after battering the southern tip of florida... the republican national convention appears to be clear of tropical storm isaac. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm tonya francisco in for dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. our top story.... isaac is expected to make landfall this week on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. the path of the storm takes it west of florida and into the gulf of mexico this week. governors in louisiana mississippi and alabama have declared a state of emergency. isaac is expected to become a hurricane and make lakefall tuesday night or early wednesday morning. forecasters say the path of the storm is similar to katrina...

but isaac will not be nearly as strong. it's expected to become a category one hurricane... compared to katrina's huge category-5 status. here in chicago we could feel the effects of hurricane isaac which is threatening to disrupt u.s. offshore oil and gas supplies. the average price for a gallon of gasoline in chicago remains the highest in the nation at $4.19 a gallon, down about 5- cents from last week. while tropical storm isaac doesn't appear as strong as other storms that have previously increased the price of gas... there is some concern that the storm could drive prices up temporarily. republican meeting in tampa for the gop convention are getting down to business .. now that hurricane isaac seems to be moving away from the florida coast. wgn's frank holland is live in nearby celarwater ... where he's keeping tabs on illinois' republican delegation. >>the illinois delegation just

closed their first breakfast and meeting at the convention was not much of a meeting it was more of a political pep rally with state party leaders shared goals and dreams for the november election and beyond ... illinois republican leaders served up a healthy serving of optimism and objectives ... pat brady set the tone as you expect the speaker focused on the immediate goal of mitt romney winning the november election ... illinois treasurer imagined to the days that mitt romney would be inaugurated ...

the state house victories are a long term goal ... the pension crisis the high unemployment rate and credit issues were labeled democratic problems >>this is about literally changing the direction of illinois absent was senator mark kirchner suffered a stroke in january he was unable to make the trip he was praised by delegates for his courage making it through his

illness ... at one point the state party chairman said he wanted to thank everyone in the room who was not running for governor three-time presidential candidate ron paul says he decided not to speak at this week's g-o-p convention ... because he doesn't endorse mitt romney. paul tells the "new york times" he declined an appearance ... because the romney camp wanted to approve his speech. he said "it wouldn't be my speech... and that would undo everything i've worked for in the last 30-years." paul is in florida... and held his own campaign rally yesterday. he's leaving congress this year... but did not rule out another run for the white house. a developing story we're following this morning: three people were shot in south suburban glenwood... police are on the scene... wgn's amy rutledge is live in glenwood with more. >>3 people were shot four people

are in custody as police tried to figure out what happened at this condominium 10:00 this morning neighbors called 911 to report gunfire they thought it started as a home invasion but the suspect broke into a first floor condo with a young man and his little child in side >>i told the police that i heard two gunshots and i saw someone running ... they confirmed that they had several calls it looks like one man was injured on his side he was carried out on a stretcher >>a few minutes later a vehicle was stopped we had two guys that were shot and two other suspects in that car all of them for all of them arrested >>the man shot in the

condominium is being guarded by police ... he was conscious during transport ... we don't know that the hitherto suspects who were shot the two year-old boy brought to the hospital was not hurt he has been released ... a lot of unanswered question about motive and weapons used in this crime a new study shows that most of the guns being used by chicago gangs.. were actually purchased in the suburbs. the study was conducted by university of chicago crime lab researchers on behalf of the chicago police department. it shows: 30 percent of guns recovered from chicago streets between 2-thousand-8 through march of this year came from suburban gun shops. a third of those were bought at chuck's gun shop in southwest suburban lyons. fifthwgn has attempted to reach out to the owner of chucks.. so far, our calls have not been returned. the prosecution rests its case in the drew peterson murder trial of his third wife kathleen savio. and now peterson's attorneys are

launching their defense. wgn's judy wang is live in joliet with the latest details. >>there arrested before 11 and the defense again argued for a directed verdict saying the prosecution failed to present enough evidence in there for the case ought to be dismissed ... no theory as to what happened to the woman ... the judge denied the request for direct verdict ... >>drew peterson attorneys acknowledge that these were very

rare to be granted ... the jury heard from more than 30 prosecution witnesses many testified the third wife a drew peterson kathleen savio had feared that drew peterson would kill her she was found in her bathtub march 2004 ... prosecution presented a case that since drew peterson did not want her to get part of his pension and a divorce settlement he killed her and made a heart look like an accident ... in the next two- three days the defense will try to convince the jury that this was an accident does the coroner initially ruled ... it is possible her neighbors and divorce lawyer could get called to the witness stand ... as for drew peterson has sarcastic demeanor might be an issue in whether or not he takes the witness stand ...

