continues right now. happy. chicago tonight is just the beginning. with our voices and our votes. we have ushered in a new chapter in the history of our city. good morning, everyone . you heard brandon johnson. there we are, following major election results overnight and two important places. chicago has picked a new progressive mayor. we re going to speak to brandon johnson live in a moment as he is preparing to take on the city s crime problem and monumental power shift in wisconsin is projecting that liberals will take control of the state supreme court. could have huge implications for abortion rights and future elections. china threatening to retaliate it s house speaker kevin mccarthy gets ready to meet with taiwan s president today, right here in the united states, but we re going to start with the former president after he is lashing out after he became the first ex president ever and u. s history to be charged with a crime or resident gave a primetime speech at mar-a
here to the former president? well, i mean, it s certainly evidence that you know that the politics of all that have felt that just the city of chicago but the country that people are prepared and ready to reckon. and to reconcile right to bring people together around a set of values that speak to the interests of everyone. and um, i m certainly focused here in the city of chicago and looking forward to being the mayor for the entire city. let s talk about the crime right? it was a major factor in this race, and we talked about it last time that you were here just a few days ago, you said in your victory speech that you want to invest in what actually works to prevent crime. what are those day one? what are those investments? well i mean again, it s a testament to us as democrats that we do not have to be afraid of leaning into what works and what we do know if we want to prevent crime. we have to hire young people and invest in them. there s a direct correlation between youth
the administration of the election in wisconsin in 2020 for probably the most closely divided state, certainly in the north. ah you know? yes. i think that one had big implications. and in chicago, you you, you know, you just spoke to our mayor elect. uh he is taking the city. he s going to take the city in a different direction. this was really a referendum on how to how to approach public safety, which is that was the 1st, 2nd and 3rd most important issues to voters in chicago, and he had a much different approach than his opponent who really emphasized, adding 818 100, new police and brandon johnson said no, we ve got to invest elsewhere. now he has to make it work. different direction. how soon well his his point and it s not a bad one is chicago already even though there has been a reduction of police over the last few years has, uh, vastly more police than los angeles per
come together, and that process has already begun. look, i ve served as a teacher and organizer cook county commissioner happened to run a tough race four or five years ago and i was able to effectively unite not just my county district, which, of course, encompasses one of the largest bodies of government in the entire world. we brought together the entire county around these same values implementing more affordable housing, making sure we re providing healthcare, and we did that without raising property taxes. it s a very straightforward message that we invest in people without placing the burden on working families, and that s what i m looking forward to doing once i m sworn in in the in another 30 days, the emphasis before i let you go here. the last question is, is that in 2022 violent crime was down other crimes like car theft robbery were up the concern, of course. crime crime crime. that was a big focus in chicago. i will play this back in a year. but where do you see those sta
capita even more than new york and yet worse results, so it isn t just a matter of policing . it s a matter of violence, prevention and what you can do to reduce poverty in some of the communities in the city, so he uh, he represented that he had in the past that tucked he had talked about defunding police and really what he meant was shifting resources to mental health and some other areas that were being short changed. the issue is going to be brandon johnson s never run anything larger than a classroom when he was a teacher, and now he s running the third largest city, third largest city in the country, and that s a big jump, and we ll see how he deals with that, and the second is, how will the city s police react? the police union chief who was supporting his opponent, who and who is really a very right wing force in the city? predicted that 1000 police would resign if johnson was elected.