the former alderman sandy jackson the chicago sun-times reported tonight the feds are trying to figure that out. he announced his federal probe when he resigned from congress. there reportedly taking an independent look at sandy jackson's finances mrs. jackson declined to comment he did tell wgn that she already retained chicago attorney dan webb for herself. his captor dead 65 year-old to billy lee shot and killed a school bus driver tuesday before taking him to a nearby underground bunker. he has been brought out safely. he is with his mother we are just very blessed that they are not united. still not clear why he took them hostage. the credit- card company gave him a heads up all is apparently well found not guilty by reason of insanity the attorney said she was legally insane at the time treated for mental disorders going back to 1994 even when she was on the bench she said she was offered medication at the time of the incident shows retained last november by voters. chicago public schools plan to downsize it is a plan that has a lot of parents fired up tonight some of them have t

his wife, former chicago alderman sandi jackson, who resigned last month, also faces prison time and fines... accused of understating the couples income on their tax returns for six years. the patriarch of the family, reverand jesse jackson, is in washington d-c this weekend to be with his son, who the family says is still undergoing medical care. jesse junior took leave from his congressional duties starting in june. while at first keeping tight lipped about the reason... doctors finally said it was for bipolar disorder. he resigned from congress just weeks after re-election in november, under a cloud of an ethics investigation... people remember all the great work that my brother has done... the jackson family, long a powerhouse in chicago and national politics... now says it will rally around jesse junior... who many saw, at one point, as a rising star in the democratic party. and as my brother jonathan said we will stand with him until the end of time >> attorneys for the jackson's indicated the couple will plead guilty >> a light plane made an emergency landing in a field north o

plus other money that flowed into them from other sources for their personal use and former alderman sandy jackson charged with a count of income tax fraud for not reporting this money. and jesse had the book thrown at him for a variety of conspiracies to execute this scheme. >> bill: they were buying weird stuff, right? >> well, yes! some of it -- you know, i'm used to campaign spending where maybe you finagle and you buy you know, you use it to cover meals. >> bill: exactly. >> things that are personal in nature. then you say we really were discussing campaign business. okay. this was out and out buying appliances at a chicago store electronics from best buy. vacation at disney. and then yes the weird stuff memorabilia from jimi hendrix michael jackson -- >> bill: and the rolex. >> a $43,000 rolex. then we learned even more on -- in the proceedings yesterday. let's see. just to name a few. costco -- included undergarments, toilet paper and cleaning supplies. from the mundane to the magnificent. clothes from high-end stores. i don't have the list in front of me but it is just stuff. >> bill: now

we also need to know if his wife now former alderman sandy jackson will get caught up with some kindt her because she served as his campaign manager and drew a salary from his campaign fund and is suspending from that fund that is at issue here. >> lynn sweet, chicago sun sometimes and we'll check in with you later. in fact, jim, i want to ask you about that cover in particular. it would be the republican savior cover. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes here. >> and you're welcome for the plug. >>> coming up, as if "time" magazine needs it, right? you've heard more about drones this week than you have in your entire life. separating fact from fikdction. we'll get a reality check on the other side. these pictures leave us with no words. this is boston buried in snow right now. >>> and it's one of the last saturdays that we'll ever be able to check the mail, folks. ahead in the next hour we'll talk to the man who made the decision to halt saturday service. i'll ask him what's behind it and we'll ask him how we can save our post office. the postmaster general state ahead. cash

sandy jackson, who is a former chicago alderman, faced charges of filing false tax returns and could also see some jail time. >>> newly pointed sex of state john kerry will make his first public address since joining the president's cabinet. at 11:00, kerry will speak at the university of virginia about president obama's invests in foreign policy. after kerry addresses students and teachers in charlottesville, sits down with the president at the white house this afternoon. >>> still ahead, lance armstrong back in the spotlight today. we are going to tell you why coming up. >> a huge gas explosion rocks an upscale kansas city shopping district. this morning, cadaver dogs are still on the scene. we'll have an update coming up next. >> but first, a check of the markets right now shows the nasdaq at a 12-year high and the dow topping the 14,000 mark. the dow picked up 54 tuesday. the nasdaq added more than 21 points. overseas today, japan's nikkei was up almost 100 points. talk of more corporate mergers is sending asian and european markets higher today.  >>> new this morning o

