>>> chicago's cook county jail. home to 10,000 detainees. and all hell is ready to break loose. the gang administer disciples, the biggest criminal organization inside and outside the jail, is headed toward civil war. >> stand by. it's in security, right? >> investigators dre carpenter and adrian sandoval are about to launch a search with their fellow officers. it's one of many tactical measures they take on a regular basis. >> sounds like there's guys in the big room. >> to make sure that a jailhouse war never erupts. >> you want us to go in first, you guys go straight to 16? you guys ready? you ready? let's do it. >> get on them bars right now, let's go! >> you work with the police before? >> a lot. >> you ready if? >> get on the bars right now. get on them bars, let's go. >> get on the bars. >> on the bars! >> get on those mother -- bars. >> catch them bars. >> lean forward. >> this ain't no trust, this is business. you hang up when i tell you to hang up and do what you told. follow orders. how much you looking for? >> put your hands behind your back. >> it is what it is. >>

landing suspected users and dealers from all parts of the city and suburbs in cook county jail. it's here that they joined thousands of other detainees being held for trial. most having charged with crime, but not convicted. >> you guys have a lot of meth out by you? >> criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is looking for the right detainees to help him understand the city's meth trafficking network. >> a lot of people that use meth, i would honestly say that these places like this act actually saved some of them but a lot of them don't make it in here. >> you see the sores on the face, the rotted out teeth. i grew up in the crack area and this is different. meth is a whole new ball game from crack. >> what's the difference? >> it's more money, it's cheaper to make and people stay higher longer. >> it won't last long. gang bangers won't let them sell meth because it takes away from the crack dealers. >> but there's one market where the meth trade is thriving with no signs of letting up -- the gay community. >> meth or no? >> no, all my boys that are homosexual, they

decatur republican says democrats in cook county are drowning out the voices in downstate because cooknty affected pat quinn governor others voted for bill brady. blames them for abolishing the death penalty and legalizing same-sex unions. >> just like a divorce irreconcilable differences between the state of illinois and cook county if you want spending money that we do not have we cannot do that >> bill mitchell sets a statewide vote on kicking cook county out of illinois and, to have to approve that in court. staggering families try to put food on the table attempting to handle the overwhelming needs at the trouble with canned soup in new study shows evidence of negative health effects. sears auto center day after thanksgiving sale starts friday. come in for doorbusters starting at 4 am, and instantly get a $100 sears award card with a purchase of 4 qualifying tires. plus save all day friday and saturday on all tire brands. that's real deals for real drivers. sears auto center. [ male announcer ] whether over a cup of maxwell house, or a can of paint, you turned millions of votes an

now, cook county officials are to blame for it. you should not release someone when the federal authorities place a detainer on them, because they don't do that very often. they don't do it nearly enough, frankly. but there will be a good reason for sure if they placed a detainer on them. and to ignore that is really stunning to me. so sanctuary jurisdictions like cook county, illinois, undermine the ability of law enforcement personnel to enforce the laws that are on the books now and represents a threat to our security. these jurisdictions cannot choose if and when they will turn over illegal aliens charged with a crime and wanted by i.c.e. so if we're going to talk about who is and who isn't above the law, i suggest that my good friend, we work together on a number of things, some of them criminal justice issues. the senator from illinois needs to clean up his own backyard rather than casting unfounded criticisms on states that are taking up a valuable effort to see that our immigration laws actually are enforced. to help end th

a bill was introduced in springfield to make cook county its own state. republican representative bill mitchell of decatur says that while cook county has 40 percent of the state's population mitchell says that cook county selected pat quinn gov. weld practically every other county voted for republican bill brady and he blames democrats for a massive tax hike abolishing the state's death penalty and legalizing same-sex civil unions all against the wishes of downstate boaters they say their voices are just being drowned out ... >>mitchell wants a statewide vote on cook county secession and then a vote of congress to approve the split >>aaa predicts 42 1/2 million americans will travel of the thanksgiving holiday this year the city aviation department expects nearly 1.7 million travelers to pass through o'hare and midway airports before the holiday period ends next monday new and improved screening measures are making things a little bit easier for passengers with the addition of special family lanes and children under 12 no longer required to take off thei

