where is chicago really going to be five years from now.me back. ♪ ho>> >>> the "stream" second screen app, share your thoughts during the live show. disagree with one of our guesses, great, tell us. interact with other app users in real time. you can be our third co-host, vote, tweet, record video comments and we'll feature them on air. use the app and drive our community's discussion on live tv. download it now, and use it with every live stream show. >> welcome back we're talking about chicago's massive public housing overhaul, a plan that in many ways has gone nowhere. rick given the amount of blight, the estimated 60,000 or so abandoned homes, does this situation devolve, and does the affordable housing problem look worse a year from now? >> in general the housing market in chicago is tending towards devalveation. in the last two years home values have come back up 17%, which is half of what they lost during the foreclosure crisis, so in general, chicago is heading back towards stabilization, but that doesn't necessarily take care of t

chicago. >> everybody! >> they call it a blue collar town because you work hard had, you play hard, and you show up the next day. >> chicagoans do not put up with the [ muted ]. >> there's no city like chicago. then you start coming out into the neighborhoods and it's a little different. >> hurry up. >> my world is all about people's worst nightmares. >> this is just like a third world country. >> i look at myself as a parent of hundreds of kids. >> get out of the street! >> why are you crying? >> there are no other options. >> what are you trying to achieve? >> right now i'm trying to save chicago. >> any particular part of chicago? >> all of it. >> people know that chicago is rising to the top. we don't get enough credit. >> today we send a message to the world! >> show them who we are. >> springtime in chicago is a celebration that doesn't last very long. the warm weather that pushes tulips from their beds and invites kids back outside to play brings with it a warning. watch out, things are about to heat

>> right now i'm trying to save chicago. >> any particular part of chicago? >> all of it. >> people know chicago is rising to the top. we don't get enough credit. >> today we sent a message to the world! >> show them who we are. cancer >> springtime in chicago is a celebration that doesn't last very long. the warm weather that pushes tulips from their beds and invites kids back outside to play brings with it a warning. watch out, things are about to heat up. >> one-term mayor! one-term mayor! one-term mayor! one-term mayor! one-term mayor! >> when's the first day? >> when is the first day? >> yeah. i'm going to be in town, right? >> chicago's famous for power politics. for generations, the mayor was better known as "boss" and his political operation was called the machine. >> ari? it's rahm. >> the daley family ran chicago for decades. now for the first time in more than 20 years, there's a new boss in town. rahm emanuel. >> because of the people of chicago, this is the warmest place in america. >> emanuel has come home to chicago with an impressive resume. s

the summer concert season crescendos with lollapalooza. >> say chicago. >> chicago. >> chicago. >> chicago. >> for chance, leading up to his lollapalooza debut, there's a lot at stake. >> my entire reputation as an artist, my reputation in chicago as a music movement, my finances, my pride. >> maybe chance could take a few pointers from this guy. >> chicago has something to offer. it's so much talent here. chance the rapper is building himself up by his artistry, his work. >> hip-hop star common grew up in the same neighborhood as chance. now that he's made it big, he refuses to turn his back on his hometown. >> it's an honor to be in chicago. the place i'm most proud to say that i'm from. because this city is so beautiful, the city is so powerful. the city is so soulful. i know what chicago has done to shape me, to culture me. and to develop me. what goes along with that is a responsibility. >> for young people, chicago is a city of two summers. one is a celebration, and the other has too many funerals. >> we haven't had the same success recently that we had earlier in the year. but the s

it's shooting season. >> very violent weekend here in chicago. >> more violence breaks out in chicago's streets. at least eight people died and 46 hurt. >> person shot. >> inside the police department's crime fighting nerve center, everyone is on high alert. >> there's an eighth victim. >> what do you do for the summer months? do you send police to hot spots? >> there's a lot of work that needs to be done. >> there's enormous pressure on the superintendent. he focuses on gathering street level intel and analyzing crime data to better target warring gang factions responsible for most of the city's violence. >> you've got to jack it up and get these guys motivated, have them putting their hands on people and destroy that gang. >> mccarthy never stops crunching the numbers. >> the only thing we're up in is the murders. obviously 20, versus 15 last year. we've got to take a look at that and what we're doing to stay on top of it. >> is casey working in this place or am i having a stroke? >> here's the tragic reality of chicago's murder statistics. more than three quarters of the victims are

