outbound dan ryan at 55 right lane blocked ongoing car fire. numbers are good another breakdown coming out. >> more to come including the dairy skier who took on an extremist ski run. >> and the director of the cia is defending the agency against a recently repeat police torture a report . >> and the fallout from the sony pact continues. and dean tens of thousands turned out to the annual our lady of guadalupe pilgrimage. the search is on for three suspects who attacked an elderly man on the blue line. all caught on camera. and a two day extension helps congress to avoid a government shutdown. good morning, i'm lourdes duarte. dan is off today. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> we have a great forecast for the weekend. i think dan got off early. nobody believes he is sick, on a friday before christmas. when you are sick on wednesday we buy it. but not on a friday. let's take a look across the region. 1.7 mi. visibility in our . to down 2.5 in the kelp. this ability could be an issue. satellite composite shows cloud cove

also dealing with the earlier accident in bound at 65 at the on ramp for the dan ryan.still causing the backup even though it's off to the shoulder it's more just gaper delays people hitting the brakes to chicken out. with a project that is supposed to be wrapped, a good stretch of lincoln at halsted and then we have a second structure from wells to webster. this project has been under way percent time. we flew over earlier in the still have a lot of rough ground. it is due to be finished today but we will see if that actually happens. that would be great for people who have been dealing with really heavy traffic in the pocket. more traffic coming including a quick peek at the commit coming up. >>lake shore drive is back open this morning. it was closed briefly last night... with demonstrators marching to protest a new york city grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of eric garner... an unarmed black man. nancy loo is at state and jackson with the details. the grand jury decision in you know it was just a few hours ago a round

outbound dan ryan from 55-47. we have construction over the local lanes. should be picked up by five a m. with should have some relief there. another stretch outbound from 91 to the merge, blocking two right lanes with roadwork that will linger a bit longer until 6:00. really easy start this morning. not seeing a lot of delays or accident on the board. looking good this morning. >> coming up, lady got mixed a shocking revelation. >> >> police in ferguson's misery may file criminal charges against michael brown's stepfather. another wome forward accusing bill cosby of rape. judy huth filed lawsuit papers in court on tuesday saying the comedian sexually assaulted her when she was 15-years-old.. according to the documents, the alleged assault happened at playboy mansion... where huth met cosby, who invited her over and made her drink multiple alcoholic beverages before forcing her to commit sexual acts on him. cosbys lawyer continues to deny the allegations. lady gaga revealed that she was raped as a teenager during an interview with howard stern.. the popsta

we to have somewhat road conditions on the dan ryan close to 28. here's a quick peek we have some emergency road work on the stevenson southbound that has the far right lane closed doing emergency road repair. it could linger into the 530 hour. westbound along the chicago skyway exit, it's partially blocked to the northbound dan ryan when they are doing work. another 45 minutes before that cleared up and we get a break. the numbers look good. " break that down for you coming up. >> coming up ... president obama takes over stephen colbert's chair during an appearance on "the colbert report". we'll have highlights, after 4:30. and -- the bears are back at practice, as they discuss moving forward on a lost season. sports is next. good morning. as expected brendan marshall is on the injured in reserve list of the final three games. two fractured ribs and a collapsed lung after being hit on thursday. the bear's back to work mathematically out of the playoffs. monday night at soldier field they will host the lions the following week before wrapping up th

and we have three lanes down on the dan ryan at 63rd with a serious crash. and the train service of the matra elector klein has been fully restored from 93 to stoney island. once again trains are on the move. that's a look of traffic. another update in just a bit. >> we continue to follow developing news in australia, where a gunman has been holding people hostage for about 13-hours. mary moloney has more. >> on a busy monday morning, a gunman enters a cafe and takes hostages. people inside holding up the

though potentially less attractive investments according to pwc's regulatory expert dan ryan. >> you're going to want to invest in a business with the whole 30% of its cash in reserve for a future day. >> reporter: in the near future like the coming year more rules on capital and risk taking will be written including final rule for global systemically banks and limits on a bank's credit exposure to other banks and a minimum long-term debt requirement for big banks. raising what's become the perennial question facing the industry will the regulatory burden cause the big banks to break up? >> the investors stay with the banks, i don't think we'll see break-ups. if equity markets determine valuation is too low, i think then you'll see that coming. >> reporter: with banks waiting for key rules to be written, big being is easiest way to adjust to them. for "nightly business report," i'm mary thompson. >> and to learn more about new banking regulations for 2015 go to our web site nbr.com. >>> still ahead, common money mistakes we all make but there's still time to avoid them before the year i

