chicago police are issuing what they call a business alert warning cabdriver's of a small group of armed women who are robin drivers, they are headed for the south side... >> a group of girls working together to rob cabdrivers chicago police are asking all cabdriver's throughout the city to be on the lookout there were two incidents to tell you about, both are in chicagos second police district, the wentworth district the young women picked up the calves downtown where they arrive to their destination when of the girls police say choked the driver with some type of court or rope while another young woman holds a knife to the driver's throat, they take the cash and run away, chicago police described the suspect as african-american females between the ages of 16-20 white complexions, working in a group of six or seven again they are using knives or some type of rope or cord to choke the driver. new developments in the case of a poisoned a lottery winner chicago tribune saying the victim's wife was questioned by police today. we have the very latest. the lawyer representing the victim's wif

felony charges after cicero police managed to negotiate the release of his children taking the mentally ill man into custody given what happened three months later in chicago letting his entire family on fire in his mother's lawndale apartment professionals who shelter battered women say they can hardly believe it. i'm surprised that they didn't charge him he was taken into custody police records show but when the girlfriend refused to sign a criminal complaint against nathaniel prosecutors with the state attorney decided against felony charges. anita alvarez says " if individuals in this office need to be held accountable for their judgment that will certainly occur. the police superintendent turning down our request for an interview tonight but a spokesperson says that police did everything they could to take him off of the streets of pushing for felony charges to no avail he was charged with misdemeanor charges chicago police are searching for two gunmen after a gage park businessman was shot and killed during a robbery attempt the 57 year-old was shot and a muffler shop last night he is the fifth homicide victim in chicago in the new year the gunman en

that report is now at $15,000 in full most likely continue to rise to call chicago police or crime stoppersmation, so far no are rests have been made. >>arrests have been made. >> her murder also has the attention of the white house. our thoughts and prayers are with the pendleton family and as the president has said we will never be able to eradicate every act of evil in this country but if we can save even one child life we have an obligation to try when it comes to discouraging gun violence we are hearing mayor rahm emanuel and police superintendent will hold a press conference tomorrow at about 1115 we're told it is about the chicago police department structure and not specifically about this case. a congressional committee hung on every halting word of testimony. >> too many children are dying. , too many children. we must do something. it will be hard. but the time is now. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords among those calling on congress to take sweeping action and to enact stricter gun control laws. also testifying today was wayne lapierre of the national rifle association. >>

police officers supposedly wrongfully killed a chicago man and taunted his relatives right afterwards with racial slurs. >> a fatal police involved shooting an outrage crowd of onlookers and now a lawsuit the family claiming that officers at the scene repeatedly used the n wordf.. star with an armed it started with an armed robbery. police say after a very violent encounter an officer shot and killed him in a crowdand a crowd quickly gathered to the scene at 55th and ashland. >> i asked what happened, he smirked, he shrugged his shoulders and said it's just another [expletive] dead. >> they shot him in the back, not once but twice. they filed a federal lawsuit today against the city, the police department for the officers alleging this conduct, some officers are hurled racial slurs as the crowd of onlookers crew, angry about his debts. we called the police officers over 20 times and they never told me where my brother was. >> some people refuse to leave the scene, five men ended up charged with mob action after throwing bricks at police cars. they are appealing to the mayor to step in

of utilizing the assistance of the chicago police department. the shooting of the young african-american men in chicago has to stop. >> he is going to be truly missed. i like for the families to know that killed my baby, they're really hurt my family. >> the mother wants to know why there was not more security on the outside. especially after a fight broke out inside. reporting from the campus of chicago state university. chicago police are searching for a father accused of abducting his daughter during a scheduled visit. 43-year-old jamie morrow was last seen tuesday with his 18- month-old daughter, danica. they were in the 5-hundred block of south dearborn street. morrow may have left the area. he has dual citizenship here and in columbia. he also has family in florida and california. morrow is six-feet-two and weighs one-hundred-90 pounds. a man was killed in a house fire in berwyn. the home's first floor and attic were in flames when firefighters arrived on scene last night. they found the victim in the back of the single-family home. he eve