snow is at its heaviest just north of chicago. you can see the snow down in downers grove continuing to move through. king county not as much. here is how we expect the slosummer to move from the norto the south. would try out for the afternoon and the evening. the full totals are between 1-3 in.. potential for more in some areas. the temperatures will not move much. its 19 at o'hare. current windchill of six at o'hare. lansing is currently at 20. today our temperatures are mid-20s. are high is 26. would melt away some of the snow on thursday and friday. yesterday the north areas had a rough go with lots of crashes on the north and try stage. this morning already on the tristate heading north bound we have a crash that was just cleared. north end of the tri-state we have to watch this morning. expect slick conditions and low visibility. >>erik runge is *live on the roads. >> it's a bit slow out here on the roads. we are on the kennedy near addison and you can see the snow is starting to accumulate on the roads. not quite high with

chicago is one of those.hat we do in the next two to three years will determine if chicago in the next 20, 30 years will remain as a world status. we're meeting our challenges head on. we're also investing in our strengths. classic example in education, our community colleges, which i run, or appoint the staff and the directors for, was just rated by the world bank as the number one example of both career and college-to-career kind of skilled development in the country. when i came here, we had a 7% graduation rate. we doubled it in two years and on our way to doubling it again over the next five years. those are the types of investments, those are the types of leaderships that give the corporations and the people that create jobs, small, medium and large, the confidence to relocate in the city. you have to, as i always say, denial is not a long-term strategy. you have to meet challenges head on, solve them. it gives people confidence that you're willing to meet challenges. invest in your strength. we have a

people know that chicago is rising to the top.t enough credit. >> billy and rahm are two of chicago's biggest impostors. >> don't let rahm emanuel know, but here's the real mayor of chicago. >> he hates when people say that. he will throw down and hurt me. do not say that that loud. >> the president knows who the real mayor is. when obama comes home, the first guy to greet him is mayor emanuel. rahm's rise to power started as a fund riser under chicago's previous mayor richard daley. he stepped on to the national stage when he raised millions for bill clinton. in 2006, he helped the dems win back the house. then he became president obama's chief of staff. >> as a young man, he had a serious accident. he lost part of his middle finger. this rendered him practically mute. >> four years later, he helped raise millions for the president's re-election campaign. >> fund-raising is like everything else. people invest in success. nobody says, you know what? you're doing bad, let me give you more money. >> he can raise money like it's noth

>> they win it all. >> chicago erupts.the night, until police have to step in to calm things down in wrigleyville. when the sun rises in englewood, the deputy chief has no time for a hawks' hangover. >> hey, guys, somebody just did a shooting in two. if we can get some radios and get some guys out there. so we know what's going to happen. retaliation is going to go back and forth. it's like ping-pong right now. murder, murder, murder, i don't want any of that. you guys ready? let's go. >> over on the west side, mayor emanuel stops by an anti-violence rally to show his support. >> it is strong police work, strong prevention so our kids have summer jobs and after school, which we have increased. a community that stands up and says these are our streets, these are not the streets of gang bangers. >> in defiance of all the gang shootings around fenger, seniors get ready for their silent peace march. >> everybody in this room has had a hand in seeing peace happen in this building. you've done your part to make sure that the you

>> chicago police are looking for the gunmen who shot and killed a long time chicago businessman over the weekend. we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country. >> chicago police are still searching for the people who shot and killed herbert good. they are hoping that surveillance video will help them. he was 66 years old. he owned a framing company with a storefront on the gold coast. he was at his factory when he was gunned down. the victim of a possible robbery. that happened at 2:00 p.m.. it happened2:00 p.m.t happened at 2:00 p.m.. >> witnesses told police that they saw a light blue car speed away after several people ran out of the business. he was found on the ground by his work vehicle. after talking with his son-in-law he said he was a huge donor to the community and a huge member of this community. he was a motorcycle lover and animal lover. still making arrangements right now. difficult for them to talk with us on camera. they have so many things to do today as you can imagine. chicago police tell me that if that's events video getting it out to the public hel