sandy jackson resigned from her post. she was a chicago alderman. resigned last month. today her attorney revealed she will plead guilty to filing false tax returns. that carries maximum penalty of throw years in prison. you may recall this past summer, jesse jackson jr. disappeared from congress for weeks. and his doctor revealed he was being treat ford bipolar disorder. jackson stepped down in know. today he release aid statement apologizing for his actions and mistakes he has made and once he was seen as a rising political star. he has been unable to capitalize on the sharing of a name with his father, civil rights icon jesse jackson. back to you. >>> thank you, wendy. tonight we have learned the fugitive ex-cop accused of killing four people in southern california apparently killed himself. christopher dorner shot himself in the head tuesday night inside a cabin in big bear community in california. he apparently spent most of the time on the run in a condo. just a few steps away from the command center set up to find him. >>> back home here, prosecutors in alexandri

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jackson's wife sandy, a former chicago alderman plead guilty to filing false income returns related to the use of campaign funds. she faces three years in prison. >>> we're getting a look at video capturing the moment a gas explosion and fire wiped out j.j.'s restaurant in kansas city. it sounded like thunder, felt like an earthquake. one person was killed. more than a dozen others injured. authorities say a utility construction crew severed a gas line leading to the massive explosion. >>> a boeing executive meelts with faa officials tomorrow to lay out the company's plan to fix a problem with its 787 dreamliner jets. the fleet has been grounded because of battery issues that ignited two fires. boeing hopes to get the planes back in the air by april. >>> first on cnn, the army doing an about-face on the promotion of paula broadwell, david petraeus' former mistress. they decided to revoke the promotion from major to lieutenant colonel in the army reserves after initially appr e approving it last summer. since the petraeus scandal broke, she's been under investigation for having classifi

the son of civil rights leader reverend jesse jackson officially resigned from congress in november. his wife now former chicago alderman sandyould be seen at his side. she was charged today with one count of filing false tax returns. but it's the alleged 3-quarters of a million dollars swiped from campaign funds that is the most eye popping. a $43,000 gold plated men's rolex watch, almost $10,000 worth of children's furniture. more than $5,000 worth of fur capes and parkas. and more than $11,000 worth of martin luther king, jr. memorabilia. and there's more. it all dates back to 2005. jackson issued a statement today apologizing for his errors in judgment and went on to say "while my journey is not yet complete, it is my hope that i am remembered for the things that i did right". >> jackson is expected to plead guilty at his next court date. he could face up to a maximum of 5 years in prison. his wife sandy could face up to a maximum of three. >>> and so tonight, jesse jackson junior is by all accounts about to join the disappointingly long line of corrupt politicians headed off for a jail cell. but derek says this time it's

his wife, sandy jackson, a former chicago city alderman, is accused of filing false tax returns. onal use by, among other thing, a rolex watch and several furs. >>> a former san diego mayor has admitted to taking $2 million from her late husband's charity to fund a casino gambling debt. prosecutors say she won and lost over $1 billion at casinos over nine years. now maureen o'connor's lawyer is blaming her gambling addiction on a brain tumor. >> this was not, we think, simply a psychiatric problem or a character defect, because there is substantial evidence that during this same time there was a tumor growing in her brain. >> if o'connor repays the misappropriated charity money within two years she could possibly avoid prosecution. "los angeles times" san diego bureau chief tony perry is live for us in san diego. tony, you've covered o'connor for years. what was your immediate reaction when you heard about the debt, about the amount, and about the brain tumor? >> reporter: absolutely stunned. any of us who knew maureen as mayor between 1996 and 2002 were stunned. if i saw her in a

