TO FIND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'LL SEE LATER ON NOW WE GO TO HEATHER SHARON.

SHE'S OUTSIDE WINTRUST ARENA NEAR MCCORMICK PLACE WITH CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

HEATHER.

BRANDIS.

I'M HERE WITH MAYOR JOHNSON, MAYOR JOHNSON.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED THIS CONVENTION TO REWRITE CHICAGO'S NARRATIVE.

HAS IT?

WELL, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, FOR BEING HERE I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE CHICAGO A SHOWED UP FOR THE WORLD.

LOOK, PROMISED A SAFE, VIBRANT, EXCITING CONVENTION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DELIVER FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.

AND IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO WE REALLY ARE IN WHY WE ARE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

WE'RE ALSO THE GLOBAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

AND THE ENTIRE WILL GET A CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN WITH CHICAGO SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAID HE WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WAY THE POLICE OFFICERS HANDLED THE PROTEST AND THAT IT WAS EVIDENCE OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT TRANSFORMED.

DID THEY PASSED THE TEST THIS CONVENTION POSED TO CPD?

THEY MOST CERTAINLY DID.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SELECTED SUPERINTENDENTS, NELLY TO RUN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNEW EXACTLY HE AND WHAT WE WERE GETTING, SOMEONE WHO'S COMPASSIONATE, COLLABORATIVE, INCOMPETENT, THE TRAINEE AT OUR BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN HAVE GONE THROUGH ORDER TO REALLY PRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

IT'S A SURE EXAMPLE OF WE PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

WITH THAT.

WE ALSO ENSURE THAT THE VALUE OF PROTEST IS ALSO PROTECTED AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD BE MORE PROUD OF HOW THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED IN THIS MOMENTS.

MANY OF THE PROTESTS CENTERED ON THE WAR IN GAZA.

YOU ARE THE MAYOR FIRST MAYOR OF A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY TO CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE.

YOU TOLD MOTHER JONES THIS WEEK THAT ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN THAT WAR IS GENOCIDAL.

ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THOSE COMMENTS HAVE OPENED A BREACH WITH PARTS OF CHICAGO'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION?

WE'LL KEEP IN MIND THAT I WAS ALSO THE FIRST MAYOR AND WE WERE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO CONDEMN THE ACTS OF TERROR.

LOOK WHAT HAS DONE, THAT HAIR THAT IS CAUSED ACROSS THE GLOBE AND PARTICULARLY AGAINST THE ISRAELI PEOPLE.

WE CONDEMNED IT IN VERY CERTAIN IMPACT TERMS.

WE'RE ALSO THE CITY THAT IS CALLED FOR TO RELEASING OF THE HOSTAGES RIGHT NOW AND A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE.

LOOK, I'M A PART OF A POLITICAL PARTY THAT CAN CONDEMN ACTS OF TERROR.

CALL FOR THE RELEASE SCENE OF HOSTAGES AND CALLED FOR PEACE.

I BELIEVE THAT IT SPEAKS TO WHAT AMERICANS WANT IS REALLY WHAT THE GLOBAL WE WANT AN END TO THESE WARS THAT ARE CAUSING SO MUCH DEVASTATION AROUND THE GLOBE.

AND THAT HAS DECREED THAT THIS CITY IS IN BY SINCE IT'S INCEPTION.

QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE DR TEAM MADE IT VERY CLEAR IF WE CAN DO IT RIGHT IN CHICAGO, WE CAN DO IT ANYWHERE IN THE IN THE WORLD AND MUCH LIKE WE HAD A GENERATION AGO RESPOND TO A CRISIS.

THIS GENERATION IS DOING A VERY ADEQUATE AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR BALANCED APPROACH AGAIN OF CONDEMNING 8 CONDEMNING THE ACTS OF TERROR AND ALSO CALLING FOR PEACE.

THE CITY WAS BRACED THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS TO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO FROM TEXAS.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WHAT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CITY'S APPROACH TO THE CRISIS?

LOOK LIKE IN JUST A COUPLE SECONDS.

WELL, LOOK, WE HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE, A NEW ARRIVALS MISSING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IT IS COMPASSIONATE AND IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

BUT HERE'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE ARE RISING ABOVE THAT.

WE'RE STILL MAKING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES OF CHICAGO.

BUT WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHED FOR GOT A BIPARTISAN DEAL WITH THE SENATE.

BUT TRUMP REPUBLICANS BLOCKED IT AND THAT'S WHY WE CANNOT GO BACKWARDS.

WE HAVE TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH VICE PRESIDENT.

KAMALA, HERE'S WHERE THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE HISTORY.

THANKS VERY MUCH, BRANDON