tonight wgn investigation how former mayor daley worked the system only insiders would understand to land a lucrative pension taxpayers could pay. top story around the country wgn and tribune the investigation obtained a letter current mayor rahm emmanuel wrote recently to house speaker michael madigan and other leaders. warning to choices watched the system pension system go bankrupt in the next decade or triple property taxes $1.4 billion a year not a choice he's willing to force on the people of chicago. up for debate you might be surprised to learn how chicago most famous pensioner got a sweetheart deal >> all are around chicago you can see the legacy of mayor richard m. daley not so easy to

see his role in shaping the chicago massive pension debt >> 20 years ago richard daley set in motion a series of events taxpayers pay for today. set himself up with pension deal far better than most city workers. before he was mayor. cook county state attorney. before that eight years as state senator of those years in springfield to set up daily for life. >> less taxes for less, more taxes for last city services remember he lost his first run at mayor. when the opportunity presented itself took advantage of an obscure provision in the state pension law. the kind of deal only those insiders can

figure out. any person who has served as a member for eight or more years for elected to become a member employed in such a position eligible to participate in a retirement system. established under article 5-14 of this act continuing on and on. in plain english the law allows the mayor to jump back into but just that his penchant for just one month thanks to another law allowed it to come by years as mayor along with his years as state attorney and in the legislature to boost his pension. 49 and the mayor set for life even if he never won another election. >> no public policy justification or taxpayer interest allowing people ones that have left the general assembly to enter the general assembly pension system.

>> chicago civic federation >> example again of why the state legislature needs to wake up and stop treating the pension system like personal piggy bank >> joint investigation sweetheart pension deal at the same time allow top union leaders to base their city pensions on much higher union salaries cracking open the piggy bank for himself. had he not jumped back and forth between pension plan's retirement benefits $20,000 per year instead boosted the value to $98,000 per year. did not pay what most state workers pay. pension payments based on his old $17,000 a year so that salary. benefits based on $115,000 may oral salary. saved the mayor $400,000 out of pocket. batt but should not have

special pensions no justification because they've run the risk of not being reelected we guarantee economic security in definitely. that is self dealing and not being in the public >> 5 elections later combined legislative county and to make oral salaries retired with nearly $184,000 per year. for weeks we try to talk to the former mayor about the pension deal. staff declined to request. only the mayor and dozens of other legislators got the special deal. one more example of the kinds of giveaways that add up to a legacy of debt. to see the entire series of investigations on struggling pensions wgntv.com wgn investigates page also facebook

and twitter. tomorrow chicago tribune. >> dramatic lead up to president obama's address to the nation under cover of darkness touchdown bagram airforce base surprise visit to afghanistan marking one year anniversary marking death of osama bin laden from there he flew to kabul to meet with afghan pres. hamid karzai strategic partnership agreement pledging in that state support lasting 10 years beyond 2014 and the date of nato forces in afghanistan. >> iraq war is over, number of troops in harm's way cut in half and more soon coming home. clear path to fulfill a mission in afghanistan delivering justice to al qaeda >> president obama flew back to

bagram airforce base thank troops for sacrifice third visit to afghanistan since taking office. wearing body armor helmets and gas masks destruction during a nato summit. one undercover informant claimed next five ohio man now arrested charged with blowing up cleveland bridge trying to blow up cleveland bridge >> ranging in age 20-35 years old self proclaimed anarchists residents of ohio allegedly planned to carry out violent actions in cleveland before heading to chicago for a nato summit next month. talk destructive and threatening in nature authorities in chicago did not believe much behind this domestic terrorists acting alone and were total amateurs.

agent ross rice with the fbi in chicago say these five all day on and talked about stirring up trouble the reality they have no connection to the city at all >> there is no link cleveland connection to chicago cannot find any travel for any of them communication between them and one in chicago. i would just characterize the conversation and statements based on reading complaints as merely our room bravado for lack of anything else. affidavit one of them of the geneva accord it worried about chicago ad man protective gear might not be ready for the level of riots expected thought anarchists would trash leaving a pile of ashes and had to chicago describing future events crazy in cleveland and crazier in

chicago. brandon baxter, anthony hayne, joshua stafford connor stevens, douglas wright never got the chance to blow up the suburban cleveland bridge fbi agents used an informant explosives inoperative explosives punched in detonation code and were arrested instead. batt but law enforcement swift collaborative action based on intelligence undertook myriad of investigative techniques in order to eliminate the risk of violence and protect the public. does it remind us preparation security measures taken are necessary. you have to worry about copycats and even and peaceful protest you have people like this always going to be a fringe group might be willing to take a step further you have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. >> spokesperson with concern security firm said what

transpired in ohio example of all wealthy system can work five suspects have been monitored since last summer. carefully watching developments also said have not changed nato plans in chicago because plans in place designed to deal with alleged domestic terrorism exactly like this. >> nato protest practice run for demonstrators and police marking may day with protest march live with that story. >> chicago police estimate nearly 1000 protesters here today federal plaza protesters words or sharp but nothing physical and police said nobody arrested. protesters marched from union park on this may day. alrighty of faces representing patchwork of agendas. one group.

