for the victims of the tragic movie theater shooting and their families >> >> good evening, i'm robert jordan >> and i'm jackie bange >> our top story tonight that vigil follows a visit from president obama. mr. obama visited those victims and families on a day when investigators released more details on the shooting in the gun man >> the president was trying to offer some comfort tonight to a community devastated by what investigators have called a deliberate and calculated act of violence >> connected in grief and disbelief a community banded together tonight in colorado for a prayer vigil. honoring the 12 people killed and 58 injured when a gunman opened fire inside a packed movie theater. among the dead a suburban chicago man. petty officer third class from crystal lake. just last year he followed a strong military tradition in his family and join the navy. he was stationed that buckley air force base. president obama today meeting with the grieving families and some of the wounded at the university ofof colorado hospital >> new information is emerging about the suspect. he submitted his

championships in a more school which also saw several european title fights on the night is robert jordan out. once upon a time in the east dude of the muscular region the best boilers from the former soviet republics. pleased to find out who was the toughest there is you know these good books and two of them unstirred nine years ago you know. has grown into the open there showdown with international titles at stake. some domestic affairs first though the twenty twelve event supercard opened with the russian light welterweight championship five rounds of it to from both. clue now the victory over his competitor at. some big again i swear next to do battle with the w five european cruiserweight title at stake. versus how bunny. the russian doing lead in the first two rounds of the belts over the french champ in front of his to each their own. and was even to toy with his opponent hard decision for the judges before the root in the group whose favor that's how it came to some world titles on the line with a russia such show in ukraine said i'm on my left sitting now probably the most furiou

skills i had better timing that's why my punches landed on his body and had and he spun mile both robert jordan known r.t. asco region. in other news the rubin kazan have claimed the first trophy of the russian football season the russian cup winners downing reigning premier league champions and even some are staff strikes in salvador the chatty valley may day do knocking the stuffing out of the need to know the final score of the game was preceded by a minute's silence for the hundred seventy one people who died in floods in southern russia last weekend. to athletics and there have been upsets at the diamond league meeting in london with some favorites for the upcoming olympics struggling in the cold wet weather shelley and fraser price is the fastest woman in the world this year over one hundred metres but she came last in saturday's final which was won by blessing body of nigeria eleven point zero one seconds america's comedy hit yet it was third while a striding world champion sally pearson was the favorite for the hundred meter hurdles but she was beaten by american kelly wells here howeve

wgn's robert jordan is in the newsroom with our top story. the state has gathered enough information to file 142 criminal counts against james homes... in connectiong with the movie theater shootings... and his booby trapped apartment. in court this morning.. while we is allegded to have killed 12 people he was charged with 24 counts of first degree murder. -- the double count likely comes from a charge called depraived and intentional murder. he was also charged with 16-counts of attempted first degree murder. he also is charged with 1 count of possessing explosives found in his apartment. the last time james holmes was in court we had the first opportunity to see the man accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens more for today's appearance no cameras were alone in the court room he heard prosecutors read in long list of chargers from the our aurora colorado studer rampage 10 days after he shot up a crowded midnight showing of the new batman movie ... the former neuroscience student allegedly sent a package to his psychiatrist at the

degree temperatures forecast you can understand why a shady spot will be important from evanston robert jordan for wgn news in case you missed it, a dog was loose on the stevenson expressway this morning.. skycam nine followed his journey from i-55 to a neighborhood on the southwest side. we spotted the dog running along the side of the stevenson near harlem avenue. he narrowly escaped cars and was almost rescued; but this little guy just kept going. he ran along harlem, across archer and ended up in the garfield ridge neighborhood. some wgn viewers saw the dog on t.v. and eventually caught up with him. jose terriquez and ed kostro rescued the pup and took him to an animal hospital. vets say- the dog appears to be about 2 years old and a bichon frise-poodle mix. he was tired, dehydrated and had some glass in his paw- but other than that, vets say he is healthy! and he's got a nickname. "rags" has a microchip, but it's registered to a puppy mill in iowa. he apprears to have been on the streets for a month. for now, he's resting comfortably at the animal hospital and is expected to be just fine!

along with wgn's robert jordan and he has more on how people are handling it all this holiday. within the last hour that we have been here two people have gone down one was taken by ambulance the other treated at the lifeguard station where she was rehydrated ... if the temperature reaches 103 degrees today we could break an all time record only two times before and the last 142 years have we had the temperatures hit more than 100 degrees for three days in a row so the secret is to remain hydrated drink as many fluids as you can non alcoholic ... the chicago fire department has already put on the additional personnel expecting they will receive more calls ... >>what we have done is in anticipation of the heat we put up to an additional ambulance companies ... it's brutal for the fire crews out there because of the hot weather and the committee it takes its toll with the humidity ... we have extra crews available to rotate ... we set up rehabilitative areas for the fire crews to get breaks ... the hydrants can be dangerous of people open them on the streets kids play in the wate

to terrorism related charges they were arraigned today in cook county criminal court we go to robert jordanare putting on a noisy demonstration so their bodies inside can hear them outside the courthouse there called the nato five members of the protest group arrested prior to the beginning of a nato summit here in chicago police arrested them and charge them with trying to set off incendiary devices ... but they say they did not nor were they planning to do that ... three of the men were charged with material support for terrorism and position of incendiary devices in conspiracy the other two were charged with falsely making terrorist threats ... their defense attorneys say that they have seen small amounts of evidence call discovery and they say the defendants were set up by police infiltrators ... >>there will be a lot in discovery of this case we know there are other law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation and the provocateurs of the case and the state has said this that the fbi was involved in may be the secret service and other agencies and police outfits we need to kno

