in chicago for the listening tour, i'm jessica gomez.t on the “matter of fact" listening tour -- >> we can be some of the fiercest fighters for racial and economic justice in the country. soledad: meet the woman organizing southerners in an effort she calls rednecks for black lives. soledad: maybe every movement rednecks for black lives seems made for one. beth howard, the rural kentucky campaign director for showing up for racial justice, came up with a slogan that has since become the name of a facebook group interested in racial justice issues. beth: i'm talking with y'all today, my fellow rednecks. my name is beth howard. i grew up in a majority white, working class community in rural eastern kentucky. i'm a hillbilly and a redneck, and i'm showing up in defense of black lives. i wrote the letter rednecks for black lives, and it was in response to the largest uprising of racial justice that i had ever seen or experienced. and it was happening in the wake of the police murder of george floyd and breonna taylor. i was looking at my soc

as one chicago car? put it, the number-one reason kids are coming carjackings is to carry out shootings. nicb partners with law enforcement to resolve this case is. in 2021, nicb assisted a multiregional auto theft task force in the state of new york. we provided an undercover car and operational funds for equipment. 33 individuals have been arrested. nicb appreciate the committee's focus on these serious problems. we believe several measures can be taken at the state and federal levels. they allude increasing unity policing programs -- they include increasing community policing programs. we need more community policing, not less. second, revisit criminal justice were form -- criminal justice reform policy. an act championed by this committee represented a monumental achievement for criminal justice reform, but some jurisdictions may have gone too far. criminal justice reform must be balanced. third, enforce laws as written. some enforcement reform policies have effectively nullified these laws. fourth,

and ed being ed had written to the chicago tribune the major one of the major newspapers in chicago to announce what they had done. and the trip decided that they would send a photographer out to take a picture of this block. and so the neighbors all gathered on the lawn right next to ed cahill's house. and ed and clarence, of course got pride of place as they should have again. that's ed right there. and that's clarence right there. and two of ed's kids he had three children two of his kids got in the picture too. that's his son terry. standing at attention up on the top of the steps. and that's his daughter katie. way in the back right back there. you can barely see her is ed's wife. stella cahill smiling into the 60s stella had good reason to be smiling stella was born a couple of days after christmas in 1916 deep in the polish ghetto of chicago where she for her parents lived? on what her father who was a tailor managed to bring home from his trade? she had an older brother chester and the four of them lived in a tenement deep inside the ghetto. just about two years after her birth

schools and chicago park district. i understand senator cornyn would like to introduce chief eddie garcia. >> i'm happy to welcome chief garcia here to the senate. we were together just last week, talking about the right care initiative there in dallas where mental health professionals deploy with police officers and social workers to try to de-escalate people with mental health crises and divert them to appropriate treatment rather than simply putting them in jail. chief garcia served in san jose before being appointed as the 30th police chief of the dallas police department. he studied administration of justice at de anza college in cupertino, california, and earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice management from union institute and university. in his three decades of serving and protecting our streets chief garcia has built a reputation as one who leads by example. he considers himself a blue collar chief who regularly patrols with new recruits and young officers. since his appointment, chief garcia

sorry the chicago defender the chicago defender the black the black newspaper chicago was then smuggled on the illinois central railroad back into mississippi so that people 10 miles from where the murder site happened could read about the murder and learn about it for the first time by a papers that have been smuggled in from chicago and one of the things i learned from that anecdote is that this was a subversive story. right if you were to go up and ask one of these people, do you know the story of emmett till? even if they did they would say? no, right because you had to smuggle this stuff in. it was stuff you guarded. i mean think of the if you've read the the biography of the activist and moody. she talks about learning the story of emmett till, but never talking about a publicly right all this stuff begins to complicate. what what happened in those decades? i know that's a long-winded answer joseph. thank you. other professors carry over here you've been in a relationship with emmett till now for more than a decade. how has emmett changed? that's a hard question and it's actually

public schools, and chicago parks district. i understand, i understand senator -- chief edgardo garcia of the dallas police department >> thank rematch chairman i'm happy to welcome chief garcia. here to the senate. we were together just last week, talking about the right karen assertive there in dallas where, mental health professionals deploy with police officers and social workers to try to de-escalate people with mental health crises and divert them to appropriate treatment as opposed to just simply putting them in jail. chief garcia spent 29 years as a patrol sergeant, night attentive and homicide investigator in san jose before being appointed in february of 2021 as a 30th police chief of the dallas police department. he study administration of justice at the ends a college in cupertino california and earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice management from union institute and university in his three decades as serving protecting our streets, chief garcetti has built a reputation as one who leads by example

