a second person is now being screened for ebola in texas, as chicago finds itself at the forefront to prevent an outbreak in the united states. we'll have a *live rep we could find out today why chicago teachers union the hospital.n lewis was rus and what made more than a hundred elementary school children sick in northwest indiana. 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. >> we are still stuck in in nice weather pattern. high temperatures will reach the '60s. chancery in early not heavy but we are expecting showers and during the day. bring your jacket and your umbr. we get partisan by the

afternoon. most unclear tonight. 52 greed now. in lansing it is 51. 47 in dekalb. we are expecting to see that rain continued is limited in some portions of the extreme western counties and into portions of western kankakee. we continue to see that rain. it will move to the southeast of dry out of lunch. temperature's only in the fifties. typical hiatt is mid- 50s. clouds will be breaking up later. 60 degrees later. friday we've made 59. we do it all began on saturday. i thought it was friday but it's only thursday. >> i woke up thinking it was friday. >> i hate that feeling. if feels like a friday. let's all call out tomorrow. >> they would love that. larry

and rabin would love nothing more than that call early arm. on the tristate construction, eastbound basically from the oasis there is in left lane closed. down to 34 mi. per hour. we have lots of closures for the marathon. east lane northbound columbus with test begins. starts at roosevelt. good stretch blocked off from columbus to lakeshore drive. these will be in place until 10:00 a.m. monday morning. more detours as you get closer to the big race day on sunday. >>we're following several developments in the ebola outbreak: there may be another ebola victim outside of west africa. a nurse in australia is being tested for the virus today. local news reports say she had been treating ebola victims at a hospital in sierra leone. she's been under quarantine since saturday. but she checked into a hospital

when she developed a 'lograde fever' this morning. test results could come today or tomorrow. and there may be another ebola victim in texas. sergeant michael monnig of the dallas county sheriff's office, was hospitalized yesterday with possible symptoms. he says he woke up with a stomach ache and felt sore and fatigued. he's now being tested for the ebola virus. he was one of the first responders to enter the apartment where ebola victim he talked about that experience last friday. the sergeant was admitted just the black-the lights to turn them on. when you go home the next day the start hearing that equipment is being quarantined ... >> that sergeant was admitted just as an he was the first ebola victim diagnosed in the u-s. monnig didn't have direct contact with duncan, but there was some contact with family members. duncan had been in the hospital for ten days. he was actually sent home with anti-biotics the first time he went in with symptoms.

o'hare airport is one of five major airports that will start screening passengers, from west africa, for ebola. nancy loo is live at o'hare with more.. nancy? have they started the screenings yet? >> they have not started yet. they will start next week. but as you know, o'hare airport seized many passengers coming in the daily from west african countries. city and state health officials stress they are working closely with the ctc and are already well prepared to handle any potential ebola patients. >> we will identify the case quickly and probably stamp out any transmission so we can contain it. >> we will work with every level at aviation and public health to ensure we have the safety and

security in place to make sure the health is safe. >> the u.s. health screenings will start this saturday at jfk airport and then the o'hare, washington and dallas and atlanta and newark will institute screenings next week. the focus will be on the 150 passengers who arrive daily from liberia, guinea and sierra leone. the known ebola hot spots. the cdc is stationed at o'hare and measures are in place to isolate and contain should any suspected cases popped up. to the north, an abundance of caution has prompted jail officials in kenosha county to isolate a woman from liberia. she was brought in as a federal immigration detainee after flying in through o'hare from belgium. the woman was showing no symptoms but officials have

contacted the cdc and she remains under observation. >> we realize it's not just people coming in to visit other people. we have to look into this as a serious threat. >> medical experts say the new airport screenings make sense. they are a good idea but they will be foolproof. live from the international terminal at o'hare. >> we are expected to hear more about karen lewis today. she's been at the hospital since sunday. the union has not said what wrong or commented on any reports about having an emergency surgery. they have also said she did not have a stroke. the union will hold a news conference at 4:00 p.m.. >>more than 130 children got sick at an elementary school in northwest indiana. this time...the norovirus. peifer elementary school in

