of i join the people illinois in mourning the man who was there champion for so many years. illinois, this house, and our light, butt a great one that i hope will continue to shine through its reflection by those whom bob michel inspired. i was one of those. we will miss him. ,here aren't enough bob michels and i yield back to the gentleman from illinois. >> i want to thank leader hoyer for those warm words and inspiring words and heartfelt words for leader michel. it means a lot for all of our family and his colleagues. thank you so much. i want to thank everybody that spoke your tonight from the illinois delegation that spoke so fondly about mr. michel, and when we think about the traits that he example aside, integrity, -- he exemplified, integrity and sincerity, i think it is important to remember where he came from in illinois. the congressional district that he represented, the 18th conditional district, was the same that -- congressional district, was the same that abraham lincoln represented and also edward derksen, which bob michel represented for 38 years. if you th

losing to barbara flynn currie, a white woman who is presently the assistant majority leader in the illinois house. so, two women went to the state legislature in that election. seat,lling out an open and one knocking out the machine guy. they called it "the year of the woman." evene both got elected though we had been competitors in the election process. mr. bond: one thing you do when you get there is that you filed a lawsuit against the speaker? senator braun: that was five years later, but yes. 1980's -- the lawsuit was filed in 1982. when they went to reapportion the state legislature, my own party -- in illinois, we have a tradition that the parties fled -- pull a piece of paper out of

the distinguished leader from the state of illinois. you know, on the day of his passing, it was my sad duty as speaker to order flags flown over the capitol to be flown at half staff. and at this moment i would like to ask the capitol police to present one of those flags from that day to the michel family, if you will please.

i believe the cuts are around $4 million that we would have more policing, there's cuts with the illinois port which is very important, the securif the port and this in general, looking at the school programs which is extremely important and when you think about the gun violence in parts of the chicago area, some of those programs will be cut which are very important. we need to scale up of those programs, not take them away. >> host: we will be taking your calls if you want to talk to her, the line for democrats, the line for republicans and independents, 202-748-8000 two. the first call from illinois, this is from glenville illinois democrats line, john, you are on with robin kelly . >> caller: good morning, hi robin. representative kelly.i had a question . i have a question related to the budget and healthcare. it's actually the health care reform. republicans have been pushing for the idea of selling across state lines to bring costs down which would obviously help the budget and one thing i don't hear but just for the viewers out there, i want to explain how it currently walks across

and i yield back to the gentleman from illinois. >> i want to thank the speaker for those warm words. this means so much for his family and for all of his colleagues. i want to thank everybody that spoke here tonight. from the elroy delegation who spoke so fondly about mr. michael. when we think about the traits that he exemplified, integrity, genuineness and disability that everybody talked here tonight, i think it is also important to remember where he came from in illinois. the congressional district that he represented, the 18th congressional district was the same district that congressman abraham lincoln represented. same districte that bob michael represented. you think about those strong, midwestern values they never forgot. another thing unique about all three is a they were all very within one hour of each other. oak ridge cemetery, president lincoln, p come cemetery -- bob michael couldn't been buried in arlington cemetery but he chose to be very next to the love of his life in pr at illinois.- peoria, drive you can's guess the all of their grades. another thing i want to me

the first rico case in illinois in regards to the prosecution of the former governor of illinois. the turner case. i had a chance to work on some high profile cases, but i preferred the civil ones. the thing about that was it gave of the structure and operation of the law that i would not have had otherwise. ineal taste of policy issues ways i would not have had otherwise. chair of therd lawsuit that the american medical society put against jimmy carson's medical reform. i read every line of health care laws. withews on how health care structured developed at that point helped shape i view on health care even to this day. i was involved in environment of cases the helped to shape environmental law. variety --ere a housing, health care, poverty cases. all of the cases that i got a chance to try. you got great trial experience in court every day. anti---d me to develop appreciation for the issues. mr. bond: how did you go from that to being part of the legislature? what was the transition here? senator braun: being a homemaker. . was pregnant with my son my husband wanted me to be a

