chicago teachers have voted to authorize a strike.. we'll be hearing details on the vote this afternoon. 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 web. wgn's tonya francisco is live outside a north side chicago school with a preview of today's big announcement. tonya? >>that official announcement that it has the vote is set to come in about one hour act you spokeswoman tells us that the vote will surpassed the 75% threshold required by state law and in some cases teachers at

some schools voted 100% for strike authorization ... and calling for the vote the union said that the teachers will not necessarily go to the picket line but they hope to have leverage at the bargaining table. they're not happy about the school board's decision to rescind their raises and require them to work a longer school day next fall ... they're looking for a 29% pay increase over two years but the board is strapped for cash facing a $3 billion deficit over the next three years to the school board is offering a 2% guarantee over five years for our rates to jean-claude brizard issued a statement saying that the members were pushed to authorize the strike before having the opportunity to consider the independent report from the fact finders due out in july ... he thought they made a false choice

>>i hope they come to an agreement and that there is a middle ground and that teachers get some compensation they are already working very hard i a voice feel that teachers are underpaid anyway >>i'm on that it's a good time to be asking for a lot more money may be a little bit more money certainly not the 30 percent that they were looking for that is obscene in this day and age when people are losing jobs and losing pension ... i don't think this is the time for that >>the c p u is saying that it's a strike authorization there will not necessarily go on strike should they decide to go on strike the earliest would be august 17th we will have more later this afternoon

tempreatures rise and tempers flare... resulting in a violent weekend in chicago. eight people are killed... and more more 50-others are wounded. wgn's judy wang reports on what the city is doing to curb the violence. >>3 people were killed during the overnight hours two of them at a party for the third shot riding and a mini van ... that'll happen on the south side many believe that they are gang-related ... the governor signing a bill today aimed at cracking down gang violence one of the shootings happened during a party a total of five people shot there two of them man dying of injuries and ak-47 was used ... the richweapon was recovered ... a 22 year-old and 21 year-old man were both

killed that was a backyard incident one of five separate incidents two men were shot and ingleside in east chatham ... another three people were wounded on the 1600 block of celt indiana and washington park a man was shot and killed in a minivan at 93rd streets he was pronounced dead at trinity hospital garry mccarthy appeared on the wgn morning news saying that even though crime is down it will take time for their crime fighting strategy to produce record results the level of violence is unacceptable for the city and the country and has to do with the proliferation of firearms and in chicago gang violence i don't want to seem insensitive but the fact is we need to

better and we will continue to do so out crime reduction is a process is not something we can put on a switch to do better he said that his department has already identified cases where the governor's new law can be applied the one to prosecute gang leaders for the crimes that the gang leaders are committing a man was attacked by more than a dozen people last night in the gold coast. it happened near chicago and police say the man was leaving work, when he was approached by a large group of teenagers. he suffered a cut on his head and is being treated at a hospital for his injuries. so far, no arrests have been made. and charges were filed against seven teenagers suspected in a separate mob attack over the weekend. a man was beaten and robbed in the 500 block of north statehe suffered a broken jaw. police say a majority of the suspects are between 13 and 16 years old. charges are also pending against one adult. a south suburban man accused

being held on one million dollars bail. 27-year-old john hurt of calumet city is charged with murder and concealment of a homicide in the death of 16 year-old jessica tetter. police say hurt had a relationship with the girl's mother. jessica tetter's body was found last thursday in an alley dumpster in hammond, indiana. she was strangled. proseutors say hurt allegedly admitted killing the girl and hauling away her body. the best buy in the lincoln park neighborhood was robbed last night. burglars used a van to smash in the door at one thousand west north avenue. it happened at about midnight. a side door of the building was ripped out and left on the sidewalk. police have not said what items were taken or if they have suspects. during may burglars smashed into another best buy store and made

