i want to return now to the current leader of the city mayor -- excuse me, lori lightfoot. we invited her to be part of the town hall. we would've loved to up hatter here. the city hall is just a few miles from here. she's very busy. but she declined our invitation. that's okay. but especially with the impending teacher strike there's a lot going on. i do hope she join us on the show another time back in washington. the door is open. she has an open invitation. yesterday mayor lightfoot did take time out of her schedule to assail u.s. immigration officials. i.c.e. has begun a major effort to remove criminal aliens from the street also adding to some of the problems here.e the mayor rather than welcoming the efforts chose to defend her city's sanctuary policies that hinder federal law enforcement. >> we are not going to tolerate letting i.c.e. terrorize our immigrant and refugee communities.i. we will never ever succumb to the racist, xenophobic rhetoric of i.c.e. we will continue to ban i.c.e. from having access to any c.p.d. data bases, we'll not allow any c.p.d. officer t

a year later, successor, lori lightfoot is facing serious challenges. is she up to it? we'll speak to political underdogs in the city who say chicagoans need to look for a different type of leadership going forward. stay there. man: i've been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, which could lead to vision loss. so today i made a plan with my doctor, which includes preservision. because it's my vision, my love of the game, my open road, my little artist. vo: only preservision areds 2 contains the exact nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progression. man: because it's my sunset, it's how i see my life. it's my vision. preservision. >> good evening. a federal judge in california has blocked the trump administration from holding migrant children and their parents in detention indefinitely. the judge ruled that the administration cannot end a decades-old policy that holds children for more than 20 days. the justice department will appeal and the supreme court could weigh in. a massive med

chicago's mayor, my friend, lori lightfoot, pointed out the obvious to the junior senator from texas. 60% of illegal firearms recovered in chicago come from out of state. that's why we need a federal background check reform bill like the one that passed the house. mayor lightfoot is right, and she graciously invited senator cruz, our colleague, to actually come visit chicago to see it's not an island. it's connected to other states, and to see what the city is doing trying to work to reduce the scourge of gun violence and how republican senators, if they really want to help, can help by passing legislation for true background checks. i hope that the senator from texas accepts the invitation. it's a great town. we'd like to show it to him. another area in which this do-nothing senate has fallen short is when it comes to public safety threats posed by violent white supremacists. i have introduced the domestic terrorist prevention act. it's the only legislation pending in the senate to address white supremacist violence. the gunman in the august 3 mass shooting in el paso posted a white

broadcasting live from the wind trust arena, historic inauguration, african american mayor, laurie lightfoot. the next day covering a new exhibit at the art institute of chicago, an overview of her 30 year career in the ongoing aids crisis. the next day covering the legislative session, winding down in springfield and talking former chicago mayor rahm emanuel's news gig and then highlighting an organization that offers jobs and other supports to come in at high risk for gun violence in chicago. she's dynamic, charismatic. a better match for conversation this morning, you cannot find. latest gentlemen, dorothy butler gilliam, author of "trailblazer: a pioneering journalist's fight to make the media look more like america" in conversation with miss jen white, anchor, host, wbez. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. i feel i can pack up and go home now. that was amazing. i noticed your reaction, my career is because of dorothy butler gilliam. you had a visceral reaction, but i know so many journalists who would say exactly the same thing. when you hear black journalists, black women j

shannon: lori lightfoot says in chicago they have stricter gun laws and have an enormous problem withiolence. bordering states, the red states around us run by republicans, looking to bring them back to the city. >> we can enforce strong purchaser laws that could reduce those types of illegal gun purchases but the bottom line is criminals will use them illegally and unlawfully and we need to do good policing like they have not done in chicago. they have great cops in chicago but liberal politicians tied their hands so they can't do the things that work in new york policing and it is a political failure, not a police failure shannon: we hear from the police the show in chicago talking about the fact the state attorney's office will not prosecute these crimes that they believe are contributing to the problem. i want to ask about the walmart announcement, the ceo trying to find a balance to chip away at the problem of gun violence. shameful to see walmart succumb to the pressure of the anti-gun elites rather than place the blame mcconnell's, walmart has chosen to victimize law-abiding am

following president trump's first trip to the bay area since taking office, skip lightfoot could barely contain his excitement. >> joyful. a lot of people were there. it was an unbelievable event. >> reporter: this san jose resident among those who attended the fundraiser this afternoon. >> he's not a typical politician. he doesn't come off like that to me. he comes off as a regular guy who knows what the people want. >> reporter: harmeet dhillon represents the republican party. >> he's acutely aware of the homelessness crisis, the housing crisis, the one-sided government, the water crisis. he's very familiar with california's issues. >> reporter: dozens of protesters made their appearance known, even the baby trump balloon. >> i'm so close. he's in my back yard. i live in silicon valley. i had to make an effort to be here, and just quietly show my work. >> reporter: republican strategist says every dollar counts in what's already shaping up to be an expensive cycle. >> obviously the majority do not support the president, but those who do are supportive because of the bunker mentality t

