two men are charged with shooting a 3-year-old boy on the south side. we'll have a *live report. a suburban mother and her 2 daughters are in the hospital after an attempted robbery in northwest indiana. and the united nations calls for an unconditional ceasefire in the mideast, in an emergency i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. glad to have the back. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. tim is here with his lovely beard. >> a didn't shave this morning. >> as just from one night? >> were starting off mainly clear to partly cloudy. we're cooler the only been. tets the weather story. it will field a lot like made. temperatures will top out near 72. would become

public cloudy. right now it's 62. a few fifties in the outlying areas. it's mainly clear this morning. a few scattered showers. we could see a few clouds popup with rain off to the east. we don't expect that until tomorrow afternoon. low '70's today. it won't be an all day type of storm. or were to be cool all week. >> so far looking good so more can the eisenhower the closely down. it's on the outbound side or they are doing some resurfacing work. it goes all the way to morgan. that will be a squeeze as the two-lane reductions it will be in place through the 31st. keep in mind, the music festival closures are in place until august 3rd that will impact jackson for that same stretch. watch for that. that's the latest from the trap

friend. >>the u.n. security council held a rare midnight meeting, to try to address the three-week war in gaza, between israel, and hamas. but andrew spencer reports, all the security council could do, was appeal to the warring parties to stop. >> even as hamas said an agreement for a neck of his fire israel cited incessant fire. >> to refuse to stop. we agree to five cease-fire proposals. hamas rejected or broke all of them even the ones they requested themselves. >> the u.n. security council held another emergency meeting over 90 issuing a presidential statement. >> the security council expresses strong support for immediate and unconditional cease-fire. >> and moss had asked for a more

strongly worded resolution. >> the status quo is not to return to the situation before the aggression. we need to see fundamental changes for the life of our people in the gaza strip. >> israel suggested sustainable peace could only come through team addressing got the. >> i repeat again, if it's going to be quiet in israel it's going to be quiet in gossip. >> but as has so often been shown, achieving lasting peace in the middle east is anything but simple. >> police responded in rogers park to deal with a crowd celebrating the end of ramadan. this was just a few hours ago at devon and western. some fireworks were going off. no one was hurt. one person was arrested, but charges were not announced. ramadan is a month long tradition, where muslims fast during the day. it's a time to re-focus on faith and practice self sacrifice. two men are due in court today, to face charges in the shooting

of a 3-year-old boy. >>tonya francisco is live at the criminal courts building with a preview. >> good morning. police were able to make an arrest quickly in this case. within 24 hours of friday night's shooting. in 19 year-old man is charged as well as a 22 year-old. both face attempted murder and aggravated battery with firearms charges. police say they were able to recover the weapon used to shoot a three year-old in the hip and at them in big from bank. the boy and his mother and another man with them were standing outside in front of their apartment on sub sacramento when two men and two women walked past. exchanged words and the group to the and the block, one of the men fired a shot at hitting the boy. the police superintendent called the shooting degree this act and says it was gang-related.

>> if the gang members had rocks to throw would not have this problem. without something being done about these guns, don't expect any success. we can make progress, we can keep lowering the murder rate but were going to have tragedies with kids getting shot until the stops. >> little jason remains in the hospital. at last jacking was in serious condition with significant injuries but the police superintendent says he is expected to survive. meanwhile, two men charged with shooting him are due in bond court this morning. back to you. >> a somber and emotional funeral for an 11-year-old girl who was killed during a sleepover at a friend's house. shamiya adams was hit in the head by a stray bullet that went through a window. she was not the target. police say the shooting was

revenge for a fight, several hours earlier. shamiya's body was pulled by a horse-drawn carriage, to her burial site in forest park. police in hammond, indiana are looking for two men who shot a woman and her two young daughters during an attempted robbery. it happened at late yesterday morning. hammond police say the mother from west suburban addison was sitting in her car with her 12 and 15 year-old daughters when two men approached the car and demanded money. one of the men fired several shots at their car as the woman tried to drive away. >> shot after shot. >> it was very sad. kids can play you always wonder. are they in harm's way when they got side? >>the mother was shot in her arm. her daughters were hit in their lower body area were airlifted to a hospital in chicago in critical condition. police say the woman may have been in hammond to buy a cell phone from someone she met on social media. they have not released a description of the suspects. five people, including four teenagers, are hospitalized this

