mikva, jewish, paul catholic. they called their gang the kosher nostra and they set out to try to change the government of illinois and in many ways they did. but even more than their contributions legislatively, politically they created a force in illinois both down state and in chicago which made a big difference in the history of our state. admiral mikva went on to be elected in the u.s. house of representatives where he was wasuntil he was appointed to the district court of the district of columbia. he started off on the south side of chicago around hyde park and when he saw the demographics changing, picked up and moved literally north to the evanston area, which was the base for his political operations in the new congressional district. he moved his entire operation up north and inspired the kind of followership and devotion which politicians dream of. if you were part of the mikva organization in his district, you took it personally. i can recall people saying with a straight face that they were part of th

abner mikva was 90 years old. still to come on the newshour: how the f.b.i.'s recommendation of no criminal charges against hillary clinton could influence the election, inside the simmering conflict in ukraine's separatist regions, questions of justice denied in the freddie gray trial, and much more. >> woodruff: now, back to today's announcement from the f.b.i, and the bureau's year- long probe into hillary clinton's email practices as secretary of state. first, we'll delve into the f.b.i's findings, with carrie johnson, justice correspondent for npr. carrie johnson, welcome back to the "newshour". first of all, you told us today that what the f.b.i. director did, how he said this today was unusual. what did you mean by that? >> judy, maybe even unprecedented. nobody i've talked with who's worked with the justice department or the f.b.i. over the last 25 years can remember an incident in which an f.b.i. director held a news conference to announce his recommendation about an ongoing criminal matter. that is what happened today. moreover, f.b.i. director jim c