and pieces all day today we have seen a fair bit of movement indian head park police department cook county sheriff tom dart also police chief expecting to hear more about the case. person of interest we understand it charged kelli o'laughlin murder. information. >> the task force has been working with numerous police departments the state's attorney office has been a phenomenal >> cook county sheriff tom dart taken a lead role trust the police and prosecutors are taking their time with their person of interest. law- enforcement sources patent ugly picture they say that kelli o'laughlin constant companion herself fund taken from the scene of the murder and used by the killer to call and text message her mother. police will only say they have got someone. >> all i can answer we do have a person of interest in custody and working feverishly >> investigative sources say the suspect state parolees in his thirties with a long criminal history who may have been spotted in the kelli o'laughlin indian head park neighborhood of one week ago today the day kelli o'laughlin kim habra school walked into

looking at the cook county budget >> $50 million in new and increased taxes and fees to help the countyhe $314 million shortfall job cuts hearing about in recent weeks also came to fruition today over 700 of them in the county days before thanksgiving as for the cook county commissioners happy group passing the budget all but one in favor. >> in the process you win some and lose some but the object is to find the best possible budget for the people of cook county. >> commissioner larry suffredin conceding while the 2012 cook county budget passed overwhelmingly today far from perfect. >> this budget is a tough budget many layoffs in this budget is set to pass this budget on a day the unemployment number for illinois reached 10% >> layoffs and increased taxes forced commissioner william beavers to pass a only no vote >> not with all of the taxes any additional taxes when you had $100 million come again just like you lose 100 million i cannot vote for this >> under the budget the county tax on wholesale alcohol will increase for example tax on a 24 pack of beer will increase by 6¢. cigaret

to check in at one of five cook county sheriff's office facilities reregister taken a photograph and watch a video informing them of the requirements and responsibilities under the new law. those who cannot check in like this registered sex offender on house arrest in ford heights detectives bring the video to them. gated community of timber ridge 3 registered sex offenders parents like lynn brewer expressed relief at the sight of detectives >> right about the corner scary >> by dick out the person next to me it was a sex offender of this during checks or the last five years will continue doing so even though they are not exactly welcome. >> some of them can be in big get switched to be honest no idea whether are coming from because of where that have been to put themselves in these positions they should just shut their mouths and do what they need to do but they know that we are not going away >> this was just on the corporate cook county but happy to report all 80 registered sex offenders were in compliance today something sharp says always happy to see especially on a day like hal

tough times in cook county now looking at laying people off of jobs to pay the bills county board presidente than $300 million from the budget that the difficult and challenging to think looking at the budget that we are engaging in >> difficult almost impossible process of balancing cook county budget what commissioners tried to do basic $315 million in deficit board president toni preckwinkle sent out layoff notices yesterday to 100 employees. unions do not accept concessions 1000 more pink slips will soon be in the mail. >> conversations with union reps and tips are ongoing. so far there is no agreement about unpaid holidays unpaid holidays or shutdowns days by commissioner william beavers porter of former commissioner todd stroger is the budget will not pass >> $400 million would have balanced the entire budget, both businesses and ordinary working people wanted the sales- tax additional 1% repealed and we moved in that direction >> instead of getting rid of the petty and getting rid of these little nit picking taxes like parking at all other new ideas charge people for police services

. >> new detainees arrive by the dozen every day at chicago's cook county jail. most of them have only been accused and not convicted of crimes and are being held while they await trial. >> back again? you're back again? for what? come here. man! you like jail. >> no. >> why you back? >> when they come in here, they're defeated already. once you come in, you already know i lost for now, let me latch on to whoever wants to listen to what i have to say. you used to be? >> yeah. >> a traveler? >> no, i'm a four. >> you're a four? >> what are you in four. >> messing up. >> hey, it's like that sometimes. >> what can you do, though? help yourself out, help me out. nothing? >> can't sing or dance, brother. >> it's always the same song from us except their response is a little different depending on where they're at on their lives. >> what's up? >> what's going on in here, man? >> where? >> in this county, sir. >> i have civilian clothes on. i haven't been in the county yet. >> this is receiving. where you from? >> oak park. >> what kind of case you got. >> domestic. >>

