>> if in lowell was representing him, let's just understand this. is mr. lowell -- are mr.angel, are they saying that abbie lowell happened to walk by the ethic ice committee room and happened to walk in when mr. rangel was having his hearing and happened to sit in a reserved seat and walk out with the congressman and guide reporters? that seems unlikely. it does seem like he was, in fact, giving advice. >> can he be there as a friend? >> certainly. but given mr. lowell's well-known position as a plom nent legal defense fund who handles these kinds of matters that doesn't seem likely in these circumstances. >> does this pass the smell test for him to claim he didn't know he could set up a legal defense fund? >> i don't understand why that wasn't set up. but recognize, he was paying for his defense out of a campaign fund. had a significant war chest, obviously, that came down. now, what really jumps out is the fact that the legal team withdrew from the case. it was not clear, based upon today's evidence, that they actually left rangel's camp. the law firm, a washington, d.c.

lowell melser begins our team coverage, live from dutch village. >> 54 yen is like the one behind me have been ruled condemned at the dutch village and out pleasant apartment complex. residents will have a couple of minutes to go into their damaged apartments and get what they could and then leave. they did receive some assistance from the city and the red cross today. the national weather service has yet to determine whether or not a tornado actually did hit this area. one viewer says he caught a funnel cloud on take in this area, and he showed it to us. >> is this a funnel cloud touching down in northeast baltimore? anthony bird of a park built think so. >> i was pretty excited. i am the only one that captured this on footage. >> after wednesday morning's storm, he looked through video from surveillance cameras that he has around his home use to protect valuable equipment for his lawn and snow service business. he cannot believe what he saw. right here, this is a solid tree. i got the footage of this electric tornado going back and forth between these and other solid objects right

lowell melser has more. >> it is hard when your this good-looking. i was saying before, i am offended by this because i am a city resident. i take umbrage with "travel and leisure" magazine. a poll of their readers and ask them to rank 35 cities from around the nation, including baltimore, on topics such as best restaurants, airports, and vacation destinations. it also asked them to write the prettiest and ugliest cities. baltimore unfortunately ranked pretty high. could a city known for its charm and beautiful old buildings really be home to some of the ugliest people in the country? we went straight to the top to find out. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. >> you are an attractive mayor. this must hurt, doesn't it? [laughter] >> that is horrible. >> the mayor said she was shocked by the survey, which said baltimore ranked no. 2 out of 35 cities for having the ugliest people. i do good politician, she had a protest in mind. >> i am just going to walk around with a bag over my head for the rest of the term, until we rise again. >> but we feel good, rig

lowell melser joins us live from hamden with more. >> the polls will remain open for about the next hour. union officials tell us they will hold up on comments until all the votes are tallied. it is no secret that union officials are not happy with the city, especially at since the mayor had to make cuts to their pension to balance the city's budget. given the proposed cuts in the new contract, it would be no surprise if it did not pass. >> i think it is fair. i trust the judgment of my team that negotiated with the police union's. the police union representatives did it is fair. now is up to that members of -- up to the members. -- the police union representatives think it is very. >> union representatives would not comment as union members continue to vote, waiting for the final tally. in 2009, officials spent much of the year trying to pin down a contract with the city, which was strange when mayor stephanie rawlings-blake had to make tough budget decisions over the summer concerning the department pensions. billboard's pop up after those tough cuts were made. the mayor and her staff

lowell melser is live at loyola in the north baltimore with the very latest. >> police in this city and county say as far as all of these robberies are concerned that they are not related. police say they are crimes of opportunity. it had happened here at loyola essex. in it serves as a reminder for those who use college campuses to be aware of their surroundings. the latest in a string of armed robberies in the area college campuses continued friday morning when two students were robbed at knifepoint on the campus of loyola university maryland it. officials say the attack comes as a surprise. >> it has been years since we have had a violent crime incidents of our -- on our incident -- a violent incident on our campus. we want to make sure we do everything we can to make sure this does not happen again. >> a student was held in the parking lot of the ccbc-essex campus. council officials declined an on-camera interview. they say they are revving up controls on campus. loyola and ccbc said the same thing. >> incidents like this are rare. >> it appears all of these crimes are isolated inci

