a unique new look at the growth and the violence of city's street gangs in chicago. good afternoon i am tom negovan. and i am konev francisco in 4 dina bair. nancy loo is live at the chicago club with our top story: ... there are more than 79 gangs with up to 150,000 members in chicago >>is said to be the most comprehensive look ever at the street gang problem threat chicagoland. gang book meticulously documents where the gangs are active and who are the nonmembers. according to the

commission's president chicago has more gang activity than any other major city and in recent years gangs have not only become splintered but the members and leaders are younger and their recruiting aggressively in elementary schools. >>some of these kids are 17 years old it is not that unusual for someone of that age to be able to influence someone in second or third grade. >>public housing changes have changed the structures of gangs another major trend is the widespread use of social media gang members are not only terrorizing streets but incidents are spilling over onto the internet, whenever an incident occurs the plaster their face book pages with the incident and the alleged offender or even comments as to retaliation for hate language >>social media also helps

authorities investigate violent crimes and anticipate it. this thing book is intended to be a training tool for community leaders law-enforcement and teachers and parents ... >>attorneys present their closing arguments today in the trial of a south side man accused of killing a chicago police officer. lamar cooper is charged with the 2008 murder of narcotics officer nathaniel taylor who was shot while trying to serve a search warrant. in opening statements his attorneys said that cooper did not know the plainclothes officer was a policeman they said that he thought it was an armed robbery and fired at taylor in self- defense cooper chose not to testify in his own defense >>three white teenagers are accused of attacking an african- american teenagers because of

his relationship with a white girl. 18 year-old matthew herrmann as charged as an adult with a crime to others have been charged in juvenile court happened on christmas eve at a home on the 1600 block of west 100th place where one of those defendants lived the teenagers are accused of holding the victim and knifepoint and in a noose around his neck and calling him racial slurs >>anthropologist will examine two human skulls that were discovered in bull lavallee it boy found one of those calls on his property along the 1500 block of cherry valley road tuesday morning police and cadaver dogs found that second one nearby authorities to not believe there is any threat to the public and man who grew up in chicago's beverly neighborhood was killed in an avalanche in colorado chris norris became buried while skiing sunday and died of asphyxiation he graduated from mount carmel high school in 2002 he moved from beverly to

colorado after he attended college there. his mother lives and evergreen park he leaves behind a wife and two young children his family said he loved it skiing so much he even taught his three year-old daughter how to ski his baby boy is only seven weeks old. after disturbing pictures surfaced of overcrowding at the cook county morgue when commission moves to get the medical examiner fired and at this hour board president toni preckwinkle is touring the morgue to see firsthand the overcrowding situation medical examiner dr. nancy johnson said cuts in state funding for indigent burials is the reason for the backlog of the bodies that the commissioner john fritchey will ask his colleagues today to amend a law that makes the medical examiner's job a lifetime appointment after her

tor toni preckwinkle will speak to the media about changes in personnel and policy at the morgue we hope to bring that to you later in the newscast >>the city plans to go to court today to request an emergency repair order for a lincoln park high-rise. weeks without heat or hot water people's gases that a blocked chimney coastal levels of carbon monoxide in this high- rise at pine grove and wrightwood. so it shut down the boiler and the water heaters that fit into the chimney and the heat gets turned back on >>the building's manager suggested that residents use the space heaters or turn on ivan's to stay warm but fire officials there say it's too dangerous city officials are asking a judge to appoint a receiver >>doctors say that senator mark

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reunited with her father soon. on tuesday night, navy seals pulled off a dramatic rescue of jessica buchanan and poul thisted. both were adopted back in october. earlier this month the fbi received a tip of where they were located. the navy seals arrived by helicopter they were dropped off a mile away and stormed the compound nine somalian fighters were killed those navy seals were part of the same unit that killed osama bin-laden >>a bill that would greatly undermine unions in indiana is on the brink of becoming law. the republican controlled house there passed the so-called right to work legislation yesterday that bill would give employees the option of joining unions at their unionized workplaces the gop-controlled senate is also expected to pass the measure and the republican governor may sign it by the end of next week

for president obama was met with tension when he landed in arizona just moments after he stepped off of air force one yesterday, he was welcomed by governor jan brewer. she handed the president a letter and in a heated conversation ensued and she pointed a finger at him. reporters say that the two appear to be talking at the same time until the president walked away in midsentence. gov. jan brewer told one reporter that she was not hostile she thought she was gracious and said she respected the office of the president saying that she would never be disrespectful in her manner ... she said the president seemed upset about her book and she criticized him for opposing arizona anti- immigration law she said she also invited the president to meet with her during that brief

exchange. >>few remaining republican presidential hopefuls will get a chance for some last shots at each other tonight before the pivotal florida primary ... florida's primary which many consider to be one of the most crucial in the country is next tuesday >>newt gingrich has been criticized by his opponents for his big ideas and he announced another one yesterday in florida ... >>we will have our first permanent base on a moan ... and it will be american ... >>gingrich made those remarks new the kennedy space center in cape canaveral he also said that by the end of 2020 the u.s. will have the first system that could reach mars. >>u.s. representative barney frank is the most prominent gay member in congress and he is reportedly getting married the new england cable news network

reports the 71 year-old who is retiring from the u.s. house at the end of his term will marry his longtime partner jim ready. the ceremony will take place in his home state of massachusetts but no date has been set same- sex marriages legal in massachusetts and new york connecticut are what new hampshire vermont and the district of columbia. beginning today airline fees will be easier to understand new federal rules go into effect today requiring the airlines include all mandatory taxes and fees in the advertised ticket price in some cases those fees can add up to 20 percent of the ticket price it's the perfect on the go breakfast we are making a friday a the sandwich

