illinois state house i have been the leader fighting tax increases. what we need is public employee pension reform. we need medicaid reform. we need to cut spending what the democrats in the state are focused on is raising taxes. and raising taxes will just simply drive more people out of the stated of illinois. we need real reform. brian: when you talk about raising taxes. you nortz talking about building subsidized buildings. you are talking about paying off pensions when are unaffordable. correct? >> absolutely. in fact the benefits continue to grow every year 3% compounded. inflation only 1.5%. a state controlled by the unions. the democrats continually want to raise taxes. there are some republicans who joined with the democrats for these massive

bucshon, who was born in my hometown of taylorville, illinois, raised in kinkade, illinois. went on to become a heart surgeon. i don't know if i'd trust him operating on me. i know a lot of patients in indiana did. you know what, this is a guy who promised to get things done. this project, can i tell you firsthand, was not moving anywhere until -- i can tell you firsthand was not moving anywhere until mr. bucshon took the lead. i recognize him for four minutes. thank you for your support of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana for four minutes. mr. bucshon: thank you for the kind words. madam speaker, it's an honor to rise today in support of h.r. 3245, the restore the harmony way bridge act. the harmony way bridge is a local landmark. and was an engineering marvel when it opened in 1930. throughout the 20th century, the bridge connected posey county, anyone, and white county, illinois creating an access point for commerce and recreation for hoosiers from the neujahr money and surrounding communities, as well as those from white county, illinois. un

when illinois on indiana troops entered as well. as the western armies pushed thousands of mississippi, the puckle of the plantation pelt a humanitarian crisis created by the flood tide of fudge siev slaves, union camp in western tennessee, pressured both political and military policy. union officers required to return these slaves often refused to comply. en couraging congress to begin debate over new policies about confiscation and contra bands and commanders like grant advocated putting them to use as laborers. summer of 1862, congress enacted the confiscation act allowing the military to free, and even allowing freed slaves to join the military. by the time lincoln black troops from the western border states were already in military service in the west. kansas jay hawkers included liberation of slaves in there schools. as recally as november 1861, charles jenison led a company liberated missouri bondmen. two months later, loosely interpreting recruiting instructions from the war department, as well as congress' authorization tha

that's according to the reporting of propublica of illinois. they have been exploiting a loophole to help their children get financial aid. parents are giving up legal guardianship during their junior or senior year of high school to somebody else. a friend, parent or grandparent. the status allows the students to allow themselves financially independent of their families so they can qualify for federal, state and university aid. the investigation found that parents involved in these cases include lawyers, a doctor and an assistant school superintendent as well as insurance and real estate agents. fascinating stuff here. taking us through all of this is jody. one of the reporters who worked on this investigation. it's really incredible some of the stuff you found out. you wrote, in illinois last year about 82,000 students who were eligible for the monetary award program up to about $5,000 did not receive it because there wasn't enough money. it seems as though students who deserve the grants are losing out because of this practice. did you guys

the if it is, illinois has ability to pay bondholders.us case and sort of an example of how the puerto rico precedent is starting to be felt even if it is potentially for political motives. caroline: the issue here is general obligation bonds. what sort of precedent is this setting? our other states going to start looking at these? >> it will be interesting to see how the puerto rico things play out. they are not only trying to repudiate $6 billion of debt in puerto rico, they are also trying to claw back revenue. fees being paid on the highways that were pledged to bondholders and the oversight board is saying, actually, you can take that money out that threatens another subset of bonds. it raises the question of whether puerto rico is an outlier or if it is the kind of thing where you do see these challenges and to see certain parties, whatever motives, kind of step into the market. romaine: has this had any effect on the appetite for muni bonds? brian: there has been no effect so far. when you saw this illinois headline, it is like hol

