the flooding started last week along the mississippi, illinois, and red rivers. as terrell brown reports, it may not be as bad as first feared but no one is breathing easy yet, either. >> reporter: a levee breach in lincoln county, missouri, turn's bob's creek into a raging river. the flooforts have taken aim at the town's 30 homes. >> you don't really know, but you have to be prepared. >> reporter: flooding has hit parts of nine midwest states. the illinois river in mason county reached through front doors and windows. >> you think you're okay because they've told you it's crested and everything and right away, within eight hours, overnight, here it was in my house up a foot deep in the basement. >> reporter: elsewhere, illinois' wabash river is at its highest level since 1943. residents in two communities have been told to get out of its way. >> we are dealing with a lot of rain and these storm systems are tracking over the same areas producing widespread flooding over the midwest. >> reporter: in north dakota, it's not rain but melting snow that's threatening

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en illinois se colocaron miles de bolsas de arena para protegerse de la crecida del rio. ue rÉcord, la crecida del rio illinois fue rÉcord en 70 aÑos, en california, en stockton, una estudiante hispana de quince aÑos y su maestra se enfrascaron en una pelea captada en cÁmara por un alumno, la adolescente fue arrestada, y serÍa expulsada, ella y su familia exigen que la maestra tambiÉn enfrente cargos. ambas comenzaron a discutir por un maquillaje que usaba la joven, los Ánimos se caldearon y miren donde llegaron. quejas en california por fallas en la educaciÓn bilingÜe, la uniÓn americana de libertades civiles demandÓ al estado por no dar enseÑanza del idioma inglÉs a 20 mil niÑos bilingÜes, jaime garcÍa nos explica. >>> en california uno de cada 4 usestudiantes en escuÉlas pÚblicas son aprendices de inglÉs, aunque leyes federales y estatales oqbligan a ofrecerles clases para la adquicisiÓn oral y escrita del inglÉs academico, a uno de cada 50 no se imparte. >>> hay 20338 estudiantes afectados. >>> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> las autoridad educativas no

see, our proposal is for you to come to illinois and stay with us for a while... well, it would give you some time to think things over. see, all of us benefit from having time to weigh the options. and you might even like the farm. but i have a job... and all my friends are here. anne: oh, we realize that, but it wouldn't have to be forever. you could come back. but it... it would give you a chance to figure things out. kevin, i'll do whatever you want-- stay here, go to san francisco, or try the farm. if you want to stay, i'll stay, too. you mean you'll drop out of school? well, if i decide to try it, can we keep the apartment... in case the farm isn't for me and i want to come back? ( phone rings ) hello? sandy, what happened last night? your phone just went dead. jack got so angry he pulled the phone right out of the wall. oh, sandy... i'm a wreck. i haven't slept all night. did kevin come home? yes, he's home. and he's fine. thank god something's worked out all right. rebecca: sandy, what is it? i've made up my mind. rebecca: you're going to...? i'm getting

why not give them mcdonough county in illinois? you know, the question of land and sovereignty. or is it this place? and as we'll find out in the interview, there's no consensus within the jewish community. you know, we have zionists and anti-zionists, we have religious zionists, we have religious jews who are anti-zionists, and so that tension goes on. so we'll look at the land issue. then we'll also look at issues in egypt involving kind of intrareligious struggle. and finally, a remarkable interview that i- i'll save explaining that till i set it up, but with a young muslim student, actually, who we ran into in cairo and had a very, very up front, real, and personal discussion about what it's like to be a young person in a predominantly muslim country. yeah, helen? >> did you see any tension between the ashkenazi and the sephardic populations? >> did not see it but heard about it. >> and between the secular and the religious views, did you see that? >> that, definitely. yeah, we definitely saw that. so let me get the ball rolling here, because these are actually well longer t

, los rÍos illinois y mississippi se han salido de su cauce en algunas Áreas. en missouri los bombero han hecho frente a 6 derrumbes de tierra. autoridades del condado de alameda en california se unieron a inmigrantes y activistas para pedir al alguacil local abandonar las comunidades seguras, casi 2000 residente de alameda han sido deportados desde el aÑo 2008, nuestro corr corresponsal luis mejil nos explica cuÁles son lo reclamos. >>> primero san francisco, luego alameda es el Último en una larga lista de condados que quieren alejarse de comunidades seguras, el programa federal que envÍa a inmigraciÓn las huellas de cualquier detenido por la policÍa sigue despertando pasiones. estos manifestantes kay crquier el alguacil tenga detenciÓn menor, el marido de aracelli iba a ser uno mÁs, estuvo detenido 2 semanas hasta que saliÓ baja fianza. >>> lo que me molesta el problema fÍsico y malestar cuando preguntan los niÑos, >>> hoy en una audiencia repleta de inmigrantes los supervisores aprobaron en el condado que el alguacil deje de participar con inmigr

