a chicago police officer survives a gunshot wound during an attempted robbery saying from his hospital bed. it's just not his time to die. good afternoon. i'm nancy loo. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watc around thtr wgn amicon the w-g-n's erik runge has more on how the officer's instincts saved his life. >> police tell us that the officer is a lawyer talking and in stable condition here at the hospital. after being shot in the chest. >> this morning little evidence remains near 74th and langley. it was clear police say a

41 year-old off-duty officer got into his car around 1:00 this morning after leaving a bar. earlier this morning the first deputy superintendent explained three male suspects approached the officer likely trying to rob him. >> tried to drive away from the location. as he attempted to drive away one of the suspects fired shots into the officer's vehicle. striking him in the trust. chest. >> basically saying it was not his time mia. >> the officer that were shot in the chest is alert talking and in stable condition. we're also told that he is a father. and aides to be married.

in cage to be marriedand in cage to be married the obama administration has announced it's considering a mandatory quarantine for all returning health care workers from west africa. this comes as we learn more about a doctor who treated ebola patients in africa, and 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 subway, and even went bowling. he is in isolation at new york's bellevue hospital. >> he has information about the disease. when he saw that he had a fever and believe you symptomatic he presented himself to the hospital. public officials are reassuring people that ebola isn't spread by casual contact. we're also learning because of the ebola threat starting today. north korea isn't allowing any international

tourists it enter the region. meantime, nina pham the dallas nurse who contracted ebola from thomas eric duncan is now ebola free. she's been released today from the n-i-h clinical center in maryland and will soon head back to mexa pham is one of two nurses who became infected with ebola while treating duncan. amber vinson, the othe is being trea at unty hospital. she's stdi r re >> although i no longer have the ebola virus. it will not be long until i have my strength back. i asked for my privacy and for my family's privacy to be respected as a return to texas and tried to get back to normal life. >> the other nurses being treated at

emory university hospital. officials say she is steadily regaining her strength. 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. congress is holding a hearing on the ebola crisis. the house oversight and government reform committee is looking at the federal government's response to the virus scare in the u-s and how well various agencies have worked together to contain the disease. the committee will also examine whether the federal government is adequately training and equipping front- line health care workers and military personnel who may come into contact with ebola patients in the u-s and west africa. c-n-n is reporting the new ebola czar "declined" to attend the hearing. in west africa, where the outbreak started world health officials say there are now 9,911 confirmed or probable cases. there have been more

than 4-thousand deaths in guinea, sierra leone and liberia. mali is reporting it's first confirmed case in a 2-year-old girl. 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. cargo police could be screening your bags the next time you ride a cta train. >> this is an anti- terrorism effort that is focused on cta trains and chicago police say it is entirely a voluntary decision on the part of the passenger on whether or not to submit to

the testing. the passenger refuses to have their baggage checked the passenger will not be allowed to board the train. >> it will be random and unpredictable. >> police will post a sign warning passengers about the screening so nobody is surprised. the special detail will randomly select people for screening. they will be escorted to a table with mobile threat detector machines purchased through a federal grant. they're back again be quickly tested for explosives. the whole process lasting more than 30 seconds. already operating similar screening programs. l.a. police will actually go into your bed but chicago deciding that procedure is too invasive. it will only sloppy outside of your back. cta passengers

are already weighing in on the new check. >> it could be a good idea. i do not think you could land we do something like that and have it be effective. >> they're going to start protesprofiling am looking for certain types of people. they already have dogs that sniff stuff. it seems a little bit too much. >> to avoid accusations of profiling chicago police say they will randomly select a number that the start of each day. they will, passengers as they come through until they reach their randomly selected number. that is the passenger who will be pulled aside and asked if they will allow their bag to be tested for explosives not the result of specific and credible threat. part of keeping our transit system safe. 33 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 ms-year-old kristine hely they knew she a ins and ti, but she dit deserve to die ty. >> to 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 be dead l ten mont. students at a skokie middle school are llg threatss today made on social media which closed the school for days. judy wang is in skokie with the details. >> police were here when the middle school students returned. police say they know who is behind the threats in a message posted on the school website. the administrators say that students and others are not in class today. that message state police identified the source of the threats last night. also out loans what steps the school is taking to help students feel safe and get back to normal routines. >> police officer stationed outside of the building at the start of the school day. >> supposed to take place this evening. closed for two days after district 73 learned of a series of planning post.

