in illinois, the last constitution that we enacted in the state of illinois was our 1970 constitution. in the constitution it has the pension clause. it says you shall not diminish pensions of public employees, pensions and benefits of public employees. that puts a very strict burden to what we can do with our tier 1 employees, especially, those who are under the tier 1 program who now have a tier 2 and tier 3 structure program for employees. but we can't change their pensions, we can't diminish their pensions, and that means we have to figure out a way around it. and we're obligated to pay those pension debts annually. we have to pay in every month to the pension obligations that we have in the state of illinois. so we're looking at ways to get around that. there is a lot of talk about advertising the debt out longer which is not something i'm convinced on yet. you're basically borrowing money to push it out further but that's something that gets a lot of discussion in the state. it would at least lower the payments annually to free up some money. but at the end of the day, we'll hav

we have differences between downstate illinois, the southern tip of illinois is adjacent to kentucky. the northern border is with wisconsin. we have a lot of regional differences in the state.

in illinois, the last constitution we enacted in the state of illinois was the 1970 constitution. in the constitution, the pension clause says you shall not diminish pensions of public employees, tensions and benefits of a look employees. that puts a strict burden on what we can do to tier one employees, especially those under the tier one program. -- too have tier one and two and tier three for public employees, but we cannot touch tier one pensions and can't change them or diminish them. we have to figure a way around it we are obligated to pay those pension debts annually. tohave to pay every month the pension obligations we have in the state of illinois. we are looking at ways to get around that. aboutis a lot of talk making it longer. i am not in favor of that. it gets a lot of discussion in the state that would lower payments annually to free up money. we will have to make good on our promises, and that will be tough to figure out because we only have so much tax income we can get. we just raise the income tax last year, and i don't think it will be raised anytime in the fut

you see, lake county, illinois, much like the rest of illinois is setting support orders that sometimes exceed national recommendations by two fold. a judge in lake county say i had, sir, you're going to have to tush turn over 40% of your come. >> that's that judiciary system and not the legislature? >> those who work in child support that make these calculations, these are the failures that occur negativetively impacting not just me as a navy veteran, but our entire state. >> senator mccann, your campaign is funded in large part by the engineers political education fund in washington d.c. that group has contributed over half a million dollars to mike matigan and the 13th ward. some people might look at that and say you're just a stalking horse for matigan to take votes away from governor rauner. are you? >> we're in this to win it. we're in this to be the next governor of illinois and i will be in charge. mccann administration will take charge of illinois and be the governor the people of illinois have been crying out and the. to your point i'm proud to have the support of working peop

, you see, lake county, illinois -- much like the rest of illinois -- is setting support orders that sometimes exceed national recommendations by twofold. a judge in lake county said, sir, you're going to have to turn over 40% of your income starting tomorrow. >> moderator: >> moderator: isn't that the judiciary system that you are criticizing, not the legislature? jackson: absolutely not, because who wrote the laws? who appoints the men and women sitting over that make these calculations? these are the failures that have continued to to occur that are negatively impacting not just myself as a navy veteran, but our entire state. >> moderator: senator mccann, your campaign is funded in large part by the engineers political education fund in washington d.c. that group has contributed over half a million dollars to mike madigan and the 13th ward. some people might look at that and say you're just a stocking horse for madigan to take votes away from governor rauner. are you? mccann: the mccann administration will be the governor that the people of illinois have been crying out for for th

illinois andto have to fight to be a father, like the rest of illinois, they are sending support orders that exceed national recommendations. a judge said you are going to have to over 40% of your income. >> isn't that the judiciary system you are criticizing? >> who wrote the law? works to make these calculations? they are negatively impacting not just myself as a veteran, but our entire state. your campaign is funded by the political education fund in washington dc, they have contributed half $1 million. some people might look at that and say you are taking votes rauner.m governor mr. mccann: we will be the governor of the people of illinois have been crying out for. point, i am proud to have the support of those working people. i have stood up every day for orking people, public sector private sector. members of local 150 bankrolled mr. mccann. what explains that? mr. pritzker: i think the operating engineers said half of the members are republicans and half are democrats. i presume they endorsed to me because they know i will stand up for workers rights and wages across the state. i

