>> the death toll officially climbing in japan. with dozens of people still missing workers are still doing their best to fend off a nuclear meltdown. . >> all that adding to the region feared, just today after another reactor fire at thithe same pla. japanese authorities are trying to calm any fears but cannot rule but the possibility of a meltdown. experts are not seen encouraging signs. . >> this situation is not under control. and yet their casing what i would be considered

desperate measures to get control back mud japanese prime minister calling the 9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami the company'zero countrs worst . >> some big news is just a night out of decatur. a company pledging to under $15 million in cash donatindonation . >> @ mazak corp. manufacturing plants and schaumburg are lining tell the people of japan . >> works now under way to get

technical support teams from schaumburg to the quake and the tsunami ravaged nation. and the japanese economy running again. mazak parent company is based in japan it's cl has traveled there some 60 times. like a lot of chicagoans do . >> the local branch of the japanese-american service committee is overwhelmed. since friday business companies and individuals have been lining up to give. they took an $5,000 in cash donations yesterday alone. . >> people needsee that the needs so great they felt they need to do what they can do and give what they can to help .

>> if help is not coming from chicago is often passing through . >> you can find out more about how you can give following the links on our web site. wgntv.com/japan . >> hundred of billions of dollars of literally wiped off the board. during the first few days of trading following the

quake. japan is the world's third largest economy behind in the u.s. and china. it's an important player in the supply chain. . >> cross the area there's room for help out. how did japan an'e good news as well as dozens of the people from the chicago area who had been living or working in japan were able to make it home safely today. all of them have quite a story to tell. including a man who was teaching

japanese kids to even speak english . >> ready with a homemade sign at the store family anxiously awaits neck to arrive. no one more excited than his mom to see him. she spent all day trying to reach and . >> i was scared out of my wits. i just didn't know what to think i was just hoping for the best . >> after spending the last few days trying to get home he finally made it. he has spent the last year teaching english in the small town of comice true but 60 mi. northwest of tokyo. . >> emotional reunions continue

throughout the afternoon. a woman embraces her granddaughter. every traveler from japan we spoke with today say they felt the first quake and the aftershocks were just as terrifying . >> we've always felt aftershocks but this time it was completely different. it didn't stop things were falling and my husband just called me and told me to get out the building . >> and while these travelers are relieved to be home in chicago they say they are still very concerned for their friends back in japan . >> police spoke with who were staying in tokyo say there is a growing concern of radiation levels. some tokyo citizens are

choosing to stay and some are planning on leaving. . >> for more affirmation lot onto our web site wgntv.com/japan guilty on all charges. marni yang . >> at the heart of this very complicated love triangle course we're talking about former chicago bear shaun gayle. . >> justice is served. i can't begin to tell you how difficult this has been for me and ronnie is family. .

>> gayle was present when the jury delivered their verdict. it took them four hours to deliver the verdict. today in court yang and the defendant who had a sexual relationship with gayle appeared void of emotion. she stood still as the verdict was read aloud. audiotapes of yang were played in the tweet trials. a jurors heard yang herself

described the murder. it was a tale of a wildly jealous lover who took down anyone in her path. that path is likely to take her to prison. . >> unfortunately it will not bring back ronnie and schuyler there will always be messed in our lives. the thing will live with us forever in our hearts of . >> shaun gayle explained he worked with investigators at length. he explains how he was on a great deal of pressure to trap yang. as far as he goes he does not know what's next. she

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for tonight becoming partly cloudy late tonight seasonably chile. temperatures 32. during the day to more mostly sunny. temperature readings tomorrow heading up to 60 degrees.

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beinexposed . >> the big concern now is that people don't read them large amounts of radioactive material. that's why residents were removed from areas that tested too high. others were told to keep air vents doors and windows closed. . >> we don't want people to breathe it in or ingested . >> the greatest dangers for children and pregnant women who tolerate a lot lower levels of radiation . >> smoking carry radioactive particles into the air. but according to experts it does not go far. the japanese plant was

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radioactivity into the jet stream the chances of that traveling over to the united states are greatly reduced a lot of that will precipitate out before againsit gets too far awm japan. japan sets and a prolific a storm trading arecreating ares that wthree your activity rest

extremely limited. it even in a at temperatures right now across the area and the jet stream. look at the wednesday that red area 20 plus m.p.h. by thursday morning. the purple area are 30 mi. per hour gusts. on thursday st. patrick's day will be warm. 67 degrees on thursday. then some rain friday morning. ia nice day saturday

although cooler. another storm could propel us into the lower 60s by mid next week. . >> chicago public housing residents to fight for their home all parts of tonight's chicago tribune photos of the day.

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