the people of illinois and the people of america loved him that so many join all of you.loss and pray for the family. thank you again for sharing this great patriotic american statesman the person that taught us all so much the united states army corps. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ vice president of the united states house of representatives the honorable dick cheney. >> good afternoon. this is a sad occasion obviously but it's also an opportunity to give thanks to the fact we were able to share time with bob. he's a major influence in my life for the 78 election took me out of this wing and taught me a lot about the house. with some success it got me elected to the leadership of the first term and made me a member of the intelligence committee. i was never quite certain it was going to come out the way bob thought it was going to come out, but his role as my mentor i will never forget my highest aspiration was to follow the footsteps and hopefully someday become the speaker. to become the speaker of the house and the vice president. it didn't work out quite the way we planned b

the distinguished leader from the state of illinois. his passing, it was my sad duty as speaker to order flags flown over the capitol to be flown at half staff. and at this moment i would like to ask the capitol police to present one of those flags from that day to the michel family, if you will please. >> thank you. you know, bob michel was a man of very simple rituals. he pressed his own shorts. he whistled while he worked. he really actually did whistle while he worked. he had time for everyone. that is a skill i'm really learning to appreciate. and it is difficult to develop in this job. actually, i'd say this is the kind of inclusive program that the leader would enjoy. three republicans, two democrats, and ray lahood. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> yeah, that's right. but this being a house event, because this is a celebration of a great life. this being a house event, we're going to hear some really great stories. i want to start the bidding with two. one comes from karen haas. karen who we know very well right here in the house bec

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. urbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. and under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h. j. resolution 58 which the clerk will report. the clerk: h.j. res. 58, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code and so forth. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, on behalf of senator shaheen of new hampshire, i ask unanimous consent that sonia tarantola, foreign policy fellow in her office be given floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, in recent weeks we've seen an astonishing series of revelations about russia's efforts to influence the 2016 election in support of the donald trump campaign. last week "the washington post"

there is something about this contiguity of his office -- it must be the illinois connection. i think keyholes stephen douglas' seat in the senate. here is our final artist. a you can imagine, she caused sensation in washington. her name was -- than 20very young, less when she got sittings with abraham lincoln and mary lincoln was not amused at the time alone she got with her husband. she was very pretty and coquettish -- she flirted her way into getting settings. it wasn't easy for women artists and she had a lot of talent. she was widely photographed and portrayed, something we would call a movie star today. this is the first work she did. not very accomplished. not even often recognized as the first work. , still notnt on quite as accomplished as you would expect. she claimed that lincoln said to her, you remind me of my late boy, willie. you are how old he would be if he were alive. who knows? then she started to get it. this was her final series of models. she entered a competition for one of the biggest art commissions of the civil war era. lincolno do a statue of for the

louis and then found his way up to the illinois river. while approaching the village of new salem, he overtook a tall man wearing a flannel shirt and and carrying an ax. they fell into conversation and walked to a grocery store together. the tall man was lincoln, he soon learned that the stranger was a barber and out of money. mr. lincoln took him to his boardinghouse and told the people there of his is this an -- his business and situation. that opened the way for him to have an evening's work on the -- among the borders. later, lincoln convinced him to settle in springfield, get married, raise a family and prosper as a barber. lincoln knew him endearingly as billy the barber. it was this man who groomed him and his attorney days, just before his final departure from springfield to become president of united states. over the years it is likely he enjoyed many conversations on east adams street about new orleans, immigrants, slavery on with thissippi river man who became his friend. would seemrsations to be of substance, and surely the fou

it must be the illinois connection. i think that senator durbin thes lincoln's seat in senate, which makes it even ought her. caused an imagine, she sensation in washington. she was very young, less than 20 when she got sittings with abraham lincoln and mary lincoln was not amused at the time alone she got with her husband. she was very pretty and i guess the 19th century word is coquettish -- she flirted her way into getting settings. men at the with time. but listen. it wasn't easy for women artists at the time, and she had a lot of talent. she was widely photographed and portrayed, something we would call a movie star today. this is the first work she did. not very accomplished. not even often recognized as the first work. a medallion portrait of lincoln. then she went on, still not quite as accomplished as you would expect for someone getting a lot of sittings with lincoln. she claimed that lincoln said to her, you remind me of my late boy willie. you are how old he would be if he were alive. which is off by a couple

