illinois had it made. when they built this building, when they knew they were going to build a new capital. they wanted something that showed that illinois and we were it. that is what this building is. that is what to some extent it represents. we are actually the sixth capital building in this weren't. the old state capital is the fifth and the first one in springfield. illinois was settled from the south to the north. the original capital of illinois was on the mississippi 80 miles south of st. louis. but we knew that illinois which went all the way to the wisconsin border was eventually going to go north the they built a new capital 80 miles north. they knew the population was going to go farther north. a lot of towns vied for the new capital, including springfield. springfield was read by a young legislator led by abraham lincoln and long nine. they were all six feet tall or taller. they did everything they could to get the capital to springfield. some say some of position they did were underhand. the

how would you describe illinois politics? >> i have lived my whole life during my life and there has been a culture of corruption in illinois politics starting in the 1940s. when we had a republican governor, dwight green and he had a very powerful machine and at that time gambling was illegal unlike now. but he turned, he would not allow the anti-gambling laws to be enforced because the gambling interests flooded him with contributions in his machine with donations and so on. then also, it was disclosed of in 1940s, that the st. louis post-dispatch in chicago daily news shared jointly a pulitzer prize for disclosing that more than 50 illinois newspaper editors, publishers and other employees, were actually on the state payroll when governor green was governor . in terms of ethics and everything else in journalism and so on, that is a big no-no. and then in the 1960s, and i know bernie will echo this and take off, over the next 11 governors, that is not including our newly inaugurated governor here, governor j.b. pritzker. of

the population of illinois is starting to move northward. when springfield is established, this tiny little town of about 1500 is actually larger than a small outpost in lake michigan called chicago. springfield becomes the capital city central location in illinois. as the population starts to expand northward the ideas of slavery begin to change. lincoln comes to the building in 1840 as a representative. after lincoln's assassination in 1865 his body lies here in state where nearly 75,000 people came to this building in a 22 hour time period to pay their respects to the fallen president. as springfield becomes the state capital in 1839 the population of illinois is starting to move northward. when springfield is established this tiny town of about 1500 is actually larger than a small outpost on lake michigan called chicago. so springfield becomes the capital city as it is a central location in illinois. as the population starts to expand northward the ideas of slavery then begin to change. linking comes to this building in 1840 as a represe

then we get to the 1960s in illinois. we have a very popular democratic governor for most of the '60s. everybody was shocked. he was indicted on tax evasion and mail fraud charges relating to the fact as his second term as governor, he accepted under the table, stock and racing organizations. it's a big industry in illinois. he got the stock at a bargain price and allowed to resell it. this was all done covertly -- it was repurchased at a high price. he made a lot of money on it. he was found guilty. in 1974 he was sentenced to prison. he was sent to the federal prison facility down in lexington, kentucky which was kind of a country club. >> he gets indicted. what's the reaction of the public to their former governor going to jail? >> it was astounding. he was so highly respected. he served two terms. he was easily reelected to his second term. he was very popular throughout the state although he was from chicago. everybody respected him. that's why service such a chock when he was indicted. >> first citizen used to be th

illinois was now a player in the world. and when they built this building, when they knew they were going to build a new capital, they wanted something that showed that illinois, man, we are it. that's what this building is, and that is what, to some extent, it represents. >> welcome to springfield, illinois, located in the center of the state. it became the capital with the help of abraham lincoln. he moved to springfield and began a career that would launch him into the national spotlight. in the next two hours, we will learn about the city's history and the life and legacy of america's 16th president. we begin with a visit to the presidential library and museum. >> the city of springfield, so much of it is built around abraham lincoln. he gave the house divided speech here. his law office is here. he is buried on the outskirts of town. he is extremely important to the city of springfield. this building is open to the public. is a presidential library for the greatest president. the purpose of the library is very basic, t

and so springfield becomes the city as it's a central location in illinois. as the population starts to northward, then the ideas of slavery begin to change. to this building in 1840, as a representative. terms ncoln served four as a state representative, but he served his last and final 1840 etween the years of and 1841 in this building. so here on the main historic old state capital we have the state library, and his is where abraham lincoln started to hone his political career. it was in the state library, surrounded always with information and knowledge as well.of people lincoln's friends actually say lincoln is a very competitive player in the state library. it was here in this room where debates the ln house divided speech before he gives it, in the middle of june 1865. in the biography about lincoln he says they sat around a longcy here inountry cal table the state bleyer and debated that. because interesting, herman says he was the only one that supported abraham lincoln's say, if his friends you say these radical things chances are he probably won't

illinois is the land of lincoln. springfield certainly is the city of lincoln. his home is here, his old law offices are here, and of course he is buried on the outskirts of town at oak ridge cemetery. lincoln is extraordinarily important to the city of springfield. this museum was built in 2005. it was opened to the public. it had been a dream for many folks in central illinois, a presidential library for the greatest president. the purpose of the library is very basic, to preserve and pass on the legacy of abraham lincoln. he is the man i think best encapsulated what it means to be american, freedom and equality, opportunity. we do put him on a pedestal rightly, but also he was a human being and had great ambitions to do great things. he certainly succeeded in that. abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kentucky. he lived there just for a few years. he was six or seven when he moved to indiana, lived through his teens in indiana. he grew up on the frontier. he had a lot of front -- hard work to do clearing land, essentially being a farmer in many ways, lived a v

