we have one shower starting to pop-up just northwest of joliet. other than that mainly clear appearance of pettifog this area of clouds and showers for the most part stayed to the south. next good chance for one this scattered showers and thunderstorms is around 2 or 3:00 p.m. that's where the r.p.m. models generate that it will subside tonight. a change in the pattern chance of isolated shower tomorrow and around two or 3:00. not so bad into the weekend it will be a washout you may need your umbrella for a brief period time believe a scattered showers tonight. partly cloudy down 63 and a warm weekend below average has readied-81. a slight chance of showers on saturday cooler along the lake. partly to mostly sunny on sunday high of 81. >> still ahead, with the ravens of running back had to say about attacking his wife at a casino. and here with the former president said about his chance of killing of some of the moderosama bin laden. >> the what it's like to be a sign language interpreter and a music festival. marcus has that story coming up next.

a toddler is run-over by his older brother in the driveway of a joliet home. and the jackie robinson little leaguers put it all on the line for tonight's elimination game. good morning. i'm dan ponce. erin will be here next hour. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> it's the man hour. >> just for a little while. just keeping us honest with sarah here for traffic. >> we're going to have temperatures and is an mile tiered chance of showers and potentially thunderstorms as the get into other portions of the day. clouds will be on the breakup. a stormy monday coming through. 65 degrees from now. 66 in lansing. 65 in kankakee. 62 and the cal. satellite composite shows don't have our stormy monday at the is the look further out you can see the line of showers and thunderstorms out to the west. rain will be here by 5:20 percent chance of rain. 30 percent chance by 9:00 p.m.. potential for heavier rain tonight. half an inch for a lot of us. 80 degrees today down to 69 tonight. wednesday we're up to 84

if you have a good sand for showers, storms possible today we are 71 degrees, 68 degrees in joliet. satellite's radar shows we have light showers across our area chance for rain all weekend. a low pressure associated warm front today cold front tomorrow is all going to be here keep a rein in the forecast. at high temperature to 85 degrees, 76 by 9:00 p.m. tomorrow we climb up to about 8486 degrees on sunday. >> we do have some construction to tell you about. southbound tri-state over the 290 x it remains closed until 5, a little push back construction watch for that. numbers look good overall, division street bridge work in place through end of month their routings 72 bus pick >> chicago police searching for a man sexually assaulted 40 roker on south side. >> we're going live outside 70 think how much growth of the latest. >> police have issued a community of art they want everyone in the debt rod where this happened to keep an eye out for a suspect as well as take precautions to protect themselves. at the 40 year-old was walking in an alley in greater back off abroad when man on a

it was one friend testifying against another in a double murder trial in joliet. alsia massaro took the stand in the trial of 20 year-old bethany mckee for the murders of terrance rankins and eric glover at massaro's joliet home in january, 2013. massaro told the court it was mckee's idea to rob rankins, even saying the suspects agreed on a signal that the attacks were about to happen. but, mckee's father argues massaro's version of events don't add up. >> on the stand today she doesn't recall 98% of anything that was asked of her. >> we want to know what happened. but the details, it's hard to take sometimes. it's hard to take. >>massaro testified she found god... and the urge to tell the truth about the crime. massaro cut a plea deal and is serving a 10-year prison term. governor quinn is moving forward on building a third airport in the south suburbs. the governor is calling for a forum on september 23-rd to collect ideas for the peotone airport. he's inviting developers and air carriers to share their input with i-dot officials. so far the state has spent 76-

in joliet and aurora we're cooler in dekalb. the radar shows line of showers and storms that moved through the northern suburbs about one hour ago. light rain will watch it as it moves through in the morning this afternoon we move towards dry weather. 70 degrees by 9:00 p.m.. here is the 3 day forecast. spotty showers early on high-temperature 72. there were some questions as to whether that was going to make it in. 58 degrees is the overnight low. cooler conditions along the lake tomorrow 80 degrees. >>the loss of one of hollywood's most beloved funnymen - robin willaims - has left people stunned around the world. karin caifa looks at how the oscar winner is being remembered this morning. >> an outpouring of sadness for a man who brought so much laughter to so many. >> shocking. sad. >> hollywood was stunned after robin williams was found dead in his california home. he was 63 years old. >> gone way too soon. very talented we are all going to miss him. >> i admire him so much. he is a legend. >> tributes came from fellow comedi

