cubs chairman tom ricketts puts out a *new plan for wrigley field renovations. details in a *live report. and it wasn't pretty. we have highlights of game two, between the hawks and kings. plus -- former priest daniel mc-cormack is arrested again, over *new sex abuse charges. good morning. i'm dan ponce. erin is off today. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. wicked >> it's a pretty good day. we do have a lot of men on the show but don't worry sarah is here for traffic. she is going to save us today. >> adding some class to the newscast. >> let's look at the weather. people conditions yesterday high

temperature 86 degrees. today we are back in the '60s. temperatures will drop a bit. not a cool day typical high around 70. expect mostly sunny skies today presented this afternoon. 58 degrees at the lakefront. it's 54 in waukegan. 56 in aurora. satellite and radar composite shows cloud cover across the county. with showers and thunderstorms that we saw yesterday i think we do deserve some dry weather. expected to stay dry through saturday. next chance of rain is on sunday. temperatures in the '60s by 5:00 p.m.. it will be cooler along the lakefront. saturday we will reach 73 degrees. but go over to sarah. >> you guys are giving me a lot

of credit i will do things my way. let's look over here at diversity to left lanes blocked construction. construction over here all the way over to 90 by the o'hare and it. to left lanes out until 5:00. >> the blackhawks are going to l-a with the series tied and none of the momentum. nick leddy and ben smith both scored for an early lead against the kings. but with two minutes left in the second... mike richards centers to justin williams who finally pokes it past corey crawford. the kings tied it at two and then on the power play in the third... jake muzzin scores with the delayed slap shot. the kings scored six unanswered goals... the most allowed by the hawks in the playoffs since 2009. hawks lose game two, 6-2. we'll have more coming up in

sports. the cubs say they're ready to move forward with the renovation of wrigley field, despite the threat of lawsuits. the team has a new plan that would block the view from the rooftops even more. tonya francisco is live at wrigley field with the latest. tonya? >> good morning. this was obviously an elaborate pre planned move. at midnight they released a videotape announcement that they are moving forward with significant renovations to the field that go beyond previously announced plans. in the video the cubs chairman says he wanted them to hear it from him first. pointing up the shortcomings of the ballpark try to explain why this is necessary to move forward with these expanded plants. the revised proposal goes beyond plans to put the big screen out

in the fields. the new proposal features more large electronic signs, additional seats, bigger clubhouses and the relocation of the bullpen from the territory to a spot under the bleachers by removing bricks and some ivy covering the space with a material that would allow them on to the field. the team has been negotiating with the owners for more than a year to avoid a lawsuit or blocked views. but those talks have not gone anywhere. they say the family can delay no longer. >> we spent endless hours negotiating. we've gotten nowhere in this business. it has to end. it's time to move forward. i have to put the team and the fans first. >> a spokesman for the rooftop owners released a statement that says we will see you in court.

the decision to you about unilaterally ended negotiations with their contractual partners is another refusal to exempt any of the solutions that could have funded the modern mind imodernin of the field. the cubs will present this to the city today and if approved the cubs say they are ready to move ford with the renovations. >> a defrocked priest who was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing children was arrested on a new allegation. daniel mccormack was taken into custody yesterday after being served a warrant for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. the newest allegation involves a 10-year-old boy. police say it happened in the months before mccormack was arrested for the first time in january of 2006. mccormack pled guilty in 2007

to molesting five boys while he was a priest and basketball coach at saint agatha on the west side. he was paroled two years later, and has been kept in custody at a state mental health facility until a petition to keep him committed indefinitely is resolved. >> i believe if the church officials had done the right thing, most of those children would never have had their innocence shattered. >>mccormack is expected to appear in bond court today. the archdiocese of chicago is not commenting on his arrest. police hope surveillance photos lead them to a man who tried to sexually assault a woman near a c-t-a blue line stop. the suspect followed the 19- year-old woman from the clark and lake station to the stop near halsted and van buren. after she left the train, he followed her, and attacked her in the 900 block of van buren. she was able to get away from the man ... and called police immediately. a northwest side woman was ordered held without bond, after police charged her with murdering her 3-year-old daughter. police say maria espinoza- perez made up a story that two men broke into her apartment

