. >> carlisle scott harrison bass worn -- caroline scott harrison was born when she met benjamin harrison. she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women's issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who tracked first ladies considered carolina harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we'll learn why in this segment of "first ladies: influence and image" and here to tell us more about the story of carolina harrison, our two guests who now the office well. edie, thanks for coming back. and bill, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that building. bill and edie are both members of c-span sass -- c-span's academic advisory committee for this series. we're going to start with an illustration tonight. like to -- the white house itself is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. i think -- >> certainly, yeah. >> is -- if caroline harrison had had her way, it would like different today. we have her designs for the white house that we'd like to show p

harrison's ill health. let me begin by saying i am a huge caroline harrison fan, i've been following her for years but did her ill health have any effect on the amount of work she was able to do in her husband's administration? do you think it prevented her taking on more work in the administration? she was a beautiful woman and could have had a lot of influence. > she had tuberculosis and stayed bus di-- busy -- tuberculosis and depression, really. but finally she couldn't fight it anymore, it was really the only -- only the last two months of her life that were bad, everything happened to her in october, she was born in october, died in october, the d.a.r. was founded in october. >> before we leave her influences, there's a story about her support for johns hopkins that you need to tell. >> ok. well, the back story is that johns hopkins had built a hospital and was going to build medical school with graduate education and they built the hospital but they ran out of money for the medical school. and so a y

harrison.> i disappointed a lot of people in my life. i let a lot of people down. this is my wife, my wife. that's my daughter, that's my son, the twins. my mom, she's going to flip out when she find out i was in here and i got caught with a knife. >> this is a shank that was turned in from possession of offender harrison. "e" dorm east. and as you can see here, that's a pretty lengthy piece of iron there. it's got a pretty good point on the end of that. it could do some pretty severe damage, especially if that came up through a rib or a kidney or a lung. >> i got another really good friend that cares about me. i let him down, too. >> if i could get him right now, i'd beat him up just to show him you're not tough. >> robert spears has been a surrogate father to harrison during the young inmate's first four months at indiana state prison. >> i'm really mad at him now. there's no reason he should have had that knife. he's got two babies. i told him, it ain't about this, man. you've got ten years

. >> carlisle scott harrison bass worn -- caroline scott harrison was born when she met benjamin harrison. she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women's issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who tracked first ladies considered carolina harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we'll learn why in this segment of "first ladies: influence and image" and here to tell us more about the story of carolina harrison, our two guests who know the office well. edie, thanks for coming back. and bill, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that building. bill and edie are both members of c-span sass -- c-span's academic advisory committee for this series. we're going to start with an illustration tonight. like to -- the white house itself is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. i think -- >> certainly, yeah. >> is -- if caroline harrison had had her way, it would like different today. we have her designs for the white house that we'd like to show

the movie is forty two the stars harrison ford back of our remaining moments after this . well. technology innovation all the developments from around russia. the future covered. i was passing a sandlot little white boy back you know already used to. sit on a fastball he was pretending he was here. because she do this to ricky. had a victory over fascism in germany no why. but you. are the face. of my whole life. forty one years ago i was a player coach in ohio always thinking percy. had a negro catch best hitter on the team. so he laid low. broke because of the color of his skin and i didn't do enough to hold myself. or something unfair. at the hearth. and i had no. time came when i could no. i guess harrison ford forty two is now playing why did is a great film and he is great and it's your dad became advocate of conservation international is the obama administration doing enough in the area of the environment. they're doing. what they can. tell you with that you know the biggest issue now is. funding of course. and the funding for international conservation has not been as. a

. >> carlisle scott harrison bass worn -- caroline scott harrison was born when she met benjamin harrison she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women's issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who tracked first ladies considered carolina harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we'll learn why in this segment of "first ladies: influence and image" and here to tell us more about the story of carolina harrison, our two guests who know the office well. edie, thanks for coming back.

