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the man accused of setting freda's fire at the aurora air traffic center has a court appearance this afternoon. the chief orders a review of air- traffic control contingency plans. good afternoon. >> we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country. at o'hare airport with our top story. chicago department of aviation reports to me hundred flights were canceled this year. midway had no cancellations and delays of about 40 minutes. >> more sign that eric traffic is slowly getting back to normal. >> as passengers
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roll into ohare in the do so with the comfort of knowing their flight will be taking off. they're leaving a day later than planned. >> go with that they did. the effluent from northern vancouver. we got delayed. we havkind of went with it. we were able to get some tickets to the white sox game. despite the incident here. a much more stressful weekend for hillary >> we were notified
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that it was canceled. >> help you feel all all of that? >> 36 year-old contract worker has been charged with setting friday's fire. the faa has october set october 13th to have a facility operational. printing and technicians from around the country working 24 hours a day to rebuilding the center. >> in the meantime the faa has moved in a traffic controllers who normally work at the facility to surrounding facilities to help keep their traffic moving. >> did you do what we told you to do? >> no i did not.
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>> i checked in and that isn't. so far so good >> yesterday at o'hare was operating traffic of about 60% of a typical day. midway was at 75%. the faa is expecting improvements. it will not be fully functional for a few more days. that is why we need to check with the airline before going to the airport. >> aviation expert says there is a lot of safety built into the aviation system. >> >> it is awkward. it does require some hilarious. it does require a lot of patience. the chief has ordered a review of a traffic control contingency plans. a man accused of
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setting fire has a court appearance this afternoon before a federal magistrate. >> >> the afternoon. 213 year-old boys were shot over the weekend. >> now for from a home. phillips said she had been with friends at a park. king members approached him and they believe he was shot while trying to run away from them. >> >> it is the first time the family has been touched. seventh grader at the elementary. the smile with a light up the room.his smile with light up the room. >> how could you go on with life knowing
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that the person you change your life for is gone? >> the 13 year-old is a montgomery park with friends and then walked a girl home. police received a call about a person shot at about 830. the found him lying on the sidewalk. >> he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> who is the light and our life. >> mom said he raised him to be a confident young man. >> to not ever hold your head down. everybody is on the same boat. nobody is above you. >> she insists her son was not in a gang. to the person who took her from her she demands to him from her she demands to know. he
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did not do anything to you. turn yourself in. the other 13 year-old boy was a victim of a drive-by shooting. he was shot and the like. >> chicago police are looking for the suspect in the shooting of a food delivery men. the victim was found in his car in the 3200 block >> started shouting gang slogans appeared he was shot on the soldiein the shoulder. he is listed in serious condition. police are investigating the shooting death of his 17 year-old boy. two people were found in the door near a caor near a car 17 year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital. a second victim was taken to hospital in serious condition.
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police have not said what may have led to that shooting. a man who told police he killed his wife and one of his daughters is in custody. the bodies found in the home of chicagos northwest side both were stabbed to death. the man was found yesterday at his father's home. the father called police and his son was planning to kill himself. >> ken was will be rolling in a lake county courtroom today. a babysitter goes on trial for the murder of a three month old girl. >> accused of first- degree murder in the 2012 death. an autopsy showed the infant suffered a fractured skull. a wrongful death lawsuit. the screening service they used to hire a babysitter. >> insulted a depaul university student. the victim was grabbed by the arm and her shirt was
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slashed with a knife. >> and 80 year-old pilot was killed last night when his small plane went down. the plane crashed around 8:00 p.m. about 60 mi. southwest of chicago >> an area resident called 91 upon hearing the crash. it took awhile to find the wreckage. the illinois state police working to determine what caused the plane to crash. >> convicted of murdering her boyfriend. faces a new sentencing trial. >> despite being sprayed with tear gas thousands of protesters remain camped out. >> live music from country music artists brandon country music artists brandon chase. fow
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president obama admits he underestimated isis. the military campaign against ice this is just an effort to buy time for a rock to build a government >> you want to rockets and syrians to be trained to do ground fighting. the president did not say when he fought americans' involvement should end. some american- led air strikes went horribly wrong. some of those strikes in the border city reportedly hit grain silos and killed civilians. the
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pilots may have mistaken the silos for nisus base. >> a man accused of killing a woman in oklahoma will face charges. the attack to women. after finding of he lost his temper. because of one woman's head with a knife and stabbed another woman several times. the second victim is hospitalized. >> and no one has a year as a facebook page focusing on on islam is critical of the united states. text not appear to be linked to terrorism. it is not a violent person. >> investigators are hoping blood tests will reveal more answers. >> family members were found by one of the songs in an apartment. >> i started to not suspect foul play because they say there were no signs of trauma. >> there were also
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no traces of a deadly gas. suspect in the disappearance of an arkansas realtor has been arrested in little rock. >> police arrested and louis after he ran away from the hospital. >> he was in custody after he was in a traffic accident. last heard from on thursday. >> her husband and police later went to the house funding her car outside and the house (she was nowhere in sight and is still missing. >> she was convicted last year of murdering her boyfriend. a trial that was aired on national television. prosecutors say she stabbed him and nearly 30 times. and shot him in the face. if jurors agreed that she committed the crime. the jurors who are being selected in arizona today will determine her punishment.
