people. >> this is chicago's very own wgn news at 9:00. >> i just know we gonna miss him. we gonna miss him so much. a family devastated by the loss of a child tonight, 3 years old, the victim of an apartment fire. in the englewood neighborhood, another fire, claiming the life of an elderly woman. a beloved woman. good evening, i'm micah materre. >> and i'm mark suppelsa. it's our top story, the three big fires in chicago and two deadly. we start with dan pompei who has more on the child who was killed, dan. >> reporter: the boy's name, deavian arnold, only three years old. his mother told me tonight he

was especially close with his grandmother who survived the fire. 3-year-old deavian arnold was home this afternoon when the fire started. firefighters say it began in the kitchen on the stove and quickly began to cabinets and ceilings. neighbors tried to call 911 and tried to get in the apartment after seeing the boy knocking on the window in the back bathroom. >> we couldn't kick that door open. it had a dead bolt on it or something because we couldn't get it open. saw him tapping on the windows. >> reporter: firefighters and ambulances were on the scenes within minutes. they immediately found the grandmother lying unconscious on the floor and then searched the rest of the apartment? they found the child in the bedroom behind the bed between the bed and the wall. >> reporter: deavian was rushed to the hospital but it was too

late. he was pronounced dead later in the afternoon. >> i just know we gonna miss him. we gonna miss him so much. >> reporter: family members gathered at the university of chicago hospitals where the boy's grandmother is being treated for smoke inhalation. the family had lived in the south side apartment the past year. the boy's mother sierra says deavian a death is especially difficult for her three other sons. >> he was a very upbeat, very happy child. i mean, that's all i can really say. he was a good kid, very smart. he was smarter than any 3-year-old i ever seen. >> reporter: tonight, the boy's grandmother, 70-year-old doris arnold is in serious but stable condition. family members say she's heavily sedated right now but expected to make a full recovery. firefighters say it appears there was no working smoke detector in the apartment at the time of the fire. mark and micah. >> thank you. and in chicago's west englewood neighborhood rs a fast

intense fire claims the life of a respected neighborhood woman. julie unruh joins us now from saint bernard hospital, julie. >> reporter: mark, the office of fire investigation believes that this fire was not suspicious but more likely electrical in nature. the flames were big and fast, so fast that a 72-year-old woman did not make ittot out alive. >> she was a phenomenal woman. >> reporter: this 1 1/2 story single family residence went up in flames. in an instant firefighters say they got the call at 1:30 this afternoon. it was called an unusually fierce intense fire, likely fueled by all the flammable furniture near the front door. >> the fire started in the front bedroom. >> reporter: a wife and mother of 5 adult children who was over the years like a mother to

everyone on the blocks. verna cannon has known her for decades. >> she's just a decent person, you know, she sat on her porch, she loved to knit, you know, she just a good person. >> ever since i known her, she always been a very sweet person, she cook, you can eat. you ain't got a shirt on your back, she give you one to put on there. >> reporter: and no one knows that better than fletcher's own daughter, deloris griffin, shocked by her passing. >> we been over here 35 years so my mom was like a mom to all of my neighbors, my mom raised us well, and she cared about us more than she cared about herself. >> reporter: delores and her mom were very close. they used to talk every day and oddly, delores says, the two women discussed the topic of death just last night. >> momma said, you know, delores, you're right, you won't have anyone after i'm gone. so i know my momma gone to

heaven right now. her soul, her spirit is gone to heaven. >> reporter: now, two others were inside the fletcher home this afternoon when those flames broke out. maddie's adult son, he escaped with very little injury. as for her husband, 71-year-old joe fletcher is being treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation and minor burns. the fire department says he will be okay. >> all right, julie unruh from saint bernard hospital. neighbors rescued an elderly woman in a wheelchair from the west side home in square community today. the fire sent smoke billowing through a two flat this morning on west harrison. the man and his friend were on their way to work when they joined the frantic effort to get people out of that building. >> there was some more women in there and a guy couldn't carry this lady out so we kicked in all the doors, got three women out, one of them broke her arms and we got blood all over our

