he helped to end decades of misery for the boston red sox nation now looks like theo epstein is headed to chicago with a goal of during the same for long-suffering cubs fans. good afternoon i'm robert jordan. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and on wgn america and on the web ... julian crews as a live report outside wrigley field >>the cubs front office declined

to comment but a sports talk radio station in boston said it's a done deal theo epstein is coming to the chicago cubs >>member will get some championships hopefully >>you cannot count your chickens before they hatch but the cubs fans are hoping for the best this is the latest report and a flurry of bulletins reporting that it's likely that the red sox general manager is ready to jump. it's impossible to know whether his representatives are posturing the cubs are refusing to comment he has one more year left on his contract with boston. most teams would take pains not to tamper with anyone still under contract. >>there's centuries' worth of emotional baggage to be overcome here with chicago cubs fans but

if anyone can help them it is believed it is theo epstein. >>he's a good baseball guy ... he knows which strings depaul which players to bring an and had put a team together and grow to make it happen >>epstein as famous for his use of data to build a team and tom ricketts is a fan of that approach. >>the u.s. state department has issued a worldwide travel alert for american citizens ... the warning comes after charges were filed against two iranians accused of trying to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. the alert warns of

possible anti u.s. actions. the state department says the alleged assassination attempt was backed by the iranian government and may indicate that the government is focusing more aggressively on terrorist activity. and iranian american used car salesman from texas is in custody charged in an alleged plot. mansorr ar-bab-siar was arrested at jfk airport in new york two weeks ago another man is also charge but has not been caught. u.s. authorities say that the men plotted to kill saudi arabia's u.s. and ambassador by setting off a bomb a washington d.c. restaurant the plan was exposed when mansorr ar-bab-siar offered an informant for the u.s. drug enforcement agency and million half dollars. to carry out that attack ... some u.s. officials are calling in an act of war but wgn terrorism analyst thomas k.

this says he doesn't think it reached the highest levels of the running in government >>the motive may have been to heighten the tension and prevent the taunt withdetente and fuel the fire to the iranian struggle in the gulf with the saudis >>president obama called the alleged plot a flagrant violation of international law. iran's parliament speaker said any connection between his government and the alleged plan is a "fabricated allegation". >>the cook county sheriff's department is launching a new effort to identify a gunmen murdered by serial killer john wayne gacy back in the 1970's and investigators are asking for help from the public. muriel clair has a live report from the

daley center >>of the 33 young men murdered eight victims were never identified and the cook county sheriff's department is working with forensics experts from texas and the chicago area along with a team of investigators those eight victims seven of whom were buried under the home of john wayne gacy have been exhumed and procedures have been established to help identify those remains. an appeal to the public is going out >>the public coming forward will allow us to do dna matches not available 30 years ago. it is non intrusive is straight forward we have hot lines and websites that are set up for people to contact us and in

short order we can help them work through this and do what needs to be done. >>you should call the sheriff's office the number is displayed on the screen ... >>mayor ron emmanuel details his plans to fix chicago $635 million deficit. he is calling for everything from raising fees on water and parking to hiring more police officers >>mayor emmanuel began his 30 minute speech by getting right down to the facts. he said that chicagos last and city budgets have been in the red and that smoke and mirrors and onetime fixes will not get the job done dealing with this huge multimillion-dollar budget deficit >>chicago cannot afford this type of government and the lager. a budget is about

priorities. this deficit is an opportunity to get it right. we can either start shaping our city's future, or let it shaped up. he laid out the specifics to the city council this morning and did not waste any time to get to the immediate issues which includes putting more police administrators back on street patrol and closing three of the city's 25 police districts. he will not tap the dwindling financial reserve of the city but he will impose a host of fines and fees on parking lots and the cost for city stickers will go up for heavier cars and trucks ... many of the alderman we spoke to agree that tough decisions need to be made even

if it means closing some police districts. >>i spoke to the superintendent to call me last night he assured me that we will not lose services in fact we will get more police officers on the street. >>i believe the budget will have a majority we're at a point where the city's finances are in such serious condition that the city government needs to reduce the way has done business over the years. >>the city council will vote on the budget sometime late december >>thank you ... what do you think about the mayor's proposed budget coming up we have a special half hour with monica schneider who will take your calls about what you think on the city budget you can't send

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and al-qaeda terrorist pleaded guilty this morning to trying to blow up a plane headed to detroit. all umar farouk abdulmutallab admitted he tried to detonate a bomb in his

underwear aborted northwest airlines flight on christmas day, 2009. the confession " the court by surprise, as today was just the second day of his trial. for the 24 year-old told the judge that he was trying to get revenge for the killing of muslims. he will be sentenced january 12th and faces life in prison. >>the republican candidates for president focused on the economy during a debate in new hampshire last night. herman cain his popularity has surged in polls became the latest target for his opponents. he was getting a lot of attention for his so-called 999 attacks planned parent unfit that plan will eliminate almost all national taxes and said corporate sales and income taxes at a flat 9 percent >>it's a catchy phrase that but it was the price of a pizza >>when you turn at 999 tax plan

upside-down i believe the devil is in the details ... >>during the debate texas gov. rick perry said he will unveil his jobs plan this week. that plan is expected to focus more on domestic energy exploration. >>many were opposed to the president's jobs bill and it was voted down last night in the u.s. senate >>the president said he would try to break down the proposal into several separate bills. >>if you have ever dreamed of vacationing in japan your dreams may be about to come true. the japan tourism agency has come up with a plan to offer free flights and exchange, the

