>> chicago teachers union hates this the school board passed changes approved chicago public schools city board of education moving forward to close or turnaround more than a dozen schools strong opposition >> question was really whether chicago school board would take to pressure and remove schools from the chopping block but the answer was a no >> packed a school board chambers erupted in anchor unanimous passed to close at turn around a 17 struggling schools decision likely means loss of hundreds of teaching jobs of thousands of students knew weren't department. >> worst thing about today more kids today. opportunity to do something for the kids management not perfect opportunity today to do something before the children benefited from these actions >> first time that they are rahm emmanuel school board and chicago public schools taken such measures attempts to change the public's will system board member says does not equate to rubber-stamp the decision >> the way i feel based on information i have received >> outrage many of children are being shortchanged so many sentenced to m

chicago restaurant week put on by the chicago convention more than 230 restaurants. six months new program offering hope to chicago long term unemployed and calling for help about to be an app away could make reporting crime easier. wgn news @ 9 thousands illinois it consider long-term unemployed out of work for six months or more. looking at chicago program offering new hope. like so many others of 34 year-old del phillips of chicago master's degree decade of experience and positive attitude out of work for better part of three years. bamut not stupid people but made to feel that way sometimes >> four days after president obama sworn in del phillips laid off >> i thought 2-to be months unemployed if things are difficult. turned into six months turned into 12 months. it went on for 22 months. long enough to lose like you condominium but not his will to work. landed another good job lost in a large layoff six months later a new company faced a budget crisis left him with not one but two gaping holes in his resume. enter chicago career tech started by mayor david to pr

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live police headquarters north chicago wgn news @ 9 >> chicago police readrelease surveillance photos of a man charged with assault and robbery on cta police said sexually assaulted a woman they can train car offender was armed with a knife and fled the scene at the 87th street station if you recognize police want to hear from you sooner than later. other civil arsonist in plainfield terror by people work for folks living there police say 12 year-old boy confessed to starting a train of fires one that nearly killed a mother and her child in custody observation justice center for juvenile car and garage fires estimated $200,000 damage barely escaped with lives after fire spread and homes detectives caught the boy tried to break into a car and the general area that once the juvenile was taken into custody provided confession arson burglaries and damage to property >> police say the boy wanted to see how big the fires would get did express remorse over the near death coming up to develop its investigation into the fatal shooting spree of high school. chelan 911 tapes from the shooting ha

according to crain's chicago business the three chicago schools advertise that 90 percent of graduates secure jobs and attorneys said that the real numbers about 40% and the schools are inflating those job placement rates more lawsuits may be on the way for other law schools accused of using false job data ... >>a wealthy man adopted his girlfriend in a move that critics say was done to protect his assets. 48 year-old john goodman adopted his longtime partner in october he is being sued by the family of a man in florida who died after john goodman's car ran a stop sign john goodman's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time even if the family winds that lawsuits that cannot access the money it john goodman put into a trust fund for his children which now includes his girlfriend. a legal victory for a driver who sued honda over gas mileage claims about its harbor cars: >>heather peters says that honda misled her when it claimed that the civic hybrid could drive up to 50 mi. on 1 gal. of gasoline. the california woman said that she even had the car reprogram to improve p

it is 43 degrees currently here in chicago. wind will be blowing with increasing gusto from the southwest later this afternoon but that will not do much to cool things down in a big way >>we're looking at other local temperatures in the region: all are above 40 degrees the normal high this time of year is about 36 degrees it's just incredible how consistently warm and has banned >>43 degrees at midway airport right now 39 degrees for mchenry ... at the national map we seek the weather system producing clouds over southern california a few days ago and a foot in the snow in the mountains around los angeles ... we're looking at a prolific grain producing front ... we have a moderately chilly weekend on the way we may see some rainshowers this afternoon into the evening that may turn into some flurries are snow showers overnight as well as saturday night or sunday in the lake front counties ... but we're looking at another warming trend in the early part of next week with a rain system coming back to stay ... let's look at these m

