CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FIGHTS AMERICAN PEOPLE.

POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS ROLL IN FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE, ILLINOIS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHARE THEIR REACTIONS.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.

THE UNITED STATES WILL BE RESPECTED AGAIN.

AND REPUBLICANS WHO WERE IN MILWAUKEE LAST WEEK.

THEY TELL US THEIR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RNC.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ILLINOIS'S DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE BACKING KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT.

THE STATE'S ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AS WELL AS GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AND COOK COUNTY BOARD.

PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE ALL HAVE ENDORSED HARRIS HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

IT COMES AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY SAYING HE'S STEPPING ASIDE AND WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.

PRITZKER IS ONE OF SEVERAL POLITICIANS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN FLOATED TO REPLACE BIDEN.

IN A STATEMENT TODAY, HE SAYS, QUOTE, I AM ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT AND WILL WORK HARD TO GET HER ELECTED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SHE'S THE MOST QUALIFIED AND CAPABLE PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT.

THEY ALSO THINK IT'S PAST TIME.

WE SHATTERED THAT HIGHEST AND HARDEST GLASS CEILINGS AND FINALLY ELECT A WOMAN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE'LL HEAR FROM 2 ILLINOIS CONGRESS MEMBERS COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM.

HOUSE LAWMAKERS TODAY GRILLED THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE OVER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

KIMBERLY CHEATLE ACKNOWLEDGE THE AGENCY FAILED BUT SAYS SHE'S STILL THE BEST PERSON TO LEAD THE SECRET SERVICE.

ON JULY 13TH.

WE FAILED.

AS A DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.

I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SECURITY LAPSE OF OUR AGENCY.

WE MUST LEARN WHAT HAPPENED AND I WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO ENSURE THAT AN INCIDENT LIKE JULY 13TH DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

CHEATLE SAYS NO SECURITY RESOURCES WERE DENIED FOR TRUMP'S RALLY, BUT THAT THE AGENCY IS STILL FIGURING OUT WHY THE THREAT OF A SHOOTER WASN'T COMMUNICATED SOONER.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THE SHOOTER'S MOTIVE.

CHEATLE SAYS SHE EXPECTS THE AGENCY'S INITIAL INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED IN 60 DAYS.

AND WITH BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, CHEATLE SAYS ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'S SECURITY DETAIL.

THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALSO RESPONDING TODAY TO THE RELEASE OF VIDEO IN SAYING THEM IN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHOT AND KILLED A BLACK WOMAN IN HER HOME EARLIER THIS MONTH.

BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED TODAY OF THE SHOOTING IN WHICH 36 YEAR-OLD SONYA MASSEY ALLOWED AN OFFICER IN HER HOME IN SPRINGFIELD AFTER THEY ARRIVED RESPONDING TO HER 9-1-1.

CALL SHE REPORTED HEARING A PROWLER OUTSIDE HER HOME.

OFFICERS RESPONDED JUST BEFORE 01:00AM ONE OF THE DEPUTIES, 30 YEAR-OLD SEAN GRAYSON YELLED AT MASSEY OVER MOVING A POT OF WATER FROM THE STOVE.

HE THREATENS TO SHOOTER AND SHE APOLOGIZES.

THEN DUCKS FOR COVER.

SHE RISES BRIEFLY BEFORE GRACE AND FIRES 3 SHOTS AT HER VIDEO RELEASED TODAY SHOWS THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN GRAYSON AND ANOTHER DEPUTY IN THE MOMENTS RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING.

WE SHOULD WARN VIEWERS THAT THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE DONE.

GET SHOT.

I NOT TAKE WELL IT CAME RIGHT TO OUR FEET TO US.

YEAH, I'M GRAYSON WAS FIRED LAST WEEK AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AMONG OTHER CHARGES.

CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP IS REPRESENTING MASSEY'S FAMILY AND CALLS THE SHOOTING AS STARTLING AS THE POLICE MURDERS OF LAQUAN MCDONALD AND GEORGE FLOYD.

UP NEXT TO ILLINOIS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GIVE US THEIR TAKE ON POSSIBLY NAMING.

KAMALA HARRIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

ENDORSEMENTS FOR KAMALA HARRIS ARE ROLLING IN FROM DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.

THIS AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ENDED HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION JUST YESTERDAY, BIDEN WENT ON TO ENDORSE HIS VP TO BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.

BUT WITH 3 MONTHS UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND 28 DAYS UNTIL THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, OUR CONGRESSMAN JONATHAN JACKSON, A DEMOCRAT FROM ILLINOIS'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE AND SOUTH SUBURBS.

AND CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS, A DEMOCRAT FROM ILLINOIS'S 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CITY'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

WE SHOULD MENTION WE ALSO INVITED ILLINOIS'S REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.

CONGRESSMAN JACKSON IN DAVIS, WE THANK THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST, CONGRESSMAN JACKSON, WHATEVER MONTH.

WHEN IT COME TO YOU, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU ARE ONE OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATES WHO STILL SUPPORTED BIDEN'S DECISION TO STAY IN THE ELECTION WHEN OTHER MEMBERS WERE CALLING ON OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WERE CALLING ON HIM TO STEP DOWN.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION YESTERDAY WHEN YOU LEARNED THAT HE WAS BOWING OUT?

PRAY FOR THE RECOVERY FROM COVID AND AS HE RECUPERATES DOING THIS PERIOD OF ISOLATION.

I RESPECT HIS DECISION.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM GOING FORWARD.

14 MILLION TO A VOTE IN THE PRIMARY FOR THE BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET.

SO I WAS SPEAKING WITH CURRENT TICKET.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A BACKUP PLAN MENTALLY IN SUCCESSION, TOO.

IF THE PRESIDENT SEEKS NOT TO RUN, THE VICE PRESIDENT BECOMES THE BETTER ON DEC AND THAT TRANSITION IS TAKING PLACE.

AND FOR THAT, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AS WELL SCHOOLS AND ORDERLY PROCESS.

AND FOR THOSE PERSONS THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ON AS OF YET.

I RESPECT THEIR DECISION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER 3 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

BUT THE CROWD IN THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING.

THE ENTHUSIASM IS CAUGHT ON AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND I ALSO LIKE TO KEEP IT CONTEXT.

NUMBER 2 AND A HALF YEARS AGO, YOU HAD TO BE CALLED NEVER TRUMPERS PEOPLE VILE, VICIOUS THINGS.

BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY, WE'VE NOT HAD THIS SORT OF FRICTION BUT THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE I THINK THEY SHOULD AIR IT OUT.

AND I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF THOSE TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER.

HAVE THE MOMENTUM AND CONTINUE TO CHEAT THE VICTORIES THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS.

CAMPAIGN HAS PUT MOTION WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME.

WE HAVE IS PRESIDENT PUTS FOR PEOPLE IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD EXUBERANCE SPIRIT AND WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING FORWARD.

AND OF COURSE, I DEFINITELY WANT TO COME BACK TO WHAT THE CAMPAIGN MIGHT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD FOR HER.

BUT CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS?

WHAT YOU THINK IT WAS THAT MADE PRESIDENT BIDEN SORT OF CHANGE HIS MIND OR FULLY CHANGE HIS MIND AND REACH THIS DECISION BECAUSE THE LAST 3 WEEKS SINCE THE DEBATE, EVEN PRETTY DEFIANT AND ADAMANT THAT HE WOULD STAY IN THE RACE WHEN YOU THINK IT WAS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT I'VE ALSO SAID CONTINUOUSLY THAT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD THAT KIND OF INTEGRITY.

THAT WOULD DETERMINE HIS ACTIONS AND THAT ONCE YOU REACH THE POINT.

WHERE YOU FELT SOMETHING WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF DEMOCRATS AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY.

HE WOULD MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISION.

AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SO I COMMEND HIM FOR HIS SENSE OF INTEGRITY.

