anthony lo sasso is a health economist and professor at the university of illinois at chicago. anthony is a health economist and professor at the university illinois at chicago nice to see you. the president talking about health exchanges in the sound by we saw the public option remains on the table now were hurting about insurance co- ops besides trying to increase the pool that matter when comes to health insurance costs? it does matter were innocent where she now more the public option is dead along with the public options it's going to be really interesting to see how he gets himself out of this and where we wind up. nobody knows what co- ops are and what they're going to mean for the average consumer. it does make you wonder some sort of quiet public private entity kind of sense off alarm bells in my mind about a mother fannie mae for health care. qualify public-private entity operating with implicit public guarantee but still operating with shareholders or corporative ownership of some sort i don't know how this one to work and i don't know how a private market is going to

university of illinois chicago's joann stubbings credits the program for increasing coverage, but also points to its shortcomings. "the unintended consequnce of medicare part d it that it has been very confusing. very confusing. its a good program but its been very confusing not just for patients but to providers and to everyone dealing with medicare part d. we have physicians here at the medical center and they can't do it." but medicare part d has helped seniors save money. research shows that during its first year, the benefit resulted in a 16 percent drop in out-of- pocket spending for drugs and a 7 percent increase in the number of prescriptions filled. that spike in scripts has drug companies pleased with the plan. "going forward its just a huge tailwaind for the entire pharmacuetical industry. we're having this huge boulous of baby boomers getting into old age and most can afford it. medicare part d ensures that they'll all be able to afford it." projected to cost taxpayers 74 billion dollars a year, medicare part d has actually come in in under budget, costing 44 billion dollar

bob chirinko is a professor at university of illinois at chicago. so how would you grade the chairman does far? very good but not perfect. he has made few mistakes over his three- year tenure but he had a very challenging times. he's done an absolutely up excellent job. was that the top of it in a state list? lehman brothers. budding member of the failed. the second when he was a little slow to pick up on the problems that were happening with the economy is softening and french markets were becoming unglued. the famous phrase is expected to be well contained in the spring of 07 he was a little slow on the forecasting is a tough business he could've been quicker on that. take a look at the chairman's was a man he was appointed back in february of 2006 that chairman expires in june mary of next year and he can still be a board member for another decade is it possible for him not to be care but a board member? it was time for him to probably move on if you know want to be cheered and sang would be true here any position that i have held or any organiza

the artist who created the picture is a 20-year-old senior history major at the university of illinois in chicago. he said he has no idea that his work was being used to make a political statement. >> i would like president obama to know i didn't intend for any of this to happen. we are all americans and all rooting for him. >>> he says he has taken a lot of heat for creating this image and the worst of it has come from his mom. his mother was not happy about that. >>> step outside and it is a little toasty. >> it is. it is still right around 90. not much in terms of thunderstorms tonight, but tomorrow a different story. tomorrow a cold front comes through here and we could see some heavy weather, maybe some severe storms. here's your forecast first. the next three days, one more hot day tomorrow. we are talking about temperatures generally around 90. 91, showers and thunderstorms and they are going to go into saturday morning and maybe bleed into saturday afternoon. high temperatures cooler on saturday and sunday. both days around 85. it should be dry for the game at night, the question is how s

the artist who created the picture is a 20-year-old senior history major at the university of illinois in chicago. he says he had no idea his work was being used to make a political statement. >> i would like president obama to know that i didn't intend for any of this to happen. of course we're all americans and we're all rooting for him and we all hope he does a great job. >> he says he has taken a lot of people creating that image. the worst of it has come from his mom. >>> well, the cash for clunkers program is about to be cashed out, which means there is very little time for you to cash in. details on that plus topper is back with that full forecast. we'll be backminutes. in less than two minutes. fresh...fresh...fresh. really fresh. come into your local giant today for mouthwatering fruits and vegetables, all at prices you can handle. like orchard perfect peaches and nectarines, just 99 cents a pound. this week only at giant. you know, it's not the grill thatakes a delicious, tender, perfect piece of steak. [ crowd gasps ] it's the steak. enjoy quality selections from the butchers at giant,

