breaking overnight --- an off- duty police officer is shot during an attempted robbery on the south side. we'll have the latest in a *live report. a ride on a subway and a trip to the bowling alley are just two things a new york doctor did before being diagnosed with ebola. details, next. and it's back to class for students at a skokie middle school.. what police say about the online threat. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. >> is this friday! demetrius has a look at the firm forecasts. he has his book. >> book is a funny whether jokes so everybody can have a smile. let's go to graphics. it will be

renamed cranberries and drumsticks. >> that is funny ... >> it gets better. we will get into real weather. partly sunny this afternoon. partly cloudy into the evening. as to take a look at the reason, it's 55 in waukegan. satellite's radar composite shows cloud cover across the region. those clouds will be around breaking up nicely today. i would say some improvement today. 63 by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. down to 59. that we drop down to 53. here is the three day. friday's high temperature is 64. mark, 69. sunday we climb up to 66. what does the snow say to the wind?

catch my drift. >> if i laugh is at the end of it and you won't tell anymore? >> we are stuck with them all morning. the muppets take a look at the activity out here. police activity not sure what i but we do know the entire area here is blocked off. also good news for people who are sick and tired of the project from deferred to u.s. 20, this is finally done the been working on pavement repairs and restrictions. this is where it all began in today in off of the wrapup. >>breaking news overnight: an off-duty chicago police officer was shot and critically wounded overnight after leaving a south side lounge. erik runge is live at mount sinai hospital with the story. which is conducted from police a short time ago and we are told

the officer is alert and is talking and is now in stable condition after being shot in the chest. shortly before 1:00 a.m. the off-duty officer was in his car near langley when three suspects approach in what could have been an attempted robbery. one of the suspects shot the off-duty officer as he tried to drive away. he was hit to the chest but able to track a few blocks and fled down in marked unit that took him to university of chicago hospital. his transfer to mount sinai after that. police have blocked off several streets in the area including an area near a bar. but still not clear what if anything that bar has to do with the shooting. police were shootinsearching for anything ie area.

>> step-by-step, door by door to see if anybody in the community helps this man. that could solve the directions of this. dropped any items. >> we are told the officer who is in the year veteran of the force and also a father is alert and talking. he is in stable condition here at the hospital. but the search for people responsible is ongoing. >>police in the gresham neighborhood interrupted a late night robbery and shot one of the suspects, but not before the robbery victims were also shot, one fatally. officers on patrol witnessed two suspects holding up a pair of men in an alley in the 79 hundred block of south justine. shots were fired, killing one man and injuring the other. the suspects fled and during the chase, police say one suspect turned and pointed an object at officers, who fired.

the suspect is hospitalized. the other suspect got away. a 16-year-old boy and two teenage girls were shot in the leg in the humboldt park neighborhood at about 6:40 last night. it happened in the 35-hundred block of west chicago avenue. the boy was hit in the right thigh and taken to a hospital in serious condition. the girls, 15 and 14, were not hurt as seriously. a doctor who treated ebola patients in africa, is now an ebola patient in new york. days after doctor craig spencer returned from guinea, he came down with fever, nausea and body aches... all symptoms of ebola. but *before he fell sick, he rode the new york subway, and even went bowling. some new yorkers are worried that he may have infected other people. but public officials are quick say remind people that ebola isn't passed by casual contact. doctor spencer quarantined no reason to be large. >> the city is ready. >> dr. spencer quarantined himself when he started feeling

sick. then, he checked in to an isolation unit at new york's bellevue hospital. as an extra precaution, his fiancee and two other people who had close contact with him, have been quarantined. illinois health officials confirm, a girl who was monitored for ebola at the university of chicago medical center, tested negative. she was flying from liberia to america earlier this week, when she got sick on a connecting flight to chicago. an adult passenger who also got sick, was treated and sent home, with no signs of ebola. the canadian man who shot and killed a soldier, and shot up the country's parliament building, had terrorist connections. investigators now say, emails from michael zehaf-bibeau were found on the computer of a known islamist terror suspect. and he had communicated online with other islamist extremists. still, the muslim convert was never flagged as a potential threat. canadian authorities didn't learn of his plans to travel to *syria, until after he was killed on parliament hill. the parliament's sergeant at this individual had been in ottawa since the least october

