tell me exactly what they did. >> well, so basically the illinois politicians, the bottom line illinoisiticians were not being honest about the state's finances. in 1995 illinois passed this big reform plan and it was supposed to fix the pension crisis over many, many years but within ten years that plan was failing miserably. instead of admitting it and telling investors that the state had problems with its pension funding, they misrepresented to investors the exact size of the problem. melissa: so, how serious do yo think of a situation is this and what happens to illinois as a result? i mean i understand that even though they have settled they didn't admit any wrongdoing? >> right. look, they, the illinois pension problem is about $100 billion or 200 billion if you use the right discount rates. this is a huge infraction especially if you're a bondholder. it has to be tough to be a bondholder and have any confidence in illinois anymore. they have the worst funded pension civil in the nation. it has the worst credit rating in the nation. in january the state had to cancel $500 billion

we know about his career in the courthouse of illinois and a variety of cases, and frontier lawyer. we're sorry with the lincoln story as president, author of the emancipation proclamation, the guy who wrote the gettysburg address, the sixteenth president of the united states, the president--the greatest moral, political and civil, also during america's tragic war. this is a missing piece of the lincoln puzzle. the first thing i want to talk about is the ambition of abraham lincoln. we like to associate ambition, it is a negative thing, someone who wants to serve in politics and the associated with campaigns in politics. it is a negative thing for him. as a result we tend to focus on lincoln as somebody who was above politics, above the dirty campaigning and negative campaign and all the things we associate and dislike about the modern political system but the truth is we can't make those criticisms without labeling them at abraham lincoln. the first chapter is called the most ambitious man in the world's. it is a quote about abraham lincoln and his law partners. abraham lincoln from

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the state of illinois charged with lying to investors. more people caught, identity thieves are using your cell phones. the latest on the cheap tricks coming up. da i'd put that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 mehertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte bld. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is? yeah. this is basically just asast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. it's better. yes. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? gerri: a fox business ert for you now, marketwatch reporting nation's biggest tax preparer h&r block has boss return boschs after neglecting to fill out a mandatory field on the form. affected taxpayers expect delays as much as six weeks. the irs says h&r block improperly filed form 8863 used to claim educational credit. likely they have to refile and even pay more. we will let us know what happens. we will ntinue to update you on this story. meanwhile onto spammers.

don't deal with the underlying spending problems and now what's going on in illinois? most 10 billion dollars in unpaid bills, almost the second highest per capita debt of any state in the union, higher than average unemployment rate, a downgrade in the credit rating and all of these things are exactly what president obama portends as he articulates he needs more and more and more reven revenue. when you said that to him what did he say? >> look, barack obama is an incredibly skilled guy as relates to these types of questions. when it came down to it, he doesn't have an answer because there is no answer. >> what did he say to you? >> he said oh, it's a bipartisan problem in illinois and goes back and wants to relitigate illinois history, but i think what his challenge is, how to create a bipartisan agenda in this -- in this town when what he's doing is redefining terms. so, he's redefining tax reform not the traditional word of tax reform, meaning you lower rates and use that to close loopholes to lower rates. he wants to use it to say, well, we're going to close loopho

. >> maybe it's only worth $10 million because that is what he is paying for the illinois. al pact to donate money, all of which is coming out of his pocket. $9 million card you about and support the gun issue. the guns don't -- are not even an issue for the illinois voters in the public care that much of this issue. this is blumberg's issue. he is taking it to a national level. lou: blumberg and president obama's without question. what is the reaction? burst your reaction. your listeners as well. a billionaire spends big money implying that he would spend up to $600 million of this on monday to get his way on gun-control. >> this shows that you don't have to be smart to become a billionaire in the united states of america. also exposes another glaring example of democratic hypocrisy when they attack money in politics and wealthy people. mitt romney was demonized for being wealthy. here is the mayor using his vast fortune. it is okay if it is mayor blumberg, okay if it is george soros, is not if they're working for a pro constitutional cost. doing this in illinois where chic

that was brandon paul with the game-winner for illinois. the illini win 59-49.ana today. >>> let's move to the opening round of the atlantic ten tournament. and the strangest finish you will see to any game ever. goes to the richmond/charlotte game. less than five seconds left in the game. charlotte down three. very little chance to win. until that push to bed ball technical. they get two free throws. plus, the other one for the one and one. he goes on to make all four. they have the lead now. how crazy is that? all right. now, richmond has to foul charlotte. they foul them. but on that call, right there, it wasn't just a touch-foul or a holding foul. they called he was in the act of shooting. the coach goes crazy. he gets two more technicals. and now, it's just chaos. now, we're just shooting seven free throws. they made four of those. if you add this all up, another four free throws there. they went on to make 8 of 12 free throws in the last 4.7 seconds of the game they were down by 3. never seen an ending like that, ever, before. >>> finally, the u.s. taking

