mobs of teenagers beat and robbed people in chicagos streeterville neighborhood over the weekend. five suspects have been charged. today one of the victims is talking about being attacked in broad daylight. good afternoon i am robert jordan in for steve sanders and tim dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>good afternoon and northwest suburban chicago man said there was no time to think or be

scared when he was blindsided by a large group of attacking teenagers. >>he did the exact opposite of what police will tell you to do. he fought off his attackers despite overwhelming odds refusing to relinquish other his wallet of cellular phone. >>i was right on chicago avenue and broad daylight ... the 34 year-old city always had a stubborn streak growing up and now northwest suburban insurance agent refused to give vent despite getting dragged into chicago avenue around 7:30 p.m. he refused to give up his smart phone after being attacked in front of the museum of contemporary art by a mob of teenagers standing by. >>police believe this group was

intent on stealing smart phones and i pad is in streeterville on saturday night. he asked not to reveal where he lives but he said he was stunned by the surprise attack on a busy chicago street in broad daylight on the weekend he was sitting on his scooter checking his smart phone when he was hit in the face with a flying baseball his helmet fortunately deflected it. >>next thing i see is the guy following the ball because he didn't want to lose it in front of me. i started to be pummeled. >>after he struggled for about a minute or so with some teenagers he said he managed to break free and the attackers

scattered when the squad cars quickly arrived on the scene he hopped and to help those police track down those teenagers. and the northwest suburbs i'm julian crews.. rod blagojevich is on the witness stand for the sixth straight day he is undergoing questioning by prosecutors. >>when prosecutors began to cross-examine him things are less testy and more civil. >>they jumped into the subject of the the south vacated senate seat by barak obama. >>things started off with a bank when the question mr. blagojevich you are a convicted liar correct? was posed. he

responded yes. >>the questioning focused around the lisa madigan and jesse jackson jr. speculation of whether or not blagojevich would use either to replace senator brock obama and this involved his trading campaign favors and funding. >>tony rest go is also cooperating with the federal government. >>there was also talk about what he wanted to trade with the new administration at the white house to place the valerie jarrett in the senate seat perhaps the appointment to health and human services

secretary. >>this is his first full day undergoing questioning by the prosecution this is expected to take at least one day. >>prosecutors have rested their case against the chicago businessman accused of helping to plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in mumbai india defense attorneys for tahawwar rana had begun presenting their case the government accuses him of using his immigration business to provide a cover for david headley admitted terrorist to travel to mumbai to scout locations for the attacks headley pleaded guilty and was the government's star witness but tahawwar rana is attorneys say that headley do tam and that he had nothing to do with the mumbai plot tahawwar rana is not

expected to testify in his trial. >>the mystery of a chicago woman missing for almost a year and half is over after authorities identify her remains that say in the morgue for most of that time chicago police said that dental records were used to identify 47 year-old, lisa johnson. she was last seen on january 5, 2010 near 55th street and sealy avenue and the ankle with neighborhood three months later body washed up on a south side beach but there remains were not identified until last week police had not said how she died and no one has been arrested in the case. >>police in south suburban lynwood are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a teenager at side a birthday party early sunday france said that 17 year-old bryan roil was heading to his car leave the party at the whole chunk event

hall and lianne would when he saw the fight break out moments later gunshots were heard a stray bullet hit royal and the back one other person was also shot he was a junior at hillcrest high school and an oil conference picking basketball friends and family say that he was a dedicated and driven athletes who hope to earn a college scholarship. >>essentially chicago police are looking into whether it robbery in the lincoln park neighborhood is connected to four other attacks in the north side against women involving purse snatching. a community colored was issued after four women were robbed of their purses in separate attacks over two days and a late fee neighborhood last week. >>drew peterson attorneys are filing papers today to try to get him out of jail he has been behind bars for two years charged with the murder of his third wife kathleen almost a

year ago the prosecution of the appeal of what hearsay evidence could be used at his trial the appellate court has not yet ruled. >>and the deadliest day and iraq for u.s. troops in almost two years also ahead authorities in germany are having difficulty pinpointing whether or not bean sprouts are the source

