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wgn's jae miller is live with details. six elementary schools one junior high and to preschool programs. this is why. all 284 teachers are on strike hitting the picket lines as of today. even though the strike notification went out in december, parents and students say they are all extremely disappointed. >> i do not like it. dropping her two kids off at an instructional program monday morning. two kids and not happy about it. >> they are here because their teachers are on strike after negotiations between the way chicago elementary district and the teachers' union failed to reach a compromise despite 16 months of talks. after an 11th- hour session ended with teachers rejecting the board's latest offer. an offer that the board believes is more than fair. we're very disappointed that it has gotten to this point. >> i am sure the union is also disappointed. teachers union spokesperson says what the school board is offering will not be competitive to surrounding school districts and will lose good teachers. >> how can we hold

wgn's robert jordan has details on the programs. that gasoline prices are over $4 per gallon, the hike asst is digging deeply into the pockets of motorists. is it hard for you with these gas prices? of course. yes. it is hard for me. i don't make a lot of money. creative drivers are turning to reward programs that offer savings when you shop at one location and buy gas at a participating phillip station. it is a wonderful program. customers save on come qualified purchases. it takes off. a great program. customers receive 5¢ off per gallon for every $50 spent in qualifying purchases. they can do that for up to 20 gal. of fuel. there is also a program where you will receive 10¢ off for 100 points at participating mobil filling stations. it is good. he has been in the program for a few months and enjoys the savings it is great. especially when it jumped 30¢ in a few weeks which just happened. a car that takes 12 gal., you save five bucks. with all the shopping we do for the family, it makes you feel a little better about the pain at t

joining us now is wgn legal analyst terry sullivan. his new lawyer says he deserves a new trial because his first lawyer botched the case. do you have an opinion on that? >> know.no. >> excuse me for clearing my throat. this has been used before. the problem that these guys have now is the fact that this is what is known as legal strategy. legal strategy we are in a very imperfect science. whatever the lawyers choose to do especially if the plan goes along with that that strategy. it just because it didn't work does not mean that a court is going to overturn it. >> what the make of the suggestion that if they appealed for other reasons that they actually would be more successful? >> i think they did ask for other grounds. as we have said for years the main thing that has to go out to the appellate court. the issue of the hearsay that went into the trial. especially here say from a divorce lawyer and the rev.. that is what convicted him. >> this season's $750,000 in campaign contributions. he could face a lengthy prison sentence. >> wha

it makes no sense at all sean lewis, wgn news. governor is calling for a comprehensive approach to stopping violence in and protect chicago's neighborhoods. on a visit today to the fellowship missionary baptist church the governor a bill to his stand on strict gun control. it is a message he brought home during his state of the state address. he said creating jobs would help. he also backed president obama's call for an increase in the minimum wage and his call for increased gun-control >> we're going to make sure that we have these it work and decent health care for the people of illinois and the people of america >> the governor awarded the church a proclamation marking one day in february as fellowship missionary baptist church a day in recognition of its service >> protesters gathered in grant park today to oppose a proposed oil pipeline from canada. the rally was one of several held throughout the nation, including washington, d.c. the keystone x-l pipeline would carry oil sands from canada through the great plains to u.s. re

but she told wgn, she has hired former u.s. attorney dan webb to represent her. president obama has signed-off on legislation to avoid a default on federal loans. the measure extends the federal government's ability to borrow new money through mid-may. it effectively suspends the 16- point-four trillion dollar debt ceiling in the meantime. in exchange. the bill requires congress to pass a budget by mid-april or have lawmakers' pay withheld. the budget for 2014 was supposed to be delivered by the president to congress yesterday but insiders say it'll probably be delayed until sometime in march. the u-s justice deparment has filed a civil lawsuit against the "standard and poor's" credit rating agency. the lawsuit accuses s-and-p of ingoring credit risks in order to favor the interests of large investment banks and others. s-and-p and other credit rating agencies have been criticized for giving high ratings to subprime and other mortgage securities. which lost value and contributed to the financial crisis. s-and-p officials denied any wrongdoing. according to a new

also the bulls visit denver tonight, right here on wgn. bears ticket prices are going up again, and they'll continue to rise, even though the team failed to make the playoffs. season tickets increased an average of four- point- two- percent for next season. team president ted phillips says they'll have to keep going up due to the market size, small stadium capacity, and city taxes. last year, bears tickets ranked fourth- highest in the n-f-l. asian could be facing an alzheimer's explosion. researchers from the university medical center followed a 11,000 older people in chicago for nearly two decades. there will be nearly 14 million people with alzheimer's in the u.s. by the year 2015. triple the number in 2010. the world health organization projects that there'll be an hundred and 15 million people with alzheimer's worldwide by 2015. the researchers analyzed data on 160 stroke patients. they did 18- 1055 that were admitted to hospitals and had urine test. stroke patients are twice as likely to test positive for marijuana. it is the first c

