between five and 8 in. of snow across the chicago land area today. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet ... wgn's randi belisomo is live along the lakefront with more on that snow ... >>people are thinking ahead about how and when there will commute home from work today >>many were undaunted by the frigid temperatures this morning the winter bike to work

day happened at 630 beginning at daley plaza this morning a winter storm warning has in effect right now commuters are making plans for the big rush hour departure metra will add extra crews and extra trains for today's rush-hour ... the city department of streets and sanitation has 183 plows patrolling the main streets and lake shore drive ... chicago shovel dog or cat is a program you can use.org is a program you can use to get some information ... >>i have been here in chicago

for 10 years and i am still not used to the winters here ... it's not like this and ireland >>i'm going to go to the gym and then head home ... >>i will leave early tonight highway could be treacherous and tonneauswho knows whether this equipment will be available ... i am wondering if i should just leave now ... >>traffic along lake shore drive is relatively light as it was along the express was this morning perhaps many people decided to stay home today ... >>today was a good day to stay home today ... >>there are several schools that are closing and you can see them listed on the bottom of our

screen or you can just go to the web site wgntv.com the chicago public schools are open today >>the snowstorm is already causing hundreds of cancellations at o'hare airport and midway today more than 300 flights are canceled at o'hare southwest airlines canceled all 70 flights that were scheduled to take off between two and 5:00 from midway airport either right now coming up and about 30 minutes tom skilling will take the latest on this stow's normsnowstorm >>and hand-eye stan case after being a victim of a hit and run. 54 year-old darryl lincoln was crossing jackson boulevard and the city's west side when he was struck by emmy van he was pronounced dead yesterday

afternoon the accident happened january 9th at 5:00 p.m. and alert has been issued for the vehicle which was a dark colored van may be a chrysler model ... >>sexual assault charges have been filed in suburban with stock against teacher the victim was a teenage student 38 year- old james be cut rich a gym teacher at woodstock north is charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sex abuse he is being held on an $80,000 bond teas from rockford police say the victim was 14 years old at the time of the incidents which occurred during the 2008-2009 school year >>a college student said that she was assaulted on the cta last night when she would not give her attackers her cellphone wgn's jae milller per talk to the 19 year-old has said it happened during rush hour ... >>three men on the train

approached the woman the men were all african-american males in their 20s they stopped to demand that cevichesthis student hand over her cellphone when she refused they knocked her to the ground punched her knocked out a tooth blade her nose >>they started to beat me up and i blacked out >>to take something from someone ... they could have taken her life this simple thing over a cellphone >>police hope that the surveillance cameras may have caught the images of the suspect's >>it is just one day until republicans in south carolina get their chance to vote on the presidential primary. who is losing ground and who is gaining ground? reporter chris welch has

the latest on the race >>the remaining four candidates made their final pitch to the voters in south carolina and a debate last night. mitt romney once heavily favored holds only a slim margin leading ... his looks so inevitable as the winner as newt gingrich gains momentum >>the only conservative option to a massachusetts moderate is newt gingrich >>he received a big endorsement as rick perry and his campaign behind newt gingrich by his campaign had a snack when his ex-wife said that he once asked her for an open marriage ... in the debate thursday night he called the whole story false and attacked the media >>at destructive vicious negative nature of this news media makes it harder to govern and this country

>>electability was the hot topic and mitt romney argues that he believes he's the one to go all the way >>you need someone who has lived on the real streets of america and not in washington's bubble >>he received the endorsement from gov. bob macdonald of virginia ... >>march 6th is the virginia primary and this nomination battle can still be in full swing >>in every contest since 1980 south carolina has anointed the republican nominee ... >>it is unclear yet whether allegations leveled by the ex- wife of newt gingrich will have an impact on saturday's primary >>he was asking to have an open

marriage and i refused ... >>coming up next at noon rescue operations are being suspended at the scene of the italian cruise ship disaster plessey surprising quarters that the crew gave passengers after it ran aground and penn state board of trustees is set to face critics to explain its handling of the sandusky case and firing of joe paterno and his fiancee had given him the title of being accident prone now a south suburban man has the story to back up that title ... that was me trying to be discreet with my vial and syringe. me, drawing my insulin dose. and me the day i discovered novolog flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your mealtime insulin. dial the exact dose, inject by pushing a button.

