today city council meeting was daley's last meeting is mayor and dabbled his first council meeting in 1989. he has been the city's longest mayor even outlasting his father who served 21 1/2 years in 1955 until his death in 1976. today's council meeting. . >> mr. president you have made the decision to lead on your own time by roan choice and with your record intact . >> what to wish you in that lovely wife of years the best that god has to give. a blessing upon your life. . >> many years ago the city was a gritty and dirty place but now people all over this country recognize the city is probably one of the most beautiful cities of the world. not just in the united states but in the world. you have changed the face of this city. . >> the older men are getting up one by one it said city council in paying tribute to this matter and we would hear from him later on in the day. bringing this to you on the 5:00 news at city hall back to you. . >> investigators looking for the cause of the huge fire this morning in waukegan and insults sheridan rode the roof collapsed there were flames and bl

city of god ... is being sung as people eggs at the church it is very fitting a tribute for maggie daley her extended family being the city of chicago. >>this liturgy was a celebration of her life and a call to action to carry on her legacy and good deeds. >>and she had the mayor's year in ways no one else could and it benefited the city greatly. there is a story when they first were married they went to rome in italy and pope paul the sixth walked up to the couple and wished them a long and happy life ... >>the congregants are leaving the church right now ... we see father jack wall to the left now they will make the trip to the cemetery ... the pallbearers are members of the family. president obama's chief of staff john daly is also presentey is also present along with the first lady michele obama and the vice-president joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden. former mayor richard daley is holding hands of his grandchildren and he sat with them arms around them throughout the services ... maggie daley was a wonderful grandmother. in the eulogy her son patrick noted that the children were given tough

union's business manager submitted his resignation yesterday he was often seen alongside mayor daley as city hall negotiated union contracts for city workers. he stepped down citing the impact of recent news reports on the union's public perception. wgn's investigation caught him and three other union leaders try to get their union pension back after they were caught double dipping. state law says union members have to pick either a city pension or a separate union pension you can see a more of this investigation on pension abuse at our web site wgntv.com mayor emanuel is ordering thousands of city employees to set a good example by paying their overdue parking tickets water bills and other unplayed obligations. the sun-times reports the 2800 city workers and twice as many employees of other kind of man agency's zero combined $3 million. his order their bosses to notify them that anyone who has not paid up by october 31st may be fined or suspended. >>people who talk or taxed on their cellphones while riding their bicycles may get find a group of alderman approved a bill that would punish vio

daley wants to keep the 2011 budget balanced without raising taxes or fees. wgn's jay miller is at city hall live with that story. >> reporter: hi, allison. in what was his last budget proposal in his 21 year career as mayor, mayor daley said his plan to but -- balance the budget won't satisfy everyone, but said his job is to protect taxpayers and that is what he has done, he said. s. >> for the next search months i will continue to work as hard as i have for the past 21 years for the betterment of chicago. >> reporter: mayor daley delivering his final budget proposal of his career before the city council this morning. the gallery was packed. people clapped and shouted four more years as mayor concluded his speech. in that speech, the mayor promised not to propose any increase in taxes, fines or fees next year including property taxes. instead, he said the city will continue efforts to consolidate departments to reduce costs. he also proposed the use of $180 million in surplus funds to help balance the budget. that will infuse 38 million into balancing the 2011 budget. he proposed borro

. >>> the city council votes on mayor daley's final budget today. wgn's robert jordan is live at city hall with the latest. >> reporter: hi, allison. you know it's the time of year that politicians hate the most. annual presentation of the budget. and this year chicago is asking for a record breaking $6.4 billion budget and an order to satisfy the needs of the citizens of the city. but in order to do that the mayor is actually dipping into several reserve funds that are irreplaceable. >> we were relying on one time revenue measures here. -- >> by law the chicago city council has to pass a budget that's balanced. no deficit spending. so to do so, mayor daley and the city council are expected to pass a $6.4 billion budget using funds from the leasing of the chicago skyway and money taken from leasing of the parking meters. but critics say draining these accounts is dangerous because they are one time sources of revenue and once they are gone, there is nothing left to fall back on. even so, aldermen are expected to pass the budget. >> fortunately, we ha

are raising money at a very, very healthy rate. >> chico says he has spent years in city hall working with mayor daley which gives him a head start on the other candidates. he says he knows where to trim the fat and retain the lean program and know city hall better than any other candidate. >> most people would tell you i was mayor daley's most effective chief of staff. i was able to not only work with police and fire and sanitation, but work on paving streets, building sidewalks, libraries, police stayings, fire stations and communities throughout chicago. >> but with chicago facing massive debt making it difficult to balance the budget, what could chico do to correct the seemingly unfixable problem? >> have i done it before. in 1995 when the mayor sent me over to the chicago public schools, their budget deficit and crisis was every bit the same as the city of chicago's. we straightened that out. when i came to the chicago public schools, our cumulative budget deficit projection was $1.3 million. when i left, we had a surplus of $350 million. >>> and while chico no doubt will be a formidable candidat

