lightfoot?reckwinkle: she is open and honest about her lgbtq orientation it is respectful of differences to understand all of us matter and there is dignity in each and every one of us and there has been so much discrimination and prejudice and homophobia in the country it's important particularly prominent people declare their sexual orientation with pride. >> there have been strong if not better words in this election between the two camps and the two of you and it happens but at the end of the day, do you respect or trust one another to lead this city should you lose? preckwinkle: i have spent my life as a teacher working for not-for-profit organization organizations, government and the washington administration and as an alderman and president of the county now. what concerns me is in that time. , she has been an equity partner and owner of a law firm that has the reputation and history of defending big tobacco and big drug companies and polluters. i say that concerns me because i am concern

lori lightfoot, the front-runner in the race, tweeted -- "today's ruling is the latest disappointment in the jason van dyke sentencing, and a sad reminder of the work we must do to create a system that is free of institutional racism and truly holds police accountable for their misconduct, including criminal acts. we cannot build trust between police and the communities they serve if officers who commit crimes are not held to the same standards as other defendants." lightfoot and her opponent, cook county board president toni preckwinkle, both have vowed to reform chicago's police department.

get along if lightfoot is elected mayor, as it seems that's the trajectory that it's on right now. hillary. hillary ran on experience and barack ran on change. the committee man and the cook county chair, and the cook county democratic chair. >> i want to point that out if i could just take a pause, i know you introduced the cook county board chair, but for someone that started in the liberal politics of the chicago southside neighborhood, he is evolved into a political boss. he is is also the chair of the cook county democratic party, that makes it a boss of what is left from the machine. i don't know, it is not just the establishment versus an outsider, because lori lightfoot worked in city hall and worked around. it has been positioned more if i could just suggest that he is is accused of being a corporate lawyer, he is says it as if it was a smlur and he is shoots bak that he is is a boss. all of these women hold very progressive, political, and governmental policies. >> yeah, but in the scenario unfolds, they have been part of the political machine, and you inherit a lot of a

>> chicago mayoral candidate lori lightfoot and tony prek winkle were in a debate last week. the current mayor, rahm emanuel is not running for reelection and the debate is courtesy of nbc five and telemundo chicago. nbc tower, decision 2019, the race for chicago mayor. brought to you by nbc5 and telemundo chicago, the union league of chicago, and the chicago urban league. >> good evening i'm carol marine, the political editor of nbc chicago. broadcasting live from the nbc tower, during the next hour we'll explore the critical issues facing the city of chicago. tonight we hear from the two candidates for mayor. our forum is sponsored by nbc5

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lori lightfoot, the front-runner in the race, tweeted -- "today's ruling is the latest disappointmentn the jason van dyke sentencing, and a sad reminder of the work we must do to create a system that is free of institutional racism and truly holds police accountable for their misconduct, including criminal acts. we cannot build trust between police and the communities they serve if officers who commit crimes are not held to the same standards as other defendants." lightfoot and her opponent, cook county board president toni preckwinkle, both have vowed to reform chicago's police department. van dyke is the first chicago police officer to be sentence for an on-duty shooting a half a century. amy: the decision is the latest in the struggle by activists, lawyers, and journalists to hold the chicago police department accountable for its long history of violence against the city's citizens, particularly african-american men. much of that history is chronicled in a new book by a leleading chicago lawyer fightig police torture. "the torture machine: racism and police violence in chicago," ex

the city posed to elect its first black woman as mayor because the two finalists, lori lightfoot andpreckwinkle beat out dozens of other candidates last month to compete in a runoff. if lightfoot wins, she'd also be the city's first openly gay mayor. >>> two women hurt in an explosion in los angeles. a fuel tanker exploded in a neighborhood. cell phone video shows that smoke rising high into the sky and the flames there as well. about 7:30 yesterday morning, people called police about a smell of gasoline. 30 people now don't have a place to live. lapd is still trying to figure out who parked that tanker there, and exactly why it exploded. >>> a follow-up now to an oil refinery fire near houston, texas, that is still burning. people nearby were being told to shelter in place, but local officials gave the all clear about an hour ago, despite the continuing fire and thick black smoke. they're calling this a controlled burn. the fire started yesterday. a spokesperson for the refinery says the fire may continue throughout the morning. on saturday, there was a fire at an exxon refinery abo

