george ryan could get a second chance at freedom. the supreme court decision may give him a new trial. and 911 phone calls placed the day that jennifer hudson's three family members were killed have been released good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair wgn's amy rutledge has the latest from 26 in california a judge has now ruled that the rest of the world can hear those 911 tapes it's a call from julia hudson after returning in october 20th 082 herself side home rick turning from work she noticed a bullet hole in the front door with her mother's lifeless bloodied body lying on the floor inside her son was missing in her brother was also dead inside of the house ... >>oh my god! >>i'm sorry i can understand what you are saying you have to stop screaming >>somebody killed my mother ... please come help me ... >>what is the address ... >>oh my god ... 7019 cell yale ... >>does she need an ambulance >>i'm so scared please yes >>there was concern that these tapes released could prejudice the jury ... the judge ruled it should

his 2 year sentence at the federal camp in terra haute indiana--the same place former governor george ryan is serving out his time. lon monk reports is to surrender on july 6th. a sign that operation board games is soon coming to a close. >>an attorney from aurora is one of five people injured when a small airplane crashed into a shopping center in florida. 60-year old kim presbrey of aurora, and a second person on the plane is also believed to be from illinois. both were treated for third- degree burns. three people inside the store were also badly burned. witnesses reported the plane showing signs of trouble before it came crashing down. . >> today official sign the plane lost power and witnesses were quick to call 911. >>oh my god. >> an airplane...oh my god. >>that's one of the 911 calls. initial reports said a mechanical problem caused the crash. the faa is investigating. >>as many as a dozen tornadoes touched down in the dallas-fort worth area this afternoon, causing widespread damage. despite the wreckage, there are no reported deaths and only a handful of injury reports. hundreds o

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. >>> house gop chair george ryan was at georgetown university. his austerity laden budget. a plan that could cut tens of billions from food aid programs. and one described by 90 faculty members in a letter as selfish, against the gospel of jesus christ, and injurious to the poor. >> i feel it is important to discuss how as a catholic in public life, my own personal thinking on these issues has been guided by my understanding of the church's social teaching. simply put, i don't believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government. >> joining us now, democratic congresswoman eddie from texas. >> good day. >> i want to get to his speech but a big vote is coming up on whether to prevenl a july 1st increase on the interest rates for federal student loans. the gop wants to offset it with cuts to the president's health care overall. can the gop afford to do this? >> well, actually, this should not happen. it is clear the interest rates need to be seeing our young people get out of college, not finding jobs, al

. >> as he left office, governor george ryan made a dramatic decision. rocking the justice system in illinois. ryan granted clemency to all death row inmates, saying the system was broken. ryan commuted 167 death sentences, reducing nearly all to life without parole. until 1998 executions were carried out at stateville correctional center, outside chicago. today nearly half its prisoners are in for murder. stateville had a long reputation as a place where inmates challenged guards for control. how that all changed is the big story behind the walls of stateville. >> it's another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, we're talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. it's really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. we're looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> it's 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the

and paul ryan. george will, at this moment shlgts all of the early money on rubio?mitt romney has two problems. one, the base is not energized. and marco rubio would do that and the second one is hispanics. the republican candidates have competed to build the longest fence to keep the mexicans out. there's precious little evidence, george, that this ever matters. in one election, lyndon johnson on the ticket, you can sometimes move a state, an important state three points maybe by picking someone like that. i have never met an american i vote for presidential a because of running mate b. >> they voted against. >> that's the question that everyone learned from the last election as well, mat matt, one of thing that you're picking up by this potential pick, the most important coming off the sarah palin pick by john mccain, romney will have to pick someone that's automatically recognized to be president >> i understand that everyone wants a bold choice and challenge. the job of a nominee facing an incumbent president at a trying time, to be a dependable, acceptable alte