wgn's frank holland reports on the damage and injuries it caused. hundreds of people were injured and hundreds of buildings were damaged. the sonic boom. of a region of russia injured more than 700 people and damaged buildings. the sights and sounds, the pieces and pressure were felt on friday morning. this is where the meteor coming into the earth's atmosphere so fast that the earth's atmosphere act like concrete. it disintegrates into midair. the pressure way from that, the shock wave knocked out windows and i guess our people. shattering glass like you see here has been blamed for many of the injuries. the space agency said one meteor hit the atmosphere and split into smaller fragments. >> it was one of the largest media errors in years. i'm putting that 5-10 m across. this is probably in the neighborhood of 100-1,000 t. the russian president is sending 20,000 workers to the area to help the injured and clean up the damage. it was a surprise for people living in russia as well as scientists there and the united states. >> we did not have a track.

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ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen® today and >> folks watching us on wgn america,this this is a former wgn in turn who is out in westborough massachusetts studying meteorology he sent us these photographs they had 26 in. of snow isn't that amazing? look at these beautiful shots from sleepy hollow this is from sandy and we think all of our photographers for these beautiful pictures we put them up on our web site what day it was today we had a couple of flurries in the air you can see snow showers cutting visibility as they rode by we didn't really get much in terms of snow but we got a lot of wind. 60 mi. per hour gusts reported this morning at 1015 at midway airport. it was windy all over today harvard 58 mi. per hour gusts. it is still fairly windy tonight and cold enough that the wind really bites. the winds are coming down and the advisories have gone down in our area. it will still be pretty windy by morning flight advisory is in the deep southadvisory'sies in the deep south. plenty of cool weather look how the wind comes down by morning. again double-digit win

in east chicago, sean lewis wgn news. >> a west side, rhodesian has rallied around a chicago woman who has lost all four of her children to gun violence. her youngest child was killed last weekend >> she listens to a word of god ... >> she was invited here by mothers to help families impacted by gun violence. has lost all of her children to gun violence. her last son was shot and killed last weekend >> she knows the pain of losing a child all too well. her 21 year-old son was one of three people shot to death in a south side parking lot in november of 2011 >> i do not want another mother to have to experience what i did >> we have to do something >> january of 2013 was the bloodiest january >>. leaders worked to tighten gun laws >> we need your help... >> she prepares to bury her last child tomorrow, she says she will continue to speak out against gun violence >> it is ridiculous. i feel really bad. >> still to come, a deadly fire sweeps through several apartment units in the far northwest suburbs before crews could get it under control. also, investigators are looking into what caused

see right there we will come back and show you the upper midwest snow for those of you watching us on wgn michigan we have a windy rainy smiled storm on sunday more on that on the updates as well. tomorrow mixed sunshine gives way to more clouds in the afternoon and evening light winds clouds thicken low of 27 freezing rain may be some mixed snow changing to rain on thursday. a former diamond miner and a fashion designer find their true passion next the story behind merlo on maple. [ washer and dryer sounds ] for the things you can't wash, freshen them with febreze. ♪ ♪ because febreze doesn't just cover up odors... it penetrates deep into fabrics to eliminate odors and leaves a light fresh scent. just another way febreze helps you breathe happy. carvwe have breaking news, a crash on the south side in what is called the lower west side neighborhood. >> good evening it was around a 30 p.m. when this red jeep cherokee somehow flipped over on the eastbound lane of 31st street just west of western avenue here. three people were inside that the jeep we are told all of them in very serious cond

jackson declined to comment he did tell wgn that she already retained chicago attorney dan webb for herself. his captor dead 65 year-old to billy lee shot and killed a school bus driver tuesday before taking him to a nearby underground bunker. he has been brought out safely. he is with his mother we are just very blessed that they are not united. still not clear why he took them hostage. the credit- card company gave him a heads up all is apparently well found not guilty by reason of insanity the attorney said she was legally insane at the time treated for mental disorders going back to 1994 even when she was on the bench she said she was offered medication at the time of the incident shows retained last november by voters. chicago public schools plan to downsize it is a plan that has a lot of parents fired up tonight some of them have their chance to sound off crystal gutierrez joins us live. there are hundreds of parents, teachers and even students still inside here at st. angeles church meeting with chicago public school representatives telling them why their neighborhood schools should

