louisiana for the next gop presidential contest. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web ... >>with 95 percent of the state's precincts reporting romney captured 48 percent of the gop vote in illinois rick santorum 34% ron paul and newt gingrich did not expect to do well here cut numbers in the single

digits. nine percent for ron paul 7% for gingrich tonya francisco has more on the decisive win of mitt romney he now has supporters believing that he can wrap up the nomination before they have to the republican national convention in august ... illinois delivered for mitt romney but it came at a price ... mitt romney and his supporters poured in nearly $4 million into the state after wgn news poll said that ronnie and cracks and torn more running neck and neck ... he reached 39 delegates preludin

am just about halfway to the total delegate count required but rick santorum is people are not ready to throw in the towel pointing to how well their candidate did in conservative strongholds in downstate central and western illinois >>if mitt romney wants to have to have a nomination he has a lot more work to do this is not over yet >>it all boils down to one word freedom i am glad to hear that gov. rustromney is adopting that team but romney has also set his sights on november in president obama rather than his republican rivals:

>>i had success and failure speech step of the way i learned what it is that makes our american system so powerful you cannot learn that teaching constitutional law at the university of chicago you can even learn this as a community organizer up next for the candidates louisiana saturday president obama kicks off a trip that will focus on his energy policies he will visit nevada new mexico oklahoma and ohio over the next two days in nevada he will check out a facility that uses 1 million solar panels to our homes there then he will have to some federal land in new mexico that has more than 70 oil rigs tomorrow he will have to oklahoma and two ohio the president is tackling the issue of energy as gas prices have soared over $4 a gallon cross-

country it's the tea party favorite against the iraq war veteran republican congressman joe walsh will face tammy duckworth in the general election for the eighth district congressional seat she easily won yesterday's democratic primary 66%-34 percent against her rival raja krishnamoorthi julian crews joins us now with the previous of what could be a feisty race >>joe walsh and his party will say no to any plan that will help businesses create jobs but there will fight like hell to protect the tax cuts for large corporations >>this is a situation where people are out of work and losing their homes and getting upset with what has happened in the last few years ...

>>congressman joe walsh knows this will be a battle and he wants to spar with his democratic opponent and multiple stab town hall meetings as a format that this teat party backed republican seems to thrive and ... his critics refer to a ranch where he was caught on video shouting down a constituent >>i went to washington to try to do something about the economy >>my pawn and and i are different while he is extreme i am practical while he believes and turning up the rhetoric i believe in turning my sleeves and getting to work

there is an indicator that joe walsh supporters will show up at the polls given last night's turnouts the lines being drawn with high stakes national leaders of both parties will get involved in fund-raising for both of these candidates it's an all important district >>in the second congressional district race in spite of a congressional probe into ethical wrongdoing incumbent congressman jesse jackson jr. easily be challenger debbie halvorson to receive less than 30 percent of the vote in her bid to end his 17 year career in congress hours after his victory he thanked his supporters on the south side this morning debbie halvorson tried to take advantage of the ongoing ethics investigation into allegations that jackson sing campaign supporters were involved in the corruption case that brought

down former gov. rod blagojevich jesse jackson jr. has denied any wrongdoing. it republican race that one of the candidates branded as the past against the future the future one in the 16th congressional district freshman rep adam kinzinger beat veteran congressman donald manzullo. with 99 percent of the unofficial vote counted adam kinzinger leads with 56%-44% for donald manzullo speaking to supporters last night adam kinzinger applauded his campaign for working quickly to get him elected in a newly drawn congressional district >>state representative derrick smith one his democratic primary race despite being under indictment for bribery undercover agents say they secretly recorded him taking a $7,000 cash payoff but the democratic machine back his reelection and his primary victory is a win for party leaders who are expected to demand that he pulled out of the race because he won his primary

they will have the right to choose his replacement on the democratic ticket and dorothy brown is now closer to securing her fourth term as cook county court clerk should be 22nd ward alderman ricardo munoz in the democratic primary this was the first try at a higher office for ricardo munoz in his 20 years as alderman brown one yesterday with 67 percent of the vote he had only 33 percent brown has held the post as cook county court clerk for more than a decade if she gets another four years she plans to modernize the court's filing system with digital upgrades. voter turnout in chicago had a record low of 24 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the presidential primary it's the lowest in the city's history the previous record low was 32% set back in 1996 voter turnout for cook county was about 23 percent it's the lowest since 1990

