. >>> thousands of teachers gathered in chicago city park today for one of the largest rallies since the union strike began last week. union leaders were back at the negotiating table today and discussing new customer sticking points and a teacher evaluation system and union demands that teachers get preference when positions become available. if approved, the students would be back in the classroom by monday. >>> we are following a developing story overseas where the controversy over topless pictures of kate middleton continues. despite the privacy concern, prince william and his wife are continuing their tour of the far east. form's paul harrison has more. >> reporter: rising above it all. firmly holding on to each other. william and kate are hoisted high up into the jungle canopy. facing the challenge together. here, in the tranquility and solitude of the rain forest, the trials of the past 24 hours will seem just that little bit farther away. >> your favorite orangutan. >> and as more time is pushing to publish the topless photographs, it is hard to escape. in reaction to the new

city. that's a look at the time saver traffic. >>> more than 700 miles away, they are in different school districts. why is a local group of activists gathering on behalf of chicago teachers on strike? western high school in baltimore city and sherrie johnson is live this morning, what does chicago have to do with baltimore. >> reporter: local activists will gather here in north baltimore, take to the streets for a picket line and a press conference to follow. they want to support teachers who are defying big business and mayor. they support the teachers making sacrifices for students, teachers, working and communities everywhere. a chicago judge has scheduled a hearing on a possible injunction to end the chicago teachers strike for wednesday at 10:30 a.m. chicago city attorneys filed a brief saying the strike is illegal, the union is scheduled to meet to decide whether to end the walkout. if union delegates call off the strike, students could be if class by wednesday. labor and education experts called it a good deal for the union, includes pay raises in a for teacher evaluation. process >> it's pretty straight forward. our goal is to do everything we can, possi

chicago city attorneys filing a -- sherry, thank you for being here with us, can you tell us about whyyou are going to be here on the picket line and supporting the chicago teachers? >> sure. we believe it takes courage to stand up for what is right. the issues are universal. questions of class size, questions of the right to education, it's a universal ob shoe that affects baltimore city and people and the country. any time someone stands for something right, we should all be behind them and supporting them, we are worried about the injunction. activists had to come together, stand with our teachers, around the country. >> what about those people saying get the students in class. they are missing class. >> reporter: what is interesting is two things, the student in chicago and parents have been support ive of the teachers. some issues impact the students, like class size, the administration, the school system wants to increase class size to 55 students. this harms students. they have been supporting teachers. teachers are parents, too. i talked to some chicago friends of mine, some ha

hearing on a possible injunction to end the chicago teachers strike for wednesday at 10:30 a.m., chicago city attorneys filed a brief saying the strike is illegal by the time a judge hears the case the union may have voted to end the strike. the union is scheduled to meet at 3:00 p.m. >> the fact that they can't be in classs is disappointing to me. that's where they need to b. we are losing ground every day they are not there. >> please go back to work. put our kids in school. >> they need time to go back to the members and think clearly about what this represents. we have gone without pay for fife days. that's an important decision that wasn't made lightly. when they come back they want to do it with a clear conscience. >> reporter: a number of those activists will gather here in front of western high school about 3:30 this afternoon, again to hit the picket line and hold a news conference. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> the suspect in the murder trial of an elderly pikesville couple, he has been found overdosed at hotel room in oklahoma. when police took in long to the emergency room, ther

look at the polling in chicago, the vast majority of voters and parents are on the side of the teachers, not the mayor. >> that goes to the stockholm syndrome that afflicts the city which is why it should be quarantined. >> you're talking politics. i can tell you rahm emanuel has very little sympathy among the parents in chicago who see that the teachers have the best interests of their kids at heart, not the mayor. >> what i do not understand, i'll be very sincere. i don't live in chicago but i've done some homework on this. 15% of fourth graders -- 15% of fourth graders are proficient in reading and roughly half graduate from high school. those are what i call real bad numbers. >> absolutely. >> for the teachers' union to object to any decent performance standards is off the charts. >> it's not a decent performance standards. >> is off the charts wrong. >> it's not a decent performance standard. >> rambo wants performance standards and your teachers' union won't give it to them. >> first not my teachers' union. i'm a parent, not a teacher. if you ask any an expert in this area including the national academy of sciences whom i hope you trust, larry, they say thi