later this afternoon at 2:30 central. . >> mayor daley preparing for this final visit to china as it is as mayor. bringing more investments into the city. >> we are live with details. >> good afternoon. mayor daley and a delegation of chicago city business leaders heading for china tomorrow they will be visiting five cities in 12 days and it will be launching a new chicago china friendship initiative campaign to bring more chinese investments to the chicago region. the mayor says that chicago already has a strong relationship with china as evidenced by china's president's hu jintao visit to chicago. the only city visited by the present. the latest initiative in the heart of america to further expand the relationship with a multimedia approach that includes commercials coupled with one-on- one contact. crating jobs the future of our residents that only in chicago in the region but in the midwest and at the same time having a strong relationship with china to build their economy as well. a two-way street. . >> further development of our friendship and big success and let us try together to port our efforts together. the mayor will also o

mayor daley says the city schools will reopen tomorrow. the entire list of school closings is being run at the bottom of the screen. and you should see that brought the midday news. also on our web site at wgntv.com. next a midday stoa rhodes college truck filled with people to plunge off the road into an icy river in omaha. . >> more violent protests in the streets of egypt as pro- government mounds lashed out at foreign journalists. foreign journalists. double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice. that's going to make you feel so much better. nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. the winter weather gripping the u.s. is being blamed for deadly accident in oklahoma. at least three people were killed when a pickup truck ran off a snow- covered highway and into an icy river. police say the truck jumped a guard rail and plunged into the spring river. was partially submerged one emergency workers arrived

. >> nancy is live at city hall with details. >> even with mayor daley out of town city alderman moved on an ordinance that will affect future operations at the two major airports. of an ordinance was what hurt concession operators to pay workers a living wage of about $11 an hour. at a news conference this morning workers express concern among the force of over 1500 people they are afraid that there will be undercut or cut out as the city undertakes to $250 million redevelopment of the retail and food concession areas at o'hare and midway they note that airline passengers are a captive audience paying high prices at terminals where most workers make minimum wage. . >> we're going to allow concession owners to enter into, 3, 5, 10 year agreement to sell these hamburgers. they should be paying the staff a living wage. . >> stable jobs in stable ordnance merely introduced going straight to committee they know that other major cities passed similar measures. at least during redevelopment projects and live in city hall back to you. >> thank you. . >> next a midday a major sign of progress

commander john burgess ordered official of officers to torture him into confessing and city help to cover up mayor daley has now received notice to appear before a deposition on december 8th mayor rahm emanuel would not comment on the case but he did discuss potential cost ... >>attorneys for the city of chicago have filed a motion asking the judge to reconsider jon burge is serving a four and half year sentence in federal prison for perjury and obstruction of justice for lying in a civil court case when asked if he knew of the torture. eight teenagers charged with pushing a woman to her death at a cta stop as he escaped from stealing and i phone 17 year-old prince wants and is accused of shoving 68 year-old sally katonah king at the fullerton brown line stock back in march sally katonah king tumble down the stairs at the station and died one day later from her injuries police say that watson had stolen and i phone from computer and ran into sally katonah king as he made his getaway watts and is already in prison serving a four year sentence for stealing another person's i phone at the car division redl

his predecessor was able to do bring in the city together and try to open up some of these incredible problems facing right now. that is something mayor daleym the city together and making this a far more peaceful place them off is interesting rahm emmanuel thank him and talked about the progress but also of knowledge and his words he need to get this city moving again. then i caught that kind of a light? switch that the light . >> robert jordan has been with the credit millennium park . >> where i'm standing right now you could be used to be a role the art now beautiful millennium park so seven mayors that i've seen since my time with richard daley's father i've seen lots of changes taking place in so many of the people who are here today talking with some listening to the mayors began what did you think? > . >> i was very impressed and i'm so hopeful that everything that he would like to happen will happen. and i believe that it will. . >> you are optimistic talking about changes welge . >> absolutely and we need changes but we need to keep the things that are great. . >> here this morning at 830 what brought you here? . >> so my family w

daley celebrating 20 years of her program after school matters. it helps chicago children by teaching them job skills and introducing them to the arts. as for her husband's decision to retire from city hall, maggie daley says she agrees it was time. >> to me, i think it's another door opening. a new adventure in our life. and we were looking forward to it. >> maggie daley says she will continue with after school matters when her husband is no longer mayor. she is continuing her fight with breast cancer. she does have to walk with a cane or in this case crutches because of some surgeries. but she hopes in the near future she won't need those crutches or the cane. we wish her the best. >>> coming up next at midday, the shocking new findings about the poverty rate in the u.s. >> and pope benedict beginning a controversial visit to britain with acknowledgement of church failures in dealing with abuse cases. >>> the concern over the diet drug meridia. why federal regulators are split over keeping the drug on the market. [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older just don't feel like they used to. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies?

