>> BRANDIS, JOE BIDEN FORMALLY

ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC

NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT TONIGHT

AT AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL

CONVENTION THIS CAPS OFF A

CONVENTION THAT HAS SEEN

BLISTERING CRITICISM OF

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A SHOW OF

DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN

SUPPORT FOR JOE BIDEN AND

EMPHASIS ON THE EMERGENCE OF

WOMEN LEADERS LIKE KAMALA

HARRIS.

THE CONVENTION COMES AS

LAWMAKERS PREPARE TO VOTE ON

EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR THE

EMBATTLED U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

AND JOINING US AS PART OF THE

CONVENTION COVERAGE IS

CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY A

DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS THE 9TH

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHICH

INCLUDES PARTS OF CHICAGO'S

NORTH SIDE AND NORTHERN SUBURBS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> I WANT TO START WITH THE

LATEST NEWS WE'RE HEARING

REPORTS THAT REPUBLICAN LEADERS

WILL WHIP THEIR CAUCUS AGAINST

THIS BILL TO PROVIDE $25 BILLION

TO THE UNITED STATES POSTAL

SERVICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A PARTY

LINE VOTE.

DOES IT STAND A CHANCE OF BEING

CALLED IN THE SENATE?

>> WE'LL SEE IF IT'S GOING TO

GET CALLED.

THE POINT IS THE REPUBLICANS

HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ONGOING

SABOTAGE OF THE ELECTION REALLY

AND THE POSTAL SERVICE IS PART

OF THAT.

AND THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN

RESTORING THE KIND OF PROCEDURES

THAT WERE THERE AT THE POSTAL

SERVICE WHICH IS NOT JUST ONLY

HURTING OUR ELECTIONS, BUT WE'RE

GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO

ARE NOT GETTING THEIR

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WHO ARE

GETTING LATE PAYMENTS BECAUSE

THEIR BILLS HAVE NOT ARRIVED.

IT IS A DISASTER.

THE CALLS ARE RINGING OFF THE

HOOK RIGHT NOW.

>> AND AMID THIS POSTMASTER

GENERAL LOUIS DeJOY ANNOUNCED

HALTING FURTHER CUTS AND GETTING

RID OF SORTING MACHINES AND

MAILBOXES DOES THAT AASWAGE YOUR

CONCERNS?

>> NO, BECAUSE HE IS NOT TELLING

THE TRUTH.

WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE POSTAL

WORKERS ARE SAYING THAT THE

TAKING AWAY THE SORTING MACHINES

IS STILL HAPPENING THAT THE

MAILBOXES ARE STILL

DISAPPEARING.

NONE OF IT HAS STOPPED.

EVEN IF HE DID SUSPEND WHAT HE

HAD DONE WHAT WE ARE WANTING IS

A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF WHAT HE

HAS DONE AND GO BACK TO THE

RULES OF THE BEGINNING OF

JANUARY.

JANUARY FIRST, 2020, AND RESTORE

THE POST OFFICE TO THAT PLACE.

BUT HE ADMITTED THAT AS DeJOY

ADMITTED TO NANCY PELOSI TODAY

THAT HE HAS NO INTENTION OF

ACTUALLY RESTORING THINGS THAT

WERE UNDONE.

>> BEYOND PASSING THE BILL WHAT

CAN LAWMAKERS DO TO INSURE A

SAFE MAIL-IN ELECTION?

>> THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER THAT

IS WHY WE'RE GOING BACK TO

CONGRESS ON SATURDAY.

THAT IS WHY THERE IS A HEARING

TOMORROW WITH DeJOY IN THE

SENATE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEARING

THAT HE SAYS HE IS APPEARING AT

ON MONDAY.

I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE

REALLY DISGUSTED BY THE KIND OF

WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT

INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO TRY AND

DEMOLISH WHAT IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT AND FAVORITE OF THE

AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT IS THE POSTAL SERVICE.

THE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

EVERYWHERE RELY ON NOT JUST FOR

THE ORDINARY MAIL BUT FOR THEIR

MEDICATION AND FOR THEIR CHECKS

AND BILLS.

>> AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF

EYES ON THAT HEARING.

I WANT TO MOVE TO THE CONVENTION

ONE OF THE SPEAKER WAS HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SHE

SAID.

>> WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED AMERICA

SUCCEEDS AND SO WE ARE

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF WOMEN TO

TAKE OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR

NATIONAL LIFE BY CHAMPIONING A

WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND

DEFENDING ROE V. WADE, SECURING

SAFE AND AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.

PRESERVING SOCIAL SECURITY AND

PASSING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL

WORK.

WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY?

MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD

TRUMP.

>> A LOT OF FOCUS ON WOMEN AND

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP.

IS THAT THE CORE CONSTITUENCY

THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TARGETING

SPECIFICALLY SUBURBAN WOMEN?

>> IT'S ABOUT TIME, ISN'T IT

THAT WOMEN ARE AT THE TOP OF THE

AGENDA.

CERTAINLY WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN RELIABLE WHEN IT

COMES TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

BUT I AM CERTAIN THAT SUBURBAN

WOMEN WHO THOUGHT DONALD TRUMP

MIGHT BE OK WILL UNDERSTAND THAT

THEY MADE A SERIOUS, SERIOUS

MISTAKE.

I REALLY LIKE WHAT KAMALA HARRIS

SAID WHEN SHE SAID I KNOW A

PREDATOR WHEN I SEE ONE.

AND I THINK A LOT OF WOMEN ARE

IN THE SAME BOAT THAT THEY CAN

SEE A PREDATOR SOMEONE WHO IS

NOT GOOD FOR THEM OR THEIR

CHILDREN AND OR FAMILIES.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO

SEE A REAL CHANGE IN SUBURBAN

WOMEN.

WE LOST WHITE WOMEN LAST TIME

HILLARY CLINTON DID AND I DON'T

THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN

AGAIN.

>> AS THIS HAPPENED, THE

ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS

FACING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST

SPEAK --

CRIMINAL INFORMATION THAT

IMPLICATES THE LEADER OF YOUR

PARTY, MICHAEL MADIGAN SPEAKER

OF THE HOUSE.

SHOULD HE STEP DOWN?

>> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO

COMMENT ON THAT BEING IN THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN

THE STATE.

BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IT

SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE

CONVENTION.

AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE

TO DO IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE WE

WANT TO EXPAND OUR MAJORITY IN

THE ILLINOIS HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES WE CERTAINLY

HAVE TO ELECT DICK DURBIN WHO

BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RACES WE ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW

WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME

WITH MICHAEL MADIGAN.

BUT IT BETTER NOT INTERFERE

RIGHT NOW WITH OUR ELECTION

PLANS.

>> AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE

CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, A

SENIOR MEMBER OF YOUR PARTY IN

ILLINOIS YOU ARE COMFORTABLE

WITH SPEAKER MADIGAN LEADING

THIS PARTY GIVEN THE

IMPLICATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL

INFORMATION THAT THE DEFENDANT

ComEd SIGNED ON TO?

>> NO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH

IT AT ALL.

AND I THINK IF THIS IS PROVEN

TRUE THAT OBVIOUSLY HE WOULD

HAVE TO STEP DOWN.

BUT I REALLY DO GET CONCERNED

WHEN IT INTERFERES WITH THE

FOCUS WE HAVE ON ELECTING