international outcry to find hundreds of kidnapped gross.girls. watching us around the country and wgn america and around the web. our top story led from rainbow push headquarters. >> the rev. jesse jackson along with chicagos nigerian community adding voices to the world wide outcry over the kidnapping o. >>i abducted your girls. i will sell them in the market. there's a market for selling humans.

extremists in nigeria threatening to sell the young schoolgirls. now comes news of more of the auctions in northeastern nigeria. eight more girls ages 12-15 kidnapped by armed members of local rom. they're fighting to create an islamic state. if the extremist group had hoped to win it appears their efforts have backfired. protests have erupted around the globe. these protesters in washington d.c. demanding the return of the missing school girls. >> unhappy with the response from the nigerian president. the government was slow to respond. has done little to try to counteract. in an effort to impose their views. the u.s. state department says the u.s. government is trying to help but

reverend jackson calling on the united nations and other african nations as well. >> we cannot allow the tragedy of these girls being kidnapped. the whole world must cry out. >> and threatens the stability of the entire african continent given nigeria's importance in africa. the largest energy producer on the continent. >> to a freak accident. a south side man is seriously injured after he was shot by live power lines. happened yesterday afternoon on the south side. >> this will be an all-day project. they have already replaced the don't poll. they're working to reconnect the lines that nearly electrocuted

a 63 year-old man. >> crews have been working nonstop since the accident which has the public library still without power. it was for 30 p.m. yesterday when a dump truck snag some power lines. it pulled down a poll on to a vehicle nearby. the victim suffered an electrical shock. considerable damage prevented workers from connecting a generator. the facility is closed today. traffic signals are now reconnected. the truck involved was not affiliated. no citations have been issued against the driver at this point. >> it happened in oakland. police are scrambling to find him. two other men

broke into a home and carry on december 1st. the man did drugs. suffered a blue moon and the exchange. >> two months later when he felt better he simply walked up. they do not have the manpower to guard the suspect in another state. >> crews are working to salvage a tugboat and retrieve two barges in lake michigan. two people rescued in shallow water. the vote isvote is partially submerged. no one was hurt and there is no pollution reported. the first u.s. patient to become ill with a middle east viruses recovering so well he is expected to go home to his family soon. he has been at

community hospital and munster indiana since april 28th. no longer on oxygen and has a good appetite. his family at about 50 hospital workers. they involve an isolated. none have tested positive for the murders virus. the patient lives in saudi arabia. began showing symptoms after coming to the united states after visiting his family. >> the legislative audit commission voted 10-1 hefty request. the program was not used to stop violence but instead a political slush fund. chicago teachers union getting ready for another contract flight. the current

contract expires next year. they can offer a one-year extension. teachers on strike for seven days in 2012 before they agreed to the last deal. she says her team is focused on finishing the school year strong. >> paying the parking meter will be a lot more convenient. it being extended to meters throughout the city. the option allows drivers to download an application and loaded with money using a credit or debit card. >> 10 minutes before the time expires so they could add more time.

>> vacant homes and other property seized by the city being sold for just $1 per property. encouraging new owners to fix them up. the program will be expanded to the east garfield park neighborhood. applications to purchase 500 city- owned lots available. a dire warning about the environment. >> what may have caused the accident has sent acrobat's crashing to the ground. some people calling it a yoco

to resort and portugal were madeleine mccann was last seen will allow investigators to dig for evidence on the property. according

to the telegraph news. a plan to explore three sites. three years old when she went missing while on vacation with her family. scotland yard has not commented on the report. sources close to the family say they have been assured that it does not mean that police are searching for a body. the missing mother may have in trapped inside her car for three days. the car flew more than 120 ft. off of the nearby highway and rolled in additional 200 ft.. a family friend says. she also says her injuries were so severe she had to have both of her feet amputated. >> one of those women held in captivity. she nelson she forgives. talking about her ordeal with the

release of her new book. last night she spoke with anderson cooper. >> did he think that this at some point with and? >> he said that from the beginning. this is a did not have a family that cares about you. >> basically think about my son. and talk like to see his loving smile. >> they were rescued after the man is to escape and call police. committed suicide the september. chill

chicago to outline his vision for the future of the. it was a joint project of the chicago council on global affairs and the eight university of chicago institute of politics. >> so of the issues facing the united states today. talk about how the u.s. military is at a crossroads making it necessary to decide on tricky matters like the constant need to update the military. that means that sometimes programs and platforms that have worked well in the past may now need to be shelved because they have lost their effectiveness. to drive that point home they gave a

