from illinois seek recognition? the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. -- ms. bustos of illinois, page 2, line 13, after the first dollar amount insert reduced by $500,000. page 2 line 24, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $500,000. page 60, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert increased by $500,000. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentlelady from illinois and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from illinois. mrs.bustos: thank you, madam chairman. i would like to thank chairman diaz-balart and the ranking member for their help on this. i hope my colleagues will join me in improving rail safety by approving money for the rail and pipeline safety commission. this organization's purpose is to protect public safety. until just a few years ago, our nation's railroads transported very little crude oil. now in due in part to the crude oil formation in north dakota and other areas, approximately 1.1 million barrels are transported by rai

coach at a high school in illinois before he went to congress. what was hastert's demeanor in court today. >> he was polite and quiet during a brief court appearance. when asked if he understood the charges against him, he said, yes, sir, it was a far different scene outside when he arrived at the courthouse alone, not accompanied by his wife children or family as he prepares to fight these charges. >> after 12 days in hiding dennis hastert arrived at federal court in chicago to a spectacle. >> what do you have to say to people -- >> he fought his way through the biggest crush of cameras, since his time as the longest serving republican speaker of the house. he's accused of paying millions of dollars in hush money to keep secret allegations of sexual misconduct from his time as a high school wrestling coach. he pleaded not guilty and was ordered to surrender his passport all firearms and give a dna sample. he's retained a highpowered defense attorney who has represented high profile clients dating back to watergate. >> since he was indicted late last month. yorkville, illinois has b

. >>> another of our congressional freshman profile features with illinois republican mike bost. he defeated bill -- in one of the most expensive house races of 2014. he is a former marine, a volunteer firefighter and served in the illinois state legislature. this is about 20 minutes. >> so we welcome congressman mike bost of the 12th district of illinois. i see by your house pin that there is a marine corps flag on there. how does a former marine former firefighterer and a beauty shop owner want to run for congress? >> i served 20 years in the illinois general assembly. i've got ten grandchildren. it was a situation where i was not happy with the things that were happening out here everything from obamacare to overregulation on business. not only was i in the beauty salon business but in the trucking business for many years. i came home from the marine corps and ran it for 10 years. the frustration of dealing with all of that and then talking to the family took a lot of prayer and decision-making and i could have just thrown my hands up and said i'm done with politics but instead i

eastern illinois university did not lead to the nfl. in fact, due to his health problems, adrian can't hold down a job at all. >> did they teach you to hit safely? >> in college, i never had no drills in like, where you had a form tackling. stuff like that. >> did they ever talk to you about how to hit people safely? >> after my concussion, i never had anyone tell me 'adrian, you gotta stop hitting like this.' >> noel lucero met adrian in college, when his concussions began to trigger seizures. >> to be honest i don't even remember the first time because there's been so many, but he had one in our bed, and at the time we had nightstands on either side, and he fell off and hit his shoulder on the nightstand and his head was banging on the nightstand while he's having the seizure, so i'm moving everything out of the way, and just trying to put towels under his head, and he had bit his lip so he's bleeding. >> adrian is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit seeking damages from the ncaa. he owes more than $100,000 in medical bills. the ncaa has not offered adrian long-term me

purpose does -- for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. chairman will the -- the chair: will the gentleman specify which amendment. mr. dold: number 15. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. dold of illinois, page 12, line 25, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $290 million. page 13, line 10, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $81,203,000. page 13, line 7 insert reduced by $208 million. page 47, line 11 -- the chair: without objection, the amendment is considered as read. pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from illinois and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. dold: i rise today in support of an amendment to increase funding for amtrak's account. the bill cuts $290 million which is used to upgrade or replace the infrastructure alone with the fleet of passenger cars and other equipment. the chicago area which i represent is a hub of our nation's transportation network. over 30 mill