george h. w. bush, pualaul ryan, and johnson. >> santorum is back in pennsylvania. if he loses all three, that may very well be the alamo of his race. >> d.c. voters going to the polls for hotly contested ward races. orange is being contested. alexenader in 4. barry in ward 8. turnout so far has been light. another hot contest, six congressional districts where roscoe bartlett is battling state senator david brinkley for the republican nomination. a group which may be tied to bartlett contained a 911 call made by brinkley's former wife. as for the democrats, the leading are rob garagiola and john delaney. live coverage on news channel eight and a politico.com. we will have a big wrap up on abc 7 news at 11. >> syrian troops are starting to pull out. this is the first step towards selling the ongoing conflict. this is a cease-fire plan to remove troops and the fighters are hoping there will be immediate drawdown. >> president obama lashing out today saying the spending plan amounted to social darwinism that would hurt the pocketbooks of local families. >> it is a tro

george? >> okay, ryan. thanks very much. katie's going to talk to the enoch family in a minute. >>> but let's bring in sam. so unusual close to a major city. >> let's look at how wide the storm center was through the southeast. when you look at it closely, you know when there's 18 reported tornadoes, we believe that actually 6 to 13, when they look at the damage, will have been on the ground at that point. but the two giant tornadoes. look at arlington, kennedale. forney. dallas. you have tornadoes moving this way to dallas. also, let me show you, for the first time, you're able to stand in dallas, look east, and see a tornado. stand in dallas, turn around and look south and see a tornado. two very large things. if you think about this, the center of population there, the folks that were involved, about 500,000 people, could have been 7 million people involved in the tornadoes. we'll tell you where the storms are going today in a minute. katie? >> sam, thanks very much. >>> one of the heroines of the storm, a grandmother, ba

matt is a former white house political director under president george w. bush. ryan is a consultant, founder of 100 proof politics.com. guys, thanks to both of you. appreciate you coming on. matt what, do polls mean at this stage of the game? >> really very little. if i were sitting in mitt romney's shoes after this kind of tough primary, the fact that the real clear politics average shows him within three points, that's really good news. but nobody should focus too much on these polls. they got to put their plan together for the general election. they got to win these tough battle ground states. the key number is obama's gallup approval, which has been consistently under 50 throughout the year. at the stays there and the number one issue remains the economy and there is concern over obama's economic policies, mitt romney will win this race. >> rick: ryan, matt mentioned the primary, of course, mitt romney only just within the last week or so clearly becoming the presumtive republican mom knee. but up until now, he's been getting bashed by the likes of rick santorum,

george w. bush picked tothd to gather headliner republicans, governors like chris christie of new jersey and members of congress like paul ryan of wisconsin. george w. bush picked today to convene in manhattan, a who's who of current republican politicians to campaign for keeping his tax cuts. wow. the still deeply unpopular president has kept a low profile but his emergence today of all days heading up a tax conference did put him squarely back into today's 2012 politics. >> if you raise tax, in other words, i wish they weren't called the bush tax cuts. if they were called some other body's tax cuts they are probably less likely to be raised. >> former president bush should not be so modest about his legacy in the republican party. not only does everybody still call them the bush tax cuts, but this republican party after him is absolutely campaigning on keeping the bush tax cuts. despite the decade so far of the bush tax cuts exploding the national debt, adding trillions to the deficit, remember they said they would pass them because we had a surplus, we had extra money. despite what the bush tax cuts have done to the debt a

recently, former president george hw bush, paul ryan and florida senator marco rubio. >> this he's stakingis campaign on the home state prime yair qee. >> we have to win pennsylvania. >> if you listen to the obama campaign the republican race is over. today the president delivered a fiery attack on the republican party. >> i can't remember when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so clear. >> mitt romney did take out 98 delegates tonight. and he is still only at the halfway point for the magic number he needs to hit this nomination. >> thank you. the president also weighed in on the odds one icon would face if he ran today. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control for him to make a deal he'd have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> those remarks followed a speech where mr. obama portrayed himself as the best choice for middle class voters in november. >> advice

george h.w. bush. and from paul ryan. an important key congressman from wisconsin. >> so, as the romney campaign pivots to the general election, one of the big questions, and we love this topic, running mates, who's on the short list? >> well, they're saying there's no short list yet. that is what governor romney is saying. but you see several on the short list. marco rubio from florida is leading it. paul ryan is on it as well. also, a senator from ohio, rob portman, governor from indiana mitch daniels. the question for mitt romney is going to be, does he go for someone who can reinforce his economic credentials? or does he go for more of a balancing? and, you know, with marco rubio, there's a hope that he can appeal to latino voters, especially. but this is a little bit early. a point on that, especially in the republican party this time around, the sarah palin experience is going having one who will get through the vet, no questions asked. immediately reach that bar who's ready to be president. >> that's so interesting

