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tonya francisco is live at saint vincent de-paul church, with more.. tonya? >> this is the parish where her mother attended grammar school and her parents or at least her grandparents attended the services. this morning the first and only female mayor will be remembered before being laid to rest. the woman who liked her hats and for coats considered a long-shot when she ran, but things to the blizzard of 1979 she beat the mayor with 72 percent of the vote after the ministry she failed to clear the streets. credited with starting what is now known as the taste of chicago. her tough stance on gun control, overseeing the extension of the blue line to o'hare and allowing the blues brothers to be filmed in the city. also remembered for three weeks during which she lived in the area trying to stem gang violence. also dealing with strikes by the transit union, firefighters and teachers. sometimes confronting them on the picket line. she lost a reelection bid in 1983. she ran out again on the next election cycle a loss in the primary. she faded from the spotlight unt
tonya francisco is live at saint vincent de-paul church, with more.. tonya? >> this is the parish where her mother attended grammar school and her parents or at least her grandparents attended the services. this morning the first and only female mayor will be remembered before being laid to rest. the woman who liked her hats and for coats considered a long-shot when she ran, but things to the blizzard of 1979 she beat the mayor with 72 percent of the vote after the ministry she failed to...
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tonya francisco is at state and jackson with the details. >> the morning. did together here at the corner of state and jackson are around 7:00 a.m.. another protest is scheduled for later. the protest that took place here in chicago mostly peaceful. no arrests here. it actually turned out to be an impromptu display. protesters and activists had planned to gather at the if public safety headquarters at 35 and michigan. but after that the protesters took to the streets. >> who street? our streets! >> heading east and then north, they headed over to lakeshore drive shutting down both sides of the drive. while police officers made a largely peaceful track. elsewhere, jesse jackson denounced the grand jury decision calling it is said commentary and not credible, also calling for peaceful protest. >> i urge people to discipline because violence will not solve the problem. it could be a distraction. >> after exiting the drive, protesters headed north to the thompson center were the crash with police who deployed the same tactics they used during the native summit.
tonya francisco is at state and jackson with the details. >> the morning. did together here at the corner of state and jackson are around 7:00 a.m.. another protest is scheduled for later. the protest that took place here in chicago mostly peaceful. no arrests here. it actually turned out to be an impromptu display. protesters and activists had planned to gather at the if public safety headquarters at 35 and michigan. but after that the protesters took to the streets. >> who street?...
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tonya francisco is live at a north side polling place with more.. tonya? >> we are in the final stretch. voters will decide who is in and who is out with the contentious governor's race been the one most watched. and in the most attention not only here in the state but around the country. there have been a record number of people taking advantage of early in voting in chicago and cook county. election officials are also reporting a higher number of absentee voters. the candidatesstill have to get their supporters to the polls. this has been the most expensive governor's race in illinois history with both candidates spending $100 million combined mostly on negative political ads. and they say it's still close to call which is why the governor and the republican challenger spent yesterday and we can't crisscrossing the state appearing at rallies and trying to broaden their base. >> a we going to increase the minimum wage? are we going to get jobs for working people? if you are breathing we want you working in illinois. nobody left out. >> we are going to imp
tonya francisco is live at a north side polling place with more.. tonya? >> we are in the final stretch. voters will decide who is in and who is out with the contentious governor's race been the one most watched. and in the most attention not only here in the state but around the country. there have been a record number of people taking advantage of early in voting in chicago and cook county. election officials are also reporting a higher number of absentee voters. the candidatesstill...
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tonya francisco is live at a k-mart on the north side. tonya? >> i was surprised when we are arrived this morning but there was no one in line get to take advantage of the early morning deals which was a very different story than last year when people started to line up around 3:00 a.m.. kmart has been opening on the holidays for 23 years. if we said it wants, we said it a million times, this is typically the biggest shopping weekend of the year. on land deals, preached black friday sales and of course the traditional deals. according to the national retail federation, 25 million people are expected to shop on thanksgiving which is why opening on the holiday has become a popular strategy among major retailers in recent years. kmart is not the only store open on thanksgiving morning. there will be some open letter this evening. i should tell you their radio shack, the lots, dollar general, family dollar, just a few of the ones we know will be open for thanksgiving. live on the city's north side. back to you. >> a winter storm is snarling travel t
tonya francisco is live at a k-mart on the north side. tonya? >> i was surprised when we are arrived this morning but there was no one in line get to take advantage of the early morning deals which was a very different story than last year when people started to line up around 3:00 a.m.. kmart has been opening on the holidays for 23 years. if we said it wants, we said it a million times, this is typically the biggest shopping weekend of the year. on land deals, preached black friday sales...
