chicago, illinois. alice grove's daughter was found dead inside his abandoned warehouse in july of 2013. the police report indicates the body of tiara groves was found naked and die composing with evidence suggesting she'd been bound and gagged. she was just 20 years old. the cook county medical examiner's office could not determine a specific cause, so it declared the death of tiara groves a homicide by unspecified means. a copy of the death certificate obtained by "all in" through "chicago" magazine also noted recent heroin and alcohol use which it said contributed to but was not an underlying cause of her death. one homicide in a city where every year, there are hundreds. chicago is a city that is segregated both among the living and the dead. and you can't look at the crime rate here without seeing the legacy of segregation and its enduring power. >> you don't see crime, you don't hear about crime in downtown chicago on the north sides of the city. and when it happens, it's so high profile, it gets

not chicago. times square. take that, the appropriate tests in chicago, off the screen -- take that. the protests in chicago. off the screen. let's take that -- i know, that's times square. let's listen into the sound of times square. that's the scene in times square. joining me cultural critic and writer, mikala angela davis. cornell, you are just joining us, just got into the city. what do you make of all the protests? >> it is really amazing. just left d.c. they were springing up spontaneously. after the decision, some of us were so fallen. then when people, this diverse group of people, gathering together. saying this is fundamentally unfair taking to the streets. it sort of reconfirms sort of our faith in our society and our values. if people take to the streets in protests in this divorce way wecwe have a chance to see change. >> mikala? >> we are seeing the american project at work. it is messy. it is difficult. it is full of diverse, like we are seeing what this really is. and, i was out after i left he

the university of chicago said yesterday that it's collaborating with several chicago-area universities, to strengthen its proposal for the library to be on the south side. mayor emanuel says either one would be good for chicago. submissions are due on thursday. the other finalists are columbia university in new york, and the university of hawaii in honolulu. the first part of the new maggie daley park opens this weekend. you can check out the quarter-mile long ice skating ribbon, saturday at 11-30 a-m. admission and skate rentals will be free that day. starting sunday, rentals will be 12-dollars. the ice ribbon will remain open until march first, after which it will be transformed into a walking path.// maggie daley park is in the northeast corner of grant park. the project is costing 60- million dollars. officials say it's funded with a parking garage lease, donations, and park capital funds. >> we are warming up again. all eyes are going to reach the upper '30's. we currently find a mix of rain and snow. it is light but it will continue through the morning and take off and then we mo

chicago is up for vote before the city council today. >> cameras are coming to chicago.officers will be wearing them after the new year. >> a home owner talks about how he survived a taxicab crashing into his bedroom as he slept. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. lots to talk about nationally. you'll get to the weather first. >> temperatures are going to warm up. but that's not good news. typically we are at 40. but yesterday we hit 25. today is better, 13 right now. 17 in streator, 15 in thailand lake. sublets composite shows we are dry. in between systems which means no rain or snow. we climb up to 32 degrees by noon. 5:00 p.m. down to 33. 35 for the high today. 10 degrees warmer than yesterday wednesday we're back with sunshine. thursday, cloud cover. friday and saturday another warm-up. high temperature reaching and staying in the low 40's. >> could update on the eisenhower, we had an accident in bound at first avenue, emergency responders remain on the scene blocking the left lane. but now we hear the on ramp is also partially blocked because of

currently the mayor appoints chicago school board members. >> chicago public school system making a major change to the lunch menu. part of a coalition of large u.s. school districts that have decided to serve antibiotic free chicken. only used to speed up the helm of growth. contributing to a rise in antibiotic resistant trucks. >drugs >> other participating districts include new york and l.a. miami and dallas. lunch break is coming up. we're lunch break is coming up. we're making a im it is a celebration of great and easy food. we're making an easy appetizer for holiday parties. she is the best- selling author of the dinner doctor. has a new cookbook out. >> and easy recipe. code to recipes. people come over unexpectedly just to get through the regular day. quite chaotic this time of the year. sometimes need those recipes the work like you know they're going to work. quickly and with ingredients at hand. >> super easy for the holidays. start with 8 ounces of cream cheese. going to head a little bit of sugar to that. orange juice concentrate. >> alan little bit of seven mecinnamon. some