here in chicago o'hare had a 37 mi.nd gusts but the strong winds were responsible for really given temperatures a kick we have made it all the way up to 53 degrees at a paris airport, 14 degrees above normal but check out these other numbers across the area. just about everybody made it into the 50s. for the most part just remarkably mild day around here in fact high temperatures as you can see throughout the southern midwest very uncomfortable but there is colder up to the north and west and we are about to get a cold front that is moving into western cook county and into dupage county if you walk outdoors we had a south wind all day notice the winds coming out of the south along lake michigan but they are turning more westerly as you move inland that of course of just a cold front will lose a little in the way the chair feels that wind not particularly strong at the moment but with mild temperatures to cannot expect much in the wind chill area radar satellite composite but a star with the rain and thunderstorms affect

so the story this week is a lot of wind coming to chicago ...ssic thickening as the afternoon wears on the high temperature this afternoon will be 45 degrees. rain and snow will develop overnight and tomorrow snow in the northern half of this city rain and the southern half of the city ... >>there's a musical interruptions ... >>[music: happy birthday to you.. tom skilling] >>wacoal look at this you are all wonderful all of my wgn colleagues! i did not know you had all of this planned ... thank you guys it's so nice it's so special avenue wall here and look at this beautiful cake ... its the city of chicago and all of those great sports teams and there's a weather map on top! and that ribbon is made of beautiful blue icing it's just stunning and here is the wgn logo ... speaking of weather maps you've been looking at them since the age of 14 tom ... look at this picture ... >>nearly 14 years old and the picture but you look like you're about 30 theirere! and check out that three piece suit >>the horrible thing about life in this business you hav

that is a result of voters in the city of chicago chicago border 61% federal tax hike. >> but if givent services train back to help the deficit or raise taxes the results were what? >> cut government services 49 percent of the voters increase taxes only 28% both equally 11% and neither 7% truly what you have here a strong majority and counties downstate in favor of raising taxes like the mistrust of government services. not getting the bang for our buck >> exactly and also throwing out government services generic always easy to say cut government cut government when you start going into the nitty gritty backyard what services exactly? one other factor here is this a result racial lines white voters 53% want to cut spending. very interesting result chicagotribune.com thank you for the analysis. still ahead a local drug company stepping up to meet demand following reports of a shortage of a life-saving cancer drug. talking to demand the man behind the new red tails movie. and it wish come true for a huge justin bieber fan. tonight's medical watch update on a drug shortage threatening the

we just have low clouds hanging over chicago right now ...as a lot of fog in kankakee that is thinning. here is the view from lincoln nebraska ... in our area we had rain fall with no significant accumulation ... nothing heavy in the area and we have more light rain to come. currently it's 38 degrees at o'hare same at midway ... the normal high temperatures 32 degrees for this time of year we continue the above normal temperatures it's the 13th consecutive day of these above normal temperatures ... it's been the trend for the entire winter season. we are looking at the easterly wind ... that is carrying the moisture from the gulf of mexico that gives rise to lots of precipitation which we called up slope snow and that's what's colliding out there in the plains states. this will produce light rain in our area there is severe weather forecast alert for the lower midwest. and the gulf coast states will be getting big storms. in the southern suburbs there will be more rain in the morning same thing at noon tomorrow. it will be a very overcast wee

theft charges against two veteran chicago cops. officer kallat mohammed and sgt. accused of stealing $5,200. according to the fbi thought there were taking money from a drug courier but the courier was a homeless man working as a federal informant to both officers in court today a drudge a judge freed them. looking for a shooter after a nightclub fight three young men hurt in markup somebody opened fire outside of the club. after security threw out a group for fighting on the dance floor including the suspected gunman and two victims. one victim shot and the stomach the second hit in the arm. one appeals judge ahajudge voicing concerns, family secrets trial five years ago lawyers for two of them asking federal appellate court for a retrial claiming judge james zagel was wrong to keep jurors' names secret signaling the men were dangerous and guilty. appellate judge expressing misgivings over private chats he had with jurors and still ahead do not agree on much these days but local lawmakers find common ground bi-partisan push for more money to improve roads and mas