this is how it looks like from a distance from the illinois street bridge. right up close, up on the hill, from bay view, and then what they plan to do is

this is how it looks like from a distance from the illinois street bridge. right up close, up on the hill, from bay view, and then what they plan to do is use led lights so at nighttime they can light it up with a blue light and light up the shore birds and the he ron and cattle. this is what they use to proposal led lights and maybe the idea of wrapping some of the lighting around the south side of the silos themselves. here is an example of that technology being used on some east shore high rises in chicago on the effectiveness on the lighting. and then just to talk about next steps when where we go from today should you approve this. work wth artist they will come down on march 27th at the bay view opera house to get input from the community and community outreach at the port and arts commission. we are going to do lighting test that evening. the evening before to make certain the lights work and project the way they anticipate and then they are going to refine their concepts on the input they received and go into design and be sure it can maintain and our

the race for the illinois seat in the house is now set. the republican nominee will be paul mckinley, who's a convicted felon and spent time in prison for armed robbery and aggravated battery. >>> if you're wondering, state law does allow him to vote. >>> the conservatives who snubbed chris christie are being snubbed in return. christie was not invited to speak next month, but he doesn't seem fazed. >> i didn't know i hadn't been invited until like two days ago when i saw it in the news. i wish him the best. let him have a great conference. as for the rest of it, it doesn't bother me a whole heck of a lot. i can't sweat the small stuff. i got a state to rebuild. >>> gop strategist karl rove talk aboed about the criticism his 2012 campaign. >>> and pat robertson, host of the religious tv show "the 700 club," has been known for saying wild things over the years. monday, a viewer sent in a letter about buying sweaters to prevent demons from entering the house. >> can demonic spirits attach themselves to inanimate objects? the answer is yes. b

southern illinois hasn't seen an economic recovery yet. out of the 102 counties in illinois, six in my district in southern illinois are among those struggling most with more than 20% of families trying to make ends meet on incomes less than $23,000 a year. the fact is that our heroes, our veterans returning home don't necessarily have jobs waiting for them. that's why this bill in its current form is so out of touch with the realities that our veterans face. instead, congress is telling our veterans and our military families, your service isn't good enough. you haven't done enough for our nation. once again, congress has gotten it wrong. another example. in illinois we don't qualify assistance for victims of domestic violence. that's why i have to ask, given the critical need for us to responsibly reduce the deficit and actually work on improving our economy, why would congress focus on questioning the expertise and recommendations made by my state or any other? where i come from and where i'm proud to represent, we all share the southern illinois v

the gulf. we have fobthe possibility of a inch of rain. illinois, wash away all the snow. especially around minnesota and wisconsin and the rain. unfortunately, it looks like for the east coast, this mess here heads your way. there's really nothing behind it. we're going to be okay through texas and the midwest on easter sunday, but for the east coast, looks like a wet, dreary forecast, especially from the carolinas up to virginia and maryland. in new england, it looks like evening rain. at least tomorrow, hopefully we'll get the morning in dry for everybody in new england, if anybody wants to do anything outdoors. >> so do that easter egg hunt early in the morning and then it will rain. >> in new england, you'll be lucky to get away with that. >>> coming up, a frightening story involving thousands of dental patients who have been urged to get tested for hepatitis and hiv. we'll have the details next. >>> plus, great news for anyone who has a pension, 401(k), or other investments in the stock market. >>> the sensational jodi arias murder trial has cost arizona taxpayers al

the miami hurricane coming back to beat illinois 63-59 down late in the second half.ne larkin hit a go ahead three. they will face marquette in the sweet sixteen. >> cut short the final round of the arnold palmer invitational yesterday. did you see the storms there? they were amazing there. not before spectators got to see unique shots. a bid for an eagle. got hid ball stuck in a tree and had to climb the tree and shoot from the branch. how about that? in a tree. talk about a tough shot. >> tar hills loss to kansas. sorry. >> i was at work they were winning i got home. >> you love that. >> i do. >> 20 minutes to the top of the hour. coming up he was once considered a domestic terrorist. why is biames being considered visiting scholar. come on, nowadays lots of people go by themselves. no they don't. hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ back against the wall ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ ain't nothin to me [ crowd murmurs ] hey! ♪ [ howls ] ♪ watch this -- alakazam! ♪ [ male announcer ] staples has always made getting office supplies easy. ♪ another laptop? don't ask. disappear! ab

