people in north chicago now want illinois attorney general lisa madigan to step in and investigate theepartment. three years ago, a special investigate the torture scandal surrounding former chicago police commander jon burge. today, that commission will refer its first case to a judge. then, members will clean out their desks, because the commission lost its state funding. of all the claims of police torture, the commission found five cases credible enough to go to trial. four other cases were rejected. oak park has a new plan of attack... against its pigeon problem. village leaders were considering euthanizing the birds... living under the marion street train viaduct. that's near the downtown shopping district. but at a meeting last night they gave up that idea. instead, they will use a netting system to keep the birds away. country club hills will have to find a new way to pay back cook county... roughly seven million dollars. the southtown star reports the town offered to repay the county over five years. but the county turned down that plan, and wants the money in *ten* days inste

looked at this tonight back to 2010 that north chicago police shot and killed michael french policeclaim to try to back over officers a vehicle stopped rolling back into neutral when french was shot investigation and north chicago police department. investigators say weekend fire gay nightclub might have been arson yesterday morning oak park velvet rope ultra lounge authorities report a suspicious fire called to investigate the owner says derogatory messages written on the walls inside the club to the least not yet determined if hate crime. federal jury st louis awarded a record $181 billion to three workers seriously injured grain elevator explosion at $181 million in april 2010 accident con-agra foods and a subcontractor workers removing equipment grain bin at the site downstate chester explosion occurred attorney said not properly cleaned in over 20 years appropriate safety precautions not taken con-agra foods >> people at the top of the chain of command did not make the safety decisions for one hour to hour spot or three hours or five but five weeks and to this horrible incident

hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather sunday on chicago's north side for the annual there are some big changes this year. cru>> chicagos pride parade is moving. instead of starting in beaumont and halsted in libya, this time, festivities are kicking up in uptown. more than 700,000 people showed up last year. >> we didn't want to get to the point where it becomes so overstretched that it was unsafe. i think that was really the primary reason for us to look at a different route. >> it will head south on broadway, south on halsted, east of belmont, then east on to mercy to finish at canyon drive. >> i am excited for it. the thing that will not be very fun is parking for me, where i lived, where it is very congested. >> the parade is five blocks longer, allowing for more access to the lcta station. and there will be fewer injuries. with a push for marriage equality hot issue right now they say the great messages as relevant as ever. >> we still don't have our rights totally in many different parts of american life. this is both a political event and a social event. >> wh

wgn's tonya francisco is live outside a north side chicago school with a preview of today's big announcement. tonya? >>that official announcement that it has the vote is set to come in about one hour act you spokeswoman tells us that the vote will surpassed the 75% threshold required by state law and in some cases teachers at some schools voted 100% for strike authorization ... and calling for the vote the union said that the teachers will not necessarily go to the picket line but they hope to have leverage at the bargaining table. they're not happy about the school board's decision to rescind their raises and require them to work a longer school day next fall ... they're looking for a 29% pay increase over two years but the board is strapped for cash facing a $3 billion deficit over the next three years to the school board is offering a 2% guarantee over five years for our rates to jean-claude brizard issued a statement saying that the members were pushed to authorize the strike before having the opportunity to consider the independent report from the fact finders due out in july ... he tho

heavy concentrations will be to the north of chicago ... it will jump the chicago area how much will arrive? the amounts are not overwhelming ... the heat indexes for this afternoon are taking us by tomorrow into well over the nineties ... the next seven days shows the hottest weather so far this year will be monday tuesday wednesday into the mid-90s ... up right up to the lakefront ... sunday might give us some relief and a drop in the humidity level ... ... we have a near seven day stretch of 90 degree days ... have a great weekend. thank you for joining us today we wish you a happy father's day weekend ... @@

woman was treated and released from hospital >> gay rights and gay pride took center stage on chicago's north side today for the annual pride parade. >> thousands of parade goers lined the streets of chicago... the 43rd annual pride parade. >> we're very excited. we are here to support >> this is my first time... it is really fun >> rainbow flags... balloons... >> politicians were present... they worked the crowd and talked about gay rights >> we are known as a tolerant state. we come together and work together as a community >> this has been a landmark time for gay and lesbian community ... >> young people are far more tolerant than their parents >> extra police officers were on hand >> it is generally fun >> this is definitely one of chicago's biggest parades... >> everybody is different and everybody is unique. it is all about celebration >> ever did deserves to have a good time >> spirited costumes... some marching in the others performing. we caught up with a few familiar faces... organizers predicted with the warm weather ... this would be one of the largest crowds ever... >> as we ment

