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>> your there last night when they came home these men and women beat the system. they were so resilience. >> is the spirit of which they fall for the freedom of our country. >> it was definitely one of those metaphorical things. it was great. a veteran of the air corps said the trip to washington to see the world war two memorial was spectacular. he said as the opportunity of a lifetime. >> he is 91 years old. he was an aerial photographer in world war two. he has been married almost 70 years. yesterday he and 90 others went to see the world war two veterans memorial. it was his first time.
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>> it is very enlightening. it is very upbeat. it had to go over. i saw all of this and started thinking about what they all went these are the survivors. there are very few of us left. to think with the government shut down almost to not get to see the memorial. there were told the night before that it would be closed and that they could get arrested if they tried to get them. the sea of honor for a chicago asked the veterans after wanted to stay home. no way. i thought there were idiots. there were not planning with a full deck. >> when they landed late last night they were greeted with bagpipes. the cheers
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of hundreds of people who lined up to shake their hands. >> they treated me like i won the congressional medal of honor. it is crazy. >> they're really gives yoa really gives you, have never had an experience like that really. >> on a flight to chicago has taken 52 flights. 20,000 veterans from the chicago area who have not taken the flight. it is free. all you have to do is sign up. >> four years ago there was a waiting list. they're really trying to recruit veterans. they're losing them. they're
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going to go to the korean war memorial. they're just going to continue this. it is a wonderful program. >> one was telling me, fought to tors i came home and my mother was in the kitchen cooking and set a welcome home. said welcome home. >> tell your neighbors. look for those who are from the war and see if they just want to go out and do that. >> health-insurance marketplace is opened this week despite the shutdown. they are still plagued with problems. web site crashes kept millions of americans from finding out their options. the delays and a bigger problem. the obama administration says the high volume of traffic means
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americans want to know insurance options. >> the state's insurance would say only had a few minor problems that were quickly fixed. a place that provides a safe place for cats and dogs. a school bus crashed into their building. >> due to all of the damaged this rescue shelter is now in need of rescue. the bus crash did not cause any casualty is unless you count the rescuers that cannot be made because of this. my dogs loved on her. my kids loved on her. she needs a home. workers and volunteers cleared just about everything from the shelter this morning a school bus slammed into the
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front entrance of the runway shelter yesterday afternoon. no children are on the bus. nobody was arranging for emergency foster care. the 25 dogs and cats today there is a silver lining with families and companies stepping up. much more help is needed. we just saw what happened. they needed help and we offered to take her home. it is 10 years of hard work and dedication. and has been demolished and one day. it is very depressing. we are positive that we are going to continue our work. we do not know how at the moment. for more information on how to volunteer or adopt, go to gabor web site.our webour website.
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>> a blackhawks star has hit the goal of finding help for an abandoned gold.dog. i have been trying to save a young dog. this morning i rescue sheltea rescue shelter stepped forward and try to find a home. for more information go to their web site. >> the national transportation safety board is considering emergency for >> out of service for all cars were set in motion monday. traveled half a mile before hitting a blue line train. more than 30 passengers had minor injuries. the investigation into the crash is
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as many as 500 african migrants were aboard a boat that caught fire and sank about 70 mi. from tunisia. the official death toll is 93. that does not include an estimated 20 newly discovered bodies that remain in the water. more than 150 people have been rescued. a frequent destination for smugglers' boats. the pope criticized what he called global indifference to the islands refugee crisis. according say they will have to use dental records to identify victims. the bus collided with two other vehicles on interstate 40. 14 others mostly elderly were injured. the group was on its way back to stay till north carolina.states still north
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carolina. >> a 19 year-old who has been in jail over a sexual relationship with a 14 year-old girl has accepted a plea deal. she will spend four months in jail followed by two years of house arrest with electronic monitoring. she'll not be considered a convicted felon as long as she does not violate the terms of her sentence. she can have the court's seal her file. the case will be expunged after 10 years. >> jackson died four years ago due to an overdose. the doctor to administer the fatal dose and is in prison for manslaughter. the jackson family sued aeg live. the trial lasted five months but after only three days of deliberation the jury ruled dr. conrad murray was not incompetent.
