Continue to engage in bloody fighting. In the meantime the secretary of state calls on israel and palestine to halt the fighting in the gaza strip and pose serious truce negotiations. This as a militant group means to join the palestinians at the negotiating table. The Egyptian Government is offering a framework for them to do so. To loss of lives and humanitarian impact is really heartbreaking. Driving our International Partners in reiterating our call. For an immediate end to the fighting. More than 600 palestinians and the least 29 israelis have been killed since july 8th. In chicago a rally getting under way to protest the fighting in gaza. The situation has progressed and changed a bit. Two cultures are about to intersect here at the corner of madison and canal. There is an israel rallies supporting israel behind me. Now the palestinians supporters 250,000 strong we understand a good portion of them have shown up. 27 Israeli Soldiers up and killed since the operation. Chicagos Jew
That we only made it 90 degrees twice. Today will be no. 3. Temperatures will climb above 90 this afternoon then showers and storms will come through bringing as much needed rain. Large hail and also a strong wind gusts will be popular this evening and local us down. 73 degrees right now at the lakefront. A warm summer nights. Temperatures typically in the 60s. We are dry but if you will be out past dinner time to take your umbrella. Potential for showers and storms. The chance is after 5 00 p. M. It will climb back up around 9 00 p. M. And as the go through the night the chance will taper out of the forecast and the storms are out by tomorrow morning. 91 degrees tomorrow. A big drop tonight. Partly cloudy. Breezy and cool tomorrow. With an accident on 355. Its causing some issues with investigators on the scene northbound left lane is blocked. On 83, ongoing road or from maine to bluff. A single lane theyre theyre working for some bridge maintenance there. Rest of the numbers are look
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Home a staff you he had. We begin in syria where rebels fighting the government of Bashar Alassad say they have killed 300 of his soldiers in the past week. Dozens more have been detained by the alnusra front and other factions. Assads troops had captured the northern suburbs of a hleb owe in a surprise attack but within a day we were over run by the rebels. These areas are strategic because the government would have cut the main supply lines for the rebels in aleppo ending the siege on two main proassad villages. The u. N. Special envoy to syria is headed to damascus to try to lens the fighting. He has had some assurances from the go of the that they will stop all arian bombardments on aleppo for six weeks a diplomatic editor james bays has this report. Reporter this is the fourth time he has visited damascus since july when he took over the job of finding peace in syria probably the hardest task in global diplomacy. He has already received an initial commitment from president assad f
Back to the table any time soon. The federal investigation heats up into the deaths of two bart workers hit by a train on saturday. The unions are demanding answers. Abc7 News Reporter is in oakland. New information this morning. We have learned a bart Board Meeting has been canceled in light of efforts by Union Members to have the board sound off directly to their concerns. All of this is on the fourth day of the dispute that shows no signs of resolving. Union members continue to hold the line. Early today, local 3993 sent a letter surging the members and public to attend a bart Board Meeting and push them to provide answers for the recent deaths of two bart train employees. A short time ago, word from a bart spokesman saying that the meeting was canceled without giving a reason. The National Transportation safety board is leading the investigation into the deaths much two bart workers struck and killed by a train on saturday. In week, the inspector will interview everyone on the trai