residentes buscan proteger ciudades en illinois de las inundaciones.les habla maria elena salinas.los investigadores tratan de encontrar nueva informacion en el bote donde se escondio uno de los jovenes sospechosos de atentado en boston.activistas critican a oponentes a la reforma migratoria que quieren aprovechar los sucesos de boston, para tratar de enterrar el proyecto. residentes en partes de illinois hacen frente a severas inundaciones y el desbordamiento de algunos rios. esto y mas en noticiero univision. . >>> un hombre en brasil estÁ vivo de milagro porque se disparÓ con un ar pon por casualidad y le atravesÓ el cerebro pero tras varias horas de cirugÍa lograron sacarlo. >>> y milagro de la ciencia ¿no?. >>> y el momento de vida sana con cecilia y que trae un alimento que se pone de moda. >>> se trata de un vegetal que estÁ desplazando a la espinaca. >>> que es esto?. >>> quÉ tal. >>> los vejo tampocoes tambiÉn se ponen moda. >>> esto es lo nuevo. >>> que hayan personas que realmente pongan un vegetal de moda y ahora vas a decir la lista de vegetales que comes. >>> per

only 28% of teenagers in illinois are working. in the city of chicago, unemployment of african american teens is around 9%. melissa: it is perhaps not a coincidence that illinois has the fourth highest unemployment rate in the country. it also has the fourth highest minimum wage. >> indiana, iowa, missouri and wisconsin. they have a minimum wage of $7.25. do you think business is really that fluent? can they really pick up and move business out of state? >> businesses are looking at a number of factors. one of them, of course, is the cost to do business. the state of illinois is a dollar higher than all of our reporting states, that gives employers a disincentive to do that here. liberals always make the argument that if you raise the minimum wage, people have more money to spend. it is actually a boost to the economy to pay people more. >> it may be a flight boost for those who are making more money. what businesses are going to do is they will do more with less they will either start letting people go or they will close in their

illinois river as well. this is a tributary of the mississippi. historic crest expected monday night into tuesday. peoria, that's the biggest threat there. the mississippi river, the threat area here is between the quad cities and st. louis. record flooding potentially the third worst flood on record there. and you know what's so interesting? mississippi at this time last year we were in a drought so we were incredibly low levels and now the turn of events and the problem here for this area already flooded where we're going to see rain once again on tuesday. looks like a one-day affair. illinois, indiana and all of the way down through the mississippi. that is the concern. the rain that you had earlier and storms in the east coast have all pushed eastward with a front. expect from boston down to atlanta entire southeastern seaboard drying skies and clearing conditions. >> we are happy to be rid of the rain here. alexandra steele in atlanta, thank you so much. >> thanks for watching today. that will do it for us this morning. >> our colleague, wolf

comenzamos con protesta que estaba en contra de la construcciÓn del centro de indocumentados en illinois, lÍderes comunitarios es cont contraproducente construir en momentos que se habla de una "reforma migratoria," viviana avila nos tiene imÁgenes en contra del plan. >> hoy dÍa cientos levantaron su voz en illinois contra la posibilidad de que se construya un centro detenciÓn para inmigrantes indocumentados aquÍ, muchos piensan que afectarÁ econÓmicamente esta ciudad con alta presencia hispana. >> deterioro total, porque enseguida empezaran a moverse los negocios, no vendrÁ gente a comprar, la comunidad va a cubrir si eso sucede, asistieron inmigrante que han sido detenidos y que no quisieran que otros vivan la experiencia. >> fui detenida en inmigraciÓn, bueno, me llevaron a la cÁrcel un dÍa en la cÁrcel con la policÍa y se trasladado a inmigraciÓn volver a ver a mi familia. >> ya tendrÁn permiso de agarrar a las personas >> si se da luz verde a la construcciÓn, serÍa la entidad encargada del centro de detenciÓn, activistas comunitarios aseguran que tiene un largo his

