five children are among many shot in a violent easter weekend in chicago. we are *live with the latest. south korea's president says the actions of a sunken ferry captain and some of his crew were "akin to murder." and cardinal george presides over what could have been his final easter mass. we'll hear from him. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. yesterday was amazing. >> it was perfect. >> 79 degrees. a beautiful easter day. but we are going to pay for it. nice weather to start. we are expecting showers and thunderstorms around lunchtime the chance of showers that will increase as the cold front arrives. be prepared for that. we are mostly cloudy

today. expected temperatures coming back into the '70s. afternoon showers and thunderstorms will develop. 63 at the lakefront. 62 at midway. down to bartlett its 57. sixties in the union. very warm numbers we think back to this time last week it was snowing. satellite composite shows dry conditions but we do have some white sprinkles into portions of southern kane county. there will be the potential for showers and storms as the front arrives today. typical high would be 60. we will hit 72 by 12:00. the chance for precipitation really spikes up into the afternoon. 71 degrees at 5:00 p.m.. 60 percent chance of rain. 9:00 p.m. we have the chance of showers and thunderstorms. boston pitcher is 56. more rain on wednesday.

>> so far so good no major delays or hot spots but we do have word of a structure fire raged on roosevelt. we are hearing there are roadblocks in both directions. more on that plus a look at your travel times coming up. >>police are looking for a driver after a fatal hit and run. this happened near north and central last night. a witness says the car hit two other vehicles before it hit and killed a woman who was crossing the street. police are not confirming reports that the involved car the when he hit her she came down and then he ran over her. he paused for a second and then he drove off and the driver of the solar silver truck try to catch him. >> police are not confirming reports that the involved car was found abandoned on the 15- hundred block or north laramie. chicago police are holding two women, after their car struck a police s-u-v, and forced it to roll over. it happened around eleven last night, in the 88-hundred block

of south jeffery. the car also hit a jeep. a police officer was injured in the accident... but the injuries were minor. investigators say the two women in the car ran off, but were arrested at home a short time later. five children are in the hospital this morning ... the latest victims of gunfire in chicago. judy wang is at stroger hospital with more. to girls are here at the hospital. one of them is an 11 year-old from washington who was shot twice, once in the chin and in the neck. suffered a broken collarbone and a punctured lung. the other girl was hit in the arm. her condition is stabilized. the kids were shot near 66 and south michigan at about 730. they were attending a family easter barbecue hosted by an awful lot to of the victims. the article says the kids left the party to go play basketball. a great car approached the group. someone in the vehicle

asked the kid the belong to a gang. they said no and someone in the car shot them injuring four girls and a boy. a 14 year- old was shot in the abdomen. she is in serious condition. also at the hospital, a 14 year-old who was shot in the leg. police have not made any arrests in the case. the fifth victim is a 14 year-old who suffered a wound was treated at the hospital. >>police in suburban montgomery shot six people at an easter party early sunday morning. four men and two women - all in their 20's - were sitting inside a garage at a home in the 13-hundred block of jackson street - when the shooter walked up ... and fired several shots. >> several people were in the garage just listening to music and talking with a male hispanic came from the east and walked up to the area here behind me and

started to shoot into the garage. >> the victims were taken to hospitals. their conditions are unknown. police say they are a looking for a man who may be driving a gold s-u-v with black tire rims. leaves a cook county corrections officer and a chicago police officer dead in their southwest side home. police say javier acevedo fatally shot his wife, veronica rizzo-acevedo, before turning the gun on himself early sunday morning. they were both 50 years old. the couple had gone to their parish priest for counseling. >> they are both good people. they are both very good people. they really tried hard and something just snapped. >> the couple's teenaged daughter was in the home and heard the shots before calling police. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a newborn baby boy was found dead in a gangway between homes in the logan square neighborhood. a worker who was fixing a basement in the 27-hundred block of north hamlin found the body

in a shopping bag. the umbilical cord was still connected. prosecutors say this man's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit before a deadly crash. aaron neal is being held on bail in the cook county jail for aggravated d-u-i. prosecutors say he crashed into a divider between the skyway and the dan ryan early saturday morning. one of the three passengers in the car was killed. the f-b-i is looking for two men who robbed a bank on chicago's west side saturday morning. one of the men was caught on camera as he used a gun to hold up the b-m-o harris bank in the 49-hundred block of west north avenue. police say the men made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. a reward is being offered for information in the case. more crew members of the sunken ferry in south korea are facing charges, as more bodies are being recovered. 64 people are dead, and 238 others are still missing. andrew spencer has more. >> a south korean presidentpark geun-hye did not hold back yesterday.

