of illinois, the university of chicago and northwestern university to develop the next generation of energy efficient batteries. as we foster innovation and the industries of the future, we also increased export opportunities for illinois businesses to move their goods into new global markets. the illinois economy is the 18th largest in the world. our state has tremendous potential to grow a whole lot more. we aggressively pursued export opportunities from our mighty agriculture to our mighty manufacturing. a quarter of our soybean crop is sold to just one country. china. illinois farmers are feeding china's new middle class. thank you, agriculture and thank you, illinois farmers. [ applause ] our manufacturers like john deere and caterpillar. caterpillar's sales were record-breaking last year. the largest percentage increase in the last 64 years. a lot of it was driven by foreign demand for caterpillar products made by illinois workers. we out to thank caterpillar and thank those workers. thank you. [ applause

of illinois, the university of chicago and northwestern university, to develop the next generation of energy efficient batteries. even as we've fostered innovation and the industries of the future, we've also increased export opportunities for illinois businesses to move their goods to new global markets. the illinois economy is the 18th largest in the world and our state has tremendous potential to grow a whole lot more. we have aggressively pursued export opportunities, from our mighty agriculture to our mighty manufacturing. a quarter of our soybean crop is sold to just one country china. illinois farmers are feeding china's new middle class. thank you, i burkhalter. thank you, illinois farmers. [applause] our manufacturers like john deere in the quad cities and caterpillar in peoria had outstanding years. caterpillar's increase in sales and revenue last year was record-breaking, the largest percentage increase in the last 64 years. and a lot of it was driven by foreign demand for caterpillar products made by

justin coughy is an social professor of history at quincy university in quincy, illinois. he earned his p. hd at the university of illinois at chicago. his specialty is recent american political history. recent american history with a concentration on the ideological battles of the 1960s. and he's currently at work on a by i don't gofy of the former vice president, spiro agnew. and he's published in a number of different journals including maryland historical magazine and reviews in american history. after justin will be tim kiska will take the -- will go. and he's an associate professor of communications at the university of michigan deerborn where he teaches journalism and journalism history. he joined the faculty there after working for more than three decades as a journalist first with the detroit free press from 1970 to '87 and then later at the detroit news from '87 to 2002. he's the author of -- and most recently in 2009 a newscast for the masses. the history of detroit television journalism. kiska also works as a producer and a reporter for a cbs-owned all news radi

justin coffey is an associate professor of history at quincy university in quincy, illinois, and he earned his ph.d. at the university of illinois at chicago. and his specialty is recent american political history. recent american history with a concentration on the ideological battles of the 1960s. he's currently working on a biography of former vice president spiro agnew. after justin will be -- tim kisco will go. and he's an associate professor of communications at the university of michigan, dearborn, where he teaches journalism and journalism history. he joined the faculty there after working for more than three decades as a journalist first as the "detroit free press" from 1970 to '87 and then later at the detro"detroit news" he's the author in 2009 "a newscast for the masses, a history of detroit television journalism." kisco also worked as a producer and a reporter for a cbs owned all-news radio station wwj-am where he specializes in exit polls and election annalysinaly. finally, professor william rohrabach is a professor of history at the university of washington in seattle. profe

for 34 years i taught southern history at the university illinois about 130 miles south of where we are this morning. i wrote a book, "the age of lincoln." became a lincoln scholar. moved back home to south carolina where i discovered many folks don't like lincoln as they do here in the land of lincoln. i now teach at clemson university, built on the plantation of john c. calhoun who introduced the post slavery argument in the u.s. senate. clemson was founded by the prototype of the racial demagogue pitch for ben tillman. where did they put my office? the strom thurmond institute. i hope that my choice of what i study and where i live will have not have you question my judgment on the historians who today are assessing the many contributions of jim mcpherson. george preston, jim mcpherson has served as president of both the society of american historians and american historical association. at my last count he had published 21 books, added significant other volumes, contributed a slew of important articles, two journals and books and essays, and has written introductions to numerous pub

