a revoked passport and a changed name.... we're learning new details about the alleged gunman in canada. we are *live its effect in chicago. more murder charges for the accused northwest indiana serial killer... and his bizarre behavior in court. and, dick durbin and jim oberweis face-off in their only t-v debate for senate -- tackling residency issues and gay marriage. 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. it's thursday morning. >> pretty nice. we have slightly cooler than normal start the new warm up nicely. another day where you don't need the heat or

the air conditioner. i guess i'm like the environmental/cheap meteorologist. mostly sunny skies partly sunny this afternoon. widely scattered showers are developing the could start as early as the evening in the western suburbs. making their way into chicago after sunset. temperatures are spread across the board. 35 in rochelle. 43 in chicago. on the lookout for fog. finding some towards valparaiso. that could slow you down. the rain at us on the left-hand portion of your screen cutting through portions of western missouri. not arriving here until later this afternoon. 57 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 30 percent chance of rain. 9:00 p.m. we are down to 54. we warm up to 66 on friday. nearly 70 on saturday. >> we have some work on the dan

ryan actually admit that up. it's the kennedy. of the dan ryan. that's not it. the other big road. either way we have construction. it's causing some delays. its 4 02 a.m.. give me a break. everyone seems to be getting through without too many problems we have a few spots that will break down for you coming up. >>canadian authorities are learning more about the gunman who killed a war memorial guard in cold blood, and tried to shoot up the canadian parliament building. nancy loo is live at chicago's canadian consulate with more. >> chicago police say there are no specific threats to the canadian consulate in chicago. but they are part of the stepped up security planned for the office which is armed one of the upper floors here inside

provincial plaza. the local focus follows a frightening day in the canadian capital as a gunman sparked terror through parliament hill. he was later identified. his name was michael zehaf-bibeau ... born michael hall... 32 years old... the son of a quebec businessman. he converted to islam and reportedly changed his name after a history of drug arrests. still not know if he acted alone in the terrorist attack opening fire inside parliament before he was shot dead. that was soon after a soldier was shot and killed near one of canada's most revered sites. witnesses say a corporal was shot in the back while standing guard at the canada war memorial. >> the corporal was killed today, murdered in cold blood. canada will never be intimidated. in fact, this will lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble our efforts and those of our national security agents to take all necessary steps to identify and

counter threats and keep canada safe here at home. >> the deadly attack in ottawa comes days after another islamic convert killed another soldier in a hit and run in quebec. the 25 year-old radical also shot dead by law enforcement. his canadian passport had been confiscated due to admitted intentions to travel to turkey to join a terrorist activity. authorities have not yet said if the two attacks this week are linked. the u.s. ambassador to canada is from chicago. he was among those in lockdown yesterday. he is ok. chicago police say they will continue to monitor developments to assess what security needs to be provided here. back to you. >>one man is dead and another

wounded in a shooting in richton park. police were called to the 3600 block of sauk trail... near an auto-zone store. it happened at about 7 o'clock last night. they found one man dead on a sidewalk. another man was found in the store with a gunshot wound. his injuries are not life- threatening. a child who arrived in chicago, from liberia, will be tested for ebola. the child has been in the hospital since he threw up during his flight to o'hare. health officials are having him tested for ebola as a precaution. another traveler from liberia has been moved out of isolation and will not be tested. governor quinn announced the state now has an ebola task force to work with hospitals in chicago. starting monday, travelers from liberia, sierra leone, and guinea will be required to report their temperature to health officials daily, for three weeks. second day of no class at a skokie middle school...after a threat on instagram. the threats directed at 6th graders from mccracken middle school began monday and continued into tuesday. the threats were anonymous... and isolated to only that school.. they are still trying to figure out who's behind it.