wgn news @ 9 chicago man says after making a cellphone video chicago police he was beaten up and tonight he is suing says another man is doing same thing but was treated differently. top story looking into the claims >> 29 year-old tyrone gillet union steel worker heading for the train august evening last year on his way saw police activity became the target of police activity himself. you can see the circumstances he caught with his camera. caption tyrone gillet these images with a cell phone at the intersection of state and monroe. attorney says what happens next is clear watch police sgt approaching innocent bystander in the yellow shirt asking him to put a way of recording device and gives him the thumbs up. >> dramatic example of two people being treated differently >> the man behind the camera is black. tyrone gillet she says it's doing the same thing and the man in the yellow shirt was doing but look what happens to them. >> take a hike. dragged away kick in the legs and arrested >> federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and three officers on behalf of tyrone gillet on lawf

chicago area snowfall totals. a lot of water in the snow fall moisture measurements. the wake of that with a snow- covered and gusty wind pumping arctic air cold night already is harbored schaumburg twenties there but the wind chill in the teens for the most part if not lower. cooler pattern here. tapping arctic air still sitting in north bringing down a strong wind cold day ahead tomorrow a big warm up nearly 15 degree jump expected sunday. current temperatures wind chill down as low as three. a big area of colder 24 hour ago temperatures down to 31 degrees. nashville tennessee severe weather outbreak in the southeast today carolinas. eastern virginia. gusty wind across the area west wind 18 degrees. the dew point way down arctic origin. cold tomorrow remember six days of meteorological spring 36 days' average first-day 70 degree high temperatures. cannot forecast looking at history tells us about march 31, 1970 degrees around here. colp warming up weekend goes on fleshing out arctic air away from us turning into southern line with gusto during the day on sunday. sas

chicago with today's business headlines ...still at a four year high of riding on the consumer confidence numbers better than expected thanks to a drop in layoffs but there is another drop in home prices should real estate markets around the nation ... the only other city with a bigger drop was detroit ... over the past year chicago is home prices are down 6 1/2% this all means that the housing market is not yet stable the feds are shaking things up for the cme group ... a federal grand jury investigating m f global has lots of questions about what was known by the cme group which incidently iss cooperating with these investigators research in motion is struggling to compete with the i pad for its blackberry's applications many people are saying that the privacy changes initiated by google are not enough ... google believes that it gave ample lead time for its account users to review the privacy changes >>if you have a google account in your online activity is being monitored ... google keeps track of every web site that you vi

. >> a veteran chicago police officer died, 48 year-old at about 9:00 a.m. he was taken to northwestern hospital in grave condition where he later died. bela police are still without a suspect after a south shore woman was found stabbed to death in her apartment on friday. on what may have been a robbery which turned deadly. >> we don't know what happened or who did it. >> i am talking on the phone and i saw my child laying here on the floor on the other side of the bed. i just lost it. >> martin lived next door to her daughter and worried after phone calls went unanswered friday morning, she believes robbery may have been the motive so police are talking. >> they took her jewelry we can not find her iphone. we cannot find it and it is still going to voicemail. >> this is a 18 year-old daughter kia when she got the call to come home on friday, her father met her at the door. >> i wanna know who did that to my mom. >> its grief that is still very fresh tortillas who is was taking classes with her mom at a college, she was studying criminal justice and was set

the cold air will be moving into the chicago area by the end of the week.he area at the moment have chilled down at the moment winds are not to bad wind speeds are at about 3-7 mph. it does feel very cold outside we are watching a couple of things right now... this will begin next system to move into chicago earlier today we have seen the snow but not anymore. we have reports of tornadoes that have touched down in louisiana and other areas. we have winter weather advisories out in .. florida had a tornado touched down and they have a tornado advisory until 4 tomorrow. this system should be moving out into the ocean . here is our forecast for tonight skies are clear at this hour and we expect that to move into tomorrow with temperatures in the low 30's. tomorrow we are going to see temperatures in the low '40's and it for monday we will start the day without sunshine but by the afternoon to clouds will move andin. i have your 7 day forecast coming up next. >>, the price of apple computer products be heading up? international scrutiny is forcing changes at th

