a popular program that can save you money and improve your energy bills returns to illinois this week. >> if history holds true, you will have to act fast if you want to get a good deal. good evening, everyone, i'm robert jordan. >> and i'm jackie bange. wgnaerin maenades joins us with more. >> reporter: today, we saw a

lot of customers. scoping out the deals in advance. >> home depot is matching it with another 15% off. >> the rebound program translating into big business. susan mckenzie said the last rebate program nearly doubled their daily sales in hours. >> i expected it to be big. i did not expect it to be that big. >> reporter: the federal program encouraging people to go green is widely subsaysful. >> this is going to help save energy for our state and our country and reduce emissions and help our environment. it's also going to create jobs. >> reporter: the state has $3 million in rebates to dole out. when the money is gone, the deal is over. this last spring, the funds were gone in four hours. >> friday morning at 8:00 am is when it -- >> reporter: rosy and her husband say this time, they are shopping in advance. >> we come in there often, now

that he said 30% off. we'll be in there. >> reporter: friday's rebate program starts friday at 8:00 am. kim anderson has been scoping out freezers for his new custard shop, saying the rebate program is sweet all the way around. >> it's a great incentive. home depot will match 15% and you get 15% from the federal government. way to go. >> reporter: retailers will allow you to process an order right now and they hold it to friday morning. there is no guarantee you will make the cutoff, you stand a much better chance than shopping day of. >> thank you, erin. >> the holiday season is approaching and chicago police department financial crimes unit has some tips that can protect you from identity, specifically with debt card. they are warning you to keep an eye out for devices, thieves attached to scanners and atm's

which can store your personal information. just recently, several suburban residents who shop at aldi grocery stores had their information stolen and their accounts drained. all the more reason to pay attention to your balances and accounts job accounts online. >> there is a lot of credit card -- very proactive in monitoring your activity. >> reporter: there are other tips to indicate shred everything and use cash. >> a baby in grisham neighborhood is dead. an autopsy confirmed the boy drowned, but it did not determine a manner of death.

police and wild welfare services are still investigating the incident. >> two teen-age boys were shot this morning at the corner of 67th and wolcot, police say one of the victims was taken to the hospital in serious condition. the other man was taken to the hospital in good condition. the victims names have notelet been released. >> the aunt of the teen shot and killed by chicago police on the cta's red line yesterday wants the department to take disciplinary action against the officer who fired the shot. police say they shot george in self-defense after the teen pointed his weapon at them. however, several witnesses say the 19-year-old was surrendering to police when he was shot. the teen's family will meet with an attorney tomorrow. lash's son admits he had a gun, but he did not say he aimed it

at police officers. >> if he had his hands up, why would you shoot him? we will have our witnesses and we will fight for that. we will fight for his justice. >> independent police authority is looking into the shooting. fewer donations, higher costs, all spelling trouble for a center that helps dogs and cats. wgn's marcella raymond has more. >> reporter: save a pet has saved the lives of 40,000 animals in the past 40-years. now save a pet needs to be saved. >> it's exasperating, it makes it very, very difficult to sleep. we, collectively are responsible for hundreds and hundreds of lives. >> reporter: it's a daunting task. half a million dollar by the end of the year or save a pet will close its doors.

there are 300 animals in this building. cats are able to roam freely, dogs get a run every day. those that have problems are given a new life. >> we are doing rehabilitation, building up her muscles. >> reporter: will she be able to walk again? >> she will never be able to walk again unassisted, but in the cart, she will be able to. >> reporter: many of the dogs ors cats stay here for years, for one reason or another. >> i have to give them treats in order for them to stay. this is chestnut and burgundy. they are brothers who have been they were puppies and have been adopted out and returned four times. they are wonderful border collies. they are great dogs and they need to be adopted together. that's one of the things save a

pet does, takes dogs and cats that families can't take care of any more. a lot of these guys are repeat customers. >> reporter: despite generosity of hundreds of people and businesses, they are still in crisis. lori is a board member that loves cats. without immediate support, save a pet will close its doors in a matter of months. >> that's as troubling as the absence of money, itself, to think we have worked so hard for so many years to save so many lives. that those that are still here could be in jeopardy out of our care. >> marcella raymond, wgn news. >> for more information on how you can help out save a pet, go to our web page or home page wgn tv. com. >> the chicago symphony orchestra's new music director conducted his first concert with the cso, today.