>> the actions of the captain and crew members are not acceptable. there unforgivable actions. >> recordings of real traffic while the ship was sinking suggest passengers could not reach lifeboats because the ship was too tilted in the recording an unidentified crew member says ... it has listed more than 50 degrees to the port. people cannot move from left to right. >> the captain has been charged with negligence, causing bodily in an injury and abandoning the boat. other crew members have been charged as well. the divers hold out hope as the search for survivors. >> finding survivors is the desire of the whole nation. we cry every day. >> i'd cry whenever i think about it. >> since the initial rescues on wednesday, the search has only turned up bodies, dozens recovered and marched up the

beach. taken into tends to be identified by family members. even police struggled to hear the sound spirit >> how are we going to live now? families gather together in their grief, many still waiting for a sign from their missing but once. >> police say they have taken every precaution they can think of to ensure the safety of runners and spectators at today's boston marathon. double the amount of officers will line the 26-mile route one year after two bombs were detonated near the finish line. new rules include no backpacks ... no containers with more than one liter of liquid ... and no unregistered runners. the race director says after the bombing, his seven-year-old son asked him *not to direct the race again. but he changed his mind after seeing how the city has rallied. a traditional blessing for the coming up and giving me a hug saying that i told you i never wanted you to direct the race again. he said you know why? he said because i want to direct

it. >> a traditional blessing for the runners was held yesterday at boston's old south church. parishioners made blue and gold scarves and handed them out to the runners to show their support. francis cardinal george celebrated easter mass for what may be his final time. the catholic faithful crowded into holy name cathedral, fully aware that the cardinal is fighting a recurrence of cancer. he was strong enough to stand for his homily... but he had to sit for communion. >> it may be the last easter in which i am the archbishop of chicago. i don't know if it's the last one i will be on this base of the earth but at any rate, i am in his hands as everyone else is. we trust in god. >> the cardinal's weakened immune system is reducing the time he is able to spend with his parishioners. and he won't be able to travel to the vatican for this week's canonization of popes john paul the second and john the 23-rd. two lovable characters with the same name, met face-to-face in

australia. prince george met george the bilby, a long-eared marsupial living in his new enclosure. the exhibit and bilby were both renamed in honor of the young heir to the british throne. accompanied by his parents, prince william and the duchess of cambridge, prince george toured the zoo in sydney during the family's "down under" easter visit. >> good morning. early today we have generally dry conditions. we do have some clouds but we will move toward and showers and thunderstorms. potential for rain is high. likely this afternoon as a cold front comes through today. from the satellite we are relatively calm. the cold front is moving through portions of western iowa. typically you get showers and storms developing ahead of the front and then the clear out after it moves through. the rain will come here to 75 degrees today. tonight we go down to 43.

we are in between systems but cooler for tomorrow. wednesday we have 30 percent chance of rain. thursday, 67 degrees. >>coming up ... a deadly easter shooting in ukraine has both sides pointing blame. we'll have the latest. and -- a car crashes into a church during easter service. plus -- a teenage stowaway survives a trip to hawaii in the wheel well of plane. we'll tell you how he did it. and -- a high-school student is in trouble for what he asked miss america at an assembly. it's caught on camera. oll, we say ♪