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lowell melser has the latest. >> we did our job.p has spoken as loud as they can speak. i think the numbers of this rejeck speaks volumes. >> thursday night after the baltimore f.o.p. voted down its latest contract proposal with the city, union officials continued to express frustration can the sfi which the f.o.p. has had since mayor stephanie rawlings-blake had to make cuts to officers' pensions to balance the budget. >> our officers know these are tough times. these are men and women expected to take a bullet. >> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake told reporters that ashe was disappointed with the -- that she was disappointed with the f.o.p.'s response. she said everyone needs to give up something, but she felt a solution would be found. >> i am confident we will go back to the negotiating table in good faith and come out with a deal we can get a positive vote on. >> the biggest sticking point had to do with paycuts. according to the f.o.p. officers would take a 2% pay cut. then in 2012 officers would receive five extra paid leave da

i am lowell melser.ok into this coming at new at 6. >> we have the most beautiful weather in the country, at least for now. sunny skies expected for the next few days, clear and comfortable lives. the forecast is coming up next. 60 degrees at the airport, 62 in >> here's a look at what we are working on for 11 news at 6. it attorney-general filed a federal complaint against julius henson and his company, the company behind those robocalls on election day. a towson doctor react to the hospital's $22 million settlement agreement over an alleged kickback scheme involving unnecessary procedures. we'll >> you remember this all cruise ship that we touch about yesterday? tonight is slowly being towed back to shore. >> an engine part of the ship to lose electricity, leaving over four thousand people without air conditioning or flushing toilets. >> the slow tow into the port means that over 4500 passengers and crew have another day of a lot less than luxurious conditions on board. we spoke with a denver passenger

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my children go to lowell high school. please let the kids out! >> this parade heads on to market street. sfpd says all police officers days off have been cancelled and anyone attending is encouraged to get here by public transit z parking where there is available. most transit agencies will be increasing to get people here in the morning. live at san francisco city hall, abc 7 news. >> it's going to be fun. thanks. we're going to begin at 10:30 tomorrow morning, right here on abc 7. we'll stream it live online at abc 7 news.com f you're going to the parade send us photos and video. we'll show some of it during our coverage. we'd love to share that with viewers, just upload them. and e mail us your pictures or video of the parade at you report at kgo-tv.com. >> and there is now election day. if it seems there are fewer people at the polls that is because half of the state have mailed in their ballots. that could be a state record. the secretary of state says 73% of the states publishable voters are registered but 55% of those registered only 55% o

i am a student at lowell high school and currently live in the sunset district. we fight against local injustices. i'm in support of the health care service master plan, the health care service master plan will identify gaps in service and medical underserved areas and will help meet the health needs of all communities in the city. i had an incident when my grandma had hurt herself and my dad and uncle brought her to the chinatown hospital but because they lacked the right department she was sent to ucsf. however, because they didn't speak english, my aunt was contacted whenever a translator was needed or she would stay at the hospital the whole day. more translation services are needed and the health care service master plan will identify this need. please vote in support of this master plan. it's time we had a plan in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. i know that we have a number of high school students that need to get back to doing their homework. deann. sam lee. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a member of the chinese progressive association. i eam

every green lowell who till who. are reaffirms america's commitment to ratify the start nuclear weapons treaty and talks with president medvedev on the sidelines of the asia pacific summit in japan . also this week leaders of the g twenty movement agreed to try and avoid deliberate currency devaluations an all out trade warfare. at least seven people in kosovo one charges of organ trafficking fuels theories of alleged organ theft by the kosovo liberation army during the war in the late ninety's. are russian newspaper appeals the man who claims exposed ten russian agents expelled from the us this. très are bringing you today's top stories and a look back at the week that was here on r t barack obama has assured dmitri medvedev that his determination to see the senate to ratify the start treaty on nuclear cuts within the next few weeks the comments came at a meeting on the sidelines of the apec summit in japan artie's tests are cilia has more from yokohama it was the first talk of the a second day of the summit and.

touch your room the photo for a good gold how would international house flood to achieve evergreen lowell who told him talk of. moscow's vision of business without barriers while you were presented to have a high powered meeting of industrialists in germany. between russia and the e.u. is on the table as prime minister why they want to put in the terms the fourth economic forum in berlin. just a three hour flight for a russian cosmonaut and his nasa colleagues after five months of the international space station. down to earth so use d.m.a. nineteen spacecraft has safely landed in baikonur. the price of history as one of when they're being victimized and fined for using signed in their own language. it's a bomb duck and cover where would you be when the atomic bombs fall. fallout shelters in the us gathered dust will be most americans not even knowing they are they are sure the bombs dropped.

