the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois reserves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. russell: i would like to inform my colleague from illinois that i have no further speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. krishnamoorthi: i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. russell: i urge adoption of the bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass bill .r. 1496 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection. he title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. russell: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4301. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report

roskam of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself 30 seconds because i have to watch this clock. here's the situation. animal fighting is inappropriate and wrong no matter where it happens. it's against the law in the continental united states, and i should say in all 50 states, what we're proposing is make that a standard in the territories as well. there are some elements of animal fighting that are illegal in territories but not all together. this has been a long journey a. 40-year journey in this country. it reached a crescendo about 10 years ago when a standard was created in all >> states. what this amendment does, mr. chairman, is very simple. it proposes to do the same thing in the territories. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virgin islands eek recognition. ms. plaskett: i rise to claim

the gentleman from illinois is recognized, and the gentleman from illinois has one minute remaining. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'll be quick. first, i want to also thank the staff on both sides for their work. this is the way legislaon is supposed to move. you have hearings. in energy and commerce we really forced a subcommittee hearing, markup, subcommittee mark, full committee mark. then, we go through the process. our staff has done a tremendous job. i also want to thank ranking meer pallone and ranking member tonko for their friendship and their actually good negotiating skills as they have told me many times they have changed that bill through their diligence and that has got us here to a better product. i'll end up on three quick points. we raised them before. we can transport this safely. we've done it for decades. every day taxpayers are paying from all 50 states in the judgment fund because of our failure to meet our legal obligations. i think it's almost $800 million a year that we pay because we're breaking the law. independent scientific analysis

and the sergeant down wives came out and you know a supervisor in decatur illinois told a local paper last year quote the cost of the entire unit is run by drug seizures it is paid for by the jurors but these dogs are participating in seizing they play a large part in these seizures so illinois the law enforcement agency that makes caesar's gets to keep all the cash or proceeds of it auction was profits right. you know what are the prosecutors office gets ten to twelve percent as well for drugs is so there's some good hard cash to be on when you've got to pay the publicist you've got to be i mean it's one of the numbers two thousand and five the twenty fifteen or preacher's result games of the. this more than three hundred nineteen million dollars for illinois police department share of state attorneys and other along now you're going to take a big chunk about money away if you legalize marijuana there and they're going to use the they're going to try to use any and anything they can to get you to vote against that like threatening to kill dogs yeah well i think the thing is you have

schneider of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 879, the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. schneider: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of my amendment which would help those communities saddled with housing our nation's stranded nuclear waste while the federal government has failed to meet its legal obligation to find a permanent repository. this is something my too ituents understand all well. the former nuclear -- zion nuclear power plant located on valuable lakefront property has housed more than two million pounds of spent nuclear fuel since the plant's closure in 1998. this waste situated on the very shores of lake michigan is both an extreme environmental hazard and severe burden to the quality of life of the residents of zion. deterring economic investment, depressing home values, and driving up property taxes to fill the void of local revenue. zion is not al

and the sergeant down wives came in and you know the supervisor decatur illinois told the local paper last year quote the cost of the entire unit is run by drug seizures it is paid for by the jurors but these dogs are participating in seizing they play a large part in these seizures so illinois the law enforcement agency that makes caesar's gets to keep all the cash or proceeds of it auction it was profits right. it will allow the prosecutors office gives ten to twelve percent as well for drugs and so there is some good hard cash again maybe on when you got to pay the publicist you got to do because i want to look at the numbers two thousand and five the twenty fifteen years result games of the. this more than three hundred nineteen million dollars for illinois police department share of state attorneys and other law she's now you're going to take a big chunk about money away if you legalize marijuana there and they're going to use the they're going to try to use any and anything they can to get you to vote against that like threatening to kill dogs yeah but i think the thing is you h

