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eight degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. currents temperatures already down to the teens and to single digits up north in our area about 40 degrees in chicago a 23 degree drop inside just six hours time from a morning high temperature of 62 degrees and afternoon temperatures in the mid thirties across much of the area with a gusty but continuing to blow. low temperatures this morning giving you an idea of how the cold has expanded across the country back to this again tomorrow night that this is the first time two nights together with freezing temperatures making it into the city limits cutting down on the mold count so for allergy sufferers good news snow showers tomorrow coming back in a bit. >> this earlier today the scene in the quad cities to time lapse video no falling snowfall in

the wind howling. take a look at green bay. to the north catching early snowstorm. thousands without electricity. a merger shelter across wisconsin dozens of accidents and drivers were warned to slow down. another debate for republican and hopeful rick perry says he would eliminate free three cabinet positions if elected but had a hard time coming up with a third, debates tonight just out of detroit it was an uneasy moment for gov. rick perry could not name all three cabinet positions. >> but you cannot name the third one? >> third agency of government i would do away with education commerce and let me see i

cannot to the third one i am sorry. >> some 20 minutes later in the debate texas gov. rick perry did say the third cabinet position department of energy. did not come up the elephant in the room issue nothing said about the sexual harassment allegations against herman cain. earlier today a new report of the fifth woman accusing comment cain of sexual misconduct. here in town at meanwhile chicago sharon bialek area woman accused him of sexual harassment spoke out again today responding to his claim he had never seen her before news conference on monday sharon bialek says he is in denial. >> the man has complete and the chef and i believe he believes this himself. pathological liars usually do those kinds of things. >> in the meantime karen kraushnaar another accuser says hopes to hold a joint news conference with all four women accusing him of misconduct. no

firm response yet from any of the other women involved. many politicians may be known for trying to play both sides at the same time but cannot accuse congressman joe walsh of illinois during this recently on videotape telling at some of his own constituents live tonight with the deep relatively bizarre story that got very bizarre a supporter of congressman joe walsh actually shot the video he knew he was being felt apparently what this all of stoppers was filming the event you can see an angry and aggressive congressman who showed no mercy even towards his own constituents. >> meeting with constituents sunday in a gurney one of his regular events called cup of joe with joe congressman joe walsh flying off the handle when asked about the economy and the role of banks and government and private marketplace played in the financial collapse.

>> not the private marketplace that created this mess. what created the mess is a big government which has demanded for years and that everybody be in the hole and we have made it easy as possible >> losing homes to foreclosures before elected to congress before us november the different attention to a letter carrier from schaumburg to attended asking the freshman congressman about postal reform >> kisses me off, too many people did not listen. already mechanisms in place to do that are they doing their jobs they are not what you want to do bombard them with more regulations? >> caught up with her today still shunned stunned at congressman joe walsh behavior sunday >> initial reaction to burst out laughing seemed so disturbed he would have such a hyperbolic overreaction to the dialogue he

was having with the people there >> says it never felt threatened on sunday but thinks congressman joe walsh might want to lay off of the coffee >> the want more regulation p want more regulation is that what you want? do you want more regulation i need more coffee. >> in a statement congressman said tonight as my constituents know, and a very passionate person. congressman joe walsh reportedly told constituents on sunday that he had not eaten before hosting you saw in the video says it is no excuse before the congressman to be paper that day also says

she never got a personal apology. >> breaking news out of penn state tonight multiple reports that president penn state who hails from highland park is out submitting his letter of resignation already over the child rape scandal plaguing the school and football program. >> school board of trustees met tonight a press conference under way and everybody wants to rent about the fate of head coach joe paterno announcing he will retire at the end of the season some wondering if asked to leave sooner. more on that with the sports director and a few minutes. things not going as plant in springfield next a beat back the gambling plan goes down but may not be done just yet at out of the capital lawmakers in agreement about whether you will be monitored by speed cameras while driving through out chicago.

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speeders in school and park zones and the bill on its way to gov. quinn also the issue of expanded gambling for chicago that one failed. in springfield with the latest joining us live. >> mayor rahm emmanuel adding 500 in springfield today you might say but this a stunning defeat although inevitable the governor did not like the bill and harsh words from the head of the state gaming commission. they have been the final nail in the coffin. >> the bill before you today takes a good bill passed in may and makes it better >> skokie democratic lou lang came out swinging on the house floor railing on gov. quinn for his unwavering opposition stand in the way with a threat of a veto >> we took the changes the

