SHOW.

HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IRAN DISCREET.

IT'S A HISTORIC EVENING.

KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BOWED OUT OF THE RACE AND THREW HIS SUPPORT BEHIND THE VICE PRESIDENT.

AND OF IN A KEY IS LIVE NOW FROM INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WITH A LOOK AT WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAD TO SAY TONIGHT TO DELEGATES AND THE NATION'S COMMAND.

IT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARD VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTING HER PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A PROMOTION TO PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHOSE STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON IN A SPEECH THAT COULD BE HER GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO REACH UNDECIDED VOTERS.

SHE MADE A DIRECT APPEAL TO THEM PROMISING TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF AMERICA.

I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FROM THE RULE OF LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LIKEWISE MADE AN APPEAL, TRIED TO DO A SOFTER TONE.

WANT TO I THINK IT'S APPEAL TO UNCOMMITTED VOTERS.

THAT IS WHEN HE ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION AND MILWAUKEE LAST MONTH THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION PUT HARRIS THAT AMERICA CAN NOT GO BACK TO THE BITTERNESS TO THE CYNICISM TRUMP WHO SHE SAID WOULD USE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY JAIL ANYONE THAT CONSIDERS AN ENEMY.

SHE SAYS THAT REPUBLICANS UNDER TRUMP ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS WANTING ABANDON UKRAINE, WORKING TO TAX CUTS TO RICH AND WANTING TO ENACT A NATIONAL BAN ON A NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION.

IN AMERICA, TOO.

MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

AND LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.

DONALD TRUMP HAND PICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

HE BRAGS ABOUT IT.

IN CONTRAST, SHE PROMISED THAT AS PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THAT SHE WOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, YOU WOULD WORK TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, IMPROVE AMERICA'S HOUSING SITUATION AND SIGN A LAW RESTORING ROW.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE WOULD STAND UP AGAINST FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP TO BE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW AS HAS BEEN EVIDENT WITH PROTESTS WE'RE IMPORTING ON ALL WEEK OUTSIDE AND EVEN INSIDE HERE, THE UNITED CENTER AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL ISSUE ON MANY AMERICANS MINDS RIGHT NOW IS THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA.

APPLAUSE WAS MORE MUTED THAN DURING THE REST OF HER SPEECH.

WHEN HARRIS PROMISED TO GIVE EVER TO ALWAYS GIVE SUPPORT TO ISRAEL IS SHE SAYS IT FACES A TAX FROM TERRORISTS.

AS WE SAW OCTOBER 7TH.

TO THE WAR IN GAZA.

PRESIDENT BIDEN ON ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A CEASE-FIRE DEAL.

HARRIS HAS BEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS.

BUT THIS REALLY WAS HER OPPORTUNITY TO REINTRODUCE HERSELF RUN MANY WAYS, INTRODUCE HERSELF TO REALLY SHARE HER LIFE STORY.

HER MOTIVATIONS, NOT JUST HER POLICIES.

SHE TALKED ABOUT HER CAREER AS A PROSECUTOR AS AN ATTORNEY AND YES, AS A POLITICIAN THAT SHE SAYS IS ALL BEEN ABOUT ONE THING.

THE PEOPLE SHE SAYS IT IS ABOUT FIGHTING INJUSTICE, SORT OF THE GOLDEN RULE LESSON.

SHE SAYS THAT SHE LEARNED FROM HER DEPARTMENT.

AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES WITH ILLINOIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANA STRATTON.

NOW WE GO TO NIC BLUMBERG IN ANOTHER PART OF THE UNITED CENTER AS DELEGATES ARE FILING OUT WITH A LOOK AT WHAT FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN REPUBLICAN ADAM KINZINGER AND OTHERS HAD TO SAY FROM THE STAGE TONIGHT.

NICK.

THAT'S RIGHT, RANDI, IS THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS ON THE STAGE TONIGHT.

SOME STAR POWER.

INDEED.