look at thwns in illinois tonight. a man in a boat heading right there down water street in grafton. water up to the stop sign there. in peoria heights, the manager of an apartment building walking on a makeshift bridge. it's been incredible to watch these images come in. abc meteorologist ginger zee in illinois tonight. tracking all of this. ginger, great to see you. and if there's any silver lining to this, what could it be? >> reporter: it would be the drought, because we've seen significantly reduction or even elimination of the drought, thanks to all of that rain. even though the flooding, horrendous in a lot of places. i want to bring you to a graphic here. on the left side, what you'll see is august 2012. the drought, terrible in places like iowa, missouri, arkansas and illinois. on the right, that was put out today by the u.s. drought monitor. look how many places are either having absolutely no doubt or so, so much better. places like chicago that got their april wettest on record. enjoying one of their driest

the illinois -- a safe to drive. the illinois -- safe to drive. the illinois driver could rise more. >>> pam cook is in the newsroom with nevada and patient dumping. >> nevada is accused of patient dumping. >> that's when an organization discharges the patients and buses them to another location without any resources. a psychiatric hospital in las vegas is accused of loading 1500 patients over five years onto buses and sending them out of state. many of them to san francisco. >> you think about these individuals who are obviously in some need in many cases, being unable to take care of themselves, with no support system in the place they are being sent to. >> herrera says his office plans to investigate the reports neuroly. he's asks -- thoroughly. he says some of the city's homeless may be willing to volunteer evidence and possibly testify in this case. as a response, nevada health officials released a statement saying the problem at the hospital in question was a documentation error. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:48. eight people connecte

the rain-swollen illinois river. this is not over for them, is it, jim? >> reporter: not at all. the illinois river, it's banks, usually through the woods back here. see how far it's come up. two blocks into town. maybe 65, 70 homes here flooded. we haven't heard widespread reports of this kind of flooding. but for low-lying riverside towns, definitely a disaster. take a look. last-minute prep in spring bay, illinois, as floodwaters inundate the community. >> my home is the gray and white mobile home with the black shutters on it many. >> caller: you can't get to your home by foot now? >> no. >> reporter: ever seen this much water come up? >> no. >> reporter: scary? >> yep. >> charlotte's home began to flood sunday, and the water continues to rise. >> yesterday, i cried all day. >> reporter: and today? >> today, i'm not try crying yet, but the more i see the water come up, the more i'll cry. >> reporter: the red cross is on site assessing the area as the fire chief prepares for the worst. >> this is the evacuation or

illinois, you, are on. >> i think you answered my question. i wanted to know if robert and his mother ever got to be friends again. did he offer to take her to his home? >> what you might call a formal reconciliation. >> i do not think she trusted him. and related to this, from twitter, asking, are there any living relatives? livinge are no relatives. >> so robert had no children? >> one dies. the last direct descendants died in the 1970's. >> a great question to wrap up the show from facebook. "when you are alone with your friends, what is your favorite story to tell about mary lincoln?" do you want to go first? >> that she and was about had a great relationship. they were the same age. they both lost sons. lost in the army in the civil war, and then mary thatrted the causes elizabeth supported. >> and what does that tell you about mary lincoln could >> that she is a very sensitive person, that she could empathize. >> and how controversial would that be that she was a friend with an african-american? >> to some extent, even the people kept ca

economy is headed just by looking at illinois. the state government said it would raise $150 million. we checked after three months and all he raised was re- million dollars. a huge failure. the reason why is because online retailers left the state. they went to places that are more friendly. the small guys, the entrepreneurs had to shut down. we had a job killer. we did not raise the money. stuart: you think that the senators representing the state of illinois will push forward? >> this is just another money grab. they will talk about fairness. it is just a money grab. that is all it is. stuart: i am with you, sir. thank you very much, as usual, for joining us. conservatives running the ultra liberal west coast newspaper. it is not too good to be true. the coco brothers buying the l.a. times. can you imagine that? i will tell you why in a moment. ♪ ♪ stuart: apple stocks all over the place. up, down, actually, it was down and then up. we are down six dollars. apple reported a drop in profits. it does not have any brand-new pr

from orland park, illinois, please welcome joey dela pena. hey, joey. >> hey, meredith. >> tennis instructor/ dance machine, huh? >> um, every year at the girls state tennis tournament in the state of illinois, there's, like, a coaches' dance-off, and the girls get to choreograph or--like, the coaches do, like, a freestyle dance-off. two-time champion. >> a two-time champion?