2nd, 2014. was in town to deal with a passport issue. also hoping to leave for syria. >> parliament sergeant at arms, kevin vickers, was hailed as a hero yesterday, for firing the shot that brought down the gunman. it was the first time vickers had ever shot anyone in the line of duty. warter back on...just in time to get ready this morning in south suburban robbins. you will have to boil your water. thousands of people were without water for much of the day yesterday...after a construction crew broke a water main. they were putting in light poles ...and say their map did not show a water main was underneath them. the village gave out jugs of water to anyone who came to pick them up. the water was restored late last night, but now a boil order is in effect through tonight as a precaution. students at the skokie middle school that was closed... head back to class this morning. mccracken middle school was closed for 2 days as authorities investigated a series of threatening instagram posts delivered to sixth

graders. authorities said a student from mccracken sent the posts. school officials said students involved in the posts will not be in school today. police will be at the school as students arrive and leave. all before and after school activities are cancelled. no classes again today for students in waukegan. they have missed 15 days of school... as the strike continues. the two sides are stuck on teachers salaries. it's taking a toll on non-profits trying to keep kids busy. the waukegan library and the boys and girls club... have both opened their doors to students who need a place to stay while school is closed and parents are at work. >> we try to provide math and science activities for some of the child care organizations that stepped up and provided extra child care. >> i think we have been shocked at how many have come to the door. we feel terrible about how many we had to put turn away. that is sad because we know the need is there. >>the strike, is putting a strain on these organization's staff and budgets. the boys and girls club is spending an extra thousand

dollars a day to open their doors longer. prosecutors will ask a judge to consider other cases of alleged misconduct against police commander glenn evans who is charged with sticking his gun down a man's throat. supporters of evans tried to keep our camera away as he left the criminal courts building yesterday. his attorneys filed subpoenas demanding emails between w-b-e-z radio and police investigators. they say confidential reports about d-n-a on the gun from the man's throat were leaked to w-b- e-z. evans has been named in seven lawsuits claiming misconduct. the illinois tollway is suing to collect millions of dollars in fines from even more chronic offenders. the tollway filed 47 new lawsuits yesterday, bringing the total to 4-hundred lawsuits over the last two years. the agency is trying to collect eleven-million dollars from habitual violators, who have refused to pay tolls and fines. commercial customers are the target. not clear if individual offenders will be hit next. a bridge that was built to eliminate one of the worst railroad bottlenecks in the country, is officially open. the so-called "englewood flyover", at 64th and states

streets, was dedicated yesterday. in texas... they take their football seriously. and halloween too. but halloween falls on a friday this year, a big night for hometown football games. so the town of van, texas is postponing halloween... to make sure everyone can go to the friday night game. the mayor said it was a tough call to make, but with the hometeam... the van vandals meantime, "haunted happenings" is underway at the chicago cultural center, lasting through the weekend. visitors of all ages can check out circuses, magicians, and story tellers -- along with a dance party this weekend. there's a ghost tour, too. and best of all... it's free! >> we like that. how's the book that your reading? >> i will be irritating people for the next three months with this. >> we are so excited ... >> looking at temperatures in the mid-50s. sam phillips is at

56. lincoln park at 56. queen of angels at 55. satellite composite says cloud cover early on. these clouds will break up through the day. we make way for sunshine. fairly nice day this weekend as temperatures continue to ride. today's has 645 degrees warmer than normal. we make nearly 70 was sunshine. on sunday we come back up to 66. >> coming up, the latest on the tragic mid-air collision that killed three people on east coast. >> and york police officers attacked by a man with a hatchet. officials are calling it terrorism. >> a group of bikers are taunting police on the west coast highway. details coming up next.