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>>health officials in germany and are having difficulty proving whether sprouts are responsible for a deadly e. coli the outbreak that has killed 22 people. so far tests on more than half the 40 samples of bean sprouts from a farm in north germany have proved negative results on the remaining samples are due next 24 hours authorities say they might not find any evidence of e. coli if the bad sprouts are no longer in the food supply the outbreak has infected ever to thousand people and caused was scarce throughout europe all but one death has been in germany. >>flooding along the missouri river is forcing evacuations in several states. about 600 people had to leave their homes in hamburg iowa after a levee breach sunday morning. >>floodgates are opened north pier south dakota where crews are trying to divert high water

from the missouri river thousands of people in north and south dakota began evacuating of a weekend in advance of the rising water and some communities in eastern nebraska are starting to look like ghost towns. >>the former head of the international monetary fund cleats not guilty to rape charges. prosecutors say dominique strauss-kahn attacked a housekeeper in a manhattan hotel last month. he is out on bond and is under house arrest in a luxury townhouse in manhattan defense attorneys have complained details of the case will lead to the media the sale of information that could undermine the prosecution's case he was considered a front runner in france's next presidential race before his arrest. >>a plea agreement between former senator john edwards and federal prosecutors reportedly broke down because it writes did not want to serve prison time add routes is accused of using

kemp fain funds to cover up an affair sources said that edwards initially agreed to plead guilty to felony if he didn't have to go to prison and words said it hit one be away from his young children is he's become the primary caregiver since the death of his wife elisabeth a grand jury indicted him on six felony counts on friday. >>former parent pennsylvania senator rick santorum as an officially part of the republican field for the 2012 presidential race. santorum made the announcement today in the western part of this home near where his grandfather worked in a coal mine after coming to america from italy the announcement will kick off a four day campaign swing that will take him to ireland and hampshire while he may lack in name recognition and political funding his strong anti-abortion stance could rally social conservatives. >>some tv news networks thought

they had caught sarah palin miss stating american history last thursday when she told an audience that paul reveres ride was meant to warn the british as well as american colonists. >>a history experts as that of revere sat out to warn the colonists that the british were coming he delivered a warning to the british when he was captured also this weekend she apologized to mitt romney for rolling her tour bus into a new hampshire town at the same time he was making his 2012 presidential candidacy official nearby. >>the cubs starting pitcher carlos zambrano has some harsh words for his team but he is not necessarily out of line that is all had in sports. >>we will have the day's top business stories including the unveiling of apple's new i clout services and later part of my job

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personalities to share facebook and twitter page announcements but it is illegal in france because it is perceived as illegal advertising that is non- competitive. >>illinois gov. pat quinn once to call legislators back to springfield to vote on a bill that would allow the state to spend money previously said us out for road projects when the new budget year begins. >>the house left without approving the bill. >>to new drugs are showing real

promise for melanoma and breast cancer patients that story is ahead in the medical watch >>but first the new head of the cp yes pence a letter to parents and what jean-claude brizard had to say about possible cuts in the face of a $720 million deficit and we have some live music this midday from santa barbara musicians tommy end by pilots..

gov. pat klan and members of the legislature are among those expressing their condolences on the debt of state rep mark beaubien jr. jr. of barrington

hills. the 68 year-old lawmaker was attending a republican fund- raising event at arlington park racetrack when he died yesterday afternoon beaubien had served in the legislature since 1996 he missed several weeks of the spring session but returned from illness and time for important votes on the state budget. >>a published report says that former mayor daley's son patrick scored a big paycheck from the sale of wireless internet contracts at o'hare airport even though patrick daley is office insisted that he had no financial stake the sun times reports that patrick daley was a middle man who got investors for concourse communications the company with the wireless contract and one concourse was sold to another company in 2006 the average daily collected more than $700,000 in commissions. >>new school ceo john claude

brizard is sending parents a letter today with his plan to redress the district's fiscal crisis and what it will mean for students ... >>we have materialized at north side college prep with more. >>he is only into his second week as the ceo of chicago public schools but a letter is going out today to parents outlining challenges the system is facing and how he plans to address them. say faced with an over $700 million office debt budget deficit. ... >>he said on going magnet school programs and full day kindergarten will remain the same as well as class sizes but that's only part of the story as letter points out some schools will seek a reduction in funding

for supplemental teaching positions and administrative staff >>we have to build a fish season and the systemd efficiencies in the sdystem and bulild a model and find the money to fund it.. >>the heat and humidity is back and so was tom skilling we will have his full forecast next. >>

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tom skilling is back with us and has brought the heat. >>isn't this something? this is the year without spring it's just amazing we have made 93 highs and these are a thermometer readings coming tomorrow and wednesday. the good news is there will be a break later in the week but we will start up warm again next week. this morning has not been that bad in the city but we are ready in the '90s in the suburbs. we have outflow from thunderstorms flaring across wisconsin ... we have no threat of rain we

have a capped atmosphere that will block brain development. now we know that thunderstorms our natures big air-conditioner we're going to get awfully warm without them. there will be no late cooling the wind and a warm air will override what's happening on the lake for the next couple of days and the index will go over a hundred degrees tomorrow and wednesday this is marginally in the dangerous weather is on range. two points are in the 70 degree range for the next several days gulf coast level humidity is expected. 95 on a thermometer for the next several days with a grain coming on wednesday. all

the cool air in the country is being pushed into the north ... the jets stream producing organized thunderstorms is slicing through the air masses to the north and west of us ... chicago will have no relief from the heat until wednesday night when the front comes through with the jet stream. later in the week cooler weather will be brought in but another dome will build from the west and into monday of next week it will encroach upon our airspace and we will get warm all over again. >>this was the cloudy is dead coolest spring on the books ... we will have more 90 degree temperature days than normal.

