present! >> present. >> nation pauses today to honor americans who served our country. on this veterans day a somber ceremony held near o'hare airport to remember soldiers buried in a cemetery that may soon be gone. good afternoon, i'm steve sanders. >> i'm dina bair. of we welcome our viewers tuning in around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's julian crews is live outside st. johan cemetery in bensenville with more on our top stories. >> reporter: good afternoon. so much controversy surrounding

this cemetery. veterans groups say that there are 21 u.s. service men that are buried here along with 1200 others and the plan to dig up and move the remains elsewhere is a sensitive issue. >> it's unbelievable to think that they would do that. the church and our religious beliefs consider sacred ground. that most of the folks chose to be buried in as their final resting place. >> reporter: multibillion dollar o'hare expansion plan rolls on despite the controversy. controversy over the st. johaninous cemetery which stands in the path of the city's plan's lawyers rementsing relatives of dead hope to stop chicago's takeover leaving graves undisturbed. majority of those participating in today's veterans day ceremony refuse to take a position on the debate. they say they are here to honor

the veterans who have fought and who are buried here. veterans who fought in the civil war, spanish american war and the korean conflict. >> it's veterans day. that's what i'm here for. this is not a protest. this is not disagreement with anybody. this is just simply to honor the veterans for the last time possibly before the cemetery is moved. >> reporter: now the city points out that there are many families that are reasonably content with the plan to reinter the bodies and accept this is all in the best interest of the economic development of the region. of course, o'hare being an economic engine for the entire chicagoland area. in bensenville, julian crews, wgn news. a plainfield soldier who was killed in afghanistan will be layed to rest today with full military honors' prief have the -- private first class

andrew meari took the brunt of a roadside bomb. friends and family paid their last respects to meari yesterday in a wake in joliet. funeral services are set for 12:30. he will then be buried at abraham lincoln national cemetery in elwood. first lady michelle obama joined 200 u.s. service men and women in germany today. surprised everyone by jumping in to help serve donated steaks at a special meal at ramstein air base. mrs.obama chatted with the troops and their children as they moved through the food line. president obama mean time marked this veterans day visiting a war memorial in south korea. he layed a wreath on the tomb. and urged americans to remember soldiers who are still on the front lines in the war on terror. >> we honor every man and woman who has ever worn the uniform of the united states of

america. we salute fallen heroes and keep in our prayers those who are still in harm's way. like the men serving in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: president obama is in south korea for today's opening of g-20 economic summit. leaders are focusing on plans to stabilize world financial markets. iraq's parliament has taken first step toward forming a new power sharing government. the body has approved a sunni backed coalition choice for parliament speaker and this move paves the way for nory almalkeefe the shi'ite block to keep his job as prime minister. kurds will hold on to the presidency which is considered second most powerful office. sunni leader will run the newly created security council. sunnies were hoping to get most of the political power after winning most seats. house speaker nancy pelosi losing support. she wants to be house minority leader when the new congress convenes in january. some democrats say they will

not vote for her. illinois congressman mike quigley quoted as saying the reality is she is politically toxic. so far no other democrats have announced they want to be minority leader. former president george w. bush promoted his new book in chicago this morning. >> if one reads the book you will see a series of stories and anecdotes. all aiming to put one to describe who i am. and two, put you in a position so you understand the environment and what it was like to make decisions in the beginning of the 21 century stoars mr. bush promoted decision points at union league club. he said he wants book to stand the test of time and therefore he was very open and candid about such issues as iraq and hurricane katrina. he also shares how he gave up drinking alcohol and how that crucial decision paveed the way for him to run for the presidency. up next on the midday news, is the cta ready to sell out. the proposal to sell naming rights in an effort to help the