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, michael t. liburdi of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: thank you, madam president. i want to thank the leader, senator schumer, from new york for his introduction of the remarks i am about to make, but before i do, let me preface it by saying i couldn't agree with him more. when you take a look at this empty senate chamber and realize we are in session this week, with the possibility of bringing important legislation to the floor, you have to ask the obvious question -- where is everybody? why aren't we acting like a senate? why

there was the state governor and former governor add well as other noted illinois war generals. at the head table sat other western generals. the society's current president and command in general of the army william sherman and george armstrong custard. he complicates everything. he was still alive. that's not come kplat plicatcom. neither of their battlefield points need introduction. one time illinoisan, long time aot commander. national war hero and current u.s. president. nearly a decade after the war's end the nation's eyes no longer saw this president exclusively through the lens of war victory. politics hung heavy over this meeting besieging grant's post-war leadership. ra rampant white violence was sweeping away republican governments. a recent liberal insurgency with its epicenter in states erupted over radical led constitutional amendments given citizenship rights to former slaves, including the right to vote. all now threaten grant's legacy and with it lincoln's. only this week in the wake of a catastrophic midterm election scandal written republicans whose bloody sh

seeger of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of steven c. seeger of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 364. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all tho

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: the united states-israel cooperation enhancement and regional security act is an excellent bipartisan bill designed to further strengthen the relationship between israel and the united states. give american victims their day in court. and restore assistance to palestinians. soy strongly support it. i urge all members to join me in doing. so again, is a bipartisan bill showing again the strong support that the united states and israel have for each other and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1837 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 passe

he was a hermit and a hoarder and a farmer here in illinois."to say, "if i got a letter like this, i would think it to be a scam." >> turns out kevin once worked with the second beneficiary in ray fulk's will -- fellow actor peter barton. >> i did a movie in 1980 called "hell night," kind of a campy horror story, but became friends with most of the cast members, including peter. >> peter now lives in upstate new york. so, you really don't hear much about kevin until you find out somebody died and you're the only two "friends" he names in his will. >> from the moment i opened that up and i saw kevin's name, i was like, "somebody's scamming us." >> the two men discuss what to do next. >> i said, "peter, i believe it. i believe it, and i'm going with it for gusto." >> i took the other side of it completely, going, "kevin, if it's too good to be true, it probably is." >> but peter agrees to make the 900-mile trip to lincoln, illinois, to find out for both of them. peter's home video begins to unravel the mystery. >> behind the silos, ray had a grave

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. lipinski, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise for the working men and women in our country who have well-deserved, hard-earned, quality health care benefits, to urge house leadership to bring to the floor h.r. 748, the middle-class health benefits tax repeal act. this bill would finally fully repeal the 40% excise tax on certain employer-sponsored health care plans. for too long, the tax has been a looming threat. make no mistake, this tax falls on everyday working families, including laborers, operating engineers, carpenters, pipe fitters, painters, plumbers, ironworkers, transportation workers, firefighters, and police and many others. ny who have fought and won health care benefits in many ollective bargaining negotiations. it has led to large premiums which has hurt toes with chronic illnesses. this repeal bill has been proposed for years. it is well past time to give it a vote on the house floor. the 40% excise tax on high-quality health care plans was enacted in the 2010 affor

el ataque racista contra unas jÓvenesmente la tens en una gasolinera de illinois.ids. i have to pick up the phone. les tengo que decir "los quiero mucho, los extraño". y les mando uno de estos. no besitos, no caras contentas, ni nada. no más el puro dedo que está bien. (laughing) (anunciante) la red en la que más gente confía te da más. como unlimited con apple music incluido. desde 40 dólares por línea. así es verizon. soy multifunctional, por eso me emociona colgate total. hace aún más. elimina gérmenes en toda mi boca. alivia la sensibilidad... colgate total. haz más por toda tu boca. dicen que a cierta edad, uno me pregunto qué edad es esa. nueva simply ageless con compuesto hialurónico. suaviza e hidrata la piel para obtener los mejores resultados a cualquier edad. de covergirl solo tylenol® rapid release gels tienen aperturas hechas por láser. proveen rápida liberación del medicamento, para un rápido alivio del dolor. tylenol® ♪. >>> la cÁmara del representantes de puerto rico ha iniciado la regreso gestiones para sacar del poder al gobernador rossellÓ. si no

