WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LETTING A WAS JOIN THAT NON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS DAYS AWAY.

THE CHAIR OF ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON WHAT TO EXPECT.

PLUS, WHAT THE NOLES ARE QUICKLY GROWING PORTION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM THIS ELECTION CYCLE?

WITH THE CARIBBEAN?

I FEEL LIKE WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL HAPPY.

AND LATIN RESTAURANT WEEK KICKS OFF ON FRIDAY.

WE VISIT A RESTAURANT COOKING UP FRONT WITH THE CARIBBEAN.

TWIST.

AND NOW TO SOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY.

PROTESTERS SAY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY'S RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR PLANS TO MARCH DURING THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IN A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, ORGANIZERS WITH THE COALITION TO MARCH ON THE DNC SAY THEY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY OUTLINING RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PLANNED RALLY.

ORGANIZERS SAY WHILE PERMITS WERE APPROVED TO USE PARK 5, 7, 8, UNION PARK.

THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWING THEM TO PUT UP STAGES.

SOUND EQUIPMENT, TENSE OR PORTABLE BATHROOMS FOR THE PROTEST MOVE.

THE ORGANIZATION IS CALLING AN ATTACK.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE CAN MEET AT UNION PARK WITH POTENTIALLY 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NOT DO A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PLANNED FOR MONTHS AND THEN MARCH ON THE SHORE.

1.1 MILE ROUTE, WHICH SHARP TURNS THAT THEY'VE OFFERED.

ORGANIZERS SAY THEIR ATTORNEYS FILING AN EMERGENCY INJUNCTION TO FIGHT THE RESTRICTIONS AND WITH THE DNC DAYS AWAY, KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR MORE PARKING RESTRICTIONS AROUND THE UNITED CENTER THIS WEEK, CREWS STARTED TO SET UP FENCES AND SIGNS INDICATING PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND ZONES.

THESE INITIAL CLOSURES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MORE EXTENSIVE LIMITATIONS AT MCCORMICK PLACE ON FRIDAY, THE UNITED CENTER ON SATURDAY, A SECURITY PERIMETERS CONTINUE TO BE INSTALLED.

SOME BUSES WILL BEGIN BEING REROUTED STARTING TODAY.

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AND UP NEXT, ONE ON ONE WITH THE CHAIR OF ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WHAT TO EXPECT DURING NEXT WEEK'S DNC.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICED IT'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GEARING UP FOR A BUSY WEEK IN CHICAGO DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THEY'LL BE MEETING WITH OTHER PARTY LEADERS DISCUSSING POLICIES AND RALLYING BEHIND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS AND HER RUNNING MATE GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND THE PARTY'S CHAIR WILL BE THERE TO ENSURE ILLINOIS IS IN THE ACTION NOW.

JOINING US NOW WITH WHAT TO EXPECT IS THESE AT LEAST I HAD MET THIS CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, LISA, FIRST QUESTION, WHAT MOTION?

WHAT IS THAT FEELING THAT YEAR?

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FEELING FOR NEXT WEEK.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, KAMALA GOTTEN ON THAT IT AN READ THE FULL SURGE OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNING UP TO VOLUNTEER.

AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE SO VERY INSPIRING TIMES RIGHT NOW.

AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN PREPARING PREPARING FOR THE DNC?

SO ON DPI IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT OUR DELEGATION IS FOR THE DNC.

SO MUCH OF OUR WORK HAS BEEN DONE WE SERVE SORT OF LIKE A CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR DELEGATES HERE IN ILLINOIS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THERE THERE THEN THEY'RE RECEIVING THEIR CREDENTIALS ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE DO UP BASICALLY WE ARE THE ONES TEST.

ALSO REAL.

HAVING AN WELCOME THE RECEPTION TO ALL WHO ARE COMING TO ILLINOIS.

ALL DELEGATES.

SO ALL, GO AHEAD.

NOW IN TALKING ABOUT THEY'LL TELL US ABOUT THE DELEGATION WHO'S REPRESENTED.