the governor of illinois activated the state's emergency operations center last night. to get a jump on helping people through this critical time. we should note that there is severe weather expected in the ohio valley and in the south later on today. michelle miller, cbs news, napley, illinois. >> not just the ohio valley and the south, the east coast from atlanta to new york could also see some severe storms later today. and of course you can track this storm system along with wusa9's weather team by downloading the wusa9 app. and we'd love to see the storm from your perspective. so send us pictures to any of our social media pages. >>> at this hour, two recovering from non-life- threatening injuries after being rushed to the hospital with stab wounds. deputies in loudoun county found the pair at a parking lot in sterling, virginia earlier this morning, the lone suspect who attacked the men on community plaza is still on the run. loudoun county investigators say there's no indication of a threat to the entire community. anyone with helpful information on this case sho

the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. davis: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in strong support as the author of h.r. 1029 this epesticide registration enhancement act of -- the pesticide registration enhancement act of 2016, also known as prea. it's not often in washington we see a bipartisan bill come to the house floor that's supported by both industry and environmental advocates, but prea is that bill. it initially passed in 2003, establishing a new section of the federal insenthside, if you thinkside, rodenticide act which put in place a fee schedule for registering pesticides with the e.p.a. more specifically, it constructed time frames for when the e.p.a. was required to make a determination on registrations this egoal twows create a more predictable and effect

it is now available online through the university of illinois press, offering them herndonarchive to a wider audience. i am glad he continues to bear fruit. the first of two volumes of herndon on lincoln appeared in 2016 and the editors are hard at work on a second volume which will include the herndon series. what can be said of all the books produced by the team of wilson and davis, they are thoroughly researched, particularly indicated, and worth of their weight in gold for students of abraham lincoln in accessing and accessing herndon's priceless collection of primary source material. is the first legacy award on behalf of rodney davis and himself, welcome douglas l. wilson. [applause] mr. wilson: thank you very much. i do not think i need to tell you what a great honor this is for me and my partner, rodney davis. havew grateful we are to the lincoln institute bring it all about. nearly 30 year venture in lincoln studies has taken us on a marvelous scholarly escapade. bringing us into contact with the great repositories, great source material, helpful curators and librarians, and

the chair: the gentleman from illinois reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. walz: i rise in opposition although i am not opposed. the chair: without objection, the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for five minutes. mr. walz: every member of congress has heard directly from their constituents who receive health care from the v.a. that it's understaffed. this is true at all levels but vital for both the work force and veterans serve that each medical center have permanent leadership. i think all of us know, there is an old saying if you have been one to v.a. facility, you have been to one v.a. if acy. it may seem like the easiest thing to say that leadership matters at thes facilities. nothingatwhen a v.a. facility i in the right direction, it can always be traced to strong directed leadership and almost every case each one ofis has worked on where there is weak leadership or lack of there, those situation goes awry. i have a situation in minnesota where we have been waiting for leade

host: our guest is the chief of staff of illinois state treasurer office. e's in the house of representatives from illinois from 2003 to 2007. grady on the democrats line. caller: please listen to me and allow me to speak. can you hear me? guest: yes, i can. caller: now there are a lot of people planning to fail. if i have a plane and i put you on a plane and you have never been trained, are you going to be a successful pilot to get you from point a to point b? guest: no, we won't make it. caller: no, so the housing thing is going to fail. the other thing is we have got to change our wicked ways. we are complaining that we are crying that we are the richest country in the world. we are so proud to say that. we are not willing to spend money on people. ,f we put our money on people we could be a lot better off, but we will cut the health care. we will go buy more plants. bombs, more more weapons of destruction, but we won't do anything to save meals on wheels. there got sick people. i've delivered them to those people. they can't go out to get a meal. we will

i want to start by thanking the abraham lincoln institute, the illinois state society in washington, d.c., and all our presenters and speakers for making today possible. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] i am standing here on the set of our current production of ragtime -- of "ragtime," a musical based on the wonderful novel of the same name. on the inside of your program, there is a special discount code to be used for this evening's performance. if anyone would like to come and see the show, is at 7:30 this evening. if you can't make it tonight, the production is playing through may 20. it really is spectacular, and i hope you all come and see that. the other side of what we do here at ford's theater. a few housekeeping things for the day. no food or drink in the theater. i think they allow bottle water and that is it. your wristband that you have on will serve as your ticket for the full day admission. it will also grant you admission to ford's theatre museum in the basement and the petersen house across the street. please keep it throughout the day. it will allow you

