metra approves fare hikes this morning but there is some good news ... good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. muriel clair joins us live from metra headquarters with details >>the good news is that there will be no service cuts but riders will have to dig deeper into their puck getspockets ... beginning in february one-way tickets will go up 15.7 per cent across all fare zones others will go up 30percent metro riders are looking at an overall 25% jump in fares >>by using capital funds intended to pay for equipment and infrastructure to pay for drug budget shortfalls the can has been kicked down the road according to the mayor's office ... >>this reiterates what we found on our survey people did not want to see service cuts so we hope that we as a board as well as metra staff continues to put the interest of the writer's first and foremost making every effort to provide them with better quality service >>metra is planning and information blitz all th

metra might have to dig deeper single biggest fare hike in metra history as much as 50- 70¢ more eachross all fare zones passes, up 30%. >> we will ask our riders continue to be loyal to our system could not want to lose any as a result of this we hope they understand what a struggle this was difficult decisions for us to make >> current a metra officials blame the increase on past administrators accusing them of kicking the can down the road capitol funds intended for equipment left to subsidize budget shortfall. >> perfect birthday local couple made it their mission to have a baby on 11-11-11 and mission to find the truth one man's search for answers decades after his uncle went missing in world war two. choosing a date changing a lifetime some chicago parents try to make their children number 1 sometimes the labor of love to stop work out as scheduled. they knew the birth of their baby would be a special day but they soon realized >> lisa graziano said all by chance but the scheduled c section 11-11-11 >> i kind of think 9-10 months ahead at * crossed my mind as we found out pregna

batt but tonight metra service between bartlett and chicago has been limited only a few trains getting through a spokesman says most trends on the milwaukee west line are stuck until the mess is cleaned up >> we are suggesting riders can use the pacific west or north west lines on either side of this what if that works with them north central service same tracks up until river grove limited service from here to board hoping people can find alternate tips. >> dependent on the cleanup metra service could be better by tomorrow likely one to track operating through that area. did >> waiting for news conference indian head park get a view that as soon as we can cta writers get ready for in upgrade l line a much needed facelift which one? and federal judge makes a decision former mayor richard daley can be sued will explain why at a nasty windy cold the rain-hello tom skilling the answers tomorrow will be better. is never out-of-reach. the next generation craftsman autohammer. a new articulating head. superior access. only sears has over twenty five nextec tools, now all on sale. craftsman.

. >> police looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman near the metra station. it happened tuesday night near the longcommon station. she had just left the station when i suspect grabbed her from behind and muscle to her in an alley. he then ran off. the woman suffered arm injuries in the attack. they're looking at surveillance video and are working on the composite set catch of the suspect. >> metra board expected to vote on a fare increase. they held a number of hearings this week to hear from its customers many of them say the fare hikes will hurt people who need the train to get to work. one they are considering raising fares by an average of 16% for all zones. if approved it will take place in february. he dropped plans for a referendum on the european bailout deal now the prime minister of greece is facing a crucial vote. >> details on a tentative deal between the teachers' union and gps. >> holland taylor stops by. i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. i don't have time for the flu. that's why i'm knocking things off my to-do list. vitamin d -- done. hand saniti

the back edge should be moving through the metra. we were 65 earlier today. now, we are 55. 54 in culpeper. this is coming from the south. normally we get the cold air coming from the north but this is a total reversal. this is a very wound up low pressure system. we will have some clearing on the backside of this. this could make for a nice sunset in some locations. there is a look at the snow. this is such a bound up system and this is cut off from the atmosphere. it took it from the canada and went to the south side and it will sit there. the cold front is moving from the south to the north. normally, they come in from the north to the south. this is a unique situation. we like it, it is cool. breezy out there. wind gusting up 25-30 miles per hour. the temperatures falling in the early afternoon. tomorrow morning, we will be in the upper 30's with partly cloudy conditions. tomorrow not bad. normal temperatures. low 50's for the most of us. look at that patch of sunshine. >> the son is back quickly. >> yes. nothing to complain about. it will cool down but n