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the university of illinois at chicago will propose two sites on its campus.as well as a 23-acre city-owned site in north lawndale. the university of chicago will propose three sites in washington park, wood, d south shore. e r t fi are columbia uy thursday is the alsa >> the state will sort of its financial mess. says he is prepared to work with a lower tax rate that will take effect january 1st. state income tax rate will drop from 5% to 3.75%. he is not ruling anything out to make ends meet. including short-term fixes. >>the much- publicized penthouse unit in the trump tower has sold for 17-million dollars cash. that breaks the record for the priciest piece of residential real estate in chicago the 14-thousand square foot en is unis the buyer... suburb thnae sanjay ' anothertes 15 million to the unit was originally listed for 32 million. >>next in sports a former north- sider could be moving south in a possible trade. and live music this midday from luke malewicz's heritage quintet you can catch them this friday and tut andy's jazz club in chicago. im time

the very well-known politician in chicago. we know her very well covering her for years . >> she died from complications from a stroke. she was a pioneering politician . we will have much more. first let's get the weather. >> winter is right around the corner. i know it waiting to pounce on us. but we continue to have one temperatures today and for the extended stretch. searching for sunshine, without light snow overnight, we can expect some lakeside flurries. mostly cloudy current conditions cause will break up into tonight. it's 32 right now. typical temperature would be 10 degrees cooler. it's 29 in waukegan. mr. is high was 38. we make that begins today. generally, conditions but we do have a cloud cover and flurries potentially early this morning. 34 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. down to 30 greece. we are mostly cloudy today, tomorrow, mostly sunny friday will make 43. >> we don't have sunshine but we do have a shiny person paired them were released a bright yellow sweater. i want to live in know we are dealing with ong

the chicago bulls win 102-95. >> chicago bears host the >> assigned a veteran kicker as an emergency replacement. >> all listed as questionable for the game. >> warm up on the way. t an we could buy later next week if everything works the right. could be talking about well into the fifties. about a quarter of decembers have produced '60s. we're kind of flirting with the territory late next eight. there have been summoned three scenes around the area that is for sure. in the wake of when it was the coldest. >> got into his automobile tuesday morning and saw this on his windshield. out by the northwestern campus in evanston and shows us these ice sculptures along the lakefront. a product of the colder air. taking and the colors this past weekend. such a pretty time of year. the colors are always nice. down near peoria, timothy and regina recorded a temperature of 45. from neville reminder of colder days in the past. the beautiful sunset. a lot of those lately around the metro area. a very interesting scion noon today. after the morning hours, folks have commented about that. we have mi

from the chicago area. look at that. crowd clouds. >> you must feel like you can walk into the water here. this is miami beach on black friday. in a beautiful country sunset with a wind mill there. some gorgeous sunsets around here recently. kind of nice that we're not talking about the onset of a snowstorm or anything like that. the weather pattern is quite quiet. a great deal of sunshine pouring down across the area. that has boosted temptress from the chilly here that we were in yesterday. we'll tell you about the temperature. it is really quite remarkable here is the satellite view. >> pretty cloudy morning in that part of the area. the arctic chill is continuing to ease. will do so the rest of the week. yesterday for december 1st the high of 24 much of the afternoon as in the upper teens. 16 degrees above normal. interesting it was the coldest open to a december since 1896. we are surprised by that. it seems like we've tackled the decembers. subzero temperatures way up north. apparently content to stay there for a w

it should up to chicago. -- chugged up to chicago. we got in at some odd hour.e arrived at great lakes naval train station at 3:00 in the morning. we were taken off the train. my mother packed a little box for me. she said, sun, before you reach your final destination, i want you to open it and it will be obvious what you are to do. i stuck it under my seat on the train. rolling into great lakes and 15 minutes, i picked up the box. here was a sweet note from another. "son you must arrive in clean underwear." holy mackerel. here i am with the other guys on the train half-asleep and i have to change. i opened up the window and threw it out. arrived at 3:00 in the morning, we were herded off the train into a big room like this. the chief petty officer got up on the stand and said, "attention!" i had been in the boy scouts and basically knew what to do. the rest of them, very few knew what attention was. then he said all of you that can't read and write, raise your hand. i'm saying to myself what? quietly, about 25% of those people raised their hands. they could not

