they came from the slums of chicago. they were born and raised bread in the worst neighborhoods in the city of chicago. 42 gangs russia promised to do with the most dangerous, reckless juvenile delinquents in chicago and they were from the near west side and most were italian, not all. some irish, some jewish, but most of them were italian. not from italy, but the slums of the city of chicago or they were socialized, born and raised in may rose to prominence within the chicago outfit. the capone syndicate became the outfit in the 1950s. also there was this name change. the glory days so to speak. the glory days for the 40s, 50s. no question about the 40s be in the glory days of organized crime within the city of chicago when organized crime is tightly integrated into the political structure under mayor kelley. >> what you talk about how that happened. but you get into the differences between the chicago outfit and modern street gangs, which the city is now dealing with, but one point you make repeatedly if they took prote

the walks final day.. and final year in chicago and six other cities. susan g. komen says its closing down half of its walks next year. a drop in participation because of the economy is the reason they give... even if some supporters know it could be something else. i feel that the komen foundation made some bad poltical decisions, ya know.. and i dont necessarily agree with the poltiics but its such an important cause that i feel bad that the support has gone down so much. but the support on the trail is whats real today... for the hundreds making the trek by foot.. (nats 21:42 'muah' 43) and those cheering them on ... raising money to find a cure. 'thank you' along the lakefront, sean lewis wgn news. new information tonight about the actions that led to the rescue of a kidnapped teen. next, how police were able to find her. also, the father of edward snowden speaks out about his son's current situation in russia. and you can have it any way you like, as long as there's no ketchup. we're checking out the chicago hot dog festival. jim... some small storms have be

they're not allowed to be children out there. >> reporter: with the chicago education department nearlybillion over budget, cutting schools will only likely get worse. >> you can't keep cutting schools where you don't have the student population. so cut back on costs, close some schools, and try to figure out how you can legally guard children who have to face illegal gangs. that's the issue. >> reporter: as city authorities try to figure out how to do that, children walk on some of the most lethal streets in america. >> it's been so bad so long here is a reminder of how chicago got that way. back in may chicago school officials announced that 49 public schools would be closing, and more than 2,000 teachers would be laid off in what is one of the largest school closing in history. the closures are the result of a $1 billion deficit. driven primarily by a $400 million increase in annual teacher pension payments. parents of affected children say the closures disproportionately affect black students who live in areas where the schools were shut down. joining me now is kerry patterson. she'

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we go to adam sharky, the chicago teacher union vice president. eems like this system is failing the students in chicago once again. mr. sharky is the system failing-- >> i'm sorry, i can't make out the question. the mic level is low. >> the question that has to be asked, is the chicago school accept faisystem failing the sth such dismal numbers. >> i think what i understand you're asking me, what the effect of these policies are going to be with safe passage, with the closing schools, whether that is going to be on the people of chicago? you know, i think they'll probably succeed in getting adults out to watch the students move back and forth on these safe passage routes. but the bigger question the affect of laying off 850 school employees and 50 schools across the city, and what effect that will have on students among some of the poorest in the country, that's 90,000 students in chicago living in extreme poverty concentrated in the neighborhoods of these schools. >> we heard the talk of a school system that has been 17 years plagued by performan

the deadliest month in over a year. >> we're in inglewood, the south side of chicago, which has the larger of shooters and killers in chicago. >> reporter: right here. >> right here. >> reporter: reverend hood is a minister on the west side of chicago who is often called upon the community to conduct the funerals for the victims of gun violence. >> we're turning in the street that people call beirut. we're not just talking about the war on gun violence. we're talking about the lack of resources. there is nothing but hopeles hopelessness in communities like this. look at all this. >> it just seems like people don't have much of a chance here. like houses are boarded up. jobs violence everywhere, crime. >> well, when you create this hostile living, this is what you get, violence. >> hey, they clap, they gave high five to each other. good job. they did a good job. >> reporter: police say 15-year-old michael wesley of inglewood pointed a .40 caliber pistol at them before he was fatally shot. when we arrived at his candlelight vigil tensions were high as family members argued whether the polic

