city's tallest skyscrapers. the building holds offices, shops and residential units. the chicago fire department says the fire started in one the building's apartments. crews at the scene said five people were injured. stay with tv-9. we'll take a look at your final forecast next. here's a look at today's top back now to today's top stories. some residents of swisher are happy that

. >> bamboo skyscrapers might sound impractical but is the kind of thinking making waves at this year's architectural festival. using of the past to inspire the future. we have this report. >> the world's moat creative architects have gathered in singapore. over 2,200 professionals from 60 countries are here with the creations that they have built, will bill and hope to build in the future. all she up for scrutiny and awards. the annual festival is the largest gathering of its kind and helps to shape the way we think about the place ins which we live, work and spend our leisure time. >> that architecture has as with a eight of thinking is creating a way of commonnalty of experience across the world. these are ways in which architecture might give at help to issues of international conflict. >> while the professionals are in deep deep bait, the next generation is waiting in the wings, the finalists in the university competition. their challenge is to anticipate the future on locations based of their past and potential future use. the universities of singapore and london's westminster are

a fire high boost ground in a chicago skyscraper.0th floor of the 100 story john hancock center and sending one person to the hospital. chicago firefighters said the flames are under control but checking the building and handling the hot spots. no word on what sparked the flames. >> the first big snow storm system of the season stirring up trouble in the midwest all before thanksgiving. snow plows areñr out as they ge 15 inches. the blanket of snow stretching far to south dakota. that could make for hazardous holiday travel. >> with the snow being see unpredictable. 1- 3 inches. and now 14 inches on the south side of town. >> it is all day crazy. >> our meteorologist in the weather center. where is it heading next? >> it is kiep of weakening. yeah, we saw snowfall totals of 18 inches in south dakota and over a foot in parts of illinois and indiana. snowy part of the storm in graiks great lakes and canada and then the chilly rain over parts of ohio river valley and tennessee river valley. forecast and precipitation, a couple of inches

. >>> investigators say a fire inside of chicago's tallest skyscraper -- one of chicago's tallest skyscrapers was accidental. it started on the 50th floor. five people had to be treated for minor injuries, including a police officer. the 100-story building which includes offices and apartments and an observation deck is one of chicago's most popular tourist attractions. >>> you can probably get away with leaving some of the layers at home this morning. we're in the 40s and 50s and we saw the temperature rise overnight, which is opposite of what it usually does. the big story today will be the rain that is on the way, light rain for some throughout the morning. lingering a little bit into the afternoon hours for our eastern zones, eastern new jersey and parts of delaware. otherwise looking at a cooler day, a breezy day. we're looking at temperatures, chilly this afternoon, especially with the windchill in place and looking like the 40s in many spots and then we will warm it up by the end of the workweek, and thanksgiving looking mild. winds out of the west at 14 miles per hour, and temperature

they are recommending the m >>> skyscrapers have been recommended to hopefully break ground next year. >> make for some traffic ever now and then. we have a check with your >>> if you're thinking about buying gift cards this holiday season you have to watch out. the scam the government is telling the customers to be on the look out for at 11:00. >>> so, a lot cooler than today? >> a lot cooler, but we have the sunshine on our side and not too much wind. just feeling like november again instead of what we had today. maybe we just felt good because of the patriots. >> that's right. that definitely helps. >> i would like to thanks for the free coffee this morning. >>> all right, eric. thank you so much. scott pelley will anchor the eiffel tower.

