in chicago and we have live music this midday from sam llanas he will be performing at space and evanstonturday night tw we now know what the nato delegates will discuss when they gather at mccormick place on the 20th. the primary subjects will be afghanistan defense capabilities, and partnerships with nine nato countries. chicagoans may find themselves discussing entirely different subjects like when the city's museums will be closed during the summit. the field museum will close on sunday the 20th. the adler planetarium shedd.aquarium and art institute will closed saturday and sunday. at jones high-school parents were told the city will not cancel classes at four schools near the summit. one protest march by a nurses' group has been ordered to move out of downtown chicago. to the anti-war groups have agreed to merge their marches as well. before the nato protests get started later this month protest leaders will challenge the need for nato in a public debate it will take place at the pritzker library on michigan avenue and 17th three days before the summit begins a protest organizer and

county police are warning people to slow down along evanston road, connects riverdale to bladeensburg. shomari stone talked to police. >> today we are coming out doing enforcement. shoot some radar. right, right, warnings, talk to the citizens teach them about what is going on and why they need to reduce their speed as they're traveling. >> the crackdown is part of the county's initiative to work with the community to find out what concerns people who live in prince george's county. >> lots of parties expected this weekend. so there is a dui crackdown getting under way in alexandria tomorrow night. police will start operation cinco de mayo. 8:00. drivers will be stopped at check points through 6:00 a.m. sunday. a duchlti can come with a maximf 12 months in jail and fine in virginia. the national christmas tree has gone. the colorado blue spruce planted on the elipse last march died. the national park service says the tree suffered transplant shock and it will be removed tomorrow. the previous national christmas tree which was planted in 1978, was knocked down by high winds last februa

end of the city was hit hard with flooding last night but the southern suburbs were hit as well evanston had nearly two and a half inches last night and hear some of the others: overnight the wind gusts were 64 mi. per hour just after 1:00 this morning in pontiac ... here are some of the other wind gusts around the metropolitan area ... oak lawn had nearly two and a half-inch of rain falling in one hour's time that was coming down and buckets their ... here are some of the temperatures around the region it is cloudy with little peaks of son out in schaumburg 78 percent humidity at o'hare airport right now there is a high mold spore count higher wheat pollen count here is the jet stream ... thunderstorms will begin to run back into the area sunday night into monday ... pull the lines of thunder or traversing southern illinois the next week will see upwards of 2 in. of rain or close to it ... we might avoid that drought we were so concerned about. 50s at the lakefront '70s in london right nowland right now ... tonight cloudy hayseed drizzle in some spots in the low 50s. tomorrow clouds sun

medical director inpatient rehabilitation at evanston hospital works closely with patients recovering from stroke he says sen. mark kirk glee physical therapy several times a week. >> his own therapist family will work with exercises. to continue rehabilitation. >> last month office police photograph of sen. mark kirk first-time public saw his face since he suffered the stroke. could be some time before ready to return to work full time. >> part is like the gym to work out and part is like school learned how to do things differently. takes quite a while to learn to accommodate any weaknesses and learned a different way of taking care of yourself to be more independent. >> information today came from statement released by family sen. mark kirk staff members will not comment on the progress. >> postpones awarding a multi million dollar contract for at least one month metra, to build on a englewood flyover the south side continues criticism minority contractors not brought to do the work. >> demonstrators outside have metra quarters today, cong. bobby rush federal lawmakers threatened to

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