today there are about 50 cities in the world that are the main competitor and economic drivers. chicago is one of them. to seize the next decade for the people of the city of chicago for greater job growth and economic opportunity, we, too, have to have a business strategy. and growing our export part of our economy is essential. and making sure that the manufacturers that are in chicago can stay there and grow there means i got to give them better infrastructure, i got to give them better skilled workers to pull, from and i've got to give them greater markets to go seize. we are now putting in place the strategy to move up from tenth to where we belong on that list of american cities with an export-driven economy. it has worked for boeing. and i'm happy because boeing is based in chicago. it has worked for caterpillar, an illinois-based company. it has worked for john deere, another illinois-based company. lit now be our strategy to make it work for all the manufacturers, the 100,000 that have 500 or less employees in the chicago area and now have an export strategy that's beyond eithe

million per project will be put into the trust in order to put men and women to work for the city of chicagolly to rebuild the infrastructure we sell lacko lack... the airlines and that the city of chicago came together and created the world's busiest airport why can't we recreate something chicagoans pave the way for many years ago. >> the mayor says he is in a hurry to get this program going so he can get money to fund this program so he can put people back to work. the aldermen are now speaking pros and cons plucked an earlier headcount confirms this will pass. >> senator mark kirk continues to make good progress as he recovers from a stroke. doctors at the rehabilitation institute of chicago announced this morning he is mentally sharp and meets with his staff nearly every day to discuss policy issues in global current events. they also claim he has walked more than 10 mawson's his arrival. the 52 year-old center suffered the stroke more than three months ago we wish him a continued recovery. >> stay with us the tom skilling is next with the full forecast how is it that april is colder th

kelly, who was a democrat, and got his support in passing a fair employment practice act in the city of chicago that de priest had introduced in the city council, which, by the way, had failed in the state legislature in illinois earlier that year. he wrote an open letter addressed to his republican voters, friends and citizens in 1944 because he had been -- by lambasted by the chicago newspapers for supporting kelly, who was a democrat. he said, and i quote "i contend then and i still contend that if negro people are good enough to give their lives for their country, they are then entitled wherever qualified to hold any position in their country's government which they are helping to maintain through their taxes, their blood, and their loyalty." i thought this really hits a nail on the head where oscar de

kelly, who was a democrat, and got his support in passing a fair employment practice act in the city of chicago that depriest had introduced in the city council, which by the way had failed in the state legislature in illinois earlier that year. he wrote an open letter to citizens of 1944 because he had been lam basted by the chicago newspapers for supporting kelly, who was a democrat. he said, and i quote "i contend then and i still contend that if negro people are good enough to give their lives for their country, they are then entitled whenever qualified to hold any position in their country's government which they are helping to maintain through their taxes, their blood, and their loyalty." i thought this really hits a nail on the head where oscar deprees where the core of his character really came from. [ applause ] >> thank you, phil. we'll have don next. >> thank you, again, everyone. i really won't bore you with more. i do have two observations. one of the things that really is particularly fascinating to me is when you start thinking about what life was like if you were live living in

chicago, the robert f. kennedy foundation in the city of chicago, the nobel peace prize winners from around the world. i wanted the kitds to have this opportunity. as did the robert f. kennedy foundation, to speak and learn from people who stood up and made a difference for peace, made a difference for economic and social and political justice. >> take a short break. i want to come back, and i want you to put your teacher's hat on, to give a little school report on president obama. and also your ideas for how to keep america great. >> we are all very excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge for which he is extraordinarily well qualified. but we're also losing an incomparable leader of our staff and one who we are going to miss very much. does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help ne

chicago police. north side stations busy redlined getting $86 million makeover adjusting to the routes it seven stations close at 40 modeling. >> city of chicago getting great use of these stations after a 100 years time for facelift time for modernization to give the people on the red line with the people on the brown line have seen it since changes >> mayor rahm emmanuel and the other bidder says create jobs boost the economy workers providing a platform like waterproofing also installed a new floors doors and windows stops stops from lawrence to jarvis will close 6 weeks at a time, granville june 1st >> help people in cook top in and incapacitated and question that needs to be raised >> in joining the extra walking going to be said to have it close down. >> note to adjacent stations shut down at the same time the work should be done by the end of the year and not the only rail line for improvements cta working on metra congressman bobby rush threatening to shutdown the project it does not include local contractors and other companies talking about why on politics tonight tonight. >> chronic unemployment in most of these areas tha

