>>> CHICAGO HAS A BRAND NEW
MAYOR, AFTER THE NIGHTMARE OF
LORI LIGHTFOOT. DID THEY STEP
INTO ANOTHER NIGHTMARE? WELL,
WE’LL TELL YOU. BRANDON JOHNSON
NARROWLY DEFEATED PAUL VALLAS TO
REPLACE LORI LIGHTFOOT. A FORMER
UNION ORGANIZER WHO WON FOR MORE
TAXES, HE DID DONE PLAY A LITTLE
BIT OF DEFUND POLICE, BUT IT’S
HIS GAME. HIS PLAN TO TAKE ON
CHICAGO’S CRIME CRISIS, FUND
MORE SOCIAL WORKERS INSTEAD OF
COPS. HE WILL PUT IT THAT WAY.
NEWS WEEK WROTE THIS, BRANDON
JOHNSON CHICAGO ELECTION WIN IS
THE POLICE WORSE NIGHTMARE. GUY,
DID THEY JUST GO FARTHER LEFT?
IS.
>> YEAH. SO, WHEN LORI
LIGHTFOOT LOST, THERE WAS A LOT
OF CELEBRATION. SHE WAS A BAD
MAYOR WHO DESERVED TO BE SHOWN
THE DOOR. BUT I WARNED THAT DAY,
I SAID LET’S NOT POP ANY
CHAMPAGNE YET BECAUSE IT COULD
GET WORSE. IF BRANDON JOHNSON
WINS IT COULD GET WORSE. BERNIE
SANDERS CAME IN FOR HIM, AL
SHARPTON CAME IN FOR HIM. ALL
AGREEING LET’S GO BRANDON AND HE
WON. THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO
LOOKED AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
THEIR CITY --
>> I DID NOT CATCH THAT.
>> VERY FUNNY.
>> I CAUGHT IT IMMEDIATELY AND
LOVED IT.
>> LET’S GO BRANDON.
>> JUST SLID IT IN THERE. BOUGHT
AND PAID FOR BY THE TEACHERS
UNIT BE I DON’T, HE DEFENDED
EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL CLOSURE, HE
DEFENDED THE TEACHERS UNION WHEN
THEY STRIKE AFTER THEY FINALLY
GOT BACK IN SCHOOL. DEFUND THE
POLICE GUY. ELECTORATE NEW THIS.
RELATIVELY LOW TURNOUT ELECTION
AND THE HARD LEFT WON. THEY ARE
ON THE MARCH RIGHT NOW.
REPUBLICANS, CONSERVATIVES NEED
TO UNDERSTAND, THE LEFT IS ON
THE MARCH, THEY ARE WINNING
ELECTIONS, IT’S NOT EVEN JUST
THEIR MODERATES AND
CONSERVATIVES NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, THERE IS A
LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE THAT
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. WE NEED TO
GET SERIOUS.
>> WILL CANE AND I GOT DEEP INTO
THIS. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS,
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GUESS WHAT
THOSE PEOPLE IN HARM’S WAY
REALLY WANT. WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THEY REALLY WANT. THEY ARE
STILL IN HARM’S WAY TODAY WITH
THAT CRIME CRISIS. BUT THEY
CHOSE SOMETHING THAT COULD
CONCEIVABLY MAKE IT SO MUCH
WORSE. >> IT COULD POTENTIALLY GET
>> IT COULD POTENTIALLY GET
WORSE. PAUL VALLAS SUPPORTED BY
THE POLICE UNION. 1000 OFFICERS
COULD LEAVE THE 9 OFFICE.
>> THAT’S A DISASTER.
>> IF THIS GUY GETS IN WE ARE
GOING TO SEE AN EXODUS LIKE
WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I JUST
WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON EXACTLY
WHAT GUY SAID ABOUT THE LEFT
BEING ON THE MARCH. WHILE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE A
INDICTMENT, WHILE WE WERE DOING
THAT YESTERDAY, CHICAGO WENT
MORE LEFT, AND WE LOST THE
IDEOLOGICAL BALANCE ON THE
BEYOND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR
ELECTIONS FAR AND WIND THERE IN
WISCONSIN, NATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS.
>> YEAH, I MEAN IT IS IF YOU
WILL THE CRIME OF POLITICS RIGHT
NOW NOT GETTING A LOT OF TALK.
AND THAT IS ONE SIDE POWER
GRABBING FROM THE OTHER. I MEAN
IT IS THE NATURE OF POLITICS,
THIS COULD BE MORE PERMANENT
THAN WHAT SOME ON THE RIGHT
MIGHT BELIEVE.
>>> MANY OF THAT CITY’S
RESIDENTS ARE FURIOUS WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OBAMA
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER. IT’S
COSTING THE CITY A STAGGERING
$500 MILLION. AND LEAVING MANY
OF THEM WORRIED IT WILL SEND
RENTS AND HOUSING CRISIS HIGHER.
MUCH HIGHER. ONE CHICAGO
RESIDENT AND ACTIVIST TELLING
THE WASHINGTON POST THIS, "THIS
IS THE COMMUNITY THAT SENT HIM
TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE SHOULD
BE THE COMMUNITY THAT GETS TO
STAY AND BENEFIT FROM THE
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER." EMILY.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?
>> RIGHT, THAT WAS THE FOUNDER
OF NOT ME WE. AND THAT WAS IN
RESPONSE AND PART TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT WHO SAID, IT FEEL THE
NATURAL FOR MICHELLE AND ME TO
WANT TO GIVE BACK TO CHICAGO IN
THE SOUTH SIDE, THE OBAMA
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IS OUR WAY
OF REPAYING SOME OF WHAT THIS
AMAZING CITY HAS GIVEN US, TO
WHICH THE RESPONSE IS, BY WHAT,
DISPLACING EVERYONE. YOU TALK
ABOUT PROPERTY INCREASE AND
VALUES, THAT DISPLACES PEOPLE
THAT CAN’T AFFORD TO STAY THERE.
THERE IS OVERWHELMING AFRICAN
AMERICAN. I NOTE THAT THE NOW
NEW MAYOR ELECT JOHNSON OF
CHICAGO WENT TO A COMMUNITY
MEETING THERE AND HE TALKED
SPECIFICALLY, TALK TO ME, WHAT
ARE YOUR FEARS, YOUR WORRIES.
EVERYONE THERE SAID WE CAN’T
AFFORD THIS RISING RENT AND MOVE
FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE’VE
LIVED HERE OVER 40 YEARS AND AS
HE WAS TALKING HE SAID WE HAVE
TO MAKE SURE FOR THESE FAMILY
THAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKE
PLACE, LANDLORDS DON’T SEE IT AS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH OUT
FAMILIES SINCE AND THEN ONE OF
THE RESIDENTS THERE,
MRS. WILLIAMS SAID, SINCE BEFORE
THE LIBRARIES COME. SO, I THINK
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT SUMMED
UP BY WHAT SHE SAID, THE OBAMA
CENTER NOT BEING BUILT FOR
CHICAGO, IT’S BEING BUILT FOR
THE WORLD AND THE WORLD DOESN’T
WANT US HERE.
>> HOW NAIVE AM I TO THINK THAT
PRIVATE MONEY SHOULD BE MUCH
MORE INVOLVED IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
AND WHY ISN’T IT IF YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT A CITY SEEING SO
MANY OWE WOES, SO MUCH CRIME,
THEY WERE TEARING UP THE STREETS
OF SOME OF THE RICHEST STORES IN
THE COUNTRY, THAT WHOLE MICHIGAN
AVE, RIOTING THERE AND
EVERYTHING. I’M WONDERING,
$500 MILLION FROM A CITY THAT
CAN’T AFFORD IT RIGHT NOW.
>> HARRIS YOU ARE ANYTHING BUT
NAIVE FIRST OF ALL. SECOND,
OBAMAS ARE REPORTEDLY
BILLIONAIRES NOW. IF THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
CENTER, MAYBE THEY WILL. PERHAPS
THEY CAN DO SOMETHING TO --
>> CROWD FUND.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DO THINK A
PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE A LIBRARY.
I GO OUT EVERY DECEMBER TO SEEMY
VALLEY TO THE REAGAN LIBRARY. I
THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR
PRESIDENTS TO HAVE THESE. HE WAS
A GREAT PRESIDENT TO PART OF THE
COUNTRY, THE REST OF US I HAVE
BEEN CRITICAL OF HIS POLICIES.
REGARDLESS HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIS
POLICIES, HE DESERVES THIS
CENTER IT. THE QUESTION THAT YOU
USE IT SO NICELY, THE OBAMAS
THEMSELVES BEING BILLIONAIRES
IT’S INCUMBENT ON THIS THEM TO
GIVE BACK TO THIS LOCAL
COMMUNITY. IT’S NOT JUST
REPRESENT IN CHICAGO, IT’S
INFLATION, IT’S THE COST OF FOOD
AND EVERYTHING ELSE,.
>> WELL THINK ABOUT HOW FAST THE
OBAMAS COULD-DEBATE AND I JOKED
WITH CROWD FUND, KIND OF. THEY
COULD THROW A COUPLE EVENTS AND
BOOM, YOU GOT THIS. RIGHT?
>> TRUE.
>> GOODNESS. CHICAGO COULD MAKE