morning after a car crash in the loop. it happened on the 200-block of south lower wacker drive, last night. police say an s-u-v made an illegal turn just before a car smashed into it. the s-u-v rolled over. four teenagers and a man, who were inside the s-u-v, are in serious to critical condition. all are expected to survive. the driver of the other car was fine. police cited one of the teenagers for driving without insurance and making an illegal turn. two teenagers were killed, and two more are seriously injured, after a crash that involved a stolen car. the crash happened in south suburban harvey early sunday morning. police say a car, that was stolen in dolton, was speeding when it slammed into a pole. a 16 year old boy and an 18-year old woman, who were in the back seat, were killed. the male and female, who were in front, are in the hospital in serious condition. two men are charged in connection with an armed robbery on a c-t-a orange line train earlier this month. michael taylor appeared in bond court sunday, charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm.

another suspect was arrested in gary friday and charged with the robberies but he remains in jail in indiana on an outstanding warrant. police have not released his name. they are accused of holding up an orange line train car heading downtown from midway airport july 16th. they robbed at least four people and pistol whipped a woman before getting away. hundreds of people participated in a motorcycle ride yesterday... honoring chicago police officers.. the 10-th annual ride to remember took riders from the 11th district police station to the police memorial near soldier field. the event raised more than 200- thousand dollars.. which will benefit families of officers killed in the line of duty and those suffering severe injuries. nearly 100 horse statues will fill the downtown area this fall.. they'll honor the lives of chicago police officers killed in the line of duty.. the chicago police memorial foundation is modeling the effort after "the cows on parade" public art instillation. each horse will be decorated by a local artist... and named for a fallen officer. after the display, they'll be auctioned off to benefit the memorial fund. the denver area was captivated over the weekend by the

discovery of a huge rabbit in someone's yard. take a look at this enormous bunny! chris royer found him under a truck friday morning. he says at first he thought it was dog.. but after pictures of the rabbit went viral on social media and a local t-v station, royer found it's owner. it turns out 14-pound "bishop" escaped from his yard after chewing a hole in a fence. his owner has offered to let royer adopt him.. and he's considering it. that is a huge bunny. >> you could make a lot of jackets that a bad guy ... >> come on! >> we're cooler there we were. 62 degrees right now from the north side. it's a cool and quiet morning. this is the weather story for us today. temperatures below average it will feel like made. these are the mild readings. if you '50s in places like harvard. all these suburbs are in the upper 50s. skies are mainly clear with

a few scattered clouds special to the south. rain off to the east. we don't expect any rain until late tomorrow. much of today will be dry but cool. cool for this time of the year. 78 tomorrow. same after today. just about every day through friday but none of these days will have rainouts. this morning will back up to eight by the end of the weak upper seventies by the weekend. >> traffic is looking good. with an update in just a minute. but coming up, the father killed in front of his daughter while walking on a beach in florida. >> and one-year police had tackled a super hero. and chaos in a crowded california beach as a where lightning strike leaves one man dead. >> and what sent 22 games to the hospital and dozens more to jail after a keefe bourbon concert? more coming up.

we have some breaking news. getting word about a police shooting that happened in the box town neighborhood on the near northwest side. no official word from police on any injuries yet. we have a crew on the way to the scene we will bring you more information. >>a rare lightning strike killed a man and injured a dozen others in southern california. people were enjoying themselves at venice beach, when a storm

of thunder and lightning came through yesterday afternoon. 13 people were either in, or near, the water when lightning hit it. one man died in the hospital, but officials don't know if it was from the lightning or if he drowned. several others also needed medical treatment. >> it sounded like a sonic boom. it literally shook the buildings. >> a big flash of light and felt like someone punched me in the back of the head. it went down the whole side of my body. my legs locked up and i fell over. i looked up and everybody was falling over. >>experts say this kind of storm is extremely rare for southern california. the west coast has the lowest number of lightning strikes in the nation. a freak accident killed a man and critically injured his daughter, on a beach in venice, florida. as father and daughter were walking on the sand, a small plane crashed and hit them both yesterday. moments earlier, the pilot issued a distress call, saying he lost power and couldn't make

