Chicago Tonight | Week in Review: One on One With Rahm Emanuel | Season 2023

Posted by Valentine Belue on Thursday, August 29, 2024

>> HEY, EVERYONE HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN FROM YOUR FOOD COMA.

THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

PARA SHOTS IN LIEU OF OUR NORMAL PANEL TONIGHT, WE FEATURE ONE ON ONE WITH A NOTABLE CHICAGO UNTURNED.

AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN.

RAHM EMANUEL HAS TAKEN HIS BRASH, OFTEN EFFECTIVE, SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL STYLE TO THE ASIAN PACIFIC.

>> WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN SINCE 2021.

THIS IS A MOMENT.

>> TO SHAPE THAT AND NOT BE SHAPE.

BUT THE PAST.

>> IN MAY, A MANUAL PUT OUT A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA URGING JAPANESE LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE LGBTQ RIGHTS.

IT PROMPTED PUSHBACK FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.

EMANUEL HAS ALSO CRITICIZED JAPAN'S NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE EAST CHINA WITH HARSH AND SNARKY TWEETS DIRECTED TOWARD CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.

WELL, U.S.

DIPLOMATIC LEADERS HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH ONE OF THE US'S LARGEST GEOPOLITICAL FOES.

A MAN WAS ALSO NO STRANGER TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HELPING BROKER PEACE ACCORDS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

EMANUEL'S VISIT HOME COMES AMID NEWS OF A CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT RISING ANTISEMITIC AND ANTI MUSLIM RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE VERY RECENT VANDALIZATION OF EMANUEL'S HOME IN MICHIGAN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A CLEAR START CHOICE.

ONE.

THAT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE.

ONE ABOUT THE PAST.

HIS VISIT HOME ALSO COMES AS DEMOCRATS GROW INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR 2024 PROSPECTS AND HIS FORMER FOE TURNED COLLEAGUE ED BURKE FACES FEDERAL CRIMINAL TRIAL ON 14 COUNTS OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION.

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT JOINING US NOW AS U.S.

AMBASSADOR JAPAN AND FORMER MAYOR OF CHICAGO, RAHM EMANUEL.

AMBASSADOR MAY WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

GOOD TO SEE DO OVER FAMILIES.

WELL, I HOPE YOURS IS.

WHY KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SELL.

BUT YOUR MOTHER'S A 90TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.

AND SO WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT SHE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU VERSUS HAIR FROM 3 BOYS.

WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THE REVIEW OF THIS INTERVIEW IS THAT.

BUT FIRST, I WANT YOU TO UPDATE US ON THAT UNFORTUNATE EVENT TO YOUR HOME IN MICHIGAN WHERE IT WAS A VANDALIZED WITH THE WORD YOUR FAMILY'S OK, FINE, OKAY.

EVERYTHING'S FINE.

I DO SUSPECT IN THIS.

THE PLAYERS KNOW THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR WORK.

I LET ME JUST KIND OF.

BUT THE POLICE ARE DOING JOB.

TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER.

SPOKE WITH ONE VOICE ABOUT BIGOTRY.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.

AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I OR HAVE EVER DEALT WITH.

ANTISEMITISM DIRECTED.

I WANT YOU UNDERSTAND THE PHONE CALLS I RECEIVED OF COMMENTS BY THE ISLAMIC LEADERS CONDEMNING THIS.

WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR RATHER FOR CONGRESS.

THE PREDECESSORS WERE DAN ROSS AND KOSKI ROMAN FRANKEN, A ROD BLAGOJEVICH, MIKE FLANAGAN.

RAHM IS ALL A IN A CITY BASED ON ETHNICITY, RACE PEOPLE.

I KNEW PEOPLE.

I MET ON THE FRONT STOOP MONEY AT THE GROCERY STORE AMENDMENT DEALS.

THEY DID NOT SEE.

RAHM IS REAL THAT THEY SAW SOMEBODY TO TALK TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND THEY ROSE ABOVE RACE OR ETHNICITY.

THAT'S ALSO TRUE.

WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR AND PEOPLE.