AND I ALSO COMMEND HIM FOR MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WAS SUPPORTING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS RIGHT THE BAT RIGHT FROM FROM COM SO THAT THERE'S NO DOUBT AND WHAT YOU DON'T IN TERMS OF THE PERSON THAT YOU CHOSE, THE TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT, KNOWING THAT SHE IS FULLY PREPARED TO TAKE THE BATON AND RUN WITH IT.

BRING IT TO THE FINISH LINE.

SO WE'RE PRETTY IS STATIC THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS A CANDIDATE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SADDENED BY THE PASSING OF DEAR FRIEND, SHEILA JACKSON LEE.

AND THAT KIND TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU GET DOWN IN ONE INSTANCE.

BUT IF YOU'RE UP IN THE OTHER.

SO IT'S A GREAT MOMENT.

I THINK AMERICA AND NOW WE'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNITE AND GO OUT AND DEFEAT.

DON'T TRUMP, OF COURSE, THE AGAIN NEWS BROKE LATE LAST WEEK OF THE PASSING CONGRESSMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE FROM TEXAS.

LONG TIME.

DAVIS WITH YOU FOR JUST A SECOND.

YOU KNOW, YOU COMMENDING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR KEEPING OR FOR ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THERE MAY BE ANY CHALLENGERS BETWEEN NOW AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE BEEN A LOT OF ENDORSEMENTS FOR HER.

BUT COULD SOMEONE MAKE A CHALLENGE?

DIFFERENT OPINIONS, DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND THAT WOULD MAKE DEMOCRATS WHO DEMOCRATS ARE IS WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINKING AND THEIR OPINIONS AND THERE MAY BE SOME SHADOW.

DON'T GOING BUT THEY HAVE NOT SURFACED.

THIS TIME AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SO LIVE.

FIND IN THE NEXT DAY 2.

GET ON WITH IT.

THERE'S GROUNDSWELL.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN BE DENIED THAT THERE IS A GROUNDSWELL VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

WHOEVER IS THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT TIME.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT I THINK WE'LL SEE THE VALIDATION IN A MINUTE 2 AND BE ON OUR WAY.

A CONGRESSMAN JACKSON.

AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHAT DO YOU THINK SOME OF HER CHALLENGES WILL BE HEADING DOWN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL?

BOTH THE CHALLENGES TOWARDS RECEIVING THE OFFICIAL NOMINATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

BUT ALSO IF AND WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

SAID I THINK IT'S OFF TO THE RACES.

HE'S READY TO I DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE.

SHE'S GOT 3 WEEKS TO MAKE A TRANSITION FOR GETTING SOME CAMPAIGN STAFFERS IN THAT REFLECT OUR ARE UNIQUE VOICE AND SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE BEST SHOT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT.

BIDEN COULD ANNOUNCE HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK.

ALMOST A DAY OF THE CONVENTION THAT IT'S SUNDAY.

SO SHE HAS 3 WEEKS.

THAT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL PERSONS SHE WOULD WANT TO BUT SHE'S BEEN ON THE JOB AND SHE'S BEEN ACTIVE.

SHE'S NOT BEEN A PASSIVE ONE OUT OF SIGHT.

VICE PRESIDENT.

SHE'S BEEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT.

SHE'S FAR ENOUGH TO STAY AWAY SO THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN ALL OF HIS SIGN SHE WAS RESTING IN THE AND MOVE SEE THE PORTFOLIO THINGS IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

SHE'S FILLED ON THE EXECUTIVE DECISION.

SHE'S BEEN A PART OF 31 DECISIONS TO BE A TIE BREAKING ROLLING, WHICH IS HER JOB AS THE VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATION KNOWN TO STUART.

SO SHE'S NEVER TAKEN DAY SHE'S BEEN FULLY CAPABLE AND NOW SHE TRAVELS ACROSS THE NATION.

SHE IS IN FULL GEAR ENERGIZED THE BASE.

OF COURSE, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PICK A VICE CANDIDATE IS WELL, A RUNNING MATE IN THAT.

ALL OF THE SPECULATION IS HAPPENING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.

CONGRESSMAN JACKSON, WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR HER?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT HAD BEEN SPECULATED AS HER OPTIONS SO FAR?

