crisscrossed the state hoping to win over any undecided voters ... good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web robert jordan is at the university of chicago where mitt romney will be speaking >>he has saturated the airwaves

with these commercials including this one rick santorum and an unfortunate choice of words >>if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party you must vote for mitt romney ... >>i'm mitt romney and i approve this message >>he began attacking the president on the military and economic policies of his administration >>this president is cutting the military and failing the economy it's not the right course for america >>both men are campaigning hard in illinois but so far it wgn television has not received spots from santorum

>>why would illinois want to consider a republican who laid out the blueprints for obama health care and presided over a bad state economy and massachusetts >>when we you were governor of massachusetts that state was 47 the in job creation and there was the manufacturing job decline that was twice the national average we lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs while you were governor of massachusetts ... and why did the taxes increase on your watch mr. romney? >>illinois is not a winner-take- all state so we will have to wait until after the election to see how the delegates will be spread out amongst the four candidates

former house speaker newt gingrich has nothing planned here in illinois today he is anticipating a loss and he has moved on to louisiana which holds its primary next saturday and texas congressman ron paul may one visit to illinois last week and he left ... former republican presidential candidate john mccain said that this primary season as a lot nastier and a lot more personal than it was in 2008 he also criticized super political action committees we spoke with mccain this morning from the tribune tower about super packs >>its outside this unregulated undisclosed money it's increased the negative attack ads and that lowers the steam if it's possible that the american people hold politicians up to >>mccain also attacked rick santorum: he said that he was

irresponsible on fiscal issues when a u.s. senator from pennsylvania he voted for federal spending leading to corruption special coverage of tomorrow's election begins at 6:00 on c ltv with politics tonight. at 7 on c ltv mark suppelsa and micah materre begin our decision 2012 coverage when the polls close we will also be streaming results live on wgntv.com look for the winners and the race results on the wgn news at 9 and on channel 9 and wgn america judy wang is live in a little village neighborhood with the latest on the the gun violence this weekend and the killing of a 6 year-old girl two suspects appeared in court but the child's mother does not hold back her anchor ... the

girl was shot multiple times as she and her family sat on their front porch and that 3-d300 block of springfield avenue she died later at mount sinai hospital in 18 year-old and a 16 year-old were arrested both charged with first-degree murder both are members of the latin kings street gang, a they are animals with no heart how could you come here with no intentiothe intention to kill someone i want you to know you took my baby away what your mission was one of your intentions were you failed because instead you took my baby my 6 year-old little girl >>i am in pain when a 6 year-old

is gunned down and it seems like nobody cares ... >>this past weekend a mother and child suffered grays wounds in chatham and two people were shot near the 7900 block of south shore drive in rainbow beach after a fight broke out between two groups of people ... back here in little village there's gonna be a community relishrally at the gary ortiz campus in honor of this slain 6 year- old and a fund-raiser will begin to assist that family a man accused of killing a schoolteacher and a naperville nightclub is scheduled to be arraigned today in dupage county

court. 27 year-old daniel olaska was indicted last week for the murder 24 year-old shaun wild who was a teacher at spring creek elementary school. daniel olaska is accused of stabbing wild to death and wounding two other men last month at frankie's blue room to in downtown naperville daniel olaska also faces charges of attempted murder armed violence and unlawful use of a weapon >>the price of gas in america is now just 28¢ a gallon from its all-time record high and it's risen for nine straight days a survey by aaa finds that the national average price for gasoline has about $3.83 a gallon gasoline in illinois is already above $4 per gallon and gas prices are hurting president obamas approval numbers the most recent washington post poll finds that there's growing disapproval of the president's handling of the economy

trying to undo the deals of his predecessor mayor rahm emanuel is sending attorneys to fight a concession agreement from millennium park restaurant lawyers will be in court today because the mayor said that the deal struck under the daley administration gave the park grill to many breaks at the expense of taxpayers park girls attorneys say that if they lose this case they will sue the park district the occupy movement is planning its protests for the nato summit in chicago this may leaders of the group from around the country met in st. louis yesterday to discuss their strategy many said that president obamas decision to move the g-8 from chicago to camp david was a victory for them and will encourage even more protests there also try to figure out accommodations there are concerned that if they try to sleep in the parks that they will spark clashes with police there was a proposal to shut down cta operations but that idea was largely rejected