and, you know, the old expression, chicago politics, a bean bag works very much in chicago.are also getting a little bit tired of exactly what you were talking about, that reputation for corruption. they used to be proud of it. the most famous line came in 1955 from alderman patty baller, also a saloon cooper who said of richard j. daley's election, this town ain't ready for reform yet. and chicagoans love that line. but now things aren't going so well, economically and in other way, they're wondering what kind of price they've paid for that. >> lynn, let me ask you about the urban/rural divide that we're seeing. talk a little about that and how that has shifted the political winds in chicago. >> well, the urban/rural divide is more of a regional thing. just to buttress, by the way, what roger said, in my years of covering chicago politics, i say i cover people from announcement to indictment. sad to say that's not a joke here. but in the urban/rural divide, what has happened is the chicago democratic voters have migrated to the suburbs. you call the outer counties. those co

chicago girl. we welcome our viewers watching us around the country. >> live in riverdale with our top story. just off the phone with police. still no idea on the remains found. they did confirm that chicago police are checking to see if this case might be related to missing one year-old girl from chicago. that chicagoaunt tells me that her brother was contacted by chicago police detectives and asked to identify the buddy. body. >> it is hard for me right now. wait patiently for news about her niece who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. also fears the remains found yesterday afternoon in an abandoned building may be that of her knees.neice. >> after that my sister called and said she left her while they were hot tea.out to eat >> i have two different conflicting stories. >> you should put a police detective paid a visit to the police department spent some time out on the scene of checking to see if this case might be related to the disappearance she is reported missing from the 3500 block

>>depaul and chicago st both lost. >>he had 3 sacks as a started the bear brought in a wide receiver from north carolina. >>march madness is known for buzzer beaters. not like this one. >>that is a look at sports. >>still to come your full forecast. we have been hoping for a warm-up. 52 at chicago's lakefront. how about that? >> that is great. >> 50 ad executive airport. at think there is one other spot. the bad news is we have a cold front that is coming into the chicago area even as we speak. by the time we hit 1:00. get out there and enjoy that wants what you can. there is some wind. we have had wind 15-20 m.p.h.. some wind gusts in excess of 35 mi. per hour. cameras did show a few clouds over the city. there is plenty of sunshine. that sunshine combined with strong westerly wind has produced these temperatures. look at the lakefront temperature at 52 degrees. the temperatures are dropping a little farther out to the west. d. personnel cover and land that has shifted to the west. helping to keep the air relatively t

obviously quite a tragic time for a chicago police. a developing story we will continue to gather information and bring it to you through the morning. back to you. >> a woman was seriously injured when her car rolled over in des plaines. it happened overnight at lee and touhy. the rollover left the woman trapped in the car for almost a half hour, before firefighters could pry her out. she's being treated at lutheran general hospital. police aren't releasing her name. people driving and walking in the loop should be on the lookout for falling ice. randolph street was closed for several hours during the evening rush after large chunks of ice fell near canal street. one driver had her windshield crushed after a big chunk of ice landed on her car. she was not injured but she pulled over and waited for police to come shut down the area. she said the ice rained down on pedestrians and even the police officer. >> it was a bad situation. i am in my car with someone is walking in the get hit with a big sheet of ice they will be seriously injure

well, right now i'm trying to save chicago. so here's -- >> trying to save chicago.r part of chicago? >> all of it. >> all of it. cnn's "chicagoland" premieres tonight at 9:00. i'm thrilled to be joined now by chicago's police superintendent mccarthy. he's also led the newark, new jersey, police department. good to have you with us and also you're credited with almost 10% decrease in the murder there. and sitting directly to the right of superintendent mccarthy is evelyn diaz, who leads chicago's department of family and support services. superintendent mccarthy, i'd love to start with you. i seized upon what you said in the documentary, a wholistic approach to this problem. but i'm still not 100% clear on just exactly what that is. what is it? >> so, ashleigh, everybody wants to know what's one thing that we've done that's effecting the crime rate here in chicago. and it's not one thing, it's everything. we've put so many programs and policies in place internally in the department, but the first conversation that i had with mayor emanuel i had never met him before i

