all the adults go. >> and what do you say to rahm emanuel. he says the test scores are better. >> okay, i'm going to tell you again. three months of growth at best. >> okay. >> so this is their talking point. it's a talking point. don't buy the hype. >> so rahm emanuel is lying is what he's doing. >> he's doing something. >> is he lying? is he telling the truth to the public when he stands in front of the microphone and says that scores are better and that this is the way to go and it's better for the system? >> it depends on the school, but i will tell you in many of the schools the scores are not better. >> okay. >> they are not better. >> karen lewis -- >> so you can spin it. >> well, i don't want to spin it. i want the truth and i think it is wrong we're picking and choosing. we're picking and choosing the poor versus the rich in this country and hiding behind saying public education doesn't make it. how many teachers are going to lose their jobs because of this? >> anywhere up to 800. >> okay. there just happens to be 800 lousy teachers

. >> there's segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. >> these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. >> really good sales pitch. let's turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union. this is about the kids in the classroom, poor neighborhoods in chicago that are being targtsed for closure because they haven't been given the resources to survive and to achieve in their test scores. what's really going on here, ms. lewis? >> well, what's really going on is a planned, very well-orchestrated attack on

it's a talking point. >> rahm emanuel is lying, what is he's doing?g the truth to the public when he stands in front of the microphone and says scores are better, and this is the way to go and better for the system? >> depends on the school. i will tell you in many of the schools the scores are not better. they are not better. >> karen lewis -- >> you can spin it. >> i want the truth and i think it's wrong that we are picking and choosing is what we're doing. we're picking and choosing the poor versus the rich in this country and hiding behind saying public education doesn't make it. how many teachers will loads their jobs because of this? >> anywhere up to 800. >> they are just happens to be 800 lousy teachers in chicago so get rid of them all. this is about the money and all about the wealthy and the charter schools, i'm not going to let this story go, i'm out of town. >> thank you. >> appreciate your time, please come back with us. karen lewis, thank you for joining us this evening. >>> no written speeches, the opportunity to see what's in here, wh

church today celebrating the return of their pastor, cory brooks with help from chicago mayor rahm emanuel. jubilee in this sanctuary at the church this morning. pastor corey brooks finally off the roof top back into the pulpit and being showered with praise. >> want to celebrate him for such an amazing display of sacrifice, godliness righteousness, humility. >> your pastor had a strength that moved us all. >> for more than three months brooks lived in a tent on the roof of a bacon motel across the street from his church he refused to come down until he raised $450,000 to buy the eyesore in demolish it and on friday he got his wish, a good deed from hollywood mogul tyler perry the 100,000 donation pushed brooks over his fund- raising goal for the first days of the project today he thinks those who offered support including mayor rahm emanuel. >> but the pastor did over the last month to raise our consciousness is to remind us that one individual voice one individual action can say an entire ripple effect throughout a community. >> and in a community that has been plagued by gun violence an

. >>> rahm emanuel is gutting public schools and giving taxpayer dollars to charter schools, you won'telieve how they are disciplining poor children. share thoughts on twitter using #edshow, we will be right back, stay with us. >>> kennedy for the first time articulated a vision saying no faith is not allowed in the public square i will keep it separate. go on and read the speech i will have nothing to do with faith i won't consult with people of faith. it was an absolutist doctrine that was foreign at the time of 1960. to say people of faith have no role in the public square? you bet that makes you throw up. >> rick santorum says john f. kennedy wants to make him throw up. here is what jfk actually said. >> i believe in an america that is officially neither catholic, protestant or jewish, where religious intolerance will all end. all men and all churches treated as equals. every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice. >> at no time did he say his faith is not allowed in the public square. he gave the speech for much the same reason barack obama had to

rahm emanuel is dismissing protest as noise. the reverend jesse jackson is here to respond. >>> thanks for watching. the attacks keep coming on president obama from the right wing culture warrors led by rick santorum. last week the former senator of pennsylvania accused the president of the united states of having a phony theology. last night, he took it to a new level in an interview with psycho talker glen beck. he combined attacks on public education with his attacks on the president's faith. he lumped them together in one big giant sound bite of crazy. >> 62% of the kids who go in college with the faith commitment leave without it. >> um-hmm. >> i understand why barack obama wants to send every kid to college. >> oh, yeah. >> they are indoctrination mills. absolutely. and i floated the idea and am trying to figure out how we can make it work of somehow or another requiring colleges and universities who receive public dollars to have intellectual diversity. the indoctrination at university level -- >> they are hiding behind t

