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bamako >> i chaotic scene, witnesses tell us there was a hail of bullets flying near 79 in the essex and when the gunfire stopped seven people had been shot, two of them died in the teenager is in critical condition. >> its 7 like a cannon. this
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happened around 645 tonight outside a liquor store on the 2500 block of 79 street in the last few hours friends and relatives of the victim had been coming to this crime scene overwhelmed with grief. here's what we know again, two people were killed one of the victims was found inside the store a 13 year-old was taken to the children's hospital in critical condition and four other teenagers were taken to hospitals where we are told their condition has stabilized friends of one of the victims who was killed say he was known to everyone in this neighborhood, they say he was in his fifties place at the wrong time. and i do not know what is
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going on or why but they need to stop. still a very active seen it out here police have not released a motive and we do not know who they are looking for but they tell us so far no r rests have been made and as this investigation continues they will be checking footage from the blue light cameras that you see there, there are several in this neighborhood. that is the very latest tonight we are at 79th and philips. >> a chicago police officer is in good condition tonight at memorial hospital after he was shot in the hand during a scuffle with a suspect, officers were responding to call of a person with a gun near 68th in
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stoney island, they chased the suspect on foot, during a struggle police say the suspect pulled out a gun and shot one of the officers in the hands. we found out that he was subsequently shot he was struck three times at this point as far as we can tell he is in stable condition and the officer is in good shape also. >> family members identified the suspect as this man who was taken to start your hospital. open containers of alcohol in a car involved in a fatal crash this morning they say this car was speeding west on mcginn highway about 4:00 a.m. when it slammed into the back of a semi, tonight the driver said he felt something but kept driving for a few blocks before he pulled over incident found the car still wedged underneath his truck, the driver of the car was 21 year-
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old hernandez in died at the scene. he was airlifted to a dekalb hospital in critical condition. in the world's longest kidney transplant chain. >> it's the story there reads like a united airlines arrival screen at o'hare. 30 kidneys crisscrossing the country involving 60 different people with two state connections right here near chicago. paulette of west chicago, >> i am actually healthier than i have ever been. >> the front page of the new york times tells the tale of these 30 people receiving kidneys from living donors they
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didn't even know. brought together by a computer match program developed by the national kidney registry. this is truly one of the most important thing is happening in transplantation right now. they performed both surgery's here surgeries he says would not have been possible without the registry. now through the power of change at the national level we can get people transplanted as quickly as possible with the best matched kidneys. it began with one man who just wanted to donate a kidney to someone who needed it, that was the piece of the puzzle which linked recipients with living donors from across the country including paulettes' whose sister donated one of her kidneys to another person. she was elated to hear that she could help not only me but someone else. the last leg of this chain says without the
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registry his hopes were pleased waiting for a matching cadaver kidney which could have taken years. i am hoping that i am not the last recipient of this chain. >> the doctor hopes that through increased awareness of the registry and more donor signing on 30 percent more people can be saved every year. >> this is the duty of america right here that you are seeing on the front page of the new york times this is what makes us americans doing things for other people before we do things for ourselves. >> of course we have more information on this historic daisy chain of kidney transplants on our web site. some older men want to silence spectators the city council meeting and the debate over a new proposal. gov quinn gives a
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controversial rule proposal. he says they need to strike a balance between people's liberty is in the need to get the business of chicago don but civil rights attorney says the proposal as it stands now is lopsided and unlawful. it's potentially a real problem for the first amendment. he has joined three other commercial aldermen including ed burke the proposed changes in the rules of order in procedure of the city council were introduced as a courtesy... lively would be an understatement. >> i'm not saying anybody should be allowed to disrupt city council. what happens when we're
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there to celebrate something? >> the call the proposal laughable. he says it's hypocritical of alderman mel given his famous assent atop his city council desk back in 1987 demanding to be recognized. wgn political analyst paul lisnek said if passed the proposal will face a court challenge. we're entitled to speak at those meetings and express ourselves that's part of what it means to be an american. at a certain point people reach a breaking point. he believes this proposal is intended to crack down on the
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many protests planned against them, the plan to bring the summons to chicago but that shouldn't mean that residence voices should be stifled. even if you are not concerned about the summit's coming in may you should be concerned about what is happening to our civil liberties because whether you are trained to protest the school's closing or is cta cut back or what have you this will affect you. more sparks are flying in the democratic primaries and the second congressional district, candidates leveled against her incumbent jesse jackson jr. she claimed jackson give $100 million to the airport project that she said he should of used for other projects. albertson
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also told reporters that jackson made errors in getting up free plane ticket from a campaign fund-raiser for a woman he had a relationship with, jackson's campaign is not returned a call for comment late tonight. saturday sometimes what is quoted as convicted former governor rob blagojevich's in describing her as " the most on ethical person in government. and " collins is demanding an apology. >> he has the nerve to compare me to a person who was convicted for selling office? those comments are malicious and i demand an apology to me, my family and my friends. collins is threatening to file a libel
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suit if he does not apologize by tuesday morning in a statement tonight he says: he has no intention of apologizing. >> in light of this wednesday's budget address. >> we have to make cuts in illinois there is no question but we don't want to quaestor spending and/or human infrastructure. folks all over illinois. just yesterday gov quinn as for the state's constitutional office to look at cutting their budget by at least 9%. and still to come all republican presidential hopeful is drawing criticism for what he said about president barack obama and religion. and a major
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attended a reception after the service they continue to mourn the singers sudden-death. >> i was actually shocked because i grew up on whitney listening to her music and that's all i pretty much listen to at my home so when i found out that she was dead del like a part of me also died. >> investigators are waiting for toxicology results so it may be weeks before the exact cause of death is determined. conflicting reports coming out of syria today as a local attorney general and a judge were assassinated on their way to work they were shot by an armed surge they say the attorney general was a sympathizer and they are trying to frame them for their death there is great concern among residents they're moving and possibly preparing for an attack on that
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neighborhood. presidential candidate rick santorum has launched attacks on president barack obama this weekend santorum said the president was adhering to what he called phonies theology and accused obama of oprah's and religious freedom. robert gibbs. >> i cannot help but think that those remarks are well over the line it's wrong it's disruptive and it makes it virtually impossible to face problems that we all face together as americans. this is all an attempt to centralize power and to give more power to
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the government. >> santorum also said health insurance plans should not be required to cover prenatal testing because that testing results in more abortions. the woman who was kidnapped as a teenager in utah and held captive for months was married in hawaii this weekend. the woman's tabernacle outside honolulu, she was 14 when she was deducted from her home in sexually abused during her time in captivity kirk kidnapped there was brian david mitchell. a student at brigham young university. >> we're expecting some storms on tuesday but will it be ray norris now? jim ramsey will talk about that in the possibility and a look ahead for the rest of your work week.
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calling for high temperature of 45 degrees across the country it wasn't quite as pretty as you see here on the time lapse pictures, a lot of clouds down to the south and southeast of us i will show you those in just a moment. there's still plenty of cold air wondering up in canada the winds have died to nothing there is a big area of high pressure. a few spots well out in the western suburbs are losing a few degrees. look at this gathering strength out through the central plains and
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the rockies is the system that we expect will make it in here by the weekend and in fact by tuesday we have another system coming in just head of the weekend looked at the snow that's coming down through west virginia virginia rain in north carolina could see as much as a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations of the appalachians and this is the elements of the storm assembling out to our west that is coming in chicago on tuesday, there are some with their winterwinter weather advisories in effect. it will probably be snowfall amounts less than 1 in. some areas of snow could pick up about 1/4 inch of rainfall especially south of the loop. across the area of mostly clear
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skies, look at those temperatures by morning 25-30 and for monday we will start the day with a little sunshine but by afternoon the clouds will build. that temperature is 42-47 monday night the rain anson nomex. friday, 28. kind of a messy looking day sunday a chance for a pretty good rain event that something will have to watch it should change directions to be is no event of
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a looks like rain is on the way. we will wait and see i don't think it will be a snow event at all the way looks at the moment. believe it or not it is that time of year again coming up chicago has a new st. patrick's day parade queen. e el
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a demonstration on the west wall, admission to the brookfield zoo is free on weekends parking is still $10. fake out starting denzel washington and ryan reynolds world last weekend's winners because of the president's holiday to mark the final numbers will not be known until tuesday but here's house stands so far. fo
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