you see right now in chicago, i want to go to chicago.ah is on the streets of chicago. what's going on over there? >> reporter: it's a smaller crowd out here this evening, wolf. what they've been doing is walking down the sidewalk. so it's a bit of a tactical change. but they're still very energetic, they've been walks sense about 130 this afternoon. i don't see a lot of tasfaces. this is a crowd in downtown chicago, if you're familiar with this area where it's state and jackson, a major part of the business district here in chicago. and i'm going to have my cameraman swing around. everywhere in the city of chicago they have walked, you see this image, as well. the chicago police department following the protesters on their bicycles to create a barrier between people who are trying to commute home as well as the protesters who are here. but it's a sizable crowd, about 100 people. but compared to what it was last night, it does appear to be smaller. but it is still a very energetic crowd. wolf? >> kyung lah, stand by. we'll get back to you

what's going on there in chicago? >> reporter: anderson, you can see all of the police officers in the back of that vehicle. and what i saw was a group of about 8 to 10 people. protesters split off from the side of street i'm standing on and were on the other side of the street and were detained. not exactly sure why. they were standing on the sidewalk but looks like the police officers are detaining them. i'm not sure if they'll ticket or arrest them but there are a number of officers. they've been going into the back of that van, and something's happening back there, but that has certainly been a question among the people who i'm standing with on this side of the street on what grounds were they arrested and why are these protesters being allowed to walk on the street? one tactic that you've seen in new york, the officers there, the nypd allowing the protesters to move in and out of streets and public places, even macy's. looks like the officer is coming back over here. you can see the reaction from some of the prot

so chicago police and package delivery companies are cracking down... to help keep your packages safe. companies like u-p-s have installed 9 automated lockers in the city... to store deliveries in a secure place. police are offering these tips: require a signature when you have a package delivered. don't buzz strangers into your building. it paves a way for thieves to gain access. take your delivery at work. it's getting close to christmas... the time of year when we learn the year's most popular *baby names. here comes the list for 2014. the year's most popular girl's name was sophia... followed by emma, olivia, ava and isabella. "madelyn" cracked the top ten for the first time. among boys, jackson was the most popular name. then come aiden, liam, lucas and noah. "caden" and "logan" bumped "jayden" and "jack" from the top ten. keeps changing. >> our names are never on there. >> not on the list. let's take a look at the day. mostly sunny skies today. that's the good news. sunrise just after 7:00 a.m.. it's 28 degrees right now. sublet radar composite sh

what's going to happen in chicago?nning of the 35th democratic national convention, chicago is nearly security-tight. perhaps the heaviest security ever provided for a political gathering in the free world. >> the police, several thousand of them, are now deployed. soldiers have arrived in chicago and are standing by. >> for the convention, the plan was to have a mass anti-war demonstrate and a mass counterculture festival. we gathered in the parks. >> we're going to march because we have a right to, because that's what we came to chicago to do and no one's going to stop us. thank you. [ applause ] >> there were many factions. they were united only by a feeling that this is our moment. this is carnegie hall. >> no more war. no more war. >> they're concerned about the build-up of the force because we think that anything that's built-up like this is liable to be used. >> a democratic convention is about to begin in a police state. there just doesn't seem to be any other way to say it. >> the people of chicago and its may

chicago police officers were injured in a crash on the south side. a political battle may be brewing over who will succeed judy baar topinka as illinois comptroller. and the chicago city council honors cardinal francis george. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. those stories and a bit first traffic and weather. >> nice weather continues today. we have not seen the snow like we saw last year. at this point we had 14 in. it will be lucky to get any at this point. and to expect more significant snow coming up later before christmas. will talk about that before christmas. the cold storage early on. some sunshine but not much. it's 29 in chicago. thirty in kankakee. temperatures and not extremely cold there not warm. we expect to see those numbers, by early afternoon here typically we are at 36. today we will be there. 41 friday. saturday, 46. that's the forecast. >> we have some breaking news out of white teen indiana where we are hearing the rescue team is needed at a house. nanc