architect might decide to, well, first, maybe he'll have to decide whether he's going to make a skyscraper, whether he's going to make a little log cabin. they're different blueprints. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [spirited jazz music] (man) form is one of the things that most people understand without knowing that they understand it, because it's one of the simplest aspects of music. for example, if the basic rhythm is something that you could tap your foot to, most people can understand that and hear it. most people know that when they listen to their favorite popular piece of music, that some sections of the music come back again. these are things that are apparent to everybody so it's something that people understand whether they dwell upon it, or even think they don't understand. when we talk about form, we're talking about the shape that a piece or a presentation or a performance of music takes, from beginning to end. included in this is a notion that a piece has a beginning, an end, and some way of dividing the piece or structuring the piece from moment to

with its crowded boulevards and massive skyscrapers, it seems as wealthy and sophisticated as any cityn the world. sao paulo is unique among latin american cities. in the early part of the 20th century, when places like rio de janeiro copied traditional european styles of construction, sao paulo was following a distinctly american model of urbanism. imitating the forms of chicago and new york, sao paulo built upward, growing vertically very quickly. but in a huge ring around the central city lies a very different urban environment. here, stretching for miles, is a city of self-built structures in various stages of completion. they line hillsides and rocky streets where some of sao paulo's newest immigrants struggle to build homes from brick and cement. where some of sao paulo's alaide and her family came to sao paulo from northeastern brazil. ( alaide speaking portuguese ) translator: from there my father came first to work. thene came. i worked as a maid, my mother was a seamstress. narrator: alaide married josé franquelino, a northeastern migrant like herself. they couldn't afford ev

he's famous for his solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers, using no climbing equipment. except a small bag of chalk and climbing shoes and that's it. >> looks like spider-man. >> you know the saying, one person's trash is another man's treasure. >> in this case, the trash is cell phones, we can agree. treasure is a stunning work of art. the taiwanese artist spent four years collecting old and discarded phones. turned 25,000 devices into an eye popping project tonight in spread environmental awareness. as you can see, life sized car sculpture that weighs two tons. he unveiled his car last week and it's going to be a permanent display at the high school in taiwan, where he once attended. >> school. we'll be right back. a falling meteor was seen >>> right now, keep your eye in the upper right-hand corner a falling meteor streak across the sky in thailand last night. witnessed and recorded on dash cams in the capital city of bangkok. the thai astronomical society confirmed on facebook that that falling object was a meteor. >> that is huge. 11:54 how to. hey, game on. activis

. >>> and there it goes. 26-story skyscraper in china goes crashing down in minutes and it all went directlyas planned. there it is go. 380 feet of concrete steel came down and the other buildings nearby barely got a sketch. engineerses used about 1.5 tons of expressives to brick it -- bring it down. >>> we wanted to know who makes the medal of honor and the other top military awards before they are presented to america's war heroes. the companies in texas and rhode island mold the medals and they are sent to a team to grave and assemble them. mark albert went to philadelphia to meet the team. >> reporter: chris mcdaniels uses technology to engrave. >> does it ever give you pause? >> sometimes. sometimes. i put myself in their position, would i have been brave fluff to do what they -- enough to do what they did. >> reporter: they engraved 21 medals for the army and assemble 131 in all. along with a medal of honor, such as the one bestowed this week. the unit processed 23,000 medals last year. those numbers are drawn since the drawdown forces in iraq and afghanistan. staffing shortages have i

frank: crews are surveying the damage after a fire at one of chicago's tallest skyscrapers. five people suffered minor injuries as flames broke out at the john hancock center. the fire was accidentally started by a woman living on the 50th floor she escaped unharmed. antoinette: a new poll shows governor charlie baker has earned the highest approval rate in the country. a washington d.c. polling operation called "morning consult" says baker has a 74% approval rating among bay state voters. frank: the fenway football showdown ended with a win for the fighting irish. notre dame made itself at home in boston college territory both at fenway and on the eagles' side of the field. b.c. lost to notre dame 19-16. although the century-old ballpark is just a few "t" stops from b.c.'s chestnut hill campus, notre dame was officially the home team as part of the "shamrock series," an effort to stay in touch with out-of-town alumni. antoinette: monday night football. patriots and bills tomorrow night right here on channel 5. coverage begins at 8:00 with our "countdown to kickoff." one-on-

