Trial for the murder of his wife. Declaims is what is committed suicide while the prosecution says that he shot and killed her and there are home. So for three women have testified about meetings and learning that he wanted to have relationships with them. One spoke via a video deposition and the other two of them took the stand. Meeting him downtown at a restaurant where they discussed how they might be able to get together. The Defense Attorneys are attempting to show that while he might have played a round he had no motive to kill his wife. Albans trading he wanted out of his unhappy marriage at any cost. The trial is expected to go on for the remainder of this week possibly going to the jury the beginning of next week. A man has died after falling from the seventh floor. It happened just after 9 00 p. M. Last night inside of the mall. Police say 27 yearold man from massachusetts died. What appeared to be a suicide. Chicago alderman says the online posting of a video from his Bachelor Party is part of an extortion attempt. Who is extorting him and why . The chicago aldermen will not say. This is a video that surfaced over the weekend. That is when the older man is up for reelection. The video was quickly taken down. By that time it was already posted on youtube. What was supposed to be a private party for the chicago alderman and it being anything but when this 2. 5 minute video showed up on line. It was shot in silhouette but you can clearly see what appears to be two women giving lap dances. The video ends when a young lady asks the videographer to stop filming. It is video of his Bachelor Party just before his wedding 2012. The party was held in the same building that houses his office. He claims it took place on another floor that is not used for business. Also says no city or Campaign Fund was used to pay for the party. I am deeply disappointed that an individual whom i regard it as a friend would attempt to extort me my family and the residents of the ward. I apologize to the residents of the 28 woard. I do not want this privately fan to overshadow the good work that weve accomplished. Who shot the video . The suntimes says it is a man who is upset with the city alderman for not giving him a city job. That man told the suntimes that he did not want that video to be released publicly a city alderman has not filed a Police Report about the extortion charge. Chicago Police Superintendent announces the expansion of a bold new approach to battling gang violence. It is called customer notification. It started in july. They urge the gang members not to retaliate and the conversations often include family members. They also visit potential victims of revenge. The message that they shared was simple. If the individual wanted to help poor wanted help turning their lives around we would help them with healthcare dropped placement and opportunities of that fashion. If they chose to read offend there were eligible for enhanced penalties because of their previous criminal histories. Officers stopped by more than 50 homes. So far none of the people that were visited have had felony arrests. An autopsy shows a woman whose body was found had been strangled. The body was found wrapped inside of a blanket. The victim is identified as a 51 yearold of west madison street. Her her death was ruled a homicide. No one in custody. Chicago police shot to dogs. The tried to serve a search warrant on the south side. It happened at 10 30 p. M. Last night. The two dogs were inside of a bedroom with a suspect. The dogs charged that officers. The suspect was taken into custody. 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All of the elements are still in place. Seems to be part of the judge and that brings the cold in here. What our neighbors are dealing with is really something. Look at these chunks of ice. How would you like these things coming at her home. It is something. When the pile up they produce a damning affect behind which water backs up. When they break a cuss as forward. Use in the same area, he sends us the shot of the same thing. Look at the flooding. He has water in his driveway off of the flooding that has occurred. The waves on Lake Michigan are interacting with these piles of ice along the shoreline which are also exceedingly formidable. The sun is out. That is nice. It does not have the same punch that the late february son usually has. It is clear that we are an arctic air. We have to recordbreaking low temperatures on the way. You could break in 1963 record tomorrow morning going below 1 below. He could break in 1897 record. It has stood over a century. The subzero temperatures that we are expecting could be the latest subzero temperatures and 12 years. 19 of 24 days have been below normal. We were looking back over the whole winter, roughly seven out of 10 days this winter have been below normal. No wonder we are tired of this. Look at the forecast we averaged computer models. In other words the opening week of march. Heres a 1115 days. Still way below normal. This pattern is not changing. It has us and low teens. The warmer air to the south. 77 and so then up. 56 at Salt Lake City at this hour. Youre either in this cold air or you arent. We are about two degrees colder than we were 24 hours ago. A very formidable late season the windchill. As much as 30 below zero up on the canadian border. Temperatures are probably as warm as theyre going to be. Theyre going below 0 tonight. 23 at midway 20 at ohare. 16 at woodstock. This cold air suppressing all of the major precipitation systems to the south of us. In an area of snow. It will be pushed south before it can get into this area. We have a wind blowing briskly from the west northwest. Gusting over 50 mi. Per hour. Here are the windchill is the art being produced. That are being produced. Little wonder that there are windchill adviser is out for tonight. It is going to be that chilly around uc 10 below at crane lake. That is the area that is the reason for our air. Of course no one the ground still. Despite the big melting that went on last week. Snot out on the plains. Expected to pass out of us. The High Pressure is dropping southeastward. There is a more formidable snow system. The windchill will drop subzero by evening. Well below 0 tonight around 20 below. The source of this cold air is bitterly cold. We will keep the cold air going here and the chicago area. Heres what the actual thermometer readings do. Look out tonight we got down to Single Digits right up against the lake. This is probably a lot underdone. 21 percent of our seasonal snowfall has historically occurred from this day forward. One year in 1926 we had as much as 30 in. Of snowfall. You can get formidable snowfall. Heres why mia so cold. We are so cold. The jet stream buckles north. It dives into the country. What is different is this a jet stream undercutting the cold air flow. It delivers the colder air. It carries the storms across the country. If these things mary and the right way you could get a snowstorm to develop. But it might be such a system that we are watching on sunday. We have to keep an eye on this volatile atmosphere set up. For tonight this afternoon on the unseasonably cold High Temperature just 22 of the northwest wind at 1024 mi. Per hour. Some areas will get down to around 10 below. Tomorrow sunshine breezy bitterly cold. A high just 14. We could awaken to a recordbreaking temperatures in the morning. In northwest wind to really add to the chill. 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The jet stream coming across california could bring folks out west some muchneeded rainfall. The pattern reverts back to a non rain producer of there. It might shoot a couple of weather systems across the country. Right along the south flank of this colder air. See how we sit between the warmer air to the south and a little clip comes by friday. And more important storm could develop on sunday bringing some small fall. The cold air rides in. Heres a look at the friday system. The track will be critical. Were going to get some land with it on sunday and sunday night. High pressure comes in after that. This is a 10 day ran fall forecast. But the rain out on the west coast and california. As we look at the snow forecast youll see how the band of snow develops in the midwest. That will be the one that will come in here on sunday. 14 tamara and no snowfall then. A lot of sunshine but a recordbreaking low below zero. 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