off 6th and harrison. the man led police and the chp on a low-speed chase through the city, crashing into a car along the way. the suspect eventually hit a police spike strip and pulled over in berkeley driving into the estuary. >> they reported that he might have had a hammer and might have been suicidal. but we didn't find a hammer. it might be at the would. to of the estuary -- bottom of the estuary. >> reporter: the suspect was not hurt. he was taken away for a mental evaluation. police say he has a history of mental illness and he will face charges. live in berkeley, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a thief may be to blame for a fire and power outage in fruitvale overnight. this power pole at coliseum way and high street caught fire at 11:30 last night. oakland fire and pg&e thinks someone tried to steal copper cut into a live wire. most of fruitvale lost power causing at least one crash at a dark intersection. the outage lasted about an hour. >>> in san francisco, hundreds of people are wi

robinson i was at his first game the take it back a little bit we met in an airport and was vegas harrison ford and he said i just finished a movie called forty two a play branch rickey this is kid and it playing jackie robson i think is a pretty good movie how do you think it turned out. i think it turned out to be a pretty good movie and i wouldn't lie to you did you realize that this was. what it was a star it. yeah you know i knew that it that there was an aspect to this to this story that was beyond the typical and that it was something very important about america about our culture. and about bringing a story that. you were to a new generation that perhaps didn't know the dealing with the details of it but hadn't had the visceral experience. that that this film is you know the thing i always guard against when i'm. talking about people i'm working with about a script is that. it is there's a thing i don't like and it's called talk stories when you're talking about the story the characters are tasked with talking about the story instead of allowing the audience to experience the story

, wife of the 23rd resident, benjamin harrison.he makes the first speech by a sitting first lady. a new wing that would be billed for women. the life and times of caroline harrison. life on monday at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span 3 and on c-span radio and c- span.org. our website has more about the first ladies including a special section welcome to the white house. produced by the white house historical association. the association, we are offering a special edition of the book first ladies at the united states of america. featuring about durfee of each frances -- featuring biographies of each first lady. now available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping. go to c-span.org/products. >> c-span, created by cable companies in 1979 and brought to you as a public service by your television provider. next some of this year's commencement speeches by business leaders around the country. we begin with the twitter ceo dick costolo at the university of michigan, ann arbor. and nate silver at the new school university in ne

-- caroline scott harrison was born when she met benjamin harrison. she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women's issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who tracked first ladies considered carolina harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we'll learn why in this segment of "first ladies: influence and image" and here to tell us more about the story of carolina harrison, our two guests who know the office well.

he should have a say so. >> john: harrison?think women have a right to their body and i have a right to my opinion. but yeah, preventing abortion is good. we should award the masturbating fetus for getting a head start. >> john: preventing unwanted pregnancy. >> what will they do if they don't have this wedge issue? >> don't you think they did this strictly because they're playing to their base of christian conservatives. they knew it wasn't going to go through. it is like michele bachmann, the latest useless bill that she championed. they knew it wasn't going to go -- they know it won't pass the senate. we tried. and where is their laser-like focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. they go right for the fetus. >> they were supposed to bring the pregnant worker's fairness act which was going to give maternity rights and that's what they planted with it. they saw a pregnant lady. we should just do abortion instead. >> continue to do bills that aren't going to get anywhere. they're doing a kind of masturbation themselves. they could be using

benjamin harrison ends up being this compromised candidate.e was a cold fish the political cartoonists having their way with him. he depicted him in this huge overcoat and old-fashioned hat to suggest he is wearing his grandfather's clothes. his grandfather was a former president. he is the sort of person writing that connection into white house. but the important thing about the election in terms of the understanding of it, two things. it is the first of the big-money elections elections. this makes kind -- campaign finance history. the republicans put $3 million into the race pretty forget bout the popular vote. they want to repot -- they want to focus on winning new york and indiana. $3 million is enormous. more than what has gone into an election up to that point. then there is the issue about what are you going to do about grover cleveland's greatest card. that will be -- it is one thing to go after grover cleveland. it is another thing to go after both. what they do is, we are back ofo this bareknuckle time thetics in which republicans b

different groups came to hear benjamin harrison speak. one group that came with a group that harrison greatly admired and very much encouraged, and that was the black community in this area. and when he's fit -- when he finished speaking to them, and he invited them all to come into his home, which they did, and they shook hands with a benjamin harrison and caroline harrison as they walked through the house. this is benjamin harrison's favorite room, his library. how interesting, in his place -- we have caroline harrison's beautiful little desk. i think in this room probably benjamin drew a great deal of strength and comfort from having caroline). by.lose maybe she did not talk about what paper he was writing or what bill he was written on, but just looking up from his desk and seeing his carrie was an encouragement. >> a conversation on caroline harrison is available on our website, www.c-span.org/first ladies. tune in monday for next program, first lady ida mckinley. " continues.journal host: we are back. we want to welcome a former con