clothes, and we was just trying to save them, you know, trying to help them. >> that woman is in the hospital in serious condition tonight. no other injuries have been reported and the fire is under investigation. her family is outraged. a murdered eastern illinois student is going free and moving to paradise. she's shocked her ex-boyfriend justicin bolay has early released. he killed her in 1998 and out 12 years early. he will walk free on good behavior and plans to move to hawaii with his wife who he married while in prison, where he'll serve three years on patrol. in politics, they're running for real in chicago's race for mayor, hopefuls lining up at the starting gate today filing piles of petitions to get on the february ballot. gary chico already filing revivals and debates. >> they're getting out to take part in a chicago tradition

bright and early this morning. they have a week from today to get those petitions in with the early bird getting the birt chance of appearing first on the ballot come election day. it's the candidates' chance to start showing off, bringing in their stacks, displaying the kind of support they can drum up in chicago. >> 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 brought over 90,000 signatures, but they didn't bring rom emmanuel. the former white house chief of staff was on the campaign trail and lunching with workers, a favorite place of his former boss, barack obama. >> the people of chicago love this city, and this is about them, their concerns, and it's not about those of us who seek public office, but about what they seek for their city. >> reporter: emmanuel also calling for a cordial campaign.

meeks, we did not see today. he's decided to hand in his petitions after the first-day circus was over. >> thank you tom negovan. the rickets family asked him to stay to okay a $200 million user tax for wriggly field renovations. plan b, well, we found out there is no plan b. he says the club needs the cash to repair the delapidated concourses beneed it, more bathrooms, a kitchen, there is no kitchen in wrigley. they say their plan won't cost taxpayers. bonds will be issued by the state that would be paid back by an amusement tax that wrigley field visitors pay on their tickets. here is the coyote racing down state street. they believe it's ana belaval

mal animal enlisted to catch rats and mice. facebook, placing bets that e-mail is on its way out. back in the weather center, tom skilling maps out a week with a dramatic drop in temp. hey, tom. >> you're watching chicago's very own wgn news with mark suppelsa, micah materre, tom skilling and dan roan. this is wgn news at 9:00.

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something say something program, and it's affecting the hotel industry. as people head to the airports for thanksgiving, they'll have to deal with more aggressive screening. tsa may search them with their hands. one traveler had some choice words for the tsa agent conducting his pat-down in california. >> you can do that out here but if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. >> well, john tiner previously refused the full body scanner leaving the pat-down as his only other option. he left the airport but ended up speaking with the supervisor before he left. >> the supervisor came over, explained the whole process. i told her i wasn't comfortable with it, it seemed to amount to a sexual assault and i don't think that should be a condition for getting on the plane. >> he posted a blog by the incident. he says he's troubled by the government's ability to limit his travel because he exercised

his right to privacy. the tsa hasn't commented. tell us what do you think, do you think the new airport security measures go too far? text yes or no to 97999 or vote online at wgntv.com. the results after the forecast. chicago remains a convention mecca with the largest restaurants saying it will continue to meet here until 2016. the national restaurant association threatened to relocate the trade show if they didn't lower costs. legislation in springfield stepped up with new money-saving rules, it was enough for the restaurateur so they said they'd stay here. >> for our annual restaurant association restaurant hotel motel show will be extended through the year 2016. >> the convention center offering new pricing plans.

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lawmakers arriving just as they ushered in the final section. after the orientation sessions accident the republicans are learning the ropes, extending the bush tax cuts and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. senator majority mitch mcconle today called for a ban on ear marks. >> do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies -- >> two new senators have already taken their seats on capitol hill. this afternoon, vice president joe biden swore in democrats chris koonts of delaware, joe mansion of west virginia. most won't take office until early january but mansion is filling robert bird's seat. new york congressman charles wrangle left the room in a huff but a panel of his peers went on with his misconduct case without him. they adjourned for the night.

deliberations against the veteran with 13 charges left. he asked for money to pay for the legal defense. his former lawyers quit. the facts are so clear, even witnesses aren't necessary. we should know who won the eighth congressional race between democrat melissa bean and joe walsh, walsh has declared victory. he's in washington and bean hasn't conceded but is also in washington. the final tally gets underway at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow is the deadline for the late receipt of absentee ballots and additional ballots must be verified and counted. >> the nail biter that was the illinois governor's race will go down as one of the closest as well. >> pat quinn was chosen, and scott standis just can't let it go.