the weather. people in a town in the u.s. state of illinois are picking up the pieces after a tornado ripped through their community. mai shoji joins us with the latest. >> catherine, better to see the pictures than to speak about it. we do have some images coming up from there. i do want to show you from coal city. this is illinois. residents near chicago woke tuesday morning to a swath of destruction in the rural community. a tornado rolled through the town late monday. local officials are reporting at least five injuries but none are life threatening, fortunately. some 20,000 homes also lost power, though, in the area due to downed power lines. tornadoes were also reported in other parts of illinois and also iowa and michigan due to the severe weather outbreak. the town of coal city was hit by a tornado in november of 2013 resulting in significant damage and so it's only a couple of years since then and people are digging out after this mess. right now high pressure system is predominant, so things are a little bit clearer and the weather's cooperating with the recovery process. ho

the election all three times. he moved to lincoln in 1880 7. he was a lawyer in central illinois. he had a law practice in central and illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debts. he stopped in lincoln to visit an old friend from a law school in chicago. and he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska, which was just booming, he saw a weak democratic party, so he sought some opportunities there. there started construction of this house in 1901 and he and mary would drive out into the country in a buggy and they fell in love with the hill that the house was built on. construction was started in 1901. it took two years to build it they moved in in 1902, and construction was finished in 1903. 11,000 square feet. mrs. bryant's budget was $10,000. she may have spent as much as $17,000. it's a beautiful house. the main area was used for political events, receptions etc. they would host a number of even world leaders would come here, but all kinds of political leaders. i guess the most prominent being that woodrow wilson came out here to get bryant's support for the 1912 conve

troops fighting in mexico. a lot of people think it is the cell. it isn't. missouri and illinois are the states that provide the most troops. nonetheless, support was not universal at the beginning. here we have a campaign poster for henry clay who was the whig nominee and his opponent in 1884 was james k. polk ran on the platform of annexing texas. clay opposes annexing texas in 1884 because as you can see the believes it will result in war with mexico. i love this poster, it was from a campaign appearance in indiana and if you look at the list of why you should support henry clay, the first couple are typical whig economic positions. the whigs are the party of economic development in the 1840's but when you get down to the fourth reason you can see are you for or against the annexation of texas? are you for or against the assumption of texan debt? are you for or against an unjust and disgraceful war mexico? my favorite, are you for or against national perfidy. if you do not vote for henry clay you will bring disgrace on the country and we will be at war with mexico so a lot of peop

of the road there in edgington, illinois. we have drone footage tonight from portland, michigan, and you can see what's left inside those bedrooms. rooftops ripped right off. a supercell in missouri. and meteorologist ginger zee tracking the radar at this hour. this system is moving fast. abc's alex perez in the town where they've just determined it was an ef-3 tornado. but first, abc's gio benitez in the northeast, where the system is hitting right now. >> reporter: after pummeling the midwest, tonight, severe storms are taking aim at the northeast. high winds uprooting large trees and downing power lines near pittsburgh. watches and warnings tonight from virginia to maine as this system moves east at this hour. so, we're on a highway right now in new jersey, and it is really coming down. take a look right now outside. experts say the moments right after it starts raining can be dangerous, because the water mixes with oil on the road, making your car slip and slide. across the midwest, at least eight confirmed tornadoes, carving a path of destruction. >> there it is, tornado right i

ink. . >>> we're following breaking developments in the dennis hastert scandal former illinois congressman, former speaker of the house is under federal indictment for allegedly lying to fbi and violating banking rules to cover up payments to an unmaimed individual because of what prosecutors call hastert's quote prior misconduct. now the sister of a man who was an equipment manager for a high school wrestling team that hastert coached back in illinois has now come forward. she tells abc news her brother who died in 1995 told her in 1979 that he was gay and he was abused by dennis hastert. >> i asked him, stevie when was your first same-sex experience? he just looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. and i just -- i know i was stunned. i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie. i mean he was your teacher. why didn't you ever tell anybody. he just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me? >> the woman tells abc she never asked hastert for money and only recently was contacted by the fbi. hastert and his attorney have not responded to cnn's request for