WE HEARD THE THE CHECKS PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND 3 PART HARMONY.

WE HAD AN ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE FROM THERE WAS ALSO THERE WAS ALSO A VERY IMPRESSIVE DRUMLINE PERFORMANCE FROM CHICAGO'S OWN THE PACK.

NOW, EVEN THOUGH AMERICA IS IN A MONARCHY, A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO SEE A QUEEN TONIGHT, QUEEN BEE THAT IS NO BEYONCE.

AFTER ALL THAT, OF COURSE, HARRIS DID TAKE THE STAGE AND CELEBRATE AFTERWARDS WITH BEYONCE SONG FREEDOM WHICH SHE HAS BEEN USING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

NOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE ALSO BEEN ROLLING OUT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ON THIS STAGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK TRUMP STAFFERS REGRETFUL TRUMP VOTERS.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HEARD FROM FORMER CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER.

HE SERVED ON THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION.

NOW HE'S PART OF A GROUP CALLED REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS KINZINGER SAID HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS.

HE'S DISCOVERED THAT DEMOCRATS ARE JUST AS PATRIOTIC AS THEY ARE.

I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY, TOO.

SOMETHING I COULDN'T IGNORE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE.

IT HAS SWITCHED ITS ALLEGIANCE FROM THE PRINCIPLES THAT GAVE THAT PURPOSE TO A MAN WHOSE ONLY PURPOSE IS HIMSELF.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM ONE OF CAN SING OR HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO, COURSE, STILL SERVING IN U.S. HOUSE.

THAT IS RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI.

NOW HE'S ON A HOUSE COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT AMERICAN COMPETITION WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

KRISHNAMOORTHI TOLD THE ROOM THAT CHINA ABSOLUTELY WANTS TO SEE TRUMP AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.

BECAUSE HE'LL START ENDLESS TRADE WARS THAT RAISE PRICES FOR AMERICANS BECAUSE HE'LL CUT PROGRAMS THAT TRAIN WORKERS IN AMERICA.

BUT MOST OF ALL TRUMP WILL PIT AMERICAN AGAINST AMERICAN.

AND NIC, AMONG THE OTHER, ILLINOIS INTO TOOK THE STAGE TONIGHT, ONE WAS NOT A TELL US ABOUT AND REVEAL CHANCE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HE SPOKE ALONG WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE DURING THE CONVENTION THAT THEY BILLED AS A CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE 2 YEARS AGO.

HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR IN BELMONT, CRAIG.

HE AND A CLASSMATE WERE JUST OUTSIDE SCHOOL GROUNDS WHEN THAT CLASSMATE WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY.

THE 6 SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING.

AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY.

I LEARNED HOW TO RUN.

HOW TO HIDE AND DROP.

THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME.

BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO.

THAT WE CAN WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY.

WE CHOOSE TO.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF MESSAGES LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.

SOMBER REFLECTIVE, HEARTFELT TOUCHING ON NOT JUST GUN VIOLENCE, BUT THINGS LIKE FERTILITY STRUGGLES, WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT, SURVIVING ASSAULT.

BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE ALSO BEEN EMPHASIZING A MESSAGE OF JOY.

IT'S ALMOST BECOME A RUNNING JOKE TO COUNT HOW MANY TIMES YOU HEAR THE WORD.

AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN DEPLOYING SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS KNOWN FOR A SENSE OF HUMOR.

FIRST, GREECE GAS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE TAXES, ABORTION.

TRUST DONALD TRUMP AND JD FANS TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FAMILY.

I WOULD LET THOSE GUYS I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM TO MOVE MY COUCH.

BRANDIS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK AND PEOPLE ARE TIRED.

IT'S ME.

I AM PEOPLE.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.

THIS WAS A PACKED HOUSE AND THE UNITED CENTER TONIGHT.

SO PACKED EVENTUALLY STOPPED LETTING PEOPLE IN.