-- universities in illinois. obviously being able to come to congress as illinois' first mexican-american congressman is a great honor. it is a part of the american experience and american dream for this immigrant boy to come to washington, d.c. >> when and how did you become a citizen? >> i became -- i applied in 1979. i took the oath of citizenship in 1980. i was working as a paralegal for a legal services office in chicago helping people become citizens, helping people filed applications to immigrate to this country. i asked myself, isn't it time that i become a citizen? so i did and it opened up a journey in my life that led me to public service, to being an elected official at the local level, the state level, the county level, and now with the federal level. what inspired you desire to be a public servant? >> my desire to be a public servant comes from my mother, who was public minded. someone who sought to make a difference in the lives of other people. even as she only had a third-grade education, she tau

for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, we rise today to honor the lives we lost to gun violence in aurora, illinois, earlier this month. this is unfortunately not the first time that we've mourned unnecessary loss of life from gun violence. 11 years ago, when efirst took office, i inherited a community in mourning. 17 students were injured and ve were killed in the mass shooting at northern illinois university. so i spend my first weeks and months in office doing what i could to help my community recover. and now 11 years later, on february 15, the call went out from aurora, illinois, workplace shooting at henry brand, active gunman, officers down. more than 200 police units from across the western suburbs of chicago responded to contain the situation. they were running toward the sound of gunfire as they do countless times each day in our country. six officers were injured

collars is julio brockman a bison researcher at southern illinois university. what kind of data are you receiving so we're getting location information a g.p.s. point on a map every hour twenty four hours a day so can you show me what you've been seeing sure these are the bison locations for yesterday they seem to be spending a lot of time along their corral and trap pressure and i can corroborate that because we were there and we saw them there so what would you say is the ultimate goal of your study having an amount of data really changes how we look at their movements and their selection it helps to understand what type of habitat they're like for reintroduction in the future. among the two dozen scientists doing research at the choose is dr holly jones a conservation biologist at northern illinois university with her team she's traveling in tagging small mammals to assess the impact of the big bison. the completely restoration ecologist playground i get so excited about this field say let's see if some of the men. there it is small mammals or food for aeria

was theificance is it capital of illinois from 1840-1876. werewell-known events abraham lincoln's house divided speech that he gave in 1858 and after his assassination in 1865, his body laid in state for 75,000 people who came through the building in a 22 hour time. to pay their respects to the following president. cap 6 --ame the state capital in 1930 nine, the population of illinois is moving northward. when springfield was established, the town is a larger and a small outpost on lake michigan called chicago. springfield became the capital city as it is a central location in illinois. as the population expanded northward, the idea of slavery began to change. lincoln comes to the building in 1840 as a representative. lincoln served four terms as a state representative and served his last between the years of 1840-41. on the main historic level of the old state capitol we have a state library. where lincoln started to hone his political career. it was in the state library and he was always surrounded by information and knowledge and people.

abraham lincoln came to springfield, illinois in 1837. he was already in the state legislature, a young lawyer at that point making his way into the world. he was part of that legislative group that ended up getting the state capitol moved to springfield, he was instrumental in getting it moved here. he was active in the social scene. he could be awkward around women. in 1839 met mary todd from lexington, kentucky. their courtship was interesting, he met her at the home of her sister who had moved up here and was living, elizabeth was her name, and she had married the son of the former governor of illinois. as i recall the story, mary said, he came up to me at a dance. and said, i have been watching you all night, i want to dance with you in the worst way. he was not a good dancer. they immediately took to each other. it was a rocky relationship. they were engaged, broke off the engagement, there was some mystery about what was going on with that, but they reconnected and got married in mary todd 1842. lincoln is an amazing woman. i think