a suspected serial killer has been charged with the murder of a second woman in northwest indiana. police say darren vann killed anith jones for a friend of a friend. vann told police he was paid 3- hundred dollars, and given drugs worth another 2-hundred. he said jones was an escort, who he arranged to meet at a house that was being staged for possible sale. vann said he had sex with jones, then strangled her in five minutes. police say he stuffed her body in a trash can and left it in the woods. vann told police he rushed home to take care of his brother's kids, then returned that night to move jones to an abandoned home in gary ... where he covered her in teddy bears and tires. the new charges came as vann made his first court appearance, and demonstrated some bizarre behavior. >> he refused to come out because of his concern about why so many people were in that court and why he was not taken to a regular court room. >>vann initially refused to enter the courtroom yesterday, to answer charges in the murder of afrikka hardy at a motel in hammond. once he did, court lasted just two minutes because vann

wouldn't talk to the judge. she postponed the hearing until next wednesday, and warned vann that he could stay in jail the rest of his life ... if he continued to refuse to participate in the proceedings. vann is suspected of killing at least seven women in northwest indiana, even though he's only been charged with two ... so far. after his arrest in the hammond murder, he told police where to find the other victims. they were all in abandoned homes in gary, where a vigil was held last night. >> nobody give that monster permission to take anybody's life. >> why did to do this to her? she did not deserve to be killed the way she was killed. >>three of the victims have not been identified. the lake county coroner's office has received calls from 17 families who are searching for missing loved ones. they've submitted d-n-a samples to the coroner, to see if they are a match. senator dick durbin and republican state senator jim oberweis faced off iin their only televised debate. durbin attacked oberweis for

giving up his permanent residency in illinois. >> in the year 2010, my opponent decided to give up his permanent residency in the state of illinois for tax purposes. he may be the first illinois state senator on record who claims a residency in illinois to run for the state senate the claims a residency in florida for tax purposes. >> that's another falsehood. he apparently does not understand the laws of this state. under the laws, if my wife has a home in another state and claims it as a homestead exemption i am no longer allowed to have homestead exemption of my home. i have lived in the same home for 37 years. >>durbin said he would support a federal law for gay marriage. but oberweis, who objected to gay marriage in the past, says he would support the law of the land. durbin said he supports a ban on assault weapons, but oberweis says he would if the government proved that would reduce violence. vice president joe biden tried to rally democrats to the polls, in a campaign stop in suburban vernon hills. biden stumped for congressman

brad schneider, who faces a strong challenge by republican bob dols. biden returns to the chicago area next monday. as expected, mayor emanuel has chosen a new city treasurer. kurt summers junior was once chief of staff for cook county board president toni preckwinkle. his grandfather served uner the late mayor harold washington. once he is confirmed by the city council, summers will replace the outgoing treasurer stephanie neely, who is returning to a private sector investment position. a lump of gold... about the size of your hand... could be worth nearly a half-a-million dollars. the gold nugget was discovered in july by a gold prospector in california. it weighs about five pounds. somehow the nugget was missed when prospectors swept through in the 18-40's and 50's during the gold rush. it's on display and up for sale at san francisco's fall antique show over the weekend. >> demetrius if you're looking for a good prison for erin ...

>> and going to wear that around my neck. bring back the '80s. let's look at the weather for today. you will need your help on today temperatures will be cool this morning. there will warmup in to later in the day. 45 in lincoln park. at the british school its 45. how about these numbers? lincolnshire, only 32 degrees. pontiac reading at 32 as well. we are at freezing in some areas you will have some frost. satellites composite shows dry conditions. there is some rain continuing to cut your portions of central and eastern iowa. this rain comes into the western suburbs this afternoon. close to 4:00 p.m.. should be in chicago soon after that. be on the lookout for spotty showers to complete this day. 60 degrees today. 66 on friday. saturday, 68. sunday, 64. >> coming up, the woman sets her roommate on fire... you have to