. >> desde chicago, illinois, erika maldonado, univisiÓn. >> lo mejor para ellos,vamos a la Última pausaias,muy buenas noches, movido el domingo,hoy fÚtbol mexicano, fÚtbole europa y a toda velocidad porque tambiÉn hay boxeo y fÓrmula uno. >> arrancamos con el Único partido que se jugÓ el domingo en el fÚtbol mexicano.toluca visita a santos,el charro xicano zinho con este verdadero golazo para toluca,ahÍ estÁ de nuevo. quÉ bÁrbaro.más tarde esquivel tambiÉn se hizo presente al minuto 21 dispara, la defensa se duerme y esquivel vacuno a sÁnchez,quÉ bÁrbaro.todavÍa en el primer tiempo, calderÓn con esta gran jugada y potente disparo metÍa el tercero,cruzado y lindo para el tres a cero final. pasamos a lo mejor de nuestro fÚtbol, la mls y aunque la cancha esta pintada para fÚtbol americano, se jugÓ fÚtbol soccer,muy temprano en el partido,pase para juan pablo Ángel y de sombrero pone el uno a cero para nueva york,dallas no se quedÓ con brazos cruzados y mccartney ponÍa el uno a uno,richard lo pone arriba,pero empatan,la figura fue juan pablo Ángel que le dio la victoria tres a dos a new yor

we're seeing what whether stretching from the central great lakes back into parts of illinois. chicagould see some damaging winds and isolated hail as we go through the afternoon hours. we also have potential for showers and thunderstorms across the southeast. the other big story we are watching today is the extreme heat over parts of the southern and central plains into oklahoma, including tulsa. we're dealing with temperatures well over 100 degrees with the heat index. it will feel even worse than that. 97 degrees in kansas city. still dealing with incredible heat across the northwest. not so much coastal areas, but in toward the interior section. 99 degrees in salt lake city. use of 103 degrees last week, which shattered an all-time record. still dealing with very warm temperatures across the midwest. 92 degrees in reno, nevada. 111 degrees in phoenix. 97 degrees in denver. tomorrow's high temperature is still relatively cool from what we have seen in past years across the northeast. 88 degrees in chicago. that is your foxcast. jon: "happening now," hundreds of thousands of american

he lived in illinois and set many of his films in the chicago area. john hughes was 59 years old. >>> check in with "eyewitness news" at 6:00.

i'm a professor of history at the unirsity of illinois at chicago, and i will be talking about her book before we open up the discussion to you, our audience members. .. >> city officials allod the construction of public housing only in already-black areas while engages in rural program that is raised healthy black neighborhoods. minorities were experiencing racial change. while federally ensured mortgages went to whites in all while areas. a free marke in real estate was a complete myth. but if anyone thought the accounts by the historians have told us, the new book quickly proves them wrong. "family properties" does not retell a depressing tale but yet weaves the sto of his family into a economic exemployeation and individual and community activism. the results, i would suggest, is moving and eloquent account of the forces black chicagoans were up against and the efforts of reformers black and white to combat them. "family properties" is organized by the neighborhoods decline and her father's crusade on its behalf. the west side of lawndale here in chicago was transformed as local whi

my name is at eric arneson and m a professor of history a the university of illinois at chicago and i will be talking to barrel about your book before we en up the discussion to you, our audience members but first if i made a few introductory remarks. for muh of the 20th century chicago has maintained decrepitation as one of the nation's most segregated cities. its african-american population consign to the black belt on the

it's almost as plausible as coming from the most corrupt political system in the country, chicago, illinois, and coming out as a reformer who is having no enemies that you expose. by the way, my apologies to chicago. it might actually be the most corrupt -- but maybe new orleans is, home of acorn and seiu. what does the president really believe in? he hasn't given us specifics. he is likable. we project on him the things that are best in us. stop looking at the president and anybody else in washington, right or left, through that lens. don't see the man that is you projected on him. see him as a man who happens to be our president or a senator or a congressman. how was he raised? what does he believe? more importantly, what do those around him believe? here is fox news contributor and syndicated columnist michelle malkin, who is going to help us out a little bit more on this book that i read two weeks ago. it is called "reclaiming revolution." it is terrifying, michelle, and it's not an ancient book. can you tell me a little bit about it? >> well, it's very creepy. what it is essentially is

