Tax hikes and spending will kick in. Economists say it could send the country back into recession. Republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the stalemate. The democrats want to extend the bush era tax cuts for those thinking less than 250,000. To taxes will go up for every taxpaying american. Republicans are not about to write a blank check to us because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. Consistently show that a majority of americans support the president s position on tax es. Did the shooting as the chicago at 500 homicides for the year. So far no comment yet. Chicago police have been working hard to prevent it. The 500 happened last night. The shooting death on the west side. 40 yearold Nathaniel Jackson was pronounced dead just after midnight. Three hours after he was shot in the head. His death pushed chicago homicide rate to 500. Today that is the talk of the town. It is crazy. I think these people are going out of their mind. The need to do something about t
A good dose. Up to half an inch is possible as the system moves through. A stationary front is stopped in our region. Late night a cold front drops temperatures eventually trying us out. Today High Temperature is about 12 degrees below average. As we look at the temperatures its 37 degrees in waukegan. 43 at ohare. 39 at the lakefront. 42 in aurora. Cooler in joliet. Dont expect the temperatures to move too much. We will be stuck pretty low for most of the day. Thunder and lightning to the south. In moving towards pontiac right now. The good news is this is not a widespread severe event. The Severe Weather is down to the south. Todays high will be 42. Showers early and late. Tomorrow we are 52. Mostly sunny high of 48. And everything is looking good. A bit of construction but not causing many delays. No accidents to report. Four people are dead after a mass shooting at fort hood. The shooter was an iraq veteran being treated for Mental Health issues. Tonya francisco is in the newsroom
Keep that going. Lets see how its going. Its going to be cooling down. We can blame that on the rain. Showers will come. I think i requested this song and never but gave a big loud noise. I dont care what anybody says its still good. We have half an inch of rain from yesterday today we have showers continuing. There will be relatively light and isolated. Not a long reign for anyone just the potential for sprinkles to pop up. Most of the day will be dry. We should get that came in with no problem. By 9 00 p. M. Were down to 48 degrees. The official high is 56. Tamaras High Temperature is 54 degrees. To help traffic for me as well . We have construction. 80 94. Things are really stretching down here to of two lanes going slow. Taking advantage of that lingering dry weather will glass. We will tell you where some of those hot spots are. At this point we dont have any major delays. More traffic coming up in a bit. A third person is now charged in connection with the death of a 14yearold gi
Dispute was about a boy. Kung was introduced. The weapon has been reached covered. Kohl all legal owner to store of a gun in the car. Citizens can. Any progress will be stalled until the laws get tougher. Crimes like this will keep on happening. The circumstances of the farm are that it was a legal gun owned by an illegal gun owner. Who stored the weapon in his vehicle and on the 14th of april in the Fourth District the gun was stolen from the car. And probably have already heard me talk about this. I did not know if theres a Police Department and the country that allows officers to start a weapon in a vehicle. On the destruction of the concealed carry law and under the structure of the laws of the state of illinois it is ok. That is and 70 and sanity. To others are in custody in connection with the shooting. A 17 year old and a 24 year old. We will learn more about that later today. Suburban Police Officer accused of killing an 95 year old man appeared in Court Earlier today. Live wit
An unmarked squad car. Was walking with the three victims as this shots were fired. Walking towards the daughters of. All we heard were gunshots. Came and arrest him off. Come to find out he was shot in his shoulder and i did not know. Im scared. There really was in my dreams all day. Not sure who the gun and was aiming at. And then on and is a couple of times. Expected to be released. A little more seriously injured. Has been identified as calamari and a. Her mother will survive but she lost a lot of blood when she was shot in the leg. Police have made no arrests. But not released the description of the gunmen. Tracking hundreds of vehicles at a selvage yard to determine how many of them have been stolen and sold for scrap. Investigators have been cross checking titles and vehicle identification numbers. A Law Enforcement source tells the Chicago Tribune Police Identified about 40 stolen vehicles. Vehicles are usually stripped of their parts within two days. A 31 yearold is accused of