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going through my mind. before the judge passed sentence, riley's mother testified the pain i felt was unbearable. i hurt so badly every day for riley wondering what she went through. and riley's father told eby you will no longer be a part of my memories of my daughter. you will be erased from the face of the earth. a high powered transition team will help tony preckwinkle assume her new dudeys. among those appointed to the group are former governor jim edgar one ever the state's most the respected republicans. democrat, don clark is on the list. this transition team will put together an action plan for prek wgnle to follow after she takes office december 6. two pb candidates for chicago mayor will make it official. rahm emanuel is expected to make his announcement saturday at the school on the city's north side. been doing walking tours around chicago for weeks. congressman danny davis is expected to announce his candidacy sunday morning. monday is the first day for

candidates to submit their signed petitions to get on the ballot. chicago already has wrigley and u.s. cellular field. why not slap a corporate name on your neighborhood bus stop. the cta is about to start taking bids to sell naming rights. nancy loo is live at the station. could have some day be known for the apple stop there at north and clyburn. >> yeah. unofficial name right now. but apple will get the right of first refusal on the official naming rights. once cta offers them. it may take awhile to get this plan rolling. but with ad revenue down by $11 million, the cta definitely needs more money rolling in. by spring, bus and train stops all over town could have new names. the cta needs money and will hire a corporate adviser next week to begin fielding offers on naming rights. it's not clear yet how lucrative the deals might be

but the cta believes the possibilities are endless. customers buy that. >> when the city where you get a lot of of corporate branding everywhere across the whole city, so it kind of not really doesn't affect me too much. i block it out. >> reporter: not so outlandish now that the sears tower goeses by willis and comiskey is u.s. cellular field. and just recently the park district teamed up with nike in a deal to resurface the 18 mile long pathway along the lakefront. the oregon shoe company paid $100,000 towards the work and thousands more for new mile marker signs which of course feature that famous swoosh. >> something like that is not overdoing it. plastered all over the billboards would be obnoxious but so smalls in in such a cash strapped climate, any place and thing seems to be fair game for a new name. and chicagoans seem to understand. >> have i no problem as long as they get as much as it's worth

out of it unlike the parking meters. >> reporter: now metra is also interested in selling naming rights to its stations and lines. it can be quite lucrative. in new york, naming rights recently for a brooklyn station went for a quick $4 million. we are live in lincoln park, nancy loo, wgn news. voters and parents of summer camp goers in chicago will have to pay more next year. chicago park district is raising some fees to plug a $22 million deficit. the fee for six week summer catch is going up 1% to $286 and the cost for parking a boat in one of chicago's harbors will jump 3%. park superintendent david mitchell says fee increases will prevent job cuts and property tax hikes. the day's top business stories just ahead. later, the sake are the ground that brings military families together. the spirit of remembrance. in lunch break, diane warner from taste of home magazine is back with more

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presidential commission is set to recommend controversy tax hikes to trim the deficit. commission final report is due december 1 is expected to recommend raising the retirement age for full social security benefits to 69. it would effectively raise taxes by eliminating some popular deductions like mortgage interest. it will also cut the federal work force by 10%. and it will eliminate lawmakers pet projects. of course, congress will have to approve those changes as soon as nation's economy as well as chicago's economy will be the focus of a panel debate hosted by the "chicago tribune" next week. joining us with more on the event is the tribune editorial page director bruce dolt. bruce, this is your second event like this.

tell us what it's all about. >> everybody is worry being their jobs and worrying about their retirement and thinking -- worrying about their investments and where is the economy going? how are we going to recover in illinois and the nation? so we put together a panel next week, next wednesday that will talk about exactly that. and i think we have four job creators. people on the front lines of doing this. one of them is dan who is the ceo of navaster which is a fortune 500 company that is right here in illinois. almost left the state. remember, just a couple few weeks or months ago navaster was think being going to indiana or somewhere else. dan can give us a great perspective on what it takes to put a job here as opposed to singapore or indiana. then we have john rogers who is the ceo of aerial investments, the largest minority run vement

mutual -- investment mutual fund in the p close friend and economic adviser to president obama and he will give us a good sense of the chicago economy and also the chicago mayor's race and what that will mean for business. also have christie hefner, the former ceo of playboy end prices who can talk about -- enterprises and talk about chicago and illinois and the nation and what it's like being on the front lines of a turnaround company. and lastly we will have randy who is a university of chicago professor. a former member of the federal reserve board and was an economic adviser to president george w. bush. randy can give us a real close examination of just how close we got to an economic collapse in 2008. he was there for it. >> you really compiled great experts and mentioned people concerned about the economy. you also have a lot of questions. what will the format be? will it be presentation? will it be qa? >> this is all going to be qa. i will be moderating the