the line of showers and storms from iowa and illinois, missouri and chicago may get some of this andause flight delays if you are traveling that way. otherwise between this front and this front. so at least for a couple of days only a slim chance of a thunderstorm. here's your seven-day forecast. here's your seven-day forecast -- we will get there eventually. i will go the long way. temperatures in the low 90s tomorrow. thank you. 88 degrees. 92 tomorrow. closer to 95 in a few spots. wednesday 91 with a bert chance of storms and cool it off to the mid 80s by friday. again an afternoon thunderstorm. >> here's your traffic report. >> i'm here. don't worry. no technical malfunctions here. thanks for joining us. it is 18 minutes after the 6:00 hour. this is what we have for you. on the outer loop at route 4. that's where we have crash activity to the left shoulder. drivers are a little slow around the route 5 branch after avenue area document the maps of the inner loop at connecticut. just skipped over it a disabled vehicle is blocking the left lane. police and fire are out on the scene

but how cool it is much to our west. 71 in detroit. 66 degrees in chicago, illinois. there you can see most of the rain staying down to our south. that old weather front that brought the cooler, dry air into our area, sort of hanging out there along tide water region of virginia. ripples of low pressure riding along the front bringing the unsettled water down to the coastline and a close eye out here to the tropics a long way from the united states. purpto rico for reference. a long ways away. about 500 miles east of the w windward hours. next 48 hours will take on the name tropical storm erica. we'll keep you ashetorm progresses throughout the week. the clouds out there now will be breaking up, not long after the sun goes down. a nice, clear, and cool start tomorrow morning. west of the blue ridge there, will be spots in the 40s tomorrow morning. so be ready for that. so here's your forecast then for this beautiful monday evening. turning mostly clear after the sun goes down. evening temperatures dropping to the low to mid 70s. skies going most low clear by the time

chicago. you can see it stretching in through illinois, lower parts of wisconsin, in toward the city. light showers making its way in toward ohio and indiana. lower michigan as well. the chicago picture picking up the rain very well. like yesterday morning we'll get the latest at o'hare and midway. unfortunately that rain is going to continue on through. flash flood warning. that's set up for chicago itself. down to the south a little bit farther you can see kansas city, oklahoma city, more storms as well. it's heavier as you get down closer toward dallas. more on that coming up in just a little bit. natasha. >> look at the storms going on lately. my goodness. >> well, second in command in south carolina has a message for the governor. resign. but the governor has something to say about that. hmm. plus -- >> i'm not going to move, and you're not going to arrest me. >> oh, it was a shoutdown at a health care protest, and police moved in with hand cuffs. ten minutes after the hour right now. famous crime writer dominic dominick dunne has died after a long fight with cancer. dunne started

children of various ages which is part of what keeps are close to home and her activism is in chicago and illinois. she and her husband worked very hard to make lynching a thing of the past and illinois keeping officials honest about handling lynching to have an cairo they get the sheriff removed for permitting but lynching to happen and afterwards there are no more lynching in illinois. and as she is traveling less she turns increasingly to community work and becomes involved in the court system. but in 1910 you begin to have migration to chicago. and wells barnett as she is now known is concerned but happens to the young men who get to chicago and find they cannot stay at the local white ywca or any organization and she also becomes a parole officer at one point*, she lobbies for the republican party and women gets the votes in illinois. she organizes women to vote for black candidates. >> host: she remains very active but in a way that gets attention at the time you draw on her own autobiography. as the source and one gets a sense the way you describe it, of a woman who was may be disappointed

the rain is safely in towards northern illinois, in chicago as well. now stretching towards michigan, too. the cold front is on the move for today setting up shop over ontario. look at the rain showers coming in close towards toronto. towards rochester. ahead of that it's going to be hot. let me take you live to new york city. here is what it looks like. a little hazy start for you. otherwise a nice morning. thunderstorms developing late this evening towards tonight. your high today in nyc, 90. it's going to feel like all of that. more in just a half hour. >> it looks like 90. >> it looks like august. there you go. >>> we're following our breaking news from overnight. the death of one of the longest-serving senators in u.s. history. we remember ted kennedy this morning. we'll talk about the highlights from his career and reaction from those close to him. i think it's really intriguing to get out this old tape that most of us haven't seen for a long time. sglvrnlths sglvrnlths >>> another kennedy has thrown his hat into the national political arena. edw

