. >> the gentle woman from illinois. >> thank you.the administration's proposal strips all the consumer protection functions from all the banking regulators and puts them in a separate agency. can you give me a yes or no answer with that? no. we are not proposing or making government bigger in this case. we are taking authority that gifts in a bunch of different places. we are moving that to a central place with more account ability. what's the function of the banking we want bank regulators to be princeablely responsibly for the soundness. we think we'll have consumer protection if we have better separate account ability for those functions. we are open with the consumer protection. >> there's a lot of dupe cakes effort. our system is characterized by a mix up it is not a sis stem we designed beginning today. we will have to get less overlap. how do you do that if you separate those. they have not been done particularly well. we argue that separating is more simple and clearer. i have concerns about the recently passed i like to know

illinois and let's take illinois first because they're the largest one on list. illinois and indiana were the last two states to get rid of interstate banking lost and we did in the writ of them in illinois and until probably the late 1990's so there's a lot more banks in illinois and many other states taxes is one of the top five states in the country geographically and square miles of they also have a lot of banks in georgia does happen to be at a really heart market in the late 90's to in the early part of this decade for people moving to the south east there were a lot more banks that were started. talk was about the core of a problem if the court has been brought in and you have four ideas basically on why these banks continue to have difficulty getting above those ratios the regulators are seen. the big problem for the banks that are in trouble our inspection and development loan will we turn now has just development loans because they changed the definition back in september. there's no construction caught so you have different projects whether is a land p

i guess the university of illinois said a crop yield of 162 on corn and 44 on beans. now you can yell all you want about those numbers but if those numbers are reality and confirmed and the demand is sluggish we have got a carryover problem, it's a serious carry over problem. 2008 was the party, this is the hang over. >> mark gold with that illinois figure and those kind of numbers that are out there i guess there is two questions. are the acres really there? but we have to go with what the government says but with those numbers and bushels are we in big trouble. >> we have been in big trouble. we made contract lows on december corn, yearly lows on december corn this week so the market is certainly rerecognizing big acres and big yields. i would agree that the corn acres aren't quite out there, we can shave a million, million and a half, two million on that, but in the big picture when we're focusing on these production numbers we're not going to know that for quite some time. in the meantime we have got some pressure in the market, they have done a great job of liqui

let's listen in to roland burris, senator of the state of illinois. clap up -- [applause] >> thank you all so much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, i appreciate all of this energy. we are going to need it. thank you for joining me here today. i'm going to talk about important issues, about the importance of representing the wonderful people illinois, and how important the senate is to the future of our country. in december, i stated i would serve a two-year term. i felt strongly at that time the illinois needed two full-time senators, and i still feel that way. public service means working, advocating, and fighting for your constituents and their needs, day in and day out. that has been my commitment. i have tried to do that every day of my career. and i am honored to be a member of the senate at such a critical time in our nation's history. we have a new president with bold ideas for programs dealing with health care, the economy, jobs, schools, and the environment. this is all for the people of our state and our nation. i am proud to fol

i love serving the people of illinois. make no mistake about that. i am the only african-american serving in the senate. i believe that diversity represents all segments of our society is essential to who we are as a nation. we must have adversity. the reality of being in the united states senate requires not only a significant time commitment to performing the job but almost equal commitment to raising funds to run competitively for the office. political races have become far too expensive in this country. i'm making this decision, i was called to choose between spending my time raising funds or spending my time raising issues for my state. . i believe that the business of the people of the state of illinois should always come first, the business of our state should come first. so, today, i return to the place where my political journey began back in 1978. back to the south side of chicago. back to my community and my constituency. to announce, my friends, that i will not be a candidate in the 2010 election and that i will not run for united states

illinois, we did not get a budget passed at the end of june. the controller says we've got about eight or nine days worth of funds to continue going and they're not calling back anybody for 14 days. so, the fsa offices are usually part ner nerd with soley -- the state run office, department of agriculture, they're going to be out of money and farmers are probably going to have a disruption. not a permanent one, but a temporary disruption in services we have come to -- >> national deadlines -- deadlines are coming after that time and you have to go to fsa office to get it filled. >> we'll probably have the doorslocked for a while and get back to it hopefully if the guys come back to springfield and do their work. in illinois, between the weather, the late planting and the government shutdown, i've got enough to worry about right now. that's for sure. >> i have to tell you i know some farmers wished that the government would shut down altogether. gary wilhelmi, what do you think one of the most critical issues would be in agriculture at this poin