schererville brought in triple the number of cleaning crews yesterday. a late night for crews as they worked to decontaminate classrooms with bl. the district thinks they are now ready for students. initially...they thought something from the cafeteria made the kids sick, but records show many of them didn't eat at school the day before. >> as kids moved around and touched computer screens and keyboards and desks and doorknobs it spread quite rapidly. >> it was amazing. everybody really worked hard. people were pitching in the making phone calls to helping kids who were not feeling well. >>the school is urging parents to keep their kids home an extra day today, if they are still sick. the district also threw out milk at its ten schools, as a precaution. the mother of "isis" hostage peter cassig is trying to get a message on twitter, to the *leader of "isis"... appealing paula cassig is tweetingso hoping they'll pass along her personal appeal. at butler university in

indianapolis, where cassig was once a student, friends held a vigil for him. in its fourth video beheading, "isis" said cassig will be the next victim, even though he converted to islam after his capture while helping refugees in syria. chicago police captain ed kulbida is scheduled to be released from the hospital today. he was shot twice tuesday night while trying to arrest a shooting suspect from indianapolis in the englewood neighborhood. the 29-year veteran of the force reportedly joked with mayor emanuel during a visit yesterday. superintendent garry mccarthy calls him a commander who leads from in front which could very asily have cost him his life. daniel brown was arrested when a incredibly fortunate because the bullet could have been a killer shot same with the bullet that struck here. the removed the bullet from his back it traveled down about a foot and a half. i can't tell you how fortunate he is. >> daniel brown was arrested building after a six hourd stanff he has not yet been charged in

cook county, but faces charges for the indianapolis shooting spree. his sister was taken from the apartment. her boyfriend was found dead inside. and moved to block in illinois toll road has fallen short. a committee responsible for signing off on federal funding for the project will weigh in. the metropolitan planning organization committee will vote on a proposal today. they have a history of supporting the toll road which will connect with i also often in sync with thee chicago metropolitan agency trying to get the project scrapped. >> not unusual for a cat to climb into a car's engine compartment for heat. but this cat is confusing. demands surveillance camera caught the mountain lion climbing onto the roof of his car in the driveway of his home in california. why

let experts estimate it weighs 70-80 lbs.. about two years old. neighbors say they often see deer and coyotes from nearby parks the mountain lion not so much. surprise! >> good morning. today we're expecting this conditions. temperatures will climb into the upper fifties. 60 degrees for the high today. cooler than normal with rain early on. in kankakee its 55. there will be rain across the western counties. blue island reading at 54. much cooler elsewhere. highland park 44. deerfield only 45. here's the radar. showers are continuing to move to the southern viewing area. very light three now nothing too strong or severe. potential for rain is here to the morning. we try out as a move to the day. today's high and only 60.

tonight 42. mar 59. >> coming up, in man is dead after being attacked by bees. >> protest turned violent in missouri after a police officer fatally shoots a black man. >> a woman and some shoes kicked off the airplane for a tweet. we will tell you what she said coming up.

another police shooting led to a crowd of protesters in saint louis. an off duty officer was working as a security guard when he shot and killed a teenager last night. officials say he was chasing a suspect, who turned around and fired three shots at him. the officer fired his gun 17- a crowd of people gathered after the protesters were yelling at police at the scene, but there was no reported violence. protesters are planning demonstrations against racial profiling in saint louis and ferguson this weekend. pennsylvania state police are revealing new details of a journal, left behind by fugitive eric frein . in it, he describes how he shot two state troopers...killed one of them last month. he wrote his getaway car almost failed him when he crashed his parents jeep. investigators say he had a deep police have added new charges against frein, including having weapons of mass destruction. by the way...they still haven't found him. he's believed to be hiding out in the pocono mountains. a swarm of bees killed a