she came to chicago.y're my favorite couple. [ laughter ] like, they genuinely, when you see them together -- i'm, like, one -- i mean, like -- i really -- i said to my wife, i wanted to say my vows, like, i hope soon we are ice-t and coco. [ laughter ] >> you know, i have a hunch she would have gotten you. >> seth: yeah, i think she would have gotten what that meant. >> she would have been like, "you really see me." [ laughter ] >> seth: this is our moment. you're my ice-t. >> yeah, yeah. you're my ice-t. >> seth: you live in chicago -- well, you shoot in chicago now. you actually shoot there. how do you like chicago? i used to live there. >> so chicago is awesome. the polar vortex -- the polar vortex is not awesome. >> seth: no. [ laughter ] it's harder in chicago. people here don't quite realize how cold chicago gets. >> no. and you can't understand it until you're standing outside, and you're supposed to deliver the dialogue in a scene. and we're cops, so we're supposed to look cool, so we're in leath

we are looking at the costs in chicago. yesterday two workmen were killed in belgium when a world war i shell blew up. it actually happens more often than you think as our correspondent reports. >> meet this woman, she is 30 and a fan of hip-hop music. she didn't look like a casualty of the first world war. her leg was almost severed by a british bomb made in 1918. it exploded as she slept by a camp fire on a trip to the oods with friends. >> waking up, going back to sleep. >> just yesterday on a building site close to her home, two workers were killed and one critically injured when a bomb exploded. >> this field hasn't been plowed since the first world war. >> martin is an amateur historian. he knows the legacy of war lies just blow the surface. >> that's a german shell. >> and is still potentially lethal. >> it's dangerous. it still has its detonator. this is 100 years old. >> even the propellant still burns. >> look at that. >> high explosive shells like these ones are found almost every day around here and they're left

about 35-hundred 17 year olds are registered in chicago. the des plaines oasis, over the jane adams tollway has been closed for good. it shut down at 8 o'clock yesterday evening and will be torn down to make space to widen the tollway. the 7-eleven and the gas station will stay open. the oasis has been a popular rest stop for drivers since 19- 59. the parade made its way to the beverly neighborhood. 150,000 people lined the streets to enjoy the family fun. police officers were on hand to enforce the parades no drinking rule. olympic athletes among the marchers. many of those on hand have been to every south side irish parade. >> i used to come down here and when i wasn't all dressed up and it was a bit of a different atmosphere. but now it's great. i think coming down to see everybody in their green with their families it's a great time to be down here. >> the first parade was back in 1979. organizers say it's good. the prates returned is a family oriented activity. and mr. singh patrick's day himself is still here. >> we stay hydrated for

the chicago bulls pulled away. the give and co. the chicago bulls with 23 points off the bench.oah had 10 pts 11 rebounds 11 assists. >> it is hard to picture the chicago bears with the hester. team announced they will not re-signed him. the general manager says the team was honored to have him for eight years. also called him and a special player and an exceptional person. a great teammate. >> the appearance he said he knew this moment was coming. >> i'm in chicago wanted to go a different route with me. all i can say is thanks to the fans and support. always been great to me. always been loyal. could not want to play for a better cities.ty. he has all of my respect. he shares the nfl record of 19 career return touchdowns. it is a three-time pro bowler. we're still waiting to hear about charles tillman status. >> is coming back from a season ending injury. the bears released him after three seasons with the team. he had a down year last season and almost lost his job. the bears did re-signed defensive tackle. to a two-year extension. he did not joined the bears until week 14. >

breaking news on chicago's far south side -- where a retired chicago police officer is shot during a home invasion. the massive search for the missing malaysia airlines flight enters its fourth day and still no sign of the plane. and the c-t-a's blue line gets back to normal overnight after a water main break flooded a station on the near west side. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm tonya francisco, in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. tim mcgill is in for demetrius with a check of our weather. >> could morning. yesterday was a taste of spring. but we have some snow possible for tomorrow. temperatures are good right now. we are above freezing. 41 at o'hare. 44 along the lakefront. 36 and bartlett. winter storm warning for the area. we have been upgraded for the winter storm warning for cook county and the page county and down to will county. this is for later tonight into tomorrow. potential for 6 in. of snow even up in the city. right now we have clouds. maybe some sunshine but you can see in the rain developing to the north. by this afternoon we

