fund-raiser tony rezko learns how much time he will be spending in prison. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>muriel clair is live at the federal court with our top story >>after more than three year wait to learn his fate is over tony rezko is going to prison for 10 years 56 year-old tony rezko was a top adviser and fund-raiser for disgraced former

gov. rod blagojevich he extorted millions of dollars from firms seeking to do business with the state prosecutors considered calling him to testify against rod blagojevich but he was never put on the stand his attorney asked that he be given a lesser sentence for time served and his willingness to testify but the prosecutors called him a malignant citizen not subject to public disclosure but in a position to profit off of taxpayer money ... in a statement before the judge he said he deeply regretted the situation and accepted full responsibility he said he abused his inside position of power ... the judge said that his actions

were not tolerable. >>he looked very gaunt. we are told that there's a good possibility that he may not serve the full 10 years because of time served already perhaps he will only serve seven of those 10 years >>chicago police are looking for a man and a woman who shot a gas station clerk on the far south side. investigators said that the two approached the carcass he was getting into his car behind station at 94 than wabash last night. the man pulled a gun on the clerk and ordered him out but the crooks let back during the struggle the man toss the gun to the woman who then shot the clerk of the stomach the two of them ran off and the clerk was taken to christ hospital where he is listed in serious

but stable condition. >>peapod grocery delivery driver guillermo palin get has been arrested in the sexual assault of a woman in her south loop home he is expected in court today to face charges for the attack in october on 1100 block of south michigan avenue the victim a woman in her twenties told police that she is attacked and sought for apartment officials and not said whether he was making a delivery at that time >>a jesuit priest is being held on $100,000 bond in chicago on charges of sexually assaulted the boy 10 years ago in colorado the rev. richard kurtz was arrested yesterday at the society of jesus office on north clark street authorities say that reverend hertz assault a boy in 2001 south of denver while working as a chemistry teacher for a high-school in detroit members of his order said that they first reported an allegation of misconduct against

him to michigan authorities in 2001 and have been cooperating with investigators in colorado since april the order says that the rev. was removed from public ministry soon after the allegations surfaced and he had his movements closely monitored and restricted ever since >>the outrage continues in north suburban lake forest following the resignation of middle school principal who admitted to sext- ing a college intern in 2008 last night parents pack the meeting with school board officials from lake forest school district 67 there were calling for the immediate resignation of superintendent harry griffith after he failed to fire deer path middle school principal john steinert ... the superintendent and school board members refused to resign last night the city council also announced that lake forest police officer who worked with cuts in college intern is under

investigation for making sexual comments to her as well >>a teacher from antioch could face jail time for changing students' grades sarah glashagel is charged with computer tampering fawn investigation entire community high-school investigators say that she admitted that on five separate occasions she change the grades of students who were on the athletic ineligibility list her husband is the school's football coach he claims to know nothing about the great tampering she has been released on bond >>a chicago man was arrested for breaking into the home of chicago white sox general manager kenny williams winfield is charged with residential burglary he is set to appear in bond court today the incident took place between november 18th and 21st while williams was out of town police say that he also

wore the clothes of kenny williams and his 2005 world series ring at some point during a burglary he left behind hospital bracelet which incriminated him >>president obama has a pardon demand from park ridge convicted of transporting stolen jewelry nearly 30 years ago 72 year-old martin crowley and said he was surprised to learn about the pardon and that he is grateful that it came during the things given holiday he does not want to discuss his conviction or why he was pardoned be careful where you parked this holiday shopping season ... state police are patrolling the malls and shopping centers looking for cars parked illegally in handicapped spaces robert jordan is live with that report in the loop >>ethically this is a bad idea

and state police will be out checking for violators fines and penalties will be substantial >>we're here to remind drivers that parking in disability parking spaces is for those who are truly disabled >>we have all seen them before drivers to illegally parked in these spaces reserved for the disabled with holiday shopping season beginning days from now there is a crackdown on motorists who park in the reserved spots >>the fine is up to $350 if you are using someone's else's disability placard the fine can be $500 for the first offense 750 for the second and you could lose your license for six months and a third offense you have your license suspended for one year and a pair $1,000 fine >>there's no excuse for an able-