a man who tried to kill four new york police officers with a hatchet, may have been a terrorist. zale thompson was killed after critically injuring one officer yesterday, and cutting a second officer's arm. thompson had a criminal record, and he was kicked out of the navy for misconduct. in facebook posts attributed to thompson, he wrote that america's military could be defeated on its home soil by a guerrilla revolt. he wrote, they are weaker at home... we are scattered an decentralized... we can use this as an advantage." a helicopter and a small plane collided in mid-air over frederick, maryland.

three people are dead, two others injured. the helicopter was on a training exercise. the plane was lining up to land at frederick municipal airport. the chopper was leased to a flight school. both aircraft ended up in a wooded area. everyone aboard the helicopter died. the occupants of the plane managed to deploy an emergency parachute to slow the plane's descent. no one on the ground was hurt. a rare tornado tore through washington state. the twister ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and shattered windows in longview... in southwest washington. meteorologists say the tornado carved a path more than a mile long... packing winds of between 86 and 110 miles per hour. there were no reports of injuries. a group of bikers defy the california highway patrol while performing stunts on a busy freeway. the incident on october 11th was recorded on video that's now been posted on you tube. as many as 50 cyclists popped wheelies and ignored a lone highway patrol officer. they dismissively waived him away.

realizing he was outnumbered, he pulled over to wait for backup, but by the time it arrived, the bikes had exited onto city streets and scattered. zookeepers in minnesota are eagerly awaiting the arrival of, not one ... but two baby gorillas. a gorilla has never been born at the como zoo before. one of the pregnant gorillas is due any day now. the other is not expected to give birth until december. the zoo released rare ultrasound video of her baby. officials say its special, because gorillas have to present their bellies in order for the video to be captured. como zoo is home to seven gorillas, including the father of both babies. that's very cute. >> let's take a look at the clips from yesterday. we had cloud cover here which did scare that but this is from colorado. further to the west you could see a bigger chunk of that son been taken away by the moon. but

you can see it was a solar eclipses. he can't look at those with the naked guy. yesterday afternoon and into the evening. that's a fairly cool shot. our current conditions showed 53 degrees. wind out of the south at 7 mi.. dew point down to 44. elsewhere its 46 in waukegan. 51 and lansing. kankakee at 51 valparaiso at 50. in rochelle, 39. widespread frost through the work week. not this morning but still you article spot across the region. satellite composite shows a weak line of showers moving through indianapolis. cloud cover will linger through the morning. then it will break up into the afternoon and by early evening we will see clearing conditions. sunset's just before 6:00 p.m.. tonight, if you clouds but that's it. saturday a friend comes through not doing much except moderating temperatures during the day.

today, 64 with clouds of a breakup. sting comfortable. '64, warmer than normal. woman the well we have seen. a bit of cooling and partly cloudy tonight. was high just under 70. some day we finish a nice weekend at 66 with some sunshine. >> we do have work on the kennedy causing a slow pocket. in bound form of didn't impacting the far right lane as it will be down for another 40- 45 minutes. last few days they have been slow to pick up some of the barricades. anticipate that we may see things closer to about 515. outbound at the first see more work with in left lane out until 5:00 a.m.. not causing any big delays. still keeping our eye on police activity that has the intersection over by the skyway blocked off. watch for that. still getting detour around that. that's a look

traffic. >> nice jacket by the way. >> we plan that my guess. >>plus -- jon stewart is in chicago. he tells us about his latest project -- it's nothing like "the daily show". --that's after 4:30. and next in sports -- the blackhawks point streak gets a tough test in nashville. highlights, next. hey marcus! >> a husband and wife team who have started their own home business turning this into the jury. it's been around for awhile. the business is really picking up. the can't make this fast enough. that's coming up.

