>> Hello and thanks for joining us on Chicago tonight.

Black voices, I'm Brandis Friedman.

Here's what we're looking at.

>> This is not a time to throw up our hands.

This is a time to roll up our sleeves.

>> Kamala Harris concedes the presidential election is Donald Trump makes a decisive political comeback.

>> We're going to fix everything about our country.

We have local reaction from Harris and Trump supporters.

Plus 2 area congressman on what Trump's victory means for Capitol Hill and Illinois.

>> And a post-election palate cleanser.

We preview a new documentary celebrating 40 years of House music.

>> First off tonight, Kamala Harris is encouraging a peaceful transfer of power as she concedes the race for president to Donald Trump.

President-elect Trump's victory marks is sweeping political comeback for candidate who refused to accept defeat 4 years ago was convicted on felony charges and survived 2 assassination attempts.

The defeat leaves Democrats, though, to pick up the pieces and figure out a path forward for their party here with their reactions are Patrick handling co-founder of operations, swing state, Michelle duster, author, historian and great granddaughter of Ida B Wells, San Tito Jackson, host of the Santee to Jackson Show and Devin Jones Republican in the 18th Ward and chairman of the South Side, Republicans welcome all of you to Chicago in black voices.

Welcome back.

And we've seen all of you before what a day of first briefly, I want to hear your reaction to the news Devin Jones and actually gonna start with shoulder.

You know, I think it was a good night for Republicans across the country.

>> having a the Senate, the House seemingly and and definitely with president.

Former President Trump.

>> Winning, I look forward to some of the policies that they plan on Introducing I think a lot of people of the conservative mindset.

I'm looking forward to a more limited government, less taxes and different things like that.

So it was a good night for Republicans that tend Jackson.

>> Well, I was not a good night for me.

Yeah, but, you know, I thought it was a good night for the country.

A great night for the country.

We saw a woman take a negative and turn it into a positive take a negative campaign position and make it a competitive one.

And I saw her break through a glass ceiling.

She chips just a little bit more than Hillary Clinton did.

I had the privilege of knowing as you I do stand these historical figures knowing Shirley Chisholm and she said while.

Sixes and was her greatest foe when she ran for president, she said I thought that racism was going to be my greatest barrier, but it was sexism.

Sexism is as Nick Kristoff of The New York Times said in 2008 while racism, we sell with proper help.

Obama was white.

Sexism is deeper, but we saw her even with those hurdles lead very, very high and go back to Howard University.

She's my fellow by Sunday just a year behind me encourage someone who in that audience I've been for the Senate House of Representatives, State seat someone who needed to be encourage someone who I become president themselves.

I lift nation today.

believe it was her finest moment.

She did encourage spoke directly to the young people in her audience today.

>> Michelle Duster, what was your reaction to?

I'm actually still trying to process everything >> I mean, very disappointing to me on, you know, I thought that we were farther along in our country when it came to looking at qualifications versus all the isms.

And so, you know, to me, the candidates worst starkly different.

And I really believe if there professional backgrounds were reversed, then it would have been no contest for Kamala Harris.

So the fact that you have somebody with the background that Trump had against somebody with the background of Kamala Harris in for him to come out the victor.

I just think it says so much that I'm still trying to process Patrick family.

Of course, he works on you know, getting volunteers to go to neighboring swing states.

>> What did you hear?

You know, as obviously the co-founder of the organization and therefore he spent a lot of time in Michigan, Wisconsin.

What did you hear from those voters?

>> So a lot of what we heard throughout the cycle Deep distaste for President Trump, but a stronger, perhaps frustration with pocketbook issues.

I mean, when prices are up 20% in 4 years, that hits in a way that even topics that are so important, us like democracy just don't touch.

And so we heard a lot of that on the doors.

I think a lot of conversations that are volunteers had did change minds, did bring out folks to vote for Kamala for Democrats.

But it wasn't enough.

>> Based on what you heard from those voters, were you surprised with this outcome?

I was I was surprised by the magnitude of the outcome across the country.

And I do take some small solace in looking at the counties that we knocked.

And I see a smaller shift to the right in places like Southeast Michigan or Southwest as our southwest Michigan Southeast Wisconsin.

But across the board, you see 3 to 6 point shift towards Donald Trump in places like New Jersey, New York across the country which tells us this is a broader secular trend.

But you know what?

I don't think shifting toward Donald Trump.

I think this shifting toward pocketbook issues.