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ou with today's business headlines. netflix stock is up big today shares are up more than 20% a big turnaround for netflix after saying its 9 610,000 customers in the fourth cut ourquarter ... the rebound is happening after the price increase last summer that created an uproar ... the apple i phone is taking a bite out of at&t profits just like it had with verizon ...

phone companies are selling them at a loss ... >>caterpillar is hoping to paint a brighter picture for the world economy sank profit is jumping 60% ... it has already seen a recovery in construction spending in the united states >>those higher air fares you are paying are also paying off for the airlines united continental says that hyatt ticket pricest higher ticket prices are offsetting higher jet fuel expenses ... earlier the dow rose to its highest level since may ... but the markets have reversed since the sales of new homes in the

u.s. dropped unexpectedly this past december ... the archdiocese of chicago is considering a bond sale to raise money that's something it has not done since the early 20th century. church officials are not confirming any plans to sell bonds. but the moody's rating service said that it's given the archdiocese's its top rating for a proposed sale of more than one under $59 the church coffers are depleted by the costs of construction parish operations in settlements in clergy sex abuse cases >>in a last-minute deal is in place to help dozens of children after chicago's jane addams hull house announced it will close its doors tamara the near west side charity announced last week that a plan to close in march officials say there is not enough money to stay open and the association will file

for bankruptcy on friday the jane addams hull house has been around for more than 122 years provedided daycare foster care domestic violence counseling and job-training to about 60,000 people every year employees and clients are now left scrambling to make other plans ... >>just this morning a deal was worked out to transition about 1 1/3 children from to head start programs run by the jane addams hull house to another program >>there will be fewer restaurants at this year's taste of chicago and some will only be around for one day at a time. the taste is being scaled back from 10 days to five and a number of restaurants will drop by about one-third restaurants will still have to fork over $3,000 to operate at the taste

festival and they will have to pay the city bigger share of gross sales the biggest change will be the addition of several popup restaurants that will vary each day of that festival it is all part of the mayor's plan to make a taste of chicago more profitable and the final plans for the north grant park reykjavikrenovation plan have been revealed grant park will go from a flat stretch of land to 20 a. of hills and forest paths. the park will feature climbing area a state park and even a scootering plaza park district officials say that grant park will be very different from its neighbor millennium park the area will be much more organic with softer shapes its final press tab for the makeover has not been announced

we have live music from american idol contestant james durbin this midday ... he has released his debut album memories of a beautiful disaster which cracked the top 10 on the billboard rock album chart at no. 8 he will be performing tomorrow night at austin's salon

when it comes to teaching students who have been struggling to learn or who have been turned off by school altogether the january teacher of the month believes that where there is a will there is a way >>i am just trying to diffuse the situation if their attitude gets in the way of learning i take care of what ever is going on first if they cannot come down they cannot learn ... >>patricia lamarque teaches science at the adult learning center in south suburban robbins it's an alternative school for students who have difficulties in traditional schools >>sometimes we don't want to learn our lesson but she reminds us that we need to learn and to graduate >>i was clueless about what i wanted to do but i told her i

was interested in nursing and i was not sure ... she helped me she found schools i could attend >>she exposes them to the world around them and gains their confidence and respect and she comes up with creative ways to keep them attentive and interested >>she showed us how to look at cellular structures with play- doh ... >>students say that they leave her classroom feeling good no matter what they learn >>when i come i don't feel so good but when i leave i feel a lot better >>if it weren't for the after-

school time she devotes to me i am sure i would not graduate i need to thank her a lot for that she is a fine teacher to be around with a great personality she is easy to talk to and i enjoy having her as my teacher >>we want to congratulate you for being teacher of the month and present you with this check for $1,000 and on behalf of wgn i would like to read our congratulations and present you with the certificate for a job well done ... >>patricia lamar said that she will use the check to make a down payment on an outdoor therapeutic classroom she and a coat teacher are developing on the grounds of the school ... to nominate a teacher peckplease go to

our web site ... >>in the medical watch screening your children to find out if you are at risk for heart disease back in the late 1980's researchers measured the cholesterol the blood pressure on the weight of more than 800 school children 26 years later they checked the now grownups' again and their parents and the study found that parents of the children with high blood pressure at the age of 12 were more likely to suffer with cardiovascular problems >>the man at the center of a global breast implants scandal is now in police custody french police arrested breast implant company founder jean-claude mas this morning he was detained as part of an investigation into manslaughter and involuntary injury not approve for medical use the company's implants had been removed from the