instead of acknowledging the issue, chicago mayor lori lightfoot blamed republicans for guns in chicagoigure. feminist author and college professor camille caglia speaking out against a failed attempt by her students to remove her. noting her own generation of students compared to this, saying, quote: college students have devolved from rebels into skittish supplicants, petitioning people in authority to protect them from real life. end quote. lou: president trump may soon win another victory in his effort to get germany to contribute more to nato. under the new u.s.-backed proposal, american contributions to nato would fall from 22% to almost 16% beginning in 2021. germany would be forced to increase its share from 15 to 16%. perhaps they could actually pay what they're obligated to, that would be a very refreshing turn of events. british prime minister boris johnson suffering defeat, parliament voting to block his no-deal brexit. law makers trying to prevent johnson from pulling the country out of the european union without a plan in place. you can what was theresa may doing all that

mayor lori lightfoot and an immigration rally late last week. >> they will not cooperate on any of theds. that's the reality. of course, we know that we've heard them and hurt their ability to do their job here in the city, but so be it. that's the point. >> the supreme court says apparently chicago is well within its constitutional rights not to assist federal agents, harris. >> harris: matt finn, thank you. in a big move that could reshape college sports, california governor gavin newsom has now signed a bill into law allowing student athletes in the states make endorsement deals. william la jeunesse's live in los angeles with more. not everybody likes this. >> yeah, like 49 other states right now. [laughs] it forces college athletes -- or allows them, rather -- to negotiate their own million-dollar deals with nike, adidas, video game companies, tv commercials for local auto dealers, trading card companies, and neither the university nor the ncaa can stop them. governor gavin newsom signed the deal on friday. he called it a social justice issue that sub the explication of student ath

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lori lightfoot says, i.c.e. an arm of the trump administration. >> we will never, ever succumb to the racist xenophobic rhetoric of i.c.e. and we know that we have hurt them and hurt their ability to do their job in the city, but so be it, that is the point. >> the chicago police department says that officers will aid dhs agents in danger, but not immigration arrests. the new director says cook county ignored all of the 1100 requests last year to detain a locked up a legal, forcing agents to make arrests in the field that sometimes require the cpd backup. >> it only takes one public threat, relief to the community instead of two i.c.e. to change the course of your life. >> the u.s. supreme court has ruled that state and local departments do not have to comply with federal agents, so chicago and other sanctuary cities are within their constitutional right. >> bret: thank you. a new law allowing college athletes to be paid. it could turn college sports uptight sumac upside down, will tell you how when we come back

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mayor lightfoot there, talking to the crowd. brian?ieve this is so disrespectful to chicago police officers, to be told, in a situation where another agency is asking for your help, you can't use your judgment. that you can't decide if this is important enough for you to act. instead, you've got to call your supervisor pray let's put a whole bunch of sand in the gears of protecting that community, and instead just make sure we don't transgress any politically correct boundaries. that is so insulting to police officers. >> harris: alleged rapists on the run. jersey, new york. >> mary anne: the last several years, particular the last year, unfortunately it's made it harder to do the right things when i.c.e. and dhs and others have done the wrong things. which is separating parents from the children outside of schools, going after undocumented immigrants when they are doing their jobs with their families. with their kids, to their homes. that's not right. go after people who have committed the crime, sure. but the way they are going about

if the newly elected chicago mayor lori lightfoot continues and rahm emanuel''s pro austeriy path.ks chicago teachers union has also been one of the leading lights in labor and this strike in 2012 against rahm emanuel and his austerity policies was really a signal event and modern labor history. a kind of encouraged ears later the strikes in west virginia,,, arizona that i write about in the book. i have an op-ed in today's "new york times" and the teacher strikes and their ways embolden the gm workers. saw the teachers strikes had huge public support because the public is concerned about wage stagnation, income inequality. i think the gm workers are tapping into that sentiment. in chicago, still this very militant union come the chicago teachers union, they are unhappy with continued austerity policies -- i would love to be mayor -- i would not love to be mayor of chicago right now because the city with the big-budget squeeze and as they're saying to the union, sorry, we can't spend as much as you like and the union saying they're all of these gazillionaires in chicago, you could

i've seen reports the mayor of chicago, mayor lightfoot is considering a just and pricing scheme to address traffic. iat may work in chicago, but am not convinced it is going to work in the smaller cities that i represent. as we examine this issue of congestion, are there other ways besides congestion pricing schemes we can use to address the problem? i will start with you, mr. lomax. strategies other than pricing. i think we are talking about using the whole toolbox. that ms. chang talked about, of operations. we heard early about timing traffic signals. getting stalled vehicles out of the way. these are good government basic policy approaches that everybody accepts. that should be working right now and some of our many urban areas. >> exactly. they cut across all the regions of all sizes. adding capacity, we see growth or have bottlenecks is certainly a plus and part of the toolbox. that can be wrote to bassi, transit capacity, more bike .anes, more pedestrian paths it has to be tailored to the problem. certainly having additional conversations with employers and employees about mccann i

mayor lightfoot we asked her to come on and told she couldn't make it on, either. basically a no.d love to get them to both respond. why not senator cruz walk the streets of chicago with her. >> excellent idea. great comment by superintendent johnson, too. excellent idea but here is what they should do. the two of them should walk the neighborhoods but they should have an expert with them. and the expert that they should have with them to explain what is going on in those neighborhoods are a 20 or 30-year veteran police officer who has worked that neighborhood, who knows the gangs, who knows the history of the gangs, who knows the shootings, and can tell you what happened to the cases of the arrests and the investigations they did as it moved up the chain through the legal -- the criminal justice system. that way i think they both would get a very clear understanding of the unique ways in which chicago does and does not deal with crime. so they must have that expert and that expert is a chicago police officer. >> sandra: good stuff. a few seconds left. how is the city doing? you a

issue not getting enough attention and touches every single thing and it needs to be brought to lightfoot candidates are going to do and make sure it is a first-order priority of whoever the democratic nominee is. there is not enough time left. c talked about not having that specific debate. cnn holding a seven hour climate change town hall next week with 10 democratic candidates expected to show up. it's agriculture and fuel burning. the twoure and fuel are biggest contributors. is your democratic candidates? who do you think is talking about this issue the best? >> i agree with what some of your guys on the air said. bernie sanders certainly is close to my heart. i was supporting bernie anyway. you are going to have an opinion, that's great. but get educated on it issue before you start getting out there and voicing your opinion to the rest of the world like it's fact. >> a bernie sanders fan. do you want to dive into bernie sanders's climate plans? >> he has put meat on the bones of the green new deal. at this point the green new deal has been the action plan, the mission statement. bu

mayor lori lightfoot joining senator dick durbin to highlight the problem of vaping products being aimedildren. >> we've got to convince students first that it's a bad idea to vape we've got to convince their parents that it's not a harmless cloud of smoke around their head and we've got to take into consideration today that 5 million high school students across the united states are using vaping products. >> one firefighter is dead and seven others injured after a gas explosion levelled a building in a small town in maine. firefighters responded to a report of a gas smell this morning and while they were investigating the scene, the building exploded. multiple homes in the area were also damaged >>> new orleans' quarterback drew brees is expected to be out for six weeks after injuring his thumb sunday in los angeles. he tore a ligament in his right thumb as his throwing hand hit the hand of the rams' defender, aaron donald the saints went on to lose the game, 27-9 a lot of injuries for this early in the season. you are up to date that's the neuews update this hour guys, i'll send it bac

steve: because he mentioned chicago, the mayor lori lightfoot tweeted back at him. 60% of illegal firearmsicans like you who refuse to enact common sense gun legislation. keep our name out of your mouth. what do you make of this twitter fight between the two? >> well, it's really unfortunate that we missed the main objective you have keeping more people alive because of gun safety. one of the ways we should take a look at this overall issue of gun violence is to recognize that about 33,000 americans lost their lives to gun violence last year. steve: right. >> 65% of those folks were suicides. now, about 14,000 homicides in america last year. one of the things we should ask our selves where do they happen? they happen in the states with the strongest gun laws in america. they happen in the cities that have actually added layers of gun ordinances on top of the already stringent laws within those states. what we have recognize you haed is apattern that from calia the number one state of mass shooting in this nation if you look at the polls from 1982 to 2019, we find very quickly that californ

twitter battle between the mayor of chicago lori lightfoot as well as senator ted cruz.l the shootings in america? look how bad things are and how tight the gun control laws are in anything. and he says, you know, violent criminals are going to get that and people who are law-abiding citizen are going to pay the price for that. and she came back at him and said this in a tweet. 60% of illegal firearms recovered in chicago come from outside of illinois. mostly from states dominated by coward republicans like you, meaning senator cruz, who refuse to enact common sense gun legislation. keep our name out of your mouth. really? so she is blaming record republicans for democrat run cities because guns are coming from republican states. >> we are bordering wisconsin and indiana. so obviously we have people coming through both states criminal activity going on. having a debate over the where the guns are coming from is irregardless of the fact that we have people being shot in the city. we need all our politicians to get on board and start backing the police. i don't care whethe

chicago's mayor, my friend, lori lightfoot, pointed out the obvious to the junior senator from texas. 60% of illegal firearms recovered in chicago come from out of state. that's why we need a federal background check reform bill like the one that passed the house. mayor lightfoot is right, and she graciously invited senator cruz, our colleague, to actually come visit chicago to see it's not an island. it's connected to other states, and to see what the city is doing trying to work to reduce the scourge of gun violence and how republican senators, if they really want to help, can help by passing legislation for true background checks. i hope that the senator from texas accepts the invitation. it's a great town. we'd like to show it to him. another area in which this do-nothing senate has fallen short is when it comes to public safety threats posed by violent white supremacists. i have introduced the domestic terrorist prevention act. it's the only legislation pending in the senate to address white supremacist violence. the gunman in the august 3 mass shooting in el paso posted a white