participants include chicago police superintendent and cook county sheriff. the vice president joe biden is meeting with representatives of the national rifle association today as he continues task force meetings. he met with victims of gun violence at the white house yesterday. they held an unannounced meeting with a group of leaders last night. he will present his findings and recommendations to president obama next tuesday. tonight we invite you to tune in for specialized programming. the invisible threat hosted by robert jordan. they will take a look at local efforts. you look at possible steps to prevent mass shootings. the program will include several experts. you can also participate electronically via twitter. use in the past 10 invisible threat. jerry sandusky's lawyer makes a case for why he needs a new trial. he argues that he did not have enough time to build an adequate defense. the city was not able to review moreof documents. the former penn state assistant football coach did not speak during the hearing. he suffered from a brain disease probab

street is in his control and his officers are working tirelessly to do just that, in 2012 the chicago policedepartment confiscated roughly 11,000 illegal guns off the street, more than any other police department in the country. here is what happens mccarthy and the officers pulled over our instead it turns out he had a loaded gun on him and he was arrested on the spot he says he goes on patrols frequently and this was not his first arrest. illinois' second largest city of aurora didn't have a single homicide at all last year. legalizing same-sex marriage in illinois in the state senate was held up by procedural vote tonight. the bill's sponsor says it to same- sex marriage supporters plan to take up the issue tomorrow morning. meanwhile the nasdaq climbed almost 93 points. going over the fiscal cliff may have been diverted but there is a got you in all of this. single people earning more than $400,000 a year. the little light workers didn't fill the impact on state income taxes two years ago as the payroll tax was reduced for a median household income they might be saving 5000 maybe $10,000

chandra gave the name of her two girlfriends to the chicago police are chicago police in atf detectives go interview those two women and they give the agents another piece of valuable information. the name of the person who is sitting in the passenger seat of the nissan pulsar whose side hancock state the nine-millimeter out the window and kill keith bloomberg. it was an too much longer before they were what we call to foot the individual. he testified in court and sam cox is where he belongs, serving the rest of his life in the illinois correction system. that's a good day. doesn't always work that way. for example, we trace the gun today, like the one used to kill keith bloomberg. he seemed a good chance of getting a report that, but that gun is facile five, 10, 15, 20 plus years ago. good luck trying to find that original purchase. we lose track of these things. we are denied information. our information source and at a brick wall. most likely that gun had changed hands a number of times since then, maybe even for legitimate transfers, where there's records in some gun shop somewhere

a group of chicago police officers boarded a bus outside police headquarters early today. they want prison inmate clifton hill to stay behind bars. hill was convicted of killing patrolman charles pollard. who was shot to death behind an apartment building near 21st and pulaski back in 1967. a day after his release from prison, former governor george ryan is settled in at home. wgn's tonya francisco reports from kankakee, where ryan will be finishing his sentence under home confinement. all is quiet here at the ryan family home. no comings and goings so far today. george ryan needs permission from the bureau of prisons before he set foot outside of his home. that is the way it is going to be until july when his sentence is complete. it is a new chapter for george ryan. one that now has him confined to his home for the next six months. rather than a half a house for many convicted felons are sent before they are finally free. it was a surprise decision. >> we did not ask for, he did not ask for. >> many of the neighbors are not wanting to comment about him being back in the

chicago, the president's hometown? what should we maybe learn from inadequate policing, inadequate enforcement about a city whose laws on paper are terrific but whose reality has been really disastrous. >> we have done a number of shows from chicago on this very issue. a lot of it is young people getting killed on their way to and from school, getting caught in gang cross fire and the like. you think there's some room for common ground, perhaps some new gun control legislation if it was able to be passed through congress, should everything be on the table for discussion? >> look, i think everything for discussion can be on the table, but i would feel a lot better if vice president biden had invited some representatives of pro-gun groups into these meetings. >> he had the nra there. >> today is a good start. i did not know they came in today. >> they said they were very disappointed at how it turned out. they said basically he's talking about gun control issues. they wanted to focus more on school safety issues and all that. >> i think you're going to have these kind of arguments. i would just come back to what i said ea

