>> a dangerous and deadly day on the shoresshores of lake michigan. >> the girl is 12 years old and relatives say paramedics were able to revive her she is still here at northwestern memorial hospital but will probably be transferred to the children's hospital. they just start to panic. a day at the beach gone horribly wrong. if family got

caught in a dangerous current and demands 12 year-old niece went missing in the waters' after a two-hour search lifeguard pulled her out. she was taken to hospital in critical condition. it was the second water rescue and about four hours earlier this afternoon a man in his 60s jumped into the water and when he didn't resurface for several minutes a group of teens called for help. a man jumped in to try to find him and they called the life guard over and the ambulance was trying to do cpr on him and it didn't work. >> the man died at the hospital. as people had to be just cool off the great lakes search and rescue project say drownings are way up so far this year and 19 deaths in the lake michigan and the chicago area and northwest indiana. and what typically is the most dangerous month

august. just in the last hour, another girl was pulled from the water at rogers beach park after a wave carried her away from shore she is in good condition tonight and you should know that the national weather service says there is an increase rip current risk in lake michigan through tomorrow night, if you get caught up in one swim parallel to shore state, and never tried to swim against the current. an update tonight on the treatment of congressman jesse jackson jr. the mayo clinic is now involved and what jackson says is a long start to the past couple weeks a mood disorder, he took a medical leave of absence nearly two months ago, three weeks ago his office released a statement

saying he was receiving intensive treatment at a residential facility and we are waiting for word from the mayo clinic when the doctors may jump in and assist with a statement from the jackson camp tonight. also tonight senator mark sharing his experience about recovering from a stroke. they're helping me to advance my mobility and independence, with encouragement and help i walked in total of 14.79 mi. over ground and on the treadmill and up 145 flights of stairs, he is back on his game. a dream that wasformer chicago public schools

basketball star was shot and killed the 22 year-old was headed to eye on a college in new york on tuesday. community activists are canvassing this area passing out fliers taking any information about this killing michael haynes died before heading off to fill his dreams. i kept thinking that if i did fall asleep and then i wake up and it would be a dream. so much promise died with this 22 year-old last night he was shot near 116th just days before heading off to play college basketball he was destined to be something. friends say he was trying to break up a fight when the shooting broke out at about 5 in the afternoon the former

washington high school basketball standout who led the school to two consecutive appearances was shot in the wrist and back friends dropped him off at metro south medical center where he was pronounced dead about one hour later he was so close to achieving his dream of playing division one athletics at iona college he said he would help the entire neighborhood one day. >> it's a tragedy that we will not get to witness him perform at the next level. before

heading off to eye on he was scheduled to speak at the basketball leadership campaign for young men from around here. my spokesperson has become a victim. various south detectives are investigating nobody is in custody. in a gas station clerk was shot and killed this morning in a robbery attempt in garfield park the clerk was identified as baker who was killed in what authorities call a stickup that went crazy. according to a female witness co-workers and

customers alike flocking in many considered him family. the shooter and at least one other person were seen getting into a white chevy suburban in family member says the victims leaves a wife and three young daughters to live in jerusalem public visitation service today in crystal lake for naval petty officer third class john larimer, one of the 12 people killed in the theater shooting massacre and colorado protected his girlfriend from the flying bullets. all day long and into

the night they just keep coming a steady trickle of people writing to mourn outside there are hugs and smiles and memories shared inside, a lot of tears for a young man who died a hero. in crystal lake it's been two days of this visibly at least in reality it's been a week since news began to settle land that native son in the u.s. petty navy officer john laird died saving another life shielding his girlfriend from a hail of gunfire inside that now infamous cedar in all rourke colorado his last act on earth.

theater in all aurora colorado, his last act on earth. this is the same guy with the same mindset would have jumped on you or me or another body from afghanistan to protect them the boy was a hero there's absolutely no doubt in my mind about that. it's tough. i was in the service and we understand what went on in this young man's mind you never know how you were going to act. and the man act like a hero there is absolutely no doubt. a lot of incredible people turned out here today funeral services will be held

privately throughout this ideal his family has been asking for their privacy saying they will talk about this when they are ready to no sign they will be ready to do that anytime soon. one chicago alderman is significantly softening his once a hard line stance against chick-fil-a.

