shattered the agee family who is planning for a funeral rather than their traditional thanksgiving >>close family friends drove the family to the campus this morning for a counseling session ... the family is devastated their youngest son was president of a fraternity and about to graduate in may >>we send our kids to school to be prosperous and life not to have to come and see them on a slab at the coroner's office >>22 year-old steven agee was shot and killed early this morning attending a party off- campus the gunman fled the party packed with dozens of people celebrating have a thanksgiving break it's not clear why an argument broke out between the two but the family notes that it hardly matters now >>i'm not concerned about what happened and not concerned about an argument. i'm not concerned if they find him. i'm not concerned if they don't find him. i'm not concerned if he does a day or 100 years in jail it's not bringing my son back. to tell the police have scheduled a 130 news conference to discuss a significant development in the case that will not confirm that they have made an arrest ... mrs. agee has been telling us that they have only just begun to plan the funeral her biggest concern is not putting onions and the thanksgiving meal because her son steve did not like them >>steven r. agee is being remembered as a good student and a good young man at one of the high schools that he attended in the south suburbs muriel clair is live in chicago heights with more on that victim's life >>he spent his freshman and sophomore year at marion catholic school year in chicago heights the principle here remembers him well she said that she shocked and saddened by the senseless and and have his life at such a young age. >>i was really shocked it just so happened that steve stopped by here last week he was only here as a freshman and sophomore but i recognized him immediately he had a great smile. he stood out that way. just a great kid. he talked to me about his plans to go and get a master's degree he seemed very excited >>steve was a good student and just great kid he's one of those people that tried to be friends to everyone and he worked hard in the classroom participated in wrestling and in football he was kind of a wiry kid he didn't have the haft he needed to for the higher class's of wrestling ... but he persevered >>he apparently kept the team spirit going at northern illinois univ. ... and he did an internship in rockford at a financial company that company released a statement this morning expressing sadness and remembering him as an optimistic team player eager to learn. charges seven filed in a violent attack that took place at a red line station. officials of charge 18 year-old scotty strahan with battery those charges stem from an incident caught on video back in april. police say that he was the person caught on video punching an unidentified man at the chicago revenue from line stopped as his friends look on laughing. that figure was taken by the assailants friend to posted it on line. police say that he turned himself an and will appear in court later today >>the country duo sugarland has been named to a lawsuit in the deadly indiana state fair stage collapse. the group was set to perform on the stage collapsed during a storm with strong gusts of wind on august 13, 2007 people were killed the lawsuit is filed on behalf of the estates of four of the deceased and more than 40 survivors lawyers say that sugarland had final say on whether or not to cancel a concert due to the whether the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from sugarland its producers stage riggers and others associated with that show >>at least one downstate lawmakers as the political divide is too big between chicago and downstate. a bill was introduced in springfield to make cook county its own state. republican representative bill mitchell of decatur says that while cook county has 40 percent of the state's population mitchell says that cook county selected pat quinn gov. weld practically every other county voted for republican bill brady and he blames democrats for a massive tax hike abolishing the state's death penalty and legalizing same-sex civil unions all against the wishes of downstate boaters they say their voices are just being drowned out ... >>mitchell wants a statewide vote on cook county secession and then a vote of congress to approve the split >>aaa predicts 42 1/2 million americans will travel of the thanksgiving holiday this year the city aviation department expects nearly 1.7 million travelers to pass through o'hare and midway airports before the holiday period ends next monday new and improved screening measures are making things a little bit easier for passengers with the addition of special family lanes and children under 12 no longer required to take off their shoes on security lines it is a quicker tractor airport's security and onto awaiting flights it's all part of a shift in focus for the transportation security administration former white sox manager ozzie guillen was among those we spotted at o'hare today if you are planning over the holiday to travel remember to give yourself at least two hours before departure at the airport in time to catch your flight ... >>the daley plaza christmas tree will be lit later today. mayor emanuel is set to flip the switch and activate the tree's lights the 55 ft. colorado spruce from southwest suburban western springs will feature 5800 multicolored allie deelites and five pointed star perched on the top the l e d lights and the star will be lit in a ceremony beginning at 4:00 p.m. and the lights will come on a five you are heading downtown for the tree lighting washington will be closed to traffic between clark and division streets and the 78 annual mcdonald's thanksgiving day parade is tomorrow morning in the