call now or visit controlispossible.com. it's gone now, but this morning's fast moving winter storm made for an awful commute with delays as long as two hours. more than an inch of snow fell on chicago. ending a no-snow streak that began 335 days ago. good afternoon. i'm dina bair. and i'm dan ponce in for steve sanders. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. our top story. state police said they had responded to at least two dozen

crashes on area expressways this morning. state police said they responded to at least two dozen crashes on area expressways this morning. including an accident in schiller park which left 2 people injured. the 2-car accident happened on the 38-hundred block of east river road. snow led to slippery driving conditions across the chicagoland area this morning. the department of streets and sanitation deployed almost 2- hundred of its 2-hundred-84 trucks to clear streets of snow and apply salt. there's fear could collapse under the weight. disease sexually assaulting a 17 year- old girl. more on how the alleged attack happened. >> making his first court appearance. he is charged with sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. the charges are related to an incident that happened last thursday involving a 17 year-old girl. it is a

personnel matter that she could not disclosed. >> this time we cannot trust anybody. >> this has been going on in a lot of schools. he was a varsity basketball coach. he was giving the 17 year-old student and her friend a ride home from school. then told the friend to get out of the car. the friend witnessed jones and the girl engaged in sexual acts. she told her brother what happened and the brother called the school administrator. they declined our request for an on-camera interview. they take the safety of the students very seriously. most parents tell us that they're satisfied with school's handling of the matter. i am shocked. i confide in him. i

know he is going to take care of my kids. >> i was totally shocked. he is new here so i really did not know this person. administrators have additional support in place at the school. school district officials held a special meeting last night with a suspended the freshman boys' soccer coach without pay. last month the two were named in a lawsuit filed by for student-athletes who say they were sexually assaulted in hazing rituals. the school board

hired a former district attorney and are working to have both coaches fired. cook county sheriff's police are searching for a man accused of beating a woman in the northwest suburbs authorities say joseph lopez junior severely beat a woman late tuesday night in unincorporated palatine. lopez is 34 years old. he is considered armed and dangerous.. the sheriff's office says lopez has threatened to shoot police officers who come into contact with him and to kill himself. annyone with information on lopez is asked to call authorities. a south side pastor's donation to a politician on parole. creates another round of legal charges. pastor corey brooks, of new beginnings church, gave 200- thousand dollars to former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick. kilpatrick resigned from office in 2008 following a texting- scandal. he is currently facing federal racketeering charges. last night, he was served with 14 parole violations. he allegedly transferred and inaccurately reported money transfers, including from pastor brooks. he has agreed to waive the parole violation process and serve three days in custody.

attorneys for three men accused of plotting to use firebombs during last year's nato summit in chicago are asking the charges be dismissed. jared chase, brent betterly and brian church are accused of trying to make molotov cocktails, with the intent to use them during the protests at last may's summit. in court this morning, their lawyers asked the judge to dismiss the terrorism counts against the suspects. the attorneys claim the illinois statute defining terrorism passed after 9-11, is constituationally vague and allows for arbitrary enforcement of terrorism charges. at a loss for the discriminatory use of that statute by law enforcement to target people because of their political beliefs and in an arbitrary and unfair way. is the last day for canada to apply for the chance to be the next alderman. sandy jackson announced a few weeks ago that she was retiring for safety reasons. a special

commission will submit a list of finalists to the mayor. the deadline for applying his 5:00 p.m. today. rooftop owners around wrigley field have come up with an idea. the rooftop association just unveiled what they say is a win with advertising plan for the cubs. they're quite concerned they will be put out of business if the team put up billboards blocking their rooftop bleacher views. the 16 rooftop owners believe a compromise is a digital displays. right on their buildings. the advertising sales and revenue will be handled by the cubs. supporters feel the

rooftops are as much as the legally experience as the ivy marquee, manual scoreboard and unique neighborhood advertising would only enhance the charm. it is important not to clutter the field. >> i think this might be a fan favre just to keep the clutter out of wrigley field. the cubs have not commented directly about this proposal but in a statement released a short time ago the team said bluntly signs outside of the ballpark greatly reduce their value. coming up next north korea issues new threats over u.n. sanctions. we'll tell you who they're targeting now.