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spokesperson suddenly died today, he worked for the company for nearly 20 years. last week he was busy defending the company's president who spoke out against same-sex marriages that issue a hot topic here in chicago alderman joe morena has been threatening to keep chick- fil-a from building a new restaurant there even the mayor of boston wade and but today the aldermen try to clarify his stance. as the criticism continues to grow first word aldermen easing up today on a promise to use his aldermen privilege to block chick-fil-a from opening its first freestanding store in logan square. moreno has found himself in the middle of the controversy this week speaking out against the company's president and his

personal opposition to game marriage he made the comments on the radio show last week. >> in my opinion those negative comments turn into policy, discrimination or not excepting of everyone, that's what i'm interested in. residents also weighing in on the issue. i think any organization, any store that you go to they will always be against something that you are for. i don't agree with their opinions and their stances on it but i also think people need to live in to work and make money. the nationwide controversy has got the attention of meier raman manual.

moreno says he would like to see chick-fil-a make some policy changes are reflected in the company's public handbook. we have made some steps they have made some suggestions we have made some suggestions and i hope that promise continues i'm an optimist and i hope will come together on the same page and that we will have a chick-fil-a opening. police releasing this sketch within the hour of the man responsible for an attempted sexual assault last night investigators say he cut off an 18 year-old woman from jogging near darrington road about 745 yesterday, police say he dragged her to the ground and brett to close but she was able to fight him off and free herself the attacker is described as 5 ft. 10 in. tall and 150 lbs. he was wearing a white tank top and navy blue work pants at the time the police found in

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manteno, the unidentified victim of the shooting is in stable condition tonight in a chicago area hospital it $1,000 reward is being offered for information on his whereabouts. funeral services held today for an indiana national guard soldier killed in the line of duty in afghanistan family and loved ones gathered at the catholic church in maryville this morning he was killed last week when his vehicle got caught up in a fight with rocket-propelled grenades and other types of armed fire a graduate of like central high school, he is survived by his parents and siblings. president bill clinton spoke at the last day of

the meeting. the 2010 president obama lifted his 25 year old travel ban goldberg told the crowd to get to work. either you get up off of your butt and you get out there and you start saying we know what we need to do and if these people die it's on you many speakers at this year's conference for quick to point out that there are several drugs available to help treat hiv and aids but many of the people who need them the most do not have access to them the u.n. says an estimated 34 million people worldwide are infected with hiv presidential hopeful mitt romney spent today meeting with irish prime minister mackenzie at the irish embassy in london to talk about his tenure as the governor of massachusetts and how to boost business in ireland it was a relatively uneventful meeting about london's prepared as for the olympics. testing a child's

eyes sight before they can even see a new device that is providing a very early diagnosis. a mission to improve schools and our community comes all the way to washington.

>> a portable device spots vision problems in babies and kids giving parents and pediatricians a clear picture of i help before children can even say sea. it looks like a camera but instead of snapping a shot at this to year-old this device is capturing important

measurements deep inside her eyes. special optics capture light bouncing back from the eye and software decodes the image. we look for nearsightedness farsightedness whether her eyes are lined up correctly. >> within a matter of seconds this pediatrician has data to share with parents. it looked at six different parameters and as long as the patient is within normal limits i can feel very confident telling the family that their child does not have a vision problem. how clearly a person sees is all but scrutinized by this screener. somewhere between 5-10 percent

of kids have some kind of vision problem. if the patient does have an eye problems they are referred to a specialist. if they cannot see or if they have in ipad is lazy and not working properly and they are not getting all of the information into their brain they may not be as successful learning as they could be. we start using the more sophisticated screening device at one year of age. a few of you sought to store more to this afternoon tom skilling is in next and he says saturday is shaping up to be beautiful. duteous

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tim, a big thunderstorms' roamed that area earlier in the week and to reset captured eight range shaft in yesterday's storms going across the area there should be water covering this area at this is up by travers city mich. pamela anderson says it's not unusual to see some rocks appear but she said to see this many indicates that the lake level is down quite a bit and in fact it's down at 9 in. from one year ago. a beautiful shot thanks to our

photographers, this is the thunderstorm that came running down the lake. not much light and with it. these things have a history of producing funnel clouds up the lake from us off the coast of milwaukee today there was another one here on the michigan side. this is where hale has occurred with bigger storms. there is high pressure building and you can see sunshine here as our cloud state away. the last week has seen some heavier rains into this is

the result of that shrinkage of the hot air down to some extent. let's hope this trend continues, there are flood watches interestingly enough down to the south the bust and he did visors, look how this has shrunk. highs today hit 89. it

was 87 at midway airport. 77 and gary. some beautiful weather into there is the way our skyline looked. there is hot weather and plenty of it but it's not quite as pervasive. we had 10 states today with 100 degree temperatures instead of the 14 or 16 we saw earlier in the week. this is the cooler air mass that is settling in. '70s

around the area you could almost open up the windows tonight and take advantage of the dew point of 64 instead of 71 if you don't mind a little humidity in the air. sunday, partly cloudy and a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. kind of moderately

hot. it takes 98 or 99 to get us up set now. what's 90? happy friday guys. there is a group of mothers committed to bringing positive change to the country's school, the illinois representative to the mom congress, there mary b.

