The passengers boarded buses to take them to hotels and other destinations before heading home. Passengers here in chicago are certainly talking about their ordeal. That afternoon. She was one of those passengers. She says she wants a hot meal and cannot wait to sleep in her warm bed tonight. It is supposed to be a celebration of her mothers birthday. It turned into a nightmare vacation. She had words of praise for the crew of the ship. She is angry at carnival and will never trouble with them again. She came back with few belongings. Most of her things were soaked and sewage. She also shared some photos from our phone. Heres one of the tugboats helping the ship. She shot another picture showing passengers huddled together trying to charge their cell phones. It took hours to get about 4000 people off of the boat. An engine fire sunday knocked out power and plumbing. Leaving about a adrift. Sleeping on decks on mattresses and waiting in line for hours for cold food which people began hoarding. She got to ohare this morning. The first night where it was pitch black. The tugboat from mexico were just coming. There was nothing. It was complete silence. People were seeing sharks in the water. That to me was the scariest. She actually plans to go to work. She has to travel for a topic at the university of illinois. She also has plans to go on another cruise with disney. She says she is nervous but she still wants to go. President obama is on his way to chicago right now to offer ways to curb gun violence, and kick start the sagging economy. Wgns nancy loo is live at hyde park academy, where the president will outline his strategy. Airforce one is expected to land and about an hour. It will be a whirlwind. Some students will get a chance to meet with president obama appeared to discuss some serious and deadly problems. Stephen seemed more eager than usual to get into hyde park academy. The day will end with an address from our president obama and the school gymnasium. Im so happy to see him today. 20 young men have been selected from a Behavioral Skills Program to me with the president separately. The senior will be among them. The city is chaos. The have no order. Everybody is dying every day. That the street violence is on the minds of many. The school is not far from the scene of the murder two weeks ago. The president mentioned her in his state of the union speech. Students held a president ial spotlight on the problem will save lives. The violence is getting out of hand around here. Im glad hes coming to show some respect and bring attention to it. Community activists are especially concerned with the impending closure of under unrolled schools. Displacing students into areas with gang activity. It is going to continue to rise until it floods into communities on the north side. The Obama Administration says the president will address gun violence today. Contributing factors such as unemployment in family structure. The address will include ladders of opportunity. The students will not have the opportunity to see him for very long, he will be in chicago for less than four hours. Stay with us for the president s remarks. Were going to carry that live on several platforms. He is scheduled to speak at 240 this afternoon. A man will appear in court today, on charges he was involved in the death of a woman who was found dead on the bishop ford expressway. Michael johnson faces several charges, including drunk driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Police say johnson was driving the suv on the bishop ford tuesday and 27yearold Jennifer Mitchell was a passenger. It is unclear whether she jumped or was pushed from her s uv. She was hit by a car and a semi. Johnson has criminal record including two convictions on domestic abuse. He is in court right now. The 24 yearold Brandon Williams attacked a woman as she was taking her job on lake shore drive. Three men actually saw this and came to the womens rescue. Actually tackling and holding down williams until police got there. One of the men was an exmarine. He actually took this video. He is this phone to do it. The suspect was lying on the ground at the time. This is the second time in five years that adams has actually come to a victims rest yourrescue an asteroid will be passing close to earth in about an hour and a half from now but the big news today was the unexpected meteor that struck central russia. Wgns Frank Holland reports on the damage and injuries it caused. Hundreds of people were injured and hundreds of buildings were damaged. The sonic boom. Of a region of russia injured more than 700 people and damaged buildings. The sights and sounds, the pieces and pressure were felt on friday morning. This is where the meteor coming into the earths atmosphere so fast that the earths atmosphere act like concrete. It disintegrates into midair. The pressure way from that, the shock wave knocked out windows and i guess our people. Shattering glass like you see here has been blamed for many of the injuries. The space agency said one meteor hit the atmosphere and split into smaller