cnn's jim spelman is south of there in peoria, illinois. jim, have the people of peoria been through this sort of thing before? >> reporter: they've been through this before. don, you can see the water already started coming up. this is the illinois river. see where it's come up along this building. heavy sandbagging on a lot of buildings over here. this is really not that unusual they would get this level of flooding in peoria. over here, take a look at their precautions they're taking for what's coming next. the advantage they've had, don, no secret this water has been coming up so they spent the last few days building barriers like this one. concrete jersey walls in the city. sandbags surrounding it. they expect the water to come up to about here. if that's the case, they feel like they'll be in good shape, this will help protect most of the businesses. if the predictions are wrong and goes higher, there could be serious damage here and in homes in low-lying areas along the river. but not just here in peoria or in illinois. 16 or so stat

states like illinois, indiana. brand-new flood advisories were issued for mississippi because eventually some of this flooding will make it downstream into states like mississippi and louisiana. we've got several days to go of ongoing flooding. the other story is that same storm system will be producing cold temperatures. you'll see very cold air moving through in some places across the plains waking up to record cold. look at some of these current wind chill temperatures. it currently feels like 4 degrees in rapid city, feels like 12 in sioux falls, 24 degrees is what it feels like in minneapolis. bundle up. as far as your high temperatures go, only in the 30's for denver and rapid city. flood warnings still in effect across sections of illinois and indiana due to the ongoing flooding. >>steve: 16 right now it feels like in amarillo. >>gretchen: approximately three million to four million animals are euthanized in shelters each year but one couple aims to bring that number down to zero. anna kooiman joins us live

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canceled due to severe weather but illinois is not the only focus. several other midwest states also impacted by this severe weather. >>> the justice department has charged a mississippi man with threatening the president. the 45-year-old is suspected of mailing letters with the poison ricin. president obama and senator wicker. he could face a maximum of 15 years in prison and $500,000 fine as well. federal officials say more tests are needed. >>> still ahead we have new video of the west, texas, explosion. we'll get an update on the continues search for any survivors. >> and be sure to like the "newsnation" on facebook. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. >>> of course you can join the "newsnation" on twitter. our twitte

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, first i have 10 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate with the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and the requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we are debating one of the most important bills we've had before the is that the in a long time -- before the senate in a long time. the reason we're debating this is because of what happened in newtown, connecticut, on december 14. gun violence takes its toll every day in america, in cities all across the country and in my home state of illinois. and we know, because we read and hear in the news of the victims. at this moment, our nation is saddened by what happened yesterday in boston. we still don't know what the cause of that was, who was responsible for it. i just have to say that we're stunned by it. members of the senate tha

que les voy a mostrar, bajo el agua precisamente, estÁn los estados de michigan, missouri e illin s illinois, por aguaceros, rÍos se desbordaron, inundaciones en comunidades enteras y con bolsas de arena y rocas. ellos intentan detener el paso de esta arrasadora corriente, los vehÍculos sumergidos hasta el techo, y muchos varados en medio de la vÍa, y panorama muestra algo similar , quiero que estÉn tranquilos, nada en comparaciÓn a las inundaciones, avisos y alertas, missouri, illinois. michigan, y wisconsin, avisos y alertas, note esto, el norte del paÍs, todavia con acumulados de nieve, avisos y alertas de condiciones invernales. fuertes lluvias y vientos al noroeste. sobre nuevo mÉxico. hablando de mÉxico, el dÍa de ayer hacia guacamaya, se registrÓ un sismo de 5.8, afortunadamente no pasÓ a mayores, por ahÍ entramos a mejores noticias, nubosidad en el centro del paÍs, descarga elÉctricas para el sur de la florida, retrasos en aeropuertos de miami a denver, en la gran manzana. nuevamente sentimos mucho calor en el sur del paÍs, 81 grados, a diferencia del norte, noten las

some of the hardest areas illinois. blame the rain and flooding for at least four test over the past week. the high water has drenched several counties, forcing hundreds of families from their homes. let's get right to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the weather center. it looks awful, rick. >> it does. target illinois river that obviously then feeds down into the mississippi river. and that will continue to cause problems for the next number of weeks. you go in towards the plains, shep, we have incredible drought going on. come in towards the midwest and we have seen so much rain, the majority of it last week in one storm where we saw 5 to 7 inches of rain. now the last day or so we have seen about another inch to two of rain fall and a lot of these rivers here at these record levels here at the major flood stage i should say, this especially along the illinois river seeing some more rain. there is one little bit of good news. we don't have any real significant moisture coming to this area for at least the next 5

