without making me drowsy, cause i want to be alert around this big guy. live claritin clear. indoors and out. sters daughter. the daughter of a terminal ill cancer patient speaks out today. good afternoon, i'm steve sanders. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching this around the croifnt on wgn america. that story in just a minute. but first -- >> the race for chicago mayor is starting to heat up with candidates and some potential candidates reaching out for support. state senator james meeks holding a listening tour with latino leaders at schools on the southwest side.

>> nancy loo is live in the arlington heights neighborhood with more on the mayor's race. >> well, allison and steve, after failing to earn the support of the african-american coalition, state senator james meeks is spending much of today in chicago's latino community. but he claims his outing today has nothing to do with mayoral politics. now the reverend and state senator spent the morning touring a number of schools on the southwest side including the uno veterans memorial charter school. he cited the ongoing problem of overcrowding in chicago schools and afterwards left for a luncheon and round table discussion with latino leaders. meeks again dismissed the african-american coalition support of congressman danny davis instead of him. and chicago voters seem to be questioning the influence of

those coalition anyway. >> we spoke to a number of voters today who claim that race has nothing to do with -- has no place in mayoral politics and reverend meeks was here today to say that this was part of his outing as the member of the state education committee and not as a potential mayoral candidate. >> people it's a big deal but not for me. not influential to me. >> i think everybody has good intentions. but at the same time you can't continue to use race as defining character and choose an elected official. >> it doesn't seem to matter in the last 20 years because the mayor has satisfied the various groups. >> well, all mayoral candidates have to have their nominating petitions in by the 22nd of this month or the mayoral

election in february. we are live on the southwest side, nancy loo, wgn news. the man known as the swine flu bandit has robbed two more banks. fbi says he robbed two chase branches yesterday at 48 and ashland and another one at 11:30 west taylor street. he is accused of robbing ten banks overall. agents call him the swine flu bandit because of the breathing masks or starves -- scarves he wears. the fbi offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. the no one was injured wasn't fire started and smoke stack or engine compartment of a chicago bound amtrak train. train number 332 from walk stopped at lake forest where firefighters poured foam on the fire. passengers transferred to a metra train for the rest of their trip downtown. a special event is held at des plaines public library in honor of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run. 17-year-old choice taylor was killed on angon qn road in des

plaines friday night. witnesses say the driver of a semi truck initially stopped but only to check his vehicle. the driver has not yet turned himself in. taylor's mother says the library was her son's second home. police and counselors will be there today at 4:30 at his school for an event in taylor's memory. archdiocese of chicago has started implementing new guidelines that allow them to permanently remove men from the priesthood without their consent. church officials are looking to remove 240 priests and deacons who walked away from the ministry in the last 40 years. but church leaders have not decided whether they will use their new powers granted by the vatican to remove priests over allegations of sexual misconduct. doing so will free those men to live on their own without any oversight from the church. a man in glen ellyn has been charged with battery after punching his two former bosses. a police report says michael yarboro threatened a female boss during a disciplinary

meeting. he was subsequently fired from the baby merchandise store. yarboro punched the female boss in the head. punched a male store managenart face and walked out. he is out on bond with a trespass order preventing him from entering the store. cook county property tax bills will start arriving in the mail friday and won't be raised by much. in chicago, the increase will be less than half of 1%. and suburban bills will average a 2 1/2% increase. increase could have been much worse but property values are way down so tax assessments are down. here is a troubling side about the local housing market. number of chicago area homes underwater continues to grow. this means home owners owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth. about 1 in three single family homes in the chicago area had negative equity in september. increase of 2% from last june. nationally nearly one-fourth of homes were underwater and 28% of homes sold in the chicago

area in september were sold for a loss. coming up next in midday, hero's homecoming this afternoon for a local soldier killed in afghanistan. president obama voices concerns about middle east peace talks during a visit to indonesia. >> the ntsb takes a look at growing number of senior citizens on the nation's roadways. xñxñ

hero homecoming for a local soldier. muriel clair is live in plainfield, hometown ever the first class -- private first class andrew. >> reporter: well, steve, it is a beautiful sunny afternoon here in plainfield where many

