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>>next on wgn: bad gas. no, seriously. bp is recalling gallons of gasoline after drivers find their cars won't work. a firestorm over a congressman's comments on rape and abortion though he's sorry, the missouri lawmaker is not dropping out. and the chicago empire that started with a bit of bumper polishing. >>a consumer alert tonight b-p gasoline produced in northwest indiana could be bad for your car. >>good evening, i'm tom negovan. >>i'm jackie bange. our top story seen around the country tonight on wgn america: a b-p gasoline recall. wgn's gaynor hall joins us live with the details. gaynor? . >> it's causing all kinds of problems for drivers. cars started coming in for service on saturday frustrated drivers with similar problems the check engine light was coming on and cars were shaking and rattling. the general manager says after running diagnostics it was clear that the problem was the fuel. his service department has been extracting bad fuel and cleaning the fuel injectors. the inconvenience is costing drivers 3-$4

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wgn's dan ponce is live in the newsroom with the very latest. state law requires the teachers union to give 10 days notice before going on strike. tonight the union voted to give its leadership the authorization to do so. that means c-t-u president karen lewis now has full power to call for a strike. she hasn't done so yet. but she says she wants teachers to be prepared. the chicago teachers union flexing muscle outside cps headquarters this morning. ctu president karen lewis says teachers are prepared to take serious action if a compromise isn't agreed upon soon. she says the current proposal on the table for teachers' health care and compesation are - at this point - unacceptable: >> "none of us wants a strike, but if it's necessary to do this, we will" tonight union leaders gathered at lane tech high school. the ctu then gave its leadership the *authorization* to give the board of education a 10-day notice to strike. >> "i guess that says a lot about how our members feel and where they are right now" during today's board meeting, cps chief je

we are joined on the phone by wgn legal analyst terry sullivan. >>george ryan was due to be released in one year it looks as though he will serve the entire sentence >>yes except for the fact ... that the law moves very slowly he may not have another shot at getting anything done in this circuit ... >>can you explain how the door might still be open ... and the basis for this current appeal >>the honest services lot is more confusing now than it has ever been the supreme court sent this back to the seventh circuit and told them to look at the jury instructions ... there was another opinion but the seventh circuit court of appeals in chicago toward the end said there were other counts that they addressed ... in the last two paragraphs they said they do not consider the other four counts ... and may uphold the district court's analysis ... it seems to say to me that ... they later say that the supreme court " did not instruct them to reconsider a certain portion of this decision? >>the only thing the governor can do is try to get the entire seventh

we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's randi belisomo is live at the will county courthouse in joliet with our top story.... mary parks attended nursing class is with kathleen savio parks said that she hid the marks on her neck where drew peterson grabbed her tried to strangle her and said why don't you just die ... this is hearsay evidence that the defense has worked to prevent ... the judge informed the court room that he had a hot tip with a letter from an inmate at the department of corrections ... he had information linking the peterson case to the lincoln assassination and the zimmerman case in florida he said this won't be happening ... in the park's testimony it was said that drew peterson broke into the home of kathleen savio dressed in swat uniform threatening her life ... >>that want to convict someone based on character assassination ... other witnesses a corner and a pathologist who will say that the wound that kathleen savio sustained could not have been from a simple fall in a bathroom ... the badly de

wgn's nancy loo has details. >>word of the governor's veto was circulating long before he got there this morning and there's clearly a disappointment that he has taken the gambling expansion bill off the table. >>sometimes it may take longer to do it right the first time ... >>those were telling words from the governor spent the morning visiting longfellow am elementary school students ... supporters of the gambling bill in springfield say they are ready to fight and they are about to lobby enough votes to override the governor's veto after the november election the expansion plan would allow for five new casinos won in chicago the governor said that the bill the lawmakers sent to him had to many shortcomings like not enough ethical guidelines and weak regulatory oversight >>were neck and have loopholes for gangsters ... when it hit my desk not enough integrity ... >>the governor says he's not against gambling but he pointed out that two of his predecessors are now in jail. he spoke with the mayor this morning to

