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"A big 89. The Chicago city council spends over one third of its time on honorary speeches. Might it be time for a parliamentary tune up? Let's talk about it this afternoon. John Howell on the big 89 WLS. Keeping his friends close and his enemies, educated, the Dan bongino show. Yeah, some of you will get the problem is there after the ball site. That is hilarious audio thanks for the feedback. That actually happened. COVID rules about tennis balls. You can kick other people's balls, but don't touch them. I mean, this actually happened. And you wonder why people are faith in our institutions, this entirely and completely falling apart. So Merrick Garland was up on Capitol Hill, and this man is a disgrace to humankind. I mean, really, thank the lord, and I don't use his name in vain. Right? The lord, this guy's not on the Supreme Court. I mean, you could make the case, yeah, he's doing as much damage right now in the attorney general spot. And I wouldn't disagree with you, but there's a difference. The attorney general's spot is not a lifetime post. He will be out immediately if we win in 2024. I suspect he'd be the first guy to resign because he wouldn't last one day. The minute Trump or desantis or someone else wears in, that's the end to him. He's gone. On the Supreme Court, we would be stuck with this idiot forever. Ruling on things like civil liberties, human life, your right to carry and protect yourself, you're right to speak. Can you imagine dealing with this buffoon? What am I talking about? So he goes up on the hill, and I don't have time for the I'm going to play the audio after break, but I'm going to tee it up for you because this is important. He goes up on the hill yesterday and senator John Kennedy from Louisiana. The home state of the great moon griffon. I just want to add that in there who I'm going to nominate for president at some point. He's not interested. He says, but I don't really care what he says. We're going to nominate him anyway. So John Kennedy asks, excuse me, Mike Lee. Mike Lee asks Merrick Garland a question kind of destroys my whole Louisiana thing, given it Mike, Lee's from Utah. He asks him about, hey, you know, why aren't these pro life centers that are being attacked? You seem to not have a lot of judicial legal interest in them. And finding the bad guys yet when an abortion center whack in babies, some guys out front and
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"WGN traffic, are expressways in tollways are in good shape at this midnight hour. An investigation is underway into what caused a fire at the historic Haley mansion in Juliet WGN's duel Hillary's there. Juliet fire officials say they responded to the fire at the 130 year old mansion popular for weddings and other celebrations around four Wednesday afternoon. Thankfully, no one was inside when the fire started and no one was injured. Jesse Gonzales, who has lived next door to the mansion for 33 years, says his neighbor shared the news with him. Are you sure as I mentioned, he said, yeah, I saw this small. Juliet's battalion chief says the mansion has lots of damage and will likely take a lot of time and work to get it back in business. 69 year old Eva bratcher is facing a couple of felony counts up to the body of our elderly mother was found in a freezer in the garage of her portage park home Monday. She said to appear in court today, Sabrina Watson's the granddaughter of 96 year old Regina Michel ski. She believed her grandmother had died years ago, but after searching for an obituary online and not finding one, she made a phone call to CPD that led to the discovery of her grandmother's body on Monday. A 49 year old tattoo artist is behind bars on charges he restrained and sexually abused two women and a teenager. Chicago police say the abuse happened between August of 2021 in August of last year, they're not saying yet if the alleged victims were customers, but CPD says the abuse happened in the 6500 block of south Francisco, the same block where Miguel de Leon lives and works. The Chicago city council is temporarily blocked a new combat contract proposed by mayor lightfoot that could power Chicago homes for the next 15 years and help fund a climate action plan. One of the mayor's biggest critics, 9th ward alderman Anthony Beale. This is a political stunt and we're not going to go for it. And I believe that, you know, this ordinance has been in the works for over three years. They've been negotiating for over three years. And
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"Central avenue must remain closed until further notice because it poses a threat to public safety due to the shooting. The bar's owners can now ask for a probable cause hearing to determine whether the club is a public safety risk and should remain closed. 32 year old Samuel Parsons solace shot four people killing three of them Sunday after a fight started inside the club that spilled onto the street outside. He was charged with three counts of first degree murder in additional counts of attempted murder and kidnapping. Karolina garabet one O 5 9. Pulling out but not dropping out the mayor of crystal Lake admits he made a mistake so he decided to pull his name off the ballot for the February election, the details from wbms might crouser. Mayor high Columbian was running unopposed for another term and he's still running, but as a right in candidate, objections were filed by a candidate running for city council Don counts. The mayor omitted a statement of candidacy and a receipt for filing a statement of economic interest. He said I made a mistake and I fully admit to it. He told the northwest Herald pulling my name off the ballot will only embolden my run as a right in candidate and will mobilize my constituents who will reelect me. Columbian added, let me make this perfectly clear I'm not going to quit this race. It was noted his supporters will have to learn to spell his name which sounds different than it looks. That's the story from crystal Lake. The Chicago city council passed an ordinance to increase the fine for blocking a bike lane from $150 to $250. That takes effect later this month, max Hurley, who works at Turin bicycles in Ravenswood, says he's not sure it's going to make much of a difference. The increased fine, however, is a good step forward. I mean, I'm on board with anything that the city is doing to make things safer for cyclists. I think it's definitely a good step. And it's good because it'll bring
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"He wanted my car key. An area residents surveillance video captured her SUV being driven away, and no one is in custody. All the membrane Hopkins says he is fed up Clearly these offenders know that they're unlikely to get caught. And if they do, the consequences are minor, we have to stop that. Hopkins is pushing for more license plate readers, hoping to catch newly stolen vehicles before the thieves are able to steal another car or truck. Chicago police scanner traffic is expected to be encrypted by the end of the year across all police districts, a move that would shut off the public and the media from accessing real-time information from police radio, mayor lightfoot says encrypting the messages is a matter of police and public safety. If it's unencrypted and there's access, there's no way to control criminals who are going to also get access, listen in and adjust their criminal behavior. Attorneys representing media outlets say shutting this down and putting it on a 30 minute delay will affect public safety and the ability to monitor how our government works. The Chicago city council members approved a nearly $1 billion tiff district to help fund the CTA red line expansion project. The city will collect revenue from property tax growth, downtown for the next 35 years. The nearly 6 mile extension from 95th to a 130th street will cost more than three and a half $1 billion. The 9 yearlong $800 million Jane Byrne interchange construction project will wrap up by the end of this week. Governor pritzker says the widened ramps additional lanes and better lighting is expected to reduce traffic congestion, 50% safe drivers more than one and a half million gallons of gas annually. And a one third reduction of greenhouse gases 25% fewer crashes for motorists. And thousands of jobs created. The Jane Byrne interchange is said to be one of the most congested in the country. WGN sports Jared Payton, the bulls lost a tough one last night to the Knicks and overtime. One 28
