it might not have been predicted when you were growing up in illinois that you would be the treasury secretary, head of goldman sachs, a leader in knowledge about china. you grew up on a farm -- actually, you were born in palm beach, how did you come to be born in palm beach? hank: i ruined a vacation. my parents were actually in a place called stuart, florida and i came prematurely, so i was born in a palm beach hospital. david: your parents had a farm. you grew up on the farm, milking cows. hank: i milked some cows and baled a lot of hay. i did a lot of weeding in the garden. david: you said this is what you want to do for the rest of your life? hank: no, it sure wasn't. i loved being in the outdoors. my family would take me up to the northwoods in canada and take canoe trips. we carried everything on our back. we ate fish we caught, we picked blueberries and had blueberry pancakes and so on. i wanted to be a forest ranger when i was growing up in high school. david: did your parents talk you out of that? hank: no, they encouraged me to do what i wanted to do. they really encourage

they beat illinois 35-20. the birds were 7-1 in games at the season. it is cow's first bull win. >>> 12-3 record as host harvard. usf down three. jamari bou comes downwithye the rebound. tying the game at 71. we go into overtime. under a minute to go. usf needing a stop. noah,, red lobs it to crystal bouy. down e town. >>> the days after they were officially eliminated from the playoffs, the raiders announced they signed off offensive tackle eggnog. he is headed to a state with no income tax. the readers' final sequence as the oakland raiders fell flat. derek threw his only touchdown for the game in denver. they went to two but the path was batted down by the broncos and the raiders lose by a point. now it is on to las vegas and it sounds like he is ready to turn that page. >> very much, i'm not going to lie, it is exciting. i think it is time for some fresh air. >> we think the las vegas raiders, the raiders is a great brand. for any player to want to play for them. >> as you may have heard, the 49ers have a ty thrilling victory over the seahawks.pret

much lower tax rates in illinois. they left it came here, why? that is the biggest hustle right now going on the economy. not only the skill set, but a certainty around that skill set. and the community college system handled the 40% that are going for the associate degree, but also for the companies, the ability to have workers come in and out of the system and either take a class or just get what we call, step a pulse certificates in the economy. some of the associates degree, but then there would be 16 weeks and then you would get this certificate that gets to the breath them of handling the economy. you do not have to get the to your degree, you just need 16 weeks. 18 weeks in this certificate. and we call it a stackable degree. or stackable certificate, that allow people to work, skill up and then advance economically and get the economic independence they need for a career but not just for a job. >> one of the things i know, on the minds of a lot of people here is, they have money to spend on training and are very worried that it will not h

host: up next, let's hear from crystal lake, illinois, republican. caller: i just wanted to say this is a disappointing day for the republicans. the democrats wanted to impeach trump from day one. it is very disappointing that wanted all the democrats to do this from day one. it is disappointing that trump is being impeached. host: thank you. jacksonville, florida, independent line. you are on c-span, getting your reaction to impeachment today. caller: hello, thank you for taking my call. i wanted to say -- i am retired also, so i have seen every one of the hearings. i have downloaded the testimony and read it. people,fficult for most because they don't have time to read the information and have a good understanding of what transpired. i do believe he deserves to be impeached. he does deserve to be removed, because he is dangerous. host: as someone who has followed this, what was the strongest argument for you? caller: it wasn't so much the phone call in itself, it was everything that preceded that and what happened after that, and giuliani's role in

he is known on twitter as dr grammar and he is in champaign, illinois now. dennis, two teachers, letterwriters, sub— editors, journalists and all—round pedants, the closure of the' protection society is a matter of profound grief. do you agree with us? i don't, i would of profound grief. do you agree with us? i don't, iwould suggest of profound grief. do you agree with us? i don't, i would suggest most of these people have never heard of the' protection society to begin with, and it obviously had very little impact over whether or not we use apostrophes according to whatever rules that they might want us whatever rules that they might want us to use them for. punctuation has a lwa ys us to use them for. punctuation has always been variable. back in the 18th—century, it's was used as a possessive, it's in the us constitution that way. today it is a contraction and the possessive form of its has no'. but things change and punctuation changes with them. punctuation's just a convenience. and punctuation changes with them. punctuation'sjust a convenience. i