CLEARLY GROUP OF PEOPLE IS READY TO GO FORTH.

AND AS HARRIS AND HER SURROGATES HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL WEEK, FIGHT AND WIN BRANDIS NICK, WE TO OUR PEOPLE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE FAN OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA.

THANKS, NICK.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

BUT FIRST JOINING US NOW WITH THEIR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE SAN TITO, JACKSON, POLITICAL ANALYST AND HOST OF THE SANTEE TO JACKSON SHOW.

SHE ALSO ATTENDED HOWARD UNIVERSITY WITH KAMALA HARRIS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER FROM PEORIA.

WELCOME BACK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

SO FIRST, LET'S GET YOUR REACTIONS TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT TONIGHT.

REPRESENTATIVE, WE START WITH YOU WHAT YOU THINK.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU CAN GIVE A GOOD SPEECH, IS THAT NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT?

I CONTINUE TO FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING SOME SUBSTANCE.

ONE THING THAT I DID THINK IT WAS INTERESTING AND HER SPEECHES, HE SAID JUST IMAGINE A DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY.

AND THE NICE THING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO IMAGINE WE LIVED THROUGH IT.

WE LIVED THROUGH A CLOSED BORDER.

WE LIVED THROUGH A GROWING ECONOMY.

WE LIVE THROUGH A WORLD THAT WAS AT PEACE.

AND THEN THE TITLE CHANGE HANDS.

NOW WE DO HAVE THOSE THINGS ANYMORE.

SO I CAN IMAGINE THAT PRESIDENCY AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.

JUST A MEMBER, YOU TAX AND WE KNOW I SAW A WOMAN WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD HER CLIENT.

WE WILL BE THE PEOPLE THAT U.S. HIS CLIENT HAS BEEN HIMSELF.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE.

YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO SPOKE TO OUR ASPIRATIONS AS OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO SPEAKS FRUSTRATIONS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SHE SAID.

REMEMBER HOW YOU FEEL.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS TONIGHT TONIGHT.

THIS WAS ABOUT THAT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE US FEEL LIKE THERE'S TIME FOR US TO GET MORE AND MORE DETAILS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S FORTHCOMING.

AND I'M EXCITED AND ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW TO THE NIGHT.

SHE GAVE AMERICA WHAT WE NEEDED.

WE NEEDED TO KNOW.

CAN WE TRUST YOU?

DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING ACCESS TO THE NUCLEAR CODES?

TO WE HAVE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT YOU CAN GET IN THE ROOM AND BE A LEADER.

AND I THINK THAT SHOWED US TONIGHT THAT SHE IS SHE'S UP TO THE JOB REPRESENT.

WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER OVER THIS WEEK.

AS AS NICK WAS JUST REPORTING, WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL REPUBLICANS FORMER REPUBLICANS EVEN TONIGHT HERE IN OR SAY THE PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE.

IT IS THE PARTY OF TRUMP.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WELL, PEOPLE CHANGE PARTIES.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

ADAM KINZINGER WENT FROM THE RIGHT TO LEFT ACTUALLY EXPECT LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT.

WE'LL SEE RFK COMING TO THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.

ACTUALLY, I KNOCK ON DOORS QUITE A BIT CAMPAIGNING FOR OTHER FOLKS.

AND I I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT DOORS THAT ARE USED TO BE DEMOCRATS AND ARE NOW REPUBLICANS AND THEY SAY I WANT TO PARTY THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE MY GAS EXPENSE OF PARTY.

THAT CARES ABOUT MY GROCERIES.

I WANT A PARTY THAT INVEST IN AMERICAN CITIZENS RATHER THAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

AND SO ADAM KINZINGER IS ONE PERSON THAT WE LOST IN REPUBLICAN PARTY.

BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN MORE BROADLY AS INDEPENDENTS AND PEOPLE FROM THE LEFT ARE SEEN THE REASONS THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER, CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND EAT IT.

