you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with >> it was a misunderstanding. south sudan's former vice president says he didn't try to overthrow the government. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead in the next half hour - disdents tell us they were sent to libya's torture chambers, with britain's help. the 16 billion deal with russia that gets ukraine out of a financial hole. it was unlikely to anger protesters. >> an

you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with this this >> here in doha in london, top stories. throwing down the gauntlet, the former vice president tells al jazeera he wants the country's top job. >>> a new wave in tension after three men shot dead by the french army. dropped by government helicopter did, barrel bombs killed 25 people in the city of aleppo. i am salleana downs in dlon with the news

you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with >> welcome to the news hour. from al jazeera news center in doha and london. talks with rivals as fighting spreads beyond the capitol. >>> former egyptian president mohamed morsi stands trial for conspiring with four members of his organization to commit terrorist acts.

you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with check >> good morning. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm thomas drayton with a look at your headlines. >> the united nations evacuated about00 staffers, most americans. >> rebel fighters have been trying to overthrow the government, claiming ethnic discrimination. into monday is the key deadline for the affordable care act, people must select a health plan in if he want coverage from january 1st. chase bank is trying to monitor customers' cards. they are limiting drawings to $100, and customers can only spend $300

you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with joy. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the news hour, from al jazeera's news center in dho doha and london these are the top stories. trying to force rebels out of the strategic city. >>> another day of death in aleppo. 45 people have reported to have lost their lives in just one day. >> all the news in europe including, finally

you had a situation in illinois where the richest man in illinois, ken griffin, a friend of the mayor, he's the richest man in illinois, and he pays the exact state interest rate as an associate of wal-mart. >> i want to thank all of our guests, until next time, raj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/"the stream." with .. . .. . everybody.ening, welcome to al jazeera america. >> the consequences i think are devastating. and we need to intervene as soon as possible. >> child abuse ignored, thousands of cases reported but never investigated. what's being done now to help the children. >> intelligence reform, top tech leaders demand changes in the government's spy program. plus. >> anger in ukraine, protestors hoping to cut ties with russia, react to a $15 billion deal, between kiav and moscow. >> and it possible odds. people line-up to

plus, the pension crisis in illinois. what it means for it the rest of the nation. >> there's probably a lot of lessons to be learned from the things that illinois has done wrong here. >> and jeffrey brown looks at images of war, before, during, and after. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> "pbs newshour weekend" is made possible by lewis b. cullman and louise hirschfeld cullman, mutual of america, judy and josh weston, citi foundation, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach, cheryl and philip milstein family, rosalind p. walter, additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs sto z station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. the white house said today it's met its goal of improving healthcare.gov so that millions of americans can buy health insurance. the administration's progress and performance report said the website now works smoothly for the vast majority of people using it. it called the site stable 90% of th

the illinois' writer project. but throughout illinois there was some 100 different projects. it was a massive undertaking. nationally there was some 25,000 workers working for the cultural projects. they were tasked with writing state guidebooks. they first started come l out in the 37, 38, the first guidebook when they came out presented a lily white image of the nation, as you might imagine. the roosevelt administration and got sterling browne appointed to oversee several independent black project. study that archive african-american life. i first talked to michael. you told me there were 17 initiated by browne. how do you know there are 17? i don't know. i had to go part of the tour was finding the 17 projects. it was not until found a microfilm i was going through. i finally found that list of 17 projects. let me see if i can get it going here. hey here on the right here. he was head librarian for some 30 years. he invited the people. sterling brown the national editor of the federal writers project. based in d.c. here is a list of 17 projects. the list of 17. the number

the state's public sector say they will challenge the illinois law in court. >>> it affects only illinois state workers but right now pension funs for chicago city workers including police and firefighters are short of meeting their obligation by $19.5 billion. chicago mayor rob emmanuel said, the pension process is not solved until relief is brought to chicago and local government across the state. that concerned police veterans like lieutenant maloney. he joins us now from chicago. jim, first of all, your reaction to what the state of illinois did as far as their efforts to solve their debt crisis. >> as far as the pension underfunding. it's a result of mismanagement by the cities, by the states, the cities and states, they have used pension funds as negotiation tools over the years in lieu of wage increases. they've granted pension benefits. that's created this problem. we're here there today. i sit on former mayor dalye's commission to strength committee's pension from 2008 to 2010 we did a report. that report made some suggestions that that administration did not follow with any of t