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"7 ten our top local story on, newly released documents in body camera video from an incident in will county last year in which two men died appear to provide some clarity also raising some questions Mike krauser. It was November of last year when will county sheriff's deputies responded to a home in Joliet township for what was reported as an altercation between 70 year old eldred wells in his 21 year old grandson jabbar Muhammad, deputies fired when they said Muhammad lunged at his grandfather stabbing him in the neck. The Joliet Herald news reports, body camera video shows that about 16 shots were fired by the deputies, both men died of multiple gunshot wounds, initial reports from the sheriff's office did not mention that the grandfather had been shot only stabbed. The coroner's findings were later revealed in response to a freedom of information request. The deputies involved were cleared of wrongdoing by the state's attorney's office, the family has filed two wrongful death lawsuits. That's the story from will county. After more than 50 years in the Chicago city council, 14th ward alderman edberg has decided not to run for reelection. Since 1953, a Burke has represented the 14th ward in the Chicago city council. Alderman edberg took his seat in 1969 following the death of his father. He's been there ever since, making an impact on city laws, including those that banned indoor smoking and require carbon monoxide detectors in homes. But he was also a leader of the 29 alderman faction that tried to stymie efforts by Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington. Ed Burke is nearly 79 years old and still awaits trial late next year on extortion and racketeering
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"Day today high of only 32° right now at O'Hara's 31 with some flurries at 6 31. Days after the whole foods in englewood closed its doors, the Chicago city council approved a 13 and a half $1 million in tiff funds for 6 grocery stores on the south and west sides Nancy hardy reports. The tiff money is part of a $25 million revitalization project the city says black owned grocer yellow banana plans to remodel 5 of its save a lot stores and reopen one in auburn Gresham that closed in 2020. Locations getting a refresh are in south Chicago, west Garfield park, Westland, south shore, and Morgan park. Mayor lightfoot criticized whole foods for its closure, calling it not a good partner. Nancy hardy one O 5 9 wbm. A security guard is dead and police are searching for suspects after a robbery at river oaks center shopping mall in calumet city. The crime which happened shortly after noon was captured on security video. The 57 year old guard lies wounded on the floor as three persons step around him and enter the jewelry store. The trio then used their weapons to break a display case and steal jewelry as they leave, they step step over the bleeding guard, run out of them all and drive off. The building was locked down immediately after the shooting and remains closed. A convicted felon with a long history of drug and gun offenses has been arrested by the Cook County sheriff's office accused of committing a series of similar crimes Mike krauser. The sheriff's office says 35 year old Charles Douglas was on electronic monitoring for a drug and gun case. Deputies were doing a compliance check where he lives in the west lawndale neighborhood. They say they found an AR style ghost gun ammunition and narcotics, including a kilo of cocaine, a 140 grams of heroin, 25 grams of carfentanil, and a 119 grams of an opioid mixture known as gray death, which the sheriff's office says is considered a hundred times more potent than fentanyl. The name comes from the appearance of the mixture. It looks like concrete mix. The sheriff's office says the deputies also found about 12 grand in cash, the same amount Douglas had to post to get out of jail in July. He has multiple previous drug and gun convictions, and he was taken back to jail. That's the story from the sheriff's office. The democratic majority in the Senate has moved quickly to events a bill protecting same sex and interracial marriage. Democrats still have control of both the House and the Senate until early January, and given the conservative majority in the Supreme Court, they felt there was no time to waste. They had the support of many Republicans in the Senate, including Ohio's rob Portman. Settle this issue once and for all, millions of American couples, including many Ohio, are counting on their elected representatives in Congress to recognize and protect their marriage. No one spoke out against the bill on the Senate floor, although 36 senators voted against it. Final passage could come as soon as this week. Linda canyon, CBS News, Washington. A key member of the Trump administration is talking to the media, part of a new book tour. Former vice president Mike Pence, in an AP interview, says the Republicans disappointing midterm shows voters are searching for new leaders. He also talked about the attack on the U.S. capitol as Congress was acting to certify president Joe Biden's election. He says he watched cell phone video of the mob breaking into the building and rampaging inside. I couldn't help but think, not this, not here. Not in America. Pence adding, I believe everyone that rioted at the capitol needs to be held to the strictest account of the law. I said it that day and it continues to be my position. Just after Donald Trump announced a third run for The White House, Pence wouldn't say if he thinks the former president is fit for the job, but the former vice president also implied he is a potential alternative for Republicans seeking conservative leadership without the chaos of the Trump era. Tim McGuire Washington. A reminder, all the news you need for your day in the sports music and podcast you love are all on the free Odyssey app download it now. We'll give you the answer to this hour's smart quiz question and see if we have a winner in just 60 seconds. What are you watching on TV, Xfinity, TV? Hey, good morning, it's Josh lis your sports guy. Are you in this boat? Have you recently switched to 5G home Internet and you're currently suffering from 5G home Internet issues could be you, maybe you're experiencing Internet that's much slower and busier times of the day, day, night, whatever. You're not alone. Switch to Xfinity Internet. Now with three times more bandwidth, supersonic speeds,
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"The individuals that are in our jail are their pre trial. They're only there because they don't have the financial means to post cash bail. Opponents argue the new law is not safe for publican attorney general candidate Tom devore. We're taking it away from the judges taking away from the state's attorney and what we've really done is centralize a lot of this discretion into a statute that was crammed through the legislature in three days. He says that's what the concerns are and that the legislation can and should be improved. A Chicago city council committees passed an ordinance, allowing the use of the Denver boot on cars improperly marked and properly parts that is in private parking lots of citywide currently booting in parking lots is only allowed in 35 wards, this ordinance would require all words to give owners of private lots the option to be able to call up a booting company, a full council vote is next week. At Burke and Samantha nugent now makes 17 city council members to reject pay increases next year that are automatically tied to inflation. It would have given them a raise of nearly 10% Burke by the way is awaiting trial on federal racketeering charges. WGN sports, Josh Friedman, the White Sox slug 5 home runs to blow out the guardian's 8 to two in a makeup game from Cleveland. They are not within three games of the division lead and open a weekend series in Detroit. The cubs host the rockies this afternoon, chiefs beat the Chargers on Thursday Night Football 27 24. The sun take game three over the aces in the WNBA finals to force a game four, Candace Parker makes the first team all WNBA and the great Roger Federer announces his retirement from pro tennis at age 41
