whto[ chicago white sox trying to avoid sweep? tonight they got paul konerko back and divide up but still tough against the nasty toronto blue jays going for the sweep of three game set the jake peavy hope to be the stopper indians loss today for first place after an up on the cleveland indians tribe that had to be a base hit by alex rios gives the white sox 1-0 lead but toronto cam back in the game 2-1 white sox defense lets them down alexei ramirez nice stop but gets the ever run scores 3-1 toronto alex rios tom orin shot to left just barely and they're bouncing into the seats the game tied at 3-3 in the ninth and then matt today brought up for the series against milwaukee for chicago cubs things looking up bryan lahair comes up cracks to run home run gave the chicago cubs 3-2 lead bottom of the inning manny corpas it's up ground rule double to corey hart game tied at 3-3 the action goes to extra innings of the tent and casey coleman is torched by nori-chika aoki game-winning home run chicago cubs lose 4-3 out 1-6 on the road fi

chicago just a dry day looked like it will be dry next two or three days.ratures and 90 degrees high temperature in chicago today the eighth-90 degree above temperature we have seen this year this early in the season only three other years. since records began 1871 look at the cold air push it across the northern states sweeping it to chicago dropping daytime high temperatures to about mid seventies thinking 75 degrees tomorrow. temperatures tonight still pretty warm out there 82 degrees of official chicago temperature notice warm northwestern indiana as far as wind fairly gusty o'hare airport reporting gusts to 20 mi. per hour this our sustained wind about 10 mi. per hour throughout the night wind speed generally 70 mi. per hour range. the cool air should be out of fear late evening on wednesday followed by another burst of warm temperatures looks like by this time next week back around 90 degrees very close look at this water temperatures chicago lakefront and up and down lake michigan shoreline the water still pretty chilly 67 degrees chicago lakefront s

here in chicago, illinois. president obama will spend today campaigning in maryland before he heads to philadelphia. yesterday he sat down for a a series of interviews with local tv stations, in battleground states, including colorado, florida and wisconsin. after his unforced error last week where he said the private sector is doing fine, the president looking to change the focus it an area where mitt romney has come under fire even from conservative voters. >> it's true that the parties are divided right now. but it's not because my administration hasn't constantly reached out to them. even my health care bill, which is something that has generated a lot of negative attention on the republican side, was modelled on the health care bill that was passed by their current republican nominee. so -- obviously it wasn't too far out. it was something that in the past would have been considered a fairly mainstream centrist bill. >> at a fundraiser last night in atlanta, mitt romney hit back, saying quote, 40% of ameri

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chicago tax pairs on the hook for nearly $15 million in overtime pay for chicago cops working last month's nato summit. mayor rahm emmanuel looking to get the money from defense. lease'sthe fed. national security special event status. cook county criminal court building in named renamed retire judge with a unique story judge george leighton served in court on the county state and federal level of 99 year-old retired drudge camp from humble beginnings the son of immigrant spent his time picking potatoes to help his family judge george leighton never graduated from grade school talked his way into howard university and graduated from harvard law school. 99 years old judge george leighton served as chicago branch pres. for naacp retired united states district court in 1987. amazing. still coming up assessing the damage president obama sees a community ravaged by wildfires that argument at a bond hearing for george zimmerman asking a judge to let him go and hundreds of items from former cook county president john stroger on sale next. ot sfilodour [ bell tolls ] agents, say hello to the bigges

wgn news @ 9 they need to understand we have the voice of 30,000 people >> chicago teachers fire a shot across the power of city hall first step possible work stoppage contract negotiations remain far apart. top story around the country tonight strike authorization vote begins. voting kicked off the date for the 30,000 chicago public school teachers looking for a better contract at the front of the lined union leader her case >> we need to make movement at the table to understand we have the voice of 30,000 people it has to be that and now >> pay raise teachers looking at 30 percent over two years school board offering to >> teachers want what is best for our children we hopes the city wants that definitely need to meet somewhere in the middle >> parents' group rallied behind teachers today red ribbons and solidarity cps and while attempt for support letter went out to teachers accusing the union of misleading them about the proposal said cps not changing class size. cps chief jean claude brizard making it clear strike authorization vote should be put on hold until district final offer