chicago is a mimicrocosm of the political fights.three years after he was elected the city's mayor, rahm emanuel is knee deep in all of them now. and the mayor of chicago joins me now live on this front. mr. mayor, good morning to you, sir. >> hey, good morning, chuck. >> i want to start with this issue of school reform and the issue of charter schools. and you've been -- last year, you closed 47 of them, and at the same time also reopened some. it angered some folks. in this debate over charter schools, what is the role of a charter school in a public -- in a public school program as far as you're concerned? >> well, chuck, we have a goal in the city of chicago, we're going to be 100% college ready, 100% college bound. we'll adopt whatever reforms are necessary to make sure every child is ready to go to college and has the education level. the good news, according to the university of chicago, we're well on our way to an 80% graduation rate. when i ran and announced i would run for mayor, we were in the mid-50s for the graduation ra

where did the chicago sky rocketing overtime pay is. chicago cannot count on state legislators to build a mile. taxpayers deserve to know how financial planners will start to deal with the problem. sales of commercially produced dogs cats and rabbits will be banned in the city. some differences of opinion on the effectiveness. it is a win-win for consumers. we have pets that are being utilized on a yearly basis. >> co-sponsor of the ordinance. the last 40 hours i have been thinking on this. plan concerned that we might only be pushing this issue to the suburbs. the sales will continue in evanston and right across the border. >> the concern is how it will impact legitimate pet shop owners. another matter getting attention. all of them: in chicago airlines to suspend all passenger and freight service to russia. this of course is in protest of what has been happening in the ukraine. >> of your field might see an expansion. if the male victim's considering adding seats to the stadium and order to win a super bowl bid. droid no soldier field

in nice day going in the chicago area.e have a bit of an easterly component to the wind. >> days away from spring here in the metro area. it starts at 11:57 a.m.. that is the inferno equinoxes. that is the moment the son most direct rays fall on the equator. they're northbound as they get toward summer. thursday morning 1157 just minutes before noon. it certainly has not felt very springlike. these are the temperatures the last five months. how much they have been below normal. we're in the fifth consecutive month. no wonder we are in little stir crazy around here. >> kobe 39 in the north shore. 55 making it one of the warmer days of the year. at least part of the area will have above normal temperatures. you can see the warmer air up into the area. say lewises at 53. it is 50 kansas city. 56 at oklahoma city with dallas moving in on 70. here is the warm air rising be southerly wind on the side of a storm up into our area. 14 degrees warmer at o'hare. 15 degrees warmer at midway. we have made little progress with ford is r

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details a chicago s shot in the head while serving a warrant. we'll have the latest. the latest on the international search for a malaysia airlines jet that mysteriously disappeared. and your electric bills are about to go up. why mayor emanuel says it's not that bad. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm tonya francisco in for erin. let's go to mike hamernik in for demetrius, for a check of the weather. >> it's been a long time since we've had a day this nice. a week ago we were below 0 or around zero. today you're waking up to readings of forties. 43 downtown. 38 in the operation. to 39 degrees this morning in kankakee. there are a few sprinkles showing up. perhaps a brief shower in northern indiana as well as southwest michigan. not a big deal. what is falling out of the sky will move out over the next few hours. what a day we have. we are headed for the warmest day of the year with high is expected around 55-56. a good deal of sunshine. clouds and we will cool off tonight. there is snow in the forecast for some parts of the area. another warmup leader in the week.

you live in chicago.artist and your work has been shown in chicago, all over the world at this point. you hold masters degrees in fine art, religious studies, and urban planning, mr. smarty plant, and the founder of the nonprofit rebuild foundation. let's show an example of-- just one of the things that you do in chicago. jimmy, show one of the photos that we of of mr. gates. that's the house on the left you found and bought. and this is what you did do it on the right. >> that's right. >> stephen: explain to me how you transformed this house. what do you think this house means now? >> well, at first the house is abandoned. >> stephen: yes. and what does that mean? >> that meant that-- well, when things are abandoned, other things start to happen in the house, like people would go into the house. and do bad things in the house. >> stephen: you can use the word "gang violence" if you'd like. >like. some. >> it was under used and we converted the house into a small archive and invited our neighbors and frie

hear his message to chicago. it grows more sophisticated every day. if it were a business, it would be a fortune 500 company. fraud has evolved. american express intelligent security gives you tools to fight fraud and a global service network that never stops working. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. good morning, i'm dan ponce. teachers are boycotting the only standard achievement test. >> the ukraine leader accuses russia of declaring war by moving thousands of troops. >> we will have the big winners from last night's academy awards and how the host actually broke twitter. true story. >> erin. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. happy day. join us in chicago for one of our wacky holidays. >> the weather will be just like yesterday. cold again. today's high is only around the midteens. typically we should be around 40. we're not even close to 40 in the seven days forecast. right now in harvard it's - 7. - 6 as you travel across the region. gary indiana is read

