i am not mad at mayor laurie lightfoot for doing this.at's something you do. are you just going to do like this? you stand there like an idiot so "the five" doesn't mock you? the miracle mile is gone! it's like the miracle half mile. >> you took all day to come up with? >> they smashed and grabbed half the mile away. she ran on being anti-corruption. she gets in there and let's all of the teacher's unions steal the covid money and pay themselves. then tries to hand out extra credit for school kids. she is vulnerable. there are a host of people running. a wealthy guy will pay his own way. one woman who used to be a teacher and another guy who said let's hire more cops and the police union endorsed him. not a guarantee for laurie lightfoot. >> ahead, ilhan omar confronted over her history of antisemitic rhetoric. >> ♪ ♪ sometimes you're so busy taking care of everyone else you don't do enough for yourself, or your mouth. but eventually, it will remind you. when it does, aspen dental is here for you. we offer the custom dental treatments you

the debate included current mayor laurie lightfoot that is seeking a second term and covered a range of topics both public transit to affordable housing. the election will be held on february 28. this is about an hour and a half. community activist green, alderman sophia king, state representative kim buckner, willie wilson, cook county commissioner brandon johnson, former chicago public schools the ego, mayor laurie lightfoot, roderick sawyer and congressman garcia. joining me to ask questions tonight are the political chicago anchor so here are the ground rules for the minute long debate yes we are going to be here for a little bit which by the way all of the candidates have agreed upon. the candidates will each have 45 seconds to answer each question. the candidates to answer each particular question for that around will get another 30 seconds for a rebuttal if they so choose. at the end of the debate each candidate will get one minute for a closing statement. the order to respond was by ballot order. that's also how the candidates are positioned with their podiums here in the stu

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wilson, cook county commissioner brandon johnson, former chicago public schools the ego, mayor laurie lightfoot, roderick sawyer and congressman garcia. joining me to ask questions tonight are the political chicago anchor so here are the ground rules for the minute long debate yes we are going to be here for a little bit which by the way all of the candidates have agreed upon. the candidates will each have 45 seconds to answer each question. the candidates to answer each particular question for that around will get another 30 seconds for a rebuttal if they so choose. at the end of the debate each candidate will get one minute for a closing statement. the order to respond was by ballot order. that's also how the candidates are positioned with their podiums here in the studio. so let's get right to it. the first question tonight goes to green and credible. a top concern for many voters while mergers and shootings have declined over the past year, they are still on the rise and up from where they were three years ago. many people still concerned about carjackings and random attacks that seem to ha

laurie lightfoot. >> of course my primary goal is to make sure chicago is the safest big city in theountry. when we say progress year-over-year. 20% i recognize people in the city don't feel safe. so we've got to keep working on the strategy that we know is making progress. taking guns out of the hands of criminals and holding people accountable making sure we hire more police. we've hired over 200 but progress is something that we've got to keep making. we've got to make sure we are holding ourselves accountable and listen to the people in neighborhoods that are closest to the challenges because they are closest to solutions. we will make the investments that are necessary to keep the streets safe. >> to the next candidate. >> we must understand during safety we want to make sure we have an effective police force and constitutionally compliant police force. we want to make sure they have geographic integrity, but we also have to look at what we are doing. we don't talk to children enough when we talk about the youth related crime. i'm one of the prime sponsors of that but i'm not th

i saw that you joined chicago laurie lightfoot had yesterday as she marked the life of reverend dr.er king jr.. and of course, we are all gearing up for president biden speech sunday tomorrow in atlanta at ebenezer baptist church were dr. king preached. and the president of the united states of course will join me at the very next day to keynote the national action towards the annual commemorative breakfasts in doctor king's honor. as we prepare to celebrate our modern founding father congressman, what would you say is the top civil rights issue that house democrats must tackle in this new congress? >> well obviously, voting rights is still front and center. if dr. king we're here today, he could not fathom how in this day in time, that courts are still the main culprit in preventing access to the ballot. the courts are stained the main culprit and not getting election certified. so we have that problem and as you, know we have a tremendous problem with police brutality. we just had a young man tased to death in los angeles. a couple of days ago so the police and accountability is s

violent criminals, 100 percent, but you need to figure out what is happening, and that is not laurie lightfoot why it's happening. why people, where the cultures got the ball to a place in the black community where we don't necessarily condone it. but we don't speak out against it, right? we talk about snitches getting stitches. or we say, you know, i don't trust the police or i don't support them. or we say things like, well, it is not really their fault. that is far worse than any policy. because we are saying it is okay and we are allowing it to happen. >> but she plays footsie's with black lives matter. >> go, away i won't spend the rest my time talking about lori. she is great. >> you know i am a troublemaker. >> hello, good morning. >> he is gonna help you out. >> thank you. okay, i am not a parent, okay, i never had kids. >> but you know people with kids, you can talk to them. >> absolutely. okay, yeah. i know i missed out a lot of good stuff. but boy, some of the stuff i hear from parents. i want to know what are they teaching. because they were tearing down or defacing a statue of abr

wilson, cook county commissioner brandon johnson, former chicago public schools the ego, mayor laurie lightfoot