waukegan police are searching the apartment building right now looking for a least one person who shot and killed a man during a carjacking. >> i'm steve sanders. >> and i'm nancy loo in for dina bair. wgn that jake miller is alive and walking with the latest. >> the victim tried to fend off the attackers before being killed. waukegan police are saying they're looking for three possible suspects. the lake county coroner's office is investigating a homicide of an adult male. residents say they

heard a loud commotion around 6:00 this morning. witnesses say a man on a bike tried carjacking on male who was warming up his cadillac in the 400 block. he shot him, killing him, and then ran to the east lake apartment buildings. residents have been told to stay in their apartments and if they leave the building they are beingare not being allowed back inside as officers with guns drawn searched the building four suspects. >> it was a cadillac with the rams, and your cadillac and the guy shot him and killed him. now they're in the building going 424 looking for him. floor to fllor \ooroor looking for

him. >> police are investigating a carjacking that ended in a homicide. back here live while waukegan police continue to search his apartment building four suspects. one of them ran into this apartment building. tune in to wgn news at 5:00 or wgntv.com for the latest developments in this case. >> thank you for that report. still no arrest as police question a person about tuesday's shooting at church's chicken restaurant that killed two teens and left five other people wounded. randi belisomo has the latest. >> the parents of both teens say they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. that got into the restaurant to purchase their dinner when gunfire broke out.

the tuesday special brought jawan ross and dantril brown into the restaurant. both inside for the 59¢ a legs and wings when two people outside got into a fight. one with a gun chased the other into the restaurant and started shooting. both teams were hit and killed and five others were wounded. both boys were students. their families are dealing with the senselessness of it all. >> his mother did everything in her power to make sure your kids had everything they wanted and they took our babies. >> illinois child welfare agency may have made critical mistakes

that contributed to the death of a four year-old boy from chicago. the child was beaten to death after state workers found no evidence of abuse in his home. amy rutledge joins us live from the newsroom with the story. >> one official says a reluctance by d.c. f s to really get involved is that the root of the case. in july crystal ball teh's took her three year-old son christopher to an emergency room. the tribune reports she told doctors he had fallen off patio furniture. doctors didn't buy her story and reported her to the department children and family services. on thanksgiving he was found beaten to death in his a gage park home. crystal ball as in her heart boyfriend cesar rosasruiz now

face first-degree murder charges. dcfs is coming under fire. the agency did not speak to the officer who interviewed felt as and christopher was never removed from the home. according to documents disclosed the investigation sooner than normal and missed or ignored key elements in the corn citing police investigation and accepted her initial argument that christopher hurt himself. they found not as guilty of neglect and recommended parroting services. cook county public guardian robert harris says the agency turned a blind guy. >> they should have made more visits to the home. they should have targeted services to christopher and his sister, but also to the mother. >> he says the department of children and family services does not a cold hearted agency but says there's a pattern of

reluctance to get involved. their spokesperson has not commented on christopher's case but tells the tribune investigators generally should not close a case while criminal charges are pending. he says the inspector general will conduct an internal investigation and a statewide child-review team will look into the case and make recommendations. >> an autopsy is planned today for a 15 year-old boy who was shot to death on the southwest side. the shooting happened around 530 yesterday in the marquette park neighborhood. witnesses say they heard gunshots and saw deonte malone stagger and fall to the ground. he was taken to christ medical center where he died. >> chicago police are questioning four people about an overnight robbery on the cta redline. it happened shortly before 11 last night at the cta station. a 20 year-old man was robbed by a group of people who hit him in the face, knocked him down and took cash and his

iphone. so far no charges have been filed. >> an appeals court has ruled that a man killed by a train can be sued by a bystander. and 18 year-old man was struck by an amtrak train back in 20008. a portion of his body fluid onto a platform striking a 58 year-old woman. she suffered a broken leg interest in herand wrist and her shoulder was injured. she sued the man's a state of the cook county courts dismissed it. the appellate court disagreed with the move noting the case law involving flying bodies supported the woman's case. >> retired chicago police officer look at his service dog back. jim sak was forced to give up his dog snickers because he is part pit bull in the iowa town he moved to does not allow the breed. he was happy with the