bank bailouts workers gay rights among the that they traditionally held to honor lives lost during chicago haymarket's may day riots 100 years ago. >> to much corporate greed and the world affecting the workers and the workplace. >> most talked freely to was a small group faces covered refuse to talk on camera. at times they hobbled waived anarchy flag not causing an issue like other protests are around the country today. nearby chicago police kept close watch on the crowd by foot and on horseback. making their way to federal plaza peaceful and action but not in the rhetoric. nobody arrested tonight chicago police said pleased with may day due to the

quality training of officers and professionalism of the department. >> administration finally waking up to the fact people are resentful of police behavior. not going to go well for the elections. >> some downplayed but they did agree testing ground for what is to come. about what we are not going and where we are going to march to rally and we will force and shut it down. >> the big test during the nato summit and less than three weeks this protest at least 10 times what today was at most up-to- date protesters were local they go from around the world or ratchet up security measures taken especially here in the loop. >> protests may day and other

cities like new york there were arrested 30 were occupy movement marks rallies across the city aimed at disrupting the business traffic headaches in lower manhattan today's protests described as similar to what takes place every may day in new york reported to be much bigger protest did get by lead to downtown seattle dozens left and black dress and black smashing windows of several businesses including wells fargo bank federal courthouse also defaced or other buildings cars vandalized protesters throwing paint balls police used pepper spray. more money troubles for country club hills next $6 million seems to be missing and illinois restaurant association special message for the members of the nato summit. tom skilling

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prospects of massive protest during the nato summit many restaurant orders concerned at chicago host committee urging them to stay open. >> plenty of business opportunities that day >> that sounds great but restaurant owners are not short business customers will appear not knowing what to expect from international visitors and the local crowd during a nato summit weekend many restaurant owners scratching heads wondering what to prepare >> more talk about not the artwork not coming downtown that day planning trips to go away here about people encouraged not to stay downtown that is a concern for us >> part of the information process stopping concerns the

ira predicts they may to be busy month huge convention starting >> getting ready national restaurant convention the month of may restaurant's carrot of extra busboys extra bartenders >> logistics concern difficult to plan for >> bring in much earlier than normal cannot depend on delivery trucks could not think that is going to happen >> far away from the demonstrations still concerns >> more concerned about the crosstown series that weekend whether or not and will overlap and to be prepared street closures to be informed batt but optimistic business owners believe great weekend in chicago.

>> that have to eat somewhere hopefully they will be at my restaurant >> thousands of dignitaries and press converging at one time city officials hoping such an enjoyable time cannot come back. neither snow rainfall or nato summit keeping people from delivering the mail all chicago post offices open street mailboxes downtown mccormick place removed from the 13th-23rd nato security could affect mail delivery to the area impacted by the nato summit said codes at our website wgntv.com. still to come controversial florida law involving guns and self defense put to the test some chicago aldermen plant could have you slipping more quarters into vending machine and medical watch unwanted side effects more sports and energy drinks.

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lapse lake shore drive you can see the waves of fog that continued for this hour from time to time of the lake tomorrow the wind turns into the southwest pushing the warm air to the beaches of the lakefront look at this warming underway 80 degrees tomorrow big thunderstorm complexes outflow into the area lowered temperatures helping them in the '60s. not around tomorrow outflows thunderstorms temperatures bouncing around. look at the '80s to draw the line from here to southern ohio across north st. louis up to south dakota. everything south in the '80s. the air down there today. falling and the line jackson mississippi and the new orleans this is the path lookout warm is at this hour in that

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story of cook county missing millions of tax $1 local the municipality county handed over way too much cash nobody seems to know where it is. >> the money trail appears to come to an end county treasurer's office municipality overpaid by $6.6 million the mayor shows no interest in giving back. what his city has done a local alderman with millions of dollars it should never have had in the first place. >> misappropriation of funds by the mayor >> cash strapped country club hills last year took out a loan with chase bank based on future taxes to cover the bill. got its

money the county clerk repaid the bank directly and mistakenly ordered the treasurer to write a second of $6.6 million check to country club hills. realizing the error the county asked for the money back over and over. since october and has heard nothing. >> we have the county's money >> mayor dwight welch know where to be found not at city hall here she is last year looking into complaints of excessive spending on it may or a credit card locals are getting tired of hearing about this >> we are devastated. some local officials having to pay the money back. >> i would say about $7.2 billion and the bank right now if we were to return $6.6 million the city would shut down. something will happen cook county treasurer told me earlier