it back to the airport. the pilot and his passenger survived the crash without injuries. officials say 46 people were treated for alcohol related issues during a keith urban concert saturday night. it happened at an outdoor arena in mansfield, massachusetts... about 25-miles south of boston. 22 fans were sent to the hospital and more than 50 into protective custody.. this incident comes a month after dozens of people at a house music concert in boston... were taken to hospitals for drug and alcohol- related illnesses. a man dressed as spider-man was arrested after he slugged a new york city police officer who told him to stop harassing tourists in times square. the entire fight was caught on video by a tourist saturday. 25-year-old junior bishop is charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and criminal mischief. police say bishop refused to accept a one dollar tip from a woman after he posed with her for a picture. an officer overheard him demand a five, ten or twenty dollar bill. bishop then cursed at the cop and punched him in the face and that's when he was arrested. those types look real good in

action. >> you don't really want to now flock to a york or chicago cop. even if you are spider-man. were starting off cool today. comfortable and quiet. it is 62 degrees at the lakefront. we have weakened on the northwest side a run 5 mi.. we will have the northwest flow bringing cooler and drier air. it's good to cool and dry for the next few days. may have a thunderstorm popping up but right now we are mainly dry. highs will reach 72. partly to mostly sunny. clouds will pop up later in the day. tomorrow of a '70s, the average height is 84. a few more clouds tomorrow. maybe a scattered afternoon thunderstorms. chance of that later on wednesday. they will be quiet the scattered. more of the same through friday.

more coming up in the seven days forecast. >> so far things look good. no accident report but we are watching some construction spots that could slow you down. no. avenue is closed from madison were there doing some road crossing work that will last through august. and a lot of interceptions under construction at this point. we have one along urban park. they're going to be doing work on multiple intersection's through the area most should be cleaned up by the second week of september. >> coming up this a big mac shortage in china. after recalls the been issued. >> and big frank let his emotions take over at the hall of fame ceremonies. stay with us.

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greg maddux are in the hall of fame inductions were conducted yesterday. the third largest crowd in history 42,000 to hear the speeches. humble controlled acceptance speeches.: frank thomas stepped up demotions piled over. >> i want to thank my parents,

they're here today and my father for giving me to love and support that kept me involved in team sports in our lovely town of columbus, georgia. frank sr., and you are watching and smiling from heaven without you and no 100 percent and would not be here today. thank you for pushing me and always preaching to the you can be someone special if you really work at it. i took that to heart. look at us today. >> the city of chicago is awesome. all the fans of the best in baseball. a plane all the home games in relief field or really special.

>> in baseball yesterday, the white sox lost to minnesota. cubs were beaten by the cardinals 1-0. >>cavaliers fans won't have to buy any new lebron james jerseys.. unless they burned them when he left. james will be wearing number 23 for the cavs, just like he did during his first stint in cleveland. that's also the number he wore in high school. james wore number six when he was in miami for 4-years. so now heat fans can burn those jerseys. stocks ended the week on a sour note... but still mostly unchanged. the dow dropped 123 points. the nasdaq fell 22. and the s-and-p lost nine. china is facing a shortage of big mac's and chicken mc- nuggets. that's because a food plant got caught mixing fresh and expired meat that it sold to mc-donald's and other fast food chains. the husi food company in shanghai is owned by o-s-i group of suburban aurora. o-s-i is withdrawing *all of its products made at the shanghai plant... and it plans to take action against whoever

