1 00:00:02,833 --> 00:00:05,800 CONVENTION. 2 00:00:03,433 --> 00:00:07,166 >> PARIS, THANK YOU. 3 00:00:04,733 --> 00:00:09,533 MANY REPUBLICAN DELEGATES WILL 4 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:10,966 BE WATCHING THE CONVENTION FROM 5 00:00:07,166 --> 00:00:12,400 THEIR COUCHES THIS WEEK MISSING 6 00:00:09,533 --> 00:00:14,333 THE USUAL EXCITEMENT OF 7 00:00:10,966 --> 00:00:16,400 CONVENTION PARTIES, NETWORKING 8 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,766 AND IN THIS CASE, SEEING THE 9 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:21,466 PRESIDENT ON STAGE. 10 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:24,066 JOINING US AS PART OF OUR 11 00:00:17,766 --> 00:00:25,200 SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE RNC ARE 12 00:00:21,466 --> 00:00:25,766 TWO FIRST TIME DELEGATES, MARIA 13 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:28,166 VASQUEZ A CHAIRMAN WITH 14 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:30,366 CHAMPAIGN COUNTY YOUNG 15 00:00:25,766 --> 00:00:32,766 REPUBLICANS AND KEVIN SUGGS A 16 00:00:28,166 --> 00:00:33,900 COMMITTEEMAN WITH THE BREMEN UP 17 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:35,633 TO REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION. 18 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:37,333 WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 19 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:38,700 LAST NIGHT, SOUTH CAROLINA 20 00:00:35,633 --> 00:00:40,566 SENATOR TIM SCOTT SPOKE ABOUT 21 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:42,033 HIS GRANDFATHER AND THE 22 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:44,366 SIGNIFICANCE OF HIM HAVING HIS 23 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:46,933 OWN SEAT. 24 00:00:42,033 --> 00:00:49,500 >> HE SUFFERED THE INDIGNITY OF 25 00:00:44,366 --> 00:00:53,300 BEING FORCED OUT OF SCHOOL AS A 26 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:53,600 THIRD GRADER TO PICK COTTON AND 27 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:56,500 HE NEVER LEARNED TO READ OR 28 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:59,633 WRITE. 29 00:00:53,600 --> 00:01:00,700 YET HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE 30 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:02,866 HIS GRANDSON BECOME THE FIRST 31 00:00:59,633 --> 00:01:04,666 AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE ELECTED 32 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:07,733 TO BOTH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE 33 00:01:02,866 --> 00:01:11,233 AND THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN 34 00:01:04,666 --> 00:01:13,933 THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. 35 00:01:07,733 --> 00:01:18,033 OUR FAMILY WENT FROM COTTON TO 36 00:01:11,233 --> 00:01:19,400 CONGRESS IN ONE LIFETIME. 37 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:20,133 >> KEVIN SUGGS, THE RNC TRIED TO 38 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:22,166 SHOW DIVERSITY AMONG THE PARTY 39 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,566 LAST NIGHT. 40 00:01:20,133 --> 00:01:24,333 THE STRATEGY WORK FOR THE 41 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:26,766 REPUBLICANS? 42 00:01:22,566 --> 00:01:28,633 >> I BELIEVE SO. 43 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:32,800 BECAUSE EVERY SPEAKER LAST NIGHT 44 00:01:26,766 --> 00:01:35,100 REMEMBER LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM 45 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:36,300 WAS FROM A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. 46 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:38,333 EVERY OTHER NATIONALITY TOO AS 47 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:39,600 WELL. 48 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:42,700 INDIANS, SO THAT WAS A GREAT 49 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:43,933 POSITION TO SHOW THAT WE ARE A 50 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:46,200 PARTY OF DIVERSITY. 51 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:47,266 >> MARIA VASQUEZ IS THERE A 52 00:01:43,933 --> 00:01:51,166 POLICY OR ISSUE THAT YOU ARE 53 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:53,466 PARTICULARLY EAGER TO HEAR ABOUT 54 00:01:47,266 --> 00:01:54,933 THIS WEEK? 55 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:56,133 >> AS FAR AS THIS WEEK THERE'S 56 00:01:53,466 --> 00:01:58,066 JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT NEED TO 57 00:01:54,933 --> 00:02:01,033 BE COVERED. 58 00:01:56,133 --> 00:02:04,200 AS FAR AS THE FIRST NIGHT GOES, 59 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:06,766 I THINK IT WAS A GREAT 60 00:02:01,033 --> 00:02:10,933 INTRODUCTION FOR INSPIRATION FOR 61 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:14,433 MINORITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS, FOR 62 00:02:06,766 --> 00:02:16,000 WOMEN AND FOR VETERANS IN THIS 63 00:02:10,933 --> 00:02:17,866 COUNTRY YOU KNOW A MESSAGE OF 64 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:20,100 POSITIVITY THAT THESE ARE 65 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:22,466 REAL-LIFE STORIES FROM TRUE 66 00:02:17,866 --> 00:02:27,966 AMERICANS THAT LOVE THIS COUNTRY 67 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:29,533 AND VIEWERS AT HOME LIKE MYSELF 68 00:02:22,466 --> 00:02:32,500 OR YOU KNOW, MY SON OR 69 00:02:27,966 --> 00:02:35,066 MINORITIES REALLY CAN INSPIRE 70 00:02:29,533 --> 00:02:36,766 AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? 71 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:38,066 IF THEY MADE IT SO CAN I. 72 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:39,866 A CUBAN IMMIGRANT LIVING IN 73 00:02:36,766 --> 00:02:42,866 MIAMI HE SPOKE LAST NIGHT ABOUT 74 00:02:38,066 --> 00:02:47,466 WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE THE 75 00:02:39,866 --> 00:02:50,000 AMERICAN DREAM. 76 00:02:42,866 --> 00:02:52,900 >> DECIDE MY FATE, ME. 77 00:02:47,466 --> 00:02:56,033 NOT SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. 78 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:56,366 NOT SOME BUREAUCRAT. 79 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:58,733 IN AMERICA, I WILL DECIDE MY OWN 80 00:02:56,033 --> 00:03:00,666 FUTURE. 81 00:02:56,366 --> 00:03:03,233 I AM SO GRATEFUL TO AMERICA. 82 00:02:58,733 --> 00:03:07,633 THE PLACE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO 83 00:03:00,666 --> 00:03:09,000 BUILD MY AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH 84 00:03:03,233 --> 00:03:11,266 HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION. 85 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:14,400 PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THAT THE 86 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:17,100 AMERICAN STORY WAS REDONE BY 87 00:03:11,266 --> 00:03:19,233 PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I WHO LOVE 88 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,933 OUR COUNTRY. 89 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:21,900 AND A RISK TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR 90 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:23,666 OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. 91 00:03:20,933 --> 00:03:26,366 >> MARIA VASQUEZ WHAT IS THE 92 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:27,066 AMERICAN DREAM THAT REPUBLICANS 93 00:03:23,666 --> 00:03:29,333 ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK AND 94 00:03:26,366 --> 00:03:32,566 ENVISIONING? 95 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:34,266 >> WELL, THE AMERICAN DREAM IS 96 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:37,366 TRULY LIKE MAXIMO DESCRIBED. 97 00:03:32,566 --> 00:03:39,666 IT'S HARD NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL 98 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:41,866 WHEN YOU HEAR HIS STORY OF 99 00:03:37,366 --> 00:03:43,666 SURVIVAL IN THIS COUNTRY. 100 00:03:39,666 --> 00:03:46,900 BECAUSE MYSELF I AM A FIRST 101 00:03:41,866 --> 00:03:47,266 GENERATION AMERICAN THAT CAME MY 102 00:03:43,666 --> 00:03:49,600 MOTHER CAME HERE NOT KNOWING THE 103 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:52,100 LANGUAGE. 104 00:03:47,266 --> 00:03:54,100 NOT HAVING A JOB. 105 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:55,200 THIS WASN'T HER COUNTRY. 106 00:03:52,100 --> 00:04:00,200 AND SHE CAME HERE SO THAT I 107 00:03:54,100 --> 00:04:03,733 COULD LIVE BETTER. 108 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:05,733 AND ANYTIME THAT YOU KNOW, I 109 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:08,100 STRUGGLE I FEEL LIKE I OWE THAT 110 00:04:03,733 --> 00:04:09,800 TO THE MY FAMILY TO DO BETTER 111 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:11,233 AND TO BREAK THE CYCLE. 112 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:13,033 AND IF WE HAVE COME TO THIS 113 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,666 COUNTRY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM 114 00:04:11,233 --> 00:04:17,633 THAT MEANS YOU KNOW BEING ABLE 115 00:04:13,033 --> 00:04:19,200 TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR, BEING 116 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:20,633 ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, 117 00:04:17,633 --> 00:04:23,900 BEING ABLE TO EDUCATE YOUR KIDS 118 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:26,866 SO THEY CAN DO BETTER. 119 00:04:20,633 --> 00:04:27,633 AND MAYBE ONE DAY BE A MEMBER OF 120 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:29,833 CONGRESS LIKE REPRESENTATIVE TIM 121 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:31,166 SCOTT. 122 00:04:27,633 --> 00:04:32,000 >> KEVIN SUGGS THE RNC 123 00:04:29,833 --> 00:04:32,900 CONSIDERED A UNITING FORCE FOR 124 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:34,700 THE REPUBLICANS. 125 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,533 HOW DO YOU BELIEVE THE 126 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:38,400 CONVENTION IS PROVIDING THAT 127 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:40,600 SENSE OF UNITY THIS YEAR? 128 00:04:36,533 --> 00:04:42,133 >> WELL, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT 129 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:44,033 LAST NIGHT A LOT OF THE THINGS 130 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,766 THEY PUT TOGETHER THE TOPICS 131 00:04:42,133 --> 00:04:47,133 THESE ARE CONCERNS OF EVERY 132 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:48,533 AMERICAN PERSON REGARDLESS IF 133 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:50,333 YOU ARE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. 134 00:04:47,133 --> 00:04:51,933 AND THEY ARE ADDRESSING THEM AND 135 00:04:48,533 --> 00:04:54,066 THEY ARE COMING UP WITH PLANS 136 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:55,500 HOW WE CAN FIX IT WHICH I THINK 137 00:04:51,933 --> 00:05:00,100 IS THE SOLUTION THAT WE DIDN'T 138 00:04:54,066 --> 00:05:01,533 HEAR LAST WEEK. 139 00:04:55,500 --> 00:05:03,733 SO FROM UNIFYING THE COUNTRY, 140 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:06,266 COMMON GROUNDS WE ALL BELIEVE WE 141 00:05:01,533 --> 00:05:08,066 WANT TO PROSPER AND HAVE 142 00:05:03,733 --> 00:05:08,333 ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND WE WANT TO 143 00:05:06,266 --> 00:05:10,400 GET ALONG AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS 144 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:11,800 IT. 145 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:13,533 AND I APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT FOR 146 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,800 BRINGING THE FRONTLINE WORKERS 147 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:17,633 ON HAVING PEOPLE THAT HE HOPES 148 00:05:13,533 --> 00:05:20,066 TO GET RELEASED FROM OVERSEAS 149 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:21,633 WHEN THEY WERE IN PRISON. 150 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:23,166 THOSE ARE HIS ISSUES THAT ARE 151 00:05:20,066 --> 00:05:25,300 EVERYONE'S CONCERN IT IS NOT A 152 00:05:21,633 --> 00:05:27,400 PARTISAN ISSUE AND THOSE ARE THE 153 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:29,233 THINGS THAT WILL UNIFY THE PARTY 154 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:31,600 AND THE NATION. 155 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:32,966 >> MARIA WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION 156 00:05:29,233 --> 00:05:34,033 TO THE CONVENTION BEING HELD 157 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,966 VIRTUALLY INSTEAD OF HAVING IT 158 00:05:32,966 --> 00:05:37,800 IN PERSON? 