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parents live near this area. residents say they have never seen him or his car here before. >> the mother of a woman killed in a car chase from the white house to capitol hill says her daughter suffered from postpartum depression. officers have found prescription medication. one used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. the other was an anti-depressant. she tried to ram her car through a white house checkpoint gate around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. that set off a police chase that lasted about 12 blocks all the way to the u.s. capitol. >> it is a quiet complex. a lot of business. a lot of business people.
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>> the latest on a partial government shutdown. the president is at the white house after canceling a trip to asia. the only way to end the shutdown as for democrats to negotiate with him and accept changes to the affordable care act. he spoke to reporters after a private meeting. the speaker criticized the white house official who reportedly said it does not matter how long the shutdown lasts. >> this is not a game. the american people do not want the government shut down. all we're asking for is to sit down and have a discussion and bring fairness to the
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american people under obama care. >> the house will take up funding for the national weather service as well as some federal programs. just days away from another transition to the new card system. so far the changeover has been shaky. >> spokes people with the chicago transit authority insisted if you look at the big picture, the transition has gone relatively well. of the 900,000 accounts that have already been set up, there have only been a small percentage of glitches. >> i think there have made this a very confusing transition for a lot of people. >> the transportation columnist says that there has been
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confusion. she has talked to operators who did not seem up to speed on the changes. changes that will start to take effect monday. >> expect delays the your lord shaat your local train station. here's what happens on monday. chicago card users will not be able to load more money on to their cards. you'll not be able to buy those disposable fare cards anymore. >> a + cards will continue to load until november 14th. there have been major glitches but not receiving their cards yet. discovering cases of hundreds of cards being mailed to perplexed people >> the woman in
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cleveland at 274 cards in the mail. another guy on the west side to come more than 100.who got more than 100. >> it is almost inevitable with a city the size of chicago and its transportation system as large as we have here. if you want to get more information go to our website. >> the bulletin was sent out last night. listing several precautionary steps that employees should take to make sure train cars do not move. it comes after an out of surface blue line train began moving monday morning. 33
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people were hurt. security cameras lead to the rest for a kidnapping. he was charged with kidnapping and aggravated and unlawful restraint. he is being held on bond. >> the girl was returned near the scene about a half- hour later. she was not injured but police and the same if anything happened to her. this sketch of the suspect was released on wednesday. he was arrested later that night. >> lawyers say that he will plead not guilty to felony charges in court today. the former wide receiver is charged with manufacturing and delivering marijuana and resisting arrest. he was arrested on the south side in august. they say he struck one of the arresting officers. >> when the u.s.
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supreme court goes back to work next week they will hear a case involving a health-care worker who is suing the governor over union dues. fighting a rule that requires her to pay the dues. the illinois considers health care worker state employees because their payments are administered by the state and covered by medicaid. last year they hinted that they might be willing to reconsider whether forcing a worker to pay union dues and force >> the latest on tropical storm care and.karen. >> her remarkable story of
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prison conditions and claimed they were targeted because of their activism. he was diagnosed with liver cancer last summer. >> alex rodriguez is suing a major league baseball for what he calls a witch hunt against him. the claims the league is paying people to testify against him. his lawyers charge the leak with interfering. his suspension has already cost him deals with nike and toyota. could cost them tens of millions of dollars. >> schedule to be arraigned in federal court today. charged with first and second degree murder. she admitted to shoving him off a cliff at the national park eight days after their wedding. a jury rejected the claim that he died in an accident. she planned on killing
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him and then lied about it. >> italy is holding a day of mourning. the boat capsized yesterday. the boat began taking on more water after the motor stopped working. >> everybody moved to one side of the boat but the cost to build them. prosecutors will decide whether charges should be filed against a firefighter who ran over a little girl. the 16 year old girl was killed after the crash of a plane in july. investigators say the girl was thrown from the plane. she died after being hit by a fire truck. >> the vatican might
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face a complete overhaul. the cardinals to advise the pope said the problems with the central government cannot be fixed with simple adjustments and reassignments. the administration has been riddled with and site for years. the pope has called for less focus on the internal interests and more of reach. the earlier today pope francis made a special visit to the birthplace of his namesake. the first pope ever to take that name. he also made a private visit to the hermitage of the prisons. known for announcing his wealth and a bracing poverty. hackers access personal data off nearly 3 million customers. veterans affairs employees are still going to work. all are getting a paycheck.