skyscrapers. billowing dark smoke spewed from the 50th r >>> in one of chicago's iconic buildings went up in names. billowing dark smoke went up from the john hancock building many the fire started in an apartment. it putted the entire floor. no >>> plumes of smoke filled the sky after a sail boat caught fire off the coast of los angeles. the 45-foot sail boat was caught on flame. all people on board were rescued. >>> growing concern among marine mama experts as more and more fur seals end up undernourished. officials say that they have taken in 85 northern fur seals. that's more than double the center's previous record of 31 set back in 2006. experts say that warming ocean waters may be the cause. >>> and cleared to lift off to take astronauts into space. the tesla owned company has been cleared off. boeing has been bidding. the russians have been doing that for us since the u.s. retired the shuttle program. >>> still to come, forget the drive through. tonight, va ray parking is now available at

ready for the next round, clouds lift a little bit and we couldn't see the top of the center city skyscrapersd you want a jacket, you head out today and dew points at 57 and winds from the north-northeast, and it's cool and breezy, and 59 in currently, and 60 in wilmington and warmer in millville and cape may, future tracker 6 scattered precipitation for the next several hours, after 3:00 gathering to the west we expect any auto prong of precipitation, the heaviest stuff may wind up staying mainly north and west of most of our region, this is the 6:00 view, you can see that up in the poconos we get rain and for the evening commute and on into 11:00, there is still a fair amount of rain on the way and it looks like it starts to get on out of here in the overnight hours, the latest model run when we are on the air there may be additional rain to show you, so tune in tomorrow in case you have travel plans. the rain that we are expecting the rest of way is on top of a third inch we got in philadelphia, it looks like it pushes up to maybe .60 inch and more in the northern and western suburbs, down

every place you turn around you get another skyscraper going up so we are worried. >> it's a bad combination. speeding cars heading to and small children walking. >> right up there. it's really dangerous. traffic from all directions and they don't pay attention. kids are running out and you have ten seconds to cross. >> following multiple requests by five schools downtown again today public representatives and school officials demanded the city freese security for families in locher manhattan. >> a pedestrian was struck by a car and killed directly across the street from the spruce street school. >> we can't wait. we need to be preventative. we can't have an accident occur. >> public representatives want to change the recruitment plan. right now you have to walk into your local police precinct to position. some say that could be intimidating. at city hall meg baker cbs 2 news. >> there is money in the budget to add crossing guards to the area but they are still working to finding qualified applicants to fill those positions. >>> an arrest in a cold case murder of a finance executive. police

. >> fire breaks out in one of chicago's tallest skyscrapers. the window of the 50th floor of the hancock building. it burned for about a half hour. five people were injured but they are expected to be okay. the fire was accidental. >>> a student hero is hospitalized in guarded condition after he was shot trying to save a woman from being abducted. tulane med student peter gold saw the victim being dragged away. the gunman demanded money and shot gold. he tried to shoot gold a second time. but the gun jammed. the gunman escaped in an suv with the woman's purse. >>> controversy over a school assignment designed to teach kids about terrorism. it contained students for children to create a propaganda poster. many students wound up searching the intermet to see how they recruit people. parents worry their kids could end up on a watch list. are going to do this assignment. >> she was very enthusiastic and wanted kid to than propaganda is not good. >>> a sign of solidarity from russia. they are sending this sweet little puppy to their french counterpa

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gomez from spain, his skyscraper tipped as a winner in the category >>> we are joined live from singapore. interesting ideas showcased there. yes, it's the first time i have come to the festival. it's fascinating to look at. 30 categories are up from awards from buildings that are built and exist, that are in preparation and will be built. there's those in the future. it's not an opportunity for architects to have a holiday and give themselves a pat on the backs. important issues are discussed. they don't live in a bubble. joining me is paul finch. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> a main theme coming out of the festival this year is the environment. we are heading to france where the french president will discuss issues of the environment. how does it impact on the confident in the hall here? >> it has a big impact. we are looking to raise buildings from the ground level in areas where there's bound to be flooding and higher watertables, and then the far greater impact of increasing heat. how do you try to sign heat in the buildings, cut the iran emissions and that's been