-- universities in illinois. obviously being able to come to congress as illinois' first mexican-american congressman is a great honor. it is a part of the american experience and american dream for this immigrant boy to come to washington, d.c. >> when and how did you become a citizen? >> i became -- i applied in 1979. i took the oath of citizenship in 1980. i was working as a paralegal for a legal services office in chicago helping people become citizens, helping people filed applications to immigrate to this country. i asked myself, isn't it time that i become a citizen? so i did and it opened up a journey in my life that led me to public service, to being an elected official at the local level, the state level, the county level, and now with the federal level. >> what inspired you desire to be a public servant? >> my desire to be a public servant comes from my mother, who was public minded. someone who sought to make a difference in the lives of other people. even as she only had a third-grade education, she

collars is julio brockman a bison researcher at southern illinois university. what kind of data are you receiving so we're getting location information a g.p.s. point on a map every hour twenty four hours a day so can you show me what you've been seeing sure. these are the bison locations for yesterday they seem to be spending a lot of time along their corral and trap pressure and i can corroborate that because we were there and we saw them there so what would you say is the ultimate goal of your study having that amount of data really changes how we look at their movements and their selection it helps to understand what type of habitat they're like for reintroduction in the future. among the two dozen scientists doing research at the choose is dr holly jones a conservation biologist at northern illinois university with her team she's traveling in tagging small mammals to assess the impact of the big bison. the completely restoration ecologist playground i get so excited about this field say let's see if some of the men. there it is small mammals are food for a

collars is julio brockman a bison researcher at southern illinois university. what kind of data are you receiving so we're getting location information a g.p.s. point on a map every hour twenty four hours a day so can you show me what you've been seeing sure these are the bison locations for yesterday they seem to be spending a lot of time along their corral and trap pressure and i can corroborate that because we were there and we saw them there so what would you say is the ultimate goal of your study having an amount of data really changes how we look at their movements and their selection it helps to understand what type of habitat they're like for reintroduction in the future. among the two dozen scientists doing research at the choose is dr holly jones a conservation biologist at northern illinois university with her team she's traveling in tagging small mammals to assess the impact of the big bison. the completely restoration ecologist playground i get so excited about this field of sampling one of them and. there it is small mammals are food for aerial pr

this is the city of aurora, illinois, just west of chicago. we don't have any word on anyone being hurt there. we know the shooter has been apprehended. we're working to get more information about the -we're doing karaoke later, and you' gonna sing. -jamie, this is your house? -i know, it's not much, but it's home. right, kids? -kids? -papa, p -[ laughs ] -you didn't tell me your friends were coming. -oh,hieah. one is tiny like a child. -yeah, she is. oh, but seriously, it's good to be surrounded by what matters most -- a nd auto bundle from progressive. -oh, sweetie, please, play for us. -oh, no, i couldn't. -please. [ singing in spanish ] >>> we have even more breaking news coming this hour. we're looking at live picture of eccington place in northeast. d.c. police there are on the a scene o shooting. at least one person we're told is in ctical condition. police say multiple shots were fired ther d.c.'s police chief is headed to the scene and so is stone.ri >>> breaking at 4:00, prosecutors want to reduce the life sentenc for t man who ran o

trevor wayner of dekalb, illinois. mr. wayner was a human resource intern at henry pratt and a student at northern illinois university. russell buyer of yorkville, illinois. was he a mold operator at henry pratt. vin sen taye juarez. he was a stock room attendant and forklift operator at henry pratt. josh pinkard of oswego, illinois. he was the plant manager for henry pratt. another shooting victim, male employee of henry pratt was treated at an area hospital for nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds sustained in the incident. preliminary investigation indicates the deceased victims were located in the same general area of the henry pratt facility. while this investigation is on-going, we believe there was only one assailant. here's what we know so far about the shooter. 45 years of age. he lived in the 1900 block of sell martin road in aurora. six prior arrests by the aurora police department, including arrests for traffic and domestic battery related issues. last arrest in aurora was in 2008 for violating an order of protec

all the treasures that help illustrate illinois wonderful past. as you might imagine, the illinois story is not complete really close look at abraham lincoln's life. in our collection we have about 52,000 pieces that cover every aspect of his life. the collection would include about 18,000 written pieces. he is the most written about american ever. which is quite staggering. day a visitor can see about 100 original pieces from our collection that are on display. there is always a reason to come back to the abraham lincoln presidential museum. we are rotating those items out and putting new pieces on display all of the time. we always like to say a visitor that comes today, if you come back one year later you will see a whole new group of 100 pieces. i pulled some pieces out of our vault. ofy illustrate the life abraham lincoln. you first the oldest piece of writing he did that survived. of paper thate abraham lincoln got his hands on in 1824 when he was living in the cabin in the middle of the wilderness. he got his hands on 11 pieces of paper jus

me in central illinois and mrs. napolitano on the far west side with a lot more ocean air than in the middle of illinois in her district near santa monica, california. but as you know, madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 66 and i also want to thank -- i also want to thank the speaker of the house for giving us this designation of h.r. 66 because it is very important for the historical context of this bill that creates the route 66 centennial commission. i'm proud to have route 66 run right through the middle of my district and as you know, in 19 tissue in 1926, route 66 became our nation's first all-paved highway under the u.s. highway system. secting -- connecting chicago, illinois, about three hours north of me, right through the middle of the 13st district of illinois run this is road. early on this road ended in santa monica, california but it was used by hundreds of thousands of americans as ms. norton said, seeking escape from the dust bowl. it provided critical employment opportunities for road cre

