president obama is expected to address "isis" and middle east terror groups, in a speech to the united nations. francis cardinal george has another health setback, forcing his successor to fill-in a bit early. details in a *live report. and police warn high-end stores that a string of recent robberies on the north side.. may be linked. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. the string of good weather continues., not much changes. high and dry for the next few days. his today was 74. we talk that by a few today. bring in that high approval rating. high and dry. mostly sunny. mid-70s.

typical high is 72. more daylight than nighttime even though we are past the equinoxes. borman's of extra daylight today. we don't make that up until we get to friday permit it to equal day and equal night. early this morning, 49 in waukegan 53 in peru. 48 in lansing. in new moon overnight. if you are one of those stargazers, it looks spectacular. some like composite shows dry conditions. clouds will filter in but more sunshine. up to 74 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. by 9:00 p.m. down to 65. high temperature on thursday 76. 77 on friday. that's an improvement. >> it is beautiful. we have a quick look at the traffic. nothing we're too concerned with some railroad crossing work. boy to have a project and lagrange road. right now 115 remained

closed both directions through october 5th for some crossing work that distorted. another stretch at collins blocked off from ward to cleveland. watch for this to projects. that will be wrapped up on friday. and the lagrange road project will cause big delays for people to buy elgin. >>president obama will appeal to the united nations today, to offer some type of backing for the american-led campaign against "isis" terrorists. andrew spencer previews the president's address. >> ahead of the general assembly he highlighted a coalition of countries now fighting against isis. >> all of us are committed to making sure that ultimately destroyed isis as well as some the extremist ideology is that the lead to so much bloodshed. >> five arab countries joining

together to conduct military strikes in syria. they hit training camps, weapons production and command and control facilities. but the u.s. military has its price targets firing more than 40 tomahawk cruise missiles from the red sea and persian gulf. a majority of those were not aimed at basis, but that and other extremist group thought to be actively plotting attacks on western targets. >> we know there were close and had a serious intent to conduct attacks on western targets which drew the urgency. >> also target the zero quaeda link news front. though u.s. officials did not identify the way. they cleaned their leader was killed. strikes against opposition groups in syria may have been done without the consent of the government but activists say the regime is more than happy to endorse american intervention. >> for three years they been

saying america is the devil and now he's telling us that america is a friend and he would work to fight terrorism. can anybody believe him can anybody believe what's happening to us? it's not a nightmare, >> cardinal francis george has had a setback in his fight against cancer. the cardinal had to cancel an appearance because he's being treated for an infection. tonya francisco is live at the cardinal's home in the gold coast neighborhood with the latest.. tonya? >> the infection not too serious that it required a long hospital stay like last time he had an infection. the last word for the archdiocese was that the cardinal is here at home resting. that required the archbishop to be pressed into action early. he's not scheduled to be installed as the next

archbishop of chicago until november 18th but last night cupicth was called in early. the archdiocese did not give any specifics about the cardinals a condition except to confirm he is fighting an infection and is on antibiotics. the cartoon recently repeated three rounds of chemotherapy after his third cancer diagnosis. the bishop was at. >> he was under some real pain and he is suffering and of course he is taking his experimental medication. one never knows how that's going to work out. my message is to keep praying. >> the bishop says he is confident that cardinal george is going to be fine. back to you. >>the search continues this

morning for a man from rogers park, who escaped from prison. marcus battice escaped from downstate vandalia correctional center yesterday afternoon. that prison is about 245 miles south of chicago. he was in prison for possessing a stolen vehicle, and he was eligible for parole in january. battice was last seen wearing his standard prisoner uniform. his last known address was the 77-hundred block of north marshfield. arrests for a group of protesters trying to keep dyett high school open. they spent hours chained together outside of the mayor's office. the school set to close at the end of the school year. when the building closed...dozens were escorted out. another 11 chained to a statue stayed until midnight when they were arrested. arrests in the case of a dolton animal hopital where pets were found dead and neglected. police arrested veterinarian amardeep sangha yesterday on charges of animal cruelty. the manager, sharon cargile of chicago, was arrested at the clinic itself. police found the dead dogs

