seems to be able to be accept the cubs. first play of the game castro up the middle. carlos out of first. to nothing lead in the fifth inning. ryan has some control issues. neal walker made up kate in the biggest way. grand slam for neal walker. it is an opening day defeat for the cubs. 623. >> the grand slam hurts. when it is for 22 and you are right in the game those in the putting away for the rest of the game. >> cleveland had the better of it otherwise. sox fans say hey to adam done. already to nothing. that was only the beginning. later on, same inning carlos quentin launches the guy on top of the really watch this. that is another homer for the white sox. two homers in that inning. two rounds in the first four in the third eight runs in the fourth. get used with the sox beat the indians 15 to 10. wgn said rich king was there to watch. >> the white sox offense is potentially awesome. reality is here. >> he may be looked pretty foolish on my first at bat. i was trying to get a pitch i could put in play. >> i think it is good for him. a lot of expectation. when you start that way you create confidence in yourself. >> gordon hoping this is an omen for things to come in 2011. >> it's nice to go out there and do something with the whole team. in spring training we weren't doing that. >> gordon beckham and carlos clinton can come back a year ago. the white sox lineup will indeed be awesome in 2011. >> they could really be something down there. the cubs will try again tomorrow. >> cubs fans are a tough bunch of course still a little rain could hurt their spirits as they headed to the home opener. >> hey chicago would you say? >> far from camera shy cubs fans showed up are really ready to cheer on their beloved team. i feel like they're going to win this year. i hope they're going to win this year. >> the golden rain did not dampen spirits and cabstands at least not until the top of the fifth inning. >> it is kind of cold but it's terrible. >> noticeably absent from today's game cubs legend monsanto's. >> ronnie was a great person on and off the field. >> fresh beer was falling and the ball park dogs didn't disappoint. >> fans came to read the from all over the country even texas. >> this is my fourth year in a row coming from texas. >> do that, that's great to hear but stop calling me to. >> baseball the great american pastime. the u.s. flag the great american symbol today and i love the flag was displayed during opening date at wrigley. the flag waved in the wind as heroes from 911 carry on to the field. the flag was part of the twin towers. it was torn the american spirit could not be destroyed and has been slowly repaired. it is a symbol of resilience and freedom. >> robert redford tossed out the first pitch. redford looking good their has well known connections to chicago and baseball. he and paul newman shot here for the 1970 movie. his baseball connection was also on the silver screen. he played roy hobbs in the 1980 film. 27 years later he's more concerned getting the ball to the plea. he is in town to talk about his upcoming film the conspirator periods an elderly woman pulled out of a deep retention pond after her car veered into the water. baby boys joined at the heart. a young mother shares the inspiring story of her conjoined twins. >> you are watching chicagos a very often wgn news. look, we've all dealt with the itching of athlete's foot. i can't just wash it away. killing it takes clinical strength. i only use lotrimin ultra. its powerful formula can even cure severe cases of athlete's foot. nothing cures better. lotrimin ultra. the killer cure. 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woman he risked his life to save. >> i took off my clothes, through my gun had one of my partners give me a baton jumped and. just after 1:00 this four- door buick left the road near 153rd and ninth in phoenix. he went straight into the freezing water. there are no skid marks. no signs the driver tried to stop or swerve. >> the car went over the hill into the retention pond. the car was completely submerged. >> it was a positive outcome. >> those cold water suits help a lot. the dive team pulled the woman free and to the surface but without vital signs. they were restored before she was rushed to the hospital. >> i hope she pulls all the way through. i'll be praying for her. >> tonight, a phoenix police are telling us it appears in medical emergency possibly a heart attack may have contributed to the action today. that is preliminary. helen was under water for more than 10 minutes and remains in critical condition right now. >> this search is on for a hit- and-run driver who killed a woman in a crash in west urban north riverside. a 65 yield ohlman is run down last night on 25th street. paramedics rushed to the scene but could not saveelaine gorny. the car that hit her kept going north on the slain. vehicle possibly great or silver with a partial license with k 97. >> 8 year-old. she was found dead under piles of garbage in her neighborhood. her body was badly decomposed. it's believe she died of nash natural causes as far back december. she did have a son in the area to police later arrested on a separate charge. neighbors complained of a small. >> have seen this door open with garbage coming out. did the parking lot take off. >> her son at 43 rolled ronald was arrested at the apartment later the state of small bag of marijuana fell out of his pants pocket when he went to show them his id. he is charged with misdemeanor drug possession >> the fourth largest city. a look at the candidates and the challenges that lie ahead. the winner next. >> more encouraging signs the economy could be on the road to recovery. >> charges of 30 politick against america lacked bite alderman bernard stone. supporters of the mayor made a fire full of lies in order to help the candidate running against him. held a news conference today. he showed a flair that says he voted against measures that would have helped. stone says that's not true. he says it's all up fully to help his challenger be him. >> here is the mayor left misleading our public and the constituents of the 50th ward. i will certainly not be a puppet for the mayor elect once i am reelected. >> the longtime mayor of juliet not running this tuesday. nine newcomers vying for his spot. >> marcella talked with four of the candidates. >> juliet is the fourth most populated city in the state. more than 147,000 residents. the riverboat casino industry has lost nearly half of its revenue. while east be a bustling town the unemployment rate is now 12% higher than national average. says juliet gets a bad rap but she's trying to change that. a nurse in council member is running for mayor in a crowded field of nine candidates. the biggest issue the new mayor faces as a $27 million budget deficit. if elected clinton wants an independent audit audit of the city's finances. >> what's going in, what's going out, what we're spending money on. people are not trusting of the city government. they won an award of the money go. >> the economy has hurt everyone here. the median family income and juliet is $48,000. 