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

now alderman are debating a plan that would require chicago gas stations to sell it. good afternoon. i'm steve sanders and i'm tonya francisco, dina bai . wgn's robert jordan is live a city hall with more o top story. bob? >> it is something that is going to cause a bit of controversy. you've no doubt heard the radio commercials that have been flooding the airwaves. >> to manufacturers like to see that raised to 15%. it would be cleaner burning and would be good for the environment. the controversy is continuing and will be presented to the full city council tomorrow. >> that is one of the reasons e15 is controversial. both sides have many reasons to like the attitude or to hate it. >> i don't know the exact percentage of it. benefits are clean their airless particular matter in the air which is often times carcinogens. members have their own reason to vote for it or not. it is a win-win for everybody. the only people fighting this are the oil companies because they will be losing money. >> to make the ordinance more acceptable it was often too quick on the time to up

a little higher here in chicago because of taxes. economists securities and every penny gas prices fall to about a billion dollars back into consumers' pockets. gas prices 62¢ per gallon higher this time last year. >> the black hawks look to make it eight in a row. against the beasts from the east. the bears' defensive coordinator spent the day denying interest in the university of wisconsin job and offensive coordinator is apologizing for comments he made to the nfl network. in a tearful apology during a meeting. he admitted to sharing his frustrations with colors play management your reporter >> a portly shook his head during the apology. tell the players should not have spoken out side of the family circle. though he denied saying that the franchise had buyers remorse with his contract. the situation was no better on the practice herfield. >> the sixth player from opening day starting roster to be placed on injured reserve. >> missed another practice with a quad strain. he is optimistic that he will play. >> made 32 saves in his s

this is chicago tonight. and the protests tonight are about the death of eric garner in new york and the hope for justice in his case is that the federal government might step in where the local authorities would not. maybe the feds will. and maybe that will help. but as long as that is the solution, that's the only thing to hope for. as long as that is the only solution, that the feds will somehow swoop in and fix everything, that is never going to be enough. that cannot be all that happens. ask the family of tamir rice. joining us now is nbc news correspondent anne thompson, who i believe is live right now heading east on 14th street in downtown new york city. anne thanks for being with us. what's going on where you are? >> reporter: rachel, i am walking east on 14th street with a couple of hundred protesters. i have to tell you that tonight the crowds are more organized, but they're lacking the people who just felt that punch in the gut yesterday when the grand jury did not return in an indictment in the d

so that's keong lau in chicago. chris welch who is in downtown manhattan not too far from me, northwest of me in tribeca. chris welch, i don't have pictures so i can't see what it looks like from where you are. what have people there been telling you as you' been walking tonight? >> of let me give you a little sense of what we see. within the last half-hour or so, we followed a group, i know you followed a group that went over the brooklyn bridge. we were where that massive rally was earlier tonight before the group split off. it was right there when we came across another group of marchers really, coming from up town, headed back into downtown into the square where we were. went to one police plaza. they made an announcement that things were essentially done for the night. if you choose to go home, do so safely. then a certain number of people, i would say probably less than 100 continued to go on. they marged through the streets. i'm not sure if we have this video for you. it was just a few minutes ago. i'll give

>> chicago police have arrested this woman for soliciting prostitution. it's her third such arrest in as many months. >> just take me to jail. what the [ bleep ]. >> you can scream all you want -- >> i'm going to do whatever i've got to do. i don't care. i don't care! >> keep screaming -- >> i don't care. >> we will learn much more about her case in a moment, for stories like hers are all too common in the underground sex trade. >> public safety is our main concern. and this is not something that we want as a society. >> domestic sex trafficking is a crisis that occurs right here in our very own community. >> cook county state's attorney anita alvarez leads the county's human trafficking task force. a joint effort between local police and prosecutors to crack down on slavery rings in chicagoland. >> what we've seen here in cook county, the trend that we're starting to see really are the gangs. the gang structure. >> gang members are not just selling drugs any longer. they're selling children. >> and the gangs are getting involved in this because they have

chicago police say to chicago fans were stabbed following last night's bears game. the incident occurred in a 400 block of east 18th street. it stemmed from a fight allegedly with to cowboys fans. two male victims and their staffs that the back. both injuries were considered not life threatening. >> will allan kustok will not get a new trial, for murdering his wife anita kust was nd park, four agola was convicted of her murder in ma yesterday, judge stt forlan a , set sentencing next wednesday. kustok plans to keep appealing. he faces a sentence of 45 years to life in prison for the prosecutors are trying to get a d-n- a sample from a suspected serial killer in northwest indiana. darren vann is suspected of killing seven women. one of them was found at a in hammond. thr x were nd homes so far, vann has only been charged in two of the murders. a judge will hear a motion today from ut wh from va in another development a vann'scourt dete despositions in the penn state university child sex assault scandal are set to be given in chicago today. and two pennsylvania state

