HER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF WISCONSIN.

MEANWHILE, HER ENDORSEMENTS KEEP ROLLING IN FROM ILLINOIS.

POLITICIANS AND ACROSS THE NATION AND CITY COUNCIL GROWS CONCERNED AFTER TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT'S PROMISE IS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION TO KEEP SENDING MIGRANTS NORTH HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HEADER, SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG.

AMANDA VICKY'S OFF TONIGHT.

BUT WE'VE GOT YOU TO HEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO START OFF BY LISTENING TO SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAID LAST WEEK AT THE RNC THAT ALARM CHICAGO OFFICIALS.

I BEGAN WASHINGTON, D.C.

CONTINUED BY SAYING MY LIST.

SANCTUARY CITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND THOSE BUSES WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL UNTIL FINALLY SECURE OUR BORDER.

BUSES WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL.

HEATHER CITY OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A NEW WAVE OF MIGRANTS BEING SENT TO CHICAGO JUST IN TIME FOR THE CONVENTION.

SO FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING THAT TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WAS GOING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE CITY'S SPOTLIGHT DURING THE REPUBLICAN AT HER DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND THEY SAY THAT THAT RENEWED PROMISE MADE THEM SOUND THE A ALARM INTERNALLY AND THEY ARE HYPER PREPARED TO COPE WITH ANY RENEWED SURGE OF MIGRANTS.

CHICAGO, ALTHOUGH THE THERE ARE FEWER MIGRANTS IN CHICAGO SHELTERS REALLY THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE THE CRISIS BEGAN, THIS SORT OF FEAR, SHORTS OR CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD BE A VICTIM MIGRANTS AFTER 60 DAYS IN CITY SHELTERS, THEY SAY, LOOK, YES, WE HAVE 5,000 EMPTY BEDS.

SO THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM TO MAKE SENSE THAT WORD VICTIM PEOPLE.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT CAPACITY IN CASE WE DO SEE A BIG SURGE AT THE PEAK OF THE CRISIS.

2000 PEOPLE PER WEEK WERE MAKING THEIR WAY TO CHICAGO FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR THE CITY A SURGE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME HAD OR A HOWARD TO HOUSE THE CITY PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY?

WELL, STATE CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO EXPAND THAT SHELTER CAPACITY TO MORE THAN 15,000 BEDS, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS OPERATING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WHEN THERE ARE FEWER THAN 5700 MIGRANTS IN CITY SHELTERS.

BUT THAT IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY.

AND IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THAT SURGE HAPPENS AND THEY RAMP BACK UP TO THAT 15,000 CAPACITY, WHETHER THE CITY WILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

THEY'RE KNOW IF YOU NOTICE IT'S BEEN VERY CONTROVERSIAL TO GET ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM CHICAGO TAXPAYERS 2 TO FUND THIS CARE.

IT HAS OKAY.

SO SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT TO NATIONAL KAMALA HARRIS KICKING OFF HER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN MILWAUKEE TODAY.

SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS ARE ALL ON BOARD.

NICK, ARE THERE ANY STATE DEMOCRATS WERE HOLDING BACK?

THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY MAJOR FIGURES WHO ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE ENTIRE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

WE'VE HEARD FROM THE LEADERS OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE.

WE'VE HEARD FROM STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE BIG ONE THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM IF WE STILL ARE CONSIDERING HIM, AN ILLINOIS POLITICIAN IS FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WHO CAME OUT WITH THE STATEMENT OF PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP ASIDE FROM THE RACE.

BUT WHO HAS YET TO COME OUT AND YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT SPECULATION FROM POLITICAL WATCHERS THAT THE IDEA HERE IS WELL, IF HE WAITS A COUPLE DAYS TO COME OUT AND ENDORSE, THAT CREATES ANOTHER POSITIVE NEWS CYCLE FOR THE NOW, HARRIS, FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN.

BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, WE'VE HEARD FROM HE DIDN'T ENDORSE UNTIL MONDAY.

AND THEN WHEN HE MADE THE CALL, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS ALSO GOT ON BOARD AND CAME OUT ENDORSING REALLY, WE HAVE SEEN A BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT FOR SINCE SHE WAS ENDORSED BY BIDEN AS HIS SUCCESSOR IN THIS RACE.

IT TOOK ABOUT 30 HOURS FOR HER TO CONSOLIDATE ENOUGH DELEGATES TO WIN THE NOMINATION IN WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE A VIRTUAL ROLL CALL IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.

