is this the illinois affliction? >> guest: i do have a chapter devoted to the histo of illinois politicalorruption. host: just e chapter? >> guest: it could be longer. [laughter] we live in a state that has a strong sordid history, 1853 governor mad sen from $200,000 which he said he founded his shoe box. i thought it was funny when i read the stories about how wall, you wanted to get a license plate you just wrote a check to paul -- powell and it turned out they really did. [laughter] and four of the last governor's row end up in jail if blagojevich is convicted so there is a history but i do like what patrick fitzgerald said it was paid to play on steroids brokee did take it to a n level. >> host: so the answer is whether blagojevich willry his harper valley pta moment? we wonder if he gave his speech to the woman says i have done wrong butou and you? >> guest: he did some of fact. >> ht: may be a little taste. but the other question is will he or can we put this into common this is how businessot do? on steroids b

former illinois governor rod blagojevich and his wife patty join us now. great to have you both here. thank you, patty. [applaus [applause] >> let me get right to one of the-- to me, major questions, i think, a lot of people have. the connection that existed between you, rahm emanuel, the white house chief of staff and barack obama. was there communication and conversation that was going on about the senate seat when barack obama resigned to become president? >> well, mike, i wrote a lot about that in the book. wrote about my detail to pick a united states senator as i look at your audience, i want them to know i did nothing wrong, false accusations when i accused seeking to sell a senate seat, and the prosecutor a crime spree before it happened. he mutilated the truth. the day before. the morning before i directed my chief of staff to work out the tactics what was a routine political deal and was working with rahm emanuel and others leading democrats, harry reid and i had conversation abouts that. and senator durbin offered to help on the deal where i wou

all 3 and 4-year-olds can go to preschool in illinois. i put a record amount of money in education, did not raise taxes on people, raised the minimum wage twice for low-wage workers who sweep floors and clean office buildings and fought the establishment to get the things done. i do political -- do i have political enemies, absolutely, and winston churchill said, oh, that means you stood for something. >> well, obviously you have some enemies no doubt about that. >> yeah. >> and -- >> can i be your friends? i'm looking for friends, you're a cool guy. >> let's see how it all works out. [ laughter ] i will say this. probably going to want to think about, if you do happen to go to prison you should probably think about what gang you will join. have you thought about that? >> no. >> you're going to have to have an affiliation. the other thing i want to ask you about which seems -- you talk about the great things that you did for the strait -- state, but this seems to be a lapse in judgment and that is getting on a reality show with heidi and

all 3 and 4-year-olds can go t preschool in illinois. i put a record amount of money in education, did not raise taxes on people, raise the minimum wage twice for low-wage workers who sweep floors and clean office buildings and fought the establishment to get the things done. i do political -- do i have political enemies, absolutely, and winston churchill said, oh, that means you stood for something. >> well, obviously you have some enemies no doubt about that. >> yeah. >> and -- >> can i be your friends? i'm looking for friends, you're a cool guy. >> let's see how it all works out. [ laughter ] i will say this. probably going to want to think about, if you do happen to go to prison you should probably think about what gang you will join. have you thought about that? >> no. >> you're going to have to have an affiliation. the other thing i want to ask you about which seems -- you talk about the great things that you did for the strait -- state, but this seems to be a lapse in judgment and that is getting on a reality show with heidi and s

what a big win for northern illinois. danny hope, the purdue coach, now 1-2 in his first season in west lafayette. tough start for him. tom, back to you. >> tom: tough start indeed. the irish will go to west lafayette next week to meet the boilermakers. right now, the irish have a six-point lead over michigan state with 3:14 left in the first hf. of further concern to the irish would be the injuries to jimmy clausen, who is still able to play, and to michael floyd, who has already gone to the locker room. winston and jimmerson will be deep to receive the tausch kick. tausch with pretty good hang time on this one. it comes down to the 4 yard line to winston. glenn winston, the special teams denying the 20 yard line. this is the game everybody's going to be talking about, the game and the stadium as the new cowboys stadium unveils the next chapter in the epic rivalry between the giants and cowboys. sunday night football. bob costas hosts "football night in america," coverage beginning at 7:00 eastern on nbc tomorrow. >> pat

