it's not unheard of. unprecedented. to see this week took preparations and invents with all the local operators. >> dealing with severe to exceptional drug conditions, officials say fire season is now a year round. >> at least five shot and wounded last night. a woman shot in the stomach and north bernard. she's in critical condition. no possible motive or arrests. a man and a boy also shot a 98 street but in stable condition. two were also shot in another area and no conditions released. >> a boy who went missing three years ago when the mother took him out of school and then

committed suicide. >> and to lou has more. >> a good morning. it's been awhile since police have had a good lead in this case. if this one hand out it means timothy his novel only a liar, he is still in this region. six years old but he went missing may 11, to death 11. his mother took him out of school and it took a trip to northern illinois and wisconsin. three days later she was found dead in a motel room leaving a suicide note indicating timothy was safe with a loved one. he has not been seen since. and age progression image has been released ahead of the three-year anniversary which brought in an immediate hit from a woman who said she saw and a boy resembling timothy at her garage sale. first hopeful lead in about a year.

reported sightings all over the country have failed to pan out. >> we've had dozens of sightings and from coast to coast. it had them up and down the east coast and the west coast. every single one of those reported sightings has been checked out fairly. like everything else we've come to a brick wall. >> police sent video clips to the woman but so far no official follow-up word on that. for now relatives are glad there is renewed attention on this case fuelling hopes that timothy will be firmed someday. back to you. >> police are holding a 25 year- old man for trying to solicit solicit sex from a boy. they say he was there to be to have sex

with a 15 year-old that he had met on-line. the girl was not there. he used to be a volunteer wrestling coach charged with indecent solicitation of child. >> jesse jackson jr. plans to repay the government with money by refinancing a mortgage on one of his two homes. court documents show he is working on fishing the paperwork will pay the money before june 1st. not clear if it will be in chicago or washington. he still owes $550,000 on $750,000 fine. also serving 30 month prison sentence. deborah declaring victory, efforts produced the federal decree that said most city employees must be hired and fired with no regard to political connection. now asking a federal court to declare the city is in substantial compliance and there's no longer a need for federal oversight.

>> a house committee today considers putting a minimum wage hike to a vote this fall it would ask voters whether the state's minimum wage should be raised from $8.25-$10. the house speaker thinks it could bring more democrats to the polls in november. >> the order of a building that collapsed and killed two firefighters is going to jail. order to make repairs to the building he never did. the roof collapsed during a fire in december to attend. firefighters killed. 19 others injured. judge sentenced him to six months in jail after pleading guilty in contempt of court. he still faces lawsuits. nine students injured and taken to the hospital after a bus accident. sideswiping a cta train yesterday morning of the way to school. he continued to drive the children to school after the

accident. did not immediately notify authorities and students were taken to hospital in good condition he's been suspended while police investigate. >> card will george part of a fund-raiser. keynote speaker at an event marking the 100th anniversary of st. joseph in east chicago. that home help 200 children of the families each year. also serves as an emergency shelter. >> people in tampa will be seeing lots of santa claus this weekend. their meeting for the international brotherhood of real. did santas. planning to spend the weekend top swapping tips on have to be a better sent the and showing off their personal displays. >> is that a massage? >> there in the city from all over the world. >> his beard it did not quite cut it. >> early today we're talking

more grain. more rain today and into the weekend. taking a look at the radar, the heaviest of the green will be down to lasalle county. cook county generally try to take garlic you will need it. we think showers will be in the region through the morning meeting tapered off later today but still a chance for rain into saturday. here's how things look. 42 degrees right now. wincing eight tenths of an inch of rain. with seemed seven tenths of an inch of rain in some areas. here is a forecast. it's like we set the clocks back a few months. high temperature of 51. 59 tomorrow. 65 sunday. monday we go back to

work and sunny and warm. 80 degrees by wednesday. >> coming up, surveillance video of the heisman trophy winner shoplifting crab legs. >> criticized for calling the president a racial slur and is not apologizing. >> and another set of mo o mono >> and another set of mo o mono twins born at the say

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in an explosion at an apartment complex in indianapolis. it happened late last night. one section of the building's roof was completely blown off. a number of marian university students live in the complex, but it's not considered on- campus housing. the blast caused 250-thousand- dollars in damage ... and has left about two dozen people homeless. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. a police commissioner in a predominantly white town in new hampshire is refusing to apologize for using a racial slur to describe president obama. a resident in wolfeboro lodged a formal complaint against commissioner robert copeland after hearing him use the slur at a restaurant in march. copeland, who is 82 and white, sent an e-mail to his fellow commissioners acknowledging he used the racial slur. he forwarded part of that e- mail to the woman who complained, saying that the president meets and exceeds his criteria for using the word. residents called for his resignation at a meeting last night.

