>> attacked in the early morning hours as she slept in north side woman and her roommate fend off a home invader. our top stories seen around the country the defensive security shattered in one part of the lake view neighborhood. we are live. >> where we are is what's really making this a shocking for residents, this is a quiet part of the city and this attack happened at 5:00 in the morning. the fact that the attacker was

that brazen has left many people unnerved. safety is one of the things that many residents of this lake view pretty tree- lined street do not have to worry about. >> it's absolutely shocking we see this as a very safe area. absolutely shocked. around 5:00 this morning and an unidentified attacker broke in and try to sexually assaulted 25 year-old woman as she fought off her attacker the noise woke up her roommate schering the man off he fled the scene stealing several items on the way out of no one was seriously hurt but it's putting several neighbors on alert. police say neighbors need

to watch out for one another keep all doors and windows locked and contact them if anything seems out of the ordinary. things that you just need to know living in a city like chicago. if you live in a big city these things happen. it's a big city. >> chicago police tell me that the suspect was not armed during this attack they are only giving get a pretty vague description at this point, a black man about 35 years old 180-200 lbs. he had a black closely cropped hair cut rainier long sleeved shirt that was dark in color. >> a deadly crash and a gruesome discovery more than 200 mi. away to tragedies forever linked, at tonight investigators in michigan search for clues and a

triple homicide while the family mourns an innocent life lost in indiana. >> this story started or so we thought near michigan city indiana with a high impact car crash that took us here but the bulk of the story at this hour remains in belleville michigan where a community is trying to sort out if a man may have taken his own life after stabbing his wife and two sons to death. police activity, a neighborhood aghast at the findings at an upscale subdivision in michigan, a woman and her two sons found stabbed to death in their beds no signs of struggle. a car heading fast the wrong way on i 94 collided with another car head-on this man michael evangeline was behind the wheel he exited this rest stop area

both died instantly when their cars burst into flames residue from the crash is still visible along the interstate tonight nelson was 45 and was on his way home from the u.s. steel plant when he was killed, his family remembers him as a hard-working and a loving father. when authorities knocked on the home of the family of michael bender land they found his wife and two sons dead. he had attempted

suicide several times before, while no suicide note had been discovered authorities are looking for clues did he take down his family before taking his own life and that of an innocent stranger. who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. it said that it came to this before he could get any help. >> the investigation continues in michigan, what was the reason for the devastating... deland us right here in portage indiana. >> it was again today anything but a quiet normal courtroom at the drew peterson trial. prosecutors and defense attorneys verbally went at it

and the judge had to jump in to restore order. the jury perked up after some lively korver bickering and a cameron of the state's expert witness day 11 is over and there's never a dull moment. drew peterson is on trial because of this man, a forensic pathologist performed the second autopsy on kathleen savio after her body was exhumed in 2007 he rolled her death a homicide he was on the stand for a day and a half and told the jury that the 3 in. gash on the back of her head, the depressing and the left hip area and the positioning of her body in the bathtub could not have been caused by a fall his ruling goes against the report of three other pathologists. it's just one man's opinion

there are other opinions. opinions are not facts. and contradicting opinions raises a reasonable doubt right there. the defense attorney called one of his excuses lame and even told him i will give you the chance to take one of your opinions back they also argue directly over objections in front of the jury and were scolded by the judge. we shook hands in the hallway and said he just came down to wish me well there is no personal hard feelings whatsoever the theatrics were not lost on the jury today who responded more than usual winter smiled and shook his head as if to say ridiculous other jurors

appeared tralee frustrated by the antics and frustrated by the constant interruptions the constant objections, today about 40 of them. and today they had to leave the courtroom for a sidebar seven times they were in court less than three hours for a 7 hour. set aside for testimony. i think it's been extremely tedious i have not really been involved or observed a trial where there have been so many objections the court is also filled with average citizens who are just interested in the trial. i basically go home eat and go to bed. she comes to court every day at 5:30 a.m. just to get a seat she says she is also frustrated by the interruptions but rebecca is here for a more personal reason, she was a victim of abuse. i

think women's rights are violated too many times and i would like to see justice served. >> and at the end of the day attorneys argued over a state witness who said that drew peterson offered him $25,000 to " get rid of kathleen savio and " the judge said he will rule on that tomorrow. illinois gov. pat quinn signed into law reform measures that would tighten loopholes and the state's pension system for lawmakers it comes after a series of reports by wgn and the chicago tribune. the new law requires an outgoing or former lawmaker to either opt out of higher pension or to

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41 year-old pleaded guilty today to stealing almost 30,000 letters containing more than $275,000 he took the envelops while working his route and is facing up to five years in prison he will be sentenced in november. coming up, mondogo jumped into the mayor's race. the vice president and mrs. obamaand the president and mrs. obama's first kiss etched in stone.