there were no ready projects they could build because they wanted to build clean tech windmills north of chicago. you weren't allowed to connect the power lines connected to chicago. the high-speed rail in california cannot possibly be built because you have local zoning rules that prevent it. so i think that -- i think that it is really important to understand that there is sort of no regulation and there's light regulation and there's moderate and heavy and insane and self-destructive and we're somewhere between insane and self-destructed. and we don't need to ask all of the pure libertarian questions about -- what about should we have privatize the nuclear program and should we privatize what about private roads and we don't need to deal with those problems. go back to the '50s. >> yea. i don't know if i can add much to what peter said, but i would say that the little bit is certainly the world is more regulated and there's plenty of regulation and that's an increasing problem. >> there is something about the world of bits where we have to realize that it's a cautionary tale. we had these gee

to the north, 38 in chicago. which is about 10 degrees, higher than average. and actually temperatures will rise even more as we head into friday. all right. finally, let's go over to europe, a very developed low-pressure system. and the northern british isles. and rain will likely spread into france as well as low countries and into germany over the next 24 hours. heat is still continuing in madrid. 38 degrees. and hot conditions will likely spread into central and eastern europe as we head into the weekend. all right. here is the extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of news line. thank you very much for watching.

north traps the pulled in place. anywhere from a quarter of an inch to 1.6 in. of rainfall. not quite as school tomorrow will not rained heavily " pocket warmer tonight ontario that chicago northir will be ours until we get sunshine and the picture on sunday warming up to the low 80s. fifties and forties across the metropolitan area temperatures in the month of april final day of may meteorological spring june tomorrow forecast rain fall heavy at times open areas along lake michigan. tomorrow rainfall lighter showers sprinkles in the afternoon. high temperature 63 degrees tomorrow. tomorrow night cloudy sprinkles will end. showers and scattered thunderstorms could develop in the afternoon mostly sunny and 81-82 degrees on sunday. extended outlook looks warmer insight that later. >> thank you tom skilling. the town that gave birth to popeye the sailor i was tempted to say that line popular cartoon character or originated cruisin' illinois and white house what happened when president obama hosted former president george w. bush? [ male announcer ] can febreze set & refresh make even this place smell fresh? [ facilitator ] what do you smell? takes me outdoors. sort of a crisp, fr

here is shower activity pushing into ohio and than a pretty good cold front north and west of chicago. bottom line, it will move through here in the next couple of days. our chances for some showers and storms will increase dramatically around here starting today and tonight out to the west. most of us should see some showers and storms tomorrow as the whole thing moves on through. i mentioned temperatures. 73 at reagan national. not cooling off overnight. a lot of humidity too, 79%. wind are out of the south at six miles per hour. mix of clouds and sunshine. temperatures a little cooler than yesterday still going to be humid. not going to be a comfortable day but we'll take 87 any day over 92. >> yes, we will. >> i think you're right. let's got a check of your on- time traffic. willmar in for julie wright who is hopefully by a swimming pool. we shouldn't be too surprised, right? >> i think that is usually her way of operating when she is off. i'm sure she's getting some time in by the pool. things are looking okay on the roads. we did have construction tying things up on the inner lo

. >> reporter: pastor robin hood lives in chicago's north lawndale neighborhood where three of the victims were killed. >> people are scared to come out of the doors. they're scared for their kids to sit on their porches and play in the playgrounds. it's total fear. >> most of the violent crime in the city, is it gang-related? >> yes. >> reporter: chicago police suspects problem has a lot to do with drugs, guns, and gang wars. >> one of the most violent disputes that we have that we're trying to get a handle on in the city is an internal dispute in one of our gangs. it's the largest gang in the city. they have an internal dispute where they're fighting and shooting at each other. >> reporter: chicago has the largest gang population in the country with approximately 100,000 member who commit 75% to 80% of the city's homicides. >> we're looking for ways to get the goal at zero. zero murders, zero shootings. >> reporter: the violence increasingly claims innocent bystanders like the pregnant 17-year-old girl wounded by a stray bullet through her living room window on saturday. chicago's police