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. kelly: thank you, madam speaker. i yield my -- jerry kelly -- mr. keller: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of this bill, introduced by representative krishnamoorthi. this names the postal office in elgin, illinois, after alex mar ar tins. alex martinez knew he was destined for pubsee military, f father's footsteps. then upon retirement, he would continue in public service as a police officer or firefighter. shortly after high school, alex joined the united states marine corps, filling step one of his boyhood dream. after boot camp, he was assigned to the first combat engineer battalion, first marine division. corporal martinez was deployed twice to afghanistan in support of operation enduring freedom. on april 5, 2012, corporal martinez was conducting combat operations in helmand province, afghanistan, and was killed after an explosive

my favorite senior senator from my home state of illinois. he needs no introduction on the advocacy is valiant youth on smoking among and to combat smoking in general. on the author of the ban america, flights in which came into being in 1990, 29 years ago, when he was a member of this house. and at that time, powerful interests in the tobacco industry fought his efforts to put this law into place. but now we know the tremendous positive impact of that law. and we have senator durbin to thank. and he has been an outstanding advocate on the issue of fighting e-cigarettes for youth. so we welcome him to our committee. without objection, sir, your written statement will be made part of the record. with that, senator durbin, you are now recognized. senator durbin: thank you for holding this important hearing and good to be back in the peoples' house and in a hearing. seems like old times. i know today you are looking at the role of juul and f.d.a. and reached this point where we are facing in the words of the f.d.a. a vaping epidemic. last year a

a picnic in central illinois, with all sorts of entertainment. these were festivals. these were places where people of like-minded sort got together, the way they had before and after the klan, but now with this more than twist, of klan speeches and programs. this ad is particularly interesting, because it includes at the bottom the names of the sponsors, the local businesses in gerard, illinois, including the local ford dealership. that tells us, as so many sources do, again, that this was a picnic attended not by people abnormal and out of the mainstream, but by the good, honest to god-fearing people in this central illinois town. the parades had messages. protestant the school. one law, the protestant law. one flag, the protestant symbol, in topeka, kansas. you can spend a lot of time, when you have these on your computer, to blow up the images and look at the details. they're all looking back towards the camera. they didn't remove their masks, but the person in the back looking out the window, you see her or his eyes looking out the back of that car. it's very swe

they go to pure, illinois and she's in your area for a couple years.o that is the journey that takes her to chicago. chicago is the place - - she lived for about 15 years and a place where she establishes a foothold. with reagan calling her a woman in chicago. a place where she's fixed in time in memory relay. >> this is such a complex story. it's not been documented before. your ability to create a timeline - - how did you work on this? can you illuminate supportive some of your sources fit how you documented it. >> there is a timeline in the back of the book. so if you're ever confused, look to the back. keep that bookmark. it was a really difficult task to construct where she came from, where she ended up and how her life ended. ... >> getting an enormous pile of paper and spending a long time sifting through it and trying to put stuff in some kind of order. >> it's complicated by the fact she went by so many different names. that must have been really -- >> it was complicated for multiple reasons because of that. so, to give people insight into how

at the time of his arrest kelly was out on bond from charges by the state of illinois. he's faced accusations of abuse of girls and young women for years and has denied any allegations, i'm karen caifa reporting. still ahead. >>americans take sound but are they all they're cracked up to be the supplements. a new study says don't anything to improve your house and the one supplement that might plus. >>how losing $5 billion in a new settlement actually sent facebook stock up today what kind of support will immigration officials get from local law enforcement this weekend well not much this summer, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com... ...and earn a $50 gift card. because when your business is rewarding yourself... ...our business is you. book direct at choicehotels.com >>protesters gathering today in san francisco ahead of president trump's promise to deport thousands of undocumented immigrants this weekend. protests like this are taking place all over the bay area today continuing our coverage tonight at 6.30 ice agents conducting raids here in the b

