chicago police and fbi agents. authorities say these raids stem from an investigation sparked by the unsolved murder of an off duty chicago police officer. the detective robert soto and female companion catherine romburg were shot to death in august of 2008 as they sat in an suv on the west side. law enforcement sources say they have been secretly tapping the phones of the traveling vice lord gang leaders. gang members are being questioned about the killings and the high profile home invasion robberies of two nba players. >>> chicago police are looking for someone who set a man on fire on the south side. this happened near 43 and cottage grove in the bronzeville neighborhood last night. police say the man was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire. couple called police when he saw the man severely burned inside his home. paramedics took him to the university of chicago hospitals where he is listed in critical condition. >>> one of the men who killed parents of former cltv shoas garrard mcclendon has been se

chicago public schools. wgn's nancy loo live at city hall now with more on this story. >>> hi, steve. terry is the fourth school ceo to be appointed by mayor daley and since the mayor is stepping down soon, he will be the last. in making the announcement within the past hour, mayor daley introduced him as the interim school ceo since it will be up to the next mayor to decide who should take the reins permanently. he is 54. he has been serving as ceo of the chicago community trust since 2004. but he has been a school administrator in michigan and california. now he is eager to carry on the sphish initiatives of the mayor and his predecessor, ron huberman. >> i see moving forward and continuing to take with a is in place and simply improve upon what exists. my-- >> now he is expected to work on the transition with ron huberman over the next few weeks pp huberman expected to step down on november 29. so far no official reaction to the new appointment from the chicago teachers union. live at city hall, nan nan,

it was the first time that you had the boss of the chicago schools and the boss of the chicago teachers union in public debating the issues about the future of the school. >> such a great idea. thank you so much for joining us. if you at home would like to go the chicago forward panel discussion about the economy and recovery, takes place next wednesday november 17 at 6:00 p.m. at thorn auditorium of northwestern law school. tickets are just $10. as always for more information we will have all of this on our web page, wgntv.com. click on there and find out. >>> i'm bloomberg's angie lau live at the cme group in chicago. concerns about home prices, foreclosure crisis and jobs have you and your neighbors delaying home renovations. that's what two largest home improvement retailers may see as they -- and they may cut sales forecasts next week as a result. we are talking about home depot and los. this after -- lowe's. this after suppliers reported slower deliveries of paint cabinets, faucets and other products in the third quarter. in tech, ciscoe getting smacked down and dragging markets d

in chicago. 70 at st. louis. 63 at omaha and then there is the colder air out to the west and really chilly stuff up in the north end of the continent. 54 at mark qt. 58 at rhinelander. these temperatures are uniformly extraordinary by november standards. it had been a cool month. we had a deficit going for the month overall. but this is our third day in this mild air mass and see how the winds are picking up to the west of us. that's what they are doing here. we were about two degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago and see the juxtapositioning warmer than 24 hour ago here in the mid west and in the big temperature drops out west. that's why this jet stream is buckling here around this incursion of cold air that has temperatures more than 32- degrees colder in parts of wyoming than 24 hours ago. east winds at six. humidity just 39%. boy, you know, it's been amazing. not only sun but very dry. maybe note the itchy skin and so forth. haven't had a lot of moisture in the air. sunny today and the third day o

that is the chicago spirit and that's what sustains us. ours is a spirit that money cannot buy. >> reporter: shawn lewis, wgn. >>> >> 21-year-old marine killed in action in afghanistan has been laid to rest. funeral services were held in his home community. a rifleman with the third battalion was killed in afghanistan. his survivor include his parents, his wife, one-year-old daughter, a sister and grandparents. he was buried at memory garden cemetery in arlington heights. >> it's a federal program that is trading citizenship for community investment and it's keeping up controversy in mchenry county. next, inside of the proposed plan. >> four more years in afghanistan for international forces. nato creates an outline for a major transition, jim? >> bob, another cold day in chicago, today, but would you believe that tomorrow, we could well be 20 degrees warmer? i'll have details and the full forecast, still ahead. thank you for calling usa pmy name peggy. peggy, yes, i'd like to redeem my reward points for a gift card. tell points please? 25

