d 50% off this craftsman mechanics tool set and 50% off clothing plus comeback cash this is worth the rush. this is sears. chicago teachers are set to strike as contract negotiations with the school board stall ... now there are reports that schools ceo jean-claude brizard could be on his way out. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. wgn's amy rutledge is in the newroom with more on what brizard has to say about his future with cps. both the mayor and brizard are speaking out this noon.. calling these reports unfounded. the chicago tribune sourced high ranking education officials as saying brizard could be out as cps ceo as soon as the contentious teachers contract is signed..

the tribune reports mayor brizard's handling of the union and the longer school day. spring - when brizard reportedly took some heat for not offering 'well thought out' solutions on how to lengthen the school day. we caught up with the mayor.. neither wavering on the work he's doing for chicago public schools. >>i spoke with the mayor last night he has his confidence in the work i am doing ... i have the support of the board of education and the mayor ... we are working ... >>he's doing a good job anyone who wants to speak to me can talk to me ... all of this came just hours september 10th strike deadline.. union members left their meeting yesterday afternoon carrying hundreds of signs in preparation to hit the picket lines a week from monday. cps is readying for the strike as well.. finalizing its 25- million dollar contingency plan which will keep 145 schools open for half day care and meals.. as well as some activities for students.

>>we do not want to strike but apparently the board does because if they did not we would not be in the situation we are in today ... >>i just as the cpu leadership does not walk away from the table i know that we can get this done and make this happen if we get it resolved and behavior ... both sides are planning on negotiating through the long holiday weekend in hopes of reaching an agreement before that strike date.. as it gets closer.. the school district will be reaching out to parents with information on the contingency plan and what to do cancelled. in the newsroom amy rutledge, wgn news. the judge and lawyers in the drew peterson murder trial are meeting this morning to discuss closing arguments and instructions for the jury. closing statements are set for tuesday. yesterday, prosecutors made their rebuttal case. they called a new witness, the renowned pathologist michael he performed the third and final autopsy on kathleen savio.

he said she was clearly murdered. but again, drew peterson's lawyers said no one presented any physical evidence to tie peterson to savio's death. lab expert takes the stand this morning in the christophervaughn is charged with shooting his wife and three kids in june 2007. mary wong said there was gunshot residue on vaughn's underwear and his jacket. she also testified there was residue on his wife's hands. but, wong added this doesn't mean she fired the gun... just possibly came in contact or near it. mitt romney rallied the republican faithful, and appealed to independents and democrats to change america's political and economic course, as he accepted his party's presidential nomination. >>four years from the excitement of that last election ... for

the first time the majority of americans doubt that our children will have a better future was promised ... left america with more debt, more unemployment, higher prices and more economic uncertainty than when he took office. >>i wish president obama had succeeded because i do want america to succeed ... but his promises gave way to disappointment and division this is not something we have to accept ... romney promised to help create 12 million new jobs, open up america's oil and gas resources restore the nation's military might, and overturn the obama healthcare overhaul. clint eastwood's speech was a highlight of last night's convention. here's some more of it... >>i think that mr. romney and mr. ryan are to go eyes ... that

can come along ... i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to become president what about a businessman? bamut you can still use a plane may be a smaller one ... maybe not the gas guzzler that you're using ... i will begin at and you will finish it go ahead ... make my day ... the romney campaign says the speech was mostly ad-libbed. -- let's talk about that speech critics say it was rambling and it wasn't focused but the delegates seem to enjoy him ...

>>everyone is putting empty chairs next to them and having imaginary arguments ... for what he wanted to accomplish it went pretty well ... mitt romney does have a law degree by the way ... both paul. ryan and mitt romney are harvard law graduates ... but he had some moments but it was overshadowed by the crazy empty chair stuff. moving on to mitt romney and his speech ... >>he did succeed with the warm and the fuzzy ... everyone who knows or has worked with mitt romney thinks highly of him but

people who do not know him say they are not feeling it ... all of this played out in prime time coverage last night we had many of his friends testified to his warmth and compassion as a friend ... whoever planned last night putting east would where they did is probably looking for a new job today >>but what about the polls that suggest that the undecided voters like barak obama but they can't seem to get themselves to vote for him ... >>one of the strongest things that mitt romney said it was

believing in the hope and change it wasn't a bad thing if it's how you feel now after four years ... he called the president to task more than he should have ... he reached out to women ... he did not speak enough to professional women my opinion but he certainly spoke fondly of his mother and of his wife as his domestic partner >>speakers like margot rubio and condoleeza rice and susanna

martinez did they put a new face on the party? >>new faces were certainly there whether or not that will hold within the republican party it was a good set of speeches especially for the problem they're having with emigration and the latino votes coming up next at noon mitt romney will go to the gulf coast of hours after his big speech to the party questions? anyone have