SO YOU HAVE DELEGATES.

IT'S A TOTAL OF UP TO 206 DELEGATES HERE IN ILLINOIS.

THAT'S INCLUDING OUR O'S AND AT SO OFF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

BUT WE DELEGATES COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I IT'S IN THE THOUSANDS THEY WERE WERE SEEKING.

BUT WHEN YOU COUNTY ALL THE VISITORS THAT WERE EXPECTING, IT HURTS.

IT'S ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ARRIVING TO CHICAGO NEXT WEEK'S CONVENTION.

IT SPECIFICALLY THAT THE UNITED CENTER AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THE SIGNIFICANCE IS FOR THE PARTY OF THE DNC IS IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, DNC IS THE STAGE.

IT'S IT'S WHERE YET TO REALLY UPLIFT THE PARTY GET OURSELVES READY FOR THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AS AS A PARTY TO PUT TO IMPLEMENT TO YOU KNOW, STARTING TO WORK ON THE ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER OFF.

BUT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, OF I GET THERE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE DNC, WE GREAT MOTIVATED AND AND OPPORTUNITY TO FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER AND EVERY WAY AT MANAGEABLE FOR ME, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO EXPAND OUR ON DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATIC BASE ALL THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION.

THIS IS THIS IS REALLY A A MOMENT OUT THAT I DEFINITELY WILL BE TAKING ADVANTAGE IN IN THOSE TERMS.

ARE YOU SEEING A NEW MOMENTUM?

YOU'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT VOLUNTEERS.

IS THERE MORE PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING?

MY GOSH.

SO I'LL TELL YOU, I'M JUST LAST WEEK I WAS AT THE BILLIKEN PARADE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE VOLUNTEER BECAUSE E IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING THAT WE WE HAD TO CLOSE IT OUT.

BUT THAT JUST THAT JUST GIVES AN INDICATOR OF THE THE THE KIND OF EXCITEMENT PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT NOW DOWN AT THE STATE FAIR.

I JUST CAME LAST NIGHT.

THE FLOW THAT IS COMING THROUGH OUR TENT.

SWAG IS BEING ASKED FOR.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

SO THAT THE END, I'M HEARING IT FROM EVERYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CALLING.

THEY'RE JUST TO LIKE.

THEY'RE JUST COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK.

SO I I REALLY FIND THIS TO BE UPLIFTING.

IT CERTAINLY HAS GOING.

IF WE WEREN'T BUSY.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE EVEN THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT ILLINOIS DELEGATION IS REALLY HOPING TO ADDRESS NEXT WEEK?

SO WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE NOMINATING HOUR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND WALZ.

ALL THAT'S GOING ON TO BE EXCITING UP.

I N. BASICALLY DNC IS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNIFY FALL.

IT IS A MOMENT THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE.

THE MESSAGE OF HOW OUR VALUES ARE JUST JUST SO MUCH AT STAKE RIGHT NOW.

AND IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR FREEDOMS, THIS IS THE MOMENT IN PARTICULAR MAY BE IN A WOMAN HAVING 2 DAUGHTERS GRANDDAUGHTERS.

THERE IS I LIKE DOING EVERYTHING AND ENCOURAGING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET INVOLVED.

THIS IS THE MOMENT.

IT'S HISTORICAL MOMENT.

AND AT TOP OF THAT, IT WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO ELECT THE FIRST WOMAN.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD GET START GETTING USED TO IT.

PRESIDENT OF YOU GUIDED STATES.

IT IS REALLY A TIME A HISTORICAL TIME.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET INVOLVED.

AND THE DNC, MANY HIGHLIGHTS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS?

A LOT TIME HERE.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS AS PARTY.

WE HAVE LAUNCHED.

CALLING IT ORGANIZED, ILLINOIS.

WE HAVE TARGETED IN PARTICULAR 2 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, THE 13TH TO THE 17TH, WHICH IS KACZYNSKI, ERIK SORENSON.