reason for having to keep the identity of the men they film secret is due to a major leak hole in the lowell sky. chatting on the internet with a child even about cirqus is almost never considered a crime or is left very unclear what exactly constitutes a criminal action. shockingly under current law unless there is an actual physical assault there's not much that can be done and it's an international problem with many experts evenly knowledge of the guidelines are in desperate need of clarification instagram is not anything nomination and as a number of children going online say there's a danger and the scariest part is that right now there's not much that the police can do to protect its team shaders how often within minutes of going into an online chat re praising as a young girl sexual advances were made the people we were conversing with were completely unconcerned when we told them that we were under the legal age of consent which it full teen in germany is already extremely young despite the criticisms those behind the show adamant that raising public awareness of internet cleaning ca

flood to change evergreen lowell who told. president medvedev cool's film all flexibility our competitiveness. recognizing russia's imperfections moscow says it's on track into informing its political system despite signs of the nato democracy. and terror threat hangs over the christmas holidays in europe as belgium arrests a radical islamist group which is said to have links to check. on as we look at attempts in central asia as to regenerate what was once someone bill walton largest legs but is now little more than a dried out. of i won't well can see this is the line from moscow with me alice had it's run says the president's admitted the country's democracy is still in perfect but is improving and his latest.

taught your group the future of a guru gold how would international houses flood the chief evergreen lowell who told him to whom. german opinion is split over a t.v. show that aims to expose online how to file searching for underage victims critics say the programme makers put themselves beyond the wall. of the georgian government so seeds of discord as a plan to offer land to south african farmers made stiff opposition from the locals afraid of losing their only source of survival quads. this world war is one of the prison cells and some of the residents clear when there's been a big crowd about ten to twenty minutes from who didn't sit around for the social on their feet parties close up team travel to the superior bridge enough a place of exile for many years and ross in history even. a man who founded the infamous gore camps joseph stalin. it's five pm in moscow and this is r.t. coming to you live with me and he said now i first stop debate is raging in germany over a t.v. show which aims to expose possible internet pedophiles by secretly filming their meetings with decoys posing as vic

lowell melser has more. >> i was very distressed imagining where is my personal information going?e had to do a double-take when he opened a letter from his aarp life insurance policy with an increase -- invitation to increase his coverage. >> i looked at the form. it didn't have my name or date of birth, it had someone else's personal information on there. >> the enrollment form was addressed to a man in cockeysville. he called the man got ahold of his be sister, and -- >> she said she also received a letter to upgrade her insurance. she saw it was an arnold address and someone else's name. >> not knowing how bad the problem was, he said he called new york life insurance, the underwriter, and said they had no idea it was going on. he immediately began worrying about identity theft. >> a person could easily log on to the aarp life insurance web satellite, use this information to reset my pass word, get into my account, see how i make my payments every month, which is by check, and get ahold of my checking account number. >> new york life says they are going to get to the bottom of

and showers and areas like cannon and lowell and the area and o'hare at 55. and 68 there and 58. and up the field and mchenry. there are the temperatures and north field a system that will lift out of nuclear. and wisconsin parts of minnesota and a cooler day. here you see the clouds lifting north they are the ones that rained on us. and a mix of sun and clouds and rain and storms and west of us. boy, we could use that. and measures great lakes levels down 5 inches. that's michigan and huron. they view that as one lake. and that's not all dry weather. there is a seasonal decline that goes in. and if you tally the water loss that's last month they are mixed with ice pellets. and under the winter storm watch as we'll show you and the 60s we sit right on the demarcation the dividing line between cool air and the warm air that has st. louis at 73 and that's the air. and residents next week. and southern flank and temperatures to the 30s in iowa and. these are temperature drops to the west. let's and the area today. and this arc of clouds this is a system that will spin up in and jet

lowell melser has more. >> i was very distressed imagining where is my personal information going?d he had to do a double take when he opened a letter from his aarp life insurance company with an invitation to increase his coverage. >> i looked at the form, and i was shocked. it didn't have my name on it, it didn't have my phone number, it didn't have my zate of birth, it had someone else's personal information on there. >> the enrollment form was addressed to a man in cockeysville and had all sorts of information inside. club called the man and got ahold of his sister who took care of his estate, and saw something that made his heart sink. >> she said she also received a letter to upgrade her insurance. she looked and saw an arnold address and someone else's name. >> not knowing how bad the problem was, clough said he called aarp and they had no idea what was going on. >> a person could easily log onto the aarp life insurance web site and use this information to reset my pass word and see how i make any payments every month and get ahold of my checking account number. >> represent