that's more intriguing, the vice-president who versus the senator from illinois is. ve any political experience although she's been in the white house for what will have been two terms by the time she comes out. i mean, that's kind ever like hillary clinton. she was always sort of a successful lawyer, as was michelle obama and she had not been a politician in her own right before she ran for senator of new york. >> the operative word like hillary clinton. which makes it less likely. i think that hillary clinton would look at michelle obama has a great asset running in illinois, but not necessarily she would want to team up with. >> megyn: why not? >> similar backgrounds and tag her with the record of obama and now starting to slide in the polls, i think she's going to want to maintain the independence. >> megyn: there are bumper stickers reading first-first lady tickets and it would be two former first ladies running for the white house. >> i don't minimize the potential appeal that kind of a ticket might have. >> megyn: and don't forget the appeal of two former presi

at the illinois department of transportation, the monitors lit up with word of stranded drivers as the snow fell at a rate of an inch an hour. on the city's west side, some of the department's 600 salt trucks were loading up and heading out. mike claffey, a transportation department official, had a sense of foreboding about what was to come. >> as the afternoon goes on, we're expecting wind, blowing snow, visibility is expected to be pretty bad. as the snow piles up and accumulates it could be very slick driving conditions. >> reporter: the storm will now move out over the mid atlantic states dropping maybe six to eight inches of snow there scott, before hooking north and passing up the coast and the areas that are still trying to recover from super storm sandy. >> pelley: dean reynolds in the windy and freezing city. thank you, dean. an announcement today from the agency that screens travelers at airports has a lot of folks scratching their heads now. the t.s.a. says it will soon be okay to board a plane with a knife. here's homeland security correspondent bob orr. >> reporter: it's a

he is the only fundraiser or the supporter in the illinois race right now. has donated $10 million to support a candidate because of her position on gun control. he is bringing himself to a national audience so he will have influence in the next campaign. the earphones, really? they are a small part of it. maybe it is a distraction so we don't know what is going on. >> you still rock the walk man cassette player. are you ever worried about hearing loss? >> i am not. i am concerned about looking good and mission accomplished. i haven't figured out what mayor bloomburg is trying to create. this is a society where you get shot if you litter and every obscenity is met with an automatic ticket. you have three sea shells to go to the bathroom with. all of those things he wants, apart from the sea shells. i never understood that part of the plot. >> i want to congratulate all of the panelists when i asked you a question. you didn't pretend like you couldn't hear me. sorry i have hearing loss. well, i think he actually might have a point, but i am tired of his point

congress, she served on the illinois state assembly for eight years and was the program director for nois public action to on the state's largest public interest organization. she also directed the illinois state council of senior citizen. the energy lost him. let's go to janette -- jeff in pennsylvania. caller: i want to thank the congresswoman for being there. i am a tenet -- a ted kennedy democrat. he was the first person i voted for when he ran against carter for president. i know the issues at stake. i'm from westmoreland county. glad they were there, really. ilet's hear from keith in minnesota. good morning. i think we guest: well, thank y. there is such a difference right now in philosophy, whether or not we're going to be a government that supports the greatest income inequality in our country, and actually, the sequestration is going to make this worse because the cuts will fall on ordinary americans. whether or not we will be a country that is really interested in creating jobs, that sees growth, not just spending cuts and not just increasing revenue, but growing the economy

in fact, one of my favorite ingersoll quotes is from the centennial address he gave in peoria, illinois, on the centennial of the declaration of independence in 1876. recollect that, "the first secular government, the first government that said every church has exactly the same rights and no more. every religion has the same rights and no more. in other words, our fathers were the first men who had the sense, had the genius to know that no church should be allowed to have a sword." they knew what the sword and faith had done in europe. >> and they also knew the history of our own country, which loves to talk about the puritans as if they were religiously tolerant, when the first thing the puritans did was set up a theocracy in massachusetts. and this not being europe, instead of killing anne hutchinson and roger williams, there was plenty of places, there was rhode island for them to go to. >> exile them. >> yeah, but it was all right. they could start their own form of religion then. i mean, just as the mormons got chased all the way across the country. but eventually there was still l

