PERFORMANCE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK.

WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH AMANDA VICKI INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER.

AND A LOOK AT WHAT ILLINOIS DELEGATES SAY THEY'RE HOPING HERE THIS EVENING.

PERMANENT MAY BE ON.

IS GREATEST.

AS YOU NOTED, THINGS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY LITERALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE SECOND TIME DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO ELECT A WOMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP AND TONIGHT GET TO BEN IN CHICAGO SINCE MONDAY ARE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THEIR JOYFUL WARRIOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA SHE'S GOING TO FIRE US UP.

SHE IS GOING TO ASSURE US.

AND I THINK THIS WHAT IT IS THAT SHE HAS.

GOT TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF PEOPLE.

HIGHLAND PARK MAYOR NANCY ROTERING IS THAT KAMALA OG AS ORIGINAL BACKERS.

SHE WASN'T PLEADED DELEGATE FOR HARRIS'S FIRST SHORT-LIVED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

LOVE.

KAMALA, HAVING WATCHED SURE HAS.

AND ATTORNEY GENERAL CALIFORNIA WAS WHEN I WAS READY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I FELT THE CAMARADERIE WITH OUR BUT SHE MOVED TO THE SIDE SHE'S JUST DOING GREAT THINGS AS SENATOR DURBIN MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, SHE'S JUST BRIGHT AND SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE GETS IT DONE.

WE'RE HONORING AND OTHER ILLINOIS.

OH, JEEZ GOT TOGETHER EARLY THIS WEEK FOR WHAT WONDERING CALLED A CELEBRATION.

SHE SAYS THAT HARRIS'S TIME IS OVERDUE.

YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR ROTERING WAS PART WAS WALKING IN THAT 2022 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE.

IT WAS CUT SHORT BY A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING.

MOTORING SAYS THAT IF HARRIS AND DEMOCRATS WIN IN NOVEMBER, THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE, ABANDON COMBAT STYLE WEAPONS.

BACKGROUND CHECKS, DIGITAL REGISTRATION.

SHE SAYS THAT THERE IS LOT OF ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN.

BUT SHE SAYS REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADING A COORDINATED APPROACH.

WE ALSO SPOKE WITH KIND OF COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, TONI PRECKWINKLE, WHO ALSO LEADS THAT COUNTY BOARD.

AND SHE SAYS THE REPUBLICANS LARGELY DUE TO VIOLENCE WRONGLY MADE CHICAGO THEIR WHIPPING BOY, SHE SAYS UNDER A PRESIDENT, HARRIS, SHE BELIEVES THAT CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY WILL BE TREATED FAIRLY KAMALA HARRIS HAS TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OF BUILDING A SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT OR WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD HOMEOWNERSHIP AND FINDING THAT OUT OF REACH.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

YOU KNOW, INVESTING MORE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AM A TEACHER AND, YOU ESPECIALLY IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO WHERE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR AS LONG AS I'D LOVE TO.

THERE'S NEXT TO NO DOUBT THAT HARRIS IS GOING TO WIN IN ILLINOIS AND PRACTICAL ALREADY THE PARTY IS ORGANIZING, SENDING VOLUNTEERS TO BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE WISCONSIN IN EFFORT TO GET HARRIS ELECTED.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT ILLINOIS IS YOUNGEST DELEGATE.

THAT'S A 19 YEAR-OLD CLAIRE SACK WITH SHE COLLEGE STUDENT ORIGINALLY FROM THE SUBURBS IS GOING TO BE VOTING FOR ANYONE.

AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS EXCITED THAT HER FIRST BALLOT WILL BE CAST FOR HARRIS.

I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN MYSELF REPRESENTED IN THAT WAY BEFORE.

AND I HEARD THAT SPOKE THE OTHER DAY BE THE REPRESENTATION YOU WISH YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.

AND I I SEE THAT KAMALA HARRIS RIGHT NOW AND I HOPE THAT I CAN BE THAT FOR SOMEONE LATER IN MY LIFE.

AND LATER IN MY CAREER.

NOW BEFORE, HARRIS, WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING IS WELL FROM THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND THEN ALSO FROM A FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN ADAM KINZINGER, WHO HAS TWEETED, HE SAYS THAT REALLY HE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS ABOUT TAKING DOWN TRUMP AND HE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO WHAT HE SAYS IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S COWARDICE.

THERE'S ALSO, BY THE WAY, A LOT OF HYPE ABOUT WHO IS IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS MIGHT BE MAKING