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE FULL I WOULD REMIND YOU CRIMINALIZE PRESIDENT IS ON THE TICKET AND THOSE CLOU THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT IN ONE WAY.

BUT THEY'RE 470 FEDERAL RACES THAT ARE GOING ON FOR 35 IN THE CONGRESS.

35 33 IN THE SENATE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.

SO WE'RE ALSO HAVE OUR HOPES REGAIN THE HOUSE MAJORITY WHERE THE DEAN OF OUR DELEGATION OF ILLINOIS, CONGRESSMAN DAVIS WILL GO UP IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, BE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

WE CAN SINCE BEEN MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

THEN WE CAN HAVE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WE CAN EXECUTE AND ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

THESE PERSONS AND ON THE SUPREME COURT.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ELECTED BUT HAD BEEN SELECTED AND THEY'VE COME IN.

THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO BE PARTIAL.

I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A LOT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF A LOT OF FEDERAL ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

BUT CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK.

WHAT KIND CANDIDATE FELLOW RUNNING MATE DO YOU THINK SHE NEEDS TO BE LOOKING FOR?

TRADITIONALLY, THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SELECT VICE PRESIDENTIAL GOING HELP THEM GET ELECTED.

THINK THAT THAT.

THAT THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO BE LOOKING TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

I HOPE THE PERSON WILL COME FROM THE MIDWESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

I'M NOT POLITICAL ANALYST.

SOME GUESTS AND HOPPER TOO.

BUT THE I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AND I WOULD HOPE THAT FEW WOULD GET A VICE PRESIDENT FROM MID WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

WE KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST THAT WE'VE HEARD OF WHO ARE FROM THE AREA.

OBVIOUSLY ALL EYES ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL DO IN THIS RACE.

CONGRESSMAN JACKSON, CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, REACTION FROM ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS WHO ARE IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE RNC.

STAY WITH US.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS NEWLY MINTED RUNNING MATE, JD VANCE ARE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

IT COMES AFTER LAST WEEK'S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, A WEEK OF RALLYING, WHICH INCLUDED SPEECHES FROM POLITICAL LEADERS, CELEBRITIES AND SO-CALLED EVERYDAY AMERICANS.

THIS WEEK FOR THAT WEEK ALSO SAW MESSAGES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, INFLATION, IMMIGRATION AND MORE HERE TO SHARE THEIR TAKEAWAYS ARE FORMER ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH AND PASTOR COREY BROOKS, THE CEO OF PROJECT, COULD ALSO DELIVERED THE CLOSING PRAYER ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE RNC.

GENTLEMAN.

WELCOME BACK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

SO FIRST, I WANT TO I WANT TO START WITH BOTH OF YOU.

GETTING YOUR REACTION TO THE NEWS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL NOT SEEK THE NOMINATION FOR RE-ELECTION.

HE SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN AND THROWN HIS HIS BEHIND KAMALA HARRIS.

JOE WALL STARTING WITH YOU FIRST, PLEASE.

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?

I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.

I THINK IT WAS.

JOE BIDEN DID SOMETHING YESTERDAY THAT DONALD TRUMP IS INCAPABLE OF DOING.

HE PUT HIS COUNTRY FIRST.

HE BELIEVES TRUMP IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

I DO TOO.

I THINK JOE BIDEN FINALLY REALIZE CAN'T BEAT TRUMP.

TRUMP NEEDS TO LEGISLATION AND I THINK HIS VICE PRESIDENT TURNING IT OVER TO HIS VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK, MAKES THE CHANCES OF BEATING DONALD TRUMP MUCH, MUCH GREATER.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF I'M GLAD BIDEN DID WHAT HE DID.

PASTOR BROOKE, SAME QUESTION TO YOU WITH YOUR REACTION TO THE CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, I IT'S GOOD THING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAINED FOR THE DURATION OF THE ELECTION.

SO IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM TO TURN IT OVER.

AND AS FAR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CONCERNED, WE'RE NOW READY TO PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD BATTLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, GOING TO OUR MESSAGING ON POINT AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

PASTOR BROOKS, TO THAT YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THE GOP GO AFTER THE DEMOCRATS AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IF SHE BECOMES THE NOMINEE?

WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS.

FIRST OF ALL, ON IMMIGRATION, I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST PLACES THAT THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MESSAGING LETTING EVERYONE KNOW ON THAT.

WE NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR RECORD.

WAS THE CZAR OF IMMIGRATION.

AND RIGHT NOW ON THE WAY TO FROM ALL THE SOUTHERN BORDER MEXICO, 3,000 PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ENTER INTO AMERICA.

THAT'S BECAUSE OF FAILED POLICIES OF IMMIGRATION, THAT THAT LIE SOLELY ON THE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

JOE WALSH, YOU'VE SAID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A, QUOTE, A HARD TIME WITH STRONG WOMEN HOW DOES THIS, HOW DOES HER PART, YOU KNOW, SEEKING THE NOMINATION?

HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE COURSE MEMBERS TIME?

AND BY THE WAY, LET ME JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIEND AND BROTHER COURT PASTOR COREY BROOKS.

IT'S SO GOOD TO WITH THEM.

DOSE MIRACULOUS WORK ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE PROJECT.

PUT EVERYBODY GET INVOLVED.

LOOK, I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS GOING HAVE A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME DEALING WITH KAMALA HARRIS, THE TRUMP AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

THEY WERE ALL SET TO GO AFTER, YOU KNOW, AT 81 YEAR-OLD JOE BIDEN.

I THINK THAT TRUMP'S CHEERLEADERS IN THE MEDIA WELL GET PRETTY UGLY AND THEY'LL ENGAGE IN THE SEXIST, RACIST KIND OF STOP.

AND THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.

BUT I THINK TRUMP HIMSELF IS GOING TO HAVE A REALLY TOUGH TIME.

SHE'S A PROSECUTOR.

SHE'S TOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH.

SO MOVING BACK TO THE RNC LOOKING AT LAST WEEK, THE OVERALL MESSAGE WAS SAID TO BE UNITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE WAKE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LAST WEEKEND OR A WEEK AGO.

AND IT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS EMBRACING THAT MESSAGE AS WELL.

BUT THEN HE TOOK THE STAGE AND WENT OFF SCRIPT AS HE IS KNOWN TO DO.

HERE'S A LOOK.

I AM RUNNING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF AMERICA, NOT HALF OF AMERICA BECAUSE THERE IS NO VICTORY IN WINNING.

FOR HALF OF AMERICA.

IN THAT SPIRIT, THE DEMOCRAT PARTY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP WEAPONIZING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LABELING THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT.

AS ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE FEARS PEOPLE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE A LOT LESS THAN FIERCE EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO.

CHEATING ON ELECTIONS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS AND THEIR FEARS.

PASTOR BROOKS, WHAT MESSAGE DID YOU HEAR FROM HIM?

AND DID YOU HEAR THAT?

THAT MESSAGE OF UNITY, THAT SO MANY OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK HAVE BEEN SHARING.

YES, ONE OF THINGS I COULD REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT THE RNC AND LAST WEEK IS THAT THE MESSAGING WAS ON POINT FROM THE BEGINNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

WE WERE VERY CLEAR ON OUR STANCE WANTING TO BRING BACK SAFETY TO AMERICA.

I THINK THAT IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S MIND.

WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT IS SO UNSAFE THAT THE PRESIDENT, I'D ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND WE DID VERY JOB ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.

I ALSO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.

PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW ARE THEY GOING THERE?

PAPER TO GROCERIES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGH AND THAT FEELS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT.

WE SPOKE TO THOSE ISSUES DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MESSAGING.

WE CAN'T GET OFF ON RAIN.

WE CAN GET UP ON GENDER.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MESSAGING VERY CLEAR ABOUT AMERICAN CITIZENS.

JOE WALSH INTO THE CONVENTION APPEAR TO BE PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED.

AS WE'VE SAID, MOST OF THE SPEAKERS KEPT ON MESSAGE.

A FEW POWERFUL MOMENTS IN PARTICULAR THAT HEARING FROM SO MANY OF THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHAT DID WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE CONVENTION OVERALL?