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tonya francisco is live at comer children's hospital with more. >> good morning.s you mentioned, there were seven people inside the van when it crashed. five were children under the age of 16. the three of those children were brought here. the two adults went to northwestern. all said to have non life-threatening injuries. by the look of this man that should count their blessings. police said the driver was heading west through the park when she somehow lost control and hit a tree just before midnight. by the time police and paramedics arrived, everyone was out of the man. there may have been the least one infant in the van. a car seat was on the ground besides the vehicle. the van was engulfed in flames destroying the interior, melting the tires. all victims taken to hospital in critical condition that the fire department says the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. no word from the police department whether the driver of the ban will face any charges or even being ticketed for this crash. live in hyde park. back to you. >> the calendar of winter is s
tonya francisco is live at comer children's hospital with more. >> good morning.s you mentioned, there were seven people inside the van when it crashed. five were children under the age of 16. the three of those children were brought here. the two adults went to northwestern. all said to have non life-threatening injuries. by the look of this man that should count their blessings. police said the driver was heading west through the park when she somehow lost control and hit a tree just...
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tonya francisco is talking to some at the white palace grill. tonya? what are they saying? >> they are all disgusted. some are embarrassed. some are ready to burn all their bears gear. i was out of the weekend and their discounts. if you want to buy a bears jersey, they are discounted. it is that the loss but what makes it even worse is the loss to the packers. if you weeks ago we thought how bad could it get? they have lost the patriots' 51-23 and we thought that was a low. we thought would go to the by week and it would get better. but then they got even worse. fans were not happy. many were disgusted. saying desperate times call for desperate measures. here is what the fans had to say. >> maybe i should burn up the jacket. i'm just not impressed with the coach. the need to get rid of him. >> what does the team need to do? >> get a new team. that's basically it. a new chicago bears team. >> early on we heard calls for firing j cutler's then firing j trestman. now we hear the general manager needs to be fired. the need to call a family meeting to get this turned around. th
tonya francisco is talking to some at the white palace grill. tonya? what are they saying? >> they are all disgusted. some are embarrassed. some are ready to burn all their bears gear. i was out of the weekend and their discounts. if you want to buy a bears jersey, they are discounted. it is that the loss but what makes it even worse is the loss to the packers. if you weeks ago we thought how bad could it get? they have lost the patriots' 51-23 and we thought that was a low. we thought...
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tonya francisco is live at the chicago board of elections in the loop with that story. >> chaos is what they said. the last ballot was cast at 315 a n on the city's north side. the board of elections said if you are in line by 7:00, you have the right to vote. the reason it took so long had to do with the fact that there were not enough election judges. also issues with faulty equipment. and what is called the greece. vote in which allowing people to vote on the same day. there were only five spite's for that. wells park was one of them. people waited in line for more than eight hours. at one point the mayor came by to shake hands and the aldermen even bought pizza for those still in line. earlier, the board of elections determined more than 2000 election judges either resigned or did not show up. after receiving a series of phone calls telling them they needed more training or they needed to vote a certain way to be a judge. voters we spoke to say it was chaos. >> they were understaffed. not enough people working. and there were issues with machines. we found many times that either the
tonya francisco is live at the chicago board of elections in the loop with that story. >> chaos is what they said. the last ballot was cast at 315 a n on the city's north side. the board of elections said if you are in line by 7:00, you have the right to vote. the reason it took so long had to do with the fact that there were not enough election judges. also issues with faulty equipment. and what is called the greece. vote in which allowing people to vote on the same day. there were only...
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tonya francisco is live at the archdiocese headquarters with a preview. good morning to you. >> good morning. the files are about 15,000 pages and will be released on line at 9:00 a.m.. church officials are hoping that it shows that the archdiocese is committed to openness, transparency after years of secrecy. >> they plan to open the books today on 36 priests who they say have sexually abused children. church officials say the new information along with documents released back in january involving 30 other priests cover all those who have substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with more than 350 minors. all of the priests are reportedly out of ministry and 14 are deceased. but information on to the priests will not be included. that of the new mccormack because it has been sealed like a judge and that of an irreverent whose case is in review with the church. the scandal has rocked the archdiocese and his lead to the $30 million of federal claims. the release comes less than two weeks before cardinal francis george is set to retire. in a statement
tonya francisco is live at the archdiocese headquarters with a preview. good morning to you. >> good morning. the files are about 15,000 pages and will be released on line at 9:00 a.m.. church officials are hoping that it shows that the archdiocese is committed to openness, transparency after years of secrecy. >> they plan to open the books today on 36 priests who they say have sexually abused children. church officials say the new information along with documents released back in...
