the president is in japan to talk business as part of a tour of asia. >>a religious display featuring an image of jesus was vandalized at daley plaza. we'll have a *live update. and, the blackhawks need overtime to try to tie the series against the blues. we'll have the highlights. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. back with my crew. >> its been awhile. >> sometimes you will appreciate me after a been gone. he's pretty good. >> i don't believe that. we may have missed you a bit. actually we figured you were sleeping extra hours in the morning. >> just go to weather. >> welcome back. it's hot. let's

take a look. today temperatures will slowly be headed back up. we're still looking at rain. filtered sun shine high temperature three degrees above the average. today we will reach the mid-60s. showers return into the evening. it's 40 at o'hare. joliet greeting at 41. 42 in morris. kankakee trading at 43. across the region of the 30's to the northwest. to the self low 40's. the rain continues with lights sprinkles. nothing too heavy. this afternoon and this evening we will have showers. chance of a thunderstorm with the cloud cover been considerable i don't think that chance of severe or strong thunderstorms is too high. 5:00 p.m. we have a chance of rain. by 9:00 p.m. we have a

good chance down to 48. miles high temperature is 68. saturday we are up to 56. >> a bit of construction. no accidents at this point. we have one spot that we will work through on oaks in st. heading east everything is squeezed down by a lane through there. they are continuing to do work we are have power line work happening there. on the ike and on the dan ryan we have some more spots that we need to keep our eye a room. the blackhawks struggled in overtime games all season, and already lost two against st. louis heading into game four. the hawks blew a two- nothing advantage in the second period. the blues took the lead in the third, but with four minutes left, bryan bickell re-directs michael rosival's shot to tie it at three... his first of the

playoffs. eleven minutes into overtime... patrick kane brings it up the ice and keeps it himself for the game- winner... his second goal of the night. hawks win 4-3 to even the series at two. game five is in st. louis tomorrow night. there is some breaking news out of afghanistan ... at least three foreign hospital workers in afghanistan were killed this morning by an officer guarding the hospital. it happened in the downtown kabul. the three men killed were among several workers shot at cure international hospital. cure is a charity based in pennsylvania. there are reports that all three people are american. the police guard shot himself but survived. the motive for the attack is not the black president met with the imperial family and japanese prime minister. and japanese prime minister. andrew spencer reports. >> the first ceremony in the imperial palace where he met

with the japanese emperor's visit. the president also met with the prime minister again this morning to talk business. specifically the trade talks between the world's first and third biggest economy. in a joint press conference they did not announced any breakthroughs. >> we instructed them to continue their talks so as to discuss any issues to about the talks. >> also addressing the ongoing crisis in eastern europe. >> we have been very clear about the fact that there will not be a military solution to the ukraine problem. we have continued the possibility to resolve this issue diplomatically. >> and the ongoing dispute over what japan calls their islands. >> it would be profound mistake

to continue to see an escalation of around this issue. >> as part of his tour, the president heads to south korea friday before making stops in malaysia and the philippines. >>an "object of interest" that washed ashore in australia, is not from the missing malaysian jetliner. experts examined a sheet of metal with rivets, thinking it might be from a plane's fuselage. but they say it's the wrong kind of metal... and it's probably from a shipping container or the hull of a boat. a tropical cyclone in the indian ocean is still making an air search for the plane too risky. an underwater submarine has already examined more than 90 percent of *its search area, with no luck. a south korean high school is back open after losing hundreds of its students to the sunken ferry disaster. pictures of the students killed are on display at a memorial. portraits were also put on black hearses as they drove through their school's gates one last time. 169 people have been found dead since the ferry went underwater