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"The largest donation so far for Bailey in the general election. Uline contributed 9 million to Bailey during the primaries. Before Monday's donation, Bailey reported having just under 364,000 in his campaign fund, governor J B pritzker, the billionaire Democrat businessman and an error to the Hyatt hotels fortune, reported having 60.8 million in his campaign fund at the end of June. Monday's donation and speculation on whether or not U line would back Bailey in the general election. Nick Gale 8 90 WLS news. Chicago alderman mad O'Shea using a $100,000 budgeted to his ward in the mayor's 2022 budget to hire unarmed private security for the business community in his 19th ward, the mayor is against neighborhoods hiring private security to do the work of the Chicago police department is something goes wrong. Guess who gets sued? Guess who's going to be on the hook? So I do have great concerns about that. We've faced this issue in wealthier neighborhoods across the city and all I've ever asked and we'll keep saying is you've got to be in communication with us. The alderman in a newsletter to constituents is a program provides a visible security presence as well as additional eyes and ears in the community. Chicago alderman Colin acquits here's Mallory board broker. 44th Warren alderman Tom tunney is retiring at the end of his term after about two decades on the Chicago city council. The north sign alderman says in a statement he's honored by the remarkable opportunity to serve the residents of the 44th warn and sees so many great ways in which to continue giving back to the city he loves. Tony
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"Thin mints the new Oreo dirt pie caramel fudge cheesecake cotton candy and more There's something for everybody only a DQ Happy taste good A member of the Chicago city council wants the new inspector general to get to work right away pointing a finger at the city clerk here's Nick Gale Older woman Savannah Tavares is called for the investigation into allegations that city clerk Anna Valencia tried to help her lobbyist husband get business with the city in New Orleans Valencia who was running for Secretary of State came under scrutiny for emails that showed she helped connect her husband's consulting company with officials in New Orleans who were looking to ramp up Internet service there Now she has strongly denied that she's done anything improper and says this request for an investigation is politically motivated She's in a three way democratic race with Alexa January as an alderman David Moore Nick Gale 8 90 W LS news The man accused of leading officers on a wild pursuit through the city and suburbs in a stolen Chicago ambulance had to stay in court Benjamin Harrington asked for a public defender and for permission to go stay with his mother in St. Louis if he's able to post bond and county George a grundy county judge said it at $20,000 A man is in custody for the shooting death of a 47 year old woman in the brickyard mall parking lot on the northwest side officers say the suspect turned himself in Neighbors tell ABC 7 they're afraid That makes me think twice about my neighborhood It happened outside the Target Store in the 6500 block of west diversity police say it appears to be a case of domestic violence Prosecutors say a 14 year old boy accused of killing a ten year old Wisconsin girl knew the girl and planned the attack knocking her down and choking her before sexually assaulting her The body of lily Peters was found Monday along a walking trail just a day after she went missing The boy appeared in adult court and chippewa county a judge ordered him held on $1 million cash bond While announcing a formal request to Congress to provide an additional $33 billion in supplemental aid to Ukraine President Biden also urged Congress to act on additional aid to fund the COVID-19 problems in the U.S. Without additional funding we can't pre order the amount of vaccines we need and we risk losing our spot in line for vaccines that target multiple variants The president also pointing at Russia says no one should be making idle comments about the use of nuclear weapons or the possibility to use them It's irresponsible And President Biden says that it's up to the courts to decide whether title 42 the role that allows federal agents to turn away migrants at the southern border due to COVID concerns will expire at the end of May The CDC has said that the rule is not needed to mitigate the virus which would allow it to expire May 23rd but a federal judge ruled to stop the plan and a temporary restraining order was filed yesterday Republicans like senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana have said the influx of migrants at the border is too overwhelming to let the rule lapse They are projecting that the increase that there will be an increased influx We have title 42 is allowed to expire They are saying that And yet they want to turn the tool away at the same time asking for COVID COVID money There's a lot of ironies in there Cassie.
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"Certification course The city is committing more than $31 million to the pilot using federal American rescue act money After the most violent weekend of the year in Chicago with more than 40 people shot eat fatally Second ward alderman brand Hopkins says the city hasn't done enough to prepare for the warmer weather We knew the first warm weekend whether it's late April early May it's always around the same time every year We were expecting this to happen We thought we had a plan and it didn't work The plan involved police intervening when fights broke out making arrests and using surveillance video to track people carrying weapons But Atkins says and I don't know if officers who were available to actually execute the plan well Chicago city council members today questioned the city's deputy mayor the city's chief financial officer and others say the leaders on plans to build the city's first casino A special committee is expected to choose one plan from three possible options 5th word older woman Leslie Harrison had questions about the proposals on union contracts and public safety I would also like to know because you mentioned about their customer base the demographics that they use I would like to know for each of them what those customer base demographics are Some of the council members have questioned why the Sadie didn't just pick a location for the casino before deciding on a bid from a developer The other locations including the include the south loop near soldier field on the and on the near northwest side of the city Russia unleashed a string of attacks today against rail and fuel installations deep inside Ukraine Far from the front lines of Moscow's new eastern offensive as Russia stopped warned against provoking World War three he also said the threat of a nuclear conflict quote should not be underestimated Ukraine's foreign minister is also urging UN secretary general Antonio Guterres depressed Russia for an evacuation of the besieged port of Mary opal when he visits Moscow tomorrow Billionaire Allah must reach an agreement today to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion Musk has said he wants to take Twitter private because he thinks a plant form isn't living up to its potential as a place for free speech Technology sector analysts and Ives Web bush securities says a deal is a pretty big gamble Ultimately it's really trying to shake up social media I mean he feels like it's a fragmented platform He could significantly improve it But there's growth challenges ahead Twitter has been on the performing platform for the last decade And this is definitely must bet in 20% of the net worth on Twitter Definitely a risky move We'll get to see how that growth pitcher looks Twitter will it ask cordially earnings a little bit later this week A federal judge on Louisiana is temporarily blocking the Biden ministration from ending a Trump era restriction on the U.S. Mexico border Title 42 is being used to expedite deportations due to the COVID-19 pandemic President Biden had promised they will land the last week in May Republicans have called to keep the policy in place Nearly three quarters of young Americans believe there's a mental health crisis in the country According to a steady from the institute for politics at Harvard Kennedy school the study found 52% of people ages 18 to 29 Say that they've had depressing thoughts and almost a quarter of that figure considered hurting themselves WGN sports heard it here the Blackhawks beat Philadelphia three to one.
