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>> a pastor who spent three months on top of the motel returns to sturgeon gets a personal congratulations from the mayor for reaching his fund- raising goal. >> their prayers were answered the congregation of new beginnings at church today celebrating the return of their pastor, cory brooks with help from chicago mayor rahm emanuel.
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jubilee in this sanctuary at the church this morning. pastor corey brooks finally off the roof top back into the pulpit and being showered with praise. >> want to celebrate him for such an amazing display of sacrifice, godliness righteousness, humility. >> your pastor had a strength that moved us all. >> for more than three months brooks lived in a tent on the roof of a bacon motel across the street from his church he refused to come down until he raised $450,000 to buy the eyesore in demolish it and on friday he got his wish, a good deed from hollywood mogul tyler perry the 100,000 donation
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pushed brooks over his fund- raising goal for the first days of the project today he thinks those who offered support including mayor rahm emanuel. >> but the pastor did over the last month to raise our consciousness is to remind us that one individual voice one individual action can say an entire ripple effect throughout a community. >> and in a community that has been plagued by gun violence and crime pastor brooks is committed to building a community center, he promised to share details of his rooftop revelation, with the church and the city in the coming weeks. things that i know god taught me and revealed to me when i was on the roof, i want to reveal them to you all. >> so much work to be done here, he will now focus on raising the millions of dollars needed to
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actually make this ambitious project complete. poppins jackie certainly the pastor and his church family was all whole lot to celebrate. an amazing feat, 90 days in the cold. the south side shooting into accident involving a vehicle responding to the shooting left a total of 10 people injured today and it started when three men were shot this afternoon near 116th and 80th in the west pullman neighborhood the fire department says all three were taken to hospitals and serious to critical condition and so far no suspects are in custody. the fire department field chief in six people from the other car including four children were
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also taken to area hospitals. injuries today after a car crashed into a blue building the car slammed through the front window of the adult raunchy a market and at least two people were ejected from the car no details tonight about their condition thousands of chicago janitors and their supporters gathered today in downtown chicago a call for more jobs for the middle class today's event began with the rally at the chicago theater followed by a march through the loop to the chase bank service employees international union will begin contract talks next month on behalf of more than 13,000 janitors. the man in charge of chicago's schools says that he will not let a vocal minority prevent him from doing what he feels is best for the city's students john clark brizard was out visiting churches this morning letting parents know that underperforming schools slated for foreclosure are
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targets because they are feeling the kids in that something needs to be done. in some cases we have to close and in some, most cases we do turnaround so people are specially trained to common and then make sure that they are achieving. brizard also denied claims that african-american and latino students were being discriminated against for a lack of funding and he says there is not a correlation between funding levels and achievements inviting several underperforming cts schools that are funded well. an indiana corner is on a mission to give names and faces to the remains of three young people killed decades ago to are victims of a notorious serial killer and the third is a young woman believed to be from the southwest suburbs. >> newton county indiana corner scott mccourt says this is
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personal. >> of one of my kids are missing i would want somebody to try to find them. >> three years ago the previous quarter dropped off three boxes at his new office. >> i opened it up and they were bones. >> they are believed to be the skeletal remains of two boys killed by a serial killer who confessed to killing 21 people in the 1980's. >> larry was of rage killer, when he would identify with his boyfriend he would go out and kill. their bodies were
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discovered on a county farm in shallow graves along with two other victims that he confessed to killing and reinstatement to his attorney. >> this is adam. >> mccourt has given them names again this is personal and with the results of anthropological and dental exams he is hoping that a forensic artist drawings will spark new leads. adam was between 15-28 african-american and picked up while hitchhiking, they believe he was from st. louis. brashy belize was from chicago, white between 17-22 and they are his tattoos taken from his bones and another in the shape of a rectangle. and this is charlene. charlene's as a third cold case that there are trying to solve she was killed in 1988 interim body burned and dumped in a creek in a state park and
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morocco indiana, she was not killed by larry and is believed to have been from the joliet area, she was african-american with some very distinct dental work. >> she also had some nasal bone abnormalities and also had a very slight case of spina bifida. those close he hopes will help and is asking anyone who knows anything to come forward, these bonds were once bodies the lives of young people taken much too soon. their true identities remain to be known. they're asking possible relative to take a dna test while they are his kids for now he knows that they are someone else's. >> i think we can get this solved. >> still to come it's oscar night and well hollywood celebrates the chicago factory that supplies the hardware faces
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an uncertain future. although the illinois primary is still three weeks away you don't have to wait until then to vote. how one chicago restaurant is paying tribute to its spanish and many consider the best in the world. >> we are watching to more possible storms this week, but no more temperatures like we had today. details and the fall forecast in just a few minutes.
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28th illinois primary election begins tomorrow more than 150 early voting sites will be open in chicago suburban cook county and lake cain will dupage and mchenry counties as well if you like to vote early early voting continues through march 15th congressmen jesse jackson jr. is kicking up an endorsement in his tie congressional primary race the ipo and nonpartisan group of voters announced it will support jackson for reelection. am i support government programs that help people that is what americans do, help each other especially those with temporary need. his main challenge in the primaries by former congresswoman debbie kell duerson. the academy awards are taking place right now at
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the kojak theatre in hollywood and oscar is made right here in chicago but for how long? >> with a glimmer of oscar it's hard to think of hollywood's most coveted award is manufactured right here. but scott segal says it could happen. he is president of our as zero, >> we had over 400 employees at one time and we have 100 now it's a shame to lose that expertise. the art being shipped overseas he says to the lowest bidder. >> a lot of the most well-known high and awards in a united states have gone to china the golden globes are made in china, the mtv video music
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awards are made in china the academy of country music awards is made in china. i think people should have a fit about this, there is no reason the words should not be made in the united states. soon lower standards and lower costs would cut even the most prestigious of american words at of american manufacturers hands within two or three years. i think it would kill the mpaa to have to have the oscars outside of the united states. i am a fighter in double do everything that we can so we can survive as a family company i would hate to be the first that could not compete or find a way to survive. >> stay tune will take a look at tonight's big winners.