eight days ago. 133 are still missing. police arrested the captain and ten crew members as they investigate how all this happened. the offices of the ferry operator are also being searched. an image of jesus displayed in daley plaza every easter is believed to have been vandalized for the first time in its eight-year history. nancy loo joins us *live with more. >> good morning. police say a formal report has not yet been filed in the case. though the organizers behind the display say it is a clear case of vandalism. the 10 ft. high portrait of jesus known as the divine mercy was discovered with considerable damage yesterday morning. somebody had punctured holes into the canvas and also smashed a glass case nearby. the conservative thomas more society has arranged for the annual easter season display which has never been damaged before. the

vandalism prompted many prayers yesterday with some wondering about motivation. >> what would motivate this? this is not random vandalism or violence by kids. there are other displays that have not been touched. >> a counter display from the freedom from religion foundation was not damaged. it reads keep state and religion separate. the first year both displays have been out on the plaza together. despite the damage, the divine mercy display will remain in place and organizers say it will stay as scheduled for sunday. back to you. >> stories this morning. daycare worker must be freed from prison while she appeals her conviction for shaking a toddler to death. jennifer del prete has spent almost a decade behind bars for the death of isabella zielinski. but the judge says there is new evidence to suggest that

del prete didn't cause the child's death. the revived investigation into john wayne gacy's killing spree, has helped solve another *unrelated murder case. edward beaudion was originally thought to be one of eight unidentified victims of gacy, after his disappearance in 1978. his body turned up in a forest preserve six years ago. instead, investigators say (bo-de-on) was killd by a man from missouri, who has since died. the chicago board of education voted to privatize three more under-performing schools in its turnaround effort. gresham, mcnair and dvorak elementary schools will be taken over by the "academy for urban school leadership" next year. the entire staff will be fired and replaced. a onetime top aide to former cook county board president todd stroger is going to prison. carla oglesby was sentenced today to six and a half years behind bars for corruption yesterday. she was convicted of stealing more than 300-thousand dollars in public funds. prosecutors say she took kickbacks in cash-stuffed

envelopes for steering contracts to the firms of friends. authorities say she was careful to award contracts just under the 25-thousand dollar mark, that would trigger a review by the county board. state representative derrick smith's own words will be used against him at his bribery trial. smith will be on trial next month for taking a bribe in return for helping a day care operator get a state grant. yesterday a federal judge ruled that the confessions smith made after his arrest are admissible at trial. the defense argued those statements were off-limits since they were made during plea negotiations. but the judge sided with prosecutors who said smith spoke freely after waiving his right to remain silent. the cubs celebrated what they called the birthday party of the century, as wrigley field turns 100 years old. yesterday marked the 100-th anniversary of the first game at wrigley field. the cubs and diamondbacks wore throwback jerseys to look like the teams that played that day. a 98 year old baseball was used in the ceremonial first pitch, which was thrown by the grand niece of the man who had the ballpark built. some bears hall of famers also looked back on playing there, before the days of soldier

field. >> i loved to play on saturdays when i was a kid. the veterans would bring their dogs to practice. >>the cubs also used the birthday as a fundraiser for charity. this "great gatsby" themed party raised one million dollars at the field museum. there was an auction, and this wrigley field cake made by t- v's "the cake boss." it's four by four feet and took four people six days to make. coming up ... three inmates held have you ever watched the cake boss? >> it's pretty good. >> i like it but sometimes the cake is too good to make an people to eat it. >> than there are the minor details that are really not about the cake. >> today, 45 degrees. university park is only to hundreds of an inch of rain. not too much rain.

as you can see, we have a line of showers lifting up to the counties. we are watching some light showers early today. the potential for more shares later especially into the evening as a cold front comes through. this cold front doesn't change the temperatures too much. 65 degrees today. fred is 68. the cool air comes over the weekend. satisfied 56 sunday chance of rain high temperature 57 degrees. >> coming up, three inmates held a corrections officers hostage in a jail for hours. what they wanted. and -- details on one state's new "guns everywhere" law. plus -- an entire town in wyoming is evauated after an explosion at a natural gas plant. we'll have the latest. and -- a couple in boston has a very big reason to be happy this morning.

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wyoming is evacuated, after an explosion and fire at a gas plant. it happened yesterday afternoon in opal -- population 95. the town is downwind from a plant that removes impurities from unrefined natural gas. investigators still don't know what caused the explosion. no one was injured, and the resulting fire did not spread to any other biuldings. a corrections officer is safe after he was held hostage for

several hours at a jailhouse in ohio. it started when three inmates grabbed the officer as he was making his rounds yesterday morning. one of them was armed with a homemade knife. they tied the officer up with bed sheets and took his radio and phone. the inmates demanded cigarettes and to be transferred to another facility. the officer was released about five hours later without incident. a new law in the state of georgia allows guns in some schools... bars... and churches. the governor signed it yesterday... it takes effect july first. while the *state may say guns are okay, churches and bars will have the right to decide whether to allow guns inside. people with concealed-carry permits wil be allowed to take their guns into government buildings and certain parts of airports. critics call the new law "extremism in action." the food and drug administration is making another attempt at regulating electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products. the agency is proposing rules that call for strict regulation of electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, water pipe tobacco and hookahs. currently, the f-d-a only has regulatory authority over cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco.

the recommendations will be finalized following a 75-day public comment period. a mom in massachusetts is receiving high praise from other mothers over the size of her newborn baby. carisa ruscak came out weighing 14 and a half pounds, and is 22-inches long. that's the size of an average six-month-old baby. she is the biggest baby born at massachusetts general hospital in more than a decade, and is the state's largest this year. carisa was delivered by c- section. doctors knew carisa would be on the bigger side, because her mom's first baby was ten and a half pounds. >> i was in a lot of pain while i was pregnant. to make sense when i heard the size. >> i had to take a picture of the scale to document that because i could not believe how big she was. >> i am blaming bad. doctors knew the baby would be a big

sigh because the first baby was 10 and a half parran's. >> you would get elbow pains holding the baby. >> agreed to change the subject here. i have something to say but then erin went over the top. you can send all your comments to her. let's take a look at our day. it's 40 degrees outside wind out of the north at 8 mi.. 2.31 degrees. we saw those showers overnight. we have potential for more showers today. you will probably need it after lunch time. best chance of rain returns this evening. it's 43 at midway. radar shows mild showers continuing to move along the interstate and right across portions of northern cook county. most of the rest of the

areas may have some wet roadways but that it. we're basically watching a warm front lived through. warmer temperatures but cloud cover will keep the temperatures down a bit. then we have the cold front making its way into the region tonight. as we take a look at the computer model is shows showers potentially may be a thunderstorm. chance for rain tomorrow through much of the evening. we're in between systems temperatures will stay warm. cool air makes its way back in saturday. temperatures will drop for the weekend with a chance of rain saturday and sunday. tonight we go down to 48. showers are likely. tamara's high temperature is 68. saturday we make 56. >> construction along 90. we have a stretch that could slow

down. it's heading outbound starting at 355 going away to foreign del. 3 left lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m.. to the dan ryan outbound orange cones are dotting that stretch. two right lanes down until 6:00 a.m.. that's the latest on the roads. another update in just a few minutes. >>coming up ... a selfie that's literally out of this world. plus -- what new research reveals about exercising close to bedtime, and its effect on sleep. and next in sports -- the cubs bullpen spoils the "party of the century" at wrigley field... plus more from the hawks and blues. >> good morning. we got to take a tour of the new motorola headquarters. we're going to be talking about this tax story. also apple and facebook have also apple and facebook have oll, we say ♪ dew. that's ♪ we want you to be okay ♪ enroll, we say