>>some of the most prominent teachers at the university of illinois want their president fired. 130 university of illinois faculty members have signed a letter calling for the removal of michael hogan he was hired less than two years ago to help the university get past and in mission scandal. but he has fought with faculty over student and rahman strategies and some critics say as american leadership style university board chairman christopher kennedy said the trustees still support michael hogan. tonya francisco has engineers to activists about the shutdown of a coal-fired plant ... >>8 greenpeace ta activists once climbed smokestacks here and now activists get their wish the plant will be shutting down as well as others around the metropolitan area ... according to reports in the chicago sun- times mayor rahm emanuel put pressure on the company and reached agreement activists had been working on this for years >>we held our elected officials accountable and this will change things for the better >>news of this agreement the gets sooner than anyone expected we received a statement from midwes

chicago is the most corrupt city in the country and illinois is the third most corrupt state according to a new study by the professors at the universityf illinois the research shows chicago's history of corruption goes back more than one under 40 years >>robert jordan is live at city hall with more on this story ... >>that dubious distinction is embarrassing according to dick simpson professor of political science at the university of illinois ... he cites the recent convictions that sent politicians to prison ... >>1531 convictions here since 1976 >>some aldermen agree and say that the way of doing business in chicago politically needs to change >>there's definitely room for improvements ... you can't turn your back on the people. >>professor simpson says that the two seats of power in illinois the governor's office and the city council in chicago have the worst records for breaking laws. >>that's where most of these crimes have been tried and convicted in terms of federal corruption no other state can match this and that is not something we should be proud of. >>everyone is always getting after people who have made mistakes but you

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the second speaker earned his masters at the university of illinois at chicago under the direction of richard freed. after completing his graduate work, the professor taught at various universities and now at the college of du page and he concentrated on his career in congress. his desertation in the 50s. our next speaker is irv gelman. she has written three monographs on roosevelt and published in 1973. good neighbor diplomacy published in 1979 and secret affairs franklin roosevelt and sumner wells published in 1995. since then he embarked on a biography on the life and times of richard nixon. the first is the contender, richard nixon, and the apprenticeship, richard nixon, the vice presidential years. the final will be perspective from someone within the nixon administration, frank gannon. he received his doctor of philosophy from 1971 through 1974. he accompanied to san clemente aboard air force 1 and organized the research and writing. >> good morning, everybody. i would like to thank the nixon library and the staff for their hospitality in welcoming the group today. also i want t

1960 election and nixon's relationship with the media and the vice president here at the university of illinois and chicago. a specialty is american history and a concentration on the ideological battles of the 1960s. he is currently at work on i biography of former vice president spiro agnew and a number of different journals, the maryland historical magazine and views in american history. tim will take and go and she an associate professor of communications at the university of michigan, dearborn. journalism and journalism history. he joined after three decades as a journalist and in 1970 to 87 and later at the detroit news. he's the author of and the most recently in 2009, a newscast for the masses. the history of detroit television journalism. he worked as a producer and a reporter for a cbs-owned all new radio station and where he specializes in exit rolls and election and analysis. he is an expert on the 1960s and the real making of the president kennedy-nixon in the 1960 election. published in 2 thousand 9 and written another book about kennedy. kennedy and the promise of the 1960s, 2002

at the university of illinois at chicago under the direction of richard freed. after completing his graduate work, the professor taught at various universities and colleges in chicago. he's now at the college of du page and he has written about the career of richard nixon, concentrating on his career in congress. his dissertation topic, nixon in the '50s. our next speaker is irv gelman. irv has written three monographs on the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, roosevelt and batista published in 1973. secret affairs, franklin roosevelt, cordell hall, summer wells in '95. he's em parked on a mult time multivolume biography on the life and times of richard nixon. the first is the contender, richard nixon, and the apprenticeship, richard nixon, the vice presidential years. 1952 to 1961 and he expects it to be published this year. our final speaker will be perspective from someone within the nixon administration, frank gannon. frank received his doctor of philosophy from oxnard university and won a white house fellowship and served in the nixon white house from 1971

the second speaker earned his master's degree at the university of illinois, chicago, under the direction of richard freid. after completing his graduate work, the professor has taught at various universities and colleges in chicago. he's now at the college of due page and he has researched and written about the career of richard nixon, concentrating on his career in congress. his dissertation topic was nixon in the '50s. our next speaker will bement irv gelman, he's written on the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, published in 1973 "good neighbor diplomacy" published in 1979 and "secret affairs," published in 1995. he's embarked on a multivolume biography of the life and times of richard nixon. the first volume is "the contender richard nixon the congress years" published in 1999. he's currently finishing the second volume "the apprenticeship, richard nixon the vice presidential years 1952 to 1961" and he expects it to be published this year. the final speaker will be perspective from someone in the nixon administration, frank gannon. and frank received his doctor of philosophy from o

