today for a special trial offer. three motions have been ruled on in three new motions have been entered in the petersen murder trial. >> thank you for joining us we are live in joilet with more on the rulings. >> attorneys gathered this morning to address the three trial motions and a the first motion had to do if the judge will sitaccept testimony from a

pastor at his ex wifes chur ch. she told her pastor that she saw him come home one night with a bag filled with women's clothes and a few days before her murder. the judge says he cannot rule on that motion until the case is layedout and the second motion was to allow the money from hertestimony from her divorce lawyer and the final motion was to about some media video that a

reporter asked petersen and the judge said it will not be allowed in court because it was bias and accusation ofal. >> he said that he bore reservewill reserve and it will address this before he takes the stand.

>> petersen is accused of killing his latest white but has denied involvement in this case and in his previous white said his appearance. ifes disappearance. back to you. >> northwestern memorial hospital has issued a safety warning for medical staff after two doctors were attacked as they walked home from work. >> it seems to be business as usual today but these attacks have raised concerns because they were random and there was no robbery some people are disturbed that perhaps young people are roman and beating people up for fun. by now most hospital employees have seen the

memo. >> i was very shocked that this happened but i don't think it will happen again. >> why not. >> i have been working here for years in the area is nice and safe. >> while this neighborhood is safe in the day late night hours become a concern. security issue be memos to employees after two doctors were attacked. on sunday night at around 10:00 p.m. one doctor was surrounded by eighta mob of young people and was attacked with an object in his head and then another doctor was detected by another group of young people. employees are now

offered to walk in groups and to be alert after dark. >> we walked back and forth all the time but we now have escorts for that . >> warnings have also been issued to the children's hospital nearby. a mother and father from northlake have been charged with bounding and blindfolding their children. police were called after they received a report about a child-up inside of a vehicle they found two children ages 5-7 years old bound and blindfolded there were also

three other children in the vehicle police say it appears the family lived in the vehicle and run away to arizona. >> a motorcyclist was killed after getting in the middle of a road rage incident between the drivers of two vehicles. police said this 31 year-old turned into the path of the motorcycle gaster day. the 63 year-old was killed instantly and the the man that is now charged with aggravated dui reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. >> a pregnant woman was tasered by a chicago police officer and is now expected to file lawsuits today. this is 30 year-old woman was shot in the parking lot of it walgreen's police said they gave her a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot they claim she ripped up the citation and

through the pieces into the police officer's face and then it used profanity as she drove away the police officer opened fire to stop her but claims they did not know she was pregnant. >> hundreds of thousands of people in eleanor wilson who said their health care coverage. gov. pat quinn signed a series of bills into law today cutting medicaid funding and implementing stricter qualification standards. the $1.6 billion in cuts include eliminating a prescription drug discount program for senior citizens cutting back and took care for adults and slashing payment rates for doctors and hospitals that provide care. he also signed a bill raising the cigarette tax by $1 a pack. >> an airport tour goes bad when

the tour guide loses his hand to an alligator and lance armstrong is banned from the ironman france amid ne

prosecutors will wrap up their case today against former penn state assistant football coach sandusky. he's accused of sexually abusing several boys over the course of the 15 year. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges and today's trial a former police officer took the stand. this woman police officer was investigated a claim that he showered with a boy back in 1998 and he said charges should have been filed against him at that time. >> there is a serious escalation of violence in syria as pro-government forces tried to win back territory lost to rebels. government troops reclaimed the northwestern town of al haffa yesterday and they prevented observers from reaching the city. angry crowds surrounded the vehicle said the observers were in nine civilians

and two rebels were killed today. >> unicef says india is a the most dangerous place to be a girl indian women are discriminated against the abuse and even killed and for many danger begins in the womb. a 2011 study found that 12 million girls were aborted in india over the last three decades. gender selective abortion is illegal but it still happens girl babies who do survive are more likely to be underrate and one in five indian women and many of them child mothers had died during pregnancy or childbirth there is not a growing gap between the number of girls and a number of boys in india. in a traditional indian a family some men unmarried women in bring their bride's home to take care of his parents while women marry and