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>> dancing phase in the trial of cancer researcher. >> >> gonzales was accused of spiking the coffee with a chemical found in antifreeze after he chose another woman over. she could face up to life in prison. thousands of pro-democracy protesters are refusing to leave major highways. >> protesters are angry over the decision to allow only candidates approved by officials. >> chinese authorities a riot police have pulled back from crowds today. >> protesters clashed with police used tear gas. at least 41 injuries have been reported. >> afghanistan first
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new president in more than a decade. succeeding former president after a bitter election that threaten to further fraction the embattled nation. >> department store planning to buy their 86,000 employees that of the holiday shopping employees that of the holiday shopping season. feet...tiptoeing.
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one pill, twice daily, xeljanz can reduce ra pain and help stop further joint damage, even without methotrexate. ask about xeljanz. makes them nearly impossible to beat. republican challenger is still trying to gain endorsement. sway voters before the november election. >> to canada its met this morning before the editorial board. >> a few weeks ago it was a candidate for governor who took tough questions and had
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some really heated reply is in discussions with each other. >> what i found to be really interesting was the fact that both men were able to take one piece of information. >> one could see the information is being positive of the other to take the same information in view it as being negative. >> let's take a look at the differences of opinion that can be seen in washington. pavilions and out of the nation's capital. sees this as an-. calling him an effective complacent and unneeded to get needed laws passed. >> this is just part of the opening
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statement that the two men made when they took questions before the editorial board of the chicago tribune. >> too long for anyone to serve. >> since the last time my opponent ran for reelection. the average and, an illinois family has declined by $5,053. it is time for a change. >> it is a stark contrast between us. our poll and it proposes raising the minimum wage. i do not know that he has taken any position at all. >> he voted against it and paid the money is a state senator in springfield. and it comes to the issue of health insurance and most to repeal the affordable care act.
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>> based on the answers to these questions that were placed by tribune reporters report should be coming out with a recommendation for governor senator and several other offices later in october. >>, the money stocks lower today. after some troubling overnight lose of uprisings in hong kong. the dollar is off about 43. >> atm fees have skyrocketed to their highest rate ever. atm fees jumped 5% in the last year. on average customers were slapped with a $4.50 charge. keeping those people from using such atms thanks are hiking fees to make up for lost. macy's plans to hire about 86,000 workers. that is an extra 3000 seasonal workers. the company
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says it will hire extra hands for the customer service centers. >> for holiday events like the macy's thanksgiving day parade. retailers make nearly a third of annual sales and almost 40 percent of profits during holiday seasons. >> missed several opportunities against the packers. >> meeting for the 189th time. the chicago bears come away with zero points. still down in the third on the past bounces off a defender and right to claim that these. clay matthews. chicago bears lose to the packers for the fifth straight game. >> not an easy one. especially the way we played in the first half. it is
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early in the season. a lot of good things happening in this game. a lot of football left to play. get some guys back healthy again. >> reportedly with the moon appear elsewhere in the division t lions beat the jets. white sox fans bidding farewell and iin his final game. he chops one down the line for the out. he finished the day 0- 3. they pulled him in the sixth inning for a standing ovation. not that it matters. the white sox lose in the season finale. they finish with a record of 73-89. >> the 2014 campaign in milwaukee. scoreless in the first inning. a towering home run to give the cubs a 2-0 lead. good for second best. the
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chicago cubs crews to a 5-2 victory. that is a seven game improvement. >> coming up he grew up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country. >>
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as it celebrates hispanic heritage month. this midday
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we meet a man who has made it his mission to get kids to move away from gangs and looked good education.look toward education. >> how did he do with growing up in one of the worst neighborhoods to become a top businessman? looking at his words on paper to help them find a better path. >> you can be anyone you want to be pure a microphone and audiences not quite what he had in mind. here he is. >> the two greatest days in your life for the day you are born in the day you realize why you were born. >> he made his story into a book and then another and then a third. he has become a motivational speaker >> he is accessible and the story is touching people every day. >> i was so moved by it i thought this book should be read
