>> right now president obama joining world leaders in germany talking tough issues threatening our global security. >> plus, get a look at these two men, convicted killers who broke out of a prison. i'm talking shaw shank style. it has residents worried, police and also new york's governor. >> these are two dangerous individuals. one was incarcerated for killing a sheriff so these are dangerous people. >> we are so grateful to have your company. thanks for being with us. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. good sunday to you. we're starting with the manhunt going on on the ground and from the air in upstate new york. police are looking for these two inmates who pulled off a daring and elaborate escape that sounded like a plot from the movie, and both men broke out of the clinton correctional facility about 25 miles from the canadian border. now police are telling people who live in that area to stay vigilant, lock the doors because

there are lots of officers, maybe 200, who are trying to track down these two dangerous men. let's bring in cnn's paolo sandoval with more on the escape and the latest on this manhunt. >> reporter: victor, that manhunt is now going over just 24 hours, and priority for officials in upstate new york is to track down these two individuals, but also perhaps the other question that's left to be answered is exactly how they were able to pull off such really a sophisticated prison break. >> a massive manhunt is under way for two convicted killers on the run. the fbi, state and local police setting up roadblocks searching house to house. >> currently we have over 200 law enforcement officers in the area with a variety of specialized units and equipment at their disposal. no stone is being left unturned. >> 48-year-old richard matt and 34-year-old david sweat made a daring escape from the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york near the canadian border. >> no doubt that it was an

extraordinary act. you have a facility that opened in 1865, just think about it. this is the first escape from the maximum security portion of the institution ever. >> the pair left makeshift dummies in their beds made out of hooded sweat shirts and carved a hole through a steel wall at the rear of their cells. >> this morning we noticed during the standing count at 5:30 a.m. of this facility the two cells which were adjoining each other were empty. >> reporter: officials say the inmates crawled through tunnels and down a six-story cat walk and used power tools to cut through steel pipes, eventually escaping through a manhole outside the prison perimeter. officials say the brazen pair even left a note for prison officials. it read have a nice day. >> we went back and pieced together what they did. it was elaborate. it was sophisticated. >> reporter: sweat is serving a sentence of life without parole after he was convicted of first-degree murder.

matt is serving 25 years to life for kidnapping a man and beating him to death. >> so these are dangerous people and they are nothing to be trifled with. >> governor andrew cuomo offering historical perspective. that facility open for such a long time and the other main question how these two were able to pull off such an elaborate prison break. also the governor essentially retraced some of the steps of these two minas they try to find out exactly how they were able to pull this off. victor and christi, coming up in the next half hour, we'll take a closer look at rap sheet of david sweat and richard matt and tell you why it's such a priority that officials track them down as soon as possible. >> and we'll try a figure out how they did it, as you said. we have a law enforcement expert coming up later in the show. paolo sandoval, thanks so much. >> you bet. >> want to share this with you as it's coming into cnn. iraqi forces with u.s. support, we've learned, say that they are now in full cell of the city of

baiji. soldiers regained control of the city, and the government buildings and baiji's main mosque. isis forces retreated back towards mosul under heavy fire, we're told. baiji is home to the largest iraqi oil refinery so this could be a big move. we'll keep an eye on this story and bring you any updates as we get them. surely it will be part of the conversation in germany as well where the g-7 summit is officially getting under way. president obama did get a head start meeting with summit host german chancellor angela merkel a short time ago. a lot is at stake at this two-day meeting. he wants world leaders to stop vugs aggression in ugrain and tackle world issues as well. with all the world leaders there security, as you can imagine, is intense. take a look at live pictures. yes, these are live pictures of police and some of the none administrators that are there who believe that these leaders are not out for the general

public, they are just out for the good of themselves. we're hearing more than 17,000 police officers are there though to keep order. cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta joining us now. a lot obviously, jim, is on the agenda. we were just talking about what's going on in iraq with isis, but i understand that ukraine may be the issue to dominate the summit. >> reporter: i think the subject of ukraine will dominate the summit, christi, but you're right. isis will be talked about i think a great deal during this g-7 summit. president obama is scheduled to meet with iraqi prime minister abadi. i'm sure the activity that took place, the military operation that took place in baiji, will certainly be the topic that have conversation, but getting back to the crisis in ukraine, that's essentially what they are going after during this g-7 summit. president obama will be sitting down with a range of leaders. he's sitting down with a bilateral meeting with german chancellor angela merkel during this hour.

