and die in lyons, illinois, workers are baffled by state lawmakers. >> why take it out on us?we're barely making it now as it is. >> reporter: tough question. one state senator was overcome early wednesday before the vote to increase taxes 66%. but governor pat quinn, a democrat, said it had to be done. >> we have an emergency, a fiscal emergency. >> reporter: to close a deficit of $15 billion, personal income taxes here are rising from the current 3% to 5%. >> really? really? is that really how we're going to solve the state budget? >> reporter: in chicago, the woolford family expects to pay $1,000 to $2,000 more in taxes. corporate rates go from 4.8% to 7%. that could cost atlas tool and die $50,000 a year. >> that's one employee. that's another piece of equipment. that's a payment on a machine that could be used to make us more competitive. >> reporter: his company is considering a move to indiana, whose governor recently poked fun at illinois. >> it's like living next door to the simpsons, the dysfunctional family down the block. >> reporter: wisconsin and new jersey are b

why they call it a primary in illinois, ray, it's non-partisan. if no one has more than 50% of the vote come february 22 the top two finishers face off april 5. so it's very much a race for second place and to keep rahm below 50%. >> suarez: what happens now? you say there's going to be an expedited appeal. i guess that paperwork is where? on its way to springfield. when will we know whether they're going to hear the case. >> i'm not sure of the timetable right now. i talked to rahm emanuel's campaign a short time ago. they're also going to ask for a stay of the illinois appellate order. and the illinois appellate court just said don't put him on the ballot. if you have, take him off. they want that decision stayed so that ballots are printed. that might also be a side skirmish in this unfolding legal drama over who will be the next chicago mayor. >> suarez: lynn sweet of politics daily and the sun times thanks for talking to us. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wo

and bobby ration the '60s from the illinois black panther party. he was not there when the police raided the way it -- west side home to kill march and 10 but rash went on to get into politics and became an aldermen and a congressmen. 1999 ran against mayor daley and for many years of it is just racially polarized for which may happen again next year but that is another story. people thought rush was will marvell and he was a young state senator and pretty impatient and not able to get anything done and eager to move up so he decided he would challenge have bobby rush against the advice of all of his colleagues. i asked my editor like to ask me to cover this story? are editorialist told us everybody on the sell side was calling him barack your mama. [laughter] and in that election it turns out that-- thought he was not a black chicago into not belong on the sell side and was a tool of the whites at the university of chicago there was the obama project masterminded by big university of chicago e the to push him up the ladder and it has a bad reputat

health care to everyone in illinois. it never passed. in his last term the woody of the -- he could get things done he passed a bill to start a task force to find out how can we -- how can we move toward universal health care in illinois and instrumental in passing a bill that added 20,000 children to the public health care role in illinois. as he worked on the health care reform bill that was something that resonated all the way through his career. >> that will end up in that gop attack ad. >> obama is for making sure everyone can go to the doctor. >> for that -- [talking over each other] >> are taught in moscow last semester. are teaching on the fulbright african-american history. lots about barack obama coming up. at one point, delicately says prof. they call barack obama, a communist. she said perhaps they don't understand communism. perhaps you are right. in moscow we know communists -- that is not one. >> perfect note to end on. we are happy to take some questions. i had a speech prepared in terms of regulating but

as many as 20 so far, from arkansas to missouri to illinois. and erin hayes leads us off in suburban st. louis tonight. erin? >> reporter: david, this storm system was swift and fierce. and where its tornadoes hit, they hit hard. this is the sunset hills neighborhood of st. louis. here and in several states tonight, the storms have brought devastation. here, it looked as if a bomb exploded. the deadly twisters hit first in northwest arkansas, obliterating this house in the tiny town of cincinnati, killing an elderly couple inside. another man died in a nearby barn. >> hand sticking out. he had blocks all over him. his head was bleeding. we dug him out and then we just started looking for the other people that were missing. >> reporter: then, the violent weather moved northeast into missouri, killing three more. in sparta, jessica barnes and her 3-year-old son survived a terrifying tornado. >> i placed him in the tub first and then laid on top of him and when we came to, he actually was on top of me, and first thing he said was, my house is brok

the gentleman from illinois. mr. roskam: the other thing that the president issued was an invitation where he said this, he said, in fact the best thing we can do on taxes for all americans is to simplify the tax code. well the law governing presidential election campaign funds and the presidential primary matching payment account is located in the internal revenue code which really inherently makes no sense. and i think during the course of this debate, mr. chairman, we're going to lay out the argument as to why the president's first point can be greeted and agreed to, that first goal, that this is simply something we can do without. let me take a couple of quick -- make a couple of quick points. i think it's important to recognize the irony of the statement of administration policy that was published on january 25, and i'm reading in the third paragraph, he says, the administration in criticism of this effort said, its effect would be to expand the power of corporations and special interests in the nation's electio

look at illinois. edreported, l as richard report edreported, l their chops to lure businesses their chops to lure businesses to this state. to this state. i agree with keith, the other i agree with keith, the other side of the equation. side of the equation. where illinois is coming under where illinois is coming under such criticism. such criticism. the illinois chamber of commerce the illinois chamber of commerce said, look, no significant said, look, no significant effort to rein in spending. effort to rein in spending. spending could increase up to a spending could increase up to a 2% cap. 2% cap. so, spending can go up while so, spending can go up while they're asking taxpayers to they're asking taxpayers to tighten their belts. tighten their belts. a lot of taxpayers and business a lot of taxpayers and business people are very upset about people are very upset about this. this. illinois already has high sales illinois already has high sales tax, high property tax and high tax, high property tax

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he discusses his work at the illinois holocaust museum and education center in skokie illinois. this program is about 50 minutes. >> thank you very much for your welcoming word and it's a pleasure to be here. the jewel for coming on this cold windy city. but the first thank chicago and michael for arranging and supporting my coming here to chicago. it has been a pleasure sitting here and i think you for that. i would also like to think i see your studies program and my friend the colleagues robert johnston and sam for their warm welcome it has been a true wonderful experience being here. finally let me thank of the illinois holocaust museum at the education center and especially ryckman for allowing me to present my work to you and it is an exciting moment for me to be able to do this and i couldn't find a better place than here. i will be speaking tonight with you about the very famous photographs of the new boy raising his hand in the warsaw ghetto. this photograph which for many of us represents the holocaust, if so which encapsulates within the horror of that time the terror

davis, seventh district, illinois. representative gregory meeks, sixth district, new york. representative william lacy clay, first districts, missouri. representative david scott, 13th district, georgia. representative g.k. butterfield, jr., first district, north carolina, second vice chair, congressional black caucus. representative al green, 9th district, texas. representative gwen moore, fourth district, wisconsin. representative yvette d. clark, 11th district, new york, secretary congressional black caucus. representative keith ellison, fifth district, minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district, georgia. representative laura richardson, 37th district, california. representative andre carson,

illinois street is on the west. you can notice there is some future development sites directly west of the crane coffee park area. this is just an aerial photograph looking at the future crane c omp ve park site . the ship repair area is to the left of the screen. illinois street and third street to the right. the park would be generally an extension of 19th street generally to the norton to mariposa street. >> as i mentioned before, a significant amount of planning has occurred. in looking at crane cove park, it was looked at as a part of the port's land use plan. it was identified in the central waterfront plan. it was prioritized as a part of the 2008 general bond obligation planning. it was also identified in the pier 70 master plan. as a part of all that planning, we have begun the blue green way planning process, which has identified a number of considerations to be thoughts of in the development of the plan for crane cove park. building on the work that has been done, here is a list of design considerations.

last evening, the illinois supreme court affirmed his eligibility for the office. the court overturned a lower court ruling that emanuel had not lived in chicago for a full year before the election. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we come back to the turmoil in egypt. at the white house, spokesman robert gibbs repeated pleas for both sides to avoid violence, and said now is the time for the mubarak government to reform. but he went further, with a warning that washington will review its financial assistance to egypt. the u.s. provided $1.3 billion in military aid and $250 million in economic aid in fiscal year 2010. gibbs spoke to reporters before president mubarak addressed his country this evening. >> the security personnel in egypt needs to refrain from violence. protestors should reframe-- refrain from violence as well. the legitimate grievances that have festered for quite some time in egypt have to

the illinois supreme court ruled he does meet chicago's residency requirements. emanuel had never stopped campaigning, even after an appeals court ruled the two years he spent in washington disqualified him under the residency rules. he was asked to comment during a candidates debate last night. >> i've always said that the voters should make this decision on who should be the next mayor, and what the supreme court decided today was the voters will make that decision. >> emanuel is a heavy favorite to win next month's election. >>> we have unconfirmed reports this morning that the body of a young mother missing in western michigan has been found. 30-year-old amy henslee vanished from her rural home on monday. this morning, cbs affiliate wwmt in grand rapids is reporting that the bodies of two women were found at a mobile home nearby. relatives are said to have identified one of them as amy henslee. yesterday afternoon henslee's cousin was taken by police for questioning. it's reported blood was discovered in his trailer. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asi

illinois was able to raise its state income tax.his is something that california desperately needs to do. they're going to take this to a vote in california with governor jerry brown's budget proposal come june. remember this budget proposal, it's a tough one, but it depends on voters doing what illinois did yesterday and that is agreeing to taxes. not necessarily new taxes, but the extension of old. meanwhile, i never quite dreamed that talking about finance would involve the country of portugal, but once again that tiny country is in the news. the country of portugal was able to get loans by selling bonds. it wasn't clear until this morning anyone wanted to buy portugal debt. so if portugal were to go bankrupt, it could bring down bigger countries like spain and lender countries like france and germany. you know, the financial world has gotten very strange lately. a couple of years ago you might wonder how someone who took a house loan they couldn't afford could possibly affect you. now you wonder how could portugal affect me? por

just yesterday illinois appellate court ruled he miami!ma'am was in eligible to run because he wouldn't have lived in chicago for full year before the election. emmanuel attorney call that decision one of the most far reaching election law rulings issued by an illinois court. officials though the high court halted ballot printing the court still has not ruled on whether emmanuel can run for office. he held a 44 percent to 21 percent lead over former illinois senator mosely brawn in recent poll. >> all right. don't look now but the calendar says winter officially around for another couple months. not what millions of shivering americans want to hear after record breaking storms and arctic air in the east. expert now have answers about what is going on. here's weather editor sam champion. >> 3 quarters of the united states is frigid cold while the north region of canada and green land experience temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal. scientist say it is the arctic air normally locked in place that is seeping down into america. >> it is

. >> why should i here in california help take care of illinois's problems? and the reason is because if we can't get our arms around the situation in illinois, we're going to have to pay higher interest out here for our borrowings too. >> reporter: the idea is not -- the word is the idea is not going well over on wall street especially among bond traders. there's estimate that is throughout the next few years, the state will face a shortfall. meanwhile, beyond a federal bail out that probably won't happen any way. one idea that may be viable is to put the states that just can't pay their bills. >>> three bills have been introduced now in the legislature to deal with homelessness. one would create a state the áf plan for youth homelessness. others would insure homeless youth will be considered in any new plan. >>> the beverly hills doctor previously testified he implanted nadia sulman with 12 embryos. >>> price says there have been too many deaths, injuries and malpractice suit to let the clinics to continue to operate as they do. >>> santa clara chip maker i

choipt chair sees the gentleman from illinois on -- the chair: the chair sees the gentleman from illinois on his feet. are we going to go -- it will be the chair's inclination to represent the gentleman from california at this moment in time if you're going to do it all at the same time but the gentleman from california, mr. lungren. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. chairman. if it hasn't been requested already, i would ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the chair: it's already been requested in the house. we can move on. mr. lungre mr. chairman, i rise today in support of h.r. 359 which terminates the taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions. at the outset i want to mention in response to something that was said by the other side, this is absolutely nothing to do with the citizens united case decided by the supreme court. that changed not one eye oata campaign finance law. corporations still cannot make contributions to campaigns or candidates. it does not change that. citizens united had to do with

if you happen to live in illinois. pay attention.ow stricter penalties of holding a dog fight within 1,000 feet of a school, park, or playground. >> i'll write that down. >> so don't do that if you're in illinois, all right? >> no dog fights. >> ron, thank you. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >>> well, at the end of every year, we look back at the big stories and more often than not, they're not always good ones. but now it's a brand new year. we wanted to shine a positive light on 2011. so we asked jeremy hubbard to tell us about the good things we can look forward to in the new year. please tell us something good. >> there's a lot of good stuff out there. we hear so much about the bad news. there's lots to look forward to in 2011. our crack research teams spent hours digging. we discovered in science and technology and entertainment, we have a lot to look forward to. >> these are dark times. there is though denying. >> reporter: okay, so maybe 2010 has been a little rough. we could use some good news in 2011. here's some

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in skokie, illinois. for more information visit ilholocaustmuseum.org. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of history, biography and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs. >> the reason i felt it important to do a book essay, because that's what it is, on the obama administration is because i think it's extremely important for progressive people not to create too many illusions about what's around. because they don't help. and to see in quite as hard-headed way what this new administration is, what it represents in terms of foreign policy, imperialist continuity and what it represents at home. and be it's important to do that to understand to what extent it's different and to what extent it is continuing the policies of the previous three administrations. not just bush and cheney, but clinton and bush sr.. and from that point of view the balance sheet i have prepared, the obama syndrome: war abroad and surrender at home, is not a very optimistic account or a pleasing account of t

illinois supreme court has agreed to decide whether rahm emanuel can run for mayor of chicago, handingleast a temporary lifeline to the former white house chief of staff who was thrown off the ballot earlier this week over a residency dispute. in addition, the court ruled yesterday that no ballots may be printed without emanuel's name at least until justices have dealt with his appeal. >>> calm is returning to the streets of cairo today calling for egypt's president mubarak to end his 30-year utilitarian rule. overnight, protesters were disbursed who had occupied a square in the captain approximately. >>> mass cow is holding a die of mourning for victims of a suicide bombing at the city's busiest airport which killed at least 35 people. police are focusing their investigation on islamic militants from the north caucuses region and russian prime minister vladimir putin has vowed revenge for the attack. >>> and divers in florida are touting the extremely rare discovery of a roughly 200-year-old ship's bell off the coast of st. augustine. traditionally known as a diver's holy grail, archa

last week, the illinois house approved a measure banning capital punishment. >>> almost two week afrs the northeast was buried by a blizzard, new york city's council will hold hearings about problems that plagued the city after the snowstorm. mayor bloomberg and his administration has been criticized for the response to the blizzard. >>> and the american international auto show which runs for the next two weeks. >>> all day long, stay on top of the latest developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with nbc nightly news. >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. here from the heroes in arizona who helped representative giffords in a special live report from tucson. >>> and angt tris suzanne somers shows her secrets for fighting fat after 40. >>> and now, keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather and sports and so much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a terrific start to your week. -- captions b

emanuel's lawyers are now asking the illinois supreme court to stay the ruling and hearing an expeditedappeal. meanwhile, chicago's board of elections chairman has order printing to begin on ballots without emanuel's name in order to be ready for january 31st, the start of early voting. >>> russian officials are trying to figure out who was behind a deadly terror attack at moscow's busiest airport yet. at least 35 people were killed and over is 00 injured. so far, there's been no claimed of responsibility, but officials have focused on chechan militants that have claimed many recent terror attacks in russia, including last year's double suicide bombing in the moscow subway system in a killed 40. >>> jared loughner, the man accused in this month's deadly tucson shootings has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to kill congresswoman gabrielle giffords and two of her aides. making his second court appearance monday, loughner reportedly smiled through most of the proceedings. when asked if there were any doubts about loughner's ability to understand the charges, his lawyers gave no hint

johnson of illinois? johnson of illinois? johnson of ohio? boehner. eddie johnson? pelosi. sam johnson? boehner. jones? boehner. jordan? boehner. kaptur? pelosi. keating? pelosi. kelly? boehner. kildee? pelosi. kind? cooper. king of iowa? boehner. king of new york? boehner. kingston? boehner. kinzinger? boehner. kissell? schuler. kline? boehner. kucinich? pelosi. labrador? boehner. lamborn? boehner. lance? boehner. landry? boehner. langevin? pelosi. lankford? boehner. larsen? pelosi. larson? pelosi. latham? boehner. latourette? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> boehner. latta? boehner. lee? pelosi. lee? boehner. levin? pelosi. lewis? of california? boehner. lewis of georgia? pelosi. lipinski? kaptur. is that what you heard? [low and indistinct chatter] lobiondo? boehner. loebsack? pelosi. lofgren? pelosi. long? boehner. lowey? pelosi. lucas? boehner. luetkemeyer? boehner. lujan? pelosi. lummis? boehner. daniel e. lungren? boehner. lynch? pelosi. mccarthy of california? boehner. mccarthy of new york? pelosi. mc

but at the same time the laws in illinois were what the laws in illinois were at the time.t until the offender escalated their behavior and became vocally or physically -- thank god that didn't happen -- but vocally or physically threatening, there wasn't a lot that could be done criminally. >> i want to just point something out. there was, actually, this -- i remember saying to my husband, do you think that this is stalking? and my husband, no, no way, you know? we live in streamwood, that doesn't happen. and i remember reaching out because i'm pretty tenacious. and i started doing some research about stalking, and that's when i found the stalking resource center. i don't know who -- so i e-mailed the stalking center and said, this is what's going on. because i wanted somebody to tell me it was stalking because i couldn't believe -- but i was pretty sure. then i told my husband, see? it is stalking. it is stalking. they gave us all the resources and how to document things, then i felt more comfortable bringing it to direct syre and saying, this is stalking. the thing that'

. >>> the illinois house of representatives just voted to abolish the death penalty in illinois.have had a moratorium on capitol punishment for a million years when a doze people sentenced to death were later said to be innocent. it now moves to the illinois state senate. >>> a guy dog facility in san rafael is dealing with a highly contagious outbreak that is killing puppies. 35 puppies have become ill in the past week. five have died. they have what they call march slow -- parvo virus. >> it just takes extraordinary care to help nurse them through it. there is no cure to it, you just have to help them get through it. >> people who work at the facility they say they are not sure how the virus got into the kennel. >>> our time now is 5:15. do you expect friday light and fog on top of that? >> i do. it's friday, dave? >> it is friday. >> all right. we are hoping it will be light and usual on this friday. today we have a good looking start to the commute as we take a look at the live pictures. 880 northbound looks good and so does the cocaine avenue-- and so does the southbound. no

in my home district of illinois, the central district of illinois, in normal times there are four district court judges. currently, we have three vacancies. one judge, district court judge, mike makusky is running all over down state illinois, from courthouse to courthouse to try to keep the criminal calendar going and i'm afraid he has little or no time for the civil calendar because of three vacancies. two of those vacancies, the president nominated judges to fill. the judges were considered by the senate judiciary committee, reported unanimously by the senate judiciary committee to the executive calendar, and i literally beg the republican side of the aisle and leadership to allow these two to come up for a voice vote since there was no controversy attached with them and a judicial emergency existed in that central illinois district. they refused. they refused, despite repeated efforts. i then went to the other side and said all right, you must have republican senators facing the same thing in their state. i found senator cornyn of texas, exactly the same circumstance. i said john, you

graves: at this time, i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. walsh. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. walsh: i rise in support of h.r. 2, repealing the job-killing health care act. i commend the leadership for simplifying this process by drafting a two-page bill for repeal. it will be very clear where we stand on repeal. during this past campaign, i, like a lot of candidates, spoke to small businesses every single day. there's a reason why 90% of small business men and women in this country support repeal. from the billions in taxes to the needless paperwork to the burdensome regulations to the $1.6 million estimated job loss, small business men and women are adamant that we need to repeal. finally, madam speaker, our opposition last year said if you like your plan, you can keep it. to date, there are 222 organizations, including some of obamacare's biggest supporters who have received waivers. why? why, if the law was so worthy, would there be a need for waivers? thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore

that's coming up in ken's good question. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, after the illinois supreme court ruled rahm emanu >>> a printer was literally ordered to stop the presses today after the illinois supreme court ruled manuel's name must be on the ballot for the chicago mayoral race. yesterday a state appeals court said that the former white house chief of staff could not run because he did not meet the one-year residency requirement. early voting starts on monday. >>> well, this point we couldn't really function as a society without it it seems but there was a time. sharon in santa rosa wants to know how was e-mail started. that's tonight's good question. >> reporter: we hit send and that's about all the thought we put into sending e-mail these days but did you know that e- mail has been around longer than your computer. >> most folks think the internet, i first remember that in the early 90s. that must have been the beginning of e-mail. not even the early 80s. not even the early 70s. you've got to go back to the early 60s when the first e-mail was being sent right around 1961. brian cooley sa

i was born in champaign, illinois. my parents were both born in china, but they left china with their families for the philippines when they were young children. and most of my relatives are still in the philippines. >> why did they leave china for the philippines? >> for economic reasons around 1936, 1937. they were from a poor province, it's no longer so poor, but many people from that province at that time left. they took a boat and they headed straight and either -- and many of them went to the philippines. >> what years did they come over here? >> well, it was -- my parents actually eloped to m.i.t. in 1961. i was born in 1962. >> and why champaign, illinois? >> my father is also an academic. they came over for advanced degrees at m.i.t. and so my father went to complete his ph.d. at the university of illinois and my parents now live in berkeley, california. >> what are they doing now? >> my father is -- they're probably watching this show. they are -- my father is a professor at berkeley, teaches chaos theory and