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en chicago, david palomino, " univisiÓn".un Área forestal protegida cerca de un vecindario y el centro nacional de investigaciÓn atmosfÉrica. la fda le advierte a los consumidores que estÁn retirando tres lotes de leche de magnesia debido a una posible contaminaciÓn bacteriana. el producto de venta libre para la acidez estomacal y el estreÑimiento podrÍa causar malestar intestinal si proviene de los lotes contaminados. este que fabrica la leche magnesia dice que algunos lotes tiene suspensiÓn moral, asÍ como paracetamol y magnesio pudieran estar afectados. a sÓlo unas horas de los premios de oscar se finalicen los Últimos detalles en los Ángeles. la gala serÁ totalmente presencial. por primera vez en 35 aÑos contarÁ con tres presentadoras. ademÁs, se entregarÁ un oscar a la pelÍcula mÁs popular votada por el pÚblico a travÉs de twitter. luis fonsi, sebastiÁn yatra y otros cinco miembros estarÁn interpretando el tema nominado oscar. al regresar conoceremos un albergue muy inusual en mÉxico para refugio de inmigrantes. pumas no

chicago, with suburban areas. there are entire departments i have to do multiple shifts with no police officers at all. >> in charlotte suburban area. they are looking for recruits. interestingly they are advertising in washington state and other places getting a flow over, public officials are more kind towards law enforcement officers putting their lives on the line. what a solution to the problem of carjackings? >> we can be part of a broader solution. >> you think it is your problem. >> cars are on the road now but never had the technology that would go into a car two years from now. if we focus on that, we more likely see more filled with cars that wouldn't take advantage of that technology to buy a new car. >> that is an issue. they go after spare parts and more data with the economy going the way it is going. you always evil technology but that's a primary objective. we need to do a better job, bending on crime and carjacking went up, murdering police officers making communities less safe is where we spend

the mayor of the great city of chicago, lori lightfoot.er in the conference in criminal and social justice issues following the murder of george floyd, breonna taylor, and too many others, and the demonstrations that occurred in cities throughout the country in the summer of 2020. mayor lightfoot guided our working group of mayors and police chiefs that produced strong, practical recommendations that mayors could implement to reform the police departments and work towards achieving racial justice. from day one, as mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot has made equity her north star and has made a commitment to all 77 of the city's neighborhoods. she is here to tell us a bit more about her work in communities, a great kickoff to the discussion we'll have with our federal partners later. please join me all together in welcoming chicago mayor lori lightfoot. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much, president suarez. i do want to talk to you a little bit about what we've been doing in the city of chicago to address some of t

this is a complex in the bronzeville neighborhood of chicago, used to be the mecca of black chicago butinvestment. this is a mixed use development where we have affordable housing as well as retail space at the bottom that is bringing new life to this particular area of our city. and this is a area that i really want to talk about, discover put a call center in an abandoned target that left this particular neighborhood. this was one of the most magnificent moments that have experience as mayor. this call center is now one of, discover's best call centers in the country and importantly paying high and wages plus a benefits package that the ceo of the company has his commitment to this community in making sure they're hiring for the community has just been incredibly phenomenal. so we've created through this call center 1000 jobs, 80% of which were hired within a five mile radius of the call center. and this is an impressive 50 million dollar investment. not that was committed to by discover. what you're going to find if you look through these various developments in our southwest corrido