leave the home providing no extra financial support. many families also have to pay a dowery to date woman married even though that is outlawed in india. >> an indiana family got a bit more than they bargained for a while they were on vacation in florida. the family was taking a tour of the everglades when the 9 ft. alligator bit off the hand of a tour guide. the capt. allegedly hong a fish over the side of the boat and the alligator attacked peters. feeding alligators is forbidden in florida authorities said the

captain said illegal attempt to do this may have provoked a reptile. wildlife officials called the alligator and retrieve the hand from its stomach doctors are now working to reattach it. >> lance armstrong has been banned from competing in the ironman france triathlon next weekend. the champion cyclist now faces new doping charges he could have his seven titles stripped from him. >> coming up next more bad news for the state's real-estate market and then in the lunch

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money report. more americans applied for jobless benefits last week. we also have more evidence that the economy is beginning to slow down. prices for most things fell in the month of may also lower inflation gives the federal reserve to add more stimulus and boost the economy you would expect stocks to be down but that is not the case. we are seeing a big rally here in wall street. mortgage rates in the united states rose for the first time in eight weeks we are no longer at record lows the average rate for a 30 year fixed rate did increased 3.7% to 15 year mortgage rate climbed up to

2.98% and lower borrowing costs have reduced payments microsoft is going to add social networking tools with another company. that does it for your money report. >> the nation's housing industry is taking another hit as new numbers reveal a jump in foreclosures. according to realty trac illinois foreclosures in the month of may rose 29% from a month before and 54% from it one year ago when the georgia arizona and nevada

and california have higher foreclosure rates. chicagos foreclosure rate is it the fourth worst among america's big cities. dot com or .com east so 20 years ago get ready for a new crop of domain names as the internet prepares for its biggest expansion ever we take a look at the long list of possibilities. >> right now only 21 of these major internet such a sixth uffix exist. >> the mentor and internationalyou can now purchase your own domain. >> the received almost 2000 applications and are: upcoming

expansion their biggest yet in not surprisingly they have big requests from technology giants like apple and google and am azon. applications were not cheap... $180,000 can be the asking rate for a domain internet users should start to see new domains by next spring. >> how the common cold virus could play a major role in the fight against cancer but first the message of a group of concerned mothers is putting forth as the the school year comes to an end to ban all than a live performance from the chicago group band called catch

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the chicago public schools safe haven program is cutting back this summer chicago was coming off of a very violent weekend and mothers in the north lawndale neighborhood want to make sure their children return to school safe and sound next fall we have more on this story now. >>: 4 no empty seats and waving classroom chairs and air parents and it soon to be activists gathered in this elementary school to call on everyone to make sure all of the students make it back to school after the summer. >> we cannot quit if each one of us plays are rolled and stops at the senseless violence that our children are suffering every day we cannot stop. >> this call comes after a spike

of violent outbreaks. teachers fear that there will be empty seats come next fall. >> our mission in goal is to keep the children safe. >> this child just graduated from eighth grade and says he is going to go to a school because it is too hard to concentrate when people are dying around you. >> people are talking about trying to get revenge they wanted to shoot someone else and that is not cool. >> as the students say goodbye to the school year the organization mothers opposed to violence everywhere now want to

base safe passage program for elementary school students and right now safe passage programs are mostly done at the high- school level but the group says it needs to be at the elementary level too. >> if it works at the high- school level it will work at the elementary level they're taking those positive models in at the high-school level we should do the same here. >> the mother's hopes that school officials will see how successful the program is and will hopefully find it next year. >> we have some hot weather on the way but will be ever get rain? we have your

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today is the national flag day and americans all over celebrate the star spangled banner. on this date june 14th at 1777 the continental congress approved the design of the national flag. they decreed that the first united states flag have a 13 stripes alternate red and white and that the union be stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation. >> what a beautiful day is for a

flag to fly. we are going to see six consecutive days with temperatures reaching the low 90s if everything works out right. we have a 14 temperdegree difference from yesterday's temperature. this quartecorridor you see can bring some serious storms but we need

some rain we have a chance of scattered thunderstorms on sunday and monday and it possible chance of light green if you days next week. ypres e indeed some brainwe need some rain

since may 1st we are 39 percent down for rain and the sun is very strong in the summer so we really need rain. the index may past 90 degrees today humidity will be slow to increase and the winds will blow the mmonster into the areamoisture into the area.