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there were more protests in ferguson after confidential details about the michael brown shooting were leaked. protesters marched from where brown was shot to the ferguson police department last night. officers pushed the group back as they tried to cross the street. two people were arrested for throwing things. this comes after brown's official autopsy was leaked. it says he was shot in the hand at close range and that his blood was on officer darren wilson's gun, uniform, and car interior. that could support wilson's version in which he says brown reached for his gun. >> the person can be up like this to assault dew and a gunshot wound can go from front to back. a person can be surrendering and the gunshot wound goes from front to back. have to be very careful looking at this. >>the autopsy says brown was shot six times. the grand jury is expected to announce next month whether officer wilson should be indicted. a 12-year old girl accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times to please the fictional character "slender man" has been

ruled mentally fit to stand trial. anissa wier and her friend morgan geyzer allegedly lured one of their classmates into the woods and stabbed her nearly to death in may. they claim they did it for a character called slender man, who stalks and traumatizes children. geyzer has already been declared mentally incompetent. wier's attorney says they're challenging the ruling that she's mentally fit. a woman in florida set her roommate on fire. but she had a reason. melissa sellers says, carlos ortiz threw out her spaghetti and meatballs. the couple argued at ortiz's home in clearwater. a friend says sellers doused ortiz with nail polish remover, then pulled out a lighter and set him ablaze. he's in critical condition. she's charged with aggravated battery. she now claims it was an accident. you've heard the rap on toddlers... look away for a second... and you don't know what they'll get themselves into. well, in maryville, tennessee, 18-month-old colin lambert... got himself into a toy vending machine. his grandmother was checking a text for a moment... she looked

up... and he was gone. >> all i could see where his feet because he had crawled in. the ground tuesday to pull him out and he kicked my hand and got in. he went in and climbed up on the shelf and then he climbed over the glass partition and sat in the toys and play there. >> she was checking a text? the must've been a long text. >>the fire department came and rescued colin. he went home with a toy... and a story that his family will always remember. coming up ... dr tony is here in they sent him home with a toy? he got paid. but parents would have left me in there for the rest of the night. i can tell you that. 37. i have issues. just let me know. 37 degrees right now. wind at 6 mi.. dew point at 35. it's 39 waukegan.

43 in chicago. in union its 37. widespread frost in the city and elsewhere all around the underlying counties. potential for frost this morning. down to only about a third of a mile as to get towards valparaiso. that will slow you down. its 80-90 especially into some of these areas here. sublets composite shows rain, the front will cut into the region it's like a disturbance. we will see clouds on the increase. hopefully they will hold off until after a partial eclipse today if you have not heard it will happen around 4:00 p.m.. the moon will look like it takes a bite out of the sun. take a look at that are remembered to have to make sure that you don't stare directly into the sunlight. marcus is laughing at me. and just try to keep us from getting in trouble.

today's high temperature will be 60. tonight's slow down to 47. 66 degrees on friday and saturday we are up to 68. erin, don't stare directly into the light. >> i was told to never look at anyone's eyes. i will try to get this straight. this is the kennedy outside. this stretch looks like everything is moving along pretty well. not far from there we to have some construction on the inbounds side. those lanes blocked until 5:00. 45 and it's until that out of the way. it has been pretty uneventful but we to have some roadwork on the outbound edens the ongoing project, to right lanes are down until 5:00. numbers look good. new crash at chicago. more information on that coming up. >> coming up, dr. tony is in studio to talk about a very serious disease killing dogs in the suburbs. >> and the bears tried to focus their frustration from sunday's

loss to a very important game this week in new england. >> did you have a bad roommate in college? maybe bad roommate's story from your past? to chicago area of reports have developed a new system that they say will stop that from ever happening. how we can match up the perfect roommates at universities. that's coming up.