we're from chicago. she went from chicago to new york city and became a buyer which back then for a woman to do that was amazing. she got her pilots license at flushing meadows. he was a dollar sixty i have her whole fight flight love is a dollar sixty a lesson. when she's so loaded made it sounded like it was no big deal and we know it was right she flew for so long and my question is she met my dad she prior to meeting my dad she interviewed with jacqueline cochran's all female pilots. she was accepted to that. she started with them and then decided she really wanted. overseas because jacqueline cochran's strictly on the us flying the men around from base to base. my question is all these women came from all different parts. mom came from chicago and i never understood what in nor did i ask until it was too late to say what is it that drove you gave you the backbone? gave you the nerve to go and get your pilot's license. and be able to do things like we have said men certainly held women back back then

stella was born a couple days after christmas in 1916 deep in the polish ghetto of chicago where she -- where her parents livedo what her father, who was a tailor, managed to bring home from his trade. she had an older brother chester, and the four of them lived in a tentment deep inside the ghetto. just about two years after her birth, her father died, killed by the spanish flu that was raging through the poorest neighborhoods of american cities, and her mother with two children to raise faced the prospect of tumbling into poverty, and she married another polish immigrant, this time a man did not even have a trade that her now deceased husband had, and he made his living on the power of his back, a power that he tended to dissipate, it turned out, by drinking he could not control. all through the 1920s, stella, her brother and her mother and now stepfather lived on the edge of poverty. there's no clearer sign of that than the fact that they moved every single year. every single year all the way through the '20s they lived in this part of town, and then they moved to that part of tow

arlene vive en chicago y resultÓ gravemente herida.e encuentra en condiciÓn crÍtica y trataron de traerla a estados unidos. >> ella estaba muy grave. ha estado rechazando la sangre que le estaban dando. >> le dijeron a mi mamÁ que va a ocupar ocho tornillos en la espina dorsal. leÓn: vamos con una alerta de salud. un estudio encontrÓ que los causados de pre diabetes se duplicaron a mÁs del doble en menos de 20 aÑo. >> un nuevo informe deja al descubierto que casi el 30 por ciento de los adolescentes y jÓvenes en estados unidos cumplen con los criterios de pre diabetes. para el estudio los cientÍficos analizaron los datos de casi 15,000 pacientes para evaluar las tendencias de salud entre el 99 y el 18. la tasa de pre diabetes pasÓ de 1.6 por ciento al 28.2%. los investigadores sugieren que la mayorÍa de los niÑos deberÍan realizar actividad fÍsica mÁs tiempo y disfrutar el tiempo al aire libre, seguir una dieta saludable y dormir lo suficiente. >> podemos llegar a nuestros hogares con comida sana y balanceada. >> ellos no consumen soda

please join me in welcoming chicago mayor lori lightfoot.plause] lori: thank you so much, president suarez. i want to talk a little bit about what we've been doing in the city of chicago to address some of the long-standing disinvestment and racial inequity in our city. but i do want to start by thanking all of our federal partners for the leadership in getting through the american rescue plan as well as the bipartisan infrastructure legislation. in particular, listening to this conference and making sure the cities got direct allocations. it is going to make a world of difference, transform people's lives, not only in cities like chicago, but we're going to be able to do something really power. that will have generational impacts on the issues in our city. as mayor suarez said, come intg my tenure as mayor almost three years ago, i really focused on equity and inclusion. what i knew in my city is that there were too many people who had been left behind. chicago is a great, prosperous city but not all our community, all of our people, were b

arlette y vive en chicago y resultÓ gravemente herida. viajÓ a morelia un familiar de estas dos hermanas donde dice que la joven de 16 aÑos se encuentra en condiciÓn crÍtica y tratan desesperadamente de traerla estados unidos para que continÚe su tratamiento mÉxico. arlette silva recibiÓ disparos en cada una de sus piernas y en uno de sus pulmones. >> ella estÁ muy grave, desde que paso y ya he estado muy grave. ha estado rechazando la sangre que le estaban dando. >> y le dijeron a mi mamÁ que ocuparon ocho tornillos en la espina dorsal. david: esta familia se aferra a la esperanza que por lo menos una de estas dos hermanas logre subir vivir. —— sobrevivir. leÓn: vamos a un alerta de esa luz sobre el aumento de azÚcar en la sangre de los niÑos. la pre diabetes se haduplicado a mÁs del doble en el Último aÑo. galo arellano tiene la informaciÓn. >> un nuevo estudio publicado en la prestigiosa revista mÉdica deja al descubierto que casi el 30% de los adolescentes y jÓvenes en estados unidos cumplen con criterios de pre diabetes. >> cuando no

