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pastor is following him on his jersey from the rooftop to roads across america to raise money. for a youth center. wgn news @ 9 jesse jackson jr. taking a medical leave of absence from congress treated for exhaustion. top story around the country tonight. surprise announcement from the congressmen. if ifs them not surprising announcement for a couple of reasons. suffering from exhaustion surprised people cared for the first time apparently nobody knew about it not a simple word until tonight.
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the statement. then less than one week after a private businessman found himself stuck with 19 count indictment on related to jesse jackson jr. altogether a businessman the one who was allegedly claimed would have raised all parts of $6 million campaign donations for rod blagojevich if jesse jackson jr. made jesse jackson jr. and united states senator during a corruption trial jesse jackson jr. himself had to testify summer 2010 jesse jackson jr. never brought charges but problems to knott and robert blagojevich co-defendant in the trial marched to capitol hill and spent five hours with the
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united states house ethics committee opened it would investigate jesse jackson jr. and all of this personal life this woman having a relationship with jesse jackson jr. and reportedly paid for air fare to chicago to see him controversial to say the least. in the middle of the election season if current opponent prank port congressman and family former opponent debbie halvorson thinks exhaustion is a coverup. >> history of running away from his problems. pretty much his own worst enemy history of problems being less than honest i will say that. just another way for him to be able to hide. >> valid questions need to be raised with the office why
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weren't they more transparent? not more up front? statement issued congressman wanted privacy with family and people to expect that certainly understandable but still ballot questions constituents have the right to know. >> more on clear tonight to the whereabouts jesse jackson jr. of congressmen office will not disclose where he is seeking treatment washington d.c. chicago south side home is quiet tonight >> tonight both sides claiming victory supreme court split decision on arizona emigration law the justices sided with federal government declaring only it can decide. struck down parts of law kept police rules opponents say leads to racial profiling. the action >> decision dealing directly but
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arizona emigration law ramifications felt across the country even in illinois immigration policies more lenient decision sparked immediate response. state state rep. elizabeth hernandez joining illinois coalition for immigrant and refugee rights arguing supreme court ruling struck down three of the poor parts of emigration of arizona hollow victory >> may be a step in the right direction. >> decision upheld federal government authority to set immigration law struck down three parts of the arizona law first authorizing police to arrest of legal immigrants without warrant making crime for unauthorized immigrants not to carry government identification and forbidding it the same from looking for a job in arizona. the only part to survive the most controversial. allowing
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arizona officers to verify citizenship during investigation of other offenses like traffic stop if reasonable suspicion person is illegal. arizona gov. jan brewer claim to victory even if partial for her state >> brave men and women in uniform have been trained able to enforce this law consistently effectively and in harmony. with the constitution. >> probably the most trained organization in my country. 5 week training by federal agents of 40 to enforce these in illegal immigration law >> not everybody is confident this will happen joining president obama today sen. dick durbin calling on congress to pass comprehensive federal immigration reform and chicago congressman luis gutierrez if
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you are to p pérez watch out. with the interest today new american project half million dollar effort and illinois to register and energize immigrant voters this to the junior-not anything positive out of this reminder of the portents of going out to vote in 2012. important supreme court leading to the door open for future challenges to this law especially if racial profiling becomes an issue and it romney campaign in an arizona says prefers states to have more latitude not less when it comes to immigration issues lack blamed on president obama. northern district of illinois temporary replacement for departing the united states attorney patrick fitzgerald gary shapiro has seen all of this. already served first
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assistant united states attorney last 14 years with for decades experience as a federal prosecutor in chicago patrick fitzgerald endorsement. sen. dick durbin announced the appointment this morning shortly before eric holder named gary shapiro to the post. >> he tends to know everything quite well everybody turns to him for advice. quite a great reputation >> if he wants the job long-term how to apply like any other candidates to replace this quite a legal legacy. for any parent to the unthinkable child injured horrible accident injuries 60 percent of people die from. if this man survived and getting better cell is the city he lived and oak forest with inspiring story tonight >> amazing brain injury broken
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bones to face it caught a ball back and talk to us today whole city in his corner. incredible recovery for 12 year old alex fitzgerald to april 20th the night he was hit by a car leaving the middle school surgery therapy weeks and a coma helmet or missing part of his skull. >> somebody from the church as a kid everyday different prayers for hand >> mother considers alex fitzgerald survival a miracle and what has happened since the speed of his recovery the way people of this south suburb have crowded around him posters and ribbons still adorning his home get well sign in front of the school >> people who do not even know
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him or his family evening of the day after continues >> what happened to alex fitzgerald affecting change admits to not look both ways before crossing the street that night concerns especially after dark making safety improvements on their own new lights marked crossing the school he returns to will be safer than the one he left. >> he likes the sound of that just fine >> it will help focus on work not thinking about anything else not about what happened another
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operation on his road to recovery to replace the missing piece of his skull but after that picking up after he lost out in eighth grade like nothing ever happened. >> rooftops to roadsides chicago pastors making a name pour himself next catching up with pastor corey brooks walking across the country and wrestler's top fans able to see him in the olympics next to a weekend fundraiser but he may have noticed facebook changed e- mail address how to fix that. and could be approaching triple digit temperatures for the first time in seven years says mr. tom skilling. wgn news @ 9
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foothills of the appalachian mountain a five men the sample file sometimes walking in pain always. only the beginning cross-country trek another noble idea from pastor corey brooks spent months living on the roof of vacant motel across the street from a church on chicago's south side. raised $450,000 to tear it down now trying to build a community center in its place >> so far raised less than $25,000 up his $15 million goal that he says is frustrating >> i think people did not see the value of a community center they feel as if it is so hopeless that it cannot be
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resolved. therefore why should they spend their money why should they invest in that when nothing is being resolved at this point? my answer that have not given us a chance >> the group pushes on grain with their feet >> too much to quit i will start and to die before i quit >> when they stop to break and refuel they share their mission with whoever will listen denise miller works at kuester implement in bloomington ohio never been to chicago says youth violence is a concern here also >> incredible. the kids do this the youth of the country today they need encouragement and hope so badly >> to not know what god has lead
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me to want to help as many people as i can and save as many lives as i can >> people along the journey have offered their homes some have even bought a hotel rooms for the group to stay the night when that does not happen they sleep and rv and donated by chicagos salem baptist church pastor corey brooks says this is not just about the block this is about the sacrifice and they have their long road ahead probably more than three months before they make it to los angeles to donate the website project hood dot organization. the news live in santa clara's bella ohio back to you >> major facelift for south side
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direction. hottest temperature in seven years officially. look at what is happening in florida these great shots down there vacationing gulf of mexico 8-10 ft. swells high wind on the other hand beautiful sunset. and picture of halo on saturday for lots of picture here in chicago big story 14 degree temperature dropped today gorgeous weather continues tonight keep the
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weather story down in florida tropical cyclone produces more rainfall than any weather system on her. look at the stack of clouds and thunderstorms into the atmosphere tropical storm debby crawling along. could take three days. other storms way to the west weather system might affect us after the 101 degree heat thursday areas with the rainfall happiest today. here is the forecast. wind gust showing up here as well. have the
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