off with i pads in the heat of the night -- an extra alarm fire gutted an auto repair shop in the gage park neighborhood. the fire could be seen for blocks away -- as the temperatures soared around 80 degrees. it happened at 50th and south western. fire fighters got the flames under control in about an hour. no one was injured. but the fire burned through the roof and caused one wall to collapse. no word yet on what caused the fire. those two left-lane exits off the eisenhower expressway in oak park may soon disappear, if some state planners get their way. the state transportation department says, the exits at austin and harlem have a much higher accident rate than other expressway ramps. and the left-lane configuration makes it nearly impossible to widen the ike to relieve rush hour congestion. tonight at the oak park village hall, transportation officials will explain a proposal to replace the exits with regular right-lane ramps. mayor rahm emanuel today is expected to announce the members of a new board created to lure billions from private investors to help pay for public projects in chicago. the first chairman of the "chicago infrastructure trust" will be james bell... who recently retired as executive vice president of boeing corporation. also on the board will be business executives, a labor

leader and a former city hall watchdog. next at noon -- the sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky gets underway. we now know the cause of two hit and run crashes involving the u.s. commerce secretary. and a pregnant woman is being hailed a hero after saving a toddle from drowning in a pond.

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jurors are hearing opening statements in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. sandusky is charged with abusing ten boys over a 15 year period. prosecutors say he met all of the victims through his children's charity, while working as a coach for penn state. eight of sandusky's accusers are expected to testify against him. the defense has about five dozen potential witnesses on its list. they include football coach joe paterno's widow and son ..and assistant coach mike mc-queary. police in alabama are searching for a second day for a man suspected of killing three people.. including two former auburn university football players. 22 year-old desmonte leonard of montgomery, alabama is charged with three counts of capital murder. he's accused of shooting and

killing former auburn players edward christian and ladarious phillips, and a third man, at an off-campus party over the weekend. current auburn player eric mack and two other young men were wounded in the shooting. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has lapsed into a coma. mubarak is serving life in prison for suppressing a revolt against his rule. nearly 850 protesters died during the revolt last year. egypt's interior ministery says the prison authority granted a request for both of mubarak's sons to move beside him at the prison. the ministry says the former egyptian leader is suffering with high blood pressure, breathing problems and depression. mubarak's lawyers have asked that he be moved from prison to a private hospital. the us secretary of commerce john bryson suffered a seizure before being involved in two car collisions saturday night. police in los angeles county say bryson crashed his lexus into two vehicles-- and left the scene of each accident. he first rear-ended a buick drove off, then hit another vehicle a few minutes later. he was found in his car unconscious, and taken to the

hospital where an examination revealed he had suffered a seizure. the investigation is ongoing. bryson could face felony hit- and-run charges. voters in arizona will go to the polls tomorrow to decide who will replace congresswoman gabrielle giffords. giffords is stepping down to recover from a gun shot wound she suffered during a shooting rampage that killed six people in tuscon last year. her former aide.. ron barber.. is running against republican jesse kelly in pursuit of her congress seat. giffords encouraged barber to run and she is playing an aggressive role in his campaign efforts. an emergency meeting in detroit today... as city leaders try to figure out how to avoid financial collapse. the state of michigan is offering millions of dollars in revenue sharing -- but only if the state is given control of the city's finances. detroit's city attorney is suing the state... claiming the deal is void. mayor dave bing today demanded the city attorney drop her lawsuit against the state... the help detroit get the aid it needs.

>>you run out of money it's as simple as that you will be out of business ... she is doing what she has to do by law, and we need from a leadership standpoint to do what we need to do to turn detroit around of more than 200-million dollars... and could go bankrupt by friday. a woman who is six months pregnant with twins is being called a hero today... for saving a toddler from drowning. the woman is hospitalized today in stable condition... and doctors are closely monitoring her unborn babies. witnesses say the woman's daughter was playing with a friend when that child fell into a pond near their village in china. without thinking the woman... who can't even swim herself... dove in to save the drowning child. other villagers quickly arrived to help... which was good... because the woman was too exhausted to climb the steep bank.

the days top business stories next. plus a major private health insurer says it will keep some health law provisions... regardless of an upcoming ruling by the supreme court. and later in lunchbreak... we're learning how to use a smoker... preparing some tasty spareribs for the summer grilling season!

