>> you are watching wgn news at 9:00. >> president obama and the first family in home chicago for the first time in two years. good evening to you. >> it is our top story. we are live tonight with more. >> the president and the first family, an incredible degree of excitement. it is a low-key right now. a very long motorcade arriving about 90 minutes ago. the first family in chicago for the first time in two years. the president and first lady quickly hitting the streets saying as hello to many folks as they could. quite away from the cameras but

we manage to catch a glimpse of obama a short time ago. the president and first lady rolling down greenwood avenue under security tonight. people lined the entire route. they were lining the streets all the way back to lake shore drive. although the white house does not confirm they will be attending a wadding tomorrow, reaching -- wedding tomorrow. they will not have to walk far. they also emerged later tonight taking a stroll with her daughter, son-in-law, and some friends to the home of a local businessman who also lives on

south greenwood avenue. although she was not giving interviews, she was in a terrific move, holding hands with her daughter. the first family going to that barbeque. the president and first lady going there on foot taking a long way around the neighborhood. a large contingent of the u.s. secret service always close behind and a lot of visitors to the neighborhood stopping by hoping to catch a glimpse of some members of the first family. the president just behind me, in town until sunday. the president then departs for the g20 summit. live wgn news. >> a bombshell announcement earlier in the day by the president, 800,000 illegal immigrants can relax. he makes an executive order to not deport them.

not amnesty but relief for younger people brought to this country by their parents. here is how it works. >> you never know how long you are going to stay. you never know you will go to a country you do not remember. >> she was 6 when her family fled from kuwait. she stayed in chicago and is now among the 800,000 immigrants who live here in fear of deportation. the president signed an executive order granting immunity to some undocumented immigrants. >> these are young people who study in our schools they play in our neighborhoods, they are friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag. they are americans in their hearts minds, and in every single way but one. on paper. >> immigrants will be immune from deportation and be eligible

for work payments -- work permits if they are younger than 30 and have been in the country for five continuous years. they must have no criminal history, have graduated from the u.s. high school, or served in the military. the illinois coalition for refugee rights of praise to the president's decision. >> the president stood by the principles of family unity, and the hundreds of thousands of youth and their allies who have come out of the shadows to fight for justice. >> reform advocates say they will push congress to sign the dream act, legislation to help people just like this woman who even after earning a bachelor's degree has not been able to fully pursue the american dream. >> i grew up here giving everything i have and i consider myself an american, someone who

belongs to this country. that is in power in. >> although hurt future remains unclear, she spends her days working for the national partnership for new americans assisting 4000 emigrants become naturalized citizens. >> report -- republican leaders voiced opposition to this. mitt romney speaking about it during his tour in new hampshire. >> i would like to sleep legislation that deals with this legislation. i happen to agree with marco rubio, we have to find a long- term solution but the president makes that more difficult. >> rubio said that while it would be welcomed by kids, and it was a short-term answer to a long-term problem and by once again ignoring the

constitution the policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long- term bond. >> a boy has drowned in a swimming pool. >> this pool was packed, there were birthday party is under way. >> it was disturbing. sickening to see this happen. >> she was swimming with friends at 2:30 in this park district pool. the worst -- they were celebrating her birthday when she saw a little boy about five or six drowning in the dip and of the pool. his parents were not around. a worker tried to help but neither the worker or the emergency crews could save him. >> you heard the whistle blow and we saw the kid bobbing up and down and we were looking around.

we saw the lifeguard pulled him up. he was laying down and everyone ran and they started performing their procedure on him. nothing happened. then the fire department was coming and they worked on him. >> the child was pronounced dead at the hospital. police are investigating. >> friends and teachers of another drowning victim gathered today to remember him. a memorial was held at the school for the 14-year-old who drowned this past tuesday. the trip was celebrating the eighth grade graduation. he was swimming that afternoon when he disappeared from view. lifeguards pulled him out but he never recovered. >> these past couple of days have been the hardest. everywhere i go, i'm trying to

make everybody smile. >> he was a popular student. he helped coach a third grade soccer team. he plans to attend high school in the fall. >> shots were fired at off-duty police officers today. it injured a 10-year veteran. the detectives found the show casing's along the metro tracks behind a home. it is not known at the shooter knew he was firing at police officers. >> marijuana laws could be going up in smoke. a new plan to decriminalized small amounts of the drug. >> and a push to stop the violence. residents calling for

cooperation between law enforcement and neighbors. >> a father gives his daughter the gift of life and times for father's day. >> hot enough today for you? a lot more that came from.

