this is near the east side of town in rockford.hey were looking for a spot that had alleys that was hidden from the general traffic but could be accessible to somebody that would want to get in and get out. >> it was boarded up. every window, every door was boarded up. inside the carpet was rotten. the flooring was a mess. all the utilities were not functioning. we would come over in our undercover vehicles. we would paint, do electrical work, plumbing, totally redo the house but we added things to it. video and audio. >> talking to the technical people, we determined in order to do what we wanted to do we would have to hard wire the house to a listening post. by hard wire we needed a cable run directly from that house to wherever we set up a command post/listening post. fortunately, one day we were in the room talking and a sergeant was in there and heard the problem and said, i got just the spot for you. went out and looked at it. it was perfect. >> the factory or command center that we used was an old model paint factory. from t

but the phone was found in rockford. might not have known that the cell phone was on until he dumped her off. and where he shut it off there. and he drove back to rockford and got rid of the cell with her clothes. and left amanda behind? in shea stadium? uh, behind the stadium. willets point. the iron triangle. there's nothing there but auto junkyards. (goren) yeah. we're at willets point, about a hundred yards away from the antenna there. [light tapping sound] [deeper tapping sound] [bangs drum] eames. [lid clangs on the ground] [grunts disgustedly]

. >>> in northern illinois there's a lovely medium sized city called rockford.st in illinois outside chicagoland and even with that distinction, it's not that big, but it is home to something called the world congress. the world congress of families. if you are unfamiliar with it, the world congress of families calls it an international network of profamily organizations that seek to restore the natural family as the social unit in the seed bed of civil society and when they say natural, what they mean is no homo. now, because they fancy themselves a world congress, this group in rockford, illinois, hosts international meetings every few years to do what they do. to promote natural families that definitely are not gay. they met in 1999 in geneva. in 2004 in mexico city. 2009, it was amsterdam, that must have been hilarious. last year, it was madrid. but next year for the big world congress of families 2014, they have gone out of their way to schedule their next world congress of natural families in russia. and not just in russia, but specifically at the kremlin

>>> in northern illinois there's a lovely medium sized city called rockford.utside chicagoland and even with that distinction, it's not that big, but it is home to something called the world congress. the world congress of families. if you are unfamiliar with it, the world congress of families calls it an international network of profamily organizations that seek to restore the natural family as the social unit in the seed bed of civil society and when they say natural, what they mean is no homo. as far as they're concerned, natural families do not involve gay people. now, because they fancy themselves a world congress, this group in rockford, illinois, hosts international meetings every few years to do what they do. to promote natural families that definitely are not gay. they met in 1999 in geneva. in 2004 in mexico city. 2009, it was amsterdam, that must have been hilarious. last year, it was madrid. but next year for the big world congress of families 2014, they have gone out of their way to schedule their next world congress of natural families in russia.

dennis: jeff flock is in rockford, ill..ng about a place of our highest percentage of underwater homes in the nation, look at metro areas. jeff: i just talked to the mayor, if the fed was here, if it was the rockford said no one would be thinking about coming off of the stimulus. the mayor, a beautiful street here, this is what they call harlem boulevard, one of the classic st and beautiful homes, you are under water too. >> i had property under water, refinanced through the heart program. i am man accidental landlord. don't want to be but it took a long time to work through. it is a good tool for the right cases. it doesn't deal with the broad depth of the problem we have. jeff: look at the lagging markets. in terms of larger metros if we look at it you are in a market that is probably worse than anybody in terms of unemployment, high unemployment and high under water. what do you need from washington? >> it would be helpful that if we had a market place that could just based on the idiosyncrasies of communities like ours w

a man in rockford, illinois, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after plotting to set off grenades at mall. >> soft targets are attractive to terrorists because they're not fooe defended. >> mall representatives stress that security is front and center. the mall of america, one of the largest shopping centers in the country holds lockdown drills twice a month. tenants and customers practice sheltering in back rooms of stores aiming to prevent casualties in an attack. >> if something bad should happen here, we don't want our response to start with, and law enforcement will be here and they'll protect you. we want to know what can be done until law enforcement gets here. >> even with heightened security, experts say your best defense is simply to be aware of your surroundings. >> you go to the shopping mall, you go to a movie theater, any one of those situations could make you vulnerable if other people or another person is out there determined to conduct an attack. >> john berman, cnn, new york. >>> far from the only violence this weekend, the pope condemning the bombing of a christian

