tracy received her degree at the university of chicago law school in 1991. azingly, this spring marks the 25th anniversary of her graduation from law school. it is ok. i happen to be with the professor at a reception the other night, a wonderful organization in chicago that works to improve the prison system, and one guest there told me that the professor had just informed her that after earning her undergraduate degree from the university of illinois in engineering, she was contemplating going to lock go, but being in engineering student she did not know much about law school and she was tentatively planning to go to georgetown. according to the story, then being at the university of chicago law school, she wound up serendipitously here. i am pleased to say that i was the dean. it was one of the best decisions i ever made, in terms of bringing people to the law school will with the exception of hiring barack obama. sorry. in any event, upon graduating, the professor served as a clerk on the united states court of circuit.or the seventh she then returned to t

does he attend the university of chicago? at are the penalties for putting such things online? >> he was a student at the university of chicago. he's been charged with transmitting a threat and interstate commerce. we do know the judge said -- somebody in court said basically they will not push against his bonn. we believe he'll be released to his mother. a lot of this is still developing. with threats this seriously, people are watching this stuff and obviously he will be facing serious charges. carol? >> ryan young reporting live in chicago this morning. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," is this the home of a suspected killer? what we're learning about the man accused of killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic. >>> investigators say they believe the man accused of the planned parenthood killings acted alone. robert lewis dean appeared via video in court just two days after the shooting spree that killed three people. police say dear moved from north carolina into this remote neighborhood in colorado a year ago

randy kroszner with the university of chicago's booth school of business. ty, down to you. >> sue, shortly after the fed announcement, some of the nation's biggest banks said they were going to increase their prime rate. the prime rate is the interest rate used to price lots of consumer products like auto loans, credit cards, home equity lines. so, if a bank raises its prime rate, it means your credit card rate will also rise. citi, jpmorgan, pnc, u.s. bank and wells fargo all raised their prime rates to 3.5%, but wells fargo also said it won't raise its rates on deposits. >> which, ty, brings us to our next segment, staffing cash in a savings account has yielded nearly nothing for years, aside, perhaps, from peace of mind, and that's not likely to change very much. our senior finance correspondent, sharon epperson, explains the real impact the fed decision may have on your finances. let's start with savings accounts. wells fargo says, you know, it's not going to increase the rate on your savings deposit. why? why is that not automatically -- >> it's not ti

he holds an mba from the university of chicago which he earned in 1948, which was unheard of back then. he is going to talk to us about the rocky road to pepsi armed with an mda. after he left, he went on to earn a masters degree in education, landed a principal's job, became dean of education at ohio state university and earned his doctorate in education. let's get started first with stephanie. tell us what the pepsi challenge is and what led you to that challenge. stephanie: the challenge was finding the beginnings of the african-american pioneers in corporate america. to not onlye was let them through the door but to find a way in which they could be integrated into the corporation as a whole. it was an experiment of course. an experiment that had a mixed results. us what it was like going to pepsi at that early point where they were just beginning to diversify. first, tell us about the rocky road to pepsi, even with an mba. i had a very unusual experience. i grew up in a family, black family where my father was a waiter and my mother was a schoolteacher. we were always taught this

of chicago. the university of chicago was whether closed yet after a threat was called in. another student has been arrested. apparently motivated by revenge teenager by a police officer. we're live in chicago this morning. also a lot more on the race for the white house. donald trump now going after chris christie. christie fighting back as well. we're going to get into that this morning. we are on the lookout this morning, gma on the lookout about malicious software that allows hackers to take over your computer, hold your personal files hostage and these attacks are expected to be on the rise in 2016. also it is star wars week here. >> that's cool. another great reason to watch good morning america starting at 7 a.m. thank you. >>> 6:46 right now. time to get a check on the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist bill evans back outside our wet studios on the upper west side. >> grab the umbrella and the raincoat. you will need that today. we've got a little lull in the action on the west side. a little drizzle this morning. make sure you got all the right gear. you're goi

of the university president. >> thank you, andy. today, chicago says mayor plans to launch a task force to investigate police conduct. this as anger grows over the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer. the officer is free on bail after posting $150,000 cash. he faces murder charges for fatally shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times. it has led to days of protest in chicago. >> classes are resuming at the university of chicago. >> bari dean is accused of making threats against the school. police say dean threatened to kill 16 white men on campus, plus any police officers he came across. the on line threat prompted the school to cancel classes on monday. dean is a student at nearby university of illinois of chicago. >> the act of courage that defined a movement, why civil rights activists say the fight must go on. >> the latest new york city initiative designed to make it easier to shake the salt habit. >> coming up tonight, we'll have the latest... >> does the government give you refugee status? >> they've marched to the border.