received endorsements from such well-known figures as conservative congressman paul ryan and former president george bush senior. ronnie's closest competitor is lagging far behind. romney is leading in opinion polls also in the key state of wisconsin. the ones on popular candidate seems to have finally secured a solid base in his own party. that you cannot really say it out loud in washington yet, but the race for the republican nomination is basically over. the question is not whether mitt romney will be the candidate, but when. >> the internationally renowned artist i will weigh has set up live cameras in his beijing home, as a provocative response to surveillance by the chinese police. >> it also marks the first anniversary of his detention in a government crackdown on dissidents last year. he has been slapped with a multi-million dollar tax fine as well, which activists say is punishment for his criticism of the state. >> the security cameras do not miss a thing. the studios under 24-hour observation. a year ago, the police came for him. 81 days in solitary confinement. 81 days of psychological

week the republican party and i'm talking about everyone from the rising stars like paul ryan and marco to george.w. bush all endorsing romney and urging the others, including santorum to get out of the race. i think one, they think romney has won and want to put pressure on the others to get out and they're increasingly worried as the race goes on and as santorum criticizes romney, it's hurting him and making it harder to beat barack obama in november. is he feeling pressure? are there circumstances he'll get out? is he going to wait until romney has clinched the nomination? the way the primary calender is scheduled this would take at least two more months. will santorum stick in? >> you also talk about what the supreme court is doing discussing the health care reform? >> yeah, we're going to have a preview of the general election campaign between obama and whoever the republican nominee turns out to be and we have two of the more interesting colorful characters in both parties to debate and give us a preview of the what the general election debate will be like. howard dion lim, former governor

george w. bush, kongman paul ryan. does any one of those carry a little more weight than the other?all three are great endorsements. i would say jeb bush is probably the most important when you look ahead to the fall. jeb bush is very well known nationally. he is also very well liked by independent voters. there is actually a poll out that shows if mitt romney picked jeb bush as his running mate, he would beat president obama. without him, he is tied or losing to president obama. a jeb bush endorsement is a big, big pickup for him when he look ahead to november. >> what about marco rubio? could that help him with the tea party? >> absolutely. he and paul ryan are both beloved by the tea party. marco rubio in particular is liked among the latino community. all three are important. rubio has only been in the senate for a year and a half. he is very important for the republican base, but when you look ahead to november, he doesn't have quite the broad support that somebody like jeb bush has. >> when you and i return next sunday to talk mrikdz, what will we be talking about in terms of

and george zimmerman -- you know, there was this advertising campaign that the they did several years ago. this folksy advertising campaign, i am the nra. they had tom selleck and nolan ryan, you know, trying to portray that as the agenda of the gun lobby. george zimmerman is the nra. he is the creation of the nra. he is the creation of the politicians who have done their bidding. and we need to take all this outrage that's focused around this trayvon martin tragedy and hold our leaders accountable. and yes, i do believe that this one is different. anything else? we can -- what's that? so do we want everybody to sign these now? all right. so i guess what we're going to do now is we are going to the -- all of the 32 that are here, we're going to start by signing this statement of principle against arming dangerous people and, again, to remind you, this is the very simple statement we're going to be asking our elected officials to sign. do you or do you not believe that these people listed on this list should be able to buy a loaded, hidden -- should be able to buy a gun, carry a gun, own a gun anywhere in our country? thank you. so i guess we want to go in alphabetical ord

ryan from... i mean, he talked about the record of president richard nixon. president george w. bush. suggesting that what paul ryan is suggesting is much farther right than even these other republican presidents, what they've done. >> that's because both nixon and bush were both big government interventionists. my biggest problem the obama is he's continuing the failed policies of bush. bush doubled the size of the federal government in just eight years. he did bailouts. he did intervention. he did regulation. obama promised hope and change but he picked up the baton and is running in the same direction. god knows nixon was one of the worst presidents eve ever had just looking at his record setting aside watergate. intervention and regulation. yes, i am glad that republicans are trying to get their respectability after going way off the reservation during the bush years. >> my problem with that is that that's a very ideal logical take on presidents throughout history. in the real world, judy, people need medicare, retirement security. they need a safety net. this ryan budget endorsed