out of new york's central park the night before. >> we begin our american landscape in chicago with abc 7 news. illinoisn state and here in the chicago area. >> it's a bit hard at this point to get our arms around the extent of the damage. almost all of chesterton, this town of 10,000, appears to be now without power. the storm paing we believe 70 mile-an-hour winds hit roughly around here and tore the roof off the chesterton middle scol. a short diance from here and as you said there are treesown all around, there was an apartment complex that lost its roof. it was torn off. here's what a rest didn't there had to say. >> i watched the roof go across the street into the other house. it was pretty wild. >> but you're okay? >> everybody's fine. i didn't think there's any injuries i'm aware of. >> there was a tremendous amount of rain that preceded this storm. some people believe it to have been a tornado. the weather service will make a determination on that. >> a severe storm appearing out of nowhere. >> neighbors were all offer the place crying, looking for everybody. >> multiple tornadoes leaving their

people have come from kansas city, missouri, downstate in illinois, the chicago area.e was that they were witnessing a moment in history. no one knew whether it would be a successful campaign, are not. but there was an aura around barack obama the day that everyone recognized. caller: good morning. the reason barack obama is president is because the republicans were caucusing to kill the clintons off the top of the ticket. they never did like the clintons. whoever was put on top of the democratic ticket would be president simply because they were tired of george bush and the deception. guest: i think he is right that the country wanted change and obama became president because he understood better than any of the candidates how hungry america was for something different. change is the oldest cliche in american politics, but he captured where the country was. the politics were so riven with the scent and hatred. he says we can do better than that. -- with dissent and hatred -- and obama's of we can do better than that. host: tickets back to the summer with john mccain w

people have come from kansas city, missouri, downstate in illinois, the chicago area. their sense was that they were witnessing a moment in history. no one knew whether it would be a successful campaign, are not. but there was an aura around barack obama the day that everyone recognized. caller: good morning. the reason barack obama is president is because the republicans were caucusing to kill the clintons off the top of the ticket. they never did like the clintons. whoever was put on top of the democratic ticket would be president simply because they were tired of george bush and the deception. guest: i think he is right that the country wanted change and obama became president because he understood better than any of the candidates how hungry america was for something different. change is the oldest cliche in american politics, but he captured where the country was. the politics were so riven with the scent and hatred. he says we can do better than that. -- with dissent and hatred -- and obama's of we can do better than that. host: tickets back to the summer with jo

jeff is live at the plant in chicago, illinois. >> any time we wear safety glasses we are happy.. but this is the new flagship. we talk about cash for clunkers, but if the industry recovers, it is because of stuff like this, a car everybody loves. this is huge. a lot of pressure on you. >> absolutely, and we're proud to deliver the flag ship vehicle. >> walked on the line, and you can see people putting tram on that. this is the cart that alan mulally has said what they want to make a big winner. you have one shift working here, and you could do a second with more demand, right? >> yes, we will match capacity with demand. bill: thank you, jeff. megyn: advertising a text message while driving? a local sam wants you to knock it off. how the president finally, good news for people with type 2 diabetes or at risk for diabetes. introducing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar. hi i'm mike, and i lost 100 pounds on nutrisystem d when i was first diagnosed with diabetes, that first step was more like a giant leap. till i discovered

as a matter of fact, the outreach workers in chicago and in illinois also work with over 900 high-risk individuals throughout the state. >> the important thing is people have to start, along with the police, taking back their communities and getting involved in their communities and getting help from you guys as well to make this stop. we appreciate you spending your saturday night with us. >> thank you, don. >>> the black community and our nation's police officers. tonight, a frank and honest conversation about the tensions between the two. >>> plus, how about this image of the past? a restroom for whites only. not from the 1960s, but it's happening right now. that's the accusation. black city workers in philadelphia claim segregation, harassment and humiliation on the job. >>> after you pass the joint, make sure you pay your taxes. will that be the new slogan in california? we'll talk about it. others buy the car of their dreams. during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both. it's an opportunity today. it's a lexus forever. special lease offers now available on the

illinois. the upscale chicago suburb where ronnie lived. known for high test scores and low crime rates.ore than 30 years. now a woman was shot in her own home. police noticed there was no forced entry. >> any sign of robbery? >> none. >> police didn't know it yet, but something was taken from the scene, something very personal. which would ultimately provide a clue about the motive. deerfield police chief john sleosis says the fact seven shots were fired said a lot about the crime and a lot about the killer. >> the sheer number of shots would indicate that there was some emotion, there was something driving the shooter. >> it appeared to be personal. in all likelihood, the victim could have known the offender. >> lab tests showed all seven bullets came from one 9 millimeter handgun, a weapon that makes a lot of noise. but the neighbor who called 911 said the shots she heard were muffled, perhaps a silencer were used. >> what does that tell you about the killer? >> planned. calculated. took steps to be discreet. >> apparently not discreet enough. right after the killing, a witness saw so

