1 00:00:23,166 --> 00:00:25,166 HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 2 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:27,600 US FOR OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO 3 00:00:25,166 --> 00:00:28,166 TONIGHT. COVERAGE OF THE 4 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,666 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 5 00:00:28,166 --> 00:00:31,766 CONVENTION. I'M BRANDIS 6 00:00:29,666 --> 00:00:33,466 FRIEDMAN DAY 2 OF THE 7 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:34,200 CONVENTION IS WRAPPING UP IN 8 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:35,033 MILWAUKEE WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,833 AND IMMIGRATION IN PARTICULAR 10 00:00:35,033 --> 00:00:39,533 TOOK CENTER STAGE AS DID MANY 11 00:00:38,833 --> 00:00:43,400 OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD 12 00:00:39,533 --> 00:00:44,733 TRUMP'S PRIMARY RIVALS. WE 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,366 WILL HEAR FROM AMANDA BEEN 14 00:00:44,733 --> 00:00:46,533 OKAY. SHE IS INSIDE THE 15 00:00:45,366 --> 00:00:47,800 CONVENTION IN JUST A FEW 16 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:49,100 MOMENTS. BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING 17 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,633 TO START OUR TEAM COVERAGE 18 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:52,133 WITH NICK BLOOMBERG IS COMING 19 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:54,033 TO US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE 20 00:00:52,133 --> 00:00:55,033 AUNT OUT BAR. THAT'S NEAR THE 21 00:00:54,033 --> 00:00:56,233 CONVENTION CENTER WHERE 22 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:58,933 ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ARE 23 00:00:56,233 --> 00:00:59,566 EXPECTED TO HAVE A LATE NIGHT 24 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:00,233 RECEPTION SHORTLY. JUST 25 00:00:59,566 --> 00:01:00,966 WRAPPED UP, OF COURSE, THE 26 00:01:00,233 --> 00:01:01,633 SECOND NIGHT OF SPEECHES AT 27 00:01:00,966 --> 00:01:06,300 THE RNC. WHAT WE'VE BEEN 28 00:01:01,633 --> 00:01:07,733 HEARING. WHILE BRANDIS, WE 29 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,066 HEARD FROM A PARADE OF TRUMP'S 30 00:01:07,733 --> 00:01:12,700 FORMER GOP CHALLENGERS WHO 31 00:01:10,066 --> 00:01:14,666 HOPE TO UNSEAT HIM IN HIS BID 32 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:15,500 FOR PRESIDENT FOLKS LIKE NIKKI 33 00:01:14,666 --> 00:01:18,200 HALEY, RON DESANTIS AT ONE 34 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:19,966 TIME, BITTER RIVALS OF HIS. 35 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,533 ALSO HEARD FROM SOME OF THE 36 00:01:19,966 --> 00:01:21,233 PERHAPS LESSER KNOWN 37 00:01:20,533 --> 00:01:24,333 CANDIDATES LIKE THE ROUTES 38 00:01:21,233 --> 00:01:25,633 AROUND THE SWAMI. OF COURSE, 39 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:26,900 THE REAL STAR OF THE EVENING 40 00:01:25,633 --> 00:01:27,966 AS ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING 41 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:28,700 EARLIER IN THE DAY NOSES 42 00:01:27,966 --> 00:01:32,733 GOVERNOR JIM JUSTICE IS BULL 43 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:34,766 DOG, BABY DOG. BUT WE ALSO, 44 00:01:32,733 --> 00:01:35,433 YOU KNOW, HEARD A LOT ABOUT 45 00:01:34,766 --> 00:01:37,833 IMMIGRATION, THE SOUTHERN 46 00:01:35,433 --> 00:01:39,800 BORDER CRIME TYING IN WITH 47 00:01:37,833 --> 00:01:41,866 TONIGHT'S THEME OF MAKING 48 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,466 AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. SPEAKERS 49 00:01:41,866 --> 00:01:44,833 LIKE SENATOR TED CRUZ 50 00:01:42,466 --> 00:01:46,000 DESCRIBED THE ASYLUM SEEKERS 51 00:01:44,833 --> 00:01:47,233 ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES 52 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,933 AS AN INVASION HOUSE MAJORITY 53 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:50,433 LEADER STEVE SCALISE MAKING 54 00:01:48,933 --> 00:01:51,300 THE UNFOUNDED CLAIM THAT THE 55 00:01:50,433 --> 00:01:53,100 BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION 56 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:55,133 HAS, QUOTE, OPENED THE 57 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:56,900 BORDERS. THOSE SORTS OF CLAIMS 58 00:01:55,133 --> 00:01:58,533 HAVE, OF COURSE, BEEN ECHOED 59 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,133 BY ILLINOIS POLITICIANS. WE 60 00:01:58,533 --> 00:02:00,866 ARE WITH THE ILLINOIS 61 00:01:59,133 --> 00:02:02,300 DELEGATION EARLIER TODAY AND 62 00:02:00,866 --> 00:02:03,200 WE HEARD CONGRESSWOMAN MARY 63 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:05,133 MILLER MAKING ACCUSATIONS 64 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,166 WITHOUT OFFERING SIGNIFICANT 65 00:02:05,133 --> 00:02:08,266 EVIDENCE THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF 66 00:02:07,166 --> 00:02:10,166 MIGRANTS COMING INTO THE 67 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:11,133 UNITED STATES ARE HERE TO 68 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:14,133 TRAFFIC DRUGS RATHER THAN TO 69 00:02:11,133 --> 00:02:15,033 FLEE VIOLENCE OR PERSECUTION. 70 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:15,766 NOW, WHILE THERE WEREN'T MANY 71 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:19,533 ILLINOIS POLITICIANS WHO TOOK 72 00:02:15,766 --> 00:02:20,333 THE STAGE TONIGHT, WE DID HEAR 73 00:02:19,533 --> 00:02:22,166 FROM CHICAGO IN PASTOR COREY 74 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:24,366 BROOKS WHO JUST DELIVERED THE 75 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:25,400 CLOSING PRAYER. BROOKS IS WELL 76 00:02:24,366 --> 00:02:27,333 KNOWN FOR SPENDING NEARLY A 77 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,066 YEAR ON THE ROOF OF HIS CHURCH 78 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:32,100 TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A 79 00:02:28,066 --> 00:02:33,100 COMMUNITY CENTER. AND NIC, YOU 80 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:33,833 KNOW, TALKING ABOUT MAKING 81 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:34,733 AMERICA SAFE. IT SOUNDS LIKE, 82 00:02:33,833 --> 00:02:36,500 YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THIS 83 00:02:34,733 --> 00:02:38,566 HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON 84 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:39,333 IMMIGRATION TONIGHT. BUT 85 00:02:38,566 --> 00:02:40,000 CHICAGO HAS ALSO BEEN TARGETED 86 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:41,700 DURING THE CONVENTION FOR 87 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,500 BEING UNSAFE WHEN IT COMES TO 88 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:43,266 VIOLENT CRIME. WHAT KIND OF 89 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:47,733 REACTION HAVE YOU HEARD? THOSE 90 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:49,500 CLAIMS? ABSOLUTELY. THERE 91 00:02:47,733 --> 00:02:50,733 WASN'T QUITE AS MUCH MENTION 92 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:52,700 OF CHICAGO TONIGHT, BUT COOK 93 00:02:50,733 --> 00:02:54,166 COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM 94 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:54,900 FOXX DID GOT CALLED OUT BY 95 00:02:54,166 --> 00:02:56,933 NAME BY ONE OF THE SO-CALLED 96 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:59,833 EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO THE RNC 97 00:02:56,933 --> 00:03:01,033 IS FEATURING EACH EVENING. YOU 98 00:02:59,833 --> 00:03:04,066 KNOW, SHE WAS LISTED IN A 99 00:03:01,033 --> 00:03:05,600 LAUNDRY LIST OF WITH THE 100 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:06,966 PROGRESSIVE BENT THAT 101 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,000 REPUBLICANS HAVE TARGETED FOR 102 00:03:06,966 --> 00:03:10,133 WHAT THEY SEE IS NOT 103 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,066 APPROPRIATELY PROSECUTING 104 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:11,633 VIOLENT CRIME. SHE WASN'T 105 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:13,133 TARGETED TONIGHT FOR 106 00:03:11,633 --> 00:03:14,966 ABANDONING MINORITY 107 00:03:13,133 --> 00:03:17,033 COMMUNITIES. NOW, AS WE TALKED 108 00:03:14,966 --> 00:03:18,100 ABOUT LAST NIGHT, SOUTH 109 00:03:17,033 --> 00:03:19,766 CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT 110 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:20,566 TOOK SOME JABS AT CHICAGO 111 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:22,566 TALKING ABOUT ITS VIOLENT 112 00:03:20,566 --> 00:03:24,500 CRIME RATE. IT'S UNDERFUNDED 113 00:03:22,566 --> 00:03:26,366 SCHOOLS. SCOTT ALSO SPOKE AT 114 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,500 AN EVENT WE WENT TO EARLIER 115 00:03:26,366 --> 00:03:30,366 TODAY. IT WAS A GATHERING OF 116 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:31,600 BLACK REPUBLICANS CONVENED BY 117 00:03:30,366 --> 00:03:34,333 AURORA MAYOR RICHARD IRVIN WAS 118 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,400 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AN 119 00:03:34,333 --> 00:03:36,366 ORGANIZATION THAT IRVING HAS 120 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,766 FOUNDED CALLED BLACK 121 00:03:36,366 --> 00:03:38,733 REPUBLICAN MAYORS ASSOCIATION. 