we have a developing story this afternoon u.s. senator mark kirk is recovering from surgery after developing a stroke over the weekend ... >>the top story is that the senator checked himself into a hospital saturday the 52 year- old republican was transferred to northwestern memorial from lake forest hospital after he checked himself in their ... there was bleeding in the artery

on the left side of his neck he is expected to recover in the weeks ahead ... we will have the latest in a live report later this hour >>we go to the angle would district with a mayor and the police superintendent outlined an anti-crime plan >>this district sought a 40% increase in murder and today garry mccarthy said that the people and angle would have suffered long enough ... he and the mayor rolled out a plan that would geographically assign nearly 300 officers to the seventh and 11th police districts those districts account for 20 percent of murders and shootings city-wide in 2011 and one-third of the murders and the shooting incidents for the first two

weeks of this year those officers will be geographically assigned to units in gangs and narcotics and homicide ... about 150 officers will be reassigned to the 11th district ... this is about putting resources where they are needed the most according to the mayor there are approximately one- quarter of all murder and shooting incidents in the city are occurring in these two districts ... >>they drive the criminal data and they drive what is going on in the gun and violent crimes here in the city >>we looked at the statistics of where and when the violent crime is most likely to occur in the course of the last three years

and its ban in these two districts where also investing more resources to reduce violent crimes in a number of ways >>mike shields weighed in on the plan questioning the long term success of this ... >>we have always been sending more officers to the seventh and 11th districts now we're taking them from different neighborhoods putting them in these two districts at some point you have to think we are running out of manpower in the other 23 districts >>he also mention that today is the first that he has heard of the plan ... the worst repeat offenders were in those districts and prosecution will

be aggressive >>2 people were shot to death when their vehicle stopped at a north side intersection overnight julian crews has more from rogers park >>understandably crime and angle would in the west side of chicago is a grave concern including the mayor as this morning's vicious shooting demonstrates the rogers park community is not immune to the skirt of street violence. they are being tight-lipped about the investigation but it appears that a chicago motorist was ambushed and the liberty targetedeliberately targeted on sheridan road ... the man tried to escape from the attackers driving into a tray also killing his passenger 27 year-old jonathan bell there is word that

there may have been others in the car who the gunman were targeting is not known at this time based on what we were able to see at least six shots were fired in this densely populated neighborhood of rogers park according to his family's dion miller was looking forward to having his first child >>he was a great likeable person i can give anyone who had any dislike for him >> a murder trial begins today in mchenry county all the victim's body has never been found. 17 year-old brian carrick disappeared in 2002 after leaving the johns berg grocery

store where he worked police found blood evidence inside of the store they say that the store's supervisor murdered him over drug money a key prosecution witness is expected to testify that a the supervisor at the store told him to scare the victim to collect the money defense attorneys say that the witnesses on testifying as part of the plea agreement to get a reduced sentence in another case >>memorial services are being planned for a long time penn state football coach joe paterno who died yesterday at the age of 75 just two months ago joe paterno was dismissed by the university for not doing enough after learning about allegations of child sex abuse against his firm former assistant football coach jerry sandusky >>he devoted his life to the penn state community >>he was 45 years as head coach

leading the team through five undefeated seasons and record setting victories his tenure was tarnished after he was dismissed in november accused of not doing enough when told that his former assistant coach jerry sandusky had been molesting young boys >>joe paterno asserts that he never learned the details of the encounters and that he reported the allegations to the athletic director >>his fans are quick to come to his defense >>it was horrible way everything happened to joe paterno >>he is being remembered for keeping his players focused on academics >>he said want you to be on campus to know firstly that you will get a great education i will push all of you to get your degrees

>>his commitment to education was unmatched in college football >>members of the community here will get a chance to say farewell there will be a public memorial as well as a private one for penn state football players remembering his legacy >>jerry sandusky former assistant coach under joe paterno who is accused of sexually bees and young boys released a statement following the coaches death >>he said that " he maintained a high standard in a very difficult profession. joe paterno preached toughness and hard work and clean competition and most importantly he had the courage to practice what he preached ... jerry sandusky is charged with sexually abusing tender for boys he has pleaded not guilty >>coming up next in the noon hour the supreme court makes a major ruling against the use of