i studied accounting at the university of illinois. i have been a corporate and securities attorney for 28 years. i've now written seven best-selling novels about murder trials, death penalty cases, and courtroom drama. i have never handled a criminal case in my life. [laughing] so all of you out there who are thinking of writing novels, there is hope. but i did have this feeling a long time ago, probably from the time i was in high school, that at some point i would like to try to write a novel. and i can't explain why. i do know that when i read "presumed innocent" on an airplane in 1988, i decided that if i ever get around to writing the novel that i probably will never write, it will be a courtroom novel. and scott didn't invent the genre. neither did john grisham. earl stanley gardner was writing courtroom drama in the 1930's and 1940's. "anatty of a murder" came out in 1958. first we have "to kill a mockingbird," which most lawyers and most lawyer authors will tell you is kind of the seminal work of why we got interested. and i s

researchers at the university of illinois followed 500 kids from fourth through sixth grades.hey found fourth grade children with signs of depression were victimized in the fifth grade and then had difficulty being accepted if grade six. the study disputes previous thinking though that relationship problems led to childhood depression. >>> more families are switching from regular milk to organic milk but now it's in short supply in -- and stores in some parts of the country are having trouble keeping it on the shelves. >> reporter: gail wolf buys organic milk because she believes it's better for her kids good is it more expensive? >> yes. do my kids drink tons of milk? yes. is this one place i know i can reduce their chemical exposure? yes and that's why we do it. >> reporter: sales were up 15% in the last year. now shortages are being seen in several parts of the country. some stores are having trouble keeping it in stock and posting signs apologizing for empty shelves. but the reason for the organic milk shortage is not how much people are drinking. it's the cost of what cow

university of illinois - chicago school of public health professor four years and currently. coauthor, "the quest for immortality, science at the frontiers of aging." hobbies, fishing, running. stewart j. olshanski, born queens, new york. 56 years of age. wife sonya. two children. jewish and unitarian. politics, independent. massachusetts institute of technology, b.a. computer science and literature. kurzweil technologies. parent company to nine companies. specializing in artificial intelligence. speech and character pattern recognition. and technology trend forecasting. founder and ceo. 31 years and currently. national medal of technology, the nation's highest honor in technology. recipient from president clinton. 1999. half million dollar m.i.t. prize. the nation's largest award in invention and innovation, winner, 2000. inventions, numerous. including the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind. and the first large vocabulary speak recognition instrumentation. author, five books, including "the age of spiritual machines, when computers intelligence." and coauth

of illinois, the universityof chicago and northwestern university, to develop the next generation of energy efficient batteries. even as we've fostered innovation and the industries of the future, we've also increased export opportunities for illinois businesses to move their goods to new global markets. the illinois economy is the 18th largest in the world and our state has tremendous potential to grow a whole lot more. we have aggressively pursued export opportunities, from our mighty agriculture to our mighty manufacturing. a quarter of our soybean crop is sold to just one country china. illinois farmers are feeding china's new middle class. thank you, i burkhalter. thank you, illinois farmers. [applause] our manufacturers like john deere in the quad cities and caterpillar in peoria had outstanding years. caterpillar's increase in sales and revenue last year was record-breaking, the largest percentage increase in the last 64 years. and a lot of it was driven by foreign demand for caterpillar products made by

for 37 years i taught history from university of illinois, about 130 miles south of where we are this morning. i wrote a book, age of lincoln, became a lincoln scholar, moved back to north carolina where i found many folks don't like lincoln as they do here in the land of lincoln. i now teach at clemson built on the plantation of calhoun. clemson was founded by the prototype of the demagogue tillman and where do they put my office strom thurman institute. i hope my choice of what i study and where i love will not have you questioning my judgment on these historians who are assessing the many contributions of jim mcpherson princeton george henry davis 86 professor of american history emeritus. jim mcpherson served on the society of history sans and american historical association. he contributed a slew of important laws, published books, journals, essays, written introductions to numerous published works. both for cause and comrades and tried by war. abraham lincoln as commander in chief won the lincoln prize. among the many things that distinguished mcpherson's career is relevance of

thank you all of us still another college campus shooting this time in northern illinois university in dekalb in them am in northern illinois is the myths shooting and public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take one columbine happened people thought of columbine start enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus of virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old bridge in your tank wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's.