he'll do the same with british prime minister david cameron later on today, and the big concern for the obama administration at the g-7 summit is that the europeans will see that the sanctions have not really worked in terms of changing russian president vladimir putin's calculus and that there will be some temptations to draw down some of the sanctions. big goal here for president obama is to make sure that the europeans remain united on that front and the president talked about that earlier this morning here in the alps. here's what he had to say. >> over the next two days i'm going to discuss our shared future, the global economy that creates jobs and opportunity, maintaining a strong and prosperous european union and forging new trade partnerships across the atlantic and standing up to russian aggression in ukraine and combating threats from violent extremism to climate change and on all these issues we're very grateful for

the partner and leadership for your chancellor aamerica el. >> aides to the president say don't expect new sanctions to be announced against russia. the president is going to be making the case during all of his meetings. the sanctions in place need more time to work. as a matter of fact, one top aide to the president deputy national security adviser ben rhodes made a point during a conference call with reporter that the sanctions against iran took years to bring iran to the table that they are right now in the p5 plus 1 negotiations to bring their nuclear program under control for peaceful purposes. a lot of comparisons being made on the situation between russia and iran. no question about it, christi, as you mentioned at the top here. battle against isis is also a big topic of conversation. president wants to make sure he has the world behind him in that effort to rid that terror state -- that terrorist

organization of trying to establishing a state in iraq and syria. christi? >> got a lot of people talking. jim acosta, thank you so much. >> we saw just a moment ago all of the protesters there at the g-7 summit. thousands of police officers there to provide security and thousands of protesters, take a look at this, protesters have been carried off the streets there, and we've got a look at what happened yesterday as police deployed pepper spray on to this crowd here as a means of crowd control. we've got karl penhaul joining us near the protest site. you've moved to a different location. tell us what you're seeing here. >> reporter: well, victor, look at this picture right now. these are some. thousands of demonstrators that have been rallying for the last few days to try and block the g-7. i mean, look at this banner t.speaks for itself, g-7, block

capitalism, block war mongering, because what these protesters believe, there are many different groups here representing many different ideas but what essentially they believe is that the g-7 is a club of elite fat cats that is trying to divide world politics and world economics for their own benefit and not for the benefits of their citizens or the global community. the problem though is that despite the thousands of protesters here there are also thousands of riot police. more than 17,000 police officers have been drafted into this region, and they follow the protesters' every move. they are just a few steps ahead of the protesters, as you can see. they move on either side of them as the demonstrators move forward as well. that's really what has neutralized the actions of the protesters. they have made their voices heard, but they have not been able to advance in what they made a vow to try to disrupt and top the g-7 summit about 15 miles away in a castle, but they haven't been able to get

anywhere close to there this morning. victor? >> karl, i know it may be difficult to hear me, but i wonder -- of course, we've seen skirmishes between protesters and police, but has there been anything that you describe as violence? >> i would characterize this movement so far in the days that we've been following, it victor, is essentially peaceful. it's essentially good humored and good natured. there has from time to time been scuffles between police and protesters and we saw, for example, a big scuffle between police and protesters when police began to spray pepper spray. it's difficult, there's always this game of he said and she said but right now i would characterize the overall mood as peaceful. however, within these groups there are greens and leftists of different stripes, anarchists

with different ideas and they are also ready to use different tactics. some of them they say if they feel that the police are provoking them will defend themselves and fight back but they say they don't want to start the trouble, victor. >> karl penhaul reporting for us near the location of the g-7 summit which started just at the top of the hour. karl, thanks. do stay with us. want to show you some of these pictures here. thousands of migrants, look at this, stranded in the mediterranean. can you imagine. life-saving efforts are under way to get these people to let you know what's happening. also, the so-called bonnie and clyde duo, the armed teens, look at them. they are in custody. we'll have details about what was going on. also, american pharoah you know making history when he took the coveted triple crown this weekend. well, what's next for the winner? when you're living with diabetes,