landscaper and critically injured another in southern arizona. the douglas, arizona, fire department estimates 800- thousand bees poured out from under the roof of a building from a hive that was 1 years old. the department gets frequent calls for bees and its trucks are equipped with protective suits and insecticide fo a total of seven people were stung. a woman says her tweets got her booted from a jet blue airplane. she said her flight to was delayed due to make ends. when they finally boarded another passenger said they hoped there was a fully stocked bar on board. the pilot thought to is accused of being a drunk and said there'd be another delay while he took a sobriety test. somebody treated and said she was not allowed back upon the case said it's now wide but did not get specific. she got a flight from another airline after getting a refund and >> of the following her on

tour? >> early on we have fairly calm conditions. currently it's 50 degrees. wind out of the north at 5 mi.. the barometer is relatively high. kind of a column day but we will have showers early on. 53 right now towards kankakee. juliet at 51. 47 in union. chicago at 52. in nice, start. showers are limited to the extreme southern viewing areas portions of lasalle and iroquois. there could be a sprinkle towards chicago and cook county but not much. much of this moisture is moving to the south. 20 percent chance of rain early on. the move to dry conditions later. computer shows the green is rain. showers moving to the self early on. sunshine as clouds break up. into tonight partly cloudy and fought mostly clear conditions.

fairly nice, whether with not much of a change from the day today. still cooler than normal. 60 for the high. typically we are five degrees warmer. on the three days forecast, to are as high 59. saturday we do it again with more sunshine. >> good morning. we have some construction we are keeping our eye on. this is i 57. one of several spots that are barricaded because of the road work. 1072 halsted, brightly down until 5:00. another pocket south bound at 115. the right lane will remain closed until 6:00 a.m.. over to the tri- state, stretch westbound from lincoln to halsted, to left lanes are closed until 5:00 a.m.. the speed bumptious 32 mi. per hour. that's the latest on the road to another update coming up. >> coming up, we are talking

with this c e zero of project to or about the ebola response in west africa. >> and the hawks are on the ice tonight. >> good morning. if you are one of these people who is into really unique home decorations we have a guy taking would out of lake michigan and making really unique stuff you can hang in your living room. that's coming up next.

fourth the bears began the list is a long one including four linebackers with a back injury. a sore neck, briggs has a back injury and as a fractured hand. nobody practice wednesday. conti on the field after clearing protocol for concussion. garza return as well he had suffered a high income stream in the season oper. every game is huge but especially this one because if the bears lose their 2-4. >> in my mind we should be 4-1.

but this is where we are. we need to start this week, we need to get on the field and put out the type of effort that offensively and defensively will help us win. >> we can't give up the drive so we gave up. if we can stop them in that game at the half when the game. >> the blackhawks are in dallas ready for the season opener against the stars. once again they are among the favorites to win the stanley cup but they know it's a long haul. the division is tough including the dallas stars. >> as we saw last year, there's not too much bedspread's the teams in this league and i think the most important thing is not to get ahead of yourself and

really take it day by day. focus on each game. >> scored to be hard this year. born to be a big accomplishment to make the playoffs we need to get off to a good start. >> we will have reports all day on wgn from dallas. >>stocks soared again wednesday. the dow up 274 points, in it's biggest gain of 20-14. nasdaq gained 83. s-and-p increased 33. a-t-and-t settled a 105-million dollar lawsuit yesterday for charges of "cramming". that's when a phone company charges customers for unauthorized services -- things like premium text message subscriptions, that send horoscopes and trivia. most of the charges cost 9-99 a

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you procedures at o'hare to reduce the risk of the ebola virus from spreading also possible new victims of the disease. details coming up. >> the could find out today why karen lewis was rushed to hospital. >> hillary clinton in chicago to help the governor bring in big bucks. >>good morning, i'm dan nc and i'm lourdes duarte. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> the good news is the weather will be fairly calm. >> to is my dad's birthday. >> what his name? >> it's a hard one ... are you ready? >> i can even pronounce it. just

give him good weather. >> >> did you just call him mr. signor? >> 54 degrees. i can pronounce his name. elsewhere we fine rain that only light showers moving through. not too much early on. as he continued to look to the south will find their green stretching out. throughout the day, another column day, another cool day. typical high 65. we make 50 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. it's clear down to 50. today's official high is 60. 42 tonight. 59 again saturday. sunday, we make 61 degrees. i would call you might come padre but isn't that russian? >> was ds. >> don't let him give you a hard time. my mother thought demetrius was greek we first

