the latest winter storm has passed. tens of thousands of people are without por. we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country. the hardest hit were the southern suburbs. within 50,000 customers have no electricity >> the outage this morning forced workers here to switch operations to a backup generator so patient care would be uninterrupted. fortunately they have power restored within one hour. however other customers in the south suburbs were not so lucky. >> the overnight

storm was fast and furious leading to significant power problems. among the hardest hit the lincoln oasis. just before 6 the lights went out of the tollway and throw all the businesses. forcing them to close. >> it is an inconvenience. >> as the snow continued to swirl the oasis had to remain closed for least three hours. quite an inconvenience for those who rely on this facility. even the gas stations had to shut down. some motorists made on schedule stops due to the dangerous conditions this morning. >> the brutal winter has been hard on the

entire infrastructure for power providers of his record. >> put the winter rather plan in effect early this morning. chris started working around 1:00 a.m. to get a head start. more train crews were put in place to make up for stabbing shortages or emergencies. also planned to refuel trains to prevent delays. if you're flying out of town that are cancellations and delays.there are cancellations and delays. at midway about 70 flights of been cancelled. >> birds that have been wintering in lake michigan have been having a tough go. many are being killed by the cold conditions on the lake. nine percent of the surface is

covered with ice90 percent of te surface is covered with ice. they expect to see many more carcasses appear as the ice melts. >> more information on our website. before you go about make sure you get the free weather center application for your smart phone or tablet. >> four days of intense searching has turned up no trace of a missing airliner. the search area has expanded once again. and the airline's flight took off saturday with 239 people on board the plane had gps ending signals. the transponder was not operational. the search has expanded to cover 27,000 square miles including parts of southeast asia.

ships and aircraft from 10 countries are looking for that plane. united states is planning a major role in the search sending ships as well as aircraft. >> these include an aircraft and okinawa. long-range search radar and communications capability. >> taking seriously a report by a woman claims the co-pilot of the missing plane invited her and a female friend to sit in the cockpit and flight two years ago. one of the questions surrounding the disappearance is how to passengers were able to board the plane with stolen passports. experts say it might not be as difficult as you might think. it is possible they could slip through with a

stolen passport. countries can access the data base but airlines cannot. many countries do not routinely check passports against that data base. it was to people are reported dead and more than a dozen injured. the fire is still raging and the smoke can be seen from miles away. one of the buildings had a piano repair shop. the second building housed a church. the mere wrapped up in his conference saying the building will be searched for more victims. they're received a call about a gas leak around 9:15 a.m.. new technology promises to make voting run smoother. >> live at the chicago board of elections with details. this is a major technology

upgrade that is supposed to enhance and improve your election experience. suppose to make voter track and smoother.check in smoother. >> they hold the names of 1.6 million chicago voters. for the past year the system has been studied and the kinks hopefully worked up. the chairman and admits there is some anxiety about rolling out the technology on an election day. >> we're confident that we will manage the days without any problems. because as many of you know the phone book will still be available at every precinct for this first election as a backup in case we have any problems. >> these are the

phone books. the huge blocks that the election judges have to look through to find your name. those will be at the ready just in case pie. 15,000 the election judges have been put through the paces they have gone through the system. they have been trained. they are all giving it a thumbs up. >> next week we will have complete coverage of the illinois republican primary. the polls opened tuesday march 18th. >> a $1,000 reward is being offered in a strange case of vandalism caught on security video. officials say it happened early on the morning of

sunday march 2nd. the security camera outside of the museum recorded this man walking up to the guardian lions and using a hammer to knock out their teeth. then he just walked away. police are investigating the so far not made any arrests. >> an illinois appeals court issued a ruling this week that investigative files must be turned over by the city. brought by a journalist. the three judge panel rejected the city's claim that such files are exempt. a spokesperson says the city will appeal the ruling to the illinois supreme court. an important ruling is expected this afternoon. >> and judges to rule on whether or not to grant the

group of 100 men hearings on their claims of torture. lawyers say some of them methe men have provided credible evidence. >> the wiretaps that were not played at the trial will remain sealed. secretly recorded phone conversations to convict the former governor of misusing his powers. he would have been acquitted if all of the tapes were played in court. the transcript will be admitted into evidence but will not be >> suing american airlines claiming the airline as avoiding paying millions of dollars in taxes for fuel purchases. according

to a lawsuit american is accused of illegally buying fuel through a sales office in west suburban sycamore where the taxes are much lower. the practice costs $24 million last year. officials for american airlines say the fuel buying operation is legal. they have already sued other entities over the same issue including the parent of united airlines. >> a brazen robbery. a couple asking for help. >> after days of pleading with drug company executives. a young boy's parents win the chance to get medicine that could help save their son's life. >> what a forensic scientist said today on the stand in the murder trial.

