. >> to me it seems that illinois politicians are spineless they have dealt with this on 10 occasions or more, they have kicked can down the road, they have not had a truly balanced budget in last 10 years.

and parts of illinois and iowa. the broad storm hitting oklahoma city and suburbs friday, causing havoc on interstate 40 which is now shut down. a trooper says the storm crumbled cars and tractor trailer as long major artery connecting suburbs located east and west of the city. we have a confirmed death of a mother and a

the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i'd like to thank my colleague and good friend from illinois, ms. bustos, for her kind comments and for honoring her father's service to major league baseball and her brother's service to the youth and students at southern illinois university during his time there as head baseball coach. thank you for that and now, mr. speaker, i wish to yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from missouri, ms. wagner. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman. ms. wagner: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in honor of veterans and one veteran in particular, one of st. louis' all-time heroes, stan musial. stan "the man" musial is best known as the greatest player in st. louis cardinal history. winner of three world series as a player and one more as general manager, a member of baseball's hall of fame. and as one of the greatest players to ever play our beloved national pastime. however, stan musial was also a great patriot. he temporarily left the st. louis car

. -- this is how folks in illinois celebrate blackhawks ruling the ice, their state on thin ice. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card becau you can y airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge ro? and with double miles you can actuay use, y never miss the fun. beard growing conte and go! ♪ win! whas in youwallet? neil: well hoo team skated to a championship, their team is skating on a dis-- their 7 state is stating to a disaster, a combination of budget cuts and tax increases that be ice any recovery hopes, it is not the fans' fall, it is the public union's fault. the blackhawks delivered, the unions did not. >> when you think about this, it is the pensions that unions have negotiated over years, and retirement beneffts hat have driven il illinois to the brinkf bankruptcy, illinois is not alone, we heard about read about detroit, stockton, california. very similar situation. neil: in those cases, unions budge, they didn't like it but they gave up a little bit, for future retirees, they changed to you know defined bbnefit plan

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moving into illinois. important to say that because we have been talking for the last three hours about oklahoma but you these storms are cutting across area of missouri. southwestern o missouri. joplin now had three different tornado warnings right there. one tornado -- the same way they have been developing and cycling through in oklahoma city that is happening now in xp the joplin, missouri area. keep in mind two years guy they had the monster tornado. and now the same story a little bit more of a bunch of single tornado warned cellç moving across the st. louis area. i don't think we will see a lot of significant development behind this first line in st. louis. but now western illinois in on this and we have been seeing some tornadoes up into wisconsin. it is all part of the exact samt storm system we have been dealing with for about the last four days. tomorrow we still have this, shepard. not as significant of a threat tomorrow but you stillñhave it down across areas all the way down throughout much

what we are seeing is in illinois what happened in europe. it will be interesting to watch illinois in the next few years to grapple with the issues of whether we start spending more on retirement benefits sthan education and other services and what we have to cut in order to do that. >> how do you think it works out in the law? you know, you haven't got a crystal ball, but best guess, where is illinois going? >> i think they'll finally, eventually, ultimately, -- >> finally, eventually, ultimately -- >> have to exhaust all options making some modest reforms. i wouldn't necessarily call them -- some kind of tweaks. >> hold on. does that mean that they will cut the pension that are already being paid to retired state workers? >> i think they'll sweep them into retirement age, not solve the problem. they'll do enough just to force all the day of reckoning for four or five years like they did a couple years ago, but this will ultimately not solve the problems. they will be back at it in a couple years. >> last one, they are going to frack and ge

. >>> y illinois autoridades y organizaciÓn comunitarias forjan alianza para dar apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante en esta zona del paÍs. >>> y la falta de informaciÓn y tambiÉn la falta de promociÓn entre la comunidad hispana hace que muchos prefierorÁn pedir dinero a familiares a amigos antes de ir al banco y en guatemala gobierno bien de amÉrica latina discuten un cambio de rumbo en lucha contra drogas en el continente americano. >>> comenzamos. >>> (♪). >>> este su noticiero univisiÓn. ediciÓn nocturna con ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo. >>> (♪). >>> quÉ tal muy buenas noches, y otra piedra en el camino para e una reforma migratoria, esta vez en la cÁmara de representantes, dÓnde uno de los congresistas del grupo de los ocho, raÚl labrador de origen hispano se roet de mesas y bilma nos dice por quÉ, y y ademÁs quÉ piensan expertos sobre el futuro de esta esperada reforma migratoria. >>> como di traÍamos de manera coloquial hoy hubo una noticia buena en lo que a reforma se refiere y otra mala, y la mala que segÚn algunos expertos no serÍa tan mala es que no ha