>> and i admitted what i did. i made no bones about it. if this nosy individual that that dot >> i am a reporter during my job. >> i know when you are. >>about 20 african-americans live in wolfeboro, a town of 6- thousand people. police released a security video that shows heisman trophy winner jamesis winston stealing crab legs from a grocery store. this video is from a publix store in tallahassee florida. you see winston carrying the crab legs as he walks through the store. the florida state quarterback then walks right out without paying for them. police issued a civil citation for shoplifting. winston completed 20 hours of community service. florida state suspended winston from the school's baseball team until that was done. a hospital in ohio is celebrating a rare twin birth for the second time in a week. meet janiyah and amaya . they are what's called "mono

mono" twins. in their mother's womb, they developed in the same amniotic sac... and shared the same placenta. mom spent the final 5 weeks of her pregnancy in the hospital. her daughters were delivered by c-section. both girls appear to be perfectly healthy, even though they were born more than a month premature. >> there were so little. >> i am so happy right now i just want to see them up close a bit for the first time. >>just last week, another pair on mono-mono twins, jillian and jenna, actually held hands, moments after they were born. the two are expected to remain in the hospital for about a month... and then go home with mom and dad to meet their 5- year-old big brother. i'm sure he will be thrilled. by that twins set. his good days are over. >> he has a few years where he can still beat them up about 10 years they will join together. >> like the wonder twins. >> showers are coming in from the west. no rain just yet but

take your umbrella you will need it. showers and navy heavy rain early. later today slight chance of showers. the heaviest of the rain is moving for portions of to page karen t near the south into kane county that is where we find the heaviest of the rain. we are stuck on a low pressure system the surface of pushing across portions of iowa. in dealing with a few disturbances one is moving through the region this morning which will slow us down. then as we get into the latter portion of the day the rain will break up. not taking any rain out of the forecast until sometime tomorrow. sunday we have sunshine coming our way. 39 degrees wind out of the northeast at the miles. that means it feels like mid-30s even low '30's when you factor in the wind. it's 36 in waukegan. 42 in

kankakee. today's high temperature only 51. back down to 39 later. 59 degrees on saturday and sunday mid-60s. >> looking at the construction. a few things we're watching starting in the three a new project picked up as today to onto a single lane with that's going to go through the first few weeks of september. and 91st it's closed for resurfacing work. everything else looks good in terms of the numbers. no big delays. a full run down with your commute in just a few minutes. >>coming up ... the trick advertisers are using to get you to *eat more. plus -- details on the legal battle between oprah and a nuclear physicist. and next in sports -- ducks or kings for the hawks? patrick kane gives us a scouting report on both potential opponents. he has a new haircut. good morning! >> i asked the viewers where i

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the blackhawks is there getting some time off. the luxury you can't buy at this time of the year. but you don't know who you are playing next which makes practice less meaningful that it might otherwise be. back on the i's thursday waiting for the winner of tonight's game between the ducks and the kings. the winner will play the hawks on sunday at 2:00 p.m.. the hawks were to-0-1 in the regular season against the ducks. 3-0 against the kings. >> the kings have been very consistent through the year. one of the best teams through the week. obviously they have topped tiered players may be the top few in the league it seems like you're both pretty good. but they are, which means he's playing well. they've had a lot

of success this year and that from start to finish, they've probably been the best team in the nhl. their physical. maybe more defensive oriented than the talks. but the play a tough game. similar to say lewis were chances are great be an all-time high when to play against them. we face them in the playoffs last year there some familiarity with the co-op against a team like that. they're always a tough team to play. >> by 11:00 p.m. we should know who they will be playing in came one of the western conference finals. anaheim or los angeles. >>u-s stocks fell across the board thursday. the dow plunged 167 points. the nasdaq dropped 31. and the s-and-p lost 17. progress is being made on the

installation of a new sign on the trump tower, although it's coming along slowly. last week we showed you the letters spelling out the name "trump" on the ground. now, the letter "t" is up on the south side of the building along the chicago river. the white letters will eventually form a 140-foot long sign, with letters that are about 20-feet high. >> glad we got that cleared up. 11 you're about to learn one of advertising's dirty little tricks. it seems, people will eat more calories, when their food is presented in an ad with cute, inanimate objects. researchers at boston college taste-tested a regular scoop of ice cream, and one with a cute shape. people preferred the cute one... and ate more. people who saw an ad with a cute "lion" cookie, were less likely to want a healthy meal, than those who saw a *regular cookie. the strategy apparently doesn't work with pictures of kittens or babies, because real living things tend to bring out a person's maternal, responsible instincts. you'll never be alone at this