good morning. then it sat out practice yesterday with a hamstring pull also out, kyle fuller with a hand and hit injury. briggs was back limited time. getting ready for new england this weekend hoping that branded marshals emotional outburst will have a positive effect. >> the echoes of marshall's locker room block laundered as a peaceful wednesday. allen was asked if the angry outburst is sometimes needed to jolt the team back into focus. >> you should be angry after a loss. we are not here for that. you get numb to it just because no one says it. you expect some adversity. you know that you're having a moment. but i respect

in motion carried its rod and reel. >> it's not the first time that things like this go on. they go on, in 20 years i've seen this, they are often. please respond differently to these types of situations. i think most importantly, when you watch our practice today and watched the demeanor of our players and the focus that they had, it is clear that what we know as coaches and players, things don't linger and removed for. >> the bears are 3-4. there is urgency, i asked ratliff if the bears must win. >> there's always the desire to win especially early in the year. right now, it is a must win situation for us from here on out in order for us to get into the big show. that's all we need to do appear to focus on the game and to the right things

as far as fundamentals. >> and in kickoff in foxborough on sunday. i'm rich king. back to you. >>and in game two of the world series --- fireworks in the 6th inning... when the royals broke the game open, scoring five runs. as omar infante rounds the bases... giants' pitcher hunter strickland gets into a war of words with his catcher salvador perez. the royals' players came out on the field... but cooler heads prevailed. royals win 7-to-2, to even the series. stocks took a dip again on wednesday. the dow fell 153 points. nasdaq dropped 36. s-and-p down 14 points, breaking it's four day winning streak. a baby bear decided to go on a shopping spree in oregon. in a video posted by a shopper, the baby cub can be seen wandering the aisles, surprising shoppers. she was eventually caught by police and put in a shopping basket. can you imagine? to stopping to

get your milk and there's a bear?the cub is only about one month old and pretty people- friendly. because of her exposure to humans, she cannot be reunited with her mother or placed in the wild. instead, the department of fish and wildlife will take care of her until she can be transferred to a zoo. what you think about that? >> a happy ending. >> they are pretty nimble. >> you know where to go for the best their videos. >> that's pretty cool. that's going to keep people watching for the next two hours. today we are expecting some sunshine. the partial lunar i mean solar eclipse i almost forgot by a celestial bodies. >> i hit it when that happens! >> the clips will happen this afternoon around 3:00 p.m.. expect a high temperature up to about 60 degrees. back down to erin. >> celestial bodies ... 3 are

with police on the scene working to clear this up. a bit of work in the jane addams bear watching that. this is in bound at roselle. rate remained out until 5:00. not too much damage everything moving along pretty well. a quick rundown of all your travel city not to expect as a handout this morning coming up. >> still more to come including a judge taking on patronage hiring and --- a new security scare at the white house, as a man jumps the fence.. causing a lockdown. details, next. plus -- chicago's new archbishop tells us where's he's going to live... and why it's not the gold coast mansion. and -- the new "avengers" movie trailer is leaked online earlier that planned... find out who's responsible. who's responsible.

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a check of the weather. >> we are not up to as the weekend yet. but the weekend will be spectacular. you have been badgering me about that since monday. we are almost there. to hang on. if you call off tomorrow it will be nice. justly know. let's take a look at our de. temperatures right now are 31 in lincolnshire. pontiac at 32. we are certainly going to have some frost in some of those counties outside of central cook county. here in the city temperatures are warmer. hawthorne scholastic academy is reading at 43. some light composite shows dry conditions. rain in portions of iowa. this comes into the western areas around 4:00 p.m.. should be here soon after that. we end with spotty showers. 60 degrees today. tonight on the 47. 66 on

friday. saturday we make 68. sunday with climb up to 64. it's getting better. >> we have a look at the accident at lasalle still in place. not causing any major delays. we do have some construction on the dan ryan heading eastbound over to 47. just passing all those express lanes and one locally and. should be picked up by five. keeping tabs on that. a slow pocket and nothing we're too concerned with just yet. more traffic coming up. >>canadian authorities are learning more about the gunman who killed a war memorial guard in cold blood, and tried to shoot up the canadian parliament building. nancy loo is live at chicago's canadian consulate with more. >> chicago police say there are no specific threats to the canadian consulate in chicago. but they are part of stepped-up security planned for the office