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in illinois. he was going to blow them up with a remote control. he was arrested as i pushed the button. in dallas, a 19-year-old jordananian man was arrested for a plot to blow up a 60-story office tower. >> it's much more difficult for us to find these homegrown terrorists. >> in about 20 minutes, korn correspondent richard lui explains how they outsmartd the alleged terrorists. >>> we have exclusive video of najibullah zazi buying material that can be used to make bombs. he made several purchases recently. experts say he could have done major damage with those chemicals. we're going to learn more about what investigators know about this man. >>> if you have children's and infant's tylenol at home right now, pay attention here. the medicine is being recalled because of a possible bacteria contamination. jen, how big of a danger is this for kids? >> the good news is that it seems, according to johnson & johnson, that the risk is very remote that any child would be hurt by this, but they want to m

c-span: where is decatur illinois located? >> guest: decatur is snap back in the middle of the country. and its a town that is really a refleion of the companies that are there. what i interesng is the town has had a lot of problems with the abm price-fixing scandals followed very quickly by some ises that in the local schools some racial issues that bught the reverend jesse jackson into town, and immediately after that, we had the firestone problems with the recalls of the tires and tse all came from the plant in decatur, illinois, so this is a town that has been hit by natiol scandal after national scandal and it is kind of part. i' talked to a lot of people in decatur and is kind of hard on them. it is sti largely a blue-collar and agricultural community and suddenly they hammerof the world a focused on them. it keeps happening again and again and again. c-span: how many times have you been there? >> guest: over theasfive years i've certainly lost count. i have been there a number of times. there is actually a whole corrido

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fleming: i thank you, my friend and gentleman from illinois, mr. shock. that is correct, illinois, right? you looked up and i thought, i might have the wrong state. yes, you know as the three of us here this evening spent really an awesome time in israel during august, but i want to take you back in time, mr. speaker in history, 71 years to today, literally 71 years to the day. and what do we see in the news reels? and that was that lord chamberlain waved a stack of papers in front of the camera and he uttered, we have peace of our time. and what was he talking about? he had just come from a meeting with adolph hitler and they had along with france and a few other nations, they had come to an agreement to cede to hitler the strategic part of c zechoslavakia. hitler claimed it was populated with germans, but lord chamberlain agreed to let him have that. and we know that today as a policy of apiecement. he actually went there for the purpose of honor and peace. and then then winston churchill who was in the parliament replied that he went there for honor an

el departamento de la policÍa de illinois. en otra casa, en texas, las autoridades evitaron un presunto ataque a un edificio rascacielos. agentes del fbi aseguran que esta amenaza no estÁ enajenada con la anterior. un joven presuntamente estacionÓ un auto lleno de explosivos en la calle frente al edificio de 70 pisos. esta empleada estaba en el piso 17 y poco despuÉs se enterÓ del supuesto atentado. >> me dio miedo pensar que do suceder. yo estaba el edificio cuaunivisionultima hor una ciuday controversial. pero esto no es motivo para evitar un ataque terrorista. >> un residente de ese estado fue tzq]akph@ultima horah@h@uni@ islamistas para combatir tropas estadounidenses en irak y afganistÁn. habrÍan viajado al cairo en febrero para comprar armas. Última hora de esta noche, se supo que los h@univisionultima . >> al volver, conoceremos uno de los momentos mÁs significativos del concierto as sin fronteras. ya volvemos. ÷÷÷xxxxxxxxxxxxx@ >> el concierto de juÁrez y otros 14 artistas en cuba el pasado f

the same technique was used one day earlier by fbi 600 miles away in springfield, illinois, against a man who was told he could blow up the federal building there. michael finton was charged with attempted murder. then tonight, yet another american showed up as an al qaeda killer, a man identified as almarici. he levelled threats in german against the people. this is against the upcoming german election. the german tv anchors tonight called it the serious and unpress departmented threat level experienced by germany in years. one more sign this week that al qaeda is still far from defeated. >> it's a good reminder to us that we are still at risk, both at home and abroad. >> but agents say the arrest of najibullah zazi was a major victory. if convicted he faces life in prison. for "nightline." this is brian ross, abc news, new york. >> an ongoing story, brian ross reporting this evening. >>> when we come back, so you think you have a penny pincher in your family? wait until you see tonight's "sign of the times". right now five coworkers are working from the road using a mifi-- a mobile