. >>> the new observation deck at the top of the iconic skyscraper one liberty place offers breath taking sights of philadelphia and beyond. >> and in just one week visitors can visit the newest at track. katherine scott has the story from high above center city. >> reporter: 57 floors up, 883 feet above street level welcome to one liberty observation deck. floor to ceiling windows, 360-degree views. city hall, the camden waterfront. you can even see cooling towers in limerick. >> today we're looking at limerick. today we're looking at trenton. at a we're looking beyond wilmington so right now visibility is about 40 miles. >> reporter: general manager evan evans explains the finishing touches are in the works. the final push to the public opening. the idea here is to offer new vantage point from the top of the iconic skyscraper but not be so far removed as to not feel the presence of the city you're overlooking. even the music that's playing all has a philly connection. >> if you only had an hour to philly this is the place to do it. you'll see what the heart and soul of philadelphia is.

indeed have plenty of sunshine building in over center city, a lot of that glinting off center city skyscrapers things are getting brighter and a lot of that building in the distance there with bright patches in the clouds and right over head of 6 abc we have blue skies and definitely improving for this morning. a couple of highlights for your forecast, nice for veterans day, we have temperatures, 7 or 8 degrees above average and enjoy it over the next couple of day we deal with rain and then wind coming down the pike, we are talking pretty big wind gusts, the wind is noticeable at 13 miles per hour, and gusting higher than that. just a little breezy today and on the cool side but above average temperatures, satellite and radar showing you the rain from yesterday is pushing farther and farther away from us and wins coming down from the northwest and eroding and taking bite marks out of clouds and we see that out of immediate region with patches of blue becoming more prominent, 61 is your high in allentown and 64 in trenton and similar numbers in philadelphia and wilmington, 64 in millville, and

. >>> plus, skyscraper fire. what investigators are looking for after a blaze hits one of chicago's tallest buildings. >>> welcome back on this sunday morning. we are waking up to clouds out there and mild temperatures for this time of day, although temperatures not going very far from this point throughout the day. here's a live look outside, and we're looking at our cape may camera and we are tracking a chance for showers especially in parts of southern new jersey and delaware as we go throughout the afternoon. warmer compared to this time yesterday. 18 degrees warmer in millville, and 1 degrees warmer in dover, and we are eight degrees warmer in allentown than this time yesterday. so we see no showers right now, but we are tracking a front that will bring showers especially in parts of delmarva and eastern new jersey, and by 10:00, lingering showers there. we will talk about that, and not a bad day in terms of the temperature, breezy, and we'll talk about that. cold tomorrow and warming up towards thanksgiving

on the streets in philadelphia, heading towards >> there are now plans in the works to build a skyscraper out of wood. emily: it' s being planned in portland, oregon. most high-rise buildings are made from steel and concrete, but this one will be framed with cross-laminated timber. the company behind the plans for the new 12-story building says the timber is stronger and lighter than regular wood. the idea may seem strange, but high-rise wood buildings are becoming popular in switzerland and parts of england and canada. erika: zebras on the lam in philadelphia. town officials are now trying to figure out how two of them got loose from their univer-soul circus group. they were first spotted near a mall parking lot yesterday. neither were hurt and were taken back to their owners. they are smaller than i thought. >> black friday sales everywhere. >> hard to blend in. [laughter] >> we have milder temperatures this afternoon but turning colder tuesday into wednesday before it warms up again late in the week. that warm-up comes in with rain. we could use it. our deficit since the first of the y

plus: famous skyscraper on fire.forced a highrise building to evacuate. >> animals on the move. why sheep are taking flight in utah. that's coming up next. >> and we're just days away from thanksgiving. peak ahead at the holiday forecast next. oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is that you? it's me... you don't look a day over 70. am i right? jingle jingle. if you're peter pan, you stay young forever. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. ♪ you make me feel so young... it's what you do. ♪ you make me feel ♪ so spring has sprung. your loving touch stimulates his senses and nurtures his mind. the johnson's scent, lather, and bubbles help enhance the experience. so why just clean your baby, when you can give him so much more? >> scarry moments in chick click, fire breaks out in one of the city tallest skyscrapers. poured off east side window on the 50th floor of the john hancock center. five people were i

