the heat is on ... but chicago isn't completely ready for it. several outdoor city pools are still closed ... as temperatures soar into the high 90s. good afternoon. i am dina bair. and i'm sean lewis.. in for steve sanders. wgn's tonya francisco is live at what could be the hottest day

of the year. >>you have to love john walsh not only does he have the same name as the host of " america's wonmost wanted " tv show ... but he reminds you of another son loving celebrity ... george hamilton >>thank you. i love the sun and i'd love it here i come here all the time ... he is at no. avenue beach. he cools off ... these people came for a trip planned weeks ago >>we like this beach its child friendly ... and very convenient ... >>some city dwellers are finding

themselves disappointed dozens of park district pools are still not open for this season a multimillion-dollar safety upgrades to improve drainage takes longer than expected ... >>there are days like today where things shutdown ... but the beach yoga class is recommended ... >>you can help people not overheat and given to the environment ... people in the city don't get to be at the beach doing yoga too often ...

>>the majority of the chicago pools are open but a few remain closed the good news is is that they will be open by the weekend a public pool in the north suburbs has just reopened ... three days after a young boy drowned. it happened at roosevelt park in glenview friday afternoon. four-year-old vicente cardenas was pulled from the deep end of the pool he was taken to the hospital ... but couldn't be revived. the pool stayed closed while the staff held a training session over the weekend. the pool will operate on a shorter schedule. camps will not be allowed in the pool this week. three teenagers are hospitalized today after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street. police say they arrested the driver after a short foot chase. wgn's judy wang reports is in humboldt park. police suspect a drunk driver and pursuing appropriate charges of lithosphere the three victims

were part of a large group leaving a parade this weekend ... they'll remain hospitalized the driver was taken into custody ... the car was seized a block and a half from the accident the driver had gotten off and running before he was captured ... the car plowed into a bunch of kids crossing the street ... one girl is in serious condition with a broken pelvis and undergoing surgery at mount sinai possible ... another girl has a head injury at the same hospital in serious condition and there is another girl at illinois masonic hospital with serious conditions ... the driver is in custody and the

passenger can also be cited for failing to report the accident a man was stabbed to death overnight, outside a bar in bridgeport. it happened in the 200 block of west 31st street. the victim was 29 years old. he was taken the northwestern memorial hospital, but it was too late. police aren't naming the victim. they're searching for a person of interest. a three thousand dollar reward is being offered to find the person who spray-painted graffiti on a wall near chicago's police memorial. the red paint was discovered thursday evening ... and was quickly cleaned up. there was a faint outline left over yesterday ... when more than 150 people gathered at the "gold star families memorial" near soldier field .. to honor those officers who died in the line of duty. police superintendent garry mccarthy says a child is probably responsible for the graffiti. authorities say they may now install extra surveillance cameras at the memorial. people who will be affected by the red line closure next year will have a chance to voice their opinions tonight. the entire south branch of the red line will close next spring. it will affect the dan ryan branch, from the cermak- chinatown station to the 95th

street terminal. it's part of a 425-million dollar project to replace the tracks. the c-t-a will offer free shuttle buses to green line stations during the reconstruction. tonight's meeting will take place at the south shore cultural center on south shore drive. it last from six to eight p.m. there is another meeting on thursday at the kennedy-king college. the final phase of the reconstruction of wacker drives begins today-- meaning new street closings. crews are re-building upper and lower wacker, between randolph and congress parkway. the work is expected to be finished by the end of the year. but for now, here are the new road changes you may want to avoid. adams and jackson boulevard are closed to all traffic. monroe is *re-opening* to all traffic since being closed earlier this year. van buren will remain open to westbound traffic. all of these roads will remain open for pedestrians. newly released recordings of jail phone conversations show george zimmerman instructing his wife on how to move around donated cash.

will he take the stand in the own defense? lawyers for jerry sandusky prepare to put forth their case. and police open an investigation into the death rodney king, a day after his apparent drowning in a backyard pool. we will be right back

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and his wife had been released. prosecutors said the phone calls could prove that the couple lied to authorities about being broke. the recordings reveal that zimmerman gave his wife step-by-step instructions on how to move money from a paper towel account. those calls were enough for prosecutors to charge the wife of george zimmerman with perjury if a judge revoked his bail last week the woman has been released on $1,000 bond within the past hour prosecutors in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trattorias it rested their case and the defense is under way with testimony from his former colleagues ... to former penn state assistant football coaches told jurors that as it

is not uncommon for coaches to shower with young children following workouts many of the 51 criminal counts against jerry sandusky allege that the former coach sexually abused boys in university shower rumsfeld one witness says that he frequently sought jerry sandusky with children from his charity the second mile but that he never saw anything inappropriate jerry sandusky and his wife may also need to testify the supreme court's ruling on president obama held clear law could come out any day now the verdict will be announced by the end of the court's current session next monday the justices already voted on the healthcare law back in march and they have spent the last few months drafting opinions and dissents. they're deciding whether not demanded portion of that law which forces people to buy health insurance is constitutional an autopsy will be performed and authorities are were awaiting toxicology results after rodney king was found dead in his