we are 14 degrees warmer than yesterday we are now seen temperatures in the low 80s across most of the state. lake temperatures along the chicago shoreline are in the low to mid 60's. today we will be 14 degrees warmer like i said we will

average about half an inch of rain in the next seven days. the average amount of rain is at around 63 percent and that is not good. this is a today forecast of the moving weather maps the same area is going to get nailed by rain while we stay dry

but by sunday we can see some scattered thunderstorms. temperatures will reach the low nineties again on monday tuesday and wednesday of next week we have some summer heat moving into the area next week. winds are reaching 6-16 miles per hour today it will be high in the afternoon tomorrow with moderate levels of humidity and then we will see some increasing humidity on saturday with

temperatures reaching 95 degrees on saturday. like as said on sunday we may see some rain. >> it is time for today's trivia. the world's largest producer of beef

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it is time for sports. ryamn dempster had a long awaited the conversation with epstein they talked for about 50 minutes at wrigley field yesterday and they both looked pretty serious. the chicago cubs are going for two in a row against the detroit tigers. they were leading it 3-1 in the fifth inning when a single shot drives in 2 runs. it is 4-2 in the next in and then the cubs go on to win 8-4

the san francisco giants pitcher matt cain was on the verge of history last night. he was pitching a perfect game against the houston astros in the seventh inning then blanco makes a diving catch in right-center to save the perfect game. he struck out 14 batters which thais sandy kaufax to tie for the most strikeouts and a perfect game. the chicago bears are wrapped up veterans mini camp today and then take six weeks off before training camp. that does it for

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in today's medical watched..h... scientists have successfully replaced the major blood vessel in a 10 year-old girl with a gain ground in a lab using her own that stem cells. swedish researchers took a donor vein from a cadaver a strip it of its own cells and then debate did in her stem cells. the report there was a striking improvement in quality of life after she received the new vein. researchers say they have made a big step forward in the development of the new cancer treatment. it uses common cold virus to kill of the tumors during a study at brynitains

leed university cancer patients were injected with reo-virus doctors say at

it is time for the lunch break and we are going to make the best cut of meat today. kari underly is a third- generation butcher and a james beard nominee for her book. the

art of beef cutting is filled with great tips on how to cut various cuts of beef she's here today to show us how to turn a $5 chuck roasdtst into one of the best tasting cuts of beef. >> we are after this muscle by the rabbiib-eye and this is so tastey! we dont want the fat for the rib-eye but we want to have a better flavor.

you aare a meat surgeon [ we are now going to take the fat out and never cut towards yourself i am a pro so i can do that [laughter] this is over $300 of meat and you can do this at home!

you can trim this for stri fry and other beef products. i made a simple marinade for this and now grab a little soy sauce and some olive oil and then hit it with the soy and we do not need any salt because of the source also covers that and repeat on the other side then you can't just throw it right on the grill.

>> how much would that cost if we burr to purchase just add thatthat piece of meat i would say around 50 dollars geez that is expensive if the meat hangs on to the grill it is not ready to flip over let everyone walking into the studio it smells so good!

this is the best cut here! you can save a lot of money by doing what i just did! if you have the butcher cut them up like i did it will cost you more money that is why i have made my book to teach everyone how to do this at home. you also need a very sharp knife this is a curved knfenife and it

really helps with the cutting. for more information on today's recipe or to watch this segment again go to the wgn

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now for the answer to todays trivia question... the world's largest producer of beef is... brazil! now for your forecast. we have a storm system moving in but it will avoid dust until sunday and next week we are in store for a beautiful

afternoon... this is a 7 day forecast this takes into account the scattered thunderstorms that we may see on sunday and monday. if we extend that the rainfall forecast how to about ten days you can see the storm system moving men. we may see some flooding in the upper midwest while we beg for some rain!

we're going to break above 90 degrees tomorrow and that will be the first day in a six day strain of 90 degrees weather if we get some rain on sunday that may drop the 90 degree temperatures down breaking the 6 day streak! it will be a humid weekend and hopefully we will see some rain next week. >> thank you tom thank you for joining us today have a great afternoon we will

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