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"28° and 11 o'clock good evening I'm Steve ruxton To Chicago police saw the series entered during an incident tonight on the west side and a new addition to Chicago city council WGN traffic I mentioned that incident involving two police officers on the west side they're still is police activity On the west side of the city and Sacramento and Polk Now more information on the incident a CPD spokesperson says that officer was shot Another officer entered during an altercation at about 9 to 9 near the intersection of pole can Sacramento that's where that police activity remains tonight The spokesperson says that both officers were transported to an area hospital after the shooting but did not provide an update on the conditions of the two officers A suspect in the case also reportedly shot also transported to a local hospital no word on the suspect's condition Stay tuned to WGN for more on this developing story Nicole Lee made history today becoming the first Asian American woman to serve on Chicago city council She was voted in as a new 11th word Alder woman this afternoon Mayor lightfoot introduced the new person at the big meeting She's a great civic leader spent much of her life in career being tasked with just doing good in the world As the CPS graduate in Chinatown native who grew up surrounded by other working class immigrant families the stories to that of her own family Other women Lee as he lived experience necessary to connect with residents from all walks of life Lee say United Airlines executive she has a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago And city council today was reportedly going to vote on a proposal to roll back the city's three cent gas tax increase until the end of the year But mayor lightfoot saying that not right she says a plan is still being worked on We are taking the time I think that's necessary To make sure that we put together a proposal that will have maximum impact Now if the city did roll back that three cent gas tax increase had cost the city about 18 million the tax money pays for snow removal street paving and repair bridge maintenance and a lot more Chicago police continue to investigate after a 47 year old man was fatally shot last night behind the happy camper pizza store in the lakeview neighborhood We get more from WGN's rob sneed.
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"Into the cause of a fire in south suburban Elsa that killed a woman the fire broke out in an apartment building in the 1200 block of south Alpine drive around 11 Monday morning I live in the building next door I pulled up There was smoke coming out of the windows I dialed 9-1-1 and they showed up about ten minutes later Pull the body out Try to put the fire out Took them a minute Elsa fire officials say the woman is trapped on the first floor Her name has not yet been released The Chicago city council hasn't told December 1st to drop newborn maps based on the latest census data Residents of color are demanding that the new maps better represent them and mayor lightfoot is an agreement with that I don't think you can draw maps for other people I think folks have to be at the table And so I think that's happening and we'll see whether or not they're able to reach some kind of agreement or compromise before this December 1st deadline The black caucus map removes one majority black warden adds one Latino majority ward The Latino caucus though wants to add to Latino words and take away two blackboards The mayor also says the map drawing process should be more transparent COVID cases are on the rise in Illinois It's been Bradley takes a look at the numbers We're now averaging about 4400 new cases per day which is higher than we were at in early September at the peak of the delta variant surge but important perspective the number of new cases is now about a third of where we were at the peak of the pandemic one year ago When we look at COVID related deaths you can see the steep decline once vaccines were introduced in January We were averaging a 150 deaths per day during the worst of the pandemic Now we're averaging about 23 COVID deaths a day The state reports that 58% of Illinois residents are now fully vaccinated Both Chicago airports were bustling with travelers yesterday quite a contrast from last year's Thanksgiving with more people vaccinated now It seems more people are comfortable getting out of plane Chicago department of aviation spokesman Christine carino says the travel rush will pick up as we get closer to Thanksgiving We're expecting about 1.2 million passengers to come through our hair international airport and an additional 288,000 to fast through midway So it's going to be Disney and people should prepare themselves.
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"News nations Brian enzyme is there Outside the Kenosha courthouse it is the busiest we've seen it Protesters on both sides anxiously awaiting a verdict I just feel it in my heart and my soul to demand justice for the victims for Joseph for Anthony for gage I guess I don't want the rittenhouse family to feel like they're alone They've been prosecuted by a DA that's hell bent to appease the left The protesters so far are mostly getting along but there are moments of tension You're some kind of big shot with a sign And two people were arrested there yesterday The Chicago city council approved a plan that would allow people to have their names removed from the controversial CPD gang database The police board would have the power to overrule the department and remove a person from the list Mayor lightfoot supports it with several aldermen say the measure doesn't go far enough to clear the names of thousands of people who are not affiliated with gangs Residents have until November 29th away in on the new policy after that the police department could finalize the plane There was a webinar for the University of Chicago community last night to talk about safety after a graduate of the school was shot and killed during a robbery last week Police superintendent David Brown says his department will be putting more boots on the ground More officers coming to the second district is this district that covers The campus So we added 6 recently we're gonna add an additional ten coming up to the holidays and then one acquisition in a position then we'll add an additional ten first of the year Officials say extra cameras and license plate readers will be coming to the area that will also be an extra focus on faster information sharing between university and city police departments Even with vaccines available to kids as young as 5 there's an upward trend in.
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"70 degrees at 11 o'clock. Good evening. I'm David Jennings. The news sponsored by news nation. Those who have been stopped and frisked by Chicago Police are suing the city over it. W g N driving no accidents working at the moment. Just a lot of construction overnight. Class action lawsuit with some two million plaintiffs has been filed against the city of Chicago over the controversial police tactic known as Stop and Frisk. The suit alleges the plaintiffs disproportionately black and Latino residents were illegally stopped without cause by Chicago police officers between 2010 and 2017. But no law has been broken, He says he found they mainly happened in a handful of neighborhoods on the city's south and west sides showing racial disparities that black people were roughly seven times more likely than white people to be stopped. Meanwhile, the city's law department says it does not comment on pending litigation. Members of Chicago City Council are said to get a pay raise, but some aldermen are saying no, I'm going to It doesn't feel right to me when so many people are struggling when our finances with the city are falling, 15% short how any of us could justify taking any kind of increase? Lopez says he's hoping others Dr. Michael Bauer, medical director at Northwestern Medicine, Lake Forest Hospital tells Arena Duplantis last year Labor Day the U. S was averaging about 40,000 cases a day. In 2021. We're averaging about 160,000 day, almost double the number of daily deaths and over 2.5 times the amount of people hospitalized. So you look back a year ago today, despite having this wonderful vaccine that we have and where we're at now, and I think those are very sobering statistics and really tell a tale, he says. He attributes the jump and the metrics and covid. And not enough people getting vaccinated. Starting today, the secretary of state's office across Illinois is putting in place a system requiring appointments for some services at all of its facilities..