touch your room the hotel rooms a good go how an international house flood to change every green lowell who told him to whom. he used. to. cross on business when victor bloom sits in a new york prison to face allegations of gun running after an extradition from thailand which while scout jobs illegal. reliable the leader of a world. without nuclear weapons i also hope to page blog here as right wingers thrash out bush our foreign policy with a massive defense budget and continued military campaigns after republican gains in the midterm vote. and the e.u. teetering on the brink euro zone finance ministers brainstorm a banking we're covering with struggling our land offered a survival package. it's five pm in moscow this is art to you coming to you live let's get straight to our top story and russian businessman victor boot is being held in a high security prison in new york after his extradition from thailand dubbed the merchant of death for allegedly trafficking weapons around the world he faces life in prison on terrorism charges in america. the decision to hand him over to the u.s. is

every green lowell who told. this to do this is an example of striking injustice we as a state who continue to give all necessary support to vick to boot as a russian citizen the u.s. prosecutors are set aside of the fate of russian businessmen victor borge faces charges of supplying weapons to terrorist after being extradited from thailand. well i hope that we can have a world. without nuclear weapons i also hope that page. a mass of the fans budget that world with nuclear weapons and seeing threats all around our issues back on the atlantic after the republican success in the mid-term elections. and an island to far the european union warns of economic collapse if island and the wholly new don't want to weather the economic storm. and on the business desk with the european union. the liberalization of the gas market being the world's largest producer is no longer enough to guarantee market dominance all have much more in the business but it's in in twenty minutes time. watching aren't the live from moscow a mar

. >> i'm lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the political problems here at home putting pressure on president? japan. we'll explain coming up. >> and a payday delay for baltimore county teachers. >> autumn is -- winter is just around the corner. but the love i have for rawberry shortcake, red lvet cake and key lime pie, mmm, it threw a curve at my curves. so i threw it right back... with yoplait light -- strawberry shortcake, red velvet cake and key lime pie. 30 indulgent delicious flavors that satisfy my love for tasty treats. around 100 calories. zero fat. now i love my curves in all the right places. yoplait. it is so good. >> today is more or less a repeat of yesterday morning. if we look at our live h.d. doppler radar, the storm out west of us yesterday is kind of in the same place was yesterday. they are getting more snow in parts of wisconsin and minnesotaful as the day heats up -- wisconsin and minnesota. as the day heats up, it isn't a scand significant snowstorm, but it is an indication that the season it there -- is there, it is just catching up with us. five days of terrific weath

lowell melser has more. >> i was very distressed, imagine, where is my personal information going, thenh says he had tdo a double take when he opened a letter from his insurance company with an indication to increase coverage. >> i looked at the forum, and i was shocked. it did not have my name, phone number, date of birth, or policy. it had someone else's personal information. >> it was addressed to a man who lived in cockeysville, and had all sorts of personal information. to follow the paper trail, jay clough called the man. >> she said she had also received a letter to an invitation to upgrade her insurance, and saw there was an arnold address and someone else's name. >> he called the underwriter, and said they thad no idea what was going on. >> a person could easily log on to the aarp life-insurance web site, and use this information, to get into my account, and see how i make my payments. >> we contacted new york life, and representatives there say they will get to the bottom of the situation with the following response -- "the company is taking this seriously and is investigating

lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of baltimore's blast. barry simms talks consumer and insurance issues tonight at 6:00. more viewers are sending photos to ulocal. thee got this one from northern parkway area. lots to clean up, lost to show. >> it would be nice to get another, a closer look at that video that i had. >> part of the pieces of the puzzle that the weather service is still working on. no report from them yet as to the official designation of this. it will be interesting to see what they determined. usually they are pretty quick on this. there must be some interesting analysis going on if it is taking this long. today we had a weaker weather disturbance tracking through. in the next hour or two, we will start to see this move out of the picture and skies began to clear. it is 53 here right now but it is only 54 it out at oakland and 42 in cleveland. there is some chilly air following this little weather disturbance. it is 42 downtown, and rather cool friday ahead of us, but then a weekend warmup and then perhaps another strong s

