it is day two of jury deliberations in the william balfour trial. jurors deciding whether or not belfour is guilty of murdering three members of the jennifer hudson family. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet ... nancy loo is live at cookokououyy criminal c crtrtith the topp story y . . >after talking and deliberating five hours yesterday and being sequestered overnight by the judge the jurors are back at work today there is no word of when they will reach a verdict

... william balfour is charged in the 2008 murders of members of jennifer hudson family. the singer and actress is known in court today presumably she will return when there is a verdict the judge said there will be 1 hours notice before the verdict is read ... there is no dna evidence linking him to the murder weapon but the prosecution is presenting a mountain of circumstantial evidence ... >>there are over 450 exhibits that the state put into evidence not all of it went to the jury room but there are several videos and those sorts of things ... i don't make too much out of the 5 hour deliberation without their reaching a verdict ... they continue to show a brief second day with no verdict as of yet. police are searching for a rock thrower who forced officers to

shut down chicago skyway for more than two hours last night. at first witnesses believed that someone was shooting at cars near 105th street in indianapolis avenue near the illinois indiana border is small pile of rocks was founded the scene but police did not find any evidence a gun was used. nobody was injured but seven windshields in the summer for damaged >>we filled glass and then i told my girlfriend to pull over and we looked up and the sun roof was totally smashed and ... >>that skyway raise reopened at 11:00 p.m. and no arrests have been made. a man who was shot while sitting in a tow truck and a lakeview gas station has died. 26 year- old max vallejo of bollingbrook died just after midnight. he and another man were sitting in a tow truck near ashland and addison early yesterday morning

when a gunman began shooting. if the second victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. the honor of the gas station says that security video show the victim's arguing with the gunman before the shooting no arrests have been made. mayor emanuel blames past leadership for the city's failing pension plans. he said the city workers will need to contribute more work to an older age and give up the cost of living rises to keep the pension system solvent. he referenced a wgn tribune investigation which found politicians including former mayor richard daley who negotiated sweetheart pension deals for themselves the mayor has sent a letter to city employees telling them of the pension systems are not reformed the funding will go broke or city jobs and services will have to be cut seven wards on the north side will be the first to have their garbage picked up based on a

grid system those affected boards are 46-50 and most of the 40th and the 44th the change will go into effect june 11th the city will launch an awareness of for the week before the transition to let residents know when their trash will be recovered mayor emanuel pushed for the grid system arguing that it is cheaper than "n" word by ward plan to see how your award will be impacted go to the web site wgntv.com/weblinks it's a new day in same sense of urgency for the chicago bulls dan roan is live in philadelphia with a preview of tonight's must win games >>they will have to win tonight and again saturday ... they had the shoot around it this morning at a local community college ... taj gibson walk daned in in good

shape ... joakim noah was there but it is tentative as to whether or not he will play tonight ... they made enough gatt baskets and played a terrific defense in game 5 and that will be carrying them to victory if they know what to do to make that happen again tonight in philadelphia >>we played with hart replied with lots of effort ... >>you want to be able to count on the defense and rebounding and low turnover is that always puts you in position to win that strategy will not change ... we would like to get easier baskets in play more efficiently we have to give billy credit on the

defensive team side of things ... we need to attack before they get set and if they get set we after move them around that court ... we have to make the right read for the right play ... >>the mantra from coach thibodeau never changes ... philadelphia is not the greatest team they have played terrible basketball on on recent outings there were fortunate to get the split tonight if the bulls play their kind of game they have a chance for game 7 saturday in chicago but we will say ... we will have more on the 5:00 news ... here's to hoping ... coming up

next at noon president obama becomes the first sitting president to declare his support of same-sex marriage but what that could mean for his reelection campaign. >>the reason why a tennessee man who is being hunted by the authorities may have kidnapped a mother and her three daughters ... >>and the prosecution is expected to rest its case against john edwards without calling a key player to the witness stand ... we will be right back [ female announcer ]

