WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU ON OUR 10:00PM BROADCAST HERE IN THE STUDIO NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING FROM THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

OUR JOE WALSH, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT HIMSELF 4 YEARS AGO AND IS NOW SUPPORTING THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET.

AND PASTOR COREY BROOKS, THE CEO OF PROJECT HOOD HERE IN CHICAGO.

PASTOR BROOKS SPOKE LAST MONTH AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.

GENTLEMAN.

WELCOME BACK.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROTESTS THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT COMING FRESH OFF OF THE REPORTING THAT YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE NIC BLUMBERG, A COREY BROOKS, STARTING WITH YOU, PLEASE.

YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THESE PROTESTS.

NO, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE PROTESTS.

IT IS KIND OF ODD THAT YOU HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HAVING THESE TYPE OF PROTEST IN THESE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING THEIR OF THEIR VOICES HEARD BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF A IT'S A PROBLEM FOR KAMALA HARRIS WILL PROTESTING IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE, BUT SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

SPLITS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COALITION.

IT'S A PROBLEM BIDEN HAD.

IT'S A PROBLEM.

HARRIS HAS I PERSONALLY SOMEONE WHO'S VERY PRO-ISRAEL.

I THINK KAMALA HARRIS NEEDS TO COME OUT THIS WEEK.

INCHED LI PUT OUT A STATEMENT ABOUT HER STRONG SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT HER AS SOMEONE WHO WANTS HER TO WIN.

I WORRY ABOUT HER LOSING MODERATE IN JEWISH SUPPORT.

AND IF SOMEONE YOU SAID WHO WANTS HER TO WIN, BUT YOU'RE A FORMER REPUBLICAN, A NEVER TRUMPER, BUT YOU'RE STILL LETS, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE BACKING KAMALA HARRIS, PLEASE.

DONALD TRUMP IS EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

PERIOD.

HE'S UTTERLY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT.

I'M NOT A DEMOCRAT.

I DISAGREE WITH KAMALA HARRIS ON MOST POLICY, BUT ALL OF U.S. REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS ARE ALIGNED IN THE FACT THAT THAT GUY BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE A REAL DANGER TO THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TAKING 4TH IN BATTLEGROUND STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

PASTOR BROOKS, YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN.

YOU GAVE THE CLOSING PRAYER AT THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE LAST MONTH.

ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, WHY ARE YOU BACKING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP?

WHAT ABOUT HIS MESSAGING APPEALS TO YOU?

WELL, I THINK VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN JOE.

YOU KNOW, JOE THINGS ONE WAY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I THINK ANOTHER.

I THINK THAT IF WE WERE, IF IF WE PUT KAMALA HARRIS INTO OFFICE, WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING FORTH AN AGENDA THAT IS GOING TO PUT AMERICA AND A DETRIMENT AS FAR AS OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD.

AS FAR AS OUR STAYING WHERE WE GO WITH EDUCATION, OUR ECONOMY IS ALREADY FALLING APART.

THE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS REGIME IS.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN WORSE.

SO FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT THE POLICY IS NOT ABOUT THE PERSON.

I THINK JOE AND OTHERS FOCUS A LOT ON THE PERSON.

DONALD TRUMP FOR FOCUS ON POLICY NOT BEING ANY TIME.

WE PLAY THIS IDENTITY POLITICS, THINGS WE'RE FOCUSING ON RACE AND GENDER.

IT GETS US INTO TROUBLE.

SO FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE POLICY.

AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M A GIFT TALK ABOUT WHAT FOR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION BEING STRONG.

BUT I'M ALSO FOR SCHOOL CHOICE.

THAT'S DONALD TRUMP.

I AM FOR NOT HAVING CHILDREN HAVING TRANSGENDER OPERATIONS.

I'M NOT FOR FOR STRONG FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHAT FOR.

AND I THINK DONALD TRUMP REPRESENTS THOSE ISSUES VERY WELL.

JOE WAS THE HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE A KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AFTER HISTORIC DECISION TO STEP ASIDE, NOT RUN, ENDORSING HER.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 25 SECONDS LEFT.

HOW DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO MAKE THE CASE FOR TONIGHT?

HAS THE TORCH AND HE'S GOING TO SAY WHAT HE SAID 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO THAT HE WAS THE BRIDGE.

AND THIS NOW IS THE NEXT GENERATION.

AND SHE CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND HE WILL RALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO GET BEHIND HER.

COREY BROOKS, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE EXPECTING TONIGHT?

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

I THINK THE PASSING OF THE TORCH, I THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON HONORING JESSE JACKSON, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MOMENTUM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING