the judge in her hometown of illinois made the decision there has to be a court hearing in illinois,wn to illinois and he will then decide if cassie should stay with her mother. at the court hearing, bob larsson, the head of the christian school, the truant officer tells us, and paula had to tell us this information because what happens in juvenile court is not public information, she said she barely said anything, after the judge heard from the director of the facility, he never asked any questions about alleged physical abuse and he sent cassie back to montana. so cassie again is in montana after being home in illinois for a few days for that court hearing. >> gary, appreciate the reporting. thanks. gary has more on another school with stunning video. a little boy begging for money in subway stations, because it's part of the school curriculum. there are other allegations against the father and son who run the school, mistreating kids, bilking the government of tax dollars. gary tracked them down looking for answers. that's next. in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in missis

>> a behavioral center in illinois.one day a truant officer from her town made a trip to that behavioral center to visits cassie and recommended she transfer to a very different place. >> cassie called me, she was crying, she said, mommy, i just made a mistake. >> what's her mistake? >> i asked her what happened, and she says, i just signed the papers to go to pinehaven. >> reporter: paula bowen said without her permission, her daughter was then whisked away. more than 1,800 miles to rural montana, to the pinehaven children's christian ranch, and that's where we met her. what's your name? >> cassie. >> reporter: bob larsson is a preacher and founder of pinehaven. >> the two biggest reasons that kids come are broken homes, and they didn't have the normal home background and training with a dad and a mom, and failing adoptions. >> reporter: paula bowen admits she's had serious problems with her life, including imprisonment. but says she doesn't want her daughter at pinehaven because of allegations from former employees at

in crystal lake illinois.he wake of john. >> larimer, the illinois native who died in the attack shielding his girlfriend. >> and he was killed by an assault weapon that had a large capacity ammunition magazine. >> here's the governor leading the wake an event he says led to today's announcement made with police chief tim mccarthy, survivor of the assassination attempt on president reagan. >> i think this law will help law enforcement. it will help reduce violence against our residents. it will help reduce violence against our police. >> it's a mandatory veto of a republican sponsored measure with a much different intent designed to allow easier access to ammunition. instead governor specifically targets rapid firing military-style guns like the ak-47. tak-9 and ar-15. >> we believe in public safety. >> there is an immediate blow-back from the illinois g.o.p. >> it's just a political stunt. >> and the gun lobby calls the governor's effort misguided, claims it targets the wrong people. the executive director of

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southern illinois, or outside of st. louis, missouri, i think that is a great place to say, willie traditional democrat area be allowed a young man who is 31 years old but will elect -- that is the litmus test of whether we can get that done. that area has never had a republican. >> questions from the audience for congressman sessions. >> i'm with "the houston chronicle." the race in texas and a reaction to the court ruling yesterday on the republican

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richard porter is an illinois delicate and excited about the keynote speakers this week. i do think the speeches will be great. i do think there is an aspect about this which is networking, bringing everybody together from around the country and motivating them for the next 70 days before the election all day long people looked for ways to fill their suddenly not so busy day after it izzak managed to sideline most events sunday. at the convention center the official called to order it was quickly followed by a recess until tomorrow so it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. for the illinois crew most of whom made the trip to tampa they were kept indoors no cabin fever quite yet at breakfast this state's gop chairman acknowledging one of illinois' most prominent politicians this year senator mark kirk there in spirit as he continues to recover from a stroke. the courage he has shown in recovering validates your vote. he is a courageous act tough physically and mentally, human being. back at the delegates hotels

he was later pronounced dead at the illinois masonic medical. no one else was injured in the incident >> another accident involving eight cab... this one collided with a street sweeper. the driver struck with such force that the sweeper rolled on its side. the cab driver then slammed into a parked car. the crash happened at clark and adams just before 7:00 this morning. the street sweeper was privately owned and operated by waste management. there were no injuries reported >> if you bite in chicago you will want to hear this next ke in chicago you will want to hear this next story >> we will have more on the cities in new plant to help cyclists get around more safely >> plus he was in the right place at the right time me. the sweetie, you have to scrub it first. no you don't, honey. yes, you do! don't! i've washed a few cupcake tins in my day... oh, so you're a tin expert now. whoa nelly! hi, kitchen counselor here. he's actually right... with cascade complete. see cascade complete pacs work like thousands of micro-scrubbing brushes to help powe

the official drawing of the illinois lottery ... good afternoon. are the winning pick three numbers: 832 here are the winning pick four numbers: 8 3 3 32 friday night the mega-millions jackpot will be $83 million time for sports: the white sox starting rotation is having problems. gavin floyd was placed on the disabled list with elbow soreness, and jake peavy is having vision problems due to an eye infection. the sox tried to avoid two straight losses in baltimore. after chris sale loaded the bases in the 2nd, nick markakis drove in 3 runs with a double... sale only lasted 4 innings. meanwhile chris tillman had 5 strike outs over 7 innings for the orioles... the sox only managed 2 hits in the game. they lost 6-0, but the tigers also lost so the lead is still 2 games. len and bob made their annual trip to the bleachers last night.... the cubs and brewers were scoreless in the 2nd, until jeff bianchi hit a 3-run homer for the first home run of his career. next inning, cubs pitcher travis wood hit a solo shot for his first homer of the year, but that

illinois lawmakers are in springfield today for a special one-day legislative session.future of stete representative, derrick smith.. and they're trying to solve the state's public pension crisis. chicago tribune political reporter rick pearson joins us live from springfield: what is the latest? >>that afternoon from the illinois house of representatives right now the lawmakers are voting on whether to expel their colleague derrick smith he was accused by federal agents of taking a $7,000 bribe in exchange for a $50,000 grant it takes a vote of 79 votes to expel him there seems to be no opposition that debate is happening right now meanwhile the big issue is the state pension fund governor quinn met with the four legislative leaders for one hour to one-and- a-half hours today republicans left the meeting saying there is no agreement the democrats still want to do the cost shipft.... >>can you put into perspective how much the lawmaker's vote makes a difference in the derrick smith matter? even when he was facing these accusations people still voted for him and i can onc

the university of illinois received a record number of applications this year. those accepted were at the u-i-c pavillion today for a convocation ceremony. classes begin tomorrow. the university says about 48- thousand people applied for its three campuses combined. a six percent jump from a year ago. u of i president robert easter says there appears to be an increase in applications in areas where there is a clear career path. indicating students are worried about finding jobs. so many people took part in this year's chicago triathlon that it has now officially become the world's largest triathlon. more than ten thousand people showed up early this morning for the 30th annual chicago triathlon. the event began in the water at balboa. it was followed by a 25 mile bike ride on lake shore drive up to hollywood and back and then a six point two mile run along the lakefront. >>later in the day participants ran into their fair share of rain.your live illinois lottery drawing is next. after that, jim ramsey will be here. he'll tell us when the rain will move out of th

where he's keeping tabs on illinois' republican delegation. >>the illinois delegation just closed their first breakfast and meeting at the convention was not much of a meeting it was more of a political pep rally with state party leaders shared goals and dreams for the november election and beyond ... illinois republican leaders served up a healthy serving of optimism and objectives ... pat brady set the tone as you expect the speaker focused on the immediate goal of mitt romney winning the november election ... illinois treasurer imagined to the days that mitt romney would be inaugurated ... the state house victories are a long term goal ... the pension crisis the high unemployment rate and credit issues were labeled democratic problems >>this is about literally changing the direction of illinois absent was senator mark kirchner suffered a stroke in january he was unable to make the trip he was praised by delegates for his courage making it through his illness ... at one point the state party chairman said he wanted to thank everyone in the r

results show that 31% of illinois graduates failed to meet college prepared standards in reading english math and science in 2012 that's one point higher than last year while some education leaders and illinois find the results troubling others said that the tests do not accurately predict how students will do in college the illinois tree trooper who responded to the kathleen savio death takes the stand in the drew peterson murder trial nancy loo is live with details state police investigator was among the first to look into the death of kathleen savio in 2004 fell on the witness stand he said drew peterson seemed to jovial at times during his interview the day following the man questioned his survey pierce about the tactics of the investigation and then was taken off the case the following week that follows the testimony of a former co-worker of drew peterson jurors took copious notes during his testimony this morning the man had set in 2,003 ft. during a ride in a bollingbrook squad car drew peterson instructed him to find a hit man to kill his ex-wife offering $25,000 knowing that the

