BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

HEATHER, THANKS TO YOU.

AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AS WELL FOR THE 4TH DAY IN A ROW, DEMONSTRATORS ARE MAKING THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE DNC LOUD AND CLEAR DEMANDING A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA AND IN INTO U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.

NICK WEINBERG IS AT UNION PARK NEAR THE UNITED CENTER WHERE A PROTEST RALLY IS UNDERWAY.

NICK?

WELL, GRANDE IS ABOUT 100 OR SO PROTESTERS BRIEFLY BLOCKED ASHLAND AVENUE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

A CHICAGO POLICE SPOKESMAN TOLD ME HE WASN'T AWARE OF ANY ARREST.

NOW FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VIVA RAMASWAMY WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO GET THE CROWD RILED UP, BUT HE WAS CHASED AWAY WITH PEOPLE CALLING HIM A RACIST AND A TRUMP SUPPORTER.

NOW ORGANIZERS SAY THEY THINK THEIR DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE STARTED TO SHIFT DEMOCRATS NARRATIVES ON TAKING CREDIT FOR JOE BIDEN SAYING IN HIS DNC SPEECH ON MONDAY THAT QUOTE, THOSE PROTESTERS OUT IN THE STREET, THEY HAVE A POINT THAT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT BIDEN WENT ON TO SAY, QUOTE, A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED ON BOTH SIDES.

STILL, ACTIVISTS SAY THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TAKE A LISTEN.

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THE WHOLE WORLD WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH TODAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR 3 MORE MONTHS.

AND IF THE DEMOCRATS.

AND KAMALA HARRIS DON'T DO SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE.

AND WHEN THEY LOSE THAT ELECTION.

THEY BETTER NOT COME AND SAY THAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR THAT OUR MASS MOVEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE.

THE ONLY PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLICIT.

IN THE MURDER.

A 40,000 PALESTINIANS.

NOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS AND MARCHES ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, BOTH PERMITTED AND SHALL WE SAY, AN OFFICIAL RANGING FROM THE HUNDREDS TO THE THOUSANDS.

BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY LARGE-SCALE ARREST.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ARRESTS CAME ON TUESDAY AFTER A DIRECT ACTION TARGETED THE ISRAELI CONSULATE.

AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

STILL, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COME UNDER FIRE FROM SOME ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD.

A CPD SHOWS OF FORCE.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS SERVED MORE TO INTIMIDATE THEM TO PROTECT WITH HELICOPTERS, HOVERING OVERHEAD AND LINES OF COPS ALONG THE STREETS.

BUT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING DOESN'T SEE IT THIS WAY.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY EARLIER WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL AT TIMES BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR POSTURE BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HURTING INDIVIDUAL FEELINGS.

WE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE OUT THERE FOR THEIR SAFETY.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS PROVEN NOW THEY MAY FEEL LIKE IT WAS INTIMIDATING BECAUSE THEY SAW SO MANY OFFICES AND THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING ANYBODY.

BUT THE WAY TO THE OFFICERS RESPONDED IS PROOF.

THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T STOP ANYONE PROTESTING OR EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SO PROVED THAT OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE FOR PROTECTION.

NICK, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SIT-IN BY UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING TO ACHIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE HOLDING BACK THEIR SUPPORT FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ.

UNTIL THERE'S A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA.

THEY'RE ALSO DEMANDING TO HAVE A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER ON THE DNC STAGE TONIGHT.

MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAVE LENT THEIR SUPPORT TO THE CAUSE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES, DELHI RAMIREZ AND JULIE GARCIA.

AND HERE'S WHAT STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR LISA HERNANDEZ HAD TO SAY EARLIER TODAY.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

WE'RE HEARING THEM LOUD AND CLEAR AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PARTY TO BE DOING MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS WANTS TO VOICE GETS HEARD.

NOW WE JUST GOT THE OFFICIAL DNC SPEAKER LINEUP JUST AFTER 5 O'CLOCK.

AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANYONE WHO MEETS THE STUDENTS