Illinois 10th Congressional District has one of the most expensive races in the country as democrats try to take control of the seat for the first time in more than 30 years. Theyre aided by the recent remap of the district which makes it the most democratic Congressional District in the country that is held by a republican. The newlydrawn 10th Congressional District runs along Lake Michigan and up to the illinois wisconsin border and includes northern sub you ares such as buffalo grove, lake forest and glen cove. A couple of quick notes. This forum is being streamed live on our web site, wttw. Com chicago tonight, and you can join a live chat. If you have a question for the candidates, you can ask it there, and we may use it on the air. Also a note about our format tonight. This is not a formal debate. The candidates will not give opening or closing statements, their answers will not be timed, and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide t
Scott broom is in town with more on this reporter you could call it a retirement, but really, hes stepping aside from the Police Department to take an inbring position as director of Public Safety here here in Prince Georges County. While other Police Departments are inty under turmoil, here, things are going extremely well. Since 2010, crime has dropped 41 . Here are his thoughts as hes leaving office. This Police Department is in good hands with the chief. Hands down, my choice to replace me, but theres, theres depth all through this department. This department is good in its leadership for the next 20 years. Reporter so thats the out going chief introducing his new interim replacement. County executive here in Prince Georges County says he plans to make the appointment permanent by taking it before the county council as soon as possible. Scott, one question before you go ; according to the washington post, they are using the word retirement. Has he actually said it and if so, i wond
Until 4 00 p. M. For all the beaches from cape may to sandy hook. In particular we are worried about the rip currents and the 4 to 6 swells battering the beaches. When i come back well talk about that and have the the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Were following a developing story, four children have been died after nearly a dozen row homes went up in flames in a threealarm blaze overnight. Kenneth moten joins us live from the scene with all the details, kenneth . Reporter and eva, the details are still coming in at this hour. Early this morning we were able to confirm the death of the four small children. Take a look at the devastating and active scene on the 6500 block of gestner street in southWest Philadelphia. The fire ripped through 8 row homes and displaced 40 people. Firefighters got the call around 3 00 a. M. They were able to get here quickly, because their fire station is literally around the corner. Several people were able to get out, the four children, the age
Where at points it was really coming down hard there. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the forecast. What a wet start to the week glenn. A very wet start. We have a break now from the heavy rain not from the low clouds and the fog. As we get some sunshine this afternoon, that is going to allow the temperatures to go up and the threat for severe storms to go up. Thats why we have a first alert issued for late today and this evening for the potential for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and possibly even a couple of tornadoes in the area. You can see the heavy rain moving out very fast. Of course, we still have a lot of low clouds around. More rain back to the west, as you can see there. Not that much yet, but we have to wait for the sun to help trigger some of these storms. The highest threat of severe storms later today goes all the way from North Carolina up toward the philadelphia area and again it includes many of our counties in pennsylvania and new jersey
The porch steps. He lost consciousness. I rolled him over on to the are grass. I tell if he was breathing at fir i started panicking and screaming at the top of my leg lungs for help. And i called and reported the incident. We felt like we needed immediate assistance because he wasnt responsive. My wife was concerned he was even having a seizure. Despite the 1yearold being unconscious, the dispatcher listed him as conscious and rated the incident as minor. The closest available medics were not dispatched. He needed medical care. 20 minutes had gone by with not even the siren. Reporter the city has launched an internal investigation as they say theyre looking at how 911 calls are answered. Looking at unit availability going all the way back through and coming up with a system that were going to present to the executive that i think will help us get better Going Forward. As the chief said we need to take a hard look at all of that and say its not working the way it is. We need to fix tha