a. feel good morning trade sour this afternoonis something changed with the teachers' contract late this afternoon. florin >> the changes in expectation that was not met the school board told the cpu they had a proposal that they would like and today the proposal was put on the table and at night no one is happy. we are very

disappointed we thought it would be infinitely better than it was. in a complete 180 the optimism expressed by both sides this morning is now gone. karen lewis spoke to the media last night as negotiations ended frustrated and angry at proposals promised by the school board today. school board president david talley had little to say while leading negotiations except that talks continue. it's not a statement that we're not going to get there it's just that we're being cautious. >> seann card brizard send a letter to louis today asking teachers not to picket outside the 144 schools which will be kept open for a half-day saying

i have deep concerns about the impact of forcing kids to walk through picket lines with their parents lewis says parents should be concerned about the drop-off locations. our students going to places where people who have never worked with children, we have a problem with that. we are here to deliver an urgent message to the chicago teachers union, call off this strike. whatever they have to do, get in the room locked the door don't come out until something is worked out, a strike cannot be an option for our children in this day. as we get closer to the monday more support coming out for both sides. they're

handing out fliers into information on it. a lot of different changes deputy chief of staff is all for negotiations today. both sides are supposed to meet tomorrow at noon. congressman jesse jackson jr. is out of the mayo clinic back at his home in washington tonight after being treated for bipolar depression he is live at his at his home in washington d.c.. fax >> this afternoon the congressman's office disclosed that he is backing his family d.c. home with his wife and two

children, sandy jackson told the media that he is still very much under his doctor's care. he has been out of the public eye since june during the time he received treatment at an arizona to center and later at the mayo clinic for bipolar russian first it was exhaustion, then mood disorder and later doctors disclosed it was treatment for bipolar depression. i am still hoping that we can see him step down after the election and see democrats point somebody in that position.

>> while congress is back in session on monday, again congressman jackson not getting the green light quite yet from his doctor. tonight drew peterson jurors say that here say testimony convinced the jury that he was guilty. as soon as they started deliberating jurors agreed that kathleen savio was murdered there were too many bruises all over her body. right away seven jurors

said drew was guilty, for not guilty and one was not convinced either way but after reviewing the hearsay testimony and kathleen savio's divorce attorney harry smith they were convinced drew peterson murdered his third wife. jurors said that their testimony was extremely critical. drew peterson said second wife said that drew peterson was missing the night that kathleen savio was murdered and came home washing women's clothes and told her to lie to police if they ask about his whereabouts. prosecutors were never allowed to give a theory about how drew killed kathleen but jurors

thought of their own one was that drew drowned in the bathroom sink. >> shue possibly broker clavicle over the toilet or the sink. that is a heavy heavy decision for anyone to make you don't take it lightly i don't think anybody took the decision lightly and as for their daily matching clothes on the lighter side of the proceeding, it came out of boredom. from there probably spend more time and the jury room than the court room. >> the jury said they were all

comfortable with the guilty verdict and without the hearsay testimony they're not sure if it would have convicted her peterson. they said that divorce lawyer harry smith's testimony really tipped the scales for them. >> if so little overwhelming to hear that the jurors thought i was a tipping point but i'm also glad i could help. >> smith was asked if he believed drew peterson killed savio and he answered, i do. he said he would be willing to take the stand again during the appeal process. experts call it a blunder tonight petersons

defense attorney joe lopez is talking. we will be sitting down with a team of attorneys and looking at the sec peterson case and seeing if we have enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. in the meantime petersons lawyer plans to appeal his conviction based on the admission of the hearsay evidence. today's state police and forensic experts testified that blood from his wife

kimberly was splattered on the front of the jacket he was wearing and the experts also testified that blood found on his seat belt, he's accused of shooting his wife and three children in their suv. chicago police are searching for the person who fired him and and the unemployment number dropped but not because people are finding work. storms moved through the chicago area bringing with it chilly temperatures for the weekend.

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>> i have crossed yellow crime tape we have had some people killed off campus who have attended catholic schools so this touches close. heavier police presence was present at our lady of guadalupe today. city ministers are putting pen and paper for stricter gun control laws. organizers are creating a petition drive this weekend the coalition includes

nearly 130 ministers. lance armstrong banned from the chicago marathon the record says the sanctioned rules for this band athletes mentoring usa track and field. for allegedly using performance dancing drugs during his championship cycling career it would also restrict him from boston and new york. president obama and matt ronni hit the road to sway those undecided clint eastwood explained this speech, or chats to the empty chair at the republican convention and how he came up with the idea. ot sfilodour