across the region, 67 degrees in chicago. 62 in lansing. 64 in joliet. settlement composite shows are temperatures will rise into the afternoon but as to get into the evening with climb into the '70s. 79 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. today's official height is about in the greece.80 degrees. >> of star with 83 with the ongoing road work. we have a few maps of this. it blocks like we have a picture coming through. here is northwest highway the work being done due to the water main. this is the last day of this project. we shot this from above yesterday conceded extensive closure closings and the taurus. and heading over to irving park from all but a lot of work is being done through its intersections. the numbers are looking good volume is light. we will have an update on all of your traffic in just a minute. >>police issued an alert after a man tried to lure two girls into his car. tonya francisco is live in the belmont gardens neighborhood with more.. tonya? >> good morning. police wasted no time getting this alert out to the community it happened in today arou

bethany mckee goes on trial in joliet today for the murders of eric glover and terrance rankins. she's charged along with three others of luring the victims to a home, robbing and killing them, then continuing to party in the same room with the dead bodies. the c-e-o who was shot by a disgruntled employee at a company in the loop, is improving. steven lavoie was shot in the head and stomach on thursday. a family spokesperson says he's showed some small signs of improvement in his natural reflexes. police say tony de-frances scheduled a meeting with lavoie, to talk about being demoted last week. during the meeting.. supposedly a struggle began and defrances shot lavoie... then killed himself. lavoie is in critical but stable condition. chicago police are looking for a car involved in a drive by shooting that wounded three people on the south east side. three men were hanging out outside a home in the 86- hundred block of south colfax when a blue car pulled up and someone started shooting yesterday afternoon. the men shot range in age from 27 to 33-years-old, and they are all in cr

. >>> when "lockup" producers traveled to the joliet correctional facility in illinois, they walked throughhe corridors of one of the nation's most historic penal institutions. constructed from sandstone, this castle was built in 1857, four years prior to the civil war, and the friction between staff and inmates seems every bit as old. >> [ bleep ] choke -- >> during our shoot in joliet, a disruptive new inmate had just been removed from his cell and was being taken to segregation. our cameras were there as captain kim morgan attempted to make the transfer. first, a brief stop to process paperwork. >> you see the -- don't hit me, man. on the real, he hit me, man. >> that particular inmate was from the rnc and we had just received him in from the county. he was upset for one reason or another. i don't even know what it was. he was at the front of the bars being aggressive. i told him to go have a seat in the back of the cell and remain quiet. he wouldn't. he disobeyed him, and then he was insolent toward myself and the lieutenant and it progressed toward them. >> the handcuffs -- >> nobody h

. >> rear from joliet. >> she is still going. she is not the only one parent this is the tribune rock clinic.critic. >> five of the six have played before. the only one i think that is really kind of a good catch pavin playing festival circuit. it is outkast. kings of leon, eminem, calvin harris, artic monkeys. they have all been at lollapalooza before. >> the performer but is going to draw one of the biggest crowds of the weekend is not headliner. that is lorde. >> will perform at 630 tonight. everything lollapalooza appeared on my page of the web. crowder still continuing to strain. we have not heard of any arrests or people going down with health reasons. u.s. stocks continuing their downward dissent. >> down about 82 points. the job market showing new gains. to enter 9000 jobs were created. it was still the sixth month in a row were 200,000 jobs were created. the unemployment rate also went up slightly. that is because more people began looking for work. most did not find jobs. regulators not happy with horizon. questioning t

