Back from Copenhagen, Mayor Daley's first order of business was addressing the videotaped beating death of Derrion Albert. Daley met with city and school officials yesterday at a violence summit. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel have the latest developments.

It's the first day of the new term for the United States Supreme Court. Carol Marin and her panel of former Supreme Court clerks discuss what could turn out to be the major cases this session, including a handgun case originating in Chicago.

Does a squabble between the Quinn administration and the city of Springfield threaten Illinois' bid for a high-speed rail line? Rich Samuels has the latest.

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Video Poker Ban Legalized video poker will not be coming to unincorporated areas of Cook County. Rich Samuels tells us what was behind the vote county commissioners took today.

The United States Supreme Court will hear an appeal of Chicago's handgun ban. Rich Samuels looks at what the case could mean for gun laws.

The mob beating of 16-year-old Fenger Academy High School student Derrion Albert has attracted national attention. We talk to Rev. Jesse Jackson about his meeting with Derrion's family today.

The desegregation decree at the Chicago Public Schools that made racial integration in the classroom mandatory for the past 29 years has been struck down by a federal judge. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at the impact of the decision.

Three teens have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a Fenger High School student killed on his way home from school. Rich Samuels has the latest on this story.

Longtime political columnist and former Nixon speech writer, William Safire has died at the age of 79. We take a look back at the Pulitzer Prize-winner's 1978 interview with John Callaway.

Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: Oprah Winfrey joining Chicago's Olympic pitch team in Copenhagen next week; University of Illinois president Joseph White resigns in the wake of the admissions clout scandal; O'Hare Airport cited for numerous safety violations; Chicago cab drivers asking for a major rate hike; combustible Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley suspended for the rest of the season; and the Bears getting ready for the Seattle Seahawks. Guests:

A new report says that the economic impact on Chicago, if the city does in fact host the 2016 Olympics, will be positive, although not nearly as profitable as Mayor Daley has predicted. One of the study's authors joins us. "The Likely Economic Impact of a Chicago 2016 Summer Olympics" -- Full Report

Carol Marin talks to former U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III about his latest project, The Black Book -- a collection of bits of wisdom handed down in the Stevenson family going back to the days of Abraham Lincoln.

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Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines; President Obama throws a rally at the White House for Chicago's Olympic bid; former Rod Blagojevich confidant Chris Kelly commits suicide; Governor Quinn lands key union support; American Airlines expanding operations at O'Hare; Chicago Sun-Times union members vote against proposed concessions; Bears great Brian Urlacher out for the rest of the season with a wrist injury; and debate rages over a proposed statue of Walter Payton at Soldier Field. Guests:

Legal scholar and University of Michigan law professor Catharine MacKinnon will be here to discuss a campaign to reform the state's prostitution and sex trafficking laws. End Demand organization