BUT I THINK IT'S SHOWING THAT WE'RE ALL SO MUCH MORE NUANCED IN OUR POLITICS.

PEOPLE ARE NOT HARD-LEFT HARD RIGHT?

PEOPLE REALLY WANT SOME ANSWERS.

INFLATION HAS BEATEN EVERYBODY UP MORE AND MORE AMERICANS CANNOT PEOPLE TO COLLEGE WHO CAN IMAGINE THAT.

THE UNIVERSITY CHICAGO'S $100,000 A YEAR UNDER GRADUATE.

THAT IS JUST ENTIRELY TOO EXPENSIVE.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE GROCERY STORE LATELY?

YOU CAN SPEND $100 AND NOT GET A SLICE OF BUT KAMALA SAYS THAT ON DAY ONE, SHE'S GOING TO FIX INFLATION.

WHY NOT YESTERDAY?

WELL, I KNOW ONE OF THE LAST 3 YEARS.

I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PUT POLICIES IN PLACE AND YOU THEY WILL.

I WILL GO TO AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET THEY TOOK TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ROLL OUT POLICIES TOO.

AND THEN WHEN YOU BECOME WHEN YOU START GOVERNING.

THOSE PHOTOS, POLICIES CHANGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER REALITIES DEAL WITH.

I'M NOT GIVING YOU PUSH BACK.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT TONIGHT.

SHE GAVE US WHAT YOU GIVE US.

TYPICALLY ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS YEAR.

BUT SNOW, HOW YOU FEEL THE CONVENTION STUFF.

ALL RIGHT.

SO MORE OF THIS TO COME FROM SANTA JACKSON IN STATE.

REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER, THANKS SO MUCH.

NOW WE GO BACK TO THE UNITED CENTER WHERE AMANDA VICKI IS WITH ILLINOIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANA STRATTON.

AMANDA.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE OHSAA 100,000 BALLOONS ARE STILL FALL IN B AND POP.

WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO BE DOWN THERE AS YOU WATCH THE NOMINATION OF WHO MAY BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

WELL, IT OVERWHELMING.

AT TIMES I SAT THERE AND I ACTUALLY SHED A FEW TEARS.

JUST THINKING ABOUT JUST THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS OCCASION AND KNOWING WHEN SHE SAID I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR A WOMAN'S VOICE AND KNOW THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO IT THIS TIME THAT WE GOT CLOSE IN 2016.

BUT THIS TIME WE ARE DETERMINED TO NOT GO BACK TO GO FORWARD.

AND I JUST WAS SO PROUD OF THE WAY THAT SHE KIND OF LAID OUT HER CASE AS TO WHY SHE'S THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON TO TAKE ON THIS JOB AND TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.

SHE DIDN'T TALK MUCH SAFER REALLY ANY FROM WHAT I HEARD, ALTHOUGH IT WAS HARD TO HEAR IT HERE SOMETIMES BECAUSE ALL THE ABOUT BEING A WOMAN AND WHAT THAT MEANT.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

SHOULD SHE HAVE NOT NEEDED?

WELL, I THINK WHETHER SHE TALKED ABOUT IT OR NOT ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS HISTORIC CANDIDACY AND THE HISTORY THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE MADE ON NOVEMBER.

5TH.

BUT WHAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT WHAT SHE DID IN THIS SPEECH WAS TO TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE TO TALK ABOUT HER LIFE STORY LET PEOPLE KNOW WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS, HOW HER MOTHER RAISED HER, THE VALUES THAT SHE HAS AND HOW SHE USED ALL OF THOSE VALUES TO PROPEL HER CAREER.

AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS A PROSECUTOR AS TOURNEY GENERAL, AS VICE PRESIDENT.

AND I JUST LOVED HEARING HER FOREIGN AFFAIRS EXPERIENCE.

SHE IS THE MOST QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB.

AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT SHE'S AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

YOU ARE AS MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE WEARING WHITE A NOD TO THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A GREEN PEN IN THE SHAPE OF ILLINOIS.

