wgn's robert jordan is live a city hall with more o top story. bob? >> it is something that is going to cause a bit of controversy. you've no doubt heard the radio commercials that have been flooding the airwaves. >> to manufacturers like to see that raised to 15%. it would be cleaner burning and would be good for the environment. the controversy is continuing and will be presented to the full city council tomorrow. >> that is one of the reasons e15 is controversial. both sides have many reasons to like the attitude or to hate it. >> i don't know the exact percentage of it. benefits are clean their airless particular matter in the air which is often times carcinogens. members have their own reason to vote for it or not. it is a win-win for everybody. the only people fighting this are the oil companies because they will be losing money. >> to make the ordinance more acceptable it was often too quick on the time to upgrade and add a pump. not do away with the mid grade. add a pump required. only big stations to face to retrofit. >> unless a majority of

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. those stories and a bit first traffic and weather. >> nice weather continues today. we have not seen the snow like we saw last year. at this point we had 14 in. it will be lucky to get any at this point. and to expect more significant snow coming up later before christmas. will talk about that before christmas. the cold storage early on. some sunshine but not much. it's 29 in chicago. thirty in kankakee. temperatures and not extremely cold there not warm. we expect to see those numbers, by early afternoon here typically we are at 36. today we will be there. 41 friday. saturday, 46. that's the forecast. >> we have some breaking news out of white teen indiana where we are hearing the rescue team is needed at a house. nancy has more. >> could morning. this is the developing situation. the fire department is on the scene actively dealing with a house fire on the 1200 block of one to one here. we are hearing reports that least one rescue has been made. though it were yet on the person's co

you can also follow us online at wgn tv. more to come. chicago police are investigating a woman's claim that she was raped by an "uber" driver. police aren't saying who, or where, or when. but uber is aware of the accusation. a spokeswoman called the driver's alleged actions appalling and unacceptable. the driver has been released by uber. the company says each of its drivers receives a rigorous background check. chicago police are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap a child in the south austin neighborhood on the west side. police say the boy was coming out of an alley at lorel and thomas just before three yesterday afternoon, when the man tried to grab him. he told the boy he had candy. the boy kicked the man and ran home. the boy was not hurt. police only have a vague description of the man. allan kustok could receive a life sentence for the murder of his wife. a cook county judge will sentence kustok today. in march, a jury convicted him of killing his wife, orland park four years ago. the defense argued it was suicide. but pros

tonight's wgn-tv cover story is a wgn news exclusive.... 20 years - the murder of 11 year old robert 'yummy' sandifer....rocked the nation. the story of sandifer's violent life and death was only made more tragic because of the ages of the two brothers convicted in his murder. sandifer's death came in the midst of a 72 hour manhunt for the 11 year old. he was wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 16 year old south side girl.sandifer's death was allegedly ordered by high ranking members of his gang. fellow gang members-- 16 years old - cragg hardway and his 14 year old brother- were arrested and convicted in sandifer's murder. tonight at 9 - wgn's tonya francisco shares the hard life lessons the men have learned from behind bars. >> what had life been like for you the past 20 years? >> its been rough, in my own mind cause at times i do replay it and would i do it again? >> how often do you think about that night? >> every day. tune in tonight at nine to see tonyas gripping interview with the hardaway brothers and to hear the message they have for young people involved in s

wgn's nancy loo reports. >> one of the protest actions taking place today. more are planned for this weekend. protesters vowed to keep up their efforts to raise awareness about racial inequality and injustice good >> the gathering will simone and half the protesters are small. organized by parents. >> we all have children. we do not want them to suffer the same way these other two gentlemen have had to suffer for their families have suffered in recent weeks. >> handful of chicago police stood by. unlike the situation all over chicago last night. hundreds took part in a probing protest that stretched on for several hours. leading to four minor arrests including this one on south michigan avenue. to facilitate the largely peaceful demonstration. but to bring shutdowns of major roadways. >> earlier some marchers broke through a police lined and disrupted traffic on the dan ryan at 18. >> protesters took the country local participants are all rich offer no indictments. >> we want police accountability. black lives matter. they cannot just kill people and face no