ought to ask to himself y is it all these laws failed so totally in chicago, the president's hometown and what should we learn from policing and enforcement about a city whose laws on paper are terrific and reality has been a pretty disastrous thing. >> from chicago on this issue, a lot of it is kids and young people getting killed on the way to and from school getting caught in gang crossfire and the like. you think there is room for common ground and perhaps some new gun control legislation? should everything be on the table for discussion? >> i think everything for discussion should be on the table, but i feel a lot better if he invited representatives of pro gun groups into the meetings. they would feel better and today is a good start. i didn't know they came in today. >> they said they were disappointed how it turned out and he is talking about gun control issues and they wanted to focus on school safety issues and the like. >> i think you are going to have these arguments. i would come back to what i said earlier. i would be intrigued to have vice president biden follow your leadership. go to chicago and before he e

the 40 year-old was arrested thursday by chicago police. is charged with first- degree murder in the death of the 21 year-old. he was standing with a group of people on the afternoon of july 2nd last year when a car pulled up and someone began shooting striking him in the casthest >> funeral services today for one of two men who died in a high rise condominium building fire this past week. mass for 50-year old john fasula was held at the nativity of our lord church in the bridgeport neighborhood. fasula died tuesday when the fire broke out on the seventh floor of the high-rise on south shore avenue. the other victim... 36-year old jameel johnson... employed by a cable company... was working in the building. both men rescued an 81-year old woman from her burning seventh- floor condo by putting her in an elevator and sending her down to the lobby. they grabbed fire extinguishers to try and put the fire out... but firefighters found their bodies outside the woman's condo. >> it is a fire that refuses to go out. chicagos largest fire in seven y

chicago police are questioning a possible suspect for driving into two people. william brunson and victoria means were both killed when they were hit by a car. they were changing a tire near 87-th and springfield, when a car swerved into them saturday night. police took someone into custody after the crash, but no charges have been filed. demonstrators were allegedly rough up and arrested. while calling for the return of emergency services. it has not been 24 hours instancesince this incident took place. >> video shot during sunday's protest shows the act is being taken down hard rather than actually allowing fox an opportunity, one of my students was actually on the ground. i was worried she was going to get trampled. >> about 50 people tried to stage a sit-in in the lobby. they're trying to call attention to the fact of the south side of chicago has no trauma care centers that can treat adults or shot or stabbed. the graduates was also arrested. >> another our example of their privileges and lack of concern. their elitism is something that we as alumni are org

>> andrea: i think the chicago police department are wonderful, wonderful public servants.ble to do their job to the best of their ability. they might not have enough backup. i don't think rahm emanuel is doing his job. >> greg: he doesn't have the spine. no spike. spine to go after chick-fil-a. remember that? >> dana: he did take on the teachers union and then kayed. but a few days. >> i think he is scared. he is scared of per ceiveed as racist. >> if 70% of the homicide in chicago were victims were black, and 17% were hispanic, with more gun control, more gun violence occurs in the city, chicago. washington. how is more fun control, more gun laws not racist in itself? am i apples to oranges here? >> if you assume that, i don't know what gang member are minority in chicago, it's high. very few white gang members. it's not racist. reality about gangs. emanuel is doing his job the best he could. but taking on the gangs, these are armed armies on the street. >> andrea: then he should resign. >> bob: does it mean someone else could fix this? i don't think it's true. >> andrea:

do harm to those wishing to do good will never be swayed by the laws of man. >> reporter: and chicago police say those extra 200 officers will start hitting the streets as early as saturday. brian? >> kevin tibbles, starting us off tonight from chicago. kevin, thank you. >>> now to a dramatic and contentious day of testimony for the man the president wants to run the pentagon. former republican senator and decorated vietnam combat veteran, chuck hagel, already under fire before today. he got a rough treatment at today's hearing. kelly o'donnell is on the hill tonight with details. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. tough questions were expected, but the real surprise today came in how chuck hagel handled the all-day scrutiny. at times appearing unprepared or off his game. and that's after hagel had dozens of personal meetings with senators, trying to win their support to become the next secretary of defense. >> right up the stairs, sir. >> reporter: chuck hagel would break new ground as the first enlisted man, first vietnam veteran, to run the pentagon. and first cabinet