he joins me now from chicago. what a pleasure to see you. >> good to be with you, jose. >> so of course if the house dealt with immigration reform than this whole discussion we're having would be moot. but it doesn't seem like they're going to do that. they're spending a lot of energy on fighting the president's position on immigration. how do you see things happening in the future? you worked so hard for so many years with members of the other party to try to get something done. you weren't able to do it then. do you see anything for the future? >> look i think the republican party is either going to be seen as a party whose fantasy is that you can deport 11 million people. i mean, you know congresswoman michele bachmann and -- seem to be the leader of the party and push on immigration. they are a party that really want to reach a compromise and serve the nation well. so i'm going to continue to work with my republican colleagues on that. in the meantime jose mayor rahm emanuel, i, and illinois is ready. wonderfu

that included this one in chicago. >>a small group held up signs and protested at state street and jackson boulevard. they say there have been too many instances where a police officer kills a black person and is not charged with a crime. new overnight... a paul stuart men's clothing store in the loop has been burglarized for the second time in less than two months. alarms sounded at the store at 208 south lasalle just after two o'clock this morning. a revolving door was smashed... a hammer still laying on the floor inside. police say thieves were seen running to a getaway car. in a similar robbery on october 15th, more than 10- thousand dollars worth of merchandise was taken. also new overnight: a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in the austin neighborhood. it happened on the 600 block of north mayfield. the teen was standing on the sidewalk, when the offender exited a van and shot him in the head. police responded to 9-1-1 calls and saw a dark s-u-v fleeing the area of the shooting. a police chase began, ending wh

all over chicago. >> whose street?our streets! >> this man was hauled away from south michigan avenue telling bystanders that he had run into a police bicycle. police say those arrested were taken in for a misdemeanor offenses. officers used bikes and in the number of tactics they facilitated the protest action which led to brief shutdown of major roadways including lake shore drive. that was opened around 9:00 p.m.. before that, some marchers broke through a police line and disrupted traffic on the dan ryan expressway. participants say no indictment against officers in new york and ferguson in the killing of on armed black men called for protests to highlight racial profiling and injustice. >> will want police accountability. black vibes' matter and they can't just kill people and face no repercussions. >> in a statement, chicago police and vowed to protect everyone's right to free speech and peaceful assembly. in addition to another protest planned for this afternoon, more are being organized for this weekend includi

a lot less patience on the part of the chicago police department. they have certainly made a very clear line that they do not want any other traffic headaches. we have seen, erin, 10 people being cuffed and taken away. you know? a lot of these protest situations, the police officers, carry these plastic -- restraints. we have seen them. we don't know what happened to them so far. 10 people who have been taken away. erin. >> kyung, thank you. now, "outfront" one of eric's sisters and daughter. there has been an outpouring of support for your brother. something you could only think what would he think if he knew this was happening. i know you are planning a protest tomorrow. do you think that this is making a difference? >> a big difference. especially from the past to now. it's a very big difference. now everybody is more, you know, unity. a lot of people don't look at racism any more. even the people whose parents tried to make them look towards racism. a lot of them don't look toward it because they feel it is not right. and -- you know it is good

what is it like in chicago? >> reporter: it is very energetic as you say and the same chants are being echoed here throughout downtown chicago. tag a look at this -- take a look at this crowd. it is a very diverse crowd, very young and very, very serious about the message they want to get across, that they are holding signs. you hear, again, i can't breathe. black lives matter. and look at the people who are chanting it. it is educated and it is very, very passionate. what they are doing is trying to engage the public. they say they just don't want to be seen as college kids who are out here, trying to get some attention. they actually want to engage in change. and i'm actually hearing them talk to the police officers as well occasionally. you can't quite see because we're in the center of the sizable crowd but the police officers are ringing the protesters. and every once in a while you hear the protesters talk to the police and say who do you serve, who do you protect? will you do this to me? one other tactic

