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>> is not about government is about service. >> the inauguration event for mayor like to run emmanuel began with the debt service, a concert in chicago. >> this withrum emmanuel bop delong to the beat of the bay and chicago. ronni emanuel
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it was part of a weekend of activity for the mayor elect for his inauguration. >> i think there's anything more fitting than giving us what we need spiritually to march off the challenges facing the city. >> about 200 people party on. >> chicago has been up part of our culture for 45 years and the change over ron emmanuel is going to make a great day for everybody. >> we need a new change from what we had. >> earlier emmanuel told weeks at sea gardens with his wife amy. the mayor lacked was
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behind whicheveryday citizens have the power to strengthen this city. >> it's not just one day of service its 365 days of improving for every resident. >> friends who donated at least $5,000 to the inaugural activity. >> as a chicago prepares to welcome the new mayor we're looking back at richard m. daley. join us for make no little plans a special report on the mayor's 22 years in office. >> hundreds of people showed their communities here today by cleaning up the chicago river for the annual chicago river
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day and this year's effort had extra meaning coming just days after the new epa ordered the city to clean up the waterways. >> all along the chicago river the drive took one more step forward. >> it's one of the treasures we have here in this city and we want to keep looking nice. >> itsdepositors adam and his daughter were at one of the 60 places for the chicago river day which is not become its annual tradition for many. near north avenue the fish sanctuaries were
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being built to house smaller fish and others pulled bags of garbage out of the water. it's a project that took on added significance when the u.s. environmental protection agency ordered stretches of the chicago river to be cleaned up enough for swimming. >> chicago was one of the largest cities its sewage, so even if it's treated when it gets back into the river all of the bacteria are still there. >> if you have clean water we can actually have healthier lives. >> it's a long-term goal that friends of the chicago river say it can be done as more people come back to the banks of the river. >> gather round to take ownership of them.
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>> making a better for future generations. >> former wgn television ankle is recovering in hospital after becoming ill at an event last night. cecil she began to feel dizzy and was taken to the hospital. family said she is in good condition and will likely stay at the hospital for observation through the weekend. we wish her well. >> hazmat crews are on the scene of a leak in romeoville the emergency crews were called after 4:00 this afternoon traffic in that area has been de toward while the work crews worked to fix the leak from an 8 in. underground pipeline. officials say it has no
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environmental damage. >> 3 residents lose their homes to an early-morning fire, the flames broke out shortly after 5:00 a.m. at 1024 west kellerville. no injuries were reported, the american red cross in chicagos human services. investigators have yet to determine the cause of the flame. a special honor for chicago police officer was killed in a line of duty, the tribute that comes all the way from the u.s. capitol building. >> why matra is considering a fare hike. >> officials open a spill way to protect major cities from flooding. >> getting outside maybe a lot of rain i'll have details and the full forecast still ahead.
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recommended probiotic. align. >> chicagoans dedicated a memorial to a police officer that was killed in a line of duty more than 12 years ago. >> the chicago police department honor guard began today's ceremony ceremony honoring a slain officer who was shot by a 16 year-old gang member, he was in hospital for six days he was only 26 years old. people dedicated immoral to the fallen
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officer. and i think about him every day, i say a prayer for him when i think about him and them three happy that this memorial is here because i work in this district now so i have a place to come and remember mike. >> it has been years in the making, all local boy scouts troop help to raise some of the money. >> to mike and his family, god bless you so much. >> friends and family remembered him for his dedication and courage and his sense of humor. cousinly said says the family is glad the memorial is in a park next to any field. >> the chicago police department is truly a family, they have been there for us since michael shot up until today. we are
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truly grateful for this honor his courage lives on today and is an inspiration to all of us. this honor is truly fitting for michael because he loved being outside and he loved playing sports. >> the father of an abandoned baby found outside the archdiocese of chicago offices have been charged with leaving the little girl there. james evans is charged with and misdemeanor for endangering life of a child he left his nine month old daughter in a stroller outside the archdiocese headquarters and at the gold coast. it was caught on surveillance cameras. the 52 year-old went to police a day later saying he had fallen asleep at a mcdonald's and woke up to find the baby gone. the girl was not injured, she is now in the custody of the d.c. f. >> metro is considering raising
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fares and cutting services as diesel fuel costs have hit a record high level. it puts them at more than a million and a half dollars over its fuel budget. and $19 million in overruns by the end of the year. before taking any action matra says it wants to see how long the current decline in oil prices will continue. the mailman was hoping that you'll have some nonperishable foods in your mailbox the 19th annual national letter carrier food drive for up the u.s.. last year to stamp out hobart campaign collected over 17 million lbs. of food and was delivered to local food banks in shelters to help needy families. it's the nation's largest one day effort to combat hunger. >> jim ramsey is up next with
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>> a historic moment in
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louisiana as the spillway is open for the first time in almost four decades to relieve pressure on the mississippi river, is located 30 mi. upstream from new orleans. >> we're going to be facing weeks of the elevated water some parts of our state the water will be higher than normal for july and even august. >> it is the lesser of two evils of 25,000 people will be affected by flood waters coming to their home and businesses and have been told to evacuate. a disaster that could be worse than hurricane katrina.
