but today they are at the center of attention at the chicago city council or the mayor are giving them top city honors. >> i congratulate you i am very proud of you. on behalf of myself and the 31st ward congratulations. >> is not easy to play hooky from school with the superintendent and mayor looking non but when you have brought the city in major national championship everyone kind of looks away. >> we appreciate everything that you all have done. god bless you. >> in other news they are trying to put the brakes on efforts by real-estate developers to do away with a single room occupancy buildings. >> if somebody can get a permit to change them to condos or apartments overnight without any input from the community and what we would like is a little more time to work through those with community organizations. >> and he wants to raise the speed limit on one road in his ward where speed cameras have caused the issuance of 40,000 tickets. >> there are no accidents. no people around. no parks or schools so i figure we needed to change the speed limit and still only the most of those tic

that would impact 400,000 individuals in the city of chicago. this is the first thousand. will set a standard in the city of chicago that if you work you do not raise a child in poverty. when asked a taskforce to look at this months ago to come up with a policy to increase minimum-wage and do it in a way that people could afford to live and work in chicago. >> the city currently has a living wage standard which currently pays $11.93 an hour. this would and eventually increase that by about $1. people living at that level in makes a difference. >> on the money reports of a ceasefire gave global markets a lift. the s&p making an all-time high this morning. the unemployment report may dictate whether u.s. stocks continued their remarkable six month rally. >> gun violence is costing american taxpayers half a billion dollars. according to a study from the urban institute about 73% of gunshot victims are uninsured. leaving taxpayers to cover the hospital bills. more than $600 million in total hospital costs since 2010 are due to gun violence. the cvs d

those are needed in north lawn dale in the city of chicago. l that as lawmakers, legislators in the state and the city leaders, are you focused on the right thing here? is the focus on trying to build community and more options for the people of the community as a way of getting out of the cycle of violence? >> i don't think that the state, the city, the county, or the federal government is focused on the right mission to move the city out of a -- the presence of a stressful community. you know, just recently the jackie robinson team won the national title because they were invested in. so what we have to do is invest in the community, and make sure that when we talk about building a stronger and a healthier community, that we are investing in the right resources and the right programs. and the police, they are paid to serve and protect. we can have lots of police on the corners, but what they should do is make people feel safe and not threatened when you walk down michigan avenue, you never hear that people are feeling threatened by the police

the city of chicago is going to follow through on its commitment. by the end of 2015 there will not be a homeless veteran in the city of chicago. welcome home >> [applause] >> exact numbers are difficult to pin down. the homeless veteran population in chicago estimated to be 721. 165 opposed cases. one of >> and 56 known cases on sheltered veterans. also >> involves the va and the city department of >> a bulletproof vest can mean the difference between life and death. the rams $4 million to help shoulder the cost of buying replacement vests. each officer is expected to buy and invest every five years. in a loss starting january 1st requires police department to look around the state to pay for the vest. the chicago police department is excluded from the law because the department collectively bargained with its officers. >> moving into the next round of competition. >> among four semifinalist. >> semifinals will submit detailed proposals by mid december. the administration joanne's. >> now has more time to decide if ferguson police officer should be

we've learned from other jurisdictions and this legislation is not different we look at chicago and new york cityin chicago for example, they've had a similar program in place for 3 years. in those 3 years they've found approximately $7 million in addition cost savings their flex fleet with zip car is 25 krernt per mile cheaper and have been able to cut 3 hundred vehicles off their fleet those are cost savings that other municipalities are experiencing >> i think the benefits for our city are 3 fold the first cost savings and other municipalities create partnerships for city fleet services for out right owning their vehicles and the second is greater efficiency within our city government with up to date technology the fleet will track the uncle and make us make better discussions regarding our fleet and lastly the environmental benefits with the reduction of our city fleet we'll be lowering our carbon floopt as well i think weigh arrest meantime we have cost savings and create for efficiency within our city government and reduce our carbon feet we should look at those i want to thank members of t

