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they will visit the mayor's office cpsc and c t u headquarters where cta delegates will vote and a sepias high school is looking for something to do during the strike all seven campuses will be open for visits between 10 and the morning and one in the afternoon. students can get a campus tore and information on dual enrollment programs. even more educators considering a strike. union reps say contracts have reached an impasse including issues like freezing teacher pay for two years free retirement pay incentives teachers say they already agreed to pay higher health premiums and copays. the school board is staffing the schools with administrators and substitutes the teachers went on strike last wednesday school board and union reps continue to do their talks at the bargaining table. an 18 year-old from hillside is accused of planning to park a car bomb in front of a downtown bar the defense attorney disagrees saying his client isn't influenced by the government. i was told today that his son is innocent of baby in his words and the best of his four children today his 18 year- old son came

a sepia tone of martarism. i want my engage capturred. to frame the minds of ignorants. while blindly following leaders. i want to be nestled, half naked against your chest. claiming your spirit when you come. with the promise of salvation. i simply want to life before i die. i have two more poems. this is all new. wrote it for harold bloom. he first called it the death of art and. reading well is one the greatest pleasures. i am dedicating to harold bloom. i am not a poet. i want to be rich. i have had a great sex life. i am not a poet. georgia i do not like being called an act visit. i cannot be considered a vegetarian. i will give my ass up and like it. i would be inspired. i may value peace, but will not use a pen to unleash my anger. i am not a poet. i am not dying. weight loss can still be a choice. i am not a poet. i don't care much for. i don't spend me weekends read anything writing. i like to have cocktails but i do not have a drinking problem regardless of what state i wake up in. i don't need drugs to open up my imagination. i am not a poet. i can tolerate ha

dressed in red and armed with signs this afternoon this is a preview of what could be sepias teachers picking ahead of a planned strike at a high school this morning the day began with cbs ceo jean-claude brizard ringing the ceremonial belt with a mandated longer school day and year the chicago teachers union is negotiating a new contract with cbs which among many things would include a pay raise for those longer hours. i think both sides are willing to compromise. >> compromise simply wasn't in the president's karen lewis is vocabulary. >> i am not interested in talking about half way or three- quarters of the way it's not about that it's about the complete package of what our contract looks like mayor emanuel did not talk about negotiations just his vision for a new cts. they're going to get a full school day and a full school year for the first time in a decade and that means a lot more kids are going to be able to do a lot more learning, reading writing more math more science parents and students caught in the middle of this fight see both sides. we have teachers who are dedicated

the strike is indeed over, sepias kids will be back in school on wednesday. was a roar of affirmation from the delegates 800 of them voted overwhelmingly to get students back in the classroom. chicago teachers union delegates burst through the door of the union hall excited to share the news. eager to return to work. it's important to stand up for what you believe in, for what's right. and there will be a lot of big hugs and happy smiles. the vote was 1 to suspend and not end the contract. we are dedicated teachers and we do care about the students regardless of what our maher says about us, we do care about them and that's why we went on strike. >> delegates taking the outline of the proposed contract talking over engaging opinions for members at their school in the and delegates say this battle was never about dollars and cents but common sense for schoolchildren. it actually had to be written in a contract that we had to have books the first day of school? at the end of the day i am satisfied. >> a range of emotions, satisfaction for some and relief for ot

he said the sepias started the rumor as a distraction. >> yes young girls ran away but they are best friends and they are too young to take care of themselves their parents are hoping you could help find them. >> this 12 year-old has been missing for about 36 hours now last seen at harlan thai school at 96 and michigan she was supposed to attend a children's first program at the school because of the teachers' strike her mother is frantic thinking about her on the streets. she is believed to be with a 11 year- old fiona williams and a 14 year-old britney her two best friends who have been missing since tuesday when their school called to report their absence doris baker is brittany's mother and fiona's grandmother. and i don't know where they are, anything can happen there is too much going on for them to be out here, they are little girls. both mother said they could talk to their children right now but tell them they just want them home, they will not be punished, they're just very scared for them right now. they think they could be on the west side so if you see these girls or if

parents of sepia students are understandably on the edge as union members appear ready to go on strikeecessary crystal gutierrez is live in the news room tonight the mood tonight was one of solidarity, unity and focus most of the teachers refused to comment but it was pretty clear they were prepared to strike if no contract agreements are reached by monday * with signs, t-shirts is fliers in hand, members of the sea to use health of delegates filed out of their meetinghouse of delegates filed out of their meeting tonight there are a lot of games being played. and from what we know of negotiations is not moving any farther so we don't have any choice the latest proposal from cp as does not cut it. it is a decrease in pay for our members. they're doing is so prematurely. they have promised to provide a half-day of engaging activities at 144 schools but it has not given parents specific details with just five days to go before the deadline parents are scrambling to find out what they're back up plan would be. we're all ready to go in case school is no longer in session. the uncertainty of

. >> thousands of teachers packed the streets outside sepias headquarters we are catching them walking and protesting the streets of chicago. the chance for a date to of the strike has become more of a reality. if anyone wonders if organized labor remains relevant, they needed to look no further than chicagos shores today. in the center of the city public-school teachers were not working instead walking out on the job and into the streets they bought traffic to a halt in downtown workers to their windows and out of their doors to see what was happening. we want support when we are teaching them in the classroom. the rally today in their first strike and a quarter century they were bred and waved signs many of them directed at the mayor and many of them personal most here say the strike is not about money but when asked most mention the negotiation sticking points that there union continues to fight for. >> it's about quality education not being in the classroom in a 100 degree weather in the summertime. others say it's about respect and almost everyone says the kids come first. we're n

♪ our dreams are made out of ♪ like a shoe box of photographs with sepia-toned loving ♪ love is the answerr most of the questions in my heart ♪ why are we here and where do we go ♪ how come it's so hard ♪ it's always easy sometimes life can be deceiving ♪ i'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together ♪ ♪ oh, it's always better when we're together. >> it is our theme song, hodi. >> jack johnson. >> is it okay for children to dye their hair? >> kathy lee says as long as there are no harmful chemicals involved i guess it's okay, but maybe to save the crazy stuff for hallowe'en. >> you have nothing to look forward to. hoda said, no! moms should know we spend so much of our lives at the hair salon with foils in, why should our kids be subject to that kind of torture until they have to be. >> how about that? you don't want your kid in a hair salon. >> what if your kid says i want pink hair? >> it's a washout kind you have for the day. i think if it's the real deal it's silly. >> did you know we are drinking mia saki. >> it's saki. >> in honor of the joy of sake event, go to joy

♪ our dreams are made out of real things ♪ like a shoe box of photographs with sepia-toned loving ♪ love can be deceiving ♪ i'll tell you one thing ♪ it's always better when we're together ♪ >> i like that. >> jack johnson. >> is it okay for children to dye their hair? >> as long as there are no harmful chemicals involved, i guess it's okay, but maybe to save the crazy stuff for halloween. >> you have nothing to look forward to. hoda said, no! moms should know we spend so much of our lives at the hair salon with foils in, why should our kids be subject to that kind of torture until they have to be. >> how about that? you don't want your kid in a hair salon. >> what if your kid says i want pink hair? >> it's a washout kind you have for the day. >> did you know we are drinking mia sake. >> it's sake. it's so good. >> in honor of the joy of sake event, go to joy of sake for more information. this is actually delicious. >> i usually like it hot. this is cold and it's delicious. >> it's awesome. >> a big shout out to two of our friends, alicia. "shoddy mom" is a new bestseller. >> i went to p