police shot a man to death after he threatened family in a southwest side home. details, in a *live report. an australian ship is listening for more *pings in the hunt for a missing malaysian plane. and fans celebrate, as the huskies beat the wildcats to claim the ncaa basketball championship. 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. >> i watched most of the game. >> to see the whole thing? >> he's going to crash about halfway through the show. will do the countdown. >> to watch it so early it might be downhill today. and going to be quick. on the weather will be quick. taking a look, keep the

umbrellas handy, and you will need it. we have showers today the rain comes in around noon. spotty showers. it will be cooler along the lake. 47 at the lakefront. a bit of rain out there. nothing to write home about. looking at the forecast, is a nice day. temperatures back in the 40's for much of the day. about 47 degrees early this afternoon. 5:00 p.m. we have the chance of rain. we try out in time pour this evening. tomorrow, 60 degrees. mostly sunny skies. thursday 62. back to traffic. >> a quick look outside. no big delays so far. a bit of construction taking it village of the dry weather. there are expecting that rain to impact some of the commute times this morning but as you head out early, you're looking good so far. more details cannot.

some students at the university of connecticut got out of hand while celebrating their school's basketball championship. the u-conn huskies beat the kentucky wildcats, 60 to 54 last night. the huskies never trailed, as the wildcats came back several times. but then kentucky's shooting on the floor and the free-throw line went cold. this is what the u-conn campus looked like afterwards. police say some fans uprooted a light post in front of the engineering building and smashed it through a window. chairs and tables were overturned in the student union. 15 people were arrested search teams have further narrowed the area of the indian ocean where they hope to find the wreckage of a missing malaysian jet. the australian ship that detected possible "pings" from the plane's black box, hasn't picked up any *new pings. and the *batteries on the black box could die any time now. as the search area narrows still further, a miniature submarine will be deployed, with sonar to map the ocean floor, and hopefully locate the plane.

police shot and killed a 21 year old man in the gage park neighborhood , after they say he refused to drop a butcher knife. tonya francisco joins us *live from the ninth district police station with more. >> the stepfather of the man killed wants to know why police would use excessive force against his stepson claiming he was shot eight times when he was only holding a knife. family members identified that man as a 21 year-old hector hernandez. they say he was the father of eight to year-old he was holding when police were called to his home around 545 yesterday. he had apparently been arguing with his girlfriend or his wife. not clear what the relationship is right now. but she apparently had an order of protection against him. hernandez was standing on the front steps of the home holding the child in one hand and a black bag in the other that he said had a gun inside. officers say he was threatening to use it to kill

police. at some point hernandez went in the house, handed the child off and threaten to kill himself saying he was not going back to jail. the spokesman for the fraternal order of police says the officer tried to calm him down before firing. >> the third time he grabbed a butcher knife. a large knife put it to his throat and said i'm going after the family. at that point the officers jumped in to save him. the barbs didn't set for some thing and not sure. but the point the officer feared for the safety of the family members in another bedroom or in a room off the kitchen firing hitting the offender and he was the 0 a. >> we are killers with badges. work to know why.

>> the independent police review authority is now investigating. reportedly, hernandez had been on probation in a domestic battery and kidnapping case. he had a valid order of protection against him. one man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting near a c-t-a red line stop in rogers park. police say the men were standing outside the "a-i-m food mart" in the 16-hundred block of west howard, when someone fired shots from across the street. it happened just before eight last night. a 24-year-old man was taken to the hospital and died. another man was shot in the hip and stomach ... a third man was hit in the collarbone. no arrests have been made. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a driver heading the wrong way caused a crash on i-355. this happened last night in the north-bound lanes in homer glen. illinois state police say a silver s-u-v was going the right way, when it turned around and hit a black vehicle head - on. the driver who got hit was taken to the hospital, but his

injuries are not serious. details on an arrest in the murder of a teenager from palatine are expected today. 14 year old amber creek was found dead in wisconsin 17 years ago. she was found after she ran away from a juvenile facility in illinois. police in racine made an arrest, but they're not saying anything else until later this morning. a 13-year-old boy faces charges after police say he vandalized 18 life-size statues in grant park over the weekend. the installation is called "borders" and features 26 statues. police found spray paint cans and permanent markers belonging to the boy after taking him into custody. his name has not been released because he is a minor. mayor emanuel has changed his strategy for fixing chicago's debt-ridden public pension system. until yesterday, the mayor's plan was to let state lawmakers effectively force a citywide property tax hike, and take the political heat for it. but now, the tax hike has been removed from the state bill... and the plan will instead face a vote of the city council.

