this is near the east side of town in rockford. looking for a spot that had alleys that was hidden from the general traffic but could be accessible to somebody that would want to get in and get out. >> it was boarded up. every window, every door was boarded up. inside the carpet was rotten. the flooring was a mess. all the utilities were not functioning. we would come over in our undercover vehicles. we would paint, do electrical work, plumbing, totally redo the house but we added things to it. video and audio. >> talking to the technical people, we determined in order to do what we wanted to do we would have to hard wire the house to a listening post. by hard wire we needed a cable run directly from that house to wherever we set up a command post/listening post. somebody told us we have got just the spot for you. went out and looked at it. it was perfect. >> it was an old model paint factory. we had a bird's eye view of the house looking north and the command center was set up so that there was a monitoring room where you would ha

that would be the rockford files' theme song. not only well known for the tv series, but it was also a commercial success reaching the top 10 of the top 100 hits. try listening to both with an open mind and decide which you'd rather listen to. >> i did get reacquainted with the rockford file theme and i stand my ground. i say this is objective and old rockford isn't even in the top five theme songwise, here of my top five picks in no particular order, hawaii 5-0, mission impossible, the theme from s.w.a.t., the greatest american hero and from way back in the '50s peter gunn. yeah, okay, miami vice ought to be in there somewhere. got your own list? we'd love to see it. send it to mcginty's mailbag, mailbag at wusa9.com. well, that is our report. i'll be right back here at 11:00 along with anita brikman and topper shutt. don't forget, long on any time to wusa9.com. i'll see you a bit later. have a great evening. bye bye. >>> now, entertainment tonight, the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> john travolta. the

rockford, carbondale and bloomington. i have consistently insisted and the postmaster general has assured thee me that we are going to avoid layoffs and that all of the employees in these facilities will have the opportunity to pursue another role within the postal service or to accept at their -- if they wish, early retirement incentives. i'm told none of these facilities will close before the end of the year. as i said, today's news is disappointing and difficult for many in my state including postal customers, employees, and small businesses. still i think it's important to note how far we've come from the postmaster general's original plan to where we are today. originally they sought closure of 250 processing facilities nationwide. today's aunemployment, 140 -- aunemployment, 140 and called for the closures of 340 rural postal service. the original plan targeted nine plants for closure.

i am from rockford illinois and i have strong midwestern what i'd like to call food values ...s had it in my head that if i lost 10 lbs. i would be better off and i would do this crazy dieting regimen in my 20s ... but i recognized quickly that when you go on diets it makes life force ... i went back to my midwestern values and decided to enjoy real food and have one day a week where i was able to enjoy what i love ... you have a uniform for the way you dress during the week and you have a uniform for the way you eat ... >>you talk about not going to extremes and you talk about the best die at ... even the craziest ones that you have heard about in the modeling world ... >>you can imagine ... super model diets bridal diets ... instead of dying like crazy i found ways to cut back on things i slept my eight hours i exercised 20 minutes a day and pie a drink my eight glasses of water that was that simple ... >>the idea is to allow yourself to be able to indulge at times ... >>you aren't supposed to really get into appreciating the body that you do have to work left ...with.. the r

rockford made it to 84 today. we improved 11 over our high of 71 yesterday. hitting 82.ear tomorrow. at this hour we're in the 60s. it will keep us from getting cool tonight. dew points starting to creep up. high grass pollen. moderate mold spores. tree and weed pollen were moderate today. the headline is this warm weather that's coming into the area. cold front will pass and temporarily interrupt the 90s tomorrow. bringing slightly cooler weather especially near the lake friday

whether it's someone in wi with or down the way in rockford, they understand finally someone's willing to stand up and take on the special interests. >> our next question is from paul directed first at john walker -- governor walker. >> governor, three of your former aides have been charged as part of an investigation in milwaukee county. one has pled guilty to doing campaign work on public time. 12 people have been granted immunity as cooperating witnesses. you've said you're not a target in this investigation. what responsibility do you bear for activities that took place in your office and in the county office. mr. mayor you said that the governor needs to come clean with what he knows implying that he knows something or that these done something wrong. do you have any information about that implication? if not, is it responsible to heard and suggest as much unless we've heard from prosecutors. >> governor walker. >> first off, let me be clear, i've had a high level all the way back to my early days as a kid when i earned the rank of eagle scout and showed that. i will continue to h

rockford hit 88 degrees. 77 degrees at the lakefront. still in the twin cities and 80 degrees.grees 11 degree increase over yesterday. " mold spore count. moderate hollen range. high temperature these beatings updated by internet every couple of seconds really current. 68 degrees makanda county beautiful day of northwest suburban. headline is a gorgeous start to the weekend warm and breezy with limited area cooling it mainly on the northern lakeshores high- temperature tomorrow 86 degrees close to 90 degrees and led to thunderstorms later in the weekend about three-quarters of an inch average. look at the temperatures readings go 4.2 degrees above normal first five days this 12.6 degrees and over eight degrees above normal 11-14 day time frame. don't of what buckle in the jet stream late sunday began showers and thunderstorms at the beginning of next don't developing later next week. warming us up. farther west tomorrow strong gusty wind pushing warm air into the midwest saddling into our area particularly on sunday breezy tomorrow with wind cutting across the isobars. all of t