122 00:03:37,766 --> 00:03:40,800 AND WE ASKED URBAN FOR HIS 123 00:03:38,733 --> 00:03:42,433 TAKE ON SCOTT'S COMMENTS ON 124 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,500 CHICAGO. URBAN TOLD ME THAT 125 00:03:42,433 --> 00:03:46,700 WHILE HE WISHES MAYOR BRANDON 126 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,366 JOHNSON WELL, HE THINKS THAT 127 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:51,366 DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IS 128 00:03:47,366 --> 00:03:55,033 FAILING. CHICAGOANS. BLESS OUR 129 00:03:51,366 --> 00:03:56,966 GREAT NATION. FROM PROJECT 130 00:03:55,033 --> 00:03:58,133 GOOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 131 00:03:56,966 --> 00:04:03,366 CHICAGO TO ALL 4 CORNERS OF 132 00:03:58,133 --> 00:04:04,066 THE GREAT NATION. FROM THE 133 00:04:03,366 --> 00:04:04,800 HEELS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND 134 00:04:04,066 --> 00:04:08,433 TENNESSEE TO BEVERLY HILLS IN 135 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:16,500 CALIFORNIA. ALL THE WAY. TO 136 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:17,233 THE HOMIES IN LOS ANGELES. AND 137 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:17,866 THAT WAS, OF COURSE, PASTOR 138 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:18,800 COREY BROOKS. WE'VE GOT A 139 00:04:17,866 --> 00:04:21,433 LITTLE BIT OF BENEDICTION AT 140 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,533 THE END IN THERE FOR YOU. NOW, 141 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:24,166 LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT MAYOR 142 00:04:22,533 --> 00:04:24,866 RICHARD IRVIN HAD TO SAY ABOUT 143 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:29,500 SENATOR SCOTT'S COMMENTS ON 144 00:04:24,866 --> 00:04:30,433 CHICAGO. ON THE SOUTH SIDE 145 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:32,266 WEST SIDE AFTER AMERICANS 146 00:04:30,433 --> 00:04:33,000 STILL STRUGGLING AND 147 00:04:32,266 --> 00:04:33,700 STRUGGLING FOR GENERATIONS. A 148 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,533 MATTER OF FACT, JUST JUST 149 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:38,833 RECENTLY HAD MIGRANTS COMING 150 00:04:35,533 --> 00:04:40,633 TO COMING COME INTO THE 151 00:04:38,833 --> 00:04:41,366 COUNTRY MAY SPEND MORE MONEY. 152 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:42,066 HYBRIDS 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN 153 00:04:41,366 --> 00:04:42,633 IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT 154 00:04:42,066 --> 00:04:47,433 HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 155 00:04:42,633 --> 00:04:48,433 GENERATIONS. YOU MIGHT 156 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:50,266 REMEMBER URBAN'S EVENTUALLY 157 00:04:48,433 --> 00:04:53,133 UNSUCCESSFUL BID FOR THE GOP 158 00:04:50,266 --> 00:04:54,233 GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IN 2022. 159 00:04:53,133 --> 00:04:56,000 IN THAT RACE, HE EVENTUALLY 160 00:04:54,233 --> 00:04:56,733 CAME IN 3RD DESPITE HAVING 161 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,966 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING 162 00:04:56,733 --> 00:05:01,200 FROM HEDGE FUND BILLIONAIRE 163 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:03,000 KEN GRIFFIN. NOW DURING THAT 164 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,200 RACE, URBAN WAS SLAMMED BY 165 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,166 SOME CRITICS AS BEING 166 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,533 INSUFFICIENTLY CONSERVATIVE 167 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:07,366 FOR HIS PAST SUPPORT OF BLACK 168 00:05:06,533 --> 00:05:11,133 LIVES MATTER AND ROARS. PRIDE 169 00:05:07,366 --> 00:05:12,400 PARADE. AMONG OTHER THINGS. 170 00:05:11,133 --> 00:05:15,866 NOW AT THAT WBTW NEWS OBTAIN 171 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,533 TAX WHERE URBAN DESCRIBED 172 00:05:15,866 --> 00:05:21,000 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS 173 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:21,733 BIGOTED AND IDIOT. WE ASKED 174 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,400 URBAN TODAY ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS 175 00:05:21,733 --> 00:05:23,833 CRITICISM OF TRUMP AND HIS 176 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,900 STANCE ON THIS UPCOMING 177 00:05:23,833 --> 00:05:27,966 ELECTION. AND HE SAID, LOOK, 178 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:29,266 THE CHOICE IS CLEAR DESCRIBING 179 00:05:27,966 --> 00:05:30,300 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS AN 180 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:31,033 ELDERLY MAN AND SAYING THAT 181 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:36,366 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STRONG AND 182 00:05:31,033 --> 00:05:37,700 POWERFUL. IT'S CLEAR CHOICES. 183 00:05:36,366 --> 00:05:40,900 AND ALTHOUGH I'VE A CRITICAL 184 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:41,533 OF MANY OF OUR LOOK THIS IS 185 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:42,500 THAT I THINK RIGHTLY SO. 186 00:05:41,533 --> 00:05:44,433 DECIDED OPEN HIS EYES THE ALL 187 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,200 TIME. DON'T MEAN I DON'T 188 00:05:44,433 --> 00:05:49,900 BELIEVE WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES 189 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:50,833 TO GO FORWARD. NOW, GIVEN THAT 190 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:51,466 HE'S LAUNCHED AN ORGANIZATION 191 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:53,333 BRINGING TOGETHER BLACK 192 00:05:51,466 --> 00:05:55,266 ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM AROUND 193 00:05:53,333 --> 00:05:56,633 THE COUNTRY AND GIVEN THAT 194 00:05:55,266 --> 00:05:58,400 PREVIOUS RUN FOR HIGHER 195 00:05:56,633 --> 00:05:59,333 OFFICE, WE ALSO ASKED URBAN 196 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,900 ABOUT HIS FUTURE POLITICAL 197 00:05:59,333 --> 00:06:03,466 PLANS, HIS TERM AS MAYOR IS UP 198 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:05,466 IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. AND 199 00:06:03,466 --> 00:06:06,833 BRAND IS HE TOLD US RIGHT NOW 200 00:06:05,466 --> 00:06:10,033 SERVING AS MAYOR OF AURORA IS 201 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:11,433 WHERE HE IS MEANT TO BE. ALL 202 00:06:10,033 --> 00:06:12,166 RIGHT. NIC BLUMBERG, THANKS SO 203 00:06:11,433 --> 00:06:14,266 MUCH. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN JUST 204 00:06:12,166 --> 00:06:16,400 A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE 205 00:06:14,266 --> 00:06:17,400 PROGRAM. BUT NEXT, AMANDA BEEN 206 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,166 A KEY HAS BEEN INSIDE 207 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,100 MILWAUKEE'S PFIZER FORUM THIS 208 00:06:19,166 --> 00:06:21,866 EVENING. AMANDA JOINS US NOW 209 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:29,000 WITH A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS 210 00:06:21,866 --> 00:06:30,266 DELEGATION. AMANDA. YES, I'M 211 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,233 HERE WITH A MEMBER OF THE 212 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:34,400 ILLINOIS ACTUALLY ALSO THE 213 00:06:32,233 --> 00:06:35,100 CHAIR OF THE PALATINE TOWNSHIP 214 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,200 OR REPUBLICAN PARTIES. SO 215 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:38,566 THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIN DAMAR. 216 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,400 WE WERE A BIT SURPRISED AT 217 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:41,500 LEAST HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF 218 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,966 YOUR FELLOW DELEGATES GET 219 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,700 CHICAGO DIDN'T COME UP MORE 220 00:06:43,966 --> 00:06:46,066 OFTEN. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP 221 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,600 A LOT OF REPUBLICANS SPEAK 222 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:50,100 ABOUT VIOLENT SUMMER. 223 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,666 DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE WRONG 224 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:53,400 GIVING CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AS 225 00:06:52,666 --> 00:06:56,666 EVIDENCE RE RE YOU SURPRISED 226 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:58,300 BY THAT AS WELL? A LITTLE 227 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:59,966 SURPRISED ABOUT IT. BUT SEEING 228 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:01,466 THAT THE DELEGATION FROM THE 229 00:06:59,966 --> 00:07:02,500 GREAT STATE OF THE WE CAME 126 230 00:07:01,466 --> 00:07:03,233 PEOPLE STRONG, RIGHT CLOSE TO 231 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:03,966 STAGE. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY 232 00:07:03,233 --> 00:07:05,833 THEY DON'T WANT SEE SO MUCH 233 00:07:03,966 --> 00:07:07,033 ABOUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. 234 00:07:05,833 --> 00:07:07,666 BUT, YOU KNOW, A CRIME BEEN 235 00:07:07,033 --> 00:07:08,366 EMERGING ISSUE. THAT'S 236 00:07:07,666 --> 00:07:09,566 SOMETHING THAT SERIOUSLY HAS 237 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:10,933 INTEREST IN CHICAGO. AS YOU 238 00:07:09,566 --> 00:07:12,666 KNOW, DURING THE RECENT 4TH OF 239 00:07:10,933 --> 00:07:14,000 JULY WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, OVER 240 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,166 100 PEOPLE SHOT. SO THAT IS A 241 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,900 TOP ISSUE FOR THE PRESIDENT. 242 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:18,133 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT 243 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:19,666 KIND POINTS AND VISION HAS 244 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:20,733 PRODUCED COME CONSTITUTION. 245 00:07:19,666 --> 00:07:21,700 WHAT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT 246 00:07:20,733 --> 00:07:22,866 TONIGHT? THAT WAS THE THE 247 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:24,200 ENTIRE FOCUS MAKING AMERICA 248 00:07:22,866 --> 00:07:25,133 SAFE ONCE AGAIN. I THINK THEY 249 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,566 GIVE A LOT OF GREAT EXAMPLES 250 00:07:25,133 --> 00:07:27,333 OF HOW THERE HAS BEEN REAL 251 00:07:26,566 --> 00:07:28,966 LIFE ISSUES RUNNING. A LOT OF 252 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:31,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY 253 00:07:28,966 --> 00:07:32,133 CRIME. I THINK THEY NEED TO 254 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,900 LOOK AT IT FROM HOLISTIC 255 00:07:32,133 --> 00:07:33,600 APPROACH AND WITH ARE GOING TO 256 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:35,966 BE ABLE ALLOCATE DIFFERENT 257 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,300 FEDERAL FUNDS TO SOME OF THE 258 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:38,400 CITIES AND DESPERATELY NEEDED 259 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:39,133 THOSE FUNDS. NOW WE'RE GOING 260 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,600 STEM SOME OF THE IMMIGRATION 261 00:07:39,133 --> 00:07:42,533 ISSUE THAT SEEN ACROSS THE 262 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:45,700 COUNTRY IN OTHER WAYS THAT WE 263 00:07:42,533 --> 00:07:46,366 CAN ALSO. AND NOW YOU MIGHT 264 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:47,866 CREATE HOLISTIC APPROACH, 265 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:49,866 GIVING PEOPLE THEIR DEFENSIVE 266 00:07:47,866 --> 00:07:50,566 DUTIES FOR DRUG ABUSE AND 267 00:07:49,866 --> 00:07:51,433 PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE 268 00:07:50,566 --> 00:07:52,833 PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES 269 00:07:51,433 --> 00:07:53,533 ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES IN THE 270 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:54,666 TOP. YOU FEEL LIKE THE 271 00:07:53,533 --> 00:07:55,566 UNOFFICIAL THEME OF TONIGHT 272 00:07:54,666 --> 00:07:58,633 WAS HEARING FROM SOME OF 273 00:07:55,566 --> 00:08:00,466 TRUMP'S RIVALS IN THE PRIMARY 274 00:07:58,633 --> 00:08:02,633 IF THERE WAS A SOMEWHAT MUTED 275 00:08:00,466 --> 00:08:03,600 RESPONSE, WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE? 276 00:08:02,633 --> 00:08:05,866 WHAT DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM 277 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,766 GOVERNOR DESANTIS FROM 278 00:08:05,866 --> 00:08:07,633 AMBASSADOR HALEY KIND OF FEEL 279 00:08:06,766 --> 00:08:08,333 LIKE FAMILY REUNION A LITTLE 280 00:08:07,633 --> 00:08:09,666 BIT DIDN'T. WE'RE TRYING TO 281 00:08:08,333 --> 00:08:10,833 BRING EVERYONE BACK INTO THE 282 00:08:09,666 --> 00:08:11,733 FOLD. BUT I THINK IT'S 283 00:08:10,833 --> 00:08:13,633 IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO SHOW 284 00:08:11,733 --> 00:08:15,466 UNITY. WE WANT TO SHOW 285 00:08:13,633 --> 00:08:17,100 RESILIENCE THAT WE GET ALL THE 286 00:08:15,466 --> 00:08:17,833 OTHER DETRACTORS NRA BOARD. 287 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:18,766 LISTEN FOR. THERE'S A LOT OF 288 00:08:17,833 --> 00:08:19,766 PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. YOU 289 00:08:18,766 --> 00:08:21,333 KNOW, ME KNOW THOUSANDS HERE, 290 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:22,133 NOT A LOT OF THEM WERE ON 291 00:08:21,333 --> 00:08:24,466 BOARD IN 2016 AND THERE'S BEEN 292 00:08:22,133 --> 00:08:26,466 EVOLUTION OF PEOPLE GETTING 293 00:08:24,466 --> 00:08:30,300 MORE AND SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT 294 00:08:26,466 --> 00:08:32,266 TRUMP. A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO 295 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:33,566 THE PROGRESS DID DURING HIS 296 00:08:32,266 --> 00:08:35,133 ELECTION PRESIDENT. DID ANY OF 297 00:08:33,566 --> 00:08:36,600 THAT RING HOLLOW, THOUGH? YOU 298 00:08:35,133 --> 00:08:37,366 HAD SO MUCH CRITICISM, EVEN 299 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,100 FRANKLY, HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL 300 00:08:37,366 --> 00:08:40,066 PICK BEING A QUOTE, UNQUOTE, 301 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:42,266 NEVER TRUMPER ONES ON TIME. 302 00:08:40,066 --> 00:08:43,233 DID THAT. IT IS THIS A SIGN 303 00:08:42,266 --> 00:08:44,233 THAT YOU HAVE TO BE WITH TRUMP 304 00:08:43,233 --> 00:08:46,200 OR YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN THE 305 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:47,366 PARTY? I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY 306 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,266 OPPOSITE. YOU THINK THAT THAT 307 00:08:47,366 --> 00:08:49,033 SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 308 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:49,733 AND, YOU KNOW, JD VANCE OR TO 309 00:08:49,033 --> 00:08:50,500 BRING PEOPLE IN THAT WERE 310 00:08:49,733 --> 00:08:52,366 DETRACTORS AS LONG AS THEY'VE 311 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:53,566 COME ALONG NOW BECAUSE THEY 312 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:54,366 KNOW THAT WE NEED EVERY 313 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:56,400 REPUBLICAN ON BOARD. WE NEVER 314 00:08:54,366 --> 00:08:58,633 EVERY PERSON EVERY VOTER THAT 315 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,300 OUTING TO GET ON BOARD WITH 316 00:08:58,633 --> 00:09:01,400 CAN TAKE IT BECAUSE EVEN 317 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:02,600 THOUGH WE ARE BEATING JOE 318 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,300 BIDEN BY OVER 6 POINTS, IT'S 319 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,433 GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE IN 320 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:07,300 NOVEMBER. AND WE JUST HAVE A 321 00:09:05,433 --> 00:09:08,533 IF YOU A LITTLE BIT LEFT, BUT 322 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:10,566 YOU PUT YOUR HAT IN THE RING 323 00:09:08,533 --> 00:09:12,300 TO BE THE NEXT CHAIR OF THE 324 00:09:10,566 --> 00:09:13,766 ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY. YOU 325 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:14,500 TOOK YOUR NAME OUT, BUT WHAT 326 00:09:13,766 --> 00:09:16,433 ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH? 327 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,466 THE MINGO THAT WAS MAKE SURE 328 00:09:16,433 --> 00:09:18,500 THAT ALL THE GRASS ROOTS 329 00:09:17,466 --> 00:09:20,400 PEOPLE WHEN I SAY GRASSROOTS, 330 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:21,133 I MEAN, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT 331 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,466 COME TO PARADES, THEY'RE NOT 332 00:09:21,133 --> 00:09:23,366 GOING TO WAS LAWN SIGNS ON THE 333 00:09:22,466 --> 00:09:24,100 GROUND GO TO MONTHLY MEETINGS 334 00:09:23,366 --> 00:09:24,866 AGO TO LINCOLN DAY DINNERS. I 335 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,733 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 336 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:28,466 HAD A VOICE FOR PART TOO LONG. 337 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:29,166 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND A LOT OF 338 00:09:28,466 --> 00:09:30,900 THE DONOR CLASS AND TURNED A 339 00:09:29,166 --> 00:09:31,800 DEAF EAR TO THAT GROUP AND BY 340 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:33,466 RUNNING TO GETTING A LOT OF 341 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,700 DRESSES SUPPORT FROM ALL OVER 342 00:09:33,466 --> 00:09:37,066 THE STATE. THERE'S 102 343 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:40,600 COUNTIES, 32 OF THEM OR DURING 344 00:09:37,066 --> 00:09:41,366 THIS RACE. I GAVE BUT 345 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,166 ULTIMATELY