i was lucky enough to be the ceo of the chicago public schools for 7 1/2 years.tell you, that time flew by. that's like yesterday. so, you hope for eight years, but you can't bank on eight years, so you have to think in these next four years, how do we so fundamentally change the status quo that we change education forever in our country? and we need to work with everyone to move with a real sense of urgency to accomplish as much as we can in a relatively short amount of time. and yes, i would say make up for years, years, you could argue decades, of neglect and lack of support. >> one of the things that people applauded you for when you headed up the chicago public school system is that you weren't afraid to deal with charter schools. you weren't afraid to do the things that so many people concerned their selves with in terms of political fight. question of whether vouchers are better, incentive education, et cetera. yet, with all of that, particularly on a national level, strong lobby is the teachers union. are you ready to take that fight on? one has to believ

chicago public schools will offer free bus service to some students. >>> the u.s. supreme court taking up a hot button issue involving chicago and guns. the justices reviewed the chicago law that has banned handguns from the city for decades. gun rights activists challenged the gun began after a similar washington, d.c. ordinance. the case will let the court determine what if any restrictions state and local governments can impose on gun owners. >>> congressional republicans are calling for an apology from across the aisle. florida representative alan grayson took to the floor and made a commentary on what he called the gop health care plan. here it is. >> very simply it's a very simple plan. here it is. the republicans health care plan for america, don't get sick. that's right. don't get sick. if you have insurance, don't get sick. if you don't have insurance, don't get sick. if you're sick, don't get sick. just don't get sick. that's what the republicans have in mind for you, america. that's the republicans health care plan. but i think that the republicans unders

chicago public schools will also offer free bus service to some students. >>> it's toyota's biggest u.s. recall ever for a potentially deadly problem that affects the top-selling camry and certain lexus models. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. jennifer tell us about this. it's all about potentially deadly floormats. >> exactly. we're talking about potentially 4 million cars that are being recalled because the floor mat on the driver's side, it can creep up and then it can end up jamming down your accelerator pedal and suddenly your car is speeding up. there have been over 100 reports of this happening. five people have died, 17 people have been hurt. there have been 13 crashes, including a san diego off-duty highway patrolman, his family. if you have one of these cars, you want to take the mat out and go to the dealership. they're saying don't put in a new mat, just go to the dealership. if it happens, you want to try to pull the mat out if you have time or step on the brakes with both feet. we're talking about some of toyota's best sellers. the camry from 2007 to 2010. ther

chicago public schools will also offer free bus service to some students. >>> the president's health care plan has taken a major hit. opponents rejected efforts yesterday to include government-run health insurance in the plan. there's a slim chance the so-called public option could come back but key members of the senate finance committee think that the only way to get any kind of bill through this year may be to drop that provision. >>> now there are two more hurdles coming probably today here. republicans will push for amendments to beef up the language preventing i will legal immigrants from getting subsidized health care. another to make sure there are s no federal funding available for abortions. >>> listen up. if you have a toyota. the biggest u.s. recall ever for a potentially deadly problem that affects the top-selling camry and certain lexus models. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. this is all about potentially deadly floor mats. >> yes. this is a really important problem. i think you might not think about it. more than 3.8 million cars are being recalled. what's

side of the break, we will show you this disturbing videotape of a 16- year-old sophomore in a chicago public school who was killed. he was an innocent victim who got caught in the midst of a gang fight, which has been a significant problem in the city of chicago. last year alone, 34 kids in public schools were killed. canopy egyptian cotton sheets are designed to get softer every time you wash them. and canopy comforters don't have to be dry-cleaned, which makes your bed easier to sleep in and that much harder to leave. canopy home furnishings. available at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. upbeat rock ♪ so i could hear myself myseas a ringtone ♪hone ♪ ♪ who knew the store would go and check my credit score ♪ ♪ now all they let me have is this dinosaur ♪ ♪ hello hello hello can anybody hear me? ♪ ♪ i know i know i know i shoulda gone to ♪ ♪ free credit report dot com! ♪ that's where i shoulda gone! coulda got my knowledge on! ♪ ♪ vo: free credit score and report with enrollment in triple advantage. people notice my devotion to family. people notice my love for animals. my smile. my

chicago public schools decided to change that. then, all of these volunteers got in here, as well, to help clean up the school, inside and out. we're going to talk a little about that. and we're going to show it to you later this morning. but this is part of a big program that's nationwide and then some, because toronto's involved in this, as well. right now, in miami, even as we speak, in cities all across this country, we're going to show you pictures of miami, where volunteers are out, cleaning up the miami river. they're working with the miami river commission there. and so, volunteerism, big thing this year. and we're going to show you how easy it is to find something in your community. most of us feel -- i want to help, but i don't know what to do. we're going to show you the largest, nationwide organization, that has efforts already ongoing that you can join and be a part of. and then, you can kind of see by the hand here. we have another announcement, where if you give a little, you get a little, too. we're going to do tha

chicago public schools will also offer free bus service to some students there. >>> authorities have issued an amber alert for two missing girls and one is due to give birth any day. 12-year-old keara hess is nine months pregnant. she and her sister disappeared last week with their step father and legal guardian matthew hess and her pregnancy requires urgent medical attention. they think the father of hess' child is around her age. >>> to the president's health care plan which has taken a major hit. opponents rejected efforts questioned to include gft-run health insurance in the plan. there is a slim chance the so-called public option you heard about could come back, but key members of the senate finance committee say the only way to get any kind of bill through this year may be to drop that provision all together. >>> now there are two more hurdles coming probably today. republicans will push for amendments to beef up the language from preventing illegal immigrants getting subsidized health care and make sure there is no federal funding available for abortions. >>> it is toyota's u.

we partner with the chicago public school district and the selected -- selection and authorization of new school models. we facilitate partnerships with corporations and institutions to create new schools. we invest up to $500,000 in schools for start up and we also have to pass programs to develop a pipeline of entrepreneurs, support the growth of strong schools their business planning and technical assistance and educate parents about options and advocate for their choice. our goal is to provide resources and expertise to build capacity to take the successful models to scale. we have a very extensive competitive request for proposals each year connected with the chicago public school district. we bring in national experts and assembled panels to about it -- to evaluate each applicant and inform which schools are approved by the board of education. schools have to prove they have strong education program, proven curriculum, innovation, distinctiveness, leaders with a strong track record of performance, a sustainable and financial operation of plant and consistent governance and five-

we partner with the chicago public school district and the selected -- selection and authorization of new school models. we facilitate partnerships with corporations and institutions to create new schools. we invest up to $500,000 in schools for start up and we also have to pass programs to develop a pipeline of entrepreneurs, support the growth of strong schools their business planning and technical assistance and educate parents about options and advocate for their choice. our goal is to provide resources and expertise to build capacity to take the successful models to ale. we have a very extensive competitive request for proposals each yr connected with the chicago public school district. we bring in national experts and assembled panels to about it -- to evaluate each alicant and inform which schoo are approved by the board of education. schools have to prove they have strong education program, proven curriculum, innovation, distinctiveness, leaders with a strong track record of performance, a sustainable and financial operation of plant and consistent governance and five- year co

chicago police department and public schools are working together by stepping up curfew enforcement andrecruiting more officers and expanding the text to tip program that allow students to text anonymous tips to police. we wish them the best. need a change there. >>> a teenage girl dies in a car crash. there are gruesome photos. her parents weren't allowed to see the body. somehow these pictures get out on the internet. there are creeps sending them back to the family. we talk to the parents coming up. >>> this is a headline that will get you. bullied to death. an 11-year-old boy hanged himself because he was getting made fun of. kids repeatedly called him gay. but the bullies never stopped. could this have been prevented. tonight we are alerting parents to scary things happening to our kids. every day there is a mother and father in california who live in fear they are going to stumble on the gruesome photos of their dead daughter. nikki catsouras was killed in a car crash. the coroner wouldn't let her parents identify the body. highway patrol officers sent their family and friends pic

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the video of the melee, not all over the internet, is not the kind of public image chicago wants to project, especially on the verge of its big olympic bid. the only consolation, police say, is it helped identify key suspects. three teenagers are now in custody. the youngest just 16, charged with first degree murder as adults. horrific images capturing teens out of control and a boy in the wrong place at the wrong time. rob stafford, nbc news, chicago. >>> and when our broadcast continues along the way on a monday evening -- the question, how do some teenagers end up safe drivers while others amount to a road hazard? some new findings a lot of parents are going to want to hear. >>> and later, a new sight between the stripes and wearing them as well. huh. what's this? well, that's how i'm going to get there. it's guidance. oh, so maybe i should follow it, too. it doesn't work that way, pete. you see, this is my own personalized plan. you've got to get one that's right for you. okay. but i can still walk along it while we talk, right? [ laughing ] yeah, come on. whatever your destination, fid

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chicago. that is all the time we have. as always, let not your heart be troubled. greta van susteren is next, standing by to go on the record. greta: the public option dies in the senate health-care bill because of democrats. former house speaker newt gingrich is here, and the stakes are life and death. president obama must make a decision. more troops in afghanistan or pull out? senator lindsey graham talked to the top generals. we have him in minutes. and a french feud, president nicolas sarkozy apparently furious with president obama.

