gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. foster: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the eric -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 12, printed in part b of house report 114-326. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 512 the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. foster: thank you, madam chairman. i thank the chairman and ranking member for their hard work on this bill. my amendment is simple. it requires the department of transportation to send an annual report to congress on how much funding each state has received from the highway trust fund and how much each state has contributed to the highway trust fund, both directly through the gas tax and related fees and taxes and indirectly through transfers from the general fund. to understand why this is important, let's step back and ask how it is that we actually decide how much transportation money is spent in each state. the bulk of this funding takes the form of formula grants

prairie ecosystems. illinois has been extremely hard hit. it's changing but there's been a big change in the landscape there. yeah and this is happening across the u.s. but i gotta say what i really love about this story is there's a bit of a twist. >> so, there is. i don't want to give anything away so lets go about 90 miles outside of chicago where they are bringing back a little piece of history. >> it's kind of a big piece of history. >> ok a big piece of history. >> it's a good one. >> you are looking at a 35-hundred acre experiment in a growing field known as "restoration ecology." this is the nachusa grasslands preserve in franklin grove, illinois, 90 miles west of chicago, where the nature conservancy is rolling back time, 200 years, to restore a tall grass prairie that was almost extinct. >> we are in the prairie state yet ironically we have such little of it left. at the time of european settlement about 2-thirds of the state, some 20-25 million acres of the state was tall grass prairie. we have less than one one-hundredth of one percent of the native prairie that is still inta

d do. obviously illinois has a huge budget shortfall right now and this group would like to see what they call the tax. that is to say a tax on all of the trading that take place on the chicago's wall street, which is perhaps you see a little bit of conflict with the protesters there. they'd like to see a tax imposed on the trade that take place at the cme and the other financial dealings on wall street. they say it would generate as much as $10 billion to cover illinois' budget shortfall. they claim right now that chicago, for example, has increased property taxes, some on those as you see police here trying to move in to try and open up the entrances again because people inside the cme are unable to get out. there are multiple entrances to the cme but at this point we are told by security that they're all being blocked in one fashion or another. this group would like to see a tax imposed here, in fact, i saw a banner just a bit ago asking carrie duffy, please support the street tax. they say it would be a small tax on trade to take place here, and it wouldoviate the need for other

. then... new information.. we're expecting to learn more about the death of an illinois police officer who investigators originally thought was shot during a chase. what police now say happened. plus... sea of blue. what kansas city looked like yesterday for the parade celebrating the royals and their you may remember the stories we've done on the farmer who lost 600 acres to flooding this year. then he replanted soybeans at the end of july. well last week and this week they've been harvesting that crop and have been getting something out of what they thought would be a total loss. corey goodhue farms in carlisle, he says, "it's kind of nice to see a gamble pay off, you know, we originally were looking for just a cheap ground cover and to replant soybeans this late in the year we've negotiated where you get them at very low cost. and they typically throw away beans anyway. so, we felt good about the gamble there. so, nice to see something pay off after the adversity." they were worried when the ground flooded because it's low laying ground, "some of that ground is fairly high risk so y

million opposing the measure. >>> two months after the death of an illinois police officer sparked a massive manhunt, authorities are expected to announce it was all a suicide. joe gliniewicz was found shot dead shortly after he radioed he was chasing three men on foot. authorities later confirmed the 52-year-old who spent three decades on the force was shot with his own weapon, sources say police will reveal in a news conference this morning that gliniewicz took his own life. >>> also in illinois a possible motive in the murder of a 9-year-old boy. the death of tyshawn lee has shaken chicago. sources now say he may have been killed in gang retaliation directed at his father. the fourth grader was shot at close range in an alley near his grandmother's house. his grieving mom is now begging for anyone with information to please come forward. >> he didn't hurt nobody. >> tyshawn's basketball was found next to his body. family members said he bought the ball everywhere he went. the city is reeling from recent gun violence, september was the deadliest month in 13 years. >>> conflicting t