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unbelievable. >> they have had quite a time down there we are seeing rain up here in the midwest. we are looking at another day of rainy conditions in chicago as we look live out at some of the traffic spilling across some of the streets out there. some of you might pick up as much of an inch or more of rainfall by this time tomorrow evening what we're looking at on radar you can see the rain and thunderstorms developing out to our east but here in the chicago area most of the heavier rain is in the south suburbs but just about everybody at the moment is reporting some light rain coming down and that will be the story for another few hours. we are looking at more rain developing later our
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computers suggest these totals: sunspots expecting more than an inch. this is the depiction of how what will happen. the rain will pull out of the area tomorrow afternoon and that all makes for a dry and sunny day on monday for a change. but it will not make much difference in temperatures, we will continue in the '50s on monday and it may be on tuesday before we see our temperatures moved up much. chicago had a high of 51 degrees, this morning we made it to 53 but tomorrow we will probably too good to hit 53 again. the cold air will eventually move at of fear but gradually. we're not expecting to pitcher's to hit 70 until next weekend. temperatures could
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warm up by the end of the week. the air is already saturated with moisture and in fact do. temperatures are very close to the air temperatures at this moment but a big part of our story this evening wins. 17 m.p.h. at o'hare with gusts up to 26 mi. per hour and is going to be another great evening. low temperature 44-48. winds out of the north and northeast. and like winds persist tomorrow. by iqthat should make way for a
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pretty nice day monday. 52-55 degree temperatures. over the next seven days we may hit 60 degrees by tuesday but that is little if a. noticed some evening stars possible thursday night and friday evening in what promises to be a rainy start to next weekend as well. >> the west coast swing continues for the white sox while the cubs maker wrigley field history. >> and we are less than 24 hours away from tipoff previewed the bulls after the lottery.
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rich king is here and we are talking basketball. >> if it'sdoubles in the final touches of their game plan against miami, a final practice today before game 1 tomorrow night at the united center. the bulls beat miami three times in the regular season. all three games during the regular campaign were very close. the playoffs are two different worlds, still the best record in the nba they deserve a bit more respect as they head for game 1 tomorrow night. >> nobody was talking about this
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during the season, and nobody is talking about us now. we have to rely on each other right now. we now have to change our approach that's been the same from day one. it just focus in on what we are doing concentrate on your opponent know your opponent. >> the white sox on their long week and have road trip out west. devon floyd got the call was all smiles before the game he had a rough fifth inning. all the way to the wall in oakland. grabbed a for-nothing lead. paul konerko comes out and gone. day- lewis' 6-2. you saw at wrigley
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field, cold rain and mud. giants led 2-nothing. another cupbearer. two-one in the second half. 19 year-old gets his first mls goal. the fourth straight drop. can't wait for that bulls game. >> all the highlights. that's the news for this saturday night thank you for joining us. >> from all of

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