a standoff on lake shore drive ends late last night with a murder suspect in custody. we'll have the latest in a *live report. crowds in crimea celebrate with fireworks, as the region votes to leave ukraine for russia. and why a pilot's *politics may be behind the disappearance of a malaysian airlines plane. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. happy st. patrick's day. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> nothing like coming off vacation back to st. patrick's day in chicago. >> at least she remember to wear green. >> if i didn't we all be in trouble. >> for anybody who maybe has the same flu we all caught on saturday that today is the real

say patrick's day. nice conditions. it will be as warm as two years ago when we hit 80 degrees. but we will make an 35. 21 degrees right now at the lakefront. 17 at o'hare. 19 in waukegan. bartlett is down to 11. here are the wind chills character degrees for valparaiso. temperatures are cool but we to warm up. yesterday's highs were in the low 20s. today we believe that in the 30's. expect sunshine for st. patrick's day. we will reach 33 by 5:00 p.m.. at 7:00 a.m. it will be 28. 51 degrees out the high today. partly sunny. rain changes over to snow. light flurries into wednesday. blow down to 34. >> much of it has melted. we are

getting excited. a quick update. we have some lanes that are reduced between morgan. because of that serious crash on the drive north bound north bound is a block away to belmont because of an ongoing investigation. >>a girl was found dead in south suburban riverdale. police say someone reported finding the body near 140-th court and normal yesterday afternoon. cook county investigators say it was in a non-residential building. the girl's name and age were not released, but police say she's about the size of a toddler. an autopsy will happen today. traffic is moving again on lake shore drive - on chicago's north side after a nine-hour-long standoff with police came to an end late last night. judy wang is there live with the latest. >> please call this a complicated investigation involving multiple jurisdictions. they still have a

portion of north lakeshore drive still closed off as evidence technicians continue their work. just a few moments ago the total the car was pulled away. it ended 9:30 p.m. when the suspect was taken from here on a stretcher. police have not identified the man but georgia police identified him as a man wanted in connection with his wife's murder. this is what it looks like on north the lakeshore drive sunday afternoon. the police pursuit ended with his car crashing. officers had guns drawn at the car also diverted traffic off park bench and south bound which were drive. this all started saturday when the man's wife was found dead in her home. on sunday police contacted harvey police about the suspect and the location of his car. he and his wife had lived in the chicago

area until seven months ago. police located the man and he was chased into the south side and eventually onto lake shore drive. negotiations for the surrender began. he refused to come out of his car for more than eight hours. >> during the pursuit he struck multiple vehicles including a chicago police vehicle occupied by officers. he also struck a civilian vehicle including a child. all were taken to the hospital not life-threatening injuries. >> says ultimately police used a discretionary device to get him to get out of his vehicle. the say he had lacerations on his body and they were possibly self inflicted. witnesses report shots fired but only as police, all they would say is that it was under investigation. >> president obama continues to

threaten russia with sanctions, after voters in crimea decided to break away from ukraine. crimea officials announced that about 97 percent of the vote supported joining russia. they say turnout was 83-percent, but non-russian speaking minorities boycotted the vote. the u-s and european nations say this was illegal and accuse accusing the russian military of seizing the area. but russia says it had the right to protect russian speakers from violent ukrainians. the white house says president obama urged russian president putin to seek a diplomatic solution, without military force. a new theory is emerging, ten days into the disappearance of a malaysian passenger jet. it's reported, the pilot -- the man on the left -- was a follower of a malaysian opposition leader who was convicted of sodomy friday. he may have even been in the courtroom for the verdict, just hours before his flight. and he may have commandeered the plane and shut off its communication systems, out of a belief that the opposition leader was framed.

published reports say there are more than 600 landing fields within the boeing 777's flight range that could accommodate the plane. and he may be holding the passengers hostage. police are holding a woman on ten million dollars bond, after charging her with the murder of an off-duty chicago police officer. calumet park police were chasing 31-year-old shanell terrell friday morning, when they say he van crashed into the car of officer david harris, at 87-th and lafayette. harris didn't survive. a passenger in terrell's van, solomon wyatt, is jailed on 50 thousand dollars bond for drug charges. terrell's father say the entire incident is wyatt's fault. >> her boyfriend was responsible she doesn't do drugs. she has three daughters should have been at home with them. >> police founr four pounds of marijuana in the van.

