has just announced that it will restore funding to planned parenthood for breast cancer screenings. >>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 web. they came under fire for the decision ... the komen foundation originally said that it cut funding to planned

parenthood because the organization is under investigation for allegedly using federal money for abortions. but it just about an hour ago the foundation announced that it will reinstate breast cancer screenings at planned parenthood. it also issued an apology stating: " we have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize planned parenthood. there were not. ... " the president weighed in on the unemployment figures ... but he warned that we still have a tough road ahead and one solution is to hire returning military veterans

>>our veterans are some of the most highly trained and highly educated charlie skilled workers that we haveworkers that we have companies ought to be competing to hire them ... >>the president wants to help cities and towns hire more police officers and firefighters he also wants to see a to 20,000 veterans get jobs rebuilding national parks and local communities he is also proposing entrepreneurial training. julian crews has more on the

unemployment data >>positive numbers and job growth and unemployment adds to the news of increased factory output and stronger manufacturing ... chicago and the midwest are seeing an undeniable uptick in business we saw clear evidence of this yesterday in the far northwest suburban belvidere illinois where it was announced by chrysler that the dodge dart will have a manufacturing base their four both domestic and export product ... and mayor rahm emanuel announced a $68 billion german companies would

bring its north american headquarters to chicago. they say the region's manufacturing and industrial capabilities are what drew them to chicago ... but there is a report based on government statistics that say there is a shortage of skilled manufacturing human capital ... there may be 600,000 openings for skilled workers in manufacturing that require specialized training ... chicago jobs for justice says that the government has to take a more active role in retraining for jobs programs said that unemployed may find work >>it will continue to hurt our

economy if there is no training for these open positions in the future >>we're at the thompson center the corner of randolph and car clark ... many of the protesters you see here are unemployed teachers ... they say in spite of the promising numbers from the department of labor there are many people in chicago that are still hurting without work ... >>he is accused of tryingdriving the wrong way on the stevenson expressway before getting on to the on ramp of lake shore drive and having had on collision ...

23 year-old wreck-baker is charged with driving under the influence and driving the wrong way police began receiving calls shortly after 3:00 a.m. and an s u v traveling and out on the outbound stevenson expressway near kedzie he crashed into an oncoming car on the ramp connecting to lake shore drive a 24 year-old woman was injured both aren't serious to critical condition bond has been set for the man charged in connection with the murder and kidnapping back in november calvin griffin is charged with murder home invasion and kidnapping chicago police are searching for two men who sexually assaulted a u i c student the attack happened at paulina and harrison last saturday in broad daylight to 40 5:00 p.m. the man approached the 24 year-old woman with a knife covered her head

and her eyes with a dark cap and an assault turns out of a vehicle that left her unconscious in a parking lot nearby she was treated at a hospital and then released if he saw or heard anything please contact police >>chicago police using surveillance video to try to catch a man suspected in a series of strongarm robbery is a restaurant camera captured the 76 year-old woman being robbed last friday morning your pc and damen the woman is pushed from behind as a man takes her purse this was one of the 13 strongarm robbery reported since december 4th >>and residents are demanding an investigation into the deadly police shooting of an artistic teenager in the south suburbs. community activists to join the mother of 15 year-old stefan wants for a candlelight vigil last night in time at city wednesday morning his parents called police to their homes saying that there were not able to handle them over an issue

about going to schoolchildren calumet police said they had a call to the home before and knew that that youngster had asperger's syndrome the form of autism responding officers say they shot and killed the teen when he pointed a butter knife at them than the police called the shooting justified autopsy results have not yet been released >>the driver of a school bus that crashed while carrying nine special needs students has been suspended the kane county sheriff's department is investigating whether or not the driver was asleep when the accident happened the bus went off the road and slid on its side into a cornfield last week that same driver was accused of falling asleep at the wheel back october cameras were installed in that bus but found no evidence of the driver falling asleep so he was able to keep his job >>safe to reports of hundreds of

high-rise residential buildings in the city can now be checked on line on city of chicago .org this will include life safety evaluations and fire safety information >>we're learning more about the said details leading up to the death of "soul train" creator don cornelius. a distraught don cornelius called his son early tuesday morning shortly before he is believed to shot himself in the head details of the conversation are not known but his son went to his father's home he then called 911 and his father was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead detectives say evidence suggests that he took his own life the lapd will and its pro when the coroner's office

establishes a cause of death in the next few days don cornelius had discussed health problems after undergoing brain surgery and the 1980's >>the chicago public school system is giving away more than $40 million a year to employees who quit or retire with hundreds of unused vacation or sick days. most private employers tell their workers that those days cannot be carried forward from year to year use it or lose it the school system lets workers pilot those days and get paid for the ones that they do not use the better government association says the former schools ceo arnie duncan had pocketed more than $50,000 when he left in 2009 the cps responded with the statement that per mayor emmanuel's directive to all sister agencies the cps halted sick they payments to nonunion employees and are currently reviewing

