BRACES FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ARRIVAL TOMORROW TO SPEAK AT A CONVENTION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT CONTROVERSIAL APPEARANCE WAS BEING ANNOUNCED.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER APPEARED ON A WHITE DUDE IS FOR HARRIS ZOOM CALL ALREADY HERE.

WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AND OF IN A KEY AND HEATHER, SURE FIRST OFF, LET'S GET RIGHT TO THAT SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT JUST YESTERDAY NIGHT THAT TRUMP IS SCHEDULED TO BE INTERVIEWED AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS CONVENTION TOMORROW.

HERE'S HOW MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON REACTED TO THAT NEWS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED AS A CITY.

IF HE DECIDES TO ACTUALLY ARRIVE IN CHICAGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NASTINESS IN THE INIQUITOUS FORMATION THAT HE BRINGS THAT THAT DOESN'T.

STAY IN THE SOUTH OF CHICAGO.

SO HAVING THIS PIN, PLENTY OF BACKLASH ALREADY FROM ANY PJ MEMBERS FROM CHICAGO.

THERE'S A PROTEST SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH TRUMP'S ARRIVAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION HAS HE GOTTEN ON PREVIOUS VISITS WERE NOT NECESSARILY HIS FAVORITE CITY KNOW HE IS TARGETED CHICAGO A NUMBER OF TIMES WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE.

AND OF COURSE, BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED, HE HAD TO CANCEL A PLANNED RALLY HERE IN CHICAGO ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO BECAUSE OF MASSIVE PROTESTS THAT REALLY ERUPTED AROUND THE ARENA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE PAVILION.

AND OF COURSE, HE ONLY TRAVELED TO CHICAGO ONCE WHILE PRESIDENT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019 WHEN HE SPOKE AT A U.S.

HE GAVE A SPEECH THAT REALLY ATTACKED CHICAGO AS BEING LESS SAFE THAN AFGHANISTAN.

OF COURSE, THAT'S FALSE.

AND HE REALLY TARGETED.

THEN SUPERINTENDENT EDDIE JOHNSON WHO SKIPPED THAT SPEECH IN SORT OF PROTEST OF TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO YANK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANTS FROM CHICAGO.

AND OF COURSE, THERE WERE MASSIVE PROTESTS OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER DURING THAT SPEECH, EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT DID NOT EVEN SPEND THE NIGHT IN CHICAGO.

SO IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN HE WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW, WHETHER HE WILL SPEND THE NIGHT AT HIS TRUMP TOWER.

BUT IT IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE A HOT BED OF ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN OUTSIDE THE HILTON HOTEL, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, OF COURSE DIFFERENT.

THIS ISN'T A RALLY.

THIS IS SPEAKING TO A CONVENTION OF JOURNALISTS.

AND NICK, AS YOU NOTED, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONSTERNATION, EVEN AMONG MEMBERS, SOME WHO FEEL LIKE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR CONVERSATION.

FEEL ATTACKS.

OTHERS WHO SAY YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS A NEWSMAKER.

FORMER PRESIDENT POTENTIAL NEXT PRESIDENT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN AUDIENCE WEST.

SO THERE THERE'S SO MUCH TO THIS STORY.

AS HEATHER NOTED, I THINK DEFINITELY GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION HERE IN CHICAGO.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS HUGE CONVENTION AND WE'RE NOT TALKING PROPORTIONS OF THE DNC START OF A CONVENTION.

BUT NONETHELESS, VERY HIGHLY TENSION.

HUGE GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT TOMORROW.

IN OTHER PRESIDENTIAL RACE NEWS, ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T TRADITIONALLY RALLY, CERTAINLY TRUMP IS IN FULL SWING IN THE CAMPAIGN.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER YESTERDAY JOINED NOTABLE NAMES LIKE JEFF BRIDGES, MARK HAMILL, LANCE BASS AS WELL AS SOME RUMORED VP CONTENDERS IN THAT WHITE DUDES FOR HARRIS VIRTUAL AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR.

I MEAN, I WANT TO HEAR, BUT LIKE MARK RUFFALO'S.

YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF SORT OF SITUATIONS WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A VULNERABILITY.