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hurricane isaac is now a tropical depression. as it moves inland it's expected to hit the midwest this weekend.

where water levels surged over levees and flooded several towns. new orleans airport was set to re-open today, and classes were state university. but the weather is still a force to deal with. federal officials say the strong winds and rain could spin tornadoes. presidential nominee mitt romney will visit areas in new orleans hit hardest by the storm. president obama will travel to louisiana on monday. a 23-year-old man shot and killed two people at a grocery store in suburban new jersey. it happened just before 4 this morning at the pathmark grocery store. we're learning that the gunman, a former marine, was a new employee. police say he tried to rob the store and got into a dispute with some co-workers. he then left and came back armed with a rifle and an automatic pistol... shooting and killing two people, then turning the gun on himself. an 18 year-old woman was one of the victims. police say, the former marine may have had a history of depression and mental illness. a defense attorney in the aurora theater shooting has suggested that her client contacted his psychiatrist just minutes before going on a shooting rampage in colorado. james holmes appeared in court again yesterday. his attorneys revealed phone records, showing he tried to get in touch with his former psychiatrist at the university of colorado just 9 minutes before the shooting on july 20th. earlier in july, that psychiatrist, had contacted campus police because she was concerned about holmes. james holmes faces 24 murder charges, two for each person killed- and more than 100 criminal counts.

a catholic priest is facing intense criticism, after defending penn state coach jerry sandusky, and suggesting that young boys seduced sandusky. father benedict groeschel told the national catholic register, the same thing happens with priests. sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing ten young boys. but groeschel said, kids looking for father figures like coaches or clergymen, often make sexual advances to those men. and he said first-time child sexual abusers shouldn't get jail time. he has since issued a written apology for his remarks. oil prices experience their biggest one-day jump in more than a year. what's behind the spike. watch:

why you may want to turn down the lights and add a little artwork to the walls, if you want to eat less. plus grilling tips for labor day weekend from the folks at "moo and oink", later in lunchbreak. ot sfilodour

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new crest pro-health clinical rinse. crest. life opens up when you do. also try new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. i'm ellen raitman for deborah kostroun live from the new york stock exchange with your bloomberg "on the money" report: the fed chairman ben bernanke was speaking today calling on the central bank and saying the economy is of great concern ... possible setbacks for apple that has not started production for the screens for the next

iteration of the i-phone ... the ford focus is the best selling car model in the world for the first half of this year it may just enjoy out the toyota corolla ... sales are going up for the p x- 90 workout regimen ... thanks to paul. ryan ... the company that makes it is trying to extend a certification program for trainers it hopes to boathis sales for other products oil prices are up as we head into the labor day weekend. industry experts say -- blame hurricane isaac. we're seeing the highest one day jump in 18 months. the national average price of

gas -- up almost five cents. but it's worse right here. illinois prices jumped ten cents on wednesday. indiana prices went up 13 cents. the storm caused the shutdown of a pipeline that serves the midwest. a organization that helps veterans find jobs is forced to shut its doors. that story next. on julian crews ... additional crime-fighting resources including federal agencies will be teaming up with chicago police ... and on and still to come this midday: music from jennifer hall. she's on stage tonight at the metro.

breaking news and 11 year-old girl was shot in the west garfield park neighborhood on the 4300 block of ... it was 11:00 this morning she was shot in the abdomen she was taken to the hospital in critical

condition no suspects yet we will bring you an update as it becomes available ... today's shooting comes after an especially violent night on chicago's streets. a short time ago, mayor emanuel announced plans to expand the city's violence reduction initiative. wgn's julian crews is live on the south side with details: the mayor and the police are ratcheting up this reduction ... 44 percent reductions in this neighborhood but they are moving on to others ... they will enjoy the resources of 50 federal agents ... >>we will partner more closely with federal resources and the dea u.s. marshals service the fbi ... >>high crime areas higher target individuals and these resources are backing up with the police department does here ...