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question, why would the romney campaign even bother coming to illinois?to a senior romney strategist kevin madden about that. they said they are not going to waste an opportunity delivering what they call their message the day that is on this issue of welfare reform. he also worked in a few digs in on the economy and here is a bit of what he had to say just a few moments ago. >> the president's solution for all of these problems? is to do more of the same. he wants another stimulus. the last one didn't work. the next one won't either. mr. president obama is simply out of ideas, he is out of excuses, and illinois needs to help me make sure that in november, we put him out of office. >> reporter: all right now, one ing that mitt romney did not talk about this event is this new line of attack from president obama himself. that was delivered last night when the president was at an event up in connecticut when he referred to the gop contender as romney hood. sort of a reverse robin hood. the president taking from the poor and giving to the rich. i talked to ke

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just a shield of light rain has moved through the state of illinois. that's really about it. otherwise it's been a pretty tranquil weekend. temperatures today still warm. if not hot around d.c., 90 degrees. in the areas in new england even will still be in the 80s but humidity will be down. a lot of thunderstorms throughout the southeast. not bad today through the carolinas and georgia. storms in florida will continue. the only areas that continue to be unusually hot, especially most of texas, back through arizona and even interior california. that's about it. as i mentioned, besides the cool, cloudy weather heading through illinois and areas into indiana, it's a rather nice monday morning. that's a look at your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. tampa, florida, along with the rest of florida, your typical afternoon thunderstorms, but memphis, tennessee, you could see an afternoon storm as the storm system and cold front try to head through. still pretty warm day in oklahoma. overall, looks like a quiet week weatherwise. >> nice summer. >> no

but i think given some of >> reporter: i'm diane eastabrook in central illinois.still ahead, i'll tell you how some farmers are using technology to grow corn in one of the worst droughts in decades. >> susie: a big sell-off on wall street today after a top federal reserve official dashed hopes of more stimulus for the u.s. economy. james bullard, head of the federal reserve bank of st. louis, a non-voting member of the central bank, said he's seeing signs of an improving economy and doesn't believe another round of help is necessary right now. that, combined with those tech worries we told you about, pulled down stocks. the dow tumbled 115 points, its first-triple digit loss in a month. the nasdaq lost 20 points, while the s&p fell 11. >> tom: those losses come, in spite of two more signs of a housing recovery today. first, sales of new homes jumped 3.6% in july, up to their fastest pace in three years. gains were the biggest in the northeast. a separate report found home prices were up 1.8% in the second quarter. that's the steepest quarterly increase in six and

>> arson is suspected in a massive fire that destroyed eight historic building in north central illinois. it started at midnight in the old the lipton tea and building on main street. about 80 mi. southwest of chicago. the building was being used as a warehouse for plumbing supplies. dozens of firefighters from surrounding towns responded to the three alarm fire. there have been several arsons in the past year. fire officials plan a news conference for tomorrow morning >> chicago bomb and arson investigators are taking a close look at a suspicious overnight fire at a metra station and the old church building on the city's southwest side >> i came down and saw lights in the train station one whole room was lit... i called to notify someone was going on... >> the station serves as a state of warships...worship >> damage was confined to a small partportion of the church >> it is a very small minimal amount of damage... >> fire officials are still investigating but they did make it clear they believe this was the work of van goghndal... >> six people are dead and at least two dozen more have

your live illinois lottery drawing is next. good afternoon. here are the winning pick three numbers: 9 2 7 here are the winning pick four numbers: 1 5 6 4 the mega-millions jackpot is $83 million that's tonight ... not getting enough sleep may be linked to more aggressive types of breast cancer. a research team for science daily reviewed the medical records and surveys from over 400 post-menopausal breast cancer patients. all of the patients were asked about their sleep patterns in the last two years. women who got six hours of sleep or less each night had a higher recurrence of tumors. the team was unable to find a link in pre menopausal women. a new study shows changing the ambiance of a fast food restaurant.. could affect the amount of food people eat. "soft lighting and music caused people to eat less, rate their food as more enjoyable." the music and lighting had no affect on how much people spent. researchers say, it's something fast food restaurants might want to try, in an effort to combat the obesity epidemic. lunchbreak is next. we'r

schafer fisheries in thompson, illinois is addressing both those problems. ever since the fish first turned up the company has been looking for innovative ways to process and market asian carp. >> on the fresh side, it would be the asian community here in the u.s. and on the frozen side it would be ethnic communities around the world. the u.s. is the only country that does not eat a carp. >> americans have this mentality >> reporter: schafer says that once all the bones are removed an asian carp filet yields a relatively small and expensive four to five ounce portion that can't compete with more economical alternatives, which is why they have turned to alternative methods of extracting the meat. >> basically we run it through a mincing machine which is soft meat separator. >> reporter: the meat is then ground up much like beef and nothing is wasted. >> so this removes all the bones and anything you don't want in the meat. >> yep so here are your tendons you can see and all your bones are in there. >> reporter: and this will go eventually go to become fertili

the warmth is beginning to take hold just to the west of illinois ...me hot temperatures around the country this summer many states in triple digits for a really long time now the southwestern states are going down and we're getting warm once again ... not since august 7th have we seen 90 degree temperatures here in chicago. we're looking at the mold and pollen counts and those sunburned times across the metropolitan chicago area ... and also the local temperatures happening now ... this will be the 41st day of 90 or higher temperatures the last time we put 490 degree temperatures together was three weeks ago we will have one today tomorrow and saturday and we expect rain late in the weekend ... that rain system sunday could be the biggest year in five weeks some models are suggesting parts of this area could get an inch and a half of rainfall ... there are some flood watches in the green areas on the national map ... we will see ourselves in the '90s until saturday as i reported ... we will have another update on tropical storm isaac ... the system is

mitt romney on a campaign stop at a manufacturing company in illinois took the gloves off, ripping president obama on a new issue, welfare. >> taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. if i'm president i'll put work back in welfare. >> reporter: team romney is trying to get a new angle on the race, debuting this ad. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. they just sent you your welfare check. >> reporter: accusing obama of planning to gut welfare reforms made by president obama. former president bill clinton, in a written statement, slammed romney on the new ad, saying, it was misleading. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false, and it is blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: the rhetoric is turning downright nasty with both candidates pointing fingers and calling each other names. president obama at a connecticut fund-raiser earlier this week. >> it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. >> reporter: mitt romney, on fox news a day later, answered the charge. >> we've been watc

here's what we know now from illinois state police. apparently blew a tire, according to state police, you see them loading up someone into one of these medevac helicopters. so apparently this bus blew a tire, slammed into the bridge and 20 ambulances a on the scene. four medevac helicopters. and as far as how many were on that bus, how many people were injured, we do not know. but clearly just based upon what having covered scenes like this in person. >> uh-huh. >> you know it's not a good scene when you see all these ambulances, all these crews. look at that across the median here in the highway. so we'll keep an eye on it. we'll let you know as soon as we get anymore here again from litchfield, illinois. >>> i want to move along now and tell you about this massive sinkhole. look at this car just about swallowed. two tires in there. dangling into the sin coal. this is brooklyn. a woman says he and her daughter were inside the car just five minutes before that sinkhole opened up. they got out to walk their dog. chad myers, how does th

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illinois students have an average score of 20.9. chicago students coming in at 17.6. >> we have a long way to go. if you look at any of the schools in the state of the region, this mean score throughout the cbs is of what we need for the fall for the university of illinois. that said, we have had the best year we have had a decade. the mayor backs that pointing to data showing cps students raised their act scores by nearly a half-point over last year. southwest suburban plainfield school officials will consider storing rifles in four district high schools. it's a proposal put forth by the plainfield police chief who wants to keep the guns in specialized gun safes in the schools. the chief says an ar-15 is more accurate than a handgun at long distances and says quote "active shooter incidents are no longer something we see on t-v. they are reality." here's what some students told us: >> i personally don't think it helps anything because i am not a big supporter of guns. i don't think that it would be beneficial to bring bigger guns i