this morning, the teacher's union in the city of chicago went out on strike. it leaves students running for a place to go and parents with no options, just as the union said it had no other option. and like any big city population in our country, nothing is simple, a complicated system with hundreds of thousands of innocent victims. there was a big protest rally called there by the union in chicago, we start with the story. >> reporter: brian, the crowd is starting to thin somewhat, but thousands of teachers have been walking in the streets of downtown chicago. and police were so concerned about it they blocked off the street, right in the middle of this big city's rush hour, causing a lot of concern for many people. but this is right near the headquarters of where the city school administration is conducting business. and the business at hand right now is how do they get all of these thousands of teachers who are on the streets back into the classrooms. it has been a thorny issue. they had hoped in negotiations leading up to this for weeks and months that this

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we then reviewed other studies that have been done, primarily a study done in the city of chicago, that tracked the impact of the opening of what is called a wal-mart supercenter. in that city. and they reviewed the impact on similar retail establishments within the area. and on sales tax and on jobs. and then we relied on another study that used the chicago methods, but applied it to new york city for potential opening of a wal-mart in manhattan. a few disclosures on this. we weren't reviewing a specific project or a specific store or a specific location. so this is a more general approach and we had to make some assumptions because of that. relying on some other studies that have been done, we were able to do so and apply those to san francisco. there were data limitations. there is no great data source that has all the information that you were asking about. so that we could roll it all up and present a neat package. we have had to go to many different sources with limitations. first on the topic of labor and employee health standard because one of your questions, supervisor mar, wha

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the mayor of the city of chicago is taking some time to be here and i think he can actually walk and chew gum at the same time, i am very confident that he can do both things. i am sure that he is taking the steps. the negotiators are at the table where they should be at working on the issues i am very hopeful. optimism but no answers from the president's education. former chicago school ceo taking the dnc stage open to take mitt romney to school. under the romney ryan budget to education would be caught, by as much as 20%. no matter where you come from or what you look like or what your background or who you love america is the place where you can't ensure they will be a level playing field. it's not rhetoric, it's what they believe it's about getting that sense of what is at stake in getting people who are willing to make the phone call and get them out to vote. and there has been a lot of concern about the sense that many are disenfranchised. a lot feel that they are not better off than they were four years ago. is it loud in here or is it just me? >> it's loud in there. last- min

she must've been a bad teacher so she was not allowed to take another regular position with the chicago city schools instead down the road there was another school a charter school opened up now they were able to get someone who really had a wonderful reputation tremendous experience high degrees and they were willing to work at twenty nine thousand dollars a year or less as you can guess it was the same teacher the chart schools are being filled with the same teachers that they said were bad and incompetent and now they're going to the wonderful charter schools that mayor rahm emanuel is set up except they're taking salary cuts of thirty forty and fifty percent and after i published a story today we got a dozen teachers who told the same story what i'm not doing prize greg this is not a democratic versus republican issue is not i mean democrats and drinking the same kool-aid i think. well reprint flavors ok the democrats want states officer chartered schools for a few kids and just keep in mind what that means that means that most kids will be left in the uncharted waters no life jackets an

have those frost warnings for this evening that's for the far northwest suburbs it will not enter chicago citythis evening there is the warning for wild fires out west and the plains states it's been cooler here ... we are looking at the low forties for the overnight temperatures last night ... it has not been as cool as it was this morning not since the end of may 3rd and half months ago currently it's about 57 degrees here in chicago there are some clouds that are fading away that they could read develop as the day continues we could get some showers later today they will be scattered you can see those autumnal colors coming out across the region the warmer air will enter into the region tomorrow along with those powerhouse wind conditions ... another cold front will be reinforcing the chillier weather for the weekend showers for south western michigan and northern indiana later today they will fade away this evening the colder air will bring the frost. there's of long stretch of warm air across the western end of north america but that's causing a buckle in the jet stream ... there will be