. >> don harrison went shopping to get ready. >> reporter: as ominous clouds hover over this hardware store, it might be a good idea to go inside and prepare for the hurricane season. trying to grab supplies is a disaster in its on rite. >> people running in every direction. >> reporter: it's better to be prepared now before everything is picked over. >> it takes days to restock. >> reporter: summer is already set for the storm. >> anything you would take camping we have set up and ready to go. >> reporter: christine and caleb came in to buy some light bulbs. they're in the prepared this season. >> not at all. we should start getting prepared. once it lets and the electricity goes out, we're done. >> now that you told me, i will. >> reporter: you may not have $1300 to get a generator, but you may have this. let's see how prepared you can get. flashlight and batteries, toilet paper, candles and matches. how about hand sanitizer. large zip lock bags so you can put your cell phone and wallet in. wart and a lantern. $93.55. with tax, $99.17, under $100. that's a good start eye remember hu

it's because of that earlier structure fire at 7th and harrison.ews on scene and it's by that posey tube. traffic heading out of alameda towards oakland. avoid that in the meantime, as well. one accident in menlo park, one in palo alto, everything is cleared but it's jammed in both directions. 280 a much better option. wayne: who wants some cash? you've got yourself a brand new car baby. jonathan: a sapphire and diamond necklace. wayne: a trip to los cabos. jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer wayne brady. wayne: welcome everybody to "let's make a deal." it's time to make a deal like we do every single day. i need one person, let's go. you. oh penny, come on, we got to get this done. welcome to the show, penny. (screams) penny, safety first. so what do you do, penny? - (squeaks) wayne: well, when you're not trying to breathe.

. >> caroline harrison was an active participant in benjamin harrison's political allies. i had just stepped out the door as benjamin harrison did many times to address the crowd became to hear him speak when he was campaigning for the president. he was very much devoted to benjamin harrison in the ideals of his campaign. when she planned her and not you're all a threat, she wanted it to be designed and made in the united states because benjamin harrison campaign, advocated that we become an independent nation and she was going to do her part to see that hopping. >> she loved to entertain. many different groups came to hear benjamin harrison's speed. one group that came was a group that harrison greatly admired very much encourage the black community. when he finished speaking to them coming in by demott to come into his home, which they did didn't shake hands as benjamin harrison and caroline harrison as they walk through the house. >> is his favorite room, his library. how interesting a nice place to be, we've caroline harrison's beautiful little dusk. in this room, prob

meet caroline harrison, wife of the 23rd president, benjamin harrison, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments. monday night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. >> we are showing some of this year's commencement speeches by business leaders from around the country. next, arianna huffington at the thenege-- smith college. wesley bush at johns hopkins university. after that, former president bill clinton speaking at howard university. arianna huffington was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies this year at smith college in massachusetts. she is the head of the "huffington post" an online news site and blog founded in 2005. this is about 25 minutes. >> arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. numbers of the faculty, devoted fans and friends, and especially the fabulous class of 2013. [applause] congratulations, you have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. when you first arrived four years ago, i am sure you never imagined that at the end of that, we there would be a lady

in a visible spot, too, or harrison in oakland next to interstate 880 and it was at 7:15 a.m. >> we got a lot of calls, hard against the freeway, a lot people coming through the tube right by it, so the public really stepped up and called us. >> this is the second time this year this old empty victorian has caught fire. the last time was in january. fire officials say homeless people keep breaking in and sleeping here. investigators suspect they keep starting the fires. >> it is an assumption on my part that it was probably homeless activity because utilities are shut off. no one is supposed to be in the structure. >> it is next to a home with two units and firefighterred had to help the residents escape and protect the home. the man two doors down said this is frustrating. >> they need to contact the owner of the house. the owners are also frustrated saying they would like to tear it down but they dealing with several agencies and it just is not that easy. >> we cannot just demolish it because it is an historical building. the city will not let us demolish it. we feel terrible because