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wgn's tonya francisco reports from washington park with the latest. >> despite many witnesses saying they heard an explosion. crews from peoples gas have not shut off the natural gas to buildings on both sides of this collapse and are working with investigators and chicago fire department and other agencies to to determine exactly what happened here. piquancy a lot of the victim's personal belongings. a blunder in the death of. their lives exposed to anybody who walks by the building in the 5800 block of south calumet. >> after you heard the explosion what did you do? >> in the basement apartment next door. just before 7:00 last night. the setting is toward awake but what he says sound like a bomb. follicles on the way to meet my maker. >> this is what the building looked like before the explosion. a newly constructed three story building. now has been reduced to a pile of rubberubble. 70 year-old woman and her dog run the second floor at the time. 51 drove woman was on the third floor. both were talking when they were pulled from the debris. the explosion sent material flying everyw
wgn's tonya francisco reports from washington park with the latest. >> despite many witnesses saying they heard an explosion. crews from peoples gas have not shut off the natural gas to buildings on both sides of this collapse and are working with investigators and chicago fire department and other agencies to to determine exactly what happened here. piquancy a lot of the victim's personal belongings. a blunder in the death of. their lives exposed to anybody who walks by the building in...
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wgn's tonya francisco is in edison park with the latest. >> along night for the gas crews who had to work through the night and this morning to get the heat back on. >> video shot by homeowner shuttle's huge flames shooting from the ground moments after crews working for the chicago department of water ruptured and natural gas line. >> the whole front lawn was up in flames. the fire department was scored in from the house up so it would not catch the house. a was pretty big. forced to shut off the gas to 82 homes while they repair the lines leaving dozens of families without any he on one of the coldest nights of the year. everybody was bundled up. i have a baby is 16 months old. we were read about him. we got a space heater in his room. however that i was worried about the fires and things that happen that way. no one got much sleep last night. crews repaired the line and began the tedious process of going door to door to check meters and restore appliances. >> had to make sure there is absolutely no water left in our pipes. we can get in size and in check the appliances. they have
wgn's tonya francisco is in edison park with the latest. >> along night for the gas crews who had to work through the night and this morning to get the heat back on. >> video shot by homeowner shuttle's huge flames shooting from the ground moments after crews working for the chicago department of water ruptured and natural gas line. >> the whole front lawn was up in flames. the fire department was scored in from the house up so it would not catch the house. a was pretty big....
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tonya francisco reports from the marina city towers. greetings from 500 ft. up. to win it much more fierce than what he faced last night. even still he had a perfect successful high-flying daredevil run. >> a selfie right here. >> not one but two world records last night. one for the steepest inclined tight rope walk. >> >> he did not get much sleep less night because of all of the adrenaline. >> i still have adrenaline right now. i feel like walking back across. >> is to approach the city 18 months ago. >> not our fearless mayor. >> city that discovers a skyscraper, he was a way to have the people of the city and the world see it in the way they have never seen it before. >> put the books down, we're going to get a little history right now. >> 50,000 people gathered downtown to watch from the streets in the area high-rises. >> making both skywalks the harness or net. >> what is next for the seventh generation daredevil? >> recreating the walk by his grandfather. >> is the 45 zeroth anniversary. it was filmed live at that point for bbc. i want to what the wire. i
tonya francisco reports from the marina city towers. greetings from 500 ft. up. to win it much more fierce than what he faced last night. even still he had a perfect successful high-flying daredevil run. >> a selfie right here. >> not one but two world records last night. one for the steepest inclined tight rope walk. >> >> he did not get much sleep less night because of all of the adrenaline. >> i still have adrenaline right now. i feel like walking back across....