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it would take a whole bottle of the other guys to get the amazing scent of just one cap of gain. [ buzzer ] oh, apparently the game's over. say what? adobe systems warning nearly 3 million customers that hackers have obtained data. that includes customer names and credit and debit card numbers. the maker of the graphic design software is notifying customers and resetting passwords. twitter is getting ready for the ipo. it looks like it is going to be a get rich quick story. a new calculation says together the twitter ceo and two co- founders could be worth as much as
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$3.7 billion after the company's ipo. this is based on the assumption that twitter could be valued at $20 billion. as far as markets, stocks are inching higher after a rough couple of days. the dow is now trading back above 15,000. because of the partial government shutdown investors did not get the monthly jobs report from the labor department this morning. economists say the united states likely created 180,000 jobs last month. before the shutdown people were feeling pretty secure about their employment situation. workers' fears of being laid off hit a five-year low last quarter. amtrak could be the next casualty of the shutdown. already
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facing a pretty bleak financial situation. as the government shut down goes on for a month or more a former member of amtrak's board tells bloomberg if there's nobody at the department of transportation, there's nobody to pay them for reimbursements. >> speaking of that shut down veterans affairs employees are still going to work during the government shut down. not all of them are getting paid. >> civilian employees here at the health care center learn that mrs. from a memo from the facilities director. today they're attending town hall meetings. this next pay period, civilian workers will get
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iou's >> must continue to show up for work. 3200 people work. about 70 percent are civilians. this affects their pay and vacation time. hospitals are open during the shutdown but this one is unique. it is a va and navy facility. the only facility of its kind in the country. funded by two-year appropriation. the health care center receives funding from a difficult sordifferent source. >> we're like the rest of the federal government. except in from this kind of connection. it was somewhat of a surprise. the dedicated men and women are going to continue to maintain our promise of caring for cerealhills.heroes.
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>> civilian employees will continue working even though they will not get paid. all health services are available. >> the government shut down as having repercussions beyond american supporters. the latest victim of the government shut down the american worlamerica's bor r america's bordersbeyond america's borders. they're not accepting visitors until the shutdown ends and the fund isn't in it. >> and newborns life is almost cut short. doctors say for is almost cut short. docto[ male announcer ] pearls. hairbands.
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expected to play. they're off to their best are in four seasons. true braises a 0-4 at soldier field. drew brees is 0-4 at soldier field. >>it was not all jay. maybe there is pressure on certain plays. the timing of the route was not right. it is not fair to him and our offense. >>3 days after the cubs fired him the royals hired him. >> it appears he will make a decision soon.
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>> it is really amazing. reports out of south dakota officials telling everybody stay home. there's a blizzard in progress. trees are down and power lines are up. out. kind of a disheveled looking storm. we have our own severe weather threat. we've seen that in the last 24 hours. check out this lightning shut. ot. more dramatically new. some really great pictures from folks. send us the lightning that occurred. the one
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that had the set up for those storms yesterday. look at this cloud coming into bloomington. choses wind damage thashows us wind damage that occurred. >> send us one of a flock of dramatic rainbow pictures yesterday. this one over the chicago loop. >> isn't that something? >> imagine waking up and looking out your porch at this. >> and has to be a
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spectacular place to be this time of year. the leaves are coming out and the apple and cherry harvests are nearing their peak. it is he mad and it is warm. an environment that is primed to explode from time to time. you see some developing in the past couple of hours. more on the way from the west. this is of major will deliver uthe next couple of dayshow nature will deliver us. >> any one of these given the atmosphere in which they are occurring might be gusty wind and hail producers. parody out or bandsthere are of the
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outer bands. there are some winds above it. the hurricane center has knocked down the peak wind with it. still some weather troubles. looked at some of the members.numbers. we've had some pretty good rainfall. they have been selective. not everybody has done that. 79 that beecher. 68 at this hour. the lake geneva at 68 degrees. warm air, 60 at st. louis. when that happens here is what goes on with the jet stream. you have a snowstorm on the
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cold side. on this side you get fast- moving thunderstorms that can be tornado or severe weather producers. we could have some powerhouse thunderstorms traversing this area. they will not be all day rainfall. here you can see the surface low that spins up. that is why we are probably going to stay and warm air through tomorrowwith warm air through tomorrow. there is the forecast for tomorrow morning. watched the line assemble out to the west. the homecoming