sunday and hurt her daughter ashley mendoza. eventually, she admitted she had abused her daughter for years. ashley's body was severely bruised... some of her bones may have been broken... and some of her teeth were missing. a marine from illinois has died on a training mission. steven hancock, of downstate coal city, fell out of a helicopter in north carolina monday. investigators say hancock was aboard the chopper when it lifted off... but not when it landed. his body was discovered tuesday, in a blueberry field. it is not clear how hancock fell out of the aircraft. hancock was a chew chief with the second marine aircraft wing. >> a loud protest demanding higher wages and the right to unionize ended with more than 100 arrests at mcdonald's headquarters in oak brook. about 15-hundred people carried banners calling for pay of 15 dollars an hour up the driveway of the corporate campus. they were met by 250 police officers ... some in riot gear. 110 people were arrested for trespassing when they refused to leave. more demonstrations are expected today when mcdonald's annual meeting takes up the issue of executive pay.

a box full of explosives led to a neighborhood's shutdown in the southwest suburbs. the explosives were found in a man's basement, at 98-th and hamlin, in evergreen park. a caretaker reported to police that the homeowner told her to be careful with a box because there were 24 sticks of dynamite inside. the cook county bomb squad evacuated several blocks and locked down two schools. the explosives were more than 60 years old. >> that's not normal at all. this is not normal in our neighborhood nothing really happens here. >> i thought it was kind of cool to watch. >>the dynamite was taken away and destroyed. the homeowner is not being charged with a crime. illinois democratic leaders are trying a new tactic, to pressure their fellow lawmakers to extend governor quinn's income tax hikes. house speaker michael madigan is threatening to propose a budget that slashes state spending on schools and other state services, if the tax hike expires next january. the new tactic comes, after madigan learned that only 34 of illinois' 71 house democrats support an extension of the tax hike... 30 are opposed... so is every *republican in the house. president obama will be in

chicago today to attend two fundraisers for senator durbin and other senate democrats. it was recently revealed that one of the hosts gave money to the republican candidate for governor. mayor emanuel was asked if it makes things awkward. >> to say that it's awkward, i don't know but we are in the presence of the person who is hosting the event obviously welcome to this. >>campaign finance records show michael polsky contributed 5- rauner's campaign last month. polsky and his wife are hosting a reception at their home tonight, before a fundraising dinner at another home. a man from utah is living out the lyrics of a popular 80's hit by *the police. clint buffington of salt lake city says he's found 60 messages in a bottle over the years. he plans his vacations, so he can scour beaches around the world for washed-up notes from the lonely and curious. one bottle had a return address. a guy tossed it off a cruise ship ... wondering if anyone

would find the bottle and contact him. buffington did ... he says the bottles are a free pass to talk to strangers. maybe he should go on line to match dot com? >> good morning. early today we expect our temperatures to rise but not as much as yesterday. yesterday we were in the '80s. today we will be in the low '70's. maybe been cooler closer to the lake. in morris its 64. in fairnesphoenix its 62. it's y comfortable out there this morning. we are trying and we stayed dry today and for an extended stretch as high pressure drops in from the north green as sunshine through friday and saturday with the chance of rain coming sunday and monday. a better chance for memorial day. tomorrow we reach 70. 73 saturday 80 on sunday. memorial

day we make 85. tuesday we hit 82 degrees. >>coming up ... the latest on a terrorist attack on a marketplace in china that left dozens dead. plus -- american troops are deployed to help in the search for kidnapped school-girls from nigeria. we'll have details. and -- a new national monument is not sitting well with local officials. we'll explain, coming up.