THIS IS A WEAKNESS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDWEST.

TRUMP IS OUTPERFORMING KAMALA HARRIS, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS RISEN IN SOME RECENT POLLS.

BY THE WAY, POLLS STILL A WAYS OUT FROM THE ELECTION.

LET'S NOT PAY TOO MUCH HEED TO THAT.

BUT YOU DO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO FUNDRAISING.

THIS GOT A WHOLE LOT MONEY RAISED FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN.

I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THE DUDE'S DID ABIDE OR MILLION DOLLARS PRITZKER READ RECOGNIZE IN HIS REMARKS.

HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHITE DUDES FOR ANYTHING ISN'T GENERALLY THE SORT OF SAYING THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT.

JUST REALLY NOT THE VERNACULAR THAT HE USES.

AND HE, IN FACT IS, I THINK ON OUT OF HIS WAY TO REALLY GIVE SUPPORT TO THE NOTION OF BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THAT SPORT.

SO WHAT DO IT'S ALWAYS QUARTER THAT HE'S INTO, BUT IT HE'S SAYS THAT HE WILL ANYTHING THEY CAN FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND TO GET HER ELECTED.

AND THEN THIS IS PART OF REALLY SEEMS LIKE AN EFFORT TO COMBAT THIS NOTION THAT WHITE MALE VOTERS AREN'T GOING TO A FEMALE CANDIDATE, A WOMAN, A BLACK AND SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT.

MEAN, HEATHER, DO YOU EXPECT THAT MESSAGE TO BREAK THROUGH SHORT?

AND THERE'S A REASON WHY ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL SHORT LISTS ARE WHITE MIDWESTERN DUDE'S TO USE THE VERNACULAR, AND IT'S BECAUSE THAT VICE PRESIDENTS ARE TYPICALLY TYPICALLY CHOSEN TO FILL SOME SORT OF GAP IN THE RESUME OF THE PRESIDENT OR FILL SOME SORT OF NEAT.

AND THAT IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE.

NOW.

ALL OF US LIVED THROUGH 2016 WHERE A MAJORITY OF MEN VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP OVER HILLARY CLINTON AND EVEN BEFORE SORT PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED HE WOULDN'T RUN FOR OFFICE.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER A WOMAN COULD WIN AS PRESIDENT.

AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND HER SUPPORTERS TO SORT OF ATTACK THAT BUT NOT DIRECTLY BY USING HUMOR AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND SORT OF REALIZING THAT IT'S KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE.

BUT LET'S MAKE A JOKE OUT OF IT.

MAYBE THAT MAKES THE MEDICINE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND BRINGING THOSE CELEBS.

I'M JUST WAITING WELL, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S A RALLY FOR SONYA MASSEY HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.

THERE WAS ALSO A LISTENING SESSION CONVENED BY THE DOJ LAST NIGHT IN SPRINGFIELD.

WE HEARD FROM THE SAME IN COUNTY SHERIFF.

HERE'S SOME OF WHAT HE TOLD THE CROWD OF SOME 500 PEOPLE.

TIME.

FELT YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FEEL THE COMMUNITY.

I STAND HERE TODAY BEFORE YOU MY ARMS WIDE AND ASK FOR IT.

I ASKED MASK AND HER FAMILY FOR FORGIVENESS.

I NO EXCUSES.

I DO IS OFFER OUR TENT TO DO THAT.

AND AMANDA, YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SPEAKING OF REPORTEDLY CALLED THE MASSEY FAMILY LAST WEEK.

IS THIS AN INDICATOR OF HOW MUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION THIS CASE IS GETTING RIGHT NOW?

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S ALSO AN INDICATOR OF JUST HOW REALLY GRAPHIC AND TO MOST PEOPLE INCREDIBLY HORRIFYING.

THAT VIDEO THAT THERE ISN'T REALLY A LOT OF ROOM LEFT FOR DEBATE.

I BELIEVE THAT EVEN THAT UNION THAT HAD BEEN SUPPORTING THE FIRE DEPUTY SEAN GRAYSON IS BACKING AWAY FROM TRYING TO GET HIS JOB FIRING REVERSED.

