1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:12,233 SHOW. 2 00:00:21,833 --> 00:00:24,100 HELLO AND THANKS FOR 3 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:25,133 JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL 4 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:25,933 CHICAGO TONIGHT. COVERAGE OF 5 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:30,000 THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 6 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:30,933 CONVENTION. IRAN DISCREET. 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,733 IT'S A HISTORIC EVENING. 8 00:00:30,933 --> 00:00:32,400 KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPT THE 9 00:00:31,733 --> 00:00:34,300 DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,100 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 11 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,333 STATES. LITTLE MORE THAN A 12 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:39,166 MONTH AFTER PRESIDENT JOE 13 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:39,866 BIDEN BOWED OUT OF THE RACE 14 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:43,166 AND THREW HIS SUPPORT BEHIND 15 00:00:39,866 --> 00:00:44,200 THE VICE PRESIDENT. AND OF IN 16 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:45,566 A KEY IS LIVE NOW FROM INSIDE 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,333 THE UNITED CENTER WITH A LOOK 18 00:00:45,566 --> 00:00:47,266 AT WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS 19 00:00:46,333 --> 00:00:47,933 HAD TO SAY TONIGHT TO 20 00:00:47,266 --> 00:00:55,366 DELEGATES AND THE NATION'S 21 00:00:47,933 --> 00:00:58,100 COMMAND. IT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE 22 00:00:55,366 --> 00:00:59,100 WEEK HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARD 23 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:00,833 VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS 24 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,566 ACCEPTING HER PARTY'S 25 00:01:00,833 --> 00:01:02,200 NOMINATION FOR A PROMOTION TO 26 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:08,700 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 27 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:11,066 STATES. ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE 28 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:12,533 WHOSE STORY COULD ONLY BE 29 00:01:11,066 --> 00:01:22,666 WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION 30 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:22,666 ON 31 00:01:27,433 --> 00:01:31,433 IN A SPEECH THAT COULD BE 32 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:32,466 HER GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO 33 00:01:31,433 --> 00:01:34,733 REACH UNDECIDED VOTERS. SHE 34 00:01:32,466 --> 00:01:35,433 MADE A DIRECT APPEAL TO THEM 35 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:41,566 PROMISING TO BE A PRESIDENT 36 00:01:35,433 --> 00:01:42,266 FOR ALL OF AMERICA. I KNOW 37 00:01:41,566 --> 00:01:43,466 THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS 38 00:01:42,266 --> 00:01:47,233 POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING 39 00:01:43,466 --> 00:01:49,366 TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW 40 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:59,733 I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT 41 00:01:49,366 --> 00:01:59,733 FOR ALL AMERICANS 42 00:02:02,966 --> 00:02:05,033 FUNDAMENTAL 43 00:02:03,233 --> 00:02:09,666 PRINCIPLES FROM THE RULE OF 44 00:02:05,033 --> 00:02:10,400 LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS 45 00:02:09,666 --> 00:02:17,866 TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:19,300 POWER. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD 47 00:02:17,866 --> 00:02:23,066 TRUMP LIKEWISE MADE AN APPEAL, 48 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:24,000 TRIED TO DO A SOFTER TONE. 49 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:24,800 WANT TO I THINK IT'S APPEAL TO 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,733 UNCOMMITTED VOTERS. THAT IS 51 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,866 WHEN HE ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S 52 00:02:27,733 --> 00:02:31,800 NOMINATION AND MILWAUKEE LAST 53 00:02:28,866 --> 00:02:32,566 MONTH THAT THE REPUBLICAN 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,300 NATIONAL CONVENTION PUT HARRIS 55 00:02:32,566 --> 00:02:34,066 THAT AMERICA CAN NOT GO BACK 56 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:38,100 TO THE BITTERNESS TO THE 57 00:02:34,066 --> 00:02:40,100 CYNICISM TRUMP WHO SHE SAID 58 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:40,833 WOULD USE THE POWER OF THE 59 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:44,033 PRESIDENCY JAIL ANYONE THAT 60 00:02:40,833 --> 00:02:44,966 CONSIDERS AN ENEMY. SHE SAYS 61 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:49,266 THAT REPUBLICANS UNDER TRUMP 62 00:02:44,966 --> 00:02:49,966 ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS WANTING 63 00:02:49,266 --> 00:02:53,300 ABANDON UKRAINE, WORKING TO 64 00:02:49,966 --> 00:02:54,233 TAX CUTS TO RICH AND WANTING 65 00:02:53,300 --> 00:03:01,800 TO ENACT A NATIONAL BAN ON A 66 00:02:54,233 --> 00:03:02,866 NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION. IN 67 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,800 AMERICA, TOO. MANY WOMEN ARE 68 00:03:02,866 --> 00:03:05,833 NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE 69 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,700 DECISIONS. AND LET'S BE CLEAR 70 00:03:05,833 --> 00:03:12,333 ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD 71 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:13,000 TRUMP HAND PICKED MEMBERS OF 72 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:13,566 THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 73 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,433 COURT TO TAKE AWAY 74 00:03:13,566 --> 00:03:24,466 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. HE BRAGS 75 00:03:17,433 --> 00:03:25,500 ABOUT IT. IN CONTRAST, SHE 76 00:03:24,466 --> 00:03:26,300 PROMISED THAT AS PRESIDENT AS 77 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,366 COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THAT SHE 78 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:29,933 WOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE MIDDLE 79 00:03:28,366 --> 00:03:30,600 CLASS, YOU WOULD WORK TO LOWER 80 00:03:29,933 --> 00:03:31,933 THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, 81 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,666 IMPROVE AMERICA'S HOUSING 82 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:36,400 SITUATION AND SIGN A LAW 83 00:03:35,666 --> 00:03:37,033 RESTORING ROW. SHE ALSO SAID 84 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,666 THAT SHE WOULD STAND UP 85 00:03:37,033 --> 00:03:40,666 AGAINST FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT 86 00:03:39,666 --> 00:03:42,833 ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP TO BE 87 00:03:40,666 --> 00:03:44,700 BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW AS 88 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:46,300 HAS BEEN EVIDENT WITH PROTESTS 89 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:47,033 WE'RE IMPORTING ON ALL WEEK 90 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:47,700 OUTSIDE AND EVEN INSIDE HERE, 91 00:03:47,033 --> 00:03:50,000 THE UNITED CENTER AT THE 92 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:52,833 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 93 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,933 AND THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL 94 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:56,633 ISSUE ON MANY AMERICANS MINDS 95 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:57,333 RIGHT NOW IS THE ONGOING WAR 96 00:03:56,633 --> 00:03:58,100 IN GAZA. APPLAUSE WAS MORE 97 00:03:57,333 --> 00:04:00,000 MUTED THAN DURING THE REST OF 98 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:03,400 HER SPEECH. WHEN HARRIS 99 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,166 PROMISED TO GIVE EVER TO 100 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,500 ALWAYS GIVE SUPPORT TO ISRAEL 101 00:04:04,166 --> 00:04:09,200 IS SHE SAYS IT FACES A TAX 102 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:14,600 FROM TERRORISTS. AS WE SAW 103 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:18,933 OCTOBER 7TH. TO THE WAR IN 104 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:22,466 GAZA. PRESIDENT BIDEN ON ARE 105 00:04:18,933 --> 00:04:24,866 WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK 106 00:04:22,466 --> 00:04:25,433 BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET 107 00:04:24,866 --> 00:04:33,900 A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A 108 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:34,600 CEASE-FIRE DEAL. HARRIS HAS 109 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:36,433 BEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR 110 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,300 THE PAST 4 YEARS. BUT THIS 111 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:41,133 REALLY WAS HER OPPORTUNITY TO 112 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:41,800 REINTRODUCE HERSELF RUN MANY 113 00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:45,033 WAYS, INTRODUCE HERSELF TO 114 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,366 REALLY SHARE HER LIFE STORY. 