sunday when they dropped off a *stray there. the give away for police...the terrible smell >> immediately we found the situation that can't imagine anyone would say is anything other than deplorable. >>not clear if the clinic was in any *financial trouble. but now, sheriff dart will ask the state to shut it down. he'll also push for tougher licensing rules. of the nine sick dogs, only seven are expected to recover. prosecutors in the murder of a chicago woman in bali, must now take a step *back in their investigation. last week, the associated press reported, tommy schaefer confessed that he murdered sheila von wiese mack, the mother of his girlfriend *heather mack. but now, an *attorney for schaefer says his client did *not confess. the victim's body was found stuffed into a suitcase, in the trunk of a taxi last month. heather mack and tommy schaefer have been in police custody since then. a string of smash and grab thieves have north side shop

owners on alert. the thieves have hit at least four stores in the last two weeks. they've hit from old town to river north and the gold coast. they are quick... breaking down glass doors and windows. within moments they make out with hundreds of thousands of dollars in designer goods. investigators say the thieves...which may be a group of about ten...may be casing the stores for up to two weeks. and thieves hitting another spot. this time a west side elementary school. 30-thousand dollars worth of computer equipment stolen. thirty i-pads and a laptop computer were taken from the third floor computer lab at james weldon elementary school sometime monday night. police say the thieves used a sledge hammer to break the locks off two computer carts. two cases of pertussis--better known as whooping cough-- have been reported at new trier high school in winnetka. the bacterial infection has symptoms that seem similar to a common cold. but it can quickly progress to severe coughing, and can be very serious in young children. it's highly contagious, spread through coughing and sneezing. pertussis caused a school-wide

panic at new trier in 20-06... when more than 30 cases were reported. low supplies of road salt... could be a problem this winter. salt suppliers say they have less road salt on hand because of last winter. that means prices are rising...leaving some suburban budgets in trouble. for communities unable to secure bids through the state... they have to find salt on their own... and often pay steep prices. most men dread the thought of going bald. studies say shedding hair may be an indicator of a health problem... but it may also be good news for your love life. new research has linked male- pattern baldness to an aggressive form of prostate cancer. it's also linked to higher rates of heart disease and thyroid problems. bald men also tend to have higher levels of testosterone. it means more hair loss but a higher libido. >> all these health studies. the good and bad. >> let's take a look at the day.

early today, 61 degrees. bills and mary school is that '60. it's cooler in lincolnshire. only 47 here. right now wadsworth is 46. sublet composite shows we are dry. a solid overnight. we do have some clouds coming in from the west. high clouds through the day. wednesday, 75. friday, 77. those temperatures warm up one to greet each day through sunday. all sunshine for the bears game. >> coming up, and massive bus stops a lot of drugs from rich in chicago. >> and police to warn students to watch out for the back sided bandage. >> and actor for 30, the

creature one man thinks he spotted in the chicago river. >>

i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me zero heartburn... annc: prilosec otc the number one doctor recommend frequent heartburn medicine for nine straight years. one pill each morning 24 hours zero heartburn. learning more about the man shot and killed two people at gps plant in birmingham before taking his own life. 45--year-old joe tesney was fired from his job as a u-p-s driver back in june. he lost his appeal to keep that job and was officially let go

on monday. police say tesney returned to the u-p-s facility yesterday, wearing his uniform and shot two male supervisors before shooting himself. investigators say tesney targeted his victims and entered the building with his gun hid under his uniform. an arrest warrant is out for the last man to be seen with missing college student hannah graham. the 18 year old university of virginia student disappeared on september 13-th. several surveillance cameras captured her walking around in the early morning hours. police say jesse matthew was with her. he's now wanted for suspicion of abduction. police obtained an arrest warrant after they searched his apartment and had a lab analyze some clothing. matthew asked for a lawyer at the police station last weekend. at that time...there wasn't an arrest warrant. narcotics agents in oklahoma seized more than 100 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop. they were bound for chicago from mexico. agents say the volume of drugs in this bust surprised them. they think it may be part of a larger shipment delivered in several vehicles. the drugs were 97 percent pure with a street value of 1-point-

5 million dollars. florida international university is trying to catch a "backside bandit." he has struck at least six times since june. he rides past a woman on his bicycle... either grabs or slaps her backside... then rides away. all of his victims have given miami police the same description of the man. some students think it's just a prank. but the school is cautioning female students to avoid walking alone. >> good morning. it's wednesday. we are finding the temperature at about 55 degrees. column wind to point at 50. barometer is at 30. 49 degrees in waukegan. 59 in chicago. 57 in midway. 53 tour rockford. satellite composite shows no rain and no

clouds. high clouds will come in to the afternoon and evening. but we stayed try again. and knights extended stretch of high pressure and dry weather. on the other side of the mississippi there are rivers. but not here as our high pressure system continues to hold steady. but into tonight skies will clear out allowing those temperatures to drop into the fifties. 75 today. typical high 72. atop that i just a few and tonight we're back down to 57. mostly clear and quiet and cool. a crescent moon is out there so you can still see lots of stars if you are into that. 76 degrees will be the high temperature for thursday. friday, 77. >> i was checking on your work. and you are right, you can see all ryan. >> i knew there something about you ...