fragments. It was one of the largest media errors in years. Im putting that 510 m across. This is probably in the neighborhood of 1001,000 t. The russian president is sending 20,000 workers to the area to help the injured and clean up the damage. It was a surprise for People Living in russia as well as scientists there and the United States. We did not have a track. It was a small body that is going to drop loss of stones. It will be very valuable for science. Scientists were preparing for the arrival of the asteroid. It is believed to be about half the size of a football field and is expected to come within 17,000 mi. Of earth. Bring astrid closer than satellites. The astronauts is not a danger and the media or was just a coincidence. It is not related to these asteroid is flying by later today. The rocks will be collected and studied by scientists. Even though it is estimated to be over 100 t astronomers say it is too small to be detected before hand. What is next for of the olympian as he faces murder . Murder murder charges . Confirmation as the next secretary of defense its a road block. And its a roadhtis a road block. Eant dh introducing new febreze stick refresh with command strips from 3m. Stick it to eliminate odors anywhere. Like this trashcan. In like a flower field. Aw man [ screams ] [ laughs ] stick it almost anywhere. New febreze stick refresh. Breathe happy. I gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. Bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. Now, im on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. Reporting that a former congressman Jesse Jackson jr. Conspired with his wife sandy to legally spend 750,000 in campaign funds. Other expenses include a 43,000 watched home renovations, fur coats, several other big purchases. Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence between 4657 months for jackson. A fine of up to 100,000. A plea agreement could come sometime today. A source close to the case also tells that Sandy Jackson is expected to plead guilty to tax offense. Both of them recently resigned from office. A court in south africa has postponed a bail hearing for olympian oscar pistorius. He faces murder charges in the shooting death of his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp, at his home early yesterday morning. Pistorius broke down in tears in court today. Police say they are now discounting reports that she may have been mistaken for an intruder. The prosecution said it will bring a charge of premeditated murder. Pistorius agent says his client denies murdering steenkamp. Pistorius is due back in court on tuesday. He made history last year as the first double amputee to compete in the olympic games. A medical examiner in Southern California has confirmed. It was christopher dorners body that was pulled from a burned out cabin this week. Policed cornered the fugitive excop, turned cop killer, near big bear lake, california. Tuesday. He tried to shoot his way out but without success. Finally, a tear gas canister set fire to the cabin, and dorner didnt come out. Dorners body was identified by dental records. But it hasnt been said whether dorner died in the fire or took his own life first. A former navy seal, involved in the capture of bin laden made headlines when he told a magazine he left the service and now has no benefits. The navy says the man was aware he would lose his benefits if he left before the 20 year retirement mark and that was fully explained to him. The socalled, bin laden shooter left the seals after 16 years. The navy also says all combat veterans, including seals, are eligible for five years of Free Health Care through the v. A. The author of the Magazine Article says he was unaware of that when he interviewed the seal and wrote that his insurance was expiring. The seal is reportedly getting assistance now. No senator says lawmakers will hold another vote on a nominee for defense secretary and about two weeks. Republicans stopped a vote yesterday on whether to confirm shock a call for the position. The gop has concerns on his views on iran iraq, and israel. They traditionally believe a president have the right to pick his own cabinet members. The former mayor of san diego has agreed to pay back more than twomilliondollars to her deceased husbands charitable foundation. Maureen oconnors husband, the founder of jack in the box and Southern California First National bank, died in 1994. Oconnor says she began gambling heavily in 2thousand1, and borrowed money from her husbands foundation. According to Court Documents she won more than onebillion dollars in a nine year span but lost it all and millions more. Oconnor faces ten years in prison if she doesnt pay back the two Million Dollars and get treatment for gambling addiction. Customers are not getting what they paid for. We will tell you about the investigation overseas. Why a highhanded jeweler is suing costco. We are making heart healthy dishes. He conceded any time of the day. Carnival may have to come up with more than refunds discounts and 500 per person to make up for what thousands