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off the drop in its two-one for national. early in the third, a big insurance goal and a hat trick for meal. the blackhawks make a big run 17 shots on goal. national hangs on to win. first loss in rent regulation. never a dull moment these days. cutler's spoke for the first time since brinded marshals locker room brawl denying reports to is called out by saying he understands ever but it was a bit frustrated after their performance. synchronous explode was not exactly new experience. >> did come near me, didn't salmon name. i don't think he attacked anybody with what he was saying. >> i spoke to him on monday. it is good then. tuesday he did his show and then when say he had a good day. brandon, he wants to

win. he wants to see this team do as well as possible. i understand his frustration. we all go about it different ways and we are frustrated. that's just how he handled it at that moment. >> and the bears play on sunday. >>and -- the broncos continue to roll, thanks to a big night from emmanuel sanders with 3 touchdowns catches against san diego last night. the broncos never trailed. peyton manning hits 25 of 35 passes, for 286-yards and three touchdowns. they win, 35-to-21. stocks ended on a high note thursday. the dow climbed 216 points. the nasdaq up 70, and s-and-p gained 23. sears and k-mart are set to close 77 of its store, cutting about 53-hundred jobs. most locations will close before the holiday season, giving little hope that the company will survive beyond 20- 16. stores closing after the

holidays are still holding "going-out-of-business" sales. as of august, the company said it had nearly 19-hundred u-s stores between both brands... down 166 from a year earlier. with the holiday season approaching, the pumpkin spice latte reign is ending, and making room for a new seasonal flavor. starbucks will introduce the chestnut praline latte on november 12th. some say it tastes like "teddy grahams in a cup." it's made with chestnut praline syrup and cream.. topped off with whipped cream and praline crumbles. it's the first new holiday flavor in 5 years, and will be sold alongside other holiday staples like the peppermint mocha and gingerbread latte. which to like? >> it's like drinking desert. >> i keep thinking about how tough we are in america. it's $5 cup. >> $7 to drink desert ...

>> let's look at our day. ice conditions whether via spirit we have some cloud cover this morning. clouds will break up nicely today's high in the mid- 60s. if you want walmart temperatures the ground the seven days forecast has some coming quickly. >> still more to, including when the iraqi army will be ready to repel isis. >> we hear from relatives of one of the alleged victims of the suspected indiana serial killer. >> ferguson police are preparing for a report on the shooting of michael brown. >> and dean reviews new movies good morning, i'm dan ponce.

off-duty police officer shot during an attempted robbery. >> to ride on the subway and a trip to a bowling alley, two things a doctor from new york did before been diagnosed with ebola. >> back to class for students at a middle school. what police say about the on-line threat. >>and i'm lourdes duarte. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> good morning. we are expecting to see nice weather. temperatures in the mid-60s. warmer than normal by the

afternoon. in union, its 44 ^ 45 in an lake. cortland reading at 46. a bit warmer as the travel closer to the city. at the cream of since school it's 55. satellite composite shows strike bishops. the recline of showers pushes off to the east. up to 63 degrees today by 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., 59. not expecting any rain today. look at that, we have a dry weekend. friend and warmer than normal in october. 69 on saturday said they remain 66. monday is the best they up to 74. >> you could plan accordingly and just start feeling sick on sunday evening. just a tip. south bound to 94, which have some work over by the urban park told was that it will be closed until 5:00 will do some camera

work. we have a delay near that spot. but not seen anything causing huge backups so far. a bit of lingering construction on the kennedy. almost all will be picked up by 5:00. watching police activity at 73rd and the chicago skyway. the whole area is blocked off. those are just a few of the hot spots on the roads. more straight ahead. >> off-duty police officer shot and wounded overnight after leaving a lounge on the south side. >> eric is live at bound syenite with more. >> good morning. we did get an update from police in short time ago who tell us that the officer is doing very well considering that he was shot in the chest. they say he is alert and talking and is in stable condition. also told by his family that the bullet that hit him went all the way through. still deciding whether the surgery is necessary. police say shortly before 1:00 a.m. the 41

year-old off-duty officer was in his car near 74 and that in the park manor neighborhood, three suspects approached him and what his family says was an attempted robbery. one suspect shot the officer as he tried to drive away. hit in the chest but still able to drive. he drove a few blocks to flag down a marked police car which then took him to the university of chicago hospital where he was transferred to mount sinai a short time later. police have blocked off several streets in that area including the area around a bar that his family says he was asked prior to the attempted robbery. also say he was not involved in any altercations at the bar. police are searching for anything that could lead to the suspect. >> detectives are out there going step by step possibly door by door to see if anybody who lives in the community may have witnessed this may have stalled the direction they may have fled