here in chicago it's 34. south holland at 31. today, to a local high 3740 percent chance for that mix before noon. up to 39 by the afternoon. tonight, 28. 37 on tuesday. wednesday is cooler but an extended stretch of sunshine. it will be horrible along the east coast but it will be based here. high temperature nearly 50 degrees in time for sunday. >> sounds good. we have some construction we're watching from the weekend. milwaukee closed from north to oakley they're doing a bridge insulation today it's completely under way. live picture from the weekend, it's the bridge going up so its extensive period was due to be completed this morning were waiting to see if there were able to get it all done. we need the morning light to get the update on that. either way it did cause huge delays saturday and sunday. we have ongoing road work at barrington road from pagan spirit produced planes both directions. they're trying to squeeze in as much work as they can while the weather holds. bill pickett back up in the spring with the idea of th

a chicago historian. we are doing a thing on gang life and politics on capone and things like that. you know, chicago made a couple of mistakes. and it was the skyscraper center of the world in the 1890s. it had the best skyscrapers and the handsomest ones. with new york they pioneered steel frame construction. then they set limits on skyscrapers. i believe there should be limits on skyscrapers. this was a little too early in the game on that. the gang life in chicago is what it is portrayed stereo typically. it seems as, the new york gangsters really mistrusted people like capone because he was too quick with a gun and a machine gun. and they took care of people like that, even costello. i'm not trying to present him as, you know, a man of unalloyed purity. but he never carried a gun, and madden rarely carried a gun either. they had their own enforcers, but it wasn't part of the persona, and they were knit more closely into the city. and i think what gave new york city more stability was tram am actually

rahm emanuel is now mayor of chicago. bill daley and rahm emanuel were the chief lobbyists for passing nafta under clinton. they're the ones who rounded up the votes. they're the ones who made the deals with the recalcitrant democrats and republicans who didn't want to vote for it. these people are in the saddle. they succeeded each other as -- >> they're democrats, too. >> democrats. but daley succeeded rahm emanuel as obama's chief of staff. these are the people obama talks to all the time, and they're saying, free trade great. we don't know about factories closing, but it's a great way to raise money. >> senator mitch mcconnell, who will soon be the senate majority leader, said that new trade agreements are one of his top priorities. are we about to see some bipartisan cooperation between the republicans in the senate and obama in the white house on passing this new trade agreement? >> absolutely. they've already announced that they're going to try to work together. and if history is repeated, you will see fast track p

rahm emanuel is now mayor of chicago. bill daley and rahm emanuel were the chief lobbyists for passing nafta under clinton. they're the ones who rounded up the votes. they're the ones who made the deals with the recalcitrant democrats and republicans who didn't want to vote for it. these people are in the saddle. they succeeded each other as -- >> they're democrats, too. >> democrats. but daley succeeded rahm emanuel as obama's chief of staff. these are the people obama talks to all the time, and they're saying, free trade, great. we don't know about factories closing, but it's a great way to raise money. >> senator mitch mcconnell, who will soon be the senate majority leader, said that new trade agreements are one of his top priorities. are we about to see some bipartisan cooperation between the republicans in the senate and obama in the white house on passing this new trade agreement? >> absolutely. they've already announced that they're going to try to work together. and if history is repeated, you will see fast track

the university of chicago and the university of illinois at chicago are among the four finalists. but officials at the university of chicago say the city isn't a "shoo-in". the university still needs the land to build it. new york city's "columbia university" is considered the college's biggest challenger. the university of hawaii is also in the running. it could be a devine sign in a frying pan. at least that's what andrew key of austin, texas, thinks of a burn mark on a cooked tortilla. he thinks it looks a lot like the face of jesus with a beard. he says he won't use it in a taco....but will keep it safe. of course, it also looks a lot like the most interesting man in the world from those beer commercials. the case of a missing family i am always torn . and never know what to think of these. >> state thursday by friend. that's what i say . let's take a look outside. it's friday. the weather is not like december. we do have some haze out there and very confused temperatures we will be much warmer than normal. a foggy start today. sun and clouds this afternoon . mostly cloudy ton

the scene in chicago, trying to keep on the move.oing into stores and in many cases tonight in new york, we see that or even train stations going into facilities, laying down for a short amount of time and then moving. not a situation where police are trying to force them out of a location. they basically try to take over a location, so to speak, block it temporarily, make a statement, and then move to another location. now the protesters who you saw laying down in the center of grand central terminal in new york on a busy friday night, this is the group now that is, they are now leaving grand central terminal and continue to be on the move. as you know, they've been into an apple store. they've already been into macy's, large department store on 34th street in harold square and now continue to be on the move. demonstrations still going for a third straight night. it's worth looking closer at the incident itself now because we've learned more about it today. the moments that sealed eric garner's fate back in july. by now, we have, br