the chicago revue. when he got wonderful thing he couldn't publish for the journal he wanted to do it on the own. he did get the permission to use the name. so we took the name from the chicago review. >> what is your background? >> i've been with the company for twenty five years. i started out in the accounting department here and worked my way up throughout the company. >> i want to ask you about another book you have. >> this is peter. he's one of our great author. he's a journalist. and he traveled to afghanistan and really met with people there. and really talked with them about the experiences have been with the u.s. occupation and the war going on and what their feelings are. he meets with the shop keepers and the different people there. >> cynthia, another book that caught our eye was entree -- "coi it's about financial education and starting young with your kids about understanding money and how to be responsible about your spending. and it's particularly interest in the african-american commun

the chicago tribune is reporting that the attacker assaulted her. he used cocaine and he tried to stop her from escaping at one point. but when the woman heard her husband outside the bathroom door, she screamed for help. her husband, according to the tribune, chased the intruder out of the river north store with a baseball bat. he got away. joanne eder, chicago area resident: "that's terrifying to hear it's happening so close to where you shop and take your family." multiple hotels, a major shopping destination, and trump tower surround this little mom and pop bookshop, but locals say the neighborhood is changing. tourists walk up and down this block on east illinois all day long unaware that the homeless population is growing and the bad guys are becoming more brazen, they tell wgn. lucia malovany, area resident: "it's getting to the point that at night, after 8 o'clock, i feel i can't leave unaccompanied in the area." flalonder alexander, area worker: harry romejko, bookstore regular: "the days of thinking there are certain neighborhoods where yo

if you are in the chicago area, we will not probably see any rainfall. els show not even a cloud. tomorrow afternoon, it is possible that a few showers could fire along the kankakee area, but even that is highly doubtful. we will continue to watch that. that is the only thing of any note on this model. let's check our forecast. for tonight, we are looking at clear skies and an early lake breeze that will eventually become calm. low temperature, 57 in the suburbs to about 64 downtown. tomorrow, bright sunshine, a perfect day. high temperatures between 80-86. winds shifting to the east eventually. 5-12 miles per hour. another nice day along the lakefront. sunday night, mostly clear. the early lake breezes. 60-60 five degrees for the low temperature. for monday, scattered clouds and mostly sunny. high temperatures, 83-87 degrees. check out what happens by wednesday. a 90 in the forecast. it is not just an ordinary 90. it will be a humid 90. that may trigger a thunderstorm by the time we get into thursday. there are some indications of widely scattered storms

whatever the decision, the current chicago limits would be 55 mi. an hour >> the governor signed new legislation to protect consumers to buy animals. the puppy lemon law is designed to put pressure on pet stores that get dogs from, emails >> we want to make sure that we don't have a emails that are taking advantage of people in our state or any other state. so this law that i'm signing today is all about protecting our pets and protecting our families who love their pets. >> law allows pet owners to get a full refund or replacement. consumers could also be reimbursed for better anfor veterinary bills if they decide to keep the pet >> anyone who uses the ride free reduced fare or 88 transit cars will get the new card. both pace and the chicago transit authority are on the new system. they face a 2015 deadline to enable commuters use the same payment system has others. attendance took a dip at the air and water show this weekend. we are sure most folks at the crowd didn't mind. the show went out witwent on without a military fighter jets. the city boug

magazine there, the chicago review. so when he got some wonderful things that he couldn't publish for the journal, he wanted to do them on his own. so he did get the permission to use the name, so we did take the name from the chicago review. >> host: what's your background? >> guest: i've been with the company for 25 years, so i started out in the accounting department here and have worked my way up through the company. >> host: want to ask you about another book that you have, "above the din of what -- above the din of war." >> guest: yeah. one of our great authors, a great journalist, and he travel today afghanistan and really met with people there and really talked with them about what the experience has been with the u.s. occupation there and with the war that's been going on and what their feelings are. so he really gets in and meets with the shopkeepers and meets with the different people there. >> host: cynthia sherry, another book that caught our eye was sabrina lamb's new book. >> guest: yeah. this is "do i loo

the rim fire is now the size of chicago. scorched 149,000 acres, 23 structures have been destroyed, and this fire is only 15% contained. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for the state of california. two of three hydroelectric plants is shut down, and now the fire is burning in the direction of the reservoir, the main source of drinking war for the entire bay area. we take a look at nasa satellite. smoke from the rim fire visible in incarcerates. air quality alerts all the way to reno, nevada. this is quite incredible. the ashes are now raining down on the reservoir, and that supplies the water to 3 million people in the bay area. the fight is on to save the largest living thing on the planet, and that is the giant sequoia. and we have john and johnny, who is live just outside of yosemite. mr. miller i would like to ask you to give us an update on where the fire control situation stands? >> yes, right now fire is approximately over 150,000 acres. firefighters have been working day and night for about a week