en chicago, univisiÓn. ilia: pasamos a temas de salud.ara mayores de 50 aÑos y para personas con sistemas inmunolÓgicos comprometidos. podrÁn aplicÁrsela cuatro meses despuÉs de haber recibido el primer refuerzo. ambas farmacÉuticas afirman que la protecciÓn de refuerzo inicial se debilita despuÉs de varios meses. blanca rosa nos tiene mÁs. blanca: alrededor de 34 millones de norteamericanos serÍan elegibles para recibir la segunda dosis de refuerzo aanti covid ahora que las autoridades federales aprobaron su uso. >> si asÍ nos toca. blanca: a sus 69 aÑos josÉ dice que serÁ uno de los primeros en recibirla. >> por la salud hago todo lo que sea. blanca: a los mayores de 60 se recomienda su aplicaciÓn cuatro meses despuÉs de haber recibido la primera dosis de refuerzo . asÍ como a los mayores de 50 con problemas mÉdicos. >> esto preocupa mucho porque si de nuevo soles una variante que sea mÁs virulenta, mÁs peligrosa y contagiosa, no puedes atrapar con las manos vacÍas. blanca: se refiere a que el gobierno federal hace algunos dÍas dijo no

i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.bs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> protesting russia and helping the pain, a busy day in the south bay as people try to make a difference. >>> today was a day of fundraising is all over the bay area people were looking for ways to help the people of ukraine. >>> a woman in the east bay missing for more than a month and volunteers trying to find her and -- >> i'm speechless, i have no words i'm devastated. >> california community coming together after a tragedy hits home. >>> we began tonight with the war in ukraine. >> able in the bay area showing support for the country fighting against russia as people in san jose focused on what the tech industry can do. >> reporter: a larger crowd rallied in front of san jose city hall with a specific message keep tech out of this war . >> technologies were created not for destroying humanity, and not to destroy democracy and freedom, they were created for the world to be more connected, and to build a brighter future pi

en chicago, david palomino, univisiÓn.l edificio del consulado durante la noche del domingo. los delincuentes se oponÍan a la extradiciÓn de juan gerardo treviÑo " el huevo". el fÚtbol mexicano ha tomado una decisiÓn drÁsticapara tratar de evitar que ocurra de nuevo una tragedia como esa horrenda batalla campal el querÉtaro. patricia: desde el prÓximo mes de abril se prohÍben las barras de los equipos que jueguen de visitante en los partidos de la liga profesional. leon: los estadios de fÚtbol son lugares para la alegrÍa y convivencia y no para el miedo y la violencia. alejandro nos tiene los detalles. alejandro: por los actos criminales de aficionados de los gallos blancos de querÉtaro, tirehigos ——directivos rindieron cuenta los diputadosesa que no son autoridad, dicen, erradicar la violencia en los estados de fÚtbol despuÉs de la brutalidad. >> estamos cerrando primero el espacio para los grupos visitantes. estamos hablando que ya no se permiten menores. estamos hablando que ya no se permiten apoyos econÓmicos. alejandr

in chicago, you can't turn on and hear a voice that supports the boot in invasion. i don't know, you know, there's some pretty ambiguous stuff on fox news about the putin invasion, you know, i thought, so. i, you know, i think, i think it's, it's thrown a bit of a wild card into the republican parts of republican party because president trump was a big fan. and so, you know, i think so the trumpet, trump put on the fierce a sanctions on russia during his tenure to me. i mean, he but he also said complimentary things about puts in as a leader. yeah. so how far do you think individuals as way of processing history, you're talking about putin themselves work your academic field because i thought that that kind of fashion of thomas carlyle, we lost that maybe 50 years ago or more? no, i think you're right. i think i think that the tendency in social science is definitely to down play the role of leaders, you know, and i think it's difficult. i don't think we have a really good sense of the extent to which puts in is kind of reflecting a more general russian sort of posi

