THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE HAS BEEN OUSTED FROM HIS CHAIR.

>> THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS HEREBY DECLARED VACANT.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH ALL THAT A MUCH MORE IS OUR FULL SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, CITY SPEAKER THE HOUSE, KEVIN McCARTHY, LOST THE GAVEL.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> HE LOST THE CONFIDENCE OF THE RIGHT WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW, IS VERY RIGHT WING.

TO BEGIN WITH, HE ONLY HAD A FIVE VOTE MAJORITY.

HE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST HIM, AND THAT MEANS HE IS OUT OF THE CHAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY.

I FEEL OBLIGATED TO NOTE THAT FORMER SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI, ALSO HAD A FIVE VOTE MAJORITY IN THE LAST CONGRESS AND KEPT HER SEAT.

>> KEPT HER DUCKS IN A ROW.

>> IN THIS INSTANCE, A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY, BUT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST THEIR OWN SPEAKER.

THE VOTE TO ELECT HIM WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE TOO.

WILL BE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN TO REPLACE HIM?

>> THE NEVER ENDING FOE .

IT IS REALLY HARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW WITH REPUBLICANS.

WHO WILL BE THE CONSENSUS CANDIDATE KEEP US NARROW AND FRACTURED AND BROKEN CAUCUS TOGETHER?

AND THEN, IF SOMEONE DOES EMERGE, WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO TO KEEP THEIR JOBS?

ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO CAREEN TOWARDS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF WHAT MATT GAETZ IS SAYING?

HE SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT TO FUND GOVERNMENT WITH CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS.

IF A NEW SPEAKER IS ELECTED AND THEY DON'T VOTE TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, THAT THEY WILL GET VACATED TOO.

WHO WOULD EVEN WANT THIS JOB?

VERY HARD TO SEE WHO COULD BE A CONSENSUS CANDIDATE AND HOW THIS CONGRESS WILL EVEN BE FUNCTIONAL GOING FORWARD.

>> YOU SAID HE LOST THE FAR RIGHT, BUT I THINK WE COULD ARGUABLY SAY HE NEVER HAD THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> HE AGREED TO HAVING ONE PERSON VOTE TO VACATE, MATT GAETZ.

>> EXACTLY.

THAT IS PART OF THE RULE.

THE RULES THAT HE AGREED TO IN ORDER TO SEND TO THIS POSITION.

HE WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.

BUT WAIT.

>> POLITICALLY, DOES THIS HELP THE DEMOCRATS THAT THE GOP APPEARS TO BE A CIRCUS?

BUT YOU KNOW, I GUESS I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T HELP AMERICA, PERIOD.

IT FURTHER TAKES THE COUNTRY INTO MORE DYSFUNCTION.

WE WERE ALREADY CAREENING TOWARDS THIS LACK OF BUDGET.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

DOES THIS SET AMERICA UP FOR MORE THAN?

WHAT DOES IT SAY TO THE WORLD WHEN THINGS ARE IN SUCH A DISARRAY?

>> MIGHT HELP THE DEMOCRATS?

POTENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON.

BUT SO MANY OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE SO GERRYMANDERED, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE A POLARIZED CONGRESS.

THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE VERY FOR PROGRESSIVES HAVING A BETTER TIME GETTING ELECTED AND THE SUPER HARD RIGHT CONSERVATIVES.

YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE, I THINK, ANY SORT OF MAJOR SHIFT IN ANY OF THAT LONG-TERM.

DOESN'T GIVE DEMOCRATS A BUMP RIGHT NOW?

PERHAPS, BUT AGAIN, LOOK BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE TABLE.

UKRAINE REMAINS UP IN THE AIR.

EFFECT, EVEN MORE SO THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

>> SHIFTED TO THE MICRO ENTICEMENTS -- MICRO-CRISIS, THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE ARE IN AN UNTENABLE SITUATION WITH THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.

THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR SAID THEY WERE ON A CALL WITH THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR?

>> COLD HARD CASH.

>> SHOW ME THE MONEY.

>> THE STATE SAYS IT HAS BEEN NEARLY $330 MILLION CARING FOR MIGRANTS, THE CITY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $100 MILLION.

FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT HAS ONLY BEEN A FRACTION OF THAT, LESS THAN $50 MILLION .