city hall because there were said to see him go. economic development and jobs i think that richard daley is always done whatever it takes to bring in jobs in houston good for the city which is good for illinois. . >> big shoes to fill when richard daly signed in over 20 years ago and obviously is father and his son with surpass the father becoming the one serving mayor in chicago history. and judging by 60 victorious campaigns by and large chicagoans approved of the way he ran the city. the lines are forming already at city hall starting at 1:00 bill oster people up in the lights begin the lobby here of city hall in this session is open to the public to last until 4:00. . >> thank you. . >> is mayor daley prepares to leave office without many of those who worked with him over the year. college in spoke about his influence springfield . >> mayor daley took the time to call a republican legislator to thicken for voting for a bill the reception but in a ponce mayor daley's on the senator kept that note and should use grandchildren. he said the famous mayor daley called them. he went beyond the influence of justice city here is a natio

>>it's a wonderful way to pay tribute to a wonderful woman who sacrificed on behalf of this city >>maggie daley was totally committed to promoting the arts particularly encouraging artistic endeavors in young people here what a fitting tribute >>i think it would be a wonderful yet jester something that would trulyand fitting tribute and would do a lot for the city of chicago in terms of keeping her legacy alive >>there are other issues that the city council will be addressing having to do with taxi cabs here in the city ... that vote will take place at the next council meeting the beginning of next year please stay with us the tom skilling full forecast is coming up next good afternoon everyone ... we have rain falling in the area most of our observance stations have had over 1 in. this is the biggest grain event in nearly one month here in the city we have wind on the storm is east side it is december the 14th at the normal high temperatures 35 degrees yet o'hare and midway are showing 48 degree temperatures we are pushing 50 degrees and the warming continues we will hit a high of 56-57 degree

it appears mayor daley found a way to balance chicago's city budget. one last time. the city must close a $650 million gap. the "sun-times" reports the mayor will drain some reserve funds from the sky way sale of the parking meter lease. he will make some spending cuts and he will refinance some of the the city's debt. daley has expressed a desire to privatize taste of chicago. curb side recycling and animal care to raise more money. >>> president obama top adviser is leaving the white house next year. the white house says david ackled are -- axelrod is returning to chicago to work on the president's re-election campaign. axelrod works next to the oval office and is responsible for the president's political strategy. his wife still lives in chicago and he never bought a home in washington. axelrod has not said exactly when he is leaving washington but the white house says it will be well into next year. >>> another sign white house chief of staff rahm emanuel will return to chicago to run for mayor. in the "sun-times" today, michael said she heard through the rumor m

the proposal will require that reserves be iewpsed solely to generate interest to cover city costs. mayor daley budget proposal is approved next week, city will have spent all but $76 million of the parking meter lease money. another 500 million will remain from the city's 99 year lease of the skyway in 2004. >>> the chicago public schools are projecting a $700 million deficit for next school year. that's because the state is behind on some of its payments to the school system. cps says the state still owes $164 million from last school year. and it's late on an additional 206 million for this school year. the chicago public schools faced a $1 billion deficit in august. officials managed to balance the budget by cutting costs and tapping emergency funds. >>> next in midday, another loss for a historic downtown area after fire guts several buildings in lockport. >>> also, the number of americans without health insurance hits a new record high. and it's not just those living at poverty level that are going without coverage. >>> and it's a slow ride home for passengers. we're cracking down on medi

tillman's civil rights suit against burge and the city says daley was aware of the alleged torture as state's attorney and aided in a cover-up. a chicago police sergeant charged with brutality is now on trial. sergeant edward howard junior is accused of smacking gregory jeffries four times outside a king gyros restaurant in october 2010. most of the incident was captured on surveillance video. on the first day of the trial yesterday, jeffries claims his face was left swollen and bleeding. but, howard's laywer argued he was defending himself that night, and jeffries was going to spit on him. the trial resumes next week. illinois is now one of 26 states across the country experiencing severe drought conditions... as we can see from where wgn's nancy loo is live... lawns and grass are suffering, nancy? >>we are in lincoln park. you can see the grass is not greener on any side of town right now ... if you needed an official declaration to know that the situation is severe. it is so bad the city fiercely could lose thousands of trees ... >>it's not just lincoln park there's more yellow and

financial savings but it turns out that it didn't really pay off the city's inspector general says that the furlough policy under former mayor daleyt the city nearly $8,000,000.70 next three years the report says that city employees had to take comp time and set of overtime but they don't take that time that could eventually paid for it overtime rates ... >>and minor league baseball team on by kevin costner is facing a full-scale revolt players and coaches for the lake county fielders say the team stopped paying their travel and food expenses it all came to a head this week when the team's radio play-by-play man quit on the air ... >>most of the team's players have been cut or traded the president of the fielders says that the city of zion failed to finish a big new stadium that promise the team and the team would not have financial troubles of the that the revenue from those extra seats kevin costner by the way has no role in the day-to-day operations of the team ... >>exactly how tall is mount everest? that's the issue that nepal and china are looking to settle ... the world's tallest mountain straddles both countries' borders n