he is the ninth child age 7 or under to be shot in chicago and less than two months. police are questioning a person of interesting connection to the shooting. >> some residents on chicago's south east side are looking for a new place to get fresh food after a neighborhood convenience store is destroyed by fire. firefighters took a couple of hours to get under control. nobody was injured but the building was destroyed. the devastation is felt by the owners of the store as well as family is in the neighborhood. some say they will miss the convenience. >> they had could produce good me and stuff like that that was the neighborhood store. >> the pirates comes days after the mayor announced that the number of those living in food deserts' have been reduced by 20 percent. today's fire is a setback for those who live along 79th street. >> two weeks left before chicago public schools are back in session. the schools cheat is making rounds tried to get students fired up. she is touting a reduction in standardized testing a new poll day kindergarten program and increased as a g

eighties the reading at chicago academy. od view of our skyline right there under these six clowns. here's the set and a depiction. this is the reservoir of cool air that we have tapped over and over again. this warm air, unseasonably warm at that reaches to the arctic because of the jet stream buckles under this and come striding into the country with cool air but watch later in the week how warm colors come in here. this is the beginning of the flat jet stream that has not been very evident which this summer. that's one of the reasons why we have stayed cool over and over. it's one of the ironies that warming in the arctic regions of north america. even though the north pole itself has been running chilly, the warming in north america has buckled the jet stream and kept the summer cool in the midwest. clouds dominate the day with some filters on at times with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. high of 81. winds will be variable coming in of the late. a light breeze on the shoreline. partly cloudy today, perhaps i

the problem! "theres pretty much no regulation in chicago of the ride sharing app."eorge, who follows the taxi industry through his chicago paper, is raising the red flags. who are these drivers? are there background checks? how about insurance? "what i want people to know is the pink mustache does not substitute for medallion that chicago cabs have to have." luis will tell you lyft did an extensive background search on him. "cause it took me 3 weeks . if i had been charged with a d-u- i, any of that stuff." as far as insurance, the ridesharing apps say they take care of the added policies. either way chicago now has to figure out how to oversee these apps. in other cities theyve picked up speed too. san francisco, new york, l-a have all at one point kept those apps from operating. in l-a theyll start regulating them, not like a cab, but theyll follow some guidelines. "typically when we run into hurdles its often the city not understanding what were doing and then consumers step up and say this is an option we want." but what happens here in chicago? the citys depart

in all purpose and bath. [ engine revs ] more than 7000 athletes participated in the 31st annual chicagohlon today. warm weather greeted the competitors which included last season's winner of the biggest loser who lost over 100 lbs. in six months and our own tribune co. ceo of. it raises money for 16 charitable causes including the fight against aids >> more than 350 bicyclist joined chicago cubs owner to kick off a 100 mi. fundraiser for chicago cubs charities and world bicycle relief. the wrigley field road tour as it is called is an annual fund-raising event. the cyclist wheeled out of the friendly confines this morning for a 50 mi. ride to a suburban lunch spot and a 50 mi. ride back. money raised provides bicycles to students in rural africa and funds programs focused on health fitness and education for underserved chicago young people and families >> a repeat winner at the box office this weekend >> the butler took in the $17 million in ticket sales. it is a fictionalized account of a real life butler who worked in the white house for decades. here are some of the other box office

joining me on the phone is lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun times." , good morning. >> good morning. >> we have to talk about this number. 22, the smallest number of bills to ever pass in the history of the house of representatives. lynn, who is to blame? what needs to happen in order to get some work done? >> in this case, republicans control the house and they control who gets the floor. what has to happen is that until there's another election and something may change is that the house republican leaders follow this rule that they won't vote on anything unless they have a majority of the majority. it's also known as the hatchet rule. that means a lot of measures cannot pass, won't even get called. also, a bit of a view from the leadership that their job isn't necessarily the passed bills, but to stop democrats from passing their agenda and not trying to forge compromise. >> that seems to be the word. we're looking forward to 2014. >>> right now political watchers keeping a close eye on virginia's race for governor. in particular, all the hillary fan

