i'm mark suppelsa. >> i'm micah materre. >> reporter: tonight some chicago police officials gather to honor their fallen and injured colleagues. but tomorrow some police officers are planning to protest because they want the department's superintendent to step aside. a statue honoring chicago police officers who have been injured unveiled at the gold star families memorial. then the names of fallen officers were read aloud. the ceremony recognizing the -- sacrifices they made coming in the time of war of words with the internal fraternal ordered of police. reaching a boiling point when weiss has asked the union to give him ideas for proving working conditions. but he says the union has chosen not to work with him. >> i've wanted to lay down a record one time. get the facts out. >> reporter: not true says fop leaders. they posted this saying they saw the story about the letter on wgn tv. he says weis needs to take a cue from daley and resign. >> to get involved in discussions and most frequently they claimed toic that the recommendation. >> reporter: the fop is planning to protest tomo

dan ponce joins us with the changes now. >> reporter: as you know, chicago police were facing man power shortages. right now as many as 300 police officers are assigned to caps. mayor daley says that's too many. now caps director is trying to figure out the need of chicago police and keep the program strong. >> caps is extremely relevant. >> reporter: the program may lose as many as 200 chicago police officers. caps director ron holt insists it will remain valuable to people. he says if anything, caps will only become stronger. >> nothing will be diluted. no strategy will change. in fact, i think with this strategy moving forward, that the efforts will be more involved. >> reporter: for more than two decades, caps has been an important program for the city. volunteers work closely with police officers to keep an eye on the neighborhood and help monitor gang activity. but now it's possible a majority of those officers will be reassigned away from caps and back on the streets. the controversial move has many caps volunteers concerned about the paramese -- program's future. >> reporter: an

fundamentals of policing. >> reporter: even chicago transit workers are here supporting police and a testing to the situation that they are seeing on the streets. a decline in safety that they say is apparent on the city's transit system. >> we don't see a transit cop when you are out working the streets. until after it's too late or something. >> reporter: now according to a spokesman, police superintendent jody weis was not in the building during the protest. he has been busy attending meetings away from 35 and michigan. but undoubtedly chicago's top cop feeling the heat. nevertheless, he has vowed not to resign. at police headquarters, julian crews, wgn news. >>> some local police officers who were laid off because of the recession are finding new employment in schaumburg. that village started hiring officers who were released from other departments because they were lowest on their seniority lists. first of the new hires will be sworn in friday. for the past couple of years schaumburg didn't replace officers who retired or quit. and now its police force is down by 16 positions. t

the victims names have notelet been released. >> the aunt of the teen shot and killed by chicago police on the cta's red line yesterday wants the department to take disciplinary action against the officer who fired the shot. police say they shot george in self-defense after the teen pointed his weapon at them. however, several witnesses say the 19-year-old was surrendering to police when he was shot. the teen's family will meet with an attorney tomorrow. lash's son admits he had a gun, but he did not say he aimed it at police officers. >> if he had his hands up, why would you shoot him? we will have our witnesses and we will fight for that. we will fight for his justice. >> independent police authority is looking into the shooting. >>> fewer donations, higher costs, all spelling trouble for a center that helps dogs and cats. wgn's marcella raymond has more. >> reporter: save a pet has saved the lives of 40,000 animals in the past 40-years. now save a pet needs to be saved. >> it's exasperating, it makes it very, very difficult to sleep. we, collectively are responsible for hundreds and

>>> witnesses are questioning the decision by the chicago police officers to shoot and kill an armed teen at a train station. >>> i'm steve sanders. >>> i'm allison payne. we welcome wgn america viewers. judy wang is live at the garfield station with details. >> reporter: chicago police say the officers involved had to defend themselves but some people on the train saw things differently. with the witnesses disputing the account, relatives say they will investigate. >> he was giving up, he was in the mode of giving up. he is done, he is not running. he got rid of the weapon. >> reporter: that man was a rider who witnessed the shooting that killed george lash. he said he was not going anywhere when the officer fired. they say he was on a red line train with a gun. two officers approached him at the garfield stop. he fought with the officers and pointed a gun with them. that's why they shot him. i spoke with his brother and step brother. they said they never believed he would point a gun at police. an aunt will seek the advice of an attorney. >> we will bury him then we will fight for