>> the best thing is how chicago has such a sense of history. this is the city that cares about its tradition, it's past. whether you are the head of the largest thank or the guy selling hotdogs. they care about those traditions. i love the way it people embrace you. people became dear friends of mine. just said, if you care about the city and you want to work hard, we want to work with you. that ifad said to me the smithsonian ever called i would hesitate, no way. this is my place. i love chicago so much it was hard for me to leave. my family is moving as we speak. i have been commuting for a year . the fact we're cutting that court is painful. in onward been so with a city. never been -- never been so in with a city. he thought it was too important for me to stay. is a budget for the chicago historical society? >> about $15 million. a staff of about 125. 200,000 square feet of building space. ?> the job before that >> ultimately as an associate director in charge of all the curators. the job of a lifetime. the opportunity to work in a museum t

in chicago, protesters blocked traffic on lake shore drive and on the magnificent mile, major chicago arteries. demonstrators frustrating drivers while delivering their message of social justice. cnn walked along those protesters. >> reporter: in chicago it has been a night of try to shut down the major thoroughfares. we're standing at a major intersection here, michigan and randolph. in between chanting, you're seeing people line down the streets trying to make sure that the city of chicago hears that they want a message to get through. what you're seeing behind are the bicycle police officers who are trying to prevent them from spilling on the major roads. at one point, they did spill on to the highway. they did spill on to lake shore drive, a major thoroughfare here in the city of chicago. but overall, a largely peaceful protest trying to get the national voice to hear them here in chicago as well. key young l.a., cnn, chicago. >> reporter: in downtown orlando, hundreds of protesters blocked major roads while chanting "we want justice" and "i can't breathe" eric garner's last words

we have this report on the chicago minimum wage. >> chicago's mayor was tired of waiting for lawmakers to act on the minimum wage. me is it it himself. john reid opens local 22, claiming to have the best beer and burgers in chicago. he worried a boost in the minimum wage will be bad for business and his employees. >> costs go up. you have to do one of two things raise prices to compensate for the increase. >> reporter: after a debate the city alderman raised a wage hike. the wage will jump to $10, going up in increments topping out in the year 2019. well above the illinois state minimum wage. >> it was a struggle for me. i can relate to some of the other parents that were coming forth, that were saying what their struggles and stuff, because i, too, face those things struggles as a single mum. alderman will burns led a task force to determine how much the minimum wage should rise and how it will affect the businesses and workers. >> it's within historical increases, and would pump $860 million into the economy. increase the happiness of the workforce, productivity turn over and be a wi

we have this report on chicago's minimum wage. >> chicago's mayor said he was tired of waiting on lawmakersact on the minimum wage. he is it it himself. john reid owns a restaurant which claims to have the best beer and ribs in chicago, a boast in the minimum wage he says is bad for business and his employees. >> costs go up and you have to either raise prices or reduce hours to compensate for that increase. after a passionate debate city alderman passed a minimum wage hike. the minimum wage in chicago jumps to $10.25, and go up in increments until topping out at $13 in 2019. well above the minimum wage at $8.25. >> it was a struggle for me. i can relate to some of the other parents coming forth, saying what their struggles and stuff, because i, too, faced those things struggles as a single mum. >> the alderman led a task force to determine how much the minimum wage should rise and how much it would affect businesses and workers. it would pump $860 million into the economy, and should increase the happiness of the workforce, and be a win-win for business and labour. for the chamber of comme

we are right now at the chicago police headquarters. this is after some eight hours into this protest where, again, the numbers have been smaller, but they have been very different in how they were the night before. they've been pretty much collected to the sidewalks. they had not been blocking all that much traffic. when they had, what we have seen are arrests. we did see about a dozen people being cuffed and taken away by police. the emphasis of this evening's protest has been walking into downtown chicago, an area known as the magnificent mile where you see stores like saks fifth avenue. one of the protesters said there's a specific reason why. >> they tried to block us from going river north. to us, that's symbolic where all the money is. so they want to push us south where there's a lot of poverty. but no, we want to bring this awareness and this act of injustice by america to the wealthy population. >> reporter: we've seen the chicago police department riding alongside the protesters. here at the police headquarters, their bikes a

temperatures will be on the cold side. 24 in chicago. 20 in aurora. 18 in the union. and a stiff breeze out of the north at 80 mi.. that gives you the wind chill of only three degrees in dekalb. each increase in waukegan. 11 at midway. . definitely has a chill to it. " cover across the area, the good news is we will be tried today. high temperature only in the low 20s. typically we would be in the 40's. 18 degrees today. we stayed try. when say we're partly cloudy at 35. today is the biggest travel day of the year? it's like your super bowl? >> a kind of disappeared we have cyber monday calling on and we have a huge parking ban going into effect today. that's bad news for people who park overnight on the streets. roadwork in barrington from higgins. you'll be squeezed them both directions. this project will be in place until june. that will take a big break in the winter but we do have some slow traffic in the area. back to the winter parking ban it begins today. it started about one hour ago. you will see video of people running out trying to avoid all we are seeing,

rutter comes to washington from chicago, where she was president of the chicago symphony orchestra association, she said she was drawn to the kennedy center for the opportunity to use arts to affect the rest of the world. she wants to develop greater collaborations with other arts associations, including museums, theaters and untraditional groups. she said the kennedy center should have a seat at the table in dealing with challenging social and cultural issues. rutter is a prolific fund-raiser known for recruiting top talent. and boosting outreach to new audiences. here she will serve as artistic and administrative leader for dance, chamber music and jazz. she will also oversee the national symphony orchestra and the washington national opera. she will be inheriting an ambitious $100 million rep vags that renovation that is expected to be complete on john f. kennedy's 100 birthday.novat be complete on john f. kennedy's 100 birthday. please join me in welcoming the new president of the kennedy center, deborah rutter. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. i think he said it all. so w

university of chicago graduate. i was fascinated by this. think we forget -- you are in conservative, you tend to view the view through an economic plans. all our social problems can be solved if we just take care of the economics. not everybody lives by those economic values. have shared values -- conservative religious values it is somehow m fundamentally immoral to take anything from the government. that private charities fund government charities, somehow. these are values that people have. to hold those ght values and express them. have aa profound effect on our politics because you get people who are directly helped by social service programs. just take social security, medicare, medicaid. those are the biggest expense the budget, and yet if you ask people what the biggest expenses are, they're going to say foreign aid. which is just 1%. but there are these perceptions people have that shape the values. this is most and people voting in south economic interests because they feel like there is a larger man economic interest out there th

the chicago center past facility representative, bill, the chicago center air traffic manager, mike, the chicago center technical operations group manager, and everyone else who worked to restore chicago center. because of all of you, by october 13, repairs were completed and chicago center returned to full capacity. but important lessons have been learned. the fire that crippled chicago center not only affected flights departing and arriving in the midwest but also those flying throughout chicago's airspace to reach their destinations. between friday and sunday, more than 3,000 flights were canceled at o'hare alone. the estimated cost to the airlines has been reported to be more than $350 million in total. however, what made this crisis unique wasn't the number of delays or canceled flights, it was the just one person was able to disrupt the travel plans of so many thousands of people. the systems that protect the flying public must be made more robust. although the fundamental redundancy had been built into the system, the ability for nearby radar systems to see into the chicago ai

that's chicago. and that's washington, d.c.e go back to the chicago pictures for just a moment. we saw this in ferguson. we saw this in the reaction to the ferguson decision. this is what is interesting about a protest and demonstration like this. that we know that the young kids are on their devices, and we know they can pull together groups almost instantaneously. something has happened there. but what happened in the old days, robert who is here can attest to this, is that you used to have to apply for permits to protest. you remember when that was the case. but now these kids can pull together these instant protests and demonstrations, which i would have to think catch the police completely in some cases off guard, so they are having to respond to multiple locations, and different demonstrations, seemingly as they pop up. that could be the case in chicago. that might have been organized, i don't know. but we certainly saw here in new york a week ago that there were demonstrations popping up everywhere, and police were havin