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solution by many economists crude oil begins to spiral gasoline prices are also moving down the average price on regular in chicago down 22¢ $4.12 according to aaa bowing says that stretching the dream liner aircraft may involve more than coming up with the revamped 777. executives need to finish engineering reviews before presenting any ideas to the board ... according to the wall street journal the latest research is showing that the cellular-phone user network is slowing sharply ... and the facebook unique visitor rate growth rate is

only up 5 percent the lowest since tracking began ... another problem the social network faces is that people are not spending as much time on that website ... the stock is now trading at $28 this afternoon ... it was the theater world's biggest night, the tony awards were handed out in new york city. one production dominated. >>and the tony award goes to... " once ". [applause] the musical that was adapted from the oscar-winning film about two musicians who fall in love took the lion's share of awards--8 in all, including best musical actor, best musical director, peter and the star catcher was the runner up for all of the awards in the best play category. it did fall short to clybourne park, the story of race and real-estate on chicago's north side. the best revivals of the year: arthur

miller's death of a salesman and also george gershwin's porgy and bess. you can take a look at the full list of winners on my page of the web site: wgntv.com/deans list airlines are abandoning their plans to charge families more for sitting together on the plane senator charles schumer of new york has pressured the airline industry to avoid charging families if they want to be together so far jet blue and virgin america are on board with that plan the senator also wants the department of transportation to require airlines to show the real price of tickets before the extra fees are tacked on u.s. regulators retailers and manufacturers are worried that

consumers may be hit with recall fatigue usa today reports its due to a surge in the number of recalled products madison medical devices and food the high number of recalls could increase chance consumers might ignore or mr. recall which could endanger their health experts say the increase comes from greater oversight by regulators and better testing procedures the use of social me also plays a role because customers can discuss problems with each other chicago's new way of collecting trash begins today the city is trying avenue chrysostom in seven wards on the north side everyone is affected chair received a notice on their trash cans last week officials say that the grid system will improve efficiency while solving taxpayers millions of dollars the former mayor richard daley was the keynote speaker at the convention in the loop today he

was at the merchandise mart for the opening of neocon that is the national exposition of contract furnishings more than 40,000 people are expected to take part in that convention mayor daly spoke about the need for creative people and how important contributions are to our city he also reflected on his time as mayor as it turns out he really misses a certain day of the week the mayor also encourage convention visitors to walk around and taken the be that chicago has to offer the convention runs through june 13th that the merchandise mart more than 700 vendors level items on display still ahead in the medical watch if you crave chips and suites you may want to get more sleep a link between junk-food and sleep deprivation and we also have live music this midday from the d&b wormholes they're touring the country right now with their latest album " this machine

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bob jordan is live at our lady of guadalupe about a patient under strike >>a hunger strike from five members of this mission is being stage because they want to draw attention to the members who are ineligible and enable to get on a heart transplant list because they are in the country illegally they're hoping for a miracle >>this is a genetic disease of the liver that is killing this man and his two brothers with no cure or treatment ... the genetic disease has taken their mother's life and now the brothers are hoping for a liver transplant but they are

undocumented with no papers the older brother in the united states is here legally with papers and has had a liver transplant but the two younger brothers are without papers and are waiting to die if hospitals cannot help ... >>we can't stay on the national transplant waiting list ... their illegal immigration status bars them from receiving a transplant >>but this priest says hospitals ought to operate for moral responsibilities >>this is immoral ... i question the ethics of the university of illinois medical center in loyola and the doctors are in violation of their oath as well >>the hunger strikers are saying

that one of their members had to be taken to the hospital this morning and has since been released they're hoping that officials at the university of illinois and it will hear the plea to show compassion to these patients or their will die jim ramsey is up next with the possibility of some rain in the