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she appears to be a pretty normal mom of three. but she likes some of her friends call her is way beyond your standard parent. >> i am the illinois mom congress delegate for 2012. this mom was chosen by parenting magazine because of her involvement in making positive chges in her local schools the national magazine launched mom congress in 29 to celebrate and connect mothers fighting for better schools across the country they meet every year for an annual conference in washington d.c., she traveled there earlier this year. here is me with arnie dunkin. this one we keep up for people to see when they come in. she met with the u.s. secretary of education and other leaders in education to discuss initiatives with mother delegates from around the

world. people were working on things from renovating computer labs to building playgrounds or bringing art to classrooms to technology and robotics labs, there were so many different things that these parents were doing in their communities that are so inspiring. >> it helps to keep our science technology in her kids' school curriculum budget cuts threaten to cut out those programs. >> she is such a dedicated volunteer to the school. when there are budget cuts and things are not going as well as people would like it's hard to stay positive and she is always positive. and as you might guess her motivation to create better schools comes from inside her own home. my three kids are the main drive behind helping now schools yes. they always know

and i have always had a belief that if you are helping in school they're going to do their best. >> i am happy she is trying to help us doing volunteering and helping us with art and she is trying to help the school. she's even inspired her own kids to start being active citizens. nine year-old mallory of recently wrote a letter to president barack obama asking him to help the homeless. she decided to start a block on chicagonow.com, she calls it school zone. you can click on a link to find out what chicago area issues are going on to. >> you can check out herblock it's called schoolzone.com. curb logginher

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>> we are nearing the end of july, we have only a few days to go, we are running eight degrees above normal, 17 days of 90 degree temperatures is normally what we get in an entire year. the 90's are nowhere to be found in our area. those are predicted highs tomorrow and on sunday he will see that he is still very much in evidence. on monday we are getting awfully close to 90 with '90s coming back up into the planes again and while they are in the picture next week we

probably will not see one hundreds out of this one it looks like the heat has shrunk a little bit we will keep an eye on that. 1.18 in. is how much rain we get in the next seven days that's an average of all of the model forecasts in its above normal. a little disturbance comes through and increasing clouds tomorrow night and just west of us on sunday but we could have a shower or thunderstorm. a closer look at sunday morning, there is sunday evening. our forecast is

showers winding down and ending. moderate humidity, 66 tonight. mostly sunny and 83 tomorrow. there may be an isolated shower or thundershower on saturday. i am getting photographs from people showing us they're burned out lawns with green spots on them. today chicago officially kissingkicking off a smart and

innovative way to improve health and control the city budget. mayor ron emanuel announcing the beginning of chicago lives healthy. it's designed to reduce the city's health-care costs with employees dealing with things like diabetes blood pressure cholesterol obesity and smoking. less than 10 percent of the city's work force drives up to 75 percent of the health-care costs. wonder kids is all about having fun and learning. sports activities and taught children which muscles that were using. back in first place the white

sox send their ace to the mound against one of the american league's best coming up. the cubs to make history not any good boy though. you know what i love about this country? trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of those people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day,

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times when the games take on an extra meeting the white sox are back in the road in texas against the broker who rangers. rugged rangers. the game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the first. rangers led 4-1, the sox got back in the game in the second. 4-3 at that point they run their way back. and to right field for a big base hit the sox led 5-4. it's very scary moment a pop-up and a vicious collision right there. ramirez

stayed in 6-5 in the seventh inning. hall of famer ron santo honored in wrigley. 82 run blast anthony russorizzo the first. st. louis led 6-5. i mentioned the historic game, travis would give out homers in each of the first five innings. the first five innings of a ball game. a rugged day for the cubs. and especially for travis wood. their first

full contact practice takes place tomorrow right in the middle of practice there was a big scare he collided with major right. one of those uneasy moments when your post gets a little stronger, devon going down in practice and he had to leave for a few minutes before getting back into the mix, it turned out to be a mild ankle sprain. >> he got up, he got back to practice so he should be good to go. >> the bears quarterback in the

meantime continue to battle it out with brandon marshall not willing to give an inch. it's all good fun for now. he was out of bounds on all of the plays. >> not giving an inch, the earthquakes are 13, 5 and 4 best record in the week. lealeague.

back in baseball, zack was dealt from the brewers to the angels, a busy busy friday in sports. >> don't forget updates on wgntv.com all of our top stories. have a great weekend.

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