the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: other than faith and family no cause was dearer to the yeas and nays are ordered than the cause of freedom and justice for cyprus. he did more than any other american to end the division and occupation of cyprus and to keep the cause of justice for cyprus on our nation's gend agenda. for his efforts he received countless honorsing through including the grand cross of the republic of cyprus and the hellenic republic's highest honor, the gold cross of the order of the phoenix. he was 90 years old when he passed away. we offer our condolences to andy's wife, and his legions of friends. he was a hero not only of this nation but greece, cyprus and so many other nations. i'm proud to say is my friend and i will miss him. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from mrs. mick: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: to my colleague and friend from illinois, through you, i'd like to express my condolences to the athens family. andy a

she was branded a communist, and the illinois state legislature nearly stopped her and her husband from ever working at the state university again. she received up to 200 letters a day, some of the writers claiming they would pray for her, many wishing for much worse. >> they heard this down at the piggly wiggly down there on main street. they're going to lynch you. oh, i said, is that all? >> all because in 1945 vashti mccollum, a young mother of three from champaign, illinois, would file a historic lawsuit that would forever change the relationship between religion and public schools in america. >> it has been listed as the foundation case for prayer in school and religious education in school. >> what mccollum did, was it endorsed a view of the first amendment that pushed public life and religion into separate spheres divided by this wall of separation. i think public opinion polls show that a majority of americans say they think the term "a wall of separation between church and state" is written into the text of the first amendment, and, of course, it's not. it's an idea, it's a met

>> as a member of the illinois legislature which was heavily democratic you were not going to be governor or senator there was one seats the seventh district was your only hope he ran and lost a big payback for years later successfully and gets incredible experience and president poehl is the only first president he could watch on the job before he becomes president. >> host: was the political landscape? >> nobody would believe this but it was paralyzed along the lines with the issues dividing people wondering if the government was up to task this may sound unfamiliar now but we did was a member of the first congress to have a vote to shut down the government with the appropriations bill and slavery was tied into it rather than expand millions of new acres. >> host: is it considered successful? >> i disagree i think he paid attention to his constituents but also a hand of national issues or the postal initiative i think he was a good congressman and. >> was there a notice of his aspirations? >> no. it is interesting they thought he was smart and hysterical and the skills on display i'm no

joining me n is the ceo of the illinois policy institute. >> and the 2010 census, 200,000 africans left that has been a decades long time. many are declaring that the chicago public school system, which has monopoly control over educational systems is failing. they are leaving. we have these empty scols that have to be closed. melissa: it seems a liitle too easy. some people have been saying that the schools are empty, they are curable schools, is they're not going to be overcrowding? >> chicago's population is in a long-term decline. we have the lowest population that we have had since 1920. it was built from hundreds of thousands of more people. all over the city there is excess capacity. they are moving these kids out of the schools and giving them a life in schools that have capacity to not overcrowd them. it will save money, but more importantly it is a recognition that chicago has long been failing. this was a restaurant and customers got food poisoning. that is what is going on in the educational system. just one step in the long erm. melissa: i imagine there is a response. >> th

neil: so if you're ordering something from illinois, you're paying the illinois tax. and that is their decision to make sure what happens. >> this is nuts. they are out of control as it is. >> if you look, amazon is in favor of this and i could not figure out why. i thought how could this possibly be. but they are realizing that if you level the playing field, they are going to do better because they have the most leverage, the bill is grill out there. >> they also have a distribution center. >> it becomes a barrier to enter the competition. >> exactly, it helps out that the guy. >> i go to bookstores, i love going in their. >> i never do. neil: i am with you, i buy everytng on amazon. it doesn't matter how small it is. free shipping. you know. >> i trip over a box like dick van dyke. i may open up a distribution center at my house. >> i will say is a final statement, what happens is i have a lot more creativity than on cutting spending. >> i would also say that if you think amazon is paying this tax, you are paying this tax. this is just another thing for the little

while at the same time give a high profile image for the university of illinois in the chicagoland area. illinois' biggest technical challenge is retaining its talent. 3 % of university graduates from the u of i get jobs in california alone. this project's goal is to retain the next generation of illinois-grown talent with hopes they'll grow existing companies or start new businesses. i am proud to recognize the continuous advancements made by the university of illinois on all of their campuses. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cohen: i rise today to share my concerns about the keystone xl pipeline, the proposed decision of which is waiting for the administration. last year, 84 of my colleagues introduced a bill to approve the construction and maintenance of the keystone xl pipeline. one of the first scientists to warn of the danger of carbon fuel has liken

