the sun-times says it is a man who is upset with the city alderman for not giving him a city job. that man told the sun-times that he did not want that video to be released publicly >> a city alderman has not filed a police report about the extortion charge. >> chicago police superintendent announces the expansion of a bold new approach to battling gang violence. it is called customer notification. it started in july. they urge the gang members not to retaliate and the conversations often include family members. they also visit potential victims of revenge. >> the message that they shared was simple. if the individual wanted to help poor wanted help turning their lives around we would help them with healthcare dropped placement and opportunities of that fashion. if they chose to read offend there were eligible for enhanced penalties because of their previous criminal histories. >> officers stopped by more than 50 homes. so far none of the people that were visited have had felony arrests. >> an autopsy shows a woman whose body was found had been strangled. the body was found wrappe

former chicago alderman martin oberman was unanimously selected as chairman of metra's board of directors. he'll be taking over as metra tries to keep trains on schedule during this brutal winter. oberman says he hopes to get rid of political patronage within the rail line. six board members have left since former c-e-o alex clifford resigned and received a large severance package. a teenager from crystal lake has been charged with felony battery and a hate crime. police say an 8-th grader at beardsley middle school brutally attacked a fellow student during lunch hour monday. omid babakhani is a competitive swimmer, and the son of an iranian immigrant. he says he had never met the other boy before... but without being provoked, the other boy insulted both him and his mother, then got physical, and broke both of his collar bones. >> he said you want to fight a black man? i said i don't want to. i walked away like they said to but it did not work and he came after me and put me in a headlock and for me on the ground and started to punched me in the head. >>the accused attacker turned himsel

it was held in the same building that houses his sh aldermanic offices. the party, in 2012, included a performance by female strippers. at one point, a woman asks the videographer to turn off the camera. but ervin insists he did nothing illegal... and he spent no taxpayer money or campaign money on the party. police have not received any complaints. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. police shot two dogs, killing one of them, as they tried to serve a search warrant on the city's south side. it happened at 10:30 last night at a home in the 92-hundred block of south merrill avenue. the two pit bulls were in a bedroom with the suspect, and the dogs reportedly charged at officers. the suspect was taken in to custody. police say he was armed with two guns. cocaine and ecstasy were found in the home. emergency crews are on standby, as the cold weather brings on fears of ice damming in kankakee county. when the ice shifts, moves and cracks, residents living here only have minutes before ice as big as cars charges their homes. the water could

. >> >> former chicago alderman was elected as the new chairman by unanimous vote. >> have been upheld a leader since august. steel chair resigned in a controversy over the resignation and more than a hundred $50,000 severance package. that led to six other board members are either resigning or hand removed. being removed. >> this come under fire for mass of delays or cancellations. lack of communication and passengers forced to wait for hours. during a hearing at the new, executive director got an earful from law makers were channelling the anchor of their constituents. >> perception is that it is not what it was. there are some that they cannot be what it was again. that is disheartening. >> everyone of us on this committee is watching to see what is happening. we do not want another year or two like we have had in the past. >> talk about his goal of getting the agency back to that the very least the 95% on-time performance. also talked about the challenges that they face and the way of an $9.7 billion shortfall for a backlog of capital improvement projects. when you're dealing with

he has chosen former frederick a alderman shelley aloi. that race is still wide open, though. half of republican and republican-leaning voters in maryland are still undecided in a recent washington post poll. >>> maryland's senate is looking at two bills today that would decriminalize marijuana. the first would make it a civil offense to possess small amounts of drug. you would be fined up to $100 if cops busted you with as much as ten grams of pot but you wouldn't face criminal charges. the other bill would make it legal for adults to possess an ounce of marijuana, also cultivate six plants. that bill is less likely to become law. governor martin o'malley opposes that one. most police in maryland oppose both of those bills, maryland chiefs of police is speaking out in annapolis. >>> meanwhile, police in woodbridge are looking over this surveillance video in hopes of identifying the three men in it. they're suspected of shooting 21-year-old to death on friday night. police say they ran into the grocery store. it's a grocery and jewelry store, actually. she was working at that