still ahead a father blasts airport security at o'hare after his wheelchair-bound young son is searched we have the video we will also have the latest on a deadly shooting in a jewish school in france plus the assassination of president kennedy what cuban leader fidel castro might have known about that attack before it

at a jewish school in southern france. the gunman shot and killed a teacher and three children and wanted another child at the school into a loose then got away on a motor scooter it was a third shooting by a man on a motorcycle in southern france in just over one week and police suspect cases may be related ... france has one of the largest jewish populations in europe. there are nearly 400 reported acts of anti-semitism in france last

year. >>an american teacher was shot dead in yemen by gunmen believed to be kil linked to al-qaeda 29 year-old joel shrun was shot and taiz yesterday by two men on a passing motorcycle a group affiliated with al-qaeda claimed responsibility for that murder a text message center yemeni media said that joel shrun was part of a campaign to convert muslims to christianity he taught english and his employer said that the american was not a missionary the state department has condemned that murder ... >>the soldier accused of murdering 16 afghani civilians will meet with his attorney for the first time today. surgeon robert bales will be represented by john henry browne the same attorney represented serial killer ted bundy bales is in solitary confinement at

leavenworth prison he is accused of leaving his outpost in killing his victims as they slept nine of them were children bales may also be formally charged this week ... >>a video recently posted on you tube is sparking new debate about security measures at airports if father recorded this video in 2010 of his three year- old son being checked out by security agents at o'hare airport the video said that the family was on their way to disney world. as you can see a tsa agent is patting down the story swapping him answer to his wheelchair the video said that the boy is in a wheelchair for a broken leg no response yet from the tsa or from o'hare airport officials a new book suggests fidel castro knew in advance that president john f. kennedy would be assassinated the book is titled castro's secrets it was written by a retired cia agent brian let's tel he said former

cuban intelligence officers told him that castro ordered them on set november 22, 1963 to stop eavesdropping on cia radio communications and listen instead for any news from texas just hours later kennedy was assassinated in dallas the source says that assassin lee harvey oswald told cuban embassy staffers that he planned to kill kennedy to show his allegiance to communism the book makes no claim that castro ordered kennedy's assassination royal watchers are taking note: in england catherine middleton the duchess of cambridge gave her first official speech at a hospice for children her husband, prince william is on a six week tour of duty with the royal air force in the falkland islands the duchess had reportedly been practicing her public speaking skills in front of family friends and in front

of a mirror after today's event she met with parish patience and facility operators to help to plant a tree coming up we have the day's top business headlines and ahead in the medical watch the things you can enjoy now that could help you recover from a stroke later on in life and in the lunch break we're making classic american crab

i'm beejal patel with bloomberg news live from the cme group in chicago with today's headlines in business if you have apple stock you will be paid $2.65 for every share you own as a dividend is the

first time since the mid nineties the company is paying out a dividend and it is figuring out where to put its investment in research and development from the billion stock of dollars in profit more than half of young people surveyed hang onto their student debt until the age of 30 ... to thousand 500 people will be hired for summer jobs with john but use there willjamba juice... oil will be going up to $108 a barrel concerning economists

about consumer spending >>is there any news about how the sales are going for the new i-pad >>apple reports it had a record weekend in sales at the launch ... it is believed to have said an new single-day record for apple i-pad activation is ... they may sell into the billions new york mets owners agree to a $162 million settlement for the victims of the bernie madoff ponzi scheme this was announced

by in new york federal judge just before trial today the court appointed trustee irving picard sued the mets honors for $303 million he is accusing them of ignoring signs of the bernie madoff fraudulent schemes during the 25 years of investing with him which takenthey countered ... a settlement negates the need for court case and the victims are expected to be paid over several years >>the founder of c-span is stepping down as chief executive officer brian lamb began a public affairs cable network in 1978 he has served as ceo ever since current co-president rob.kennedy and susan swain will become co chairman of the channel beginning april 1st brian lamb will take the new title of executive chairman and continue to host this sunday night interview show today marks the 33rd anniversary of the

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he wanted to bring attention to the gun violence in these troubled communities pester brooks said that he's happy to have all of these college students from around the country to give time two-tieredto help in the demolition ... this young man is excited to help he is more thanone of more than 100 college students from a country who came to help he had never heard of a pastor or his effort by the heard about it recently and wanted to join in to help >>these people love their neighborhood ... >>the pastor gained national attention with his rooftop

vigil where he raised nearly $430,000 with the help of tyler perry to tear down this abandoned hotel now he wants to raise about $59 to build a state of the art community center the sacrifice the students are making in the work they're doing says alot about the heart of this community >>there are lots of compassionate people and when they're brought to be aware of this situation they always jump to the challenge this is the first phase of the demolition the building will not fully come down and it raised the hopes it happens by easter said that he could have a groundbreaking ceremony before raising that next phase of the 15 million

there's controversy over the public schools proposed calendar here in chicago the cps once students in class for columbus day as well as pulaski day those days are currently holidays on the school calendar but leaders in chicago's polish and italian communities are upset over this plan eliminating those school holidays is part of an effort to lengthen the school year by 10 days polish and italian civic leaders tell the sun-times that it's a slap in the face denying these kids the opportunity to learn something about their heritage the mayor's office said it's a proposal that is about children the cps proposes teaching the students about columbus and pulaski on these former holidays while they are in classrooms we have

we have tom skilling joining us ... >>look at these pictures from over the weekend we got these from our viewers ... this is that storm developing over the city on friday afternoon was very localized ... this shaun is a view from lombard ... one of many terrific shots from

this extraordinary run of whether we have been having ... we had some pretty vigorous thunderstorms to the west and to the south of us ... it may be the one day to day that we will not have a record setting temperature we may even get severe thunderstorms over the next couple of days but we will see it break down and warm-up at the end of the week there is cool air to the west that is not normal and we have abnormal war mayor presenting us with eight unprecedented historic spell of march warm weather throughout the midwest and east coast ...

this jet stream will be showing us one heck of a pattern ... this thing will get bound up to the west opening up the southerly flow ... we have a couple of more records on the way this is the warmest march opening and whether history going back 141 years ... we have thunder to the west of chicago ... the effect of these southerly winds reaches all the way up to thunder bay ontario and international falls minnesota

... here in chicago every one of the last five days we have set records well above 80 degrees ... we are seven degrees cooler than we were yesterday ... the sun is currently blocking clouds here are some of the current area temperatures: we have kind of a muggy 60 degrees ... and we have some unusual readings on the wheat pollen six weeks ahead of time the tree pollen is high we have low mold spores but we are off to a bad start on allergy season after a very bad 11 of the worst in 10 years last year ... we're running 13 yeardegrees

warmer than we were last year at this time this is the warmest opening to the month of march on record you will not find many mid march. as with 60 degree low temperatures ... there's a little bit of rain around the area here are some of those rain total accumulations looked out west the mountain tops of tucson arizona are white with snow as they are in the sierra nevadas and in new mexico and southern california as well ... let's get a look at the pattern of this rain shower activity and thunderstorms it's really coming

down with lightning in this southwest to northeast direction over chicago ... there may be an isolated thunderstorm or shower tomorrow we may get up to 1 in. of rain before we warm up once again ... we will remain cooler through the weekend most likely but we will get a warming spell early next week the high temperature may struggle at 79 degrees tonight partly cloudy continued unseasonably mild spring begins at 1214 tomorrow morning we are

heading for those long byrd days of summer tomorrow is the first full day of spring officially ... we're looking for a 83 degree temperature wednesday another record breaker ... >>there were so many people at the parade saturday cheering tom skilling take the glory when you can tom ... >>we had a memorial service for sheila leonard i could not be there for the parade the weather is undeniably very nice ...

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kwamaine mitchell makes it a 2- point game. but the big ten player of the year answers back... draymond green with the *pass* to keith appling... for 3. michigan state wins 65-61. they're in the sweet-16... along with 3 other big ten teams. purdue is not among them. up a point on kansas with under 30 seconds left . . they turn it over!!!! . . elijah johnson the steal and 2 of his 18 points put kansas up 1 . . . last shot for purdue . . . robbie hummell for the lead . . no . . kansas the other way. a purdue last second-three was no good. 63-60 the final. the depaul *women* will play tennessee for the 20th time in school history tonight. they've never beaten them... but if they do tonight... they'll go to the sweet 16. the game is at the "all state arena." and... top-seeded notre dame beat liberty by 31. cubs versus sox out in arizona . . . little comeback by the sox . . dan johnson's 2nd homerun of the spring part of a big 6th