a fast moving wildfire is getting wider and threatening homes in northern colorado.firefighters are trying to control the blaze that has burned more than 20,000 acres. high winds and dry brush is feeding the fire and making it harder to put out. thousands of people received evacuation calls last night. at least 18 buildings have been destroyed since the fire started saturday morning. one person is missing and may have been in an area that has

burned. investigators believe the fire was started by lightning. parts of florida and the alabama coast are under water. more than 20 inches of rain fell in one day, damaging buildings bridges, and roads. some drivers had to abandon their vehicles because of the high water. many people have been forced to go to shelters to escape the rising water. one county's jail lost power and is under six feet of water. so far -- there have been no reported injuries. >>most of the stuff from florida is tracking northeast and will not affect chicago but we are seeing an increase in the moisture from the storms happening in those gulf states ... we had a beautiful morning but the clouds are coming. no rainfall in the immediate area but we have noticed showers to the west ... we're looking at

high temperature that will be around 90 degrees may be 88 degrees ... the current temperature is about 84 degrees ... we love live television ... there is clear from the west ... the choleric is coming and the rain will be a hit and miss proposition look at northwest indiana temperatures will depend on how much sun we'll get over the next couple of hours if there is enough there will be destabilization of the atmosphere ... the do.

temperatures are moving into the upper 60s so it feels muggy of theiroutside.. tuesday into wednesday temperatures will be and to the '70s because of the cold front if you are keeping an eye on the lake michigan water temperatures: upper 50s-upper 60s depending on location pollen counts: everything is in the moderate category precipitation: the storms to the south are fairly impressive but most have fallen apart as they approach the chicago area we will keep an eye on any strong friendfriends comingonts coming

parts of georgia and south carolina are affected by the florida storms ... and there is a thunderstorm watch on the mid south storms are possible for chicago this afternoon we expect a steamy day ... mostly cloudy tonight isolated storms temperatures 62-68 by morning it will be comfortable to stay northwest wind is expected 15 mi. per hour wednesday: 72-78 degrees we will see influence from lake michigan with those cool water temperatures chilling the air above the lake and coming ashore ... we have a 30- 40 percent chance of thunderstorms later today or

tonight warm and humid conditions time for today's trivia: who invented charcoal briquettes? (a.) andrew carnegie. (b.) ray kroc. (c.) henry ford. the answer is still ahead ....

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his way into the bullpen. he only has one win since his perfect game, after another poor performance last night. the sox wrapping up their homestand against the astros: they're up a run in the fifth... when justin maxwell hits a 461- foot home run... humber gave up three homers, and five earned runs in just five innings. next inning: the astros call for a double steal... alexei ramirez doesn't not know where to go with the ball, and a run scores. sox lose 11-9 and waste home runs from konerko, dunn, and hudson. they are off today before starting another inter-league series in saint louis tomorrow. the cubs trying to salvage their road trip against the twins: no score in the first, when alfonso soriano doubles to left... it goes off the outfielder's glove and reed johnson scores for an early lead. it's 4-0 in the fourth...

starlin castro takes his eyes off the ground ball and it gets by him... the runner tries to score, but castro recovers and throws him out at home plate. meanwhile, ryan dempster only allowed four hits in eight shutout innings, for his second win of the year. 8-2 is the final, but the cubs finish the ten-game road trip with just two wins. they're also off today, before hosting detroit tomorrow. the sky are off to their best start in team history. they lead the liberty in the third... tamera young leads the fast break, and dishes to carolyn sword for the easy lay up. epiphany prince led all scores with 26 points. the sky wins its fifth straight 73-64, and they're now six-and- one. we had nearly 2 million votes in the first round of our breakthrough band contest, now its time to voting for the top 10! two bands will face off during the wgn midday news, at the arboretum of south barrington music festival on friday june 22.