THIS IS AN WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS.

IF THERE IS ANY OTHER TARGETED DISTRICTS FROM, YOU BOTTOM BALLOT ALL THE WAY UP TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TO VOTE AND THIS TICKET IS A WAY TO USE YOU KNOW, OF FOR ALL RACES ALL GOVERNMENT LEVELS.

SO REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT MOMENT.

AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT DO YOU FEEL HAS CHANGED FOR ELEANOR?

THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYS BIDEN DROPPED OUT IN HARRIS SECURED THE NOMINATION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS NEW MOMENTUM.

YEAH, I I THINK IT'S LITTLE I THINK.

WE WERE ALL YOU WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP DOWN PASS THE TORCH TO VICE PRESIDENT.

KAMALA HARRIS IS I CAN SAY INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS ACT WAS PART OF THE PRESIDENT.

I JUST UNDERSTOOD THAT THE MOMENTUM YOU KNOW, JUST AT PAWS.

AND SO FOR HIM TO TAKE THAT THAT HUGE STEP STEP.

SAYS A LOT.

AND I THINK I CERTAINLY WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T EXPECTED, AS I THINK MANY DID.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HEARING ARE IT WAS BEING ASKED TO JUST STEP DOWN.

BUT ONCE HE DID IT JUST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST PAUSE.

AND THEN IT JUST KIND GET IT.

IT JUST IT'S GOOD HEART.

AND SO WITH BROUGHT SOME, YOU KNOW, ENERGY OF A SORE FROM PEOPLE.

AND NOW THEY'RE JUST READY TO GET INVOLVED.

WILL SAY, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AND HOPEFULLY WE CROSSED.

THAT'S NEXT WEEK.

AND JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE ON THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LIVE AT 5, 30 10 EACH NIGHT.

WE'LL GO IN-DEPTH ON THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND HEAR FROM SOME MORE OF ILLINOIS LEADING DEMOCRATS.

WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

LATINOS ARE A KEY VOTING BLOC IN THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

PEW RESEARCH ESTIMATES LATINOS MAKE UP NEARLY 15% OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTING POPULATION IN THE U.S. THAT'S AROUND.

36 MILLION LATINO VOTERS.

AND WHILE SOME POLLS INDICATE DEMOCRATIC KAMALA HARRIS IS LEADING REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP AMONGST BUT THE NO VOTERS, THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT SWING LATINO VOTERS ARE.

JOSE SANCHEZ MOLINA, COMMUNICATIONS AND POLITICAL CONSULTANT WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER.

AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM IS HIT OUTLOOK A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, THE HISPANIC REPUBLICAN AND WRITER FOR THE NEW YORKER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

HOW WOULD YOU THIS MOMENTUM?

IT IS IS FEELING RIGHT NOW WITH WITH THE DNC AROUND THE CORNER NEXT NEXT WEEK.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME YOU KNOW, 6 WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, WE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POINT.

NOW WHAT WE SEE IS A CHANGE IN MOMENTUM REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES AND TELL VOTERS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THEM IF THEY WIN THE PRESIDENCY AND COUPLE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS AT THE RUNNING AHEAD, I'LL GO.

I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT NEXT WEEK?

YEAH, I THINK NEXT WEEK IS KAMALA HARRIS'S AND TIM WALZ'S REAL OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LATINOS BUT ALL AMERICANS WHO THEY ARE.

I MEAN, I THINK KAMALA HARRIS HAS GENERATED A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR SURE.

AND I THINK THAT IN SOME WAYS HAS KIND OF CHANGED THE DYNAMICS OF THE ELECTION.

BUT A LOT OF LATINOS STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM HER ABOUT WHAT SHE WILL ACTUALLY DO.

I THINK THEY'RE MORE WILLING TO LISTEN TO HER NOW.