judge's decision. >> i'm going to let him jump up on my lap and that is the way it is going to be. >> jim sak and his wife moved to iowa to care for his mother-in- law. snickers is a registered and certified service and a mall and jim sak says he needs the dog since suffering a debilitating stroke three years ago. >> state representative kevin mccarthy of orland park says he's stepping down from office immediately. he says his decision is based upon what's best for him and his family. the 61 year-old legislator served in the house for 15 years. the democratic committee men in mccarthy's district plan to pick someone to serve the remainder of his term which ends in january 2013. >> a new study reveals half of chicago public schools are not using their space to capacity. under new state law that takes

effect january 1st cps is required to publish standards on how efficient each school is. they're using a new formula to calculate space. the formula reveals costumes and nearly half of cps schools are not filled to capacity with 30 students in each room. advocates say the formula only look at general instruction in does not take into considerationfor special needs and other services. >> at noon, a major campaign shake up the head of the iowa caucus. michele bachman iowa campaign chairman resigned to endorse rival john paul. >> charges could be filed against british oil giant bp for its role in the worst oil spill in american history. >> and were the referees to blame for the black hawks lost to the kings last night? an upset coach clearly think so.

the roads are dry now but rain and freezing temperatures made him dangerous to drive on this morning. slippery roads caused several accidents on the stevenson and bishop ford expressways during the morning rush. in bolingbrook a pickup truck hit wall and a semi truck and six other vehicles were involved in another crash. and the planes a multi vehicle accident injured several people and closed elmhurst road for awhile. in west chicago car was hit by metro train when it struck another car and slid onto the tracks. the driver suffered minor injuries. heavy fog may be the cause of a 40 car pileup that killed two people and injured almost 60 more in new orleans this morning. it happened on

interstate 10 at about 4 this morning. both sides of the interstate were closed for several hours as emergency crews worked the scene. it was foggy at the time of the accident. >> michele bachman has lost her state campaign chairman to run pauls campaign. i was state senatori was state senator kent sorenson says he switched to the ron paul campaign because he believes paul is the right conservative for the white house. michele bachman said the jump was a deliberate move to discredit her campaign. >> the iowa caucuses drew a huge amount of media attention because i was considered the first real contest of the presidential nominating race but in terms of delegates it means at 0. iowa caucus goers will choose who gets to attend republican county conventions in

march but the presidential preference vote is non-binding. that doesn't mean nothing is at stake. the winner and i what is almost certain to get a campaign funding boost and ride a wave of momentum into the primaries that follow. we will have live coverage from the iowa caucuses beginning sunday night. gramm of federal prosecutors are getting ready to file a first criminal charges in the nation's worst oil spill and maritime environmental disaster. prosecutors are focusing on engineers and at least one supervisor for u.s.-based bp. the stories of the workers may have provided false information to regulators on the risks of deep water drilling in the gulf of mexico. the well at the deepwater horizon rig exploded in april 2010 spilling nearly 5 million gal. of oil into the gulf. >> crowds gathered at north korea's capital city as a memorial service was held for

former leader kim jong il. it was filled with somber music speeches, and blaring horns. hundreds of thousands of people across p'yongyang observed three minutes of silence. today is the last official day of mourning for kim jong-il would died on december 17th. his youngest son kim jong own has been proclaimed supreme leader in north korea. >> california has just joined the growing movement to ban the sale of shark fins. governor jerry brown has signed a bill that outlaws the sale and distribution of shark fins including its use in food. shark fin soup is considered a delicacy in chinese culture. the practice of finning is controversial because the fans and tails are cut off and the sharks are dumped back into the ocean to die. opponents of the ban say it is racist because it targets the chinese culture. >> the ground there memorial has

already seen more than 1 million visitors. it features to huge towns that marked the footprints of the world trade center where nearly 3000 people lost their lives. entrance is free but visitors must secure passes in advance. the site is still under construction and is expected to open next year. donations are accepted. >> the top business stories of the day are next. >> and get ready to buckle up no matter where you're sitting in the car. the new law will apply to back seat passengers starting this year. >> later in lunch break is the season for comfort food! we're making an italian favorite with a twist.