>>> from new york city to dallas to illinois and a prime target here in our area, details on a string of plots stretching across the country stopped in their tracks. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> good morning to you. thank you for getting up with us on this friday morning here on fox 5 morning news. there is a live look at our nation's capitol on what is a little bit of a wet day out there. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey this morning. a couple of little sprinkles out there. i encountered a couple coming in. gwen tolbart is? >> i counseled five. there are some areas where you are seeing some sprinkles. there are a few in the district area. as we move through into the course of today, we'll see improvement and that will be at least good news. you can see along the i-81 corridor and just noor front royal where we've got the yellow and darker korean green, we are seeing heavier amounts of rainfall. if will eventually start to wane out and we'll get some improvement by this afternoon. so not total washout today. let's get to our weather map. her

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the arrests were in illinois and texas. counterterrorism authorities say the plots were unrelated and neither case is connected with the third alleged plot based in colorado that we've been talking about all week. first in illinois, in springfield, michael fenton is charged to trying to detonate a bomb outside the federal building. he tried to blow it up with a remote control. he was arrested as he pushed the button. in dallas, a 19-year-old jordanian man was arrested as he tried to set up a homemade bomb at an office tower. both plots are considered home grown. >> they don't have to blend in. they already are in. don't need fake i.d.s, don't need to find a way to live or make money, so it's much more difficult for us to find these homegrown self-radicalized terrorists. >> fbi agents prevented both aacts going undercover. in about ten minutes richard lui explains how they outsmarted the alleged terrorists. >>> drinking wanter at many schools across the country is tainted with toxic levels of lead and pesticides. a new assoc

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: two stings in illinois and texas, nearly identical, both involving suspects eagerly looking to detonate car bombs. in each case, the explosives were fake. the suspects snared by fbi agents and informants, posing at radicals. all of this coming to light on the same day a denver man is indicted for allegedly joining forces with al qaeda to conduct a bombing campaign inside the u.s., likely in new york. are there more terrorists or is the government getting better at finding them? the answer, sources tell us, is yes and yes. u.s. officials are increasingly concerned about radicalized americans receiving terrorist training overseas, and returning home to plot attacks. >> it's something that i know keeps a lot of people awake at night. >> reporter: which is right now the fbi is using informants to infiltrate communities in the u.s., targeting hundreds of angry young men it suspects of being radicalized in prisons, places of worship and on the internet. >> they have to assume that a person who's talking about committing terrorism is someon who is capable a

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: two stings in illinois and texas, nearly identical, both involving suspects eagerly looking to detonate car bombs. in each case, the explosives were fake. the suspects snared by fbi agents and informants, posing at radicals. all of this coming to light on the same day a denver man is indicted for allegedly joining forces with al qaeda to conduct a bombing campaign inside the u.s., likely in new york. are there more terrorists or is the government getting better at finding them? the answer, sources tell us, is yes and yes. u.s. officials are increasingly concerned about radicalized americans receiving terrorist training overseas, and returning home to plot attacks. >> it's something that i know keeps a lot of people awake at night. >> reporter: which is right now the fbi is using informants to infiltrate communities in the u.s., targeting hundreds of angry young men it suspects of being radicalized in prisons, places of worship and on the internet. >> they have to assume that a person who's talking about committing terrorism is someone who is capable