chris: illinois politics is always interesting. thank you. the confirmation process for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor begins monday, and the battle lines are already clearly drawn. chief political correspondent carl cameron looks at the issues an the politics that will determine whether sotomayor gets the job. >> there is little doubt in judge sotomayor's future on the supreme court. vermont democrat pat leahy's chairing senate confirmation hearings. >> i suspect she'll be confirmed. i would hope, though, that senators will make up their mind based on what they hear in the hearing. >> republicans will demand sotomayor's view of the nation that instead of the traditionally disspation gnat and objective approach to judging based on facts and law and the constitution, judges that according to president obama should also factor in empathy. >> it it is a dangerous philosophy, and if anything, from ler speeches, judge sotomayor may be beyond that. she really validates and says it's legitimate for a judge to bring their personal by wases and

bill: we're back in silvis, illinois, on the banks of the rock river. final round of the john deere classic. now stricker. let's take a look. >> great shot, strick. >> that was a good shot. david: good call from jimmy johnson right there. that's exactly what that was. just perfect. bill: he has been so calm and executing shot after shot. just has not waivered. there hasn't been much of a cushion for him. leads by one. look at this. a smile. good job. good team. the line up tonight, "60 minutes," "big brother," "cold case," and "without a trace." let's go back to 17. david: from just short of the first of the three bunkers that kind of line up in a row, the last of which is just sort of nestled into the right edge of the green. this is a difficult shotting bobby, to get back to the hole. there's going to be some spin on it. bobby: you've got to take as much spin off of it as you can. and you can't go long. that's what he's trying to do. very low. little half swing shot. very well-executed. david: stay there, stay there. bobby: that drew back a lot more t

bill: we're back in silvis, illinois, on the banks of the rock river. final round of the john deere classic. now stricker. let's take a look. >> great shot, strick. >> that was a good shot. david: good call from jimmy johnson right there. that's exactly what that was. just perfect. bill: he has been so calm and executing shot after shot. just has not waivered. there hasn't been much of a cushion for him. leads by one. look at this. a smile. good job. good team. the line up tonight, "60 minutes," "big brother," "cold case," and "without a trace." let's go back to 17. david: from just short of the first of the three bunkers that kind of line up in a row, the last of which is just sort of nestled into the right edge of the green. this is a difficult shotting bobby, to get back to the hole. there's going to be some spin on it. bobby: you've got to take as much spin off of it as you can. and you can't go long. that's what he's trying to do. very low. little half swing shot. very well-executed. david: stay there, stay there. bobby: that drew back a lot more t

the gentleman from illinois. >> mr.speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2938 to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric plant. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2938 a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from illinois, mr. costello, and the from alabama mr. scalise, will each control 15 minutes. mr. costello: i thank the speaker and ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costello: h.r. 2938 would allow us to extend the deadline for commencement of a hydroelectric project in illinois. there's been interest in building a hydroelectric plant at this sinet the mississippi river, however it has not happened on this site as of this date. last october, brookfield power acquired the license to proceed with construction at the si

i went to peoria, illinois. there was a project there at the airport which is critical to their economic future. funded by the stimulus bill, creating good-paying local jobs right in the heartland of illinois. more than $23 billion has been made available to fund over 6,600 shovel-ready transportation construction projects, 3,200 are underway. and if the senator from louisiana has his way, we'll stop right there, we'll start cutting back on these projects right now. that's his idea of economic recovery. over $369 million has been put into rural water systems. i can tell you, representing a state with a lot of small towns, like louisiana, they need this money to make sure their wawrkt their drinking water, is safe for the people who live there. the senator from louisiana said enough said, let's start cutting back on that. $2 million has been moved out to state governments and community organizations for weatherization and energy efficiency on low-income homes. half a billion in overdue cleanup of superfund sites.

the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. halvorson: madam speaker, i have no additional requests for speakers so i would like to inquire whether the minority has any additional speakers. mr. shimkus: as far as i know i have one more additional speaker. mrs. halvorson: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. now i yield such time as he may consume to my colleague and friend, congressman broun from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm a physician and i'm concerned about what goes on in people's homes and the safety of in those homes and i commend -- the safety in those homes and i commend the sponsor of this bill for introducing it here before the house. but i think the american people are more concerned about other things now than just home safety. that's certainly of everyone's concern but i think their economic concerns are extremely important to the american peo