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did you get a masters from university of illinois? >> yes. >> in what? >> u.s. history. >> and you got your ph.d. from maryland in what? >> u.s. history, with an emphasis on aftrican-american history in the period from the civil war to 1900. >> so, what were your parents doing back then in those days? >> my father was a janitor at philipmorris, the tobacco company. he had worked at the stemry for a few years and then had gotten a position as a janitor at the research center and my mother was a housewife, stay-at-home mom. and we grew up in an environment with two very loving parents, two very stern parents, who kept us on the straight and narrow and made us realize that the ny time in to success was my life that i didn't expect to go to college. the big problem was how we were going to pay for it, but there was never any discussion about whether or not i would go. it was clear that i would go. >> hampton institute is a historically black college, one of the 110 that exist and now you teach at howard university. in the middle you had integrated schools. predomina

researchers at the university of illinois chicago found sweet or salty snack foods were sold in nearlyalf of the elementary schools they studied. the amount sold has not changed over four years despite efforts to kush childhood obesity. the schools most likely to sell junk food were in the south where obesity rates are highest. >>> a milestone in britain. it was 60 years ago today that queen elizabeth ascended to the throne. here she was at the time of her corenation. this is the queen today, now the second longest serving monarch in british history. she celebrated in typically understated fashion. performing routine duties including a visit to a school. there was also a 21 gun salute and the queen wrote a special anniversary message urging the british, quote, to look forward to the future with a clear head and a warm heart. four days of more lavish celebrations are scheduled for june. >>> and coming up, the secrets from behind the scenes. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired,

thanks to the still another college campus shooting this time in northern illinois university in de kalb them am at northern illinois is that it's shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take when columbine happened people thought if columbine start enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus of virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old. wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. wealthy british style sun. sometimes. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my skies are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r g. c.

thank you there's still another college campus shooting this time northern illinois university in dekalb in them am a northern illinois is that it's shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take when columbine happened people thought if coal mines not enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old virginia tech wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. wealthy british style. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max kaiser for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. it's the beginning of the end of the war leon panetta says u.s. troops will leave afghanistan by next year but as the u.s. looks forward to the end game will take a look back at a decade of war and question of what's exactly going accomplished. and. the big the big the big th

but i believe that -- i was taught in the university of illinois, in ag school, many of you might remember tom and he always used to say, mother nature takes care of excesses and mother nature takes care of deficits. i hope mother nature takes care of the deficits. >> what about china, greg? what's your outlook? we're talking about a percent off of 10% growth. >> i think the chinese leadership is more interested in control. they just announced the other day that they'll increase crushing capacity another 12 million metric tons. so their biggest thing will be civil unrest and having their food inflation, keeping that at bay, that will be the no. 1 task for them. but the control factor is starting to ring loud and clear. people that have been selling in china, i think they're going to be squeezed out and you'll see the state-run grain companies probably expand in a tremendous way over the next three to five years. >> we talked this career how there used to be a famed battle for acres. if it is a battle, it's one of the quietest ones i've ever seen. new crop does not seem to be reflecting a w

house chief of staff rahm emanuel was elected mayor chicago is the most corrupt city a study university of illinois says it's cost five hundred million dollars to the city corruption is essentially a corruption tax on citizens who ever said that greece is not analogous to the u.s. just look at chicago i don't think it's about. you you come from an area close there what do you think or what your opinion of chicago well of course this isn't chicago specific but if you look at how many governors the state of illinois has in jail which most of them came from the chicago regime there is emotion in congo regime i think it pretty much i mean i think it can compare to greece maybe in the future one. other charges for the ones. there you have it anything that i know where the lay of the final words that she's doing with the crowd was kind of crazy. that's where the offer came from but. i'm of global having to chicago to have them work so well i'll tell you this city cannot afford a corruption tax no city can anymore now that they have or could or should but i'll leave you on that note because that's all we