wgn's julian crews is live with details. >>many concussions suffered during football games are very obvious to trainers or coaches but that's not always the case sometimes there are situations where the signs are not so the obvious ... >>we don't have to rely on intuition we have effective concussion diagnostic tools ... all chicago public high school programs with football programs will receive the test kit thanks to the family of dave duerson it's been a year and have since dave duerson took his life ... it was determined that the former chicago bears suffered from brain disease as a result of concussions throughout his football career ... the nfl is being sued by many families of former players over this medical issue ... chicago public schools were spurred by the city council to take that had hitting practice out of games and practices this is a reading test where players get tested on the sidelines after a bad head that's come appeared to a baseline test taken be fore the diagnostics and data get matched cps coaches and

they try to avoid the sweep tonight, right here on wgn. on the royals. gordon beckham leading off the game... he hits his eleventh home run of the year, and first career lead-off homer. it's tied at two in the seventh... jake peavy still gives up the go-ahead single to alex gordon. peavy loses his eighth game... 5-2 the final. the tigers won, so the sox' lead is just a half-game. they wrap up the series tonight. brian urlacher missed his sixth straight day of practice in bourbonnais. he won't play in the pre-season open in denver tomorrow night. lovie smith only says urlacher is excused for personal reasons. newly re- signed rashied davis practiced for the first time yesterday. he's trying to win back his old spot on special teams, after he spent a year in detroit. davis says he's happy to be back with the team that signed him from the arena league. china still leads the medal count 75-71 over the u-s with five more golds. allie raisman took home a gold and bronze in gymnastics. the u.s. won two medals in the 110-meter hurdles, but lolo jo

wgn's julian crews is live in wheaton with more. loved ones and friends on aware of the developments in the investigation as they say goodbye to this young woman at st. michael's catholic church >>we love her and we miss her she was a great person someone i looked up to ... >>there is heartbreaking herein wheaton, people are consoling each other here at st. michael's catholic church ... the victim was shot saturday after noun it appears to have been a broad daylight armed robbery it took the life of the former st. louis university volleyball star she was sitting in her car talking on the phone with her mother the moment the gunman opened fire ... a reward is being offered $31,000 for information leading to the arrest not clear if it led to any tip where detectives are interviewing a suspect in another robbery that's according to st. louis metro police our news affiliate in st. louis reports that the individual being held as 18 years old being questioned now with regard to this case ... police are calling him a person of interest in

in the newsroom amy rutledge, wgn news. the judge and lawyers in the drew peterson murder trial are meeting this morning to discuss closing arguments and instructions for the jury. closing statements are set for tuesday. yesterday, prosecutors made their rebuttal case. they called a new witness, the renowned pathologist michael he performed the third and final autopsy on kathleen savio. he said she was clearly murdered. but again, drew peterson's lawyers said no one presented any physical evidence to tie peterson to savio's death. lab expert takes the stand this morning in the christophervaughn is charged with shooting his wife and three kids in june 2007. mary wong said there was gunshot residue on vaughn's underwear and his jacket. she also testified there was residue on his wife's hands. but, wong added this doesn't mean she fired the gun... just possibly came in contact or near it. mitt romney rallied the republican faithful, and appealed to independents and democrats to change america's political and economic course, a

on the wgn morning news.. wgn midday news.. and wgn news at five and nine.ge county met in lombard tonight with republican congressman joe walsh. walsh has been outspoken about his perceived dangers of radical islam to americans. he recently linked the council of american-islamic relations to the palestinian group hamas. after a lengthy statement of grievances -- walsh rose to speak -- saying the meeting was his idea -- and that he was there to listen. muslims rose to speak and ask questions. it was an animated get-together -- with both sides presumably leaving somewhat the wiser for it. controversial missouri senate candidate todd akin says he's staying in the race, despite pressure from fellow republicans to drop out. akin ignited a political firestorm last sunday when he used the expression legitimate rape to expound on a theory that rape rarely results in pregnancy. speaking in st. louis today akin made his intentions clear. akin is running to unseat democratic senator claire mccaskill. >> i may not be a favorite candidate of some people within the repub