joining us now is our political analyst paul lisnek coast politics tonight on c ltv mitt romney as people really wanted over 50 percent of a vote here >>and there was a low voter turnout ... hard to tell if the apathy factor was and at play here for both sides ... individual votes always matter ... i know you have to put on a good game facebook rick santorum was actually acting a little victorious last night >>he needs to keep the money coming and ... so he can keep this momentum going >>the turnout for young people was disappointingly low and that's who propelled president

obama to be elected back in 2008 it will be interesting to see how that demographic performs for the general election >>what's the strategy now ... for guys like newt gingrich and ron paul >>ron paul has an agenda it's hard to say what will become of newt gingrich in this process rick santorum will hang and police to pennsylvania and as long as the money is there and he gains more delegates it will be interesting to see you mitt romney considers as a vice-presidential peckick.. and tammy duckworth performed beautifully last night ...

this was a redrawn district the democrats control illinois so they were able to redraw the district with her in mind ... she won easily and now on to joe walsh a tea party republican doesn't get more conservative than that their allegations that he skipped out on hundred thousand dollars where the trout support he has an uphill battle he has to make every strategic move pecanhe can now looking at the state races ... derrick smith under indictment for bribery wins his race ... mike madigan got another term ... the daughter of the cook county democratic leader got another term and there's the

nephew of mayor daley beginning his committapolitical career ... there's more of a victory for madigan and that derrick smith race ... he will have to step aside so that the party leaders have a chance to make their choice to replace him it was very strategic his victory last night ... party leaders still have lots of power here in illinois >>for a complete list of the results of the primary yesterday go to our web site wgntv.com coming up next in this new hour an investigation is opened into a police involved shooting that left a man and woman hospitalized >>the suspect in the french

school shooting remains locked in a standoff with police ... and complaints consumers are logging with the new i-pad we will be right back

a man and woman are hospitalized after they were shot by an off- duty chicago police officer ... it happened around 1:00 this morning near 15th and albany in the lawndale neighborhood. police said the officer stopped to check every disturbance. when a man walked up to the officer's car with a handgun ... the off- duty officer of gunfire. hitting the man in hand and striking

woman and had the man is in good condition but there is no word on the woman's condition 2 chicago police officers who seriously hurt when their squad car collided with another vehicle on the south side. if police say that the officers wagon crashed into the other vehicle and tipped over on its side at 80th and halsted last night there were no prisoners inside of that wagon the officers are in critical but serious condition but their injuries are not considered life-threatening a person who was inside of the other vehicle is in fair condition dish it decorated chicago police officer who was shot in the chest is still in critical but stable condition today 47 year- old tactical officer del pearson remains in intensive care at christ hospital in oakland he was shot while chasing a man near 84th and kingston monday night the bullet still lodged near his spine but police say that his outlook is good police have been questioning a 20 year- old man with possible ties to a gang about that shooting

push a standoff continues between police officers and the man suspected in a deadly school shooting in southern france about 300 police officers surrounded his apartment early today after tracking down the suspect your computer that he apparently used the french interior minister said that the suspect claims to belong to al- qaeda and said that he wanted to avenge the deaths of palestinian children he's accused of killing three soldiers of north african origin who recently returned from afghanistan serving in the french army then last monday killing four people at a jewish school the bodies of the rabbi and these children to work killed in the school shooting were flown to israel for a burial hundreds of homes are destroyed or damaged at least 11 people are injured after powerful earthquake in southern mexico yesterday's 7.4 magnitude quake was felt 200 mi. away in mexico city hundreds of people scrambled out into the streets the rahman was also felt that

resorts and acapulco the heaviest damage is in the southern states of guerrero and oaxaca... president obama's daughter malia is in mexico on spring break with t

with your business headlines ... there's a new warning on where gasoline prices could be heading ... $5 or higher is a real possibility according to some experts to-necessarily lead to another recession and an of itself ... but as the debt crisis in the job situation gets worse it could be a real problem for the u.s. economic recovery

chicago prices are well over $4 a gallon beating out l.a. and new york according to the illinois association of home realtors ... the housing market remains anemic i-pad users are voicing concerns already they have told the wall street journal that they are burning through their wireless data plans in a matter of days ... others are complaining about the reception of the wi-fi itself and there's a new name change for kraft foods ... a newly coined latin word that means

delicious world ... the north american grocery business will be called the kraft foods group today federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said there are more worries about certain rising economic data the remains of an american pow from the korean war are finally coming home to his family in chicago that story is coming up next plus a four month investigation nam's the motorcycle rider dubbed the your land ghost writer who down loaded his reckless exploits to