159 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:40,333 >> INITIALLY BEING A FIRST-TIME 160 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:41,600 DELEGATE ESPECIALLY FOR THIS 161 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:46,100 GREAT PRESIDENT, I WAS 162 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:48,233 DISAPPOINTED THAT I WASN'T GOING 163 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:50,333 TO BE IN PERSON TO ATTEND ALL OF 164 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:50,733 THE AND GET TO KNOW FELLOW 165 00:05:48,233 --> 00:05:55,900 REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP 166 00:05:50,333 --> 00:05:57,700 SUPPORTERS. 167 00:05:50,733 --> 00:05:59,566 BUT YOU KNOW, AS THE FIRST NIGHT 168 00:05:55,900 --> 00:06:02,200 CLOSED OF THE CONVENTION 169 00:05:57,700 --> 00:06:04,233 VIRTUALLY, I WAS PRETTY PLEASED. 170 00:05:59,566 --> 00:06:07,100 I FEEL LIKE I WAS FOCUSED TO BE 171 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,866 ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE SPEAKERS 172 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:10,800 AND YOU KNOW SHARE IT WITH 173 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:14,766 FRIENDS AT HOME. 174 00:06:08,866 --> 00:06:16,533 I WAS GETTING TEXT MESSAGES ALL 175 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:19,133 NIGHT FROM PEOPLE JUST EXCITED 176 00:06:14,766 --> 00:06:21,566 AND PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY THAT 177 00:06:16,533 --> 00:06:24,266 SUPPORTED ME SINCE I STARTED YOU 178 00:06:19,133 --> 00:06:27,433 KNOW, HELPING OUT IN POLITICS. 179 00:06:21,566 --> 00:06:28,433 AND I WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT WITH 180 00:06:24,266 --> 00:06:30,100 MY SON AND THAT WAS A GOOD 181 00:06:27,433 --> 00:06:31,800 EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 182 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:33,533 >> AND KEVIN HOW ABOUT YOU? 183 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:34,800 ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING 184 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,166 DIFFERENTLY TO MAKE IT SPECIAL 185 00:06:33,533 --> 00:06:38,833 THOUGH IT IS A VIRTUAL 186 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,900 CONVENTION THIS YEAR? 187 00:06:36,166 --> 00:06:42,700 >> YOU KNOW, I'M STILL AT HOME 188 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:46,266 WATCHING IT. 189 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:48,666 I AM EITHER TEXTING OR FACE 190 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:50,300 TIMING WITH FRIENDS WE'RE LIKE 191 00:06:46,266 --> 00:06:51,600 DOING A LITTLE WATCH PARTY 192 00:06:48,666 --> 00:06:53,966 PER SE NOT TECHNICALLY ON 193 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:55,300 Facebook BUT THAT IS GOING TO 194 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:57,000 BE THE EXTRA PART I'M DOING IN 195 00:06:53,966 --> 00:06:58,433 ADDITION TO WATCHING IT. 196 00:06:55,300 --> 00:07:00,333 >> AND HOW IS YOUR ROLE 197 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:03,533 DIFFERENT SINCE YOU ARE AT HOME 198 00:06:58,433 --> 00:07:06,100 INSTEAD OF PHYSICALLY THERE AT 199 00:07:00,333 --> 00:07:08,800 THE CONVENTION AS A DELEGATE? 200 00:07:03,533 --> 00:07:13,866 >> WELL, AS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING 201 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:14,433 RIGHT NOW IS JUST LIKE GOING 202 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:19,200 ALONG WITH THE VOTES WERE CAST 203 00:07:13,866 --> 00:07:20,433 YESTERDAY. 204 00:07:14,433 --> 00:07:22,800 AND OUR CHAIRMAN CAST THE VOTE 205 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,266 FOR ILLINOIS. 206 00:07:20,433 --> 00:07:25,200 PRETTY MUCH WE ARE OBSERVING AND 207 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,566 LOOKING FORWARD TO THURSDAY 208 00:07:24,266 --> 00:07:27,100 NIGHT. 209 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,366 >> OK. 210 00:07:25,566 --> 00:07:29,400 ENJOY THE REST OF THE WEEK.