monday and tuesday. there were directed and sixth graders. investigators declined to reveal specifics. >> the school is providing personnel for kids to want to talk more about what has happened. >> >> i do not view my child's life as threatened. a lot of areas the kids need to be educated on. even though police decided the threats were not credible the building is on a soft lock down. the exterior doors are locked. only people with an appointment are allowed inside of the building. >> there is renewed energy negotiation

between the eight teachers union and the the two sides agreed to enter today's talks... with their sleeves rollled up. the major sticking points are pay raises, health coverage and work conditions. the strike has been going on for about three weeks. 17-thousand students have missed 15 days of classes people 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 construction workers, who were putting in light poles say their map did not show a water main was underneath them. the village gave out jugs of water to anyone who came to the water was restored late last night, but now a boil order is in effect through tonight as a precaution. coming up next another hazing controversy cancels a football team's season just before homecoming. and a father tries to explain why his son hopped over the white house fence. also how pope francis calls for reform in how some prisoners are sentenced. prisoners are sentenced.

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tried unsuccessfully to get psychiatric help the iraqi defense ministry says eleven iraqi police officers were taken to the hospital after an isis chlorine gas attack. the attack occurred on september 15th north of baghdad. seofe ha b mts u ri o the bafi the tee jihadists iraqi a lar chemical weapons there have also been reports this week of a chemical attack on the town of kobani in syria. but the chemical agent could not be identified. it's likely to be several months before the iraqi attackn muster a agt "isis" terrorists. and a sir attack in w take even 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. thouof iraqirs killed seas "issw thes mor y.

this was supposed to be the week more than 200 kidnapped nigerian school girls were released from their captors. instead, more girls were allegedly taken by "boko haram". nigeria's goverment claimed it had worked out a deal with the terror group to release 219 young women, abducted in april. now we're learning "boko haram" staged another series of kidnappings over the weekend. at least 60 girls and young women were seized saturday. the kidnappers left 9 dollars for each girl they took. that suggests, the girls will be sold as child bride or sl hazing allegations have brought the football season to an early end at a high school in suburban philadelphia. the football field will remain empty at central bucks west high in doylestown, pennsylvania. the school district ordered the last two games. including homecoming tonight

cancelled after reports of physical abuse and humiliating hazing. police have begun an investigation. the program won four state championships in the 90's. pope francis is calling for an end to life prison sentences. his remarks were especially aimed at countries that facilitate torture in their prisons. he characterized a life sentence without parole as a "hidden death penalty," and an affront to human dignity. cardinal francss george says he is leaving money in his will to chicago's catholic schools. the cardinal made the announcement as part of a fundraising appeal letter. there's no word on how much money that would be, but george is hoping it will set an example to for potential donors. just ahead a healthy side effect of spending more time in the sun and it's not just about getting your dose of vitamin d. and, still to come this midday the major medical convention that's pulling out of chicago and why it's taking its money to another city. and later in lunchbreak: it's a meat lovers dream