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fork or... spoon? >> chilly air is coming. >> boy, i think especially in the week 1 and 2 period got really cold then but it's going to get chilly later this week and some would argue it hasn't been that warm today either, even though it was a little bit above normal. >> it was nice though. >> it was, and happy monday to you, mark and micah. here's an interesting stat, you know only 14 of the last 125 years have not seen a flake of snow by this date but before you get excited by the possible implications of that, bill snyder, my weather producer points out that 1978 and '79 was among those and it wound up with 88 to 89 inches of snow, the

heaviest ever. we could actually use a little bit of moisture and we'll have a couple of systems flirt with us the next few days, as we look for the sun emerging from the clouds, and you know we've lost some daylight and we'll lose about 60 minutes before the shortest day on december 21, the sun setting earlier. it pushed us up close to 50 degrees in many areas, buffalo grove and highland indiana made it into the 50s today and there were some wind gusts across the area but tonight it's 37 at o'hare, it's 48 at mid way airport. here are the temperatures across the area at the moment, and we're above freezing safely in many areas. the wind gusts have been around 20 miles per hour today, and that's added to the chilly. here's the view in nebraska and in minneapolis, st. paul where some of the record weekend snow

melted. that's the heaviest they've had ever. this is the biggest early season snow to fall in the twin cities since halloween 1991 storm so that's interesting. you can kind of see there is pieces of energy parading around this big trough in the atmosphere. here's one system that will cloud us over and may produce sprinkles or an ice pellet in some areas. and this one made its way across the mid-west wednesday and increasing clouds wednesday night and may be bringing us a little snow and rain sunday morning. there are winter storm and snow advisories out west and you can see the real estate being covered by snow. we have about 14.2% of the country, noah tells us, under snow right now. that's a little less than last year and the second to most snow

in the last eight years to cover the lower 48. the season is off and running and with the axis of the jet stream south of us, that keeps us on the cold side of things when the jet will come in from the west and kind of cut off the direct flow of arctic here for a little while. next week, the greenland trough develops, it's back again and could play a factor in routing cold air to the eastern part of the country and the midwest next week. see the jet stream and the dome running along will produce in alaska tonight and race southward into the united states and bring cool air in. you can see how these temperature bands buckle southward, and there is a reservoir of moderately cool air that we're dealing with and really cool air up to the north that we'll be dealing with as time goes on. it's 42 in chicago, 50 in st. louis, and 38 in seoux falls, south dakota.

this is from iowa to wisconsin to minnesota that was hit by the big weekend snow storm and it's been cool air over the snow pack but most of the country hasn't seen temperatures change that much today. winds are blowing south at 7, humidity, dew point 33. here's a picture of what's to happen. the white and purple areas are the coldest air and boy it's getting chilly. but we go into the blues, and that's moderately cool air. it will be seasonalably cool in the 50s. we'll go back to the upper 40s and low 50s over the weekend, and then this vast reservoir of cold air that's to fill up the earth space over canada will come in here with some authority next week, and it looks like we'll be very chilly come the middle and end of next week. that would be the thanksgiving period, and with a powerful jet running around the periphery of that, you always wonder about an impulse kicking up a storm and

we'll keep an eye on it as it's a big travel week next week. for tonight, the 44th mildest autumn of the past 141 years in progress across chicago, we expect seasonably chilly weather, lows in spots of 35 and winds are variable. after that they turn easterly with a partly sunny day for the most part. the clouds will grow increasingly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, especially in the southern sections. tomorrow night, considerable clouds and maybe a sprinkle or ice pellet, low temperatures in the 40s, and on wednesday, fairly cloudy. there could be some mixed sun, but it clouds over at night, and we'll have a high of 52 and see perhaps a snow or rain shower late wednesday night and thursday. yet no big storms but one of our models, we get raw snow fall estimates and we could get 2 to 3 inches of snow so we're to the

time of year it could happen. >> all at once? >> well, you know it probably comes in little bursts but when you get to the time range, they look busier and we look at the trends more. >> you did a great job. >> thank you, micah, thank you, all right. >> thank you. she's helping patients suffering from cancer, arthritis, and broken limbs and they're not even human. coming up a day in the life of a top doc. gecko: are you ready for your talk, sir?