chicago police superintendent reportedly said yesterday the city's violence is not as bad as the scenes down last week compared to the same week last year. according to the chicago tribune, 42 people have been murdered so far this year, making this the most violent january since 2002, among the dead 15 year-old honor student who performed for president obama's inauguration's as last week. fatally shot blocks from our school, less than a mile from the president's chicago home. >> liberals love to link gun violence to lax gun laws. chicago already has some of the strictest, as in the country. some on the left and a limit jakarta's murder rate on something else entirely. have a listen to the former ceo of playboy enterprises, christie hefner. >> last year we hit a record number of murders from guns, and this year we were already outpacing last year's numbers. now, there are contributing factors that are not under anybody's control and may seem odd, but is actually true and one of them is the weather. there is a dramatic increase in gun violence when it is warmer, and we are having this cli

president obama has called immigration reform the top legislative priority of his second term >> chicago police say a flat tire led to a deadly hit and run overnight. next, the latest on the investigation. also ahead, an awful tragedy has brazil in mourning. more than 200 revelers have been killed in an incident at a nightclub. and protesters confront police at a south side hospital hoping to deliver a message to the city. break a febreze experiment. to prove febreze can keep this car fresh, we loaded it with fast food, sweaty hockey gear and a smelly dog cage. and parked it at a mall. in texas. for two days. then put a febreze car vent clip on the dash and let in real people. it smells good. like laundry fresh out of like the dryer. yeah. a man fresh out of the shower. nailed it. oh yeah. proof. febreze car vent clips keep your car fresh. another way febreze helps you breathe happy. with a crash that killed two people who were changing a tire. it happened just before 10:00 last night. police say a 39 year-old and 34 year-old were changing a tire on their car when another car swerved and hit th

since new year's eve chicago police say there have been four reported phone staffs here in this neighborhood.thefts. the group this tracks the victim by pretending they are raising money for a basketball organization. >> i never thought somebody would cross the boundary. i will definitely think about not putting it on the table. >> three of the robbery took place in less than three hours on wednesday. the illinois senate may vote next week on a bill to legalize gay marriage. the measure was endorsed by a senate committee yesterday. they adjourned their session because the bill's sponsor admits there was still not enough votes to pass it. they will return on tuesday for a special session. the gay marriage bill will also need to pass the state house. >> along package that the house approved this morning. and new report about how long some u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan. the teenage girl shot by militants finally gets out of the hospital. refunding is finally approved to help the battered northeast recover from superstore and sandy. house lawmakers passed a $10 billion aid package on the first f

. >>> chicago police are searching for the person who shot and killed a 15-year-old honor student who performed during president obama's inauguration parade. she was gunned down in a park just blocks from her school in chicago. the teenager was part of the chicago drill team which marched in the inaugural parade. the girl's godfather said she had dreams of becoming a doctor or a lawyer. police say there's no indication she was the intended target of this shooting. they say someone just opened fire on a group of students who just had gotten out of school. >> tears in this family and the pain etched in their face is unacceptable to everybody in chicago. this is sandy hook. >> shooting happened a few blocks from the teenager's school kaine college prep. >>> hundreds of residents in newtown, connecticut, took part in a public hearing last night. it's part of a push to call for increased gun control legislation in the state. >> a bipartisan group from the state's legislature is considering policy changes after the shooting at an elementary school which left 26 people, including 20 first gr

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to chicago police officers charged into a burning apartment building and helped save several residents. they were on patrol in the west would run neighborhood when i noticed flames inside the building they raced into it kicked the door is bent on windows they also help the elderly woman who had trouble walking firefighters rushed to the scene and they were able to put out the fire. >> i was so surprised. >> the flames were contained into a single unit the people who live there were not home at the time and no one was seriously hurt. i thought someone died or there was a fire. it was really scary. residents wicking up to ambulances and fire trucks. the carbon monoxide levels reached a dangerous proportions at the old orchard residences on the 10,000 block of old orchard court a malfunctioning furnace systems for the apartment complex created all the trouble. the hot water system was literally able to permeate 38 units. carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless and if you are sleeping the only thing that will save you is a carbon monoxide detector within 15 ft. of every room used for sle