. >> chicago police on a red line train shoot and kill a teen but not everyone is telling the same story evening everyone. but not everyone is telling the samestory. good evening everyone. i'm robert jordan. >> dan has tonight's top story. >> this cell phone video shows chaotic scene after 2:00 p.m. according to police news affairs, a man with a gun was on the train and when the officer approached the suspect, he began fighting with them and they said he pointed a gun at the officers but a witness we spoke with said it didn't happen that way and the suspect was armed but that he had dropped his gun and surrendered before the police open fired. the witness did not want to be identified. >> the young man was on the train, no doubt he had the gun. when the police got there, he threw the gun, and when he came to the door way trying to get away, the female officer fired shot. >> the suspect is 19-year-old george lash. he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:30. the witness that took the video after the shooting saw everything from start to finish and was clear the suspect was surrendering

investigation -- during that phone calls in the subsequent follow-up to that phone call, the chicago policeartment and da were able to intercept weapons that were about to be delivered into the hands of gang members on the street. >> reporter: during the investigation, officers and agents seized four rifles, eight hand guns, cocaine, marijuana and more than $21,000 in cash. at the dirksen federal building, muriel clair, wgn news. >>> will county veterans will fine services much closer at hand now that a joliet hospital is being converted into a va clinic. silver cross hospital is relocating to new lennox and current joliet facility will become a multipurpose veteran center and clinic in the year 2012. this new mega clinic will include expanded mental health facilities, womens services, rehabilitation and an ploim center. about 45,000 veterans little in -- live in will county and many have to travel to maywood for services. >>> all we can for our veterans. tom skilling is next and will tell us if we are free from rain at least for a little while. hey, pete. yeah, it's me, big brother. put th

there has been much speculation he would leave his post to make a bid for mayor of chicago. >>> police are looking into a stabbing late last night that left one man dead. investigators say a 54-year-old man was killed in annapolis. police say another man was also stamped. the two men had been wrestling on the floor. there has been no charge. >>> two men were shot just after 10:00 p.m. on the 3500 block of 22nd street. when the victim died, and the other is in critical condition. >>> in fairfax, police are warning residents about a serial burglar. eight of the -- of the incidents happened with the latest yesterday morning. residents are warned to lock their doors. >>> when we continue, the latest on the international terror plot intercepted by intelligence officials. who is at the center of this investigation? plus, a major recall alert. more on the millions of items effected. president obama ways in on the colbert purses stewart rally. thee keeping our eye on sky. thee keeping our eye on sky. steve will join us with we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insur

family shares its grief telling reporters why they are filing a lawsuit against the city and chicago police department in the death of 19- year-old george lash. he was shot by police who say lash pointed a gun at them at a cta station. some wnlses say that's not the way it happened. wgn's amy rutledge is live in the loop with more. >> reporter: allison, the family's attorney say they are filing this lawsuit now to preserve evidence in this case. evidence that they hope will better explain what happened before and during the shooting which killed 19-year-old george lash. lash's stepfather says george was trying to turn his life around when he was shot and killed saturday night on his way to a friend's house. >> i don't feel safe. i mean, can't go out the home or ride the train. it's just horrifying. >>> lash's adoptive mother carmela lash croft was so upset, she stepped out as her attorney answered questions. antonio says he has obtained two witness accounts from that night which state the police shot lash after he had been detained by police. police have said the officers fired after lash p

regardless, chicago police are siding with her. the 68-year-old elderly widow who lived alone in this small home is staying behind closed doors today. and through a friend she is requesting privacy. >> she is emotionally distraught. she doesn't want to talk. she wants to try to find a way to take care of the damage that the children caused. >> indeed, windows are broken and loose bricks are on her property. she told police the 12 and 13- year-old boys now charged had broken her windows and returned later to throw bricks at her. that's when she pulled out a gun and opened fire hitting the 12-year-old in the arm. neighbors say the same boys had been vandalizing her property for over a year. >> i think yesterday was just kind of a tipping point from what i understand they were in her back yard throwing bricks at her window and i mean there is really nothing else you can do. you have to protect your property. >> but those who know the 12- year-old said to be a neighborhood terror claim he is not a bad child and the elderly woman should