of the town's people and about 2500 students have gathered waiting on the procession to come here. a short time ago the plane carrying the remains of private first class andrew murray arrived at midway airport leaving 34eudz the procession will head toward a funeral home in plainfall with stops along the way. one of them being plainfield south high school. private first class murray was killed in afghanistan when an enemy insurgent armed with an explosive attacked his unit. now private first class graduated from high school here in wisconsin, but most of his high school days were spent right here at plainfield south high school. >> that he was a very nice young man. did a good job and obviously was interested in the military. >> it's just sad that someone in our community has been lost

to the war again in this area. we want to support his family and let them know that we support them. >> reporter: now the wake for the 21-year-old soldier will be held at noon tomorrow. his funeral on tuesday with burial at abraham lincoln national cemetery. in plainfield, muriel clair, wgn news. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s. is open to the idea of keeping troops in iraq passed next year's deadline to leave if the iraqi government wants the troops to stay. gates says the u.s. will stand by for such a request once the government ends an eight month political deadlock and forms a new government. gates is urging iraq's political factions to form an inclusive government. the leaders of the different political blocks are holding their first talks since elections last march. major private security companies have signed a code of conduct. pledging to -- in war zones

such as iraq and afghanistan. the code requires companies to make sure their employees take all necessary steps to avoid the use of force. it also forbids mistreatment of detainees, sexual exploitation and forced labor. company known as blackwater has signed the agreement of the guards from that firm face criminal charges in a 2007 incident which 17 iraqi civilians were killed. as he continues his trip to asia president obama is expressing concern about peace in the middle east. today the president visited indonesia, the world's largest muslim nation where he lived for four years when he was a young boy. at a news conference with indonesia's president, obama was critical of israeli plans to build new apartments in disputed east jerusalem and he said he is concerned that the israelis palestinians are not making enough of an effort to achieve a middle east peace plan. >> we will keep on working on

it. because it is in the world's interest. it is in the interest of people of israel and in the interest of the palestinian people to achieve that settlement. >> indonesia is the second stop on president obama's ten day asian trip. next on the agenda, the g-20 summit in seoul, south korea. the president's visit to indonesia is being cut short bawfs concern of the ash cloud from the mountain. the volcano started erupting two weeks ago unleashing gas, rock and debris. more than 150 people were killed since the eruptions began. a -- ordered release of nine somali men charged with prior eas. decision harms u.s. and international efforts to have the accused pirates try in east africa, that country does not have jursz diction because the crimes took place outside kenya's waters.

2009 attack targeted a german cargo ship off the somali coast. kenya's attorney general has filed an appeal. elizabeth smart testifies for a second day in the trial of her accused kidnapper. yesterday she gave brutal details of her abduction at the age of 14. back in 2002. brian david mitchell is accused of taking smart from her utah bedroom at knife point. smart told jurors he raped her daily during the nine month imprisonment. calling her his wife. mitchell's attorneys are not denying his actions but say he was insane. european scientists say they created a mini big bang using the world's largest atam smashers. smashed particles together inside the $10 billion collider in switzerland. british news reports that the experiment produces temperatures a million times hotter than the center of the sun and the kind of matter formally unseen on earth. nontoxic drug that could slow the advance of prostate

cancer. plus it is the diet your doctor would have you avoid. how did the nutritionist drop several pounds eating only junk food. you will like this story. >> more than 25 pounds. >> stories are coming up. and this appetizer favorite is great for a holiday party. show us how to make crab rings in lunch break.

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an elderly woman with inoperable cancer who says she is not ready to leave northwestern memorial hospital. doctors say she needs long term care at another facility. but her family disagrees and now a judge will decide. wgn's julian crews is live in the gold coast with more. julian? >> good afternoon. this story has touched a raw nerve delving into the most sensitive of issues of family

dealing with a dying loved one and a prominent chicago hospital taking the extraordinary action of seeking to terminate a daughter's legal guardianship over her ailing mother. >> who can know my mother better than i can? >> janet says she can't believe it. that she is going to court for the right to maintain the ability to make an important and most basic of medical decisions. decision about what's the best care available for her mother. dorothy. the 86 yeeferld is set to have inoperable pancreatic cancer. her family says northwestern memorial hospital is trying to force the family to discharge to a nursing home or other type of medical facility against janet's wishes. because the mother is now before -- because the matter is now before a winnebago county judge in rockford, the hospital refused our request for an on camera interview, in a written

