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spike and violence mars easter weekend. five children are wounded. we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country and wgn americaon wgn america. >> live with more on our top story. >> to after a harsh and bitter winter. if temperatures finally climbed above 70 degrees. the beautiful weather brought out the ugly side of the mean season. a time when festering hatreds and revenge to settle old scores made for a particularly bloody weekend. you've
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heard the numbers already. the fact that since friday 36 people were wounded. nine killed in various shooting incidents as across the city. five children ranging in age from 11-15 were shot and one incident by someone who pulled up in a car and then opened fire. the youngest a fifth grader who was treated as very serious. >> all of us who served the public to have a responsibility to make sure every child as a carefree life of their youth has been taken from
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them. i will not arrest and i did not expect anyone to rest until every child in the city of chicago. >> to set the apartment up for the summer months. that is why the promotions and hiring are critical. >> the first level of supervision critical to the implementation of the crime strategies. >> he still feels very secure. they try to get ahead of crime in different neighborhoods before it happens. that is why it is important to get these new officers and the tenants in place so that they can try to get ahead of the violence. >> police have
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responded to the shooting that the new federal courthouse in salt lake city top. this is just a week after it opened. >> >> runners are crossing the finish line and a 118 boston marathon today. the american one for the man making in the first american to win since 1983. extra security measures are in place today with twice the number of officers. years passed the hat comes inside the barriers. we never thought that someone would go to the extreme that they let last year. 9000
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more than last year. organizers expanded the participants kept to accommodate 5000 athletes who were still on the course during last year's attack and were unable to finish. >> police say they have found the driver of a hit-and- run accident that killed a 64 year-old woman in the north austin neighborhood. >> is suspect that they have in custody. news of this arrest is exactly what this neighborhood wanted to hear. this morning the only thing on the mind of those in this neighborhood is what happened just before 10 last night. >> it was unbelievable to me.
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>> he hit one parked car and then hit another parked car. she went up in the air. but she came down shand he ran her over again. >> >> the mother of four grandchildren was well liked in the neighborhood. she is a very nice person. she did not turn her back on nobody. >> tell me before breaking down her mother was on her way to the store. her mother was a great person. >> i cannot do this. police found a smashed up car a few blocks away from where davis was
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hit. >> drugs and alcohol appeared to be a factor. police do have a 32 year-old man in custody. no word on any charges. >> and apparent murder-suicide leaves to a dead. police say how the air fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself early sunday morning. there were both 50 years old. >> a baby was found dead in a neighborhood. the worker was fixing the basement found the body in a shopping bag. the umbilical cord was still connected. >> one of the headliners as a chicago guy. the leader of the band
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will top the bill on july 12th. >> the other headliners include janelle mona , aloe blacc. >> tickets for reserved seats will go on sale may 22nd. check out our website for a full list of performers.
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>> hundreds of thousands of pounds of hot dogs are recalled following a mixup.
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vice president goes to ukraine today when the violence threatens to derail it a peace deal reached in geneva.
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gunfire erupted killing five people. denies any involvement. that accord calls for all illegal armed groups to surrender their weapons and hold the occupation of public buildings. >> toby of the iran learn from home. and it's their right in the landing gear of a home run an airline flight and then landed in mali. city officials and
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crawling out of the left main gear area. calls the actions of the crew unforgivable. the captain has been charged with negligence. other crew members have been charged as well. divers are still holding out hope. does the search continues for a missing malaysian airlines flight to robot submarine has been seeon the floor of the indian ocean. it is expected to finish its mission. up to 10 military aircraft are also scoring. flight 370 has been missing for 45 days. to more people are confirmed
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dead in last month's landslide. the disaster is claimed 41 lives. >> president obama has planned on surveying the damage >> the cardinal celebrated easter mass for what may be his final time. fully aware that the cardinal was fighting a recurrence of cancer. strong enough to stand but had to sit for communion. >> any rate we believe and the love of god and in his hands we trust in god. >> the cardinals weakened immune system is reducing the time he is able to spend with his parishioners. he
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will not deal to travel fopeople to travel to the vatican. >> more than 150,000 catholics turned out in st. peter's square to hear the pope celebrate easter. he made his way through the crowd. he delivered a plea for peace in countries like syria ukraine and nigeria. next month the pope plans on making a pilgrimage to jordan and israel and palestinian territories. traveling alone to bring viewers live coverage. you also bring you coverage on our web site. >> a computer virus could affect your television.
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investors take a cautious approach to the week ahead. a number of corporate earnings reports are due this week. the 16 oz packages of plastic weiners. more details on the recall check out our web site. >> >> were about $20 billion. comcast has
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pledged to keep the combined company's subscriber base just under 30 percent of the united states television market. >> more televisions are now connected to the internet. there are no known cases of successful of viral attacks on televisions. experts say it is just a matter of time. companies are already working on software. >> it is time for sports. the bulls appear to be caught off guard.
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>> to of his 15 points. the wizard up for in the final minutes. mrs badly. therefore the put back. the bulls only scored six points in the final six minutes. >> they're going to try to even that series tomorrow night. >> i got out in transition. they cut it down. i feel like when our defense offers are often suffers. >> we did not guard the way we are capable of. >> they're going to be without seabrook. the nhl suspended him three games for this hit. >> he had time to
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avoid that but instead he hit him and the head with his shoulder. it is unclear if he will play tonight. the absence leaves a big hole in the hawks defense. the white sox trying to snap their four game skid. up one run with two outs in the fifth. it's a to run home run for his fifth of the year. same score next inning. >> drugs on people off of the wall for a bases clearing triple. he was 4 of 6 and the leadoff spot. the visit detroit tonight. looking for their first win of the season. scoreless in the first. gave up five runs in four and two-thirds innings. the cubs downed six. a few innings later he gives up to run homer. his era is about 15. >> have lost a live
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a founder and general manager at the highland park strings. >> the love of music has made him one of chicago's very own. >> 70 year-old cradles the cello as if it was a precious child. >> hall his body feeling each note. his boat lift each right on every string. i have been a lawyer all of my life. i've been a cellist long term >> i started playing when i was 10 years old. i never stopped. music has always been his true passion. even when he was 18. i was once quoted as
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saying as a lawyer and a good living but music mix my living good.makes my living good. >> giving more time to spend on his music and labor of love. often brings tears to my highs. to see people coming to hear something that helps produce.that helped produce. >> the strings have grown. it has gone on tour. the biggest thrill has been to perform with world- class musicians of the last 35 years. >> for me basically an amateur to be able to sit on the stage and play with these world-class
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artist is kind of a dream come true. current strings member is grateful. her late mother was among the young musicians. now she continues the legacy. it is a wonderful way for me to preserve my mother's memory. >> all parts of his life have been influenced by music. he met his wife and freshman orientation at northwestern university 60 years ago. it is a wonderful musician. i'm tom deaf. i'm an artist is color blind. it is just wonderful. >> back in 1975 he thought he would merely lose his mind when has handcrafted cello was stolen right from the back seat of his car outside of his law firm. >> my heart was broken. we could not find it. the 1975
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and 201136 years later i received a call someone was walking down an alley on the northwest side of chicago and he phoned his cello sticking out of a garbage can. >> there was in bad shape but he had it restored. it put the replacement up for sale. >> back to plain beautiful music with the original in the highland park strings. >> i get so much satisfaction from that. and i get to play. let's not forget that. >> he is one of chicago's very own. >> the highland park strings is free to the public. the index free concert is may 18th. for more information go to our web site.
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and warmer weather comes another front. this is tornado season. >> we will talk about and a little bit. happy monday to year. i hope everyone had a great weekend. it was certainly lovely and warm. manson beautiful sunset shots. >> sovereignty
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photograph what is called chromos around the sun. a little different than a low. >> the difference between a chroma and a love is that the bright circle touches the disk of the center moon. >> and have to do with ice crystals on the >> way> >> might few more serious fires this summer comes on. this court is easter sunday shot. >> that is really quite an eye opener. it is amazing to see that light on the train tracks. >> it is warm and it is lovely out there.
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it is clouding over. warm and comfortable. we have some showers on the way. we'll talk more about that in a moment. this is the 47th anniversary. will never forget. followed by three months. the infamous 67. was actually part of an outbreak killed 58 and injured over 1000 across the metro area. took a school bus tragically and threw it across the corn field with little children in it. we can have some pretty violent weather this time of year. i guess we should be thankful that it has been as quiet as it has. these clouds might shower on us. one not produce anything like resaw
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47 years ago. >> what a day was yesterday for easter sunday. midway had 78. >> we see how much better off we are with northeast wind out of the picture. >> 69 out west by the morning. 68 in the twin cities. 70 degree readings
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around the region. this is only the fourth time this year we've had a 70 degree temperature. >> no lake breeze or cooling today. >> the negative numbers indicate a temperature drop. >> a fair amount of sunshine. showers develop out to the west of us. >> once all across the midwest. here is what happens.
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>> the wind turns northerly appeared to concede a cloud elements. >> to a couple of days in the canadian high pressure which will produce a northerly wind paralleling. in northeast wind as a get into the day. the inland penetration of cooling from the lake would be limited. another storm comes along and turns the wind southerly. it will rain again. here's where readings did today. they will be flirting with 80 in some locations. tomorrow only fifties expected in
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the area. back to the '50s and '60s and land. '70s waiting in the wings. >> details of our forecast. for this afternoon peaks of sunshine fadeaway. high temperatures will reach the mid '70s. scattered showers and thunderstorms grow more numerous. selfs to southwest winds continued. >> >> wednesday sunny and some increase and clouds. >> this seems normal. >> part of the
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reason it was on everybody's nerves. >> it is just crazy. >> >> where did the spanish colonists established the first permanent settlement?
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wishing you the very best of luck. here we go up the first came. >>
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lucky day? firstling no. 9. >> the fifth and final. that makes the eight winning lucky day lottery numbers 9-29-16-17 and 19. >>
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the pot smoking holiday is going mainstream in colorado. a ban on public consumption is still being strictly enforced
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these findings challenge the obama administrations. >> help fight climate change. can generate more greenhouse gases and gasoline. >> the obama administration is flawed. >> time for news for your family. in the study linked prostate cancer to chronic inflammation. johns hopkins researchers examined prostate samples from 400 then. men with chronic inflammation or almost twice as likely to have
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prostate cancer and more than twice as likely to have aggressive cancer. many doctors still prescribing codeine for children despite safety concerns. researchers at the university of california to look into emergency room visits for a nine year period. >> >> there american academy of pediatrics has recommended not prescribing to children because it can be fatal in some cases. can be fatal in some cases. >>
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take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" a unique twist on dumplings. the executive chef at the crime house. here to tell us about the sixth annual food fight. he is one of the founding chairs. cooking for a cause and not just because i'm hungry. it is a great event. it is fun for us to get together. >> there are three chefs. they each have to do a dish. somebody wins. that
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is what it is all about. it is about good food. these are wontons. >> you can get those that in a grocery store. brush them with a little bit of egg wash. i met almost like a crab cake filling. a but a bit of lemon zest. >> i take some asparagus and cut it so it is one-two pieces. dip it in there. >>look at you being fancy. >>it is the easiest thing in the world. >>kind of twist it. >>most of the time
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we see them being fried. i boil them. the other great thing. throw them in the freezer. i have some bacon cheddar ones. >>those are done right out of the water. not long. i see you have some sort of glaze. >> >>great if someone just pops over. >>tell us about the event. >>3 local chefs. all competing. 3 celebrity chef judges. >>everybody gets together, each che
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sdoef does their own dish. >>a bunch of other chefs that show up. >> auto immune disease. >> it affects 300,000 people. about 70 percent of them are women. >> cannot do simple things like get dressed. it is really horrible. the one that created this event. the director. i actually met her at another event that we were cooking for the same cause. >> and absolute
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great family cause. we would be remiss if we did not mention the lovely stake that you have there. we just got named the no. 1 steakhouse in chicago by chicago magazine. it looks delicious. it smells delicious. the event is coming up later this month. >> go to foodfightchicago.com >> plans from five- 8:00 p.m.. >> if you like to read watched this segment go to our ishrf
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>> the oldest european colony on the american mainland. it has flown the flax three countries.flag of three countries. >> me of some rain coming in here. there's kind of farewell look to this pattern. there is rain is right now. it is lovely and warm outside. 72
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after our beautiful 79 as today. >> some cooler weather coming. look how the coal there has really shrunken area coveragshrunk. lie easterly wind during the day on wednesday. another storm approaches turning the land itself. that will warm up and produced the next batch of showers and thunderstorms. uc the cooler air that is coming down. a brief intrusion. >> and looks like we're going to get >>, watch what happens. all of the isobars right there. a big canadian high sprawl the cosacross.
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>> you can see some pretty strong wind from the east. they come in off of lake washingtomichigan. six >> to 6 thursday rain and thunderstorms. >> cooler and only 50 is for the coming weekend.
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the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. they want all cops to live in the city. on our salaries? i don't think this is beef, man. ( yelling in cantonese ) somebody didn't want to pay for dinner. it's too greasy. officers, please. restaurant bills-- we don't get involved. go to small claims court. no, no. downstairs, i push buzzer. no answer. lady walk out, i walk in. they owe $26. i very sorry i come in, but $26. ( repeating figure in cantonese )

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