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dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. are you down with crestor? ask your doctor about crestor. senator durbin enters the home stretch of his re- election campaign with a comfortable lead over challenger jim oberweis. a new tribune poll shows durbin with 50 percent of the vote, oberweis with 36 percent. that's closer than a poll taken six weeks ago, which had durbin with 55 percent to 32 percent for oberweis. durbin's approval rating is at 48 percent, with 35 percent disapproving and 17 percent having no opinion. 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. the lawsuits are specifically targeting commercial customers. the tollway says it hasn't decided yet whether to pursue individual offenders. the health-care information and management systems society show is supposed to be held at mccormick place. they told tourism officials at the show is pulling out because of a dispute over hotel room rates. that same group forced changes in chicago's hyde convention cost when it pulled out in 2009. the convention is still under contract to return next year. microsoft is doing away with its nokia brand of smartphones, just months after buying the finnish phone maker. according to the company's facebook page, microsoft will retire the nokia name. the brand will be known as "microsoft lumia" going f microsoft bought nokia's handset

business last year for 7-point-2 billion dollars. microsoft has declined comment. chatrooms may seem like a thing of the past but facebook has planned a come- back. the company is launching a new free app called "rooms." it became available today and allows you to create and join chatrooms based on shared interests. app users aren't required to use their real names and can customize them for different chat rooms. next in sports jay cutler talks about brandon marshall's outburst for the first time and, his new and third album is due out november 4th. live music from mark cline bates! live music from mark cline bates!

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time for sports. the blackhawks were nearly perfect to start the season, earning nine of a possible ten points in the first five games. now they're on the road for two games without corey crawford. the hawks took an early lead in nashville. marcus kruger puts the puck on net and ben smith pokes in the rebound for his first goal of the year. but then james neal took over for the predators. he scored a goal in the final minute of period.

then again late in the second period and he completed the hat trick just two minutes into the third. andrew shaw scored late and antti raanta made 24 saves in his second start. but the hawks lose their first game in regulation, three- two. they're in st. louis tomorrow. the bears could get a little healithier for the patriots on sunday. kyle fuller and martellus bennett both had limited participation in practice and could play this weekend. chris conte also looks ready to return. jay cutler adressed brandon marshall for the first time since the dolphin' loss de reports ats calle h >> he is an emotional guy. whenever he gets frustrated he is going to get emotional most of the time. he is going to speak from the heart. he is going to make sure everyone else around him hears him. it

was not anything that caucus off guard. he did not come near me. he did not say my name. i do not think he attacked anybody personally. the broncos and chargers in a divison battle on "thursday night football." emmanuel sanders had a break out game, scoring the first three touchdowns for denver and finishing with 120 receiving peyt threw for 286 yards with no interceptions or sacks. the broncos win 35- 21 and improve to six- and- one. still to come this midday tom skilling has your full forecast!

there was a partial solar eclipse of the sun yesterday. this

was the view in denver. it is a time lapse of video. you will want to take a look. the last solar eclipse we will see until august 2017. since it was a partial eclipse the sun was never completely blocked by the moon. >> from all indications the 2017 yves and will be more spectacular. you never want to look at these directly. there is no threat to your eyesight. or anything like that. we did see it in parts of the metro area. i want to show you some pictures here. said that the eclipse that occurred 5:43 p.m. last evening the clouds parted for about three minutes. >> a two-minute break in the clouds. that was long enough to shoot this shot

of the partial solar eclipse. germany shows us the shot from there. pictured here produced this eclipse box. a box a little hole in it. pointing out the sun to the window there. through that little pinhole in the box you can watch it without looking directly at the sunshine and see the eclipse. it is pretty ingenious. hentoff. his mount prospect. of course beautiful fall colors. they are out everywhere. the pictures continued to pour in. >> shows us the pictures. fall colors there. what a weekend this is going to be. go and

enjoy them. we had some fog out west of us. the clouds have parted in our area. we have some high clouds. these are richening whale and pacific ocean. >> that is why we are warming up across the area as well this is an interesting weekend. not only is it going to be gorgeous it is the final weekend of daylight savings time. we will get that plate sunset which tonight occurs at 5:56 p.m.. what happened with the introduction of pacific air to our nighttime temperatures. dropped to 53. here's how much warmer each of those readings was. >> there's quite a jump. look at the temperatures across the area. no frost all. rochelle was the coldest