bodied person to deprive anyone from these spaces >>this spot provides me access and enables me to function in my livelihood when this is taken up by someone who is not eligible it makes our life very difficult >>i will tell you that the plan is working and with these help of the secretary of state we have seen a decline in these scofflaws >>secretary white said that he realizes the penalties for violating the laws are steep but he said that depriving a citizen who is disabled of a designated parking spot is also difficult more finger-pointing after the bipartisan super committee fails to reach a deficit-reduction

deal >>and just months after the government of president hosni mubarak was toppled protesters may dictate to the streets once again with deadly results >>we will be right back [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪ ♪

democrats and republicans continue to blame each other for the failure of the so-called super committee to reach a deficit-reduction deal. two trillion dollars in reductions. but the cochairs of the committee issued a joint statement said no agreement could be reached by the deadline. president obama said the republicans are rejecting a balanced approach to deficit

reduction republican leaders criticized president for not working directly with the committee >>there are reports today going back to win the super committee was created and a white house believed that was destined to fail so therefore to have the president remove from the process to be able to kind of criticize converses inability as a do nothing congress is a better political strategy as they move forward >>the committee's failure to agree on deficit reductions means automatic budget cuts will take effect in 2013. >>and indiana university students is one of three americans arrested in egypt accused of taking part in violent protests. here is video of them in a police lineup the man in the middle is 21 year-old luke gates. he is from bloomington indiana and attends indiana university also in this video 19 year-old greg porter of drexel university and derrick sweeney the three are exchange

students at american university in cairo authorities say that they tossed molotov cocktails during demonstrations against the country's military rulers the u.s. embassy is investigating those claims >>republican presidential hopeful mitt romney has a new campaign ad and it begins airing today in new hampshire it's already creating controversy his commercial criticizes president obama's efforts to turn around the economy using a clip from the 2008 obama campaign democrats say that it's misleading only part of what obama said at the time is included and he was quoting opponent john mccain's campaign the obama reelection team calls the ad a deceitful and dishonest attack >>mitt romney will join the other republican presidential contenders tonight for their latest campaign debate that debate is being held in washington d.c. and will focus on national security but some republicans say that national security could be undermined by

the congressional super committee failure to agree on a deal to cut the u.s. deficit that failure is scheduled to trigger automatic cuts to the defense budget and elsewhere beginning 2013 >>the number of complaints against security at airports is at its lowest level ever the tsa and the department of transportation says complaints have dropped 59% since 2004 there was a sharp spike last november when the tsa implemented some new security measures the steps involved more aggressive pat downs and the use of body scanners >>will you may be able to check back for free the next time you fly to senators introduced a bill that would allow travelers to check one back for free this is in response to complaints from passengers about having to stuff carry-on luggage in overhead bins on flights and also it's a response to

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group here in chicago with today's headlines >>in illinois we sought a jump in jobs in the month of october gaining 30,000 jobs and leading the nation according to the labor department in the bigger picture the job market in illinois is getting worse the unemployment rate rose over 10 percent last month up from 9% back in january chances are that working americans may seek smaller paychecks if congress allows the payroll tax holiday

to expire in december potentially hundreds of dollars can be taken out of paychecks beginning next year economists say that can hurt consumer spending and trigger a slowdown ... new data out this morning says that the economy is not growing as fast as first expected the gdp climbed only 2% from july to september the savings rate dropped to its low for% the lowest level since 2007 americans are dipping into savings to pay for saving since wages and incomes are dropping >>the federal reserve may boost the economy with another round of stimulus and how would that affect the average american? critics say it would make things worse we need to be aware of higher gas and food prices because of the purchasing power of the dollar declining ... and

shipping costs are going up everywhere there's lots of collateral damage in store for consumers depending on the federal reserve action >>markets are trading in a quiet day stocks are mixed the dow gained only six points the s&p 500 and the nasdaq are up just a fraction of 1 percent right now the imf revamped its credit lines to help struggling european nations that is lending to a lift in the stocks at this hour >>they qb joe oak park is taking a unique approach to preventing panhandling this holiday season a crucial period for small businesses