the policing of their leaves something to be desired. >> chicago police superintendent garry mccarthyhe crime rate is down here, and that his officers respect the rights of suspects. mccarthy emphasized there are too many guns on the streets of chicago and that new york has had stricter penalties possession of illegal firearms. we want to hear from you... do you think chicago should follow new york and adopt a "stop and frisk" policy? text yes or no to 97-999 or vote online at wgntv.com/poll we'll have results after tom skilling's seven day forecast. >> a community joins together to help two sisters from riverwoods, victims of a horrific train crash in spain. the derailment killed 79 people last month. 8-year-old maria and 11-year-old lucia dominguez were on board travelling with relatives. maria didn't suffer any serious physical injuries, but lucia was severely hurt. she is recovering at a hospital in spain. school district 109 is supporting parents in a fundraising effort to help cover costs. >> no one should never have to go through this, especially a parents of a small child. the

the chicago tribune reports she is the eighth child age 7 or younger to be shot in chicago over the last month and half >> a boil order remains in effect has testing continues on the town water supply. fecal matter has been detected in the water. we are alive and deerfield with the latest how long that order remains in effect >> we are learning more top village officials are hopeful that the contamination has worked its way out of the system. preliminary testing seems to point in this direction but we want to stress the order remains in effect noon tomorrow until public-works can confirm that the threat is over. despite all that and the inconvenience many residents we talked to seemed to be coping pretty well. >> they used to do a good job. they've done a good maintenance in the village. >> signs are posted at water fountains across the village, the 18,000 residents impacted by the order that once again remains in effect through noon tomorrow. no word any other north shore municipalities are affected by this. as a precaution and as you might expect public works department up and down the

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new money to solve the problems? chicagotate university, we are stepping up and we have stepped up for the last year now. we have established what is called an interdisciplinary institutes for urban solutions. i now challenge universities throughout america to read prioritize your human-resources. to take your tens of thousands of students and faculty that are in the different disciplines, from social worker to health management's, and have those students and those faculty go into the continuous community, work with the community organizations and activists, identify the problems, use our human resources, our research capacities, come up with actions, strategies, and start solving the problems in our communities the way universities did at the turn of the 20th century. the chicago state is the state of my professors. we acknowledge physical violence as a challenge. but as professor harris and our african-american studies program talks about, there is abstract violence. he talks about that. the detriment and the pain that we

he was taken to the hospital, but died of his wounds at about 11:30. chicagort trying to stop a man who was driving erratically near the willis tower. motorist now faces misdemeanor charges after other officers attempted to pull him over. he is reported to have made quick u-turns between adams and jackson on friday. a bystander shot video of this, and the police eventually rammed a man's vehicle with a squad car to get him to pull over. he was taken to the hospital to undergo a psychiatric valuation. one officer suffered an injury to his hand. is chargedside man with an attempted sexual assault and the gulf coast neighborhood. deandre minor is accused in the attack friday morning in a high- rise one north stone street. the police say he choked a 54- year-old woman and tried to sexually assault her. the victim's son heard her screaming and call the police before grabbing a knife and of the minor out apartment. he was arrested outside of the building. >> schaumburg police have issued alert about a woman who was a a while taking out her garbage. his is a sketch.

"shir hadesh" synagogue will be the first in the chicago area to serve both eastern european and middle eastern jews. the congregation started in 20- 05 with just five families, holding services in their basements. the new 31-thousand square foot facility will host 160 families from all over the north and northwest suburbs. what should the u-s do about the situation in egypt? next, several well known american leaders are sharing some very strong opinions. also, a one time olympic hero is set to face a judge in south africa on a murder charge monday. also, why police in seattle were handing out bags of doritos this weekend. lake breeze is fading away... we will see increased temps... break are debating whether the u.s. should suspend its assistance to one of its most critical allies in the region >> after an especially bloody weekend in egypt... they are sounding off... he says the time has come for the u.s. to cut off its $1.3 billion a year of military aid to egypt >> for us to sit by and watch this happen is a violation for everything we stood for. >> the senior democrat believes the

