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not have a specific reason he does this. >> you're watching a live news conference from hammond on a possible serial killer after seven bodies were discovered. >> he is cooperating with us. that is all we have at the moment. >> only one of the
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victims had a missing a report out. >> he is not a hammer and resident. a c resident of the state of indiana. >> state of texas. >> we had to work with county on that. he does not live in hammond. my officers would not have been following him. >> >> i can only talk
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about the use of the phone. we got the phone number from the facilitator. use some electronic measures to track him down. >> the classification would be >> the other cases are not solved yet. >> he's being charged today. >> is been giving us the descriptions cooperating and giving us locations.
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>> that is not known. we're going to do a couple more questions. this is an active investigation. we do not want to jeopardize the case. we'll take a couple more questions. >> >> if no indication that he did anything here. >> to more questions. >> i cannot go into
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direct statements. his level of cooperation of things he told this would indicate that other victims could surface. i've not talked to him directly. i cannot say the. >> my investigators are still dealing. >> i do not know what carias doing at this moment. does want to remind everybody that if you're not for the great work with him in police department this could have been a murder in the hotel room. >> and is great for the police department. i appreciate the fine
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work of the officers who worked in this case. appreciate you all coming out today. i do want to remind you that this is an active case. the west indian that is safer because of the fine work. thank you very much and have a fine day. >> police and hammond have released new details. suspect was in custody still giving investigators information possibly about other murders or victims. following this story alive and. . we also learned from a press conference the names of two more victims.
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>> 36 general also from gary. that is on top of the 35 rule president for merrillville indiana. 19 year-old africa hearty who started this entire investigation on friday night when her body was found in motel 6 and hammond indiana. police as saying a phone number found on her phone is what led them to the suspect in gary. there is so laser focus on following the trail of breadcrumbs that they missed two bodies there were found in the same home. they say as well as he continues to give them information they will continue to follow up on that information.
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>> 35 year-old lose from saturday night. that brings the total number of victims to seven. one in hammond 6 in the area. many are wondering if there anymore. he was continuing to lead police to the bodies of the victims. the investigation began friday evening. >> evidence led them to a home and gary weather took a 43 goldman into custody. police say
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he later confessed to killing hearty and released three other women. it is scary. i'm glad he is caught. i've cried for her so many times not knowing where she is. when this comes up i cannot help but think she was one of his victims. others blame the deaths on the large number of abandoned homes. this could've been worse than this. could have been kids. >> the suspect has now been identified. police say they're still continuing to search. more victims could surface.
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>> i'm live in gary tonya francisco >> chicago police are circulating the sketch of a man wanted for trying to take two children from their home on the south side. that happened two weeks ago. police say the man offered the 10- 12 girl children money. their parents and a neighbor chased them off. here's the latest on the ebola scare. the obama administration's new ebola czar will begin his duties wednesday. a team of medical experts to respond. the team will consist of five doctors 20 nurses and five trainers. there will be available to respond within 72 hours to hospitals across the country. in other developments u.s. health officials are expected to issue new guidelines for
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health workers. >> >> previous guidelines left some areas of the body exposed. the woman who contracted the first known case outside of africa is now free of the virus. will stay in a hospital for several more weeks just as a precaution. we're learning hundreds of children in liberia and now orphans after losing their parents. children's villages are too afraid to take them in. dozens of people who may have been exposed to ebola are out of quarantine today. 40 people who had had contact with thomas eric gun can no longer require monitoring. that includes his fiancee her son and two other people who have been under
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mandatory quarantine. none of them have so far shown any signs of the ball up. more people are expected to be cleared of monitoring today. the hospital in dallas that treated duncan before he died apologized yesterday for not admitting him when he first arrived at the hospital emergency room. two nurses from the hospital who are infected are being treated. a dallas mayor says 120 people are still being monitored for symptoms during this 21 day incubation period university of illinois chicago hospital is preparing for a one day nurses' strike set to take place tomorrow. under a judge's ruling nurses to treat critical care patients will continue working through the one day strike. nine hospital departments will remain fully staffed including the emergency department and the meantime the nurses' union and house of
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representatives will meet today for a contract mediation >> be helped launch a rally last night. it included most of the local democratic leadership. purchase of local supporters to vote early. >> president cast his ballot in the early voting today. he voted at the martin luther king community center on the south side. for people who want to vote early in person will have an easier time doing so this year. five voting locations in the city. will be open later hours until 7:00 p.m. during the second week of early voting. other locations will close at 5:00. people voted early for the first time and not
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have to show a photo id such as a driver's license. the early voting period will continue through sunday before election day. for the latest election coverage you can log on to our web site. >> $21 million on television and radio advertisements over the past three months. they've raised nearly $60 million to fund their respective campaigns. that is $20 million more than what was raised for the entire governor's race in 2010. meantime picked up endorsements from the chicago tribune. residents of what i relax as the hurricane has downgraded to a tropical storm. one of the three women kidnapped for more than a decade in cleveland now says she forgives her captor. police call off their search for
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so much worse. residents are dealing with some problems caused by tropical storms. some streets in honolulu were flooded. on roads that were not flooded officials still warns drivers to be careful of the water that was building up. the storm also knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses. crews cut the electricity back on by sunday nighgot the electriciy back on by sunday night. >> we're making an apple and brussels >> we're making an apple and brussels sprout salad.