his record in chicago, his record in illinois, his record in the senate told us that.ran as a moderate, so a lot of people -- [inaudible] -- remember, he didn't just get elected with moderates voting for him. there were a lot of crossovers voting for the guy. they liked his message. since he has been in office, he has governed from the far left. even those of us who wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt are going whoa, he is governing out of control. bill: ok, you're overstating it. in afghanistan, he has been very aggressive. it's not a left-wing position. the nuts in pittsburgh last weekend were killing him for it. the other nuts are going out to martha's vineyard to demonstrate against him. in iraq, he hasn't done anything harmful in iraq. he has kept the infrastructure in place. yeah, he said some questionable things about america at the muslim conference in cairo. i'll give you that. but i think look, here is what i'm worried about. if you demonize everything the man does because you believe that he is a far left guy, and i think you're right. at this junctu

chicago. here's what it looks like. i zeroed in toward o'hare and midway. you can see the rain around northern illinoisoving in your direction. look at the plane traffic. not much out there. looking at three planes in this one box itself. we're going to see delays popping up shortly in chicago because of the low clouds. chicago the lengthiest delays today. otherwise, sparse today. good news for getting away if you're not heading for chicago. short delays because of storms out west. san francisco bay area fog about an hour delay today. that's what we have. more details in a half hour. >> you got it. >>> ashton and demi moore didn't waste any time tweeting. it's always an adventure in vegas. >>> bargain hunters, this sale is for you but make sure you have a full tank of gas. if you start at the beginning and all of the way to the end you'll wrack up more than 650 miles of nicknacks, collectables, you never know what you'll find. this is the 22nd year for the event. >>> a cop stopped to help a stranded driver and almost got smashed. @ >>> the white house says that president obama will sign a bill today th

and there is chicago, illinois. washington, d.c. all the places -- boy, this is a horrible trip across the country. >> t.j. has to be in charge of this. >> trust me. it's a wonderful country. you wouldn't know it by this. >> let's talk about the bobby story as a positive, because everybody was in l.a., and as history reads it, as i read in the history book, and maybe somebody made this up, but bobby was a guy in charge of delegates. he walks into a suite in a hotel in 1960, and there are all of these movie stars, and everybody wants to be around the man of the hour, and bobby walks in and says how many delegates are in this room? how many people in this room are going to help my brother become the democratic nominee in 1960? >> yeah, that sounds like a political story, by which i mean, that's politics. >> and i mean it as a positive. and when he found out none were there, basically, he told them to get out and let's find the delegates, and get my brother shaking hands with delegates. now, bobby counted votes, and how many votes woul

back to the phones, a jury in chicago, illinois, on our line for democrats.: there are so many issues. structurally, our economy has changed and will never get back to how it used to be. we have to accept that. i would caution barack obama to not get ahead of himself. i want him to continue to talk about that we are still in recession that is showing signs of improvement but we have a long way to go. i want him to get ahead of himself in the next month or next quarter, things may go down and the question will be, what is going on? over the last few months, what has happened? you have to keep that message. he has to continue to new to talk about the structural change produced -- structural change. if we leave certain things in the private sector without regulation, this is a slippery slope. host: you talk about some improvements. what have you personally experienced as an improvement? caller: you do see construction of working -- construction workers, working more. i am not in construction. i work and education. my wife works in social work. when you service p

sean: it looks like the chicago political machine is turningç t another questionable candidates in illinoisa friend of obama's. he was once considered such a problem that his name was mentionedç with slumlord tony rezko in jeremiah wright. he was born to a greek immigrants and raised in chicago. his parents started the broadway bank, and very successful chain of banks, in the chicagoland area. -- a very successful chain. >> he was the vice president of the bank. got his master's from the university of chicago in business administration. about the same time, barack obama was teaching law at the university of chicago, and they met each other there. he actually played professional basketball in greece for several years. sean: using these reservations -- relationships to the president's advantage. >> he was very much and no player in helping barack obama get seed money for his 2004 u.s. seed raids -- he was very much a player in helping barack obama get seed money for his 2004 u.s. seat race. this was a good factor in helping obama when that 2004 u.s. senate race. >> thank you. >> -- to win in