. >> earlier some marchers broke through a police lined and disrupted traffic on the dan ryan at 18. >> protesters took the country local participants are all rich offer no indictments. >> we want police accountability. black lives matter. they cannot just kill people and face no repercussion. bigger protest action is set to convene at 130 this afternoon at state and jackson. like last night there could be hundreds of participants looking to disrupt traffic again. also on sunday organizing and action with religious leaders. >> >> the former state lawmaker pleading guilty to child pornography charges. >> live with details fears former state representative and medical condition is extraordinary. the director of the transplant program reporting that farnese a significant risk of dying from lung disease within the next year. >> to complicate matters he has suffered from hepatitis c. until that has been cared for a substantial period of time he could not get on to the lung transplant list. >> the scrapping his clients delicate medical condition. the reason why the judge took the unusual s

coming back to our maps, dan ryan continuing this morning on the outcome side because right into the merge. that will have four lanes down until 6:00. volume is just light enough to not cause any backups. but that could change as we get closer to 5:00. >> another one-day fast food strike begins this morning, two days after the chicago city council voted to raise the city's minimum wage. fast food workers say it's not enough. patrick elwood is live at the rock and roll mc- donald's. patrick? >> good morning. news happening as we speak, this is what's happening today, a call for action at this mcdonald's at ontario and clark. other fast food restaurants and apparently 159 other cities across the nation, the call themselves the fight for 15. they are out in numbers. second year for this event. a union driven event, protesting lower hourly wages. this comes amid developments here from the last few days by the mayor to raise the city's minimum-wage up to $15 over a several year period. the state of general assembly could back a similar measure soon but that's not to say they're not oppone

at one point, these were on the west side of chicago and trying to run on a freeway, the dan ryan freeway if you're familiar with chicago, an east/west freeway here and the police had to chase them off the freeway. now you can hear them chanting. >> let's listen for a second. >> we are one. >> we are one. >> we are one. >> we are one. >> we are one. >> we are one. >> is this the first time that police have actually stopped the forward movement of the protesters? >> reporter: not the first time tonight. they stopped when they tried to cross michigan avenue. and you'll hear in the crowd, go left and everyone will start heading left. thts the first time i've seen, i've been here at the front of the line it's been a complete standoff, if you will. we're really watching to see what happens. this is a very peaceful crowd and at some point though, the city is going to want to move them off the major roadway. people were honking their horns. in traffic, they didn't appear to be that upset. even though it's causing headaches. >> using the tactics in new york, even if police don't move the crowd al

one group sprinted into the dan ryan expressway, briefly blocking traffic. police tried to keep protestors from disrupting the entrance to soldier field where the bears-cowboys game was taking place. >> an oakland, california protestors marched peacefully for more than four hours. hundreds made their way to the station where oscar grand, an unarmed black man was shot to death by a police officer in 2009. >> in cleveland, there are calls for sweeping changes within the police department, this after a federal investigation found officers there frequently use excessive force. attorney general eric holder himself visited cleveland thursday to deliver the results. the justice department report found police rarely discipline any officers suspected of overstepping. it says in some cases, supervisors even endorsed it. >> we have determined that there is reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland division of public police engages in a pattern and practice of using excessive force, and as a result of systemic deficiencies. >> the justice department is pushing for