they did it in illinois and new jersey. i'm a little concerned about that because the third party comes on site. the other is sad store, where they store it for up to 90 years. the third option is entombment which would be a horrible scenario. when it came on two there was no decommissioning fund. the industry and the government had no vision of how they were going to clean these plants up. it's estimated it will be $1.2 billion to clean the plant up. and that, again, remember, rate payers, taxpayers paid to defuel the plant. and rate payers will pay for the decommissioning. tmi 1 has a decommissioning fund, but they can't go back to the rate payers. both plants are estimated to be a billion dollars. tmi 2 i don't know. it's a very bizarre history here. tmi 2 will make history again because it may have to find a fourth way to decommission the plant. it's owned by a different company. first energy owns tmi 2. so this is really a bizarre scenario where one plant may be decommissioned. this one may not be. owned by two differe

in june illinois the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana, but a lot of illinois suburbs have decided not to open marijuana dispensaries. evanston not only planning to open the dispensaries next year but use the profits to pay reparations to address the lingering institutional effects of slavery and discrimination. simmons proposed the bill said she is very well aware of the controversy surrounding reparations, but she says the source of this money is even more appropriate because many black residence were victims of the war on drugs. >> i'm offering no apologies. this is for black evanston residents. we were intentionally targeted. the law, the policy, the actions, the culture of the community intentionally excluded black residence. the city council expects the $50,750,000 a year and the fund would be capped at $10 million. but for now, there is no exact plan on how or where to spend the money. and housing, job training and other economic benefits but only one member of the council voted against the reparations plan and that is because he was comfortable how the money would b

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this is not the first time i have risen on this house floor to congratulate the rochester rocket football team on a state championship that they just won just this past week at husky stadium in illinois. they played the chicago santa rita mustangs winning by a score of 42-28. they came out strong with three touchdowns early, giving them a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. with four touchdown passes between quarterback clay bruno and receiver hank beatty, the rockets proved they meant business. the dynamic duo put on an offensive showcase with bruno completing 18 of his 25 passes for 313 yards. and beatty hauling in 12 catches for 212 yards. their offense was as dominant as ever. making it nearly impossible for saint rita to create any momentum. in addition to a powerhouse offense, the defensive line showed up to work. senior peters had 11 tackles and sophomore johnny neal had seven. he was playing j.v. half way thr

you can see people lining up behind me at this mall here in illinois to see santa was,. it turns out that santa claus said hustle was a pretty lucrative. can make it a bit more in the holiday. sees now result workers. santa claus can make $30 an hour and the really good ones with the hearty laughter who are super jolly can make $75 an hour. that amounts to $20,000 over the 40 day period around christmas. sounds like a lot of money but some people i talked to say, still not enough. >> i was going to say that if you grew a beard you might able to pull it off. >> no, i don't have that money. it would be fun to do it but now. santa claus can make even more money if they're willing to help on christmas eve and christmas day. in illinois, foxbusiness. >>> for our students, those are the reality that some of them see. and it is a reality for our society as a whole. >> up next, learning life lessons at one the area middle school. we take it did this manhood class and why say it is so much more important. >>> another look here. sent then his raingear taking the way around. headed

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we have a unique position in that people in illinois are not foreign to corruption. [laughter] >> i'm being serious, i'm in the chicago region, and we watch chicago tv news and fbi were raiding local alderman's office. and when you're watching the news you see speaker pelosi, donald trump, fbi carting out boxes right from city hall in chicago and for my neighbors it all kind of looks the same. they have seen that before. it's not something that is so foreign and unfamiliar. so we've started out from this basis that said that it's wrong to have an abuse of power. now, whether or not folks think that's impeachable, that's different, but it's not something that in my conversations with my neighbors and my constituents that we're having this fundamental disagreement about what happened and the morality of it. and so, you know, from that perspective, i'm curious to see the articles. i don't have any inside knowledge. when we get off this stage i'm going to be looking at my phone, okay, what are we really talking about here and then we have to have a conversation as a comm