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this is where the snow is flying. look at these numbers. 34 in. off of our model. 15 in. in addition to what has come down. these are really some precarious weather conditions. here on the other hand is where the hurricane center is projecting. this is a chance to get the plot. all the models going in the same direction. these red and purple areas are where you gets tropical storm strength. big rains coming up into that
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area. 72 at ohare. it is muggy. our model paints this. one models take on rainfall. here is our forecast on temps. >> 30's and 40's sweeping into western illinois. >> i will be the coolest fall temperatures so far this season. quite a change from july levels summerlike warmth tomorrow from real chili on sundayto real chilly on
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sunday. >> storm clusters at times around 30-40 percent of the area might get in on them. for tonight mostly cloudy and humid. some of those could have wind gust. while temperatures 64. >> clusters of showers and storms. some possibly heavy and severe. a high of 78. the high my struggle to get close to 6mike struggle to get close to 60might struggle to get close to 60. >>sculptors began
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the baby has a heart attack before she's even born. >> no complications at all. it was an uneventful pregnancy. on july 26th >> and said everything was great. we thought everything was fine. >> within minutes she showed signs of heart trouble. the doctor suggested an immediate transfer to the children's hospital. >> my heart dropped. i did not know what to do. it was the right move. soon after she got their doctors determined that she suffered a heart attack while still in her mother's womb.
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>> everything suggested that she had a very severe and so too arheart attack. >> i second cardiac arrest. asked us to leave the room. >> i watched the monitor. it went from 160 to 130. watched them do compressions. they got her stable. >> the heart rate is much too fast. much faster than normal. the heart muscle itself is barely squeezing. really not able to pump out blood to the body. this is a sign of severe heart failure.
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>> a mammoth machine that takes over the work of the car and the lawn. if form of life support. she was hooked up within 17 minutes. >> they did not think it was going to get any better. i went home with the other two kids. we thought >> we got the call. >> getting a phone call normally is not a good thing. that is when she told me that she is going to make it. >> after waiting five weeks and one day. she had her new heart. today just two weeks after transplant surgery she is almost ready to go home.
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>> ever since she came off of the ventilator quicker than they said. they said that it would probably take three weeks to,. to this day she is breathing on her own. a pretty good recovery in one step closer. i expected it to take about six weeks for her to be ready to go home. >> she had a great recovery. >> heart transplants and infants are improving. >> what a wonderful story. amazing medical technology that makes it happen. >> it is national seafood month.
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a ton of it. you kind of have it all together. >>let us know what you put in there. we have corn, celery, carrots, salt. >>that is cooking right now. what you want to do is sweat that until all the liquid comes out. you want to add your wet ingredients. that gives you a nice wine flavor. we have cream.
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>>we have some half and half. >>we are going to add some clam juice. we are going to want to bring that to a boil. a mixture of half fat and half flour. this is the foundation of the flour. patience is really a virtue. if you add to much it will thicken up too much. you have to take your timne. it is going to activate the ingredients. go
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ahead and add your fresh crab. it is done. we have a completed sample of it here. you can see how chunky it is. some great flavor elements. it is a fantastic chowder. an easy recipe. tell us about some of the other selections. this is gulf red fish. all of these are widely available. we have a whole section of the menu that is
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>> the great depression increased financial constraints. one thing we did not mention, the mold, a 75,000. we also have some showers marching eastward. part of a cluster of storms. this is a whole parade of these little systems coming at us. >> our forecast puts thunderstorms here >> our forecast puts thunderstorms here
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[bell clanging] ♪ warm sunshine all around me ♪ ♪ sipping ice cold lemonade ♪ ♪ i've waited all day to have some fun... ♪ are you gonna sulk all day? i'm not sulking. look, honey, i know you had your heart set on going out to the tall grass prairie tomorrow, but i can't leave work. but it's for daddy. don't you care about him at all? of course i care about him. you know that. you know what if daddy were alive? you know what he'd tell you. when things don't turn out the way you planned... you plan a way to turn things around. i just miss him so much. sweetie... so do i. what does the white buffalo mean to the native americans? they believed if they saw one, the tribes would flourish. so they actually existed?
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