WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST THIS EVENING IS A FORMER
CONGRESSMAN, FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, FORMER BALLET
DANCER AND CURRENT MAYOR OF CHICAGO, PLEASE WELCOME HIS
HONOR RAHM EMANUEL.
(APPLAUSE) DO YOU KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE IN
THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU CAN POINT AT THAT MANY PEOPLE?
I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE.
>> THAT IS THE EMANUEL FAMILY.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU RECENTLY DECLARED CHICAGO SCHOOLS A
TRUMPFREE ZONE.
>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE WHOLE THING.
>> THE WHOLE THING, MAN.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HOW DO YOU-- I MEAN, THE DE BLASIO, CAN HE DECLARE NEW YORK
A TRUMPFREE ZONE.
>> HE CAN TRY, OUR MOTTO, A CITY HE WILL NEVER SLEEP IN WE DON'T
WANT HIM.
SO-- .
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU ENFORCE IT YOU HAVE A TRUMP HOTEL RIGHT
ON THE RIVER.
>> THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, I'M NOT JOKING.
IN CHICAGO IF YOU GET A B AVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL WE MAKE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FREE AND IT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP THAT
A DREAMER CAN GET.
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: BUT THIS ISN'T SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DREAMERS AND
DACA.
>> NO, SECOND WHEN U.S. STEEL UMP DIDDED IN LAKE MICHIGAN EPA
DID NOTHING UNDER DN ALD TRUMP SO WE SUED.
THIRD AND THIS IS, THE OTHER THING IS ON CLIMATED CHANGE, WE
HAVE ADOPTED RECENTLY WITH A NUMBER OF MAYORS POLICIES THAT
WILL MOVE US FORWARD.
LOOK, DONALD TRUMP IS DRIVING FORWARD LOOKING THROUGH THE
REARVIEW MIRROR AND I'M NOT GOING THAT WAY BECAUSE I WANT MY
CITY GOING THAT WAY AND I WANT IT TO BE A TRUMP FREE GLOAN.
IT'S THE SEQUEL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
I THINK WHAT HE IS DOING IS WRONG FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE
CITY T IS NOT HOW I WANTED THE ELECTION TO TURN OUT.
AND SO WE DECLARED CHICAGO IS GOING TO BE A TRUMPFREE ZONE.
HE REALLY NEVER REALLY LIKED IT WHEN DO I THAT THOUGH.
>> Stephen: CHICAGO IS ALSO A SANCTUARY CITY, RIGHT.
>> TOTALLY.
>> Stephen: OKAY, HOW DOES THAT WORK?
HOW DOES THAT WORK AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ENTHUSIASM FOR
THAT IDEA AND I AM JUST CURIOUS, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN SAY
JOHN C KAL HUMAN DECLARING NULLIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
HOW IS THAT NOT A SORT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I CALL IT A WELCOMING CITY, NOT A SANCTUARY
CITY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> AND WE WELCOME IMMIGRANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THERE ARE
140 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MY GRANDFATHER CAME TO CHICAGO 13
YEARS OLD BY HIMSELF, CHICAGO WELCOMED HIM AND HIS GRANDSON
NOW IS THE MAYOR.
CHICAGO, THE UNITED STATES, IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE
GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
BEAR NONE, THAT AN IMMIGRANT GRANDSON CAN BE THE MAYOR.
AND HERE IS THE OTHER THING.
LITTLE HISTORY OF CHICAGO.
THE ONLY CITY NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT, OF
RETURNING SLAVES BACK TO THE SOUTH, THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
SO BEING A SANCTUARY CITY IS IN OUR HISTORY.
THE ONLY CITY-- .
>> Stephen: DOESN'T NESESLY ANSWER MY QUESTION.
I'M ALL FOR WHAT YOU ARE DG BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT DOESN'T
VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW FOR YOU TO DO THIS.
>> BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NO NOT N THE CITY OF CHICAGO
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ENFORCING THE IMMIGRATION LAWS OF THE
UNITIED STATES GOVERNMENT, THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS FOR, WHAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND HERE IS THE
OTHER THING, BIGGER PIECE OF THIS, WE ARE BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITIES.
I'M NOT DRIVING A WEDGE, THAT IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS IS A
WEDGE BETWEEN, ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNITY POLICING IT IS
ABSOLUTELY ANTITHETICAL OF EVERYTHING WE ARE TRYING TO DO
AND WHICH IS WHY POLICE CHIEFS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BIG CITIES,
SMALL CITIES, MEDIUM SIZED CITIES, ALL THINK WHAT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY UNDER DONALD TRUMP IS DRIVING A
WEDGE AND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT TRUST STVMENT
ABSOLUTELY ANTITHETICAL TO COMMUNITY POLICING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A PODCAST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS
FREE TIME, YOU HAVE A PODCAST.
HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT MUCH FREE TIME TO HAVE A PODCAST.
>> ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT-- FIRST OF ALL IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF
TIME.
>> Stephen: I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A PODCAST.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE A GUEST ON IT?
>> Stephen: NOPE.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: ON YOUR PODCAST YOU DO THIS, YOU END EVERY
INTERVIEW WITH FAST ROUND, OKAY.
WOULD YOU CARE TO PLAY YOUR OWN GAME?
>> DO YOU WANT TO DO IT.
>> Stephen: I WILL PLAY WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
I WILL ASK YOU.
>> THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
>> Stephen: YOUR QUESTIONS MI ASKING YOU.
>> BUT THIS IS-- .
>> Stephen: IT'S MY SHOW, I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, HERE IS THE DEAL, I DON'T HAVE TIME.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TIME.
>> GO.
>> Stephen: CUBS OR SOX.
>> CUBS.
>> Stephen: THIN OR THICKET CRUST.
>> THICKET.
>> Stephen: SEARS OR HANCOCK.
>> HANCOCK.
>> Stephen: AND SEARS OR WILLIS?
I'M FOR SEARS BUT HAVE I TO GO BY WILLIS LAKE OR RIVER.
>> LAKE.
>> Stephen: 12 INCH OR 16 INCH.
>> 16 INCH SOFTBALL.
>> THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
IF YOU ARE NOT FROM CHICAGO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> Stephen: ONLY IN CHICAGO IF YOU HAVE LIKE AN OFFICE LEAGUE
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE SOFTBALLS THEY USE ARE
BASICALLY, THEY TAKE A BASKETBALL AND WRAP IT IN HORSE
HAIR.
>> HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS, 16 INCH.
>> Stephen: THEY ARE HUGE TRK LOOKS LIKE THE MOON IS ECLIPSING
THE ENTIRE THING WHEN IT COMES AT YOU.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, ONE LAST THING, YOU WORK FOR TWO
ADMINISTRATIONS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUST ACKNOWLEDGED
JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITOL OF ISRAEL.
WHY DIDN'T THE TWO ADMINISTRATIONS YOU WORKED FOR
DO THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, NO DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WOULD EVER
DO THIS.
>> Stephen: JUST ASKING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIONS YOU WORKED
FOR.
>> BECAUSE IT'S BAD POLICY.
>> Stephen: WHY?
>> BECAUSE.
>> Stephen: IT'S THE CAPITOL OF ISRAEL.
>> THE FACT IS BECAUSE FOR A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS, YOU DO
NOT WANT THE UNITED STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT
TWO STATE SOLUTION, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER IS FROM ISRAEL.
BEEN TO ISRAEL, MY SON HAS BEEN BAR MITZVAHED THERE.
THIS IS NOT WHAT A PRESIDENT SHOULD BE DOING.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T-- HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS.
>> NOT ONLY DON'T I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT, BY BIGGER
WORRY IS HE IS MOVING THE NATION'S CAPITOL TO ALABAMA AND
I'M REALLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING THERE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
GOOD TO HE SA YOU.
(APPLAUSE) THE CHICAGO STORY PODCAST IS
AVAILABLE NOW.
THE HOST, MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL, EVERYBODY.