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george h.w. bush, florida senator marco rubio, house budget chairman paul ryan, today, senator ron johnson from this state, all endorse romney, even the paper, the "milwaukee journal sentinel" here in wisconsin endorsed romney also. and it started out its endorsement saying, you know, if romney has a convincing win here, it's pretty much all over, although it did also say they wonder which romney they will see in the fall. so there is that chorus, that growing notion that if romney does well here, it's all wrapped up. but he's still got to get to 1144 and he's still got two competitors who say until he clinches 1144, they're going to stay in the race. which, of course, what's also growing is the possibility of a brokered convention. fred? >> all right, we will see what happens. shannon travis coming to us from milwaukee. again, a tuesday primary in those three places. >>> all right, 1 in 88. that's how many children have a form of autism in the u.s. the statistic is startling. and the cost of caring for a child with autism is even more overwhelming. we'll talk with one couple, the former executive o

george h. w. bush or marco rubio or paul ryan it was message delivered and message received.e made it clear he plans to stay in the race, certainly through pennsylvania and that is, what, three weeks from tuesday, and he's confident he'll win there. and, he's talking about the may schedule and how it turns more favorable, states like texas and north carolina. he's in it for a while, he says until and unless romney gets to 1144, the magic number of delegates, needed to clinch the nomination. >> eric: a few moments ago, bob cusack of the hill suggested maybe he'll drop out, cut bait and save himself for a bright future. does he have a bright future if he continues in the race and racks up delegates. >> we talked about ronald reagan who of course ran all the way to the convention against jerry ford and lost and it didn't seem to hurt him four years later. first of all, he says he is not thinking about 2016, he's thinking of 2012 but, secondly, i don't think he feels, pursuing this a good deal further, maybe not all the way to the convention, a good deal further would hurt his ch

and you'll definitely want to watch george later on abc's "this week," when wisconsin congressman paul ryan who as we mentioned just endorsed mitt romney debates the democratic representative chris van hollen on gas prices, health care and 2012. >>> let's get over to ron claiborne now with the other top stories developing this morning. good morning. >>> good morning. tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out for a rally today in miami in remembrance of trayvon martin. this comes a day after thousands held a protest in sanford. it was the town where he was shot and killed by george zimmer a little over a month ago. protesters shouted justice for trayvon. they chanted justice for trayvon and that put pressure on them until zimmerman is arrested. >>> and some tough talk from secretary of state hillary clinton aimed at iran. speaking in saudi arabia, clinton warned iran that time is running out for diplomacy over its nuclear program. negotiations resume later this month. but clinton expressed doubt about whether iran has any intention of making a deal that satisfies the u.s. >>> and

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george washington. >>> meanwhile, top nine. ludwig. moves a shot past ryan zimmerman at third.game, tied at 2-2 with the cubs. later, runnersa the second and third. former runner, alfredo simone. zimmerman is crossing the plate. nats win on a walk juv. they're 5-2, atop the n.l. east, by a half game nfront of the new york mets am meantime, four, count them, four, national hockey league teams set off. including the washington caps, lacing up against boston in boston. >> i don't think somebody can say who is favorite or who is not in the play-offs. you know, last couple of years, i think everybody said we were going to be undefeated. and it's going to be easy for us. and we lost. >> oh, they lost. but we'll have highlights at 11:00 tonight. >>> last night marked one of the more unusual ways of announcing. 7-foot super star, normalins norwell, considered the best big man of high school ball. he told everybody where he is going to play. here's the word from headquarters. >> i'll be taking my talents for college to play at the university of... kentucky >> you know, a lot of people s