after a stint up north in chicago. >> that was an unusual thing to do, to give up on the north and gohy did she go back? >> she wasn't well. my grandmother came up to rescue her. >> oh. my mother was a rolling stone, she was a very -- willful woman. who how can i say about momma? she was strong-willed. but not strong of body. >> did you get your personality from her? >> quite a bit. >> he says his first role at eight years old, was in the play "little boy blue." >> i was little boy blue. >> did you have any lines? >> of course. >> yeah? >> uh-huh. >> do you remember them? >> no. >> from little boy blue to the great white way, broadway and new york city. he proved that he could learn lines and dazzle those who came to watch. people love to watch you. what is it? what's the secret? what's morgan freeman bring to the screen? >> that is not something i can tell you. >> you don't know what it is. >> i don't know what that is. >> his movie star dreams began as a child. but he was about 50 when he finally made the break through to the big screen. >> what was the breakout role for you? what w

see the little shower activity north and west of chicago. these fronts will start to move towards the washington area as we get into the next couple of days. i think you will see more in the way of cloudiness as i mentioned with the clouds and temperatures should be a little cooler and then an increasing chance for rain. out to the west today, you have a chance for some showers in west virginia, portions of western maryland. i think overnight during the day tomorrow, we'll have widespread showers and perhaps some thunderstorms around here. get ready for changes. good news, cooler temperatures on the way to stay for much of your week. 87 today, mix of sun and clouds. possible p.m. storms. a few showers around here. over height low around 07 degrees. here is your five-day forecast. goodance of showers and stormed. about an 80% chance. it has been about a week and you're lawns are starting to dry out a little bit. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday look perfect right now with highs about 80 degrees. >> time to say good morning. tony perkins not

we're going to see highs into the 90s as far north as chicago, parts of michigan going to be dealinghen a little bit more pleasant feeling, but this is where the storms are going to be. and you can see it's going to be on that edge. and of course the southwest still dealing with triple-digit heat. storms a little bit farther to the south on thursday. heat continues throughout the east coast. and look at some of this. you're starting to see a little bit of that. lighter color in there. almost white hot. you almost have that pink color. 100 degrees in washington, d.c. on thursday. cooling off a little bit as that cold front gets a little bit closer and moves a little bit closer through the great lakes here. also still warm in the southeast. a little bit of cooling but still hot for this time of year in the northeast with 80s. mid to upper 80s expected. a chance for some showers in the pacific northwest. once again in the upper plains 70s and 80s. still going to see 90s in the south. and then on sunday a chance for some showers. generally around the great lakes and throughout florida th

whto[ soon to be an end of an era for north suburban deerfield chicago bulls eventually leaving thatfacility steps away from where they play the game. mayor rahm emmanuel promises not selling out the taxpayers to pay for the new practice facility but we do know the chicago bulls will not come back for nothing nothing sinister just about bringing business back to chicago. bellmont chicago-based basketball team why are you playing and hear it your field? >> asked chicago white sox jerry reinsdorf that question years ago talks began to move them back many of the players used about the north shore easy commute to but the deal comes as jerry reinsdorf at the blackhawks owner rocky wirtz ask for a renewed tax break in exchange for building $95 million practice facility with the restaurant and retail complex on the east end of the united center the mayor says has not talked about extending the cap on property taxes for a united center no sweetheart deal or tiff subsidy >> represent the taxpayers of making sure they are not taken to the cleaners >> the move to deerfield deal better bitterswe

chicago trash collection grid system for the first time as of today city trying to assist them chicago northd until now by each ward. affected homes have notices on garbage cans last week collection day could change grid the system will improve efficiency saving millions of dollars to taxpayers one of chicagos literary giants now has a street named in his honor nobel prize for literature grew up on agusta inspired name of his character adventures on a coming one day shy of what would have been 97th birthday. baby bird high on a ledge tender loving care peregrine falcon nests of 53rd floor retirement home called the clare at water tower experts they get a check-up parents flew a ground outside of the window looking concerned blood test for tracking returned back all ok. many chicago when switching of bicycles you might be one bike to work week through friday 22nd year bike chicago began one day rally to help with environmental concerns expanded to one week one month now year round in the city special stories on biking the city all this week. at before frank thomas paul konerko there was dick

. >> in chicago's north neighborhood, a 7-year-old mother at a front yard candy stand was shot to deatht night. this is mayor rahm emanuel. >> this is not about crime. this is about values. take your gang conflict away from a 7-year-old. who raised you? >> a 19-year-old man described by police as a gang member was shot in the ankle and taken to loyola medical center, where the girl was pronounced dead. they expect a quick end to the case with an arrest pending. >> chicago public school officials make a move that could end up costing property owners big-time this year. >> and google prepares to roll out live closes that could stream live >> you didn't lie yesterday. we played it to 101 today. >> 101.2 at midway airport. it was warm, and boy have we had some big storms blow up. they started about 3:00 this afternoon. they van pelt-watkinsed elgin with hail so large it stripped the leaves off trees and dented cars. look at the cloud here. sam augustus captured this view. there is another view. 60,000 feet were what the radar tops on some of these. it gets cold at the top of the cloud, 90 b

north ... this may scatter across chicago over the weekend ... tomorrow we will be in the 80 degree area.riday we will be back to 90 degree territory. sunshine today comfortable humidity excellent visibility 75-77 degrees the high temperatures ... tonight we expect clear skies scattered clouds comfortable 58 degrees ... mixed sunshine and warmer tomorrow 87 degrees will be the high temperature 92 degrees on friday with mixed overcast skies and some humidity coming and ... and that's the case for the weekend ... i will have the seven day forecast at the end of the broadcast careful, pringles are bursting with more flavor. [ crunches ] mmm. [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. buy 4 cans of pringles and get your speaker... ♪ ♪ [ cheering ] ... to turn up the flavor! [ crunch! ] time for sports: the cubs have fired veteran hitting coach rudy jaramillo and replaced him with their minor league coordinator james rowson. it's the first of what could be many moves by theo epstein ah

but there are big storms erupt into the north and west of chicago duluth minnesota was flooded last nine much of the chicago area is desperately dry. the upper midwest northern and lower michigan has a surplus of grain but much of our chicago area is desperately dry ... there were tornado watches hailstones and damaging winds up in minnesota last night ... over 6 in. in the last 24 hours in some places ... as well as wisconsin just over 3 in. ... we're looking at some other cities around the metropolitan area ... the bottom line is we need that rain ... it looks like storms will fall apart as they reach the chicago area ... this will be the 13th day of 90 degree temperatures here ... we have been producing days like this aforetime c average rate ... it is quite amazing ... let's take a look at nebraska now down 30 degrees ... relief is on the way ... let's take a look at that jet stream ... he'd advisory's are up in all of those eastern seaboard cities ... by friday we will be warm and comfortable with low humidity ... currently is 90 degrees at o'hare airport when disgustingthe wind is

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way in toward some of the southern areas of the lakes up toward southern michigan, chicago, southern wisconsin. north of that, this is where the main jet is getting. this is where the main storms are falling here in the northern part of the country. then on the periphery of this big, hot air mass, got some thunderstorms that are coming around. this is kind of what we saw the other morning. we're seeing some of the clouds blowing off of that today. with the northwesterly flow above us, anything that storms in pennsylvania wants to move off to the east, southeast so that by 8:00 we can't rule out an isolated shower or storm, even in northern virginia. we'll go through lunch time. an isolated shower here and there. we get into the afternoon hours. isolated showers and storms here and there with temperatures getting into the mid and upper 80s today. even warmer than that. kind of very hot here tomorrow and especially thursday. so 88. we've got no alerts today other than the isolated storm but we're going to put the yellow alerts for wednesday and thursday mainly for the heat. that can definitely slow you

provides hospital like industrial and hospitality staffing through four locations here in the chicago area ... this north cicero office provides lots of coke's four hotels ... every friday they come here to pick up their paychecks today it's close to no one from mccourt headquarters is answering the telephone ... a manager at the location city received it wednesday for 30 a.m. e-mail saying the company was going out of business and the bank closed its line of credit to fund the operation so paychecks will not be honored all the money they have will pay down a line of credit ... some managers are here calling from personal cellphones to tell clients that their staff and obligations won't be met ... and the employees will not be receiving any paychecks ... >>i came to pick up my check i saw the out of business' sign on the door >>i'm not gonna make it this is gonna be difficult for me ... >>somebody needs to tell us something today >>the owner of prime staffing did not step up to do the right thing they have not been here for answering questions our staff from this office has fielded phone calls trying to

