what you probably have never seen on a tight rope that nick wallenda is practicing to pull wallenda is practicing to pull anncr: the great thing many breakfast options... you did a great job. it looks good! anncr: ...is they're right next to our many other breakfast options. just another good reason to book now. feel the hamptonality in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. >>> well, daredevil nick wallenda setting the bar even higher. plans to walk a tight rope more than 50 stories high above the city of chicago. >> and during that time he'll be blindfolded. >> to keep him from looking down. >> more from nick wallenda as he practices his death-defying trick. >> reporter: just think, you're high in the air with a thin rope beneath your feet and you can't see a th

wallenda's website calls it the "skycraper" walk. wallenda will walk the tightrope from the marina city west towers... over the chicago river to the leo burnett building... then back to marina city. wacker drive will be closed on the south side of the river between clark and wabash. the bridges at state and at dearborn will also close. for more, and a very cool interactive tool called "take wallenda's walk"... visit out website, *wgn t-v dot-com slash- wallenda.* it was only a matter of time before someone thought of it... the shower scene from the movie "psycho"... all done with pumpkins. a pumpkin carver from new york recreated the entire scene, almost frame for frame, in pumpkin art. every detail was recorded... the shower rings... the shower head... the victim... the knife... all captured on 30 pumpkins. of course, the pumpkins have since rotted... but not before they were captured in a youtube video titled "psych-o-lantern." i have seen some of those professional pumpkin carvers, they are amazing. demetrius is mesmerized. >> i a

and a very olles y"te wallenda's visit wgntv.com/wallenda. coming up next: we're learning more about the n-f-l fan who vanished in the middle of a denver broncos game. also ahead, a new lawsuit is accusing a major phone and internet company of slowing down data speeds for millions of customers. plus former baseball star jose canseco involved in a gun accident. hot lava from hawaii's famed kilauea volcano has reached at least one neighboring community. in the small town of pahoa the lava flow melted through a fence... and it now covers at least two families' yar there as 50 homes in the path of the lava. it's advancing about 40 feet per hour. the volcano erupted in june... and the two- dege h traveled ab m since th there's no way to stop it until it cools on its own. the denver broncos fan who disappeared from a game five days ago has been found safe. 53-year-old paul kitterman was found 112 miles away in pueblo, colorado. kitterman vanished last thurday while waiting outside a bathroom at mile high stadium. where the broncos were playing the

wallenda is practicing at his home in florida right now. he'll need to be ready because he's really challenging himself in chicago. there he'll walk on a tight rope more than 50 stories up and at a 15-degree angle. but that's not all. he'll also be blindfolded at the end of his journey. >> if i want to encourage and inspire people, which is the goal of everything i do at this point in my career, i better challenge and push myself. >> that's enough of a challenge. wallenda's walk is scheduled for sunday, november 2nd. >>> this morning, we continue to count down to "sunday night football." matt delucia is following all of the excitement. matt? >> yeah, rosemary, tonight the eyes of the nation will be on south philadelphia. we're talking with fans about the excitement in the air. but brittney, there's also a chill in the air today. >> that's right, and a chill is going to stick around for most of the day, although temperatures will be warmer for most of today than yesterday. the timing is going to be on the cold side. so make sure you bring a

crews are getting ready for nik wallenda's high-wire walk over the chicago river. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. if he had to do the what he would be ok here. 75 degrees is good weather. >> 20 or 30 mi. per or wind. the wind is just a little bit of a problem. but it will be a nice day. yesterday's high was in the '60s. we will top that by about 11 degrees. warmer than normal but we are going to have a nice breeze. certainly get your shorts what it will be nice. partly sunny this afternoon. clouds will be winning out today. storms nearby this evening they don't arrive until about 10:00 p.m.. expect showers and thunderstorms likely overnight into tomorrow. 57 right now in chicago. 52 in the kelp. 54 in kankakee. 58 in peru. a nice start to the day. typical high 58. we are almost there already. sunless composite shows we are dry. expect to see green return after the sun goes down this evening. 73 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. down to 67. 60 percent chance of rain early morning tomorrow. >>