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"How would you respond about this deal percolating up. That wonder Young's going to step down on condition. His wife is appointed to a seat I can share with you that council members see. So Thomas Took that action. And it didn't work out will So it would be self bill dealing and again, it would be very problematic for something like that to happen is that legal? It would be legal for him to do that. Yes, he could legally do that. It happened. It happened in our history with council member former Council member Sea Salt, but but she still Thomas stepped down. He wasn't he wasn't indicted. I mean, Cecil Thomas is not been charged in his whole life with any crime. I'm aware of, And so this is different. But the issue here is that the appointment doesn't come through window. It would come through window Young council member Young. It would come through council member Phil Box, but he's making a deal deal he's saying, Look. He'll step down on condition you appoint Mrs Window Young to the sea. It's like what the hell? I don't think that's going to happen when I think what I think is going to happen is I think that the Ohio Supreme Court is going to suspend or council member Young is going to resign, and I think it's important for us to talk. Just a hair a hair about that That council member Young today could just resign. Sure, he considered andare from now before Reds baseball, he could say, Look, I've had enough. I've been through a lot. He's got a 25 year career with CPD Been on council, I guess about 10 years or so. And obviously he can't run again in November. He's out of office anyway. In December, he's got six months. No matter what else happens, he's gone. And it would give Mrs one too young a leg up. There's so many openings. Maybe they're thinking she could take the seat and run with it. Kind of. I don't I don't think that that will be the deal for the young family. I really don't wanna bet me a hot fudge sundae. Yeah, I'll bet you a hot but Sunday taking I'll tell you I think was going to happen is before. I don't think the council member Young is going to resign, but if he did resign Those Democrats that are on social media right who are screaming that this is partisan? If, if council member young with a resigned council members? Still, Bach would have sole appointment power. But that would mean that council member Young would not get his income and would not have access to health care. We're already paying for council member Jeffrey Pastor. We're already paying for council member P G. Sittenfeld, and now we will be paying for council member Young. That means that we will be paying for 12 members of Council where the taxpayers say we're only supposed to be paying for nine Willie and then and on top of that, like he to Cole. I think she worked with PG sitting film she was indicted for. Ah, harboring a felon. Then you got this other this prey through woman I never met. She's under indictment for making false P p p claims. So you look a city council. Yeah. P G. Sittenfeld to Maya Denard. Jeff Pastor, Wendell Young Lik E to Cole pray for another's It looks like there's a hole it looks like you need a work release program on City Council. It has not been the best year for the elected officials at City Hall, and that's really what made yesterday's vote. So important, and I want to thank council member Gooden yesterday for abstaining also meaning and the extension means we're not participating. There's something wrong that's happening here. We're concerned about this. And so you're saying and it failed and council member Gooden If you remember recall this Happens to be my lawyer when the gang of five sued me while Pamela was dying, and so they attempted to implicate me in this and council member. Gooden is very familiar with this case. He also obtained yesterday and I appreciate his abstention and it really shows that we're trying doing our very best to restore trust at City Hall. We can't do it, though, with council member still box and Council member Landsman Saying, Hey, way won't even we won't even because of the appearance of a conflict. We won't walk out of the room. We're going to continue to vote as if there's nothing wrong here. The elephant in the room here is that the members of the Gang of five Which council member Young was a part of that they should not be their voting to remove him from council period now, and I'm saying again, this investigation is ongoing and it's not over. And we'll see what happens down the road. Let's give a big happy birthday to Elmer Hensler. He's a friend of ours. He'll be 91 on Friday is my understanding. And if you guys decide to go out to dinner Maybe give me a jingle, but he's a great man, a great American and what he's done down a Queen City sausages just remarkable, and we just lift him up as a great American. Chris, if you take Elmer Throwing Buddy LaRosa throw in Robert Linder, who just turned 100, then Olga. Iran's about those four. Collectively, the like 400 years old. They got chicken. They got pizza. They got sausage. And they got ice cream. They got it all. And to tell you what those four horsemen of the apocalypse will never come again And on one sad thing is that Ron Larkin at At his chicken. Joining his fabulous doesn't want to give his mother a race. Poor Olga, tell I was out there to have have lunch and August telling me she's making like $8.50 an hour and she's asking Ron Of Ron's Roost. Maybe uppers in come down, maybe $10 an hour and Ron Larkin refuses anything about that. Let me say I don't think everybody needs it over there. Think they're doing okay. I've been doing okay, everybody, I don't wanna cause any controversy in the family. You know, I don't like to cause that kind of difficulties. But Christopher give my best everyone that the work release program and City Council work release Right. Well, see, this is really my thing. This is unbelievable. Hey, G Sittenfeld is looking like 20 years in jail. Maya Denard is reporting in about three weeks she's doing I think something the range of 20 months. Jeff Pastor is looking at hard time Daddy hard time still awaiting trial and one no Young has been indicted by Patrick Handley, and he's looking at five years in jail. And locate a Cole, who was a devotee of P G..
Chicago Tonight
Hot mic catches Mayor Lori Lightfoot swearing during Chicago City Council meeting
"So moving over to city news. First off that hot mic. That caught mayor lori. Lightfoot cursing after alderman. Rosanna rodriguez sanchez. Spoke about a resolution honoring black history month during today's city council meeting today. Let's take another look to have contributed to make this city a better place for all. Thank you thank you. All the chair recognizes alderman. Jim gardner okay heather. What happened here while my reporting shows that she had just been informed at that moment that alderman burke and alderman lopez to of her fiercest critics on the city council had joined forces. And we're going to block of vote on the big federal relief package. That was on. Today's agenda alderman. Ed burke has been at odds with mayor lori lightfoot since the beginning she ran on sort of rooting out corruption in city hall and she painted him as the face of everything that is wrong with chicago politics and she's been at odds with random lopez. You know basically from the moment. He is an ally of alderman bark and he has been highly critical of how how she has approached on her time in office. She was vulnerable on this issue because she was being fiercely condemned by progressive groups. Alderman burke and alderman lopez. They had their own questions about it and they saw this as an opportunity to exact. Some perhaps political revenge enforce all of us to come back friday afternoon chewed see if they can get this passed against.
90.3 KAZU
"chicago city council" Discussed on 90.3 KAZU
"The Chicago City Council voted this week to designate the childhood home of Emmett Till a City landmark. The teenager's murder in Mississippi was a tragic and seminal moment in the civil rights movement in the 19 fifties. From member station W be easy in Chicago, Claudia Morel reports. Emmett till lived with his mom and a nondescript red brick to flat Holm in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood on the South side. The summer of 1955. He took a train down to Mississippi to visit his uncle, and for two weeks he spent his days picking cotton with his cousin. But one morning, two armed white men kidnapped till one falsely claiming that the 14 year old had whistled at his wife. Three days would pass before Till's body was found. His brutal murder was a catalyst for the civil rights movement, and so before their Woz Trayvon Martin before there was Eric Garner, there was immaterial. That's Alderman Jeanette Taylor, speaking just after the City Council here voted to make the House a landmark. We still have a real problem in this country, not addressing the brutality that has happened to black folks, but also making sure we apologize and recognize it. We will repeat history if we don't address it. These are the hard conversations that were not willing to have, which is why in this country we can't move forward. Naomi Davis is a local artist and neighborhood activists who helped lead the effort to designate the House. She says. The brutality of till's murder overshadows what she thinks is another significant part of the Emmett Till story. The great migration, the movement of millions of black men and women who fled the Jim Crow south to northern cities. We don't make a lot Of the brilliance of black people and the need for a true and new narrative about blackness that we built cities. I mean, we came here. And points East and points West and created an economic boom wherever we landed the houses located west of Jackson Park, where the Barack Obama presidential library will soon be located. Sammy Davis is working with the city to repair the house and transform it into a museum and cultural center for NPR news. I'm Claudia Morel in Chicago. No. You're listening to all things considered from NPR news. Next time on the Poles. Friends seem more important than ever in these tough times, Even if we can't physically.
