>> i believe i have the best chance and perhaps the only chance of actually replacing president barack obama. >> the republican front runners make a final plea to the illinois voters ahead of tuesday's primaries. good evening and robert jordan. it's been a bloody weekend in chicago and in one case to teenage boys have been charged in the killing of the six are old a village girl yesterday a

lea shally of the 3100 block of south springfield avenue some one and a pickup stopped in front of her house and opened fire. charged are a 16 year-old juvenile, she was one of 44 people shot and eight of them fatally. both suspects will appear in bond corp. tomorrow. this afternoon a mother and her one-year-old infant suffered grave wounds and a shooting in the east chatham neighborhood that happened at about 3:20 p.m. in the area of 79th in maryland, both were taken to area hospitals and are expected to recover chicago place every united a wandering through year- old boy with his parents he was

wearing a white shirt and underwear and spider man sandals and was described as shaken, apparently on latched the front door of his parents' apartment and rode the elevator to the ground floor and walked outside. several family members were injured when their suv collided with a semitrailer and heart police say a 20 year-old woman was driving her as to be on 35th street when it hit the truck and careened into a bus shelter the driver was taken to mount sinai hospital in critical condition. her husband and two young daughters were also injured but listed in stable condition. police are still working to figure out just what happened, an initiative to promote recycling across the city was put into action today. alderman and residents of the 49th ward joined in an effort to offer easily extendible recycling to

more chicago residents and held the petition drive to expand blue bins and blue cart recycling drop box residents who want to recycle will no longer have to haul garbage by car or foot due to the lack of blue cart recycling in their neighborhood. >> 1 it sort of the city has blue car recycling and the other two-thirds of this city are left to fend for themselves. >> the alderman says the initiative is long overdue in taupes more chicago residents can enjoy the benefits of recycling. march is that typically the time to break out to the beach here sean lewis joins us today to soak up some of the sun. along chicago's lakefront, the dog days of summer weather were shining through.

>> a lot of people were at the beach today. five days in a row this time. it's not a common thing this time of year. >> it's so nice that this person was at harbor catching some rain. thinking about what late chicago winters are usually like. kinda weird start to the year here but i'm not going to

complain because it's warm. not even this siberian husky seemed to mind to the near 80 degrees despite her pedigree for cold. >> i am flabbergasted at the whole thing. >> there doesn't seem to be any sign that the warmth will stop. >> it looks like for the next three days at least we will be near record if not at record high temperature levels but we may have some rain to deal with but we will have to talk about that a bit later on. chicago

public schools want to add extra days to the school year, why that's not sitting well with the residence in the city's polish and italian community. the cook county jail has cut back on letting visitors in but not for the recent 59 states.

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>> mid romney won porter rico's primary today and she is looking for another win in illinois so he had moline, rockford and vernon hills, crisscrossing the state planning president obama as energy policy for high gas prices and romney telling supporters that he is the only one in the race who can turn around the economy. mitt romney and his wife and pumping up and overflow crowd first before heading inside a packed and stevie gymnasium for a town hall meeting at a community center in vernon hills the former massachusetts gov. takes to the economy. ronni supporters were

out in full force. the gop candidates hoping to pick up another win, in illinois on tuesday after winning the primary and porter rico today. i intend to get latino voters to vote republican in take back the white house. >> stop using immigration as a political weapon. >> santorum had the national media circuit sunday. >> he was not campaigning in illinois today but he got some celebrity help, but the doggers with the the reality show 19 kids in accounting making stops at two chicago churches. >> rick santorum is somebody who has a proven track record to stand for what is right. the race in illinois may turn out to be a very tight one between

ronni and santorum, both will be campaigning again across the stage tomorrow before the polls opened on tuesday. >> some chicagoans are upset over a change in the city's public school calendar that pulls too popular holidays. >> as italians here in chicago celebrated st. joseph jett mess today they did go with their own special intention regarding an initiative from city hall. regina is board president our lady of pompeii and the oldest italian american church in this city, this is the day in which italians honor their faith in

their community but parishioners celebrating this holiday feel mayor rahm emanuel maybe this honoring them by ending the holiday tree before columbus day within its eps. >> children can identify with their heritage and be proud of it. >> the pulaski day holiday is the other holiday mayor emanuel wants to skip and both polish people and many italians are wondering why the mayor seems to be picking on them. >> it's the only thing we have and we should have it. we should have our day. cbs officials have released the following statement:

the italian people in the city sometimes get a bad report from the past but that has nothing to do with what we are today. i am italian and i am proud of my heritage. emails spokesperson has said mayor emanuel honors the contribution that the thais have made to the history of the city and that schools will plan to devote less time on that day to the history of christopher columbus. >> visits to the cook county jail were limited to a few today, that's in an effort to slow the spread of the influence of like illnesses so they restricted the movement of

inmates in division one and banned all visitors, detainees in division 4 and five were on the limited move into anyone planning to visit someone at the judge should still call the sheriff's office first. a very strange story from baghdad a shiite militiamen and iraq says they are releasing the american randi michael haute all soldiers have been accounted for and no civilians have been reported missing. given the man's askeven the man's ex-wife said she didn't know he had been kidnapped. at least 11 people were arrested after a five hour riot broke out overnight in london ontario and that happened near a college where authorities say the students and st. patrick's day revellers set fire many police officers were

struck in the head. a news vehicle was overturned and set on fire and 70 police vehicles were damaged more arrests are expected as the investigation continues. >> this is unacceptable behavior and i think the police chief has indicated that of course of the law will be brought upon them. enough is enough. >> damage to streets vehicles in and whites is estimated at at least $100,000. those arrested and the riots face charges of unlawful behavior, assaulting police and resisting arrest. >> casual japanese dining is next. a new eatery in chicago where slurping is in courage. in courage.encouraged.

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slurping turtle, the main newas the name suggests japanese noodle anchor the menu and japan slurping is encouraged to better enjoy noodles in broth together. elsewhere on the menu you will find a bounty of small plates to sample and share, off the bento grill which cooks food high temperatures there are scores of beef a hybrid with fruit and kobe beef. from the dumpling side of the menu comes this open

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we have warmed air surging up from the gulf of mexico all the way up to minnesota, while the cold there is on the other side of the continent. take a look at that temperatures in the '50s in california. that's where the typical march whether it is hiding it's a very slow-moving pattern but eventually it will make its way into the chicago area we think. the week

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