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want to get back to a story we're just learning about as we're just getting this in. iraqi forces with u.s. support has retaken the city of baiji in iraq. want to get to nick payton walsh right now. is this a pivotal move now for the coalition forces? >> reporter: well, it's certainly good news after weeks of bad, but i have to give you some context about baiji. the reason why it's important is the oil refinery there. we saw ourselves last week quite how intensely iraqi security forces wanted, they were fighting for it but admitted that the fighting they are doing is most likely going to be about surrounding that oil refinery and cutting off the areas around it, meaning that they think potentially dozens of isis militants are still inside that refinery are cut off. they have announced today is that they have taken the city and the areas it seems that people live in around that

refinery. that is a key move, of course, and isis today have really been introduced to being pushed to the city outskirts and it may be a case that they have been fully pushed out. they are quite openly thank the coalition here for the air strikes that they say enabled this to happen, three in the last press release. we heard from the coalition, we don't know what's happened necessarily in the 20 hours since that was put out but certainly a key move here that baghdad's government are keen to trumpet because it seems to be territory is being retaken in the right direction and certainly for the anti-iciscolition. >> all right. so we understand that they were pushing isis back. they retreated back towards mow sell. remind us how much control do they have around mosul and what does it mean for the people there. >> mosul is the first city really that isis moved in and

took full control in in the north of iraq and it's really a year actually, just two days shy of a year since they moved in and took that vital northern half. now it's still entirely under their control. it was supposed to be the focus of this summer's anti-isis campaign, and that was frankly completely derailed by the move that isis made into anbar, into ramadi that we saw in the last weeks and now people are asking when can mosul even thought of to be the next target given how bogged down they seem to be in retaining much of anbar right now. yes, it seems isis pushed back towards that city and it will give, as we were explainied to y iraqi commanders, iraqi forces control the majority of the time of baiji. >> nick paton walsh, so appreciate the update. thank you very much. we'll be right back.

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and here it is, the 37-year wait is over. american pharoah is finally the one. american pharoah has won the triple crown! >> oh, i thought he would have a coronary announcing it. >> got to scream your way through it. >> people have been waiting 37 years and finally it has happened. >> love it. >> a decade long dry spell but american pharoah finally claimed the coveted triple crown. our andy scholes was there. big day for the sport. big day for you having been there, but is it big enough to save a sport that really has been in decline for a while, andy? >> oh, you know, victor, i've been to the super bowl.

i've been to game seven of the world series, and this moment yesterday when american pharoah crossed that finish line, that's a top sports moment i've ever seen, been a part of. people were crying, people who didn't know each other were embracing because they were so happy they finally got to see a triple crown for the first time in 37 years. in terms of saving the sport i'm one of the people that believes american pharoah winning the triple crown is actually not good for horse racing because why are we so interested in this belmont stakes this year, trying to see a triple crown for first time in 37 years. now, next year if a horse wins the first two legs of a triple crown we might be, like, we just saw that last year so it's not as special. i'm in the camp that thinks that winning the triple crown was actually not a good thing for horse racing, but, you know, who knows. we'll have to wait and see. >> so i hear that. i remember watching year after year and a horse would win the derby and then the preakness and show at best at belmont and i wondered why is this happening year after year. finally american pharoah, but

this horse has a pretty charmed life ahead having won the triple crown. >> certainly does, victor, and so does his jockey victor espinoza, his celebrity status elevated to as high as it can be. he'll do the media rounds in new york this week, including a stop at cnn, and he's actually going to be at the yankees game later today. we're hearing he's throwing out the first pitch which is pretty cool. done that previously with the dodgers and angels and he'll be living it up, you know, for the next weeks, months, who knows, and american pharoah will be leaving belmont park here shortly. he's heading back to louisville, kentucky to churchill downs, you know. it's going to be a great time for him, the horse as well, and the exact spot where he's been staying for the last week in barn one, stall 30. they say they will leave that empty from now on. it will basically be a shrine to american pharoah because, guys, who knows when we'll see another triple crown winner. waiting 37 years for this. >> barn 1, stall 30. all right.