THE MOST WERE BUT I 346 00:09:41,366 --> 00:09:42,800 WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES 347 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:43,533 WERE WELL, THANK YOU FOR 348 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,233 SHARING YOUR VOICE. THAT OUR 349 00:09:43,533 --> 00:09:47,366 VIEWERS THIS EVENING. ONCE 350 00:09:44,233 --> 00:09:48,433 AGAIN, THAT IS MR. ALL RIGHT, 351 00:09:47,366 --> 00:09:49,133 AMANDA, THANK YOU. AND OF 352 00:09:48,433 --> 00:09:49,833 COURSE, THANKS TO A AIR AND 353 00:09:49,133 --> 00:09:51,400 OMAR FOR JOINING MAYBE WE'LL 354 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:53,566 SEE YOU AGAIN IN JUST A BIT. 355 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,300 OF COURSE, BUT FOR MORE 356 00:09:53,566 --> 00:09:55,033 ANALYSIS ON THE SECOND NIGHT 357 00:09:54,300 --> 00:09:58,533 OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, 358 00:09:55,033 --> 00:09:59,233 WE'RE JOINED NOW BY ERIC 359 00:09:58,533 --> 00:10:00,300 NESBITT NESBITT AGAIN, THANK 360 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:01,266 YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 361 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:03,100 POLICY ANALYSIS AND 362 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:04,066 COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR AT 363 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:05,366 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. SO 364 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:06,866 TONIGHT'S THEME, WE'VE BEEN 365 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:07,633 TALKING ABOUT IT A BIT. MAKE 366 00:10:06,866 --> 00:10:10,533 AMERICA SAFE ONCE AGAIN. WHAT 367 00:10:07,633 --> 00:10:12,500 DID YOU HEAR TONIGHT? WELL, 368 00:10:10,533 --> 00:10:13,200 REALLY IT WAS REALLY MORE 369 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,400 ABOUT IMMIGRATION WITH CRIME 370 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,900 SUBSERVIENT TO THAT RIGHT? SO 371 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:20,966 IT'S REALLY ABOUT CRIME IS 372 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:22,066 ONLY SECONDARY. IMMIGRATION IS 373 00:10:20,966 --> 00:10:24,200 FRONT AND CENTER WAS ABOUT THE 374 00:10:22,066 --> 00:10:26,133 SO-CALLED INVASION ACROSS THE 375 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,933 BORDER. AND THEY REALLY PUT 376 00:10:26,133 --> 00:10:30,900 OUT THEY HAD STORIES AND 377 00:10:27,933 --> 00:10:31,566 POLICY INTER WATT INTERTWINED 378 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:35,166 TO BASICALLY PROVIDE SERVE 379 00:10:31,566 --> 00:10:36,233 THIS CONTEXT THAT IMMIGRATION 380 00:10:35,166 --> 00:10:38,066 IS THE FOREMOST PROBLEM WE 381 00:10:36,233 --> 00:10:38,800 NEED TO DEAL RIGHT, WHICH IS 382 00:10:38,066 --> 00:10:42,733 PRETTY MUCH HAS TRUMPS LOGIC 383 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:43,600 SINCE 2016, I THOUGHT IT WAS A 384 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:45,633 PRETTY DECENT SIZE DEPARTURE, 385 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,400 BUT ALSO EVIDENCE OF THE SHIFT 386 00:10:45,633 --> 00:10:48,533 OF THE PARTY THAT ONCE UPON A 387 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,266 TIME SORT YOU KNOW, THE CRIME 388 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:50,566 AND PUNISHMENT TOUGH ON CRIME 389 00:10:49,266 --> 00:10:53,233 KIND OF RHETORIC THAT WE 390 00:10:50,566 --> 00:10:55,333 TYPICALLY HEAR ON THE PUBLIC 391 00:10:53,233 --> 00:10:56,066 SAFETY THAT THAT WAS NOT THE 392 00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:57,300 MESSAGING THAT WE HEARD 393 00:10:56,066 --> 00:10:58,633 TONIGHT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A 394 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:00,600 DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE USUALLY 395 00:10:58,633 --> 00:11:01,400 HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC CRIME IS 396 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,933 SIMPLY USED AS A MEANS TO MAKE 397 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,333 ARGUMENT ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 398 00:11:02,933 --> 00:11:06,066 ALL RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY 399 00:11:05,333 --> 00:11:07,600 MAKE CLAIMS ABOUT IMMIGRATION 400 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:12,033 FORTUNE NOT BASED ON FACT. ALL 401 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:15,200 RIGHT. AND THEY ONE. MIGRANTS 402 00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:16,133 ACTUALLY COMMIT LESS CRIME. 403 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,766 THAT'S LIKELY BEING PRESENT 404 00:11:16,133 --> 00:11:19,000 ACTUALLY DRIVE ECONOMIC 405 00:11:17,766 --> 00:11:20,833 GROWTH. AND THESE ARE THINGS 406 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,466 THAT ARE SORT OF JUST IT'S A 407 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:24,833 OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY 408 00:11:21,466 --> 00:11:25,866 RECOMMEND GETTING TONIGHT. AND 409 00:11:24,833 --> 00:11:26,766 YOU YOU MENTION ONE FACT 410 00:11:25,866 --> 00:11:27,700 CHECK. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS 411 00:11:26,766 --> 00:11:30,566 THERE TRUTH ALL THEIR 412 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:32,633 ARGUMENTS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN 413 00:11:30,566 --> 00:11:33,333 THE UNITED STATES? NOT BASIS 414 00:11:32,633 --> 00:11:34,000 THAT DISTANCE? YOU KNOW, IF 415 00:11:33,333 --> 00:11:36,266 YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE 416 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,966 ACTUAL HARD EVIDENCE, NOT, YOU 417 00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:37,633 KNOW, KNOWING THE STORIES ARE 418 00:11:36,966 --> 00:11:39,066 SHARED TONIGHT, WHICH ARE 419 00:11:37,633 --> 00:11:42,066 TRAGIC. ALL RIGHT. AND THOSE 420 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:42,633 ARE PERSONAL STORIES, BUT 421 00:11:42,066 --> 00:11:43,366 THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY 422 00:11:42,633 --> 00:11:46,266 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACTUAL 423 00:11:43,366 --> 00:11:47,233 DATA WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME 424 00:11:46,266 --> 00:11:50,133 AND IMMIGRATION, ECONOMIC 425 00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:51,100 GROWTH AND IMMIGRATION. AND 426 00:11:50,133 --> 00:11:51,866 LISTEN, WE HAVE THE 427 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:54,900 OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PASS A 428 00:11:51,866 --> 00:11:56,300 LAW LAST YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE 429 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:57,300 BEEN A COMPROMISE DEMOCRATS, 430 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:58,200 REPUBLICANS TO DEAL WITH 431 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:02,200 IMMIGRATION, GAVE SOMETHING 432 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,866 BOTH PARTIES TRUMP SCUTTLED 433 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,566 AND HE'S CALLED BECAUSE I 434 00:12:02,866 --> 00:12:04,266 WOULDN'T GET TAKEN AWAY. HIS 435 00:12:03,566 --> 00:12:06,533 NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT HE'S 436 00:12:04,266 --> 00:12:09,566 CAMPAIGNING OUT RIGHT NOW. A 437 00:12:06,533 --> 00:12:11,766 COUPLE YOU KNOW, DRAMATIC 438 00:12:09,566 --> 00:12:13,366 OBVIOUSLY THERE THE ONE WE 439 00:12:11,766 --> 00:12:17,166 HEARD THE SO-CALLED EVERYDAY 440 00:12:13,366 --> 00:12:17,933 AMERICAN MOM GAME AND AND FUN 441 00:12:17,166 --> 00:12:20,133 ARE SPEAKING ABOUT LOSING HER 442 00:12:17,933 --> 00:12:21,900 TEENAGE SON TO FENTANYL, LEAST 443 00:12:20,133 --> 00:12:22,933 OPIOIDS COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 444 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:24,433 BLAMING ANYONE THAT SUPPORTS 445 00:12:22,933 --> 00:12:26,033 OPEN BORDERS FOR HIS DEATH. 