I WILL THAT YOU ARE IN A CASE, SAME SORORITY AS KAMALA HARRIS.

TELL US ABOUT THAT SISTERHOOD AND WHAT DIFFERENT FACT MEANS DID POSE WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU AND WHAT DIFFERENCE IT CAN MAKE TO HER CAMPAIGN.

WELL, YES, I LOVE THAT EVERYONE WAS WEARING THE WHITE IN HONOR OF WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS AND BUT I THINK THAT THE PINK AND GREEN FOR OUT THE CAP OUT BY AND ALL OF THAT AND NOT TO BUY 9 ORGANIZATIONS REALLY.

WE'RE SORT OF SPRINKLED OUT THROUGHOUT THIS WONDERFUL AUDITORIUM IN STADIUM.

AND IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST EXPRESS A LITTLE SUPPORT FOR OUR DIVINE 9 SISTER AND TO LET HER KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH HER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED TIMES SPEAKING JUST AS A MEMBER IS ABOUT SERVICE AND IT IS ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK TODAY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TALKED ABOUT HER LONG CAREER OF SERVICE.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE HER ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE VERY FEW SECONDS THAT WE HAVE LEFT.

THIS IS THE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO TAKE AWAY IS FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S MAYBE COME TO CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY?

IT WAS A THRILLING WEEK.

WHAT I HOPE IS EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE UNIFIED, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CAKEWALK.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO BE VICTORIOUS ON NOVEMBER.

5TH AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ONCE AGAIN.

JULIANA STRATTON HERE TO WATCH A POTENTIALLY THE ELEVATION OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY.

YOU, OF COURSE, FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN ILLINOIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FOR HAVING ME.

ALL RIGHT, AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STRATTON AS WELL.

AND AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL BE OUT OF THE WHOLE TEAM TO UNPACK WHAT DEMOCRATS DID AND DID NOT ACCOMPLISH THIS WEEK.

DON'T GO AWAY.

IN CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

AND JOINING US ONCE AGAIN IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM.

AMANDA VICKI, HEATHER, SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG.

ALSO BACK IN THE STUDIO.

OUR GUESTS FOR TONIGHT'S ANTI TO JACKSON AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER.

SO WANT TO START WITH YOU.

LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, OF COURSE.

BUT HOW ARE YOU FEELING IN?

YOU KNOW, THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, AS WE MENTIONED, YOU ATTENDED COLLEGE WITH KAMALA HARRIS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO SEE TO SEE HER NOMINATED A MEMBER OF THE DIVINE 9?

OKAY.

SHE CAN'T GET A COMPLETE SHE'S ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA DELTA SIGMA THETA.

YOU KNOW, YOU OKAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, BUT REALLY IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WELL, VERY, VERY EXCITED.

WEATHER.

WINTER ORTIZ ARE NOT WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO COLLEGE OR NOT.

IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR EVERYBODY.

ALL THE BOATS WHO'VE BEEN STUCK AT THE BOTTOM.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE WOMAN ON THE TICKET TO SEE A PERSON OF COLOR ON THE TICKET TO SEE SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM NO DIDN'T COME FROM PRIVILEGE.

NO ONE GAVE THINGS SOMEONE WHO AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE'S DECIDED TO GO PREDATORS.

SHE SAID, LOOK, WELL, THERE'S A PERSONAL PREDATOR, INSTITUTIONAL ONE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THE VULNERABLE PERSON BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED ON THE DOWNSIDE ADVANTAGE.

I'VE HAD TO FIGHT FOR MY MOTHER'S LIFE.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS USE MY CAREER TO STAND FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE CAPITAL FALLING IN THE CRACKS.

IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO HEAR SOMEONE WHO IT SAYS BOTTOM A PERSPECTIVE TO LOOK, SHE IS BLACK.

SHE IS ASIAN.

THAT IS OBVIOUS.

