and fatigue and bloating. because you deserve better. good afternoon i am steve sanders extreme heat warnings continue for the chicago area of the heat index will climb to a dangerous 118 degrees ... i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet amy rutledge has the top story today it's more like a ghost town at the beach ... the heat wave is more than uncomfortable

... even the cooling waters of lake michigan is not pulling chicagoans outdoors ... it's more like a desert than an oasis ... >>this is my puppy trying to beat the heat he takes breaks and passes out on the ground we have water with us ... we were at columbus and roosevelt grit heat buckled a cement road yesterday ... >>we're looking what we can do in the short term vs. long-term its concrete we would like to pour that concrete but it's probably too hot outside ... officials warned this could continue at other locations it's not the only heat related transportation problem ... metra is warning riders of systemwide delays because of reduced speeds for those he stressed tracks ...

the medical examiner reports there have been for heat related deaths since saturday ... we're warned today is where the big danger lies ... he can have a cumulative effect on our bodies people could be suffering the equivalent of a heat hangover ... >>whether they realize it or not they could be dehydrated and returning to their work routine they may begin to feel sluggish that is why we are cautioning people ... more paramedics will be available to roche chicago because of heat related problems ... doctors tell us that the signs and the symptoms of heat exhaustion may develop suddenly or overtime especially with

prolonged periods of exercise. the possible symptoms of the exhaustion can include cool moist skin with goosebumps when in the heat heavy sweating faint feelings dizziness fatigue a week rapid pulse cobra pressure upon standing muscle cramps and nausea and headaches if you think you're experiencing hicks are should stop collectivity to rest moved to echolocation and drink cool water or sports drinks to replace electrolytes and dehydrated contact your doctor if you signed your symptoms worsen or if they do not improve within one hour seek immediate medical attention of your body temperature reaches 104 degrees or higher a milwaukee festival popular with chicago residents is making some adjustments to help people deal with heat summer fest is allowing people to carry and water to the fair grounds

organizers have set up misting stations and added staff for medical emergencies a cooling boss has been brought in to help people needing medical attention veterinarians are recommending that you keep your pat's primarily indoors in this heat wave because they can experience of the same health problems we do indoors and out be sure there's plenty of fresh clean water available and if your pet goes out of the arctic and keep cool in the children's wading pool and never leave a pet unattended in a vehicle where temperatures can rise quickly to deadly levels the health of congressman justin jackson jr. appears to be more serious than first assumed he has been on leave in recent weeks for an undisclosed medical condition and although they're being paid to the congressman's office has just released a statement saying that he will need to receive extended inpatient treatment and continuing medical treatment after work the office has said that the congressman has been

dealing with certain physical and emotional elements for extended period of time he is currently under a house ethics investigation into his role in trying to win appointment to the old senate seat vacated by president obama and other data extreme heat another night of serious violence four people were killed and at least 20 others wounded in gun violence across the city all of the shootings happened between 930 last night and this morning three of the deceased victims have been identified the fourth dead victim was 18 years old but has not for police say most of the shootings are gang- related no suspects are in custody and mob attack on the near north side said the man to a hospital nancy loo is live at the scene a man was hit in the face and taken to northwestern for treatment he is expected to make a full recovery the incident is

the latest in a series of recent attacks by groups of young people running downtown and the near north side residents say a word of another mob attack last night is not surprising >>it seems now daudet's you are not safe anymore in this area ... it's supposed to be a safe neighborhood but it's not really that safe anywhere these days >>i'm worried that live right down the road ... i want to take proper precautions going out around the area >>police have been urging people to take precautions stay alert do not walk alone at night we are told that a number of juvenile ads are among the 11 people in custody right now charges are pending. live from the near north side and nancy loo

there has been a series of unrelated holiday tragedies in the water ways across america three children died when a boat full of people watching fireworks in new york capsized last night the 35 ft. yacht overturned near oyster bay on long island for 25 people were rescued from that water 12 year- old david or latino and to girls 11 year-old harley trainer and eight year-old victoria gaines passed away investigators are trying to determine what caused the boat to tip over and in iowa three children drowned last night while swimming with family and friends happened in marshalltown on the iowa river the two girls aged 9 and 7 and 7 year-old boy were not identified the people say they are related there were swimming together in a wooded stretch of the river when they disappeared the day of fun turned tragic after two siblings were

electrocuted while slamming it 13 year-old girl and her eight year-old brother died after their electrocuted in missouri yesterday both were shot in the water. private dock the electricity to the dachau to be turned off before the children could be pulled out investigators say that a problem with wiring that went from house down to the stock may have electrified the water and caused this tragic accident and another electrocution kill the 10 year-old boy and critically injured and 11 year- old boy if this one happened in tennessee both of the boys were shocked while swimming near houseboat several people were hurt while trying to rescue them the 11 year-old almost died rescuers managed to revive him investigators say the electricity may have come from a houseboat cleanup crews have made a surprising discovery in the rubble of a train derailment in the northern suburbs sources on the scene near the northbrook glenview border say they have