sources say sandy jackson who resigned her alderman post last month is now being investigated independently access and use of her husband's congressional campaign money including credit card charges and moving money from one account to the other. jesse jackson jr. resigned from congress in november after winning re-election. they actually say she was collecting $5,000 a month, even when her husband was hospitalized for bipolar disorder from the campaign. >> that's a drama that's captivated chicago. >>> in "the washington post," gridlock on capitol hill, gridlock outside capitol hill. a new study says d.c. has the worst traffic in the nation. the texas a & m transportation institute says drivers in washington burn 67 hours and 32 gallons of gas each year sitting in traffic. >> really? >> l.a., san francisco, new york, no question about that, and boston are in the top five. >> i'm surprised they were number one, though. i thought it would have been l.a. >> washington, d.c. >>> for an expanded look at our top stories, go to cnn.com/earlystart, follow us on twitter and facebook. such for early

the scrutiny into sandi jackson includes claims she had access to her husband's congressional money. she resigned as chicago's seventh ward alderman last month. the house ethics committee is recommending a full investigation of illinois congressman aaron schock. schock is accused of soliciting more than five thousand dollars for a political action committee to help fellow republican adam kinzinger in the 16th district g-o-p primary last year. investigators say three days before the primary. the "campaign for primary accountability" pac received at least 115 thousand dollars in contributions as a result of efforts by schock and his campaign committee. schock has denied any wrongdoing. drew peterson's former attorney joel brodsky is suing another peterson attorney and the tribune company, among others charging he was defamed. brodsky's libel suit says a letter from attorney steven greenberg claimed brodsky was a liar and an incompetent lawyer. brodsky accuses greenberg, seen here in the white shirt, of writing the letter as revenge for brodsky's attempt to fire greenberg as one of peterson's attorneys. the tribune company is named i

sandy jackson who is a former chicago alderman could get up to three years. >> lawyers for the man convicted intern levy plan to file a motion for a new trial. attorneys claim his prosecution was predicated on a lie. the arguments were made during previously closed hearings. records from those hearings were unsealed yesterday. hinged on the testimony of a jailhouse inmate who said he confessed. serving a 60 year prison sentence for that murder. >> time right now is 8:09. 34 degrees on this wednesday morning. still ahead, we talked about it at the top of the hour, a crime wave cutting young lives short. prince georges county executive will join us live to share his thoughts on what's needed to stop this violence. >> and john kerry's debut. what the new secretary of state is expected to talk about. we're back after this. 8:09.  >>> i like that. >> that's old school. >> i like it. >> 12 minutes after 8:00. tucker barnes has a baby face for us. >> yes, baby face has a baby face. >> was that dancing i was seeing over there? >> i was just snapping. >> you want to si

jackson's wife, sandi, a former chicago alderman, also pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns related to the misuse of campaign funds. she faces up to three years in prison. >>> dramatic and graphic testimony from a woman accused of brutally murdering her boyfriend in 2008. in her eighth day on the stand, jodi arias testified about the day travis alexander died. she recalled getting a gun to protect herself but had no recollection of shooting and stabbing him dozens of times. >> so i ran into the closet and i slammed the door and i intended to run through the opposite end of the door because it has another exit. as soon as i got in there and began to run, i remembered where he kept the gun. so i grabbed it. i jumped up on the shelf, he kept it on the very top. >> do you remember stabbing travis alexander? >> i have no memory of stabbing him. >> arias faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. >>> passengers aboard last week's nightmare cruise are now plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against carnival. an oklahoma couple filed this suit on behalf of the oth

so deep and, remember, it's not only the fall of former congressman jackson, it's also his wife with sandy who was the chicago aldermanthe same day. their hearings were just a few hours apart. so this may be in the case of the city council, i think she's the 35th alderman since the erle willy '70s who has been convicted of corruption. they've had a string of public officials and two governors in prison in the last few years and this is yet another sad chapter and you're looking for the overview and specifically the jacksons are a family very important to chicago, people are sad and mad. >> on tuesday there will be 22 candidates on the primary slate. the front-runner appears to be former state representative robin kelly. a recent campaign ad focused on a view on guns and that was funded by mayor michael bloomberg which was spending a reported $2 million on this race so how is big money from the outside changing this and other local races? >> this is the big proxy test. the bloomberg organization now spending much more than just about everyone in that race and if they are able to successfully knock off the woman who was