cafe' in japan. moomin house cafe seats customers, who come alone, with large stuffed animals. the animals are hippo-like characters called moomins. >> where was this when you move here? >> that not obvious. >> apparently matched dot com is not working well in japan. there are three places just like this in japan. they're known as "anti- loneliness" cafes. >> you could have had a head of state. >> as somebody who moved to the city with nothing but animals it's already tough enough to be at the table for one that you have to sit with one of those. the big fake cal. >> it will be all good. there are plenty of good fish out there. >> we goteborg now. >> you and your animals? >> 39 degrees right now. you may have to fish for the heavier

coat today it is cold outside and it won't warm up much. the a good chance for showers this morning into the early afternoon. the chance falls off into the evening. we could be dry for the evening. temperatures will warm up with sunshine in the forecast for the weekend. >> just got word of a semi truck off into the ditch. fourth that of the stevenson at 355 that will cause of gaper believes it may take some time for them to pull that back out. the top of that, 23rd is closed for ongoing construction. the numbers look good volume is light. another update in a few minutes. >> still more to come. a high school student suspended over incident with packing tape. >> with the boston marathon suspect texting to his friends right after the deadly attack. >> what the mayor gavgave an ben

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unprecedented fire conditions keep wild fires burning across southern california. >> the new lead in the case of missing boy from aurora. >> clippers owner donald sterling says he is not paying the fines for racist comments. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. he says it's card to be nicer. >> it's like was that the clocks back away to march. cold temperatures but we to warm up. we have some sunshine. >> it's true. i had the air conditioner on for two days and now the heat is back arm. >> that's how it goes. this forecast has not been brought to the level of a normal before. air conditioning and now the furnace. we have the rain parka and this lookers we are expecting to see showers to the day. here's the rain we have seen in chicago about 2/3 an

inch of rain. same in waukegan. west chicago has seen six tents as well. right now it's 37 degrees in northbrook. 39 at the british school of chicago. it could be morning to pull our your heavy coat. the 49 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. not much of it warm-up. typically we are near 70. sunday we are dry up to 65. monday is sunny high temperatures 70. it will be warmer next week. >> pulling out the good stuff all work week. we have some work on 55 blister you the map. ongoing construction but not far from that we have a semi truck rolled over off into the ditch to northbound 355 causing some gaper delays. could take some time to get this out of the way. the crash just popped up as a new road work which has harrison

closed. that's in place until the first of september. and the crash at irving and california. more traffic coming up. >>there is a new lead in the case of a boy who went missing three years ago after his mother took him out of school, then committed suicide. nancy loo is live in aurora with the latest on the investigation. >> if this patients out it would mean to the is not only alive, he is still in this region. six years old when he went missing last seen on surveillance video from may 11th to test 11 when his mother took him out of school and went on a trip to northern illinois and wisconsin. three days later she was found dead in a motel room. she left a suicide note indicating he was safe and in the care of a loved one. but he has not been seen since. police released an age oppression image over a week ago that brought an immediate tip from a woman in the far northern

town of rustin who said a boy resembling timothy was at her brush sale. it's the first hopeful lead in about a year. reported sightings of the country have failed to pay that out. >> we have had literally dozens of sightings of timothy and literally from coast to coast. we've had them up and down the east and west coasts. every single one of the reported sightings has been checked out thoroughly and like everything else, it's a brick wall. >> police have said video clips to the woman interrupted but so far no official follow-up word. for now relatives are just glad there is renewed interest and attention on the case. back to you. >> one person has been killed in the wildfires in southern california. firefighters found a badly- burned body while checking for hot spots at a camp often used

by transients. nine wildfires are burning in the san diego area. they have burned more than 15 square miles and caused more than 20-million dollars in damage. some residents returned home yesterday to see what they could salvage. >> but which is all broke down and started crying. i've never seen anything like it. >> it was gorgeous and now it's all gone. what can i say? >>crews are battling unprecedented conditions with high winds and temperatures over one-hundred degrees. but, a cool down is in the forecast this weekend ... and they expect to make major progress. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. imprisoned former congressman jesse jackson jr. plans to repay the money he stole from campaign funds by refinancing a mortgage on an is to homes. new files show he's in the process of finishing paperwork and will pay the money starting june 1st. he has to pay back five of your

ticket thousand dollars of the $750,000 fine. a student at gary's lew wallace high school has been suspended, for wrapping two classmates in packing tape. it happened tuesday in healththe boy tied up a girl -- a special- needs student. and when another boy tried to help her, the student tied *him up, too, and paraded him through the school. one victim's grandmother claims, teachers didn't try to help the two victims. to children who filed over an inflatable slight accident. there injured at the end of the party at a school lawsuit claims the school and slide company failed to anchor the slide properly or provide proper supervision. it tipped over when the kids overloaded it. federal prosecutors released some of the text messages sent by boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. the messages were sent hours after the f-b-i released photos of tsarnaev and his brother. prosecutors say dias kadyrbayev texted tsarnaev, who then texted back, "better not text me my friend."