the afternoon. time lapse cameras another cloudless day in chicago. or temperatures, well i mentioned the 86 at o'hare today. also 86 at midway. but check out st. louis at 92 degrees. that's going to be the area tomorrow's air comes from. we're at 74 right now. wind are out of the south at eight miles per hour. that is propelling the temperatures up. very mild air throughout chicago land. temperatures low to mid 70's away from lake michigan. there is the hot air that makes hey run toward chicago. it's going to be a week before we can expect any relief. there is a weak cold front that comes through wednesday but it's probably not going to drop temperatures much. dew point numbers will rise. they are in the 50's and low 60's at the moment. winds are at speeds less than 10 miles an hour. plenty of rain down in the central gulf. that is coming from a little tropical disturbance. the hurricane center is watching that and the remnant of a tropical storm is providing moisture to the desert southwest. there is a tropical depression there. notice to the north a

the chicago tribune is calling the president to rewrite obamacare. flouting obamacare and went on to say more reasons to delay and rewrite this ill-conceived law. the president's home town been returning, ridge noise from the media researchins us now. is this evidence by a switch by the establishment media? is it gung ho support for president obama, a retreat on obamacare? >> at least in chicago this is the paper that endorsed him twice, 2008-2012, david axelrod, the president's campaign manager used to work with the tribune, very instrumental in clearing a path for barack obama to win in 2004, taking on jack ryan with an expose on divorce records. for the ticket to return to him a signature achievement is big news but not being reported on the big broadcast networks for cbs, abc or nbc. stuart: do you think it might be a turning point? i think it is going to be chaos as obamacare is on rolled to the nation and i'm wondering do you think the establishment media will pick holes in it at the chicago tribune? >> the evidence is out there. chicago tribun

and because of the violence in chicago, because of the gun violence on the streets, although the chicagoice statistics show, and correctly, that murders are down by about 25% from last year, shootings are down by about 25% from last year. murders are on a pace to be at the lowest level since 1965. but there are still violent incidents on the streets. so to protect those kids who are going to new schools, a lot of them crossing gang territory, crossing over gang turf, borderlines, they have implemented a safe passage program. it's about $11.4 million. they're taking city workers, not just police, but water, sewer workers, parking enforcement, city workers and also community activists, to be on these routes they've designated to be safe. they've boarded up abandoned houses on these routes. all to make sure these kids get back and forth safely. the idea, get to know the kids, get to hear what they're talking about. any concerns they spot, they hear, and try to head it off, to try to make the school year as safe as possible. >> all of this is well and good and the first couple of weeks, they

the school chief says back-to- school package will be mailed out. chicago police all of this to keep an eye on students as they cross gang of boundaries. police superintendent makes the point that safe passage routes have already been utilized in 39 schools in chicago and the safety program has worked well police commanders are actively involved in tailoring routes for kids traveling into neighborhoods. >> over the last two years the highest goals that currently have safe passage have seen an increase in attendance of sanand sun and attendance point. a 20% reduction in reported, activity. these results are significant. the argument is that safe passage has worked already merely an expanding the program >> log on to our web site. have a link of the map and take a look at the specific map that your child will be traveling. >> could help police track down a man wanted in connection with a violent sexual assault. the incident happened outside of a salon in evanston. surveillance video shows a man grabbing a young woman. action the salon owners cannot arrive at

the north central plains. minneapolis down into chicago, chicago reaching a high of 92 degrees. have a heatwave going on across the north central plains, and we have also heat advisory in affect right across minneapolis. anyone out and about today be careful. we're going to have strenuous heat to deal with throughout the week. >> i will stay inside. >>> millions of kids are going back to school scenarios the country, but in chicago it's reading, writing and risk. >>> and immigrants in somalia making a new home in america down on the farm. and you can kiss that puppy goodbye, chula vista would answer back. they would come up clutch. jianca rlo, and california is back on top, 4-3. but buckle up, this game was a rollercoaster ride. the bottom of the fifth, they would probably be very good at that also. that is it for al-jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm dell walters. chicago's public schools are under the microscope as more than 400,000 children are back in class. many of these children attending new schools under less than desirable circumstances. faced with unfa

