their burning home from mr. b. i think the people of illinois know that i won the election. >> and now so does everyone else. with the math in his favor, quinn seems to have won the election. yet his opponent has yet to agree. i'm tom negovan. >> i'm micah materre. our top story seen around the country, not official but it's done. lourdes duarte explains how we can be so sure quinn won. >> reporter: the truth is until it's certified and official, we can't really be 100% sure. we need that assurance from the board of elections. but the math just doesn't add up according to the associated press. they have been looking at the counties and the absentee

ballots out there. they followed the voting trends and there are not enough votes out there to make brady the new governor. pat quinn shaking hands at manny's deli like he won it. his lead over bill brady certainly a good sign. >> i don't expect it to change much. >> reporter: so is the associated press report declaring him the winner. then there's the phone call from president obama. >> he said he knew i won. >> reporter: a will the of signs, but none of it official yet. board of elections waiting to count all votes and that may not happen until november 23. here's where we stand today. unofficially 100% of precincts are reporting. but then there are absentee and provisional ballots. in cook county and chicago, here's how the numbers shake out. in cook county 10,760 have been received but not counted. in chicago the number is 11, 777 received, not counted.

and the two combined, the city and the county 14, 048 ballots not received yet. they don't see how brady could still pull it off when he's more than 19,000 votes behind. >> having been through this process before, i know the importance of making sure every voice is heard. and every vote is counted. >> reporter: that was brady wednesday. today he's still sticking by his comments. as far as quinn, he stopped short of declaring himself the winner. from the looks of it, all signs point to him. >> i think the people have won. and i think we have won. i think the bottom line is as the final certified results come in, we'll see how much we won by. >> reporter: and after the ap declared him the winner, his camp sent out this statement. with 100% of the precincts recorded and declaration by the associated press, the outcome

is decisive. the governor believes it's imperative that he and the other elected officials return their focus to the serious issues our state faces. quinn appears to be letting brady take the lead on this. not pressuring him to make a move. he said today that since he's the governor right now anyway, it really doesn't effect any state business right now. we'll just have to wait and see officially. >> thanks, lourdes. and it is the business of the state that really matters. >> it's the record-high financial red ink that is the biggest problem and what to do about it. jae miller joining us now with that. >> reporter: even though the winner is the race is becoming more clear by the day, many questions remain unanswered. for example, how the budget crisis is going to effect illinois residents. a $14 billion deficit, almost $80 billion in pension liabilities. the numbers aren't fuzzy but just how the state is going to

handle the problem is. >> it doesn't make a difference who is governor when it comes to solving this problem. we can't tax our way out of it. >> reporter: political analyst paul greene says the budget crisis along with the pension obligation which is less than 50% funded are critical issues that call for dramatic action within the first three to four months of being sworn into office. governor quinn has already called for a tax increase. however, he hasn't offered many specifics as to what he'll cut from the state budget. >> the pension system has been to be attacked. there are all kinds of proposals out there, most of which will be fought like hell by the people on the pensions. but something has to be done. it's not going to go away. it's growing. we have many numbers. and they throw these numbers out there like they get them out of thin air. so it's anywhere from 80-120

billion. >> reporter: by the time the new governor puts together a budget next spring, the deficit will likely reach $15 billion. >> if governor quinn is getting fairly up there in years, if he didn't think he'll run for reelection in 2014, then he should go for it. and take a licking but keep on ticking and work with the republicans and with madigan to get a structural roll call where there is an amount of cuts and try to get a handle on this because if not, it will be a catastrophe. >> reporter: and a recent poll by the paul simon public policy institute in carbondale asked registered voters to choose among three different proposals for closing the deficit. 57% say that the problem can be solved by cutting waste and

inefficiency. 9.3% favored a tax increase. we'll have to see what happens. >> all right jae thanks. so is quinn ready for the task ahead of him? is he ready? some say the republicans will be a force to be reckoned with. >> this is pat guinn's governance that will be taking place place here. for the mounting deficit and state government. now if he's governor, he's going to join the situation. it's akin to president obama having claimed george bush. a lot of voters now say this is president obama's economy and his responsibility. >> talk about the numbers an the situation. is it maybe incumbent upon bill brady to call an end to this so the state can get along with dealing with the deficit and

