a former chicago police officer goes on trial today for a brutal murder plot. firefighters rescue a teenage girl from the ice on lake michigan. and another cold start to the work-week. what you can expect, ahead in a *live report. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> morning. yesterday we were in the upper teens. i don't know about you but it did not feel as bad. we will see temperatures warm up later. typical height is in the mid-30s. we have not even been above freezing since the end of january. a few weeks we have been below freezing. ample sunshine today. it will not want us up much. we will be below the average. average is 34. it will

feel like - 5--15. windchill already an issue this morning. advisory is in effect until 11:00 a.m.. current temperature is 0. -17 in aurora. -22 in rochelle. -30 in morris. satellite remark composite, to not worry about the scope. our chance of snow doesn't come until wednesday. we are down to eight degrees today. 9:00 p.m. we're three degrees. the high is only 10. typical lotion in the upper teens. tuesday we climb to 12. >> we of one stretch of road all closed due to an earlier fire. blocked from northwest highway all way to central. other than that, a quiet start. no major delays. a bit of work

on the jane addams cancelled early this morning. he should get there without any issues. >>we are closing in on the record of most days with a low temperature below zero. tonya francisco is *live at the metra station in evanston. >> so far we have had 19 of these below zero days. six more and would tie a record from 1885. that is a real concern for commuters, especially writers on metra who've been frustrated by the delays this year. many of them have to wait out in the freezing cold. metra blames it on switching problems caused by the snow, high wind and the real culprit appears to be an antiquated switching system. the seven of the 11 realigns have trains that run on switches

controlled by the a to inter blocker. in 82 year-old machine operated by hand. some of them are so scarce, the parts barely exist. once boasting a 95% on- time performance has been forced to say their record will be shattered and it will need to find a way to replace the parts which are estimated $172 million according to the paper. the new head of metra will discuss the matter at a public hearing tonight. and the governor has put together a task force to look into the matter. as for the weather, you heard we will warmup into the '30's later this week. >>an autistic teenager was rescued from the ice on lake michigan near montrose harbor. the 13-year-old girl was walking with her mother along the lakefront sunday morning when she wandered onto the ice. her mother called 9-1-1 after the girl, who does not speak,

got out of reach. divers from the chicago fire department's marine unit found her barefoot about 100 feet out on the ice and brought her back to shore. she was checked out at a hospital and appeared to be o-k. the police chief in gary says mother nature did what 246 police officers haven't been able to do. the cold weather contributed to a murder rate of zero in northwest indiana in the month of january. during a normal january, the area averages five killings. but the brutal cold and snow kept people in their homes so much last month, there were no disputes that escalated to deadly violence. there's a new terror warning from south america. american citizens in guyana are being warned not to fly out of the country on caribbean airlines for the next few days. intelligence sources picked up chatter that suggested there may be an attack against a flight this week. the warning is in effect through wednesday. the first openly gay player may be drafted by the n-f-l. missouri defensive end michael sam publicly revealed that he is gay. sam was an all-american lineman at missouri.

he told his college teammates last fall and suffered no backlash ... and the information never leaked. sam is projected by n-f-l scouts to land in the middle of the draft, possibly as high as the third round. he says he wants the team that drafts him to know he's gay, and a hard worker. jamie anderson of team u-s-a picked up a gold medal in ladies slopestyle snowboarding, yesterday. team u-s-a also picked up a bronze in team figure skating. taking a look at the medal count... norway leads with 7 medals -- 2 are gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze. the netherlands follows with 4 medals -- 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze. and the u-s is currently in third place with 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a teenager was shot to death while shoveling snow on the near west side. the body of 17-year-old ronald hayes was discovered yesterday afternoon by his mother, on a sidewalk near his home in the 13- hundred block of west hastings. he'd been shot in the head. hayes was a senior at banner academy west high school.

