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