steelers line man seen here standing and saluting before the game in chicago on sunday while his team stood inside the tunnel. many thought it was a thumbs down to the protest, particularly because he's a former ranger that served in afghanistan. but he's setting the record straight. >> that's completely wrong. every time i see that picture of me standing by myself, i feel embarrassed. >> he was asked to stand at the front of the tunnel so he could get a glimpse of the flag, but just as he stepped out, the anthem started, so he put his hand over his heart and stayed still. >> i never planned to boycott the plan the steelers came up with. the reason i went out is the reason that is causing all this stress and is making the organization look bad, my coach look bad, bad. >> after the game, steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger says he regretted the team's move to stay in the tunnel during the anthem, but the head coach says he stands by it. >>> is the nfl losing viewers because of the protest and president trump's remarks? president trump thinks so. he tweeted this morning, the preside

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. philadelphia, atlanta, austin, chicago, and phoenix are a few of the contenders hoping to last the next amazon headquarters, all offering come johns from the practical to the unusual. for reasons not immediately clear, tucson sent a 21-foot cactus which amazon later donated to a museum. chicago is dang gling acres of unoccupied downtown land along the river and he's included alexa for help. >> i'm a proud amazon customer. so alexa, where is the best place for amazon to locate its headquarters. >> danbury, connecticut. >> reporter: critics say buyer beware of side effects to that partnership. joseph parilla is with the brookings institute. >> one concern with amazon inserting itself in a new city is all of these kind of well paid people would come in, bid up the price of housing and make the region for unaffordable. >> reporter: because it will come with fat tax breaks some cities may be tempted to overpay. >> that money could be going to other public investments, schools, infrastructure, other aspects that make the city a good place to live. >> reporter: and amazon could look forth where toron

cardinals at busch stadium in st. louis. chicago shortstop addison russell chasing down a foul ball -- and he goes down, right into someones' plate of nachos. the fan didn't make a fuss, becuase it's all part of the game. but-- russell comes back later and replaces the food! he even stopped for a selfie. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - clouds from maria today; still warm - maria moving north off the se u.s. coast - hot and humid tomorrow; changes thursday - much cooler, less humid friday through the weekend today: mostly clu not as hot, still warm and humid. highs: 83-86 winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. staying mild. lows: 64-72 winds: n 5-10 mph wednesday: partly sunny. warm and humid. highs: 85-89 feels: 90-95 winds: n 5-10 mph ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored is ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs., but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie'

me to talk more about this is lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times." >> thanks for having me. >> it was expected more players would join in the protest during football games and the national anthem. that's exactly what happened. you write for the "chicago sun-times." the chicago bears linked arms today while the steelers stayed in the locker room. so did the seahawks and the titans by the way, in a show of solidarity for their teammates. and a chicago bears statement said in part, the chicago bears are proud to support all members of our organization to bring peace and unity together through football. so what is your reaction to this? >> my reaction is that the owners and the players appear unified. and this is -- donald trump has been able to unite sometimes parts of people that don't always agree. but what is notable for our listeners is that even though owners of national football league often trend republican, some are big donors to the party, president trump has not found any defenders here. this is coming off as a self-inflicted wound for going

, but the temperature will still be around 90 in chicago and detroit. >>> former president bill clinton commemorated a civil rights event. the nine students had to be escorted into the school by federal troops in of course you now clinton is an arkansas native and former governor who said the teens didn't just seek a better education, they taught an important lesson. >> you taught us that economics and social policy and politics, addition is better than subtraction. and multiplication is better than division. we could have learned it in grade school, but if we didn't learn it from them in central high, we will never learn it. >> clinton warned their fight is still not over. the ninth member of what was called the little rock nine died seven years ago. >> and the white house is gearing up for christmas. >> it's not even october. >> charistmas baby. >> so officials traveled to wisconsin to pick out the tree that will stand. it is the third time the fm has won the national contest. >> it will be trucked to washington and delivered to the white house by horse and wagon the week befo