from places like iowa, illinois, indiana ohio pennsylvania, new york, looking for opportunity. when they moved into the area not only did they bring a northern focus culture with them, but they also brought a culture of energy, commercial growth, and let's get going. i also have on the chart what i call [indiscernible] in july of 1865, in my first book, the last chapter in that book is entitled "the first train." in july 1865, the first train pulled into pleasant hill, missouri. on that train were many returning southern veterans. in september of 1865 the first train pulled in from independence in to kansas city on the missouri union-pacific. during the next five years, a very significant thing happened here in kansas city. before the civil war and even during the civil war, there had been considerable competition between cities in western missouri to grab the railroad. we want to be the hub. between 1865 and 1870, kansas city did become the hub. think of this. in 1860, the population of kansas city was 4400 citizens. in 1870, it was 32,000 citizens. many of those new people came to

midwest overnight. a twister that hit cole city illinois reportedly sparked fires, left people trapped and collapsed buildings. in subway illinois west of chicago officials say damage to a major campground is catastrophic. they were able to rescue five people trapped inside trailers. >>> severe damage near milling ton toppling trees, tearing apart homes and crews still in rescue mode. another twister ripped roofs off homes and collapsed a goodwill store. terrifying. >> severe weather moving into the northeast today. let's check in with our meteorologist at the cnn weather center. >> john and christine, good morning to you. pretty wild setup. look at the images coming out of wrigley field. the dodgers playing the cubs. the globular clouds. literally an explosion of thunderstorms. we have one round, a second round into the overnight hours spawned some 13 tornadoes. nearly 300 reports of damage when it comes to weather-related damage. the lightning strikes all over the place. upwards of 1,000 in the last three hours. pretty impressive sight when it comes to the severity of the weather. th

in many different states, but the vast majority of those people came from places like iowa, illinois, indiana ohio, pennsylvania, new york looking for opportunity. when they moved into the area, not only did they bring a northern focused culture with them, but they also brought a culture of energy, commercial growth, and let's get going. i also have on the chart what i call trail for rail. in july of 1865, in my first book, the last chapter in that book is entitled "the first train." in july 1865, the first train pulled into pleasant hill, missouri. on that train were many returning southern veterans. in september of 1865, the first train pulled in from independence in to kansas city on the missouri union-pacific. during the next five years, a very significant thing happened here in kansas city. before the civil war and even during the civil war, there had been considerable competition between cities in western missouri to grab the railroad. we want to be the hub. between 1865 and 1870, kansas city did become the hub. think of this. in 1860, the population of kansas city was 4400 cit

leader of the illinois house of representatives. the judge brought all of this to everybody's attention in court today, not that any of it needed to be. i don't think he said anything that hasn't been previously reported since the case was assigned to him. but he's giving each side an opportunity to basically say whether or not they think the case should remain with him. he acknowledged that he could be disqualified from this case. he's giving both sides an opportunity to waiving that disqualification. and we should know by the end of this week whether either side will want to do so. the judge said that he set up a process so that he will not know which party or if either party declined to waive the conflict. >> jon seidel, chicago sun timed, thanks so much for coming >> wooduff: tonight, we are launching a series of

to lincoln in 1887. brian was a lawyer in central illinois. had a law practice in central illinois and he went in to kansas to collect some debts in connection with his law practice. he said i'm going to stop in lincoln to visit an old law school friend of mine from the law school in chicago. predecessor of northwestern law school. and he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming. some of the fastest growing areas of the country at the time. he saw a weak democratic party so he saw some opportunities there. he started construction of this house in 1901 because he and mary would drive way out into the country on a buggy and they fell in love with the hill that the house was built on so they bought ten acres and built the house on this hill. construction was started in 1901. they moved in, in 1902 and construction was finished in 1903. 11,000 square depeet. mrs. brian's budget was $10,000. it was estimated she may have spent as much as 17,000. it's a beautiful house. the main level of the home was used primarily for entertaining and political events and receptions