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tonya francisco is live in the marquette park neighborhood with the latest. good morning.e are in the cleanup and the board up stage right now of this fire. you can see better now where the fire began. looks like it originated here behind me. this is where most of the fire damage took place. it then it quickly spread to either side. and actually crossed over the alley and affected three on the other side. we have some video that was shared with us. the fire began around 1:30 a.m.. a man said he was awakened by neighbors who were knocking on doors warning them about the fire. another neighbor said his dog was barking and he looked out the window and saw someone running down the alley. a short time later the dog barked again and that's when the man saw the flames. the cause of this fire is still under investigation but we did talk to one neighbor who lives right next door to where the fire started and his garage suffered quite a bit of damage. he described what he heard and saw. >> we were asleep and then there was a sound like an explosion. and then we got up and looked out
tonya francisco is live in the marquette park neighborhood with the latest. good morning.e are in the cleanup and the board up stage right now of this fire. you can see better now where the fire began. looks like it originated here behind me. this is where most of the fire damage took place. it then it quickly spread to either side. and actually crossed over the alley and affected three on the other side. we have some video that was shared with us. the fire began around 1:30 a.m.. a man said he...
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tonya francisco is live near 65-th and south knox with the latest. we know that the two elderly people who live in that home have been rescued. but unfortunately, the pilot who was chartering that small twin engine plane has not been located. i want to show you a clearer picture of what's happening right now. the chicago fire department is in the process of trying to shore up this 1.5 story frame home so they can begin the process of trying to locate the pilot of the plane. we understand from midway there was only the pilot on the plane, no one else was there at the time of the crash. as for what we know, a run to 40 5:00 a.m. the fire department got a call of a small twin engine plane that crashed into a home. this is the city's southwest side just half a mile from midway airport. the plane had just taken off and was heading to chicago executive airport in wheeling. some have for some reason, that plane went down. we spoke to a neighbor who lives five doors down from where this happened and she described what she heard and saw. >> i heard a small ai
tonya francisco is live near 65-th and south knox with the latest. we know that the two elderly people who live in that home have been rescued. but unfortunately, the pilot who was chartering that small twin engine plane has not been located. i want to show you a clearer picture of what's happening right now. the chicago fire department is in the process of trying to shore up this 1.5 story frame home so they can begin the process of trying to locate the pilot of the plane. we understand from...
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tonya francisco is live outside the marina city towers with more. >> good morning. you are good to stay up last night to watch this and then be out this morning. i need my beauty sleep. but, he made it. it would be a different story obviously if he had not. we are glad for that. the family is definitely happy. and as you mentioned, he did it while sitting to the guinness book world records. he did it faster than he had planned as well. the first walk from of the marina city west tower to the leo burnett building 19 degree angle over the chicago river. that ankle was higher than the 15 degree angle originally publicized. he did that in about six minutes and 51 seconds. then he took an elevator down across the street back up to the tower for a blindfolded walk across to the east tower. that was up more than 500 ft.. that what was done in 1 minute 7 seconds. tens of thousands of people were on the ground and in the office buildings nervously watching because despite the fact he was so high up in the air and the wind whipping around, he had no net and the safety harness
tonya francisco is live outside the marina city towers with more. >> good morning. you are good to stay up last night to watch this and then be out this morning. i need my beauty sleep. but, he made it. it would be a different story obviously if he had not. we are glad for that. the family is definitely happy. and as you mentioned, he did it while sitting to the guinness book world records. he did it faster than he had planned as well. the first walk from of the marina city west tower to...
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francisco zoo. good morning. i'm tonya peterson, director of san francisco zoo. i wanted to show you this picture. that picture was taken over a year ago and it reflects one of the greatest moments i have had in my career as a zoo director. the other great moment was a similar incident a year prior, two 2 years prior when i held and fed cassani, cabibi's older brother. and i was trying to change the diaper and just like my own son, there was a bit of a mishap. these are two of my greatest moments, not only because the zoo participated in saving endangered species, but we were able to save two babies who faced the ultimate rejection, that of their mother. in nature's cruel way, both infants had been rejected by their mother, but amazingly nursed by our staff and then transitioned to their grandmother, the amazing bow hwang. it is an understatement to say the worst night of my career is the day we lost cabibi forever. it was a tragic incident. since then it's become my mission to ensure this does not happen again. since that day i hired dr. maple. why? when the san francisco issued an animal wellnes
francisco zoo. good morning. i'm tonya peterson, director of san francisco zoo. i wanted to show you this picture. that picture was taken over a year ago and it reflects one of the greatest moments i have had in my career as a zoo director. the other great moment was a similar incident a year prior, two 2 years prior when i held and fed cassani, cabibi's older brother. and i was trying to change the diaper and just like my own son, there was a bit of a mishap. these are two of my greatest...