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confrontation at a pro-russia checkpoint in *eastern ukraine. an easter morning shootout left five people dead in the city of slovyansk . pro-russia leaders in control of the city immediately imposed a curfew. they blame ukrainian ultra- nationalists for the incident... and they want moscow to send troops. the ukrainian secret service says the confrontation was instigated by *outsiders, to give russia an excuse to invade, and seize control of more of the country. a 16-year-old boy survived a 5-and-a-half hour flight from california to hawaii stowed away in the wheel well of a jet. the f-b-i says surveillance video from the san jose airport confirms the boy jumped a fence and climbed into the belly of hawaiian airlines flight 45. he was found on the tarmac in

maui after the flight landed. investigators say he's lucky to have survived the freezing temperatures and lack of oxygen at 38-thousand feet. other stow-aways have been killed during much shorter flights. easter services were interrupted when a car came crashing through a church. that happened at the second haitian baptist church, in fort myers, florida. police say the driver said her brakes failed as she entered the church parking lot. she crashed into the sanctuary and pinned several people underneath her car. other parishioners used jacks to lift the car up. police say they're treating this as an accident and not a criminal act. police in california arrest two men accused of stabbing nurses inside two different hospitals. one of those nurses is in critical condition after she was stabbed in her abdomen with a knife. police arrested 26-year-old romiro carnalla. they say at 2 a-m yesterday, he ran past a security checkpoint at a hospital in sylmar and randomly attacked the nurse. hours later, thomas fredette entered a hospital in torrance

and stabbed a nurse in the ear with a pencil. the woman was able to run from fredette and was treated for her injuries. fredette was arrested at the scene. the two attacks were not related. miss america was visiting a high school in pennsylvania, when a senior thought it would be a good opportunity to ask her to the prom. but this story didn't have the predictable ending of the celebrity accepting the invitation. instead, student patrick farves was suspended for three days. he ignored the warnings of school officials not to disrupt miss america nina davaluri's visit. she may not be going to the dance with him... but miss america says she hopes the school will reconsider farves' suspension. >> he's just trying to work it a bit. give him a break. if the chances there you have to take it. >> good for him. but he should not be suspended. she said no but don't suspend him. 53

degrees right now. 63 at o'hare. 56 in waukegan. 55 in the aurora. in morris is 57. a typical high is 60. yesterday's high was 79. that felt pretty good. today we have showers and thunderstorms making their way into the region later this afternoon. the chance of rain increases with each hour. here's what's happening. big news as we have a cold front out to the west. it will move through later today. it arrives here around 7:00 p.m.. the head of that we have the chance of rain going up to 50% and into the evening there is to just a good chance of showers and storms. the low will move away. tomorrow we are in between systems. rapid-fire pattern this week. the next system comes in on wednesday britain as the chance of showers and storms. 75

degrees today. the afternoon showers and storms are likely. tonight we go back down to 43. clouds break up after the evening but up to tuesday we hit 56. when say we have a chance of rain. high temperature of 55 degrees. >> so far pretty light on the roads. we do have a fire in lombard. when roosevelt near myers. police are controlling traffic out there on roosevelt road. watch for some delays there. northbound i 55 around first there's a crash causing a bit of a backup. but light volume early on nothing to really avoid. >> coming up ... tens of thousands of hot dogs are being recalled. plus, after 4:30 -- a look at the controversy surrounding the *jesus burger ... and how it's being promoted. and -- the bulls playoff run began on a sour note against the wizards. highlights, next in sports.

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perfectly awful start for the blackhawks and the bulls. the hawks are down 2-0 to the blues and last night the bulls took a beating in their playoff opener against washington. at home down early up 6 at halftime and then

dunleavy to third deschutes a lead. but the bulls could not finish it off. 24 points last night washington up 92-88 still up for in the final minute. a terrible shot here, surprising everybody but display put a wrap on it and the bulls lose home court right off the start. >> in this league if you let your guard down believe it was gone very quickly. we can't allow frustration to get in the way of what we are trying to do. we have to play for 48 minutes. we have to bounce back. >> a blackhawks paying the price for a vicious and hit from game

to. every game suspension from the nhl head office. he will be out tonight when the hawks face a must win situation. not sure about the availability. down in the series they would be almost finished if they can't turn it around night. we will have more on the game tonight. >>the markets were closed friday for *good friday . they finished the week with mixed numbers. the dow dropped 16 points after climbing for several days. the nasdaq and s-and-p saw slight gains. kraft is recalling 96 thousand pounds of hot dogs due to a labeling error. the recall covers packages of oscar meyer classic wieners that may actually contain cheese dogs instead. because of the mix-up, the labels do *not list milk as an ingredient. a customer caught the mistake and alerted kraft last week. the 16-ounce packages of classic wieners were made in march and distributed throughout the u-s. for complete details on the recall, check out our web site at wgn-t-v-dot-com.