already, heavy rain in iowa and illinois we have to watch flooding potential. rivers are already full and with additional heavy rains tonight, we could have big problems. there's still thunderstorms now rolling through nebraska that will eventually make their way to chicago later on today. for today, we have about 20 million people that are in this slight risk and enhanced risks area waterloo quad cities back to chicago and northern half of illinois. a few tornadoes are possible most likely they would occur here near the quad cities or northern illinois and that line of storms will roll through chicago with damaging winds late tonight, maybe even after a lot of people are asleep. it could be a late night event and we'll do that again tomorrow from missouri all the way through areas of west virginia. the other story, jose and this will be possibly historic is this heat wave this weekend in the northwest. these temperatures are going to soar. we go in portland from 99 on friday, 102 in portland organize on saturday. that's only topped by 107 in medford. in interior sections will be

gentleman from illinois seek recognition. >> i have an amendment at the desk offered with mr. garrett of new jersey. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. foster of illinois, insert the following, section 54 , none of the funds made available by this act may be used to fund any experimental programs to stimulate experimental research. the chair: the gentleman from illinois and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. foster: hundreds of billions of dollars are transferred from out of states that pay more in federal taxes than they receive back in if i had spending. and this money is transferred into states that receive a lot more of federal spending than they pay in federal taxes. this is an enormous and unjustifyable of redistribution of wealth between the states. the payer states can be characterized inal number of ways. while virtually all of the taker states are smaller, which means they are overrepresented in the senate. over time, senators from these states have inserted hund

: jeff walk is science director for the illinois chapter of the nature conservancy, a private organization that's trying to bring the prairie back to the land of lincoln. seeding 1,500 natures with natural grasses and plant from wild lupine to prairie smoke to golden alexanders. restoring the rolling hills to the way they looked 2400 years ago or more. and adding one more rather hairy ingredient to the mix. the american bison. how long ago were bison here as a natural phenomenon? >> the last wild bison in illinois was killed about 200 years ago. >> reporter: the bison serve an important purpose here, kind of like landscapers. they maintain the prairie by eating the grass like furry lawn mowers that swallow what they cut. how are they doing? >> they're doing great. they've coped very well. they seem to be peaceful, content. >> reporter: they were trucked to illinois's nachusa prairie from wind cave national park in south dakota as well as other preserves. about 50 are here now and can move freely around these 1,500 acres. >> this is pretty close, isn't it? this is unusually clo

. >> just before dark this huge twister blew over illinois just west of illinois at least five homes damaged there. a few hours later a tornado struck cole city south of chicago. emergency crews responding in the dark to collapsed homes, gas leaks, people trapped under rubble. >> western michigan struck as well. that's the steep of a church in the small town of portland. it plunged 50 feet down through the roof. the radar shows that is moving heading east millions of people in its path so we turn our focus to accuweather's molly cochran tracking the storms for us. molly. >> thanks kendis and reena. now these thunderstorms on tuesday really going to be firing up into the afternoon and evening hours. the threat for severe weather extends into new england as well. along i-95 d.c., philadelphia and new york city it's going to be a pretty steamy afternoon allowing for these thunderstorms to just gain a lot of strength. small hail damaging winds and flooding downpours going to be some of the main impacts along i-95. now, across the southeast, we continue to sizzle for tuesday afternoon. ou