chicago is paying 50 million plus dollars on a confessed torturer. in all of these cities, we need more policeand we have enough troops for sfwablt security in baghdad but not in chicago and new york and l.a., and we need them. their reasoning has little to do with enough police as it does with the behavior of police, the woman beaten behind the bar or the man shackled and handcuffed and beaten. >> reverend, all of the shootings in chicago, is it the economy, is it the stress on society? what do you think? >> well, it's a combination, you know, plants close, and drugs and guns are coming. they are not marching against access to m-16 and ak-47s. when the police are outgunned and guns are on the market, you can buy semiautomatic weapons. we should march against the weapons of mass destruction. we have not done that, and that's a significant issue. >> good to you have with us. thank you very much. >> and the bears will beat dallas on this coming sunday. >> the bears will beat dallas? >> that's my prediction. >> they barely beat detroit. they caught the ball from detroit. we'll do this again. >> a

. >>> police officers are supposed to protect the public, but in chicago, it's the officers themselves in man power is putting their safety and citizens' safety at risk. today, hundreds of union members marched in front of chicago's police headquarters protesting the superintendent's policies and demanding he resign. joining me is reverend jesse jackson, president of the rainbow push foundation. what is the situation? >> critical. on the one hand, 900 have retired and 300 have been hired. we have support for baghdad but not chicago. they are protesting because the citizens are demanding more diversity and an end to police brutality. a guy who they marched for, they beat a man in a wheelchair who was shackled, and we turned it over to civil rights and got two years in jail. they are protesting that. another case of police beating a woman behind the counter. they were fighting for him. it is not just about more police but about police account sbiblt fairness. >> can they function when the rank and file want the superintendent to resign. he says today he won't resign. >> he should not res

. >>> chicago's police union is demanding the resignation of the city's top cop, jody weis. the call follows the police dew point's open letter to the "sun- times" defending his role as superintendent. weis is a former fbi agent hired by mayor daley to change business as usual in the department. he has no local police background and is criticized union leadership for resisting changes within the department. earlier today the president of the fraternal order of police mark donahue said this. >> we have been involved with the hierarchy in the police department in a number of issues. many of which seated at the table with them attempting to resolve issues of importance between not only the department in the communes but the department and the union. we have been at the table with them and offered recommendations oftentimes many of his recommendations were simply ignored. we continue to str an open dialogue with the department. times made it difficult to do so. >>> fop members plan to march on police headquarters tomorrow. protesting cut backs in manpower. they say put police off

chicago police chief. los angeles police chief. miami, on down the line.ven though his department only has 24 officers, he made that much money. now, the d.a. says they have 3,000 pages of documents and evidence and there is no evidence that adams committed a crime. listen. >> being paid excessive salaries is not a crime. it's not a crime. illegally obtain those salaries is a crime. >> now the d.a. did acknowledge that he knows randy adams personally but says that had nothing to do with it. he says that if his mother committed a crime and he had the evidence, he would arrest her. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live this afternoon in l.a. trace, thanks. well, after another bloody day in afghanistan, nato officials now say this is the deadliest year for coalition forces there since 2001 invasion. 529 international troops reportedly killed since january. the latest include nine americans who we're told died in a helicopter crash today. it happened in the zabul province in southern afghanistan. the taliban claiming credit. nato officials say there was no si