they say they saw wyatt throwing *bags out of the van after the crash. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. another person dies of cold related causes. the fifth year- old was found on responsive and apparently drunk near his home council costar avenue. he had alcohol intoxication and cold exposure as the cause of his death. >>a 16 year old boy faces charges after stabbing another teen in the neck for refusing to join a gang. it happened in the 27 hundred block of south homan avenue. group of males approached a 15 year old boy in an alley and hit him in the face as part of an attempt to recruit him. when he didn't agree to join, they stabbed him, stole his wallet and put him in a garbage dumpster. the younger boy is hospitalized in critical condition. a former n-f-l player was arrested at a nightclub in chicago. john moffitt is charged with drug possession and misdemeanor battery. prosecutors say he punched a man at the underground

nightclub early sunday morning. moffitt played for the seattle seahawks and the denver broncos until he quit in the middle of last season. prosecutors say he was caught with cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy. the primary elections are tomorrow. polls will open at six a-m and close at seven p-m. this will be the first time 17- year olds can vote, if they're 18 by the general election. about 35-hundred 17 year olds are registered in chicago. the des plaines oasis, over the jane adams tollway has been closed for good. it shut down at 8 o'clock yesterday evening and will be torn down to make space to widen the tollway. the 7-eleven and the gas station will stay open. the oasis has been a popular rest stop for drivers since 19- 59. the parade made its way to the beverly neighborhood. 150,000 people lined the streets to enjoy the family fun. police officers were on hand to enforce the parades no drinking rule.

olympic athletes among the marchers. many of those on hand have been to every south side irish parade. >> i used to come down here and when i wasn't all dressed up and it was a bit of a different atmosphere. but now it's great. i think coming down to see everybody in their green with their families it's a great time to be down here. >> the first parade was back in 1979. organizers say it's good. the prates returned is a family oriented activity. and mr. singh patrick's day himself is still here. >> we stay hydrated for the big holiday. sympatric day is today. we're talking about good weather. partly sunny skies. 21 degrees right now. at old sink

bears cool its 21. much cooler in the locations. here is to sublet radar. expect to be dry. partly sunny conditions as the cloud cover comes in from the west. tomorrow things change in a big way. warmer temperatures on tuesday. tomorrow we will hit 51. temperatures will fall into wednesday with the chance of rain and snow. those temperatures are starting to creep up. >> coming up, investigators look into how a plane lost part of its wing in mid flight. >> details on the new marijuana law to protect children. and a man dressed like rambo goes on to a shooting spree in the florida bar. >> a stranded dogs found from a northern california cliffsome sr

lines jet when it lost a piece of its wing in mid flight. flight 24-12 was en route from orlando to atlanta when the wing's access panel sheared off. and land without incident. inspectors will try to determine what made the wing panel come off. a man in florida is behind bars after going on a shooting and stabbing spree inside a restaurant while dressed like "rambo".

witnesses say daniel noble was drunk and belligerent inside a palm harbor bar - so he was escorted out saturday night. but he returned about 30 minutes later - dressed in camoflage fatigues - and carried an "uzi-style" gun. several customers confronted him and tried to stop him. noble was then attacked by the next thing you know i'm jumping on the gun and dropping the barrel. of just trying to hold it down to the ground. he gets off a few more shots. there was a lot of blood. a cutter my hand. >> he was then attacked by several witnesses and beaten unconscious. police arrested him. he was treated for minor injuries. noble is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault and battery. colorado is about to have a new law aimed to protect children from *edible marijuana products. colorado's governor will sign the bill into law today. it requires those products to be sold in non-transparent and child resistant containers. the purpose is to keep children

from eating the drug. colorado is the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. keep your eye on the building. now you see it... ... now you don't. this was the scene in des moines yesterday morning, as the former nurses college at iowa methodist medical center was imploded. it had been vacant since 1999. hospital officials say the property will be used for expansion eventually... but for now, it'll be converted to green space. a helicopter rescues stranded dog from a cliff in northern california. the dog's owner called for help when "oreo" was found stuck on a 2-foot ledge saturday afternoon. a deputy sheriff hanging from the bottom of a helicopter saved the labrador. using the dog's chest harness, they flew "oreo" to the top of the cliff within about three minutes. the dog has been reunited with its owner. an all i do for my chopper is to use and traffic got one out there sitting ducks. making itself useful. >> if you do that you have the