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after a week on the lam, cops in west virginia caught the wanted 15 and 16-year-olds. you see it right there. police are now searching for two dangerous men. we've been following this story all morning. these inmates made a pretty daring escape from a new york prison. how they pulled off this mind-boggling escape, as much as we know about it and the efforts to find them. plus, as president obama and world leaders get ready to tackle some major global problems like rush aggression in the ukraine, we'll take a more in-depth look at how they can work towards a possible solution. >> isaiah austin is blind in his right eye to due to a detached retina he suffered as a teenager but that doesn't stop him from dominating the court as a baylor university basketball center. >> i had to perform at a high level in order for people to really respect me and i did that. >> in 2014 he was a top recruit for the nba draft, but just days before that draft isaiah was

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30 minutes past the hour. so grateful to have your company. this is an elap rat daring escape from a maximum security prison in new york from two convicted murderers who eluded authorities for the last 24 hours. richard matt and david sweat.

they are on the run after using a series of power tools and tunnels to break out. they escaped the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york, 25 miles from the canadian border. more than 200 police officers are assisting in this manhunt for the two. authorities describe these two escapees as, quote, dangerous. they are urging nearby residents lock your doors, be vigilant. cnn's paolo sandoval with more on who these inmates are. the escape itself, it is, it's fascinating. run for the record books. you know that this facility was built in 1865. nobody has ever escaped the maximum section of it, but these two men are really dangerous men. yes, paolo? >> reporter: yes, christi, call this an impressive escape, daring escape and really by definition a quite sophisticated one. officials hoping that that does not distract the public, particularly in upstate new york, from the main goal here

which is to try to track down these two convicted murderers and manage to escape from that facility overnight friday into saturday. we did some digging into the background of some of these individuals now. we do want to share some of the details from their rap sheet there, including details of richard matt, for example. he was serving a 25-year to life sentence, convicted on three counts of murder. he was accused and convicted of kidnapping a man and beating him to death in 1997. as for his accomplice in this jail break, 34-year-old david sweat, we're learning more about him as well, a convicted cop killer serving a life sentence. "new york times" reporting some of the disturbing details of a 2002 incident in which he and several accomplices shot a sheriff's deputy 22 times, and then they left their body overnight in a parking lot. this reportedly happening after a fourth of july robbery at a fireworks store. that deputy was confronting him at the time when that shooting happened. so really, you take a closer look at the rap sheet of these individuals, christi, and it really does paint a better

picture of what these two individuals could potentially be capable of doing. right now the main concern for authorities who are confident that they will track them down is what these two may do to try to really continue to escape, and, of course, to stay on the run. in the meantime though, officials do try to continue to find out exactly how they were able to pull this thing off, how they got their hands on those power tools and how they were able to cut their way out of the cells. christi? >> there are so many questions about the escape itself. paolo sandoval. thanks so much. victor will talk about that. >> we're trying to get some answers from cnn law enforcement expert tom fuentes. let's start with the picture here of the hole these men carved out using the power tools. you can see how clean the lines are. we talk this morning about why now. each man has been in for at least a decade, but i imagine this takes years of planning. >> i don't think they have both opinion in quite a decade, victor, after they have been

placed in this facility. it would take some amount of planning and obviously the tools that they were able to use. it would appear that someone inside that prison helped them, either smuggle tools in or enabled them to use tools already on hand and figure out exactly what would need to be cut and how it would need to be done to get out. as christi mentioned, the prison, built in 1865, maybe much of the infrastructure was crumbling on the inside anyway, and it might have been a little bit easier to cut their way out than most, but what's troubling here is the head start that they have had. that's what will make this so much more difficult if they have inside help. that prison is only 75 miles from montreal, canada. now, in the time that they were missing, they had a minimum driving range of about 600 miles, so they had, you know, a 10, 12-hour head start to get out of there. they could be halfway to mexico by the time that they were even

