. >> chicago alderman says the online posting of a video from his bachelor party is part of an extortion attempt. >> who is extorting him and why? the chicago aldermen will not say. this is a video that surfaced over the weekend. that is when the older man is up for reelection. the video was quickly taken down. by that time it was already posted on youtube. >> what was supposed to be a private party for the chicago alderman and it being anything but when this 2.5 minute video showed up on line. it was shot in silhouette but you can clearly see what appears to be two women giving lap dances. the video ends when a young lady asks the videographer to stop filming. it is video of his bachelor party just before his wedding 2012. the party was held in the same building that houses his office. he claims it took place on another floor that is not used for business. also says no city or campaign fund was used to pay for the party. >> i am deeply disappointed that an individual whom i regard it as a friend would attempt to extort me my family and the residents of the ward. i apologize to the resid

former chicago alderman martin oberman was unanimously selected as chairman of metra's board of directors. he'll be taking over as metra tries to keep trains on schedule during this brutal winter. oberman says he hopes to get rid of political patronage within the rail line. six board members have left since former c-e-o alex clifford resigned and received a large severance package. a teenager from crystal lake has been charged with felony battery and a hate crime. police say an 8-th grader at beardsley middle school brutally attacked a fellow student during lunch hour monday. omid babakhani is a competitive swimmer, and the son of an iranian immigrant. he says he had never met the other boy before... but without being provoked, the other boy insulted both him and his mother, then got physical, and broke both of his collar bones. >> he said you want to fight a black man? i said i don't want to. i walked away like they said to but it did not work and he came after me and put me in a headlock and for me on the ground and started to punched me in the head. >>the accused attacker turned himsel

. >> >> former chicago alderman was elected as the new chairman by unanimous vote. >> have been upheld a leader since august. steel chair resigned in a controversy over the resignation and more than a hundred $50,000 severance package. that led to six other board members are either resigning or hand removed. being removed. >> this come under fire for mass of delays or cancellations. lack of communication and passengers forced to wait for hours. during a hearing at the new, executive director got an earful from law makers were channelling the anchor of their constituents. >> perception is that it is not what it was. there are some that they cannot be what it was again. that is disheartening. >> everyone of us on this committee is watching to see what is happening. we do not want another year or two like we have had in the past. >> talk about his goal of getting the agency back to that the very least the 95% on-time performance. also talked about the challenges that they face and the way of an $9.7 billion shortfall for a backlog of capital improvement projects. when you're dealing with

>>a video of a chicago alderman's bachelor party wound up online, as part of an extortion attempt. 28-th ward alderman jason ervin admits, this is video from *his wild bachelor party. it was held in the same building that houses his sh aldermanic offices. the party, in 2012, included a performance by female strippers. at one point, a woman asks the videographer to turn off the camera. but ervin insists he did nothing illegal... and he spent no taxpayer money or campaign money on the party. police have not received any complaints. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. police shot two dogs, killing one of them, as they tried to serve a search warrant on the city's south side. it happened at 10:30 last night at a home in the 92-hundred block of south merrill avenue. the two pit bulls were in a bedroom with the suspect, and the dogs reportedly charged at officers. the suspect was taken in to custody. police say he was armed with two guns. cocaine and ecstasy were found in the home. emergency crews are on standby, as the cold weather brings on fears of ice damming in kank

especially valuable, because sercye faces a crowded field of challengers, including disgraced former chicago alderman ike carothers, who served prison time for bribery and tax fraud. the biker who posted a "catch me if you can" video of himself speeding through san antonio traffic -- has been caught. 27-year old alberto rodriguez is now facing numerous charges including stealing the motorcycle used in the video. in the facebook post, the motorcyclist weaves through rush hour traffic at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. investigators were searching for the stolen motorcycle when they found rodriguez. this book is not always a good thing. >> stories like that make us feel so much smarter. we have cooler numbers out to the west. that is allowing the temperatures to drop. it's 13 degrees in aurora. with the cooler temperatures you will have lower wind chill of course. when shall down to 13 in aurora. also going to have some fog. with a fall generally to the south and west. the on the lookout for that. some areas are reporting the visibility of weigh less than 1 mi.. satellite composite shows we are

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chicago's city council zoning committee has endorsed a bill to let strip clubs serve alcohol to their customers. alderman ed burke says, as long as the clubs don't create problems in their neighborhoods, they ought to be allowed to sell liquor and permit semi-nude dancing at the same time. but they still can't be located within two blocks of a school or house of worship. the full city council still needs to approve the measure. >> i love the we're playing the same video over and over. against your light on the role. we need to go on and get some more of that. but >> you want a full list for a commercial? play that for the next 10 years. no problem. you better be the owner. cold conditions today. only 11 degrees right now in chicago. nine at the hawthorne academy. not as cold as elsewhere. waukegan is - 9. a huge difference across the region. i lake is - 9. the wind is not as strong so we have current temperatures of nine in wadsworth. windchill of - 8. sublets composite shows we are dry. we stayed dry with snow showers coming this evening. not too much. 26 degrees is the high today. down to 24. >> coming