argued wittherspoon versus illinois. he was raya highly distinguished lawyer. an interesting thing was that john dohr had this very strong view, we wanted to have a unified staff, and, you know, my playmates were mostly hillary rodham, dag march hamilton, to some extent joe woods, but i also worked closely with john davidson, john whitman and sam garrison on the republican side. but i was welcomed in both camps. i'm not sure everybody was welcome in both camps, and i think the hard core of the watergate task force, i'm not sure that had any republicans on it. so the evidence of the watergate conspiracy, developed mainly by the democratic staff. and they were not -- they were not quite so partisan as the congressman from texas, who at a democratic caucus was asked what is the theme of jack brooks? what's the theme of this article ii about agency abuse, fbi, cia, all so confusing, i don't understand it. he took his cigar out of it, and said the theme of this argument is we're going to get that son of a bitch out of there. but staff weren't permitted to think or s

argued wittherspoon versus illinois. he made the case turn. he said you need not reach this issue and you can decide this now or -- he was a highly distinguished lawyer. an interesting thing was that john dohr had this very strong view, we wanted to have a unified staff, and, you know, my playmates were mostly hillary rodham, hamilton, to some extent joe woods, but i also worked closely with john davidson, john whitman and sam garrison on the republican side. but i was welcomed in both camps. i'm not sure everybody was welcome in both camps, and i think the hard core of the watergate task force, i'm not sure that had any republicans on it. so the evidence of the watergate conspiracy, developed mainly by the democratic staff. and they were not -- they were not quite so partisan as the congressman from texas, who at a democratic caucus was asked what is the theme of jack brooks? what's the theme of this article ii about agency abuse, fbi, cia, all so confusing, i don't understand it. he took the cigar out of his mouth and said the theme of this

the condition emerged in illinois and wisconsin in april. as of december 3rd, it had sickened nearly 2300 mostly young people nationwide. half of them, likedam, end up in intensive care, many attached to ventilators. one young person reqred a lung transplant. and 48 have died. adam came close. i me, it's kild some peopl could it have killed him? >> if he hadn't come in and just tried to stick it out at home a, few mo dbsolutely. miles: all those young people with very sick lungs triggered n series ostigations by state health authorities and the centers for disease control and prevtion. >> what we know now is that the vast majority of individualsis have ary of using vaping products that contain thc. miles: anne schuchat is the principal deputy director.or >> our labortested 29 samples from 29 patients, from 10 different states arhe country, and looked at 12 different chemical tests. we found 29 of 29 patient specimens had vitamin e acetate. miles: vitamin e acetate. the nutritional supplement isin pensive, unregulated, and widely available.'s

the congressman of illinois is a member of the house intelligence committee and joins me now. congressman, talk to me about that. i'm sure you have your reasons for this intel but we have had hearings. there are a lot of americans who listen to those hearings. 70-plus million listened to those hearings and came away with conclusions. the needle was not substantially moved as a result of them. last night the republicans put out a set of statements about the inquiry so far that were meant to say that no wrongdoing -- never mind impeachable wrongdoing but no wrongdoing was undertaken by the president and then you drop this report that has things like call records and details that they did not come out in the hearings that make for some very, very, very interesting reading and fact finding. tell me what the thinking is about not having this come out before today. >> i think that, first of all, i like works of fiction like anybody else but that republican report was ridiculous, ali, and i think that it completely mischaracterizes what happened or what we even heard or what the amer

they were my 2 illinois senators. i kept bugging them about the fact that veterans work getting -- veterans were not getting very good health care. dick durbin looked at me as a wounded warrior in a wheelchair. he didn't see somebody to be pitied. he didn't see someone who no longer had abilities. he looked at me and saw potential. and acknowledged that potential, and said, i think you should run. but i had to say yes. and most women will say no seven times before they decide to run. if more women would actually say yes in the beginning or just motivate themselves to get out there, we would be much further along to 50% representation. and it should be 51%, because there are more women than men in this country -- in the halls of power, so we can change the laws of this country to reflect those values that are important to all of us. harris: i took notes while you were speaking. >> me, too. harris: right? i know. you want to get this stuff. what did you write down? get to yes. that's what i got from senator tammy duckwo

