the man at the center of the chicago terror plot. we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country. live at the cook county criminal courts building. >> yet another delay in the strange case >>. prosecutors once again asking for a continuance. precisely what prosecutors are waiting for is not yet clear at this hour. did not say a word and his court appearance. a very

brief appearance at the criminal courts building. granting the continuance until january 7th. >> a bizarre incident in which he has said to have had an ice is flag flying from his car window. accused of making a false car bomb threat after police arrested him. to a truck bomb chicago studios of oprah winfrey as well as the sears tower. one time an fbi informant. prosecutors not providing any details about this case. they say they are not authorized to give us information and calls to the fbi press office should

have not been returned. >>iraq's interior ministry says a woman being detained in lebanon is not the wife of a prominent isis leader. there were reports yesterday that lebanese authorities had arrested the wife and child of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. but the iraqi interior ministry now says t id dt h i s no clear the islamist militant group al shabaab is claiming resp a bombing attack on a united nations convoy killed ure the airport near mogadishu.. which acts as a staging ground for u-n operations and for african union troops on a peacekeeping mission in somalia. just yesterday. al shabaab killed at least three dozen people in a raid targeting non- muslims working at a quarry in a kenyan village near the somali border. joliet police continue to search for suspects in the

shooting deaths of two an is recove a bullet wound. th on in >> the two men were visiting someone at this home. not known as the killer approached by car or barefoot, actions were gleeful. leaving to friends dead and another hospitalized. police spent the morning looking for evidence. killed in the gun fired just before 530 last night. 17 year-old whose sister was too distraught to talk about what happened. >> a friend calls on the killer to just give up. >> you better come forward and stop all of this killing. for what? >> no plan and no

more. this is not a game. >> check comes have arrived at home and is over the wreck. >> the body was found near the car. another drive across the field. an 18 year-old who was with them a shot in the back side. >> only knojust beginning to piecing together. >> we do not have been a suspect information at all. >> not a whole lot to go on. trouble has been brewing between young people in the neighborhood but deadly violence it is somewhat surprising. >> you kind of see it coming. things keep escalating. keeps happening over and over. >> father of four and lived in lockport. a student at joliet central

high school. autopsies are scheduled for later today. >> a trial date was expected to be set today for a white chicago police officer who shot and killed a young black woman two and a half years ago. detective dante servin is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of rekia boyd. the 22-year-old was shot in the head on the west side in march of 20-12. prosecutors say servin hit boyd.. after opening fire from hir,h an unregistered handgun. servin.. the first chicago police officer to face criminal charges over a shooting t ah ye man was a gun at him. already th the fa tot ll half >>gas service has been restored to all but one home in the vicinity of yesterday's explosion and fire in the morgan park ho there were no reports of deaths of injuries after a house on 107th place exploded in flames. no one was at home when it happened. and fire department crews were already evacuating nearby homes at the time.. as people's gas and the streets and sanitation department were already responding

to broken gas main. a d party construction crew work the vicis blamed foe a family from villa park is pleading for help in finding a missing family member. 34-year-old julie ketter was in kentucky saturday when she last spoke to her family. she was one her way home but she never made it. ketter has a tattoo of a tree on her right shoulder. she was driving a black nissan rogue s-u-v with a white sox emblem hanging from the rear-view mirror. if you spot her, call the villa park park police. >>an eleven year old boy lost his leg after he was run over by a metra train. it happened near the burr oak station in blue island yesterday morning. alexander zepeda was running for a school bus, but a stopped metra train was in his way. zepeda tried to slide underneath the train to get to the other side. but then the train started moving, and it went over the boy's leg. he's now recovering in the hospital after doctors amputated it. >> he was probably trying to catch the bus. he was not

trying to be late for school. >> i see a lot of kids running because they think they can make it. it is said to hear about that. >>zepeda is a fourth grader at burr oak school. parents in the area are now asking to have someone near the tracks to make sure children cross them safely. a chicago tribune investigation finds children are being assaulted and sexually abused and are running away by the thousands from residential treatment centers across illinois. the centers are designed to give round-the-clock supervision and therapy to state nethey a inies disadvantaged children with mental health and behavioral problems. the tribune found many of the children are shuttled for years from one institution to another before comng out more damaged than when they went in. >>an illinois appellate court is now deciding the case of a former couple fighting over frozen embryos. karla dunston was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. she and her