down toward raleigh, north carolina, up into chicago, 94 to about 97 degrees.hat heels will stay around the area, even through wednesday and thursday next week. hot stuff, humid stuff, even hazy conditions coming our way with a couple poor air quality days. it comes after a beautiful weekend with highs saturday and sunday, low to mid 80s. maybe we get a chance of rain on friday. that's the order thing, we'll be going into a pretty dry pattern, guys. >>> so will sunscreen become less effective if you keep it in extreme heat? where should you donate your old school books? what's the proper way to dispose of an old american flag? liz crenshaw has this week's edition of "ask liz." with fourth of july coming up, we know that flag one is coming up, too. the first question is from lisa. she wants to know about the sunscreen does it make it more effective? >> the food & drug administration gave us this answer. it says some sunscreen products may become less effective under high temperature because of this, the fda will require sunscreens to have a new label telling con

upper level trough and cold front north and west of chicago. they will sweep toward the washington areas as we get into the evening. western virginia, western maryland. best chances for showers, late thunderstorm today, as we get into the night time hours, i think all of us have a pretty good chance of widespread rain some of those showers tomorrow could be on the heavy side we have to lookout tomorrow. 87 mix of sun and clouds, humid, possible storms developing late today. overnight low 70s. we need the rain, been about a week, since folks have seen shower activity and the lawns are starting to turn brown. your 5 day forecast, temperatures headed in the right direction with at least the possibility of showers tuesday, wednesday, early thursday. right now friday next week looks fantastic low 80s. hang in there by the end of the week. that's weather let's do traffic and lauren is in. >>> thank you tuck era new accident reported, 32 eastbound, between 29 and 95. let's take a live look travelling southbound, 29, impacting you, you can see to the r

this is going to expand east and even north the next couple of days. st. louis 105. chicago, lexington 102. we'll be in the mid-90s friday we have the 100-degree heat moving toward the mid-atlantic with still low 100s north of the country. the heat went north and east. it's going to be around for a while. this could be a real serious heat wave headed our way. 89 today. still good. tomorrow mid-90s and good but by friday, low in town by the way 76. 60s in the bushes. friday high heat, -- burbs. friday high heat. that would be a record. so a yellow alert. you've really got to start planning if you're going to be outside how you're going to stay cool. look at the heat right through the weekend to early next week with the chance for mainly afternoon thunderstorms. that's a look at weather. we'll be right back with 9news now at noon in just a moment. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it

look at the area covered in century temperatures. 101 in north plat. 103 in dallas. 101 in chicago. 100 in the motor city. the heat is not going to miss us. it's going to slide east and set camp up for a while. we'll break it down. 63-73 to start. reasonable start. 86-92 by noon. we're going to keep thursday dry. next three days, green, yellow, yellow. 99 on friday. notice we have the storm icon in the middle. so it could be morning or it could be evening. and then on saturday, hot again. a couple of storms possible. primarily in the afternoon or evening. high temps on saturday 100 degrees. next seven days, it stays hot on sunday. upper 90s on sunday. just an isolated storm. and then we stay in the mid 90s monday and tuesday. the 4th of july temperatures in the mid 90s. nats back in town. also with some isolated thunderstorms. kristen will talk sports right after this. stay tuned. >>> moses had a tablet. fred anyone stone had a tablet. now -- flinstone had a tablet. today they introduced the tablet computer, the nex us 7. we don't know what became of nexus 1-6. but it will sell for 199

i was talking to family members of chicago it has been north of 90 degrees for almost two weeks now. >>> it is now 11 minutes after the hour even highway chases are much bigger in texas. we will show you how this drama ended coming up. >>> alec baldwin losing his temper yet again. this time taking a swipe at a photographer. this gets crazeyer than this. front page of one of the papers today. >> a quick look at your prices at the pump. national average $3.49 a gallon. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you, fully charged. >> it is 15 minutes after the hour. image going on the texas highway and seeing the big rig drive right by you. it went 53 miles before he pulled over. he lart admitted he stole it from a convenience store parking lot. 53 miles. >> house niernity leader nancy pelosi pledging to drain congress when she was house speeshg. she has a

