY WAS BRACED THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS TO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO FROM TEXAS.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WHAT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CITY'S APPROACH TO THE CRISIS?

LOOK LIKE IN JUST A COUPLE SECONDS.

WELL, LOOK, WE HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE, A NEW ARRIVALS MISSING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IT IS COMPASSIONATE AND IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

BUT HERE'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE ARE RISING ABOVE THAT.

WE'RE STILL MAKING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES OF CHICAGO.

BUT WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHED FOR GOT A BIPARTISAN DEAL WITH THE SENATE.

BUT TRUMP REPUBLICANS BLOCKED IT AND THAT'S WHY WE CANNOT GO BACKWARDS.

WE HAVE TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH VICE PRESIDENT.

KAMALA, HERE'S WHERE THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE HISTORY.

THANKS VERY MUCH, BRANDON JOHNSON, FOR JOINING HERE TO WELCOME.

THANKS FOR HAVING BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

HEATHER, THANKS TO YOU.

AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AS WELL FOR THE 4TH DAY IN A ROW, DEMONSTRATORS ARE MAKING THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE DNC LOUD AND CLEAR DEMANDING A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA AND IN INTO U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.

NICK WEINBERG IS AT UNION PARK NEAR THE UNITED CENTER WHERE A PROTEST RALLY IS UNDERWAY.

NICK?

WELL, GRANDE IS ABOUT 100 OR SO PROTESTERS BRIEFLY BLOCKED ASHLAND AVENUE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

A CHICAGO POLICE SPOKESMAN TOLD ME HE WASN'T AWARE OF ANY ARREST.

NOW FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VIVA RAMASWAMY WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO GET THE CROWD RILED UP, BUT HE WAS CHASED AWAY WITH PEOPLE CALLING HIM A RACIST AND A TRUMP SUPPORTER.

NOW ORGANIZERS SAY THEY THINK THEIR DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE STARTED TO SHIFT DEMOCRATS NARRATIVES ON TAKING CREDIT FOR JOE BIDEN SAYING IN HIS DNC SPEECH ON MONDAY THAT QUOTE, THOSE PROTESTERS OUT IN THE STREET, THEY HAVE A POINT THAT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT BIDEN WENT ON TO SAY, QUOTE, A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED ON BOTH SIDES.

STILL, ACTIVISTS SAY THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TAKE A LISTEN.

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THE WHOLE WORLD WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH TODAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR 3 MORE MONTHS.

AND IF THE DEMOCRATS.

AND KAMALA HARRIS DON'T DO SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE.

AND WHEN THEY LOSE THAT ELECTION.

THEY BETTER NOT COME AND SAY THAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR THAT OUR MASS MOVEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE.

THE ONLY PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLICIT.

IN THE MURDER.

A 40,000 PALESTINIANS.

NOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS AND MARCHES ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, BOTH PERMITTED AND SHALL WE SAY, AN OFFICIAL RANGING FROM THE HUNDREDS TO THE THOUSANDS.

BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY LARGE-SCALE ARREST.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ARRESTS CAME ON TUESDAY AFTER A DIRECT ACTION TARGETED THE ISRAELI CONSULATE.

AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

STILL, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COME UNDER FIRE FROM SOME ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD.

A CPD SHOWS OF FORCE.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS SERVED MORE TO INTIMIDATE THEM TO PROTECT WITH HELICOPTERS, HOVERING OVERHEAD AND LINES OF COPS ALONG THE STREETS.

BUT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING DOESN'T SEE IT THIS WAY.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY EARLIER WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL AT TIMES BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR POSTURE BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HURTING INDIVIDUAL FEELINGS.

WE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE OUT THERE FOR THEIR SAFETY.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS PROVEN NOW THEY MAY FEEL LIKE IT WAS INTIMIDATING BECAUSE THEY SAW SO MANY OFFICES AND THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING ANYBODY.

BUT THE WAY TO THE OFFICERS RESPONDED IS PROOF.

THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T STOP ANYONE PROTESTING OR EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SO PROVED THAT OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE FOR PROTECTION.

