chicago's airports will try to get back on schedule today. at o-hare, nearly 830 flights were cancelled yesterday. it was not much better at midway with 230 flights cancelled. many people spent the nights on cots at o'hare. now that the bad weather is out of our area, people can expect delays out east. parts of new england could pick up six inches of snow through tonight. we'll get an update on what you can expect today at o'hare and midway ... later this morning. a metra train slammed into a car in the northwest suburbs, and it was caught on video. nobody was injured. it happened yesterday afternoon in des plaines, on river road. the outbound metra train was arriving from chicago when a driver got stuck on the tracks, and couldn't maneuver her car out of the way on the icy surface. >> our first i thought i can't believe that just happened. i was really hoping that she was alive. but then people hopped in and help her out of the car. >>the woman walked away from the crash uninjured. a man from oak forest has died as a result of the cold weath

another crowd for ukraine gathered in chicago. this group held a vigil outside the ukrainian consulate for the people killed during the protests. more than 70 people were killed last week. but the streets calmed down after the government and the opposition reached a peace agreement on friday. the opposition wants ukraine to work closer with europe, instead of being linked to russia. an eagle scout from chicago has been given scouting's honor medal, for his actions during a shooting that killed one of his classmates. when lawrence sellers found himself and a friend under fire at harsh park last year, he shielded his friend with his own body, and took a bullet. the shooters killed classmate hadiya pendleton. she became a national symbol of chicago's runaway street violence. >> the incident itself was heart wrenching. but i am proud that he came out of this as a better person. his instincts kicked in. i am very proud. >> lawrence says he just did what he needed to do. and he says, if more kids in chicago were involved in scouting, th

and the former mayor of chicago richard daley is in intensive care tonight in a chicago hospital, and the spokesman says that he came back from a trip and he became ill. no word yet on his condition. he is 71, and chicago's longest serving mayor with six terms. >>> and now for this next story that we must warn you that system of the images that we are going the show you are difficult to look at tonight. it is in indonesia, and recovery operations are under way for people feared dead in a massive volcano eruption, mt. sinabung is on the opposite side of indonesia, and the eruption sent people run ing fning for their . at least 14 people are killed, but authorities say that death toll will go much higher. for more on that and the survival go the cnn.com, because it is the top story there right now. >> and this, heinous, and cruel and depraved a and this is how t the federal prosecutors described the actions of accused marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev, and now the feds can seek the death penalty for him in the upcoming trial. but who is he? one man who does know about him is a "boston g

the chicago tribune came up with some fun facts. to put it into perspective you have to be at least 32 years old to have experienced the last time it was this cold back in 1981-'82 when ronald reagan was in his first term as president. when it comes to this note, we've had more than 62 in.. we have not seen that much since 1978-'79. if you are younger than 35, this is new to you. and like we said, another four-8 in. is coming. we are alive at the lake forest. >>a plane hijacking in ethiopia has ended safely in geneva, switzerland. the plane took off from the ethiopian capital of addis ababa shortly after midnight local time. ethiopian airlines flight 702 was ordered to proceed to geneva. the hijacker was arrested, and the passengers are all safe. there's no word yet on his motive. venezuela is expelling three u- s diplomats from the country. the diplomats are being accused of conspiring against the government. this came after the state department expressed concern after three anti-government protesters were killed, and an arrest war

friends say goodbye to a chicago legend. actor and director harold ramis has died after a long illness. and ice jams continue to threaten homes and bridges along the kankakee river. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. my coffee will kick in and i will say ramis correctly. everyone was telling me i said wrong. >> of look at our purple ties. >> they planned it. i didn't. no one believes it. it's a forecast a really don't want to give. potential for a record low tonight. temperatures are colder than normal. so far it's 18 degrees. we continue on this and we will end up in the top-10 coldest figure is all time. mostly cloudy today. the record low coming into tonight. what's wrong with that? >> your graphics are purple also. >> 13 degrees right now in waukegan. 19 of the lakefront. 15 in aurora. morris is at 18. it's way too cold for this time of the year. later tonight and wind chill advisory goes into effect. we will have a cold wind chills that advisory do

i am sure chicago will give a good birth. i think chicago will understand the play very readily.se of its post industrial experience because of the nature of chicagoans. it is a universal message but i think they will get it. i am sure i will feel very at home here. it is a story about a community that is under siege. i was brought up in a shipyard town. it is about what the community does to try to tell the world that is still there that is still viable. in this day and age the importance of work is an important message. we are learning thatwe're losing that. we do not have that anymore. it is a universal message. >> tickets are available at broadway and chicaginchicago.com. >> you can catch sting of paul simon. >> he was one of my mentors and teachers whether he knew it or not. the idea of sharing a stage with him is beyond fantasy for me. it is extraordinary. we have two bands on stage at the same time. we weave in and out of each other sets. i sing some of his songs. it is a very interesting experiment. i'm learning a great deal from the master. i am very happy to be there. >