WHAT SHE'S GIVING IS A PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE DOWNSIDE OF ADVANTAGE.

AND THEN FROM THESE EXCITING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS, A SPEECH TONIGHT WHERE SHE SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO HER MOTHER.

SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SHE ALSO TAUGHT US.

SHE ALSO TAUGHT US AND NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF-ASSED.

THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THAT LINE HAS BEEN USED IN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

ACCEPTANCE REPRESEN REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER.

YOU KNOW, SHE TOLD US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO SHE IS TONIGHT.

WHAT WAS MISSING?

WHAT DIDN'T YOU HEAR?

WELL, I JUST WOULD SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE MY MY OWN MOTHER GOING TO DO IT, DO IT ALL THE WAY YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK TO MY COMMENTS EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SITTING VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS NOW THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST.

I THINK 35 DAYS STILL NO INTERVIEWS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GLEAN SOME THINGS OUT OF A SPEECH.

BUT AT SOME POINT SHE'S GONNA NEED TO FACE.

THE CAMERAS IS GOING NEED TO FACE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HAVE THE ANSWERS TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION, THE WORLD.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LEFT TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

HEATHER, AMONG THE ISSUES TONIGHT WAS CELEBRATING THE MILITARY BACKING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.

BUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON THAT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T MENTION IT DURING HER SPEECH, BUT OF COURSE, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AND JUST LIKE WITH HILLARY CLINTON, IT WAS CLEAR THAT SHE WANTED TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW SHE WOULD SERVE AS OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF, WHICH IS WHY WE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HER WORK AS A PROSECUTOR, WE HEARD HER AGAIN SAY THAT HER ONLY CLIENT HAS THE PEOPLE.

SHE IS KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE, ONE OF HER CAMPAIGN SLOGANS.

BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM PEOPLE LIKE LEON PANETTA, A FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY WHO HAS BEEN PART OF SORT THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF THIS COUNTRY FOR DECADES.

HE HELPED LEAD THE RAID THAT ENDED WITH THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN.

AND HE'S VOUCHING FOR HARRIS IS A WAY TO SORT ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT PERHAPS OLDER PEOPLE, PERHAPS MALE PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT ELECTING A WOMAN AND PUTTING HER IN CHARGE OF THE ARMED SERVICES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT AMERICA HAS NEVER DONE.

AND WHILE SHE DIDN'T ADDRESS IT DIRECTLY, IT'S CLEAR THAT SHE SEES THIS IS SORT OF A PLACE TO SHORE UP AND SHE LEANED INTO THAT TONIGHT KNOWING THAT SHE HAD THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE THAT SHE WOULD HAS EVER HAD TO THIS POINT WATCHING.

AMANDA, THERE WAS, OF COURSE, CONCERN AHEAD OF THE DNC THAT THIS ONE WOULD BE A BLACK EYE FOR THE CITY OF THINGS DID NOT GO WELL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING 1968.

I THINK OUR SUPERINTENDENT GETTING KIND OF SICK OF PEOPLE RECOUNTING THOSE MEMORIES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HAS THIS CONVENTION SORT OF EXCISED OR EXERCISE THOSE GHOSTS?

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CERTAINLY HAS.

YOU HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL CHICAGO HAS AN IMPACT THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HAS ITS BREAKFAST.

AND SO I TRIED TO ASK MANY OF MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL OTHER CHICAGO RESIDENTS WERE ELECTED LEADERS.

WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID YES, SOME SAID THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A REPUTATION THAT IS DESERVED, THAT THIS IS A REPUTATION CHICAGO HAS RECEIVED UNFAIRLY.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

OTHERS SAID, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE ARE SOME THINGS AT THE CONVENTION SHOW COULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST GRANDEST THE PROTEST.

THAT'S THINGS LIKE MORE CTA TRAINS WHEN THERE WERE LONG LINES ON THE BLUE LINE.

THAT WE I HEARD THAT TO SEE TATE BROUGHT IN MORE.