but go to bowling brook, illinois. illinois is also in the middle of a budget battle.he chicago tribune says, illinois fiscal year starting out shaky. what is your perspective? caller: social services are too high. i do not know if it is right just to blame the governor, but it does relieve the legislatures. almost the whole united states wants to blame bush for the last eight years, but actually, it the american people, if they take a look at themselves in the mirror+lñ, they will notice that they're the ones who went out and got these mortgages that they cannot afford. and they will now raise our taxes and they will not make any spending cuts. you can only spend what you have. that is part of the problem. we have all republicans for six years. a change has not happened. we need to break up the congress so conservatives can take over the congress and the american people can get some changes so we can get it under control when clinton was president newt gingrich forced him to make tough choices. i look at the prosperity we had. it's pretty simple. don't spend more mone

david merriman - with university of illinois says the 2 solutions are deeper cuts to services or large tax increases he says both will be even more painful next year... because states will not be able to rely on stimulus money from the federal government.california able to pass a budget without higher taxes illinois: likely to raise taxes later this year or next year david merriman says he's pretty optimistic that higher state taxes will *not hurt an economic recovery for the nation: state tax rate small relative to federal taxes ... business taxes are small part of their bills.. income and sales taxes relatively minor in scheme of things. i don't think it will have a major role - in fact having structurally sound system.. more to encourage development.. than higher taxes busiensses don't know wha ttax burdens going to be.. those kinds of things make it difficult for state to operate.. personal hardship as well this could be a real issue.. in some sense.. most leverage to get states get house in order if they downgrading bonds... cause a lot of costs to state.. raise cost of borrowing

let me begin by thanking the gentlelady from illinois, ms. schakowsky, for introducing this resolution supporting olympic day and encouraging the international olympic committee to select chicago as the host city for the 2016 olympic and paralympic games. h.res. 538 provides an opportunity for the house to celebrate the olympic ideal of peace through sport and recognize olympic day, the founding anniversary of the modern olympic games. for over a century the modern olympic games have brought together athletes from around the world in the process -- in the process has helped forge countless relationships bound by friendship, solidarity, and fair play. olympic day promotes the olympic ideal by encouraging the teaching of olympic history, health, arts, culture to students across the country. it also encourages a new generation of american athletes to take part in olympic and paralympic sports. it is only fitting we also urge the international olympic committee to support the city of chicago's bid to host the 2016 olympic and paralympic games. la

cissna park, illinois >> glor: they called it a crime scene. relative came to the historic black cemetery hoping to locate remains of loved ones. four cemetery workers were accused of exhuming bodies in an alleged scheme to resell plots. up next in tonhtbs's c evening news, the kidney swap set a record and saved eight lives. >> glor: six men and women look for recoveries that outdid a fictional tv show. we have most on the complex multiple kidney transplant ever. >> reporter: two years ago the simple pleasure of walking their dog around the neighborhood became a distressing chore for bob and lisa brinkman. >> i normally am a high energy person, two speeds, fast and faster and i was operating on slow to slower. >> reporter: 58 year old bob brinkman's kidneys had begun to fail and he started dialysis 12 hours a week. lisa, his fiance at the time offered him one of hers. she wasn't a match. then a surprise rescue. the chance to be part of the biggest multicity multipatient domino kidney exchange ever, an altruistic donor offered his kidney to anyo

let's take a look at illinois and florida. illinois does not allow concealed carry permits. the number of murders last year in chicago -- 511. since florida passed their concealed carry bill and signed it into law, violent crime has dropped by 32%, and murders in florida dropped 58%. mr. president, criminals do not get licensed to carry guns. criminals do not fill out the paperwork, go to the courthouse, get fingerprinted and wait weeks to receive their concealed carry permit. criminals issue their own concealed carry permits. in the district of columbia, crime rates are high because the criminals have the advantage over the victims. the gun laws in the district outlaw law-abiding citizens from self-defense while people walk home from work or from the store. they know it is highly unlikely in the district of columbia that the victims will be carrying a gun for self-defense. mr. president, this is a commonsense amendment. it makes sense for law-abiding gun owners all across the country. i would urge my colleagues to vote in support of the thune amendment of thank you, mr. pre

the illinois department of human services and the illinois department of transportation worked togetherto make sure this worked. the multiple community-based faith based and guarantee based organizations as well as volunteer organizations were essential, those are our emergency response volunteers, nurses and medical personnel. very essential. i also want to come end of the cdc and nih. all of the institutions putting information out because he saved this country during an economic downturn billions and billions of dollars. that isn't being said yet. but billions and billions of dollars. you stop the crisis from happening by controlling the messaging and making sure people remained calm. i talk about public health many times as being very close to being analogous to a car you drive to work every day and never think about the break. but let the break fail at an intersection and you have morbidity and mortality. so i'm going to go very quickly for the rest of the slides. this one is the guidance focus establishment of the authorities through nims, operational planning objectives, clear-cu