and we have three lanes down on the dan ryan at 63rd with a serious crash. and the train service of the matra elector klein has been fully restored from 93 to stoney island. once again trains are on the move. that's a look of traffic. another update in just a bit. >> we continue to follow developing news in australia, where a gunman has been holding people hostage for about 13-hours. mary moloney has more. >> on a busy monday morning, a gunman enters a cafe and takes hostages. people inside holding up their hands and pressing them against the glass. then they held something else, an islamic flag. the arabic script says there is no god but god and mahomet is the prophet of god. a site that gave rise to fears of terrorism. the gunmen reportedly demanded an ice is a flag and a phone call with the australian prime minister. >> the whole point of politically motivated violence is to scare people out of being themselves. >> heavily armed police disclosed off streets. the iconic opera house was evacuated. streets were empty and the skies were closed. australia has

you may remember, anderson, some of the protesters ran on to one of the highways, the dan ryan here in chicago and also shut down lake shore drive. >> it was one of the more remarkable scenes last night from chicago. kyung lah, thank you very much for that. as you see over and over in the video, again, the protesters in different parts of this country. in washington, d.c., our athena jones is there amongst the crowd. athena, where are the protesters at this point? >> reporter: hi, anderson. we're now in central downtown. we're in the thick of things, and you can see the protesters at this point are not actually blocking the street. they're here walking amongst the traffic chanting loudly. they continue to chant off the sidewalks into the streets. they've been chanting out of the restaurants into the streets and there was a woman just a few blocks ago who said she left a restaurant to join in this protest. they're energized, walking quickly having covered several miles of this city already. i should tell you too, we've been talking about a lot of the emotion. the charged feelings people

and couldn't think of a better reason for this guy, ryan smith, to be in for dan this morning. welcome, ryan. dan, the new daddy, taking some time off. yes. there's his beautiful wife, bianca, and their first child, alexander robert who dan lovingly refers to as baby blue steel. >> that's right. congratulations. beautiful, right? >> he looks like dan, kind of frightening and adorable. >> so adorable. so adorable. congratulations to dan and his wife, bianca. and sleep is overrated. >> totally. coming from two parents. what is sleep, by the way? >> exactly. >>> it's a few days away from christmas, it's a stormy week in a large part of the country. look at this map. and rob is here to tell us who will have a wet and a white christmas in just a minute. >> i'm dreaming of a white christmas. >>> but with will the nasty winter weather make it a rough ride for holiday travelers? that's where we begin this morning. the christmas rush already under way. david kerley is at washington national airport. the lines are long. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. a busy day for those

dan ryan says the most likely change to the law, raising the size threshold for large banks subject toregulatory burden. >> i think we'll see peelback on dodd frank and unity will be around maybe raising the requirement what is a systemically important bank in the u.s. the $50 billion may go to $100 billion. >> even if a smaller number of banks are deemed important, ryan says it's unlikely to reduce the anti-bank rhetoric from certain law makers most notably democratic senator elizabeth warren. >> she is the most vocal of the anti-wall street anti-bank crowd. she is both one trying to preserve dodd-frank from the democratic side but also she is potentially a presidential candidate. >> quite a platform. 10% dodd-frank remains to be written. in the new year watch for new rules including the final one on additional buffers. limit on exposure to other banks and minimal long term debt requirement for big banks. all this rule making made the big banks safer, but potentially less attractive investments. >> the real issue is what does that mean for bank investors? are you going to want to inve

i've never seen this before, to have people spilling into lake shore drive, spilling on to the dan ryant they have been able to do that. and that there hasn't been a ton of arrests and they've been able to do it peacefully and get this message across. >> kyung lah in chicago. demonstrators continuing in washington, d.c., boston. you see the live pictures coming in. also from new york city. that's don lemon. he's standing by in union square in new york for us right now. what's going on, don, where you are? >> reporter: we see protesters, wolf, come and go. they come, they go. we see maybe 100, 150. quite frankly, as many police officers with them. right now -- [ inaudible ] [ crowd noise ] organization. they meet, they next, they get on social media. and then they figure out where they're going to walk around to. we've had people ask us where are we supposed to meet people. but considering it is a rainy night here, that may have dampened the protesters a little bit. but again, off and on, we're seeing groups of protesters coming in and out. we're on 14th street and union square. >> don l