chicago, sunny. 76. on into north texas. the f.w., you could have some delays later on today as a result of storms. nothing too hot and humid unless you had further south. brown's bill, 100. more on our forecast coming up. let's go to lisa. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, she is turning hard 8 into something positive. a touching way a woman is sharing the legacy of her husband. >> how a teenager escaped his car before it sank into that >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington." with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> if you are still hurting from the great recession, it turns out you are not alone. the net worth of american families is way down. >> a good morning everyone. topping "americas money" because of the recession. the federal reserve says middle- class families took the biggest hit because much of their wealth was in their homes. sources are telling "the wall street journal" that risky practices by traders and they got warnings as much as two years

another of molesting children, and the theft on chicago's north side continued. >> it was frustratingoved so much and that we were so invested in fall victim to petty crimes. >> reporter: then a lead. security cameras caught this man walking into an apartment building. 'peers to be talking on his cell phone as he scans the lobby. then grabs delivered packages, and walks right out the front door. prosecutors say the trail of evidence, including the internet address used to harass tia, led to a town home in this upscale chicago neighborhood. and what police found inside was beyond anything anyone on the force, or tia, expected. >> when it opened up the garage and opened up the curtains to a kitchen, or dining room, i was shocked. >> reporter: among the items investigators recovered, some 200 bicycles. 200 strollers. 100 sets of golf clubs. also recovered, 87 garage door openers labeled with the corresponding addresses. in all, prosecutors say, more than $1 million in stolen property. >> it was like a scene out of hoarders because there were just all these items stacked on top of one ano

nice and dry, no relief in the form of thunderstorms tomorrow notice well out north and west satellite radar, out towards chicago, see showerclouds that is our next cold front the good new that is will get in tomorrow and cool us down with less humidity for the weekend. forecast gets better from here, here is your 5 day forecast, near 100 later today, we will see if we hit a record with our record being 98. we will do a degree or two later today, then storms late tomorrow afternoon cooler weather on the way for the weekend highs upper 80s. all right will and tony, you asked why we are out hire i have a special guest -- out here i have a special guest. >> water balloon here you know guys how we need to stay cool outside and how people always say we pick on tucker? well, we are going the pick on each other with a friendly balloon toss competition. >> just the way you are throwing those up and down i am worried this could get ugly. >> it is on. >> tucker just aim low that is all we ask aim low. >> thank you both. >>> we have mixed news from a new study about hiv and aids rates in the district. the disseize remains

north come crashing down early next week. coleta us off late sunday and sunday night could be producing a pretty big storms current temperature in chicagoy comfortable critics throw open the windows tonight. could it tropical storm and deadbeat deforming in the next several days gulf of mexico? boosting the chances of that sort of thing happening. tonight clear cooler less humidity. predicted a low temperature at o'hare airport northwest wind. gorgeous friday seasonably warm. sharp horizon high temperature 84 degrees. clear comfortable 61 degrees tomorrow night. 86 degrees with humidity creeping higher sunday part of the area turning off of the lake. could be a real sharp temperature crash late in the day. >> where to stay when cruising illinois next spa julian crews seem might want to check out and mystery of the missing family tortoise. ♪ ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! ge

kansas city to your north of you is where the heavy rain is going to lie this morning. chicago, isolated storms could head for you later today. and down along the gulf coast, still a chance of storms off and on today from mobile back to new orleans. and then tomorrow not a lot changes. that rain lingers there down along the northern gulf coast. if you're watching us on news center 17, springfield, illinois, celebrate world oceans day by learning how they impact their lives and how we impact them at the henson robinson zoo. that's your early event of the day. >> all right. >>> and now here's another look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this summer season real battle at the box office went to the animals. the cute critter of the "mad gar car 3" with a better than expected $63 million debut. they also took in $75 million overseas. >>> another big opening had to settle for the second spot, ridley scott's alien saga "prometheus" taking in $50 million. >>> lady gaga suffered a concussion during her final show in new zealand when a dancer accidentally hit her on the head

will start to work in with a cold front during the second half of tomorrow, you can see it north and west of chicagoy at least some relief on the map until then, big area of high pressure, south and east of us will deliver, another scorching day around here temperatures expected to be close to 100 lots and lots of water, of course you are out and about that sun will be burning bright i don't think we will see more than just a few clouds, your 5 day, 99 today, 93 tomorrow. >> all morning long i have not heard julie wright mention a nutty buddy not one time julie what's up with that. >> you should follow me on twitter that is all we have been talking about is nutty buddies. that is it and the fact that you know you are allowed to bring water on the trains today is a big help if you can help out the elderly bring your catdogs inside as well if you can if not, if you have to leave them outside please provide some shade for them and water as well. >> on the roads you will find your lanes are open, 395 making your way past duke street then again crossing the inbound 14th street bridge. southbound 28 at th