. - gordon lightfoot was one of our early guests. - oh, wow!♪ let me tell you about saturday night ♪ ♪ saturday night ♪ we all came together on a saturday night ♪ so, how'd you get into quiz shows? well, there was a high school quiz called "reach for the top." team leading by ten points at the moment, name the canadian province where we would find partridge berries. - peter matthews. - alberta. alberta is incorrect. i got to be the butt of a lot of jokes from people like "sctv." eugene levy portrayed me, and he was the host alex trebel. all right, that's it! show's over. get out! everybody out, no winners. - ( people booing ) - no winners! certainly no scholarships! - that's it, no points. - what? turn the security on 'em. i want you out! harvey: so, cbc loved you. you did a bunch of shows for them. why did you move to america? opportunity. i had done pretty much everything i could do in canada, in terms of hosting. because i was bilingual i got to host some big, musical, classical musical extravaganzas. when you began hosting game shows in the

. - gordon lightfoot was one of our early guests. - oh, wow!♪ let me tell you about saturday night ♪ ♪ saturday night ♪ we all came together on a saturday night ♪ so, how'd you get into quiz shows? well, there was a high school quiz called "reach for the top." team leading by ten points at the moment, name the canadian province where we would find partridge berries. - peter matthews. - alberta. alberta is incorrect. i got to be the butt of a lot of jokes from people like "sctv." eugene levy portrayed me, and he was the host alex trebel. all right, that's it! show's over. get out! everybody out, no winners. - ( people booing ) - no winners! certainly no scholarships! - that's it, no points. - what? turn the security on 'em. i want you out! harvey: so, cbc loved you. you did a bunch of shows for them. why did you move to america? opportunity. i had done pretty much everything i could do in canada, in terms of hosting. because i was bilingual i got to host some big, musical, classical musical extravaganzas. when you began hosting game shows in the

one of the candidates, lori lightfoot, is a relative newcomer.en part of the windy city scene. in fact, alderman ed burke held a fundraiser for her. she said she would return the $116,000 raised, but she's been touched by the big chicago machine. in chicago, mike tobin, fox news. jon: spacex making history today the, successfully docking its crew dragon capsule at the international space station. it's the first commercial spacecraft designed to bring humans to the iss. this marks a major step in restoring america's capability to launch astronauts without depending on russian rockets. >> i think that this has been a good step forward for those of you out there that are watching it and looking forward to getting man back in charge of things here. i think they're making a lot of good progress. we're trying to get back to american control of man in space, and so many things have changed. jon: robert gray has more from our bureau in los angeles. robert? >> reporter: jon, the early morning docking marks the dawn of a new era in american space flight. t

trying to beat lori lightfoot in a runoff for the mayor's office.to get some sort of political capital out of dropping the charges against jussie smollett. kim foxx said she recused herself, she didn't petition a judge. her entire office must recuse themselves because they are agents of her. this is unbelievable. we need help here in chicago, somebody has to step in and take control of what's happening because we are going south really fast. >> martha: what did you think of rahm emanuel? you ran for mayor unsuccessfull unsuccessfully, he was very passionate about this on behalf of the police department yesterday. >> this is a guy who covered up the look one mcdonald video, gave away $5 million of taxpayer money to steal the last electio election. you have to take it from where it comes from, these folks are fortunately all about themselve themselves, . the simple fact is there is no integrity here. the lack of integrity is overwhelming. >> martha: i have a couple seconds left. tina chen who was an obama administration aid sent an email to kim foxx s

. >> chicago mayoral candidate lori lightfoot and tony prek winkle were in a debate last week.