stay tuned to wgn news.this country stands for. >> a nation mourns the loss of a true american hero. neil armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died. >> we have more on his incredible career. >> neil armstrong was 82. he died from complications following heart surgery earlier this month. today, he is being remembered for that one small step that left a lasting footprint on american history. 1930 in ohio neil armstrong was born on his grandparents' farm. after his first airplane ride, the aviation bug bit back. as a teenager he started taking flying lessons before his driver's license. earning a degree in aeronautical engineering, he joined the navy and the 78 combat missions in the korean war. he became a test pilot for the rocket plane that laid the groundwork for space tro avel. during the cold war, he answered president kennedy's challenge becoming an astronaut in 1962. >> it was a diversion which presented the war. nevertheless, it was a diversion. it was intense. it did allow both ties t

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wgn's tonya francisco is live in joliet with our top story: dr. mary kay's a narrow and forensic pathologist was on the witness stand testifying the prosecution asked her how she reached her conclusions that she was going to announce in front of the jury that day she said she used some of the analysis from doctors not listed on the witness list reach conclusions about the death of kathleen savio ... the judge looked up case lot and said he would instruct the jury not to pay attention to any of those doctors' names that dr. case mentioned and the testimony resumed it was only for 20 minutes and the jury has taken a break for lunch ... this is par for the course with this case lots of breaks lots of jurors having to leave the court room ... before court today we asked the defense attorney joel brodsky to give us his assessment of how things are going: >>earlier i said they haven't laid a glove on us ... after what we heard today they got a few jabs in but they did not hit us hard ... for the first time joel brodsky is not only allowing for the possi

wgn's jae miller is live in joliet with the story: opening statements are under way ... this was a brutal crime christopher vaughn killed his family because he wanted to start a new life in canada defense attorneys say it was the wife who did the killing she was upset and came up with a murder- suicide because she believed her husband had an affair ... it's a complex case that involves exotic dancers and admitted affair and a cryptic poem ... the man accused of killing his wife and three children during a last-minute trip to springfield water park in june 14, 1927 has wife kimberly along with the 12 year- old daughter 11 year-old daughter and eight year-old son were found dead in their s u v ... on a frontage road near shanahan ... the man suffered a gunshot wounds to his legs ... he said that his wife shot him and the kids and turn the gun on herself ... he said his wife was upset with him over his religious beliefs and admission of an affair during a business trip to mexico one year earlier it is believed he mastermind the seat murder of his entire family to pursue a n

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wgn's tonya francisco is live in joliet... with details on why doctor blum considers the case a homicide. >>dr. baum is now being cross- examined by the defense his testimony yesterday was damaging to their case but drew peterson is attorneys said they have surprises for him in cross- examination that may change a few minds >>when larry bloom took the witness stand again this morning he referred to a lot of testimony from the day before ... a fall left kathleen savio with a gash to the head and bruises in the front and side of her body she didn't have injuries to her arms that such a would try to stop herself from falling ... >>the defense is not convinced they say that she died from an accidental slip and fall >>the doctor we believe is making many false assumptions ... >>the prosecution landed in hot water with the judge when the doctor committed that he climbed into the tub where kathleen savio was found dead ... the judge instructed previously that there be no mention of the scene of the " accidental drowning " ... it yiel

wgn's tonya francisco is live at the will county courthouse with our top story.... >>prosecutors had originally planned to try this case as a death penalty case but in the five years since this murder the death penalty has been abolished in the state of illinois and that fund used to pay for the public defender has been eliminated so the defendant has new attorneys ... we are days away from getting the details of what happened when the family went to a family vacation at a downstate water park ... it considerably thinner and clean shaven christopher vaughn greeted potential jurors with a timid " good morning ladies and gentlemen " as he took his place in the courtroom he is accused of killing his three children and his wife he told police early on the morning of june 14, 1920 07 there were on their way to a downstate water park in springfield when he pulled off an access road off of interstate 55 to secure the luggage atop the s u v there were driving ... he claimed his wife shot him tried to escape and then killed the three children ... but the prosecutors contend