market in illinois alone will be worth more than $2 billion. that may in part because of pot tourism, especially from nearby states where weed is still outlawed and following the rise of the #me too movement, we have laws of sexual harassment training in the workplace and 32 states have no sexual harassment training required in illinois the 'em employeers provide the training at least once a year. it's also getting rid of the statute of limitations for major sex crimes and crimes against victims who are minors and in 2020 victims of revenge porn can petition to force their images to be taken down and then receive damages from the person who posted it so definitely illinois making headway protecting victims in all manor of scenarios morgan >> new laws and developments to watch as we come into not only a new year but a new decade. contessa brewer, thank you. >> sure. >>> the new laws carry implications and here to break it down further, former chief economist to joe biden jared bernstein and jim pathakoukis. good morning to you both jared, contes

the gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis. >> thank you, madam speaker. this is indeed a sad day for our country, this is indeed a sad day for america. it's a good day for our constitution. it's a sad day for our country because president trump has defied our constitution, our rules, our requirements and our expectations. it is clear that president trump places himself above the law, above our constitution and above the expectations of the american people. at my last town hall meeting, which was held saturday, december 15 in malcolm x college in chicago, someone asked the question. what is our position on impeachment? madam speaker, every person there rose and said "impeach." when i speak, i speak for the people of the seventh district of illinois and my vote will be impeach, impeach, impeach. and i yield back the balance of my time. >> chairman from north dakota. >> madam speaker, i yield two minutes 2 my friend from texas, mr. gohmert. >> thank you. >> in 1998, senator schumer said and i quote, this impeachment wi

. >> repter: he ended up here at the advocate condell medical center in libertyville, illinois. pulmonologist stephen amesbury showed me adam'snitial chest x-ray. >> all that haziness is inflammation. >> reporter: when you see a 17 or an 18-year-old with a chest x-ray like that, what is the next step? what do you do as a doctor? >> many months ago, the consideration would primarily be pneumonia or some possible toxin, if they've taken some drugs. nowadays, in light of all the vaping illnesses, that's one of the first questions we ask young people when they come in with breathing problems. >> reporter: adam had evali, o"" e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated luninjury." the condition emerged in illinois and wisconsin in aprilr as of decemb, it had sickened nearly 2300 mostly young pele nationwide. half of them, like adam,nd up in intensive care, my attached to ventilators. one young person required a lung transplant. and 48 have died. adam came close., i me's killed some people. could it have killed him? >> if he hadn't come in and just tried to stick it out at home a few

>> we are in a unique position and that folks in illinois are very familiar with corruption. this is not acorn foreign concept. i mean serious. when the speaker announced the inquiry of the end of september, at the same time i'm in the chicago reason so we watch chicago tv there. at the same time the fbi were raiding all the areas. so what you see speaker pelosi, donald trump, fbi carting out boxes right from city hall in chicago. and so my neighbors and all kinda looks the same. they said they've seen that before, it's not something that is so foreign and unfamiliar. and so we start out from this day and said that it's wrong. it's wrong to have an abuse of power. now whether or not that's impeachable effect, that's different. but it's not something that in my conversations with my neighbors in my constituents that would happen this fundamental disagreement about what happens and the morality of it. and so from that perspective, i'm curious to see the articles. i don't have any inside knowledge. will we get off this stage i'm going to be looking at my phone to see what we are

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host: our next colors from illinois, independent line. caller is from illinois, independent line. caller: democrats do nothing but taxes, closeraise factories. they have not done anything by way of legislation to help anyone like the handicapped. patact passed by democrats -- changed life for the handicapped around the world. when the republicans are in, they do not care about anyone but them and to the very very wealthy. the democrats are the party of the people and always will be. i am hoping the democratic party goes down in flames. host: i think she meant republican at the end. confused by i was that. i do not think anything would change janet's mind. and: individualism. it was not. it was about localism and communities and place and rootedness. would be wise to understand becausewisconsin, 32, and 12 counties in michigan switched from obama to trump in the space of four years. guest: absolutely. were voters that voted for change. it is as simple as that. what i find is really interesting among the obama -obama-trump voter is that they liked president obama personally. aspirat

