We find a final XRT listener to go to spring training with us, Lin calls me a wacko, and I go ahead with the rest of the news because WTH it's Friday and you as an American citizen have the right to know what is going on.

High school students in the US and around the Chicago suburbs are staging demonstrations for stronger gun laws in the wake of last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school. President Trump is talking about arming specially-trained teachers, raising the age limit for buying weapons, and banning bump stocks.

Plus the rest of the day's news, sports, and weather forecast.

You'll never guess who's been eliminated from the medal round! (Kidding: Canada lost to Great Britain. Plus the rest of the day's news, which is considerably more serious unless you're a curling fan.)

The latest news includes word of heavy rain and flooded roads in the south and southwest suburbs. Plus sports and the weather forecast.

The man charged in Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer's murder has been ordered held without bail. Cubs star Anthony Rizzo returned to his home in Florida to mourn with the victims of the mass shooting at his alma mater, Stoneman Douglas High School.

Plus the rest of the day's news, sports and weather forecast.