a young explorer made a pre- historic discovery. nine year old philip stoll was checking out a creek by his house in michigan when he found this . it's the tooth of a mastodon, which has been extinct for ten- thousand years. the tooth is about eight inches long and has six peaks. a professor at michigan state confirmed that this was the upper part of the tooth, which was broken off at the roots. that's pretty cool. >> that is awesome. >> let that sink in ... >> for people just waking up they needed to adjust their eyes. early today we have one temperatures. yesterday's 79 in the afternoon. today we hit 74 degrees by 2:00 p.m.. you may need to break out your shorts again. in my household which consists of just main wheat broke the mount.

>> does your cats have some shorts? >> i do dress the cat out. sorry about that. >> not weird at all. >> we have one hot spot on the roads otherwise a nice and clear. this is roosevelt feared a construction fire there. we do here there are blockages through that stretch. traffic control is out there but the rest of the roads and looking good. no problems. >>there's more to come in our next half-hour. --including a *live report on the city's easter violence that's put five children in the hospital. and -- a northwest indiana woman talks about her recovery following the deadly boston marathon bombing. delay the underwater search for a missing malaysian plane in the indian ocean. and -- where chicago ranks among the funniest cities in all of the united states. stay with us.

five children are among many shot in a violent easter weekend in chicago. we are *live with the latest. police are looking for the driver in a fatal hit and run on the west side. south korea's president says the actions of a sunken ferry captain and some of his crew were "akin to murder." good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin.

let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. is today going to be like yesterday? >> it is warm again. high temperatures in the low to mid 70's. chance of showers and thunderstorms. this afternoon we find 64 degrees right now. nice and warm. typical hiatt is 60. we are way over that period morton grove reing at the upper and lower 60s. right now beecher at 55. it's going to be a warm day. take your umbrella especially for this afternoon. we have a chance of showers and thunderstorms with the chance of rain increasing each hour after lunch. rain is likely by the evening. a cold front comes through bringing rain and it will cool us down. but today we will hit 72. 5:00 p.m. we're

down to 71. 56 degrees on tuesday. when say 55. chance of rain there. thursday looks that more rain 67 with showers and thunderstorms. and this weekend we don't do it again it will be cooler. >> so far so good on the roads. no major problems on the expressway's or the tollways. here's a look at the in bound dan ryan. looking good approach in the circle. that's the case across the board. we do still have a fire in lombard. st. closures in both directions. traffic control is on the scene. otherwise it's looking good. >>police are looking for a driver who hit and killed a woman and sped away. this happened near north and central last night. a witness says the car hit two other vehicles before it hit a woman crossing the street. police are not confirming

he hit her and doctor up in the air. when she came down he ran her over again. he paused and then he sped off and the driver of the silver truck ran behind to catch them and the police tried to catch him. >> reports that the involved car was found abandoned on the 15-hundred block or north laramie. five children are in the hospital this morning ... the latest victims of gunfire in chicago. judy wang is at stroger hospital with more. >> good morning. two girls are here at the hospital. one of them is an 11 year-old who is the youngest victim. she was shot twice. once in the chin and once in the chest. she has a broken collarbone and a punctured lung. the other girl, a 15 year-old was hit in the arm. her condition is stabilized. the kids were shot to near 66 and south michigan at about 7:30 p.m.. they were attending a family easter barbecue hosted by an own goal. the uncle says the kids left the