he is he fourth chicago police officer killed this year. >> >>> former chicago police officer arrested in connection with his wife's murder. they arrested noberto rodriguez in the murder of his wife. irma was struck many times and body stuffed in the trunk of her car. they had a violent marriage and irma had filed for divorce. >>> changing details about the death of a student who said she was sexually assaulted by a football player before she killed herself. now the university did contact them after all. elizabeth seeburg died on september 10. on september 1 she said she was attacked by a football player. the st. joseph county police department said the campus hadn't contacted them about the attack. also prosecutors office says the seeburg case hadn't been sent their way. both offices are now taking that back saying new information came up after the story on sunday. the unidentified football player continues to play. notre dame refuses to comment on the case. >>> a chicago man stepped to in to help a woman last night and was killed. bobbie butler was shot in the stomach. the woman was

one of my favorite restaurants in chicago is shaw's. and i think it's great that people all over the country get to see you and see you do your thing on wgn today. you are going to make oysters rockefeller. >> yes. we first a little butter. >> and you guys have the best crab cakes in the world, by the way. >> and we have the little celery. >> celery and butter. >> a little scallion. a little celery seed. what we are doing is we are releasing the flavors of the celery seeds. >> is that a little kosher salt? >> kosher salt. pinch of black pepper and then we will add a little water. and add a little water. so the flavors are going to go into the water. and then we will reduce it about half. want to reduce it about half we will add the chopped spinach. we will use fresh spinach and then we will -- >> so you blanch the spinach. >> okay. >> you can buy choppedded spinach. >> sure, you can. then we will have a little worcester sauce. >> you just put a drop in. >> just a drop. just a little bit. and then we just pull it a little bit. we led it

it nearly shut down chicago now. she would giggle particularly if she would read, "hi, katie, i'm a woman and i wear glasses and i'm adopted and you are not alone." >> reporter: all together, more than 1,500 supportive comments. >> i was teased a lot for being different. >> people are reading your story all over. thousands and thousands and thousands of people. >> every couple minutes, it changes to be more people that read it. >> reporter: does that make you happy? >> the day after katie became an internet sensation, she probably wore her father's "star wars" shirt to school. her parents plan to printout all of the online comments and bind them in a book so katie knows she not alone. >> down the road when she is a pre-teen, she will have points in her life where she will be sad and i think it will cheer her up to read thousands and thousands of letters to her saying you are okay. it's okay to wear glasses, it's okay to like "star wars." it's okay to be you. >> cool girl and i'm a fan of katie, all right. >> absolute

log on to wgntv.com. >>> live at the cme group in chicago. gas stations will be gobbling up your bucks this thanksgiving travel season. the average taprice for regular gasoline rose 4 1/2 cents to $2.87 a gallonam and according to triple-a, the price for regular unleaded in chicago is $3.06 per gallon. 30 cents higher compared to this time last year. meanwhile it's passengers start flying out of town for thanksgiving, chicago based united and continental pilots are getting ready for an informational ticket. starting today. flight crews are protesting what they view as efforts by management to outsource the piloting of flights. and some good news about the housing market. core logic reported today that shadow inventory and other homes that are in distress and hit the market soon after foreclosure, jumped more than 10% in one year. and the chicago area ranks third in the nation when it comes to the top 50 list seeing a 30 month supply. lastly, netflix raising the cost of your subscription from a dollar to one to two dvds per month up to $4 more

it was all part of sky rise chicago. the annual fund-raiser benefits the rehabilitation institute of chicago. dozens of rehab patients participated by hand cycling the equivalent of the building's 103 floors. >> hats off to them. >> the christmas spirit in honor of "sweetness." fans donated gifts to the walter and connie payton's annual toy drive. presents will go to abused neglected and underprivileged children across illinois. the organization gives away 16,000 toys every year. >>> movie fans are still flocking in to see an animated super villain battle his nemesis in 3d. >> you fell right into my trap. > >>> mega mind features the voices of will ferrell, tina fey and brad pitt. the number one movie in the country for the second week in a low. here are some of the other box office winners. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new fo