115 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:49,033 HER MOTIVATIONS, NOT JUST HER 116 00:04:46,366 --> 00:04:51,400 POLICIES. SHE TALKED ABOUT HER 117 00:04:49,033 --> 00:04:52,100 CAREER AS A PROSECUTOR AS AN 118 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,066 ATTORNEY AND YES, AS A 119 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:55,000 POLITICIAN THAT SHE SAYS IS 120 00:04:53,066 --> 00:04:57,166 ALL BEEN ABOUT ONE THING. THE 121 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,100 PEOPLE SHE SAYS IT IS ABOUT 122 00:04:57,166 --> 00:04:59,166 FIGHTING INJUSTICE, SORT OF 123 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:59,933 THE GOLDEN RULE LESSON. SHE 124 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:04,033 SAYS THAT SHE LEARNED FROM HER 125 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:04,733 DEPARTMENT. AMANDA, THANK YOU. 126 00:05:04,033 --> 00:05:06,233 AND OF COURSE, WE'LL SEE YOU 127 00:05:04,733 --> 00:05:08,566 AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES WITH 128 00:05:06,233 --> 00:05:10,500 ILLINOIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 129 00:05:08,566 --> 00:05:11,233 JULIANA STRATTON. NOW WE GO TO 130 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,500 NIC BLUMBERG IN ANOTHER PART 131 00:05:11,233 --> 00:05:13,933 OF THE UNITED CENTER AS 132 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:16,500 DELEGATES ARE FILING OUT WITH 133 00:05:13,933 --> 00:05:17,200 A LOOK AT WHAT FORMER ILLINOIS 134 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:17,900 CONGRESSMAN REPUBLICAN ADAM 135 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,600 KINZINGER AND OTHERS HAD TO 136 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:24,466 SAY FROM THE STAGE TONIGHT. 137 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:25,233 NICK. THAT'S RIGHT, RANDI, IS 138 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:27,333 THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS ON 139 00:05:25,233 --> 00:05:29,366 THE STAGE TONIGHT. SOME STAR 140 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:31,333 POWER. INDEED. WE HEARD THE 141 00:05:29,366 --> 00:05:32,366 THE CHECKS PERFORM THE 142 00:05:31,333 --> 00:05:36,266 NATIONAL ANTHEM AND 3 PART 143 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:38,233 HARMONY. WE HAD AN ACOUSTIC 144 00:05:36,266 --> 00:05:39,233 PERFORMANCE FROM THERE WAS 145 00:05:38,233 --> 00:05:40,266 ALSO THERE WAS ALSO A VERY 146 00:05:39,233 --> 00:05:42,133 IMPRESSIVE DRUMLINE 147 00:05:40,266 --> 00:05:44,200 PERFORMANCE FROM CHICAGO'S OWN 148 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,900 THE PACK. NOW, EVEN THOUGH 149 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:45,666 AMERICA IS IN A MONARCHY, A 150 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:47,266 LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO SEE 151 00:05:45,666 --> 00:05:49,533 A QUEEN TONIGHT, QUEEN BEE 152 00:05:47,266 --> 00:05:50,633 THAT IS NO BEYONCE. AFTER ALL 153 00:05:49,533 --> 00:05:52,366 THAT, OF COURSE, HARRIS DID 154 00:05:50,633 --> 00:05:53,766 TAKE THE STAGE AND CELEBRATE 155 00:05:52,366 --> 00:05:54,433 AFTERWARDS WITH BEYONCE SONG 156 00:05:53,766 --> 00:05:57,733 FREEDOM WHICH SHE HAS BEEN 157 00:05:54,433 --> 00:05:58,500 USING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 158 00:05:57,733 --> 00:05:59,833 NOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE ALSO BEEN 159 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:01,333 ROLLING OUT A LOT OF 160 00:05:59,833 --> 00:06:03,700 REPUBLICANS ON THIS STAGE OVER 161 00:06:01,333 --> 00:06:05,066 THE COURSE OF THE WEEK TRUMP 162 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:06,233 STAFFERS REGRETFUL TRUMP 163 00:06:05,066 --> 00:06:07,766 VOTERS. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE 164 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:09,133 HEARD FROM FORMER CONGRESSMAN 165 00:06:07,766 --> 00:06:10,066 ADAM KINZINGER. HE SERVED ON 166 00:06:09,133 --> 00:06:10,800 THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION. 167 00:06:10,066 --> 00:06:13,466 NOW HE'S PART OF A GROUP 168 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,600 CALLED REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS 169 00:06:13,466 --> 00:06:16,800 KINZINGER SAID HE HAS A 170 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,533 MESSAGE FOR HIS FELLOW 171 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,233 REPUBLICANS. HE'S DISCOVERED 172 00:06:17,533 --> 00:06:21,466 THAT DEMOCRATS ARE JUST AS 173 00:06:18,233 --> 00:06:22,133 PATRIOTIC AS THEY ARE. I'VE 174 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:24,133 LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY 175 00:06:22,133 --> 00:06:28,266 PARTY, TOO. SOMETHING I 176 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:29,200 COULDN'T IGNORE. THE 177 00:06:28,266 --> 00:06:34,400 REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER 178 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:35,266 CONSERVATIVE. IT HAS SWITCHED 179 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,300 ITS ALLEGIANCE FROM THE 180 00:06:35,266 --> 00:06:39,000 PRINCIPLES THAT GAVE THAT 181 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:44,633 PURPOSE TO A MAN WHOSE ONLY 182 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:46,466 PURPOSE IS HIMSELF. WE ALSO 183 00:06:44,633 --> 00:06:47,833 HEARD FROM ONE OF CAN SING OR 184 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:50,333 HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO, 185 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:51,566 COURSE, STILL SERVING IN U.S. 186 00:06:50,333 --> 00:06:52,633 HOUSE. THAT IS RAJA 187 00:06:51,566 --> 00:06:53,733 KRISHNAMOORTHI. NOW HE'S ON A 188 00:06:52,633 --> 00:06:54,466 HOUSE COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT 189 00:06:53,733 --> 00:06:56,733 AMERICAN COMPETITION WITH THE 190 00:06:54,466 --> 00:06:58,033 CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 191 00:06:56,733 --> 00:06:59,666 KRISHNAMOORTHI TOLD THE ROOM 192 00:06:58,033 --> 00:07:00,366 THAT CHINA ABSOLUTELY WANTS TO 193 00:06:59,666 --> 00:07:04,333 SEE TRUMP AT THE BARGAINING 194 00:07:00,366 --> 00:07:05,666 TABLE. BECAUSE HE'LL START 195 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:07,866 ENDLESS TRADE WARS THAT RAISE 196 00:07:05,666 --> 00:07:10,933 PRICES FOR AMERICANS BECAUSE 197 00:07:07,866 --> 00:07:15,433 HE'LL CUT PROGRAMS THAT TRAIN 198 00:07:10,933 --> 00:07:17,100 WORKERS IN AMERICA. BUT MOST 199 00:07:15,433 --> 00:07:22,166 OF ALL TRUMP WILL PIT AMERICAN 200 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:22,933 AGAINST AMERICAN. AND NIC, 201 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:23,833 AMONG THE OTHER, ILLINOIS INTO 202 00:07:22,933 --> 00:07:24,800 TOOK THE STAGE TONIGHT, ONE 203 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:30,833 WAS NOT A TELL US ABOUT AND 204 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:31,700 REVEAL CHANCE. THAT'S RIGHT. 205 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:34,766 HE SPOKE ALONG WITH A GROUP OF 206 00:07:31,700 --> 00:07:35,400 PEOPLE DURING THE CONVENTION 207 00:07:34,766 --> 00:07:36,000 THAT THEY BILLED AS A 208 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,866 CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN 209 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,933 VIOLENCE 2 YEARS AGO. HE WAS A 210 00:07:37,866 --> 00:07:41,700 HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR IN BELMONT, 211 00:07:40,933 --> 00:07:42,700 CRAIG. HE AND A CLASSMATE WERE 212 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,433 JUST OUTSIDE SCHOOL GROUNDS 213 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:46,566 WHEN THAT CLASSMATE WAS SHOT 214 00:07:43,433 --> 00:07:49,100 AND WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY. THE 215 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:49,766 6 SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING. 216 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:53,266 AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT 217 00:07:49,766 --> 00:07:57,066 DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN. HOW 218 00:07:53,266 --> 00:07:57,833 TO HIDE AND DROP. THAT. WHAT 219 00:07:57,066 --> 00:07:59,733 HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN 220 00:07:57,833 --> 00:08:05,466 TO ME. BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING 221 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:06,233 ELSE, TOO. THAT WE CAN WRITE 222 00:08:05,466 --> 00:08:12,133 AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY. WE 223 00:08:06,233 --> 00:08:14,200 CHOOSE TO. WE'VE HEARD A LOT 224 00:08:12,133 --> 00:08:15,166 OF MESSAGES LIKE THAT 225 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,400 THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. SOMBER 226 00:08:15,166 --> 00:08:18,000 REFLECTIVE, HEARTFELT TOUCHING 227 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,033 ON NOT JUST GUN VIOLENCE, BUT 228 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,066 THINGS LIKE FERTILITY 229 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:22,066 STRUGGLES, WRONGFUL 230 00:08:21,066 --> 00:08:23,400 IMPRISONMENT, SURVIVING 231 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:25,100 ASSAULT. BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE 232 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:27,000 ALSO BEEN EMPHASIZING A 233 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:27,766 MESSAGE OF JOY. IT'S ALMOST 234 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,133 BECOME A RUNNING JOKE TO COUNT 235 00:08:27,766 --> 00:08:30,833 HOW MANY TIMES YOU HEAR THE 236 00:08:30,133 --> 00:08:31,466 WORD. AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN 237 00:08:30,833 --> 00:08:32,200 DEPLOYING SOMETHING THAT 238 00:08:31,466 --> 00:08:37,133 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS KNOWN FOR A 239 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:37,800 SENSE OF HUMOR. FIRST, GREECE 240 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:41,866 GAS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE 241 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:44,200 TAXES, ABORTION. TRUST DONALD 242 00:08:41,866 --> 00:08:49,000 TRUMP AND JD FANS TO LOOK OUT 243 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:50,100 FOR YOUR FAMILY. I WOULD LET 244 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:58,066 THOSE GUYS I WOULDN'T TRUST 245 00:08:50,100 --> 00:09:00,166 THEM TO MOVE MY COUCH. 246 00:08:58,066 --> 00:09:02,000 BRANDIS. IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK 247 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:04,200 AND PEOPLE ARE TIRED. IT'S ME. 248 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I AM PEOPLE. BUT THERE IS A 249 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,700 LOT OF ENTHUSIASM. THIS WAS A 250 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,200 PACKED HOUSE AND THE UNITED 251 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:10,333 CENTER TONIGHT. SO PACKED 252 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,200 EVENTUALLY STOPPED LETTING 253 00:09:10,333 --> 00:09:13,600 PEOPLE IN. CLEARLY GROUP OF 254 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,233 PEOPLE IS READY TO GO FORTH. 255 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,500 AND AS HARRIS AND HER 256 00:09:15,233 --> 00:09:19,300 SURROGATES HAVE BEEN SAYING 257 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:20,066 ALL WEEK, FIGHT AND WIN 258 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:21,466 BRANDIS NICK, WE TO OUR PEOPLE 259 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:22,366 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT 260 00:09:21,466 --> 00:09:23,266 AT LEAST ONE FAN OF PUBLIC 261 00:09:22,366 --> 00:09:24,200 BROADCASTING SOMEWHERE IN THE 262 00:09:23,266 --> 00:09:26,366 AREA. THANKS, NICK. WE'LL SEE 263 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,333 YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES FOR 264 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:29,000 SPOTLIGHT POLITICS. BUT FIRST 265 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:29,733 JOINING US NOW WITH THEIR 266 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,333 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FINAL NIGHT 267 00:09:29,733 --> 00:09:33,966 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 268 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:34,700 CONVENTION ARE SAN TITO, 269 00:09:33,966 --> 00:09:36,566 JACKSON, POLITICAL ANALYST AND 270 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,800 HOST OF THE SANTEE TO JACKSON 271 00:09:36,566 --> 00:09:40,333 SHOW. SHE ALSO ATTENDED HOWARD 272 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,533 UNIVERSITY WITH KAMALA HARRIS 273 00:09:40,333 --> 00:09:42,533 AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE 274 00:09:41,533 --> 00:09:43,800 TRAVIS WEAVER FROM PEORIA. 275 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:45,366 WELCOME BACK. THANKS FOR 276 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,400 JOINING US AGAIN. SO FIRST, 277 00:09:45,366 --> 00:09:48,000 LET'S GET YOUR REACTIONS TO 278 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,533 WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE VICE 279 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,266 PRESIDENT TONIGHT. 280 00:09:48,533 --> 00:09:52,000 REPRESENTATIVE, WE START WITH 281 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:52,666 YOU WHAT YOU THINK. WELL, YOU 282 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,233 KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU CAN 283 00:09:52,666 --> 00:09:55,100 GIVE A GOOD SPEECH, IS THAT NO 284 00:09:54,233 --> 00:09:55,866 DOUBT ABOUT THAT? I CONTINUE 285 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,900 TO FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING SOME 286 00:09:55,866 --> 00:09:57,600 SUBSTANCE. ONE THING THAT I 287 00:09:56,900 --> 00:10:00,000 DID THINK IT WAS INTERESTING 288 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,900 AND HER SPEECHES, HE SAID JUST 289 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,166 IMAGINE A DONALD TRUMP 290 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:03,866 PRESIDENCY. AND THE NICE THING 291 00:10:03,166 --> 00:10:05,633 IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO 292 00:10:03,866 --> 00:10:06,766 IMAGINE WE LIVED THROUGH IT. 293 00:10:05,633 --> 00:10:07,433 WE LIVED THROUGH A CLOSED 294 00:10:06,766 --> 00:10:08,233 BORDER. WE LIVED THROUGH A 295 00:10:07,433 --> 00:10:10,233 GROWING ECONOMY. WE LIVE 296 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:12,200 THROUGH A WORLD THAT WAS AT 297 00:10:10,233 --> 00:10:13,266 PEACE. AND THEN THE TITLE 298 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,233 CHANGE HANDS. NOW WE DO HAVE 299 00:10:13,266 --> 00:10:16,433 THOSE THINGS ANYMORE. SO I CAN 300 00:10:15,233 --> 00:10:17,166 IMAGINE THAT PRESIDENCY AND 301 00:10:16,433 --> 00:10:20,200 THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE 302 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:20,933 HAPPEN. JUST A MEMBER, YOU TAX 303 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,400 AND WE KNOW I SAW A WOMAN WHO 304 00:10:20,933 --> 00:10:26,333 TOLD ME SHE HAD HER CLIENT. WE 305 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:29,300 WILL BE THE PEOPLE THAT U.S. 306 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:30,766 HIS CLIENT HAS BEEN HIMSELF. 307 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:31,533 AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE GOT A 308 00:10:30,766 --> 00:10:33,200 CHANCE TO SEE. YOU GOT A 309 00:10:31,533 --> 00:10:33,900 CHANCE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO 310 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,466 SPOKE TO OUR ASPIRATIONS AS 311 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:37,500 OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO 312 00:10:35,466 --> 00:10:41,433 SPEAKS FRUSTRATIONS. YOU KNOW, 313 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:42,133 PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SHE 314 00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:42,800 SAID. REMEMBER HOW YOU FEEL. 315 00:10:42,133 --> 00:10:44,466 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS 316 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,400 TONIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WAS 317 00:10:44,466 --> 00:10:47,166 ABOUT THAT HOW SHE WAS GOING 318 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,433 TO MAKE US FEEL LIKE THERE'S 319 00:10:47,166 --> 00:10:49,166 TIME FOR US TO GET MORE AND 320 00:10:48,433 --> 00:10:52,066 MORE DETAILS AND THAT'S GOING 321 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:52,966 TO BE THAT'S FORTHCOMING. AND 322 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:53,633 I'M EXCITED AND ANXIOUS TO SEE 323 00:10:52,966 --> 00:10:56,166 THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW TO THE 324 00:10:53,633 --> 00:10:57,633 NIGHT. SHE GAVE AMERICA WHAT 325 00:10:56,166 --> 00:11:01,300 WE NEEDED. WE NEEDED TO KNOW. 326 00:10:57,633 --> 00:11:04,533 CAN WE TRUST YOU? DO WE FEEL 327 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:05,300 COMFORTABLE HAVING ACCESS TO 328 00:11:04,533 --> 00:11:07,200 THE NUCLEAR CODES? TO WE HAVE 329 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:10,333 WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT YOU 330 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,966 CAN GET IN THE ROOM AND BE A 331 00:11:10,333 --> 00:11:13,266 LEADER. AND I THINK THAT 332 00:11:10,966 --> 00:11:16,533 SHOWED US TONIGHT THAT SHE IS 333 00:11:13,266 --> 00:11:17,500 SHE'S UP TO THE JOB REPRESENT. 