biggert and now we will hear from the other lady from illinois, ms. bean for three minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would also like to give a shot back to mike mcraith for sharing your expertise. until this year the role of federal involvement in the insurance industry is centered on whether to establish a federal insurance regulator. i fortwith congressman always on legislation to establish a regulator for the insurance industry. let's congress our bill was focused on consumer choice in protections, advantages for agents and industry efficiencies. but much has changed our financial system since the last congress. the collapse of aig, the world's largest insurer has proven to be one of the most costly and dangerous corporate disasters in our nation's history with nearly 180 billion in federal tax dollars committed to aig plus 22 billion to other insurers, the federal government has made an unprecedented investment in an industry over which it has no regulatory authority. the need for regulatory oversight as never been greater and having a federal

let's take a look at illinois and florida. illinois does not allow concealed carry permits.umber of murders last year in chicago -- 511. since florida passed their concealed carry bill and signed it into law, violent crime has dropped by 32%, and murders in florida dropped 58%. mr. president, criminals do not get licensed to carry guns. criminals do not fill out the paperwork, go to the courthouse, get fingerprinted and wait weeks to receive their concealed carry permit. criminals issue their own concealed carry permits. in the district of columbia, crime rates are high because the criminals have the advantage over the victims. the gun laws in the district outlaw law-abiding citizens from self-defense while people walk home from work or from the store. they know it is highly unlikely in the district of columbia that the victims will be carrying a gun for self-defense. mr. president, this is a commonsense amendment. it makes sense for law-abiding gun owners all across the country. i would urge my colleagues to vote in support of the thune amendment of thank you, mr. president

with polio us with just a promise that this to the poor and public affairs at the university of illinois to see you. how real are the savings of deckhand be found in the current health care burden? not very real. frankly. if it were that easy it would have been done already. there are not through his dollars flying over on the table waiting to be picked up with. for his it's hard we have these to fundamentally oppositional notions of running to increase health resource coverage a lot to spend less. those tubes are at odds with each other. at the core is just the cost of delivering in using the care that contains to increase? is that the core of the issue? that is a critical component of it. that is being misconstrued to rise and have been doing so poor many decades and are doing so in other countries as well as a unique to the u. s p realistic look that almost one-half trillion dollars spent in health-care spending last year almost a fifth of the gross domestic product in the yen stays four times more than defense and you're saying the saddle of deficiencies to be found in the system. wh

the chair: the gentleman from illinois. mr. kirk: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kirk: thank you. i'm pleased to join chairwoman lowey at the beginning of the consideration of this bill, making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for the department of state, foreign operations and related programs. this bill funds programs that safeguard our national security and promotes u.s. interests abroad. it was first founded under the auspices of the marshall plan, under the understanding that good diplomacy and development can dramatically reduce national security problems and troop deployments for the united states. i want to commend chairwoman lowey for her bipartisan work on this bill. she has listened to concerns of members on this side of the aisle and worked to address them. i also want to thank the staff, both on this and the other side of the aisle, for so many long hours of work on this. that's craig, steve, michelle and courtney. i also particularly want to

deere run in silvis, illinois, on the illinois-iowa border. tim petrovic now, who currently is one shot back. bobby: also a 4-iron from 202. got a hooking lie and was able to hold it. good-looking shot. bill: look at that final round leaderboard. playing 36 holes today. they came out at 6:45 this morning to start the third round. and so these guys have all had a long day. fortunately, it hasn't been that warm. it's been a beautiful day here in the quad cities. here's action from earlier. at the seventh, j.j. henry for birdie. ian: he was really rolling the ball well. greens are perfect, though. no excuses. bill: brett quigley had a nice start, beginning his final round at the 10th. that was well-done. four birdies in his first five holes. but then he cooled off. tim petrovic, second shot at the par 4 eighth. ian: both he and steve stricker are playing great golf today. bill: birdie there. matt jones, the aussie, 29 years old from sidney. former all-america at arizona state has had a good day as well. finished with 69. minus 16. zach johnson fi

president and i yield back my time. >> the senator from illinois has 47 minutes and 34 seconds. >> mr president, i yield 10 minutes to senator schumer from new york. >> senator is recognized to make thank you mr. president and i would like to thank all of my colleagues who are working with us on this amendment, the senator from california who has been such a leader on these issues and will speak after me and she and i were commenting that this is probably the most dangerous piece of legislation to is the safety of americans when it comes to guns since the repeal of the assault weapon ban which she led the charge on to pass. i like to thank my colleague from new jersey senator lautenberg has been a leader on gun issues and then such a great job, mr. menendez, senator gillibrand, senator durbin was so many others working with us today on this issue. now today we are here to say in that we urge all of our colleagues thought to oppose this legislation. , the legislation would do nothing less then take state and local gun laws and tear them up. it would take the carefully crafted gun laws