starting search for these guys, so, again, it's not going to be a search in the woods right around the prison like "cool hand luke" or some of the movies that we've seen. these guys could easily be a long way off, even out of the country, which is why the fbi and the u.s. marshals are assisting in trying to track them down. >> guys. let's put up some of the pictures of governor andrew cuomo looking at this prison trying to understand how these men got out. you bring up an interesting point, tom. often when we see these prison escapes, they expose obvious weaknesses, whether in personnel or in the structure, but in 150 years there have been no escapes. do we see so far any obvious breaches, any obvious problems as it relates to security? >> well, we don't, but the authorities might and not be releasing that, so, you know, we're not giving all of the facts of this as to what happened and how it happened. we generally know that they used

tools, that they cut an escape route, that the governor was taken through the route into the tunnel areas that they used to escape from, but, you know, we don't know many of the details beyond that. i can tell you right now the fugitive search will include trying to track down do they have wives or girlfriends out there who may have assisted? what vehicles do they have? what families do they have? or they may try to take them to, so, you know, this could easily be an extended interstate, international manhunt to track them down. >> yeah. if they did this much planning to get out, how much did they plan for the other side of this escape and maybe as much. tom fuentes, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. well, right now president obama is meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. security is tight. a lot at stake here. does the u.s. though have the leverage to get world leaders to stand up to russia? and conservative candidates fighting not just for a spot on the ballot but a spot at the podium. what some candidates may have to

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president obama and fellow world leaders meeting in germany right now at g-7 summit. while the setting is idyllic, look at this, there are a lot of tough conversations to be had. they are trying to figure out what to do about the russian-backed fighting in ukraine, what to do about isis and other violent extremists. want to bring in cnn global affairs analyst. colonel, thanks so much for being with us. germany, britain and the u.s. searching for some sort of an agreement to offer in, you know, any support to any eu member that may be waffling on sanctions against russia. what do you think it's going to take to sway some of the eu members not sure what to do at this point? >> christi, very candidly i think it's going to be very difficult. right now, i know, one of the biggest issues is the intertwining between economics, security, political and

diplomatic information, all the the different elements out there, just not an easy fix. one of the biggest problems is, you know, that russia exports 22% of their energy with gas and oil into europe which is a huge piece for the europeans. so, it could be difficult. you could see possibly some border countries that have not been in nato that could be bought in, but i think one of the things that we're going to watch here in the next year is the real winner in this whole piece is going to be china aligning with -- with russia, with this ukraine piece. >> and if that happens, then what are options, and how dangerous is a threat is that to u.s. interests? >> well, what it does, is you know, china needs resources. russia needs a place to send its energy out because it's dropped down to-their dgp right now is down to about 2.9. it really becomes a neighborly aspect. what it really does is it continues to push if russia is

able to get economic support from china, all the sanctions from the west and from the eu does nothing to them, and we sit here at a standoff again and this continues to grind on and grind on. >> obviously one of the things that will be discussed and i think is discussed at a lot of dinner tables all around the world is the threat of isis. we've learned today that baiji in iraq, the city there, has at least regained some control, iraq and coalition forces have regained some control there this morning. what does that mean to talks as they have those same discussions around the table there in germany today? >> well, again, for everyone sitting around the dinner table, and i try to remind everyone is don't look through a soda straw at the issues in the middle east, so we've focused on the last couple of weeks about what happened in ramadi, but there's been a lot of good things going on in iraq north of baghdad, what i would call up the i-95 corridor going towards mosul.

we took tikrit back in april. now they have been fighting diligently in baiji. as you said before in the last segment, the largest oil refinery in iraq. that's critical. look at it this way. you know, baghdad's washington, d.c. they have taken baltimore. now they are taking back philadelphia. they have taken back these large swaths of land from isis and what we don't see because it doesn't get reported is up in mosul out to the west the supply lines from syria have been pretty much cut off by the coalition air forces into mosul, apt the kurds have done a great job of surrounding the top area, i would say almost two-thirds of mosul, which now preps mosul for an attack by the iraqis when they feel that they can go in with the most combat power to go in, so the iraqis are doing some work, but combat and war is a difficult task, and it's not something you watch play by play. you've got to watch over a continuous sfln in the only a continuous season, but you all