. >>> also out of chicago city hall today mayor daley wants to turn over city hiring to several departments to a private firm. under the trial program, the city will accept bids from firms to conduct hiring searches in the streets and sanitation, water, aviation, transportation and general services department. its aimed at restoring public confidence. the hiring process in the city is fair. the mayor spent several years dealing with major patronage hiring scandals that resulted in federal convictions of some people in his administration. >>> still ahead, this midday we will check in with steve stone and hawk haroldson to talk with them about red hot chicago white sox. >>> they are hot. >>> and then later in lunch break today, the clever cleaver brothers are back. they will show us how to use a cheaper cut of beef when you are grilling outdoors this summer. >>> bloomberg's angie lau live at cme group in chicago with look at business headlines. no secret the improvement in the job market has been slow going. when we get a report like this one today it's a bright spot and we are talking about

but mayor daley putting back to the parking meter reserve fund he says the fund is receiving $50 million because the city took in more money than anticipated. hundred $90 million from the reserve fund were used to balance last year's budget and the city put finances the better tax management anti-tank workers for taking unpaid days off. . >> a city matt landmark it's done it many times before and randy it was light at buckingham fountain this morning . >> the fountain flowing once again in grant park joining mayor daley for his with a bunch of students from urban prep high school. the entire senior class is graduating and all of them except the four universities. gearing up the college course loads and mayor daley propping himself for a fork . >> a look forward to working and getting eight different perspective about the city and the world at chicago is a global city and more and more in international. we have to realize that trade agreements are important for the future demo when he looks back at past its share of successes in culture education and beautification city-wide. all factors that led him to b

city council like a bullet. aldermen are set to debate and vote on it tomorrow. >> our new ordinance allows a two step process to own and register a hand gun. >> this morning mayor daley was deliberate in outlining the city's new responsible gun ownership ordinance. flanked by over a dozen city aldermen, community leaders, activists and the police commissioner, the mayor stressed one of many reasons he is moving fast in response to the supreme court. >> the father and grandfather, nothing affects me more deeply and personally than violence in chicago. i lost a son because of an illness. an illness and it still stays with me. just think when you lose a child because of gun violence, he or she has done nothing wrong, that stays with them forever. >> under the new proposal, gun owners would require each wep would -- weapon would have to be registered with the chicago police department. no one could register more than one hand gun a month and gun stores would not be allowed to operate in the city of chicago. even so, supporters are still concerned. the mother of one young victim sayslafall po -- lawful possession of a gun won't always mean beart outcome. >> having a gun t

make a going away party for mayor daley so we have an excuse to pull it off one more time the city is facing difficult choices and scaling back another tradition taste of chicago with the number of late for music festivals also seeing some austerity >>former mayor richard daley is about to start another new job in addition to serving as the distinguished senior fellow of the university of chicago ... mayor daley is drawing the chicago-based law firm of katten muchin rosenman it is an advisory position and in daily will not take part in any of the firm's work evolving the city of chicago. katten muchin rosenman is the law firm that negotiated the controversial the steel to privatize chicago parking meters. still ahead on the midday news that debate over the debt ceiling was to the white [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoo n tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills c

set off car bombs around the city and kill mayor daley so an associate of his can take control of the city. his neighbors don't think he was serious. >> he just big mouth. just talking. >> just talking? >> i thought. >> bluffing? >> probably. >> had he ever mentioned anything like blowing up anything to you or kill the mayor to you? >> no. >> the lebanese immigrant's grand plan came to an end saturday after an fbi informant set him up with a phony explosive device. hassoun dropped that device in a trash can in front of a bar in the 3500 block of north clark. before it went off he was arrested. his neighbors say he comes from a good family and say the whole thing is a shame. >> yeah, sure. everybody feels sorry for him because he is young guy. supposed to be more try to look toward his future. we wish him good luck. >> reporter: and federal officials say hassoun was not motivated by political or religious views. he simply wanted to make money. he is charged with attempting to use a weapons of mass destructions and attempting to detonate an explosive device. he is due in court tomorrow.

nato conference the rally was scheduled for may 18th the city's department of transportation had approved the march from streeterville to daleyonths ago but the nurses got word yesterday that the tour route had been changed ... the city's stances that the march but to end at the petrillo music shell instead of at daley plaza the nurses maintain that the new route will make them less visible as they planned to present a solution to the economic crisis >>this polls nurses out of the public eye we stand together around the world with a strong message that there are alternatives to this g-8 message ... we think there's another solution and that is to tax wall street the g-8 will be held at camp david but the nurses say that it's too difficult to protest their they are prepared to fight the move legally but they have no plan to do so at this point tom skilling has the full weather forecast >>it will be very nice tomorrow after this cloudy day we have going today but there are some amazing statistics are wanna tell you about on this current meteorological spring is the warmest we've had 142 years of rather record keeping here in ch