your best alternate is 9:26 with more, go >>> over the years we have watched nick wallenda do amazing things around the world and area dare devil tightrope walker has a new challenge, he will walk a wire between two chicago sky scrapers sunday night wearing a brian fold, the 35 year-old wallenda walked high above atlantic city while like that walk he will not bewaring a harness or have a safety net for sunday's walk in chicago. >> nick, that is sick, come on. >> wow. >> we will be right back. trading-in or selling webuyanycar.com takes thev?hassg in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. buying used cars is all we do... all makes and models... no dealership pressure. we'll even settle your loan or lease. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com >>> a scare in the air, a rocket explodes in a huge fireball moments after taking off, from a launch site in eastern virginia. >> nasa engineers are trying to figure out what went wrong. susan

and, nik wallenda joins us live. morning to you. >> good morning. >> i know you spent a lot of time last night with the construction crew and the engineers, watching the wires get set up. now that you've seen what it looks like, does it make you more or less nervous? >> no. you know what? it makes me excited more than anything. this is another dream of mine. i love the city of chicago and i'm excited to be here. >> i love that nik is never nervous. nik, everybody will be keeping their eyes on the weather forecast, calling for 40 degrees or so there in the windy city, of course, the winds coming from the north. how is the forecast looking for you? is there any reason at this point to be concerned sunday night? >> not right now. everything looks great. of course, today we've got a storm blowing through. this would be very intimidating if i let it take control of my mind. i know that weather changes within minutes often around here. there's no sense in focusing on today. i'm focusing on sunday and the weather looks very

building. >> nik wallenda, fascinating stuck.ng you on. >> thank you much. >>> this does not hold a candle to your blindfolded tight rope walk. i went skydiving out of a plane. take a look. >> oh, my gosh. i don't know -- >> thank you. thank you. what do i do with -- >> oh, my gosh. so frightening. you can check out the video of my adventure online. we'll be right back with the final word. your customers, our financing. your aspirations, our analytics. your goals, our technology. introducing synchrony financial, bringing new meaning to the word partnership. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. enagage with us. of warm nestlé love thtoll house cookies? taste well with new nestlé toll house frozen cookie dough, you can bake as few or as many as you please. whenever your sweet tooth comes calling, they're frozen and ready to bake. find them in the frozen aisle. bake some love™. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insura

. >> wallenda has his sighting set on two sky scrapers in chicago walking between them this sunday nightver with the blindfold but without a hardness or safety net. nick went without harness and safety net when he walk wire in atlantic city any august 2012. i am worried about the wind for him. >> i was thinking weather conditions will have to be ideal, i would think. >> but blindfold. >> it is in their blood that is what they do. i remember, probably great, great grand daddy was at the vet walking over the vet. >> i'm telling you. >> had wean came early. >> this is great video we have here. "eyewitness news" at york shire square for celebration organized by camden county police department. the kid turnout in halloween finest, costume contest and plenty of candy and some face painting too and a hoola hoop contest. isn't that the best. >> yes. >> she's just going. >> non-stop. >> kid also had a chance to trick or treat on lasalle university's campus yesterday, they were all deck out in their costumes too, we have children from lasalle building blocks here. it is a beautiful day, i mean 75

. >>> and today nik wallenda plans to walk on a high wire between skyscrapers on sunday without a net and while blindfolded. i'm nervous watching this right here. this happened last year. walked across part of the grand canyon and he did that without a net. now, i must confess, guys, some professions i don't get and that's one of them right there. i'll see you guys in about ten minutes. >>> health officials in montgomery county say they're monitoring their first travelers from a west african country. the pair arrived home from liberia on october 28th. neither have any symptoms. they are considered to be in the low-risk category. both will be monitored daily by the health department until their 21-day incubation period ends on november 17th. >>> meantime officials at dover air force base are ready eto support the fight against ebola in west africa. developing several scenarios and training for air crews that may be ready to call for missions. call in response for a person returns to the base showing signs or symptoms of ebola. meantime, maine's governor says negotiations between the st

