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a new book written by a navy seal who was part of the mission that killed osama bin laden contradicts offical reports about the raid. the book is called "no easy day" and was written by a seal using the pen name "mark owen." in the book - owen says bin laden was unarmed and already dead when the seals entered his bedroom. he says the terror leader had gun shot wounds to the head. official reports say bin laden had a weapon and was killed after resisting soldiers who entered the room. the pentagon confirms the author is a former seal who was involved in the operation. he could face criminal prosecution if any confidential information is included. it's now been two-thousand days since fbi agent robert levinson disappeared in iran. the u.s. state department is pushing iran to give the u.s. more information about where

levinson might be. levinson disappeared more than five years ago while on a business trip to iran. last year .. secretary of state hillary clinton said the u-s government had received tips that levinson was being held by a group near the borders of afghanistan, iran, and pakistan. at the time ... the iranian government said it would look into levinson's disappearance but didn't know what happened to him. iraqi authorities executed 21 people in just one day. they were put to death on monday for terrorism. three of them were wen. since november, iraqi officials have executed nearly 90 people. but, these punishments are raising concerns. "human rights watch" is questioning the vagueness on some of the charges, and the thoroughness of the judicial process. a megabus nearly crashed on the pennsylvania turnpike after the driver became ill and passed

out behind the wheel. passengers say the bus started to swerve during their trip monday night. one passenger says he ran to the front of the bus after he heard other people trying to wake up the driver. another passenger helped guide the bus to a safe stop. when the driver came to... she told passengers she hadn't taken her blood pressure medication. megabus sent a second driver to continue the trip... and no one was hurt. next: another concern for america's healthcare system .... why the shortage of doctors is expected to increase. and later in lunchbreak: a sweet take on breakfast.... french toast .... with caramelized bananas and plantain chips.

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i'm deborah kostroun live from the new york stock exchange with your bloomberg "on the money" report: gas prices in your area jumping over night aaa says the average for a gallon of regular gas $4.27 up 11¢ from yesterday in chicago ... united airlines had another reservation system computer malfunction it is offering passengers who had to cancel revoking without penalties ... is held up, is seeing more than a 50% uptick in people selling their old samsung smart phones it's after that apple court victory in the massive patton infringement case and it's ahead of the new rumored apple i-phone

upgrade ... the resale value according to use a usa today for samsung smart phones is already dropping as consumers worry about the future of that market for the company their smart phone applications that will guide shoppers through vials ... target and walgreen's have floor plan layouts that they are applying to these applications ... as for the markets the stocks are trading higher awaiting the ben bernanke speech on the economy this friday ... coming up next: we go live to joliet for the latest in the drew peterson trial. also, in the medical watch: when doctors say you should worry about childrens' temper tantrums and what it could be an early sign of. we will be right back.

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drew peterson's son, thomas, maywgn's tonya francisco is live at the courthouse in joliet: he is here and ready to take the stand there may be a slight

delay apparently the state had to illinois state troopers interview him when he was away at college for five hours they prepared a report and somehow the report never made it to the defense the judge has now ordered the state to fine the state trooper reports they need them in court by 5:00 today to find out what thomas peterson have told them about the death of his mother kathleen savio. the defense and prosecution argued whether not kathleen savio but divorce attorney harry smith could take the stand ... the defense wants him to discuss the conversation he had with the fourth wife who is missing stacy peterson who reportedly asked him if she thought she could get more money from peterson during the divorce of she revealed what she knew about the death kathleen savio ... that a half

minute conversation is fair game if he is permitted to take the stand ... it just can't be revealed that stacy peterson disappeared two days after that conversation with the kathleen savio divorce attorney ... 19 year-old thomas peterson is the oldest son of drew and kathleen savio ... he's a smart fellow a freshman at the university of pennsylvania class valedictorian in high school he lived with his mother but he was with his father at his home the weekend his mother died he may have a unique insight into the case ... >>he's a smart young man nobody polls the will over his eyes he's not under some hypnotic spell from drew peterson he knows this to be the case he is morally certain that his father had nothing to do with his mother's demise or death

the judge ordered state to state troopers to get here by 5:00 today this could have an impact on the case ... they are on an lunchbreak for now the jurors are wearing blue and orange today ... join lourdes duarte and marcella raymond tonight at 7:00 on cltv, for special coverage of the drew peterson trial. they'll be taking a look at the day's events, and answering your questions. that's tonight at seven on cltv. nile have been reported in dupage county, bringing the total to 45 cases in illinois. health officials say west nile cases have increased more than 60% since last week. nationwide nearly 1600 human cases have been reported.

if you're heading out of town for labor day weekend and plan to drive, prepare for crowded roads. the traffic company "inrix" says chicago will have the eighth worst traffic in the country this weekend. traffic will start to build in around 2:00 p.m. on friday and will peak between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. to avoid the worst travel times, start after seven o'clock friday evening... or hit the road saturday morning. still to come this midday: tom skilling has your full forecast.