maestro ricardo took up the baton to lead the orchestra in a free concert for chicago at the pavillion, a come minutation of a day of activities in millennium park. he will lead his first subscription concert later in the week. >> a bit of resolution for union car penters who spent part of their weekend protesting new union rules at mccormick place. >> it's getting down to crunch time in the illinois senate race. >> later, why colin powell said significant changes need to be made to immigration policies. >> don't put away your short pants and sandals, yet. we have an amazing forecast and i'll have details coming up. ring ring. progresso.

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♪ details. union carpenters were back at work today at mccormick place where a big trade show wrapped up. dozens of carpenters picketed yesterday. they were protesting a new law that allows exhibitors to use their own employees to set up exhibits and displays and work on their own machinery. a spokesperson said they resolved a few issues with the union and the impact on the trade show was minimal. meantime, the union is moving forward with its federal lawsuit against the legislature over the new law.

>> illinois elections are only 44 days away and both senate nominees are taking every opportunity to address voter. janulius spoke in aurora about campaigns being funded by third party. specifically, he is talking and taking exception to an ad campaign that is scheduled to run next week, saying it is being funded by a group controlled by car rove. >> the day i call on carl rove to respond to who is funding the negative ads. >> meanwhile, republican nominee, mark kirk walked in the romeoville parade and greeted supporters. he did not address the ad campaign and, instead, talked about taxes. >> i think there is there growing opposition to governor quinn's 33% tax increase. janulius is supporting that,

also. >> the big election day is november 2nd. >> last week's republican primaries, a major victory for candidates in delaware and new york, tea party candidates beat the republican nominees. former president clinton went on cbs's face the nation and talked about his concern with the rising third party. >> according to the profiles and studies that have been done is being bank rolled by people who want to weaken the government so they will be more unaccounted for concentration of power and that's what got us in the mess we are in in the first place. >> clinton said he is not sure if the emergence of the tea party will end up being good for democrats or republicans, come november. >> former secretary of state colin powell said he knows there are illegal immigrants doing essential work in the u.s. because some fix things around his house. he made those comments on "meet

the press" while urging his party to support immigration reform. >> immigration is what is keeping this country's lifeblood moving forward. they enrich our culture with every generation and we have to find a way to protect the borders but at the same time treat them with dignity and give them a path of citizenship. way to do that is by the dream act. the proposed bipartisan legislation would provide illegal immigrants who finished high school and came to the miners to add temporary residency. they have to compete two years of college or two years in the military in order to qualify. >> no more leaking, crews overseeing the gulf oil spill said it is capped permanently. >> a happy homecoming for the american hiker recently released from an iranian prison. mmmm.

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seal the well shut. john wright is a contractor who worked on the project. >> when we drilled into it. there were he though sign of hydro carbons, so it means there is unlikely there was oil flowing up the back side of the casing. >> reporter: 40-miles off the louisiana coast, an explosion in late april killed 11 people and unleashed the worst oil spill in american history. up tense national and international attention sprang up with a microscope on energy company bp, the well's owner to clean up the disaster. >> the amount of press focused is the most different from the previous projects we were involved in. >> reporter: president obama held the ceiling off the well, but said the government will continue to work in the region to repair economic and environmental damage from the

disaster. i'm april williams, reporting from atlanta. >> hurricane igor is bringing heavy rain, strong winds and high surf to bermuda, today. its topped winds have dropped to 85-miles an hour, but officials are urging residents to stay inside. flooding is reported in low lying areas in downtown, streets of hamilton, covered with several inches of water. some streets are littered with tree branches and other debris, 20,000 homes and businesses are without electricity. >> missing members of what police call a kill like group have been found safe in southern california. the five adults and eight children were found praying in a park near palmdale. investigators are issued an alert for help in finding the group. authorities say they left behind good-bye letters and other evidence that he they were awaiting the rapture or some catastrophic event.

