for people to exclud including three teenagers were found dead after a house fire in the western suburbs. authorities now say that it has a suspicious cause ... >>good afternoon i'm steve sanders ... and i'm dina bair >>robert jordan is live in oak brook terrace with today's top story >>now that investigators have had access to the home there's

enough information that tells us one adult and three teenagers were in that home and that the fire is of suspicious origin and it's a fluid situation so this all may change when more information is made available >>this is a suspicious fire the task force is working on the investigation ... >>not much else is known about the origin of a fire or those for fatalities ... authorities are still searching for evidence as to how and why the fire so quickly took those four

lives ... neighbors next door heard noises and knew something was wrong >>i heard those sirens and did not pay too much attention because of the hospital down the road we hear it all the time but then i thought something did not smell right ... when i looked outside i thought oh my god >>she said the victims were good neighbors ... >>i would speak to the young son who would always be with his dog ... and the mother ursula was very nice and friendly >>we were also told that the investigators brought in special dogs to sniff out accelerants but because of the hot spots that are numerous in this home it will be difficult to canvass the entire interior of this

home ... so far we await more information on the circumstances and the cause ... >> chicago police are questioning six teenagers in the videotaped beating of another teenager in a south side alley the video was posted on you tube and as julian crews tells us the move may have backfired on those attackers >>new developments they are not being called suspects but area one detectives say they are questioning six individuals at this hour. no doubt these attackers whoever they are had hoped to achieve some sort of twisted notoriety by posting this brutal beating on the internet but it appears as though that effort has failed given the online backlash we

need to warn you that this video is graphic and disturbing >>it is not easy to watch the sickening display of brutality six young men praying on a defenseless 17 year-old chicago public school student sunday in bridgeport the thugs beat and robbed this victim thankfully he managed to survive this beating with cuts and bruises that did not require long-term hospitalization physically it appears he will be alright ... the suspect's put the viral video out there and it sparked outrage and backfired many people call in tips and even addresses of those individuals ... on facebook you will see an avalanche of outrage ...

>>and other well-wishers from nova scotia posted a message on line giving support ... we know the identity of the young victim but until the 17 year-old and his family liked to come forward we will withhold that information ... charges on those six attackers could be coming down soon ... five more bodies are discovered at the scene of a stranded cruise ship off of italy's coast this brings the total number of the dead to at least 11 ... the

costa concordia slammed into a rock friday night ... the ship's captain is accused of string of course to show off the vessel to people on land the captain may face charges that include manslaughter shipwreck and abandoning the ship when the passengers were still on board officials released a recording of the coast guard court ordering this capt. to get off of his life boat and help with the evacuation of the ship you can listen to the recording from telegraph tv obtained from you tube ... >>a judge ruled this morning that the capt. will remain in jail as the investigation continues. >>a family from richmond to illinois was able to escape from the stranded ship. the family

took this video on their cellular phone as they floated on a lifeboat to safety. they say it was complete chaos with everyone on board the ship realize that they had to abandon ship there were in their cabin when the ship had the rock it took them several tries to find a life but thatlifeboat they could get on ... >>there was no one in charge >>there are two people from the united states who are still missing from this disaster the son of that couple lives in mount prospect >>we will be right back

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shooting at northern illinois university is reopening today. a gunman killed five people before taking his own life there. nancy loo is live on the niu campus with more ... >>cole hall opened with no fanfare this morning many people here seem eager to show strength and resolve and to move on ... >>the first class looked to be typical >>i was not here at the time and this is a new building it's just

another class to me >>others felt apprehension >>when i went over my schedule i saw cole hall and i thought wow it's kind of weird >>lots of my friends did not want to have class in cole hall so they work to their schedules around avoiding it ... >>a former student stormed into a geology class killing five students before turning the gun on himself the 1960's era building has undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation it's the most technologically advanced on the campus ... the lecture hall where the shooting took place no longer exists it has become a state of the art computer laboratory and anthropology museum that will open to the public next month