chicago school economics that reached london under mrs thatcher within six years and change the lives of billions on the planet coming up on the show we speak to the friend of the late government scientist dr david kelly u.k. diplomats who negotiated for post nine eleven war in iraq about the terror richard branson's alleged or an occupation and why sanctions on north. korea. continues to send troops to afghanistan expanding the longest war in american history former u.s. state department official matthew hoh tells us the war that cost more than two. thousand dead or injured british soldiers is based on a pack of lies told the ball going up and down aides going on the ground but first today is september the eleventh the anniversary of the washington backed coup to oust the social democrat president of chile salvador allende it marked a watershed in the so-called cold war and the beginning of a new neoliberal fat's right economics that would destroy the post-war consensus his milton friedman of the infamous chicago school who inspired reagan and thatcher talking about what pinochet's mili

mayor of chicago against the infamous richard daley. he was a close friend of reverend martin luther king jr., and in 1968 dick gregory ran for president against richard nixon. he also became well known for his hunger strikes for justice. a 1967, he began a public fast starting thanksgiving day to protest the war in vietnam. 40 days later, he broke his fast with a hearty glass of fruit juice. he weighed 97 pounds. in the summer of 1968, he fasted for 45 days as a show solidarity with native americans. the following summer, he did another 45 day fast in protest of de facto segregation in the chicago public schools. in 1970, gregory went 81 days without food to bring attention to the drug problem in america. a getting a 1971, he went nearly three years without solid food. again, to protest the war. during that fast, he ran 900 miles from chicago to washington, d.c. during the iran hostage crisis, he traveled to tehran in an effort to raise free to hostages in the northern ireland to advise hunger striking ira prisoners. hunger,ampaign against he traveled to ethiopia more than 10

. people in chicago will have anot beach today with more warm and humid weather on tap. the high there will be 89 around the same as detroit, memphis, atlanta and miami. but minneapolis will only reach 63, just 67 in kansas city. here in the northeast, mercury will look at the 80s while the southwest sees 90s again. >>> still ahead right here, new reaction from hillary clinton after reports of white house officials using private e-mails. >>> also coming up, pistol-packing senate candidate. why the man on the ballot in alabama today pulled out a gun at his rally. >>> and the football player hailed as a hero for standing alone during the anthem. why he now says he regrets that move. >>> and it's completely false. that i don't believe in the second amendment. i believe in the second amendment. >> that's alabama republican senate candidate, roy moore, sporting his support for gun rights. this comes as alabama republicans head to the polls today for a primary runoff that's largely being seen as a referendum on president trump. the battle is essentially pitting president trump against his ou

chicago. let's discuss ways to improve america's horrific broken educational system. how about helping the millions of people in this countries who have been left behind, 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more americans in poverty under obama. what we don't need is people like the head coach of the san antonio spurs trying to divide the country further. >>the country's an embarrassment. whether it's lgbt movement or women's suffrage, race, it doesn't matter. people have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people, because we're comfortable. we still have no clue of what being born white means. >>that really helped the country? now, unfortunately, there are people like that, and especially on the left. they try 20 exploit the protest. and as president trump has said, this comes down to simple basic fundamental respect, respect for the flag, for our anthem, for the military that fought under that flag. the national anthem is something -- it should bring every single american together. for some reason, there are people trying to now use it to te

chicago, i started, it was started by eleanor roosevelt. she still carries that tradition of public service. i majored in history and political science and i was thinking okay, what now but i needed employment. fortunately, a lot of people who might have thought about employing me said you don't have any experience. all you've done is go to school. yes, there are some recent grads here that are saying that. what have you done? so, because i loved books and libraries and things, between job interviews i would go to the central library at the chicago public library. sitting there waiting on the next interview trying to think of some way to explain not having work experience, and a gentleman came up and said carla, he had just graduated with me, are you here for the library job. they are hiring anybody. >> anybody with an undergraduate degree. i thought oh, wow. i'm here, i like it, i went up there and just to let you know, he didn't get a job, i did. years later, he made out all right. he has a company now. he's doing all right. and then i got in and i was assigned to a storefront on

antifa riots. police took the sign down. heather: the mayor of chicago winning a war of words against the president, rahm emanuel slamming the decision to end the daca program and fouling their city will welcome dreamers. >> chicago, our schools, our neighborhoods, our city as it relates will be a trump free zone. you have nothing to worry about. rob: the mayor doubling down saying their school system is a sanctuary for undocumented students. heather: not have to worry about murders every weekend. 19 minutes after the top of the our healthcare costs skyrocketing as insurance companies sets new rates for the obamacare market. this was bound to happen and he is there next. rob: the patriot and another team accused of cheating, what the red sox did, stay tuned for that. ♪ bp engineered a fleet of 32 brand new ships with advanced technology, so we can make sure oil and gas get where they need to go safely. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. heather: the deadline for health insurance companies to set their premiums past and they are going up. some i