have we cannot do that >> bill mitchell sets a statewide vote on kicking cook county out of illinois and, to have to approve that in court. staggering families try to put food on the table attempting to handle the overwhelming needs at the trouble with canned soup in new study shows evidence of negative health effects. sears auto center day after thanksgiving sale starts friday. come in for doorbusters starting at 4 am, and instantly get a $100 sears award card with a purchase of 4 qualifying tires. plus save all day friday and saturday on all tire brands. that's real deals for real drivers. sears auto center. [ male announcer ] whether over a cup of maxwell house, or a can of paint, you turned millions of votes and hundreds of volunteer hours into a real difference for over

cook county sheriff's dart said in a press release credits the media for bringing this situation back into the spotlight and that's what's needed in order for this to keep going we may eventually get to identify many more victims >>a gust of blustery and wintry weather arrives in chicago today beginning with a high wind advisory that's an effect until 9:00 tonight. wind gusts between 30-50 mi. per hour are churning of lake michigan. police have closed off the bicycle and jogging pathways from ohio st. 2 north avenue due to the waves and the flooding will also have moderate to heavy rain which could turn to slushy snow in the southern parts of the viewing area if tom skilling will be along later with a look at the forecast >>an investigation is under way into the chicago area's second deadly plane crash in three days. a medical plane went down in north suburban river was last night killing three people robert jordan is live with a report >>to of those five passengers were pronounced dead on the scene the other three were transported to area hospitals one of them has since passed away t

their cases are still pending >>pink slips are in the mail to help cover a big shortfall in the cook county more than $300 million county board president toni preckwinkle is planning hundreds of layoffs the first notices went out today robert jordan has a live report >>cook county board president toni preckwinkle had her office sent out first notices of layoffs to employees yesterday there are plans to lay off a thousand more people ... that leaves them $275 million short on the budget so she is asking the union to make some concessions to help in the budget so far the unions have rejected deals for furloughs the board is looking for more ways to develop revenue including additional layoffs >>we really don't want to lay anyone off the first round of layoff notices have gone out negotiations with labor unions continue and hopefully we will be able to arrive at some solutions but it's no fun it's very difficult and insuring that there is quality of services to the most vulnerable people in cook county is really the most important thing we have to keep our eye on >>we think there were ways tha

coast hotel to into a waldorf-astoria which is a member of the hilton luxury lifestyle brand it cook countyidering a proposed tax increase it would affect sales of liquor and tobacco robert jordan is live downtown with more on the story >>the cook county board is looking at many creative ways to close at $315 million revenue shortfall after the board rescinded a 1 percent sales tax last year it is now looking at a tax on tobacco and alcohol. >>you are now using poor people taxes to close the deficit gap ... patti texas >>if we just had one tax to take care of all of this why bring in 15 different taxes to make up for this >>some commissioners say that the taxes are necessary >>we need some fiscal discipline and this is an opportunity to address public health concerns in the cook county population >>others are saying the tax of 3¢ on a six-pack of beer is tolerable >>i believe this tax is necessary we have to find the funds somewhere >>when you hear from with the president and her financing committee have to say you have to think it's necessary >>just a moment ago the tax on alcohol passed b

now, gangs are sprawling into 88% of the suburbs throughout cook county. >> the chief of police asked me, how do you know i have a gang problem? i tell him, chief, i have this. i understand what this stuff means. i can't be a gang expert if i don't know what this means. >> one of the best places it track the chicago's area 70 plus gangs and estimated 100,000 gang members is at the jail. most detaineeies here are held for trial as they've been charged but not convicted of crimes investigators with the criminal intelligence unit, or ciu, are assisting multiple police stations from one. from evanston police, to schilling pd to the sheriff's police and sharing the latest gang intel. recently, investigators began hearing about a renewed battle on the streets between two long time rivals. the latin kings and maniac latin disciples. >> it is hot over there. what kind of case you got? >> behind a mission. >> that's it? what's your background? >> couple misdemeanors. >> fighting. >> what they call you? >> maniacs. been at wares with big gangs. been at war with cobras, gangstas, kings. one of t