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fillwe need to come out of this crisis stronger than when we came in. and there is much more we can do. his policies have created four and half million jobs the net gain is 300,000 jobs mitt romney is saying president obama as promises have failed. >> had his policies worked like he said they would the ribby nine more million americans working. we have a lot better family life in this country where people are struggling to make ends meet. clint eastwood explaining his speech at the

republican national convention some thought it was bizarre and a list and others thought it was great. >> i'm not going to shut up, it's my turn. so anyway... i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway i think it's maybe time, what you think for maybe a businessman. >> he explained he didn't prepare for the speech and hates using a teleprompter aides kept telling him to sit down and relax and that gave him the idea to pretend president obama was in the seat. eastwood said he wanted to point out that not everyone in hollywood is a liberal and the president has broken a lot of promises. the

mars rover leaving its mark on the red planet, look at this picture. it employed a dogleg maneuver during its drive this week. it landed on the planet about one month ago. in the medical watch what a test aimed at detecting breast cancer may actually increase the risk of developing the disease for some women.

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according to experts to study is published in the british medical turner. a certain fruit may help you avoid cancer and stay slim, a grapefruit a day helps maintain insulin resistance and it appears to bring about the carcinogenic effects of tobacco. scientists say that grapefruit offers anti obesity and anti- cancer benefits. stress can be as bad for you as eating french fries, a study of african- americans shows that stress makes them hold on to sodium, the stress had similar effects of consuming fries or potato chips added sodium puts people at high risk for heart attack and stroke in over the course of a day high stress added about 500 mg of salt on an already on healthy diet for study participants. >> it could be a nice fall like weekend next we have jim ramsey

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>> we expected some rain but once in awhile good fortune smiles on the city of chicago. lake county got some rain but most of the heavier rainfall and

big thunderstorms occurred south of by 80 and even in parts of southern cook county. it was a great day nonetheless. we didn't see anything of any consequence we do see these clouds hanging around for awhile before they eventually dissipate we have a high temperature in chicago today of 78 degrees but check out these numbers down through texas and oklahoma 105 degrees in oklahoma city, 104 in dallas. all three had record high temperatures today but look at the cold there. spilling south out of canada that will ride over the chicago area, tomorrow sunday and perhaps even monday we will see daytime high temperatures and a little below normal. 62 right now at o'hare

airport we did have a really breezy afternoon that accompanied the cold front but the winds have begun selling down a bit generally coming out of the northwest. the wind gust forecast for the weekend shows more gusty winds possible as we go into saturday or sunday probably sunday will be the gutsiest day of the two. notice the clair is steadily over the area that finally gives ground and allows warm air coming into the first part of next week probably tuesday and wednesday but that will be followed by another episode of chilly temperatures at least relatively chilly. indoor readings expected in the '70s that will be followed once again by more temperatures expected to be in the '80s do point temperatures some of you in the

western suburbs may have temperatures in the low 50s. some of these were fairly strong and in fact we had severe reports through parts of northern indiana. there is a severe thunderstorm watch which continues in effect until midnight as you can see it does affect parts of illinois down into oklahoma and strong storms continue to occur even at this time. there have been 25 severe weather reports throughout the entire region. it should be a relatively quiet night now with

continued cloudy conditions for a while clouds will break up later on tonight low temperature 54 in the suburbs to about 61 in the downtown area for tomorrow if you morning clouds than sunny skies wins a little breezy 10-18 mi. per hour saturday night mostly cloudy we could get a little showers saturday evening but it doesn't amount to much, low temperatures in the upper '40's and low 50s downtown. this looks like the nicest day of the weekend a great day to go outside and enjoy the weather. a

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loved one's life grieving can be a long and slowly journey especially for children. july 1993 to men followed a woman into her garage and she was found dead in the trunk of her car later she low was 40 years old. they ended up not taking back anything except for her life. in 2010 the doyle kids started a free camp to help children who suffer the same fate the kids are ages 7-17 and come from all different background but they have all experienced the horror of homicide 40 children come to camp in frankfurt to escape dark

memories and hopefully he'll. we just want to be able to give these kids a safe place to share their story if they want to interconnect with other kids so they know they're not alone andria sister wanda was killed by a hit and run driver she took in her sister's six children the camp taught them to cope. >> it helps me to see that it's ok to talk about death. >> i am starting to get over it more i am getting older and i am mature. but i toil washington was shot and killed outside her home two years ago her son said the camp provides a safe environment for healing.

right now the doyles run one camp year but if they can raise more money they can run more camps provide more scholarships to kids the homicide rate justin the city of chicago alone was up 60% this time last year so unfortunately every day we hear of people falling to homicide and there's just not a lot of resources available for families today. from this camp is to let kids know they're not alone they learn to avoid being identified by their tragedy and like these children they find a way to tell their story and change people's lives. >> aunt the foundation runs the illinois comfort camp this friday through sunday. they also need volunteers so check out their website. wrigley field is rocking tonight. bruce in

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>> the new movie the word seems promising however dean richards says he wishes it could have more in its delivery. here is his review. >> i do have a story, a very good story. it's about a man who wrote a book and then lost it and a kid who founded. >> the stories about being a

true fact yourself a multi laird melodrama about how far man would go for acceptance love and success, bradley cooper plays a struggling writer that finds a typewritten manuscript while his own works were rejected he submits this captivating story of love and loss as his own and when it turns into a best seller it turns him into the envy of the literary world's then he meets an elderly man played by jeremy irons who knows the secret of his stolen story forcing him to face the truth and personal reflection. it works as an interesting character story although its subplot and character story is on necessarily monday, it is in slightly over written dean's list b-. fora few of like my weekly movie review greats just text the were deemed to 97999.

that is called flutag the german word meaning flying day. it involves homemade flying machines trying to get airborne which will happen tomorrow at north avenue beach the aircraft are pushed off of a 40 ft. deck with water hoping that flight will be achieved but most flights just nose dive and crashed into the water. we wish them good luck. jim ramsey has our 7 day forecast. >> here is the radar that shows you a history of the storms that

came through today notice they tended to disassemble as they made their way to the downtown area to the center parts of chicago if you see some of the southern suburbs they really got nailed on that. the model shown nothing but clear air for the next couple of days. thursday and friday, 85 for tuesday and 87 for wednesday the temperatures cooled dramatically those storms on friday will tend to keep our temperatures probably covering of round of the low 70's and those days will be followed by a few more 70 degree days before we were back up again but a great looking weekend ahead. vampire's coats and zombies are wanted. a haunted house is looking to cast 100 actors for

their halloween events. it was just another acting audition... ok it wasn't just another acting audition. >> you have to be able to... joe jensen will probably look familiar to many viewers we tend to run into him during halloween season. after his work running the chronicles of the haunted house in chicago back in 2009 chow has joined the team at this 40,000 square foot, to experience they are calling it fear city apocalypse while work on the attraction is still under way, he still get some kind of pleasure walking for all of this the production team has been auditioning actors to fill the nearly 100 roles throughout the experience. what are you looking

for? >> we're looking for people with good energy, people that can sustain three-for our acting sessions. the owner and artistic director was hard at work at the audition table with other members of the production team studying each actor's deliberate and while screaming is a part of it. >> [screams] >> it is and everything. they are going to do that for half an hour and that is it, we're not a screaming haunted house. the team paid close attention to facial features during the audition especially when it comes to make up design. so far

no makeup allergies. but we did was we learned how to basically give them a way to audition with this is going to be like and also have us audition them. the last thing i want to do is put an actor and held. the amount you are putting them in hell. >>in hell. >> you are putting them in hell.

trouble at a football game let's go live to julie covering that story. we are here in the roosevelt community where things are pretty lively. police got a call of a very large disturbance at the police stadium subsequent

reports were a stabbing victim and later some shooting in the south parking lot the shooting perhaps never happened, chicago police will not confirm it, the stabbing victim was sent to the hospital right now a very busy and active but, as seen with people kids mostly heading home from the football game. the ambulance is leaving the scene as we can see. we will have more for you in the morning news starting at 6:00 a.m.. >> let's check-in and talk some baseball. he has had a solid year marching a career high with eight wins and 165 innings. they have decided not to press their luck 5-nothing

that comes in the sixth. he left and was rushed to hospital with a bruised knee. a.j. pierzynski his 25th ties the game after the royals went up 5-5 that have gone to the ninth inning socks and royals tied at

5. days before the bears open the season against the colts it only underscores our lacquers imports to the franchise. he admitted while his knee is feeling good he is not quite where he would like to be. >> if they want to test me that i will have more chance to make a placement. >> plenty of years for the cats

in their wild 42-41 victory in syracuse last week, the coach is hoping for a better showing at home against the commodores. >> we are a work in progress, we are not the finished product right now by any stretch of the imagination. the key thing now i think and every coach will say this in the country even if you or alabama there is so much room for improvement. goodbye to maria sherr polkaarapova, they won their fourth u.s. open title and it is their 12th grand slam championship that is a new record for the open era. a setback for the nfl. here is a

snippet of the latest chapter of derrick roses come back being chronicled on youtube by adidas. i cannot wait until i win. >> pretty powerful and update on the socks a two run homer the royals go ahead. that is the

dues for this friday night. updates on wgntv.com. a great weekend. have a great weekend. notaxeot sfilodo