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egyptian authorities say that two women were part of a group traveling from a monastery in the central sinai peninsula to southern resort town when a group of armed nomads stop them. the kidnappers had demanded the release of some prisoners but it is not clear if those demands were met earlier this week nomads captured a group of chinese workers on their way to a military factory. kidnappings

in robberies and egypt have been on the rise since longtime president hosni mubarak was overthrown one year ago >>violence continues in each of days after a riot at a soccer game killed dozens of people one person was killed 1400 were injured today when protesters confronted police near the interior ministry the protesters are demanding an end to military rule that demonstration came while egyptians observe three days of mourning for the 79 people killed in a soccer riot on wednesday some officials believe that those riots were politically motivated >>the supreme leader and iran as warning that his country will retaliate over any threat of attack. that is after defense secretary leon panetta said that it looks like israel will launch a military strike against iran the spring >>the washington post quotes unnamed sources in the obama administration as saying that leon panetta fears israel will

act by june to prevent iran from developing a nuclear bomb the israelis are reportedly concerned that once iran manages to store enough enriched uranium for a bomb only the united states would then have the military capability to stop them iran's ayatollah khamenei said that attacking his country will harm america he also promises to help any country that attacks israel, a developing story now about an international hacking claim ... hackers say they have up loaded onto you tube a sensitive conference call between the fbi and scotland yard the call was said to be a discussion about how to deal with the very group of hackers that of blood at the conference call the group is called anonymous the recording is 15 minutes long and is devoted to tracking and prosecuting specific members of that group of authenticity of that call has not been verified

that the fbi said it will investigate >>a warning about cyber security to the people who run the oscars the academy of motion picture arts and sciences said it will scrap the vote by mail system in favor of electronic ballots pewter security experts say that those votes could be attacked in a number of ways that could change the outcome of the voting pish the academy partner in the cyber voting said it is using military grade encryption to

with today's business headlines ... checking the market's stocks are gaining ground today the dow was up about 150 points right now the highest in several months that's because of the

january jobs report 243,000 jobs were created last month that is a much bigger jump than was expected the nationwide unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent the lowest in three years the january jump in jobs indicate that companies are hiring in many sectors ... something else going on quickly these days beef prices are going up it is believed it will continue to rise this year there may be a limit to what people will pay ... consumers indicate there's resistance to these high prices the banking sector is the

target of lawsuits on handling of fraudulent foreclosures ... sales in prescription drug purchases are dropping for walgreen's ... that's a look at the business headlines today ... members of congress take a step toward banning themselves from practicing insider-trading senators approved a bill last night that would make it illegal for lawmakers to trade stocks based on information that they learned on the job it would also require legislators to file disclosures of their trading within 30 days on their

transactions the bill now goes to the house of representatives where republican leaders say they would vote on it next week >>presidential hopeful mitt romney is apologizing for a controversial comment in an interview this week ronnie said that he was not concerned about the very poor he now says that he misspoke >>it's really not what i meant i was saying that i was going to focus on the middle class and elevating those into the middle income level ... mitt romney also said that the criticisms are just part of his political process >>coming up next we will take you to a local firehouse that is trying to win a makeover for its station and later in the medical watch what the fda has to say about fungicide levels in the

orange juice. and music this midday from country duo montgomery gentry they are teaming up with the professional championship bowl riders for two performances at the sears center tonight and tomorrow

field bleachers at wrigley field. the cubs want to renovate a section of those bleachers and add a 70 ft. wide screen ... the

landmark committee approved the plans by a 3-2 vote but the chicago cubs may need to get city council approval before they can put up that 75 ft. sign a proposed ordinance would force the team to get the council's ok before putting up any electronic sign of the least 100 square feet >>and they help so many people in need and now the fire fighters from palos park are asking for your help and ana belaval tells us what they need and where you can come in in all of this >>the administrative assistant here named maryann entered these firemen's house into the contest for a new ikea kitchen ... >>we have a faucet that we cannot turn off things are falling apart ...

>>so you entered one of your firemen's cajun shrimp recipes on that this contest website in hopes of winning the new kitchen >>how many suburbs do these fellows surferve.. >>a very wide swath around palos park >>the contest runs through february 28th go to the web site

for the pale los district fire protection station >>stay with us tom skilling will be next with the weekend forecast ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play but his nose was raw and sore.

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currently we have quite a blizzard happening in parts of nebraska and bringing severe weather to parts of the selfouth.. tonight we will see patches of light rain and possibly snowflakes here in chicago ... there is overcast here in the chicago metropolitan area ... that snowstorm is blowing through the high plains of colorado into nebraska they will seek to feet of snow when all is said and done ...

we've had considerable dense fog this morning ... the art coldarctic cold is staying well to the north. we are looking at the precipitation estimates on the doppler system ... we just have low clouds hanging over chicago right now ... there was a lot of fog in kankakee that is thinning.

here is the view from lincoln nebraska ... in our area we had rain fall with no significant accumulation ... nothing heavy in the area and we have more light rain to come. currently it's 38 degrees at o'hare same at midway ... the normal high temperatures 32 degrees for this time of year we continue the above normal temperatures it's the 13th consecutive day of these above normal temperatures ... it's been the trend for the

entire winter season. we are looking at the easterly wind ... that is carrying the moisture from the gulf of mexico that gives rise to lots of precipitation which we called up slope snow and that's what's colliding out there in the plains states. this will produce light rain in our area there is severe weather forecast alert for the lower midwest. and

the gulf coast states will be getting big storms. in the southern suburbs there will be more rain in the morning same thing at noon tomorrow. it will be a very overcast weekend.

in the snow forecast there could be upwards of 20 in. of snow in the plains states particularly nebraska. here is the chicago proper forecast in the afternoon we will remain cloudy damned end with drizzle fog and high temperatures ... 38 degrees. tonight the low temperature will be 33 degrees ... tomorrow will also be damp with some light rain ... the high-temperature will be 39 degrees. sunday will be partly cloudy by the afternoon we are looking at

possibly 41 degrees ... eastern europe is experiencing a brutal winter from istanbul to japan ... time for today's trivia: who was the first black female member of congress? we will have that answer still ahead

for a second consecutive year. he was also the third highest vote-getter behind kobe bryant and white howard ... the bulls a visited new york trying to avoid two straight losses. in the first quarter derrick rose goes the length of the floor for

two of his 32 points and makes it a four point lead. the knicks hung around a the whole game the bulls led by 5 in the fourth and its derrick rose again with an acrobatic layup he had 15 points in the fourth quarter carmelo anthony's last second three. shot to tie is no good and the bulls won 105-one out to they're off today they visit milwaukee tomorrow >>the blackhawks trying to avoid another blowout in edmonton there were down one goal in the second the courtsblackhawks short- handed but jonathan toews should of the night in the third the oilers scored five goals including three from sam gagner

... he is the first player since 1988 to have eight points in one game including that hat trick ... the hawks lost 8-for the last time they lost 9-to the hawks were winless in four straight they are in calgary again tonight the cubs and pitcher matt garza have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a new one-year deal is worth $9.5 million and includes performance bonuses the bears running back matt forte said he's ok with the franchise tech as long as it leads to a contract extension that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is now >>here are the winning picked three numbers 3 numbers: 0 5 8

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that there is no safety risk because the samples were taken from concentrated juice that will be blended down and almost disappear the fungicide is believed to have come from products from brazil where it's legal those products are often used by orange juice manufacturers in florida the testing was done after the fungicide was discovered in brazil and canada last month ...

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create some unique recipes that are perfect for the big game this weekend ... >>we are going to do schremp shri shrimp nachos.... mike hanna is heatingthe saute pan is warmed it to high heat ... i am sauteing the shrimp ...

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shirley chisholm was the first black female member of congress. >>you would think that the first weekend in february would be cold and maybe even snowing ... that will be true for the plains states where there is a blizzard expected dumping 2 ft. of snow ... but here in chicago it will be in the upper 30's low 40's ... the areas on the map have winter

storm watches and warnings for blizzard conditions and there is a tornado watch right now for the oklahoma texas border ... the snow banned extends from the rockies eastward into nebraska precipitation will be raising the southern suburbs of chicago but that's about it for this area ... tomorrow and may seek about 4 in. of snow nebraska will see 2 ft.. tomorrow and iowa will get those 4 in. ... the water temperatures are in the low 30's and that is keeping us damp and cool ...

there really cold air is way north in the arctic ... we have moderate conditions here ... there is a shot of cold air going toward new england but we will remain mild in the seventh day forecast it will be 39 degrees tomorrow with rain and drizzle partly cloudy by afternoon sunday and monday will be mild with sunshine and 43 degrees we will be back into the third days for tuesday and wednesday and we will remain there for the rest of the week in the '30's ... >>before we go i want to wish steve sanders a very happy birthday ... thank you so much for joining us today. we hope you have a great

weekend we will leave you with more music from montgomery gentry.