in. we're backtracking to see if they left any items. >> right now police do not have a description of the three suspects they are looking for. as the officer that was shot in the chest is doing as well as can be for being shot, they say he is talking and is alert and also he is a father and he has been with the department for eight years. also a very recognized officer, awarded 22 department will awards. also a lot of officers are out showing support as well. back to you. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a doctor who treated ebola patients in africa, is now an ebola patient in new york. days after doctor craig spencer returned from guinea, he came down with symptoms. but first, he rode the new york subway, and even went bowling. he is in isolation a new york's bellevue hospital. public officials are reassuring people that ebola isn't spread by casual contact.

the canadian man who shot and killed a soldier, and shot up the country's parliament building, had terrorist connections. investigators now say, emails from michael zehaf-bibeau were found on the computer of a known islamist terror suspect. and he had communicated online with other islamist extremists. zehaf-bibeau was shot to death before he could kill anyone on parliament hill. students at the skokie middle school that was closed... head back to class this morning. mccracken middle school was closed for 2 days as authorities investigated a series of threats on instagram. authorities said a student from mccracken sent the posts. police will be at the school as students arrive and leave. residents in south suburban robbins are being told to boil their water, after a construction crew broke a water main. thousands of people were without water for much of the day yesterday. the water was restored late last night, but now a boil order is in effect through tonight as a precaution. the lake county coroner is still working to identify the bodies of three women linked to a

suspected serial killer in northwest indiana. darren vann is suspected of killing seven women. one of them was found at a motel in hammond, the other six were at abandoned homes in gary. vann has only been charged in two of the murders, so far. but, he reportedly confessed to police that he killed all of them ... including 36-year-old kristine williams. her family says they knew she had a dangerous lifestyle involving drugs and prostitution, but she didn't deserve to die that way. am i don't understand how a person ... 9 i just hope she did not suffer. >>williams says he learned of his daughter's death over the phone. he says the coroner told him his daughter's body was mummified, and that she had been dead for at least ten months. police in ferguson, missouri are preparing for riots, when a grand jury issues its report on the police shooting of michael brown. the report is due within a month. evidence leaked to the press,

appears to support officer darren wilson's claim that he shot brown in self-defense. protesters characterized the shooting as a racially- motivated attack. and the human rights group amnesty international claims, ferguson police abused the rights of some protesters by using tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowds. it's likely to be several months before the iraqi army can muster a ground attack against "isis" terrorists. and a similar attack in syria will take even longer. that's the assessment of the u.s. military's central command. while the iraqi air force is able to conduct airstrikes on "isis" positions, military commanders say it'll take time to properly train and equip a ground force capable of driving "isis" out of captured cities like mosul. thousands of iraqi soldiers were killed over the summer, and thousands more deserted, as "isis" swept across the country. you know jon stewart as host of the "daily show" on comedy central, but stewart is branching out. he's just directed his first movie. "rosewater" is the true story of an iranian journalist who was imprisoned and tortured, suspected of being an american

spy... partially because of a taped comedy segment on "the daily show." dean caught up with stewart. >> how did you feel when a the first time you had heard that he had been arrested and held captive and that you and the daily show may have been partially at fault? >> i'm glad they finally got him off the streets. once i found out he was a spy i fought good, finally. >> justice! >> it wasn't just that. at think the point was based on this story, but really about what all these journalists are going through. >> i saw a movie about a month ago. it's a drama but you hear some of his comedy in that. it's really good. gael garcia bernal stars in "rosewater", produced by chicago's gigi pritzker. it opens november 14-th. dean will have much more throughout the morning. a purse snatching suspect in chile picked the wrong bus... and the wrong bus driver... to attempt his crime.

