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>>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet nancy loo has the top story >>the overtime beefed up the force over the weekend but there is frustration over the crime statistics this year ... garry mccarthy says that over the last month the murder rate is down 17%, with an unacceptable level of violence in the city of chicago ... >>addressing business keep people at the union league club the top up here in chicago said that the reality is four times as many guns are on the street of chicago as are in new york more officers will go on the streets for weekends throughout the summer >>i have done this in several cities retreaded here last year this is one other thing we do we actually tried this last weekend >>but last weekend was one of the years worthworst ... there e multiple shootings with nine deaths ... a survivor is a pregnant teenager hospitalized in stable condition the police union views the response as a band-aid >>we don't object to having overtime for employees but this is an admission that there is a man

and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. nancy loo has more on our top story from the south side: this is the 25th drowning in the jorge sosa graduated and went to the beach with friends for some fun the teenager died last night at the lurie children's hospital after he was pulled from the water yesterday afternoon his friends reported him missing rescuers clear the water formed a line and recovered him within 15 minutes cpr was performed on the teenager but he was unable to be revived ... a special celebration for younger students was canceled at the school today the principal said he was the youngest of three children and his family and he thrived at school in spite of losing his mother to breast cancer three years ago ... >>he was a fantastic kid did ... he was on the basketball and soccer teams he was helping younger students from the first to the third grades get into soccer helping them learn techniques ... >>friends say that h

good afternoon i'm dina bair >>and i'm dan ponce in for steve sanders ... we have julian crews at city hall with details he will join us a little bit later ... an autistic teenager who disappeared from a chicago hospital tuesday's back with his family today after being found in north suburban glenview nancy loo has that story >>we're in glenbrook hospital one half an hour by car from comer children's hospital in the city is not known how the young man made his way to the suburbs ... regardless the special needs teenager and family is reunited ... it is the ending that the family hoped for they had no idea what happened he was 30 mi. away from where he was last seen ... nonetheless his parents are ecstatic >>the whole family is so happy and ecstatic ... it's like a dream come true we have prayed for two days ... >>after an emotional reunion we have an emotional meeting with the bicyclist who spotted the teenager mary all lander said that chief suspected he might be the missing teen ... >>it was hard to understand him but based on his description and the way

crisis as lawmakers failed to approve a plan to save it good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet ... tom negovan is live at the state capitol in springfield with details on what happened to >>i think it's important that everyone knows we're racing against the clock and that we must get this done as soon as possible those rating agencies are poised to decide on our work and we must get that work done and get to the mountaintop ... we have gone part of the way up and a framework that we have worked on has made steady progress over the last several mosfet on pension reform and that's encouraging but clearly we are not there yet >>it's been very ugly these last couple of days ... we need to put all of this aside and get this done ... i have some theories and ideas on this but that doesn't do anyone any good ... >>the plan is now to get that done and bring leaders from both parties together to expand on the framework of a varity agreed upon to get this pension reform passed ... at least on

i am dina bair. the justices have ruled that arizona: cannot make it a misdemeanor if immigrants fail to carry i-d cards, stating they are in the u-s legally. the state cannot make it a crime for undocumented immigrants to apply for a job. and police cannot arrest someone based soley on the suspicion that the person is in the country illegally. the court did uphold the part of the law that allows police to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for another violation. for more analysis on today's decision we are joined on set by wgn legal analyst terry sullivan. let's talk about the one they let arizona keep ... the idea that if someone is picked up for another crime they could then ask for the papers ... >>the left that one provision which is much ado about nothing ... first the police officer needs to make illegal stocka legal stop and then have a reasonable suspicion that a person is deportable... that is likely to be challenged by other interests because they will claim that the u.s. supre

and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's tonya francisco is live outside a north side chicago school with a preview of today's big announcement. tonya? >>that official announcement that it has the vote is set to come in about one hour act you spokeswoman tells us that the vote will surpassed the 75% threshold required by state law and in some cases teachers at some schools voted 100% for strike authorization ... and calling for the vote the union said that the teachers will not necessarily go to the picket line but they hope to have leverage at the bargaining table. they're not happy about the school board's decision to rescind their raises and require them to work a longer school day next fall ... they're looking for a 29% pay increase over two years but the board is strapped for cash facing a $3 billion deficit over the next three years to the school board is offering a 2% guarantee over five years for our rates to jean-claud

good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair j. miller to spoke with some young people that the immigration policy change will affect >>the decision will affect thousands of immigrants many who came here as children and live every day in fear of deportation ... under the plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation ... if they are younger than 30 and arrived before the age of 16 ... the must have graduated from a u.s. high school work earned equivalency degree or served in the military ... there was praise for the president's decision today to suspend deportation to these young immigrants and that it is a proud moment in america's long history of welcoming immigrants ... one women we spoke to said that she was brought here by her parents from kuwait and she considers america home ... >>i spent most of my life hiding in the shadows living in fear and being afraid ... it is disempowering antics it is horrible ... you never know if the next five minutes will have you going to a country that you don't remember ... >>the stu

and i'm dina bair. we have the latest from wgn's nancy loo -- from dolton. >>charges have still not been filed in this case, so the name of the man in custody has not been released by police but they say it is someone who is known to the young victim's family. 16 year-old gloria wood was found dead wednesday morning in a motel room here in dolphins ... she lives in park forest but she was here visiting her biological father ... and they discovered her body while cleaning the hotel room 434 was originally suspected that chew shot in the head but the autopsy determined that she died from blunt force trauma to the head ... neighbor said the to the wonderful girl who was always happy to set to begin her senior year in the fall and just received drivers license >>she was supposed to be with her father, there were going up to great america i do not know how they ended up there or how she ended up their only the lord knows it ... >>she stayed with her father every other weekend police confirmed the suspect as someone who is known to the family a middle-aged man who