statement, a spokesperson for northwestern memorial hospital says, quote, our first priority is to do what is right for our patients whether it's the outpatient or in-patient setting. sometimes doing what is right expands beyond the clinical setting to include providing additional support services or access to long term care or skilled nursing facilities. the hospital says it's been put in the position of advocating for their patient, but her daughter scoffs at that notion saying she no longer trusts the hospital. >> the only reason that she made me power of attorney because they were coming in and saying they were going to put her in a medical glaxy and send her to rockford and i said don't do that to my mother without ling me know. >> remedy here although it's not done quite often is to bring in an outside doctor. bring in an outside specialist and determine what is right for the patient here. >> reporter: so the family at this point asking for more time

and they plan to ask that judge in rockford to delay his ruling until the family can bring in an independent medical expert to look at this matter. so a lot of emotion for the bedean family. it's going to be awhile to sort through this before a judge can make a decision. at northwestern memorial hospital, julian crews, wgn news. i want to keep you there for a second. quick question. what do the bedeans expect northwestern to be able to do for the woman if she has inoperable pancreatic cancer? why would they want her to stay there? do doctors offer any hope? >> well, we have not been able to talk to the doctors. according to janet bedean, the family's belief that there are still measures that can be taken to extend the life of their mother. and they believe the best care available is here at northwestern memorial hospital. so a lot of medical issues here and it's going to take sometime

to sort through all of this. back to you guys. >> reporter: i'm bloomberg angie lau live at the cme group in chicago. discussions have moved forward and virgin american airlines hopes to land in chicago next year. low fare airline owned by richard branson hopes to secure at least two gates in chicago o'hare's terminal three. virgin america ceo telling bloomberg news that if it can make progress in the next 60 days we could see virgin america fly into chicago in april. all right, big acquisitions to tell you about from a number of fronts. first chevron spending $3.2 billion in cash today to buy shell gas owner atlas energy with the purchase, chevron gets access to the natural gas rich marcellus shale formation in pennsylvania. and illinois food company sara lee picking up a deal today.

sara lee selling its north american bakery business to bimbo, the largest bread maker for $959 million in selling its underperforming bakery business, sara lee says it will focus growth in its coffee and meat businesses. sara lee also reporting lower than expected earning today. lastly, no acquisition deal at yahoo!, yet speculation about it has that stock jumping today. "new york post" reports that kkr and company has now joined list of firms interested in taking yahoo! private or helping finance a transaction. separately reuters reported alley about a about a group was approached by a group of private equity companies that was seeking to buy yahoo! right now on wall street, we were seeing stocks in the red today as financial companies and consumer companies decline overshadowing a rally in energy stocks. and those are your business headlines. live at cme group in chicago, angie lau, bloomberg news.

now back to you. a new illinois lottery game will benefit the state's military veterans. previous instant scratch off tickets have raised $8 million from veteran services. governor quinn will attend day's unveiling of the new game. long been a champion of veterans issue. if you are getting mayor treed someone in the armed forces you can get a free wedding dress this week. bridle shops across country are giving away gowns to military brides only. most of the dresses are worth 500 to up to $3,000. in illinois, you check out alamore brideinal barrington and find your wedding gown at bridle boutique and mr. penguins. check out a list of all of the participating stores at wgntv.com/web links. stuck at sea thousands of passionjure -- passengers are stranded on a cruise ship after it caught fire. and it's the football play that has gone viral. what led a middle school