she's out chasing some of the rodents that run around here in chicago. but a few weird looking caps. but check out our day. right now is 8 degrees at the lakefront. cooler to the west. bartlett is a - 7. midway at 4. in aurora it's - 8. temperatures are really cold again. bartlett is a -18. decaled at -21. -14 in lansing. the good news is we are expecting cloud cover to come through and eventually this front will move through. not much moisture involved. it will bring some flurries but that's about it. another system tomorrow evening is a clipper system bringing the chance of snow. a high temperature of 34 thursday and friday. breezy and cooler for valentine's day. 20 degrees on saturday. high temperature of 31 on sunday. presidents' day is looking good at 37 degrees. a rain and snow mex. >> another story coming up an explosion rocked the home of an elderly couple and police say it was not an accident. >> and avalanches claim the lives of half a dozen skiers. and the french president comes over for a state dinner. >> and there's a new woman in town. marc

chicago tribune reporter stacy st. clair was told she had to wait for running water at *her hotel. >> i waited for the water. when it came back on two hours later, i guess the color was more like apple juice is probably the best description. i filled up to glacis and took a picture and put out on twitter for everyone to see. >> russia spent more than 50- billion dollars on these games... the most expensive ever. let's go over to demetrius and you guys have the trust the tool? >> it's ours no meter. >> this is innovative! it's high tech. you will do this for me. typically we see about 36 in. of snow. so far we are up to 53.9 in. of snow. this is why you are here. >> this is not going to work. >> we need 53. >> it's knowing a little bit more than that. >> i do better when this is full of alcoholic beverages. epic scale. >> what questions we think it will sell but more. >> we've been talking about this for a while. >> once again to 60 degrees i mean 60 in. it will change. temperatures are going to continue to tumble. >> a

the chicago area.icicles. concern that all of the snow is making the job for our post men and women even harder. i can see why you are worried. sends us the shot of the lighthouse and michigan city. >> it is the lead us that is totally encased in ice. the photographer marveled at the sparkling nature of saturday's snow fall. she sent us a picture of that. the cold environment in which that snow fell on saturday made crystal formation especially efficient and allow them to descend to earth without breaking up. you had these big flakes that were reflecting the snowfall made for a beautiful shot. now that the snow is not in short supply. it is cold out there. we have this team if you will. the supercooled droplets that come off of the lake. it we call it steamed. it is not really. it is a form of ice fog. down to 3 below. 26 blowout by sycamore. >> 2.5 in. of snowfall this weekend brings the total to 62.1. that is 2.2 times more than normal. we're not done yet. look at the snowpack. nearly 60 percent of t

explain the chicago connection. >> reporter: well, fred, the chicago crime commission named him public enemy number one, because of the amount of drugs that this drug cartel pumped into chicago and chicago's used as a distribution point for the entire midwest. they estimate that chicago crimes commission, that this drug cartel pumps in about 2,000 kilos a month in various drugs and that the head of the snake here, obviously, is not the entire cartel, but they've put him up as chicago's public enemy number one, because of the effect that his hoororganizatios had in the communities, devastating family through drug abuse, the violence created in the streets of chicago. the chicago crime commission is a group of representatives from law enforcement agencies across the board, and they haven't had a public enemy number one since 1930, with al capone. guzman was the only other one named by the chicago crime dm s commission nap shows you how serious they took the capture of his man and have to be very pleased today. hopefully it will disrupt the cartel a little bit. obviously, one man does not

chicago police it still investigating. >> the warning from the city of chicago. not every preparer is following the rules. an undercover investigation found 57 percent of businesses were not in compliance with the city ordinance regulating tax preparation. and all is file a formal complaint by calling 311. if you think your rights have been violated. chicago also offers free help. >> stocks are rising today. the new federal reserve testimony on capitol hill apparently investors like what they're hearing. the industrial average standing at 191 today. up for the fourth straight day. made her first appearance this morning before the house financial services to the. she said she expects the u.s. central bank to continue to trim the purchases. on track for further growth. >> we anticipate that economic activity and employment will expand at a moderate pace this year and next. the unemployment rate will continue to decline towards a longer run sustainable level. inflation will move back towards 2 percent over the coming years. emphasize continuity in the policy strateg