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stocks are up. the dow gained about a hundred points right now. the shows the economy is holding up despite europe's debt crisis. home sales rose and the number of people filing for unemployment benefits came at a three-year low. the economy created 150,000 jobs in december. a big slide in gold today which is down 2%. its [bleep] gold is on the brink of a bear market. gold is now down to $1,500 an ounce. a different story for amazons candle products which are really red hot. they're sold over 1 million

candles each week this month. kindles each week this month. so far it is not affecting amazons bottom line. wal-mart is still winning in the price wars. research shows wal-mart widened its price advantage over competitors since november, especially on grocery items. even discounts on toys, but on health and beauty products that look to be losing their edge compared to prices at target and kmart. those are your business headlines today. i'm beejal patel. cook county will try to save money by closing its suburban courthouses on weekends. courts are open

saturdays at bridgeview, a markham, maywood, rolling meadows and skokie. the mark and courthouse also operate on sundays. someone who faces a bond hearing on a weekend will have to go to chicago to maine criminal courts building at 26 in california. some suburban police departments complain that it will cost them more to transport dependence to the 26 and california location. gamow 14 federal districts will allow cameras in federal courtrooms. chicagos program will be the biggest. only civil trials could be recorded, no criminal trials. the judge and all attorneys and a case will have to agree in advance to permit cameras. no live coverage though ... the video would not be available for at least a day. >> there is a new seat belt law going into effect soon and illinois. starting january 1st

people who ride in the back seat left or seat belts. if they do not they could get slapped with a fine of at least $25. as of now only people in the front seat and those under 19 years old have to be strapped in. >> later another setback for the blockbuster drug avastin. >> but first, a special- education teacher helps her students reach their full potential. i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! i'm just a piece of dirt stuck here in a rut. ever since that ol' broom dumped me here... oh, oh. oooh! will love ever come my way? oh my!

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special needs students are both challenge and challenging. this woman is meeting that challenge on a daily basis. cynthia roder

is a special-education teacher at portage park elementary school. she had 16 very special students in her first grade class. their needs are many in our level of achievement is buried. >> i just want to bring up the best of all my students no matter where their level is. i take what they can do rather than what they can't do. we take it from there. >> a lot of people involved with special needs kids don't set the bar high because they don't think they can reach it. >> barbara murphy son johnny has severe learning disabilities and myriad congenital health issues. in a few months he has been in mrs. schroeder's class he has made tremendous progress. >> she has set up for johnny and he is reaching his goal. >> it was barbara murphy who nominated her for a teacher of the month honors. >> i am overwhelmed. it was really kind of one mom to do this. i am overwhelmed. it's a

really good honor. >> murphy says mrs. schroeder is a paragon of excellence. she works tirelessly with her students those who come to class and those who are homebound. she gets good results, stays in touch with the families and it never seems to be exhausted. >> she called me up before school even started. she wanted to know my expectations of her and i am most and have an answer because i never been asked that before. i am completely and all of her and how happy she is all the time. i don't know how she does it. it's exhausting. she is going to four different curriculum's throughout the day. it's hard. she is still smiling. >> i'm just passionate about what i'd do. it gives me pleasure to see growth. >> on behalf of st. xavier university i congratulate you and i am happy to present you

this check for $1,000. on behalf of wgn and present you with the certificate and our congratulations for being the wgn teacher of the month. >> cindy broder asked that we not forget to mention her teaching assistant and volunteers. she says she couldn't accomplish what she does without them. in honor of her achievement she received $1,000 to sink the university. to nominate your favorite teacher go to the wgntv.com web site. >> after a cold day yesterday we have a big warm up. you're full forecast is coming up.