THEY NEED HELP.

THEY ALSO WANT MORE HELP IN FIGURING OUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING IN CHICAGO.

AND THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY OVERWHELMED AND IS ABOUT TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS WARNING PEOPLE THERE EXPECTING 25 BUSES PER DAY TO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO, WHICH IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT HAS ARRIVED IN THE PAST WEEK, WHICH HAS ALREADY FORCED THE CITY TO HOUSE NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE IN POLICE STATIONS AND AIRPORTS ACROSS THE CITY.

THERE IS SIMPLY NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE SICK AND HUNGRY AND IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED AFTER A LONG JOURNEY.

THIS IS JUST A BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PLEA FOR HELP.

AND BECAUSE BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR BELIEVE CHICAGO IS BEING TARGETED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, BECAUSE CHICAGO WAS SELECTED TO HOST THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH MAKE CHICAGO A GOOD WAY TO STICK IT TO JOE BIDEN.

>> IT IS DISTURBING.

YOU CAN TRIED BY A POLICE STATION IN THE CITY WITHOUT PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE OF THEM.

CAN THE STATE DO MORE ?

>> THIS IS GETTING INTO A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS FACE-OFF BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY THEY GET ALONG AND PUT ON HAPPY FACES.

THE ISSUE IS THAT, AS HE TRIED TO MAKE NOTE OF IN THIS LETTER, THIS IS JUST TOO BIG A PROBLEM FOR A CITY OR A STATE TO HANDLE.

THE MAGNITUDE OF IT IS PASS THAT .

THERE IS A DEMAND FOR MONEY AND COORDINATION.

THERE'S NOTHING ILLINOIS COULD DO TO DEMAND THAT TEXAS COOPERATE, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE IS A POLITICAL PLAY GOING ON.

AGAIN, EARLY ON IN THE CRISIS, TEXAS SAID THAT ILLINOIS IS SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE FACE ALONG THE BORDER ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS SHOWING LIBERAL LEANING CITIES AND STATES WHAT IS GOING ON ELSEWHERE.

ILLINOIS DOESN'T HAVE THE CASH.

LOOK BACK TO WHEN THE BUDGET PASSED, THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT OVER HEALTH CARE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE ALREADY LIVING IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WITH A LACK OF SUPPORT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF BUDGET.

>> THERE WAS A MEETING WITH CITY OFFICIALS THAT GOT HEATED.

WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY?

>> THIS UNDERSCORES HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND TEMPORARY SHELTER IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD .

PILSEN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HEARTS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND THERE'S PUSHBACK THERE.

IT IS THE SAME THING HERE EVERYWHERE.

WE WANT TO BE HUMANITARIAN AND HELP PEOPLE, BUT WHAT ABOUT MONEY FOR OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR SCHOOLS AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND OUR PARTS?

IT ALSO UNDERSCORES THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY COME DOWN TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY VERSUS LATINO COMMUNITY.

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IS FOLKS THAT ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS HERE AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE NEW ARRIVALS HERE, ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

PERMANENT RESIDENT SAY YOU'RE SPENDING $30 MILLION POTENTIALLY IN TENT CITIES.

THAT WAS MONEY WE COULD HAVE USED FOR THESE OTHER THINGS.

>> PICK A CAUSE, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING , HOMELESSNESS.

>> IT IS GOING TO BE SO DIFFICULT TO FIND A SPOT.

>> ON THE NOTION OF THOSE CONTROVERSIAL TENT SHELTERS, WHAT IS THE STATUS?

>> WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED.

THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE BILLED AT ALL.

THE BEAR HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY TELLING HIS ALLIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS.

IT IS GOING TO GET COOL THIS WEEKEND, IT IS NOT GOING TO DROP BELOW FREEZING, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE FOR THE PEOPLE TO LIVE AT THE POLICE STATIONS AND OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATIONS.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS CLEARLY AWARE THAT THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

IF IT IS NOT THIS BAD OPTION, GIVE THEM ANY OTHER BAD OPTION , AND THEY SAY THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT.

>> ALL OF THEM DON'T SOUND TOO GOOD.

SHIFTING TO POLITICS, ALDERMAN LOPEZ THANK HE IS RUNNING AGAINST GARCIA IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

HE TALKS LIKE A REPUBLICAN BUT RUNS LIKE A DEMOCRAT.