police in barrington are investigating a middle school after reports of *sexting. officials at barrington middle school-station campus say a small group of teens were sending inappropriate images of other students among themselves. the principal says disciplinary actions could be "severe" because "sexting" affects reputations of other students and disrupts the educational environment. authorities are considering criminal charges. an argument broke out at a city council meeting in north chicago, when the mayor and other officials were accused of lying. the fight was over former officer brandon yost. he was one of six officers involved in the violent arrest- and beating death of darrin hanna, back in 2011. the public was told yost was fired. but hanna's family says they have heard reports the officer actually resigned ... and that he was re-hired temporarily, in a deal that allows him to collect a disability pension. >> get ready to spend money. inaudible

>> they're wrong about giving him a disability. >> they didn't give it to him. >> darrin hanna's family reignited the issue yesterday, because it was his birthday. dozens of violent crimes are being under-reported by the chicago police department. the city's inspector general's office says the department's numbers are low because it doesn't count every victim. state guidelines say police reports should count victims because sometimes there's more than one incident. but a sample of police reports involving assaults in 2012, revealed some victims were left out because they were counted as one incident. the police department is calling for a review and is blaming former superintendent jody weis for not updating how crimes are counted. federal investigators have concluded, excessive speed contributed to last month's crash of a blue line c-t-a train at o'hare airport. an operator was fired for falling asleep as the train pulled into the terminal. but beyond that, investigators

say the bumper post that should have stopped the train didn't leave enough room for a trip switch to activate the train's emergency brakes. the trip switch needed to be moved. the transit workers union adds, the train should be designed to stop automatically before it ever *gets to the bumper post. >> if the ntsb is saying the brakes were activated, my question is why did this happen? >> nine million dollars is the new, higher damage estimate from last month's crash. the blue line's trip switch at o'hare has since been moved several feet farther up the line, to give trains more room to stop. this is surveillance video from a dunkin' donuts on the northwest side, where a van crashed through the front window. it happened yesterday afternoon in the 38-hundred block of north cicero. no one was injured, and the driver stayed on the scene. there is no word if that driver was ticketed. today is "ben and jerry's" annual free cone day! the company is offering free ice cream cones to say "thank you" to its customers. the annual tradition began

after it opened its first shop in 19-79. there are now 750 "ben and jerry's" in more than two dozen countries. that means they're giving away thousands of free cones! will you do as? >> my favorite flavor is chunky monkey all away. >> enjoy it. enjoy your screen. >> he's asleep but here. both of you i'm doing this show so low. >> one of us has already been asleep on set this morning. guess who. it's 48 rate now showers are continuing. it's making that line across the central and eastern viewing area. light showers today. more by the afternoon. often on showers. nothing too heavy. temperatures are on the agreeable side. 52 this

afternoon. 34 tonight. 60 on wednesday. sunshine will make it feel good. some fraud we make 59. saturday 67 degrees. very nice and warm for the weekend. >> coming up ... a los angeles cop is shot seven times in a police station -- and survived. we'll have details. and -- the army is still working a motive in the fort hood shooting. plus -- the supreme court rules on a case involving a photographer who refused to work a gay wedding. ge and -- how one woman used a bunch of *rats to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend.