is responsible. shangai's communist party has launched a separate investigation. a new push for a ballot referendum to raise the minimum wage took place yesterday. governor quinn joined senator durbin at federal plaza to announce the initiative. the group, "raise illinois," hopes to get half-a-million signatures to put the question on the november ballot. the non-binding measure on the november fourth ballot... asks if the minimum wage should be raised from eight-dollars and 25-cents... to ten-dollars an hour. a new bridge project to better connect the bronzeville neighborhood with the lakefront was launched yesterday. the new pedestrian bridge will go up at 35-th street. a modern-looking... s-shaped suspension bridge will replace the current structure. mayor emanuel says it will open up the lakefront to more children and families. the project is expected to cost about 23-million dollars.. mostly paid for by the federal government. some boaters tempted fate in the name of fun at the 28th world championship cardboard boat

races crowds gathered in heber springs, arkansas yesterday to watch the madness.. the theme for this year's races was "wild and wacky and downright crazy." and the participants delivered, taking to the water in carefully constructed boats. there was everything from sharks to floating cabins and monster trucks. awards were given out for the most creative team and boat, the boat that floated best, and of course, the best and most dramatic sinking. there's more to come in our next half-hour. >> some of those look like they barely made it to the water before the went under. >> we had some nice beach weather over the weekend. it was warm. that was a very professional segue i just did. it was a lot cooler and drying up there. low 60s today. these of the current temperatures. skies are many clear to partly cloudy. of the sun early the clouds will build up with a northwest flow bringing cooler

and drier air. we've seen this quite often this summer. highs in the low '70's. partly to mostly sunny. maybe a scattered thunderstorms but widely scattered. not a rainout. >> back to the construction front. with a few maps to show you some spots that could slow down. southbound on 62 08 over 253, expect lane blockage as the work on the signals. that will be in place for another week before the rap that up. second map shows the south end of the tri-state over to 159. or down a lane depending on which areas you're going through. they're working on building the new tri- state interchange. it's a long- term project that will last through early fall. everything else is looking good. no major delays and no accidents. we will have another look at traffic in just a few minutes. >> still more to come including details on second american

affected with the ebola virus. >> and missiles are being fired from russian soil. >> and the former vice- presidential nominee wanted her own online channel. >> and look at the new trailer for the newest humber games movie. that's coming up.

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morning. a deadly police shooting from overnight. we have the details just in. >> two men charged with shooting a 3 year-old boy on the south side. >> the u.n. calls for an unconditional cease-fire in the mideast in an emergency meeting over night. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. or the handover to to mcgill for a check of the weather. >> smooth sailing this morning. it's quiet and cool. 61 degrees at the st. philips) school. it's cooler with some fifties in some areas. skies are mainly clear. we will hit a high of 72 degrees. upper 70's and near east for the end of the week.

the upper 70's and low 80s on sunday. each and every day will be below average. >> on the roads, with ongoing road work that will last for a bit over the course of the week. a few spots that are under construction and causing delays. here's eastbound 290 at ferndale, on and off ramps are blocked will continue to do work. should be cleaned up about 30 minutes. that is one of several spots where we have construction going on we will detail those hot spots in just a few minutes. >>we have some breaking news: we're getting word about a police shooting. this is video just in from the scene. this happened near marshfield and wabansia in the bucktown neighbordhood on the near northwest side. one man has been confirmed death. no confirmation on the fate of the officer or officers involved. we will bring you more informations through the morning.

two men are due in court today, to answer charges of trying to kill a 3-year-old boy. tonya francisco is live at the criminal courts building with a preview. >> good morning. the police superintendent for the charges were announced, this was nothing more than a confrontation between two gang members. but a three year-old boy suffered the injuries as a result. no charges have been filed yet against the 18 year-old and the 22 year-old who were involved. both face charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery with firearm. the three year-old victim was the only injured in the shooting. police say jason and his mother and another man were outside on south sacramento when they were in a fight with two men and two women walking past. when the group was down the block someone fired heating the boy in the abdomen. mccarthy says incidents like this could be avoided if a gang members

only had rocks to throw instead of guns. >> another one of those cases that you always hear me talking about where the offender has an extensive criminal history should not have been on the streets in the first place to commit the screw this act. >> the little boy is expected to survive even though he has serious injuries and still remains in the hospital. as for the two men accused of shooting him, they are due in bond court later this morning. live from the criminal courts building. back to you. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. police responded to this large crowd as it celebrated the end of ramadan. this was at devon and western, in rogers park, early this morning. fireworks were being fired, but no one was hurt. police arrested one person, but charges were not announced. a woman from west suburban addison and her two young daughters are injured during a shooting in hammond, indiana. police say the three were sitting in their car yesterday when two men tried to rob them. the suspects fired several