lincoln attending a meeting at the illinois asylum it was a chilly building and lincoln wore a hat. as he made his way along a little lunatic darted out from the door and explain sir, you should present to wear your hat in the presence of christopher columbus. beg your pardon mr. columbus lincoln replied removing his hat and walked on. later after the meeting and with his hat back on his head lake and once more met the little man who approached him. sir i am astounded that you should dare to wear your hat in the presence of general washington. excuse me general said lincoln taking off his hat that seems to me less than an hour ago you said you were christopher columbus. oh yes that is quite correct but that was by another mother. [laughter] lincoln said whit laughs at everybody and humor laughs with everybody and because of that it's fair to say that which was not his most representative mode of humor. it was far too sweeping when he said it was not witty but full of humor. the truth is lincoln had a capacity for devastatingly quick wit and report today. one was observed attorney gen

the governor of illinois activated the state's emergency operations center last night to get a jump onelping people through this critical time. michelle miller, cbs news, illinois. >> the east gross atlanta to new york -- coast from atlanta to new york could see storm later today. >>> the san jose water district is preparing a flood control plan to prevent another disaster like the flooding in san jose. meanwhile the water is going down at the anderson reservoir. for the first time in 10 days officials say it is no longer overflowing. city leaders scheduled a public hearing to talk about what went wrong set for march 9. >>> time for a check of our weather with roberta. >> boy, the skies are just pristine, blue skies, visibility is unlimited at this hour. take a little bit of a closer look, you can see the flag on the fly at the embarcadero right out there this morning at one of the piers. can you see that it's fluctuating? current air temperature with a slight wind happens to be in the 50s for the most part. the winds are up to 3 in san francisco. 8 across the bay westerly fashion in o

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss two foreign policy areas that are important to our nation, our region, and to my sit stithcy in south florida. cuba and venezuela are two countries in our hemisphere who suffer under dictatorships and avowed enemies of the united states. in my native homeland of cuba, we have seen human rights violations on the rise ever since the u.s. concessions to the astro regime in december, 2014. one example is the case of dr. eduardo of cuba, pictured here. he is a medical doctor and a leader of the christian liberation movement who was savagely beaten in frovent his wife and two children and has been in imprisoned since november, 2016. just days ago, he was sentenced to three years in prison. he is condemned and sentenced because he is the voice for change and a respected human rights leader. the truth is that he has been i

my congressional district is the illinois 17th congressional district. it is very rural. it is the heartland and covers the entire northwestern region of the state of illinois. many people who i represent have seen their wages stagnate for years and even decades after plants have shift their jobs over to places like mexico and to china. companies like maytag and sinsada and robert shaw. we have seen people who have families, moms and dads, who have shed tears when their children have made the decision to leave rural america and go to the big city because there just were not those opportunities in the towns like we represent. people who have felt the pain of not being able to hang on to their farms because of economic uncertainty and because their kids just didn't want to take over those farms when they wanted to go into the bigger towns. but being a member of congress from illinois, i know that midwesterns are tough. the people that we represent are not looking for a handout any of sorts. what they do want is for they and their families to be given to opportunity to work h

we also thank our friends at the illinois state society and washington, d.c. for their continued support. your online and in person financial contributions to the abraham lincoln institute help to fund the symposium and we hope you will give generously again today. dds enthusiasm, a validating our efforts and demonstrating that abraham lincoln's ambitions for the esteem of his fellow man and woman has been achieved. on behalf of the board of directors, i welcome you to our 20th annual symposium. whether you are with us here in washington or watching the elsewhere, we trust you will find yourselves having been informed, inspired, enlightened and entertained by our please joinspeakers me in welcoming my esteemed colleagues, william c harris, who will introduce our first speaker. [applause] >> good morning. it is a bit intimidating to stand on the stage and look where the good was assassinated. i had the honor of introducing the distinguished speaker for the first session of the symposium. daniel cross is a professor at the college of new jersey and the author of