illinois won a bowl game in 2011 beating ucla and this is their first trip. the golden bears are 7-5 while the alumni sit at 6-6. guven wilcox both teams keeping busy these last few days taking in the bay area sights including a trip to alcatraz and enjoying last week's sunny weather. >> getting to go to alcatraz and the warriors game. 65 degrees in the bay area, we're excited to be here. >> so 20,000 people are expected at this afternoon's game so that will likely mean some traffic backups. expect highways 101, 237, 880, great american parkway and the expressway to be sluggish. authorities are encouraging you to take public transportation to the stadium. kickoff sfiment estimated for 1:05 as i mentioned and there's also going to be a fly joer by the california air force base - flyover by the california air force base. >>> flowers and horses around the country are all focused on southern california for the next several days. they're all taking part in the 130 -- annual 131st parade. tons and tons of other types of flowers but it also includes straw, nuts, roo

michael inll go to illinois. caller: i voted for trump. i was in service at the end of the vietnam war. i am a senior and disabled. i voted for trump because i wanted to drain the swamp, which was the old popular comment about this nonsense that goes on in washington. i want your guest to comment -- and it has been touched on , ifady -- more specifically any thinking person, how they cannot see that these people in there to fillnly their own pockets. i don't know how someone can claim to be a democrat or this and that and they switch parties, like that one fellow, voted present -- she said, i believe he is guilty but i won't vote against him. this is where i want you to comment and focus. i am so disillusioned. i keep looking for someone to be countrynd to put the ahead of their own greed and self-interest and i have been totally unsuccessful in finding anybody like that. explain that to me. guest: that is an interesting question. i am glad you called in because you are one of the voters i am very interested in. a lot of voters did decide

>> we are in a unique position in that folks in illinois are very familiar with political corruption. [laughter] this is not a foreign concept to us. i am being serious. when the speaker announced the impeachment inquiry, at the same region am in the chicago and we watch chicago tv news. the fbi were rating the local alderman's office. and when you're watching the news you see speaker pelosi, donald trump, fbi carting out boxes right from city hall in chicago, and for my neighbors it all looks the same. they have seen that before. it's not something that is so foreign and unfamiliar. so we've started out from this basis that said that it's wrong to have an abuse of power. now, whether or not folks think that's impeachable, that's different. but it's not something that in my conversations with my neighbors and my constituents that we're having this fundamental disagreement about what happened and the morality of it. and so, you know, from that perspective, i'm curious to see the articles. i don't have any inside knowledge. when we get off this stage i'm going to be looking at my phone,

i taught 40 years. 15 years in illinois growing up in the chicagoarea and 25 years . i'm independent voter. i would tell my students by definition of an independent voter was my 1976 about. in illinois i voted for jimmy carter for president, big jim thompson republican governor in the same house. and in my lifetime i've only voted for democratic presidents twice. but my question is do you think the electoral college in this 21st-century serves a purpose? i think we wouldn't have russian bots and gerrymandering and all of that if we had one person, one vote and not an electoral college. >> here's the problem. and i don't favor that and i'm going to tell you why because i don't want california and new york to decide whose president. now look, he raises a legitimate point. we have, i respect him. the guys taught government history for 40 years, are we going to sayhe doesn't know what he's talking about , he does but what the founders decided is the tiny little states need to matter as much as the big states so you texas, california and a handful, illinois and we don't qu

. >> these are not people, they are rats we're talking about in illinois. university of illinois, they gain 16% less and -- rats deposited less fact. but i think that coffee is an appetite i suppressa will make u eat less, i think coffee is of value, but don't have it with a piece of cheese cake. >> i think we all talk about it adds more energy, if you take 4 cups a day does that result in headaches and dieretic part, you go to -- >> okay. >> your weight loss too. >> it may to the be 4 cups the right solution, you are making a good point it because raise blood pressure, look at it on app individual basis, not how much you drink but caffeine and coffee. does interfere with fat deposition, you are right to point that out 4 cups may be too much. >> all i know after i do a tripoliatripolisatripolis pressb billdumbbells. >> get on the tread bill treadm. >> are in get the dumbbells. >> you are in florida enjoying the weather, continue to enjoy it. >> you thank you. david: on-line sale breaking record but retailers are bracing for returns as consumers send back th