officials here asking shoppers to refrain from giving cash to panhandlers instead give them these cards that direct them to get assistance from local shelters and services there was a seminar held at the oak park public library on this issue oak park officials say that panhandling is becoming a big problem in the village especially during holiday season officials believe the presence of panhandlers damages local business because it scares away shoppers from patronizing businesses here ... the cards have contact information for local services such as homeless shelters and other places where they can receive assistance stores will stock these cards and shoppers can also have them

to distribute >>we do our fair share of charity here at oak park but we do want to know people can go to certain resources out there >>this is an idea i have never heard of before its innovative and i think it can work >>and atika never get rid of this issue every city has to deal with this especially in a bad economy >>for more information on this program you can contact the village of vogue park, how weight can affect mortality after surgery that story is ahead in the medical watch >>and next we have live music as midday from the cast of the tony award winning show memphis it opens today at cadillac place

theater in chicago and runs through december 4th >> break

tony awards, including best musical and best book last year in new york. now a little bit of the self roles into the downtown theater district as memphis opens at the cadillac palace theater tonight through december 4th joining us to some of the cast of this production

including its leeds bryan fenkart and felicia boswell... what's great is that it's a story of life in memphis and how racial boundaries were broken ... the music is very rock r&d and gospel based on the dancing is phenomenal with all that frenetic energy >>as you are touring the country do you get great response >>it's amazing we have only been on the road for one month with the touring company and we have been getting great love and support from the audiences it's been unbelievable ...

>>how do you guys keep up your energy? >>when you love the production it just makes it easy we love what we do and we're really proud of this project >>what to know about this song? >>this is the finale to the show it's the culmination of everything that happens along the story line so you really need to see the show but you will get a good taste of it from this number. [music from the cast of "memphis"]

we are not sugarcoating this one tom skilling it's just a miserable day out there ... >>it made me want to roll over and go back to bed this morning not a beautiful day but there are better things to come that's the good news the wind is blowing in from the northeast this storm has a history of producing five to 6 in. of rain little rock arkansas had flash flooding last night ... we had about 2 in. of rain in the southern suburbs and the storm is rolling up this thermal boundary where the warm air of the southeast collides >>and the snowpack is covering

26 percent of the country ... much of the lower 48 states are going into above normal temperatures for thanksgiving in 13 years is the first 60 degree thanksgiving we will have ... right now it is chile to the north temperatures are seasonable for this time of the year ... the month is running three and have degrees above normal we have 20 + miles per hour north east wind it feels more like amid 30 degree day in december

we have one storm lifting that brings the cold wind and the rain and then tomorrow self wind is blowing to warm things up to the west and that comes into us by thursday and friday when we are promised to have beautiful weather currently the wind chill is 36 degrees at o'hare a headline is for more rain and windy weather this afternoon gusting to 30 mi. per hour at times but better weather is on the way 60 degrees for thanksgiving 62 degrees estimated for friday we may get some rain back in the picture on saturday ... this storm will produce some snow in northern

new england their tornado warnings and the self.south we have thunderstorms that are producing some haleail on our map all happening down state and further south. we have elements of rain hitting chicago from the northeast. these other rain fall accumulations ... fairly substantial.

43 degrees currently at o'hare 41 at midway at 3:00 this afternoon we still have rain into the rush-hour it will taper off before midnight we will wake up to light showers and overcast skies tomorrow. we have a dip in that jet stream that will cut off that arctic air supply it will stay well to the north giving us a mild thanksgiving. the vast

reservoir of cold they're sitting above canada is diminishing so we don't expect a better supply of any cold air next week although it will cool down here is the forecast sprinkles patches of light rain developing into heavier rain today northeast wind 46 degrees high today we go down to 35 degrees tonight with cloudy skies there will be early cloudiness tomorrow morning turning study and milder tomorrow afternoon

thanksgiving will have early fog patches giving way to sunni windy milder afternoon ... 60 degree temperatures for thanksgiving day. it's time for today's trivia question: who was the governor of the plymouth colony the answer is still ahead

today. the bears are not releasing much information on the injury including which bone is broken lovie smith expects him back before the playoffs, the doctors say 6-8 weeks backup