none of that is expected to bother chicago. it is still snowing rather impressively through parts of the northeast. heavy snowfall affecting southern maine and also vermont. look at that. that is a red flag warning in effect for the central plains. this is a freeze warning in effect for northern georgia. farther up to the north no surprise here. a winter storm warning in effect for maine. the problem is low humidity and gusty wind. that does elevate the fire danger. those are the clouds over chicago at the moment. notice what happens over the weekend. a few more clouds build that is not expected to affect chicago. we still have snow cover. that is not helping our situation with the temperatures either. it is a little heavier up through bloom county. and they're hopeful that as temperatures rise we will lose some of that. mostly cloudy this afternoon. high temperature of 36 to 40. for tonight a few early cloud. that is fairly steady from where we expect to be by sunset. for friday mostly sunny and temperatures will rise. will th

we're talking live with the chicago tribune. the latest poll numbers on where candidates stand among voters. walking into the path of an oncoming train. the witness took this video after the train had come to a stop. the train operator saw the man at the edge of the platform and hunt a warning. the man fell in between the rails and the train apparently sped read over. >> the lights went out on the train. he said everybody remain seated. we're going to manually open the doors for you. i saw everybody running out of the train. it turned out somebody was crushed underneath the train. >> to nearly the man had landed in a space between the tracks and did not get hit. he was injured by his fall. >> a u.s. navy destroyer is heading to the scene near crimeblack sea. they will be conducting drills planned before the crisis broke out. russian troops continue to control the region. the plan to hold a referendum over whether to join russia. ukrainian leaders say the vote as illegal. president obama and russian president talked for about an

for chicago the good news is spring.then northward sweep the will lengthen the days and bring more direct sunlight into chicago. more days like this presumably will start happening. perhaps a day after tomorrow. it will not last long but it will be the first 60¢ wade back. that is four months ago. cooler air is sweeping into the area. thirties' up to the west of us. those barbaric looking temperatures. we have melted a lot of snow. cold air that develops over the ground is not nearly as cold as what we once thought. we are chipping away at this cold pattern that has dominated some many months. temperatures are lower than 24 hours ago. humidity is still high at 81%. our model forecast says. later tonight that is midnight. kubrick the clouds up. goodbye to the storm number one. this sets the framework the foundation for warming that comes in on friday. it will pass to the north of us. >> today's gusty wind will let up considerably tomorrow. it will increase again on friday. we start with the wind off the lake. it is kind o

>> yeah, well, i'm trying to save chicago. >> so here -- >> any particular part of chicago?of it. >> we are going to bring you the hero of the film, chicago police superintendant mccarthy. we see that youth violence decreased by 40% in 2013. in juone year how did you make that happen so quickly. >> hey, jim, thank you for the accolades. i just get the blame or the credit being in charge of the department. we did a complete retooling of the department. we tipped the balance to relying on beat officers which was a big change of pace. the most important thing that we did was created a comprehensive gang violence reduction strategy. we had one of the worst gang violence problem. we didn't have a comprehensive strategy. we developed that and it revolves around the strategy. so when one issue happens it doesn't kickoff a whole series of events. it focuses on the people, places and things that are causing gang violence in the city. the people being the gang members and a lot of attention has been drawn to our custom notification program which revolves around a formula created by vi

that's where the snow was falling in chicago tonight.e of that moisture that you're seeing out in california is kind of getting caught up in that front and bringing us, well, plenty of snow. it's going to be a high impact event starting tomorrow night and throughout the day on monday. but until that time period, the weather tomorrow during the day is not going to be too bad. you're going to be out and about, 5 to 10 inches of snow on monday. the high temperature tomorrow will be around 55 degrees. now, tomorrow night, we're looking at a wintry mix, mainly the threat of sleet overnight. changing to snow early monday morning. snow ends monday afternoon, around 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. and then to add insult to injury, bitter cold temperatures stick around for tuesday, so the snow that falls is not going anywhere. temperatures right now, they're in the 30s. 31 in camp springs, 39 in washington. 39 in manassas, right at freezing in frederick. lows tonight will be around 30 for most of us. so a chilly start for your sunday morning. but remember, a g