story out of chicago, one person was injured when a fire broke out at one of the city's tallest skyscrapers. authorities say the fire at the john hancock center has been put out. flames and thick smoke poured out of an east side window on the 50th floor. officials are still looking into the cause. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittany schiff. >> oh, it's that time of year again. people are pulling out their shovels and firing up snow blowers across parts of iowa, wisconsin, illinois and indiana. the first significant snowstorm of the season is creating hazardous travel conditions, it's already delayed hundreds of flights and more than a foot of snow covered several towns in northern iowa and part of that system, not the precipitation from that system, but some of the cold air from that system is going to head our way and that's what's going to help drop our temperatures down. here is a closer look at your headlines, as we head into tomorrow we are going to see another chilly day, i'm tracking dry conditions, so a dry stretch for us, warmer days are on tap as we

chicago's tallest skyscrapers. one person was injured as flames shot out of the john hancock center. thick smoke and fire could be seen pouring out of a window on the 50th floor. the tower houses offices, shops, and residential units, along with a popular observation floor for tourists. well, snow sledding -- many iowans taking advantage of the first snow fall. the great spot you can take some runs down the hills. todd: the real-life story of the chilean mine disaster is now a new movie, called "the 33." john pascuzzi digs deep for his review tonight. laura: aiming for the top, iowa wants more than juts a conference title. takes us inside the locker room.le are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather. he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. bernie's campaign is funded byover a million contributions -- people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and wa

lightning burgosing through the skyscrapers. >>> as the storm moves across the great lakes, waves could reach 15 feet. here now with more abc's stephie stephanie. >> reporter: a fast-moving major storm sweeping the midwest. >> tornado on the ground. >> reports of twisters in iowa. >> tornado warnings. >> reporter: national weather service officials say it began tuesday around utah then moving east into the nation's mid midsection. in iowa, powerful winds and rain packing a punch tearing down trees and ripping through industrial buildings in this town. nearby, flipping this semi on its side. the driver doing okay. in all, three rollover semi truck wrecks reported wednesday near iowa. the storm didn't stop there. portions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraska and kansas saw blizzard-like conditions. some of those same states hit with thunderstorms as well. >> it's been rough, slow going. 55 miles an hour from kansas city. can't. >> reporter: frozen reads like an ice skating rink for drivers. >> he saved it. >> reporter: lighter snow in western kansas, but residents bracing themselves

. >> a fire breaks out at one of chicago's tallest skyscrapers. one person was injured. flames shot out of the john hancock center. thick smoke and fire could be seen pouring out of a window on the 50th floor. the tower houses offices, shop and residential units along with a popular observation floor. business saturday. boston's mayor got a jump on things, reminding residents to shop, eat and play locally this holiday season. the initiative is called holidays on main street. chronicle's shayna seymour hosted the kickoff event held to do at a pop-up -- today at a pop-up shop. the mayor says thanksgiving and christmas can be crucial for small businesses. >> the small businesses, they make 40% of their yearly sales during this time of year. we're asking people to shop in the local areas. you know, some of the things you buy in the local areas are as good as some of the mall stores. it's trying to bring people back into the city. >> wcvb is a proud sponsor of the initiative. >> thousands turning out in plymouth today for america's hometown parade, a thanksgiving tradition fo

still can't see the tops of the skyscrapers. the clouds are low, visibility is going to be getting lower as the wind diminishes, which it's already been doing. 60 degrees now in philadelphia, humidity 90%. pretty saturated out there. 53 in allentown, but closer to 60 as you get closer to the philadelphia area and then towards the shore, almost everybody's right around 60 degrees. you get those uniform temperatures when you have cloudy skies and east wind like that. over the past hour you can see definitely more rain coming up from chesapeake bay and maryland, moving into delaware first and into chester county, delaware county, philadelphia. the heaviest rain and thelsóa steadiest rain back way to the north and west. it's not going to be coming here, but you can see this is not all just light either, some moderate rain at least. not talking about thunderstorms or a flood threat. it's just kind of miserable out there and more of this moisture from the washington, d.c., area swings around during the evening. so here we are at 7:00,