446 00:12:24,433 --> 00:12:28,200 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OPEN WATERS 447 00:12:26,033 --> 00:12:29,366 ARE THE SOURCE OF THE ANOTHER 448 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,000 ONE. ANOTHER MOM, THOUGH, IS 449 00:12:29,366 --> 00:12:32,700 YOU SORT OF HAD A DIFFERENT 450 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,800 POSITION, MADELINE, BRAME AND 451 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:36,166 ACTIVISTS IN A MOTHER WHO LOST 452 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,900 HER WHO WAS A VETERAN TO A 453 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:38,800 STABBING IN NEW YORK. SHE 454 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:40,000 CALLED OUT THE PROSECUTORS, 455 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,033 INCLUDING THIS IS THE ONE 456 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,933 INSTANCE WHERE WE DID HEAR 457 00:12:41,033 --> 00:12:42,833 CHICAGO GETTING NAME CHECK 458 00:12:41,933 --> 00:12:45,400 WHERE SHE CALLED COOK COUNTY 459 00:12:42,833 --> 00:12:46,266 STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX. 460 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,633 THERE WAS A BIT OF THE BACK. 461 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:51,766 THE BLUE. DID YOU EXPECT TO 462 00:12:48,633 --> 00:12:53,700 HEAR MORE OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT 463 00:12:51,766 --> 00:12:54,300 DID YOU HEAR OF THE SORT OF 464 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:56,600 SUPPORTING THE POLICE 465 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:57,933 OPPOSITION TO DEFUNDING THE 466 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,766 POLICE ARGUMENTS? IT WAS IT 467 00:12:57,933 --> 00:13:02,233 WAS BARELY THERE. I MEAN, THEY 468 00:12:58,766 --> 00:13:03,166 HAD A POLICE OFFICER ON, BUT 469 00:13:02,233 --> 00:13:05,266 THE MOST HORRIBLE STORIES WITH 470 00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:06,833 THE STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO 471 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:10,733 HAD LOST LOVED ONES LINKED TO 472 00:13:06,833 --> 00:13:12,566 IMMIGRATION. RIGHT WHEN THAT 473 00:13:10,733 --> 00:13:13,533 MOTHERS TALKED ABOUT HER 474 00:13:12,566 --> 00:13:15,200 BOSTON DRUGS, PEOPLE ARE 475 00:13:13,533 --> 00:13:17,400 STANDING UP AND CRYING AS A 476 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,433 POWERFUL MOMENT. AND THAT'S 477 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,666 WHAT POLICE ARE CUT SOME OF 478 00:13:18,433 --> 00:13:21,400 THE CLOUD OF THE MESSAGES. AND 479 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:22,233 THAT WAS A POWERFUL MOMENT. 480 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:22,933 YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A COLLEAGUE 481 00:13:22,233 --> 00:13:25,400 THAT PBS NEWS HOUR JUST A 482 00:13:22,933 --> 00:13:26,100 MOMENT AGO, REFERRING TO THE 483 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,966 SPEECHES FROM SENATOR MARCO 484 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:31,933 RUBIO. AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY. 485 00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:35,233 BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS SORT OF A 486 00:13:31,933 --> 00:13:36,033 CHILL NIGHT. IT SEEMED APPROVE 487 00:13:35,233 --> 00:13:37,266 BROAD A BIT OF, YOU KNOW, 488 00:13:36,033 --> 00:13:38,100 MIGRANTS ARE COMING TO RAPE 489 00:13:37,266 --> 00:13:40,100 YOUR WOMEN MOMENT, WHICH IS 490 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,766 VERY HARD BACK TO SOME OF THE 491 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:42,533 VERY RACIST RHETORIC HAD 492 00:13:40,766 --> 00:13:43,200 HISTORICALLY IN OUR COUNTRY 493 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:46,333 BUT OVERALL, I THINK THEY 494 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,400 START WANTED SHOW THEY WANTED 495 00:13:46,333 --> 00:13:48,033 A HUMAN ICE. TRUMP. THEY 496 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,433 DIDN'T. YOU WANTED SOME 497 00:13:48,033 --> 00:13:50,200 INTEREST BUT NO DRAMA. HE 498 00:13:49,433 --> 00:13:52,366 THREW OUT SOME RED MEAT TO THE 499 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,000 BASE ON THESE ISSUES. THEY 500 00:13:52,366 --> 00:13:56,633 BROUGHT IN A MARCO RUBIO AND 501 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,800 NIKKI HALEY TO BE SORT OF THIS 502 00:13:56,633 --> 00:14:02,100 TRANSITIONAL BRIDGE SERVE 503 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,933 ALMOST THEY HAD LAURA TRIPS 504 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:03,800 AND THE NIGHT POSITIVE THING. 505 00:14:02,933 --> 00:14:04,900 THEY'RE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT 506 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,666 THEY'RE KIND OF COMFORTABLE IN 507 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:07,700 THIS POSITION AS THE PARTY OF 508 00:14:06,666 --> 00:14:09,866 TRUMP AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO 509 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:10,600 FIGHT QUITE AS MUCH. VERY 510 00:14:09,866 --> 00:14:12,000 COMFORTABLE. YEAH, THAT PINK 511 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,066 PANTS. I MEAN, THEY THERE 512 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,866 WON'T LISTEN THEIR HEAD IN THE 513 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:19,066 POLLS. THEY HAVE MATCHED ON 514 00:14:16,866 --> 00:14:19,800 DONATIONS RIGHT? THEY FEEL 515 00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:21,033 PRETTY COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY 516 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,766 ARE IN THE ELECTION NOW THEY 517 00:14:21,033 --> 00:14:22,500 NEED TO BE DRAMATIC, RIGHT? 518 00:14:21,766 --> 00:14:24,333 WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO 519 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:25,033 KEEP YOU AROUND. ERIC HAS 520 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:28,200 THANK YOU NEWS, BUT THANK YOU 521 00:14:25,033 --> 00:14:28,933 SO BECAUSE WE'RE BACK WITH THE 522 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,200 WHOLE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM 523 00:14:28,933 --> 00:14:31,066 FOR MORE ANALYSIS OF TODAY'S 524 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,800 EVENTS AND A LOOK AT WHAT TO 525 00:14:31,066 --> 00:14:35,233 EXPECT FOR TOMORROW. BUT AFTER 526 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:37,766 THIS. CHICAGO TONIGHT, HE'S 527 00:14:35,233 --> 00:14:38,433 MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE 528 00:14:37,766 --> 00:14:40,933 ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS 529 00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:44,000 FAMILY. THE GYM AND CAME MAYBE 530 00:14:40,933 --> 00:14:47,600 FAMILY. THE POPE BROTHERS 531 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:57,766 FOUNDATION. AND THE SUPPORT OF 532 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:57,766 THESE 533 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:03,633 AND WE'RE JOINED NOW BY 534 00:15:02,366 --> 00:15:04,533 HEATHER SHARON AND NICK 535 00:15:03,633 --> 00:15:05,433 BLUMBERG REPORTING FROM 536 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:06,166 MILWAUKEE AS WELL AND OF IN A 537 00:15:05,433 --> 00:15:08,933 KEYS. STILL INSIDE MILWAUKEE'S 538 00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:09,600 PFIZER FOR HIM AND HERE IN THE 539 00:15:08,933 --> 00:15:10,166 STUDIO. JOINING US AGAIN. 540 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,566 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 541 00:15:10,166 --> 00:15:13,633 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S ERIK 542 00:15:11,566 --> 00:15:14,266 NISBET. SO HEATHER, LET'S 543 00:15:13,633 --> 00:15:15,266 START WITH YOU, PLEASE 544 00:15:14,266 --> 00:15:16,400 TONIGHT, CLOSING IT OUT. WAS 545 00:15:15,266 --> 00:15:18,000 CHICAGO PASTOR COREY BROOKS 546 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,166 MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT THE 547 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,900 RNC DELIVERING THE CLOSING 548 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:26,566 PRAYER. WHY WAS HE CHOSEN FOR 549 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:27,300 THIS ROLE? WELL, HE'S EXACTLY 550 00:15:26,566 --> 00:15:29,500 THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT 551 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:31,466 REPUBLICANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO 552 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:35,333 APPEAL TO. HE'S BLACK. HE'S 553 00:15:31,466 --> 00:15:36,733 FROM PRIMARILY DEMOCRATIC CITY 554 00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:37,366 AND HE'S SOMEBODY WHO WAS 555 00:15:36,733 --> 00:15:38,133 REJECTED, SORT OF THAT 556 00:15:37,366 --> 00:15:41,466 GOVERNING EAST FOES. HE'S ALSO 557 00:15:38,133 --> 00:15:42,566 SOMEBODY WHO SAYS THAT, YOU 558 00:15:41,466 --> 00:15:44,500 KNOW, BLACK PEOPLE WHO VOTE 559 00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:45,566 FOR DEMOCRATS OFTEN DO SO 560 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:46,300 UNTHINKINGLY. AND THAT IS 561 00:15:45,566 --> 00:15:48,733 BECAUSE SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T 562 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:50,533 THOUGHT ABOUT SORT OF WHAT 563 00:15:48,733 --> 00:15:51,800 THEY'RE DOING. HE SEES SORT OF 564 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:53,733 CHICAGO'S BLACK COMMUNITY AS 565 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,533 MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN YOU 566 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:57,033 WOULD THINK. HE'S ALSO 567 00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:59,533 SOMEBODY WHO SAYS HE'S BEEN 568 00:15:57,033 --> 00:16:00,300 SORT OF TARGETED FOR HIS 569 00:15:59,533 --> 00:16:01,000 POLITICAL BELIEFS. HE'S 570 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:04,500 BUILDING A MASSIVE COMMUNITY 571 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,166 CENTER AND WOODLAWN. HE IS 572 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:07,500 ASKED THE CITY FOR HELP 573 