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the south shore opera company celebrated black history month today with a special performance, it included excerpts from the march it's about the civil rights movement and highlights personal stories of people looking to gather in august of 1963 and to make history. the ever-changing restaurant is taking on a culinary giant restaurant critic gives it a try, coming up. and later 94 floors up the hard way. chicago hustle up to hancock.
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david baron have created a 29 course edible retrospective of the restaurants history and work he explains why he reads this sort of spotlight. >> 1980-1985 he was a chef there and from that point until now it basically became a center for creativity among cuisine. >> among the early courses is this airbag hollow cracker wrapped with of bear eco ham and carry air a wicked creation that while obviously white knocks you out with the intensity of its ^ flavor, the serving dish by the way is the same one they used at ell, bowie. this balloon is the cheese course and it's actually a frozen hollow sphere of maytag blue cheese in to break apart
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and eat it with your hands this week courses follow beginning with this dish which takes a single type of chocolate and prevents it in five different textures found with edible gold leaf these doughnuts and you are probably way ahead of me here are not donuts they are made of molded and freeze dried coconut powder with a liquid cocoanut filling dipped in batter dark chocolate. in the final chorus literally waves goodbye to you inflated gloves settle for confect a bowl so that wobble in citing it one of these are some passion for a marshmallows, the final surprise and a menu full of them. i give next four starts once again the creative chefs at this shape shipped and restaurant have found a way to dazzle us if the $365 price tag scare's you don't worry, you probably can get a ticket anyway.
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>> for more on this week's restaurant you can tax 97999. your live illinois lottery drawing is next and then you can afford to go there. and jim ramsey will be with us to recap the warmest day of the month. storms are looming this week. coming up on instant replay, derek, loud and tom basking in the national spotlight at the nba all-star game in orlando while the block cox were across the country in anaheim try to shake off a two game loss.
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here in chicago o'hare had a 37 mi. per hour wind gusts but the strong winds were responsible for really given temperatures a kick we have made it all the way up to 53 degrees at a paris airport, 14 degrees above normal but check out these other numbers across the area. just about everybody made it into the 50s. for the most part just remarkably mild day around here in fact high temperatures as you can see throughout the southern midwest very uncomfortable but there is colder up to the north and west and we are about to get a cold front that is moving into western cook county and into dupage county if you walk outdoors we had a south wind all day notice the winds coming out
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of the south along lake michigan but they are turning more westerly as you move inland that of course of just a cold front will lose a little in the way the chair feels that wind not particularly strong at the moment but with mild temperatures to cannot expect much in the wind chill area radar satellite composite but a star with the rain and thunderstorms affecting parts of northern florida i should do this because actually its gulf moisture that will come up from the gulf generally to bring rain to the chicago area tuesday and tuesday night in the northern central plains and there are snowstorms up there and in fact take a look at this this is a winter storm warning in winter weather advisory some of those areas have picked up in excess of 6 in. of snow from a system that is cracking along the canadian border wii however should be clear tonight you can
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see our radar picture here from the computer our forecast models bringing rain into the area tuesday evening and then swishing it on out of fear by wednesday morning notice thiscomfortably to the north but there is a good chance the could hear a little thunder as that comes through the area tuesday night notice what our computers are also putting out in terms of how much rain will come down some areas expecting a pretty good soaking from this that is one of two storms right now clear skies tonight and a low temperature should drop into the 20s said 24-29 then for tomorrow we will start the day with sunshine but there may be a cloud or to buy sun said high- temperature a little colder behind the cold front. monday night partly cloudy cool again low temperature in the '20s wins practically, and then on tuesday afternoon rainshowers and by evening again some thunder possible temperatures during the evening hours actually will be
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going up riding we have the second storm coming in and that will start as rain. saturday and sunday a couple of cold days 31 saturday and 34 on sunday. we know that warmer temperatures are close behind. >> the stars were out tonight on the red carpet in hollywood and we will tell you who was going home with an oscar. the droid razr by motorola now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power.
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it's oscar night in hollywood and the big night kicked off at the red carpet one of the stars that turned heads this year was mila davis and such a bearing cohen who opted for a publicity stunt dressing as a character from his new movie and a dumping but he claimed to be camas sean illes ashes on the host's suit.
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the documentary was undefeated in the best original song was brett mackenzie's man or muppet from the muppets. >> an action film featuring real life navy seals is the number one movie at the box office across america. in active dollar navy seals play fictionalized characters on the mission to rescue a kidnapped cia agent and it earned nearly $25 million here are some of the other box office winners. i've seen and been
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average time to finish was at 26 minutes with the fastest climber finishing in just under 10 minutes. and our rich king who was coming up here in just a minute with sports finished it. and lord as duarte's. next year we're going to do it, we're there. >> we say that every year don't we. rich king. how do you feel rich? uo le
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