steve: we are in chicago. you teach at the university of illinois chicago.hat was it like in the 1960's? elizabeth: chicago was still the second largest city in the nation. it was a city with strong political leadership led by mayor richard daley, head of the chicago democratic machine, but also an important power player in national politics and helped to drive elections and decision-making in the national democratic party as well. it was also an externally segregated city, as it remains today, but certainly in those times. steve: how did he view african americans? elizabeth: it was interesting because african americans were important political constituents for him. they voted for him. as a significant portion of the population, he had to court their vote. at the same time, they were marginalized in the larger political structure and even in the democratic party apparatus. as a northern democrat, mayor daley with at least verbally supportive of civil rights organizing that was happening in the south to get rid of legal segregation. but when it came to condit

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steve: we are here in chicago. you teach at the university of illinois in chicago. what was it like here in the 60's jack out elizabeth: it was still the largest city in the nation. -- the second-largest city in the nation. the mayor was the head of the chicago democratic machine, but was also a power player in national politics. he helped to drive elections and decision-making in the national democratic party. it was also a's -- and externally segregated city. -- extremely segregated city. what was the view of the mayor and how did he view african-americans? elizabeth: it's interesting because they were a significant constituency for him. insidere marginalized the larger political structure and the democratic party apparatus. it was a conflicted relationship. as a northern democrat, mayor ofey was verbally supportive civil rights organizing that was happening in the south, to get rid of legal separation -- segregation. when i came to conditions here in chicago, he said there were less problems. steve: but this time. injured -- time period into congress. you have th

"chicago sun-times" reports 2,948 people were shot in chicago last year. this young man was working to stop violence in the wake of the parkland shooting. last september dell m last september he was shot to death as he walked along a south side street. he dreamed of being a nurse after graduation. she was shot to death at a block party in august. and 88-year-old veloria taylor was shot to death in her apartment in an apparent domestic-related shooting. and on and on and on and on. and there are more victims in all of this. if things played out the way the police say, if jussie smollett actually concocted a fake attack because he was dissatisfied with his "empire" salary, then that is disgraceful to say the least. it's disgraceful for anybody. but especially for a person of color to exploit one of the vilest, racist symbols in our history for personal gain. superintendent eddie johnson. >> this morning i come to you not only as the superintendent of the chicago police department but also as a black man who spent his entire life living in the city of chicago

i love the city of chicago and the chicago police department. warts and all. but this publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve. to make things worse, the accusations within this phony attack received national attention for weeks. celebrities, news commentators and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was choreographed by an actor. first, smollett attempted to gain attention by sending a false letter that relied on racial, homophobic and political language. when that didn't work, smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and trash chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. and why? this stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. so he concocted a story about being attacked. now our city has problems. we know that. we have problems that have affected people from all walks of life. and we know that. but to put the national spotlight on chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shameful. i'm also concerned about what this means moving

daly, who was mayor of chicago for 26-ish years, maybe it was 21, but there's a book by a famed chicago news columnist, now departed, called "boss." apparently it's used in schools across the country to teach how to build a political machine. the chicago democratic party, which mayor daley controlled city hall, the legislature and some governors. it was building block by block, having block captains who had to get out the vote. if you got out the vote, then your garbage got picked up and your snow got plowed. if you didn't do that, you got fired. there's a lawyer named shackman. there was a shackman decree that took on the daley machine saying people shouldn't be hired or fired just for political purposes, but in the early days of the machine, i guess starting in the late '50s or '60s, you performed for the party or you didn't get jobs. it's funny. the newspapers in chicago have done a good job over the years slating sessions. you go before the party organization to be slated as a judge. and if you haven't -- and people talk about how they walked precincts to become a judge. then they g

he stayed in chicago most of the time. there is like an eight minute report ended up a few years later on one of the tv stations in chicago that he was in his bathrobe coming out of his house at 10 in the morning because he wasn't going into the office. for a while the state still had a fleet of airplanes the politicians could use that ended under the last governor. i remember there was a three day veto session in the fall where former governor rod blagojevich , the state plane would have to pick him up in the morning, take him to springfield and then at four in the afternoon he would leave to go home to tuck in his kids. he said you can't criticize me. he just didn't want to do the work. there were people who ask for clemency competitions. he let thousands pilot because he just wasn't acting on them. by the time he got into this other trouble, which partly became, he ended up having a fight father-in-law he blew the whistle on some kind of a dump for materials and he got the epa involved in shutdown this dump. mel told on