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. kinzinger: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois has requested the yeas and nays. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. engel: mr. speaker, pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 491, i call up senate joint resolution 38 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: senate joint resolution 38. joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland of certain defense articles and services. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution

a picnic in central illinois with all sorts of entertainment. these were festivals, places for people of like-minded sort, to get together, but with this twist of klan speeches and programs. this ad includes at the bottom the names of the sponsors in gerard, illinois, including the local ford dealership. which tells us, as so many sources do, that this was a picnic attended not by people outside of the mainstream, but a good, honest, god-fearing people in this central illinois town. the parades had messages. one school, the protestant school. one law, the protestant law. the protestant flag & in topi cut, kansas. i don't know if you can see the back window of this automobile. you could spend a lot of time when you have these on your own computer. you blow up the images you look at the details. they are all looking back toward the camera. they didn't remove their masks. this person in the back looking out the window, you see his or her eyes. it's very sweet. this is a common klan activity to donate an american flag to the schools. to rural school

wrath here can you not find the policy of my time and many rural americans in places like pontiac illinois remain hopeful in the past couple of years i think our economy has been booming especially here in our area where we've got a very vibrant downtown we've got route 66 we've got the interstate here so this community has been growing but even here economic threats on the horizon have deemed that hope or in some tough economic troubles in agriculture and when agriculture is an economic troubles the rural economy is going to suffer to obviously have been on.

it comes from the university of illinois. he lived between 1951 and 1994. was born in davenport, iowa. but raised in nomura, illinois, which is a suburb of chicago. king county. after graduating high school in yearof 1969 on the one anniversary of robert f kennedys assassination he fled to oregon because he heard there were hippies there and people living free and open lifestyles. he wanted to escape some of the more rigid life he had known in illinois. he was one of five sons in the shilts born in a 25 year period. so they were broadly spread out, but they were all very active boys, and all fled aurora at the first opportunity they could. finally to the university of oregon after one year at portland community college he decided to run for student body president in his first year on campus. an openly gay canaday under the theme of come out for shilts. he did not win. when i say that to my students now they are like, so what? an openly gay student at college was a big thing. it made you stand out and randy stirred out and was well known on campus for being

13 cargos federales ...el ganador del premio grammy, de bajo acusaciones de una corte federal de illinoisal agravantes por haber abusado desde el aÑo 1998 y el 2010. le habÍan puesto bajo custodia por no haber aportado para la manutenciÓn de sus hijos. la suma de todo esto afecto su popularidad hasta el punto de que surgiÓ el movimiento en su contra, incluida la campaÑa en redes para no escuchar su mÚsica. el cantante rechazÓ las acusaciones y dicen que esperan que los liberen tras una audiencia de fianza que va a ocurrir la prÓxima semana y que nosotros estaremos pendiente de cada uno de los detalles que ocurran sobre este caso. arantxa: muchas gracias. sÓlo faltan cinco dÍas para que se conozca la sentencia contra joaquÍn el chapo guzmÁn. la madre del narcotraficante convicto, doÑa consuelo loera, le dio una carta al presidente en el trap donde le pide una visa humanitaria y que se haga justicia en el caso de su hijo. no es la primera vez que aboga por el chapo. en enero le enviÓ una carta a andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador para poderlo visitar en la cÁrcel. borja: dijimos ayer que la fiscal

gifted to lincoln in 1864, the bible has been on a 155-year long journey, homed in springfield, illinoisl, i'll tell you i really grew up with the bible >> reporter: sandra willingham lives in the remote mining town of triumph, idaho, far from her parents' new york home where the bible was a fixture they want to share. given after the assassination to the widow to reverend minor who spoke at the funeral and handed down ever since. >> my grandfather's grandfather -- so, my great, great, great grandfather >> he's unlocking the vault. what's inside? >> all the lincoln treasures >> reporter: when the family donated the bible, it was ian hunt's job to bring it >> as i was unwrapping the united representative actually burst into tears >> reporter: a house divided against itself shall not stand which he used to condemn slavery. >> it's a reminder of who this man was and what he gave us. >> a man who was so important to our lives and to our history >> reporter: a cherished family heirloom now shared with the entire american family kevin tibbles, nbc news, springfield, illinois. >> what a treasur