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they have to commit to bipartisan ticket rahm emanuel has to choose a republican and he'd run against his old boss. that is not going to happen. steps have to happen before they get a candidate. >> greta: mitch daniels could get in that way or sarah palin could get in. >> but they are likely to go the republican party out. way to be republican party nominee. they don't want to play spoiler. that is one thing to stop prominent republicans from getting in. we don't know if it's a centrist or to the left or the right. >> this is extraordinary what could happen. >> you could have ralph nader type or feingold type. upset about a lot of the president policies. i think we are more likely to see the split and middle toward the right. that's where the action has been. this is one of the interesting things about this. they don't nowhere they align. >> greta: if they get to convention and no one has 1144 votes who is in charge? who is the leader? >> each state delegation ends up being influential. most state have governors to head it up. if you look for a state that voted for candidate, romney o

rahm emanuel the mayor is a big fan of charter schools, calling their results incredible.because they are charging parents fees for student misconduct. the fees are based on demerits in detention like chewing gum, not looking at the teacher when supposed to or not sitting up straight. i'd have had real problems if those were the rules. the nobel charter network has collected $386,745 in fees over the past few years. chicago try bun editorial describe it this way, many nobel student leaves the school before senior year. some forced to choose between bus fare and their education. by a discipline code, that fines them for bringing chips to school or chewing gum. believe it or not. i'm joined tonight by judith dianis, a generation civil rights organization focused on issues of democracy and race. and donna moore, whose son attends nobel charter school in chicago. what have you experienced and is it the right way to go? >> it is not the right way to go for many students what i've experienced is punishment, robbing not just my pocketbook for paying fines, for minor things such a

we are working with rahm emanuel. we are working with rockford mayor to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we are working with elected officials in the south suburbs and in will county to build a new airport. [ applause ] and we're building high speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [ applause ] all of these projects and many, many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to say thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [ applause ] the hard work of our men and women is why illinois is moving forward. and speaking of hard work, i would like to salute our secretary of state jesse white. for the first time in history, we kept fatalities on the illinois highways below 1,000 for three consecutive years. thank you, secretary white. [ applause ] there's a passage in scripture, if you save one life, you save the whole world

this is a huge achievement for the rookie mayor rahm emanuel who was barack obama's former chief of staffthe opposition of the unions, a very positive sign for school reform. >> terrific, jason, a hit to the supreme court, agreeing this week to hear a racial preference in the case of involving the university of texas. these policies all make a mockery of the confusion, equal protection clause and the 1964 civil rights act which bans discrimination and hope the justices put it end to it. >> paul: all right. james. >> this is a miss to john corzine, a former new jersey democratic governor and former ceo brokerage of mf global. here we are four months after the bankruptcy and customers have not told where their 1.6 billion dollars are and now, we hear that after mr. corzine testified in december that an employee told him, it was okay to send money to a london bank account, because it wasn't customer funds, that same employee apparently wouldn't assure other people of that fact. so, a the lot of questions still remaining. mr. corzine should answer. >> paul: jason, what's your betting on the s

there are some managerial problems that rahm emanuel has.he can be quite abusive and that has a real affect on the white house. a lot of white house aides told me there were things that just did not come to him on because they were worried he would low up at them so it had an inhibiting fat on him as a manager. also in fairness there was not a clear management structure where everybody reported exactly to him, but the real stress comes around the time that scott brown wins that seat betsy because even though they squeak health care through the obama presidency becomes less of like this forward legislative drive and it becomes something else and at the same time the midterm elections are coming up. that puts tremendous stress on the relationship because emanuel had been the chair of the dccc and his life's mission before becoming chief of staff was getting democrats in congress, especially in these kind of competitive districts, and keeping these people in congress and yet you know in the presidency kind of have a different agenda. you have g

and she also protested portrayals of her fighting directly with rahm emanuel. so that was kind of fascinating to me, because the book definitely does not portray her in any stereotypical way. also i am very clear to mention that the clashes between her and emanuel were really philosophical in nature. maybe i shouldn't undercut my own reporting and talk about their differences in approach to political life but that is really what they were. she did acknowledge that she didn't read the book so i have to imagine that she is responding may be that the coverage of the book instead of the book itself, but part of the reason i'm really excited to be here tonight is talk about the actual thing with you. >> let's go to that political thing because that is one of the themes running through the book. it reminded me when theodore roosevelt ran, everyone around him said you don't want to do politics. that that is the need people like us. is they have that attitude? what are the qualms about politics at the aba must have? >> part of the reason i think they're qualms are impo