this city's mayor, rahm emanuel, announcing today 200 chicago police officers from the city's stretchedhin force, will move from behind the desk to the streets to target high crime areas. >> we need to work together to protect our greatest resource. the children of the city of chicago. >> reporter: pendleton was with her friends, underneath this shelter, trying to stay out of the rain, when she was shot and killed. and the violence shows no signs of slowing down. since her death on tuesday, six people have been shot and wounded in chicago. chicago closed 2012 with more than 100 murders. and as diane sawyer heard last october, it's all too easy to get a gun here. >> go behind a couple bushes, i bet there are some guns under there. pam bosley lost her son to gang violence. >> if they do it once, they'll do it again. >> reporter: she believes the city's push for more police is a good start. and the breath of hope for a city trying to cope. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> we thank you, alex. >>> and a change of topics now. today, everyone was watching as a superstar performer at the cente

tonight chicago police are still searching for the gunman. >>> the edge on d.c.ow where more and more people are choosing bicycles as their way to get around and when bikes and cars try to co-exist on the roads, there can be problems. d.c. police cracking down on one of the most traveled avenues in the district. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: as this youtube clip from a helmet camera shows you, a bad accident can happen in a flash. a close call here and another along pennsylvania avenue for russ monn just this morning. the problem? drivers making u turns crossing over bike lanes. >> i was literally right beside his door and i had to slap on his door to stop him from making the turn. >> reporter: in an effort to cut down on accidents, mayor vincent gray issued an emergency order making u-turns across bicycle lanes illegal. d.c. police spent this wednesday morning stopping drivers handing out flyers reminding them of the rule. >> we want to make sure everybody knows the rule. right now we're really fcation. >> reporter: the law has been in place s

according to a police document obtained by the chicago tribune.s family heard him screaming, took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. at that time, his death was determined to be from natural causes a few days later the medical examiner says a relative of khan called to suggest there may be more to the story. more tests were done and sign need was found in his blood. >> once we found that it was qualatatively present, clearly that raises flags because it shouldn't be raised at all. once that was in the mix, i wasn't that surprised that eventually we had a lethal level. it doesn't take all that much cyanide to kill a person. >> reporter: and now chicago police are investigating it as a murder. >> if you're going to try to commit the perfect murder, this is a good way to do it. >> reporter: lawrence is a professor of forensic science. cyanide is not easily detected on drug skreengs and a small amount can kill someone. >> it's usually kept under lock and key. again, if you work in the photographic industry, if you worked in a metal proces

suspects broke into his house off campus and then shot him chicago's murder rate hits a bitch mark chicago police say it appears the five hundred person has been murdered this year it's a sad reality indeed the one incident that will be forever etched in our minds is the recent heinous shooting of elementary school children and newton but the question looming in the aftermath is what's next how do we remedy the problem for some it's taking away all guns for others it's more guns for example in ohio gun owners group says that the solution should be to arm all teachers the group announced it will launch what's called the armed teacher training program which instructs teachers and school staff on how to shoot firearms in the classroom and if you think that program won't gain any ground well you're already a step behind as of yesterday it attracted more than six hundred applicants from fifteen different states are more guns really the solution or rather should be having a discussion on the root causes of why america is so unique and it's at the demick of violence to talk about just that i'm joined no

happened inside just a short while ago dick and still see the massive crime scene approximately six chicago policeing those who are in store they say that these two guys came in demanded some cash and apparently held a couple of the employees and customers hostage for a brief time witnesses tell me that there was a brief exchange of gunfire they took off and ran down the street i spoke with a brother of one of the customers who was in the store at the time to suspects entered. they robbed the place and then they took off? >> yes. a few blocks from here at 47th and st. louis there is an act of crime scene sources tell us that perhaps the suspects were hiding out in that neighborhood. we also saw police interviewing witnesses here so again our interview information is still coming from them. we will keep you updated on our web site 1 is how much clouding as we get into local begets tonight this morning we dropped to 19 it is possible we could come close to 50, a look at this time lapse pictures from earlier today we had a lot of cloudiness across the area but also a few patches of blue sky up there.