set up is underway and times square in new york for this weekend's new year's eve festivities. security checkpoints are in place and workers are putting final touches on the light bulbs on the giant globe. more than 1 million people are expected to stand and watch the ball drop at the stroke of midnight not to mention the many millions who will watch on tv. >> what's amazing is that so much of the country will celebrate the new year's arrival without a snowstorm or blizzard or pile of snow nearby. this is day 18 of 40 degree temperatures. the last december to do that was in 2001 and there's only been nine over the course of whether history. nine decembers with that many 40 degree days. we have an ic start

in the northwest suburbs. look how we cleared out in the afternoon. the clouds that produced the freezing rain off to the east of us. it pushed the mild oceanic air that produced this rain. we could do this again late tonight and tomorrow morning. we may have some icy spots and a couple ice pellets north and west of the city but today not a drop of rain anywhere nearby. the winds are pretty widespread. they're going to be part of our weather pattern here for the next couple days. wait until we see what happens on new year's. we could get up to 50 degrees which would mark the first time in history we have back-to-back 50 degree at new year's eve temperatures. we had 531 year ago. that has

never happened before and 140 years of weather records. the demarcation is pretty clear on this temperature plot. we're pushing that arctic gear back north and bringing this mild oceanic air across the country. that is something we didn't do in the last four winters which is one reason why this has been so different. look at the line right here. the north that it is 9 above in thunder bay and 34 in minneapolis. duluth has had 9 in. of snow so far. that trend is being repeated through not only our area but the upper midwest. one-tenth of an inch is the average snow cover across the midwest. we had over 50

percent under snow one year ago. 17 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago here in chicago. when you make that transition back into the pacific air you're going to make another transition back into arctic air sunday and monday which will be equally dramatic. that is the hallmark of one you winters. la nina winters. humidity is 60 percent right now. winds are all over 30 mi. per hour. temperatures are 44 at a minute ago. this is 18 consecutive days now we have had above normal temperatures this month. it starts a little dicey and damp

and harvard but clears out. that is our beautiful skyline. i wanted to show you some of these wind gusts flowing through wyoming and montana. there were 100 mi. per hour wind gusts in some of the mountains. that is what is pushing this oceanic air across the mountains and it is the reason we've been having mild weather not only today but tomorrow and saturday. we might close out the month of december with a little bit of rain. we're averaging nine degrees above normal. the reason is these weather systems. you could see @wthis 200 mi. per hour jet stream that keeps the arctic gear up north.@c it brings cold air@c@c down and such a buckle will bring quite a bit of cool air in

here on sunday and monday with powerful winds. the clouds are north and east across this afternoon. it does cloud over tonight. we will flirt with light rain drops and so forth tomorrow while this snow occurs up to the north the boss. this is the radar that shows the retreating or freezing rains of this morning and the new ones coming in through the dakotas. quite a bit of wind in this transition. this is the coldest weather of the season so far that will get sunday and monday. the winds will be 40 mi. per hour over the weekend. to assure you that in the update coming up here but short-term it is beautiful. partly to mostly sunny this afternoon windy and noticeably milder. we're 16

degrees warmer with the temperature of 46. tonight it will turn cloudy late and maybe some rain in the morning mixed with ice pellets. again watch out for icy spots as was the case this morning. mostly cloudy and cold tomorrow. we may get a little bit of ice pellets action up to the northwest. saturday will be unseasonably mild and 15 at 50 degrees. that is very much above normal. >> keep that air up there. >> i feel like we're going to get stock. >> we will later next week but

we have some cold weather coming early next week. >> we will prepare for it. >> time now for today's trivia question: which colonial leader is considered the father of american democracy? is it thomas hooker william penn mott were john winthrop? service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was. i'm so glad we could be here for larry. at a time like this, friends and family matter most. even preparing this lunch is a help emotionally and financially. mm, it's true. i was surprised to hear there was no life insurance. funerals are so expensive. i hope larry can afford it. i know. that's why i'm glad i got a policy through the colonial penn program. it gives me peace of mind to know i can help my family with some of those expenses. you know, i've been shopping for life insurance. do you think they have coverage for me, something that would fit into my budget? yes. you can get permanent coverage for less than 35 cents a day.