i also had the great fortune to be sent to the illinois state senate and illinois first ever mexican-american state senator. i had a chance to break in and teach the ropes of the senate to a fellow you may have heard of, his name is barack obama. when he arrived at the illinois state senate. you don't know what encounters you will have with fellow citizens, neighbors, so i'm glad to say i played a small role in teaching him the ropes of the illinois senate. the cook served on county board of commissioners in the cook county area of chicago. i've beguned, serving in congress and have been here for a whole two and a half weeks as a member of congress as the number of illinois from the fourth district. >> what advice did you give obama that you still follow today? rep. garcia: i told him, make sure you don't stumble upon arriving here. i taught him some of the protocols of the senate. claims to have similar values to me, i told him who to look out for in the illinois senate. i suggested that he reach across the aisle, which he did very successfully by working with republican leaders and other me

she spent about four months there in batavia, illinois. she never forgave her son robert for having done that. and so it is a tragic episode in the life of mary lincoln. this is another relic from the assassination. these are the gloves that were in abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination. he kept gloves, it was a custom of the time to have them in your pocket when you're shaking people's hands at an official event, you'd have on kid gloves. these are a pair of white leather gloves. over time they have probably shrunk a bit but you can get a sense of abraham lincoln's hands. 6'4". still the tallest president in american history. he kept these gloves in his pocket and when booth fired that shot at the back of mr. lincoln's head that horrible night at ford's theater, the doctors that entered the box couldn't immediately identify where the wound was. t took several minutes for the doctor prodding around before he found an entry wound on the back of mr. lincoln's head. blood wasn't coming out of the wound until the doctor pl

going out to adjoining states, sometimes further afield, but he was an illinois politician. these raised him to a level of national prominence. 1858 and defeat in before that, lincoln, when he suffers a defeat, thanks that is it, no one will remember me -- he said at is it -- least i could enunciate several principles, say some things on my mind. maybe that will be remembered. that wasn't the case. he goes on, he has thought of running for the presidency and plotted the path to do that. still unlikely he gets elected. what helps him is douglas runs but loses southerners. the democratic party splits, abraham retains the republican party and wins most of the north. the interesting thing is douglas is always his political rival. they had differing views on images like -- issues like slavery. but douglas then says i am with you, i am for union. i put that in the credit box for stephen douglas that he said i will support you. after that he passed away. elected president in 1860, left springfield in february. the inauguration was in march, rather than january. left springfield, dr

in illinois is slightly lighter. in the proposed new york bill they can go and take someone's license back where illinois is just a before you get your license be prepared will go through everything and maybe we give it to you, maybe we don't but new york is trying to claw back a firearm. stuart: attack on guns and an

>> t scene is aurora, illinois. that w we have confirmed at least one person has died and that four oicers were injured in this shooting at a manufacturing plant. the gunman was apprehended. these are live chopper pictures now comg into news4 there on the ground in what was -- what is a very large manufacturing plant there in aurora,noilli, about an hour west of chicago. we can tell you that there we're seeing some police tape that's around, maybe five vehicles there in the parking lot ofurhis manufag plant. we're told that at least threee people w sent to one of the area hospitals and two others were sent to a different hospital. we -- the last word that we got from police was that they we going to be doing a press conference at one of the area hospitals. n we've seen any other movement on that. lots of presence still remaining here at the manufacturing plant. we canell you obviously fbi, s.w.a.t. team, poce, atf on the ground. what you're seeing is videorom the scene when this began to trance pyre at 3oo0 this aft

let's take it to our war illinois. >> it good to see you this evening. president, we have the police chief kristin zeman. his owner, governor, and w chief, of the new york police department. sheriff ron hain from the county sheriff's office and fire chief gary from the fire department and emirate of feathers wrapped around. i will turn the podium over to chief kristin zeman with a few remarks, here is cheap zeman. >> thank you very much, my name is chief kristin zeman, chief of aurora police department. an approximately 1:24 today the aurora police department received multiple calls for an active shooter at six: -- 641 archer avenue a manufacturing warehouse. at 1:28 officers arrived and were fired on immediately and two of the four office rows were shot. additional officers began to arrive and also fired upon. a total of five officers struck by gunfire. the other officers on the scene located gunshot victims inside the building. at this time, we have confirmed five victims are deceased. the aurora fire department arrived on scene to stage with medics. a

