and the graphic novel series persepolis faces a ban in chicago schools seventh grade classrooms are no longer allowed to use the book in their curriculums but students and teachers are calling this censorship more on this page turner ahead. plus it's no secret that as soon as your tweets leave your computer they enter the public arena they could even land you in hot water but imagine having a system that ranks your tweets that could predict if you're about to be fired details on the fire meow plater in the show. it's friday march twenty ninth four pm in washington d c i meghan lopez and you are watching r t. well it was supposed to be a temporary budget bill that would curb threats of a government shutdown and fund the country for the next six months president obama signed house resolution one three three into law on tuesday but hidden within the text of this budget bill is a section critics are calling the monsanto protection act the section actually protects the biotech industry from being sued the farmers assurance provision takes away the federal courts right to halt the sale and u

chicago residents took to the streets wednesday to protest that city's plan to close fifty four schools and they stop mayor rahm emanuel before it's too late last night half a tonio coming up in just a moment also the republicans have created a political death star and its target is the middle class we'll talk to the nation magazine reporter leaves the rights of new attack machine and what progress is can do to fight back and later in the show is a your take my take live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live on the air. you need to know this last week chicago announced a plan to close fifty four cities public schools and when you see residents are fighting back opening up a new front in the battle line for our comments on wednesday thousands of activists union leaders and everyday chicagoans marched on city hall to protest the school shut down over one hundred were arrested and taken into police custody the protests are given new attention to the fight over chicago's public schools but the storm has been brewing there for some time last fall the chicag

chicago, good morning, chicago. brace yourself. up to ten inches could cover the metro area today making delays at o'hare and midway airports very likely. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez fighting for his life this morning. he is battling a severe new infection and is in a very delicate condition. the 58-year-old chavez has been undergoing chemotherapy. >>> a teacher in indiana has been suspended from his job while authorities investigate what may have been threats written on his blackboard. there they are. the school superintendent confirms a teacher in edison junior/senior high wrote a, you're i had yodz, b, the guns are loaded, c, care to try me? the teacher has been placed on paid leave during an investigation. >>> queen elizabeth is back and resting at buckingham palace after being hospitalized for a night with a very nasty stomach virus. she was released yesterday. >> she looks good. >>> it was the first time in the hospital in a decade. and she, of course, turns 87 tomorrow. >> there you go. >>> marine scientists working

it's not just chicago. it's everywhere. issue is we don't want to have honest conversations about poverty because doing these other things and focusing the conversation somewhere else allows people to not talk about the other issues. so in the poorer parts ofÑi tow, children have not had access to good things, and then all of a sudden, we're starting to see that happen. almost every single school that is on the bubble here, we've seen a lot of resources put in lately. but some, not so much at all. so the city and the administration, look, we've had four different c.e.o.s in the last three years. we have had aÑi constant churnig of the board of education and people in c.p.s. this is not the time for them to do this drastic, draconian-- i mean, this is a complete watch. this is warfare now. so we're not going to only have food deserts in chicago. we're going to have places that actual tullely have school disertz. >> brown: i asked him about potential cuts. i wonder how you see that. do you see this as an attack on teach exper

chicago illinois. so what are the long term effects for the communities caught in the crosshairs of these closings and what does it mean for public education moving forward to talk more about this karen lewis president of the chicago teachers union joins us now hi karen so over one hundred arrests last night who exactly was among those arrested. they were members of the community were people who work in schools from lunchroom lady to parents and members of our local school council. we know that some of the protesters are angry that anger is being directed at mayor rahm emanuel for these school closings why is that. because the mayor has said he had a number of school closings that he wanted to see done and it didn't have much to do with the specifics about issues surrounding school. one of the things that people have said in the past is that it is impossible to do this without sending children into very dangerous parts of town and that each school should be taken care of and dealt with on an individual

chicago illinois. now what does this mean for public education moving forward to talk about this i was joined earlier by karen lewis the president of the chicago teachers union i began by asking her who are among the over a hundred people arrested last night. they were members of the community they were people who work in schools from lunchroom ladies to parents and members of our local council. all right we know that some of the protesters are angry that that anger is being directed at mayor rahm emanuel for these school closings why is that. because america has said we have a number of school closings that he wanted to see done and it didn't have much to do with the specifics about the issues surrounding the school. one of the things that people have said in the past is that it is impossible to do this without sending children into very dangerous parts of town and that each school should be taken care of and dealt with on an individual basis before a mass closure like this. i'm sorry i'm sorry to int