rocking the justice system in illinois. ryan granted clemency to all death row inmates, saying the system was broken. ryan commuted 167 death sentences, reducing nearly all to life without parole. until 1998 executions were carried out at stateville correctional center, outside chicago. today nearly half its prisoners are in for murder. stateville had a long reputation as a place where inmates challenged guards for control. how that all changed is the big story behind the walls of stateville. >> it's another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, we're talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. it's really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. we're looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. a >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> it's 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the 7:00 to 3:00 shift are preparing for t

here in illinois, that price jumps to $4.15. fill up in chicago, the price is even higher at $4.52 a gallon. aaa says prices may ease up toward the end of june, maybe. there are some refinery issues that will be fixed by then, one of the reasons that gas in our area is so much higher than anywhere else in the country. the c-t-a already is making repairs to its fleet of new rail cars. welding irregularties were found on the frame of nearly all of the 250 new cars currently in operation on the green, pink and red lines. c-t-a officials say the problem is *not a safety concern for passengers. repairs are scheduled to begin this weekend and will run through october. the problem was first discovered by employees at a production plant in new york. delivery of new rail cars was temporarily stopped while the c-t-a and company officials approved a plan to fix the welding problem. the school year may be almost over, but mayor rahm emanuel launched his annual "summer of learning" program today. summer is known for its leisure and now it wi

it is now menacing missouri and illinois. the governor has declared a state of emergency after several days of heavy rains, missouri has been drenched by heavy rains. >> forecasters now warning illinois to brace itself for damaging hail and the threat of more tornados. the storms have knocked out power to more than 190,000 people in oklahoma, missouri, illinois, arkansas, and indiana just to show you how widespread the system is. >> it has been a dramatic couple of hours. let's get a firsthand account on the ground, joined by george howell in oklahoma. george, where are you exactly, tell us what's happening, what you're seeing around you. >> reporter: we are about 40 mimes from oklahoma city. 40 miles from oklahoma. that's how far we had to go to get out of the path what have seemed to be a big, black, thick cloud that was chasing us for a good two hours. it was fair to say a frightening situation on the roads. keep in mind, we were set up to do live reports as the storm came in, we found a safe place to do that and got on th

also, illinois. the governor of missouri, declaring a state of emergency there, after several days of heavy rain. flooding is a real danger. missouri has been drenched by heavy rain. >> forecasters are warning illinois to brace itself for strong winds and hail. the storms have knocked out power to 212 homes and businesses, in oklahoma i missouri, illinois, arkansas and indiana. >>> four firefighters died fighting a fire in houston friday. it happened in a hotel fire. other firefighters tried to save their colleagues. >> going down in the history of the houston fire department, as the worst day in the history of the houston fire department. the greatest loss of lives. in the proud tradition of the houston fire department. >> the dead firefighters include three men and one woman. >>> the fbi found, quote, very low concentrations of ricin on letters sent to president obama and michael bloomberg. authorities in texas have searched the home of a man possibly connected with the letters. ten letters have be

para no seÑor estafados. >>> dicen que por lo menos 75 mil estudiantes indocumentados del estado de illinois pueden pedir la acciÓn difer ada mediante esta alianza y que habrÁ ayuda econÓmica para ellos a travÉs de una instituciÓn crediticia. >>> este prÉstamo es un costo mÍnimo del ocho% por un aÑo, y los jÓvenes pueden tambiÉn empezar a desarrollar crÉditos historial. >>> y dicen que este modelo si resulta exitoso puede ampliarse para que en caso de aprobararse la reforma migratoria se asista a mÁs de 5550 mil inmigrante en este proceso. >>> y estemos listos como oficiales del gobierno de la ciudad y como lÍderes la comunidad, para ayudar en el proceso de aplicar, para todos ellos indocumentados que van a ser ahora legal. >>> esta ayuda es muy importante porque la informaciÓn que cambia a menudo. >>> pues la verdad son muchos requisitos los que pido lleno tienen tener todos eso esos requisitos para aplicar. >>> y activistas y dicen que este modelo puede ser implementado a nivel nacional porque es prepararse legalizaciÓn. >>> y en chicago illinois, vivÍan Ávila, univisiÓn.