to find out what's ahead for 2015 we spoke with dan ryan who is chairman of regulatory practice. be installed republican congress tried to roll back more of dodd-frank. >> i think you'll see some peel back on dodd-frank and some unity would be around maybe raising the requirement about what's a systemically important bank in the u.s. >> 90% of the legislation has been written. in the new year new rules to watch for is additional buffers for globally systemic banks. exposure to other banks and long-term debt requirement for big banks. ryan believes all this rule making has made big banks safer. though potentially less attractive investments. >> the real issue would be what is that going to mean for bank investors. is it one that has to hold 30% of cash and reserve. >> which of course begs the question but a number of people have been asking will the regulators force big banks to break up. >> i think the regulars won't require them to break up. i think the question is going to be to put money into the banks. given the fact they've got to hold so much liquidity and reserve. and thei

these are not your dan marino dolphins. but ryan tannehill coming along.quarter. they add a field goal, and take a 16-13 lead. pass deflected. jones, the interception for miami. game, set, match right there. the dolphins are 7-5. if the season ended today, they would be in the playoffs. >>> you know what? you've probably never heard of the guy, but his dad is one of the greatest wide receivers of all-time. he's been hiding away up in canada. as of today, he may be ready to follow in his father's game breaking footsteps. tell you all about him, sports part 2, next. at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> all right, we don't hear much about canadian football down here in the states, but there is one player, american fans may to know soon. his name is daron carter, he is the son of former nfl great hall of famer, cris carter. daron carter, great speed. kind of reminds me of a young randy

it is great to have ryan smith back in for dan on paternity leave. on what is a busy sunday morning. congratulations to dan. >> let's get right to the latest on the chilling execution of two new york city police officers. >> yeah, the senseless killings come at a time when there is a bitter rift between police and activists who have been protesting what they say is police brutality. we start our team coverage with abc's linsey davis at the scene in brooklyn. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, paula. police are calling it murder even though the suspect in this case will never have his day in court. it happened right here, two police officers sitting in their patrol car who likely never even saw their attacker coming. >> overnight new york police department officials calling this brooklyn crime scene the site of an ambush and execution of two of its officers. >> they were quite simply assassinated targeted for their uniform. >> reporter: according to the nypd, officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were on their lunch break sitting inside

ryan might run, yes or no? >> might run? yes. that is not exactly news. >> dan senor, thank you.te to stephen colbert. ♪ >> 110th street is considered the beginning of the end. stephen colbert, the most successful parody in television history, is dying. there is a week-long obituary being written on bloomberg.com. >> i'm standing outside the 54th street studio of the colbert report, where it will go to dark this week to prepare for stephen colbert to take over for david letterman. colbert has been more of a whimsical satirist than an angry activist. truthiness. his ability to explain orwellian language from the beginning first episode. >> anyone can read the news to you. i promise to feel the news at you. >> the correspondent dinner. colbert became the darling of the left at the white house correspondents dinner. he used his right-wing character to mock the bush administration. >> guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. we know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. in reality has a well-known liberal bias. >> c

all of that and more, but let's turn to ryan smith with the top developing stories. >> good morning, amy, dane on board. overnight searchers spotted some oil and debris off the coast of indonesia about 700 miles from where the airasia flight vanished from radar in a heavy thunderstorm. but they can't be sure yet if it's from the plane. abc's david kerley is tracking the latest. david. >> reporter: good morning, ryan. the first full day of the search is over, and this morning officials believe the jetliner is at the bottom of the java sea. the bad news is that officials plan to expand the search area tomorrow. it already covers about 75,000 square miles, so the expansion means that they have no indication exactly where this airbus a320 went down. several countries are involved in the search. more than a dozen planes and ships and more are on the way. some oil and debris were picked up today and will be tested to see if they are connected to this aircraft. 162 people were on board when the airasia jetliner dropped off the radar screens just more than 40 minutes into its flight. the weather over