with that, ma tam chair, i want to yield to representative danny davis from illinois. mr. davis: here i am in the back. but let me just first of all commend and congratulate you on the tremendous leadership that you have been providing to those of us who are concerned about historically black colleges and universities, as well as education in general. and i certainly thank you for being able to share this moment as we talk about the importance of these very viable, valuable institutions. i represent a congressional district that has some of the most outstanding educational institutions in the world. without a doubt. but we don't have an hbcu in my district. but i was fortunate, as were so many members of my family, on 16th birthday, to enroll in arkansas college with no money. as a matter of fact, on credit. i had $20. $20 when i got there. in my shirt pocket. but we had a president at the time, dr. lawrence arnett davis, that all of us just simply called protectiony. kind of saying that he was -- prexy. kind of saying that he was a father surrogate and a father figure for

so grant moved his family back to helena, illinois, and joined his father's story. but what of the alcohol and binge drinking that had gotten him booted out of the army? under julia's gentle influence, grant, who thought she was much too good for him, was able to moderate his drinking. he was able to drink less at home that as a soldier. like many alcoholics, he struggled to control his drinking, a struggle that was sometimes more successful than others. when the war began in april, 1861, grant acted decisively. soon he was the head of the company of illinois volunteers who launched an attack on the confederate army near the important junction of the ohio and mississippi rivers. at this point, grant did not drink and he didn't tolerate tricking among his men. grant's forces one and the early victory for the union after the , demoralizing defeat of bull run made him famous. grant's next engagement was more complicated and perilous but equally victorious. now a major general, grant led his forces south to mississippi on the tennessee river where the confederate army w

gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. >> gentleman's recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. this is, indeed, a sad day for our country. this is, indeed, a sad day for america. but it's a good day for our constitution. it is a sad day for our country because president trump has defied our constitution, our rules, our requirements, and our expectations. it is clear that president trump places himself above the law, above our constitution, and above the expectations of the american people. at my last town hall meeting, which was held saturday, december 15th, at malcolm x college in chicago, someone asked a question. what is our position on impeachment? madam speaker, every person there rose and said impeach. when i speak, i speak for the people of the 7th district of illinois and my vote will be impeach, impeach, impeach. and i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentleman from north dakota. >> madam speaker, i yield two minutes to my friend from texas, mr. gohmert. >> gentleman's recognized for two

members of the illinois team had been taken in the bay area. pregame coverage begins at 12:30 this afternoon right here on ktvu fox 2 news. in southern california the 131st rose parade is just days under way. >> reporter howellizer has the report. >> any idea how many volunteers are out here? >> throughout the week there will be about a thousand volunteers that come through. >> what goes on here? >> so this is a year long process from planning and design. but unfortunately as much as we plan it always comes down to this last week. we've developed some certain ways of but at the end of the day you really just have to roll your sleeves up and get it done and that hasn't changed in 33 years here. >> materials that were hand ground are now being ground by machine. some of the materials, certain flowers we're getting we're getting different flowers than we usually get in different cases. >> we know there's straw and flax but there's roses. do you have any idea how many roses you end up using? >> they range anywhere from 50,000 to about 80,000 roses

the golden bears, to take on the university of illinois. and they watch out for that at 1 pm this afternoon. they are carrying over this morning. these are the 49ers fans. >>> this is to attacks on religious communities in one weekend. this is in texas. and here in new york, with stories and here to stop the violence. the doctor is here to reveal potential medical advancements and breakthroughs of 2020 and the next decade but remote doctor visits to a universal flu vaccine. and, meet the 65-year-old serving up his weapon as he joined the 2020. team. >>> you are looking here live at the camera. it's our beauty shop. good morning. and, our top stories, looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year? it's go time! switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network. plus, complete reliability with 4g lte backup. and, cloud-based security to help protect the devices on your network. greenlight your business in 2020 with fast internet and voice for $64.90 per month. switch now and get a $1

host: we will go to michael in illinois. republican. caller: i voted for trump. i was in service at the end of the vietnam war. i am a senior and disabled. i voted for trump because i wanted to drain the swamp, which was the old popular comment about this nonsense that goes on in washington. i want your guest to comment -- and it has been touched on already -- more specifically, if any thinking person, how they cannot see that these people in congress are only there to fill their own pockets. i don't know how someone can claim to be a democrat or this and that and they switch parties, like that one fellow, or the gal who voted present -- she actually said, i believe he is guilty but i won't vote against him. [laughter] this is where i want you to comment and focus. i am so disillusioned. i keep looking for someone to be honest and to put the country ahead of their own greed and self-interest and i have been totally unsuccessful in finding anybody like that. explain that to me. guest: that is an interesting question. i am glad you called in because you are one of

