>> sat for the second time in less than one week and that the bus is involved in a fatal crash, this time a pedestrian was struck and killed right outside union station. live near the scene of the crash with more. >> the victim is a 76 year-old cancer patient who was struck by a mad the boss to steps away from her home. that's how much of a heart is out there with those people. >> by all accounts 76 year-old donna was an amazing woman cross industry round 250 this

afternoon in front of her condo building she was hit by an mega bus making a left turn onto adams from canal street. it swung wide and beryl and she stepped off the curb into that was it. she fell back, laying and shaking. she was taken to northwestern memorial hospital where she died, no passengers were on the mac a bus at the time of the accident and police cited the female driver with failure to yield to a pedestrian this the second deadly crash for the low-cost bus company in less than one week on thursday on i 55 a tire blowout on the meg a bus headed for chicago to st. louis the bus slammed into a concrete pillar killing a grad student and injuring more than 30 people and in 2010 a 63 year-old man was killed when they met the bus hit

him, the bus driver in that crash was cited for reckless driving. some mega bus customers are concerned. forits my first time writing and i will probably never do it again. the president of megabucks said: the driver was taken to mercy hospital for drug testing but police say it doesn't appear that she was driving under the influence investigators also looking at footage from several surveillance cameras in the area as this investigation continues. >> electronic signs flashing the

lurch looking for witnesses to help catch the hit-and-run driver that lefty worker fighting for his life the army veteran is in critical condition with internal bleeding after helping a driver with a flat tire at midnight on 26th street when someone hit him. after interviewing all of the party is the only description we have available is that this is a great passenger car possibly a nissan. the gray car has the damage on the passenger side including a broken side view mirror. the sign behind me here says we buy gold but they do not give it away here. police are on the pond for several men who came in here yesterday afternoon to robbed the place the gold

heights captured on video from beginning-and you can see the white mini van pulled up with front and damage, three men get out inside the act like they want to sell a silver chain but then one of them opened the security door and within seconds they overpowered the clerk put a pillowcase over his head and threatened his life and look for the loose. he saw his last moments yesterday at 130 he thought he was going to be killed. the owner patched up the damage today and told me even more telling than what these men took which was tens of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry is what they did not take including this signed rookie card also in the safe at the security video itself which was located in a backroom shows

exactly what happened in who they are but he does have a 110 lb. reason for that. max was there. he stopped them from going in the back and taking the videotape. i don't know why they were afraid of macs but they were. he was grateful that his clark was not seriously hurt in the attack but has a message for them. >> you can run but you are not going to hide. detective malone will not let us down its banks to macs we got your picture guys good work, save that money for commissary you were going to need it. if you recognize any of the men in that video or know anything about this call cicero police with that information. more hearsay evidence in the drew peterson trial but some key

testimony to be thrown out tomorrow marcella raymond is live with the very latest on this case. including that hearsay testimony this is day five of the trial and it keeps getting more and more interesting arguments will be heard first thing tomorrow morning about this discovery violation and then the judge will rule if the state loses this police officer's testimony that includes the second hearsay statement, it will be a big blow to their case. a rare moment of silence for defense attorneys who believe they may have won another round in this trial they're asking for the testimony of the rowland brought police lt. be thrown out not because of what he said but because of a technicality. every day i shake my head at the frustration of the state, the public and i think the jury will get this same feeling that you will hear

more objection's sustained by the judge on behalf of the defense than anything i've ever seen it's clearly frustrating. he was the state's last witness he testified that weeks before kathleen died he overheard drew peterson talking to his partner at the courthouse and peterson was there for divorce proceedings from his third wife, he said peterson was complaining about the cost of the divorce and said my life would be easier if she was dead. he went to the police after she died and told them what he heard peterson say he was interviewed by the fbi he told prosecutors two years ago that the fbi report was inaccurate but they never disclosed that the defense attorneys. we are not going to comment on it we are very pleased with the way things went today and we're looking forward to tomorrow. we will find out

more early tomorrow morning if james testimony will be thrown out to other witnesses today the first was the deputy coroner who told the jury that he thought kathleen's death was suspicious and the second one was the illinois state trooper who investigated the scene and the state tried to make it look like even though he is a 27 year veteran of the force that he was incompetent and actually fumbled this investigation. >> coming up republican presidential candidate romani stopping in obama country and taking the president on over welfare reform. and the man who shot several people including congresswoman gabrielle gifford strikes a plea deal. the hot weather may be going away for a little while. much cooler temperatures are on the way.