i'm going to put in illinois. i haven't had a chance to read the book. >> you can put in illinois and new jersey as well. >> because you're worried about the pension fund. we continue now with meredith whitney, author of "fate of the states," that's the name of the book and also our other distinguished members of the panel, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty on the good list and texas congressman brady who is on the good list. taxes, energy, right to work. what are your other criteria? >> it's managing your fiscal situation so the current, you know, ideally you want current revenues covering current expenses, and i think it's an emprice of public-private partnerships. so many things go into this, and at the rao of all of this what does it mean to be a taxpayer? are you getting more for your tax-paying dollars or less? in the states that are doing well because of all of the things you mentioned, great tax policies, you know, a very fortunate benefit from exposure to the natural gas and oil revolution in this co

. >> called the illinois street bridge. it's a port project. >> port project, okay. >> it's actually for freight rail as well as vehicle. >> okay, freight rail. okay. and here, these are cranes for unloading containers from vessels. and, you know, we don't see many vessels there unloading. >> not container vessels. >> and the short reason that we don't see container vessels is? >> oakland has the gig. >> why doesn't san francisco do container? and here is what i think and you can tell me if i'm right or wrong. most containers are double stacked on railway cars and we have a tunnel that limits the height of trains coming into san francisco and therefore they cannot double stack the containers, and therefore it's not profitable or reasonable to ship containers in and out of san francisco. is that -- >> actually -- i mean, that's partly true, but the bigger issue is geography. and san francisco being at the end of the peninsula, if you go -- if you're a container ship, you can go to oakland and get it on a rail that immediatel

ray was born and raised in pea kwror i can't, illinois -- in peoria, illinois. he started public service as a teacher in a classroom. he cut his political teeth working for tom railsback, a republican congressman. then he went to work for bob michel. in 1994 he was elected to bob michel's congressional seat in the 18th district. the district stretches from peoria to the state capital, springfield. there is a history of an outstanding congressman. i mentioned bob michel and can include everett dirksen. if you go back in history you will find a young congressman as a part that district named abraham lincoln. ray inspired the lincoln bicentennial petition. we observed president lincoln's 200th birthday in 2009 with suitable recognition across america. ray's work helped students everywhere learn a little bit more about president lincoln and his role in america's history. like his famous predecessors, ray lahood raised the standard for civility and kaorgs in congress. in the -- and cooperation in congress. in the darkest hours in the house of representatives, it was

. >> en illinois el panorama en carreteras por la tormenten aurora y joliet pero residentes dicen que no se alarman . >> no estamos preparados pero no paso nada , la tormenta solo duro 2 horas nada serio . >> como precaución ante la amenaza de tormentas en chicago cancelan vuelos también retrasos y eventos en la ciudad dicen que viven peores temporales . >> vengo de estado de muchas tormentas estas no son nada . >> en 2012 causo muerte y miles sin electricidad y pérdidas millonarias . >> meteorólogos dicen que amenaza va el este del país, pensilvania y nueva york están en la mira . >> en joliet , illinois univisión . >> con el correr de las horas se agrava zona por incendio, 9 mil ocupantes de más de 2500 casas desalojadas . >> bomberos luchan contra las llamas . >> caso de justicia en chiapas, 3 hombres licnhados por ciudad anos que les prenden fuego tenemos más de ciudad de méxico, la protección no salvo sus vidas . >> hombres intentan poner resto violaron y asesinaron . >> habitantes, los descruben y los quemaros . >> autoridades niegan lo sucedido pero se vende el disco