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in medical watch.. the nation's largest health insurer says it will keep several key provisions of the health care overhaul in place.. no matter what the supreme court decides about the law. unitecdhealthcare will continue providing preventive health care services to customers without co-payments or other out-of-pocket charges. parents will still be allowed to keep adult children up to age 26 on their plans. and the company won't put lifetime limits on insurance payouts, or rescind coverage after a member becomes ill.. except in cases where a member intentionally lies on an application. a supreme court ruling on the health care overhaul is expected this month.

some people can fight h.i.v. without medication... it's a small group... only about one in 2 - 300 h.i.v. patients is able to keep the virus from developing into aids without the help of medications. these patients are known as "elite controllers".. and researchers now say they've gained new insight into how the process works. the researchers studied blood of five of these special patients and five typical h.i.v. patients. they report, certain cells in the immune systems of "elite controllers" are better able to detect and kill cells infected with h.i.v... preventing the virus from reproducing. if you're craving junk food.. you might not have gotten enough sleep! new research shows junk food is more appealing to tired brains. in a new study researchers examined which parts of the brain were most active when people saw unhealthy foods. they found the "reward centers" of the brain were activated when sleep-deprived volunteers looked at sweets, chips and other high-calorie snacks. when the same people got a full night's sleep, the "reward centers" were not activated.

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it's time for a lunchbreak... it may look intimidating, but it doesn't have to be! we're learning how to use a smoker... new york times best-selling author and james beard award nominee jamie purviance is here... >>is this is a water smoker cause it maintains the temperatures over a long period of time ... there are three parts to this water smoker ... the bottom has the charcoal burning and that's where you also cut hickory chunks of wood they will smolder over the charcoal ... a beautiful aroma comes from these that make a real difference ... i would like you to pay attention to this water pan it's very important in

maintains a low temperature and absorbs the heat and then slowly releases the heat and humidity back into the cokeroker important for juiciness ... and in the top part you are going to smoke your meat ... once you have this going you can leave this alone for eight hours ... no peeking is one of the big tips because you would lose heat and smoke ... another tip is to watch the color of the smoke ... it is white and clear you do not want the smoke to get doricark not

healthy for the small during a fact so open those events if you see the dark smoke an interesting question is temperature ... the total cooking time will not matter ... i would also like to show you some cool accessories ... first we have the chips different kinds of wood--you soak them in water and you put them in a smoker box you can get a portable one for your gas grill.

you can get some of these prepackaged ones that r flavored with different aromas and you could put that in good barbecue grill after soaking them. >>how do i know when the serb finished well ... these ribs have been cooking for a while they are nearly done ... if you can bend of the rib and see the meat tearing along the bone that is what you want ... if you want them super moist you can put some sauce wrap them in foil and put them back on the smoker for another half-hour ... those

would be fall off the bone tender ... >>what is the key to choosing the right slam for ribs this is a full slab of that is spareribs ... this is the preferred st. louis cut it has the choicest part ... what you are trying to do is to create an even thickness ... you can cut

the tipped and an season that with a nice barbecue raab ... you can get the recipe at weber .com \ smoke for more great tips on smoking meat and more... check out: weber.com\smoke and for more information on today's recipe or to watch the segment again.. log on to: wgntv.com/midday. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news.

time for today's trivia: who invented charcoal briquettes? (c.) henry ford. the answer is briquettes as a by-product of the automobile manufacturing process. it will not take you long to get some sun burn today ... but let's take a look at the 7 day forecast ... we will fall back into the mid '70s a couple of days first of cool air the transition is happening tonight ahead of the cold front and that will produce some showers or thunderstorms but look beyond wednesday: temperatures will climb rapidly. we will probably hit 90 degrees by saturday or sunday ... there is a possible storm in some of

the forecast models we will keep an eye on that but we will have a warm weekend thanks for joining us today. remember we are back at 5:00 and 9:00 this evening. we leave you with more from the dandy warhols... their new album is "this machine." check out more at: dandywarhols.com.