so impressed that she paid an additional year for her to attend the moody bible institute in chicago, illinois. she graduated from movie in 1895. her greatest desire at the time was just to be a missionary. she want to be a missionary. she wanted to go to africa. well, she did not discover that moody was not sending any negro missionaries to africa. so she then had to then think about she's going to be. she was disappointed and unlike the sinuses of negro missionaries to africa as early as 1830, would have never sdnt a woman by herself. the criteria for thehurch would have been you send them out to buy two. and that two by two would have been a hband and wife delegaon. well, bethune did not get married until 1898, so she did not qualify. she could've also accompanied a husband and wife delegation, but she would have then been taking care of their children. so none of that came into play for her. and i know onhat day when moody said i'm sorry, your application is denied, that she was disappointed. and so would any of you would have been disappointed with the fact that you had prepared herself,

these storms moving back up into illinois, parts of indiana. chicagoyou are dealing with showers and thunderstorms today. it's raining right now across chicagoland. meanwhile, you're looking at heavy rainfall stretching its way across parts of kansas. that's making its way across the kansas city area. this part of the country going to remain wet. intense heat and dry weather today. we'll see high temperatures across parts of the northeast. 95 to 100 deegsgrees. let me take you to washington, d.c. where you're not going to deal with rain today but bright sunshine already shining on the nation's capitol. about 94 degrees. you'll see 95 degrees tomorrow. we'll keep 94 degrees when you finally drop down into the 80s. you're either sweating or needing the umbrella today across the nation. >> keep an eye on wall street and your 401(k) today. the markets around the world are sharply lower, and it doesn't look like it's going to be any better on wall street. after months of waiting for a turnaround, investors want to raise the bar. they want good economic news

in my state of illinois, the conservative chicago tribune said this of her testimony. in four days of testimony, under often intense questioning, judge sotomayor handled herself with grace and patience. she displayed a thorough knowledge of case law and appreciation of her critics' concern. the result was to re-enforce a strong case that she will make a good supreme court justice and deserves senate approval. a lot has been said about the issue of empathy. and this question of the wise latina woman. i pointed out when i asked judge sotomayor that the wise latina speech contains a line that her critics didn't often quote. and that line judge sotomayor noted in the same speech that it was nine white male justices on the supreme court who unanimously handed down brown versus board of education and other cases of sex and discrimination. judge sotomayor made it clear at her hearing that she believes no single race or gender has a monopoly on good judgment. for some of my colleagues, sonia sotomayor's statements under oath are not good enough. i would hope that senators woul

illinois? victor. >> caller: jim. >> vic. >> caller: great big chicago boo-yah to you. >> hey, let me give you a good luck boo-yah to you. >> caller: thank you. >> no problem. >> caller: love your books, your show. don't even miss it when i'm on vacation. >> well, thank you. >> caller: thank you for all the confidence that you gave me and the confidence to hold on to my position, not to get shaken up. thank you, thank you. >> you're welcome. that's what i want. i want people to stay in the game. what is on your mind? >> caller: my question, ups, why hasn't upa appreciated like fedex or other companies? >> i'll be very honest. ups is a fabulous company. they're very non-promotional. they've been unwilling, unlike fedex, to declare a bottom. fedex declared a bottom. it's been up ever since. let me tell you, ups should not be penalized because they're conservative. i think it's a great company. it's got a 3.3% yield. i would buy the stock right here. it was up, by the way, on the dow today. that's a sign of strength. new york. >> caller: jim, what's going on? how are you doing? >> not bad. how about you? >> caller: sup

they brought chicago, illinois, the worst politics in the world into the white house.ost: thank you. let's get a response. guest: i may lose a bit of respect, but i will not come on this program and the disobliging under president no friend of america that wants your president to fail. i wonder president to succeed. wanting him to succeed hopes -- means hoping that he will learn from the mistakes, learn from the failure of our health care model, from the failure of the expansion of the state that has happened in europe, and i don't believe that he is a product of corruption. i think he's doing his best, according to his own lights, and we should always be prepared to acknowledge the people we disagree with our acting from sincere in paycheck motives even if we think they are wrong. i would appeal to supporters -- it's your and patriotic motives even if we think they are wrong but i would appeal to supporters of the health care just to ponder the way the state as an act so much of the economy -- has annexed so much of the economy. nobody had seen that the banking crisis

