The proceedings are streamed on the web. mms://chicago-city-council.wm.llnwd.net/chicago_city_council [you may need to copy and paste the whole link rather than just clicking.]
10:16 At the moment the Council is "debating" a resolution praising a recently passed Chicago resident who owned a barbecue restaurant. My spin: this is good for us. I think it would be hard for anyone to argue that the Council doesn't have time to consider the resolution against war with Iran.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33417
http://grassroots.unitedforpeace.org/node/88
Here's my diary from the press conference and hearings yesterday: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/13/114652/042/854/514767