a terrorist attack on an outdoor market in northwest china has killed 31 people and injured more than 90. china's official news agency says two suv's were driven into a crowd of people and explosives were thrown before one of the vehicles blew up. witnesses reported hearing up to a dozen blasts. it happened in the xinjiang region, which has seen a string of attacks blamed on ethnic tension between muslim natives of the area and millions of immigrants from eastern china. american soldiers are now deployed to help find those kidnapped schoolgirls from nigeria. 80 service members are being sent to nigeria's neighbor, chad, to support intelligence and surveillance operations -- which includes the use of a predator drone. the white house says this deployment is not based on any new leads. boko haram kidnapped over 270- girls from their school 37 days ago. they've not been seen since. u-s officials say they believe the militants moved the girls into smaller groups by now. a house committee will

investigate the terrorist attack in benghazi, libya that killed four americans in 2012, just before the presidential election. now, illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth has been chosen as one of the five *democrats who will join seven republicans on that committee. republicans say the obama administration intentionally lied about the motive for the attack, to protect obama's re- election prospects. democrats say benghazi was a tragedy, but not a conspiracy. president obama is facing new criticism, after he declared a half million acres along america's mexican border a national monument. the president's signature provides wilderness protection for the "organ mountains" in southern new mexico. but local authorities warn that the area is a hotbed of crime, driven by the mexican drug cartels and human smugglers. and they say, president obama's declaration does not allow local law enforcement to patrol the area to catch undocumented immigrants. a woman in texas had to be treated for injuries she sustained when her neighbor's pet got loose. the woman says she was unloading groceries from her car when she felt something pounce ... then crawl up her leg to her back. it was her neighbor's pet

squirrel named *b-b. the woman needed stitches for several bites and scratches. the owner of the squirrel could be fined for unlawfully keeping it as a pet. authorities say the owner set the squirrel free after the attack to keep it from being euthanized. >> they are just a raft with tales. >> they are dangerous. >> look out! he's just trying to get the strawberry. >> who said the love squirrels? >> markus lusser swirls. >> they are dangerous. speaking of dangerous, this is dangerous video but it looks pretty cool. we got this video of the hail that came down the other day. 2 in. diameter hailed in this area. we had hail all over the

roads. it is dangerous out there we don't know if he was driving we assume somebody was in the passenger's seat holding the phone. but thank you for sending in this video. hopefully nobody is coming after you for shooting this. 61 degrees. wind at 10 mi.. a call monday with sunshine. we're not expecting any rain until monday. only a 30 percent chance of rain than. temperatures have cooled down. they will stay down. yesterday we were in the '80s. six degrees right now at o'hare. 58 in bartlett. satellite radar composite shows cloud cover but not too much early this morning mostly sunny skies becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. one disturbance that brought us the rain to the south is hugging the ohio river. another way out

to the west it will make its way into our region. we are under the influence of high-pressure meeting sunshine during the day mostly clear and cool for the overnight. the chance of rain is when this bridge breaks down not until the tail end of the three day weekend. partly cloudy today cooler along the lake. 70 degrees at o'hare. mostly clear quiet and cool tonight. ross had temperatures 70 degrees saturday we reach 73. >> too hot spots out there for the early morning commute. one of them on the kennedy had in outbound a crash at diversity currently blocking the three right lanes. expect added traffic on that. you could see those sensors have it down to 35 mi. per hour with that line blockage. slow traffic coming in bound from the county line of because of overnight roadwork. all scheduled to be picked up at 5:00 a.m. but in the meantime the two right lanes are out

causing delays. after that everything opens up just fine. >> coming up, a historic attack against ebay. and a veteran tells us what it's like to wait for a doctor's apart pointed at the v.a. hospital. >> and looking for their first wind and the blackhawks lose. >> that poor guy. i feel bad for him. going to these snacks expo today asked bankers but the favorite type of candy was and we went to find out what was new. erin is not here so we get to eat her chocolate today! that story is coming up. >> breakfast isu-s stocks endedn

the black. the dow rose 158 points. the nasdaq gained 34. and, the s-and-p added 15. e-bay is telling its customers to change their passwords after a massive security breach. e-bay says hackers stole 145- million user records three months ago, but e-bay didn't know that until recently. the records included e-mail addresses and mailing addresses, but no credit card numbers. e-bay is still advising customers to change their passwords, even though it says they're encrypted and should still be secure. the company says there's no sign that any customers have been affected.