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took in somewhere around $2 million just today the fund- raising is all-important. >> it really proved that romney is indeed on a roll at a fund- raising his opponents for the last three months trach obama is out front overall but the campaign cash rates are on. he addressed the crowd of acme manufacturing plant today. you and the people who work here build industries, not government. he is greeted with applause in ellisgrove village mitt romney is talking about jobs and how his five. plan will deliver 12 million of them if he has his way in november jobs will come when small businesses get more competitive taxes. >> what's happening in

washington is a bunch of people who never really worked in the private sector think they know better how to run an enterprise than the people who are actually doing it they think they built these small businesses, they did not they are smothering them but he later came out swinging on a different issue the president's welfare plan. president barack obama quietly announced it planned to cut health care reform. this accuses obama of cutting welfare reform making changes that a bipartisan congress put into place years ago. romney however feeling the middle class says he does not see it that way his stinging words sparking sharp reaction from democrats not only from the white house but also here in chicago. >> we have had 30 months of new jobs that have been created

under barack obama then in 80 years of the bush administration. the republicans have been engaged in direct sabotages of jobs programs. later in the day romney's message was all about raising money first to stop at harry carey restaurant in chicago. from there more of the same promises for a better america as ronni puts his five. plan into place. no words for the public just a quick exit out the back door and off to his next destination. mitt romney is not the only one eyeballing chicagos camp obama will be there for three fund-raisers. two illinois political heavyweights joining forces today to talk about the

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we spoke with the chief minister as he made his way from o'hare airport to wisconsin. it's a grim task for indian government ministers arriving at o'hare to make arrangements so the bodies can be brought back to india. all of the country, it's really shocking. under normal circumstances the minister is a rival would be greeted with joy and celebration with a traditional music began to receive them but today's welcome is subdued. normally he would see a lot of hugging flowers a band here for his arrival but it will be a more humble experience. the chief minister is off to wisconsin to meet with the victims' families in the grave with them, across the

midwest and north america at the peaceful hard-working sikh community is reeling from sunday's shooting and the exact motive for the suspected shooter wade michael page remains a mystery. why did it happen to our community. why. >> the minister and other indian dignitaries expected to attend a major indian american wedding in wisconsin on august 11th assembly that joyous celebration is also likely to be muted due to the scope of this tragedy. >> big changes in the arizona shooting massacre case, the accused shooter cuts a deal. also a bad week for allergy sufferers from record high mold counts of making things

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the clouds increase in the afternoon scattered showers tomorrow night but later in the day after things could get interesting these clouds did fly to produce a shower and they did so north of the wisconsin line. but the big story was the mold cow but again was way up above the advisory threshold of 50,000 in 65,000 count today. he has marveled at the numbers all year look at the warmth and how the '80s went all the way up into the yukon territory something very profound is going on. we will have a northeast wind and temperature readings will be well below these levels. the lakefront hit 95 today. we are still nine degrees above 24 hours ago we are realizing the

pattern is starting to change here for the rest of the week. it's still 86 at armstrong elementary school. these never did produce a shower in town and there are west winds blowing tonight with a 65 do. that's in preparation for the weather system to come with some rain. second warmest and forth wettest july. this is been a widespread unusual summer obviously with lots of drought. 1.6 in. of rain

when have we had a number like that to look at. again all of this as the he backs up into lost vegas and phoenix where they are expecting triple digit highs tomorrow up around 110 in some cases or more here is the jets' stream again and we said right on this cold pool and that's where you get a lot of lift. there are the little showers that try to get going up north the new showers are adhered to the west and a tower

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tucson killing 6113 including ben congresswoman gabrielle giffords. a judge found him competent to stand trial he has been forcibly medicated for schizophrenia, victims families avoid the heartache of trial. i thought life in prison would be a lot worse and also because i think he might have a chance if his mind is kept under sedation to the point that he is hole he might learn about the lord. giffords in turn has been say they hope that avoiding a trial would allow the victim to continue peeling and could move on with their lives government forces in the country's most popular city video posted on you to appears to show a war plant overhead the fighting is so intense the u.n. has pulled out