ships over the weekend rain comes and early this week we establishes middle and end 63 degrees today rockfordwn at midway in the low 60s today. see the affect of the lake always present. near 70 degrees evergreen park at fox lake. the air is dry. temperatures. high temperatures today actually that was yesterday's 86 degrees. extending northward temperatures in the '80s and '90s breaking records and mild a city and rapid city. winds advisers wildfires out to the west in recent days filling the skies with smoke in arizona 50s with forties in certain areas tonight. calling off of the lake again tomorrow calling at the lakefront cooling off at night. height grass pollen and moderate values of all their pollen. to not have to worry about rain fall anytime soon high pressure in the area buckle of the jet stream cool high pressure turning southwest don't of warm air in our area over the weekend. sunday enough humidity for thunderstorms until that sun shined with the wind off of the lake the next two days cooling lakefront less on friday that tomorrow. interesting depiction 10 day forecast. mass of w

week we will discuss that in and moment we are taking a look at these great shots: that's in the rockfordook at those bumpy clouds on the underside of the thunderstorms ... this is from mount prospect: a beautiful shot of some of these clouds ... this is another of one of those rainbows. quite a display by mother nature ... some of those thunderstorms were 43,000 ft. tall thick produced gusting wind of 43 mi. per hour ... there are calling temperatures but with a gorgeous day here in chicago ... this is the first to unhealthy warm spells ... the first will put us close to 90 degrees this weekend. the other will happen next week the plains states are warming with those southerly wind gusts. 62 degrees right now in chicago. there are weather watches in new england for big thunderstorms at the lakefront there's a 25 degree temperatures drop over 24 hours since yesterday. we were at 46 degrees a year ago compared to 86 degrees yesterday seen here in the chicago area 86 degrees at o'hare yesterday. all areas up to the lake front will be warm this weekend. let's enjoy the cool wind and the flow

whether it's someone in wi with or down the way in rockford, they understand finally someone's willing to stand up and take on the special interests. >> our next question is from paul directed first at john walker -- governor walker. >> governor, three of your former aides have been charged criminally as part of an ongoing investigation here in milwaukee county. one has pled guilty to doing campaign work on public time. 12 people have been granted immunity as cooperating witnesses. you've said repeatedly you're not a target in this investigation, but what responsibility do you bear for activity that is took place in your office and on your watch as county executive? mr. mayor, on the same topic, you said repeatedly that the governor needs to come clean about what he knows, implying that he's either withholding information about this investigation or that he has actually done something wrong. do you have any information to support that implication? if not, is it responsible to suggest as much unless and until we've heard definitively from prosecutors? >> governor walker? >> sure. first

rockford hit 93 degrees tied a record.oday above 90 degrees that is the most nineties to this point in the season since 197735 years. still 82 degrees on the lakefront tonight. you can see it flags extended powerhouse wind. forecast lower in humidity tomorrow but the memorial day weekend rolling hot and record at that on sunday after day of scattered thunderstorms temperatures saturday. some models for estimated rainfall. how much above normal and how much it drops. warming up again after that you can see the key to tomorrow on saturday expanded north or in our direction 100 degree plus heat index to the southern suburbs late in the day on saturday and sunday probably underdone we think 100take hot air don't expand after a brief cool off tomorrow powerful jet stream of big storms in the western midwest tonight you can see frequency of the light and fade into the west hall has opened up powerful storms producing tournedos still wisconsin refigure 20 percent of the air thunderstorm tonight out of the area by mourning compute

know what they're doing, their son or their brother, or whoever they might be, they know they're in rockford dealing dope. there's two ways out of that. you're going to the penitentiary or you're going to end up dead. >>> what's this about? >> to be honest with you? this isn't really about anything. this is about us. >> danielle? danielle? >> shhh. >> danielle, if you could go back and fix anything in your life, would you? >> yes. >> where is this house located? >> in flint. >> do you know what street it's on? >> oklahoma. >> the incident began at a house on oklahoma avenue in flint, michigan. a 19-year-old waitress, danielle taylor, went to visit a group of friends she hadn't known for long. within days, the friend were behind bars facing charges including kidnapping and assault. the friends claim they were making a movie that night. and danielle was acting in. she said she knew nothing and that she believed she was going to die. when the film was eventually made public, many people in flint were shocked. and asked themselves how their young people could possibly have thought this was a gam

fits here or someone down the way in rockford. they understand that finally someone is willing to sustain and sound and take on special interests. >> next is from paul directed first to john walk - sorry, governor walker. >> three of your former aids have been charged criminally as a part of an investigation. one of them has pled guilty on public time. 12 people have been granted immunity. you have said you're not a target but what if any responsibility do you bear are for activity that's took place in our office and on your watch as county executive and mr. mayor you've said repeatedly the governor needs to come clean about what he knows implying that he's holding information or actually done something wrong. do you have any information to support that implication and if not is it responsible to suggest as much? >> sure. paul, first off let me set the stage here. i've had a high level of integrity all the way since i earned the rank of eagle scout and shown that in my time as state assembly and now as the governor of the state of