how worried are you about the security of the midterm election here in illinois? >> i'm concerned. >> reporter: steve sandboss, the executive director of the illinois state board of elections was at the helm when his team discovered russia had hacked into their voter registration database in 2016. >> we determined approximately 76,000 voter records were actually accessed. these are active voters. >> reporter: what information would that consist of? address? >> address, date of birth, party affilin.>>n some cases the last digits of the social security number were included. >> reporter: the fear that the russian's ability to access such information could cause chaos at the polls or elsewhere. nbc news reported in february, top secret intelligence requested by president obama in his last weeks in office identified seven states including illinois where there was substantial evidence of compromise by the russians. how soon before you realized it was the russians behind it? >> the fbi never confirmed to us it was the russians. >> reporter: never? >> never. >> reporter:

one is, the illinois vote?what would have happened if the democrats in illinois had examined all of the ballots in central illinois and the chicago suburbs? as i believe walter cronkite said in 1968 when the election was close, he said the election was going to be decided by the vote thieves in southern illinois and chicago as well as other states. it strikes me that the vote fraud narrative is the classic nixon narrative. the election was stolen, and i suspect if we went to illinois -- i have lived in illinois, i was once handed a marked ballot in an election. i thought it was good the mayor and i were on the same side -- if we could investigate republican illinois, we would have found just as much voter fraud, they were just as good at it as the democrats. that's the first question. second one is slightly different. you contrast the liberal versus the catholic with oklahoma in 1960 and 1968. i remember people telling me if kennedy were elected, he would have a hotline not to moscow, but to the vatican. that w

his remarkable story reflects power of a university of illinois education. nowpe you will all join me in welcoming amari. [cheering and applause] >> good morning, everyone. ha! my name is amari salisbury. study industrial design. and i aspire to be one of the the intrernl presently -- growg up on the south side, i've seen faced enough challenge challent would weaken anyone at my age. the opposite for me. those challenges gave me the the motivation to do something big. startedo years ago, i my own company, nuvo, where we smart pacifiers that can detect early signs and illnesses babies. the road to my something big went right through the university of illinois. everyone in this audience knows, when you come to illinois, you're gonna leave here with a something. means another thing illinois teaches you is that one person really can make a difference. and we look for examples of one person changing the world. me, and probably everyone in president you look to barack obama. [cheering and applause] >> when president obama was first elected in 2008, i was 11 years

my road went right through the university of illinois. when you come to illinois, you leave here with a degree that means something. another thing illinois teaches you is that one person really can make a difference. if you look for examples of one person changing the world, for me and everyone in the room, you look to president barack obama. [applause] when president obama was first elected in 2008, i was 11 years old. i knew it was a big deal. it wasn't until high school and college when i began to realize just how big a deal it was. that is when i started to understand that the most important step in the election started way before anyone even knew his name. that's also when i came to understand that his road to becoming the president of the united states started with his desire to make a difference in his community. life tohis gifts and self empower those around him. barack obama started his journey in chicago. it led to a seat in the u.s. senate. it led to his inauguration as the 44th president of the united states of america. the mo

-period. >> the registration information puts 76000 voters in illinois. many have been compromised through 2016. do you believe the state has done enough to ensure election security cracks and also what additional steps would you take to make sure voters feel safe? >> governor? >> absolutely we have taken illinois from one of the weakest states on cyber security and now one of the best we invested in infrastructure and it systems. our department of innovation and technology. . . . . we are your primary source for campaign 2019. speemac first, i want to offer my personal gratitude and appreciation to y

the road of something big went right through the university of illinois. when you come to illinois, you are going to leave here with a degree that means something. another thing illinois teaches you is that one person really can make a difference. and looks like examples of one person changing the world, for me and probably everyone in this room, you look to president obama. [applause] >> when president obama was first elected in 2008, i was 11 years old. i knew it was a big deal, but it wasn't until high school and college when i began to realize how big of a deal it was. the most important steps to his election started way before anyone knew his name. and that's when i came to understand that when he became president of the united states started with his personal decision to make a difference in his community. he made a choice to use his gifts and his life to self-empower others around him. he started his career knocking on doors in chicago and led to a seat in the u.s. senate and in 2009 led to his inauguration as the 44th president of the united states