now that system spans several hundred miles across illinois, illinois, indiana, minnesota, ohio and wisconsin, knocking out power to more than 75,000 homes and it's barreling east. the entire state of pennsylvania is under a flood watch with more states facing the very same. meteorologists are warning the line of storms could spawn what's being called a derecho. let's go to bill karins for more on that. >> that was kind of the buzz word. it's a term used for this thunderstorm complexes that travel about 250 miles with 60-mile-per-hour winds along that path doing a lot of damage. that was possible last night. and the damage path was longer than 250 miles but the winds were not intense enough throughout the entire path to be called a derecho. still a lot of cleanup to be done in the ohio valley. considering how bad it could have been it hasn't been all that bad. we didn't have any known fatalities or even that many known injuries from the storms. the storms continue. rather impressive line. a bow echo true pennsylvania. large complex through west virginia through the appalachians. most likely i

gillette of flooding already in the rain is still coming to illinois is now under the gun as well. when notorious have touched down in several states women to oklahoma pants in misery as well. and though a tough situation that we will keep our hands on. >> catherine: over 40,000 people without power but that may be the least of our people were is right now. people have been stranded in traffic that more able to move fast enough. sheriff's deputies were working on of shelters.

you see the filled in red boxes across southwestern illinois. we are going to see that's where the severe thunderstorm warnings are now. we are going to see a chance of possibly seeing still some stronger storms and heavy torrential downpours. we have flood warnings up and down the mississippi and missouri rivers, there is a pretty good chance we will see flash flooding with the torrential downpours. you can see areas like central missouri, southwestern illinois where we have the threat of torrential downpours. closer look at oklahoma itself, there's moore, oklahoma, and norman is south of that, shawnee, where we had the most recent tornado warning issued. those have been let to expire, still torrential downpours, frequent cloud to ground lightning and stronger winds within the storms, but the tornado warnings themselves have been let go after a very busy several hours with that first tornado warning just west of el reno several hours ago. those now are starting to weaken, conditions are getting more favorable for things to be more stable, and w

touching down in illinois, missouri and oklahoma where the force was strong nuenough to do this. the oklahoma city area still reeling from the ef-5 tornado that destroyed the town of moore two weeks ago once again caught the worst of it. the storms hit during friday rush hour, and with memories of moore still fresh, many tried to flee on the roads. and for some it would be a deadly choice. >> most of those victims, if not all, came out of vehicles. >> the tornado that ripped through el reno, oklahoma, proved especially unpredictable. it made an unexpected left-hand turn, suddenly traveling north. it caught even experienced storm chasers completely by surprise. >> that thing is rotating. >> it is? >> storm chaser tim samaras seen on discovery channel's storm chasers show along with his son

in gillespie, illinois, the road badly damaged. the hope now? no more tornadoes. >> joining me on the phone from oklahoma city, the governor of oklahoma. we are so sorry to hear about the life loss and destruction in your state once again. do you think the fatalities and injury numbers will go up any? >> we certainly hope not. we were taken by shock that we could have another storm like in oklahoma. we weren't surprised the weather got bad, but we just couldn't believe we were having to go through this all again in such a short period of time after we had such terrible storms the week before. but i will say the state is responding well. we're good at handling disasters, were well prepared yesterday. opened up our command center early, just a couple of clouds in the skies. we actually had alerted our department of transportation to utilize their electronic signs over their highways, that basically said be aware that there is potential for damaging storms from 4:00 to 6:00 tonight and be on the lookout and keep your radios tuned on and watch the n

abraham lincoln was unfiltered one term in congress was an obscure figure from illinois when he got to the white house he was unpredictable yet prove to be one of the best in the history of united states. that is not always the case but it is a fascinating theory applies this to a number of leaders like jefferson, wilson, winston churchill and it is a great read. i am halfway through that. books recently read, evan thomas is a great biographer , his theory in this book is that eisenhower was not as appreciated as he should have been, a method to his madness and although he seemed to be a bungler and not in charge but secretly he was quite shrewd and very much in charge knowing what he was doing. i have to a minute having read the whole book and opened to the theory

heavy rain no rotation that's good news through all the storms touching a low brick springfield illinois see the best chance of tornado is right now. zoom in a little bit closer you will be able to see the hook signatures near springfield let's take a look. we do have a tornado warning and a fact for the area of shelby. another 10 minutes to go for this warning non rotation to the rest of the systems. a little bit more and clear in the ca year just east of st. louis. all the graeme here represents/but again we have tornado swirling through earlier, but only one remained. kron4's chief meteorologist tracking the conditions. jacqueline. >> catherine: jose. a man found shot in east san jose. police are scene. and so is kron 4's philippe djegal. he brings us the latest. >> reporter: the past and as a market. try to collect evidence the victim is a man shot multiple times where i don't know? sh but is possible in that parking lot. it happened around 5:00 this afternoon the victim was rushed to the hospital. the officers checked nearby homes in the entire neighborhood for the suspect in this c