i love the city of chicago and the chicago police department. but this publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve. to make things worse, the accusations within this phony attack received national attention for weeks. celebrities, news comment ateers and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was choreographed by an actor. first, smollett attempted to gain attention by sending a false letter that relied on racial, homophobic and political language. when that didn't work smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drag chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. and why? the stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. so he concocted a story about being attacked. now, our city has problems, we know that. we have problems that have affected people from all walks of life. and we know that. but to put the national spotlight on chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shameful. i'm also concerned about what this means moving

a former chicago police superintendent and candidate for chicago mayor and kevin graham chicago the fraternal order of police president. kevin, watching all of this play out, i have been dying to talk to you. how does it make you feel? >> it's unfortunate that we expended a large amount of resources in the chicago police department to try and uncover a hoax that was played on both the people in the city of chicago and on the police department for mr. smollett'sde personal gain. that is certainly unfortunate. what it says is that in this society, we can go out and make outrageous claims and have everybody swoon over this. he owes the city of chicago an apology and the police department an apology. he will facece his day in court. it won't be go well for him. >> laura: gary, this is what the current chicago police department superintendent said about the victims of actual crime. let's watch. >> i just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention. because that's who really deserves the amount of attention we are giving to this particular incident. >> laura: gary, a

chicago is on the lake.e, aurora is to the west and southwest of it, inside the chicago television market. the active shooter situation reported a little less than a half hour ago at the henry pratt company. it's an industrial area there. there's a campus across the street for a local college. the details from police, not a whole lot except aurora police are responding. police say command staff are at the site. there was a large presence. the records from fox news chicago that multiple people are injured in this. we don't know how they were injured. no one has said they're shooting victims. only people were injured. you know there's lots of different ways people can get injured in a scary and chaotic situation. we know from fox news chicago that a number of people are injuries. from the school system per directions from the county sheriff, the district has been advised to go in soft lock down situations across the school district there. teaching to continue. nobody allowed to leave or enter the buildings unt

you can see to the west, southwest of chicago. suburban chicago. you know, this sort of thing, the locals will tell you, it's not every day that something like this breaks out inside a facility. looks like this is an employee in there. once the authorities get in, they'll give us specifics. sometimes the first witness reporting is -- turns out to be not entirely accurate. put yourself in their position. as one witness put it, you're there on the assembly line, manufacturing parts and then a co-worker comes walking down the aisle shooting at everybody. that would throw your memory for a loop. that's not the kind of things most of us will ever once and certainly nothing you ever want to see. from the wbbm cbs 2 feed, we're watching. authorities have gathered and sharing stories on scene. media folks as well. folks in coats and suits, some of the detectives and others brass. and from the wfld fox news chicago, we can see the heavy trucks coming in. this is our fox news station where they're seeing the swat teams getting themselves back as their servic

classy downtown chicago with its imposing skyline is worlds removed from the chicago love point works and he covers stories from the toughest. one that is really cool on camera he's been on the job for twenty years now and seldom sleeps more than five hours a day if that. cup of coffee sounds good. local t.v. stations pay between one hundred fifty and three hundred dollars for the footage he delivers although there are plenty of cases to cover fully as he's known by police and gang members alike has to work hard for his money he's the city's number one police reporter and after all these years he's still passionate about his job. here. is that. if you have fear you can hear you can't properly cover the city of chicago i don't know if you have fear it's like if you were a war correspondent if you were assigned to afghanistan or iraq this is the similar sign that at the end of the day every day someone is being shot in my life. so it is not much different than being a combat journalist that many times tonight is a quiet night and we already have several people shot. a quiet night in mos