governor proposed even though cannot sit at the table with us and put most of them into the bill >> slot machines and racetracks are in this bill what is going to change the governor's mind? >> the vote came as a surprise >> 58-53 >> needing 60 votes to pass at 71.80 to approve supermajority. it means no casino for chicago and no slot machines at racetracks >> for the state of illinois not for any one group is for the entire state >> chicago casino would be in the same position as the brokers casino followed a senate hearing and work from the top man at the gaming board opposed even a revised bill to expand gambling they are not looking at what we are doing i think we eliminated every bit of gray

area and the bill >> black-and-white to lou lang back to the drawing board down but there will someday be a gambling bill that will be passed side by the governor and a sunday casino in the city of chicago and i hope to be sure when that happens >> says he will take a look at the votes he got and those he did not the to the needs and try to get those past tomorrow the last day of this fall veto session. live at the state capital wgn evening news >> another step closer to springfield snuffing out rampant pension abuse highlighted in my tribune investigation the senate pension committee voted 9-0, chicago center sponsored house bill sponsored by tom cross to the full assembly among those things stopping double dipping

we showed former city workers getting union management promotions trying to get both a city and union pension you cannot have both. regular city council meeting in country club hills could get ugly, better government association investigation heard the town's treasurer accusing the mayor dwight welch financial chaos and unaccountable spending speaking on our 5:00 news today >> we have a treasure or cannot get the day that entitled to and 8 million missing dollars on top of bounced checks and questionable spending obviously cannot handle it themselves we need outside authorities to look at this and quickly >> newly elected treasurer of country club hills as $8 million unaccounted for and the mayor is hiding the town's books from her team that you're never returned are numerous telephone calls before the report by snide. breaking news university penn state board of trustees are addressing the scandal gripping

the campus and the country live now listening news conference pa. >> prospective coaching matters i can tell you the acting president rod erickson and acting athletic director appointed tom bradley as the interim head coach nothing we can say about that at this point no change in his status in consideration of all the facts and the difficulties you are encountering during this time it was trusties and you that it was the best interest of the university to make a change

process as the board process that requires time. information we do not know anything more about the actual details grand jury reports. >> university penn state getting grilled by the media essentially headline joe paterno is out and interim head coach before the football team has been named all of this fallout from the child rape investigation from the former defensive coordinator mr. jerry sandusky who has become the pariah of the university of forced out a couple of years ago granted jury indictment just came down last week forcing the resignation of the president of the university and now joe

paterno forced to step down earlier than he wanted to. >> breaking down some of this press conference what are your thoughts? >> not surprised president of university does not survive this i did not see any possible way that joe paterno could. a lot of people will feel bad for the coach including me to some degree a guy here who really has been a paragon of virtue. four and half decades of head coaching. at penn state. a guy other coaches always looking up to in terms to run a clean program. he has had some guys with brushes with the law and those kinds of things but not always the coaches' fault. i think to a great degree the guy who has been as good as anybody coming to running a clean program but you know if joe paterno really knew about all of this and knew what jerry sandusky had done and it never

bothered to pursue it, he may have reported it to the athletic director but never pursued the fact this was going on, chasing it up the ladder if he did not do any of that stuff that is his legacy. talking about that back in the office tonight 409 victories in 46 years number that may never be approached again and that is football but part of his legacy but the legacy is tarnished beyond recognition tonight. >> more in sports later on and it made while still to come, wgn evening news a new plan that could have privatized parking meters generating even more money. ♪ ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol.

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did not get any around here but other people in illinois did. >> first flakes official weather station o'hare airport but no snowfall here, other locations we may change that tomorrow a second shot of snow showers to prove that look at this. snowflakes in this shot. and that northern wisconsin west of green bay sent us these shots. to see stuff all go up to the 49th state this comes from alaska. that is the area with hundred mile per hour wind northwest alaska look at that blizzard. a storm described as one of the strongest. in that region of the sea. big storm surge 25 ft. waves. not a

beautiful day for sure temperature shot up to 62 degrees within six hours died down to 39 degrees. they even touch 38 degrees 38 degree temperature prediction for tomorrow the coldest since april. wind everywhere. look at the camera rocking and rolling out there back to that again pictures. here is the view where is that? green bay? big snowfall going on in green bay. temperatures tonight in the thirties and 32 degrees at harvard with the wind chill very cold. 38 degrees at o'hare field tonight cool spell freezing

temperatures city limits for the first time in prison temperatures in the suburbs. 38 degrees at o'hare airport. mccaffrey county 34 degrees at 41 degrees at this hour in garey. so now the biggest we found wisconsin southwest corner of the state. over 8 in.. you get the idea. pretty good snow storm system northern sections the corridor that had snowfall from kansas-iowa local amounts of 6 in. an iowa sel fall on the mountains snowpack is growing about 20 percent of the country. no snow fall tonight but by morning, and snow showers by 10:00 northwest suburbs and to the city by lunchtime tomorrow. scattered into the southern

suburbs. may get a shot of that tomorrow turning in the lake effect of turning rainfall over the big turning to snow fall in land. a cocktail kind of over there. turning cold. headline snow showers 32 degree temperatures and the city drop today from 62-39 degrees and good news it we can't temperature rebound and here is why the dip in the jet brings cold air turning western bring and pacific air across the country arctic air short order. temperatures tonight, dropping down to the '20s and led a low 30's, severe freezing temperatures and the city rising to the 30's near 40 degrees and spots tomorrow but tomorrow night the '20s and the city might just be the lakefront above that warming to the 40's and going back into the '50s on saturday going to do weekend.

