>> it could lead to a landmark change in college sports. northwestern university football players tell the national labor relations board why they want to be represented by union. >> we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country. robert jordan as life in the loop with our top story. >> the implications from this are huge. some scholarships to and from northwestern university are complaining that they're no different from professional athletes. because of their efforts to bring in millions of dollars for the university. they say they have no control over their working conditions. the university on the other hand says the

scholarships are incentives to allow the students to come to the university. they say that they are students first and foremost. therefore they are saying that is why they're not eligible to unionize. the whole issue is before a labor examiner right now. who will decide if the athletes will be able to unionized or not. >> it is the beginning of the end. college athletes are going to be >> north boston university believes the players who have brought this petition are in fact students first and foremost and are not employees. >> it is the age-old struggle of workers' rights in this case student-athletes versus management. 85 members of the football team have signed cards that they are hoping to form a union. school

officials oppose the action saying the players are students and not the employees. therefore they are not eligible to unionize. >> can be an employee of the university and be a student. the football program takes time from these athletes that is what they are devoted to. the fact that there also students means they're not entitled to the protections of labor laws. >> it is the issue of the health consequences of football as a national issue. they should have a say. we just do not believe that is the proper way >> both sides are in front of the national labor relations board making their cases for and against union representation. the outcome could be monumental. opening the floodgates and drawing in schools everywhere. >> they are in essence professional athletes. they do the same thing is

that the nfl players do. they're dedicated athletes performing services for the university that bring in each amounts of revenue. >> it is the issue that we're going to do with because our players raised it. it has a lot of implications for lots of other schools. i cannot really go beyond that. >> after stating their positions today both sides will be back before labor examiner next week. the decision is not expected for weeks possibly months thereafter. >> prosecutors are questioning a key witness today and the trial of a former chicago police officer. steve mandel is accused of plotting to kidnap torture and murder a suburban businessman. more from the dirksen federal building

>> the two main characters in this case on audio recordings and also some video recordings talking about muscling people out of the strip club business. as well as squeezing them for money. one of those characters in this case was also an informant for the fbi. chicago real-estate mogul and former banker with a checkered past of his own george michael took those recordings of steve mandel. a former chicago police officer and death row in may and changed his name from steve and manning. the two were discussing renting a store funda storefront. mandela's going to use it as a torture chamber with industrial cy sinks to drain his victims' blood. they decided it would pay about $750 a month. they would use a full name and credit report to get a

rented. they planned on stealing heat and electric. the two also discussing the best way to take over a number of strip clubs. mandel talked about torturing and murdering the people that were running them. reports also have the to discussing how fake cut the fake ids were. the attorneys have said all of this is just talk. he had no plans to actually murder anyone. his plan was to scam michaels out of money. >> a man and a teenager or wounded after a shooting near high-school. but people were walking near the intersection last night. a black mini van pulled up to the group and somebody inside opened fire. the victims ran to a nearby high school which was hosting a basketball game. a security guard

called police. a 20 year-old man was shot. the teenagers listed in critical condition. there is no one in custody. bonn has been set at $2.5 million for the man accused of murdering a store clerk. he admitted to being at sam's tobacco and food mart on january 19th. identified himself in this surveillance video. he is charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder of the clerk. a family member says he is not responsible. >> i believe he is innocent. i want to see the video myself. i'm trying to see the picture. >> police a bartlett was not the triggerman. they're looking for a second suspect. >> student at northwestern has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the university did not take appropriate action. she says the

professor got drunk and took her to his apartment. this didn't try to kill herself two days after the alleged attack. the losses as a disciplinary committee determines the professor should be fired. that never happened. northwestern will not comment on pending litigation. >> asking the city council to crack down on petroleum coke. the waste comes from the oil refinery process and as high in sulfur and carbon. it is believed to contribute to respiratory problems. the mayor wants to stop existing facilities that process or handled the material from expanding. >> we're bringing tough regulations and oversight to make it their bottom line is let's get out of chicago. >> back in december the mayor and attorney general announced the new

regulations on the storage of petroleum coke on the southeast side. >> the chicago aldermen wants a higher fine for a valet parking scam. they're supposed to park cars and lots or garages. the altman says some parkers are using spot for free with counterfeit receipts. if a car gets a ticket the valet driver blows away. riley is proposing to raise the define to $500.raising the fine to $500. >> georgia officials say they're more prepare them there were two weeks ago. a storm shut down the atlanta area. the ice and snow from today's storm could be catastrophic. authorities predict hundreds of thousands of people will lose power. some for up to a week. president obama has already declared a state of emergency. the storm is being blamed for at least five deaths. some areas could get lucky.

georgia's governor is now just saying the storm is moving slightly south and east of the atlanta metro area. traveling by air is going to be a problem for many in the wake of that storm. all delta flights were canceled. just one southwest flight to atlanta was canceled. nationwide there are more than 2500 flight cancellations. amtrak suspended some rail service today. including service to the south mid-atlantic and northeast. >> the coast guard will begin icebreaking operations in indiana to keep things moving. the coast guard cutter is from michigan. a broker highs yesterday to get to a navy pier. 87 percent of the great lakes are covered with ice. in some areas the ice on the great lakes is up to 4 ft. thick. the ship is used to free other vessels trapped in the eyesice >> why senator rand

paul is suing president obama and other national officials. the latest in florida where a man is on trial for fatally shooting a teenager over loud music. a sinkhole swallows eight corvettes inside of a car museum. ceise atel ng t resanhyo,anthymeaicis-8

