the two candidates are already looking ahead. we welcome our viewers were watching us to run the country. in narrow victory last night with 41 percent of the vote. as for the democrat he easily defeated the challenger. >> getting 72 percent of the vote. more on the governor's race. >> it is time for the main event for the highest office in illinois. the

reigning champion and longtime politician pat quinn. and the other the challenger and political newcomer bruce ronner. >>quinn has come out swinging. >> opposing the raising of the minimum wage to $10. something that he later retracted to say his words were taken out of context. he actually does support raising the minimum wage. with the launch of this advertisement uc his campaign strategy taking form. one of class warfare blasting the multimillionaire businessman as elitist and out of touch with the working class. >> at a democratic rally downtown he sharpened his elbows and slam them setting the tone for his campaign. >> those who work

hard 40 hours a week should not have to live in poverty. i believe in them raising the minimum wage. that is exactly what we're going to do and illinois. as he is done through of his republican primary he took aim at the entire democratic leadership in springfield. promising to be an agent of change. he has a lot of material to work with. illinois is drowning in debt. the unsustainable public pensions and second highest jobless rate in the country. >> when government insiders to buy politicians to get themselves a special deal i will be against that. when government union power is so strong that it drives up r- texas and then working families suffer and illinois. . >>

>> the fact that he won is not surprising. it shows the power of money. the fact that it was as close as it was that is what says money might buy you the victory. a little more time with the union support. that is an interesting one he is casting himself as an outsider in springfield. how much of an outsider as that. certainly he is politically connected. one thing he is not as a part of springfield and the legislation. that will be the battle going forward. we see little bit of how he is going to handle this. what you think

the biggest target is going to be? >> the guy was doing what they can to give it a positive spin. statistics show that things are pretty rough. just around the corner $600 million pension payment. moderating very high. the governor consent have inherited these problems. at some point the inheritance is owned by you. >> people already know that he runs

his campaign on tv. what we will see now is we will see pat quinn on there. already on the air before the was called to there. >> he did not spend in the primary he did not think he needed to. 20 percent of the people did not vote for pat quinn. democrats do not want to lose the seat. >> political outsider with lots of connections. he was missing last night and very obviously from the election headquarters. >> i brought up during the election coverage. there is the board president.

>> he is probably going to come here. he never did. i'm not going to read into it. the mayor might say i had other things to do. the second most powerful democrat in the senate. for the state of illinois to give up the voice of someone who could bring home the bacon or for someone who is kaspar owned. he is a well-known name. it is a clearly uphill battle. he had his moment of glory. he pledged to

a lesser of two terms. that probably will be true. >> thank you so much. >> polder turnout was at or near record lows. 13 percent of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots. voter apathy was driven by a lack of contested high-profile races. around 15%. more republicans than democrats cast ballots in the suburbs. a non- binding ballot issue. voters supported limits on the capacity of gun magazines and a prohibition on guns and resident >> we set up a special section with

the results of. >> could erupt into a violent conflict. hundreds of prussian supporters took over the headquarters in the crimean port. today the man replaced the crimean flag with a russian one. no shots were fired. russia officially annexed the crimean region after voters elected to break away from the ukraine. the vice president is in europe meeting with allies about this crisis. he says russia will face more than sanctions if they did not abandon what he called a land grab. >> the search for the malaysian airlines flight is now in its 12th day. some family members are showing their frustration. >> that emotional

outburst came as a continued to search of vast areas roughly the size of the continental united states. trying to pinpoint the location of the plane and 239 people on board. the u.s. government official familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the plane is more likely to be in a southern search area stretching far into the indian ocean. >> the capt. discovered that some data was erased from it. the acting transportation minister did not say exactly what was deleted or who might have done it. experts are examining the simulator. >> leave today for a weeklong trip to china. will be accompanied by her mother and daughter. she will visit three cities and speak to

students about education and use the apartment. she is also expected to meet with the first lady. >> a longtime chicago activist has died. the first same-sex couple to be married. the chicago mayor called hurt a fearless woman who was an inspiration to anyone who crossed her path. passed away just before midnight. >> including a woman who is there in the final moments. >> it is going to be

a huge void. longtime family friend reacts to the death of the activist. the woman whose november wedding changed the face of marriage in illinois. >> even in her final flight she turned her only on this into a rallying cry to the same-sex marriage date up. it did not matter whether was an issue with race or class. if there is something unfair she was there to help. she was always there she was always inspirational.