which is on one of the upper floors. the local ball was a frightening day in ottawa as the gunman sparks chaos and terror through the canadian capital city. later identified as a man born in quebec as michael hall converting to islam and recently changing his name after it reported history of drug arrests. still not known if he acted alone in the terrorist attack opening fire inside parliament before he was shot dead. that was soon after a soldier was shot and killed their one of canada's most revered sites. witnesses say the corporal was shot in the back while standing guard at the canon of war memorial. >> the corporal was killed today, murdered in cold blood. canada will never be intimidated. this will lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble our efforts and those of our national security

agencies to take all necessary steps to identify and counter threats and keep canada a safe here at home. >> the deadly attack in ottawa comes days after another islamic convert killed another soldier in a hit and run in quebec. the 25 year-old radical also shot dead by law enforcement. authorities have not yet said if the two attacks this week are linked. incidentally, the u.s. ambassador to canada is from chicago. he is among those in lockdown yesterday. he is ok. police say they will continue to assess the situation to determine the level of security here. live at prudential plaza. back to you. >>another man jumped the fence at the white house. but this time, the secret service was on its guard. the man is identified as dominic adesanya, of bel air, maryland. his feet had barely touched the

white house north lawn, when two police dogs were all over him... and agents arrested him. the dogs were injured in the confrontation. adesanya will face charges. there is still no word on *why he jumped the fence, or what he intended to do if he had made it inside. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. classes are closed for a second day at a a skokie middle school...after a threat on instagram. the threats directed at 6th graders from mccracken middle school began monday and continued into tuesday. the threats were anonymous... and isolated to only that school.. police are still trying to figure out who's behind it. a child who got sick on a flight from liberia will be tested for ebola. officials say this is just a precaution since the child showed no other symptoms. the adult passenger being monitored is improving and shows no signs of ebola. only televised debate last night. once replaced the health care law but keep parks that cover pre-existing conditions. dick durbin supports the ban on

assault weapons. >> a suspected serial killer has been charged with the second woman killing. he said he was given drugs to kill the victim for a friend of a friend. the new charges came the same day he made his court appearance. refuse to talk to the judge. a hearing has been postponed until next wednesday. abandon homes are now being searched at the new evidence surfaces showing the man was in illinois recently. cellphone pings place the suspect in markham for about 12 hours. the was the day before his arrest. they say searchers are important because he is known to have revisited the places where he hit the victims. >> we knew that his m 0 deals with going after people,

unfortunately people like prostitutes dumping their buildings in abandoned buildings. we've been tracking him a glass a day and found areas that we believe are consistent with where some of that information shows he may have very well been here. >> please have about 20 homes they want to search. they went to a half yesterday. >> all hiring at the illinois department of transportation needs to be federally monitored to ensure people not hired because of political clout a report concluded that governor quinn has failed to rein in patronage hiring abuses. he insisted put his own protections into place and the federal monitor needed. the incoming archbishop hasn't decided to live in a moderate residence. just like pope francis, famous for avoiding fancy living quarters, chicago's next archbishop says he does *not want to live in the stately residence that archbishops have called home for more than a century. incoming archbishop blase cupich says the three-story home on north state parkway...a mansion... should be used as for archdiocesan functions. cupich says he'll live inside the rectory of holy name

cathedral. chicago public schools will sell the first of the school buildings that were closed last year. the board of ed unanimously approved the sale of the former peabody elementary school... to svigos asset management company for $3-and-a-half million dollars. the west town school was one of only three closed schools that reached a bid stage for sale. the city closed almost 50 elementary schools last year. chicago public schools wants to hold off on giving its students a new standardized test. year. a newly discovered dinosaur is being described in the most scientific terms.. researchers are calling it 'goofy and weird.' a full skeleton of this dinosaur was found in mongolia. it's about 16-feet tall and 36- feet long. it has a duck-bill on its head and a hump on its back. there are no teeth, but it has feathers, and it eats like a vacuum cleaner. scientists say it walked around on two legs like a cross between barney the dinosaur and jar jar binks, from star wars. >> goofy and weird that's how we call demetrius. see that was a