the gentleman from illinois. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. lamb. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. lamborn: i rise to support veterans in stem careers. first, i would like to thank dr. dunn for his leadership in helping connect veterans to these good jobs. veterans are working today. most americans are working today. the unemployment rate is low. and yet, everywhere i go, i meet business people hotel me that they can't find the right workers for the right jobs at the right time. if we could fix this, we would stop being held back by the shortage of work force that we face and most importantly, our families would not be held back by lower paychecks. but these new jobs in cybersecurity, many medical technology and advanced technology, they are hard jobs and require training and we need to make the training available to people where they live in a cost and time they can afford. we have no time to waste. our businesses are competing on

she spent about four months in a private santa tape -- sanitarium in illinois. she never forgave her son, robert, for having done that. episode in the life of mary lincoln. this is another relic from the assassination. these are the gloves that were in abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination. a custom of the time to have these in your pocket when you are shaking people's hands at an official event. these are a pair of white leather gloves. over time they have probably shrunk a bit. you can get a sense of his hands. he is still the tallest president in american history. he kept these gloves in his pocket. booth fired that shot at the back of mr. lincoln's head at ford's theater, the doctors that entered the box could not immediately identify where the wound was. it took several minutes for a doctor prodding around before he found the entry wound on the back of his head. bud was not coming out of the wound until the doctor placed his finger inside the wound, and then blood began to flow. mr. lincoln was laid out on the ground in the presidential

trevor wehner of dekalb, illinois. russel beyer of yorkville, illinois. vincente juarez of oswego, illinois. josh pinkard of oswego, illinois. >> reporter: a tragedy made worse because police say martin had an extensive arrest record and was an convicted felon which should have prevented him from owning a firearm. >> zachary kiesch joins us live. i want to focus on that failed background check you mentioned. police are now investigating how martin who had six prior arrests was able to get a gun? >> reporter: tom, he passed initial background check which allowed him to have that gun. he applied for a concealed weapon permit, something that requires a fingerprint and that's what flagged his prior felony conviction. tom, still a lot of questions out here tonight. >> zachary, thank you. >>> now to that massive pileup on a missouri highway. first a snowstorm and thense incredible cell phone images coming in of that deadly chreacon crash just outside of kansas city. parts of the heartland hammered by snow and ice, making travel as you can see so treacherous. an

collars is julio brockman a bison researcher at southern illinois university. what kind of data are you receiving so we're getting location information a g.p.s. point on a map every hour twenty four hours a day so can you show me what you've been seeing sure these are the bison locations for yesterday they seem to be spending a lot of time along their corral and trap pressure and i can corroborate that because we were there and we saw them there so what would you say is the ultimate goal of your study having an amount of data really changes how we look at their movements and their selection it helps to understand what type of habitat they're like for reintroductions in the future. among the two dozen scientists doing research at the choose is dr holly jones a conservation biologist at northern illinois university with her team she's traveling in tagging small mammals to assess the impact of the big bison. the completely restoration ecologist playground i get so excited about this field say let's see if some of the men. there it is small mammals or food for aeri

. >> illinois is the land of lincoln. springfield is the city of lincoln. his home is here. the old state capitol is here. his law office is here. he's buried on the outskirts of town. >> c-span's cities tour is on the road exploring the american story. this weekend, we visit springfield, the capital city of illinois. >> when they built this building, they wanted something that showed that illinois, we are it, and that is what this building is. >> with the help of our comcast cable partners, we will learn about the life of our 16th president. >> so he could disguise his political ambition under the umbrella of his law practice. and in doing so he built this network that eventually he used in the 1850's to put himself in the position of getting the republican nomination for president. these are the gloves that were in abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination. you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. >> join us on book tv as we speak with local springfield and this sunday we will learn about lincoln's ties to springfield on american histor

numerous state legislators in illinois like my good friend, representative tim butler, in my state, representative avery bourne and we toured the stretches of route 66 that we share. i had the opportunity to personally witness the economic impact of the mother road throughout my district and throughout congressman lahood's district. they support many jobs. they're a key economic activity in many of our smaller, rural communities we are blessed to represent. this keeps many of those communities alive, economically. now, travelers along route 66 in my district can see a giant pinkel fant. it's a big statue. can't miss it. even when you're traveling on interstate 55. but what you also can see there, sunday afternoon, buzz of the tourists and tourism opportunities along route 66, that parking lot at the pinkel fant antique mall and the diner attached to it in a small town of livingston, illinois, is packed. i took my family there to eat lunch not too long ago and you