us that the government here is not prepared >>he said only after they sounded the alarm to the rahm emanuel administration take action ordering the plexiglass shields at a cost of under $200,000 apiece those shields will protect the officers from anything thrown in their faces by protesters ... we looked at the old helmut seeing that it was inadequate in the face of massive protests that have been taking place in other cities around the world during the time of these nato and g-8 summits protesters are infamously known for throwing revilevile stuff and dangerous toxic thing is at police these shields are wearable over gas masks ... and then there's the issue of training the head of the union says that he believes the police have not been adequately trained for this event >>we can't rush and hire 500,000 this second ... the lack of planning is alarmingly poor ... >>the fraternal order of police says of the severe manpower problems have prevented officers from getting more than a single day of training while other cities that have hosted the summits had at least three days of training ... the

and mayor rahm emanuel announced a $68 billion german companies would bring its north american headquarters to chicago. they say the region's manufacturing and industrial capabilities are what drew them to chicago ... but there is a report based on government statistics that say there is a shortage of skilled manufacturing human capital ... there may be 600,000 openings for skilled workers in manufacturing that require specialized training ... chicago jobs for justice says that the government has to take a more active role in retraining for jobs programs said that unemployed may find work >>it will continue to hurt our economy if there is no training for these open positions in the future >>we're at the thompson center the corner of randolph and car clark ... many of the protesters you see here are unemployed teachers ... they say in spite of the promising numbers from the department of labor there are many people in chicago that are still hurting without work ... >>he is accused of tryingdriving the wrong way on the stevenson expressway before getting on to the on ramp of lake shore drive

weird by his tunes but obama's hometown where one year ago today former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel was elected mayor of chicago is the . city a study university of illinois says it cost five hundred million dollars to the city corruption essentially a corruption tax on citizens who first said that greece is not analogous to the u.s. just look at chicago. just as. you come from an area close there what do you think or what your opinion of chicago all of course this isn't chicago specific but if you look at how many governors the state of illinois has in jail which most of them came from the chicago regime the regime of the congo regime i think it pretty much i mean i think it can compare to greece maybe in the future when i want. to talk through the lens. there you have it not anything and i know word only of the final words that she's doing which the crowd was. prepared for a. car we have a global having a chicago out on a merc well i'll tell you the city cannot afford a corruption tax and knows that he can't anymore now that they have or could or should but a levy on that now beca

headquarters this morning hoping to pressure the school board to reject aeriform proposed by mayor rahm emanuel that afternoon i am steve sanders ... >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching the surrounding country on wgn america and on the internet ... tonya francisco is live downtown at school board headquarters with more on this story. >>more than 80 speakers have signed up but before they were able to get to the microphone the school board supervisor explained it that the board has spent the last few months gathering information in order to make well-informed decisions, i wanted another we recognize that these decisions are important and critical the affect communities and neighborhoods we do understand that but ultimately we need to make our decision based on what we believe fix is in the best interest of the children in these schools and those who will be attending in the future >>dozens of protesters were out in front of the chicago board of education earlier today protesting one of the biggest decisions that will be made later today and that is to callclose to school

she also protested portrayals of her fighting director with rahm emanuel. that was fascinating to me because the book definitely does not portray her in any stereotypical way and i'm very clear about the clashes between her and rahm emanuel were philosophical in nature and may be a shouldn't undercuts my own reporting and talk about the differences in approach to political life but that is what they were. he did acknowledge she didn't read the book so i have to imagine she is responding maybe to the coverage of the book instead of the book itself. part of the reason i'm excited to be here tonight is to talk about the actual thing with you and with all of you. >> let's go to the political thing because that is one of the themes running through the book. windier roosevelt went into politics everyone around him said you don't want to do politics. that is beneath people like us. wear the calls about politics the obamas have? >> part of the reason their qualms are important and not to be dismissed is there similar to the calm lot of us have about politics. we al

mayor rahm emanuel is continuing to release information about where the city's money is going and toome the city is now posting all employee reimbursements on line within 3000 reimbursements made to employees last 13 months and have found that data-dot city of chicago .org the reimbursements include personal expenses on credit cards and travel costs at first the city wanted all departments to handle them the same way since taking office mayor emanuel has released more than 300 datasets including salary information crime data lobbyist disclosures debarred vendors and information on amended buildings >>in the medical watch cancer drug shortage could put many children at risk ... the drug methotrexate is used to treat a form of leukemia that most often strikes children between the age of two and five years old oncologist can prevent cancer from spreading to other parts of the body by injecting large quantities reserve it free methotrexate directly into spinal fluid but one of the largest suppliers of that drug voluntarily suspended operations at its ohio plant in november because of sig