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of the los angeles police department, hitting an officer seven times. it happened last night at l-a- p-d's west traffic division building in mid-city. officials say a gunman told the officer he had a complaint and then started shooting with a semiautomatic pistol. the officer was wearing a bullet proof vest. he taken to the hospital and is in good condition. the suspect was also shot and is in critical condition. the motive for the shooting is unknown. the u.s. army concludes, a man went on a shooting rampage at fort hood, texas, because the army refused his request for time off. specialist ivan lopez asked for a leave of absence, just hours before the shooting... and he got into an argument with a superior when the request was denied. lopez shot and killed three people before taking his own

life. though lopez had received treatment for mental problems, the new findings appear to reject the theory that the massacre was brought on by post-traumatic stress disorder. there's new information about the driver of a train that derailed in new york city, killing four passengers last december. federal officials say william rockefeller suffered from severe sleep apnea, but it was undiagnosed at the time of the accident. the diagnosis came from a doctor who was asked to examine rockefeller, after he told n-t- s-b investigators he felt like he was in a hypnotic state. the train derailed when rockefeller took a curve going 52-miles over the speed limit. the supreme court won't hear a case where a business claimed religious freedom for refusing to work at a gay wedding. a photographer in new mexico argued that taking pictures at a lesbian wedding violates her religious beliefs and her first amendment rights. but the state fined her under a law that requires businesses to serve customers regardless of race, religion, or sexuality. the new mexico supreme court sided with the state. it refused to decide if some

businesses were exempt because their work can be considered "protected speech." that ruling now stands. it appears, a love triangle led a jealous woman in philadelphia to dump a load of rats at the home of her romantic rival. it happened last wednesday. when the woman learned that her boyfriend was two-timing her, police say, she and eight friends broke into the other woman's home with a baseball bat... released the rats... punched the other woman... and stole her purse. wouldn't the rats have been enough? the victim identified one attacker... so far, no one has been caught. you were there for many years you said dating was a little rough. >> one time and she can keep her little rat. nothing to do with me. 48 degrees right now. wind out of the northwest at 6-10 mi.. breezy it this morning but the wind will be very strong. chance of rain this morning. it lingers into the afternoon and would try out over the evening.

here are the current temperatures. temperatures don't move much but it will go up. lower 50s this afternoon. light rain showers across the area. or going to watch this move through. yesterday we told you about a cold front but it will keep those temperatures steady when you have a cloud cover and the rain during the overnight the temperatures don't drop much. we expect to see the highs in the low 50s. showers are possible. both underling in today. today we tryout. tomorrow stay dry. nice wednesday high temperature reaching 60 degrees. today's high temperature is about 52. some spotty showers. nothing too heavy. tonight we're back down into the '30's. 60 on wednesday. thursday chance of showers. >> a bit of a problem on the dan ryan. it's slowing down just a

bit. express lanes at 31. of left-wing bloc. volume is light no backups. at lombard on myers road is closed to washington. earlier accident where a car hit a light pole. the telephone poll is still down. the accident is out of the way they're still working to repair the light pole. keep that in mind at that intersection it's blocked until they can restore that service. >> coming up, the hot new trend in san francisco. smart card flipping. that's a hot new trend? >> and in sports and illinois native and the n.c.a.a. championship. >> good morning. a fast-food breakfast. a $50 billion business talk a bell has just entered the fray with their own breakfast menu. i'm going to put it to the test. can they steal

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time for sports. for the first time ever... a seven- seed and an eight- seed faced off for the n-c-a-a championship. bill clinton and george w. bush watching u-conn and kentucky in

the title game. kentucky trailed by 15 in the first, but in the second... james young drives through several defenders for a monster dunk... he scored a team- high 20 points. u-conn up by four in the final minutes... east aurora grad, ryan boatright pulls up for a jumper as the shot clock expires... he scored 14 points while shabazz napier led all scores with 22. connecticut wins 60-54... their fourth title in school history. now for a look at the rest of the day's sports, here's dan roan. good morning. as expected the bulls reached into the path for some help during the playoffs. bridgeport is in for the troops. he will be in uniform when they take on the timber wolves on wednesday. he will need any orientation. he was a key role player a few years ago. a good defender. always good on the baseline. he should fit right in off the bulls' bench. >> he can pick things up quickly