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talks are mixed in midday. off about 33 points. his strike by pilots is disrupting travel plans for to roger thousand passengers. forced to ground more than 2100
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time for sports. the chicago bears have not opened a season with three straight losses at soldier field since 2004. fazed his former teammate from miami. a bad pass was intercepted by a shard jones. still
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trailed by 14 in the fourth. >> the defense had four sacks. chicago bears lost 2714. marshall reportedly called out his teammates on a locked room. >> >> that has nothing to do with you. a lot of guys that this means a lot to. we need to play better. that is unacceptable. >> should not have lost today. should not be 3-4. often tough to play better. it is as simple as thathas to play better. it is as simple as that. >> the chicago bears are now 3-4. a visit the patriots next week. suffered a sprained thumb. against the hornets. he played the fourth
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quarter for the fourth time this preseason and with the bulls up only one he drained the jumper. 17 points and 28 minutes. chicago bulls won their fourth straight preseason game and 101-96. >> after the break we will have the latest on our top story. the death of seven women in story. the death of seven women in northwest indiana. im
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now identified the man they're questioning about the discovery of seven women's bodies. live at the hammond police station with the latest on the investigation. >> this is a big story unraveling out here in northwest indiana. the mayor of gary the big news in terms of the
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investigation coming a few moments ago from the hand police department. darren van. >> 43 years old. he comes from gary. had been living in texas about 10 years ago. a convicted sex offender from austin texas. all this began to unravel at the hotel and hammond. when the victim. the first victim was found as identified as africa party. her body was found there. identified by authorities as a prostitute. somebody he hired on the backpage web site. >> and she failed to check and with her female pimp that person became concerned. >> hammond police
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then got her phone with his phone number. through various means tracked him to his carry residents. he was taken into custody. they say he started talking. almost as if he wanted to get caught and take this tremendous burden off of his shoulder. to date, seven victims. there may be more. wrapping up the press conference just a few moments ago. here's what they're saying. >> during his initial arrest, he had messed up by not committing the crime. >> the 63 incidents of suspected homicide's currently being investigated for possible future charges. >> murder charges are being sought by the hand and police.