party to go play basketball at a nearby school. a gray car approached the group. someone in the vehicle asked if they belonged to a gang. they said no and someone in the car and shot them. a 14 year-old girl was shot in the abdomen. she is in serious condition. a 14 year-old who was shot in the leg is stabilized. chicago police have made no arrests. >> i know these kids. we have family here and family over there. my niece was there. we're just hoping and praying for the best. >> the fifth victim is a 14 year-old who suffered a gravgree wound. is still in the hospital. >> in a separate incident, if a

child was shot last night at 940 in the 1700 block of north pulaski. police say three people crossing the street flashed again signed at least one of them opened fire. the girl was shot inside the car that was stopped at the traffic light. taken to the hospital. >>four more crew members of the ferry that sank near south korea have been arrested. the ship's captain is already facing charges. the ferry has been submerged in the yellow sea since wednesday. 68 people are dead, and 238 remain missing. most of the people trapped inside are high school students. divers have found a way inside and have been recovering bodies. the remains are then taken to tents so they can be identified. >> the actions of the captain and some of the crew are not acceptable and unforgivable actions that are akin to murder. >>prosecutors say the ship failed to slow down as it made a sharp turn, which caused the ship to tip over. crew members say passengers couldn't move because the ship tipped too quickly. the captain is charged with

negligence, abandoning his boat, and other crimes. a malaysia airlines jet had to make an emergency landing this morning. the plane had just taken off from kuala lumpur on a flight to bangalore, india, when a tire on the landing gear blew out. the tower ordered the pilot to return. the plane landed without incident... and the 166 people aboard are all safe. a robot submarine is wrapping up its ninth day of scanning the floor of the indian ocean, looking for signs of malaysia airlines flight 370. and still, no trace. the sub has covered about two- thirds of the area it was assigned to search... and it's expected to finish its mission in a few days. the search may have to be delayed, because tropical cyclone "jack" is moving toward the search area. chicago police are holding two women, after their car struck a police s-u-v, and forced it to roll over. it happened around eleven last night, in the 88-hundred block

of south jeffery. the car also hit a jeep. a police officer was injured in the accident... but the injuries were minor. investigators say the two women in the car ran off, but were arrested at home a short time later. an apparent murder-suicide leaves a cook county corrections officer and a chicago police officer dead in their southwest side home. police say javier acevedo fatally shot his wife, veronica rizzo-acevedo, before turning the gun on himself early sunday morning. they were both 50 years old. a newborn baby boy was found dead in a gangway between homes in the logan square neighborhood. a worker who was fixing a basement in the 27-hundred block of north hamlin found the body in a shopping bag. the umbilical cord was still connected. francis cardinal george celebrated easter mass for what may be his final time. the catholic faithful crowded into holy name cathedral, fully aware that the cardinal is fighting a recurrence of cancer. he was strong enough to stand for his homily... but he had to sit for communion. police say they have taken every precaution they can think

of to ensure the safety of runners and spectators at today's boston marathon. double the amount of officers will line the 26-mile route ... one year after two bombs were detonated near the finish line. many will be under cover, standing in the crowds. new rules include no backpacks ... no containers with more than one liter of liquid.. and no unregistered runners. one of the most seriously injured in the bombings is herself a runner, though she was in boston last year to watch her daughter do the marathon. beth roche, of highland indiana, saw her daughter cross the finish line four minutes before the blast ripped open her leg and shattered her knee. she spent 46 days in the hospital and three surgeries were needed to save the leg and re-build the knee. but beyond the physical scars there are the emotional ones. >> i'm trying to get control of that. i am dealing with the physical and more than a mental. i know timing, this anniversary means a lot. it was like now i have to move on. >> roche says she wishes she could find the man in uniform who knelt beside her after the blast and comforted her until

paramedics arrived. tens of thousands of people gathered in denver this weekend to celebrate the annual four- twenty pot festival. the underground celebration as gone public now that marijuana use is legal in colorado. people came from across the country to take part in the festival - which included a "smoke-out" at 4:20 p-m. it is still illegal to smoke marijuana publicly in colorado. police say they ticketed or arrested 47 people yesterday for public consumption of pot. i've read that incorrectly. icin. i said legal. but it is illegal. the four-twenty reference to marijuana started in the 70's - when a group of teens would meet afterschool at 4:20 to smoke pot. >> i think a lot of people are coming for the first time. >> it's about the rebirth and renewal and that's what this is all about. something that has been around longer than any of us. >> the reference started back in the 1970's when a group of