it's henry, illinois. it's a big state fair that's going on here, but tonight, it's all about the tractor pull, and it will be the e3 spark plugs prairie state challenge, presented by k&n filters. hello, everybody. i'm ken stout, and if its horsepower you love, then don't touch that dial because the super mods are coming out. the multiengine trackers -- it's all about diversity. there's combinations there for everybody, but one common denominator is big-time horsepower. of course, the goal is to drag that heavy sled out there across the full pull mark. who knows where that might be? that will be determined by the officials after about five draggers, but one thing for sure -- we have a full field here tonight, and everybody's gunning for that pro pulling league trophy. now, with more on tonight's event, let's go to my colleague, leslie mears. >> a full field, indeed, and a very diverse field, as well. this class -- pretty much anything goes. as long as you keep it at 7,700 pounds, you can put any combinatio

in illinois next year, actually for president obama's former senate seat. congressman, good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> eric: do you think the plan will pass without republican support? >> they could try to muscle it through. what we hear on the house floor is leaders will try to move hr-3200, the speaker's flawed trillion dollar government takeover health care bill. as early as next month. if they do that, they'll be forcing dozens of democrats in moderate districts to walk the plank. and i think those members, if they vote for the bill will be defeated the next election. >> the democrats, you mean? >> that's right, because, the president has not just lost republicans. he has lost the american people. and, this is a bill we cannot afford -- it raises the top marginal tax rate for example in the state of illinois to 49.97%. to pay for the bill. ironically, that is a tax rate that is 4 percentage points higher than the marginal rate of france. >> eric: you say it is flawed and other people, supporters don't say that, they support it and millions of

. >> reporter: welcome to carro, the seed of alex aner county, illinois. to say it has seen better days is a cruel understatement. the county of 8,000 people is half a million dollars in the red. and the recession has made a bad situation worse. as sheriff david barkett knows all too well. >> god willing, we're going to protect these people and we're going to continue with what we got. we're used to struggling. we're used to struggling. >> reporter: things got so bad this month that the bank repossessed five of his seven cruisers. four of them sit in the bank parking lot now, shorn of their emergency lights, a tenas and even their seals. >> this is a pretty extreme example of economic hardship. >> i would say it's very extreme when it affects the protection of lives and property. >> reporter: it gets worse. in addition to losing his cruisers, the sheriff has lost three -- three fourths of his staff, most of them deputies due to budget cuts from as many as 20 full and part-timers on the staff, there are now five. and barkett patrols in an suv that the gover

perhaps i should have been in illinois. big crowd from illinois here and everybody, look at this, apparently there's -- you guys are saying hello to a lonie in springfield, illinois. >> actually it's connie. sorry. >> that's a c, not an l, huh? wouldn't you know it. but let's talk about the weather in illinois. boy, this is going nowhere fast. we see some clouds around illinois but we don't see the wet weather. most of that scattered shower and storm activity should stay to the west of you today, but it's going to be pushing to the east. the toughest weather chesapeake, maryland, into delaware, heavy downpours, about 2 inches of rain today out of that system. the west coast looks great, the pacific northwest a little bit of a shower as the front >> this weather report sponsored by purina, your pet, our passion. >> my new friends from illinois and everybody else out here, thank you for joining me on the plaza. >>> thank you very much, lonie. >>> up next, does simon cowell really miss paula? what does he have in store for sus

targets in virginia, texas, illinois, and new york. federal prosecutors say afghan immigrant najibullah zazi plaudit for more than one year to detonate bombs in new york city. in texas, hosam maher husein smadi is charged with trying to blow up a skyscraper in dallas. in ill., michael finton is charged with trying to blow up a building. and they plot to attack the u.s. marine corps base in virginia, the plan to murder american troops on u.s. soil, allegedly hatched with two men charged last month with plotting terrorists attacks overseas. earlier today, a judge ordered najibullah zazi transferred to new york city, where he will be charged with plotting to use of weapons of mass destruction. david lee miller, what did we learn today? >> today be heard from the prosecutor purity said that najibullah zazi had the intent of being in new york on 9/11, possibly to participate in a terrorist attack. he called the evidence a chilling and disturbing sequence of events. the u.s. attorney in denver said he was very pleased. the judge decided that