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you avoid catching cold yourself? jennifer weigel of trib-u is here with some tips and great advice on how to avoid this happening to you. >>co worker cooties can be avoided we went to end an ent specialist. zinc or yogurt will help you zinc gluconate will lessen the

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it's been amazing ... nine and r rowein a row.. we have averaged more than eight degrees above normal it's the sixth warmest october spell and history there are some big thunderstorms that are roaming western illinois and parts of iowa. we expect rain tomorrow and went to come and temperatures to drop on friday. we have a powerhouse jet

stream coming in. this is just the beginning of a big storm that will be 1,500 mi. across by friday we will be on the backside of that. we have thunderstorm's coming together they swiped hour northwest suburbs yesterday. we have not had any substantial rain since late september. we're taking a look at lightening ... in southwest

wisconsin and iowa. we expect parent sprinkles and light showers in some spots by daybreak tomorrow the rain with embedded and thunderstorms will be in our area. tomorrow night the jet stream will be here bringing the rain and cooler temperatures. we're getting up to three-quarters of an inch of rain fall. we looked at 19 different computer models and the accumulation can go to just over an inch on the high

side. the wind is not strong today it is blowing a little bit off of the lake o'hare is currently 75 degrees. it's 70 degrees at midway. here is the view from harvard where we have seen mixed clouds. kankakee has lots of sunshine in the southern suburbs. there is a wide area of the great lakes getting in on the warmer air right now. the wind will become a factor it will not be evident tonight or tomorrow but there will lockean later tomorrow and tomorrow

night and we will have a windy day on friday the mitty right now is 48%humidity is right now 48%. we are getting modestly cooler tomorrow cooler still on friday. we may get some rain saturday night into sunday morning but watch what happens to the reservoir of cold air ... the coolest air of the season will be here by the middle of next week. snow flurries will be happening in the upper midwest. it's a sign of the times. we have like rainshowers coming into the area bringing wind

gusts of over 40 mi. per hour on friday. this afternoon is the ninth and final day of 70 degree temperatures. we may get one more 80 degree day in this fall season but not seeing that today. bathe the low temperature tonight will be 57 degrees with scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm in the morning and then a new batch of storms later in the day and into tomorrow night ... it will be 67 degrees tomorrow it will be when deer and much cooler on friday with early showers and partly cloudy skies

and the afternoon it will go down to 63 degrees i think we can handle that. we are a tough bunch here in chicago was 63 degrees among friends i need to mention we are doing a twitter chat tomorrow. between 10 and 11:00 tomorrow morning use the cash tahashtag "asktom"

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away from the boston red sox to be the next general manager on the north side. a sports talk radio station in boston reports that he has agreed to a five- year deal, worth between 15-$20 million. neither team has commented, but sources said that a deal will be finalized by the end of this week. the cubs and the red sox are still working out compensation for theo epstein which could include some minor league players. he ended the red sox championship drought

and is the youngest general manager to win a world series. over on the south side the white sox formally introduced robin ventura as their new manager. general manager ken williams admitted that he considered current first baseman paul konerko for the job of player manager but quickly dismissed it. ventura signed a three-year deal and he told wgn morning news that he realizes his predecessor played a role in his hiring. >>i enjoyed his press conferences as much as anybody else but we have different personalities and i think that played into the need for change >>bears defensive and julius peppers the sprained the mcl in his left knee on monday night but he could still play against the vikings this weekend. he was

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that for some cannot recap back on the amiens systemcan seriously compromise the immune system. imagine if you could erase your child's peanut allergy it's an idea that local

researchers say may be possible >>constricted airways lobar pressure and shocked are some of the reactions some children have to the peanut allergy ... there is a trick with a peanut protein delivered with a blood cell that can fake out the system and avoid the reaction. >>researchers drew blood from allergic laboratory mice. after two treatments no allergic response after that blood was

treated and reinject ited it's not a cure but it's a critical step in understanding how to turn off the body's allergic response >>we're trying to put the tolerance back into place is not ignoring the peanuts necessarily >>the mice sustained a peanut tolerance for weeks. the next step in the research will be to test how long that will last and possibly take it to human trials it's very exciting news >>we will be right back with the lunch break [ male announcer ] tom's discovering that living healthy can be fun. see? he's taking his vitamins. new one a day vitacraves plus omega-3 dha is a complete multivitamin for adults. plus an excellent source of omega-3 dha in a great tasting gummy. one a day gummies for

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get out side today and enjoy the weather ... we have some rain and thunderstorms in the west and of the state and we observe there was some lightning. we will get another batch of storms coming in late tomorrow. we need to put under in the headlines thunder in the headlines

... the first wave is coming late tonight the other early tomorrow ... and the cold front will pass and start the downward trend in temperatures beginning tomorrow. there is tremendous lift in the atmosphere from this big jet stream. there will be an big storm over the upper great lakes area and that will drive some wind our way by friday up to 40 mi. per hour ... enjoy the 70 degree temperatures today ... tomorrow will be in

the upper 50s to the low 60s it will fall back into the 40's overnight tomorrow. we will be in the low to mid 60's on friday. there will be a lot of clouds tomorrow. we will also see some showers from saturday night into sunday as well as some sprinkles on tuesday with a blast of cool air next week. thank you so much for joining us today. have a great afternoon. we're going to leave you with more music frommile from miles

zuniga he is performing thursday and friday night at the bottom lounge here in chicago. [music: miles zuniga]