this is a basic academic move forward for the university ... >>it's a tremendous asset for the faculty and students >>for the students here in 2008 they have moved on but those here now say that the tragedy is still part of student life here ... >>it's on everyone's mind and they are trying to look forward and we have to attend class is here ... >>the renovation was so extensive that nothing inside of the building resembles have anything looked four years ago >> the five remaining republican presidential candidates participated in yet another debate last night in south carolina the front runner mitt

romney challengers tried their best to derail his candidacy by questioning his campaign advertising and demanding that he release his income-tax records and much of the evening's criticism was still directed at president obama and jobs planning ... >>jon huntsman was not part of the debate last night he dropped out of the race yesterday the candidates will meet again thursday evening the south carolina primary is saturday >>congress returns to work today but many lawmakers are pessimistic about the coming year when republican says that it is hard to get excited when we just went through a pretty and productive 2011 congress also faces record low approval ratings with only 13 percent of americans saying that they are doing a good job on the agenda

extending the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits for the rest of this year right before christmas congress agreed on a two month extension >>supporters of the effort to recall wisconsin gov. scott walker are turning in their petitions today ... walker and republican state lawmakers are angered many when they pushed for and passed legislation that stripped public workers of nearly all collective bargaining rights. recall organizers said that they have collected far more than 540,000 signatures needed to force a recall election against scott walker his lieutenant governor and four gop state lawmakers the governor has been traveling the country raising money to fight the recall effort ... >>we have much more including the day's top business stories coming up next

chicago with today's business headlines ... big job cuts are coming from kraft foods the company is eliminating 1600 positions in north america as part of its move to split into two different companies for snacks and grocery businesses that will be final before the end of 2012. >>sears speculation on privatize stationation... suppliers running into trouble and credit ratings being downgraded ... >>shares are being dumped of carnival cruise line ... the italian accident has people running scared and it can cost

carnival big losses ... there is a rashush to remove thousands of gallons of fuel that threatens europe's biggest marine park ... >>gold has been climbing on speculation that china may lower interest rates in order to boost its economy ... >>thank you beejal patel ... tsa workers will soon undergo radiation testing at 100 airports that story is ahead but first what you didn't know about the living chicago blues legend buddy guy and our own steve

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if there is such a sound as authentic chicago blues there is one player, one man, one artist who still delivers that musical genre like nobody else ... but our own steve sanders is here to tell us more ... >>think about this ... the next time you pick up a rubber band you are holding the first musical instrument played by buddy guy he is now the nation's most influential blues guitarist he has won six grammy awards he is in the rock-and-roll hall of fame and he owns a blues club that has become a top chicago

tourist attraction all based on a career that sprang from an instrument this simple ... >>every january buddy guy comes home to his namesake chicago blues club. fans come from all over the world and there is never an empty seat in a city whose blues legends are forever rooted in the history of american music buddy guy has become one of those legends at the age of 75 years old he is at the top of his game >>his blues dna comes straight from those chicago masters who electrified the blues: helen wolf muddy waters, willie dixon but in those days it was the young upstart punching to allowed for some purists until a generation of british rockers like eric clapton and jeff beck legitimized " loud "

he grew up on a cotton plantation near baton rouge louisiana as a child any object he could make vibrate he could make you sick with >>i used to take brabants and stretch them up against my ear that i would take a string and tie it to nails in the wall tight enough for you to hear it >>he would also strip wire from window screens leaving his mother wondering why bugs were getting in the house of friend of his father's bought him his first guitar and he taught himself how to play ... >>he moved to chicago at the age of 21 from south louisiana with a guitar and not much else back then there were plenty of blues clubs on the south and west sides but buddy was often on to the outside looking in >>i would walk these clubs up and down 47 and 43rd streets and i would here monday and i would hear helen wolff coming out of

the door and it wasn't no air conditioning or nothing ... they just open the door no cover charge and would make you buy a beer so i would have to stand outside decided have a dime and i would stand out the front door and listen to them play ... with a few years body himself was playing the same clubs and gaining a reputation not only as a polished guitarist and singer but also has a first- rate showman >>this is an act he learned from 1950's era bluesman guitar slim >>and he walked in the door with a 150 ft. cord and i said my god i want to play like b.b. king but i'm gonna act like guitar slim. >>his long journey from armbands to and in some very strappecendary

