survivor celebrates 80 years in the United States.

>> First off tonight, Mayor Brandon Johnson, Mark the end of his 3rd year in office by sitting down with our Heather Sharon and taking a look back at another year to find by President Donald Trump and steeped in crisis.

Heather joins us now with more as the clock ticks on what Johnson hopes will be.

His first of may be more than one term in office.

Heather?

>> The mayor told me that the greatest challenge he faced this year was leading the city through so-called Operation Midway Blitz.

When the Trump administration sent hundreds of federal agents to Chicago as part of the president's promise to deport every undocumented immigrant in the United States.

Let's listen to what Johnson told me about what those days were like.

>> This was a difficult time, not just for Chicago, for the entire country and ever, you know, in a million years, did we ever believe that a sitting president, what attack American cities, the way the Trump administration did and it was important that we stood on our values.

What I was clear about is that I had to use every single tool that was available to me to protect Chicago.

>> Lets be clear.

Johnson has spent most of his time in office steeped in a crisis of some sort or not.

First in 2023, Chicago's police station filled up with migrants set to Chicago from the southern border.

And then of course, the city faced budget deficits nearly a billion dollars.

And then Donald Trump won a second term in the White House and spent most of his first year trying to strip Chicago of billions of dollars in federal aid.

Let's just let's listen to Johnson.

Talk about those battles.

>> Well, I mean, when you put it that way, we have endured quite a bit.

It has been a barrage of just crisis after crisis that I've had to manage.

But again, you know, I've made it very clear that it's that's a lot more effective and easier to lead.

When you are leading with your values and your conviction.

>> Heather, there've also been, of homegrown challenges.

A city facing an annual budget deficit topping a billion dollars.

A tense relationship between the mayor and city council.

More flash points looming on the horizon.

Johnson, you know, he also promises to make Chicago the safest most affordable, big City in America.

Where does that pushed?

And he acknowledged today it is very much a work in progress.

And in fact, it's getting harder because he says the president's war in Iran and tariffs has caused the cost of living to search.

>> Now, even as Johnson used this anniversary to sort of tout what he's accomplished over the last 3 years, one of his signature legislative accomplishments hangs in the balance next week.

The city Council is scheduled to vote on proposal that would essentially freeze his effort to end the tipped minimum wage in Chicago.

Now, earlier this week, his staff told me that the mayor supported the steal, which would put it on ice for 2 years and deny tips worker to planned raises this July.

And next July.

But let's listen to what he told me today.

>> I believe the 5 year ramp was designed as a compromise to help small businesses, you know, a business model that could keep up with the cost of living.

But again, I'm gonna look at this measure as closely possibly can.

My desire, of course, is to make sure that workers get the raises.

>> Of course, with any Chicago Mayor Johnson is going to have to decide whether or not he is running for reelection this summer.

Did he give you a sense of which way he's leaning?

Keep didn't he insisted he is focused on the future and working for the people of Chicago.

Wouldn't expect him to say anything different right?

But he did acknowledge that it's perhaps unlikely that he will achieve any other.

>> Major legislative accomplishment in the next year.

And that means as he acknowledged he's likely to run for reelection if he decides to do so as an underdog, an unusual position for a sitting mayor of Chicago, OK?

Well, he's walking to break that news with I'm sure is a Sharon, thanks so much.

Thanks, Brandis.

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