COME TOGETHER, I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ALL TYPES OF FAITH, NOT JUST FOR AND I THINK WHAT SOMEBODY, WHOEVER DID THIS, SOMEBODY WHO DID THINGS THAT I HAD A RUN FOR MAYOR AND APPROVED, IT WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

PEOPLE ARE BETTER.

AND MOST FUNDAMENTAL THING IS YOU ALLOW SOME OF THESE HATRED.

TO INFILTRATE HOW YOU PEOPLE.

THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL GOODNESS AND I'VE SEEN IT.

I'VE A PRODUCT OF IT.

HAVE I HAD ANTI-SEMITISM DIRECTED ME.

YES, BUT I ALSO HAVE THE AMERICAN STORY.

MY GRANDFATHER LEFT THE POGROMS OF EASTERN EUROPE.

AND THE 13 HE'S GRANDSON IS THE MAYOR.

THE CITY DECIDE TO CALL HOME.

HE BECAME CHIEF OF STAFF TO A PRESIDENT.

TAKING THE HIGH ROAD IN THE LONGEST GOT JUST KNOW.

IT'S JUST IT'S ALSO THERE IS GOOD AND BAD.

BUT IF YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND ALSO FOCUS ON THE GOOD, YOU COULD HAVE A CHANCE OF A LISTENING SOMEBODY WHO WANT ME TO BE FULL OF HATE.

DO I LIKE WHAT HAPPENED?

I THINK YOU CAN HEAR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO NO, BUT I'VE ALSO KNOWN ANOTHER SIDE OF THAT.

AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US SHOULD NOT LET ANY TYPE OF THAT UGLINESS BECOME THE ONLY WAY WE SEE PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTAND.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SHIFT GEARS TO YOUR CURRENT ROLE AS AMBASSADOR IN JAPAN.

LOT OF TIMES AMBASSADORS ARE OUR CEREMONIAL.

THEY'RE GIVEN HIS PLUM POSITIONS TO CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS.

YOU'RE NOT APPROACHING THIS JOB THAT WAY.

SO TELL US HOW YOU DO APPROACH THIS JOB IN A VERY IMPORTANT COUNTRY.

WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT COUNTRY DEPORTED TIME.

IMPORTANT REGION PRESIDENT GAVE ME A PASS.

I DON'T APPROACH JOB AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THE THINGS THAT PRIOR TO LEAVING WHEN I WAS CONTACTING ALL THE U.S. JAPAN HANDS.

EXPERTS WE'VE DONE 4 OR 5 THINGS TOGETHER.

UNITED STATES AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR FOR THE UNITED STATES.

BUT UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT EVERYBODY SAY COULD NOT GET DONE.

THE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING AND THE PRINCIPAL THING IS WHAT WAS DONE TO CAMP DAVID THIS SUMMER IN CAMP, DAVID PRINCIPAL BRINGING JAPAN KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES TOGETHER, JAPAN ADOPTED THE 2% OF THEIR GDP WILL GO TO DEFENSE GETTING COUNTER STRIKE, A JUST THOSE 3 THINGS AT SOME POINT GIVEN CHINA'S ROLE IS WHAT I WANT PEOPLE I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

YOU HAVE RUSSIA INVADE UKRAINE.

YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE CONFLICT GOING ON NOW BETWEEN ISRAEL AND WHAT'S AND AND THE HAMAS IN GAZA.

HERE'S WHAT I REALLY THINK PEOPLE MISSED.

ALSO ABOUT CAPTAIN HOOK.

FINISHING A BOOK ABOUT JUDGMENT IN TOKYO.

BUT THEY EQUIVALENT OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.

I SIT IN JAPAN HAVE A COMPLICATED HISTORY.

YOU KNOW, STATES AND KOREA HAVE A COMPLICATED HISTORY.

JAPAN KOREA HAVE A COMPLICATED.

THE PRESIDENT.

PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA PRESIDENT.

YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN.

THROUGH DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMACY CHOSEN DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE FUTURE VERSUS WHAT RUSSIA DID CONFLICT WITH THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE IN THE WAR TRYING AND KILLING AND TAKING CHILDREN AWAY FROM PARENTS.