i love the city of chicago. and the chicago police department.scar that chicago did and earn and certainly didn't deserve. to make things worse, the accusations within this phony attack received national attention for weeks. celebrities, news commentators, and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was choreographed by an actor. first, smollett attempted to gain a port by sending a false letter that relied on homophobic and political language. when that didn't work, smollett paid a $3500 to stage this attack and drag chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. why? the stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. so he concocted a story about being attacked. now our city has problems. we know that. we have problems that have affected people from all walks of life. and we know that. but to put the national spotlight on chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shameful. i am also concerned about what this means moving forward for hate crimes. now of course, the

in downtown chicago saying it's maga country. i looked at my wife and said it doesn't make any sense but we'll keep looking at it. one thing or two things you don't do with the chicago police department or boston or anybody else. you don't lie to them, you don't make them run, and you don't embarrass them. two of these three things occurred here and because it's a high-profile matter, the chicago police department in the states attorneys office in chicago they cross their teas and not their eyes. the defense could only be these two individuals were witnesses against jussie smollett are straight up lying. >> innocent until proven guilty, that's how we all operate under our legal system. he even pointed to the 2020 field of presidential contenders, we heard from one of them today who initially expressed outrage over this alleged attack. senator kamala harris issued a statement saying like most of you i've seen reports about jussie smollett and i'm sad, frustrated and disappointed. at the same time we must speak the truth, hate crim

i was in chicago that weekend. it was 10 ° below 0 and hard to believe summit getting mugged or jumped at 2:00 am in downtown chicago. i looked at my wife and said that doesn't make sense but we will keep looking at it but there is one or 2 things you don't do with chicago police department or boston or anywhere else, you don't lie to them, you don't make them run and you don't embarrass them and all 3 of these, two of those 3 things occurred here. because of the high profile matter the police department and state attorney's office in chicago -- seems like a strong case, the defense could only be that these two individuals who were suspect who are now witnesses against jussie smollett are straight up lying and that is hard to believe but he is a great attorney and we will see. >> innocent until proven guilty, that is how we all operate under our legal system so we watch and see. the police superintendent was angry about celebrities who waiting and commentators and he pointed to the 2020 field of presidential conten

in chicago. where she was really started and ran a program that was all about mentoring and introducing young people to public service. >> it was during this time that barack won a seat in the illinois state senate. but it didn't feel like a win for michelle. the couple had a new baby girl. malia. and his job had his commuting three hours from chicago to springfield. >> my thoughts were are you nuts? just get a job. make some money. this politics stuff is crazy. >> she's looking at the bank account and saying is this going to be our future? >> the money was tight and the couple welcomed their second child. sasha. he pondered a new idea. a long shot for senate. >> it was a big gamble. >> running against a democratic candidate who spends $29 million. and his friend including michelle were skeptical this was a good idea. >> in time, michelle came around. >> i took my wife hat off and put on the citizen hat and thought i would want to see what politics could be like with somebody like him in it. he w

chicago. the cook county states attorney has just filed a felony charge against smollett with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. mike tobin with all the details >>> you stole a little bit of my lead p jussie smollett star, singing and suspect charged with disorderly conduct, a felony in this case. we've got a release from his legal team reading as follows: >>> the osundairo brothers once considered potential suspects testified for two and-a-half hours before a grand jury today. their attorney says they were paid in the alleged hoax but the payment doesn't fit the narrative that we know. she says the brothers are speaking to investigators because they had a change of heart and determined that the truth needs to come out. what is their disposition right now? they've been through a lot >>> they've been through a lot. i think the american people have been through a lot. they were eager to tell their story >>> gloria schmidt the attorney says jussie smollett needs to come c

he's live in chicago. mike? >> trace, things are moving right now. looks like we may see an appearance of smollett's family. we know it involved the state making a request to detain jussie smollett. they said he -- there was probable cause to detain him further. if he comes walking down here, we know that was not honored. smollett appeared in court waking a black vest and black clothing. the same thing that we saw in his mug shot. so a little movement right now. we might see them. while we're waiting for that, i'll tell you about the details of how they turned this case. they tracked down the two brothers that police say with the cooperation of the local community, tips. that led them to the grain any security video. detectives say it was data from ride sharing that they tracked down and led them to the brothers. the brothers were picked up at o'hare airport and took to area central where the brothers were questioned. they were held for two days. the 47th hour, the brothers started talking. >> after speaking with these two people of interest, she sai

we are live in chicago.ng his daughter be allowed back in the us.