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one of the greatest jazz and

blues singers of all time has passed away ... >>added james was best known for her hit " at last " recorded at chess records in 1961 here in chicago she died of complications from leukemia she was in california with her son and husband at her side she suffered from hepatitis c and demand in those last days ... >>she was 73 years old >>for the third time this week the rescue operation aboard the costa concordia has been suspended ... the divers and the search crews had to back away from the cruise ship when it shifted again in the rough waters off of the italian coast and least 11 people died and 21 have been missing since the ship ran aground one week ago.

amateur video has surfaced showing members of the crew telling passengers that nothing was wrong even though the ship was taking in water and cook said that the captain offered dinner for a woman and himself less than an hour after the collision he faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship >>6 american marines were killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan the helicopter went down in helmand province yesterday the marines were deployed as part of the nato international security assistance force the taliban is claiming responsibility for the crash but nato says that there was no sign of an emmy activity in the area at the time it is the worst crash since august last year when 30 soldiers died when their helicopter came down in eastern afghanistan the cause is under investigation >>canadian freestyle skier sarah burke has died. this is nine

days after that she suffered a serious injury during training in utah sarah burke took a fall that led to bleeding in her head and cardiac arrest paramedics were able to revive her at the scene of the training accident and she had major surgery to fix a ruptured artery but she passed away yesterday morning she won four gold medals in the winter exclaims which was the event that she was training for during her accident sarah burke was 29 years old >>the board of trustees at penn state university will face questions today about the decision to fire former coach joe paterno the trustees will meet with an alumni group organized to review the reasons why joe paterno was let go in their opinion unjustly >>mayor rahm emanuel is joining mayors from across the country in support of gay marriage the

mayors for freedom to marry is launching at the u.s. conference of mayors meeting in washington d.c. today ... >>occupy chicago has a new home base to coordinate its winter activities it is leasing two units of the riverfront work loftus complex at 50 west cermak in the pilsen neighborhood that is the former location of the thompson and taylor spice co. the group has protested downtown and held meetings in grant park regularly since september it plans to hold its first general assembly tonight and an open house for demonstrators this sunday >>still ahead why propose changes to the definition of quietism could curb the so- called epidemic of that disorder in the wake of this week's massive anti-piracy protest on the internet the federal government shut down a major role [ woman ] for months,

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chicago with today's business headlines ... orange juice futures are spiking to record highs ... a citrus disease is burning the crops in florida ... and the california crop faces freezing weather that is all compounded by the trouble with toxins in brazilian crops ... beginning in march mcdonald's will include apple slices in happy meals and shrink the size of french fry portions ... healthier beverage options will also be included ...

americans are getting more comfortable using credit cards ... record amounts are being recorded in spending according to american express ... northwest of peoria commercial operation will begin for a wind power project ... the dow jones is up 60 points nasdaq is in the red the s&p is up slightly and current trading ... google has reported a drop in advertising prices and negative impact by european conditions on its revenue ... >>the backlash over an anti- piracy bill in congress causes

lawmakers to put the legislation on hold. democratic senate majority leader harry reid has posted a vote on the protect intellectual property act that vote is being postponed the republican controlled house has also delayed action on a similar bill the measures are meant to block illegal access to copyright movies music and tv shows internet companies like google argued that the bills are vague and could lead to censorship >>one of the world's biggest file sharing websites has been shut down and its founder is in police custody kim .com and three of its employees were arrested in new zealand yesterday they have been indicted on u.s. charges of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of film music and other content authorities say that the websites mega