WHAT HAMAS BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE OF OCTOBER 6 TO ME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A COLLEGE NOT ONLY BASICALLY SAYING THE 20TH CENTURY'S THE PAST THE 21ST CENTURY OFFERS THIS UP TO 20 AND WE'RE DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMACY.

AND ALSO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMACY IN GETTING HOSTAGES OUT OF THE GAZA STRIP.

TO ME, THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF SHOWING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP.

I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SHOWN AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT AND I THINK WHAT I'VE DONE AND I TRY TO DO IS IN BETTER.

AS I JOKINGLY SAY, I'M THE DIPLOMAT DIPLOMAT.

OKAY, MICHAEL IS NOT TO STAY WITHIN THE LINES.

MY GOAL IS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND SO AS I TOLD EVERYBODY WHAT GOT TO TOKYO.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET ON A PLANE WHEN THEY WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND WAIT, YOU WANT PEOPLE KNOW YOU HEAR YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE TO PUT YOUR THUMB ON THE SCALE.

WE JUST WANT A WAY TO GET BY GET YOUR SEAT TO THAT EFFECT YOUR THUMB ON THE SCALE.

YOU WENT OUT AND MADE THIS URGING JAPANESE LEADERS TO SUPPORT LGBTQ RIGHTS.

>> WHAT KIND OF PUSH BACK THAT YOU GET FROM THAT?

WELL, GOT TO JUMP IN GOVERNMENT.

WILL THEY PASS A LAW?

SECOND OF ALL, 78%, THE JAPANESE PUBLIC IS FOR.

RIGHTS.

SO 3RD, IT'S A PLANE TO THE UNITED STATES POLICY.

4TH, EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT THERE, I MARCHED IN THEIR PRIDE PARADE LIKE I DID AS A MAYOR IS A CONGRESSMAN.

6 OR 5TH.

I DID IT AND ORGANIZE IT WITH ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS WHO SPOKE AT THE PRIDE PARADE.

NOW.

IN OUR OWN TRAJECTORY, UNITED STATES.

I STARTED WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON ALL THE WAY TO WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I REMEMBER MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHEN WE REPEAL DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL MARRIAGE EQUALITY.

WE DID PARTNER BENEFITS WHEN I WAS MAYOR, WHICH WAS SEEDING.

>> THE GROUND FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY.

JAPAN IS NOW GOING THROUGH THOSE SAME STAGES.

I DID EXACTLY WHAT AN AMBASSADOR WOULD DO FOR THE UNITED STATES.

DID I BRING MY OWN RAHM LIKE FLAIR TO THAT EFFORT.

RIGHT-WING ELEMENTS OF JAPAN SOCIETY.

CHRIS, I THINK BUT THE JAPAN BUSINESS PEOPLE SUPPORTED IT.

YES TO CHANGE-UP AND DIED ON THEIR OWN FREE WILL IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.

DO IT?

YES, I WAS NOT THE ONLY AMBASSADOR ORGANIZED OTHER INVESTORS SPOKE WITH A PARENT AND THAT IS THE JOB OF THE U.S.

AMBASSADOR.

GIVEN IT IS ESTABLISHED POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ADVOCATE SPACE.

SPEAKING OF FLAIR, YOU'VE TAKEN VERY PUBLIC DIGS AT CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING MAKING SOME SARCASTIC.

>> TWEET SPECIFICALLY REFERENCING A FEW TOP CHINESE OFFICIALS THAT HAVE GONE MISSING.

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WASN'T SO HAPPY THAT YOU STEPPED LINES.

AS YOU SAY, TELL YOU TO KNOCK IT OFF.

NOW.

>> AND FIRST OF ALL, WHEN BEEN AFFECTED, BUT NO, THEY NEVER DID.

SO NUMBER 2.

SO I TALKED TOUGH AGAINST THIS GUY WHO COUNT AS WAYS IN WHICH PRIME AREA GEOPOLITICAL FOE.