SO THINK IT'S A RECOGNITION OF ALL OF THAT AND OF CALLS FOR CHANGE, PARTICULARLY INTO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BETTER VET CANDIDATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS IT, TRYING TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OR WHO YOU CAN CALL IT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT SONYA MASSEY SO THIS IS A REALLY TENSE MEETING IN SPRINGFIELD AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO AND AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOWS THAT THEY CONTINUED CALLS, EVEN THOUGH THE OFFICER WAS FIRED, THEY'RE THE APPETITES OF THOSE SEEKING CHANGE ARE NOT SATISFIED YET.

SEEMS VERY LIKELY.

THIS IS FAR FROM THE LAST WE HEAR ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, HEATHER AND IN OTHER POLICING RELATED NEWS, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THE CITY'S POLICE MISCONDUCT AGENCY A LITTLE BIT WE THERE.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THE STORY?

WELL, I THINK THAT THIS SORT OF WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS CONDUCTING MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS.

AND WE'VE HEARD QUESTIONS RAISED BY SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING AND THE WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

A MOUTHFUL ASKED CITIES WATCHDOG TO INVESTIGATE COPA, ESSENTIALLY GIVING PERHAPS MORE CREDENCE TO SNELLING CONCERNS.

NOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVIDENCE IS COMPELLING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EVIDENCE IS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS GOING TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION.

BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK EVER CHICAGO HAS A VERY ACTIVE POLICE MISCONDUCT AGENCY THAT IS NOW FACING REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS CREDIBILITY.

ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT THERE'S REALLY NO MECHANISM FOR THE WATCHDOG TO CLEAR COAT.

BUT IF IF SHE LOOKS AT THIS INFORMATION SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING HERE.

THE CITIES PROCEDURES DON'T ALLOW THAT AND WHETHER IT WILL UNDERMINE TRUST IN SORT OF THAT PROCESS, I THINK IS A REAL QUESTION, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE WHAT, 20 DAYS AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH WILL JUST BE A MASSIVE TEST FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WITH THE ARRIVAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FACING PERHAPS AN ADDITIONAL TEST, ONE THAT THEY WERE PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT LESS PREPARED FOR.

YOU KNOW, BRIEFLY, AS WE WRAP UP HERE, YOUNG GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNED A NEW BIRTH EQUITY BILL, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MEASURE INTO LAW YESTERDAY WITH THE DETAILS THERE.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY GIVING ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROTECTIONS.

AND THIS IS JUST 4 STATE COVERED PLANS.

SO NOT ALL INSURANCE PLANS, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT SAY YOU ARE GOING TO THAT THESE PLANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER JULY'S.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER MIDWIVES LACTATION SERVICES FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS AFTER BIRTH AND THEN ALSO TELLINGLY, IT'S A BIG DEAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER ALL ABORTION SERVICES WITHOUT INSURANCE AND HELP.

AND THEN NICK ACTUALLY PART-TIME I WANT TO RETURN A QUESTION TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DID SOME REPORTING ON ANOTHER LAW THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY SIGNED AND REALLY PUT A TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM ON CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION.

SO A BIG DEAL.

WHAT IS THE IDEA HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ENERGY PRODUCERS LIKE ETHANOL PLANTS, THEY CAN CAPTURE THE CARBON.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE WOULD JUST BE GOING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

A HUGE DRIVER OF HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT WOULD GET PRESSURIZE PUT INTO THESE PIPELINES AND THEN SEQUESTERED IN UNDERGROUND WELLS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS SEE AS A HUGE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL BOON FOR ILLINOIS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TAX INCENTIVES INVOLVED AND ARE, YOU KNOW, RECENT FEDERAL LAW AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE CLIMATE CHANGE OUTCOMES.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN FROM LANDOWNERS ABOUT WHERE THESE PIPELINES ARE GOING TO BE PLACED, WHETHER THE SEQUESTRATION, WELL, HE'S TOO CLOSE TO THE AQUIFER PROVIDES WATER FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS, TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM UNTIL WE GET FURTHER FEDERAL RULES.

BUT I EXPECT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN.

AND AS