and then extended to his involvement in the chicago city council from 1915 to 1917. he was the city's first blacking alderman and represented ward two. when his predecessor in congress representative martin b. maddon died suddenly of a heart attack after having secured the republican nomination to his 13th term, the republican machine backed depriest. congratulatory letters and telegrams from all over the world poured into chicago for him. not much is known about the young life of congressman depriest's wife, jesse. however, she was born september 3rd, 1870, in rockford, illinois and was the daughter of james and emma williams who were both originally from pennsylvania. james was born in 1840, worked as a farmer, and was registered as a white man on the 1880 federal sentence. federal census. his wife, emma, was classified as a milano, born in 1839 and listed as a homemaker for her family. it is known that she was a music teacher before she and oscar married. with jim crow conditions for bailing in both the north and south in 1929, congressman and mrs. depriest reside

the city of chicago is talking about consolidating 12 mental health centers into sex ... in order to streamline services many here feel that the money needed to save them as just a drop in the bucket for the mayor ... >>if you can raise $1 billion from an african-american president you can come out with a $3 million that we need for the center ... >>the impact on the consolidation consequences have been weighed ... >>if we keep continuing to do this and privatize everything we can ... what do people in the city feel is acceptable in terms of how we treat those on the bottom of the socio-economic ladder ... within the last hour there protesters believe they were wrongfully evicted their meeting with attorneys to determine their next move ... they're planning a 2:00 p.m. press conference to announce the next move will keep you posted a man is charged with beating to death his girlfriend's two year- old daughter and he will face a bond judge this afternoon 23 year-old devell m. johnson is accused of murdering a armaney cotton at his home in the englewood.neighborhood on satu

the chicago city council approved mayor emanuel's plan to raise private money for public projects. it's called the chicago infrastructure trust. the mayor says the plan will help the city pay for projects it can't otherwise afford. he also claims it will create thousands of jobs. the mayor will appoint a board to oversee the trust ... and one of those board members will be an alderman. the city council will vote on all projects that involve *city* assets and property. that's a concession to aldermen who were worried about the lack of transparency or accountability. we now know details about the security perimeter for the nato conference. lake shore drive will be closed from 31st to roosevelt. on the north end of mccormick place, 21st street will be closed from indiana to lake michigan. and indiana will be closed from 21st to 25th street. i-55 from lake shore drive to the dan ryan will also be shut down while dignitaries are on the move. the nato summit takes place may 20th and may 21st. plans to build a new children's museum have been called off. aldermen voted to build a 100- milli

pattern, but that loss -- but that will not last very long. 58 in cleveland. 68 in chicago. 92 degrees in kansas city. a 32 degree temperatures spread between chicago and kansas city. the low pressure systems love to develop on the temperature contrast. that area of low pressure will be dropping south and east in bringing the unsettled weather into the mid-atlantic. the heaviest of the rain is aimed right now at northern virginia and southern maryland. lighter rain showers from baltimore, north. there could be thunderstorms late afternoon and early evening tomorrow. we will get sunshine back, but a breezy, cold day on friday. it will not last long. another system rolls in from the west on saturday. this will be a chilly rain to start the weekend, maybe even cold enough for a wintry mix. it rain tomorrow. thunderstorms south of baltimore. probably will not get out of the '50s in the northern suburbs. close to 70 south of baltimore. small craft advisory. winds shifting tomorrow. waves averaging about a foot. thunderstorms likely tomorrow. that sets the stage for the cold rain on saturday. sunny and bre

of the shooting, the chicago pd arrests 120 maniac latin disciples. >> when the cops come to sweep not only did you send a message to the maniac latin disciples, but all gangs citygators go to meet with one of their informants, lefty, in the meantime. >> everybody's scared right now. superintendent of chicago police said he's coming after all maniac latin disciples. everybody heard him so everybody's scared. >> lefty claims that the shooter acted alone without authorization from the gang. he had been fighting with some latin kings but now not even his own gang will defend him. >> nobody in the right state of mind. he took action upon himself. and now he's got to pay for it. nobody behind him on that [ muted ]. he's popped. >> as the maniac latin disciples wait for the dust to settle, their drug sales dry up. they also expect their rivals, the latin kings, to retaliate, since they were the intended targets of the shooting. for poncho and lefty, the stakes suddenly couldn't be higher. >> to me it was like a sign or something. because it just happened just because of that. i sat there and i was like oh, my god, what did i get myself into? damn, it can be for the be