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here in chicago.mation on today's recipe or to watch this segment once again go to wgntv.com/midday the american city that started the mardi gras tradition. >>take a look at these pick three lottery numbers ... the same as that woman who just marked her 112th birthday.. that's beyond coincidence ... and a great interview from robert jordan >>we're getting a sense of what's going on on this national weather map ... there really cold there is still remaining up in canada at the moment the big story are these impulses with the small snow and rain showers taking us to the colder weather for the weekend but it will spike up to 40 degrees on sunday: off again next week in the upper twenties to mid '30's ... we may get occasional snow showers up to 5 in. sporadically ... this afternoon we may get some flurries or showers ... tomorrow we get sunbreaks. the call there will hit thursday night into friday we will get some cold air. lots of clouds over the next few days with let's take a look at this jet stream .

live in city hall north chicago wgn news @ 9 >> pakistan the born chicago taxi cab driver plea deal onorist charges al-qaida admitted to sending money to a group with al-qaida ties- arrested in his taxicab a couple of years ago federal lockup ever since. attorneys of raja lah- rasib khan plea deal calls for sentence of five-eight years and cooperation in any related investigation in the future. judge issued arrest warrants family up cicero town president larry domenic failing to pay a ticket. wife elisabeth went to court this morning paid the ticket warrant was dropped spokesman says elisabeth domenic never notified of the ticket had been aware of what have paid it right away. thousands of union station commuters breathing high levels of diesel exhaust according to testing done by amtrak both amtrak and metra have taken steps to improve ventilation but owner of one building located below the southbound tracks limited the positive effect of the changes. senator dick turbid pushing british developer putting him on notice >> city of chicago recently cited the owner of the old post office

what an amazing winter season this has been in the chicago area.he first 15 days of february have averaged about 11 degrees warmer than last year. we had some sunshine this morning and that was kind of nice. and now we have the clouds ... a weather system is heading in our direction. it will still be a measurable amount of rain showing up this evening. this was an interesting statistic ... 10 days this winter have had more than 1 in. of snow on the ground and we had way more last year as we remember. >>this is a very interesting temperature map the arctic air mass has made a full-scale retreat well up over the border toward hudson bay. but it does it feel with the wind chill that it is 23 degrees but we are eight degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. the wind is blowing south ... some weather systems shift trained to snow but our dew point is above the freezing temperature level so that won't be happening tonight. we are in the low 40's at midway airport ... the normal high this time of year is 34 degrees it's 42 degrees at o'hare right now ...

chicago with today's business headlines. foreclosure filings in illinois and indiana jumped for the first time in more than one year for illinois it was a 9% rise in january compared to one year ago and indiana had a 6.9 increase ... something else the federal government is trying to crack down on has distracted driving officials issued new guidelines asking car markers to disable devices that allow texting and similar web search applications target is gaining on wal-mart ... in products and in groceries ... wal-mart did have the upper hand on toys and pet supplies ... general motors is at the top of the auto industry with its car sales pitches registered its highest profit ever more than $9 billion but they are still usinglosing money in europe because of the debt crisis ... checking the markets stocks gaining the dow was up 100 points thanks to positive economic news on unemployment filings which is set a four year low the drop is bigger than expected assigned the job market is getting better ... housing starts in manufact