one democrat from illinois replying quote what took so long?ore trouble for republican senator john ensign. he admitted last month that he had been having an affair with a staff of his. now his attorney says the senator's parents paid that mistress almost $100,000. senator ensign was on the short list for possible republican presidential candidates before admitting to the affair. the other woman is cindy hampton. here is a picture of the two of them together. yesterday her husband said the senator paid her $25,000 in severance. he also revealed a letter he says was written to his life by the senator reading in part. i used you for my own pleasure and goes on to say plain and simple it was wrong. it was sin. a washington watchdog group says the nearly $100,000 check may have violated campaign finance laws. and an ethics group has called for a criminal investigation. the senator's lawyers say the payment was simply a gift and that it was legal. >> what do die when an airline does you wrong, loses your luggage. cancels your flight for no reason. d

now let's go to illinois with derek. illinois is in the middle of a budget battle. in "the chicago tribune." fiscal year starting out shaky. what is your perspective on what's happening? caller: the other democratic states, social services are too high and everybody's trying to blame the governor, but if the legislature -- but it is the legislature. it's the american people, if they look at themselves in the mirror, they will notice they are the ones that went out and got these mortgages they cannot afford. in illinois they have tried to raise our taxes. they won't make any spending cuts. you can always expand on what you have. that's one of the biggest problems. as far as the american government, the one-party rule is one of our biggest problems. we had all republicans for six years. now we have all democrats. a change has not happened. we need to break up the congress so conservatives can take over the congress and the american people can get some changes so we can get it under control when clinton was president newt gingrich forced him to make tough choices. i lo

make no miake about i i lo serving the people of illinois. ke no mistake about that. i'm the only africanmerican serving in the senate and i believe thativersity and representation all segments of ou society is essentialo who we are as a nation. we must have diversi. the reality of being in the united states sete today requires not only a significant time cmitment in performin your job, but an almost ual commitment traise funds to run competitively for office. political races ha become far toexpensive in this country. and m making --as i -- and i'm making this decision, i was called to choose between spending my time raing fun spendg time raising issues for my state. believe that the busins of the people othe state of ilis should always come first. the business of our statehould come fit. d sotoday, iav retned to e place where my political journey began ba in 1978. back to the south sideof chicago. back to my community and my constituency. to announce my friends, that i will not be a caidate in the 2010 electn. and though i will t run for itedtes senate seat. last jan

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to my immediate left in your right is the director of the illinois department of agriculture. i want to thank the panel's. [applause] let me start with the two mayors because most of the time we think of mayors as the big cities, we think of them in urban areas, we don't think about the impact of the small areas. starting with mayor grant, the director was explaining away to apply for these moneys, you identified a problem that role mayors will have, access to technology. tell us, what is the issue that you see, that we need to think about in terms of small communities, trying to make sure the stimulus is not just through the banks but down to the people

so, more breaking news we got word thisevenin that senator roland burris of illinois will not run f elti next year in 2010. burris, of course, was cght up in the rob blagojevich pl for pay scandal. and president obama's old senate seat is now totally up for grabs. that story is in the politics picks. >>> finly, what does it mean to pull a lin? th term is now officially in e new online urban dictionary. we'll fill you in onhe "hardball side show." we begin, the chargeby the democrats at cia mislead congress binning in 2001. congressmanylvester rys of texas is the democratic chaian of the lect intelligence committee in the huse of representatives. and texasepublican congressman matt thornberg is also a meer of that committee. mr. chairman,escribe how we came to kow in the last hos that there's an accation going from you tohe cia tha yohave been lied to about a secret program for the last eit years. >> i wrote letter to my ranking member pete hoek stra -- askinghat we setaside the issues that have bn irling around wi the controversial of w knewhat when. and that we focus on getting the auth

lincoln had this horrible illinois backwoods accent. in fact, when lincoln was a young boy he would have pronounced his name in his neighbors would have pronounced his name linked cornyn, we are was emphasized. its sound and. in fact, when they were both young boys learning from the columbian orator how to be effective public speakers, one of the things that the editor of the columbian orator said then that it was important to speak in sound like a democratic gentleman, not an ignorant hic. and he taught using examples going all boy back to classical antiquity how to practice a position in your tongue so that you could lose your accent's. i convey a sense of what the young frederick douglass and what the young lincoln actually sounded like and it wasn't particularly pretty when they were young men appear go and how they overtime for able to lose much of their accent although lincoln even in the white house retain this something of the illinois twine much to the shock of harvard and yale educated in easterners'. so one crucial parallel i