. >> back to school and adding up the risks. chicago students seek safe passage to class. >> it be glasses on the floor and the drugs. you have to walk through all of that danger and it's very carry. >>> also tonight, losing control. a burst of heat threatens to fuel a new round of california wildfires. ♪ >>> and good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm joie chen. while the timing remains a mystery, the white house laid down some clear markers about the actions against syria. both president obama and his chief diplomat, secretary of state john kerry had high confidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people and set fairly clear guidelines in place about how it intends to hold damascus responsible. the president tossed in a small caveat saying he didn't make a final decision. sheila macvicar is here. is there a time line in place. >>> well, it's saturday morning, very early in damascus. we expect that the u.n. weapons inspectors have all left syria. that's important because the u.s. would not carry out

i followed all my friends to chicago in the mid 1990s. they just were suddenly picking up and moving during that recession. and, i mean, chicago -- there are a couple reasons. back in the '80s when i, during the period i was reading about, people did think it was going to become a rust belt casualty. and a couple reasons were, one, it had a more diversified economy. the steel mills were only in one small part of chicago. it had publishing, advertising, and finance. it's the financial capital of the midwest, so it was well positioned for when finance replaced industry. and mayor richard j. daley, he had really worked hard to preserve downtown. i mean, he inherited a downtown in which no buildings had been built since the 19 -- since the great depression. and, you know, he left it with the john hancock center and the sears tower, and he also made sure that to hear as transportation switched from -- that o'hare, that chicago was still the transportation center of the country. and someone in cleveland asked me what did chicago do right, and i

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every single one of the. >> mike shield is a veteran cop who used to work chicago's west side. he's a curled member of the police officers' union. >> how would you describe chicago to people who don't know about it. >> it's almost like you're in a different country. it's almost like a third world. i know nationally people are talking when chicago, but the areas where the gun violence is going on isn't an area that a tourist would ever find themselves in. in chicago, it's two different cities within one. >> >> reporter: the crime plagued west side neighborhoods of chicago are only a few miles away from the city's glitzy miracle mile. but they might as well be in another world. poverty rate here among african-americans is 30%, the highest in the nation. 80% of the homicides in the city occur in these areas. derek shotgun brown once controlled these streets as the feared chief of the street gang. this is lawndale, on the west side of chicago, ground zero for the violence plaguing the city. >> wars are going on, and we're in the middle of a battlefield right now. >> they're throwing

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the lakers take on the clippers. >>> no luck for the yankees on their second night against the chicagote sox. first was he really out? yeah. the umpire called him out. the replay doesn't seem too convincing. check thought catch by alfonso soriano. what a dive. a-rod went 1 for 2 in the losing effort. and incredible finish for the pittsburgh pirates. bottom of the ninth, tied 3-3. a walkoff homer. his reward, check this out. he gets a classic -- here it comes, a class uk pie to the face by a.j. burnett. always fun to watch. trayvon martin's memory lives on in the special edition of "ebony magazine." they're dedicated four separate covers to martin and other sons across the country. miami heat's dwyane wade will be on the cover with his sons all wearing symbolic gray hoodies. >>> andrew shaw is auctioning off, well, a personal momento, shall we say, the actual stitches he got during game six in the stanley cup finals. nasty. after getting a puck to the face. yes, he actually kept them. >> who wants those? >> i don't know. and who is going to save that? he did. he plans on donating the mo

not in the suburbs of chicago. it's going on in your neighborhood and going on in poor black neighborhoods. so i say that you flood the zone with police as they have in new york city. the police use the stop and frisk tactic to discourage criminals. to discourage them from bringing guns on to the street. you have seen the tremendous drop of murder here in new york city. not very different from chicago, by the way. ethnic city. plenty of folks. you have seen it come down from more than 2,000 to 400 it would work in chicago but they simply won't do it because of social pressure. in light of what happened to your daughter, do you think you might reconsider? >> >> i can't reconsider because it could be a lot of innocent, young men being criminalized for walking up the street. >> bill: patted down and alo loued to go on their way. granted it's annoyance and intrusion and you could construe it as an insult. but if you look at where the crime is and where the problems are they are not going to be patting white people down

comparatively, the safe side of chicago. st violence happens in the south and west sides, but just down this street behind this school use that behind me right now, there were five people shot in the street, one killed last week. just over this weekend, 12 people were shot in chicago, one was an 11-year-old school girl who would be attending school for the first time this year just today. with me to help explain what is going on is tio hardiman, founders of ceasefire in chicago. let me ask you, what is going on in the city of chicago that we have to have kind of safe passage, you see these people in the yellow vests behind you here, escorting children to school in a place you would normally see in a place like baghdad. >> violence has become the norm. a lot of young people are lost when it comes down to dealing with conflicts, poor impulse control, peer pressure, the beat goes on every day. you have people getting shot in chicago every day. it's good to see that the mayor stepped up with the safe passage prom so the children

