>> In his inaugural address today, President Donald Trump vowed to end the country's quote decline put America first and be a peacemaker.

Joining us now to react on Trump's priorities and what it could mean for Illinois are our Wilson, president and CEO of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law.

Ted Dabrowski, president of Wire points.

areas there and zoom, we have Jacob Hubert president of the Liberty Justice Center and David Franklin law professor at DePaul University and former solicitor general of Illinois.

They're both there.

I promise you.

So want to start with you, David Franklin, please, how did you view today's inauguration?

>> First of all, thank you for having me on bridges.

You know, I guess I would say the thing to do for me is just a step back and think about we find ourselves today.

You know, this is.

>> To my mind, not the normal transition of power we can focus on.

You know what people were wearing or what the you know, weather was like.

The fact is our fellow citizens have chosen through a democratic process to lead as president, convicted felon educated abuse a man who is openly mused about terminating the Constitution.

Who encouraged his followers to violently disrupt the transition of power 4 years ago and now says he wants to pardon those who did so.

And I think unlike 2016, he now has a major political party foursquare behind him controls all 3 branches government and the more committed group of helpers around him.

So of course, I accept the results of the election and I hope that there can be bipartisan product progress, you know, issues that matter.

I do view this is a profoundly unsettling moment for our country.

One that I hope will be able to, frankly over caught in the years ahead to.

>> Jacob Uber, Trump plans and maybe in the process of signing some of his executive orders.

But he plans to sign close to about 100 of them and to undo progressive environmental policy closed the border to asylum seekers.

Abolish title 9 protections at schools among some others.

How many of these orders are likely to face legal challenge?

Do you think?

>> Oh, I'm sure there will be people on the other side challenging a lot of them.

That's pretty typical nowadays.

But he should be eliminating some things that she makes litigation Fortunately, for example, the Biden administration is going to legally force companies to make climate disclosures to the SEC of all things.

And they did a moratorium on liquid natural gas exports with no legal authority whatsoever.

And we have a lawsuit challenging that.

So we're looking forward to seeing some of these lawsuits that we've had to bring against the Biden administration away.

That's not to say that everything Trump doesn't necessarily be lawful, but I like that.

He's going to roll back those things.

I like that.

He's going to take steps to protect free speech like that.

He's going to take steps to ensure that people are treated equally under the And, you know, one thing I would say that's different about this inauguration is that, you know, he didn't attend that.

Everybody has always been on the same page.

He does have a bold agenda.

It is a break from the past.

And in those ways that I mention, I think it's a very positive break from the past, though we will see.

And I'm sure from my perspective as a libertarian type person, there'll be some things to disagree with as well.

>> So I want to get to the folks in the room as well or drug will send.

You wrote an op-ed that was published in salon Com today.

You describe President Johnson's war on poverty.

Has today's war on poor people what are your concerns about President Trump?

President Trump's agenda?

>> Well, just as I said it, it feels like a war poor people.

The fact is he has used his platform trying to basically pit white working class people against other people of color who are working class and struggling and has made them the out enemies is vilified them when in actuality he's looking to cut many of the same support of systems that white working class people have relied upon and using race as proxy to be able to separate people, working class people, people who are struggling.

It's really unconscionable.

And so that's one of the biggest concerns that we have.

that we're celebrating.

Doctor King.

I mean, that that contrasts between the 2 could not be any more pronounced, especially because DR King had promoted a multi racial coalition of folks were living at poverty or just about poverty to see.

How do we call a less and really demand the things that our government to protect those who are the most vulnerable.

>> To rescue also publish an article today on your site.

Why are points where you welcome Trump's disruptions?

What exactly in Illinois in Chicago need to be needs to be disrupted?

>> Well, I think you have the border disruption he's going to create, of course, is a big deal for many.

The Chicago's we have felt left out to, you know, talk about that.

The black population in Chicago, they can super upset that they feel secondary could illegal immigrants on energy costs.

Biden's policies have been very strict raising.