but for states outside of illinois. we had a regiment, the 29th infantry regiment, as a part of the united states color troops that fought from the late spring of 1864 in a year-long campaign at petersburg down through richmond and, and that unit was there when robert e. lee vendorred at -- surrendered at appomattox. there were three black regiments. in fact, i went down there looking for my great grandfather's unit, the 116th, an all-slave unit from kentucky. there was the 116th, and i tipped my hat to my great grandfather, but there next to the 116th was the 29th illinois and the 31st new york. and i said, boy, how could they miss the 29th in this chapter? especially since they were writing in the late '30s, and the last of the civil war soldiers usually referred to as old soldier or soldier, they were living as late as the 1920 -- i have papers showing them appealing pension decisions from washington. be i don't know how they missed it, but they did. everything else in the chapter is very enlightening, but this to --

i know my friend from illinois is. but this pope has really brought us to a different leveled and called on our better angels, if you will. before yielding to senator durbin, i have one more foints maifnlmake.the belief by many ie only people who get the minimum wage are teenagers. most are not teenagers. most are supporting themselves and in many cases supporting a spouse or family or someone in their family that's disabled or a close friend. and that's the other reason. this is a wage that really people depend on to get along, not just spending money for a high school kid, but families. -- families depend on it. that's why it is so important that we in the next few weeks raise the minimum wage, tie this subminimum wage, tipped wig t wo that increase. i yield the floor to the senator from illinois. the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, i would like to join my colleagues and people all across the world in expressing my condolences to the people of south africa on the passing o

in the state of illinois it is a completely different circumstances. this is a state that the very same day voted to take away retiree's pension benefits an cut those benefits, adopted a multimillion dollar tax cut for multinational corporation within that state. so the state is not impoverished. the state is choosing priorities that are different than the citizens have chosen by adopting a constitutional protection of pension benefits. >> woodruff: andrew biggs what about that, and what about the bigger picture here, that the blame, that if there is going to be pain, the pain should be spread, that it shouldn't be mainly or even in large part these people who have worked so hard for these cities. >> uh-huh. i suspect in the case of detroit, it's not going to be mainly or in large part on the pensioners, it going to be mostly on the bondholders who are going to get hit much more. i mean steve is right when he cites the average benefits people receive from pensions. that includes a lot of people who spent a few years in public employment and are getting

detroits or illinois is more than moving numbers on a balance sheet. it involves tough choices, vital services and people's lives. joining us to discuss detroit's bankruptcy and lessons the motor city can learn are kill, director of state and local fiscal health for the few charitable trusts. in pennsylvania, david, a state appointed receiver for the city of harrisburg. he specializes in municipal bonds and dean, professor of economic research. kil, cities across the country saw declining sales takes revenues, declining tax ref news as people's homes reduced in valley. value. >> a lot of cities are experiencing fiscal stress but i want to reiterate bankruptcies are rare. those who issue debt in the credit market only 10 a year going "g" into bankruptcy. while fiscal stress is a chief concern, bankruptcy is still a very rare phenomenon. >> is it stuffer at a time when the economy is not robust when the state's in which these cities and counties are located are also feeling a lot of strain, is it tough for put these restructuring deals together? >> the s

illinois has a long history of making pension holidays. if the budget doesn't balance we don't make a payment to the pension plan. part of illinois's problem we're not funding. not just public employees are too greedy. the state didn't do its fair share. but the other answer is, acutarial. you can't work for 20 years and retire for 40 and get paid for that. in the old days he retired 62. sat on the couch and died when you were 68. those days are gone. everyone is living until 80 or 90. acutarial assumptions of defined benefit plan don't hold up if you retired longer than you worked. ashley: sobering thoughts there. brian, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. ashley: once again, keep it right here on the 2:00 p.m. hour of fox business. tomorrow we'll go one on one will know state treasurer dan rutherford. that should be very interesting indeed. tracy: he is right though. so many levels of mismanagement. ashley: oh gosh, yes. tracy: city, you name it, everyone screwed up. ashley: yep. tracy: your dow is climbin