candidates who are running for alderman of the 41st ward including mary o'connor and another chicago police officer who was injured -- shot in the line of duty named richard gonzalez. this will be an interesting race out here. candidates have until december 15th to file. >>> carol mosley bronx is thinking about becoming a candidate for the school. she made history in 1992 when she became the first african- american woman elected to the u.s. senate. she says she won't make a decision about jumping into the mayor's race until after the weekend. >>> another candidate testing the waters, jesse jackson jr. linking him to misdeeds involving rod blagojevich or they would have charged him. on a radio show this morning, jackson said he was at a meeting in 2008 where a businessman offered to raise one million dollars blagojevich's campaign. that it would be in exchange for appointing jackson to though seat. jackson says he never heard that. and if he's a conspirator, prosecutors should bring it on. >>> parents heading up a march. they secured a meeting with the chicago public schools. several dozen p

lourdes duarte picks up the story from here. >> reporter: by the bus load, chicago police officers at the same spot sending a message to the man leading them. >> it's plain and simple. lack of leadership. >> reporter: hundreds of rack asking that jody weis resign. in some cases patrol cars have only had one officer inside rather than two. >> we don't see a transit cop when you're out working me streets until it was too late or something. >> we need more police officers. get some more cops on. >> reporter: and the union criticizing weis for a number of other reasons too. >> needs to support the men and women underneath them. >> reporter: some blaming the foul relationship on the fact that weis was considered an outsider. a former fbi agent. add to that personnel changes as soon as he took the job. that rubbed many the wrong way. >> we volunteer. we've had people ready to respond to him giving our suggestions. he appears not to want those suggestions. instead of the true professionals which are the law enforcement officers here. >> some people are going to complain. you can give them a

breaking details involving a terror arrest, police say this man, 22-year-old, planted a fake bomb in a trash can in chicago, about a block from wrigley field and that he had more targets in mind, a lot to learn about this story. it's breaking right now and i'm bill hemmer, how you doing, martha? martha: doing well, good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. we are learning disturbing details about the man, sami samir hassoun. >> we considered him to be a serious threat to the public and if we didn't provide him with the materials he thought were need to carry out his plot he could have gone to someone aelts, got the assistance -- gotten the assistance he needed and carried out the attacks. martha: he told agents he wanted to terrorize chicago to create chaos. we're getting a report from chicago and will get it to you shortler. >> a shooting at the fort woods army base in texas ends with a gunman shot dead and two victims wounded, army officials say it happened inside a convenience store on base grounds, he shot two female employees before police opened fire. it's unclear of the motive. this follows las

chicago. >>> montgomery county police are looking for a rapist this morning. early sunday morning, near some woods near high point drive in germantown, a woman says she was walking up frederick road when a man grabbed her from behind and sexually assaulted her. >>> a d.c. jump has delayed the trial of a man accused of killing chandra levy. the trial was spaced to begin next week but the judge has now postponed that until october 18 saying the prosecution needs extra time to resolve an inwith a defense witness. levy disappeared in 2001. her remains were found one year later in rock creek park. >>> president obama may have ruffled a few feathers yesterday when he fielded a question about the quality of education here in the district and he did that on national television. the president sends his dotters to private schools but he still had something to say about public education. beth park he has more. >> reporter: a florida woman appearing on nbc's today show hit the president with the toughest and simplest question of the day. >> i wanted to know whether or not

in fact, the night of the great police riot in chicago at the 1968 convention, he was down there in front of the hotel with the woman who he subsequently married, to show support for the anti-war people. but saul was what i would call an opto-pessimist. he never stopped dreaming and believing in hoping, but he never kidded himself about the way things work. >> you were around him fror ten years. describe him. >> he was a neat dresser. never informal. he defies all the stereotypes of what a rabble rouser is supposed to be. he was not a terribly good public speaker. that was not one of his strong points. obviously he could speak in public, and did endlessly, but he was not a sam walker. it was more content and style in -- than style in his speaking. he was a wonderful man to work for. first of all, he was the kind of boss who really wanted you to tell him what you thought. you scored no points with saul alinsky by being a yes person, none whatsoever. he loved arguing. he always said, this is not a democracy, or sometimes he would say this is a democracy, but i have the one vote. in the end,