AND SO ONE ALDERMAN SAID THIS IS DEMONSTRATED THAT CHICAGO CAN REALLY DO IT.

THE CITY IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S GENERALLY VERY CLEAN CITY.

THE CITY STEPPED UP ITS GAME.

AND SO THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE.

AND THEY SAID THAT NOW THAT THEY'VE CHICAGO HE'S SHOWN IT CAN BE DONE, SHOULD BE KEPT IT UP, SHOULD BE KEPT IT'S BEEN A LONG 4 NICK, YOU WERE AT A MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS EARLIER THIS MORNING WHERE YOU HEARD FROM FORMER ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF BIG 2 STARTS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HEARD FROM CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY WHO APOLOGIZED FOR THE HOARSENESS OF HER VOICE.

SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

BUT TO THAT END OF WELCOMING PEOPLE TO CHICAGO, SHE SAID, HEY, WE ORDERED UP SOME GREAT WEATHER FOR SHE WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE FOLKS IN TOWN ENJOYING WHAT CHICAGO HAS TO OFFER.

BUT SHE ALSO HAD A MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED.

THEY HAVE TO, AS MICHELLE OBAMA SAID, DO SOMETHING ALSO HEARD FROM SPEAKER AMERICA.

NANCY PELOSI HAS BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS AND GETTING A PRETTY GREAT RECEPTION FROM DEMOCRATS ALL WEEK AT OFFICIAL EVENTS, BUT PROBABLY THE YOU KNOW, STANDING OVATION AND EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM WITH ONE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY STAR, SHERYL LEE.

RALPH SHOWED SHE LEFT THE ROOM AND A SING-ALONG OF WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.

HAD A VERY STRONG MESSAGE OF ACTIVISM FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM.

AND IF YOU HAVE NOTICED ON THE SHOW THAT HER CHARACTER HAS A DELIBERATE MANNER OF SPEAKING, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ACTING THAT JUST KIND OF SEEMS LIKE THAT'S HOW SHE TALKS TO US.

FIRED UP AND SHE HAD A MESSAGE FOR EVERYBODY AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR.

THEY NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

PRETTY GOOD, NICK.

ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU THIS IN.

I'M HEATHER, A SURPRISE SPEAKER TONIGHT WAS A FORMER ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL LISA MADIGAN.

SHE'S BEEN OUT OF OFFICE AROUND SINCE SHE LEFT OFFICE BACK IN 2019.

WHY DID SHE SPEAK?

WELL, WHILE SHE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA AND THEY WERE BOTH FORCED TO TRAVEL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2008 GREAT RECESSION.

WHEN THE HOUSING MARKET COLLAPSED, THAT THREATENED TO TURN THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF FORECLOSURES.

THEY'VE JOINED FORCES TO FORCE WHAT THEY CALL BIG BANKS TO ALLOW THOSE FAMILIES TO RENEGOTIATE THOSE MORTGAGE.

AND LISA MADIGAN DELIVERED A FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF KAMALA HARRIS'S WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO TAKE ON THOSE MONEYED INTEREST, WHICH DOVETAILS EXACTLY WITH HER SORT OF CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

WE HEARD HIM.

WE HEARD HER SAY THAT HE WOULD NOT CARE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT ONLY FOR HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS.

AND THAT'S WHY LISA MADIGAN AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE APPEARANCE WAS AT TONIGHT'S CONVENTION.

YEP, THAT WAS ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A FUN WEEK, EVERYBODY THAT SPOTLIGHT.

THANKS.

TEAM AMANDA HEATHER SHARON, THAT BLUMBERG ARE IN STUDIO GUESTS.

THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER, ANTS AND TITO JACKSON, THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

THAT IS OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR REPORTERS.

PRODUCERS ARE AWESOME TECHNICAL CREW FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU ALL.

BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

AND WHAT A WEEK IT WAS NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE CHICAGO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD PERSONAL INJURY, LAW