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motorcycle rider with a camera mounted on his comment has been driving recklessly through streets and yards. he sped past marked patrol cars and he refused to stop for officers even bolder he dubbed himself " the orland park ghostwriter rider"and

posted his antics on you tube police say that the video lead them to the 22 year-old he was in bond court yesterday charged with fleeing and eluding police possession of stolen motor vehicle and driving on a suspended license the remains of a soldier who died while a prisoner of war during the korean conflict will return to family today his remains finally returning to the midwest today nothing remains of his immediate family, those who will receive his remains today never got to meet him >>it's a bittersweet week for relatives of army corporal chester j. roper ... two of his nieces grew up knowing about him but never meeting him >>we still feel connected to him my mother and grandmother always told us about him so we knew him we just never met him

... >>he was a pittsburgh native who went missing in north korea over 60 years ago in 1951 he died of pneumonia and a career in prison can't ... an adequate technology and time did not allow for identification of his remains until recently has only surviving sister died in december just days after getting the news he had been identified the family hopes to bring closure to decades of pain without him it was clear that he will finally be laid to rest around those who loved him but never knew him >>i am sorry that my grandmother and my mother could not be here >>a funeral with full military honors will be held friday and evergreen park

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this is extraordinary ... we are expected to reach 87 degrees today 88 degrees is the all-time record high here in chicago we have thunderstorm's coming up from the mississippi delta area powerhouse storms ... lots of moisture coming in our direction to bring us lots of rain ... scattered tomorrow heavier

showers overnight into friday and into saturday ... we expect 1/3 to 1 in. in half of accumulation ... looking at to 15 days ahead the temperatures will be going down but they will remain above normal for this time of year ... tomorrow we will see that lake breeze taking effect cooling off our area. here is the forecast on the model lots of sunshine today scattered showers tomorrow a few scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon ... the main event is coming after that as the rain producing flood watches and tornado watches to the self of illinois

and that went hyatt allah elevation snow storm behind that jet stream from the west will collide ... between now and saturday morning we will get over an inch and a half of rain in the area ... that's a pretty respectable rainfall ... on the update we will see how the cold air mass will leave us after the weekend and things will warm up again toward tuesday of next week we have an unprecedented record eight day of high temperatures

... in 1953 there was a streak of 10 days ... elevated pollen counts continue we expect high temperatures to be 87 degrees today here in chicago when will be gusting 23 mi. per hour will have record overnight warmth the low will be 65 on the day today ... that's a record and an of itself ... and tomorrow will be scattered showers afternoon thunderstorms are possible the high temperature will be 81 degrees mid-60s to low '70's along the lakefront saddam mostly cloudy not as warm the high temperature friday should be about 70 degrees with lower temperatures at the lakeshore ...

temperature's only michigan temperatures on lake michigan the readings are telling us that they are warmer than have been in any recorded history ... i would hold off on the plantings ... there's always the possibility of a late spring season cold spell

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we're in for the eighth record- breaking day of temperatures into the 80s ... we will have scattered afternoon showers tomorrow that will take us into saturday ... there are flood watches and incredible rain happening in the states to the south of illinois ... we see this corridor are rain colliding with the jet stream coming from the west and that call our aircooler air ... here is the 10 day forecast:

clouds and rain will be here friday and saturday through the weekend ... it will begin to warm up again sunday back into the '70s monday and we may be pushing 80 by tuesday with another record-breaking trend happening ... another warm air mass is assembling in the plains states so next week will promise to be warmer again ... the weather system from the gulf of mexico will combine to have those stronger wind from the west: this down now on warming us up again next week

we will be in the '60s over the weekend and that still well above the normal for this time of the year we thank you for joining us today ... remember that we will be back at 5 and again at 9:00 tonight ... have a great day we are going to leave you with more music from the australian pop vocal group human nature ... they are giving the motown show in rosemont sunday april 29th