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means diplomatic. that means educational and military as well. >> the house speaker has named his pack to head up a congressional >> south carolina republican as a former prosecutor and a prominent critic of the obama is a penetration. >> democrats say they have not gotten any details yet about the committee and are pushing for a novel. >> report released today by the white house states' human activities are primary cause of global warming. >> sign to say every

region is seeing the impact of our changing climate. global warming is and will continue to impact where americans live and work. >> investigating orchestrated traffic jams around the george washington bridge last year. expected to talk about the role of their high profil >> fired following disclosure of an e- mail from her to another appointee. take a look at what happened when a small plane got stuck in a crosswind. the plane got stuck 50 ft. on the treetops. a

helicopter was able to hook up and lower it to the ground. amazingly the pilot was not hurt. to a stuck inside the plane until he could be rescued. chicago restaurants and chefs being honored. restaurants and chefs being honored.

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coach says he could return game 4 on friday. a to-0 lead with a loss the first road game of the playoff series eight consecutive times dating back to 2010. the lost all four games to raise last year. >> pretty good on the road. we like to be better in that situation. hopefully we can rectify. the cubs and sox starting the classic a little earlier this year. took a no-hitter into the six. >> 126 pitches.

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this is the kind of forecast we've been waiting for. osama weather coming in. the warmest weather we've had so far this year. this is good. first time we've put back to the 80 degree temperatures together. beautiful fiery sunsets here. >> a gorgeous panorama taken sunday. they're kind of bobby cox and mid levels of around 8- 12,000 ft.. often indicate minister in the hemisphere being lifted to produce clouds. they often

are the harbingers of some thunderstorms. >> shares her spectacular shot as gorgeous oriole. >> there is hail from some of these thunderstorms which swept the southern suburb yesterday. these are captured from into the slots,. that is helena back patio right there. all kinds of springlike shots across the metro area. a beautiful day going in chicago. the list of high clouds. in warm front taking place.

>> big story is will be what you are seeing here. the expansion of the warm air into the region. not only down near ground level but up that jet stream level. one more day with a wind blowing off of the lake from the east and northeast today. that cools off here in the city. folks out in the suburbs will be warming up into the '60s. it begins to warm up. here of the winds. you can see the winby the wind closed areas. it is 59 at o'hare now. you conceive the '60s. well into the '60s at that. >> they humidity of just 39 percent. one

of the reasons this ms will start feeling so much warmer. >> our farmers are planning. 42 percent of the corn crop. way behind in indiana. normally there up. some nice warm weather so far farmers can get out onto the field and keep it from winning. these are highs yesterday appeared to see the cooling effect at the lakefront. 59 at midway. the warmth, the heat out in the planes has been breaking records. never have they seen hundred degree temperatures so early in parts of kansas and oklahoma.

in oklahoma city they had 2.6 in. of rain. >> there's great concern about wild fires down there. that is stairmaster is going to sweep the amex. >> not going to get quite as extremely warm. we're talking the '80s. >> go up against the lake from kenosha to glenn coe. only the ford is going right now.

>> 84 will be the high on thursday. there is our storm. you see all of the isobars. it is a big wind machine. because we are on the side the southeast winds will turn southerly in the afternoon. that is tropical air. >> hear you will see how west. >> here is where the wind, of low humidities extreme he might produce wild fires that can spread. we have

landed in southern california blowing across the region as well. all part of the storm. >> here are the '80s tomorrow. 80s again on thursday. this is really nice stuff. if not seen anything like this since last fall. details of the forecast. for this afternoon sunshine gives way to some increasing cloudiness as the warm front begins approaching. east wind at 17 this afternoon. tonight's scattered showers and thunderstorms lows down to 50.

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stories are those pack isobars. the southerly wind flow that they're going to used to propel the warm air into the chicago area. look at the wind that is going to develop. by later in the day we get into the red area. more from the south. they will blow right down into thursday. look what happens to the temperatures. today still cool by the lake. forties' up by commercial. low to mid 50's by the city. the upper 60s in the end. we go into the 80s overall. the north lakeshore area is tomorrow. into the 80's virtually area wide on thursday. it is going to get nice and warm. the one thing we have to watch as the jet stream will be in the neighborhood. these little thundershowers and still less to us late in the day. coming in at night. those could be severe. could

produce up to two- thirds of an inch of rain. there is already severe weather will be tomorrow night.where the severe weather will be. it is high and dry. we're in great shape. looking for temperatures today to go into the '60s and land. close to 74 our southern suburbs. eighties wednesday and thursday. 77 showers and storms friday. a nice dry day partly sunny is not mostly sunny on saturday and sunday. some clouds reassemble and new thunderstorm sunday night. you know what is nice about that is a gun from '80s into a cool down but we're not seeing 40's and '50's. cooler air is not seeing 40's and '50's. cooler air is losing its punch.

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