there's nothing wrong in chicago that can't be solved with what's right in chicago. >> reporter: emanuel says he's planned three major speeches in the coming months, one in december on education, in january on crime, and in february on the city's budget. on monday, you can see the start of a one-week $750,000 tv ad campaign. on the north side, randy bellisoma wgntv news. >>> the mayor spent his day campaigning on the city's south side. the former chicago public school board president gathered signatures in the back of the yards neighborhood. he visited with people at neighborhood stores after he was joined by supporters for a final petition drive at the immaculate heart of marry church. his grandfather helped found the church. those wanting to run for mayor have until november 22nd to submit the necessary signatures to get on the ballot. >>> and state senator and pastor james meeks already has enough signatures to get on the ballot, and will officially announce his candidacy tomorrow. he'll do so at the university of illinois chicago. >>> also officially announcing his run for mayor tomo

five out of six illinoisans with aids live in chicago area. >>> the chicago area is getting $4 million to fight obesity. the money was awarded by the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention. it will be divided among cook county local governments, schools and other community based groups. organizers-- organizations will receive 25,000 and $200,000 to support programming to curb the obesity epidemic. >>> coming up next, another qantas passenger plane experiences serious engine problems during a flight. >> more trouble for nasa's oldest and most traveled shuttle ahead of its final mission. >>> we were getting into the holiday mood. singer catherine mcfee is here to perform new songs off her christmas album. >>> another qantas boeing flight experiences engine problems in mid-air. flight was on its way from singapore to sidney, australia when it had a h a problem. the jumbo jet had to return quickly to singapore and landed safely. scare come days after a qantas airbus super-- made an emergency landing in singapore. a large piece of the engine broke off falling down on to a highly po

we did not see an inch or a flake near chicago. and we hear that things might getting better. >> amazing temperatures that we're watching. huntsville, alabama reported a trace of snow yesterday. this is and interesting weather pattern around the country. cold air is spilling into the east coast. but in chicago, the story all good. the temperatures today warmed up to 46. believe it or not, that's still below normal. so 6 degrees below. it was 12 degrees below normal on friday. we're move in the right direction. time lapse pictures look at this blue sky out there. but it's chilly and it continues to be chilly at this hour. take a look at these highs. these are near records out in the western plains, denver, 77 for a high today. some of the warm air is moving in our direction. but it's questionable how much of it is actually going get in here. we're actually under a temperature inversion. it's a little warmer aloft and rather shallow layer of cold air in chicago. but it may be around for into the day or two look at this, freeze warnin

joining me, chief from the chicago fire department. tell us what happened here tonight. >> at approximately 7:27 this evening, the we received phone calls from a possible house explosion. 12247 south oneda. fire department responded. full response, but due to the nature of the americansy, they immediately elevated it to a stolen box, what we call the stolen box response, due to a possible gas explosion, right now, it's under investigation and until we can determine what the cause was, it's to be determined because we don't know what caused it. >> was there a fire on the scene? >> the first arriving companies did not report a fire, which is not uncommon. it's potential that the fire blew itself out. it's under investigation and it it has happened in the past in chicago where a small fire ignited it and immediately due to the exmotion, it blew the fire out. >> reporter: the gas company is here, electric company is here, are you clearing residents out? >> immediately, they determined an odor of gas because lines were fractured. immediatel

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. >> this is good for the city of chicago. it bodes well for the future of the city of chicago and i'm excited about that. >> reporter: they only need 12,500 names to get on the ballot. miguel dubaya brought in 40,000. congressman danny davis, 50,000. >> they know that it's time to turn the corner. it's time for a new era, and we're going to be in there pitching to see if we can't hit a home run. >> reporter: also, with about 50,000 signatures, former school board president gary chico who brought along a promise of a positive campaign. >> we need safer streets, and i'm going to be a mayor that walks the blocks of the city to bring this to our citizens and lift up our families block by block. >> reporter: how's this for a number, former us senator carol mosely brawn says shes 91,000 verified names and is ready to shake this race up. >> i feel the heart of chicago. i can relate to people. i don't have to have somebody show me where the neighborhoods are, i know this city. >> reporter: workers from rom immanule's campaign also br

bergstrom's family owns the boat company in chicago. >>> the number of new hires by the chicago police department will not make up for the number of officers leaving the force. the city plans to hire 200 officers next year but a projected 300 will leave. the city's budget director says about 450 officers usually leave the force every year. he says the city could hire more officers next year if more money is made available. chicago will have about 950 vacant police officer positions at end of the year. >>> a toll road ramp in northwest indiana is closed indefinitely after it was damaged in an accident involving a truck carrying pigs. the semi overturned causing structural damage to the ramp from the westbound indiana toll road to i-80 and 94. drivers who normally use this exit will have to get off at the westbound portage or i-65 exits. 23 pigs died in the crash. others wabderred on to the grassy area. >>> of course, today is election day. we said it all morning and here is a look at the key races in states that neighbor illinois. republicans are expected to pick up a senate seat in ind