center it's going to create a better venue for companies to come over here rather than going to chicago other cities around the country it's a great project and we're pleased to have this it will help to bring more people into south of market i hope you'll support this and we are certainly looking forward to that thank you. thank you >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm the secretary of the hotel of san francisco i want to thank you for your continued support the discussions have happened about the economic benefit especially for our hotels but in addition to that we have more business many our hotels had helps the citizens especially those working w in the hotels it increases our presence and our guests spend more money outside the hotels and helps others businesses working as well we're an industry of 24 you thousand employees and 57 period of time live and work in san francisco as a benefit of the expansion of mucus really helps our citizens not only working but enjoying our community. i want to thank you and encourage you approve the eir before you today. thank you so much >> thank

we have over one hundred thousand gang members in the suit chicago g d n a case or disciple nation. cancer sales are the biggest gain a city chicago mostly gains or just factions or couple blocks few blocks here and there but there are small gangs and i cover certain areas whereas before it's all tied together. police managed to arrest all the key gang leaders but with their hierarchy in shambles since the one nine hundred ninety s. gang factions have been fighting for power a nonstop the violence has spun out of control. find the gang. who are the gang members. who are out there venice. they're right there that's the gang members a certain gang controls a certain neighborhood so. your most certainly if you live in a neighborhood can be exposed to that gay you're going to hail it the gang and if you're not a one to gang your lease accepted they know who you are you know i mean eventually they work it over so that they get you working for the. police are trying to identify gang faction members and stump a cycle of revenge before it sets in motion. because a simple argument and escalate into a shootout as happened on this co

then if that cold front comes through, chicago, kansas city, st. louis, you get your beautiful saturday. then new england in the mid-atlantic have to wait until sunday for your great weather and low humidity, and the southeast unfortunately, not yet. usually the deep south, we've got to wait until the end of september to get the cooler air. it's a little too early. >> all right. spreading it around this weekend. i give you the credit for it. you're doing it. great work there, bill. not. >>> just ahead, protecting nude photos and other personal stuff. tell what you apple is planning. >>> and is google reading your e-mail before you do? before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment on time each month. tracy got the bankamericard better balance rewards credit card, which fits nicely with everything else in life she has to balance. that's the benefit of responsibility. apply online or visit a ban

let me ask you about police departments across the country, like new york city, los angeles, chicago,ies. are they being equipped with enough training and funds to make sure that we can keep america as safe as possible? >> you know, police administrators always liked more people, not more money, but i think, you know, homeland security is doing a pretty good job of equipping and training local police departments. the threat is uneven, of course, cities like new york, chicago, los angeles, a much higher profile, boston, of course, than other parts of the country, so i think the equipment and training is adequate, as i said, we'd always like more. >> you know, when we heard so much about al qaeda being on the run, that maybe the war on terror had subsided. since you are now looking at this from a different point of view and not being commissioner anymore, how does it make you feel to see isis now being this major topic of conversation and here we go again? >> yeah, well, they are clearly potential game changer, we have never seen the terrorist organization with the level of resources th

even so, reverend wall will soon travel to chicago, a city confronting its violent crime problem, notgive officials and clergy advice but to see if there are any ominous trends that could be transmitted to boston. >> i do not want all of this work to be reversed. >> hey dear! >> how are you? >> fine, how are you? >> reporter: rivers still walks these familiar streets, calling out names, pointing to young men he first met when they were in diapers. but there's a new twist -- he's also strolling online. >> we've gotta be at the park and we've gotta try to track facebook, to see what kinds of things are going on. there's been a technological revolution and people are buying drugs off the internet, they're texting, they're emailing, right? so the cats doing the doo-wop thing on the corner has shifted because now the social network world is the new street corner. >> reporter: adjusting to the times in a fight against crime now designed for the long haul. for "religion and ethics ya< newsweekly," i'm dan lothian in boston. >>> there was news this week about britain's famous prehistoric monu

chicago area... including 4 in the city. and another 2 in northwest indiana. the company says it appears an intruder stole log-on credentials from jimmy john's and used them to access credit card information between june 16 and september 5. jimmy john's says the security what we all have to do is realize we are under attack by this group. they're organized and they're all open the global trend to get the numbers to separate you from your money. >> and they are fast. they say the security breach has been contained... and customers can use their cards safely at its locations. >> it's not just from lunch some of us get it for breakfast or dinner. check it out. in honor of social media week in chicago- the department of business affairs will host the "public vehicle party on the plaza," at daley plaza on friday from 10-am to 2-pm. there will be several mobile food trucks on hand, to provide the grub... all who rely on social media daily as a business tool. will they play that music? >> the morning. more nice weather coming true today. sunrise comes up just after 6

