they have reinforced and coming in from philadelphia milwaukee and charlots in addition to the hundreds of state troopers and dozens of suburban police officers that will be joining them to assist in any way they may need during the summit which gets underway this sunday. >> keep your eyes open if you're parking downtown this week. less than a week from the summit and the no parking signs are going up. parking restrictions are in effect all over downtown with more to come. here is a map of the parking restrictions. >> after 20 years in prison, a chicago man convicted in a 1986 rate case is a free man today. >> it is a wrongful conviction case against of any that has been oaklawn its way through the system for the last 20 years and today finally, one part of the case has been dismissed. >> i am feeling great the fight is not over get past all have one more hurdle but it is a great day. >> standing next to his attorney, he is finally clearing his name of the rape charge that sent him to prison for 20 years and well he has been out for the last six years it has taken this long for the lake

they are going to be importing extra law enforcement from other nearby cities including milwaukee and philadelphia, they will all come in. but this is defensive. they know that the media and the leftist and the progressives are going to put the ballistic missile on -- blame on them and taxpayers and the business owners will have the bill. the demagoguery and rhetoric has never been called out by this administration. >>neil: it will be nasty. we will watch. thank you. we are watching facebook, too, and dave ramsey is worried about the hoopla. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> facebook fever, is it hot enough for everyone to invest in it? personal finance expert, dave ramsey, thinks you could get burned. he all rains on every parade. everyone is excited. everyone is happy. there is dave, well ... good to have you. >>dave: i'm excited when you make money. i'm not excited when you lose money. first, i am a huge facebook fans

to prepare police making it public reinforcements' on the way fellow officers from milwaukee charlotte and philadelphia chicago officers putting in overtime 12 hour shifts with no days off 15% increase of officers on the streets this weekend so says superintendent. batt but will cost us money but at the end of the day anticipation maintaining enforcement efforts maintaining safety downtown and nobody arrested again in this particular march we left them 10-50 minutes ago in north from this particular point protesting foreclosures and evictions just the beginning protest season test tonight how they do more during morning. parking garage dictions heading into place and no parking signs up all over mccormick place restrictions all over downtown more coming up at the barricades road closures starting saturday all lanes closed all parking restrictions remain in place until the evening rush hour. and complete coverage nato summit over the weekend coverage kicks off morning news at midday news from 11-1 also expanded special edition wgn evening news following the baseball game and of course wgn news at nine a

extra police officers have been brought in from places like philadelphia and milwaukee to beef up securityent obama is playing host for the g-8 leaders. financial problems in europe will be the major topic of discussion, and right now the president is meeting with the new president, francois hollande. besides the global economy, they are expected to spend a lot of time talking about the future of french troops in afghanistan. >>> and kids and parents in north georgia are scared. police are looking for a man who was seen trying to take a shot at a school bus. he fled when a resident ran after him and left this rifle and a list of school bus numbers behind. now some parents are afraid to let their kids ride the bus to school. police are now escorting buses in the area to school until a suspect is caught. >>> much more of the cnn "newsroom" continues. i'm fredricka whitfield. suzanne malveaux is up next. what we achieved here. what we learned here. and what we pioneered here. all goes here. the one. the accord. smarter thinking from honda. born to leap, born to stalk, and born to pounce. to u

weekend. 12,000 police officers on the street, not only chicago police but officers from milwaukee, from philadelphia, from charlotte. you've got the national guard, the illinois state police and, of course, federal law enforcement officers all here during the nato summit. >> john yang keeping a close eye on that for us today. john, thank you so much. >>> from the high anxiety of keeping peace with the demonstrators to the high-stakes diplomacy at the summit itself, how will the expected nato alliance endorsement to end the decade-long war in afghanistan impact the u.s.? want to bring nbc news military analyst and retired four-star general mccaffrey and mark ginsburg. thank you so much for joining us today. ambassador, i want to start with you. what's the end game for the president soud? >> the most important is to ensure he has a baton hand-off to karzai in 2013 and to be sure they can stand up enough afghanny troops to ensure the united states would be able to stop what would be offensive military hostilities in afghanistan and to transition from what is a counterinsurgency campaign to more of a co

assigned 3,100 police officers to the summit with help from neighboring cities, including milwaukee and philadelphiaand there are expected to be demonstrations on anti-war, health care education, civil liberties and the foreclosure crisis. ready to strike? the u.s. will use military force, if necessary, to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. that's according to the u.s. ambassador to israel, daniel shapiro. the news comes just days before crucial round of talks between iran and the u.n. security council. iran says the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, like energy production, but the u.s. and israel believe the country is developing nuclear weapons. >>> a secret iraqi torture prison in baghdad. that's the accusation by a human rights group. today the iraqi government opened it up to prove the group wrong. the group accuses the iraqi government of using the prison as a secret detention facility since its closure over a year ago and using it to torture suspected loyalists to the late saddam hussein. the prison is part of a u.s. military base that was handed over to the iraqis bac

philadelphia over the weekend. the tour will also make stops in milwaukee, san francisco and hollywood. >> reporter: some of hollywood's biggest human and alien stars are getting ready to storm the big apple. wednesday is men in black 3 new york day. it will have its u.s. premiere in new york, beginning with the opening of the new york stock market. >> we have a right to fight for our country the same as every other american. >> reporter: the war movie the red tale is coming out on dvd tomorrow. >> the movie the woman in black is also being released. >> reporter: if romantic comedy is more your thing, another new dvd is, this means war, that is your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, hollywood. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. also on dvd, morning glory starring our very own mike haiduk. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> my name in the movesy ralph pollard. good morning, i'm mike haiduk, hello, let's get this back on track here. here's

philadelphia, trying to approach washington, d.c. and areas near baltimore but weakened significantly thankfully to light rain. later today more severe thunderstorms likely, chicago to milwauk milwaukee, a cycle day after day getting nocturnal thunderstorms in the northern plains. that is a look at the national forecast now here is the weather outside your window. detroit, michigan you will be okay for your morning drive, but later today in tonight, another chance of -- another round of thunderstorms. also we had a lot of heavy rain by mobile, alabama with flooding with a storm system near the gulf. maybe showers down there again. we'll update the forecast coming up. >>> thanks, bill. >>> also coming up stocks sag on jobs. green mountain coffee crumbles, the latest out rainous airlines phase. the business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus story behind the styling job that left cameron diaz in tears. >>> coming up a tragic ending for an nfl legend, no hitter and triple overtime between rangers and capitals. you're watching "early today." >>> good noorng well caulk back to "early today." i'm lynn berry here are top headlines. jon edwards daughter, kate, left his trial in tears dur