I THINK SHE HAS THEIR EAR AND NOW IT'S A CHANCE TO KIND OF CLOSE THE DEAL AND TELL WHAT HE KNOWS WHAT DO AS PRESIDENT AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK LATINO VOTERS WANT TO HEAR FROM HARRIS AND TRUMP AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES WELL, I THINK THEY'RE GOING WANT TO HEAR HOW THE 2 CANDIDATES DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES ON ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION AND HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND ALL THE REST.

I MEAN, I THINK SO FAR IT'S KIND OF BEEN A.

BATTLE WORDS.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF I GUESS, PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE THE VIBES ELECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO JUST GET A SENSE OF HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT A CANDIDATE.

BUT I THINK THE PERIOD BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, IT'S GOING TO BE A RUSH FOR BOTH CANDIDATES TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE ON.

ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT MATTER FOR LETTING WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORD THAT HE USED THE VIBES?

YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT LATINOS CARE ABOUT THOSE 3 ISSUES THAT WE NEED, THOSE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TOP 3 WERE ONE WAS COST OF LIVING SECOND ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PAYING JOBS.

AND 3RD, WHAT'S HEALTHCARE?

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TELL LATINO VOTERS HOW YOU GONNA MAKE HOME PURCHASES.

MORE AFFORDABLE, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO TACKLE INFLATION?

SINCE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

HOW HAS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE CHANGE FOR LETTING THOSE YOU WOULD SAY WITH KAMALA HARRIS AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, A QUARTER OF ALL NEW VOTERS GUARANTEE TO BE LATINOS.

AND SO WHEN THE PARTIES ARE TALKING ABOUT ATTRACTING NEW VOTERS, BUT ANY VOTERS, IT IS APPEALING TO A LATINOS ACROSS THE UNITED BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY LET BRING YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.

IS THERE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE I AM GONNA VOTE?

I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE SINCE THE SWITCH HAPPENED.

THEY ARE VERY EXCITED.

THEY'RE READY TO VOLUNTEER.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING, THEY'RE ALSO DONATING.

SO THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE REPUBLICAN CHANGE.

YEAH.

ALTHOUGH WHAT DOES HARRIS OFFER LATINO VOTERS COMPARED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN?

YOU WOULD SAY.

I THINK SHE'S GENERATED A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG LATINOS AND LATINAS IN PARTICULAR.

BEEN TALKING A LOT TO THE PEOPLE BOTH THE LATINO KIND OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST NATIONAL REGISTRATION AND TURNOUT OPERATIONS FOR LATINOS AND THEY'VE BEEN REGISTERING MORE THAN 1000 LATINO EVERY SINGLE DAY KAMALA HARRIS BECAME THE CANDIDATE AND THAT'S WAY HIGHER.

THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF NUMBERS THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN THE DAYS RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.

AND THEY'RE SEEING IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, RIGHT BEFORE THE CONVENTION.

SO I THINK, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.

I THINK YOUNG LATINOS.

BASICALLY I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT KAMALA HARRIS DONE FOR LATINOS IS KIND OF RE-ENGAGE A BUNCH OF DEMOCRATIC LEANING VOTERS WHO HAD BEEN ALIENATED BY JOE BIDEN IN PARTICULAR.

SO YOUNG WITH THE NICER KIND OF ENGAGED BY HER STANCES ON ABORTION.

THEY IDENTIFY WITH HER AS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AND THINK OF HER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF KIND OF KNEW MULTIRACIAL AMERICANS.

SO SHE'S KIND OF RE-ENGAGE BEEN RE-ENERGIZED.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO LEAN DEMOCRAT BUT HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT EITHER CANDIDATE BEFORE KAMALA HARRIS DECLINED.

THERE'S BEEN AND THERE'S BEEN THESE NEW GROUPS THAT I'VE SEEN ON TIKTOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE LATINAS FOR KAMALA HARRIS WHERE HUNDREDS OF WOMEN JOIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I GO HOW HIS HAIR IS.

WOULD YOU SAY A THREAT TO TRUMP'S LATINO SUPPORTER SUPPORTERS?