>>there has been debate between true and his attorneys they may decide to put him up later on he's not afraid to testify he would like to if it is the right thing to do ... but this is a decision that has not been made yet. the defense says it will need two or three days and then the rebuttal there's an indication the judge may want to delay closing arguments until after the long holiday weekend ... in the courtroom next to drew peterson ... the murder trial of christopher vaughn enters its second week today. vaughn is accused of shooting his wife and three children in 2007. last friday, jurors saw dozens of photos from the crime scene. kimberly vaughn was slumped in the front passenger seat of the family's vehicle and the children were still buckled in the back seat. defense attorneys claim vaughn's wife killed the children, wounded vaughn and then committed suicide. prosecutors say vaughn murdered his family ... so he could

start a new life. a new email from rod blagojevich shows he is still confident he'll be released on appeal. he sent the email to his wife, patti, on their anniversary ... and she posted it on "facebook" yesterday. she said... 'got this message from rod yesterday... it is better than flowers.' in the email... rod blagojevich references his two daughters and says he wouldnt trade them for all the freedom and all the money in the world. he also writes; "p.s.... hey by the way... what are you doing next year on this day? can i take you out?" blagojevich is serving a 14-year prison term. next: remembering astronaut neil armstrong. also ahead: police in new york learn more about the gunman in last week's deadly shooting outside the empire state building. and: disgraced former south carolina governor mark sanford is making headlines again. he's not missing this time... we've got the latest twist in his personal life.

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a rogue soldier from the afghan army turned his gun on coalition troops this morning, killing two foreign soldiers. it happened in the laghman province in eastern afghanistan. the gunman was killed. the deaths bring the number of foreign soldiers killed this month -- to twelve. nato is requring soldiers to carry loaded weapons at all times on base. just last week, the taliban claimed its members have successflly infiltrated afghan security forces, for the purpose of killing troops from america and its allied partner seventeen civilians were killed by taliban soldiers in afghanistan's southern province of helmand. two women and 15 men were found by the side of a road. the bbc is reporting the victims were either beheaded or had their throats cut. local officials said the group had gathered to listen to music and watch women dancing -- when they were killed. according to the report -- the taliban disapprove of men and women mixing socially. another report said they were killed because they were government workers. more than 300 bodies, many of them women and children, have been pulled from homes in the town of daraya, syria, near damascus. opposition activists are calling it a massacre by the syrian government. the syrian army just recently

recaptured the city from rebel forces. videos uploaded by the opposition show rows of corpses. some of them were children, including a toddler. but the u.n. security council can't pass sanctions against syrian leaders, because russia supports them, and it holds veto power. we're learning new information about last week's shooting outside the empire state building. according to police: jeffrey johnson had no plans to return home after shooting his co- worker last friday. they searched johnson's apartment, and found keys in an envelope for his landlord. the medical examiner says: johnson shot steve ercolino 5 times in the head. ercolino had previously filed a complaint, claiming that he thought johnson would eventually try to kill him. johnson was killed by police after the shootings. he was shot 9 times in the chest. nine pedestrians also suffered bullet or fragment wounds- all shots were fired by police. a congressman wants president obama to honor the late neil armstrong with a state funeral. armstrong died on saturday at the age of 82. in 1969, he commanded the apollo eleven space mission and became the first person to walk on the moon. ohio congressman bill johnson

says armstrong was a true hero and should be recognized as such ... with a state funeral. so far ... the white house has not responded to that request. armstrong was a private man and friends say his family may not want a public funeral. a ban from cycling isn't slowing down lance armstrong's cancer charity. armstrong has been accused of doping. when he announced he wouldn't cooperate with the investigation .. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from racing. armstrong said the investigtion would be unfair and one-sided. the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency says armstrong could have kept five of his tour de france wins if he cooperated with the probe. after the ban was announced .. donations to armstrong's "livestrong" charity shot up. the charity collected $80,000 on friday. it normally takes in about 3200 dollars a day. the former governor of south carolina is engaged to his long-time argentenian girlfriend. you may recall, back in 2009:

sanford went on a "secret trip." nobody knew where he was; including his own family. his office reported that he was hiking the appalachian trail. but sanford was actually in argentina, having an affair. stanford issued a statement over the weekend confirming the couples' plans to marry. and, still to come this midday: why general motors is banning presidential candidates from visiting its factories during the election ... and we i stepped on the machine,