we're on the move. >> all right. >> cook county sheriff's police.ce. put your hands up. this is the police. we have a search warrant for your arrest. exit your residence. exit your residence through the front door. exit your residence. policia. policia. exit your residence. >> our target is not home. the family thinks he is at work since 6:00 this morning. >> once the dog goes through, we're going to search. and once we find a place of employment, we'll shoot a couple of cars over there and take him in custody. >> but police don't find what they've been expecting inside the house. >> we just have a bunch of ammunition. there's ammunition for an m-16, .45s, .22s. still, no weapons. >> they believe the intel was good. the problem was, they arrive too late. >> that's the chance we take when we do search warrants like this. especially for weapons because they're constantly moving around. >> they have evidence, more than 4,000 rounds of ammo to make an arrest. but the suspect will face a lesser penalty for ammunition and no fire arms. >> damn. >> just ma

obama and john kerry both received protection during their primary campaigns in 2007 and 2004 >>the cook countyotes on its 2012 budget today they're trying to close a $315 million deficit with a mix of layoffs new fees and higher taxes >>a vote is still to come members of the finance committee have since the morning spent talking and listening to find a spending plan before going to the floor for a vote the commissioners signed off on key revenue generating proposals hoping it will pump $50 million into the county coffers next year that includes tax and the alcohol beverage tax ... that looking for ways to close is 3 under and $15 million shortfall ... toni preckwinkle has backed off of several of these proposals that involve many common fees ... there's been lots of give-and-take layoffs of union workers may still be on the table but that number can be reduced if union workers agreed to agree to preckwinkle proposal for furlough ... it's still a big hurdle to overcome a vote is expected later this afternoon on the budget >>the fda revokes approval for a breast cancer treatment that story is co

. >>> prosecutors in cook county tossed the convicts of three of the five men sentenced in the murder of a 14-year-old girl back in 1991 and this is why. the new dna tests have convicted a con-- connected a convicted rape of the to the murder. two other suspects will have their convictions dismissed. >>> a somber vigil in texas. one person was killed and several others hurt when's bus killed abilene christian university students and staff and went off of the road and leave turned on a hoe yesterday. the driver apparently lost control. >>> heavy rains in columbia led to a deadly mud slide of the the earth gave way and buried a neighborhood under tons of mud. eight people were killed, dozens more hurt or missing. columbia's having one of the deadliest rainy seasons on record. >>> the first wave of localtrops are coming home because of the withdrawal from iraq. we were there for a happy reunion with the families. what do you have? >> we had a nice day today, will. guess what? we could have a repeat performance tomorrow. i'll have the details and changes coming up in my five- day forecast

lakeshore flood advisory all the way from lake county illinois to cook county quarter and lake countycent win by midnight costing over 30 mi. per hour by mourning building 46 mi. per hour following it to the north-northeast. against the shoreline comparable in speed raising lake levels 2-3 ft. putting beaches under water you will see the beach is shrinking in the city tomorrow waves coming in the wind expected tomorrow night southern suburbs expanding northward. by the noontime and how heavy is in the southern suburbs before it mixes with snow cold air involved. coming back to show you more about this snow forecast going to be a strike but sticking snow moving to the east. and rainfall numbers and also a system on sunday might warrant watching chance for snow producing. tonight cloudy with strengthening wind chill the with drizzle and light rain heavier rainfall moving into the suburbs low of 35-42 degrees. temperatures will just not move tomorrow windy cold rain fall. much lighter rainfall to the northwest. snowflakes in western suburbs. high temperature 42 degrees snow mixing in par

veterans looking for work at a both from cook county commissioner edwin ray as today for the third yeare held his veteran's job and benefits fair, opportunities with a variety of county and state agencies were available with employers and service providers on hand to talk with interested x military personnel while mom's and dad's circulated there was made there were free pediatric care available for the kids including school physicals in shots. it's >> lynden enhanced, a chicago church does it to feed 800 families. lending a hand. and a new challenge for the veterans administration overcrowding in hospitals. >> you may have heard the wind whistling outside tonight but that is only part of the story the wins will really get going tomorrow a wind advisory has been issued. ♪ it was the best day ♪ [ whooping ] ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ 'cause of you ♪ we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors! we make a great pair. right, totally. that's what i was thinking. all kinds of vehicles, all kinds of savings. multi-policy discount