the city of chicago.nd raised in, that i love with all my heart, that i i was raised to believe was the greatest city in the history of the world. whenever i travel now throughout the country and world the first thing i hear from people is crime, murder. and now jussie smollett: we cannot let this go without an apology and, in my opinion, an arrest, a prosecution, and a punishment. this particular hate hoax has to be atoned for. brian: the thing is, it's not about him. it's about others who could falsely do this and the ramifications. you are repeated victim of violent crime yourself. >> yeah. brian: when it comes to jussie, this easily could have been a race riot. >> exactly. brian: i was black they threw bleach on me. they attacked me because i was gay. this is maga country. there is people already on the edge when they wake up in the morning. all they need is something to set them off. >> exactly right. first of all, the good news is that nobody in chicago believed this hoax, okay? because, first of al

from chicago.good speed to very good to. >> laura: my brother's keeper initiative was one of the best things he did as president and actually liked it. and i like the fact that he's talking about hip-hop. >> randy: 's production at netflix deal to put forward positive images for men across the board to. >> laura: it doesn't matter what race you are, all right, before you go, tell me about this book because we are reading the book because my sons and i are reading the book, maria but she's a little bit older. but they loved it, >> randy: let me tell you it's an adventure for the whole family. i will show you some of these images laura. i've been getting images from young readers and when i go on twitter and see these young kids excited about having the book and adventure they go one. this is about a 12-year-old doing what we wanted to do at that age who gets a super powers. based in sampson the model of all the superheroes, but what i love about it it ends up being really a discussion about the true

now after jussie smollett left a courthouse in chicago, after posting bond. he's facing a felony charge for what police say was a false report about a hate crime attack. prosecutors say smollett paid two men to stage the attack and coach them on what to do and say. chicago's police superintendent says smollett, quote, took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. also breaking, back here in washington, in a courtroom after an inflammatory post, long-time trump confidant roger stone apologizes to a federal judge for posting a picture of her with the apparent crosshairs of a gun. he called it a stupid lack of judgment. the judge says stone could have incited others and imposes a full gag order, warning further violations by stone if he says anything publicly could mean jail. i'll speak with the intelligence committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of today's top stories. let's begin with our national correspondent ryan young in chicago where smollett was in court this afternoon. up date our viewers ryan. tell

they spoke about we now have the chicago star. i think there are major socioeconomic benefits from that. 81% of the kids who take it are the first in the family to go to college. we've had over 6000. when you are and what you learned we've got to make sure 14th grade as the new standard not 12th. second, it was a new york times article what the nta are not on time arrival is 97% just for those d.c. public transportation people. i want you to know i felt good when i told you that, okay? the report and what i would say on training those principally to the community college system i'm happy about our four-year degree nearly 40% of the people but i want to make sure when a company you can get food and you get purdue graduates etc. but i want to make sure when it comes to scouring the earth from the talent from kennedy king to both school we have every educational need that you need. if you have talent you will win. the last thing which is a big piece of this is you have to create certainty around the public sector from the finance poi

>> i can tell you chicago pd has not.d the right thing even though they were skeptical from the start they did everything they could. they took us hate crime very serious and the work that they have done, i hope they let the american people know just how difficult it was with what they have done. i did the right thing. i think we are okay from a law enforcement perspective. they will still do the right thing. i hope the divide, the entire law enforcement movement, i hope this serves that. the law enforcement will still do their job. no matter the vile things that are sad, chicago pd did exactly right. >> tucker: makes everybody hate each other, so sad. thank you very much. the press blasted smollett's original allegation as i did with covington, the fake duke grapes and a lot of other stories that conveniently confirmed their own personal bias they learned nothing from these hoaxes which again they helped perpetuate, prefer to forget they ever happens. this time be ever different? he has the worlds living expert on this,

that was my introduction to 28te bitter chicago -- bitter chicago morning. it was a welcoming to a city that i have come to love and to the city 52 years later would see me running for mayor of that city in 2015. i have lived in almost the same community since i arrived in chicago. it is a very vibrant, working-class, family-rooted community. it remains my community of choice. >> why did your parents want to live in america? what did they say about being here in the united states? >> my father came to this country because we do not have the means to live a good life back in mexico. we only had a small, small plot of land. it was not adequate to provide the things my father and my mother wanted us to have in life. he took a chance, took a risk like many immigrants who have come to this country. he found a place he thought could provide a better way of life for his children, provide them with more opportunity and in that regard i am the first my family to go to college because of the public school system, the university's illinois -- universities in illinois.

