teachers union protests against longer school days. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm tonya francisco ... wgn's randi belisomo has the details from the border education ... >>that afternoon board of education meeting is underway and the members are hearing some grim financial news as well as from parents and teachers who aren't so happy about plans for a longer school year ... >>these parents say that cps would be imposing a top down

policy if the board of education approved a plan to extend the school day to seven and half hours that's what mayor rahm emanuel wants and neither the mayor or jean-claude brizard has said how this move will impact the budget >>just the fact that rahm emanuel is kids go to school for 29 hours a week ... there hypothesis must be that if you can afford $20,000 a year in tuition that your offspring is automatically smarter than any other child in america ... >>the board cannot approve a plan with no provisions for funding according to the teachers board president ... the for your pension holiday will be expiring and the cps should not be forced to close another deficit through staff cuts for a plan that he doesn't believe will help the children thrive >>there's more to learning than just school my daughters learned

at dance class and softball even ceramic underclasses parents turn the teachers in these protests when plan could include layoffs in this teacher says it's unnecessary when there's no evidence to prove it long school they will work >>this will help the children to dislike school that kindergarten kids can't even handle six hours ... there's no evidence behind this that it will make anything better were just over pay babysitters there's also a plan to do away with the pulaski and columbus day holidays >>we're looking at putting together the maximized calendar for the school year next year teacher's knitter break to go nine weeks without a day off ... everyone will have nerves on edge there will be massive bird did

shortfalls' many are here to argue for rep elected body. a board should not be serving as the mayors rubber-stamp >>we have a board that is not listening to the public ... with the mayor has succeeded in doing we want to say thank you because of you not ignoring these people he has united us around the city will have much more on the story on a later news casts a gunman filfired several shots into a home in east chicago last night shooting two young girls now those girls ages 10 and 11 are recovering in hospital today guadalupe dominguez describe the shots that she heard in this east chicago neighborhood 930 last night it was reported to be

a drive-by shooting with came taken directly at this home with a barrage of bullets and a two young girls at 10 and 11 year- old had been shot one is at christ hospital the other is that comer children's hospital last update says that there stable this morning the police are canvassing the area to see if further witnesses are evidence will be found this woman narrowly missed being shot herself next door >>i was out pulling weeds 830 corgan 9 i told my 2 grandchildren to come in ... this and as i get into the house i knocked them to the floor after the shots were fired eric bentley's three shootings in recent weeks here in this neighborhood typically over petty disputes turning violent and deadly >>i lost my friend a few years

ago it's bad here the police have no one in custody if you have information you are asked to call and the anonymous tip # police are investigating allegations that a school employee in west suburban maywood had a sexual encounter with a student that the alleged incident happened that proviso east haskell during school hours last month the cook county sheriff's department says that the employee involved is not a teacher a coach or a minister in that it's unclear whether not that person is still working at the school really an adult no charges have been filed in chicago city council hearing for mayor rahm emanuel speed camera plan has been postponed to give alderman more time to get feedback from the residence

the council's committee on pedestrian traffic safety was scheduled to continue considering the proposal monday but it has been delayed so that alderman can talk to their constituents the plan will allow speed cameras to operate around parks and schools throughout the city drivers caught speeding by the camera would face fines up to $100 the emanuel administration and the fraternal order of police are at odds over a new contract the current agreement expires june 30th of city hall claims that the fob missed the deadline to request new contract talks this means that the city can put off negotiations until next june or it can engage in discussions but only discuss issues that will cut costs but the police order claims that it did meet the timeline finding work for military veterans and their spouses is the goal of several job fairs happening here in the city and other parts of the country today

the 20 percent unemployment rate among returning veterans is high but this job fair involves more than a hundred chicago companies hoping to reverse the trend >>we want you to work as hard as you can so that when the veterans come home after a job well done after a difficult mission fulfilled we fulfil our mission to work together as hard as possible to hire our veterans navistar is hiring corporatewide. >>i am getting good feedback back ... that this is helpful a number of veterans say they are encouraged by what they are hearing here there are real jobs here for veterans according to these employers, it's at the chicago hilton and towers it's for

returning veterans from iraq and if afghanistan but as for older veterans having tough times in the hard job market other agencies of the federal and state government are also working on an ongoing basis with these veterans and a footnote on the fema downstate support ... the governor responded ... the femur rule requires its $17 million worth of damage to the public be there to be eligible for aid ... there was five and half million dollars well short of that threshold for harrisburg so it's inaccurate to say that the state lost aid money because of my failure to apply ... illinois just didn't meet the minimum threshold for

fema to step banned this is vigorously disputed by dick durbin who wants to bring federal money here in spite of any thresholds ... the governor says he's done everything in his power to aid these victims ... the governor will once again attempt to put the finishing touches on a state backed aid package that will help the tornado victims from the 29 february is not just the unemployment that faces veterans when they return later williewill be talking to the noted psychiatrist to came up with the diagnosis of post-

traumatic stress syndrome disorder and what is being done to help soldiers now illinois congressman bobby rush is ordered off of the house floor for what he wore while delivering remarks on the trayvon martin case and the supreme court weighs whether it will be all or nothing on the pres

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extra strength relief to the sight of your pain. feel better? yeah...thanks for the tip! this morning for wearing a hoodie and calling for justice for trayvon martin and his family. congressman rush took off his jacket, to reveal the hoodie while calling for an end to racial profiling. he also put on sunglasses and started quoting the bible. the president the presiding officer repeatedly hit the gavel to remind him of the dress code but rush just kept going eventually

the sergeant at arms came in and ushered him off of the platform the supreme court is holding its third and final day of hearings over the future of the health care reform law today the justices are hearing arguments about whether the loss 450 provisions will have to be scrapped if the mandate is found unconstitutional the court will also have to decide if the federal government is forcing states to expand their share of medicaid costs or risk losing that funding >>there's an excellent chance to knock out some parts of this law the government itself supports our position that if the mandate is unconstitutional then the certain core insurance reforms have to fall within that mandate >>the court experts say that the mandate stands a good chance of being ruled unconstitutional

based on questions posed by the conservative justices who hold a 5-4 majority in the supreme court jet blue pilot who had an apparent meltdown during a flight from new york to las vegas has been suspended this video was shot by a passenger aboard jet blue flight 191 it shows several people rushing to subdue the pilot authorities said that the captain got to leave the cockpit and the co- pilot was concerned about that behavior locked the pilot out he began yelling incoherently about getting a plane down and the middle east passengers and crew members held him down until the plane could be diverted ... >>he spoke about iraq and i ran telling us to pray i told him you know what i will show you all about iraq and iran and then i put him in a chokehold >>that co-pilot had the sense to recognize something was gone horribly wrong he's a real hero >>the plane was diverted to amarillo tx with a pilot

clayton osbon was safely removed and the flight then continued on to las vegas the united nations human rights chief said that innocent children and syria are being tortured detained and shop by president kraushaar of science troops bashar assad and his troops she said that the syrian forces are deliberately targeting the children using her and the tactics and keeping them in in humane conditions while denying them medical treatment for their injuries pope benedict the 16th celebrated mass and the revolution plaza in havana today where crowds began gathering over night he will conclude his visit to cuba with a meeting with former president fidel

castro his brother raul castro the pope urged a bigger role for the church and ask that the government consider making good friday and national holiday fidel castro reinstated christmas as a holiday ahead of the landmark in 1998 visit of pope john paul the second republican presidential candidate nuking returns us this morning that he won't drop out of the race he emphasized this after he announced that he will lay off about 30 percent of his staff and reduced his schedule he also replaced his campaign manager in gingrich's taking the steps as part of a new strategy he will be reaching out directly to delegates instead of voters in those primary races his goal to turn the convention into gridlock city can offer himself as the consensus candidate on the second or third ballot we have more coming up after the break

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people in australia lauren satisfied with their i pads are getting their money back. an australian consumer watchdog agency is accusing ample for using misleading advertising he says the i-pad does not work on the 4-g networks and australia as implied in the advertisements 4- g networks even so the companies offering refunds as well as adjusting the advertisements for the i pad dennis rodman could face jail time over unpaid child and

spousal support the former bulls superstar owes his ex-wife more than $850,000 his lawyer filed court documents yesterday in california explaining that he is extremely sick and he is broke a that's why he has been unable to make his child and spousal support payments as financial adviser said he's an alcoholic making it impossible for him to find work if he doesn't come up with the money could face up to 20 days in jail there was no big winner in last night's big mega-millions drawings of the jackpot has rolled over to a record breaking for under $76 million it's the biggest jackpot ever in the united states 47 people including two in the chicago area did match all five lottery numbers for a $250,000 price the next drawing is friday night with a winning cash payout estimated at $341 million you can watch that drawing right here on wgn residents of a small wisconsin town once again awakened by

booms in the night and later in the medical watch researchers located single antibody that can shrink the tumors of seven types of cancer

