in dekalb county, we are a predominantly african american county.he most heavily democratic count ne the united states. so our county really does matter. if you do have more people coming to the polls, early and on election day, it is going to make a difference throughout dekalb county. but the interesting thing is, through our efforts, which was a non-partisan effort. is it wrong to want to get more people out to the polls? it's something that my ancestors, that we rest on. i wouldn't be in elected office had not our ancestors fought and bled to give greater access to the polls and that's what we've been attempting to do through this effort. and other counties have taken our lead on that, fulton county and others as well. >> i'm going to have to leave it there, but i promise you, i'm going to be all over this, all over the country in the next several weeks. >> thank you, reverend. we need it. >> tell the story, tell the story. >> absolutely. >>> thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. pleasure to be with you. >>>

jeff flock in dekalb illois. >> that is the weird right, gerri.y're doing and dmand staying high cattlemen are expanding their herds. they'rerying but it is not easy. this is feed cattle operation outside of chicago, in dekalb illinois. you see that. that is corn, some hey, all kind of different stuff. but there is a lot of corn in there. corn prices down last three months alo 20%. while beef prices are up 12%. that is win for cattlemen, no, mike? >> corn prices are down but feed prices are up. as corn goes down, our inputs are less but feeder costs are gher. >> yeah. people though still seem to be buying beef, even though these prices, if i look, fo exaple, just, take a look at ground beef prices. it is now almost $4 a pound for ground beef. people are still buying it. >> right. the reason the ground beef is that price is we're harvesting less cows trying to build the herd. we have to use end cuts to make that ground beef. so the chuck andnd are 100% higher, or double what it was. and it is because we're putting it into ground beef, making ground

now we are to have sunday voting at south dekalb mall just prior to the election.cation is dominated by african american shoppers and it is near several large african american mega churches. we will try to eliminate this election law loophole in january. early voting is a loophole? he doesn't want folks voting near african american churches or where blacks tend to go shopping. what is he so worried about? that maybe these residents will actually, i don't know, vote? voting rights in georgia are already under assault. state republicans have cut 24 early voting days from the calendar. and we're seeing this kind of pattern all across the country. did republicans think we'd ignore this blatant attack on voting rights? nice try. but we gotcha. it free each month to help you avoid surprises with your credit. good. i hate surprises. surprise! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and see your fico® credit score. my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it hap

gulph road restriktd during mid days and overnight hours for new work between warner roads and 202 dekalb pike. time for computer report. one of our friends out and about south philadelphia reporting a crash in the southbound direction but it's minor. pretty much off to the side. traffic can get by. volume is light at this point. no delays. tam. >> thank you, matt. crews pulled off a daring rescue at popular hiking and climbing spot in oregon and girl in teens fell more than 40 feet off a cliff rocky view and rescueers propelled down the cliff to reach that victim. she was taken it to the hospital with serious injuries and condition sun known that time. investigators don't know what caused her to fall in the first place. valveers at seattle tacoma international airport may have been exposed to measles. infected passenger was are it considered contagious when she or she was at the airport. anyone in or around c tack on september 6 is urged to check in with their doctor. >> residents in chest ur county were ordered to boil their tap water following a water main break east south street and k

in whitpain township, dekalb pike at skippack pike, lanes blocked there.ur alternate is whitehall road. finally on us route 30 eastbound near 113, an accident has the left lane blocked there. alex? >> thank you, sue. 8:15, just this morning minnesota vikings have banned star running back adrian peterson from all team activities over the growing controversy surrounding the child abuse charges against him. >> just yesterday, they said it would be okay. this all because of this. this photo was found by "tmz", of his four year old son's alleged injuries. look at. that will this is not a spanking, this is a whipping. new that peterson has been dumped again for doing there is people coming to his defense, some, are i mean, few and far between, here's a quote. this is just a form of discipline, one person said, and a lot of people relate this one to the bible. we've heard the phrase spare the rod spoil the child. so why don't we clear this up. what does the bible say about punishing or disciplining your children? is it justified, one of our good friend, jonathan