as dean reynolds reports chicago has been a major hub for his cartel. >> reporter: chicago's gang members at 100,000 are ready foot soldiers and enforcers for chapo guzman's sinaloa cartel which supplies 70% to 90% of the drugs sold here, according to the drug enforcement administration. rival cartels or gangs trying move in on guzman's organization have been dealt with harshly. and innocents have been caught in the crosshairs of what is a $3 billion business in the chicago area alone. last year, the chicago crime commission named guzman public enemy number one. the only other person to get that label was the mobster al capone. >> do you think caompared to capone, guzman was worse? >> yes. >> reporter: joseph ways is the commission's executive director. >> the deaths and fighting against the gangs can all be attributed to what he has. he's an international conglomerate is one way of putting it. >> reporter: it's a good thing he's off the streets? >> absolutely. >> reporter: guzman was once quoted calling chicago his home port. its many warehouses, rail network, highways and airports provi

chicago police searched for a gunman. good afternoon. we welcome our viewers watching us around the country. our top story from rogers park. police say they have no suspects. the description that they can release to us of the gunmen. we do know that the three teams that were injured here are expected to survive we learned a little more about the teenager who lost his life here yesterday. >> the 17 year old was a junior at the high school. and they and the student and a member of the swim team. wednesday afternoon he lost his life in a shooting. >> he said he heard how many shots? >> an argument between two groups of young people before a masked gunman ran up and started firing. a 15 year-old girl shot several times. another 18 year-old was hit in the arm. it is tragic it is said. surveillance cameras on businesses in the area recorded it but police tell more that is difficult to identify the suitor because he is wearing a mask. sources tell us that at least two of the eight victims had documented ties to street gangs. they do not believe

he is in the backyard at the chicago white sang this is great. thank you reverend.es emanating on the ice block. that is a fascinating shock. took that picture up on the lucky in illinois beach state park area. >> this is quite an icicle. kind of a dull looking morning around here. a lot of this has been driven by like effect. when the visibility improves a little bit uc the highest on the shoreline. as we look north that all of the place there. 52 percent of lake michigan is covered by ice for now. 60 percent of the great lakes are covered by ice. the heart of it is moving to the mid-atlantic. these of the latest numbers. 6.9 in. at midway. we will probably add to that. about a 6 in. seven and snow. 62.4. this all started back on december 30th. the long-term average is 18 days. 13 in. of snow that we have on the ground. 30th day with snow fall on the ground. the wind is still gusting. there blowing and drifting snow around. the organize snowfall is winding down. >> visibility is coming up a great deal. 7 mi. at lansing. there were down as low as fractions of a mile

a chicago high school evacuated. four people sent to the hospital. >> this is the word that we have, for individuals transported to area hospitals. one of those individuals said to be in serious condition. we do not know how many of those four are actually students. battalion chiefs confirming that the incident involved hot chocolate. we do not know the exact nature. we did not know if it was an explosion or whether the students were scolded by the hot chocolate. we do not have any confirmed information on whether there was an explosion. we know for individuals were taken to area hospitals. pac-10 north side college prep hearing this report were alarmed by the news. we received word that public school officials have notified parents of the injured students. if you've not received a phone call or any notification more than likely it is an all clear. we're trying to get details on this. yet not received any official word from the chicago fire department. some sort of cooking class incident involving hot chocolate has r

tickets are available at "broadway in chicago dot-com."tin bieber is driver and bodyguard arrested while bieber was inside an arcade. a photographer and left the police and security guard and another man followed a photographer stopped him in a parking lot and stole his camera. police arrested the two men in the driveway of the home that justin bieber is renting. >> i will take cold weather over another justin bieber story. >> you will get both. how does that sound? 13 degrees for the high today. tonight we're back down to - 3. windchill advisory in effect until noon. tomorrow we make ate with snow coming this weekend. this weekend. >> your morning >> announcer: the following is paid presentation for focus t25, brought to you by beachbody. >> [ echoing ] it's about time. the number-one people have for not working out is they don't have time. >> i have four kids. >> i work 60, 70 hours a week. >> i don't want to work out for no hour. are you kidding me? i don't have the time. >> announcer: no time to work out? no problem. introducing focus