discussion and take questions from the audience, too. we really want to get the audience involved in this. these are our closest readers to people who are closely in touch. anyone who is welcome to attend next wednesday. i want to make sure it's real hands on and it gets to where people want to know about and what are other prospects of having a strong financial future. >> i guess i get the feeling that the chicago forward idea is that we have to talk to ourselves to solve these problems. >> first one we had was great. we did one in september on education and we had ron huberman and karen lewis from the chicago teachers union and senator james meeks who is pushing education choice. we had the head of the archdiocese of chicago and the ounce of prevention fund and they had a really interesting discussion about the future of schools. 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 down with it. after the largest maker of computer networking equipment forecast way smaller than expected profit in sales. cisco ceo blames slump on lower government spending in developed countries. in those countries there is one tech bright spot. parents may hate it but teen texting is good business for blackberry over there. at least that's what blackberry maker is seeing in latin america. blackberry's messaging feature and lower cost phones have boosted popularity of the smartphone in the developing world, besting even the apple iphone. and lastly, back here at home, get ready, get set, retailers want you to start shopping and the deals are on. starting today, wal-mart is offering free shipping with no minimum purchase on thousands of items online and rival target says it's kicking off what it's calls its biggest free shipping event ever. also hosting on-line only sales

on thanksgiving day as stores are closed. all right, as i said on wall street right now stocks are tumbling today after sysco systems say profit will miss analysts storm systems. bond mark markets are closed today including those here in chicago on the veterans day. live at the cme group in chicago, angie lau, bloomberg news. now back to you. mayor daley and senator dick durbin are among those paying tribute to the nation's veterans today in a ceremony in soldier field where murmer -- murmer is joining us live -- mir mir is joining us live. one day to set aside honor living veterans. those who served or are presently serving. and at soldier field there is a huge gathering of veterans and there are dozens of speakers and here is just a snapshot of some words that are pretty thoughtful. >> whenever and wherever the nation has called americans

veterans have been there. and today at this moment they stand there as well, deployed across the world on freedom's frontier in defense of this great nation. at this moment, a soldier, a sailor, airman and marine is gearing up and ready to leesk the forward operating base in afghanistan to provide security for a marketplace or a clinic or a village. at this very moment, our great soldiers from the illinois national guard are on point in eastern afghanistan to defeat an insurgency that would spread its brutal ideology and ultimately bring harm to our shores. at this moment, a soldier, sailor, airman, marine is sitting on an aircraft having jurs recently been separated from all they know and all they love deliberately putting themselves into harm's way to

serve our cause of freedom. at this moment, a service member is laying in the hospital bed recovering from wounds both seen and unseen and will be in need from our community to transition back to a normal lifestyle. and at this moment a child is waking up somewhere on our planet to a better future because of what our great veterans have done and for what our men and women who will continue to serve are doing. >> that's something to think about on this veterans day. at soldier field, muriel clair, wgn news. thank you. mist reef the possible missile seen in the sky over california is solved. >> and just waiting to disembark. thousands of cruise ship passengers are back in san diego port after being stranded at sea for days. (vet) 3q i love working with animals,

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it wasn't the love boat but it wasn't the poseidon adventure or the titanic either. the carnival splendor cruise ship arrived in san diego harbor today. 4500 pass jrpz crew members spent several days at sea without hot water, hot food or air conditioning. after an engine room fire knocked out 9 ship's power. expected to take several hours to get everyone off the ship. tugboats towed the cruise ship back to shore. as passengers made the most of it. >> everything haas been -- has been pretty organized. everybody in really good spirits. overall, i mean, it's been pretty bearable and i think that we are trying their best. >> the carnival splendor was on a seven day trip to the mexican

riviera when the fire began monday. some species of whales are suffering from severe sunburns. the whales live in the gulf of california. new study says they are getting burned because they spend so much time on the ocean surface, breathingings socializing and feeding their lung. they are losing skin cells and have lesions. this problem may be due to the possibility the ozone layer is thinning out. that strange flying object spotd off the coast of southern california wasn't a missile after all. we showed you this video yesterday. this mysterious trail of vapor in the sky on monday sparked fear and curiosity. the pentagon and nasa experts say the plume was likely caused by a billowing condensation trail from a plane. the camera angle, wind and other environmental factors distorted the view making it look like a missile. professor at university of central florida has an offer for cheating students. confess and take a four hour ethics class and their records will be wiped clean. business manager professor

richard quinn says he found out about the cheating after one student anonymously dropped off a copy of a recent mid-term exam, a copy with the answers. >> mid-term exam grades are being tossed. whatever you scored on the mid- term exam, no longer exists. everybody in the cap stone course will be required to retake a new mid-term exam. >> professor quinn says students who do not turn themselves in and get caught instead will face the prospect of not grad with thing -- graduating. enjoy today, every last second of it. our great weather in chicago is coming to an end. tom skilling will tell us when we will need an umbrella.