county visibility down to less than a mile. 61 right now at the lakefront. 55 in our lives. 53 in dekalb. looking around the region at this hour, it is dry. a cold front is coming through it's very powerful there is some really cool air behind this. another day was warm temperatures and sunshine. aren't ppm we have the chance of clouds and then potentially a shower popping up tonight as the front moves through. it is very strong. it is a powerful front so as it comes through we think a light shower is possible into tomorrow. tuesday looks cooler. from short sleeves today near 80 degrees to only in the mid-60s to borrow. the jackets are back. 79 degrees for the high. today is the last day of this nice weather. isolated showers are possible tonight. tamara's high, 64. from 79 to 64. wednesday and we're back up to 75. let's check on the roads. >> you know your co- workers are listening because we had four people call out last night. there are all out there listening. let's take a look a traffic. resurfacing on roosevelt starting at laramie going to pulaski. lange closures in place through n

a big goose egg in dekalb. no visibility there. the fog is just west of the airport reading at 5 mi.. we're not forecasting the fall to make its way in. just be on the lookout early on if you are traveling west. today's high temperature, 76 degrees. the chance of showers and storms as we get into saturday afternoon. >> still ahead, the arrests are made in a deadly attack against ebola. education workers in africa. details next. and who is most at risk of becoming obese? and grumpy cat is trending. we'll tell you about the change made to its christmas movie. there's a lot. everyone is lining up to get there in the hands on the new i phone 6. marcus is back after the break. [ male announcer ] ginger is always there, to help with the groceries. that's real love. and so is giving her real tasty food. introducing a delicious new wet food from iams. some brands use fish processed with gluten. but iams fish recipes are made with 100% real fish fillets... for a meal that tastes like homemade. now, that's real love. and so is helping with t

mid to upper 60s. 48 in berlitz. 46 in dekalb. we are looking for fog this morning. not much. but current visibility is 2 mi.. just south of lansing would drop down to about 5 mi.. you can stay dry but we could slow down a bit. samlet composite shows we are dry. no chance of rain today or tonight or tomorrow. best chance of rain is this weekend. 67 degrees today. cooler along the lake. stay cool tonight. the three days forecast shows from its high 76. back to you. >> still ahead, toronto's crack smoking mayor about to begin at chemotherapy for cancer. and reggie bush is defending his comments on punishing children in the wake of the nfl abuse scandal. >> and trending, one-of-a-kind job offer from a rap star.toronl undergo 40 days of chemotherapy to treat his cancer. he's in the hospital with a rare type of cancer. the tumor is growing in his abdomen. doctor said it will use chemotherapy to shrink the tumor. his cancer forced him to drop out of his reelection bid. his brother is taking his place. here are a few stories trending online. detroit ryadetroit lionh is defending his

in lake breeze this afternoon. 61 in chicago. 51 in joliet. 53 in over a period dekalb is a 53. visibility looks pretty good. there are some of his abilities to the north. this will slow you down. in joliet, 2 mi.. typically that ok to drive through. satellite shows we are dry. we been that way for a while. this whole weekend we have more sunshine. 76 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. the official high as 78. cooler along the lake. we have had wonderful weather for the last two weeks. but traffic has been terrible. here's the chance to rain on the parade. >> why do set me up that way? and i will come through. more construction. with an accident starting to hear this kicks off in the morning at 9:00. a few hours before it will get harry through here. here's their road crossing in the downtown village, a big corridor for car commuters. they will detour up along of tin and 171 and juliet and finally back to lagrange. everything is and be in reverse of there. shut down for eight days. pretty significant this morning. ongoing road work in south bend tri-state the ramp to westbound of the and we

cooler temperatures along thke. 52 degrees in chicago. 49 in bartlett. 42 in dekalb. satellite composite shows dry conditions. get used to it we will try today and for the rest of the workweek. we do have the chance of rain coming later in the week. but not today. today's official high will be 72. down to 51 tonight. thursday we are 75. today is the first day of fall. it will feel like summer. you don't like summer? >> i like fall better. i'm one of those few weird people who like full better. the mccue said it. >> looking outside, with support from the dan ryan. in bound at 95 the on ramp is closed for at least another hour. coming in on the kennedy, another squeeze as you approach edison. there in the process of picking that up. don't forget about the bridge lift. they are to in the votes of the water and putting them back in the storage. wednesday and saturday starting at 9:00, 27 bridges that will be lifted to allow those votes to go back and forth. more traffic in just a bit. >>we begin with another big victory for the bears on the road: they've survived primetim