. >>> chicago plans on holding its first police entrance exam in four years because of the shortage. the experience requirements should be eliminated, one says. call telling the chicago sun times he wants to do away with having to have two years of education. the requirement has been in effect since 1997. some 2300 officers short of strength. tell us what you think. should new police officers be required to have a college degree? text yes or no to 97999. also go to wgntv.com. >>> the illinois epa cracking down on illegal dumping and they want your help. the environmental protection agency met with police in marcum today at what is believed to be the biggest dumping ground in the state. secluded 12 acres near dixie highway. sparked a fire that went in april. they say they can't afford to keep cleaning up sites like this. they want people to report people and stop the problem. >>> how much you pay for property taxes in cook county. wgn news investigation. >>> plus a garden in the sky. we're checking out a cool retreat at a new children's hospital. >>> get ready for changes in the temper

police. they arrived on a flight from chicago which landed from amsterdam. the arrest took place on the basis of information provided by u.s. authorities. the two men of the yemeni nationality were supposed to be traveling home to yemen. >> security is tight on this route. last year a nigerian student was arrested on a flight traveling the other way. he was charged with attempting to detonate a bomb on board. there were two federal air marshals on the flight. the two men sat close to each other for were not known to have known each other. perhaps some uncomfortable questions for airline security to answer. as regard to the content, officials say it is not unusual for mobile phones and watches to be braque together, particularly on a flight bound for yemen. >> the hurricane that has caused a damaged in the caribbean is still heading to the u.s. hurricane earl is due to reach the eastern u.s. on friday. officials warned it could cause flooding and ordered the evacuation of an island off the coast of north carolina. >> even at a safe distance from the storm, ea

chicago heights. she says she told police cecil was too drunk to drive. his limit was three times the legal limit. jail now awaiting trial. >> there were two people in this whole world who could have said something to stop what happened. one was cecil connor and one was cassie lafond. and neither did. i feel bad for her but the city is not the problem here. and certainly this tolling ordinance is not the problem here. >> reporter: last week lafond received three phone calls she believes is a collection agency. she says there's no way she'll pay chicago heights $500 because she's already paid enough. >> i think it's ridiculous to be honest with you. my car was never impounded, so i shouldn't have to pay for something that took my life a-- my kid's life away. >> you can read the whole story in the tribune tomorrow. >>> a crash kills a woman in her 20s and puts two others in the hospital. it happened at the caldwell intersection. the taxi caught fire and the cab driver should be okay. no further info on anyone else involved in that crash. that stretch of devon was closed for some time. >>> a garbage

. >> reporter: amateur video shows police arresting two men in amsterdam, arriving from chicago. dutch security officials stung by missing the would-be christmas day bomber when he passed through amsterdam were taking no chances this time. >> the men are held on suspicion of a criminal terrorist attack. >> reporter: u.s. officials say it all began sunday at the birmingham, alabama, airport with a legal permanent resident, al soofi on his way to visit relatives in yemen. in the checked bags, screeners found cell phones and watches taped together and a phone taped to a bottle of pepto-bismol. it looked suspicious, but no explosives were found and he was cleared for travel. he booked flights from birmingham to chicago then to washington-dulles and on to amsterdam. but when he got to chicago, investigators say, he missed the dulles flight, so the airline put him on a direct flight to amsterdam while his suitcase flew on to dulles. it was intercepted when security officials realized al soofi was no longer flying with it. the second man in amsterdam had nothing suspicious found in his

chicago today. called by gang members to complain they're being harassed unfairly by the police who blame the gangs for what's being called an epidemic. 320 homicides so far this year. officials have threatened to prosecute gangs under the organized crime laws if any member is linked to a homicide. but the gangs say they're not responsible for the acts of individuals. meantime, to keep young people from joining gangs, chicago is offering a more positive alternative: organized happiness here's cynthia bowers. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: rap music often earns its bad rap, but this group is giving rap a whole new spin. meet chicago's happiness club. >> our message is we're spreading happiness. we are spreading good vibes all over. >> reporter: its 50 performers come from different races and neighborhoods. they ranger in age from six- year-old dawn butler... are you a singer? or are you a dancer? >> i'm a dancer. >> reporter: to college junior elena schulman. this has meant what to your life? >> i mean, it is my life. i'm one of the most positive people, and that's definitely a result of being in the happiness cl

