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all free now recovering at local hospitals. well, for around the country. >> more on a children's hospital. i spoke to the mother of the three year-old victim. >> scrub up a young boy and rushing into
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an unmarked squad car. was walking with the three victims as this shots were fired. >> walking towards the daughters of. all we heard were gunshots. >> came and arrest him off. come to find out he was shot in his shoulder and i did not know. >> i'm scared. there
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really was in my dreams all day. not sure who the gun and was aiming at. >> and then on and is a couple of times. >> expected to be released. a little more seriously injured. has been identified as calamari and a. her mother will survive but she lost a lot of blood when she was shot in the leg. police have made no arrests. but not released the description of the gunmen.
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>> tracking hundreds of vehicles at a selvage yard to determine how many of them have been stolen and sold for scrap. investigators have been cross checking titles and vehicle identification numbers. a law enforcement source tells the chicago tribune police identified about 40 stolen vehicles. >> vehicles are usually stripped of their parts within two days. >> a 31 year-old is accused of shooting to death a 57 year- old at a grocery store and at 63rd and western. police about four hours later jones get into an argument in the parking lot of a dunkin donuts and the uptown neighborhood. they claim jones shot and in the back of the head. he is unconscious but in
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stable condition. a man charged with sexually assaulting a student in a shower will face a judge. he attacked the student monday and. >> hundred of people are being denied concealed carry licenses. the state police denying licenses to 327 applicants because they received an adequate training from an instructor in bolingbrook. the instructor was approved by state police. >> some of the class was all mine and it did not include the required amount of in person training. the denied applicants can retrain and their application fee will be waived. since january 13th firearms instructors have been taken off of the approved list of trainers. 2700 are still certified and can be found on a state police concealed carry web site.
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>> the plan to build a heliport will go before city council today. if today because of zoning committee approved a $12.5 million project. it would be built along the south branch of the chicago river. it tore company wants to build 14 helipads. the choppers would be used exclusively to give aerial tours. nearby residents are concerned about noise and safety. >> the caterpillar company defending how they pay taxes. republicans said the company is opening the law as it is written. the tax code is the real problem. former northwestern corner beck meeting with lawmakers in washington today. he is said to me with congresswoman to talk about the recent labor board ruling. forming a
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union will give players negotiating powers. before he comes here he will stop at the university of michigan to discuss his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage. he'll be in our city for two fund raisers for the democratic national committee. the president is not expected to make any other stops. >> the death toll climbs after the magnitude 8.2 earthquake. searchers to admit they might never find the plane wreckage. after determining it is a criminal investigation. the seal returns to capitol hill today answering more questions about a bosh ignition switch recall. klienlvin den
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at least six deaths are blamed on a powerful earthquake. >> and measures 8.2.
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serious structural damage. >> the death toll from a huge landslide is now officially at 29. >> looking for victims. it is 70 ft. deep in some spots. a search for the missing passenger jet has shifted to the east. malaysian investigators have not officially declared that the plane vanished as a result of a criminal act. none of the passengers were involved. the plane disappeared 26 days ago on a flight to beijing.
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>> after weeks of the way congress has approved an aid package to ukraine. the bill passed with a rare bipartisan support. >> the measure authorizes $1 billion in loan guarantee. to help supplement sanctions. the measure now goes to president obama for final approval. chrysler is recalling 870,000 vehicles for a brake defect. >> chrysler says johnson and the boosters can erode if exposed to water causing the bricks to be more difficult to use. vehicles will have the boosters replaced if necessary. >> general motors is now back in the spotlight where lawmakers are again focusing on general motors' decision to it 10 years.
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>> to yesterday's hearing the ranking democrat demonstrated how easily the defective switch could become a hazard. >> they were warned again and again over the next decade. they did nothing. i just want to show how easy it is to turn this key. if he had a have a key chain like my mom's key chain or if you hyou were short and can cause this key to switch read off. 13 deaths have been linked to the ignition switch defect. recalled more than 2.5 million vehicles worldwide. >> the job to find
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out why it took so long. >> i cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced. i can tell you that we will find out. this is an extraordinary situation. it involves vehicles will no longer make. a came to light on my watch so it is my responsibility to resolve it. general motors has hired an attorney to handle compensation issues linked to the recall. the firm has held court in a compensation for victims of other high-profile cases. >> crews will attempt to remove one of those damaged cars from a cynical at the national museum. in 1993 black spider was pulled out of the whole on monday. lucky he is. the
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sole winner of the power ball jackpot showed up to claim his prize. he purposely chose april fool's day to claim his prize. the retiree chose to take the cash option. more than $240 million before taxes. use getting lunch inside of the convenience store when he decided to buy a second ticket. that simple quick pick turned out to be the winner. what a whene'er it was. >> fast-food workers pay what some former managers it to doing to their employees' wages. the folks from reels kitchen are here.
