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>> The Golden age of American begins right now.

>> Donald Trump declares America's decline is over as he's sworn into office.

A look at his priorities for a second term.

>> Regardless of your legal status, you have rights.

>> Meanwhile, Illinois, Congress members react to President Trump's day.

One plans.

What those plans could mean for Illinois.

>> If you know that you're walking on sacred ground to have respect for that space.

>> And retracing Martin Luther King Junior's time in Chicago.

>> First off tonight, Donald J Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States today he's kicking off his second term with plans to signed dozens of executive orders ranging from increasing domestic energy production diversity, equity and inclusion programs and clamping down on border crossings.

>> All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.

>> Here with more on Trump's plans are Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, Democrat whose district includes Chicago's northwest side and western suburbs on Zoom, Congressman Mike Quigley, a Democrat whose district includes Chicago's North side and some northwest suburbs.

And Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, a Democrat whose district includes some southwest suburbs.

We also invited all the Republicans in Illinois congressional delegation, but they either declined or have not responded to our request.

We think the 3 of you for joining us.

Representative Ramirez.

I want to start with you.

And we should mention that President Trump is speaking to a group of folks at the capital.

One arena right now where he is expected to sign some of executive orders that we mentioned.

But we've heard him promise and you know what, you and other local and state officials were canvassing in the community today with know your rights, immigration information.

What are you hearing from people in the community today?

What are their concerns?

>> mean, I had a lot of fear.

There was a gentleman at the train station who said to me, I have papers and then pulled out his employment authorization card to show me because he was fearful that if you didn't show me that and if I was ice to get deported, there's a lot of fear.

There's a lot of questions.

Who does this apply to?

Who will he deport?

And so I think it's really important that we're letting people know regardless of legal status, you have rights.

And here is 4 members seeking the calling in case you resources.

Have you heard anything or what is the latest that you've heard about the reported raids that the Trump administration is expected to start in Chicago?

Yeah, I mean, >> no, we have not heard anything clear indication of how many officers are when they're coming.

Of course, we've read a number of things, it's also sounds like the border czar is rethinking considering what he thinks is the priority for this week.

Representative Underwood, you attended the inaugural luncheon today.

What was the mood in the room?

What did you see and hear?

>> I didn't attend inauguration.

The ceremony and the luncheon and it you know, Brandis and a lot.

It was Trump occasion.

And so magnet with.

And they were jubilant we saw the piece peaceful transfer of power, which is what our country stands for.

It's what we've come to expect from an agro ceremonies.

And I was honored to be able to participate.

>> You're also the acting ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security for the current 198 team.

Congress to have any concerns for President Trump spending plan on the border, especially based on what we've heard during today's ceremonies.

>> I think President Trump is going to quickly confront the reality that he's very expensive plans for completely throwing out activities along the southern border to detain hundreds of thousands migrants to, you know, immediately began deportation flights, which American taxpayers will be paying for, will run into some pretty significant budgetary realities while he also wants to enact his tax cuts for the billionaire.

you know, I think that the Trump administration and the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to have all get on the same page.

My responsibility is making sure that our nation remains safe and secure.

responsability is making sure that families across northern Illinois now that they have a strong champion voice in Washington, D.C., and making sure that folks, civil rights and liberties are not restricted.

>> Congressman, quickly, you're also out in the community today doing some service in honor of King Day and speaking with constituents.

What were some of your biggest concerns?

What are some of your biggest concerns?

>> Well, obviously what my colleagues just talked about the fact that there is great uncertainty.

I think that there is intended.

want to do this.

It's it's almost a campaign of terror by letting folks know sort of Damocles is But you know, is troubling is that is and it is >> there are a lot of nations, though, issues of our generation for changing future generations.

Front of the Tribune today talked about a record number climate disasters in Delano in 2024. president basically announced a war on anything sustainable, baby, moving away from deal.

goals moving away toward recognizing climate changes.

The issue for future generations.

That's just one of the many issues.

It will be extremely difficult to fight back on next 4 years.

>> the president, he also laid out some of his concerns today.

His biggest concerns that he says the country is currently facing.

>> We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign voters but refuses to defend American borders or more importantly.

Its own people.

>> Congresswoman Ramirez, what's your reaction to that statement?

Yeah.

You know, as I was here in Congress and quickly talk about.

Rolling back so much of an environmental protections.

All I kept thinking about was he has declared war on the environment.

So when I hear him talk about how we have spent funny and other borders and that the American people, it's really difficult for me to hear him say that and know that the richest people in the world were at the front row of his swearing in celebrating the billionaire celebrating the creation of beginners Bill of rights.

feels great dissonance in this moment.

>> Congresswoman Underwood during the inauguration.

Trump also promised to fulfill Doctor King's dream for this country.

We also heard Detroit Pastor Lorenzo see will quoted at length from Dr King's Historic.

I have a dream speech.

What did you make of that messaging?

>> before he said both things, he said it was liberation he said that going to reclaim the Panama Canal.

He said that we're going to have the Gulf of America.