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final journey today last resting place of world war two army chicago 2nd lt emil wasilewski missing anhan 60 years 22 year-old crew of eight planned crashed what became east germany identified returned to his family burial with full military honors arlington national cemetery. commander in chief will take on new job in chicago grand marshal of trade president obama oh had up event august 11th education built to last tribute to barack obama 83rd year for that. triple digits and perhaps rainfall tom skilling in the seven day forecast >> rainfall never falls even the this time of year but we will take anything at this point to not have this right away gorgeous day tomorrow temperatures rising close to 90 degrees into the low nineties look what happens the day after the real key to comes into the area and friday thunderstorm up close maybe it scattered shot or thunderstorm could restrain temperatures still 90's over the area. cool high pressure moves on the band picks up from the southwest tomorrow here is where things get interesting a thursday morning beautiful the wind shifted southward

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the second would be, he was in chicago and afghanistan now. is the figure more cler now how many soldiers will he take back now from afghanistan? will this be 1,000 or 2,000 or is it still to be figured out? >> first on pakistan, i'm not going to comment on details in negotiations with pakistan. i will just reiterate that i still hope that a solution can be found in the very near future. at the same time let me stress that we actually concluded a number of very important transit agreements at the chicago summit and, of course, that will contribute in a very positive way to our operation in afghanistan as we gradually wind down our combat operation to the end of 2014. as regards france, i would leave it to them to comment on concrete figures. i have taken note of the very clear statement from the president also expressed in clear terms at the chicago summit that france will stay committed to the isef operation and continue to contribute to our training mission throughout the transition period towards the end of 2014, and i highly appreciate tha

we are thinking some of that hot air will make its way into the chicago area.could be close to 100 degrees. these dark colors suggest very hot temperatures. there is...t is... 97 degrees on thursday. we will watch this closely. it is currently 76 degrees. fairly comfortable. humidity is not too bad. dew point temps... 50-60s. we are thinking there could be some development tomorrow afternoon as a cold front. we will monitor that closely. showers or perhaps thunderstorms. the most impressive range area at the moment is well off to the southin is in the south. tropical storm debby... these are outer bands... it is not moving at all at the moment. this area of louisiana is currently under a tropical storm warning. this area out west is an area of high fire danger. tonight... a few clowns then skies will cleuds... tomorrow a clouds and some mixedun mix... high temperature should be near 90. on monday temperatures significantly cooler... due to lake wind. upper 90s leader in the weekater in the week >> if you really want to enjoy it is beautiful weather of our food

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users in chicago will not be arrested for possession. wgn news @ 9 on deck for chicago hottest june day in a quarter-century good evening. top story around the country tonight. 100 degree temperatures. tom skilling. >> we have only nine of the month of june back in history since reading started midway airport 100 degree temperatures tomorrow june 1, 100 degree temperature in 24 years then shot mark heat wave the drought in 1988. he'd advisory's 23 states across the united states to keep advisory. key advisers.theat advisory. 100 across 17 states and many weather stations last couple of days all-time june high as a look at some of the records today the air mass shifting into our area kansas hit 115 degrees. run down the list plenty of those hot temperatures keep index passing 100 in this orange area tomorrow and friday we will have warm temperatures as well. thunderstorms outflow might keep temperatures into the mid-90s. current temperatures. lots to talk about but the trade-off some signs of thunderstorms returning. they will not break t

of violence in chicago good afternoon i am steve sanders ... >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet nancy loo has the top story >>the overtime beefed up the force over the weekend but there is frustration over the crime statistics this year ... garry mccarthy says that over the last month the murder rate is down 17%, with an unacceptable level of violence in the city of chicago ... >>addressing business keep people at the union league club the top up here in chicago said that the reality is four times as many guns are on the street of chicago as are in new york more officers will go on the streets for weekends throughout the summer >>i have done this in several cities retreaded here last year this is one other thing we do we actually tried this last weekend >>but last weekend was one of the years worthworst ... there e multiple shootings with nine deaths ... a survivor is a pregnant teenager hospitalized in stable condition the police union views the response as a ban