in chicago says he'll push for the trial there. dean reynolds joins us now from chicago. dean, why do they want him so badly in chicago? >> reporter: because it appears, jim, that chicago was chapo guzman's favorite town. it was the place that he located his headquarters for the transshipments of the drugs to chicago, and then to 1,000 communities nationwide and in canada. this is also the place where his organization may well have had the most violent impact, and this is where two of his lieutenants in this area were arrested in the last few years and may well have turned state evidence against him. so this would argue for chicago being the place to prosecute him. >> axelrod: dean, chicago has had so much gang-on-gang crime. if guzman is taken out of commission, what kind of effect will that have on the crime rate there? >> reporter: there are very little expectations this will have a major impact on the crime wave in the city. the police, of course, have reduced the crime substantially, but these organizations, these cartels, are like whack-a-moles, where one guy gets t

and markets will introduce us to a chicago native product. more of thea bail heard killer resumes this morning in florida. the 71 year-old man is the trial for killing a man inside a movie theater last month. yesterday witnesses say he got angry that a man was texting during the previews and when confronted he threw his popcorn at the man. moments later he shot the man. cult police subdued him and he asked what he had done. he's charged with second-degree murder. >> a new discovery made require corrections to the bible. it makes frequent mention of camels. but now experts in israel say carbon dating of ancient camel remains revealed there are not domesticated until least 600 years later. some stories they say were written centuries after their deaths and the camels have been written in the inaccurately. >> this new video is from canada is their only during the super bowl. it shows how they're made from beginning to and in an effort to restore blond to pink the rumor. they say the meat is ground up and added to the chicken scans. it's actually

>> i look at chicago. see what happens in chicago in the coming months and year. guzman made mexico the base for drug distribution to the united states. straight up to the chicago area and distribution there. as a result, we saw gang warfare in chicago and tremendous increase in the homicide rate in chicago. so i think if this impacts we are going to see on the u.s. side of the border seeing what happens in chicago. an is where i would be looking. >> was this guy an involunteer tatar and ways of cutting out the middleman and getting the product to the american midwest, was he taking the state of the art forward and being a drug kingpin? >> he was taking the state of the art forward and at the same time relaid on the networks in mexico and have the strangle hold on the territories and gaining new territories and as he was becoming start of the art and becoming using more technology and challenging the law enforcement to stay one step ahead or keeping up with that type of technology and taking to us where we are today. >> when we come back, americans looked on in ho

we're 43 here in chicago. year almost 20 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. >> look at the ford is all over the placeforties' over the place >> that is was bringing the warm air. some of the temperatures in the '40's. folks are enjoying ford is at this time. while there is no underground it is in a melting mode. showing how much snow fall there is to meld. here is what is going to help this process. at the same time to and us with some heavy rain and possible flooding. the drops in to colorado. it starts lifting into the midwest. the colors represent the land. the reds are fairly strong. please see purple their strongest the wall. in the warm sector on thursday we are and powerful southerly wind. of course we are expecting a lot of moisture to blow up into this area. >> a beautiful sunny afternoon today. sonny much of the day tomorrow. increasing clouds later in the day. maybe. a small fall friday or friday night. the colder weekend but moderately so. it looks like chilly week next week. >> a

he remains at the university of chicago children's hospital. investigators are trying to determine what caused the injuries. with the burned in the home or was this the result of a criminal act? the fire department says the burns were not the result of a fire. we also called the cfs to see if the agency had any contact with anyone at that address. we're still waiting for a response. >> fire that broke out in a home in morgan park. it happened just after midnight in the 13-hundred block of west 112th place. authorities say three adults and two children now have to find some where else to live. no word on what caused the fire. more than half a million people are without power this morning from louisiana to connecticut. the storm paralyzed the east coast and the south east. 16 deaths have been related to the brutal round of winter weather. ice and snow. more than a dozen states were affected. about one- third of all americans. in virginia is snowplow worker was killed by a dump truck. in new york a man driving a bobcat clearing snow back over a pr

it should be in chicago very shortly. our viewership maybe people waking up from teachers alarm clock. we had some other in morris and toward waukegan. we had mixed precipitation. we are expecting about 49 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. it will be warm today. high temperature of 50. 36 degrees on friday. temperatures dive again next week. >> you can see what we are talking about. the eisenhower here we have rain flashing up. slick road conditions. significant amount of rain just passed the state line at 80-94. because the rain hit earlier than originally some of the people thought, they're probably going to cancel the lingering construction out there or pick it up early with the rain coming through. freezing rain and sleet and later today these are the travel conditions with standing water. a lot of this will melt away we could have hydroplaning and really slick road conditions. trucks are out there throwing salt down in anticipation of this. it could make for a messy commit at the later part of the morning and definitely going in