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:09,866 BUILDING THAT FACILITY AND HE 574 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,733 HAS NOT GOTTEN. HE SAYS ANY 575 00:16:09,866 --> 00:16:11,466 HELP FROM THE CITY AND HE 576 00:16:10,733 --> 00:16:14,800 BELIEVES THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S 577 00:16:11,466 --> 00:16:16,066 NOT A DEMOCRAT. AND THAT IS 578 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,000 EXACTLY IN LINE WITH SORT OF 579 00:16:16,066 --> 00:16:21,833 THIS NARRATIVE OF SORT OF, YOU 580 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,500 KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING 581 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:24,233 TARGETED BY THE POLITICAL 582 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:27,200 ELITE THAT DONALD TRUMP REALLY 583 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:28,266 SORT AND EMBRACES. AND THAT IS 584 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,066 WHY COREY BROOKS GOT SUCH A 585 00:16:28,266 --> 00:16:32,966 HUGE SPOTLIGHT TODAY. I'M SURE 586 00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:33,633 THAT HE HOPES THAT IT WILL 587 00:16:32,966 --> 00:16:37,100 TRANSLATE INTO ADDITIONAL 588 00:16:33,633 --> 00:16:38,366 DOLLARS THAT HE CAN USE TO 589 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,400 HELP THE PEOPLE THAT HE SERVES 590 00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:43,366 IN ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST 591 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:45,466 VIOLENT NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT 592 00:16:43,366 --> 00:16:46,666 BERG, TODAY'S MAJOR THEMES, OF 593 00:16:45,466 --> 00:16:47,566 COURSE, THE CONVENTION, SAFETY 594 00:16:46,666 --> 00:16:48,300 AND HOW ARE REPUBLICANS 595 00:16:47,566 --> 00:16:53,633 APPROACHING THIS ISSUE AT THE 596 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:54,900 DNC AND RNC EXCUSE ME? IT 597 00:16:53,633 --> 00:16:57,000 DON'T RUSH US. WE'LL GET TO 598 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:57,733 NO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU YOU 599 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,733 AND PROFESSOR THAT, YOU KNOW 600 00:16:57,733 --> 00:17:00,833 THIS. BUT RIGHT ON THE MONEY 601 00:16:58,733 --> 00:17:01,500 THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT 602 00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:02,133 THAT THIS WAS SO HEAVILY 603 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,800 FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN 604 00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:05,733 BORDER. THEY TALKED A LOT 605 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,466 ABOUT HOW THE BIDEN HARRIS 606 00:17:05,733 --> 00:17:09,533 ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED THE 607 00:17:07,466 --> 00:17:12,300 BORDERS. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, 608 00:17:09,533 --> 00:17:13,466 EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS A 609 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:15,500 MOVE TO YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO 610 00:17:13,466 --> 00:17:17,733 ASYLUM SEEKERS IN A SORT OF 611 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,400 PUTTING PERHAPS I'M PUTTING 612 00:17:17,733 --> 00:17:19,466 THE LIE. BUT, YOU KNOW, 613 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,600 OFFERING SOME IMPORTANT 614 00:17:19,466 --> 00:17:23,566 CONTEXT TO THAT NOTION OF JUST 615 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,433 WIDE OPEN BORDERS. THERE ARE 616 00:17:23,566 --> 00:17:26,633 ALSO A LOT OF REFERENCES TO 617 00:17:25,433 --> 00:17:28,333 VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'S 618 00:17:26,633 --> 00:17:30,433 ROLE AS A QUOTE, UNQUOTE 619 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:32,166 BORDER CZAR. NOW, CERTAINLY 620 00:17:30,433 --> 00:17:33,533 THE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT VICE 621 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:35,433 PRESIDENT IS GOING TO TAKE A 622 00:17:33,533 --> 00:17:37,433 LOT OF HEAT AT THE RNC, BUT 623 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:38,366 ONE HAS TO WONDER AS WELL, 624 00:17:37,433 --> 00:17:40,533 GIVEN ALL THE SPECULATION 625 00:17:38,366 --> 00:17:41,566 ABOUT WHETHER PRESIDENT 626 00:17:40,533 --> 00:17:42,466 BIDEN'S REELECTION BID WILL 627 00:17:41,566 --> 00:17:43,500 CONTINUE IF THEY WANTED TO PUT 628 00:17:42,466 --> 00:17:45,466 A LOT OF FOCUS ON KAMALA 629 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:49,366 HARRIS AND TRY TO LAY THE 630 00:17:45,466 --> 00:17:50,133 BLAME FOR SOME OF THE BILLS 631 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:51,400 THAT CONSERVATIVES SEE, AS YOU 632 00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:52,100 KNOW, COMING FROM IMMIGRATION 633 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,200 AT THE FEET OF HARRIS. AND 634 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:55,366 THEN ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE 635 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:58,333 POINT. THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS 636 00:17:55,366 --> 00:17:59,133 TO TIE IMMIGRATION TO VIOLENT 637 00:17:58,333 --> 00:18:00,333 CRIME. AND TO SAY THAT THIS IS 638 00:17:59,133 --> 00:18:01,400 SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, 639 00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:02,533 BLACK AMERICANS HAVE SUFFERED. 640 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,366 WE HEARD FROM MADELEINE BRAND 641 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:05,533 TALKING ABOUT THE LOSS OF HER 642 00:18:04,366 --> 00:18:07,400 SON. AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I 643 00:18:05,533 --> 00:18:09,233 WAS LIED TO. I WAS DECEIVED. 644 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,200 WE ALSO HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, 645 00:18:09,233 --> 00:18:11,833 AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY TALKING 646 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,366 ABOUT WE NEED TO EXPAND THE 647 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:14,300 PARTY, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WERE 648 00:18:13,366 --> 00:18:17,066 SOME OVERTURES THERE TO BRING 649 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:19,233 IN MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR. BUT 650 00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:21,233 REALLY IT WAS A HEAVY FOCUS ON 651 00:18:19,233 --> 00:18:21,966 IMMIGRATION. AND, YOU KNOW, AS 652 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:22,700 YOU MENTIONED, THOSE EVERYDAY 653 00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:23,400 AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 654 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:24,933 THEM RAN THROUGH A BIT OF A 655 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,633 LAUNDRY LIST OF, YOU KNOW, 656 00:18:24,933 --> 00:18:27,766 CERTAINLY THAT VERY MOVING 657 00:18:25,633 --> 00:18:29,033 STORY ABOUT FENTANYL. BUT, YOU 658 00:18:27,766 --> 00:18:30,166 KNOW, 10 CITIES BEING CHASED 659 00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:32,000 DOWN THE STREET. ALL THESE 660 00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:32,833 SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE, YOU 661 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,500 KNOW, OFTEN APPEAR IN 662 00:18:32,833 --> 00:18:35,900 CONSERVATIVE CRITIQUES OF 663 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:37,200 DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED AREAS. 664 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:38,800 BUT YEAH, FOR YOU KNOW WHAT A 665 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,333 NIGHT THAT WAS ABOUT SAFETY. 666 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,466 IT WAS VERY MUCH ABOUT SAFETY 667 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:42,133 AT THE BORDER, BUT CERTAINLY 668 00:18:41,466 --> 00:18:45,200 AS THIS PARTY HAS ALIGNED 669 00:18:42,133 --> 00:18:46,333 ITSELF WITH TRUMP THAT VERY 670 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,233 MUCH ALIGNS ITSELF WITH ONE OF 671 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:50,266 TRUMP'S BIG PRIORITIES HAVING 672 00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:51,366 THAT BORDER WALL BUILT AND 673 00:18:50,266 --> 00:18:52,700 RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION RIGHT 674 00:18:51,366 --> 00:18:54,600 IN ON SAFETY NIGHT. I THINK 675 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:56,333 ALL OF US WERE EXPECTING THERE 676 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,066 TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NAME 677 00:18:56,333 --> 00:19:00,133 CHECKING OF CHICAGO. I THINK 678 00:18:57,066 --> 00:19:01,133 WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT. I'M 679 00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:02,333 WORRIED. NICK, HEATHER, WERE 680 00:19:01,133 --> 00:19:03,633 EITHER OF YOU SURPRISED THAT? 681 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:04,466 YOU KNOW, WE CHICAGO DIDN'T 682 00:19:03,633 --> 00:19:05,066 COME UP BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN 683 00:19:04,466 --> 00:19:10,033 PUNCHING BAG WHERE THE 684 00:19:05,066 --> 00:19:11,800 PRESIDENT THE PAST. YEAH, I I 685 00:19:10,033 --> 00:19:12,666 THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE DATA 686 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,600 HAS COMPLICATED THIS NARRATIVE 687 00:19:12,666 --> 00:19:17,333 OF CRIME IN CHICAGO IS DOWN 688 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,433 DOUBLE DIGITS THIS YEAR AS 689 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:21,300 COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR. 690 00:19:20,433 --> 00:19:23,866 DESPITE THE ARRIVAL OF TENS OF 691 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:27,000 THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS, MANY 692 00:19:23,866 --> 00:19:28,366 FROM VENEZUELA, ANY SORT OF 693 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,133 FLEEING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND 694 00:19:28,366 --> 00:19:31,600 TRYING TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE 695 00:19:29,133 --> 00:19:33,566 FOR THEIR FAMILIES IN CHICAGO. 696 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,800 BUT SIMPLY PUT THAT IF, YOU 697 00:19:33,566 --> 00:19:35,933 KNOW, THE MIGRANTS WERE 698 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,266 BRINGING BRINGING CRIME AND 699 00:19:35,933 --> 00:19:38,966 THAT YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATICALLY 700 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:41,700 CONTROLLED CITIES WERE UNABLE 701 00:19:38,966 --> 00:19:43,566 TO START COPE WITH THAT 702 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:46,666 PRESSURE, WE WOULD NOT SEE 703 00:19:43,566 --> 00:19:47,766 DOUBLE-DIGIT CRIME DROPS. AND 704 00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:48,800 THAT MEANS THAT THIS NARRATIVE 705 00:19:47,766 --> 00:19:52,866 IS MORE COMPLICATED, WHICH IS 706 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,566 WHY YOU REALLY HEARD ANECDOTAL 707 00:19:52,866 --> 00:19:54,866 INDIVIDUAL STORIES BECAUSE I 708 00:19:53,566 --> 00:19:56,733 DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT IF 709 00:19:54,866 --> 00:19:57,866 THE DATA WAS MOVING IN THE 710 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:58,533 OTHER DIRECTION, ESPECIALLY 711 00:19:57,866 --> 00:20:01,400 AFTER THE INCREASES WE SAW 712 00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:02,133 DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS. THE 713 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,000 REPUBLICANS WOULD NOT HESITATE 714 00:20:02,133 --> 00:20:07,200 TO MAKE THAT CASE, BUT THEY 715 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,133 SIMPLY CAN'T. AND I THINK THE 716 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,900 PROFESSOR'S POINT WAS WELL 717 00:20:08,133 --> 00:20:11,300 TAKEN THAT THIS IS A NARRATIVE 718 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:16,100 THAT RELIES ON TRULY RACIST 719 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:18,600 NOTIONS PEOPLE WHO ARE LATINO 720 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:19,400 MOSTLY COMING INTO AMERICA. IT 721 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,600 ALSO SEARCH SEARCH TO SORT YOU 722 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,600 KNOW, EXPOSED THAT TENSION 723 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:26,166 BETWEEN BLACK CHICAGOANS IN 724 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,433 PARTICULAR AND LATINO 725 00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:29,066 CHICAGOANS WATCHING COGGINS 726 00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:30,000 FEEL VERY ANGRY THAT THEY HAVE 727 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:31,700 SUFFERED FOR DECADES OF 728 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,400 DISINVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS 729 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,400 LIKE WOOD LINE WHERE COREY 730 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,966 BROOKS SERVES THE COMMUNITY. 731 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,666 THAT IS SORT OF THE POLITICS 732 00:20:36,966 --> 00:20:40,933 BEHIND THIS. BUT OF COURSE, 733 00:20:37,666 --> 00:20:41,733 THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE IN THE 734 00:20:40,933 --> 00:20:43,900 MIDDLE I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO 735 00:20:41,733 --> 00:20:44,600 REMEMBER THAT THE INFLUX OF, 736 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:46,000 YOU KNOW, MANY THOUSANDS OF 737 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,566 NEW ARRIVALS COMING INTO 738 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,100 CHICAGO AND TO OTHER 739 00:20:46,566 --> 00:20:50,100 DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED 740 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,833 CITIES THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE 741 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:53,833 DECISION REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR 742 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:55,833 GREG ABBOTT OF TEXAS TO BUST 743 00:20:53,833 --> 00:20:57,000 THOSE MIGRANTS INTO THOSE 744 00:20:55,833 --> 00:20:58,100 CITIES ESSENTIALLY TO, YOU 745 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,600 KNOW, TRY TO PUT THE HEAT ON 746 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,233 DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND SAY, 747 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,566 HEY, YOU WANT TO BE A 748 00:21:00,233 --> 00:21:02,566 SANCTUARY CITY, YOU WANT TO 749 00:21:01,566 --> 00:21:03,300 SANCTUARY STATE. OKAY. WE'RE 750 00:21:02,566 --> 00:21:06,966 GOING TO SEND THESE FOLKS UP 751 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:07,766 NORTH TO WHERE YOU LIVE. SO I 752 00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:09,100 THINK THAT ALSO IS PART OF THE 753 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:11,000 REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING SO 754 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:13,000 MUCH FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION AT 755 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,966 THE RNC. IT SORT DOVETAILS 756 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,733 WITH THAT REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO 757 00:21:14,966 --> 00:21:18,033 CREATE A POLITICAL CRISIS WHEN 758 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:19,566 IT COMES TO NEW ARRIVALS. SO, 759 00:21:18,033 --> 00:21:20,233 OK, I WANT TO GET HIM AND IN 760 00:21:19,566 --> 00:21:21,600 HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING 761 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:25,433 SOME FUN STUFF WITH THE INSIDE 762 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:27,333 FISERV FORUM THERE. AMANDA BUT 763 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:27,900 ON THAT FLOOR EARLIER TODAY, 764 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:28,566 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 765 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:30,000 COMMITTEEMAN FOR ILLINOIS, 766 00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:30,733 RICHARD PORTER HAD AN 767 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:41,166 ALTERCATION WITH MATT GAETZ. 768 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:41,166 LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. 769 00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:55,866 THAT 770 00:21:56,366 --> 00:22:11,366 STAGE YOU WOULD GET OFF THE 771 00:22:02,266 --> 00:22:14,366 WHAT HAPPENED. SO WHAT YOU 772 00:22:11,366 --> 00:22:15,866 HAVE THERE THE FORMER SPEAKER 773 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,633 BEING INTERVIEWED AND THEN 774 00:22:15,866 --> 00:22:17,366 REPRESENTATIVE GAETZ, WHO, OF 775 00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:20,700 COURSE, WAS REALLY RESPONSIBLE 776 00:22:17,366 --> 00:22:21,466 FOR HIS OUSTING INTERRUPTED, 777 00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:23,233 SAID YOU'RE GOING TO GET FOOD 778 00:22:21,466 --> 00:22:23,966 AND THEN MCCARTHY'S LONG TIME. 779 00:22:23,233 --> 00:22:25,200 GOOD FRIEND. THAT'S ILLINOIS. 