inning . . . later in the 6th, gordon beckham drives in 2 more with a single . . .a 5-run inning . . sox go on to win in extra innings on a jordan danks homerun . . . 7-5 the final in 10. cubs played 2 games . . they also beat the rangers 3-2. enter now to win a pair of tickets to the chicago live performance put on by the chicago tribune and the second city go to wgntv.com for more information to enter this contest and now the official drawing of the illinois lottery ... >>here are the winning pick three numbers: 2 1 3

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on the medical watch fooling doctors with fake marijuana ... emergency room physicians often do not recognize symptoms when people use and there it marijuana. use of the products such as k-two spice and blaze is on the rise even though the products are illegal here in cook county nearly one in nine high school students seniors reported getting high on synthetic marijuana compounds in the past year in the emergency room experience excessive sweating agitation and ability to speak aggression and route restlessness fish as well as the euphoric and the sec collective effects that are commonly associated with the use of marijuana ... an appreciation for the arts could help stroke patients see the beauty of a

faster recovery new study suggests that stroke survivors to find joy in music theater painting recover better than those who do not researchers conducted their study on almost 200 strokes survivors with an average age of 70 years old if they also found that art improves the quality of life in general and may be a factor in helping bring recover when things go wrong ... there is a new fraud alert that has been issued on scammers are offering free diabetes supplies according to government officials the scammers pose as medicare employees calling diabetes patients and offering to send for supplies like glucose meters and testing strips that and ask for the patient's medicare and social security information officials say that if you receive a suspicious phone call contact the government fraud hotline at 1800 h h s tips

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and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. the new restaurant at the chicago hilton is here with us today ... we are doing crab cakes and wait until you see these they are just the way i like them nice and plump and full of great crabmeat ... there's so is a variation on these thomas ... we have the mixture of manas

andyonnaise, dijon mustard fresh herbs -- chives parsley old bay seasoning fleur-del sel, salt -- combine the mixture and then we use 40 crabs for this 1 lb of jumo liump

crabmeat it takes 2 crabs for on ite of these crabcakes... this is a big rennovation for t his hilton restaurant which is celebrating a big anniversary.. we celebrate seasonal menus and ingredients that arwe lo thare locally farmed and eighth

sustainable. we are not mixing this so much .. just sme dusting of the bread crumbs on the exterior.. these look amazing tom! we saute this is butter in the pan and we serv thiese with a

slaw with a meyer lemon vinigar ette. and we are yusing fresh fennel pollen to garnish.. bar and grill is located within the hilton hotel right here in chicago at 720 south michigan avenue

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return annually to the mission at san juan capistrano california today is the swallows day which is the day that the birds will be returning ... >>they are returning to some unusually cool weather out there in san juan capistrano ... but not here in chicago ... we have a few more warm temperature records on the way ... after the thunderstorms and those clouds leave us ... by the way the lake is running about 10 degrees warmer than it was last year and we're getting these pollen counts six weeks earlier this year ... even with this cooling

down we will remain with above normal temperatures for approximately two weeks ... we are looking at thunder and lightning in the southwest and they're moving northeast over chicago later today we may see some sunbreaks ... from texas no. 2 nebraska there will be no doubt some tornado watches ... the arizona mountain ranges and big bear in southern california and the sierras have had one-2 ft. of snow ... tomorrow we will be partly cloudy here in chicago ... rain

will be heavier out to the west ... we expect rain back here in chicago later in the week ... however we will be sunny and warm tomorrow ... out in missouri there will be flood watches and lots of rain ... there is lots of actor weather happening to the west of our area we will be in the 80 degree ranges tomorrow and wednesday look for lots of moisture in the air ... in parts of the plains states they will have about 8 in. of rain falling the rain will be diminishing tomorrow slight chance of a

thunderstorm nothing wednesday clear whether then ... we will beat down into the '60s at the end of the week but we will be getting warmer weather again at the beginning of next week it feels like we might be canceling spring here with this weather but it's not over yet we have had april whether that included snow here in chicago thank you tom skilling and thank-you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon ... we leave you now with more live music from susan justice