the road to the white house stops in illinois today ... president obama is in the loop right now and his opponents also target the chicago area good afternoon i'm dina bair >> and i'm steve sanders that story coming up but first it breaking news story from suburban carpentersville where a school is on what down. this we know: carpentersville police are confirming to us that the dundee

crown high-school was placed on lockdown we don't know why we're getting in touch with the school district right now and will bring you more information as it transpires 9 >> president barack obama is in town for a noontime sfund- raiser looking for support in his home state ... >> the president and i made a bet ... a simple that ... we met on you ... american ingenuity and we want the a bomb on campaign has come out swinging with the vice president taking jabs at each of the republican presidential candidates ... in ohio yesterday he said that either

candidate would bankrupt the u.s. economy mitt romney blamed the president for the condition of the u.s. economy >> ... he said that if he couldn't turn the economy around in three years he was looking at a one-term prepositioned well let me tell you we are here to collect and get america working again >> jan shakowsky made comments on the mitt romney promising to shut down planned parenthood >> this is available to women all over the country for all kinds of health care including breast cancer screenings and it gets funding from the u.s. government which 63 percent of voters say they approve of

new jersey gov. chris christie is a top mitt romney supporter and he will be here speaking at an event in elmhurst ... later this afternoon the president will be at a second fund-raiser which is a roundtable discussion tickets start at $10,000 >> rick santorum will speak this afternoon at her see how school in arlington heights. this evening the former senator hosts a campaign rally at the christian liberty academy also an arlington heights tomorrow after two stops and the st. louis area santorum returns to illinois for these three more campaign rallies across the state. ron paul focused his campaign on downstate illinois this week he spoke about a 5000 person rally at the university of illinois champaign-urbana wednesday night

newt gingrich admits that the illinois primary has come down to raise between mitt romney and rick santorum ... in chicago tribune poll suggests that barely 12 percent of republicans support newt gingrich still he and his wife hosted a hispanic town hall meeting in elgin he was cheered when he criticized president obama and his effort to force a church based organizations to provide their employees with free birth control in violation of their own moral teachings he also told a radio talk-show host that he had no plan to drop out of the republican presidential race any time soon he sees louisiana as his next hope of winning another state primary gop voter turnout in tuesday's primary may be weak if early voting figures are any proof early voting wrapped up yesterday and the number of republicans who cast ballots early rose only a little bit

compared to 2008 ... >> at a u.s. senator who has represented indiana since 1977 can no longer vote in his home precinct republican richard lugar lost his residency fight yesterday in an election board in indiana voted 2-1 along party lines to strip him of his eligibility he sold his home in indianapolis and has lived in virginia ever since he was first elected a source at the national republican senatorial committee believes that the decision will not stand a colleague of senator mark kirk says that the senator's mind is sharp and he is coming back as he continues to recover from a stroke at the rehabilitation institute of chicago john

shimkus says he has no doubt that the senator can cast knowledgeable votes today gov. quinn is appealing the fema decision not to help downstate areas that were destroyed by tornadoes or earlier this month the tornado that's what your harrisburg was one of many that hit the midwest over two weeks ago fema assessed the damage but denied the state's request for federal assistance fema found that private insurance state funding and charities would be enough gov. quinn is submitting an official appeal today it includes more information on damages and explains why a full recovery may be impossible without fema assistance powerful storms and tornadoes swept across southeast michigan yesterday this tornado was caught on camera as it passed through dexter the town took the

brunt of that storm more than 100 homes were damaged by tornadoes hailstones and lighting winds were estimated at 135 mi. per hour was to wrench hailstones no deaths or injuries were reported in the ann arbor streets were flooded and power was knocked out seven people were injured in a roof collapse when the same storm system passed through kentucky we will be right back after this break

former gov. rod blagojevich will be waking up for the first time inside a prison cell this morning. after a to a half-hour flight out of chicago yesterday

blagojevich's turned himself into a federal prison in littleton colorado that minimum security facilities where he will serve out his 14 year sentence and a corruption conviction he will share sell live up to three other inmates during his time he is expected to work on the prison grounds possibly cleaning restrooms or landscaping and abrupt cancellation by judge james zagel one of the sentencing hearing for the man who helped prosecutors convict rod blagojevich john harris walked into the dirksen federal building for his 1130 hearing but the judge canceled at the last minute saying that he had to attend to another matter no new date has been set john harris pled guilty to one charge connected to the attempt to sell president barack obama's old senate seat prosecutors are expected to recommend jail time