looking at our day to day, potential for showers and thunderstorms. 73 degrees right now. 68 in dekalb. 72 and morris. looking around the region, the screen is petering out. a lot of times the showers can fire up again. rain moving to portions of lasalle county here's the big front coming in from the west. today's high temperature climbs up to 83. tonight we drop down to 67. to 67. >> your morning ever since we launched snapshot, my life has been positively cray-cray. what's snapshot, you ask? only a revolutionary tool that can save you big-time. just plug it in, and the better you drive, the more cash you'll stash. switching to progressive can already save ye $500. snapshot could save ye even more. meat maiden! bringeth to me thine spiciest wings of buffalo. >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for the nutribullet brought to you by nutribullet llc. special tv offer. stay tuned to find out how you can get the nutribullet superfood nutrition extractor free! that's right. get the complete nutribullet system free! details just ahead. >> my muscle aches, my back aches really

one of those officers, dekalb, was a french spy who, while, he died gallantly leading maryland troops by the reported back privately his view of how the war was going to the french government. something that a military attachÉ would do today was attached to a foreign government. in my previous experience in national interests of the various countries are always different. so consequently it was always good for policymakers to know somebody else's agenda is. >> my understanding is that spine was not a very gentlemanly thing to do in the 18th century. what's interesting about nathan hale is he was a gentleman. i believe that his friends tried to talk him out of taking on this mission because it wasn't a very gentlemanly thing to be a spy. and i wondered if you might talk about that a little bit, and if george washington had any feelings about that? >> he did. that's a very good point. the first individual selected by colonel knowlton, and colonel knowlton's rangers was the army claims to be the first military intelligence group, which is the reason the insignia of 1775 on it, that was t

location, state senator fran miller posted on facebook "now we are to have sunday voting at south dekalbection. this location is dominated by african-american shoppers and it is near several large african-american megachurches. i would prefer more educated voters than a greater increase in the number of voters." i mean, how do you react to an elected official saying this? >> well, actually republicans and everyone needs to speak out against that. i think there's even a greater thing. there's been a group in georgia that is registering, has registered nearly 100,000 new voters. and maybe 5 or 6 or 12 of those applications there may be some problems with, maybe, and so now the republican attorney general is saying there is voter fraud and potentially so there are a lot of efforts that unfortunately republicans are working on. at the end of the day it's politics at its worse, not politics at its best. we must stand up and say this is unacceptable and, again, i know that there are good men and women in the republican party just as in the democratic party just as in the independent party who

in lower qwen i had we see -- gwynedd we see an does he want dekalb pike. >> let's look out across centere sky, looks beautiful. are are we in for a good day from beginning to end? >> reporter: it's fairly bright, we're cool this morning, but not as chilly as the early morning days of last week. 61 in allentown. 64 in philadelphia. this afternoon, 71 breezy. autumn arrives tonight. sunny and nice tomorrow for the first full day of autumn. >> we send you back to "g.m.a." and see you in 30. every time a bargain trash bag breaks, you throw your money away. bargain bag users go through 60 more bags a year than glad users. glad, strength that saves. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and "gma" is upgrading your morning. we're surprising viewers coast to coast all week long, starting now. so where is cameron mathison? he's about to upgrade hundreds of commuters going to work. could it be you? >>> emma watson trending big overnight. what she said that's got twitter and facebook buzzing. could her words be a game-changer for women. >>> belly fat breakthrough. is the key to taming your tumm