the illinois river as well. this is the river gauge at peoria, illinois. we've had sandbagging and evacuations going on on either side of the river. this is why. we just crested at a record crest of 29.4. so we rose rather quickly because of all the rainfall that we saw last week. and remember it takes time for these rivers to come back down again. this is a different story. this is not rainfall that will be causing flooding at the red river in fargo, north dakota. this will be snow melt. we are speakinging it to melt rapidly this weekend. we'll reach major flood stage. probably like next tuesday, all the way to 35.4 feet. >> all right. thank you very much. for keeping us up to date. we'll have more on the hardship those folks in the midwest are dealing with with this flooding. still ahead, our "news nation" gut check. the story that a lot of people are about. there guy is a news anchor. his first day on the job. he was caught in one of those open mike moments, letting off a mean little tear of curse words. but many people are asking, does the guy deserve

the mississippi and illinois rivers. that's the area of concern. the biggest river we have in our country, the mississippi river. it's in major flood stage. that's always a big deal for the barge traffic and other economic concerns, too. that river is cresting near st. louis. the river that we're now worried about is more of the illinois river. it's going to crest in peoria on tuesday. that's where we could have more destruction done and millions of dollars and south of there as we go into wednesday. again, the mississippi, it's cresting now just north of st. louis. and it should go down from here. looking at the weather pattern over the west, trying to think about, you know, what's interesting, what's going to happen, what concerns do we have. it's really going to be a very quiet weather period. we'll have morning clouds to deal with in a few coastal areas of california. other than that, here's a map that's given to us by our government estimating the precipitation in the week ahead. the green shows you where it will be light rain around the count

senator kirk is the ranking republican lawmakers in illinois. today's announcement comes less than three weeks since portman of ohio became the first republican to announce support of gay marriage. >>> north korea is vowing to start a nuclear program which had been shut down for years. and yang is promising to escalate the production of materials used to make nuclear weapons. white house secretary carney announced today. >> a strong common interest in peace and stability in southeast asian. >> b2 and b52 bombers flew over south korea last week all part of the joint military exercise that is the u.s. is participating in with south korea. >>> president obama will be in the bay area to do midterm election fund raising. this will be the president's first bay area visit since his reelection. he will attend a fundraiser tomorrow in san francisco. then on thursday he's off to aperton for another democratic lawmaker. those events are private. >>> the new proposal to arm teachers and school personnel is now part of the gun control debate. we'll show you

dean reynolds in peoria illinois. the river is reaching a record high crest. >> good morning, charlie and norah. you can see peoria bracing for bad news. sandbags up along the illinois river and to the west along the mighty mississippi. just months ago, the mississippi was at some of its lowest points in history. today, that has given way to record high levels. causing flooding across the region and threatening one of its strongest industries shipping. portions of the river were closed late monday after it swelled nearly 12 feet over flood stage. pouring over levees and into towns just north of st. louis. >> water is a engine ofction.and it is totally capable of destroying anything that man can build. >> and with stormy weather expected in some of the hardest hit towns, the efforts to fend off greater damage continues. in spring bay, illinois, a town of 500 people where the rising li'l illinois river has damaged 45 homes, fire chief dennis perry says there are people here who refuse to leave. >> they don't want to go.

meanwhile, floodwaters on the illinois river crested at 29- feet. that's the highest it's risen in 70 years. the waters began falling today. volunteers worked steadily to throw up tens of thousands of sandbag barriers to stop flooding. but for some houses, the waters couldn't be stopped. many stood partially submerged yesterday-- buildings on the flood plain, like this one, were suddenly in the middle of the river. meanwhile, in the north of the state, the water receded enough in some areas to allow residents to start their cleanup. in des plaines, just west of chicago, the streets are lined with the unsalvageable. >> we see people going through our things. it's not something you throw out that you don't want-- these belonged to my children. >> reporter: steady downpours across the midwest have swollen streams, creeks and rivers beyond their banks. four people in three states have died in the floodwaters. it's a striking change from just a few months ago. in saint louis, the river was almost 40 feet lower as recently as four months ago. last summer'

this man opened fire in a manchester illinois house. he is 43-year-old rick smith, the comblier's nephew. cops caught up with him after a car chase and he was later killed. neighbors claim he was going through a custody battle with one of the victim's daughters. >> plotting with al qaeda in iran to blow up a bridge as a plane goes by. tells a judge he did not recognize the court's jurisdiction. he said the criminal code is not a holy book. the religious leader says the second suspect became so radicalized his father reached out to a muslim support group for help. both suspects are back in court next month. >> hillary clinton starting to cash in on the speaking circuit now. the possible 2016 contender gave her first paid speech since stepping down as secretary of state. we are hearing clinton charges 200,000 bucks per speech. the same price that her husband and former president bill clinton charges as well. the event was not open to the press. a new $100 bill is coming to a bank near you and this is what the front of it will look like. i

from chicago, illinois, please welcome mitch perkal. hey, mitch. >> how you doing? >> so you think being an analyst gives you an edge when it comes to playing this game? >> yeah, you know, whenever i'm watching at home, i always pause the show before, you know, the contestant responds, always make sure i lock in my answer, always looking at how much money i got left, weighing the odds there. so, you know, you can try to pick your spots--when to get risky, when to, you know, back off a little bit. >> so when it comes to round 1, how risky do you plan to be? >> i'd like to walk away with no less than $20,000, so i think i'll probably be pretty aggressive. if, you know, some big money comes off the board, i think i'm gonna go for it. >> okay, good. i like that. let's see the money in round 1. we'll see if that holds true. okay, computer, please randomize the dollar amounts. now here are the categories to your questions. computer, please randomize those categories for us. and now that everything is all shuffled, mitch, are you ready? >> yes, i am. >> audience, are you r

for tonight's big picture rumbalara marc harrold vince cullen is does let's get back to it yesterday illinois senator mark kirk play him out for his support of same sex marriage and joins rob portman is the only two republican senators to come out in favor of marriage equality senator lisa murkowski know the republicans that are position is evolving on this so is there anything to read into this is the republican party. realizing that this is a losing issue a kind of coming around to the fact that really what someone says their positions evolving like i think you should have a position like like my position is developing it's coming out in ten weeks and i think. it's one of the you know so defend a flip flop in the case of mark kirk it's very clear he's got he's under a lot of pressure in illinois politics to come to to come out in favor of gay marriage definitely among his constituency there's really little option for him if you want to contain all the elective office at least in illinois so when and when people sense this and say well mark kirk he's on the leading edge of republicans they'r

louise gutierrez, congressman from the great state of illinois. while we are talking about the , asomy, and the fact hector suggested, that so many small businesses feel like government is in the way, that increasing regulation is making it more difficult for them to advance their businesses and their entrepreneurial spirit and genius -- what do you say about his indictment that many people feel government is in the way? >> government can do more to stimulate job opportunities and job growth in our community. i alson i look at jobs, want the american public to know that when you think of latinos, the impact is not going to be the same throughout the latino community. -- number one, i want you to know that most latinos in the united states are citizens of the united states, and here legally. some of us have been here for generations. more than generations -- centuries. others have arrived five years ago, 10 years ago. but we are a community of families. i want people to know that. at the same time, i want government to be there, he cause there one

i represent kinkade, illinois, right now in the 13th congressional district of illinois. and over 20 years ago, just over 20 years ago, these miners lost their jobs because of deliberations and the eventual stroke of a pen here in washington, d.c. it became cheaper to import coal from the western united states, to burn at the power plant across the street from this coal mine where these miners worked, than it was to dig it out from underground, ship it on an electronic conveyer belt across the street and burn it. over 1,200 miners that day lost their jobs. those were congressman bucshon's friends. those were my friends' parents. it hit our local economy harder than anything we had seen. but our local economy has since recovered. but we cannot forget that these deliberations in this great body have an impact on all of america's families. mr. davis: and these coal miners of 20 years ago are no different than the coal mining families of today and we need to make sure we think of them every single time we see this war on coal, that we stand together, mr. barr, and fight. than

>> john yang reporting on the weather for us tonight from lisle, illinois. john, thanks. >>> we are back in a moment with word of a health scare tonight for a hollywood legend and his public request for help in figuring out what it is. >>> talk about a sentimental journey. this will warm your heart and we could use some of that right about now. of the 75 original doolittle raiders from world war ii only four men survive today. now three of them have gathered for what will be their last reunion. it included a flight in a beautifully restored b-25. during the original outlandish raids 71 years ago today 16 aircraft, all loaded with one-ton bombs took off from the deck of a carrier four months after pearl harbor with only enough fuel on board to drop bombs on tokyo and then land in china where they could only hope for safety. >>> remarkable video out of the uk. it is rough but then again it was a rough day for landings at leeds bradford airport. in the midst of a 70 miles per hour gale, but land they did. crabbing into the wind on final approach. not even close

here's chuck grassley of iowa and dick durbin of illinois. >> on this very important legislation, the american people may be wondered by the senate has not been voting on amendments to the pending gun legislation. the senate voted thursday to proceed to the bill. this follow calls the senate should debate the bill. and so, that's what i've said we are glad we are getting there. that has been very little debate. the president has said various proposals deserve a vote and we on this side of the aisle talking 10 to stand in the way of proceeding on the service, particularly on the amendment and i hope are able to vote very soon. last week, senator manchin and toomey unveiled the background checks. the majority leader announced the tree into amendment would be the first who would vote on, starting the debate now, obviously we haven't voted, so hopefully we will get to the vote. now, we haven't voted because despite claims from the other side, background checks are not and never have been a sweet spot of gun control debate. we haven't voted on it because supporters don't have the votes to