midwest. >> power lines going down. >> in illinois winds so strong utility poles and power lines waved like flags. in iowa giant silos dented trees uprooted and in michigan. >> goodwill store has collapse stockholder yes there was a family in there with some kids. >> an ef-1 tornado tossed a semi truck into a goodwill store. thankfully everyone inside rescued. by morning, this is what the city of portland michigan looked like roofs ripped off, some homes just torn party. a scene repeated in coal city, illinois. >> just cars upside down. trees on houses. >> many residents had just minutes to hide. >> the alarm sirens went off. all the glass just exploded like a big vacuum and our ears popped and boom into entire blocks destroyed. entire lifetimes of lost some for the second time. another tornado hit coal city less than two years ago. >> you just don't think it's going to happen twice. i feel like we need to move. seriously. >> alex perez, abc news coal city illinois. >> it appears illinois and a big area of the midwest can't get eight break today. >> after this powerful rounds of storms

everything about politics in chicago and illinois. thank you for being with us. carol, any indication in illinois as to why this indictment? because the statue of limitations had run on whatever happened back in the day, doesn't this seem like a very strange indictment when you really read through it? >> it does indeed. stranger andrea by the fact we have no hastert narrative yet offered to counter it. we don't know who his official lawyer is at this moment. we don't know his court date. so what we are left with basically is total amazement in illinois. there may have been some people who understood quietly that hastert may have had some secret part of his life. i don't know them. the ones i was calling when the indictment came down were utterly shocked. >> pete when i think of dennis hastert, you think back to the time when newt gringrich resigns. and all of a sudden hastert no one neuter bli well supposed to be beyond approach. he leaves congress with a lot of money and goes to make more money. if anything people thought there would be ethical question about his farm land whether he ea

that hit cole city illinois reportedly sparked fires and left people trapped in collapsed buildings. in illinois west of chicago, emergency officials say damage to a major campground is catastrophic but they have been able to rescue five people who were trapped inside trailers. >>> in eastern michigan overnight, a tornado did severe damage in the town of millington. you can see the trees just torn apart there, houses as well. crews are still in rescue mode. another twister slammed into portland michigan ripping roofs off homes and churches and collapsing a goodwill store. five people were injured there. >>> all right, that severe weather moving into the northeast today, folks. meteorologist pedram javaheri tracking that weather for us from the cnn weather center. >> john and christine, good morning to you. yes, pretty wild setup overnight across the midwest. in fact look at the images coming out of wrigley field. dodgers playing the cubs. some modest clouds but gob lar clouds through the instability in the atmosphere thunderstorms popping up in the region but literally an explosion

radar. hardly any clouds in the sky. but the next system is in illinois already. there's nothing severe but there may be some heavy rain in parts of the area. by tomorrow night. and this is what happened late yesterday. there's this line of thunderstorms. as it came through the philadelphia area see it started bowing, as we call it. and when you have a bow echo, see this again, a little bit rounded. the wind right at the bow there. that's the strongest wind. that's where most of the damage was. from chester county through delaware county through gloucester county and out toward ocean county. well, right now things are pretty quiet. 76 degrees, low humidity. it's nice and comfortable. and it's in the 70s even in southern delaware. so as we go through the day today, temperatures getting into the mid-80s but low humidity relatively warm. we have those showers coming in tomorrow night, but also some rain affecting the weekend too. the forecast is coming up in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you then glenn. >>> up next date with death. a date that could help with closure for so many

norte de illinois. afortunadamente causaron daÑos materiales y no por dÍas de vida. liliana Ávila nos reporta. liliana: estas imÁgenes muestran el poder de los tornados que azotaron partes de indiana, michigan illinois. la fuerza de los vientos reprendiÓ Árboles y con residencias y negocios y dejÓ miles y electricidad. muchos describieron asÍ lo vivido. >> el Árbol se cayÓ arriba del techo despuÉs en la casa se movÍa as, de lado a lado. liliana: en el lino y las imÁgenes aÉreas muestran la magnitud de la tragedia. despuÉs del paso del tornado se iniciaron labores de reconstrucciÓn. >> estaba muy asustado en mi familia estaba tambiÉn muy asustada.... pero sobrevivimos no? liliana: segunda vez en dos aÑos que tornado azotÓ una poblaciÓn. ese residente par de la casa que viviÓ durante aÑos. " la casa comenzÓ sacudirse y la fuerza del vientre de los evacuaciÓn de 20 segundos ya la casa se habÍa ido." el gobernador recorriÓ una de las partes mÁs afectadas y declarÓ varios condados en emergencia y promete ayuda para familias como esta que lo perdiÓ todo. las famili