now to chicago where dozens of public schools are shutting down and city officials have announced that fifty four schools which include sixty one buildings will close due to a drop in enrollment the school closures will ultimately affect thirty thousand students and their families chicago officials say the closure would save five hundred sixty million dollars over the next ten years also the biggest wave in school closings ever in the u.s. and as you can imagine many parents and teachers are angry over the shutdown and what it would mean for the city and the students for more of the chicago school closure i'm joined by mika utrecht and this is an editor at jacoby magazine and a contributing editor for in these times his book is on the chicago teachers union and free market education reform and it will be published this summer welcome micah so can you tell us. what has led to the shutdowns a lot of shut down well there have been a number of shutdowns in chicago over the years about seventy five since about the ninety's when the schools started being shut down here. since a dozen years a

can new york's strategy for fighting gun violence work in chicago? a huge sinkhole swallows a man inside his house. and red sky at night. hot winds whip up wildfires when the "cbs evening news" continues. continues. [ male announcer ] why is kellogg's crunchy nut so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yummy. >> pelley: we've been following chicago's epidemic of gun violence and there are signs of improvement tonight. the police report a sharp drop in homicides just this past month from 42 in january to 14 in february. and that is the fewest in any month in 56 years. our john miller, a former deputy commissioner of the inpatient, tells us about the new york import who's helping turn chicago's crime problem around. >> reporter: when mayor rahm emanuel hired police suspect superintendent gary mccarthy two years ago, it was a test. could mccarthy use the strategies he honed when he worked in the new york city police department to bring chicago the same

nbc's john yang with us from michigan avenue in chicago. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in the chicago area, already about eight and a half inches on the ground in some places. this is the most snow chicago has seen since the blizzard of 2011. the fierce late-season storm is pummeling the midwest, making a snowy mess on sidewalks and highways. >> we could have blowing snow and that makes it tough. >> reporter: this morning, a tractor trailer slid off a snow-covered wisconsin interstate, plunging into the river. authorities said the driver died and a passenger was missing. for air travelers, a giant headache. nationwide, airlines cancelled about 1300 flights, more than 1,000 of them at chicago's midway and o'hare airports. >> it started at midway airport, and that flight was canceled. so i rebooked out of o'hare to kansas city and now i'm here waiting. >> reporter: the snow's falling at a rate of as much as an inch and a half an hour. the storm's snow accumulations are impressive. 7.1 inches in minneapolis. 8.6 in newh

and there hundred ten different charter schools around chicago right now of those seventy five closings that have happened in the past forty percent of those closed buildings are now privately operated most of which are done by charter so it seems like is this round of closings along with the closing that have been in the past are there just a way to sort of backdoor privatization to allow charter schools to expand in the stand that. that was michael utrecht assistant editor for decoding magazine and contributing editor for in these times. well senator robert menendez of new jersey was not too long ago when broiled in a sex scandal two prostitutes in the dominican republic gave interviews claiming he paid them for sex this conversation started out about as other inappropriate actions including a look into his relationship with a donor in florida and as allegedly flew on the donor's private jet to the dominican republic a few years back but it turns out that may be where the wrongdoing adds those women who are paid to say what they said about the senator and now it looks like menendez is

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tardes y bienvenidos al noticiero univisión fin de semana y el anuncio que las escuelas públicas chicagoión sexual en niños de kinder ha dado de qué hablar, vamos con los detalles. >> la junta escolar de las escuelas públicas de chicago ha dado prueba nacional, de que tengan clases de educación sexual, y algunos expertos consideran que es buena medida. >> empezar a exponer el tema al fin y al cabo lo más importante viene de la casa y familia, si el niño tiene preguntas. >> de acuerdo con las escuelas piblicas en chicago, los menores tendrán conceptos que esta de acuerdo esta madre. >> esto es bien imporntante para ellos. >> para las escuelas públicas de chicago, esto ayudara a erigir una fundación de conocimientos que les ayudara en sus vidas, y los padres ven con preocupación la medida. >> si saben más mejor, pero ellos así de chicos no saben, los papás deben enseñar. >> el enfoque de educación sexual serán las familias y la importancia de no tocar a otros. >> y enfermedades de transmisión sexual. >> los padres de familias tendrán la opción de que sus jhijos no las tomen. >> las consecu