the bus stopped to let several people on. one of the last guys on tried twice to snatch the purse of a woman in the front seat, but she had a good grip on it. the wannabe bandit tries to laugh it off as a prank, but the driver isn't amused. he shuts the bus door on the suspect's hand, then pulls out a bat and begins whacking him in the arm. the driver drove on, delivering the now crying suspect to the police. >> he's like stop it! >> groups! >> that a bus driver that you want. >> that's a good one. that will get is going on a friday. >> it's 53 degrees right now. wind out of the south at 3 mi.. two point at 44. the air is not saturated. not talking about much fog. 55 right now a

chicago. 52 in lansing. 51 in kankakee. morris at 49. satellite composite shows light shower activity stretching south and east of chicago. if you're watching us in indiana or northwest there is potential for showers. 64 degrees is the high. comfortable, clouds on the breakup. here's the 3 day forecast. saturday, 69. bahr's high 69. someday we climb to 66. a nice weekend is coming. >> still had, a notre dame freshman football player getting chatter on line ever his date. >> and enjoy it while you can. why a certain show maybe over thanks to the mom. >> and things get awkward for brad pitt in the latest installment of between two firms. we're talking about this this morning. >> it is so funny ... >>online harassment is on the re

according to a new survey from a research center. 43 percent of adults internet users have

personally experienced harassment on line. house intern in the food court 40-percent of adult internet users have personally experienced harassment online. and nearly 75 percent have witnessed someone else being harassed. the most likely targets are young adults, ages 18-to-29. the survey shows females face the harshest kinds of abuse -- including physical threats, stalking, and sexual harassment -- mostly on social media. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... a notre dame freshman football player was spotted in the stands at a new york knicks game... with a porn star. he is justin brent... she is lisa ann, age 42. t-m-z reports, *she made the first contact, by reaching out to brent with a few photos on instagram. t-m-z says they were on a date. the decision by toys r us to pull the "breaking bad" action figures from its stores isn't going over well with one of the actors from the popular show. aaron paul, who played meth cooker jesse pinkman on the series tweeted this.. "wait, so toys r us pulled all of the breaking bad figures from their shelves and still sells barbie? hmmmm...i wonder what is more damaging?"

we might have seen the last new episode of t-l-c's "here comes honey boo boo." reports have surfaced that june shannon, or 'mama june,' is dating a convicted sex offender. t-m-z reports that shannon has rekindled her romance with mark mcdaniel... who reportedly went to jail for molesting a child in shannons family. t-l-c says they're reassessing the future of the series. we will stay on top of that one. another hilarious episode of the "funny or die" series "between two ferns". zach galifianakis.. who hosts the show.. sits down with brad pitt.. or as he likes to call him "bradley pitts." >> and going to go back to intervene dumb actors. welcome to another edition of between two ferns. >> my guest today bradley pitts. thanks for joining me. you play a lot of people who are

not see haters which is weird to me. >> what do say that? >> because you look like hitler's dreams. is it hard for you to maintain friends? because you live in your wife's shadow. >> this is fantastic. he goes on to call his movies furry and set a fury. how's that new movie, furry?if you haven't seen "between two ferns" -- it's not a real interview and entirely scripted. it's purpose is to be as awkward as possible! he had also interviewed the president at one point. >> seems like your jokes. >> i will bring more. >> bring it back. it's friday. this is yesterday's solar eclipses. don't look at it! you can't look at it with the naked eye but you can see it on the internet the next day so that's the good news. it was a solar eclipse. we have cloud cover so

we could not see it very well. but it was pretty cool. looking outside we find 55 in evanston. hawthorne scholastic academy at 55. fox slate of 47. sunlights radar composite shows cloud cover really enveloped over the entire region. it will break up nicely making way for sunshine. this is what friday should look like. the sun is going to pop out for about 55 minutes then it will set. but we're still expecting sunshine and clearing conditions tonight. 64 today. 69 senators. sunday we make 66. baron >> not bad as we are watching the in bound up to 90, we have a stretch from racine to morgan. still ticking of the to the flames not picked up for another 15 or 20 minutes. the been slow to pick this up. watch for extra backups. in a stretch where they are doing work on the toll plaza, renovating the cameras. that is causing some

