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tackle the storm. this is chicagos very young wgn news the nine. not only are we still pushing plowing and digging a way at of the snow we're doing it and bone chilling weather. our top stories seen around this this morning we had a low temperature and to chicago as 6 degrees below zero. and probably that will be the worst of it and it still points to be cold overnight. executive airport at 12 degrees. as he scanned the
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area very chilly numbers continue at this hour. in fact a retired chicago area is likely we will seek which shows tonight in the 10 below to the 20 below range. that's the wind chill advisory. once again were expecting when shells and the area to be around 20 to 25 below. >> the ticket outside and see how cold it's feeling right now. it's cold guys i can tell you. but the biggest snow of the
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year followed by one of the coldest nights of the year. it probably at the bottom of your screen you can see that it's about 10 degrees or right behind me it's 11 degrees outside with the wind chill out it or to feel a lot colder than that. a double whammy for anyone spending time outdoors battle here people having to dodge a dismal but they're trying to clean up the temperature makes it even harder. this morning wasn't much better. none of that seems to matter to those people want hito head outside after spending days in the words.indoors. insulatedi
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percent of the city public- school children drive the bus special education bus is a real tough time in the snow because of their left. bottom line even without buses its back-to-school to mark. >> a lot of patience is what in fact that there's so much snow to remove the makers of been dumping it in these piles here in city parks. we have been all over the chicago area today north side, west side, south side and the teamwork that we've seen is very impressive. how about this for bad timing. he pulled his car out and get its
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stock. the car was able to back into the alley safely. the city ploughs are working throughout the night trying to get to as many as sidestreets as possible. they also have to navigate very tight situations. clauses were canceled for the week so they spent their time building a snow for in their backyard. during their days off a perfect place for them to hang out. emblazon their candles. aligbut for most of the day backbreaking shoveling. neighbors on the south side helping each other out they have been working their way down the
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street even do this entire driveway pyridiu. these two teat therchildren had the day off frm school but were put to shovel. to the important neighborhood role in chicago once you dig out eight parking spot it's yours. it's only fair after all after a day of strong teamwork. remember that the city has hundreds of miles of side streets to get tussauds the leaders continue to ask for patients also a quick
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note you will recall on tuesday 500 service members are activated their operations are finished for those 500 service soldiers and airmen there are free to go to their families. allied >> lake shore drive was reopened to this morning 34 hours after it was spurred by the blizzard. meantime five budget cars towed from good are still part in a temporary parking lots. >> city workers are a lot. which
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the system and a tad which shows less seven with the debt of at t seven people believed to be weather-related. she is found outside a chapel where she worked as a beard to less crewst with a big debate is how well the city handled a blizzard coming up mayor daley for the first time offers his assessment of the cleanup effort. on the front lines here there are real
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finally emerged today to make a few things perfectly clear in his words. >> the mayor doesn't think it hit its fair for anyone to second-guess what happened. he's sure not taken the for it. indeed standing by his team with the decisions they made their >> i don't sit here thinking on when to run everything. that's a mistake. bella as chicago digs out the mayor services for the first time since the snow started to fall. the thinking is front-line staff the city workers still racking up countless hours on the streets. and yes weighing in on the nightmare that was lake shore drive. stressing that when to close it was not his call. >> first i think the city did a
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good job but they said it was a crisis. a 20 in. + snowfall we know it was coming and we were prepared. >> those who haand the rummy mag a shelter reminding pair of plotting chicago for the way they handled a blizzard of 2011 para >> the people city of chicago responded how i knew they would. with big shoulders for digging. and big cards for checking on their neighbors their >> and the manual and all the major candidates say that they
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reviewed what happens and lake shore and there were to make sure it never happens again. while the daily administration had few setbacks the city's firefighters rose to the challenge performing daring and heroic rescues. alabam>> rented snowmobiles scattered across the city getting to places that ambulances and fire trucks cannot go. >> when things seemed that their worst. these were the guys that were able to help. a fire fighters as well as the aid to people across chicago. according
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to the fire commissioner nearly four recalls to the vibranstrees blocked by heavy snow or disabled by vehicles impossible for fire trucks to overcome have been easily conquered by these new rescue tools. >> people with everything from breathing problems to childbirth have been assisted transported to waiting ambulances on a clean dry street. a new idea for the city of chicago is likely not the last time it will use. >> the id the snow mobiles save one life they have already paid for themselves. >> now you will see the snow
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mobiles out on the street after tomorrow morning they are pulling them out of service and because the street are getting cleaner and it's harder and more dangerous to drive out the snow mobiles when there's no snow on the ground. ally >> and another form of chicago politicians add [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls.