that was followed by "laugh out loud." prosecutors say tsarnaev sent another text telling his friend to take what he wanted from his dorm room. and another friend face charges for removing fireworks and a laptop, days after the bombings. another friend is accused of lying to investigators. los angeles clippers owner donald sterling continues to fight the n-b-a. the n-b-a banned sterling for life and fined him "two point five" million dollars for his racist comments. sterling now says he's not paying that fine. in a letter to the league, his attorney says sterling's actions don't merit punishment and that his rights to "due process" were violated. sterling has admitted that he made a mistake. the league's other team owners plan to vote on forcing him to sell the clippers. president obama's assets are worth up to seven million dollars. that's according to financial disclosure forms released yesterday. president obama is entitled to a 400 thousand dollar salary. and he reportedly made up to 482 thousand dollars from book royalties and investments. last year, the president and

the first lady reported an income of about 500 thousand dollars. a norwegian diplomat says rahm emanuel had an angry reaction to when president obama won the nobel peace prize. emanuel was the president's chief of staff at the time. a norwegian diplomat says the white house was embarrassed about the honor coming so early in obama's presidency. he says that led to emanuel lashing out at his country's former ambassador to the u-s. he says emanuel accused norway of *fawning over the new president. president obama had only been in office 12-days before the nomination deadline. oprah is in a legal dispute over hiking trails with her new neighbor as she prepares to build a mansion colorado. oprah plans to build a mansion in telluride... about six hours southwest of denver. but an 86-year-old retired scientist says winfrey's project could cut off access to hiking trails he's used for years. he's filing a lawsuit winfrey reps say they promise to cooperate. the project is scheduled to get underway later this year. all this week... we went back in time and spent a day working at the first jobs we had in high school. demetrius and i worked at a

bagel shop... dan at a running store, and marcus dusted off his old public works uniform. now -- it's time to check out some of the first t-v gigs we had ...take a look at this. and bracing myself for this one. >> we have not seen this yet. >> roll the tape. >> jobs are filling up pretty quickly down here. >> year ago with me? >> have you ever see this before? >> oh my gosh. i wasn't ready for this. >> >> they been here for 10 years and described as a great relationship. >> the relationship will now continue for another 15 years. >> a great and compelling story. >> moronic movie and so boring.

this is her second cd? it's your first. >> how high is 25 ft.? imagine being hit by a wall of water. almost as high as this diving platform. >> who is your favorite weatherman? >> i don't know. you. >> been discounted at the museum of the other half is still stuck in a woman's basement. >> i was out in hollywood as a guest at mgm. >> i don't know how to put this ... >> they flew me out there i was at the evidence in the bill or remake press junket.

>> that explains a lot. >> i was a little rattled but other than that just foreign. demetrius you are still asking the same questions. who's your favorite? >> these kids need to learn. so we are all about the same age. system and it was not paid attention when they hired people back in the day. blue or probably not that good when you look at the old tapes. >> dan looks the same. the market's looks pretty much the same. >> let's take a look at our day. marcus i hope that mgm thing works out well. booking and showers from the south. this is the heaviest of the rain is in portions of the counties. meanly south and west of aurora. we have heavy rain here no thunder and lightning but this is the type of stuff you don't want to walk outside in. very heavy rain. this is lifting to the

north and to the west very slowly. expect heavy rain possibly some pulling and pounding. it's really coming down at a good clip. elsewhere we have showers continuing across the region. this line is lifting proportions of central illinois and central indiana. we can expect to see rain this morning into the afternoon we dry out. looking at the forecast, will start off in the upper 30's. 51 degrees today tonight down to 39. tomorrow up to 59 degrees. we've come a long way. he deserves to be here. >> still ahead, a premier woman is being sentenced to death in sudan. and still trending now they are speaking out about the video from the elevator. >> and dean reviews the new code villa movie. all coming up. the national september 11-th