>> we have some traffic out there. stargazing in one spot. no. down 57 from 119, right lane blocked until 5:00. not a lot of cars so it shouldn't cause too many problems. they're going to be doing full blame closures up to 50 minutes at a time that's when you can put your window down and take a look. you'll be stuck there for quite awhile. both directions on 55 starting at central, to left lanes closed. you never know when you will get stuck in that line. police demetrius give you something to look at. >> always putting a positive spin. stuck in traffic, look at the stars. coming up, the end of an era for wrigley field as you now know it. plus -- bulls' point guard derrick rose makes a *huge donation to a chicago charity. details, next.

good morning. it's packer weeks starting right now. sure week for the bears following a monday night against the bears. --the

jets. the jets through the kitchen sink at the bears' defensive league and did a good job of keeping coupler operate. and for his part, he sold through and got two touchdowns and two field goals tonight. the packers will be more conventional but the bears did ok. >> did a heck of a job doing different looks switching up coverages at bringing more than had to protect. i thought we did a good job of managing. limiting the-turnovers on our side. limiting the-sacks. >> conflict every other place. we had to really be on point with our communication. it was allowed out there and we were able to communicate at a high level. i think that's why we had good success. >> not happy with his team's effort against the white sox, shutting out monday night

scoreless. up 3-0 when they cap of the stock's rally and they are tied at 3. but never getting anybody out on the bottom half, to on for the priestly mentioned player and there's a ball game. 105 rbis. none bigger. tigers 14-3 and maintain a lead over kansas city. >>and for the cubs -- they built a 3-nothing lead early on at wrigley field, until the cardinals tied it up in the 6th. cubs scored in the 10-th to win it, 4-to-3. tonight is expected to be the last time to see wrigley field as we know it. the long awaited renovation project could start this weekend. the cubs want to have their new left field video board, new budweiser sign over right field, and the bleachers remodeled by next opening day. other renovations, like the new bullpens and locker room won't be done until after next season. bulls star derrick rose has donated one million dollars to

chicago's after school matters program. the group was founded by former first lady maggie daley and helps provide art programs and out-of-school work training programs for more than 15- thousand chicago teens. they have a program at simeon career academy - rose's alma mater. organizers say rose and his family wanted to make a big statement and build a relationship with the community. let's talk about golf. a quiet and peaceful game. but is this call for shows, it can also drive you a little nuts. >> he is losing his mind, snapping his clubs after a bad round in philadelphia. one of his friends reported him breaking his clubs and throwing the pieces away. a man in a wheelchair was almost hit by a piece that was thrown. once this was all done, the golf bag

destroyed, nine clubs destroyed, about $1,000 a temper tantrum. >> but you been there. that potter ... >> it is making that angry? >> just to get on the green and use the potter makes me angry. >> and you don't know about that. >> guys like me and the electors put it right there. just take a few more shots. >> we use to do one. per hole. but that didn't go far. >> to find out about our day. golfers are probably loving this forecast. he waited until september and now its perfect. hear of the current temperatures. our official high will be 75. by 9:00 p.m. we're down to 65 degrees. >> let's talk about your putting

game a little later. outbound jane addams, this is another spot where we are getting stuck this morning. full lane closures. a really shut down for 50 minutes at a time. watch for that. ever been getting through but this could change at any minute. another stretch of construction on the jane addams. bridling close until 6:00 a.m.. more coming up straight ahead. >> more including the president and a cup of coffee. >> and wild fires burning in california are affecting us here in illinois. >> and more protests break out in ferguson missouri after a city council meeting. >> and one man spotted a creature in the chicago river.

