>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.

>> IS THE AUTHOR OF THE TALE OF TWO CITIES.

>> WE WILL MAKE CHICAGO THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA.

>> PLUS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE TOP ISSUE, VIOLENCE IN THE WAKE OF DAVID BROWN'S RESIGNATION.

>>> OUR TOP STORY, A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED THIS EVENING ON THE CITY'S SOUTHWEST SIDE.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAID POLICE RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN GAGE PARK.

OFFICERS FOLLOWED A MAN WHO BEGAN RUNNING WITH A GUN.

SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED, THE SUSPECT SHOT ONE OFFICER MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

THE OFFICER'S NAME WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED.

BROWN SAID HE HAD FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE ON THE FORCE.

A NOTE TO OUR REVIEWERS, TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION WITH BRANDON JOHNSON WAS RECORDED EARLIER TODAY BEFORE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT.

WE GO TO THAT ONE ON ONE WITH BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> PAUL VALLAS AND BRANDON JOHNSON ARE OFF TO THE RACES WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION.

IN JOHNSON'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT HE CALLED VALLAS THE AUTHOR OF THE TALE OF TWO CITIES.

JOINING US NOW IS CHICAGO CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, BRANDON JOHNSON.

WE INVITED PAUL VALLAS BUT HE DECLINED TODAY.

WE WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE YOU.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND 12-24 HOURS FOR YOU.

THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION, WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR IN HIS REPLACEMENT?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK, I WAS RAISED BY A PASTOR AND A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.

THE WAY HE RAISED US WAS THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD EFFECTIVE SPACE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS COLLABORATIVE, COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE.

SO AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS.

SOMEONE WHO IS TENTATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDS THE NATURE OF CHICAGO.

>> IS THAT SOMEONE FROM THE INSIDE?

OR SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> THAT'S WHERE WE WILL START BUT WE WILL SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT TALENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IF NECESSARY.

>> I WANT TO REFER TO THE COMMENT YOU MADE LAST NIGHT, THE TALE OF TWO CITIES.

THE PREDICAMENT CHICAGO FINDS ITSELF IN SAYING PAUL VALLAS IS THE AUTHOR OF THAT.

>> IS VERY CLEAR THAT CHICAGO DOES NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD STYLE OF POLITICS.

EVERYWHERE PAUL BALIS HAS BEEN IN CHARGE , HE LEFT A MESS.

HE IN CHICAGO, HE WENT GLOBALLY, HE WENT TO HAITI, HE WENT TO BRIDGEPORT AND WAS SENT BACK HERE.

HE WORKED UNDER A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, THE TYPE OF FINANCES THAT HE HAS RELAYED OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES NOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE 90s, WE HAVE TO FIX THAT.

WE NEED ONE STORY FOR ONE CHICAGO.

>> CLEARLY YOU HAVE VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT REDIRECTING ABOUT $150 MILLION OUT OF THE POLICE BUDGET TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

HOW DOES THAT REDIRECTION SOLVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS?

>> WE WILL SPEND MONEY TO PROMOTE DETECTIVES, SO WE CAN WORK TOWARDS SOLVING CRIME.

WE WILL INVEST IN MAKING SURE THE CONSENT DECREE IS ADMINISTERED.

ABSOLUTELY WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE RESPONDERS FOR 911 CALLS WHICH ARE MENTAL CRISIS.

IT'S ABOUT BEING SMART ABOUT OUR RESOURCES.

RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTIVE FOR WHAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO DESERVES AND NEEDS.

WE HAVE PLACED TOO MUCH PRESSURE AND RESPONSIBILITY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BEHAVE AS SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS.

THAT IS NOT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE DOING.

I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB.

>> BUT TO BE CLEAR THERE ARE RESOURCES WITHIN THE CPD, DO YOU WANT TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS?

SOME SAY THE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT 1500 SHORT OF WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE.

>> THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND PAUL VALLAS, I WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH WHILE HE MISLEADS THE CITY.

WHEN PAUL VALLAS TALKS ABOUT HIRING 1000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THOSE OFFICERS FROM?

LIKE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY WE ARE EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF VIOLENCE.

WE CAN'T WAIT TWO YEARS TO HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY MY PLAN IS SLEEPING AND GIVES TREATMENT TO THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS.

THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND CRIME PLACING OFFICERS IN HARMS WAY AND PUTTING THEM IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE.

UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION WE WILL BE SMART ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> AS A MEMBER OF THE TEACHERS UNION YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT FULLY FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOT JUST TEACHERS BUT RESOURCES AND THERAPISTS, HOW WILL YOU DO THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT BY SOME PREDICTIONS, THE SYSTEM WILL FACED ABOUT A HALF BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IN THE COMING YEARS?

>> YEAH, BEING THE ONLY PERSON IN THE RACE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED A BALANCED BUDGET PLAN THAT ELIMINATES THE DEBT THAT PAUL VALLAS CREATED WHILE ALSO MAKING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS UP TO $1 MILLION WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES, I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES.

RIGHT NOW THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE SITTING ON $1 BILLION RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED WITH DUE EXPEDIENCY.

WE ALSO HAVE A FUNDING FORMULA, I ORGANIZED, IT'S BASED ON NEED AND NOT PER PEOPLE.

IF WE MOVED TOWARDS THE FORMULA I HAVE FOUGHT FOR, CPS COULD RECEIVE UP TO $1 BILLION MORE TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL SERVICES NEEDED.

THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN GET TO SCHOOL IN TIME, MAKING SURE WE ARE EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WITH COMMUNITY CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

TAKING SURE THERE IS A SOCIAL WORKER, NURSE, LIBRARIAN, THE ARTS, ATHLETICS, CHILDREN DESERVE A FULL FUNDED WELL-ROUNDED CURRICULUM.

NOT THIS STRATIFIED SYSTEM THAT PAUL VALLAS ADMINISTERED.

>> SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS, I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING YOU DISAGREED WITH ON THE CTU, YOU SAID NO BUT FOLKS MIGHT BE CONCERNED THAT YOU HAD TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THE CPU ON BEHALF OF TAX PAYERS.

>> I'M GOING TO BE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHICH MEANS I WILL BE THE MAYOR FOR EVERYONE.

I HAVE PASSED MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUDGETS WITH 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND I DID THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS SUPPORTED BY SCI YOU 73 AND OTHER UNIONS.

WE HAD CONTRACTS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND PAST CONTRACTS THAT REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUDGETS, I'VE DONE THESE PROVIDING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES.

WE DID THAT WITHOUT HAVING THE SUPPORT OF MEN AND WOMEN IN CHICAGO.

WE CAN DO BOTH.

>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY ENDORSEMENTS COMING YOUR WAY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> CAN YOU REVEAL ANY OF THOSE?

>> THEN YOU WON'T INVITE ME BACK.

STAY TUNED.

I FULLY EXPECT TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE, OPERATIONS THAT THIS CITY HAS SEEN IN A GENERATION.

WE ALREADY REFLECT THAT MULTICULTURAL MOVEMENT FROM JEFFERSON PARK TO HUMBOLDT PARK.

WE ARE BUILDING AN INCREDIBLE MOVEMENT, A BETTER SAFER, STRONGER CHICAGO AS POSSIBLE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN AND BEST OF LUCK OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>>> UP NEXT WE MEET SOME OF THE NEW FACES HEADING TO CITY COUNCIL.

>>> THERE'S A LOT STILL UNKNOWN ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW, BIG CHANGES COMING WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS THIS TERM MEANING HUNDREDS OF FIRST-TIME COUNCILMEMBERS.

SOME HAVE ALREADY ONE OF THEIR RACES.

FOUR OF THOSE WINNERS JOIN US RIGHT NOW.

BILL CONWAY, JESSE FUENTES AT THE 26th WARD.

BENNETT LAWSON WHO WON THE VOTE FOR THE 44th WARD AND JULIO RAMIREZ OF THE 12th WARD.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU AND CONGRATULATION 'S .

HOW DO YOU DIFFER FROM GEORGE AND HOW ARE YOU SIMILAR TO HIM WITH YOUR PRIORITIES?

>> I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DISENFRANCHISED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING VOTERS THAT HAD VOTED IN A VERY LONG TIME.

I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT THERE SO WE ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE THINGS, I LOST MY BROTHER TO GUN VIOLENCE SO WHEN I WAS SHARING MY STORY PEOPLE SAID YOU ARE LIKE ME.

THAT'S THE CLEAR DIFFERENCE, WE ARE NOT PAYING PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTARILY WITH OUR MOVEMENT.