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>> wgn news at 9:00. >> the homicide rate is at 35% from this time last year. police cannot and the violence all by themselves. a father is urging cooperation. we are at a church were some notable guests have joined. >> absolutely. the reason they had this rally on this night, there are a couple of reasons. today was the last day of school which means you are going to see more kids on the streets and they have to do something to keep them out of trouble. last weekend was the bloodiest weekend so far in chicago this year with more than 50 people shot.

you are watching part of this rally tonight, close to a thousand people, including some well-known names like the police superintendent reverend to jeremiah right. trying to send a message of becoming peacemakers. ending the violence will be a team effort it requires neighbors to know what is going on in their block and this line got a lot of applause, he says they have to learn to be nosy neighbors in order to inform people. on the law enforcement side, there will be offering overtime to get more officers on the street. that is not unusual but it is about having the right officers in the right areas. he also acknowledged there is a violence problem in chicago but it is up to everyone to solve it. >> i'm going to tell you that i am accountable and i accept my

accountability. it is a hard thing to do. it is a big job. it is a really big job. i accept the accountability of the chicago police department and we have to do better. >> tonight we stand for what i believe was one of the most important ingredients from ending violence in chicago. that is engaged citizens across the city of chicago from every neighborhood, every community. >> a crowd of about 1000 people, including teenagers and parents are still out there marching tonight. the superintendent is with them as well as the ceo. there are still marching through the streets tonight i hitting some gained territory. they will eventually make their way back here hoping that

someone out there is hearing their message. that is the latest from chicago south side. >> mayor rahm emanuel joining others who want to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. police will have discretion to issue tickets for people carrying 15 grams or less. last fall, there was something introduced similar. thousands of such cases tie up too many police officers with paperwork before they are thrown out of court. >> doing paperwork, and then not even counting the amount of time they spent with court time, and then nine out of 10 of these cases are thrown out. it does not make sense. >> right now people who are caught with marijuana face a misdemeanor charge.

criminalization is projected to free up 20,000 hours of police time that the new coolant of $1 million. >> residents of the 33rd ward are being warned that a rabid bat was found yesterday. this person telling residents to keep dogs, cats, and ferrets on a leash and watching for signs of aggressive behavior. residents are advised not to handle any wild animals. if a bat is found call 311. >> police hope the public and find them -- help them find a car. it left a woman injured. a police camera film to the white buick as a left to the scene. witnesses say it had wisconsin plates and was carrying four men or boys and it had damage to

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himself up. 60 people have been killed across syria yesterday. u.n. monitors at mated to a place of continuous fighting. they said it was a ritual goes down and that the u.n. should go home if they cannot make progress. 10,000 people have been killed in the past 16 months. >> in greece, a political parties had their last rallies before elections. they will elect a government to pull the country back from financial brink. policy makers are trying to prevent the economic crisis from spreading. greece voted last month but the results were so fragmented no party could form a coalition government. >> rajat gupta found guilty of leaking secrets as part of a crack on an insider trading. he was found guilty on three counts of conspiracy.

prosecutors accused him of the tipping a hedge fund manager friend with secrets about investments. he will remain free on bail until sentencing. the maximum sentence is 20 years. >> there's still battling the fire in colorado. so far it has burned 52,000 acres. 100 structures have been charged -- charred. only 15% of the fire is contained. it could take months before it is finally put out. >> a judge ruled a pilot who left his cockpit screaming about terrorist is mentally fit to stand trial. but his attorney says he was temporarily insane when he went on a rampage. he was tackled to the ground and restrained until the plane made an emergency landing. jet blue was sued by 10 of the passengers on the flight.

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a progressive chronic kidney disease that leads to kidney failure, usually before the age of 20. >> at 16, it was already taking its toll. >> it builds of toxins. i felt sick all the time. >> we felt like, why heard? she had done nothing to cause this. >> she tried to overcome it, throwing herself into activities pushing herself in the spirit of strength she learned from her parents. >> i did not want this to beat me down. >> family members lined up to see if they could donate a kidney. the blood type had to match. dad's did. >> nerve wracking because i am 51. there is a lot of extra tests to prove you do not have cancer.