illinois pension mess and take center stage in the race for governor when canada calls out to potential rivals. >> once again they are digging for jimmy hoffa. >> this evening thunderstorms brought a heavy downpour to parts of the area and temperatures have been falling like a rock ever cents. we will have the full forecast coming up. blue state. announcer: we come from different places. uptown. downtown. but when we live united, we create real, lasting change in the education, income, and health of our communities. both: live united. real change won't happen without you, so give. advocate. volunteer. live united. sign up at liveunited. org. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. whoa, wait for me! oh n

and abc's steve osunsami is in the flood zone tonight in illinois. steve? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this is what the mississippi river has done to the small town of grafton, illinois. the drop-off here is at least a couple feet, so we have to be careful. the mississippi has flooded businesses and threatened homes, and up and down the river, families are praying tonight that the

quinn was very peeved in illinois. i take it malloy in connecticut was a little more civil but very unhappy with it. and i hear cuomo's gone ballistic with this whole story. you're trying to shake them up and you're trying to say here's how we're doing it. "the new york post" accused you of poaching new york companies. that was the word they used, "poach." >> i know. poaching is -- if you look it up in the dictionary, it says an illegal taking of something. this isn't illegal. this is competition. i don't think the new york jets call it poaching when they come to dallas to play the cowboys. it's called competition. and that's what we're all about. and i hope people will civilly take a look at that and have a discourse about our red state policies the right policies for your state or do the blue state policies work better for you? this isn't bashing any state. this is bringing up the clear differences in tax, regulatory, legal policies and the skilled workforce in these states and compromise -- or i should say comparing

we're bringing you tornado warnings in illinois, as well. brandon sullivan is joining us on the phone right now. he's the storm chaser who shot this truly amazing video in oklahoma. walk us through where you were and what was going on. >> we were just northwest of union city, oklahoma. we could tell that a tornado was pretty eminent at any time. it became very large, very fast. we eventually knew it was time to go south. we began moving south. the tornado actually crosses maybe a half mile behind our car. the tornado was so strong that its ripped the barn apart. smashes into our car.ris and so, basically, had no choice but to slow down and move slowly with the debris flying towards us. >> some debris smashing your windshield. what kind of vehicle is this? >> i drive a jeep patriot. >> and is it armored? is it safe to go through a dangerous situation? a storm like this? >> there's no special armoring. i don't have a tank or anything. i don't think it's as safe to be as close as we were, even in those armored vehicles. flying debris is very, v

. >> the system is moving through momo, illinois, kansas, and indiana. emergency officials say a total of more than 200,000 homes and businesses are without power. it is the dark of night. it must be a scary situation for people that know that these storms are continuing to track across the midwest region. when you see the pictures that provoke terror, and fleeing from these dangerous storms, some run into their paths. sullivan had an experience he may not want to repeat. we spoke with him earlier. >> we were northwest of union city, west of oklahoma city. we could tell a tornado was imminent at any time. the tornado formed, it became very large, very fast. we knew it was time to go south. the tornado crosses maybe a half mile behind our car. the in-flow was so strong t ripped the barn apart, and began carrying debris, that you saw on the video. it smashing into our car. we had no choice but to move slowly as the debris came toward us. i knew we weren't in the tornadic circulation, in the inflow, i wasn't concerned about being picked up or carried away b

the damage from the system stretches into illinois. the town of gillespie, about an hour's drive northeast from st. louis is now starting the summer with a major cleanup at its high school. jennifer delgado is live to show us what happened there. what is it like. >> reporter: i am in gillespie, illinois b an hour and a half away from st. louis. they suffered their own storm damage last night as severe storms came through. what are you looking at behind me is what's left of the gymnasium. you see the bricks down on the ground. we're still waiting to hear whether the national weather service is going to say what type of damage this is. based on me looking at this, it looks more like straight line winds. you can see how the debris is all in one direction. when you talk about tornado damage you see more debris spread around, but residents here said they heard the tornado warnings last night. a lot of them took safety and rightfully so. a lot of damage here reportedly 70 homes were damaged and 7 to 10 of those were destroyed. luckily there