there's no word yet on who shot him, or why. two men were killed when a car went off the highway and hit a light pole. it happened on i-90, at barrington road, yesterday morning. a third person in the car was slightly injured. the car wound up on the left shoulder of the eastbound lanes. the cause of the crash is under investigation. while emergency crews were there, another car hit two state police squad cars. that driver suffered minor injuries, but no one else was hurt. people in downers grove got a chance to hear most of the republicans who want to be governor. the indian american republican organization sponsored a candidates forum. bruce rauner didn't attend. but state treasurer dan rutherford and senators kirk dillard and bill brady did. former mayor daley is out of the hospital after being checked out for stroke like symptoms. daley walked out of northwestern memorial yesterday with his son patrick. he waved to reporters but did not stop to talk. daley was hospitalized for eight days after he returned from a business tip in arizona. a former chicago police officer, turned criminal, goes on trial today for plotting to murder a if suburban businessman. steve mandell has been linked

to as many as eight previous murders. prosecutors say he hatched a plot to kidnap a wealthy man, torture him to extort money and real estate, then kill him and cut up his body. he was arrested in 2012, before he could carry out the plot. mandell will stand trial for kidnapping conspiracy, attempted extortion, and murder- for-hire. a key figure in the rod blagojevich corruption trial faces sentencing today in a separate case. raguveer nayak was once named as the man who offered to raise money for blagojevich's campaign for governor, if he appointed jesse jackson junior to the u.s. senate. he was never charged. but he *was charged, and convicted, in a scheme to pay doctors for referrals to his chain of outpatient surgery centers. prosecutors are asking for a seven-year prison sentence for nayak. negotiations are set to continue, to avoid a teachers strike in mount prospect. the teachers union for mount prospect elementary district 57 authorized a strike last month. the union and the school board are discussing salaries, evaluations, and lay-offs. both sides say progress was

made at yesterday's talks. they'll meet again tonight and tomorrow night if necessary. a lot more bicycles are being stolen in chicago. there were more than 11-hundred bikes stolen last year, about five percent more than the year before. the statistics come from the chicago stolen bike registry, which tracks data and posts them on the website *the chain link-dot-org.* the chicago police department doesn't keep separate numbers for bicycle rip-offs. they are just categorized under general thefts. only five percent of the stolen bikes were locked with u- shaped locks looped through the front wheel and frame of the bikes. if you haven't gone already, there are plenty of "sweet rides" on display at this year's chicago auto show. the early morning news team was there for the big opening on friday night. this event raised two and a half million dollars for 18- chicago-area charities. it's the most money that's *ever been raised for the opening night gala. the auto show runs through next monday. coming up ... four fraternity brothers are killed in a wrong-

>> she could not walk 10 ft. without being stopped by somebody. >> what were doing there? >> making some friends. it was good to see so many viewers out there. ever been stop by to say hello. >> good to know people are up with us so early in the morning. it's very validating. >> i love sitting the party that collectively we could not afford. we're sitting at a temperature of 3 degrees across the old area. the chicago indiana it currently three. when shall - 5. british school of chicago is 3. we have temperatures of 12 degrees. windchill -28 in dekalb. we know it is cold. wind chill advisory remains in effect until 11:00 a.m.. windshield as low as -30 in some areas. sublet radar composite shows we are dry. high pressure for the next few days.

no rain or snow monday or tuesday. light snow on wednesday. there's they warm up with the chance of snow mixing with rain. finally climbing above freezing. the first time in over two weeks. >> coming up, for fraternity brothers killed in a wrong way crash. and -- a woman makes a disturbing discovery on her i- phone. plus -- the department of justice plans to recognize same- sex marriages in federal legal matters. what that now means for those couples. and why a mc-donalds in massachusetts is celebrating this long-time worker. the story, coming up.

a wrong-way driver is charged in a crash that killed six people. it happened yesterday morning on a highway in diamond bar, california. police say it appears 21-year- old olivia culbreath had been drinking, when she drove her chevy camaro the wrong way down the highway, and crashed into two oncoming vehicles. culbreath broke a leg in the crash. when she heals, she'll stand trial. a driver, going the wrong way down interstate 275, hit another car head-on, early yesterday morning. the wrong-way car burst into flames upon impact. the driver was burned beyond recognition. four young men in the other vehicle also died. they were all fraternity brothers at the university of south florida. a student from brigham young

