, sewer lines and roads. they are all part of the mayor's ambitious plan to improve chicago infrastructure. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm tonya francisco in for dina bair today julian crews is live on the west side with details ... the mayor says that the city is at a critical crossroads in its history necessitating a major infrastructure improvement plan. >>by neglecting to invest in our own infrastructure for nearly

four decades we have allowed chicagos foundation to decay and our strength to decline. we know that as long as our city rests on a twentieth century foundation will be unable to compete in the 20 or first century economy it's a massive public-private infrastructure improvement plan for chicago touching virtually every facet of the city from roads to schools to parks and transportation the mayor wants to upgrade the chicago transit authority for example off fixing 26 mi. of a slower zones ... some more than 100 years old from train lines to airports the $7.2 billion plan will focus on the chicago historic role as a distribution hub there are plans to build a second and third runway at o'hare central

to that plan none of this will come from raising new taxes these new jobs will come and businesses will be attracted to expand their revenue base in the city and reduce pressure on taxes than the mayor said he will pay for all of this with the chicago infrastructure trust fund and innovative nonprofit group launched by former president bill clinton ... other private entities are helping to foot the enormous cost of the plan that is where skeptics are wondering how the american pull this off ... we learned that the chicago public school system faces a $700 million budget deficit in 2014 and that climbs to $1.2 billion at that point so the

question becomes can the mayor do all of this without raising taxes ... some may call it a gamble given the tough economic times were under ... it remains to be seen how the mayor can pull this off ... >>a nato conference is under way at the chicago hilton hotel in advance of the nato summit in chicago on may 20th as randi belisomo reports the summit could have a big impact on local rail services delegates are here is the invitation of the chicago council on global affairs to discuss security issues and 21st century meanwhile chicago commuters are wondering how the nato security will impact them when the conference roles and >>it will be horrifying >>the real commuters are worried

about their will do in the worst-case scenario if that should happen all of the convergent rail lines go through mccormick place and will through the summit >>i can drive into the city gas costs to much ivory paid my monthly tickets >>this will inconvenienced thousands of rush-hour commuters on may 20th alone and rush-hour hundreds of rails run under mccormick place throughout the day we will now have to park here ... paying 20 or $30 ... it is yet to be determined the levels of activity that will be taking place at mccormick place during the summit in terms of businesses usual here in the city i understand why they can to the

nato summit at camp david a little bit earlier >>if they literally shut down the trains i have no way to get to work ... and a spokesman for the rail line say that the ultimate decisions are up to the secret service and that they are cooperative when it comes to discussing requests >>i know how lockett to work i don't drive a car this is a concession you need to make when you think about the good it can do for the city for economic boosts it's a balancing act you have to be practical we of world leaders arriving that require extra security inside this conference delegates are talking about u.s. and allied interests in the world and lessons learned from afghanistan and other theaters of war

in chicago fire chief and six other people are injured in a multi vehicle accident. it happened to near 95th and stoney island last night the chief was racing to fire 92nd and greenwood when a dodge caravan plowed into his estivate csu the rolled over several times the chief is hospitalized in serious to critical condition the others are in fair condition the driver of that dodge caravan 42 year- old nicole chuck ro was ticketed for failing to stop for an emergency vehicle and $1,000 reward is now being offered for information in the shooting of two young girls in northwest indiana and 11 and 10 year-old were playing video games in the living room tuesday night when someone fired several shots and through the front window of their east chicago indiana home both girls were shot in the chest neighbor say that a car stopped in front of

their house and someone inside began shooting an fbi gang task force is also helping in the investigation there have been no arrests in the shooting it cook county judge will hear arguments today in a request for special prosecutor in the case involving the nephew of the former mayor richard daley 21 year-old david koschman died 12 days after he fell and struck his head during a confrontation with daley's nephew richard vanecko and a group of other men in the rush street area in april of 2004 and eco was brought in for a police lineup but no one identified him as the assailant and no one was ever charged in the death of david koschman whose family alleges that an echo got special treatment from police former gov. rod blagojevich x chief of staff john harris has been sentenced to just 10 days in prison he pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and agreed to testify for the