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pennsylvania refinery from conoco-phillips $150 million spending another $100 million still only the cost of one aircraft the deal gets sweeter saves 400 local jobs expected to cut delta's fuel costs by $300 million per year. chicago city council committee deciding whether to push for higher taxes sugary drinks to raise money for health programs early this year 12th ward alderman presented a resolution asking the council to conside allconsider tax on drinks with certain amounts of sugar. could generate estimated $129 million into chicago each year. >> government providing incentives for healthier eating bearing the cost of obesity crisis very much like cigarettes >> sweet and beverage tax in chicago since 1993 and not sure

that has helped chicagoans be any help here. >> to all ready to 3 percent tax on sugary beverages higher tax would require approval from lawmakers and springfield some observers say would never happen. something different on facebook? option to share whether or not organ donor. founder and ceo mark zuckerberg got the idea through concert conversations. late steve jobs. hoping power of sharing and connecting people will raise awareness. more than 100,000 americans are waiting for an organ. tom skilling giving us the seven day forecast. we may have as much rainfall ended next five days as the last 33 days. thunderstorm clusters. high temperature 65 degrees at o'hare field today. temperatures starting to rise later tonight look at the beatings cycled into

the 80's during the day tomorrow. the warm air up for st. louis and a little today the forecast on thursday back to the '80s went off of the lake is setting up a big spread in between lakefront areas on friday. lowered to the '70s at o'hare 81 degrees peoria and a close-up look warming up tomorrow '80s. to the lakefront something after nighttime low temperatures in the '60s tomorrow night thursday into the 80s. tomorrow morning temperature plot. storm clusters from time to time coming and going. look at the rainfall numbers 1 models take clusters

single rainfall cluster all of them combined through friday. two-3 in. of rainfall. severe weather brisk tomorrow night extending to this area again. for the moment between rainfall clusters producing a tornado big storms into western iowa and minnesota. 86 degrees on thursday: at the lake on friday much cooler over the weekend clouds and scattered showers and thunderstorms. '50s on sunday and monday as you can see warm 67 degrees on tuesday distribution at walgreen store radio's giving you the details. tips tom skilling has severe

weather week. get a weather radio programmable what virtue of changing weather conditions. get into a vehicle if outside during a storm avoid, could not shower or washed dishes when lightning is out. tom skilling holding whether day and can't attend high school this saturday purchase weather alert radio specialist on hand to program. portion of proceeds donated to american red cross this saturday may 5th at the walgreen's arlington heights. turning in the old cell phone for the latest technology can cost you money now there is a way cash for all telephone and help the environment. you walk have your old phone inside it will identify the bottle after

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derrick rose. live at the united center >> it did not go well. not the absence of derrick rose even if he had been playing there would not have won the game tonight have to show up for the entire game took the second half of tonight as a result they'll lose game 2 to philadelphia. it was not pretty nice touch early in the game and derrick rose brings out the game ball to officials crowd gives a great ovation well-deserved. philadelphia up early but second quarter chicago bulls took

control of of the bench john lucas iii 11 points at halftime and then joakim noah 7 out of seven at halftime chicago bulls had 8 point lead. looking very good. the elected in the locker room. richard hamilton shot from the baseline off the side of the backboard. philadelphia the other way shooting five out of 20 76ers had 15 out of 22. getting shots like this. turner to young for the dunk pulling away in the 3rd in the fourth quarter loose with the basketball again. steal and layup 76ers 59% shooting tonight, coach at the podium,m >> could not count on defense or the daunting we count on that every night how to get back to that. >> what did you think about the

performance cj watson today? >> first half was very good we scored plenty. as a team the defense was not what it should be. we are capable of doing much better than we did and we have to. >> it seemed like perimeter defense broke down soft or technical reasons? >> i think when you make it offensive game like we did to start. make it easy baskets. much more difficult to slow a guy down. with confidence early. i thought we made and the job extremely difficult. started with pork for balance. not

giving be a proper and help not having proper technique on the ball. not making multiple effort. bottom line we have to fight. these are going to be hard-fought games. you have to dig more determination. more than capable. >> cannot be more correct. also tonight boston celtics and atlanta hawks without rondo no problem paul pierce a v-6 points boston celtics even with a 87-80 victory in atlanta and chicago cubs rained out and no makeup date set we have them tomorrow night 6:00 the white sox did get going delayed by one hour because of rainfall in chicago robin ventura team a first-place showdown with cleveland indians. giving up run early in the

inning evening. over the head. scored one run and cleveland took 1-0 lead but in the bottom of the second inning a.j. pierzynski this one gone from the moment and left his back. fifth tom run of the season. in the third inning of the white sox get four more runs what had two hits one out. gordon beckham first home run of the year long time coming in the white sox had 5-1 lead right now they hold on to the lead. chance to get up close to first place american league central again what happened tonight? tom thibodeau correct chicago bulls have to play harder losing big. 109-92 game 3 friday night in philadelphia. at is the news.

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