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winning streak wednesday. the dow, nasdaq, and s-and-p all posted minor losses. late-night exercising may work just as well to get a good start in the morning. experts say people who exercise early in the morning often seek the adrenaline rush that workouts provide. that's also the same reason many people say they avoid late- night exercise ... because they don't want to be too energetic but a new study found that the majority of people who

exercised at night ... slept better than those who didn't exercise at all. time for sports. coach quenneville made another line change by splitting up patrick kane and bryan bickell on the top line... and it worked for both of them. andrew shaw and kane both scored in the second. but it's two- one in the final seconds... max lapierre fires a shot off the post... off corey crawford and in with four seconds left... crawford did make thirty saves. blues took the lead in the third, but with four minutes left, bickell re-directs michael rosival's shot to tie it at three... his first of the playoffs. eleven minutes into overtime... kane brings it up the ice and keeps it himself for the game- winner... his second goal of the night. hawks win 4-3 to even the series at two. it's now a best of three series heading back to st. louis. the n-f-l schedule is out, and the bears open the season with four of six games on the road. they have five primetime games including visits to san francisco, new york and green

bay. lovie smith and josh mccown return to soldier field with tampa bay on november 23-rd, and the bears play their first thanksgiving game in ten years in detroit. andre rienzo made his first start of the year in detroit. for the second straight game, jose abreu hits a home run to dead center in the first... he now leads the league with seven homers. but the sox down two with the bases loaded in the seventh... and marcus simeon re-takes the lead with his first career grand slam. matt lindstrom gets the save and the sox win 6-4. wrigley field pulled out all the stops to celebrate a hundred years... but the results were the same. jeff samardzija left with a three- run lead, but it's tied in the ninth when aaron hill hits a fly ball to right, but justin ruggiano can't make the catch. two runs score and the cubs lose 7-5. plus ruggiano injured his hamstring on the play. >> 100th anniversary? how could they lose!

>>the bulls visit washington for game three tomorrow night. the heat, mavs, and blazers all won last night. >> we know something about losing when we want to win. lots of people like to take "selfies" with their cellphone cameras. "look at me with a celebrity"... "look at me in front of 'the bean.'" but check out *this selfie. astronaut rick mastracchio says, "look at me in front of the earth." he shot the picture while taking a spacewalk outside the international space station. the shot was no small task. rick says, that big bulky spacesuit makes it hard to whip out your i-phone and snap a photo. that's a critical shot. you don't see that picture? you'll see jesus in the photo? some people don't see it that that the just keep going. >> as i phone work in space?

mine doesn't even work in the loop ... >> yours doesn't even work in the hallway. let's be honest. >> 40 degrees right now. wind coming in light. by 5:00 p.m. good chance of showers. better chance of around 9:00 p.m.. nice and mild today. you will need the umbrella of this afternoon and this evening. >> we have a picture of the tristate. construction to show you basically a south bound from irving park to wolf. three left lanes out until 5:00. the two right lanes out until 6:00. i am assuming that does mean a.m. and not p.m.. we will double check and get back to you there. other than that, everything is moving along well. no accidents to report. a lot of construction out there this morning. >>

there's more to come in our next half-hour. --including, a *live report on the search for who vandalized jesus in daley plaza. that is a painting. >> and -- what an army report reveals about a river forest diplomat's mission to deliver books to a school in afghanistan. plus -- chicago takes one more step towards banning plastic bags at nearly all stores in the city. and -- dean reports from southern illinois for an annual tradition of movie-lovers -- ebert-fest.

a religious display featuring an image of jesus was vandalized at daley plaza. we'll have a *live update. president obama is in japan to talk business this morning, as part of a four-nation tour of asia. and george lucas fans turned out to voice support for a museum in chcago. 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. he has a mediocre weather forecast for us. >> we need the rain. it's hard to forecast sunny days. because then there's nothing to talk about. now we of rain showers and thunderstorms. it's going to be one of those days. 46 degrees is our current temperature. we