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chicago on december 22, 1937. he attended laross college in iowa and served in the united states reserve from 1961 to 1967. after serving in the armed forces, representative lipinski served in different public service capacities in chicago. was an aleder man in chicago, city councilman and held several different positions within the democratic party of chicago. he was eventually elect todd congress in 1982 -- elected to congress in 1982 and served in 10 succeeding congresses. he retired in 2005 and succeeded by his son daniel lipinski. i udge my colleagues to support h.r. 2498, which names this building located at 844 north rush street in chicago as the william o. lipinski federal building and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: the honorable chairwoman described this very well. i want to add one more thing. obviously, he has a long and distinguished career in this body and in the transportation committee as well. but he was also in the united states army reserve. and one of the things we should never forget are those who are willing to serve in our nation's armed forces. he was willing to

thirty-four public school kids in chicago were killed last year.gg: show down tonight in the u.s. senate. lawmakers taking up the issue of government-run health insurance today. few peopthis is the single most controversial component of the health-care debate, pitting democrats against fellow democrats. what can we expect today? let's bring and monica crowley. michael, let me start with you. it would appear that his care o3 democrats, there are only a few in favor of the public option. they cannot get it out of committee. what is the point? is it simply to appease liberals? >> i think senator schumer is going to offer a bill, but i think it is very unlikely that it passes the committee. there is just not enough political will there. health insurance reform is more likely on the table. gregg: i was looking at the latest rasmussen poll. 56% of americans oppose health care reform. that is the lowest level yet measured. is the reason that the vast majority of americans, almost 70%, actually like their current insurance coverage and they fear that they'

public. >> it's not like you came out and everybody said, really, blagojevich? people in chicago are like, that sounds about right. >> no, i don't think that. >> that's what it seems like. >> i don't think so. would a guilty man say listen to all the tapes or would an innocent man say listen to the tapes? you'll hear the truth in the tapes. that's what i've said. my accusers won't let you hear them. >> i mean no disrespect. people can convince themselves of a lot of things. >> that's a sneak peek of what we might see during blago's trial next june. >>> next, live from new york, last night the thursday edition of "snl's" weekend update brought back their take on new york governor david paterson. here's paterson's comment on president obama who reportedly tried to discourage him from running from re-election. >> why do you think he's getting involved? >> probably just has a bunch of time to kill. oh, wait, he's the busiest man in the world and he took time to bully me, a fellow black democrat. that's like the pope calling a local priest to tell him to go to hell. by the way, you kn

chicago and hawaii. couple hundred people. they have only been in the public eye for four or five years nationally.t was interesting getting this story firsthand. the rocky time when you speak about is the time when they really were conceivably headed for splitsville. she said, you know, he was a state legislature in springfield. she was back in chicago. sean: he was politically ambitious and she felt she was nagging him. >> a woman who is a princeton and harvard law graduate. she had been his boss at one point. she is stuck with the kids. so she said, oh no, this is not what i signed on for and you better do something about it. sean: you describe a michelle who has enormous influence on him. yes we can she suggested it. smoking a cigarette between drags of a cigarette is how you put it? >> talked to people who were in the room he said he thought it was too corny. he didn't think people would get it he thought it was childish. she was the person who brought in to say this is what is going to work. trust me. he did. i think it was one of the most important decisions he made earlier in the campaign.