334 00:11:16,533 --> 00:11:19,400 WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM FORMER 335 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:20,733 ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ADAM 336 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,633 KINZINGER OVER THIS WEEK. AS 337 00:11:20,733 --> 00:11:23,466 AS NICK WAS JUST REPORTING, 338 00:11:21,633 --> 00:11:24,566 WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL 339 00:11:23,466 --> 00:11:25,733 REPUBLICANS FORMER REPUBLICANS 340 00:11:24,566 --> 00:11:26,366 EVEN TONIGHT HERE IN OR SAY 341 00:11:25,733 --> 00:11:27,666 THE PARTY IS NO LONGER 342 00:11:26,366 --> 00:11:29,800 CONSERVATIVE. IT IS THE PARTY 343 00:11:27,666 --> 00:11:30,900 OF TRUMP. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF 344 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,800 WELL, PEOPLE CHANGE PARTIES. 345 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:33,533 IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. ADAM 346 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,300 KINZINGER WENT FROM THE RIGHT 347 00:11:33,533 --> 00:11:35,033 TO LEFT ACTUALLY EXPECT LATER 348 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:36,833 THIS WEEK OR NEXT. WE'LL SEE 349 00:11:35,033 --> 00:11:39,000 RFK COMING TO THE LEFT TO THE 350 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:40,133 RIGHT. ACTUALLY, I KNOCK ON 351 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,800 DOORS QUITE A BIT CAMPAIGNING 352 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:42,533 FOR OTHER FOLKS. AND I I SEE A 353 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,833 LOT OF PEOPLE AT DOORS THAT 354 00:11:42,533 --> 00:11:45,533 ARE USED TO BE DEMOCRATS AND 355 00:11:43,833 --> 00:11:47,933 ARE NOW REPUBLICANS AND THEY 356 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:49,200 SAY I WANT TO PARTY THAT IS 357 00:11:47,933 --> 00:11:49,933 NOT GOING TO MAKE MY GAS 358 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,200 EXPENSE OF PARTY. THAT CARES 359 00:11:49,933 --> 00:11:52,966 ABOUT MY GROCERIES. I WANT A 360 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,200 PARTY THAT INVEST IN AMERICAN 361 00:11:52,966 --> 00:11:56,266 CITIZENS RATHER THAN ILLEGAL 362 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,000 IMMIGRANTS. AND SO ADAM 363 00:11:56,266 --> 00:11:57,766 KINZINGER IS ONE PERSON THAT 364 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,133 WE LOST IN REPUBLICAN PARTY. 365 00:11:57,766 --> 00:12:00,966 BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN MORE 366 00:11:59,133 --> 00:12:02,366 BROADLY AS INDEPENDENTS AND 367 00:12:00,966 --> 00:12:04,300 PEOPLE FROM THE LEFT ARE SEEN 368 00:12:02,366 --> 00:12:05,300 THE REASONS THAT WE CAN BE 369 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:06,300 SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER, 370 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:08,066 CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND EAT 371 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,800 IT. BUT I THINK IT'S SHOWING 372 00:12:08,066 --> 00:12:09,433 THAT WE'RE ALL SO MUCH MORE 373 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,300 NUANCED IN OUR POLITICS. 374 00:12:09,433 --> 00:12:14,333 PEOPLE ARE NOT HARD-LEFT HARD 375 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:15,866 RIGHT? PEOPLE REALLY WANT SOME 376 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:18,066 ANSWERS. INFLATION HAS BEATEN 377 00:12:15,866 --> 00:12:18,933 EVERYBODY UP MORE AND MORE 378 00:12:18,066 --> 00:12:20,766 AMERICANS CANNOT PEOPLE TO 379 00:12:18,933 --> 00:12:21,500 COLLEGE WHO CAN IMAGINE THAT. 380 00:12:20,766 --> 00:12:23,500 THE UNIVERSITY CHICAGO'S 381 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:25,400 $100,000 A YEAR UNDER 382 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:26,733 GRADUATE. THAT IS JUST 383 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,333 ENTIRELY TOO EXPENSIVE. HAVE 384 00:12:26,733 --> 00:12:30,666 YOU BEEN TO THE GROCERY STORE 385 00:12:28,333 --> 00:12:32,266 LATELY? YOU CAN SPEND $100 AND 386 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:33,000 NOT GET A SLICE OF BUT KAMALA 387 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:36,166 SAYS THAT ON DAY ONE, SHE'S 388 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,866 GOING TO FIX INFLATION. WHY 389 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:38,366 NOT YESTERDAY? WELL, I KNOW 390 00:12:36,866 --> 00:12:39,533 ONE OF THE LAST 3 YEARS. I 391 00:12:38,366 --> 00:12:42,800 THINK WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PUT 392 00:12:39,533 --> 00:12:43,566 POLICIES IN PLACE AND YOU THEY 393 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,400 WILL. I WILL GO TO AND I THINK 394 00:12:43,566 --> 00:12:46,900 WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME TO DO 395 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,666 THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET 396 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:49,000 THEY TOOK TIME FOR PRESIDENT 397 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:50,033 TRUMP TO ROLL OUT POLICIES 398 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,733 TOO. AND THEN WHEN YOU BECOME 399 00:12:50,033 --> 00:12:54,466 WHEN YOU START GOVERNING. 400 00:12:53,733 --> 00:12:55,066 THOSE PHOTOS, POLICIES CHANGE 401 00:12:54,466 --> 00:12:56,866 BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER 402 00:12:55,066 --> 00:12:57,633 REALITIES DEAL WITH. I'M NOT 403 00:12:56,866 --> 00:12:59,100 GIVING YOU PUSH BACK. I'M JUST 404 00:12:57,633 --> 00:13:01,633 SAYING THAT TONIGHT. SHE GAVE 405 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:03,333 US WHAT YOU GIVE US. TYPICALLY 406 00:13:01,633 --> 00:13:05,566 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS YEAR. BUT 407 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:06,300 SNOW, HOW YOU FEEL THE 408 00:13:05,566 --> 00:13:07,800 CONVENTION STUFF. ALL RIGHT. 409 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,433 SO MORE OF THIS TO COME FROM 410 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,166 SANTA JACKSON IN STATE. 411 00:13:08,433 --> 00:13:12,066 REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER, 412 00:13:09,166 --> 00:13:12,966 THANKS SO MUCH. NOW WE GO BACK 413 00:13:12,066 --> 00:13:13,733 TO THE UNITED CENTER WHERE 414 00:13:12,966 --> 00:13:14,433 AMANDA VICKI IS WITH ILLINOIS 415 00:13:13,733 --> 00:13:21,466 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANA 416 00:13:14,433 --> 00:13:23,300 STRATTON. AMANDA. THANKS SO 417 00:13:21,466 --> 00:13:24,233 MUCH FOR JOINING US. 418 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:25,333 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE 419 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:28,833 OHSAA 100,000 BALLOONS ARE 420 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:29,600 STILL FALL IN B AND POP. WHAT 421 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:31,266 DID IT FEEL LIKE TO BE DOWN 422 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,033 THERE AS YOU WATCH THE 423 00:13:31,266 --> 00:13:33,733 NOMINATION OF WHO MAY BECOME 424 00:13:33,033 --> 00:13:36,166 THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS 425 00:13:33,733 --> 00:13:38,866 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 426 00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:39,766 STATES? WELL, IT OVERWHELMING. 427 00:13:38,866 --> 00:13:40,466 AT TIMES I SAT THERE AND I 428 00:13:39,766 --> 00:13:43,066 ACTUALLY SHED A FEW TEARS. 429 00:13:40,466 --> 00:13:46,933 JUST THINKING ABOUT JUST THE 430 00:13:43,066 --> 00:13:47,900 MAGNITUDE OF THIS OCCASION AND 431 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:48,600 KNOWING WHEN SHE SAID I ACCEPT 432 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,933 THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT 433 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,933 OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR A 434 00:13:51,933 --> 00:13:56,166 WOMAN'S VOICE AND KNOW THAT 435 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:56,866 THERE WAS SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM, 436 00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:59,000 SO MANY PEOPLE WHO REALLY 437 00:13:56,866 --> 00:14:01,233 BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO IT THIS 438 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,766 TIME THAT WE GOT CLOSE IN 439 00:14:01,233 --> 00:14:05,933 2016. BUT THIS TIME WE ARE 440 00:14:02,766 --> 00:14:07,700 DETERMINED TO NOT GO BACK TO 441 00:14:05,933 --> 00:14:09,600 GO FORWARD. AND I JUST WAS SO 442 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:10,533 PROUD OF THE WAY THAT SHE KIND 443 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,566 OF LAID OUT HER CASE AS TO WHY 444 00:14:10,533 --> 00:14:15,100 SHE'S THE MOST QUALIFIED 445 00:14:13,566 --> 00:14:15,833 PERSON TO TAKE ON THIS JOB AND 446 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:19,300 TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. 447 00:14:15,833 --> 00:14:20,466 SHE DIDN'T TALK MUCH SAFER 448 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:22,500 REALLY ANY FROM WHAT I HEARD, 449 00:14:20,466 --> 00:14:23,666 ALTHOUGH IT WAS HARD TO HEAR 450 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:24,333 IT HERE SOMETIMES BECAUSE ALL 451 00:14:23,666 --> 00:14:26,533 THE ABOUT BEING A WOMAN AND 452 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:27,300 WHAT THAT MEANT. WHY DO YOU 453 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:30,900 THINK THAT IS? SHOULD SHE HAVE 454 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:32,033 NOT NEEDED? WELL, I THINK 455 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:34,000 WHETHER SHE TALKED ABOUT IT OR 456 00:14:32,033 --> 00:14:36,933 NOT ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE 457 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,200 JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS 458 00:14:36,933 --> 00:14:38,966 HISTORIC CANDIDACY AND THE 459 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,800 HISTORY THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE 460 00:14:38,966 --> 00:14:42,566 MADE ON NOVEMBER. 5TH. BUT 461 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,333 WHAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT WHAT 462 00:14:42,566 --> 00:14:46,066 SHE DID IN THIS SPEECH WAS TO 463 00:14:45,333 --> 00:14:50,533 TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE TO 464 00:14:46,066 --> 00:14:53,100 TALK ABOUT HER LIFE STORY LET 465 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:53,866 PEOPLE KNOW WHO KAMALA HARRIS 466 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:56,966 IS, HOW HER MOTHER RAISED HER, 467 00:14:53,866 --> 00:14:57,666 THE VALUES THAT SHE HAS AND 468 00:14:56,966 --> 00:15:01,933 HOW SHE USED ALL OF THOSE 469 00:14:57,666 --> 00:15:02,966 VALUES TO PROPEL HER CAREER. 470 00:15:01,933 --> 00:15:04,666 AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS A 471 00:15:02,966 --> 00:15:08,266 PROSECUTOR AS TOURNEY GENERAL, 472 00:15:04,666 --> 00:15:09,166 AS VICE PRESIDENT. AND I JUST 473 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:11,666 LOVED HEARING HER FOREIGN 474 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:12,400 AFFAIRS EXPERIENCE. SHE IS THE 475 00:15:11,666 --> 00:15:14,533 MOST QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB. 476 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,233 AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT 477 00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:18,300 SHE'S AT THE TOP OF THE 478 00:15:16,233 --> 00:15:19,000 TICKET. YOU ARE AS MANY 479 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:20,566 INDIVIDUALS ARE WEARING WHITE 480 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,533 A NOD TO THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 481 00:15:20,566 --> 00:15:23,233 MOVEMENT. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A 482 00:15:21,533 --> 00:15:24,333 GREEN PEN IN THE SHAPE OF 483 00:15:23,233 --> 00:15:26,433 ILLINOIS. I WILL THAT YOU ARE 484 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:27,166 IN A CASE, SAME SORORITY AS 485 00:15:26,433 --> 00:15:29,133 KAMALA HARRIS. TELL US ABOUT 486 00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:31,166 THAT SISTERHOOD AND WHAT 487 00:15:29,133 --> 00:15:32,533 DIFFERENT FACT MEANS DID POSE 488 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:34,233 WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU AND WHAT 489 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:36,333 DIFFERENCE IT CAN MAKE TO HER 490 00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:37,600 CAMPAIGN. WELL, YES, I LOVE 491 00:15:36,333 --> 00:15:39,300 THAT EVERYONE WAS WEARING THE 492 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,166 WHITE IN HONOR OF WOMEN 493 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:43,466 SUFFRAGISTS AND BUT I THINK 494 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:44,366 THAT THE PINK AND GREEN FOR 495 00:15:43,466 --> 00:15:46,166 OUT THE CAP OUT BY AND ALL OF 496 00:15:44,366 --> 00:15:46,933 THAT AND NOT TO BUY 9 497 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:47,533 ORGANIZATIONS REALLY. WE'RE 498 00:15:46,933 --> 00:15:49,366 SORT OF SPRINKLED OUT 499 00:15:47,533 --> 00:15:52,266 THROUGHOUT THIS WONDERFUL 500 00:15:49,366 --> 00:15:53,233 AUDITORIUM IN STADIUM. AND IT 501 00:15:52,266 --> 00:15:56,866 WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO 502 00:15:53,233 --> 00:15:57,633 JUST EXPRESS A LITTLE SUPPORT 503 00:15:56,866 --> 00:15:59,633 FOR OUR DIVINE 9 SISTER AND TO 504 00:15:57,633 --> 00:16:01,700 LET HER KNOW THAT WE STAND 505 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:02,500 WITH HER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA 506 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:04,333 SORORITY INCORPORATED TIMES 507 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,333 SPEAKING JUST AS A MEMBER IS 508 00:16:04,333 --> 00:16:08,033 ABOUT SERVICE AND IT IS ABOUT 509 00:16:05,333 --> 00:16:09,233 GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 510 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:11,133 AND I THINK TODAY VICE 511 00:16:09,233 --> 00:16:12,333 PRESIDENT HARRIS TALKED ABOUT 512 00:16:11,133 --> 00:16:13,133 HER LONG CAREER OF SERVICE. 513 00:16:12,333 --> 00:16:15,166 THAT'S GOING TO TAKE HER ALL 514 00:16:13,133 --> 00:16:16,366 THE WAY TO THE WHITE VERY FEW 515 00:16:15,166 --> 00:16:17,400 SECONDS THAT WE HAVE LEFT. 516 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:19,366 THIS IS THE CLOSING NIGHT OF 517 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,166 THE CONVENTION. WHAT DO YOU 518 00:16:19,366 --> 00:16:20,900 HOPE TO TAKE AWAY IS FOR 519 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:22,033 EVERYBODY WHO'S MAYBE COME TO 520 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:24,400 CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME 521 00:16:22,033 --> 00:16:25,666 TODAY? IT WAS A THRILLING 522 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,733 WEEK. WHAT I HOPE IS EVERYONE 523 00:16:25,666 --> 00:16:29,600 UNDERSTANDS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE 524 00:16:27,733 --> 00:16:30,366 UNIFIED, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP 525 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,133 WORKING. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 526 00:16:30,366 --> 00:16:32,366 A CAKEWALK. WE HAVE A LOT OF 527 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:33,066 WORK TO DO TO BE VICTORIOUS ON 528 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:36,600 NOVEMBER. 5TH AND WE'RE GOING 529 00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:39,166 TO DO IT ONCE AGAIN. JULIANA 530 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,366 STRATTON HERE TO WATCH A 531 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,500 POTENTIALLY THE ELEVATION OF 532 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:43,500 VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS 533 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:45,366 TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN AND 534 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,733 FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THE 535 00:16:45,366 --> 00:16:47,433 OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY. YOU, OF 536 00:16:46,733 --> 00:16:48,200 COURSE, FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO 537 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:48,900 HOLD THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT 538 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,566 GOVERNOR IN ILLINOIS. THANK 539 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:53,500 YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FOR 540 00:16:49,566 --> 00:16:54,400 HAVING ME. ALL RIGHT, AMANDA, 541 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,166 THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO 542 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,366 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STRATTON 543 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:58,133 AS WELL. AND AFTER THE BREAK, 544 00:16:57,366 --> 00:16:59,166 WE'LL BE OUT OF THE WHOLE TEAM 545 00:16:58,133 --> 00:16:59,866 TO UNPACK WHAT DEMOCRATS DID 546 00:16:59,166 --> 00:17:03,600 AND DID NOT ACCOMPLISH THIS 547 00:16:59,866 --> 00:17:04,233 WEEK. DON'T GO AWAY. IN 548 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,666 CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE 549 00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:07,333 POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE 550 00:17:06,666 --> 00:17:09,666 ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS 551 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:12,700 FAMILY. THE GYM AND K MAYBE 552 00:17:09,666 --> 00:17:16,166 FAMILY. THE POPE BROTHERS 553 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:26,466 FOUNDATION. AND THE SUPPORT OF 554 00:17:16,166 --> 00:17:26,466 THESE DONORS. 