get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. >> a federal judge in chicago now blocking a trump administration rule requiring century cities to enforce immigration law. a risk of losing federal law enforcement grants money. now some states are also fighting the white house attempts to try and rain and enjoy jurisdictions. ellison barber in washington with the story. >> a small victory for critics of this administration stands on sanctuary cities after a federal judge ruled on friday attorney general jeff sessions, cannot withhold public safety grants money. chicago sued the department of justice claiming that jeff sessions overstepped his authority when the issued a new set of rules for a justice department grant that is meant to help local and state law enforcement. new rules set of the city or state wants the money, they have to let federal immigration agents access detention facilities and give them a 48 hour notice before releasing someone suspected of being in the country illegally. the ruling in chicago temporarily stops that. and it applies to the entire country.

chicago, illinois. let us hear from the president of the leadership action network, reverend marshall hatch. >> good afternoon. today our prayer are with the people in houston, texas and those victims in hurricane harvey. we pray for the success of that rescue and recovery. this crisis reminds us once more demonstrates that we are all in this together. we may have come on dinner ships, the mayflower, slave ship, immigration ship or across the rio grand. we are now all in this boat together. now is a time to lifted the voice of faith. someone has to calling. someone has to accept the assignment to halt our nation's dissent into the slippery slope of fascism and racism and attack on our brothers. this is not a normal american government. somebody has to have the courage that little boy had in the nursery rhyme to remind the country that this emperor has no clothes. firing the attorney general to stop an investigation of foreign meddling into our election. this is not normal. pardoning sheriff convicted of contempt of court and racial profiling. this is not normal. press briefings from t

futures trading in hopes it will rival chicago new york and london it said to grow chinese futures exchanges overseas through offshore outlets and acquisitions. and highways airports bridges and rail systems you get the idea it's infrastructure and it's something the president and congress have vowed to tackle as we wait for that to come up tax reform has climbed to the top of the agenda contained within the g.o.p. version of the tax reform plan there are a few line items that have those in the infrastructure industry very curious and concerned joining me now is michael bell and president and c.e.o. of associated builders and contractors thank you so much for coming in today and talking about this hot topic let's talk about the past through tax small companies face a max tax rate of about twenty five percent under this plan if it makes it through on business income well dropping that's down from nearly forty percent some cases actually prevent the recurrent or is ation of what is income and what is you know personal income and what is business income but was first talked about it w

yourself. if know your parents were taiwanese immigrants and you grew up in chicago area, illinois. what was it like for you as a kid growing up in the suburbs of chicago? >> it was a very different time. we know that it was very racially charged back then. so i was born in the early 1960s in america. we were the first asian-pacific american family in our community in suburban chicago, so we faced that discriticism nation. we would have ugly racial epithets spray painted on our garage, rocks thrown to our window. we would face many taunts as i would go to school. but others overcame. my family overcame, and in part that's why i went into public service. i cared about social and economic change. >> one of the issues bubbling up again is affirmative action and african-americans and latinos seem to see it in one way, often different from asian-americans. what are your thoughts about affirmative action? >> i believe in affirmative action. we have a long ways to reach our greatest ideals that everybody gets to participate. everybody gets the embrace in our public society. some of the as

about milt friedman. -- right, on chicago -- and he said that he thought paul krugman would be more of a milton friedman then perhaps a libertarian. >> well, we have -- here to did debate steve moore. lanny is an interesting person because his background is in classical economics and john stuart mill is his favorite economists. he has written a biography of hayek and friedman. you think he would be in that camp. he lives in santa monica or santa barbara. he teaches there and i think he's been affected by the purple kool-aid their little bit. she was in favor of a progressive tax a rather high progressive tax a milton friedman and hayek were very skeptical of a progressive tax, as a my. and the idea of transferring wealth from the private sector to the public sector and i cannot see how that would be beneficial. i question his prism of how he is seeing things the stay. >> host: you mention the term found money, what does that mean? >> guest: sound money is that you need some type of monetary system that imposes a discipline on the central planners. because how much does it cost, we have p