] the controversial plan to put speak cameras near schools and parks in chicago may move forward at city hall today. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair that story in just a minute but first: we have a live report from tonya francisco ... >>illinois state police have been investigating human remains found here on the interstate 55 no identification has been found autopsy results are pending. a telecommunications worker in the area yesterday afternoon discovered these remains in a grassy area just south of the interest that interstate ... the illinois police is now investigating. these remains were found partially clothed no information as far as identity age or gender of these remains illinois state police are working investigation and we will stay with it and provide that information as soon as it becomes available a city council plans to drop the fine for speeding ... but the cameras will have something to do with it ... when it comes to the mayor's speech camera plan the aldermen in the city would like to slow things down >>the speed bumps are everywhere in chicago

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i'm the mayor of the city of chicago. focused on what's happening in englewood, little village, in our community and neighborhoods here. that individual case, there's a gun element to it. there's a racial element to it. there's criminal justice. i think the policies on those type of gun laws are the opposite why i fought for the brady bill and the juvenile brady bill. my time, my energy is making sure the kids in the city of chicago can walk to school thinking of their studies, not their safety. >> half the states in america -- >> not illinois. illinois stands out. >> i know that. but mayor bloomberg has been very vocal saying stand your ground is unacceptable. do you agree with that? >> yeah. it's totally unacceptable. i would like to see our state which is why i introduced a law as it relates buying a title for a gun like you do for a car or anything else. but my time and energy is not to the case in miami. there's enough voices to that. i have my thoughts on it. my time and energy is making sure our police departments

the chicago city council appears close to approving two controversial ordinances backed by mayor emanuel. some community groups are still concerned the infrastructure trust and speed cameras plans are not in the best interest of chicagoans. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's robert jordan is live at city hall with today's top story. the supporters of both measures say that the city is broke and out of money and that a partnership between financial institutions the city and private interests are a good way to repair infrastructure and make capital improvements but the council says that the measure has not been an ins acted nearly enough >>we need equity and accountability ... >>summit to assess steak that community groups want to make sure that this infrastructure trust doesn't go through without checks and balances attached to the measure ... they complain that some of the deals in the past were flawed and were pushed through the council hastily >>now they're putting in

wgntv.com >> the city is hoping to squeeze more money out of taste of chicago to break even and mayor to a done deal city council committee today $25 charging city looking for a turnaround after three years in the red next step council taking a boat. best deal in town and tom skilling seven day forecast >> absolutely warmer weather and rainfall we hope not too much of a good thing we do need somehigh pressure has dominated the last couple of days. right in the center of the band is like to turn southeast and the afternoon. moving into friday clouds showers trying to fight later in the day. from time to time the rest of the weekend a very wet. thunderstorms tonight the wind is light but look at you went to the west pumping up moisture and warm air. thunderstorms and down parts of the plains states beginning of the storm a blossoming tonight. days to come we will talk more about that. making its way and waves. 5-6 day. not all at once look how the temperature 61-65 on friday 75 on saturday. chilly weather we have seen the last couple of days. coming up jonathan toews so ready to go tomo

in north american cities like chicago, automobiles, extensive highway systems and communication networksve accelerated suburban sprawl and made possible a new kind of urban area. "edge cities" are full-fledged employment "subcenters" far from the central city. but there may be a cost to such rapid land use change: farmland loss. productive farmland becomes a nonrenewable resource, lost forever, when it is used for housing, commercial or industrial development. and the pace at which america's st productive farmland is being lost has alarmed some geographers. we're standing on the new edge of chicago's suburban frontier. behind me is a farm that will be gone in five years-- literally wiped out. we're seeing the black dirt that took thousands of years to develop. what will be in its place is suburban development. narrator: but it's not nostalgia for days gone by that concerns geographer richard greene. at northern illinois university, he's studying development patterns around the chicago metropolitan area, and what worries him is the science and economics of what's being lost. green: the so

is ranked as the fifth greenest city in between portland in chicago are savannah georgiainneapolis st. paul and denver from green cities to a potential red state republicans bring their message to the swing state of wisconsin before tuesday's primary also a dangerous rescue in china and it was all caught on tape. an outbreak of gang violence and murders chicagos englewood neighborhood at the center of negative headlines nationwide recently, but it wasn't always such a violent area tune in to see ltv this tuesday night at 10 for target englewood. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare stronger for all of us. and a few candidates are making their way across the