chicago's own joan cusak will join mayor daley for the final tree lighting ceremony as mayor of chicago. takes place next wednesday november 24. beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the daley plaza. come on down. be with steve and myself live. >> we can hang with joan cusack. how about that? >> you have done this before. >> yeah, but i did it with the governor. i have never done it with the city of chicago. >> show me the ropes. >>> stay with us, tom skilling has the full weekend forecast next. with the capital one venture card we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth ] we get double miles every time we use our card. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang! it's hard to beat double miles! i want a maze, a sword, a... oww! [ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capitalone.com. i wonder what it could be?! what's in your wallet? >>> you have a forecast all over the map. >> really is. i suggested earlier you have a score card and

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here is our forecast for the chicago area. cloudy, blustery and colder on this final day of november with temperatures falling into the 20s and snow flurries developing as afternoon goes on. those are the first official snow flurries at midway airport this season. temperatures will be going into the 20s and amid the west, to southwest wind at 14 to 22 and gusting at times. tonight cloudy, blustery, cold, some passing flurries or snow showers. low 22. west winds 12 to 24. and tomorrow cloudy, blustery and cold as december and meteorological winter open will see some flurries and a high of 28 degrees and finally on thursday it will be partly sunny but still chilly and 24 and a flurry and a little disturbance later in the day. much of date will be precipitation free. so some authentic weather. it's amazing when you look at weather records how the first week in december start to chaifng two-thirds of the opening weeks of december produce measurable snow. it's kind of a benchmark. when you go passed december 1 it seems in why you c

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a chicago synagogue. car going carrying the packages were intercepted many investigators were trying to determine whether the bombs were supposed to go off before they arrived. one of the bombs watts carried twice on passenger flights within the mideast before it was discovered in dubai. the council of terrorism advisory was asked if there may be over devices out there. >> it would be imprudent for me and others to presume there are no others out there. that said, we are working with the intelligence that we have. we feel as though we have stopped all of the packages coming to the united states that was originating in yemen. >> reporter: senior u.s. intelligence officials say the man suspected of hacking explosives in -- packing explosives in the underwear of a nigerian man who tried to blow up a plane near detroit is now the chief suspect in this bomb sent. >> even though the pack an bombs addressed to chicago area synagogue before they could explode, today's gathering could have been a mourning service.

he found many of his victims in chicago. he died in a wisconsin prison killed by an inmate. >>> here is a story you'll find in tomorrow's chicago tribune. exit soccer mom. with the great recession and disappointment in obama's presidency, they're voting republican. >>> and get a preview of the newest toys this holiday season. now be on the look out for thingmajigs. >>> is your cell phone on the way of becoming obsolete? you can be a techie minority. today only one quarter of cell phone users actually use smart phones. >>> a 67-year-old world war ii plane was the big thing fished out of lake michigan today. >> robert jordan was there as the rare fighter plane made its way to the surface. >> the only f4u-one in the world. >> reporter: slowly it rows from the cold murky water. it lifteded into the air again as it did 67 years ago. that's when its pilot henson karl johnson flew the fighter on an ill training mission off waukegan harbor. >> there were actually hundreds of airplanes in the water from these training exercises. >> r

everyone knows i'm from chicago. roland martin, if you do read the law literally, he might have a problem? >> he might have a problem, but keep in mind, president george h.w. bush. he actually rided esided in hou. they had a suite at the hotel. that was their official residence, although he was vice president, he also was president. so he will go back and vote here and was considered a texan. it's based on frankly how the election folks there this chicago rule, but there is precedent in other places, that being your official residence. >> precedents in other places, but other places don't play politics like chicago does. >> this is business as usually hard bore politics where the best way to win an election is to knock a strong rival off the ballot any way possible. the the emanuel campaign is arguing that intent is what a judge will look at. the loser will go to a court, appellate, could go to the illinois supreme court. his people argue he never intended to moouch to washington permanently and never established a p