calles, unos 2 o 0 fueron arrestados porque estÁ medida fue ra sishltscista y a efectfÁ ciudad de chicagoo como un negocio >>> deberÍan tomar otras opciones porque queremos recibir una educaciÓn como mejor. >>> hace una semana el distrito escolar de chicago anunciÓ que planea cerrar 54 escuelas al finito finalizar el aÑo escolar u dÉficit de mil millones de dÓlares llevo a drÁstica medida, administradores dicen que las escuelas en la lista negra tienen muy baja matrÍcula y su clausura les ahorra al distrito 43 millones de dÓlares anualmente. me duele que los adultos no han podido tener una conversaciÓn civil sobre lo que es mejor para los niÑos. 30 mil estudiantes se verÁn afectados, cientos de maestros perderÁn sus empleos, muchos de ellos hoy dicen que lolo polÍticos no han analizado los fondos lo e significa el erre. >>> estamos enfurecidos, estamos agotados, estamos decepcionados que aÚn no nos escuchan >>> dicen no hay dinero, pero hay dinero para los bancos y por quÉ para los estudiantes no. >>> y estos estudiantes ahora tendrÁn la oportunidad de reunirse con administradores escolar

as far as the cities in the m midwest, 6 to 10, i lowered chicago a bit. 4 to 8, still a significant storm. all during the day today. madison, wisconsin, they'll get it good today. lesser amounts fort wayne and the quad cities. milwaukee, much of the heavier snow shifted further to the south of you. let me talk about the d.c. area through new england. our latest commuter guidance is showing a rain event for jersey to maryland. once you get north and west of d.c. and baltimore, much heavier amounts. the forecast for d.c. is tricky, along with new england. a lot of the elevation dependent, rain wednesday turning to snow. >> a lot of those cities in the midwest are used to that stuff. >> at this point they are, doesn't mean they want to see it. >> that's true. >> they want the green grass and crocuses. >> we all want that. >>> just ahead, whitney houston's fbi file is released. 128 pages of fascinating details coming up next. capella university understands rough economic times have led to an increase in clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and t

the emanuel brothers -- the doctor, the agent, the mayor of chicago.hen they get together it is something to see and hear. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> i think the real answer is -- >> again, again, modulate. we're right next to you. >> we're older. more mature. calmer. >> no longer emotionally constipated. i'm not doing that. i have my view. >> no, no, no. stay. stay. mr. mayor, stay. >> it's the first time dick and i have bonded. we beat the heck out of rahm. >> i'm between you guys. >> that's not how all of it went, by the way. we have a revealing conversation with all three brothers in conjunction with a new book on their lives together. it will air tonight as part of an all new "rock center" tonight at 10:00/9:00 central. >>> when we come back, a story of progress and a great idea that is starting to sprout up across the country. >> announcer: stories of progress, brought to you by citi. supporting progress for 200 years. >> finally tonight, speaking of stories of progress. even though spring has gotten off to a cold start in a lot

miles en chicago toman la plaza para protestar el cierre de 50 escuelas, y lo llevaremos donde la cÁrcelcelebrara la misma de jueves santo y le labarÁ los pies a los convictos. comenzamos. >>> este es su "noticiero univisiÓn." con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. ♪ >>> buenas noches. comenzamos el "noticiero univisiÓn" con una entrevista con el presidente de estados unidos. el presidente hablÓ muchas con nosotros, y esta vez en la conversaciÓn lourdes no fue la excepciÓn, y se concentra gran parte en la reforma migratoria. >>> el presidente anunciÓ que viajarÁ a mÉxico y costa rica en mayo y se reunirÁ con sus mandatarios. >>> cuÁl sera la agenda ahÍ? >>> es una regiÓn que se sintio postergada por estados unidos. >>> a comienzos de mayo voy a mÉxico primero, tienen un nuevo presidente ahÍ, queremos asegurarnos de hablar de cÓmo podemos seguir reforzando las relaciones comerciales, temas fronterizos, si tenemos una reforma amplia podremos cooperar, no solo en cuanto a seguridad, sino en intercambio de bienes y servicios. >>> el lunes presiono al congreso para actuar sobre la reforma mig