story as well. put on a camera on your head. it's hard to get on youtube these days. washington d.c. ... we got this picture look at the numbers. these guys have had a snowy winter. snow flurries there at the white house. in washington d.c. about 26 in. of snow. here we're just under 80. 79.3. if you have friends in washington d.c.. let's take a look at our day. 21 right now wind of the east at 6 mi.. dew point is 10. talking about numbers which are going to be cooler than normal. but warmer than yesterday. yesterday's high was 27. it's 19 waukegan. 17 in joliet. 164 aurora. bundle up. wind chills are cooler 13 in dekalb. 16 in

kankakee. satellite's radar composite has good news. we are dry. we expect to be dry through the day. the cloud deck will move through from the north and the west. the computer model shows the next storm will miss us it will move close to us into portions of wisconsin. but it's a relatively wide ranging storm. we will see some possibly breezy conditions with rain changing to snow from tuesday and wednesday. it should not be heavy this should move out quickly by early wednesday. today, partly cloudy. cooler along the lake. 35 degrees. tonight we go down to 28. are we have a chance of rain into snow. >> a quick update on traffic. we have a little bit of construction on the eisenhower you will be down a few lins.

first let's talk about the serious accident overnight that still has knocked down lakeshore drive blocked off between lasalle and belmont with the investigation. eisenhower produce planes between racine and morgan in place until 530. everything else is looking good. >> coming up,and marion hossa returns to lift the blackhawks past the wings. highlights and reaction, next in sports. hey marcus! >> if you want to try at the new google class, they are in beta right now. you could try to get your hands on a pair. there's a hotel in chicagothat is letting their guests check amount free of charge. you can be one of the first to try it. i will take it to the hotel and just a bit. >> in the u.s. we take clean

water for granted. it's tough to believe there are 768 million people in other parts of the world who cannot. that is why unicef decided in a unique way to get our attention. and app that challenges you to give up your phone for as long as you can. >> we are so addicted to our phones on a daily basis, if we can make that connection how valuable clean water is we feel we can engage people in a new way. >> for every 10 minutes to keep your hands off the phone unicef will provide a full day's worth of water to kids who need it. >> we want to challenge them to reflect on what it really means to be without clean water. >> you don't even have to download it. pointer mobile browser to the unicef project. >> i put my phone down, i've no idea what to do with my time. i think i used to play with these as a kid. how about a book?

>> so far the average time is 53 minutes. >> i think that's long enough. >> a tougher than it sounds but its tech for good. >> we want this to be educational as well. you'll see fun facts, the type of ways that we provide clean water and sanitation and how we use our programs in the developing world.

good morning. it was a very productive sunday for the blackhawks. a couple of one goal defeats had them wondering about their season future and then last night he's back in the lineup for the only game of the year at home against the red wings. district conference, same team. hammered, the game is tied at one in the final seconds of the second period. scramble out front and then they have the lead and it's over to him again. third period, here he comes. from patrick sharp and he doesn't mess. the three-one for the blackhawks. on the penalty killed, a clean and steel and he's in and it's a perfect pass and they get a shorty. the

offense was better by a degree. hossa the main reason in a 4-1 victory. >> took me some time to get into it. trying to get it from the beginning i feel more comfortable >> glad i can help a bit. everybody played pretty well. may be shaky at the beginning bethink we found a way to win. >> not much suspense as far as sunday was concerned. none of the 13 division 1 teams from the state are in the field. as the overall no. 1 seed is florida winning over kentucky. florida is in the south region. arizona at no. 1 in the west. wichita state in the midwest but the unbeaten shockers may have the toughest road to the final four. plenty of contenders for the

number for number one spot. virginia finally gets it by virtue of sunday's win over duke. plenty of contenders michigan and wisconsin were the best the 10 had to offer they both are up at no. 2. the bulls host oklahoma city tonight at the met center. that's morning sports for you. >> i will take this. >> thank god. we were not going to do it. >> it's not just say patrick's day. >> the party is not over i have to keep reminding everyone. >> it also a special day. one of my favorite days of the year. the equinoxes is when the spring begins but locally this happens a few days before the equinox. today ... me and my producer have been working on this. look at this thing. shock and all.

today we have equal day an equal right here 12 hours of each. tomorrow we will have 12 hours and one day of daylight. tell your friends. it's a big day. >> that's like an equal mix of jamison and bailey's. >> 35 degrees will be the high as we enjoy these 12 full hours of daylight. let's go to erin. >> we have a quick update on traffic. our belly short drive just opened up. it's been closed overnight because of a serious accident and the ongoing investigation of 14 but looks like it was just cleared. you can get through both north and south bound. i wanted to update that. still to and with construction on the eisenhower which should be picked up in the next hour. >> still more to come including the latest on a young girl found dead in the south suburbs. >> a live update on a nine hour

standoff on lake shore drive. >> the oscar pistorius trial enters its ninth week. >> and boycotts are bringing controversy to new york's annual parade. >> and dr. tony is here. we're talking about going green with your pet.

