in a statement, rta chairman john gates says: "the rtas audit staff has determined that the metra boards deliberative process was flawed and their decision to give mr. clifford a generous severance package was not financially prudent. all costs related to the clifford contract dispute should have been claimed under metras existing insurance policy instead of being paid from tax- payer funds." the auditor's report says that insurance policy is capped at $10 million and specifically covers whiste-blower lawsuits. critics have been claiming for weeks that metra paid alex clifford one of the biggest settlements in illinois history to shut him up. the rta report does nothing to shut that theory down. auditors looked at thousands of pages of documents and listened to hours of testimony to come up with this. the final report is still being compiled. the draft report is being posted now on our website, wgntv.com live in the newsroom, tom negovan... wgn news. >> for the first time publicly, mayor emanuel talked about his now-indicted former city comptroller. but it's not the first time he was ask

former metra ceo said he was forced out after demands from the speaker.lic statements that alex clifford made to the regional board, testimony that clipper did not feel threatened b hous speaker mike madigan. this is what he testified and you can't see that on several occasions he said there was no pressure put upon him by anybodyby failure to get a agreement on pension reforms, dragging their feet on a comprehensive pension reform. let me say that we have been working on pension reform since 2010. in 2010 we passed legislation that passed in ... benefits as for lisa madigan and her comments a spokesman for the attorney general office says that she will not comment. chicago public schools minimizing testing to maximize teaching time. that's the word from schools chief barbara byrd bennett as c-p-s cuts the number of required standardized assessment tests from 25 per school year to just 10. the change comes after parents and teachers raised concerns about over-testing. part of the cuts limit testing to the spring. c- p-s decided which tests to cut after ge

the metra board did its best to focus on riders' issues today during its first meeting since controversy enveloped the agency and decimated the board. after the resignations of five members, the board is left with the bare minimum of six needed for a quorum. but that still leaves it two short of the eight needed to approve major contracts or hire a new c-e-o. that post was vacated in june by alex clifford, who claims he was forced out for not playing ball on patronage. his more than 700-thousand dollar severance only heightened the scrutiny. still ahead ... he shoots, he scores. an amazing shot from half court earns a college freshman a free semester of college. a leaner show but organizers say it will be just as thrilling. what you can expect if you plan on heading to the air and water show. we have a time lapse out of the hancock building which we will show you. we have a beautiful weekend ahead. there is a major pattern change and had a and it will relieve warm costs up. we'll talk about possible 90 degree temperatures lasnext week but before that, an ice 80 to 16: that's how many pai

the agency that oversees metra says the deal was not as smart financial decision. the sun-times reports that they are exploring options >> h chairman and, under pressure. we hear the 911 call as a school employee convinces a gunman to surrender. >> choose kidnapped by a neighbor and then rescued after catherine shot and killed. hanna andersson speaks out for the first time. >> you can call him chelsea. he began his prison sentence. he announces his plan to undergo hormone replacement therapy. a nightmare on fulton son of a georgia elementary school. an employee keeps her cool and becomes a hero. this entire incident began to look like a terrifying copycat of the sandy hook school massacre. police say a bridge school worker prevented this from becoming a tragedy with her words of compassion. >> look into an elementary school >> was on the phone with an eye and one when she came face- to-face with the 20 year-old gunman. >> phil fired shots inside of the school and police were preparing to bust and. she began to talk to them and let her life and life of students in h

thompson, do you have a metra card in your parket? >> yes. >> no. >> bs. >> yes. >> i have got mine, too. >> ms. quinn, in your pocket or purse? >> in my pocket book. >> have you ever taken the subway without paying? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> yes, but had my school bus pass. >> no. >> no. if you arelasio, elected, will you live in gracie mansion? i will let the people decide that. >> that was not a yes or no. >> held yes. >> my wife and i, we love our house, but we will be glad to live there. >> i think it is a jinx to answer questions like that before you have the option to move in, so i will not answer. >> it is the people's's house, so, yes. >> mr. wiener, if you have to have one of your rivals on the stage to work in your administration, who would it be, and what job would you give him? in charge ofse early childhood development. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> who would i select? the reverend. chaplain. >> mr. liu? freshill be looking for people with new faces. nobody. >> ms. quinn. >> bill thompson to make sure the minority owned busi

and rose herself someone said they believed in the store quonset metra knowing they had nine childrennd kept those svelte figure that she works very hard. i say in the book she may have had some body image issues because you was very careful about what she ate and it was important to her to maintain this girlish figure. she'd like nothing better she got older to be confused with her daughters. >> host: she did some of the same things with their children. you mentioned the index cards where she kept a record of their weight and adjusted what they were fed according to how much weight they look like they gained? >> guest: she had gone out when they were children baden and x. card box. the other thing she was devoted to is their health and if you think of it she is only two generations removed from the great potato famine of 1840 where people were dying in droves and her father was born in the tenements. so rose obviously gets to move out of there with her father and for her children is all about health and fresh air. by the time these children are born she is pushing them in strollers i

thompson, do you have a metra card in your parket? >> yes. >> no. >> bs. >> yes. >> i have got mine, too. >> ms. quinn, in your pocket or purse? >> in my pocket book. >> have you ever taken the subway without paying? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> yes, but had my school bus pass. >> no. >> no. if you arelasio, elected, will you live in gracie mansion? i will let the people decide that. >> that was not a yes or no. >> held yes. >> my wife and i, we love our house, but we will be glad to live there. >> i think it is a jinx to answer questions like that before you have the option to move in, so i will not answer. >> it is the people's's house, so, yes. >> mr. wiener, if you have to have one of your rivals on the stage to work in your administration, who would it be, and what job would you give him? in charge ofse early childhood development. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> who would i select? the reverend. chaplain. >> mr. liu? freshill be looking for people with new faces. nobody. >> ms. quinn. >> bill thompson to make sure the minority owned busi