1 00:00:03,033 --> 00:00:08,300 GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS. 2 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,033 FIRST WITH THE MARCH PRIMARY ONE 3 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,100 MONTH AWAY TONIGHT WE KICKOFF 4 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,400 OUR ELECTION FORUMS. 5 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,400 WE CHOSE SOME OF THE HOTTEST 6 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,633 RACES. 7 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,933 TONIGHT WE START WITH ILLINOIS' 8 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,033 FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,300 IT'S UP WITH OF THE MOST 10 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:25,166 INTRIGUING IN THE COUNTRY. 11 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,533 IT INCLUDES PARTS OF CHICAGO'S 12 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,966 LOGAN SQUARE, MELROSE PARK, 13 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:30,033 CICERO AND BRIGHTON PARK. 14 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:32,333 THE CANDIDATES IN THE DEMOCRATIC 15 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:34,533 PRIMARY FOR THE FOURTH CONGRESS 16 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:36,900 AT DISTRICT ARE LUIS GUTIERREZ 17 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:39,200 WHO HAS BEEN THE CONGRESSMAN 18 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:41,200 SINCE 1993 AND CHALLENGER JAVIER 19 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:44,700 SALAS WHO WAS A SENIOR POLICY 20 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:48,200 ADVISER TO PAT QUINN AND THE 21 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:50,400 LONG TIME SPANISH AND A LONGTIME 22 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:53,466 SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO HOST. 23 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:54,433 LUIS GUTIERREZ DECLINED OUR 24 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:55,666 INVITATION AND JOINING US IS THE 25 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:58,833 CHALLENGER JAVIER SALAS. 26 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:00,200 WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 27 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:01,800 FIRST OF ALL FOR VIEWERS NOT 28 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:02,666 FAMILIAR, TELL US ABOUT 29 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:03,733 YOURSELF? 30 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:06,700 >> ABSOLUTELY. 31 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:09,533 WELL, I CAME TO THE UNITED 32 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:10,933 STATES WHEN I WAS 26 YEARS OLD. 33 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:13,000 I IMMIGRATED TO THE GREAT 34 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:15,233 COUNTRY WITH NO WORD OF ENGLISH. 35 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:16,500 I WORKED HARD MY WAY UP IN 36 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:18,600 FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS 37 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:21,300 DELIVERING, DOING DELIVERING 38 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:25,566 UNTIL I GOT AN ON TO BE ON THE 39 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:25,933 RADIO SPANISH RADIO FOR MANY 40 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:29,900 COMPANIES AND I WORK FOR TV 41 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:33,600 STATIONS. 42 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:34,666 AND I WORKED HARD. 43 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:37,266 I BEGAN A POPULAR SHOW WHICH 44 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:38,533 LASTS FOR 12 YEARS. 45 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:38,966 IT WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW 46 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:40,466 IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE 47 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:41,666 RADIO. 48 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:43,000 AND I'M THANKFUL TO THE COMPANY 49 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:43,533 FOR HELPING ME. 50 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:45,500 >> WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR 51 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:48,100 CONGRESS? 52 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:50,066 >> I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS 53 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:53,300 BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW IDEA IN 54 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:53,633 WASHINGTON WE NEED A NEW VOICE 55 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:56,866 AND NEW STRATEGY AND ALSO A NEW 56 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:59,400 VISION. 57 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:01,100 WE HAVE HAD FOR 22 YEARS A 58 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:01,533 CONGRESSMAN WHO IS ALWAYS 59 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:03,966 SPEAKING ON ONE ISSUE WHICH IS 60 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:06,433 IMMIGRATION. 61 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:07,566 AND THE DISTRICT IS SO BIG AND 62 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:08,500 DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE ALL THE 63 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:09,900 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND EVERYBODY HAS 64 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:12,800 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS NOT 65 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:14,400 EVERYTHING IS ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 66 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:15,600 WE NEED EDUCATIONAL 67 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:17,166 OPPORTUNITIES WE NEED JOB 68 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:21,400 CREATION AND ALSO WE NEED TO 69 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:21,933 WORK ON IMMIGRATION REFORM BUT 70 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:23,033 FOR EVERYBODY NOT ONLY FOR 71 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:25,366 [INAUDIBLE] 72 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:27,033 >> IN YOUR DISTRICT THOSE ARE 73 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:28,266 THE LEADING ISSUES IN THE 74 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:30,600 DISTRICT, EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION 75 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:32,366 REFORM AND EMPLOYMENT? 