memorial museum was dedicated during this ceremony in new

york. president obama took part in the event. the museum is underneath the world trade center and has parts of the towers on display. exhibits also show pictures of the victims and some of the personal belongings that were left behind or donated. the museum is currently open for victims' families and first responders. it's open to the public on wednesday. you remember the story of charles ramsey, the man who helped rescue three women after a decade of captivity at a neighbor's house in cleveland. now, ramsey is speaking out about that day, when he helped free amanda berry, gina de jesus and michelle knight from ariel castro's home. in a new memoir, ramsey says he and knight have become friends... and they see each other several times a week. a local burger restaurant gave ramsey 2 thousand dollars in free burgers for his heroism... but he says he gave them all to the homeless. trending online this morning ... a woman in sudan has been sentenced to death, for converting to christianity. she is married to a christian... and she's eight months pregnant. a sudanese court has given the

woman four days to renounce any christian beliefs, and return to islam, or be executed. the state department is calling upon sudan's government to respect the woman's right to freedom of religion. >> breaking their silence for the first time since surveillance video came about. the released a statement apologizing for what they call an unfortunate incident. it's not a correct address of the cause or what caused the attack. they said the family has all moved on. >> reminder if you have a question for demetrius bell is your chance. >> it and ask him about anything. is there really a full moon? asked about the constellations. >> ab diet and exercise. >> go to chicago stories of nine. send him a message on twitter he has agreed to answer just about anything. >> a lot of questions about the

rest of our crew have come about. it's all about working with you guys. >> i hope you are lying to them. >> don't worry our secret is safe. let's take a look at our day. showers mainly to the south. look at the rain coming down in buckets. in portions of the counties. even to lasalle. this stuff will slow you down and write their alarm 80. that band of heavy rain is continuing. the on the lookout we will deal with the showers the will vary in intensity through the day. the good news is it won't rain continuously all weekend. showers will let up this afternoon back in time for tomorrow. in your forecast, 49 degrees today at 5:00 p.m. high temperature climbs up to 51. >> a second car in the ditch. 394 south bound looks like that is still causing some delays.

earlier semi that had gone into the ditch off 355 right there at the on ramp heading inbound that's where you will see this. could take some time before they up right this. dealing with a few items causing delays. another fender bender irving park calif. that's the third item. this of all pop up in the last hour. more details on this and your numbers. so far so good volume is light. morgan just a few minutes. >> marcus has a new haircut and a tie. >> that i went back to patrick kane said barbara asked for the mullet and this is what i got. asked viewers where i should go next. i wanted to do it yours choice story and here's where the sent me. >> i reached out to my face book followers asking where i should be going next. i got a message from a guy down at hobby town who says, on down here you can fly some airplanes and drive

some remote-control cars. i said it sounded like fun but i have some serious work to get done. just kidding. let's go. >> we are a traditional hobby store. we've been here for 10 years. >> hobby town has a bit of everything for enthusiasts of pre much everything. there are train sets and in tire piles of medicamodel vehicles. >> this side is all airships and military. >> perhaps the most attention grabbing, the wide selection of real controlled planes and cars. >> let's have some fun. >> this is the desert buggy. it has a chain saw motor, runs in regular gasoline. it's sort of easy doesn't care about the weather. it runs great.

>> this one is electric. are you ready for this? >> 123. here we go. >> there you go. that's what they are designed to do. >> you call this the walk of shame? having to pick up your car. >> this is the bullied 352 x. a quad copter. it will hold a go pro camera if you want to take some aerial photography. can you do the return to home? you can take it out pretty far i want you to come back you'll flip the switch on the radio and you could see it now would put the radio on the ground.

>> he's the holding it at all? >> it is flying itself. i gps it knows where it took off from and it will come back and land in the same spot. this is how amazon will desert deliver my groceries? >> this is the hobby zone duet from horizon hobby. it's $60 the comptroller comes with it. batteries and the charger is built right in. do you want to try it? you need full throttle all the time. >> to pull back on that. go for it. >> my car! >> did i break it? i did not. the crash into something and it

still works. here's the address. more in the next hour about how much these different items cost. i was pretty excited for a few hours. >> the whole crew loved it. >> that was such a great place. will talk more about it cannot. >> coming up team reviews the new movies of the weekend. tone

monsters of all time is back! been says its slow building some of the characters don't add much but when the munster shows up it's great movie fun. he gives it a b +. >> story of the ins and outs of a restaurant life. the chef has to decide whether to settle for the unsatisfying job or take a chance on this dream. dean says the movie's power is in the interesting history. he gives it a sea. >> weather wise, not so good. the forecast will get better for the weekend. today's high 51. chance of showers through the morning. with dry out into saturday. 65.

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