you are from chicago, you litigated in illinois. if jussie smollett, in fact, paid the men to attack him, is that a crime? >> yeah, it is. first of all, filing a false police report when you know no crime has been committed is a class 4 felony in illinois, which is obstructing justice, which they may have done. both are class 4 felonies. the penalty is 1-3 years in prison. now, as a practical matter, people who are convicted of class 4 felonies, they don't serve time. so, you know, sometimes there's a suspended sentence. frankly, mr. smollett will have to hope there's leniency here. i will tell you, i would expect a judge to take this very seriously and for law enforcement to take it seriously. when i was a federal prosecutor, had something like this happen to me when i was investigating a kidnapping. up very late at night with fbi agents working hard on that. it turned out the child, it wauz hoax. you know, essentially, falsely reported that, her and her friends. that was not, you know, that wasted a lot of resources and time. that

on the chicago and city of chicago and state of illinois side, he could be looking at ten years just from the filing of the false police reports, the hoax, and so on. for the use of the mail on the federal side, he could also go away for five to ten years because there are conspiracy charges. he also might have been committing obstruction of justice by hiding all of this from investigators. he could be going away for more than 20 years. >> harris: that is new information. we always read that it was one to three years, always. since yesterday, people. one to three years for potentially filing a false report with the pd. i want to know how problematic it is when -- and critics of this are saying it was a performance that he put on with robin roberts of abc news, and she did due diligence to try and get to the truth. let's watch a little bit of jussie smollett and what he told gma. why he was so upset that people didn't believe him. not about being attacked, but about not being believed. watch. >> you know, at first it was a thing of, "listen, if i tell the truth, that's it. because it'

chicago proud.ecause the way that they have handled this case from the beginning, the seriousness with which they took it and the seriousness with which they are now taking these developments, and not letting anybody get away with it, it really is i think spikes speaks so highly of that police force and their integrity and character. you could tell that for that chief, eddie johnson, who is african-american, this cut very deep, very personally. it is his city but it is also his community, his racial group. i mean, it just, you know, this is -- this is something that i think he does not -- i think lz is right. he does not recover from. >> he was asked what would justice look like? he talked about if jussie smollett apologized, apologized to the city of chicago. i want to ask you all if that's enough or if he just needs to go away? what people need to know and hear. and also the piece that superintendent johnson mentioned about how this has become part of the 2020 presidential race. how political cand

i had to come up with the dollars, city of chicago. i actually do believe what president clinton used to say. you can't get something for nothing. you should have some skin in the game. if you take responsibility, we should provide opportunity. that's a good contract. so my general -- rather than carrot and stick, if you perform, we're going to reward you with opportunity. and i think that's still the right kind of balance, rather than punishment or reward. put some skin in the game, and we'll create the opportunity. >> all right. i have a couple of questions from the audience. many community colleges have a rate of students requiring remedial -- >> i think it's supposed to be high rate of students requiring -- excuse me. rate of students requiring remedial education of greater than 50%. how should state and local government address this challenge? we were talking about this in the green room, actually. >> yeah, no. it's a -- it's a reality that is sobering in two ways. one is, a lot of these people in community college, we all have hi

being in chicago, people love the show "empire." i actually got a chance to go to one of their premier parties one time. you could just see the people who wanted to meet him because he was more than an actor, he was someone who actually took a position and wanted to be part of the community. this is devastating. >> one thing his lawyer has said, listen, he has lived here for a number of years. he's imbedded in this community. he does fill thorpphillip tl . >> reporter: brooke, i'm at a point, i'm almost at a loss for words because i really want to ask the question why. i don't know if we'll ever get to ask that question. i don't know if we'll ever hear from it, but, you know, when you talk to people who know him, they have such an outpouring of support and love for him, you can only wonder what's going through his mind right now. i feel for his family who is going through this as they walk down the street there and everyone's asking questions, right? we want to know what's next. >> you heard the police superintendent who was pretty

you should have listened to chicago police and chicago local media teach a master class how to handleting it as absolute fact as many national outlets did on the national level. ainsley: trying to be sensitive too, because she said in the first tweet with the modern day lynching thing they were good friends. we haven't heard from cory booker or kristin gillibrand. cory booker was saying the same thing about modern day lynching. at least she released a statement. >> they are running for president. not like the press isn't following them around everywhere. ask some questions, see accountability on the democratic side. ralph northam is still governor of virginia. all i know the lieutenant governor there accused of rape is still there as well. jussie smollett is going to work today. that is incredible to me. steve: joe, great analysis. >> have a good weekend. ainsley: you too. he won "america's got talent" in 2007. ventriloquist terry fator is celebrating another milestone. he is here life. >> wait until next week. today senator lindsey graham is our headliner. syria, bottomedder, summit

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here in chicago, especially in chicago we have been deal with so much for so long and getting epitomized in the jason van dyke and laquon mcdonald case that he is living here in chicago. he is benefiting from being here in chicago. the van base he is pulling on even with the political piece, he is reaching out and trying to reach those people that will resonate with him with that particular point of view or anti-trump or however you want to talk about it. you know, martha, for me, you know, this was stupidity because i don't know if the guy has ever watched a detective show, the paper trail he left. the cameras out. i couldn't believe this. i was like this is incredible. he did that in studierville. he couldn't have done this on the west side or south side of chicago. let me tell you it wouldn't have happened. in the neighborhoods where that might happen, he knew nothing about them. if you are going to do something about this man, watch an episode of co-lumbo, get yourself together. >> i tend to agree with you. if this is indeed a hoax and the jussie does owe the people of chicago and lb

so i know the chicago police department well. i know chicago very well.od where jussie lived, loews, which is attached to a hotel. that's why some people were wondering if you live in the lowes residence, they deliver room service, don't they? i would presume why would you be out getting a sandwich when you can call room service? that was one of the things, whatever. what i will say is i had been talking to the police department. i would call and say i have a reporter on tonight, and we've heard this. can you give me any information? they have told me every day, have not leaked anything to me. they told me every single time up until today that jussie smollett was a victim. they were looking at him as a victim. now, what they did outside of me, i don't know. but my experience with them during this case is that everything was above board. they only gave me the facts about what's happening. they didn't say, don, off the record, i'm thinking this. that never happened. >> good. >> as it relates to -- >> as it relates to this case, and maybe because it's me, th

the frozen chicago river. miguel, thanks. >>> let's turn to al roker and find out about that warmup. when can we expect it, al? >> lester, this cold air has made it down to atlanta where we're going to be playing the super bowl on sunday. tomorrow morning about 31 degrees. but for everyone else who's been suffering, finally light at the end of the tunnel. look at this. chicago minus 1, compared to the last 48 hours, that's spectacular. minneapolis minus 7. we're looking at minus 17 windchills in rochester. the weekend temperatures warm up. chicago and minneapolis 46. almost 60 degrees in atlanta. new york city warms to 41. and roanoke, a high sunday of 57 degrees. we can say so long for now to the polar vortex. lester? >> good riddance too. al roker, thanks. >>> now to a massive bust at the border. what the feds say is the largest seizure in u.s. history of fentanyl, the synthetic drug that kills more americans than any pete williams has details. >> reporter: customs and border protection says its officers fou

the bbc‘s chris buckler is in chicago with this report. chicago stands surrounded by ice and snow.sed to cold weather but these are temperatures seen only once in a generation. to try to keep the city's trains running, the tracks have had to be set on fire and boats have been attempting to break through the solid sheets of ice that cover the chicago river. the windy city has become the wind chill city. my fingertips have been frozen twice and had to take a pit stop twice. toes frozen twice. so i made two stops. it's brutally cold, bitterly cold. you can actually see frost on your eyelashes. what does it feel like? it's a little cold. they froze and closed a couple of times. across america's midwest, temperatures have dropped far below freezing. a huge part of the us caught in what's known as the polar vortex. it's pushed arctic air down from the north pole and left many places colder than the antarctic. from the air, lake michigan now looks more like land than water. people have been doing their own small science experiments to see for themselves just how cold it is, including this

