>> convicted in a bench trial in 2009. the judge did not send him to prison. surveillance video shows the beating in february 2007. officials the 250, the officer slam in million hundred and 10 lb. woman against wall. no one will likely dispute what happened. attorneys will try to convince jurors that there was a code of silence their reached high ranks of the chicago police department. her lawyers also claimed the agency that investigated police misconduct did not do extensive interview.

prosecutors did not file felony charges until after the video went viral. opening statements are expected to take about two and a half hours. we're learning more about the man who went on a shooting rampage at a salon in brookfield, wisconsin. his father is speaking out. police say radcliffe haughton killed three woman ad injured four others. wgn's tony francisco has the latest on the investigation. radcliffe haughton had ties to the chicago area. he grew up in northwest suburban wheeling. >> no stranger to law enforcement. there were called to his home during a domestic incident. his wife claims he threw her clothing in the yard. police ended up in an hour and a half long standoff with him. the earlier this fall police were

called here after another domestic incident. >> earlier this month she filed for a restraining order after police say he slashed the tires. >> we believe this incident and is domestic violence related. >> it took her around the corner and shot her. even said a small

fire that was eventually put out by the sprinkler system. police spent several hours searching the 9000 sq. ft. building before finding radcliff dead. >> where not seeking any additional suspects. our community can feel safe. >> mother you do and do not do anything stupid. his father also apologized for his son's actions proved >> this is not the way we live. this is not aware raise my son. he has been here for a long time. >> police have not released any of the names of the victims. we

do know that of the four women that were injured when is in critical condition and the other three are in satisfactory condition. haughton lived in wheeling until about 10-years ago. he graduated from wheeling high school in 19-85, and served four years in the u-s marines. he still has some family in rolling meadows. relatives say they are in shock over the whole situation. haughton's former neighbors from wheeling say he was someone they trusted. seemed like he had everything together. he had his wife and he was having a baby. nothing out of the ordinary. haughton also lived in northbrook shortly before moving to wisconsinthe search continues- for a woman from calumet city.

42-year-old gena has been missing since october 13th. police have charged live-in boyfriend clark with first degree murder. investigators say they found blood throughout the couple's home. outside the home, they found blood-stained woman's clothing broken furniture and a plastic shower curtain stained in blood. officials say clark discussed telling police where body was as long as he could get a deal. congressman jesse jackson junior is heading back to the mayo clinic. jackson has been on medical leave from his duties as representative of the second congressional district since june for treatment of bi-polar disorder. in a robocall this weekend jackson pleaded with his constituents to be patient. the reverend jesse jackson his father says his son needs more treatment to in his words regain his equilibrium. jackson has served in congress for 17-years and is running for re-election. he has not been campaigning however and faces a challenge from republican brian woodworth. it is against medical advice. i will always give my call to my constituents i ask you to

continue with patience. his father says his son needs more treatment to regain his equilibrium. jackson has served in congress for 17 years and is running for reelection. he has not been campaigning. early voting is underway in illinois with chicago-area election officials predicting a record number of ballots will be cast before the november 6th election day. in addition to early polling they're also predicting a strong surge in voting by mail an option state law has made more convenient since the last general election in 2008. this year early voting will run through november 3rd. the saturday before election day. people wishing to vote early must present government-issued identification something that's not required on election day. chicago has early voting centers in each of the city's 50 wards. a new wall street journal poll shows the presidential race is

a tie. nationally, both candidates have 47 percent support. among women, president obama leads 51 to 43 percent, which is the smallest lead the president has had this year. and here's a look at an estimate of electoral college votes from "real clear politics dot com". it shows the president can expect 201 votes from states that are expected to go his way. romney has 206. but there are 131 votes up for grabs in toss-up states. 270 electoral votes are need to win the presidency. with only 15-days before the election. the candidates face- off tonight in the final presidential debate. c-n-n's athena jones reports that foreign policy will be the focus. third and final face-off. and will focus entirely on foreign policy. >> i will spar over america's role in the world. in the face and terrorism and how to deal with a rise in china. mr. obama

tried to highlight one of his biggest accomplishments. >>the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> world affairs are a challenge for every canada. after my trip in 2008 i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i'm impressed at how well governor romney has avoided the problem. >> look at what is happening in

syria and egypt. the president said he was going to put a light between us and israel. >> both in its face a challenge. >> he has had some success. he has had some things that are still pretty murky. >> there is a broad challenge. how do you drill down into specific policies? then i figured out what a republican foreign-policy looks like. important to many voters, foreign-policy ranks far below the economy.