boyfriend, jacob szafranski made embryos that were frozen. they agreed not to use them unless both sides signed off. the couple is no longer together. dunston argues it's her last chance to biological mo snwa to erthe losing s ofe s ete eao theil supreme discussing agreements on the ride sharing industry. they include driver background checks and licensing requirements. also the health care license committee is debating possible legislation to put locking caps on prescriptions. the goal of this bill is to help curb abuse of high-powered pain medication. >> truckers will be able to drive at higher speeds on some northern illinois highways. now that state lawmakers have overturned outgoing governor pat quinn's veto. under the new law. the maximum speed limit will be 60 miles an hour for trucks on interstate highways

outside urban areas in cook, dupage, kane, lake, mchenry and will counties. it will remain 55 miles an hour on all other highways. quinn vetoed the bill. citing fatal accidents involving big rigs. some big labor backers are getting behind chicago mayoral candidate jesus garcia. he just picked up a quarter-million dollar donation from a unit of the service employees union that represents garcia has already. received money from the campaign fund of teachers union president karen lewis. and crain's reports, garcia may also get a big six-figure but mayor emanuel already has ten million dollars in his campaign warchest. we now know why the line at midway airport was extremely long on one of the busiest travs t . security lines at midway stretched outside, through the parking gara, and to the c-t-a orange line sundain the t- says seri checkpoints r ticket coutdi they also y the checkpoints were understaffed for the first two hours. the t-s-a disputes claims about the

line being a mile and a half long. they say the longest line was half a mile, and the longest wait time was 50-minutes. the agent for a three-time chicago marathon winner says she paid off the tio avoid track pipe liliya shobukhova violated doping rules in 2011, but was allowed to compete in the 2012 olympics after paying more than 600-thousand dollars to the russian track federation. the federation eventually gave her a two-year ban in april for irregularities in her passport that indicated doping and annulled all her results after october of 20-09, including her three chicago marathon victories. the cubs are pulling a double-switch, on their aggresive plans to renovate wrigley field. to satisfy the national park service, and qualify for federal tax credits, the cubs' owners have agreed to eliminate one r expansion pldu the numberf outfield siom to six. the cubs also plan to trim the size of

a new video board in right field, and move it closer to the foul line and relocate the script ad sign in right field to under the video board. the cubs will submit their revised plan to the "commission on chicago coming up next: another patient suspected of having contracted the ebola virus is being treated in the u-s. and, also ahead >> new allegations and a lawsuit are being filed against bill cosby. >>and, the supreme court hears a case today that could affect the lives of millions of women.

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>>there's a possible ebola case at massachusetts general hospital. a patient was admitt yesterday msr showi the patient is isolated in good condition and undergoing an ebola test. hospital officials say he has traveled to ebola infected areas, but they didn't say where. a new lawsuit was filed against bill cosby. judy huth claims cosby sexually assaulted her when she was 15 years old back in 1974. according to the documents, the alleged assualt happened at the playboy mansion. huths cd there made her drink several alcoholic beverages, before forcing her to commit sexl acts neither nor his lawyer commented on the case, but said these brand new claims about alleged

decades-old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous. the supreme court will hear a pregnancy discrimination case today that could affe l of n working peggy yos a driver f-s po re-usye assign herhe she became p so she could avoid heavy lifting. the company instead placed her on unpaid leave, and young says she lost her health benefits and pension. the court is weighing whether u- p-s violated young's federal pregnancy on >> sent 200 human brains. the psychology lab only have room for half of them. the other half was stored away in a basement. now they are gone. a professor at the university says it is possible that the brains were taken as a prank.

major league baseball now has its first openly gay umpire. dale scott came out in a profile article in 'referee magazine.' he's work the majors for major le bl has been aware and ve he male offialme orgu >> still to come operation santa begins. making two recipes.

stocks are sluggish today but modest gains are still enough to put the dow into record it the the dow up about 15 points. on capitol hill

today. congress grilled an executive with the japanese company that's accused of making faulty airbags. millions of airbags made by auto parts maker takata have been recalled after some exploded and threw out metal shrapnel. four people were killed, and several others were in rers midnine expan ka sdalna e a ou ones toue that. >> are you telling me that your company has no legal? legal >> we're responsible for that. >> it is really up to you to decide that. >> yes. >>some former takata workers have told reuters that the company was investigating a faulty airbag as far back as 2003. takata officials had said the