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president obama is the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. for me personally it is important for me to go and head and a firm that same-sex moc couples ought to get married ... the president made the announcement yesterday during a white house interview. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney quickly reiterated his opposition to the issue. some wonder whether the president's support of gay marriage will hurt him in the november election. in our last hour... wgn "politics tonight" on cltv paul lisnek... said it may create the momentum he needs to win. 50 percent support gay marriage

overall nationally but in the young people the numbers are in the upper 60's so i think part of the political calculation to the extent there is one has to energize the youth vote who has not been that thrilled with this president they did not turn out the vote and a big way in 2008 ... the president's announcement came a day after north carolina voters approved a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. a man suspected in the murders and kidnapping of a tennessee family is now on the f-b-i's "most wanted" list. officers say adam mayes killed jo ann bains and her 14-year-old daughter inside their home and kidnapped her two younger girls. police say mayes' wife helped him take the bodies to mississippi and bury them. teresa mayes is in jail, charged with murder and kidnapping. mayes is reportedly on the run with the two girls ... 12-year- old alexandria and eight-year- old kyliyah (ky-lah) bains. a 175-thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest. the wreckage of a russian plane that went missin during a demonstration flight over

indonesia has been found. the plane disappeared from radar screens while flying over a mountainous area yesterday. rescue workers spotted debris from the crash this morning. no survivors have been found. the russian investigative committee said the jet had 48 people on-board ... including potential buyers journalists and a russian flight crew. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. prosecutors are expected to rest their case today in the john edwards trial. they plan to call leo hindery as one of their final witnesses. hindery is expected to discuss how edwards tried to land a job in the obama administration. he was apparently interested in being the vice presidential candidate or the attorney general. edwards is accused of using nearly one million dollars in campaign donations to hide his mistress, rielle hunter, and their baby. the prosecution won't ask hunter to testify, but the defense is expected to call her to the stand. the flame that will burn during the london games was lit this morning during the torch- lighting ceremony in olympia

greece. the torch will not be carried nearly two-thousand miles throughout greece using almost 500 torchbearers before being handed off to organizers in london next week. the flame will then be carried through a thousand towns in the united kingdom before the opening ceremonies on july 27th. thousands of ford vehicles are being recalled. find out which models, next. plus, the extreme measures some students in china are resorting to... to pass highly competitive exams. and it's a meat that is eaten worldwide but maybe foriegn to many of us. we are cooking with goat in lunchbreak.

this week's jobless claims ... the labor department says they have hit a one month low and we have stopped seeing a large number of layoffs but unfortunately we are not seeing robust job creation either ... there are recalls at ford motor company ... ford will be recordingrecalling 10,000 vehicles 2011- 2013 pickup navigator and mustang vehicles one of the problems are reverse gear shift transmission problems ... ford will begin notifying owners next month ... the minivan will also be added to the existing recall from 1999

... it is an undercarriage issue those fixes will be for free ... more than 600,000 windstar minivans in u.s. and canada were involved in the previous recall cranes business journal says that because of lower power prices com-ed will have prices falling ... but the rates will climb significantly come january 9th% higher than they are today ... looking at the numbers the markets are more stable today as greece attempts to form a new government jobless claims were helping the market out as well ... live it from the new york stock

exchange have a great afternoon cramming for exams takes on a whole new meaning at a school in central china many students at the school are connected to intravenous drip hanging from the ceiling they get amino acids through the ivy to provide extra nutrients and help the students prepare for their college entrance examinations the test can spell success or failure for the rest of their lives and with competition to get into university so fierce in china the students say that taking these amino acids helps to deal with the pressure of studying and getting up early and going to bed late this could cause kidney damage ... and there are other concerns about infection control ...

the fda could make history by voting to approve a drug to prevent hiv infection that story is coming up but first protesters lay out their plans for a week of action leading up to next weekend's nato summit in chicago and we have live music this midday from sam llanas he will be performing at space and evanston this saturday night

tw we now know what the nato delegates will discuss when they gather at mccormick place on the 20th. the primary subjects will be afghanistan defense capabilities, and partnerships with nine nato countries. chicagoans may find themselves discussing entirely different subjects like when the city's museums will be closed during the summit. the field museum will close on sunday the 20th. the adler planetarium

shedd.aquarium and art institute will closed saturday and sunday. at jones high-school parents were told the city will not cancel classes at four schools near the summit. one protest march by a nurses' group has been ordered to move out of downtown chicago. to the anti-war groups have agreed to merge their marches as well. before the nato protests get started later this month protest leaders will challenge the need for nato in a public debate it will take place at the pritzker library on michigan avenue and 17th three days before the summit begins a protest organizer andy.thayer and an anti nato blogger will take one side and former ambassador nicholas burns and a nato spokesperson will take the other attendance is limited to 100 people ... occupy chicago and several other groups outlined today their