temperature is deleted from that 37 this morning. most other areas were of of the normal low for 41 degrees. it is a trend that is being replicated across the midwest. most temperatures are in positive territory. up to the north where temperatures are still rebounding. we are ready at or above 60. the wind not terribly strong. nor will they be during the day today. >> committee is 64%. the water temperature along lake michigan shoreline has slipped to 56. lake michigan is at its highest level since 1998. it is up 22 in.. two years ago we're looking at

the lowest like levels of of ever seen. look at the temperatures >> also have liked geneva. at chesterton gary and so forth. it has been really nice out there. there's the view from sandwich. fall colors are evident there. they are up in evanston as well. >> here it is. the late october temperature map. >> it is cold up to the north. the arctic air is staying there. this really has the look of an el nino pattern in the sense that it is oceanic air. motion temperatures of in the pacific have dropped from where they were. this allowed the big reached to break down.

>> areas producing these temperatures. see the storm out there. look how the river of moisture is going into the pacific northwest. >the clouds diminishing. we have the mildest weekend in one month coming. daytime temperatures will be a test of degrees above normal. perhaps more significantly this to be the first weekend to produce a 70 degree high temperature in the months since late september. i had to wait until late october to give you one last weekend of a home month of october going. >> what a nice timing. 664 today.

>> monday sees a roaring south wind coming in. >> that is the day to do it. it will be like summer on monday. here's the warm air. big changes later next week. they may really be shivering and howling north landed next friday on halloween. the early part of the week is going to be like summer. >> this afternoon a son claude mix that leads to warmer temperatures. the warmest weather in 11 days around chicago. tonight there is a little area of cloudiness coming back. maybe sprinkle with another specific fund.front. 52 for a look

tonight. normal temperatures around 41. west-northwest wind. mostly sunny and mild. like prisons will cool the shoreline. >> i do not know how you beat that. that is pretty nice in late october. it is getting late for picking apples. >> the hon a crisp are gone. the answer is

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a blood test to diagnose concussions could change youth and professional sports dramatically. currently - an evaluation is done on athletes if a concussion is suspected - much of which relies on how they say they feel then a subjective assessment is made by trainers and doctors following memory and other symptom criteria. now scientists at

chicago-based abbot labs have developed a quick and definitive blood test. a few drops of blood is collected and measures a range of organ functions and blood gases -- including detecting a concussion. the test, was the result of department of defense efforts to accurately and quickly assess soldiers on the battlefield. experts say can be used on the playing field as well. scientists at the kids institute in perth australia looked at the effects of sunlight on mice. they say shining u v light said overfed mice slow down their weight gain. researchers say more studies are needed to confirm the same effects in people. we may need a lot of lay. lunch break is next. with two

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what charter was officially signed on? >> look at the warm air up to the west of us. was to dive

in the country next week. we're going to be very warm as we go into the weekend. turning much cooler after that. 65 the forecast on the model room. the action put 66. tomorrow we think low seventies are not out of the question. you'll see that there is a modest downturn for the day. the warmer air back in misery. streams northward gives us the mid-70s on monday. temperatures tomorrow. a little cooler bottles lake. what is going on here? the flood of air from the pacific. northwest wind tomorrow thessaly pacific origin. that is where tomorrow will have the northwest wind. the wind will

be calling from a self. will be unseasonably warm up on monday. which is pretty nice. see the clouds that have parted during the morning hours. they start clotted tomorrow morning. >> clear tomorrow night and sunday and again on sunday. slight chance of a thunderstorm perhaps sunday night. to open up the gulf and bring in more numerous thunderstorms monday night and early tuesday. then it goes sunny mid-week. cool cloudy and windy. halloween day next week. strong northerly wind could mean the trick or treaters will all be bundled up. have a great weekend. this will be the warmest weekend of october. the warmest and one

weekend of october. the warmest and one month around here.

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