case of a murder of chicago police officer and another man. good evening, everyone. >> wgn's aaron mendez has tonight's top story. >> reporter: tonight, chicago police are questioning a person of interest in connection with the slayings of two officers. this is the first lead for police after the men were gunned down friday afternoon. >> we're just trying to pass out information. >> reporter: armed with flyers, they covered a 36-block radius within hours. >> we're looking at at least distributing 10,000 flyers that you see here, with information needed, and there's a $10,000 reward. >> reporter: investigators spent today scouring parolee records and running prints. neighbors reported hearing as many as five shots yesterday afternoon from the alley along 81st and south burnham, where the men were fired on. today, we learned that neither officers returned gunfire. their weapons and wallets still on them, raising the question of motive. police say officer flisk was the first on the scene, collecting evidence from a garage burglary, when he was sh

and from chicago. the beautiful shot here. this was maybe around the 21st of the month when the moon was full. can you see the full moon with the clouds there? what a neat shot that is. so thank you for some beautiful pictures. and thank you mother nature for a day that wasn't bad. we're missing a storm to our south. we had some high and mid-level clouds come in today. on the north side of the storm that has been raining vigorously in indiana and ohio. but we made it up to 58 at lake geneva. elgin was 57. tonight it's as cool as 38 at orland park. and it's 37 at o'hare field. so starting to feel the part of autumn. there's no question about that. here are temperatures in map form across the area. as we look at rains down state in indiana. look at that. heavy rains there. and in ohio it's wet as well. this sent the clouds up into our area but avoided this area in terms of rain. but in lebanon, virginia, it's been raining. and heavy rains in indiana throughout the day. look at this. in parts of virginia, over two and a half inch

>>> >> announcer: this is chicago's very own "wgn midday news." >>> chicago police are still questioning a teenager about the murder of a fellow officer and another man. this as the financial reward for information that leads to an arrest is doubled. good afternoon, i'm steve sanders. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's julian cruz is live in the news zone with information on our top story. >> reporter: the reward money has been upped to $20,000 as detectives continue to question a 19-year-old parolee. the chicago tribune says the person of interest they are talking to lives across the alley from the crime scene. but no word yet on any formal charges. it's been a challenging week for the chicago police department. purple bunt bunting is up at headquarters at 35th and michigan as fellow officers mourn their loss. >> please. >> reporter: shauna peters has suffered the most terrible of losses. she is pleading with the public grieving the loss of her husband stephen peters. the former chicago housing authority offic

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permanently. >> he continued to vote chicago. he still has an illinois driver's license and an illinois car registration. he continually stated over the time that he has been absent that he intends to come back to chicago. >> emanuel is renting his home to a man who is now running against him. meantime, he lives in a condo on milwaukee avenue. >>> police still searching tonight for the person who killed one of their own this week. david blake off duty monday when he was shot to death in his suv. he was highly decorated and a member of the s.w.a.t. team. today colleagues remembered their friend. >> these few days have seemed to roll into each other. it's heart wrenching for all of us. >> we're a tight nit group. we support each other. we're not a bunch of individuals. we support each other and we're going to support dave. he was a wonderful individual to be around. >> the officer's gun and wallet were found inside his suv. the windows were rolled up when his body was found. anyone with information is asked to call police. the serv

-- con ventions in chicago, in joel. i think that -- in illinois. >> the pier and exposition authority of operators of mccormick said it will bring in a private management company down the line to further increase efficiencies and reduce overall costs. muriel clair add mccormick. >>> a company has agreed to stop shipping a drink to the state of new york. four loko is a caffeinated alcoholic drink that's been banned in four states. it is called blackout in a can because it can have as much alcohol as four beers. chicago-based fusion promises agreed to the ban after it was approached by the new york liquor authority. it is banned in michigan, washington, utah and oklahoma. the food and drug administration is reviewing the safety of the drinks. >>> and charles schumer is calling for an investigation into reuse unbelievable grocery bags that may contain lead. a report found that some bags made in china and used her contained unhealthy levels. they're not as concerned about the lead rubbing off on field as it is about it buil