NICK, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SIT-IN BY UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING TO ACHIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE HOLDING BACK THEIR SUPPORT FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ.

UNTIL THERE'S A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA.

THEY'RE ALSO DEMANDING TO HAVE A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER ON THE DNC STAGE TONIGHT.

MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAVE LENT THEIR SUPPORT TO THE CAUSE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES, DELHI RAMIREZ AND JULIE GARCIA.

AND HERE'S WHAT STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR LISA HERNANDEZ HAD TO SAY EARLIER TODAY.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

WE'RE HEARING THEM LOUD AND CLEAR AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PARTY TO BE DOING MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS WANTS TO VOICE GETS HEARD.

NOW WE JUST GOT THE OFFICIAL DNC SPEAKER LINEUP JUST AFTER 5 O'CLOCK.

AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANYONE WHO MEETS THE STUDENTS DEMANDS.

AS FOR THE RALLY THAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND ME, THEY'RE SET TO MARCH TO THE UNITED CENTER AT 6.30, BRANDIS.

ALL RIGHT.

NIC BLUMBERG, THANKS SO NOW WITH MORE ANALYSIS OF THE CONVENTION SO FAR AND A LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT.

WE'RE JOINED IN STUDIO BY JACKSON, A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND HOST OF THE SANTEE TO JACKSON SHOW ALSO ATTENDED HOWARD UNIVERSITY WITH KAMALA HARRIS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER, A REPUBLICAN FROM PEORIA.

THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO TONIGHT'S THE BIG FINISH RIGHT OF WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF THIS CONVENTION SO FAR?

CINDY, DO START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

AND IT ENDED WITH YOUNG WOMEN WHEN FIRST LADY, THE FIRST LADY, FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU.

SO YOU WHAT I DO?

I DO.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN THEM HOISTING THE BECOME.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WONDERFUL AMERICAN STORY.

WHAT I EXPECT TO HEAR TONIGHT IS KAMALA HARRIS WHO'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF FAMILY.

SHE SOMEONE WHO'S FOCUSED ON MATERNAL MORTALITY.

SHE'S LOOKING AT HOME OWNERSHIP.

SHE'S LOOKING AT A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE BEDEVILING AMERICAN FAMILIES TODAY.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THAT AND I WANT TO HEAR MORE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE.

WHAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY ABOUT CEASE-FIRE.

I WANT TO SEE WILL BALANCE THERE BECAUSE THAT OF THAT IS A CRISIS THAT WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.

WE NEED TO HAVE JUSTICE PALESTINIANS.

WE NEED TO HAVE SECURITY FOR ISRAELIS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.

AND BELIEVE THAT SHE INCLINATION TO DO IT.

WHAT WE IN THE ACTIVIST COMMUNITY GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS HELP OR HELP US.

REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER, YOUR THOUGHTS SO FAR IN THE CONVENTION?

IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT ACTUALLY.

I THINK MY MOTHER SAID IT BEST, THOUGH.

SHE SAID THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HOLLYWOOD AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MATH.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SPEAKERS THIS WEEK, WE MAY PERHAPS SEE BEYONCE THIS EVENING.

WE SAW STEVE KERR, WE SAW SPIKE LEE.

IT'S EXCITING.

THERE'S A LOT TO SEE.

BUT IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE HOLLYWOOD.

BUT WE LOOK, I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, IT'S MORE ABOUT MATH.

THAT'S ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE BORDER.

GROWING THE ECONOMY, GROWING JOBS.

AND I REALLY THINK AT THE END OF THE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT.

PART OF THE CONVENTION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TO REACH OUT TO UNDECIDED VOTERS.

WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, RIGHT?

WE HEARD OPRAH CALLING ON INDEPENDENCE LAST NIGHT.

DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB THIS WEEK SO FAR OF MESSAGING AND MAYBE SWAYING SOME OF THOSE UNDECIDED VOTERS?

I DO.

BUT I IF I SAY WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK IT IS MATHEMATICAL TO BE COMPASSIONATE TO PEOPLE.