and made him the magnet of us my attention lawyers and presidents gathered at county seats of the illinois eighth circuit. lincoln relished the role of entertainment and was invigorated by it. in his debates in 1858 with the stephen douglas he grew stronger in spirit and body over the course of the campaign, in contrast to his opponent. he didn't possess the ease of movement but had a gift for squeezing the most humor out of his material and building to the climax of the story. particularly font of the rendition of 4-star yet the confidence to advise the act on how to deliver a line so as to prompt the laugh that lincoln knew wasn't there. later in life lincoln would repeat with glee that description of a type of southwestern oratory who as a quote, mounted the rostrum, threw back his head, shined his eyes, opened his mouth and left the consequences to god. [laughing] in sharp contrast there was little in lincoln's on speeches that was not planned and well calculated. his use of humor and stores in his public addresses and private conversations was rarely lacking in broader intent, but wer

the american i believe in. adeline turner of jonesboro, elementary school illinois. was sponsored by the v.f.w. post in anna, illinois, and we would like to congratulate her and i know she will have a very bright future. also, madam speaker, i'd like to take just a second in i may to wish my wife a happy anniversary for the 37 years that we have been together. mr. bost: with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam chair. last night our republican colleagues finally revealed the secret health care bill and it's clear that trump care doesn't care. here are the top five reasons why. number one, trump care cuts medicaid. it creates block grants to states that will lead to less care, including forcing seniors out of nursing homes and reducing health care for the poor. number two, trump care eliminates health care subsidies. mr. soto: in its place it creat

the grammy winner says he needed to step up after a meeting with the illinois governor about funding ons, didn't prdu chance, a chicago native, says he's frustrated and disappointed with the governor, telling him do your job. the official cause of death is in for actor bill paxton. his death certificate says he died from a stroke, 11 days after heart surgery last month. the surgery was to replace a heart valve. bill paxton, best known for the hbo show big love and the movies titanic and aliens, was 61. what do you do when your musical wins six academy land in concert: a live-to-film celebration" will feature the movie's oscar-winning score, with a hundred-piece orchestra, a choir, and a jazz ensemble. the show is set to premiere this may in hollywood, with concerts planned across the u-s and europe. and a stop right here in the dmv at wolftrap on friday august 4th. how's this for a dream production: steven spielberg directing fellow oscar winners tom hanks and meryl streep? spielberg has signed on to direct "the post," about the washington post publishing the government-classifi ed "p

in a similar way, lincoln was attending a meeting at the illino illinois lunatic asylum. he made his way along and a little lunatic rushed out the dor and said sir, i am surprised you will wear your hat in front of christopher columbus. he said i am sorry removing his hat and moved on. later, lincoln met with the man again who approached him, sir, i am astonished you would wear your hat in the presence of george washington. he said excuse me an hour ago you said you were christopher columbus. that is correct but that was by another mother. lincoln said wit laughs with everybody and humor laughs with everybody -- wit laughs at everybody. brooks was weeping and said lincoln isn't witty but full of humor. he had a quick wit when it was observed the attorney general edward baits had black hair and a light beard lincoln thought it could be he used this jaw more than his brain. they emphasize not only his fitness for the post and his poor health which they said would benefit from the balmy climate of hawaii. the president closed the interview with regret saying i am sorry to say

, where residents started to clean up the damage. illinoisovernor toured the aftermath. >> i heard a freight train. ran to the basement. basement window was -- >> blew out? >> yes. and we were covered. >> reporter: illinois emergency officials are concerned about more severe weather. >> recovery efforts have become even more dangerous with dropping temperatures, potential for additional rain and even in some parts of illinois it's turning into snow. >> reporter: utility companies are working hard to get power and gas restored. michelle miller, cbs news, illinois. >>> a federal immigration judge will determine the fate of a young woman who was arrested while trying to renew per permission to stay in the united states legally as a dreamer. 22-year-old daniella vargas was picked up yesterday by immigration agents when she pulled over a friend's car in mississippi. she urged president trump to protect people like her. >> a path to citizenship is necessary, also for the 11 million undocumented people are dreams. today my father and brother await d