780 00:22:23,966 --> 00:22:28,100 REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN 781 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,833 RICHARD PORTER. WELL, YOU AND 782 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:31,600 HE HIT. I TALKED WITH HIM 783 00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:34,866 LATER JUST A BIT AGO, IN FACT, 784 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,966 AND HE SAID, PARDON MY 785 00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:37,700 LANGUAGE. BUT I'M NOT SORRY AT 786 00:22:35,966 --> 00:22:39,700 ALL. FOR WHAT I SAID. HE SAID 787 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,633 THAT REPRESENTIVE GATES WAS 788 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:42,933 ACTING LIKE A SCHOOLYARD BULLY 789 00:22:41,633 --> 00:22:44,100 AND THAT THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR 790 00:22:42,933 --> 00:22:45,033 IS INAPPROPRIATE. YOU 791 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,733 SHOULDN'T ACT LIKE A HE WAS 792 00:22:45,033 --> 00:22:49,200 STANDING UP FOR HIS FRIEND, 793 00:22:45,733 --> 00:22:50,633 BUT HE WOULD HAVE SET THAT 794 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:54,266 SORT COMMENTARY THAT HE HEARD 795 00:22:50,633 --> 00:22:55,333 IT FROM ANYBODY BECAUSE THAT 796 00:22:54,266 --> 00:22:56,466 IS INAPPROPRIATE THIS IS 797 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:57,866 SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY MADE 798 00:22:56,466 --> 00:22:58,633 THE ROUNDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA NOT 799 00:22:57,866 --> 00:23:02,766 JUST IN ILLINOIS. PORTER SAID 800 00:22:58,633 --> 00:23:03,500 THAT HE WAS GETTING TEXTS FROM 801 00:23:02,766 --> 00:23:06,666 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 802 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:07,433 SOME OF WHOM SAID, HEY, YOU 803 00:23:06,666 --> 00:23:08,066 SHOULD IMPACT THE THE NEXT AS 804 00:23:07,433 --> 00:23:09,833 HOUSE SPEAKER. HAVE YOU 805 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:11,066 THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? THIS IS 806 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:14,466 MORE OF ALL OF WHAT WE NEED. 807 00:23:11,066 --> 00:23:15,133 PEOPLE CALLING LIKE IT IS. 808 00:23:14,466 --> 00:23:17,533 THIS DOES, HOWEVER, THINK 809 00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:18,300 BELIE SOME OF THIS TALK THAT 810 00:23:17,533 --> 00:23:20,566 WE KEEP ON HEARING HIS REFRAIN 811 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:21,233 IN TERMS UNITY, UNI UNI AND OF 812 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:23,166 COURSE, THE APPEARANCES OF 813 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:25,100 TRUMP'S PRIMARY CHALLENGERS 814 00:23:23,166 --> 00:23:28,733 BECAUSE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE 815 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:29,433 GATES AND REALLY THAT TRUE 816 00:23:28,733 --> 00:23:33,833 CONSERVATIVE WING THE MEGA 817 00:23:29,433 --> 00:23:35,333 FOLKS ARE NOT PERHAPS FULLY 818 00:23:33,833 --> 00:23:38,066 WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE WHO 819 00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:40,033 AREN'T 100% ON BOARD. BY THE 820 00:23:38,066 --> 00:23:42,400 WAY, HAPPENED TO CATCH UP 821 00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:43,100 MCCARTHY IN THE HALLWAYS OF 822 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,833 THE CONVENTION CENTER RIGHT 823 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:46,833 AFTER THIS CONFRONTATION AFTER 824 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:47,600 THIS KERFUFFLE IN, HE DOES 825 00:23:46,833 --> 00:23:48,333 MAINTAIN THAT PARTY IS UNIFIED 826 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,066 AND THAT HE IS FULLY BEHIND 827 00:23:48,333 --> 00:23:52,833 TRUMP. I'M ERIK NISBET. I WANT 828 00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:53,566 TO GET YOU IN HERE BEFORE WE 829 00:23:52,833 --> 00:23:54,366 RUN OUT OF TIME. YOU KNOW, ONE 830 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:55,400 OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO SAW 831 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:56,433 TONIGHT THAT I THOUGHT WAS 832 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,600 INTERESTING IS FORMER 833 00:23:56,433 --> 00:23:59,633 PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOWING UP FOR 834 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,600 THE SECOND NIGHT AND SITTING 835 00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:02,433 IN THE AUDIENCE. IT'S KIND 836 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,433 LIKE THE KING WATCHING HIS OWN 837 00:24:02,433 --> 00:24:04,666 CORONATION. WHAT DID YOU MAKE 838 00:24:03,433 --> 00:24:06,533 OF THAT? IS IT STRANGE? I 839 00:24:04,666 --> 00:24:09,366 WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY TRUMP. 840 00:24:06,533 --> 00:24:10,433 FIRST OF ALL, BEING SERVED 841 00:24:09,366 --> 00:24:11,666 IMPERIAL WHERE YOU SAW THAT 842 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:12,500 HIS MAIN RIVALS FOR THE RECENT 843 00:24:11,666 --> 00:24:14,233 PRIMARY AND FORMAL RIVALS FROM 844 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:16,866 THE PRIMARY BEFORE THAT IN 845 00:24:14,233 --> 00:24:19,433 2016 COMING ENDORSING HIM SORT 846 00:24:16,866 --> 00:24:20,066 OF PRESENTING THEMSELVES TO 847 00:24:19,433 --> 00:24:22,100 THE I ALSO THINK IT'S 848 00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:23,633 IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THIS 849 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,366 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THAT HE 850 00:24:23,633 --> 00:24:26,933 SHOWS UP PHYSICALLY. HE SHOWS 851 00:24:24,366 --> 00:24:29,533 UP THAT HE'S IN GOOD HEALTH. 852 00:24:26,933 --> 00:24:30,300 HE'S ROBUST. HE'S SMILING. 853 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:33,133 HE'S HEALTHY AGAIN, TRYING TO 854 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:33,833 SHOW CONFIDENCE AND BECAUSE OF 855 00:24:33,133 --> 00:24:36,033 THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND 856 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:39,033 TRYING TO SHOW A CONTRAST. THE 857 00:24:36,033 --> 00:24:39,866 COUPLE SECONDS TOMORROW IS 858 00:24:39,033 --> 00:24:40,666 MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN. 859 00:24:39,866 --> 00:24:43,366 WHAT DO WE THINK THAT NIGHT IS 860 00:24:40,666 --> 00:24:46,933 ABOUT? PROBABLY ABOUT NATIONAL 861 00:24:43,366 --> 00:24:48,800 SECURITY. I WOULD ASSUME WILL 862 00:24:46,933 --> 00:24:49,533 BE INTERESTING TO SEE. THEY 863 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,700 HAD SOME MILITARY CANDIDATES 864 00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:53,366 ON TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THAT 865 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,100 AND IT TO OPEN WITH THE 866 00:24:53,366 --> 00:24:56,566 DIALOGUE THERE. TRAIN PRESENT 867 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:57,933 BIDEN AS WEAK BOTH AT HOME AND 868 00:24:56,566 --> 00:24:59,400 ABROAD. SO WE'LL SEE THE DO 869 00:24:57,933 --> 00:25:00,166 MORE OF THAT TOMORROW. OKAY. 870 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,600 TOMORROW, BE FUN. WILL ALL BE 871 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:03,233 MOST OF US WILL BE HERE TO 872 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,900 TALK ABOUT NORTHWESTERN 873 00:25:03,233 --> 00:25:04,633 UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR ERIC 874 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,900 NESBITT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 875 00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:07,400 US. AND COURSE, GETTING IN 876 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:08,166 MILWAUKEE AND NICK FROM 877 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,700 BIRKENHEAD USHER AND THANKS TO 878 00:25:08,166 --> 00:25:14,600 SEE TOMORROW. AND THAT IS OUR 879 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:15,366 SHOW FOR TONIGHT. BE SURE TO 880 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,300 JOIN US AGAIN TOMORROW AT 5, 881 00:25:15,366 --> 00:25:19,200 30 10 FOR DAY 3 COVERAGE OF 882 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:21,000 THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 883 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,700 CONVENTION AND BE SURE TO 884 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,266 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE 885 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,600 VERY LATEST CONVENTION 886 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:25,900 COVERAGE NOW FOR ALL OF US 887 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,566 HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT. I'M 888 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:27,300 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU 889 00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:37,933 FOR WATCHING. STAY HEALTHY AND 890 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:37,933 SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 891 00:26:24,633 --> 00:26:29,733 CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE 892 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:31,000 POSSIBLE BY ROBERT. A CLIP AND 893 00:26:29,733 --> 00:26:34,633 CLIFFORD CONGO PERSONAL INJURY 894 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,366 AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS 895 00:26:34,633 --> 00:26:38,433 PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER 896 00:26:35,366 --> 00:26:39,166 AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT 897 00:26:38,433 --> 00:26:41,400 CLIFF, WHO RANKED NUMBER ONE 898 00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:43,766 IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY