GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS.

FIRST WITH THE MARCH PRIMARY ONE

MONTH AWAY TONIGHT WE KICKOFF

OUR ELECTION FORUMS.

WE CHOSE SOME OF THE HOTTEST

RACES.

TONIGHT WE START WITH ILLINOIS'

FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

IT'S UP WITH OF THE MOST

INTRIGUING IN THE COUNTRY.

IT INCLUDES PARTS OF CHICAGO'S

LOGAN SQUARE, MELROSE PARK,

CICERO AND BRIGHTON PARK.

THE CANDIDATES IN THE DEMOCRATIC

PRIMARY FOR THE FOURTH CONGRESS

AT DISTRICT ARE LUIS GUTIERREZ

WHO HAS BEEN THE CONGRESSMAN

SINCE 1993 AND CHALLENGER JAVIER

SALAS WHO WAS A SENIOR POLICY

ADVISER TO PAT QUINN AND THE

LONG TIME SPANISH AND A LONGTIME

SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO HOST.

LUIS GUTIERREZ DECLINED OUR

INVITATION AND JOINING US IS THE

CHALLENGER JAVIER SALAS.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST OF ALL FOR VIEWERS NOT

FAMILIAR, TELL US ABOUT

YOURSELF?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, I CAME TO THE UNITED

STATES WHEN I WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

I IMMIGRATED TO THE GREAT

COUNTRY WITH NO WORD OF ENGLISH.

I WORKED HARD MY WAY UP IN

FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS

DELIVERING, DOING DELIVERING

UNTIL I GOT AN ON TO BE ON THE

RADIO SPANISH RADIO FOR MANY

COMPANIES AND I WORK FOR TV

STATIONS.

AND I WORKED HARD.

I BEGAN A POPULAR SHOW WHICH

LASTS FOR 12 YEARS.

IT WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW

IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE

RADIO.

AND I'M THANKFUL TO THE COMPANY

FOR HELPING ME.

>> WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR

CONGRESS?

>> I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS

BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW IDEA IN

WASHINGTON WE NEED A NEW VOICE

AND NEW STRATEGY AND ALSO A NEW

VISION.

WE HAVE HAD FOR 22 YEARS A

CONGRESSMAN WHO IS ALWAYS

SPEAKING ON ONE ISSUE WHICH IS

IMMIGRATION.

AND THE DISTRICT IS SO BIG AND

DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE ALL THE

NEIGHBORHOODS, AND EVERYBODY HAS

DIFFERENT PROBLEMS NOT

EVERYTHING IS ABOUT IMMIGRATION.

WE NEED EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES WE NEED JOB

CREATION AND ALSO WE NEED TO

WORK ON IMMIGRATION REFORM BUT

FOR EVERYBODY NOT ONLY FOR

[INAUDIBLE]

>> IN YOUR DISTRICT THOSE ARE

THE LEADING ISSUES IN THE

DISTRICT, EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION

REFORM AND EMPLOYMENT?

>> PRETTY MUCH.

BUT WHEN I TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON

THE STREETS THEY TALK TO ME

ABOUT VIOLENCE.

HOW TERRIBLE THE POLICE IS WITH

THE PEOPLE SOMETIMES.

THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT PROPERTY

TAXES.

THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS

HAPPENING WITH EDUCATION WITH

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

CLOSING THE SCHOOLS AND ALL

THAT.

AND THOSE ARE CITY AND STATE

ISSUES BUT I WANT TO BE THERE

FOR YOU AND HELP YOU AND DO AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO FIX THE

EDUCATION PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE.

>> WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP

PRIORITY AS A CONGRESS PERSON?

>> FIRST OF ALL WE NEED JOB

CREATION.

PEOPLE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE

SUFFERING SO MUCH AND WE KNOW

THAT WE HEAR THE REPORTS

ESPECIALLY THE REPORTS THAT COME

OUT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF

CHICAGO RELEASED.

I WAS THERE AND IT'S TERRIBLE

THE FOURTH DISTRICT PEOPLE THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINOS,

YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE JOBS

AND THEY DO NOT HAVE EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES HOW IS THAT

POSSIBLE?

HOW ARE THE POLITICIANS NOT

SEEING THAT?

THE CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ

DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT

HERE DEMONSTRATES THAT HE DOES

NOT CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

[INAUDIBLE]

THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT PAYING

ATTENTION AND TALKING TO US HE

IS TRAVELING WITH HILLARY

CLINTON ALL OVER THE NATION.

SO WHEN I WIN THAT IS GOING TO

BE DIFFERENT.

>> CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ IS

AN 11-TERM INCUMBENT WHY DO YOU

THINK HE IS VULNERABLE?

>> BECAUSE HE HAS THROWN IT BACK

ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY TOO MANY

TIMES.

PEOPLE ARE UPSET BECAUSE HE

TURNED HIS BACK SUPPORTING MAYOR

EMANUEL AND THAT IS A PROBLEM

AND ALSO HE IS NOT WITH THE

COMMUNITY.

HE IS SIDING WITH MAYOR EMANUEL

IN EVERYTHING AND NOW HELPING

HIM TO DO THE MESSAGE CONTROL IN

THE LAQUAN McDONALD CASE.

AND HE GAVE $30,000 FOR HIS

CAMPAIGN AND YOU KNOW HE HAS

SOME EXPLAINING TO DO.

WHY IS HE DOING THAT?

AND NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT HE

NEEDS TO DO WHICH IS HELPING THE

COMMUNITY.

HE IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTACT

WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> REGARDING IMMIGRATION REFORM

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN

WITH FOLKS IN THE COUNTRY WHO

ARE UNDOCUMENTED?

>> FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I'M NOT

GOING TO DO I'M NOT PLANNING TO

BE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY ALL

OVER THE NATION JUST TALKING

ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM AND

TRYING TO BE LIKE IMMIGRATION

EMANCIPATOR.

I WANT TO WORK IN THE FOURTH

DISTRICT.

DOING CONSTITUENCY SERVICES

BECAUSE TODAY THIS IS TERRIBLE

WHAT IS HAPPENING.

YOU CALL THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND

YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN ANSWER.

SO WHEN I AM IN WASHINGTON I

WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I

WILL BE WORKING ON IMMIGRATION

REFORM AND EDUCATION AND

OPPORTUNITIES.

IMMIGRATION?

WELL, OBVIOUSLY I WILL BE A

FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN IF MY PLAN

IS THEY WILL BE PAYING

ATTENTION.

BUT I CAN SUPPORT AN IMMIGRATION

REFORM THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY.

THERE IS 9 MILLION PEOPLE THAT

WERE OUTSIDE AND [INAUDIBLE]

EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM PRESIDENT

OBAMA.

AND POSSIBLY THAT IS GOING TO

DISAPPEAR.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE SUPREME

COURT IS GOING TO DO ON THIS

ISSUE.

THAT IS TERRIBLE.

THAT COULD BE TERRIBLE NEWS FOR

OUR COMMUNITY.

AND BUT ALSO WE WANT TO WORK ON

IMMIGRATION HERE.

WHEN I WAS ON RADIO I WAS ONE OF

THE PERSONS WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE

TO HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR

UNDOCUMENTED THAT A FANTASTIC

IDEA AND NOW OUR ROADS ARE

SAFER.

AND MORE PEOPLE FEEL MORE

ASSIMILATED AND INTEGRATED IN

OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I

WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN OPTION

BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDOCUMENTED

PEOPLE THEY DO NOT HAVE AN

OPTION TO BUY OR PAY FOR HEALTH

COVERAGE.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I