. >>> he could be the next governor of illinois. republican state treasurer dan rutherford in fox business exclusive why he opposes the plan to cut state worker pensions. >>> on this 80th anniversary of end of prohibition, how will you celebrate it? new york brewers guild president is next, with tracy byrnes and ashley webster. hmm. mm-hmm. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. gethe mercedes-benz on your wish list the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the offers end december 31s [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! male announcer ] lease the 2014 ml350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. tracy: hey, good afternoon, i'm tracy byrnes. ashley: i'm ashley webster. illinois state workers protesting plans to cut pensions for retired teachers, nurses other state workers to help balance the budget. joining us for a fox business exclusive, republican state treasurer dan rutherford, the man who could be the next governor of illinois, who by the way opposes the plan. he is coming right up. tracy: in our tech

in illinois enhanced security and lockdown drills have been mandatory. we have a report from chicago on efforts to secure schools there. >> at this elementary school in illinois, security is taken seriously. >> can i help you? >> before gaining entry visitors enter a secure vestibule where they must present identification. using the raptor security system it is scanned into a computer and an instant background check is performed. in addition, in case of a problem a bullet resistant shield can be pulled down and a panic button informs local police. >> they added on this section of the building, a new, secure entrance. formerly the entrance to the school was upstairs in the middle of the hallway. people were buzzed in, but there was no ensuring that the visitors went where they were supposed to go. >> it's part of a $5 million investment to upgrade safety and security programs. in 2005 illinois passed the school safety drill act, requiring public and prifate schools to review security. they put their plan into action when there was a report of a student br

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>> one city manager in illinois had 26 buckets of compensation and took 22 separate reqst. john: illinois alone you could find 3,000 eurocrats them make more messy than every governor in every state? >> the lucky 3,000 and collectively at total taxpayer cost they clean off $1 billion per year it is part district it is school district treasures it is 47 city and village managers that pales in comparison to the 400 school superintendents anduj;l-adminisg every governor of the 50 states. john: the general counsel of the waukegan system says 229,000, williams manages of mass transit, a 286,000 he said i deserve some money. >> public service in illinois is corrupted obviouslyb"he had at chapel of his pay this is why your audience is impacted this mass transit district of $60 million of federal grants so talk sexpot blood dash taxpayers across the country are subsidizing the $300,000 pension salary. john: maybe he deserves it that at least we know about it to have the argument. >> right. there has been a policy change resulted from our transparency of salaries in illinois be high

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. >> a foot of snow fell in parts of illinois and ohio. the storm stretched far north into minister s and north dakota recollects where temperatures say temperatures hover above zero. a second storm in the west setting lows to los angeles and california. in the bay area several died from hypothermia. back east there are not many cars on the streets of new burg, indiana. one young woman making the best of the blast, lacing up her states and taking to the streets. >> that says it all, when you can iceskate on the streets, you know it's a cold, bad stom. >> it's really creating treacherous conditions, particularly across i-80 and i70. we are seeing nothing but snow, all the way back to indiana and across the up of michigan. if you travel there, take it easy on the roadways. the encentre is across the indecent. you can see the snow pushing to the north across portions of illinois, on into indiana. it's a slow go along i-80. this is the scene in philadelphia. great fans out there. chilly 28 in philadelphia. nothing but snow. three inches of sno

last year the union in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiate with the state senate, a pension package that created roughly the same amount of savings. that package went nowhere. and instead this one, which actually is taking -- remember what i said about most of these folks have no social security. this is now basically cutting any cost-of-living increases that retirees had going forward. and i'm sorry, illinois number is about 100,000. >> thank you. we're going to go to paul. >> on the same subject, generally been do you have an idea on some of the countries and their collective responsibilities? what is your idea? everyone is worried about social security crashing, and a lot of people just being left on the side of the road. what would you do? >> actually, i would -- i actually think two or three things, and we have done this report. the afp did a pension report a few years ago. where we also said that employees have to take a share of retirement responsibilities. so we agree that we have to actually pay into our retirement. most of