found a car underneath cole that spelled in yesterday's accident it is not clear at this point if anyone was in that car a freight train hauling coal on the union pacific tracks derailed near willow and schirmer avenue yesterday afternoon 30 of that train's cars jumped the tracks and the bridge over schirmer avenue caved in workers are removing the cars and installing temporary tracks to get trains moving again schirmer avenue will probably be closed for one month in and with more than 100 arrests is now being held in connection with a spree of pickpocketing on the cta redline 50 year-old christopher brown was arrested monday after the chicago tribune reported to similar pickpocketing incidents to police they were able to identify him on cta surveillance cameras he is now facing charges for felony theft and resisting arrest people are still searching for three other

suspects the chicago public school system has found a way to save $144 million to amend officer is working out better deals with local agencies and vendors those new contracts could save the cps more than $30 million the district saved another 11 million with technology upgrades the cps also saved money by scaling back on milk deliveries and school cleanings other savings came from scuds at the central office the cps is expected to release its budget for the coming school year tomorrow one-of-a-kind illinois license plate may be put up for auction to help veterans governor quinn is proposing selling the license plate with the number one on that that played has been out of circulation for the past 10 years the governor says that he wants to sell the coveted plate to the highest bidder to raise cash for military veterans programs to we will be right back

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can post the bond and be released from jail. judge learned he and his wife weren't honest about their financial situation. his wife claimed the couple was broke, even though a website created for his legal defense had raised $135,000. it was one year ago today casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter, caylee. the two year-old was found dead in december 2008. while police investigated the case, casey admitted to them she hadn't seen caylee for more than a month. the 12-member jury deliberated for nearly 11 hours before reaching the verdict. she was facing the death penalty. police in canada confirm that a human head found in a park in montreal this week, belongs to "jun lin," the chinese student who was killed and dismembered in may. the remains were discovered sunday. the suspect in the case, luka magnotta ... is in a canadian jail awaiting trial. police believe magnotta filmed lin's death and dismbemberment and posted the video on the internet. they found lin's torso behind magnotta's apartment. magnotta mailed other parts of lin's body to canadian politicians and two schools.

investigators say errors by pilots and failure to react effectively to technical problems contributed to the crash of air france flight 447. in their final report on the crash that killed all 228 people aboard.. investigators say the pilots lacked the right training to respond when the aircraft suddenly went into a stall and lost lift. flight 447 went down in the south atlantic in june of 2009.. during a flight from rio de janeiro to paris. flight recordings recovered from the crash revealed a state of confusion in the cockpit.. with pilots not responding to the stall warnings. a lifeguard in florida has lost his job... for *doing* his job. tomas lopez saw a man drowning in the water off hallandale beach. so he ran to help, and the man survived. tomas says, he thought his responsibility was to save lives. his bosses said, his responsibility is to stay in his own section of the beach. so they fired him. they also fired a second lifeguard who said he would have

done the same thing in tomas' position. >>i am going to do what i felt was right and i did ... >>he felt he needed to save someone since they needed help ... a third lifeguard quit in protest. some fishermen made a massive catch off california's coast. take a look -- they pulled in this 800-pound shark. the shortfin mako shark was found monday about 15-miles off marina del ray. the shark was so heavy, it took eight men to lift it out of the water and get it onto a scale. most mako sharks caught in the area, are usually half this size of this catch. holy smokes ...next: apple's plan to introduce a 'mini' ipad. also ahead: how much money the average women spends in a lifetime on clothing! later in the lunchbreak, we'll show you how to prepare a salmon

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live from the new york stock exchange ... lots of news on jobs today better than expected numbers fewer americans are filing for unemployment benefits ... challenger gray and christmas says that firing fell to a 13 month low in june compared to one year ago ... 176,000 workers were hired last month ... research firms say that vacancies are down allowing

landlords to charge more for apartment rentals ... in other business news the apple rumor mill turns ... it plans to debut a smaller and cheaper i pad by the end of the year the new model is said to have a 7-8 in. screen which will not be high definition the smaller i-pad could give the microsoft surfaced tablet and the candle runs for their money ... and how much does the average woman spend on clothing in a lifetime? it is nearly $131,000 over a lifetime ... that may include over 200 pairs of shoes over 100 dresses and over 100 handbags ... and it women confess they still have trouble

finding certain things to wear on occasion in a report from the institute for supply management says that the service sector has grown at its slowest pace in last year ... coming up tom skilling will be here with the full forecast ... and an update on the cook county commissioner william beavers ...