its pension obligations? >> i'm not sure it really effects the governance of the state. quinn is the governor. but it is a distraction. i mean, there were leading republicans today that informed senator brady that they felt in some respects he was losing the perception war. that when you start talking about a lead that was once 8000 for pat quinn becomes 19,000, there tends to be an inevidentability factor setting in that he should get on top of this issue. we learned tonight that senator brady and his wife are headed for a scheduled vacation to florida. i'm not sure on a perception level if the race is that close going off to florida helps the perception this is a tight race. >> do you think the board of elections will say it's over? >> they can't do anything until all of the local election authorities are done counting. even today there were another

thousand ballots added in the city of chicago. more than 600 of which went to pat quinn. he is a net pickup of 350 there. absentee ballots still out there, if they come in and not all of them do, if they come in you can see they'll trend 65% to 35% to pat quinn. >> can take a full 30 days right? >> i think the numbers are getting to be pretty inevitable. i think we're coming to conclusion here quick. >> let's hope so. thanks so much rick. one election almost over, another coming for chicago voters early next year to replace mayor daley and other elected city officials. the most talked about candidate for mayor although he hasn't declared he is a candidate yet is this guy, rahm emanuel. and he's in hollywood to collect campaign money by a fund raiser. his brother ari is in the talent business out there at

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to target. >> for the past two years, democratic lawmakers chose to ignore the american people. so on tuesday the american people chose new lawmakers. >> said to a speech to a group the top priority of republicans is to deny president obama a second term. we want to hear from you. do you think republicans and the president will be able to work together in the next congress to get things done? text yes or no to 97999 or vote online at wgntv.com. we'll have results after tom skilling's seven-day forecast. in tomorrow's chicago tribune, the son of a woman killed on a motorcycle in may of last year isn't very fond of how much time that woman convicted of killing his mother will spend out of jail. find out what he's been witnessed regarding the car that struck his mother while the driver was polishing her nails behind the wheel.

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he may only have three legs but he has a lot of heart and mr. b shows it earlier this week. he's a good dog. alerting his owner to a fire that the warning may have saved the man's life. >> reporter: this family calls him mr. b, the three legged wonder dog. on monday morning he proved why he earned that title. 10:30 in the morning some hot coals in a garbage can started a fire downstairs and

spread. troy wailen was upstairs on a conference call. >> i had no idea. i didn't smell smoke down the stairs. the fact the fire started there, it hadn't gotten to the detecters yet. >> reporter: he described how his beagle got his attention and brought him downstairs. his wife and three kids were out at the time. but thankfully the wonder dog was home. >> he smelled it and started howling and barking and pestering troy. i feel that dog saved my husband's life. >> reporter: troy and mr. b were able to get out just in time. the fire engulfed in minutes and destroyed everything. >> that nose that gets him in trouble all the time served us well this time. >> reporter: the fire caused an estimated 270,000 worth of damage. but the wailen family says if it hadn't been for their dog, it could have been much worse. >> everything we lost can be replaced. >> reporter: mr. b lost his leg

as a puppy so his owners didn't want to keep him. after being passed around a few more families, the wailen family adopted him three years ago. >> if this is his way returning the favor, i'm glad it was us. last three days. >> reporter: the family says the extra attention is well deserved. >> now we're kind of free strolling with the treats and letting him sleep in bed with us and giving extra hugs and kisses. he's a keeper. we're going to keep him for a long time now. >> reporter: dan ponce, wgn news. >> thank you, dan. he is good boy. and very cute too. a really cold night in chicago but a nice warm-up could be in our near future. how is that for a tease? tom's forecast coming up next.

