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We heard about the iowa poll, the democrat register poll showing her big jump in the past two or three weeks, but at the end of the day, guess what she has done? she won the summer. and there is still a lot of flew winty o -- fluidity. >> a vehicle van did not stop mike pence have arriving in a motorcade. he arrived on mackinac island by helicopter and then he made it down the main streets with the trucks. he there was for a republican party conference for the grand hotel. they were brought to the island by ferrie for his visit. pence is the first sitting vice president to visit the historic i...

>> lloyd: the first european settler to come to the bronx came in 1639. his name was jonas bronck. b-r-o-n-c-k. in 1874, all the area west of the bronx river was annexed to the city. and in 1895, all the areas east of the bronx river was annexed to the city. then in 1898, the city then decided that the two areas previously annexed should also become a borough. but what to call it, since it never had a name before? they looked at the map and right smack through the middle of the territory ran the bronx river, so they named it after the river -- the borough of the bronx. and that's why it is cal...

River. in responses, the british sent in their warships. the war ended in 1942 with the british establishing a common in hong kong that would allow british traders to access the chinese market directly from right next door. in 1898, hong kong expanded when the british leased part of the mainland and adjacent islands from china for a period of 99 years. for a century and a half, the british ruled hong kong. it had its own legal system, open markets, a stock exchange, a free press and impartial judiciary. and while the communist revolution was transforming the mainland in the 20th century, hong ...

Flash forward to the 1800s and they were united under their own kingdom. but eventually the white man showed up. that rarely works out well for indigenous people. americans built pineapple plantations and sugar mills, which the locals didn't want and refused to welcome or work on. the americans did what worked so well on the mainland, they took the land from the hawaiians at gunpoint. then you know the usa playbook. in an effort to destroy the native culture, they passed racist laws banning the hawaiian language from school and government. in 1898, congress officially annexed, aka stole, hawai...

That hopefully will give our young people an opportunity to latch on to something positive and let people in those distressed neighborhoods know we're there for them. we're going to be present and do everything we can to keep our communities safe. >> final question for you. and we mentioned you are a ground breaker. in this country, and i know your focus is on making a difference for your city, so i don't want to overemphasize that, but still, it's important for many people to see the first black woman to lead the city of chicago's size. tell us what that means to you and what you want to show...