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rose by 1000. >> the government shutdown also put college football in jeopardy. the navy air force football matchup indianapolis and will go on as planned. the game has been in limbo after the suspended all intercollegiate athletic. chicago- based united airlines moved to step in. the airline said we had a cancellation so we are offering to fly air force to this year's game. united back up this week by saying the offer was legit. not a bad marketg strategy. stocks are falling. sending the dow to its lowest plan three weeks.point in three weeks. apple iphone users are frustrated that messages sent are not being sent or received. apple
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missed another practice and lingering groin issues. the bears ran some extra tackling drills. the bears' defense ranks 21st in the week of the saints have the third best offense. a big part of that is the tight end to score too big touchdowns on monday night football he ranks second in the nfl and receiving. >> a great combination of size and speed. just his ability to go up and get the ball. he can be covered and he will still go get the ball. >> it is one of the most popular athletic events in the city of chicago. the chicago marathon. it takes place next sunday. 45,000 runners and 1.5 million spectators. one of
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the largest marathon in the world. served as executive race director of the bank of america chicago marathon since 1990. >> behalf i started when i was 16, that is not the case. >> this year that means a lot of responsibility for it. tell us about the changes for runners and spectators this year. for us the top of mind is the instance that took place in boston. it was difficult for us to process. as a hard time for our industry. the consensus was to move forward and get back to the tradition. some of
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the enhancements that will barack to the event. >> what are some of the enhancements? >> we are asking all of our participants to pick up their packets the registration themselves. this is a chance for us to talk to them directly. the second enhancement is we will have checkpoints. this has been in place in the past. security personnel that will check people when they come in. we're going to issue them a clear plastic bag. we'rwe have done this for several years. only allowing participants in the starting area. the finish area will not be open to general thpublic. if you
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want to see someone who is running in this you have to be beyond the the finish line. contact some of our partners for a ticket to get in. >> this is the back that we are going to issue. this is something that people, if they want to have a dry shirt. it has a drawstring. >> seems like a minor inconvenience. when we made these announcements the feedback has been very positive. we are working together as a team. i think it will work very nicely. i have been amazed there instead of being scared away from that so many athletes have wanted to participate. you
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are attracting people from all over the world. that camaraderie is really important to initiating some of the security procedures. commitment sacrifice dedication, it is the ultimate personal experience. the commitment of our participants, our team and the city of chicago is really coming together. i feel confident. i did see tom skilling just a few minutes ago. money to cool weather. we need some cool weather. >> so great to have you here. the races next sunday. >> tom skilling has your forecast.
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very interesting. it has been i lovely quiet autumn. and south dakota is 87. 2 ft. of snow on the way. a blizzard heading into that area. just shy of hurricane strength. the night before last we had something of an astronomical display. suns as a shot of the north of light. this display is really something
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seen across the midwest. it was all about a big flare back on monday. if you heard the siren sounding, this was the funnel cloud that set them off last night. folks were watching that interested. cindy adams shows the fall colors. peter observes that in no summers behind us when it is a beautiful day. that is an amazing shot. from princeton mike and suzanne show farm country. this harvest season up there as well. our
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farmers have been busy. many the moisture. quite an interesting time lapse. will be separated by intervals of dry weather. altogether the next couple of is my produced the biggest drain in almost two weeks. the averages about 88 hundredths of an inch. those numbers are above average. the key players wrapping up to the west, has turned wind southerly. chars and thunderstorms have ignited in our area.
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tracking the showers that have been moving to the area appeared some of them producing thunder and lightning. the rainfall has spread through. we have to break up to the west. some scattered showers likely to fill in. this is the developing blizzard. that is an interesting storm. here is where the rain will be at 3:00 is after them. this is the forecast by evening. scattered storms still from time to time. that is midnight tonight. here is tomorrow morning. it is going to be warm throw all of this. it will be she met as well. what of moisture in the air.all lot of moisture
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south dakota. huge amounts of snow expected. in the meantime there is karen tonight. these colors correspond to wind. mrs. winn in excess of 40-50 mi. per hour. comes up close to mobile alabama. here's a look at the hurricane center. there is the forecast at 7:00 tomorrow morning. it makes landfall apparent solar in the vicinity of saturday morning. it tracks north word. here are all of the different models. fairmont of certainty that the storm is moving where ithey say it is going to move. that
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is quite interesting. how unseasonably warm wind is blowing into the chicago area. you can see the warm temperatures here. thirties' and parts of wyoming and montana where it is snowing. when you put these two different air masses together you get a big storm this time of the ears. if you get under one you get a pretty good downpour. there'll be some mixed sunshine and rain free periods. tonight on seasonably mild. '60s and scattered thunderstorms. some of those with gusty wind. it actually
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hit 85 tomorrow. saturday warm and humid scattered thunderstorms grow more numerous. up close to 80 degrees. los '60s on sunday. >> a gets darker earlier.it gets darker earlier. it is kind of nice to have that in october. 80 in october. >> now to a story that we have been falling. the controversial name change of a south side school. it was called a racially insensitive by many. the name of jesse owens was taken down over the summer as part of a consolidation plan. >> i just had a chance to sit down with one of jesse
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owens $3.30 three daughters. >> we were very excited. his youngest daughter says she was also nervous going into last night's vote. it all disappeared after a unanimous vote to no one's name disappeared over the summer after the close thousands of schools and made the building a part of the nearby samuel gompers fine arts auction school. albans was the african-american hero of the 1936 berlin olympics. winning four gold medals making him the most successful athlete of those games. albans
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daughters led the crusade to reverse the name change. the effort has been a life lesson for all. >> it is a lesson to the kids and the parents. it is a lesson in what it takes to affect change. to get people to hear you. >> the ceo released a statement after last night's vote supporting the name change. the school board has the final vote on october 23rd. if approved the name change takes effect immediately. >> your lottery drawing is right >> your lottery drawing is right after the break.