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by everybody in america >> to schools to try to sell the idea to make it part of the curriculum. joining him a community activist. >> basically a six week curriculum. you want to do as fast as you can or as low as you can. it is up to the pace of the class. to the number of students. to understand why these ladies think it can be effective you have to get to know robber.robert. >> to begin something like this. firstborn to a single mom and then married a man who he says was an abusive alcoholic. his real father died of a heroin addict ion. >> that new family was a gang. he eventually got out of it and was in the military for seven
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years. later got a job for a company building laundromats. >> i now work everybody. i was recruited and became vice president. have not finished high school. he put the entire story on patient. he also co- founded the group parents for peace and justice. working with parents to try to ease the gang and gun problem in chicago it is the book that seems to be motivating people. >> it is their story. that is why it is working. you get a call from the principles i have a problem with your book. the kids stole books out of the classroom. when kids break into the classroom to steal a book you're on to something. >> plan is to have the workbooks officially become part of the curriculum. like anything new could be tough. >> i remember the resistance in
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chicago in 1973 over equal education. today 30 years later. >> does about teaching kids emotional and social skills something that is possible blood as he will tell you can sometimes take years to learn. >> that becomes a road map a teaching tool. show them how to get from point a to point b. >> one of chicago is very home. >> the book is being recognized. it is voted the best graphic novel in 2012. >> for more information on how to get that book go to our website wgntv.com to our website wgntv.com >> still tofow
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co said. put your face in the sunshine. feel the warmth. the front running down a lake. will turn the winds around to the north. >> warm back up a little bit. what the changes on the way. beautiful colors. >> some an accord is frozen so many of you have submitted to us over the weekend. >> screen harvest is underway. says what is not to like about fall?
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>> the colors are just gorgeous. sends us the shot from around likroudn lake. a gorgeous sunset. captured this foggy sun rise. the wind has been very gentle. we have is patchy fog situation. >> this hot air balloon landed right by her. what a weekend for hot air ballooning. >> a shot of the mirror smooth illinois >> river> of course that is a popular fishing spot. it is gorgeous now. you'd never know to look or feel the temperature would happen in the next six-eight hours. there's quite a change. over that horizon as a cold front that is going
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to smack of us in the face with a temperature drop and a sudden wind increase. >> if you're worried about the buildup of waves that are going to occur behind the front. that will happen quickly. the most weekend in four weeks. >> sunday with 78 and 53. these are august level temperatures. here in late september. about a 20-30 degree temperature drop. the front will come through the city. what is on lake michigan. the lake is virtually flat dramatically here is the leading edge of the cooler air. >> you see that there is some rain associated with it. >> behind as a whole mother world. >> you'll see clouds begin to increase.
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post frontal scattered light showers coming to light. here are tomorrow morning. tuesday and wednesday mixed at times with sunshine. the mark the return of canadian high pressure. the front sits right there. once the high comes in the gradient or pressure change setup the stiff wind. we ought to build waves from zero up to 6 ft. by morning. along the chicago shoreline. the wind will turn southerly again as the front waves back. the storm develops out in the west. bringing warm air and. i could get some pretty good ways and thunderstorms. after a long dry spell. >> it has not rained here since a week ago sunday. the
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likes of which we have not seen literally for years. 78 was the high at o'hare. even surpassing those readings this afternoon. it is already 78 at all here. 84 down south in st. louis. had nor in green bay is a 54. the wind is roaring off of lake superior and has dropped market's temperature to 45. there it is. that is our friend. it is going to come through and introduce same temperature drops. tamara will be a whole different ballgame. >> and we've had a lovely spell of weather. another mainly sunny day. sunshine will be filtered through
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high level clouds. high temperatures today 88 and even low 80s. >> when will be light westerly. the all-star changing this evening when we bring windy cloudy cooler weather into the area. scattered showers star blowing in behind the front. the front passes early this evening. north wind will be blowing 12-24. tomorrow's like effect clouds. mixed sunshine most other places. even along the shoreline. just much cooler. hi 68- 65. loper opens on wednesday.october opens on wednesday. upper 60s and low '70's on the shoreline. it comes back a little bit. we get some thunderstorms on thursday. >> your live illinois lottery drawing is next.