plans for demonstrations leading up to the nato summit randi belisomo is live ... this morning's event was held in occupy chicago headquarters here on the 500 block of west the cermak ... they believe nato policies trickle-down to hurt every neighborhood in this city ... they are tired of the spending on the afghanistan war ... sunday may 20th protesters will be gathering to march to mccormick place where the summit is happening ... because the g-8 summit had been scheduled to originally and then move to camp david is tough to ascertain how many protesters will remain prepared to march here anyway or go to maryland instead of coming to chicago ...

99 solidarity bosses are reported to be headed this way ... >>although occupy chicago has not been in the streets here as we were in the fall in such great numbers ... we have nearly 2000 people participating in the day of community action in neighborhoods around the city ... the occupy movement is not dwindling it is strong and we will be here to fight nato along with other allied interests ... >>these generals are tasked with managing service members those who sacrificed daily ...

>>i hear that the downtown chicago workers are told not to wear suits and to camouflage themselves as protesters ... i am a protestor and i represent the majority of americans over 60% who are against this war in afghanistan ... >>is a people's summit will take place here saturday and sunday with the ambition of educating community members to envision a future without nato ... the tom skilling weather forecast is up next

it is looking warmer as time will be moving forward ... by the end of next week we will feel some humidity and summerlike temperatures. it has been a war month.m month. powerful thunderstorms are flowing through texas ... looking at the rain fall ... some of it is in the drought area.

we are taking a look at the temperatures across the area ... the midwest and much of the heartland is warming. we expect to get into the '70s today and tomorrow. the mitty is only 30 percent the visibility is completely clear ... we have moderate values of mold spores and pawn ... the tree pollen it continues to be high ... naperville is 66 degrees currently ... here are some other temperatures around a

metropolitan and suburban area ... 56 degrees right now at soldier field. it has been a warm months of may. the first nine days averaged 61.8 degrees ... that's a remarkable above normal record ... this is the eighth consecutive month we've had above normal temperatures here in chicago the warm-up began back and october. looking at the

temperatures across the midwest we are not alone with these warm temperatures. the farmers have had a chance to run way ahead of planting season. we are entering a dry pattern. we have an across-the-board warmer than normal weather pattern. lots of sunshine today and tomorrow morning. there will

be some overcast skies later in the day tomorrow to bring an isolated showers or thunderstorms late tomorrow night or on saturday. by late tomorrow evening there will be a front coming through the area bringing a midnight show our ... overcast skies on saturday the big grain will be below us ...

the big rain will stay in the texas area. there are tornadoes and thunderstorms watches and flood advisories there right now the wind will be picking up tomorrow or this direction. the flow will be coming off of lake michigan by morning the wind will pick up to 20 mi. per hour from the south ... that will bring a warming effect we will be in the '70s tomorrow cool off saturday and sunday ... into the mid '60s we will be back in the '70s from monday forward next week possibly into the 80s by the end of next week ... we are nine degrees warmer than yesterday's 60 degree temperatures ... 69 as the high

for this afternoon ... tonight clear with seasonable temperatures 46 degrees wind will pick up from the self by the morning ... we will look at a high temperature of 78 degrees tomorrow. cloudy cooler with a brief shower on saturday ... mother's day sunday looks like a pretty nice day. time for today's trivia: on a camera, the opening of a lens is measured as an 'f- number', but what is this opening called? a.) shutter. b.) matrix. c.) aperture. the answer still ahead a noon.