76 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:34,233 >> PRETTY MUCH. 77 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:35,833 BUT WHEN I TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON 78 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:37,433 THE STREETS THEY TALK TO ME 79 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:38,766 ABOUT VIOLENCE. 80 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:41,133 HOW TERRIBLE THE POLICE IS WITH 81 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:41,433 THE PEOPLE SOMETIMES. 82 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:43,133 THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT PROPERTY 83 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:44,466 TAXES. 84 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:46,733 THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS 85 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:49,566 HAPPENING WITH EDUCATION WITH 86 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:49,866 THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 87 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:53,233 CLOSING THE SCHOOLS AND ALL 88 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:55,033 THAT. 89 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:56,900 AND THOSE ARE CITY AND STATE 90 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:58,700 ISSUES BUT I WANT TO BE THERE 91 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:02,700 FOR YOU AND HELP YOU AND DO AS 92 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:03,800 MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO FIX THE 93 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:05,700 EDUCATION PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. 94 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:08,366 >> WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP 95 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:08,733 PRIORITY AS A CONGRESS PERSON? 96 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:11,466 >> FIRST OF ALL WE NEED JOB 97 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:13,266 CREATION. 98 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:14,733 PEOPLE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 99 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:16,200 SUFFERING SO MUCH AND WE KNOW 100 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:18,200 THAT WE HEAR THE REPORTS 101 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:20,333 ESPECIALLY THE REPORTS THAT COME 102 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:22,133 OUT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF 103 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:24,166 CHICAGO RELEASED. 104 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:25,966 I WAS THERE AND IT'S TERRIBLE 105 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:27,466 THE FOURTH DISTRICT PEOPLE THE 106 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:30,266 AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINOS, 107 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:31,733 YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE JOBS 108 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:32,100 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE EDUCATIONAL 109 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:33,800 OPPORTUNITIES HOW IS THAT 110 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:34,633 POSSIBLE? 111 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:36,000 HOW ARE THE POLITICIANS NOT 112 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:37,333 SEEING THAT? 113 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:39,800 THE CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ 114 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:41,066 DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT. 115 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:44,933 I MEAN THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT 116 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:45,333 HERE DEMONSTRATES THAT HE DOES 117 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:47,133 NOT CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. 118 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:48,233 [INAUDIBLE] 119 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:49,333 THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT PAYING 120 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:50,900 ATTENTION AND TALKING TO US HE 121 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:52,333 IS TRAVELING WITH HILLARY 122 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:55,800 CLINTON ALL OVER THE NATION. 123 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:56,633 SO WHEN I WIN THAT IS GOING TO 124 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:00,100 BE DIFFERENT. 125 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:01,933 >> CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ IS 126 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:04,800 AN 11-TERM INCUMBENT WHY DO YOU 127 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:07,400 THINK HE IS VULNERABLE? 128 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:07,700 >> BECAUSE HE HAS THROWN IT BACK 129 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:09,933 ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY TOO MANY 130 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:12,533 TIMES. 131 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:15,466 PEOPLE ARE UPSET BECAUSE HE 132 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:17,366 TURNED HIS BACK SUPPORTING MAYOR 133 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:17,733 EMANUEL AND THAT IS A PROBLEM 134 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:19,900 AND ALSO HE IS NOT WITH THE 135 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:22,000 COMMUNITY. 