black youth from the south side of chicago have waged a more than 5 year-long campaign demanding university of chicago built this trauma center, staging dozens of protests, lock downs, and other actions. the movement was sparked by the 2010 death of 18-year-old activist damien turner, who was shot only blocks from the university of chicago but had to travel all the way to another hospital downtown, where he died. organizer veronica morris-moore explained the significance of thursday's announcement. >> it means that black lives matter. it is not just a #and not just a movement. fors a revocable source political changes. it means that people who believe that racism exists within the institutions, within the policies of this country have to organize to believe what they believe and find common issues to fight for him a that addresses the day-to-day lives of black people. the university has conceded its power to the demands of young black people and the people that have supported them in the community that they represent. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democra

next, a member of the president's task force on 21st century policing spoke to the university of chicago law school about police accountability and lawfulness and law enforcement reform in states around the country. this is about an hour. my name is jeffrey stone. have the pleasure of introducing our keynote speaker. law atilton professor at yale university. invitederved briefly, i -- invited tracy to come speak and this is one of the benefits of the service. we have the speaker right here at the chicago law school in 1991. me, this as well as spring marks the 25th anniversary of graduation from the law school. it's ok. with theto be professor at a reception last night for the john howard association. a wonderful organization in chicago that works to improve the quality of illinois prison system. one of the guests told me told her thates after earning her undergraduate degree from the university of illinois, she was contemplating going to law school. being an engineering student she didn't know much about law school. some of us it was one of the best decisions i ever made as dean in term

tracy is a yale law school professor who taught law at the university of chicago. she's introduced by law school professor geoffrey stone. >>> my name is jeffrey stone for those of you that don't know me. and i have the pleasure of introducing a core keynote speaker this afternoon, the hamilton professor of law at yale university. it is my opportunity to do this because when i served briefly as law school i entertained the date code invited treacy to come speak and this is one of those on the surface. tracy received her jd right here at the university of chicago law school in 1991. this spring marks the 25th anniversary of graduation from law school. i happened to be there for the reception the other night for the john howard association from a wonderful organization in chicago that works to improve the quality of the illinois system and one of the guests told me the professor had just informed her that after earning her undergraduate degree from the university of illinois and engineering, she was contemplating going to law school but being an engineering she really

topics of comparative religions at harvard university, nationalism and ethnic politics at the university of madison -- or university of wisconsin at madison. islamic origins at the university of chicago, and an asian values debate at columbia university. she has also participated in almost a dozen midwest faculty seminars at university of chicago. she was a recipient of the burlington northern award for excellence in teaching and the fulbright teaching research scholarship. she has published in the area of ethnic politics, gender and politics, islam and human rights, and militarism and motherhood. she is a visiting scholar at woodrow wilson center in washington, d.c., for 2015-2016. she's working on a book project entitled "the state and secul secularizing sharia, politics in the age of the nation-state." on a more personal note dr. hawk has been a personal adviser, mentor and friend. i studied under her tutelage at monmouth college. her care for my future led me to graduate school. following the completion of my m.a. dr. hawk was instrumental in giving me the opportunity to teach as an adjunct professor at monmouth for a year, cementing my love of teaching and opening my career to f

. >> reporter: this fast fall, brenda underwent a sleep test at the university of chicago medical center. she had had 32 brief awakenings every hour. now she's trying a behavioral modification program. >> i really need to limit my computer work because of the blue light they were sharing with me. eating earlier. no alcohol. >>. >> reporter: the doctor recommends something called sleep restrikds. only get in bed when you're sleepy. no tv, no devices. if after 30 minutes, you can't sleep get up and go somewhere else. >> cognitive behavioral therapy allows the patient to approach the bed and restructure their thought process so the bed is for sleeping and not a stressful experience. >> reporter: employing new behavioral changes can brenda is tracking her sleep. first night netted six hours and a month into the program, she's averaging five hours, improvement she says. >> anything that could help me i'm willing to do because i am goal driven to get this taken care of. >> reporter: becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> one cup of milk doesn't work. >> yes, but the fifth dimension mi