>> they may mean that governor romney tries to break out of that and bring those issues to domestic. >> this is their last chance to make their waycase millions. the chicago sun times reports questional hirings by secretary of state jesse white and more by cook county assessor joe berrios. a nephew of berrios was hired by jesse white five weeks after berrios put the son of white's longtime chief of staff on his payroll. through a spokesman white says it's nothing more than a

coincidence. berrios says the hires were based on merit. the cook county ethics board has already accused berrios of violating the county's ban on nepotism by having his son his daughter and his sister on his payroll. illinois secretary of state police and the chicago bears are working together at tonight's game to conduct a disability parking enforcement sting. it's taking place from noon until 8 p-m today at the waldron parking deck, located just south of soldier field. the current fee for parking in a disability parking space is 2- hundred-50 dolars. repeat violators can face fines of 7-hundred-50 dollars for their second offen next legal cases involving two members of the kennedy family are back in the spotlight. also ahead lance armstrong is officially stripped of his tour de france titles. and the death toll rises in the fungal meningitis outbreak.

>>the world governing body of cycling has officially stripped seven-time tour de france champion lance armstrong of his titles. the international cycling union accepted a report from the u-s anti doping agency that said armstrong was at the center of "a massive team doping scheme". the agency stripped armstrong of all cycling results dating back to 1998. including his record run of tour de france wins. armstrong has also lost endorsement deals with nike and anheuser-busch. and he stepped down last week as chairman of his cancer charity livestrong. some people who donated to livestrong now say they want their money back. a spokeswoman for the charity says livestrong adheres to high standards, and donations were never misused. >> as president and an interesting and very difficult few weeks.

the trial begins today for robert f. kennedy's son douglas accused of assaulting two nurses in new york. last january kennedy took his newborn son bo off the maternity ward. he said he was getting some fresh air. two nurses attempted to stop kennedy. he allegedly twisted one of their arms and kicked the other. he faces misdemeanor charges of harassment and child endangerment. kennedy's attorneys say the nurses were the aggressors. in connecticut another kennedy cousin comes up for parole for his murder conviction. michael the nephew of robert kennedy has a hearing on wednesday. 12 of his family members are expected to attend. also planning to attend the mother of the girl beaten to

death in 1975. she says she'll do whatever she can to keep (skay'-kul) behind bars. he was convicted in 2002 for beating martha moxley to death with a golf club. they were both teenagers. he was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. the death toll from an outbreak of fungal meningitis has risen to 23. north carolina has reported its first death, and tennessee its eighth death related to tainted steroid medicine. a company in massachusetts made and distributed the medicine. it faces local and federal investigations, and a string of lawsuits over the contamination. twin has political career and did he was an advocate for anti hunger.

>>just ahead: why america's shortage of doctors is expected to increase. and, still to come this midday why the makers of a popular sunscreen are recalling their product. ú=

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>> his alleged crimes were gruesome. it is the new equipment in the courtroom that is making headlines. >> it is gruesome just because of the details. it is newsworthy

because it is a big test of cameras in courtrooms. during the 2008 killing spree from illinois and missouri. he bludgeoned his victims to death. including a married couple and a couple and their two year-old son. accused of killing an 93 year-old. when the trial starts next week cameras and highs across illinois will be on that court room. >> there are already enough moving parts in this case. >> it will capture his behavior. he held that a judge calling him stupid and ignorant. he will

have an electronic device that ebay left can legally usea bailiff commuterscan use. >> and chief judge is supportive of cameras and says they should be in court rooms by year's end the transportation security administration is replacing x- ray scanner machines at o'hare and other large airports. when the x-ray scanners were installed, some travelers complained about privacy but that's not why the machines are being removed. the t-s-a says it wants to speed