>> a long time chicago and actor and director has died at the age of 69. we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country. he passed away earlier this morning. he was surrounded by his wife and close family. he also wrote and directed some of the biggest comedies of all time. >> he had been suffering from a rare autoimmune disease. dean richards will have more on the life and legacy later on in the shell. >> clocking parts of the kankakee river. we are here in wilmington. this is a solid sheet of ice. as a result some of the people who work around here have left. they've gone to stay with relatives. they know it can flood and fled quickly. sometimes within a matter of minutes. let me take you down to the river. the kankakee river state park. about 10 mi. outside of their. we're talking about the warner bridge. it has been closed since yesterday. officials around that area say it is up to the bridge level. it is a safety concern because they could quickly go over. let's put this all together. the people who live and work around here say it is unbe

chris christie comes to *chicago today. he'll deliver a lunch hour speech at the economic club of chicago. and he'll meet with some christie is chairman of the republican governors' association... and he's considered a likely candidate for president in 2016. a new book about toronto's mayor rob ford is headed to the big screen. a photographer says the relationship between the president and beyonce reported in the washington post. the newspaper says it's not true. that is not stopping several media outlets in europe from talking about beyonce performed at the president's nomination. >> a don't know. would you want jay z on your back? >> a file about the whole story. i would not want to mess with him. - 2 degrees is our current temperature. another cold day. so our coldest days of the season. -19 right now. -24 in rochelle. -174 lansing. current when shall way down. it's not very windy but of course the air does have the bite. -24 for shell. we are dry today. keep all the rain and snow was down to the south. a few clouds stay

it has been quite a week in the chicago area.of a photographic review of how we have gotten into this state of affairs. the height of the big snowstorm earlier in the week. how about theis shot? a reminder of the need to be careful and vigilant looking for falling ice. when we see shots like this one. she sends us the shot from park forest illinois. the ice has got to come down. tooele fact. to ill affect. >> virginia sends us the shot. thank you for that. you're looking at one of the more fascinating. these are snow rollers. there were reported all across that area. these are balls of snow produced by wind blowing across freshly fallen snow. that kind of role. a kind of rolethey kind of roll. they go through a process of accretion picking up snow as they roll around. it is raining outside. this is the deal on michigan avenue. it has been coming down in buckets. the drainage has not been cleared. there are some issues there. here's our satellite view of the storm. it is a walker. it will deepen from 900 millibars. that is a very

the chicago indiana it currently three. when shall - 5. british school of chicago is 3. we have temperatures of 12 degrees. windchill -28 in dekalb. we know it is cold. wind chill advisory remains in effect until 11:00 a.m.. windshield as low as -30 in some areas. sublet radar composite shows we are dry. high pressure for the next few days. no rain or snow monday or tuesday. light snow on wednesday. there's they warm up with the chance of snow mixing with rain. finally climbing above freezing. the first time in over two weeks. >> coming up, for fraternity brothers killed in a wrong way crash. and -- a woman makes a disturbing discovery on her i- phone. plus -- the department of justice plans to recognize same- sex marriages in federal legal matters. what that now means for those couples. and why a mc-donalds in massachusetts is celebrating this long-time worker. the story, coming up. a wrong-way driver is charged in a crash that killed six people. it happened yesterday morning on a highway in diamond bar, california. police say it appears 21-year- old olivia culbreath ha

attacking obama's reelection campaign headquarters here in chicago going and. doing these things like shooting an arrow at rahm emanuel's house it's really crazy or smashing a window in chase bank headquarters or mounting an attack there they couldn't get them to do that to actually planned out you sort of attack what they could do is they could. get some bottles get some gas on the porch making four of these mala topped cocktails and then have them on the night of may sixteenth in the apartment one that was rated so much worse than entrapment because they really weren't able to ever can beenz the men to a point where they had the intent to commit these terrorism acts how did the chicago police department justify embedding undercover cops within this community well it was all under the guise of a national special security event you might have heard about these this is the near that is given to any sort of meeting like the republican national convention democratic national convention trade meetings meetings of world dignitaries like the nato meeting here in chic