there was a lot of extensive testing. >> he passed with flying colors. >> i hugged him. >> then they prepared for two surgeries to remove the bridge -- term of the kidney and then the transplant, a complete success. doctors watched as a father's kidney fills with blood, new life into a sick girl. >> the color of love. within days, the data was released in the hospital. -- dad was released from the hospital. the medication? , looks a bit intimidating. >> this is what she will start off with. a couple of them are anti- rejection. there is concern about

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>> it is getting hotter and hotter. >> something you tomorrow. a phenomenon you have not seen recently. where those drops fall from the sky. thunderstorm. let's hope we get it. it will be scattered. they did did it in dallas, texas. this was forwarded to us by it right and who's a friend shot this in dallas, texas. that is a full blown wall cloud out there over a lake. it is usually there that you get a tornado to come. today a number of pictures, including this one of clouds

captured over bernie. these are mid-level clouds and they take on that bumpy configuration. the fact we are in a drought area is evident from this shot, mrs. near indiana showing those crops struggling in this dry environment and know where then in northwest indiana because rains that occurred elsewhere did not occur on several occasions. we need some rain and we are going to get some this weekend. there will be some downpours in scattered areas. after a beautiful day this was the fourth day we hit 90 this month. the same number we had on the infamous a drought of 1988 which led to all kinds of losses in farms through the center of the country. let's hope we are not headed in

that direction but there are some parallels so far. it is a lovely night. we managed to warm without committee. that with the lake breeze, made it feel kind of tolerable today. tomorrow we have the moisture but we bring more clouds and. closer to 90 tomorrow and then as the real key to develops, we could be flirting with 100 degrees on monday and tuesday and if we got 100 at o'hare, it would be the first 100 it in almost seven years. look at the warmth in alaska. days are long so it heats up fast. there is our 94. aurora was 93. tonight, some cooling to the west because there have been some heavy rains. we will show you some totals in a little bit. when it rains you block the sun

and that limits the heating. the southeast wind shifting tomorrow. moderate pollen is on the low side. a beautiful day for a ball game. the wind blowing in. 74. 77 at our weather but station. -- weather bug station. here are the storms, other big ones in the western plains states. that is ahead of a warm air dome that will develop over us. that is a sign there is some circulation. the rains have crossed the mississippi river and there is some vertical so this is the weather system that is going to

sweep in during the day tomorrow. then we have that the system moving off and here is the one closest to the jet stream and some of the energy producing these storms will mix with the heat and humidity and bring us the thunderstorms. there had been phenomenal raines in these areas out to the west, which shows how thunderstorms concentrate rain. 8.4 inches of rain south of minneapolis. the forecast is for the heaviest rains to fall to the north of bus and west of us cannot tomorrow being the exception. when we come back, we will give you some rain tallies from tomorrow and talk more about this heat that comes in monday tuesday, wednesday. that will be the hottest of the cycle that is getting going in chicago. this will be the warmest and the

lawn this taught cycle of the summer. tonight, scattered clouds, pretty comfortable. did 70's. about 70 at o'hare. tomorrow, sunshine the clouds during the day. scattered thunderstorms starting in the afternoon. a high tomorrow of 90 with tomorrow night partly cloudy, low 74. 60% coverage on those storms and turning mostly warm, a little bit of lowering of the humidity but that will be a brief affair. highs are still hitting 90. the lake freeze will coup the beaches to the 80's. then it will be a near 96 and 100 degrees on monday and tuesday and we will come back with those specific figures and a bit. you like this had whether -- hot

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>> a group of young women is taking it upon themselves to take a stand against drug abuse. >> i started using heroin at 14 years old. my parents never talked to me about it but they were never heroin addicts. >> but stephanie was. heroin destroyed a part of her life. >> the next morning my mom woke me up. >> her older brother of the west died from a heroin overdose when he was 22 years old. >> i started using heroin before

him. i got him into heroin. this is my fault. i did this. i never thought in a million years it would have happened that that is the reality. >> everyday stephanie struggles to stay clean. instead, she is joining forces with a group that is taking a stand against the rise in substance abuse in chicago. after another classmate died in january, this group of high- school students could not sit still anymore. they created this facebook page called the take the stand. >> i was tired of it. i was tired of seeing it. my friend died five years ago. i have had not -- have had other close people to me die. that is why i wanted to make a difference. >> it affects the been the most

well-to-do families. according to the coroner, this area has seen 20 cocaine- involved deaths this year. 70 people killed from the drug since 2011. >> it could be a cheerleader a football player, it can affect anybody. >> as a parent, i got involved because i have four children and i cannot imagine the pain of losing one of my children. >> the group holds public meetings in hopes of raising awareness of the drug problem. they also hold fund-raising's, donating all of the money to the remembrance foundation. he lost his life in 2009, one week before his 19th birthday. the family set up the foundation to help kids and channel their interest into activities they can feel passionate about to prevent the heartache drugs can cause.