>> HE IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

HE IS CONSISTENTLY SOMEBODY WHO HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE POLICE UNION.

HE IS ALSO A LEADING VOICE AND WANTING THE CITY TO SCALE BACK ITS PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

HE SEES THAT AS AN ANTI-CRIME MEASURE WHILE OTHER PEOPLE SAY HE IS SPLITTING THE LATINO COMMUNITY AGAINST ITSELF.

IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HE RAN FOR CONGRESS WAS BEFORE AGAINST GARCIA AND DROPPED OUT AND RAN FOR MAYOR AND THEN DROPPED OUT.

>> THE BASE OF SUPPORT WILL BE HARD TO BE.

>> HE'S BUILT A PRETTY BIG POLITICAL OPERATION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE WITH PROGRESSIVES, LATINOS, THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

HIS IDEOLOGIES WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE.

BUT MAYBE LOPEZ IS THINKING, WHAT IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO RUN AGAIN .

HE HAD A TRAGEDY IN HIS FAMILY.

YES INDICATED HE WOULD DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN RUN AND TRY TO KEEP THAT SCENE.

LOPEZ HAS ALSO USED THIS RIGHTWARD IMAGE TO GARNER LOTS OF NATIONAL TV APPEARANCES FOR HIMSELF.

THIS MIGHT HELP IN THAT STRATEGY KNOWING THAT HE WILL BE A CANDIDATE.

IS NOT SHY ABOUT PROMOTING THOSE APPEARANCES.

>> WHEN THE NEW DISTRICT GOES INTO THE SUBURBS WHERE GARCIA MIGHT NOT HAVE THOSE SAME CONNECTIONS AND BASIS OF SUPPORT, AND PERHAPS, THAT MORE CONSERVATIVE LEANING STANCE COULD GIVE A BOOST.

THAT SAID, IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE SUBURBAN AREAS, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHO CHUY GARCIA IS.

THE LIKELIHOOD THAT LOW PASSES ANY REAL NAME RECOGNITION THERE , THAT MAKES IT AN UPHILL BATTLE.

>> IT IS VERY ODD DISTRICTS IS THE REDISTRICTING.

WE HAVE PARTS OF ELMHURST NOW REPRESENTED.

ELMHURST MAYBE NOT THE MOST PROGRESSIVE BASTION, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY MORE BLUE THAN IT USED TO BE.

MAYBE A MESSAGE OF TOUGH ON CRIME WORKS IN THOSE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

>> LET'S BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE NEW POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, LARRY SNELLING.

TALK ABOUT USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH CRIME, BUT THE MAYOR RAN ON ELIMINATING THE SHOTSPOTTER TECHNOLOGY.

THE CONTRACT WAS RENEWED BECAUSE THE SCANS WERE TIED.

>> HE HAS PUBLICLY SAID HE SUPPORTS SHOTSPOTTER.

HE THINKS IT SAVES LIVES.

IT AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS WHAT APPEARS TO BE GUNSHOTS SO POLICE CAN BE DEPLOYED.

CRITICS SAY IT DETECTS OTHER THINGS AND WRONGLY LEADS POLICE ON A CHASE.

AND IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY.

BUT SUPPORTIVE SAY THAT SHOTSPOTTER WORKS 97% OF THE TIME.

I DO THINK WE HAVE DIGS INTO THE NUMBERS ON THAT.

BRANDON JOHNSON IS A MAYOR THAT LISTENS.

WILL HE LISTEN TO LARRY SNELLING ON THIS?

WHO WILL WIN THIS ARGUMENT?

I THINK IT IS AN OPEN QUESTION.

>> WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT IF THERE IS MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET NEXT WEEK FOR SHOTSPOTTER.

THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY FOR.

BUT I THINK THAT JOHNSON IS IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKLE WITH THIS.

THIS WAS A KEY PROMISE HE MADE WHILE HE WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL .

IT IS NOT JUST THAT SHOTSPOTTER MIGHT NOT BE EFFECTIVE, BUT THAT BLACK AND LATINO ADVOCATES BELIEVE IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVER POLICING OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHICH EXPOSES THEM TO MORE POLICE RELATED VIOLENCE.

IT IS