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the u.s. supreme court says that police need to get a search warrant before using a gps device to track a criminal suspect. the high court ruled today in favor of a nightclub owner and washington d.c. who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sentenced to prison. if federal appeals court in washington overturned the conviction of antoine jones because police did not have a warrant when they placed a gps device in his car and used it to track his movements >>italian search crews have

found more bodies in the partially sunken cruise ship off the coast of italy divers pulled two bodies from the costa concordia raising the death toll from the january 13th disaster to 15 officials say about 17 people are still missing the divers set off more explosives on board the ship today to allow them to reach more remote parts of that vote also preparations are underway to remove about half a million gallons of fuel from the ship so far there is no evidence that any has been leaking into that water the lawyer for the ship's captain said the captain was not under the influence of any drugs when the cruise liner ran aground the lawyer said that the capt. francesco schettino tested negative for drugs he is under house arrest charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship ... >>gabrielle giffords is giving up her seat in congress a year after she was shot in the head

and at an appearance in arizona, on the website she told constituents and well-wishers that she will step down this week a rampage by a gunman in tucson killed six people injured 13 others and left gabrielle giffords with a brain injury that still requires extensive rehabilitation >>i will never forget the trust you have placed in me to be your voice thank-you for your prayers ... >>as one of her last official duties gabrielle giffords will attend tomorrow's state of the union speech a special election will have to be held at to find her successor >>republican presidential candidate mitt romney is going after rival newt gingrich in florida today after losing to the former house speaker in

south carolina this weekend. mitt romney highlighted newt gingrich worked as a consultant for freddie mac at a roundtable discussion he said the new gingrich is a hypocrite for making more than a million dollars off of the mortgage giant in spite of denying that he was ever a lobbyist for them mitt romney once newt gingrich to release his records relating to freddie mac >>newt gingrich is holding a rally in florida this afternoon ahead of tonight's debate he is hoping to capitalize on the momentum from his commanding weekend victory in south carolina where he won 40 percent of the vote over 28 by mitt romney quickly after winning saturday at the money began rolling into the new gingrich campaign he posted a message on twitter saying that they brought in more than a million dollars by sunday afternoon the florida primary is next week >>kentucky senator rand paul said that he was detained by tsa

agents at the national airport this morning he set off alarm after going through a body scanner is a wanted to go through the machine again instead of getting a pat down but he claims that officers refused and taken into custody instead senator dick durbin goes after for profit colleges that he said are taking advantage of returning veterans we will also have the latest on senator mark kirk ... but now

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high if they stay there you will pay more at the grocery store for york aron sharesjuice it's because of the mounting concerns that there is a disease in the southeastern states ... if the testing goes ok the futures will fall back down and you will not see any impact at the grocery store >>the e u put a ban on iranian oil beginning july 1st china and india will still continue to buy oil from iran >>this ceo says bank of america is cutting additional $3 billion in annual costs ... the ceo said

the comments at a meeting earlier this month ... shakeups continue at research in motion it is replacing that to cope ceos with the chief operating officer the trading is down 10% since friday ... >>the dow was also losing between 30 and 40 points within this hour ... >>illinois senator dick durbin is introducing new legislation today to protect veterans. that bill would prevent for profit colleges from collecting financial incentives to recruit veterans into pricey programs. dick durbin said that some for

profit colleges preying on veterans who have access to lucrative forms of federal aid including the gi bill and the department of defense tuition assistance benefits last week the illinois attorney general lisa madigan sued west would college she said the for-profit college misled some students leaving them deep in debt with nearly worthless degrees >>our breaking news story this illinois senator mark kirk underwent surgery today after suffering a stroke we will have

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condition >>doctors are saying that he has a good chance of recovery but that said they are keeping and a medically induced coma while the swelling in his brain decreases ... he went to lake forest hospital with a headache and he was sent to northwestern hospital with a condition deteriorated the doctors removed a 4 by 8 in. section of his skull to reduce the swelling in his brain they are saying that he is lucky that the stroke happened where it did ... >>it may affect his left arm his left leg movement and some slight paralysis but fortunately stroke was not on the left side of his brain that would affect his ability to speak and think

and understand concepts ... we are very encouraged by the prognosis senator kirk has always shown great courage and resilience and we are confident that the fighter in him will prevail >>doctors are saying they're happy with the status since he has been brought out of the, he is responding but they will keep him in the intensive care unit for several days and he has a long road for rehab what caused the car torrid artery to rupture is as of yet unknown ... >>an attempt by remand palomino attorneys to put him on the

electric monitoring is denied 17 year-old palomino was charged as an adult with robbery and decorated battery for the attack that has gone viral on you tube despite strenuous arguments of that teenagers attorney last week judge is rail desierto set bail for him at $100,000 along with six other teenagers he punched kicked and robbed a 17 year-old high-school student at south side alley way last sunday palomino was the only one that was this chargecharged with the crime >>chicago public school principals are learning to say how they are supposed to fill longer school days that begin next school year they should a 25 page guide to keep the class is consistent and to maximize the additional time