24 observers, the syrian president was seen on tv for the first time he was with our run security chief who claimed the u.s. is responsible for the safety of 48 i iranians kidnapped sunday a four hour fire at a california refinery caused an imminent spike and gas prices they battled the massive blazes in richmond california the fire broke out around 630 and was contained by about 11 no reported injuries but there are fears it could be down for months. the same plant shut down production for three months, the pipeline that left more than 1,000 bar. of oil and wisconsin field will open up again after getting the green light from u.s. regulators they announced the pipeline will reopen tomorrow the leak discovered a week and a half ago to push gas prices here in chicago the

filled section has been replaced and they will conduct aerial patrols a very prominent hollywood and broadway composer has passed away he died at his home in los angeles yesterday he was 68 years old and during his career he won at least one oscar in the golden globe award best known for his contribution to the way we were and of course wind. a bad couple of days for those of you with allergies, mold counts go up to levels that you have not seen in more than a decade. last night's on likely white sox hero was trying to be a hero again tonight. gov paquin signing

a bill today 48 assembly plant in chicago. he says it will offer stability and certainty for businesses it extends the length of special districts for 25 years and allows companies to tap into property-tax abatement in sales tax abatements and most importantly, the best way to

fight poverty the best way to fight crime the best way to keep families together, to help everybody is a.j. obie. the governor also talked about me itreestablishing the middle class in america which he said could be done by job creation. daly moved in shortly after he retired in 2011 the developer kept ownership with residence is spokesperson for the former mayor declined to comment about where he is living right now the owners of beepers coffee and donuts filing a lawsuit against the city of edmundston fighting for the right to operate their food trucks within city limits. they have been working with a temporary permit but cannot get

a permanent license. they also want to maintain a brick and mortar outlet in the city they say the law is unconstitutional that it serves no purpose. other than to protect evanston restaurants from competition. the level of mold in the year is extremely high air quality of parts have been issued for the area allergists say that they were there to blame for the mold growth mold levels generally peaked in september or october. we are seeing it earlier and earlier until this week chicago only had six days of very high mold readings in 2010. we may be

suffering the consequences of a not so cool winter last year as well no to the 84 over chicago not the 90's we saw today winds pick up and wins the northeast and we stay in the '70s we haven't done that since june the 25th almost six weeks ago but you can see the load dropping out of the dakotas. we have a very windy weather system and a lot of moisture spins up into this setup. see how it develops into clusters tomorrow night that kind of pauses a bit on thursday morning and it picks up again in the afternoon and the winds begin to pick up thursday

night and you will see that yellow area coming in off of the lake that is moister coming in here and it could include some thunderstorms it's very unstable and this weather system and by friday afternoon may be some sun but there will be a lot of wind. here's a closer look at how the winds late thursday during the day pick up over night. look at the gusts by thursday morning. that will be a lot cooler these are the top rings so far this year they have occurred a couple of times this one will produce a range from all locations in that ballpark this is ernesto eminently ready to go on shore in the yucatan peninsula right there you will see how we boveri emerge where it may pick up strength again after winding down here is that moves across

the water. a lot of moisture and a lot of weather down here in the peninsula tonight cancun is under a tropical storm warning. 84 is our forecast high tomorrow. probably not a lot of rain over the daylight hours. we go into thursday with scattered showers to pick up in the afternoon and evening. the time highs will have fallen back to the '70s we are not done with the warm weather yet but this is an indication of things to come. >> scientists at nasa bursting

with pride over the early results from the curiosity mars rover. new colored photos released including images during the rovers landing in the martian landscape shot spots in the gale crater. the images are a little grainy but the guy who designed the camera says it looks just fine to him. the camera did what it's supposed to do, it found focus, when you look at the image on line you can see rocks in the foreground it works awesome i cannot wait to open it. and see what else we can see. >> curiosity could be paving the way for human exploration of the red planet. astronauts will reach mars in his lifetime and nasa's administrators predict it will happen about the 20 30's.

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sox fans with great expectations after last night. don't the tigers ever lose. the white sox again had casey sox fans hoping this will be a picture of the world series champ. second homer to for 2. a frozen rope to center in the base hit. before they got the crusher off the bat of billy butler. aid to

run shot the sox lead now just a half-game. he is making his major-league debut for the cubs in san diego. watch david up against the wall. he makes the grab. now the bears are closing in on their first preseason game on thursday against the broncos. many of the veterans not seen much action. he is nursing that sort me which has a lot of people very concerned. i now owe a lot of you are asking about brian or lacquer. when we have more information brian will be

our linebacker next year. we need that piece of the puzzle so badly. the bears got a new body in camp today back in the practice field he joins the bears in hopes of earning a spot, he is 33 years old and he played for the lions last year. he is a pretty good special teams player. this is a team that gave me a shot in the first place. i've played longer here that i've played anywhere else. i love the coaches i'm just excited to be back. we plan on using him going right back into his old spots. at the olympics

the u.s. volleyball team also reached the semis. there will be no gold medals for the u.s. boxing team for the first time in history. and the pga the final major of the year begins thursday at south carolina. once again he has, short-term the last time he put a shoe in to break the all-time record. i have plenty of time. that is debatable, but not plenty of time. no happy campers and my

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