cooler air currents temperature map all of the way down to the gulf coast by degrees cooler than 24 hours ago southern midwest dropping temperatures to double digits. local when the dust blowing with gusto producing wind chill lower than the air temperature. went west at 8 mi. per hour at o'hare improvement from these meetings pretty cool still deal warnings from the lake wind advisories advisories for frost down south as you can see by their coming back to show you the warm up this weekend into early next week another expensive and healthy colp outbreak next week by the middle of the week getting these more frequently from this point forward and 70 percent of viewers officials snowflakes recorded in chicago. clouds to manage colder tonight with chile since april chilliest night west wind at 10-22 mi. per hour clouds are back seasonably

cool tomorrow mixed snowfall and renshaw were at times. could not expect a lot of accumulation. early snow showers exit looking like they might deal with very early turning clear tomorrow night down to 29 degrees and partly sunny and windy and cool on friday veterans day high temperature of 46 degrees. below normal. in nice trade-off. >> thank you tom skilling. coming up tonight giving victims of domestic violence and extra level of defense next story of abuse on the record and back and out of the big time job. eddie murphy [ coughs ] what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, i'm sick. you don't cough

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schori videotaped 4 women who tell their stories of abuse sometimes for the first time >> that have been told for so long their voice does not matter. that nobody cares about them that they are worthless. >> advocated for abused women for more than susan murphy milano 20 murphy ever since her father philip chicago crime detective killed her mother and himself. she created the evidence abuse affidavit >> your words are here not just here say is there >> susan murphy milano and at least 1000 women in the past year have made the affidavit all of them are still alive >> but for anybody going to court says i am leaving and dig it of the ship. she must do this first down but legal experts see the video as a great tool for law enforcement for making an arrest that it would hold up in court is another

story >> dupage county state attorney robert berlin says the of the statements would take away hearsay the sixth amendment comes at the plight defendant has the right to confront it is against them unless more evidence that proves he made her disappear batt but could not testify >> need more evidence not called to have the body >> susan murphy milano is not deterred by this wanted to get the evidence abuse affidavit in police stations courts and churches across the country she is ready to challenge all of the way to supreme court. >> you can see hope start to come alive >> pastor neil schori opes the abuse affidavits he has done will never get to court meaning of the woman is dead or missing he sees another great use for this taping these women allowed them to tell their stories he sees them become stronger and more confident >> encouraged a lot of times

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>> the news is not all that bad after the big snow today wisconsin 280 mi. north of chicago east taken to the cake for the most snow in the midwest today 11 in. of snow fall snow showers tomorrow these are current temperatures across north america look at that swap of cool air how cold it is getting 22 degrees below chilly up there the big storm moving just west of chicago putting us in the warm sector where a brief period this morning. temperatures crashed snowstorm back tomorrow isobars strung up from that this ticket pacific coast eastward across the united states went with this pattern retreated with the storm still present tomorrow morning right there with the gusts of 20 mi. per hour stand up during the day the bread's expanding mild float almost coast-to-coast and

breaking the back of this arctic air mass. temperatures to the 40's friday's fifties on saturday and sunday at up to monday look at that saturday forecast cold air moving out watch as the weekend wont is replaced by cooler weather again the big pool of cold air gathering plunging into the country next week looks like we should enjoy do want this weekend more of that measurable snow at least the northern half over the next 10 days. 38 degrees tomorrow at 46 degrees veterans day friday. 61 degrees monday the next good chance of rainfall and thunderstorms snow showers mixed with rainfall at * not particularly happy interested in looking at times. colter again towards the end. a lot of stuff going on. keeping

us busy this time of year. >> unsuspecting arlington heights teacher is surprised with a national education award and the soccer players high- school celebrating stage at which a victory tonight chicago tribune photos of the day.

more photos available wgntv.com or chicagotribune.com earlier reported the issue of sexual harassment allegations against harmon can did not come up in the and the debate was asked if he should let someone with character accusations involved take a listen >> i value my character and my integrity more than anyone else anything else for any one person coming forward with false accusation there are thousands who could say none of that sort of activity after camp from hermann kant >> herman can against again

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