LOOK, IT'S I AGREE WITH PASTOR COREY.

IT WAS IT'S A VERY UNIFIED PARTY.

THIS IS TRUMP'S PARTY.

IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT TRUMP, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR YOU IN THAT PARTY, WHICH NO LONGER IN THE PARTY.

BUT IT'S TRUMP'S PARTY AND ITS VERY UNIFIED.

BUT LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING BUILT BY THE HAS SPREAD MORE HATE AND DIVISION IN THIS COUNTRY.

THE PAST 8 YEARS.

THEN DONALD TRUMP HAS AND HE'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

HE'S CAPABLE OF CHANGE.

SO HE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO KAMALA HARRIS AND THE DEMOCRATS TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WERE BETTER.

THEN WHAT DONALD TRUMP THINKS WE ARE A LOT OF THE CONVENTION LAST WEEK WAS, YOU KNOW, I JUST AGAIN PRESENTING THE DARK SIDE OF AMERICA AND AMERICA'S BURNING AND THERE'S THERE'S AN IMMIGRANT AND A CRIMINAL ON EVERY STREET CORNER.

TRUMP APPEALS TO THE WORST IN KNOTS AND THAT WORKS WITH SOME PEOPLE.

BUT I'M HOPING THAT BELIEVE THAT KAMALA HARRIS WILL APPEAL TO THE BEST THEM OUT IN AND I THINK MORE AMERICANS WANT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S NOT.

CRIMINALS ON EVERY STREET CORNER BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION.

I WOULD INVITE YOU COME TO CHICAGO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO OUR COUNTRY.

AS YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE LAST WEEK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW THEIR FAMILIES WERE DEVASTATED BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY.

NOW, LISTEN, WE WANT IMMIGRANTS.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IMMIGRATION BUT OPEN BORDERS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST NOT ALLOW BECAUSE WHAT WE DO THAT CRIME IS GOING TO CONTINUE JUST TO GO UP.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHERE YOU'VE SEEN IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THESE HIDEOUS CRIMES.

AND THAT'S GOING ON ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO IT.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME, GENTLEMEN, WE'VE GOT JUST UNDER A MINUTE LEFT AND THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF NEWS LAST WEEK, OBVIOUSLY IMMIGRATION WAS A BIG THEME, BUT SO WAS THE SELECTION SENATOR JD VANCE HAS DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE.

COUPLE OF WORDS ON YOUR REACTION TO THAT FIRST.

PASTOR BROOKS TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WAS PULLING FOR TALES.

GOT ON TEAM'S GOT FANS.

BUT I LIKE JD VANCE.

I THINK, YOU WILL BE UP COMPLEMENT THE PRESIDENT.

AND SO I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HIS DEBATE WHEN IT HAPPENS WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PICKS THEIR VICE PRESIDENT.

YOU KNOW, HE'LL DO VERY WELL.

JOE WALSH.

I THINK IT WAS IN HAIR AGAIN PICK.

IT WAS A COCKY PICK.

IT'S THICK THAT'S AS TRUMP THINKS HE'S GOT THING IN THE BACK.

JD VANCE DOESN'T WANT TRUMP HE DOESN'T FEEL MODERATE CENTRIST VOTERS.

HE'S A MARKET GUY.

I THINK IF DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTOOD TO REALIZE THAT KAMALA HARRIS WAS GOING TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I THINK HE PICK SOMEBODY DIFFERENT.

I THINK THIS PICK AND JD VANCE IS GOING TO COME BACK AND BITE HIM IN THE REAR END, THE CAMPAIGN KEEPS GETTING MORE GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

PASTOR COREY BROOKS WASHINGTON, D.C.

THANK YOU.

LOOK AT GOOD TO SEE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10.

THE LATEST ON THE QUICKLY APPROACHING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AMID BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP ASIDE AND ONE ON ONE WITH THE HOST OF WAIT, WAIT, DON'T TELL ME, PETER SAY GO AHEAD OF HIS ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW.

CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFFORD, WHO RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS