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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT...
>> WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO BRING
EVERYONE TOGETHER, UM, CALMLY,
RIGHT?
>> AMANDA VINICKY ON THE GROUND
IN KENOSHA WITH THE LATEST.
>> THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION
IS WHETHER AMERICA REMAINS
AMERICA.
>> THE VICE-PRESIDENT TOOK THE
STAGE LAST NIGHT.
OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM
RECAPS DAY THREE OF THE RNC AND
PREVIEWS TONIGHT'S FINALE AS
PART OF OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE ON
THE CONVENTION.
>> I THINK THERE IS A CLEAR
DEFINITION WHICH WAY WE'RE
GOING.
>> CONGRESSMAN MIKE BOST ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REELECTION
CAMPAIGN, MAIL-IN VOTING AND
MUCH MORE.
>> HE HAS STOOD BY ME AND HE
WILL STAND UP FOR YOU.
>> BREAKING DOWN CONVENTION
SPEECHES WITH TWO POLITICAL
SPEECHWRITERS AHEAD OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE.
>> I THINK REAGAN IS SUPER.
>> AND WE GO TO THE "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" ARCHIVE AND OUR
COVERAGE OF THE 1984 CONVENTION
WITH'S REVEALING INTERVIEW.
>> AND PARIS AS YOU MENTIONED I
AM IN KENOSHA WHERE I WILL BE
REPORTING AS PART OF OUR
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.
THE SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN CITY
ERUPTED IN RIOTS AND PROTESTS
DIFFERENCE THE SUNDAY EVENING
SHOOTING BY POLICE OF RESIDENT
JACOB BLAKE.
TENSIONS HAVE CALMED SOME SINCE
TUESDAY.
WE'LL SPEAK WITH RESIDENTS,
ACTIVISTS AND THE KENOSHA MAYOR
FOR THE LATEST AND THE PATH
FORWARD.
FIRST, PARIS BACK TO YOU FOR THE
DAY'S TOP STORIES.
>> WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN A
BIT.
CHICAGO'S ASKING INVESTORS TO
SHOW THEIR CARDS ON A PROPOSED
CITY CASINO.
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS CALLING
FOR GAMING COMPANIES TO MAKE
THEIR PITCH FOR A QUOTE ONCE IN
A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW
GAMING DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART
OF THE CITY A NEW BILL REDUCED
THE POTENTIAL EFFECTIVE TAX RATE
THAT THE OPERATOR WOULD HAVE HAD
TO PAY FROM 72% DOWN TO 40%.
INTERESTED COMPANIES HAVE UNTIL
OCTOBER 21ST TO SUBMIT THEIR
PROPOSAL.
>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IN
FEDERAL HOT WATER.
HIGH C.P.S. OFFICIAL HAS BEEN
CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT WITH
LYING TO THE F.B.I.
PEDRO SOTO SERVED AS JANICE
JACKSON'S CHIEF OF STAFF IS
ACCUSED OF LYING TO
INVESTIGATORS ABOUT GIVING
NONPUBLIC INFORMATION TO A
LOBBYIST ON BEHALF OF A BIDDER
SEEKING A $1 BILLION CUSTODIAL
SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE ACTIVITY ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED
UNDER FORMER C.E.O. FORREST
CLAYPOOL.
JACKSON SAYS THE ACTIONS ARE NOT
REFLECTIVE OF THE WORLD CLASS
SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE WORKED
TO BUILD AND WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED.
>> IT IS A FAMILIAR PLEA BUT
THIS TIME IT MAY BE FALLING ON
DEAF EARS.
EXELON SAYS IT WILL CLOSE TWO
NUCLEAR PLANTS IN DOWN STATE
DREZ DEN AND BYRON.
IT ECHOS THREATS THE COMPANY
MADE TO KEEP NUCLEAR PLANTS
OPEN.
INSTEAD OF TAKING THE BAIT
LAWMAKERS ARE EXPLORING HAVING
OTHER COMPANIES PURCHASE THE
PLANTS FROM EXELON.
QUOTE...
>> MEANWHILE SPOKESPERSON FOR
GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS
QUOTE WE HAVE SEEN THESE THREATS
BEFORE AND THIS TIME EXELON'S
THREATS WILL NEED TO BE BACKED
UP BY A THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT
REVIEW OF FINANCES INCLUDING
ITEM THE PROFITS OF THE COMPANY
CANNOT COVER OPERATING LOSSES AT
A FEW PLANTS.
ComEd AGREED TO PAY $200
MILLION IN FINES AFTER CHARGED
IN A MASSIVE ALLEGED BRIBERY
SCHEME THAT IMPLICATES HOUSE
SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS
1700 NEW CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS
CASES FOR A TOTAL OF OVER
227,000.
AND 24 ADDITIONAL DEATHS FOR A
TOTAL DEATH TOLL NEARING 8,000.
THE SEVEN-DAY TESTING POSITIVITY
RATE IS UP AT 4.1%.
AND BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
>> PROTESTS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
IN KENOSHA TONIGHT.
THERE HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATIONS
SINCE SUNDAY WHEN A POLICE
OFFICER SHOT A BLACK MAN, JAKE
JAQUES, SEVEN --
JACOB BLAKE SEVEN TIMES IN THE
BACK.
WE VISITED KENOSHA JUST OVER THE
ILLINOIS BORDER BACK IN APRIL
FOR A CONTROVERSIAL WISCONSIN
PRIMARY ELECTION.
NOW, WE'RE BACK AS THE CITY IS
IN CRISIS.
OUR AMANDA VINICKY IS ON THE
GROUND IN KENOSHA AS PART OF OUR
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES AND
WE GO TO HER WITH THE LATEST.
>> BRANDIS, DETAILS REMAIN MURKY
ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY TRANSPIRED
SUNDAY NIGHT WHAT COMPELLED THE
KENOSHA POLICE OFFICER RUSTEN
SHESKY TO SHOOT AS YOU NOTED
SEVEN TIMES RESIDENT JACOB
BLAKE.
HE IS A FATHER HIS CHILDREN WERE
IN THE CAR.
THE WISCONSIN ATTORNEY GENERAL
HAS SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT LATER
FOUND A KNIFE IN BLAKE'S CAR BUT
NO OTHER WEAPONS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS GAVE NO UPDATES
ON BLAKE OR THE HIGH PROFILE
GOING ON HERE IN KENOSHA WHEN
THEY GAVE STATEMENTS TO THE
MEDIA THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SO-CALLED PRESS CONFERENCE
BEGAN WITH A PRAYER AND ENDED
WITH OFFICIALS REFUSING TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
MEDIA.
KENOSHA'S MAYOR DID SPEAK WITH
US LATER AND WE'LL HAVE THAT
INTERVIEW COMING UP ON THE SHOW.
THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THAT
INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING AND
EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO
PEACEFULLY PROTEST AND WHO
FOLLOW KENOSHA'S 7:00 P.M.
CURFEW.
>> KENOSHA WAS ONCE KNOWN FOR
AMERICAN MOTORS AND THE
LAKEFRONT.
WE DO NOT WISH TO BE KNOWN FOR
VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND.
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP THE
CITIZENS OF KENOSHA SAFE AND TO
INVESTIGATE AND STOP LAWLESS
BEHAVIOR.
AND THAT IS ONLY BY A SMALL
GROUP.
BY NO MEANS DO I OR ANYBODY UP
HERE THINK THAT 1500 PEOPLE
INTEND VIOLENCE.
MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WANT CHANGE
THEY WANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THOSE ARE THINGS I THINK WE ALL
AGREE UPON.
>> THE KENOSHA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED THAT THE
PEOPLE OF KENOSHA ARE GOOD.
AND ARE PEACEFUL AS HE HOPES
TONIGHT'S PROTESTS WILL BE.
>> LAST NIGHT, WAS VERY
PEACEFUL.
TUESDAY NIGHT, NOT QUITE SO
PEACEFUL BUT IT WASN'T TOO BAD.
MONDAY NIGHT WAS OUR BIG NIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE OVER THAT HUMP
OF WHAT WE HAVE TO FACE.
>> IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER HE
MISSPOKE AGAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT
DID NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT TUESDAY IS WHEN TWO PEOPLE
DIED AFTER KYLE RITTENHOUSE A
17-YEAR-OLD FROM ANTIOCH IS
APPARENTLY PART OF A VIGILANTE
MILITIA WHO WAS BRANDISHING A
RIFLE ALLEGEDLY SHOT THEM.
RITTENHOUSE HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH SEVERAL FELONIES.
SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS SAID WHAT
HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK ALONG
THEIR SEGREGATED LAKEFRONT CITY
ISN'T SURPRISING.
>> NO, IT'S NOT.
THE RACIAL TENSIONS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN HIGH IN THIS TOWN.
SINCE GEORGE FLOYD'S PASSING
IT'S BEEN INTENSIFIED.
SO, NO I'M NOT SURPRISED.
>> TANYA McLEAN ORGANIZED SAYS
SHE IS DISAPPOINTED THAT HER
LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE NOT DONE
ENOUGH.
SHE SAYS ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS
REACHING OUT TO RESIDENTS LIKE
HER WHO LIVE IN THE AREA THAT
HAS BEEN LOOTED AND WHERE
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BURNED TO
THE GROUND.
SHE WANTS TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN
THE COMMUNITY'S RECONCILIATION
OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
ANOTHER PAIR OF ACTIVISTS SAY
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AGITATING TO
END SYSTEMIC RACISM SINCE FERG
RON.
AND WHILE THEY ARE ENCOURAGED
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON THIS ISSUE
AND THEIR COMMUNITY NOW IT IS
DISCOURAGING THAT A BLACK MAN
HAD TO BE SHOT SEVEN TIMES FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN.
>> KENOSHA IS A GREAT PLACE THAT
PUTS ON A FACADE OF BEING
PROGRESSIVE AND FRIENDLY BUT THE
MIDWEST IS VERY RACIST.
BECAUSE WE'RE SUCH A SMALL
PORTION OF THE POPULATION HERE,
NO ONE WANTS TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION TO CHANGE IT.
>> I THINK WE NEED A NEW KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF.
WE NEED A NEW KENOSHA SHERIFF
CHIEF.
WE NEED A NEW MAYOR.
WE NEED TO WIPE THE DECK CLEAN
AND SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF HERE
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
VOTING COMES UP, IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK THE BIG THING --
VOTING IS IMPORTANT.
BUT VOTING LOCALLY IS MORE
IMPORTANT.
>> NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT DIAMOND HARTWELL IS ON
CRUTCHES.
SHE SAYS SHE WAS PUSHED TO THE
GROUND THE FIRST NIGHT OF
PROTESTS.
NOW, AROUND TOWN TODAY
BUSINESSES, BY AND LARGE, WERE
CLOSED AND BOARDED UP.
BUT OWNERS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS,
SPENT THE DAY TO PAINT ON THE
BOARDS MESSAGES OF PEACE, LOVE
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE WILL BE BACK LATER IN THE
PROGRAM WITH A ONE-ON-ONE WITH
KENOSHA'S MAYOR.
BUT FOR NOW, BRANDIS BACK TO
YOU.
>> AMANDA ON THE GROUND IN
KENOSHA FOR US.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN
KENOSHA SHORTLY.
AMANDA WILL BE BACK LATER IN THE
PROGRAM FOR OUR SPECIAL
CONVENTION EDITION OF SPOTLIGHT
POLITICS.
FIRST BACK TO PARIS WITH A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM
ILLINOIS IN A CONVERSATION
RECORDED THIS AFTERNOON.
>> LAST NIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION HIT HARD ON
THE CAMPAIGN THEME OF LAW AND
ORDER.
AND SPEAKERS CAST A DARK CLOUD
ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE AMERICA
WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER A JOE
BIDEN PRESIDENCY.
>> THE HARD TRUTH IS YOU WON'T
BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA.
>> THIS AS ANOTHER DAY OF UNREST
IN KENOSHA FOLLOWING THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB
BLAKE.
AND JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE ON THE RNC IS
CONGRESSMAN MIKE BOST, A
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTING THE 12TH
DISTRICT IN SOUTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS INCLUDING CARBONDALE
AND MOUNTVILLE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> YOU HEARD VICE-PRESIDENT
PENCE SAYING YOU WON'T BE SAFE
IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA BUT THE
ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN CITIES
HAS HAPPENED UNDER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S WATCH HAS IT NOT?
>> I WILL GIVE A GREAT ANSWER
FOR THAT.
WHERE ARE THE CITIES AND WHO HAS
BEEN IN CONTROL?
IT'S BEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND MOST
OF THOSE CITIES NOT ONLY FOR A
COUPLE YEARS BUT FOR DECADES.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD CONTROL
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BUSY WORRY
BEING THE NEXT ELECTION THEY ARE
NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE
FOR OUR FUTURE AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL UNREST HAS
TO BE DEALT WITH IN A WIDE WAY.
I'M WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT END
UP MAKING VOTES BASED ON
FEELINGS NOT ON FACTS.
>> HOW DOES THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL
UNREST NEED TO BE DEALT WITH
FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL AND
THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL?
>> ON THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL
EARLY ON HE TRIED TO USE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE TO SEND OUT
TRAINING, PROPER GUIDELINES
REMEMBER BECAUSE OF THE 10TH
AMENDMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CANNOT FORCE THESE THINGS THEY
CAN WITH OUR NATIONAL POLICING
BUT THE LOCAL AND STATE POLICING
HAS TO ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALLOWING FOR THE 10TH AMENDMENT
WHICH IS LOCAL CONTROL.
THAT BEING SAID, TRAINING.
HOW TO HANDLE CERTAIN SITUATIONS
HOW TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE REGARDLESS
OF WHAT YOUR SKIN COLOR IS THAT
YOU FEEL SECURE AROUND A POLICE
OFFICER.
NO ONE HATES A BAD COP MORE THAN
THE GOOD COPS AND THERE ARE MORE
GOOD COPS THAN BAD COPS BUT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE IS NOT THE
ANSWER.
>> AT THE SAME TIME,
CONGRESSMAN, THERE IS A FEDERAL
CONSENT DECREE IN CHICAGO TO TRY
AND ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS WITH
THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SHOULD THERE BE MORE CIVIL
RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE
DEPARTMENTS?
>> IF THERE IS CIVIL RIGHTS
PROBLEMS.
WILL NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL
REGISTER THAT CAN BE FED INTO
AND CERTAIN GUIDELINES THAT MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY COPS
THAT ARE BAD OR HAVE BEEN BAD
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS
JUSTLY DONE.
IT CAN'T BE I GOT A TICKET SO I
WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS POLICE
OFFICER.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHENEVER
THIS FIRST BROKE EVEN BEFORE
THIS I WAS WORKING ON AND IT GOT
HEATED UP AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD
ISSUE, I REACHED OUT TO POLICE
OFFICERS AND ALL OF MY
N.A.A.C.P.ES TO TRY TO COME
TOGETHER TO GET THE ANSWER.
LET ME TELL YOU TALKING TO THE
N.A.A.C.P. IN MY DISTRICT, AND
THERE ARE SEVERAL CHAPTERS NONE
WANT TO DEFUND POLICE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE
IS A BAD COP THAT ONE HE IS
DISCIPLINED, AND ARE MOVED OFF
THAT FORCE.
AND THEN, THEY ARE ALSO RECORDED
ON A NATIONAL REGISTER SO IF
THEY TRY TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE
THAT DEPOSE ON THEIR RECORD.
>> THERE IS COMMON GROUND TO BE
FOUND.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
YOU REPRESENT PART OF THE METRO
EAST NEAR ST. LOUIS THAT HAS
SOME OF THE HIGHEST POSITIVE
CASES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
CAN THE PRESIDENT CREDIBLELY
MAKE THE CASE THAT HIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDLED THIS
OUTBREAK WELL WHEN YOU SEE
180,000 DEATHS AND COUNTING?
>> WELL, LET'S BE CLEAR ON THIS.
THE PRESIDENT REGARDLESS WHETHER
IT IS A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN
HAS NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT, THE 10TH AMENDMENT
THAT IS THE POWER OF THE STATES
THE REASON WHY THE GUIDELINES
AND ONLY GUIDELINES ARE GIVEN
FROM THE PRESIDENT I GOT PEOPLE
SAYING WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE A
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN.
OUR CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW
FOR THAT.
EACH GOVERNOR THROUGH THE LOCAL
CONTROL HAVE THE ABILITY TO
CONTROL.
THEY ARE GIVEN GUIDELINES.
OUR GOVERNOR HE MADE A BROAD
SWEEPING DECISION THAT ENDED UP
BEING NOT A REAL GOOD ONE.
WE ADVISED HIM EARLY ON TO SETUP
REGIONS THIS AREA COULD SHUTDOWN
AND SET GUIDELINES ON WHAT THAT
MEANS.
HE SET THE GUIDELINES BUT THEN
HE NEVER LET THE REGIONS BREAK
UP THAT WAY.
SO THE THING IS, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THROUGH
CONGRESS CAN ONLY ADVISE WE
CANNOT FORCE A SITUATION WHERE
WE FORCE EVERYBODY TO WEAR A
MASK --
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
THE POWER OF THE PLATFORM WITH
COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT IN
APRIL SAYING THE VIRUS WOULD GO
AWAY THE WARM WEATHER WOULD MAKE
IT GOING AWAY, INJECTING BLEACH,
DIDN'T THOSE COMMENTS HURT THE
EFFORT?
>> I DON'T THINK SO AND HERE'S
WHY.
LOOK, HE IS GOING ON THE ADVICE
OF LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT.
HE LISTENS TO ADVICE AND TAKES
THE ADVICE OF MANY PEOPLE AND
TRIES TO MAKE THE WISEST
DECISION.
THEY CALL THIS PRACTICING
MEDICINE.
WHEN A PANDEMIC BREAKS OUT AND
REMEMBER HE ALSO GOT IN TROUBLE
FOR FROM THE DEMOCRATS JOE BIDEN
IN PARTICULAR, NANCY PELOSI, FOR
SHUTTING DOWN TRAVEL TO CHINA.
THAT HE WAS A FEAR MONGER.
HE WAS CAUSING TROUBLE THAT WAS
NOT NECESSARY.
NOW, THEY ARE SAYING THEY SAY HE
DID NOT ACT SOON ENOUGH.
I DON'T THINK ANY PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN ATTACKED MORE THAN IN MY
LIFETIME.
THAT BEING SAID, HE DID WITH THE
INFORMATION HE HAD, MOVE FORWARD
WHAT LEVEL HE DID.
BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT QUESTION ON THE OTHER SIDE
DID WE SHUTDOWN TOO FAST OR DID
JOHN NOTHDURFT SHUTDOWN ENOUGH?
THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY TO WEIGH
OUT.
THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT WE
HAVE A RISE IN THE NUMBER OF
CASES RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THAT
HAS TO DO WITH THE YOUNGER
GENERATION THAT IS TESTING
POSITIVE.
YOU NEED TO COMPARE WHAT THE
DEATH IS BECAUSE WE'VE --
WE DID WHAT WE WANTED TO DO
WHICH IS NOT ALLOW THE CURVE TO
COME UP SO HIGH AND THAT WE
WOULD SWAMP OUR HOSPITALS.
>> CONGRESSMAN WE HAVE TO MOVE
ON TO OTHER ISSUES.
FLATTENING THE CURVE THERE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE YOU VOTED IN
FAVOR OF THE $25 BILLION FOR THE
U.S. MAIL.
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT HOW
HE DOES NOT TRUST WIDESPREAD
MAIL-IN VOTING IT WILL LEAD TO A
RIGGED ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE THAT IT WOULD LEAD
TO A RIGGED ELECTION?
>> I BELIEVE AND IF YOU ARE FROM
ILLINOIS YOU REALIZE THAT RIGGED
ELECTIONS DO HAPPEN, VOTER FRAUD
DOES HAPPEN.
LET ME TELL YOU THAT VOTING IN
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY
ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR YEARS AND THERE ARE CERTAIN
CHECKS AND BALANCES.
IF YOU TRY TO DO IT ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE STATES
THAT DO NOT HAVE THE CHECKS AND
BALANCES I AGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON THAT.
>> YOU ARE ATTENDING THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TONIGHT.
>> I ANTICIPATE HIM EXPANDING ON
THE PROPOSALS HE HAD WHICH IS
FIXING THE CORONAVIRUS AND
BRINGING THE ECONOMY BACK AND
MAKING SURE WE PROTECT MEDICARE
AND SOCIAL SECURITY AND THAT WE
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
HEALTHCARE THAT PROVIDES FOR
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD SPEECH.
I THINK THERE IS A CLEAR
DEFINITION WHERE WE ARE GOING
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPEECH.
>> CONGRESSMAN THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW, BRANDIS WE GO BACK
TO YOU.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
AS THE NATION GRAPPLES WITH A
DEVASTATING HURRICANE, CIVIL
UNREST, AND A PANDEMIC, TONIGHT
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL
ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
LAST NIGHT DURING NIGHT THREE OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE TOOK A LAW AND ORDER
APPROACH WHILE POINTING TO
VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS TAKING
PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I WILL
ALWAYS SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF
AMERICANS TO PEACEFUL PROTEST.
THE RIOTING AND LOOTING IS NOT
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
TEARING DOWN STATUES IS NOT FREE
SPEECH.
AND THOSE WHO DO SO WILL BE
PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
OF THE LAW.
>> JOINING US AS PART OF OUR
SPECIAL CONVENTION COVERAGE ARE
TWO ACCOMPLISHED SPEECHWRITERS.
MARY KATE CARY, WHO SERVED AS
WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER FOR
GEORGE H.W. BUSH FROM 1989 TO
1992 AND SENIOR WRITER FOR
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE 1988
BUSH-QUAIL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
AND ADVISED FOR NUMEROUS
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.
AND ROBERT LEHRMAN
VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE A CHIEF
SPEECHWRITER AND WRITTEN FOR
NUMEROUS DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND GOVERNORS INCLUDING
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DAN WALKER
WITH WHOM HE STARTED HIS CAREER
AS A SPEECHWRITER IN THE EARLY
1970s.
SO WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
WE JUST HEARD A SHORT CLIP OF
VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE'S
SPEECH LAST NIGHT.
THE ONLY ONE OF THE EVENING THAT
WAS LIVE.
MARY KATE CARY, LET'S START WITH
YOU.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT
SPEECH?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL
DONE.
I THOUGHT THE SETTING WAS
TERRIFIC.
PENCE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE
SILENCE AT THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION ON THE CLIP YOU
PLAYED.
THE SILENCE ON WHAT IS GOING ON
IN TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR
AMERICAN CITIES.
AND IT WAS SURPRISING THAT NONE
OF THE DEMOCRATS TOUCHED IT.
I THINK IT WAS SMART OF HIM TO
SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE A
LOT OF AMERICANS TO HEAR WHAT HE
THOUGHT OF IT AND HOW THE
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO HANDLE
IT.
IN GENERAL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A
SOLID SPEECH AND HE [INAUDIBLE]
>> ROBERT LEHRMAN WHAT DID YOU
MAKE OF VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE'S SPEECH?
>> ASIDE FROM DISAGREEING WITH A
LOT OF IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL
WRITTEN AND VERY WELL DELIVERED.
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A WHILE.
MIKE PENCE IS A GOOD PERFORMER.
AND THE SPEECH IT STARTEDDED
WITH FORT McHENRY AND ENDED
WITH McHENRY.
IT USED STORIES OF PEOPLE LIKE
DAVE UNDERWOOD.
HE REBUKED THE PEOPLE ON THE
OTHER SIDE WHICH IS HE SUPPOSED
TO DO.
HE HAD SOME THINGS ABOUT THE
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AND HE
INSPIRED COMING BACK TO
McHENRY USING REPETITION WHICH
IS THE WAY THAT SPEAKERS GOOD
SPEAKERS BUILD POWER AND THERE
IS A REASON MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR. SAID I HAVE A DREAM FIVE
TIMES BECAUSE EACH TIME HE COULD
RISE IN INTENSITY.
AND THAT IS WHAT PENCE DID LAST
NIGHT.
>> MARY KATE CARY, WHAT SEEMED
TO BE SOME OF THE CENTRAL THEMES
OR TALKING POINTS THAT WE'RE
SEEING AT THE RNC THIS WEEK?
>> THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT
ME IS WE SAW AT THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION LOTS OF STORIES ABOUT
JOE BIDEN'S COMPASSION AND
EMPATHY AND WHAT A GOOD GUY HE
IS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID
THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DRAW A
CONTRAST BUT THE STORIES THIS
WEEK ARE ABOUT EVERYDAY
AMERICANS AND HOW THE POLICIES
OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE
IMPROVED THEIR LIVES.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN
TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL BECAUSE IT
GOES TO --
LET ME SAY THAT ROBERT LEHRMAN
IS ONE OF THE ONLY COAUTHORS ON
THE TEXTBOOK OF SPEECH WRITING
AND HE TALKS ABOUT GOING BACK TO
THE ANCIENT GREEK.
AND SO THE STORIES EVERYDAY
AMERICANS THEN TURN INTO POLICY
CONVERSATIONS, IS A GREAT WAY
FOR THOSE AMERICANS TO SORT OF
GET CREDIBILITY WITH THE
AUDIENCE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE
THEY GIVE THEIR POLICY AND
EVIDENCE THE THAT MAKE
ARGUMENTS.
IT IS A SMART WAY TO DO IT AND
THEY ARE HIGHLY CREDIBLE.
>> I SHOULD MENTION I AM THE NEW
BIIN THIS --
NEWBIE IN THE CONVERSATION YOU
KNOW EACH OTHER WELL.
SENATOR TIM SCOTT THE FIRST
BLACK REPUBLICAN ELECTED TO THE
SENATE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, THE
ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN SENATOR IN
THE SENATE HE GAVE A SPEECH
DURING THE FIRST NIGHT ATTACKING
JOE BIDEN ON THE ISSUE OF RACE.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> JOE BIDEN SAID IF A BLACK MAN
DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM HE WASN'T
TRULY BLACK.
JOE BIDEN SAID BLACK PEOPLE ARE
A MONOLITHIC COMMUNITY.
IT WAS JOE BIDEN WHO SAID POOR
KIDS CAN BE JUST AS SMART AS
WHITE KIDS.
>> ROBERT LEHRMAN WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THAT SPEECH?
>> HE FOUND A GOOD USE FOR SOME
THINGS THAT JOE BIDEN SHOULD NOT
HAVE SAID OR AT LEAST NOT
PHRASED THAT WAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SPEECH, YOU
KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAY
OH, THIS IS A BASE SPEECH.
NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THEY HAD NOT ONLY TIM SCOTT BUT
THEY HAD A BLACK FOOTBALL STAR,
TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS NOT A
PRESIDENT WHO IS A RACIST.
THEY HAD A SURGEON WHO SAID THE
PRESIDENT SAVING LIVES.
AND THEY HAD MANY WOMEN BECAUSE
IN THE POLLS THE BIG GAP FOR THE
PRESIDENT IS HIS POPULARITY OR
UNPOPULARITY AMONG WOMEN.
SO THIS WAS A CONVENTION THAT
HAS AIMED AT MORE THAN THE BASE.
>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP SHE
SPOKE DURING THE SECOND DAY OF
CONVENTION.
AMONG THE PRESENTERS WHO MAY NOT
HAVE MENTIONED CURVE SHE DID.
--
COVID-19, SHE DID.
THERE IS CIVIL UNREST THAT IS
HAPPENING AS WELL.
SHE TOUCHED ON THOSE ISSUES.
HERE IS A BIT OF WHAT SHE SAID.
>> LIKE ALL OF YOU, I HAVE
REFLECTED ON THE RACIAL UNREST
IN OUR COUNTRY.
IT IS A HARSH REALITY THAT WE
ARE NOT PROUD OF PARTS OF OUR
HISTORY.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON
OUR FUTURE WHILE STILL LEARNING
FROM OUR PAST.
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT TODAY WE
ARE ALL ONE COMMUNITY, COMPRISED
OF MANY RACES, RELIGIONS AND
ETHNICITIES.
>> MARY KATE CARY BEFORE WE RUN
OUT OF TIME WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE STRATEGY WAS WITH HER
SPEECH?
>> I THINK THE STRATEGY WAS FOR
HER TO SOFTEN THE EDGES WE SEE
ON THE PRESIDENT.
AND SHE HAD A VERY SYMPATHETIC
TONE SHE WAS SINCERE AND HUMBLE.
A GREAT SPEECH I WOULD GIVE IT
AN A PLUS BETTER THAN HER 2016
SPEECH BECAUSE IT WAS PERSONAL
ABOUT THINGS ONLY SHE HAS SEEN
IN HER FOUR YEARS AS FIRST LADY
AND ABLE TO TRANSITION TO THE
POLICY STATEMENTS LIKE YOU HEARD
AFTER TELLING MOVIE STORIES.
>> ROBERT LEHRMAN I WILL GIVE
YOU THE LAST WORD WHAT SHOULD WE
EXPECT TONIGHT WHAT DOES THE
PRESIDENT NEED TO SAY?
>> I THINK WHAT HE WILL DO IN
THE STATE OF THE UNION HE USES A
STORY EFFECTIVELY.
IF HE HAS THE GOOD WRITERS
WRITING FOR HIM.
HE WILL BE HAVE MEMORIAL LINES.
>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
I THANK ROBERT LEHRMAN AND MARY
KATE CARY FOR JOINING US ON
"CHICAGO TONIGHT".
>> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND PLEASURE BEING WITH YOU
MARY KATE.
>> AND NOW AMANDA VINICKY IS
REPORTING OVER THE WISCONSIN
BORDER IN KENOSHA AS PART OF OUR
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.
AMANDA?
>> BRANDIS, EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON WE WERE ABLE TO
FINALLY HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE WITH
LONG TIME KENOSHA MAYOR JOHN
ANTARAMIAN.
SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN KENOSHA ON SUNDAY
EVENING.
AND THAT'S WHERE I STARTED
ASKING HIM WHETHER HE COULD
PROVIDE ANY DETAILS AS TO WHY A
KENOSHA POLICE OFFICER SHOT
JACOB BLAKE SEVEN TIMES?
>> I'M NOT REALLY ABLE TO GIVE
AN ANSWER TO ANY OF THAT BECAUSE
IT IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION
GOING ON.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WHEN AN
INDIVIDUAL IS SHOT BY AN OFFICER
IT REQUIRES A THIRD PARTY ENTITY
TO DO THE INVESTIGATION AND THE
CITY IS TOTALLY CUT OUT OF IT.
THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING DONE
BY THE STATE THROUGH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND
THEY WILL COME OUT WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL GO TO
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL THEN MAKE
THAT DETERMINATION.
SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME
REALLY NOTHING WE CAN SAY ON IT
BECAUSE WE ARE TOTALLY OUT OF
THE PICTURE.
>> NOTHING THAT YOU CAN PUBLICLY
SHARE OR NOTHING THAT YOU KNOW
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SHARING IT
WITH YOU?
>> NOTHING WE KNOW THAT IS WHY
IT IS A THIRD PARTY
INVESTIGATION.
>> THE A.C.L.U. IS CALLING FOR
THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE
POLICE CHIEF AS WELL AS THE
COUNTY SHERIFF.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
>> WELL, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE
REASONS FOR THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOTH
MEN HAVE IMPECCABLE RECORDS.
THEY BOTH HAVE DONE VERY WELL
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WAS SAID THAT
MADE PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY.
>> SO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
THEM?
>> THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.
AND IF THEY MADE MISTAKE IN SOME
COMMENTS OR SOMETHING THEN THAT
CAN BE CORRECTED EASILY ENOUGH.
>> BRISTLING THERE WAS BLAME PUT
ON PROTESTORS FOR BREAKING
CURFEW VERSUS A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO
WAS BRANDISHING AN AK47 OR WHAT
HAVE YOU, BRANDISHING A BIG GUN
THAT POLICE DID NOT GO AFTER HIM
AND THE COMMENTS ABOUT IT?
>> LET ME MAKE SOMETHING REALLY
CLEAR IT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT
OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
I HAVE NO USE FOR MILITIA OR
ANYONE WHO IS ON THE STREETS
WITH GUNS AT ALL.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE AND IT
IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
DEAL WITH STRONGER AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT HOW WE ARE HANDLING
THESE THINGS.
AGAIN, WHATEVER EVERYONE NEEDS
TO YOU HAD WE ARE CAUGHT IN A
SITUATION YOU HAVE PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
BECAUSE THAT ARE HAVING GUNS.
AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING NOW JUST
TO KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL AND
NOT GET VIOLENT AND NOT HAVE
VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
SO AS FAR AS THE GROUP GOES I
CAN TELL YOU NONE OF US WANT
THEM OUT THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ISSUE OF
BODY-CAMERAS THAT OFFICERS ARE
NOT WEARING TO CAPTURE THESE
INCIDENTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DELAYS AND
THE HOLD-UPS AND DO YOU REGRET
THAT?
WISH MONEY HAD BEEN MADE
AVAILABLE FOR THAT?
>> WELL IT IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE OF
MONEY.
AND WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NICE TO
HAVE IT DONE EARLIER?
PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE
STATE LEGISLATURE IN CHANGING
LAWS THAT DID NOT ENABLE US TO
IMPLEMENT AND THAT WAS DONE THIS
LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE BODY-CAMERAS FOR THE
2022 BUDGET SO IT WILL OCCUR.
>> MOVING ON, THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON YOU
EXPLAINED THE SITUATION WITH
STATE OF WISCONSIN HOW IT
HANDLES WHEN AN OFFICER SHOOTS
AN INDIVIDUAL.
BUT THERE WAS ALSO NOT ONLY NO
MENTION MADE OF JACOB BLAKE BUT
OF ALLEGED SHOOTER KYLE
RITTENHOUSE OR THE SHOOTING
VICTIMS.
WHAT UPDATES CAN YOU GIVE US ON
THAT?
AND FOLKS WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T
APPEAR TO BE TRANSPARENT?
>> I THINK YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT JUST
OCCURRED.
AND BEFORE ANYONE STARTS COMING
OUT WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION ON
ANYTHING THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE FANGS RIGHT AND
THEY CAN --
FACTS RIGHT.
I BELIEVE INFORMATION WILL BE
COMING OUT SHORTLY.
AGAIN I HAVE TO TRUST IN THE
POLICE AND THE DA AND THE
PROCESS BEFORE I WOULD COME OUT
AND MAKE COMMENTS.
>> YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WEIGH-IN
WHETHER THE OFFICER WHO DID FIRE
THE SHOTS WHETHER HE SHOULD BE
FIRED?
>> AT THIS TIME UNTIL THE
INVESTIGATION IS DONE WE WILL
WAIT AND SEE HOW THE PROCESS
WORKS AND DEAL WITH IT
ACCORDINGLY.
>> HAVE YOU HAD COMMUNICATION
WITH THE RELATIVES OF JACOB
BLAKE?
>> I HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT IN
TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO GET
AHOLD OF MRS. BLAKE.
I DO WANT TO THANK HER FOR WHAT
SHE DID.
SHE CAME OUT AND SAID VIOLENCE
IS NOT WHAT WE WANT IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> NOW, YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR
FULL INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR JOHN
ANTARAMIAN ON OUR WEBSITE,
WTTW.COM/NEWS I WAS ABLE TO TOSS
A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS THAT
WERE NOT INCLUDED WHAT WE SHOWED
ON AIR.
KENOSHA IS INTO ITS CURFEW BEGAN
AT 7:00 P.M.
WE WILL BE BACK IN A BIT WITH AN
UPDATE ON THAT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MORE FROM AMANDA IN KENOSHA PLUS
YOU WILL BE BACK IN THE PROGRAM
TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS
OF DAY THREE AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
IT IS ALL PART OF OUR SPECIAL
CONVENTION EDITION OF SPOTLIGHT
POLITICS.
FOR NOW, PARIS BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT"...
TO THE "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
ARCHIVES, JOHN CALLAWAY TAKES
WITH PHYLLIS CHAFFLY.
>> HE HAS STOOD BY ME AND HE
WILL STAND UP FOR YOU.
>> AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP
PREPARES TO ACCEPT RENOMINATION
OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HAS
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE FINAL
NIGHT OF THE RNC.
>> FIRST, CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE
WARNING OF AN ELECTION RELATED
SCAM FROM A RIGHT-WING
CONSPIRACY THEORIEST.
PAT DOWELL RECEIVED A HOAX
ROBOCALL NAMED JACK BURKEMAN
WARNING VOTERS THEIR INFORMATION
WILL BE PUT IN A NATIONAL
DATABASE IF THEY VOTE-BY-MAIL
AND STATES IT WOULD BE USED BY
CREDIT CARD COMPANIES THE CDC TO
FORCE TESTING AND POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
DOWELL REPORTED THE SCAM TO THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE BOARD
FORWARDED THE INFORMATION TO THE
COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.
A RECORD NUMBER OF CHICAGO
VOTERS REQUESTED BALLOTS BY MAIL
FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
>> A HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL AT
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE F.B.I.
PEDRO SOTO WHO HAD SERVED AS
C.P.S. C.E.O. JANICE JACKSON'S
CHIEF OF STAFF IS ACCUSED OF
LYING TO INVESTIGATORS ABOUT
GIVING NONPUBLIC INVESTIGATION
TO A LOBBYIST ON BEHALF OF A
BIDDER SEEKING A $1 BILLION
CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
THE ACTIVITY ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED
UNDER FORMER C.E.O. FORREST
CLAYPOOL.
JACKSON SAYS THE ACTIONS TAKEN
ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE WORLD
CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE
WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD AND
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
>> MAJOR CUTS ARE PLANNED AT
UNITED AIRLINES WITHOUT MORE
FEDERAL RELIEF.
THE AIR CARRIER ANNOUNCED IT
PLANS TO FURLOUGH NEARLY 3,000
PILOTS BECAUSE OF A REDUCTION IN
AIR TRAVEL.
THAT IS MORE THAN A FIFTH OF
THEIR ENTIRE FLEET OF PILOTS.
UNITED AND OTHER CARRIERS ASKED
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR $25
BILLION IN RELIEF FUNDS DUE TO
THE CORONAVIRUS AFTER THEY
RECEIVED A FIRST ROUND OF
FUNDING WHICH PROHIBITS ANY JOB
CUTS UNTIL OCTOBER FIRST.
>> AND THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS JUST
OVER 1700 NEW CONFIRMED
CORONAVIRUS CASES TODAY FOR A
TOTAL OF MORE THAN 227,000.
THERE ARE 24 ADDITIONAL
CONFIRMED DEATHS FOR A TOTAL
DEATH TOLL NEARLY 8,000.
THE SEVEN DAY TESTING POSITIVITY
RATE IS UP FROM YESTERDAY AT
4.1%.
NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA
VINICKY WHO AS YOU KNOW IS
REPORTING TONIGHT FROM KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN AS PART OF OUR
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.
AMANDA?
>> PARIS, I'M ACTUALLY IN FRONT
OF THE KENOSHA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
AND THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF IT.
WHERE WE DO SEE A GROUP OF
SEVERAL DOZEN INDIVIDUALS THAT
REMAIN IN THE SQUARE DESPITE IT
BEING PAST THE 7:00 P.M. CURFEW.
EARLIER THERE WAS A MARCH OF
MORE PEOPLE NOT SURE ON AN
ESTIMATE HOW MANY WERE HERE BUT
THEY WERE SHOUTING BLACK LIVES
MATTER, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
THEY BEGAN AT THE COURTHOUSE,
WENT AROUND THROUGH PARTS OF
DOWNTOWN AND CAME BACK AND
DISPERSED BEFORE THE CURFEW.
THOSE THAT REMAIN APPEAR TO BE
JUST CHILLING AND ALSO GRILLING.
I CAN SMELL BURGERS, I THINK OR
MY HUNGRY TUMMY IS TAKING NOTE
OF THAT.
SOME DO HAVE SIGNS.
BUT AGAIN IT'S PEACEFUL AND
POLICE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO
REMAIN.
WE HEARD FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
ABOUT PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND
RESPECT FOR THAT.
SO THAT IS THE CASE AT LEAST AS
OF NOW.
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR
A BIT HELICOPTERS FLYING
OVERHEAD.
AND ALSO I SHOULD ADD THAT YOU
MAY HAVE SEEN IN FRONT OF THE
COURTHOUSE THAT IS HEAVILY
FENCED AS IS THE COUNTY JAIL,
THE POLICE STATION THERE ARE
BARRICADES THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
DOWNTOWN THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO GET AROUND.
EARLIER THIS EVENING, ALONG THE
LAKEFRONT THERE WAS A VIGIL FOR
JACOB BLAKE AND IT WAS WELL
ATTENDED.
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE
THERE AND THERE ARE MORE EVENTS
PLANNED IN HIS HONOR THIS
WEEKEND.
BLAKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES
ON THAT "THE SUN TIMES" DID
REPORT HE IS IN HIS HOSPITAL BED
HANDCUFFED TO IT.
THAT IS A QUESTION I ASKED MAYOR
JOHN ANTARAMIAN ABOUT.
THE CITY OF KENOSHA DID FORM
COMMITTEES AFTER THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND LOCAL LEADERS
ARE TASKED WITH FINDING OUT HOW
THEY CAN BRING KENOSHA SYSTEMS
LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, EDUCATION
MAKE THEM MORE EQUITABLE.
BUT RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE WITH
HERE SAY THEY ARE UPSET THAT
THEY FEEL AS IF IT'S JUST
LEADERS AND FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING
THAT UNREST ARE NOT INVOLVED.
SO WITH THAT I WILL BRING IT
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU IN A FEW
MOMENTS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDITION
OF SPOTLIGHT POLITICS WHERE WE
WILL LOOK AHEAD TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S SPEECH AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER.
>> AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO REPORT LIVE FROM THE
CONVENTION HALL THIS WEEK OR
LAST.
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONVENTION
HALLS THIS YEAR.
INSTEAD WE ARE GOING TO
TRANSPORT YOU BACK IN TIME.
HERE IS CONSERVATIVE ICON
PHYLLIS SHERIFFLY CHAFFLY FROM
THE 1984 RNC IN DALLAS.
>> I THINK REAGAN IS SUPER I'M
SUPPORTING HIM ALL THE WAY.
I THINK HE HAS BEEN DOING A
GREAT JOB.
HE DID THE NUMBER ONE JOB WHEN
HE WENT INTO OFFICE WHICH IS TO
LICK INFLATION.
AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, HIS
UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION, SEVEN
MILLION NEW JOBS HAVE BEEN
CREATED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THAT'S THE WORKING OF
REAGANOMICS AND I THINK HE IS
SUPER AND I THINK HE WILL BE
REELECTED.
>> THIS IS JOHN CALLAWAY IN
CHICAGO AND THE REPUBLICANS DID
NOT ENDORSE THE CONCEPT OF ERA
AND THE REPUBLICANS DID HAVE 44%
OF THEIR CONVENTION DELEGATES
WERE WOMEN.
YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST A FEMALE
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON
THE OTHER PARTY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN HISTORY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE WOMEN OF
THIS COUNTRY ABOUT THIS
CAMPAIGN?
>> NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAS
ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICAL
REALITY OR WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE
TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
I'M SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE
NETWORK POLLING OF THE DELEGATES
SHOW MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS ARE
OPPOSED TO E RATCHET A.
IT IS --
ERA.
IN ILLINOIS, WE VOTED ON IT
EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS.
TODAY IT IS AS DEAD AS THE
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT.
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE
ISSUES OF TODAY.
AND TOMORROW.
AND NOT HARKING OVER WHAT
HAPPENED YEARS AGO.
>> THE PIE IS BEING DIVIDED BY
MORE PEOPLE AS IT WAS COMMENTED
UPON THIS EVENING THERE ARE 107
MILLION AMERICANS WHO ARE NOW AT
WORK.
AND MANY OF THOSE ARE WOMEN WHO
HAVE CHILDREN AT HOME SOME HAVE
SPOUSES SOME DON'T.
WHAT DOES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SAY OR DO FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS
TO GO TO WORK WHO MIGHT WANT TO
STAY HOME, BUT WHO HAS TO GO TO
WORK AND NEEDS HELP IN THE CARE
OF HER CHILDREN?
>> WELL IT ISN'T THE JOB OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE
OF CHILDREN.
AND CERTAINLY THE HIGH DIVORCE
RATE AND THE HIGH RATE OF
CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK ARE
NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UNDER THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
THEY HAVE HAD AN ECONOMIC POLICY
THAT ALLOWS MORE JOBS TO BE
CREATED.
WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR NEED
ARE JOBS AND NOT HANDOUTS AND
THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN GOOD FOR THAT AND THAT IS
WHY REAGAN WILL BE REELECTED.
>> THAT IS "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN
1984.
>> SO TONIGHT A. 2020 AND IT IS
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 2020
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL
OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE PARTY'S
NOMINATION FOR REELECTION.
AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL
CONVENTION COVERAGE OUR
SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM IS HERE
WITH A PREVIEW OF TONIGHT AND A
RECAP OF WHAT WE HEARD ON NIGHT
THREE.
THEY ARE AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER
CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ BOTH OF
THEM ARE IN CHICAGO.
LAST NIGHT, VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE
CONTINUED A THEME THAT WE HEARD
ON NIGHT TWO.
TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONALITY AND SEEKING TO
SOFTEN HIS PUBLIC IMAGE HERE IS
A BIT OF WHAT HE SAID.
>> I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR PRESIDENT.
I'VE SEEN HIM WHEN THE CAMERAS
ARE OFF.
WE CAME BY DIFFERENT ROUTES TO
THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND SOME PEOPLE THINK WE ARE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT YOU KNOW I'VE LEARNED A FEW
THINGS WEATHER APPING HIM.
WATCHING HIM DEAL WITH ALL THAT
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS.
THE NICE KIND HEARTED
FATHER/FATHER-IN-LAW.
IS HE VERY ANTI-IMMIGRATION FOR
THOSE UNDOCUMENTED AND WANTING
TO BUILD A WALL?
OR IS HE GOING TO HAVE A
NATURALIZATION CEREMONY.
IS HE THE TOUGH GUY OR IS HE THE
MAN WHO LIKES TO LEND AN EAR AND
BUILDUP WOMEN?
THAT IS WHERE THE WHIPLASH SINKS
IN.
THAT SAID ANYBODY WHO IS
WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, IS MORE THAN LIKELY
ALREADY A FAN OF PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MODERATE
VOTERS ARE TUNING IN TO THESE
HOUR-LONG PEP RALLIES.
>> HEATHER YESTERDAY WAS
ESPECIALLY IN THE WORK THAT YOU
AND I DO A BUSY NEWS DAY BETWEEN
THE HURRICANE BEARING ON THE
GULF COAST AND PROTESTS IN
KENOSHA AND WIDESPREAD SPORTS
BOYCOTTS BUT MOST SPEAKERS THIS
WEEK OVERLOOKED SOME OF THOSE
ISSUES AND MENTIONED THEM IN
PASSING.
IS THAT UNUSUAL OR A SIDE EFFECT
OF IT BEING A VIRTUAL AND
SOMETIMES PRERECORDED
CONVENTION?
>> YOU ARE RIGHT MOST OF THE
SPEECHES WE HEARD WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF VICE-PRESIDENT
PENCE WERE TAPED.
SO THEY REALLY COULDN'T SORT OF
ADAPT TO THE CRAZY AMOUNT OF
NEWS THAT DESCENDED UPON US ALL
THIS WEEK.
AND EVEN MIKE PENCE'S SPEECH
ONLY MADE A PASSING REFERENCE TO
WHAT HAPPENED IN KENOSHA.
HE INCLUDED KENOSHA ALONG WITH
MINNEAPOLIS, SEATTLE AND
PORTLAND AS THE SITES OF THE BIG
SORT OF CIVIL UNREST THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN RECENT MONTHS.
DEFINITELY, A CASUALTY OF THE
PANDEMIC WHICH FORCED SO MUCH OF
THIS TO BE VIRTUAL.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S SOON TORE
FORMER COUNSEL KELLYANNE CONWAY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HELPED ME
SHATTER A BARRIER IN THE WORLD
OF POLITICS BY EMPOWERING ME TO
MANAGE HIS CAMPAIGN TO ITS
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
FOR MANY OF US WOMEN'S
EMPOWERMENT IS NOT A SLOGAN.
IT COMES NOT FROM STRANGERS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA OR SANITIZED
LANGUAGE IN A CORPORATE
HANDBOOK.
IT COMES FROM THE EVERYDAY HEROS
WHO NURTURE US, WHO SHAPE US,
AND WHO BELIEVE IN US.
>> HEATHER IS THIS AN EFFORT TO
SHORE-UP SUBURBAN WOMEN VOTERS
WHO MIGHT BE LEANING TOWARDS
BIDEN?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT PARIS
TALKED ABOUT TURNING HIM INTO A
NICE GUY, SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT
SCARY, SOMEBODY WHO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
HOWEVER IT IS A DISINGENUOUS
ARGUMENT YOU CANNOT ARGUE FOR
BEING YOUR OWN WOMAN AND
CLAIMING YOUR OWN POWER IF YOU
ARE IN A POSITION IN WHICH YOU
SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE
PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS TO BE A
MAN.
IT'S REALLY I GUESS PAR FOR THE
COURSE WITH KELLYANNE CONWAY WHO
WILL BE BEST REMEMBERED FOR
COINING PHRASES LIKE ALTERNATIVE
FACTS AS SHE LEAVES THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THE NATIONAL POLITICAL
STAGE.
>> ALTERNATIVE FACTS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM KAYLEIGH
McENANY WHO SAID THAT AFTER
HAVING A PREVENTATIVE MASTECTOMY
SHE GOT A CALL FROM VANESSA
PERRY DEREEF AND THEN FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
>> I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
HERE WAS THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD CARING ABOUT MY
CIRCUMSTANCE.
AT THE TIME, I HAD ONLY MET
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON A FEW
OCCASIONS.
BUT NOW, I KNOW HIM WELL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS
PRESIDENT STANDS BY AMERICANS
WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
>> AMANDA IS THIS EFFECTIVE
MESSAGING?
HAVE THEY GOTTEN PERSONAL ENOUGH
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THIS WEEK?
>> MESSAGING IN TWO REGARDS.
IT'S HITTING ON HEALTHCARE WHICH
WE KNOW IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR
AMERICANS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE
PRESIDENT VOWS TO PROTECT THOSE
IN WHATEVER VERSION OF THE
HEALTHCARE PLAN IF HE IS ABLE TO
GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
I THINK IT HELPS SOMEWHAT THAT
SHE SAID THAT THIS IS WHEN SHE
HAD NOT YET MET THE PRESIDENT
AND WAS NOT HIS PRESS SECRETARY.
YOU WOULD THINK HAD IT BEEN
THERE HER BOSS WOULD CARE ABOUT
SUCH A THING.
I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE OF HER
CIRCUMSTANCES.
MY GUESS IS THAT IS WHEN SHE WAS
WORKING FOR FOX NEWS.
SOMEBODY WHO THE PRESIDENT WOULD
HAVE IN HIS INTEREST.
MAKING SURE THAT THEY BELIEVED
AND PERCEIVED HIM IN A GOOD
LIGHT.
>> FACT CHECKERS WERE BUSY LAST
NIGHT.
HERE IS WHAT JANARI RICHARD CREL
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING
OF ANGELA MERKEL.
>> I WISH EVERYONE COULD SEE HOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP NEGOTIATES ON
THEIR BEHALF.
I WATCHED PRESIDENT TRUMP CHARM
THE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY WHILE
INSISTING THAT GERMANY PAY ITS
NATO OBLIGATIONS.
>> PARIS, WAS MERCK KELL CHARMED
BY -- MERKEL CHARMED BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
EVIDENCE THAT THAT IS TRUE.
GERMANY IS A ALLY OF THE UNITED
STATES BUT THE PRESIDENT BASHED
THE COUNTRY SAYING YOU NEED TO
PAY MORE FOR NATO.
THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON
WITHDRAWING 12,000 TROOPS FROM
GERMANY WHICH GERMANY HAS NOT
BEEN HAPPY ABOUT.
IT'S BEEN A CONTENTIOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH A STRONG ALLY,
THE PRESIDENT ACTS INSECURE
AROUND CHANCELLOR MERKEL WHO IS
SEEN AS A POWERFUL LEADER IN THE
WESTERN WORLD AND A STRONG WOMAN
LEADER.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO KNOW WHAT
THE FORMER INTELLIGENCE Mr.
GRENNELL WAS REFERRING TO THERE.
>> ANOTHER MOMENT THAT WAS
FLAGGED WAS THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S
ANECDOTE ABOUT A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL KILLED WHILE ON DUTY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I KNOW
THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PUT
ON THE UNIFORM OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE THE BEST OF US.
PEOPLE LIKE DAVE PATRICK
UNDERSTAND WOOD.
AN "OFFICER O" OWE UNDERWOOD.
IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY'S
OFFICE WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED
IN THE RIOTS IN OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA.
>> HEATHER CLARIFY THAT FOR US?
AT FIRST BLUSH IT SOUNDS LIKE HE
COULD BE REFERRING TO THAT
OFFICER KILLED BY A PROTESTER.
>> NO.
SO THE MAN WHO WAS CHARGED WITH
THIS MURDER IS A MEMBER OF A
RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST GROUP WHO
TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT HE TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THE UNREST TO SHOOT
AND KILL THIS FEDERAL OFFICIAL.
AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPARK A
SECOND CIVIL WAR AND TO TOUCH
OFF MORE RACIAL VIOLENCE.
SO THE WAY THAT VICE-PRESIDENT
PENCE CHARACTERIZED THAT IF NOT
MISLEADING SEEMED TO SAY WE ARE
DOING OUR BEST TO PROTECT YOU
FROM THESE PROTESTORS WHICH ARE
VIOLENT WHEN THAT WAS JUST NOT
THE CASE AT ALL IN WHAT HAPPENED
IN OAKLAND.
>> AND AMANDA IT'S BEEN REPORTED
THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE
IMMIGRANTS AT THE NATURALIZATION
CEREMONY THEY WERE NOT AWARE
THEY WERE BEING FILMED TO BE A
PART OF THE RNC.
ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT BACKLASH
THERE?
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?
THAT SAID, I THINK THIS IS ONE
OF MANY JUST TOSSING AND
TRAMPLING OF NORMS THAT WE'VE
SEEN DURING THIS REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
EVEN FRANKLY DUE TO COVID DURING
THE DNC AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY THAT YES, THERE WILL
BE BACKLASH FROM THOSE
PARTICULARLY IN THE IMMIGRANT
ADVOCACY COMMUNITY.
FOR WHOM THERE HAS LONG BEEN
BACKLASH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> NOW, THE DEMOCRATS ARE
RESPONDING IN THEIR OWN WAY.
KAMALA HARRIS HEADLINED A SPEECH
AND JOE BIDEN MADE THE ROUNDS ON
CABLE TV BOTH ADDRESSED THE
PROTESTS IN KENOSHA AND
ELSEWHERE.
HERE IS A BIT OF BOTH.
>> THESE GUYS ARE ROOTING FOR
VIOLENCE.
TO PROVE THAT YOU SHOULD BE
SCARED OF JOE BIDEN POINTING TO
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA?
>> THE REALITY IS THAT THE LIFE
OF A BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA HAS
NEVER BEEN TREATED AS FULLY
HUMAN.
AND WE HAVE YET TO FULFILL THAT
PROMISE OF EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER
LAW.
>> PARIS, WHO IS THE INTENDED
AUDIENCE?
THE DEMOCRAT BASE OR SWING
VOTERS IN BUSINESS WITH US THAT
THE REPUBLICANS ARE AFRAID OF
LOSING?
>> IT HAS TO BE SWING VOTERS.
THERE WERE NERVOUS FOLKS PERHAPS
SOME OF THOSE NEVER TRUMP
REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED
BIDEN SAYING WHY IS BIDEN NOT
OUT THERE?
WHY IS BIDEN-HARRIS NOT
COMMENTING ON WISCONSIN WHY ARE
THEY LETTING THE RNC SPEAKERS
MAKE UNFOUNDED CLAIMS?
BIDEN HAS TO COME OUT AND SHOW
THAT HE IS NOT FOR LOOTING NOT
FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THERE WAS NERVOUS.
AND HEAR BIDEN SAYS THAT HE IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO PHYSICALLY
START TRAVELING TO THE SWING
STATES.
AS EARLY AS A FEW DAYS AGO THE
STRATEGY WAS TO DO VIRTUAL
CAMPAIGNING BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
IT COULD BE A SIGN THAT THEY DO
FEEL THAT THERE COULD BE
MOMENTUM SHIFT AMONG SOME OF THE
SWING VOTERS BECAUSE OF THE
IMAGES OF VIOLENCE AND WHAT IS
SAID AT THE RNC.
>> BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING
TO HEAR FROM HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA
TRUMP, THE LATEST OF MANY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN.
IS SHE AN EFFECTIVE SURROGATE
FOR HER FATHER?
>> PRETTY MUCH SO, SHE IS A NAME
MANY PEOPLE RECOGNIZE.
SHE WAS BEFORE HE BECAME
PRESIDENT AND SHE CONTINUES TO
BE.
PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE A FONDNESS
FOR HER.
THEY BELIEVE HER.
YES, WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY
MEMBERS OF THIS HIS FAMILY I SAY
TIFFANY ISN'T AS MUCH IN THE
SPOTLIGHT.
IVANKA CARRIES MORE SWAY WITH
THE AMERICAN POPULOUS.
>> AND HEATHER THE PRESIDENT'S
LAWYER RUDY GIULIANI WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT?
>> I EXPECT TO HEAR NO HOLDS
BARRED ATTACK ON BIDEN THAT YOU
REMEMBER, OF COURSE, THAT
GIULIANI WENT TO UKRAINE TO DIG
UP DIRT ON BIDEN AND HIS SON WE
ARE GOING TO GET THE FULL
EXPERIENCE HE HAS BEEN TOUTING
ON SCHWITTER FOR WEEKS --
ON TWITTER THAT HE IS GOING TO
BRING BIDEN TO HIS KNEES.
IT'S QUITE A CHANGE FROM HOW YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER RUDY GIULIANI AS
AMERICA'S MAYOR AFTER THE 9/11.
>> EARLIER TODAY POLITICO
OBTAINED EXEARNS FROM THE SPEECH
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
GIVE.
AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION YOU
BARELY HEARD A WORD ABOUT THEIR
AGENDA.
BUT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE ONE IT'S BECAUSE
THEIR AGENDA IS THE MOST EXTREME
SET OF PROPOSALS EVER PUT
FORWARD BY A MAJOR PARTY
NOMINEE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT
TONIGHT'S SPEECH IS EXPECTED TO
BE DIVISIVE.
PARIS WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING
FOR?
>> THAT WOULD BE ON BRAND FOR
THE PRESIDENT.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT
I'M LISTENING FOR BUT WATCHING
FOR.
THE SPECTACLE OF HAVING A
POLITICAL CONVENTION PRODUCTION
IN THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
TAXPAYER FUNDED HOUSE.
AND THIS IS A VERY SLICKLY
PRODUCE LIKE A REALITY
TELEVISION SHOW STYLE
CONVENTION.
AND I WONDER OBVIOUSLY I THINK
THAT PLAYS WELL WITH THE BASE.
IT PLAYS POORLY WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD
TRUMP BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT IT AS
A DESECRATION OF A PUBLIC
MONUMENT HOW DOES IT PLAY WITH
THE FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE?
DO THEY CARE.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE THE REACTION.
>> HEATHER WHAT ARE YOU
LISTENING FOR?
>> I'M LISTENING FOR ANY SORT OF
MENTION OF A SECOND TERM AGENDA
FOR THE PRESIDENT.
WE KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY SAID WE DON'T HAVE A
PLATFORM THIS TIME AROUND
WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT DOES WE
SUPPORT HIM.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY POLICIES SPECIFICS
IN HIS SPEECH.
IT'S ALSO INTERESTING THAT THE
SPEECH COMES AT A MOMENT OF
HEIGHTENED CIVIL UNREST AND
RACIAL TENSION.
IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER BUT WHEN
HE TOOK THE STAGE AT THE 2016
NATIONAL CONVENTION, CASTILLE
HAD BEEN KILLED BY POLICE IN
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL AND THERE
WAS UNREST IN THE WAKE OF THAT.
>> MY THANKS TO AMANDA VINICKY,
HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS
SCHUTZ.
AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FOR
"THE WEEK IN REVIEW" WHERE WE
WILL HAVE MORE FOLLOW-UP TO THE
CONVENTIONS.
AND STAY TUNED FOR "PBS
NEWSHOUR" NEXT FOR COVERAGE OF
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
RIGHT HERE ON WTTW.
>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS
THURSDAY NIGHT.
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>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT
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FRIEDMAN.
>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU
FOR WATCHING.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND WE'LL
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
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