>> we all ran down the street and saw the train on top of the car basically. a chicago police car collided with a brown line train, a police officer heard in train service in the area destructive for hours. we are live at the scene with the latest. >> brown line service finally getting back to normal tonight after this crash. a dcc train operator injured and caused a minor derailment and brought train traffic to a halt. the

smashed up unmarked police squad car. i just heard a horrific huge crash. >> i was just praying for the driver. this all started just before 4 this afternoon the officer driving the squad car was trying to catch up with her partner when she pulled up to the train crossing. has that she didn't see coming. they're not supposed to go round the, we don't know that they're there we don't know that they're coming through. as bad as it

looks this could have been much worse, passengers on board were not hurt, >> there have been several accidents at this crossing since renovations were completed in 20 07 since then although there are signals for train operators outbound trains are no longer required to come to a complete stop before crossing can see and many residents that we talked to say that is something that needs to be changed. acp as teacher is

charged with punching his dog to death. a 25 year-old is accused of killing his dog because the animal refused to get in the bathtub after making a mess of the house, he told authorities that the dog was in the trunk of his car, they found a beaten dog, he adapted the lab chow mix lastlast october. i guess the one thing we keep thinking is, this is so horrible but maybe this prevented him from entering a child, i don't know. a spokesperson confirms that he is a public-school teacher and an investigation is underway. burglars break into one of the city's signature stores, macy's

had by thieves at about 530 this morning. officials would not say how many watches or put a dollar figure on what was taken no one was injured and no suspects have been nicknamed. a baggage handler charged with stealing laptops from checked luggage he faces up to five years in prison if convicted he started investigating after it southwest airlines reported numerous missing laptops and found many ponds computers and laptops at his home, his finest $250,000. >> more testimony that kathleen savio was terrified of juror peterson that he told her she

could kill her e. and make it look like an accident and one testimony from a former mistress who said that drew peterson was cold. steve stated kathie savio for two years while she and drew peterson were in the middle of a divorce, when he went to her home the night of her death he confronted peterson and asked him what the hell happened, peterson said he didn't know. peterson replied she would have lost anyway, referring to the financial aspect of the divorce. when everyone in the family heard about kathleen everyone suspected that drew had something to do with it. the day after she died kathleen's

sister asked him did you kill my sister and drew choked up it acted surprised and said i wouldn't kill the mother of my children. susan had a contract for a movie deal from 2009- 200011 she said it was about domestic violence in savio's and peterson's marriage she says she wanted her sister to have a voice. they had a monetary motive from day when. the first place they want is the house to clear out. they said they were at her house looking for a will insurance papers in the briefcase that she told them to get before she died. a woman that had an affair with peterson said she saw him shortly after she died and she asked how the

kids were doing and he replied that will be fine she was crazy. susan said she was taken aback by his answer into thought it was cold. there has been concern over the slow pace of this trial jurors today let out a groan when they were asked to leave the courtroom for the fifth time, that happens almost every single day. we asked the state attorney tim how long this trial is going to last, he said he has two more weeks of witnesses when we asked the defense attorney yesterday about how long the trial would last he joked about it and said halloween. >> coming up a lawsuit filed in one of the deadly accidents involving that mega bus company into a local islamic advocacy group comes out swinging after congressman joe walsh's

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family of a woman struck and killed by a mad a bus tuesday comes just days after maggot but settled the lawsuit in the death of a pedestrian two years ago. incidentally of lawsuit was settled between mac a bus to the family's west kruger he died in february 2010 run over by a maggot boss and dragged to his death in both cases the victim walking in crosswalks as the bus turned left. maybe by asking these questions and getting answers it can lead to some changes that is the goal of the lawsuit that her family filed today they are seeking unspecified monetary damages claiming negligence in the operation of the bus but they are hoping that it sheds light on the uses and operations of

large coaches like mac a bus in larger urban areas. >> it's possible that if the pedestrians walking across the street that is to be in the blind spot of the trust's driver through the entire stern and the driver can theoretically not see the pedestrian ever. the family hopes it will help prevent another tragedy. everybody that knew her they lost somebody very vital very special and wonderful and we just want you all to no how much human to each and every one of us. the crash