he attended evanston township high school north of chi, -- chicago, and during middle school worked in the soup kitchen in rogers park and continues to do that even today. he went to the university of illinois at urbana sham pain and graduated with a bachelor's degree-degree in economics. last month he had two master's degrees awarded, one in business administration and one in human resources. his dream is to help work in the health care field. to try to provide health care protection to people who don't have it today. he wrote me a letter and said "i love america for all its opportunities and like any other aspiring student, i want a chance to realize the american dream. i owe the state of illinois, its taxpayers and america a huge debt of gratitude for the level of education i've attained thus far. i'm confident my education will serve me well enough to make a difference in people's lives and there is nothing i'd like more than to give back to the community that's been so good to me." for the record, novi, because he is dream act eligible is not eligible for assistance in education.

chicago metropolitan area today ... we are flirting with 100 degree temperatures today ... we may see thunderstorms to the north ... let's take a look at the storm's going across the minneapolis area overnight ... they are moving into the detroit area now ... we may see thunder and lightning ... there is an arc of thunderstorms going at high speeds with damaging effects ... there are serious rain producers hanging over too triter detroit.... we are still in need of some rainshowers in the chicago area. we do have strong and gusty wind with advisory's ... the high temperature today's expected to be 97 degrees heat indices 97-103 ... tonight scattered clouds ... the low will be 76 degrees or maybe 80 in the city ... the monitor readings will be 98 degrees tomorrow 97 degrees on wednesday ... we expect rain wednesday night into thursday ... >>the lake temperature is running in the low sixties ... over the weekend it had reached into the seven days ... this is not just an inconvenience this is a dangerous heat so pace yourselves and stay hydrated and protect ourselves from the sun and heat ... time for today's trivia:

north, showers and storms in michigan with strong winds. that's the dividing line between cooler air and the heat that's developing to the south and west. the temperatures right now, detroit and chicago, mid-90s. denver 93. phoenix normal, 106 for them. but to the north, 65 and 59. so that cooler air is clashing with the real heat. that's where they had the big storms there. 92 dallas today. heat and humidity will continue to flow into the region. bay temperature around 74. so anywhere on the water is great. tonight, down into 70s. under clear to partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, low to mid-90s. downtown at 96. the airport 95, 95, 96. and that's about 10 degrees higher than average. and it will be humid too. so it will feel like 1 00 degrees. >> here we go. >> thank you. >>> still to come tonight. >> the sailors sail right out of t,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

very warm ahead of this system. 97 the high temperature chicago 93 over in kansas city and across the north ooets we will be seeing the temperatures on the rise. for today 76 in new york city. i want to give you ainsley and heather a sneak peak atom new york city 95 degrees for the high temperature or 94 to kickoff summer and factor in the community. we could be looking at heat index values in the triple digits so everyone can say satae out here and wear lose fitted light clothing. >>> now stories you can bank on the census bureau without with a report. they saw a decline from 2005 to 2010. joining us with more is lauren simonetti with the numbers. >>> you said a 35 percent decline. take a look. it is down from 103,000 in 20005. that is the age group that has a mortgage that put kids through college. get the best education you can get the heist degree you can. it pays off. if you get a bachelor's degree you make more than three times than someone who just graduates. >>> this is like the yelp for the banking industry. consumer protection financial bureau is launching today a web site where t

chicago public schools safe haven program is cutting back this summer chicago was coming off of a very violent weekend and mothers in the north lawndale neighborhood want to make sure their children return to school safe and sound next fall we have more on this story now. >>: 4 no empty seats and waving classroom chairs and air parents and it soon to be activists gathered in this elementary school to call on everyone to make sure all of the students make it back to school after the summer. >> we cannot quit if each one of us plays are rolled and stops at the senseless violence that our children are suffering every day we cannot stop. >> this call comes after a spike of violent outbreaks. teachers fear that there will be empty seats come next fall. >> our mission in goal is to keep the children safe. >> this child just graduated from eighth grade and says he is going to go to a school because it is too hard to concentrate when people are dying around you. >> people are talking about trying to get revenge they wanted to shoot someone else and that is not cool. >> as the students say goodbye to the school year the organization m