. >>> police arrested three people for shooting a gas station employee in the south suburbs. it happened at this marathon gas station in chicago heights last night. a cashier was shot in the chest but he was stale able to call the police. he's in the hospital in serious condition. the suspects wavelet bin witnesses and caught on security cameras. they arrested all three suspects near their homes. >>> a woman was arrested for leaving they are children alone outside the cook county jail. she was arrested after officers found they are two children crossing the street 27th and california by themselves. they're ages three and five. they were not hurt. she was several weeks away at the time posting bond for her husband. she said that she left the kids in the car with her cousin bust. police never found the car or the cousin. the children were released into her custody. but the department of family services is still investigating. >>> after complaints about crowded trains and long waits, metra is postponing a riding projects. it is beginning a project to replace 44 bridges alongs the union spay if i can rail line. the has been put of

year-old boy remains in a hospital in chicago in serious condition after neighbors say an elderly woman had enough of him vandalizing the property and shot him. police say it happened around 5:30 yesterday night. investigators say the woman, believed to be in her sixties or seventies, chased the boy's and fired shots after one of the bricks they were throwing smashed a window. >> he is the leader. he is worse. >> she had enough. they were setting garbage cans on fire in her front yard. >> officials say they are unsure whether charges will be filed against the woman. she may have acted in self- defense. the recession has forced more and more couples to stay together, while a new report says fewer americans are tying the knot. plus, how insurance companies do business are paying big dividends to health-care workers. >> to our south, just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to in massive tropical system, which will affect us with heavy rains tomorrow. >> if you are looking for a job, you might want to go to toys r us. the plans to hire 10,000 more employees than the seasonal workers in usually hires. it is opening some 600 additional stores in malls a

sanitation, but work on paving streets, building sidewalks, libraries, police stayings, fire stations and communities throughout chicago. >> but with chicago facing massive debt making it difficult to balance the budget, what could chico do to correct the seemingly unfixable problem? >> have i done it before. in 1995 when the mayor sent me over to the chicago public schools, their budget deficit and crisis was every bit the same as the city of chicago's. we straightened that out. when i came to the chicago public schools, our cumulative budget deficit projection was $1.3 million. when i left, we had a surplus of $350 million. >>> and while chico no doubt will be a formidable candidate, without money, he couldn't get his message out to the public. >> it's going to take millions of dollars. i won't put a magic figure on it but i think if you aren't raising four or five million dollars you are fooling yourself. >> can you do that? >> yes, have i done it before. when i ran for the united states senate in 2004 we raised about $4.5 million. >> reporter: and with a list of candidates growing every day, what does chico think w

. >>> woman killed in a three vehicle crash on chicago's northwest side has been identified as 26-year-old jenny from plainfield. police say she was driving west on devon when she crossed the center line and collided head on with a toyota corolla and a taxi yesterday. the taxi caught fire and the driver was taken to the hospital. he is in stable condition. the driver of the other vehicle hit was treated and released for his injuries. the woman was ejected from her car and pronounced dead at the scene. >>> and four people are injured after a man opened fire on them last night in the humboldt park neighborhood. three men and a woman were standing on the 3200 block of west division when a man came out of an alley and started shooting. le the woman was shot in the back and is in serious condition. two men are in good condition. the fourth man refused medical attention. police are looking for the shooter. they did not gave motive for the attack. >>> man is charged with murdering an eighth grader in the woodlawn neighborhood. 19-year-old kordell glover due in bond court today. police say he shot three people ten days ago. po

the results of wednesday's vote, did police cross the line by not charging a 68-year-old chicago womand she caught vandalizing her property? 85% of you say that woman should not be charged with shooting the child. 15% of you say yes. a lot of you sent me tweets. her name was miss margaret. i can't tell you how many people said go miss margaret. that wraps up this hour. norah o'donnell picks up things after the break. you're watching msnbc. ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the scary out of life with travelers insurance... and see the world in a different light. >>> rain that will be measured in feet rather than inches blasting the east coast, causing major flooding in some areas. >>> a governor gets in an angry confrontation with a governor. what prompted carl paladino to take him out. >>> and new revelations about a college student that co