the department of transportation is proposing new rules that would make it easier for people to determine the true cost of an airline ticket. carriers would have to spell out specific charges for checked baggage, carry-on items and other services. it would apply to online search sites like expedia, google and kayak. some airlines argue the proposed rules could raise airline costs, and result in higher airfares or reduced service. a final ruling isn't expected until next year. time for sports. the blackhawks *were undefeated at home this postseason... but coach q says it "turned on a dime" against the kings in game two. still no andrew shaw for the hawks last night. they're up two- nothing in the second with an odd man rush, but jonathan quick makes the great save on brent seabrook... l-a seized the momentum from there. same score a few minutes later... mike richards centers to justin williams who finally pokes it past corey crawford. the kings tied it at two and

then on the power play in the third... jake muzzin scores with the delayed slap shot. the kings scored six unanswered goals... the most allowed by the hawks in the playoffs since 2009. hawks lose game two, 6-2. >> for the most part we had better chances until the third period. then it was just like a collapse. it happens. would this have to rest and prepare for a big game in l.a.. >> game three moves to los angeles on saturday night, and game four on monday. the white sox going for a sweep in kansas city. scoreless in the second... paul konerko doubles to the gap in left center and a run scores... kansas city would tie it in the next inning. then in the eighth after jose quintana loaded the bases... jake petricka gives up a sacrifice fly and the royals take the lead. the sox only manage four hits and lose 3-1.

chris sale makes his return against the yankees tonight, but matt lindstrom is out three months for ankle surgery. jeff samardzija pitched seven scoreless innings against the yankees. cubs up a pair in the ninth, but new york has the bases loaded when darwin barney tries to turn a double play, but throws it away and two runs score. it's still tied at two in the 13-th with jose veras on the mound... and a wild pitch allows the go-ahead run to score. cubs lose 4-2. with a one- four- six e-r-a, but he's winless in ten starts this season. the spurs beat oklahoma city for a two- oh lead in the western conference finals. in the w-n-b-a, the sky beat connecticut to remain undefeated. >> it's like everybody in town can still from that guy. >> great pitcher but no w. but stich a look at our day. 60 degrees today. 62 by 10:00 a.m.. 5:00 p.m. we're down to 68.

today's high temperatures 70 degrees. short sleeves or long sleeves, it's your decision. it won't be very cool. expect to stay dry today and through much of the three day weekend. details on the next chance of rain in a moment. >> a few hot spots out there this morning including some overnight roadworks slowing things down. with a crash in bound kennedy at diversity, three left lanes blocked. thus the outbound side. watch for delays as the work to clear that. to adults to kids injured but nothing serious. 88 west bound slow traffic from to 83 all because of some overnight roadwork in the two lanes that will be there until 5:00. >>there's more to come in our next half-hour. a local senior prank getting lots of attention and a woman in california tells police her shoes kidnapped and brainwashed 10 years ago. and new details emerging on how the boston bombing suspect made it their explosives. and the ceo of

levi's puts the debate over to whether you should washthe cubsw

plan for the renovations at

wrigley field. >> not too pretty, highlights of game 2. and a former priest daniel mccormick arrested again over new sex abuse charges. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. erin is off today. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. the blackhawks are going to l-a for the next few days we will have sunshine. temperatures will drop a bit. 86 degrees yesterday. it was perfect for your first full day. would drop down today. 62 degrees. blue island trading at 61 degrees. elsewhere its 54 in union. satellite's radar composite shows we are dry. we're dry today and for an extended stretch. take your umbrella and put it away until memorial day. we stayed dry for three days. 65 degrees today by noon. today's high temperature reaches 70 degrees. 70 degrees again