our special guest will be warriors forward harrison barnes. he is on the right. we want your questions for harrison. i just thought i would be clear. tweet me. if we are good we will use them on the air. passing to bergeron. it is 2-1 to the bruins and it is a exanding 3-0 -- it is a commanding 3-0 series lead. brought to you by river rock casino. >> it will be a good game tomorrow. >> it will be a fun series. >> thanks, larry. >>> instant celebrity, instant millionaire. >> the woman who won the massive powerball >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. we are looking at a risk of rip currents which are pretty much all of the santa cruz beaches. fog and low clouds and the cool temperatures first thing in the morning. mainly 50s. eventually to the 60s. mike niko will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. >> thanks. >>> the winner of the $590 million powerball jackpot has come forward after two weeks. >> take a look. this is 84-year-old gloria mckenzie leaving the lottery headquarters in florida. she chose the lump sum payout meaning she will get $371 million before taxes.

market resident with an emphasis on family were able to submit applications for the units to 3333 harrison. they created a number of family units created that would cater to seniors and we wanted to make sure since they were building in south of market that as many south of market resident had access to that. those are examples where we're looking for new ways to address the particularly of dwindling housing. >> carmichael school, you're trying to turn it into a community hub with services and places go to see with a large philippino population and immigrant students, that makes a lot of sense. can you give background about renaissance and urban solutions and why they're critical. there's a representative of renaissance who can speak to what they do. but renaissance center who we funded for the program has a, i believe, 28 year history of working with small businesses and being located if the south of market with particular emphasis on training, low income folks to start businesses and helping those folks really grow those businesses to the point where they can hire employees where they're

our special guest will be warriors forward harrison barnes. he is on the right.r questions for harrison. i just thought i would be clear. tweet me. if we are good we will use them on the air. passing to bergeron. it is 2-1 to the bruins and it is a exanding 3-0 -- it is a commanding 3-0 series lead. brought to you by river rock casino. >> it will be a good game tomorrow. >> it will be a fun series. >> thanks, larry. >>> instant celebrity, instant millionaire. >> the woman who won the >> the woman who won the massive p look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. and struggle to sleep comfortably together, now th

barbara harrison is here with that story. >> reporter: mrs. obama was speaking at a private democratic fund-raiser. the guests there had paid to come. it was at a couple's home here in washington. about ten minutes into her remarks, a woman started shouting, demanding that the president sign an executive order on gay rights in the workplace. mrs. obama then left the podium and confronted the heckler face to face. the first lady threatened to leave, but then gave guests a choice, to listen to her or to the heckler. the guests chose the first lady and the woman was escorted out. a group representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transjernt americans issued a statement after the incident. we value the first lady's leadership and invite her to lead the charge within the democratic party to end employment discrimination. the gay and lesbian rights organization later identified the protester as ellen sturtz, one of its members. she told the "washington post" she was taken aback when the first lady got in her face. wendy? >>> d.c. jazz festival kicked o

our special guest will be warriors forward harrison barnes. he is on the right. we want your questions for harrison. i just thought i would be clear. tweet me. if we are good we will use them on the air. passing to bergeron. it is 2-1 to the bruins and it is a exanding 3-0 -- it is a commanding 3-0 series lead. brought to you by river r casino. >> it will be a good game tomorrow. >> it will be a fun series. >> thanks, larry. >>> instant celebrity, instant millionaire. >> the woman who won the massive powerball >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. we are looking at a risk of rip currents which are pretty much all of the santa cruz beaches. fog and low clouds and the cool temperatures first thing in the morning. mainly 50s. eventually to the 60s. mike niko will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. >> thanks. >>> the winner of the $590 million powerball jackpot has come forward after two weeks. >> take a look. this is 84-year-old gloria mckenzie leaving the lottery headquarters in florida. she chose the lump sum payout meaning she will get $371 million before taxes. >>

destination so that's it that is one reason why wiki leaks says it has brought someone being sarah harrison along with snowden and wiki leaks has really flexed a lot of muscle in this situation its leader julian assange has been holed up within the ecuadorian embassy in london for the past year it's had funding blocked members prosecuted but it's asserted itself in this. to asian and it has really drawn a very close relationship with edward snowden and made itself very very known in this situation which is not characteristic of it in the recent past so it's really shown what an agile organization this really is and what the u.s. government is going to end up having to deal with when it comes to getting its hands on snowden if indeed ecuador is his final destination. course want to lindsey france right there and while the american whistleblower is awaiting his asylum verdict. from the free bradley manning support network explain why it would or has become such a popular destination for those being prosecuted politically. have very large. numbers of asylum fifty some odd thousand not necessar