THE CHILD TAX CREDIT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK YOU CAN BE YOU CAN WALK INTO A BUBBLE GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

I THINK WE CAN HAVE AN EXCITING CONVENTION.

I THINK WE CAN ALSO HAVE A CONVENTION IN WHICH WE SHUMATE VALUES.

I THINK THAT WE BOTH WANT THE SAME THING.

SEPARATE WAYS OF GETTING THERE.

YOU WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS, REPRESENTATIVE.

WE LET YOU RESPOND.

FOR THIS EVENING.

I LOVE TO SEE, I THINK TO QUESTIONS FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

I HOW AND WHO QUESTION WHO IS IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH ASKED TO CHOOSE BECOME THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE.

WE STILL HAVE SEEN NO PRESS CONFERENCES FROM OR SHE HAS ANSWER THE HARD QUESTIONS AND HOW SHE GOT TO GOVERN.

SHE HAS GOVERNOR OPEN BORDER.

SHE SAYS SHE WON'T.

SHE HAS SAID SHE'S AGAINST FRACKING.

SHE SAYS SHE'S NOT ANYMORE.

SO I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING OF WHO IS KAMALA HARRIS?

HOW'S SHE GOING TO GOVERN?

WE STILL HAVE HAD THOSE ANSWERS YET.

MY HOPE IS THAT TONIGHT WE WELL, MY SUSPICION IS THAT WE WANT ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT LONG NIGHT AHEAD, EVERYBODY.

AND WHAT WE'LL SEE, WHO'S QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.

THANKS TO JACKSON, TRAVIS WEAVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

AGAIN, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER IDENTITY BOTH AS AN INDIAN-AMERICAN AND A BLACK AMERICAN ART.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPOKE WITH SOME CHICAGOANS TO GET FURTHER INSIGHT.

JOANNA.

FROM KAMALA HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL BID HAS ALREADY BEEN A WORLD WIN.

IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A MONTH SAYS JOE BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN HARRIS WAS CATAPULTED TO THE FOREFRONT IF SHE BEATS DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER, SHE'LL BE THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN THE FIRST PERSON WITH JAMAICAN AND STREET AND THE FIRST PERSON OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT.

HER HISTORIC CANDIDACY IS NOT LOST ON THE PEOPLE WHO SEE THEMSELVES IN HER.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE FACT THAT SHE'S SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN TO MESSAGE WHAT SHE SIGNIFIES.

SHEREEN AHMED IS A DIRECTOR OF CHICAGO'S SOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE.

SHE HOPES HARRIS CAN PROVIDE GREATER REPRESENTATION FOR THE BROAD COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE OFTEN SAID IS THEY ASSOCIATE THAT WITH BOLLYWOOD IN BUDGET CHICKEN.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO A SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY.

HARRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, HER MOM, WHO FROM INDIA IN THE 1950'S WHILE HER FATHER IMMIGRATED FROM JAMAICA IN 1961, TOGETHER, WE WILL BUILD HERES REPRESENTS THE BEST OF US.

SHE REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE, ONE WHERE WE TAKE PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT SHE IS ONE OF OUR WORLD, LEICESTER BARKLEY IS HONORARY JAMAICAN CONSULATE OF CHICAGO AND SAYS HE'S EXCITED FOR THE PROSPECT OF A PRESIDENT WITH JAMAICAN HERITAGE.

I BELIEVE THAT OUR INSIST A SMILE AND SAY.

GOOD JOB.

PROUD OF YOU.

DID MAKE?

WE ARE THE MAJORITY.

AND SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE MOST SENIOR POSITIONS OF POWER AND INFLUENCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ABILITY ASPIRATION OR AMBITION THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ACCESS.

ERIN GALLAGHER STARTED HYPE WOMEN FOR HARRIS SHORTLY AFTER HARRIS BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, SHE AMONG OTHERS ARE GALVANIZING WOMEN TO PUT THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE THIS FALL.