now a loweller -- roller rink is shutting its doors. we're following the story from the newsroom. >> and skate works lost the permit to operate and has now closed for good. the permit was revoked after a girl was aresulted in a storage room in august. it had been in trouble before that after the police were called to deal with rowdy crowds and fights. the owners have filed chapter 7 bankruptcy which is liquidation with $577,000 in debt. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the suspects charged with assaulting the girl go on trial next year six the rain slowing the rush to get home down? let's find out now. >> reporter: no matter how you say it, it is slow out there. we have so many accidents, we do not have time to mention them. and 83 southbound at guildford and an accident with a backup to north avenue. an accident on the inner loop. that is on the right shoulder. two accidents on 295 and the northbound lanes. 295 and route 100. ridge roads and engle side, too many accidents to mention. west 41st at 40th is one. and accident in hanover and

in lowell, abc7 news. >>> a family and school are mourning the loss of a local high school student who dreamed of being a poet and going to college. a shooting last night happened of holbrook street in northeast washington. we are live from high school with the story. >> cynne, grief counselors came here and from what we heard they were very much needed. two students were shot in their neighborhood about 1 mile from here. 17-year-old joseph sharps was killed. and number of parents came kids -- came to retrieve their kids when they learned that joseph sharps was dead. >> my whole class, nina, the first two periods were terrible. everyone was crying. >> it happened on holbrook ne. another student was shot in the leg. the family members talk about the pair. perched in the neighborhood, chased, and sharps was shot "-- four times. >> i do not think i can take anymore. >> at home where it was big joe and a little joke, the parents are in grief. >> you think when someone else's kid gets shot, you think given never happen to you. is worse than death. >> he loved life. >> one teacher said he ha

my children going to lowell high school. i hope they'll getlett the kids out. >> this san francisco native will be there, too. >> this has been a long time coming. >> sfpd says there will be high visibility here tomorrow, all officer days off have been cancelled and there is streets will be closed. the parade begins at montgomery and washington at 11:00 a.m. >> we want to take a look at the parade route for if you you're coming into san francisco tomorrow, take a look at this. there is cross streets will close starting from montgomery at washington then, including streets to market and post, and then, along market, every cross street including forth on farrell and kerny. >> and giants took the world series not on the backs of individual super stars but by a group of guys working together. >> this team has been doing so much to celebrate. >> it's all about team. i ti that is one of the things making this championship special. in addition to fact it's the first san francisco giants title, these giants are a collection of playe

note that temperatures over night went below 30 in kenosha and schaumburg. 2:30 at romeoville and lowellndiana. and only in the 30s and 40s right now. 38 for us at o'hare field. where the normal high this time of year you figure is around 46 degrees. so it won't be terribly below normal but we haven't had many below normal days. months running almost 4 degrees above normal and feels chilly 39 at midway. 39 at blue island and 38 at this hour at burr ridge. and here are some of the winds now just enough wind to add to the chill in south elgin, gary, lake geneva and munster across the area and a lot of the temperatures and one more camera shot of what is going on. these are wind gusts and there is the view from frazier magnet school here in town. look how extense of the clouds are. and again we got a locke of cool air in the south edge of which has pushed into the chicago area. so breaking these things up is going to be hard. we can figure we can carry a fair a cloud cover but see the clouds streaming across the mountains. that is a big windy storm that already is going to work on this cool

heaviest rain in the chicago area in 82 days with this system, with 50-miles an hour plus winds, and lowell had pretty good gusts and rains were substantial. this is a plot of the rainfall across the metro area, and some of the totals include over 2 inches in burlington. downers grove had 170, hinz dale 166. we had one line go through this morning and another line develop this afternoon. that storm that went through caldonnia hit just around 3:00. spotters were on it the whole way watching the thing proceed. they reported it was a half a mile wide at some points, which would make it an extremely huge tornado and this is where the heavy rains have come down. we had flood warnings in effect there, the tornadoes are little red triangles right there. the watches are done, and wintery weather to the west of us. there's a new storm developing and this will have an impact on the midwest later in the week and we'll tell you about that and the crash in temperatures that will follow all of this is coming up as well. >> a lot of activity, tom skilling, thank you. >>> a federal judge will rule soon, po