not to mention you already lost godzilla to the illinois cavalry and hulk. why don't you just have robert e. lee charge the line with shiva and ganesh? you guys ready to order? hang on, honey. shiva and ganesh, the hindu gods, against the entire union army? and orcs. i'll be back. koothrappali: excuse me. ganesh is the remover of obstacles and shiva is the destroyer. when the smoke clears, abraham lincoln will be speaking hindi and drinking mint juleps. all right, my boss says you have to either order or leave and never come back. what do you recommend for someone who worked up a man-sized appetite from a morning of weight training and cardio funk? a shower.

even more dangerous with drop in temperatures, potential for additional rain and some parts of the illinois reporter: officials say utility companies are working hard to get power, and gas, restored. michelle miller for cbs news, naply, illinois. >>> there are new developments tonight in it or land owe nightclub massacre. a federal judge in california has agreed to release shooter 's wife on bail. nora salmon the wife of omar mateen is facing charges she aided his attack. judge decided she's not a flight risk ordaining tore public safety. mateen shot and killed 49 people at pulse nightclub in orlando in june. >>> dementia striking younger people. on the healthwatch tonight actor/singer david cosby made a appearance on doctor phil today. he talked about his memory loss that started in his early 60's. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with ground breaking new research being done in dementia right here in fail. >> reporter: some exciting stuff they are doing. neurologists at penn are finding ways to treat various forms of dementia earlier. david cassidy said he wasn't surprised when d

hundreds of homes were leveled, hitting the illinois towns the hardest. >> to see the streets the wayhey looked this morning, first the way they looked yesterday morning that's emotional. >> illinois's governor surveyed the damage himself wednesday. comforting victims, some of whom lost everything. >> naplate has been devastated. >> this is just heart breaking. >> also devastated part of perry county, missouri. >> truck started shaking, i ran to the door, couldn't get the door open, the wind was blowing too hard. >> so like the month of march, to blow in like a lion. but hopefully leave like a lamb. chris clackum, nbc news. >> your four legged friend is fun, but also a contractual obligation. nbc bay area responds and explains next. >>> an airline delay like you've probably never heard before. the critter that forced passengers to change planes on the way to sfo. they finally arrved this eningao >>> they finally arrived this evening at sfo, about four hours late. what was the problem? a mouse on the plane. the british airways plane was about to take off from london/heathrow, when the

so that's the illinois refiners, refiners around cushing, oklahoma. a lot of that can stream down to the gulf as well. i think both of those areas retypers are. >> they are trapped there. >> really? you have all these shares, it's a generational buy here. >> first of all, think about it. there were two things that were guaranteed when this year began. you have to own financials, because interest rates are going higher. total disaster t. second was crude is set up perfectly at $52 a barrel him opec is not on board, it's off to the races, total disaster. sometimes consensus is great. sometimes it's exactly wrong. just because crude goes up two, three days. i don't think it's changed at all. if you look out to the christmas group contract, it's projecting no -- >> that is a fair point. so, you know, 2018 crude oil is off $6 bucks anyhowe since the beginning of the year. we definitely seen the curve flatten. >> that isn't the issue, when you look at continental fires, that i are consumers of crude. they aren't sellers and producers of it. if the commodity

the c.e.o. of fayette county hospital and long-term care in illinois. the state's second capital city with a population of only 7,000. i'm here today to remind congress that america's rural hospitals save lives. . mr. starnes: right now medicaid represents approximately 26% of the total annual revenues for my hospital. that's $20 million. the american health care act speaks to cut medicaid funding by $40 billion in the state of illinois over the next 10 years. that would cut services and jobs and could even close hospitals. that would affect everyone, but especially those in rural communities. t could jeopardize the 320 dedicated and caring employees at my hospital that provide cardiac care and respiratory care, long-term care. diabetic care and emergency care. every year we have about 8,000 emergency room visits and i'd like to share just a couple of quick stories with you about lives we save in the past one month. we saw 90-year-old man who came in with shortness of breath. we quickly diagnosed him with a heart attack and immediately got him the care h