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we could use some rain in chicago ... scattered storms mayor arrived as early as late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night ... there will be out by sunday ... we will show numbers in just a moment ... here is the radar: 4-5 in. fell celt of minneapolis ... western wisconsin sought a big cholesteric storms ... look at the wind gusts out in nebraska ... plainview texas ... and stocked in kansas gusting at close to 70 mi. per hour the powerful upper wind coming from the pacific coast is setting up some warming under the nose of the jet stream making it here by monday ... the high humidity and searing heat will be here by next week ... it will grow more humid tomorrow temperatures may drop a bit sunday and then we're roaring into the '90s early next week with in the '90s by thursday ... a week beyond next monday we will see situations where there is flooding to the north and the central and southern midwestern area from chicago celt will still be dry ... it is currently 83 degrees in algonquin wrigleyville 84 degrees lake p

more americans are being killed in chicago than afghanistan. dean reynolds on the gang wars. the western fires out of control. barry petersen is on the fire line. a key witness testifies he saw penn state's jerry sandusky sexually abuse a young boy. armen keteyian was in the courtroom. a call for help. >> we've had an explosion on board, that is why we're taking on water. >> pelley: john miller on the search that turned up a hoax. and byron pitts with a straight- a student trying to survive in one of the toughest neighborhoods in america. >> i don't really expect to have a future here and it's just i want to do better for myself. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 228 dead. that is the number of murders this year in chicago, and it's nearly twice as many as the number of americans lost on the battlefields of afghanistan over these last six months. 228, up 35% over the same period last year. there was a time that it was called gangland chicago and maybe that time has returned. the cops tell us it's the gang me

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we have to andweather... >> today's high temperature was 94 in chicago... in in the afternoon. those clouds will not be bringing much of rainfall. we need the rain. look at these numbers... wednesday and thursday our temperatures will shoot up... we could reach 100 degrees or higher. and notice the darker areas... temperatures tonight... 70's in most spots. wind 8-15 mph. tomorrow temperatures will be cooler than today. the rainiest places has been florida... from tropical storm debby... 12 tornadoes associated with that mess. a lot of confusion with the track of the storm. tonight here passing clouds... 60's. monday... sun will break out... in the 70's. tuesday mostly sunny... 70's/80's... 7 day forecast... humidity on the increase. >> we are very warm here >>on one daring grandmother went to extremes to celebrate her big birthday... her story is comi does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ?

city of chicago. >> i can tell you that the city has been absolutely great with me. not that they could do anything special for us, other than support us, and they have been great with regards to that. >> if i could do a plug for -- we just last month passed an ordinance. we shrunk our city licenses. we had 147. we took it down to 47. we shrunk it by over 60%, and made sure that i asked ken this when i was talking yesterday. he has three licenses he has to get from the city, two inspectors come in. first aspect, we're going to condense the licenses so you don't have to purchase that many, and we're going to consolidate and modern our inspections, so you're focused on your customer. >> can we ask rahm one thing? >> how's that going, rahm? >> you pick up the newspaper today, the banner headline in the "chicago tribune," if we can grab it here guys, is about your fight between the teachers and the teacher union. where does that stand this morning? >> let me say this, it's not my fight with the teachers w

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according to the chicago tribune gun violence is up against the data and chicago public schools ... this is the largest concentrated cps program this summer and if it works it will be tried in other schools next year ... >>another hot button issue much, the public schools is bullying it propose student code of conduct would require bullying to be addressed immediately after it has been reported allegations would need to be investigated within 10 days if students would be allowed to report bullying anonymously and principals would have to keep working with all parties until the situation gets resolved if the school board will vote on that proposal tamara >>jesse jackson jr. has taken a leave of absence from congress his office just issued a statement yesterday saying that he is being treated for exhaustion and is asking for privacy is leave of absence began june 10th but his offices remain open to serve residents of the second district an unnamed friend tells the sun- times that jesse jackson jr. has been under a lot of pressure to save his marriage his friend had been arrested last

and reportedly paid for air fare to chicago to see him controversial to say the least. in the middle of the election season if current opponent prank port congressman and family former opponent debbie halvorson thinks exhaustion is a coverup. >> history of running away from his problems. pretty much his own worst enemy history of problems being less than honest i will say that. just another way for him to be able to hide. >> valid questions need to be raised with the office why weren't they more transparent? not more up front? statement issued congressman wanted privacy with family and people to expect that certainly understandable but still ballot questions constituents have the right to know. >> more on clear tonight to the whereabouts jesse jackson jr. of congressmen office will not disclose where he is seeking treatment washington d.c. chicago south side home is quiet tonight >> tonight both sides claiming victory supreme court split decision on arizona emigration law the justices sided with federal government declaring only it can decide. struck down parts of law k