a standoff on lake shore drive ends last night with a murder suspect in custody. >> crowds in crimea celebrate with fireworks as the vote to leave ukraine for russia. >> what pilots politics may be behind the disappearance of a plane. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> top of the morning to you. everyone forgets its release in patrick's day. you are reminding us. let's take a look at the day. it is 5:00 somewhere. it's 11 degrees in island lake. all gone when rates at 12.

satellite's radar composite continues to see dry conditions across the region. expected to stay dry. partly sunny. temperatures are a little cooler. look at saturday. we drop down to 30 spiritous 7 yesterday purity we're back in the middle. average high of 47 degrees. 9:00 p.m. we are at 31. here is the seven days forecast. breezy, 51 degrees. rain changes to snow tuesday and wednesday. should not be a heavy hit. wednesday's high temperature climbs up to 40 degrees. >> a quick update. lakeshore drive just opened after an earlier police accident had everything shutdown starting at belmont and spinning away to lasalle. good news for commuters try to get through north and southbound lanes. work on the eisenhower goes from morgan over to racine. that will last another hour before it's picked up. expect to feel the squeeze.

outbound jane addams between 20 and boone looks like they have some resurfacing work through their as well. >> a girl was found dead in south suburban riverdale. police say someone reported finding the body near 140-th court and normal yesterday afternoon. cook county investigators say it was in a non-residential building. the girl's name and age were not released, but police say she's about the size of a toddler. an autopsy will happen today. traffic is moving once again in the southbound lanes of lake shore drive - on chicago's north side after a nine-hour- long standoff with police came to an end late last night. judy wang is there live with the latest. >> just a few minutes ago things opened. this standoff finally ended about 9:30 p.m.. police continued their work until early this morning. the removed the car involved and as you can see north valley short

drive is back open. the suspect was taken to northwestern memorial hospital with lacerations on his body. police say possibly self inflicted. the georgia police identified the suspect as a man they're looking for in connection with his wife's murder in georgia about 30 mi. from atlanta. police still have a portion of pork belly dry closed off early this morning. a flatbed truck took himhis car away. this was the scene. a police pursuit of the vehicle ended near fulton with the car crashing. police pointed guns at the vehicle and diverted traffic on the north and southbound side. saturday, and his wife was found dead in her home. on sunday, ga. police contacted local police about his location. police chased him from harvey on to the dan ryan and then on to lake shore drive and that was the start of a standoff

that lasted nearly nine hours. >> negotiations between swat personnel and the offender during which time he told negotiators he was armed with a large number of guns. >> police say he crammed two vehicles during the chase. one victim was a police officer. the other were to adults and a 10 year-old all treated and released from hospital. he and his wife lived here in the chicago area until about seven months ago. back to you. >> u.s. navy seals have successfully taken control of an oil freighter off the coast of cyprus. the "morning glory" was flying a north korean flag, when three armed libyans seized it earlier this month. it was carrying an illicit shipment of libyan oil, possibly bound for north korea. no one was injured in the seals' raid. now, the american destroyer "u.s.s. stout" will oversee the freighter's return to libya. the u-s is among those

threatening sanctions against russia, after crimea voted to join it. election officials say about 97-percent of voters support the move, with an 83-percent turnout. but the u-s and the european union say the vote is illegal. the white house says president obama asked russian president putin to pursue a diplomatic solution. investigators in malaysia are focusing on the pilot of a passenger jet that vanished nine days ago. published reports say he may have been angry that a popular malaysian opposition leader was convicted on trumped-up charges. his flight took off just hours after friday's conviction. if it's true, he may have commandeered his own plane, and landed it in any of eleven countries. and he may be holding the passengers hostage. police have charged this woman, shanell terrell, with murder, after her van struck and killed an off-duty chicago police officer. it happened friday at 87-th and lafayette, as the driver tried to outrun calumet park police. a passenger in terrell's van was seen trying to throw bags of marijuana out of the vehicle.