shots as the woman tried to drive away. the daughters, 12 and 15 years old, were airlifted to a chicago hospital in critical condition. police have made no arrests. two teenagers were killed, and two more are seriously injured, after a crash in south suburban harvey. police say a car, that was stolen in dolton, was speeding when it slammed into a pole early yesterday morning. a 16 year old boy and an 18- year old woman, who were inside, were killed. another male and female are hospitalized in serious condition. charges have been filed against two men accused of robbing several passengers at gunpoint on a c-t-a orange line train earlier this month. 20-year-old michael taylor was arrested in rockford friday and appeared in bond court sunday, charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm. the other suspect was arrested in gary friday and remains in jail in indiana on an outstanding warrant. police have not released his name. the three-week war between israel and hamas shows no sign of ending, despite an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. the council convened at midnight. but all it could produce, was a officials in gaza say the palestinian death toll from the

war has surpassed one thousand... most of them civilians. the white house is now accusing the security council expresses strong support for immediate and unconditional cease-fire. >> israel agreed to five cease- fire proposals. how must rejected or broke all of them even the ones they requested themselves. >> the status quo is not to return to the situation before this aggression. it is not sustainable. >> officials in gaza say the death toll from the war has surpassed 1000. most civilians. >> the white house is now accusing russia of going beyond supporting rebels in ukraine. officials say they have pictures of russian troops firing weapons into the country. the state department released these pictures which they say show where russia had fired missiles from. they say other pictures show where those missiles landed, across the ukrainian border. the u-s says the rebels cannot function without this kind of

direct involvement from russia. russia has not responded to the we believe that sent russian weapons, the separatists did not sustain what they are doing. >> russia has not responded to the pictures or the allegations. the white house is now urging european nations to impose additional sanctions on russia. the malaysia airlines flight 17 disaster raises questions about other flights near war zones. the plane was flying at 33- thousand feet when it was shot down.. that altitude was supposed to be safe enough, to avoid any conflict. now the region joins other countries that u-s airlines avoid like north korea, libya, and somalia. flights over iraq and afghanistan are supposed to be above 20-thousand feet, so small arms cannot reach them. but the latest malaysia incident is different since the u-s says it was a russian military missile that shot it down. the dreaded ebola virus has killed a prominent doctor in the dreaded ebola virus has killed a prominent doctor in liberia, and sickened two americans. more than 670 people in west

africa have already died of the virus. the latest, doctor samuel brisbane, died at liberia's biggest hospital, in the capital city, monrovia. american doctor kenneth brantley is in isolation, after contracting ebola. he was helping to treat other ebola patients. also hospitalized, in grave condition, is missionary nancy writebol of north carolina. the costa concordia cruise ship... has completed it's final voyage. salvage crews finished the 280- mile journey from its wreckage... to the italian port of genoa over the weekend. in january 20-12.. 32 people died when the ship hit a rock and tipped over... near the italian island of gilio. crews will spend the next two years taking apart the ship. it's being called the largest and most-expensive salvage operation ever... at a cost of one-and-a-half billion dollars... a bill to reform the veterans administration health system, has cleared its first hurdle. the chairmen of the house and senate veterans affairs committees have reached tentative agreement on a plan to fund much-needed reforms. v-a hospitals were caught

putting veterans on secret waiting lists for medical treatment, while making it appear that vets were getting prompt care. the house and senate have only a few days to pass the new agreement in time for their august recess. former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, has launched a new online tv channel. >> were born to cut through the politically correct filter. >> that's palin appearing on her new subscription-based network - sarah-palin-channel-dot-com. palin calls her new project a 'news channel that's a lot more than news' and promises subscribers a community where they can share ideas and discuss news of the day. for 9-95 a month, subscribers can view videos from palin and post their own videos and questions for her. palin is the executive editor and will oversee all the posted content. when you go to the circus - they send in the clowns... well this one - sends in the cats.. *the amazing acro-cats is making a tour around colorado... it's a circus full rescues,