of chicago. >> reporter: and police have made an arrest for an online threat that shut down the university of chicago campus. federal investigators say jabari dean posted on social media he will execute 16 white male students. this is not a joke. 16 the same number of times mcdonald was shot. van dyke's lawyers say he acted lawfully. >> it's a case that is defensible. >> reporter: and van dyke now preparing for a legal battle in court. the police union president saying they are asking their members for donations to help with van dyke's defense. alex perez, chicago. >> nearly a quarter of u.s. bridges are structurally deficient according to a new congressional watchdog report. this comes despite an $830 billion project that was supposed to improve the nation's infrastructure. the report found that 10% of bridges were categorized as structural little deficient and 14% as functionally obsolete. >>> today is the 27th annual world aids day. out front and marking the day, bono will perform at carnegie haul for a fund-raiser look with the edge, hozier, jesse jay, miley cyrus and others. vice president joe b

classes and activities at the university of chicago were cancelled for the day as a precaution. >>> controversial facebook page not launching an university. the page is called white student union at harvard university and claims of established to defend the inherent rights of white europeans. the harvard spokesperson saying tonight at this point there remains unclear who is behind the creation of the unauthorized account. however we are closely monitoring the situation. the university's office of investigating. >>> president obama and more than 150 world leaders are in paris for a major summit on climate change. the conference and parties is an annual forum with a goal of reducing greenhouse emissions worldwide. president obama speaking today trying to ease concerns from critics who say that reducing carbon emissions will lead to a slower economy. proved that strong economic growth and a safer environment no longer has to conflict with one another. they can work in concert with one another. >> president obama also met with the president of china whose country is the world's largest pollution emit

>> i was arrested with nine other colleagues at the university of chicago, university of chicago dominionnd the naacp and we were arrested in a diverse coalition. what's beautiful about the city of chicago is the sea of diversity of protests. we are really reenergizing. i prayed with my legs. and we're doing that in the city of chicago. we're willing as nonseminarians who are willing to go to the jail and risk arrest in front of city hall because we're tired of t the corruption an we're no longer able to be silent. >> this video that was finally released by chicago, it enabled the public toal actually see what happened on that night back in 2014. the officer who shot la quan mcdonald is facing first-degree murder charge and if not for the demonstrations do you think that officer would have been charged? >> why did it take 400 days for someone to be charged? we're not asking for people to just are resign and not get those answers. and that singularly seems to be the issue. this is a media crisis, trying to play cover-up and trying to play catch up and save public face. but we wanted the tr

that threat shut down the university of chicago campus the other david they say he posted on social media, "i will execute 16 students. this is not a joke." 16 being the same number of times mcdonald was shot. despite calls from protesters written and our sister station in chicago he isn' t going in it -- the superintendent told our sister station he' s in going anywhere. >> i' m not giving up on the good people of chicago and i' m certainly not going to give up on the chicago police department. elizabeth: the mayor says his new task force will review the training and oversight at the police department. some community leaders say they want federal investigators to now take over and i' s -- take erin: as we reported at the beginning of the story, the mayor did in fact fire the superintendent admitted the outcry just moments ago. investigators in indonesia have caused an air asia plane to crash last year killing all 162 , people on board. investigators say a faulty rudder control system and the pilots' response caused the sea. they say the pilots attempted to address the problem, but the pl

a student arrested for online threats that shut down the university of chicago posted on social media plan to execute 16 students or staff as well as white policeman. the campus was closed as a precaution. federal authorities believe that he was motivated by the police shooting of mcdonald. classes on campus will resume tomorrow. jury selection is underway for the first officer facing trial in the death of freddie gray. william porter faces charges of assault and manslaughter. he is the first of six officers to face trial. gray died earlier this year and it police transport van, triggering protests across the country. montgomery county controls its own the curis sales. some restaurants and bars say that is unfair, so they are demeaning a change, but it could the budget and could lead to possible tax increases. jay korff has a look at the hall issue -- at the alcohol issue. are some say that if they able to buy the kind of booze they want when they want it, it will lead to happier businesses and happier customers. other folks, including county leaders, say this particular plan could le

. >> a university of chicago crime study puts the cost ever gun violence makes wide $100 billion a year, with shots in the windy city about $2.5 billion or 25,000 per household. >> total hospital bill of over $1 million. >> over $1 million? >> over $1 million. in that situation that patient has no insurance essentially that's free charity care provided by the hospital. >> by one estimate annual firearm injuries end up cause costing $645 per gun. and doherty says, that's not who you feel is paying the price. >> out there there's the thought that those who get shot deserve it. but the majority of our patients are not in gangs and don't relate to a gang involved incident. most are innocent victims. >> in may, michael was driving in the suburbs, when he heard the window crack. >> it felt like someone had punched me in my left shoulder in the back. and i -- but i knew it wasn't just a punch because it knocked me over and i slumped over the wheel. >> the 57-year-old father of two had been hit by a stray bullet. >> i'm not a gang banger, i'm not a thug, i'm a teacher, you know. and i'm thinkin