. >> former white house chief of s asking the illinois supreme court to fast track his appeal of a decision that says he's not eligible to run for the mayor of chicago. two of three justices on an illinois appeal court's panel said that he does not meet the year-long residency requirement. all three of those judges happen to be democrats. emanuel argues that he kept a home in the city while serving in the white house. time is running out as the ballots for the february 22nd election are set to go to the printer within days. >>> also today we learned a secret about the queen of daytime television. oprah announced that she has a half-sister she never knew about. her mother gave up the woman identified only as patricia in 1963. oprah was 9 years old at the time and living with her father. patricia learned in 2011 that oprah was her half sister. she found out about patricia just last november. >> well we have a good questionl find out about after this break. [ male announcer ] when sean was looking at mba programs, he wanted a curriculum designed to meet market needs, with faculty who brought r

illinois. demeanor-wise, reagan was a conservative but a pragmatic conservative. he found a silver linings in things. he did not like to have enemies around him. he was a conciliatory person with his persona. i think president obama recognized that he likes that side of ronald reagan. he called them -- called him the transformative president of his lifetime. i think reagan is a center-right politician and obama center- left, but sometimes you have to reach over and make things happen. reagan is celebrated on his 100th birthday for turning his back on the hard right and doing arms control with the soviet union even though conservatives thought it was bad. many on the left are angry at obama, but history might prove obama right-reacting so strong to the center. tavis: to your point about reagan being to the right and progressives are upset with the president for a number of issues. what evidence is there -- why should we believe that this president is not going to end up compromising and capitula

california. -- bad fiscal shape whether it is illinois or california. it will have to be discussed before we understand. this congress and the majority i have the pleasure of serving in has no appetite for a bailout of any kind for the states. that is the only thing going into these hearings that we know the answer on already. >> just having this discussion before we get to the legislative possibilities raises concerns that it could create more jitters in the bond market. and how does that play into how you plan on holding these hearings? >> it certainly plays a role. i think we have seen markets not accurately price risk. we have seen credit rating agencies make mistakes. in failing to accurately disclose risks. beyond that, just this week, we saw one of the rating agencies come forward and described the credit rating and mention unfunded liabilities of state pension plans. this discussion could originate in the private sector demand more disclosure rather than congress legislating it. >> with those credit agencies say they are going to put funded and

. >>> the illinois house of representatives just voted to abolish the death penalty in illinois. the state has had a moratorium on capitol punishment for the past two years after a dozen people sentenced to death were later found to be innocent. the legislation now moves to illinois state senate. >>> a guide dog facility in san rafael is dealing with a highly contagious disease that is killing puppies. 35 puppies have become ill in the past week. five have died. they have parvo virus. puppies younger than four months-old are especially in danger. >> it takes extraordinary veterinarian care to nurse them through it. there is no cure to it. you have to help them get through it. >> employees at the facility are not sure how the virus got into the kennel. the infected dog has been isolated to keep the virus from spreading. >>> let's go back over to sal. how is the commute, sal? >> it's kind of foggy out there. i want to show you video of a car that hit a christmas tree in the roadway. chp is investigating. this is on highway 101. you can see the car, first we got a report of a christ

illinois residents could soon see a huge state income tax hike. democratic lawmakers there okayed a 66% jump, from 3% to 5%. the governor will sign it to help close illinois' $15 billion budget gap. and after a four day shutdown, oil is finally flowing through the trans alaska pipeline, but not at full capacity. just 400,000 barrels a day. that's two thirds of its normal flow. still ahead, we check in with value investor mario gabelli, where he sees value in the coming year, and why he believes buy and hold is alive and well. >> susie: the key problem in this economy is jobs. so tonight we get a perspective from an executive whose company is hiring. he's honeywell c.e.o. david cotea. the company expects to increase sales 6% to 9% this year. as washington bureau chief darren gersh reports, the question now is whether that will mean more jobs. >> reporter: if you want to know where the jobs will come from in the coming year, you should take the temperature of a company like honeywell. after rounds of layoffs and furloughs, the company now expects ea