wgn's robert jordan is live at the cook county criminal courts building with the latest: the judge denied a defense motion for a new trial in belfour will present a written impact statement during the trial jennifer hudson took is the stand and expressed her undisguised dislike for the accused ... she was overcome with emotion when the verdict was read ... the jurors only took three days before reaching the verdict he was a former gang member and the estranged husband of julia hudson at the time of the murders on the morning of the crime prosecutors say that he went into the family home after julie left for work he entered the home shooting her mother in the back and then he shot her brother twice in the head as he lay in bed ... he then drove off in the brothers s u v taking julia hudson's assign julie and the boy was later found in the front seat of the s u v shot and had several times julia hudson continued to have relations with him until days before the killing even though the couple was estranged ... that's what the defense maintained ... the final jury members could be chosen today

a reminder, after the game stay tuned for the 9:00 news with robert jordan, jackie bange, jim with the weather and rich. all sports highlights. almost walked into it and the count 2-1. just tuning in, toronto beat cleveland 1-9. baltimore in 13 defeated detroit 8-6. tigers got three in the top of the ninth to tie that game at 4-4. and that's a souvenir right side to even the count at 2-2. if you're hitting the road, take our sox with you this season. subscribe to m.l.b..tv. visit whitesox.com. steve: broxton blew the save last night. almost lost the game. furcal at the plate. that was somewhat controversial. hudson getting thrown out by francoeur. i talked to orlando today and hex i never was tagged. ken: broken bat. soft bounder. so one out. here's alhand roll. he is 2-3. an r.b.i. double a triple. also a sacrifice bunt. takes ball one. now evens it at 1-1. steve: hurt his elbow and the dodgers pretty much let him go. ken: there's a chopper two-hopper. so it's up to youk. and most of the 24 98 on their feet. -- 24,998 on their feet. youk is 0-3. slowly hit. escobar. and this ballgame

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. >> fans wait for hours to catch a glimpse of robert griffin iii as training camp begins. >>> good afternoon i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm richard jordan we start off with the extreme heat. in some areas it feels hotter than 105 degrees. storm4 meteorologist doug kammerer has the numbers. >> 100, we did it officially at the airport. 100 degrees, the current heat index well over that number, with winds to the southwest at 16 miles per hour. this is the seventh time we hit -- the eighth time, rather, second all-time. the most we've ever hit 100 degrees in the month of july. we've hit it six times so far this month. actually seven times, so we're setting records. right now 100 at the airport. here's the heat index. 109. that's why we have that heat advisory in effect until 9:00 tonight. we'll continue to see that through 8:00 tonight. something else we're watching, very strong, very strong thunderstorms coming through centra

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we were talking about the music man and i saw robert preston in the movie when i was growing up, and you watch this thing and it's like watching michael jordana layup. it's magic. you go, i want to do that. it is, it's like lightning in a bottle. when you come out on stage, your responsibility is 150%. >> reporter: it's your job. >> people who bought tickets, coming to the theater the first time, you want to give them the same thing you had. >> reporter: we're going to try to create lightning in a bottle magic. i try to do this sparkle thing every morning. >> you're already a sparkle. >> reporter: i'm going to sparkle with your and the tango. last minute tips leer? >> make it sexy. >> reporter: all right, there you go! >> make it sexy! make it sexy! okay. >> reporter: the passion. >> remember. gomez and morticia. ♪ ♪ >> oh, yes. you're great. you're perfect, yes. ♪ [ laughter ] >> reporter: you're great. >> no, you're great. >> reporter: no, you're great. i'm great. you are really great. and it would be great if you come to the kennedy center to see the addams family running through july 29th. we have a link at our web site, myfoxdc.com. enj

jordan will have the answer to that coming up at 5:30. >>> well, it's happened, folks. signed, sealed, delivered. redskins quarterback robert griffin iii, rg3, signed his contract today. dan joins us with the pricey details. >> reporter: when you give up two first round picks and a second-rounder to get a franchise quarterback, you better make sure he's in training camp on time and that's exactly what the redskins did. robert griffin iii gets a four-year contract worth $21.1 million with a team option for a fifth year. griffin signed the contract at redskins park this morning and joined other rookies for workouts and meetings. because of the new collective bargaining agreement, rookie contracts are almost a formality. the haggling over first round money is a thing of the past. contracts are slotted and worth significantly less than they were just two years ago. in 2010 the redskins top draft pick was left tackle trengt williams. he was the fourth overall selection. he got a six-year, $60 million contract, nearly three times what rg3 received. >>> rookie guard josh larebis also signed his contract just about an hour ago, so

people are turning off their air conditioners and starting to go back outside >> robert jordan has the night off >> tonight is gorgesgeous... windy... heat advisory ended today. worse may be over. >> it is so nice today! >> today has been so much better. >> despit10 confirmed heat related deaths... a 59 yr old discovered in his fourth floor apartment. >> when you walk into the building, you get overwhelmed with the heat >> that is the hardest part... knowing that this happened to someone you know >> very gratified at the response of the citizens of chicago that have truly taking care of each other. >> 7,00 calls to seniors >> no one should let their guard down in the days to come >> it these past few days _ the importance of not taking extreme temperatures slightly. as we have seen it they are serious and they are deadly especially for those at greatest risk >> in the days to come they will continue to do those tracks as needed >>cheks as needed >> power has been restored it to almost all northwest indiana residents affected by thursday nights at severe storms. about 100 residents were