seeking snowden wherever he may be including ecuador it's been reported by wiki leaks that sarah harrison a very close advisor to julian assange himself and a staff member for the last two years with wiki leaks is accompanying edward snowden on his trip to wiki leaks it says has offered legal counsel and getting him safely out of hong kong into russia and then on to his his next destination so that's it that is one reason why a wiki leaks says it has brought someone being sarah harrison along with snowden and wiki leaks has really flexed a lot of muscle in this situation its leader julian assange has been holed up within the ecuadorian embassy in london for the past year it's had funding blocked members prosecuted but it's asserted itself in this situation and it has really drawn a very close relationship. edward snowden and made itself very very known in this situation which is not characteristic of it in the recent past so it's really showing what an agile organization this really is and what the u.s. government is going to end up having to deal with when it comes to getting its hands o

. >> caroline harrison was an active participant in benjamin harrison's elliptical life. >> i had justtepped out of the door to address the crowds of that came to hear him speak when he was campaigning for the presidency. devoted to theh ideals of his campaign. planter and not euro address, she wanted it to the made in the united states her inaugural address, she wanted it to be made in the united states. she advocated that we become an independent nation. do her parting to to see that happen. >> this was probably one of her favorite rooms in the house. she loved to entertain. toy different groups came hear benjamin harrison speak. one group that came was a group that harrison greatly admired and encouraged. that was the black community in this area. when he finished speaking to them, he invited them all to come into his home, which they did, and they shook hands with engine men and caroline harrison they walked through the house. is his favorite room. it is his library. how interesting that in his place to be we have caroline harrison's beautiful little desk. in this room probably ben

this is on harrison right near seven. several streets in the area are shut down.licopter partnership with abc seven news. they're putting a lot of water on it right now. there is a lot of smoke in the area as well. this same victorian and burned in january. january 23rd we carry that for you live here on kron4. it was abandoned and the same house went up in flames. there is not much left of it as fire crews look to finally have a handle on a large flames that were coming out of the building just a short time ago. >> the nimitz freeway has become one of our hot spots, adjacent to the fire. the pose the two coming from alameda back into oakland comes out right at seventh in harrison. that is the route to the freeway. that traffic will be affected, used park street instead to get off the island and on to the nimitz freeway. both directions of 880 now jammed up. the northbound right which is usually slow to high-speed. we are also track and hot spot acrossth on s southbound accident on candlestick causeway. it is now jammed up the traffic both southbound and northboun

barbara harrison at the live desk with an update on the search. barba barbara? >> police say their search through the rubble of that building in center city is overtonighover tonight. they've been talking about their difficulties in the rescue effort which has been ongoing since the building collapse yesterday, killing six people. from upenn hospital we learned that three other people being treated there are already out of the hospital, and a fourth remains at the hospital in critical condition. again, police are through with their search in that building collapse in philadelphia. we'll bring you the latest updates as we find out what they have to tell us. at the news4 live desk, i'm barbara harrison. >>> for much of the day, rescues were holding out hope they would find more survivors. >> a woman was pulled out 12 hours after the building collaps collapsed. she was able to squeeze their hands. that 14-story building was being demolished when it fell onto a salvation army store, killing six people. one victim spoke to him just 15 minutes before the collapse. >>

. >> he is said to be traveling with sarah harrison for wiki leaks. . >> i just want to see my daughter. that's all. i just want to see my daughter. >> kpix is there while an amber alert is tried to set the record straight. >>> jaw dropping opening statements in the george zimmerman trial including a joke that no one found funny. >>> a bay air school is giving bingo the boot. ,,,,,,,,,,,, what's behind it -- and what means for homebuyers. . >> and we want to get to the story about the jump in jumbo loan rates and what it means for homebuyers. >> reporter: time is money has never been more true than now. how are the buyers acting? she has been getting calls from anxious buyers. with a half million dollar loan, an increase in the rate will cost you $37 a month. you could save $2,600 a year. santa clara tax assessor says it will scare off investment buyers for those who want to flip homes. >> they are trying to get out of the investment. that can have a destabilizing effect on the property market. >> reporter: put things in re perspective. >> don't go out and do anything stupid. >> whateve