chicago is switching to a new garbage collection system. notices will go out to households on the northside beginning today. the grid-garbage collection system, which should save taxpayers money, starts next monday. the only change people might see is the day of garbage collection. registration for chicago public housing opens today. the chicago housing authority began accepting applications for its pubclic housing wait list this morning. the registration period will go through june 29-th. applicants must reside within the douglas, kenwood oakland new city, or fuller park communities. the c-h-a will hold an electronic lottery drawing to determine each applicant's place on the waiting list. today could be the last day in business for "felony franks"... the near west side hot dog stand known for hiring ex-convicts. the restaurant's owner says a bad element hanging around a nearby liquor store and a legal battle with the city over its name... has drained him of financial resources. it's menu of "misdemeanor wieners" and "probation burgers" was inspired by the criminal justice system. the o

pittsburgh, 75 in charleston 86 in indianapolis 87 in chicago, looking for highs near 100 degrees in chicagoland. the jet stream is well to the north and heat will build in for the next couple days and we will feel it. upper 80s by tomorrow. low to mid 90's on wednesday. mid to upper 90s on thursday. when you factor in the humidity, it will be sweltering in the coming days. there's a front down to our south and west. the clouds may spin-outs a little during the day today. tomorrow we will start the warming trend as the warm air starts to live in here. the heat and humidity will be pumping by wednesday. it will be rather hot and steaming across the area as the hot air moves in. sunshine may break through with a couple spotty showers today later, comfortable, partly cloudy. stay showers possible tonight, in the '60s. high and a little tomorrow, mid to upper 80's. hot through the mid-week. a little relief on friday, low 90's. on wednesday well into the '90s. it's a warning for commuters. drivers using the woodbrige commuter lot should be careful where they park their cars. police are cracking down on cars that are illegally parked at

an autistic teenager who disappeared from a chicago hospital tuesday's back with his family today after being found in north suburban glenview nancy loo has that story >>we're in glenbrook hospital one half an hour by car from comer children's hospital in the city is not known how the young man made his way to the suburbs ... regardless the special needs teenager and family is reunited ... it is the ending that the family hoped for they had no idea what happened he was 30 mi. away from where he was last seen ... nonetheless his parents are ecstatic >>the whole family is so happy and ecstatic ... it's like a dream come true we have prayed for two days ... >>after an emotional reunion we have an emotional meeting with the bicyclist who spotted the teenager mary all lander said that chief suspected he might be the missing teen ... >>it was hard to understand him but based on his description and the way he behaved i thought it was probably him ... >>doctors examined him he checked out ok given the severe autism no one may never know where he was since tuesday >>he took a long walk ... he will be ok >>most of al

north and south in 1929, congressman and mrs. de priest resided in segregated communities in both chicago and the nation's capital. their home in chicago was located at 4536 up through 4358 south parkway which is now known as martin luther king drive. although they owned the entire complex, they occupied the second floor of the three-story building from 1929 up to their deaths. the home that the de priests purchased in washington, d.c. at 419 u street northwest was located in an exclusively black neighborhood. they bought their home from mrs. susan brown, who was a widow. she and her former husband had owned the home since at least 1910. while living at 419 u street, hiram worked as an elevator operator at the post office and susan was a telephone operator. it's interesting to note the difference in the types of employment for blacks who were living on the 400 block of ledroit park versus the positions blacks held in 1929 the de priests joined the community. when the de priests arrived, they joined a number of other prominent black families such as dr. garnett c. wilkinson who lived at 406 u street, clara, who liv

north of milwaukee will be the worst. anywhere south of milwaukee you should be dry this morning including chicago. also light showers trying to move through pennsylvania. the really struggling to hold together. around washington, d.c. you may have sprinkles this morning, at worse is it a quick shower. maybe the umbrella, but you don't need it much. in the mountains of west virginia, a little light rain. the big weather story this week is the heat. very hot from denver to kansas city. that area of the country is going to stay warm. all the heat is going to spread beast. it's been very cool in areas of new england. this has been the weather pattern with high pressure sitting overhead. the winds coming from the cool water. as we go throughout the upcoming week, all the heat is going to spread. it's going to be a flip of the switch from 70s to mid to upper 90s. the bottom line, make sure your ac is working in the northeast. we haven't needed it yet. they bell in short supply come of the middle of the week. >>> trade rises on greece. facebook gets a legal smackdown and the vending machine we all hope c