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hurt. ship has auctionary power. no air condition or telephones. tugboat wilz have to tow the ship back to shore and passengers are now getting cold food and bottled water and will get refunds as well as a free future cruise. national transportation safety board is holding a forum this week. to better understand the safety risk for older drivers. in january, baby boomers will begin turning 65. that means 20% of all drivers will soon be 65 or older. that's a lot. aging driver population is likely to have more medical conditions that can affect their driving. experts say smarter cars and better roads may help them stay behind the wheel longer. free rides for seniors on public transit could be coming to an end. rod blagojevich pushed for those free rides in exchange for a sales tax increase in 2008. now house speaker michael madigan says he expected general assembly to roll back

the program. he expects illinois will go back to a system where only financially needy seniors will qualify. governor quinn vowed during his campaign to veto any attempt to end the free rides. new study says new type offers that graduate from illinois state colleges are not adequately prepared for the classroom. national council on teacher quality examined 111 undergrad and graduate programs in 53 states. the report says programs are not consistent. they have unfocused courses and weak admission standards. based on reviewing course materials and credentials but no one visited the schools. education deans are criticizing the report because it does not review how new teachers perform on the job. never seen never before seen trick play was rendering a middle school football game in texas. driscoll middle school quarterback casually walked through the defense and then runs to the end zone for an

easy touchdown. take a look how it worked. >> this play can only be executed after a penalty. there was a five yard penalty on the defense. garza told him to give him the ball. so the defense bought into it. bought into the trick and off to the races. this was -- the coach explained how this play could have worked one of two ways. >> in fact the play we said there is going to be two result fers the play. either jason will get hard by a line backer or safety or he will get a first down or a touchdown. and for us thank goodness it was the latter. >> now being called penalty play, it has to be viewed on youtube. been viewed on youtube over 3 million times. love that. i love that. look at him. >> somehow -- >> doesn't have to run that fast. >> i'm not sure jay cutler and the bears could pull that off. >> especially now. stay with us because tom skilling is next to let us know when we will need a major coat again. [ woman ] i had this deep, radiating pain everywhere...

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amazing. november is supposed to be a quiet month. >> we normally see 40% of our normal sun. we had 77% of it this month. >> it's gorgeous. go stand outside. >> it is beautiful. the one little change that's gone on is the southerly wind has a bit of an easterly component so it's slicing off the lake and it will cool lakeshore areas. so will speed up the ol' spread between north lakeshore communities where highs today will be around 60 or in the low 60s. and inland areas where low 70s are expected. but these are like early october level temperatures in early november. and this trend continues through the week. though there is a decided downturn in the next two weeks

in temperatures and climatology tells us in the next month we will see measurable snow in the area. in fact, since 2000, the average day of the first flurries in chicago is november 5. it had been up to that point around october 31. so warmer temperatures have led to later arrival of snowflakes and you folks in the indiana and michigan snow belts have seen snow and we had some ice pellets elsewhere. no snow officially in the city. note the temperatures last night. it was warmer last night for a night time low at latin school here in schawg than the normal high this time of year. 52 was the low there. 50 is our normal high across the chicago area. 48 at chesterton. highland park at 47. oak lawn at 46 degrees. gorgeous day. we were well on our way to 70 degree readings in parts of the area. it's 65 officially at o'hare. see that wind coming in from the southeast? that will hold lakeshore temperatures down a bit. 65 at midway airport. buffalo grove at 72 right now.

and at 70 degrees in blue island. so there is the warming you get away from the lake and nowhere are the winds terribly strong. in the next couple of days we have 3,000 miles of southerly winds from northern mexico up to the northern tip of hudson bay and canada blowing through the central part of the continent and those stronger winds will start shifting into chicago the next couple of day's gorgeous weather in sandwich as you can see. there look out west. this is utah. you can see snowflakes coming down. white snow covered mountains off in the distance. really wintry weather setting up in the western u.s. not here. we have enveesly situated before a storm that's produced 60 miles per hour winds and 90 foot seas and power outages in maine and new hampshire yesterday out to the east. and then here is the storm that's whitening the mountaintops of many western locations. this thing brought up to 17 inches of snow to the mountains east of fresno in california. and there are snows out in the

vicinity of yellow stone park and glacier national park in montana as you can see in low elevation rains. but that weather system is going to take its good ol' time moving eastward and sets up the southerly winds out ahead of the weather system. while you have snow advisories and winter weather advisories in the mountains, wind advisories in western south dakota and a look at snows over the next two days. see elevations there are high. and that's why the rockies wind up with the first snows oftentimes or the appalachians out east of the season in the united states. we are at lower elevations therefore don't cool off as quickly and we have our snows little later. see this big trough? these jet streams form between cold air and warm air. so this plunge of cool air out west produces the big trough and the southerly winds that steer our weather will just through the end of the work week. it's after that this things begin to chain as we will show