i think more of gangs, more of shootings and everything in chicago. more -- you know, the down state, from i-80 south we have -- this will be our issue. >> chicago police increase numbers in the bad areas. >> more than 1200 weapons have been seized since the first of the year. to stop the bullets theysy multi-platform approach is necessary. help from the state capital unavoidable. in chicago, mike mike tobin, fox news. >> bret: the latest fox news poll shows a large majority of those surveyed favor a path to citizen for illegal aliens. 72% are on board with that. 25% oppose. but should illegal immigrants be given pref inial treatment when it's given to higher education. dan springer looks at that from seattle. >> carl sash a high school junior in oregon, and also an illegal immigrant. brought to the u.s. by her parents at 4 years old. under a bill that passed a hurdle in the state legislature, she is a high school diploma away being able to pay in-state tuition for college. >> it will allow me to apply for oregon state university now that i can think

chicago is getting slammed right now. and now, some of the latest forecast models showing that new york and new england could get hit again. our coverage begins with preeti arla. >> reporter: a huge storm called an alberta clipper is barreling across the u.s. 19 states from montana to virginia are under winter watches and warnings. in colorado, road closures and a multiple-car pileup on the highway. plows hit the streets in north dakota, where more than a foot of snow fell. >> we don't encourage people to get out and drive if the weather is -- if it's really bad. >> reporter: as the storm moves east, cities in the midwest brace for the winter weather. snow started falling monday in minneapolis with more expected today. chicago could get up to 10 inches of snow tuesday into wednesday before the storm travels towards the mid-atlantic.

deportaron y preguntaba si eso afectarÍa traer a mi prometida, me decÍan que no. >>> la ciudad de chicagoplen con las leyes estatales, notarios que se hacen pasar por abogados es la mayorÍa. >>> lo vemos en todos los estados y comunidades. >>> llueven locales cas casos da costa afectadas por la falta de severidad en las leyes. >>> pocos estados regulan los negocios de servicios de inmigraciÓn, dando rienda suelta a notarios para robarle derecho a la gente sin riesgo de ser castigados. >>> las consecuencias son que los ponen en procedimientos de deportaciÓn, no es nada mÁs que pierden el dinero y tiempo cuando solicitan estos servicios. >>> en chicago tratan que castigos severos frenen la racha de negocios que tratan de lucrar con la inocencia de los mÁs necesitados. >>> en california una joven pasante de veterinaria muriÓ atacada por un leÓn cuando intentaba darle de comer al interior de una jaula, las autoridades encontraron a la mujer mutilada trataron repetidas veces de llegar al cuerpo de la mujer, las autoridades no tuvieron mÁs remedio que matar al leÓn para llegar a la mujer. >>> c

. >>> stopped cold in chicago. the bulls, the beloved bulls and the miami heat's remarkable winning streak. something to celebrate this morning, don't you think, there berman. >> i'd like to thank you and the chicago bulls on behalf of america. >> anytime. anytime. >>> almost to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. thursday, march 28th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we start with life on the edge, literally. a tense situation unfolding right now in washington state. a huge landslide destroying one home, threatening at least a dozen more. some residents were forced to evacuate by boat. it is a very, very nervous morning on whidbey island, 50 miles northwest of seattle. that's where we find dan sim then morning. dan, tell us what happened here. >> reporter: hey, john, people who live in this neighborhood describe what they thought was the sound of thunder, instead it was the ground crumbling beneath them. when it was all over you had 1,000 feet of hillside that had vanished. right now you have 35 hom

anger in the streets of chicago. where supporters shut down the streets of chicago.e 54 schools by the end of the year. >> good morning. a very heated issue here on the heels of icon tentous strike that shut down schools for more than a week. teachers and parents angry about the consolidation plan are at odds with mayor rahm emanuel. more than 100 protesters escorted away from the nonviolent protest. hundreds of teachers, parents, and students, took the streets of the windy city by storm wednesday afternoon. dozens cited for civil disbed yens, showing fierce opposition to school closures, parents and school employees say the cuts will impact some of the most impoverished neighborhoods. >> we need to protect our children and save our schools. >> reporter: protesters held signs, saying keep your hands off our schools and school closings equal one-term mayor. many wore red in a show of solidarity. >> i feel like none of the schools are safe. >> give the resources to the neighborhood schools, to the real public schools. >> reporter: mayor rahm emanuel seems unwilling to