strays, and misfit cats.. proving cats *really can be trained. the ring leader.. samantha martin.. quit her job as a zoo keeper to run away with the circus.. and now... each show is a new chance for a cat to find a home... since 2009... 142 cats and kittens have been adopted from the acro-cats. i think they were on our show at some point. do you remember? >> i do remember. there were fascinating. >> and you adopted about five of them? >> and working on the last one. here's our current temperatures rain now. we have northwest wind 5-12 mi.. it's bringing in cooler and drier air. not as much as we saw over the weekend. feels more like made rather than july. nothing expected around here until the afternoon. sunshine today can't pop up later. partly cloudy and mild. sent mainly clear and cool. blow

to mid-60s downtown. upper '70's tomorrow and wednesday. each day a chance of scattered storms. at least partly sunny skies but cooler than average. more on that in your 70 forecast, not. >> still ahead, a roller-coaster in shut down after an accident. >> and a tornado touches down in a round of severe weather. and police were shocked to see who took this jeep for a joyride and crashed it. >> and a super supplies for to look at this tornado touching

down in connecticut. national weather service says it was the weakest rating for a twister. no one was injured. but in knoxville tenn. at least 10 homes were destroyed. residents say the tornado caused damage but so far no injuries have been reported. >> more than five hundred firefighters and park service employees are battling a large fire burning near yosemite national park in northern california. the blaze began saturday and has burned nearly 26-hundred acres. nearby homes and three campgrounds have been evacuated. another wildfire near sacramento has destroyed 13 homes and 38

other buildings since friday. firefighters there say the fire is 50 percent contained. an amusement park ride in ohio is shut down after an accident happened, with people onboard. that happened on the skyhawk ride, at cedar point. the ride has two giant arms that swing people at speeds reaching 60-miles per hour. but on saturday night, a cable on one of the carriages snapped. a rider says power was shut down, but the ride kept swinging as the cable whipped around. one person was taken to the hospital. cedar point says the ride will remain closed so it can investigate what happened. a three-year-old boy, wearing only a diaper, climbed into his parents' jeep and knocked it out of "park" -- with predicable results. the vehicle started rolling through the yard, out into the street, and across an intersection... before it slammed into a neighbor's house in myrtle beach, oregon. the little boy then jumped out, and ran home to watch cartoons. his mother has been charged with failure to properly supervise her son. charge her? she lost her car. a new study says people who are

sleep-deprived... may recall events that never actually happened. scientists asked people to look at crime scene photos... and recall what they saw the next morning. those who got a good night's sleep were able to accurately describe the photos. but those who got little or no sleep... didn't remember much of what they saw... adding false details. researchers say the problem affects those who sleep for five hours or less. that's pretty much all of us here. >> i think about 30 minutes. >> to a half hours after a week off that's all you got? if you're a pop culture fan you get really excited about this because this is where they unveil all the movie trailers. everything pop culture, not just comic books anymore. the first look at gal gadot as wonder woman in the upcoming film batman vs. superman: dawn of justice was revealed at comic- con on saturday, july 26. no

red, white and blue wonder woman suit - going with the bronze look with knee high boots and a sword. >> i love it. at such a crush on her as a kid. >> they cram so many things in to these movies though. to many characters. batman and superman are born to fight for about two hours. where will she fit in? >> let's join forces for good! the mother going to fight for about one hour and then it will be like what are we doing? and fans were in a frenzy when batman vs. superman stars ben affleck and henry cavill showed up at the warner brothers panel, along with director zac snyder. they debuted the first footage from the movie, which is currently in production. i think the footage is on lockdown. we can't get any of that. >> looks like pumping a lot of iron. >> there's the wonder woman picture again. meanwhile, the hbo game of thrones panel