>> i want to save lives and help people. that is all i want. >> stephanie and the women of take a stand. some of chicago's very own. >> there will be an awareness walk on june 23. for more on how you can volunteer, go to their facebook page. >> a stunt over one of the wonders of the world. the incredible attempt. and why most of chicago's public pools are open for the season. a dramatic day as a tiger and a teenager race to the top of the leader board.

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>> 100. 100. we hit it twice the last summer and we will get darn close to it. perhaps even wednesday of next week, that is when the real heat comes in. humid tomorrow. see the clusters of thunderstorms? they may persist and then explode south of us later in the day. the winds on the pattern are really bringing the heat. that dip in the jet will give way to a building of high pressure and a powerhouse a jet. that is an area where the air sinks on a large scale. it is a formula for an intense heat and you can see our model captures it here. that is the forecast by monday and tuesday. the big dome will cap the atmosphere and allowed to get very hot in the chicago area.

that is our headline, this warm up that is on the way. we did it without any committed the today. tomorrow we will hit 90 and again on sunday. then there real heat comes in with humidity by monday, tuesday, wednesday. that is an average of all of the rain forecast but rain falls unevenly and summer so it will range from 0.2 to 1.3 inches. here is how they lay out. tonight, some scattered clouds but you will see them start right there as we get into the noon hour. these thunderstorms travel across the area. there are some indications the winds and may even produce severe storms. we will be watching that and there is our latest hi-res model. the actual numbers are not what

to look at. humidity, we had 21% at this afternoon when we were at 94. dew points rising to the 70's during the afternoon and evening. it will give us a different feel to the air mass tomorrow. there are the temperatures. this model undersells the temperatures. by monday we are heading way into the 90's. the shoreline temperatures, lake michigan is down, 6 inches from a year ago. it is also 8 degrees warmer, benefiting from this record spring we have had around the chicago area. there you see the forecast of the heat index tomorrow, some of which may be flirting with 90. we could have some triple digit heat early next week, making

this a dangerous hot spell. 90 tomorrow. building as the day goes on. producing a gusty winds and downpours with 40% of the area getting in on those. it might thunderstorm on sunday but much of father's day should be good and it looks like monday tuesday, hot and humid. 96-100 something like that. it is going to be very warm. have a great weekend. see you later. >> nick did it. he did something no one else has done. he walked a high wire 190 feet over niagara falls. he was tethered to prevent falling. he said he has never been tethered in previous walks but it is something that network

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>> the cubs had two victories. more later on. the team that theo tried to build, taking care of the boston red sox. another stellar game from ryan dempster. getting through a rebuilding process right now. success today drops the double. two-zero. later, he drops one into the field. gonzalez plank out of position. the ball gets by him. a second career triple for dempster. the cubs led 3-0, dempster

mowing them down in the meantime. makes the play. cubs win 3-0. >> i tried to spread my triples out every 10 years. i was excited to get to use my wheel. we had a bad for first triple and i want. >> i would have gotten away with it if i did not say anything. i thought it was the easiest that i ever made. -- bet i never made. >> dodgers under way. it did not take long for the sox to grab the lead.

two-0 in the first. one to left, racing around to score. they are in the third in los angeles. another -- the only leaders were tiger woods, jim and one under. rory and luke missed the cut. for a while there was a surprise. a birdie here with the high school junior. shot no. 3, it is perfect. he sat in the lead the rest of the afternoon. very steady again 69.

as for tiger woods, that sets up a birdie. all tied for the lead at the halfway mark. >> getting the ball in the fairway is pretty well. we had a bunch of balls this week. i could probably get better on my speed but it feels solid. i know if it is obviously going to get firmer and faster. >> in soccer, 2-0 today. sweden was eliminated by great britain thanks to a spectacular goal. watch what happens. he kicks the ball off the back of his heel and into the net. you see it better on the replay. watch this. away from the neck.

no look goal. england wins by a score of 3-2. some great action. >> i cannot fall down that good. >> if i fell down, i would not get up. >> that is the news for this friday night. >> updates at our website. have a great weekend. happy father's day.

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