so we're working chicago and a number other cities, new york and others to be exact, almost a., and one of the concerns that we have that we see is the erosion of public health infrastructure, meaning that in chicago, a couple months ago, terry mason, some of you may know him, had to layoff 400 of their public health workers, that's almost half of their entire staff. in the state of illinois, down state, they laid off another 1600. this is happening where we're working all around the country. and this is so appropriate, but how can we stop this erosion and infuse and not see all these great public health workers not have jobs? >> i think in spirit, we're with you. i think the report itself, that's a little bit beyond the scope of the report itself, but i think one way to think about what this report says in light of what you are pointing out as being a challenge all across the united states, is that there is a role for local government to play, but it is a role that is a shared role with others in the community, and during these tough economic times, bringing folks together and thinking about what can be done, under current circumstances, i think fall

chicago by the name of jeremiah wright. that was long before his now-famous rants were made public.t says commitment to the black community, to the black family, adherence to the black work ethic. it goes on, aquirppede skills pledge to the black community. strengthening the black institutions. pledging to all instuges that have embraced the black value system. reverend, if every time we said black if it was a church and those words were "white," wouldn't -- wouldn't we call that church racist? that was march 2007. we also told you about the unrepentant terrorist bill ayers before he became a household name. >> i'm not talking to fox news but i'm happy to talk to -- >> can you clarify one thing for me? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. sean: over the past few months we have sounded at larm by the white house's green jobs czar, van jones. >> this moment is deeper than a solar panel many don't stop there. no, we're going to change the whole stfment we're going to change the whole thing. we're not going to put a new battery in a broken system. we want a new stment sean: tonight we

chicago. some look at this whole thing as good publicity for the city. say they're going to lose big. >> i think it's going to be a mess. it's going to be terrible for the cab drivers and also those who use that street all the time. >> this is the opportunity to have one of chicago's greatest marketers to market the city of chicago. it's a wonderful gift. it's a wonderful gift in a time period that has seen a real tough, tough economic downturn and we're trying to dig out of it. if oprah wants to help us, that's great. >> the show is her 24th season premiere. been on the air for a long time. >>> one woman went on trial this morning for doing what many women do every day. her alleged crime, wearing pants in public. >>> we ju we just got word of a ruling. discover gives you a cash back bonus on every single purchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? now more than ever, it pays to discover. >>> more now on the resignation on president obama's adviser on green jobs. >>> jones signed it back in 2004. here's exactly

right-leaning justices on the supreme court acknowledge that there is a public interest and some common sense restriction. >> ask you, in chicagoample, the heart of this, 13 school children have been killed since the start of school just in september, how might thatten factored into the conversation? they have strict gun laws and still 13 lost lives in a matter of two months? >> well, i mean, i can't stick to chicago, i'm from washington, d.c. washington, d.c. is next to the largest illegal gun market and the bigges virginia. no one is going to keep people from getting the guns. more restrictive gun laws don't always mean last time. >> adam, liz, thank you both so much. interesting conversation, interesting to see if the court does use this to really expand the court's precedent on the second amendment and i think of fear that drives them. >> we know that people are willing to in their words, fight for the right to have a gun, curious how the public will react, protest as this ramps up and reaction from the far right who, as we know have shown up and said what they need to. >> absolutely. up next, don't want to miss this one, n

chicago and the 84% of the taxpayers in chicago who do not want to pay for it because we have other pressing needs such as better schools, better parks and better publicvices, we don't think the olympics is worth it. >> sorry there, duane. once that money goes out there on that one point, excuse me for interrupting, some would say that chicago will get the money back. it's an investment in infrastructure and in jobs and you'll make that money back. do you not buy that argument? >> there's other alternatives that chicago can do to create those types of jobs. many of those job, almost all of them, are temporary. it's pretty much a one-time boost. construction companies would use the same crews for those construction projects. the hotels would hire workers temporarily. the restaurants would hire workers temporarily. and you'd see a significant drop-off when it comes to tourism because there's many reports that show that it doesn't happen after the olympics. >> let me bring katherine in here. >> hello. good morning to you, t.j. >> what people have concerns about is we're not guaranteed to get this money back. how is this debay going back and forth? i gues

chicago by the name of jeremiah wright. that was long before his now-famous rants were made public.ily, adherence to the black work ethic. it goes on, aquirppede skills pledge to the black community. strengthening the black institutions. pledging to all instuges that have embraced the black value system. reverend, if every time we said black if it was a church and those words were "white," wouldn't -- wouldn't we call that church racist? that was march 2007. we also told you about the unrepentant terrorist bill ayers before he became a household name. >> i'm not talking to fox news but i'm happy to talk to -- >> can you clarify one thing for me? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. sean: over the past few months we have sounded at larm by the white house's green jobs czar, van jones. >> this moment is deeper than a solar panel many don't stop there. no, we're going to change the whole stfment we're going to change the whole thing. we're not going to put a new battery in a broken system. we want a new stment sean: tonight we bring you a special report about 10 people who president