>> AND COMMUNITIES LIKE BRIGHTON AND McKINLEY PARK, BILL CONWAY YOU ARE PROSECUTOR, LAST TIME YOU WERE IN THE DEBATE FOR COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY, AND YOU LOST THAT RACE TO KIM FOX.

>> THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.

>> NOW YOU ARE IN A NEW DOWNTOWN WARD, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?

>> REALLY HAVING KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR IN THE WARD 4 TIMES, I CAN TELL YOU PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.

THEY ARE FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

BECAUSE OF THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED BUT REALLY CITYWIDE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT REALLY EMBRACES A COMMUNITY POLICING MODEL.

BEYOND THAT WE, NO ONE THINKS THE POLICE CAN SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO BE GETTING AFTER MENTAL HEALTH AND JOB GROWTH AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE 34th WARD AND ACROSS THE CITY.

>> JESSE YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST ALDER PERSON TO SERVE YOUR WARD IN A LONG TIME.

TELL US YOUR VISION FOR HUMBOLDT PARK .

>> THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY IS WORK I'VE BEEN DOING FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

WE ARE SUSTAINING FAMILIES THROUGH BRINGING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AREA BECOMES A DESIGNATED CULTURAL DISTRICT AND GETS THE INVESTMENT IT DESERVES.

OUR BUSINESSES DESERVE CULTURALLY COMPETENT LENDING PROGRAMS SO THEY CAN BE SUSTAINABLE ACROSS THE PUTTER HE CAN COMMUNITY.

>> BENNETT LAWSON, YOU TAKE OVER FOR YOUR FORMER BOSS, HE WAS A BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAD LOTS OF RUN-INS WITH YOUR BIGGEST CONSTITUENT, THE CHICAGO CUBS, HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT AND SIMILAR?

>> I AM A WHOLE GENERATION YOUNGER SO I COME WITH A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND BUT IT'S TRUE.

I HAVE DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCE AND A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON THINGS AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO BRING TECHNOLOGY WHEN NEEDED TO HELP THE WARD.

I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND SOMEONE WHO IS PRAGMATIC.

>> SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS AND 20/25 MAY CLOSE SO HOW ARE WE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO PROSPER AND FOR PEOPLE TO THRIVE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING AND CARING FOR WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR VISION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WHAT ABOUT RETURNING BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA THAT HAVE BEEN HIT HARD AFTER COVID?

>> WE HAVE TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS WE CAN FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE READY TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE RED TAPE OF THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN INVEST IN OUR DOWNTOWN , AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

>> JESSE FUENTES, WE MENTIONED HUMBOLDT PARK BUT YOUR WARD IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT, WHAT ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT PRIORITIES?

>> THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND THE LEVELS OF CRIME.

OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OPENING UP MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS SO WE ARE INVESTING IN THESE PROGRAMS, AND THAT WE FIGHT FOR SCHOOLS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO HAVE FULL-TIME COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO DESERVE.

>> BENNETT LAWSON, THE 44th WARD, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES IN TAKING CARE OF THE LGBTQ POPULATION.

>> PRESERVING THAT IS IMPORTANT.

CITYWIDE WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VOICE OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT VISIBILITY, IT'S ABOUT WHEN ISSUES COME UP, WE WILL SEE WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE.

CERTAINLY A LOT OF US ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR SPECIFICALLY.

>> JULIO, OVER THE YEARS, COUNCILMEMBERS VIEWED THIS JOB DIFFERENTLY.

SOME WERE JUST INTERESTED IN THEIR WARD OR CITYWIDE ISSUES, DO YOU VIEW YOURSELF AS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF CITYWIDE LEGISLATION ISSUES?

>> YEAH OF COURSE.

WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AS A WHOLE.

WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT DISENFRANCHISEMENT, IT'S NOT JUST THE 12th WARD, ISSUES ARE NOT BOUNDED BY WARDS SO I WANT TO BE A LEADER.

>> BILL CONWAY WHAT ABOUT YOU, WILL YOU JUST CATER TO YOUR WARD OR BE A PART OF THESE BROADER DEBATES?

>> I THINK WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAINLY ACROSS COVID AND OTHERWISE, CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS A VERY PORTABLE ISSUE.

WHICH IS WHY I TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND JOB GROWTH, THOSE ARE CITYWIDE ISSUES AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED.

AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A MILITARY VETERAN I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND FIND COMMON GROUND WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND HAD DIFFERENT VIEWS FOR MYSELF.

FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE MISSION WASN'T AN OPTION SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND WITH MY NEW COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> JESSE, WE HAVE THIS RUNOFF FOR MAYOR, 2 VERY DIFFERENT CANDIDATES, WHO WILL YOU BACK IF ANYBODY?

>> 100% OF MY ENERGY IS GOING BEHIND BRANDON JOHNSON.

BRANDON JOHNSON IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, HE HAS A PLAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ENSURES WE ARE INVESTING IN MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE ARE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS, AND THAT WE ARE ENSURING WE ARE INVESTING IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING ALL AROUND.

HE ALSO HAS A FINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT ENSURES WE ARE BUILDING WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> I'M GOING TO LET MY VICTORY TAKE A DAY OR TWO AND FOCUS ON PUTTING MY OFFICE TOGETHER.

WE WILL SEE, IT MAY CHANGE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING BRANDON JOHNSON , I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BLACK AND LATINO ISSUES, WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AND I THINK WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND GIVE BRANDEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE MAYOR.

>> I'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON THE 34th WARD FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE BOTH PAUL AND BRANDON PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TO THE VOTERS, AND FRANKLY IF SOMEONE TRIES TO FIND COMMON GROUND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE THAT IS READY TO BUILD SAFER AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES FOR CHICAGO AND I'M CONFIDENT IN BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN.

>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF COMMON GROUND HERE ALREADY.

BEST OF LUCK AS YOU BEGIN YOUR CAREERS AND CITY COUNCIL.

>> WHO'S IN THE BEST POSITION TO ATTRACT A LIGHTFOOT AND GARCIA VOTERS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE ADDED MORE BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> LIGHTFOOT, GARCIA, WILSON, ALL OUT BUT WHERE THEIR VOTERS GO AND WHO'S THE EARLY RUNNER BETWEEN PAUL VALLAS AND BRANDON JOHNSON?

THAT'S THE FOCUSED OF TONIGHT'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US TONIGHT IS HEATHER SHARON.

LET'S START WITH LIGHTFOOT, SHE CAME OUT AROUND 8:45 LAST NIGHT AND CONCEDED.

>> REGARDLESS OF TONIGHT'S OUTCOME, WE FOUGHT THE RIGHT FIGHT AND WE PUT THIS CITY ON A BETTER PATH.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

>> THAT WAS THE MAYOR, THE NEWS OF THE DAY, DAVID BROWN RESIGNED, NOT UNEXPECTED.

SHE STUCK WITH HIM THROUGH FOUR YEARS, DID THAT HURT HER REELECTION PROSPECT?

>> IT DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE EVERYONE SAID FIRE DAVID BROWN.

HE BASICALLY JUMPED BEFORE HE WAS PUSHED.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD OVERLOOK.

PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY THING PAUL AND BRANDON CAN AGREE ON IS THAT DAVID BROWN HAD OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME HERE IN CHICAGO.

THE NEW MAYOR WILL HAVE TO FIND A NEW POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

>> VERY EXPECTED NEWS TODAY.

YOU ARE AT BRANDON JOHNSON HEADQUARTERS LAST NIGHT WHERE THE CANDIDATE LAID OUT HIS DECISION FOR TACKLING THE PROBLEMS.

>> THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT PAUL VALLAS, HE HAS LITERALLY FAILED EVERYWHERE HE HAS GONE.

IN FACT, PAUL VALLAS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE TALE OF TWO CITIES.

>> HE FINISHES ABOUT 70,000 VOTES BEHIND PAUL VALLAS, WHAT IS HIS PATH AHEAD?

>> I THINK HE STARTED TO LAY IT OUT LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT HE WANTS TO SHORE UP HIS PROGRESSIVE BONA FIDES, HE WANTS TO PEEL OFF VOTES FOR OTHER CANDIDATES WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE RUNOFF AND HE WANTS TO DRAW A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN HIMSELF AND PAUL VALLAS.

HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST NIGHT LAYING OUT HOW HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, TEACHING AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, HE OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH TO VOTERS.

UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, SAYING I'M GOING TO WORK HARD TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT.

HE THANKED THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO RAN EVEN WHEN THEY DISAGREED AND HE DID GO ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST PAUL VALLAS SAYING HIS RECORD ON EDUCATION AND FAILURE IN CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES WHERE HE'S BEEN SCHOOL CHIEF LIKE NEW ORLEANS.