ONE THING I FIND REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO DRAW AWAY FROM TRUMP'S LATINO SUPPORTERS.

I JUST SAW A NEW POLL COME OUT FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER WHICH FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MONTH OR 2 AGO BEFORE KAMALA HARRIS WAS THE CANDIDATE.

TRUMP AND BIDEN WERE TIED AT 36%, EACH AMONG LATINOS WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNDECIDEDS.

THE NEW RESULT IS A NEW POLL FINDING WAS THAT KAMALA HARRIS WITH 51% AND DONALD TRUMP WITH 35%.

SO DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORT HAS KIND OF REMAINED STEADY.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY DRAW AWAY FROM TRUMP'S SUPPORT.

I THINK HER MAGIC SO FAR HAS BEEN, AGAIN, REALLY ENGAGING THE LATINOS WHO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE SOMETHING MORE FROM DEMOCRATS.

AND HOSEA VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO LEAD A MAJOR PARTY'S TICKET IN THE U.S. HOW COULD THIS BE APPEALING TO LATINO VOTERS?

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WOULD IN TURN NOW TO AN IN THE POLITICS ARE NOW LOOKING AT HER.

AND THE QUESTION THAT THEY'RE ASKING THEMSELVES IS WHAT IS KAMALA GOING TO DO TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER?

SHE HAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE ENERGY AND MOMENTUM THAT DEMOCRATS IN ILLINOIS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND PROMISE SOME OF THAT TO THE NATION.

SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

ARE YOU GOING TO THE DNC NEXT WEEK?

I WILL.

I WILL BE THERE.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE THERE.

IF YOU SEE AND HEAD OUT THE WINTER, THE GOP STRATEGY BE TO SWAY LATINO VOTERS AWAY FROM HARRIS TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

I THINK THE 2 ISSUES THAT ARE PROBABLY THE GREATEST LIABILITY FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND KAMALA HARRIS AND IT WAS THE KIND OF CARRYOVER FROM JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY HAS TO DO WITH THE BORDER SECURITY AND THE ECONOMY.

I MEAN, I-70 AND STILL, WHETHER IT'S JOE BIDEN IS THE CANDIDATE, KAMALA HARRIS AS THE CANDIDATE, THE MAIN ISSUES THAT LATINOS CARE ABOUT ARE THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION AND THE COST OF GROCERIES.

THE, YOU KNOW, EXPENSIVE RENT THINGS LIKE I'M SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, POCKET BOOK ISSUES AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEFORE KAMALA HARRIS BECAME A CANDIDATE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK LATINOS KIND OF GAME.

DONALD CREDIT FOR DONALD TRUMP.

SOME CREDIT FOR THE ECONOMY UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION WAS FOR LATINOS UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMY.

THAT KIND OF CREDITED HIM AS BEING THE CANDIDATE WHO COULD DO THE BEST FOR THEM WITH ECONOMIC ISSUES.

WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS DO YOU THINK GOING TO BE CLOSE RACE?

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT.

YOU KNOW, TODAY, I THINK YOU KNOW, KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALL OF THE MOMENTUM AND CERTAINLY CHANGE THE DYNAMIC.

I ATTENDED THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IT FELT TO ME LIKE REPUBLICANS, ALL THE BEHIND IT KIND OF ALL BUT SEWN UP.

AND THEY WERE JUST GOING TO MARCH TO VICTORY.

AND I THINK AT LEAST KAMALA HARRIS HAS CHANGE THE DYNAMICS AND KIND OF MADE IT TO CLOSE RACE.

NOW THAT WE ALL ASSUMED IT WOULD BE ALL ALONG.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S BEEN A NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE SIGNING UP IN AND BACKING KAMALA.

I THINK HER MESSAGE OF HOPE.

I THINK HER MESSAGE OF POLICY PROMISES OVER HATEFUL RHETORIC OVER RACISM IS GOING TO WIN.