more personnel changes at the white house. president obama names a new chief of staff. and, the offer lance armstrong recently turned down.

for the second straight day north korea is making hostile threats. this time, they're against south korea. the north is lashing out against its neighbor. after the united nations hit it with tougher sanctions earlier this week. the communist country says it will take action against south korea. if the south takes part in the punishment. just yesterday, the north announced it would conduct a new nuclear test, and more long-range rocket launches, that target the u-s. president obama introduces his new chief of staff. the president announced at the white house this morning. denis mcdonough will take over the job. mcdonough is seen here on the left. prior to this position, he served as deputy national security advisor to the president obama introduces his new chief of staff. the president announced at the white house this morning. denis

mcdonough will take over the job. mcdonough is seen here on the left. prior to this position he served as deputy national security advisor to the president. during this time, he played a role in scaling back the u-s' combat role in afghanistan and was involved in the operation that killed osama bin laden. he joined the obama team during the 2008 presidential campaign. u-s safety officials aren't close to finishing an investigation into a battery fire on a boeing 7-87 dreamliner. the dreamliner has been grounded worldwide due to a battery fire in boston earlier this month. the national transportation safety board revealed yesterday that safety systems designed to prevent a battery fire on that plane, failed. investigators also found a series of faulty "symptoms" in that battery but that's not the underlying problem. officials say it could take weeks before they know when the 7-87 will fly again.

he had the chance. but lance armstrong won't appear on dancing with the stars anytime soon. armstrong's publicist has confirmed that lance was offered a spot on the show. according to the publicist armstrong "was flattered" but took a pass. the disgraced cyclist confessed to oprah that he used banned substances and blood transfusions to win *seven* tour de france titles. he has since been striped of those titles and banned from racing for life. just ahead visa issues a warning to credit card customers. and, still to come this midday:

you might want to check out your bank statement or log on to all land taken to make sure your money is still there. these issuing an alert saying to watch for a wave of them atm fraud. they're warning banks and credit unions to watch out

for so-called cash out. possibly involving stolen data and fake atm cards. it was a rough day for apple stock. the share plunged 12%. apple continuing to struggle today hitting a 52 week low. now more bad this. this information revealed in an internal report. stocks advancing. the s&p on its longest winning streak since 2004. we all know about the fiscal cliff. i think we're all pretty sick of hearing about it. consumers could pay as much as twice for tomatoes. could be somewhere in the neighborhood of $5 a pond. this is according

to a study from american importers group. it sets the price for him point. mexican government is not very happy about this and has threatened to retaliate. sitting on top of the eastern conference central division. when it comes to the nba's most valuable team is their no. 3. this is according to forbes. they're worth $800 million. putting them behind the knicks and lakers. the chicago bulls led the league in attendance for a third straight year. then he is least valuable team is the milwaukee bucks. next a gun show opens here in the chicago area. also ahead senator dick durbin and chicago police superintendent gerry

mccarthy discuss gun violence legislation. and live music this midday from "board of governors". they're on stage tomorrow night at 9:30 at "beat kitchen"!

the 16-member sandy hook advisory commission met for the first time. their objective is to review school safety, gun control laws and mental health issues in light of the shooting in newtown, connecticut last month. yesterday, the commission received an update on the investigation into the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in which 20 children and six adults were killed. the commission's recommendations are expected in march. a bi-partisan committee of lawmakers is also expected to come up with their own ideas and legislation their deadline is next month. by the federal building with more. as you mentioned what happened in connecticut has made the issue of gun control much more serious pfft. sale of

military-style assault weapons and height ammunition a federal crime. the senator joined by the police superintendent met with the media today to discuss legislation. this follows a listening session convened a few weeks ago. top cops and others from across the state met to discuss ways to prevent gun violence in illinois. improvised law enforcement the tools to crack down on the practice of purchases were an individual without a criminal background buys a gun for somebody prohibited from doing

it themselves. the assault weapons ban of 2013 would ban the manufacture and sale of military style assault weapons. as we now that committee is expected to play an important role. timing is of the essence. the need for this registration is not. legislation is now. >> they have used girl friends and straw purchases. they made purchases they could not legally make under the law. this is gun trafficking. it has to stop. without some sort of accountability in the gun laws. we are never going to be able to extend the flow.