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: the senate is in morning business. the senate is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president, this morning we received news in chicago that dawn clark netch passed away. she died from complications from due gehrig's' -- from lou gehrig's' disease at the age of 86. it was a surprise to lose her this quickly although all of us new she was struggling with this terrible disease. history has written of her contribution to illinois; it will note the obvious. she worked in illinois government since the 1950's under then-governor stevenson. she was a law professor at northwestern university law school, elected state senator in the 1970's, elected our state comptroller's after that and had an ill-fated run for government. if that's all it says, it will miss the most important part of her life because dawn clark netch was an iconic

the second district of illinois has been through a lot. hout the weird political process they had to go through to get to where they are today. it is fascinating to watch. stay with us. [ female announcer ] he could be your soulmate. but first you've got to get him to say, "hello." new crest 3d white arctic fresh toothpaste. use it with these 3d white products, and whiten your teeth in just 2 days. new crest 3d white toothpaste. life opens up when you do. >>> i have something that needs to be cleared up about the papal helicopter. when it happened 600 years ago i know very little about the 1400s but i know there were no helicopters that the pope's helicopter played in today's scene. he decided to resign the office. and because that has not happened for hundreds of years there is no regular process. i guess this is how we do it now. today before he stepped down. the now expope said farewell. there was the new ritual of the out going pope getting to say good-bye. later in the day the pope appeared on the balcony and thanked the crowd gathered

and the rest of illinois has to foot the bill.may get the pushback from lawmakers down state. unfunded mandate and you know the state of illinois is in a budget problem of course. we're trying to cut corners and do everything we can to balance the budget. >> reporter: now the governor of illinois recently decided to close two prisons. they're so overcrowded, in six different prisons you have prisoners bunking in the gyms. you may not have a lot of sympathy for them but the prison guards are saying they are at risk because they're so badly outnumbered. martha: what a mess. we'll see where that guys. mike, thank you. bill: talk about this and another dangerous storm is heading east. which cities are on watch for this one? a lot of snow is packed in there too. martha: part of the exclusive chris wallace romney interview that you did not see over the weekend. what the former presidential nominee is saying about taxes. >> well, two things. he won but a majority of republicans were elected to the house, the people's chamber. so they als

hits the buzzer beater to edge minnesota, 51-49. next illinois faces number three ranked indiana. boom. >>> at the world baseball classic, toronto's jose reyes drove in the final run for the dominican republic as they defeated usa 3-1. the americans get one last chance to advance today against puerto rico. >>> legendary basketball and baseball coach jack hearn as died at age 82. 55 years as archbishop malloy in new york city. he taught generations of players while winning more than 2,600 games, over 900 in basketball and 1,100 in baseball. >>> you know you've got a reputation problem when even "jeopardy!'s" alex trebek makes fun of you. i'm talking about taylor swift. >>> plus, jewelry stolen from actress julianne hough, and the baubles and trinkets were from boyfriend ryan seacrest. details next. >>> good morning. it is a foggy start in southern california this morning. it's also very mild down into arizona. 65 currently in phoenix. we are going to see some showers in seattle today, but they should be light. nothing like the heavier rain we had

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i will say i have a great deal of respect to the senator from illinois. we've often been on the same side on civil liberties issues. i don't question that you and i may well see eye to eye on this issue that targeted killings of people in restaurants and their house, in a hotel is not something that we can or will tolerate t. contravenes the constitution. it is a simple question. the president should simply answer that question. i think attorney general holder was coming in the direction of that. but why is it so hard? why is it like pulling teeth to get them to admit that they don't have this power? presidents need to more easily say, by golly, no, the constitution says you can't do that. the fifth amendment does apply. there are no exceptions to the fifth amendment for american citizens on american soil. that's all we're asking. but i think the 9/11 comparison or pearl harbor is a red herring in the sense none of us disagree with repelling an imminent lethal attack, ongoing lethal attack with lethal force. no one disagrees with that. mr. durbin: would th