SO BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION START, I ALSO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS WAITING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ADDRESS THE NATION TOMORROW AND SORT OF SAY HIS FAREWELL TO SORT OF ELECTORAL POLLOCK'S BEFORE WEIGHING IN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TENSION BETWEEN THE BIDEN CAMP AND THE OBAMA CAMP.

IMAGINE THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO STEP ON ANY AND OF COURSE, A GOOD NICK.

YOU MENTIONED JB PRITZKER AND HIS ENDORSEMENT ON MONDAY, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN SOME REPORTING TODAY AS WELL.

HE SAYS THAT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED VETTING PACKET FROM KAMALA HARRIS'S TEAM JUST YET AS FAR AS THE SHORT LIST, THE VEEPSTAKES LIKE TO CALL IN OUR LINE OF WORK.

AND DEMOCRATS DID REAFFIRM LAST NIGHT THAT VIRTUAL ELIMINATION WILL BE BEFORE AUGUST 7TH.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE ON THE OHIO BALLOT.

DOES THAT CLOSE THE DOOR TO ANY CHANCE OF A OF AN OPEN NOMINATION AT THE CONVENTION UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT GETS COMPLETELY UPENDED AT THIS POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE KAMALA HARRIS, WHO IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.

THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY, YOU KNOW, IS SERIOUS PATHWAYS FORWARD UNLESS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF A PEOPLE IN THIS RACE JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, KAMALA HARRIS MOVED VERY QUICKLY TO LOCK THINGS UP REPORTING WAS SHE SPENT ABOUT 10 HOURS ON THE PHONE ON SUNDAY ALONE MAKING CALLS, YOU KNOW, SHORING UP SUPPORT AND JUST ABOUT ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE A SERIOUS CHALLENGER TO HER IS PART OF THE VEEPSTAKES OR HAS ENDORSED HER.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE REALLY GETTING ON BOARD WITH THIS NOMINATION.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THIS AS THE CLEAREST AND CLEANEST PATH FORWARD TO PREVENT A DONALD TRUMP FROM RETURNING TO THE PRESIDENCY AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY YOU KNOW, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR LEGACY AS A DEMOCRAT.

IMAGINE SOME OF THAT TIME ON THE PHONE WAS PROBABLY DIALING FOR DOLLARS BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO SET WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A FUNDRAISING RECORD WITH A MASSIVE AMOUNT, SOMETHING.

WHAT IS 80 MILLION DOLLARS BEING RAISED ON SUNDAY AND GROWING?

YEAH.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT, TOO.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS CONCERN FROM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT 80 MILLION DOLLARS WAS SMALL-DOLLAR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GRASSROOTS.

THERE WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BIG MONEY DONORS THAT WE'RE BACKING OFF AND SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OPENING UP OUR CHECKBOOKS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HOSTING THESE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S CANDIDACY.

NOW THAT THAT IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE, SEEMS THAT THE CASH SPIGOT HAS BEEN TURNED THE BUCS ARE FLOWING.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN REPORTING FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN THAT SHE SIGNED UP 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF NEW VOLUNTEERS.

WE ALSO SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RALLY FROM EARLIER TODAY IN WISCONSIN WHERE SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED BY THE CROWD AND PERHAPS WE SAW THE FIRST SIGNS OF A CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.

THOSE CROWDS SORT OF ON ITS OWN STARTED CHANTING.

WE'RE NOT GOING BACK, WHICH I THINK SORT OF ENCAPSULATES SORT OF WHAT SHE THINKS THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION.

ARE IT ALSO DOVETAILS WITH WHAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE A ROBUST MESSAGE ABOUT ABORTION CARE AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AS WELL AS SORT OF A FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY.

AND MIRRORS SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM PROTESTERS AT THE RNC, INCLUDING FOLKS WHO ARE IN TOWN FROM OUT OF CHICAGO, YOU KNOW, PUSHING BACK AGAINST SOME OF THE GOP IS POLICY POSITION.

WE'RE NOT GOING BACK WAS A PART OF THAT THEME.

SO I THINK THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE WE HEAR HEAR THOSE WORDS QUITE A BIT YES, IT'S ACTUALLY HEADING TOWARDS THE CONVENTION.

YESTERDAY SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY GRILLED BY HOUSE LAWMAKERS ABOUT THAT JULY 13TH ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP TODAY.

SHE RESIGNED AFTER RESISTING IT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF NICK, DO YOU THINK THIS IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY FOR THE DNC NEXT MONTH?