. >> reporter: in new york city, chicago and washington, d.c., officials scrambled to issue statements, assuring americans their cities are safe. the governor of new york traveled to manhattan to make a show of riding mass transit. >> we believe that our state of preparedness is higher than it has ever been since 9/11. >> reporter: we joined new york city's mayor and police commissioner on the number 6 train. mr. mayor, there are no security checkpointing going into the new york city subway system. so how can you assure the public you're protecting against any threat? >> you may be asked to open your bag. you may find there are some spot checkpoints set up. but until we have something we believe is credible, we're not going to use all the measures we might use if we were to have a credible threat. >> reporter: fbi director james comey said today the terror threat to the u.s. is about the same today as it was last week. but he also said isis is still a worry. we believe they are looking to try to do something in the u.s. he told reporters, which is what has many americans on edge. some

the cold air will effect toronto, chicago and oklahoma city as well as go into the next couple of days. oklahoma city mid summer like conditions continue into wednesday and then down to 24 on thursday and going down to the teens on friday. i know it is quite tough for the body to contend with so please take care of your health. the cold air is meeting with hot and humid air from the gulf of mexico creating the risk of severe weather. we are talking about risks for tornadoes, damaging hail and flash floods. we are seeing heavy rain along iowa and nebraska. flash floods occurring over the four corners region due to the north american monsoon and another area of flooding over the southeast. we have pictures coming out of eastern parts of virginia. heavy rainfall fell monday causing serious flooding problems. firefighters had to evacuate 35 children from a daycare center along with some of the employees there. however, nobody was injured. cars were found stranded or struggling to move through the fast rising waters. a few roads had to be closed because of the flooding. unfortunately, more

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city? tell you all about it, stay with us. gerri: chicago's red plight cameras are at the center of a major scandal, a top city official, and his accomplices are targets of a federal investigation and criminal prosecution, our next guest is the first to break the story on the suspicious spikes in ticket issues, david kid wel for chicago tr tribune, you are the reporter who broke this story. so, start us at the beginning, what are the issues with the cameras? >> well, we manageed to obtain fought the city for, obtained a database of more than 4 million tickets that had been issued by this program since 2007, we balloted them on a chart, tickets by day, an ekg of every camera, we found suspicious spikes at specific intersections in the city, tens of thousands, where cameras would normally issue 3 tickets a day were suddenly issueing to 56 tickets a day, then. all of a sudden back to normal again. so we presented this findings to the city, all the way in january, they to this day, have been unable to explain why, woo have spend -- we have spent l

chicago three million people the third largest city in the united states home of the blues al capone and barack obama. obama got his start here working first as a social worker then a law professor. he cut his political teeth on the streets of chicago before being elected illinois senator then president of the united states. in two thousand and eight three fourths of chicago and voted for obama this democratic stronghold capsule h. the great challenges facing the u.s. cutting spending to balance the deficit budget. investing in education and health care while decreasing military spending because americans have been at war for the past eleven years. as they are reminded every year on memorial day. well the former white house chief of staff and obama's right hand man has run chicago for the past eighteen months chicago and its mayor and the entire community on our soldiers killed in combat they come together around this woman madi eleven a son was the last marine from chicago killed in afghanistan he died in march the first of two thousand and twelve it was twenty four years old real h

we talk about a guy who in the middle of the 19th century lifted the city of chicago. it was basically chicago was so flat it wouldn't drain properly and all the waste was accumulating so there was an idea to use jack screws -- >> jon: just used to put it in the river, right? >> but they couldn't get it to the river. you had pigs scavenging. that was the waste removal system. >> jon: right. >> so we figured out if we could just lift all the buildings and streets ten feet we'll actually get a nice slope to allow the waste and everything to flow into the lake which was itself a kind of problem. >> jon: right. >> and he lifted up an entire hotel at one point with people staying in the hotel and they would move the buildings around and it was an extraordinary thing. when you walk around chicago to this day you're ten feet above the natural level of the city because of this guy from 160 years ago. >> jon: let's say i'm a different brilliant guy there and i say, let's move... (laughter) >> yeah. >> jon: but all the waste went into the lake and that was apparently upstream so