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two former store managers say they helped with cold employee wages after facing pressure to keep labor costs down. texas actions to resolve concerns. and was on the world's largest internet retailer unveiling and $99 device for streaming movies television shows and other videos. offers their
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own devices to stream content. amazon will feature the library of videos instead of depending on other television manufacturers. recently that have been using free video streaming as a way to get more people to the subscription period blackberry will not be renewing a deal with t mobile. >> offered the iphone 43 and february touting the promotion as a great offer for blackberry customers. >> those who buy from their inventory the three largest carriers. chicago residents are upset about a new remote parking lot.
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as part of an ongoing plan to reduce traffic the chicago cubs are offering free parking to fans during the game. not everybody is happy about it. live at the new parking lot on the northwest side. this new remote what will
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provide nearly twice the amount of parking spaces as the old lot >> residents around here said it increased traffic will mean a big loss for them. as much as many of them love the cubs they're not too fond of this new parking plan. 1000 free parking spaces. the new remote lot of north barack road lost of the ballpark. >> traffic around here is brutal. and has lived in this area for decades. she never expected release of issues to stretch over into her neighborhood 2 mi. away. residents will be on the lookout for adequate security. if someone is there all the time and people
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behave themselves we will see. i really hope has surprised. >> this is not until getting parking lot. people will not be over here drinking beer. this is for people to park get on a free shuttle ticket ticket and go to wrigley field and have all the fun they want to they're really field. they're leasing the parking. kane parking will be limited to nights and weekends. weekends are often already busy. there is limited access through or rockwelthrough rockw >> they said there were going to clean everything up. many residents son did off at a community meeting last night. some expressed frustration over little notice and
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few details from team management. the older men promised that any issues arising from the new lot will be addressed immediately. if those parking issues are exacerbated by this i am happy we're here we will work with you. not everybody likes that. >> only understand that for residents who live in this neighborhood it is new, there could be some concerns. we will continue working with the neighborhood. the contract between the chicago cubs and the owner of this lot will stretch through 2018. because it is a private contract between 2 businesses' public notice was not required. which is why many residents are just now learning about this parking plan. we're live on the northwest side. >> the blackhawks
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have not given much more information on the injury except that it is still not considered serious. his day to day bill was not at practice today. it looks like he will return. he has missed the last six games with an upper body injury. second significant injury of the season. has struggled recently and has not registered a point since march 6th. >> college career is over a period averaging more than 20 points and 10 rebounds. the irish face of maryland on sunday. the sox look for their second win of the year. takes
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the mound for his first arsons june 5, 2012. the chicago cubs will try to bounce back. present obama welcomed the boston red sox yesterday. david ortiz took a selfie with the president. >> he says president obama liked it.
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airpark force police officers charged in the killing of an 95 year-old man. live at 26 and cal with the details. >> has been a park
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forest police officer for 10 years. >> you may remember back in july of 2013 prosecutors say that teller fired five been backgrounds at 950, now. living in an assisted living facility in park forest. police were called to the home after he reportedly became belligerent. officers said they confronted him who was wielding a kane a knife and a long shoehorn which to them looked like a machete. prosecutors said that taylor and his fellow officers could have found a more peaceful way to deal escalate the tense situation like trying to talk the world war two veteran out of the net. police smashed
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his door open with a riot shield. >> recommended the shooter be a least 21 ft. from the target. was taken to hospital where he later died of internal bleeding. taylor made a very brief appearance here in court just a short while ago. the cook county judge hearing the case not deeming him to be a flight risk. set bond at $10,000. >> it started off sunday. it is still up there in patches. it has gone away for a couple of days. we have a big storm coming into this area. pam anderson
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sent us this from winfield indiana. clouds and the forms they take our fascinating. check out this wave pattern. these waves occur when the wind shifts direction. the of this rolling effect in the clubs. yesterday there was a halo and developers of indiana. send us the shot. this is what happens on high clouds bend the incoming sunlight. what a difference a month makes. remember all of the eyes of of the north michigan wine. that is the city's skyline way there in the distance. not a
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sign of place. what a change. finally warm spring shut. this one from scottsdale inscottsdale arizona. the downside is there is a hellacious grow and process. it continues warm. what a gorgeous day. they're going to thicken up and start running on us. it will come in waves starting tonight. we'll talk about that in a moment. the temperatures yesterday started at 57 and midnight and fell into the '40's. the fact yesterday afternoon 48 at o'hare and midway would come much of these ratinggreetings or down. we have been on a downward spiral. we're going
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to continue the for the moment it warm up a little bit. and those areas to concede temperatures are in the mid to upper ford is. these are the one as temperatures across the area now. out in pontiac rockford kankakee and sycamore. these are the cause temperatures across our weather network. 180 strategic relocated thermometers across the area. nothing like a saw yesterday. the headline is the weather pattern on the way? >> let up in the afternoon a little bit becoming a little bit more occasional. when all
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is said and done helen from 98 hundredths to 2.97 in. of rain averaging 143 coming down which could make this the wettest single range of events since last october. how about opening day for the cubs? might be sprinkles are couple of light showers. the wind will be gusting over 35. here is the rain that is on the way. here's the temperature spread across the continent that sets the storm of. that is always trouble because you get these storms to spend up between the temperatures. you set up a powerhouse jet stream. the storm that is developing will be the third to come into the center of the country in a week. it is not the last. raining and thundering down state.