officer david harris was on his way home, when the speeding van hit and killed him. the primary elections are tomorrow. polls will open at six a-m and close at seven p-m. this will be the first time 17- year olds can vote, if they're 18 by the general election. about 35-hundred 17 year olds are registered in chicago. more than a million people are expected to pack the street's of new york city today for the city's annual st. patrick's day parade. but it's who won't be there that's drawing attention. ed payne has the story. some big names are refusing to join in on the celebrations because gay and lesbian groups are not allowed to march openly. sunday guinness announced dropping sponsorship of the parade. the announcement came just days after another beer company said it was pulling support. the beer makers are not the only high-profile absences. last month the mayor and city council said it would boycott the parade. according to the new

york times, the mayor is the first to skip the parade in more than two decades. gay rights groups are applauding but some of new york's religious leaders have expressed outrage over the snub. >> with a new kind of fascistic movement trying to shove the gave gendered down our throats with the help of the mayor. >> the changing time was evident at the festivities in another major city. in boston, the mayor boycotted his city's annual parade after negotiations to allow a pro gay group to march fell through. >> one person would not budge so i won't march if people cannot express themselves. >> a sentiment heard more and more from public officials around the u.s.. >>the oscar pistorius murder trial is now entering its third week. a crime scene photographer is testifying today. several graphic pictures were shown, causing the victim's mother to leave the courtroom. pistorius is accused of shooting his girlfriend through a closed bathroom door.

he says he thought she was a burglar. last week's testimony focused on evidence left behind on the bathroom door and whether the crime scene was contaminated. an army general has reached a plea agreement in a sexual assault case. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair won't have to face sex charges. instead, he'll plead guilty to carrying on a three-year affair with the woman who accused him. he may also face charges of cruel maltreatment of subordinates. sinclair is due in court today, at fort bragg, north carolina. the white house is launching a march madness push to get people enrolled in obamacare. president obama's new campaign begins this week and is tied to the annual basketball bonanza. athletes and coaches will be part of the push to encourage americans to sign up for health care before the march 31-st deadline. those who don't sign up will pay a penalty. magic johnson, alonzo mourning and lebron james will help get the word out. basketball fans will be glued to their televisions sets this week as march madness gets underway. some of those fans will be

recuperating from a vasectomy. doctors say there are patients who time the surgery to coincide with the annual sporting event. that way they can see their teams play while they recover on the couch. and have a legitimate excuse to lay on the couch. there you are. >> a surprise to have the video just ready to go. >> you gotta love that video. >> there's gonna be a way to get on top of that. daytime games only on thursday and friday. just so you know. 21 degrees is the current temperature. 19 in waukegan. 11 and garlic. satellite's radar composite shows we are dry today. clouds come later today but mostly sunny conditions. temperatures are cooler than they should be. 35 is a high temperature today. tonight we're back down to 28. not as cold. how about 51 on tuesday. chance of rain and snow

comes close on tuesday night and wednesday. wednesday's high is up to 40 degrees. a step on wednesday and you are ok. >> we really miss you. >> welcome back. marcus is coming and telling us how a chicago hotel is try to find a younger clientele. >> and reports of the westborough church founder. >> and will show you why weaned >> and will show you why weaned nighyou're comfortable here,

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trending online this morning ... the founder of the controversial westboro baptist church is on his deathbed, according to his family. fred phelps founded the fundamentalist church in topeka, kansas in the 1950's. the church gained notoriety for picketing military funerals with anti-gay signs, and claiming that god is punishing america for its tolerance of homosexuality. phelps' son says the church excommunicated his father last year... he wouldn't say why. march madness is kicking off this week. that means your co-workers will filling out their college basketball championship brackets. there are 68 schools in the tournament, and *none of them are from illinois.

the four "number one seeds" are florida, arizona, wichita state, and virginia. you are one of those people. >> newman is alive and well! actor wayne knight -- best known as "newman" on seinfeld - was the latest victim of a death hoax that spread across social media and the internet. a fake internet story reported that knight died in a crash with a semi-trailer saturday night near the pennsylvania-new york border. but knight took to twitter to clear up the confusion -- he tweeted he was alive and well --and then he wrote "does someone have to die to trend? geez! thanks for all the love everybody. i didn't know you cared." >> he is making his picks already. >> i have one already as well. >> how about the forecast? >> 21 degrees is the current temperature in waukegan. right now at the elementary school its 20. right now we find carpentersville at 13. south

elgin is in the lower teens as well. a fairly nice day. today we have equal day an equal night here 12 hours and 12 hours which means to are we have 12 hours and one minute of daylight. we are expecting sunshine but not much. high temperatures climbing into the mid-30s. tomorrow we are at 51. chance of rain mixing with snow tuesday and wednesday could be a mixed on wednesday morning. 47 on thursday. >> a quick update over on the eisenhower. or squeezed down between racine and morgan with the ongoing construction. looks like we have some lingering work out there as well with bridge repair work. >> there is. the like that dramatic pause? >> wait for it ... there is. we