in chicago should get the olympics, we must make sure that when the public dollars are spent to create the land of opportunities in chicago that working families are not pushed out of the city. we should benefit as much as the city officials and the gymnasts in the whole corporate structure. we must insist that there be a good jobs, for a housing -- did jobs and affordable housing for the people in chicago. i hope that the community groups will come together to make that a reality. host: do those groups get around the table in that discussion? guest: these are public dollars the city will spend. it must be overseen by the public. labor unions and organizations must put together strong grass- roots coalitions with technical research and economic policy capacity so that when these dollars are spent, we demand to be at the table and insurer that there be equitable distribution of those dollars. host: the morning, jacki, from corpus christi, texas. caller: labor is pushing texas into the 10th amendment. it is sad what labor is doing. we have oil and everything in texas. we're ok on certain

. >> suarez: how does chicago propose to pay for its olympic bid? is there a lot of public involved in putting on this planned 2016 games? >> no. i think that it's typical for the american bids for the games to be financed privately. whether or not that can actually happen in this particular case i think we're all waiting to see. but the games for chicago have been advertised as privately financed games. but undoubtedly given the history of cost overruns, given some exaggeration of what it is that occurs in the way of benefit, it's likely to be the case that the costs will outstrip revenues and public financing of some sort will undoubtedly occur. >> suarez: while it's easy to count the losses, is it sometimes harder to count the benefits? barcelona seems pretty pleased that the games put that city on a worldwide map. might chicago accrue benefits that have more to do with making people around the world aware of its existence? >> i think that's the hope. i think that barcelona, i think, had a brilliant plan. i think that they developed a strategy that really involved remaki

chicago police asking for the public's help tonight in identifying the group of people who savagely beat 16-year-old derrion albert thursday in the roseland neighborhood. the fanger high school junior was on his way home from school when a grouped armed a2 x 4s attacked him near this community center on the block of west 100th street. >> it's still too early to talk about suspects and things of that nature right mow. >> reporter: the honor student wand punched and kicked. dozens watched and did nothing. >> but i don't understand how 16, 17-year-old kids, how you could just stand over someone's body and just constantly beat hem and stomp them to death. >> reporter: amateur video captured from the scene helped authorities identify some of the attackers. >> the detectives have been canvassing the area reviewing videos and evidence and conducting interviews. >> reporter: police aren't saying whether thurt's attack was gang related but they say the teen was targeted bawd he refusesed to join a gang. today a makeshift memorial appear to have been torched leaving even more questions as ho whom

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public option. democrats fighting democrats. what changed? >> reporter: it's called all politics is local, tamron. as you know, with chicago, it is something else. i can tell you the lobbying campaign among chicago political elites to this building that i have to walk into every day was intense. and, frankly, the president got cornered into this thing. i know that they will never put it that way. they'll never say it. but it's pretty clear that it was -- that the lobbying got almost out of control. and the worry that chicago's political elite had that they weren't going to get it. they're trying to pull out every stop. it was basically telling -- this is mayor daley -- there's a reason why he's been in charge of chicago for what seems like half a century. he knows how to play political hardball. he played political hardball with the president of the united states. >> thank you very much. >>> does president obama have a priority problem or just a problem with his critics? two weeks ago the president said he was too busy with health care to take the trick to copenhagen. now there's even more on the president's plate. iran's

chicago has a chronic problem with violence, especially teen violence. and while its murder rate is still only half of rio de janeiro's, it is well ahead of madrid or-ukÑss<çostudents were murdered here in the last school year. four have been killed this month. and just last week came this beating death of a 16-year-old honor student on the south side, murdered apparently because he refused to join a gang. >> our president and our mayor and our governor is over in copenhagen when right here we got savagery going on in the streets of chicago. >> reporter: critics ask how chicago can even begin to think about hosting a $4.8 billion event when it's currently running a $300 million deficit and has had to close down city hall for a day just to save money. they question the city's priorities. >> the state and the city were able to find money for olympics but when it came to actual basic services to make people's lives better, there's nothing to be found. >> reporter: others are skeptical about a plan to privately finance the games, which could always get more expensive as many projects around here seem to do. >> throw in the chicago way which says something betwe