. >>> and other news overnight, over to ryan for a look at the headlines. >> good morning dan, amy.e begin with the dramatic rescue. a man becoming trapped in his suv after crashing into this canal in phoenix. look at that. his suv on its side. he was holding on to the steering wheel for his life. his face barely above the cold water when they arrived and pulled him out with just seconds to spare. >>> and breaking details overnight about the ferry disaster in europe. at least ten people have been killed in the fire and rescue effort off greece. and word that a sailor who was stabilizing had been killed in the accident. confusion remains about how many people may be missing. >>> a street protest in los angeles remained peaceful overnight after a new autopsy was released in the police shooting of an unarmed black man. ezell ford was shot three times once in the back. they say he grabbed a gun, but his family said he was harmless. >>> and booed at the police ceremony on friday rising tensions between the new york police and the mayor after a deadly ambush on officer this is montgomery.

for that we get it over to ryan for a look at the headlines. >> good morning, dan, good morning, amy.n with the dramatic rescue. a man becoming trapped in his suv after crashing into this canal in phoenix. take a look at that. his suv on its side. he was holding on to the steering wheel for his life. his face barely above the cold water when rescuers finally arrived and shattered that window pulling him out with just seconds to spare. >>> breaking details overnight about that ferry disaster. in europe at least ten people have been killed in the fire and rescue effort off greece. and now there's word that two sailors who were helping to stabilize the ship with rope had been killed in the accident. now confusion remains about exactly how many people may still be missing. >>> a street protest in los angeles remained peaceful overnight after a new autopsy was revealed in the police shooting of an unarmed black man. it reveals that ezell ford was shot three times at close range, once in the back and police say ford had grabbed the officer's gun but ford's family say that he was mentally il

dan harris alongside paula faris. we've got the whole crew, rob marciano, t.j. holmes, ryanth, the usual crew at home with their families deserving well deserved time off. >> spending it with our extended family. we do have a new edition. dan's first day back to work after the birth of this little guy. alexander robert harris, there he is in his adorable little christmas onesie. >> overcome by the christmas spirit. >> parenthood and fatherhood looks really wonderful on you. >> we're having the best time of our lives. we spent a lot of years wondering whether we would have children and this is really a miracle for us. fantastic. great to be back with you and great to be back with you, as well. we begin with the post-christmas onslaught. millions of us heading back to the mall today. all about returning those unwanted gifts and hunting for those big post-christmas clearance deals. abc's linzie janis is at a best buy in manhattan. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it may not have a name like black friday or super saturday but make no mistake today is going to be h

. >>> and turn now to ryan smith with the other top developing stories. >> good morning, amy, dan. we begin with another apparent threat against police officers ending in gunfire. police in philadelphia say that five officers were forced to open fire own a man trying to run them over. the suspect was killed. he had posted several videos online threatening police. >>> and take a look at this, a wisconsin state trooper survived a frightening ordeal. he pulled over this dui suspect when that happened, the man dragged the trooper 50 feet. the trooper recovering from his injuries. the suspect was later taken into custody. >>> the fbi is looking for a few good hackers in the wake of cyber attacks like the one at sony. the bureau is launching a campaign to recruit people with experience in what the agents call ethical hacking okay? the cyber world is now a part of everything the fbi does it says. >>> and russian president vladimir putin is under new pressure. one of the largest anti-government protests in yearsyear s years broke out in moscow after his top political rival was sent to pris

. >>> a lot of other news and over to ryan smith with the other top developing stories. good morning, sir. >> good morning, dany. we begin in los angeles where people in one part of the city have been warned to stay inside as police search for a man they say opened fire on police patrol car missing two officers. he's considered armed and dangerous. another suspect in custody and the officers have recovered a rifle. police across the country have been on edge after two new york city police officers were murdered in their squad car this month. many officers turned their back on the mayor when he spoke. protesting his recent comments which they say have fueled cial tensions but the nypd commissioner's smokeout calling the officers' actions inappropriate. >>> a surfer is recovering after being dragged underwater by a great white shark. he was bitten on the hip by the shark believed to be ten feet long. the teeth marks clearly visible you see there, on the man's surof board and beaches remain open. >>> lava flying from mt. kilauea volcano are creeping closer to a shopping center on the big island. the molten rock a