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we'll tell you more about that in a moment. boy, what an interesting day. you are so right. this is from our friend a pilot. he was flying at the 10,000- foot level and captured this mound of clouds that developed over the lake. these are the con convective towers that produce lake effect slail as micah would say. also this is the hail coming down. they were watching that rain come down in lake forest. stephanie captured this ominous looking storm cloud coming in today. and look at this shot. this is from our friend -- gosh, you can see it out there in bensenville, illinois.

that's a beautiful shot. and here in highland, indiana. the hailstones that collected on the ground. look at this. this is our time lapse of this day. and it was truly fascinating. you see the rays, the little charlton heston rays. but look at the hail shafts coming out of the clouds going by in streamers. other areas had heavy rain for brief moments then the ice pellets would mix in up here in the clouds. the precipitation was forming as snow flakes, they melted on the way down, hit a dry layer at the surface and led to cooling and took them back to ice pellets. a lot going on in the at -- atmosphere going on. we figure these north winds are blowing over 4500 miles of

terrain from the arctic circle down to the yucatan peninsula and near cancun, mexico. this is really quite a belt of the northerly winds. and the cool air is very chilly. we've got 44 at midway. and here you see some of the rain totals. benton arbor has had almost half an inch. pretty respectable amounts of rain when they were effects of lake effect. and there's the dew point tonight. as you get away from the 50- degree waters of the lake, some of those ice pellets make turn into flakes. 30s at wilmette. there's the view from buffalo grove. that same interesting mix evident there. this cold spell will bring freezing temperatures to florida and whiten the spine of

the appalachian mountains where up to 8 inches of snow may fall above the 8500-foot level. this is where the main moisture is feeding off the lake. it's going at this hour at la port county. and then we have some in our side of the lake too getting in here. the winds coming down the lake about like this. so they'll continue swiping the eastern most counties of illinois. but the lake belt in indiana with particular vigor tonight. we think as the night goes on as it happened up here, the pink areas where you get ice pellets and snow mix. watch this. where it's green, we start bringing snow flakes and ice pellets into the mix away from the heat of the lake. that's mainly in indiana. it rains along the shoreline and turns into ice pellets and snow as you move inland. you're getting away from the

warm lake waters. all of this shifts into indiana tomorrow. we think it'll be so cold aloft here that what might happen is the lake stuff shifts into indiana and we'll get these pop up showers in chicago on our side of the lake before the whole thing breaks down and we clear the skies out tomorrow night. it's in the 40s around the city now. and here are high temperatures today. the winds are blowing in from the north at the steering levels. and they are roaring at about 150 miles an hour. and this jet stream dives way down to the deep south. so the penetration of this cold air will be quite substantial. we're getting some strong winds at the surface as you can see. there are windchills at this hour. that's how much temperatures have dropped. look at that area of the u.s. that has cooled off. winds north at 17 and there is that jet stream i talked about. at the same time it's the snow of the carolinas. it went up to 100 degrees again

in southern california. the hottest temperatures they've seen. what's amazing is that the hundred was in san diego today. that's a temperature they rarely see any time of the year. and there was a hundred yesterday at long beach. los angeles hit 96 today. so this is a country of extremes. and we have a hurricane bearing down in haiti soon. more on that in minutes. tonight cloudy periods and cold. low temperature 24 inland, 37 up against the lake in indiana. cloudy spells. windy and cool tomorrow. chilliest weather to date high just 42 and scattered ice pellet and snow flake mixture. but a rain shower or period of ice pellets might develop in northeast illinois and eastern wisconsin tomorrow afternoon. partly cloudy and cold tomorrow night. and partly sunny, still chilly saturday. high of 48.

but it's after that, the news gets better. we're talking now about a 70- degree temperature by monday and maybe tuesday of next week. is that great or what? >> beauteous. >> it really is. we'll come back and tell you about that in ten. >> thanks. a star studded event at the fourth annual night with the stars event. alice payne hosted the event with our own gloria brown. gloria just retired after 47 years with the tribune company. there she is. she was given the touching the spirit award for her work with the chicago housing authority. congratulations to her. >> so good to see glo again. coming up tonight: we've got the low down on a secret stash. 30 tons of marijuana buried on the american border with mexico. and a major development in the fight against lung cancer. did you know