out about the case because the five major dailies at the time particularly in chicago but it is true of all the major cities, there was a real jim crow aspect in news coverage. if you wanted to know what was going on in black chicago you had to read the chicago defender unless there was a real salacious sex for crime story they would sell newspapers for a day or two but they never follow it up. through the defender i really got a sense what was going on with fires and housing and organizing and one of the major organizations that helped in hickman's defense was a small radical group called the socialist workers party who put out the militants and between the militant coverage of the hickman story and the struggle against violence in chicago and the chicago defender you got a way of telling a picture of what was happening in 1947 chicago. >> a couple questions. as you ponder your own you can start getting. [inaudible] >> my understanding -- [inaudible] >> to the microphone please. >> you are getting there. >> that is all right. you can -- [talking over each other] >> william hale thompson was a clown but in

we're on the road in chicago on our 100-city tour. e new chicago teachers contract could allow the mayor to solidify his main reform objective of lengthening what happened to be one of the nation's shortest school days in years. he spoke about this on tuesday. >> our elementary school students will gain an extra hour and 15 minutes every day and two additional weeks every year. our high school students will be in front of a great teacher for the extra 30 minutes, just like here at this school. and two additional weeks each year. for the 6000 plus students who are entering kindergarten, the additional kindergarten students we put in, they will have an extra 2.5 years in classroom by the time they graduate high school. that 2.5 years of additional education is a new day and new direction for chicagos children in chicago's schools. but that was chicago mayor rahm emanuel, the former chief of staff of president obama. karen lewis is our guest, the president of the chicago teachers union, just after the vote for suspending the teacher strik

with the latest developments. >> chicago city teachers -- city lawyersto court this morning seeking an injunction to force those teachers back into the classroom with that injunction. out on the picket line today, some teachers were saying they themselves were surprised they're not back to work and the deal's not yet done. take a listen. >> it's hard for us to show up here again on the picture line. but like i said, i think as many of us are remembering what it is that we're doing this for and how far we've already come, that we'll stand strong. >> we're still waiting for word from the court as to when the judge might hold a hearing on this injunction request. initially we're hearing the judge said it might be wednesday but that could be a little problematic. here's why. the teachers representatives say they will start talking again tomorrow, tuesday. they hope they get agreement on this contract proposal. if so, they may be willing to go back into the classroom themselves on wednesday without a court order. mar maria? >> thanks so much. >>> forget the p

in a manner as chicago city officials tried to get a court order to end this strike which is the its second week. >>> it is marking the innocents protest began against greed in income inequality. isn't in camp but right now the bank of america center in san francisco. >>> the sinhalese small encampment is about for our key- person of actually awake and not let up the only too tense. that could change later this afternoon with a combination of its 24 hour of this occupied anniversary. is expected today to be a mass convergence of various occupied groups. as the 24 other occupied began their only a few protesters the choses location according to this home is released its a display of wealth and power. companies here and represent the pinnacle watt and corruption. the biggest hard sculpture being protected one protester said she is looking for to this afternoon's this frustration. >>> coming here after coming here after a day of action car around the city. there will come here into a demonstration about that. >>> we should tell you that since january there has been in command of occupie

