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eventof defense, specifically hundreds of thousands of civilian workers. today both sides in congress have given some but not nearly enough to avoid a shutdown. house republicans who were bent on killing the affordable care act not just on a delayed.want its . democrats say the affordable care act is a law which will be upheld by the supreme court and through last year's presidential
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election. this afternoon the president waited again on the debatweighed in again on the de. >> locally the illinois national guard could see up to 1300 employees of the job potentially affecting readiness. >> we have vehicles the need to be repaired facilities than the main dance. >> for the other employees on the front lines their voicetheyr voices are heard and soon. in
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the last 30 minutes the senate again rejected a house plan that would derail that the affordable health care act democrats said it will not accept any budget offer which delays or defunds that law. >> things are not looking good. if the poll house takes evokehoa vote those expecting dipper results would seymour of the samethose expecting to see
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the government means that a lot of people will be furloughed. the debt ceiling means we have reached the level and have no money to pay the bills. congress did not raise the debt ceiling. if they do not do that america will not pay its bills and that will affect the economy worldwide. it's a bigger crisis that we do not want to face but i believe we will.
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>> after a head-on collision, how did a broken train with nobody at the controls or roll onto a track and barrel into a train full of people. 33 people were injured this morning in forest park. >> investigators are still on the scene. they need to find exactly what happened that caused this accident. in the dark with only streetlights to eliminate the point of impact
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investigators are hoping for some elimination when it comes to determining how they train would nobody inside took off down the tracks and barreled into another standing train filled with passengers. the empty train travel roughly 20 mi. per hour east for almost a mile before it crashed head on into in a car train packed at the harlem station. 33 people were injured suffering cuts bruises and other minor injuries.
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>> the intense collision had people inside the train screaming for help. the injuries in the end were not life- threatening. tram lines along the eisenhower are single tracking only as shuttle buses pick up commuters slowed down by the crash. tonight everybody just wants to know why and how they train got away during a
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monday morning rush hour. >> we are not certain what the causes. we're leaning towards a mechanical failure. >> the station is closed. for the latest upupdates does our web sitvisit our web site. >> officials to control the investigation. >> the train rolled through the park guard without an operator
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it went 20 mi. per hour uphill before slamming into another train. investigators are hard at work tonight figuring out how it is happeneit happened. that pros just beginning. investigators are sifting through the evidence that is being preserved with all the care of the crime scene. they do not know if they're looking at a crime but they are looking at everything. answers cannot come soon enough. the supervisor watched in disbelief as the unman the train rolled by then sprung into action literally chasing it down the tracks calling ahead a
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warning to the packed train just down the line. the operator looked up and saw no one at the controls as the moment of impact it drew closer. he radioed the train to stop with no response. he then shouted a warning to the passengers. and that investigators are starting with the signals that switches the mechanical issystems. >> video from along the line is also getting looked at. >> chicago cubs' manager dale sveum is shown at the doothe dog
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the chicago cubs are making a change in the top. dale sveum is no longer the manager after another disappointing season. it is not very surprising news. 197 losses in two years. dale sveum knew the deal going in a process or not those are numbers you do not want and your manager real rise in may. chicago cubs management saw player issues developing or not developing and for that reason and others dale sveum was fired as cubs manager. if you look at the numbers he was the worst manager in chicago cubs history but it is far from
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his fault. the talent that he did have was traded away and it was also the decline of a couple of young building blocks that did him and. >> i enjoyed every single minivet i wish it could have minutes of its. >> when the organization is taking the long view and your asking the manager to focus it requires somebody was dynamic. there are some things you cannot get what the status quo. >> dale sveum made it through
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two of his three-year contract. everybody is talking about who's next. there's only one name they're talking about joe girardi. >> the last 30 years he was a 18th manager. some big changes for those of you who drive on lakeshore drive. construction related closures to pass along. related closures to pass along.
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shore drive this fall. overnight lira closings will begin to night for resurfacing on the drive. crews will be on the job four nights a week between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.. the work will take place monday tuesday wednesday and thursday nights. the project was expected to take five weeks. state police are staking at the kennedy expressway for people who text and drive. police have been watching for distracted drivers all along interstate 90. they have issued more than 100 tickets in just the lasone out n the program started last month. hospital visits for concussions have doubled. why doctors think so many people are dealing with head trauma. after one chicago
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open enrollment starts tomorrow on the affordable care act and a lot of people are confused about what that means. we spoke to people who will be affected by the new law trying to sort out fact from fiction. >> the affordable care act has induced a fiery debate on both sides of the aisle since inceptioits inception. >> my first opinion i'm not
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really favorable of that. >> most people agree that there is a lot of confusion around it. >> i do not know enough to have an opinion on it. >> we decided to put people's knowledge to the test and separate fact from fiction. obama care puts government in charge of health care? the answer is fallse. families and individuals without access to coverage will have ...
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to give you more information about the affordable care act. one alderman's public lament of public school supplies leads to a large donation. the cubs talk about what they're looking for in their next manager we really wanted to take a relaxing trip to florida... you know, just to unwind. but we can only afford one trip this year, and his high school reunion is coming up in seattle. everyone's going. then we heard about hotwire and realized we could actually afford to take both trips. see, when really nice hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. so we got our four-star hotels for half price. i should have been voted most likely to travel. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e... ♪ hotwire.com save big on car rentals too from $11.95 a day.
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a chicago alderman is taking a different approach to helping the northwest ward public-school budget shortcoming. his toilet paper drive got the attention of procter and gamble who donated 27 pallets of toilet paper. the $5,000 the school will say will allow them to buy more things like books and school supplies. >> let's take a look at the 7 day forecast. our low
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be watching the weather for these weekend sporting events. >> parents with infant intensive care action lurie children's hospital feel less of a financial pinch. $100,000 was raised for the jackson chance foundation. the foundation will help cover transportation and parking cost for parents. >> the chicago cubs are looking for a new manager. what is wrong with the bears' defensive performance.
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casualty number one of the chicago cubs rebuilding process, dale sveum fired late last night by the cubs' president and the search for the next victim, manager. if you lose 197 games in two seasons or walking on quicksand. everybody realizes there is minimal talent at the big-league level but who wants to lose like this. management has never been shy about saying the long term it is what matters but when two of their young prospects took steps backwards this season that was all the talit took.
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>> losing wears on you. we were not able to pull it off this year. >> where do the cubs turn next. fans are only talking about one guy: joe girardi whose contract with the yankees expires in one month. joe girardi says he will not take much time to decide what he will do next. he's a terrific manager and understand the culture here. however is the looking forward to this monstrous challenge. >> we need somebody who is a proven leader. not just by reputation we have to dig deeper
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and find out what their true leadership qualities are. we want to develop and establish a winning culture. >> the texas rangers took on the tampa bay rays in a one game playoff for the final wild-card spot. it is currently 4-2 tampa bay in the seventh inning. there was plenty of blame to go around for the bears lost to the detroit lions yesterday. their defense is not playing like a used to. reggie bush was running wild with over 137 yds before halftime. we're not used to
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narrator: kids, in the spring of 2008, something kind of strange had been happening to your uncle barney. he'd be doing great with a woman... so i throw the pressurized oxygen tank in his mouth, i shoot the tank, boom! no more shark. mr. holland and i swim back to shore. hey, let me freshen your drink. he'd only be gone a few moments, but when he returned... so where were we? ...he'd get slapped. it kept happening. jerk! until finally, lily was approached by a mysterious woman who warned her to stay away from barney. so when it happened once more...
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