i'd like to thank my friend from illinois, mr. shimkus, for his leadership on this issues and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3053. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: yes, thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield two minutes of time to the gentlelady from nevada, ms. rosen. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. : i thank the gentleman from new york. mr. speaker, i rise today and stand with the overwhelming majority of nevadans who wholeheartedly oppose our state becoming the dumping ground for the rest of the nation's nuclear waste. based on the department of energy's own studies, yucca mountain is unfit as a repository site for nuclear waste because of the impact it would have on national transportation. we're talking about shipping up to three loads of radioactive waste per week to nevada by rail or truck for over 50 years. here's a map of what the proposed routes would look like. dangerous waste would go through 329 congressional districts across this co

what is really going on here in illinois is that your concern. is about all the cash through those roadside canine friends. like holding the dogs. were going to. the police dogs if you legalize decriminalize. like on a level of what is. that you would say. my question is all right well let's look to the states that have. legalized. drug sniffing dogs all across the board. they have. actually just retired colorado drug sniffing dogs were no longer needed they were retired and also helped train the other new that were coming in to be retrained one of the reasons was that their trainer said it would take in order to retrain them it would take a lot of negative reinforcement and i'm not a big fan of colorado said we don't want to hurt these animals we don't want to make it more stressful than trade a certain way based on positive. or negative. or retired. so that works here's the thing about drug sniffing dogs they don't work very well no offense to the dogs the dogs are great but they're not actually that great for two thousand two thousand and one

pardon, and former illinois governor rod blagojevich, as well. both of whom appeared on versions of "the apprentice." abc's jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: president trump is flexing one biggest powers, the power to pardon, considering pardons or commutations for two very high profile convicts. martha stewart and disgraced former illinois governor rod blagojevich, both with reality tv connections to the president. blagojevich, who was sentenced to 14 years on corruption charges, for allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated by drk drk barack obama -- >> i'll do anything. legal and et call and honest. >> reporter: -- was a contestant on "celebrity apprentice." blagojevich was eventually fired by trump on the show, but on air force one today, the president said this about him. "he's a democrat. he's not my party. but i thought that he was treated unfairly. he shouldn't have been put in

slavery in illinois. so we can find lots of people who are heroic. lots of people who sacrifice their own economic value. general ulysses grant, before he's a general, a captain in the army, he's dirt poor. he's broke. he marries julia dent -- actually, at the time he's only a lieutenant. marries julia dent, who is the daughter of a missouri man of some means who owned some slaves. and his father-in-law gives ulysses grant a slave as a wedding present. so grant, as it turns out, is our last slave-holding president, because he got this slave as a gift. about a year later, grant has moved to illinois. he is on the verge of bankruptcy. he is desperate. and the one asset that he has is his slave. and rather than selling his slave, because that would solve his economic problems, he moves the slave to illinois and frees the slave. even though it's a great economic cost. grant will later free 4 million other slaves. and that is why grant is one of the great heroes of the united states. but the contrast is there

chairman, idaho passes. >> illinois. illinois.llinois gives 112 votes for the next president of the united states, hubert humphrey, three for mccarthy, and three for mcgovern. walter: mayor daley has been sitting there rather impassive of all the criticism of his police force and the tactics throughout the night but apparently he has gotten wrestled. he cast illinois' vote, but this is not the roll call for the casting of votes. this is the roll call for placing names in nomination. >> mr. chairman, indiana passes. when alaska was reached, it yielded, california. now alaska. you may nominate, second, or pass. walter: the man sitting to the left of mayor daley is george dunn, the financial chairman of the cook county board of finance. >> alaska, having yielded -- walter: thought to be in line for the mayoral candidate some day. >> under the rule. chairman --n -- walter: the doorkeeper, known as "fishbait" miller. for the house of representatives, he's letting several men who look like security guards through to the rostrum. don't k

