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pastor corey brooks rooftop 94 days today the money to come down >> to me is like god saying well done here is something extra >> of voice breaking with emotion thanking the community along with dozens of individuals three months of on wavering support >> all of the people who have given $1 $10 $100 $1,000 on what to say thank you >> $98,000 short today to knock down an abandoned hotel had purchased the property it fortunately for pastor corey brooks entertainment mogul tither perry heard about the efforts promoting his new film committed to the $98,000 >> this is all legitimate? i

will give him the $98,000 i will do that. if this is all real and community center corps to help stop some of the crime i love the people of chicago. >> extremely grateful tonight for brother tyler perry. com on we can do better than that let him know. after the news conference pastor corey brooks with his family to change and take hot shower looking forward to for a long time he and family to a movie theater to watch a movie good deeds tonight. >> thought i wanted to get in shape and hair cut not enough time shower fell to excellent i did not want to get out. >> back to work making a new community center in reality >> going to be a great community center passed on the south side of chicago. i will guarantee.

>> pastor corey brooks abrading completion of phase want fundraising $450,000 impressive but face to the actual building of the center costing estimated $15 million much more fundraising left to be done. watching the movie inside with his family by the way tyler perry is not here tonight pastor brooks says looking bored to thinking him in person some day soon >> a good story happy ending. chicago police issue a community alert after a woman was sexually assaulted cta red line early this morning at area one police headquarters very latest on this story >> 26 year-old victim rock and sexually assaulted just before 5:00 this morning community alert issued by police riding

southbound roosevelt road 79th street told police a man approached her with a large knife attacker then fled at the 87th street station along the dan ryan expressway not much of a description from police so far. african-american male clean shaven early 20's dressed in black. the amalgamated transit union speaking out on this tonight says this is a danger to transit riders have to face in a bigger way without conductors riding the rails aboard trains cta >> outraged by this not the first time and will not be the last that is the unfortunate part we are going to hear about this again i do not like it employees to not like it did not want to see the public hurt >> speaking of cta surveillance video captured 87th street station on long red line turning to the video over to police

previewing the bbdo to see if it gives them details about the attacker possibly a good look at him do not know at this point also anyone with information about this give them a call >> coach oaklawn suspended after using "n" word posting a comment about whitney houston. john kelly posted on his facebook page sick of reading about it be done blank and whitney houston. mother of a former player saw the comment posted on facebook page on the leak page according to the sun times says john kelly did not realize he used "n" word attic not racist but standing behind his comments critical of whitney houston should not be a role model for children. illinois state super springs into action rescuing the money from smokingmother from smoking

car state trooper zachary peters rescued mother of smoke rising from the car driver unresponsive zachary peters after the window and pulled to safety take them taken away serious condition zachary peters did and released the suffering cuts and smoke inhalation. mourning snowfall tonight moving to the area overnight 9 in. of snowfall some of the hardest hit suburbs north and northwest smaller amounts in the city and south suburbs ploughs trucks on expressways and streets out tonight making the morning commute easier for now goodbye to the snow fall but hello cold weather tom skilling what we can expect for the weekend. going to be chilly tomorrow another storm lining up into the midwest. turning the wind to the south warming us up big time on sunday details on that and another storm rainfall towards late tuesday-wednesday.

forecast and great pictures of winter wonderland northern suburbs coming up at city rolling out new be a cause for chicago police how the new investment could help keep jobs in illinois and cook county commissioner william beavers choice words for the united states attorney following the indictment.

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wgn news @ 9 better lawsuit filed against a man wrongfully shot in the stomach by police working on his own the vehicle and his own garage february of last year all% lawsuit, tickets district >> problem here silently crept onto innocent and property entering shot him >>without warning >> civil-rights lawyer says one thing after another former prosecutor says she believes police made a terrible mistake after responding to a call the shots fired on the west side of chicago. client eric feel it's too afraid to talk now or even show his face hamilton says

after 25th district police shot him in the stomach in his own garage 2210 north keystone instead of immediately calling an ambulance when they discovered he was on armed they huddled outside she says to agree on a story to cover up the mistake, only after eric took out his own telephone and called his mother caught him on the telephone and took the telephone away realizing somebody knows about this only it than it did they call ambulance >> ambulance on the called hamilton believes paramedics could not get to the garage squad cars blocking the way had to be carried by police to the ambulance >> several transfusions and emergency surgery saved his life >> initial reports of the shooting indicate launched at officers with a shiny object something his lawyer says and