jab. i got one in their. >> i had another good one but that was a low blow. we're going to continue this later. 37 degrees right now outside. wind out of the south at 6 mi.. the dew point is at 35. temperatures are feeling cool. only 37 at o'hare. perhaps we have readings at 35 and 36. there will be frost across the region. not our first time scene that but certainly there will be some this morning. taking a look at the satellite a composite, here is the cold front moving into the region this evening. ahead of that we can expect cloud cover to increase this afternoon and then the chance of showers of around 4:00 p.m.. spotty showers will be possible. 60 degrees for the high today. that partial solar eclipses start around 4:00. it goes until about 7:00. to its low for the seven. on the three days

forecast we make 66 on friday. saturday we climb to 68. back to dan and what your name. >> i just call her portuguese. will pull out the nicknames. >> still ahead, dr. tony is here to talk about protecting your dog from a deadly disease. >> and results of a new poll in the race for governor with canada its stand and where we are seeing the biggest chance or change. that's in the next hour. >> and new algorithms can match you with the perfect college roommate. marcus talks with the creators. we're talking about ay

serious subject today with veterinarian, dr. tony kremer... a disease that's killing dogs in the suburbs -- leptospirosis. >> if you set it! >> it's very serious because there have been cases in the northern suburbs? >> a started hearing about this in the northern suburbs. as a talk to veterinarians in our practices they said they were

seeing a huge rise as well. this is something that is not super common and to have a few pets have this be a field situation within a few weeks is rare. but it's concerning. >> what is it and how does it spread? >> a bacterial disease. it's not a wimpy disease. this is something that when they are sick they need antibiotics for weeks if not months to get rid of. it shows up very much like any disease, they are tired, they don't eat well, they're acting sec. could be the flu. but if it goes too far it's something that we can't fix. and how it spreads is basically the root urine. wildlife is out there with raccoons and deer and pets can walk through a puddle or like a puddle or something like that and pick it up. it's

even and urban disease because rubin's carry it as well. something that even if you have pets in the city they can be worried about their. >> spread from dog to dog. could people not going to dog parts worried they can't interact with other dogs that way? >> it can be. more importantly, this is a disease that people can get. >> how is it spread to commence? what is the impact for us? >> not as bad as a people disease. almost always curable in people but for have a pet in our house that has this, it's more likely that we could catch it. it's from contact, a bacteria that can be spread by just touching or even through the air. it can be spread easily an animal has its. >> before in a commercial break you were saying that it's pretty easily prevented. show us. >> a few things to bring up, this is very preventable. there's been a vaccine for this for dogs for 20 or 30 years. but

in the past 10 years, people have switched over to a three- year fax edition protocols. this is not a vaccine that lasts three years. you can get one for rabies the last three years and people think it's a good three- year thing. things like this need to be given every single year to dogs. it's very preventable. the other thing is, there are readers out there that have told their clients, don't get the vaccine because it may cause an allergic reaction. that is old thinking. vaccines for this are very pure and very unlikely to cause any reaction. very good at protecting them from getting this disease. >> is this just for dogs or cats as well? >> capt. get it. it's very rare. no vaccine for that. the best thing to say is if either a dog or cat showed signs of lethargy get them to the bed away that's the best chance of fixing that early on.

>>dr. tony kremer ... thank you for joining us. you can keep up with dr tony at *dr tony dot-com . he's also on twitter, *at doc tony d-v-m*. let's check in with demetrius. >> thank you doctor. early today we are expecting to see temperatures that will rise. certainly a long way to go. fully 33 degrees right now in valparaiso. island lake reading at 35. 42 right now at st. andrew's school. in the city, temperatures are about 10 degrees warmer. widespread frost outside right now. satellite composite shows dry conditions right now. the rain in the forecast arrives late this afternoon. today's high temperature, 60 degrees. 66 on saturday we make 68. we do make the '70s, and they. >> we have some construction that we are watching. very slow stretch on the stevenson. volume is building. here's the outbound side where they are doing the