started dating. try again mom. army trail and spring valley road, this crash has been here for a little while. emergency responders have just pulled up. and it looks like we are still dealing with construction since stretch with saw yesterday. this is on the tri-state around the bend. it's a little sluggish. at about 530-6:00 did not let up until 6:30 p.m.. there were supposed to pick this up but it lasted till almost seven yesterday causing a lot of problems. that's another rough spots. more traffic street ahead. >> with a breaking news on the apollo outbreak. in years in australia now being tested for the disease. >> local news reports they say she was treating patients in zero leon. she has been under quarantine since saturday. she checked into a hospital when she developed a low-grade fever this morning. the test results could

come sometime today or tomorrow. there may be another victim in texas. a police sergeant was hospitalized yesterday with possible symptoms. he said he woke up with a stomach ache, felt sore and fatigue. now being tested for the virus. one of the first responders to enter the apartment with the ebola victim, thomas duncan was staying. duncan died yesterday. meanwhile the officer said he was not wearing a hazmat suit or any protective gear at that point. >> o'hare airport is one of five major airports that will start screening passengers, west africa, for nancy loo is live at o'hare with more.. >> they are saying the screening will start next week here at o'hare. not specifying any day. but local officials stress that they are working very closely with the ctc and are already well prepared.

>> we will be able to identify the case very quickly and probably stamp out any transmission and to the contact tracing very quickly so we can contain it. >> we will work at every level in aviation and public health to ensure the safety and security is in place to keep the public safe. >> the u.s. health screening will start saturday at jfk airport and then at o'hare, washington, atlanta and newark airports will institute screenings starting next week. the focus will be on the 150 passengers who arrive daily from liberia, guinea and sierra leone. the known ebola hotspots. the cdc is stationed at o'hare and measures are in place to isolate and contain should any suspected case crop up here. to the north, an abundance of caution has come to jail

officials in kenosha county to isolate a woman from liberia. she was brought in as a federal immigration detainee after flying in from o'hare from belgium. the woman was showing no symptoms but officials have contacted the cdc and she remains under observation. >> we realize it's not just people entering the country to visit other people. we have to look into this as a serious threat. >> the five u.s. airports to do the screenings of passengers take in over 90% of arrivals. we're live at the international terminal at o'hare. back to you. >>we're expecting to learn more today about the medical condition of chicago teachers union president karen lewis. lewis has been in the hospital since sunday night. the union has not said what's wrong with her, and it h not commented on a broadcast report that she had emergency surgery yesterday.

a conviction for joshua miner in the murders of eric glover and terrance rankinsduring a robbery at a joliet apartment last year. miner faces sentencing next month... he'll probably get mandatory life in prison. two women have already been sentenced for their roles in the murders... a second man is awaiting trial. mayor emanuel plans to continue the great chicago fire festival, even though its inaugul event fizzled. houses floating on the chicago river were supposed to burn to ashes last weekend, but they barely caught fire due to recent rain. mayor emanuel says there will likely be another festival next year, with changes ... once they determine what needs to be done differently. the pentagon is confirming that american airstrikes against "isis" won't stop the terrorists from overtaking the syrian border town of kobani. eight strikes yesterday destroyed an "isis" command center, a supply depot, eight barracks and five "isis" vehicles. for now, kurdish fighters still control kobani... but "isis" is closing in. n-f-l star running back adrian peterson makes his first court appearance in texas today... some powers could come away from the league's commison. the

first meeting since a video showed a great race punching his beyonce in an elevator. the task of finding a more consistent formula in dealing with future cases. involving the and someone else decide on suspension instead of the commissioner. meanwhile the child abuse troffer a dream peterson could start december 1st. since he was indicted on a child abuse charge. peterson is accused of punishing his four year-old son with a tree branch earlier this year. he claims he never meant to harm his child. he's expected to go on trial on december first, but that may change. the prosecution wants the judge to recuse himself, and a hearing on this issue will take place next month. more than a month after north korean dictator kim jong un dropped out of sight, there is growing speculation that he' in failing health. and that speculation will only intensify, if kim misses a key two weeks ago, kim missed an important meeting of his parliament. published reports say he has grown quite fat, eating imported