randolph street bridge, over the chicago river. the worker was performing routine maintenance on the bearings that raise and lower the bridge, just before noon yesterday. he hit the ground, then rolled into a hole where the bridge's counter-balance weights are located. >> it was a little hairy. you have to go under the open bridge we yid did stuff like this all the time when training. >> the man's injuries are not considered life-threatening. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. chicago police are investigating a funeral home on the west side after a hidden camera was found in a bathroom. employees discovered the camera on monday, at "smith and thomas funeral home" in the 57- hundred block of west madison. the receptionist tells w-g-n it's a unisex bathroom that's only used by employees. she also says the owner is conducting an internal investigation. the sun-time reports that the f-b-i, i-r-s and indiana state police raided the office of calumet township trustee mary elgin in gary. no word on what they were lookin

illegal immigrant elvira arellano is back in chicago. in 2006, she took refuge in a church with her son, to avoid being deported. she intends to do that again after she crossed the border again to promote immigration reform. she has an immigration hearing in september. construction begins today on upper lake shore drive's navy pier "fly-over" project. the three-phase elevated lakefront path is expected to stretch from south of the chicago river to jane addams park. the upper exit ramp to illinois street will be reduced to one lane. the lakefront trail, however, is expected to remain open for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. mayor emanuel will be part of a ribbon cutting event for the new mariano's grocery store in ukrainian village. this will be the 4-th marianos at a former dominick's. officials say the new store provides 350 new jobs and healthy food options for the neighborhood. the store opens tomorrow morning. this may take the cake in preparation for having a baby. >> music he is a member of the a rock band who took a photo of his w

>>a 17-year-old boy was shot by chicago police officers. it happened at seven last night in an alley behind the 44- hundred block of south princeton avenue. the officers say they saw two men exchange something in the alley. when they approached them, one of the men ran into a vacant lot. police issued a statement saying the boy pointed a gun at officers, but didn't say whether he opened fire. the officers shot hit him in the leg. he was arrested and taken to the hospital. police are investigating and searching for a weapon. chicago police are alerting people in the woodlawn and west woodlawn neighborhoods that a man tried to sexually assault two women. it happened in the morning on march 10-th. he approached a woman at a bus stop in the 15-hundred block of east 67-th street and offered to pay her for sex... she refused, and he left. 15 minutes later, he grabbed a woman at another bus stop at 67-th and king, pulled her into a building and exposed himself... but she pulled a knife and again he left. the man was driving an older model white ca

>> by the way, it was mentioned chicago, 60 degrees two days ago, and this is chicago this morning. traffic will be moving slowly near white-out conditions. it is getting colder by the minute, and the roads, you can see they are snow-covered. bad in chicago. it's started to get bad in detroit. later today buffalo is under a blizzard warning. i believe this is like the first blizzard warning of the season for buffalo. then all of northern new england is going to get hit. i-95 is spared for the most part, but you can see the chicago area, 31 degrees. the whitest snow, the blue is the heavy snow. all of northern indiana now covered in snow, and that is now closing in on the detroit area right to the peak of your morning commute. when we talk about this late winter storm through the midwest and great lakes, temperatures in chicago, 25 degrees. up many northern new england, they're getting ready for -- could get a foot and a half of snow. this is the kind of storm that the ski resorts could keep them open because of mid-april. this is probably one of the beggest storms of the season, and

w i looked at one study of university of chicago mda's. looked at over 2,000 people whou graduated from the university of chicago, very elite university with theiriv mba's from 1990 to. 2006. and what they found was i tn the beginning of these graduates' careers, their wages were very close. there was only a minimalat difference. where you saw that wage gap w widen up was over time. women were far more likely to take time out of the work force to have career pauses and to work shorter hours. i found this extraordinary. during that time, only 10% of male university of chicago mba's took six months or more out of o the work force. when it came to women, 40% of women took six months or more off. that has big ramifications when it comes to salary.ff >> men are four times as likelyg to ask for a raise than women. >> they are. men are eight times more likely to negotiate their salary than 8 women. if you negotiate your salary,