en chicago, enrique garcÍa fuentes, univisiÓn. >>> por primera vez, nuestras cÁmara llegan a la tuna,clave en la captura, explicamos cÓmo ayudaron. >>> univisiÓn explica el elementos de la marina de mexico capturaron al chapo guzman, pero la ♪. ♪. ♪. >>> fueron elementos de la marina de mÉxico que capturaron al joaquÍn "el chapo" guzmÁn, la operaciÓn para arrestarlo, fue coordinado por agencias de estados unidos, con la dea. desde washington lourdes dice cÓmo estados unidos colaboro en la captura en mÉxico del hombre mÁs buscado del mundo. >>> dos agencias estadounidenses, la dea y ice brindaron informaciÓn que condujeron a la captura del chapo, alonso peÑa fue subdirector de ice, informado de los detalles. >>> hay tecnologÍa para seguir los celulares v telÉfonos, maneras de comunicaciÓn, en eso estaban enfocados en la manera en que se comunicaba chapo, con el equipo que usaba, seguir las huellas del equipo que el chapo usaba. >>> un primer eslabÓn vino de un informante de la dea. >>> joaquÍn "el chapo" guzmÁn, se meneaba mucho entre culiacan y mazatlÁn, armaron un operativo de seguim

he has been back in chicago for a long time.e went back to new york and did the national lampoon show which almost all the saturday night live people came from. second city, second city toronto. he went on to be a writer at sctv, to write the show, but he wasn't really a performer, until ghostbusters, that broke him out as an actor and eventually a director. he was really a -- he was really everything. to me was a writer first. >> when you talk about the number of films and richelle and i were just looking at films like caddy shack and animal house and ghostbusters, these are the most iconic films of my era, when it came to comedy, what do you think it was? >> he was just betting out of vietnam and smart alecky about it. there was something positive about harold all the time but dark edgy sense of humor. he passed away with doug kenny very young. harold's response was well, maybe he was going there to commit suicide when he fell off by mistake. a dark sense of humor but with a hopeful veneer. >> what was it about second city tha

because he has this direct link to making the gang warfare in chicago worse.he mayor of chicago for the violence is like blaming him for the weather. 2013 was actually a much better year for him, and so he is going to take some credit for that, which i think was a tactical mistake, because 2014 could be a worse year. if you look at violence from a nationwide point of view, it goes up and down in weird patterns that people don't quite understand. >> all right. neil steinberg, thank you for your time today, appreciate it. >>> coming up, we're going to talk about the minimum wage again, but the politics of pay and something different here, what one group of minnesota lawmakers are trying to do to prove their point. >>> and later, not one, but two ufc fighters will join us here on set, you got that right, to talk about what they call the good fight. ♪ we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? $500,000. maybe half-million. say a million dollars. [ dan ] then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount m

a nice move around the defender. >> the chicago billbulls win. >> the chicago cubs opened up their schedules afternoon. they're already broken in the old milthey already brok het home run of the exhibition season. >> retiring all eight batters he faced. the white sox are bringing back the throwback uniforms this season. they will wear them during deselect home games. the hat has been altered. the white sox play the dodgers tomorrow. the blackhawks return to action tonight. almost all of the olympians are back including patrick kane. sharp enjoyed his experience. he already relinquished his gold medal. >> my daughter has that now. my wife told my daughter that i was bringing a shiny necklace home for her. >> the blackhawks are already thinking about that big game this weekend. thanks to our friends mia giving away four pairs of tickets. >> it is this saturday between the hawks and pangolins. penguins. >>wgntv.com/contest. we will pick all 4 winners. >> looking for new and creative ways to talk about the same lousy weather. >> happy thursday. it is cold out there. no change there. let's get t

he faces charges in new york, chicago, miami and texas.ico's attorney general has not commented on the possibility of extradition, meanwhile though the head is behind bars tonight, the organization is not out of business, and it is not the only cartel in mexico to supply america's enormous appetite for drugs. for more now on the arrest of joaquin el chapo guzman, we're joined by adam rainy in mexico city. today he was if i recally charged, what are the counts? >> well, really it's one charge, and it's for breaking mexico's drug f trafficking laws. and that's significant. it is showing the u.s. it has registered a charge, but they haven't decided to file many charges against them. we don't know if he is going to lay on a lot of other charges pending against him. if they were do so, that would be a signal that this man is probably not going to be leaving mexico any time soon. >> what has the government had to say to the people of mexico. >> he was speaking early, it is flag day here, and he gave a very patriotic speech, and he said we really

en chicago. enrique garcÍa fuentes.e captura de becchio. ordenador del partido voluntad popular, su caso estÁ en el mismo expediente informaron que el de leopoldo lÓpez, la oposiciÓn dijo que el gobierno nacional prepara mÁs ordenes de captura. >>> hoy se cumplen 25 aÑos del comienzo del "caracazo "en venezuela, durÓ dos dÍas, y provocÓ una cantidad de muertos no determinadas, se dicen que son entre cien y 500, gobernaba el paÍs, carlos andrÉs perez. el paÍs recuerda el caracazo, en medio de mÚltiples protestas contra el presidente maduro. >>> la patrulla fronteriza, busca cualquier pretexto para disparar a inmigrantes, segÚn un reporte independiente. >>> denuncian que fue vÍctima de perfil racial, el padre de familia hispano que muriÓ en manos en la nutricional ♪. ♪. ♪. >>> el fiscal general de estados unidos. eric holder, fue dado de alta, por estar hospitalizado, por varias horas hoy, luego de sufrir fatiga y falta de aire, el departamento de justicia, dijo que la hospitalizaciÓn, era una medida de precauciÓn, y hold