WE JUST ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T TALK A TOP ECONOMIST FOR A BIG DIFFERENCE.

PARIS SEPT.

HERE'S THE DEAL.

LET'S GO BACK.

AND THIS.

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAID THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES CREATED THE MAUI FIRES IN HAWAII.

CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVID.

THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID THAT LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA ARE REAL COUNTRIES FALSE.

WHAT I SAID WAS THE DEFENSE MINISTER'S MISSING.

OKAY.

NOW YOU SAY IT'S CRITICAL.

THE FACT IS A MONTH LATER, THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DEFENSE MINISTER IS GONE.

WHAT I SAID.

WAS LIKE AN ACT OF AGATHA CHRISTIE DOUBLE.

THEN THERE WERE NONE.

THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD GONE.

THE ROCKET TEAM AND THE DEFENSE MINISTRY WAS GONE.

NOW WE CAN FIND THE DEFENSE MINISTER LET ME SAY WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT REASON.

I HIGHLIGHTED.

CHINA HAS 500 NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

WHEN SOMETHING GOD FORBID.

AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IF THE LAST YEAR HAVE SOMETHING HAPPENS.

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

YOU WANT TO BE A SUPERPOWER, WHICH YOU ARE.

YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

THE WORLD.

YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A DEFENSE MINISTER GO MISSING AND YOU HAVE 500 NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY AND NOBODY, INCLUDING JOURNALISTS.

IF I MAY SAY WE'RE ASKING ANY QUESTION, WHAT I DID WAS RAISE THE QUESTION, WHERE IS THE DEFENSE MINISTER?

AND THAT WAS ONLY WITHIN 2 WEEKS.

5 WEEKS LATER, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE HE WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE DEFENSE.

BUT HE'S A ACKNOWLEDGED A REPLACEMENT.

EVERYTHING YOU SAID IT'S CRITICAL.

I DON'T THINK NOW TRUTH MAY FEEL AND LIKE CRITICISM.

BUT IT WAS TRUE, CERTAINLY ADMIT MADE SOME NOISE AND YOU DIDN'T SLOW DOWN AT THE RECENT APEC IN SAN FRANCISCO FEATURING ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC LEADERS.

>> YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON YOUR CRITICISM, KIND OF KNOCKING HIM FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY IN CHINA.

>> WELL, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A 3RD OF THE YOUTH OF CHINA.

UNEMPLOYED.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT I THINK.

BUT AND FOR THE OTHER THING WILL SAY THERE'S MORE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH CHINA.

THERE IS IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WE HAVE REAL CHALLENGE FOR THAT'S TRUE, NEW YORK.

THAT'S TRUE IN LOS YOU ALSO HAVE A MASSIVE FISCAL PROBLEMS IN CHINA.

YOU HAVE THE MASSING HOUSING PROBLEM IN CHINA.

YOU HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM IN THE SENSE OF THE ECONOMY AND SENSE OF THE GROWTH PATTERN.

CHINA USED TO BE PART OF THE WORLD ECONOMY.

THE MOMENT SHE BECAME PRESIDENT IN TURN HIS BACK ON THE WORLD COMING.

ALL THESE PROBLEMS.

START A CASCADE.

I HAPPEN TO POINT OUT AGAIN, USE A CRITICISM.

WE HAVE THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 50 YEARS.

THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG THE YOUTH THERE.

JGB IS DROPPING.

OUR GDP IS GROWING.

OUR ECONOMY IS STRONG AND EVEN GETTING STRONGER.

THE WORLD PART OF THE ECONOMY, THEIRS IS ACTUALLY SHRINKING.

THE FACT THAT HE'S UNDER THE WAY THE PRESIDENT, SHE IS DECIDED AND THAT CHINA MORE IMPORTANT CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

THEY ARE THEIR ECONOMIC POWER.

AND THEY'RE SERIOUS POWER BECAUSE THE SECOND LARGEST COMING HAS BEEN SHRINKING BECAUSE THEY TURNED THEIR BACK ON WHAT I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN CORRECTLY ARTICULATED, WHICH IS A RULES-BASED SYSTEM WHERE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO BE PART OF THAT TO BUILD UP SOMETHING PARALLEL AND IT'S COSTING THE CHINESE PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO GET TO TO THE CONFLICT HIS YOUNG GUYS.