university died after being caught in an avalanche. it happened in american fork canyon, near salt lake city. ashleigh cox was snow-shoeing in the area with five others saturday when the wall of snow carried her to a nearby creek. say she was buried face-down for about 40 minutes before she was pulled out. there have been hundreds of avalanches in the area over the past two days. the federal government is making some major changes that involve same sex marriages. starting today, those couples will be recognized by federal law, even in states where their marriage isn't legal. andrew spencer has more. >> for those fighting for same- sex marriages to be recognized by the government, it's one more step toward equality. >> as was true during the civil rights movement, the state involved in this generation's struggles for equality could not be higher. >> and human rights campaign in dallas, the head of the u.s. department of justice announced his intention to issue the memo: for a spin in recognition of same-sex marriage and federal legal matters.

>> a pledge tonight that we will never stop working to ensure that equality under is respected by the law. >> the new policy focuses on spousal rights concerning bankruptcy, prison visits, survivor benefits for widows and widowers of police officers and firefighters killed on the job. the new rules all even apply in the 34 states where same-sex marriage is not recognized by the state government which could-dutch critics consider overreach. the attorney general does not see it that way. >> nothing less than our country's founding commitment to the notion that people protected under the law of the state. >> one the most disturbing stories of the day,a woman didn't realize that a stranger was in her home, until she saw him on her phone. the woman says a man must have come in, while she was upstairs putting her children to bed. she now knows someone else was there, because he took a picture of himself with her cell phone.

she didn't notice the picture until the next day. nothing was taken from the house. the woman says she didn't know the man, but a neighbor says he looks familiar. no arrests have been made. retirement just doesn't sit well with some people. morris miller celebrated his 100th birthday at his job ... a mcdonald's in needham, massachusetts. morris started working there 25 years ago when he was 75. his duties mostly include drinking coffee and schmoozing with the customers ... something he does very well. >> at my age, we don't remember anything. >> he is funny. he makes us all laugh. >> have a good day. >>morris was named employee of the year and received a nice bonus check during the party. he is socially active. that's the key as to get older. >> congratulations to him. >> it's called again today. it's been such a cold winter. this

month is no different. zero. we get below zero again for another cold morning. elsewhere we are way below zero. when shall the advisers remain in effect until 11:00 a.m. for basically all the county's west of indiana. right now we find temperatures of three at the lakefront. - 4 and bartlett. dekalb reading at -10. we are almost getting used to these temperatures. we have seen so many days where temperatures have been like this, the best thing we can do is say prepare like it did last time. a few days ago it was just as cold. - 30 in aurora. windshield advisory is in effect. high pressure comes our way. it will move damaged portions of northern and eastern iowa today. it will continue to funnel in the cold air. sunshine today. nothing in terms of warm temperatures. we are still below normal for the day and through tomorrow. wednesday chance of

snow as a weak system brings us a bit of snow for wednesday. a change over from snow to a rain mixed on thursday. today's high is only 10 degrees. tonight we're back down. here is the 3 day forecast. tuesday's high is 12. wednesday we see the snow and we do finally make the 30's on thursday. more on that coming up. >> a quick update on the items that may cause some delays when you head out this morning. a water main break was down 130 blocked off completely all way to the island. earlier fire at barrington northbound route 83 shut down from northwest highway over to central. miner metra delays. the north line running about 50 minutes behind schedule. two trains on the milwaukee district line also running 15 minutes behind in terms of departure. they're not

saying it's mechanical or switching issue but either way you should check on line for more. >>coming up ... illinois is part of a massive meat recall. we'll have details. and -- he crossed grand canyon on a tightrope. after 4:30, we'll check out daredevil nik wallenda's latest stunt. and -- the bulls wrap up the west coast road trip in style and making their way up the playoff grid in the east. sports is next.

