AND WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN TONIGHT.

WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE.

OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BEING HELD THIS WEEK IN MILWAUKEE AND BIG NEWS ALREADY.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SELECTED OHIO JUNIOR SENATOR JD VANCE TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE.

THAT WHILE REACTION IS STILL POURING INTO THIS WEEKEND'S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF THE FOREIGN PRESS, FORMER PRESIDENT.

WE BEGIN OUR TEAM COVERAGE FROM MILWAUKEE TONIGHT WITH THEM.

AND THEN A COMING TO US LIVE FROM THE PFIZER FOR MAYOR AMANDA.

AND AS IT HAS BEEN A BUSY AND VERY EXCITING DAY FOR DELEGATES HERE, ALTHOUGH BIT OF A LULL AT BETWEEN ALL THE MEETINGS AND GOINGS ON THE BIG NEWS SO FAR IS WELL AS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK, OF COURSE, IS THAT IT IS OFFICIAL.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS OFFICIALLY AGAIN, THE REPUBLICANS NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.

HERE'S A MOMENT FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN ILLINOIS PLEDGED ALL OF THE STATE'S DELEGATES TO HIM.

A LITTLE KNOWN.

SECRETARY.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARY MILLER.

NOW NOT TO BE A DOWNER, BUT ILLINOIS SLOT IN THAT ROLL CALL CAME ACTUALLY AFTER TRUMP HAD ALREADY SECURED ENOUGH DELEGATES TO BE THE OFFICIAL NOMINEE.

BUT OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION THAT'S CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN MARY MILLER WAS PROUD TO DO IT ANYWAY.

AND HAVE SHE SAID OF GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN HURT BY JOE BIDEN'S PARENTS WHO ARE HORRIFIED BY JOE BIDEN'S ATTACK RENTAL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF FARMERS WHO ARE BEING CRUSHED BY THE BIDEN ECONOMY.

ON BEHALF OF HER DAUGHTERS, WHO BIDEN IS FORCING TO COMPETE AGAINST MEN IN SPORTS ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIMS OF THE KAMALA HARRIS BORDER CRISIS.

AS I TALKED WITH DELEGATES TODAY, THESE ARE TWO'S.

THE IS A TALK WITH DELEGATES AS THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT KEEP ON COMING UP, THE ECONOMY, INFLATION, IMMIGRATION, PARENTAL RIGHTS.

AND THEY SAY THAT TRUMP IS THE MAN TO TAKE ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ON AND TO SAVE THE COUNTRY.

THEY SAY THAT HE DEMONSTRATED THAT OUT HOW HE HANDLED THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON SATURDAY BY REFUSING TO STAND DOWN EVEN AFTER GETTING SHOT.

WE THANK YOU VERY DONALD TRUMP TO BE ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH SATURDAY SURELY USE ANGEL TO GENTLY TOUCHES BASE.

TO MOVE IT.

SLIGHTLY.

TO AVOID THE FATAL SHOT IN THE U.S. AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS JUST YOUR MOST RECENT BLESSING.

ALL OF MAN OF ULTIMATE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE WHO WAS INJURED AND PREVAILED OVER ENEMIES.

THOUGHT TO DESTROY HIM.

NOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE ALL LEARNED PART REPUBLICANS GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SHOOTING.

SOME SAY THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL TONE DOWN THE POLITICAL TENOR.

OTHERS SAID NO WAY THAT TRUMP IS NOT A MAN WHO TEAMS ANYTHING DOWN.

SPOKE WITH ONE CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING UNIFY THE COUNTRY AND TO INTO RECOGNIZING THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH HIS AND OTHER DEMOCRATS RHETORIC AGAINST TRUMP.

I I THAT CANDIDATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT TRUMP'S VITRIOL AGAINST BIDEN LONG-RUNNING AND HER RESPONSE IS THAT YES, TRUMP ME GET CRITICIZED FOR HIS INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE, BUT SHE SAYS THAT CONSERVATIVES DIDN'T PROTEST AND BURN THINGS DOWN.

THAT DOES IT NOR THE JANUARY 6 RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

OF COURSE, NOW THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT AMONG A LOT OF REPUBLICANS PICK THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IS GOING TO ELEVATE AND HELP TRUMP TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT.

ALL AND ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, OF COURSE, ALL AFTERNOON.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COVERAGE ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S SELECTION FOR VICE PRESIDENT, A JD VANCE FROM OHIO.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT SELECTION?

WELL, SO YOU SPOKEN WITH DELEGATES ABOUT THIS IS WELL AND ONE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE HOPED IT WOULD BE KARI LAKE, BUT NONETHELESS, TO BACKER OF VANS.

OTHERS SAY THAT THEY ARE ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS CHOICE THAT THEY BELIEVE VANCE READY TO TAKE OVER IF NEEDED THAT HE HAS THE SAME ENERGY AND ADOPTION OF AMERICA FIRST PHILOSOPHY THAT TRUMP HAS THAT DANCE IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET HAWK AND WILL BE VERY EFFECTIVE AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK.

ANOTHER DELICATE SAID THAT THEY ACTUALLY WON 10 BUCKS ON A BET IN THE BELIEF THAT VANCE WAS GOING TO BE THE CHOICE FOR TRUMP'S THE P. A $10 BET.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

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