AS YOU ALLUDED TO BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY, VERY IMPORTANT COUNTRY TO YOU IS REALLY YOUR FATHER IMMIGRATED FROM THERE.

>> YOU SERVED IN THE MILITARY THIS NEWS OF A POTENTIAL CEASE-FIRE, AGREEMENT TO RELEASED ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN HOSTAGES.

ARE YOU ARE YOU HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS DEAL THAT CAN BRING SOME KIND OF PEACE?

WELL, LOOK, I LET ME JUST TAKE ONE STEP BACK.

AND THEY GOT TO BE IT'S NOT OUT OF MY REGION, TO SLIGHTLY CAREFUL.

I KIND OF DEFINE MYSELF.

AS A HAWK ON SECURITY AND THEY SUPER DOVE ON PEACE.

I THINK IT'S GOOD.

BEING WOMEN AND CHILDREN BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

WISH THAT THE OCTOBER 60 FIRE NEVER WAS VIOLATED.

I THINK WHAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WOMEN IN ISRAEL THAT WERE RAPED?

SAYS CUT FROM >> WOMAN'S.

AS A VIOLATION.

EVERY LEVEL.

AT EVERY LEVEL.

IS IT GOOD TO BE HAVE PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES?

100% PALESTINIANS BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AND ISRAELIS AND JEWS.

AND IN MANY CASES OF THE YEAR IS PEOPLE HAVE TIED THE SENSE RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES.

I THINK YOU I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

THAT'S WHERE HUMAN AGENCY COMES ABOUT.

I GIVE THE PRESIDENT A TREMENDOUS AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP, SPECIFICALLY PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO GET SOMETHING THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE AS RECENTLY AS 10 DAYS AGO.

AND I DO THINK IN THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK BACK HISTORICALLY AND I TAKE A STEP BACK.

IF YOU WANT SEE SOMETHING HOPEFUL, IF YOU LOOK AT ISRAEL.

THE TIME IN WHICH THEY'VE NEGOTIATED PEACE WITH BOTH JORDAN AND EGYPT.

I WAS THERE FOR THE ONE IN JORDAN FROM THE MORE TOUCHING MOMENTS TO BE THERE AND GO OUT KNOCK WITH THE ISRAELI MILITARY LEADERSHIP STOOD AT ATTENTION FOR THE JORDANIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AND THE ISRAELI FORCES STANDING AT ATTENTION FOR JORDANIAN FORCES.

AND JERRY, THEY DIDN'T DO THAT FOR, I THINK, FOR FOR HIS ROLE.

TO ME.

THOSE ARE ONE EXAMPLE NEGOTIATED PEACE.

ISRAEL PULLED OUT UNILATERALLY FOR LEBANON UNILATERALLY FROM GAZA AND, YOU KNOW, OF HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS.

IT TELLS YOU WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS PEACE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

GET IT.

THEY WILL NEVER BE A STATE OF ISRAEL AS SOME HAVE CALLED FOR.

THAT IS NOT A BASIS FOR PEACE.

>> NOT A BASIS OF PEACE.

AND LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN RIDERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT WING RIGHT STATE PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN ISRAEL.

DO YOU THINK THAT HE DESERVES CRITICISM FOR FAILING TO SEE THAT OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK COMING?

I THINK AS YOU CAN WELL I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT HISTORY SO WANT TO BE AGAIN.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INSTANCES BOTH A GOLDEN BEGUN PRIME MINISTERS AND F WORD.

>> A WALMART.

THEY ALL HAD TO HAVE A CONSEQUENCES.

RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S ONE STATION IS REAL.

ISRAELI PUBLIC WILL DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THE ENTIRE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, LEADERSHIP IS THE SECURITY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE JEWS OF AND THAT LIVE THERE.

THAT WILL BE DEALT WITH.

IT'S A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

THEY WILL MAKE IT.

HISTORY TELLS YOU ONE CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NETANYAHU HAS NOT BEEN A FAN OF YOU IN THE PAST.

AND YOUR CRITICAL, AS WE MENTIONED IN NEGOTIATING.

>> ARE YOU THE OSLO PEACE ACCORDS, THAT INFAMOUS HANDSHAKE, A YASSER ARAFAT AND YITZHAK RABIN IN THE 90'S WITH BILL CLINTON STANDING ON.

DO YOU THINK A 2 STATE SOLUTION IS POSSIBLE WITH SOMEONE LIKE NETANYAHU AND LIKUD PARTY PRETTY MUCH OPENLY SAID THEY DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN IN PALESTINIAN STATED.

YEAH.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL.

I WAS HONORED TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON SO PIECE OF CORD AND MY FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND I BROUGHT HIM.

>> ON SEPTEMBER 13TH TO THE SOUTH LAWN TO SEE THAT WORKED WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON, THE WYE PLANTATION IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN ALSO CONSULTED WITH HIM IN THE FINAL DAYS.

TRY TO BRING A FINAL DEAL BETWEEN GUESTS ARE AFOOT PUT BARACK.

THAT WAS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

NOW WE CAN GET INTO RECRIMINATIONS OF WHO STARTED WHAT VIOLENCE WHILE THAT PROCESS WAS GOING.

AND I HAVEN'T OWN OPINION.

I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY AT THE END TO THIS.

TO FIND.

A PLACE.

FOR STATE.

I DO IT TO INTEREST IN THE STATE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

IT'S BECAUSE THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND 2 BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR ISRAEL'S SECURITY AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST TOLD YOU THERE'S NO DIFFERENT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF ISRAELI SECURITY POLICE.

AND SO DO I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE IT TAKES LEADERSHIP, WHICH IS EXACTLY PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOWING THAT AMERICA IS AT A CENTRAL COUNTRY THAT COULD BRING LEADERSHIP.

AND GIVEN THAT YOU HAD THE HOSTAGE, YOU.

THAT WAS A BAD DAY FOR RUSSIA.

THAT AGREEMENT GETTING HOSTILE BECAUSE RUSSIA HAS SORRY A ROOTING INTEREST HERE BECAUSE IT'S DIVIDING COUNTRIES LIKE US.

IT'S DIVIDING A LOT INTEREST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE.

YOU SEE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE DIVISION.

>> I WANT USE A WOMAN THINK I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS.

I USED TO THINK THIS WAS 2 WARS INTO THEATERS THAT BECAME ONE MORE INTO THEATERS.

I DON'T.

BUT I DO THINK PUTIN IS TRYING TO DO.

IS TRYING TO ENSURE.

THE DAY STATES AND THE RULES-BASED SYSTEM AND THOSE WHO DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER ONE, NUMBER 2.

30 YEARS AGO, UCF TERRORISM.

THEN IT MORPHED INTO STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM.

NOW YOU HAVE STATES ACTING AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

CARE OF THE MINDSET OF A TERRORIST HAS TAKEN AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PUTIN IS DOING IN UKRAINE.

AND THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS CONTINUED IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

NEED TO GET TO HOME HERE TO A U.S.

POLITICS.

WHAT ABOUT WHAT A SHOCK YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN'T REALLY.

AND THIS IS YOU CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS AS AN AMBASSADOR.

SO QUESTION IS SEE IF I CAN GET OUT OF SEE BIDEN KIND NOT DOING SO WELL IN THE POLLS.

>> AGAINST TRUMP IN 2024, DOWN IN A LOT OF SWING STATES VOTERS RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS AGE.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HIS CHANCES IN 2024?

ALSO, HERE'S WHAT I WELL.

PRESIDENT CLINTON WON REELECTION.

96 GEORGE BUSH IN 2004.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO IN 2012, ALL FOLLOWED WHAT I SAY OR THE BY SINGULAR BIDEN PRINCIPAL.

IF I HEARD IT WAS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN HEARD MY WHOLE LIFE.

I'VE KNOWN ENOUGH FOR 30 YEARS.

>> DON'T COMPARE ME TO ALMIGHTY COMPARE ME TO ALTERNATIVE.

I THINK WHEN THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND DONALD TRUMP IS START IN CLEAR THAT COMPARISON WILL BE ONE PERSON KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A FUTURE.

ANOTHER PERSON WAS A DRAG YOU INTO THE PAST AND THERE'S NOTHING OPTIMISTIC ARE PROMISING DONALD THAT DONALD TRUMP IS OFFERING.

THAT SAID, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS, BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS STORY DETAILS ABOUT THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT HE'S BUILDING IN THE COMPARATIVE BASIS WOULD WOULD YOU TAKE A ROLE IN THE CAMPAIGN IF THEY CALLED YOU BACK FROM GO UNLESS IT.

>> I BELIEVE SERVING OUT MY TIME.

I DON'T I ENJOY BEING INVESTED WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.

LIKE BEING INVESTED OR AND THE PRESIDENT'S GIVE ME ASSIGNMENT.

TO THE COUNTRY.

JAPAN.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FINISHED DOING.

I DON'T HOW CLOSELY BEEN FOLLOWING EVENTS HERE IN OVER OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN THERE.

YOUR TAKE ON THE RISE OF THE CTU HERE, WHICH WAS A THORN IN YOUR SIDE FOR A WHILE AND THEY GOT THEIR MAYOR, THEIR MAN IN OFFICE, BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> WHAT YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS IN HIS FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS IN CHICAGO?

WELL, I DON'T.

I MET A MAYOR AND I WISH HIM WELL WITH BOTH OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND I WANT HIM DO WELL.

THE QUESTION US MEANS ABOUT CQ.

MY QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT THE Q A ABOUT THE MAN ARE THE KIDS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO DOING WELL.

YOU I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THE GRADUATION RATES ARE GOING TO SEE WITH THE TEST SCORES ARE.

>> THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THAT'S A QUESTION YOU GOT AT LEAST IT HAS BECOME A HUGE POLITICAL POWER IN THE THEY WERE POWER.

WHEN I WAS MAYOR.

THAT'S OK.

BUT THE QUESTION STARTED THEIR POLITICAL RISE, I MEAN, IT KIND OF START.

I DON'T KNOW THAT CHILD CARE AND LEWIS TAKING YOU ON FOR SOME NEW HOUSING WILL LONGER SCHOOL DAY THAT THAT WAS KIND OF BEGINNING OF THEM BEING MORE ACTIVE, ALL ACTIVE.

OKAY.

BUT THE REAL QUESTION SO THEN, YOU KNOW, KAREN AND I ALSO BECAME FRIENDS COMMUNICATED ALL THE TIME.

THE QUESTION ISN'T TEACHERS IN MAYOR.

TEACHER UNION AND THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION QUESTIONS.

THE KIDS LEARNING.

DOING READING AND MATH.

STATE LEVEL AT THE GRADE LEVEL.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

I THINK GRADUATING AND GOING ON TO FURTHER EDUCATION.

ARE THEY DOING THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT FOR THEIR SUCCESS?

THAT'S THE MEASURE NOW AS THE TEACHERS UNION PROFIT.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ME COME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE ANSWER THAT QUESTION, OK, IS THE MAYOR GOT A HE HAS A GREAT PART.

HE'S TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE BOTH LOVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO YEAH, THEY WERE HIS SUPPORTERS.

I GET THAT.

BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE MEASURE WHAT YOU THINK.

WHAT YOU THINK WENT WRONG WITH THAT HIS PREDECESSOR, YOUR SUCCESSOR, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, JUST ONE TERM.

I IN THE END OF THE DAY.

HE'S WE KNOW.

SHE GOT ELECTED WITH 17%.

AND SHE LOST FOR 17%.

AND FOR YEARS.

NOW SOME OF THAT VOTE SWITCH.

I THINK PEOPLE TAKE PEOPLE'S MEASURE.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN POLITICS.

BUT TAKE YOUR MEASURE.

IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY A 4 YEARS.

ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE AT BURKE TRIAL AT ALL?

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW THIS.

ALL THAT TIME 12 HOURS.

DIFFERENCE IS UNDER 1000 MILES AWAY TO I OBSERVED FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

YES, WHEN HE'S IN THE COURTROOM PROBLEM SLEEPING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, >> THAT ONE OF THESE ALLEGED SHAKEDOWNS IN IN IN TRIAL INVOLVES THE RENOVATION OF THE OLD MAIN POST OFFICE.

AND THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS A FEATHER IN YOUR CAP.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING BURKE ALLEGEDLY GET AROUND I'M NOT COMING ALL THE WAY HERE.

A MOMENT WITH THEM AND MOST BIRTHDAY, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ONGOING TRIAL.

>> THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

NOT HAPPENING.

NO, NO THOUGHTS ON KNOW.

I PLENTY OF THOUGHTS.

I'M JUST NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO SOME.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO SOME DOG, A POLITICAL ISSUES AND DOESN'T HAVE A COUPLE QUESTION ABOUT IT.

BUT BEING ON TIME, I CAN WE GO BACK TO NETANYAHU.

YOU KNOW, REFERENCES TO ME.

HE CALLED YOU A SELF-HATING.

JU WAS A HATE YOU SO MUCH.

I FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW.

MY NAME IS RAHM ISRAEL.

EMANUEL.

MY PARENTS GAVE ME THE MIDDLE NAME IS REAL BECAUSE I BORN ON NOVEMBER.

29, THE DAY ISRAEL DECLARED A STATE.

I FIND IT LIKE.

REALLY CRAZY THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT I'VE HAD ONE OF MY CHILDREN BAR MITZVAH, ROBIN TO ISRAEL, 14 TIMES PART BY TOM.

THAT WAS THERE.

WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY DECIDE THAT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW.

>> OF THE SECURITY SAFETY ISRAEL AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT I I KNOW COMES AS A SHOCK TO YOU.

ARTICULATED THAT.

AND I HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ARTICULATE THAT.

I THINK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, THE PROMISE OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S LEADERSHIP, THE ABILITY LITTLE PEACE ACCORDS.

DISCUSSIONS AT CAMP DAVID, THE WYE PLANTATION, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THERE FOR ASPIRATIONS TO BE CHIEF THAT I HAPPEN TO THINK.

OUR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.

AND I'M WHAT I'M SAYING, Q IS NOT.

NOT ALSO SHARED BY MAJOR LEADERS OF THE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT OF LIKE TRUST WHEN IT COMES TO THAT A RESPONSIBLE AND IT WILL HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THIS.

HAVE A 45 I GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IN JAPAN TO TRANSIT.

THE BIG THING OF THE BULLET, TRAINS OR SUBWAY.

WHAT CAN CHICAGO US LEARN FROM?

>> HOW WELL THAT SYSTEM OPERATE.

WELL, THEY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THIS THE ENTIRE THERE.

AMTRAK SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED THE SHUNT THE SUN, YEAR-ROUND.

BEEN LIKE 30 3 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.

OF LEE.

THE WHOLE THING.

EURO AS A CONDUCTOR, YOU ONLY ALLOWED 3 OFF SOME OF THAT IS EARLY.

SO THERE'S A RESPOND.

THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY.

THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY IN A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.

I MEAN, LITERALLY AMOUNT OF PLATFORM.

AND IT'S A LATE 10 SECONDS.

THEY COME OVER TO APOLOGIZE.

IF YOU'VE GOT A CHILL MAN, YOU GOT TO RELAX.

I'M OKAY WITH THIS.

AND I'M NOT RELAXING.

THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SYSTEM THAT RUNS AT 150 MILES AN HOUR 100 AND THAT CERTAINLY THAT ON-TIME RECORD IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE CT.

I THINK THAT CUMULATIVE NUMBER WOULD BE MUCH, MUCH AS I DO.

THAT'S BETWEEN MONTROSE S AROUND.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT AREA.

ALL THE BEST HERE.

FAMILY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

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I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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