city of chicago where more young people are mooted than anywhere else in america. as the media leave us so we leave that maybe. the scene push to secure the play your party there's a. clear shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from . politics only of our team. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going on here in iraq that our big story the extra headline same time there's a reason they don't want international airport that we should all be completely outraged and let's break the set. your friend post a photo from a vacation you can't afford. to different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course. your ex-girlfriend still tends to rejection poetry keep. norris. we post only one. out r.t. facebook. chicago three million people the third largest city in the united states home of the loops al capone and barack obama. obama got his start here working first as a social worker then a law professor. he cut his political teeth on the streets of chicago before being elected illinois senator then president of the united states

city of chicago but more young people are murdered and you were always in american schools. in dunedin florida a young boy named t.j. guerrero is learning how to become an american man the old school way by selling cool drinks at a lemonade stand we hear a lot of lame examples of american exceptionalism from blowhard politicians but the idea of kid trumper nerd ship and the iconic norman rockwell esque lemonade stand is something very exceptional and has certainly been good for the nation but for all of his hard work what does t.j. get in return one of his neighbors is trying to shut down his quote illegal business that neighbor says the lemonade stand causes traffic noise trash illegal parking which all harms his property values cry me a river we all wonder where to support for the police to come from won't come from people like this will character who need the government to deal with a twelve year old trying to earn yes earn money you know there are some guys who work on cars on the street outside my window and yeah they get loud sometimes but i'm never going to call the c

chicago's west side. we'll have more information when it becomes available. but a huge fire raining tonight from the city of chicago. >>> back here the search continues in monroe township and pike, pennsylvania, for accused cop killer, eric frein. he has been on the run for weeks but police say they are closing in. john rawlins is live with more on the search. >> at 13 days this manhunt is clearly a marathon and not a sprint, heavily armed patrols continue day and not and that according to residents here, however they say there has been some very tense days in the last few days in this corner of the state. >> i just happened to look out the back door and all of a sudden they are marching through the yard with big guns and it was frightening, we met helen blackmore at her home in the middle of what has become a man hundred. a green sticker means -- >> it means they came in here and inspected the whole house and everything is fine. the crawl space and under the deck, everywhere. absolutely under everything. the search is under miles of heavy woods and homeowner, says one police officer tracted him to withi

. >>> and flying, airport delays are possible in kansas city, chicago and detroit. >>> nascar champ tony big return to the racetrack was cut short barely after it started. >> stewart hit the wall early after a collision with kyle busch, and then a second time after his right front tire blew out. he returned to the track three weeks after his car struck and killed 20-year-old kevin ward jr. no decision on whether stewart will face any charges. >>> 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald is out on bail after domestic violence charge. he hasn't commented except to say the truth will come out. it could be the first test of the nfl's harsh penalties for the oefders. first offense is a six game suspension, a second, a lifetime ban. >>> a plane crash north of denver. sputt sputtering and a plane went down. it was close to the runway. they are looking into what caused this crash. >>> the coast guard has suspended the search for the pilot of a small plane who lost consciousness and then crashed into the atlantic ocean. the plane left wisconsin on saturday, heading for virginia. when the pilot stopped

. >>> thanks to $1 million from the city, chicago kids will have a safer walk to the first day of schoolmorning. another 100 so-called safe passage workers will be on routes through rough areas. 1,200 adults already monitor city streets and pledged money promises even more on the way. >>> it was a very happy labor day for singer carrie underwood. she and hockey player husband mike fisher will be having a baby, she tweeted. ace and penny would like to make answer announcement. check out their dog's shirts. i'm going to be a big brother is what it says on the shirt, and i'm going to be a big sister as well. all right. >>> people got up close to the active volcano in iceland to look at the lava that crept along for about a mile. what are you doing that close? experts say this eruption could signal an even bigger one in the coming days. zurchlgts time on get down to business. stock futures are up after the three-day weekend. the president was talk about minimum wage increases, and later this week expect fast food workers at 150 cities to demonstrate vigorously in favor of $15 per hour. today