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>> reporter: 53,000 people were enrolled. smokers and those at risk for lung cancer. some got into a machine, spiral slices on a ct scan and they were able to find small lung tumors. >> for ct scan, the resolution kind of like your high definition tv. the resolution has doubled every two years for the last decade. >> reporter: ct now steps in where x-rays used to. lung cancer is not the most common. it effects about 200,000 people a year but it is the top cancer killer. because people are diagnosed at a later stage when the treatment is less successful. >> reporter: the average person dies within a year of diagnosis. spiral ct may change that. after finding it finds cancer better. take a look. >> here's what we used to see

and this looks like a normal ct scan. same person done at high resolution and you see a resolution. high resolution, you see it much more prominently. with this technology, we can see things that were inviable previously. >> reporter: and they hope the better vision will show it is like mammograms detecting breast cancer early and saving lives. >> hopefully this will become a covered service. >> reporter: a latest study shows it can reduce death rates by 20%. but there are other studies in the works that may show a decrease of up to 60%. and that may be when people flock for scans and lawmakers move to get them covered by insurance. >> thank you. another oprah giveaway. but you don't have to be a member of her student audience to benefit. >> find out how to win a lot of

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of temperature. that's what we've got. we have snow whitening the spine of the appalachians. this could push us to the mid- 60s on sunday or low 70s on monday and tuesday. we're up to monday there. and cool air. we'll stay on the mild side. keep the coldest air north of us until later next week. but impulses could come in after that. tomas 60 mile-an-hour winds heaving towards 1.3 million people living in tents in haiti. it's raining there now. 42 in chicago tomorrow. 48 saturday. there'll be scattered showers and mixed sunshine with

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a win over portland the other night. surely they would be able to handle the knicks and make it three in a row. portland hammered the knicks last time out. and early on the bulls were having their way with them watch this. he's 6'3". but he went three point crazy gallinari had six points. 21 at halftime tonight. and the bulls were down 21. then put together a nice comeback. coast to coast. they got it back to eight. but then douglas for the knicks, another from downtown. they were 16-23 from the arc tonight. just for good measure raymond for three more. where was the defense tonight? the bulls lose at home to the knicks 120-112. the bears are a field goal favorite over buffalo this weekend. the bills haven't won a game yet which should be a scare to

the bears. the bears are looking forward to living it up in toronto. >> reporter: lance briggs says he loves to see other cities. but he says the bears the night before the game and leave right after the game. not much time for sightseeing. >> we get to see the ground from the airplane. you know? get to see a lot. the runway. different runways. [ laughter ] >> do pretty good on the road. we went to dallas and you can hear our fans almost as much as them. you'd say that was a road game. so i think our fans do a good job of following us. never been to canada so i don't know what kind of a following we have there. but we'll find out. >> brian urlacher is respectful of the 0-7 bills. >> they move the ball well. they have good runningbacks. the quarterback is threing

good. it's a big challenge for us on the road. >> reporter: urlacher says the bears are ready to go after a break. and games after their bye week but just 3-3 under lovie smith. wgn news. and 15 games into their season, the blackhawks are the kings of the one-goal defeat. if you count last night, they have been one goal losers in six of their seven defeats. the ways in which the hawks are getting beat seems to be different every night. failing to clear the puck which hurt them last night. or some plain bad luck. miller a h the winner last night. and of course it really hurts when it happens at the uc. >> we don't want to lose at home. last year one of our strengths was our game. we want to sustain it and make the other team catch our pace. but at home this year whether it's the start or the games,

but every game has been tight and on the line. one of the great managers of his error or any other, sparky anderson has died. sparky always undersold his contributions saying he filled out the lineup card and let them play. parky anderson died after a long battle with dementia. he was 76 years old. and if you want a look at the corked bat of sammy sosa. it's on display at the harry caray. grant who heads up harry's restaurant chain paid over 16 grand for the pad. >> hang on to that. i'd go see that. >> sammy's comment if you needed some money why didn't you just call.

>> that's what i was thinking. i'm sure they're not on each other's lists this year. >> thanks. that is the news this thursday night. we're happy you shared time with us. i'm micah materre. >> i'm tom negovan. have a great night

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