the 3-rockford illinois is our second salute this week. the congregation marked their centennial last week after a year of festivities. the par issue continues many italian traditions like joseph's table and st. anthony's bread for the poor, often called the parish with a heart over 1,000 families are fulfilling their heritage and building a future of service through faith. >>> as always, we would like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on the scene. please stay with us. the mail bag is next. [ kick ] stronger, healthier babies. learn more about healthy babies at... . >>> closed captioning is brought to you by optimum brand innovations from pioneer high bred, science with service delivering success. [ music ] . >>> time now for our weekly look inside the farm report mail bag. robert blain from cedar falls, iowa is concerned about trade deficits. our government hasn't run a trade surplus in 40 years and it just gets worse. we cannot continue with large trade deficits, particularly in regard to china.

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illinois, texas, and north carolina. investigators are covering all their bases, looking for any possible connections, but at this time, it does not look like they are connected. these could have been lone wolves inspired by al qaeda or other radical groups but with no connection to those groups or to each other. i just talked to the: security chief, and he says many of the information sharing and surveillance measures initiated during the bush years are now paying off. he says it is working exactly as it is supposed to, stopping these things before they happen. jane: i know you will continue to watch and update us as these things warrant. jon: very big day at the united nations. waiting for reaction from iran's president after president obama and the leaders of britain and france have accused iran of secretly building a second nuclear facility. the president demanded iran open up that facility to united nations inspectors or face further, tougher sanctions. eric joins us now on the phone. he is at a briefing where the i

arrests were made in illinois and texas. investigators say neither case is connected though with the alleged plot uncovered in colorado and new york. first in springfield, illinois, fbi agents arrested 29-year-old michael finton on wednesday. he's also known as student of islam. he's charged with trying to detonate a truck bomb outside a federal building. finton tried to blow it up with a remote control device. he was arrested as he pushed the button. an undercover agent posed a ed low level al qaeda operative. he parked the van outside of the federal courthouse in springfield and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. according to the federal affidavit, finton is an ex-con who converted to islam in prison. he talked about wanting to go around and train as a jihadist but people that work with him at a restaurant say they never saw that side of him. >> i'm very shocked to hear this about him because from what i know about him, this isn't in his character at all. this element of what's on the news about him, this is -- i don'

i thank my friend from illinois. mr. president, tonight president obama addresses the nation just down the hall during a joint session of congress. a president has not addressed a joinsession of congress other in the state of the union -- other than the state of the union address, which comes at the beginning of every year, since president bush did it right after september 11. we know how important this is. president obama is stepping up and going to be more specific and more forceful and help to set aside and answer all the distorons that the senator from oregon, the presiding officer, a i and others heard at our meetings inur state in august when we were home talking to people about this health care legislation. i wento the most conservative part of my state, cincinnati, and did my first large town hall meeting, 1,500 people showed up. 1,000 of people generally were supportive of this health care bill with a strong public option. about 500 were opposed. but -- and several people stood up and some argued that they just

two other men were arrested in illinois and texas. >> leaders will meet today at the g. thomas summit -- at the g-20 summit in pittsburg. they will take over a role previously held by a smaller group of wealthy nations, the g- 8. >> ruth bader ginsburg remains in the hospital this morning. she fell ill in her office last night. she underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer back in february. >>> 5:47. a woman in west virginia faces animal neglect charges after dozens of pets were found living in deplorable conditions. >> animal control officers removed dozens of animals from her home. the local sheriff had received many complaints about them. >> animals with no shelter, no water, poorly fed. >> they were kept outside in cold weather in the winter and warm weather in the summer. >> neighbors were upset that authorities had left some of the pets behind. they went back and confiscated the rest of the animals. they're being treated at a county shelter. >>> 5:47 on a friday morning. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey is standing by. let's check in