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last year, the unions in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiated with the state senate a pension package that created roughly the same amount. that package went nowhere. instead, this one, which is actually taking -- remember what i said about most of these folks have no social security. this is now basically cutting annual cost-of-living increases that retirees had going forward. i am sorry, the illinois number is about 100,000. >> we will go to another question. your hand signal is so subtle. we will go to you after this. >> on the same subject, do you have an idea of some other countries and their collective responsibilities on retirement? everyone is worried about social security crashing and a lot of people will be left by the side of the road. what would you do? >> i think two or three things. we have done this report. the aft did a pension report a few years ago where we also said that employees have to take a share of retirement responsibilities. we agree that we have to pay into our retirement. most of these plans that

neil: thank you, illinois, watch what is happening there. probably a sampll case for nation going forward. insulting enough that fannie mae and freddie mac skipped o on any punishment for a mortgage belt down, t get paid off from goofy off. it time to sound off after this. as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! what's in your wallet? every day we're working to and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested ov

cheryl: now we have the latest from the state of illinois. where lawmakers have approved a law overhauling the public worker pension system. jeff flock back in chicago with this union fight. jeff. jeff: i heard you talk about what the detroit deal is legal or not. there's a question of if the deal in illinois is legal or not. barring them from diminishing pensions here. essentially lowers the retirement age, or raises retirement age if you're up on that. it also lowers the cost of living adjustment, very generous 3% annually the matter what the cost actually is compounded annually. that is going to change. cap in the salary on pensions, the cap is $110,000. and cutting employee contributions. this is one of the ways they will get around the question if this is diminishing pensions or not because they cut in what you have to contribute, and establish 401(k). now, how are they going to pay for this? the democrats oppose this, some are opposed to it because they say it does not go far enough and there has to be a state tax increase. currently il

you live in illinois. before this it took 26 separate freedom of information act requests to find out what your city manager cost taxpayers? >> we explored one village manager. it took us 22 separate requests in illinois you were able to find bureaucrats that make more money in every governor in every state? >> i called them the lucky 3,000. collectively at total tax payer costs unbelievably they clean off the billion dollars a year. it is part district administrators out earned the state directors. it will school district treasurer out earn the state treasurer. managers are out earning every governor of the united states. >> it is administrators out earning every governor of the 50 states. >> thomas moras general council of the school system makes 229,000 base pay. william volt manages the mass transit in champagne county 286,000 dollars a year. he says i deserve some money. >> public service in illinois is being corrupted. volk has tripled in pay. this mass transit got $16 million worth of federal grants

in the meantime it will be producing heavy know from illinois and back into ohio. this extends into western portions of pennsylvania and all the way into new england where we could see up to a foot of snow here today. a lot of major interstate, a lot of folks traveling, we want to be careful on the roadway because we'll have to deal with the chance of freezing rain along portions of the mid atlanta, washington, d.c. philadelphia. if you're traveling along i-95 you'll want to take it easy. we could see a foot of snow in new york, north of boston. new york city could see anywhere from three to five n- of snow. today if you're on the road again we want to take it easy, 12-plus inches of snow in new england. know in detroit all the way back into new york. we could see rapid snowfall and early tomorrow morning. richelle, i hope you have your snow boots ready and the jacket, it's going to be a snowy day. >> thank you. this week michigan voted to become the ninth rate to enact a controversial abortion law that bans insurance companies unless women buy a special policy spe

in illinois u.s. the over the age -- aged 18 to use it tanning salon in that land of lincoln he flicked a cigarette into the side waukegan refined. delaware it's prohibited. the premise linda surefooted to of limits your fund. adam: i don't smoke to begin with. won't be making shark's fin soup . tracy: caring a permit has been a great year for u.s. automakers and a terrific year for american car exports. user of americans overseas and what it means for investors. twitter, flying quite so high after a downgrade. is now the tide to you then and it? or does the bluebird have further to fall? all that straight ahead. ♪ Ñ@ç@çpçpçpçoxmhmhyhyhyhyhyi ♪ muck ♪ ♪ ♪ cheryl: hello, everyone, i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman, and it is the last hour of trading. nice moves today from some big name stocks. you've got disney, cisco, coca-cola and nike helping to boost the dow jones industrial average even higher for the year. twitter's fall after friday's downgrade has continued, the social med