. >>> this morning on "today," nik wallenda ups the ante.kes his thrill seeking stunts to new heights. this time, 600 feet above the heart of chicago. >>> details on sunday's daring stunt ahead on "today." >>> well, a big night in sports. and let's start on the hard court. clippers, thunder. russell westbrook exited the game in the second quarter with a small fracture in his right hand. it appeared to happen when he was going up for the rebound and hit another player's elbow. but l.a. just clips okc to win their opener 93-90. the new owner steve ballmer gets his first home win. >>> ohio, number 23, lebron james! >> high fives all around. the return of the king, lebron james gets a big welcome home in cleveland. but lebron is very unlebron as he struggles during the first half, just four points and four turnovers. kevin love stepping up with 14 points and nine rebounds. lebron finished with 17 points and a whopping eight turnovers. carmelo anthony, 25 points led the knicks to a 95-90 victory. >>> and a college showdown between 25th ranked lou

actually, it's nik wallenda.ring for what he's calling the most incredible tightrope walk of his career, between skyscrapers in chicago. nik, good morning. i had a predecessor on this show who had a very simple question, bryant gumbel. why? why are you doing this? >> it's my passion. chicago, the windy city, very alluring to me. a lot of people would think the wire walker doesn't want to go to the windy city. i enjoy the challenges. i enjoy challenging myself. i've done it since 2 years old. i've done it since before i was born -- i mean, before my mom was born. >> the part of the stunt that willie and i are like, really? you're going to do this? >> two things i'm adding to up the stakes, walking from one building over 500 foot high across the river to a building that's 650 foot high. >> so you're going up hill? >> a 15-degree incline. challenges of weather. cold quite possibly. my feet slipping. we're working on a special coating on the cable. >> and then -- >> get to the punch line. >> then i'm going to cross o

the final preparations are getting in place for nik wallenda's tightrope walk over the chicago river. we are *live with details. and, we have a happy update on the suburban boy's search for his bionic arm... lost on a trip to chicago. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. we are starting you off with good news but now comes the bad news. >> don't come to weather. this is the halloween the people are going to want to forget. the biggest issue is cold and there will be lots of wind. but stich a look, currently at 45 degrees. we will cool down quickly this morning and temperatures do not rise again until early next week. 43 at o'hare. 42 in union. 40 in the kelp. here are the current temperatures. looking at the wind, we could see gusts up to 45 mi. per hour before the day is done. already its 40 mi. in rockford. juliet is 23. forget about the leaves, they will be in your neighbor's yard quite quickly. the wind chill will take center stage. right now it's in the mid 30's. i

. >>> well, just two days daredevil nik wallenda is upping the ante with his death-defying stupblt. he will attempt a terrifying two-part walk. the walk is up a 15-degree incline. the second park gets even scarier. he will walk from marine tower west to east blindfolded. >> more power to him. be careful. >> and for what is the question. >> coming up on the "today" show, the daredevil himself will talk about how he is getting ready for his latest stunt. >> 7:00, right after we're done here. >>> a busy maryland store the target of a lawsuit. the issue the the retailers has with the store's sign. >>> a project that will slow down your drive at the national mall today. grab a jacket and maybe a scarf. we'll take you through how much it will warm with your weather and traffic on the 1s the at 6:31. s >>> right now we are staying on top of breaking news for you. news 4 is live in northeast washington where a man tried to hit a d.c. officer with an axe just a few hours ago. we're told the man who did it was wearing a black jump suit. police do not have a description of what he looked like.

. >>> and new this morning a suspect is underarrest following a suspicious fire in wallenda -- walnut creek. investigators in the contra costa fire department found a gasoline can on the scene. police then looked at surveillance video and recognized a transient arthur holden and took him into custody. >>> major shake-up in silicon valley this morning. palo alto based hewlett-packard will split into two separate companies. one company will focus on the personal computer and printing businesses. the other company will focus on data storage and software. hp has laid off tenses of thousands of workers in recent years due to slow sales as consumers turn to mobile devices. >>> this evening could be the one and only debate in a silicon valley congressional race that gained national attention. mike honda will face off against rhoa con a. he still trails in the polls. the debate about begin at 6 this evening in san jose. >>> time now is 6:10. search is on for the malaysian airlines jet that vanished somewhere over the indian ocean. the powerful new tool that could finally help solve the myster

this afternoon stunt man nik wallenda will tackle the first walk up a 15-degree inclean and then he's to attempt the second walk blindfolded. >>> at noon pacific time fans will honor the world series champi giants in a victory parade. the first family will welcome military children for trick or treating at the white house. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® campbell's healthy request. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. well, knowing gives you confidence. start building your confide