You know, I Donald Trump make a lot of promises in order to distract the American people from his plan to reward the billionaire sitting in that front row next to his family members ensure that those got a tax break at the expense.

Hard working families across northern Illinois and fell.

I do not have any kind conviction that Donald Trump, it's inspired Martin Luther King Junior and I take him at his word with make these promises to harm families in our community.

>> So speaking of the billionaires, both of you have referenced, of course, you know, we saw folks like Judge Jeff Bezos has well as Mark Zuckerberg sitting in the audience there.

Congressman, quickly Reprot President Biden, he used his farewell address to the nation to deliver warnings that he believes are of and all of our key of the ultra-rich that are taking over the country.

Do you see taking shape and it?

How should Americans respond?

>> Well, look, we have a sample of it.

The end year we had bipartisan by Kamrel bill to fund the government for the next several months.

That was agreed to by everyone.

And suddenly there newly formed all of our comes in and announces that its dead threatens Republicans with primaries.

It I if they support So don't know if he's president must or just are our most prominent of oligarchs, my Miss Underwood talked about the tax bill.

I remember the last through the economy by about one percent.

cost 2 trillion dollars in debt.

only benefit and somewhere between one and 3%.

The next proposal is going to try to do roughly the same thing.

But it's going to go after Medicaid and Social Security pay for.

>> Okay.

That's that's where we'll have to leave Obviously the 3 of you have your work cut out for you there in D C Representatives.

Ramirez, quickly and Underwood.

Thanks to all of you for joining us.

Thank you for having And up next, how a second Trump administration could impact Illinois.

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>> 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 of you for joining us.

Sergeant Wilson, Ted Dabrowski, David Franklin and Jacob Huber.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Up next, a tour highlighting Dr King's legacy in Chicago.

>> As we've mentioned today was also a holiday for many observing Martin Luther King Junior day in the 1960's, the civil rights leader came to Chicago and lived in a North Lawndale apartment with his wife, Coretta Scott King to draw attention to poor living conditions on the city's south and west sides are.

Joanna Hernandez joins a Chicago urban historian as he takes passengers on a tour of key locations.

Were King made an impact?

>> What I knocks or that if something has a name and has a history.

Sherman, Dylan Thomas is an urban historian taking people on tours and educating them about the city's rich history.

This particular tour is all about Doctor Martin Luther King Junior's deep connections to Chicago and what's happening in those communities today.

Dr King based his base camp.

>> During a Chicago Freedom campaign, Dr King decided he has struck up a friendship.

With business business.

Don't allow him to preach here.

Wow.

He was here during that year and down South Hamlin Avenue in the North Lawndale community.

>> also the site where Doctor King live.

>> By 1966, King had already made a name for himself.

He had delivered his famous.

I have a dream speech and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize when he came to Chicago in 1965, he had a mission for the city.

>> They offered to put them up in the Palmer House.

He said no, because he wanted to live by.

People actually lived over here.

So I picked a dilapidated apartment.

That's day.

Why he either gets a lead is draws out a suit case yet.

All the kids are there to meet him.

Shake the man's hand.

And when they're done.

All the people are there to speak about what they're living in the living conditions.

Number one, cause of death black kids back in those days was fire and rat bites speaks directly the absentee landlord that was happening in these spaces.

King began speaking across Chicago and leading marches through gauge in Marquette Park.

>> We're marchers faced attacks from white counter demonstrators.

That's where >> he says that he say racism all across the south.

Whenever like you saw here, that's where he was in with a bald these marches eventually led Mayor Richard Daley to sit down with King Cain, gave daily demand.

Liz.

>> Of about 16 demands.

He wanted to see change.

And Daley said, you know what, you're right, a change.

All that is.

But I can't say that what you living in the city because people look think I lost power.

So why don't you go back down south?

And so as you leave will start changing stuff.

They had a handshake agreement and we can laugh.

Nothing changed.

But that lesson he learned in Chicago taught him his most important lesson.

Do not leave without the paperwork.

They went back to DC in the state so they pass the Fair Housing Act.

>> During the Tour de LA also takes passengers to locations.

He says continues to uphold King's legacy.

We stop at Douglas Park were delicious years.

The story of a determined girl who sought to change the park's name in 2020 she discovered he was named after Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator from Illinois who owned over 150 slaves.

>> Their little girl says.

>> haven't might come into play in a park named after a person doesn't respect my humanity.

>> It was like, there's a good question.

So partnered with an organization called The takes a village.

takes a village was able to garner 300,000 signatures in order to get the name of that was part change.

So the city loved it because it's the easiest name change in the history Chicago.

We changed the name of Douglas Park.

To Douglas Park.

Exactly.

And it has said that even now is named for Frazier.

added that was black abolitionists.

And that's sure not, example, of King's Spirit being alive today.

>> For Chicago tonight, join Hernandez.

>> The tour was conducted in partnership with United Way of Metro Chicago.

Dilla also offers other tours as well.

You can visit our website to learn more.

And that's our show for this Monday night.

Join us tomorrow night at 5, 30 10 now for all of us here at Chicago tonight, I'm Brandis Friedman, thank you for watching.

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