after the illinois supreme court ruled >>> a printer was literally ordered to stop the presses today after the illinois supreme court ruled rahm emanuel's name must be on the ballot for the chicago mayoral race. about 300,000 ballots had been printed when the state supreme court announced it would take up the issue. yesterday a state appeals court said that the former white house chief of staff could not run because he did not meet the one year residency requirement. early voting starts on monday. s a time... >>> well, at this point we really couldn't function as a society without it seems, but there was a time sharon in santa rosa wants to know how was e-mail started? that's tonight's good question. we hit send and that's about all the thought we put into sending e-mail these days, but did you know that e-mail has been around longer than your computer? well, folks think okay. the internet, i first remember that in the early '90s. that must have been the beginning of e-mail. no. not even the early '80s or even the early '70s. you got to go back to the early '60s when the first e-mail

. >> ifill: we talk with two illinois senators who will cross party lines to sit together. tonight: democrat richard durbin and republican mark kirk. >> lehrer: and mark shields and michael gerson offer their pre- speech analysis. >> ifill: then, margaret warner examines the power shift in lebanon that has ignited protests in the streets. >> lehrer: and betty anne bowser has a cancer conversation with a doctor turned storyteller. >> it would cure... the word cure is such a productive word, such a tand liesing word. the implication is two things. number one is there's one cancer so that you can cure all of it and the second thing is that it's a curable disease. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae... >> i think it's going to work an a big scale. only, i think it's going to be affordable. >> so where are they? >

. >>> in college hoops penn state upset 16th ranked illinois.llinois tied the game with 22 seconds left but andrew jones put in a rebound with one second left to lead the nittany lions to a 57-55 win. on saturday penn state beat 18th ranked michigan state. >>> and baseball's all-time save leader is calling it quits. 43-year-old trevor hoffman, with 601 regular season saves, is retiring after 18 years, to take a front office job with san diego. hoffman spent most of his career with the padres, but spent the last two seasons with milwaukee. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, and more on the victims in the tucson shooting. who will be honored at a memorial tonight. naturally colorful vegetables are often a good source of vitamins, fiber, or minerals. and who brings you more natural colors than campbell's condensed soups? campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ wabout readingl and put it here. introducing nookcolor. experience books, magazines, newspapers and children's books like never before. nookcolor by barnes &

title itself, "power in words," comes from president obama's announcement speech in springfield, illinois, where he was of talking about lincoln, and he said, lincoln understood there's power in words. and that's something i think president obama understood very early on both in the statehouse when he was running for congress, when he ran for the senate and then when he ran for the presidency. he knew just how important every single word is that he picked and that it could have such a big impact, and we know that his speeches helped catapult him into the white house. so we'll talk about that and, hopefully, if you get a chance to look at the book, you'll see some of those speeches. interesting, lincoln at the time when he did craft his words and president lincoln spent quite a bit of time himself, he used to sit on his lap some paper, some long paper about this long with pen and sit late at night and be scribble out some of the words. now, interestingly, we know that his gettieses burg address was only 278 words. you think how many words there are now when a politician speaks, you can ima

. >> la corte de illinois decidier decidieron... el nombre de manuel sí estaría en las bolitas durantecandidatura de manuel. dicen que no vivió en chicago como lo necesita la ley electoral. >> la empresa toyota anunció que va a retar un millón 700.000 vehículos en todo el mundo. los modelos que va a retirar en pantalla. >> el fabricante japonés dice que el retiro de varios modelos obedece a diferentes defectos que podrían provocar una perdida de combustible, eleva el total de vehículos toyota en casi de 16 millones desde finales del 2009. >> al volver, el presidente chávez amenaza con intervenir otro banco y dice que va a gobernar por decreto por los próximos 18 meses. >> el ex presidente de venezuela carlos andrés >> el presidente de venezuela amenazÓ con nacionalizar el banco provincial si no cumple varias condiciones incluyendo la entrega de departamentos a deudores hipotecarios. es la tercera entidad bancaria. >> los restos del ex presidente venezolano carlos andrÉs pérez siguen en el limbo. se espera una orden judicial para determinar dÓnde serÁn enterrados. todo se debe a una dis