is a new dial with napnater which owns games tailored to celebrities including a tie in with nik wallendacovery channel special. the goal is -- the goal, hope, is that maybe what mtv did for music in the '80s, mobile games can do for music now. i know it's a big goal. >> do you have to keep developing them when you have a new single. when people get tired of that song do you have to come up with a new concept. >> of course. i asked her, i asked, what games do you like to play. she says i love solitaire. i can play solitaire in a minute and 20. you need a song for ha. >> apps are the new touring for celebrities and musicians. remembering phone numbers sound like an unreasonably hard game. >> it's a double game. you have the picks going, like tetris or candy crush where you're -- and then also have to remember the numbers. two things going on, it's crazy. and the song. >> ♪ come to my app store >> oh, my gosh. >> 867-5309. >> good to have you in the house. thanks for bringing that to us. >> jane wells at post nine. all tesla caress about is your state of mind. why a new program from the ele

>> i'm going to change the show to wallenda.medy and appreciated it and then we had an opportunity to work with each other on mad tv. so much of it was. so there is a tell pathic connection as a matter of fact. and >> and improvisation, especially with african-american artists, improvisation is a kbroegrowing form of -- growing art. so many improvisers, we go into hip-hop, freestyle rap, and now we're seeing this movement of adanlting this chicago style improvisation that keegan and i fell in love with. it's cool. >> what happens when you don't have a black president? >> then we're out of a job. >> then we're done, then we're done. >> movies. >> that is true. >> what is it? >> where is it in your stage of development? >> we have draft written. we're going to keep it as close to the time -- the time we shoot it -- >> it will be the last thing, the last thing we shoot. >> hillary and luther together? >> she'll have to have her own translator. bill clinton was the first black president. >> that's true. >> maybe bill should be her t

. >>> remember nick wallenda, he risked life and limb over the grand canyon.ing another jaw-dropping event. this time in chicago. he will be here live tomorrow on "today." my heart i can't take that. every time i see it. >> i hate when he runs there, after all that, now you are going to run? >> it's going to be amazing. >> now, let's begin this half hour with a court case raising eyebrows. an ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for medical malpractice. the reason, she became pregnant with sperm from a plaque donor. nbc katie kerr is here. >> good morning. she says it was a one in one million mixup. now she wants the sperm bank involved to pay umm. she gave birth to her daughter peyton two years ago. >> we love her more to this day. she made us the people we are. i'd never trade her. >> reporter: despite that love. she is suing the mid-west sperm bank for medical malpractice. she says she thought she was being insell nated with a white man's sperm, so the baby would look like her partner. we chose a blond haired blue ied person. >> reporter: after he was inseminat

speaking of that, tomorrow on "today," we will be talking to the king of the high wire, nick wallendarope walk 50 stories up across the skyline of chicago. he will do part of it blindfolded? >> that's right. catch the live event by me and jim contore on sunday night on the discovery channel. natalie and i are much more nervous than he is about that. you may have the toughest job keeping it together. >> there are two walks, one goes uphill about eight stories or so he comes back down and does another one completely blindfolded. >> it's going to be chilly in chicago. >> let's get a check of the top stories from natalie. she's at the news desk. >> all right. thanks, guys. in the news, san francisco is celebrating its third world series championship in five years with a victory parade. the giants beat the royals 3-2 wednesday night in a dramatic game seven in kansas city. madison bumgarner with the series mvp. the bay area erupted with fireworks and an all night bash. some fans got out of control and set fires. police report two shootings. meanwhile, in kansas city, royal fans were gratef

. >> he hangs out with nik wallenda. he's like, bring it up. 1,454 feet, empire state building.only, what, 100 feet above that formation below? >> it's rock. >> if you fall 100 feet, i don't think you're going to do very well. >> but look at the nice metal railing. i'm not saying it's not frightening. >> i would do it in a minute. i would love to do that. >> you would? >> it would be kind of cool. can you imagine the pictures you would get? how cool would that be? >> the pictures you would get? i was going to show people -- have a tape measure and show you how far that is away from me. >> we don't have that, i guess. is it hot in here? >> you are. >> did you eat spicy food before the show? >> i did actually. >> what did you have? >> i bit into a pepper. they're cooking something upstairs. >> that's why. >> the question, of course, is would you cross this bridge. #walk this way or #run the other way. >> willie is dripping sweat right here. >> it is hot. >> don't forget if you #walk this way you have to sing the a aerosmith song. >>> seventh film in the wildly popular series, univ