dino or chicago ranks in terms of enforcement of the federal gun laws? jurisdictions in the country they break 90's. lou: the release that report to the public today. what do you know? we are going to hold folks accountable because, as we say, the truth does live here. governor cuomo is the one it does not have his facts straight. wayne lapierre spoke the truth. he does have the facts straight. chicago in the syracuse report ranks dead last. ninetieth, 90th in the country . the mayor talking about gun violence. is the murder capital of america. prosecuting federal gun crimes. the city with the nation's toughest gun laws is not enforcing laws on the books. the second worst gun law enforcer is los angeles. los angeles comes in 809th. the third worst, new york city. why is the mayor sitting in washington d.c. talking nonsense with the president of the united states. why shouldn't you be talking with eric holder about what they're doing. eighty-eight. these of the same people playing politics and exploiting tragedy, folks. the city with the mayor who is now

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again, six to ten minneapolis and chicago. this is my "first call.", it looks like enough to shovel, d.c., wednesday night, three to six. >> they struggle with an inch. >> yes, this should be the biggest snowfall of the year for chicago and d.c. in march. >> we see the video of every year of drivers, they can't handle the snow. thanks bill. >>> lebron james and the heat visiting madison square garden. 13-game winning streak, but they had yet to beat the knicks this season. carmelo anthony had a huge first quarter. lebron james to wade who lobs it back to james. for the hoop. lebron james considering magic johnson's $1 million dunk contest next year. the heat would rally. chris bosh hits the jumper to put the heat up by six. with just over a minute left and under 30 seconds to play, lebron james steps in front of the pass and goes the length of the floor for the windmill. they win 14 in a row, 99-93. >>> this one is awesome. watch this one. from the new york state regional semifinals. new rochelle high down by two. trying to get a shot off 2.9 seconds

chicago, expect flurries, 36 the high. dallas, mostly sunny, 58.> in the words of houston's cardinal daniel dinardo, no one wants to rush this. well, when cardinals gather in rome elect a new pope seem in no hurry, they'll cast their ballots. in a just released cbs/new york times poll, a majority of american cabinets want the cardinals to choose a younger more liberal pope with new ideas. danielle nottingham is in vatican city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. any day we will learn when the cardinals will huddle up inside the sistine chapel and finally begin selecting a new pope. the cardinals are waiting this morning for the last of the cardinals to arrive in vatican city sometime later today. more than 100 cardinals from around the world are meeting early and leaving late, but they're in no rush to set a date to elect a new pope. >> they've got plenty of time to get it done before easter. after all, we haven't had a conclave go over five days since 1831. >> reporter: the sistine chapel is now closed to visitors so workers can

chicago is closing 54 schools. can you imagine?s an effort to shore up the billion dollar budget deficit. as shocking as this sounds, cities are facing similar meesures are in your city could be one of them. could this actually be the best medicine? joining me n is the ceo of the illinois policy institute. >> and the 2010 census, 200,000 africans left and that has been a decades long time. many are declaring that the chicago public school system, which has monopoly control over educational systems is failing. they are leaving. we have these empty scols that have to be closed. melissa: it seems a liitle too easy. some people have been saying that the schools are empty, they are curable schools, is they're not going to be overcrowding? >> chicago's population is in a long-term decline. we have the lowest population that we have had since 1920. it was built from hundreds of thousands of more people. all over the city there is excess capacity. they are moving these kids out of the schools and giving them a life in schools that have cap

chicago and los angeles. san francisco is one of the very top orchestras in the world along with chicago and l.a. it is also a dangerous comparison, i would say, chicago has had its own financial problems. endowment is not in great shape. a strike last fall there. there could be cutbacks in the future there. some of the management says we have gone through a recession. you got a 17% pay hike over a four-year contract. now we need to check ourselves to make sure we can keep our budget balanced every year. >> and average salary is $165,000 a year. ten weeks paid vacation. some would say it is not bad. >> this is a touchy issue. if you look at the news stories in print or the comments online and on the air on forum this morning when the symphony strike was the issue, i think a lot of people aren't very sympathetic. they run a risk here, the same risk professional athletes run when they get into a dispute with team managers. you can turn off fans when you look at salaries and benefits and you think it is a cushy