democrats of intimidation judge rudy garcia facing first re-election next spring told me it thanks to cook countyairman joe berrios being challenged also the county assessor. judge rudy garcia joe berrios endorsed somebody else because judge rudy garcia ruled in a case against joe berrios daughter a state rep. and judge rudy garcia says joe berrios took the unusual step of sitting in the back of the court room during the ruling not taking his eyes off of judge rudy garcia. >> flat out to you think this was a payback? >> i would be willing to say convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that it's payback because of this judge jesse reyes now the slated candidate over judge rudy garcia de joe berrios spokesman said to contact the democratic party for comment we did not do that teenager in trouble determined educator forming a bond making positive change inspiring story is coming up in the later justin bieber to put an end to paternity rumors. tonight's medical watch trip to the doctor. medical experts say men are far more likely to die from cancer but less willing to be screened. cancer researchers stud

they never identified eight of the men, but today the cook county sheriff announced the identity of onee victim. he says he was 19 years old and worked in construction. >> this also, unfortunately, fits john gacy's pattern as well, when the primary is that he went after as far as targeting his victims were young men who he enticed with either offers of employment or in some cases, actually worked for him for some period of time. >> shep: john wayne gacy took on several jobs, including entertaining children as a clown. he died by lethal injection in 1994. mike tobin is live for us in chicago. and mike, i'm just curious how they finally identified him. it's been three decades. how did they identify this guy? >> it was all part of an effort we the cook county sheriff, tom dart, to reexamine this case using modern techniques and technology, including dna. that's what ultimately did it. so now the family of william george bundy knows sadly what happened to him when he disappeared back in 1976. >> just the fact that he had been working for someone that was a contractor and he was excited that

. >> testing was courted by the office of cook county state attorney indeed elver is at the malls along michigan avenue, 59 offenders were rested including one who stole his $5,200 crystal vase from a downtown boutique. >> of our efforts retail theft in financial crimes are reacted in nature, this allowed us to team up with our kiley colleagues in law-enforcement and professional colleagues and loss prevention in a proactive efforts. >> alvarez says such organized theft directly impacts consumers, driven up prices and pass along in tax revenue as a result of organized theft each year. the state was a $77 million. the state loses 70 said $77 million. warning shoppers to be aware of such thieves with the holidays foot traffic which makes it easier for them to carry out these actions. >> rescued from deplorable conditions and in need of a home next the effort to give these dogs a good life. and acts of kindness the men and women on the front lines, how one community is hoping to make their holiday season better. and a major academic honor for to suburban women will send them to england for

it's a priority for all of us in chicago, cook county.her would agree with me it's a priority. i don't believe anyone wants to see their child fall victim to this type of crime. >> today mother and daughter are reunited and working on mending their past. >> i feel blessed. i think god gave raleigh and i both a second chance at bettering our relationship. >> i'm just trying. >> had that test not been in place, i don't know where i would be right now, maybe putting flowers on her grave. i don't know. >> for every girl walking the track or smiling in a sexy online ad, raleigh wants the public to understand that despite all outward appearances. >> they need help. they need to be loved. they need someone to reach out and give them a hug. all of us had situations that hurt us and broke us down to the point we felt like we were unloved and we hate ourselves. >> up next, oakland's finest females go under cover. and turn the tables on unsuspecting johns and pimps. they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the be

even sharon bialek sharon just campaign spending sending to reporters a list of six civil cases in cook county court which sharon bialek sued for money she owed sean lewis reports >> from a common sense standpoint one would have to ask if in fact if that might not have been a motivation for her being subjected to this >> the first time herman cain has answer to the latest accusation of sexual harassment chicago when sharon bialek >> suddenly reached over and he put his hands on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. . >> during a press conference presidential candidate said he does not know sharon bialek admitting he does remember people who made a positive impact on him in the past >> sitting there trying to remember do i know her? did not recognize the face in the name nor the boys >> meanwhile me sharon bialek detour continued in new york city as questions of her past financial problems in chicago bankruptcy filings asked something her fiance says is not the case getting child support of more than $5,000 a month >> there was no

we know that they have been pretty successful and pretty successful in cook county in chicago where thisk place. i have been told that the wrongful convictions at northwestern says there have been more than 100 exonerations in illinois since 1989, brooke. and of those, 31 involved new dna evidence. and that's the case here. interestingly enough, all of them were convicted. they all confessed but there was no dna evidence linking them to the crime, only their confessions. many of them are now -- all of them are now saying that those confessions were owe kersed. the judge is struggling with that fact and on the, judges really do struggle with coerced confessions and false confessions, but they do happen and they do certainly happen when you have young people being interrogated by police. so oh a case certainly that we are watching, brooke, i don't know yet what the judge will decide but i will let you know as soon as i hear. >> just quickly, 'cause i'm curious, has dna testing in the past exposed a number of false confessions? >> absolutely. absolutely. i mean, the innocence project has do