-month credit monitoring. breaking gnaws from illinois where an amtrak train collided with a tractor trailer. these are live pictures from wilmington illinois showing debris from the truck surrounding the train. the train heading from san antonio to chicago. no injuries have been reported. >> developing now new information on what police found with murder suspect daron wint when he was arrested. wint is accused of killing three members of the savapoulos family and the housekeeper. search warrant indicate police found nine stock of $100 bills and money orders in the vehicle wint was riding in when he was arrested. so far wint is the only person who is in charge. police continue to investigate jordan wallace who they say lied about events on the day of the murders. tonight, friends and family say goodbye to a local young journalist gunned down in d.c. charnice milton. her father spoke. >> people need to know this is not acceptable in the culture. no life is expendable. frankly, she died an egregious death unnecessarily. we need to step forward. not only just as community people. but as

illinois. tara stayed in virginia to finish her last years in high school. >> she was in love with him and she talked about him constantly. they planned to get married. >> on the night of january 25th, 2000, tara didn't return home after her shift at a local fast food restaurant. >> it was not like tara to do that. she would always call in and check in. >> tara's parents called the local sheriff's office. but this was a story they heard 100 times before. >> a teen missing for a couple of hours is a very routine call. typically a teenager, any missing person turns up within 24 hours. >> her last known location was the fast food restaurant where she was seen leaving alone at 7:00 carrying a container of food. her car was still in the lot. >> the car was unlocked and the food was sitting on the front driver's seat, why she placed it there. there was no purse or keys found at the scene. >> the main question is why wouldn't she have her car and now who is she with? or where is she? is this someone she doesn't want her parents to know who she is with? >> it was as if tara had just dumped

the air. it all started with tornados and with illinois. here's abc's alex perez. >> look at, look at. >> reporter: frightening tornadoes ripping through parts of illinois in minutes. in hard-hit coal city, the reality setting in. it was about 10:00 monday night when the storm roared in. >> we've had significant damage throughout the whole town here. >> reporter: entire blocks in this town of about 5,500 decimated. >> just cars upside down, trees on houses. >> reporter: kenny and hillary houston scrambling to the crawl space of their home for safety. >> all the glass exploded like a big vacuum and our ears popped and boom. >> reporter: when they emerged, the roof gone. >> still a little bit in shock. >> reporter: the national weather service confirming at least five tornadoes, including two ef-2 twisters packing up to 130-mile-per-hour winds tore through illinois monday night. here in coal city, it's the second damaging tornado in less than two years. rescue crews worked through the night. >> several people trapped in a house. gas main has ruptured. >> reporter: getting all residen

confirmed. nine tornados hit central illinois monday and tuesday. >>> this morning, flag furry is growing. more than 500 people were out yesterday wanting the flag removed from the south carolina state house. the debate took center stage. state senator paul thurman son of straw thurman says he's aware of his heritage but he does not think all ancestors made the right decision is. >> our ancestors were fighting to keep human be beings as slaves and continue the act when someone is held against their will. i'm not proud of this heritage. >> near ferguson missouri hillary clinton spoke against the confederate flag and what it represents. >> recognizing it as a symbol of our nation's past that has no place in our presence or our future. it shouldn't fly there. it shouldn't fly anywhere. >> supporters of the flag are passionately defending their positions. they say it is a means to honor those that died in the civil war not the banner of racists. >> they stole it. they dishonor had the flag. that flag never had anything to do about slavery. >> big companies though are dropping con fed