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. good morning, demetrius. it doesn't feel that that out. >> not too bad. >> you are right, normal temperatures. just an ordinary high temperature in the upper 30's kind of day. i'm done for the day. and just going to go home. i will take a look at the almanac for the rest of the forecast. the puma returns. " cover and it will be chilly. mainly cloudy conditions early. high temperatures in the 30's with sampler's possible. nothing too serious. 20 degrees in chicago. 21 in waukegan. 22 and garlic. sublet composite shows basically cloud cover across the area we are hard pressed to give much sunshine. we stayed dry through the morning. tonight is a different story. chance of showers. light showers possible. potentially some icy travel early in the morning as temperatures dropped into the 20s. potential for freezing rain moving into scattered showers. each day is much like the one before. mid- 30s-low '40's. fairly nice. >> you want to start with an update our official accident from overnig

one degree cooler at wgn. elsewhere we have readings at 23. looking at dry conditions today with satellite composite. here is the day planner, 32 degrees by noon. 32 by 5:00 p.m.. the official high is 35. down to 21 tonight. morris high 34. the bears are looking for a much needed to win as we get into tomorrow. and then friday with climb up to 30 degrees for a morning low afternoon high reaches 40. we stay around 40 for the upcoming weekend. >> with an update on the accident at 138. it looks like injuries were mild there were transported to the hospital in the process of cleaning this up and opening up that stretch. we do have the ongoing construction at the dan ryan from 95 into the merge. to read lands are blocked until 6:00. another hour before we have relief there. more numbers coming straight ahead. >>new overnight: two men were killed and another was injured in a shooting outside a home in joliet. nancy loo is live at the scene with the latest. >> the county coroner's office has identified the men killed. a 30 year-old and a 17 year-old

preparing for the broadcast on wgn he loves those hot dogs.he bulls led almost from the start, no wet drops one through the back door. rose had a few moments but butler and his co player were they hot ones. the third quarter, from manila to rose to jimmy buckets. 26 for butler. and look at the him. rejecting and then starting and in transition and finding brooks 43. the bulls lead by 22 terror grows out there for a second straight game. all five starters are involved. for the four and three road trip. no playing on sunday for the bears just work. the second of their back-to-back years the game when the cowboys come to town. yesterday was more like their normal once a practice day that's what they were doing. but without a key component. briggs bill one point last week was said to be 1810 decision is now out for the season with a groin injury placed on injured reserve. that probably means the end of his time as a bear but his teammates were thinking more of the here and now. >> i'm just disappointed for him personally. it's been a rough couple

that has the defocus or blur on it that really helps you focus on the subject. >> tony's bosses at wgnt. their miniature chicago has become a youtube hit. and the station's most popular on-air promo. >> i think i've gotten so many hits on a video like this is because people love their city. i mean, chicago's a great town. >> it's just the pure pleasure of seeing the city look different. so sort of charming and harmless in a way. >> sam calls his new york video "the sand pit," and in its first seven months, it has more than 750,000 online hits. >> i didn't really expect the response to be as big and as positive as it has been. it's something i thought would maybe generate interest for me and would be popular, but i didn't expect it to kind of explode in the way that it did. >> you almost get to this point where every city wants to have it, because when you're seeing your own city that way, it's familiar, yet different. it lets you see your own city in a different light. >>> gee whiz, i sure do love counting. i wonder how high i can go. let's find out. one, two, three, four, five, six --

on several television stations including our own wgn tv.sales seven years ago. >> insufficient testing and a poor understanding of the innovative that a real contributor to the grounding of boeing 787 fleet. according to a new report by the national transportation safety board. regulators started investigating the fleet after a fire at boston's airport and another incident in japan. safety board investigated the boston up so suggested for the first time that manufacturing flaws caused the fact that allowed the battery cell to fail. >> to is the season for giving back. today is giving tuesday. creating a national day of giving at the start of the holiday season. it is meant to be a charitable response. >> chicago city council has voted 44-5 to raise the city's minimum wage to $13 an hour by the year 2019. >> girl scout cookies are going to be sold on line for the first time. troops in chicago in northwest indiana will actually not be taking part in that. >> major internal database overhaul. >> could implemented in january of 2016. you have t

wgn's julian crews is live outside city hall. julian? >> a busy agenda for the final city council meeting of 2014. an ordinance on limiting pet coke storage. the controversial measure to force city gas stations to offer fuel that has higher levels of ethanol. before that taking center stage in a rare visit to city council. >> that has earned the admiration of all of us regardless of faith. all of us in public service. that is chicagos highest honor. the medal of merit. city council be stealing the thunder on francis cardinal george. the mayor and others praising his devotion. >> city council taking up key environmental issues. an ordinance limiting storage. >> a controversial by product of petroleum refineries. >> most especially in massive terminal on the southeast side. city council wants to limit the size of massive pet coke ideals. there's the issue of the 15 fuel. the measure is opposed by the illinois retail merchants association. >> council members focused on the ailing cardinal door to of course has been battling cancer. >> you h