it was almost a year ago to the date, the president gave a speech at george washington university in which he decried the first ryans sort of more of less what we have today, as a darkly pessimistic vision for america. and a couple days before the speech, he was in the white house with his top aides and he said, listen, i just came back from a trip to latin america, i've been in chile in other countries where they're investing money in education, alternative energy, infrastructure. so they have a positive vision of where they can go as a nation. we can't do any of that here. these people on the other side don't believe in the america that i believe in. >> well, i think that's the point of believing in the america we believe in. you mentioned that, congressman. isn't it so that the tea party and the far right has moved this party so far to the right that it is a place that romney has had to go, way away from where the american mainstream is. in fact, let me show you what president obama said about ronald reagan and his -- or this present republican party. this is the president on reagan today. >> ronald reagan, who

george zimmerman has a new lawyer tonight. he joins us. >>> while president obama was vis rating the ryan budget in a sfeech in washington, congressman paul ryan was in wisconsin participate inning a possible illegal election day event. >> the person we go to the polls today if we have not already done today is who i think is going to be the winner today here and the next president of united states, join me in welcoming governor mitt romney. >> i appreciate you coming by and getting a free sandwich today. that's a tough job but someone has to do it. >> wisconsin state law in the section easily found under the title "election bribery," prohibits, quote, offers, gives, lends or promises to give or lend anything of value to induce a person to go to the polls or vote. anything of value includes any amount, quote, now any amount of money or any object. the value of which exceeds guess how much? $1. the sandwiches cost $5 each. the wisconsin government accountability board told nbc news affiliate wtmj milwaukee it appears the romney campaign broke the law. congressman ryan attacked president obama for talking about the ryan plan. >> i don'

inclination that santorum and newt gingrich are getting out any time soon even with paul ryan and jeb bush and georgerum that. is he feeling pressure. it is an interesting mix. you have young attractive stars, rising stars in the party like rubio and ryan and old guard like george bush and his son jeb bush saying it is time to focus on obama. we'll see if santorum want to hear that message or press ahead. all indications are that he will press ahead. wisconsin is a must win and then pennsylvania. >> and ohio. >> i will tell you his staff is saying may looks like a good month for santorum and in fact, if you look at the profile of the states, he should do better in may. >> if he can stick it out that longg. you can anger the left and right with your incisor like. >>> and moderates, too. >> you anger a lot of people. >> alicon got ticked off at me. >> we don't know what she is. >> you have howard dean and he may respond to one of your questions like take a listen. >> we'll go to california and texas and new york and south dakota and oregon and washington and michigan and then we are going to washington

ryan bailey was talking along george road and hit by a car.for good morning america. another traffic and weather update in 30 minutes. >>> right there is sara jones, a cincinnati bengals cheerleader, she's under fire right now. a former high school teacher accused of having sex with a student. her mom, a principal is now taking heat for being part, prap perhaps, of a cover up. good morning, everyone. robin is on break. we're so happy to have katie here this morning. >> i'm a bit rusty. i haven't done it for six years. >>> new outrage this morning from susan powell's family as newly released evidence seems to implicate her husband, josh. did police have enough to arrest him before he took the life of his sons? >> i know you is worked with dan before. you have never done the tag team. >> i ever in have. i'm a little nervous. i brought this whistle. [ whistle blows ] if you get out of line, i'm ready. if i have to break it up. >> you're going bring us something special in the next half hour, "dancing with the stars." >> already, one of my dreams

series of endorsements of romney this week from young guns like rubio and paul ryan and old lions of the party like georgel they be, forcing the other candidates from the race? and is this primary battle in effect, already over? >>guest: it is effective long term. each endorsement happens and less and less momentum for the other candidates, less and less money they can raise and it is tougher and tougher to win states and everyone is already on board so i may as well get there. the primary is not quite over. we have they states on tuesday and pennsylvania, santorum's home state and right now they still have a case. rick santorum made a case why he should be in the race, and no one has won 1,044 yet. and until then we did not have a nominee. >>chris: what is the end game here? >>guest: i argue that actually we have seen things wrapping up. i thought it was significant that this week of all weeks when health care was the major focus for much of the week and that is supposed to be romney's achilles' heel this week he seemed to consolidate a lost -- a lot of party support and it felt to be a turning point. wi