weather across the country. four tornadoes reported near illinois. not a lot of damage from those. flooding reports is the biggest story during the overnight hours. areas around -- the worst of it right around illinois, we've seen some of it and also to the south. down now heading towards missouri, near columbia. we have heavy rain too. worst travel spots, southern illinois and areas bordering there in indiana. later on today, 27 million people are under a chance of severe weather. that's a slight risk everywhere in yellow there. isolated strong storms greatest risk will be wind damage. we could get one or two tornadoes. i'm not expecting a lot. our dying system was a hurricane, now barely even a tropical storm. cabo san lucas almost completely spared. this storm should fall apart during the day today. we were hoping rain would get up into southern california and arizona from this system. a lot of it will die off before it gets there. maybe added showers wednesday in tucson. thunderstorms from tennessee to pennsylvania, we're dry today, d.c. to new york. tuesday, on the i-95 corri

weather service says 9 tornados hit central illinois monday and tuesday. >>> and flag fury is growing. more than 500 people at a rally. they want the confederate stars and bars removed from the south carolina state house. state senator paul thurman, son of strom thurman, said he's aware of his ancestors but says he doesn't believe his ancestors always made the right decisions. >> our ancestors were literally fighting to continue to keep human beings as slaves. and continue the unimaginable acts that occur when someone is held against their will. i am not proud of this heritage. >>> meanwhile, near ferguson missouri hillary clinton also spoke against the flag and what it represents. >> recognizing it as a symbol of our nation's racist past that has no place in our present or our future. it shouldn't fly there, it shouldn't fly anywhere. >> supporters of the flag are passionately defending their position. they say it's a means to honor those who died in the civil war, not the banner of racists. >> they stole it. they dishonored that flag. that flag never had anything to do about slavery

is this a way to say, well give us a particular tax break? that's what we saw in illinois. >> it could be. i think it is serious. businesses are moving out of connecticut. connecticut used to be a refuge for businesses. >> they didn't even have an income tax until the early '90s. >> this is one of the bluest of blue states. blue governor blue congressional delegation blue house, blue state senate and they've got a blue economy to go with it. this 0.6 percent is one-quarter of what the u.s. grew and we're sort of at an anemic growth rate ourselves. >> we saw this, though when illinois raised taxes in 2010 the big companies threatened to move but what happened is they went to the poll tess and sition politicians we'll take a tax break for us but here's the problem you can't give it to every business. >> right. and you worry about the smaller and medium-sized firms that don't have the megaphone, the pr muscle the lobbying muscle like a ge or an aetna would have to cut its own deal so that's why you can't be optimistic about growth for everybody. but good for ge for speaking up. this

southern illinois? a boy getting sucked into the covert and witnesses helping him -- culvert and witnesses helping him. in the past 36 hours storms all the way to the east coast. watch the lights go out after this delaware lightning strike. skies lit up from washington d.c. to illinois. wind took out the street, claiming the life of a mail carrier driving through a thunderstorm. another death in for thompson, south dakota. >> that is what it sounded like. rob: she was asleep in the camper when the storm hit. >> wee and a half times and lifted over the electrical box and rolled again. rob: so many states it was severe weather that on monday we will focus on the great lakes minneapolis and chicago and detroit under the gun. rocky marciano. kellye: closer to home officials are investigating the collapse of a church under construction. this happened in the dominion valley market square shopping center in haymarket. firefighters arrived to find the roof partially collapsed. two workers were injured and no word on their conditions. a new warning for anyone who rides metro. there have b