attorney's office for the central district of illinois confirmed the searches and said agents from the irs, the federal deposit insurance corporation and the commerce department were all involved. caterpillar is cooperating with authorities and said, quote, while the warrant is broadly drafted we believe the execution of the search warrant is regarding, among other things, export filings that relate to swiss subsidiary. the matter first disclosed in caterpillar's form 10 k file an updated in the most recent form 10 k filed with the scc on february 15th 2017. the caterpillar's referring to investigation into whether the company tried to evade paying more than $2 billion in taxes by using a swiss subsidiary to sell replacement parts that came from u.s. operations. even with this previous disclosure investors did not seem to like the pictures of federal agents swarming. pattern signal that the situation could be escalating. for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan. >> that decline in caterpillar shares pressured the broader market which pulled back from record levels. material st

the midwest. at least two deaths, one in illinois and one in missouri, are blamed on the storm. is 21 tornadoes were reported yesterday between iowa, missouri, and illinois. some of the worst damage is in north-central illinois. four tornadoes were reported near the town of ottawa where there is extreme property damage. one survivor says she jumped in her bathtub to save her life. >> trees are down. my car is wrecked. my neighbor's cars are wrecked. it's disaster. it looks like a bomb went off. >> the tornado in missouri about 55 miles south of st. louis blew cars and trucks across an interstate. the threat of dangerous weather is expected to last in some areas through the morning. >>> an arizona man who drove his suv into a river was rescued by firefighters. the man got stuck last night. a rescue crew was able to walk him to safety. it's unclear how he end up there. >>> president trump's new immigration order will reportedly remove iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary travel ban. the pentagon and state department urged the white house to remove iraq be

the greatest generation. he was raised by two loving parents, with his two sisters in peoria, illinois. ong midwestern values about faith in god, hard work and playing by the rules in furious. karen raised an all-american family, obviously. he served his country for 50 wars or it as a decorated hero in world war ii. as an american hero through his constituents in the 18th congressional district. a teacher for all of us who have the greatest privilege of working for him. as well asmyself many other people sprinkled hall aout this wonderful graduate of robert h michael school of political science. if i could for a minute ask all of you that were touched by having the privilege of serving as a bob michael staff leader to stand up and so we can say thank you for all you did as a leader. [applause] when you work for bob michael, you are a part of his family, he cared enough about you as he did anyone of his children and grandchildren. , that in his classroom was the office, the floor of the house, his committee room and the farms in towns of the 18th district. everywhere he went he taught his

the american health care act byks to cut medicaid funding $40 billion in the state of illinois over the next 10 years. that would cut services, jobs, and could even close hospitals. that would affect everyone, especially those in rural communities. it would jeopardize the 320 dedicated and caring employees at my hospital, it would provide cardiac care, respiratory care, diabetic care, and emergency care. we have about 8000 emergency room visits. i would like to share a couple stories about lights we saved in the past -- lives we saved in the past month. we saw an older man with shortness of breath. we diagnosed him with a heart attack and got him the care he needed. a delay of care in the e.r. could have resulted in a different outcome. we saw a five-month-old boy in respiratory distress. we intubated the boy and got him transferred to a tertiary hospital. he needed the emergency care from our community. a delay could have been devastating. rural hospitals provide critically important life-saving services across the nation. if the american health care act passes tomorrow, hundreds of ru

the ñ#wmidwest. at least three people are dead including one in missouri. and two in illinois. -year-old man was crushed in a falling tree 90 minutes outside of chicago. the storm system spawned several tornadoes and left a damage across more than six states. national weather service investigators are on the ground right now counting the tornadoes and tracking their paths. >> let's take a quick look at some of other top stories at 4:00. police are investigating a shootinÑensju a school in southeast d.c. they say a man was found on wheeler road today across the street from the eagle academy charter school. last thursday, three people were shot in that area and two more shootings in front of a church on alabama avenue. also in broad daylight. >>> the accounting company behind sunday's infamous envelope flub at the academy awards won't be coming back. the associated press says the "x their relationship with pricewaterhousecoopers remains under review. >> last night's speech from president donald trump in which he struck a softer tone. later in the hour, how it's jtross the country,