and i know people are wondering why we are dressed like. this i have to be honest, i am, too. we might have to come up with a story for this. >> that's tom skilling and wgn radio personality gary meyer last night live outside the tribune tower for the wgn evening news. you are wondering what's up with those garish sport coats? the radio partner, elton jim gave tom that jacket. he wore it playing the big bopper in a play. and gary's jacket, he claims it came from elton john's closet. i'm not sure we believe that. but that's what he says and, you know, who am i to challenge it. >> it looked horrendous. didn't really see it. >> what do you have to say for yourself? >> elton, we went down there because we were promoting -- i'm on gary's show every afternoon doing the weather and gary thought, what a great way to promote the weather page. he had some key lime pies he gave away. folks came down and if they

cited a fact from our weather page on the "chicago tribune" they walked off with a key lime pie and we met wonderful folks down there. elton jim was there and he offered -- he collected elton john outfits. thus the name. big elton john fan. >> elton can get away with. it you and jerry, not sure. and mine i thought it was elton john's. it was play that elton jim had done. that's what that was about. we had fun right down on michigan avenue. >> you are a good sport. >> we had fun. it was great to work with gary every afternoon. and it was a lot of fun yesterday. hope you enjoyed that. for those of you who are able to join us here on wgn. look at this. this is veterans day. we haven't seen anything like this on a veterans day in terms of temperature since 1964. this is the warmest veterans day in all that time. 46 years. flirting with 70 and at the 70 mark and parts of the area. these clouds are the harbnger of change and we have a big change to cooler weather coming

in the day's ahead. it will come in phases. tomorrow the winds will turn off the lake and takes us down a notch. warm a tad as winds turn suddenly on saturday and then the cool hits and party is over. at this hour if you have more clouds in the sky you have a lower temperature. and that's the case in lake geneva and mchenry. while lansing and chesterton are up at 70 already and it's 65 at o'hare with a southwest wind there. these winds are blowing lightly today. 65 at midway. there is haze in the air as there has been in recent days from freeport where it's cloudier. it's 54 degrees and 70 at lowell, indiana. there are the temperatures on the map. joliet at 72. beecher 69 and kankakee at 72 at this hour and it's a gorgeous day across the chicago area. you see from our weather bug cameras. the clouds are on the way. this prod of cloud cover will be increasing across area skies making itself felt more and more as the afternoon goes on. it will be overcast before the

afternoon is out and we were getting radar returns to start the show up. give you a good look at those right now. some of these tower up to 34,000 feet. and while we have no lightning detected with these at the moment, won wonders if we might not electrify the clouds and get a couple cloud to ground strokes. here they are pressing in on the west suburban area now with even more showers to the west. bulk will travel to the west of us tonight and tomorrow. but we may be swiped by a couple of light showers and that wouldn't be all bad. we need a good dousing at this point with just an inch of rain that will last 48 days. that's the least we seen in over half a century in that period. we are in the 60s at the moment. we sit right on near the demarcation line between our warm air which is dominated for four days and much cooler almost wintry air which is moving into the plains states and changed rain to snow as far east as western nebraska. and really cool air taking shape up to the north. this will be spilling in and surges that will keep all of next week cool.