not true the only thing he had in his hand was a ranch once again the city was not responding to the freshly filed lawsuits over the telephone fraternal order of police imperative people to remember just allegations filed by plaintiffs' attorney and like all citizens officer should be considered innocent until proven guilty. >> chicago police new wheels at the economy $15 million plan mayor rahm emmanuel to purchase hundreds of new voice interceptors the deal calls for an initial order of 100 cars and of this year rest of the cars rolling out in the next five years >> interceptor on the floor mccormick place. looks a lot better here and it will look better when we put these up for

chicago police department decal and on the streets protecting residents >> somebody asked how the new interceptor suv improve met over the old version the mayor cannot help but take a swipe at former police superintendent to jody weis 2 wheel drive model with major problems in last year's blizzard four-wheel-drive vehicle >> cook county commissioner william beavers the f bomb on united states attorney patrick fitzgerald dropped the "f" bomb says nothing wrong with not step down from office after indictment announce patrick fitzgerald charges yesterday claiming william beavers not pay taxes on money taken from campaign fund at county expense accounts for personal use beavers claims targeted because when not cooperate investigation to wear a wire against cook county commissioner john daly. state rep toni berrios maddow

news release cook county commissioner william beavers indicted for not paying tax calls business as usual politics that plague the state some find interesting considering father cook county assessor joe berrios has liberally used campaign funds thousand dollars spent on travel dinner and drinks not illegal unless you use the money for personal reasons and not pay taxes battle for michigan bailout taking center stage duking it out what could be outraged over burning of koran in afghanistan not putting up tonight more violence offering support for soldiers and illinois congressman weighing in on the debate over contraception. e

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wgn news @ 9 massive protests rage and four straight day and afghanistan leaving 10 people dead and 100 wounded demonstrators outraged over the fact united states military accidentally burned several qurans monday 1 protest near united states consulate president obama apologized today top commander in afghanistan gen. john allen courage in troops to stay strong during a tumultuous time >> these are the moments you reach down inside discipline that makes you united states soldier. and you got to depend. and through the anchor. remember why we are here. here for our

friends >> gen. john allen rebar remarks to service members lot to of their own and manage shot and killed them yesterday afghanistan national uniform >> for preparing put a big vote republican presidential campaign in michigan mitt romney crew up in the state experts say lost could blow the race wide open. more tonight >> mid romney chilly reception in detroit united autoworkers union organized protest by head of the speech mitt romney did not support the government bailout of the auto industry 2008 instead favored managed bankruptcy and wrote op ed entitled let detroit go bankrupt. >> important uaw takes care not

to impair the long-term future of the industry >> says the auto industry needs to invest in new technology and market also and tough on the programs rick santorum new advertisement attacking on the bailout issue says the government should not be involved in palouse rick santorum friday evening rick santorum campaigning in the state expected to unveil harsh critique on mitt romney energy economy and values latest poll has mitt romney and rick santorum statistical tie first- place in michigan voters have their say tuesday. early voting begins illinois chicago cast

your ballot each of the 50 wards and the city board of elections downtown. cook county early voting 43 locations county clerk's office check with your county clerk early voting site and cook county 75 bilingual election judges speaking spanish march 20th primary you can make $170 with the day finishing a three hour training session pair of local congressional representative speaking of birth control today. mike quigley and jan schakowsky reporting women speak out for birth control the event pocket impact of contraception on patients' lives and a new national health care law requires employers to cover contraception backing off his stance president coming to religious organizations but a new bill allows exemption for any employer opposed on moral grounds. limiting access to family planning will be rejected by women and men in the

room and in this country regardless of religion or region >> encouraging those attending to let lawmakers know how they feel about the contraception legislation >> no compensation the city businesses) and g 8 summit in may mayor says no plan requiring businesses mccormick place to the event to shut down the concert concern possible disturbances from thousands of demonstrators expected to be here and security needs of dozens of more leaders of the mayor calls g eight business economic opportunity. harsh reality at the pump prices rising 27¢ over the last month 12¢ alone in the past week. national average price hike falling in line looking at prices per gallon of regular according to the gas website $3.41.