tribune and tomorrow's edition of the chicago tribune.year voters in illinois can vote by mail first apply for male and ballett county clerk or municipal election officials chicago applications can be obtained at office or by calling and received a ballot in the mail postmarked no later than march 19th primary in illinois group of students direct link to afghanistan skype with army sergeant sgt. justin craggs finally met him face to face today >> finding out what he goes through all conditions to goes through other people out there supportive all you do well hope they do not know me keeping tabs visiting middle school to share experiences as a united states transportation and logistics specialist and afghanistan soldier caught up in chicago area back to afghanistan stateside this is up math teacher helped make the connection students to learn more about the loan coming up chicago auto show first look at what is inside opened to the public later in sports and derrick rose but the only chicago bull making his way to orlando for the all-star

there are arrested yesterday where chicago police rescued a 43 puppies. police said they heard loud barking coming from a vehicle and they found that the animals and cream containers without food or water. >> during his trial during 2010 they said his street crew protected their gambling franchise by planting a bomb outside of a store that was in croton on their turf. >> nuns are not happy about a strip club and moving in next door to their convent. we have more on this story. >> this 60 year-old convent has been here since 1941 and over the years it has grown to occupy three large buildings housing over 20 sisters. last year rumors swirled around about a strip club popping up right next to the convent. the nuns are noy going to sue or opicket but they will pray for them. they say having a strip club will showcase actions that are opposed to the teachings they follow. >> as catholics we take files and these bowels'vows and these vows are very important and dear to us. >> watching the wind in disrobe disgraces women in contradicts her christian belief. >>

the chicago bulls never trailed the hornets in the second. the hornets had 18 turnovers. bulls win 90-67. college ball... noted dame is a tin the west virgini visiting west v. noted dame goes on to win its fifth straight. >> lovie smiths coaching staff is now complete. the chicago bears hired tim holt as the offensive line coach he has spent the last three seasons with the tampa bay buccaneers. that has been your look at sports it your illinois lottery is that next. >> illinois lottery... pick3- 76,8 pick4- 12,7,3 good luck everyone hacveve a gre at day... i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. [ woman ] my washer had a foul odor that made the whole room stink. [ woman #2 ] even my laundry started to get a funny smell. [ female announcer ] just three uses of tide washing machine cleaner will help remove odor-cau

clouds across chicago mostly cloudy conditions over chicago by morning sunshine was not be completelyny day tomorrow but will be improved over what we saw this morning temperatures today 48 degrees third day in narrow substantially above normal plenty of cold air still hanging loose and canada up there all while jet stream pattern will not allow it to sneak under our area. temperature's very comfortable night chillier than we have seen the last couple of nights readings probably settled at the low 30's most of the area fog is beginning to become apparent over part of the area. dense fog advisories for our area and west part of the state counties under dense fog advisory. troubling tonight be advised to most most foggy area to the west. utah action rainfall snow at high elevations. beginning a process building and formation of an area of low pressure close to illinois rainfall nothing major parts of central and southern illinois light picked up under maybe it snow flurries does not look like much of anything he there. wind at the moment quiet most area recording stations a few spots ju

it is the status quo in chicago, by the way. we had some earth-shaking, breaking reform in the late '90s where we had local school councils have control over hiring and evaluation of principals and also evaluating and looking at discretionary funds in the budgets for those schools. well, once you put a school on probation, you take away the power of the local school council. so there has been this stealth attack on democratically controlled schools for 15 years so now's just top-down. >> all right. but the schools being closed are in impoverished neighborhoods, correct? >> absolutely. >> how many schools have been closed in affluent neighborhoods in chicago or middle class neighborhoods? >> oh, ed, you know how many. zero. >> okay, zero. >> so let's talk about this. >> you're saying this is about resources thshgs is about giving up on school districts and schools in impoverished neighborhoods and you've had an official tell you, please reiterate what that official tell you about funding to those schools. >> well, they said they

