REDDICK NATIONAL CONVENTION IS OFFICIALLY ONE WEEK AWAY.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS HAD A WHIRLWIND OF A WEEK LAST WEEK WHEN SHE FORMALLY SECURED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION AND ANNOUNCED MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AS HER RUNNING MATE AS ANTICIPATION BUILDS CHICAGOANS.

WAIT TO SEE WHAT PLANS DEMOCRATS HAVE FOR THE EVENT.

HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.

OUR CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY, A DEMOCRAT WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES SOME OF THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, ALONG WITH THE LAKE AND EVANSTON AND MS.

CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY, A DEMOCRAT WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE AND SOME WESTERN SUBURBS.

THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO FIRST, I WANT TO ASK YOU HOW YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT THE DNC AND AND IF YOU THINK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW, GOING INTO IT, A PERSON COSTCO.

START WITH YOU.

HAS BEEN A BURST OF ENERGY.

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO WORK TO GO TO WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN AND KNOCK ON DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUT THE VOTE.

PEOPLE ARE READY TO FIGHT AND TO WORK AND TO WIN.

SO IS IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING.

KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN FLAWLESS.

SHE IS JUST BEEN PERFECT FROM DAY ONE AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC AND I LOVE TIM WALZ.

I SERVED WITH HIM IN THE HOUSE AND BEEN IN POLITICS FOR A WHILE.

CONVENTION WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS FOR YOU?

HOW MANY HAVE YOU BEEN TO?

OH, I DON'T 30, LOT CONVENTIONS.

OUT WILL.

THIS WILL BE HOW DIFFERENT LIKE THIS WOULD BE FOR YOU.

WELL, I THINK THAT STAKES ARE SO HIGH RIGHT NOW.

PERHAPS HIGHER THAN I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

THE IDEA DONALD TRUMP FOR SAYS KAMALA HARRIS IS FASCISM VERSUS FREEDOM.

AND IT'S JUST THAT STRONG.

AND SO I I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS RACE, BUT ALSO THE JOY THAT FINALLY PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, SMILING AND FEELING HAPPY.

CONGRESSMAN, QUICKLY, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE DNC IN AND DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW HEADING INTO THAT WEEK?

SURE.

LET I'M EXCITED ABOUT SHOWCASING OUR CITY.

MOST EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD SHOWCASING OUR DEMOCRACY.

AND AS JOHN ALLUDED TO, WRITE A UNIFIED FIRED-UP DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

SO, YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO SOME HEADACHES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND UNDERSTANDABLY IT'S 50,000 PEOPLE COMING TO A CITY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING ARE GOING TO BE IN MOTORCADES.

SO I THINK WE BRACE FOR THAT.

BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ALL SAY THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD 3 TASK WHEN SHE TOOK OVER UNITE THE PARTY, FIRE UP THE BASE AND REVERSE THE POLLS.

SHE IS 3 FOR 3.

HAVE YOU.

YOU RAISE 200 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST WEEK.

AND YET 58,000 NEW VOLUNTEERS AND THE FIRST DAY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A ROLE.

AND CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY, OF COURSE, YOU ARE ONE OF THE WERE AMONG THE FIRST DEMOCRATS IN ILLINOIS TO CALL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP BACK AS AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE RIGHT CALL TO MAKE EARLY ON WHEN FEW WERE DOING IT.

UNLIKE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS YOUR FAITH.

A LOOK AT IT.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS PRESIDENT UNITED STATES PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST HE AS HE ALWAYS HAS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND AS HARD AS THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING THERE WAS ACTUALLY NO FOCUS WHAT HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING OR FRANKLY, WHAT WHAT TRUMP WAS DOING.

SO WHAT THE NEW NOMINEE BRINGS AND DECIDES ADDITIONAL EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY IS, YOU KNOW, WE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW OR GET TO KNOW ARE A HECK OF A LOT BETTER.

AND THAT'S TURNING OUT TO BE GOOD.

A LOT MORE FOCUS ON.