. >> quinn took chicago 80-20. i think the chicago vote is just too overwhelming for brady to overcome at this point. >> reporter: now, a lot of the votes that have yet to be tallied are right here no cook county. 9900 absentee ballots we're told. both candidates have their election lawyers on the case, chicago tribune writers don't think this race will end up in the courts in the end. >> thanks. no change in springfield. both the house and the senate. >> democrats may have lost a few seats. however, they'll have far more than the 60 needed to maintain the majority and for mike madigan to continue as house speaker. in the senate, democrats say as the party in charge, the ap reporting democrats lost two seats than that leaves democrats one seat shy to continue their supermajority. so that the party could override a governor's veto. it's not the first fight tend with beers and won't be the last but this could be one of the most public. mark kirk and alexi giannoulias burying the hatchet tonight. randy belisomo is at

the chicago police department wants to build an outdoor firing range on the southeast side of chicago. that will go here on 33 acres of land controlled by the water reclamation district. a hearing held today on whether to lease that land so they can build that range. 7-2 in favor of the lease. many residents think it's a bad idea. >> we think that protecting the natural areas will help protect our own homes. and our own people. our own environment. >> there's an absolute need of police department. they can do their job. >> should be several months before that range is in place. the council has to approve the lease. >>> a suspicious fire has burned down a church and two homes. charred brick walls, all that's left of the christ for everyone ministries. that's at 1430 wood lawn avenue. the flames spread to a home and then on to the place of worship. more than a dozen people were inside the church. everyone got out safely. no one was hurt. >> we were inside of the church and noticed there were flames going on the side. we rushed in and i told them there were flames and there was a fire ou

but a chicago woman is suing claiming she is the victim here. surveillance video captured incident at an oak lawn hooters. 55-year-old woman arguing over her bill. the off duty officer working security gets involved and tempers flare. the grandmother of four was arrested for assault and battery. the tape shows the officer was heavy handed. >> when i saw him approach her with his elbows out trying to lean up against her. if i was there i would have said, hey, what, leaning no? that shows he was trying to start something. >> torres' filed $280,000 civil lawsuit against the village of oak lawn, restaurant and that police officer. >>> a bridge southwest of chicago comes falling down into the illinois river but it was no accident. it was a 78-year-old bridge in seneca, illinois, and went down after 7:00 a.m. this morning. skycam9 was there for the implosion. and the brink was blown up to make way for a new $24 million replacement. a local resident got to push the implosion button after winning a town raffle. the rest of that bridge will be imploded a

michael hawthorn is the reporter for the chicago tribune. he went through the city with this device. >> this is what they call a mcgee microathrometer. >> reporter: to measure what we breathe. >> it's measuring the amount of black carbon. >> reporter: the most striking came from where we commute the most. union stations. >> there's spikes of pollution that start to happen as soon as you get on the platform. when i got on the train car, it started to gee go up higher. then the levels shot up significantly. when the doors closed on that train and the locomotive pulled out. >> reporter: trapped inside the cars is diesel soot up to 72 times higher than on the streets outside. dropping off sharply only after getting off the train. >> it's dangerous stuff. >> reporter: brian works with a group pushing metra and others to clean up their air. when you hear the statistics, you'll understand why. >> 1,125 heart attacks and over 28,000 asthma attacks. just from diesel exhaust in the chicago metropolitan area. every single year. >> reporter: as for hawt

record and our sunshine records go back to the early 1890s here. 43 tonight in chicago. it's another seasonal night with light winds, meaning the temperatures will tank again. in the city, it will stay in the upper 30s, low 40s. 47 at mid way, 41 in the fox valley. there are the current temperatures in map form, and here are the highs and lows today. wakegan and glennco. a little warmer off the lake as you moved inland to orland park and naperville. there are the dew points, giving you an idea of the temperatures overnight. gorgeous view in illinois. somebody wrote to us and asked what happened to the weather bug sandwich camera. nothing, it was right there. a beautiful day in sandwich in dekalb county. high pressure in our area, it draped solidly in our area. we'll keep this thing and deflect it to the south so there will be big rains along the gulf coast where there are some thunderstorm watches tonight but no rain from that system here and unexpected until the coldest air of the season turns the lake effect machine on later in the week. more on that in a moment. here'