good morning, i'm dan ponce. the president is expected to addresses in a speech to the un. >> francis cardinal george has another help sought setback forcing his successor to step in the early. >> and a chicago church hands out $500 checks to its

conjugation. >> good morning. let's go to demetrius for a check of the weather. you are smiling. >> it will continue to be nice. high pressure is in the region. expect to see it more sunshine. a cold start. in lincolnshire its 47. lincoln park reading at 60 degrees. st. clement's school is at 59. sublet composite shows dry conditions. some marine over toward rockford in that area. we're watching that rain and light sprinkle activity as it moves through. let's check on the roads. >> 75 for the high today 57 tonight. i forgot to do that. 76 tomorrow. 77 ... sometimes you think people are working with you but then you think the joke

maybe actually on you. >> if you stop trying to be so smart with your comments you could get your forecast with no problem. three separate road roads we're focusing on. road crossing work try to squeeze this in. this one here yesterday we talked about 115 blocked off not picked up until the fifth of october. watch for that causing the delays by blue island. second stretch not lasting as long. but it does have collins closed to cleveland. and lagrange road in the downtown area that river crossing is heavily traveled with 20,000 cars that go over that every single day. that shutdown starting friday. had that there will let you know how that will impact traffic and will kennedy towards your board seeing in the next few minutes. >>president obama will ask the u.n. security council to back the american-led campaign against "isis" terrorists in syria. he will appeal for a global crackdown on *foreign fighters who travel to syria or iraq to join "isis" or other terrorist

groups. american jets had support from five arab countries, as they bombed "isis" training camps, command and control centers, and weapons production facilities. american airstrikes also targeted the al-qaeda-linked khorasan terror organization, which was believed to be on the verge of attacking the west. the syrian government did not interfere with the u.s. airstrikes. >> we know they were close and had very serious intent to conduct an attack on western targets and that drew the urgency. >>while washington *opposes the syrian regime, the two sides find themselves temporarily united against "isis." police in melbourne, australia believe they killed a terrorist. it happened when the 18-year- old attacked and stabbed there police counter-terrorism officers. all three are expected to recover. investigators say the alleged attacker, numan haider, is a known terror suspect who has been under police surveillance for months. his facebook page shows pictures of haider wearing army

camouflage gear, and holding an islamist flag. osama bin laden's son in law is going to prison for life. sulaiman abu ghaith received his sentence in a federeal courtroom blocks away from the world trade center. in march, he was convicted of helping al qaeda conspire to kill americans. prosecutors say he was the face and voice of al qaeda before and after the september 11-th attacks. at his trial, abu ghaith testified he never joined the group and he only helped bin laden as a speaker on spiritual topics. cardinal francis george has had >> we're having some trouble with the videos let's move on to some top stories. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. this man is missing after he escaped from a downstate prison. marcus battice left the vandalia correctional center yesterday afternoon. he was convicted of possessing a stolen vehicle. he was eligible for parole in january. battice's last known address is in rogers park. 11 protestors were arrested

overnight after chaining themselves to a statue inside city hall. the protestors are trying to keep dyett high school open. they began their protest outside the mayor's office just before five yesterday afternoon. when the building closed...dozens were escorted out. another 11 chained to a statue stayed until midnight when they were arrested. a veterinarian and manager of the dolton animal hospital face animal cruelty charges. four dogs were found dead sunday... nine others were very sick and badly neglected. seven of them are expected to pull through. manager sharon cargile was arrested the clinic sunday... veterinarian amardeep sangha was picked up yesterday. a will county judge heard the graphic details of last year's murders of two men in joliet. joshua miner is on trial for strangling terrance rankins and eric glover at an apartment on a series of smash and grab maybe connected for high and the stores have been hit to the gold coast. the burglars break down the glass doors and windows and rep hundreds of thousands of dollars of designer goods in just a few minutes. investigators say they could

also be linked to a similar that at the oak brook mall. >> the cardinal has had a setback in his fight against cancer. >> canceling an appearance because he's being treated for an infection. tonya is live with more. >> good morning. this is a reoccurring infection. one of the many side effects of his cancer treatment. the cardinal was scheduled to speak at a fund-raiser last night at the st. joseph's seminary. instead his successor, blase cupitch was called to fill in. the archdiocese did not give specifics about his condition except to confirm he is fighting an infection and is on antibiotics. department recently completed three rounds of chemo after his third cancer diagnosis. the archbishop says the cardinal is on heavy medication and he gets tired.