prosecution providing key testimony at both blagojevich trials assistant u.s. attorney carrie hamilton said harris was arguably a prosecution's most important trial witness during sentencing yesterday harris told federal judge james zagel " i lost my way ". the head of cps food services has resigned in the wake of accusations that she accepted gifts from food vendors earlier this month she and two members of her staff were accused of accepting thousands of dollars in gifts including nfl tickets and dinners at upscale restaurants from two of the district's biggest food vendors those vendors of multimillion- dollar contracts with cps a disciplinary hearing was scheduled for yesterday but she resigned before that hearing beginning next year chicago public schools school students will have a longer school year the school board has voted to add more days to the calendar bringing chicago schools in line with national average of 180

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trayvon martin punched him slammed his head to the grand and broke his nose but this video does not show any claudius sign of injuries george zimmerman attorney says that the video is very grainy and that zimmerman was cleaned up and received first-aid following the shooting >>this is icing on the cake it's not the first evidence they had they had a 911 tapes and they have witnesses ... >>trayvon martin said something to the effect ... you will die now or you will die tonight ... >>the lead investigator in the case apparently recommended zimmerman be charged with manslaughter but the state's attorney's office said that there was enough evidence to lead to a conviction firefighters in colorado are still trying to get a handle on a wildfire that has killed two people and burned more than 4,000 a. of family took this video on their cellphone as they escaped the flames and their

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the court also debated a medicaid expansion that has been challenged by 26 states those contended unlawfully coerces them to cover extra costs or risk losing federal funding ... >>senate republicans have blocked the measure to end tax breaks for the country's major oil companies just before their vote mr. obama called on congress to put an end to the billions in dollars handed out to what accompanies every year >>last year the biggest oil companies took home $80 billion in profits exxon alone had $4.7 million every hour in profit the president said that the subsidies are likening americans twice at the pump and then with tax dollars

vice-president joe biden had still chicago later today joe biden will attend to fund- raisers at the homes of wealthy democratic party donors the vice president hits town just in time for the evening rush-hour which could tie up traffic on the expressways and on lake shore drive president obama raised $2 million during his visit to chicago last month deadline a former u.s. president is throwing his support behind mitt romney george herbert walker bush is endorsing his fellow republican he made "robo-calls" for romney in the super tuesday elections his support follows endorsements by his son former florida gov. jim bush and florida senator marco rubio and another development a political action committee called animal lovers against mitt romney say

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the labour market as a whole continues recovering we got the latest lookit weekly jobless claims there were drops to the lowest level since april of 2000 made the economy is improving at a modest pace the chemical bpa is often used in the linings of cans and plastic bottles in may affect the development of young or unborn children and while the fda has maintained it has been safe it is reconsidering whether or not it ought to be banned in packaging it must decide by saturday an immediate ban will hurt the $16 billion packaging industry sector google will be providing monthly

reports to users that want to sign up for a service that gives you search and e-mail activities ... the company says that you can use this as a way to protect your account against attacking the markets are still near a four year high so there is a slight dip right now but that's just a blip on the screen ... the clergy at a church in the western suburbs is still trying to get over the shock of getting hit with a whopper of a phone bill off police say looks like the work of phone hackers we're live outside of the unitarian church of hinsdale with more on the story >>the police here say that the

church may have been a victim of an electronic scam where hundreds of international calls were made using the church is phone number totaling more than $27,000 ... the minister here could not believe his eyes when he saw that whopping phone bill on a long list of calls were hundreds made to libya made during a 24-hour period november 13th and 14th these calls lasted two minutes ... the church office had been closed at the time so that makes even more suspicious ... officials reported the climate a crime to the police and to their service provider 8 t and t. at&t ... it is quite obvious after investigating that

this was a compromised phone system it was just astonishing we never make international calls ... we absolutely knew there was a problem >>this is different than the traditional means of investigating phone calls ... we have to determine computer involvement in this compromise in the system the minister tells us that at&t has been good working with them on that bill but they are still liable for a portion of it a good way to protect yourself of being a victim of electronic crime is to change your password is frequently for any systems to operate