>> the 506 murders the city saw in 2012 he says that that number would have absolutely been less had some laws such as these or implemented. mayor emanuel is calling on financial institutions to pressure the gun industry to embrace gun safety laws. the mayor wants banks to show their support for those laws by refraining from offering financial services to gun manufacturers. he is asking banks to withhold services until the gun industry supports what he calls "common- sense" reforms, including criminal background checks and a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. the mayor recently encouraged city leaders across the country to divest from companies that manufacture or sell assault weapons. the first ever chicagoland gun show gets underway today in rosemont. it will be part of the chicago

outdoor sports show at the donald e. stephens convention center. the gun show released very strict rules for attendees. no gun selling or trading. vendors will not be selling ammo. attendees will not be able to enter the show with personally owned guns. and there will be a limited number of guns for sale. however, gun safety, self defense and illinois gun laws will be discussed. the chicagoland gun show runs today through sunday. he'll be the next chairman of the subcommittee when the panel organizes next month. he takes over the role held by the late senator who died last month. he has served on the house and senate appropriations committee for 26 years. he says he looks forward to serving in this new capacity and making sure service members continue to have the support they and their families deserve. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits

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pretty well that lasted. when is not very much now. look at the ice floes on the lake. the clouds linger in the wake of those mornings knows that went across the area. as we pointed out we have broken a record. they've gone over 330 days without an inch of snow. 1 in. of snow. actually 1.1 in.. that is 335 days since we've had an inch of snow. that surpasses the 319 dame record. 13 degrees

above normal is what it has been over the last five days. and what is the biggest arctic blast in three years. we have some pretty quiet winters in terms of temperature. the winter before is no bargain. today will be the sixth day that we have a below normal temperature. we're going to jump out next week. what we are not done with is the snow. nicosia moving quickly off to the east. produced anywhere from a dusting to perhaps an inch or a little more of snow across the metro area. that could become a factor for us.

here are some camera views. he conceded visibility fading or at least oscillating as we look into the city skyline. the currency the lake in the distance. years in northwest suburban villa. it makes for interesting set up. he conceded dusting of snow that as president there. 19 is our temperature. we have other temperatures. 20 degrees at mchenry. another shot at the sideline. sky line. 10 7 in. and midway.

we will get some snow showers to redevelop later today. the sun comes out tomorrow. we are in bright sunshine at that time. a little mix of high cloudiness coming over the next weather system. there will be not. we move weather advisories off to the east of us. a patchwork of weather advisory starts heading out. the next weather system that brings us a wintry cocktail on sunday starts moving into that region first as it organizes and gets its act together. here's our current weather system. here's this band of cloudiness. a

little lobov cooler air. tomorrow will be a moderate temp of 20. not all that bad for this time of year. 11 degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. some with us from the southwest. there is wind chill that we can calculate. you can see single- digit sales going in the area right now. the wind chill f-14 actually. let's look at the next weather system out west. this will provide a cocktail of rain sleet, snow. rain and '40's by early next week. instead of blowing arctic air, and will be blowing warmer air over the weekend. a little high pressure clears is out tomorrow. c. hot as the moistureit will be interesting

to see how long it goes on. ultimately we go over to these greens which are arranged. a little closer look at how sunday looks. some models are suggesting we might lay down a little the accumulation. if the temperature profile seems to suggest we will go quickly over to freeze a freezing rain. just some patches of rain coming into the area as we get into monday. prd precipitation forecasts. there'll be some fairly substantial snow. if you have

any travel plans it will be wise to keep up with a forecast over the weekend. it could get a little slick. cloudy this afternoon. tonight several snow showers developing. high pressure 29. snow showers and flurries. a nice day on saturday. sunshine, partly sunny. hardly any wins tomorrow. wind tomorrow. and wintry cocktail and sunday. that looks to be a picnic. we will keep an eye on that. >> was thinking the need for one.

