we're here to let those individuals will not been charged that engaged in cracking cards to know that we are here. we are coming. we're bringing the rate of federal penalties. >> more than a dozen people have been arrested in a card cracking scheme. wgn has exclusive information about the case and advice to keep from being a victim. good afternoon. i'm robert jordan. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. our top story law- enforcement from

several agencies have rounded up people in chicago connected to their lengthy investigation of a growing scam. cracking cards. >> chicago is at the epicenter of this came. it has grown across the country. joins us with details. they're especially targeting college students. becoming more attractive to criminals who see it as more lucrative and less dangerous. authorities have arrested 19 people and they are looking for 10 more suspects. >> less risk more reward. it has been going on for years. social media has added another layer of anonymity. making it that much harder for authorities to catch them. i've been told by is suspect that we interviewed and is an epidemic. they

referred to the crack cocaine epidemic in the '80s. it is so widespread that there is no hierarchy and. anybody who can get a card officials say he deposited fake checks to obtain $6,000. the con men convince people on social media to give up their banking information their debit card and pin #. look at this posting. once they get your card and deposit a phony check at an atm. then he takes the money out of the they're in atm a casino or a currency exchange before the bank even knows that the check is no good. >> harder for us to really track these guys down. they're making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

>> when you're talking about prosecution of financial crimes it is not as severe as a gun or drug violations. it has less inherent risk in it. >> and of dollars in recent years. >> forcing people to pay it back. only a small percentage are duped. most participants provided that the cards and pin #. hoping to gain some of the profits. >> the scam ended up costing him. >> the money was placed into my account. never heard from them again. a kind of knew what was going on but i was not fully aware to the extent of what was really going on. >> i guess you could say on lost a friend. the friend who put me onto he acted like he did not know what was going on. >> and filed a police report and contacted the bank. the bank charged in $1,200. a costly lesson for him and a

valuable lesson for you. >> to investigators are still looking for these nine suspects. investigators are still looking for these nine suspects. postal investigators say do not give out your bank card, bank info or pin number. a man suspected of killing seven women. cooperates in court and pleads not guilty to murder charges this morning. >> able to make deposits via cellphone. the conceit temptation. it is good in vice not to give your information. a man suspected of killing seven women. cooperates in court and pleads not guilty to murder charges this

morning. w-g-n's tonya francisco is live in crown point, indiana with more on darren "vaughn's" vann's hearing. because he was a little more vocal in court this morning we learned that his name is pronounced vaughn not vann. >> he appeared before the same judges last week. this time in a regular court reverses the jail house court room which prompted his silent protest. >> answer all of the judge's questions with a yes man more and no man. entered a preliminary plea of not guilty. you was her death in a motel six that led to the discovery of six other bodies in abandoned homes around the city. >> the bodies of two other women were so

badly decomposed that they have yet to be identified. police say vaughn confess to a killing. evidence found on his phone led to bonn. it was then that they confessed to killing the other women and led them to the bodies. no motive has been given for the other deaths. >> >> to to check in the court on january 9th. that is if he does not get charged and the other five cases. none of the family members. none of the victims' family ury.er i r s . we d that in the end of prosecutor bernard carter will be prosecuting this case.

>>gas company crews are on the scene of two separate gas leaks both on the south side. one of the gas leaks is at harper high school in the 65 -hundred block of south wood. several students have been transferred to area hospitals for exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide. the high school has been evacuated. a little further south, a building was evacuated at 76th and ashland. where com ed workers hit a gas main. the chicago catholic archdiocese plans to close and consolidate some schools. cardinal george made the announcement today. citing rising costs and low enrollment. no details were given about which schools will be affected. the archdiocese has 240-elementary and high schools in the chicago area with an enrollment of 82- thousand students. governor pat quinn has directed illinois state board of education chairman gery chico to work with waukegan school district 60 to reach a resolution in their ongoing teacher strike. wgn's nancy loo reports today's negotiations between teachers and school officials follow a tumultuous school board meeting that

was cut short after a yelling match. >> negotiations resume this morning here at the teacher's union hall. he motions are brought after a rocket school board meeting last night. it was so heated it ended with board members walking out on the heels of a memorable outburst that the waukegan mayor calls an embarrassment to the community. there is like being in a jerry springer event. there is that unusual. tests still miffed by what he saw and heard that the school board meeting. prompted an unexpected outburst from the board member. >> crowd had erupted after hearing public comment on the teachers' strike would be cut short. the unruly atmosphere brought the board meeting to an abrupt end after

a half-hour. some believe an apology will not be enough. she inside of the crowd with her comments. for an elected official to tell someone to sit down and shut up and is on heard of. >> she should resign absolutely. there has been mounting anger and frustration over the strike which is head teachers on the picket lines since october 2nd. about 17,000 students have missed 19 instructional days. sure to have an academic impact. >> the union is also calling for thorez to resign amid hope that the school board drama will pave the way to a new contract and an end to an unusually long strike. >> time to start to heal the wounds that have been exposed in the community.