of passengers went through. A Crisis Management consultant says, of all needs to come up with a visible sign that theyre making improvements or else they will have a serious longterm image problem. From the sea to the sky airbus says theyre going back to traditional batteries for their wide body. That is instead of lithium ion power. Which is believed to be the problem behind the bombing incidents. They say that the battery designed differs from that. They are making the change to avoid setbacks getting the plan certified. They say theyre still on track to do their first test flight made here. Mid year. European union is stepping up checks to detect horse meat and foods detected as beef. Theyre trying to detect a widespread scandal. Frozen meals have been recalled across europe. Turning to markets. The stocks are changed. The s p shine some losses. Despite better than forecast data on consumer confidence. Did you buy a tiffany wedding ring at costco . Theyre assuming the warehouse giant sand at the chain is not authorized to sell their pieces. Same they are not allowed to sell. Still no word from costco. With a historic valentines day vote from the Illinois Senate the marriage is a step closer to becoming legal. They could bring a boost to the only economy. A study by the Williams Institute found that it would generate between 39 72 million over three years and bring in as much as 8 million in tax revenue. Samesex marriage has meant 30 million in new spending for neighboring state of iowa. 17 percent of outofstate couples married there were from illinois. Still to come this midday why vitamin c wont work alone to prevent colds. Well tell you what else you have to do. And his band has sold millions of albums. Live music this midday from lives ed kowalcyz. Hes Just Launched his i alone acoustic tour [music] a will county judge will hear arguments tuesday, on whether to grant Drew Peterson a new trial. If defense motions are not granted, both parties will immediately move forward with a sentencing hearing. Peterson, a former Bolingbrook Police officer, was convicted of murdering his third wife, kathleen savio. His fourth wife, stacy peterson, has been missing since october 2007. Petersons defense lawyers will argue, that former attorney, joel brodsky, was ineffective. Judge Edward Burmila has set aside two days for the proceedings. He drank five times the legal limit of alcohol during a Fraternity Initiation party. He was found dead in the frat house the next day. The family says other Fraternity Members failed to get help when he passed out. That is not compatible with life. It is a terrible circumstance. To have to have undergone that to become a member of a fraternity is bothersome and offensive to me. The suit names the fraternity and officers and members involved in the initiation. Another door problem causes delays for writers. This picture was taken outside of naperville this morning. The train is forced to go back after experiencing mechanical issues. It arrived an hour and a half later to pick up passengers. The problem was traced to a faulty thermostat. Metro trains are not allowed to run until all the doors are closed. Tom skilling has your full forecast a febreze experiment. To prove febreze can keep this car fresh, we loaded it with fast food, sweaty hockey gear and a smelly dog cage. And parked it at a mall. In texas. For two days. Then put a febreze car vent clip on the dash and let in real people. It smells good. Like laundry fresh out of like the dryer. Yeah. A man fresh out of the shower. Nailed it. Oh yeah. Proof. Febreze car vent clips keep your car fresh. Another way febreze helps you breathe happy. Happy firday. We have some wintry weather coming in here. Not bad by late february standards. Lots of excitement on the astronomical front this morning with a close pass by of the asteroid. Look at the high clouds coming into the area. Beginning with a northwest flow right here. Transporting some chillier air into the chicago area. It may produce flurries as the day goes on. The asteroid passes by earth at 1 25 p. M. It will be doing that over indonesia. Kind of on the other side of the planet. It will be 17,000 mi. Above earth. That is inside the orbits followed by our satellites. That is being beamed off with a satellite up at 22,000. This is passing 5,000 mi. Below that. We had 39 at ohare. These are all down from the day before. So were the other readings in the suburbs. It is so clear that you can see the snow on the ground up their wisconsin. We have melted a lot of the snow in our area but have patches up north. An Alberta Clipper that went by here is touting some colder air down. It is kind of a High Pressure that is coming in. Patches of clouds within theit. Together with a 29 degree higher tomorrow. The 22 expected tomorrow in the area. Nothing that we cannot handle. Kohl theyre coming in from the arctic. That is why we urgently. Are chilly. Were watching weather systems. There is the jet stream later in the weekend. That is the first disturbance that comes into our area. This next one died self. That is the one that could run up into our area and get us off to awfully close to stone nextsnow next week. All with our neighbors throughout much of the United States temperatures are warm and then they were. See how these lines sag southward. That is a sign have colder air coming up to the north. 