WGN Radio
"chicago city council" Discussed on WGN Radio
"In clouds and for an ID of Lantus this afternoon. Thanks so much for joining us and hanging out today, I'm so excited to talk to my next guest who's in studio with me? Because you know when you love them, and you trust him, and he knows everything there is to know about pet care and animal behavior received all how are you? Steve? Dale is fine. I know the address here that much. I know Steve down. I think I had a little a little, you know, flipping my tongue there. I want it. We're gonna talk about a lot of things in our pets today, but I want to tell you a story about an animal. So I know a shark cannot be a pet. No, no, that's not a good idea. No, it's not a good habit of sharks, but but I saw a shark be caught off the side of a notion like caught out of the ocean on the beach. Yeah. You mean by fishermen? Yeah. Okay. I witnessed it. Have you ever seen that? I've never seen I've been fishing. And of course, if I go fishing, I throw back whatever I catch. Yes. Which means I don't throw back much because I don't catch touch. No, not very good at it. Well, here's my, but I would never even want to catch a sheriff. I mean, because, you know, I worry that that little thing that goes in their mouth that you catch him with you. It hurts. You know, I'm too much of a softie. Well, I will say that I wanted to see what your reaction was really? Because it is an animal. Um and what we need sharks. Sharks are disappearing and we're paying. It's all it's the whole path. You probably don't want to go on. But all these animals on this planet are going away. And we think, well, we're special because we're human beings. Maybe we're special, but it all impacts us. Summon ways we do understand someone ways we don't even understand well, so what? And I'll end the story on a good note the fishermen that caught the shark Got the shark took the picture and got the shark right that right back in the water with in under two minutes that fast It took him 45 to pull the shark. And it was. It was amazing to watch. Five minutes. Yes, Yeah, it's big shirt That was like 6, ft. Long Shark. That's big, Big 7 ft Long shark. It was a big shark or witness. It was in Vero, Florida. Okay, So I mean, wasn't wasn't like Michigan. This is like a good idea. Enough. The guy was from Lake Geneva. Really? Yeah, it was a fisherman, So I thought, Well, maybe he's got a big, huge couch or something that was like bottom of the ocean. But it was a shark. And it was it was crazy to watch. But What I will say. Afterwards, I said to the fishermen a now or later when we saw him on the beach. I said, is that shark gonna be okay? He said they regenerate. He'll be fine in just a couple of days. So that was the good news for me because I did feel a little bit bad. Yeah, I I understand. Yeah, I understand. So you're saying to me that as we enter in the new year, we have New year's resolutions as people, but they were our New year's resolutions for our pets, too Well, I have New year's resolutions for her Pats. Actually, I don't know that they think it's a new year or that they look and then send an email to other pets, saying here in my resolutions, but I've got resolutions for them for all of us. To pay attention to. So there's an initiative in veterinary medicine. It began that medicine called fear free. You know, veterinarians have always focused and you have cats, right? I'm a cat. I macadam. Yeah. So so veterinarians have always focused on Of course, the medical Health of our pets, right? They haven't paid much attention or of kidnapping taught to pay much attention to the emotional well being of our pets. But yet they are emotional creatures. We know that we can look into their brains and say there neurochemistry dogs. Nearly identical to ours. Believe it or not, like it or not, cats really pretty close, So they do have an emotional life. They and you don't have to forget about science. I don't mean forget about science, but just think for a moment if you have a dog or a cat, you know, sometimes they're sad. Sometimes they're happy. I mean, this isn't rocket science, right? So we need to pay attention to it. And this initiative does that so you know, is a cat person carrier comes out. That's my point. The kids knocking on the door to Mexico, saying, Let me in the cat turns into terror after the height of the bed and yelling at you. We need to change all that, and that's what fear free initially began for and began to be about. Minimize fear, anxiety and stress of veterinary visits. That's how it all started. Well, it turns out dog trainers looked at what fear free was doing and said Well, veterinarians are certified his fear free, which they are and entire practices are I want to be certified to so now dog trainers. They're certified dog groomers are certified pretty much every veterinary school out. There is now paying attention to this Fear free initiative. But now it's transcended to all of us. His pet parents and there's a website called Fear Free, Happy Homes that I'll be talking about more in 2021. You know, I don't know if you watch Good Morning America that today's show CBS this morning. I love those shows, Right, Really? There's commercials on those shows. I don't love And it says on those commercials feed your dog like a wolf, in fact, really showed off. Yeah. Yes, And there are websites of smaller companies that can't afford commercials that do the same thing. And they say, train your dog like a wolf. Both of those statements feeding your dog like a wolf training your dog like a wolf. That's nonsense, and I'll be talking more about that in 2021 as well and this is going to be news. In fact, there's going to be a meeting on a In Chicago City Council on Monday of next week. I'll be there. I'm testifying having to do with.