what percent would you say of illinois voting machines need to be replaced?it depends which counties you ask but i would say 80%, maybe 90%. >> reporter: 80% or 90%? >> that's the figures i'm hearing, yes. >> reporter: over the past two years nbc news interviewed a wide variety of experts who say a majority of both the nation's very old voting machines and the pcs that tally the votes are just not reliable. >> frankly, obsolete hardware. software that relies on a diet of spare parts. you have equipment introduced in 2005 and in that time frame, how many times have you changed your mobile phone and replaced our laptops? >> reporter: and then there is the concern about what happens after the votes are tallied. 14 states have some voting districts with no paper backup so they couldn't do a recount if there was a problem with the electronic machines. almost all of them, battleground states. for now, states including illinois tell us they are doing the best they can to be ready for the midterms. with very limited resources. >> the best you can isn't good enough be

in illinois, the last constitution we enacted in the state of illinois was the 1970 constitution.e constitution, the pension clause says you shall not diminish pensions of public employees, tensions and benefits of a look employees. that puts a strict burden on what we can do to tier one employees, especially those under the tier one program. -- too have tier one and two and tier three for public employees, but we cannot touch tier one pensions and can't change them or diminish them. we have to figure a way around it we are obligated to pay those pension debts annually. tohave to pay every month the pension obligations we have in the state of illinois. we are looking at ways to get around that. aboutis a lot of talk making it longer. i am not in favor of that. it gets a lot of discussion in the state that would lower payments annually to free up money. we will have to make good on our promises, and that will be tough to figure out because we only have so much tax income we can get. we just raise the income tax last year, and i don't think it will be raised anytime in the future. w

steve mentioned he was speaking yesterday in illinois, at the university of illinois campus there, he attacked the current president directly. what can we expect over the next two months, geoff? >> reporter: we expect him to leave from california. he'll go to ohio and campaign for rick who is running for the democratic governor. and he'll do the same in pennsylvania. look, the president, former president, barack obama's advisers, had intended up to this point to really observe the tradition of giving president trump time and space to come into his full presidency. but you heard the former president obama just yesterday say that the stakes are too high to stay on the sidelines. what is interesting about this, you heard president trump say he was so bored by the speech he fell asleep, we have to say that's not entirely true. we have a team of people who looked into it and found when the obama speech started, the president was talking with reporters. and when the obama speech ended, he was shaking hands with some people he had met along the campaign trail. but what trump said was that ob

let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> we have a lot of big challenges. we have huge pension debt. we have over 100 $30 billion in unfunded pension liability. we have seen medicaid payments skyrocket. those items take up a large chunk of our budget. on top of that we are coming off an unprecedented two-year budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years, which really accumulated our unpaid bills dramatically. upwards of $16 billion we had in unpaid bills. it is a structural debt problem

tim butler represents the 87th district in the illinois -- state house. we appreciate you stopping by the c-span busted a. also want to think as part of comcastan 50 west tour, in springville, illinois. stay tuned for our next stop on our tour in st. louis, missouri. >> live thursday on the c-span networks. at 10:00 a.m., survivors of sexual assault and representatives of women organizations talk about the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanagh. and new, the korea economic institute of north korea looks at strategies for dealing with north korea. at 7:00 p.m., tim kaine takes part in a forum with his republican challenger. on c-span 2 at 10:30 a.m., the center host a forum on refugee resettlement. 2018 marks the 10 year

the heavy rain goes into illinois into indiana. we'll see some rain in the mid-atlantic and some thunderstorms lingering in areas of texas.im by the we get to sunday the heavy rain threat shifts into ohio, western pnsylvania and to areas of buffalo. sogh it's kind of tht of gordon along with the cold front and that's going to be a recipe for some flooding concerns.oo that's a at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, we do have some beautiful weather to be had in the northern rockies, northern plains, but there's all that heavy rain today from reas of southern kansas through missouri into illinois. eventually we'll still have a ch tce at some stormsay from west virginia all the way through virginia in the mid-atlantic. when we come back, we'll talk abouorence, which could be a problem along the east coast next week. >> see you in a bit. thanks, bill. >>> two young boys in maine had

moments from now, launching the fray, in a speech in his home state of illinois. he's also expected to take on the white house as president trump is out west, trying to fire up the republican base, and defending himself against insider critics. >> to think that you have somebody in all cabinets, so many people came forward, writing editorials, they're all saying it's got to be at a fairly low level. i was just coming out and i see all the people that are saying such great things, but i tell you, when somebody writes, and you can't discredit, because you have no idea who they are, usual lip you'll find out it was a background that was bad, it may not be a republican, it may not be a conservative. it may be a deep-state person that's been there a long time. >> a fox news interview live at a republican campaign rally. that's a journalistic first. joining me now, kristin welkers, political analyst phil rucker. white house bureau chief at the "the washington post." >>> and john meechle presidential historian and the author of "the soul of america." we've gotten you out

