. >> we have some work on the kennedy, dan ryan as well. if the outbound over 47. to read planes are out until 5:00. don't forget, we have the work and 52 that hangs out over the weekend that will last until late november. this is 53 it will county. a pretty significant project where they are doing repairs. watch for heavy pockets along that stretch. more traffic coming in just a bit. election day is here, as polling places open in about two hours. we're expecting plenty of close races for state and federal offices. tonya francisco is live at a north side polling place with more.. tonya? >> we are in the final stretch. voters will decide who is in and who is out with the contentious governor's race been the one most watched. and in the most attention not only here in the state but around the country. there have been a record number of people taking advantage of early in voting in chicago and cook county. election officials are also reporting a higher number of absentee voters. the candidatesstill have to get their supporters to the polls. this has been the most exp

. >> a couple of highlights, we do have an accident outbound 55 right there at the dan ryan taking up one lane. volume is light this will be cleared away quickly. because of the building collapsed late yesterday capulet rates closed from 59 to 57. the numbers look good on volume light will get to traffic updates in a few minutes. >> we learned coming up will play the super bowl halftime show >> next in sports much more coverage from soldier field as the bears over, a slow start to beat the buccaneers >> if you think about hitting the house and thanksgiving will carry about specials around town for example if you are good poehler will take it to a place offering free turkey if you blow a turkey. that story is coming up. good morning planet team as bad as the buccaneers picas 15 good minutes is all it takes. the bears were good on defense all day but plain scared of offense. mediocre execution and tentative game plan except in the third quarter when the defense when the afternoon. love smith made his return to chicago and might be triumphant. first quarter this gave tampa ball on the th

taking a look of the dan ryan coming around the bend, nice light volume but as mentioned, the good chancef snow coming in at the wrong time this morning in the middle of the rush. they do have some work on the express lanes that are closed this morning that should be picked up about half an hour. initially it does not linger much longer. eastbound at elgin o'hare. it closed at mecham because of the ongoing road work. it will be a slow stretch their also heading outbound on the eisenhower and wells and more than we have more roadwork scheduled. numbers look good. we will keep tabs on the changing weather to the know how it may impact your commute into the morning rush. at this point it looks like we are in good shape if he had out early it should be good. >> still more to come including other college is worth the high cost. >> was some aldermen want the mayor investigated for possible pay to play politics. >> the fbi has a warning for parents in the ferguson. >> and one of the super heroes is one of the sexiest man alifie hurt in a fiery crash overnight on the south side. >> the heaviest s

here's the dan ryan. to have some filming occurring downtown. there are filming the batman vs. superman movie for all new fans. looks like is the dawn of justice appropriately named. that is impacting planes on addams between clark and dearborn. looks like tonight they are starting to to work along jackson. and starting saturday morning at wells and clark. you may have the tories in these areas. expect a lot of people to watch. a quick peek at your travel times coming up. >>three high school students in gurnee face felony child pornography charges in an investigation of sexting and cyberbullying. judy wang is live in gurnee with the story. >> all of the students involved our freshman year. police say the investigation is ongoing. more students will likely face criminal charges. the state's attorney's office charges three boys with distribution of child pornography. they say it involves 16 and cyber bullying a female classmate. she and her parents went to police october 24th after nine classmates were texting in the sexually explicit photos of her. the boys have been released to

dan ryan in bound from the merge, to remain closed.ut it doesn't look like we are seeing heavy delays because of that. volume is light out on the roads. outbound at 4 dale, we have four lanes down meaning we are down to a single lane until 5:00 a.m.. this will get more caught up with traffic exiting west bound at cornell and it looks like you are going to be on the eastbound side. numbers, overall look good if you are heading out early you should be good. more traffic in just a bit. >> these are pictures from around the midwest. a winter- like system is moving through the midwest, and its about to make things colder around here. parts of minnesota, wisconsin, and michigan already have snow. northern wisconsin will have up 16-inches by the end of today. parts of michigan will have up to two feet by tomorrow. more than a third of the flights in minneapolis were canceled because of sleet and snow the system that's doing all this is expected to make chicago much colder all week. new overnight: bomb and arson investigators are on the southw

prosecutors say arley romero was speeding on the dan ryan when he crashed into another car friday night. that car flipped over, and the woman inside had to have her hand amputated. romero is accused of leaving the scene once police arrived. the accused killer of two little girls in zion, is back in lake county to face murder charges, nine years later. d-n-a evidence tied jorge avila torrez to the mother's day, 2005 murders of krystal tobias and laura hobbs, in a forest preserve. torrez already faces the death penalty for murdering a woman in virginia. cardinal george presided over his final public mass at holy name cathedral. george, who is fighting his third bout of cancer, is retiring. he used crutches to get through yesterday's service. in his departing message, george told parishioners that the people of the archdiocese of chicago are a gift that he was given. he said that upon his death, he will point to them as evidence of his work. >> i said these are my legacies. the people and the stronger i hope is what i did to do here. >>george will officially step down tomorrow when blase c

we have a few items out there still dealing with delays from martin luther king to the dan ryan on the inbound bishop ford. riddling closed until 5:00 a.m.. westbound on the jane addams, this is construction from barrington to 72. to remain closed until 6:00 a.m.. and the rest of the construction, we will lay that out but they are squeezing these in on the tail end before we get to the winter weather heading our way. more traffic in just a few minutes. >>: breaking news. a shooting at a restaurant in the bridgeport neighborhood. judy wang is live near pershing and wallace. judy? >> it's called cavan's hamburger heaven. people inside the diner say it was packed when any shooting happened. when we arrived, police were interviewing several people who were still inside the restaurant. investigators allow them to leave just before 4:00 a.m.. the shooting and robbery happened just after 3:00 a.m.. the diner is open 24 hours. patrons say every seat was filled. initial reports say three men walked into the restaurant and announced the robbery. and wearing masks walked in and announced the robb

we are looking at the dan ryan and you concede the flashing lights at the bottom middle of your screen. this is the express lanes outbound at 25. all lanes are down due to a serious crash it has been there for about 10 minutes. everyone is getting by in the local lanes. express remains blocked all because of a fender bender. emergency responders are working to clear this up but will let you know once this opens up again. >> moving away from thanksgiving, let's talk about black friday. already a memory -- as the black friday madness is now underway. and who better to send out to the mall, patrick is live in rosemont with all the latest. i don't know if i've volunteered or if i was conscripted. but i am here in rosemont. plenty of people are out here. people are waiting in line to get into the parade store. to my left the store has been credited for hours and hours. as busy as can be paired for some people, it's a tradition. for others they're coming out for the first time to take advantage of those deep discounts. retailers will discount up to 50-70% off just to get you in the the door

outside of the dan ryan we have the traffic lights coming in. it's pretty dark about their light volume. should be a nice easy ride for people heading out this morning. we will break down the travel times. we have some morning reconstruction there tried to squeeze in before the heavy snow hits. more on that in a minute. >> still marge, including details on the governor's first phone call to his successor after the election. >> and a woman is suing the city for the right to go topless. will tell you what the hon that. >> a dramatic rescue in new york city for some window washers. >> unbelievable stuff. and we have a baby elephant who managed to escape from an attack by aa g of an off-duty chicago police officer and her daughter. >> computers to back up after yesterday's fiasco at the dmv. >> the president is at in other asian summit. we have details. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. those headlines are coming up butlet's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> i wish we could just move past this segment on some

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