illinois was a free state. and he thought he could publish his views more freely there. didn't work out the way he hoped. the mobs came. they destroyed his press. they assassinated him. that touched off to every action in chicago. charles dyer, one of chicago's first citizens. he was a doctor who came here to be the position for the militia at fort dearborn. he called a public meeting to protest the assassination of lovejoy. and it wasn't just the killing of an abolitionist, but the silencing of the press. and these people viewed the press as part of the machinery of democracy. so this was a great battle for him, and he quickly identified the others who would stand with him there and it became a core of people who did several things. first, they found an abolitionist newspapers. they started western citizen, which published for about 12 years. that became part of three west, and three west was succeeded by the tribune. so at least as of this morning, there is still a success in one of their newspapers, publishi

illinois is flirting with the idea of turning 10,000 convicts loose early. tom in iowa writes, it may be a good way to save money short-term, but long-term it's not a good idea. if they're thinking about the nonviolent offender, then fine, ask the people of north and south carolina given the events of last week. five people are dead because a career criminal was released before he should have been. ryan in connecticut, absolutely not. they already have it too good. some may argue they have it better than other americans. three meals a day prepared for them every day, great health care, cable tv, internet, state of the art gyms and free education. you want to save money, take all that stuff away. i mean, it is prison. david in california writes, there are low-risk, nonviolent prisoners who should have never been in prison in the first place. if it takes a financial crisis to reduce the unfairness in drug-offense sentencing, et cetera, then it hasn't been all that bad. c. in arizona writes, no. reegz convicts felonies will cost the states money when they commi

the next day, donna, rich jr., mike, and his son jamie, traveled to illinois.they were settleled they would send for michelle. that was the plan, donna told the investigator. but, investigators later learned, donna never sent for michelle. years passed, and no one reported seeing her again. the more they looked into donna's story about mike giving michelle to his mother, jane lambert, to watch, the more donna's story appeared to unravel. when michelle was allegedly left with mike's mother, relatives say lambert was an alcoholic, suffering from breast cancer, and in no condition to care for a 3-year-old girl. not exactly the type of person you'd think donna would choose to watch her daughter, let alone raise her. and there was something else. relatives say all those years lambert supposedly had michelle, no one ever saw her with a little girl. just three years after donna and mike left california, lambert died. it was 1972. she was buried here at all saint's cemetery in des plaines, illinois, less than an hour's drive from where donna and mike were living. miche

he was appointed to barack obama's senate seat by ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich. from illinois voters. >> funeral services are set for tomorrow for steve mcnair in his native mississippi. thousands of friends and teammates remembered the star quarterback at services last night in his adopted hometown of nashville. mcnair was shot to death july 4th by his girl friend who then killed herself. >> investigators looking into michael jackson's sudden death have subpoenaed as many of his medical records as they can track down, trying to piece together jackson's prescription drug history as well as his history with multiple doctors. so far detectives have not ruled out homicide. in an abc news exclusive, michael jackson's father says he, too, is suspicious about how his son died. >> i just couldn't believe what was happening to michael because i just couldn't believe it, you know. and i do believe there was foul play. i do believe that, yes. >> and you can see much more from our exclusive interview with joe jackson later this morning at 7:00, coming up on "good morning am

i said to myself, dennis, arthur 49 other states besides illinois? if i do a good job in illinois maybe she will asked me to do books of all the states. that's exactly what happened. and that's how i became a writer. i got the assignment to write 50 books about the 50 states. yes? >> what would you say was the most important signer? >> i love the question. he asked who would i say was the most important site of. most people would say george washington. but why wasn't it george washington? [inaudible] >> he didn't sign because he was off fighting the revolutionary war. a lot of people don't realize that. they think washington signed the declaration of independence. because in june of 1775 he was sent off to take charge of the continental army in cambridge, massachusetts. so who do you think i think is the most important signer? see if you were paying attention. who was a? [inaudible] >> he came way later. he came oilier. he came in civil war time. [inaudible] >> he was an important one but that's not who my favorite was. [inaudible] >> say it loud. >>