i agree with a lady from illinois. she said it. they lost their medicaid for ready and 40-year-olds with pre-existing conditions. they are supporting this president who has not replaced it. it seems they are forcing people to buy. this is wrong. president obama did a wonderful job for everyone. gas prices were almost two dollars. iowa when hein left. i don't hear the media talking about gas prices. i agree with everything obama is saying. the republicans are now not doing their job of doing their investigations. i have been keeping up with this since two years ago. never have i seen a president under investigation as much with 30 people indicted. what is wrong with our laws? host: we're talking about president obama's reemergence on the political scene. if you have a question or want to talk about this topic, democrats give us a call at (202) 748-8000. republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. independence, call in at (202) 748-8002. you can always reach us on social media, on twitter and facebook. you a going to play for little m

we have differences between downstate illinois, the southern tip of illinois is adjacent to kentucky. the northern border is with wisconsin. we have a lot of regional differences in the state. at the end of the day, we are here to make a difference for the people that we represented. a think it is important that you have to work with folks on both sides of the aisle. on some of the bigger issues of the day you see some dysfunction. day in and day out you see opportunities in illinois where both republicans and democrats were together to try to get something done. the bill you just mentioned, the opioid bill where we allow people to get a medical marijuana card is a piece of legislation that is a bipartisan piece of legislation advocated by high ranking democrats and the general assembly and signed by a republican governor. you have a good amount of republican cosponsors. we try to find ways to work together but i think we are no difference -- different than washington. since 2015,served how long do you plan to serve in state politics? i will notl people, serve in this job forever. i e

was governor, got a lot of good republican friends here in illinois. over the past few decades the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence over our politics. systematically attacked voting rights to make it harder for young people and minorities and the poor to vote. [applause] handed out tax cuts without regard to deficits. slash the safety net wherever it could, cast dozens of votes to take away health insurance from order americans, embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi. or my birth certificate. [laughing] rejected science, rejected facts on things like climate change, embraced a rising absolutism from a willingness to default on america's debt by not paying our bills to a refusal to even meet much less consider a qualified nominee for the supreme court because he happened to be nominated by a democratic president. none of this is conservative. i don't

his adopted home state of illinois. the 44th president of the united states. let's listen. >> hello, illinois! [ cheers and applause ] i.l.l.! i.l.l.! okay, okay. just checking to see if you're awake. please have a seat, everybody. it is good to be home. [ cheers and applause ] it's good to see corn, beans. i was trying to explain to somebody as we were flying in, that's corn. that's beans. they were very impressed at my agricultural knowledge. please give it up for amari, once again, for that outstanding introduction. [ cheers and applause ] i have a bunch of good friends here today, including somebody who i served with who is one of the finest senators in the country, and we're lucky to have him. your senator, dick durbin, is here. [ cheers and applause ] i also noticed, by the way, former governor edgar here, who i haven't seen in a long time, and somehow he has not aged and i have. it was great to see him. i want to thank everybody at the u of i system for making it possible for me to be here today. i am deeply honored at the paul douglas award that is bei

only, as i understand it, democrat from outside of chicago in the illinois delegation.at a coincidence, or are democrats having a tough time in districts such as yours across the country? democrats have had a hard time. i think that will change in november 20 18, 41 days away. the problem was, over an eight year period, democrats lost about 1000 seats when it came to state legislatures, governor seats, and congress. that is due to the fact that democrats were writing off much of a role america or would see ormuch of rural america would see a small town or county and say that is a republican area, we will not show up. what we are doing in this cycle -- to your earlier point, how did i win by 20 points in a district that donald trump won? back home say, she shows up. it does not matter that my town has 300 people. i come here and use my two ears and one mouth proportionally and listens, and i come to washington and know what the folks back home want me to fight for. david: when we talk about democrats appealing to rural districts, is it the issues are the people? cheri: i