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cloud, and storm clouds were captured downstate as well do you know in indiana they had more rain today than they have had all summer over an inch of rain came down. unfortunately the damage has been done on many farms. the damage that has occurred has built into it. look at this band of storms. a lot of

damage all the way from st. louis across to champagne this morning what is going on here is behind us there is a big canadian high coming in. this is a reason that you could argue at the epicenter of the drought. even with those reins calculated in a look at the deficits since june the first. amazingly sad rain totals for this summer. here is the view

from downstate decatur. and from crawfordsville indiana which was hard hit with ray and the powerful winds going through there. these are more whether bob rain totals. but tonight in the wake of all of this we are cool hand starting to clear out. waukegan at 68. here are some of the wind gusts downstate. over 70 mi. per hour winds in our area of one of the attributes of the wet weather we had this morning was another mold, through the roof. thames could

go to the 40's. the thunder storm watches are fading away downstate. 75 year and look how gras this cool air mass is. current temperatures down to 48 tonight. on the shores of

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>> there is more to this a softball team then meets the eye. these guys play the game and they play it well. he is one of those kids that is waiting

for dad to get home in the driveway with the baseball lout. we are here to give back what we lost and we are very very competitive. all of these guys fall into a role model and it's one of the toughest things to do. it's not something i asked for but if i live my life persevering over these obstacles that i have people see that and they think what can i do that. i was in afghanistan from 2009 to our vehicle struck a 200 lb i e d and that lost both of my legs. i lost my faith which to an athlete is everything and i had to reach each myself to walk we

all suffered some type of imputation whether it's a gunshot wound. it was just a normal night of the night patrol and on my way back from the patrol i stepped on a landmine so i suffer the imputation of my right foot. i was prepared for the foot in del of the other things he was wrapped up like a mummy when i got there. all of these guys have had to go through so much and people forget what the families have to go through as well. my family had to watch me learn how to walk and run again. he has the heart of a lion and he is one of the most competitive kids i've ever known in my life. this was

just like any other roadside bomb except i didn't get my arm down in time i did manage to get my head down, i live for my kids my wife is the most amazing woman i know in those little motivators give you a reason to get up in the morning, i don't know what i would do without them. i started learning to throw with my left hand because they're going to want to start playing catch. when people come up they don't know what to expect but by the second inning that disappears, you forget. duties. at 27 i never ever dreamed i would get a chance to be an athlete again it's an unbelievable blessing to be on this team and all of these guys appreciate what they're doing.

>> inspirational isn't good enough of a word. the national wounded warrior softball team plays games all over the country but their mission goes beyond putting on a great show. they are trying to raise awareness about the sacrifices the soldiers have made and inspire others to rise above the challenges they face as amputees. much more coming up, first knee surgery and now may be broken hearts, detail of brian's recent breakup. and later in sports the white sox continue to crank out some major league homers. >> with hotwire's low prices i can afford to visit chicago

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the chicago air and water show is one of the highlights of this summer and a local firefighter had a chance to be part of it, you get an amazing ride with the acrobatic blue angels. the

pilots say they appreciate firefighters like these. we in the military really appreciate those folks because when we are deployed there keeping our family and friends safe back here at home so it's very important for us to recognize service of all types. in addition to the blue angels the army parachute team will be out over the weekend. and visibility should be pretty good for the big event this weekend. this pays less canadian air coming into the area should be gorgeous. big storms to our south but they are moving away from us. look how cool it's getting in the suburbs. we have

70 in the city at the moment and a loss of territory temperatures warmer than they were 24 hours ago. back to the '40's out in the suburbs. upper 50s in the city and daytime highs in the '70s on saturday. these are not bad, they are a bit below normal for this time of year. winds are northwest at 12, due point is 54. we had a high mold count in the area today. you can see the high pressure dropping in here during the day on friday but

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white sox are having a great run north of the border. a frightening display by the white sox in toronto if you were in the dave's dugout. set to win their sixth series in the last seven tries. in the third to wang cut that in half he hit one last night to, the sox trailed

2-1. and this one tis the game at 2 followed immediately by tyler flowers and watch where this one comes down. alex rios comes up, they couldn't get a right-hander warmed up fast enough and rios made them pay 6-2 white sox. another upper deck shot. seven-two is the final tonight and brian urlacher was back to have his knee scope.

he was advised to avoid surgery after he was injured in the last game of the regular season in minnesota but when his knee swelled up in the first days of training camp at the strategy change now after the operation he faces a season of curtailed practices. the good thing is we have two days off after the game if i go to out of those three days with the surgery that he has, it doesn't lander that long. linger that long. the

recovery process may take a few weeks but at age 34 with knees you never knew, everyone has their fingers crossed. >> how about the uniform that notre dame will wear against miami those helmets are half blue end have cooled with a huge leprechaun on the side apparently only for the game in chicago. most chicago fans are probably happy about that. we will have a couple of races in the hourlong show with culminates of the running of the million and streaming live and replayed at 8:00 and finally the angels game last night, cory hunter a face plant their left

his spike to tie in to break into the face of greg gibson the umpire he was lucky the edge caught him just outside his left eye. superficial damage mr. up his mug a little bit they're lucky that one was not a whole lot worse. >> and he had to rip the mask off to make the call when he was wide open. >> that's the news for this thursday night. have a great el

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