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attending a memorial service today and all creek wisconsin. paying respect to the victims of the sikh temple shooting wednesday. as americans, we are one. >> asika sikh leader said that the killer did not succeed he wanted us to divide but the community came together. congressman joe walsh stirred up controversy again accusing the government of being too politically correct when it comes to islam. his comments wednesday offended a lot of people in the muslim community.

but he is standing behind his remarks. for tea party republican joe walsh told supporters that the threat of radical islam is right here in the chicago area and also blamed the government for the fort hood massacre. his comments sparked outrage among many chicago area religious leaders who held a news conference this morning to address the controversy. in his remarks congressman joe walsh made it abundantly clear where he stands and now the time has come for all people of goodwill of every faith tradition to stamp of these kinds of ideas

now and say to gather there is no place for this kind of hatred and public discourse. some say that his comments represent a deeper problem within the republican party. >> i don't know if they are trying to sound like the racist backwards bigoted party but we need to step up to the legacy of the great gop in the past. it's not an accident that you see such a diverse group of people standing here, we are all alarmed at what the gop has done to the social fabric of this country. congressman walsh says he stands by his controversial remarks. >> we don't have time to be politically sensitive here, there are people of around the world and in this country tried to kill americans, the administration knows it and congress knows it, care should be concerned about that. most

muslims are wonderfully patriotic loving peaceful people but there is a radical strand of islam which is trying to hijack that religion. >> rain didn't damage the enthusiasm of this thousands that showed up this morning for the annual susan g. colman three day event. it faces continuing fallout after ending support for planned parenthood breast cancer screenings earlier this year and later restoring funding. top leaders at coleman announced they were leaving their positions at the organizations but today all of that was put aside for the real reason people support this event. i may for your breast cancer survivor and it's wonderful for three days to be surrounded by individuals who all share the same common goal. this weekend's fund- raising event is the first four, and since it faced a corporate shakeup. coming up, how handful

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you say. they went up to 12 and a half-13 ft. at times today. tonight we can show you the beautiful start today that will be even more beautiful tomorrow. we have a pretty cool night ahead tonight and tomorrow night. this will be the coolest weekend and about 10 weeks. the

heaviest lance occurred along lake shoreline. botanic garden windup with 3.5 in. of rain. our weather but network picked up to 07 in highland park. these are other readings. wind gusts today that went over 40 mi. per hour. plus those incredible waves that you saw on the lake. that

waterspout that we saw this morning occurred at 742 and there was a second one at 748. they didn't last long. we had a lot of folks out there looking for them we didn't have any other reports. tonight it's already down to 63, 60 at woodstock. we will have low 50s tonight after a high temperature tonight that stayed in the '70s. do points are 47. the mold cow high ragweed. their work for the weekend is sunny. the heat is

backed up out to the west and other blazingly hot day in phoenix and death valley. we're kind of cool right here and you can see we're not going to get terribly warm but next week we will cap some of that warm air. here is the retreating storm in sherr are the advisory's 40 out to the west of us in a look at the temperatures. a weather system coming out of the rockies and we will show you that in just a bit. tomorrow should be a beautiful day.

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doctor said less than 2 percent chance told my parents what you want to do is he's not going to make it. >> devastating. things tahir and you wish that happen to you. but against all odds he has made it a real surprise for many. even the nurse asked how will you and i said 16 and she said you were the oldest survivor i have ever met. and that's not something i wanted to hear but thanks. time goes on. medically it's been a tough road for johnny, numerous surgeries, chemotherapy, a blood transfusions and the list goes on and it's left his body pretty beaten up. it attacks your nerves usually that's why i sweat on one side of my body and