we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. fire basically broke out at a high-rise condo building. the fire started in the seventh floor. but the flames under control within 30 minutes. several patients are being checked out for smoke inhalation. know that one person has been transported to the hospital in good condition. it is being used as a warning area for the building residents. a van pulled up. someone inside of the man opened fire. a woman inside the vehicle was killed while i passenger escaped unharmed. >> some preliminary information that appears that this incident stems from drugs and gang activity. >> up to 14 shots were fired. if you have any information you're asked to call state police. a convicted murderer is on the loose after a simple record- keeping makes up allowed him to walk out of the county jail. >> this is where the convicted murderers are allowed to walk away to freedom wednesday night. the tips are coming in. authorities have yet to recapture him. the dangerous mistake as the sheriff's opening a curre

wgn's julian crews is live at the main post office downtown with details. >> as you know the postmaster general says that beginning in august your local post man will not be delivering first-class mail to your mailbox on saturdays. this is part of an effort to cut the massive budget deficit faced by the postal service. >> i do not have any e-mail and a computer to be honest about it. i do rely on the u.s. post office mail. he is not happy about the upcoming changes that take effect august 1st. chicago district post offices will you to know that the other saturday services will continue. if you're giving medicine on saturday you're going to continue to get your medicine on saturday. if you're looking for a package from saturday you'll continue to see that package on saturday. and they're hoping that they will be able to phase this in. through attrition there might be summed elimination. we are hoping there will not be any massive changes. we hope to talk to the unions later on in the day. we will have the very latest in the evening as. law >> i've with more on why there was a delay the p

breaking news at the top of our newscast, seen on wgn america the cruise ship triumph limping to shore less than 1 mi. for salvation for the passengers who have endured a nightmarish vacation, a fire, engine failure very little food, no hot water, no air-conditioning and no toilets. some patientspassengers went up to the top floor waving white towels sending out sos signals. the cable broke from one of the tugboat's earlier so it has been slow and it has taken several days for the troubled ship to see an end to this very very rough journey. >> how have you been passing the time since we last talked? >> i am actually standing out on the deck where i was earlier i am sure that we are super close but i don't know how long it is going to take we are here, we are pulling through we are extremely close we have been doing exactly what we've been doing for the last five days, sitting around, talking eating what we can staying hydrated. >> i understand recently within the past few hours you've got things like surf and turf, the clean up the deck they got of rid of a lot of so water. >> we had a

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wgn's dan ponce reports. the flyers a started popping up over the last week... they do not know why they are targeting this small town >> 'wake up white america' is the title... thrown on the lawns... >> it was surprising to see that this would show up in a small community >> they discovered the letters a few days ago >> we're not interested in >> >> they have heard about the letters in nearby towns as well >> it does not really surprise me >> it refers to a phone number and a website... >> a post midnight memorial service is planned to mark the 10th anniversary of the nightclub tragedy. 21 people died in a crush of humanity a decade ago after fights broke out in and pepper spray was used by security guards. people were smothered or crushed to death. a carpenter wants to bring closure with eight final service early tomorrow morning >> we had the most horrific thing happened here... here... and this is peoplinnocent people >> he places the blame for the tragedy on the inward opening doors to the club >> a shooting in the little village neighborhood earlier this e

cltv and wgn-tv dot com will carry the "state of the union" address tonight, and then senator marco rubio's g-o-p response. and the tea party's senator rand paul's response. political analyst paul lisnek will host a special edition of 'politics tonight' immediately afterward on cltv. the list is expected to come out this week. as another round of committee meetings began. the district has put out a list of 330 schools they say are under enrolled. i could top 100 based on criteria. the district faces a $1 billion deficit next year. new legislation is trying to lower the age kids start school in illinois. right now, children are not required to be in school until age seven. the age when most children are in second grade. experts say they should start at age five. so they don't miss out on those early years of learning. coming up next. the u.n. security council responds after north korea confirms it conducted its third nuclear bomb test. also ahead, the speculation as to who will replace outgoing pope benedict. a lot of you may have heard about probiotics but may not realize what they can do f

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joining us from chicago is carol roth wgn radio host, carol, what do you think about this?m completely outraged about this. people need to understand if you have a job, sometimes you go above and beyond. communication is part of the job these days and yes, it follows us home, but that is part of the deal. if you have a problem with this, sit down with your supervisor, say this is getting excessive, but you can't do it and then go back retroactively and demand to be paid. it just goes to show that we are becoming the entitled states of america and in my opinion that's a very bad thing. david: carol, you're in chicago and this happened in chicago, this blackberry thing. chicago is surrounded by farmers, i've got to think that that super bowl commercial that focused on farmers from the old paul harvey speech from years ago, said by the time tuesday rolls around they've done 40 hours and ready to put in another 70 more. that kind of work ethic has got to resonate in chicago against this blackberry one right. >> there's a bifurcation in chicago. most of the farmers are not in th