for mayor rahm emanuel announced this morning that thyssen krupp will open its regional headquarters for north america in the downtown area. the office will open this summer and will create 100 jobs. the company offers everything from car parts to elevators and escalators. for it had sales of nearly $70 billion in the 2010- 2011 fiscal year ... >>the illinois supreme court reaffirmed today that confessions obtained by police torture must always be thrown out. the decision came in the case of stanley wrice who alleged officers under the command of former chicago police lt. jon burge tortured him until he confessed to a rape charge stanley wrice was convicted in 1983 and sentenced to monitor years in prison. after special prosecutor's report in 2006 largely substantiated widespread claims of abuse under lieutenant burch stanley wrice filed a new appeal and the appellate court ruled in his favor. >>the calumet city police department is defending itself against accused of excessive force ... it is being criticized for shooting to death an autistic boy tonya francisco is live in calumet c

that this office reflects the diversity of ideas and backgrounds of this great city of chicago >>rahm emanuel said that he settled on one santiago ... he is also the former head of emergency services for chicago ... he came mother recommendedhighly recommended it is fitting that the announcements were made at the very fire station where the two served most of their careers coming up next new information that the days leading up to the deaths of whitney houston and the flap over the flags being lowered at half staff in new jersey find out why crime stoppers is purchasing cemetery plots next to where the washington father accused of murdering his two sons is to be buried >>and six years after the levees broke the last christmas day 2009 will be sentenced today. umar farouk abdulmutallab attempted to carry out terror attack on a delta airlines flight back in 2009. he tried to detonate a bomb that he hid in his underwear but the device did not go off as planned. he will be allowed to speak at the sentencing hearing. he is expected to get life in prison. he is also expected to be sent to prison in

according to reports in the chicago sun- times mayor rahm emanuel put pressure on the company and reached agreement activists had been working on this for years >>we held our elected officials accountable and this will change things for the better >>news of this agreement the gets sooner than anyone expected we received a statement from midwest generation saying that no announcement has yet been made officially ... the tribune and the sun-times both reports that they had seen the agreement ... the activists are planning a celebration and press conference tomorrow there will celebrate on behalf of the community >>mitt romney has reason to celebrate today he claimed a double victory in yesterday's primaries in spite of a strong challenge from rick santorum greg black takes look at what this means for the republican race going forward >>mitt romney pulled off a one- two punch in the republican race for president claiming victory last night thank-you arizona a great victory tonight ... and thank-you mission again what a victory ... >>and loss for romney in michigan would of been an embarrassm

suddenly being confronted with a major unexpected expense and that is installing water meters mayor rahm emanuel water for churches and nonprofit groups while the water perk will be phased out over the next three years 400 churches and thousands of nonprofit organizations are having to purchase water meters churches that ignore the city's order to get meters may lose their status as charitable organizations chicago is naming a street in honor of comedian bernie mac it's in the englewood.neighborhood ... where he grew up that is where we find robert jordan who joins us live >>it's bernie mac street! >>no longer 69th and sangamon it's bernie mac st. local clergy dignitaries and family members turned out to see what was named after someone who grew up bernard mccullough ... his popularity was huge but he never forgot his roots ... he always referred to chicago as his home ... >>hull bittersweet this is bike to able to be stand in here right now and be able to show my daughter his granddaughter something that honors him warms my heart >>bernie mac found a foundation that worked to find a cure for th

chief congressional correspondent rahm emanuel has details. >> a new report estimates 27% of the 600guantanamo detainees were confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities. >> the study blames the bush and obama managers seeking to release or transfer detainees in reaction to pressure. desire to earn good will abroad. republican congressman whitman led the study. >> reengagement is the most concerning to us. the policies don't seem to be refined to ensure we're not having detainees return to the battlefield. >> today, speaker boehner expressed his own concerns. >> the clear evidence on the battlefield. >> the top democrat disagreed with the report believing that detainee policy improved and favors closing gitmo and says, "i continue to believe the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, is a black eye for the nation abroad serving as a powerful recruiting tool for terrorists. we have the ability to close the facility and we should be working toward that end." with the u.s. officials considering releasing afghan detainees as an incentive to bring taliban to peace tal