because he has been here before and he did a great job when he was here before. i think he has to respect of his teammates. we know he will be ready if we need him. we won't be afraid to throw him in. >> and he's a player that will give 110%. he's going to do the things to win. i try to play as hard as i can on defense. if i do that i can help the team out. >> notre dame and you'll receive connecticut tonight. two teams that don't like each other and have not for quite some time. the coaches traded insults in front of the media yesterday. the irish think they have a chance even without their star center. they are not scared. >> i think people go into play and they think they have are lost. we are not like that. we

have a certain swag to us. it's like that with any team, i think we already don't like each other. that adds to it. >> should be a great game tonight. that's more exports. >> u-s stocks fell for a third straight day monday, led by a big decline in the nasdaq. the dow plunged 166. the nasdaq fell 47. and the s-and-p dropped 20. congress may go on recess without extending jobless benefits. the senate passed a bill yesterday to restore those benefits for more than two million long-term unemployed workers. that extension would be retroactive to december and last through may. but this bill may not get through the house as is. republican leaders are pushing for changes to the federal workforce training programs. if you want the best value, get a degree from harvey mudd college in california. the private science and engineering school is number one when it comes to the return on your investment.

that's according to payscale, a website that tracks pay data of college graduates. a four-year degree at harvey mudd costs 230-thousand dollars. but alumni from the school make one-point-one- million-dollars *more during the first 20 years of their career than those who went to work right out of high school. m-i-t ranked second. >> did we say $1 million more? >> over 20 years. >> that is a big difference. i thought i was pretty good. >> sometimes we do listen to but just once in awhile. >> current temperatures here the highest about 49. we climb up to 62 this afternoon. good chance of showers off and on through the day. >> accident along the dan ryan causing a bit of a problem. looks like it's close to 31st. on top of that, we have a pull down a car had an accident and

struck a telephone pole in lombard. that is impacting the road closed at washington. they're working to get that off the road. other than that they are in good shape. >> so far we have details on a scandal and in northwest suburban middle school. >> and the blade runner takes the stand for the second day in his murder trial. >> searching for a young boy swept away by flood water. >> and what forced a congressman to apologi police shot a man toh

after he threatened his family. details, in a *live report. an australian ship is listening for more *pings in the hunt for that missing malaysian plane. and a former aide to mayor daley will plead guilty today, to embezzling from a charity. good morning, i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> good morning. nice weather today. temperatures in the low 50s. the warm-up is coming. even though it's wednesday we will warmup tomorrow. here are the current temperatures. i don't mess you up. today is tuesday.

we are continuing to see light showers across the area generally north of cook county. the grain is moving through the county's today. certainly not too much. there is some more rain in the forecast for later today. at 2:00 p.m. the showers moved back in. nothing to have the but the chance for rain is here to the afternoon. we try out tonight and warm-up tomorrow. by 9:00 p.m. we are at 42. here's the seven days forecast. wednesday we hit 60 degrees. friday we hit 59. saturday 67 degrees. cold on monday. get ready for that. >> you been waiting for six months to give a full night's report any finally have it. >> but he keeps talking about wednesday. >> with an accident on the dan ryan just move to 35. left lane

block. volume not too bad. in lombard we have a telephone pole down from an earlier accident that has west what buyers closed at washington will let you know once that opens again. >>oscar pistorius is back on the stand this morning at his murder trial. today is the second day of pistorius' testimony. he's charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, but he says it was an accident. today the defense had pistorius read some of the texts that prosecutors used as evidence. pistorius tried to explain a text where steenkamp said she was scared of him sometimes. >> i think maybe i was just being sensitive and insecure or jealous. she came and she is tickling my neck and wasn't kind to her. >>the defense also had pistorius described how he was in a loving relationship with steenkamp. testimony included stories about pet names and running away together. search teams have further narrowed the area of the indian ocean where they hope to find