going to run for governor of illinois. are you encouraging him to run? who are you supporting in this race? >> since i'm likely to be a candidate myself, you can imagine i'm staying out of the primary. we have an incumbent governor, pat quinn. his numbers aren't strong, facing a pension controversy in springfield. attorney general lisa madigan an extraordinary public servant whose father happens to be a speaker of the illinois house and one of the more powerful figures in springfield and now bill daley former secretary of commerce former chief for the president. polling numbers indicate that this has become a harsh race. as a result of that, you know, there is a belief that i'm not sure who will file. there is a belief of a spirited primary which i'm going to observe with great interest. >> bill: from the sidelines right? >> that's it, bill. >> bill: you got it. senator durbin, great to spend time with you. senator dick durbin, great guy. great guy. number two democrat in the united states senate. we'll be right back on th

oklahoma misery and now a new illinois and as well. no middle of the country is now under the gun. >> jacqueline: is spawning all of these thunderstorm should concede that this is causing a lot of activity not only in oklahoma but also stretching into st. louis and dragging down into oklahoma city. but the line is this cold front so important? we have will update you for this same louis and just a few minutes. the tornado has taken in die down to the self heading back to or getting back to more, oklahoma. the hook coming al-ahram more so we have distorted still on the ground which appears to be a rotation of the recalled a little vortexes showing itself on the radar now nursing 30 mi. an hour to the south east and creek 18 a very dangerous passes of destruction. with softball size hail and mild white tornado. a mile wide. catherine? >> catherine: the town of mormon oklahoma were the oklahoma university has the main campus has a tornado touching down. overlapped with a huge one and a greater oklahoma city area. and one in this file one

and abc's steve osunsami is in the flood zone tonight in illinois. steve? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this is what the mississippi river has done to the small town of grafton, illinois. the drop-off here is at least a couple feet, so we have to be careful. the mississippi has flooded businesses and threatened homes, and up and down the river, families are praying tonight that the levees hold. north of st. louis, at least two levies that were struggling to hold back the mighty mississippi were breached over the last three days. the water came pouring over. authorities went racing to shore them up. the sandbags could only do so much. from the sky, it was clear where the river was winning. at one point, flood waters forcing this bridge to close. >> it's amazing. >> you can't stop the river. >> reporter: marty harp and laurie wild showed us the art mall they run, soaking in three feet of water. their business floods when the river is at 28.7 feet. today, it was 30.4. >> we've got each other. and you know, life goes on. this is part of living on the river.

tornados popping up in iowa, severe storms in illinois and we are right here. i'm just looking up at the atmosphere really fired up already here. just outside chicago, the high risk issued for cities like davenport, iowa, all the way to fort wayne and including chicago, illinois. >> a high risk is just off the charts. that's when we're really sounding the bell as loudly as we can to let folks know they really need to pay attention and they need to take this seriously. >> reporter: the national weather service outside chicago abuzz. >> we could see those thunderstorms gather together and coalesce into a series of lines and segments that would produce damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: the chaos in the atmosphere could produce a dangerous weather phenomenon known as a derechoes. its calling card? ominous shelf clouds like these. >> reporter: a derecho is a powerful lines of storms. winds blasting up to 100 miles per hour. it takes on a bow shape because air rises in storms, cools, then falls behind them and then pushes the front of the line out. they can be deadly

a lot of pause. >> well, no one goes to illinois because they raise the the taxes by two-thirds. it's difficult to get anything done, and if you're smart, and, you know, you understand that the liabilities that you take on as a taxpayer, meaning that they are going to lean on you for more and more tax dollars if you move to illinois is pretty threatening because what happens is not only do your taxes go up, but when the states are really in bad shape, money for other things, important things like education, roads, public safety, that goes away. people are paying more and getting less for their money, and there's no money to retrain people. up employment stays structurally high. lou: unemployment is chronic. it is, without question now, structural, without policy response, without a leadership response. >> without policy response. amazing; right? all talk, no action. lou: and we're a nation dependent upon growth, but there's no discussion about when does prosperity return to the country. that's in the market, not simply in isolated areas. is it dependent on a new set of leaders, b

that is not as bad as illinois, but it is still pretty awful. melissa: let's look. i want to look at the best ten as well. because those were surprising and -- i mean, nebraska was -- idaho, nebraska, we know that they're doing a lot of things. new york was the fifth best with only 16%. how did new york make a top five list? [laughter] >> i know. you live there, i don't. i was shocked. some of the states that are doing very well in this, states like utah that have moved away from a defined benefit pension program defined contribution. i have to say, that is really the underlying conclusion. you have to get rid of these unfunded liabilities by having a defined contribution system for its state lawmakers. and there is a silver lining. there are about five to ten states already that are looking to transition to that kind of system. melissa: if you are on the worst in the west, should you just pack up and flee your state? it's going to implode. if you're in connecticut, for example, and your number two on this list of states that going to implode, is not hard to move to

luis gutiÉrrez de illinois hablamos este dÍa histÓrico, el jueves pasado aquÍ cuando el senado a prueba la propuesta en la cÁmara baja muy distinta a la realidad. >>> en la cÁmara baja una propuesta, pero son partidistas, parte del estereotipo que todos los republicanos son anti inmigrantes, eso no es verdad. conozco decenas de republicanos que quieren hacer una reforma, se necesita un espacio donde ellos puedan colaborar y trabajar. >>> una persona e. ross que ha apoyado la reforma integraninte. >>> mario dÍas balart. muchachos que han trabajado por aÑos, han gastado tratando de tener el proyecto de ley bipartidista, con estos liedes vamos a tener un acuerdo, como dijo luis los obstÁculos son muchos y tenemos que triunfar. >>> dificultades principales son por ejemplo que los presidentes de los comitÉs donde tendrÍa que salir la propuesta de manos republicanas no son precisamente los que mÁs interesados estan en una reforma migratoria integral ¿como se combate eso?. >>> debe ser un proceso abierto, las personas como luis gutiÉrrez que dejÓ su posicion en un comitÉ despues de

tornadoes touching down in iowa and illinois. >> high risk is off the charts. that's when we are really sounding the bell as loudly as we can to let people know that you really need to take this seriously. >> reporter: the national weather service outside chicago abuzz. >> you could see the thunderstorms, gather together and coalesce into a series of lines and segments that could produce damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: the chaos could produce a derecho, its calling card, often ominous shelf clouds like these. a derecho, a powerful line of storms that can expand hundreds of miles long. winds blasting up to 100 miles per hour. it starts to take on a bow shape because air rises in the storms, cools and falls behind them, then pushes the front of the line out. they can be deadly and certainly as damaging as weak tornados. last year's derecho tore through 12 states, and with it blinding downpours from illinois to d.c. winds gusting to over 100 miles per hour and a huge part of the nation peppered with lightning. trees were plucked and chucked into homes and cars.

for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, today i rise to speak out again the drastic cuts proposed to the snap program, a lifeline that millions of americans rely on. the farm bill being debated today would cut over $20 billion over 10 years from snap, a program that ensures that children, seniors and families struggling to make ends meet don't have to go without food. the center for budget and policy priorities estimates that these cuts would leave two million americans without essential food assistance and cut 200,000 children from the school lunch program. food pantries in all corners of my district tell me they are already struggling to keep up with the need. mr. foster: the interface food pantry in aurora, illinois, provides food assistance to 750 families each week, 40% of those families also get snap benefits which are unfortunately insuffic

you see big storms in illinois. that system is pushing this way. father's day, a slightly different flavor. details on that coming up in just a few minutes. in thebreaking details data mining scandal. u.s. intelligence officials say dozens of potential terrorist attacks have been forwarded by information gained through the nsa program, including one plot targeting new york city just four years ago. we have the latest. september 2009, the fbi arrested one suspect, denver man who would later plead guilty to plotting bomb attacks on u.s. -- new york city subways. the following january, the arrest of an allegedly co- conspirator 1 new york. both men are serving a life prison -- sentences. u.s. officials say it proves that the national security agency's surveillance programs work. according to information released saturday, this has led to dozens of arrests prompted by the programs, programs which have recently found themselves in the hot seat after the leaking of classified information by edward snowden, atmer government contractor the center of the co

in illinois they instead want to honor american veterans. they want to call the bridge the veterans memorial bridge. so the two states on the two sides of the bridge disagree. they have a border dispute over the name of this bridge which, after all, they both sort of have a right to name since the bridge goes between their two states. if you think about this, this is not the most difficult dilemma in the world, right? one side wants to name it the stan musial bridge, one side wants to name it the veterans bridge. stan musial is, himself, a veteran. so this is not exactly a problem, right? you can just call it the stan musial veterans memorial bridge and everybody would be happy. problem solved. but because these two states did propose different names, the final choice of the name is apparently now a federal issue. it has to be decided by congress. so today in the house of representatives in washington, congress considered this vexing challenge of what to name this bridge. how can we possibly name this bridge the obvious thing it obviously sh

semifinals, number one cal facing illinois. cal's joel stater, made a comeback with a great chip on 15 but falls. same hole, brian campbell. defeated michael kim. 2-1, as he chip inside. this match went extra holes. le needed this putt to send it to a playoff hole but misses. illinois upsets cal but face alabama in tomorrow's final. >>> first saturday of the french open was a busy day. for the men, novak djokovic was on to the fourth round with this 500th tour victory. rafael nadal moves only. and tommy haas, four american women have moved into the final of four for the first time since 2004. stevens first. stevens, great shot of her own. the overhead. the winner. then on match point. stevens serving. the net is hit on return, and sloan stevens, moving on to the fourth round with a three-set victory. >> 49ers hired eric mangini as a coach. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> it's being called the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in >> join me tonight at 9:00. we'll take you to turkey where

today, we're in galena, illinois. this is a community that is rich in history and beautiful 19th century architecture. it's a town that's had to reinvent itself many times from a lead/ore boom town to a farm company in the 1900s, today it's a tourist destination. it's been through a lot of ups and downs. if you had come here about 25 years ago, there were lots of vacancies and there was a bar pretty much on every corner. so what did the people do here? what did the small business owners do here to revive this community? we spent some time finding out. >> carl johnson. carl johnson's gallery. it was coming apart at the seams a little. they wanted to do redo the town with urban renewal and it was a monumental fight over whether it should pass or not. and after that was over, they established a preservation ordinance. >> started the studio 21 spa and salon years ago. now she's here at 310 north main street. i decided to go in and get my hair done and hear about her story. politicians and the government talk a lot about s

. >> golf, number one cal and illinois. he was four down and made a comeback but he falls 3-2. same hole, brian campbell, defeated kim. he shifts in and went to extra holes where he needed this putt. he misses. he was three up at one point. illinois upsets top ranked cal and faces alabama in tomorrow's final. >> former jackson brown's head coach signing on with the 49ers as an offensive assistant even though he is a defensive minded coach. we'll confirm that in the next couple of days. >> thanks a lot, shu. >> up next, if you are go through for a philadelphia ride, want >>> coming up at 11:00, bay area volunteers coming to the rescue in oklahoma. and new labels on alcohol that could affect the way you drink tonight on abc news at 11:00. there is a new addition to great america, the new rollercoaster is opened to the public. this video is of the new coaster from great america, it's all wood and features a 108 foot drop. it lasts more than two minutes. that is it for abc news at 9:00. next newscast is [music]wscast is >> welcome to swirl. your a. through z and everyone in between

now it's moving what, into indiana, illinois? >> yes, the whole frontal system is shifting to the east very slowly. so we're going to have to watch a wide area as we head into the overnight and the weekend, as well. but right now, oklahoma city, you can see how that line was sagging to the south, lifting to the north with storms training one right after the other, dropping heavy rain as they go. that's why we're seeing the flooding situation, because they're going across the same terrain that's already saturated. we do still have a tornado warning, just south of the interstate here, north of canadian. that tornado warning is -- that cell is moving to the east right now at around 25 miles per hour or so. i know we also have one up around grove, as well. we have a tornado warning there, too. that one is moving to the east. that doesn't affect quite as many people right around 8,000 people or so. so we're watching that area. but it is fairly severe. we have warnings in the oklahoma city area, so we need to be concerned about the hea