work. we are really watching the speeds as low as 10 mi. per hour leading up to the spot. that stretch lasted about a mile and a half. it's really a crawl turn to it that early morning construction out of the way. we will break it down for you including the road work on the dan ryan heading eastbound from 55-47 impacting all the express lanes and one of the local lanes. just one of several spots under construction. we will break it down for you coming up. >> marcus is here with something that people can relate to. >> going back to college. are you ready? the ads that many of you had less than ideal college roommate is pretty good. two chicago area entrepreneurs have developed a new system for universities using algorithms they have developed saying it can help students find the perfect form room match. >> it can be one of the most

exciting times of a college career. >> i'm a college man now. it's good to be great. >> if only finding the perfect remember that easy. many diversities have this in place where students take surveys with parents--pairing them up with general interest does not always lead to a good bump body. in fact a bad rate can lead to bad grades negatively affecting the rest of a college student experience even long term career goals. >> students leave school. 22%, one of five students leaves a campus before the second year and it's an enormous costly problem. because the government and taxpayers about $16 billion per year. >> when andrea heard that a family member was having one of these bad experiences, she knew there had to be a better way to find a roommate. together with

her longtime business partner, they came up with compatibility. >> it's simple. we did a big literature, what out there could impact the relationship? >> it just like other systems, it starts with a survey, but it goes deeper. it asks students more than 100 questions all crafted to get to know who the students are. not just what they like to do. >> self-esteem is like 10 questions much as one. it came up with categories and groups of questions. and we tried it out. we tested it and what came back was we were able to say it looks like these are the things that matter and these don't and cut out all the other questions. >> to the backstop, what to do with all the data. they had developed a software platform for universities they say can automatically sort through all

the answers helping administrators or the students themselves find the perfect match. >> so we take all the matches ever the matches but there's a degree. so i drank. >> so far it has been tested at the university of new haven and a response from students was very favorable. >> will we look at something called. a fact. we ask about the impact your roommate had on your study habits, your communications, on yourself care and those numbers were significantly higher than people who chose compatibility. >> it can't reach out and shake every hand and say you matter to me. so why not go build a relationship with your students through the students. if they perceive one person cares about them they will feel like they matter to you. it's a worthwhile investment. >> compatibility, you could

check it out yourself maybe if you work for a university, compatibility elsie dot com is a website. we're all this hearing relates stories as we're watching. >>, they never ask you the right questions if they ask you do you like point break that's how you find a roommate. >> college is it time to live at somebody horribly inappropriate you have to learn about life. >> but given you hear that one in five students leaves the university because of the roommate, that's a serious problem. >> to suck it up. >> who marvel is planning for leaking the new avengers movie trailer on line. that's coming up next.

the rain... the mud... ba bam! it's there. the outside comes in. [doorbell chimes] its a swiffer wetjet. oh, i love this! i could do this every day. sunshine is overrated. now we can get messy. yesterday we told you that renee zellweger said her new look is from being healthier. but there is a new report that her new look may be a result of her insecurities to stay looking young. zellweger released a statement saying, "perhaps i look different. who doesn't as they get older?"

but a source close to zellweger admitted that zellweger is obsessed with staying youthful. plastic surgeons believe she had an eye-lid lift and a possible brow lift, among other things. the trailer for marvels' "avengers: age of ultron" leaked to the internet yesterday. check it out... the trailer introduces ultron, voiced by james spader. it was supposed to premiere on "agents of shield" next week. marvel blamed the leak on comic book villains last night... tweeting "dammit, hydra". >> we're expecting to see generally dry conditions this morning. cool temperatures. some frost across the region. you may want to send your kids out with the heavier coat. 60 degrees for the afternoon. a slight chance of spotty showers from the west

lead this afternoon into the evening. that rain will linger into tonight. a tryout friday. fraud is high 66. saturday, nearly 70 degrees. >>coming up at five... the shooting at canada's parliament is having an effect in our area. the latest in a *live report. plus -- some interesting results in a new chicago tribune poll, in the race for governor. and -- a new italian sports car coming to america, can be yours -- if you can afford it! -- if you can afford it!

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