brought some laughs with an official blooper reel. take a look. >> if you watched this show, it's one of the most syria's shows in the worlds of these are pretty funny. hbo also announced that there will be nine new characters joining the series next season. back to movies, there were plenty of trailers debuted at comiccon - including the latest hunger games sequel. >> this symbol is forbidden. >> are you fighting? are you court to fight with us? >> i am. i will. home games

part one opens in november. in the next hour we will talk about the new king kong movie that they're working on. taking you to scroll island which is king kong island. where he lives. we all know that. >> who scored the king kong? >> probably some guy in a big suit. >> all these new characters, think about halloween lots of new costumes out there. >> to receive king kong lives? i remember it was one of the earliest movies i saw as a kid. it's one of the worst movies ever. >> there's a lot of those out there. >>. break ... >> point break is a good one! >> were starting off this morning cooler. less timid. here the current temperatures. a few

fifties out there in the northwest. 56 in mchenry. 57 in crystal lake. starting off in the clear. lots of sunshine early on. a few clouds could pop-up but no rain. partly to mostly sunny. the rain is off to the east. the flow is bringing in the mild air. we seen this so much this summer. with only been over 93 days this year. very few eighties. clouds are popping up this afternoon. we do have an isolated showers but we probably won't see that. better chance tomorrow afternoon for that. but most of tuesday should be dry. 72 today. upper '70's near east to the end of the week. chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms friday afternoon. half and half weekend chance of scattered storm. trier sunday but cooler than average at 84.

that's the weather. >> right over to the jane addams we have ongoing road work that will last longer than the rest. it will be in place until 9:00 squeezing down by a few lins. watch for that. right now it's moving along nicely but as we get more cars coming through it could become more sluggish. eastbound on the candy from 294 over to river more roadwork taking out a few liens until 5:00. the numbers are looking good. nothing we're too concerned with. it will run down with all your times in just a few minutes. and that brings us to the early bird special. what is clark kent's middle name?if you know the answer, log onto w-g-n t-v dot com slash contests *now. you could win five admission, fast pass, and tube rental at magic waters waterpark. the winner will be chosen later today.

kanye west is reportedly controlling when his wife does what? >> and talking about the family guy cross over episode. >>kanye west is reportedly

controlling when his wife smiles.. the rapper is said to have ordered kim kardashian to stop smiling for photographers when they are out together.. his controlling ways are said to have left kim with a confidence crisis.. and kim has previously admitted to changing her clothes if the rapper didn't like her outfit. i think this sounds perfectly healthy. what's wrong with that? >> and give them a few more months. >> i just read all your research on the human brain. its rudimentary but you are on the right track. >>"lucy" starring scarlett johansson, exceeded box office expectations this weekend, claiming the top spot with 44- million dollars. you'll remember, it got a dean's list "d"! but i guess she's pulling them in anyway. "hercules" opened at number

two, "dawn of the planet of the apes" slipped to three. "the purge: anarchy" and "planes: fire and rescue" round out the top five. we're getting a sneak peek of the highly anticipated simpsons-family guy crossover episode. check it out... >> a dozen donuts for our albino visitors. here you go. 12 donuts. >> don't. >> you and i are going to get along just fine. >> want to make a prank phone call? >>that's just part of a newly- released five-minute preview revealed at comic-con. not surprisingly... stewie and bart become b-f-f's right away. the one-hour season-premier airs on september 28th. >> i think that's probably a vacation day for you. the better market off. >> the only time i'm happy to plug a rival network. >> starting office morning mild and pleasant not as monday.

temperatures in the upper fifties and low 60s. at the lakefront northwest wind 5-15. a cold front kantor yesterday now we feel those effects as cool, there is in place. lots of sunshine to start things off. a few clouds could pop up. upper '70's near '80s for the end of the week and through the weekend. each and every day after today there is a chance for a scattered storms. it won't be an all-day rain. the warmest days coming up for the weekend. >> we have ongoing road work that will close things down on north avenue from addison. in place until the second. and it looks like this point was to have ongoing work in urban park. several intersection's through there will be under construction through that second week in september. it's a construction report at this point. more

traffic in a minute. >> and we're following breaking news, an officer was shot we have the latest in a live report. >> and dean has more juicy gossip to share with us later.

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