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demolition season begins a really field. crews are tearing down left and right field bleachers today. both sections will be rebuilt after the stadium walls of a doubt. center field bleachers will remain intact. >>
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>> the program just keeps getting bigger. 700 new bikes and 70 more docking stations will be added in oak park evanston and neighborhoods including austin garfield park in rogers park. it will happen next year. investments from the state the city of chicago are helping fund the project. like sharing is available 20 hours a day seven days a week. >> you can see this amazing sight along the chicago river. it is a floating house parade. it is part of the great chicago fire festival. >> bridges are raised and tugboats are pulling these houses and to position between state and columbus for the event that takes place next saturday. we went behind the scenes to see what it takes to create this one-of- a-kind festival. you
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will see a whole lot more of this and the cover story. >> some really dramatic video. we have lunch break dramatic video. we have lunch break coming up next. fow
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in today's lucnnch break. here with her recipe for lemon frozen yogurt. >>how do we get started? >>create a lemon flavored base to mix with our yogurt. take the peel off of the outside of the lemon. it makes the frozen yogurt taste
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more like lemons. >>we will addd 2 things. a cup of cream. and sugar. all right. grab a whisk. this is one of my favorite things to make at home. makes things 10 times easier. i like to choose the simplest recipes. i usually make frozen yogurt.
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>>just a little machine that you keep the base in the freezer. heat the cream up and let it fuse. we can chill it and mix it with two cups of yogurt. >>we are bringing it up to the temperature in which all of the sugar will dissolve. not a lot of liquid in here mostly sugar at this point. >>add yogurt to it. we have two cups of yogurt. and the best part. the lemon juice. takes about 6
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lemons if you are shopping. add these. just a plain yogurt. the trick is you want to get greek yogurt because it is strained. all the water is removed. it is supposed to be healthier. >>i do not know. i think that is a rumor the greeks started. >>ice cream is one of the simplest pleasure in life. one of the things i tell people that is the liquid solid and gas form of awater at
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the same time. all about controlling the water and ice crystals. if you don't do a good job it does not taste as good. >>once this is all whisked together we can put it into our ice cream machine. how long does it take? 10-20 minutes. that was super simple. a great recipe. pour it right in here. turn it on. >>this is my
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just kept talking about what a beautiful day it is outside. katishia hours coming southward from northern wisconsinlook at these showers coming north word. once the front passes scattered
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passage of shoppers. showers. they will blows like the fact rainshowers. mixed with the sunshine during the day tomorrow. data will be much cooler than today. we of high pressure north of lake superior. here are the high temperatures today. watch what happens with the temperatures by 9:00 p.m.. they are crashing. by morning we are down to the '40's out in the suburbs. even a 44 up towards rockford. not much warmer than that during the day tomorrow. some mid- 60's south and west suburbs. only 50 is along the shoreline. a little ball: the jet stream. thlocalbuckle. >> the software dip in the jet stream. that is a sign of some very cooler
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air. here is to cool off tomorrow. you will see warm air right there during the latter portion of wednesday into cars a. a more powers thursday. as we look into next week you will see how a couple of weeks of cooler air keep coming down here. we will attempt to warm-up thursday. we are in the '80s and lincoln park. kankakee and 81. gone north into wisconsin here is what is going on. 41 and when the lakes. 62 degrees higher tomorrow. we crashed down to 56 by saturday. it will get cooler again this weekend. maybe 70 by sunday. >> thank you for joining us today.
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in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. ( distant siren blaring ) ( automatic gunfire ) woman: no! ( sobbing ): no! ( indistinct radio transmission ) greevey: so he missed a lay-up at the buzzer? so what? logan: ah, it just ticks me off. some pituitary freak makes more in 40 minutes than i make all year. who told you life was fair?

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