redeveloped urban neighborhood just a couple of miles from downtown chicago where there are a few hundred foreclosures and a suburb grand lake illinois around 50 miles from the center center home to over 500 foreclose shuz. >> this is so so far removed that this is basically an old country road that you have to get in and out of here. so these people are very isolated. there's a commuter train, but it's a good 20 minute drive from here. this is where it starts and this is where it might end. we have a lot of cheap land. this used to be a farm here. farmer sells the land to developers. the developers say, look, we can give you, you know, x amount of square footage for this price, and it's a great price relative to the inner suburbs or the rest of the city. so people flock out there. they're thinking, oh my god, this is my home. this is my starter home. this is where i'm going to live. unfortunately it's not really close to anything. you can spend hours on the road just getting in and out of here. people really crave land in this country. they love open space and there's nothing wrong with it. in fact, it's probably a great idea to pre

he lived in illinois and set many of his films in the chicago area. john hughes was 59 years old. >>> check in with "eyewitness news" at 6:00. denise? >> going green. the governor and his family leaving their mark on the state mansion. what's being installed? >>> troubled waters, boating-related deaths are up. >>> checking for the stories and all of the breaking news new at 6:00. now back to sally. >>> one woman gets quite the scare when history comes to life. take a look. >> i can't believe it's a real man. >> touch me. >> it's an exhibit in houston. the terra-cotta warrior. one is creating buzz when people realize he's a real person. it's one of the top must-see collections we're told. don't get too close. >>> eyewitness sports is next. >>> this is mark viviano at training camp in westminster. one week before the first preseason game. and the orioles with the tigers in detroit. afternoon highlights ahead when "eyewitness news" continues. >>> art, talking about the orioles today. >> summer travel's supposed to be pleasant, right? >> should be. >> not

chicago. he said he will not run for senator or governor in illinois, at least not yet. and there's bobby shriver, out of california. many say there's higher office awaiting him. on the second part of that question, charlie that's really where the sadness is here in hyannis port tonight. who will take over that role in the family, that bpatriarch? as you looked at the pictures today, as they prepared to get into the limousines, there was no clear picture of who will emerge to lead the family. as one woman here on the street walked up to us earlier today, she said to me, shaking her head this is such a sad day. it will really never be the same here. and she didn't even know the family. just had been part of the kennedy mystique here, charlie. >> all right, david muir in t, s to you. >>> can you find video and interactive pages by going to our special section at abcnews.com. >>> and still ahead on "world news," the victim of a high profile kidnapping has just surfaced, is years after she vanished. >>> concerns about the risk from medical tests. scans exposing millions of p

i called the guy in the firm he's in chicago, illinois, and said is that the best you can do?d he said, well, no. but you asked me if i could digitize the drainage permit, you didn't ask me how to fix the process. if you ask me how to permit process, class them all together. we had digitizing the onlike process that was antiquated. so that system is working. i think the exciting thing today is how we're going to capture tools and citizen engagement and coproducts, citizen engagement in -- we the 3-1-1. which is a sophisticated system. and it turns out as you can figure this out that 3-1-1 is a very sophisticated system. but all it is today is a citizen calling government to ask government to do a specific activity. like there is, you don't know that your neighbors has called or four of you could get together and do a park cleanup or there's common action. what we really need to do is find ways that these digital tools are not use unilateral one way. and even if -- i think we need to have a lot of changes. i did a lot of it. some of it worked, some of it didn't. i feel like the

. >> illinois: thousands of fans braving the rain for the start of chicago's lollapalooza music festivalnd temperatures expected to be in the 90s is here. organizers are telling folks to drink lots of water. >> colorado: no, this is not an amusement park, it's a convention of 30s, adults who dress up like animals in their free time. tonight we are happy at a fun-loving bunch of characters that they say their costumes or personas give the marc rich to be social. second son to be a cat to be completely honest. mine is a jaguar. >> betty fox watch across america. >> julie: its summer break at the really know what your kids are up to? find out why these teams are training set chilling out to the beach. >> there's nothing like a little lingerie, guys, to make a girl feel pretty and attractive. but when you wake up to find a strange guy in your room, naked, wearing your thong, that's just creepy. long gone wrong next. >> julie: some high school students learning the trade to someday take down drug smugglers and other criminals. they are called border patrol exports. teenagers training to becom

