we welcome our viewers are watching us around the country. julian crews as live in joliet with details >> this is the first of three murder trial set to take place today at the courthouse. a fourth defendant struck a plea deal with prosecutors. she is testifying against her friends accused of planning and executing a brutal double murder. the

prosecution's star witness is on the stand. she says was her friend who allegedly helped set the trap with a phone call to her friend wearing him over. >> but the only goal would commit robbery against glover and rankin's. the son out testified today that after the killing she saw just a minor search the victims pat pocket giving the money over to death in the maquis. it isn't m ckee standing trial for murder.

>> >> an attempted kidnapping. police issuing an alert to families in the belmont gardens neighborhood. fortunately police have a very good description of the suspect to work with. it has been a very restless night for the parents of the two girls who almost became his victim. all 9000 years. i can only imagine. i've not want that to happen to my babies. >> not wanting to show her face on camera. >> playing with the dog in the backyard of the home and the 4500 block around 5:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. a man pulled up in the alley got out with his dog and tried to lower the girls.

>> told the girls who wanted to give them something. the girls froze. at the time that she froze she was able to get a good look at him from top to bottom. >> and eventually ran inside of the house and by the time the police came she was able to get the detective a correct description of the suspect and his car. was between 35-40 years old spirit as tall as 6 ft. 2 with straight black hair blue eyes crooked chipped yellow teeth clean shaven with an olive complexion. he had a deep scary voice and the document was a brown people. use his driving. >> the car also had paint missing in the front. sounded loud with with ornaments that looked like horns.

>> ran outside to try to catch the guy. >> honestly i did not want to let my kids go out and play but i cannot take that away from my children. i'm not going to allow anyone to put fear into me or my family. my husband and i will let them continue playing. >> even though that is great description still need leads. if you have any information about the suspect or the car you're asked to call an area north detectives. >> you can even leave anonymous tips. >> reporting from the belmont gardens neighborhood. >> the fifth victim from a crash on the stevenson from last month has died. that

led to a crash involving several cars. four people died at the scene. we're hearing a fifth victim has died. the truck driver faces reckless homicide charges. prosecutors say he falsified his log book and was on the road longer than what is legally allowed. >> remains in critical condition after lester's the shooting. ephen of was shot and the head and stomach by an employee who was upset about a demotion. the employee then killed himself. the company announced that the oil voice wife will take over as the acting ceo until an interim can be named. >> the company also said there were not in the process of downsizing at the time of the shooting. some of the instructors to teach concealed carry class as are police officers a controversial history is. that is according to an in

chicago tribune investigation. include substantiated excessive force allegations. controversial shootings of a motorist. the state program set up to insure that those who carry concealed arms are well trained. >> 100 instructors have been banned for teaching faulty class is. >> >>, luxury suites have and vandalized at soldier field. police it happen sometime after the bears family fast.

writing was callecarved into a wall. man was caught trespassing early sunday morning. >> your learning more about a woman from chicago who snuck onto a plane and flew to l.a.. released from jail late yesterday afternoon. pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor trespassing charge. i certainly do not want to do it again. >> i certainly do not want to do any jail time. hartman as originally from chicago. she says she is a retired

secretary and is currently homeless. the arrested six times this year for trying to board flights in san francisco. has been put on probation for latest offense. well received a $35 million federal grant for future construction projects. >> the money will go towards environmental planning and preliminary engineering some of which is already underway. construction will be done in stages. the work is not expected to start for several years. officials plan to seek $1.5 billion from federal grants. >> our 15th annual back-to-school kids fare. >> some health screenings as well. and performances by the jessie white tumblers. a whole lot more. it is going to be packed. for more information

check out our web site. think about taking public transportation because our parking here is limited. we do not know where we're going to park. >> stairs to take public scarce ly take public transportation. >> issuing his own ban on food imports. secretary of state makes onand unannounced visit to afghanistan. >> university take steps to protect students.

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company that makes the experimental serum says the record with the fda to find the best way to make the drug available. >> in the meantime university of illinois has suspended its study abroad program. one of the nations affected by ebola. students arriving from west africa will get extra health screenings and educational interviews for the disease. no students were in west africa for the summer term >> a list 615 people are dead after and the earthquake struck a province. severe weather and aftershock slowdown rescue efforts. volunteers are still helping trying to dig residents out of damaged homes. the earthquake also damaged more than 40,000 houses. >> the strongest earthquake to hit the region and more than a decade. >> the body back on

u.s. soil. casket touchdown at dover air force base earlier this morning. became the highest rank casualty >> the knowledge the incident but denies any involvement. the first u.s. general to die on the battlefield in vietnam secretary of state john kerry is an afghanistan trying to help resolve the presidential election dispute. threesome a broker an agreement between afghanistans to presidential candidates to accept the outcome of an election audit. urging both canada and to speed up the audit process and work together to work together to ensure national unity. it has been postponed while the votes are recounted. u.s. officials are involved in ongoing talks over arms nuclear program.

