in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
Enjoying near record temperatures. Just 2 degrees shy of 70, and this is in the middle of winter. And the cold is not set to return just yet. We have your forecast coming up in just a bit. But first we begin with breaking news out of north philadelphia. Police are piecing together the aftermath after chaotic scene. Theyre investigating reports of two groups of people on motorcycles, openly firing shots right out on the street. Good evening, im dawn timoney. Im joyce evans. Our brad sattin was at the wild scene tonight. Well, ladies, its been a bit of a crazy night around north philadelphia. We dont even have all of the information. It is pretty preliminary at this point. But ill step out of the way. Were here at the intersection of north waterloo and west bernie, one of several Police Scenes tonight. Police holding this evidence, you see, a downed motorcycle, a tow truck arriving to get this motorcycle out of here, again, information very preliminary. But what were learning tonight is
3 Million People would be without power as the storm hits, so thats absolutely one of the big threats in addition to the cause of the power, the downed power lines, seeing f iing foot the power lines going down and look and sound like fourworks. Thats the fireworks the storm is bringing at this point, leaving people without power and with a threat. You know, the governor yesterday night mentioning that people really need to stay away from the standing water yeah. Governor calling it a monster of a storm trying to warn as many people. Lauren lyster live in the hurricane zone, lauren, thank you. One of the things lauren mentioned is the power going out. I mean, it moves much beyond this storm. Dealing with the affects of this weeks and weeks and moments to come, so a big long road ahead for a lot of folks. Also, as we mentioned at the top of the show, its not just the people in florida that are been cancelled across the country, so its a nationwide impact and will impact tomorrow, ft. La
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Know, as you mentioned, thousands of people already have, and concern is as many as 3 Million People would be without power as the storm hits, so thats absolutely one of the big threats in addition to the cause of the power, the downed power lines, seeing footage of the power lines going down and look and sounds like fireworks. Thats the fireworks the storm is bringing at this point, leaving people without power and with a threat. You know, the governor yesterday night mentioning that people really need to stay away from the standing water and away from power lines. Yeah. The governor calling it a monster of a storm trying to warn as many people. Lauren lyster live in the hurricane zone, lauren, thank you. One of the things lauren mentioned is the power going out. I mean, it moves much beyond this storm. Weeks and weeks and moments to come, so a big long road ahead for a lot of folks. Also, as we mentioned at the top of the show, its not just the people in florida that are dealing with