louis, getting in through iowa and illinois. the heaviest rain that we had over the last couple of days was moving from the east to the west, right around a frontal boundary. houston some showers out there, another one of those thunderstorms develop later today near dallas. you can see a line of showers there. another gulf front heads over to big d and ft. worth. right now most of it is right around that houston area, it's riding up towards the north and getting up into the northeast as well. what about the heaviest rain? right now it's coming out of missouri and basically illinoisñ thunderstorms are going to develop today in memphis, but a better chance coming at you right around st. louis. take a look at tower cams now, note the delays of the airport, but there's the arch. the rain is going to be solid and pretty heavy at times in the next couple of hours. everything moves from the south to the north, watch for heavy rain for most of the day in st. louis. what about the rest of the region? indianapolis dry, with some rain tow

>> bellville, illinois, across mississippi from st. louis if people aren't familiar with the area. 17-year-old kid the one who is the victim there gets on the bus. supposedly the fight was over a seat. he moved somebody's book bag and sat down anyway. 14 and 15-year-olds start pummelling him not once but twice. it took about a five minute break. but 14 and 15-year-olds have been suspended by the end of the week we are going to learn whether they -- they may face criminal charges in this. and a couple of the kids who were sitting there watching, laughing, egging them on have also been suspended five days. >> no one charged with a crime yet. assay -- bus driver didn't break it up. disturbing. i would have pulled the bus over and called 911. >> interesting. people feel -- there is disagreement on that. the bus driver says he did what protocol calls for. calling dispatch and finding the safest place. he thought the safest place was school, which was a couple of minutes away. bill: you could die in that time. >> so could he. that's what the

it's a very sad day for illinois government. governor blagojevich has taken us to a truly new low. he attempted to sell the senate seat, the senate seat he had the sole role under illinois to appoint to replace president obama. john harris, his chief of staff, schemed to send a message to the "chicago tribune" that if the "tribune" company wanted to sell itsfield wrigley field in order to complete a business venture the price of doing so was to fire certain editors, including one editor by name. there's a hospital, children's memorial hospital believing that is getting $8 million, but its ceo has not coughed up a campaign contribution, and the thought that that money may get pulled back from a children's memorial hospital is something that you cannot abide. >> joining me now from new york, rod blagojevich. mr. blagojevich, thank you for being with us, sir. >> thanks for having me, rick. thank sxlu first, let's talk about chris kelly. he was your adviser, just died over the weekend. lots of stories floating around out there. what can you tell us? >> well, chris was a very good frien

tom trung, nbc news, dekalb, illinois. >> by the way w. that story we welcome tom trung to the nbc news on-air staff. is he a great storyteller who has an amazing personal story as well. but we'll save that part for another time. >>> that's our broadcast for now for this monday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. and we all hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a new reality tv

on this day before northern illinois faces off with idaho, thomas huddles with her strid colleagues for a pregame prayer. born and raised in mississippi, this former college basketball player and self-proclaimed tomboy said she craves the excitement surrounding football. >> i wouldn't rather be nowhere else than right here, unless i was home with my kids. but this is what my job is and i take full pride in being here. >> reporter: she arrived here nearly three years ago as the first female official in college football. four other women have since followed her path but don't call her a trail blazer. >> i do this because i love it. i don't do things for recognition or to buck the system. >> reporter: before the collegiate level, thomas worked high school football games for ten years, and she tackled plenty of challenges along the way. she recalls her brother's warning when she first started. >> he told me that these were a bunch of men set in their ways and that i might get some strange stares, and i did. >> reporter: she still gets the occasional surprise stare but she also gets respect.