two two members say they were fearing for their safety and that was a misunderstanding. >> an american woman freed after more than a year in prison in iran is calling for the release of two other americans still in custody there. sara shourd spoke to reporters in new york, today. shourd, her fiance, shane bower and their friend, josh were arrested when they were hiking crossing the border from iraq to iran. shourd thanks the iranian government for releasing her, but she said she feels only one- third free. >> we committed no crime and we are not spies. >> before returning home to the u.s., shourd thanked the sultan for helping to secure her release. >> the lottery is coming up,

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a few pieces of sun and then dreary again. >> it was cloudy all afternoon, today. o'hare only picked up a trace of rainfall, but we really got by with a fairly pleasant day. it was cold, however, temperatures below normal. 67 was the high temperature today. we are looking at a dramatic warmup, hot air building toward the chicago area will finally get in here by tuesday. 20 degrees warmer than today. time lapse cameras caught the dreary looking sky out there. for the second time this weekend, we have seen the skies

cloud over. these clouds did not produce very much. just blocked the sunshine. we had a wind of lake michigan and our high temperature and lake water temperature are the same, again, 67 was as warm as it got today in chicago. we should improve on that 10 degrees tomorrow and 20 degrees by tuesday. this is quite an ira of cool temperatures, in fact, there is a frost advisory which contains, parts of wisconsin and the northern peninsula. already, we have seen temperatures as cold as 32 in international falls, minnesota. tonight, 59 degrees at o'hare and dew point temperatures low 50s around the lake, but as you move inland, notice inland, notice they are in the 40s, so air very, very dry. wind speeds less than 10-miles an hour. we are thinking they might become light and variable during the over night hours. we have some strong winds expected on tuesday.

here. this suggesting the school air will retreat, dip toward the great lakes retreat again and come back into the area. by next sunday, we could have a daytime temperature much as we have today. beyond that, temperatures are warm and toasty. air is expected to gust from the southwest and kick up our temperatures, a trough of low pressure off the coast of texas producing rain. in corpus christi, more than seven inches. brownsville, more than 6 1/2 inches have come down. it's continuing to come down and iting loos like that will it looks like it will continue to come down for awhile. maybe some rain late on tuesday building in from the west. let's check our forecast, tonight across the area, skies partly cloudy, let's say, low temperatures, 53-57. tomorrow, the morning clouds

and some late sunshine with a high temperature in the mid- 70s. by tomorrow night, we'll drop off to 60 degrees in most areas, maybe a little cooler in some as winds turn from the south and then on tuesday, we are cooking, 84-8 degrees temperatures, strong gusty winds, southwest, 15-25-miles per hour. that's only one of two days this week, we should top 80 degrees in chicago, but notice the big drop off next sunday back to a high of temperatures in the upper 60ss. it looks like a fairly mild week across the area. we have a chance at showers, tuesday night into wednesday is a little weak system comes through, but it will only flirt with the area, move back north and warm air builds again though it's a real interesting change and difficult to address with so many changes. >> it. tw80s in the forecast. >> absolutely, we may have more

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looked it up. >> how many? >> 96 days, two hours and 23 minutes. >> it will be here before you know it. and that's the news for this sunday night, thanks so much for joining, i'm robert jordan. and i'm jackie bange. "instant replay" with dan roan and i'm jackie bange. "instant replay" with dan roan is coming have you tried honey bunches of oats yet? every spoonful is a little different. mmm. they got three kinds of flakes. this is delicious. it's the perfect combination of sweet and crispy.

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