at long last the bulls step in their final west coast trip of the season is over. once again the show what it's all about. the trip ended yesterday against the lakers. will the results were not exactly earth shattering, we consider what they accomplished and with whom they accomplished it, you have to be impressed. the lakers on sunday, no dereks rose, no boozer but they did have noah. and first quarter, he ripped off texases. barely challenged in this game, gibson was a huge reason. down on the baseline, using the rim for protection, a watered-down team with lots of injuries but they never let them feel like they had the chance. leading the way, noah on the way to a 20.13 rebound effort. a

good place to finish in more ways than one. they win 92-86. >> we have always had the edge. whenever jumped. we fought our way back to the top. that's our mindset. we have young guys and you guys. we believe we have a shot. no matter what, we're going to fight. >> a busload weasels the way into state college and shed their penn state colors for illinois colors. and here's the freshman who had a superman costume underneath his jersey. three-pointer in the first half they tied up. penn state pulled away in the second half. a tough shot. a three-point lead. off the balance here, ill. back ahead for good. inside a minute

left, a three-point lead. he made four of those in his first art. 19 points as the losing streak ends at 8. 50-55 illinois beat penn state. that's morning sports. stocks closed up across the board friday. the dow gained 165 points. the nasdaq was up 68. and the s-and-p climbed 23 points. nearly nine million pounds of beef and veal have been recalled. the u-s-d-a says the beef producer used diseased animals that weren't properly inspected. california-based "rancho feeding corporation" produced the beef between january 20-13 and january of this year. it includes various meat products that were shipped to distribution centers and stores in california, florida, illinois and texas. there have been no reports of illnesses. the mansion in florida that once belonged to al capone is up for sale. capone's former home in miami beach is a notorious piece of real-estate. he lived there after being released from alcatraz. and legend has it ... it's where

he plotted the saint valentine's day massacre. it's ten-thousand-square-feet on exclusive palm island. the current asking price is eight-and-a-half million dollars. >> it looks like the set from dirty rotten scoundrels. it really does. >> i didn't see palm trees >> there was a pool. all three things that you need we haven't seen that in a long time. >> we will make the 30's later this week. >> is that supposed to make us feel better? nice try. >> a cold day. when shall the advisory in effect. current temperature is 0. we're just above. we will fall shortly. one degree by 10:00 a.m.. typical high today would be 34 degrees. we won't even come close. no rain or snow today we are dry. a very cold. >> a quick update. a few items,

a water main break causing minor delays. west on 130 blocked to stoney island. also looks like we had a stretch on barrington northbound truck 83 shut down over to central. getting initial reports there may be a truck that struck a freight train. this is coming from evergreen park police. they are handling the traffic through the area. not confirmed yet. just a report along 99 or maple wood. we will get more information in just a few minutes. >> there's more to come in our next half-hour. --including the latest medal counts from the sochi olympics. and -- what hot topic is behind kentucky senator rand paul's stern warning to texas republicans. plus -- the latest on the castaway who survived a year lost at sea. when he's expected to go home. and -- we're talking with chicago veterinarian doctor tony, about mutts at the westminster dog show. stay with us.

a former chicago police officer goes on trial today for a brutal murder plot. a high-school senior is shot while shoveling snow on the near west side. and another cold start to the work-week. what you can expect, ahead in a *live report. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy.

let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. you're promising a warm-up. >> of the warm-up texas into the low '30's. typically we should be in the '30's every day. this is winter 2014. sugar grove currently -15. current windshield 35 below. you can see as a travel to the west the numbers really a drop in a big way. closer to the city, temperatures are warmer. just above zero at the elementary school. when shall we have - 9. advisory is in effect until 11:00 a.m.. frostbite, head of area, both potentially an issue if you are outside for too long and not covered up here to make sure that you are covered up. it will be dry today. next chance

of snow is wednesday. average high is 34. we won't even be close. by 5:00 p.m. hour high temperature is 10. tonight we're back down to - 5. windshield way below zero again. wednesday we have snow. the warm-up is thursday. rain and snow mixed with a high of three. >> we have a water main break is still causing some issues on the roads. west bound 130 block. earlier fire has an entire stretch closed off even though the fire is out, this still have some crews staging through the area impacting that area. this is oak lawn. a freight train and a truck collided at 99 in maplewood. maple wood is blocked off completely over to 90. we're working to get more information on that. it was a freight train involved. that's the latest in traffic. >> as demetrius mentioned its

below zero. >> tonya joins us in evanston. you can testify to how cold it is. >> the good thing is i know we are under a windshield advisory but there is no wind right now. back to the record we have been talking about. the record is 25 below the zero blows. right now if we have seven more, 2014 will own a new record. this is one record people who work out in the cold like us or even people who just happen to be out for a short period of time are hoping we do not break. that includes the rail agency they have had a rough winter. numerous delays and cancellations have been blamed on switching problems caused by the snow, wind and subzero temperatures. the real culprit according to the sometimes appears to be an 82 year-old hand operated machine.