company didn't look into airbag issues until 2005. amazon and procter and gamble are rolling out a new ad campaign targeting shoppers who use public restroo. it' "stall mall". amazon and p-and-g will place a in select public bathroom stalls in new york, los angeles, seattle and philadelphia. the ads show coupons for p-and-g products like charmin mega rolls and baby wipes.. with barcodes that you can scan using the amazon app. in a recent survey by charmin.. one third of americans said they want to be "productive" while t. and reha would so while on the toi if his while black friday numbers were down, cyber monday brought in $2- billion dollars nationwide. that's a 17% climb over last year, according to online analytics firm comscore. walmart didn't release sales figures but called it the biggest online day in its history. the natioanl retail federation said conumsers are making fewer visits to the stores. over the long

lost office is hoping people will step up and helped give to people in need. more on the operation santa. >> that is the hope. one of my favorite holiday stores. we stories. we have the opportunity to speak about the generosity of so many people. they realize that many boys and girls are less fortunate. this is an opportunity to make them know that somebody does care. >> [music] >> with christmas carols sung by postal workers. the new operation santa got under way. many

here asking santa for help with gifts for mother's family memberother family members or neighbors. >> i was always taught from a very early age from my parents that the more you give the more you will receive. it is not about the receiving. it is about the giving. what i feel just from giving. >> take a letter every year. air >> you can find a touching story that ends in a request for a simple toy or clothing or warm gloves. or something for someone else. most of the letters are very touching. >> we can provide something special for the family for the season. santa arrived to pass out candy canes to children who came from a nearby day

care center. some more weight to young to understand who he is. many other children in the circumstances to understand about the holiday season. the realistically now that it helps to send a wish list. >> that does break your heart. you really do not think about how big of a need that there is. it is really said. if we can give a little bit then everybody can. >> the main post office is the only location or you can stop by and pick up one of those letters. >> first and sports. the huge error last night that cost the bulls a win. i ig t ove

black hawks will not have crawford. suffered what is being called an off ice lower body injury. the city missed a step. as a result he is going to be up 2-3 weeks.

no time to rest for the bulls. they returned home from the longest trth yea t their longest theas bulls hosting the high- scoring mavericks last night. bulls up three in the final seconds. kirk hinrich fouls (mon'- tay) ellis behind the arc, and he drains all three free throws to tie it. onto overtime down by three. derrick roses a three, and it goes off the glass and in to tie it at the buzzer. he scored 18. second overtime with the bulls up two. shot clock winding down and ellis drains a three- pointer. he led a scores wi8. rose ma shot at the buzzer and the bulls lose 132- 129. hinrich called his foul "a bonehead play." >> to me it was my fault. we wanted to take the fall will. i was not clear enough about how and

where. >> that is my fault. the bulls are right beckthe bulls are right back on the road tonight in charlotte. the bears have one more day to prepare for the cowboys on "thursday night football." robbie gould sat out of practice with a sore groin and it's unclear if he'll play tomorrow. alshon jeffery missed his second straight day, but the bes y it's coio t

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california. my bring us some freezing rain or some rainfall friday. milk and talking about that all week. the big story will become a warming trend that seems to be taking shape. while there will be cool spells, for instance will become the school. the cold spell on sunday. it is after that we can get down to some real serious warming. we'll talk about them just a moment. the inside of the car filled park conservatory. so something very interesting and captures and on film. a new wave pattern. she photographed this out in the western suburbs. when you get those waves they look like breaking the ocean waves. signs that there are layers of air moving

at different velocities. best birthday trip ever. that was the one she took this weekend. she shares this wintry scene of the stufwith us. sony pictures thanks to all of our cities and photographers. some very talented people with the cameras. and if sunshine up there. texas was a little from that went through overnight. nothing like the arctic surge that we've seen so often in the last month around the area. the cochlear it is on the satellite. beautiful day across the midwest. we had a 34 yesterday. in 9 degree increase over the day before. >> still shy of the norma40four a. we

straddled the southern flank of us are to care. we're at 33 here. 22 of the green bay. you get into the deep freeze up north. even in northern north america this warm-up there will take place the next 1.5-2 weeks appears close to inject the coldest air. us realize compared to that we're selling just fine. we're sitting pretty. a little bit warmer down to the self. it 38 going at midway airport. temperatures modestly above where they were yesterday. amex and still down a little bit. the wind is blowing west at 12 reintroducing

some of the cooler air. running at 26 with a 70% 7 d% dew point. that is the view from various cameras the ec. here's what will happen, temperatures. we'll start warming of next week about two degrees above normal. that is an average of all the models. that is a big change. a flood of moisture on shore is a conceit of west coming into california. it is welcome there. brings a little bit of relief. it is the retreat of the colder air will flow to us the next few days and then pulls

back. by sunday we could have a soft landing that pushes us into the '40's. it will turn colder again monday afternoon and tuesday. horseless little system. to flows northward and comes up into the area. we'll show you their rain and a little bit closer as it marches across the southwest and expands to misery and downstate illinois. this is the set up friday morning. >> heavy rains will occur downstate. here's the big picture. the big changes this jet stream. a feature of el nino of bringing the warmer air from the tropical pacific on to the continent. the polar air retreats to the north. we're in a moderate cooler air.

