the animal rescue organization tales of hope contacted police after visiting highland park where the couple lived there charged with 21 counts of unlawful treatment of animals each count can carry a penalty of six months in jail and up to $1,500 in fines these cats were taken to shelters where there will be some treatment three of them have since died several others need surgery for certain infections a man on a mission to give kids an alternative to street violence is back on the road today chicago pester corey brookses off on the second leg of his walk across america nancy loo has this story ... >>earlier today they were downtown spreading the word about their journey they hope to raise $15 million to build a community center for at risk kids in woodlawn the vent kicked off in new york last month and reached chicago over the weekend the pastor says the rest of this walk will be difficult ... >>it will be hard going west once we hit the tip of texas and new mexico and arizona so that's the stuff we're trying to get prepared for to see how we will do this that will be the tough part

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the man we remember mass produced the model t, known as assembly line at highland park. he constructed the mammoth river rouge plant in dearborn, michigan, wheregan where based on a principle raw iron other came in and finitched automobiles came out the other. he was a manufacturer, aer of goods, and a businessman who had unprecedented scales of production. he was a producer that put america on wheels and created the automobile-centered society that precysts until today. the images of a familiar ford ring true in many ways. the familiar ford i insist is a shadow of the essential henry ford that i try to talk about in my book. the essential henry ford that preached the gospel of spending, preached the gospel of consumerism. his endid he havors, while important and far reach wrg rooted in a historical role as a visionary who first articulated a view of america as a consumer society. mass production, he understood sooner and better than everyone in this country, was rooted in mass consumption. as he noteed in one of his auto by graphical volumes, they needed to ask a simple

comment on the case, but said that everything that we are doing is to ensure that the kids at highland park are getting what they deserve. by suing the whole state here, how do you, what do you think that is going to accomplish by the very specifics that need to be done when you take a look at the kids and how they need to be taught? >> well, we are representing all of the children in the district. it is less than 1,000, 970-some kids, so we are the voice for these children. what we are saying is that the state and the district have not followed the law and they say when kids are not at reading level, the state is required to provide intervention services. that is not happening. the occasional programs that do woman in are not effective and implemented properly. so somebody has to speak for the kids, and that is why we are calling it the "right to read" lawsuit. >> i want you to hear what one mother had to say regarding this. >> i have an 11th grade daughter in highland park high school who is reading on the 3rd and 5th grade reading level on an assessment test. the district is not where it

it's headed for highland park, 5:27, kentland, bright seed, ardmoor as well. we are looking for a warning for prince george's county and anne arundel county until 6:00. we'll keep the severe weather alert day going until midnight. we'll track these storms and all the warnings at the bottom of your screen. got a picture for us? go to our website www.wusa9.com and fill out a storm report. >>> are you still scratching your head about who would okay letting pepco and bge bill you for 24 hours without power? tonight we'll tell you who is responsible. investigative reporter russ ptacek brought the story and people are some kind of mad. >> we're hearing from them. we've received hundreds of comments and if it's just pennies overwhelmly maryland customers don't think they should have to pay to bail out the power companies because they lost revenue during that storm. the commissioner of the maryland public service commission approved the billing for outages and now there's a move to get him fired. >> you're taking the pressure off them. >> montgomery county council mem

the aclu says a highland park district is violating kids with' right to read.chool students are not proficient with reading they must be provide with special assistance to bring them up to grade level within a year. according to the mt recent test scores, children were not proficient in reading. should schools that fail to teach children how to read be sudden? all you have to do go to facebook.com/newsnation to vote. that does it for this thursday edition of "news nation." i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall today. the cycle, the cycle is up next. r streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. t

these are things that were taught to me as a kid working class neighborhood, highland park, church hill and when i raised my own kids. >> one of the biggest issues in virginia has been the war on women. is this really an opportunity for a democrat to get this seat in the seventh district based on all of the issues and all of the aggressive policies that the republicans have put forward in virginia? >> absolutely. they just won't stop, and eric cantor supports their efforts, for example, this last session to have ultra sound, well, a transvaginal ultra sound performed, and just because these women, 1,000 women, who went up to protest back on march 3rd, i believe the governor changed his mind and took out the transvaginal part, but still the ultra sound is forced by the state, not paid for by the state, and i pro bono represented 15 of the people who were arrested for protesting. >> direct question. >> yes, sir. >> would you have voted for the affordable care act? would you have supported the president? >> yes, i would. >> you would have voted yes? >> yes. >> would you vote yes on this ta

the band performs in lake side park and in piedmont a dog parade. that will happen from highland avenue to piedmont park at 11:00 a.m. and hayward celebrating with a history hunt around the park and they will have mansion tours at 11:00 a.m. in san francisco bart is running on a holiday schedule and parking meters will be enforced and make sure your plans include watching kron 4, our celebration, july 4 live, watch fireworks from aened the bay, include -- from around the bay, we are the only station bringing local fireworks live, starts at 9:00 here on kron. >>> up next, gary talks to wardsler coach -- about warriors coach to talk about the draft, gary has all the highlights and all the sports coming up next. >>> all right. good evening, everybody. usually the yankees and boston liven up the call sequel in oakland. tonight 17,000 plus for the red sox. josh redick. there it goes. somebody gets hurt, prior to -- a week from tomorrow's all-star game, maybe he gets a call. brandon moss, 9th home run since joining the a's. terrific. 3-run home runner. he really has been slumping for a

park. piedmont has a fourth of july dog parade, the dog will be parading from highland avenue all the way todmont park. and hay were celebrated with an old- fashioned fourth of july even with a history hunt all around the park that should be fun. >> darya: we have our special coverage all around the bay you would not have to leave and travel to these special events because we have coverage starting at 9:00 p.m.. you can watch from all around the bay right here on channel 4. -- right here on kron4. >> mark: now we are waiting for the opening bell on wall street. we will be back. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week, the farm comes to you. fresh sweet corn is an amazing 6 for a buck. arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. and honey bunches of oats just $1.88 a box. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> mark: the dow was of two buttons eat with on friday. wal-mart has been a

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