the list goes on and on, i say to my friend from illinois. so we were trying to examine this legislation, the 587 pages or whatever it is, to find this kind of thing. and it was our obligation to do so. we have found these things. we're still finding additional elements. and, i mean, some of them -- when we are talking about -- and i see the distinguished majority leader on the floor, my old friend. we are read to move forward with amendments. i was just saying to my friend from nevada, we found numerous additional provisions in this legislation that we think is important for debate and discussion, and i won't go through all of them. $120 million for guam, the national guard star-based youth program, $5 million. $154 million for alternative energy resource -- on and on, while we have ships that can't leave port, plain, planes that t fly and men and women that can't equip. and we have this kind of stuff on aeption pros bills. so i want to ensure my colleagues that the senator from oklahoma and myself yesterday finished examining this bill. we a

world war ii, mainstream lawyer's, a political movement that culminated and started in 1961 with the illinois repeal but achieved its greatest retreat. some parses -- pioneers in sunny reform. the legal features of sodomy between private individuals within their own homes. unfortunately or perhaps for my book fortunately the story does not end in 1975 the degree california repealed whose story i tell in great detail in chaired by willie brown and a number of other important and very admirable straight allies very soon the traditional family values movement that we have come to appreciate really was born in full force and is caricatured as a reaction to roe v wade. that is only a small part of the story of the survivalists. much of the traditionalist revival was fuelled by the homosexuality idea, that homosexuality was a malignant but some new reform should not take place and that in any event any kind of movement to render gay people anything less than a loss would be an intolerable promotion of homosexuality. this rhetoric in a lot of steam erotically in the 1980's. the very point was being

in the special election for an illinois congressional seat former congresswoman debbie halvorson, democratthe democratic primary as a front-runner, but a well-funded, outside money, ideological effort to make her pay for being too cozy with the nra worked in that primary. debbie halvorson went from being the presumed front-runner to being a distant second in the final standings. the winner in the democratic primary is the proud owner of an f rating from the nra, and that's a big part of why she won. this kind of not progressive enough purge is rare in modern democratic politics, and it is not a mirror image of what happened and continues to happen on the right. at the same time, democrats do appear to have found something over which they are willing to cleanse the party ranks. and i think it's important to understand as a matter of politics exactly what that something is. democrats haven't done this for a long time. if we're going to start doing this on the left, if liberals and progressives are going to start looking at democrats and saying not enough, what's it going to look like? i mean

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, all across america people are calling their cable providers and they're asking if they can get a refund for c-span coverage of the senate. there seems to be some concerns that there are no serious debate underway, no serious votes being taken, and the hours just continue to flow by. and i can understand the frustration of the american public watching this chamber. we're going through a 30-hour interval. the senate is kind of designed on 30-hour intervals. and this is a 30-hour interval before we enter the next 30-hour interval in the hopes that we will ultimately get to a vote. does it have to be this way? of course not. it shouldn't be this way. i understand the depth, the feeling that some senators have about a variety of issues, and they've come to the floor to express them. in fact, i agree with some of their positions. but there comes a point where you have to

the plane is now circling again. we do understand it will try to make a landing. this is in cahokia, illinoisss the river from st. louis. now, our map right here labels it as st. louis downtown airport. i was told it was parks airport. i do not know if it is one in the same airport or it is trying to land, but this gives you a sense of the general area in illinois. just across the river from st. louis where this is all going on. again, just to bring you up to speed here, looking at an airport now where they're waiting what could be an emergency landing of a leer jet with as many as eight people on board. they have called in emergency crews because there are problems with the landing gear. there have been at least three passes we know of this plane has made so far to that airport, none to the satisfaction of either the people in the plane or the control tower. one of the normal procedures that we have, tory, when a plane is having problems with its landing gear, we have seen planes land without it. >> right. you know, i mean, that could be a possibility here, but perhaps why we're seeing sever

before the top of the hour on the "full-court press," it's illinois day, i am telling you around the full court press, lynn sweet from the chicago sun times" was in a little earlier this morning. joining us now from the great city of chicago, the head of the small business addvocacy council elliott richardson? >> thank you for having me. >> no it is having an adverse impact on many aspects of our economy. you have seen that with small businesses. correct? >> absolutely. it was not just the sec quest her. it was the sort of from creases to sequester. certainly going to hurt small businesses. >> how? $900 million less they say in loans to small businesses the mere finances are going to hurt small businesses but on top of that the uncertainty it creates. people use the word spart spaint often and it's probably used. when you are living paycheck to paycheck and you are employing 15 to 20 people, it matters when you think the economy may fall off of a cliff. that's really impacting small businesses right now. >> i would imagine there is another impact, too. right? which is you depend upon

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