the first family in chicago for the first time in two years. the president and first lady quickly hitting the streets saying as hello to many folks as they could. quite away from the cameras but we manage to catch a glimpse of obama a short time ago. the president and first lady rolling down greenwood avenue under security tonight. people lined the entire route. they were lining the streets all the way back to lake shore drive. although the white house does not confirm they will be attending a wadding tomorrow, reaching -- wedding tomorrow. they will not have to walk far. they also emerged later tonight taking a stroll with her daughter, son-in-law, and some friends to the home of a local businessman who also lives on south greenwood avenue. although she was not giving interviews, she was in a terrific move, holding hands with her daughter. the first family going to that barbeque. the president and first lady going there on foot taking a long way around the neighborhood. a large contingent of the u.s. secret service always close behind and a lo

so what happens to a straight-a student who's navigating the gangs in chicago? later in the broadcast byron pitts introduces us to a young man who hopes his dreams can survive. a key witness took the stand today at jerry sandusky's trial. sandusky, a long-time assistant football coach at penn state, is charged with molesting ten boys over a 15-year period. the witness was mike mcqueary, another former coach. armen keteyian was in the courtroom. >> reporter: in a decisive voice mcqueary testified to seeing sandusky standing behind a little boy, pinning him from behind against the wall in a football facility shower in february, 2001 in what mcqueary called an extremely sexual position. "you don't expect to see anything like that ever" he told the court. mcqueary testified the next day he reported the incident to legendary football coach joe paterno. "i made sure he knew it was sexual, it was wrong. no doubt about that." before mcqueary's testimony, the day started when prosecutors called one of the alleged victims. the young man, now 18 years old, spoke through te

rolling to chicago dump trucks sweepers ploughs. hundreds of them break down wind up here sleep management facility vehicles at up to millions of dollars. place like this cameras alarm system at the works none of that seem to matter several facilities hit >> tens of thousands of dollars >> last month check out what they are taking massive tires of the city trucks to locations western and 52nd when asked the city said the equipment was lost near the garages in preparation for service total value about $5,000. exactly how anybody is getting away with this not so clear employees pointing to fences that need repair pushing plows to keep them from getting in behind this better government association some idea. city was asleep at the switch security alarms are not working. sources telling bga in your investigator employees might be behind this >> be the to be inside job city facility not like it was sitting outside welding system taken similar to this one more than a dozen vehicle batteries ferdinand location at memorial day weekend third

in an interview with the chicago sun-times.. peterson says his two sons with savio have never asked him if he killed their mother because they know he didn't. peterson is also the chief suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson. chicago public schools c-e-o jean claude brizard is urging the teachers union to hold off plans for a strike authorization vote. brizard spoke at a southside church yesterday -- where he asked that teachers wait until july 16th -- instead of taking the vote on wednesday. this morning, brizard spoke on cltv and said he'd like the teachers to wait until an independent panel makes its recommendations. the teachers union claims the to do this prior to july 16th is not doing anyone a service any information in their hands well before then cps proposals will lead to larger class sizes more children expelled and lower student achievement levels. under a new state law, 75 percent of the teachers would have to approve a strike. and cps has reached a contract deal with its second largest unio

there was a time that it was called gangland chicago and maybe that time has returned. the cops tell us it's the gang member who has turned some neighborhoods into free-fire zones. more people were cut down today so we asked our chicago correspondent dean reynolds to give us a better understanding of what's going on in america's third-largest city. >> reporter: across chicago, nine people were killed between friday and sunday and two more were gunned down just hours ago-- a murder rate of two a day. >> this is like beirut was in the '70s. it's war. that's why we've got to keep doing it. >> reporter: pastor robin hood lives in chicago's north lawndale neighborhood where three of the victims were killed. >> people are scared to come out of the doors. they're scared for their kids to sit on their porches and play in the playgrounds. it's total fear. >> most of the violent crime in the city, is it gang-related? >> yes. >> reporter: chicago police suspects problem has a lot to do with drugs, guns, and gang wars. >> one of the most violent disputes that we have that we're try