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fall that just keeps on giving. this despite the rain falling and the landed they would have thought by now would have knocked the clouds selfdown. there will be more to come as we transition into an unseasonably warm october weather pattern. this is our three dimensional portrayal. the radar has been scanning cloud tops. it is still coming down. to give you a closer look the ears and a look at the tracks. the storms have

been producing some small hail. look at some of the rain totals. some predict rain has come down. 7600 of an inch. hatfield is not fall evenly. it is in on homogenous quality in the hemisphere. this stuff is

evolving along a warm front. here is the forecast. some additional storms come in tonight. there we are upton noon tomorrow. the heaviest concentration could be today. some really chilly air later in the week. here is to settle a view which shows the sun breaking out behind today's storms. it is not inconceivable that we could see sunshine before the afternoon as of. there's a big trough developing in the west. the warm front will

say right about there this evening. this is actually start and never hear of the south atlantic. 62 percent of the pay is below normal. and nice warm spell. clear solid and warm air. but to even get up to 80 degrees. a rare occurrence this

late in the season. if we can close to that this week's planned reform. the strongest when as we get into wednesday night are well over 35 mi. per hour. here's where snow will stick. this afternoon cloudy with showers

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first bears-lions game. the second-place vikings hosting the arizona cardinals. no score in the first. adrian peterson goes up the middle for a 13- yard touchdown. he rushed for 153 yards in the game. vikings still up seven in the third, when rookie safety, harrison smith picks off john skelton, and returns it for the first touchdown of his career. vikings win 21-14. they are five- and- two. aaron rodgers was dominant for the packers in saint louis.

packers up in the third quarter, when rodgers hits randall cobb in the middle for a five- yard touchdown. still up in the fourth, and rodgers rolls out, throws across his body, and places it perfectly to cobb again. rodgers threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns. packers win 30-20, and improve to four- and- three. the giants trying to avoid elimination in game six. they lead the cardinals in the second, when marco doubles to deep left, and drives in two runs. giants' pitcher ryan vogelsong struck out a post- season, career- high nine cardinals. he only allowed one run in seven innings. the giants win 6-1 to force game seven tonight. they've won five straight elimination games. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next. >>good afternoon everyone. >>winning pick 3 numbers. 1,6,4 winning pick 4 numbers.

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hear a different twist. >>it is worth the work. this is the part i hate. dicing up the squash.this is one of the dishes we will be serving on october 28th. tickets are on sale now. it is going to be great. it is to help raise money. we are

going to add a little bit of water. we are going to let that cook until the squash is tender. we are going to add some local honey. from green acres farm. that is going to counter balance. it is going to have a sweet and sour or sweet and s picy. we have it here. the special part is the garnish we are going to have. here is our soup. this will be the dish we

serve at the harvest festival. it is the season. some great chefs there too. a great group of people. >> i love when all of the competitors come together. >> we have a little bit of the splicediced. that is it. that is our dish. >>these are spiced pumpkin seeds. >>oh is that delicious. >>there are still tickets available. >>tastings halloween costume

party. >>i am going as medusa. >>perfect. >>i do not really have to dress up. >>oh come on. for joining us. tavernita and barcito are at 151 west erie in chicago. to learn about the green city market halloween fundraiser. go to green city market dot org. for today's recipe, or to watch the segment again, log on to wgn tv dot com slash midday.

time now for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked. the name of canada's province of nova scotia translates as 'new scotland.' but what language is nova scotia from? a. spanish b. latin c. french the answer: b. latin. >>this is amazing stuff. it will not break records but it will warm up. we are just a degree

from where we were yesterday. all that warm air is being routed northward. you see the wind plot. once you get behind these showers. we have to be warming up a bit. humidity 93 percent. this air is moist. 80s up to peoria. still warm as we

get into thursday morning. here we are by friday. it will be a chilly weekend around here. this is an intriguing storm system. it is moving north. look what is supposed to happen.much cooler

friday. 40s over the coming weekend. we are ready. happy monday. >>thank you for joining us. >>we are back at 5 and 9