friday. sunday is a fairly nice and to the weekend at 80 degrees. memorial day we make 85 degrees. >> if the pool is open, can we come over? >> my pool is open but you can't come over. >> a few hot spots out there but things are starting to loosen up on the outbound. also keep in mind continuing roadwork some slow traffic which will be there until 5:00 this morning. >> the blackhawks are going to l.a. with the series tied and none of the momentum. nick leddy and ben smith both scored for an early lead against the kings. but with two minutes left in the second... mike richards centers to justin williams who finally pokes it past corey crawford. the kings tied it at two and

then on the power play in the third... jake muzzin scores with the delayed slap shot. the kings scored six unanswered goals... the most allowed by the hawks in the playoffs since 2009. hawks lose game two, 6-2. game three is saturday night. it appears the cubs are done negotiating with rooftop owners over the renovations of wrigley field. so now the team is pushing to add even more signs to the project. tonya francisco is live at wrigley field with more. tonya? >> the cubs are throwing down the gauntlet saying the renovation to wrigley field can't wait any longer. the chairman released a six minute video statement overnight that says he and his family are done trying to negotiate with rooftop owners that have threatened to sue if their views are blocked by signs the team wants to put up to bring revierevenue to the.

last year they approved plans for a jam quotron in left field and a smaller sign in right field but now the team wants to go even further saying if they are facing a lawsuit and may as well get more of what they want out of the renovation. telling the tribune the revised proposal features more large electronic signs, additional seats, clubhouses and the relocation of the bullpen. cubs say after a year of talking with rooftop owners it's possibly over. >> we hope to avoid going to court but the most important thing is you want to exercise our rights to expand and preserve the ballpark we owned and love. i wanted you to hear from me first about our plans to move. >> a spokesman for the rooftop owner released a statement that says we will see you in court. the family's decision to unilaterally end negotiations with their partners is another

refusal to exempt any of the proposed win-win solution that could have funded the modernization of the field and enhanced the team's competitiveness. the cubs will present this new revised proposal to the city of chicago today. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a defrocked priest who was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing children was arrested on a new allegation. daniel mccormack is charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for an incident involving a 10-year-old boy in 2005. mccormack is due in bond court today. 110 people were arrested while protesting for higher pay and union rights at mcdonald's corporate headquarters in oak brook. workers want wages doubled to 15 dollars an hour. more demonstrations are expected today as mcdonald's holds its annual shareholders meeting. illinois house speaker mike madigan is warning, he'll put

events are a private homes the president will spend the night in chicago and leave tomorrow. >> president obama is standing by his veterans affairs secretary... for now. the president met with eric shinsecki yesterday, to discuss the revelation that a veterans hospital in phoenix -- and perhaps others -- covered up a waiting list of vets seeking medical care. one local vietnam vet tells wgn, he always has to wait a long time to get care at hines v-a hospital, near maywood. >> the average month and a half- two months. i never get in there for anything earlier than that. >> if these proved to be true, is dishonorable, disgraceful, i will not tolerate that. . >>president obama says he won't ask for secretary shinsecki's resignation, as some have requested. yesterday, congress gave the v-a secretary the direct power to fire senior employees if they are determined to be responsible. police in california found a kidnapping victim ten years after she was drugged and taken

as a teen. isidro garcia is accused of abducting the victim while living with her at her mother's home in 2004. police say garcia physically and mentally abused the girl, changed her name and forced her into marriage. the two also had a child together. they moved several times over ten years. the now 25-year-old woman got the courage to call police after contacting her sister on facebook. >> he tells are her mother doesn't care. but she can't go to the police because they will deport her. she's only 15 years old. she doesn't get it. how could anybody? >>garcia has been charged with suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment. he's due in court later today. the design of the boston marathon bombs may show that other people were involved. federal prosecutors say the two bombs were too complicated for anyone to make without training. they say fireworks were used, but no residue was found in the tsaranev's apartments or