have not seen much rain just a bit since midnight. we are expecting more this evening. light showers continue across cook county. we will watch for that as it continues to push to the east. the rest of the region has a cold front out to the west moving in this afternoon and evening meeting the chance for rain will spike again. 63 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. chance of rain. by 9:00 p.m. it's 58 chance of rain then. the seven days forecast shows a high of 65. 68 on friday. saturday in its 56. we have a quick update on traffic. >> earlier car accident yesterday still causing problems for people today. still some downed wires along this stretch heading eastbound. bright and

repair roads that intersection is down. on the eisenhower, lingering roadwork. it starts on 55 and goes to thornhill. three left lanes down. it's the least half an hour before we get relief there. we do have a lot of green indicating the cars have not slowed down too much. so far so good. another update in a few minutes. >>there is some breaking news out of afghanistan ... at least three foreign hospital workers in afghanistan were killed this morning by an officer guarding the hospital. it happened in the downtown kabul. the three men killed were among several workers shot at cure international hospital. cure is a charity based in pennsylvania. there are reports that all three people are american. the police guard shot himself but survived. the motive for the attack is not yet clear. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. president obama is in japan, the first stop of his four- nation tour of asia. he was greeted by japan's emperor and empress today during a ceremony at the imperial palace in tokyo. president obama also met with

the japanese prime minister on a number of issues, including trade talks and an ongoing territorial dispute between japan and china over a set of islands in the east china sea. >> it would be a profound mistake to continue to see escalation a round this issue rather than dialogue and confidence-building measures between japan and china. >> president obama is trying to reassure asian allies of his commitment to ramping up u-s engagement in the region. he will also make stops in south korea, malaysia and the philippines on his week-long trip. an army report is passing out blame for the attack in afghanistan that killed a diplomat from river forest. anne smedinghoff, there soldiers, and an interpreter were killed while delivering textbooks to a school in southern afghanistan about a year ago. the tribune reports that an army investigation found that soldiers providing security had wrong information about the size of the group, the school's location, and possible risks. it also says there should have

been more planning since a state department official was also in the area. the state department says the extremists are the only ones to blame for the attack. an image of jesus displayed in daley plaza every easter is believed to have been vandalized for the first time in its eight-year history. nancy loo joins us *live with more. >> police say no report has been filed in this case yet but the group which sponsors the display says it's a clear case of vandalism. they are hoping all the surveillance cameras will help the investigation. the 10 ft. high portrait of jesus and known as the divine mercy was discovered with considerable damage yesterday morning. someone had puncture holes into the canvas and smashed a glass case nearby. the conservative thomas more society had arranged for the display which had never been damaged before in the last eight years. the

vandalism prompted many prayers yesterday with some wondering about motivation. >> what would motivate this? this is not random vandalism or violence. there are other displays in the plaza that have not been touched. >> a counter display from the freedom from religion foundation was not damaged. it reads keep state and religion separate. this is the first year both displays have been out on the plaza together. despite the damage, the divine mercy display remains here at the plaza and organizers say it will stay as scheduled through sunday. back to you. >> taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. the revived investigation into john wayne gacy's killing spree, has helped solve another *unrelated murder case. edward beaudion was originally thought to be one of eight unidentified victims of gacy, after his disappearance in 1978. his body turned up in a forest

preserve six years ago. instead, investigators say beaudion was killed by a man from missouri, who has since died. the chicago board of education voted to privatize three more under-performing schools in its turnaround effort. gresham, mcnair and dvorak elementary schools will be taken over by the "academy for urban school leadership" next year. the entire staff will be fired and replaced. the blackhawks are going back to st. louis with the series tied. the hawks blew an early lead, but bryan bickell tied it with four minutes left to force overtime. in the extra period, patrick kane scored his second goal of the game to end it. hawks win 4-3. game five is tomorrow night. chicago will try to convince george lucas to build a movie museum here in chicago. the want to display more than half a million movie props and our work first choice san francisco will not give him the location