strat.. is now focused on keeping the art form alive even if it means jamming with the guitarists who don't quite measure up ... >>his self clubclub in the south loop buddy guy is legend's is a living memorial to the legends of the blues ... >>filled with photographs and guitars owned by these icons ... one of his favorite vintage instruments as this one the guitar that john lee hooker played it in his last to gig ... >>who knows where the blues is gonna go now the club's a disappearing the jazz clubs and the blues clubs ... >>make no mistake they still play the blues here in chicago and nobody plays it like buddy

guy >>and he does it every january buddy guy is the start of his show at legend's now at 700 south wabash many shows are sold out but he will be there until the end of the month and coming up at the end of today's show i got a chance to jam with buddy guy and we will surely that performance >>stay w

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tom skilling is back with a little bit of snow and some excitement in the forecast >>the northern suburbs have had a respectable snowfall ... 3 in. in politebeloit.. ... it has been

an ugly looking day after a 55 degree high temperature yesterday that melted those 6 in. of snow from last thursday ..., let's look at some pictures ... >>last night there were violent thunderstorms including a tornado that occur downstate ... we're looking at some snowfall accumulations ... the wind advisory is in effect out west and we have some to the north ... look what is happening out west the pineapple express is running with powerful

storms slamming into the pacific northwest and the northern rockies it may bring up to a foot of snow or rain in places like seattle and northern california ... we have bitterly cold air showing up through canada ... look at these temperature drops ... arctic air is on the move the wind is not helping ... we will have single-digit wind chill factors later today >>here is a radar review of what is happening snow is falling

across the metropolitan chicago area it began as rain and switched to snow ... and look at this huge squall line to the selfouth.. there are thunderstorms that are producing hale well into the deep selfouth.. there is heavier snow falling up in wisconsin with limited visibility ... the northern suburbs ... our camera

in harvard is showing snowfall accumulating theirre.. kankakee is simply wet ... they have had a quarter of an inch of rain. there is strong wind happening to the west of chicago ... it is currently 30 degrees at o'hare ... 28 at midway ... we missed the heaviest snowfall here in chicago that lake effect

will turnon in indiana tonight ... we will have cleared here in chicago by then ... here is the new model forecast we are down to fractions but just enough to make the roads slick ... the pineapple express emanates from moisture out in hawaii ... northern california portland and seattle will be affected with heavy rain and almost a foot of snow to the north in seattle ... and these arctic blasts will

be headed our way over the next several days we will continue to watch for this ... falling temperatures will go to the mid- 20s today ... we will go into a warming cycle next week ... we should get warmer after these cold blasts this week ... overall this winter is nearly 12 degrees warmer than it was last year ... 1 in. of snow forecast for the city between two and four to the north suburbs ... temperatures

will drop in land into the single digits overnight ... partly sunny cold and in the '20s tomorrow and we will see more snow flurries thursday and friday and we may get accumulations' on friday with a very cold air with the wind chill factor ... >> it's time for today's trivia question: what is the proper term for any flawless diamond over 99 carrots [ woman ] for months,

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4 in. falling to the north and west of chicago ... but the storm is lifting and the clouds will break late tonight with a slug of cold air coming in tomorrow with another system that will bring cold air tomorrow night into thursday and there will be lots of wind with the transition gusts over 30 mi. per hour there will pick up again tomorrow afternoon ... we will be cycling through these cooler air masses ... it's a forecast of a wind chill factors we will be down to single digits tonight and into tomorrow morning we will be

rising up into the teens ... there will be subzero wind chill factors by thursday it will be pretty cold ... we expect possibly some snow friday into friday night ... 28 degrees tamara 15 degrees thursday coldest day of the year thus far ... but we will rebound a bit and it may even bring some rain with a milder pattern setting up next week ... it a la nina year.. with that warm air blowing from the west off the

pacific ... we are 12 degrees warmer overall than the winter last year ... thursday will be called ... >>we thank you for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon remember we will be back with the news at 5 and again at 9 this evening we will leave you with more from my jam session with the one and only ... buddy guy...