up next, is the chicago city strike a local issue?ead out to rr jennifer speaks truth to power. >>the bottom line is we need an amendment. >>now it's your turn. connect with "the war room" jennifer granholm. >>it's a call to arms. make your voice heard. >> jennifer: chicago teachers took to the streets today for the second day of their districtwide strike and one of the biggest issues is a new system that uses student test scores as 40% of the teacher's yearly evaluation. mayor rahm emanuel defended the new evaluation system and he says that the issue is one of the last sticking points in the negotiations. so it is not just about those evaluations. the teachers are also striking over pay and benefits and facilities and classroom conditions. some parents are really sympathetic to their concerns. >> i kind of understand what they're trying to do in order to get theirselves situate and their livelihood but this is not just them. it is her education first of all and then my paycheck. >> jennifer: parents might be sympathetic now but we'll

eventually dissipate we have a high temperature in chicago today of 78 degrees but check out these numbers down through texas and oklahoma 105 degrees in oklahoma cityee had record high temperatures today but look at the cold there. spilling south out of canada that will ride over the chicago area, tomorrow sunday and perhaps even monday we will see daytime high temperatures and a little below normal. 62 right now at o'hare airport we did have a really breezy afternoon that accompanied the cold front but the winds have begun selling down a bit generally coming out of the northwest. the wind gust forecast for the weekend shows more gusty winds possible as we go into saturday or sunday probably sunday will be the gutsiest day of the two. notice the clair is steadily over the area that finally gives ground and allows warm air coming into the first part of next week probably tuesday and wednesday but that will be followed by another episode of chilly temperatures at least relatively chilly. indoor readings expected in the '70s that will be followed once again by more temperatures expected to be in the '80s do point temperatures some of you in the wester

mayor emanuel wants to make chicago one of the best digital cities in the nation. office launched the "chicago broadband challenge" today. the goal is to provide the greatest availability of ultra- high speed broadband possible. millennium park now offers free wireless internet and eventually all parks and open spaces in chicago will as well. the plan also includes extending broadband service to under-served areas. the mayor says eventually, chicago will be one of the most connected cities in the world. for those who missed it, here's a quick recap of the big winners from last nights 64th emmy awards. "homeland", "modern family" and "game change" took home awards for best drama, comedy and mini- series or movie... beating out expected winners "mad men", "big bang theory" and "breaking bad." julia louis dreyfuss was a surprise winner for best actress in hbo's "veep". jon cryer took his 2nd emmy award, ther first as lead actor in "2 1/2 men". eric stone street and julie bowen won best supporting honors from "modern family." for dramas, it was claire danes and damien l

from new york, back toward chicago, kansas city, beautiful conditions. minneapolis 8 today.enver 89. better chance for showers central southern florida and in the southwest. i don't want to mislead minneapolis. much cooler temperatures as you get to wednesday, but at least for tuesday, still hanging on to 90s. if you're watching us on action news 5 in memphis, tennessee, come see photographs of the king in his younger more innocent days at elvis at 21 photographs at the pink palace family of muse museums. >> his younger, more innocent days. >> yeah, i like that. >>> now a look at this morning's headlines. this weekend's was hollywood's worst at the box office since the dark days following the 9/11 attacks. the fright flick "the possession" took the top spot with only $9.5 million. the first time since '08 no film managed to mark the $10 million mark. the weekend after labor day is typically slow, but this weekend's grosses were down -- get this, todd -- a whopping 20% from last year. the only new movie to make money was "the words." it raises box office questions about bradl

chicago. >>> the city of san hoe are launching a new announcement. moore a 27 year veteran wants to spend more time with his family. it has throat an exidos of police officers. >> the frustration is when you are caught in the middle after it. >> well it's not the right time for me... >> moore took over 18 months ago and hits last day on the -- his last day on the job will be september 23rd. >>> the bomber drove a bar packed with explosives into a group of aviation workers at kabul airport. the bomber was a young woman and the bombing was in response to a film that marked protest across the middle east. now an actor regrets his decision. >> if it was a film that never had been heard of, i would have said okay... >> reporter: he got the part after answering a casting call for zalman. four americans including chris stevens died in response to that film. >>> this morning al qaeda's branch in north africa is praising the killing of chris stevens and is calling for more diplomats. they lit candles and notes of condolences to stevens family. most who didn't