I we're seeing some major energy cost increases and in Illinois, those will be rolled back.

And of free speech is a huge thing.

I we've gotten so far away from free speech that I think now we can have open discussions again and that the whole cancel culture is being canceled, which is really good.

I do say one thing that you're regards whatever Trump disruptions he brings, I would argue that Illinois's have a lot more things to disrupt themselves when it comes to crime, education, the the tax rates.

We have huge problems that Trump can't fix.

We have to fix them.

So that's a big that's a big deal.

>> you did mention a Martin Luther King Junior Day King's name, as we mentioned did come up several times during today's ceremonies, including from President Trump is a look.

>> Today is Martin Luther King Day and his honor.

This will be a great honor.

But in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality.

We will make his dream come true.

>> what was your reaction to that?

My question wintry talking about because interestingly what Dr King's spoken the most about.

But yet it seems to not be talked about during this time.

The commemoration.

>> Was the structural nature poverty.

He was a huge, huge advocate for economic justice and he basically any point would talk about economic inequity within this country.

House unconscionable again calling for that multi racial coalition saying that we need to be coalescing around the fact that we are so many people in such a wealthy country living in poverty and how that needs to be stopped.

So it's interesting to talk about his dream in his legacy about people living in harmony and racial harmony but not ignore ignoring the fact that he really talked about economic justice.

>> David Trump has vowed to pardon individuals who stormed the Capitol on January 6th 4 years ago.

Not all of them particular nonviolent offenses, commuting some of the other ones.

He's keeping a promise that he made on the campaign trail.

But what does that say about, you know, the folks who broke the law that What's your reaction to the pardon?

>> We'll have to see.

You know, it's it's my understanding the Justice Department was was fairly selective in terms of who actually prosecuted.

So I don't think there are.

>> A whole lot of nonviolent offenders who need pardons.

Maybe he's talking about preemptive pardons or something like that.

>> I think the in reality of those parts of the follow through on is really unfortunate, right?

We have.

You know, folks who came to the Senate, all of our democracy.

With the express purpose of trying to disrupt the orderly transfer of power in for several hours.

They did it in for those hours.

Trump watched it from the White House.

did nothing to stop So I think it sends very bad signal about the health of our democracy that our president would be considering pardoning people who did and that he would open.

We promised to do it and still get elected because he's saying, let's sure.

the same time, President Biden pardoned a number of family members preemptively before he left office this morning.

>> actions the same.

>> No, they're not the same at all.

This thing the President Biden did is weird bizarre and it's blatantly corrupt.

And the preemptive pardoning of Anthony Fauci for anything he ever might have done is outrageous.

There are many people in this country, people like Elon Musk, for example, you think Fauci should be held accountable for committing very serious crimes crimes that may have resulted in widespread death.

And the idea that you would just give him a blanket pardon because, well, maybe Trump would do something that you don't like.

Maybe Trump would prosecute him in a way out right?

You know, like that's outrageous.

If there are charges against Fauci that didn't have merit.

Well, that's for the courts to decide.

So it's just it's really offensive to the majority Americans who voted for President Trump because they objected to.

The outrage is in the tyranny of the COVID regime.

That Fauci would be left totally off the hook and start in >> Yes, our Jacob, I want to get it in here because we've only got a few more seconds Many voters were attracted to Trump because of his promises to lower utility bills.

Among other economic promises in about 20 seconds, what steps do you expect the president to take to make that happen?

Well, you know, I I actually want to comment if I may on Martin Luther King Day because if you look at Illinois in Chicago, we have some of the most progressive equity base policies in the country.

>> And yet we have the highest poverty rate for blacks.

We have a kid to carry the CPS and very few minority kids can be to CPS.

We've got the crime, a nation's murder capital for 13 years in a row.

He can't fix that.

I wish we would.

And I think on Martin Luther King Day, we should really think about what policies we have here in Illinois to fix that.

Right.

And that is where we'll have to leave it.

My thanks to all