>> there is a recurring infection that he has and it's part of this. those are controllable and i'm confident he will be fine. >> but even being confident is not enough. the archbishop is asking for prayers. >> it will county judge heard graphic details of last year's murders of two men in joliet. joshua minor is on trial for strangling a man-to-man in an apartment on hickory street. prosecutors say miner and three friends plotted to lure the men there, then rob them. but they say, as miner punched rankins, glover kicked miner in the head. that's when miner and his friend adam landerman strangled both men. landerman is awaiting his own murder trial.

>> the number of inmates in prison has increased in 35 years. roughly 215,000 inmates in federal prisons across the country. 4800 less than last year and the first decline since 1980. the government expects to see another decrease of about 2000 inmates next year and another 10,000 the year after that. eric holder says changes in sentencing policies are the main reason for that drop. >>sierra leone's army is closing borders with liberia and guinea in order to stop the spread of ebola. the disease has killed more than 28-hundred people in those countries. last week, sierra leone put its people on a three day lockdown so health care workers could visit homes. the c-d-c announced its latest predictions for the ebola outbreak. it's worst case projections say there could be "one point four" million cases in liberia and sierra leone, by january 20-th. smoke from the wildfire in northern california is affecting more than just the golden state. nasa released these satellite photos showing that smoke from the king fire has harmed air

quality in nevada, utah and arizona. nasa's images even show that air quality in illinois, indiana and michigan has been affected. the flames have burned through 140 square miles and destroyed a dozen homes. more than 7- thousand firefighters are battling the fire. it's about 35 percent contained. com-ed gets ready to install the next round of smart meters. residents in schaumburg will start seeing crews in november. smart meters collect usage information and transmit it to com-ed through a wireless connection... eliminating meter readers. residential homes with smart meters by this time next year. the bible says it's better to give than to receive. one gold coast church is taking this to heart. la salle street church came into a large chunk of cast after a decades old real estate deal. it's pastor decided to do something unconventional. give some of it back to the congregation... to the tune of 160-thousand dollars.

she told her 300 member congregation they would each get a 500 dollar check to spend however they wanted. >> i was worried people would think this was stupid or silly you are squandering $160,000. i didn't want to be known as the person who squandered that much money. i was nervous about that. but, i felt like this was the place of faith. >>the church still has another 1-point-4 million dollars to donate or invest. some are suggesting ebola clinics or helping the homeless. all this from a church with a $50,000 budget deficit itself. there's a mystery lurking in the chicago river... check out this video -- look closely... someone posted it on youtube on september 15th -- claiming it shows a hippo in the river. you can hear two men discussing what it could be and then you see a boat swerve around it.. it's already been viewed by

thousands of people. but experts say there's no way a hippo could survive in the fresh water of the river and there's no way it could even get in the water without someone seeing it.. and police say there have been "no reports" of wild animals in the river.. so it's your guess -- or probably trash, or a cardboard box. >> the boat takes action. clearly the driver spotted it. we need to track down that person and get the eyewitness view. >> check his instagram. i'm sure there's some self face out there. wind and the southeast. it's comb. a nice start and knights finished. mid-70s today. in warmer than yesterday. 50

degrees and garlic. 47 in aurora. 48 in kenosha. satellite composite shows higher clouds across the extreme western periphery. high clouds will win out. sunshine and more sunshine than anything. no rain. mostly sunny. cooler up along the lake. high temperatures 75. today we're back down to 57. most unclear. cool and quiet still a starlit night. a new moon, a waxing crescent. and thursday we're back up to 76. friday we climb up to 77. temperatures warm up about one degree each day into the weekend. >> still ahead, protest rocked the town of ferguson missouri and immoral to the team shot by police is destroyed. >> and critics pounced on what the president did as he arrived at the un. >> and trending, and and only

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protests returned to ferguson, missouri, after some demands were not met. ferguson's city council had a meeting last night. officials decided to delay the forming of a citizen police review board. the council did change court fines and charges that some people say singled out the poor. dozens of people gathered in protest, after the meeting. one beauty shop was broken into and looted.

this street side memorial for michael brown caught fire tuesday morning. the memorial was setup days after a ferguson police officer shot and killed brown in the middle of a street. police say they believe candles caused the fire. residents in the area began to after the fire was put out. students took the streets in denver, to support their teachers, and protest a change in the way their schools teach history. the students are upset that their school board is backing a history curriculum that discourages civil disobedience. they say, it amounts to *censoring history. and they oppose a plan by the school board to tie a teacher's pay, to the academic performance of his students. stocks continued to slide tuesday. the dow dropped 117 points. nasdaq down 19. s-and-p fell 12. iphone users.. are buzzing on apple forums about an unsuspecting ability of the new "iphone six plus." it could be a bit too flexible.