>> And shifting toward a lot of pain.

I think we cannot ever underestimate.

Impact of the housing crash in the early 2, thousands, 2008 watching Wall Street over take Main Street and Americans have been struggling with that.

But I would have to say this because I think of Ida B wells and how we continue to win every day.

I saw my father after the Michigan primary in 1988 when it looked for look like for a moment that he would be the nominee, he had to find a way to turn around and make this a win.

And that is what it will stand.

She said, you know, I leave with you like And Mary McLeod Bethune.

I wound up hope.

And you're gonna keep on pushing because these problems don't end with us.

just have to pick up a tiny continue to run our race.

>> You know, I also want to say to that, I think that there's a a distrust of government for for many people.

unfortunately, Vice President Harris represents government.

You know what I'm saying and so when you look at Chicago on a lot of people are upset about a migrant crisis that that they feel like they don't have any control over.

You know, many people are displeased with with their their various mayors across the country, the various Democrat politicians, and unfortunately for help for her campaign.

I think they took some of that one and some of the swing states and various areas.

So what what you do see was pocketbook issues.

You saw distrust of of government and she has been in government for may be almost definitely my entire adult life.

38, right.

out so that, you know, I don't want people to get lost.

if they like President Trump by President Trump's personality are not.

>> People look that policies, people look at the 4 years that he was president and they made a choice based off of fall in love.

You fall in line.

So even if you don't love him.

You say, look, he's a horse on ride on.

And that's and that's what I saw with Republicans.

And I can appreciate that, although I disagree with it, it certain political discipline that you all do have I'm a little bit more emotional about this.

But I take this as a win.

I'm very excited about what all that she has done.

I'm so proud of her.

>> delivered a concession speech this afternoon about 3 o'clock local time.

Actually more like here's a listen.

>> At the same time.

our nation.

>> We owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States.

>> And loyalty to our conscience and to our got.

My allegiance to all 3 is why I am here to say.

While I can see this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.

>> Michelle duster, she only had about 100 days or so to campaign after President Joe Biden stepped out of the race.

Do you think she could have had a better chance at reaching voters had had this been done a lot sooner.

Had there been maybe a different sort of Democratic primary or opportunity for Democrats to to the select who's going to run and should be given more time to get to the office.

>> Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I mean, Donald Trump has been in the public spear for over a decade.

And Kamala Harris was only maybe she is vice president.

She took more of a backseat.

And as far as the you know, knowledge of her.

So she really didn't have a very short amount of time, especially compared to 10 plus years.

That's just with the presidency mine.

And you know, and then you add all of other exposure of Donald Trump.

So people pretty much grown up with him.

Patrick, going into this race.

You know, we a lot of Poles were telling us that it was virtually tied, a virtual dead heat.

>> This was not a tie.

Not even close.

This is a decisive victory for President Trump.

Do you Vice President Harris, his reluctance to separate herself from Joe Biden?

Because I think we know that that moment on the view when she said there was not much different, might have been a bit of a turning point for her.

Do you think that that hurt her on echo?

It's in Teton.

Michelle have said about how.

>> Historic this race has been.

How difficult the race has been for the vice president to define herself while also defining President Trump as a danger to democracy that she did that he And I would just say, I do think it was impossible campaign to run against headwinds that we're truly historic, just given prices and given the mood of the electorate, given the issues that people are frustrated about that were addressed during the Biden administration, but certainly not solved.

And it reflects a broader frustration that I think we've been dealing with for for 5 presidential campaigns.

Now where folks are looking for serious change in the way that we do politics and government here in He she ran to him and for years she ran for months and I can't help but think that she was a Douglas where she and both went to Howard University, Frederick Douglass Hall.

>> As someone who really ushered us into a new America Fred with President Lincoln and the fact that she delivered that speech today lifting us above politics, lifting us really out of our own pain today.

It just I just really feel a sense of victory, you know, and we have taken out of the way was a to B.

But I think your friends sitting to your left would say it is the Republicans who who were the victors here because they house is still in play.

We're going to talk about that a little bit more coming up.

We're out of time with this group.

Thank you so much.

Patrick Hanley, Michelle Duster Center Jackson and Debbie >> All right.

Up next, what members of Congress have to say about Trump's victory?

What it means for Capitol Hill in the state.

>> Chicago tonight, he's made possible in part by the support of these don't use.