their bid yesterday an administrative hearing they hoped to force the city to allow them to begin their parade route originating at daley plaza but now they will go along with the city's wishes on with certain conditions: >>the verbal offers must be put in writing and if they are in a faithful way we will be able to live with that >>that was angie thayer and he said that he wants the stipulations and offers regarding the city's alternate routes ... the mayor said that the city verbally offered the use of the petrillo band shell as a rally point free of charge to the activists without requiring an insurance purchase the group also wants assurances from the city that the group can get close enough to mccormick place said the nato attendees could hear them regardless of a last-minute security parameters it could be ordered by federal authorities such as the secret service ... the activists although not happy with everything the organizers are willing to except the city's alternate route >>we will accept one of the city's alternate parade routes the one that goes down jackson over to state and then to harrison to michigan a

confessing and last year the charges against him were vacated mayor daley was the state's attorney in the 1980's but so far the city has blocked efforts by michael tillman is lawyers to interview him ... a crackdown on chicago police officers who abuse the sick leave policy is under way under the current system officers are required to stay home and recuperate and the supervisor gives them permission to leave their homes a special police unit has investigated at 1800 sicklied cases since 2009 it is found several cases of abuse and police department is looking to fire 14 officers suspended 19 others another 70 officers have received lesser forms of discipline the fraternal order of police says those who abuse their policy are few and far between >>chicago police are warning northwest side residents to be on the alert for a trio are restructing people in garages and alleyways the three men are blamed for at least seven holdups since last friday including five on sunday alone all have taken place in late afternoon or evening police say the victims were robbed at gunpoint and open alleyways robbers took wallets money c

city. mayor daley was criticized for shutting down the lakefront airport without warning back in 2003. henden says he also supports bringing a river boat casino to chicago. >>> the cta says it will eliminate more than 70 jobs next year in an effort to cut cost. cta president richard rodriquez's staff cuts will focus on management and office positions. drivers train operators and mechanics will not be affected. cta proposed 2011 budget calls for more than $50 million in savings. some of it will come from spending cuts, limiting overtime pay. hiring delays and freezing wages for nonunion officials. rodriquez says goal is to avoid service cuts and fare hikes but it's too early in the budget process to rule those out. >>> taking on the grand ol' party. next, the tea party adds to their list of primary win was stunning defeat in delaware. >>> also ahead, the renews push in congress to give those sickened by the 9-11 attacks financial assistance. >>> how to get your resume' noticed for the right reasons. we are checking out the resume' blunders you want to avoid. (announcer) living with ulce

daley is being scrutinized in in your report. chicagos inspector general joseph ferguson says after- school matters got $900,000 in contributions from companies that got tax breaks from city hall. the report claims under mayor daley that firms receive taxpayer subsidies were also required to donate to certain non-profit groups the inspector general said the numbers appear to show that preferential treatment for a group with close ties to the city had occurred in a statement after school matter said that the taxation is flat out false. >>chicago's annual pride parade will be starting earlier and traveling a longer parade route the changes are intended to cut down on public drinking and accommodate the growing numbers of people attending a parade. last year's pride parade attracted 800,000 people about double the number who lined the streets in lakeview just three years earlier next year's parade will begin two hours earlier at 10:00 a.m. rather than noon in hopes of curbing some of the public drinking that goes on during the event 200. coming up authorities tried to determine what caused a helicopter to crash in manhattan's east river ... and the victims from bernie madoff

mayor daley will try to resolve the differences between the city and that others went united americany lawsuit they want to stop airport expansion into lacy an increase in flight in revenue. . >> in all the smoke cleared away coming dangerously cold weather. >> it is quite cold we're also benefiting from a february summit is a bit warmer so of cited in the sun does not deal was quite as cold as it could a band. another story had been the big leagues note that occurred overnight and parts of the indiana and michigan snowbelt. it look at our beautiful chicago skyline and is the south side of the city and some paper passing over the cameras there and ice floes piling up in the lake shore line is cold we've been here before this happened before but there are advisory's for windchill conditions tonight at 9:00 running for tomorrow morning at noon and a big snowstorm passing to the south of us in places like kansas and oklahoma even north texas and arkansas southern missouri. when shall advisories are in our area look at what has been going on this setup is just broken down the other may be

you can see elizabeth daley walking behind her parents on the mayors last day in city hall elizabeth and fiancee sam hotchkiss were supposed to get married on new year's eve crain's chicago business reports the two are getting married tomorrow said former first lady maggie daley can be there to enjoy the day maggie daley has been battling metastatic breast cancer for more than nine years >>the cta has passed a budget without fear eycks service cuts or layoffs but there is a big catch the $1.2 billion spending plan is based on the cta winning major concessions from labor unions it would include work rule changes health care reform and strict limits on salary increases the concessions would save cta about $240 million through 2013 forrest claypool admits that service cuts in fairfax could be imposed in the second half of next year if the transit union does not agree that changes union leaders said they would not accept the proposals >>gov. pat quinn spent tuesday in new york city it was a busy day ringing the opening bell at the nasdaq appearing on a morning cable show and leading a dis