we'll start with you, don. >> well, i am a fourth generation farmer in illinois, southern illinois, and we raise corn, soy beans, wheat. our product is -- has its value only when we get it to the marketplace. so be that roads and bridges, rail, what -- and ultimately the inland waterway system is hugely important. it's how we get our product into a monetary value for us. so it's hugely critical. >> i mean, for us, we're in the transportation business and we move people every day. last year we moved over 800,000 people in and out of boston into new york city. so the condition of the roadways and the capacity to get from point "a" to point "b" without significant congestion, it is critical to running an on-time and successful bus company. you know, we're not fourth generation, and congratulations, because that's really incredible, right? never supposed to happen and you did it. but, you know, i'm second generation. third generation's about to start. and i sit there and i -- and i wonder, how can we continue to be successful and what are the key factors in that success? one of them is havi

a very large company, henry pratt plat in aurora, illinois. seco second largest city in illinois. second by chicago. by the way, you were hearing from a parent at a school 3 1/2 miles away. there are 18 schools in the district on a lockdown. there is a school that is very close to the district. it's holy angel school. it's actually very close to the plant. but there is no reporting of any shooters at the schools. this is when school was about to be let out. police closed down the area around that plant to contain this. again, we do not have confirmed reports of what's going on. but here's what we do know officially. aurora, illinois, police have tweeted -- we have an ongoing active shooter incident at 641 archer avenue. this is an ongoing active scene. we will provide more information once confirmed. police have told us they set up a command post in the area. i want to bring in shawn henry, former executive assistant director of the fbi and nbc news national security analyst. also have kevin tibbles with me and jim kavanaugh. shawn, what does all of this tell you? the police are s

this weekend, we visited springfield, the capital city of illinois. >> illinois had it made. when they knew they were going to build a new capital, they wanted something to shock. they wanted something that showed illinois and we are it. that is what this building is. and that is what it represents. >> with the help of our comcast cable partners, we will learn about the life of our 16th president. >> he built this network that eventually he used in the 1850s to put himself into the position of getting the republican nomination for president. >> these are the gloves that were and abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination. you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. >> join us on book tv this saturday at noon as we speak with local springfield authors and this sunday at 2 p.m., to learn about lincoln's ties to springfield and the political history of this town on american history tv. watch the cspan cities tour of springfield, illinois. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore the american story. >> next, hearing to examine pain managem

trevor wayner of dekalb illinois. a human resource intern and a student at northern illinois university. russell byer of yorkville, illinois, a mold operator. vicente juarez of oswego, illinois, a stockroom attendant and forklift operator at henry pratt. josh pginkard, the plant manage. another shooting victim, a male employee of henry pratt, was treated for nonlife threatening wound. preliminary investigation indicates the deceased victim also were the in same general ye area. we'll this investigation is ongoing, we believe there's only one assailant. >> a strong reaction from the democrats on the campiaign trai. some calling for the gun debate to be front and center. >> we know america has been offered a false choice open on gun safety laws. either you're in favor of the 2nd amendment or you want to take everybody's guns away. >> the reason this country is talking about gun violence and stands a chance to do something about it is not because of people look me already in position, of power. not the president. it's th

this weekend we visit springfield the capital city of illinois. >> illinois had it made and when they built this building when they knew they would build a new capitol they wanted something that i would say shock and awe, they wanted something to show that illinois, man, we are it and that's what this building is and that's to what to some extent it represents. >> with the help of our comcast cable partner, we will travel the city to learn about the life of our 16th president. >> so he could disguise his political ambition under the umbrella of his law practice. and that's the significance of the circuit. and in doing so, he built this network, that eventually he put, he used in the 1850s to put himself into the position of getting the republican nomination for president. >> these are the gloves that were in abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination. and you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. >> join us on book tv, this saturday, at noon, as we speak with local springfield authors, and this sunday at 2:00 p.m., we will learn about lincoln's ties

tour of duty, i was an rotc commander at eastern illinois university in charleston, illinois. annually i would do a -- i would at a feminisms women in the military. i would actually bring up dr. mary walker every time. i know at least there is 90 people in illinois who know her. >> [laughter] >> get the word out. [laughter] >> [laughter] you participate in reenactments, and how many women are involved in reenactments of history? >> we both have done reenactments, yes. there aren't that many of us. i was going to say, there is more than some people like. >> [laughter] [speaking simultaneously] fore get a lot of pushback being there. >> what are your aliases than? >> we don't really have aliases. >> i am max. >> and imgs. -- i am cheese. >> [laughter] >> you think we are getting, we are not. we are the mac and cheese of the reenactment world. >> let's get one more round of applause for our speakers. [applause] you, all. thank you. i want to say we have a recommended reading list from the back table there and examples of the books we have used for our research, so take a list hom

breaking news on fox news channel out of aurora, illinois. where the city confirmed 4 officers have been injured in this workplace shooting. multiple injuries on scene. a coroner is responding to the scene and a local reporter giving an update from the scene. >> do you get any sense -- i don't see any crime tape. this is as far as you are allowed to go. if you are that far away that gives an indication of how massive the response is. probably about 3/4 of a mile down the road from where you are? >> yes. it's quite a ways down. even as i look here over my shoulder, can i see that there are still numerous first responders down that way. a lot of red and blue flashing lights. it looks like the fire department down there. it's difficult from a distance to tell exactly which agencies they are. multiple agencies from surrounding jurisdictions have arrived here. we will get official up-state from the aurora, illinois, police department in 90 minutes. we were told when we got here by one of the chiefs where we stand is as far as we are allowed to go.