conflict studies at the university of chicago harris school of public policy. thank you so much sir. at professor robinson coming back on so away from obviously there was a bombing of yemen this week that the bombing of damascus this week. but there's only one story, obviously, as regards some, well what's in your title of your rub chair, but the best job global conflict is ukraine. given now that a, it appears mosque, who may be cutting off energy supplies or threatening to, why didn't they just try that to avenge the 14000 killed in lieu hands can don't yet go over the buster since 2014. then a full scale invasion. and i think there was some people in the hoover institution saying, why didn't he try cia activities, destabilizes and ends. he government, why send in armored personnel carriers in the military? and as we witnessed the pictures of, of death and destruction of civilians on all our tv screens. well i, you know, i don't think this is really about economics. i think it's about, you know, some national project nationalist project in putins mind. you kn

isolate russia from the world economy, with russian oil exports under fire will join even after chicago's economist, political scientist, professor james robinson of global conflict studies at the university of chicago, harris school of public policy. thank you so much. sure. that professor robinson coming back on so away from obviously there was a bombing of yemen this week that the bombing of damascus this week. but there's only one story, obviously, as regards some. well, what's in your title of your um chair, vest, ship global. gov, the it is ukraine given now that it appears mosque who may be cutting off energy supplies or threatening to why didn't they just try that to avenge the 14000 killed in lieu hands can don't yet go over the buster since since 2014. then their full scale invasion, and i think there was some people in the hoover institution saying, why didn't he try cia activities to destabilize the zelinski government? why send in armored personnel carriers in the military? and as we witnessed the pictures of, of death and destruction of civilians on all our t v. well, i, you

en chicago, david palomino, univisiÓn. >> seguimos en chicago donde siete hombres fueron alcanzados por estado crÍtico y las demÁs estÁn en estado grave. la policÍa no estÁ de segura de si el tiroteo fue dirigido o fue resultado de una discusiÓn. el lÍder del cartel jalisco nueva generaciÓn en colima fue capturado en zapopan. el presunto criminal era tambiÉn buscado por las autoridades estadounidenses. y el colectivo de madres >> buscadora de personas desaparecidas en mÉxico dio un paso mÁs allÁ en la fronteras de su paÍs y le pidiÓ ayuda internacional para poder encontrar a sus familiares ya que aseguran que el gobierno mexicano no las ha apoyado. enviÓ una carta al parlamento para que asÍ sean escuchadas. sandra argüelles tiene el informe. >> 47 periodistas han sido asesinados en el 2018 convirtiendo a mÉxico uno de los paÍses mÁs peligrosos. luego de la polÍtica que se desatarÁ el colectivo solicitÓ al euro cÁmara una reuniÓn para dar a conocer la situaciÓn de los desaparecidos en nuestro paÍs. dicen que la idea es informar al mundo el horror que permanece en este paÍs sobre las desa

chicago se une a las ciudades que estÁn protestando contra la regla, entre ellos muchos hispanos queiscalÍa de querÉtaro e investiga los implicados en los incidentes. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. este es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana. >> vamos a ver estas imÁgenes de unas residencias. este hombre logra escuchar la fuerte detonaciÓn. maite: los residentes salen despavoridos. hombres y mujeres de todas las edades con las pocas pertenencias que llevan . algunos con mucho esfuerzo tratando de salvar sus vidas.un cuando de repente se escucha otro bombardeo, y estos caen al piso. [explosiones] como pueden ver, logran ponerse de pie y llegar hacia donde se encuentran militares ucranianosquienes les ayudan a cruzar sobre un tronco que ha sido puesto a mitad de la carretera para evitar el paso de los rusos. elian: entre el susto, el pÁnico y la desesperaciÓn se ponen de pie, cruzan la carretera principal nuevamente guiados de la mano de los uniformados ucranianos para sacarlosa salvo de lo que ellos conocen como su ciudad hacia un rumbo desconocido. y como hemos visto, a solo horas de