>>the mayor says it has worked in the englewood.neighborhood and other districts ... it's all about intelligence on gang conflicts and intervening before the bullets fly ... the department of justice is detailing at least 50 agents with u.s. marshals serving warrants on known criminals atf seizing guns ... and the fbi identifying gangbangers wanted another states ... and they are focusing in on district 3 district 6 and the west side in district 10 ... >>the dea is working with us in something called strike force it's a conglomeration of every federal enforcement agency you can think of including the irs

and tobacco and firearms and the fbi we want to target individuals and neighborhoods that are most problematic for us ... >>and the destruction of homes that have become havens for crime are going to be targeted this is a measure of how difficult the effort is the battle against crime the news of this 11 year-old girl getting shot on the west side ... even with all of these resources they have their hands full it's been a yearlong search in violent crime ... a veterans group that helps place former troops in the work force -- may shut down because it's not being funded. an executive director of "veterans outreach program of illinois" told the southtown star the nonprofit was dropped from the state's budget.

already -- six full time staffers have been laid off and hours have been cut back at offices in alsip, joliet and cicero. last fiscal year, the department of commerce and economic opportunity allocated $325,000 dollars. this fiscal year -- nothing. the cost to clean up grant park after this year's lollapalooza is more than twice what was initially expected. promoters of lollapalooza say it will cost $350,000 to restore the park... mainly because of drainage issues in an area where sod needs to be replaced. initially, promoters of the festival and the chicago park district estimated the clean up would cost $150,000. this year's pricetag is still significantly less than last year's total of one million dollars. still to come this midday: tom skilling has your full forecast.

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we may have a shower and thunderstorm going in some areas before the afternoon and is ... it's increasing an aerial coverage in intensity these remnants from hurricane isaac ... the hemisphere is hot. that's destabilizing the air ... we have 10-20% coverage later today and then we enter the

weekend that will see heavy rain showers throughout the weekend ... today's the last day of august it's the end of meteorological summer this has been the year with the most sun shine in 24 years ... but it won't be the case this weekend ... a tropical cyclone or the remnants of hurricane ... there is none more prolific in terms of grain productionrain production ... in contrast there is a concern for the spread of wild fires just to the west and in the tennessee valley and ohio valleys they are bracing for the

remnants of the hurricane ... we're looking at a doppler plotting of the rain fall ... these are post-land fall rain amounts to ... becoming no. wordrthward... some of these totals : 4 in. in pine bluff arkansas ... and the wind gusts are approaching 40 mi. per hour ...

in the meantime it is hot here ... we are reaching the 45th and 90 degree day this year we are in the low 90s at this hour ... 92 at lincoln park. this heat is widespread across the metro area. the headline here is for showers and thunderstorms this weekend after a day of heat there will be possible downpours. about 1 in. and two-thirds will be centered over chicago 4-10 in. totals will occur downstate. we're looking at the ploddingtting with

the remnants coming across the midwest ... the amounts of rain will be impressive ... clouds today isolated thunderstorms possible here. the southern suburbs tomorrow will begin to see some rainfall ... nearly 4 in. may fall for champagneaign

it will be reigning continuously the clouds are scattering by it will pick up as the day continues ... it will rain indicator in springfield peoria champaign most of the day and heavily ... we will be dealing with the system monday morning as well just scattered thunderstorms by afternoon ... at 7:00 this evening ... it will arrive here in the city central illinois and the far southern suburbs will bear the brunt of the storm. temperatures will cool into the 80s but lots of humidity will remain. it will

feel like a pretty tropical day. less cooling expected sunday. it's too days away from the all- time record for a 90 degree weather days the high will be 97 degrees today. mostly cloudy scattered storms breezy tonight. cloudy human breezy scattered thunderstorms and showers tomorrow '70s in the city ... sunday mostly cloudy warm and humid showers and thunderstorms and high 84 degrees ... cooler

at the lakeshore. we need this it will be drought relief for downstate illinois. 2 in. is not out of the question for the southern end of chicago ... we may get in on more of that action has the weekend progresses' ... a program reminder....dina bair and dean richards will be your local hosts for the annual labor day weekend tradition "the mda show of strength" ...working to raise money to fight neuromuscular diseases. see it sunday, september 2nd from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. here on wgn-tv. we'll be right back.