burris was appointed by ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich. blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell that seat. news conference is set for 3:00 eastern and we plan on bringing you some or all of it in about an 1:45. >>> levi johnston thinks sarah palin is resigning because of money. he says sarah palin used to talk all the time about how nice it would be to take book and tv offers and make some money. she is facing more than $500,000 in legal fees. a palin rep scoffed at all this saying justin is working on fiction while honing his acting skills. >>> most people are expecting a huge fight over supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. 60% say a major partisan battle is likely. republicans may target her record on race, gun rights and abortion. defending her a main stream judge. only 47% support her confirmation. hearings begin on monday. >>> a group of hikers set a new world record by climbing mt. kilimanjaro in africa. altitude wasn't the only feat >>> the internet can be used for a lot of things, but did you also think it could be used to sl

and congresswoman jan schawsky of illinois be here to pln her charge that the ci kept its own director inhe dark about a secret program. so, melissa harris will be here to decipher the repubcan playbookn the sotomayor heings which start on monday and will discuss sarah pal's future and an odd public pearance she's made tonight th ana marie cox, all comi up in the nextour. >>> we sta tonight with a mystery. a mystery that's uolding alongside the two major politil scandals of the summ. it's a myste that concerns is house at 133 "c" street southeasin washington, d.c. i'calling it a house becau that's what it looks likto me. peop do live there. but if consult this building's finanal paper trail you will find thatt's actually considered tbe a church. that desnationakes "c" street a convenient tax-ee haven for the cretive ornizati that runs it, an ganization known as the family. it alsmas for some awkward tax anincome questions for the at least five, probably seven members congress who live at the house in exchange fowhat appears to be sutantially below maetent. as explained by our guest las

the latest from illinois next. >>> plus this popular product could be more trouble than it's worth. why some say it's causing thousands in damage. >>> and time is running out to kick one back. last call for a d.c. landmark. nathan's closing its doors for good when fox 5 news at 10:00 rolls on.  >>> a developing story causing even more outrage from a grave digging scheme. more disturbing discoveries today at a chicago area cemetery. investigators say more empty graves and the discarded casket of a civil rights icon were found. tonight we learned a class action lawsuit has been filed against the historically black cemetery in illinois whose employees are accused of exhuming bodies and reselling the plots. >> i want to know where dr. joseph hall is. want to know where my family is. >> reporter: kim hall is one of hundreds of family members making the trip to burr oaks cemetery in alsip illinois only to find out her lod ones are not resting in peace. instead these four cemetery workers have been digging up the bodies over the past four years, dumping the remains in

disgraced illinois gov. appointed him to fill that seat once held by president obama. his appointment was criticized from the start and prompted calls for his resignation. roland burris denied doing anything improper to secure that appointment. metro plans a major overhaul of the red loring. of the project was already in the works before the deadly collision last month but once the renovations begin the work will last for years. matt brock has the latest of elements. >> red alert -- up raids on the way and some will likely address issues from but june crash that killed nine. it is the oldest and busiest line, though 107 $7 million plan will include work on train control systems. but there are more traditional improvements, like new escalators at the south entrance of the dupont circle station, platforms at rockville and shady grove, upgrading air conditioning and ventilation and repairing some track between strass more and the medical center. what will all this mean for the red line commute to? >> it is going to be and nightmare. people have more problems. >> metro's s

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the illinois department of human services and the illinois department of transportation worked togetherto make sure this worked. the multiple community-based faith based and guarantee based organizations as well as volunteer organizations were essential, those are our emergency response volunteers, nurses and medical personnel. very essential. i also want to come end of the cdc and nih. all of the institutions putting information out because he saved this country during an economic downturn billions and billions of dollars. that isn't being said yet. but billions and billions of dollars. you stop the crisis from happening by controlling the messaging and making sure people remained calm. i talk about public health many times as being very close to being analogous to a car you drive to work every day and never think about the break. but let the break fail at an intersection and you have morbidity and mortality. so i'm going to go very quickly for the rest of the slides. this one is the guidance focus establishment of the authorities through nims, operational planning objectives, clear-cu

today, he said that he has to choose between fund-raising and serving the people of illinois. the past three months, he has raced only about $845. he has been surrounded by controversy since rod blagojevich appointed him to take over president obama's vacant senate seat. >>> new disturbing details about the scheme to resell cemetery plots, including how much money the suspects made. >> this photograph of president obama is getting a lot of attention. the picture may not be worth a thousand words. >> we're looking at a beautiful evening across the washington area in the weather center, watching a cold front that will affect us late tomorrow. the forecast is coming up. p >>> new information tonight and the disturbing scheme to resell burial plots in illinois. the employees allegedly made about $300,000 in the scheme. hundred of bodies were un-on earth and discarded or reburied in mass graves. the fbi is helping to identify the remains and return them to their families. >>> michael jackson's body is reportedly in a creek and los angeles that is the temporary resting place as the