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>> teenage drivers and new year's eve. a new study shows new year's eve is one of the worst days of the year for alcohol-related crashes and deaths 14 drivers. ironically the study finds that team believes the new year's eve is the most dangerous time of year to drive yet it is the day when teens most frequently drive under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. exercise does not prevent pregnancy related diabetes. norwegian researchers followed more than 800 pregnant women. some more assigned to exercise three days a week and the others stayed with the regular prenatal care alone. by the third trimester the percentage of women who developed gestational diabetes was about the same in both groups. the findings are surprising because exercise is considered an important part of preventing and treating type 2 diabetes in the general population. pregnancy related

diabetes goes away after childbirth. >> four people have received a new kidney in a very unusual surgery. martha garza wanted to donate a kidney to help her niece who was diagnosed last winter with hypertension and kidney failure. she wasn't a match for her however she was a match for another patient. doctors at northwestern were able to set up a four way kidney transplant with living donors. those for donors give up their kidneys to four strangers just before christmas. >> i asked a million questions and when they assured me that she would get all live donor i was fine with it. i thought, why not help others? we could bring more people and and bring some care to others. >> doctors say the four way donation is very rare and could not be done if somebody passed

that out. the donors say they were very happy to help their friends and relatives. >> we have lunch break coming up. >> we are making italian comfort food ... a meatball salad in marinara sauce. a unique recipe coming up.

it's time for lunch break. at the long winter months are perfect for your favorite comfort foods and today we're cooking italian. victor perdue is the executive chef from viaggio ristorante and lounge.

what is the secret to good meatballs? >> the cheese, a lot of parsley a litletle breadcrumbs. >> that is the finished product. what you put in there? and i have three types of meat. >> i have three kinds of meat. we're going to throw in garlic, peppers, salt, ... once you get that you want to fry it up a meatball and try it out. all of this is to taste.

>> that's really not a whole lot of breading. >> throws, romano and there. in there and a whole lot of flat leaf parsley. >> a couple eggs ... >> we have our meatballs browning here. >> we're making a meatball salad. when you think of meatballs you don't think of salad. >> know it's a strange combination that we hear quite often. it's one of our best selling appetizers. >> what's involved after you mash this? >> yeah mix that up. that's the

ideal size. once you at your breading and all that you'll put in the sauce for about one and a half hours and it will swell up a little bit. while this is going just go ahead and make the salad. >> lose the glove. >> start with some romaine. where do is we have onions, tomatoes cucumbers ... we're going to leave garlic out ... we will hit with a little salt and pepper. some olive oil ... a

little red wine vinegar. >> that looks really fresh. >> a great looking dish. >> give it a good toss. >> of course. cheese makes everything better. are we putting hot meat balls on top of this? but what you're putting hot meatballs on top of the salad. you mix it all together. it's a beautiful thing. >> usually you're eating these courses separately but why not? they can go together. >> we have a couple different things over here. we put the meat balls on the side a little

bit. >> fantastic. thank you. these are some of the other dishes you have that the ig restaurant. 1330 west madison in chicago. they have a special new year's eve feast you can make reservations for. good to viaggioristorante.com. for more on today's recipe go to our web site: wgntv.com/midday. that's a meatball salad.

today's trivia answer: which colonial leaders considered the father of american democracy? is it thomas hooker, william penn or john winthrop. the answer: thomas hooker.

>> we have some visitors visiting today. we have some gorgeous weather going around the area. say goodbye to these rains. here's the next weather system. this came out of montana where they had 100 mi. per hour out and wins this morning. mountain winds this morning. there is that clipper coming se word. tomorrow is kind of grade but once that thing passes the next storm passes well no. the boss. no. of oz. us. snow's out there will total in the feet. these of the

warm-up winds coming during the day saturday evening. with the expanse of this wind fields. it's going to be a windy weekend and with lots of cold air comes in. 40 mi. per hour wind gusts. look at those northerly winds that developed all the way from the canadian archipelago. it runs down the lake and brings cold air across the lake and that means lake snow for indiana sunday night and monday. in our area we have mild weather ahead. you may have a new year's eve day on saturday with 50 degree temperatures. it will be cold but then go back up to 40 by the end of the forecast. cold spells come in shot spirit >> thank you for joining us