and a ban on using cell phones while driving in illinois. attorney chipmerland is live in las vegas. we have to stay abreast of this stuff because ignorance of the law is no excuse, right? >> ignorance of the law is no excuse but even hard for us attorneys to keep up. the bar association certainly right after the first of the year will be coming out with continuing education credits just for us, but certainly there's all kinds of brand new and very unique laws, many times involving technical issues that are expanding within our society as well as social issues, just like marijuana. >> one of them comes from illinois. using drones, unmanned drones, is regulated now. apparently peta put out the word it might be able to harass hunters and fishermen by using drones. the illinois legislature said, no, not going to do that. >> well, you know, drones are a great example of tech -- technology changing. there's great uses that can help society. the faa has now six areas designated for commercial use and they'll experiment. what we can expect now, sta

last year, the union in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiated with the state senate i pension package that created roughly the same amount. that package went nowhere. instead, this one, which is actually taking -- remember what i said. this is now basically cutting annual cost-of-living increases that retirees had going forward. it is about 100,000. >> we will go to another question. your hand signal is so subtle. we will go to you after this. >> on the same subject, do you have an idea of some other countries and their collective responsibilities? everyone is worried about social security crashing and a lot of people will elect by the side of the road. what would you do? >> i think two or three things. we have done this report. the afc did a report a few years ago. employees have to take a share of retirement responsibilities. we agree that we have to pay into our retirement. most of these plants that you see that have been cut right now, it is because the government today pension holiday. this happened at the very same time

in illinois, enhanced security and lock down drills have been mandatory since 2005. ash-har consider usualy has more. >> security has taken -- security is taken extremely seriously. >> i would like to see the principal. >> before gaining entry, they must present identity -- identification at this window, the id is scanned into a computer for an instant background check is performed cross referencing against the national sex offender registry. in addition, in case of a problem... a bullet resistant shield can than pulled down and panic button informs police. >> there is a new entrance, more secure entrance. formerly the entrance was sort of upstairs and in the middle of the hallway so people would get buzzed in and there is no ensuring that our visitors would go where they were supposed to go. into it is all part of a $5 million investment the district made four years ago no update the security programs. >> 2005 illinois passed the public safety drill act to conduct annual lock down drills. the middle school put their plans into action when there was report of a stude

. >> in niles, illinois security is taken extremely seriously. before gaining entry visitors enter a secure vestibule where they must present identification at this window. using what is called the raptor security system, an instant background check is performed, cross referencing against the national sex offender registry. in addition, in case of a problem, a bullet resistant shield can be pulled down and a panic button directly informs police. >> they added this new entrance, more secure entrance. formerly, the entrance to the school was stairs and -- up stairs, no assurance our be visitors would go where they were supposed to go. >> it's all part of a $5 million upgrade of their security system. in 2005 illinois passed the school safety drill act that requires schools to perform annual lock down drills, earlier this month the lake school are put their plans into action when there was report of a student with a gun coming to class. >> the school immediately launched their code red lock down procedures, students huddled in classrooms for hours a

computer scientists at the university of illinois at chicago are taking three computer imaging to the extreme. w the ultimate video game console. in this stunning 320-degree cav vern, data comes to live. numbers transform into a flight skimming the surface of mars. known as the k 2, this was dreamed up by computer scientists at the university of illinois chicago. >> a project room or a war room where you hang up pieces of paper and photographs. and you take them to the wall so you can see a lot of different data. >> at the same time. but today all data is stored in computers, and rather than print them out, and tape them to the walls we wanted electronic walls are you can display information. >> the k 2 can transport psychiatrists inside their patients brains. these visualizations of the neuroconnections in the brain can provide critical understanding of how depression manifests in the mind. >> you get a very different perspective kind of like alice in wonderland, whether you can be big, or you can shrink down the rabbit hole, so you get very different understands of data when you loo

what we got back is over 50 million points. >> university of illinois professor peter doran headed up the expedition. >> this way we can build up a three-dimensional map so it's a data set like any other in the lake environment. >> that data is providing key insights into what kind of life can be sustained in icy bodies of water beyond our planet. >> for instance, on the moon of jupit jupiter, europa with an icy shell and it's almost certain it has an ocean underneath. s in a small scale analog for what that life might be that you find there. on earth everywhere you find water, you find life. >> cave two and it's 3d visualizations are one small step for computer scientists and a giant leap for researchers. >>> thank you for watching "al jazeera america." i'm richelle carey. for updates about the day, check out our website, aljazeera.com. look what's happening in washington, d.c. right now. try to bundle up.