chicago teachers strike is now entering its second week and will likely continue until least tuesday teachers have asked for more time for their members to review a new tentative agreement with the city meanwhile chicago mayor rahm emanuel threatened legal action of force striking teachers back into the classroom classrooms that are lacking air conditioning school supplies counselors nurses and even libraries while the labor struggle in chicago continues workers secured a big victory in wisconsin at the end of last week it was constant county judge on friday struck down governor scott walker's controversial anti collective bargaining law ruling that a violates both the state and federal constitutions as judge juan cole last wrote in his ruling regarding the anti collective bargaining provision it will single out encumber the rights of those employees who choose union membership and representation soley because of that. and therefore infringe upon the rights of free speech association guaranteed by both the wisconsin and united states constitution so this really highlights how not only is the war on workers a ploy by republicans to redistribute wealth of the very top but it's also com

one man is on a mission to do just that, at least in his city. >> chicago mayor rahm emanuel, the notoriousd and sharp-tongued former chief of staff for president obama has a bold plan to rebuild his city. >> when i secured this agreement to come to work for my presidential campaign, neither one of us had gray hair. >> he's getting help from an old friend. >> what you were doing here is the first in effect infrastructure bank using private capital that any city in the united states has established. this is a huge deal. >> the chicago infrastructure trust is mayor emanuel's plan to tap private investors to pay for big infrastructure projects that the government can no longer afford. they would expect returns from revenues, savings or fees. it's a model that has been successful all over the world from the expansion in europe to the creation of the world's largest ecocity in china. >> this is a classic example of what works in the modern world. >> everywhere, that is, except in america, until now. the chicago nonprofit trust intends to pour $7.2 billion in adding runways to o'hare and rebuildi

chicago? is it the city? is it the workers who are expecting too much? what do you think? ell, the politicians of illinois and chicago in particular have made promises for years they never calculated how they were going to have to pay for. in fact, you know, this pension system in chicago was 100% funded in 200 1 and then the city stopped making contributions into it. they were given pension holidays. they just essentially said, well, we're fine right now. now they can't afford a system that's only 55% funded. essentially, there's a huge gap between what they're spending and their revenues right now. and they have a long road to climb out of this. >> richard, this sounds mighty familiar. >> it is. >> what do you think? >> it is mighty familiar. it's going to spread. it's happening in new york and it's going to get worse. but blaming the unions is like blaming alex rodriguez for the yankees' losing streak. this is a complicated matter. right wing ideology, anti-union rhetoric does not get to the heart of why cities particularly are seeing an erosion of their tax base, a coll

failing this is a school district that has to pay the piper for this is a school district in inner city chicago where they pay on average they spend about eight thousand dollars per student in the suburbs around chicago the average is twenty four thousand dollars or so you say what we need or. more resources in chicago yes so when chick fil a wants to open up a store that will pay taxes oh all of the elite stand up and say we don't want your values and your resources here have you absolutely amazing what instrumental as it is in congress that you need like most urban cities have done all that they can to run productive businesses out with regulation with denouncements and with all of the kinds of things that look you can be that you can be all upset about the medical positions of own manual these sources but punish joy does wish those lacking resources remember when they came in we became the goes out and we have the greatest education system the world when we were doing celebrating walking around classrooms when we had paper and pencil and a few textbooks more money doesn't mean more quality t