swimming pool his fiancee called 911 yesterday morning police say that he appeared to have drowned in that there were no obvious signs of trauma in 1991 rodney king became a symbol of police brutality after several los angeles officers nearly beat him to death their acquittal one year later led to widespread race riots in l.a. and across the country in 1994 a civil jury awarded rodney king nearly $4,000,000.10 of the jurors in that case cynthia kelley later became his fiancee for a political party that wants to keep greece in the euro zone finished first in this weekend's elections now the party leader has three days to put together a new government the new democracy party won nearly 30 percent of the vote that translates to 129 seats in the greek parliament party leader antonis samaras needs to put together a coalition for the radical left

group that finished second to said that it will not back samaras who promises to build a government of parties that believe in the nation's european orientation and believe in the euro zone participation this weekend's president election has not brought an end to political turmoil in the tipped unofficial results released this morning show that the muslim brotherhood candidate mohammed morsi in the lead over on john metz fet who was a tips last prime minister in the waning days of the hosni mubarak regime mr. morrissey has declared victory but chef peak has refused to concede and the egyptian military ruling council has issued a decree keeping legislative powers for itself straight from his trip back home to chicago president obama is now in mexico for the g 20 economic summit where he meets

with russian president vladimir putin it is their first meeting together since vladimir putin was returned to his job and vice-president joe biden will be in chicago today for

live from new york on the money report ... we are awaiting a big announcement from microsoft expected to key unveil a tablet ... looking to take a bite out of that billion dollar market ... amazon has reached agreement with four different music companies to start a music service similar to itunes ... confidence on homebuilding is

up ... record low mortgage rates are boosting demand encouraging builders to take on new housing projects ... consumers are getting better deals on luxury vehicles and suvs ... 54% discounts and 60% discounts are not unusual for lexus ... looking at the markets we swing between gains and losses as investors sort out the risks and out comes on the european debt crisis the g 20 and the greek elections ... that's the latest live from the new york stock

exchangemost of us have gotten tainted weblinks through e- mail... but security experts say cyber-crooks are now targeting consumers through internet searches. the tainted web links can show up when you search for anything from events of the day to recipes. major search engines like google and microsoft are developing software to stay a step ahead of cyber criminals. you can protect yourself by being wary of certain web address endings. as a rule... it's wise to avoid links that end with dot-r-u... for russia... and dot-c-n... for china. experts say cyber attacks often originate from those nations. a man in oregon is diagnosed with the plague. how he contracted it still ahead. but first, we are talking to mark k. shriver about his new book... "a good man: rediscovering my father, sargent shriver"

mark kennedy shriver served in the maryland state legislature for eight years and is now the senior vice president of u.s. programs at save the children in washington, d.c. he is also the son of sargent shriver. and his book "a good man: rediscovering my father, sargent shriver" takes a look at legacy his father left and growing up in such a famous family.

the kennedy family ... thank you for joining us ... the world has known your family for the last several years ... and we lost her father last year please talk about your challenges writing this book ... >>i wanted to investigate what made him such a great man ... he fought against the war and advocated for the impoverished ... after he died i wanted to figure out secrets to the way he acted so i could balance family friends to committed work and help others ... >>what did you learn from your parents' relationship?

>>the both went to mass on a daily basis the believed in god was the foundation of their work their fate was important ... my mother worked on special olympics and my father advocated for social issues ... i am about to celebrate my 20th anniversary with my wife we have three kids i am trying to balance my fate my family and my work ... my father did that very well ... and this book i hope will provide insights into ways to balance that all ... >>the first special olympics was held at soldier field in 1968 "talas" about what has been instilled in you from your family ...

>>my father worked in the government and my mother worked for creating a nonprofit what they taught us was that you want to find joy in what ever you do and that is a big lesson in the book >>your father passed away after a long battle with alzheimer's disease many families are affected with this tellus what you've learned from him in those times ... you spoke of some frustration experienced ... >>alzheimer's disease is brutal we don't spend enough money on finding a cure ... there are thousands of families that have been impacted ... i got nervous

one day and he comforted me always teaching me even in his 90s in his condition. our family is no different from others when it comes to dealing with this crisis i hope the lessons we learned her helpful to others mark will be signing copies of his book tonight at the shrine of our lady of pompeii at 7:30 pm. that's at 1224 w. lexington street in chicago. and tomorrow at the bookstall chestnut court at 6:30 pm... 811 elm street in winnetka.

it's a great book thank you for being here our hot weather continues. tom skilling is next with the full forecast.