. >> from emanuel and his wife also coming to pay their respects along with the cook county board president commissioner john daly and a host of aldermen and city officials. >> she brought class culture in the world promise to chicago that the mayor himself couldn't have done without her the cultural center of city locations miss dailey is credited with saving this historic building. as people filed past her casket of fliers stance in the background for a lasting legacy many say will be her commitment to the city's children nature and the arts but above all her devotion to her family and her husband chicago's longest serving mayor. she always cared about him and she cared about her city. there's about one hour left for this visitation, the funeral mass will be tomorrow morning at 1030 at old st. pat's church, that will also be open to the public and instead of sending flowers the daley family is asking that donations be made to the after-school matters program as well as the cancer center at northwestern university. it wasn't just a political belief or turned out for maggie daley is weak to

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a day care worker has been found guilty in the death of a 16 month old boy a jury found melissa cook county since guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated battery ... prosecutors argue that she slammed benjamin kingan said had to the ground at a daycare in lincolnshire back in 2009 but kelly since these lawyers said that her confession was coerced she could face life in prison and will be sentenced early next year melissa calusinski will appeal >>former powerful chicago aldermen edward vrdolyak was released from prison today he completed a 10 month sentence for his part in a scheme to get a million and a half dollar kickback from gold coast real- estate deal >>fern schurr for approval of his 2012 budget mayor rahm emanuel met today with city department heads the mayor and his cabinet met to talk about implementing the new budget passed yesterday by the city council >>we're down to $2.1 million the budget was passed unanimously by chicago alderman >>the cubs long search for new manager may be over there is no confirmation yet from officials but it is being reported that the job will go t

support for a long time schaumburg christian math teacher and ordained minister he went before cook county judge facing charges of sex " sexual exploitation of children paul laduke is accused of fondling himself in his class from last week >>he was subsequently fired police arrested the 75 year-old teacher monday after he unzipped his pants pulling a cloth over his private parts and allegedly masturbating in the classroom wall met fantasizing about female students their present in the classroom a pair of female students allegedly saw this and told another teacher who relayed the information to administrators for teachers and parents arriving at school today the news has left everyone in a state of shock >>he was very all like to is a good teacher here for 27 years we never had issues like this with him in the past or any other issues nothing that we were made aware of we are all said this has happened ... >>he has some evidence of dementia he is 75 years of age. he has limited recall of what happened and i am not sure whether or not his recall is what he knows or what the authorities durin

cook county state's attorney says clients taken from the home as well as herself found and ipod touch were found in wilson possession. the horrific nature of this crime shock even seasoned investigators. >> there are no words to describe how horrific this is. even the most experienced investigators and prosecutors have been brought to tears by the fact of this case and a chilling nature of this case. all of us who have children who have teenagers a haunted by the sickness of this crime and total disregard for life displayed by this defendant. >> we are told that wilson also has a significant criminal past. in 2003 he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for on lawful the secular invasion. john l. wilson jr. charged with first- degree murder denied bond in court today. >> that man charged with her murder did appear in court minutes ago for a bond hearing. >> at the courthouse with the latest. >> deciding the evidence was overwhelming the judge denied bond to john wilson he is charged with first-degree murder and burglary. within hours he send text messages to her mother taunting her abo

now gangs are sprawling into 88% of the suburbs throughout cook county. >> the chief of police said i didn't know you had a bank problem. i have this and i understand what this stuff neats. i can't be an expert if i don't know what it means. >> one of the best places to track the 70 plus gangs and estimated 1 hundr00,000 gang me are here. they have been charged, but not convicted of crimes. investigators with the criminal unit or ciu are assisting what it was from the evanston pd to the chicago pd to the sheriff's police. sharing the latest gang intel. recently investigators. the battle on the streets between two long time rivals. the maniac latin disciples. >> what are you? >> a maniac. >> it's hot over there. fighting with kings. other big gangs. one of the biggest and floodiest wars was for themselves. >> i got to see my face. shoot me. >> the maniac disciples or mlds represent the second largest latino street gang in chicago. founded in the 1960s, they got their start in humboldt park on the city's northwest side and branched out from there. they now claim up to 3,000 members who