and then west chicago at dupage airport we are at 62 degrees. mid-60s already and we look for these temperatures to hold fairly steady through the early afternoon hours and peak out around 2:30 or so but make it to 64 to 68 degrees today. more of this here tomorrow with abundant sunshine and wednesday as well. then looks like thursday and friday the clouds will be on the increase. slight chance of a shower late into the day thursday and more likely on friday with a high of 63. then cold uer -- colder and autumn like temperatures and then shot at rain showers. 45 for a day time high reading on sunday. >> wow. awesome. >> enjoy. >> all week long. >> not going to be a morning show fan and ask for your autograph or anything. i have to tell you it's rm cool to sit next to paul mall. >> thank you. >> likewise. >> thank you for joining us today. >> great afternoon and we will leave you with more live muse scng live performance from fifth house ensemble. kicking off their first show. their 2010, 2011 season next week with two performances. enjoy.

they were addressed to chicago area synagogues. an al-qaida group based in yemen has claimed responsibility for the bomb and threatened to send more packages containing explosives. >> hispanic community leaders are calling out an alderman, demanding that he help them fight against gang violence and fake id's made in their neighborhood. they want the city to install blue light cameras to help police and federal agents combat the issues as well as gang activity. community leaders say they have gathered more than 1,000 petitions signatures and tried to reach out to their alderman, munoz, but he never responded. we have an alderman that is putting many people at risk by ignoring the issue that needs attention. today, i call him munoz to spend the money to help the authorities to stop this illegal operation once and for all. >> we tried contacting alderman munoz for a comment and we were unable to reach him. >> bond was set at $5 million for march kid webber. a woman accused of killing her four-year-old daughter in blooming dale. she to

today, two chicago brothers suffered through a similar situation. lourdes duarte spoke with them and has the story. >> reporter: this was supposed to be their first time flying, two brothers flying to minnesota to visit their aunt and one is told he's too big to fit in his seat and needed to buy a second ticket. they said they were fine with that but the airline made things so difficult they had to miss their flight. 18-year-old timothy white and his brother will back in chicago playing on their laptop their aunt bought them in minnesota. a trip that started all wrong. >> i was mad and angry. >> reporter: here's why. minutes before their southwest flight to minnesota was supposed to take off on thanksgiving night, timothy is pulled out of line and told -- >> i'm going to have to buy another ticket. too big to fit in one seat, and that's before i even got on the plane. >> reporter: his weight was the issue. he needed a second seat. with no cash on them, will and timothy called their aunt. she tried to purchase a second ticket over the phone with no c

read the column in the chicago tribune. ron halfman was approached by the board and if he runs he'll take it seriously. even the talk of his possible campaign highlights the residency issue. a spokesperson for emanuel says we expect him to show up on the petition. the petitions must be filed by the end of next week. >>> president obama making a return today to one of his former hometowns. the president made a quick trip to jakarta, indonesia. the president spent a lot of time recounting his experiences there but also touched on the economy. >> chining with prosperous and secure is a positive. and we're not interested in containing that process. we want china to continue to achieve its development goals. >> well, the president did also take a shot at china saying some countries run up big surpluses to maintain their advantage. >>> former president bush sets off on a media tour for his memoir. he is promoting the 500 page book called decision point. he talks about water boarding terror suspects. he takes responsibility for ap

he bounced it off of the fender to make it 2-0 chicago. then in the 2nd period just a minute in, it's a natural hat trick for jonathan tate. and the blackhawks have a lead up in the edmonton. >>> and brock mcbride for the arrows. they had a 3-0 win there. the wolves have lost seven consecutive games. >>> couple of notes tonight. the managers of the year and in college basketball tonight north western beat -- won. we'll see you tomorrow at 5:00. >> miss you. he didn't hear me. >> i know you do. >> that's the news this wednesday night. i'm micah materre. >> see you tomorrow. ring ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay i'll hold. she's holding. wha? (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then free