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an illinois police officer. why investigators say the officer staged his own suicide.. to make it look like he had been shot. and... police say an alabama child... missing for 13 years is finally located. in a vote on november 4, iowa senator joni ernst's bill to eliminate a controversial waters of the u.s. bill passed in a 53 to 44 vote. the legislation heads now to the house of representatives, but still will need a two-thirds majority vote to pass a likely presidential veto. ernst took to the floor earlier in the week after a different bill scrapping the waters of the u.s. bill failed to pass through a filibuster. she says, 'todays passage to scrap the expanded wotus rule is a major win for our hardworking farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and small businesses who are continuously ignored by the epa. it is abundantly clear that the wotus rule is ill-conceived and breeds uncertainty, confusion, and more red tape that threatens the livelihoods of many in iowa and across the country." our top story... the family of a man shot and killed by a des moines police officer is suing the

alert? playing illinois in a championship game down in florida. we'll talk about it next in expect their team to make it this far. 10 of the last 12 years they've played in the naia quaterfinals. three of the last four years into the semifinals. only thing in their way of that - eighth ranked tabor college of kansas. mustangs survived a four-overtime game last week. we pick it up as a 6-0 mustang lead in the first - tyler kavan looks to add to that -oh no - fumbles the ball - it wouldn't cost them though. same score in the second now - ryan kasdorf to connor niles - 46 yards - one of two kasdorf td's - 13-0 mustangs. later in the second quarter - kavan bounces outside and follows all his blockers - for a 13-yard score making it 20-0. third quarter now - 31-0 - handoff to austin ebertowski - he's got some horsepower - 29 yard score and the route is on. kavan again - he rushed for 100 yards and adds his second score here. morningside into the naia clobbering of tabor college. "it felt good getting back on track after last week," said tyler kavan. "not being exactly where we wanted to

illinois? if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030. <<>> for the second day in a row we saw slightly above average temperatures with a lot of sunshine. our temperatures are on an upward trajectory as a strong south wind will blow in here on sunday and send our highs into the lower 60s. we're going to keep it decently warm through tuesday changes move our way. those changes will include a chance of rain by wednesday and maybe some moving in. we should then dry things out for thursday as highs will be in the low 50s. still to come here on news 4 at 6 we're learning about small businesses still to come here on news 4 at we're learning about small businesses that are going after customers who give bad reviews, those details are coming up we're back now with a story that

affluent suburbs of schaumburg, illinois -- >> let's go. >> -- the underground sex trade is booming in the midwest. >> gang members are no longer selling sex any longer. they're selling children. >> all the young girls were branded. >> they are literally slaves. >> you know what's going to happen then, right? >> but what are the real human costs for the women that service this billion-dollar industry? >> you won't have to worry about this [ bleep ] no [ bleep ] more. period. >> it has a psychological effect, a mental effect, and the girls are being hardened by it more and more. >> [ bleep ]. >> police, come on out. >> tonight msnbc travels with the cooke county human trafficking task force. >> how much dope do you do a day? >> quite a bit. >> and meet the women and girls who pay the harsh price for what some call a victimless crime. >>> on a warm chicago afternoon the streets are crowded with tourists, browsing the merchandise along the magnificent mile. but just a few blocks away this motel plays host to a different kind of commodity. sex for sale. >> what do you want? >> chicago poli

the 2nd straight year. they will host the eastern illinois panthers at theuni dome%on saturday november 28th, kickoff will be at 4 pm. these two teams have met before, uniniis 15-6-1 all-time against eastern illinois, but their last meeting was in 2001. head coach mark farley is feeling pretty good about his team's play in november. here's no onenehat can put a team on the field much different than what we faced over the course of the season. we played option football against cal poly. we played the big throwing game against eastern washington. we've played the power me at north dakakta state. we played the athletic quarterback at illinois state. so we've seen some great players and i'm sure eastern illinois has ome great players. they took doubleevertime. so, e've seen that. it's going to come down putting a good plan and execution of players." trt: 32 oc: "execution of players" ... and coach mark farley is my gueststor this week's sunday night spotlight. we'll talk more about the panthers matchup with eastern illinois, plus some specific players, inclclding arterback aaron ba

identify two port sites to serve the lawyers arena on illinois street serving the dog patch and potrero and the areas and update the western site north of pier 80 if the he southern waste your asking staff to create a strategy and identify parking operator for those seats to complete necessarily environmental review and to include the 10 year capital improvement plan going forward i want to poet that the revenues will save the port as all parking lot revenues today and the uses we'll be presenting don't impair the public assess for those locations. >> by way of of reference that is starting in mission bay to pier 80 as you can see the new proposed around site at the saets part of motorbike development and also the two sites weeping we'll talk about in detail one in the pier 70 area at the 19th street and illinois street and the other sites north of the area site. >> the new arena project in may be in their need to be met under certain peek conditions the parking can't accumulate all the parking demand as a result of that awareness the port of san francisco has discussed with the office