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>> it's going to be less than a gram for frogs to whales which can be over a ton and everything in between. >> reporter: different bodies, different systems, and not one can tell her what ails them. it was a trainer who noticed this eel had a bulge. >> has a huge tumor that was noticed. we did a full workup, x-rays, ultrasound, and elected based on the type of tumor that it was to remove the mass. we took out the mass which was pretty big, i mean, at least 6 inches long, a 3 1/2 hour surgery, 4 1/2 anesthesia, sewed her up and did great. >> reporter: now, a six-year cancer survivor. >> this is rico, he's a boa constricter. >> reporter: the day we visited, rico was a well patient. they needed to chart his growth. >> we got a measurement on him. so it's 175 for a total length and then what i'll do is go

ahead and record that in his chart and enter that into his medical record so i'm going to look at his eyes, and i'm also going to look at --. >> reporter: and his spine. through x-ray, dr. pole has actually scanned, diagnosed and treated a fracture. >> one of the things we look at in rep tiles especially is bone density. >> reporter: rico is strong and healthy. >> the bone density and all the ribs coming off in the processes of the vertebra all look really good. >> but lucy the iguana is having issues with digestion. >> is he still getting the fiber supplements? >> yes. >> and has he been flat lent? >> off and on. >> reporter: a good time to make our escape to the tank. here researchers are studying the effects of water temperature on yellow ray fertility. of course the momma needs an ultrasound. >> i can see the follicles right there. >> reporter: all the rays, that's still for their test and

we marched our happy feet to see the penguin. >> she marched like a little old lady. >> as they get older they develop pains and aches and arthritis. >> reporter: 59 was in pain, but not no more. >> we can give them antiinflammatories, the bird equivalent of tylenol or aspirin. >> reporter: it's working, good and healthy for an old bird with arthritis. >> range of motion is really good. >> reporter: the next patient is the biggest and best behaved, opened wide for a teeth cleaning. >> very nice. i don't even have to pull out the floss for him. >> reporter: but does have to pull out the petris dish. a blow hole check to look for infection. >> and we'll culture it to look for any growth. >> reporter: he rolls over for every inspection. >> there's his ear which looks good. >> reporter: he tips his tail

like we would offer an arm for a blood test. >> you see these, those are blood vessels. you can go ahead and touch. you can see a little bit of a depression, and so that's where you go. you want to go in and the blood flows out. >> reporter: he got a nice treat for being so good. his baby is learning the tricks, crying out for a little attention herself. [screeching] >> at 4 years old, bella is teething but not crying like a baby. >> it's just like a child would. >> when they're teething? >> reporter: and give kisses. [laughter] >> reporter: not a bad way to end an average day with an extraordinary physician. >> bye-bye. [laughter] >> what a great job, dr. pole was called in after the gulf oil spill to evaluate and help protect marine life in the wild as well. you know, there are no text book

rules here. every case is a challenge and she jumps on it and tries to figure out a way to do this. when she did the surgery on the eel she dripd anesthesia into the gills and that's how she put the eel out. it's just amazing. >> how long is her day. >> i think it depends on the day. some are incredibly long and some she maybe can take off a little early. >> very good, that was nice and fun. still ahead, check out the fearless feline here, cat takes on not one but two gators. and the yeah, i know people love pretzels and chocolate together, but now you have taken it too far! i don't care if i'm the official spokes candy for pretzel m&m's -- there is no way that you're putting a giant pretzel inside me! listen buddy, i'm not too thrilled about this either. oh boy. [ male announcer ] m&m's pretzel.

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>> you are so crazy. >> nice read there. >> micah, you know that reminds me one of my neighbors in alaska had an 800 pound black bear come onto the porch outside and the cat went up to the screen door and was meowing through it to chase the bear away, and the bear went away. >> got to get me a cat. >> it's just how you approach it, i guess. we've got ourselves a cool night here, mark and micah. it's in the 30s in the cooler inland locations, 40s in many other areas. these are current temperatures, and finally, this is a temperature map that looks the season. it is really cold up to the north. and you can see the single digit and subzero temperatures showing up but these weather systems that are passing south of us captured most of the moisture to the south so we're left with these little sprinkly things like those showing up on the radar right there and they're expected to not affect much of the area at all and get another

little batch tomorrow afternoon. see that little low pressure coming up by way of louisiana passing south of us. the one dropping through monica schneider passes south of us and could clip us with some light rain or ice pellets or snow flakes wednesday night and thursday. minnesota á. 52 on wednesday, cloudy, 42 on thursday, friday is the low to mid-40s, and we warm back to upper 40s over the coming weekend. there could be cooler air beyond our seven-day forecast next week. that looks real chilly and that's thanksgiving week and so we'll be talking more about that. >> that would scare the alligators away. >> it would, mark. >> tonight's photos of the day captured a busy day in chicago. >> wrigley field being painted purple and elephants in town for the circus. take a look at tonight's photos of the day. . [shouting]