>> poured significant progress at the table yesterday. however both sides have started very far apart. >> the defense secretary has announced new ebola policies defense secretary chuck hagel announces a new ebola policy for the military today. which runs counter to the obama administration's policy for civilians. troops returning from africa will now undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine. president obama supports the move. semes reporters have been sent to the ebola region by him and health workers are going as volunteers. officials also say many of the u-s exceps are you a the governor of maine is seeking legal authority to enforce a quarantine for a nurse who treated ebola patients in africa. governor paul lepage's statement did not name the nurse.. but she's iden herself whoox the demanded to be taken

out of quarantine in new jersey. hickox was released monday from a new jersey hospital isolation unit. governor lepage says the nurse has been unwilling to follow the protocols set forth by the centers for disease control and the maine c-d-c for medical workers o'een in nt ebola pa. >>nasa is investigating how an unmanned rocket exploded, just seconds after lift- off. the rocket burst into flames and crashed back down onto its launching pad in virginia yesterday, shortly after 5 p-m. everything was destroyed, including experiments and supplies for the international space station. officials say no one was hurt, and so far no explanation has been given

that hardware cost more than 200- million dollars. nasa reported no technical concerns federal government buildings around the country are getting more secur includes agin the de hof he aprecautionary an off c- n-n e' no intelligence suggesting any someone successfully hacked into a white house computer network. an unnamed white house official told the wash post, unclassified network used by pe the executivfi no classified information was stolen and the computers themselves are fine, though some of them are temporarily offline. the post says the white house suspects it was the work of russian hackers. >> the mayor took advantage of early voting. >> i voted for governor clinton. i want to see him reelected. my hope is as soon as the election is over there were returned to giving people a raise in the minimum-wage because it is time given the cost of basic needs like eggs and milk grow trees and gas >> the mayor cast as ballot in 69 and

washington. says it is and sensethe central to vote. election day is tuesday. >>aerialist nik wallenda plans to arrive in chicago today to get ready for his tightrope walk across the chicago river. the seventh- generation membe of the "flying wallendas" has been practicing for the past three weeks in his home town of sarasota, florida. he plans to walk a tightrope from the marina city west tower to the leo burnett building.. that's more than two city blo uphil 1degree an. ake an elevator to the street, and walk a tightrope to the east tower blindfolded. a number of restrictions will be in place during the stunt. including street and bridge closures, and a ban on the use of drones, laser pointers and flash cameras. for more on closures, where to watch... and a very olles y"te wallenda's visit wgntv.com/wallenda. coming up next: we're learning more about the n-f-l fan who vanished in the middle of a denver broncos game. also ahead, a new lawsuit is accusing a major phone and internet company of slowing down data speeds for millions

of customers. plus former baseball star jose canseco involved in a gun accident.

hot lava from hawaii's famed kilauea volcano has reached at least one neighboring community. in the small town

of pahoa the lava flow melted through a fence... and it now covers at least two families' yar there as 50 homes in the path of the lava. it's advancing about 40 feet per hour. the volcano erupted in june... and the two- dege h traveled ab m since th there's no way to stop it until it cools on its own. the denver broncos fan who disappeared from a game five days ago has been found safe. 53-year-old paul kitterman was found 112 miles away in pueblo, colorado. kitterman vanished last thurday while waiting outside a bathroom at mile high stadium. where the broncos were playing the san diego chargers. he had gone to the game with his frhis said this bav not typical of him, and he wasn't intoxicated. local news reports say, he told police he wanted to get away to some place warm. police say no criminal charges are expected. former baseball star jose canseco had surgery last night after he accidentally shot

himself in the hand yesterday afternoon. las vegas police say he was cleaning a semi-automatic pistol, at his home, when it discharged and nearly shot off his middle finger. doctors told canseco he will never have full use of his left hand again. canseco is an admitted steroid user who played 17 years in the major leagues... his final season was with the white sox in 2001. the federal trade commission is suing "a-t and t" for ripping off its wireless customers by throttling data speeds. the lawsuit claims "a-t and t" slows down customers' internet speeds when they used a certain amount of data. it didn't matter if the customer bought unlimited data plans. the f-t-c says more than "three and a half" million people were affected over several years. "a-t and t" says the allegations are baseless and an intrusion into normal network practices. next in sports some bulls stars will be experiencing limits as to how much they're allowed to play early on this season. and later in