teenagers would meet after school at 4:20 p.m.. there were rallies in several other states yesterday by groups pushing for the legalization of marijuana. >> you learn something new every day on this show. a restaurant chain in seattle held a controversial easter promotion... offering what it called a "jesus burger." "lunchbox laboratory" ran an ad showing jesus holding a marijuana cigarette...together with the pitch "when i get back, all i want is the burger of the gods." it goes on, "buy one burger of the gods, and get the second one free on easter sunday." >> people who are more religious maybe have some mixed feelings. but i'm just selling burgers. >> a less-controversial ad for the chain showed an easter bunny smoking a joint, saying, "'sup?" that is definitely less controversial. a new study says chicago is the funniest city in america. that's according to a study at the university of colorado at boulder.

there is pat. those are both funny contributors. >>researchers evaluated data that included the number of comedy clubs and the number of famous comedians from here. they also surveyed people from the top ten cities about their sense of humor and how important it is. while the city has high marks for being funny, residents in the survey had a hard time thinking of a funny joke. the research says chicago humor is more about observational humor. that's the smartest kind. >> i agree. anybody can memorize a joke but pat and vanna, all those guys are on the spot. that's what makes them so funny. and demetrius as well. >> they are professionals. you know they will rose to. it's 63 degrees right now. the temperatures are going to climb into the mid '70s. yesterday we were at 79. just a bit closer to a call in number today. but we still are in the '70s. it's 54

in lansing. 57 in bartlett. 58 in union. in a start today. we will be in the '70s. but take your umbrella with you. with a potential for showers and thunderstorms possible as the front makes its way through. ahead of that i don't think the rain will move for until later. greta runs 7:00 p.m.. ahead of that you could get a shower or thunderstorm. if you are good to be outside afternoon be prepared the chance for rain increases with each hour. 75 degrees is our high. a good chance for that rain today. tonight back down to 43. clouds breakup tonight. taros high only 56. typical high is 60. we will be close. just a few degrees below. wednesday we have the chance of rain later in the day. could change to thunderstorms later high temperature 55 degrees. a fairly nice start to the week.

>> still ahead, a tragedy of mount everest forces cancellation of a daredevil stunt. >> and the way you can think yourself in the. and seabrook is trending for his move against the blues capt.. >> that was a rough one. and when you can tell whether your baby will grow up to be a genius. >> in the mind is a genius. >> she will be the second female president of the united states. >> here with the house marques tipped. to patch the brown spot on your lawn turn over an exposed the soil and play dead grass. now apply a combination seed and fertilizer and keep it moist. water the area once a day for two weeks and avoid walking on it. make sure it gets plenty of sun and water and orlon will look like new in no time.

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boxer rubin "hurricane" carter has died at the age of 76 of complications from prostate of

racial injustice. carter's career as a middle- weight fighter was cut short by a 19-66 triple murder conviction in new jersey. he served 19 years in prison before a federal judge ruled he hadn't received a fair trial. carter's plight inspired a song by bob dylan. he went on to become an activist for the wrongly convicted. he was 76 years old. >>rescuers in nepal have abandoned their search for three sherpa guides who, along with ten others, were swept to their deaths by an avalanche on mount because of the tragedy on everest, the discovery channel is scrapping its plan to carry a live *jump from the mountain. climber joby ogwyn planned to leap from the summit, wearing a wing suit, on may 11-th. but the tragic avalanche forced the channel to withdraw its broadcast plans. the way you *think about food could be just as important as the food you eat. researchers say your metabolism speeds up when you believe you're eating something that's high in calories.. even if its