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a identified some of them anyway. it 20 year-old gary resident, an unidentified african-american female founded the house and gary. 36 year-old gary resident and two unidentified african-american females has well. i ask them as well is there any reason >> we will continue working this story throughout the of the man. any reason you should call in the fed's? essay thus far we have not been led to believe that is the case. at this point we're not asking the fed's to get actively involved in this investigation. it of course may change. >> throughout the afternoon if you want more on this story >> to have more on the midday news
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>> >> how about those thunderstorms? >> they were really hit or miss. this came barreling through this morning. we have some great pictures. our photographers up their. thunderstorms roll across the city. look at the lightning there. how amid late airport just after the storm's path. piquancy these cumulonimbus clouds that produced the thunderstorms over lake michigan. you want a feel for just how big clouds that make storms are? it is spectacular from
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glenview. 38,000 ft. just south of denver. if you look carefully there's a little dog. that is a southwest airlines 737. >> the plane is actually 22 mi. away. just a little dog at the top of this screen. >> beautiful shot tear from brian fitzgerald. >> takes us back to august 25th. a storm that rolled through. look at this panoramic shot. >> wisconsin is the scene of the shop. beautiful sunrise in the area as well. >> what has been a cool october so far. reeve certainly cleared in the wake of those storms this
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morning. we've only had to 73 days of this october. we had 10 and oct. year ago. a month is running about 2.2 degrees below normal. over six degrees cooler than a year ago. >> these are the highs across the area yesterday. up from the day before on saturday. still pretty chilly. here is was going on to make it so cool. a flow coming in from the know. it will continue that way from tomorrow. >> shoreline areas. with time this powerhouse jet roared across the country with pacific air and toe. even more so this coming weekend. here's the wind field that is delivering the cooler air. it is cool. it is not unseasonably so. it is 60 of chicago. >> warming out in
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the plains. a sign of things to come. we will fly north. you can see the real chill starting to take shape. >> including single digits in northern canada. here in chicago lyric 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. a up by almost double digits across the area. in other words ear at the same point right now. we reached the high we saw yesterday. three-four hours of warning yet to go. >> the humidity 60%. sharon and water temperature down to 58. not a lot of wind. there were some small hail and northern indiana. very little rainfall. you see the wind gusted gary and glenview. >> beautiful fall colors, all of our whether cameras in
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the wake of those storms. that is the national weather service down there and romeoville from louis university campus. problem is is qantas and wind down the lake. particularly northern indiana. >> this after a man patchy mid-level clouds. still a good deal of sunshine and drier air. tonight partly cloudy breezy and cool. if you like the fact rainshowers. >> mixed sunshine school. a couple of like the fact sprinkles possible. most will be dry up to 56 is all. 63 on wednesday with mostly sunny skies. >> may have some warmer temperatures.
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we look forward to those warm temperatures. >> it is good to be back. see you guys. happy monday.
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we're making an apple in brussels sprout salad. thank you so much for being here. never going to a bowling alley and is not going to be greek or may food. it is fun and the kids love for all of the activities. our goal is to change the frame of mind of people when they come to our restaurant we want them tblow their mind great quality food. we're using some brussels sprouts apples. >> have some cheese. it is a very healthy
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salad. phenomenal for comfort in the winter. it is heavy enough but it is light and refreshing. wonderful flavors it looks delicious over there. we can smell the vinegar when you're cooking them. tell me how you're starting out. we have a couple of recipes. you have to cook a little bit. >> take the leaves of the brussels sprouts and just peel them. we take those >> who have to blanche those in salted water. a lot of salt. about three-five seconds and there. we are also making a balsamic clays.glaze. >> we make everything in our restaurant. you can
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use something like paul some pickled or any fancy imported grocery store. you can use it for your salad. >> we reduce it by half. we had a little honey and sugar. it holds on to the plate. >> lawyer going to take some of our brussels sprouts that have already been blanched. we do add a little bit of all rugalach to light up the salad. brussels sprouts as you can see, a pickup in nice green color. >> a different
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consistencies in your mouth. you do the same things with the apples. some of them dies and some of them shaved. not everything tastes the same. we're just going to slice this one like this. just to have the upper layer of flavor we do not want everything to look green and boring. >> and take some of our dressing. the roasted derek vinaigrette. just a little bit. not a lot. he gave us a recipe to make that from scratch. it
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sounds so delicious. all of our recipes it is all on the web site. i brought some raw omens over here. if you'd like. if you like them a little bit more you can garnish them. a little balsamic. not all lot of balls comic. i like to decorate a little bit. >> we do over 2000
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this is what we have been waiting for. it is going to be good before then as well. warming later in the weekend. >> see the cooler air the kind of hangs in there tomorrow and wednesday. by thursday little bit of warming. look how the warmer colors come in of weekend. those temperatures will really warm-up. here's a batch of thunderstorms that
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went through here this morning. the race off to the east. >> that is the forecast at midnight. there is tomorrow morning. these are not going to be heavy rain falls. it will come and go. the conflict some areas near the lake. a little from comes in and could produce a brief shower. we warm up after that. the warm colors develop out west. they spread and dominate a good part of the country. we're going to warm up around here. that
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is nice and in october that has been cool. >> what a difference a year makes. 55 tomorrow. 63 wednesday. 67 thursday. 68 friday. a little bit of indian summer after our first frost. >> welcome back. with good news. >> welcome back. with good news. >> we want
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