you in a moment. it's 6. 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 of unseasonably mile temperatures. this is like early october in early november. almost 20 degrees above normal. where it hits 70. high today of 68 at o'hare. low 70s inland. but low 60s right along the shoreline particularly in the north shore. winds will be southeast to south. 6 to 17. then tonight mainly clear. mild for the season. 40s inland. 50 at the lakeshore and 55 at o'hare. tomorrow mostly sunny and seasonally mild. 60 at the lake. low 70s inland. 69 should be the official thermometer reading at o'hare and 67 partly sunny, still mild on thursday. high temperature of 67 degrees. and we will come back and take you through the next ten days and you will see the big changes coming to colder weather. but, boy-- >> it's delightful.

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bulls hosted carmelo anthony and denver nuggets. anthony brought the nuggets back but derrick rose show cased his skill in the fourth with a quick back door pass to ronnie brewer. rose attacked the basket with ease to give the bulls late lead. defense came up big late with keith bogen's intercepted a pass and then executes an acrobatic pass to luol deng. the nuggets had last chance to tie it up. three point attempt. misses. bulls win. 4-92. moving to three and three on the season. see opener for number 13 illinois hosting irvine and

brandan paul was hitting threes from everywhere. he had five off the bench. six all together and finished with 18 points and illini win 79-65. congratulations to kenny grad ino who became one of the first women to enter the hockey hall of fame yesterday. she was introduced along with angela james. she was two time olympic captain in the gold medal winning team in 1998. more importantly, she made womens hockey more popular than any player before or since. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next.

lung cancer in nonsmokers may be different than cancer developed by smokers. new research finds that tumors in people who never smoked had 5vtwice as many dna mutations than tumors found in current or former smokers. nonsmokers are more likely to die from the disease because few suspect they have it. scientists say the challenge will be to develop new treatments that target the specific gene mutations and then they need to identify people soon enough to help them. next weapon in fighting prostate cancer can be found in soy. researchers say a new drug that's made from a chemical in soy can slow the spread of prostate cancer cells. earlier studies found men who ate more soy products had lower rates of prostate cancer. now a pill that has up to eight times the antioxidants found in

soy may be able to keep the disease from spreading to other parts of the body. if you want to know about your future health, ask grandma. family health discussions are better than costly genetic testing for determining your risk of disease. cleveland clinic study found that dna testing missed cancer risk. doctors rarely ask about family history and when people were tested for genes associated with cancer, they were incorrectly cleared for threat. doctors call it the best kept secret in health care. lose weight by eating twinkies for every meal. i know it sounds like weight loss commercial. but a professor test the theory and results are sweet. mark began his ten week experiment to prove that calorie counting is the most important part of weight loss. so he cut the men's daily recommended 2600-calories in half and began eating twinkies, little debbies and dorritos to

fulfill his 1800-calorie intake. in two months, hobbs lost 27 pounds and his good cholesterol increased by 20% and the bad cholesterol decreased. despite his surprising results, hob isn't sure the food is what made him feel better. >> day one was the toughest. that was -- i have done low carbohydrate and low fat and the first day was one of the things where during that day i didn't know if i would make it to the weekend but i started on a wednesday. by friday morning when i woke up friday morning i felt fine. i felt normal and since then i think with the weight loss sleep apnea and snoring related issues have decreased which i think enhanced kind of quality of life and energy levels. so it may not directly related to the food i'm eating but more do to the weight loss. >> did we tell you he is a professor of nutrition? >> he fit nses your game plan. you are mr. twinkie.

>> you have to cut back on the calories. >> i'm saying you can eat your twinkies and lose weight. >> the twipgy diet. and speaking of a deep fried creamy crunchy treat, we are making a chinese american favorite next in lunch break. crab ragu. >> and we have more live music this afternoon with andy rocker's black taxi. come on, kids, come inside.