136 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:23,900 HE IS SIDING WITH MAYOR EMANUEL 137 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:24,900 IN EVERYTHING AND NOW HELPING 138 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:31,233 HIM TO DO THE MESSAGE CONTROL IN 139 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:33,366 THE LAQUAN McDONALD CASE. 140 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:34,300 AND HE GAVE $30,000 FOR HIS 141 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:35,800 CAMPAIGN AND YOU KNOW HE HAS 142 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:37,766 SOME EXPLAINING TO DO. 143 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:39,466 WHY IS HE DOING THAT? 144 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:39,833 AND NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT HE 145 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:41,400 NEEDS TO DO WHICH IS HELPING THE 146 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:43,966 COMMUNITY. 147 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:44,866 HE IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTACT 148 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:47,233 WITH THE COMMUNITY. 149 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:48,900 >> REGARDING IMMIGRATION REFORM 150 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:49,833 WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN 151 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:52,733 WITH FOLKS IN THE COUNTRY WHO 152 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:54,233 ARE UNDOCUMENTED? 153 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:55,766 >> FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I'M NOT 154 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:57,566 GOING TO DO I'M NOT PLANNING TO 155 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:58,966 BE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY ALL 156 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:01,666 OVER THE NATION JUST TALKING 157 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:02,066 ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM AND 158 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:06,566 TRYING TO BE LIKE IMMIGRATION 159 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:07,233 EMANCIPATOR. 160 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:09,166 I WANT TO WORK IN THE FOURTH 161 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:10,366 DISTRICT. 162 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:11,400 DOING CONSTITUENCY SERVICES 163 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:13,233 BECAUSE TODAY THIS IS TERRIBLE 164 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:16,566 WHAT IS HAPPENING. 165 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:18,566 YOU CALL THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND 166 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:20,466 YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN ANSWER. 167 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:22,633 SO WHEN I AM IN WASHINGTON I 168 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:25,033 WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I 169 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:25,533 WILL BE WORKING ON IMMIGRATION 170 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:27,333 REFORM AND EDUCATION AND 171 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:29,266 OPPORTUNITIES. 172 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:31,266 IMMIGRATION? 173 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:32,700 WELL, OBVIOUSLY I WILL BE A 174 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:33,066 FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN IF MY PLAN 175 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:35,500 IS THEY WILL BE PAYING 176 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:37,633 ATTENTION. 177 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:39,933 BUT I CAN SUPPORT AN IMMIGRATION 178 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:43,400 REFORM THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY. 179 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:45,400 THERE IS 9 MILLION PEOPLE THAT 180 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:45,733 WERE OUTSIDE AND [INAUDIBLE] 181 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:47,566 EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM PRESIDENT 182 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:48,566 OBAMA. 183 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:49,733 AND POSSIBLY THAT IS GOING TO 184 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:51,633 DISAPPEAR. 185 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:52,400 WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE SUPREME 186 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:53,766 COURT IS GOING TO DO ON THIS 187 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:55,166 ISSUE. 188 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:56,933 THAT IS TERRIBLE. 189 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:59,633 THAT COULD BE TERRIBLE NEWS FOR 190 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:00,300 OUR COMMUNITY. 191 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:02,200 AND BUT ALSO WE WANT TO WORK ON 192 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:05,000 IMMIGRATION HERE. 193 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:07,166 WHEN I WAS ON RADIO I WAS ONE OF 194 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:08,433 THE PERSONS WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE 195 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:10,833 TO HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR 196 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:11,166 UNDOCUMENTED THAT A FANTASTIC 197 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:13,633 IDEA AND NOW OUR ROADS ARE 198 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:15,700 SAFER. 199 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:16,533 AND MORE PEOPLE FEEL MORE 200 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:18,533 ASSIMILATED AND INTEGRATED IN 201 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:21,466 OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE. 202 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:22,600 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I 203 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:24,933 WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN OPTION 204 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:28,200 BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDOCUMENTED 205 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:28,566 PEOPLE THEY DO NOT HAVE AN 206 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:29,700 OPTION TO BUY OR PAY FOR HEALTH 207 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:31,666 COVERAGE. 208 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I