talked about google glasses before. there are very hard to get your hands on but there is a hotel in chicago letting its guests check them out and use them through the city. >> when we opened the hotel we really wanted to fill a niche to really capture the generation coming in. >> that's the idea here at the acme hotel. trendy traffic signs, vinyl album covers in the elevators. >> ever but he wants to know what these weird large boxes are. >> the place once their guests to feel hit. another with their try to accomplish that, with the spirit >> when the idea came up with just talked about as saying it would be cool how could we do this at the hotel because you want to give you the option to do your own thing. but this just made sense. we like to put our own spin on different amenities.

this really just fits with what we are. and what are travelers want. >> in case you are new to this, this is the high-tech eye wear that sinks to your smart phone. the come with a small video screen on the right side and you can talk to activate them. from there you can tell them to snap a photo. you can then share that on your social media account. the glasses will give you directions using google map which ties in with what you are doing. >> walking around the city you are at the park or downtown looking at architecture, when you walk around there is an act that will pop up different icons in the window for you and you'll see it in the top right corner. that will give you information about whatever you are looking at. >> hotel guests can check them out for two hours at a time. >> it's exploring chicago in a different way. we really think it's offering our guests the chance to do their own thing and

capture the experience. >> the important question is how do i look? >> you pull it off. >> he is being pretty nice to me. there you are at 15 east ohio. really about 100-$200 and they. not too crazy. we'll talk in the next hour when we have more time. this is my first time trying them out and i will tell you about my experience. >> someone is stealing these already. >> it st. patrick's day. and it's time for the early bird special. the question is people are told to avoid what? being punched, pinched or kicked? it's all fun in ireland. if you know the answer the one line and you can win two tickets to the opera

house for april 2nd. the winner will be chosen later today. >> but you're going to do your awful irish accent. coming up, at the chicago veterinarian is here with tips on going green with your pets. we're all goiny

for st. patricks day... but right now, we're talking about going *green with our pets. dr tony kremer is here with some eco-friendly pet tips. >> pet owners in general like the environmentally friendly products. while we look at a bunch of different tips on how people can go green when they are taking care of their pet. >> let's start with green at toys. toys for animals. >> i did some shopping at a store and i was amazed by how they had these great products that people really knew about all the ego of friendly things that have. first thing they showed me is basically these special beds. they're made out

of the soda bottles. recycle the pop bottles. basically made out of 12 of those bottles. the grind them up and make the fibers of them. also the make wonderful toys out of the same product. i thought that was nice. as far as toys and accessories, another company is now making toys and leashes and colors out of recycled car tires. you concede that here >> and going to hold this up. >> really high quality callers the actually have a bottle opener on there which is pretty innovative. >> pretty appropriate for st. patrick's day. >> that is only about 10 or $15. i guess you could open the drink but is not a drink for your pets. they also make some great toys for them to chew on the other recycled tires. nice high

quality toys there is a squeaking noise in their. >> we have to move this along. you have earth friendly accessories? >> this is a bamboo brush. it's made out of wood, maybe that's not a great thing. but it's a highly renewable resource. something that again is something that is better than using timber and bamboo. >> you could use that brush as well. >> i always do need the help. what about food? >> we could not avoid this. don't feed your pet this. with could avoid talking about being environmentally friendly. cat litter, millions of tons of cat litter going to landfills every year. this is a biodegradable totally natural one made from plant material. and the last thing here for dog owners, you want to pick up after your pets. that's a very important thing to

do. we worry about all types of things going to land fill. this one is made of corn. >> demetrius argues by allowing his dog to do whatever he wants it adds to the natural fertilization of the earth. >> thank you for joining us so early. you can keep up with him on lied on his website so on twitter as well. thank you for coming in. i just added you demetrius. >> the people in my building are not going to like that. let's take a look. it's 35 right now tomorrow we make 61. sunshine today. tomorrow a nice day rain and snow are coming our way into wednesday. wednesday's high is 40. spring begins thursday high of 47. friday we get to 41. >> like for drive is completely open to northbound after a series crash or night had everything shut down for quite some time between lasalle and

belmont. he should get through trouble-free both north and south bound there. >> coming up, in 9 hour standoff on lakeshore drive is over. we will have a live update. >> and taken s

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