estos son bandas intensas, actividad de fuertes lluvias, se esperan mÁs inundaciones hasta porciones de illinois, fue recibida tambiÉn al oeste de texas, y va acompaÑado este sistema de fuertes rÁfagas. asÍ que bueno, esto provocÓ retrasos en los aeropuertos, y mientras experimentamos condiciones invernales, desde ciudad juÁrez hasta cancÚn, no se reportan temperaturas agradables, este mapa provocan irse a mÉxico. pero todo lo contrario cuando regresamos en el panorama local, fuertes lluvias, continÚa la nieve, y avisos de heladas. nosotros aquÍ en california condiciones bastante tranquilas a diferencia de los retrasos en los aeropuertos, desde chicago, detroit, mÁs de 600 vuelos cancelados. y un panorama complicado. san antonio con 81 grados. nosotros aquÍ en los Ángeles con mÁxima de 80 grados. pero esta noche desciende con temperaturas invernales con 25 grados. esto es todo de mi parte, continuamos con mÁs de "primer impacto." >>> gracias. y una de las mayores preocupaciones a raÍz de la explosiÓn en la planta de fertilizantes de texas tiene que ver con el humo tÓxico. y est

most importantly, big, multinational industrial companies like united technologies, ingersoll-rand and illinois toolworks affirm their 2013 earnings guidance and if there were significant signs of an ongoing global spot of it. it may be a little bit below expectations, but we expectest mo of the way through. here's the good news. almost 70% of the company's reporting have been reporting expectations. the only 42% are beating on the top line, on revenues and that's way below the 62%. this has been a problem for several quarters and it means the companies are able to do well on earnings because they become cost-cutting monsters not because they're increasing their revenues and of course, it's good for companies to become more cost efficient, but the lack of revenues and adding to the employment problem. companies are reluctant to hire more people when they're not able to sell anymore. for "nightly business report," i'm bob pisani at the new york stock exchange. >> here now to talk more about those first quarter earnings results and to look forward is christine schwartz, senior manager at s&p capi

the illinois river will be the last one to crest. from st. louis southward you'll be okay. won't see major problems but from about clarksville to hannibal down to st. louis that will see the mississippi river cresting during the day today and as we go through tuesday the illinois river will crest and south of peoria on wednesday we'll see it crest. there is rain heading for the region but not enough to cause them to go back up but may stabilize and stay where they are and worry about levees getting overtopped but a half inch to an inch expected tonight into tomorrow in this same region of the country. been very soaked as of late. as far as the forecast goes today, umbrella day in florida. very warm, humid. thunderstorms especially from miami northwards up towards orlando and northwest, we're also watching some beautiful weather around seattle but the storm that moved through this weekend is producing snow this morning in areas from rapid city to south dakota. a few inches of snow, not like last week but could see a slick spot on the road and look towards tomorrow. we will s

. >> exxon mobile 800-mile pegasus pipeline broke friday as canadian crude oil from illinois to texas. the spill has refueled concerns about pipeline like the controversial keystone pipeline which would transport oil from illinois to texas. >> cenk: they're bringing it down from illinois to texas because it's coming down to canada, and exporting it out of the country. when you hear, oh, energy independence, nonsense. this is all about making money for exxon mobile. they're sending it to different parts of the world. if it blows up while it's on our territory, bad day for us. exxon oil has said they've gathered 12,000 gallons of oil from this blow up, and when you look at footage you get a better sense of the damage that it has caused. >> that is a pipeline that has busted and it has flooded the neighborhood and it's going all the way to the drain at the end of the street. the smell is unbelievable. i mean, look, incredible. >> cenk: how would you like that on your front door. a lot of us might get more of that if we bring the canadian crude oil that can't hand it will. let's bring in

one point, be obama when he was in the illinois -- when he was a member of the statehouse in illinois, he voted three times against making it a crime to kill or allow to die a child born after an abortion. so this is not something that he is not in some way approving of, and i think it's a damming thing for him and for the whole administration. >> steve. >> i think charles' point is key -- the last point is key as it comes to previewing what the president is likely to say. i think if this were any other president, even a president who were pro choice you could expect in the come text of this national discussion that we're having on abortion him to show some shock and disgust and outrage at what happened in philadelphia, but because the president had voltted the way tt he did back in the illinois legislature, it's a very difficult argument for the president to make that at this point this is as horrifying as it is i think to pretty much everybody in the country. >> panel, thank you. that is it for the panel. stay tuned for a look at what's coming up tomorrow here in texas. . ♪ [ ligh