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welcome back. >> thank you. >> you will actually show me how to make one of my favorite dishes. >> a lot of people -- >> i love it. >> they are easy to make. they are easy. i have some cream cheese right here. and some imitation crab meat. it's fine and green onion. >> that's it. just cream cheese and that's it for the inside. >> sometimes i use garlic chives. you can use that. little stronger than garlic player. -- flavor. some and then use green onions buy these won ton wraps. >> and where can you get those? >> any grocery store. some grocery store carry them like by the vegetable, asian vegetable section. some put it in the freezer. >> you are talking like jewel's dominick's? >> yes. they have them. so you just put a tablespoon of the filling and then use either

the egg wash or use egg whites and then wet the edges. and then a lot of restaurant make them trikele. you can do that if you want to. i think this is really cute. >> it is cute. >> you just join the two at corner and then join the third one and make sure -- i don't care what kind of shape you make. make sure they are all sealed. if you don't seal tight, when you deep fry you will have cream cheese floating in the oil. won't be good. >> that's what's going to happen to mines in oh, no. you did an awesome job the last couple times. >> remember what we made last time? >> we made remember meat pie -- yeah, you did really good. i was impressed to be honest. so, yeah, that's very good. put them in the middle of the wrap. >> and the egg white. >> all four edges.

and these are excellent for holidays. appetizers. you can use -- they are so easy to make and delicious. and if you like sweet, you can put some sugar like in the restaurant. >> i noticed that. some restaurants do put sweet in there. >> personally i don't like sweet. i like this kind. and so i also have loman with the korean barbecue marinate and orange pete with orange sauce. >> yes. >> mine doesn't look at pretty as yours. >> very good. give me a break. you did real good. i tell my students. >> now put them in? >> yes, put them in the hot oil and deep fry. >> that's cute. >> mine looks like a ball. >> when the outside is turned golden brown like that and then they are done because you have the inside of the cream cheese. >> we will try one of these. >> no, i don't. and you use -- sweet and sour

sauce are awesome. >> -- it's very, very easy. and very good. so you just heat the oil and deep fry and you can start cooking this holiday season. make some delicious and healthy. >> i bet a lot of people don't think of making this. >> they think it's complicated but it's so easy. >> i would. >> this is better than a restaurant because the restaurant sometimes make the wrappers so thick and soak up so much oil. this is really good. very crisp. >> you will do a cooking demo this saturday at 12:30 at great america cooking demo at arlington park race track. if you want more information on her recipe today, check out our website, wgntv.com/midday. thank you. >> thank you. [ woman ] alright, so this tylenol 8 hour lasts 8 hours.

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great white shark have? five? eight? or ten? i will guess eight. what's the answer? >> it's five. >> five. >> i will tell you, i would give anything for just a second row of teeth. >> tell me. >> i can start all over with the brushing and the flossing. >> the dentime bills will be horrendous. >> wow. >> day two is wonderful. >> day three actually. yeah. isn't that something. just keeps going and going to for a little while. look at the gorgeous weather. all through the middle of the country and how warm it is east of the rockies. it's like early october as we have been saying. there are the temperatures. 65 in chicago with east winds at six. water temperature at 49. humidity 39% and telling that the noaa buoy out in southern lake michigan, bowies have been removed for the season. there is a time for the types. no precipitation here, but there are snows in eastern

wyoming and parts of montana and colorado as you can see. the high pressure, that low pressure and storm system that's producing the snow keeps the winds blowing southerly and gusty just to the west of us today and then isobars indicating stronger winds coming tomorrow. the flow is such that we have a bit of a southeasterly wind instead of a southerly wind. that slices in off the water and keeps lakeshore cooler and then a cool front will be passing by the time we get to friday night and a whole different ball game for the weekend. see the moisture coming up on the southerly winds? with time that will produce rain showers but not at earliest until friday and more likely friday night and saturday. that could be a wet period. there is a two day forecast of precipitation and here you can see the warm air but watch as we cycle through this how they turn cooler over the weekend and then, boom, the cold air comes down next week. much colder week ahead. seven-day forecast keeps 60s going. that's at o'hare field today,

tomorrow and thursday. friday 64. and then it does turn cooler and wet on saturday. sunday 48 and partly cloudy and monday increasing clouds and 50 but there will be low 70s aways from the lake. low 60s at the shoreline the next few days. can't beat that. >> thanks. thank you for joining us today. have a great afternoon. remember, we are back at 5:00 and 9:00. we will leave you with more live music from black taxi. ♪[ music ]