affect about 1000 contracts did employees with the city which include workers such as men's workers and landscapers and janitors. >>some workers with chicago'ssummer jobs program for young people say they have not been paid in weeks. they were part of the city's "one summer chicago" program through saint sabina church. the workers received a text message from a supervisor letting them know they would not be paid on august 29th. but, some say it's been even longer than that. the text did not give a reason, only an apology. >> me and possibly thousands of others have no information given to us by the ones who are responsible to give us that information. >> it has really affected my life because i wanted to go to college and i have to use my checks to pay off my school fees and couldn't do that. >>the city says the employer, in this case saint sabina, is responsible for paying workers up-front ... then submitting paperwork to the city for reimbursement. a church spokeswoman told w-g-n it ran into cash-flow issues, because there were three pay periods in august. she says saint sabina is waiting on 200-thousand dollars in city funds in order to i

wilmington will receive federal access, federal access to crime fighting resources, along with the cities chicago, detroit, michigan and oakland, california. now, camden hit a 30-year low this summer when it came to violent crime. shootings are down 71% and more officers ron t s are on the str and 22 murders in the city so far in 2014. wilmington, police are trying to get a handle on murder cases there this year. 20 so far. that's the most since 25 people were murdered in 2012. now, the mayors of wilmington and camden and three other cities will join attorney general eric holder at the summit in washington, d.c., that begins on monday. live in the digital operation center, i'm vai sikahema. >>> crime in camden is the focus of an nbc "nightly news" report this evening. brian williams reporting tonight at nbc "nightly news" at 6:30 right after nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> right now three stories we're following on nbc 10 news. >>> how septa is handling an alleged plot. riders tell us they appreciate the extra effort. iraq's new prime minister said that isis is plotting to attack subways in the u.s. and

. >> chicago is not the only city, the schools are closing in the cities across the country and why the pushback in this chicago area? >> the real issue is that this is a move to privatize public education, it is not to neighboring education better or stride a better high quality public education for public students. we are pushing back because we have studied the school closings and 159 schools closed in chicago and it is not improving the quality of education and now we have vacant and unused buildings and some of the buildings replaced with charter schools, instead of public schools. the charter schools are offering a different curriculum and reduced in some of the instances and the children are attending schools with no gym or art or music and without the culture things that make the kids more successful. >> isn't that the case for the public schools across the country, the arts are being eliminated because of the funding. >> it is how you fund and where you decide to allocate the resource. an affluent schools are quite effective and efficient because they base the funding on proper

it is a very different -- cities have personalities and chicago's is more headlong, more reckless thanw york, i think. there are different types of cities. in the 19th century, they are both industrial. new york is the biggest interest euro city in the country. chicago has big industries like mills and stockyards and clothing factories. new york is the minnows, the small firms in the garment industry that dominate, not the big ones. america moves -- this is the beginning of the decentralization of the city, but also the beginning of the deindustrialization of the country and the electronics revolution is coming on. that is radio. that is television. mass communications and things like that. theyork had always been at forefront of that since the 19 century. sending packet books to england. the associated press picking up the news 60 miles offshore and having fast boats come into the city. it has always been a communication center with more newspapers than any city in the country. i think that we have this wonderful symbiosis in the 1920's. new york still had his industry. it had the gre

also arrests reported in chicago and other cities.ald's said, "the topic of minimum wage goes well beyond mcdonald's. it affects our country's entire workforce. mcdonald's and our independent franchise support paying our valued employees fair wages aligned with a competitive workplace." what is the point and what do you want the outcome to be? >> i think the first strike happened about two years ago in new york city. we're now seeing strikes in 150 cities, people are risking arrests to say, we need $15 an hour. this $9 an hour, this minimum wage in a $200 billion industry where corporate profits are sky high and workers are relying on assistance is not tenable and i don't think they will stop until they get what they are looking for. >> you have had some companies respond on their own partly because of the publicity but also because it's attractive to do business with a good guy company. starbucks is going more green. you have a shake shack which has a 9.50 minimum wage. you have the gap, ikea, in-n-out burger. but what you don't see