we see no repeat of anything close to this string of 60s in the foreseeable future. i think this may be the last warm spell of this length of the season. 63 here, but 47 at dubuque and mason city in the 40s. double digit temperature drops going out to the west of us. but we were still in the southwest wind and staying mild here with a 54% humidity. now this is our model forecast. which shows you the clouds coming in and see every now and then that green splotch that represents a little sprinkle of rain? perhaps a brief shower. about 20 to 30% coverage on these. and interestingly what happens on saturday is tied into this huge gulf of alaska storm. cool air punching into the northwest part of the country. as that hands, here is the wind max and jet stream with it. it buckle -- it produces a trough and this at the surface leads to low pressure. so we will get a low to develop to the west of us. move up through the western mid west. and bring us some showers and thunderstorms that now look

like they will extend into parts of saturday and saturday night. then as you can see on the ten day animation of air mass movement here is the cold air. up to saturday afternoon modestly cooler saturday. but sunday turns cooler and then monday is chilly. so is tuesday and wednesday with even colder air as evidenced by the white and purples there dropping south to the canadian border and a low but that will come in later next week and toward the weekend. we were up to saturday there and you can see those oranges and yellows in our area. we will get cool. there is a little inverted trough here. that's what you would call these -- this buckle jet -- or isobaric pattern. but we think a close low will develop and start lifting toward the mid west. that's on saturday and that's when -- why the showers and thunder showers may come into the area. this thing will track to the west of us so we could get a shot of warmer air on saturday that would prolong the warm spell beyond tomorrow. but then the cool air comes in and you can see it's heaviest rains will fall to the west of

us but what's interesting is we might even get some snow into parts of iowa and minnesota. that's getting awfully close on saturday night and sunday. so very interesting pattern and one that looks far more autumnal up to this point. increasing cloudiness. mild today. temperatures over 20 degrees above normal in areas that hit 70. we think 68 at o'hare. way above the 50 that's normal this time of year and winds will shift northwest 5 to 16 miles per hour. later today. more cloudy than not. hazy, mild. a shower can't be ruled out in 20 or 30% of the area tonight. those may even start later this afternoon and they are coming in on the radar already. 51 tonight. tomorrow cloudy periods. cooler because of winds off the lake. those east winds will keep us at 60 at o'hare. range will be from 56 on the shoreline to 70 in the far southern suburbs that will retain the warmth another day. and may even on saturday, too. 58.

variably cloudy. perhaps several showers or thunderstorms not an all day rain. and a high temperature of about 58 as we say. a lot of football games this weekend. we will watch those showers and time talittle better for you. >> western iowa. >> i know, dina. >> later in the day. >> looking at me with that look like it better not rain. >> please don't rain. >> we will keep watching that. >> thank you. and now we have a trivia question related to veterans day. world war i ended on november 11 at 11:11 a.m. what year was it? the answer still ahead on the wgn midday news. if you have osteoporosis, and you take once-monthly boniva, check out the myboniva program. it's free to join, and it shows you lots of ways to help improve your bone strength. like bone-healthy exercises that are easy to do. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. any myboniva gives you calcium-rich recipes...

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who intersect on this sacred ground. >> i met -- ed colby, i'm a volunteer bugler. that's the call for a funeral. it's a beautiful call. tear me up if i had to go to a funeral and listen to somebody else. there is a reason that i'm doing this. and it's like a mission. >> i am jerry. i live in oak forest illinois. this is a final resting place of my cousin donald. he was an airman first class with the u.s. air force. and served in korea. i miss donald because we didn't see too much of each other except at family gatherings but i was sorry i was out of state when he passed away and i

missed his funeral. >> my name is marty and i'm the director. when you walk into our national cemetery they represent everything that our veterans have done and what they earned. we have interred over 25,000 spouses and veterans and children. come out and see what sacrifice means. not all were killed in action but all were ready to be killed in action. >> that's where my mother and father are. wonderful thing to be able to be in the final honors of our nation's veterans and give them what they deserve. bugler opens the gates of heaven and i believe that.

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time now for lunch break. affordable, hardy and great for leftover. sloe cooker one dish meals are popular. diane warner is a food director back today to share some recipes. because we have three minutes we will leave this slow cooked meals in the cookbook and we will make something a little faster today. >> yes, we were. this cookbook is fabulous. it is brand-new. it has over 1500 recipes in it. no one will hurt for a recipe. what i brought today shows you all the different things that are in this cookbook. >> idea is making it easy for people to just putt together a