>> in this cycle per gallon terms which is important for motorists in chicago i think we are going to see 30-40¢ per gallon. going into may. >> what is fueling these dramatic hikes tensions with iran of supply problems in japan by the cost of crude oil 10 month high today. out of control mob of shoppers storm in a mall to purchase $220 pair of special edition shoes and medical advancement taking steps back why drug company pulled the plug on research for potentially life altering treatment. and dean richards oscar predictions who he thinks will take home top honors on sunday.

tonight's medical watch pulling the plug on progress of research on a potentially life altering therapy for spinal cord patients abruptly halted. local doctor says stopping people from moving forward after devastating injury. >> patients are very young usually melts and results car accident motorcycle accident diving accident sports injury individuals with great potential whole life ahead of them. a very difficult to sit down with them and families and said no options for you this is the way it is going to be >> years of studying the spinal cord injuries and treatment

northwestern memorial hospital option to offer his patients stem cell study >> second time in bald spinal cord transplantation potential therapy for patients with spinal cord injuries stem cells great promise very exciting prospect >> more exciting early results once the project got started >> actually had neurologic improvements 2-5 patients already >> but that was the end very shocked drug company funding the trial abruptly canceled financial concerns informed doctors in email could no longer recruit new patients >> analysis of how the project was going and what the potential payoff could be forced them to make economic decisions and stop the study money into other projects we are making progress. foreseeable future changes in the outlook for these patients

not going to happen without further research for the research not without money >> every time a study that skilling something happens that stops unfortunate for these groups 10,000 people a year united states alone have been paralyzed. time we give these people some hope >> dr. hoping another company funded the research in planting stem cells into the fight spinal cord helping patients walk again >> cold start to do we tend to milder temperatures making a quick comeback tom skilling lays it out forecast next. uo le

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with humira. not everyone put out by the saskatchewan screamer >> this guy had no problem. knocking over some poor kid's snowman. having a good time. pretty nice. happy snowstorm southern suburbs missing out on this pretty much. look at some of these pictures beautiful a winter as you could expect. this young lady first snowfall united states. family moving in the

last year from new zealand taking in these sites. captures beautiful views their shot of the river walk in naperville. captured these note confirming a big one-7 in. or more and schaumburg look at that beautiful winter shot and finally read in the middle of the white it gorgeous seemed saskatchewan screamer came roaring through the area. this was something else. snowfall like horizontal the trip and by 30 mi. per hour northeast wind extreme wet snow heart attacks know as you said sticking if you are out there early in the morning coming down took 10 minutes to coach yourself with snow fall. this is what remains of saskatchewan screamer going to the area of flurries lingering in the morning but

already attention turns to the next storm lined up this one trekking across northern states. next week phenomenal amount of snowfall upper midwest snowfall in short supply of relative to recent years. next storm goes north warning us up. storm one going to the area. producing 9.3 in. mchenry county. woodstock nearly heavy snow there in the meantime to other south tapering 4-5 in.. chicago area snowfall totals. a lot of water in the snow fall moisture measurements.

in the wake of that with a snow- covered and gusty wind pumping arctic air cold night already is harbored schaumburg twenties there but the wind chill in the teens for the most part if not lower. cooler pattern here. tapping arctic air still sitting in north bringing down a strong wind cold day ahead tomorrow a big warm up nearly 15 degree jump expected sunday. current temperatures wind chill down as low as three. a big area of colder 24 hour ago temperatures down to 31 degrees. nashville tennessee severe weather outbreak in the southeast today

carolinas. eastern virginia. gusty wind across the area west wind 18 degrees. the dew point way down arctic origin. cold tomorrow remember six days of meteorological spring 36 days' average first-day 70 degree high temperatures. cannot forecast looking at history tells us about march 31, 1970 degrees around here. colp warming up weekend goes on fleshing out arctic air away from us turning into southern line with gusto during the day on sunday. saskatchewan screamer backwash please continue clouds and windy mild day on sunday 47 degrees and wind gusts of 40 mi. per hour before the next storm on tuesday could be rainfall maker with thunderstorms. storm

pulling out the next one north dakota minnesota upper midwest producing snowfall and this next one or the next week. chile is southeast-east wind on tuesday starting with the rainfall winter cocktail temperature's rising tuesday night perhaps 50 degrees showers and thunderstorms. cooling down and just as quickly during the day wednesday shots of warmer cooler weather pretty active pattern continuing mostly cloudy breezy cold sporadic flurries. west- northwest wind. tomorrow starts cloudy relief flurries of clouds will break late afternoon high temperature 29 degrees. diminishing afternoon. southland towards morning low 24 degrees. mostly cloudy turning quite

windy mild with rainshowers late in the day sunday high temperature 47 degrees pretty nice all of the snowfall. >> by the way the hyaenas might have been a wild there you go. think _ facebook. >> thank goodness for facebook >> see you later on with the seven day forecast >> painting the town pink dancing the night away for good cause tickled pink seventh tickled party happening tonight river east arts center support tickled pink national breast care organization provides emotional support to women with disease wgn news team there now raised over a cover thousand dollars since 2005. this and

