Standoff in Chicago

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Tensions are high in Chicago where President Trump has threatened to send in federal troops to control crime and step up immigration enforcement. Peter Hancock, Andrew Adams and Jerry Nowicki discuss what is known about the situation and where it could lead. Plus, Molly Parker explains why some farmers in southern Illinois cannot access a federal program intended to help them take farm land in flood-prone areas along the Mississippi River out of production.

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