she is one of about 30 horses being rehabilitated and cared for by illinois horse rescue. the organization and says because of the drought kate prices are double or even triple the cost and some people can no longer afford to care for their horses. >> its 75% of our hay crop which is driving the price of hay up with cannot supply our own needs and we have to reach out to other people to get it. it depends entirely on donations and the work ofolunteers, more than 20 volunteers work round the clock to care for the horses big and small. copper is one of their favorite horses he is about 25 years old. >> he is a wonderful horse he would be great for some young girl, he is very easy to ride, very friendly. illinois horse rescue is getting about 10 calls per week asking to come save an animal tony says he doesn't expect the calls to stop coming anytime soon. they're out there they have to be rescued. it costs $20 a day to take care of each one of these horses. visit our web site to donate. wgntv .com in world war two veteran of badly beaten is finding kindness in strangers he lo

dream relief granted work permits that will allow an estimated 75,000 on documented residents of illinois to legally work or go to college. all water these people either want to attend college or be able to use for degree toward something good and something that will help this country. i am thankful i am able to apply and not hide anymore. this high school student was #501 in line today one of an estimated 13,000 people who stood patiently for the chance to apply for work permits the line extending from navy pier across the river all the way to millennium park hundred spent the night hoping to be the first to apply but even with an army of volunteers on hand only about 1500 could fully complete the application process, another 10,000 receiving information and guidance from counselors according to chief organizers with the illinois coalition for refugee and immigrant rights. look to dream relief.org for the upcoming workshops. the mayor repeatedly said he wants chicago to be the most immigrant friendly city in the country and he has raised a total of $275,000 from companies like western un

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i watched in disbelief as the illinois state police declared that kathleen savio found dead in her bathtub was the victim of an accident. a woman whose hair is soaked in blood lying face down in a bathtub with none of the little bottles on the side disturbed no soap ring no blood ring no towel, no clothes on the edge of the tub and within minutes of their arrival the state police from illinois say that it was an accident. the lead investigator directed that no one process the scene. what does that mean? that means don't take fingerprints, don't move the area for blood, don't process the can of rug cleaner found right near the bedroom that the csi guys didn't even see and don't check any room for any signs of forced entry, and even though there were 13 separate bruises, including a 3 inch bruise to the butt of kathleen savio which the csi investigator says he didn't see at the time, he declared the bruises to be insignificant. well good old sherlock there didn't even bother to examine a 2 inch gash of kathleen's head but he knew there was a lot of bleeding after because when he took her out

the heavier rain in arizona, central portions of illinois. here is a look at the current drought status across the country. and it is very dry. this bright red, this is kansas, missouri and illinois. this is the hardest hit drought areas. no relief through nebraska or oklahoma. what is next? this is the heart of our tropical season. september is actually the busier month, we have two hurricanes and a tropical storm. the hurricanes, fish storms well off the east coast, never approaching land. so lynn it looks like we should get through the holiday weekend. and no threats to the u.s., we get a break. >> let's hope so all right, bill, thank you so much. >>> well, big ben finally speaks. >>> sears gets a bounce. >>> and the billionaire who gives to others on his birthday. your business report, straight ahead. >>> coming up, the time table on steven strasburg, andy roddick calls it quits, and the jets first score. you're watching msnbc. [ female announcer ] they can be enlightening. hey, bro. or engaging. conversations help us learn and grow. at w

. >> governor quinn honored illinois veterans today by at signing four new bills. makes easier for them to get jobs with the state department of natural resources. it leaves at the college degree requirement allowing the agency to hire more veterans as a conservation police >> our veterans are people who understand nature and the importance of being outside. i want to make sure that we can employ the veterans and give them a good job when they come home >> the governor signed a new bill that the illinois state fair of veterans day >> a dangerous and scary moment aboard an american destroyer near the persian gulf. next what left this massive dent in the side of the ship >> later why new york police opened fire in the middle of times square... break [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car and your good driving can save you up to 30%. you could even try it without switching your insurance. why not give it a shot? carry on. now you can test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit p