. >>> chicago second city comedy troupe back for a stand at the center. it's part of the district of comedy festival. it's improv, songs, quick scene. we appreciate you botheing here. this is, the whole name of the show is the second city's generation gap or how many millennials does it take to teach a baby boomer to text generation x. full name. >> yes. >> this is going to pokeun at all generations and the differences between them or the more millennials? >> for everybody. understandncg the diffe and how technology creates those generation gaps and how people thinking and everything changes as we move forward and progress. some people stiemt gometimes get behind. >> what's the difference betwe a millennial text and a gen x text? >> i think the biggest is the size of the font. baby boomer i think their text is on size 24. ooi'mng at 12 on my phone. >> the boomers are like what is 'tat. i cee yours. >> have to get their glasses and everything. >> punctuation. >> that's a big key. >> how hard isdo it t a show like this? there's a piece of it that's improv w

second city. tonight, we're very pleased to bring you scenes from the second city, directly here in chicago in theub, enter your theater in the home. >> the big schools of improv right now are the groundlings, ucb, second city. and what they all have in common is their roots in 1955 from the compass players in chicago. >> the compass theater was the precursor to what became the second city. and they were basing their structure on a woman named viola spolin. and her motif was not comedy necessarily such as improv games and exercises for actors to generate scenes. >> from there, this revolution happened. >> the bird does have a toe in the back of the foot there. and as you probably know, man has no toe -- >> yes, yes, i do know that. >> second city is a revue style show that has songs, two acts, two-person, three-person, four-person cast scenes. the first part of show is two acts, scripted material, a third act of improvised material. >> we need suggestions from the audience. we'd like for you to suggest a character, not a proper name, not a real person, but a kind of person, an occupation, a walk o

today we got a real big show -- >> there was a second city chicago company, there was a second city torontothat was originally syndicated and got to the states that way. >> hail, hail! >> hail, hail. thank you very much for that marvelous reception. i particularly want to thank my supporters over there in the cesarean section. >> it's healthy to be an outsider. as a comedian, and canadians are always outsiders, but they are looking at the other culture which is right next door to them. >> i love you, i want to bear your children! >> it was the type of comedy that had only been accessible if you could have gotten into the improv clubs in chicago and toronto. i had never seen anything like second city tv. >> james bridgeman, parkdale. >> sorry, no, never mind, i'm sorry. >> it was far more conceptual in its humor because it didn't have to be performed in front of an audience. and there was also just the idea that it was this sort of low-rent thing. it was this sort of by the seat of their pants kind of operation that gave it an authenticity. >> now that our programming day has been extended i

the first one appeared in 2012, city of scoundrels about chicago. the second appeared in 2014, that was empire of sin about new orleans and now in 2018, "the mirage factory" about la. this one took me longer to write because the reading load was unbelievable, really for every one book of history about new orleans, there are probably four or 546 about la history. now, in the course of all this reading and thinking about cities, i've come to admire many things about cities. i really regard them as one of the amenities great inventions. i really think that they are one of the principal incubators of innovation and creative energy in the world today and although there has been some backsliding in recent years, i think the reason for this is that they act as kind of reservoirs of diverse city. they bring together people of all backgrounds, all races, all ethnicities, all classes and bring them into close proximity to each other and while this proximity and create a lot of friction and conflict and really i like a lot of what i write about in these books is conflict

chicago. >> yeah, i almost went to depaul university, and you bent to second city, correct?you have that rivalry with the other people? because in l.a. there's citizens brigade and -- >> stephen: nope. the community there is pretty tight. because i would do sets at other peopleas theaters. >> yeah -- >> stephen: they had no reason to be nice to me. >> exactly. like, oh, you're doing that thing. >> stephen: yeah. which is working out really great. >> stephen: what do you mean, doing that thing? >> like, i did a movie and i won't say with who but they want the groundlings, and then the brigade, oh, it's not that cool. >> stephen: that guy sounds like a dick. >> whoa! ( laughter ) >> stephen: didn't say who. spa! >> stephen: very nice guy. ( laughter ) did you just get back? >> i was there two days ago. >> stephen: i like to go to demado's bakery. do you know demado's? >> no. i can't believe that. >> stephen: great bread. i was doing a movie, i did a movie called end of watch. aifdavid ayer did press over the and i said check out there polish sausage. he looks like a white guy

new york city is second at about $740,000, followed by houston, l.a., and chicago. >>> have you seen her? coming up, new photographs of a kidnapped girl and the troubling twist the search just took. >>> i should not be kicked out by your stupid policy. >> a potential new law in the bay area is pinning neighbor against neighbor. i'm bigad shaban in oakland. our investigation is next.we cor breaking news. a teenage girl isstil missing. >>> right now at 6:30, we continue to track our breaking news. a teenaged girl remains missing. but this man, aguilar, is arrested. he was wanted as part of an amber alert issued out of hayward this afternoon. pittsburg police pulled him over and arrested him. he was alone when arrested, and that means 16-year-old elizabeth epps is nowhere to be found. we'll update this story on our social media platforms. if we get any news in the newsroom, we'll pass it along here. >>> tonight lawmakers will vote on whether to put a proposal on the november ballot that could impact thousands of renters and landlords across oakland. >> oakland is booming, but many peopl

are just getting under way in chicago for the second straight night after a barber was shot and killed by police on his way to a bachelor party. while gun violence in the city is down compared to last year, several recent police-involved shootings have stoked tensions. nbc's ron mott is there. >> reporter: chicago police fast tracked the release of body cam video of a controversial officer-involved shooting today. in it, they say you see officers on foot patrol approaching a 37-year-old man when they suspected he was armed. you can see a holstered gun. augustus appears to reach for his right hip multiple times before he was shot and killed. >> last night was a very difficult situation for everyone involved. we had a loss of life, which no matter the circumstances, is always tragic. >> reporter: police hope the videos released might quell a second night of violent protest. last night they rocked chicago's south side until midnight. four police officers injured and at least four demonstrators >> i would just urge people, give it joan facts before we overreact. >> reporter: protesters called police murderers, some pelting cops with aro bottles. they say there

city books. the first one appeared in 2012, it was these ground rules about chicago. the second appeared in 2014 that was empire of sin about new orleans, and now in 2018 the mirage factory about l.a. this one took me a little longer to write mainly because the reading load was unbelievable. for every one book of history about new orleans, there's probably four or five or six about l.a. history. in the course of all this reading and thinking about cities, i've really come to admire many things about cities. i regard them as one of humanity's great inventions. i really think they're one of the principal incubators of innovation and creative energy in the world today, and, although there have been some backsliding in recent years, i think the reason for this is because the act o as reservoirs of diversity. the bring together people of all backgrounds, all races, all ethnicities and classes and they bring them into close proximity to each other. while this proximity can create a lot of friction and conflict and really, a lot of what i read about in these books is complex, i also th

second play off hole gave her a championship. it is her major title. >>> nascar in the windy city. what a finish in chicago. kyle bush and kyle lar son. larson would regain the lead. bush would take him out. bush would hold off harvik. fifth win of the season. you can see the damage to bush's car. he said what happened? we were just racing. >> we just never gave up and always kept working on it, kept making the most of it. i was able to lead all those laps. i don't know what y'all are whining about, but if you don't like that kind of racing, don't even watch. >> and this is a little nicer. javale mcgee tweeted this out moments ago. he was in our studios ten days ago. he wanted to thank dub nation for back-to-back championships. thank you to my brothers for bringing me along. i'm thrilled to begin this new chapter. i am honored. >> he will be missed. he is a fun personality. abc 7 sports report is sponsored by river rock casino.casi you wish good things for good people. he's good peeps. he did good things for the people around here. >> such a cool guy. >> we don't wish him well, though, in l.a. >> oh, yeah.