a trio of grave diggers and manager at the burr oaks cemetery in illinois. all accused of digging up bodies from graves and reselling those graves for their own gain. authorities say that they made themselveses about $300,000 over the last four years but caused immeasurable grief for the family whose loved ones' graves they desecrate. >> people have gone to gravesite wears the headstones are gone and people have gone to the gravesites where a different person is there now. people have gone to gravesites where it is clear that something has been removed and moved. those stories continue. >> reporter: so does the flood of relatives of the decease who'd descended upon the cemetery. maps in hand. searching out the fate of the departed and some had their worst fears realized. >> it is nothing really that they can say to me, tell me to make me feel better about my father's remains. >> reporter: authorities say that some of the bodies were unceremoniously dumped in an area near the cemetery and others were found double stacked in graves. burr oak was one of the fir

there are storms in illinois, chick. the worst of the storms in central illinois. so as far as the forecast goes, relatively simple. some showers and storms cincinnati to detroit today. beautiful weather, warm and sunny from d.c. all the way to southern new england. and typical afternoon storms in florida where we hope to get the space shuttle up later today. burlington, vermont is going to see a beautiful day. nice, cool, crisp morning, but the afternoon will be gorgeous, 76 degrees. wilmington, north carolina, 90 today. down in florida, 94 and warm in ft. myers. well, lynn, we're going to talk a little bit about the lack of any tropical systems when i come back a little later. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. >>> well, a bank actually puts up good numbers. a tech leader leads by example. and one heck of a billing error. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we have the details that will let you decide whether tony romo had a reason for his nasty breakup with jessica simpson. >>> also, the american lead giveth and the american leag

. >> out to the lines, bernadine in illinois. hi, bernadine. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> what's your question, dear? >> caller: i was wanting to know, how can they possibly say this is not a murder? this dr. conrad murray for one thing if he was a doctor, how could he give this man diprivan? >> exactly. let's go out to dr. michael bell, palm beach county chief medical examiner. dr. bell, obviously this is an overnight dosage of diprivan. explain how you can prove a shot of diprivan caused cardiac arrest, dr. bell? >> well, the short answer is you have to rule out any other causes of death besides the diprivan. that would include subtle heart or brain abnormalities and other drug overdoses. >> you're telling me, it's a process of elimination? >> yes. ♪ because this is thriller ♪ thriller night and no one ♪ is going to save you from the ♪ ♪ beast about to strike ♪ you know it is thriller ♪ thriller night ♪ you are fighting for your life inside of thriller ♪ >>> a source close to the investigation saying murder charges are not likely.

the largest is in wisconsin, nebraska, connecticut, and illinois.2 billion to shape up community colleges. he's announcing his plan in warren, michigan. the president wants to boost the number of community college grads by 5 million over the next 11 years. >>> air shows offer audiences spectacular stunts. but when things go wrong they get scary very fast. what happened at the end of this potentially deadly spiral. >>> it's going to cost you more to fill the refrigerator. food prices jumped more than 1% in june. some grocery items climbed more than 20%. overall wholesale prices went up 1.8% in june. economists say it's only temporary and may lead to higher gasoline prices. gasoline prices of late have been going down. >>> looks like a lot of people had money to spend last month. economists are hoping the second straight increase in retail sales is the beginning of a trend. sales in june rose 0.6%. >>> a plane spiraling to the ground. the pilot can pull up in time. the plane crosses an access road right here and collides with a car. into a nearby fiel

they are part of the fourth annual windy city rubber duck derby for special olympics illinois. each has been adopted for $5. they support training and competition for more than 22,000 special olympics athletes in illinois. the owner of the duck that makes it to the finish line first wins a seven-night trip for two to the dominican republic. >> if you can't get your dog to go outside on hot days you could take one texas woman's approach. a treadmill. a dog trainer suggested it after the dog wouldn't go out when the temperature was above 100. cody sea cody seems pretty happy and patricia says she knows nothing will replace out dodoor exercis. from exercising dogs to a cow with two heads. get this, quite a bizarre creature. jennifer was born last friday in columbia. the farmer says while it has two heads it only has one brain. a brace has been built for jennifer could can't stand on her own due to the weight. but to the dog and treadmill have you ever tried that? >> i'm not sure my dog would stay on a treadmill. >> eventually you have to have a tv with monitor and piped it music.