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university of illinois t. kansas, depaul, memphis. this is how he announced where he will be going. >> after careful consideration, i have decided to continue my education at the university of kansas. >> that's one way to make a whole state hate you. here is the good part a group of students at illinois, they were so hopeful that he would come to their school, not only were they watching live but they were video themselves watching. this goes from party to funeral in about four seconds flat. >> oh my god. >> yeah! [ screaming ] [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> that's how you react when someone puts on a hat, you're going to have a tough life. toronto mayor, you familiar with him in he's not shying away from the spotlight. ever since he admitted to smoking crack in office, the mayor has been under siege. the city council has been stripping the mayor of his powers because no one has a sense of humor any more. today they took his office budget and his staff away. he has been removed from his position on committees and lost his power to

oh, but don't toss the butt of a cigarette in a public street in illinois, it's considering littering. you could pay in cash or jail time. and don't even think about lighting one in a car with a child in oregon. the beaver state won't allow it. >> first wetds can you smoke in this part of the restaurant? then we said, can you smoke outside? then we said, can you smoke down the street. then we said, can you move to another state? we do not like regular smokers. meanwhile, when it comes to maurn, it's fast becoming a legal substance in the united states. >> reporter: but now moms in oregon can get away with this. taking their placentas home from the hospital. if you're wondering why do that in the first place. some experts think eating it has positive health benefits. >> as long as they're not giving it to other people to eat. i suppose it's okay. >> reporter: and talking about health, no more tanning beds for some teens in illinois and oregon. you'll have to be 18 to tan in a salon in those places. >>> but you don't have to keep your new pet if it's sick. illinois's new pet lemon law a

it's called the illinois rivers project. one of the major fights has been on the route, as you can imagine. and just for the record it's my understanding that route approval is something done with the states, specifically the illinois commerce committee and not a ferc matter, is that correct? everyone is shaking their heads saying correct, thank you. this will get a lot of my constituents off my back, that's why i'm asking these questions. a second major concern is been over the return on equity provisions. some are questioning the 12.3% and want to know why they received the percentage regardless of how the project is conducted. am i correct that the return on equity is from the transmission owners agreement that was approved a ferc in 2003? i'm seeing -- >> yes, with jurisdiction over the return on equity. >> thank you. and the return of equity would be applicable to all transmission owners in the region and the projects, not unique to the illinois rivers project, is that correct? >> yes. there's a regionwide return on equ

we visit one in the chicago suburb of illinois. >> security is taken serious at this school in illinois. before gaining entry visitors enter a vestibule where they must present identification at this system. using a raptor system the id is scanned into the computer where a background check is formed, crosschecked against a registry. a bullet resistant shield, in case of a problem, can be pulled down, and a panic button informs police. >> they added on a section of the building. the entrance to the school was upstairs in the middle of the hallway. people would get buzzed in, but there was no ensuring that our visitors would go where they should. >> it's part of the a $5 million investment, made to upgrade security programs. >> in 2005 illinois passed a school safety drill act, requiring public and private school to review plans. earlier this week the middle school put the safety plans into action, and there were reports of a student bringing a weapon to school. >> staff here has been trained using videos so they can guide students through practice skills. the school launched a code red l

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tenant and i know for sure with regard to the lease 15690 as they have done on the site at 20th and illinois, they have put plants, and greenry to try to beutify the area, and i am not sure what is going to happen. i have brought this to their attention, and made them aware that this has to be addressed but i am not sure what is going to happen with the vehicle, bus, and truck storage. and i think that part of it is a water situation, with the planning too, but i think that we have talked about putting some greenry out there. >> okay. >> and that is it? >> okay. >> and do you want to comment? >> commissioner brandon? benson, that, the lease revenues from this new lease will be subject to the southern water front community, benefit policy that requires a deposit, of think that 7 or 8 percent lease prosides into the southern water front community benefit fund, is that part of what you are asking. >> yes. and i guess that in addition to that, they are not doing anything else. >> well jerry was just mentioning some potential landscaping improvements that will be over and above that required depo