we kick the tires of the new vw beetle with volkswagen's top guy in america, jonathan browning. >> susie: one of the world's biggest construction companies is seeing a pick-up in infrastructure projects in the u.s. skanska, the giant swedish company, has been winning more projects in the u.s. over the past six months. it's a major contractor rebuilding the world trade center, the brooklyn bridge, and the new york subway system. i met with the president of skanska's u.s. operations in the new subway tunnel the company is building 100 feet below new york's second avenue. as we continue our series, "how to fix the economy," mike mcnally told me that if president obama's jobs bill goes through, it could create more construction projects like this one. >> if $140 billion is a lot of money. but you got to understand we need significant investments in our infrastructure to keep us competitive in the world. right now we spend 2% of our gdp in the u.s. on infrastructure costs. china spends 9, europe spends 5. so it helps. but it's not a big help to be honest to you. it's just not a lot in such a

the top 20 in the wheat football poll this week a man short and indiana this week linebacker jonathan brownooking to see it watching planted in the knee and his bat area big hit on you to but not with ron zook suspended jonathan brown for a gain big 10 publicly reprimanded him. eleroy cape northwestern big comeback victory might not have happened if dan persa able to stay in the game will be ready for michigan this week but mike trumby is out for the gear with a damaged knee, came back twice on the wildcats'. coach pat fitzgerald tinley not given up on the defense >> so far right now as defense 1-3 in closing a game, it one time we close it we were victorious the other times and not a lot to learn from seven first-time starters on that side those guys did not get better people keep right negative things to a great job motivating that >> blackhawks getting roster together ahead of friday night's opener in dallas five players sent to rockford including brandon pirri who played so well in the preseason for now 18 year-old brandon saad has made the team at backup goaltender ray emery probably g

jonathan brown, looks to his right, to his left, then drops the knee. totally not cool.e thought the officials weren't looking but they did see him. they penalized him. he actually had two personal fouls. illinois did win this game. illinois off to a 5-0 start. people surprised by that outside of the big ten. >> he just got a regular 15-yard penalty for that? that was just 15 yards? >> i'd like to see what the coach is going to do to him this week in practice though. >> that's a 100-yard and two touchdown penalty right there. >>> another football story. consider this a comeback that maybe some people could cheer for this young man. do we want him back? >> lso got their star quarterback back, jordan jefferson. not all the fans at lsu happy about his return though because he was involved in a bar brawl around campus. he was suspended first four games of the season, charged with a felony but a grand jury dropped it to a misdemeanor account. eyewitnesses said that he kicked a marine in the face but the grand jury determined it was not enough evidence to hold up the felony ch

jonathan reports. >> reporter: a dream came true, governor brown signed 131 on october 8th which completes the california dream act which allows undocumented students to be eligible for financial aid. student advocates for higher education. >> we are involved with several causes but mainly those in regards to immigration. we do several events which is 85/40 weeing which will come up to inform undocumented students how they can attend college: up up to 325 student also web fit from this wish -- benefit from this law. >> he say this is a win in the battle for undocumented students but not the end of the war. >> hopefully those student also be able to continue the debate and hoping up new -- opening up new doors for students to have a top choice. >>> av 131 will take effect january. >>> the technology centers just got updated, it provides acceptable materials for students with disabilities. they received a donation from private donor this summer x. in addition to materials, the center sprieds training for -- provides training for students and disabilities. >> reporter: many students agree college can be ver

jonathan burt also with the tribune. josh, out of the hundreds of bills on governor brown's desk for the signature, what were the most significant ones? >> well, belva, significance lies a little bit in the eye of the beholder, and jerry brown managed to confound a lot of people by sort of pleasing and displeasing people on both sides of the aisle and on both sides of a lot of issues on equal measure and a very jerry brown kind of performance. the rhetoric this week was govern from the middle and defy the description and split the baby and he called it the canoe theory to paddle on the right and the left to have a straight course and for instance some of the more significant bills to make the democrats happy, he signed a bill that makes all ballot measures to be moved to november elections which is significant because of better turnout which favors democrats in the state. he signed the california dream act to allow undocumented college students to apply for public financial aid. he signed another bill that increases protection of farm workers' rights to organize when an employer acts in bad faith. those were important democratic