chicago is the first u-s city to ban minors from tanning salons. the city council has passed a bill that prohibits anyone younger than 18-years-old from using tanning beds, even with permission from a parent. violators could be fined between one-hundred and two hundred and fifty-dollars. the rule will go into effect in the next few weeks. aldermen say the measure is designed to protect children from skin cancer. the ban will not apply to spray- tans. meantime, alderman have approved an amendment that will legalize outdoor food stands. vendors will be able to sell whole fruits and vegetables from movable stands. an unlimited number of merchant licenses will be available. applicants can receive a license by the end of the week. the stands will be able to operate on private property, and 30 designated locations in public areas. the amended ordinance says vendors must do at least half their business in neighborhoods underserved by grocery stores. coming up next: an amazing rescue a toddler falls and his left hanging from a balcony until an neighbor com

it is the end of one era and the beginning of another here in chicago ...ldren's memorial hospital is moving out of its longtime home in lincoln park to a new complex in the streeterville neighborhood judy wang is live in lincoln park with more on the big move >>it could take the hospital 18 hours to move about 200 patients it will take the longest to move the most critical execution of this plan will be critical if all goes as planned the architects of the move say it should be like a choreographed dance ... >>children's memorial bids farewell to lincoln park after 130 years many residents say it will be of to see the place emptied ... >>we had one of our babies here we have an operation for her it was great being here it was convenient it will be weird not to have it around anymore in the neighborhood >>sometimes it gets chaotic but still i wish it were staying at least it will be good for the kids out >>tomorrow children will be transported to the new hospital 3 mi. away in streeterville this is something they've been working on for three years everythin

this is a weekend in chicago.y, there have been more people murdered on the streets of chicago than american soldiers killed in afghanistan. gang violence is blamed for many of the 244 killed in chicago so far this year and as our ted rolands found out tragically, many of the victims aren't evening old enough to join the army. >> reporter: his family wants you to take a good look at something you may need to brace yourself for. his body in an open casket. this, they say, is what violence on the streets of chicago really looks like. the 20-year-old had recently returned to chicago from college in georgia. he was gunned down in what police are calling a gang shooting. >> he's a handsome young man too. very handsome young man. and he got killed, you know. probably over nonsense. >> his funeral was friday, a few hours before the start of another violent weekend in chicago. >> i won't probably see 18, you understand what i'm saying? because i'm a gangbanger. i achbt going to lie, i'm going to keep it real with you. >>

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chicago teachers have voted to authorize a strike.. we'll be hearing details on the vote this afternoon. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's tonya francisco is live outside a north side chicago school with a preview of today's big announcement. tonya? >>that official announcement that it has the vote is set to come in about one hour act you spokeswoman tells us that the vote will surpassed the 75% threshold required by state law and in some cases teachers at some schools voted 100% for strike authorization ... and calling for the vote the union said that the teachers will not necessarily go to the picket line but they hope to have leverage at the bargaining table. they're not happy about the school board's decision to rescind their raises and require them to work a longer school day next fall ... they're looking for a 29% pay increase over two years but the board is strapped for cash facing a $3 billion deficit over the

yet much of the chicago area is desperately dry.er midwest northern and lower michigan has a surplus of grain but much of our chicago area is desperately dry ... there were tornado watches hailstones and damaging winds up in minnesota last night ... over 6 in. in the last 24 hours in some places ... as well as wisconsin just over 3 in. ... we're looking at some other cities around the metropolitan area ... the bottom line is we need that rain ... it looks like storms will fall apart as they reach the chicago area ... this will be the 13th day of 90 degree temperatures here ... we have been producing days like this aforetime c average rate ... it is quite amazing ... let's take a look at nebraska now down 30 degrees ... relief is on the way ... let's take a look at that jet stream ... he'd advisory's are up in all of those eastern seaboard cities ... by friday we will be warm and comfortable with low humidity ... currently is 90 degrees at o'hare airport when disgustingthe wind is gusting and the heat index is are in the low 90s ...