you're hosting in your city nato. >> in about two weeks we're having 14 nobel peace prize winners, gorbachev, the dalai lama are all coming to chicagond doing programs throughout the schools and it's done with robert kennedy. so it's prior to that, about a month before the nato leaders come are going to be, it's the only city in america that all the nobel leaders are coming. they did it in paris, berlin, in rome and now chicago. and i do think this, the world competition economics is down to about 50 to 60 mega cities around the world. the cities are driving that economic competition. we're the places innovation, we're the places of diversity that's going to be america's strength. we're the places that people with ph.d. want to live and four year degrees and also want to thrive for their familiar lays. that's the innovation for the businesses and mega cities are those epi centers. that competition is at america's interest to invest in those cities not to see the sprawl and i think our density and all the things that come with it are our strategic advantages that now have to be played to our strengths. >> which means they've got to v

you're taking to the skies, airport delays are possible in los angeles, san francisco, salt lake city and chicagoright. here we go again with this story. a jetblue flight had to make an emergency landing in suburban new york city last night after at least one bird smashed into the plane's windshield. you can see the remnants there. after takeoff, the pilot radioed he had pit two big geese. >> the plane returned safely to the westchester county airport. passengers boarded another flight to west palm beach. no one onboard was hurt. a delta flight was forced to land after a bird strike last thursday. this wasn't technically a bird strike since the birds didn't go into the engine. >>> other news this morning. an amber alert has been issued for a 5-year-old heart patient whose father drove him away from a hospital in st. louis. parter stone is awaiting a heart transplant. he was released from st. louis children's hospital yesterday. that's when his father who is separated from porter's mother drove off with the child. >>> police in tucson are wrapping up their search for a little girl who went missing

for the first time chicago mayor daley will answer questions about ron burch ... the victim of police for totality is suing the city of chicago after serving 24 a years in prison his conviction was overturned ... the former state's attorney at the time he was never giving a deposition ... we're going to ask him about relevant questions during that time he was state's attorney and the khmer ... and what he mayor of chicago what he knew and why the death penalty came into play the attorneys will get together to discuss limitations on the deposition ... only four more jurors need to be chosen for the trial of william belfour the man accused of murdering three members of the singer jennifer hudson family monica schneider's live with cook county criminal court building with the latest in a line we are down to picking the final four members of the jury panel the defendant william balfour was dressed for court he if convicted he can spend the rest of his life in courtjail ... he committed those murders in october 2008 ... prosecutors say that he shot them all because he was enraged in a jealous fit he was married to jenni

>>chicago's englewood neighborhood at night through the eyes of the city's top cop.t, the new strategies to fighting gang violence in the community. h@ ' have a live update from daniel. >> i'm about 20 mi. east from downtown dallas for about 20-40 homes were damaged. this one is the worst you can see all but one of back peace. 20-24 homes were damaged. officials tell me only some minor injuries and no serious injuries and no deaths. this came right in the middle of the afternoon so the most people are at work people listened to their warnings and got to safe places. right now there's a curfew in place. for those that don't have a place to live tonight a shelter has been set up at an elementary school. everybody is very grateful this evening that there were no serious injuries or deaths. . >> that's an amazing story. it's unbelievable. no fatalities. >> let's go to the tom skilling in the weather center. >> we have for tornado seminar coming of one week from saturday. attached noon. we have full details on our website it's one week from this saturday. our weather. tom

chicago. >> put in writing because they will not believe it until they see it in writing. the citysaid the streets are too narrow the protest begins here at the petrillo band shell. i think this city would have been in a bad way if they decided to deny that which they apply for word in the forest place.first place. historic cle with these national special security events we can come in and put in sweeping barriers barriers around mccormick place could keep the protesters from being seen and heard and while the city has rejected bayer's request for back up the department transportation did have this to say in the event the secret service doesn't make specific security zones... >> we have the right to take our message directly there. >> the rally starts at noon here on sunday may 20th as the march to mccormick place begins at 2:00 that afternoon. >> it's the third act of vandalism against st. said on a church the pastor thinks it's intimidation and police hope surveillance video will catch the culprit. >> there is no evidence of it now but it 2:00 a.m. when chicago police came knocki