wgn's julian crews is live outside loyola's mundelein center. where the e reporrldather ju >> concluding on the campus of loyola university. there were tears of sorrow. >> extraordinary life of the victim judging by the tremendous outpouring of sympathy. this is a lost just offer a grieving family car for the greater community at large. >> any time you lose a person with the kind of vision but a kind of clarity or conviction and is tragic for anybody. >> the victim's oldest brother sharing the family's grief over the weekend murder gun down friday night to an attempted robbery. as police continue to search for two attackers are remarkably composed and accomplished pakistan family is focused on the others. >> what is not about playing the blame game, it is about understanding why this happens. how do we prevent other families from having their daughters taken away from them? >> >> that is the peace and that is the understanding. his desire to be a doctor to help those in need. >> was on a remarkable trajectory determined to bring health care to p

we'll have the latest on the wgn news at . the u-s department of justice is announci its findro an into whether cleveland police officers continually use excessive force. u-s attorney general eric holder says there's reason to believths forceact within policepa la on eq training and poor policies. the 20-month investigation included ride-alongs with rank-and-file officers, sit-downs with police brass, public forums and private meetings with civil rights advocates, community activists and citizens who reported police brutality. this year's flu vaccine is less effective at preventing illness. the centers for disease control says a little more than half of the flu virus samples tested this fall are different from the strains included in this year's shots. this year's innoculation inlcuded the flu that was most prevalent last year. originally doctors thought the flu shot would be more effective because the same strain seemed to be causing illness again this year. but that strain has mutated. the c-d-c still recommends getting vacc

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> good morning. the all important weekend forecast is heating up. temperatures will go up. we dodged another bullet. i know everybody is waiting for the snow blocked to drop. but the cold weather will not arrive this weekend. patchy fog early on could slowdown. we have fog especially in areas outside of chicago. near average high in the '30's. right now visibility only 3 mi. and bartlett. in dekalb only half a mile. joliet, 1.7 mi.. 5 mi. in kankakee. this will linger close to 10 or 11:00. keep that in mind. 23 at o'hare. chicago reads at 26. 21 in kankakee. some light composite shows we are dry. you may see where that falk is coming into this area. sun and clouds today highs in the upper 30s. typically we are in the mid-30s. with say warmer than normal for the weekend. 48 on saturday. and then on sunday we get to a high of 50 degrees chance of showers sunday evening into monday. i'm making lots of friends here. >> that's the good research project. fin out where we were at halloween.

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. looking at wisconsin it's a much different picture. >> here is the deal. snow and crummy whether to the north. even to the east a big storm out there. if people are traveling to east big problems. but we are sitting pretty. stamp moist air mass and then we are expecting to see temperatures stay that way as we progress. the damp chill and light drizzle with with sprinkles, mainly cloudy today becoming partly cloudy by tonight. we to set off a stretch where temperatures will climate warmer than normal. highs reaching the 30's and 40's. we try out eventually. you can see the counter clockwise swirl of low pressure system that will really put itself together. 37 degrees for the temperature. bartlett is at 34. 35 by 5:00 p.m.. by 9:00 p.m. we are down to 32. 37 this afternoon becoming mostly cloudy. 36 on wednesday. i guess we should include she ra and he man in the forecast. >> compared a quick look outside and michigan avenue we have to camp road conditions. after yesterday, today should

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* >> we all have a purple been going on today. i don't know if we subconsciously agreed to that. >> everyone called the chair. tomorrow is a purple day. that we did at 2:00 a.m.. >> let's talk about temperatures today. potentially were getting warmer. that is relative because it's colder than normal but warmer for us is just a cooler than before. and garlic is 20 degrees. wind is light out of the north and northwest. we continue to see wind chill of 13 and bartlett. 13 in joliet. some light composite shows warm conditions today. no snow or rain. 33 decreased by 5:00. then the clock down to 31. mostly sunny skies are coming wednesday at 34 degrees. and others that we make 35. should i be happy or sad? warmer than it has been but colder than normal. >> it's right down the middle. say i am contributing to the whole hispanic line that the president during. we have some construction watch out for. this is where we have the closures there are rerouting the no. 8 ct a bus. we're close to seeing this pressure rep. we have bling can proje

thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* tim mcgill is in for demetrius. he has a check of our weather. good morning, tim. >> miles and murky. we have some for the spirit 35 at o'hare. 44 in bartlett. we have some falk . wind and the south and 5-15. a lot of moisture is out there. we have called and visibility is down less than 1 mi.. about 1 mi. at o'hare. fifth falk. this is for the western suburbs, that will last until 8:00 a.m.. but the good news is it will be a mild day highs near 50 degrees. he may see some drizzle out there. some lean toward the mississippi. that will be here in the afternoon. drizzle and light rain from time to time. high near 50 degrees. we fall into the '30's. light rain could mix and then 30 degrees on wednesday. no major snowstorm and no bitter cold. that's the weather. let's check traffic. >> good morning. let's start with the latest on the matra electric line. last night around 5:30 p.m. allegedly there was a drunk driver driving a semi truck who struck a pillar and the pillar supports all the overhead electrical wires. so wh