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you were reminiscing about the 1968 blizzard ... >>instead of having lake shore drive blocked with stranded vehicles every thoroughfare in the city was populated by stranded cars and buses 50,000 cars at one point were sitting on area highways ... what a difference 45 years can make ... may we not go back to that again that was something 23 in. of snow a 53 mi. per hour wind there has been nothing like it in our history before or since then ... we have a crummy looking overcast sky today. there has been a little bit of rain in the southern suburbs from heavy clouds ... but there

had been buckets full of rain down south. there's a big squall line ... we have some good radar pictures to give you an idea where that rain is located. here is that squall line and it's just the latest and a serious that is hitting the gulf states it's the second storm to produce a severe weather outbreak in half a week ... it produced 60 mi. per hour winds in texas and many inches of rain. here's a three- dimensional look at the radar ... there is a jet stream also

happening with lots of moisture ... but there is less moisture to the north and our area ... the call there is organizing in canada and it will drop into the united states in two phases it will not last for long but we may see some snow flurries tomorrow night and possibly saturday night it won't be any big deal like last friday however. a tornado watch is on an alabama and the florida panhandle with flooding concerns as well ... and these are the various weather advisories in the northern rockies ... it is typical for the tornado season to begin down south and my greatmake its way to the north by

the spring. visibility here is three- quarters of a mile at arto'hare airport. it will be a cloudy afternoon here in chicago we may get some light precipitation later this afternoon no prospects for any sunbreaks. we're looking at a cool down into the 30's on saturday and sunday will be in the low 20s with blustery conditions ... we could get some accumulation of snow overnight saturday may be about 1 in. or two.

we are 36 degrees currently at o'hare airport 37 degrees at midway airport ... we have the skyline fading in the foggy conditions ... little patches of precipitation this afternoon and this evening nothing will amount to much. temperatures will remain in the mid '30's the normal high temperature this time of year is 31 degrees we are already above normal. this month has averaged five degrees above normal and has had more rain and we have had 11 in. of snow thus far this month >>82% of winter days have been

above normal ... tonight mostly cloudy perhaps a drizzle low temperature 24 degrees mixed sunshine and clouds tomorrow it will get more cloudy laid the afternoon leading to some light snow tomorrow night's we may get a dusting of one or 2 in. ... saturday will be 31 degrees 24 degrees on sunday it will be cold and blustery we will be back in the 40's by tuesday and wednesday next week ... the call there is just not materializing

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home winning streak but coach thibodeau said that they came out sluggish at the united center last night. they blew a 10 point halftime lead to the pacers. f. down two points late in the fourth indiana david west had a running hook shot for two of his 14 points. bubbles were down two points again with 30 seconds left derrick rose passed to wide open brian scalabrine and he misses the go-ahead three-pointer the bulls lost 95-90 the first home loss in nine games >>they have to be ready to play every night this and as you start feeling too good you are gonna get knocked on your bleep that's just how it is ... >>the blackhawks general manager stan bowman will join the advisory committee for the u.s. men's national hockey team the group basically selects who

plays on the team he joined several other nhl general managers including former hawks general manager dale tallon. take a look at the white sox latest throwback uniforms there will wear these 1972 uniforms for sunday home games this season 13 games in all bill melton on the left actually wore these uniforms when he played for the sox and coming up tomorrow at midday we will have robin ventura joining us live here in the studio the official drawing of the illinois lottery ... >>here are the winning pick three numbers: 3 1 3

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disturbing bodie pictures of bodies at the cook county mark are calling for the firing of dr. nancy jones the medical examiner ... >>after touring the medical examiner's office county president toni preckwinkle said that she is disgusted ... she said that many people may lose their jobs is now uncertain as to who will be dismissed ... the photographs you are seeing have come from inside where bodies are stacked one on top of another the medical examiner dr. nancy downs has said that at one time the mortgage has held more than 400 bodies more than it can

handle ... toni preckwinkle said that she recognizes the challenges ... and that the more it except some bodies under circumstances that others may not ... management will be organized and dr. jones will remain more technicians will be trained and the expediting of the paperwork will be reviewed ... >>is our shared goal has been and will be greater accountability and protecting the dignity of the deceased. the next public burial will be held on february 10th it is important to note that medical examiner nancy jones was not present at

this afternoon's press conference when asked why toni preckwinkle said that it was because she was in her office working ... >>we will be right back

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it's the warmest winter in 78 years ... we are 11 degrees warmer than the winter last year this ranks among the 12 warmest winters since recorded

we're looking at the temperature changes ... not only is it mild but it has grown milder. the mitty is 89%. by sunday we will see some arctic air for just one day. there will be some area snow tomorrow night maybe saturday ... sunday will be cold and blustery but temperatures will recover nicely. the snowfall forecast

is: 3 tenths to 1 in. tomorrow night. saturday possibly the same sunday will be called and tuesday and wednesday of next week we will see the warming again. 38 degrees tomorrow 31 saturday will be the '20s on sunday 27 monday and in the '30's and '40's by the middle of next week once again we are warming up. thank you tom skilling and thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon we

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