confirm or deny the existence of any ongoing investigation but we would remind the public that the cook county state's attorney's office actively investigate the referrals of criminal conduct by police officers that we receive from our state and federal investigator partners " >>mayor emanuel has not yet decided whether to support a new proposal to ease up on puck possession charges in the city alderman danny solis was pleased to issue $200 tickets to people caught with 10 g a pot or less instead of putting them into jail supporters say the current laws unfairly target minorities mayor manuel said the cities with similar laws have also created problems but added that he will look at both sides before making that decision >>gov. pat quinn is under fire from cardinal francis george another roman catholic bishops in illinois governor quinn a roman catholic is scheduled to present a leadership award at an event held by an abortion rights political action committee and a statement from the catholic conference of illinois cardinal george and the bishops of joliet rockford peoria springfield in belle

almost 50 percent home mortgages under water where water rates are going up by double digits where cook countyinkle is looking to raise taxes it didn't we elector to lower taxes? mayor emmanuel looking to tax everything that isn't all of this on top of the new higher state taxes hoisted on us by gov. quinn. who knows probably just being cynical eye can see the limit shining cities rising out of the wreckage like a phoenix the only problem that city is a scary. that is my stantis for now >> something people take for granted help coming from chicago and tom skilling later says dipping below the freezing mark over the next few days. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat [ cellphone rings ] hey honey! mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. i wouldn't do that. ge

one fourth of the people in chicago's cook county are latino now and hastert's lawsuit says they deserve two seats. not just the one gutierrez has for himself. >> that hasn't been done to preserve the territories of some democrat congressmen that are already there. >> but the nation's highest court has already said no more political complaints. >> this case is the biggest supreme court case this no one has ever heard of. >> cnn legal expert jeffrey toobin. >> basically what the supreme court said was, if you democrats and you republicans want to go out there and fight about redistricting, we are not going to get involved. that is not the place of the courts. we will get involved if race is being abused in that process. but if it's just politics, we're staying out of it. redistricting is a partisan enterprise. always has been. and we're just not going to get involved. >> this is marblehead, massachusetts, where gerrymandering was born. the name sake of this man but mispronounced. it should be -- >> gerry with a hard "g." >> as governor, gerry drew weird districts like this for the state l

at the road chicago military academy marching band helped kick off a veterans day parade their cook county board president toni preckwinkle and secretary of state walked in honor of our servicemen and women tuskegee airmen received a special salute >> we have this day to remember all the efforts that are veterans at our fighting forces have done for our freedom >> freedom so many have lost their lives fighting for like service members in these had sketched portraits on display at loyola university water tower campus today the portrait of a soldier exhibit displays fallen service member from illinois killed since the september 11th terrorist attacks and union station today hundreds of volunteers from bank spent this veterans day packing more than 500 care packages to be sent to soldiers sent to afghanistan thanking them for serviced wgn news @ 9 >> still i had a new development and state child sex scandal former head coach joe paterno to talk what he is willing to offer a federal grand jury. student body goes from all right into paying respect to the children of the scandal at tom skilling

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>> chief medical officer at cook county hospital in chicago and the city's former public health commissionernd we can eat ourselves out of it. >> but it also puts him squarely against conventional wisdom which considers diet only a part of a heart healthy lifestyle. if a doctor were to say to me, look, heart disease is a food born disease. if you follow this diet, a strict diet, very restrictive, but in the exchange you're not going to have a heart attack, what would you say to that? do you agree with that? >> i would say that is an overstatement, an oversimplification and overstatement of really what we're able to do. even though i know there are people who say it. >> without a doubt, he is one of those people. a general surgeon by training, not a cardiologist, he holds no special degree in nutrition. but during his research he came upon a stunning fact. some cultures around the world like people living in central africa, new guinea and indians in mexico have virtually no heart disease. none. so what can we learn from them? coming up, taking a page from the heart healthiest spots on the glo