we are having a -- having at alexian. after it two or three terms, i think that is enough for me. i also want to apologize for missing the meeting two weeks ago. one of the hazards of having a day job is that sometimes they actually want you to do something and not run away for things like this.

we are having a -- having at alexian. after it two or three terms, i think that is enough for me. i also want to apologize for missing the meeting two weeks ago. one of the hazards of having a day job is that sometimes they actually want you to do something and not run away for things like this. i just wanted to kind of focus on some of the things we've been doing over the past couple of weeks as well as what we're doing, how we are planning forward in advance of the next chair. over the past six months, we've had an orientation and we will likely be doing some strategic planning with members to try to figure out some future agenda items, to try to be organized and provide you with our best advice to the extent we can. to that end, what i wanted to throw back out to you, you don't have to answer it so i will take the answer, what can we do or what issues should we approach to be of service to you? we are trying to line up our own agendas to the extent possible with yours and work with staff ahead of time to make sure these issues are brought to us so we can least provide some inpu

most of the people that would endorse me before including other alexians have already made endorsements. why don't i take the high road and say that i refuse to accept the endorsement of any elected public official. as district attorney, i will refuse to endorse the campaign of any collective public official. i am free and independent from any influence. >> as a matter of fact, when i reorganize the office, i restructured our public corruption unit. i think it is very important for our office to look at public corruption. it is also important that we do not allow the district attorney's office to become a political tool for any one group just because somebody wants to impact somebody else's career. i tell you i will never do that. i you the authority of the district attorney's office as a very awesome, and i will be judicious about the way i use it and have done so already. we must be sure we use our authority ethically and legally. we do not investigate and prosecute cases because we can. we investigate and prosecute cases because we should. and a public corruption will be an absolute

more than any other candidate but they are still on the fence with the republican party in a general alexian ... many investors believe that mitt romney would be better with global economic issues ... as for things happening in chicago ... the source says that the ceo of sara lee expects to relocate the corporate headquarters from downer's grove to chicago thanksgiving airline tickets are up 4 percent over last year ... coming up next the catholic shrine that is trying quite a crowd in wisconsin and later in the medical watch a new controversy over whether or not to screen for prostate cancer plus we have live music as midday from thomas dolby ... he is best known for his 1982 hit she blinded me with science ... now he is back 20 years later with a new album you can see him tonight at martyrs. for many catholics there among the holiest shrines those rare places where people report apparitions of the virgin mary. and the entire world only a handful of these spots are officially recognized by the catholic church places catholiclourdes in france and fatima in portugal are famous examples >>juli

sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia is our correspondent in kiev alexian shifting. this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when he was a was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian defense ministry and according to prosecutors in kiev she owes four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian defense ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put this debt onto the plane incident this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of yulia timoshenko indeed two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison who are abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine this new case may only add fuel to the fire of a very tense and very furious acas a very furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemned the presenting of units much ankle which w

well signing gas deals with russia two years ago auntie's alexian a chef skee has been following the events from outside the court where tymoshenko supporters have been involved in scuffles with police. at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutality but still some pushing and shoving and the situation was really explosive still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the police one woman was saw as she was taken to hospital having fallen from a stage or from a staircase or something like that inside the courtroom of course it was very tense as well while the judge was reading out the verdict. was over shouting the judge was screaming abusive words at him saying that this decision this verdict was not done in accordance with the criminal law but was orchestrated by president viktor yanukovych indeed the reaction from the former prime minister when she learned that she's to spend seven years in prison hav

state's budget democratic party leaders say that recall petitions will go out never 15th and recall alexian could be held as early as next spring we will be back with the day's top business stories and later in the [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ ♪ i'm beejal patel with bloomberg news live from the cme group in chicago ... >>the biggest banks are encouraging people to take on more debt if you can believe that their mailing out offers to transfer credit-card balances with rates as low as 0% >>there are one time fees depending on how much you barrault and critics say watch for a big jump in interest rates after that period ends ... the fdic said today that there's a big number shelled out to prevent another banking failure crisis >>american airlines is the latest to announce deeper cuts to seats grounding 11 planes next year

thousand and nine the verdict the lawyers will appeal spark mass protests among the army supporters and alexian assess he has more from kiev. the situation is still pretty much tense because several hundred protesters supporters of the country's former prime minister still stationed in their in their towns count here on the main street of the simmering tensions on tuesday. the capital of course there were thousands and thousands of people here the biggest protests we've seen so far in the last three months the international reaction has been furious. regardless of where you look which part of the world everyone have been very disappointed with the verdict the united states washington said that had to be released the european union different parts of it also expressed their concerns and indignation over of the verdict sentencing the country's former prime minister to seven years in prison and confiscating all of her property russia also reacted furiously to this decision saying that those gas deals which were signed back in two thousand and nine were completely legitimate they stress that once a

