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on the southside -- members of sweet holy spirit church were on a prayer walk, today. prompted by recent shootings... including the murder of dejuan jackson -- 17 and, police say the gunman -- is just 14 years old. many are wearing red symbolic of the bloodshed and the blood of jesus that covers us all. we want to pray on every corner that crime will cease in this area. homicides are up 25% from this time last year. the state is going to take leaders to get involved in getting people to put down the guns. >> a man accused of abducting another man from his home in streamwood is being held on 325 thousand dollars bond. keewon taylor of streamwood is charged with armed robbery aggravated vehiclular hijacking, and home invasion. taylor is accused abducting a 30-year-old man from a home on lynwood court friday morning. the victim says he was forced into his car at gunpoint.. but he intentionally crashed the vehicle and was able to get away. taylor turned himself in at the cook county courthouse in maywood friday night. hundreds of people gathered on the south side to demand

. >> on the southside, sean lewis wgn news. >> chicago police would not discuss the case on camera todaystigation into wright's death is ongoing. >> loved ones gathered today to members describe as "a wonderful mother." >> twenty-six-year-old tristian hicks williams was taking her two sons to school tuesday morning when a metra train hit her car. metra officials say she drove around the warning gates. friends and family gathered today --in morgan park-- near the tracks where williams was killed. the family released colorful balloons into the sky as a tribute to her. williams sister says she was full of life and always put her children first. >> anger and violence in the streets of beirut. next, what's fueling new protests in lebanon. >> plus, lance armstrong speaks him of blood doping. some traditional asian flavors. we're checking out belly-q. errupts in anger following the deaths of three people including the top intelligence officer. >> opposition groups took to the streets and staged protests... burning tires... and firing weapons into the air as they called on government leaders to

where would you like to take a magazine to read. [ laughing ] >> let's talk about what is going on southside >> no you didn't! >> what? >> i'm loving this picture. >> beautiful picture isn't it? >> clear, looks like tonight won't be foggy. >> not at all gorgeous time for a football game if you can't make it, guess where you can watch? >> abc7? >> thank you very much. >> we are giving away that $49,000 after the game. let's talk about live doppler 7 hd lack of clouds tracking dry air, almost too dry red flag warning in our hills until 8:00, still a high fire danger. 46 santa rosa cool spot, warm spot fremont now 66 half moon bay finally out of 70s out of the 60s now down to 59. mainly 50s monterey bay 48 gilroy, 65 salinas. today is our last hot afternoon cooling trend starts tomorrow. tuesday best chance of rain. today fremont, san jose, concord all warmer, san francisco and oakland, santa rosa a few degrees cooler oakland with concord has the best chance of seeing record high temperature today. mid to upper 80s south bay, 90s los gatos. san jose 90 eight. peninsula, low to -- low to mid 80s

the river in a wooden trough, not a very substantial, recross the river 12 miles along bang to the southside now, wright presented this decision as an engineering necessity, but it appears actually, in fact, to have been more of a political decision to give the canal a run in saratoga county on the north side of the river for the benefit of certain interests there. there's much more time it. we don't have time to tell all the details now, but it's comforting to know the waste we see in public works projects today has a long legacy. wright and rendell became bitter enemies, and a couple years later, they wind up together on the chesapeake and delaware canal, short, but major one connecting the bays. wright is the chief engineer, and john rendell is the chief contractor, and after a few months, wright, who considered rendell a lying ninkumpoop in a private letter gets rendell fired. rendell sues. the case eventually goes to the u.s. supreme court. rendell wins a quarter of a million dollars which is an extraordinary amount of money, a tenth of the value of the cnd canal, and builds a mansion o

. >> that is the difference in being on the north side of the storms and being on the southside. new jersey, long island, new york, they were on the northside coming off the ocean and the winds and the surge were stronger. we still have to deal with some cleanup. it gives you a feel for how broad the storms are and the impact. i wanted to look at the wind gusts across the area. these are some of the amazing when gusts that were associated with this storm as it rolled in. 90 miles an hour, just imagine that. atlantic city, 77. down at ocean city, hurricane force wind gusts. at bwi marshall, the highest wind gust was at 60 miles an hour. up in atlantic city and york they were out of the east and northeast, so they were really getting pounded. some shower still lingering in our area due to the storm sitting off to the west of us. there is some snow in the higher elevations west of here and that could slip into our western suburbs tonight. more on the forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> the coast guard was called out last night to ensure that everyone was safe along the coast. >

inner loop of the beltway on the southside at 295, watch for an accident. is related to that. if you are heading down to d.c., out of the above the capital left lane is onlyl squeezing by. here is what it looks like on the west side. usual delays there. >> at least there was nothing going on, weather-wise. a few sprinkles, but we don't expect trouble for the morning commute. temperatures in the 30's and low 40's. make sure your address appropriately. i will put a 20% or 30% chance for a rain shower. it will not affect >>> that is the amusement pier in seaside heights, new jersey in much happier times, and here is a look at the situation there this morning. the aftermath of sandy. truly striking. we're going to check in with natalie who is high above the jersey shore checking out some of the damage this morning. we say good morning again to you. it's 7:30 on the east coast. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. >> there are scenes like that all up and down the northeastern coast. i drove out to queens to visit some of the communities hit hard by the sto