to the port of long beach and los angeles and the trains and trucks that hold them off to chicago and kansas cityand freely we exported a small but we are bringing it back in the form of the goods that are manufactured offshore. as with changes the way we have to regulate and think how do we cope with a globalized economy because we are not separate from it. >> you talked about the tension often involved in these issues. one of those is the fact that california has done these things and has led in several lived in several environmental areas. but in la is known as the land of excess. big houses, consuming energy, cars everywhere, highways and cars. >> everything you mentioned is true. we have to remember that there are 18 million people in southern california in the place that arguably should support that many. and in the place that there shouldn't be a big city at all. it doesn't have a harbor is surrounded by mountains cut off by the deserts and it has no coal or iron ore and the great industrial city continues to pull people here. southern california and los angeles in particular did this thro

des moines through omaha but we could see a few strong to severe storms through chicago, kansas city and detroit. the possibility of strong straight line winds and hail. let's go to the northeast, because it's cool this morning. look at bangor, maine, sitting at 36 degrees. and burlington was in the 30s with the hard frost yesterday morning, and today is a beautiful day. a lot of sunshine up and down the 95 corridor. things will be changing as we head into tomorrow. here is the forecast from boston, new york, down to d.c., it's cool to start but we have a lot of sunshine this year, and the sun angle strong so we get temperatures to pop in the low 80s in d.c., and probably 70s in new york city and maybe not getting out of the 60s in boston, but they will see a lot of sunshine at least. by tomorrow, the jet stream digs down and we have a cold front advancing and moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. it is a humid day tomorrow. reminder that summer is not totally over. that will put a damper on it, things getting cooler as we head into the beginning of the workweek. temperatures b

. >> chicago beefed up patrols in high crime areas, the city joining with federal and state officials. coming up, america tonight joins us to talk about his experience. he has been on the ground in chicago. >> flash flooding was a problem across the country labor day. those problems continue this morning. >> let's go to dave warren with all of the details on what was a soggy day for some yesterday. >> and it's still happening now. we're seeing this battleground shaping up between the warm and humid air to the south and cooler air to the north. it's over the center of the country between cans and oklahoma. these are storms that develop and they really started to pitter out, now redeveloping here, one or two strong storms in a line forming along the border. these storms are severe. kansas, nickel to quarter sized hail comes down with these very intense thunderstorms, certainly can cause a lot of problems, wind damage, as well. that's coming over the same area, this is a front stalling out here and not moving much. you're getting inches of rain over the same area, flash flood watches and

it's the chicago way. the windy city is pulling the breeze into some new cash.a drone and a murky lake. the daring attempt to save a flying friend from a watery grave. at the end of the day, it's all about "money." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis with your fox business brief. detroit's chapter 9 bankruptcy has move today the courthouse. the city has an ambitious plan that will pay pensioners far more than its creditors and will cut more than $7 billion in debt. one judge has the power to approve it. may take weeks for him to come to a decision. don't miss my interview with detroit mayor mike due began, that is tomorrow right here on set. and the movie industry has suffered its worst season in decades. sales over the may to labor day period came in at the lowest level since 1997 with box office receipts down 15% from last summer. and a drone has given its a sneak peek of apple's new digs. a go pro on top of a quad copter sent back these views of its highly-anticipated spaceship campus. there you go. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving yo

. >> reporter: from new york city to chicago. to palo alto, california. at 8:00 a.m. local time the wait was over and the iphone6 and 6-plus went on sale. more than 4,000 people gathered outside apple's new york city stores. the lines, the flagship location on fifth avenue stretched ten city blocks. some had even been there since labor day. and companies like mcdonald's were cashing in on free publicity handing out sliced apples to weary iphone groupies. but the big winners were folks like andreas gibson. >> this has been kind of fun. >> reporter: at the palo alto store, ceo tim cook made a surprise appearance and shook hands and selfies with people who lined up to get the new phones. when asked if he was using the iphone6 or 6-plus, cook said? >> both, i'm lucky. >> reporter: now, demand is going for these new iphones. apple said the pre-orders reached 3 million in just 24 hours. and analysts say apple could sell 10 million iphones just this weekend. josh lipton, "nightly business report," palo alto, california. >>> well, you know, tyler, i got my iphone but i pre-ord