rahm emanuel said you can't argue with success.eople think it's wrong. >> first of all, i wonder what they would charge you for booze in the 7th grade. >> that's your whole allowance. >> 9, 10th grade. >> i think there's something too this. emmanuel said look at the facts. 90% of these kids graduate from school and 100 percent go to college. compared to 54% of the average college school. if that's what it takes to not have -- not really uniforms but in high school today, the guys look like drug dealers and girls look like hookers. in that kind of environment, people don't learn. i just think it's a good idea. >> bob, dress code police. your many titles. >> it's not that much money. four demerits in two weeks gets detention and $5 fine. >> i think it's good. i like it. >> what about -- excuse me, let's weigh in. >> i like it because i think it encourages individual responsibility, personal responsibility, that children are held accountable and should invest in their education, be there to learn. >> did you chew gum in school? >> no,

it has been widely boarded the outgoing superintendent did not see eye to eye with mayor rahm emanuel particularly when it came to the idea firehouses and reducing staff levels of fire equipment no mention of that today the focus on robert hoff 0 enough 5 chicago fire department 0 saying goodbye to him and hello to jose santiago. >> follow up to investigation notorious serial john wayne gacy tonight learning more about a man many believe was part of the inner circle. an alarming report levels of arsenic found in foods including cereal bars and baby formula. and a very mild day again in chicago tom skilling says it might have a repeat tomorrow. forecast coming up next. [ engine revs ] what makes us number one in motorcycle insurance? we love bikes. we love riders. and most of all, we love to ride. perfect hair every time. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with m

we're working with chicago mayor rahm emanuel to rebuild the cta's red line. we're working with rockford mayor larry morrissey to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we're working with elected officials in the south suburbs and will county to build a new airport. [applause] and we're building high-speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [applause] all these projects and many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to stay thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [applause] your hard work is why illinois is moving forward. speaking of hard work, i would like to salute secretary of state jesse white. for the first time in history, we kept fatalities on illinois highways below 1,000 for three consecutive years. [applause] thank you, secretary white. [applause] there's a passage in scripture. i want to thank secretary white for his commitment to highway safety and

somebody tell rahm emanuel. i'm sure he is going to want to be there. durham north carolina on friday in tampa, florida, march 11th. ticket info on bill o'reilly.com. sarah palin is up next. is all the negative campaigning helping barack obama? the governor will deal with that in just a few moments. for . no one provides more comprehensive identity theft protection than lifelock. if you're not convinced within 60 days, simply notify lifelock and you won't pay. and to keep your documents out of the wrong hands, we'll even add this personal shredder-- a $29 value-- absolutely free with your enrollment. don't wait another minute. call the number on your screen now, promo code: alerts. lifelock service guarantee cannot be offered to residents of new york. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. no doubt the republic competition has been brutal in a negative way. the question will that help barack obama in the presidential election? governor sarah palin joins us. you have got to assume democrats and the obama campaign and the pacs that are going to help h

somebody tell rahm emanuel. i'm sure he is going to want to be there. durham north carolina on friday in tampa, florida, march 11th. ticket info on bill o'reilly.com. sarah palin is up next. is all the negative campaigning helping barack obama? the governor will deal with that in just a few moments. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. no doubt the republic competition has been brutal in a negative way. the question will that help barack obama in the presidential election? governor sarah palin joins us. you have got to assume democrats and the obama campaign and the pacs that are going to help him have cherry picked stuff against mitt romney said by republics if, indeed, the governor is the nominee and use it in the general election. how bad do you think that's going to hurt romney and help president obama? >> >> you know that brutality, say, for instance, what we just witnessed in florida that brutality via $17 million in negative ads in a 65 to 1 negative ad ratio that was mounted against newt gingrich, which i think did result in him falling th

rahm emanuel is behind this school board plan. mayor of chicago has also secured the nato and g-8 summits for chicago in may. the estimates of the cost of that is $40 million to $65 million. revenues are generated from the economic impact but it's hard to say if it comes away close to covering the cost. this is, my friends, really happening all over the country and it's all about priorities. screwed up priorities. closing schools in poor neighborhoods. this isn't about an educational result or to get a better result. it's about the money. you know what teachers are? they are just the casualty in all of this. if we're willing to give up on kids and entire neighborhoods what is the point of a government that is supposed to serve the public? let's turn to the community organizer with the kenwood oakland community organization and school board member of one of the schools scheduled to be phased out. and karen lewis is back with us again tonight. great to have you both of you with us. mr. brown, can you please tell us tonight what is g