illinois army national guard specialists simpson back at this cta norris tonight one day after catching three would be iphone robber's. saturday night the 21 year-old was heading to work dressed in his security guard uniform when another cta writer flat to down saying three teams tried to snatch his iphone and one of them had a gun he sprang into action and he was able to handcuff two of the teens but he had a struggle with the third one. >> i had an like this. >> he drew his own weapon which he says he is licensed to carry and it turns out the teens gun was in real but the soldier held all of the suspects until police arrived a short time later. 17 year-old dante jackson is now charged as an adult with aggravated attempted robbery and assault. to 16 year-old girl also charged as juveniles. they received verbal commendations to it from his superiors into lots of high fives and handshakes from fellow soldiers. in those tense moments simpson says it was his training that kicked in to help him now that the thieves. specialists simpson joined the national guard's three years ago when he was

the ball back and the new way cta servers can track the trend and medical watch managing adhd out the of drugs. tonight's medical watch better behavior doctors it possible for children with attention to the said hyperactivity disorder. information from various studies reveals the impact of food on it adhd. researchers point out type of restrictive diets of limited and food additives adding supplements does not help but altering the diet does. high sugar and high fat foods can make symptoms worse on board those polled for a low-fat-fiber diet. better diet mind games and exercise can all help ward off dementia doctors say to start young memory loss begins in the 40's patients to not seek treatment until much older causes a challenge for researchers trying to stave off diseases like alzheimer's by 45 reasoning and comprehension skills to carry it by 3.6%. doctors said medications impairment best started at the first sign of trouble by age 70 decline in and close to 10% and women 7.4%. women and men who made new year's resolution to quit smoking might also want to quit nicotine patches an

earlier this cta deburred did all of its buses awfully short. last february 1st that stuck cta bus led to a 1015 vehicles backed up behind on the outer drive. today those buses are running normally again but again lots of problems on the major drive. no major injuries reported in that and i guess that's the one lesson we can talk about tonight. >> let's talk about the highways. >> a lot of people are being pelted on those major roadways, really long commute. >> in some ways this was a perfect storm for us, on fridays we always see some of our highest traffic volume and when we have a major storm such as this one we are only moving as fast as the surrounding traffic. >> how are the highways now? we have had some folks said wgn leave late on purpose hoping they can get through faster. >> we appear to have gone through the worst of it, we still see some very high travel times on expressway's particularly the evening the kennedy, conditions should start to improve rapidly and certainly by tomorrow morning they will be rapidly better. >> should we ta

. >> reporter: he says the cta will not take a stance on the governor's plan until it's been thoroughly reviewed >>> the silicon valley international auto show opened today in san jose. and it comes at a great time for auto makers. in the last seven month, new car sales are up 14%, and 10% nation-wide. detroit mafr manufactures are -- manufactures are leading the surge. >>> occupy protestors nearly breaking down the door of city hall in oakland today. you can see in this video what happened. they were demanding to speak to the mayor. the demonstrators are furious with police who once again raided their camp last night. kron4's kate thompson has details on the latest confrontation. of >> reporter: protestors show up to city hall to find the doors locked and guarded. finally, the door is opened and protestors are told someone from city hall will be down to speak to them. when the police officer tries to close the door, that's when chaos erupts. [ crowd noise ] >> reporter: after the tug of war back and forth, two officers from outside, the doors closed and they stood guard. several people

reaction with two other cars, some of the drivers had to be extricated from their vehicles and did cta had to reroute bosses and services now back to normal. a funeral was held today for the crystal like a marine who lost his life in afghanistan earlier this month captain nathan monus was one of six marines who died when their helicopter crashed on january 19th the 21 year-old was a highly decorated pilot the illinois pitch regard writers escorted him and took him to his final resting place. for victims of a fatal shooting and has fire were honored today with a memorial service at willowbrook high school, freshman was a popular student getting ready to join the varsity wrestling team, earlier this month him his brother, mother and cousins were all shot to death as they slept in their villa park home, his mother's ex-boyfriend set the house on fire before taking his own life, those who knew them gathered in the school's auditorium to share their personal memories. friends have established a fund for the victim's family and donations are being accepted through the demerit bank. a saturda

he worked for cta and bart. i am proud of his commitment to the agency and system. thank you for everything. chairperson nolan: on behalf of the board, thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much for this honor. i would like to acknowledge the sponsorship of the proof of payment study by our leadership from finance and technology. some of you who might have been around when the study was conducted -- it consisted of surveying over 40,000 customers on over 1000 vehicle runs, all over the city, all times of day. that level of effort could not have been done but a single individual. it required transit operations and sfpd. i wanted to thank them for that. our survey team consisted of city hall fellows and interns, as well as the 78 staff in this room today. -- as well as some of the sfmta staff in this room today. i want to acknowledge their effort, and the proof of payment officers. often, the only in counter the public has with them is unfortunately negative, getting a citation. but they do and not standing job helping keep our fair regulations -- fare regula

who will conformism haunt it is >>reporter: he says the cta will not take a stand on the governor's tax plan until has been thoroughly reviewed. and >>james: let us find out whether about this friday in the weekend ahead. good morning erica. >>erica: good morning james miller taking pictures from and you could see it is a little foggy out there no problems of visibility over this particular stand, but some poor working up to fog especially in the north bay and are in the valleys. into the afternoon the fog will burn off the we will see mostly sunny conditions it will be slightly cooler compared to what we saw yesterday and into the overnight hours we will see partly cloudy conditions for temperatures in the 40's. fog tracker for in your visibility charge of the ban on former screen and became less than a half mile visibility to petaluma and correction down through san raphael. that great hugging the coastline north of san raphael. on the coastline we have two and 5 mi. worth of visibility. you could come into some hazardous conditions out on the road would. taking a bit navato, there ar