chicago is at the bottom of the list. >>> we have a warning this morning if you live in fairfax county. police a burglar who might have targeted more than 50 homes since the end of last month. the crime spree began august 24th. eightburglaries were reported this past tuesd night. dozens of new incidents are being reported every week while most are home break-ins there have also been car thefts. some residents are concerned because a burglar often strikes while people are sleeping. >> there was no sound a no barking from them. very unsettling. it's scary. >> the possibility of an encounter between the burglar and homeownersis there. and that's a major concern to us. we don't want homeowners hurt. >> police say the best way to prevent a burglary is to lock all your doors and ndows, including the ones from the rage. >> and stay with us now. "news 4 today" continues right now at:00 a.m. >>> flooding fears, torrential rain is falling in our area, and itl

police are waiting for him. he has trade the world trade center and the sears tower in fact in chicago as well. he says after witnessing the failure of the las vegas fire department to rescue guests from the burning mgm grand hotel back in 1980, that's when he started his campaign, his crusade, he set out to warn the world about the dangers of skyscrapers and as joe vasquez told us earlier he talked to police after he started the climb, too late for him to stop them, but joe is back with us and joe this isth has taken about 2 1/2 hours now, well, maybe two hours 15 minutes? >> well, yeah, it actually has gone on three hours, it started around the 2:00 hour. there you see him, he has reached the top floor, this is a 60-storey building the millenium tower, and you might be able to hear some smattering of applause. this is mission street at between biel and fremont. he was up a few floors before the cops even noticed him and then boy, at that time, there was some conversations but he just kept his head forward and kept it up and kept moving up. we were just talking to some of the folks who tried t

police. we need to see if military might really ends terrorism? we need to embrace foreign policy of diplomacy and restrain. >>> quigley made his remarking during a speech today to the chicago council on global affairs. >>> oak brook businessman says congressman jesse jackson, jr., tried to buy a u.s. senate seat. the "sun-times" reports nyiac has told federal investigators he dined with jackson in washington in october 2008. jackson told him to tell rod blagojevich that the indian american community will raise $1 million for blagojevich and jackson will personally raise another $5 million if blagojevich appointed him to the senate. nyiac says jackson reimbursed a washington restaurant whoitous for several trips to chicago at his request. the flights were never mentioned on jackson's financial disclosure forms. the woman says she knew nothing about jackson's political desires. jackson will not comment on these new allegations. >>> a new report found the homewood fire department il- prepared in the handling of a fire that killed a rookie firefighter and an elderly man last march. an investigation by the national institute for occupational safety criticizes the homewood fire

chicago. >>> now to pittsburgh, where for a fourth straight day, volunteers searched at a landfill looking for a possible fifth victim from that murder rampage. what crews found last night is helping them, even though police says the definitely not connected to the case. allie rasmus is live to explain. >> reporter: volunteers and investigators wrapped up their search earlier today. there is still no sign of sales. >> volunteers go through it manually piece by piece. >> reporter: volunteers are looking for any signs of a 53- year-old who's body may have been dumped. the trash from those dumpsters end up here, but it is difficult to know exactly where in the landfill the hercules trash ended up. they've been searching since friday, yesterday evening they found a piece of letterhead with a piece of the victim's address. >> it means they're in the right place. that we're looking at city of hercules trash. they've been searching for three days and that's the first piece of concrete evidence that they're in the right place. >> reporter: police believe that sales may have been a victim of valdemoro. valdemoro is also the suspect in the deaths of two women and the death of ricardo sales senior. he is the father