one of the 11 rail line trains runs over the switches installed back in the 1930's. the parts reportedly don't even exist to repair it. now it was last estimate the cost of the $172 million to replace it. the new head of metra will discuss the matter at a public hearing tonight. the governor has put together a special task force to look into the matter. as for the weather, as you heard, we have a warm-up coming ... but it will be here until the end of the week. back to you. >> a 30 year-old girl walking with her mother along the lakefront when she wandered on to the i's. her mother called 91 after the girl who does not speak was out of her reach. divers from the fire department marine unit found her barefoot out on the

ice. they were able to bring her back to shore. shoes checked out at a hospital and appears to be ok. >> a teenager shot to death while shoveling snow. the body was discovered yesterday afternoon by his mother on the sidewalk near his home in the 1300 block of west tastings. he had been shot in the head. he is a senior. no word on who shot him or why. >>the village of robbins has set up an assistance fund for a 14-year-old boy who witnessed his stepfather murdering his two siblings and his mother last week. michael worsham killed his wife michell ollie and their children trisha and roe. then worsham died of a heart attack. the 14-year-old and a nephew managed to escape. the fund will help pay the funeral expenses, and raise money for the boy's education. former mayor richard daley is out of the hospital after eight days of tests and observation. he was taken to northwestern memorial after he suffered stroke-like symptoms while on a business trip. hospital and waved to reporters, but didn't comment. a former chicago police officer, turned criminal, goes

on trial today for plotting to murder a suburban businessman. steve mandell has been linked to as many as eight previous murders. prosecutors say he hatched a plot to kidnap a wealthy man, torture him to extort money and real estate, then kill him and cut up his body. he was arrested in 2012, before he could carry out the plot. mandell will stand trial for kidnapping conspiracy, attempted extortion, and murder- for-hire. a key figure in the rod blagojevich corruption trial faces sentencing today in a separate case. raguveer nayak was once named as the man who offered to raise money for blagojevich's campaign for governor, if he appointed jesse jackson junior to the u.s. senate. he was never charged. but he *was charged, and convicted, in a scheme to pay doctors for referrals to his chain of outpatient surgery centers. prosecutors are asking for a seven-year prison sentence for nyack. jamie anderson of team u-s-a picked up a gold medal in ladies slopestyle snowboarding,

yesterday. team u-s-a also picked up a bronze in team figure skating. taking a look at the medal count... norway leads with 7 medals -- 2 are gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze. the netherlands follows with 4 medals -- 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze. and the u-s is currently in third place with 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. the man who says he spent 13 months alone at sea still has to be medically cleared to go home. jose alvarenga has another check up with doctors today. he has been on the marshall islands for over a week. he says he left mexico to go fishing with a friend, before his boat took him over six thousand miles away. he says his friend died, but he managed to survive. doctors say alvarenga's physical and mental condition have improved, but they want to make sure he's o-k to travel before they send him home. another round syrian peace talks is beginning in geneva. bashar assad's government and opposition leaders remain far apart, on a plan for assad to gradually relinquish his power. the violence in syria has already cost 130 thousand lives in less than three years. syrian civilians, and even u.n. workers, have come under

fire in the past week, as relief workers tried to deliver emergency food and water to the besieged city of homs. the attacks came, despite a cease-fire agreement. when french president francois hollande visits the white house this week, he won't have a first lady at his side. he just broke up with his long- time partner, after an affair with a younger woman. the white house had already printed up the announcement of the state visit with *both names on it. instead, president obama will host hollande *solo, tomorrow evening. immigration reform has stalled in washington, and that has one republican senator concerned about his party. kentucky senator rand paul says the republican party needs to have a better attitude about immigration, before it loses more elections. >> texas will be a democrat state in 10 years if you don't change. that means we of all. don't give up on what we believe in the we need to be a more welcoming party. >> a simple solution. enact a law this year but simply not let it actually start until 2017. after the president's term is