in prison in 2007 after admitting he sought training to carry out attacks on a mall and a man in rockfordinois, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after admitting to setting off grenades at a mall. >> they are usually not defended. >> reporter: mall representatives in the u.s. state that security is front and center. mall of america, one of the largest shopping centers in the court, holds lockdown drills twice a month. tenants and customers practice sheltering in back rooms and doors. >> if something bad should happen here, we don't want our response to start with, law enforcement will be here and they will protect you. we want to know what will be done until law enforcement gets here. >> reporter: experts say your best defense would be to be aware of your surroundings. >> you go to the shopping mall, a movie theater, any one of those situations could make you vulnerable if other people or another person is out there determined to conduct an attack. >> reporter: john berman, cnn, new york. >> i want to bring in lieutenant colonel, he just saw in a report of john berman, colonel, here's t

some areas near rockford indicate 1 in.ow and that is the first set of weekend 80s in three weeks. there are the highest moral and you see the cooling expected sunday. we are in the s well into the '70s monday when there are 80 southwest. the bare you see the warmer air at that will come back into the area of next week 84 tomorrow at 74 sunday at 78 monday. in the '80s tuesday and wednesday. tuesday is the beginning of october 2013. a better chance of rain later in the week and it looks like a cool. is setting up beyond that seven day forecast. but we will enjoy the warm start to october. a great weekend. could these be the final days for white sox captain paul konerko? what he intends to do after the season ends on sunday. and it's next man up for the bears as they head to detroit on sunday. rich king is next with sports. big friday coming up pyrrhic music superstar gloria estefan music[ male announcer ]estefan they say it was during an arm wrestling match that mr. clean realized the way to handle bigger, tougher messes wa

. >> david hail in rockford, illinois. >> what does he want?ou because of your position here. a lot of members say how can i vote against my district? my district is 90-10 at least against the regimen. your district is the same way. what do you say to members? >>. >> the people riding the district are opposed to it. 30 to 40% of the american people say okay. you used chemical weapons and it goes up to 50%. the people in the district office of more positionate about it, but as a member of congress, i was elected to lead and do whey think is the right thing. this is to be virtual congress men. the right thing to do in a republic is to say people hire me and elected me to do what i think is right for the future of my country. >> there is a lot of criticism for the president and i argued from about -- it's not like the members of congress have been doing everything. have they not in terms of being able to make a fair decision on this in terms of republicans? >> i have been hearing that what they have heard in the media makes them less convinced. th

host: mike is up next from rockford, illinois. mike morning. you're on with scott jaschik.c-span. i have two kids that are in community college now and one a senior in high school. they should come up with a 3.5 grade point average to go to community college for free. if you come out of a community college with a 3.5 you go to state college for free. i think those combinations will get kids -- guest: it's certainly true those kinds of programs would be an incentive. at the same time, from the perspective of a state or community, they want to reach the students who didn't get a 3.5. they want those students to get a good case oh -- education and do get a job. it's tricky for community colleges which are focused on access and serving a broad community to just focus on the best students. host: let's go to benny now from stockton, california. you're on with scott jaschik. caller: good morning. i was calling to agree with jose. there are a great need for training programs just away from the college. we need those programs. everybody is not going to enroll in a community college

. >> rockford, illinois, is rockin' "30 rock." >> and good morning.y pretty morning here in rockefeller plaza. we say hello the our crowd outside. alongside matt lauer, al roker and carson daly. we're listening to justin timberlake. rockin' out here. >> i have nothing else to say about that. he's a cool guy. >> i've known him forever. >> he's a young man now. 32 years old. >> he's been acting, working on his acting. >> now for he girlfriend cher. she'll be here monday. live performance on the plaza. >> wow. >> it is going to be amazing. get here early and often because we'll have a huge crowd. >> look forward to that on monday. but first, news, we have more on ann's exclusive interview with the iranian president. >> good morning, everyone. in an exclusive interview that aired earlier on "today," the new president of iran told ann curry his country is not pursuing chemical weapons, even though the u.s. suspects he is making the bomb-making? walls. here's more of what he had to say. >> we do not seek war with any country. we seek peace and friendship am