police station to protest the fatal shooting of a guatemala immigrant. officers claim the man came at them with a knife. the lapd has promise add thorough investigation. >>> after 21 years in office, chicago's mayor richard daly says he will not run for re-election next year. the stunning announcement yesterday opens the door for a possible run by white house chief of staff rahm emanuel, who said in april that it's, quote, no secret he would like to run for mayor of chicago someday. >>> 33 men trapped a half a mile under ground in chile got a moral boost when rescuers dropped a miniature projector into the mine allowing them to watch their country's soccer team play a match against ukraine. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,340 after losing 107 points yesterday. the s&p fell 12 points. the nasdaq dropped 24. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei sank 201 points, while in hong kong the hang seng shot down 312. >>> traders returning to wall street yesterday were immediately greeted with fears of weakness in european banks, which led to an unexpected down day. "wall street journal" report that major lend

police. >>> president barack obama's chief of staff may be leaving the white house. he is expected to announce a run for mayor in chicago as early as friday. the position opened up when he announced he would not seek reelection. if he does step aside, peter louse is expected to step in as chief of staff. >>> he is supporting democrats running for election in november. reporting for wjz, there is a lot riding on the president's effort. >> reporter: the president is back out campaigning, his first stop, into the huge rally but this small backyard in new mexico. he convinced them not to give up on democrats in november and his theme is education. >> the number one issue in terms of us succeeding as an economy is how well we educate our children. >> reporter: but they had more mediate concerns. >> if we don't have homes to go to, how much does education mean? >> reporter: more americans can turn around the economy. >> the american people have taken a back seat to the republican agenda. >>reporter: they are trying to counterby recapturing the campaign magic from 2008. the white house has lost a series of college campus ralli

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police chief ken james is worried about what recent u.s. supreme court rulings striking down gun control laws in washington, d.c., and chicago could mean for his bay area city of emeryville. he believed his town's gun laws deterred violent crime. >> guns are always dangerous. you never know when... when that gun is... when that's going to turn on you. if we have greater control on the gun, greater regulation on the gun in the public realm, the chances of us coming in contact with that gun become fewer. >> reporter: but as chair of the california police chief's firearms committee, he's not clear about what the high court rulings mean for california's gun regulators. >> it kind of opened up this whole new field of what is a reasonable regulation of handguns and firearms. so now, i think, anything can be challenged in the courts as to what is reasonable. >> reporter: that's because the high court left many questions about specific gun laws unanswered. in "district of columbia verses heller," the justices ruled that the second amendment guarantees a personal right to keep handguns in the home for self defense. it struck down a flat ban on hand

chicago these days and now they are also calling press conferences. members of the city's most notorious street gangs gavterred before tv cameras yesterday to call out the city's top cop for not fighting fair. the police superintendent gave gang leaders a strong message saying if gangs don't stop killings, police will go after their leaders. apparently that's not fair. current and former gang leaders told the media the way to curb violence is through jobs, not threats. >> we have a serious epidemic in our community, it's poverty. you say it's gangs and drugs, we say it's we need opportunities. >> some gang members have taken the police message to heart and have talked to others about reducing violence, but gang leaders say they cannot be held accountable for some radical elements within their own gangs. >>> the labor day weekend almost upon us, scoot mcgoo reminds to us keep your vacation plans to yourself. >> over the past couple of weeks we have been talking about twitter and privacy. you probably shouldn't post you're going out of town for three days. the news should cover both sides, so burglars please do mention on twitter and facebook that you will away. other things not post on facebook, your v

police department. we have not heard from new york. we have not heard from chicago. major cities. you are in a smaller area, but certainly california is big. texas is big. what would be the cost? >> i would like to be able to give you an exact figure but i would say that i agree that an example needs to be made. we need to get out there and start singing to them. the word will get out and it will make -- start stinging them. the word will get out and it will make a difference. in at the sacramento region with the resources standing by ready and willing to make a difference, if you give us one year and a minimum of $2 million, we would make a difference. >> what is the population you would be covering? >> for this particular region, with the multi-county cooperation we currently have and this -- have in this, we are looking at a population area in excess of 10 million people. >> thank you. i will not all due to that number, but you've made an important point -- i will not hold you up to that number but you made an important point. this works better when people work together. >> it