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT SINCE YOU KNOW, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON, YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP THAT THEY WERE REEVALUATING ALL OF THEIR SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR THE DNC.

WE'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THE CPD ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS THAT THEY WILL HAVE OUTSIDE SUPPORT FROM A POLICE OFFICER'S MOTHER JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE GOING TO BE HERE.

CERTAINLY THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR DNC ORGANIZERS FOR ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED.

BUT THEY DID, YOU KNOW, MAKE A PRETTY PROACTIVE EFFORT TO GET OUT FRONT AND SAY WE'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT.

ITS ALSO VERY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, A CAMPAIGN RALLY VERSUS A POLITICAL CONVENTION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 10'S 10'S AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE AREA AS WELL.

SO CERTAINLY WAS GOING TO GET A TON OF ATTENTION ALREADY.

SO GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME WHILE STAYING AT HOME, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE CHICAGO IS MAKING HEADLINES AGAIN WITH THIS HISTORIC LAWSUIT AGAINST A GUN MANUFACTURER GLOCK.

HEATHER, YOUR REPORTING ON THIS TODAY.

THE CITY EXPANDED ITS LAWSUIT JUST YESTERDAY.

WHY OR ARE THE 3 ARE GETTING ADDED?

WELL, IT'S THE PARENT COMPANY OF BLOCK, WHICH IS AN AUSTRIAN FIRM AS WELL AS 2 SUPERB IN GUN SHOPS, WHICH THE CITY SAYS ARE THE MOST IRRESPONSIBLE GUN SHOPS IN THE NATION AND THAT THEY SAY THE CITY CAN TRACE A NUMBER OF GUNS USED IN CRIMES IN CHICAGO TO THESE GUNSHOTS.

AND THEY BOTH SORT OF CELL BLOCKS AND THEY SELL SORT OF WHAT'S CALLED THE GLOCKS YEAR.

THAT TURNS IT INTO ESSENTIALLY HOMEMADE AUTOMATIC WEAPON.

NOW, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT TEST OF THE 2023 LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER IN THE WAKE OF HIGHLAND PARK 4TH OF JULY MASSACRE.

AND THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED TO GIVE STATE OFFICIALS A WAY OF HOLDING GUN MANUFACTURERS ACCOUNTABLE WHICH IS A DICEY PART OF FEDERAL LAW.

AND WHAT'S THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT ORIGINAL LAWSUIT FILED IN MARCH GOT MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME MAKING THIS CASE BECAUSE FEDERAL LAW PROTECTS GUN MANUFACTURERS IN MOST CASES.

LAWSUIT REFILED IN COOK COUNTY.

THAT'S WHERE THE CITY WANTS THIS LAWSUIT TO BE.

THAT'S WHY THE GUN SHOPS WERE ALLOWED WERE ADDED TO THIS LAWSUIT.

IN PART.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS ATTEMPT THERES A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE LAST ATTEMPT TO STAY OUT OF THE FEDERAL COURTS.

INTERESTING TO WATCH A CASE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF A FATAL POLICE SHOOTING IN THE FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY.

THE SPRINGFIELD RESIDENT IS SONYA MASSEY.

36 YEAR-OLD DOES DOES THE FOOTAGE THAT WE SAW THAT BODY-CAM FOOTAGE SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS TRAGEDY?

AND WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW?

YEAH, I MEAN, IT CERTAINLY GIVES MUCH MORE CLEAR DETAILS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HER LAST MINUTE, SIR, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE THE OFFICERS ENTER HER HOME.

SHE'S CLEARLY IN SORT OF A CONFUSED STATE MAKING COMMENTS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HER IN THE KITCHEN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POT OF WATER SHE WAS REACHING FOR.

BUT IT DOES MAKE VERY CLEAR JUST HOW QUICKLY THIS ESCALATED.

BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE RESPONSE TO THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER SHOOTING WHERE A BLACK PERSON HAS LOST THEIR LIFE TO A POLICE OFFICER.

I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER VERY CLEARLY TRYING TO REACT, YOU KNOW, NOT MAKE A RUSH TO A DECISION BUT NOT TO DRAG THEIR FEET BECAUSE I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE THAT THESE SORTS OF THINGS GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.

THEY ACTED VERY QUICKLY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN INDICTMENT.

THERE WAS THE RELEASE OF FOOTAGE.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS OBVIOUSLY IN THE HANDS OF THE COURTS COURSE.

AND WE'RE GOING