this weekend we visit springfield. >> illinois had it made. when they built this building, when they knew they were going to build a new capitol, they wanted something to just -- i always say shock and awe. they wanted something that showed that illinois, man, we are it. that's what this building is. that's what to some extent it represents. >> with the help of our comcast cable partners, we'll travel the city to learn about the life of our 16th president. >> he could disguise his political ambition under the umbrella of his law practice and that's the significance of the circuit. and in doing so, he built this network that eventually he put -- he used in 1850's to put himself into the poss -- into the position of getting the republican nomination for president. >> these are the gloves narp abraham lincoln's pocket on the night of the assassination and you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. >> join us on book tv this saturday at noon as we speak with local springfield authors and this sunday at 2:00 p.m. we'll learn about

you teach at the university of illinois chicago. what was it like in the 1960's? elizabeth: chicago was still the second largest city in the nation. it was a city with strong political leadership led by mayor richard daley, head of the chicago democratic machine, but also an important power player in national politics and helped to drive elections and decision-making in the national democratic party as well. it was also an externally segregated city, as it remains today, but certainly in those times. steve: how did he view african americans? elizabeth: it was interesting because african americans were important political constituents for him. they voted for him. as a significant portion of the population, he had to court their vote. at the same time, they were marginalized in the larger political structure and even in the democratic party apparatus. as a northern democrat, mayor daley with at least verbally supportive of civil rights organizing that was happening in the south to get rid of legal segregation. but when it came to conditions in chicago, he said there

trevor weiner of de kalb, illinois, an intern at henry pratt and a student at northern illinois university. russell bier he, a mold operator at henry pratt. vincente juarez, a stock room attendant and forklift operator at henry pratt. josh pinkard of oswego, illinois, plant manager for henry pratt. another shooting victim a male employee treated at an area hospital for gunshot wounds. preliminary investigation that the deceased victims were located in the same general area of the henry pratt facilities. while the investigation is ongoing, we believe there is only one assailaassailant. here is what we know about the shooter, 45 years of age, lived in the 1900 block of sal martin road in aurora, six prior arrests, traffic and domestic battery related issues. last arrest in aurora, in 2008 violating an order of protection. the last arrest in 2017 by the oswego police department for criminal damage to property. regarding the weapon in the shooting incident. in january of 2014, the shooter was issued a firearm owners identification card. on march 6th, 2014 he applied to purchase a handgun, smit

just getting this tweet now from the city of aurora, illinois. there is an active shooter near highland and archer, aurora police are on the scene. more information will be available soon. i want to go back to our brynn gingrass working on gathering more information. >> we don't know about the aurora police department. officers left over a half hour ago, to this location, but as you're seeing in that video, there are police there on the scene. and really what you said, this is a water valve manufacturing company, it prides itself according to its website on being the biggest in north america. at this point we're not sure how many people work at that facility. we're just hearing that it's active shooter that's confirmed. we don't know about injuries, and we are just standing by to get more updates from local law enforcement on the ground. >> josh campbell is with us, as a former law enforcement officer, what would the police and law enforcement responding to the scene be doing at this point do you think? >> we've said in past incidents, an active

the last tour of duty, i was an rotc commander at eastern illinois university in charleston, illinois. annually i would do a -- i would teach one class at a feminism class about women in the military. i would actually bring up dr. mary walker every time. i know at least there is 90 people in illinois who know her. >> [laughter] >> get the word out. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> do either of you participate in reenactments, and how many women are involved in reenactments of history? >> we both have done reenactments, yes. there aren't that many of us. i was going to say, there is more than some people like. >> [laughter] [speaking simultaneously] >> we get a lot of pushback for being there. >> what are your aliases than? >> we don't really have aliases. >> i am max. -- i am cheese. >> [laughter] >> you think we are getting, we are not. we are the mac and cheese of the reenactment world. >> let's get one more round of applause for our speakers. [applause] >> thank you, all. thank you. >> i want to say we have a recommended reading list from the back table there and examples of the books w