he is scheduled to stand trial later this year on federal tax evasion charges but cook county commissioner william beavers julian crews is live outside in his lawyer's office with the story ... they have produced what they say as a bang document with a deposit slip saying that beavers deposited $68,000 and approves

according to the attorneys that he tried to "payback" campaign money that was borrowed ... >>i'm going to try to pound fitzgerald for the next six months he has a rooster without nuts he has hounded me ... >>he called him a capon he faces up to 12 years in prison for failing to report campaign money as income the county commissioner was accused of using the money for gambling and personal expenses ... but the attorney says that it does not add up ... his failure to report nearly a quarter of a million dollars in income on three

successive tax returns from 2006-to designate ... well the irs has never said a word >>how come the irs has never audited him ... how come no statement has come out how come in three years he never received a letter ... he was never asked to explain ... >>this document released today shows that he has paid back some of the money $68,000 according to the deposit slip and the lawyers say that they can account for the rest of the missing funds but they're not showing their entire hand today they are waiting for the trial set for december ... william beavers claims he continues to get punished for refusing to wear our wire ... he said it was an insult to demand to cooperate

to trap a fellow commissioner claiming his innocence ... >>there will be a recounting of the mexican presidential ballots the presumptive winner in sunday's vote was enrique pena nieto the vote totals of schedule to be released today but the second place finisher john drayman well lopez is claiming widespread election fraud including vernon stolen ballot boxes face of those ballots for more than half of mexico's voting precincts will be tallied all over again president obama kicks off a two day campaign trip to ohio and pennsylvania today the president

will discuss saving the auto industry investing in manufacturing and bring jobs back to america those two states have a combined 38 electoral votes and have unemployment rates less than seven and half percent he is also expected to attack mitt romney and his tenure at the private equity firm bain capital the president has criticized the firm for investing in companies that either laid off workers or shut down completely the u.s. postal service is beginning to implement some major cutbacks beginning this week the service is moving forward with plans to close 48 mail processing plants in the next two months tear it will consolidate 100 more for now don't worry about the packages mailed off the postal service says that snail mail not be getting any slower during this first phase of change but the next phase of cutbacks beginning in 2014 will slow down the first class mail than most americans use and congress

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another day another record ... there were 200 or more records across the united states in the last week ... there have been 40,000 u.s. high temperature records established since january 1st of this year ... the weather has been interesting but it's not everyday that we can report that we will equally all- time high temperature recorded in chicago back during the dust bowl years july 24th 1934105 degrees it has not been higher since ... we may equal that today. as of yet know

thunderstorms have developed but there are 20 states continuing under a heat advisory ... we are likely to hit or equal the all-time record today we will break some records for today and tomorrow and there is no relief in sight through saturday afternoon ... looking at the map the purple areas have excessive heat warnings ... you probably should not go outdoors with normal activity ... you must be careful and drink plenty of fluids ... the record high was 1934 year in chicago ... 102 degrees was 1911 ... we broke

the fourth of july record ... here are a current temperatures across the metropolitan area is up to 99 degrees out o'hare airport ... the second consecutive day we will pass triple digits is the longest string of triple digit temperatures we've had in 65 years ... it's a pretty miserable afternoon in total ...

combined with the humidity things are heating up ... look at these heat index readings on the map ... we could see the production of an isolated thunderstorm but that would be limited if it were to occur later today ... the shoreline water temperature is 74 degrees ... the heat is the

big headline and the flirtation with these records of 105 degrees ... not everyone will see the same degree of rain accumulation when this occurs ... the jet stream is getting pushed north ... that's producing damaging wind just beneath it ... when will all of this heat break? year is the long-term forecast: saturday morning early

afternoon the jet stream will turn to the northwest to push that heat dome to the west so we can get the northwest flow of canadian air so we will cool off by sunday ... but next week the heat redevelops we will have the '90s back here by midweek ... there is pretty widespread he continuing across the country through saturday ... the high-temperature today is predicted at 104 degrees ... some isolated thunderstorms in less than 10 percent of the metropolitan area ... it will be hazy and oppressively hot tonight ... variable wins

tomorrow hot again another 103 degree day ... very warm on saturday by afternoon we could see some thunderstorms the temperatures could take a dive but it will remain humid for awhile longer ... time for today's trivia: what is the largest species of pacific salmon? a.) chinook. b.) silver. c.) sockeye. the answer still ahead....