28 at ohare. The windchill isnt the teens and 20s. A moderate brand of late season cold. It has been gusty at harvard. Air temperatures at the twenties. We had some flurries earlier that have gone soft. Speaking ofsouth. Humidity 47 . The raid are showing little patches of snow. There are the flurries that went through the area. How are modelsof our models suggest that we will have patches of flurries later today and tonight. There will be an accumulation in that area. The western michigan snowbelts getting in on some snow. Under it by injuries for that reason. Advisories for that reason. High pressure coming into the region. The wind rotates around High Pressure clockwise. Were in a northerly flow to begin with. On friday the winslow southerly. This starts opening up the gulf. That is what produces the clouds on monday. Perhaps some mixed precipitation. It will trend over to rain. It will briefly go back to snow flurries. We will warm up a little bit on sunday and monday. We set up this big thermal contrast zone. You can see that whole process taking place. That is the sunday system coming right up over the ridge. The next one behind it is the more substantial system. Here is monday. The color is the wind. Palms temperatures into the 40s. At least part of that will be your hand. Then a storm develops and mexico. It tracks across texas. After that passes another one begins developing out here. As you look out over the next two weeks at these things rotate through the area quite dramatically and regularly. This is one models estimate of how much snow will fall. Just giving you an idea of what the thinking is. Six7 in. Of snow. That is a very early read. That is the kind of guidance that is coming in from that system. Some moderate temperatures. It will be the biggest know of the winter if that happens. Were talking about late next week. There will be adjustments in that forecast. Stay tuned. Sunshine this afternoon. A brisk northwest wind. High temperature of 29. Northwest winds 1020. Tonight looks like claude periods. Some flurries and a low of 16. We see mostly cloudy because there will be some spells of sunshine. Saturday is partly cloudy and not as cold by afternoon. Maybe 40 iss monday. Time for todays trivia. Between which two planets is the main Asteroid Belt . A. Earth mars b. 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Hold on, prilosec isnt for fast relief. Cue up alkaseltzer. It stops heartburn fast. Oh what a relief it is [ roasting firewood ] many hot dogs are within you. Try peptobismol togo its the power of pepto but it fits in your pocket. Now tell the world daniel. Of peptobismol togo. Time for sports. Marc trestmans Coaching Staff is nearly complete and they talked about their plans for the bears at halas hall. Trestman says hes talked to devin hester but did not say if hell return to the team. He also talked to Brian Urlacher but would not comment on his future in chicago. If urlacher does return, the defense will look familiar. Trestmans Coaching Staff will keep lovie smiths four three defense with a cover two scheme. They also want input from veteran players like Charles Tillman an lance briggs. Sox pitcher john danks threw off the mound at spring training. Its his first bullpen session of the spring and he said he was surprised at how good he felt. Danks is trying to rebound from rotator cuff and biceps injuries. Pitching coach don cooper said youd never know danks even had surgery. The goal is for him to be ready by the start of the season. Hawks winger dan carcillo returned to practice for the First Time Since suffering a knee injury in the season opener. He also missed most of last season with an injury to his other knee. Carcillo is not sure when hell play again. The hawks host the sharks tonight, and ray emery is expected to start in goal. Thats a look at sports. Your live illinois lottery drawing is next. Good afternoon everyone. Wishing you the very best of luck. Winning pick3 numbers 2,49 jim make your decision on how live your day. As you make your decision to live your day do it with gratitude and kindness. Winning pick4 3,290 lucky day lotto 500,000 dollars. Have a great afternoon. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. When a twinge of back pain surprises him. Morning starts in high spirits but theres a growing pain in his lower back. As lines grow longer his pain continues to linger. But after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. Just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. Today, jason chose aleve. Just two pills for all day pain relief. Try aleve d for strong all day long sinus and headache relief. A new study from Boston University finds that alcohol is responsible for four percent of all cancer deaths. Researchers say people are not aware of this link and that doctors are not emphasizing the risks. Reducing alcohol they say, cuts down that risk. The Scientists Say about 20 thousand people in the u. S. Die each year from cancer related to alcohol consumption. The study found that for women alcohol was most commonly linked to breast cancer. For men, cancers of the mouth throat and esophagus were associated with alcohol. Researchers in finland say vitamin c does help ward off a cold but only if you exercise regularly. They studied more than 11 thousand people and found that the vitamin did help people, but only those who worked out on a regular basis. According to researchers vitamin c had no real impact on socalled couch potatoes. They also found that children were more responsive to the vitamin than adults. Diets rich in vitamin c can include orange juice starwberries and kiwis. Lunchbreak is next. On the menu oatmeal. You know our next guest from season five on bravos top chef. Fabio viviani is here with a heart healthy oatmeal recipe youre not my dad ahh hey honey, back feels better little dancing tonight, you and me . Dr. Scholls pro inserts relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so youre a whole new you. Go pro with dr. Scholls. Id what a treat today. We are making heart health the oatmealand hamashealthy oatmeal. Heart healthy old mill. It is a good way it is a good cause. We have to keep our body fueled with the right things and healthy. Heart disease is a killer of men and women and we do not think about it that often. Enhancing your diet with a couple of quick moves. This is an american classic. Is oatmeal except i kick up a notch. It is a ginger cream with orange cinnamon. It is super simple. Good and simple. It smells so good. A touch of half and half with maple syrup. You can powder ginger. You can mix it for more consistency or dirzzle itrizzle it on top at the very end. It is a great way to kick start. It is so easy. It enhances your help in the right way. Health in the right way. I it was just amazing the difference that one change can make your diet. I am from italy but i did enjoy your breakfast every morning. When you work hard you have to feel your body with the right things. Sometimes it nutritious and delicious does not go hand in hand. In this case and really does. It really does. If you check out the video and you share the video you can win a dinner at my restaurant. It is opening this weekend. We would love to see you guys there. We will put the information on our web page. It is all male. A different way get it is sometimes so bland. The ratio between milk and oatmeal is important. You do not want to be too dry. A little texture. At a pinch of brown sugar. It is delicious. It is really really good. It is good stuff. Take care of your family and loved ones. Have a good morning breakfast. You are all set for the rest of the day. I love that you took an American Food and put an italian touch on it. It is very simple. In such an easy task. It is a pleasure to be part of such a great initiative. At the end of the day we need healthy people. We need help the ladies and children. We need to keep you healthy. We need to grab a spawn. Spoon. Ginger cream and fresh strawberries. The good thing is that oatmeal is really good when it is not really hot. Not overly sweet but absolutely spectacular. If you want todays recipe log onto wgntv. Com midday congratulationseant dh mant dogs [ roasting firewood ] many hot dogs are within you. Try peptobismol togo its the power of pepto but it fits in your pocket. Now tell the world daniel. Of peptobismol togo. Time now for the answer to todays trivia question. We asked between which two planets is the main Asteroid Belt . A. Earth mars b. Jupiter saturn c. Mars jupiter the answer c. Mars and jupiter i did not know the answer to the question. I was shocked to find out that tom skilling did not know the answer to that question. I think a lot of people attribute knowledge and the astronomical realm to meteorologist. At times we surprise folks in what we do not know. We are andin the teens. The beautiful skyline. We could get some clouds to build up as the afternoon goes on. Winds are blowing northwest at 12. There you can see the snow on the other side of the lake. Mainly the western michigan snowbelt get some of thats know. We may get a couple of flurries later today. The snow will come in on the other side of the lake. Here is the amount. We could get a couple of inches over there. Advisories for snow in that area. High pressure dominates our weather. It is a cold canadian High Pressure. As it travels to the east the winds turned southerly. We begin to warm up during the day on sunday. That system out west is the one we will keep in mind. A close eye on. Particularly in the afternoon going over to snow flurries at night. The sun comes out on wednesday. A messy weather system later next week. 23 degrees tomorrow andw i will tell you something. We will keep the asteroid from touching the earth i. Thank you for joining us us this friday. For more dates go to his website [music]
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