over. >>last week, house speaker john boehner said it would be hard to pass immigration reform because republicans didn't trust the president to enforce the law. during the state of the union, the president said he would use executive powers to move forward on issues, when congress doesn't act. new jersey's largest newspaper is taking back its endorsement of governor chris christie. that announcement comes one month after christie said he was not involved in the washington bridge scandal. the christie administration is being investigated over whether the bridge was partly closed down over politics. the star ledger's editorial board now says that it "blew it," when it endorsed christie before he was re-elected. it says the endorsement came down to two flawed candidates. two prominent illinois it was a fairly, setting from his other rope walking. he previously was crossed never falls and part of the grand canyon. he did have to deal with

the wind there. >> no harness. he hates when the macon where a harness. >> that's crazy. >> taking a look at our day. zero is the current a butcher at o'hare. this is one of the war spots across the region. it has been so cold this winter. as we heard earlier, another day to prepare for the really cold brutal temperatures. a temperature of 17 below in overall. - 3 at o'hare. rochelle is at -21. lansing currently at five. cook county is a bit warmer. but we should dip across the entire region shortly. current when chilled -17. -21 in bartlett. -30 in aurora. when the wind chill get that low frostbite and hypothermia are possible. we are dry. we will stay dry. high pressure holds steady. abundant sunshine. later today it will feel like - 5--25 for the high. only 10 we should

be topping out in the mid-30s this day. mostly clear skies. it will feel like -10--15. temperatures are very far down there. down to - five tonight. it was high temperature is -12. wednesday will take this note if we can make a single digits. thursday, i don't know why i'm excited. but we will make the low '30's. it's exciting. >> still had, a college football star says he is gay. >> and by a danish giraffe is around. >> and white a creator pulled a game out of the app stores. and we're talking about the westminster dog store and and nfl prospect has just

announced tuesday. the defensive player of the yearfootball analysts are predicting he'll be taken in the early rounds of the n-f-l draft, in may. openly gay professional football player. the n-f-l released a statement saying it admires sam's honesty and courage, and it looks forward to welcoming and supporting him.

sam said his college coaches and teammates have known his secret, since august. a zoo in copenhagen, denmark was put to death, and fed to the zoo's lions. the giraffe, nicknamed marius, was considered unfit for a breeding program, and euthanized yesterday despite an online campaign to save him. critics say, the zoo should have simply *sterilized him. but zoo officials say, he would have taken up space for more genetically valuable males. the developer of the popular to not visit that zoo if you're not perfect. >> the developer of the popular 'flappy bird' app took the game down at midnight on sunday, saying in a twet "i cannot take this anymore." some speculate he took the game down to avoid legal risk -- although he denies that rumor. 'flappy bird' became one of the most downloaded mobile games for apple and android -- averaging fifty-thousand dollars a day from advertising. people who already had the game on their devices can continue to enjoy it. a music history milestone is celebrated by the grammys.

50 years ago last night 73 million americans--about a third of the country--tuned into the "ed sullivan show" to see the beatles make their american television debut. a special last night saw the surviving beatles, paul mccartney and ringo starr re- unite. it was a big night but we don't get to see that. >> not shown here. but seems like it might be an important. >> let's take a look at our day. - 9 degrees in romeoville. beecher currently reading a - 9. -21 in union. in willamette week of a temperature of 0. that number will go down below zero shortly. - 8 is the current wind. lane tech it's currently trading at three degrees. when chilled -10. an advisory is in effect until 11:00 a.m.. there will be another one tonight as to find the windshield quite low. the alleged ring are composite shows if you want to stay dry, no snow coming today

or tomorrow. we have high pressure. sunshine but only up to eight degrees of by 5:00. windshield still below zero. today's high is 10. we go down to - 5. tuesday with a 12 degrees. bear in mind, typical high is 34. we're not close but thursday we will have the potential for rain and snow. high reaching 32. >> with a few updates on water main breaks and a train accident we're watching in oak lawn. many ninth and maplewood, a truck hitting a freight train. midway shut down from 95 for an investigation continuing. no word on injuries. water main break at waukegan. this stretch has been opened and we're now hearing that northbound is closed impacting the far planes to chestnut. looks like a fluid situation there. a second break now blocked over tutto stone allen. no big delays on the roads. no accident report.