city a study university of illinois says it cost five hundred million dollars to the city corruption essentially a corruption tax on citizens who first said that greece is not analogous to the u.s. just look at chicago. just as. you come from an area close there what do you think or what your opinion of chicago all of course this isn't chicago specific but if you look at how many governors the state of illinois has in jail which most of them came from the chicago regime the regime of the congo regime i think it pretty much i mean i think it can compare to greece maybe in the future when i want. to talk through the lens. there you have it not anything and i know word only of the final words that she's doing which the crowd was. prepared for a. car we have a global having a chicago out on a merc well i'll tell you the city cannot afford a corruption tax and knows that he can't anymore now that they have or could or should but a levy on that now because that's all we have time for thanks so much for tuning in feel free to follow me on twitter at lauren lyster to give us feedback on the

thank you there's still another college campus shooting this time in northern illinois university in dekalb in the mayhem at northern illinois is that it's shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take when columbine happened people thought if columbine start enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old virginia tech wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today. oh so you have some sense there where the fact that that's how their money's being spent to meddle and influence and interfere in other nations affairs it seems western powers can't help but meddle in other country's affairs especially if it means a bigger slice of the pie for them we'll show you why this so-called democra

thank you there's still another college campus shooting this time northern illinois university in dekalb in them am at northern illinois is the fifth shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take when columbine happened people thought if coal mines not enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old virginia tech wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. download the official t.m. placation joe on the phone oh i pod touch from the i.q. stops to. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand all teens mind old comes and already says feeds now in the palm of your. question on all t.v. dot com. me if he. comes. mark your calendars because leon panetta is ready to close the book on the war in afghanistan but as the u.s. gets ready for the next chapter what has really changed and is there any way for the u.s. military to save face well re

thank you still another college campus shooting this time northern illinois university in de kalb and in the mayhem at northern illinois in the mid shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take one columbine happened people thought of columbine start enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus virginia tech certainly most horrifically and people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough hold for genius wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada.

be a lawyer talking about her sister melissa lech thousand eight soon-to-be college junior university of illinois also a woman with her life in front of her. stolen when killed here run down by a hit-and-run driver and left for dead. the memorial still left after all this time who ran her over question might have been answered 27 year-old david mccarthy naperville came knocking on her door tracking her down on-line wanted to talk the reality he came to her house to confess and told her >> i was the one that struck your sister. i said you hit my sister? and he said yes i struck her and ran over her it was lost it was a dark road trying to look for i 55 and it was a split second. she rolled underneath my car >> felt feelings of shock and fear. >> coming forward and telling the police? >> at t said i have to think about it >> and she thought he had to go log enough to write down the license plate and toward it over to police 27 year-old later arrested and in jail unable to post $1 million bond, never said i am sorry for what happened. that's me angry because sitting right in front of me to not know

we've also built and renovated more than 400 schools from western illinois university's new riverfront campus in moline to the new transportation education center at siu in carbondale and from the repurposed cole hall at northern illinois university in dekalb to the new electrical and computer engineering building at the university of illinois in urbana-champaign. we've invested in more than 40 public transportation projects. we're working with chicago mayor rahm emanuel to rebuild the cta's red line. we're working with rockford mayor larry morrissey to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we're working with elected officials in the south suburbs and will county to build a new airport. [applause] and we're building high-speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [applause] all these projects and many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to say thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [a

exercise help to stimulate stem cells university of illinois researchers link between exercise and tos of the birth of new stem cells after exercise. turns out adult stem cells in muscles enhance healing researchers believe the findings are critical for helping rehabilitate muscles and preventing or restoring muscle lost with age. brain changes depending on activity and the competition. looking at scans doctors able to see people focus on their own action while playing a game of solitaire but add another player into the next people played less attention to their own strategy instead spending more energy trying to figure out what the opponents would do. national academy of science report we did not learn from our own actions inspired to burn more by the absence of others. by the actions of others back to you >> winter like temperatures turning the mild season we have been having tom skilling tells us when the big chill is setting in. and why this commercial is called racist and is stirring backlash. this week at kmart love is in the air during our valentine's day jewelry sale! get thes