>>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are joining us on the web and on wgn america ... jean-claude brizard spoke to parents today about this vote ... >>the schools ceo was here in the southeast side where he again claimed that today's vote was premature ... >>we have been very serious about negotiating in good faith ... we want a contract >>jean-claude brizard spent much of the morning at christian fellowship church meeting with parents in a prearranged gathering but many are quite concerned about the teachers' contract situation and today's vote. he believes the teachers are lacking information in order to make a vote ... karen lewis cast her vote ... they are seeking a 29 percent raise over two years noting the bigger workload for the longer school day ... the city is offering only 2 percent in raises ... they need 75 percent approval in order to strike ... many in the rank-and-file wanted the strike vote and they say the timing is good because of the summer break >>they need to understand we have a voice 30,000 people at the bargaining table with us and this is what

i am dina bair. and i'm sean lewis.. in for steve sanders. wgn's tonya francisco is live at what could be the hottest day of the year. >>you have to love john walsh not only does he have the same name as the host of " america's wonmost wanted " tv show ... but he reminds you of another son loving celebrity ... george hamilton >>thank you. i love the sun and i'd love it here i come here all the time ... he is at no. avenue beach. he cools off ... these people came for a trip planned weeks ago >>we like this beach its child friendly ... and very convenient ... >>some city dwellers are finding themselves disappointed dozens of park district pools are still not open for this season a multimillion-dollar safety upgrades to improve drainage takes longer than expected ... >>there are days like today where things shutdown ... but the beach yoga class is recommended ... >>you can help people not overheat and given to the environment ... people in the city don't get to be at the beach doing yoga too often ... >>the majority of the chicago pools are ope

and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's tonya franciso is live in the loop with our top story: dcfs was called in after a mother's suspicions that her special needs children were being sexually abused ... one of the three year-old twin girls was blamed by the bus driver ... >> these dreams were taken away ... >>the sexual abuse began in 2011 and lasted until this year the girls were three years old at the time attending special- education class's in willowbrook the lawsuit alleges that the bus driver rearranged his route to drop off the other children first said that he could be alone with the twins before dropping them off at home the family attorney said that the driver during interviews with the dcfs admitted to removing the girls from their car seats ... >>the role he violated constantly was touching the children he would take them out of their seats and their seat belts giving them treats to lure them we know that every r

>>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's nancy loo has details from lane tech high school on the northwest side: union president karen lewis spend time at the high-school in an effort to distribute ballots and voting material that teachers are eager to authorize a strike ... 75% affirmative is required to authorize the strike on the part of these teachers ... hi anxiety for teachers and board of education officials ... class sizes instruction time pay and job security are all the big issues ... lewis says tomorrow is an opportune time to have this boat before the summer break ... allows retiring teachers to participate ... the town and trajectory of these contract talks is aiming to be changed >>we want to move the negotiations off of ... in a different direction its leverage not a scare tactic ... >>just yesterday school ceo jean-claude brizard expressed optimism about reaching a contract whether not they'll authorize a strike

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good afternoon i am dina bair >>and i'm sean lewis ... wgn's randi belisomo has details on the resignation and other changes at the morgue announced by county board president toni preckwinkle >>she announced that the medical examiner handed in her resignation dr. nancy jones is going to get replaced in that's underway ... the hours of january and need never happen again ... there was a backup bodies in the works cooler 363 bodies were stored in a cooler designed for 300 the counterclaim this on suspended state funding for indigent burials the county's top forensic pathologist has been in office since 2007 and she will now be leaving along with kimberly jackson the executive officer toni preckwinkle asked for her resignation she says that jones chose to leave on her own peril jackson who is no relation to kimberly jackson will be the new executive officer he comes to the county from the illinois department of public health. other changes under way include the termination of four employees the testing of all employes for infectious disease

suspicious fire that destroyed the villages only gay bar good afternoon i am steve sanders and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us run the country on wgn america and on the web judy wang is in oak park with the top story the club's owner said he had problems in the past but nothing like this ... reality is sinking and ... >>i broke down in tears when it finally hit me i could not sleep all night this morning i'm still in shock when i walked back to look i couldn't even think straight ... the velvet rope lounge fire broke out early in the morning the fire gutted the interior of that business anti- gay graffiti was on the walls and a back door was kicked and police took away a portion of a wall with a hand print as possible evidence >>i had all my personal belongings and business documents in there and nothing was touched ... it wasn't looking like there were trying to rob the place the fire did damage the restaurant and toy store next door ... many residents say that they hope it wasn't a hate crime ... >>oak park is not this kind of community where you have to be ashamed