>> the 72-year-old mother of five who's lived here on this block for 35 plus year perished in a fire today. >> she was one of the sweetest ladies that i can say i know besides my mom. >> candidates and their supporters headed to the chicago board of elections today to file their nominating petitions for the february primaries. >> saturday, the northwestern wild cats will host the illinois fighting alumni here at wrigley field in the first college football game to be played here since 1938. >> we found her up in a tree a year ago april 2009. we're pretty excited to see a turkey come up out of the preserve. she better be here the day after thanksgiving to eat, not to be eaten. >> the barnum bailey brothers made their entrance into downtown chicago. the elephants were certainly noticed walking into the united center. >> and, of course, photos of the

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>> just a few more hours, the bears have another game. >> coming right up. >> i got to tell you, i've got a foot on the band wagon the first time this year. >> i'd say so. obviously the vikings have some issues but they also have adrian peterson and brett farve and other weapons and the bears pretty much stuffed them yesterday in soldier field. one broken coverage and a couple of field goals and that was it. oddly enough, they never sacked brett farve but the bears front did about everything else. they stripped them here and did such a nice job on peterson that the vikings kind of gave up on the run and the vikings in the secondary controlled most everything else. farve was an absolute mess out there, some of it his own doing but most of the credit going to the bears' d. >> the guys have been playing outstanding ball throughout. whenever you play a team with a guy like brett farve and a

running back like adrian peterson, you have to be on top of your game and the guys were from the start. they continued to take the football away and i think we had four yesterday, which is the most we've had all season but they've been pretty consistent with that throughout. >> and they're up against the decimated dolphins quarterback core, chad henny hurt his knee and unlikely to play. they'll start tyler thigpen with graham ramsey in reserve and you'll be able to see it all thursday night on wgn. we hit south florida wednesday on the 5:00 show, continuing every newscast right up to the pregame show, miller light thursday night count down at 6:30 thursday. and an expanded edition of the wgn news with all the post game from miami so join us starting wednesday evening here on wgn. a purple haze descended over

wrigley field. playing illinois grid-iron style for the first time since 1923 and the cats are making wrigley their own, purple everywhere. jim philips taking a brush to the famed wrigley marquee. when you look, it's definitely different. there's not much room beyond either end zone but it's going to be a special day, which is exactly what jim philips intended. >> the vision two years ago, 18 months ago, was to create a bowl game during the season and take a bowl game here right in this wonderful city, the best city in the world and i think that's what has occurred. i really believe that, with all the activities we have this week, and it really does feel like a ball game. >> tough break in that they'll have a new quarterback in the controls. dan versa gone for the year, tore his achilles right there as he threw the winning touchdown

saturday. it's time for watson, the red shirt freshman, the pride of glennbar north. >> once you see a man go down like that and, you know, he's gone down a lot before but bounced right back up and continued to play on. that's how he is. when he doesn't get up, it's more serious and just got to be prepared for the opportunity so, you know, you been preparing for something like this all season for it to happen. it's your job as a back-up quarterback. >> dan persa is the big 10 offensive player of the week. donovan mcnabb got a five-year $78,000 extension from the redskins. is that apology enough for you? and ryan sandburg officially takes philly's triple a manager job, the lee high valley iron pigs. rockets will be without aaron brings and yao ming so the bulls try to stretch their three-game winning streak and get this trip off on the right foot.

>> we're playing all right. we still haven't put a whole game together but i think we're finding ways to win. i'll say that. it haven't been the most prettiest games but somehow we're finding ways. >> the margin of error might be a little greater because of the comfort of being at home but on the road you don't have that. you have to be sharp. i think you have to play smart and you have to play tough and play together and if we do that, we'll have a chance to win some games. >> so we look forward to the bulls tomorrow and the bears game thursday. miami has got some other injuries too. they're going to be banged up when this one starts. >> you better go down early and check things out. >> you know i will. >> see you, bye, go. >> that's the edition this monday night. thank you for joining

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