several others were displaced from their homes when a fire broke out from the 50th floor of chicago's skyscraper, the hancock center. that unit was destroyed. the rest of the floor had to be evacuated. investigators say the cause of the fire appear to be accidental. and all of the people who were injured are expected to be okay. >>> back here in california, a four month old baby was one of six people rescued from this burning sailboat off venice beach. it sent up a plume of black smoke. the 35-foot vessel was offshore at the time but nobody was hurt. it is unclear what caused the fire. >>> tonight, california is the latest state with a case of e. coli linked to chipotle. most of the cases have been in the northwest until now. ohio and new york are reporting people getting sick after eating at the high end burrito chain. so far, the source of the contamination is unclear but the cdc says it likely wasn't the meat since some of the people who got sick are vegetarians. >> i think the pattern of this outbreak is highly suggestive that there is a single contaminated ingredient that went to all the re

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. >> construction of san francisco's tallest skyscraper reached a milestone with the 14' thick concretell set support the tower. they will build the core walls that will perform the shell of the structure today. the office building is the second tallest on the west coast and the centerpiece of the transbay re-development area. the tower is scheduled to open in april 2017. >> the morning commute is about to get more expensive for some bart riders with the stations where packing fees are going up. >> protest mapped that could cause havoc for the commute in a san francisco neighborhood. >> we are going to take a quick break but we leave you with traffic and weather with traffic traffic and weather with traffic moving along. ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season's best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx. get this low-mileage lease from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. ♪ ♪ it took the rockettes years to master the kick line. but only a few moves to master pa

the wind is just off the surface, just above skyscraper level and waits for the continues to rise, too. look at the 63. a lot of 60s through jersey, greater new york. that comes up with that front and with this weather system and tomorrow. 60 degrees it's up to you for lunch. isn't it always. the front is offshore. and the front is taking with it the clouds. but not really hitting us with cold air until we get into the weekend. we have to wait for this guy to pass through with a morning shower and then the cold rushes in. that's sunday. 50 degrees. monday you feel it. 471. normal high temperature about 50 and a breeze, too. downpours and wind possible with periods of rain tonight. early rain and then clearing. mild tomorrow. 57 to 62. winds turning northwest. we step back a little bit on saturday. 53. cooler at the coast. maybe 40s with the on shore wind and then sunday 50. and then it's quiet next week. yeah, travel looks good. thanksgiving looks good. a slow warm-up. we'll see you tomorrow. >> kim: all right. thank you, pete. it was show time tonight at the wang theatre in boston for

the future is also on the mine from spain and his bam boo skyscraper is tipped as a potential winnere category and for him the environmental impact of buildings is an important design issue. >> we design with this structure because our invention is for a live building and producing this, we design our environmental-friendly building because we are not producing c 02 and people want to see more environmental-friendly buildings but companies don't get the revenue they would like with these kinds of projects. >> reporter: after four years in singapore next year's festival is moving to europe, asia has been a popular and successful venue but it's felt that another continent should benefit and inspire a future generation of architects. >>> terminally ill star wars fan has been granted his dying wish to watch the force awakens and from texas he saw an early cut of the star wars move yo after a social campaign called the force for daniel went viral and 31-year-old has aggressive form of lung cancer and has two months to live and the star wars film is due to be released in the u.s. in decemb

the hancock center is one of the city's tallest skyscrapers. the building holds offices, shops and residential units. the chicago fire department says the fire started in one the building's apartments. crews at the scene said five people were injured. stay with tv-9. we'll take a look at your final forecast next. here's a look at today's top back now to today's top stories. some residents of swisher are happy that their mayor, christopher taylor, wants to accept syrian refugees. he made a proclamation on wednesday, going against governor terry branstad's orders to halt state office efforts other governors nationwide are against president obama's idea to accept and background check refugees. rest after a busy day saturday plowing snow. tow trucks also spent most of the day getting stranded cars out of highway ditches. most city roads are clear today, but some slick spots remain. and the hawkeyes had a clear field to play on. the hawks beat the purdue boilermakers 40-20. they are now 11-and-o. the u-n-i panthers pulled a huge upset against north