the "chicago tribune" newspaper bought the chicago cubs in 1981 but now it's the baseball teams that buy the wobbly major daily newspapers. if you put the worth of the red sox up against the price paid for the boston globe, it's not just that the team owner for the red sox could buy the boston globe, it's that he could easily buy it five times over, ten times over, 15 times over. or if it was a news magazine you were after, even you could buy an infinite number of major news magazines since you're getting close to dividing by zero when you're talking about major news magazines. "newsweek" was sold for one blessed dollar in 2010 for a man who promptly died in 2011. when news broke this weekend it had been sold again, the terms of the sale were not disclosed. do they really need to be? do you think it was more than a dollar this time or less than a dollar? there have been rumblings for a few months that the koch brothers will buy something called "the tribune group" which includes the "chicago tribune" as well as the "l.a. times," "baltimore sun," the hartford current, maybe the deal m

and this is all to the west of chicago, so this area, seeing extreme heat and humidity today. mperature in chicago, 95, and then maybe some relief once a shower or thunderstorm passes through there on wednesday. it should get a little cooler here over the next few days. the tropical satellite shows the tropical storm developing and a cluster of thunderstorms just off of the coast of mexico. that is helping to enhance the monsoon there, leading to more showers and storms in phoenix today. flash flooding is certainly possible as well as dust storms. some lighter rain up into wyoming, but it does not hit california. rain moved through the northeast here, and then this is followed by some cooler air. temperatures will start to warm up here by the end of the week and the weekend. dell? >> dave thank you very much. >>> stay with us we'll be right back. ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. reuters news agency is saying the syrian opposition has now been told to expect a strike within days. syria's government says they will defend their nation if attacked. >>> fvrts in no

many experts point to the president's hometown of chicago as the next possible bankruptcy. ms are massive pension liabilities. sound familiar, huh? that may cause budget shortfalls up to one billion dollars by the year 2015, not far away. one the reasons for moody's three-notch downgrade next month. our next guest says it is entire state of illinois that is actually in trouble. joining us allison frazier, senior fellow at the heritage foundation. it is all doom and gloom. how bad is chicago's's financial situation compared to detroit's? >> chicago and detroit unfortunately have many parallels when it comes to their long-term debt and especially their pension and retiree health care costs. so it really is very gloomy. the bright spot of course for chicago they have much more resilient and vibrant economy but there's other parallels as well. one thing that the city has been doing is to, the city of chicago has been doing, is the exact same thing detroit has done, which is in a very, in an area that has a lot of violent crime, to pare back on vital city services like police in

. >> the what about the "chicago tribune" and the l.a. times, the trib company. is that next? >> reporter: i think that is exactly what's next. i think the question is whether they're willing to split up those papers or if they'll insist on selling all of those newspapers to the in a bundle. >> we'll leave it there. julia boorstin, thank you very much. we appreciate the update. >> next, growing concerns about a terrorism attack. the u.s. embassies that are now closed will stay close all week. nbc news stevesteve handelsman us. >> the global alert for american travelers will persist. no confirmation here about the biggest news in this story, confirmed by nbc news today, that in fact what sent off this alert was communication intercepted between the world's two top al qaeda commanders. on the one hand, presumably in pakistan, al qaeda central, what's left of it anyways. number one, ayman al zawahiri, the long-time number two to osama bin laden, communicating with an organization that's considered even more danger, nasir al wahsyshi. he's experimented with exploding clothes, clot

i probably will not take the train today. chicago police are looking at security video from the train station and from nearby stores in an effort to identify the attacker. an ex-marine says he was just trying to protect his family when he killed a burglar in the garage. wgn's dan ponce is in the newsroom with the story of a harrowing break-in on the south side. dan? it happened overnight in chicago's west pullman neighborhood. the homeowner is 44 year old mark hayes. he spoke to reporters very briefly outside his home earlier tonight. he says he had no choice but to defend himself. everything was a tragedy. somebody's father or son passed. all i was trying to do was protect my house and myself. he woke up around 315 this morning when the alarm went off for his crotch. he checked it out and found themselves face to face with a burglar inside the garage. the burglar attacked him with a hammer. but he said he had no chancchoice but to defend himself. he stabbed the man with a fishing knife. the burglar made his way to his car and then t