i was hoping there would be more especially i'm glad illinois was represented but we were one of the states whose systems were hacked, the voter registration system in the 2016 election. states need to be prepared but we also need to make sure voters are sure and shouldn't be fearful and that was the message i got from our officials. shannon: did you feel it was worth your time? her democratic colleagues, wrote about this in usa today, no way to know that without going to the briefing but that was her exit comment. >> i'm glad they made themselves available to brief us and i was very happy to learn. we didn't learn enough. my feeling walking away from this briefing is we are still vulnerable. i am hoping that dhs working with illinois could sure a power vulnerability and make sure we have free and fair elections. shannon: there is help available to states and localities, $380 million to give funding to states. do you think they are dialing into the help available, are they taking advantage? >> states need to do better. i took time after the briefing to spoke with secretary nielsen, t

esa es la demanda de organizaciones comunitarias en el estado de illinois.dad. detenciones que han dejado una estela de preocupaciÓn entre la comunidad inmigrante, como nos dice viviana Ávila desde chicago. viviana: organizaciones proinmigrantes de illinois alzaron su voz de protesta tras las denuncias de jornaleros de que fueron blanco de operativos de ice. luis escobar dice que Él corriÓ para no ser detenido. >> no se identificaron como ice. sÓlo comenzaron a preguntar por personas. viviana: pero el esposo de esta seÑora que prefiere ocultar su rostro asegura que su pareja sÍ cayÓ en manos de ice. >> Él estÁ en proceso de corte. se me hace muy injusto que estÉ pasando todo esto. viviana: las detenciones que sus compaÑeros desatan el temor entre los jornaleros, pero dicen que su necesidad es mayor y no tienen otra opciÓn que arriesgarse a volver a este lugar. >> con miedo. de un momento a otro pueden llevar a uno. >> y cuando hay este tipo de redadas, uno se sienten segura. viviana: ante esta situaciÓn, activistas quieren que consideren santuario las esquin

illinois database was hacked.n't change the voter rolls but they were exploring. it would be similar to someone breaking into someone's house and maybe not taking anything but you sure as heck want to keep them out of your house the next time. and that's kind of where we are at right now. we have to make sure that we protect our election infrastructure both at the state and federal level and just make sure that anybody with nefarious intentions doesn't get a hold of our crown jewels, or voter rules and so forth. >> shannon: i want to ask about quickly to respond, do you think this has become overly political? we hear about this from both sides all the time agreeing that there has been russian interference, that they are trying to tamper with voter rolls and that kind of thing, but then a dismal turnout. maybe not even 10% of the members. >> it's typical unfortunately for classified briefings like this but i'm going to tell you i have to really commend this administration. they are stepping up, trying to make sure

with me and my staff with the head of hhs in the state of illinois. we had heard those concerns first after the same statement was made. he thought two years was enough time for implementation. >> i believe bureaucracy in states like illinois can implement the changes that we make federally. if there's problems in the future i go in the end. and i have a county with double digit unemployment. i have caterpillar expanding into their plant my district. these are not entry-level jobs, their good paying jobs. but they can't get people to build the mining trucks in a community that was double digit unemployment. why don't we invest in the families by doing something different. by giving them a chance. that's why in states that are implementing work requirements they went back to work in their incomes double. new workers went back in places like caterpillar and adm. the end result was the amount of people needing the benefits was reduce by half. in my opinion our goal in most districts i don't yours as well as my this is going to be something i think famili

in illinois, we pay high property taxes. are burning so many funds and kids are not getting ready in elementary school, middle school, and high school. that money is not available for parents to save for college. said, the price of college is one of the major concerns for most people in the public. how they will afford to send their kids for college. you had stats in the previous segment talking about the average price. most to students, if you go to a regional college, western illinois university, for instance, you will pay less than $10,000 year for tuition. like are other costs books and room and board, so it adds up. it is a big concern. talked about have for-profit institutions. when they are saddled with debt even without a degree. how do you see this administration reacting to these for-profit schools? the obama administration took a hard line on for-profit schools. we saw major closures during the obama administration, i mentioned corinthian and itt. devos has tried to lower the regulatory bar with it the many spots

we went to illinois.is where unfortunately, the voter registration rolls are about 14,000 people were officials say they were hacked by two ip addresses that were traced to the negligence that were then traced back to russia. this is all part of what intelligence officials say was a russian effort to hack the election back in 2016 that they were successfully able to get into the voter registration site of illinois. the illinois officials said they are defending the system for the election in the midterms. this is a report on what they told us. >> galesburg illinois, a small town nestled in the flat farmlands of the midwest. the amtrak train to chicago stops here three times a day. but this unassuming slice of the american heartland, the site of abraham lincoln stephen douglas debate in 1858, was in the last presidential election, impeded by the russians.the fbi, department of homeland security say the states voter registration rules were hacked by russian intelligence. >> says it is a declaration of war.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. bost, for five minutes. mr. bost: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor an illinois hero who passed away this last week. martin of illinois passed away at the age of 92. he joins his wife kathryn who passed in march. martin was a u.s. army veteran and served in europe during world war ii. he was a life member of the for an legion and v.f.w. over 70 years. martin, a farmer, was a life-long resident of southern illinois where he farmed corn, soybeans and wheat with his sons on the twin farms. he was so moved by his time in the war that he wrote and published a book titled, "far from the farm," to save the experiences and show -- share s those experiences with his grandchildren and children. martin, it's with a heavy heart that we thank you for your service to southern illinois and our nation. mr. speaker, with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa, for five minutes. mr. co

. >> harris: some counties in illinois are taking tip from liberal declaring sanctuarys for gun ors,ill it work? is it the right way to handle this issue? stay tuned. simple goodness is ahhhmazing! meaty morsels. a tender texture. with real meat and a blend of peas and carrots i can see. a totally new kind of awesome going on here! (avo) new beneful simple goodness. tender, meaty morsels with real ingredients you can see. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. >> harris: welcome back. a controversial move by some county necessary southern illinois declaring themselves sanctuary counties for gun rights. they are pushing back against threats to target their second amendment right. taking cue from sanctuary city policies that refused to enforce federal immigration laws. authors behind the resolution admit their move is largely symbolic, but they are making a point. this is int

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lahood of illinois. the chair: prinet to house resolution 9 -- pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from illinois, mr. lahood, a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. lahood: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lahood: mr. speaker, the amendment i introduce will streamline a burdensome regulatory requirement currently in place for two usda programs. the first is the agriculture risk coverage, or a.r.c., and the price coverage -- the price loss coverage, or p.l.c. my amendment changes the signup process from an annual signup process to a one and done process for the duration of the five-year farm bill. our farmers work tirelessly to provide food for our families, our country, and to grow products that are shipped all over the world. from raising livestock to growing crops such as soybeans and corn, they contribute to the lifeblood of my state in illinois an

state of illinois might soon have to change their curriculums to teach more about the contributions made by the elegy bt communities in u.s. history summers has passed a bill on wednesday meaning it could become a bit obligatory if it can one if it clears one more hurdle and is approved by the states house of representatives l g b t topics will see to change to the topics ranging from science to civil rights and from art to sport new school books if the bill is approved will have to represent and promote the diversity of american society and it would make illinois the second state to make the changes to its curriculum after california the bill being passed has got plenty talking to with some saying history will take on a more accurate portrayal while others have expressed concern especially considering illinois has a large religious population to discuss the issue further we spoke to media commentator gina loudon and human rights activist peter tatchell. it's very important that people understand the contribution that gay people have made i think is about informing straight kids so they

galesburg, illinois come a typical small town in the ferment of the midwest.to chicago stops here three times a day. but the unassuming place of the american heartland, and abraham lincoln debated 1858 was in the last presidential election invaded by the russians. the fbi, department of homeland security state the state's voter registration rolls were hacked by russian intelligence. >> is said that the declaration of war. it's a cyberwar. >> the supervisor of the overnights -- illinois state board of elections lasted for weeks. >> before the government attacks your system, obviously they're up to no good. elections being central part of our democracy, being attacked by a foreign government, i think everybody in the country should be concerned about that. >> they focus on ways to protect the system. state officials know firsthand what it like to be targeted by moscow. he says hackers have role starting in june of 2016 in the heat of the presidential election at one point hitting the system five times per second. some voter names, addresses come in the last four

we will move on to earl in ottawa, illinois. caller: what is the average cost of appeals for a death row inmate? i know back in 1989, eight was $1.1 million. what does it cost now? kent: i don't know that the cost for appeals has ever been specifically calculated. it would be difficult to calculate so i don't have a reliable figure. carol: it varies state to state, but quite expensive. susan: tony in santa fe. caller: i would like to disagree with the gentleman's statement about people not being innocent.

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the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one to te. address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on may 25, we celebrate national poppy day. after world war i, popty flourished in europe, scientists said the growth was because soil in france and belgium became enriched with left by the rubble the war. from the dirt and mud grew beautiful red poppies. the red poppy became to symbolize the blood shared during battle following the publish gation of a wartime poem in flanders field.

roskam of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself 30 seconds because i have to watch this clock. here's the situation. animal fighting is inappropriate and wrong no matter where it happens. it's against the law in the continental united states, and i should say in all 50 states, what we're proposing is make that a standard in the territories as well. there are some elements of animal fighting that are illegal in territories but not all together. this has been a long journey a. 40-year journey in this country. it reached a crescendo about 10 years ago when a standard was created in all >> states. what this amendment does, mr. chairman, is very simple. it proposes to do the same thing in the territories. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virgin islands eek recognition. ms. plaskett: i rise to claim

i'm from burbank, illinois, and i worked for a big company for almost 40 years, and unfortunate eye la, i lost my job with all this trade going on. but my question is also, how come nobody's talking about the trades with the middle eastern countries, and especially saudi arabia, where they're right now, the oil price has rocketed at almost about $80 a barrel, which is taking a big chunk out of us from here, and also our jobs -- illinois's one of the most corrupt, actually. but most of our jobs left illinois and also left the whole country, especially one of the gentleman earlier says about nabisco, wrigleys and all these countries. so, they blame the president for all these problems, but he's trying to fix all the trade for us, okay, but it's still, there's an issue of how the trade has gone before him. >> i thank you so much. a bunch of good points. and on the oil price, of course, the trump administration has arguably helped boost the oil price by withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal that, by definition, that implies they are putting more sanctions on iran and limiting their oil ex

wallace,'s hear from mark m color -- mark m, illinois -- mark hamill, illinois.llinois., caller: i'm calling about the x-x. vioxx, v-i-o- this drug was taken off the market because it killed about 60,000 people for heart and blood pressure. the pharmaceutical company has released it again under a different name, and some doctors are describing it. , if it is aaw generic job -- drug, is there a law to prevent them from doing this? companies paid about $90 billion to those families. this happened, i do not know if it was 2008 to 2010. is there a law that could making this arom different drug and charging a higher price? host: i cannot answer your question specifically. jim greenwood, former congressman, is head of the bear pharmaceutical -- bayer pharmaceutical association. some twitter reaction from our own viewers and listeners, john tweet this -- the propensity of americans to punish critical producers scares the hell out of me. chris says -- i've been working in health care for only a year and the level of price gouging the goes on his mind blowing. victoria sa

susan: adrian burgos is teaching at the university of illinois, teaching history in a specialty that people may not think of as a historian subject. baseball and particularly the lesson experience in baseball. thank you for being with us. adrian: thank you for having me. about you have written latin history and baseball in your own personal experience. i want to hear about both. first, make the case about the latino experience and how important baseball has been. adrian: baseball provides an identity for many latinos, especially coming from cuba to puerto rico, venezuela, it goes specifically the caribbean region, and it goes back to the 19th century. in some cases, for cubans, before there was even cuba as a nation, there was baseball. that validates their sense of identity. baseball, what makes it unique for latinos is that we are the first group of immigrants to the united states that came with baseball. baseball was not a means of assimilation, the same way it would be for european immigrants, where the polish and the italians learned baseball here, and they became more american

state of illinois might soon have to change their curriculums to teach more about the contributions made by the l g b t communities in u.s. history senate has passed a bill on wednesday but the state's house of representatives still has to agree on the changes l.g.b. to history will be given more focus in subjects ranging from science to sports introducing the work of l.g.b. t. figures and highlighting wider issues to give students a better understanding that move would make illinois the second state to change its curriculum to a more inclusive one for the l g b t communities california being the first on the bill has got plenty talking to will promote acceptance in the more accurate betrayal of history it is in direct contradiction to the clear judeo christian beliefs as many in illinois. to discuss the issue further his media commentator gina loudon and human rights activist peter tatchell it's very important people understand the contribution that gay people have made i think is about informing straight kids so they understand bt issues. their prejudice is broken down if a history boo

eric shawn has the story. >> reporter: galesburg illinois, a typical small town in the flat farmlandsrak train to chicago stops here three times a day. but this unassuming slice of the american heartland, the site of an abraham lincoln debate in 1858 was in the last presidential election invaded by the russians. the fbi and department of homeland security say the state's voter registration rolls were hacked by russian intelligence. >> it's a declaration of war, it's a cyber war. >> reporter: the supervisor of the illinois state board of elections says the attack lasted for weeks. >> if a foreign government attacks your system, obviously they're up to no good and elections being central part of our democracy, being attacked by a foreign government, i think everybody in the country should be concerned about that. >> reporter: as the national debate over election security focuses on ways to protect the integrity of our election system, state officials know firsthand what it's like to be targeted by moscow. hackers struck the state's voter rolls starting in june of 2016, in the heat of th

the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. bustos: unless i look like a gentleman from georgia. all right. i hope i don't. thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. mcgovern. i appreciate the time. hardworking families across the heartland know firsthand what the negative impacts of trade can look like. they've lived through it in places like galesburg, illinois, when the maytag plant padlocked its gates and sent every last job to mexico. they lived through it in freeport, illinois, when vullture capitalists bought out a factory and sent every one of those last jobs over to china. and today, at the end of planting season, corn growers and soybean farmers and pork producers all across the heartland are getting hit in their wallet by the trump trade war. mr. speaker, two weeks ago, i wrote -- rode in a john deere tractor while he was planting his soybeans. you see, right now as planting season is wrapping up, our farmers are making a lot of tough decisions. that's because in illinois, in many of our neighboring states, ou

the next day i was in a small town in western illinois, morrison, illinois. and i was with congressman sheri buso, a congressman who won the district but trump won it. and we were in a grocery store and she talked to a gentlemen who described what had happened to him over a course of a number of years. he had worked in a manufacturing plant for three decades, they closed the plant, he was out of work for a while. he was in another manufacturing place. he just found the conditions intolerable. he ended up working in a grocery store. and he said i like it here, i like the people. it's a good job and i'm enjoying myself. and she said you must have been taking some pay cuts, and he said yeah $20,000 from one manufacturing plant to the second, and another $20,000 to this one. so that's what happened to people in that part of the country. and not just that part of the country but a lot of places. and that trump message about jobs and trade and secure borders resonated with people like that. >> dan, great insight. thank you, sir, appreciate it. >> thank you. appreci

brothers was from illinois, one had come to texas in the 1850's, his brother had stayed in illinois. they had lost contact. looksening, this prisoner at the guard on the guard wallets and what is your name. what is it to you, yank. i think you're my brother. lo and behold, it was his brother guarding him, and the guard moved back to illinois, and they are buried side-by-side. an illinois one with a confederate tombstone and another one with the union tombstone. . escapes were common. we can identify about 97 people who made successful brakes. when the stockings were expanded, they improvise, as the were expanded, they locked them off to six feet. the final stockade was only about six feet tall, so it was not hard to get out. the problem was making 300 miles to union lines, but even so, nearly 100 men make good. some men spent better than 10 years in captivity. i can think of a main boy coming down during his first texas summer, with no shelter. understandt they can these were people fighting for soldiers,m, union they were from every state in the nation with the exception of, i think

. >> the suspense very much focused on illinois, which reported very late. >> northern illinois, chicagorolled by mayor daly, and southern illinois was controlled by republicans. >> richard daly was a powerful mayor of shi, and he had a relationship with kennedy. >> jack gets daly on the phone, and mayor daly says we're going to win illinois with the help of a few close friends. >> there are stories to this day that dead people voted in chicago. there's no doubt that the daly machine helped the kennedys. but whether it engaged in massive fraud or not i think remains to be seen. >> back in hyannisport, the kennedys wait and wait. >> in the still of the night, the secret service moved in. and when they saw the secret service surrounding the kennedy houses, they knew that they had won. >> the president-elect received congratulatory wires. >> john fitzgerald kennedy is elected president, just over 100 years after arriving penniless in boston, the kennedys are now the most powerful family in the world. >> as a catholic it was something quite remarkable. but john f. kennedy was an inspirationa

si al tema polÍtico nosreferimos, la demÓcrata de illinois se compite la primera senadora de illinois el embarazo. lo preocupante es que algunossiguen diciendo que las mujeres somos el sexo dÉbil, yo no lo creo. aprovecho para mandar un besoa todas las madres mexicanas. javier: definitivamente, una tragedia convierte a muchos en hÉroes. este es el caso de una niÑa hispana de 11 aÑos que, al ver a su madre postrada en una cama, decidiÓ hacer algo concreto, vender limonada en el garage de su casa. carolina: hablamos con paloma, la madre de esta pequeÑa guerrera, feliz dÍa de la madre para usted, cuente no sÉ lo que significa esto que hizo su hija. >> muy buenas tardes, lo que ha hecho mi hija por mi, no tengo palabras, es algo muy emocional, estoy muy orgullosa de ella, es una niÑa muy buena, muy compasiva. javier: dÉjeme preguntarle, cÓmo se te ocurre la idea? >> se me ocurriÓ cuando mi mamÁ vino del hospital, me hablÓ, me dijo que necesitaba un riÑÓn y un pÁncreas, me sentÍ muy mal y luego saliÓ del hospital y estÁbamos hablando, yo vi que estaba bien desesperada, esta vendiendo no co

it's plainfield, illinois. true fact!oincidence, because it just so happens it's time for plainfield, illinois' "community calendar"! >> whoa! what! ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to "community calendar," your source for what's happening in and around plainfield, illinois, and the greater will county area. joining me is native plainfieldian, melissa mccarthy. ( cheers and applause ) >> thanks, stephen. thanks so much. you know what we say in will county: you "will" love it here. ha-ha! it's word play, word play. >> stephen: so true. now let's get to some actual events going on in and around plainfield. the weekend of may 19, head over to naperville's naper settlement for "civil war days." guests can "experience firsthand a turbulent time period in our nation's history." also, there will be a civil war re-enactment. ( laughter ) >> and "civil war days" will have plenty of fun shopping, like local florists "the weed ladies" who will be selling spring silk and dried florals. yes, the weed ladies selling drie

and the president now signaling martha stewart and ex-illinois governor rod blaj vich could be next. and just in, the president now saying he's now considering the request from kim kardashian. >>> new images coming in tonight, going home to home, the manhunt for a cop killer considered arm eed and dangerou >>> swept away. the urgent search for several missing after flash floods, and the mudslide causing a gas explosion, destroying a home and killing two. rob standing by with the storms hitting tonight. >>> the high stakes meeting in new york city today. the one-time spy chief for north korea, what he's now bringing to the president. >>> president trump and the new tariffs on steel and aluminum. canada and mexico responding tonight. and what this could mean for you, the cost for appliances and popular vehicles. >>> the late-night comedian under fire tonight. samantha bee and her apology now after using vulgar words to describe ivanka trump. >>> from hawaii, the lava, and now tensions reaching a boiling point is, too. a homeowner firing shots at another. >>> and the midair scare in the

