THAT AMANDA, THANKS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

NOW, WHEN REPUBLICANS GATHERED IN MILWAUKEE, WE TOOK A DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR CHICAGO WINDS.

IF DONALD TRUMP WINS ANOTHER TERM AS PRESIDENT AS DEMOCRATS GATHER AT THE UNITED CENTER FOR THE SECOND NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION, WE EXAMINE WHAT IT MEAN IF KAMALA HARRIS WINS THE WHITE HOUSE.

OUR HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER.

AND HEATHER, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON JUST AN HOUR TO BACK VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BACKED OUT OF THE RACE.

TELL US WHY.

WELL, FOR BRANDON JOHNSON, THIS PROSPECT OF ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY HAS ALWAYS POSED AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO CHICAGO AND ITS RESIDENTS WHO, OF COURSE, ARE TWO-THIRDS BLACK AND LATINO.

SO IF KAMALA HARRIS WAS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE TO REPLACE HIM ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET BRANDON JOHNSON SAID THAT'S GREAT.

LET'S GET BEHIND HER.

AND WE HEARD LAST NIGHT THAT IT'S ALSO PERSONAL FOR HIM.

HE HAS A 10 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BRAYDEN COULD, AND HE KNOWS HOW POWERFUL IT WILL BE FOR SO MANY BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CHICAGO TO SEE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BOTH JOHNSON AND HARRIS.

HEATHER BELONG TO THE MORE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR CHICAGOANS?

WELL, AT A MINIMUM, IT MEANS THAT WHEN BRANDON JOHNSON CALLS THE WHITE HOUSE, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO CALL HIM BACK AND AT LEAST LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS.

THE CITY NEEDS.

NOW, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CHICAGO IS GOING TO GET A BLANK CHECK OR THAT THEY GET OUT.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO SWOOP IN AND HELP THE CITY WHEN IT CONFRONTS WHAT IS SURE TO BE BURGEONING CRISIS IS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

BUT AT LEAST IT IS HARRISON, THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOT TRUMP.

BRENDAN JOHNSON IS GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE CELL PHONES THAT HE CAN CALL IN HIS TIME OF NEED AT LEAST A COUPLE CELL PHONES MAY BE SOME LAND AFTER DECADES OF OTHER SICK AGO IS FINALLY ON THE BRINK OF BREAKING GROUND ON THE EXTENSION OF THE RED LINE SOUTH TO 100 AND 30TH STREET.

WHAT WOULD A HARRIS VICTORY MEAN FOR THAT PROJECT?

WELL, HERES VICTORY WOULD MEAN THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY FINALLY BREAK DOWN BREAK GROUND IN 2025.

THIS WAS A PROJECT FIRST PROPOSED BACK IN THE 1950'S BY MAYOR RICHARD J DAILY AND IT WILL GET OFF THE GROUND WITH THE ASSURANCE OF A PRESIDENT.

IF IT'S HARRIS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AS AN EQUITY ISSUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO GET DOWNTOWN TO THE LOOP FOR JOBS AND OTHER KINDS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS.

BUT WE ALSO IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN WHAT STARTED THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND GETTING CARS OFF THE ROADS IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

NOW THE COST OF THE RED LINE EXTENSION HAS ALREADY BALLOONED TO MORE THAN 5 BILLION DOLLARS.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE COST OVER ON SOMEWHERE ON ALONG THE LINES OF THIS VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT.

A PRESIDENT HARRIS WOULD AT LEAST TAKE THE IS SORT POSITION THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD EVEN GET OFF THE DRAWING BOARD.

HEATHER, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TENSION BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE WHITE HOUSE, OF COURSE, OVER THE ARRIVAL OF THOSE 47,000 MIGRANTS, 2, CHICAGO, ALMOST ALL OF THEM SENT BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

YOU KNOW, TO GET PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS AT THE BORDER.

DO WE KNOW HOW SHE WOULD HANDLE THIS ISSUE?

SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ON THAT.

SHE'S ONLY BEEN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

I THINK IT'S A MONTH TOMORROW ACTUALLY.

SO SHE'S BEEN LIGHT ON DETAILS OF HER POLICIES AND PLATFORMS, BUT SHE HAS TRIED TO STRIKE A NOTE OF PLEA TOUGHER LINE ON IMMIGRATION.

THEN AT FIRST PRESIDENT BIDEN DID WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE AND THAT HAS HELPED REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER AND CLAIMING ASYLUM AND BEING ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY.

WHILE THOSE CASES ARE ADJUDICATED AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MADE THEIR WAY CHICAGO.

SO IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER HARRIS WILL SORT OF CONTINUE THAT OR IF MORE PEOPLE COME TO AMERICA AND CLAIM ASYLUM, WHETHER SHE WILL HELP CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CARE FOR THEM.

IF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR RESTARTS THE BUSES TO CAN CITIES CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS.

BUT AGAIN, HE MIGHT NOT GET ANY ANSWERS, BUT AT LEAST HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PRESIDENT HARRIS OR ONE OF HER TOP AIDES ON THE PHONE TO AT LEAST MAKE THE ASK IF IT'S