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at of egypt and a journalist report been attacked by thugs support embattled egyptian president. abc news crew reports been briefly detained and threatened with the headings. in the fbi and the defense the armored taking heavy criticism for the shooting rampage at 400 army maj is charged with killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 pared the u.s. senate issued reports today say that the fbi didn't share enough information with the military about it his extremist views. those lines at the pentagon to make the necessary changes. lima the updated version uses the software that uses the generagec
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out line. it also allows passengers with his agency is well cared the new system is being tested at a airport in vegas the psa once to mention their presence in level security of the version. alabama, as mcafee gaby's community and to n up my community in tucson the people of tucson. at our suffering it may be suffering my maybe it's your responsibility to see that something does. president obama also spoke to as much as in the nation continues to pray for congresswomen of gifford her husband mark kelly as you remember is an astronaut.
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he will say tomorrow if he plans to fly air not. form and run f'y recent breakup called police when he didn't show up for dinner. it just skilling who was tom skilling said brother will request a leave from prison to go to his sons week. >> now says a still denies any wrongdoing telling the judge " they had to get out chances that's what this is all about " >> how to prevent the buildup of carbon monoxide in your home.
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on the matter was an increase in car monoxide poisoning snow piles up over the led >> click car carbon monoxide is often cad the invisible killer. if you don't have your vet properly vented it in this note is blowing into the path of the event than carbon monoxide can build up and cause problems allows pearwood events are low
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and covered in snow deadly gases are forced back into the home. symptoms include heavheadache dizziness and nausea. if you have much of the symptoms get out of the house and call a repairman to check. most gas dryers not have a protection belt. in the dryer vent to do not have as many city devices and did their eyes shut to than you can get a buildup of carbon monoxide. if you start getting
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were sitting inside looking out we had a beautiful blue sky day. but if you're trudging through snow like the rest of us while we don't really want to talk about that. but temperatures today really warmed up to 61 degrees. look at how much were sharing the cold air across the country appeared to jubilees that phoenix had his wallet swae peremptorily warm temperatures across here tonight to these numbers are already seeing some will digits reading and some of the west and northwestern suburbs just a tiny bit warmer is your approach in lake michigan this however is were to be a complicating factor tonight and that is the one that it's
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unfortunately but beginning to turn southwesterly. there's the call there and watch what ahead in time. a another surge of arctic air comes in and that's in about four days from now. temperatures could theoretically be cold and that they are tonight and lassiter of this according to our r.p.m. model could be but 't our computers are putting out for the next 24 to 40 hours pair were generally looking at less than half an inch. frankly i think it's were to be much less pierce satellite imagery as you notice not a whole lap happening
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across the midwest where thinking that's when to begin new was well knows no from no clouds but it is one to allow our temperatures cooled dramatically looked down around the golf course. see that mess? there is in fact freezing rain coming down from north georgia are very here's our forecast first of all across the area clear skies when shall numbers - 10 to -20 parallel between tupelo to about seven downtown and then for downtown mostly sunny. high-temperature from 19 to 25 degrees. and saturday night temperatures will increase and may be of snow flurries earth to. a with a set of numbers from the rajon is the low '30's.
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the city colleges of chicago in the midst of a major overhaul occurred in their charge to be reinvented who was what led by women who was with a high-school dropout. does the other requires lots of handshaking and the times arm twisting. chancellor of the city colleges of chicago. it's a challenge that this woman have gladly taken on. she left a lucrative 40 year career when
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mayor daley caster to revamp the seventh city colleges. she grew up in a in a housing project. the family eventually moved to the parking area. both of my parents suffered from substance abuse. i then dropped out of high school in my senior year. at 17 she found herself homeless. i knew that a quality education was the only way out of this. >> i often tell people that i really believe that this was my
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destiny baird and it was just a wheel. >> show is that a desire to reach over and look at what else is other gear by madge on hooker's executive vice president at cowen ed he thought the mayor daley about naming her city chancellor. >> that shake-up has resulted in reinvention. an ambitious project to reinvent the city colleges to ensure the success of every student. tammuz sometimes when you deal with somebody in canby's sort of hard to swallow so to speak their but it is a passion and their passion for the students.
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her parents have even learned from her both are sober and are even helping people. >> a blizzard and later a sports find out why and derrick rose out [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh
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with al more snow coming it with a story in the meantime as cold air. it's winter cold again denied that court is cold as that six degrees below zero that we have this morning. but it is one to be cold to probably low single-digit its across shark order the winds and strong enough at the moment to produce some very uncomfortable when chills. 7 blow at o'hare. these
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when shall numbers will continue to be rather frightening throughout the night and to the morning. probably dipping as cold as -10 to -20. their slippery driving expected during parts of those areas of for us just some snow showers developing. and then on sunday evening to monday there is a chance of an accumulating snow. maybe just a few inches. we will have to watch that carefully. on monday and tuesday is the conceit will usher in another round of very cold there.theremr 'f
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