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man on for "youk"... and he ends it with the walk-off single to left... he was 2 for 4 while the sox bullpen pitched four-and-a- third scoreless innings. 5-4 the final, and the sox have won six of eight. you have just a few more hours to vote jake peavy to the all- star team. go to "whitesox.com" or use the hash-tag "take jake" on twitter by three p-m. the sox go for the sweep right after the news here on wgn. members of the miltary in atlanta for the cubs and braves. it's tied at one in the fourth... bryan lahair rips a solo home run to right for his 14-th of the year, and a 2-1 cubs still up a run on the sixth... david ross lines one to left, but alfonso soriano rockets it back to home plate to gun down chipper jones... and the inning is over. anthony rizzo also homered as the cubs go on to win 5-1. they've won seven of nine and go for the series win tonight. the lakers acquired point guard steve nash through a sign- and trade with the suns. 38- year old nash gets a three- year deal worth 27 million

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in medical watch: a clinical trial is under way to measure the effects of the prescription painkiller oxycontin on children and teens. the study will look at safety, and determine if there are any significant differences from the way adults handle the drug. 154 patients aged six to 17 will be enrolled in the trial. drug maker purdue pharma says the young patients have diseases such as cancer or sickle cell anemia.. injuries such as severe burns.. or pain after surgery. the company is seeking fda approval for oxycontin use in children. doctors currently can prescribe it off-label to pediatric patients. if you want a baby, quit smoking before trying to get pregnant. that's the advice of french scientistss who found embryos of smoking mothers develop more slowly... suggesting the eggs of smokers were affected.

the researchers used time lapse photography to look at embroys from the moment they were fertilized until they were ready to be implanted. at all stages of development embryos from smokers were consistently a couple of hours behind. the study could not say what impact the slower development has, or if this affected the chances of having a child.. but the lead researcher says he would advise women who want to get pregnant, to kick the habit. vitamin d can prevent fractures in older women.. but the latest study finds only larger doses produce this benefit. swiss researchers found taking more than 800 international units of vitamin d daily can reduce the risk of hip fractures in older women by 30 percent. no dose below 792 i-u lowered the fracture risk. the study author says the impact on public health could be enormous if everyone took more than 800 i-u of vitamin d daily. hip fractures are the most severe and frequent fractures among the elderly. lunchbreak is next.

executive chef john mcgowan is here to show us how to make a delicious salmon meal unique. wgn. wgn.

[ kate ] most women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. time for lunchbreak... joining us today - chef john mcgowan - the executive chef of devon steak and seafood. we are making special salmon available seasonally ... this is a king salmon and over here is a

stock by salmonockeye salmon.. ... this was a swimming three days ago it's very fresh ... you want to look for a firm flesh that bounces back and pinks can skin... you want to take a hot pan ... we took the skin off we are using either olive oil or some clarified butter with salt and pepper ... this cooks quickly in the pan ... you want to cook

this to medium rare ... it cooks itself you don't want to drive this out ... these are sliced potatoes with some cream and sage arrested in the oven roasted in the oven... this is combined with chicken stock dijon mustard and some thyme...

that's a wonderful sauce for the salmon we are dicing these leaks putting them in clarified butter and season with thyme and salt & pepper... you just want to have them caramelized ... we have key lime pie for the summertime and lobster macaroni and cheese is one of the popular dishes as well we have very large portions ... >>you have something to celebrate you opened a new location >>that's right things are going

well we're looking forward to seeing many more people ... and its air-conditioned succumb this weekeno ome by this weekend... devon steak and seafood has a new location in oakbrook terrace, just off 22nd street. they also have a chicago location... at the corner of chicago and wabash. and for more information on today's recipe or to watch the segment again.. log on to wgntv.com/midday.

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>>we have moved to triple digits 102 degrees at o'hare ... just a few more digits and we will have that all time record ... look at the widespread 100 degree temperatures today ... we expect to break that record ... here is the forecast for the weekend ... we will be back into the hundreds again tomorrow and we expect thunderstorms to hopefully break the weather up saturday ... it will begin oppressively warm beginning in the nineties ... the clouds will

increase and perhaps those thunderstorms will roll by in the afternoon ... ... tomorrow there is a severe weather area to the north and that will settle down to us by saturday ... the do point is an uncomfortable 63% ... here are the thunderstorm's taking the eastern side of this corridor ... the east coast is really feeling the heat to ...oo we may see 1 in. of rain in

parts of the chicago metro area but that is hopeful ... the 7 day forecast: the relief is a few days away the high temperature today's expected to hit 105 degrees tying the all- time record for chicago ... and tomorrow approximately hundred and two degrees ... saturday will be warm thunderstorms may come and saturday possibly sunday afternoon ... it looks like we'll get some nice weather monday but we will be back into the 90 degree temperatures by the middle of next week ... thanks for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon. remember we are back at 5:00 this evening and again at 9:00 later tonight.