michele bachmann with the 6 percent of the boat and jon huntsman with 1 percent like to add wgn tom negovan in iowa tonight if you can't describe what you see there so far? quite a flurry of activity shows you what polls are good for quite a bit. in this case as expected to close to call still at this point >> people are friendly and that the voters are pretty typical boating for candidate who met her face to face them out for a politician he looks you right in the eyes as he talks to you like my husband and son he wears cowboy boots >> i can hardly see this >> introducing her husband admitting the presidential campaign trail has been difficult texas gov. rally in the iowa volunteers to help get his message out >> this election is about stopping a president of the united states and his administration of using in the constitution of the country putting america on a track of bankruptcy >> back to back-to-back rallies today former pennsylvania senator rick santorum recent surge in the polls now a top three contenders along with libertarian texas congressman ron paul according to the youth vote

good afternoon i am tom negovan and for steve sanders. and i'm lourdes.duarte in 4 dina bair randi belisomo is live at the county medical examiner's office with the latest >>a woman here had a brother die of a heart attack on october 8th and his body has been here at the more garrisons or so she thinks ... she cannot get an answer as to whether or not her brother was part of a public burial that took place this month >>a group of pastor's came to the medical examiner's office this morning to a minister last rites to the many bodies. they met this woman in the lobby and tears upon seeing images from the morgue on television all week ... she believes her brother was like one of those bodies that were stacked yourhere ... but she cannot know for sure since she was never allowed to come and to identify anyone >>she believes that the medical examiner's office is covering up ... we believe the family has been trying to get funds to gather her brother ... >>the pastor came here to pray and ask for a citizens oversight board to be assembled as to

good afternoon i'm tom negovan in for steve sanders ... and and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. julian crews is live at northwestern memorial hospital with the top story ... >>a press conference will be getting under way within minutes here at northwestern memorial hospital question on people's minds is the stricken senator conscious at this hour and will he be able to listen to the state of the union address tonight in washington ... we are hearing details about his rigorous schedule as u.s. senator ... his work schedule was relentless especially in the days prior to the stroke ... >>most congressional trips come after a very busy congressional session they involve a long plane ride a broad very little sleep and a vigorous itinerary >>congressman michael mccaul said that the trip to poland was growing less than one week before he experienced health problems he was with congressman quickly for a five day congressional visit meeting with the president of poland ... >

good afternoon i'm tom negovan. and i'm jackie bange. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. chile gm's amy rutledge is live in bull valley with the latest >>there is a fluid investigation going on ... it has been going on since the skulls were found yesterday there are many law- enforcement agencies involved. the remains were found a half mile from here and the area is buzzing with activity. a resident contacted authorities yesterday after the skulls were found near cherry valley road the county coroner has confirmed that these are human remains quite old ... there are no identification factors or other traces of id ... authorities from mccary hunter amchenry county and other counties are assisting ... we are being told by authorities that the residence in the area are in no danger ... there's no time to any missing persons cases in this area of either ... >>the department of children and family services is investigating a south side mother who lost two of her children and a deadly f

good afternoon i am tom negovan. and i am konev francisco in 4 dina bair. nancy loo is live at the chicago club with our top story: ... there are more than 79 gangs with up to 150,000 members in chicago >>is said to be the most comprehensive look ever at the street gang problem threat chicagoland. gang book meticulously documents where the gangs are active and who are the nonmembers. according to the commission's president chicago has more gang activity than any other major city and in recent years gangs have not only become splintered but the members and leaders are younger and their recruiting aggressively in elementary schools. >>some of these kids are 17 years old it is not that unusual for someone of that age to be able to influence someone in second or third grade. >>public housing changes have changed the structures of gangs another major trend is the widespread use of social media gang members are not only terrorizing streets but incidents are spilling over onto the internet, whenever an incident occurs the plaster their face book pages with the inc

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 volunteers he saved his harshest words for president obama ... >>this election is about stopping a president of the united states and is a ministration he is abusing the constitution of this country putting america on a track to bankruptcy >>we're going to take america back that is what this is about >>that was rick perry and at a rally for mitt romney several arrests were made ... his messages were about debt reduction fiscal restraint not everyone in the crowd was cheering him ... >>stop the war on the poor! >>is in it great to live in a country where we have this freedom of expression ... i love this >>all the candidates are holding back to back campaign events here this morning ... mitt romney has a major

our own tom negovan is in iowa covering those caucasus starting today 5:00 p.m.will be bringing us reports with chicago tribune political reporter pearson over the next two days >>as he prepares to go to prison former gov. rod blagojevich posted a new year's message on facebook: he says it " these are dark and extremely challenging times for our family we draw strength from the love that we have for each other " despite the adversity we face we look to the new year with hope we are filing an appeal and we trust in that we will endure and we will persevere ... rod blagojevich faces 14 years for trying to sell the u.s. senate seat of president barak obama >>the annual rose bowl parade welcomes each new year with a bang and a football game this year occupy wall street protesters will be marching on the ongoing parade in southern california caring a large copy of the constitution and the human octopus protesters will march in opposition of wealth inequality and social injustice in america that don't have official float of about 300 of them were given permission to wa