>> a 22 year-old man is being held on $2 million bond in connection with a shooting that injured six people. prosecutors say he fired several shots

early morning. >> he is recovering at home at this point. he is a division 1 college basketball prospect. opening statements could begin today in the trial of a northwest suburban man trying to steal his life savings. faces murder and armed robbery and other charges. forcing him to sign over a check. also charged with murder and armed robbery. those cases are still pending. adding to prison for murdering his wife after about four weeks in the courtroom. jurors

did not leave his claim that his wife took his owher own life. faces sentencing april 17th. could give 45 years to life in prison. when the couple returned to their home in the 3900 block of north sacramento have in the they found the door open and house ransacked. the computers and and ipad were missing along with two french pulled looks. unsure of the dogs were actually stolen or if there ran out after the burglary.

>> it had fresh bite marks. marks from have a collar around his neck. the pit bulls about 100 lbs.. i urge to call police or the animal control shelter. the numbers on your screen. >> his friend dick analyst the staged a dramatic courtroom re-enactment in the murder trial of the blade runner. police say he would not have been wearing his prosthetic legs when he broke down his bathroom door after shooting his girlfriend. he said he put on his prosthetics to knock down at the door with a cricket bat.

>> the meeting comes days before a scheduled referendum to decide whether the region becomes part of russia. the visit is also intended to demonstrate to russia that the united states supports the legitimacy of the new ukrainian government. the white house also recognizes russia's interests in crimea. >> a group of syrians and americans gathering at the white house today. from now through midday there or read the names of 100,000 civilians killed in the violence over the last three years. the memorial will conclude with a moment of silence. >> the conflict has left nearly 600,000 people injured and more than 9 million

in need. money and credit card numbers were taken dellinger robbery. $600,000 in donations or stolen between sunday afternoon and monday morning. they broke into a safe and took envelopes. the church sent an e- mail to the 43,000 members telling anyone who donated over the weekend to monitor their bank accounts and credit cards. >> has always maintained he was innocent. prosecutors asked that his conviction be thrown out after new information came to light. not saying what that information is. a local newspaper says someone else

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officially chicago picked up the republic 5 in. that was the total. most of the snowfall occurred south of interstate 80. we think there's going to be no more snowfall for the next seven days. how about that? the ice

trying to move away from the shoreline ofake michigan looking north. temperatures across the area, it is chilly. 27 and now they're reading at o'hare airport. we do think there's a chance we could make it up to about 30. the wind still coming out of the north. they're whistling. we have some wind gust close to 40 mi. per hour on the map here. take a look at what happens over time. on friday the wind will again begin to build. >> these are windchill values across the area. here in the teens at the moment. the if committwe have committed 59%. over the next

few days nothing more to report. maybe an occasional push of more cold air as we go into next week. probably not before then. the radar satellite you showing the snow pushing off of the east. we still see a lingering snow showers. nothing for chicago to be concerned about the stuff that moved through here last night making its way to new england. if you're planning a flight farther north make sure you check ahead because no doubt there will be some cancellations. our computer models to not show anything happening for the next few days. temperatures are expected to be on the rise during that period. as for visibility's a few spots have slightly reduced visibilities board did over the past hour. things apparently have

improved at the moment +.moment. take a look at the snow cover across the nation. you can see it is still a little in northern kansas and up to the chicago area of course. on the whole the snow cover is finally shrinking. a lot of optimism that will get through without too many problems. could bring us some interesting weather. with rising temperatures it might be just rainfall. ears are forecast. partly cloudy strong wind high-temperature 27-32. for tonight's temperatures fall back into the single digits. maybe to about 14 downtown. if you early clouds that mostly clear. thursday some scattered clouds temperature still a little bit below normal. on friday

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