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beautiful day here in the chicago area we have some heat on the way tomorrow and friday ... and there may be some remnant rain showers from hurricane isaac it is pounding the gulf coast ... it is a stranglehold on the u.s. weather pattern ... they are highly organized collections of thunderstorms that spiral ... but right here in the center of this storm is where the maximum rain falls ... if you could sit under this area of the storm for one day you can get over 50 in. of rain in one day's time ... we will find out all about that: look at this area getting pummeled by the rain from mobile alabama through mississippi into the new.orleans area ... they've

had sustained winds at 38 mi. per hour with gusts as high as 74 mi. per hour this has been going on since 3:00 yesterday afternoon it's been happening nonstop throughout the area ... this will be one of the big stories the storm surge and all of the rain ... this raises the level of the water and produces what is what we call a storm surge ... power outages are taking out the direct feeds for information but we are still getting some info ... the wind is sustained 46 and gusting at 61 from one. ... here 78 mi. per hour gusts and sustained winds of 45 m.p.h. at another ... you will get an idea

of the devastation this can bring to a particular area looking at the rain totals: what is collected in these gauges even the blowing horizontally-- and looking at some of the wind gusts: that's threw out the coastal region along the gulf here are the local temperatures right now at this time: 8 10.3 ft. storm surge has been reported along the shoreline that's how much the gulf has risen ... the highest seas are

at 24 ft.. let's take a look at the model along the gulf coast ... wins will still be gusting at 60 mi. per hour before midnight ... 59 mi. per hour tomorrow tomorrow evening 46 mi. per hour and the rain will keep falling ... it will fan out as the storm moves out beyond it that ... the storm could impact our area we are looking at the plotting model: this will be heading up into the midwest ... there will be congressional warming and sunshineompressional water and

sunshine... and what concerns me is all of the heavy water and rain fall ... central illinois will see something by late friday but saturday we may see rain here in chicago ... by the way these are late arriving reports from eastern florida ... royal palm beach had 15.6 in. of rain ...

fort lauderdale 8.5 in. boiling beach 10 in. ... we took 54 tests0 forecasts showing a very wet pattern ... around the country in the plains states there were triple digit temperatures yesterday ... and that is the hot air dumb that will be shifting into our area in the next two days ... we have partly sunny warm conditions with moderate humidity today. the wind will

pick up tonight scattered clouds late tonight ... tomorrow hazy hotter 96 degrees. it's the second to last day of august ... we will have 1090 degree-days on the books for august we are three away from the all-time record we might just get there ... but the pictures along the gulf coast are tough ...

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time for sports: the white sox starting rotation is having problems. gavin floyd was placed on the disabled list with elbow soreness, and jake peavy is having vision problems due to an eye infection. the sox tried to avoid two straight losses in baltimore. after chris sale loaded the bases in the 2nd, nick markakis drove in 3 runs with a double... sale only lasted 4 innings. meanwhile chris tillman had 5 strike outs over 7 innings for the orioles... the sox only managed 2 hits in the game. they lost 6-0, but the tigers also lost so the lead is still 2 games. len and bob made their annual trip to the bleachers last night.... the cubs and brewers were scoreless in the 2nd, until jeff bianchi hit a 3-run homer for the first home run of his

career. next inning, cubs pitcher travis wood hit a solo shot for his first homer of the year, but that was the cubs' only run of the game. they lost 4-1, and have dropped 7 straight to milwaukee. before the game, the cubs finalized a long- term deal with short-stop starlin castro. the deal is worth $60 million over 7 years. castro did not get a no-trade clause, but the club has an option for an eighth year, or a one- million dollar buy-out. the cubs say they are building a young core, and castro is in the middle of it. he's made the all-star team twice in his three years in the majors. bears linebacker brian urlacher has not practiced since his knee surgery two weeks ago, but he could return next week. lovie smith says he expects him back next week, and ready to play in the regular season opener against the colts september 9th. sources say injured punter adam podlesh will also be ready for the opener, but the bears tried out several punters as a precaution.

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on the medical watch-- the shortage of doctors in the u.s. is expected to grow... as millions of new patients are set to gain coverage under the affordable care act. according to the department of health and human services.. the u.s. has 15,000 fewer primary- care doctors than it needs... and that number could grow eight-fold by 2025. but residency programs to train new doctors are funded byhe federal government... and the number of students has been capped at the same level for 15 years. illinois congressman aaron schock is co-sponsoring

legislation to increase the residency cap. tantrums in young children can be an early sign of mental health problems. parents now have a new tool to help determine when disruptive behavior is the sign of a serious problem... or just typical behavior. northwestern researchers have developed a questionnaire to distinguish troubling behavior. the questionnaire asked about the frequency and severity of temper tantrum behaviors... and anger management skills. experts say the earlier a child is diagnosed and treated... the less likely they are to develop chronic mental health problems. lunchbreak is next.

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' fast dish: banana bread french toast with caramelized baby bananas plantain chips and candied pecans. abel cortez is the executive chef for for e. leaven food company. thank you for being here >>thank you. >>what made you think of this recipe? >>banana bread is popular with people and it's delicious we came up with this idea this summer we introduced the fresh ingredients like bananas and the pecans ... butter in the pan... this is

pre-soaked banana bread... milk sugar and vanilla extraact... these are the six slicesthick slices.. candied pecans and plantain chi ps... these should be chopped. we are making a meringue with

that equates ..e egg whites. so now the bread has browned in the pan. keep them there at low heat for about four minutes or more ... now we peel some fresh bananas

... they will go into the pan to carmelize with sugar.... now we will make some whipped cream to put on top of the french toast ... >>in the end your french toast will look just great ... it gets top with a caramel sauce with

the meringue and the wind whipped cream and the chopped plan taine'ntains and pecans... we are located off rush on ontario ... and we will have another location and a food truck ... abel cortez, thanks so much for joining us. e.leaven food company is at 54 east ontario street for a recipe, or to watch the segmen

we have a beautiful day going in chicago with a major hurricane happening on the gulf coast hurricane isaac will come

northward as you can see in this animated series of weather maps but that means we will have some warm and sunny days it will get very hot before the system reaches us on saturday ... rain by the afternoon. here is the 5 day forecast chicago was you that corridor of heavy rainfall before it gets here on saturday it will continue into sunday, the hot dome of their will develop across our area these are this afternoon temperatures in the mid '80s going into the 90s during the day tomorrow perhaps even the upper 90s during the day some hundreds of to the west by friday it will get pretty warm around here at the moment we have 39 percent humidity the water temperature is at 77