INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WHERE WBTW NEWS REPORTER AMANDA VICKI IS WITH ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER EMANUEL CHRIS WELCH.

AMANDA.

YES, BRIDGETT.

I ACTUALLY SURPRISINGLY, THIS IS YOUR FIRST CONVENTION.

TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING, HOW THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN SO FAR?

WELL, MY FIRST CONVENTION AND THEY'RE SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

SO WANT TO KEEP MY ON YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED.

THIS IS FIRST.

THIS I'M REALLY EXCITED BE HERE TO ELECT THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT AWESOME OPPORTUNITY WE OF COURSE, FIRST CONVENTION WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN 2020 BUT OIL BECAUSE OF COVID PANDEMIC.

YOU'RE READY TO PARTY ACTUALLY HOSTING ONE.

TELL ME ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY, THE 7 BLACK SPEAKERS.

AND JUST IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GATHERING DISPLAY LIKE EXCELLENCE WHAT BETTER WAY TO DISPLAY LIKE AND BRINGING 7 BLACK SPEAKERS FIRST IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY.

ONE WANT TO SEE ME.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE?

A HOUSE SPEAKER POTENTIALLY SECOND BLACK PRESIDENT.

TONIGHT.

OPENED THE DOOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.

PEOPLE LIKE THE OTHERS LIKE MANY ON MORE JUST DOWN THIS IS A YOU NOW GREAT ME IS CENTER THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN GET WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT?

BUT YOU CAN'T RIGHT NOW.

A SOLDIER THE CHICAGO.

THEY WERE AWESOME.

WE GOT TO JUST GIVE THEM A SHOUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ELECTION TIME AND WE HAVE 78 GREAT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY WAS ELECTING DEMOCRATS WANT MORE.

AND 24 AND I THINK WITH THIS ENVIRONMENT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

BUT NOTHING'S GOING TO BE GIVEN TO US.

WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND KNOCK ON DOORS.

WE'VE GOT TO DO WINNERS, DO THE WORK.

YOU TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO DO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WORKERS RIGHTS OR 2 THAT STUCK OUT TO ME AFTER YOU SPOKE TO THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION THIS MORNING.

ANY PARTICULAR POLICY YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE IS THERE IS.

AS VOTERS CHOOSE.

IN FACT, WE'RE TOLD POST MOVE BALL.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT WORKERS RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, VOTER RIGHTS, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS.

IF YOU KNOW RIGHTS THAT HARD FOR IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GOING VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ AND KEEP MOVING THIS COUNTRY FOR PROMISES TO TAKE US BACK.

ALL DO IS LOOK 2020, TOLD US WHAT THEY'RE GOING YOU KNOW, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS THAT WE COVERED AFTER THE DEATH OF SONYA MASSEY FIELD, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HAD SAID THEY WANT TO PART OF THIS WEEK.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AGENDA TO BE FOCUSED DOING SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS WHO TROUBLED PASTS ARE NOT ABLE TO GET A JOB IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO AS WAS FUNDRAISING BEEN CHARGED WITH MASSEY'S WHAT IS LIKE GOING TO ON THAT FRONT?

AND DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE PART OF CONVENTION WHERE THE REMEMBER THAT ILLINOIS MAY SAVED CAUSE OF WE HAVE BY THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT WE CAN DO THE SUN TO ADVOCATES AND AND CONSIDER IT.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY GEORGE FLOYD PASSED BY CONGRESS.

WE NEED DO SOMETHING THEY SON TIM WALZ AND DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL OF CONGRESS.

WE CAN GET THAT TO POINT PASSED INTO LAW WHAT YOU DO BELIEVE THEN THAT WOULD PERHAPS THAT HAD PREVENTED IS THERE ANYTHING FIND?

IT REALLY CENTERING ON ILLINOIS?

BECAUSE, AGAIN, HER FAMILY IS WE WANT THERE TO MORE.

IS SOMETHING OUT A DEBATE, BUT IT WASN'T USED WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

DON'T GET TO APARTMENT AND YOU KNOW POLAND ARE LOW RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO TIGHTEN THIS I HAVEN'T PINPOINTED.

IT YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THESE.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE YOU'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO.

IT WAS HORRIFIC TRAGIC.

IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

SHE ME AND ALSO ASK YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF LABOR LEADERS, COURSE, HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN THOSE IN CONTEXT WHAT RECOGNIZED YOU ARE IN THIS IN YOUR ROLE SPEAKER ANYWAY, WHAT ALLEGEDLY SOME MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF SAY HELPING THEM FROM WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?

AND KNOW THAT YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME LAWS THAT ARE PREVENTING IT.

NOT A SORT DIVIDE IN OF WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE PREACHING PRACTICING.

WELL, YOU LEGISLATIVE LEADER, WE LEGISLATE.

MY NAME ON RUN WHEN DEEPLY BELIEVE IN IT?

I'M HOPING THAT THE BILL PASSES THE SENATE MOST OF THE GOVERNORS.

RIGHT.

WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE SO MUCH DURING HIS FIRST CONVENTION, ILLINOIS HOUSE CHRIS MIGHT SPREAD TO BACK TO THANKS AND CHICAGO'S MAYOR