una hielera. >> se les concediÓ un permiso temporal mientras estudian su caso. >> asÍ llegaron a illinoisos trabajar. entonces mi cuÑado nos tiene que estar manteniendo. >> ahora dependen de las donaciones de extraÑos que se han solidarizado y que les han dado paÑales, ropa, y comida. esta familia dice que seguirÁ luchando para que su caso de asilos se ha aprobado. su prÓxima cita en corte serÁ el prÓximo 15 de octubre. arantxa: no vamos a juÁrez con el mayor nÚmero de migrantes que aguardan inicia su solicitud de asilo en estados unidos. esperan recibir respuesta a su peticiÓn. se estima que hay 10,000 extranjeros en esa frontera donde ademÁs de la desesperaciÓn y la inseguridad reina el temor ante el mÁs reciente asesinato de un inmigrante cubano. pedro: tenÍa 40 aÑos de edad y esperaba en ciudad juÁrez para cruzar a pedir asilo a el paso, texas. originario de cuba se convierte en el cuarto migrante asesinado en esta frontera. >> se tiene que esta persona fue lesionada en una vivienda donde recibiÓ mÚltiples lesiones en diferentes partes del cuerpo. pedro: al parecer fue asesinado puÑal

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: madam speaker, i rise today to offer my deep gratitude and appreciation to someone who has played an inspirational and indispensable role in congress for more than four decades. y great friend, my guide, judy snyder. after a legendary career as a specialist on congress at the congressional research service, really the specialist -- ultimate specialist on congress, judy is retiring. and i want to let her know how much she will be missed. i was fortunate to meet judy, even before i was sworn into the congress. and as soon as i met her, i realized that i need judy snyder to be my mentor. and i was fortunate that she agreed to do that. judy has won many well-deserved accolades. but i think that her greatest reward is knowing that she has mentored and trained and inspired so many that have gone on to use her lessons about

president john hendren al jazeera pontiac illinois. south african singer and n.c. apartheid activist johnny clegg has died at the age of 66. clegg was one of the few white artists who defied segregation laws and openly criticized the apartheid government nicknamed the point zubrin he was feted for blending traditional african rhythms and western musical styles african seeking short term visas in the united kingdom are more than twice as likely to be refused than other applicants that's according to reports that found the home office responsible for financial discrimination and careless decision making the parker reports from london. is twice the london bar of enfield before entering local politics she spent 40 years working as a midwife to many she's a pillar of the community but her success hasn't helped her only sister to visit the u.k. from nigeria she's been denied a visa 3 times on financial grounds despite showing evidence that her costs are being covered by her sister in london on the way says her family of victims of a prejudice a visa process. you know whe

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from illinois, mr. lahood, is recognized for one minute. mr. lahood: thank you, mr. speaker. rise today to honor bishop zaidan of the marion night catholic faste and the lebanon community in the united states. born in lebanon he's the youngest bishop to lead the ep arcy of our lady of lebanon of los angeles. as a lebanese american myself, i am honored to have him come to washington to open the house floor for prayer this morning. in 1984, bishop zaidan professed his perpetual vows as a member of the congregation of the lebanese marion night missionaries and ordained a priest two years late. since then he's committed his life to serving others and recognized for that service with his appointment by pope francis as the third bishop of the ep arcy. i would like to commend bishop zaidan for his continued service in the community and champion for the protection of children and missionary to those of all faiths. i am grateful for his work in the lebanese american community and i would like to sincerely thank