>> friends say even in her final days she continued to spout is dumb and humor. she took this opportunity to really talk about things that mattered to her. still cracking jokes. that is really amazing. that is what makes her so amazing. >> one of the icons of our community is gone. we will all miss her terribly. >> immemorial will be held march 31st at the goodman theater. >> fighting

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accused of killing over the weekend. died from head trauma. the body was found over the weekend in a park in south suburban riverdale. a few hours before mother reported her missing. the family says the mother spent the night and left her there on sunday when she went to work. when she returned from work the girl was gone. chicago police are investigating the killing of a west side man. the theory to year-old was stabbed to death in his home. police found his body around 915 yesterday morning. detectives are investigating so far no one is in custody. an illegal immigrant who made headlines is back on

u.s. soil. re-enter the country in san diego yesterday. she is being as to be allowed to stay. she is taken into custody along with two other protesters by border patrol officials. she was deported in 2007 back to mexico after spending a year living in a chicago church. >> the photographer and pilot died yesterday when the helicopter went down in flames just after takeoff. three vehicles on the ground also caught fire. a spokesman says the helicopter made an unusual noise before the crash. i could take months to piece together the evidence. the mayors of the crash as a reminder of the risks that the journalists take. another potential lead in the case of

the missing british girl. >> investigators are searching for a man who sexually assaulting five young girls. three years old and she disappeared in 2007 while on vacation with their family. >> happened on the same time period and same vacation community. no one was ever tried. investigators say they're trying to figure out those crimes are connected. >> could take the stand next week. chief prosecutor says he plans to wrap up his case early next week. the graphic details of how the bullet struck heer. >> the path of the bush show that the olympic athlete was not on his prosthetic legs. he says he thought his girlfriend was a burglar. the >> fbi is investigating a dispute between the cia and senate committee. officials claim senate staffers

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temperatures are not so bad. what a great day. that is

significant. we've not had a low that warm since back in november. we'll go cooler than that. still it is kind of nice. could have some 60 degree temperatures. they will not last long but it will be a real sign of spring. normally the first day as on or about february 24th. look at our pictures today. we had a beautiful full moon earlier in the week. this is the st. patrick's day full month.moon. >> stopped at the oasis out on interstate 88. she took a picture of the full moon. some beautiful photos. she was on the second floor of navy pier. she looked out onto lake michigan. a little bit has come back. not much. called the

shot a beautiful one. >> prospects for sunshine today are not very great. a lot of cloud cover in the area. here is the radar looks. never got any lightning or thunder with this. no lightning data indicating any lightning. >> here is the view from my face texas.

high wind yesterday. for chicago the good news is spring. it then northward sweep the will lengthen the days and bring more direct sunlight into chicago. more days like this presumably will start happening. perhaps a day after tomorrow. it will not last long but it will be the first 60¢ wade back. that is four months ago. cooler air is sweeping into the area. thirties' up to the west of us. those barbaric looking temperatures. we have melted a lot of snow. cold air that

develops over the ground is not nearly as cold as what we once thought. we are chipping away at this cold pattern that has dominated some many months. temperatures are lower than 24 hours ago. humidity is still high at 81%. our model forecast says. later tonight that is midnight. kubrick the clouds up. goodbye to the storm number one. this sets the framework the foundation for warming that comes in on friday. it will pass to the north of us.

>> today's gusty wind will let up considerably tomorrow. it will increase again on friday. we start with the wind off the lake. it is kind of chili in the morning. the wind turned southwest. that warms up. look at this set of maps. 43 is the forecast this afternoon. temperatures will actually be falling. sixties in st. louis. by the time needed to friday afternoon you will see the 60 degree temperatures in the area. here are the 60 degree temperatures that come up into the area. that would be pretty nice. here's the problem.

>> the jet stream begins blowing in from canada again. we revisited by kind of a late-season version of cole there.colder air. it moderates to more normal temperature regime. yet the judge change that drive the weather. there blowing west to east. >> this flow comes right in from the arctic next week. we will have a chilly week next week. we could set some records in the midwest with a chilly temperatures. probably have temperature departure is running double digits below average. the flow will flatten out. let's check our chicago forecast. for the afternoon expect blustery cold weather. a few sprinkles in the air. the northwest

wind will continue brisk. temperatures have hit the high temperature 4 to. knight early sprinkles. for tonight breezy. tomorrow partly sunny. we could get a little lake breeze in the afternoon. friday could be the mildest day in 4 months. a high of 62. lightning in that picture because there might be an isolated thunderstorm on friday at some point. it will not be an all-day rain fall. >>let's plan to play hookey on friday. >>we are pickling

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spring is coming. >>green city market is coming soon. >>i am using a lot of vegetables from spring. i will use spring onions and green garlic. >>olive oil, white peppercorn for like 2-3 minutes. >>i put inside. i cover with white wine. i cook for 10- 15 minutes. as soona s you opened that

lid, i thought it smelled so good. >>i serve the dish cold. i am going to use an after dish. >>what i am doing now >>i did the puree. i bput in cold water with ice. mixed in the blender with olive oil and garlic.

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"start your engines" many polish americans observe the feast of st. joseph. >> >> we have the warmest low temperature and four months. >> wait until you see what is coming. those temperatures are certainly far from barbaric. watch what happens. we go well into the forties tomorrow. i

wanted to show you the high temperatures. the incursion of 60 degree readings. spring begins tomorrow just before noon. here's a look at the 60s coming into the midwest tomorrow. colder air waiting in the wings out to the west of us. it will be getting chilly air. 51 tomorrow. 63 on getting chilly air. 51 tomorrow. 63 on friday.

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