nbc bay area news. >>> wonder if harrison can do as good.d fills the void as best they can. michael crabtree suffered a possible season ending injury. so far so good for the second year player. >> i feel comfortable out there. i mean, just being, you know, in the system for a while. it took me a twhile, you know, wasn't -- >> aj had his best week since he's been a 49er for the last day of otas and he continues to build on that. >> football season never ends. that will do it for now. giants trailing again. >> the pirate's pitcher is dates crawford's sister. >> that's right. >> that's reporting. >> everybody loves her. we've made major advancements in reducing the incidents of broken bones in seniors. we've received recognition for getting hypertension under control for over 80% of our members. we've made significant advances in asthma, immunization and maternity care. and j.d. power and associates ranked us highest in member satisfaction among health plans in california. we're focusing on the big things so you can enjoy the little things. kai

. >> we actually work with a stabilization fund and that's on harrison street. the developer was locked into a requirement early on. i think this has to be under place for any of the initiatives. from the very beginning they must know those are the ground rules and there's enough support in the city to manifest is is part of the litigation. we need to strengthen this and get more resources behind this. >> one more in question. thanks for serving for one term. last year you - i believe you missed 6 of the 12 meeting or something like that. i mean is this something - did you have the time to commented to this? >> i do. maybe it wasn't has clear. there were some early conflicts we had with other meetings specifically more stabilization fund. we were trying to mitigate that and get the calendars challenged but it's very clear the operational rules for the c ac i'm definitely commented and make sure i attend or make sure it's clear that the committee ahead of time if i can make it >> okay. next applicant is brad paul >> brad is actually he's got a friend in surgery a

along second street between, if you will, so on so many and harrison streets. those are the areas that would be impacted by the proposed amendments they have 1 hundred feet and higher. i want to note that area on second street is built out. in addition this map on the screen shows in green the boundary of the central corridor plan and then in black the west area. the additional maps in our package have the height designations within the areas. the zoning district is on the south part of the street and is encouraging office and artists. height designations range from 45 feet to 1 hundred and thirty feet. the highest designation is limited to that portion of folsom streets. the one hundred and 5 feet designation is on the second and 3 townsend street and on this block there's a parcel for a hotel that has been proposed and reviewed by this commission. and for the benefit of the audience this is that area. a portions of the district is located within the central corridor area. they intended to provided strategies for proposing changes along the streets. this draft

and carter harrison, senior and junior because we are two generations of mayor harrison, have both well-respected. everybody let the district run. it was known as segregated vice. phaseout is able to keep the fisa my neighborhood, the rest of the city would be pure. plus the boys need of a place have a good time. right? chicago was a port of this particular period in history. it was the gateway to the west. st. louis played a role with that, too. but the votes from new york and erie canal sailed through the great lakes down to chicago, and from your people went out to conquer the west of chicago. so city fathers thought it was only our duty to give the pioneers the last night in civilization, give them a good time at the district. so that's really how it began. prohibition came along, again, the groups of criminals that were under the influence of the alderman became so powerful that the roles were reversed. pretty soon they started dictating to the alderman. as the story goes, the capone syndicate donated $260,000 to mayor thompson's reelection, and the money was allegedly passed out in packets

meade, don harrison, abc2 news. >> you can reach kathleen at this number. >>> anne arundel county executive newman has opened a campaign account. newman took over the county executive role after leopold was found guilty of misconduct in office. >>> freckles was found abused and abandoned. look at freckles today. he looks like he's smiling at you. now in this picture you can see his belly. all his wounds are healing nicely. freckles is living with a trainer until he is rescued. don't you just wt to rub his belly right now? >> yes. >>> all right. what started out as a blog for her family has turned her into the nationally known scary mommy. tonight abc2 news charley crowson sits down with scary mommy to learn more about her latest project. >> reporter: there's no denying her. unless you've read her book, confessions of a scary mommy, she may not be a fan of yours. >> my dislike for other people's children, how i feel about school and teachers. >> reporter: confessions was a best seller. it was a let among fans. it's even been printed in a number of foreign languages. >> sold in funny place. t