wgn's jae miller is live at the courthouse in joliet with details on the judge's decision. >>judge edward burmilia denied motion for a mistrial saying the prosecution did try to get in evidence that was excluded but not with the intent to cause a mistrial ... this came up yesterday when the second witness a former neighbor of kathleen savio ho was called to the stand ... the man was once called to assist her to move some belongings of drew peterson out of the house when there were going to marital problems and also to change the locks on her doors ... drew peterson did not like that and the neighbor testified that he once found a 38 caliber bullet on his doorstep and felt intimidated and threatened by peterson saying that he once told him that he " got the message " the defense claims that prosecutors devoted these defense into filing for mistrial ... it was looking quite tactical but the prosecutors claim that to say it was intentional was absurd so the judge denied the defense motion for mistrial ... jurors were instructed to strike out that testimony ... >>things still m

wgn's sean lewis is at the marriott chicago on west adams. this is not a worst case scenario but there is still cause for concern. three confirmed cases of legionnaires' disease traced to this hotel. the chicago apartment of public health notified hotel management one week ago about the cases reported to them. they ordered the hotel to drain and shut down the pool and hot tub which are located on the lower level of the hotel near the spot. they also drink the water fountain in the lobby. the hotel said more than 8500 guests who stayed here between july 14th and august 15th, a one month time period have been notified by mail about the outbreak of legionnaires' disease. current tests are being notified when they check in and given the option to stay at a different hotel downtown also hotel staff who worked in that timeframe between mid july and last week. also last week the department of health took samples from three areas believed to be the source which causes of the bacteria which causes legionnaire's. in order to get the bacteria it takes 1

i'm dina bair >>and don dan ponce we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web ... julian crews spoke exclusively with mayor emanuel about how it's all going so far >>shoe they have been here since monday ... we're getting our first close-up look about how things are going: >>essentially we are getting 20 additional minutes in literacy 15 in math ... we are able to implement recess for the first time ... 25 minutes and additional time in the resource preparation ... he likes the flexibility he has to utilize the extra 52 minutes of classroom time as he sees fit the veteran chicago public schools principal is fitting needs to his students most to live in the austin neighborhood here on the west side we spoke with science teachers here said they have more instruction time and are able to focus more on specific areas ... using i pads the elementary students at spencer are preparing power point presentation is on the elements of english grammar and speech ... according to the mayor technology and longer time makes it all happen ... the mayor p

sean lewis, wgn news. police arrested more than 20 people downtown during an incident last night. most of the arrests happened near state street and chicago avenue. police say the group was pushing people on the sidewalks. they scattered into the streets when officers arrived. one 14-year-old girl was caught throwing tea on a security guard at a nearby mcdonald's. many of those arrested were charged with misdemeanors. no one was injured. still to come, a teen determined to curb waste from plastic bags thanks the governor for action he recently took. and later, a popular tourist spot in washington d-c is returning to normal after 2 era laundry detergent once stomped a stain with such power, even chuck norris could respect it. twice the stain fighting power as the next leading liquid value brand. era, the only detergent that's chuck norris approved. ♪ you do ♪ ♪ something to me ♪ ♪ that nobody else could do ♪ think you can't get great auto insurance coverage and a great rate? think again! mary switched to allstate got an agent, and saved $326.00 on her car insurance. john switched,

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our top story seen around the country tonight on wgn america. >> on august 31, 2007 she met with the pastors and she had something to tell him about her husband's third wife. she said she woke up in the middle of the night and he was not there. he did not answer is on either. when he came home in the early morning hours she found him dressed in all black pudding is closed and a bag of women's clothes and the washing machine. he said he told her that the police would want the sitdown an interview her and " he told her what to say to the police. peterson then coached his young wife hours. she said she lied on tuesday have to the police. stacy peterson disappeared less than two months after confessing to her pastor. on cross- examination, defense attorney joe lopez asked why he never told anybody. he said stacy told him not to. and then he said a word that had never been uttered in the court room. he called for pedersen a murderer at least three times. chari never said anything about pedersen killing at savio. >> i think by the third time you hear murderer you get the message. did even