, valmeyer, illinois virtually disappeared under 16 feet of water. >> standing here on the driveway,ng the kids to ride their bikes. a lot of good family memories. >> reporter: most of the homes, the school, the churches, all swallowed by a wall of water that spilled over the town's levee and lingered for months. >> everybody was kind of like punched in the stomach. >> reporter: almost immediately dennis, who was mayor at the time, and most of the nearly 1,000 people in the town decided to do something drastic. erase the community that was their home for generations. >> i saw how the people suffered in '93. i didn't want to see future generations have to go through that. >> reporter: fleeing the wrath of the mighty mississippi, valmeyer moved on to a bluff just a couple of miles behind it. >> we have the opportunity to grow here, where in the old town we did not. >> reporter: after leaving the flood plain, valmeyer found ways to prosper, developing a quarry underneath the bluff and a warehouse now used by the national archives to store records and turning the old town from ghost town

well, let's take you to illinois, and get this. a photo shopped image posted illinois republican county facebook page. it depicts the four congresswomen as the jihad squad. the image has been taken down. it included the caption, "political jihad is their game." and "if you don't agree with their socialist ideology, you're racist." the president posting the statement, quote, a couple days ago, an image not authorized by me on the illinois county republican chairman's association. it has been deleted. going on to say, i am sorry if anyone who saw the image was offended by the contents. abdula mitchell is the executive director of the council of islamic organizations of greater chicago and joins us now. appreciate you taking the time to be with us. i have to ask first, what was your reaction when you saw that photoshopped image and the caption, as well? >> reporter: >> well, my reaction, as many muslims -- and let's say people of color -- is offended. it was disrespectful. xenophobic, racist. but more importantly, it brought a moment

kinzinger of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 491, the gentleman from illinois, mr. sinsinger, and a member opposed each will control phi minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. kinzinger: thank you, madam chair my amendment is very simple. it would require that the director of national intelligence and other relevant agencies to report to congress on the threat that international mobile subscriber identity catchers, cell site simulators or under the brand name stingray pose to national security. the d.n.i. would need to provide recommendations to congress regarding possible policy changes to counter these devices. mobile d signals to phones that appear to be legitimate networks. wuns connected, they can see the activity on the phones. the more advanced versions allow owners to even access messages and phone call data. manufactureous were shocked when a report came out last year that the department of home lan security had found these devices around the national capit

y la organizaciÓn que tiene contrato federal para albergar a estos niÑos en illinois.>> la pregunta es usted ciudadano estadounidense no va a estar en el cuestionario del censo al final el presidente donald trump fracasÓ en el intento de incluirla en el censo, y despuÉs de una larga lucha con tribunales, desistiÓ pero anunciÓ una orden ejecutiva para que toda las agencias del gobierno le entreguen al departamento de comercio informaciÓn sobre la ciudadanÍa de la poblaciÓn. >>> la ciudad nueva oro ante las se prepara para recibir ab, bary lo que amenaza con lluvias, y lo que amenaza con desbordarse el rÍo mississippi, para muy buenas tardes guadalupe? >>> quÉ tal felicidad, buenas tardes. entre viento, y un poco de lluvia estamos a la espera de que llegue barry a la ciudad. detrÁs el rÍo mississippi, este es el rÍo que podria desbordoarse en caso de que la lluvia aumente el nivel. nosotros estamos parados arriba de uno de los diques que protegen esta zona, son diques que se elevande 20, 25 pies altura en los casos ma altos, este dicen que es de 20 pies de altura y prote

bajo alerta por calor extremo, esta ola de calor se extiende desde nuevo mÉxico hasta new ham y illinois calor mÁs intenso de aÑo y tambiÉn dicen especial tatss dÍas como estos se pueden repetir mÁs frecuentemente debido al cambio climÁtico. y lasenciones de las autoridades son primer ne cero en aire acondicionado en lugares frescos, reducir actividades al aire libre beber mucho lÍquido, y siempre estar en lugares frescos, y por favor estar muy al pendiente de los menores de edad de los bebÉs en el coche no olvidar a los bebÉs en el coche y estar al pendiente de las mascotas ya que si las dejamos expuestos al calor se pueden quemar porque el cemento se pone caliente esta ola de calor se mueve lentamente hacia el noroeste del paÍs que aqui en new york las autoridades piden que por favor no pongan el aire acondicionado a menos 78 grados a menor de eso ya que po drairms con esto ocasionar otro apagÓn como el que vimos la semana pasada y el alcalde de new york ha firmado una orden ejecutiva pa declarar estado de emergencia por este calor que estamos viviendo hoy estamos en los 80, pero maÑan