chicago. kansas city a shade off 80. tomorrow is the warm day mostly cloudy day. by thursday this front looks to traverse the area and move more toward the south. if we can push this toward the south we'll get a little more sunshine as opposed to cloud cover. mostly cloudy skies. so there's the spotty showers after midnight. there will be another rund that rolls in after the evening commute and everything will sag off toward the south. thursday looks good, a blend of sunshine and more showers make its way in friday. 358. late showers developing. tomorrow afternoon your two-degree guarantee, a balmy 81. i think the we're good for the orioles game as we go into tomorrow, 81. we have the ravens game thursday night, a blend of sunshine and clouds. got a night game for the ravens and 70s for fry descrai with the pos -- friday with the possibility of showers and for the weekend whether the storm comes over maryland. indications are spotty shower, nothing to worry b we'll drop the -- worry about. we'll drop the temperatures back into the 70s. >> i feel like i woke up and

city to denver. and about five to ten degrees warmer there around chicago. >>> if you're watching us on kshb 41 action news, good old kansas city, separate fact from fiction at an exhibit about an american legend at the life and times of jesse james at the st. joseph museum. that's your "early today" event of the day. >> say it one more time? >> jesse james. >> no, just like you did. jesse james! >> i don't know enough about jesse james. >> you're going to have to go to that exhibit. >>> it was a battle at the box office over the weekend. two films so far tying for first place. jake gyllenhaal drama "end of watch" took in an estimated $13 million performing above expectations thanks to the mostly male over 25 audience. meanwhile, the jennifer lawrence horror pick "house at the end of the street" also took in an estimated $13 million fueled by mostly younger female fans. a close third with a disappointing $12.7 million, the clint eastwood baseball drama "trouble with the curve," half of its audience was over the age of 50. however, all these numbers can change this morning when box office receipts are

this started when chicago city alderman joe moreno who was fighting a second chick-fil-a being builtthe city. his office told me today, he's seen proof chick-fil-a has not funded any such groups this year. there's nothing in here about funding anti-gay marriage initiatives, only that it funds programs. what's not clear is whether this represents a change. it treats everyone with dignity and respect regardless of sexual orientation. it also said this summer after dan kafi said marriage should be the biblical definition. supporters lined up. that was followed by a smaller kiss-in by gay couples later. then came hate vandalism in l.a. on their facebook page. some accuse the company of caving and putting the bottom line before principle. it's not clear it's changed its funding patterns. it does say it supports marriage in here, but doesn't say exactly what marriage consists of. and the company says, it wants to stay out of the political debate on the matter now. back to you. >> i would guess so. the story got us thinking, should corporations ever take a side on heated and sensitive issue

that's every public school in the city of chicago. city education officials are behind closed doors all weekend trying to find enough common ground to avoid a teacher strike in 700 schools. we're going to talk live with a retired chicago teacher who with says his school system is broken and it's time for a strike. >>> it's a hit that is hard to watch. a tulane football player collided -- will need surgery to repair his fractured spine. trainers and doctors rushed to the motionless player as the crowd looked on in horror. >>> forget having a laze di sunday. residents all over the the northeast cleaning up after a round of fierce storms. one tornado touched down in a beach front area near new york city. winds tore down tree limbs, knocking out power to thousands of customers. >>> a california family is planning to sue american airlines, saying the airline stopped them from boarding the flight because of their 16-year-old son who has down syndrome. they were set to fly first class from newark to los angeles, but moments before they were

so do you believe that the city of chicago, which is obviously in debt and in the state of illinois is supplementing the city of chicago and paying the teachers, do you believe that's a reasonable offer for the teachers that they're making? >> yes. there shouldn't be one contract for all. >> bill: again, about 5% raise per year over three. that's what the city offered. >> they shouldn't get any raise proportionate to what teachers are paid in other parts of the country. >> bill: chicago is a more expensive place to live -- >> not new york. they work shorter day than teachers in any other big city. >> bill: you think the city made a fair offer? >> i think they offered too much. they're going broke. >> bill: the union says it's our way or the highway. then you hear the guy with the flag, we don't know exactly who that was. but obviously he's involved because he's out there protesting. look, we don't like the capitalism thing. we don't want the capitalism thing. this is what we saw in wisconsin also. remember in the wisconsin union? >> right. >> bill: dessertification by the state. there

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