interesting things in the due diligence that we did in this process i grew up on a family farm in southern illinois. my brother still calls me for advice. she said i knew more about the commodity pricing futures than i did when i was a child because my mother would write this down on a kitchen table napkin for my dad and granddad to see and that is what interested her. the [inaudible] i think the governor said very eloquently i live the american dream and i want that for the next generation. i have a niece and nephew and i want to make sure they have the same opportunities dot waitress that is looking to go from waiting tables to working in industry or doing whatever she wants to do in life i want to make sure we keep the path clear and socialism and live what we are living right now and preserved it and build on it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] we have our opinions because the newest model is forcing us to work more provocative stuff so before they would have said here is the news and now it's replaced entertainment. >> hybrid to go into combat with my bulletproof everything. i was actuall

set to take on illinois this afternoon. coming up, what players from both teams did to benefit bay area communities as they prepare to face off at levi stadium today. plus, the dangerous discovery at one of the olympic facilities in japan. the emergency countermeasures in place after asbestos was found. >>> the charter flight landed safely around 5:30 last night. that's after one of the jet engine flails about 20 minutes after takeoff. after that ordeal, the team decided to stay in san jose overnight and head home today. the jayhawks are among the top five in the country. they beat stanford yesterday 72- 56. >>> and new video from the sheriffs office of a daring cliff rescue. this happened on friday. sheriff deputies responded to a call north of the light tower. people say they heard calls for help and you see that rescue helicopter showed up and they were able to repel nearly 200 feet down to that rocky bottom area that's where they found a woman who survived a fall down a cliff. they pulled her up and she was taken to a l

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is for three minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about the financial services and general of the nt portion appropriations package before us. before i begin, i'd like to lowey, ranking member granger, and subcommittee ranking member tom graves for commitment ork and throughout this process. i'd also like to thank the staff on both sides for all their hard work behind the scenes, particularly my own staff and of financial services who don't put their name in know and gs but we thank lisa and others. our amazing subcommittee staff, particular, put in long hours to make this bill come together. bill provides $23.8 billion in total discretionary broad array of agencies and programs ranging from the department of treasury safety onsumer product commission. it is a bill i am not only proud of but one that collectively we all be proud of. my top priority as chairman this year has been to help states and local governments secure and protect the integrity of american elections. that's

recreational sales of marijuana inome legal tomorrow illinois. investment firm compass point says that is likely to be the pot industry's biggest catalyst of the year. illinois become the 11 state to make recreational use of cannabis legal. two companies will benefit the most, cresco labs and green thumb industries. that is a look at your business flash update. netflix made more films than any other studio, releasing nearly 60 films, tripling many of hollywood's biggest studios. for more on the ship from built for television to more, we welcome our guest. >> thank you for having me. it was a big year for netflix. they have come into their own as a studio this year. this is a companies whose original programming was mostly built on television, that they had a big hire with this guy who was previously the vice-chairman at universal. he brought a huge rolodex, so you are seeing some great original programming coming out of netflix, high-volume, making it the biggest by volume studio in hollywood creating movies that could be award contenders this ye

[ beep ] we're going for this state's fossil. [ beep beep beep ] and the state was illinois. all right, you're still on the plus side, though, rock, so you're in this. here comes final jeopardy! african cities is what you three get to deal with. and we will reveal the clue when i come back. [ applause ] thenot actors, people, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin. and, had significantly less itch. that's a difference you can feel. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or st

i think places like north carolina, illinois, michigan, georgia are more reflective, not just of the number of black people, butt a greater diversity of white voters. it is not reflective of where the country is going or where they need to be put forward strategical strategically. i think the idea of having a regional diverse it i is important. but look there should be a major urban center that gets to vote up front and that doesn't happen unless you think concord, new hampshire is a major urban center. >> they spoke to iowa voters that are concerned about this. they want to vote for a candidate that they can win states more diverse than iowa. they said we want someone who the nation will get behind and support, everyone not just the white iowans. are you saying it doesn't matter the people here, we need a candidate that will win across the country because the goal is to defeat trump. i would recollected for barack obama, and he showed that an african-american could win a predominantly white state and he did it by organizing and he was benefitted by the fact that illino illinois. the