to murder and the joliet home of a list of us are up in january of 2013. the two victims are lured to the house. the girl say the plan was to rob break-ins and glover. police interrogation of a despondent bethany mickey. telling detectives that if somehow she were to avoid jail she would probably kill herself. at the courthouse julian crews >> and accident in the south suburbs injured seven people and shut down part of interstate 57. happened around 215 this morning. five children in a van or injured. a person in the car was also critically injured. southbound lanes were reopened a few hours later. >> please save and slam into a telephone pole around 130 this morning. the baby was thrown from the vehicle. the baby's mother was also injured in a crash. police are investigating. >> the free rides are available to anyone starting in the evening to the early-morning hours. the victim of locking at 147th street. >> police believe they are all related. residents are being urged to lock their windows and doors after a woman woke up to find a stranger straddling h

julian crews as live in joliet with details >> this is the first of three murder trial set to take place today at the courthouse. a fourth defendant struck a plea deal with prosecutors. she is testifying against her friends accused of planning and executing a brutal double murder. the prosecution's star witness is on the stand. she says was her friend who allegedly helped set the trap with a phone call to her friend wearing him over. >> but the only goal would commit robbery against glover and rankin's. the son out testified today that after the killing she saw just a minor search the victims pat pocket giving the money over to death in the maquis. it isn't m ckee standing trial for murder. >> >> an attempted kidnapping. police issuing an alert to families in the belmont gardens neighborhood. fortunately police have a very good description of the suspect to work with. it has been a very restless night for the parents of the two girls who almost became his victim. all 9000 years. i can only imagine. i've not want that to happen to my babies. >> not wanting to show her face on camera. >> p

live fellow county court in joliet. >> chicago police looking for whoever shot four people outside a nightclub on the near north side. to the victims in critical condition. police have been looking at surveillance video for insight into what led up to the shooting. four men were shot this morning. when police got here and found two men who were shot in the parking lot. both men now in critical condition. another man 32 years old has been transferred to structure hospital after getting himself to rush. you shot in the leg. the fourth victim took a self to shoulder with a wound to his arm. there's a shooting in april. 24 a man was shot during an argument allowed 45 minutes before the closing on an early tuesday morning. that shooting happened in the hallway. spokeswomen works on a stretch of north princeton. says this club has been problematic. >> employees here have been given instructions by the management not to speak with the media. police have nobody in custody. they're pursuing some sort of dark colored vehicle. the man who went to lollapalooza last weekend says he is attacked an

starting off cooled almost cold in some areas. 48 in the kelp. 49 in joliet. 57 downtown. the cool stars. clear skies this morning. there are some clouds out to the west. it looks like a fantastic friday with upper '70's their 80s. shares and storms spilling over into minnesota. they could be in here later today to the looks good most a sunny near 82 to car. one in three chance of a scattered storms. more clouds and then some tomorrow. less in the way of cloudiness on sunday slight chance of a thunderstorm. tomorrow we are in the '70s. next week we make 86 degrees by thursday. >> coming up, major developments from iraq, following weeks of intense violence and political turmoil. plus -- why world health officials believe the ebola outbreak is much worse than thought. details, next. and, a battle is brewing in florida between birds -- and nudists! we'll explain, coming up. iraq's embattled prime minister is giving up his fight to hang onto his job. nouri al maliki at first refused to accept the appointment of his successor, haider al-abadi. now he says he'll support abadi, a

her lawyers claim she did not know about the murder plot in joliet. but, prosecutors says she's guilty... because of her alleged participation in the plan that left two people dead. w-g-n's julian crews has more on today's proceedings. the u-s department of education is investigating possible civil rights violations at two chicago public schools. the kenwood oakland community organization of chicago filed the complaint on behalf of african-american students at dyett high school and mollison she didn't know what to do. shouldn't commit murder or have any part of it. >> i want to see something. i can't see my son. my son is gone. they can visit their child in prison. >> the co-defendants are awaiting trial. one of them pleaded guilty and testified against the suspect. >> the u.s. department of education is investigating possible civil rights violations and to public schools. the organization filed a complaint on behalf of african-american students at two schools. the group says the schools are separate and unequal... in violation of the supreme court's

