In about 1 4 of the states. You can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. In fact, the Associated Press has called races in kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell is declared the victor and the two South Carolina senate races, and in West Virginia all going to the g. O. P. We have cameras at the headquarters for Mitch Mcconnell and Allison Grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the Allison Grimes headquarters in kentucky. Later on tonight as their speeches get underway, well certainly be there so you can hear what they have to say. Our colleague, steve scully, will be out all night at the desk looking at the details of the votes as they come in. Lets see what he has for us. Susan, you mentioned West Virginia. Thats a pickup for the democrats where senator Jay Rockefeller is retiring, First Time Since 1942 a republican has won in the senate race
With areas injuries, 1 trillion to the National Debt, and the country was still in chaos. It has to be driven by forces in the middle east. The president s coalition, including major arab muslim countries, is the right move. We should not be sending americas brave men and women in their two die without their commitment. Contrary to what he said, didnt our president say iraq was no longer in chaos, that things were accomplished, and that is why we could pull out the troops a year or two ago . The president said at some point iraq has to accept responsibility. When we tried to keep some forces on the ground the Iraqi Government under maliki would not agree. Iraqiant be tried in they were not agree. It was president george w. Bush that negotiated the end date in iraq. Think about that. Left american soldiers on the ground subject country ifn the they executed military duties. Most americans thought that was a bad idea, except my opponent. It was a bad idea to withdraw all troops. I believ
Clouds later today. 47 at the lakefront. Waukegan at 36. 42 in joliet. Later today temperatures will fall youll need your heavy coat as the temperatures fall back into the 30s after the front moves through. The rain covering the entire viewing area. No plunder or lightning. Slight chance this morning. We have a temperature in the low 40s by noon. We will be down to 39 by 530. As many people check out of work were back into the 30s. Partly cloudy skies thursday. Friday we make 55 degrees. Throw to looking good. No delays. Everything on schedule. A few Construction Projects we will continue to see these for the next few weeks as we are in the spring construction schedule. One person was killed, after a van carrying at least four children crashed into a semi truck in elwood. It happened yesterday evening near mississippi avenue on route 53. Police havent released many details on the crash. A witness says the truck was travelling northbound when the van pulled in front of it. Several victi
Step up in terms of temperatures. Our highs will be in the low 80s. This evening but planners storms will develop and as a cold front comes our way we could see some of those strong storms. 64 degrees right now. In the mid way we are at 65. 61 in morris. 61 dekalb. Warm temperatures. Typically we are in the 70s. The satellite shows we are dry through the morning and afternoon is when we expect those storms to move through. By noon in looks nice at 79 degrees. At 5 00 p. M. We are up to 81. 9 00 p. M. , 74 degrees. By 7 00 a. M. We try out. It could be a rough night as the low temperatures moved into the 60s. Lets start with construction in schaumburg. The few spots where theyre doing work Early Morning. Central piece bound to roselle, ongoing project taking out a single lane that will be in place for another week before it gets picked up. Also lets talk about that one way wrong way driver. It happened near north avenue a few hours ago. The minivan going southbound in the northbound lan
The race for u. S. Senate. Good evening. Welcome to the race for u. S. Senator of illinois. The debate is presented by univison chicago. Our candidates are dick durbin and mr. Jim oberweis. Asking questions of our candidates tonight is charles thomas. Odriguez,r enrique r and lauarra washington. Your responses will be limited to 60 seconds for each question and 30 seconds for each followup. You 11 opportunity to ask a question of each other. We will have one minute Opening Statements and by random draw, we begin with senator gurdon. Durbin. Thanks. It is great to be with you again. I want to say first a good Political Campaign focuses on the future. That is what we need to discuss. Primarily come of the future of working families across the state of illinois. We need to strengthen the families and give them hope for the future which means writing a tax code that will Keep Companies here in america. Also, provide incentives for Good Companies in america to grow good paying jobs for fami