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>> BRANDIS, ONE DAY AFTER JOE BIDEN TAKES TO CHICAGO, CITY AND STATE LEADERS TOOK A VICTORY LAP ON A BEAUTIFUL WARM SPRING DAY.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TOOK IT THE ADVANTAGE OF NAMING THIS HIS HOMETOWN.

>> WE ARE AN IDEAL BACKDROP HERE IN CHICAGO.

>> WE BREAK DOWN WHAT IT MEANS AS THE BIGGEST PARTY FOR DEMOCRATS COMES BACK TO CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 28 YEARS.

WE TALKED WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

CHICAGO BEAT OUT NEW YORK AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.

WHAT PUT CHICAGO OVER THE TOP?

>> CHICAGO GIVES DEMOCRATS A CHANCE TO SHORE UP THEIR BLUE WELL.

WITH WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, AND MINNESOTA.

THOSE ARE THE STATES THAT WITHOUT WINNING, JOE BIDEN WOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT TODAY.

HAVING THE CONVENTION IN CHICAGO MEANS THAT VOTERS IN THOSE STATES WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIS PITCH AND GET TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LIVE IN CHICAGO.

VERY BLUE CITY WHERE THE LEADERS HAVE PRIORITIZED GUN CONTROL, ABORTION ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND UNION STRENGTH.

>> LEADERS IN OTHER STATES SAY THAT CHICAGO IS LIKE THE CAPITAL OF THE MIDWEST.

SOCAL SUPPORTERS SAY THAT THIS COULD INJECT $150 MILLION INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING SINCE COVID-19.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT TO GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAD TO SAY ABOUT FOOTING THE BILL IF IT COMES UP SHORT .

>> ME, PERSONALLY, WHAT I GUARANTEED IS THAT I AM AND THE COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WILL WORK HARD TO RAISE ALL OF THE DOLLARS NECESSARY.

>> HEATHER, WE KNOW THAT J.B. PRITZKER IS INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT A REASON THAT WE GOT THE CONVENTION?

>> IT IS NOT A NEGATIVE THAT THE MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRAT IN CHICAGO IS ALSO A BILLIONAIRE.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HAVING A BILLIONAIRE RUNNING IS A GREAT BACKUP PLAN.

ESPECIALLY AMIDST THE FIGHT FOR WHO IS THE -- >>> STANDING NEXT TO THE GOVERNOR TODAY, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT, WHO WORKED VERY HARD OF THE LAST TWO YEARS TO LAND THIS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REACTION OF THE NEW MAYOR THOUGH.

>> I TOOK THE FINAL SHOT IN HERE WE ARE, CHICAGO.

>> THAT IS A REFERENCE TO THE NBA FINALS AGAINST UTAH WHERE JORDAN THREW IT OUT TO STEVE AND LANDED THE SHOT.

WAS IT AWKWARD FOR HIM?

>> YOU COULD TELL THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT SAW THIS CONVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT SHE COULD BRING TO CHICAGO AND THEN PRESIDE OVER IT BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT WILL BE JOHNSON WHO WILL TAKE THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AND PRESIDE OVER THIS.

AND IF THE OUTCOME IS ANYTHING LIKE THE 1996 CONVENTION IT COULD TRANSFORM CHICAGO.

AFTER THE 1996 -- THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BECAME RED-HOT REAL ESTATE SO THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT MARK THIS CONVENTION WILL LEAVE ON THE CITY.