defense attorneys want probation the jury hearing the case of the former rutgers university student accused of spying on his day roommate and posting the video online has found him guilty the jurors deliberated for 11 hours before reaching their decision late this morning they also found him not guilty on several of the 15 counts that he faced but he could be sentenced up to 10 years in prison and he may face deportation to india has remained committed suicide after the video of a gay sexual encounter was posted online the army sergeant to kill 16 afghan civilians is on his way to the united states and should arrive in fort leavenworth kansas this afternoon he had been protective custody in kuwait the soldier has hired a

prominent seattle attorney who once defended serial killer ted bundy the attorney said that he had a brief phone conversation with his client and he believes that he was not in his right mind when he went on that shooting rampage the day before his friend at the base at his leg blown off japan and south korea condemn the north korean planned satellite launch that launches a violation of the 2009 un security council resolution that bans ballistic missile launches according to the south korean foreign ministry ... for the first time in history the fish and wildlife service will allow the killing of two bald eagles this service approved that request made by a native american tribe in wyoming that tribes said that the eagles are needed for a

centuries-old religious ceremony performed during the summertime it says that the eagles will be treated with the utmost respect bald eagles were taken off of the endangered species list in 2007 but are still protected by federal law thieves snuck past 24 our guards to steal a large bell from the shipwrecked costa concordat it was taken about three days ago from where it was attached at the end of that ship police believe it must taken several people to remove the bell not clear why it was stolen because it would be difficult to sell with the words costa concordia engraved on at least 25 people were killed and that shipwreck

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with today's business headlines. people waited in line for hours for the new bypassipad.. apple says that the tabloid has a sharper image with a chip that allows better graphics and will take three weeks to ship online orders sears will be closing 62 stores before the summer those are great indoors and hometown hard where retailers ... exact stores

have not been disclosed ... most are independently owned and operated. spiking gasoline prices are a big part of inflation going up in february the cost of living rose by the most in 10 months ... critics say that the government always underestimates and that inflation numbers are higher than what is reported the labor department says that hourly earnings are down more than 1 percent over the last year and this could be of major concern especially if petroleum prices keep rising ... the s&p 500 is at its highest point in four years markets are little changed with unexpected drop in consumer confidence plus oil

prices are up over $106 a barrel making economists nervous and 8 1/2 million dollar class action lawsuit against honda is expected to be approved today owners of the civic highbred filed a lawsuit against that automate your the claim that their vehicles did not get the gasoline mileage that they were promised the plaintiffs will get between 100 and $200 each there will also get rebate coupons for a future purchase at honda dealerships coming up next the possible headache inducing the tort motorists on the tollway will face beginning this weekend and later in the medical watch the toxic metal showing up in food that may raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer ... and

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two men have been arrested and charged with murdering a cab driver in maywood. luis cordoba was shot in the head on november 26th as he sat in his cab near 19th avenue and st. charles road. 60 year-old willie williams was also shot as he waited for a bus nearby he survived police have charged ferris howard and william stamps both of maywood with first- degree murder and attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm the family of a woman who was hit and killed by a pickup truck is suing the illinois state police and the village of west chester diana paz was arrested for de la hay and driving the wrong way on the eisenhower expressway in september after she posted bond police dropped her off a gas station shortly after that she was walking along the eisenhower when she was hit by a truck and she died her

family's lawsuit claims the choose still drunk at that time and that they should have not allowed her to go it alone state police are not commenting while westchester officials deny any responsibility the warden of the lake county indiana jail has resigned after allegations of improper behavior at the crime scene jeffrey kumorek is a retired chicago police officer and former gary police chief he was placed on sick leave last week after the hit and run accident that killed britney meux. he was not involved in the crash but the sun-times reports an claims that he was drunk at the crime scene and later at the funeral the lake county sheriff said that he asked for and received his resignation he targeted toward guns and he won father michael pfleger convinced one retailer to remove torn guns from easter baskets the sun-times reports that many

chicago area walgreen stores of plastic water guns or nerf brand dart shares off their shelves the priest said that toy guns are no longer appropriate for a generation plagued by rampant gun violence ... parents and community activists in a west side neighborhood took their education complaints to the public today at issue the robert emmet elementary school and the austin neighborhood community leaders said the school is in dire need of resources they say that the school is performing well enough and should be rewarded so it could go to the next level of achievement but instead they say students eat lunch in the hallways the playground is filled with dangerous paul's and cp has cut the librarian the emmitt student body is 99 percent african-american mustard is live in low-income housing the school improved its score is two years ago and is no longer

on probation a lincolnwood clinic it continues to advertise abortion services weeks after state regulators took away its license to perform abortions on march 7th regulators ordered women's a clinic to remove the false advertising and pay it $3,600 fine as of this morning the advertisement remained on that clinics website it later check showed that the web site or for the abortion pill to and pregnancy women's it lost its license after patient who did not receive cpr later died many of criticized the state's ability to regulate abortion clinics face to of a major tollway construction project begins in the northwest suburbs ... beginning this weekend the illinois tollway begins its second phase of its two-year $13 million project to rebuild the triple decker bridge connecting the tri-state and the addams this means that the