>> we just got the phone call we're going to be playing the red box bowl against illinois. >> all right. cal football head coach justin wilcox informing his guys they're going to stay in the bay this season. levi stadium, monday december 30th. >> just proud of how our team finished the season. enabled us to be in this position to get into the red box bowl and all of our fans being here locally and able to come support us and play an opponent like illinois, so it's exciting for everybody. >> it's going to be a great environment and great for the cal program and two back to back bowl games to finish up my career is wonderful. >> abc 7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. con grats to the women's soccer team at stanford. >> with that, that's it for tonight, everybody. i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas, abc 7 news continues tomorrow at 4:30 a.m. from the entire abc 7 news team, ithere's my career...'s more to me than hiv. my cause... and creating my dream home. i'm a work in progress. so much goes into who i am. hiv medicine is one part of it. prescription dovato is for adults who a

the 23rd illinois which he called the irish brigade of chicago is put on the trains. off short ofed joining the army of the potomac. the army of the potomac would march away leaving mulligan for the next two years in the mountains of west virginia which brings us to the shenandoah valley in 1864. mulligan served under [indiscernible] crook's being under command. he said i'm tired of serving under general sue have little english and little sense. he found a creek to be a breath of fresh air initially. he called him a quiet and unobtrusive gentleman. later, mulligan is the senior colonel and crooks army. therefore he should be entitled to the largest infantry division. officers two other that were experienced and familiar with the army and mulligan was brand-new. nobody knew the guy. he gives them the smallest division. mulligan the day that happens he writes in his journal he says i am taking further measure of general crook. his name says it all. [laughter] mulligan is an unhappy camper. going into the battle of kearns town. his men on the morning of july 24, 1864 are

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and, you know, the wave of relief that must have come over them. >> reporter: with the help of illinois state troopers, garcia was finally pulled over. although it was only 8:30 a.m., he had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. >> the trooper said that his breath smelled of booze, and then when he went to -- had to relieve himself, that that smelled of booze, as well. >> reporter: garcia was arrested on the spot for driving under the influence. from his car police recovered a cell phone, a .45 caliber pistol, 50 bullets, a crowbar and a sledgehammer. >> he told cops later that he was on a road trip to new orleans but had no luggage. and then the most chilling thing to me was in that backseat was an lsu lab coat and a stethoscope. >> reporter: investigators knew garcia had been fired from lsu shreveport in 2008. was he on his way to confront doctors there? only anthony garcia knows. he clammed up when omaha detectives tried to talk with him. >> we introduced ourselves as detectives from the omaha police department and that we were investigating homicides in our jurisdiction, and

schakowsky, the gentlewoman from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: it is my adult son whom i will always credit for my decision last june to support an impeachment inquiry. it had never been my goal to impeach a president, but ian made such a compelling case. he reminded me of the oath i have taken 11 times now to support and defend the constitution of the united states. he said, mom, this is not about politics. this is not about party. and pushing back against my arguments he said, this has nothing to do with the final outcome. it's about doing the right thing. even if others don't. he made me see that it was about my legacy, my modest place in history. i want to thank you, my son son, for helping me do the right thing today. to vote to impeach the president of the united states, donald trump, because no american is above the law. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. i also would like to remin

liz lives in illinois and retired after 38 years of public service. in 2007 she had a double transplant, kidney and pancreas. mr. casten: she's alive today for two reasons. one is the generosity of a donor and the second, the anti-rejection drugs she has to take to keep her alive. those drugs alone cost $662 every three months, out of pocket. but because she needs additional medications, she hits the medicare coverage gap where she's on the hook for the balance of her costs. h.r. 3 would be a game changer for liz. would lower her prescription drug costs to $2,000, because h.r. 3 would create, for the first time, a cap on how much seniors need to pay out of pocket in medicare. it would make sure that the drugs she needs to survive do not increase above the rate of inflation. for liz and for the millions of other americans who face high-priced medicines we must pass h.r. 3. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one m