have made the points many times again that it's not just about the fighting and the military aspect of this. it's about the iraqi government and whether they can solidify a government that the rest of the country can get behind. how might that -- if that does not seem to move forward, how secure do you think the coalition forces are? how long are they in this? >> well, i've said this and i've been criticized about it is we have to stay in this for the long haul, not just us in the united states but the western coalition and the other arab powers around the region. we just can't jump a toe in, get our toes wet and jump out when we want to. we have to stay committed. i talked about this week what would have happened if we stayed post-desert storm? we'd be at 23 years right now. what would the framework look like right now? but you're right, the diplomatic aspect of how the iraqi government gets to -- you know, gets in place here and continues

to evolve is very critical and also, you know, that aspect -- the fighting is a key point to this in driving back isis, but with a diplomatic aspect and what the government of iraq has to do, one of the most important aspects of the fight is the logistics. if you don't have logistics, if you cannot resupply your soldiers and you can't help the humanitarian people who are displacing at times, everything crumbles around you and that's what the iraqi government has to do is fix its logistics aspect to help its soldier. >> lieutenant colonel reese, we always appreciate it. >> thanks, christi, have a great day. >> you, too. >> the gop candidates for president are in iowa this weekend, eating pork and riding hogs. the first annual roast and ride. we'll talk about who came out on top here and if there could be yet another potential candidate.

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the race for 2016 roared into iowa this week. gop presidential hopefuls take part in the first annual roast and ride in boone. it was walker was the only potential candidate to ride, and he rode his harley.

we have with u.s. cnn political calm dater, maria, and lisa booth, welcome to both of you. >> hi, victor. >> the reports are that governor walker did really well here, however as important as this -- it's kind of who do you want to have beer with type of event, we did not see jeb bush or ted cruz or rand paul. what is the value of this type of event for scott walker and how can it hurt the others? >> it's an important event because iowa is one of the states where retail politics is important. it gives somebody like scott walker an opportunity to ride around on a harley with some of the voters and shake their hands and talk to them. scott walker is somebody that has natural inroads with iowans,

and he repeatedly said the midwest is the key to the path to presidency, and this is something he is very comfortable discussing and talking about, and he had his breakout moment in iowa as well at the iowa freedom summit and he has a seven-point lead in iowa, and it's a state where many republican voters consider themselves social conservative, and as a son of a preacher, that's a natural inroad connection they has with the voters. >> we know, maria, governor walker and former governor rick perry and others hit back at secretary hillary clinton for claims she made when she was in texas about the governor's efforts to make it more difficult to vote. we're seeing now that they have already kind of gone after secretary clinton instead of trying to get the nomination in what typically we see as them going after each other at this

point. >> apparently, they all think that is the only way to get ahead within their own party right now, and that could be true. events like this in all honesty don't matter this early on. let's remember that, you know, some years ago rick santorum was the one who actually won iowa and look how good that did him. in terms of snapshots of the moment, those candidates that need momentum and are not that well known by not just iowa voters but the nation as a whole, i think have an opportunity to get their name out there, and scott walker is one of them, and one of the things you saw over the weekend, none of these republicans don't have any new ideas that national overall voters are looking for, and the only thing they seem to know how to do is go after hillary clinton, and she is talking about actual solutions

to things like the issue with keeping voters back from the polls, which is something that americans, i think, are looking at and does resonate with folks. i think the big winner here was senator joni ernst. >> let's get one thing clear, the candidates did talk about the issues. they talked about taxes and foreign policy as well. >> lisa and maria, thank you very much. a short segment today, but we will have you back to talk throughout the season. >> thank you so much, victor. >> sure. >> always something new to talk about. game two of the nba finals tips off tonight. can lebron james win it alone? plus, at the top of the hour, new details for you on the escape of two convicted killers.

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going to miss for the remainder of the finals, he will be out three more months to repair the broken kneecap. him being out for the rest of the series, major blow for the cavs, the team already without kevin love who separated his shoulder in the opening round of the playoffs, but don't tell lebron he is the underdog. >> it's going to be one of the most challenging seasons of my career since the beginning. we are under manned right now, and, you know, we have guys in the locker room ready for the challenge. >> game two tips off tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that then the bolts won a hard-fought 4-3 victory over the chicago blackhawks in tampa, and the series going to shift to the windy city, and game three in chicago tomorrow night. i't