>> President elect Donald Trump ran his campaign by making promises like sweeping tax cuts proposing higher tariffs, cutting climate regulations and deporting undocumented immigrants.

His election is just the crest, though, of an apparent red wave as Republicans take control of the Senate while the House remains undecided.

Joining us now with more, our Democrat Democratic Congressman Danny Davis.

And on zoom, his colleague, Democratic Congressman Jonathan Jackson.

Thanks to you both for joining us.

Congressman Jackson, I'm just going on faith that you're not driving at the moment.

So thank you so not Of course not.

All right.

So first, I want to hear a little bit of what Trump had to say in his acceptance speech overnight here.

That is.

>> help our country here.

We have a country.

And it does help very badly.

>> We're going to fix our borders.

We're going fix everything about our country.

>> Reason tonight and the reason is going to be just that.

>> Congressman Davis, let's start with you, please.

What do you think this election came down to the campaign, the candidates, the issues, the voters?

>> I think combination of all those things, as matter of fact, I think there are people who are led to believe that things were different than what they are as a matter of fact, I always say we made lots of progress in this country.

I don't do night, but I also warn let's not get too the basement and act like we're in the Penn House.

I was surprised that the outcome I was amazed.

I was disappointed prepare take what is and to keep moving.

Go And I don't expect nothing to be exactly as the president just I expect that he will continue his policies promoting tax cut.

Yeah.

For the wealthy one percent.

Those who have the most.

So we're going to spend 4 years of trouble.

Of interacting and trying to from going to fall back.

Although the voters have said what they said, here's where we are.

>> A Congressman Jackson, what do you take Trump presidency will mean for for the state of Illinois and Chicago?

>> It words lead so I'm very concerned about the language that the President Trump used to be went into the election.

The only poison the blood of our nation missus, Harrison's and intelligent lack of misses Clinton putting this changing here of gunfire.

These words towards violent towards women.

And I hope you be on rhetoric.

embarrassed that we're moving to deal with it.

But I have to hold him in his words, his words are ultimately what city wants to deliver and these words of threatening nation.

I pray that they go away because the president, as he speaks someone else manifest those words and that's extremely dangerous tone term that we're facing in our country.

>> The black vote, the quote, unquote black vote has been a major talking point this election season, especially especially when Democrats and Republicans truthfully, but especially because there is a black and Indian woman at the top of the ticket, particularly black men, though an NBC poll from 10 states found that 92% of black women voted for Harris compared to 78% of black and the to the counterpoint to that is 20% of black men voted for former President Trump.

Congressman Davis, to what do you attribute this racial and gender divide?

Well, I think some of it had to do with the.

>> Mature is a little of President Trump who can vanish men.

That there was something different about them and about the way that is would be compared to what Vice President Harris lead Europe would be.

And it means to me that we have a great deal work to do, especially with African American males.

It was amazing to me that 20% which voted for President Trump knowing his policies.

No one practices knowing his comments knowing where say it.

I couldn't imagine.

>> It it looks like for now the House will remain a Republican stronghold, but it is still a little bit early.

Democrats need to flip for seats in order to gain control.

A Congressman Jackson, what concerns do you have about governing as a minority?

But without Republicans, if Republicans should take control of both houses because we know for now, Republicans have shifted towards a majority in the Senate.

>> Melissa, Hope for parents and and coaching and foreign affairs.

We have to figure out with We have a commitment to Ukraine that we have a commitment to NATO.

Now we have a commitment to article sorrow in our record.

Also, 1, 1, for all staff from Russian.

mean, to me or forward doesn't mean anything you know, they'll pulling out of.

That's a good question from the interim should is that she noticed second debate so they can specific, content and also thinking that the talk about potential partners in crime and she talked about giving oil company billions of dollars Pittsburgh so that they can continue to pollute.

That's a issue.

Now it's February and it's November in Chicago.

We my 70 degree weather.

60 weather.

>> Clearly, something's gone wrong in our environment, also in agriculture.

I started looking at alexan other forms of so long there resisting streams were going to talk about how up to point forward.

Their cities like Los Vegas, something makes you conceding 30 have water currents, as a water park season going into the body of water.

So what developmental player?

We can sustain.

That's good for America what's going to top of my agenda.

It's the president, Congressman Davis, same question to you.

You've been you've been in Congress for a long time.

And if the Republicans should gain control as it is, they already have the White House, of course, in the Senate and >> that it's looking like very will likely have a majority in your chamber is, well, what does governing in the minority look like for you?