the northeast. not bad. but back in chicago it's 60 degrees right now. ot going to warm up much, out of the lower 70s. we are seeing heavier rain in areas that don't need it, southeastern kansas, southern missouri, northern arkansas where we have heavy downpours right now, also across minneapolis where the rain is coming down, possibly creating early morning flight delays. we do have flash flood watches and warnings up and down the mississippi river because of the additional rain that we'll also get today. we also have the threat of stronger storms like this afternoon into this evening. just to the east of the rockies into the western plains, biggest threat would be for damaging wind gusts and also for some small hail possible, isolated tornadoes are a possibility but not really a huge threat. temperatures today, really hot down south, well above 100 degrees. cool up north, especially in and around the great lakes region. tomorrow back into the mid 80s. 90s in kansas city. scattered showers and storms will spread into the east as we go into tomorrow. temp

live at the chicago avenue stop with details on the assault-and now people are worried. >> surveillance cameras to record video of the suspect. police have and they're working to determine who this man is that attack a worker. that was shortly after 5:00 a.m. when a 47 year- old worker said she was attacked as she left the bath, perrin a man asked her what time it was and then pushed her back into a restaurant. lives in the area. in the summer of for a walk yesterday morning. did not see anything but says it does not surprise him that it happened. wednesday's attack follows another scary encounter. a female employee told police that a man dropped his pants and asked her to perform an inappropriate act. when off after she started screaming. for the two incidents in not connected. always aware of her surroundings i see a lot of people who are plugged into their devices. i personally think it is dangerous. especially being a woman walking around she suggested as an attack is very disturbing >> just aren't taking the train yesterday. officials tell me that they've not seen any discernible t

jeff: sometimes in chicago, the editorial asking should chicago be the next detour?times has a piece today, my answer having spent time in those cities is no but no time soon. as you point out the big question, take a look at governor quinn, he is in court at this hour. he has suspended the pay of the state legislature until that fixes the pension shortfall, $100 billion in the state and chicago has a piece of that. look at how chicago is like the joint. a big pension shortfall, they it is four pension funds have $20 billion of underfunding and the budget deficit in chicago which can manage $340 million, not huge but a deficit. they contribute more into the pension fund. will see where that goes. the good news about chicago and why i say no time soon chicago is a different tax base than before, very strong. the population is unlike before shrinking. chicago's is growing. also companies are moving into chicago. this is a great city. boeing relocated corporate headquarters, lot of tech coming into chicago and unlike they 28 this is a multi industry town. doesn't just h

develop not cool here for the next few days in the chicago area. the temperatures may be trying to cool off just a bit in the midwest. the tropicals were heating up aa while ago. a tropical storm could develop into a tropical system in the pacific ocean. this moisture comes up with the southwest, and them the showers and thunderstorms, and there could be more today. expect ref rain in surgeon cart an let the flooding and strong storms mighting a repeat today. we have hot and dry weather conditions that will continue. >> thank you very much. back at it again. get ready for another showdown between the white house and congress over the nation's debt ceiling, and time is running out to strike a deal. today with us. ç] >> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. a newly released video showing eye-witness testimony to the 1975 assassination attempt on president gerald ford. now the testimony is coming from the former president himself. the videotape shows ford answering questions from an attorney. the gun in the case was never fired, and this is the

who are here not to do scouting on the chicago black hawks. [laughter] but to talk about their new book on whitey bulger, the boston mobster caught on the lamb after, what, 16 years, and first of all, let's get -- you guys have been boston journalists for quite a long time at this point. >> somebody said between us it's, like, what, 16 years? yeah, we've been chasing him combined total for 25 -- i mean, 25 each, so 50 between us. >> wow. i was reminded in the beginning, when i was a kid, my father was taking a friend of mine to go see butch cassidy and the sun dance kid. he said, you know, remember, whatever the movie makes of them, they are the bad guys, and the other thing that it reminded me of was the old line from mel brooke in the 2,000-year-old man asked about robin hood, and he said, you know, asked, you know, he says, what about robin hood, stole from the rich, gave to the poor. that's nonsense. he stole from everybody and kept everything. he said, well, how? he goes, well, he had a guy named marty the press agent. he went out and told