>>the westminster kennel club dog show has finally opened up to mixed breed dogs ... also known as *mutts . they're back after being dis- invited over a century ago because their parents weren't documented. lupita is a dachshund. draco is a golden retriever. mixed breeds in the westminster dog show. what's the reaction? >> is still not ... there's still separate but putting them into the agility course over the weekend on saturday, they're not in the best skills. >> may be some discrimination still happening. >> they can really judge them by their looks or anything at. >> maybe someday they will have a category. all american months. but we will probably see that eventually. >> is the degree to see them finally getting some love.

>> getting some awareness about these dogs. everyone loves to get into the different breeds, but we can't forget about all those.--all those dogs that are in pounds and shelters that need a home. >> probably just as many months as purebreds. >> i think there's even more these days. >> any predictions for the competition? >> are you asking about the bets in vegas? best in show i think is the portuguese water dogs. the eight-one odds. i will go with the 10-one dog. it's the wirehair fox terrier. it won the national dog show in 2012. i see some momentum there. >> if anyone wants a prediction call your broker now. we are trying to talk about our dog show. we all love our animals very much. we're starting with

my dog. there is my dog. the dioxin, three years old. i call her below red dog. to me more about dioxin spiri dachsands. >> that's a pretty nice pose for the dog. >> it slumped over. >> she is just lounging. look of her shoes just lounging and hanging out. >> no one wants to see that. >> let's move on. >> this is my dog, he's only 11 weeks old. but he will be huge. his paws are giant. he may be cute now but in the year he's going to be a base.

>> i'm cooking the books. >> he is young. he has potential. >> he does have big ears. >> this is my dog. layla ali is a mutt. if she is about 27 lbs.. right here she's asking me why i didn't take a job in atlanta. she is a must. i don't know what kind of mix but she's beautiful. >> there's always politics in these competitions. i think it might be able to get a better weather report this week out of this one. >> the best in show goes to your dog. >> the not wins! congratulations. >> you guys have to take the dog back. >> thanks for coming in. congratulations to the mutt. >> it totally ruinous for me. time for the early bird special.

was the most popular name for a dog? if you know the answer log onto our website. you could win one 50-dollar gift card to the jewelry store, pandora. the winner will be chosen later today. coming up... miley cyrus gets asked to prom. and -- what actor shia la- beouf wore, that caused a scene at his movie premiere, in germany.

andmatt peterson, a teenager from arizona, thought miley cyrus would be a fun date to prom, so he asked her. peterson made a you-tube video that went viral, and it got miley's attention. she responded with a tweet saying she had to decline, but she did invite him to her next show in arizona. peterson was quick to reply saying it was the best day of his life. >> a note there of some better things down the road for him. >> "the lego movie" is the number one movie in america -- earning 69 million dollars on its debut weekend. it features the voices of

chris pratt, will ferrell, and liam neeson. "the monuments men", "ride along", "frozen", and "that awkward moment" round out the top five. over the weekend robin said she sold an elected. >>shia la-beouf sported a bizarre accessory to the international film fest in berlin. he wore a paper bag on his head at the premiere of his film "nymphomaniac volume one." he posed for pictures as he peeked through two eye cut-outs on the bag that had written "i am not famous anymore" on it. earlier that day, he stormed out of a press conference for the film after answering just one question. boring. thank you for that. >> cold temperatures again coming. take a look at the forecast here it is high is 10. tonight we go down to - 5. sunshine today and tomorrow. the greece on tuesday. we've warmup

for wednesday and thursday. chance of snow wednesday and the rain and snow mixed into thursday. >> a new stalled car outbound dan ryan at 63. [♪...]

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