. >> arnold was fascinated by gargoyles around the university of chicago campus. he went to work in washington. >> it was all from getting to work from people who had learned from previous generations. >> it's a trade and art officially handed down from master to apprentice, but aspiring carvers may have a difficult road ahead of them. if you are lucky enough to find an apprenticeship, you still need a blacksmith to create the tools. >> in my late 20s i met a carve who are worked on the tribune tower. that was his apprentice work in 1927. he was in his late 80s at the time. he passed on all of his tools to me. >> in recent decades the art has been on a decline. >> 120 years ago there were 100 stone yards in the area, and each had carvers. each time you put up a building, you put up o ornamenttation. now if a public building has 1% for the arts, that's a huge deal. >> there are fewer than a couple of dozen full-time carvers remaining in the united states. but he said there is hope. >> when it comes to creating modern day monuments with classic style. >> when we're

. >>> classes once again underway at the university of chicago. -year-old accused of making threats against the school. police say he threatened to kill white men on campus, and any officers he came across. >>> it is day two of jury selection for one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. william porter, his defense team says he may not be a fair trial. >>> convicted bosston marathon bomber back in court today. his lawyers arguing that he needs a new trial. they also want his death sentence to be overturned. he was convicted on more than 30 federal charges back in june, but his lawyer says a supreme court ruling invalidated half of those charges. the bombing killed three people, and wounded more than 260 others back in 2013. the next republican president debate is coming up. >>> also investigators revealing what brought down the airasia jet a year ago. ♪ >>> donald trump is campaigning today in new hampshire making new demands, he says before he takes part in the next presidential debate scheduled for december 15th. he says he wants

of other videos showing chicago cops shooting suspects. they have prompted protests and questions about police accountability. of the 400 police shootings since 2007, the police review board found only two unjustified. the university of chicago has studied the intersection of police misconduct and the lack of punishment. >> it starts with the lack of political will to address the underlying-- the underlying reasons. >> reporter: law professor craig futterman led the study and said racial insensitivity and the code of silence that protects bad cops are both a pattern and a practice which the justice department will want to review. >> one police shooting a week going back 35 years. 75% of people shot in chicago are black. >> reporter: this is a bad confidence in its police officers, scott. murders here are up 17% this year, and chicago needs every good cop it can find. >> pelley: dean reynolds reporting for us tonight. dean, thank you. the northwest is bracing for round two of a week-long soaking. much of portland was flooded yesterday. the national weather service said it looked like a fire house coming in off the pacific. braes is there. >> reporter: more than three inches of rain doused portland in just 24 hours,

of times laquan mcdonald was shot by a chicago police officer. these are medical students and residents in schools like university of chicago and rush... coming together to say the excessive violence and lack of accountability is not just a public safety crisis, but also a public health crisis. (paris austell, medical student): " we want rahm emanuel to resign because we're tired of theover-up. we're tired of all of the police brutality. systemic racism in something needs to be done about it," people on their way to work in the loop stopping to take pictures and video, saying was a powerful image. mos: "it is amazing. they've got a powerful force together, so hopefully they make the point they want to peacefullll" meanwhile, new information is expected today in city's plan to hire a new chicago police superintendent, after gary mccarthy's resignation. it will detail the process that would likely solicit public input. jenna: signed new leleslation today at the whitehouse in front of f teachers, students and lawmakers. critics have said no child left behind gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. earlier

the former chairman of the council of economic advisers at the white house who is now at the university of chicagousiness school. if economists are the most brilliant people, why are they so divided on if this is a good idea or not? many things,s with there are multiple camps of economists. some are scarred by the time of the 1970's. they look at the environment we are in and say we are about to have inflation. i am in the camp that says they have been saying that for seven straight years and have an wrong . the u.s. economy has never been growing slower than it is now over and the fed starts tightening. you have dangers around the world in china, a merging markets, and europe. without obviously full employment and some sign that inflation is back to the 2% target, it strikes me as everyone is itching to get the rate set. .- the rates up i hope that it works, but i don't know. katty: what will the fallout be on places like india and brazil, who have seen their currency plummeted by something like 35% over the past year. having major problems already. most of the emerging markets are nervous for a