also ahead senator dick durbin and chicago police superintendent gerry mccarthy discuss gun violence legislation. and live music this midday from "board of governors". they're on stage tomorrow night at 9:30 at "beat kitchen"! the 16-member sandy hook advisory commission met for the first time. their objective is to review school safety, gun control laws and mental health issues in light of the shooting in newtown, connecticut last month. yesterday, the commission received an update on the investigation into the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in which 20 children and six adults were killed. the commission's recommendations are expected in march. a bi-partisan committee of lawmakers is also expected to come up with their own ideas and legislation their deadline is next month. by the federal building with more. as you mentioned what happened in connecticut has made the issue of gun control much more serious pfft. sale of military-style assault weapons and height ammunition a federal crime. the senator joined by the police superintendent met with the media today to discuss leg

again, chicago is a problem, as you point out, of policing. icago is a problem of where gun control hasn't worked. >> chicago, chicago has to sort itself out. chicago's police force has to get in there and stop the gangs shooting each other. i totally agree with you. you're never going do hear a word from me against that. it's outrageous. i also agree with american's rights to have a handgun or pistol to defend themselves. i don't see why any american needs an ar-15 military style assault weapon, and i will not be persuaded because the people trying to persuade me accuse me of attacking the second amendment, that agrees with the government decision to ban automatic weapons, and i don't see the difference. >> i know you don't, and all i'm suggesting to you is most of us are very cautious about allowing government to continue to extend its power, and most of us believe that there are a lot of other solutions. i think there are mental health solutions. most of these mass killers, in fact, the young man you just described, the uncle was very open a

chicago police superintendent garry mc-carthy started the new year by helping his own officers make an arrest. mc-carthy was riding along with two officers, when they made a gun bust. montrez armstead is being held on bond for felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. police say armstead had a loaded gun with him when he was pulled over by mc-carthy and two officers early yesterday morning. the police department says mc- carthy goes on patrols frequently, and this was not his first arrest. a momence man has been charged in the sexual assault of a woman near a rogers park red line stop. 18-year-old, james shorty of kankakee county, was charged in connection with the attack that happened at about 5-45 a-m on december 19th. shorty was identified using d-n- a evidence that was checked against the d-n-a index run by the f-b- i. the 50-year-old victim told police she was grabbed by the throat by a man wearing a mask near the entrance of the morse c-t-a station. she was then dragged to a nearby construction area where she was sexually assaulted. shorty was also wanted on a parole warrant. h

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again, chicago is a problem, as you point out, of policing. chicago is a problem of where gun control hasn't worked. >> chicago, chicago has to sort itself out. chicago's police force has to get in there and stop the gangs shooting each other. i totally agree with you. you're never going do hear a word from me against that. it's outrageous. government to continue to extend its power, and most of us believe that there are a lot of other solutions. i think there are mental health solutions. most of these mass killers, in fact, the young man you just described, the uncle was very open about this. that young man, having a gun check wouldn't have worked. that young man, in fact, would have been empowered by his father to use the family gun. >> would that young man have slaughter ed five of his family if he hadn't had access to the firearms in this house? >> no, but now you're back to a different question. his father had empowered him. >> i don't disagree he must have clearly had mental issues. i don't disagree he probably had a fixation with violent

the professors that developed this model ran these tests with chicago police and found it is twice asat they were currently doing. similar with gang crime. a lot of these have an action reaction association with them. there's an about of gang violence in one location and there's a retaliate action. >> jennifer: what is the difference -- is this the latest version? it is more real time? >> [ inaudible ] i think people would be surprised how few agencies in this countries are doing any analytics at all. but it looks at past data and assumes all crimes will occur where those crimes previously occurred. >> jennifer: unbelievable. i think the idea of that it could cost as much as one person even for a huge police force, right? >> that's right. >> jennifer: and you could reduce crime by, you know 30% -- that's a good use of technology. appreciate you coming inside "the war room," zach to make sure that people new about it. we like to especially give those who are working in public service the notion that there are fixes to some things or at least something that can help especially cash-crun