cheese. some reports suggest, kim's younger *sister may be running the country in his absence. the guessing game continues about whether or not hillary clinton will run in the next president race. the former secretary of state in chicago tonight, with a schedule packed-full of events. she talked about the threat of ices saying the terror group is a greater danger to the u.s. than all quaeda. >> yes we need to be engaged but the word engagement should never be in any way to find only by a military action. >> she grew up in park ridge also reminisce about watching the cubs as a kid. a new website launched quietly this week offers the most detailed look so far at what george lucas plans for his museum on the lakefront. the lucas museum of narrative art is slated to be built on park district land just south of soldier field. it will apparently have a major cinema theme and cutting-edge theater space. the 70-year-old creator of

*star wars will be in town for you can see the details atay lucas museum -dot- org. it's official...a mads is in the works! starring the director tweeted that the new movie would star hilarious women. rumors are already swirling about who will join the team- with melissa mccarthy at the top of the list. the original 1984 comedy featured 4 men fighting the paranormal. no word yet on whether the plot will stay the same. i love that movie. one of my favorites. >> so the reboot is when they act like the first one wasn't even there. >> i'm very skeptical about remaking the one. >> maybe it will be in chicago? hear of the current temperatures. it's 50 at o'hare pier 54 at midway. in morris its 52. temperatures are definitely jacket weather. our high only about 50. typically we

would be 65 degrees. satellites and radar composite shows rain continuing. not much early on but light showers. you may need to put your windshield wipers on role of this morning. manley south of 80. today's high only 50. tonight's load falls to 42. tomorrow we're 59 and saturday as well. >> still ahead, how local artist is using lake michigan in his work. >> and we have project taurus the zero hear talk about ebola. >> and john stuart is trending. the job offer he turned down to stay at the daily show. the worn

record has killed nearly 4- thousand people. the situation in liberia continues to deteriorate ... and sierra leone reports a surge of cases in the past several weeks. here to talk more about what's going on in africa, and how we can help... is doctor douglas thank you for coming in. we want to talk about what you want to

do and what you are trying to do and how people can help but let's start with the latest development. the airports are now taking precaution including our own airport in chicago where they will screen people and take temperatures. >> that's going to help. it's something that's probably delivered do. when you get off the airplane there would be a machine they would scan your forehead for a temperature, not a bad idea. we did then and it's a good idea to do now. >> on a scale of 1-10, how serious is this threat reaching chicago and the u.s. in terms of people not from west africa but developing here? >> it was unreasonable to say it would never happen here. it was going to happen. the world that travels back and forth and airplanes, but as far as a full

blown out break, it probably will not happen. we have the resources to contain a disease like this. the diseases do not start unless there is extreme poverty. those are countries, they have injured it 20 years of war. remember that blood at diamond movie? this is what creates the disease. here we quarantine and put people in the hospital and it would burn out. >> it's a scary thing for people. there is no really good treatment or anything that they can say this is going to work. here's the treatment we will take care of it. how to handle something like that? >> compared it to the flu, the flu is airborne. you have to come into actual contact with bodily fluid. this is a whole different thing. it's not going to just explode. >> you can see the sheriff down

in texas concerned because he was touching doorknobs. more than likely you are saying he doesn't have anything to worry about as long as it eaten have contact with his doctor--the patient and includes. >> it will live on the doorknob for a few hours. it is a virus. this is one of those things that is good for all of us to think about. a lot of people died in the u.s. from the flu. you have to be careful by keeping your hands washed and keeping things clea it's great public health regardless. but for people, i don't know how close people have come in contact. >> we need to talk about project to cure. i just read an article that said the bull a fund- raising is one-tenth of what it was a for the typhoon in the philippines. it's amazing to me. why is that? people are just not