it's having major implications in illinois.t of the state and they can't seem to figure out it's because they are taxing their citizen to death. >> the gas tax in new york like all the other taxes are too damn high. we have to block it and stop it. but as a republican, i love when democrats talk about raising taxes, because that means we are going to keep america great. you ray taxes on gasoline and you are an easy target. it i an incredibly regressive as is any consumption tax. >> john's reference to too damn high. if you are a non-new yorker you may not get that. politicians wanting more money? first time i ever heard of that. david: democrats say they are for the little folks, but they are always sticking it to the little folks when it cops to taxes. li democrats trying to ramp up the outrage against president trump, trying to sue the irs and the treasury department to get president trump's tax returns. that will fail. we'll he can chain why tonight. outrage and the push back against the outrage on the border facilities. dem

bill isherwood, illinois, republican. sherwood, illinois, republican. caller: you talk about this crisis, we had clinton and bush, "is in this country. and obama -- i liked obama, i respected him as a president and voted for him. flight is over. all the whites moved to the suburbs. all i am seeing from these new candidates is wanting to start another white flight. where are white people going to move? i do not think that was too racist, but a lot of people said that it was very racist, what president obama said. thank you. host: chelsea in alabama. good morning, chelsea. caller: good morning. i'm calling to make a comment. i did watch the debate all the way last night, and the candidate that stood out to me the most was mayor pete. i love mayor pete. i liked a lot of his ideas and a lot of the things that he was saying, but do i think america is ready for him? i don't know. now, i like elizabeth warren and as, i bernie, and as far was listening to a couple of the callers, the comments they were making about the border and everything -- i wish that peopl

this one comes from jason, and educator from illinois. -- an educator from illinois. "what would you do as president to remedy the decaying infrastructure in so many of our country's public schools? " one of thehar: wasgs this president said that he wanted to invest in infrastructure in this country. he said it the night he won the presidency. he didn't really win -- he didn't get as much votes as everyone else. he said that night that he wanted to invest in infrastructure. ?hat has he done he called over the leaders in the democratic party. he says he wants to do something . they come back and he blows up the whole meeting. why when i put this plan out, that was four months on my mind. i have seen these schools. schools -- thes schools in nevada, and saw that they had air conditioning that hardly worked. kids can'tls where even go out and play because there is no place. schools thatublic my daughter was in for high school. it had 60% kids of color, and they invested in that school. and i saw how the teacher spoke when they went to work every day, they had modern comp

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labor in defending this country. >> our next question is from isabelle ramirez, a lulac member from illinois. teacher shortage that is growing nationwide, especially in poverty areas. what is your plan to improve the unequal distribution of highly qualified teachers, and more important, help motivate individuals to seek a career in education? mr. castro: thank you very much for the question. thank you to all of the teachers in our audience and those that are watching. [applause] father was a public school teacher for 31 years and my wife has been a public school educator for the last 15 years. my brother and i are proud products of the public schools, so i know the value of great teachers. i released an education plan a few weeks ago and one thing i called for is to increase teacher pay. [applause] that in part through a tax credit that would range and would to $10,000, get higher on a sliding scale based on the percentage of students on free or reduced lunch. in other words, we would incentivize teachers to go into those areas that are the most impoverished, oftentimes the most struggling s

nada: as you say, new york and illinois, federal charges in both districts. what can we expect now? will this definitely head to trial? wendy: good question. this is the sort of situation where you expect it to go to trial because ev if r. kellyre makes a ally good deal with all the prosecutors involved in the three different cases he is currently fang, it is still going to be a lot of timbehind bars, especially the federal cases. feral resources, federal charges, the federal rules of evidence are much harsher, much tougher than the state charges. because he probably won't get the kind of deal that would allow him to walk free or even avoid a significant pris sentence, he may well rolled the dice and just go to trl in all of these cases. nada: if it does go to trial, whsides the women and girl are mentioned in the indictment, could we possibly hear from other prior witnessesaid the same thing happened to them? wendy: absolutely. one of the things i have seen in my many years in this business is that when victims don't feel comfortable coming forward because they are afraid, especial