there is a colder air that comes a monday and tuesday. after this, it is really quite something appeared quite a warm air mass that takes shape. temperatures going well above normal. if the judge stressed of blowing in from canada is dominated by westerly flow. we call that is on all flow and the weather business. this has been a persistent forecast for all models. a big dome of warmth putting the chips trim lanjet stream wae north. a big change from the pac-10 has dominated meteorological autumn. temperatures are expected to climb above freezing. they have already done that. highs about 36. there will not be

much movement. we have sunshine. tonight partly cloudy chilly and low down to 18. northwest wind continues to blow. in my other brand of cold air. cloud spread interest in may. could lead to some freezing rain or maybe even some ice pellets and extend toward morning. no rain fall tomorrow with a high of 36. friday some freezing rain at the start. rainy periods the rest of the day from heavy overcast. a high of just 39 degrees. i suppose the fact that we are in december giving 39, that is not a bad place to be. let's keep the freezing rain >> it will melt as temperatures go above freezing. really interesting. this forecast for later next week and the end of the middle part of the month. a big turnaround in the paddock. this could be the kind of warm- up that brings 50

degree temperatures in december. >> we like to hear that. i thought we were ready for that after this autumn that we've had in terms of colder air. >> in which you did in illinois become >> in which you did in illinois become the 21st

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we're making two recipes to warm you up this winter: chicken and waffles and then a lamb sausage.

think he's so much for being here. brothers worked together every day. work well together obviously. >> their moms out there watching and asking how did to two brothers do this? i think that is great. you're going to help us make too delicious recipes.

>> this is one of our dishes. we're using traditional belgian waffle batter. >> floor and is bakingflour and eggs and baking powder with deep fry them parrot >> do you sell the homemade hot sauce? >> yes. >> we deep-fried them. the real trick to this dish is the gravy. we use a white sauce. we use chicken fat. finish with eggs and

chivesw.. pretty much ready to go. maple syrup of coure. powdered sugar at the end. >>no dieting with this dish. >> this is about decadence. >> now moving right along. not that we're not completely satiated but we're making yet another. >>a lamb sausage. we make as much as we can from scratch. we import seasons from italy >> a little bit of lentils. the spicy

pork sausage. finish with a little bit of butter. >>this is going to have some kick. >>not too much of a kick going on. >>it ismells good. >> amazing. >>the dish is avaialable on our all day and brunch menu. >>a little bit more chili. >>added a little mint. >>all natural greek yogurt. >>finish it off with salad. >>that is lovely. >>yuiour brought other

dishes. >my parents used to cook. we grew around food every single day with them. >>tell me about some of our other dishes. >>very simple concept. this is our rotisserie chicken. >>what makes it dirty?a mix of prime cuts that we use. >>some of these, huge. >>our pizza, we have

a 3 day fermentation. >>wood oven, we cook a lot of stuff overnight. >>roasted cauliflower >> it is designed for sharing. >> have not been there. both restaurants are in the lobby of this hotel? the whole ground floor is open to the public. >>perfect. thank you for coming in. i really appreciate it. >>113 north green street. >>all of that info

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and is coming up here. you have some sunshine today. that is kind of nice. takes the edge off the chill. there is a weather system going al west. a piece of energy across the rockies that associates with gulf moisture. the result is by friday after a sunny start, the clouds will spread in here later in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night you'll see this area of rain, and to

chicago. could be some frozen precipitation on the front end of it. there is tomorrow evening. watched that area blowup. comes out into the chicago area. >> those are storms. but that the fetch of westerly wind blowing across the pacific and into north america. this is how we're going to warm the continenta l up. dominated since september. we had quite a chilly autumn around here. still take place just beyond our 7 day. " there comes

back for a couple days next week. 36 the forecast tomorrow. 39 the forecast on friday. sunshine and cool temperatures on saturday. mondale little light shower action. back to the 30's tuesday and wednesday next trick. really quite an nice pattern shift. >> another super typhoon held in the pacific. that will work its way into western north america. >> more rain for california >> they'll take california >> they'll take

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