wgn midday news a new book written by a navy seal who was part of the mission that killed osama bin laden contradicts offical reports about the raid. the book is called "no easy day" and was written by a seal using the pen name "mark owen." in the book - owen says bin laden was unarmed and already dead when the seals entered his bedroom. he says the terror leader had gun shot wounds to the head. official reports say bin laden had a weapon and was killed after resisting soldiers who entered the room. the pentagon confirms the author is a former seal who was involved in the operation. he could face criminal prosecution if any confidential information is included. it's now been two-thousand days since fbi agent robert levinson disappeared in iran. the u.s. state department is pushing iran to give the u.s. more information about where levinson might be. levinson disappeared more than five years ago while on a business trip to iran. last year .. secretary of state hillary clinton said the u-s government had received tips that levinson was being held by a group near the borders of afghanistan,

tighten loopholes and the state's pension system for lawmakers it comes after a series of reports by wgn and the chicago tribune. the new law requires an outgoing or former lawmaker to either opt out of higher pension or to require the government agency hiring that lawmaker to use their pension fund to pick up the additional costs. two weeks ago and met a bus crash in litchfield illinois the cash was meant for charity but instead a former male carrier pocketed the money the 41 year-old pleaded guilty today to stealing almost 30,000 letters containing more than $275,000 he took the envelops while working his route and is facing up to five years in prison he will be sentenced in november. coming up, mondogo jumped into the mayor's race. the vice president and mrs. obamaand the president and mrs. obama's first kiss etched in stone. ep [ bell tolls ] agents, say hello to the biggest hailstone in u.s. history. oh, that will leave a dent. which is exactly why we educate people... about comprehensive coverage. yep. the right choice now can pay off later. looks like a bowling ball. yeah. oh! age

moi was nearly 3000 kids received free food supplies and enjoyed music and animals as part isof wgn back-to-schoolecked out animals. care coverage also give away a of record free 250 haircuts. they also received free immunization and dental exams. we are so proud to be a part of this fare we brought our raisins, granola bars, juice boxes all the things that kids need for healthy snacks. 3000 kids. a big figure to everybody that headed out. thank you to everybody that headed out. last night they were setting up the tents and it was pouring so we got a nice break in the rain. skies are clearing tonight, the real he has backed up in the western u.s., the wetter areas are red flag warnings for wild fires spreading. what a beautiful evening and the highs tomorrow will make it well to the upper '70's, it will be the coolest weekend we've seen in chicago in almost 10 weeks. 78 is the forecast tomorrow. on monday we bring rain and in to see the weather system coming across the rockies that is our next weather system. high pressure comes in tomorrow, who will say goodbye to the storm. we will see lots of s

wgn's randi belisomo is live in hammond...h details on the investigation into pastor jack schaap. officials here are not saying anything until 230 this afternoon after they received word from prosecutors if charges will be filed the lake county sheriff's department and the fbi are looking into what happened here authorities are not saying much given the sensitive nature of the case ... he served as pastor of the first baptist church in hammond since 2001 ... the board says he has forfeited his right to lead over this " sin " a spokesperson for the church say that the pastor is in seclusion with his wife ... the couple have two children he became vice-president of the college and pastor of the church after the death of his father- in-law two decades ago ... many attending first baptist are bused in from other communities ... >> the pastor has been good to us i don't have a bad opinion of him i knew the pastor before yemenis seemed like a good guy >> he spoke the word of the bible i have nothing bad to say about him ... the boar

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wgn's randi belisomo is live at the will county courthouse with our top story.. >>good afternoon prosecutors are maintaining that drew peterson set the scene around the death of kathleen savio to full police and that his attempt worked ... to state police investigators will sit testify that the death of kathleen savio was an accident ... and now the prosecutors have to cast doubt on the police investigation they want to say it was botched and therefore they have no credible evidence ... they're trying to put the burden of proof onto the drew peterson team who maintains that that isn't a proper strategy ... a witness said that u.s. suspicious of the way the kathleen savio arrow dead body was positioned the bathtub was cleaned ... he asked state police investigators if this was believed to be suspicious but the prosecutors did not hear that it was from that witness ... >>i have not heard my client tied to one minuscule piece of evidence that he was involved in the death of kathleen savio not one trace of evidence ... this is more of the same from the prosecution th

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