tonight, former "empire" actor jussie smollett is in chicago's cook county jail, serving 150 days for has stoked now. smollett never showing any remorse. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: today, in a chicago courtroom, the three-year-long legal saga of actor jussie smollett came to an explosive end. >> i'm not suicidal! i am not suicidal, and i am innocent! >> reporter: a defiant smollett shouting as he was led out, after being sentenced to 30 months probation, with the first 150 days to be served as chicago's notorious cook county jail, where he's spending his first night. >> you put the noose around your own neck. >> reporter: smollett, who was convicted of five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making a false report that he have the victim of a hate crime, could have faced up to three years in prison per count. >> you haven't stopped lying. that's where you're here today. >> i was shocked and surprised. jailtime for falsely reporting a crime is not something you see in the criminal justice system. >> reporter: before the sentence was handed down, a stream of supporters, w

caller: chicago, where i was born and raised is -- it is interesting to live in chicago today. i come from a rich political history in the shoes -- the city, and him as well as the former first lady, i believe in hope and when you have people who believe in hope, miraculous things can happen. there is a lot of work to be done here. i am optimistic that we can do it if we are altogether unified. >> you get one more question and i am done. not one caller all night has brought up the fact that masks have gone away as of today. and if they weren't wearing them for the most part in the chamber and no one talked about covid tonight. is this a dead issue? caller: it is funny that you mention that. i did notice that. i think that was an opportunity where president biden could have educated the american people. there were comments tonight about how no one at the gallery was wearing masks, but the cdc said today that we are going to lessen mass -- mask mandates. this could have been an opportunity for president biden to talk more about the importance of looking at science, trusting in ou

in chicago, you can't turn on and hear a voice that supports the boot in invasion. i don't know, you know, there's some pretty ambiguous stuff on fox news about the food invasion. you know. ok. so i, you know, i think, i think it's, it's thrown a bit of a wild card into the republican parts of republican party because president trump was a big fan. and so, you know, i think so trumpet, trump put on the fierce a sanctions on russia during his tenure to me. i mean, he but he also said complimentary things about puts in as a leader. yeah. so how far do you think individuals, way of processing history, you're talking about putin themselves work your academic field because i thought that that kind of fashion of thomas carlyle. we lost the hatch or maybe 50 years ago or more? no, i think you're right. i think i think that the tendency in social science is definitely to down play the role of leaders, you know, and i think it's difficult. i don't think we have a really good sense of the extent to which puts in is kind of reflecting a more general russian sort of position. b

i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.red by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org live from the cbs bay area studios. kpix 5 news. >>> clearing the wreckage of a fiery crash that's battled fire crews. we have the latest on the investigation. >> a young girl found dead in a central valley home. the man police are searching for tonight in connection with her death. >>> it's a bit of a band aid to temper pain. not a real solution. >> will an extra uber fee help drivers pay for rising gas prices ? why some say it's just not enough. >>> and how communities across the bay area are showing support for ukraine today as russian troops inch closer to the capitol city. >>> i mean, i've even heard cases where, you know, they've been threatened with guns. >> a plea tonight from the paradise mayor, why he says some angry residents are lashing out at pg&e workers >>> today for the first time investigators started moving the cal train involved in a baffling accident on the peninsula. >> the train crash into a constr

he grew up on the south side of chicago with his grandparents and cousins.f 1955 he turned 14-years-old ready to start eighth grade in the fall. before school started he wanted to visit his cousins in mississippi. his mom dropped him off at the train station in chicago and the family -- she told him the rules he had to follow, quote, be careful how you speak. say yes sir and no ma'am and do not hesitate to humble yourself if you have to get down on your knees,." that same speech and admonition to many black parents still have to use that to chill their children when it comes to encounters with law enforcement and so many other circumstances. she kissed him goodbye and it was the last time she saw her son alive. days after he arrived in mississippi his mutilated body was found in the river. a barbed wire tied around his neck and a fan attached to the wire as he was thrown into the river. demanding her son be sent home so the funeral in chicago could be an open casket. she said let the people see what i see in america and the world saw what she saw. he was bor