he wants. chicago may have a chance. last night people of for their suggestions at a public hearing. >> it would be perfect fit for the lakeside. >> we need an idea that has a grandiose scheme. >> we are a city of geeks. we deserve the arts museum. >> he is committed to this. it's a competitive process. chicago could win. >> the old uptown theater is being proposed. as well as the old post office. the task force will recommend a site to the mayor next month. >> saying goodbye to free sunday parking in some shopping districts on the north and northwest sides. mayor emanuel proposed the change, after hearing complaints from businesses, that their customers don't have anywhere to park. the city council transportation committee endorsed the measure yesterday. if the council approves the pay

for parking between 10 a-m and 8 p-m on sundays. is expected to change how many chicago shoppers bring home their items from stores. city officials say large chains and franchises, along with stores with at least 10- thousand square feet will have to comply with a plastic bag ban starting in 20-15. a ban for smaller franchises will begin in 20-16, while independent stores and family restaurants are exempt. the american plastic bag alliance opposes the ban, saying it threatens jobs. the tallest building in the world was the perfect place to set the record for "base jumping." two men jumped head first off the burj khalifa, in dubai. this has been done before, so they built a 500 foot tall platform on top of the two- thousand, 717 foot tall skyscraper. they then jumped off that platform in their special flying suits, to ensure the record. >> that is your nightmare. >> tell me about it. it's that fear of death. they probably

have parachute so they will be ok. >> we hope. >> they are still going. still falling. >> it's 42 degrees right now. 39 degrees in union. we know temperatures are on the cool side with light showers generally across the northern area. we expect to see showers through the morning. another round comes our way as a cold front comes through this evening showers and potentially a thunderstorm tonight. tomorrow, warm temperatures. a cooler weekend after that. 65 degrees is a high temperature. usually we'd be at 62. tonight 48. chance of rain friday. breezy and 68. saturday we cool down a bit. >> still ahead, people magazine names its most beautiful person. >> and the unusual place police

found a teenager hiding a weapon. and passengers call the transit system help line in new jersey get more than they bargained for. >> and ronald mcdonald get a makeover. police in kingsport, e

made quite a discovery when they arrested a teenager for driving on a suspended license. as they searched dallas archer before booking her at the jail, they discovered she was packing a loaded 22-caliber revolver inside her genitals. the gun turned out to be stolen. now, archer's rap sheet also includes possession of stolen property, and taking contraband into a jail. that's what larry calls a caboose pistol. we will just out there want to give any further. the hotline for new jersey's transit system was hotter than one passenger expected. a woman was using a self-serve kiosk yesterday when the machine ate her credit card. she saw a poster advertising a passenger information line, and called the number. it turned out to be a phone sex service. a new jersey transit spokeswoman says the poster should have come down when they stopped using the number six years ago. they're now checking other stations for outdated posters.

>> isn't that a 1900 number? >> i don't know anything about that. moving on ... a fast food icon is getting a new look after his first appearance 51 years ago. ronald mc-donald is getting some new clothes. he now has yellow cargo pants and a vest with a red-and-white striped rugby shirt. >> erin: this is not a good look. >> marcus: he is saying holla! >> he may even get his own twitter account. >> people magazine names their most beautiful woman in the world. best known for 12 years a slave. she is signed a deal with a makeup company. also she is gorgeous. you are the only

clean one so far. >> he did have that elbow moved yesterday. >> i'm ready to testify against all of you. maybe not markets yet. >> what have i said? >> we still have a long time to go. >> cruel and unusual work conditions. right now we have readings in the 40's. looking at light showers. light rain this morning take your umbrella there is potential you will need it but probably not until dinner. we will be in between france. after this war in the cold front goes to the west. here's how to dagos. 63 degrees for our temperature at 5:00 p.m.. typical high is 62. we are warmer than normal. 65 today chance of rain. friday, 68 we cooled down saturday and sunday. monday tuesday wednesday we have