quarterback caleb hanie makes his first career start this sunday in oakland with the bears are now three and half point underdogs >>major league baseball players and owners have signed an agreement for a new labor contract the new deal includes blood testing for human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013 extra wild cards in each league will be immediately added for next season if five-year collective bargaining agreement will be announced later today. honors hope that the new agreement will increase competitive balance and pressure large market teams to rein in the excessive spending. >>the washington nationals are interested in free agent mark buehrle there reportedly met with him and his home town in missouri yesterday the marlon's the yankees the red sox and the rangers have also shown interest cy young winner justin verlander has been named mvp he is the first pitcher to win both

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surgery. and the study finds people who are under way have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery that overweight people. researchers followed nearly 190,000 patients who underwent a variety of surgeries. the report those with low or normal body mass index or vmi were more likely to die in the 30 days following the surgical procedure. the reason for the finding is unclear but the researchers said doctors should

consider b m i when they plan surgery for their patience >>researchers in canada say acupuncture is safe for children. doctors at the university of alberta study more than 1400 kids they found that most of them suffered no adverse reaction from being treated with needles only 160 children said it hurt or cried and just 25 children develop serious reactions like infections heart or lung problems >>spacing out your children's birth could make them smarter an assistant professor of economics at the university of notre dame said the ideal spacing between an older and younger sibling is at least two years experts say that older children who are born at least two years before the younger sibling are smarter and score higher on math and reading tests than children born closer together that study will be published in the upcoming issue

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cooking together in the kitchen. since taking their wedding vows at james briscione and brooke parkhurst promised each other that there would always share the responsibilities, and it never let life get boring. now they have written a book about that. >>you are newlyweds you are southerners and have a great brunch recipe >>sometimes when you have all

these out of town and laws and visitors for thanksgiving weekend you have to have more than the turkey dinner so we have a butternut squash puree i am combining this into my pancake batter ... we adjusted the recipe to get dense nutrients and all the great benefits of the vegetable into the pancake we are just putting milk into the batter no a eggs know betterand no butter.

>>the to the first met at 10 years old at church camp? 15 years later when he became a chef i took interest ... this is a healthy and delicious recipe perfect for the morning after the thanksgiving meal. and here's a tip: don't be discouraged the first pancake is always the lousy one.

save it for your " favorite " guest even if you are not southern use still need a good cast-iron skillet ... you can spray that skillet or use a little bit of butter very little. the final touch on these pancakes is the maple pecan dipping sauce we warm that sauce and the sauce is

comprised of toasted pecans that we toasted in butter and warmed up in maple syrup. the butternut squash puree is really organic butter not squash soup that you buy and the market you can do the better the night beforepancake batter the night before you can just makes those dry ingredients and mix the wet ingredients together the following morning the cookbook is called just

married and cooking >>my favorite recipe is the bourbon pork chops >>my favorite is the marinated skirt steak. we live in new york but we haven't lost the southern flavor. the recipe for this recipe is on our web page you can go to wgntv.com/midday.

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thanksgiving celebration. we can't wait for tomorrow when the clouds leave us and it gets sunniy we're looking at the next 10 days lots of the country is involved in this warming trend. we pushed the arctic air totally out of the picture we will be in the low 60s this weekend here in chicago for the holiday it will get rainy again over the weekend the chillier air does come in next week ... that should arrive by wednesday.

we are in the final stages of november we have a gusty northeast wind blowing today ... to the west there will be brisk wind gusting at 30 m.p.h. on thanksgiving day however it will warm up on friday as well. 60 percent of no members from this day forward have had measurable snow so we are getting to that time of year tomorrow will be 50 degrees the high-temperature the sun will

emerge after some early clouds 60 on thanksgiving day with early fog sunshine and windy in the afternoon and then windy and mostly sunshine on friday 62 degrees the high saturday could bring rain back into the area ... that cold air will drop been some time by the middle of next week it is possible we can see some snow flurries after the holiday but no complaints right now. july thank you for joining us today ... we hope to have a great afternoon remember that we are back at 5 and then again at 9 see you then..