>>here are the regional temperatures for the midwest ... we have a warm front swinging northwest bringing the 90 degree temperatures up to us ... there will be no cooling near the lake it will be a hot day at the beach as the next few days it is 21 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday ... the southwest winds are picking up out at o'hare. water temperature is at

62 degrees right now ... we have low mold spore and wind on countspollen counts.. ... it is 84 degrees at o'hare the warming is just getting under way ... >>we have sunny skies in kankakee after the thunderstorms with the ever test this morning the sun is out the wind is blowing and it is beginning to warm up its about 92 degrees right now there ... we will be in the seventies tonight mckee and stickywarm muggy

humid... how about that ... look at how dry it is to the west of us ... let's take a look at that radar they dropped good rain north ... the rain is just to the south yesterday after all this terminus we had saturday there were even terminator reports yesterday and wind damage there was a lot of heavy weather to the west of us. the thunderstorms a i said would be developing farther north ... we

have powerful southwest went running up from the gulf ... you see this high-pressure turn in the wind from the northeast toward us: us off that carry us into friday after the rain. this afternoon and tonight we are on our watch for some severe weather ... for tonight it will be clear breezy warm and muggy the low

will be 75 overnight. it will be 95 degrees tomorrow the heat and texaco's of 202 degrees index at 102 to grays ... and we will have a repeat of that weather on wednesday. >>crank up that old air- conditioner! time for today's trivia: native americans called strawberries what name? the answer is still

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minutes later sam brown found a microphone and rented most notably about the pitches that marmol threw two theory it in the ninth. ... we should know these things as a team we should be playing better we stank it's all i have to say about that ... >>the white sox jake paid pulled a groin yesterday and that might land him on the disabled list again what's worse he said it started bothering him during his last start and he did this and i think he retired the first nine detroit tigers that he faced but in the fourth he walked three giving up a game-tying double than two batters later bases loaded for a ryan rayburn it's a grand slam homerun six runs given up in the inning by jake if that's also when he himself

he says he expects to miss his next start the white sox lost to the detroit tigers also losing the series 7-3. chris bosch down after being poked in the eye and game 3 against dallas in effect his vision he tied with 40 seconds left ... the final was the miami heat up to one and a series 8886 was the score for that game. >>one of the all-time great tennis rivalries met up yesterday roger fetter was against rafael nadal and the french open final nidal won the first two sets fetter one of the third but rafael nadal is one of the greatest ever to play on clay he wins the fourth set and his sixth french open title this is his 10th grand slam title and he

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learn more about the different insulins available in flexpen at myflexpen.com. flexpen, insulin delivery that goes with you. time now for lunch break. the centered chef ryan hutmacher her is back with us today ... >>we have a simple summer recipe for strawberry soup ... you can do frozen or fresh strawberries and i have some water boiling ... this will come to a boil ... i'm going to put

some nice seasonings and here including cinnamon sticks and sugar the strawberries are sweet but we will add some sugar to even out and we have some vanilla extract and we have some tarragon that will give it a bit of a licorice complement to it is a perfect combination actually ... you'll get to a boil and then when you cool it down you will take up the cinnamon stick and the sprigs of tarragon and put it in the blender ... >>we will not go super sweet ... a good pairing would be a nice salad or perhaps a grilled salmon or chicken on top. >>when you heat up these

strawberries the sugar down a bit said the tang disappears and you have a more mellow aromatic flavor ... we are going to balance this out with some greek yogurt this is not a smoothie the consistency is different ... and more of the yogurt does change the consistency ... you want to put it into the refrigerator for about two hours before serving you put it into a ball and you can garnish it with a little bit of citrus assessedzest. and the next recipe is a

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tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. and now the answer to today's trivia question ... native americans called strawberries heart seed berries.. strawberries are perfect for this kind of weather ... >>the reyna is happening went to the north there is no grain here

in chicago but there is lots of rain is happening way to the north and we just have lots of heat here in chicago.. the thunderstorms and severe weather will arrive on wednesdday with cooler weather thursday and friday.. more storms on

saturday.. sunday it will be a bit warmer again there will be a chance of another thunderstorm with a wet pattern forming here and will of one or 3 in. of rain out of all of this ... and tomorrow and wednesday will have some record-breaking temperatures in the '90s. >>that's it for today and thank you for joining us we hope you have a great afternoon everyone we're going to leave you with more music from tommy and the high pilots.. [music: tommy and the high

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