this a in a clear program as for energy purposes only. united states says it is also for developing atomic weapons. five other countries are working on an agreement that would reduce nuclear activities and exchange for weaker sanctions. the group extended the deadline for a deal to november 24th after it did not reach a deal last month. >> when our goal in virginia president obama sign that legislation passed legislation after reports of poor care for veterans including long wait times to book a doctor visit. provide the facilities and new staff. >> problems at the a made national headlines with some when some patients died. >> a contractor who is wanted for leaking classified information will be

able to stan russia for a few more years. the request to remain there was granted. will be allowed to live in russia for least another three years. as a silent expired. still wants snowden to return to the united states. >> imposing several sanctions. the prime minister announced a ban on importing beef pork from vegetables and dairy products from the united states. sanctions will be in place for one year. >> russia is also considering punishments in the aviation field. >> crews busy making sandbags. people stocking up on water and other grocers as a category 2 hurricane thunder's towards that area. expected to crash into the big island

bringing a 80 mi. per hour winds. the hurrican at her can has not hit hawaii and 22 years. another one is to follow closely behind. in new york can't tell apologizing after saying they find guests for posting any bad reviews online. >>

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in merger talks with in tigress. the owner of people's. companies making confessions hoping to win state regulatory approval. >> leads to a controversial practice by some businesses in minnesota. the state increased the minimum wage their last week by 75¢ to $8 an hour. a restaurant in stillwater decided to pass that increase along to customers as a 35¢ charge on every receipt. phoenix up for the $10,000 a year at the law will cost his business. another restaurant chain said they plan to skim two% of the tips left for servers on credit cards. >> the upstate new york hotel but said it would find gas for bad reviews is not apologizing. union st guest house in hudson your cat because of the contact.

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the pursuit of capt. love is over. another superstar joins james in cleveland. the tumbrels have agreed to trade him and exchange for andrew wiggins and a first- round draft pick next year. chicago bulls made several offers. >> q is 3-3. fell apart on the next inning. >> 9 earned runs tied a career high. finished the series in colorado. >> broadcasting for the series finale. scoreless in the second and hit one deep to right center. tried to

chase it down and ran full speed. >> left the game with a bruised lower back. x-rays are negative. the ball kept going and he miscalculated a little bit. nine strikeouts but, no offense of support for a second loss of the season. the chicago bears or off today. >> the preseason should determine current has made a lot of progress. >> every single the is a job interview. >> it is a job interview each and every day. that is how you have to approach it. >> you're trying to get the most out of every play. >>

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everybody talking about hawaii. the hurricane hit there in 1992. $1.8 billion of damage. that is the last hurricane 22 years ago. it has weakened a little bit. we will show you the satellite imagery.

>> this is why they look so ominous. the fact there are so- called means there is ice and rain both then there are separate electrical charges and leads to a lightning. the over chicago a beautiful sunrise is today. >> to see the raise it seems to be emanating from the horizon. the sun is casting shadows and make the horizon as the sun like goes through it. a beautiful shot. >> send us the shot. this is taken on interstate 88. she was struck by that straight line that seems to be moving across the clouds.

there is a controversial about those clouds. cast a shadow on the clouds below. it looks like a car fell across the square. this is the third night in a row. he sent us the shot from the southern county. they're fascinating to look at. you get a little bit of daytime morning. >> does we're going to set the next couple of days. >> there's incredible heat up in the plains. 900 hundred degree temperatures as low small north thunderstorms form. what the system will do is it is making

the rain downstate. . >> and results as major tries to balance the imbalance. >> comfortable temperatures because of our water temperatures are now at the season's high. here the big storms. have been pong across missouri. >> looking at some of the rain on this doppler plot. terry have a rain fall. the fact that our northeast wind is blowing in dry air. look at some of these rain totals down and smith built missouri. >> kansas over 4 in.. here is the forecast. high pressure hold up here. the wind rotates clockwise. that is all we get our easterly wind.

the pressure change from that low to this guy squeezes the air between the two. the closer look at the rains tonight. this is tomorrow morning at daybreak. that is tomorrow night. >> your is a computer forecasts of rain fall down state. the heavy rain areas. maquettes all of these numbers. >> lots of water down there. temperatures are comfortable to the north of us weather system. this hour we of temperature is moving and then 90. >> request to the first hurricane to affect a wide and 22 years. $1.8 billion worth of damage. here is the latest satellite imagery.

>> you can see the storm about 300 mi. to the east. circulation is holding up. there's some cooler water that comes down here. the reds are water temperatures. it is moving along the support of warm water. not quite as high as it ought to be. a category 4 storm to do is go with 140 mi. per hour winds. winds of about 80 mi. per hour sustained. expected to make land fall in the big island around the clock. >> is a $13 a foot mountains. some really heavy rains and mudslides and so forth. here is another presentation. colors

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deserved. >> and this afternoon going. 72 in chicago. warmest weather up to the west north and down to the sell the bus. these twin to starting to pick up. double digit losses. 50-60 degrees. low 60s and head south and west. >> again today that sugarland water temperature, a season high of 74 degrees. >> there the sun

burned *. the forecast is for temperatures to stay quite moderate is a currency right there. >> 94 at dallas now vs 79. there they are the tropical twins. the one right they're going to hawaii. about 300 mi. away. you lose the scope of distance. a sense of distance when you see that vast ocean. >> over a thousand named storms and all of that time. first hurricane to go into the island in 22 years. hurricane warnings on the big island. >> used toward

facing slopes could see anywhere from 5- 8 in. of rain. i talked with some flooding. >> here is our forecast. 79 for tomorrow. 76 saturday and 82 sunday. starting to let up a little bit. sunday. starting to let up a little bit.

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