giving money or helping out. >> i don't understand. i have been doing this for almost 20 years and during third world health relief. sometimes what happens with the typhoon or haiti, ever the talks about haiti. >> what can people do? >> get on to project a chore, but to different places or you can get involved with volunteering. a warehouse up there in melrose park to be involved in donating supplies like gloves and masks. >> think you for your time. >> good morning. today we are expecting to see temperatures climb quickly through the low '40's in some areas. mid-40s towards wadsworth. i got when

reading at 45. these numbers are where you should be. we are warmer as a travel into cook county. oakland is reading at 52. our radar shows light showers across southern chicago areas. portions of luck lassalle into western kankakee. continuing to see that grain moved through. not much for us early on. the chance is there to the morning of this afternoon we move towards drier conditions. what we will see today is more temperatures. typical high 65. we will only be in the '50s by 5:00 p.m.. here is the seven days forecast. each day is like the one before. saturday we're there again. sunday temperatures are in the low 60s. >> a look at what's happening. same stretch of construction. they've been doing all that

stripping work. causing huge delays into at 7:00 hour. right now to left lanes are closed. the should pick this up by 5:00. but yesterday they didn't pick up quite on schedule. you'll see how this plays out. also watching a project that picked up on monday this has northbound lasalle basically shut down from wacker. disease but downtown. that will last zero through november. more traffic coming straight ahead. >> here's a few stores trending online. meet the press almost had a major makeover stewart as the new moderator. a source with direct knowledge of the search process says feelers were sent out to the comedy central host, but stewart wasn't keen on getting serious on sunday mornings. n-b-c eventually promoted white house correspondent chuck todd to replace david gregory on t-v longest running show. paula patton has filed for divorce from robin thicke. the actress cited

"irreconcilable differences" in papers filed friday and asked for joint custody of their 4- year-old son. the couple separated in february, after 9 years of marriage. after the split, thicke made numerous attempts to win her back, even dedicating an album to her. drug and alcohol abuse was the reason for the split. take a look at what a vandal did to this nearly-two-million dollar supercar in seattle. high-powered sports cars like this bugatti are often portrayed as masculine surrogates for men with small... umm... equipment. the vandal just decided to characterize the car more *visually. the owner of the car has yet to comment. which can assure you quite close what was on their but you get the idea the owner of the car has yet to comment. that ... >> from that we go over to our break. coming up in local artist who makes sculptures out of

driftwood from lake michigan.

welcome back. in finding people who can take something that we see every day and turn it into a work of art. today we have a man who makes driftwood sculptures. >> we see it every time we go to the beach. would that trips onto the shore of lake michigan. most of us just walk by not thinking anything of it. but this man ... >> there's a lot to offer. >> he sees an opportunity. >> i see it as something different. >> he started combing the lake michigan shoreline about five years ago in search of the most unique driftwood he could find. >> this start is cool how that was already in there. you could look at these knots how it all hold out. >> he brings it back to the storage area on the bottom floor of his apartment complex.

it's a makeshift studio where he turns natures trash ... into treasure. >> once i started coming and finding these pieces of driftwood, i started to see what it could become and ever since then it has grown into such a passion. >> he sells the creations, a collection of the sticks along with a nail gun and wood glue and it becomes a chicago flag. >> i knew for example this peace and this piece would make a good frame. from there i see these two that ready had and i have collected enough to where i have a pile and you almost have to spread it all out on the floor in order to visualize what's going to go where. >> other times it becomes an accessory to a vintage mirror. these old boards they have once been part of a.. today they are

a picture frame. >> my mom action have that. i made the frame. i rested al. there were nails displayed on their to give it more character. that's just how it was. just like that. adult what. i don't to a lot to and i like to keep them the way i find them. a lot of high and stores day mass- produced these overseas and there's really no characters nothing behind it. but with deeds, i just like the fact that it's from our backyard. where did it come from? i don't know. but it's from the lake. that's pretty cool. >> customers from all over the country. many are midwest transplants looking to own a piece of the great lakes they left behind. >> i grew up in the midwest by lake michigan and every day just provides so much for all of us.

food and water and recreation. just one more thing coming from it. i know better than to take for granted when it got this right here. >> if you're looking to get in touch, great lakes driftwood. anywhere from $50-$200.

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