cta >>> good morning. 4:43 on the abc7 morning news. you can see the red and gold for the 9ers who pulled up a little short of making it to super bowl yesterday. we also may see a little rain out there. mike will tell us when it is going to leave, coming up. >>> i think the rain suits people's moods. >> arizona congresswoman giffords plans to finish a political event disrupted by gunfire a year ago. it will be her last day on the job in arizona. she announced yesterday they is giving up her seat to concentrate on her recovery. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: before congresswoman giffords leaves office she is determined to finish what she started. she will complete the meet and greet that turned&3>l deadly a year ago. some of the injured as well as some of the heroes will be on hand. this time her office says the gathering is private. be. thank you forgiving me time to recover. >> reporter: the congresswoman announced her resignation in this heartfelt online video.p.!+ >> i have more work to do on my recovery. so this is what

which occurred during the 2008-2009 school year >>a college student said that she was assaulted on the cta last night when she would not give her attackers her cellphone wgn's jae milller per talk to the 19 year-old has said it happened during rush hour ... >>three men on the train approached the woman the men were all african-american males in their 20s they stopped to demand that cevichesthis student hand over her cellphone when she refused they knocked her to the ground punched her knocked out a tooth blade her nose >>they started to beat me up and i blacked out >>to take something from someone ... they could have taken her life this simple thing over a cellphone >>police hope that the surveillance cameras may have caught the images of the suspect's >>it is just one day until republicans in south carolina get their chance to vote on the presidential primary. who is losing ground and who is gaining ground? reporter chris welch has the latest on the race >>the remaining four candidates made their final pitch to the voters in south carolina and a debate last night. mitt romney once heavily

the closure of a fax 18 cta bus routes ... way the madison street intersection between canal and franklin as back open revive wacker drive is one of the longest-running street rehabilitation projects ever to hit downtown chicago is $300 million is not your mother's drug store and upscale two-story walgreen's is no open at state and randolph julian crews text us on a tour ... >>this is the flange flagship for the drug retailer based out of deerfield >>we have done a lot of work around the world on these health and daily living superstores what should drug stores evolve to in the united states it is not a traditional drugstore >>it is quite a bit different from that 1926 store that used to be here at right at the same corner ... you can't even get a $500 a bottle of wine ... you can get a sandwich and sushi all of this is geared for a more upscale crowd who keep late hours and it will accommodate tourists as well as some surrounding communities ... walgreen's has reached annual sales of $60 billion ... >>we hope to cater to the

that people throw away john jones holding onto the cards here looks like the cards we used to ride the ctaney left on them he sells the cards to someone else when a discount john jones like a $5 card for $2. john jones over 100 cards at each card and a stack has a dollar or more on this. one man's trash another man's treasure. john jones says doing this for the last 10 years and made $20,000. jim ramsey has the seven day forecast snowfall sprinkled throughout >> pass and snow showers and flurries tomorrow morning by afternoon could have problems 2- 3 in. on the ground at that time winter weather advisory their temperatures fairly mild in chicago at the moment 38 degrees in chicago with the snow, and in earnest around noon tomorrow and again tomorrow night should see another 2-3 in.. friday mostly cloudy 22 degrees for high-temperature very sharp windchill expected more snow possible to run even then on saturday perhaps in the morning on sunday more possible on monday notice temperatures entire week start to departure from the '50s. >> it was dead within she got a raw deal from north side o

night at austin and division he was working his second job as a security guard >>chicago police want cta commuters to be on alert after a string of armed robberies along the green line police said the suspected robbers may strike their victims or display handgun before demanding money electronic devices or other personal belongings 24 incidents have been reported between november 1st in late december people have been targeted while riding exiting or walking home from various green line stops victims have also been robbed while waiting at nearby bus stops >>somebody else might do something if i can't get to my phone >>you have to be alert >>police say the suspect very in a tight and wait >> the republican presidential primary kicks off tonight with the iowa caucuses is expected to be a tight race tom negovan is live in the morning with the latest a big factor may be the reported 41 percent of iowa voters remain undecided the statistics may be low given what we know historically the candidates were up and out early getting out their messages ... mitt romney was rallying supporters and volu

. >> the cta will not take a stand on the governor's tax plan until it has been thoroughly reviewed. >>mark: we're taking a break, as we go, a live look from the pacifica pier. high tide is definitely here. we have some major waves along the bay area shorelines. a live report in a moment. ruth and higher right manas than here goes the here are h >>justine: we are beginning with a developing story. there happens to be a burst in hiring for the month of december that has pushed unemployment down. employers added 200,000 jobs for the month of december. these numbers are coming to us from the labor department. unemployment is now down to 8.5%. this is to lowest level in nearly three years since february of 2009. stocks are not responding to well to this positive news. the dow is down 22 points. their reason, concerns about the european debt crisis are continuing to weigh on the market. we will monitor the situation and hope to bring you the president's comments live on the start report coming up on the kron4 news periods >>darya: two men are in custody after shots were fired from a build