heard from him was that he was chasing three suspicious men back on september 1 in illinois. glenn awaits was later found shot to death sparking a manhunt. this morning, police say what they originally thought was a murder now appears to be a suicide. now the only details officials are giving is that the investigation is over and they will have more details coming. also overnight, a plane crash in south sudan has killed at least two dozen people. officials are saying the russian-made cargo plane took off early this morning from an airport in juba. details are limited but you can count on kcci to bring you updates throughout the morning. a child of duction that prompted an amber alert in omaha last night has been called off. the adopted child, was found safe around midnight. police believe he was abducted by his biological father. elwin is listed on a protection order for the child. they think he may be driving his biological mother's car, a grade 2007 chevy malibu with nebraska played, txn-265. several states saw victories for conservative voters. matt bevin beat out jack conway fo

in fox lake, illinois. he was later shot which sparked a manhunt. police say what was originally thought to be a murderer appears to be suicide. the only details officials are giving is the investigation is over. they will have more available later this morning. new details in the plane crash in south sudan. officials said it was overloaded when it went down. the cargo plane took off early this morning from an airport in juba. details are limited at this point but you can count on kcci to bring you updates. a child adoption that prompted an amber alert in omaha has been called off. -- child of duction. he was found safe around midnight and police believe he was abducted by his biological father. authorities are looking for him this morning. they think he may be driving his mother's car, a great 2007 shelley novel -- chevy malibu. some polarizing issues drove voters to the polls on tuesday. several states saw victories for conservative voters. kentucky voters elected a new republican governor. matt thatbevin beat jack conway. in ohio, voters said no to legalizing marijuana for rec

belleza, elogia una propuesta en illinois que sirve para detectar clientes que han sido vÍctimas de violencia domÉstica o abuso sexual. testigo: rostros podemos ser como los psicÓlogos. y: es estilista y se que su salÓn de belleza se concierte en un confesionario para algunas clientas que cuestan sus historias de violencia, e incluso segura haber ayudado a muchas de ellas. estilista: es algo que tuve que haber hecho hace tiempo, nosotros aquÍ escuchamos historias trÁgicas, de infidelidad, de divorcios, violencia, sobre toda violencia. conozco mujeres que han venido golpeadas. liliana: aunque illinois se podrÍa convertir en el primer estado del paÍs en el que los estilistas se pueden entrenar para esto, a nivel nacional funciona un programa voluntario que los entren a punto en este drama participa el grupo mujeres latinas en acciÓn. voluntario: hablamos sobre las dinÁmicas de la violencia domÉstica, como identificaciÓn a persona estÁ pasando por este problema, y cuÁles recursos se pueden proporcionar para esto. liliana: esto requerirÁ una hora entrenamiento a estilistas

running. police in chicago and rockford, illinois, are coordinating their investigation of the death of a two year old boy who had ties to cedar rapids. d-n-a testing showed dismembered remains police found in a chicago park lagoon are those of kyrian knox. police say he disappeared in august about two weeks before the remains were found during the labor day weekend. his mother, lanisha knox, was moving from cedar rapids to chicago when she left the boy with a friend in rockford. in early october, knox said did not believe her son could be the boy who was in the pond. "the timeline with that just didn't match up in my mind. it didn't add up and it still doesn't add up, what they were saying in chicago, because i heard about that right after we dropped the boys off. we saw that on the news in iowa so no, i'd never believe that story." authorities say they owe it to the little boy to find his killer. a new twist emerged today about an fox lake, illinois, police officer who committed suicide. just yesterday, we learned that lieutenant charles gliniewicz was not killed by three men during a