favorite name here, owens-illinois. 06789 oi. the maker of glass bottles that got cut in half back when natural gas tripled. between 15% and 25% of their costs come from natural gas. dollar change in natural gas there works out to a 10-cent change in earnings. how about steel? u.s. steel. $1 change in the price of a million british thermal units of natural gas. 62-cent change in earnings. now, u.s. steel's expected to lose $11.14 a share. so 89 cents a share in 2010 small change, right? but it still could help swing the company's earnings. let me give you in the big winner. owens-corning. the oc. aka the pink panther. makes composites and building materials with a dollar change in the price of natural gas you get a 24-cent boost for owens-corning. huge given the company's expected to earn 89 cents. that's a 27% swing. okay. here's the bottom line. a whole host industries benefit from lower natural gas prices. but the companies that have the most to gain earningwise from an inexpensive natural gas, dow chemical, d-o-w. remember wh

from new york city to illinois and a prime time target in our area. we'll break down the details on each case and what authorities say the suspects were planning to do. sherry. >> reporter: the chief of staff of one of d.c.'s most powerful council members is busted by federal agents. the charges are taking bribes from someone in the taxi industry. i'm sherry ly. we'll have the latest on this scandal rocky city hall coming up. >>> here is a live look at the traffic on the beltway at the american legion bridge. it has been a busy morning as far as traffic goes this friday, september 25th, 2009. good morning, everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> d i'm allison seousome other things we have planned for you this morning. roland partin joins us to weigh in on today's top stories and talk about his new sunday morning talk show. s is for an audience many say is not reached by what is on tv now. >>> then a major fixup at a fertility clinic. doctors accidentally ga one woman the wrong embryo. it belongs to another co

the mayor of an illinois town says kelly told an officer he overdosed on a prescription drug drug, and police are investigating his death as a possible suicide. kelly was indicted on allegations he tried to sell barack obama's senate seat. >>> a vaccine for the swine flu could be ready sooner than expected. kathleen sebelius said some doses could be ready by the first week of october. she says she is confident the vaccine for the h1n1 virus will be available soon enough to effectively target the illness. >>> hundreds of children were reunited with the people who once saved their lives. the hospital held its annual reunion picnic at a park in mclean. children who underwent heart surgery got together resurgence, doctors, and nurses who saved their lives. they also got to meet dogs that had heart defects. >>> still aadhe,i wll the great ndather and stick sou a had back to work? we are checking the latest st re growing up we didn't have much, but education was always a priority. my mom sent me off to college with just four 20-dollar bills. so i know that education is the best investment vi

favorite name here, owens-illinois oi. the maker of glass bottles that got cut in half back when natural gas tripled. between 15% and 25% of their costs come from natural gas. dollar change in natural gas there works out to a 10-cent change in earnings. how about steel? u.s. steel. $1 change in the price of a million british thermal units of natural gas. 62-cent change in earnings. now, u.s. steel's expected to lose $11.14 a share. so 89 cents a share in 2010 small change, right? but it still could help swing the company's earnings. let me give you another big winner. owens-corning. the oc. aka the pink panther. makes composites and building materials with a dollar change in the price of natural gas you get a 24-cent boost for owens-corning. huge given the company's expected to earn 89 cents. that's a 27% swing. okay. here's the bottom line. a whole host industries benefit from lower natural gas prices. but the companies that have the most to gain earningwise from an inexpensive natural gas, dow chemical, d-o-w. remember w

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speaker, i yield the gentlelady from illinois three minutes. the chair: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3246, the advanced vehicle technology act and i'd like to thank the chairman of the committee, mr. gordon, abbleds the ranking member, mr. hall, and my colleague, particularly, mr. peters, for bringing to the floor such a good bill. h.r. 3246 will advance technologies of the future by re-authorizing the department of energy's vehicle technology program and build on an existing energy infrastructure to demonstrate and deploy more fuel efficient automobiles and heavy equipment. over the years the department of energy has worked with the industry to develop, demonstrate and deploy vehicles -- vehicle technologies for automobiles and heavy duty vehicles. some of those research needs have been addressed through public-private research programs like it the 21 century truck partnership, the freedom car and hydrogen fuel initiatives.

