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I m going to confront you. and i think we ve lost our sense of who we are we re americans and i know this sounds like a hard leap for academics or people who want to work for a president s council or this or that, but that s the reality, we just have a break down in the way we associate with each other overall. and law enforcement in general, they go to an academy and get trained by the community they re in. and i think that is a very, very dangerous thing for law enforcement to allow officers just to be trained by the community. just as you and i were speaking i ve been handed this and i want to do breaking news. and you have to bear with me because i m only getting pieces of information here but there s a northwest suburb of chicago called fox lake and this is what we re seeing from our affiliate wbbm that a police officer has been shot near chicago. there is a manhunt that is ....
Year when they scaled one of the pyramids in egypt. why did they do it? just because. crazy stuff. as we watch the winter games in russia, there s a high school athlete we want to show you who is succeeding here at home. he doesn t look any different than his teammate, but he is. our affiliate wbbm in chicago introduces us to this young man. reporter: john oliver has so much heart and talent you don t think he s missing anything, but look closely. there s nothing hand his wrist besides the beginning of his palm. i don t get a reaction until later on in the game. you don t really notice it the at first. i don t play that way. the thing with john is you walk into a gym and you don t even notice if at first because he doesn t let it bother him. reporter: the senior was born with a club left hand. he doesn t like wearing a prosthesis and his figured out basketball mechanics on his own. ....
Take a look. these are live pictures. firefighters are on the scene at a petrochemical plant explosion in the chicago suburb of blue island. the explosion caused a fire. there are reports of the injuries. we have no information yet how extensive those injuries are. but you re looking at live pictures courtesy of wbbm. once again, an explosion and fire at a chicago petrochemical plant. other news, the budget compromise that was passed overwhelmingly by the house of representatives now heads to a contentious and combative senate. senates are locked in a bitter partisan struggle, part of the fallout from a democratic rule change on filibusters. the bill is expected to pass the senate next week but the margin could be thin. the budget bill sailed through the house of representatives overwhelmingly, the vote 332-94. ....
rob, help me out here. what s going on? they re filing out, don. they ve just suspended festivities at lollapalooza because of the line of storms that s moving in the last couple years we ve had a rash of accidents and unfortunate events with concerts and outdoor venues during summer time severe weather events like we re having right now. that s what s happening out at lollapalooza. we have another tower cam showing michigan avenue outside of our cnn bureau there in chicago. traffic at a standstill there as skies are darkening and things are getting a little more ominous. let s show you the radar and show you this nasty line of storms which has been producing damaging winds from davenport, iowa and east into northern illinois. it s about to slam into chicago. already some of the western suburbs reporting 60 and 70-mile-per-hour winds. that yellow box you see there is a severe thunderstorm watch box. it s been posted. that s in effect for the next couple hours and will ....
his death comes two and a half years after his release from a scottish prison. he was let go on compassionate grounds because he had prostate cancer. he was expected to live only a few months. at the time of his 2009 release, victims families were outraged after he received a hero s welcome in libya. many believe al megrahi was just a small player in the bomb plot, and the case needs to be pursued. earlier today, i talked to a former spokesman for the victims families who lost a brother in the attack. they want those in the u.s. and britain to find all the responsible parties. it s now up to obama and cameron, the families have persevered for over 20 years, and with the support of the media we kept this as a front page story worldwide. i do believe we could put the pressure on them to find the truth. and i would love to meet with president obama. i met with bush 41 on april 3rd 1989 for over 90 minutes. and i would love to have that one-to-one meeting with the presi ....