rockford, illinois was 99. i mean wow. but for us it's a cool pattern. you expect that with a system hanging out here but as it leaves, high pressure is trying to nose in but there's one more wrinkle here that has to keep us on the cool side for another day. then warmer weather tuesday, wednesday and thursday. 40s, upper 40s, low to mid-50s for many under mostly cloudy skies. there are a few breaks in there. but high pressure is there after just that little guy goes through. i know it's not much but it keeps the westerly breeze going. 50s, 60s and 70s. no 80s. 80s would be in the orange. don't see any. i think by tomorrow we'll start to see some in the valley. still a lot of low clouds. we'll see sun earlier. 50s, 60s and 70s. temperatures creaming back up but it's a slow process here even though this time of the year the days are much, much longer. mainly upper 60s, low 70s. giants are at home. mostly sunny, partly cloudy, not very warm. upper 50s, low 60s. rather breezy as well. more after sea breeze. warmer weather is on tap slowly tuesday but more so

rockford, and illinois. democrat's line. go ahead.aller: i was just listening to the comments made and i think it was a good thing he did and understand that people talking about him slipping in and slipping out but under the circumstances, that was the best way for him to go over there. he did not go over there with a lot of bells and whistles to let them know that he was coming. i think it is a good thing that he signed a treaty with afghanistan and do not pull the troops completely and leave them with no one be. host: about the future role in afghanistan, how much it should we take? caller: i do not think that we should take the lead. they should let the afghanistan people take a lead in be there to assist them. host: afghanistan veterans, if you want to participate -- 202- 628-0184. that is for afghanistan veterans. our next call is from mississippi. republican line. hello. caller: hi. i would like to voice my opinion. as a taxpayer of the united states, i am sick and tired of our money going to other countries. i feel like after

dwayne nelson from rockford contacted our office. dwayne's daughter went to a private college that cost $30,000 a year. she's been a file clerk for 11 years since she graduated from college. he wanted to help her but he lost his job in twupbs. he says -- in 2001. he said once you fall on hard times, your credit is no good and bad credit means no good job. then he decided to go back to school to get his m.b.a. in marketing, still with no decent pay, he couldn't repay a student loan. so he went back to school so he could defer the student loan again. still he doesn't have a job that pays enough for him to pay off his loan balance and help his daughter pay her balance. mom and dad deep in student debt, still struggling to find a decent-paying job. sharon sykes from chicago tells us a story about his son. she lost her son before -- lost her job before her son started job. each semester the tuition went up. the major is in communication. his loans payments are about to kick in. he works as a cook in an irish p*ub. he makes enough for his

no member of the committee could find it in their heart to said that either james or rockford murdoch's has misled the committee. nobody. even after the report is published. nobody was going to exclude -- conclude that he or his son has misled committee. therefore the line about rupert murdoch not being at the person was stuck on the basis of no evidence presented to the wemittee whatsoever, and just could not support it. as i say, even though many votes went against my point of view, i would have definitely voted for the report. >> david grossman, a bbc news night. the questioning so far has concentrated on the division within the committee. can i ask, why was it so important to get in the line about rupert murdoch being a fit major to run a international company when the expense has been, or the cost of getting the line in has been allowing opponents of the process to portray it as along party lines and political payback or whatever? >> there is a judgment you have to make with these reports. whether you go for a weaker report and gain uniminity or stand up for what you believe, and w

no member of the committee could find it in their heart to said that either james or rockford murdoch's has misled the committee. nobody. even after the report is published. nobody was going to exclude -- conclude that he or his son has misled committee. therefore the line about rupert murdoch not being at the person was stuck on the basis of no evidence presented to the committee whatsoever, and we just could not support it. as i say, even though many votes went against my point of view, i would have definitely voted for the report. >> david grossman, a bbc news night. the questioning so far has concentrated on the division within the committee. can i ask, why was it so important to get in the line about rupert murdoch being a fit person to run a major international company when the expense has been, or the cost of getting the line in has been allowing opponents of the process to portray it as along party lines and political payback or whatever? >> there is a judgment you have to make with these reports. whether you go for a weaker report and gain uniminity or stand up for what you bel

joining us from boston, head of harvard's institute of politics and taylor is on the phone from rockford for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. the reason why i think we should be democrats is because if we were democrats, then we could be together and if we were together, we'd be a bigger nation, a bigger nation is better. and we can't just be all alone. we need to be bigger and better. it's not that i'm not saying our country is weak. i'm saying if we had a bigger country, then it could help a lot of people and who knows? it could really get some really good ideas from people and they could make our country the biggest country in the world. host: taylor, tell us about yourself. how old are you and why are you a democrat? caller: i am 10 years old. and i think -- and the reason i'm a democrat is because i really feel bad for the less fortunate and i'm just really grateful for what i have and i wish people could have the same. host: taylor, thanks for the call. why are you watching us as a 10-year-old on a sunday morning? we appreciate it, don't get me wrong. caller: i was ju