JOHNSON SAID PAUL VALLAS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXODUS OF BLACK EDUCATORS SO I THINK THAT WILL BE HIS ROAD FORWARD, WHETHER HE CAN GARNER ENOUGH VOTES TO WIN IN APRIL, THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL ANSWER IN FIVE WEEKS.

>> HE'S CLEARLY GOING TO GO AFTER VALLAS THOUGH I WONDER IF VALLAS WILL TAKE THE SAME TACTIC AGAINST HIM.

SPEAKING OF VALLAS, HE CAME OUT LAST NIGHT SPEAKING ABOUT HIS EMMA CRADDICK BONA FIDES AS WELL.

>> I AM A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT.

FOR SOME OF YOU, WHO REMEMBER , ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATORS, SHE WAS MY MENTOR AND MY BOSS AND MY FRIEND FOR TWO DECADES.

>> HEATHER, VERY CLEARLY DEFINING HIS PROGRESSIVE BONA FIDES BECAUSE SOME HAVE TRIED TO PAINT HIM AS A CONSERVATIVE.

IS HE THE FRONT RUNNER RIGHT NOW?

>> I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE EVERY OTHER CANDIDATE DECLARED THEMSELVES TO BE SOME FORM OF PROGRESSIVE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE AT LEAST OPEN TO HEARING WHAT BRANDON JOHNSON HAS TO SAY.

BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH MEDIA ATTENTION ON PAUL VALLAS AS THE FRONT RUNNER DURING THAT FIRST ROUND OF VOTING, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VOTES WERE CAST YESTERDAY AGAINST PAUL VALLAS RATHER THAN FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

>> SOME OF THOSE VOTES WENT TO GARCIA WHO FINISHED IN FOURTH PLACE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HIS CONCESSION SPEECH.

>> TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME.

FOR BELIEVING IN OUR MISSION, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEFT ON THE FIELD TODAY.

I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.

>> HE STARTED THIS RACE POLLING IS A FRONT RATHER THAT'S MAC FRONT RUNNER, FOURTH PLACE IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HIM ISN'T IT?

>> IT REALLY IS, I SPOKE WITH HIS FAMILY MEMBER YESTERDAY WHO WAS HOPING HE WOULD BE THE FIRST LATINO MAYOR OF CHICAGO BUT HE FELL SHORT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT FELL INTO THAT.

HE WAS BANKING ON GETTING THOSE VOTES BECAUSE OF HIS LONG-STANDING CAREER.

HE'S BEEN IN THE GAME FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOWED UP THE WAY HE DID IN 2015.

I DO HAVE TO SAY HE TOOK THE TIME TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE THE OTHERS BECOMING THE FIRST LATINO TO REPRESENT THE 14th WARD.

>> HE'S BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL HELPING CROWN OTHER WINNERS THAT HE HAS HIMSELF.

>> AND PART OF HIS MISSION, PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHER LATINOS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE IN THESE POSITIONS.

>> SO NICK WE HAVE TALKED TO A FEW ALDER FOLKS, THERE IS STILL A LOT UP IN THE AIR.

HOW DO YOU SEE THE COUNCIL RACES SHAPING UP?

>> I THINK IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THERE IS A BIG PROGRESSIVE WAVE AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT RUNOFF ELECTIONS AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COUNTED.

PROGRESSIVE INCUMBENTS HAD A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT, PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGERS OR PROGRESSIVES RUNNING FOR OPEN SEATS, THAT KIND OF REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE 44th WAR THAT'S A BIG VICTORY FOR PROGRESSIVE.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER RUNOFFS WITH REALLY LARGE RACES WHERE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE, IF THEY CAN COALESCE AROUND 1-2 OF THOSE CANDIDATES.

>> CERTAINLY AN INCUMBENT LIKE DANIEL ESPADA, AT LAST CHECK HE WAS THE TOP VOTE GETTER BUT HASN'T QUITE SAVED HIMSELF FROM A RUNOFF.

HE'S HOPING MAIL-IN VOTES HELP.

>> THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE CANDIDATES THAT LIKE 49.5% .

IF YOU ARE UNDER 50 YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

IT SOME REST IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG FIVE WEEKS.

WE ARE BACK WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR TOMORROW RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?

WHERE ARE WE AT?

WHERE ARE WE GOING.

>> ESSENTIALLY TO HELP ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT, OR JUST PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE.

>> THIS IS THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

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