A CANDIDATE TRUMP AND HIS DARKER SIZE AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

REPRESENTATIVE SHOKALSKIY, YOU WERE INITIALLY IN FAVOR OF PRESIDENT BIDEN STAYING IN THE AND BELIEVE THAT IF HE WERE TO BOW OUT, QUOTE, THERE WILL CLEARLY BE A DISTRACTION FROM THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS HOW DANGEROUS ELECTING TRUMP WOULD BE.

AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT.

AND THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US.

HOW'S YOUR THINKING SINCE THAT DAY?

WILL JOE BIDEN HIMSELF MADE A DECISION?

AND IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION THAT HE MADE ON HIS OWN.

AND I I'M REALLY SAY THAT HE IS GOING TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS PERHAPS THE BEST PRESIDENT THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.

CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF JOE BIDEN AND MAYBE THE HARDEST DECISION HE MADE WAS TO SAY I'M NOT GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

IT'S TIME FOR FOR A CHANGE.

BUT I WANT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR HAVING TIME THAT THAT REALLY INCREDIBLE ACT OF PATRIOTISM FOR HIM TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT WE SO FAR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CONVENTIONS NEXT WEEK HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF POLICY OUT OF THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN YET.

AND WHAT HER PLATFORM LOOKS LIKE.

INSTEAD, THEY'RE DEFINITELY BEATING TO APPEALING TO THE EXCITEMENT AND THE THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM VOTERS.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY?

WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM HER?

I THINK SHE'S BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL REALLY DO AND HER HISTORY.

I MEAN, SHE HAS A LONG HISTORY NOT ONLY THE HURT HER WORK THE LAWN.

SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS SKIES LIKE TO MIKE DONALD TRUMP.

SHE HAS SAID SHE KNOWS HIS TYPE.

SHE KNOWS IS TIGHT.

BUT YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALSO LAYING OUT AN AGENDA THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO CREATE THE JOBS, TO WORK FOR UNIONS TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE OUR RICE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE GET THE TRIFECTA, RIGHT?

THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU'LL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ARE BACK, WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT SHE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH.

AND I THINK SHE IS.

I'M GOING TO TALK PLENTY ABOUT THE KIND OF AGENDA AND HE'S BEEN DOING IT AND ENORMOUSLY HUGE HEARING AT THE RALLIES AND 1000 AND SHE HAS TOLD REPORTERS THAT WE CAN EXPECT ECONOMIC POLICY FROM THIS WEEK.

CONGRESSMAN, QUICKLY, HOW DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD DISTINGUISH HERSELF FROM PRESIDENT AS SHE BUILT HER OWN PLATFORM?

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THEY'RE THE MAIN TEST YOU'RE SEEING NOW YOU'LL SEE AT THE CONVENTION IS A CONTRAST.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ALONE.

YOU KNOW, I I THINK WITH NANCY C EXTREMIST POLICIES IN A PROJECT 2025 WHICH AGREED HE SAID HE WOULD CERTIFY THE LAST ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, IN HERE HAVE WALLS WHO'S CALLED THE AGREEABLE FRIENDLY GUY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE ALSO WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR TO SIGN PROTECTIONS OF CHOICE IN MINNESOTA.

YOU KNOW, SCRIPTURE COSTS DOWN THE $35.

IMPORTANT MEDICINE THERE.

SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CONTRAST IN THE SPIRIT IN THE MENTALITY OF THIS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S PRESIDENT WHO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, BUT SEEING HAS THE ABILITY TO BUILD ON THE AGENDA.

IN THIS CASE, A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BROADER SET OF JANUARY 6 WHO BROUGHT US OUT OF COVID.

IT HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY FOR A TERM OF OFFICE.

I THINK SHE CAN BUILD UPON THAT AND DISTINGUISH YOURSELF WHERE SHE SEES FIT.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUT OF REPRESENTATIVE SHOKALSKIY, SOME AS WELL AS JAMES WILL BRING THE FATHER OF SONYA MASSEY HAVE CALLED FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT IN THE WAKE OF MASS KILLING BY WHITE POLICE OFFICER IN SPRINGFIELD.

THE CHANCES THAT CONGRESS WILL TAKE THIS UP AFTER THE RECESS.

I AM HOPING IT IS SO SHOCKING HAPPENING IN OUR OWN STATE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION, OK?

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY.

HOPE TO