not. but you metabolism will slow down when you think you're eating healthier. so to get the best results from your diet.. eat low calorie foods, but believe that they're actually high in calories. according to new research - academic success of a child can be predicted by the age of 18- months old. researchers say parents and caregivers should begin speaking to babies from birth and emphasize words and their meanings, because how well they communicate at 18 months is a sign of how well they will do in school at a later age. experts say parents should cut out gadgets, reduce t-v time and simply speak to babies, using clear speech and repetitive words to encourage them to talk at an early age. but some good buys. >> here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... the blackhawks play again tonight, but defenseman brent seabrook won't be there. the n-h-l suspended him for three games for this hit on blues captain david backesthat penalty led to a power play

where the blues scored to force game two into overtime. the hawks are down two-zero in this series, so they really need to win tonight at the united center. country singer kevin sharp died over the weekend at the age of 43. he hit the charts beginning in 19-96 with his debut album *measure of a man. as a teen he survived a rare form of bone cancer. his sister says he recently suffered complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues. authorities in central florida think they've stopped a giant sinkhole from growing even bigger. the 50-foot wide sinkhole opened up saturday between two homes in a retirement community north of orlando. it swallowed a tree and some of a driveway. crews filled the hole yesterday with 40-truckloads of cement.

it appears to be working. several smaller sinkholes have opened in the area recently after heavy rains. america almost lost a senator in connecticut. richard blumenthal was at a news conference on railroad safety, on a train platform in milford. and he was on the yellow warning strip, when a train came through, and barely missed him. aside from getting a very personal lesson in train safety, the senator is fine. that is hard to watch. >> stay off the yellow strip. >> that's what it's for. stay behind it! >> he is an idiot ... then i didn't say that. the weather is looking good. warm temperatures today. right now it's 54. in sugar grove we are at 55. in romeoville is 59. to 91 numbers typical high 60 degrees. yesterday's 79. today back in

the mid-70s. tried today this afternoon and this evening good chance of showers even a thunderstorm. chance of rain is really our around lunchtime. it will increase each hour into the evening. a 60 percent chance by 5:00 p.m.. it will be a warm day. 9:00 p.m. we are down to 62. to are not very chilly. a fairly nice wednesday. tomorrow's high temperature is about 56. good chance of showers showers for wednesday. thursday 67 another chance of showers and storms. >> we do have a broken down semi truck causing some problems this morning heading in bound on the eisenhower, ramp at the south bound dan ryan is blocked off with a semi stalled right there. if you need to get to the south bound of the dan ryan you can continue is bound and then flip around to that southbound ramp. for now we will keep you posted. other whites the rooms are nice and white. new construction

picking up today in lyons heading south bound. to one lane will be out between 47 and 55. watch for that to impact drivers there. >> time for the early bird special. the question is what part of the easter chocolate bunny to the majority of americans each first? the ft, tail or years? if you know the answer just log onto our website and you can win one gift card to white castle. that should cater a party of 200 people. >> you could feed a lot of people with that. >> the winner will be chosen later today. >> good luck. >> coming up, the white house to the deport justin bieber petition. >> and lindsey makes a startling revelation during the

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the filming of her reality docu- series. lohan said she had to take a two week break because of her miscarriage during the filming of the series... her show titled "lindsay" wrapped up it's season tonight she did not reveal who was the father or how far along she was. york and battled addiction... while trying to get her career back on track. gwen stefani is in talks to join the hit t-v show "the voice." variety reports the "no doubt" singer will replace christina aguilera who recently announced that she is pregnant. the voice is currently in its 7-th season. "captain america: the winter soldier" is the number one movie in america for the third week in a row. it earned another 26 million dollars -- bringing its three- week total to over *200 million*. "rio 2", "heaven is for real",

"transcendence", and "a haunted house 2" round out the top five. thank you for the help there. >> the word was split up in the teleprompter in your defense. the white house is not commenting on a petition to deport justin bieber. more than 273-thousand people signed the petition posted at *we the people white house- dot-gov. petitions qualify for a response from the administration when they receive more than 100-thousand signatures within 30 days. but it's taking a pass on this one. the petition was posted after bieber's d-u-i arrest in january. its calls him dangerous, reckless and a terrible influence on our nation's children. the white house simply said no comment. >> that is such an old video. >> when we watched the mug shots? >> he looks so different now. >> today we are in the '70s. chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight to dry out down to 43. 56 on tuesday.

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