11 percent of the population live in poverty. former administrator at joliet junior college says the average city employee salary is $83,000 a year. >> we cannot stay on our current salary structure within the city. >> the city has treated unions in this city very well in the past given 4 percent increases. all the marrow candid said that will change with the contracts are up. >> there 40 vacant positions in the police department. mike marconi knows about public service. he was a firefighter for 36 years retiring at the rank of battalion chief. he says he will take salary and let the mayor. he will only run once. at the end of four years the budget will be balanced. >> this is so painful for me as a city employee. i cannot take this anymore. >> millions of dollars have been poured into developing downtown. most of the project has failed. critics say the city council has made very poor decisions. parts 6 like the rialto peter which the city subsidizes for $700,000 a year. the historical museum $300,000 a year. the splash station to launch a thousand year. silver crossville bricks even every year. a pastor in councilman for 20 years as he will not let the counsel that all the blame. doris retired in 2009 from caterpillar one of the city's largest employers. he is the only candidate calling for a tax increase. >> i don't really see a way to get to this without a tax increase. >> one thing they're all counting on to help revitalize the city is a high-speed rail from st. louis to chicago with juliet as the middle stop. the state has already promised $33 million for the project. maybe these empty streets will be filled again. marcella wgn news. >> get out your scorecard or your flow chart. here we go at 5:00 on the wgn evening news followed by politics tonight and six on cl tv. a 630 special action coverage begins not on channel 9 by 9. 2 or channel 353 on comcast's cable. you also watch it all night on wgn tv. com. dobie complete coverage wrap ups of the winners and losers on the wgn is of course and not a clock. >> the story of the conjoined twins with an amazing will to survive in a mother's determined to beat the odds. >> when churches unique way to attract new parishioners. >> the official drawing of the lottery. >> good evening this is tamper with the winning numbers for friday april 1, 2011. >> this is timbre have a great night. >> the nation's on a plan rate falls to its lowest level in two years. the labor department says 216,000 new jobs were added last month in the private sector. the private sector behind nearly all the gains. >> american airlines flight on its way to chicago had to make an emergency landing in ohio this morning. the plane was on its way from washington d.c. when passengers complained of dizziness and poor air quality. the pilot dropped oxygen masks but they did reach of onetime. for passengers caught sick they fainted one had an asthma attack. there were taken to hospital after landing. there may have been pressure issues but it's too early to say exactly what caused people to get sick. >> coming up on a bad start to weaken unless you're a cubs fan. says tom skilling says enjoys saturday before the rain said sen. it's beautiful. it's intelligent. even genius. but does your network work ? yes, i can hear you now. this is america's largest and most reliable network. @ verizon. built so you can rule the air. úwpú ç uúpúx?x?út@ñíwú@íxwpoú'úñ8@÷x@úúpn÷ñ@ñp>éñóhpúkññ xxo@úvúñpñp@xúíúñxó@ñ@ol@w?úpñ÷ñxxñ@/@ñ 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'70s at o'hare and midway it will be cooler and waukegan in kenosha. the winds there just north of cold far off the lake. that is working. that's one of the warmer temperatures this season. if the works out will stay in the '40's. and get very stormy. here's a look at the precipitation expected to fall. you'll see it right there hysteria led up. that happened sunday night. those of the big storms expected to come across the area. this is rain tonight. watch what happens as we make our way to the rest of the weekend. take in those late sunday night monday morning showers and thunderstorms. by the way there might be one that swings too early sunday. before that 70 degree warmth comes in and. there's been up to 1 ft. of snow in parts of man. their winter storm watches on the north side of the storm. the war must not for the moment it is cooled. the chicago area 38 is the temperature right now. that is at wrigley field we have got temperatures elsewhere in the area of going into the 30's right now to build. there you go. let me see if i can push the red button here. this is a camera view of the reins coming through. down the road a mile and a half hour wrigley field they produce strains that occurred there. rains were not an issue in the south. phoenix had a second earliest hundred ever. with the warmth. will be this warrant we tapas the storm comes out of the rockies north of us in full southerly winds here on sunday. current temperatures: increase temperatures tonight across the good portion of the united states. a northwest wind blowing at the moment. again a beautiful saturday on the way before we get under that warm air and develop some storms later sunday or sunday night. on the update to a couple of computer runs on that. we do begin are severe weather season. it's a month they can get warm finally we're are due for that. during the data more turns partly sunny breezy milder by afternoon high of 55 tomorrow. that's only the beginning. the northwest winds will blow. crowning over a shower may be a fun assembly tomorrow night. on sunday, who worked into the warmer air. it will be fairly cloudy much milder windy showers and thunderstorms grow more numerous in the afternoon but more so it night. there'll be some dry hours mixing even speaks of the sun and a southwest wind out of propelling with temperatures in the lecture communities and the '70s. we've got another war escalated this week will talk about that. >> coming up happy birthday boys twin brothers turn 1 or. already they've achieved more than imagined. their tiny breeze keeps them alive. how they got this far. can't wait for fresh-cut grass? if you want to mow it, trim it or cut it, you can get it at the lowest prices of the season. sale starts friday, at sears. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie white chocolate strawberries and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. 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