alderman ed burke says, as long as the clubs don't create problems in their neighborhoods, they ought to be allowed to sell liquor and permit semi-nude dancing at the same time. but they still can't be located within two blocks of a school or house of worship. the full city council still needs to approve the measure. >> i love the we're playing the same video over and over. against your light on the role. we need to go on and get some more of that. but >> you want a full list for a commercial? play that for the next 10 years. no problem. you better be the owner. cold conditions today. only 11 degrees right now in chicago. nine at the hawthorne academy. not as cold as elsewhere. waukegan is - 9. a huge difference across the region. i lake is - 9. the wind is not as strong so we have current temperatures of nine in wadsworth. windchill of - 8. sublets composite shows we are dry. we stayed dry with snow showers coming this evening. not too much. 26 degrees is the high today. down to 24. >> coming up, police and wetlands issue an arrest warrant for daring sharp. >> the latest state to leg

valuable, because sercye faces a crowded field of challengers, including disgraced former chicago alderman ike carothers, who served prison time for bribery and tax fraud. the biker who posted a "catch me if you can" video of himself speeding through san antonio traffic -- has been caught. 27-year old alberto rodriguez is now facing numerous charges including stealing the motorcycle used in the video. in the facebook post, the motorcyclist weaves through rush hour traffic at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. investigators were searching for the stolen motorcycle when they found rodriguez. this book is not always a good thing. >> stories like that make us feel so much smarter. we have cooler numbers out to the west. that is allowing the temperatures to drop. it's 13 degrees in aurora. with the cooler temperatures you will have lower wind chill of course. when shall down to 13 in aurora. also going to have some fog. with a fall generally to the south and west. the on the lookout for that. some areas are reporting the visibility of weigh less than 1 mi.. satellite composite shows we are

and then on june 7, 1962, the el paso city council, under the leadership of alderman bert williams, passed the first city ordinance of any major city in the former confederacy outlawing segregation in hotels, motels, restaurants and theaters. these places of public accommodation that my colleague had so eloquently described that were segregated and in many cases barred to african-americans and in some cases in el paso in earlier years to mexican americans. president kennedy in a speech that following year in 1963 a speech titled the special message to congress on civil rights and job opportunities, recognized this achievement in texas in el paso, where we were the first community in the former confederacy to desegregate those places of public accommodation. and lastly, mr. speaker, i would draw our attention to the 1966 texas western miners, a college basketball team that fielded the first all-black starting five to compete for a national title game. and those five young men not only won the national championship against some of the longest of odds, versus kentucky, but in doing so, they e

this is the largest meeting so far of what eric alderman of the nation, must book club. so welcome. i think john is know the interior minister. thank you to bill and hillary clinton. and just kidding. my book is for sale outside. think we have lots of copies of the book. i hope you'll low support what i'm doing here, and i will be happy to sign your copies. there is going to be a really lovely q&a session after i finish my talk. in between-you amounts to heckle me, i just want to warn you that medea benjamin is your. she will take care of you. it has been a pretty interesting few weeks, as it, and this issue . israel, palestine, and a run it is actually an interesting few months. we have seen a pack in marriage against the will of the american public to promote war. first attack on syria, and it failed. failed before of the was even held in congress, a vote which would have met -- a pet with and that a historic defeat. and it failed again to stop the historic deal between the u.s., the administration brought obama, and they're wrong with the demonstration. apec has been exposed as t

de, juanita harl the notables include congressman of rush, former alderman chicago's 26th ward, and their polaris robert clark. whether it's standing up for women's suffrage, dismantling jim crow, advancing the science of medicine or leading in business innovation, the divine nine has been there the entire time leading from the front. the divine nine scope of service is felt far beyond their organizational borders. the work of these fraternities and so roarities have helped to make this nation a better place for all americans. for this and many other reasons, i thank the entire divine nine for a job well-done. testimony the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in r it's that cycle of infusion and where it's at in the process. >> this weekend book tv and american history tv look behind the history and literary life of salem, oregon, saturday at noon on c-span2, and sunday at 2:00 n c-span3. former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan says the u.s. is making a mistake with its current immigration system. mr. greenspan's comments came during