the wreckage of a missing malaysian jet. the australian ship that detected possible "pings" from the plane's black box, hasn't picked up any *new pings. and the *batteries on the black box could die any time now. as the search area narrows still further, a miniature submarine will be deployed, with sonar to map the ocean floor, and hopefully locate the plane. police shot and killed a 21 year old man in the gage park neighborhood , after they say he refused to drop a butcher knife. tonya francisco joins us *live from the ninth district police station with more. >> the stepfather of a man killed said his stepson was shot eight times. he wants to know why so many shots with his stepson was only holding a knife. >> did they need to kill him? it was one knife. we have killers with badges. i want to know why. >> family members identified the man as 21 year-old hector

hernandez. he apparently been arguing with his girlfriend or wife. their relationship is not clear. we do know there was an order of protection against him and he was on probation for kidnapping and domestic battery. police say he was standing on the front steps of a home in the 2500 block of west 50th around 5 4:05 p.m. holding his two year- old child and a black bag that he said had a gun inside. he was threatening to use it to kill police. at some point he went into the house, handed the child to someone and then went to the kitchen where he threatened to kill himself by putting a knife to his throat saying he was not going back to jail. the spokesman police says the officers tried to calm him down and even fired a taser but it didn't take. they say he then went into another room where there were several other people and that's when the officers opened fire killing the man. >> pretty himself. he had a

large butcher knife and he was going after people in the house. the police search and protected and those innocent people were the ones they were protecting. >> no one else was injured. the independent police review authority is now investigating. live from the ninth district. back to you. >> breaking news. we're just learning about an overnight shooting that happened at 3:00 a.m. in 1100 block of north branch. police say it's not yet known if the shooting happened inside or outside the nightclub. a 24 year-old man was shot in the chest he was driven to the hospital. we will get more information and bring it to you. >> a small group of teen for sending inappropriate pictures. principal said disciplinary

actions would be severe because it threatens the educational environment. authorities are considering criminal charges. >> taking a look the other top stories. details on the rest in the murder of 18 from palatine are expected today. the 14th row was found dead wisconsin 17 years ago. she was found after she ran away from a juvenile facility. police made an arrest but they're not saying anything else until later this morning. >> the mayor has changed his strategy for fixing the public pension system. until yesterday the mayor's plan was to let state lawmakers effectively force is city-wide property-tax hike and take the political heat. but now the tax hike has been removed from the bill and it faces a vote on the city council. >>federal investigators have concluded, excessive speed contributed to last month's crash of a blue line c-t-a train at o'hare airport. investigators say the bumper post that should have stopped the train didn't leave enough room for a trip switch to activate the train's emergency

brakes. the trip switch has now been moved up several feet. the body of a 9-year-old girl believed to have been swept away by severe flooding in mississippi was recovered. floodwater had pulled the girl into a channel under a road monday night. now search teams in louisiana are looking for a three-year-old child who fell into a swollen creek and was swept away on monday. the seartch for the boy will resume today and a woman's body was recovered monday in georgia after her car was swept away in a rain-swollen creek in north carolina and mississippi, tornadoes touched down damaging homes and injuring residents. rain continues to pound southeast, and flash flood warnings and watches are being issued. 33 people have now been killed from the mudslide in washington state. more rain will cause the nearby river to rise again. the number of people missing is now at 12. but that changes as names are added and removed. more than 220 people have registered for federal assistance. three

disaster recovery centers have been opened. they will get one on one face to face counseling and assistance. >> a republican congressman from louisiana is apologizing after a newspaper posted video that appears to show him kissing someone other than his wife, in his office. andrew spencer has more on this story. >> the u.s. representative from louisiana, a married father of five ran on a platform of family values. >> some believe faith and family and hard work for sorely missing. >> he asked for forgiveness after a news outlet posted a video on the website. it shows him kissing a married woman on his staff. he won a seat in the u.s. house through a special election last november after his predecessor resigned. he campaigned as a christian conservative and made headlines at the state of the union by inviting duck dynasty star to attend as his guest. it doesn't explain how it got the video but police say it's taken inside the