you teach at the university of illinois in chicago. what was it like here in the 60's jack out elizabeth: it was still the largest city in the nation. -- the second-largest city in the nation. the mayor was the head of the chicago democratic machine, but was also a power player in national politics. he helped to drive elections and decision-making in the national democratic party. it was also a's -- and externally segregated city. -- extremely segregated city. what was the view of the mayor and how did he view african-americans? elizabeth: it's interesting because they were a significant constituency for him. insidere marginalized the larger political structure and the democratic party apparatus. it was a conflicted relationship. as a northern democrat, mayor ofey was verbally supportive civil rights organizing that was happening in the south, to get rid of legal separation -- segregation. when i came to conditions here in chicago, he said there were less problems. steve: but this time. injured -- time period into congress. you have th

cnn's scott mclean joins us now from aurora, illinois. scott, police have identified the five victims killed in this shooting, one was a student intern, we've learned. what else can you tell us about them? >> reporter: that's right, ana, we now have names to match the five victims, one other employee was also shot, but we know that two of those victims worked in human resources. one was the manager, and as you mentioned, another was the hr intern, and believe it or not, this person's name is trevor wehner, his first day on the job, at henry pratt. he was scheduled to graduate in may. three others were also killed. the mold operator, forklift operator, and the plant manager, as well. it's not clear whether these were random or targeted. but what we do know is that the suspect here, gary martin, 45-year-old man, he was called in, for a meeting, because he was fired that day. and police say that after he found out the news, he opened fire. the chief, the police chief here, suspects that he may have known, or he may have had an inkling that h

i am from park ridge, illinois, a suburb of chicago. you mentioned earlier that campaigns have become bidding wars. doquestion is, how much room you think there is for campaign spending reform, considering the decision in citizens united? sen. durbin: that much. i have been introducing public financing bills for a decade. there was a time when i had republican -- a republican cosponsor, arlen specter. he faced a tough time area and switched and became a democrat and lost. he left the senate and has since passed away. i do have any republicans interested in the conversation. it's not going anywhere in the senate. i really believe we need to do something like this, because whether you are democrat or republican, if you have millions of dollars to throw around or special interest groups to give you thousands -- millions of dollars to throw around, it discourages mere mortals from getting into this business. you think, how can i overcome this? the only glimmer of hope is the fact that the small donors online are starting to play an ever-inc

illinois was now a player in the world. and when they built this building, when they knew they were going to build a new capital, they wanted something that showed that illinois, man, we are it. that's what this building is, and that is what, to some extent, it represents. >> welcome to springfield, illinois, located in the center of the state.

illinois state police and also the sheriff's office are also assisting. in a statement, the school district announcing on friday afternoon that they are holding students in place and there are reports that they have an active shooter at the henry pratt building near cleveland and prairie and that is in aurora, illinois. we will keep an eye on this as we get more details. looks like there are reports of an active shooter at this point. developing story taking place in illinois. >>> now let's get to the white house and president trump addressing china trade this morning, saying the deadline may be extended past the march 1st deadline. >> we're a lot closer than we ever were in this country with having a real trade deal. susan: this is the deadline, of course, to raise tariffs from 10% up to 25% on chinese goods, $200 billion worth. the u.s. trade delegation headed back to the u.s. right after these talks so they are in the air. both china and the u.s. are saying there was progress made and any commitments will be put in a memorandum of understanding. talks

scott maclaine joins us now from aurora, illinois. police are now saying the shooter was not even supposed to own a gun. what do we know? >> that's right, anna, gary martin, this 45-year-old suspect is a convicted felon dating back to 1995 in mississippi. yet somehow 19 years later, he applied for and was granted a gun permit in the state of illinois, even passed a background check. the only reason he was flagged at all, is because after he passed that background check he applied for a concealed carry permit. he had to have his fingerprints run through a national database. in that case, his right to own a gun was revoked. the state police sent him a letter, they've confirmed they sent him a letter saying, you need to turn in this gun and your permit. the problem is that no one ever followed up to make sure that he turned it in. obviously he didn't. because he still had it, and he used it to carry out this crime. one of two things should have happened. either the local police, the aurora police should have filed a petition with the cou

it is about an hour west of chicago, illinois. we know the atf and the fbi, we know local police and sheriffs department officers are there on the ground. it is in there when the shooting broke out. what did we learn? >> honestly, i'm not going to lie to you. dint actually hear the witness because i'm trying to get information. it -- >> that's okay. no worries at all. we are going to go to josh campbell. i want to bring in josh campbell. she a special agent. this has been going on for an hour now. >> hi. when the initial law comes out they have a situation they are dealing with. it is by law enforcement on the scene. as you mentioned that witness we heard earlier, it is starting to answer a lot of questions that we have. first is what's going on inside and why this particular location, was there some type of connection with a possible shooter in this facility. again, this is one person. i'm very conservative. there was one individual that shoed up with a pois toll aisto opened fire inside. one said he recognized the shooter that w