the midwest. one person was killed in illinois. the other victim was in eastern missouri.rities say there were a total of 22 tornados yesterday wreaking havoc in six states. this is a photo of a funnel cloud in iowa. more severe thunderstorms expected throughout the midwest today and take a look at this damage overnight in maryland. in illinois, the governor has activated the state's emergency operations center to help those in >>> the same system that brought those tornados also pounded parts of iowa with large hail and this is video from iowa city. authorities there say the hail, strong winds, and rain caused considerable damage there. parts of the state could get hit with more rain and even snow later this week. >>> here' live desk i do want to show you a man seeing damage in his neighborhood for the first time. this is new video on facebook by someone named george smith. you can see homes flattened outside ottawa, illinois, houses knocked over, the walls down in so many of those and you can see the entire block, actually, wreckage lining the street and in this video, t

the tractor trailer that flipped over, a twister we're also told hitting a nursing home in illinois. minor injuries were reported and this morning even more worry, risk for severe weather through today as this system continues to be on the move toward south eastern states. now back to you. >>> and from the midwest to our weather here at home -- >> it's a weather alert here for some potential severe weather this afternoon. >> what happened in the midwest, the same line will be approaching us today. this is as of 1:00 p.m. all this you see in the red and orange, that is the leading edge of the strong storms coming into the panhandle of west virginia into the valley between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. it will be quickly racing on through and then it will be getting closer to the metro area. this is going to be as of around 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. our western northern suburbs, the line coming through with strong gusts of wind which may bring down some tree limbs. the line races on through and some of the models are a little bit slower. so we will like afternoon. sheena is back with another detailed look

professor wilson is a laureate of the lincoln academy of illinois, which awarded him the order of lincoln, the state's highest honor. he holds a number of honorary degrees from down college, knox college. degrees fromed lincoln memorial university, the civil war roundtable of new york, the lincoln group of new york, and this organization, the abraham lincoln institute. i will spare you the recitation of his publications, which run on for four pages, and end by saying the research skills by which doug and rod demonstrated during their work in research at the library of congress was absolutely unsurpassed. with accuracy, with diligence, just tenacity. i was deeply impressed. we have been friends for a long time, and i take great pride in introducing the vessel or -- introducing professor douglas l. wilson. [applause] douglas wilson: thank you very much. thank you, john. he behaved himself better this time. [laughter] douglas wilson: he once introduced me to the library of congress, and he says, i have visited in doug's home. he lives in a beautiful house in a shady street. he said, when we

, those are good-paying jobs, and the only hospital -- and the illinois hospital association says we're going to lose them. this republican bill, trumpcare, is bad for seniors, bad for middle-class families, bad for people with disabilities, not very good for kids. half the kids in america are born under and -- are born under and taken care of the states. bad for everyone who isn't healthy for wealthy. yet the house republican leadership is intent on moving forward with trumpcare this week. the republicans came t-- the prd if you don't support me, i'm going out to your districts to defeat you. we said in our bill that we voted for you could not have a disparity in premiums more than 3-1. so the premiums charged to a 20-year-old and the premiums charged to a 60-year-old could be no different than 3-1 margin. republicans changed that and made it 5-1. that's why the american association of retired persons opposes this trumpcare and why seniors across the country are waking up to the reality that they're in for a jolt when it comes to premiums that they have to pay. s

i was s haulining a lo o of mt through the state ofof illinoi. r stopping to resolve a discrepancy of the location to refuel, the brakes on the trailer froze. i contacted my employer and they arranged for a repair unit to come to my locatition. i expected that help would arrive within an hour. i woke three hours later to discover that i could not feel my feet, my skin was burning and cracking, my speech was slurred, and i was having trouble breathing. the temperature at night was roughly 27 degrees fahrhrenheit low zero. the heater in the cabin was not producing heat, an attempt to gauge in the truck was reading -7 degrees below zero. after informing my employer of my physical condition, they responded by telling me to simply hang on. as i sat there physically suffering in the cold, i started having thoughts i was going to die. my physical condition was fading rapidly. i decided to try to detach the trailer from the truck and drive to safety. when i stepped out of the truck, i was concerned that i may fall because i was on the verge of passing out