>>> "the chicago tribune" reports city officials say there are no plans to release more video of a deadly police shooting. on sunday, authorities took the unusual step of releasing 20 seconds of police body camera video less than 24 hours after an officer shot and killed 37-year-old harith augustus. police were trying to arrest augustus for carrying a gun. the video appears to show him carrying a holstered gun and reaching for his waist as he ran away. he was shot multiple times. the shooting has sparked several days of protests. >>> britain's "independent" says archaeologists found the world's oldest bread and new evidence of sophisticated cooking dating back 14,000 years. the charred remains of flat bread were discovered in a stone fireplace at what was once a ceremonial or religious site in jordan. the bread resembled peta bread and the ingredients included wild cereals as well as plant parts that had been ground into flour. the bread was apparently made about 3,500 years before the start of agriculture. >>> still to come, there were some prime day shopping pains. how some amazon shoppers ran into trouble when they tried to take advantage of some big discounts. discount

the second thing i would say is that if you look at these cities and i noticed some big cities like chicagoton, democratic mayors aren't on your list and they are doing pretty good. even with the cities on your list, including the one we are in at the moment, new york, boom city. people moving in, real estate values going up. i don't know. >> greg: some areas are boom. >> juan: i am telling you people might be discombobulated overseeing homeless people. they say i don't like having to deal with bums the people aren't moving away. >> dana: the commutes are so bad because the infrastructure so bad and we haven't found a way to invest in that. i'm surprised seattle wasn't on your list but maybe it didn't make the top ten. recently we saw that they did that, they re-upped the idea where you could do drugs legally and that one area of town. everybody's property prices, young families, what has happened recently, millennials are starting to leave cities for the suburbs. why would you do that? you might want to live in the city but it's not safe to do so. >> greg: you don't want kids walking aroun

city. the newly opened mall crumbling in seconds. the mall was evacuated just a short time earlier after structural problems had been detected. >>> there is news tonight about the video sparking outrage in chicagoybus faces felony hate crime charges. >>> there is a new development in the brutal murder that helped spark the civil rights movement. the justice department quietly reopening the investigation into the brutal murder of emmitt till in 1955. the black 14-year-old was killed after being accused of grabbing a white woman in mississippi. two men were aquited but later confessed in a magazine interview and the justice department now to citing new information in the case. >>> there are also new images of george clooney tonight. the actor seen in public for the first time since being thrown from his scooter in italy, being helped boarding a plane. the other driver said he was blinded by the sun. >>> when we come back here tonight, america strong. and a grandfather who needs your help tonight. looking for the young couple he just met. jean woke up with knee pain. but she's got work to do. so she took aleve this morning. if she'd taken another pain reliever, she'd be stopping for more pills by

kansas city royals sonny gray pitched five shutout innings as the yankees ran out comfortable winners seven two the royals currently have the second worst record in the entire league. the chicago cubs have managed maintained their position at the top of the standings in the national league after recording their sixteenth win of the season anthony rizzo hitting a walk off home run in the ninth inning as the cubs overturned a five run deficit to beat the arizona diamondbacks seven six and just look at those celebrations. now potential world cup title fight world title fight awaits the winner of saturday's heavyweight boxing bout between joseph parker and dillion white the pair have each lost just once in their careers both being beaten by unified champion anthony joshua new zealand's pahlka lost has to be zero belts to joshua on points in march and is promising a more course of approach against white. then and is hosting the world rally championship this week estonia's tomic holds a slim lead with two stages remaining on friday ten i can always mugs all spoke have been trading the lead throughout the day's eight stages while world championship lead to the no phil has dropped tim

chicago has had more than 240 homicides and 1,000 shooting this years alone. student led rallies in more than a dozen cities around the nation peacefully showing their support for the second response to the parkland, florida shooting. >>> the trump administration one step closer to pulling the plug on obamacare. "the wall street journal" reports that billions of dollars of payment to the affordable care about are tech clirly tempy suspending. 13 states now seeing 40% increases so far this year. >>> and it turns out that despite reports secretary of state mike pompeo did not leave a cd with the song "rocket man" in north korea but he left a letter for dictator kim jong-un from the president. those are your headlines. >> don't lose sight of the fact that more than 1,000 shootings in chicago. it's only july. more than 1,000 shootings. unbelievable. >> what about those forgotten men and women. they deserve the same justice and the same law and order that the rest of us do. >>> the media with this reaction after north korea calls the u.s. attitude toward those talks regrettable. >> now the talks seemingly in shambles. >> pyongyang denouncing what it calls pompeo's gangster lik