office in december. he responded to the video with a statement saying there is no doubt i have fallen short and i am asking for forgiveness. asking for forgiveness from god, my wife, my staff and my constituents. trust is something i know has to be learned whether through a husband, a father or a congressman. i promised to do what i can to earn back the trust of everyone. >>a former top aide to mayor richard m. daley ix expected to plead guilty to embezzling money from a charity. gene lee was daley's deputy chief of staff. later, he ran the chinatown summer fair, and the chicago dragons athletic association. lee reportedly will admit, he spent more than five thousand dollars in charitable donations, to buy suits, travel, and entertain donors. lee could get up to two years in prison. supporters of charter schools are planning a rally in springfield today. it's being organized by the illinois network of charter schools. they say there are about a dozen bills currently under

consideration by lawmakers, aimed at stopping charter growth in illinois. charter school supporters say this is the strongest opposition they have faced in nearly 20 years. one proposal would ban charters from opening in areas where a neighborhood school has closed in the past decade. police in toledo, ohio are blaming a car crash on a sleepwalking ten-year-old. according to investigators, the girl got out of bed, grabbed the keys to the family car, and drove it about three blocks until she crashed it into four other vehicles. the girl's father says she has had bouts with sleepwalking before... but nothing this serious. >> the keys were hanging out. she would have to climb on something to get them. >> the girl was crying when police arrive at the crash site. she wasn't arrested... but she'll have to appear in juvenile court for operating a vehicle without a license, and not wearing a seat belt. >> they have to check her text messages. maybe she was distracted while driving. 40 degrees was the current temperature. wind of the northwest at 10 mi.. we are

talking about rain coming. not too heavy but the duration. chance of showers this morning. as afternoon we have a chance for spotty showers. 48 at o'hare. 46 in waukegan. 45 in joliet. these numbers are par for the course. low to mid-40s. will warm up into the low 50s. showers across the area. generally east of kane county the rain continues to press toward peace. early today. take that role with you you will need it. a cold front comes through it doesn't drop our temperature at all. it will just moderate things out. 52 degrees is the high today. tonight we're back down to 34. clearing skies. was high is 60 degrees. it will be sunny. thursday we had a 40 percent chance of rain in reaching 62. warmer days are ahead. we will have that in just

a bit. >> still ahead, the huskies beat the wildcats to claim the n.c.a.a. basketball championships. >> and is familiar actor cast in the new star wars movie. and why the vice president returns to twitter. >> and marcus is dying into the breakfast war. we will have violence and protests are

escalating in eastern ukraine... and the united states says it's *russia's* fault. as protesters march on government buildings in several eastern cities, secretary of state john kerry told his russian counterpart that russia must not *incite the unrest, or use it to justify seizing control of more of ukraine. russia already controls crimea. russian authorities argue, the demonstrations are spontaneous shows of *support for russia... and it's the united *states that should back off. >> joe biden back on twitter. he sent a message from his personal account yesterday, saying he was "dusting off the twitter handle for a big midterm election year". before that, biden hadn't tweeted since sending a "happy holidays" message in 2012 ... after he and president obama were re-elected into the white house. the account is different than the one biden regularly uses as vice president. biden has said he plans to campaign in more than one-

hundred races this year. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... the men's college basketball tournament championship goes to the university of connecticut. the u-conn huskies beat kentucky, 60 to 54, to win the title last night. u-conn led for most of the game, and kentucky missed nearly half of its free-throws. this is the huskies second championship in four years, and its the first time that a "number seven" seed won it all. celebrity friends mourn the a city version of the cal tipping. they are flipping over smart cars. smart cars weigh about 1,600 lbs. and a relatively easy to tip. several men have been caught. it is considered a felony vandalism. >> that is not very nice. at least one star of star wars will return for episode 7. peter mayew played chewbacca. there

are say he may come back as a computer animated character. but this signing means once again it will be a man in a big furry costume. he looks like my grandfather. >> no way they could ever make him a c g. >> is the star wars before? >> it's a sequel to return of the genocide. >> don't get him started. you'll never get to whether. >> the original good trilogy. so this is number seven. it will take place about 30 years after return of the genocide. >> glad you could clear that up. >> we have a show to do. >> taking a look at the weather, 47 degrees right now. we have showers. continue to see the light rain across the region. it will be back through much of the afternoon. we begin to dry out in time for the evening. clear tonight was sunshine. today's high