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here hosting parties dean richards predictions for sunday oscar winner >> all of this week sharing my predictions winners of the 84 academy awards if you missed this a recap >> best supporting category easiest to choose octavia spencer feisty from the help won every award so far also christopher plummer nobody has a chance against his string of victories this year dying father coming to terms with sexual orientation in the beginners best actress and navy to roll. a battle between the former doubt co-stars viola davis and meryl streep osco mentum going towards in davis moving as our

performance ip get she will win best actress best actor of the year two man battle george clooney and from the artist i predict george clooney the winner for his moving performance best picture the artist easily most engaging film of the year and most critically made i predict the artist top prize 84th annual academy awards >> ballot for your oscar party along with my predictions opportunity to win a fantastic

prize if you chose the winner picking the most oscar winners correctly wgn tv wgntv.com/ contest to enter highlights and lights for you on monday morning have a great weekend wgn news @ 9 >> hardest worker in the building this week tom skilling happy friday everybody winter storm says goodbye flurries in the morning went through last night quiet. to start the night tomorrow night and storm number to snowfall upper midwest series of systems later monday snowfall

lays out a long united states canadian border states to the south and a look killed to the snowfall interesting places in the upper midwest more snowfall all winter so far. next 10 days. systems lining up moving across the region definitely looking like winter back loaded advisories east system we just went through new advisories hoisted up the midwest minnesota next weather system in our areas wind with us joining the day tomorrow fading out quickly look at this wind field saturday huge wind field giant wind machine most is heavy weather snowfall to the north wind it will not spike in temperatures down to the low 40's on monday partly sunny but they range our late sunday-

sunday night. better chance of rain fall mixing precipitation late tuesday rainfall and thunderstorms rising temperatures may be into low 50s late tuesday night starting the day it mid-40s falling during the day and snow showers better next week classic end of february forecast starting in march. hard to believe >> have a nice weekend. see you later >> blackhawks few empty seats who is missing from the lineup? unlike the zero nba all-star festivities explaining who next in sports

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ricketts thing but available chicago cubs fans and the feedback he has been getting off-season shake-up nothing but favorable >> people very excited everyone sees this as a great positive for the organization everyone looking forward to letting theo do his job and dale his job and move us forward >> first look this spring alfonso soriano ursa bonfield appearance of camp and starlin castro getting his first shortstop lesson from new manager dale sveum starlin castro el riding out sexual assault allegations hoping to put them behind him soon >> and the beginning it is tough prepared to play baseball a lot of bad people in the world doing nothing

>> starlin castro has learned a hard lesson not to be so trusting getting plenty of support from the chicago cubs' organization >> white sox slugger on tuesday pitchers and catchers hard at work among them a.j. pierzynski entire career until last season fractured wrist injury of his routine has to be changed >> everybody undone at least some guys did not do that decision a couple of years ago taking swings there keeping hands could not having this year taking more swings doing more >> ryan braun met the media at brewers camp after 16 days

suspension first player to successfully challenge major league drug testing program relieved finally cleared them up continue to take the high road who i am and how live my life. we won because the truth is on my side always relevant at the end of the day the truth prevailed >> blackhawks west to face los angeles kings tomorrow left jonathan toews capt. in will not face of los angeles and i'm over the weekend body injury niklas jhalmersson and steve montador also did not make the trip and team shaq vs team chuck jeremy lin to blake griffin fun rising stars game rookies and sophomores rubio through legs team chuck won the game tonight.

reports chicago bears and matt forte contract talks basketball hall of fame elected to and finally united state secretary education former chicago school superintendent arne duncan showing off skills nba all-star weekend. nifty passes played basketball at harvard and europe great form named mvp in private vote in sports office >> that is the news