. >>> an resumed in the threat of the university of chicago. why suspect told police that he was motivated to kill. >>> you know, her, song earned her six grammy award nominations, this is her song, many moons. >> many moons, we hardly see the moon on a morning like this, sue serio with all that precipitation. look at how wet market street is. >> how true, how true. at least we are getting our rain over with in the weekdays and at least we're not getting this. you know, you can see it is snow in the center of the country, wrapped city south dakota maybe getting six to 10 y other places in the midwest, omaha, nebraska has six to 10 inches in the the forecast as well. so if we get an inch of rain and that would have been snow, that would have been about 10 inches of snow for us over the next couple of days. thank goodness we are only getting rain. we have rain in the the area right now and another area on the way where we see yellow and red there heavier downpours on our way, for the end of the morning and probably into lunchtime. so the tell wil

. >>> and authorities have made an arrest in a threat of violence that prompted university of chicagoo cancel classes yesterday. dean was charged with posting an online threat saying he would kill 16 white students monday morning on the campus quadall in retaliation for the amount of times officer vandyke shot mcdonald last year. the school is expected to resume normal operations today. >>> well, it is barely december and the upper midwest is already getting a taste of winter. >> reporter: a brutal wave of ice, freezing rain, and snow, gripping much of the midwest. >> i don't mind the snow, but the cold. >> reporter: airports struggling to keep up. the morning commute in minneapolis was treacherous. dozens of cars sliding into ditches and guard rails. this storm has been relentless for days. deaths in kansas, and oklahoma. more than 70,000 left with no way to heat their homes and some schools forced to close early. crews working around the clock trying to restore power. an agonizing blast of winter with the official start of the season still three weeks away. >> it seems early for all

a university of chicago study found in more than 99% of the thousands of misconduct complaints against officers this year, no disciplinary action was ever taken. >> he has become an issue rather than dealing with the issue. say emanuel himself has become an issue and have questioned his leadership. one reporter asked if he still had the trust of the public. >> i work at that every day, and that. >> reporter: job one will be superintendent. paul green is a roosevelt university political scientist. what does the new guy, whoever that is, have to do in. >> first pray. and after he or she prays, then find a way to calm things down. >> reporter: along those lines, the mayor has just created a new police accountability task force, scott, to help restore public trust and confidence in the lacking. >> pelley: dean reynolds in chicago tonight. thanks, dean. the united states is about to get more deeply involved in the war against isis in iraq and syria with more special operations forces on the ground. the pentagon. >> reporter: about 200 u.s. special operations forces will city of irbil from w

. >> and there is academics from the university of chicago, yale, and there has been a federal judge from "the thin blue line" and what are they studying here? rule 14 when you talk about the lives that are not punish and mis misdemeanor that is violent, and you are a guy that et goes stuff done, and why can't you get it done like passing the budget or like you did with cps, and we are not talking about fatal shootings. i respectfully disagree with the analogy, because passing the budget or doing things at the chicago public schools is not the same as dealing with pro protocols and culture and earning the trust and confidence of the public in the police department and the oversight, and the accountability that exists in the police department. you are right at one level. there have -- there is a lot of work. and one thing that i want to repeat. we are not unique of dealing with the issue of confidence and trust of communities of color in the city of chicago with the police department. we do, like other cities, new york or other cities, baltimore or ferguson, missouri, or minneapolis o

of chicago. class back in session at the university of chicago this morning after a young man was rested for threatening to kill students on campus. he's accused of seeking revenge for the death of a black teenager gunned down by a white officer. morning. abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: after six days behind bars this morning chicago police officer jason van dyke is out of jail saying nothing as he battled a swarm of cameras monday night after posting $150,000 bond. before setting bail, a judge viewing that now infamous dash cam video. investigators shows van dyke shooting 17-year-old laquan mcdonald 16 times in 15 seconds. van dyke's defense argues he firered h weapon because he feared for his life and is ready for his day in court. >> he's prepared to defend himself. he is very scared about the consequences that he's facing. >> reporter: also on monday following a week of protests call are for chicago's top brass to sp down federal authorities arresting jabari dean after they y he made threats online that shut down the university of chicago campus for an entire day. dean, a student at a

this happened three years ago, after coleman who graduated from the university of chicago, inexplicably attacked his mother in their home. police say he spit blood on >> it was just a lot of frustration going on. he was in the car. he was pounding on the paddy wagon door. erika: police took coleman to the hospital where doctors gave him a sedative. an autopsy determined he died from an allergic reaction to that drug and not the use of force by police. nonetheless, their treatment of coleman while in custody is now being investigated. and 3 years later for the first time police admit this incident , should' ve been handled differently especially considering officers may have been dealing with someone with mental health issues. documents reveal the officers involved received only one day suspensions. t consider the case closed. oscar pistorius is now free on murder. a judge ruled his house arrest will continue until he is sentenced at a hearing in april. last week south africa' s supreme court of appeal overturned his conviction for culpable homicide in the shooting death of of his girlfr