Securing Your Financial Future
Chicago city council to vote on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 spending plan
"This week, the Chicago City Council will vote on Mayor Lightfoot's pandemic budgets for 2021. Lawrence. It's got a $94 million property tax. I can it. What do you think of this? Been spending plan? Well, they were. I mean, you have to put it in the context of what the mayor faces and what the city of Chicago faces right because of the economic uncertainty and disruption that is Um the pandemic has caused. There are very little options that are easy for the city to implement. The property tax increase was not something that, um, the Civic Federation initially was, you know, thrilled about but it is a relatively modest increase. Um, that is the city had indicated was necessary in order to prop up their ongoing Financial position and to show that they could that there was new revenue coming in concerned now that the property texts increases being targeted toward a capital plan that has been not been fully vetted or articulated. The city doesn't need capital improvements, but it needs a comprehensive plan in this very Tough economic time before it spends any money or prioritized prioritizes capital spending. The mayor had has a reasonable approach to this budget. She's trying to maintain the city's both its financial position. She's not getting any help from Springfield, which is not even operational in terms of the General Assembly hasn't met since May. Hope is that the federal government will be providing some revenue support in the form to not just the city in the state of Illinois. But all states once the a Biden administration comes into office, or the U. S. Senate decides to go forward with some local government assistance. Now, if Washington does come through, Is there any piece of the pandemic budget from the mayor that can be reduced cutback? Maybe from definitely the mayor's people are saying that if they get significant revenue support from Washington, they will not be borrowing us much money. They will be not trying to use his what's locally called scoop and toss, which is where we're restructuring our debt by pushing it out. In order to provide budgetary relief to the to this year's and last year's budget and the clothes last year's deficit, So the Civic Federation is strongly supported the need to provide temporary relief to states and local governments during the pandemic so that they can continue to operate so that they can support the businesses and residents that need this support so we can get through the economic disruption, but it's unlikely that that level Support from any administration is going to be enough to avoid the real crisis in terms of Chicago's finances, which are it's overwhelming pension liability and tied to its high level of debt. Do
All Things Considered
How Police Misconduct Affects Cities and Taxpayers Financially
"For months. Protests over the police involved killings of Briana Taylor, George Floyd and others reinvigorated an intense debate over policing. Then the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, announced the city would pay $12 million to Briana Taylor's family and institute. A number of police reforms that highlighted an aspect less discussed the financial impact of police misconduct on cities and taxpayers. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports. City's Khun face hundreds of lawsuits every year, charging, among other things, that police used excessive or deadly force or made a false arrest. Many times. Details of settlements are hidden behind confidentiality agreements. Law professor Joanna Schwartz studies how jurisdictions budget and pay for police legal expenses, she says. Although payouts Khun Total in the millions more often there in the thousands of dollars range and with an important determining factor, the number of cases filed and the number of dollars that are paid to resolve cases. Depends very much on where in the country you live claims against Big City Police Department's cost taxpayers about $300 million last year. One of the arguments in the ongoing protests over policing is that money for police could be better spent elsewhere and the clash between protesters and police following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Means Minneapolis and other cities could face a myriad of legal cost. In Chicago. Several groups work to resolve cases of people who have been wrongfully convicted. Two years ago, a federal jury awarded $17 million to Jack Rivera and was considered one of the largest police misconduct settlements in the city's history. I say that was kidnapped by the Chicago police, Roger Li. 55 years old. Now Rivera spent 21 years in prison for a murder. He did not commit framed, he says, by a now retired Chicago gang crimes. Detective Rivera is one of at least 20 who have been exonerated in cases where that detective lead the investigations. They set out to rob You convict me for whatever reasons why Rather, it was just a con the community that they got the perpetrator. Or whatever it may be. It's still not right because taxpayers have to pay for it. Victim's family have to relive this all over again what they think it's closed, and it's just painful for everybody. Over the past decade, Chicago has paid about a half billion dollars for police misconduct. Rivera attorney Locke Bowman is the head of the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern Law School, he says in cases where misconduct is clear, said he's often continue to fight against the allegations for months, sometimes years, and that could mean a hefty price tag for taxpayers. The decision to settle a case like that early ends up saving money for attorney's fees. And can result in Ah lower settlement before everybody gets dug in, and the price of the case goes up insurance policies and local budgets usually pay for judgments and claims. Jurisdictions hurting for cash may borrow issuing bonds to spread out payment, add bank fees and interest to investors. And those cost pile up with taxpayer's footing. The bill for police misconduct and as covert 19 devastates budgets nationwide. That could be a more frequent scenario. Chicago City Council Finance Committee Chairman Scott Waguespack says the city is working to break that expensive pattern and concentrating on police reforms so that we're not just saying, Okay, here's another settlement and good job negotiating it and move on, but really look at the deep seated issues within the department to start rooting out those problems. Activists argue tying police misconduct cost to police budgets could help prevent police wrongdoing as well as making police officers especially repeat offenders financially accountable. Currently so called qualified immunity rules shield officers from those costs that's changed in Colorado State representative Leslie Hair. It was the force behind the state's decision to drop its qualified immunity provisions. A new law requires officers guilty of wrongdoing to pay up to $25,000 and that if they were found to have acted in bad faith, violating someone's right, possibly ending in death. That they actually had to be held person responsible, just like anyone else who violated their policies and their obligations at their work with the law also allows officers to purchase liability insurance. Other jurisdictions looking to reduce police related lawsuits may follow that hybrid model of splitting settlement costs between cities and individual officers that just as victims or the families of people injured or killed by police misconduct. Continue to seek Justice. Cheryl Corley. NPR NEWS Chicago
WGN Nightside
Chicago City Council committee approves $6.65M in police settlements
"City Council Finance Committee has approved several settlements worth more than $6.5 million. It is for lawsuits brought against the Chicago Police Department. The biggest payout 3.8 million is going if the full City Council agrees to former police officer Laura Kubiak. She was a sign of the department's media relations office. She was verbally And physically threatened by another officer while at work. She filed a complaint and was subsequently reassigned or midnight shift on a high crime area. Alderman Alderman Scott Scott Walker's Walker's back back Your Your Chairs Chairs Finance Finance Committee Committee says says her her case case should should have have been been settled settled years years ago ago We've We've seen seen here here is is that that the the former former law law department department and and former employees that were the supervisor of Officer Kubiak probably could have Dealt with eight years ago, and it was just kicking the can down the road on guy think that the cost to taxpayers one up over time the full council has to vote on the settlements. The dollar rounds, though, are according to most experts not expected to change.