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like this over a wide area at this time of year is just unprecedented ... historic proportions really. the wind is pretty calm out at o'hare airport. we're looking at 53 percent humidity and the water temperature is about 47 degrees 81 degrees was the high temperature yesterday the second in a row ... there were record high temperatures at 1600 united states cities ... we've been keeping records for hundred and 42 years 27 states and cities with record-breaking temperatures

waukegan had only a quarter mile of visibility this morning as did kenosha but that's lifted ... we will be getting these low coverage thunderstorms popping in and out this weekend. some of those northern suburbs were foggy but there's a big spread in temperature is taking those towns up into the 50s going inland burr ridge is 76 degrees! 74 degrees at midway airport right now soldier field has a 57 degree temperature.

let's take a look at the temperatures ... the word is a record high temperatures are on the way through monday 30 states are boasting temperatures in the warmest time to present10% of what they have on record for their highest. it will be about 80 degrees

tomorrow. that's here in chicago. we are looking add those clouds that will produce some thunderstorms ... they're not the ones affecting us this afternoon. there's a big storm going into the west coast that will cause severe weather in the plains states over the next couple of days we are looking at pop up showers during the afternoon hours today. lots of fog of north at

the shoreline once again temperatures show low pressure out in the plains states all the warmth is following up from the gulf of mexico i will have the long-term forecast at the end of the broadcast ... at no time in the next 10 days we have no cold air

expected. the high-temperature today will reach 78 degrees that will also tied a record it currently is 74 degrees at o'hare. tonight maybe in the evening thunderstorm it will be mild and breezy with the low temperature 58 degrees to mar record warmth again some overcasts that will build to an afternoon thunderstorm the high temperature will be 80 degrees. sunday record warmth partly cloudy back to 80 degrees may be a few widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms or showers. >> we should be fine for the parade in the morning. it should

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think he will be a problem ... a man who has never bend off the field problem is returning israel idonije signed a one-year deal the bears looked at some better pass rushers and could still end up signing another one but they can rely on him he had five sacks last season virginia commonwealth university coach shaka smart is one of the first man whose name surfaced as a candidate for the illini if he actually is a candidate he will have a tough decision to make he has a pretty good situation at his university if final four team as an 11 seed it one year ago and as a 12th seed this year

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herald. carpentersville police left the dundee crown high- school after blocking off those entrances it parents said that a student received a text message that there would be a shooting at the school according to that newspaper that student told authorities and that is what apparently led to this lockdown it was reported that someone was put in a squad car and taken away from the school >> in the medical watch new evidence on the link between breast cancer and environmental pollutants and the study finds that post menopausal women with the highest dietary intake of cadmium were 21 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than those with the lowest cadmium and take cadmium is a heavy metal that gets into crops from fertilizers when rainfall or sewage sludge deposits into farmland it long has been

identified as a carcinogen dietary sources of cadmium include a whole grains potatoes and other vegetables and shellfish and can also become an airborne pollutants when fossil fuels are burned beginning this fall schools across the nation can just say no to the so-called pink slime meet additive the u.s. department of agriculture announced the changes for schools enrolled in the national school lunch program will be able to choose between 95% ground beef containing the pound's climb filler or less lean ground beef without that feller the pink slime is ammonia treated ground beef filler that was also used in many fast-food chains until recently the usda official said that all the products are safe but their decision george forces was based on consumer demand and men who are worried about their fertility should stay away from fatty food and a clinical

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catch fish havfish have poisonus barbs on httheir fins >> we're looking had lots of flood warnings winter storms and flooding in places like idaho

... but we are looking at record-breaking temperatures here we may reach 80 degrees tomorrow. it's the same story on sunday. it will be cooler today near the lake shore. but that's limited to the northern suburbs ... what is interesting is the pattern on the jet stream ... it's running from the selfsouth tot he north.. the plains states may get some severe weather.

lots of thunderstorms and plenty of rain. we are looking at the national map: the wind will be blowing in a southerly direction we're looking at record breaking or near record-breaking high temperatures from saturday through tuesday the temperatures are continuing to be well above normal ... and we're looking at some widely scattered thunderstorms from this afternoon and also out late tomorrow afternoon but all looks good for the parade tomorrow.

have a great weekend. and happy st. patrick's day to you. we hope you have a great weekend thank you for joining us today. we're going to leave you with more music from katie quick...

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