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time for sports: the bears trim the roster down to 53 players today, and the pre-season finale was the last chance to impress the coaches. none of the starters played in cleveland last night. no score in the first when third- stringer josh mccown airs it out 30 yards, and dane sanzenbacher makes a one- handed catch for a touchdown. same score next quarter, and this time mccown hits armando allen in the endzone... allen is competing with lorenzo booker for the third running back spot and they both had solid nights. the bears win 28-20, and finish the pre-season 3 and 1 the white sox going for a series split in baltimore...

sox down a run when jose quintana gives up a 2-run shot to adam jones... part of a 4-run third inning, and quintana only lasted 3 2/3 sox still down two in the ninth with a man on... but gordon beckham strikes out to end it... the sox strike out eleven times and lose 5-3. they still lead the tigers by three games, heading into a huge series in detoirt starting tonight. cubs trying to avoid a sweep in front of a season- low crowd at wrigley.... brewers lead in the sixth but cubs rally with six runs in the inning, capped off with brett jackson's game-tying double. it's tied again in the ninth and with two men on... alfonso soriano drives in the game- winner. 12-11 the final... just the cubs' seventh win of the month. san francisco comes to town for a weekend series starting this afternoon. that's a look at sports.

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not getting enough sleep may be linked to more aggressive types of breast cancer. a research team for science daily reviewed the medical records and surveys from over 400 post-menopausal breast cancer patients. all of the patients were asked about their sleep patterns in the last two years. women who got six hours of sleep or less each night had a higher recurrence of tumors. the team was unable to find a link in pre menopausal women. a new study shows changing the ambiance of a fast food restaurant.. could affect the amount of food people eat. "soft lighting and music caused

people to eat less, rate their food as more enjoyable." the music and lighting had no affect on how much people spent. researchers say, it's something fast food restaurants might want to try, in an effort to combat the obesity epidemic. lunchbreak is next. we're making turkey link kabobs ... the folks from "moo and oink" are here with grilling tips for labor day weekend! ot sfilodour

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i can't think of any other way to have a better product on the grill this weekend ... the short ribbon and the corn will be doing >>this smells wonderful ... we have peppers that are in season ... we have green onionpepper and red pepper and red onion ... we will build it the kebab ... we also include a sweet potato ... this can be done in

advance ... the product is available at 270 different locations we no longer have our restaurant ... this is healthier and this is a different way to present a traditional barbecue favorite ... this goes on the grill right over the flame >>you like the old fashioned a charcoal grill ... >>i like using that chimney to heat the charcoal ... you don't need charcoal lighter fluid in my opinion is it perhaps the

flavor gets a little corrupted ... i leave these on for 15 minutes on one side 10 more minutes on the other side when i turn them ... your friends your neighbors will be envious because it smells so wonderful ... if you soak your skewers and the water it will keep everything intact and not burn to a crisp ... i use the high five barbecue sauce ... that's available at the supermarket with these

products as well ... >>oh my goodness ... cilantro and it's a nice flavor.. >>corn on the comet is great on the grill as well we leave the husk on if you want to create some more sickness it keeps it from getting charred moisture it prevents charring... your mother and your grandmother

worked at the peabody hotel in memphis ... >>they had a tremendous impact on my career in cooking ... mychael bonner, thanks so much for joining us. oink" products, check out: moo-oink .com for a recipe, or to watch the wgntv.com/midday.

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rainfall: this may shift farther north we will see between one and 2 in. from the southern part of chicago tapering to the north kankakee will have 3 in. ... some areas downstate will seek 4 in. or more ... it's a hot afternoon were seven degrees warmer than we were ... but the temperatures will be dropping by tomorrow we will see scattered thunderstorms later this afternoon only 10 or 20 percent of the area will be covered ... that will extend it tomorrow morning to about 80% through the day rain will continue scattered weighs in on sunday ... the water temperature is now 78 degrees the mold countess either ragweed and pollen counts are moderate the sun burned * times 20

minutes to 50 minutes ... sunday sunday evening in to monday morning will still be experiencing the remnants of hurricane isaac 81 tomorrow 84 sunday 87 monday the sun will be back tuesday with scattered thunderstorms back in the picture by wednesday we will have some cool autumnal air by next weekend ... we begin sept. tomorrow enjoy your weekend ...

thanks for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon. remember we are back at 5:00 this evening and again at 9:00. now, more music from singer/ songwriter jennifer hall... she's on stage tonight at the metro...