speaking of joliet, we have a few thunderstorms approaching. scattered line from rockford back to north-central indiana. moving off to the east. will focus on the heavy downpours. lightning and thunder just to the south and east. back over to frankfurt and north-central indiana. watch for some heavy downpours. there will be a lull in the middle part of the day but sunshine today comes 88 degrees. some dry hours in between. scattered storms tomorrow. a little cooler with some scattered thunderstorms will have more in a little bit. >> we have breaking news this morning is a serious crash on the tristate has all lands shut down at 147. this happened late last night just before 11:00 p.m.. the semi truck went into the presidenmedian. to summarize involved, three other vehicles and least one person ejected. that person is in serious condition at the hospital. another person with minor injuries. because of the extent of the injuries, everything is still shut down for the reconstruction. south bound on the trustee at 147, all lands are blocked. we wil

in joliet as well. these numbers are warm for this time of the day but with the cloud cover and the rain you typically don't cooled down. radar shows showers and the heaviest of the rain then it goes through the county to the extreme southern parts and now the heaviest of the rain makes its way back into portions of the western counties. thunder and lightening their as this whole line moves to the east. often on showers today. they will be scattered. then we expect to dry out. tuesday, quite a different day with cooler temperatures for basically the rest of the week. 79 degrees today. scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. cloudy tonight with some scattered showers. 75 degrees on tuesday. we're trying that we go up to 79 again and we have sunshine on wednesday. >> new crash out there on the ramp from ontario to the kennedy. if you are exiting on to the kennedy there will be some delays. that brand is blocked with a car crashed into the wall. it will be tight there. otherwise, no major delays on a

resumes today for a woman who faces charges in connection with the gruesome murders of two men in joliet. eric glover and terrance rankins were strangled in january 20-13. two men and two women are charged. bethany mckee is the first of the suspects to go on trial. prosecutors say mckee was desperate for cash and knew one of the victims carried a lot of it. glover was carrying 120-dollars on the day he was killed. the trial continues today prosecutors dropped 17 felony counts against state representative lashawn ford. ford pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor tax count instead. the west side democrat made the plea yesterday morning related to a false income tax return for 20-07. prosecutors dropped much more serious charges, including bank fraud. he faces a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a one hundred thousand dollar fine. the brady bill was widely championed here in chicago. annette nance- holt became active in the brady campaign after her son blair was gunned down on a cta bus. she met brady's widow in washington last year. >> very inspired because she's gone through so muc

. >> at the joliet correctional center in illinois, a boot camp-like orientation begins the intake process. >> you may keep 12 envelopes. you can keep 24 pictures. anything after 24 pictures, will be sent home or destroyed. >> you start with specific directions, and you tell them what the expectation levels are. if anybody causes a problem, you take them out of the equation immediately, and by doing that, you maintain that control. >> some people have been there several times before, and it's, quite frankly, almost a homecoming to them. and then you can always read what they refer to as the fresh fish. >> oh, man, i've heard stories about what goes on at night here. i have heard stories about people getting killed. i've heard all sorts of stories. you name it. >> there's always that guy who is wide-eyed who absolutely doesn't want to be there. you get to go home, and they don't. >> such was the case with 23-year-old andrew dykman. we were there the day he arrived at utah state prison on a statutory rape conviction. >> i've done some jail time, but i've never been here before. it's a whole

more lurid details of a double murder in joliet are revealed during the second day of testimony in the murder trial of bethany mckee. in court yesterday, prosecutors played mckee's videotaped confession as she revealed to investigators how she and three of her friends strangled eric glover and terrance rankins in january 2013. one police officer testified that after her arrest, mckee told him it felt like a dream.. and asked how much time she'd serve as an accessory to murder. on the tape, mckee said she invited rankins to the home of her friend, alisa massaro, planning to rob him and use the cash to buy cigarettes. massaro is expected to testify today or tomorrow. chicago rapper "lil durk" has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to gun possession. police arrested him last year, after seeing him toss a handgun into a car. the judge sentenced the rapper-- whose real name is durk banks-- to 18 months probation with credit for the 43 days he spent in jail. a long-time fan of lollapalooza is having second thoughts about ever going again... after a what he calls a "zombie-like

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