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time for sports. the blackhawks offense was m-i-a against the best team in the west. the hawks have scored two or fewer goals in seven games this season. rookie scott darling made his second straight start in net. it was still scoreless in the third when the hawks had a good chance, but john gibson makes the save on jonathan toews... he stopped all 38 hawks' shots. they were on the power play later, but brent seabrook fell. leading to a short- handed, breakaway goal from devante smith-pelly. darling made 24 saves, but the hawks got shut out for the first time this season, one- nothing. the bulls will tip- off the regular season without starting guard jimmy butler. coach tom thibodeau

says butler will miss two-to-four weeks with a sprained left thumb. derrick rose and joakim noah will start the season with minutes restrictions. neither played more than 32 minutes in the preseason. the bulls open the season tonight in new york against carmelo anthony and the knicks. coverage starts at six-thirty, right here on w-g-n. still to come a new study about certain blood pressure monitors and their effectiveness. up next meet our teacher of the month. an accounting teacher who's making a difference at the school she once attended. school she once attended.

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makes it easy for everyone to understand. >> that is from one of nine students who took the time to enter a name for a teacher of the month consideration. one petition likely would have been enough. they say they were trying to make sure they got our attention. >> we cannot really express enough through words about how much we thank her for teaching us. thank her for being there for us academically and personally >> nothing she is one of the most productive teachers here in terms of getting them to learn. >> she is very passionate about what she does. she wants us to be passionate about our work. if we need help she'll stay after work to help us.

>> she will not sugarcoat anything. she will tell you what you are doing wrong. she will teach you like your her child. she will not try to make something seem like it is not. >> at the end of your ledger balance. >> everything that goes on in life she brings it to us so that we will succeed in do better. she encourages us to do our best. >> she is our favorite teacher because she always puts a real life situations into accounting. she usually gives us lectures about how the world does. about how she does not want us to make the wrong choices. >> she influences need to do better. she stresses how important it is to be grateful what we have. it is someone

who would love to be in the position that we're in right now. >> a long time ago she was where students are now. yourself was a student at simeon made during in the same portion of teacher >> she helped me to understand that education is key. the only way i was going to be able to make it was to have my education. because she stood by me those years i know that is the only reason why i was able to graduate from high school and go to college. >> on behalf of the pg&e as this

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it is going to smack even harder on friday. prepare to bundle up. it is going to be pretty chilly around here. we've have the i do not think it will be widespread. fuller

is there a possibility before the week is over. the fall colors are out there. as a conceit here. send us this beautiful shot. mccall as% in the pretty village shows us the full color is there. well out in morton arboretum. a beautiful shot. her husband caught the squirrel on the patio table in the back. they call this what is for lunch >> one shot was not do it. came up with a beautiful collage of fall colors. >> said thanks to all of the photographers for these gorgeous shot. the son jun we enjoyed so much of yesterday. this is a

chemist deck. the product of colder air circulating around a big win the lake superior storm. a windy weather regime setting up for late tomorrow night. the wind could be howling and dust. over 40 mi. per hour. >> we've could build 215-16 ft. out on like michigan. for today is just a november level chill. not as strong as yesterday. the cold very windy weather comes in on friday. the 40 mi. per hour wind gusts. maybe even a couple of snow flakes away from the lake. nothing like that today. 49 will be our high-temperature making this the coldest day and 11. here is a big storm. swirling out into the configuration. you can see the clouds coming down the backside. these may permit peaks of sunshine from time to time. setup is very windy weather machinregime.

>> 29 mi. per hour wind gusts in glenview. right down to lake geneva. the actual investors 29 at all here in mid way. have gone to 43. whether plugged senses. mid to upper 20s on our coasts. there is the view from sandwich and from evanston. also from up by the crystal lake area. pretty gray out there as we kept cool autumn air that is building in the shorter days. we're starting to snow cover parts of canada. the snowpack lends itself to the intensification of chilly air. readings are down about double digits. that has been quite a tumble we have gone through. when you figure 77 on monday.