host: a couple photographs inside the book this was the former fwover of illinois and mayor of chicagond president obama. guest: yes. i think it was very important to set the stage for the atmosphere, the culture, the political machine that barak obama grew out of. and there is a section in the book specifically on the episode involving barak obama, valeri jarrett, his senior white house advisor and -- from chicago and the connections to the rod blagblag scandal. -- rod blagojevich scandal and i go into how the employees national union somehow roped into blagojevich's ploy to try to trade favors for that senate seat. host: you also write about michele obama. the cultured pearls and false eyelashes applied by herful-time make-up artist michele robinson obama is a hardba chicago politico and the first lady long ago was willing to 'em employ racism ackscations of racial o' presentation. >> guest: this seems to raise much amongst my critics. i'm very hard on her and i'm annoyed at the kit gloves she is being treated with and people are coward they don't want to look as racist or -- her fat

onshore technology group, a small business in chicago, is still waiting to be paid 30- thousand dollars for contract work done for the state of illinois. still to come trying to find the american dream. as home prices have collapsed and energy prices have soared, re-defining the american neighborhood. plus, america's stock watchdog could get more bite. we sit down with a top regulator and what the new rules may mean for investors. if the obama administration gets its way hundreds of thousands of money managers will have to sign up with uncle sam. the white house wants to greatly expand the net of the securities and exchange commission to include hedge funds and other private investment fund advisers. andrew donohue is with us now. he's the director of investment management at the securities and exchange commission. andrew nice to see you. welcome to the program. is the agency prepared for these perhaps thousands of new registrants? i think we're very capable of handling any mission were given. these advisers were and irs men would be 1000 or 2000 additional advisers for us to handle. we currently handled 11,000 plus investment adviser

chicago next. >> larry: jesse jackson jr., democrat of illinois, just wrapped up that meeting.his meeting expecting the best, prepared for the worst. what did you get? >> a civilized crowd as is the people of the second congressional district on the south side of chicago. the thoughtful conversation about health care for all americans, there was broad-based support for the president's plan, broad-based support for president barack obama's public option. and they want the president of the united states to remain firm on the question of the public option as the only method to take private insurers and bring down costs and help save the system and provide options for the american people. >> larry: congressman, if it didn't have that option, would you vote against it in the house? >> 160 members of congress have already signed a letter indicating without a strong public option from their perspective, including my signature, that this bill is a non-starter. the idea that 47 million americans have no form of health insurance whatsoever and the idea that we would create a public optio

. >> reporter: the director for the chicago coalition for the homeless says that as many as 7000 illinois families are secretly living in so-called no- tell, motels at some point or another during the last year. >> chiefly they have been sed because communities don't step up to the problem of homelessness. they haven't created a shelter. and many of them fight having the shelters in the community. and they don't create the adequate affordable housing or other types of housing or public housing. so there it is. you have got the hotel, motel. >> reporter: the dailies say they were consistently unable to get the type of help and funding assistance that homeless folks out on the street can get right away. >> some organizations consider you homeless and other ones don't. >> they have to demonstrate a period of instability and move to over and over again before they will really get help. >> reporter: if they had nowhere to go but a shelter they would be eligible for more government assistance. in fact that is what they have done several times in the last few months when they couldn't afford the

illinois? >> caller: hi, jim. boo-ya from the south loop of chicago. >> holy cow. a white sox boo-ya? they got a good pitcher there. >> caller: white sox. actually i spoke to you about a month ago on the lightning round of wwe, wrestling. i actually have stock in that and my question being that "monday night raw" is the longest, most watched show in cable tv history. >> absolutely. you're right. >> caller: and the recent battle for control over that program between wwe owner vince mcmahon and your friend donald trump with the abundance of media and merchandise marketing that wwe generates could this be an attempt to promote media expos? every company out there is doing anything possible to get the consumer's money. or does it show a total lack of direction? >> no, no. the problem isn't lack of direction. the mcmanns are very share holder friendly and do a good job. the problem is not enough growth. i need to see oxygenated growth to recommend that stock and they don't have it. it has a good yield. i can get that from owning dominion power. i need to see growth. they don't have it. cer