upload site cost copyright holders at least half a billion dollars in lost revenue these indictments come from the united states because some of the servers for this company's web site or located in virginia hackers responded by attacking the justice department website mega upload said that the majority of its content is legitimate ... >>a south suburban man is recovering we are listening to the banned all bestgroup august ... they will be performing in rosemont at the montrose

and man from orland park is recovering and the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the head with a nail gun and believe it or not he did not even know that he did that until hours later >>nancy loo is live at christ hospital in oak lawn ... dante autullo did not think it was anything serious but now he is recovering from brain surgery the father of four is alert and talking and is disappointed that he is not up and well enough to operate his plow for the snowstorm today >>he is incredibly lucky a few millimeters different could have meant tragedy >>has wife says that he was working on a project with a nail gun when it recoiled and went into his head ... >>he just thought the teeth of

the nail gun got to him and he was just bleeding but what he did not realize that it shot into his brain >>the 32 year-old continue to work for about 30 hours until he woke up feeling nauseous after having his head examined he was taken to advocate christ medical center center for brain surgery he is now expected to be ok >>i am still in shock that cannot believe he had a three and a quarter inch nail in the middle of his brain >>he actually posted his x-ray picture on facebook while he was being transferred to the hospital by ambulance people thought it was some kind of a joke but he underwent a very serious brain surgery part of his skull had to be replaced by a titanium plate and he is now recovering ... >>the drew peterson movie

starring rob lowe premiere's on cable television this weekend and it looks as though drew peterson himself may be able to watch from his prison cell he has been held at the will county detention center since his arrest in 2009 but there are only six television stations on his floor area all set to the same channel if he can convince his fellow inmates to put the movie on he may be able to watch that drew peterson is charged with the murder of his third wife kathleen savio and suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife stacey peterson earlier today we spoke with the niece of kathleen savio who saw an advance screening of the movie >>it was all about drew peterson and it took away from the abuse that both of these women suffered >>the movie untouchable airs tomorrow night it is based on a

book called " fatal vows " >>after 123 years in business the jane addams hull house association is closing and filing for bankruptcy ... jane addams was the first american woman to win the nobel peace prize in 1931. the home was a settlement for immigrants and other poor families the band leader benny goodman grow up there in recent years the whole house association has provided foster care domestic violence counseling and job-training to 60,000 women and children and families every year but the association says that the costs are too high and the income is too low to make ends meet so it will shut down by the end of march >>the blues brothers started it all when 30 years ago now the bulldozers will finish the dixie square mall and harvey was already taken when the blues brothers movie was filmed there

in 19 79¢ several plans to demolish or rebuild that mall have fallen through the structures been an eyesore for that city thanks to federal funding demolition crews are now able to take down the project could take several months as of right now there are no plans for what will replace the property >>

i know that all of you at home could not wait to see you tom skilling ... >>in a winter that has not produced very much snow the snow becomes the noose around here ...news here..

the visibility has been going away ... especially near o'hare ... the system has arrived on schedule today we will have 12 hours of steady snow fall ... we will even see some lake effect snow into the midday tomorrow this will be a narrow but heavy band of snow that will come down across our metropolitan area let's take a look at the radar ... moisture is coming at a thousand feet above us that collides with the arctic air mass this will take us into the evening rush-

hour and up till about 9:00 p.m. it is currently 18 degrees at midway ... we went from 28 degrees down to the single digits in 12 hours yesterday and the wind chill factor is still putting us in the teens ... fortunately there are not huge amounts of wind with this storm things are relatively calm out at o'hare airport ... it feels like 18 degrees out there ... we have single digits in the northern suburbs we have some below zero wind chill factor numbers ... northern minnesota is feeling the cold ... and

looking at the local temperatures ... >>we're looking at the northwest suburbs ... in harvard and a sandwich ... >>in dekalb county the storm is picking up with intensity ... here is the snow on the radar screen ... we are beginning to get into that steady snow fall here in the greater chicago area ... we looked at about 37 computer model forecasts and we get an average of a 6.2 in. accumulation for the downtown chicago area ... the snow is