Startup Showcase with Scott Kitun
Horse-drawn carriages banned in Chicago under new City Council decision
"And the Chicago city council has voted to ban horse drawn carriages in the city more from WGN's Steve Bertrand it is long been a cause for animal rights activist and now the city council says the city will not issue or renew licenses for horse drawn carriages after the end of the year the carriages have been a fixture around water tower place and elsewhere Peter is praising the move and says it hopes other cities like New York follow
The Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong
Chicago City Council approves emergency powers ordinance
"Aldermen approved broad spending powers for major life could be used during the pandemic it was called spoke though just twenty nine to twenty one during a virtual council meeting WGN's Kelly Davis reports the people should govern did not vote for unilateral decisions no matter who they were it was a local all the men of the mayor they voted for accountability and transparency alderman Lopez is one of several critics of the emergency spending ordinance opponents say it's an unnecessary power grab leaving the council in the cold during the city's code nineteen response and here here in in Chicago Chicago we we have have seen seen the the disasters disasters the the backs backs of of when when we we trust trust the the mayor mayor to to be be Chicago's Chicago's sole sole decision decision maker maker and and authority authority what what is is it it that that we we do do with with that that money money and the council I believe that we should have the ability to appropriate those dollars and that not be strictly an executive decision the ordinance allows the mayor's administration to move money within the city budget to pay for covert nineteen expenses without council's approval they can also sign contracts under one million dollars for pandemic related needs the fact we're all dealing with global pandemic justifies us allowing these unique powers for a limited amount of time alderman Reilly voted in favor of the emergency spending powers he says that's because the mayor tweaked the original ordinance terminating it on June thirtieth and the budget director will have to give city council weekly reports I I look at this says riding shot gun but allowing the administration the flexibility they need to be nimble to negotiate contracts for P. P. and for testing supplies I think that's important the mayor says the spending powers are needed to allow the city to act swiftly in response to this global pandemic what the twenty nine voted for was to make sure that we continue doing everything we can to keep our residents safe this time a pandemic and the continued to have a sense of urgency around the measures that are needed to do just that
Roe Conn
Chicago votes to ban horse-drawn carriages by the end of the year
"The Chicago city council voted to ban horse drawn carriages in the city today it is long been a cause for animal rights activist and now the city council says the city will not issue or renew licenses for horse drawn carriages after the end of the year the carriages have been a fixture around water tower place and elsewhere Peter is praising the move and says it hopes other cities like New York follow suit Steve Bertrand
Steve Cochran
Chicago May Ban Styrofoam Containers at Restaurants
"News there's a new push in the Chicago city council to ban styrofoam containers at restaurants have proposed city ordinance would also prohibit plastic straws and utensils unless the customers specifically ask for them the idea is to keep non biodegradable products out of landfills restaurants would have until the end of the year to comply the only restaurant association opposes the ordinance and says the band would raise costs for small restaurants measure will need approval from the full city council in order to
Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder
Lowering blood pressure cuts risk of memory decline: U.S. study
"News. I don't think I, make, a choice, I haven't people went, went went Wendy's. These politicians raising taxes killing people home why don't they investigate that ham jones w._g._n. news a major study finds that lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended can cut the risk of mental decline that often leads to alzheimer's disease the large federally funded study earlier had found that treating people to atop pressure of one twenty rather than one forty cut the risk of heart problems in death in new results showed also lowers the risk of mild cognitive impairment of frequent precursor to dementia results were announced at the alzheimer's association international conference which is going on in chicago this week chicago city council is meeting today they're likely to vote to rename the congress parkway in honor of either be wells and petty begovic continues to appear to be making your case for her husband rod maguire which is released from prison directly to president trump in an op ed in the washington examiner this week she writes little did we know how truly corrupt the obama era justice department and f. b. really were end quote the tribune points out that the former governor was investigated and arrested Did under the Bush administration not the Obama administration and the push from Patty continued last night on Fox News talking about the president considering a pardon We are so grateful for the. Presentation be thinking about, us in that respect he's given our. Family a tremendous amount of hope rod, Blagojevich is due for release in twenty twenty..
Mr Fix-it Lou Manfredini
Venezuela, Trump and Holt discussed on Mr Fix-it Lou Manfredini
"Is sponsored by a spa organic potting soil here's dome atop pongal no apologies needed an american jailed in venezuela has been released president trump made the announcement this morning on twitter joshua it has been released holt was arrested on weapons charges inhaled without a trial for two years the president says it will land in washington dc this evening a police training center is on its way to the west side on friday the chicago city council voted thirty nine to to build the center after a rowdy hearing in which dozens of angry protesters shouted that funds for the ninety five million dollar training center better be spent on a could be better spent i should say on mental health job and education programs for residents are struggling communities the ottoman.
Nick Digilio
Barrett, Wgn and Texas discussed on Nick Digilio
"The news is sponsored by deck tech here is vic vaughn thanks nick fair skies fifty three at o'hare a proposal to build the five hundred million dollar obama presidential center in oak park goes before chicago city council today it's supposed to be built in jackson park on chicago's south side but those plants are still under federal review since jackson park is protected as a registered historic destination the union that represents chicago police officers his urging its members who will be off duty today to protest outside city hall the paternal order of police in a statement accused his mayor amanullah putting officers in the public endanger and urges officers to confront the mayor at today's city council meeting there's still a chance the plan summit between president trump and north korean president kim jong un will happen as scheduled next month that's according to president trump he says there's a good chance he also says there's a chance is very substantial chance at a workout i don't want to waste a lot of time and i'm sure he doesn't want to waste a lot of so there's a very substantial chance at a one workout and that's okay that doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time but it may not work out for june twelfth but there's a good chance that we'll have the mehta speaking tuesday from the white house sitting beside and after his meeting with south korean president moon jaein officials say attack a tractor trailer carrying more than fifty emigrants was stopped last night in raymond ville texas of the incident taking place at a traffic stop by texas highway patrol ems fire police border patrol and the sheriff's office were all at the same officials say first responders were also on hand to tend to the people inside that trailer that sound that chopper at the scene a proposal that would roll back some federal banking regulations is on its way to president trump's desk the twenty ten dodd frank act was put in place after the two thousand eight financial crisis a man who accuses the city bus driver of chasing him down on foot after a ride ended up punching him is now suing the barrett sweet says it happened in the loop last year the driver leonard prize is charged in the incident he's out on bail the suit seeks fifty thousand dollars damages we'll check sports traffic and weather next on wgn capital one percents congress finalizing the louisiana purchase polian golfer offer it's.
24 Hour News
Republicans sign letter saying Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize
"Plan late night debates on the budget package and the hope is for passage late tonight i'm tim mcguire a group of house republicans is pushing president trump for the nobel peace prize because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with north korea ap washington correspondent saga megani reports from the white house eighteen republicans have signed a letter to the norwegian nobel committee saying the president's peace through strength policies are working and bringing the regime to the negotiating table a meeting between the president and kim jong and could be announced this week south korea's leader had earlier mentioned the peace prize as a possibility saying trump could have the prize if the korea's could have the piece president moon was very nice one as suggested i wanna i wanna get peace indiana congressman luke messer unveiled the letter on twitter he's running for a senate seat while several others who signed it are running to become senators or governors saga megani at the white house the obama foundation says it's partnering with the city of chicago to include a public library branch at the yet to be built obama presidential center chicago public library board of directors president lyndon johnson says it's a big deal the first time in our nation's history a public library will be included in a presidential center johnson says the libraries more than a place to put books there are shared spaces and community gathering places there are theaters and art museums are job training and citizenship centers the facility must be approved by the chicago city council along with funding for everything from staffing and books technology.