we see building more and more skyscrapers, this is the first time we had a supervisor come and say we need to put money back to the recreation and park department. so, for me this was very important. i believe the supervisor did important community work necessary by going to community meetings across the city to hear from residence. he sought our input and as you heard my fellow members i believe they have done great work with the supervisor and with this legislation, so i support this and don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water and believe this is a important piece of legislation and urge you guys to support it. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. nancy [inaudible] former member of park recreation open space advisory committee. this initiative still fail tooz resolve the mainss and fund issues. it eliminates the safe gaurd in the original language that insures the open space fund is youzed wisely and accomplishes what voters intend. even where supervisor farrells changes the measure is still not ready for approval. it must prevent any poaching

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. >> so, ajay, does this property-tax issue give an unfair advantage to casinos and skyscrapers and hurteople who are elderly, perhaps, and own their homes, but have no income to speak of? >> it all depends. if you look at the progressive states, where you use property taxes to fund education -- well, almost all states use real-estate taxes to fund education -- the richer neighborhoods have more assets, and as a result, the quality of the schools are better, and the poorer neighborhoods, where the property-tax income is not as great -- you know, funding does correlate a little bit with what the quality of schools are -- they're not as great. if you take that money and you then redistribute it to the poorer schools, that will be one equitable way to do it, but then what happens to reallocation where the good schools were and taking money from there? and nelson is absolutely right. going to an increase from 6% to 7.25% on sales tax to generate $2 billion, it will be a disproportionately heavier burden on the poor in our community. i don't know if there's a right or wrong answer there, but

. >> five people were injured after a fire broke out in one of chicago's tallest skyscrapers.lfway up the 99 story tall john hancock center. several people outside the burning building captured video of the smoke and flames. investigators say the fire did not leave the residential unit where it started but the apartment was destroyed and other residents will be displaced. investigators have not said what caused the fire but they say it was an accident. >>> authorities in liberia say there are three new cases of ebola in the country. now this comes just two months after the nation was declared ebola free for a second time. officials say a ten-year-old boy, his father, and brother all tested positive for the virus. the three have been taken to a treatment center outside of the country's capital. >> it is very scary to hear that ebola is back in liberia. we went through a whole lot. during the last time. and, it is not something that we expect anymore. it is not something that we welcome. it is really scary. really. >> health officials aren't sure how the family contracted ebola.

. >> a french clier better known as the "french spiderman" made it to the top of a skyscraper in paris yesterday. fifty-four-year-old alain robert climbed his way up the 36-floor ariane tower. dozens of onlookers and police gathered to watch the climb. it was robert's third time climbing the tower in six years. he first scaled the tower in 2009. robert is famous f f his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes. .

. >>> you are looking at a fire in one of the tallest skyscrapers in the country. flames and thick smoke poured out of the 50th floor window of the hancock tilting in chicago. the fire burned for about half hour. expected to be okay. firefighters say the fire was accidental. >>> new this morning. religious letters -- leaders have come together to make an appeal on the behalf of syrian refugees. fear and prejudice are trumping the legitimate security debate. after the terrorist attacks in paris, u.s. la mockers -- lawmakers voided -- voted unanimously that the syrian refugees. >>> donald trump wants to monitor mosques. the gop candidate says he wants to keep tabs on syrian refugees.>> i want surveillance of these people. i want surveillance if we have to. i don't care. big deal and so big. he said something so politically incorrect. that's why we are going to help.>> reporter: trump also talked about freezing the syrian refugee program.>> if i cannot promise you and you and you that i am not letting in a terrorist, then i can't let them in. >> i don't want syrian re