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factories but you may have to rely on old footage to see that gm is banning the candidates from its plant until after election day ... and spite of the fact that the united states remains its largest shareholder the automaker wants to be viewed as a success and making cars ... most people unemployed between 2009-2011 have had to settle for lower wages to get another job one in three of those rehired say the new jobs pay at least 20 percent less ... in a shift that shakes up retailing planning many families are delaying back-to-school purchases according to the new york times the economy and the hot weather are holding back shopping ... apple shares are

rallying on the $1 billion verdict on friday in its favor there's an indication that the fed may act to boost the economy thanks deborah. coming up next: mayor rahm emamuel responds to a new study tracing the guns used in crimes in chicago... and where many of them are being purchased. for governor quinn to act on legislation that would expand gambling in illinois [ 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.

mayor rahm emanuel is addressing safety concerns after a deadly weekend in chicago. at least seven people died as a result of gun violence. wgn's robert jordan is live at wells community academy high school with that story. >>the bullets were flying through one police district according to the mayor he was here at this high-school to discuss a program that is newly instituted where eligible students 500 of them will be receiving free cta fare cards from five different high schools mainly the mayor was able to discuss the shootings which dominated his attention the mayor said that reason

police efforts have been working, and crime is down in many parts of chicago that were previously hotspots the mayor says that targeted police practices are working and they have the numbers to back this up: >>you don't get this 9 percent reduction in crime by accident ... what happened in the sixth district is not reflective of the entire city but we have to do what we need to do in this district there's an example of what is now working in garfield park and the englewood.neighborhood we have a responsibility to keep the trend positive >>it's a big challenge with a big payoff ...

a man on the west side not only robbed people; he also demanded that they remove their shorts. the robberies happened saturday morning in west garfield park. police say: david ray jumped out of an suv, and demanded that the victim remove his shorts. he then hit the victim in the head and stole his wallet. a short time later, ray did the same thing to another victim. only this time, ray also shot at the man. the victims were not injured. police arrested ray later that morning. david ray is charged with armed robbery, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. he's being held on $500,000 bond. the driver of the suv managed to escape. governor quinn has until tomorrow to decide what to do with the state's gambling expansion bill. the bill would create five new casinos in illinois, and allow slot machines at race tracks. quinn could either veto the bill, suggest changes, or sign it. if he does nothing it automatically becomes law. in june, quinn told supporters not to hold their breath for him to approve the bill. the governor has said that he's concerned by the bill's lack of oversight over casinos. he also wants more money set aside for education.

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we are watching that tropical storm in the gulf of mexico is in that amazing it's on a similar track to katrina only not as strong at this time ... there is a warm current of water over which these storms have exploded in intensity this will pass to the north of that current ... speaking of the warm and humid air that's what produced the downpours here in chicago last night ... it really poured ... there's lots of moisture in this era mass ... we

will see some falcon patches across the metro area ... we could see some compression warming may be getting into the 90s before some big grain would approach over the labor day weekend ... is it is now tracking with 65 mi. per hour winds the florida peninsula was hit with very heavy rain along the east coast yesterday there could be traumatic thunderstorms accompanying all of that ... it is now headed for norland according to this computer model ... southern mississippi the delta area and alabama are also along the model plotting and the storm

can also according to other models go ahead on into lake pontchartrain ... new.orleans could be a direct hit to... the red colors indicate actual water temperatures on this map the consensus is that it may travel into the midwest that could bring some rainshowers over this weekend ... right now we're looking at a category one hurricane these are flooding advisory's in florida: and you can see those

red flag and fire advisory's in the plains states and out west ... the storm on this forecast moves up west of mobile alabama there are heavy wind gusts that you get out of such a system we may see more prolific grainrain working its way north ... the remnants are coming up in this direction we have several models ... we are looking at saturday and sunday the labor day weekend could have rain in the forecast.

at least we may get some drought relief. we had nearly 1 ft. of rain in florida but shouldwe saw some ... four and half to 5 in. appear in the chicago metropolitan area we are looking at some numbers: elmhurst flossmor ... the let's take a look at how i set

will be travelingssac will be traveling on the map ... at midway airport, 3 in. last night twice the normal amount for the entire month of august the forecast today is for sunshine with fog on the way overnight we could see some basic rainshowers for the weekend prior to that 90 degree temperatures leading up to saturday it's 12 degrees warmer than we were yesterday it has been the coolest weekend in three weeks here in the city ... end midway

has not seen that kind of rainfall in two years ... here is the chicago forecast: sunshine today temperatures peak to the mid-80s north-northeast winds at 10 mi. per hour ... temperatures drop with fog patches forming overnight tomorrow sunni hazy and more moderate humidity wednesday high temperature 91 degrees thursday even higher mid-90s ...

typically as these storms had land there is a better chance that the remnants travel up the mississippi to the midwest ... we have had notable exceptions and remember hurricane carla we will see how much we will get. time now for today's trivia question: state was the first successful a. texas b. california c. pennsylvania the answer is ahead in this hour of the wgn midday news.

