protesters have reorganized thinking about their next move after being dismantled by the police last night for the second time in nearly one week chicago police moved in overnight to disperse the crowd gathered outside of the woodlawn at the delta health center who are protesting closure . the police knocked down the tent city i was arrested last week and then i thought no not again . and they tried to scare us . the city of chicago is talking about consolidating 12 mental health centers into sex . in order to streamline services many here feel that the money needed to save them as just a drop in the bucket for the mayor . if you can raise $1 billion from an african-american president you can come out with a $3 million that we need for the center . the impact on the consolidation consequences have been weighed . if we keep continuing to do this and privatize everything we can . what do people in the city feel is acceptable in terms of how we treat those on the bottom of t
to work with the banks more to keep them . many of us know this could happen to anyone you can lose your job or not get financially in a bind and all of a sudden you cannot pay your mortgage . the $26 billion mortgage settlement between dozens of states including illinois and the top five banks, bank of america j.p. morgan chase citibank wells fargo and allied financial is expected to speed up the foreclosure process by providing spit stricter guidelines for the banks to follow when repossessing homes. millions of homeowners have had to make these tough decisions between bills and mortgage payments . many have been able to stand their homes in spite of default . this couple hopes they will lose their home of 47 years . we now have the sound back here you go . i guess we do not . this ellis family is very distraught . a representative of the chicago realtors association says that they re trying to work with nonprofits to help keep people in their homes nancy and james ellis wo
prosecutor, toomin said, would be capping indignity with injustice. david koschman was his mother nanci s only child. she lost her husband when their son was 12. when he was 21, a rush street confrontation turned fatal for david, leaving nanci alone and speculation lingering that david was the agressor. i did my best, i didn t teach him to go out and fight with people. it was hard for me every night to put my head down and think he was to blame. at a hearing today judge michael toomin says he wasn t. he ruled to appoint a special prosecutor into the chicago police investigation of koschman s 2004 death. judge toomin acknowledging the altercation involved richard vanecko, the nephew of former mayor richard daley. vanecko s claim that he acted in self defense is one judge toomin called quote, a gross fiction. i want people to know that david, though he may have been drunk and angry, did not deserve to have anyone touch him, and that s the basic premise. though vanecko den
band shell in grant park not daley plaza as organizers had hoped, now the hope is that this bank will be heard. they asked for an answer by the end of the day and they got one. those planning to march to the nato summit in may have struck a deal with chicago. put in writing because they will not believe it until they see it in writing. the city said the streets are too narrow the protest begins here at the petrillo band shell. i think this city would have been in a bad way if they decided to deny that which they apply for word in the forest place.first place. historic cle with these national special security events we can come in and put in sweeping barriers barriers around mccormick place could keep the protesters from being seen and heard and while the city has rejected bayer s request for back up the department transportation did have this to say in the event the secret service doesn t make specific security zones. we have the right to take our message directly there
commuters we spoke with today hope the tracks will stay open. each week day 172 metric trains pass under mccormick place carrying an average of 36,000 passengers six amtrak trains also passenger carrying more than 13,000. canadian national trains use the track as well. chicago businesses are reporting their could be plans to close the tracks during all or part of the convectionconvention on april 31st. for you to increase the cost and then take away service for customers, i don t think that is fair. other commuters agree including students. with the gas prices the way they are they cannot take away the public transportation. there is no clear indication of closers will take place. if closures will take place. and a spokesperson per canadian national says: monday if i have to work it would be of real problem. it s really the only way to get downtown and i m certainly not going to drive their during that time. i don t understand why they would do that. other customers