good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
solve the problem of million of moms out there with the lack of affordable child care. how businesses may be part of the solution coming up. but we begin with the battle for the soul of the republican party amid new signs of momentum for ron desantis. his book, hitting number one just hours after going on sale, but also new signs of the challenge he and the rest of the potential republican field face. a poll out showing donald trump holding a 20-point lead. all of that coming ahead of two conservative events that will demonstrate the choice the party has ahead of it. one for cpac bound tightly to the maga crowd and the club for growth which mostly severed ties with the former president. while trump headlines cpac in d.c. nearly every republican hopeful will be at the donor retreat in florida, ron desantis, mike pence, estimate cot, trump very pointedly wasn t even invited there. but anyone ready to declare the end of the trump era needs to take a look at this new morning po
i don t know exactly where paul went, but he left the house, too. okay. how did maggie get down there? i don t know exactly. but on normal occasions, she would drive, drive a buggy, drive a four wheeler, or very common for her to walk. okay. how about paul? paul wasn t much of a walker, but he would use all of the others. okay. i mean, could be any way, you know? i don t know exactly. i wish i could help you with that. so they left and went down to the kennels? well, maggie went to go to the kennels? and paul left? i m assuming paul left, because, you know, of what happened. i assume paul went to the kennel. and what did you do once maggie and paul left? i stayed in the house. i was watching tv, looking at my phone, and i actually fell asleep on the couch. okay. what time did you woke up? i don t know exactly what time, but when you will get my phone, i think one of the first things i did when i got up was call maggie because i was going to my mo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Federal Judge Richard Gergel never once raised his voice in anger on Monday at the financial crimes sentencing hearing for Alex Murdaugh.