the whole city is proud of her >>there are thousands of kids in the city of chicago hope who owe a huge debt of gratitude to maggie daley >>the former mayor always described his wife is the strongest member of his family especially when it came to guarding their privacy she was on wavering about the insistence that the family have its family time. >>it took a little bit of persuasion on my part but i believe now my husband likes his sundays with his family more than anything >>it really is a gift >>the gift was to draw the boundary with no public appearances on sunday it would be her role as he played out his term in office >>it was important to her for the family to be able to operate as normally as possible >>richard m. daley had run unsuccessfully in 1983 a campaign that was marred by racial politics maggie daley did not want to see a rerun of that election six years later >>she was very clear that if this was going to become a racially divisive race she did not want her husband to run but if it is a force for healing that was something that she could get behind >>maggie daley grew up in an irish catholic family in p

for film making in chicago and on the same day the city is announcing another maij proper dux is coming to town. it's all participate of mayor daley's ongoing effort to woo hollywood to chicago. wgn's jay miller is live at city hall with more on the story. >>> really exciting day today. on june 16, 1980, one of the biggest films ever shot in chicago, the blues brothers, debuted. and mayor daley announced another major movie will be shot here beginning next month bringing about 200 jobs to chicago and adding about $20 million to the local economy. transformers 3 will crash into town next month filming from july 10 to august 19 with chicago serving as its back drop. the movie series has been a successful one, but it's not the only major motion film to be filmed here. 30 years ago the blues brothers kind of put chicago on the map in terms of major film production shot in the windy city. at that time chicago government wasn't exactly open to large scale movie production. but when then mayor jane bird gave the movie a green light, more and more movie studios considered chicago as a premier city to film in. and with illinois offering film

city hall today. in fact, mayor daley is answering questions right now about his school ceo. mean time, huberman is stressing he is not going anywhere any time soon. >> nothing imminent. there are things that need to happen with the district that i fully intend to see. i will be leaving this morning and getting on plane to go to new york because we are restructuring our bond. we are restructuring our bond for next year's budget in order to reduce the deficit. >> school ceo denied a report he has lined up a job in the private sector and made clear he won't step down until it's okay with mayor daley. and key programs and a smooth transition are ironed out which may not happen before the end of the school year. despite such vow, some are calling huberman's publicized intentions counterproductive. >>> is that distraction not only to us but to the teachers, and everyone. so let's get it over with. find out what he is doing. he said what he was doing and will talk to him. >>> now since the mayor's retirement announcement. many here have expected top members of the daley administrat

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daley adminstration. wgn's judy wang reports. >>a public hearing on the new city budget will be held tonight on the northwest side. it's the first of three hearings being hosted by the city council's progressive caucus. the hearings are intended to encourage chicagoans to offer their own ideas, suggestions and concerns regarding mayor rahm emanuel's proposed budget for next year. tonight's hearing gets under way at 6 p-m at the copernicus center, at 5216 west lawrence. the city council's progressive caucus will host two more budget hearings next week on the south and west sides. >> your authority to order an audit of the city has always existed in the contract and it has never been exercised. i told our financial people that we're going to exercise that authority. it is a bad deal for the city of chicago. parking rates have soared. a continue to fight a $14 million bill from the company. the city took meter spaces out of service. the mayor also disputes the $35 million bill. there diligently submitting financial information. the mayor has also ordered audit for th

the daley administration believes that this law will withstand any legal challenge because it draws upon gun ordinances from cities across the country. national rifle association believes this proposed ordinance was not the intent of the supreme court. outside chicago city hall, judy wang, wgn news. >>> violence and rowdiness marred the taste and some are worried what it could mean for the festival. nancy loo talked with some of them and is live at grant park. a lot of concern out there. >> reporter: there sure is. it is a quiet, beautiful afternoon here at the taste right now. but it was a far different atmosphere late last night. a number of people tell me things got so chaotic, the city actually tried to shut things down an hour early. >> very scary. scary along those lines. >> that's how the founder of robinson's ribs described the scene last night. long before the stabbings of three teenagers, trouble was brewing inside the popular food festival. free concert by hip-hop star trey songz drew a massive crowd. >> this show brought a lot of folks here last night and that was the big thing. i know the eventually w

. >>> for his final time as mayor of chicago, mayor daley has named a new ceo to run the chicago public schools. wgn's nancy loo live at city hall now with more on this story. >>> hi, steve. terry is the fourth school ceo to be appointed by mayor daley and since the mayor is stepping down soon, he will be the last. in making the announcement within the past hour, mayor daley introduced him as the interim school ceo since it will be up to the next mayor to decide who should take the reins permanently. he is 54. he has been serving as ceo of the chicago community trust since 2004. but he has been a school administrator in michigan and california. now he is eager to carry on the sphish initiatives of the mayor and his predecessor, ron huberman. >> i see moving forward and continuing to take with a is in place and simply improve upon what exists. my-- >> now he is expected to work on the transition with ron huberman over the next few weeks pp huberman expected to step down on november 29. so far no official reaction to the new appointment from the chicago teachers union. live at city hall, nan nan, wgn news. >>> thank you for t