chicago former top cop jody weis president of chicago * commission good evening to you jumping into the conversation when you saw this and consulted experts in your office what did they have to set up the symbols they saw? >> of the first time looking on a blackberry did not have the chance to look at this and blow it up on an ipad i know artist's work poetry can have different interpretations when you look at the configuration of the hands and the fingers those are consistent with a gang signs and i think the city should look hard at that because cannot have any controversy for the city sticker i do not think that is the place and after i have a chance to look at it pretty consistent with the fincher configurations for a certain thing. my recommendation will be to go back and find out what really was in this young man's heart and mind talk to them and we just cannot have a sticker that could possibly be interpreted as being a symbolic of danks. >> correct me if i was wrong superintendent when you first looked at with a blackberry it on right? judging that you first thought maybe a big

sun-times investigative series now five chicago police officers are suing the chicago sun-times over publishing phototube lineups that included the names and faces of officer standing next to richard vanecko. they allege that their privacy was violated when the sun times disclosed personal information from their drivers licenses so far no comment from sun-times officials >>authorities believe alcohol may have been a factor in last night's collision between the chicago fire truck and a midsize sedan in the city's west palm and neighborhood ... >>demolition continues this morning on an abandoned building that started falling apart yesterday. crews have been tearing down this building at 79th and halsted since last night. pieces from the top of the building came crashing down onto a sidewalk yesterday. four people were trapped and suffered minor injuries. officials in the collective weather caused the 100 year-old building to crumble. the building is owned by the city and has been vacant for 20 years. >>and the 11th body has been found in the wreckage of a multi vehicles pile up in flor

now it's the street gangs of chicago. of these people are intimidated or fear them enough is, you say you know what, keep my mouth shut. it's a form of terrorism. that's what these guys work off of, is fear intimidation. if i got to work with a couple of them to try to slow them down, that's what i got to do. >> gangs like the latin kings and the 2-6 which call little village home can be notoriously difficult to infiltrate. that's why investigators at cook county jail try to flip key players at their most vulnerable. >> did you call? >> yeah. >> detainee active member of a street gang, hard-core recently has been stabbed up by an opposition multiple times in the stomach. what we're going to try to do is get him to give us the information hopefully that can assist some cases out in the streets. >> you okay? you look better. you look [ bleep ] up. the other day when i came to see you, nerve damage? >> right here by my spine. >> how many times they stab you? >> five. >> what neighborhood were you? your neighborhood or opposi

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>>chicago police are searching for the driver of a van that hit and killed teenage girl. allie at tompkins was struck at 80th and ashland last night nancy loo spoke with her friends mourning her death she was visiting her grandmother ... people who knew her cannot believe that ceviche is gone >>she's real cool >>a good person very sweet if he needed help she would noise help you she was fun to be around >>the garden house cool the thornton high-school student was visiting her grandmother crossing the street when hit by a light colored bandvan she was rushed to hospital where she died ... many are dismayed that someone would drive off after hitting a teenage girl >>you should get enough respect ... you should care that they're ok and not dead or severely injured you should care you shouldn't just drive off it's wrong >>police are checking nearby surveillance cameras along ashland to seize any captured images of that driver or the van is visible on this deadly hit and run >>communities on the south side of chicago are on high alert after two sexual assaults in that area las

the chicago bulls were down 12 points in the fourth when they turned it over ...hey rallied from a 14 point deficit ... carlos boozer finished he had a team high 22 points. but still down three points with 30 seconds left c.j. watson forced a 22 ft. shot with plenty of still left on the clock and mrs. that the bulls lost 95-91 they finished the ninth game road trip 6-3 games and they are off today >>in college basketball northwestern matt per do ... they lost 87-77 they're now 5 and 7 in the big 10 >>... and illinois met no. 22 ranked michigan ... michigan beat them a 70-61 the illini have lost three in row and six of their last seven games >>the wife of former bears defensive tackle tommie harris has died. ashley harris went to the hospital two days ago with either a stroke or a brain aneurysm and she died last night. she was only 29 years old and have two children he was very popular with his teammates when he was here and some of them reportedly rushed to the hospital to be with him this weekend that's looked sports we have your live illinois lottery drawing co