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we just got some disturbing news from tom skilling ... >>there has been a little bit of a wrinkle overnight the macy's some thunderstormswe may be seeing thunderstorms ... that will happen late tonight and carry over into the

pre dawn hours tomorrow and taper off ... we are looking at the changing direction of the wind ... we have a cool day there is a cluster of thunderstorms passing down state ... that's fueling the storm clusters. there was a high yesterday of 68 degrees the 19th consecutive above normal day of temperatures and that is running for six months ... we had one drop in september. we've been

running warm for quite some time now. we are 16 degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this hour ... there are frost and freeze advisories' to the west. but the next storm is riding across the rockies and that will pump warm air into the center of the country but around the perimeter of some of those thunderstorms will be developing. let's take a look at the temperatures on the map their holdings into the forties across our area we have been spoiled by elise above normal temperatures.

this will go on the books as the warmest march on record. 47 degrees right now at o'hare 46 at midway airport. 49 and valparaiso. we are looking at the weather bug a camera in wilmettte we are looking at the shifts going down state ... but we will see those shower clusters with embedded thunderstorms here is

the cluster four chicago coming from the dakotas their towering thunderstorms will be showing up in the early morning hours. rain cooler weather and thunderstorms are on the way. our temperatures will remain above normal for the next two- three weeks. we won't be as warm this sunday as previously forecast. the heaviest rains will occur earlier in the day tomorrow we will see sprinkles

later on we will get a few sunbreaks but remain overcast most of the time. this ought to be a weekend when we may see a 80-90 degree temperatures in the plains states and we hope it gets here eventually. the rain will be here 5 in the morning the morning rush hour will have rainshowers and thunderstorms that will continue through midday we will have sprinkles in the afternoon. we may get areas of fog along the way we have a dry northeast flow today sunni cooler with wind coming off of the lake 40 degree temperatures at the lakeshore ...

the low temperature tomorrow will be 45 degrees it will be mostly cloudy damp and sprinkles in the afternoon the high temperature will be 60. partly sunny saturday with nighttime thunderstorms. we are hoping for 68 degrees as a high temperature ... it may go to the '70s with cooler temperatures at the lake front on sunday it's time for today's trivia question: a document at the heart of the english system of

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who do not smoke the researchers say that maintaining a healthy weight and getting enough exercise may be among the most important ways to prevent cancer the number of children with autism rises by 78% to the united states the centers for disease control and prevention says that one out of 88 children have some form of autism in 2008 back in 2001 and 150 children had the disease the group artisan speaks says more children are diagnosed with autism because there is better awareness and better diagnosis the organization also says that these numbers prove that there is an autism epidemic in the united states hpv vaccines prescribed to prevent cervical cancer could have some additional benefit for women already infected with hpv and new study found the car to sell and hpv vaccine reduced the reoccurrence of hpv related diseases by 46 percent the

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batches of rain the rain that falls late tonight and the rain that falls tomorrow and then at the rain that will fall saturday night ... it will rain very heavy in the early hours of the morning into rush-hour and turned to sprinkles tomorrow and then saturday night we will have heavy thunderstorms that may make sunday a cooler affair than we first forecast ... we're looking at the map to see where the thunderstorms are these will continue into the morning rush-hour * time we have some fairly nice warm air that is feeding into these storms ... we will have some

amazing temperatures in the plains states and to the west ... those will be in the '80s- nineties ... however our temperatures are cooler we will be in the 40's overnight we will be in the '50s tomorrow maybe we will get to 60. saturday will be in the '60s with the fifties at the lake ... we're taking a look at the strong wind writing the jet stream ... we thought we would get warmer thanks to this but that rain will cool it down for now. 60 degrees tamara 66 saturday 70 sunday and monday ... we will have clusters of thunderstorms this weekend so