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minnesota wisconsin and into michigan overnight ... now we have the long day with the intense sun ... storms will continue to flare to the north it is rough and minneapolis and st. paul minnesota ... there is nothing to block the sunlight temperatures are going up to 90 degrees currently likely to go higher this afternoon ... the wind is also very strong and this heat wave is in place right through the middle of the week we will cool

off toward the weekend. we expect some showers and some thunderstorms but by sunday we may have some beautiful weather ... thunderstorms are expected wednesday into thursday ... there were triple digit temperatures through the plains states ... same case today ... there is a heat index at o'hare airport of 93 degrees ... it is very monday now ... 70 degrees

is the do point factor ... the pollen counts are on the low side and the sunburned times are 16 and 41 ... very strong please use sunscreen ... we have some thunderstorm watch us just issued for northern wisconsin there are gale force storm warnings on the upper lake michigan area with small craft warnings ... here is the jet stream ... we have hundred 50 mi. per hour wind ... that's happening in the upper atmosphere ...

all of these air parcels are piling up slowing things down sinking the air into the lower atmosphere that will bring added heat ... long day's strong sunlight and compression warming conditions giving us 100 plus heat indexes the area in red on the map is where the greatest heat will be occurring ... it is pretty uncomfortable air out there ... it's dangerously hot when the heat index hits 105 degrees ... we will be in the upper 90s in the chicago metropolitan area today ... we are flirting with 100 degree temperatures today ... we may

see thunderstorms to the north ... let's take a look at the storm's going across the minneapolis area overnight ... they are moving into the detroit area now ... we may see thunder and lightning ... there is an arc of thunderstorms going at high speeds with damaging effects ... there are serious rain producers hanging over too triter detroit.... we are still in need of some rainshowers in the chicago area.

we do have strong and gusty wind with advisory's ... the high temperature today's expected to be 97 degrees heat indices 97-103 ... tonight scattered clouds ... the low will be 76 degrees or maybe 80 in the city ... the monitor readings will be 98 degrees tomorrow 97 degrees on wednesday ... we expect rain wednesday night into thursday ... >>the lake temperature is running in the low sixties ... over the weekend it had reached into the seven days ... this is not just an inconvenience this

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time for sports: the crosstown classic resumes on the south side tonight. the sox still lead the central by a game-and-a-half, while the cubs are 22 games below .500 theo epstein wrapping up an inter-league series against his former team. boston up a run in the sixth... jeff baker chops one back to the pitcher, but there's confusion at second base... alfonso soriano is safe, and the game is tied. still tied in seventh... ryan kalish hits a blooper to center to drive in the go-ahead run... part of a three- run inning for the red sox. cubs lose 7-4, and drop the series. starters...the worst in baseball. jose quintana pitched eight shut-out innings against the dodgers. but addison reed is in to close with a one-nothing lead in the ninth... juan rivera hits the sacrifice-fly to right... the throw is off target, and the game is tied. matt thornton pitching in the next inning, and he gives up the walk-off single to dee gordon. sox lose 2-1, and drop the series... it's reed's first blown save in nine chances.

the fire trying to snap a three-game losing streak in bridgeview. they're tied at one with the new york red bulls in the 68-th minute... gonzalo segares gets his own rebound and scores the point-blank goal. the fire win 3-1... they're fourth in the east. nba finals returning to miami with the series tied at one. the thunder blew a ten-point, second-half lead... five minutes left... dwyane wade hits the driving floater plus the foul... he had 25 points. a minute later, the heat recover the loose ball, and lebron james gets the lay up and one. he scored a game-high 29. heat win 91-85, for a 2-1 series lead. get ready for the final round of our breakthrough band contest. we had over 90 bands enter, you submitted your votes and now we are down to our top two favorite bands: "years" and "blood red boots". tune in to the wgn midday news

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was returning with friends at 130 yesterday morning she was shot in the abdomen and the shoulder ... a shooter fired at the vehicle as it pulled out of the gasoline station here ... she was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital she loved to cook visit her grandmother and nursing home every day ... she had served a federal prison sentence in minnesota and had just earned her certificate for work in construction ... her father is the pastor of orleans missionary baptist church ... the rev. and his wife are relying on their faith to get them through these horrible days both had strong words for the police department as fatal shootings seem to be inevitable with each weekend that passes this summer ... >>i am critical of the police

department and its ineffectiveness in dealing with the criminal elements we deal with everyday. i believe our department focuses on the minor stuff and not enough on the major situations in the issues happening not just in the black community but all over chicago ... >>parents are not supposed to bury their children is very sad right now ... parents are outliving their children who get gunned down its terrible ... >>this intersection has been the scene of multiple carjackings recently and a fatal shooting in april ... in medical watch.. an oregon man is in critical condition, being treated for the plague.. a blood-borne version of the disease that wiped out at least one third of europe in the 14th century.

health officials say the man was infected when he was bitten by a stray cat his family befriended. the cat died.. its body will be examined at the centers for disease control and prevention. more than a dozen people who were in contact with the oregon man have been notified that he has the plague, and they're receiving antibiotics. united states doctors are prescribing fewer drugs for children overall but prescriptions for the drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are on the rise fda researchers writing in the journal pediatrics report that there were 9% drops in prescriptions filed for minors between 22 and 2010 the use of

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