. >> former illinois governor rob blagojevich could soon weather the supreme court will hear an appealon of corruption charges. he's currently serving a 14-year sentence. >> a beauty queen from rhode island has been stripped of her most recent

the crowds trump is not a true conservative he claims to be once donated to the great governor rob blagojevich and democrat can mayor of chicago rahm emanuel and always speaking to his message he is the only candidate that can beat donald trump. >> the energetic amazing feel what a contrast with the democrats. ore the course of a year the field has narrowed. as we stand here today, there is one campaign. only one campaign that is in a position to beat donald trump and win the republican nomination. >>> there are 69 republican delegates up for grabs here and 156 democratic delegates. at one point hillary clinton had a clear lead in illinois. bernie sanders campaign has been itching closer and closer. now indicating bernie sanders in the lead in illinois. >> the congressman will be on later in the show. >>> no charges against donald trump after one of the supporters sucker punched a protester. that decision coming after the leads in the polls here. >> he was under investigation for possibly inciting a riot in the state. one week ago a protester was sucker punched in the face. that man was arrest

. >> the supreme court has refused to hear an appeal from form err illinois governor rob blagojevich.e is being a 14-year term at federal prison in colorado. hills wife says the family is disappointedn refusal. analysts say the request for the supreme court to consider an appeal was considered a long shot. >>> let's move onto the race for the white house. it is getting nastier as if that's a surprise 0 even say by the day. the gop candidates are set to appear separately tonight in a cnn town hall. >> but ted cruz is challenging donald trump to a one-on-one debate instead as the feud escalates before the wisconsin primarily. hillary clinton sounding the alarm on trump. here's more from abc's jon karl. >> ted cruz in wisconsin, thank you both for your support. >> reporter: -- says this is the state where he will stop donald trump. >> it is neck and neck and together, we're going to win. >> reporter: after dropping in on the lunch crowd at the altoona family restaurant, cruz unloaded on trump. >> he yells and screams and curses and attacks people and threatens lawsuits and attacks their

. >> rob blagojevich wants the high court to throw out the rest of his convictions. attempted to sell barack obama's vacant senate seat is currently serving a 14 year prison sentence. >> it's been a month long search for chicago's next police chief, and just who the top cop will be is a lot of speculation. hermela ague ars aragawi has mo. >> fired by emanuel amid controversial how the city hoonld series ohandsahenlda sei. >>> form he spokane, washington police chief, cedric alexander, a public safety director in suburban atlanta and bureau of support services. pressures to have be the hiring within the department, and eugene williams is the only that fit that criteria. but mayor emanuel had someone else in mind, eddie johnson. a spokesman for mayor confirmed those saying: it's unclear whether the mayor is looking to ultimately give the job to johnson or if the move was to force the police to come up with a second round of candidates. under the city code, the mayor is, resets that process. if the mayor's pick gets the job it would be the first time in more than a deca

supreme court has rejected former illinois governor rob blagojevich's appeal. he is serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. he was convicted of among other things trying to sell president obama's vacated senate seat. and the federal appeals court threw out five of 18 other blagojevich's lawyers argue that he was offering legal political favors. >>> later tonight, workers and political advocates will rally at the new york state capital to raise the minimum wage. the group holding a 24-hour vigil in support of governor cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15. the governor wants the proposal included in the state budget. which lawmakers hope to finish negotiations on this week. the proposal would gradually raise the minimum wage in new york city by 2018 and everywhere else in the state by 2021. >>> meanwhile, california is making a similar move. legislation there could raise the minimum wage to $15 over a six-year period. small businesses would have an extra year to prepare. >>> supreme court nominee merrick garland will have his first courtesy meetin

. >> former illinois governor rob blagojevich could soon weather the supreme court will hear an appeal on his conviction of corruption charges. he's currently serving a 14-year sentence. >> a beauty queen from rhode island has been stripped of her most recent the reasons? pageant officials say her college work is getting in the way of her performing her duties. those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everyone. we're going to start this half hour with some ugly scenes that played out over the weekend in the aftermath of the terror attacks in brussels. the peaceful square where last week's victims were being honored, the scene of a loud demonstration by far right extremists. >> they blame muslims for the attack. abc's aaron katersky has the latest. >> the chaos broke out early in brussels when nationalist protests descended on the square where belgians have been pledging solidarity and mourning victims of the attacks. demonstrators tried to change the tone chanting against immigrants and

. >>> the politician rob bla blagojevich is serving 14 year sentence, blagojevich was convictof attempting to sell president barack obama's vacant senate seat. >>> next police superintendent of chicago is expected to be flounced this afternoon. but hermela aregawi reports not everyone is on the post with his choice. >>> last summer the chicago police board was tasked with finding a replacement for gary mccarthy. >> please vote by raising your hands. >> reporter: about two weeks ago the board announced it had selected three candidates from 39 applicants. >> the applicants came from in and outside the city of chicago and were be diverse in ethnic background. >> ann alex, cedric, and yo euge williams. black and latinoa alderman had hopes of make the announcement from within the department. a spokesma spokesman confirmed it's unclear whether the mayor's looking to ultimately give the job to johnson or if the move was to force the police board to come one a second round of candidates. under city code the mayor's required to select the candidate selected by the board but rejecting the three cand

supreme court rejected an appeal from illinois' former governor rob blagojevich. he wanted the u.s.hear his corruption case. an appeals court ruled he was guilty of 13 counts, including trying to sell the seat once held by president obama. they say he crossed the line when he asked for money in exchange for naming someone to fill the senate seat. the supreme court let that ruling stand. blagojevich is serving a 14- year sentence at a federal prison in colorado. >>> the presidential candidates are focusing on the key state of wisconsin where voters go to the polls a week from tomorrow. >> you know, donald trump is terrified to engage in a debate. he is right now hiding in trump tower doing no politically vents. he is not here in wisconsin campaigning because when you campaign people ask you questions. when you are asked questions, when you don't know anything about the issues, as donald trump does not, it becomes evident. >> cruz and trump are neck and neck in wisconsin where a cruz victory would deprive trump of the delegates he needs to win the nomination outright. on the detective

illinois that he started yesterday was attacking trump for his ties to illinois politicians, rob emanuel, rod blagojevichoint for cruz as he was hitting these local media markets. you heard them repeat them over and over again, but one of the questions we also asked him was his continued support of donald trump as the gop nominee, even if that were to happen. here's cruz's response. >> well, i can give you one example where i would no longer support donald trump. if, for example, he were to go out on fifth avenue and shoot somebody, i would not be willing to support donald trump. >> the answer is not to cry in your beer about the support donald has received. and the answer is not to deal what the washington establishment hopes to do in their fevered dreams, which is, they envision a brokered convention. that is not going to happen, and it would spark an absolute revolt, quite rightly, from the voters. the way to beat donald trump is beat him at the ballot box. >> reporter: cruz thinks it's mathematically impossible for rubio, for kasich to end up winning delegates moving forward without a contested conve