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they've scored at least one power play goal in each game this season. hawks trying to stay undefeated in dallas. down two-one late in the second. a shot gets through the legs of corey crawford, but duncan keith is there to stop it and save a goal. hawks still down with six minutes left. keith to sharp to jonathan toews for a power play goal his second of the year ties it. hawks on the power play again in overtime when patrick kane passes behind his back to a wide open marian hossa for his fifth goal of the year. hawks win 3-2 and improve to four- and- oh their best start since 19-72. i wanted to fit the defensemen. i saw them out of the corner of my eye. it ended up working out. a big one down the stretch to tie it up.

luol deng and joakim noah are going to the all- star game. the bulls and spurs are the only teams in the n-b-a with two reserves picked. noah is an all-star for the first time in his career and the first bulls' center to make it since artis gilmore in 19-82. deng is going for the second year in a row. carlos boozer was snubbed depiste leading the conference in double- doubles. the white sox are going back to the 80's this season. they'll wear throwback jerseys from 19-83 for sunday home games. last year they wore the red and white pinstriped shirts from 19- 72. now it's the red, white, and blue uniforms to commemorate the 30-th anniversary of the "winning ugly" team. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next.

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new research finds lightning may trigger the onset of headaches and migraines for chronic sufferers. the study from the university of cincinnati found a 31-percent increased risk of headaches and a 28-percent increase for migraines. this happened on days lightning struck within 25 miles of the participants' homes. weather patterns, like low barometric pressure, are known to trigger headaches, but this is the first time a connection has been made to lightning. lunchbreak is next. perfect for cold t

the perfect recipe to warm you up on cold days. but they're not squash soup. butternut squash soup. >>this is really perfect for today. >>we are in national soup month right now. i will make a cream of butternut squash soup. let's get started. >>add a little bit of onion to the pan. a little bit of olive oil start sweating it a bit. we

are going to add carrots and celery and onion. he did all of the hardwork in advance. let that cook a little while. we will ad a littlegarlic. based on how you want the flavor. once this is all cooking a little more butternut squash. let that cook. how many squa shes do you ned. >>get about 8-10 good servings. i would use about 3. the recipe is online. >>add a littl e bit of curry powder. once that is cooking

add a little white wine. you want to let it cook out. let that reduce for a little. magic of tv. we are going to add a little bit of water. once that is cooking down we will let that reduce. add a little heavy cream. >>let this all cook down for a little until the squash gets tender. >>at the ver end we are going to add a little bit of fresh bread.

you can use a rue. i let it sit over night. the flavors develop a little bit more. >>warm it up and remove the bouqet. put it into a blender. i put a little covering on it. we are going to take that off and from there . pour that through there. now it is a

smooth consistency. it is up to you. >>hopefully it will taste really good. i give it a taste. some may want to add more curry powder. i like to have the garnish in the bowl. then you can ladel the soup into the bowl. look at that. >>perfect. at the very end i like to garnish it with the sour cream. plop on top. >>perfect. perfect for today. thank you so much for being

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on this day in 1882, virginia woolf was born. which of her novels, is allegedly based on her parents? a. to the lighthouse b. the years c. a room of one's own the answer still to come this midday! the answer to the lighthouse. >>happy friday. the weekend coming up. not a bad day temperature wise. cooler air up to the north of us. some of that aire is going to start running over us. look at the

temp increases. a bitter artic air has eased a bit. 26 forecast today. tonight may see some single digit temperatures. we recover into the 20s tomorrow. >>that will end the icing that we got. the warmer colors come in indicationg a warm up. the real artic blast is on thurda sday and friday next week.

there has been an iothat western storm system will , we will keep all our eyes on theat. sunshine to start the weekend. rain on monday. rain on tuesday. slowly falling temperatures. snow showers on thursday and friday of next week. as a get back into the arctic air. have a great weekend.