I FEEL IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY EVERY DAY TO USE WHATEVER PRIVILEGE AND PLATFORM.

I HAVE 2 PUSH THIS FORWARD AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PUSH BACK ON US AND SAY YOU'RE ONLY YOU ONLY WANT THIS BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN.

YEAH, WE DO WANT TO BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF 500 REASONS THAT WE WANT IT.

KAMALA HARRIS WOULD NOT BE WHERE SHE IS.

AND I SHE'S RECOGNIZE DIDN'T EVEN MENTIONED IT WITHOUT STANDING ON SHOULDERS OF PEOPLE LIKE MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WHO FOUGHT FOR WOMEN TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

MICHELLE DUSTER IS AN EDUCATOR AND HISTORIAN WHO HAS DIRECT CONNECTION TO A WOMAN WHO ADVANCE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.

HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS SUFFRAGIST IN CHICAGO ICON IDA B WELLS DUSTERS SAYS SHE'S PROUD TO BACK THE HARRIS-WALZ.

TAKE IT TO HAVE A WOMAN AND OBVIOUSLY A PERSON COLOR, BOTH IN ONE PERSON TO BE THE NOMINEE IS AMAZING.

AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE.

REALLY DO UNDERSTAND HOW FAR WE'VE COME AS A COUNTRY AND WHAT IT TOOK FOR KAMALA TO BE WHERE SHE ENTERS.

AND OF COURSE, ALL EYES WILL BE ON HARRISON.

SHE IS SET TO CLOSE TONIGHT'S DNC BRANDIS.

BACK TO YOU.

JOANNA, THANK YOU.

AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK, WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VICKI AT THE UNITED CENTER WITH A MEMBER OF ILLINOIS'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

IN 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.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THE UNITED CENTER WHERE AMANDA VINIK, HE IS STANDING BY WITH CONGRESSWOMAN, DO YOUR MAYOR AS AMANDA?

YES, AM BRAND.

AS BY THE WAY, WE'VE GOT TO CHICAGO A DJ WHO CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY AS DANCING ALONG TO A LITTLE BIT.

SO FUN.

BUT LET'S GET TO SOME SERIOUS TOPIC BECAUSE OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL, WE HAD PROTESTERS.

THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME PALESTINIAN TONIGHT.

AND THERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CAST THEIR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT HARRIS OVER THE PALESTINE ISSUE.

AND TELLING THEM SHOULD THEY STILL VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND WON?

LET ME FIRST TELL YOU WHAT I AM TELLING THE CAMPAIGN.

I'M FROM THE CAMPAIGNS.

WE HAVE TO EARN THEIR VOTE.

WE HAVE MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HEAR THEM AND SEE THEM.

AND IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AFTER THIS GREAT MUSIC.

AMAZING SPEAKERS.

WE DON'T HAVE A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER IN THIS PALESTINIANS HAVE THE BIGGEST GAS CRUNCH IN CHICAGO.

WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THEM AND WE SHOULD BE BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY CAN TRUST WILL LEARN THEIR VOTE AND THEY WILL VOTE FOR US.

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED HERE THAT ARE SAYING NO BE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES.

ARE PROTESTERS.

ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO VOTE FOR YEARS DESPITE THAT JUST?

DEMOCRACY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THE MOST BROADER COALITION.

WE'RE HAVING FUN HERE.

PEOPLE ARE DANCING, BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT'S 50, 50.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE.

WE NEED EVERY SINGLE VOTE POSSIBLE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DISMISS PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATION AND ANGER AND CERTAINLY NOT BEING HERE.

TELL THEM THAT WE DON'T SEE THEM.

YOU DON'T HEAR THEM.

SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING FOR.

LET'S SAY THAT PRESIDENT HARRIS IS IN FACT, ELECTED IMMIGRATION IS ONE OF YOUR TOP ISSUES.

YOUR HUSBAND, I BELIEVE, IS A DREAMER.

SO IT'S PERSONAL AS WELL.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE WHEN IT COMES I WANT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND I THINK WE ALL WANT IT.

WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO BE PATIENT NEXT ELECTION NEXT ELECTION.

BUT BEEN WAITING SINCE 1986.

I BELIEVE THAT THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS THAT WE ARE GOING UNLOCK TO THE WHITE HOUSE HAS THE ABILITY HAS A PROVEN RECORD TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAYBE GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RIGHT BUT BUT HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS.

I WANT TO WORK ARE TIRELESSLY TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR DREAMERS.

AND THEN WE TAKE IT FROM THERE, WORK PERMITS AND THE LIST GOES ON.

THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT PATHWAY FOR DREAMERS.

WE SHOULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN FIRST 100 THEY WILL HAVE TO IT THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

A CONGRESSWOMAN AZALEA RAMIREZ.

BACK TO YOU.

AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND OF COURSE, I THANKS TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN AS WELL.

SO FOR SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS FROM SANDI JACKSON STATE REP TRAVIS WEAVER BEFORE THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DNC KICKS REPRESENTATIVE, I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.

AND OF COURSE, IT IS ABOUT THE CRISIS IN GAZA TUESDAY.

WE'VE GOT TO, YOU PROTESTERS IN THE STREETS.

WHO DO YOU THINK IS HAS BEEN STRONGER ON THIS ISSUE?

WELL, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THIS PROTEST AT THE RNC.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROTESTING NOW ARE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

AND I THINK IT IS INTERESTING CONTRAST THAT TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING OF THE MESSAGING OF THE PARTY OF JOY.

IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT THEY'RE THE PARTY OF JOY.

WHEN YOU HAVE PROTESTERS IN THE STREET, PROTESTS IN YOUR PATHWAY AND THEN ALSO THE FACT THAT WE ARE RIGHT ON THE CURRENT CANDIDATE BY STAGING A COUP ON THE LAST CANDIDATE.

SO THE WHOLE PARTY OF JOY THING DOESN'T JIVE FOR ME.

I WOULD LIKE TO LISA POSITION TAKEN ON ON PALESTINE FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

UNFORTUNATELY, GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY NO POSITIONS ON ANYTHING.

I THINK THEY GET BACK TO MY HOW AND WHO.

WHO IS SHE?

HOW SHE GOING TO LEAD WHAT HER OBJECTIVE GOING TO BE.

WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM HER TONIGHT.

A SANTEE TO JACKSON ON MONDAY TO CONVENTION HONORED YOUR FATHER, REPRESENTATIVE JESSE JACKSON ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROCEEDS HE PLANTED THE WORK THAT HE DID, OF COURSE, IS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER IN THE SENATOR.

WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU?

AND YOUR FAMILY VERY EXCITING, BUT I BUT I THOUGHT OF WHAT I SEE HIM AS LOOKING AT IT.

NOW, I THOUGHT OF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT OF AIR MARION BARRY, A THOUGHT OF MAYOR RICHARD HATCHER.

I THOUGHT OF SEE LITTLE STUFF.

THAT WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO HOLD A STATEWIDE OFFICE.

PART OF SO MANY PEOPLE, NAMELESS, FACELESS PEOPLE WHO PUSHED THAT PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN TO SEE THE SEATS THAT THEY PLAN TO, TO SEE THEM COME TO FRUITION.

I THINK THAT WITH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THAT WE NOW HAVE WOMEN WHO CAN GET ON TICKETS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HE PUSH OR SO WE HAD DO.

AND THEN WE HAD GERALDINE FERRARO.

I MEAN, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

AND IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR US.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER DOESN'T WANT TO STOP HERE.

HE SAYS GET PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE, LET'S WIN IN THE FALL.

REPRESENTATIVE.

HE'S NOT GIVING UP DEMANDS.

NOT DONE.

ALRIGHT, THANKS TO JACKSON, REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TONIGHT AT THE 10 O'CLOCK SHOW.

THANK YOU SO BECAUSE THAT'S 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 THE FINAL DAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IN THE MEANTIME, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR A LIVE BLOG COVERING THE VERY LATEST NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION.

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, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU ROUND 10.

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