and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's robert jordan is live at city hall with today's top story. the supporters of both measures say that the city is broke and out of money and that a partnership between financial institutions the city and private interests are a good way to repair infrastructure and make capital improvements but the council says that the measure has not been an ins acted nearly enough >>we need equity and accountability ... >>summit to assess steak that community groups want to make sure that this infrastructure trust doesn't go through without checks and balances attached to the measure ... they complain that some of the deals in the past were flawed and were pushed through the council hastily >>now they're putting in speed cameras in red light cameras to supplement income that they use to get from parking meters ... the aldermen are expected to pass this measure calling for the partnership to rebuild the infrastructure projects those in favor say this has been done elsewhere with positive results >>this is a proven commodity all over the world in europe in canada they are all further ahead of us with these types of funding mechanisms this is not our risk there is a guaranteed "payback" ... i'm all for municipal finance and an awol constructive way it's a good thing but there are questions that need to be answered ... let's have time to study this there's lots of parking meter deal was bad but this could affect a lot of things in chicago this could be worse >>whether or not it's good or bad the mayor has done a good job of selling this to the aldermen based on a preliminary headcount it appears it will pass the city council the longtime comptroller of dixon, illinois... charged with stealing more than 30 million dollars from the small town... is expected to face a judge today. the judge will decide whether to set bond for rita crundwell. yesterday. she's accused of taking the money over the last six years. authorities say she used most of the money to run her horse breeding farm, which is considered one of the most successful in the country. officials also claim she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on jewelry, and more than two million dollars on a luxury motor home. chicago police are conducting an internal investigation.. after a police officer's pitbull attacked a smaller dog who later died. wgn's tonya francisco reports live from steger, where she spoke this morning with the owner of the dog killed in the attack. audrey fisher lives here in south suburban stater but she has been in chicago looking for the owner of the people who killed willy her precious pomeranian mix ... the man she was looking for to her surprise was actually a chicago police officer. she and scared >>i needed a cop that day and he was a cop ... i was waiting for police and he was the one responsible i am just shocked >>it wasn't a pound pomeranian /papillon mix ... the honor to immediately left without some much as an apology and how to find doubt that he was a police officer >>to serve and protect and he did not do either that day >>it witness posted a picture of this man on the web and fires were posted in hopes that someone would come forward in a strange twist of fate the officer surprisingly turned himself in an ... >>i am thankful that he came out so that i can put this behind me as well as my children we have done lots of work spending lots of time and money the dog died three days after the attack leaving her with $6,000 in veterinary bills that the officer has come forward to try to get him to pay those bills he has not yet been identified we know that he is a five-year veteran of the police department he had been cited for failure to report the attack and even though he was off duty he has been relieved of his duty now pending the investigation ... order fisher would like to thank everyone who helped evanston police are investigating a sexual assault that happened inside evanston township high school. a 14-year-old student has been charged with criminal sexual assault. police say he forced a 15 year old student to have sex against her will. the incident happened monday in a stairwell at the school, during school hours. the 14-year-old student is in custody at the cook county juvenile detention center. he faces one felony count of criminal sexual assault. two boys, ages seven and eight, will have to appear in court ... after admitting they attacked their bus driver and two bus monitors. it happened last friday in michigan city, indiana. the "northwest indiana times" reports the boys got angry and starting cursing when they were told to stop playing catch on the bus. the driver and two bus monitors say the boys then started punching and kicking them. when police arrived, officers say the boys admitted to the attack because they didn't like being told to stop "playing around." the boys were cited for battery and released to their parents. the victim of a brutal attack in chicago's bucktown neighborhood is still undergoing surgeries and struggling with the injuries she suffered two years ago. natasha mcshane and her friend were attacked by a mugger with a baseball bat while warlking in the 18 hundred block of north damen. ireland with her parents.. who tell the chicago tribune that natasha still cannot speak or walk. the accused attacker heriberto viramontes, and his alleged accomplice, marcy cruz, are in custody at cook county jail.. facing attempted murder and other charges. a state police report has been released in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy with a developmental disorder. calumet city police shot and killed stephon watts at his home in february. watts had asperger's syndrome. police had been called to calm him down. a state police task force concluded that the teen lunged at two officers with a steak knife, cutting one of them, forcing them to shoot watts twice in self-defense. after reviewing the report cook county state's attorneys will *not* file any charges, or investigate the shooting further. orland park police have ticketed the driver of a street sweeper for running a red light in an accident that killed a 15- year-old girl and her parents. police say the sweeper hit the car sunday.. while turning left after the light changed. drug tests are pending.. but police say they don't think alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash. 15-year-old samah deis and her parents wafieh and nazmi were killed. her older sister who was driving, has been released from the hospital. chicago blackhawks fans are angry today... over a controversial hit against marian hossa. hossa was carriedoff the ice on a stretcher, and the team is expected to give an update on his conditon any minute now. w-g-n's marcella raymond is live at the united center with the latest. we know that marian hossa is out of the hospital and the team physician says that he will recover fully we do not know the extent of his injuries to his head the coach will speak at a press conference later ... but the coach calls it a disgrace that not one of the four referees on the ice saw that hit and no penalty was called ... he had to be taken out on a stretcher not clear when he can return to the ice ... will there be a suspension of this phoenix player? whenever the nfl decides announcers on espn radio says that there has to be something done about hits to ahead and hockey >>there has to be a line ... >>you can still have a collision sport without targeting the had the king coul concussions have to be addressed ... a suspension will send a message ... there should be a penalty for what raffi torres did this is illegal according to nhl rules ... raffi torres also knocked another player out of the game last year when he played for the vancouver canucks still ahead troubling pictures of u.s. soldiers and afghani suicide bombers also ahead, new developments in the investigation 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osama bin laden's three widows and two daughters today. they've been in pakistani custody since u-s navy seals raided bin laden's compound and killed the al qaeda leader last may. all five confessed to impersonation, illegal entry into pakistan, and staying illegally in the country. a 45-day detention period ended last night. yemen has already said it will allow bin laden's youngest widow to return to her homeland. the other two widows are from saudi arabia. the army is now conducting a criminal investigation into u.s. soldiers posing with body parts from dead suicide bombers there were two separate incidents in afghanistan in 2010. authorities said the soldiers her son to the 82nd airborne division based in north carolina most of them have been identified shot officials claim that the paratroopers came in contact with the remains as it looked into suicide bombings by insurgents defense secretary leon panetta says that their behavior violates military regulations and core values 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once the system passes friday the wind will move northeast and we will be heading into a cool weekend with friday saturday and sunday having cooler temperatures ... this evening we will cool down from the high 73 degrees this afternoon will be cloudy and less wendy. there's a possibility of a thunderstorm the low temperature will be 52 overnight it will begin warm tomorrow and turn cooler as the front moves to the downstate direction ... it will be the upper 60s to the mid-70s depending on where you are ... and we will be into the upper 50s on friday cooling down for the weekend we still have above normal temperatures ... it's all relative for this wacky spring. it is time for today's trivia in 1898 guam was seated to which country i'm tom... i'm sue... i'm carol. and this is my cvs pharmacist. i found out i had cancer. diabetes. i had a heart attack. so, i needed help with my medications. because mixing them... can be dangerous. not with maria around. not with pete. not with nakea. 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