vehicles. that could mean someone else made them. the bombs had fuses made from christmas lights and the detonators were made of model car parts. prosecutors say dzhokhar tsaranev's use of the word "we" also suggests they had help. chicago's red light cameras had their day before the illinois supreme court. the justices heard arguments in ottawa yesterday since the courthouse in springfield is being remodeled. attorney patrick keating is fighting the ticket his wife received several years ago. keating says the 2003 chicago ordinance that approved the cameras came three years before the authority of state lawmakers. he says that state law has problems too since it only applies to eight counties. the state constitution says traffic laws must be uniform statewide. >> they are a problem all over. it can't make the law if you don't get that in the state senate. >> it could not be more clear that it did not have the intent to preempt what the city was doing to their program.

>>a ruling from the court could take several months. ticketed drivers may be in line for refunds if the court rules against the city. the illinois house is considering a bill that would allow thousands of people who lost their drivers licenses permanently after *four drunk driving convictions to get back behind the wheel. the so-called *redemption bill is sponsored by state rep elaine nekritz of northbrook. it would grant permits to drive only to and from work. serial d-u-i offenders would have to meet several testing and rehab conditions and buy a breath testing device to be connected to their cars. a prank letter was circulated tuesday at lake zurich high school... and predictably, it drew a mixed response. the letter, with the school's logo, said all female students were required to submit to a "mandatory vagina inspection." school officials were quick to say the letter is a fake. some students say it was tasteless, offensive and disgusting. naturally, it was posted on facebook and twitter, where some readers said they thought the prank was funny. someone recently tried the same stunt at a school in minnesota.

>> they have come a long way. we were not that good in our school pranks. 61 degrees right now. wind at 10 mi.. we are dry and we stayed dry today. not just today. we are not expecting rain to, until probably memorial day. then we only have a 30 percent chance. it's a good time to get outside and do your grass. 54 in waukegan pier 58 at the lakefront. 63 in midway. satellite composite shows we are dry we stayed dry for an extended stretch. nice weather coming our way. a high-pressure system coming from the north will keep us cooler than normal but also bringing ask the sun. we reach 70 degrees again on friday. >> coming up, markets' heads to the snacks expo and another edition of dance duets. and

while the weather in colorado as multiple tornadoes touched down near denver. and trending this morning, willow smith and her famous parents are in trouble over a picture.

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trending online this morning ... five tornadoes touched down near denver. no damage reported. tornadoes swept across the suburb of aurora east of denver in a half hour period. flights were diverted and planes had to be inspected for hail damage. will smith and jada pickett smith are being investigated for this controversial photo of their daughter. it shows 13-year-old willow smith lying in bed with a 20- year-old friend. the photo went viral after it was posted on instagram earlier this month. "radar online" says the department of children and family services in los angeles opened an investigation last week. will and jada are said to be cooperating. investigators plan to interview willow and the actor in the picture. the ceo of levi's says genes are for wearing an not washing. he says putting your genes in the washer is not the buyer mentally responsible. he says he never washes his jeans he just presses them with some vinegar or vodka.

bob peck? but he let some air dry. and to kill bacteria he does pop them into the freezer for a day. baby some vodka and vermouth and maybe some bidders. >> that seems like it would be more than the genes. >> big in this manhattan for your jeans? >> let's take a look at our day. 53 degrees today. samlet rid our composite shows we are dry. we stay dry today but not just today, for the rest of the upcoming weekend. friday and saturday and sunday we are dry. next chance for rain is memorial day. 70 degrees today. 73 saturday. 80 on sunday. upper 80s on memorial day. heavy traffic this morning on 55 heading in bound all because of some overnight