so good, you'll take all the credit. >> i love the city of chicago and the chicago police department, warts and all. but this publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve. to make things worse, accusations within this phoney attack received national attention for weeks. celebrities, news commentators and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was core graphed by an actor. >> dana: chicago police expressing their outrage over the jussie smollett case and those who rushed to judgment including these democratic presidential candidates who weighed in. you can see them there. joining me now chris wallace, anchor of fox news sunday. sometimes, chris, it just ends up in the middle of a busy election season, which we are already in, that you end up with a story that helps encapsule ate what people are thinking about. matt lewis writing today that fakers like jussie smollett play victims, politicians buy it and play right into trump's hands. you can count on more insistence that every victim must be believed immediately and alleged perpetr

that come from geographies in chicago -- while we have a booming economy, we have neighborhoods in chicago with 40% of the people living there, the young people, 24 to working age adults, out of school, out of work. those are african-american neighborhoods. we have many with 30% out of school and out of work. students confluence of who are coming with trauma that has occurred in their lives, for a variety of reasons and yet, 75% of our students still have fundamental classes, whether math or english. we are try and figure out how to properly support those students with fewer resources. and at the same time, be toredibly responsive business. if not, the students will not have a competitive edge. they do not have the networks. they do not have the experience base. there is not someone in their life that has exposed them to economic opportunity. that is why institutions like ours are bridge connectors. we open the doors to students, to the private sector, to economic opportunity. it offers community college is the opportunity for creativity and innovation, along with accountability. in chicag

i love the city of chicago and the chicago police department, warts and all.his publicity stunt was a scar chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve. smollett attempted to gain attention by sending a false letter that relied on racial homophobic and political language. when that didn't work, smollett paid $3500 to stage this attack and drank chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. and why? the stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary, so he concocted a story about being attacked. i only hope of the truth about what happened receives the same amount of attention that the hoax did. >> greg: it's hard to top that, so i'm not even going to try. jussie smollett now faces a felony charge for filing a false report clint he was a victim. after weeks of wasting the hard work of a dozen detectives, resources diverted from actual victims. what is the lesson at cnn? it's all about the lunch. >> sean hannity is going to eat jussie smollett launch. tucker carlson is going to eat jussie smollett's lunch. the president

pathway where i had the privilege of being a city councilman in chicago, chicago alderman, among one of the first latinos, mexican-americans, elected to the council. i was reelected three times. i also had the great fortune to be sent to the illinois state senate and illinois first ever mexican-american state senator. i had a chance to break in and teach the ropes of the senate to a fellow you may have heard of, his name is barack obama. when he arrived at the illinois state senate. you don't know what encounters you will have with fellow citizens, neighbors, so i'm glad to say i played a small role in teaching him the ropes of the illinois senate. the cook served on county board of commissioners in the cook county area of chicago. i've beguned, serving in congress and have been here for a whole two and a half weeks as a member of congress as the number of illinois from the fourth district. >> what advice did you give obama that you still follow today? rep. garcia: i told him, make sure you don't stumble upon arriving here. i taught him some of the protocols of the senate. claims to

s these comrades comradery with the real chicago? for his 60th birthday, that's him on bass.ies to record tunes by his favorite band. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he p youtube and it blasted off like sputnik. >> how many people he seen th youtube? >> more than 30 million views. >> reporter: that was only the ♪eginning. ♪ >> reporter: club owners judy and chris came in next. >> my nephew was searching thro gh youtube forat bands and he said, this is the one you've got to get. >> reporter: so they did and fans linedp u siberian-style chicago weather for the show. >> we can't believe it. >> reporter: jay drove in from michigan. >> they were fantastic. >> reporter: in fact, some real america/russia detente was brewing here. >> the music makes us closer to each other. not political at all for us. >> reporter: before anyone really knew what time it was, the night was over. leonid and friends played a few more u. gigs before heading home to russia where it all began. >> thank you, chicago. ,>> reporter: kevin tibblbc news, illinois. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. tomorrow,