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she was thrown there after having brain surgery here in chicago. she was treated but her condition has not improved since leaving chicago. she suffered from seizures and lost the ability to speak. she and a friend were attacked april 23rd. two people have been charged with attempted murder in the case. >>> and a spike in crime prompted the university of illinois to step up security in urbana. several male students have been attacked on the way to their apartments. on monday, woman was sexually assaulted in a dorm shower. the school is locks the exterior doors of the storms, adding cameras and increasing student patrols. it will have a town hall-style meeting at the illini union. >>> the rickets family is asking lawmakers to back renovations at wrigley field. they want a bond. they say the plan will not involve a tax increase and paid off with the amusement tax paid by fans. the family paid 845 million for the stadium. this he would take 3 to 5 years and be done during the off season. the park is 96 years old, the second oldest in the country. >> wa

i said when i was the president, chicago's best run city in america. i was not pandering... [ applause ] >> i meant it. >> they share similar backdrops. they had famous political fathers and faced criticism for being less than articulate. a stereotype that the president douses with humor. >> thank you for letting me sell the book. [ laughter ] >> and the book called decision points surpassed opening week sales of president clinton's book by thousands. reviews have been mixed, bush has been praised for candor about 9-11, katrina and his drinking problem. >> the book opens up with laura saying to me,ky tell me a day in which you have not had a drink. >> he told the crowd he hopes to inspire someone else struggling with alcoholism saying if he could quit, others would have the courage to try. >> he elaborated stating he hoped his legacy would be what he stood for. as for the book, it is the highest order count for a biography ever. >> thank you. >>> a clash of titans of the g- 20 summit, trade wars looming and the u.s. manipulating currencies. and some co

genoulias. >> the city of chicago is very democratic. you have the suburban cook county which does not include the chicago returns which had been republican but had flopped over to the democrats. you also have the six-county collar county area which are the ring counties outside chicago which are traditional republican but they have tended toward democrats. what i will look at, quite frankly, is suburban cook county. what we are hearing out there about early voting is that a number of early votes have been casting their and they may be republican leaning. if that is the case, that is a symbol of what may be going on. we expected that the coward county republicans may turn out have a. . the city of chicago will turn out because we expect an enthusiasm that to occur there. in some wards, you have organizations that are already gearing up to try to the power brokers for the upcoming chicago mayoral election. many factors are at play here. host: that is another race and anotother issue and we will have >> tomorrow, the national education ass

and that's only getting to chicago, by the way. if you're in chicago and trying to get somewhere, you should be okay because of that. here's your forecast. for tomorrow, showing you the heavy rain and heavy snow continuing out west. interstates like i-80 have been really bad across parts of california and into nevada. i-70, we've had plenty of trouble as well, and much of the pacific northwest. our cold front moves into the nation's midsection, just some light showers here. not too big of a deal, but you could have airport delays in chicago and stretching on up towards detroit. the east coast looks fantastic. tomorrow is your day to travel if you can do it. of course, wednesday the busiest travel day of the year. usually the wednesday before and the sunday after thanksgiving are the worst. here's what we're expecting in terms of wet weather. dallas up towards nashville into raleigh durham, washington, d.c., pittsburgh into cincinnati, we think detroit, chicago, milwaukee all will have some wet weather. cold conditions on the backsi

and in a chicago diner this morning, mr. obama acknowledged the challenge. >> we've seen a lot of enthusiasm, but it's going to be tight. it's true here, true in ohio, true in every state where we're competing. >> reporter: but experts believe not only will republicans gain the 39 seats needed to take control of the house, they may end up winning 50, 60, or even more. the message will be clear, say the republicans. >> they're going to say, you blew it, president obama. we gave you the two years to fulfill your promise of making sure that our company starts roaring back to life again and instead, i believe things are getting worse. >> reporter: palin and the big backers of the tea party movement expect to have a pig say in the new congress. >> the republican party, bless their heart, finally learned in this last year to listen to america, and that's why the republican party is going to win. >> reporter: there are problems for republicans. abc news has learned senate party leaders are abandoning essentially giving up on their

like chicago? they don't go in the neighborhoods, they just go down michigan avenue and the entire city and county of chicago and the cook county around chicago looks like michigan avenue. but nonetheless, it is something that vexes you, you think why can't we be more like michigan avenue. so began the journey many years ago to say what do we need to do differently had order to organize ourselves in a way that we could create great streets through the commercial corridors and the main entry points in and out of our city. we got the together and we realized there was a lot of money already being spent, it wasn't being coordinated, it wasn't a collaborative. you didn't have the arts commission working with the department of public works and the public utilities commission and working with the economic development office and our lobbiest at the state and federal level to match state and federal and local dollars to organize a much more organized narrative. that's what the great streets propose to do.

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