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>> we have all of that energy back up all the way to l.a.. that is why this storm will be a pretty formidable one. no problems this afternoon. a mix of sunshine and clouds. by late tonight the rain begins to spread. here's the depiction tomorrow morning. here's the set up during the day. i have quite a snowstorm on the way. there's a flood watch in effect down stay with the wind advisories out to the rest of us. the big severe weather out break. a slight
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risk mata oriskany orange area. tomorrow and tomorrow night that will probably be the tomorrow night's thunderstorms. the ones that occurred tonight are not going to be severe. here's where the severe weather will be on friday. here are the moving maps that show the whole thing coming together. there is the storm in combination with the high pressure. easterly wind will begin to increase between the two weather systems. >> a snowstorm develops on the north side. a good area vice between the snow and our rain. a little closer look at the showers as they are expected to develop toward morning. they let up in the afternoon. there is the new batch developing. the
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lines there are disturbing. when those occurred in the warm sector tend to be the proxy for strong gusty and damaging wind with thunderstorms. that is a pattern that we are going to have to watch. >> his me give you a preview of power from a lab prograprogram. >> increasing cloudiness. rainfall on the way but not until tonight. high temperatures today 47. the east wind or the harbinger of the approaching storm. iran develops tonight possible embedded thunderstorms. they beat a mixed ice
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pellets. north and west of the city. the northeast wind will really pick up. 12-24 and dusty. rain and storms become more occasional in the afternoon. >> to high of 44 tomorrow. third is at the lakefront. rising temperatures to a reading of about 50 on friday. from their temperatures crash. it will be blustery and cold. even a couple of snowflakes at night. just sprinkles for the cubs game. looks like we will have low ford is going.ford is46 >> time for to this trivia.today is trivia >> the answer still trivia.today is trivia >> the answer still to come.
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a new easter take- out menu. the executive chef. he is here with the orange funnel and pistachio salad. thank you for joining us today. justice of the people know what is it is a place where you can go pick up food for your family. basically we're trying to help out anyone who is busy working. wants to be real home cooked food. everything was made from scratch. it is portion cold for you to take home. >> should be in new
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and different selection of a time. easter is coming up. if you are helping people out who might be too busy. >> we want to step in and held up. >>we will start with raw beats. we have chopped oranges. it takes so long. >>beets this size can take 3 hours. >>good thing you are doing it. they hold
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really well over night. >>wrap it up. olive oil and herbs. whatever else you want to use. they will come out and be shriveled. >>you will be able to tell when they are nice and soft. the easiest way top peel beef. >>chop them up the size >>there are two ways you can do it. one of those tricks that makes the experience nicer. >>you cut in between each segment. if you
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are not comfortable you are more than welcome to peel the beet. >>shave the,you want it nice and thin. if you do not happen to have one at home. do it with a knife. >>shave it off just like that. >>you awnt twant to keep it nice and thin. >>a littl ebit of
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seasonie bit of seasoning to both. you are more than welcome to combine them in the same bowl. >>wgntv.comklienlvin den
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judge stream. look at some of the snow totals in minneapolis a huge snowstorm expected up that way. as we get ready to warm up tomorrow night and cool off as you can see right there. the blustery cool cubs' home opener. the wind might be limited by the afternoon. rain and thunder picks up into mourning. let's up a little in afternoon. comes in again tomorrow night. more rain by monday of next week. night. more rain by monday of next week.
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