construction. check out all the red. down until 5:00 in the morning. in bound is so heavy its 40 minutes in from 35. in from the tri-state it's just 20. outbound kennedy still have a top of the brakes after earlier crash that injured two adults and two children. nothing serious but nevertheless still causing delays. continuing in outbound slow traffic at cumberland with all the road work. >> marcus is here any brought presents. >> one of my favorite of the year. the public doesn't get to go it's for all the convenience store owners and people like that they get to go to find out what kind of candy and snacks are going to be in their stores. i always go and get complaints from other co-workers who say unity did and i don't. so i took your orders, demetrius and dan,

what kind of candy with the like, i went to see what's new in those categories. >> how're you? keep it close. >> one of our anchors wanted to know everything knew about the emmys. i had to come here. what are you showing off that is new? >> you want new dummies and you have come to the right place. we are featuring our new banana bears. it's the banana bear gully bear. >> you have chocolate covered bananas as well. >> chocolate and bananas is like an old marriage and we are just bringing it to the people. we have these. endless variety of dummiesgummies. if you are a,

there is a fruit juice variety, there is a marshmallow and backed one. we have more than 70 in this bag. every bag is different. using a roller skates, a penguin, a unicorn. >> if there's something that dan loves is unicorns. >> one of our anchors suggested what's new in chocolate covered stuff. i ran into you. tell me about this. >> we use a local brand of chocolate we don't add white sugar. but the real sweetness comes from deep spirit dates are popular in the middle east and india and south america. has not quite caught on here but it's the single healthiest inform us winner in the world. >> i know you do a lot of chocolate. tell me about the milk chocolate blueberries.

>> a real chocolate blueberry covered in chocolate. who needs a farm stand when you come here and it referred. >> you have a chocolate covered tabasco chili bean? >> tabasco center real tabasco covered in a dark chocolate. the chocolate and takes the edge. >> our meteorologist love snack cakes. he used to work in pittsburgh before he came here he loves tasted cakes. >> this is our 100th anniversary. we just came out with this birth they cupcake which hit the market a few months ago. 100 years of business is a long time. >> this could be coming at some point? >> absolutely. this will expand our geographic footprint. we will be in chicago can tell you exactly when but we are headed in that direction. >> agreed to give you an illustration. here i am now

after an before. before and after. that's what will happen. given go on to my side of the web if you want to see this again sorry you can't go with me. >> you made good on your promises. you brought some delicious breakfast. >> i brought these tabasco jellybeans. maybe contrive these later. >> these banana a gummy bears are legitimate. >> i hear all these complaints so i brought this back. >> ever been is complaining that i get to eat everything. sarah is or to break up for us. coming up the new addition of dance duet spirit also we will tell you how you can be in the new star wars movie. details on that coming up.

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superman.. dawn of justice." that title could be a sign of a "justice league" movie in the future. we know that ben affleck is batman and henry cavill returns as superman. wonder woman and superman nemesis lex luthor will also be in this. filming just started in michigan. they'll also be shooting in illinois, africa, and the south pacific. you could be in the next "star wars" movie. the director of the seventh instalment says, a contest on "omaze-dot-com" invites people to donate to unicef. a winner will be chosen from among the donors... and that person will get to meet the cast... go behind the scenes... and even be made up and outfitted as a *character in the movie. that's o-m-a-z-e-dot-com. >> good morning. early today we are expecting a ice conditions. yesterday we were in the '80s. not until memorial day to we get warm again. but we do expect to stay dry. that's all with her

son they. the next chance of rain is at the end of the three day weekend. >> are going to get to traffic in a minute but first we're changing things up for my segment, "dan's duets". we are opening it up to *anyone who'd like to perform a song with me here on the w-g-n morning news... singers *and instrumentalists. up first -- 10 year old sophia escamilla. we did a little bruno mars song... take a listen. music:

>>if you are interested in joining me for a song, send me a recording of you singing or playing an instrument.

it doesn't have to be high quality, so feel free to use your cell phone. all music genres are welcome. email me the video at *chicago stories nine at g-mail dot com* or send it to me on facebook. if we like what we see and hear, we'll get in touch. hear, we'll get in touch.

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