in the movie, wahlberg plays "irish" micky ward, the blue collar boxer and perennial underdog from lowell, massachusetts, who struggles to emerge from the shadow of his older brother, dicky, a promising boxer turned crack head played by christian bale. >> christian bale: why am i the problem? i'm his brother, i'm his family. >> mark wahlberg: i'm the one who's fighting, okay-- not you, not you and not you. >> logan: the rocky relationship between the two brothers is at the heart of "the fighter." for the movie's boxing scenes, wahlberg stepped into the ring himself. stunt men were out of the question. was it hard to just stand and take it and take it and take it? >> mark wahlberg: it doesn't tickle, that's for sure. >> logan: did you ever get hurt? >> wahlberg: i almost got my nose broken a couple of times. because when we shot the fights, the goal for me was always to make it as real as possible. >> logan: to that end, wahlberg got ready for the film as if he was training for a title fight. >> wahlberg: i didn't want to look like an actor who could box; i wanted to look like a boxer who

we have gusts to 38 miles per hour in lowell, indiana. naperville the gusts are 30 miles per hour.nkfurt has gusts of 34 miles per hour. can we go to weather bug here and we will check this out and see what's happening. there we go. and here are the gusts. low naperville, frankfurt and mchenry. very windy and temperatures in the 40s. there is a plot of the wind gust if you like your wind gusts and map form. there it is. 30-mile-per-hour gusts all afternoon and so even the temperatures are above the 39 we had yesterday, by the way, it was the first day we didn't go above 40 since last march. so the coolest weather in about eight month pchesz winds are sustained at 23 and gusting to 31 at o'hare. it's 46 at midway. 45 at this hour in chicago heights. these are temperatures that will flirt with if not get into the low 50s today and then turn cooler tomorrow. winds come off the lake and it warms up perhaps near 60 degrees on sunday and into the 60s on monday before temps tank on us after that. we got some very cold air coming in thanksgiving week and there may be a weather system we ha

we had gusts of 41 miles per hour at lowell, minooka, chicago heights and naperville up over 30 mileshour and it's in a remarkable 63-degrees with sustained winds at 16 gusting 30 at o'hare at this hour. midway at 61. at 62 at car-pointersville and there is a plot of the temperatures around the area. take a look at them because these are gone. sayonara to these after today. what's interesting is how little rain we had this autumn. these are monthly rain tallies and are getting rain out of this transition. look at the temperatures right now in montana. where readings at this moment are below zero and windchills are anywhere from 2 to 21 below zero. and you get an idea of the setup we got in the atmosphere with unseasonably warmth. we were in the warm slot. a cold front right here and you see the towering cumulus clouds. these are thunderstorms. they reach up to 38,000 feet tall and they are the basis for the tornado watch in effect. here are the storms that went through this morning. they moved into michigan. main cold front is back here and is barely cold arctic air is come into the p

abbe lowell is going to be lowel moderating the morning panel, which will focus on the news media. and national security.nd and then a law partner of mine at arnold and porter will beng e modeling the afternoon panel which we focused on investigating and prosecuting and defending a national security case. and i will introduce him more profusely right after the lunch program. i wanted to briefly describe inb a few minutes of my own odyssey with the intersection of national security and the first amendment that began in early 2005.005. abbe had been representing the two aipac lobbyists who were under scrutiny for their conversations,ru their meetings with government officials and the government, department of justice, u.s. attorney's office indicated to every that he no longer could represent both of repr the lobbyists. and so i ended up taking on the defense of one of the two lobbyist and berube shortly thereafter joined our team, kind of what became really illegal band of brothers. but in 2005 when the aipac lobbyist case began, i was invited to a small room over in wistern distric

it's 54 degrees and 70 at lowell, indiana. there are the temperatures on the map. joliet at 72.cher 69 and kankakee at 72 at this hour and it's a gorgeous day across the chicago area. you see from our weather bug cameras. the clouds are on the way. this prod of cloud cover will be increasing across area skies making itself felt more and more as the afternoon goes on. it will be overcast before the afternoon is out and we were getting radar returns to start the show up. give you a good look at those right now. some of these tower up to 34,000 feet. and while we have no lightning detected with these at the moment, won wonders if we might not electrify the clouds and get a couple cloud to ground strokes. here they are pressing in on the west suburban area now with even more showers to the west. bulk will travel to the west of us tonight and tomorrow. but we may be swiped by a couple of light showers and that wouldn't be all bad. we need a good dousing at this point with just an inch of rain that will last 48 days. that's the least we seen in over half a century in that period. we a

