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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A family’s struggle getting Americans out of Gaza

The Chicago Way

WGN Plus

News & Politics, News, Columnist, Politics, Carlin, Plus, Wgn, Jeff, Tribune, John, Chicago, The, Kass, Radio, Way

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (11/01/23): This week, John Kass & Jeff Carlin meet Elgin-native John Rauschenberger to learn about his daughter Emilee Rauschenberger’s plight in southern Gaza after the violence of 10/7. During a visit to see sick family, Emilee, her Palestinian-born husband Mohammad, and their five children have been relocated to an area just […]

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Emily Rauschenberger is a mom of five. Her husband, Muhammad, was born in Palestine. She is

0:08.0

trapped with her children and husband and rest of family. They're trapped against the

0:14.8

Rafa crossing which is closed and the bombs keep falling and there is no water and there

0:22.0

is no food. As some Americans in Israel are being escorted to safety through the U.S. State

0:28.6

Department. What's happening to Emily Rauschenberger and her five children? She was interviewed

0:34.4

by CBS News. It's ironic, I suppose. There's just not enough political will for some reason

0:40.0

to push for more assistance for Americans and Gaza. If we're concerned about American

0:46.1

life, it should be all American lives. This is about family, not just war. And family

0:52.2

ties and family needs. And they're being helped some by the State Department to get out

1:00.2

of Israel while others like Emily Rauschenberger's family and her five children are not. To help

1:07.4

us understanding all this is Emily's father, John Rauschenberger and her brother Joe who

1:14.5

have been frantically trying to reach media and get their story out there to help their

1:20.2

sister and their daughter get out of Gaza. And where are you? As Joe Rauschenberger and John

1:28.6

Rauschenberger panic and do everything they can to help efforts some kind of escape as the bombs

1:36.8

are falling and the water is running out and her and their grandchildren are hungry. You're

1:44.3

on the Chicago Way podcast on WGN Plus. So this is a guy who lives high on the hog and he has

1:52.2

this Tammany Hall style attitude to power. And it is it's the Chicago way. Absolutely. The Chicago

2:00.4

way is a deep cultural phenomenon. It's the Chicago way. The Chicago way. That's the focus.

2:08.4

In a tower by the river there lived a man. There was a man who took a stand with pen and paper

2:20.1

in his hand defeating foes in every ward with a pen more mighty than the sword. No escape from

2:29.0

his deep class. Oh, in a tower by the river. Castle. Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife.

2:37.1

You pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital. You send one of his to the mark. That's

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