All?

>> Well, I had hoped for new initiatives increase and things like that.

Child tax credit, 10, all of these great things were going to be able to do.

I think now we're going to have to on defense.

We keep hearing about.

But in this cut in Social Security cut in social welfare program, reducing spending well, we're going to be playing tremendous amount of Defense Inc to play in offense.

so trying to hold back.

The that President Trump and his colleagues have will be a big county.

>> Okay.

Best of luck to you both in the challenges.

And obviously when you head back to DC One when all that goes down, of course, when he's sworn in as next the next Congress, Jonathan Jackson and Congressman Danny Davis, thank you both for joining us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And we're back with more right after this.

Chicago has long been known for nurturing, diverse music genres and also infamously a place where one of them died.

Rip disco.

But another musical form known as House music Rose from its ashes to mark the 40th anniversary of its invention Chicago stories.

Documentary is celebrating the innovative and catchy dance music that still inspires prominent artists today, it's called House Music, a Cultural revolution.

Take a look.

>> Housing music is more a feeling it is a sound.

That infectious feeling was created in Chicago's underground black clubs by deejays blending musical genre.

just goes the mother of House gospel is the father of House can so are the brothers and sisters of House?

I mean, it's all mixed in there.

>> And joining us now is the documentary's producer, Barbara Allen or BA, as we like to call you around the station.

Good to see you could say that far.

What is house music, how to get its name?

>> House music comes from a club that was known as the warehouse and people wanted to get the music and then we go to records to us and I want the music from the warehouse.

So the short in the name to House music so would be easier find.

And how is the music distinctive?

What is have?

You know, it's house music.

Is Kim the groove.

You House music could be a lot of things.

It's all in how the groove happens.

Cause these gospel and houses so and houses have pop that has everything can become house music.

>> By the when put the good together, so get African music, you good.

All kinds of music that ends up in house and a lot of disco.

So it's kind of an airing listen this.

Go into hole.

For because it has that been very noticeable, sort of beat.

And makes most people want to right?

Yes, the coliform the floor.

It's like church for on the floor and makes you want to get up and move.

If you can't you'll hit the at some point.

some point you have to like it or they will find.

Yes.

Well, house music, as we mentioned, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

What has given this music, its longevity compared to other music forms like disco or go go, those other forms of music that they did White House music stick around.

Well, I think those other forms of music have kind melted into how season 2, because there's go going there this hip-hop.

And a lot of things in But House music is more than just the music.

>> It's a community and it's a feeling.

And so the soon talks a lot about the community and the people calling the congregation who make up the people who love housing.

Is and want to get that it's kind of the chant teen with your body.

all get on the same groove as you would in a chant what to do with 2 body and the dancing.

>> It was surprising how many women were behind the turntables when House music was coming along?

Yeah, did that surprise It surprised me because I didn't know all the things they went to be able to play the music.

I thought they just play like everybody they through a lot of things just to get on the stage because people didn't accept women as at the time.

With strange who is now what they have the fight to actually play because Geist, women couldn't play music, couldn't Blinn to records together and mix but women can do the same thing backwards and in heels.

are right.

Well, folks want to know they've got to watch the documentary might learn more about what those women went Barbara Allen, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

>> And you can watch Chicago stories.

House music, a cultural revolution this Friday night at 8 on W t Tw and be sure to check out W T Tw dot com slash Chicago stories for more in the documentary series and we're back to wrap things up right after this.

And that's our show for this Wednesday night.

Before we go, a quick note of congratulations to members of the W T Tw New staff producer Paul Kane won a Chicago Midwest Emmy Award this past weekend for help and medical coverage.

His story was about next generation.

Bionic limbs being pioneered at the Shirley Ryan ability lab and former producer Erica Gunderson, along with photographer editor Damon Ranger, won an Emmy for arts and entertainment coverage for their story about the Galloping Ghost Arcade.

You can check out both of those stories on our website.

In All W t Tw received 8 awards, including recognition for host Jeff Repair and various honors for the Chicago stories.

Documentaries Angels too soon, race to reverse the River and the outrage of Danny Sotomayor as well as the special Chicago mysteries.

Congrats to all really proud of you.

All.

Join us tomorrow night at 5, 30 10.

We'll unpack the swing of Latino support that helped fuel Donald Trump's reelection.

Now for all of us here in Chicago tonight and Brandis Friedman, thank you for watching.

Stay healthy and safe and have a good night.

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