coming at a good pace bringing low visibility conditions ... we have three tenths of an inch at midway right now ... when things are cold those snowflakes get fluffy that's what we're seeing right now ... 12 hours of steady snow fall taking us to about midnight ... and then the lake effect will continue ... nothing for saturday but we will expect some rain sunday ... we're looking at a time lapse in the forecast ... rush-hour is

rough by 940 this evening things will be tapering off and we go into the lake effect on those counties along lake michigan still seeing some snow activity ... >>total snowfall ... one model is showing eight nine, 11 in. totals that could be over estimating ... spencer iowa has 7 in. that's in the northwest of the state ... worthington minnesota has gotten 5 in. waterloo iowa has about just under 4 in. ...

look at what will happen this weekend the snow could last through the afternoon tomorrow very light ... and then we see a changeover to rein for sunday and then possibly a changeover to lights know by monday there will be 30 mi. per hour wind gusts this weekend ... so to summarize there is a winter storm warning until 9:00 p.m. and the chicago land area steady snow fall during the evening rush-hour the high will be 19 degrees we may see wind gusts to 20 mi. per hour snow showers will continue through the lakeside counties until midnight

temperatures will go into the teens tomorrow morning we will see some lake effect snow showers tomorrow afternoon overcast skies with a peak of sun in the afternoon temperatures could reach the mid-20s we will warm to 38 degrees by sunday with the possibility of rain ... we will see some moderation next week but we expect cold air toward the end of the week ... >>hopefully this snow will be light enough to shovel easily ... this is a relatively dry

snow >>it is time now for today's trivia question ... in fishing which of these is not a standard

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he is here to show us an easy way to prepare just about any kind of fish ... >>in january and february we are doing a 2012 menu and that is the price for several fish dishes ... one of them menu features salmon cakes ... >>typically we think about crab cakes or croquettes but we are making a take on that with fresh salmon and chopped vegetables

... we mixed all of those vegetables together with our other feller and we flake in the salmon ... i will roll that mixture into some banco breadcrumbspanko breacrumbs.. i brown the cakes in olive oil.. the pan should be very hot and too slow

down the burning of the butter you want to have a mixture of oil and butter and that pan ... we are going to serve this with reliance saucemulade sauce.. at lunchtime we have to lunches offered for $20.12 and dinner is priced at 2012.

all of the recipes are online ... i'm also making a coleslaw with asian flavor ginger and sesame it's a crunchy coleslaw with lots of really colorful vegetables ... another dish we serve is a rainbow trout ... this is a famous secret i tell everyone the dry airier the food the

better the carmelization in the saute.. i season to the trout with salt and pepper ... and i am sauteing the fission in theh in olive oil.. >>the restaurant is located at 1031 north rush street in chicago you can go to the tavern for the 2012 fixed-price menu

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the pistol grip is not a standard fly rod handle and fly- fishing >>we have 1 in. of snow down and schaumburg and decal but ... and there is now a report of 7 in. of snow out in waterloo iowa ... elmhurst is experiencing low visibility as well as o'hare ... it is snowing heavily in parts of our metropolitan area right now our prediction is between

five and 9 in. when it's all over ... we have gone through a snow drought for a long period of time here in the chicago area but we have had it this storm arrived after it has left a lot of snow in the rockies and pacific northwest and cascade mountains ... we are looking at the rest of the weekend we will get freezing drizzle on sunday and then the air will moderate the temperatures earlier next week ... temperatures will be in the teens most of this afternoon we

may get to the twenties this evening it will fall back into the teens overnight ... it will stay cool tomorrow and then shoot up to 38 degrees by sunday and we will see some afternoon rain ... we will have sunshine back by tuesday we may see flurries monday ... thursday and friday we may see some more precipitation ... and heading into february we will see some colder weather coming ... >>thank you tom skilling and thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great weekend we're going to leave you with more live music from the group august you can see them tomorrow night at the montrose room and rosemont