--was the mayor for chicago of chicago for 22 years before retiring in 2011. ms. kristi did not receive a warm welcome while he attended governor chris christie did not receive a warm welcome on he attended a super bowl party today. >> good afternoon, everyone. you've heard enough speeches. i want to tell everyone out tore to thank you very much all of our partners. >> some people in the crowd booed the governor. facing new allegations in the new jersey bridge scandal. a former top appointee says there is evidence the governor knew more than he admitted to about the politically-motivated traffic jam ordered by one of his staffers last year. his political team sent an e-mail today saying that the former appointee will do and say anything to save himself. there is more trouble for toronto mayor robinson. ford.onto mayor rob he received a jaywalking ticket last night. he made international headlines last year after year admitted to smoking crack cocaine. steps resisted pressure to down and plans to run for reelection later this year. trials third murder -- he struggl

the chicago sun-times reports, the chicago police department spent more than a hundred million dollars on officer overtime last year. some officers collected more than 78 thousand dollars in o.t.... that's even more than their regular salaries. some aldermen argue, officers may burn out because of the heavy reliance on overtime instead of new hiring. mayor emanuel says it's cheaper to pay o.t., than to add more officers to the payroll. u-i-c's faculty union is ready to go on strike. the union says its members will not work february 18-th and 19- th if contract negotiations are not more urgent or productive. this affects most of the school's full time tenured and non-tenured faculty. they would not teach, hold office hours, or perform other duties during the work stoppage. u-i-c says progress has been made, but it isn't commenting on the threat of a strike. com ed customers who refuse to have smart meters installed will now face a monthly fee. the illinois commerce commission have approved a monthly charge of 21-dollars and 53 cents for customers who do not allow the utility to install

chicago, only at 3. stay cold for much of the eastern part of the country. >> jason, thank you. >>> and one more weather note this evening. some tense moments off the track at the daytona 500 this sunday. the race was brought to a stop when the national weather service issued tornado warnings. fans were told to evacuate the grandstands. the severe weather moving through parts of florida also we're on the air. >>> now to the winter olympics in sochi coming to an end. at the closing ceremonies, julie chu carrying the american flag. and in the end, russia, atop the medal count. the u.s. in second place, norway finishing in third. and tonight, an image from the ceremonies this sunday, with something very different from the opening festivities. our man in sochi, abc's matt gutman. the russians poking some fun at themselves? >> reporter: that's right, david. you'll remember at the opening ceremonies, it was the showcase moment that wasn't. five snowflakes were supposed to turn into olympic rings. one malfuncti

you said that he's never been in chicago, so why was chicago the center of his operation? >> he decided in 2006 that he wanted to make chicago his center of operation. chicago has the fourth or fifth largest mexican population outside of mexico and it's also sort of the ideal distribution center for drugs to be smuggled through the midwest. >> and what do you think are the odds he'll be brought back to the secure prison system in the united states? because he's escaped once before in a laundry basket. >> that's correct. u.s. plans to seek his extradition, but this is a big political victory for the president nieto, and one he doesn't want to give up easily. >> all right, mariana, thank you for your expertise. we want everyone to know that you'll have more on fusion, our partner network. thank you. >> thank you, diane. >>> and moving next, now, to a landmark announcement today about america as a fighting force. the secretary of defense, essentially saying it is time to move away from the era of big ground wars like afghanistan, time to cut the u.s. military into a lean, mea