and illinois congressman says the time for tax reform has come. >> and comedy legend carol burnett takes us behind the scenes of her iconic show and shares stories of her daughter she lost to cancer. >> when she died, i didn't think i could -- i didn't want to live, really. >> this is my property and i'm going to defend it. >> robbed over a dozen times, he finally had enough. >> i finally caught him. >> how this store owner took matters into his own hands. ♪ >> welcome to huckabee, we are live tonight from little rock, arkansas. all right. tomorrow your taxes are due. if you didn't already know that. and i've got some good news and some bad news. the good news is that your government thinks you're a millionaire. the bad news is that even though you aren't, your taxes are going up. and even though the president promised otherwise. >> if your family earned less than $250,000 a year, a quarter million dollars a year, you will not see your taxes increase a single dime. i repeat, not one single dime. >> oh, really? well, you felt it at the beginning of the year when your paycheck got smalle

the illinois river could reach a high of 30 and a half feet later this week. this would eclipse the 1943 total by almost a foot. maria molina tracking all of this for us. >> hi, good morning heather and patti ann. at the beginning of this year we were talking about well below average rifer levels across many of the rivers in the midwest. now today the exact opposite. we have been talking about above normal water levels record setting at one point and you are talking about flooding occurring across the midwest in places like indiana, illinois, parts of western kentucky and parts of western tennessee. widespread flooding in local rivers out here. the reason we were dealing with flooding is because over the last several weeks we have had a number of storm systems dropping rain raising the water levels. just last week 3-7 inches of rain fell widespread across the midwest triggering that flooding out here. believe it or not we have a brand new storm system we are tracking today that is expected to bring more snow across parts of the midwest and more rain. as far as

the attornies general of both illinois and massachusetts are investigating. illinois is looking into incentive-based compensation, illegal under laws governing schools participating in federal aid programs. massachusetts wants to know if devry filed false information about its students. devry says it is cooperating with the investigations. general motors edges out volkswagen in first quarter sales as both try to catch up to toyota. gm sold 2.36 million cars and trucks around the world in the first three months of 2013. volkswagen sold 2.27 million vehicles during that same time. toyota was in the lead with most cars sold in 2012. rising maintenance costs are making owning a car more expensive. aaa says car expenses are up 2% from last year. the average sedan now requires investment of about $9,000 a year, or 61 cents a mile. higher maintenance fees were the primary reason. the study also looked at fuel, insurance and tire costs. the rally during the last 6 months is still not convincing average investors to dabble in the stock market. in its earnings report,

manchester, illinois 85 miles north of st. louis. reports of a suspect in custody, that, however, is not cop firmed. the scott county sheriff's department saying there were multiple people shot, including a child who was taken to a springfield, illinois hospital. many schools said to be in lockdown. updates coming up shortly when we get them here in "america's newsroom." martha: the opening of the bush presidential library in texas is going to take place tomorrow bringing our nation's 43rd president back into the national spotlight. since leading the white house president bush has repeatedly said that history would be the judge of his legacy. watch this. >> if you were to give yourself a letter grade on your eight years, what would it be? >> a for effort. a for love of country. a for assembling a fabulous team. but history will judge the results and i'll not going to be around for history's final verdict. martha: look at that picture as he left the white house. we are glad to be joined this morning by josh bolton who served as white

workers are trying to put sandbags in place along the illinois river. it's expected to crest at 30 feet some time tomorrow. >>> time for the forecast on this earth day, most of the flood zone will be dry. thunderstorms in south kansas and oklahoma. by the evening commute, it will be snowing around minneapolis. >> an unusually chilly day along most of the east coast with temperatures only in the 50s. a few 30s in montana and the dakotas. a toasty warm day in the west and southwest. with highs in the 80s and 90s. >>> coming up, inside the country's most expensive apartment. with its nine-figure price tag. >> yikes. >>> plus, a new warning for travelers. flight delays and long lines on tap today as big budget cuts hammer airports nationwide. >>> and the mystery woman in the boston bombings. the wife of the older bombing suspect, now a 24-year-old widow. >>> and welcome back. if you're flying today or in the coming weeks, be warned. thousands of air traffic controllers are being furloughed, beginning today, because of the government spending cuts known as t