state senator and seven times as large as a statehouse member, because one county of ours, like illinois, has 60% of the population. the end result was iran after hours, assured that i couldn't win because it was a republican district. becausen and i won there was a lot of young people. i was talking to some of the high school young democrats in there and i told them something my sister knew before i did, my younger sister, who is my best friend and managed my campaigns. she was a teacher at one of my schools. people,ized young people in high school -- not even college, in high school -- to get engaged in our campaign. we started -- they started calling them kitty campaigns to make fun of it. well, we won. next thing i know, republicans decided they would report should me because the census was 70 in a district that went from six to present republican to 72% -- 60% republican to 72%. they said i had to run again in two year. as they say in politics, up or out. they couldn't get anybody to run for united states senate at the time. i went to my deceased wife, who was my best buddy, and she

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, for five minutes. mr. rush: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes, mr. rush. . rush mr. speaker, i rise today to address the crisis that is the growing racial wealth gap in the united states . a recent report from the stitute for policy studies noted the meetian wealth for black families adjusted for $7,323 declined from between the years 1983 and 2013. mr. speaker, if these alarming trends continue, the average black household is on track to own zero dollars in wealth by the year 2053. this is a sharp contrast to the average growth of white households, which increased by arly $14,000 during the same eriod to an average of 2053.00 by the year zero dollars for the black families. $137,000 for the white families by the year 2053. the wealth disparity between black and white families persists across nearly all levels of income and education. white middle-cl

host: steve is next out of illinois, independent. sad what iss very happening on the southern congressmanour u.s. and we have so many homeless vets and so many homeless people , i think we should help them first. ,f we can help the other people we should put our funds in there. day are committing suicide. can't taked that we more funds and help them out. let is all i have to say. -- that is all i have to say. peoplewe would help more here then thinking about immigrants. all, i also of share an enormous amount of compassion and outrage in the way that veterans are treated in this country. choice that the oftentimes gets poised in terms otherosing one versus the is not a choice necessarily of necessity but because we can do both and we should treat our veterans better. i have served on the v.a. committee and currently i am helping lead the fight to protect our service members and veterans from the toxic exposures of burn pits and we are working on expanding the mental health services for our --erans to prevent suicidal prevent's -- pre

. >>> still ahead, an illinois town forced to pick up and move every resident after massive flooding.their story may tell us about adapting to climate change. next. -guys, i want you to meet someone. this is jamie. you're going to be seeing a lot more of him now. -i'm not calling him "dad." -oh, n-no. -look, [sighs] i get it. some new guy comes in helping your mom bundle and save with progressive, but hey, we're all in this together. right, champ? -i'm getting more nuggets. -how about some carrots? you don't want to ruin your dinner. -you're not my dad! -that's fair. overstepped. the latest charter school scandals are piling up. leaders of one san diego charter network? indicted for conspiracy and grand theft. thankfully, the governor's charter school policy task force just made important recommendations for reform: more accountability on charter school spending. and giving local school districts more control over the authorization of charter schools. reforms we need to pass now. so call your state senator. ask them to support ab 1505 and ab 1507. >>> a small town in illinois is celeb

a home washing away in southern illinois. >> i didn't think that we would ever flood. >> reporter: nearbyown virtually disappeared under 16 feet of water. >> standing on the driveway, i can remember teaching the kitd to ride their bikes. >> reporter: the homes, schools, churches, swallowed by water that spilled over the leve lingered for months. >> everybody was punched in the stomach. >> reporter: the mayor at the time and most of the nearly 1,000 people in the town decided to do something drastic. erase the community that was their home for generations. >> i saw how the people suffered in '93. i didn't want to see future generations have to go through that. >> reporter: fleeingmighty miss moved to a bluff. >> we have the opportunity to grow here. in the old town, we did not. >> reporter: after leaving the flood plain, they found ways to prosper. developing a quarry under the bluff. turning the old town from ghost town into corn fields that are he werie i earning the town money. this is the mississippi river. a source of livelihood and anxiety. the river just broke a record set in '93 of