>> yes, we flew to chicago and then flew from chicago to san francisco. >> reporter: great to have you what do you think of the bay area so far, our dublin, california? >> so far it is a fantastic city. this is my first visit, and i'm hoping that over the next couple of days i really get to enjoy the city itself and the celebration. >> reporter: and we know in different countries celebrations mean different things to different folks. a lot of time here st. patrick's day gets the rap for the green beer or the green river in chicago, but for you guys it is a national holiday at its roots in ireland. what does it mean for you? >> back in ireland it is a national holiday we enjoy that brings everyone together. the it's one holiday everyone comes out to celebrate our history. again, back in ireland we have the green, we have buildings that are green and we have a parade that's fantastic. unfortunately in ireland, a lot of times it can be rainy, so i'm looking forward to one with some sun. >> reporter: i can guarantee you're going to get sun here as a weather man. thank you so much for comin

and we are in chicago. you don't vote for a republican in 1966 in chicago. >> here is the details. you were in the booth with her? >> my grandfather said your vote for paul douglas. and we were. >> one of the strongest is just how politically active your father and mother were. your mom just didn't take it into the voting booth, but she was taking you to demonstrations where she would put herself regularly in danger. >> yes, my mom was very active in the civil rights movement before it became fashionable. she was in washington during the i have a dream march. and she regularly took us to demonstrations. my most vivid memories are not so much of actual demonstration. but of the practice prior to the demonstration. the core activists will gather at our house. they would practice nonviolence resistance and it would be difficult for the police to arrest them. that is a great game for brothers to play with each other. trying to arrest each other and that is probably what we remember. but we did go to a lot of civil rights demonstrations. we were privileged enough to be a major demonstra

eso fue en medio de una divertida entrevista en chicago, con la celebraciÓn del tercer aniversario deueda vacÍo, eligen al sucesor que enfrentarÁ grandes retos. conocerÁ a un hombre que pasa aÑos enteros sin baÑarse, no puede ver el agua ni en pintura, algo mÁs aquÍ al regre sar en "primer im ♪. ♪. ♪. > >>> y el vaticano sigue en movimiento, luego de la renuncia de benedicto xvi se sabe que la primera reuniÓn de cardenales se realizarÁ el lunes, se definirÍa el inicio del conclave. vamos a la ciudad de vaticano, con ricardo, los detalles de lo que sucede en la santa sede, adelante ricardo. >>> sÍ, gracias, quÉ tal, roma amaneciÓ hoy sin obispo, el vaticano no tiene pontÍfice, y creÓ incertidumbre, no se sabe cuÁndo se iniciara el conclave, para los que visitaron la santa sede, fue simplemente otro dÍa. con papa o sin papa. >>> la plaza de san pedro se veÍa como siempre. pero mientras para uno el dÍa transcurre con normalidad, en el vaticano, hay mucha actividad, tras bastidores. el vocero de la santa sede dijo que el lunes se reunirÁn cardenales que votarÁn por el nuevo papa, 115 en t

mike tobin is live in chicago with more on this story. >> reporter: jenna, the latest push from chicagoteresting because it deals strictly illegal weapons. what chicago leaders want is minimum mandatory sentence for illegal possession. those are the guns used on chicago's mean streets where violence is a part of almost every night. city leaders want 3 1/2 years for possession of an illegal gun. also truth in sentencing laws which would guaranty a convict won't get back on the street after doing just a fraction of his time. >> when you commit a serious gun offense you should serve the time. the victims deserve it, the public demands it, and the criminal justice system should deliver it. >> reporter: here is where it gets difficult. convicts stay in state prisons which are overcrowded. they're so overcrowded six illinois prisons have prisoners bunking in the gym. guards are complaining now that they are at risk because they are so understaffed, and outnumbered by the inmates. so will know deeply in debt, you have lawmakers down in springfield and down state illinois not so the receptive t