, eastern illinois. the last time these two teams met was in the 2001 playoffs, the quarterback for eastern illinois that year, tony romo. ... winner of this game will face portland state next saturday ... 2nd quarter, uni down 7-3... not anymore as aaron bley throws a perfect spiral to daurice fountain for the 32-yard touchdown... panthers go up 10-3 ... late in the 2nd quarter... tyvis smith goes airborne for the touchdown... panthers led 23-7 at halftime ... their offense keeps rolling in the 3rd quarter... bailey with the play fake, hits charles brown... watch him drag a defender with him for the 52-yard touchdown... pure strength... panthersrso up 30-10 ... still in the 3rd... bailey play-action again... rolls out to his right, launches it down the field to daurice fountain who makes a spectacular catch... 2nd of the day, this one for 41 yards... uni goes up 43-17 ... we're still in the 3rd... savon huggins with a nice cutbacacup the field and runs it in for a 24-yard touchdown... uni moves on with the 53-17 victory... scott westerberg has more from the uni dome uni and 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 medical care

iowa played eastern illinois, tony romo was the opposing quarterback. they could've used him... aaron bailey to charles brown.... brown isn't going down. northern iowa smokes eastern illinois 53-17. third ranked grand view hosting marian in the n-a-i-a quarterfinals. vikings hit the ground. jordan cheatam slicing his way inside the 10- yardline. vikings have to settle for a field goal, and can't seem to figure out marian. the knights have won 9 of 10 against grand view. vikings season ends with a 30-3 loss. drake men back in the win column. the bulldogs beat university of illinois - chicago 83-62 kale abrahamson and reed timmer tally 23-points a piece in the win. northern iowa on a tear. the u-n-i beats north dakota 97-51... ben jacobson is now 7-0 against his alma mater. the iowa women jump all over houston 64-50. cyclones lose three straight in i love a gourmet cheeseburgeras much as anybody.and that's why we created thepub burger at culver's. my favorite cheeseburger startswith great beef. when you get that burgerin your hand and the juices are flowing, you wantto devour it. chef,

illinois consortium on drug policy. to her right, dr. carl hart studies the effects of the drugs on the brain, looking at just what it is that happens to addicts and users. we will keep this pretty light -- not light, not exactly a light topic. keep it moving and keep it fairly casual. a conversation amongst all of us. i really want to start off with, i just gave the twitter version of who you all are. give the facebook version, or a slightly longer version of why you're here talking about heroin. keep in mind the clock is running so keep it fairly tight. we heard about the state of the

serious budget shortfall in illinois, and you live in illinois. >> no, i don't. >> reporter: that's right. you moved to indiana. >> i voted with my feet, number one. number two, decades of democratic mismanagement as far as the legislature goes has to stop somewhere, and that's why we've got this problem between a republican governor and a democratic state. >> reporter: how are we going to straighten this out? >> there's no easy answer, it would have been done four or five months ago. >> reporter: okay. maybe we should tax you guys. >> that's the easiest answer, but the buck's got to stop somewhere. a big corporation could be the ugly thing that people go after, but at the end of the day, it's the people they kept punting in office for -- putting in decades that have caused the problem. >> reporter: i think both sides would agree on that point. scott shellady, appreciate it. liz, it was an extraordinary day. i'll tell ya, you know, didn't expect this was going to happen. the frustration is boiling over here in illinois, and i don't know where it goes from here. we're hearing about a

chicago financial ills and state of illinois financial ills. what difference would it make. what do you think of that? >> it would make a huge difference because a lot of these guys wouldn't be here. would be in florida or indiana. you know what? i talked to a lot of people there. i'm ready for the next debate because i found one of their chant sheets at thing. very well-done. we want, what do we want? so i'm ready for the next one. there were a lot of good people. i think when we had some open debate they could see a lot of my points. started to do make sense to them a little bit. listen, i think their hearts are in the right place. they have just been sold a bill of goods where the real problems are. the real problem is really in the state of illinois. the legislature. you're years of corruption we've had in the state of illinois. not unheard of, not a surprise that the illinois state government and has had a lot of corruption. we're paying the price for that right now. neil: seems like the anger isn't directed at politicians who caused this, made all of sudden who made all unfunded l

information tonight about the illinois police officer who told dispatch that she was chasing suspects before killing himself. lieutenant charles joseph glinowicz allegedly tried to put a hit on a town administrator, due to fear that she would find out he was stealing money. investigators also found cocaine in his desk and believe it would be used to set up that administrator. police say glinowicz stole thousands of dollars from police programs. nhl star patrick cane accused of rape, but not facing criminal charges. the d.a. says the evidence does not support the claim made against the chicago blackhawks player. >> mark: leaders of mass gaming and entertainment and the mayor of brockton are expected to address the commission today, on plans for a new casino. the company is applying for the state's fine casino license and