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time for sports: gavin floyd will have an mri on his elbow today to determine if he'll return to the disabled list. he missed time last month with tendinitis. sox going for a sweep of seattle after a 2-hour rain delay. in the 2nd, floyd strikes out trayvon robinson to end the inning, but he leaves after that with elbow soreness in his throwing arm. sox down 3-2 in the 7th... tyler flowers drives one to deep center for a 2-run homer. the umps called the game shortly after that, so the sox win 4-3 in 7 innings. the sox sweep the 6-game home stand, and maintain a two-and- a-half game lead. rain also delayed the cubs and rockies on the north side. cubs up a run in the 6th... chris volstad strikes out carlos gonzalez to end the inning... he pitched 6 and 2/3rds scorless innings. bottom of the 6th... darwin barney bloops one just over the glove of the second baseman and starlin castro scores. cubs win 5-0, after the game was called in the eighth. volstad gets his first win in more than a year, to snap a 24- game winless streak.

the bears cut 9 players, and still have to trim the 75-man roster to 53 by friday. rookie quarterback matt blanchard was among the cuts. rookie safety brandon hardin was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list with a neck injury. johnny knox went on the "physically unable to perform" list, meaning he can't play before week six. the bears still have to officially name a starting left tackle mike tice says jamarcus webb and chris williams recieved passing grades against the giants but sources say it's still webb's job to lose.

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on the medical watch... the nation's top pediatricians are speaking out about the health benefits of circumcision recent studies show the procedure reduces the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and urinary tract infections ... and can help fight cancer. the old belief was that the potential benefits -- were not enough to recommend that it always be done. doctors now say the benefits justify performing the procedure routinely. but in the end, they say it's the parents' decision. a common medical test could change the legal system. attorneys in a florida murder case had their client take a lie detector test. but instead of the traditional machine... his brain was being monitored in an mri. scientists say the brain scan is able to show if someone is

being deceptive. ultimately, the judge said the mri lie detector test would not be admissible in court. still, researchers and legal experts say they can envision a time when such brain scans are used as lie detectors. lunchbreak is next. we're making braised short rib and a corn puree! questions? anyone have occasional constipationquestions? diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'.

in today's "lunchbreak".... braised short rib served with a corn puree... joseph heppe is here from "untitled" on west kinzie. thanks for coming in. i was commenting ... that is a nice chunk of meat ... >>the pleasure is all mine ... thank you very much ... this is one of my favorite meals to serve year round ... you want to get a good car molestationrmelization of the meat so your sear this very wwell you may also want to ask your butcher to provide you with boneless short ribs. i a season

these with hot oil in the pan and salt and pepper and once it is well browned i will add garlic celery, onion we will let those get all golden and then add some red wine along with a leaf and thymebay leaf and thyme you have to remember to brown on all sides of the meat

you can use any kind of your favorite red wine ... something you preferably with like to drink you can use either beef or veal stock you will add this to the braising liquid. you should leave it like this overnight put it in the heaven on the second day to cook. you want that in a heavy ovenproof casserole ... you can cut the

meat into smaller portions once it is cooked. for the corn puree you would like to cook that at a lower temperature you will take the cooked corn and put it into a blender.... i like to serve this with those large diver scallops

... those can be pan-seared much like the way you handle those short ribs ... and the presentation ... corn puree on the plate-- a dollop at each end along with a savoury

bread pudding.... joseph heppe, thanks so much for joining us. untitled is located at 111 west kinzie... to learn more go to: untitled chicago .com. for a recipe, or to watch the segment again, log on to: wgntv.com/midday. ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque at 2 months after a dental visit. plus, it gives you these key benefits. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. crest. life opens up when you do.

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>>tell us about the weather down on the gulf coast tom ... >>all eyes will be on that storm as it makes its way to new.orleans over warm water the peak wind is 60-65 mi. per hour and that track is very similar to katrina ... there will be a significant storm surge into the gulf coast ... the remnants are heading into the midwest ... this could bring some substantial rain headed for the labor day weekend ... we had some driving downpours last night here in chicago ... we are currently 82 charice... water

temperature is 77 ... there could be patchy fog forming tonight over nine ... we have some high pollen counts the rain is organizing to the north ... we may see the remnants of that hurricane coming into our area by the weekend lots of sunshine tomorrow and for the next several days we will go from 83 tomorrow 293 by friday ... we will have more