lowell and minooka near 40 degrees at this hour. 46 o'hare. 44 midway. we have a gusty wind from the west and it's chilly out there. 45 at niu. in de kalb. and mchenry at 43 degrees and there you have the temperatures plotted in map form with wheat field at 38. rensselaer at 40. kankakee at 43 and beecher at 40 at this hour. that's the deal from congress and here is -- from kankakee and the view from space. very cool air pouring into the daicateos and a -- dakotas and a storm system passing to the south of us yesterday and doing it again today. for us we sit under the strata sciewmilous -- stratta cumulus clouds. the cloudiness is extensive. any peeks at the sun will be just that. peeks today. we said good-bye to this big rain producing system. this thing hammered areas of indiana and ohio with big rains yesterday and then heavier rains in virginia. and now it's followed by another system. we have a whole parade of storms rotating around the southern flank of this cool air that reaches from the arctic right into the north central states and we are on the

so lowell high school please let the kids out.orter: and this san francisco native will be there too. >> we finally won. p.m. it has been a long time coming so finally got there. >>reporter: pd will have high visibility hear to. all of seniors day off have been cancelled. streets along and around the parade route will be closed beginning some time after the morning commute. again the parade begins at montgomery and washington at 11:00 a.m. at city hall, heat hall, heather, abc 7 news. >> and we will carry it on 7 live. stay tuned for that. >> celebration continues. >> coming. special underwear the one giant player plans to the one giant player plans to wear in tomorrow's victory i want you to >> [ son ] my pents have always lived in the states. until two ars ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. found thr local deli. a few ortcuts. and a neighborhood hangout. but there's e thing they miss. their beloved hometown tm. so i askediti -- how many thankyou points it would take to give th something special. e

. >> minyard spoke to frontline reporter lowell bergman. >> he said, "my first reaction was that it wasa homicide. when i heard he was found in a burned-out car, i thought that was a classic homicide scenario. you kill someone and burn the body to get rid of the evidence." and i think he said he found metal fragments when they x-rayed the bags. >> they did have... one of the bones did have some metal fragments, which you... which you will find when a body is burned in a car. you will find soion about what had happened to henry glover. and the source had photographs. the pictures show the whole crime scene, and clearly show the skull that never made it to the coroner. and my source told me something else-- the photos were taken by the nopd, by officers at the fourth district station. it turns out that the spot on the levee where the car and henry's body had been torched is barely a block away from that station. henry's mother edna didn't know that the burnt car was still just a block away when she came to this station trying to get police attention. it was two and a half months after the

we have rain at the lowell vacations. it's a big deal when it rains in l.a. and san diego. it's not a heavy rain. it's scattered showers on and off through today and tomorrow. it's only the high elevations that are going to see that snow. here is the predictions for the snow. you noticed the snow is in the sierra mountains, that's the highest total. we're going to see decent snow near jackson and wyoming. the dakotas will have enough snow on the ground to cause minor travel problems. here is your saturday forecast, a really nice day in the carolinas to atlanta. cool in new york and boston. we'll take 50s this time of year. there's that rainey weather out west. a peek at your sunday forecast tomorrow. more of the same. the system begins to ever so slowly move out. if you're in dallas through new england, no problems. alex, here is your last sneak peek at the extended forecast for the middle of the week. wednesday, they call it the busiest travel day of the year and thanksgiving day. a weak system is going to bring some rain and that storm system out to the west will be linge

>>> and follow the money with jimmy williams, how earmarks are used as lowell bribes to buy multitrillion our country. the show starts right now. >>> good afternoon to you. it is not often we talk about movies here on "the d.r. show" but as you can tell from looking around, stothd exception. we have got a snow peek, in fact, of the trail fear big new movie coming in january of this year, just in time for the oscar

. >> minyard spoke to frontline reporter lowell bergman. >> he said, "my first reaction was that it wasa homicide. when i heard he was found in a burned-out car, i thought that was a classic homicide scenario. you kill someone and burn the body to get rid of the evidence." and i think he said he found metal fragments when they x-rayed the bags. >> they did have... one of the bones did have some metal fragments, which you... which you will find when a body is burned in a car. you will find some metal fragments, correct. i really can't talk anymore about this because it's a case that's active now. and as far as anything else that we might have or bring up, we have to save that for the proper time. so you understand, i cannot comment on what he just said. >> at the time, in 2005, minyard's blank line meant case closed. the nopd told me they never did their own investigation into the remains, and knew nothing else about henry glover. but in my own investigation, i got a break-- a source came to me with information about what had happened to henry glover. and the source had photographs. the