day in logan's hometown of harristown, illinois, small rural community in macon county, illinois, today the house will vote on a bill to designate harristown's post office as the logan s. palmer post office. although i never had the honor of meeting logan, i have since come to know his parents, theresa and sid, and i was honored they were able to join me when i introduced this bill earlier this year. while they sat in the gallery, i was able to drop that piece of paper in the box to introduce this bill to the floor of the house. i'm honored today to ask my colleagues to join me in passing this important legislation to honor one of america's heroes. designating this post office is not -- will not only honor logan's service, but serve as a grave reminder of the risks that our service members take on each day and the responsibilities we have to them as a country. it is my privilege to be able to honor logan today. it is not why we're here. many times this chamber will be criticized for naming post offices, naming public buildings. again, let us remember the sacrifices that many of those wh

don dahler, cbs news, illinois. >> ninan: what a fighter.t's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours," and the news continues always on our 24-hour digital network, cbsn at cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us. good night. your electric bill. legislation critics call a "bailout" for pg&e.. ng on the governor's 0. >>> now at 6:00 you can soon be seeing a wildfire sur charge on your electric bill. a bail out is sitting on the governor's desk tonight. >> we'll have that story in a moment but first some breaking news. a little shaker, it registered 3.6. people reported feeling it as far away as berkl berkley. a third tweeted right on top of it, felt more like an explosion at this point there are no reports of course of any real damage. >> our other top story you could soon be footing part of pg and e's bill. --. >> i think it's wrong. >> we have no say, unfortunately and that's what's really sad and it is frustrating. >> there's no way to describe it as anything as a bail out. >> late last ni

and honor to welcome all of you here on behalf of the great 84,000 students strong university of illinois system.

a high risk of flash flooding in southern illinois and indiana.w, that high >>> and we're waking up to cool temperatures, 40s and 50s. 47 degrees right now in santa rosa, down through oakland, 56 and in through the south bay at about 58 degrees. our temperatures are expected to warm up with some mostly clear skies by the afternoon, but your temperature trend for san jose, climbing into those upper 70s. by 12:00, 78 degrees. eventually topping out into those mid 80s. inland temperatures will be slightly warmer, topping out into some upper 80s with some partial clearing by the coast into the afternoon. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. >> thank you, dylan. just ahead, what does hangry an! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 1

host: tim butler represents the 87th district and the illinois statehouse. we appreciate >> speakers include henry paulson. here's a preview. paulson: morgan stanley's liquidity was leading away. john mack was on the phone with me sunday night. i was in my hotel room. i got on a plane and flew back to washington. john mack said, i do not know how long we will land.

look at the difference between illinois and indiana. indiana has lost a little population like a lots of rust belt states. compared to illinois they have lost 10% of their population on net. illinois has a great city like chicago that some magnet. if you compare indiana to illinois you can see there is a freedom advantage there. you see it between massachusetts and new hampshire, vermont and new hampshire. it is really hard to look at these comparisons and say, we don't think freedom matters. even if you didn't do the analysis we do. >> florida is the number two destination state for people moving out of new york, after new jersey. we look at the age demographics of people moving out in five-year chunks. the biggest age demographic moving from new york to florida is 20 - 24 -year-olds. it is not retirees. >> another question about federal policy that can impact state local policies. you have marijuana policy for example. some states have ignore the policy in cities with complete legalization or for medicinal uses. what other policies on

reporter: the former president's return to politics held in front of the crowd at the university of illinois friday delivering a direct attack on republicans in power. >> what happened to the republican party?

or you look at the difference between illinois and indiana. indiana has lost a little bit of population like a lot of the rust belt states, but compare that to illinois where they've lost 10% of their population on net. and illinois has a great city like chicago that's a magnet both in terms of economic dynamism and it's a great city, lots to do. and so if you compare indiana to illinois, you can see that there's a freedom advantage there. you see it between massachusetts and new hampshire, vermont and new hampshire. and it's really had an ared to-- hard to look at comparisons and say, yeah, we don't think that freedom matters. even if you didn't do analysis that we do. >> and people moving out of new york after new jersey, and then we look at the age demographics are people moving out by five-year chunks. and we found that the biggest age demographic moving from new york to florida is actually 20 to 24 years old. it's not retirees. >> since we're on capitol hill another question about federal policies that impact state and local policies. you

dick durbin / -d- illinois: "with what degree of certainty did brett kavanaugh assaulted you?"christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "100 percent"long-time sex crimes prosecutor - rachel mitchell --- standing in for the all-male republican committee members--- attempted to poke holes in ford's memory of the events.christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i can't give the exact date."kavanaugh insisting the allegations are part of a smear campaign.sen. dianne feinstein / -d- california: "if you are confident of your position, why aren't you also asking fbi?"brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "my family has been destroyed."republican senator lindsey graham blaming democratssen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics."as senate republicans work to see if they have the votes to confirm their nominee to the supreme court -- kavanaugh emphatic he still wants the job.brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "you'll never get me to quit. never."