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prosecution at both corruption trials for the former governor he faces a 10 year sentence and will be expected to ask the judge for leniency attorneys for william belfour asked for a delay yesterday because of a scheduling conflict ... the judge denied this because he said it needs to stay on schedule its schedule to begin april 5th and the trial will begin april 23rd william balfour was the strange to host a husband of julia hudson at the time of the murders of the jeff rutzen family members several sentences involving the jon burge police brutality are

facing challenges ... some of these hearings will be rescheduled in new wgn investigation reveals that the chicago crime commission is no encyclopedia of chicago gangs is full of errors that 300 page gang book features hand signals and tattoos of all the non city and suburban gangs plus pictures of prominent gang members but one of them willie lloyd is actually a 62 year-old quadriplegic several others have been dead for years >>i want to raise my family and one to be free with my children i don't want to get shot at

>>once your picture is here and you've done something bad a long time ago said that means your evil forever one man's picture appear twice under two different names still other men say they're gang activities and to 20 years ago but there still published the crime commission plans the police department for supplying an updated mugshot and a police department says that the crime commission is to blame for publishing them the booms are back in clintonville wisconsin residents of that small town or shaken once again by the booms last night clintonville please receive 65 calls reporting more loud booms that shook windows and rattled nerves last week a series of booms were reported and were later determined to be caused by a small earthquake residents say that last night's booms were some of the loudest to get scientists say that it's likely a swarm of small earthquakes which happened several times a year across the country is occurring there

today is the up date on that roller-coaster of whethereather we expected part of the area to be affected with those thunderstorms and lightning last night but we are looking at some of these images from a storm chaser ... joliet and places all the way out to quincy saw these thunderstorms they produced downpours but they never turned really severe and now along the

lakefront we have some gorgeous weather with temperatures down seven degrees ... but we are 15 degrees above normal just the same there's another wind shift on the way with a step down and temperature as we reach tonight into tomorrow and we look at wind gusts coming from the northwest over 30 mi. per hour is part of an active field covering the midwest it's on the backside of the storm that davis 50 mi. per hour wind from the south west yesterday and that produced a 12th consecutive 70 plus degree temperature day which broke records for march we just keep knocking down those records ... we are 11 degrees warmer than we were yesterday ... we're looking

at the 24-hour temperature changes on the weather map. minneapolis is 22 degrees cooler than it was there yesterday ... and italy takes a wind shift tomorrow like monday will be a cool affair ... we can get to 80 degrees depending on a wind shift for sunday here the temperatures around metropolitan area: it will be approximately 68 degrees this afternoon with a 46 mi. per hour wind in

some spots at least 40 mi. per hour here and we have at above average high temperature is out at o'hare airport about 63 degrees 57 degrees at midway we're watching the time lapse of the storms as they move away from us they're headed for pennsylvania and west virginia. you see how these things tower when they produce the lightning here last night there's a mix of hailstones and rain is what we call a charge separation that sets up the lightning in these storms. the

thunder storms produce the tallest clouds on earth ... so new york city will get some of this rain as well we see some wind traveling across montana and the plains states that combined with some of that warm air up from the gulf will give us rain for friday by 5:00 this evening you will see those northeast winds give us scattered clouds by morning we will begin with overcast skies tomorrow and maybe some sprinkles but it should get sunnier as the day goes on with a beautiful and sunny day today here in chicago ... this is the warmest ever march on record. next friday's eight degrees above normal

every one of the temperature forecasts for the long-term forecast in the next two weeks wilber as above normal temperatures so april looks to be warm as well ... please be careful with the outdoor burning no barbequing ... we still have those red flag warnings because of dry conditions and wind ... friday we will have 60 degree temperatures inland 50s at the lakefront we will see the showers and the thunderstorms once again ... it will lead up as the day goes on friday

sunbreaks by the afternoon we will see by april 1st we may be greeted with a degree temperatures that's on sunday. the temperatures today are comparable to the ones we see here early may. tonight becomes mostly cloudy with the wind shifting north these turning cooler down to 43 degrees tomorrow we have clouds going to sunni in the afternoon caller the high 52 degrees in the 40's at the lakeshores with fog and showers and storms by friday morning sunbreaks by friday afternoon ... the wind will take us into the 70 degree temperatures by saturday afternoon.

chicago has been known to have sticking snow into the month of may i'm gonna conservatively say that we might be able to take the shuttle off the porch and take this no possibility off the table for this year it looks ok i think we're clear of the possibility of snow it's time for today's trivia: the tips and simpson and tana

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power plays without a shot on goal. they still earned a point in new jersey last night. minutes left... brent seabrook ties it up with a long slap shot... his eighth of the year. it stayed tied into a shoot out... and in the fifth round travis zajak puts the devils up. andrew shaw has the last chance to tie it... and he hits the post. hawks lose 2-1, but they still earn a point to reach 93 on the season. the cubs and the reds playing in the cactus league first baseman bryan lahair continues to hit well after a slow start his rbi

double gives the cubs the lead in the first inning alfonso soriano still had a hot bat the cubs beat cincinnati 7-4 and the white sox beat cleveland a 7-1 the live illinois lottery drawing is coming up here are the winning pick three numbers: 3 0 5 here are the winning pick four numbers:2 7 7 3

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disturbing ... doctors in maryland to revealed what some are calling the most comprehensive face transplant ever performed. richard lee norris suffered severe injuries and deformities after years exhibition on the face in 1997 the picture on the left is how he looked before the surgery the picture on the right is how he looks now doctors at the university of maryland were able to transplant his face including a new tongue cheeks and a full set of teeth last week's operation last 36 hours mr. norris can open and close his jaw use his tongue chaves and precious teeth ... scientists may have discovered a new way to fight cancer stanford university researchers report a single antibody caused tumors from seven different types of cancer to shrink or disappear the research team transplanted human tumors to mice then

treated those tumors with an antibody that blocks of protein called cd 47 the team reports that the antibody was successful in treating bladder brain breast: liver ovarian and prostate tumors the researchers hope to begin clinical trials in humans within the next two years we have heard a lot lately about post-traumatic trusted stress disorder especially in connection with the members of the military a leading authority is here in chicago here to remind us that not everyone who has been diagnosed with p t s d is dangerous or apt to go off the deep and robert jordan has the story >>the flashbacks and nightmares the notion that no one remembered and it comes over me and that was the core of the p t s d

it's not just a mental malady that affects combat veterans it can hobble anyone who has been exposed to in enormous impact for a situation deeply imprinted in memory if you were a rape victim or a soldier coming home from war first you had a memory that 2 q over it's not normal memory it's about horrible things ... but also the memory system of the brain was injured he's a clinical psychiatrist at michigan state university saying that people suffering from p t s d are told to sometimes get over it and there misdiagnosed these people may have crushing pain from a spinal injury and its hidden one of my last patients ask me to teach the

next generation that it hurts >>there is hope with proper treatment and new drugs and the sufferers can get better first the age-old natural remedy of time the modal case the average case gets better with time without any intervention therapy now that there's a name for this condition p t s d it helps us to treat this better because the sufferers understand that something real is bothering them indeed they know it's part of their memory ... it can be a sensory thing you are not crazy your not hallucinating your having a trauma memory or a flash back making you feel like the past this current that moment

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is the executive chef of spiaggia chicago's only four- star authentic italian restaurant and you may have seen her on top chef texas where she comes from ... we are happy to have her ... this is one of those things that people get nervous about making because ratio is very important might tip is to use a baked potato you will want to roast that in the oven peeled the potato mix it with a little bit of flour and egg yolk and parmesan cheese ... and you will

shape and mold them into very small dumplings this is a dish that can be like ght.. i like to use a spring vegetable called the ramp which is a baby while the leakd leek.. the native americans like these aromatic wild onions and they were abundant here at one time in our history

you are going to blanche these and put some of while on thisolive oil on them and the next ingredient is fres h spring peas you can blanch these as well and parmesan cheese ...

so how much fun was doing top chef? i enjoy it because i was cooking it's the thing i love to do even on my days off ... and now we have a touch of butter and some white wine you want to saute the peas and the onion mixture with some pan chapacetta.. spiaggia has just launched a new spring tasting menu celebrating the top chef texas finale

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we have some wind coming today there gusting near 40 mi. per hour ... a windy but mile date is 63 degrees right now here in chicago ... humidity is 42% the water temperature is 51 degrees. every allergen is present ... the mold count is moderate the tree and the we count on as iweed

count is high.. and there is the red flag warning for the wild fires ... today will be nice we will see some forecasts guys tomorrow the rain will start tomorrow night ... friday will have most of the showers the good news is warm air is coming saturday and sunday ... we could have 80 degrees sunday 72 degrees saturday. thank you for joining us today