loop it runs on state street from congress no. 2 randolph you can watch it locally on channel 9 from 8 until 11 am and a 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[music: "matchmaker, matchmaker from "fiddler on the roof"] so tom skilling we have something you call a temperature inversion ... >>that's right we have a layer of warm air and the cold dense air sits and within that areas of fog ... you makes out some of the fog and hayesze.. and then you get a warmer temperatures we are on the way to a warm thanksgiving in may be a bit overcast but things will be improving ... ran now there's a big storm out on the east coast and one on the west coast ... we still have a seat conditions here some hazy conditions here ... all of the freezing temperatures are to the north of the border in southern canada. but even they are seeing a warm-up as we warmup across the continent over the next couple of days. about one-quarter of the country is under snow right now and the big story is the warming trend tomorrow we have above normal temperatures nearly coast-to- coast. the extreme northeast and northwest will have cool temperatures in some cases stormy weather overnight we head cool readings in the northern suburbs ... do line is currently 38 at o'hare ... we have better weather on the way we have a sunny afternoon ... it will be sunny and mild for thanksgiving and the gusty winds will come back tomorrow at 30 m.p.h. 61 degrees tomorrow 62 degrees friday we may get some rain later in the weekend. saturday we transition to a cooler air into the 50's and it will begin to reinain.. that will go into sunday ... the chilly air will take up residence across the country and chicago will be no exception by midweek. in northern new england they had abby snow overnightheavy snow overnight there are winter weather advisories also in the pacific northwest @s@s@s@s@s@s we will get cooler sunday and monday. november is one of the windy months. we will see that happen tomorrow 30 mi. per hour ... today sunny and mild. light southwest wind 9 mi. per hour. fog will develop overnight. we will see sunniy wendy and milder conditions tomorrow 61 degrees ... 64 degrees for friday it will turn cooler over the weekend it's time now for today's trivia ... which u.s. president established thanksgiving has an annual holiday? on his broken down today. but the procedure will be done and colorado, where a pan will be inserted to stabilize the thumb. meanwhile his old team the denver broncos have released quarterback kyle orton ... and he could possibly return to chicago. the bears may claim him off waivers but there are 29 teams ahead of them in the way for order kyle orton was 21-12 as a starter here but he would back up caleb hanie now caleb hanie gets his first career start this weekend and he just spoke about the opportunity at hallas hall >>you have to take evanish of opportunities when they are given to you and that's what i will try to do and get the ball to the playmakers who do the hard work it should be pretty fun >>the blackhawks are in san jose tonight trying to bounce back from 2 blowout losses they were outscored 14-4 in those games so they spent a couple of their off days in las vegas to clear their heads defenseman duncan keith and ford michael frolik have both been injured but the r game time decisions that will be made tonight that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is next >>here are the winning pick three numbers: 2 9 3 >>here are the winning pick four numbers: 6 2 1 5 last throw, prince. and last chance at medicare open enrollment, too. what do you mean? it ends december 7th. if you haven't reviewed your medicare plan choices yet, well, it's getting late. medicare gives you free cancer screenings and wellness visits and 50% off brand name prescription drugs when you're in the donut hole... it's all part of the health care law. december 7th? i better get goin'! 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[ male announcer ] tom's discovering that living healthy can be fun. see? he's taking his vitamins. new one a day vitacraves plus omega-3 dha is a complete multivitamin for adults. plus an excellent source of omega-3 dha in a great tasting gummy. one a day gummies for grown-ups. abraham lincoln proclaimed a national thanksgiving day during the civil war on october 3 1863. so tom skilling we have unseasonably warm weather for our holiday tomorrow. >>the son will break out this afternoon the clearing process is underway. the clouds will begin to break up as we go through the morning hours. don't be surprised if we begin cloudy but the gusty winds will mix and the dry and warm air and the temperatures will head for the low 60s ... friday will be mild and sunny but saturday we will get some clouds and rainshowers ... the strong wind will be blowing. looking at the wind roaring in from the north 40 mi. per hour across the plains that will be calling us off on sunday. we will get about an inch of rain sunday ... and in vermont new hampshire and maine they are experiencing in northern new england it snow storm. back here in chicago it's been 13 years since we've had a 60 degree thanksgiving it will be 64 degrees friday it will be in the '50s on saturday with cooler rainshowers on sunday. we have a decidedly cooler pattern next week. when state is the final day of november it's hard to believe we are approaching winter already. 70 percent of our thanksgiving days have been in the '30's or the 40's so tomorrow will be a real bonus happy thanksgiving everyone. >>thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon and a great thanksgiving tomorrow remember we're back again at 5 and at 9 and we will be back here for the midday news on friday ... watch for coverage of the thanksgiving parade followed by the wgn classic children's show tomorrow. have a safe holiday.