after announcing that he would not seek re-election, mayor daley said he abandoned attempts to privatize midway. faa granted the cityh extension to gain privatization process. the time line is expected by july 31. >>> a new way to lock in low ticket prices for your next flight. continental airlines owns a program called fare lock. the service lets you hold reservations and ticket fares on some domestic and international destinations. hold sticks for evan days even if you don't purchase the ticket. the fare lock will cost you between 5 and $9 per flight. >>> the nation' airlines are make billions of dollars off fees for luggage and ticket changes. the first nine months of this year airlines collected $2.6 billion in baggage fees. more than 1 30eu $7 billion came from ticket changes. delta has collected the most. more than $1.25 billion. southwest does not charge to check the first two bags but still made $22 million for additional luggage. >>> donations to the salvation army's red kettles are lacking this year. in schawg donations are down 13% compared to this time last year. bell ringers have received a little more

daley's need for five officers later this summer he said that daley's security detail was always meant to be temporary and transitional the city has been treasury police officers from security detail for security detail for alderman ed burke and replacing them with two retired officers ... a reversal of vacation policy for the top brass at the chicago police department could limit payouts to the superintendent and top commanders former superintendent jody weis walked with $76,000 in unused vacation days under a policy that he put into place according to the sun-times superintendent care mccarthy reversed policy that allows command staff to carry over up to 39 vacation days from year to year garry mccarthy reverse the policy back to the previous maximum of 25 days a year the paper says that more than a thousand city employes were paid over $7 million in unused vacation days since september ... the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations ... more than a dozen people were injured in a series of explosions in the i'm just a piece of dust living at the corner of j and k spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever

. >>> the city is getting ready for the cold weather. mayor daley said today despite the economy streets and sanitation is armed and ready for snow removal duties. the mayor is asking you to help your neighbors by checking in on them. >> our shared spoblght of the citizens in government to look out for each other at all times. petition of extreme weather conditions we will experience during the winter in chicago. >> a reminder some parking restriction go into effect tomorrow morning between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. cars parked on the most critical arterial streets will be ticketed and towed. tom skilling will have more on our colder weather coming up at 12:30. >> next, wikileaks under attack after posting thousands of classified documents. a cyber attack shuts down wikileaks online. >>> thousands of americans could be left without federal benefits after today. the push in congress to extend long term unemployment coverage. >>> and a family meal out turns tragic when the driver of a car crashes through the front of a restaurant. for the worst allergie

which found politicians including former mayor richard daley who negotiated sweetheart pension deals for themselves the mayor has sent a letter to city employees telling them of the pension systems are not reformed the funding will go broke or city jobs and services will have to be cut seven wards on the north side will be the first to have their garbage picked up based on a grid system those affected boards are 46-50 and most of the 40th and the 44th the change will go into effect june 11th the city will launch an awareness of for the week before the transition to let residents know when their trash will be recovered mayor emanuel pushed for the grid system arguing that it is cheaper than "n" word by ward plan to see how your award will be impacted go to the web site wgntv.com/weblinks it's a new day in same sense of urgency for the chicago bulls dan roan is live in philadelphia with a preview of tonight's must win games >>they will have to win tonight and again saturday ... they had the shoot around it this morning at a local community college ... taj gibson walk daned in in good shape ... joakim noah was there but it is tentative

daley shrugs it off. a marketing company is taking on our city's unofficial tradition.r free chicago is a movement on behalf of citizens who think public parking spaces should remain public. now if you are against the lawn chair tradition, check out facebook or chair free chicago.org. you can sign up and put fliers on. >> it wouldn't be chicago if we didn't dig our places out. >> there is a longstanding story in those barbaric winters in the 70s spending half a day shoving out the walk or a space in front of their house and neighbor parked a car there and this person -- a fight ensued. >> they hooked up a hose, a garden hose and sub zero cold and sprinkled water on it for six hours. probably didn't thaw until spring. you dig your place out. >> i can park inside. i'mder i wish everybody could do that. it would make things easier, wouldn't it? >> it's a blessing to have a garage. >> it is indeed. but very interesting. we are watching some clouds assemble and steve and allison, we have snow on the way for the evening rush-hour. winds are strengthening as well. so it's goin

daley. he is often accused of taking steps to make sure there's no memory of her in the city. at the bottom line is in the recent recognition of chain burned by the governor and mayor of the city people will continue to focus on what she did in so many respects to revitalize the cultural component of the city. >> when you look back at the obituary she spent time in cabrini green and two is very interested in getting rid of violence in the city. she went up against gun violence. she marched in the gay pride parade. she was the first to appoint an african-american. she was getting things done. >> she will be remembered for that now. i think it's great. what you like her or not she was the first and only female mayor of this city and as there is recognition of that. that will overshadow anything-. >> i would describe her as tough and feisty. a lot of time when men used as adjectives we come across as sexist but she was up against a mobile forces. >> i absolutely agree. i asked her daughter if she would bring her mom in for class and she did come. to set on not what sure why here