big backups as well. slow pocket here we will see what happens before it's picked up but these are the two items causing minor delays. the look in your numbers coming up. >> marcus, you will cleanup yesterday from a nap by treating a video of us singing. i forgot to turn my phone off i'm napping and i got that. >> sorry i will be sure not to share any of your tweets from now on. jesu start yelling at me right away ... let's talk about a husband and wife team this morning. sometimes run into a business doing something you see it and you say i wish i would have thought of that. they're making jury out of an unusual item. take a look. >> aluminum, americans throw away about 2.9 million t of this every year. much in the form of empty cans. it's sort of

happened by accident, the couple had turned empty cans of beer and cheese and soda into a full- time home business. >> a customer had seen one of my products it was out there and she but if you and love them i thought there can of body but surely a few times and said make one out of a coca-cola can. so i tried it and the next thing you know she said put it under website it will do well and it just took off. >> it all starts with these donated cans, thousands of them piled up in their crash. some of we have about 3000 of unwashed fun senate sized cans given to us from customers and friends and relatives anybody who knows what we are doing. pre much its chicago garbage. >> the new watch them? >> they do get washed they go through double sanitizing. their

hand washed. then they go through another process to get cut. >> the rest of the action happens in the basement. >> cut the top and bottom off and that's what creates these coils. >> see you have a bunch of shelves full of these camps. how many cans are on here? >> it changes. weekly about 20,000. >> this is 20,000 cans. to become over here and you cut down bataan's because you want the logo and what part of the can? >> these are blanks that create this like this will become a flower. >> they have designed and developed a special machine that can take the can come out into all kinds of shapes. but the patent is still pending which means we can't see it right now. >> what would it take for me to see that machine? >> you have nothing. >> they're the only company doing this jury in these kind of numbers which is why they are

very protective against copycat. >> what is the promised to show you the bozo book. >> not interested. >> when the cuts are done and the mystery machine puts all the pieces their finished by hand. >> this is a pumpkin for halloween monster energy drink this it is a butterfly turned into a charm. >> the backing is made out of recycled material making their jury a near zero waste company. all of the extras, the chains and the packaging is all american made. >> i lost my job in metal fabrication. no one here is manufacturing for that. for me to keep everything we do made here in america is a huge deal. our hands make these products and we want to keep it that way. >> it's really cool check out their website pop can jury. we'll talk more about it in the next hour about how they do

that. it's pretty cool. >> coming up, dean reviews new movies out today. >> a super hero is cast to play steve jobs in a new bio epoch. details coming up.

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actor who was once a big-movie superhero -- who now wants to be taken seriously as a dramatic actor. dean says, ironically, former batman star, michael keaton stars in a film that's all style over substance. great performances can't save overly artsy, often confusing, and many unexplained scenes. it's a dean's list "b minus." keanu reeves returns as a retired hit man extraordinaire whos drawn back in the game, and goes on a revenge rampage. dean says, "john wick" is harmless fun, very violent, and

at times funny. it's a dean's list "b." >> the hardest thing to be in the american work force is an educated white guy. >> they pay millions of dollars they make it all because they want to be like us. >>the most interesting movie of the week is the satire, "dear white people". dean says, it's a funny, thoughtful, though often uncomfortable look at how different races and orientations view themselves and each other. it'll make you squirm a little... but you'll learn and laugh. it's a dean's list "b." christian bale will play steve jobs in a new movie. the former "batman" has been cast in an upcoming biopic about the apple co-founder. oscar-winning writer aaron sorkin confirmed the news ... saying bale will "crush it." the film will reportedly focus on three of jobs' greatest speeches. ashton kutcher previously portrayed him in the 20-13 film "jobs." jobs died in 20-11, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. >> getting ready for a nice weekend. today's high back into the mid '60s. warmer than

normal. cloud cover this morning but that's it. sunshine this afternoon. tamara's high just under 70. we're up to 66 outside. back to work monday. the rain will finally return. also a warmer temperatures, high 74. >> off-duty police officer shot in the south side. >> and another try for the great chicago fire

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