boston marathon bombing suspect will go to trial this fall. a federal judge says today jury selection began on november 3rd. accused of killing three people and wounding more than 260 others back on april 15th. also allegedly shot to death and mit police officer. authorities tracked him down in the backyard of the home. jurors are expected to begin deliberations this afternoon. the 47 year-old is charged with killing the 17 year-old jordan davis at a gas station in a jacksonville for the parking lot. davis and three friends

were in an suv. the fiancee testified in said he never told her that the teenagers are armed. did the defendant ever tell you that he sought a weapon of any kind? >> now. there was no mention of a shotgun?? >> know. there is no mention of a >> > > no >> also questioned him about why he left the scene and why he did not call police. police have said the teenagers were on the arms. on the armed >> was seen paying attention to the girls the day they disappeared in march of 1975. it totaled an 10 year-old or last seen at a shopping mall. a

traveling carnival worker. currently in prison and delaware. was not cooperating with detectives. the girl's family released a statement saying they're grateful for any information that can help solve this case. a u.s. senator is filing a lawsuit against president obama and top officials. >> kentucky republican says the policy violates the u.s. constitution and civil liberties. the political action committee will filed a class-action lawsuit. names national intelligence director the outgoing and as a director and fbi director. >> it will be a historic lawsuit. we think it might well be the largest class-action lawsuit ever filed on behalf of the bill of rights. former nsa contractor linked a massive amounts of information.

president obama defended the programs would has also proposed some reforms. >> the president and prime minister will meet on monday march 3rd. the two leaders will discuss progress. the prime minister will be in washington to address the american israel public affairs committee. house approve to raise the government's borrowing without condition. this allows the government to continue borrowing money to pay bills until march of 2015. this represents the first debt ceiling increase since 2009 that was not attached to other legislation. >> to clean the ceiling measure now goes to the senate. >> we know who's behind heartwarming message. >> before senior

old wanted to send a message to his mom. the carved out the words hi mom god bles you. i just wanted to say hi to my mom. i'm glad it touched people's hearts. you cannot ask for a better sound. a mom loved the message. especially because it came from him. the message has drawn national headlines after people posted it on facebook and twitter. >> 8 corvette's fell into a sinkhole. >> museum is located across the street from the corvette assembly plant where

the iconic cars are made. they will be working overtime to make some new ones. planning to hire 3000 chicagoans the spring. >> will learn how to shuck oysters

reduced earnings weighing on the dow industrials down about 23. there is hope for another update. little changed after the largest for their eyes in more than a year. toyota recalling every third generation pree is made. all because of a programming glitch. could cause the hybrid system to shut down causing

the vehicle to stop even though it is being driven. this is the third major recall for the third generation vehicle that debuted in 2009. finally planning to put a sudden acceleration probe to rest. the automaker could pay $1 billion to settle an investigation into properly reporting complaints to regulators. >> peter the denies any serious safety defects. president obama was sign an executive order this afternoon raising the minimum wage by almost $3 an hour. an estimated two and 50,000 workers will now make $10.10 an hour. the president announced the plan during his state of the union address. affects workers to perform janitorial kitchen work and other low-wage service as. still

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snowman. >> we have been getting some great snow around this area as well. some very talented people. it is quite amazing. that was great. speaking about some beautiful shots. this is really a neat shot. a cold weather phenomenon known as white pillars. this was taken in indiana. probably the best example that i have ever seen. what happens is you get these vertical shafts of light to emanate from my life source. a light source. it is an arctic latitude phenomenon. when we get real cold uc it here. beautiful sunrise. she sends us this from the disciplines rivers.this plainesriver.

beautiful sunset. look at the post son said orange glow. talking about a pile of snow. he has one right here. piercing a lot of these all over. i figure we need a warm weather shut. as the no. 4 mires on vacation. mrs their way of helping us all get through this. just to remember that we will all be doing this in not too many months. rather gray out there today. couple of snow flurries. the big storm forming down in the southeast. now talk about then a moment. the fact

that temperatures are easing a bit higher. tomorrow's 33 degree temperature could be an almost two weeks. it will turn colder friday and for the weekend. it could get into and a february thaw in next week. it would seem impossible all of the snow on the ground. it keep the nighttime lows up. no '50s here today. that was cloudiness. look at the lows this morning. 13 but love and rochelle 12 below. an official file below. that is the 25th time and has zero or below. and is never done this this many times. this is our

brother but the network. overall the snow cover that we got in this area. temperatures are bouncing back a bit. we're actually in the teens. the wind chills are not all that barbarity there. the wind is not blowing very strongly. first five his leverage well below normal. six degrees above normal. it starts cooling again. we are a little above normal. but a number of decrees that indicating right there you can kind of see the back edge of the arctic air. pacific air comes

eastward. if thirties going into south dakota now. that is the warmer air that will fight trying to get into this area. mia getting this little area of snout to develop as you can see on radar. none of this is very heavy or isnor is it expected to be. we might get a couple of flakes of snow that is 5:00 this evening. a few flurries from that. it turns partly cloudy later tonight and tomorrow. here's the big weather story. the storm is lifting from the western gulf into the atlantic.

>> how close over for mixed precipitation. this is already taking power out by downing tree limbs and power lines. a winter storm warnings and washington york or philadelphia. even boston under a winter storm watch. in terms of how much snowfall might come down. here's a model forecast. the spine of the mountains we willwill see the most. we get about 9

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a brief warm-up tomorrow on friday saturday and even sunday. look what happens. how the school there continues to pull away from us. the reason is the jet stream is changing. this is a 10 day animation. nicolas happens but later next week. the flotilla and southwest. if we extend our view each of the country is in the warm colors. that is because we are warming up. there is thursday and friday next week. the temperatures are going to warm up here. for the moment there is a little snow going on here. there's a storm going along the east coast. 33 tomorrow could be the warmest and 11 days. bahrain on monday. that is51 some rain on

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