>>mayor emanuel will hold his second on-line town hall meeting tonight. the focus is on education. the mayor has asked people to submit questions about schools and education to ask chicago .org. >>the drew peterson made for television movie premiered over the weekend drew peterson " untouchable aired saturday night on lifetime peterson watched the movie in jail over the weekend and said that it was " hysterical " his attorney says that drew peterson left at the inaccuracies in the things that never occurred stacey peterson sister also said that it was a far-fetched and off the mark rendition of their marriage >>the movie is based on a book fatal vows the tragic wives of

sergeant drew peterson, the author said he was impressed with how the movie turned out he said that the screenwriter had to change things in order to cram a five-year story into a two hour movie >>drew peterson attorney said that the movie could play an important role in jury selection and whether the defense asks for a change of venue ... >>the garfield park conservatory finally reopened all of its rooms after a hailstorm caused major damage last year with a half of the glass roof there was shattered the restoration crew had to remove shards of glass by hand and replace soil they opened the last two rooms this weekend officials say that the cleanup costs at least $2

million and have more repairs to make garfield park conservatory is one of the largest in the nation and is more than 100 years old

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western united states and heading eastward across the country ... we continue to get called in the wake of the storm last night and we had impressive rainfall yesterday overnight it obliterated the snow cover ... we had 6 in. on the ground at the beginning of the weekend and there is barely 1 in. left in the chicago area. we promised you a variety and a la nina winter.. we are looking at a change to some snow flurries this afternoon but we do not expect any major accumulation readings will be at 30 degrees by the evening ... we are looking at

the squall line it was very violent downstate. we are ploting where the rain is heading ... at one point we had a squall line going from eastern texas right here into chicago producing thunderstorms we are looking at the radar at the moment and showing you also the view from kankakee there's not much snow left on the ground there. and we're looking at the skyline very low visibility here in the city ... there are powerhouse wind gusts blowing ... we have some other

rainfall accumulation totals ... the temperatures are descending 36 degrees at 0 hera 35 degrees at midway 32 degrees at 0 henr mchenry ... >>the storms are now marching through pennsylvania and sections of virginia ... the tornado season begins down on the gulf coast and and marches to the north reaching us in the springtime ... last year there were terrible tornado outbreaks down south ... there is a cooling of the equatorial

pacific ocean area that has a facteffect on wednesday whichwe expect rain or snow. we are not expecting major accumulations but what may happen is that clearing may take place from the fleury's later on tonight and that standing water will be freezing all the chemicals have been washed off of the roadways so you need to be careful of the icy conditions ... there are wind

advisories in indiana and ohio and wisconsin where there are winter storm and its gayle storm warningsgale force storm warnings on the lake ... we are in the final week of january we are still 10 degrees warmer than the winter of last year in spite of what we had on friday ... we just see seasonal cold air bursts ... some places have 36 mi. per hour gusts dropping the temperatures to a teen range wind chill factor ... we are still six

degrees above yesterday's temperature at this time ... the wind chill is 25 the humidity is 81%. here it is the storm going into the west coast and new outbreak of severe weather may result in the southern plains states pass this moves ... we may have to watch this midweek if it strays farther to the north ... the rain will change to snow showers and snow flurries this afternoon we will have some gusty wind conditions it will get breezy and cooler overnight ... the sunshine will

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the hallmark of home cooking across cultures ... we are talking about soup. the soup and bread to cookbook which is inspired by the soup and bread

series at the hideout in chicago explores the social role of soup and includes some really great recipes from local chefs ... karen gerod from swim cafe here in chicago is one of the chefs who contributed to the unique book ... >>we appealed to some sweet potato peeled some sweet potato we rested that in the oven after roasting ... and we are adding stock >>so the idea for the book ...

>>i get different cooks to contribute pots of soup to community fund-raisers ... but the book is about the different ways that people use soup and also bread to reach out to others in need as a community. soup is one of those things that you find in every culture. it has a lot of positive association ... it is very hard to make soup for just one person ... so with this sweet potato soup recipe i have 2 c.

of half and half ... and it we will add paprika and cayenne pepper and hot pepper to make it spicy we don't want to splutter the cameraman and the more but you want to use and emulsifier to blend the roasted potato and other ingredients one of the garnishes that we like to use is the potato skin we crisp those

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tom skilling is making his way back after checking out the suitoup.. it is called it is windy and it will get colder tonight into tomorrow. the wind is gusting over 30 mi. per hour in certain parts of the area here are the wind chill readings and the temperature drop across this center of the country. there is a 22 degree wind chill factor reading here in chicago right now ... we will continue

to watch the dip in the jet stream that will produce a storm across the southern midwestern states ... we don't see any better arctic outbreaks just cold air coming an overnight ... 22% of the country is underneath considerable snow ... we are looking at moderate cold midweek end of a warm-up at the end of the week but we will turn colder over the weekend seeing some snow sunday or monday >>thank you for joining us today >>we hope you have a great afternoon remember we are back at 5 and at 9 with more on the senator mark kirk ...