state of illinois. we have moved into illinois. we haven't done a forecast yet so we don't check that off just yet. we've got a police escort. we're booking baby. this is fantastic! let's run some red lights but meantime let's talk some weather. take a look at what they got last night in reno, nevada. just where we were 24 hours earlier. we've been very lucky. been ahead of this bad weather. they picked up upwards of 6 inches of snow in some areas in and around reno, nevada, and that snow storm is making its way east. take a look at latest radar, still getting snow there. it's moving on in through nevada on into utah and also parts of the rockies. for today into tomorrow this storm will develop strongly, wind gusts of 55 miles per hour, blizzard watches and warnings in parts of colorado, kansas and on into nebraska. look at snowfall amounts between today and tomorrow. northwest facing slopes over a foot of snow. denver will probably see not just snow but thunder as well with 2 to 4 inches of snow likely. we've got a lot going on out there in the rockies. that's what's going on >> jere

powder for kids to sled on in milwaukee. parts of illinois and indiana also got several inches. snow totals in the northern suburbs of chicago topped forecast predictions of 6 to 10 inches. abut 12 and a half inches fell in some spots, by the end of the storm. this commeeial building that burned for 6 hours in waterloo is a total loss. the waterloo cedar falls courief reports the re stbrted at con-trol container systems on the 16- hundred block of grandview avenue around 5-30 friday night. wind and snow provided a challenge for firefighters as they tried to get the fire under control. con-trol used the 9- thousaa squaae foot facility to weld together metal storage racks. the state fire marshal's office is investigating the cause. hawkeye fans didn't see too much snow on the field, as iowa took on purdue inside kinnick stadium. that's because crews spent most of friday night scouring the field several times. this is a lapse video from the university of iowa. you can see snow removal teams going back and in behind them. the field was clear in tiie for kickoff at 11 o'clock saturday. th

and now in the united states congress. joining us now is congresswoman tammy duckworth of illinois. she's an iraq war combat veteran, and as a child, she saw firsthand another refugee crisis in southwest asia. she has an op-ed today called reject fearmongers. welcome syrian refugees that appeared in today's chicago trib. it's really nice to have you here. thanks for being with us tonight. >> it's good to be on, rachel. >> what do you think explains the move, particularly by governors, across the u.s., including the governor, the republican governor in your state, to make syrian refugees the issue and to try to block them state-by-state? >> well, i don't know why they're doing it, rachel, but here's what i do know. when we react from fear and terror, the way these governors are reacting, we have achieved the terrorists' goals. this is what they want to do. they can't beat us on a conventional battlefield, so they have to beat us somewhere else and so when we react with terror and fear, we're doing exactly what the terrorists want us to do.

lot of money trading it and it's that may and the tact they people in chicago and illinois, where they're going broke fast, want to put caps on trades. a -- taxes on the trades. what harm? the argument would be it could raise billion-of-dollars but would it do more harm than good? the scene today where they're saying in a modern-day grapes of wrath, it's time to pay for trading in those phil flint at the cme what is going down today. you were arguing you can chase the business right out of the city but those protesting said, look, we need the dough and the guys are easy targets. explain. >> they are the easy targets. basically they call. thes the moral monday. they were very well-organized group. at first there was lot of anger but when we started to share ideas i don't think we're as far apart -- we want the situation if the the illinois government to straighten out their act. it's just how they do it. and i don't think they realize that what they're asking for would never work. if you try to tack on a dollar or two dollars a trade that, say they can raise $10 billion in revenue.

bolduan. breaking news at this hour. we're awaiting official word out of illinois right now about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of an illinois police lieutenant. he was found dead in early september. he was shot twice with his own gun. >> you'll remember this sparked a huge manhunt. hundreds of local and federal agents scouring the small community around fox lake looking for clues. and nationwide it raised more questions over whether police officers were coming under attack. but now this morning, we're being told by officials that the army veteran and father of four likely committed suicide. cnn's deborah feyerick following this story for us. and deborah, this would be a strange ending to a really mysterious story. >> reporter: yeah, and it is very strange, indeed. there was a lot of confusion as to why the coroner initially would not rule this a straight-out homicide, especially since police officers -- >> deb, we're going to cut you off right now. the news conference actually just started. let's go to fox lake. >> i'm detective christopher covelli, c-o-v-e-l-l-i