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>> and it gives them peace of mind knowing that their family has some insurance to help cover funeral costs. >> and other final expenses. >> great point, and that's something everybody needs to plan for. especially in this economy. >> it costs just $9.95 a month per unit. >> yes, and that rate never goes up. >> and their coverage never goes down because of their age. >> they can get permanent insurance at a price that fits into their budget. >> do you want to help protect your loved ones from the burden of final expenses? if you're between 50 and 85, you should call colonial penn now. for just $9.95 a month per unit, you can get quality insurance that does not require any health questions or a medical exam. your rate will never increase and your coverage will never decrease. that's guaranteed. now whether you're getting new insurance or supplementing what you already have, call now and ask one of their representatives about a plan that meets your needs. they're waiting to hear from you. so call now.
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be careful babe. [ doorbell rings ] let's see what's cookin'. look at this. that's a swiffer. i don't have to climb up. did you notice how clean it looks? morty are you listening? morty? [ morty ] i'm listening! i want you to know. here with the whose your mama company. >>you have to go through the farmer's market. they grow wild in the midwest. they literally fall off the trees when they are ripe. someone has to string nets under the trees. this is
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the pulp. it tastse es like a pumpkin and apricot. >>that is the pulp. ewe are going to zest a little bit of orange right over it. zesty over your ingredients. that is where the flavor comes form. a little bit of butter. 3 eggs that we whipped up a little bit. some heavy cream. not very pretty at this point. it is going ot taste good. they are huge in indianna. if you drive down
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>>is now the time. >>get them through early december. a lot of the farmers freeze the pulp. >>if you can bake a pumpkin puie you can bake this. >>not as thick. i would have thought i did something wrong. >>when it is done hopefully it will look like that. >>it looks delightful. thank you for coming and sharing. >>for today's recipe
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oh. what a relief it is. we've had some pretty grim, crossed the area. there is a six hour loper. piquancy the clusters of showers. in some cases of thunderstorms that come across the area. you will get some peaks of thunder in the afternoon. there is our forecast by close to 7:00 tonight. see those little short our clusters. for us there is saturday morning. 6:00, saturday evening. that is pretty close
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to the northwestern game. under which there will be a few showers. they learned here is a moderate risk. tomorrow night we will watch. paris patchwork of advisor is. quite a snowstorm coming out of wyoming and montana power the temperatures. 80s downstate. cooler air out to the west. the cooler air will arrive with a bang. temperatures will crest at that time. we will warm back up to the '70s by the middle of next week.
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trivette: hey, can you believe c.d.? what's with that guy, taking off again? i never get to see him. c.d. never could pass up a good fishing trip. yeah, i guess it gives him and murphy a chance to catch up on old ranger stories, huh? yeah, it sure does. have a nice day. thank you. next. everybody down! i'm sure you know what this is. you do exactly what i say, and it won't blow your head off.
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you understand?! i wonder which one of 'em's gonna tell the tallest tale, though. i think c.d. will win that one. yeah. yeah. let's go, boys. [alarm clangs] [gunshot] [gunshot] get out of the way! man: hurry, get in! drive! [tires squeal] radio dispatcher: all units, we have a code 3. 2-11 at the cow town bank and trust at tenth and allen. be on the lookout for a black sedan. that's about a mile from here. watch out! [siren]
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