illinois now the sixth largest state in population, taxes are killg people in the state. that one more time. did you say 630,000 people, i take it most of those are relatively middle class and upper-middle-class americans? >> absolutely, heading to florida, texas, low-taxed states, we have major pension problem, we have massive tax increase that was implemented last year and, stuart, they are talking about raising taxes again, progressive tax which is code phrase for raise my taxes through the roof, taxes in illinois are out of control and so are property taxes. stuart: do you have any chance at all of the government of illinois actually reducing taxes at some point in the future? do you think it's possible that they'll be forced to do that? >> well, the people are going to force it. people are leaving, they are voting with feet, property taxes are out of control, second-highest property taxes in the country. we have pension problem that needs to be addressed. we need reform spending and cut pensions and medicaid spending and we need to be on the side of the taxpayer. so

and so, while i'm here in illinois, i want to see what they're up to.entley's corner barkery. it was started by lisa and giovanni senafe. lisa: we do all-natural food, no by-products, corn, wheat, or soy in our foods. lemonis: lisa, the president of the company, oversaw the product assortment and the merchandising while gio, the head of business development, hunted for new locations. giovanni: i have been calling stores to see if they'd be interested in selling. lemonis: giovanni was expanding the business faster than they could handle it without a clear plan. giovanni: i go get the deals and then go, "hey, we'll figure out how to pay for it afterward." lemonis: the locations lacked a cohesive look. this store looks totally different than arlington. the operation was a mess... this is how you manage your inventory? ...and the company was losing money. we can't run a business that way. giovanni: hey, bud. lemonis: the senafes had recently adopted a little boy. -giovanni: sebastian, say hi. -lemonis: hi, buddy. and they were desperate to stabilize their s

smith: i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. schneider: we are still uncovering more about the to depth and breadth of russia's interference in our election so i'm pleased the ndaa requires an estimate of interference by russia and china in democracies around the world including our own. while understanding this threat is an important first step we also need to take action to ensure we are doing everything we can to secure our own elections and defend the integrity of our own democracy. my amendment would require a -- add a requirement that follow the submission of n.i.e. the secretary of defense will report on specific efforts to deter such interference both at home and abroad. protecting our elections, the foundation of our democracy, and those of our allies from outside influence by maligned foreign actors is of paramount importance. i thank the chairman and ranking member for including my amendment in this en bloc passage and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the

today it's below 600,000 in population, sim is true of ohio and look at illinois and connecticut. the one that i like is new jersey, in 1965, new jersey had neither an income tax nor a sales tax. think about that, neither an income tax nor a sales tax, it was the fastest growing state in the nation, people from every state in the nation were moving in new jersey and it had a balanced budget, years ago when my student. john corzine was the governor of new jersey, from the university of chicago, in transparency, a c student. after seeing the shenanigans of mf global, i am not sure he even urned a c, people were leaving new jersey like grass hoppers. when you look at this, the economic metrics are clear. why would anyone put in an income tax with this type of background. if you just open your eyes you can see it. i tried to figure out what it is, the answer is simple, i had a debate with doctor roubini, he said to me, i do into the care about your economics, i want a civilized society. i want museums and civilized societies and i am willing to pay the extra tax to get it. but we have

the school resource officer praised for the actions after the former student opened fire at the illinois high school. it was a gathering near the auditorium for the graduation rehearsal. in a tweet, the vice president mike pence called the actions heroic. the 19-year-old is facing charges of discharge of a firea firearm. >>> the ceo of bumble bee foods in a price fixing scheme. the c oeo conspired with rival companies to keep prices high. he could face a 10 year prison sentence. he is the fourth person to be charged in the price fixing probe. in 2016, the vice president of sales pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme. >>> michigan state university reaching a $500 million sett settlement with the girls assaulted by larry nassar. it deals with accusations against michigan state. not usa gymnastics or the u.s. olympic committee. >>> a bizarre story out of texas. a 25-year-old man faces charges for posing as a teenager so he could play high school basketball. police say sydney portley lied about being displaced by hurricane harvey. the rouse ended when a coach from ten years earlier recog