harry smith has our sunday closer. >> howard buffet is the surprise sheriff of macon county, illinoisod to go but get the plate on there. >> seeing how kids are treated and the lack of opportunity some people have, it's an eye opening opportunity. i wouldn't give it up for anything. >> buffet served as an auxiliary deputy here assigned him. >> do you think you missed your calling? >> well, i will say this. instead of digging basements at 20 years old, i wish i would have gone to the police academy and seen what happened. >> if the name buffet rings a bell, it should. howard's father is billionaire investor warren buffet. >> you could be sitting on the side of a pool in the south of france with a jet in the driveway. >> what fun would that be? i mean, that -- i mean, i'm not made that way, harry. >> no, howard is made of other stuff. he's traveled the globe working to end local conflicts and trying to figure out how to feed the planet. big ideas. big ambitions. his father's advice -- >> the first thing he said is, you know, you don't want to swing at the easy ones. you know, if you str

in illinois today, former president obama was critical of trump and republican party policies. we'll have that next on c-span. then, remarks from president trump at a fundraiser in fargo, north dakota. a conversation about the november midterm elections. former president barack obama currentbout the political climate and civic engagement during remarks at the university of illinois. said president trump is a symptom, not the cause of the anger and division in the united states. he encouraged students to upcomingte in the november midterm elections. [applause] >> good morning. my pleasure and honor to welcome all of you here on behalf of the great 84,000-student strong university of illinois system. [cheering and applause] >> there's always a buzz across our three great universities start of every new fall semester. but the news that today's guest was coming really amped it up with a roar. i'm going to ask you to help witht

that's in a state, by the way, illinois.ew report estimates that every adult living in illinois now is, well, on the hook for $54 billion in future health care costs for just retired teachers. that means every person in illinois owes 4,000 dollars just for that, that doesn't include pensions, it doesn't include larger public employee yuan uni. quite a state. and they just worked out a deal for the obama library. that's going to be quite a library. >>> up next, president trump calling out deep state corruption in a new interview. we'll tell you what he says could be his crowning achievement. sara carter investigative journalist joins us here next. stay with xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask how you get

he made one trip out to illinois and that's where he found out about william who was lincoln's barber in springfield, he was born in haiti and immigrated to the united states and became a prominent person in the springfield community. so for the most part, members of this lincoln establishment were pretty helpful to washington. they received letters. he said, you know, i'm doing this. they were encouraging. they said i think this would make a good book, the color side of coniana, they called it. they would help locate materials and eventually they plus the curator of the rare books helped him get a contract. but there were problems as well, most in the attitude of a professor -- attitude of a professor, randall was supportive of the book, randall was lincoln collector guys, connected washington with randall. randall was a person who you want the stamp of approval from, but randall preceded the book as a writer of folklore. it was like this is kind of expression of racial feeling. so in a way was kind of patronizing and reducing washington to only being a black writer and instead of pa

i just saw his speech in illinois.ot one time did he talk about anything that was going on in chicago. they killing blacks in chicago's like flies and that is the barack obama i knew. that is why my put -- that is why my people put trump in the white house. they are sick of being $23 trillion in the hole. people are sick and tired of it. washington, they sit around and they think they know what is best for the american people. you look back over the years that -- let's talk about john mccain and being in the senate and house for years, decades. somebody explain to me what have the republicans or democrats done for anybody? most, who isme the going to pay for this stuff? host: are you going to vote? you have two senate races down there. caller: yes. let me explain about that. -- going to be perpetrating and that is who they give us. they give us the candidates they want us to vote for. it is clear that voters in both parties are dissatisfied with washington and with incumbent politicians. that probably benefits democrat