a couple of people have reported the phone is bending out of shape, especially when you put one in your pocket. some on the forums have pointed out that previous models have also bent from time-to-time and have been replaced. these safety tips from actual hackers, can keep you safer online. turn off your wi-fi and bluetooth occasionally. don't hide your home wi-fi and set security encryption to w-p-a-2. sign up for two-step authentication, which sends a second password for verification. use a password manager and create smart passwords. install the h-t-t-p-s everywhere tool. basic h-t-t-p in your browser means everyone sees your session. and lastly, think twice before buying an internet-connected "smart" device. the privacy settings are still getting figured out. >> i didn't understand any of that. the president under fire

for a salute he gave to a marine. the white house posted this video showing the president leading marine one in new york yesterday. he saluted the marine with the coffee cup in his right hand. critics quickly attacked saying the president was a little disrespectful. the state's oil back to ronald reagan in 1981. it's a tradition. the u.s. navy man says saluting is the most important all military courtesies'. no salute when a person is carrying an object in their hands. >>fonts can be fancy... and in some cases, certain types of lettering can be... well... confusing. take, for example, the sign over the "tuck-in coffee shop" in england. sort of brings new meaning to the word "cursive." more than a few locals in the town of doncaster have questioned the choice of font on the sign.

the tea is a little too close for comfort on that sign. others think it's funny. the owner of the coffee shop is already looking for a new sign. the tuck in the coffee shop. >> stop using washington redskins to refer to your company. >>the kids from "south park" put a funny new spin on the washington redskins' *name controversy. the government recently stripped the team of its trademark. so in the ad, eric cartman starts his own company with the same name... and said he's using the name "redskins" out of deep appreciation for the team and its people. sound familiar? the ad aired only in the washington t-v market. actor vin diesel shared emotional stills from the newest "fast and furious 7" movie. they shows his character, dom, with the late paul walker's character, brian.

diesel added he hopes walker, would have been proud of the work they've done. after walker's sudden death in 2013, the franchise had to change it's course. his character will "retire" in the film, as the storyline continues without him. it's still on track for an april 20-15 release. nasa's mars orbiter has some company on the red planet this morning. india has successfully launched its spacecraft into mars orbit. india becomes the first nation to arrive in mars orbit on its first try. it's also the first asian country to reach mars. getting a spaceship into the martian orbit is no easy task. more than half of the world's previous attempts have failed. if you follow sports you may know about this. the basketball player formally known as ron artest and "metta world peace" will now take the court wearing shoes inspired by his new name. "the panda's friend" will be sporting his bear-inspired sneakers on the court while playing for the sichuan blue whales in china.

the shoes come in black and white, of course, with a stuffed bear sticking out the laces. the former lakers player tweeted that the bears are not detachable, and are in fact, "the panda's friend." those would look good on you along with the rip off suit. i mean does set up suit. >> and remember those pants we war? the meggines? >> those are some terrible shoes right there. 57 degrees rain now. in willamette its 59. 60 right now in lincoln park. elsewhere, it's cooler. in wheeling its 48. satellite and radar composite shows we are looking at high clouds filtering in from the north and west. but no rain coming today. we do have a higher clouds but the sunshine should come through. by 9:00 p.m. we are at 65. we continue

to please everyone. 78 degrees by saturday. 79 sunday. sunshine in time for the bears game. erin has a legal pad which can be good news. >> does it make me look smarter? have so many notes i can keep track of this. here we go. this is the construction project going on that kicks off the pavement repair all the way to a u.s. 20. this is my other safety net. basically, everything down to one lane both directions for a month. about four weeks of this for people they're not far from the bluff city. and on glen road work over by the jane addams. northbound river road. one lane down until 7:00. but the bigger deal is the intermittently in closures up to 50 minutes at the time. about 50 minutes before the move this out of the way. this could

cause problems. more problems coming up straight ahead. >> coming up,and -- a young actress is facing backlash for a speech at the u-n.

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way through october 6th. prevention every morning we have seen a delay. everything is moving pretty well but we are keeping our eye on that. we have some pavement repair kicking off today. that's between gifford and 20. more traffic coming up. and 20. more traffic coming up.

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