city's crumbling infrastructure. but not everyone likes the plan. mayor emanuel wants to enlist big corporations, to help pay part of the cost of public works construction projects. but critics remember former mayor daley's deal to privatize parking meters... and they fear emanuel's plan could lead to more of the same. some city aldermen want to learn more about the mayor's plan before they accept it. there are some complicated legal issues and we need time to flush those out ... we need time to look at these amended ordinance as it came out friday even the law department was not sure about oversight matters we have to look at issues of transparency and the administration is trying to address these needs and concerns the full city council will discuss the mayor's plan tomorrow. you will now be able to get a front-row seat at every cook county board meeting.. right at your computer! starting today.. the board meetings will be streamed live online. president toni preckwinkle says the county spent 250-thousand dollars to install cameras and equipment. the technology will increase transparency and allow residents to be more informed and involved. county board, forest preserve and committe meetings will all b

daley is exploiting a legal loophole to boost his own pension. wgn's tonya francisco is live in the newsroom with more. the irony in all of this is emanuel's predecessor contributed to the city's pension problems while fattening his own pension payout. a wgn chicago tribune investigation found that two years after mayor richard daley was first elected mayor he take advantage of the state's convoluted pension system setting him up with a sweet pension deal. a law passed in 1981 allowed him to use the years he served as state state senator to rejoin the pension fund ... he was allowed to combine years as mayor state's attorney and years in the state legislator to set himself up for benefits for 85 percent of his merrill salary far better than that of a city worker for eight annual pension in the six figures ... in doing so the former mayor was able to build a $184,000 a year retirement nest egg ... because he did not pay into the pension plan to most workers do the taxpayers are footing his retirement bill >> this is an example of why the state legislature needs to wake up and stop treating the pension system as if it is their personal piggy bank mayor daley was called but he da

daley will answer questions about ron burch ... the victim of police for totality is suing the city of chicago after serving 24 a years in prison his conviction was overturned ... the former state's attorney at the time he was never giving a deposition ... we're going to ask him about relevant questions during that time he was state's attorney and the khmer ... and what he mayor of chicago what he knew and why the death penalty came into play the attorneys will get together to discuss limitations on the deposition ... only four more jurors need to be chosen for the trial of william belfour the man accused of murdering three members of the singer jennifer hudson family monica schneider's live with cook county criminal court building with the latest in a line we are down to picking the final four members of the jury panel the defendant william balfour was dressed for court he if convicted he can spend the rest of his life in courtjail ... he committed those murders in october 2008 ... prosecutors say that he shot them all because he was enraged in a jealous fit he was married to jennifer hudson sister ... there are some thoughts that

that's because it's the city's annual bike to work day writers who pedaled into the loop met at daleya for a rally organizers used today's event to urged chicagoans to leave their cars at home and use bicycles to get around this summer ... >>it's a gorgeous day today but we have thunderstorms on the way tomorrow ... >>this weekend we may have some nice moments however we are under the threat of thunderstorms and they will just are arrived in small clusters ... we have a breeze blowing off of the lake: down those beaches but there are thunderstorms out to the west along with a hot air dome that has been baking those southern plains states ... right now the st. louis area is experiencing some tough weather ... there will be batches of storms over the weekend some areas will completely be messed issed.. there's lots of lightning happening down state as the storm is moving from the west are traversing the area. we are currently at 78 degrees in chicago and 80 in peoria ... away from the lake temperatures will range in the '80s for most of the weekend ... we are five degrees warmer than we

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city. . >> the road map out of chicago's problems not assigning blame he says his friend and mentor richard m. daley was certainly do something differently if he could but emmanuel defense is tenure as it prepares to step down in emanuel says that does not mean you will not choose to do something differently but says that he wants to focus on the road map of the city's financial problems. a report is available on-line emanuel says he wants taxpayers to use that as a score card for him and his commissioners to make sure that they hold the blueprint copy that is available on our web site of wgntv.com. back to you . >> the man behind chicago's snow removal has been suspended. the streets and sanitation commissioner suspended for 25 days after having employees perform parents for him on city time. richardson should be fired according to the inspector general and he had personal the pickles cleaned it filled with gas and other things. richards in suspension is substantial and determination to be reserved for criminal conduct according to the streets and sanitation department . >> cook county officials wa

. >>> mayor daley was on hand for the first of three public hearings on how to balance next year's city budget. it's the mayor's last budget. city faces a deficit of more than $600 million but many of the people who turned out were urging the mayor to spend more money to beef up police protection. lengthen library hours and bring back the july 3 taste of chicago fireworks. a second public hearing will be held tonight at 7:00 at westinghouse college prep high school. >>> the feel of candidates has yet to be determined but already a poll on the mayor's race. the group we ask america polled 2300 chicago voters and it suggests rahm emanuel holds an early lead with 29% of the vote. sheriff tom dart is second with just over 13%. jesse jackson, jr., is right behind dart for third place. congressman luis gutierrez is fourth. in alderman gets more than 6%. >>> potential candidates for the race of chicago mayor are questioning rahm emanuel's credentials to run the city. emanuel served as congressman on the north side before heading to washington before becoming the chief of staff. he said earlier