but the hot streak ended as the chicago bulls held off a late surge and pulled off the 101-97 win. lebron james complained about being bumped around a lot during the game, but said he felt fortunate to be part of the winning run. >> i'm very humbled and blessed to be a part of this team and be a part of a streak like that. you mow, it's one of the best that this league has ever seen. >> the heat's winning streak is second only to the 33 straight wins by the l.a. lakers in 1971-'72. >>> at the supreme court wednesday justices appeared to be skeptical of the defensive marriage act. the law bars the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages and denies benefits for those couples even in states where the marriages are legal. here's nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: gay rights supporters as the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of this case. edie windsor, when miss windsor's spouse thea spyer died four years ago, she left the estate she got an inheritance tax bill for $363,000 because doma blocked the irs from considering the

chicago we know is getting hammered. what's happening? >> here it is. you can see here's chicago. the worst pretty much over for chicago. we've seen about 6, 7 inches. tonight here's the radar. we're seeing more snow showers around. you can see the pictures from chicago. it certainly was substantial and a record for the day in chicago. tonight we're going to see these winds at about 30 miles per hour. so blowing and drifting of the snow that fell about 6, 7 inches thus far. breaks the record for the day. most snow chicago's seen, believe it or not, in 2011 on the groundhog day blizzard. a little bit shy for the season, although it's the third snowstorm we've seen thus far, still about four inches below average. >> it's heading to d.c. d.c. has a history of late winter monster storms. >> they do. but this will be -- they only had 1 1/2 inches so far this season. they're 13 inches below this season. it will be the first of the season and before the cherry blossoms come, we'll get a little snow. in 1947, they have 11 1/2 inches. in 1909, they had nine, eight in 1999, so we should get

rahm is the mayor of chicago. he's been the white house chief of staff under president obama, a member of congress from illinois and special counsel to president clinton in the white house. he's famously profane, enormously confident, he speaks and moves fast. a few more things to know about him, he lost part of a finger after a meat slicer accident while working at arby's. he's trained in ballet. and actually moves like a dancer. it's more of a glide than a walk. even when he's about to close the door in your face. he is the first mayor of chicago not named daly in 22 years. and it willy, to his sorrow, frustration and consternation, chicago has become the poster city for gun violence. you've got kids killing each other in your city, and that's a big deal. on top of everything else in your life, that goes to sleep with you every night and it's here with you in this room right now. >> well, yes. i wake up, the first thing i get is the overnight of what happened. i make it a purpose, which is not done, never done,

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chicago 6 to 12 possibly for you.ianapolis and north and west of the city we could get a pocket of close to 18 inches. there is that bull's-eye for the blue ridge mountains, the mountains of west virginia and virginia. there is d.c., six to 12 easily. we could get higher snow totals, if the rain snow line remains south and east of the area. look at new york up to boston. this computer model actually thinks that the storm is going to ride up the coast and perhaps whoever. and when tha hover. we will see sustained winds. 24 at jfk. as we go in the afternoon, sustained winds of 27 miles per hour not out of question to see wind gusts in excess much 40, 50, 60 miles her hour and it's going to remain with us heading into thursday and friday. look at new england, these are again sustained winds. even if the storm is offshore we'll be dealing with incredible winds, we'll be dealing with coastal flooding unfortunately and storm surge. this is a big storm system that is going to cause a lot of problems. winter weather advisorie

consider chicago bridge and iron, cbi. a company that stopped being about bridges and iron over a century ago and isn't even based in chicago, not even based in illinois, not even based in america. they're among the largest engineering and construction companies on earth, focused on building energy related infrastructure and it's headquartered in the hague. should they change their name to the netherlands construction company or maybe just the succinct dutch oven? who could make a joke about chicago bridge and iron other than cramerica? cbi is in terrific shape. we know that this is the case because last week on february 27th, chicago bridge and iron, they knocked it out of the park. reporting a spectacular quarter with earnings coming at 91 cents on an 8 cent beat on better than expected revenues that rose 22.5% year over year. even though cbi had run up dramatically, the stock continued to surge after the report rallying from $53 to $55.87 where, like many other stocks, it hit a brand new high. not everyone is doing as w