good meal in a relatively easy way. >> first chapter in this book alone is 30 minute light dishes and that greek pasta bake over there is all in one skillet. you are making it -- your lean ground beef, onions, everything goes into the skillet and it's done. three minutes and less than 300 calories a serving. one of the 22 chapters in this big cookbook. >> what i love about meals like this is not only are they quick and easy but there is a way to hide the vegetables and things that the kids push to the edge of the plate. >> family friends. taste of home is all about people's recipes. we test them and you know they will work for you and because they come from families who know there are things that they like to eat. >> and we will tell you at home how you submit a recipe. first let's see what we are making. >> couple things here besides greek-style pasta bake is this chocolate chiffon cake over here. that's kind of a two step thing. we have made the layers yesterday so you can make it ahead. you slice them open. put in your fluffy filling and

top it off with some chocolate whipped cream. beautiful decadent cake. got a little piece there for you if you want to try it. >> i will dig into that. >> another fun thing to do is shows you a lot of the different things is what we done here is made a parmesan cheese and chopped walnut round in a skillet. when it's hot which has been seated several times it's flexible. you butit over your cup like this and -- >> a little bowl. >> it's for your fresh greens. and there is a raspberry vinaigrette on the salad recipe in here. it's delicious. we show you all kinds of hints and tips and how tos. >> instead of the salad you have a crunch to it. >> delicious. dlishesz. tons and tons of good idea. and last but not least this is appetite potato that appetizers that i wanted to show you boil up your potatoes and they are all done, ready to go and then things like take your melon baller and you just scoop it out for perfect little piece

here, put it in and -- >> it looks cute. they are just great. and then little bit of bacon. a little sour cream. a little parmesan cheese. salt and pepper. take that out. >> put it into the ball and mix this all up and then what you would do is actually just refill your potato shell real quick and these are a nice make ahead and we will give you those ideas in the book. >> and it looks like you baked them. >> yes, you do. after you mix the filling up you simply refill your potato. put it in the oven for eight minutes and they are done. get them ready to go, sprinkle parmesan cheese and paprika over the top and ready togor fourious guest. >> did you bake it or broil it. we baked them. you know -- >> looked crispy on top. >> very delicious. a lot of good idea. another nice thing about this cookbook, i'm going to giving it out for gifts over the holiday is you get a free subscription to the taste of home magazine. so it's like two for one.

not only do you get this wonderful cookbook but you get this free subscription nor yourself or for another. >> i think the cookbook is a great gift to bring to a home as opposed to people bring a bottle of wine. >> and that's gone in a couple hours. this keeps on giving. >> and thanking the person all year long and say what am i going to make for dinner. >> and they think about you every time they pick it up. whether you a good cook or novice cook, we have everything you can think of in there. >> this is wonderful. and you mentioned that you get ideas from folks at home. if you want to submit a recipe to the taste of home slow cooker contest, you can do that on our website if you have a favorite one. i know today i got called in late and threw a bunch of things in the slow cooker. >> it's probably the best one you ever made. ought to write it down and submit it into the contest we have going with wrchg. -- wgn. >> easy, put it on and at the end of the day you have a wonderful meal. taste of home's cookbook for information on how to get the

cookbook on how to submit a recipe go to our website, wgntv.com/midday. it's got the pasta recipe, the parmesan cheese bowl with salad and potato appetizer. this is all great. sthaw so much. >> thank you for having me. it's always a pleasure. i know the best card you're holding. you do? your medicare card. [ laughing ] but don't let me or anyone see it except your doctor or their staff. and don't tell anyone your card or social security number over the phone. guard your card. [ woman 2 ] i hear unauthorized card use is a big source of fraud. the new healthcare law lets us crack down on criminals and win against fraud. making medicare stronger. and speaking of winning... [ man 2 ] not again! [ man ] learn more at stopmedicarefraud.gov.

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we learned yesterday lake michigan is about 13 inches below where it was a year ago and only a foot above the all- time record low set back in 1964. >> boaters don't want to hear that. >> exposes hazards. and we are out of boating season now, but unless we get rain going and there is rain coming in from the west, you can see showers approaching from the southwest. these are not going to amount to a lot. but they could be in parts of the area. some approaching iroquois county and la salle county. these could be in the area later today and tonight. and the cooler air out to the west is poised to come in and change the weather pat northwestern a big way this coming weekend. here you can see our forecast how we turn cloudy by 5:00. by 7:30 there are showers in the area, according to our high res model and overcast by midnight and through morning tomorrow with rain sweeping our northwest suburbs and then ultimately moving north of us. but a big rain event will set up out to the west and that could change over to snow in parts of iowa and minnesota

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