temperature in the low 50s. on wednesday we're up to 60 degrees. thursday we make 62. fraud is 69. high temperature is 67. >> and he's going ask you about solar flares. i can't even listen to it. you guys took all my time for traffic. some guests are going right back to you. >> that was a quick traffic. >> let's see what's happening with the animation. there is. >> a new player in the fast-food breakfast game. taco bell has a breakfast menu. erin knows all about it. i went out to put it to the test. i dusted off the old fast food review segment. here's my take on talk of bell fast-food breakfast. >> it all began in 1972.

mcdonald's pioneered fast-food breakfast. >> an egg in the middle. say it again. >> there would be competition burger king in 1983 had a breakfast sandwich. and in 2014 ... talk about hot off the success of the doritos taco launched a new breakfast menu. headlined by a waffle taco. >> i'm going to try to waffle a taco. we are back here in the busy cafeteria. i have my taco bell breakfast. i both versions of the waffle talk. here we go. the first look at the bacon and egg and cheese. here we go. it

looks pretty close to the picture i should say. in that regard i do give it high marks. the waffle hold up nicely as you pick it up. we drove it home wonder if they got soggy and will fall apart. but it stays pretty steady. i wish there was more flavor from the bacon. the waffle is really sweet especially with the syrup. >> here is the sausage version. first thought is i don't know why they decided to go with a straight up sausage patty in there. it doesn't really take up the whole length of the waffle so you have quite a few bites of just egg and cheese and waffle with no sausage. i would rather see a chopped up to reason with some bill peppers and onions. the sausage works better than the bacon because it really stands out. >> of the waffle topcoat is stealing headlines, they have also launched a breakfast version of a crunch rap. >> i love this. it is durable.

you could play hockey with this. it's not going to open up. >> it's jammed packed with scrambled eggs, hash browns, cheddar cheese, bacon or sausage and a jalapeno sauce. >> you get that spicy mexican flavor. this is a winner. >> the final verdict, i will say i was pleasantly surprised with the menu. i will give them three out of five. if you excuse me i'm going to finish this contract. see you later. >> there you go. that's the taco bell many. 660 cals 480 mg of sodium the waffle tosco is about 300 cals and lots of sodium. there each about $2 or $2.50. it cost about $9 for the whole breakfast. >> you have found a way to ease

your way through the job. >> don't worry about me. i'm going to eat my way through. >> somebody has to do it. >> it's a service to the audience. >> coming up a british socialite found dead at 25. >> and we haven't heard about kevin federline... he's had his kevin federline... he's had his oll, we say ♪

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death of english model and socialite peaches geldof. sharon osbourne tweeted "devastated about "peaches". sending condolences & respect to the geldof family." peaches was the daughter of irish musician bob geldof and t-v personality paula yates. geldof was 25 years old and leaves behind two children and a husband. police call her death "sudden and unexplained". chris brown has arrived in washington to face an assault charge. he arrived in l.a. yesterday accompanied by u.s. marshals who took him to jail or he will be held until a trial begins. his bodyguards are charged with hitting a man of blocks from the white house. he will be charged separately. he

was on probation at the time for attack on his girlfriend five years ago. >> kevin federline and his fifth child. he was married last august after five years of dating his girlfriend five years and second child. i will break this down. to kids with pretty spears, to others from a previous relationship and now this one. that makes five. >> just had to clear that up. >> we are letting our weather today. temperatures are on the increase. 52 today. tonight we're back down to 34. off and on showers through the day. tomorrow we are dry. 60. even warmer for the weekend. >> everything looks good. earlier crash on the dan ryan has cleared but we are still dealing with a telephone pole down the road at west more shut down at washington. we will let you know was that moves out of the way.

>> coming up, a sex thing scandal at a suburban middle school. >> and excessive a twitter users. >> and dean has the latest on who could replace david letterman.

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