will take a lot of critical review of infrastructure, the preparation, the early warning system, the metra logical services and significant investments. to engage in very practical and immediate action. >> you are watching "newsday close quaked -- watching "newsday" on the bbc. "harry potter" arthur j. k. rowling discusses the journalists. the leaders of france and germany are proposing changes to the eu treaty in order to tighten control of the eurozone. french president sarkozy and the german chancellor merkel expressed their strong support for the italian interim prime minister after meeting him in strasbourg. >> on the franco-german border in a city synonymous with the idea of european unity, italy new prime minister joined the big two in the eurozone. they want to send a message to the markets that italy is in safe hands and has the full support of its allies. what is this new triumvirate going to do to try to prevent the eurozone crisis spinning out of control? >> faced with the gravity of the situation, we have told the prime minister that france and germany during the next few days

identify a possible suspect >>it could be tomorrow at the earliest before services back to normal on the metra milwaukee west line the tracks are blocked by a derailed freight train in bartlett >>nancy loo is live on the scene >>people in this community are relieved that this derailment did not lead to tragedy >>the mangled mess remains on the track the canadian national freight train derailed just after 5:00 this morning sending 22 cars off the track sparking a massive fire and rattling nearby residents >>i was unsure if it was an earthquake >>nobody was injured in the accident it took firefighters more than two hours to get it under control two of the cars off of the tracks are loaded with corrosive chemicals but neither caught fire or leaks at this moment. >>the hazardous materials have been contained in those cars >>we want to contain the fire and then make sure that any of those cars did not contain hazardous materials that would implode >>all the roads are blocked off completely it's amazing how far off they blocked everything >>it may take awhile for canadian national to clear the wreck

if you have information, call metra crimestoppers at 1-866-7- lockup. the vehicle may still have damage to the front passenger's side. police need your help cadging a man in these surveillance videos that happened just before 11:00 a.m. this morning at a wells fargo aijalon 9200 block of national pipe. he told -- along the 9200 block of national pike. he told customers to get on the floor. >> tonight, the officials -- officials say the big woman who caught fire at her home has died from her injuries. officials still do not know what caused the flames. the victim has been identified as 57-year-old leslye thornburgh. all we know right now is that she caught fire in the backyard and ran inside for help. that is when the -- her 84-year- old father tried to put out the flames, but also got hurt in the process. there was some kind of flyable what -- a flammable liquid in the backyard. lopez has announced that he is no longer representing gary g. radogno. -- giordano. giordano maintains that his wife never returned from snorkeling and he did not kill him. law

if you have information with this person is, called metra crimestoppers. >> he will not use savings ton iraq ande war's afghanistan for the president's jobs program. they also is -- democrats suggested this and also suggested using the money for medicare programs. by john boehner says the savings should not be used to offset spending. >> you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make him drink. >> it looks like the house will pass one of those continuing resolutions to avoid a government shutdown midnight friday without a huge fight like the one last april. >> tourism officials hope to draw 1 million visitors all around the country to the birthplace of the star spangled , which is baltimore, of course. i join gov. o'malley and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake as they made the announcement this morning. that flotilla will be nothing compared to the international maritime festival happening in baltimore from june 13 to through the 19th. >> there will be all sorts of ships coming here to celebrate the birth of this nation, really, the quickening of our spirit and our understanding that we a

tribune cartoonist scott stantis says the group nickel and diming chicagoans keeps growing >> now is metrang fares by a whopping 25 percent like we needed help making it harder to live here in chicago. over 220,000 people have moved out of chicago over the last 10 years. almost 50 percent home mortgages under water where water rates are going up by double digits where cook county board president toni preckwinkle 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! pillsbur

it is one of many metra expect it into the overall -- >> but is that an individual metric, or as low modifications one of your mattress and hamp is within that? >> it is one goal within a series of metrics that we are looking at. >> and your bonus structure of is tied to that? >> the board looks at the totality of our -- >> i understand the board laid out these metrics for how you would be compensated. if you had these metrics, they would reward you financially. i understand the board created this. >> right. >> but you are aware of what those goals are, correct? >> correct. >> what percentage of your bonus compensation deals with mortgage modifications? >> that is what i was trying to say, the board evaluates my performance based on the tour doughty of the scorecard. our efforts in lost vacation -- and of the totality of the scorecard. our efforts with regard to loss mortgages, that is looked at in to a dowdy. >> mayor i have more time? >> yes. >> you are not answered my question. what percentage of your compensation is tied to loan modifications? >> congressman, i am answering your