my right i stayed in blue. but he has an skipped a beat, his cancer is in remission now. inspired by his challenges johnny wanted to help others gone through adversity whether it be an illness or bullying so he turned to music. one day my friend were in the basement in the recording studio and i started writing poetry into that i said i could probably wrap this. the owner of song works was quite impressed not only by his determination but his talent. i said from the get go that his story is absolutely amazing. he really maintains his determination to not only to

a good job because we knew he was against the odds and i think it's the whole story line that runs through his whole life. johnny taught himself how to play piano in third grade and he enjoys making dance moves with his younger sister of his desire to become a rapper came as quite a surprise to his folks. from two years old he wanted to be a pediatric oncologist. two months later i want to be a rapper. and to basically just said i want to find a cure for cancer but if i can become a famous rapper i can donate money and do it that way and that's his motivation, to make money and help find a cure for cancer. everything that he makes from his first album fair list will go to cancer research.

this song is on youtube and other internet music outlets in each time someone buys it he takes the money and donates it to the children's neuroblastoma cancer foundation. he figures if you can find a cure nobody else has to go through this. >> and like i said you could find his video on youtube and if

you buy it in downloaded he will donate a large portion of the money to the children's neuroblastoma foundation. >> giving kids a nice sendoff as they head back to school. and kids keep learning the hard way a day to forget as the cubs get an e for effort with hotwire's low prices, we can afford to take an extra trip this year. first boston... then san francisco. hotwire checks the competitions' rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so our hotels were half price. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e... ♪ ♪ hotwire.com ♪

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free immunization and dental exams. we are so proud to be a part of this fare we brought our raisins, granola bars, juice boxes all the things that kids need for healthy snacks. 3000 kids. a big figure to everybody that headed out. thank you to everybody that headed out. last night they were setting up the tents and it was pouring so we got a nice break in the rain. skies are clearing tonight, the real he has backed up in the western u.s., the wetter areas are red flag warnings for wild fires spreading. what a beautiful

evening and the highs tomorrow will make it well to the upper '70's, it will be the coolest weekend we've seen in chicago in almost 10 weeks. 78 is the forecast tomorrow. on monday we bring rain and in to see the weather system coming across the rockies that is our next weather system. high pressure comes in tomorrow, who will say goodbye to the storm. we will see lots of sunshine and clouds increase and there is the rain that spreads and after that. good amounts of rain expected with that as well. we have a couple

models that will suggest more than that. the over forecast and the rain in areas last night but we will look at another shot of rain monday, we certainly could use it. a beautiful weekend. 83 on sunday, 76 monday and back to upper 80s on thursday it looks like another cool weekend next weekend. have a great weekend. >> the white sox back home on the south side, rich king updates the paull konerko injury situation. we have the highlights next in sports.

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the second tanks one, he is good for a two run shot. the white sox also came back via a home run. the socks on the board it was 3-1. it was 322 oakland and the seventh and the sox tied the game thanks to this man. he finds deceit and the game is tied at 3-3. the tigers leading the rangers now making the ball game 6-2 and the white sox chairman finished off charity week by landing a hand to the community center. the white sox volunteers won honors from major league baseball for their commitment to a variety of causes. >> we are able to energize kids and we offer a place to come and

stay out of trouble and offer further education for their athletic abilities and it's always good to be associated with our volunteer corps. >> the cubs made five errors. down 9-2 but they fought back. this made it 9-8. the cubs almost lost jackson after a nasty collision. watch. on the turf they go. the goat to win the game by a score of 10-8. to describe the bears' opening season as lackluster would be an understatement. the fans had to

sit through a rainstorm to see them lose to the broncos' 33-31. the bears reserves got pounded by the broncos reserves. he says frankly there's very little meaning you can take out of a preseason opener. i now think we should expect fireworks. the good thing is that it's still preseason. >> protection wasn't as good, we're not ready for prime time yet, we will get to the practice field as soon as we can and start making the necessary

improvements. wrigley field is not the only win carl peterson dropped in the first tiger woods shot a 71 for his first major victory in four years.

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