that is a 31 degree temperature drop in just a matter of days. it is like going from early september to mid november and signed three days time. with the wind is blowing at about 12 mi. per hour. here is what is galling to happen later in the week. the jet stream dives into california. all the way up to the arctic circle. then dives into our area. meteorologist call this an amplified weather pattern. is something we seem to see more and more frequently. it is driven in part by warmer and the rich as far north of west of us. try as the colder air down here. a second storm will develop out to the west of us. in conjunction with this high temperatures set up this pack isobar regime. it is going to send those winds and cold air points

running down the length of the lake. here's a plot of land. >> the wind is essentially blowing from hudson bay right on down to texas. around this mammoth canadian high. the day after tomorrow halloween day. the wind tends to blow across the isobars but just above the earth at cloud level. the wind kinds of oriental with the isobars. coming right down to hundred 80 mi. down the lake. that setup like effect rain showers that as you move away from the warmth of the lake it will keep it liquid form here in the city. >> there gal warnings right now on the lake. here's a look how the wind really picks up by friday morning. there is friday afternoon. wind gusts over 40 mi. per hour are here

and the like period 16 ft. swells developing. it will be great day if york photographer. tonight as clouds gather we would get some frost to form. in fact frost and freezing temperatures will be fairly widespread. o'hare airport will bottom out at 49 later tonight. the west wind will ease to under 6 mi. per hour. tomorrow sunshine and increasing cloudiness. strong winds will lock and but not until late tomorrow night. the high wind is in on friday. the coldest halloween in five years. one of the 11 coldest if we verify

that 42 degree high temperature. >> the put's us and the top tier of " halloween. the wind is north at 20. it is really going to get windy. >> time for today's trivia. which year did the bulls become part of the nba? >> j i have a cold

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of the proceeds support meals on wheels. mail delivery and home modification. the chef at the cafe. you'll be preparing the food at the ball. >> that is a great event. for the chefs involved the chicago is one of our favorite defense we do throughout the year >> it is helping people out who otherwise would not be taking care of in the way that they are. >> in the early. they're two different functions. there is the grand ballroom that has portions of everything. probably 30-40 chefs their parents >> 3 chefs will cook for 25 people on the time. that is where i'm going to be for

this event. this is my fifth year doing this event. i'm always excited when they asked me to come back and do it again. >> you're doing a braised pork belly. this is the disc that we're going to do for this event. >> we're doing here braised pork belly and scallops. a small version of one of the items we have to now. >> we've praised it as pork belly and way. the byproduct of making cheese. we just launched a chesnutt provisions which is our housemaid cheeses. >> i brought some with us. what we're doing is we're praising a lot of our products. we're making a profit out of a liquid. >> for folks at home who want to actually try this, i know some people will want to buy tickets

to the event. >> >> that makes it very easy. with the pork belly going here. we of sears scallops. >> and your steering just make sure it is nice and hot so it does not stick to the pan. some of the vegetables >> purple carrots and brussels sprouts. retaken the leaves off of here. these are some amazing muscles there we have used. >> 0 is just going to ask what kind >> we have sliced them down to that tar-like us. well we're going to do is we are going to see her these. once this year to year going to have a little bit of our profs. >> for our

vegetables we're going to toss them in a little butter. that is a little bit of a lot of bother. it is a special occasion. >> couple of baby carrots and brussels sprouts and some of our mushrooms. >> you can use any kind of thing cannot forget salt and pepper. >> has been mentioned as little as he would like. >> with taken an improvement in cream out of it. puree the the little bit that is a finished product.

>> this is part of our trust and the provisions as well. >> it is a pork emulsified sausage. a little skillions. these are our carrots that we spoke about earlier. some lessons that you can just add around here. this is the tasting portion. it looks like a meal to me. mia teaming up with different chefs. >> you want to make sure everybody leaves and is happy and full and go downstairs >> >> his are some greens from the shelf guard them. beautiful little flowers. i kind of thing. i love the

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>> another low pressure spinning out into quite a storm. tomorrow night and friday. a big wind field on the side of that. it is amended. it will be fairly light. it is rather brisk out there now. there is the wind coming right down the length of the lake. out over the lake over 50 mi. per hour. as all of that on fold on friday. some mix sunshine clouding over. you can see the lake effect clouds developing and going into the area. you can highlight what is supposed to happen. >> the lake is very warm. it would be liquid form precipitation that falls in the city. as you get farther

inland you could see the whites. that is where you can it's a mixed snowflakes. the lake effect goes into saturday morning. >> see the sun shine break out in the afternoon. the lows by morning. high temperatures tomorrow low 50s. there othellos tomorrow night. twenties in land and 40 is during the day on friday. it will make it the coolest on friday. it will make it the coolest tomlinson's 1996.

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