a porsche hours. rain basically every day. basically every day rain. >> every week you give us a keeper but not this week. >> rainy and breezy. >> i have a car fire to talk about 1290. it's on the off ramp blocking the right lane. looks like everyone is getting through with no problems. that is it for traffic. everything else is looking good. welcome to the circus. >> good morning. we have some tech news to talk about starting with motorola. went to toward their new headquarters. 2000 employees. they have made the move back home to chicago. the company was founded about 80 years ago. the spent 30 years in the suburbs. they've taken over

the top three floors of the merchandise mart downtown. completely redesigned. 75,000 square feet of research and design space. we talked with their senior vice president of human resources about this new space and what it means to the future of the company. >> we wanted an environment that was modern and ford looking focusing on collaboration. we think we got that. and being able to consolidate the labs. we had 40 different labs through the facility in libertyville. the opportunity to redesign and configure the space to shrink it down to seven labs which allows people to interact and work together. >> apple unveiled their quarterly earnings yesterday easily beating wall street estimates. they sold more than 43 million i phones and 16 million ipad during the quarter although the ipad number was

down from 19.5 last year. the ceo says apple remains on the prowl when it comes to new acquisitions. they have bought two dozen companies in the past 18 months. stock is up 8% in after hours trading. face book also beating wall street first quarter estimates. the posted revenues of two and a half billion dollars. now 1.2 8 billion active monthly user's. also announcing the ceo is stepping down being replaced by another person. more coming up. >> coming up will check in with dean.

the 16th-annual roger ebert film festival is underway in downstate champaign. special movie screenings and guests are planned. dean is there among the ebert- fest fans at the landmark virginia theatre.

>> 15 years he got together here with fans and should movies he thought was overlooked. last year he died on april 4th. that was 17 days before the final film festival that he had personally put together. this year it was put together by his staff and his wife kicking off five days of the films for fans that started yesterday afternoon. it all started with a vip party at the home of the university of illinois president. after some food and thinking of the sponsors it was off to the historic virginia theater where roger grew up watching movies. the festival's opening night film is a documentary about himself. the much acclaimed life based on his final book. the film was presented to the crowd.

>> when we started the project he said i've explained to my wife the way it works. you make the film we don't have any say in this at all. i e-mail back and said i appreciate that because i do need that kind of editorial control but i look at this as a more collaborative effort that i am making a film with you and not just on you. >> it was emotional for everyone but especially for his wife. >> this year feels different because last year for the festival we had just lost him. the grief and mourning was so deep and so raw. we were just stunned. there was nothing to be nervous about. we were just stunned. this year i am thinking, this is his film festival. i had to do a good job to keep it going. >> one of the highlights will be

the unveiling of the roger ebert statue in front of the theater. this is a photograph of the statue that is currently veiled. when it is unveiled at noon it will be roger in a movie chair. his signature thumbs-up. you will be able to sit there and take photos with him. other highlights include spike lee who will be here friday. and director oliver stone will be here saturday. all the details are up on our website. >> back to you. >> in about 20 minutes, you'll be able to buy tickets for ravinia *online. the season features more than 140 events; including billy corgan of the smashing pumpkins, one republic, willie nelson, carrie underwood, john legend, the beach boys and the temptations. starting at five, you can find tickets at ravinia dot org.

officials say many concerts will probably sell out by ten this morning. phone sales begin may 19th. chris brown's assault trial in jodie foster is a married woman. the oscar winning actress quietly tied the knot with photographer girlfriend, alexandra hedison, over the weekend. no wedding details were released. it's the first marriage for foster, who came out publicly last year in a rambling speech at the golden globes. foster and hedison had been dating for almost a year. actress olivia wilde proudly announced the birth of her baby boy in this tweet. it shows her smiling, with the baby's head pressed against her cheek. wilde wrote the baby's name is otis alexander sudeikis. there is a character named otis in the movie pretty in pink. today we have a chance of showers. rain coming back this afternoon. tomorrow we make 68. a nice weekend but good chance of rain into sunday. >> coming up, the latest on the

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