la arquidiÓcesis de chicago reconociÓ pÚblicamente que 30 de sus sacerdotes cometieron cientos de abusosles en contra de menores de edad, pero, ¿por quÉ se tardaron tanto tiempo en reconocerlo? tenemos el testimonio y la reacciÓn de una de las vÍctimas de abuso y ademÁs, esta con nosotros los representantes de la arquidiÓcesis de chicago, quienes salen a defender la iglesia catÓlica y a sus sacerdotes. el salvador y costa rica deciden su futuro en las elecciones de este domingo, tenemos lo Último desde ambos paÍses y tambiÉn, habla con nosotros el presidente de panamÁ, ricardo martinelli, enrique acevedo le preguntÓ sobre corrupciÓn, economÍa y los serios problemas para terminar la extensiÓn del canal de panamÁ. ademÁs, visitamos a la senadora wendy davis, quien ahora es la candidata demÓcrata para la gubernatura de texas, hablamos sobre la controversia en torno a su biografÍa y le pregunto cÓmo le responde a sus crÍticos y vamos hasta sacramento, california, donde este fin de semana el abogado indocumentado, sergio garcÍa, finalmente logrÓ su sueÑo. y comenzamos. . >> vamos al punto, co

accused of terrorism during the middle son met in chicago. following events at the federal building. joining us live at the federal building. including last nine jurors have been deliberating for close to six hours in a complicated case with a lot of nuance made more difficult by the fact that their different circumstances surrounding each of the three young defendants. the central question for jurors to decide is what did they plan on doing when they came to chicago? >> prosecutors held of knives and other weapons last night. accusing the three activists of conspiring to launch an attack to spark a citywide read. undercover police accuse the three of conspiring the launch a firebomb attacks. allegedly constructing molotov cocktails before chicago police moved in to arrest them. a controversial decision to try this as a terrorism case. one of the attorney says that there word about the possible chilling effect that this could have on free speech. >> there has been an over use of fear in general in this country. i think it is it dangerous stat

she grew up on the south side of chicago. there were a lot of different neighborhoods, different immigrants, different ethnic neighborhoods. the city was just opening up a little bit so that her family when she was still pretty small was able to move into a neighborhood that had been a white neighborhood. craig has said that they remember the white families started moving away when families like the robinsons were moving in. they would've been aware of that. they would've been aware that opportunities were opening up for better neighborhoods, better schools, but at the same time, there was a white flight that was going on that they would've been aware of. >> father fraser robinson born in 1935 and died in 1991. and her mother, marian robinson, whom we all know because she lives at the white house. we don't see her too often but she is part of the first family. we have a clip about michelle obama talking about her father. let's listen in. >> my father was a pump operator at the city water plant. he was diagnosed with multiple

in chicago because this is all fine there.r him has always been how does this play outside of an urban sort of a northeastern or northern setting? how does it play in texas? how does it play in real republican primary states where i think that's always been the question. this has been a northeastern story. the question for him has been -- when you really run this test, how does this work in republican primary states? and there you just -- right, we both hear the same thing. a lot of people are just saying, look, guys, this is a tough, tough race for him to get into, and with this on his back, it makes it that much harder. >> and quickly, go ahead, lynn, go ahead. >> the illinois primary is a few weeks away. it's the second one in this whole line. i do want to make it clear, yes, it probably would have been optimal to have had the four rivals in a picture with the man who runs the republican governor association. >> yeah. and the interesting thing there, too, just this "star-leger" editorial that got so much attention, if you r

at chicago's o'hare, there have been 770 cancellations. that's where shane brown manages the all-important de-icing operations for american airlines. >> we usually spray about 160 aa mainline aircrafts and the regional would spray well over 300. >> in a week. >> in a day. >> in a day. >> in a day. since the beginning of november, and most of all of december and all of january, and it seems like we're going to be spraying most of february. so day in and day out, the guys are de-icing. >> a first wash at a temperature of 180 degreesÑi cleans the plane of ice and is followed by a second spray of anti-ice mix it takes about 7 to 10 minutes to do a smaller jet, 15 minutes for a big one. >> that aircraft should be complete, roughly 10 to 15 minutes and ready to depart, and on its way. >> reporter: but a thaw is on its way, james, it is supposed to be 40 degrees here tomorrow and above freezing all the way through friday which should have a big impact on the snow pack here on the ground in chicago that's been here for about two months. >> dean, t

several chicago area schools are also closing early due to the snow. watched the bottom of your screen for school closings. stay with us for continuing coverage. go online to wgntv.com /weather. you can also download the free weather application. >> a man accused of will face murder charges after one of the victims died. the 23 year-old should not her and her mother outside their home. her mother is still in the hospital. they dated briefly. the girl's mother was granted in order of protection against him after he threatened to break both of them. he's being held on $5 million bond. police are investigating an officer involved fatal shooting. john brown was shot and killed by a police officer after brown allegedly confronted police while wielding two large knives. police were called last night after brown allegedly stabbed his wife multiple times. his wife was able to get away and go to a neighbor. she is taken to the hospital and on life-threatening injuries. >> search for a university student continues. the family is offering $15,000 for information