>> are raging fire broke out and said a bank today on the first floor of the high-rise. evacuation's still filled the building. >> there has been a lot of activity throughout the afternoon here at the bank of america branch. officials cannot tell me exactly what or how much was damaged and side with the disabled not be open tomorrow morning and given a quick intensity of the fire they may

not reopen any time soon. this is the wall of fire that the firefighters came upon on the first floor of 33 norris just after 130 today. chicago firefighters run the scene. quickly knocking down the flames inside this think america branch, but not before sixth black smoke crept up 11 floors of the 25 story building. >> we couldn't tell whether was on the floor with us or not so we try to get out of there very quickly. >> we searched the entire building all the way to the top. and we moved about 13 people. >> visibly shaken employees made their way out.

>> the elevators were not working and we went on the air way. >> smoke spread to neighboring businesses and two employees were taken to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation. a firefighter suffered a minor shoulder injury but is expected to be ok. >the cause of the fire is under investigation as our claims of the building's fire alarm system which supposedly never went off. >> one person was killed and three others were wounded in a gang-related shooting at a birthday party on the west side. it happens in an apartment building just before midnight last night. 18 year-old devin dire was killed. the woman who had direct it was hospitalized

and is in stable condition and also hospitalized in critical condition and police say is that it does not appear that an arrest will be made. car and early morning car crash has left one person dead and two others injured. 22 year-old was heading south at around 3:00 a.m. when he allegedly blew through a stop sign at washington boulevard. he crashed into a previous and the impact tossed him out of his jeep and he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> what most of the madison protesters began as governors, walker's refusal about 700 people rallied today in support of his plans. the rally at the

energy center was sponsored by a conservative advocacy group called americans for prosperity, they wanted to make sure that their voices could be heard along with the protesters outside and at the capitol building. >> they're good people who work hard and all of that but i don't think even they understand what's going to happen. >> the group's tour started thursday and visited eight other cities before ending up in madison. >> everyone is showing support for wisconsin's state workers. >> chicago area letter carriers are hoping to deliver a message to the governor of wisconsin. >> this is about destroying at

unions, plain and simple. >> 150 of them boarded buses on for madison, near second street trip there in recent weeks. they're against the collective bargaining proposal and do not want it to gain in popularity. >> we need our job. >> governor weicker is committed to a plan that strips public employe use of power. state employees will soon start getting layoff notices. local letter carriers say it there must be of a federal solution to this crisis. cochran corn

they will be working on the weekends from now until the battle is over. >> everybody all over the country, we're just protesting and support all working families across the country. >> they also want to reduce mail deliveries to five times a week which would result in a loss of 8000 jobs. >> a homecoming for soldiers. this is a welcome home warrior citizens ceremony held at trinity university. they honored 56 army reserve who returned from work.

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>> the obama administration is looking at the idea of tapping into the nation's strategic petroleum reserves to help you with the soaring gas prices. the crisis in libya pushed gasoline prices up. it's now over $4 a gallon, the last time the reserve was tapped was in 2000 and eight in response to hurricane ike. >> health committee will be holding hearings this week on the radicalization of muslim americans. as a possible threat to the u.s.. rally's both for and against were held. king says

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if it fell under the control of rebel forces it would be a huge boost for them. the chief of staff is advising caution when proceeding in dealing with the forces. >> as the president said all options are on the table with this task to be an international effort yet world leaders will join together and deliver a strong response against gadhafi, hundreds of people have died when the uprisings broke out on february 15th and they also said it's in the best interests of the libyan people for gaddafi to step down. >> a man tried to hang himself in his cell on saturday. he was

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