jeffrey brown is a finance professor at the university of illinois and he was nominated as a public trustee for social security and medicare by president bush in 2008. welcome to the program. was your assessment of the state of social security in late 2009? it's really the same assessment that i will have given a year ago that the program is on an unsustainable course. the recent recession and economic downturn has brought some problems closer in time the facts as you mention the we are born a star running deficits now and to the next few years but we've known for decades that the system was on the course to where it was one of the spending more money than it was green in the fundamental story really hasn't changed. the deficit spending $10 billion next year $9 billion the year after climbing back into circles is this a cost of not only more retirees but also the baby boomers also fewer jobs paying these payroll taxes. they are the long-term trends the we've known about for years which is the aging in the population the baby boomers to workers coming up into the system behind and a relative

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ever had because daddy had a break." >> reporter: diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," gurnee, illinois. >> susie: tomorrow, diane introduces us to a former technology professional who, at 54, is out of a job for the first time in her career. >> paul: employment is also a tough issue for young workers. according to a new survey, less than a third of them can afford to pay their bills and save a bit of money. 40% of employees ages 18-to-34 say they are "worried and concerned" about achieving their financial goals. 55% of respondents use the words "hopeful and confident" about achieving their financial goal in the next five years. it's not just younger people who are impacted by the economy; a third of all young workers still live with their parents. the survey was conducted by the a.f.l./c.i.o. federation of labor unions. recapping today's market action: stocks take a pounding on continuing worries about the economy. the dow fell 185 points and the nasdaq lost 40. to learn more about the stories in tonight's broadcast, to watch our streaming video and to take part in our daily blog, go t

men time in the state of illinois a 29-year-old convert to islam is accused of trying to setoff a car bomb. police say michael fenton aka islam had plans to detonate the bomb outside the federal courthouse in springfield, illinois notice. the fbi says at this point there's no evidence these cases are connected. >>> surprising announcement just before the g-20 summit meeting in pittsburgh today had and little to do with economic. iran released a new nuclear facility and is to generate electricity and u.s. believes its to build nuclear weapon. >> this site deep ena growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to the international responsibilitie responsibilities. including specifically revealing all nuclear related activities. >>reporter: iran also said it wanted to buy enriched uranium for medical purposes. >> song caused controversy across the u.s. and principal at new jersey elementary school said she would do it school said she would do it all this song posted on you tube recently praises president obama. the school principal told parents the song was part of a lesson during bla

favorite name here, owens-illinois oi. the maker of glass bottles that got cut in half back when natural gas tripled. between 15% and 25% of their costs come from natural gas. dollar change in natural gas there works out to a 10-cent change in earnings. how about steel? u.s. steel. $1 change in the price of a million british thermal units of natural gas. 62-cent change in earnings. now, u.s. steel's expected to lose $11.14 a share. so 89 cents a share in 2010 small change, right? but it still could help swing the company's earnings. let me give you in the big winner. owens-corning. the oc. aka the pink panther. makes composites and building materials with a dollar change in the price of natural gas you get a 24-cent boost for owens-corning. huge given the company's expected to earn 89 cents. that's a 27% swing. okay. here's the bottom line. a whole host industries benefit from lower natural gas prices. but the companies that have the most to gain earningwise from an inexpensive natural gas, dow chemical, d-o-w. remember wh

. >> reporter: when scott and rachel kramer, gospel musicians from outside peoria, illinois, discovered their son, weston, was autistic, they spent $30,000 on intervention therapy. all of it was paid for by strangers. fellow christians, that sent cards and checks and prayers. >> it was a simple note that said, we don't know you. but we're thinking of you. >> reporter: the kramers belong to something called samaritan ministries. a cheaper, faith-based alternative to health insurance. families pay $280 a month, directly to members who have health care bills that month. >> i find it to be a superior model to what the health care industry does because it's personal. >> reporter: samaritan is one of three large christian health care plans. to join, you need to be a church-going evangelical, that programs not to smoke, drink heavily, or have extramarital sex. if i'm a member and my child gets a catastrophic illness, are you guaranteeing that that coverage will be paid? >> no, we're not. and that's certainly the faith-based element in what we're doing. >> reporter: you're asking me to take a l