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the president filling his campaign coffers in chicago.covered the gala event. >> the president made a lot of money and -- in just a little time when the mayor introduced him at the cultural center. he said, when the president arrives, the rain stops and the sun comes up. tomorrow morning the president will seek the son of looking out from his own self side window. touchdown for air force one came about 4:40 on friday afternoon and then it was downtown via marino one. the motorcade shuffled obama past crowds swaddled on the sidewalks. he arrived at the first of three fundraisers, this one for 350 supporters who paid $2,500 to hear messages like this. >> the nominee has achieved great personal success and he has a wonderful family. god bless him. but the vision that he has for this country, like the vision that the republicans in congress have for this country, is exactly the vision that got us into this mess in the first place. >> the event at the cultural center was the least expensive of the three. the experience was great. >> i believe

cru>> chicagos pride parade is moving.ting in beaumont and halsted in libya, this time, festivities are kicking up in uptown. more than 700,000 people showed up last year. >> we didn't want to get to the point where it becomes so overstretched that it was unsafe. i think that was really the primary reason for us to look at a different route. >> it will head south on broadway, south on halsted, east of belmont, then east on to mercy to finish at canyon drive. >> i am excited for it. the thing that will not be very fun is parking for me, where i lived, where it is very congested. >> the parade is five blocks longer, allowing for more access to the lcta station. and there will be fewer injuries. with a push for marriage equality hot issue right now they say the great messages as relevant as ever. >> we still don't have our rights totally in many different parts of american life. this is both a political event and a social event. >> while everyone is welcome, open containers of alcohol are not. organizers had considered starti

but i feel that we have found responses to that at the chicago summit. the solution is indeed our smart defense initiative. we are going to promote cooperation on a multilateral basis and, as you are aware, we have adopted a certain number of multinational concrete projects and this is a very compelling response. this is the path to be followed in order to avoid that the financial crisis will become a security crisis so there is no financial crisis within nato. we are, indeed, facing an economic challenge, and we have found a solution to that challenge. would you mind reminding me of your question on libya? several months after the fall of the gadhafi re jagime we haven' had a final report of operations in libya. why not? we have reported to the united nations in keeping with the established rules. >> secretary-general, a question about the common funding. the purchase of the ags, as we all know, was achieved with some political difficulty. the financial mechanism, and that is a group of 17, now 18 nations are buying the equipment and a large part of the

but we have nothing but sunshine here in chicago ...tinues off the lake michigan for tonight we have a lovely evening expected mostly clear skies with the temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to 60 degrees ... tamara temperatures will be in the upper '70's and many areas we will crack 80 on friday in many places. we have a pretty nice stretch of days through this workweek with a heat bonus this weekend if you are prone to motion sickness when flying where is it better to sit on that aircraft for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. if you're one of those folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn by blocking the acid with pril

per hour downtown chicago howling from the southwest.grees airports around town late hour of the night. wind southwest 23 mi. per hour. just off shore 56 my power gusts to 3 mi. off shore. in the city that did not our best. wind will blow up again tomorrow still pretty strong. nine days all the stations from lincoln park to mount prospect today. temperatures at this hour. this dome will push up the rainfall jet into the midwest. parts of minnesota and wisconsin heavy downpours area lambasted only last night by powerful wind fast-moving line of thunderstorms $1 and miles from western minnesota tonight still going strong west virginia. store clusters storm clusters have some staying power. lightning flashing into this. breezy warm temperatures down to 80 degrees in the loop. tomorrow mostly sunny and windy hot and humid. nighttime thunderstorms next chance of rain fall 96 degrees. we still need more rainfall. we can see a couple of systems talking more coming up. mayor rahm emmanuel teaming up with former first lady barbara bush promote vo

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in chicago he had found his home.y he would find michelle there and he also found sort of his study of power. as a community organizer in chicago he realized there were limits to what he could do to that sort of power. studying there, washington, the mayor of chicago, he saw the charisma of elected power. you had to go to harvard to get his bona fides and then his political career begins. >> what has captured you about this subject that you have devoted so much time and will devote so much more time? >> you know, it's funny that there's all of these questions about whether, where obama was born by certain right wingers and so on. he's such a classic american story. it brings the whole world, which is what america is. it's not juch him and his own search, but everything that encompasses the barack obama story that captured me and that's why i got into it. >> all this birther controversy, you have facts in the book here that really blow this out, right? >> the interesting thing is, among many other facts, the immigratio