counterpart speak to human cooch who is seeking global price for imported natural gas arches alexian a shift here is a fully gas talks in ukraine hello alexis so what's the bottom line of the meeting between the two presidents. well we haven't reached the end of this deadlock yet but the two presidents gave a clear hint that we may be seeing some developments on the story in the nearest future they said that and then you're a future they're planning to finalize the price for the russian gas which ukraine has been buying and bring this whole dispute to an end and resolve this crisis and they will all obviously and now it's their decision publicly now i'd like to remind our viewers that this whole issue about the gas price between ukraine and russia has been going on for more than six months already with ukraine being unhappy about the current price it is paying for the russian gas and is trying to find a new contract this of course cost some concerns in the european continent which keeps in mind the two thousand and nine gas dispute between the two countries which left some of the eur

that need to be taken to help libya sustain democracy batt but government should move quickly to alexians hopefully within 90 days. we should help the government publicly by unifying the military. and making a short chemical weapons stockpile remains secure. batt but now we need to stand by the two libyan elegance try to put together the government will not be easy good news in a country rich with oil resources in a way out to build an economy are round resources and natural resources >> sen. mark kirk says he and sen. john mccain calling for the government to sad united states navy ship uss comfort to tripoli tens of thousands of wounded that need the hospital ship help >> already questions what does this mean for america politically and economically some speculate new leadership in libya favorable impact on pocketbooks >> politically for the obama administration some say it means redemption that policies actually worked in bringing down moammar gaddafi president getting a lot of applause from the other side from republicans including senator john mccain called another success for the ad

years ago, we set out on this great journey in a remarkable time, knowing after the next presidential alexianr was elected week -- would be the first to serve a full term in the aftermath of the cold war. it cast a pall over the victory of world war two and shaped so much of what people in america and the former soviet union and all over the world did in organizing their lives for decades. it was obvious, as you saw a in the films, that we had to rekindle the american dream, we had to build our economy in a way that would give as a bridge to the new century. we had to do it in a way that would keep the world's leaders -- the world's leading force for peace, prosperity, freedom and security. we decided to go forward with some very simple ideas. the most important of which was that we should put people first. that the idea of opportunity for all, responsibility for all, a community for all americans was more than a slogan. it was in direct opposition to the idea that government would mess up and you would be better off on your own with a winner- take-all strategy. it did not work very well then

years ago, we set out on this great journey in a remarkable time, knowing after the next presidential alexianver was elected week -- would be the first to serve a full term in the aftermath of the cold war. it cast a pall over the victory of world war two and shaped so much of what people in america and the former soviet union and all over the world did in organizing their lives for decades. it was obvious, as you saw a in the films, that we had to rekindle the american dream, we had to build our economy in a way that would give as a bridge to the new century. we had to do it in a way that would keep the world's leaders -- the world's leading force for peace, prosperity, freedom and security. we decided to go forward with some very simple ideas. the most important of which was that we should put people first. that the idea of opportunity for all, responsibility for all, a community for all americans was more than a slogan. it was in direct opposition to the idea that government would mess up and you would be better off on your own with a winner- take-all strategy. it did not work very well th

we have been talking about what to do in terms of the coming alexian, and i suspect after we see -- after the election, and i suspect after the primaries and the republican party, we will talk to our members about making an endorsement. host: testing of teachers for quality? >> we believe in teacher evaluations. i have been resolute as have my members about the need to have real teacher evaluations. they should be multiple- measured, they should be about what teachers are teaching and what students are learning. there are some districts in the country doing a good job -- new haven, conn., pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we have to focus high- performance, but we have to give the teachers the tools and conditions they need to do their jobs and understand a cannot do it all. poverty -- that is two-thirds of the achievement gap. host: when it comes to the race of it -- when it comes to the race to the top initiative? guest: in some states, we have worked with them closely and others we have not. raced to the top was a piece of the first stimulus bill, about $4 billion. out of about $100 billion. i

of view on immigration for fear of antagonizing that tea party but not so far that in that general alexian he cannot appeal to hispanic voters. a lot of people in the republican party realize this is over -- the business of attacking illegal immigrants or as they keep calling them in the republican base, "illegals." that's not a great way to appeal to them. host: our next call is on the republican line from indiana. caller: thank you. i'm in cincinnati. i'm thinking about all the troops coming home, which i have been praying for this day. but i am also extremely worried about a lot of them or winding up in the streets because there is no way either side has enough jobs to place all those poor women and men out there. i know there is not. i'm so worried about that. god knows we all want them home safe and i prayed to god they all got parents or somebody they can go to. i don't want to hear about no more of them troops out in the street without a job. guest: the president is on top of that. he has a couple of proposals out. the first lady recently announced a plan was something like 170 some