across the chicago metropolitan area await a blast of winter weather ... expected to bring a combination of rain, sleet and snow. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web ... julian crews is live in north suburban gurnee with our top story: >>the challenge for the public works departments in the northwest suburbs is to keep the rain from freezing the roads >>we have our equipment already ... we will pre load the trucks before this evening's rush hour >>the equipment is standing by and the snowplows are ready to drop layers of salt in advance of the snow to keep the rain and the sleek tot freezing of the roadways ... the good news is that more than $100,000 and assaulting supplies will be saved this year because of the mild winter ... across lake county as well as coke and mchenry ... everyone is getting prepared >>usually we do see increases in traffic we don't know of people will purchase goods related to the weather but we expect them to come. >>pe

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. >> outrage in chicago continues over school closings. rahm emanuel is dismissing protest as noise. the reverend jesse jackson is here to respond. >>> thanks for watching. the attacks keep coming on president obama from the right wing culture warrors led by rick santorum. last week the former senator of pennsylvania accused the president of the united states of having a phony theology. last night, he took it to a new level in an interview with psycho talker glen beck. he combined attacks on public education with his attacks on the president's faith. he lumped them together in one big giant sound bite of crazy. >> 62% of the kids who go in college with the faith commitment leave without it. >> um-hmm. >> i understand why barack obama wants to send every kid to college. >> oh, yeah. >> they are indoctrination mills. absolutely. and i floated the idea and am trying to figure out how we can make it work of somehow or another requiring colleges and universities who receive public dollars to have intellectual diversity. the indoctrination at un

we have a wind chill of 27 right now in chicago. this chill is moving all the way down to the gulf coast. take a look at some of the east winds se wind chills tomorrow night we have the single digit windchill. we have another developing system and moving in next week. it will most likely develop on monday night. 22 degrees tomorrow and temperatures in the mid to low 30's on sunday. thank you so much tom. >> thank you for watching us today enjoy your weekend with regard to leave you with it some music from lacuna coil... [music] [music] -

three years ago, the ford plant on the south side of chicago had one shift. in 2010, ford added a second shift. now they have started to hire for a third shift. thank you, ford! [ applause ] tomorrow, i'm traveling to the chrysler plant in belvedere to announce the creation of hundreds of new jobs to manufacture the new 21st century dodge dart. thank you, chrysler! [ applause ] the reason that ford and chrysler are creating new jobs right here is because of our skilled work force. illinois is not only the land of skilled workers, it is also the land of creative entrepreneurs. people like carrie gibson and her company. vintage tech recyclers in romeoville. we helped carry and grow her recycling business from one person to 77 employees. thank you, carrie gibson. [ applause ] illinois is also a land of technology. we are in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber-optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools and businesses and hospitals with a world-class information network. we started illinois first venture fund to encourage investors to jump i

people across chicago are dreaming big mandate not too happy about the cost of the ticket doubled went from $1 to $2 however did not stop from getting in on the game and making big plans. >> if i went i will build fields for kids to play baseball because we need that are around here >> we have a toddler and expecting another baby this summer and we would like to move sent a teacher i do not make a ton of money but i do ok but it will be nice we dream about bridges and nice to share the wealth with people you love. >> against the drive takes place right here at 10:00. >> still ahead the results of the wgn chicago tribune poll job approval and the impact of the tea party and illinois at the cannes and momentum rick santorum capitalizing on classified primary caucus and about to be easier for passengers to get through security at o'hare arctic chill outside and around chicago tom skilling of the low pressure will go. wgn news @ 9 ♪ it's the way you bring out the sun. ♪ sunny d! ♪ it's the way you make it all fun. ♪ know who makes the day sunny? my mom and sunny d! i love the taste. mom lo