in whitpain township a crash blocking dekalb pike at skippack pike. main break by washington square blocking seventh and locust. other roads are dry but heavily delayed on 95 and the schuylkill. matt. >> thank you matt. david is off, meteorologist karen rogers joins us with the accuweather forecast. >> loving the sunshine matt. let's check that forecast. it's 59 degrees headed up to 75. sunny and nice today and still nice tomorrow. a high of 76. maybe a few more clouds but a nice day. friday is different. we drop down to 70 for your high. suburbs will stay in the 60's during the day with lots of clouds and some sun. saturday clouds and drizzle, then sunshine and a high of 78. week, partly sunny skies, a high of 83 degrees. that's your last full day of summer, matt. >> thanks, karen. download the free 6abc news app for breaking news updates when you're not in front of a large screen. free for apple and ♪ ♪ oh ♪ oh ♪ we're a thousand miles from comfort ♪ ♪ we have traveled land and sea ♪ ♪ but as long as you are with me there's no place i'd rather be ♪

and, in king of prussia, south henderson road at dekalb pike, accident has the right lane block. >> al >> would you like to meet someone standing out in the rain? >> yes, i would like to. are you going to be singing in the rain? >> steve keeley is on the board walk. >> oh, because a lot of rain and things going none atlantic city. how are you braving it out there, steve? >> this is no problem, i was out through sandy. bad timing for day one of the boat show, good timing for you guys in the military, can you imagine if you had to do that in this weather we moved from the ocean back to the bay here at the marina where the borgata and golden nugget is, where the in water boat show s1 of the convention centers that sue usually pops up at every year, this is the one that's outside, they usually have it outside this time of year because it is beautiful weather here. but you can see, the banners from some of the boats, already blowing off, so they have have to reset stuff up. tents are blowing around here, several back here and this way they have a bunch of line ups here. so they'll have nice

in upper gwynned dekalb pike and route 202 parkway reports of an accident there as well, alex?till ahead it is rattling lot of people this morning, did shady mccoy tip only 20 cents? what the waiter admits to us next. ♪ ♪ ♪ i gotta have that bag. italian leather? for an amazing deal, and i love that designer. [ shopper ] you paid how much for that? [ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls. hey everybody, coming up at 9:00 o'clock. favorite part of the show because you never know what might happen. >> lot at the new studio. we are still taking your comments and recommendations on what it should look like. now, what was somebody's problem they had a problem with the blue thing back there. >> they said i need to move over. >> yes. >> so you won't be in the way. >> yes. >> should i drop the chair. >> height chair. >> that is better. >> all right. >> but, i'm still kind of of liking it. >> i'm loving it. >> i think it is bright, beautiful , cheerful. >> we are working on our graphics too. some people are saying, yellow not my favorite color.

traffic time we will start off in lower gwynedd, welsh road at dekalb pike is there an accident there that is slow go and on the schuylkill the on ramp from south street an accident there what a mess, traffic is jammed there. route 63, woodhaven road on ramp from route one roosevelt boulevard there is an accident. finally on the route 42 freeway in new jersey southbound at 544 a disable bus on the right-hand shoulder. alex? >> thanks so much, sue. authorities believe that they are gaining ground on the suspect accused of killing a pennsylvania trooper. critically wounding another. >> yeah, steve keyly is live in blooming grove, pennsylvania where the shooting took place right about ten days ago now, steve. >> reporter: mike, our viewers watch "good day philadelphia" machine through friday. they don't stay in touch with the news on the weekend. if you did that you might be thinking i thought this guy was caught because there was erroneous reports elsewhere of the shoot-out friday night and police had him pinned to the specific house n his latest update police say they have not had any

then to dekalb its 47. these numbers are cooler than normal. but it won't move much today. highs only in the upper 50s and low 60s. typically we are closer to 80 degrees. nowhere near that today. the rain today was associated with the front which is continuing to hug the valley. now to the south no rain for us today. maybe like affect sprinkle this afternoon. today's high temperature, 60 degrees which will break the record that has been around since 1940. it's been around for a long time. tomorrows high temperature is only 59. it's still september. by saturday we're back up to 62. >> still ahead, a closer look to the man behind the spices terrorist organization. >> and charlie sheen gets in on the tip shaming. >> and getting a sneak peek at the star wars episode 7 sent from a unique view. from a unique view. ♪ yeah, girl ♪ you know, i've been thinking about us ♪ ♪ and, uh, i just can't fight it anymore ♪ ♪ it's bundle time ♪ bundle ♪ mm, feel those savings, baby and that's how a home and auto bundle is made. better he learns it here than on the streets. the miracle of bundl