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time for sports. the bulls will likely only have one big man back, when they try to force a game seven tonight. coach tom thibodeau says taj gibson will likely play, after spraining his ankle in the last game. joakim noah is a game- time decision, but it's unlikely he'll play. noah is out of a walking boot, but he's still limping. the bulls need big games out of luol deng and carlos boozer who combined for 43 points and 21 rebounds. game six tips off in philadelphia at six tonight.

white sox going for the series split in cleveland: no score in the first... a man on for adam dunn who puts the sox up with his tenth homer of the year... he's second in the a-l. then the sox scored a season- best six runs in the sixth... alejandro de aza singles in two runs with the bases loaded. sox go on to win 8-1. jake peavy allowed just one run in seven innings for his fourth win. they're off today. sox pitcher chris sale has gone from the rotation, to the bullpen, and now to an mri machine. his elbow hurts, so he's getting it looked at today as a precaution. sale was a reliever last year, and transitioned to a starter this year. he had a good start, before moving to the pen, but the sox say he could start again. cubs going for a series win against the braves: scoreless in the sixth... cubs play the shift on chipper jones, and darwin barney is in perfect position to catch the liner to end the inning. still no score in the seventh... brian lahair singles in what would be the game- winner... he's hitting .384, second best

in the nl. cubs win 1-0... paul maholm's they're off today. do you want the chance for your band to play a gig and win studio time? enter the wgn midday news 'breakthrough band contest.' one band will play during the wgn midday news at the arboretum of south barrington music festival on friday, june 21 and win a studio recording session valued at $10,000. enter your band at wgntv.com today. your official illinois it lottery drawing is next ... here are the winning pick three

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in medical watch: an f-d-a panel is expected vote today whether to recommend approval of the first drug to prevent h-i-v infection. "truvada" has been on the market since 2004 to treat people already infected with h- i-v. studies have shown the drug can cut the risk of new infection by at least 44 percent in healthy gay and bisexual men, when combined with condoms and counseling.. and by 73 percent in heterosexual couples in which one partner has h-i-v.

with a vaccine is still a long way off.. approval of "truvada" would mark another milestone in the battle against h-i-v and aids. doctors say the humanif you have wondered why some people just cannot seem to get enough of facebook twitter and other social media scientists say that the answer is simple it makes them feel good. harvard researchers report that disclosing information about ourselves activates the same sensation of pleasure in the brain that we get when eating food getting money or having sex just to a different degree it could help explain recent surveys of internet use the chair roughly 80 percent of posts to social media

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it's time for a lunchbreak... we have quite a treat in lunchbreak top chef's sarah grueneberg, executive chef at spaiggia and chris shepherd her mentor executive chef and owner of underbelly in houston. tonight a big challenge -- where you are going head to head but right now a little cooperation. we typically cooperate but tonight will be a different story ... it >>chris actually gave me my first job ... he called and i

answered ... >>i came last year and had her pastas and it was absolutely delicious. so i decided to come back and learn how to do this ... and they showed me how to make gnocci so i did a different interpretation ... >>my team has a weird feel for that dish ... >>so what did you do differently if ...

>>we have so many international influences in houston with lots of cultural diversity so we made a korean rice dumplings they are spongy and hard with a crispy hoursouter crust... these can be bought at korean markets already made ... we will take these and sautee them and then we take goat meat and add this... we braised the goat

overnight. at underbelly we by the whole animal this is a dish that we sell a lot of to this week and some beer add beer.. and korean red chili paste along with some garlic and apple cider vinegar. we add butter.

that is the dish right there ... it doesn't need additional salt. we garnish with sesame seed. >>i invited chris to my restaurant ... we are having a

competition tonight. we actually went to the local farmers yesterday and shopped around so i am making a tomato sauce with bone marrow ... >>and i am going to do a thai shrimp dish. >>this is delicious by the way it is nice and a spicy ... spiaggia is located at 980 north michigan avenue in chicago. and if you are texas, try out underbelly in houston. and for more information on today's recipe or to watch the segment ag

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buckingham fountain is opening today. >>it's a good day. the big story is the warmer temperatures in his 63 in chicago currently but we will be warming up. the winter chill is fast disappearing. we're looking at the readings around the midwest ... 65 degrees in the metropolitan area ... tomorrow we are looking at the '70s it will be warm and will be windy. it will get a

little bit cooler on saturday with the lakeshore in the '50s and the '60s further west ... not a bad weekend actually. modest cooling saturday and sunday with wind off of lake michigan ... by tuesday we will see the warmth and herenter.. rich king 80 degrees later in the week ... by wednesday or thursday we will be into the 80s with some humidity. happy thursday everyone we've

had an amazing spring we have been lucky ... thanks for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon. we leave you with more live music from sam llanas he will be performing saturday night at space in evanston.