AND SO THAT'S I DON'T BUT IF I WAS BETTING I WOULD PUT MY MONEY ON KAMALA AND LAST QUESTION, TRUMP HAS YET TO DEBATE.

HARRIS, WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE?

I EXPECT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WANT FROM JOE BIDEN, WHICH WAS ENERGY STANCES ON POLICY AND A CHANGE FROM WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS PROMISING, WHICH IS I THINK HATE KIND OF A THROWBACK TO.

WITH THE U.S. USED TO BE NUMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

WELL, THANK YOU, JOSE.

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UP NEXT, WE VISIT A LOCAL RESTAURANT PAYING TRIBUTE TO CARIBBEAN FLAVORS IN FAMILY MEMORIES.

MAKE W T TW YOUR HOME FOR 2024 CONVENTION COVERAGE LEADING UP TO THE WEEK OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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LATIN RESTAURANT WEEK IS KICKING OFF TOMORROW, FEATURING FLAVORS FROM ALL ACROSS LATIN AMERICA WITHOUT LEAVING CHICAGO, WE VISITED ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANT, SCOTTY BELLA AND LOGAN SQUARE AND GOT A TASTE OF THEIR TWIST ON SOME BREAKFAST CLASSICS.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL HAPPY.

DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S LIKE THE NOSE GEAR OUTSIDE.

WHEN YOU STEP IN YOU HAVE THE TREES.

YOU HAVE THE BRIGHT SO IT KIND OF GOES WITH THE FOOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TERRA BELLA WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING BELLA.

IT WAS OWNED BY HECTOR PENA UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY IN 2017.

WE WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP THE LEGACY GOING, BUT WE SWITCHED ITS OF CARE ABOUT WHICH IS FROM CARIBBEAN AND THEN DEVELOPED FOR OUR DAUGHTER WAS NAMED AFTER TO CONTINUE IOS 8 THAT WERE SPOILED IN CHICAGO BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD RESTAURANTS LAST WEEK IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE PLACES.

SO WHAT SIDE OF PLAY AROUND WITH SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS TO IT INTERESTING AND FUN FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME.

WE JUST ARE TRYING OUT OUR BODY JOKE US GET THAT.

WE HAVE A FRENCH TOAST FLIGHT THAT WILL KEEP THE FRENCH TOAST.

LOT OF FRENCH TOAST AND THEN MORE ABOUT NUTELLA STRAWBERRY FRESHEST WITH DOESN'T LOVE CHOCOLATE.

SO WE TRY TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF CARIBBEAN FLAVOR INTO OUR FOOD AND MAKE IT KIND OF INTERESTING TRYING MAKE BREAKFAST.

AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE HECTOR WHEREVER WE CAN.

SO WE MADE THIS YEAR OLD.

WE JUST CONSPICUOUSLY PUT HP.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASK AND THAT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND MENTION HIM.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIS FAMILY.

ALSO TO NOTE THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE STILL AND ESSENCE OF SOMEWHERE.

I AM NOT GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HAPPY AND FOR A LONG TIME, THAT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE PURSE IS NO LONGER BE A, YOU DO FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT MESS IT UP RIGHT.

AND ESPECIALLY FOR ME, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING.

I RELIED HEAVILY LIKE THE GUYS HERE LIKE GAL NEXT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HERE ALL ALONG AND THEY COULD KIND KNEW HOW THINGS WORKED.

A LOT OF HART AND HARD WORK WENT INTO THE PLACE.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HECTOR FELT STRONGLY ABOUT.

IT WAS FOR HIS DAUGHTER.

SHE ACTUALLY WORKS AS SHE GOES TO SCHOOL.

SO IT'S KIND OF REMAINED A VERY LIKE FAMILY LEGACY THAT WE KIND OF WANT TO KEEP HERE.

THE ONLY WITH 10 TEENS WITH PLENTY LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

AND LETTING RESTAURANT WEEK KICKS OFF TOMORROW IN GOES THROUGH THE 30TH AND CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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