that's in a state, by the way, illinois.eport estimates that every adult living in illinois now is, well, on the hook for $54 billion in future health care costs for just retired teachers. that means every person in illinois owes 4,000 dollars just for that, that doesn't include pensions, it doesn't include larger public employee yuan uni. quite a state. and they just worked out a deal for the obama library. that's going to be quite a library. >>> up next, president trump calling out deep state corruption in a new interview. we'll tell you what he says could be his crowning achievement. sara carter investigative journalist joins us here next. stay with us. this is laura. and butch. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out. she means we helped with her llc, trademark, and a lot of other legal stuff that's a part of running a busin

elijah lovejoy would move to illinois later on as he becomes an abolitionist leader. elijah lovejoy comes under intense assault from people who don't like his abolitionist message. who do you suppose are the people committing the violence? if you're a southerner and reading the southerner, what is going on in your head? >> these people are probably threatening your way of life. professor harris: yeah. they're threatening your home, family, and livelihood. anyway, so violence becomes a huge theme throughout the abolitionist movement. many of the abolitionist, including william lloyd garrison, are targeted. let me go back. i want to share another one of my favorites. what can i say ?i'm talking about my favorites today. this is a woman who grew up not far from where i grew up, harry . has anybody read her book, "uncle tom's cabin?" anybody read this book for -- this book before? it sold thousands of copies during its day. if there was a best-selling list back in the day, she would have been on it. her and harry potter. all right, so this is one of the most famous tracks

thank you illinois! god bless! god bless this country we love, thank you. >> for the past hour or so, it has been a flash back to a different time in this country. president barack obam obama -- classic obama. we have been listening to the former president talk about policies and we have listened to him crack a few jokes. there were a few fact checks during the course of that speech. a call to action as well. he attacked empathy and it seems that at the end of that speech there, president obama vowed to come back on the sideline and get back in the fire. i am craig melvin. we are following two big breaking news stories this hour. head to head, president obama back in the political arena and pulling no punch in a rare move mentioning president trump by name, calling him quote, "the symptoms and not the cause of the sharp political divide ". cycle of chaos. president trump now wants his attorney general who he criticizes publicly and ridicules often to investigate who wrote that anonymous essay in "the new york times

thank you, illinois. god bless you. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> harris: former president of the united states barack obama now naming president trump and his comments for the first time that we have seen. we knew and had expected, been told to expect that the former president would take on the current administration as he has done so before. and would take on the current president but would not name him, and that changed today. he said that this president is not the cause of what people see it, in his estimation, but a symptom of it. and by then, this former president went on to state all the ways in which he wanted voters, particularly those young people in the audience at the university of illinois, he's been speaking for nearly an hour now. he wants them to get out and make a change and vote. he even acknowledged it, from an old playbook. he was going to bring that out and make that work. let me tell you what's happening. he is there at the university of illinois to get an award for ethics in government. he kicks off, f

the worst of it is arkansas, missouri, illinois, indiana and into ohio, a portion of west virginia andvirginia is under a flash flood watch. here is how much rain will fall. so the chart here shows you the green is one inch, two inches the blue. when you get to the red, that's five inches of rain. the pink is seven inches of rain. the bulls eye is between st. louis and indianapolis, a possibility of getting a widespread seven to eight or nine in total. when you get this much rain in the mountains, that could be problematic, too. that will be one of the stories going throughout the upcoming weekend and that's not associated with anything to do with florence which you will see a lot of headlines about over the next week. new york, cloudy. still a little humid with a chance of storms in d.c. as far as the weekend goes, the flash flooding threat in the ohio valley saturday into sunday, it travels into pennsylvania. we will talk more about florence coming up. yes, it does look like we could have a hurricane along, near the east coast next week. i will talk about it coming up. >> thanks for

the gentleman from illinois. liplip i yield myself such -- mr. lipinski: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 6229, the national institute of standards and technology re-authorization act of 2018. and i thank chairwoman comstock for sponsoring this bill. this is a bipartisan bill that provides support for nist's important work, carrying out scientific and technical research and assisting small and medium sized u.s. manufacturers. the agency's work helps advance standards development in critical areas of innovation across all sectors of our economy. nist's core mission is to promote u.s. innovation, industrial competitiveness. through its laboratories and user facilities, nist carries out world class measurement science and facilitates the development of standards for emerging technologies. standards ensure users that promising technologies have been rig roy rousely tested for -- rigorousry tested for safety, -- rigorously tested for sa