political contributions to republicans and, you know his brother is the top republican in the illinois house. he ran for senate against dirk durbin a few years ago. well supported by senator john mccain. tom did you recollecten, endurkin i was betting that he would have to say something about the relationship and the two campaign contributions he gave to hastert. now, so far, everything that happened i think is just predictable. may i comment on the appearance of hastert? i've never seen him so stooped and looking, you know looking as he probably has, the weight of the world on his shoulders but the physical appearance how aged he looks and stooped shouldered is amazing. >> let's go back. chicago, illinois. illinois politicians have been going to prison for years. four of those -- >> yes. >> four of the last eight governors including blagojevich and ryan. why so many illinois politicians ending up in the slammer? >> well everyone you mentioned with the mention of hastert got in trouble more what they did when they were in office. and why so many? i've spent my career trying to figure o

brother and his brother-in-law pack up to covered wagons and take a seven-week journey from illinois to custer county. after about a year, solomon and his dad go back to illinois to pick up solomon's mother and youngest brother to bring them out to the homestead while solomon decides he needs a break and he stays in illinois for a few weeks and then just in the nick of time, he makes it back to nebraska and throws together a small house with his siblings and dad. it basically just qualified for homesteading. he stays on his homestead for just a few more weeks and then gives it up. he thinks homesteading is not really for him. lots of homesteaders didn't make it for a number of reasons. he decided to go to medical school in indianapolis. he meets his wife and decides to bring his wife act to custer county. there's a great quote where he says he has experienced just enough of the wild west that he was unfit for living in the east anymore. he packed up his wife and baby ring them out to custer county where they live in a tiny house on his father's property for a little while until solomon

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springfield illinois and a presidential biographer. thank you for being here. we will start with richard. mary todd is often viewed in broad strokes. criticism of her lavish spending and overly indulgent mother. if you look at a more nuanced picture, what do you see? >> that is why we need to get 90 minutes, to begin to get at the nuances. has been called the great american story, an integral part of the great american story. steven spielberg doesn't make movies about julia tyler or louisa adams. mary todd lincoln remains someone who is symbolically divisive, perhaps. to some, a heroin, others a victim. she is a surprisingly contemporary figure as well. >> i like her because she is so complex. i say i like her. elizabeth was her dressmaker and companion. she did not live at the white house a good deal of time. formerly enslaved, purchased her own freedom and was interviewed along with other women to become the first lady's seamstress. or modess, as they called it. she made the most beautiful dresses. >> what do you learn about mrs. lincoln through elizabeth keckley's eyes? >> it gives yo

triggering rescues in illinois and tonight storms on the move with a huge stretch of the country in their path. here's abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: severe weather slamming the northern plains hail bouncing off the ground like ping pong balls in south dakota. the biggest one's three inches in diameter. and in the last 24 hours five reported tornadoes in southern illinois alone. winds ripping the roof off this house. heavy rain causing this dramatic scene watch as three kids play in a drainage ditch filling with flood water passerby matt choat was there shooting this video. >> i could see their heads just bobbing in the creek. the water was all the way up here to the concrete. it was coming up over the road. now sensing danger two of the boys managing to get out but one. >> help! help, help! >> reporter: getting sucked into that culvert. his friend grabbing his arms trying to lift him but can't. >> he's getting sucked under! matt, run! matt's wife telling him to run, her daughter praying. jesus please help this kid right now! do not, do not let him drown! >> reporte

illinois blinding downpours. my interview with governor jeb bush the moment in the general store, in the car, and what he says about his very private wife. >>> and your cell phone bill tonight, the major investigation. are you really getting what you paid for? are they secretly slowing down your service? >>> good evening from iowa. we begin with breaking news. an fbi terror crackdown here at home. urgent new concerns that isis sympathizers here in the u.s. could try to strike before the 4th of july. we have learned tonight of three arrests in four days now an arizona man being called quote, off the chart dangerous, arrested in relation to that attack in garland, texas. and we now know authorities say he wanted to attack during the super bowl. in new york city the college student in queens researching how to make a pressure cooker bomb. tonight we learn of a new arrest in staten is new york. the suspect lunging at officers with a butcher's knife. this evening the fbi warning, the crackdown is far from over. abc's senior justice correspondent in washington leading us off. >> reporter: fbi