555 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:31,600 AND JOINING US 556 00:17:30,366 --> 00:17:33,366 ONCE AGAIN IS OUR SPOTLIGHT. 557 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,366 POLITICS TEAM. AMANDA VICKI, 558 00:17:33,366 --> 00:17:36,366 HEATHER, SHARON AND NICK 559 00:17:34,366 --> 00:17:37,733 BLUMBERG. ALSO BACK IN THE 560 00:17:36,366 --> 00:17:38,566 STUDIO. OUR GUESTS FOR 561 00:17:37,733 --> 00:17:40,300 TONIGHT'S ANTI TO JACKSON AND 562 00:17:38,566 --> 00:17:43,200 STATE REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS 563 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:44,166 WEAVER. SO WANT TO START WITH 564 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,200 YOU. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, OF 565 00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:45,866 COURSE. BUT HOW ARE YOU 566 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,500 FEELING IN? YOU KNOW, THIS 567 00:17:45,866 --> 00:17:49,100 HISTORIC MOMENT, AS WE 568 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:51,100 MENTIONED, YOU ATTENDED 569 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:52,400 COLLEGE WITH KAMALA HARRIS. 570 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:53,233 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO 571 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,633 SEE TO SEE HER NOMINATED A 572 00:17:53,233 --> 00:17:56,600 MEMBER OF THE DIVINE 9? OKAY. 573 00:17:55,633 --> 00:18:00,166 SHE CAN'T GET A COMPLETE SHE'S 574 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,266 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA DELTA SIGMA 575 00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:04,600 THETA. YOU KNOW, YOU OKAY. BUT 576 00:18:01,266 --> 00:18:05,433 YOU KNOW, BUT REALLY IN ALL 577 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,166 SERIOUSNESS, WELL, VERY, VERY 578 00:18:05,433 --> 00:18:08,866 EXCITED. WEATHER. WINTER ORTIZ 579 00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:09,533 ARE NOT WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO 580 00:18:08,866 --> 00:18:10,966 COLLEGE OR NOT. IT'S AN 581 00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:11,800 EXCITING MOMENT FOR EVERYBODY. 582 00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:12,466 ALL THE BOATS WHO'VE BEEN 583 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,133 STUCK AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S 584 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:16,900 IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE WOMAN 585 00:18:16,133 --> 00:18:17,666 ON THE TICKET TO SEE A PERSON 586 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:20,066 OF COLOR ON THE TICKET TO SEE 587 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:22,933 SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM NO 588 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:24,200 DIDN'T COME FROM PRIVILEGE. NO 589 00:18:22,933 --> 00:18:27,400 ONE GAVE THINGS SOMEONE WHO 590 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:29,566 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE'S 591 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,700 DECIDED TO GO PREDATORS. SHE 592 00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:32,600 SAID, LOOK, WELL, THERE'S A 593 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:34,700 PERSONAL PREDATOR, 594 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,366 INSTITUTIONAL ONE BECAUSE I 595 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:36,233 HAVE BEEN THE VULNERABLE 596 00:18:35,366 --> 00:18:36,966 PERSON BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED ON 597 00:18:36,233 --> 00:18:37,700 THE DOWNSIDE ADVANTAGE. I'VE 598 00:18:36,966 --> 00:18:42,533 HAD TO FIGHT FOR MY MOTHER'S 599 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:44,900 LIFE. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS USE 600 00:18:42,533 --> 00:18:45,633 MY CAREER TO STAND FOR THOSE 601 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:47,100 WHO ARE LIVING IN THE CAPITAL 602 00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:49,133 FALLING IN THE CRACKS. IT WAS 603 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:51,233 JUST EXCITING TO HEAR SOMEONE 604 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:51,933 WHO IT SAYS BOTTOM A 605 00:18:51,233 --> 00:18:54,900 PERSPECTIVE TO LOOK, SHE IS 606 00:18:51,933 --> 00:18:56,166 BLACK. SHE IS ASIAN. THAT IS 607 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,066 OBVIOUS. WHAT SHE'S GIVING IS 608 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:58,800 A PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHO 609 00:18:57,066 --> 00:19:00,900 ARE LIVING ON THE DOWNSIDE OF 610 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,666 ADVANTAGE. AND THEN FROM THESE 611 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:02,966 EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S 612 00:19:01,666 --> 00:19:03,633 A LITTLE BIT OF PRESIDENTIAL 613 00:19:02,966 --> 00:19:04,333 CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS, A 614 00:19:03,633 --> 00:19:08,300 SPEECH TONIGHT WHERE SHE SHE 615 00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:09,966 PAID TRIBUTE TO HER MOTHER. 616 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:12,666 SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER 617 00:19:09,966 --> 00:19:23,133 COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT 618 00:19:12,666 --> 00:19:23,133 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 619 00:19:24,766 --> 00:19:29,000 SHE 620 00:19:24,933 --> 00:19:29,633 ALSO TAUGHT US. SHE ALSO 621 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,600 TAUGHT US AND NEVER DO 622 00:19:29,633 --> 00:19:34,733 ANYTHING HALF-ASSED. THAT 623 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,566 MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THAT 624 00:19:34,733 --> 00:19:38,800 LINE HAS BEEN USED IN 625 00:19:37,566 --> 00:19:40,466 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 626 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,133 ACCEPTANCE REPRESEN 627 00:19:40,466 --> 00:19:41,900 REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER. YOU 628 00:19:41,133 --> 00:19:43,466 KNOW, SHE TOLD US A LITTLE BIT 629 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:44,800 MORE ABOUT WHO SHE IS TONIGHT. 630 00:19:43,466 --> 00:19:46,666 WHAT WAS MISSING? WHAT DIDN'T 631 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:50,600 YOU HEAR? WELL, I JUST WOULD 632 00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:51,466 SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE MY MY OWN 633 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,400 MOTHER GOING TO DO IT, DO IT 634 00:19:51,466 --> 00:19:54,333 ALL THE WAY YOU KNOW, I THINK 635 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,033 BACK TO MY COMMENTS EARLIER, 636 00:19:54,333 --> 00:19:56,933 YOU KNOW, I WOULD STILL LIKE 637 00:19:55,033 --> 00:19:58,066 TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ECONOMIC 638 00:19:56,933 --> 00:20:00,866 POLICY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A 639 00:19:58,066 --> 00:20:02,200 SITTING VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS 640 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:03,100 NOW THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR 641 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,600 PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST. I 642 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:06,500 THINK 35 DAYS STILL NO 643 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,200 INTERVIEWS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN 644 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:10,000 GLEAN SOME THINGS OUT OF A 645 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,733 SPEECH. BUT AT SOME POINT 646 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,066 SHE'S GONNA NEED TO FACE. THE 647 00:20:10,733 --> 00:20:14,066 CAMERAS IS GOING NEED TO FACE 648 00:20:12,066 --> 00:20:16,100 AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HAVE THE 649 00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:18,200 ANSWERS TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT 650 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:18,966 ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION, THE 651 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,700 WORLD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RIGHT 652 00:20:18,966 --> 00:20:23,100 NOW. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 653 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:24,333 THINGS THAT WE LEFT TO BE 654 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:26,000 UNDERSTOOD. HEATHER, AMONG THE 655 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:26,633 ISSUES TONIGHT WAS CELEBRATING 656 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,333 THE MILITARY BACKING LAW 657 00:20:26,633 --> 00:20:28,100 ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE SOME 658 00:20:27,333 --> 00:20:28,866 OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. BUT THIS 659 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:33,133 ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS SUCH AN 660 00:20:28,866 --> 00:20:33,833 EMPHASIS ON THAT. WELL, YOU 661 00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:34,600 KNOW, SHE DIDN'T MENTION IT 662 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,733 DURING HER SPEECH, BUT OF 663 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,900 COURSE, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST 664 00:20:36,733 --> 00:20:39,833 FEMALE PRESIDENT AND JUST LIKE 665 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:41,700 WITH HILLARY CLINTON, IT WAS 666 00:20:39,833 --> 00:20:45,566 CLEAR THAT SHE WANTED TO TELL 667 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:46,266 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW SHE 668 00:20:45,566 --> 00:20:47,266 WOULD SERVE AS OUR COMMANDER 669 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:48,200 IN CHIEF, WHICH IS WHY WE 670 00:20:47,266 --> 00:20:51,966 HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HER WORK 671 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,933 AS A PROSECUTOR, WE HEARD HER 672 00:20:51,966 --> 00:20:55,966 AGAIN SAY THAT HER ONLY CLIENT 673 00:20:53,933 --> 00:20:57,966 HAS THE PEOPLE. SHE IS KAMALA 674 00:20:55,966 --> 00:20:59,400 HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE, ONE OF 675 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:03,033 HER CAMPAIGN SLOGANS. BUT WE 676 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:04,066 ALSO HEARD FROM PEOPLE LIKE 677 00:21:03,033 --> 00:21:05,833 LEON PANETTA, A FORMER DEFENSE 678 00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:07,966 SECRETARY WHO HAS BEEN PART OF 679 00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:09,100 SORT THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL 680 00:21:07,966 --> 00:21:10,266 COMPLEX OF THIS COUNTRY FOR 681 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,966 DECADES. HE HELPED LEAD THE 682 00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:14,900 RAID THAT ENDED WITH THE 683 00:21:10,966 --> 00:21:16,133 KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. 684 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,566 AND HE'S VOUCHING FOR HARRIS 685 00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:21,133 IS A WAY TO SORT ADDRESS 686 00:21:17,566 --> 00:21:23,400 CONCERNS THAT PERHAPS OLDER 687 00:21:21,133 --> 00:21:24,600 PEOPLE, PERHAPS MALE PEOPLE 688 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,266 HAVE ABOUT ELECTING A WOMAN 689 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,533 AND PUTTING HER IN CHARGE OF 690 00:21:27,266 --> 00:21:29,433 THE ARMED SERVICES. IT'S 691 00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:30,533 SOMETHING THAT AMERICA HAS 692 00:21:29,433 --> 00:21:31,600 NEVER DONE. AND WHILE SHE 693 00:21:30,533 --> 00:21:33,366 DIDN'T ADDRESS IT DIRECTLY, 694 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,500 IT'S CLEAR THAT SHE SEES THIS 695 00:21:33,366 --> 00:21:36,633 IS SORT OF A PLACE TO SHORE UP 696 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:38,433 AND SHE LEANED INTO THAT 697 00:21:36,633 --> 00:21:40,400 TONIGHT KNOWING THAT SHE HAD 698 00:21:38,433 --> 00:21:42,266 THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE THAT SHE 699 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,433 WOULD HAS EVER HAD TO THIS 700 00:21:42,266 --> 00:21:47,400 POINT WATCHING. AMANDA, THERE 701 00:21:45,433 --> 00:21:48,566 WAS, OF COURSE, CONCERN AHEAD 702 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,500 OF THE DNC THAT THIS ONE WOULD 703 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:51,633 BE A BLACK EYE FOR THE CITY OF 704 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,200 THINGS DID NOT GO WELL. A LOT 705 00:21:51,633 --> 00:21:55,666 OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 706 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,433 REMEMBERING 1968. I THINK OUR 707 00:21:55,666 --> 00:21:57,300 SUPERINTENDENT GETTING KIND OF 708 00:21:56,433 --> 00:21:59,466 SICK OF PEOPLE RECOUNTING 709 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:00,200 THOSE MEMORIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, 710 00:21:59,466 --> 00:22:00,866 HAS THIS CONVENTION SORT OF 711 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:09,033 EXCISED OR EXERCISE THOSE 712 00:22:00,866 --> 00:22:10,200 GHOSTS? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT 713 00:22:09,033 --> 00:22:10,933 CERTAINLY HAS. YOU HEARD A LOT 714 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,900 OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW 715 00:22:10,933 --> 00:22:14,266 WONDERFUL CHICAGO HAS AN 716 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:15,200 IMPACT THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW, 717 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:16,733 THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HAS 718 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,933 ITS BREAKFAST. AND SO I TRIED 719 00:22:16,733 --> 00:22:19,500 TO ASK MANY OF MEMBERS OF CITY 720 00:22:18,933 --> 00:22:20,666 COUNCIL OTHER CHICAGO 721 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:21,566 RESIDENTS WERE ELECTED 722 00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:24,300 LEADERS. WHAT THEY THOUGHT 723 00:22:21,566 --> 00:22:25,700 ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID YES, 724 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:26,933 SOME SAID THEY DON'T BELIEVE 725 00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:27,700 THAT THIS IS A REPUTATION THAT 726 00:22:26,933 --> 00:22:30,733 IS DESERVED, THAT THIS IS A 727 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:31,966 REPUTATION CHICAGO HAS 728 00:22:30,733 --> 00:22:34,000 RECEIVED UNFAIRLY. IT'S 729 00:22:31,966 --> 00:22:35,766 BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN 730 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,600 PARTY. OTHERS SAID, YEAH, YOU 731 00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:38,100 KNOW, THERE THERE ARE SOME 732 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,000 THINGS AT THE CONVENTION SHOW 733 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:39,700 COULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY. AND 734 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,666 IT'S NOT JUST GRANDEST THE 735 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:44,400 PROTEST. THAT'S THINGS LIKE 736 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:45,133 MORE CTA TRAINS WHEN THERE 737 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,600 WERE LONG LINES ON THE BLUE 738 00:22:45,133 --> 00:22:49,333 LINE. THAT WE I HEARD THAT TO 739 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,966 SEE TATE BROUGHT IN MORE. AND 740 00:22:49,333 --> 00:22:54,033 SO ONE ALDERMAN SAID THIS IS 741 00:22:52,966 --> 00:22:55,866 DEMONSTRATED THAT CHICAGO CAN 742 00:22:54,033 --> 00:22:56,500 REALLY DO IT. THE CITY IS 743 00:22:55,866 --> 00:22:58,900 ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S 744 00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:00,633 GENERALLY VERY CLEAN CITY. THE 745 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:01,300 CITY STEPPED UP ITS GAME. AND 746 00:23:00,633 --> 00:23:04,833 SO THESE ARE THE SORT OF 747 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:05,833 THINGS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE. 748 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:06,733 AND THEY SAID THAT NOW THAT 749 00:23:05,833 --> 00:23:08,600 THEY'VE CHICAGO HE'S SHOWN IT 750 00:23:06,733 --> 00:23:12,533 CAN BE DONE, SHOULD BE KEPT IT 751 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:14,433 UP, SHOULD BE KEPT IT'S BEEN A 752 00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:15,266 LONG 4 NICK, YOU WERE AT A 753 00:23:14,433 --> 00:23:18,133 MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS 754 00:23:15,266 --> 00:23:19,333 EARLIER THIS MORNING WHERE YOU 755 00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:20,366 HEARD FROM FORMER ILLINOIS 756 00:23:19,333 --> 00:23:25,466 DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR AS WELL 757 00:23:20,366 --> 00:23:27,400 AS A COUPLE OF BIG 2 STARTS. 758 00:23:25,466 --> 00:23:28,600 THAT'S RIGHT. WE HEARD FROM 759 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,800 CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY WHO 760 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,966 APOLOGIZED FOR THE HOARSENESS 761 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,600 OF HER VOICE. SOMETHING WE'VE 762 00:23:30,966 --> 00:23:34,266 BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF 763 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:34,933 POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT THE 764 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,666 WEEK. BUT TO THAT END OF 765 00:23:34,933 --> 00:23:36,766 WELCOMING PEOPLE TO CHICAGO, 766 00:23:35,666 --> 00:23:38,566 SHE SAID, HEY, WE ORDERED UP 767 00:23:36,766 --> 00:23:39,700 SOME GREAT WEATHER FOR SHE WAS 768 00:23:38,566 --> 00:23:41,833 REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE 769 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:42,733 FOLKS IN TOWN ENJOYING WHAT 770 00:23:41,833 --> 00:23:45,466 CHICAGO HAS TO OFFER. BUT SHE 771 00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:46,200 ALSO HAD A MESSAGE THAT, YOU 772 00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:48,666 KNOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE TO STAY 773 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,300 FOCUSED. THEY HAVE TO, AS 774 00:23:48,666 --> 00:23:50,533 MICHELLE OBAMA SAID, DO 775 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:51,266 SOMETHING ALSO HEARD FROM 776 00:23:50,533 --> 00:23:52,800 SPEAKER AMERICA. NANCY PELOSI 777 00:23:51,266 --> 00:23:53,766 HAS BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS AND 778 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,800 GETTING A PRETTY GREAT 779 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:57,700 RECEPTION FROM DEMOCRATS ALL 780 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,500 WEEK AT OFFICIAL EVENTS, BUT 781 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,066 PROBABLY THE YOU KNOW, 782 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:01,800 STANDING OVATION AND 783 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:02,833 EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM WITH 784 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,866 ONE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY STAR, 785 00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:05,833 SHERYL LEE. RALPH SHOWED SHE 786 00:24:04,866 --> 00:24:09,533 LEFT THE ROOM AND A SING-ALONG 787 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:10,766 OF WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. HAD 788 00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:12,500 A VERY STRONG MESSAGE OF 789 00:24:10,766 --> 00:24:13,233 ACTIVISM FOR THOSE IN THE 790 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,166 ROOM. AND IF YOU HAVE NOTICED 791 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:16,433 ON THE SHOW THAT HER CHARACTER 792 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:17,800 HAS A DELIBERATE MANNER OF 793 00:24:16,433 --> 00:24:18,533 SPEAKING, THAT DOESN'T SEEM 794 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,300 LIKE IT'S ACTING THAT JUST 795 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:22,566 KIND OF SEEMS LIKE THAT'S HOW 796 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:23,433 SHE TALKS TO US. FIRED UP AND 797 00:24:22,566 --> 00:24:24,266 SHE HAD A MESSAGE FOR 798 00:24:23,433 --> 00:24:25,400 EVERYBODY AND SHE WANTED TO 799 00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:26,333 MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. THEY 800 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,066 NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK 801 00:24:26,333 --> 00:24:29,800 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. 802 00:24:29,066 --> 00:24:32,833 PRETTY GOOD, NICK. ACTUALLY, I 803 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:35,900 THINK YOU THIS IN. I'M 804 00:24:32,833 --> 00:24:36,633 HEATHER, A SURPRISE SPEAKER 805 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:37,400 TONIGHT WAS A FORMER ILLINOIS 806 00:24:36,633 --> 00:24:38,933 ATTORNEY GENERAL LISA MADIGAN. 807 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,700 SHE'S BEEN OUT OF OFFICE 808 00:24:38,933 --> 00:24:41,366 AROUND SINCE SHE LEFT OFFICE 809 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:46,700 BACK IN 2019. WHY DID SHE 810 00:24:41,366 --> 00:24:49,666 SPEAK? WELL, WHILE SHE WAS 811 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:50,300 ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS 812 00:24:49,666 --> 00:24:51,666 WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 813 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,766 CALIFORNIA AND THEY WERE BOTH 814 00:24:51,666 --> 00:24:55,500 FORCED TO TRAVEL WITH THE 815 00:24:52,766 --> 00:24:56,900 AFTERMATH OF THE 2008 GREAT 816 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:57,733 RECESSION. WHEN THE HOUSING 817 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:58,766 MARKET COLLAPSED, THAT 818 00:24:57,733 --> 00:25:02,700 THREATENED TO TURN THOUSANDS 819 00:24:58,766 --> 00:25:03,966 OF FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES 820 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:04,966 BECAUSE OF FORECLOSURES. 821 00:25:03,966 --> 00:25:06,033 THEY'VE JOINED FORCES TO FORCE 822 00:25:04,966 --> 00:25:06,733 WHAT THEY CALL BIG BANKS TO 823 00:25:06,033 --> 00:25:09,633 ALLOW THOSE FAMILIES TO 824 00:25:06,733 --> 00:25:12,666 RENEGOTIATE THOSE MORTGAGE. 825 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:13,666 AND LISA MADIGAN DELIVERED A 826 00:25:12,666 --> 00:25:15,900 FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF 827 00:25:13,666 --> 00:25:17,633 KAMALA HARRIS'S WILLINGNESS 828 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:19,133 AND ABILITY TO TAKE ON THOSE 829 00:25:17,633 --> 00:25:21,400 MONEYED INTEREST, WHICH 830 00:25:19,133 --> 00:25:23,200 DOVETAILS EXACTLY WITH HER 831 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,366 SORT OF CASE AGAINST FORMER 832 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,166 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WE 833 00:25:24,366 --> 00:25:28,166 HEARD HIM. WE HEARD HER SAY 834 00:25:26,166 --> 00:25:30,133 THAT HE WOULD NOT CARE FOR THE 835 00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:31,566 AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT ONLY FOR 836 00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:32,333 HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS. AND 837 00:25:31,566 --> 00:25:34,166 THAT'S WHY LISA MADIGAN AND A 838 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:36,300 LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE 839 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:37,500 APPEARANCE WAS AT TONIGHT'S 840 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:40,200 CONVENTION. YEP, THAT WAS ALL 841 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:41,233 RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A FUN WEEK, 842 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,233 EVERYBODY THAT SPOTLIGHT. 843 00:25:41,233 --> 00:25:43,133 THANKS. TEAM AMANDA HEATHER 844 00:25:42,233 --> 00:25:43,833 SHARON, THAT BLUMBERG ARE IN 845 00:25:43,133 --> 00:25:44,400 STUDIO GUESTS. THANK YOU FOR 846 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:45,133 STICKING WITH U.S. 847 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,266 REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS WEAVER, 848 00:25:45,133 --> 00:25:48,366 ANTS AND TITO JACKSON, THANKS 849 00:25:47,266 --> 00:25:49,300 TO YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. 850 00:25:48,366 --> 00:25:51,200 THAT IS OUR SHOW TONIGHT. A 851 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:52,300 QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR 852 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,033 REPORTERS. PRODUCERS ARE 853 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:54,933 AWESOME TECHNICAL CREW FOR ALL 854 00:25:53,033 --> 00:25:56,533 OF YOUR HARD WORK THIS WEEK. 855 00:25:54,933 --> 00:25:58,100 THANK YOU ALL. BE SURE TO JOIN 856 00:25:56,533 --> 00:26:00,966 US TOMORROW FOR THE WEEKEND 857 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:02,100 REVIEW. AND WHAT A WEEK IT WAS 858 00:26:00,966 --> 00:26:02,766 NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE CHICAGO 859 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,533 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU 860 00:26:02,766 --> 00:26:14,166 FOR WATCHING. STAY HEALTHY AND 861 00:26:03,533 --> 00:26:14,166 SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 862 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:37,666 CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE 863 00:26:34,866 --> 00:26:40,666 POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND 864 00:26:37,666 --> 00:26:41,433 CLIFFORD PERSONAL INJURY, LAW