It is looking like utopia right now. Lets take a look. Heres the current temperature. 66 in chicago. 69 in lansing. Its 72 at midway. 69 in union. We have some of continuing right now in the union. Youve seen it every day this week. The rain is finally moving out of our viewing area exiting the northwest indiana county. We do have a break but there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms until 1 00 p. M. Then the move towards a fairly nice ending on friday. We are in between waves this afternoon and tonight. Next one comes through on saturday. Enjoy the sun when you can get it. Tamaras High Temperature will be 82. After and scattered showers and storms. More rain on sunday. The big traffic story this morning as all week is round two of the kennedy construction. Coast now on the outbound side you can expect delays. Outbound from chicago to grand everything will be shutdown. Nancy is live at ohio and the kennedy to give us a whole preview. As you know, the second round of this major traffic headache will kick off at 10 00 p. M. Tonight and they fear that this time make things may not go as smoothly as last weekend. This time the focus will be on the outbound side of the kennedy. Just like last weekend, five lanes of traffic will be squeezed darren to two lanes with the kennedy closed between grand and often. The eastbound ramp to the kennedy from the eyck will also be closed. All to accommodate the demolition and removal of the 55 yearold ontario street bridge. Work progressed faster than expected last weekend. That allowed them to predict getting the project wrapped up in two weekends instead of three. Officials credited drivers for heating warnings, allowing were to progress far more efficiently than expected. However, Stormy Weather this weekend may be a major factor in addition, the traffic configuration this time in the outbound lanes is far more intricate and involved then last weekend. Drivers are urged to steer clear of the kennedy through 5 00 a. M. On monday morning. Back to you. Shes right as sarah mentioned, the kennedy will be shutdown again this weekend. Well have special coverage tonight and throughout the weekend on the kennedy closures. Weve also set up a special section with maps and more on our website, at wgn tv dot com slash kennedy. Be sure to download our free wgn traffic app for your smartphone and tablet. Lightning may have struck a home in unincorporated glen ellyn. Firefighters were called to Stratford Court near glen valley drive, at 930 last night. Arriving to find flames coming from the roof of the home. Eight other departments responded, and put out the fire. Firefighters covered most of the firstfloor furniture with tarps to minimize the damage. No one was injured. The family was allowed to return home. Our neighbor went over and knocked on the door of the family had no idea at the house was on fire. Investigators are working to determine if lightning was the cause of the fire. Storms are causing delays of up to 90 minutes for flights at o hare and midway. More than 660 flights have also been cancelled at ohare. Call your airline directly, if you plan to fly today. As islamist militants seize New Territory in iraq, the United States is sending help. Andrew spencer reports, the insurgent invasion is forcing entire families to abandon their cities. Many have fled seeking refuge. All the people from mosul ran away because its not clear anymore who is good and who is bad. Food is scarce. This country is rich in oil but the people are hungry. I came to get food. They say its all gone. Descriptions which draw a contrast to these propaganda photos reportedly showing food being distributed as militants take control in iraq. The white house hopes to turn it back to the government. We are prepared to spend a small number of military advisers, 300. Going for it will be ready to take action if and when we determine the situation on the ground requires it. The former of commander of u. S. And in iraq said it will provide intelligence and clarity. They can report to their iraqi brothers and also reporting back to our National Security to tell them whats happening. In spite of the airstrikes, continued success for the militants even taking over a facility Saddam Hussein once used to produce chemical weapons. Officials doubt anything left in side has any military value. Taking a look at the other top stories this morning. One man is dead after being shot in the face and stomach in marquette park. It happened in the 28hundred block of west 71st street. He later died at the hospital. And in rogers park, a 14year old boy was shot while standing in the 65hundred block of north ashland, when several people approached and opened fire. Hes hospitalized in serious condition. Video gambling will not be coming. Members of a group turned out in opposition to the gambling and one over the trustees in a closed section. Three illinois congressman what new federal hearings on the jet noise caused by the airport. They say in a public hearing back in 2005 the faa estimated the number of additional planes taking off would be only one third or onefourth of what it actually is. They want the faa to find ways to reduce the noise. A former employee of chicago Alderman George cardenas claims last month, because she spoke to federal agents who were investigating him. A lawsuit by maria chavez claims that cardenas is being probed for possible illegal hiring practices and other illegal operations. The aldermen denies there is any such investigation. The fbi wont talk about it. The northwestern philosophy professor, who was investigated for sexual misconduct, is now suing the school. Professor peter ludlow filed a federal lawsuit claiming defamation and gender discrimination. He claims the school conducted a onesided investigation after a student reported that ludlow made sexual advances toward her. He also says the school defamed him by mischaracterizing his punishment to the media. Northwestern had no comment on the lawsuit. A woman who was supposed to get ipads ready for students, is accused of trying to sell them on craigslist. Markeita Beecher Martin is being held on bail after she surrendered to Oak Park Police for theft. Shes accused of stealing 47 i pads, that were intended for students at the school she worked at. Officials didnt realize the i pads were gone, but then investigators found them on craigslist. The suntimes reports Beecher Martin has admitted to taking them. We told you yesterday, new lenox took the title of most boring city in illinois. Now, Real Estate Company movoto says naperville ranks fourth in a list of the snobbiest midsize cities in the us. Thats because naperville has a high household income, two thirds of people who live there have college degrees, and there are plenty of country clubs. The Communications Manager in naperville says they are taking the label in stride, saying, you have to love who you are. That is always your model. Thats right. No one else is here. Just me and you. 100 percent right 50 percent of the time. No other channels or even on. Its just us. Lets talk about showers today. Were dedicating this forecast to you. 83 degrees for your high today. Warmer even expecting cooler conditions along the lake. Chance for showers and even if thunderstorms today. 80 percent chance now but that chance goes down in a big way. We are dry after two or 3 00 p. M. Sunday we make it back up to 83. Monday and tuesday more rain is on the way. Coming up, new developments overnight on the suspect in the deadly attack on the World Cup Viewing Party in kenya. And another state allows medical marijuana. And dozens of scientists may have been left exposed to anthrax in government labs. And the truth about an article going viral terrifying people with pets. Thats all next. Thats a shot of Michigan Avenue is looking pretty wet right now. Kenyan forces shot and killed five people who were wanted for a massacre at a World Cup Viewing Party. Armed men shot and hacked people to death, during a world cup event on sunday. They then continued their rampage by going door to door. 48 people were killed. Kenyan Authorities Say they killed five suspects as they were trying to escape. The government says the world cup attack was politically motivated and not terrorism. New yorks state senate is expected to take a final vote this morning to legalize medical marijuana. Governor andrew cuomo and state legislators agreed to the terms of the new law yesterday. Once it is approved, new york will become the 23rd state to allow pot for medicinal purposes. But itll have to be inhaled as a vapor. Not smoked as a joint. The state Health Department will work out the details of how medical marijuana can be made, and who can sell it. The us centers for Disease Control says 75 scientists may have been exposed to anthrax. They were testing a new way to kill the bacteria. A cdc statement says samples were sent to labs that were not equipped to handle anthrax. Workers then handled live bacteria, without wearing the proper safety gear. None of the scientists have any symptoms, but theyre taking antibiotics as a precaution. One veterinarian is getting to the bottom of a viral blog post that has pet owners terrified. Its the story of a dog who almost dies after his owner gives him ice water. Claiming the cold water caused the dog to bloat. but one vet says thats false. Consuming cold water or ice cubes in moderation will not cause bloat. He says ice cubes and water is actually a good thing when the weather is hot. The key is to do it in moderation. Large amounts of water at any temperature water could cause a dog to bloat. You know what causes my dog to blow . Socks, picture frames, the clothes he has been eating. That causes the dog bloat. There is a medical cure is called a muscle. 70 degrees right now. Winds at 6 mi. 2. 66. Still some very moist air. The humidity will be high early. It should drop later today as the wind and ships and the temperatures warm up. It is 63 degrees right now. That number is playing a role in what you are seeing. There is fault because it is so cool. Down to juliet is 69 degrees. Visibility is still an issue. In these areas and visibility is only onethird of a mile. Ohare, no problem 8 mi. Garlic is reading and for miles. The radar is dry right now across the region. A little bit is moving north of rockford but thats about it. Across northwest we have a bit of a shower exiting. We note that they had rain overnight but now it is trying out. This disturbance is moving away and we are moving towards a more stable atmosphere and less chance of rain. I have that chance at 80 percent but it really will drop significantly with each hour and in time for the afternoon i around midday we will see sun and clouds. 83 degrees today. Summer starts tomorrow. Aide to the greece moral. Sunday chance of rain 83. Is a timely summer . Is it finally coming . We do have some construction to talk about on the roads heading outbound on 55 at county line to the flames are blocked it will be like that until 5 00. The big construction is the kennedy starting tonight at 5 00. Avoid the kennedy this time on the outcome side everything will be blocked from grand starting at 10 00 p. M. And going through the weekend. Marcus is live this morning at the highland games, in itasca. Hi marcus i should be there with you. Irish and scottish people. I wore this just for you. My eyes are burning. I wear it pretty well. You can pull it off but the tshirt does not help. I am trying. The sky where is it the best, the president of the st. Andrews society the oldest charity in illinois. Been around since 1845. So you do these games every year. What will people say . All sorts of wonderful scottish culture, music and dancing you can do some genealogical research. Enjoys some food sport, soccer, heavy athletics, rugby. All kinds of stuff that everybody in your family can enjoy. I know people are just showing up at we have been setting up the dancers are warming up and checked out all these dogs. In a bit we will tell you all about them. Many are up for adoption. The going to do and agility course just for us to show you what they can do. I may even ride this one its pretty big. Me in a kilt writing a doctorate Obstacle Course. You never know. Stay tuned. We will have a lot more coming up through the morning from the highland games. Scientific way to cut a cake. And the completion of the 606 trout project is being pushed back. And new bear Jimmy Clausen has made quite an impression on marc trestman. Sports is next. Ta number of players have been let go already. That means clawson is likely headed for Training Camp five weeks from now. He impressed the bears in a work out a few weeks ago. He had to cram hard to understand their offense but he did well enough to get a shot. Hes battling for the backup job with veteran jordan polymer whos been nursing a sore shoulder. Off to a good start so far. Jimmy has done a good job taking the place of trying to learn and work to learn the offense. He has spent long hours here he has had help from the guys in the room to get him where he is. We will see. At the key could be one of the guys that we do bring back. Hard to coach somebody in there only in two weeks but when i had the opportunity i thought i had to go do anything to do. The 11 yearold began her historic appearance at the u. S. Open with a sweet drive on her first hole. She made a nice round yesterday in this approach coming up on six, shot a 78, 11 shots over par. Theres a one shot lead at one round done. And one more sports note after a 2hour rain delay at target field. The white sox ended up losing to the twins, 2to4. Well have game highlights, ahead at five. The dow rose 14. The nasdaq dropped three. And the sandp added two. The cold weather in chicago this past winter has delayed the opening of a bike and pedestrian trail. The 606, also known as the bloomingdale trail, is being built on top of an old elevated railway. When its complete, it will stretch nearly 3miles along bloomingdale avenue on the northwest side. And connect four chicago communities. It was supposed to be ready this fall. Now it wont open until june of next year, because crews could not break through the frozen ground. It makes it harder to work with the structures that we are trying to fix. It slows utility relocation and frankly, it slows the ability to people to work safely on the site when youre working in as temperatures. And, a sixth groundlevel park has just been added to the project. Its being built on the site of an old glove factory in logan square. Project managers are asking for the communitys help designing the 4acre park. There will be a meeting about it tomorrow. If youre slicing wedges from a round cake, youre doing it all wrong. Thats according to a british math scientist. Who revealed a scientific way to do it 100 years ago. The problem is with the leftovers. Cutting wedges leaves the remaining cake open to air, which can dry it out. In my house be only do big wedges. Instead you should first cut parallel lines down the middle, and serve that rectangular slice. Use your hand to push that together . You then push two remaining pieces together. Then you turn the cake and continue cutting rectangular pieces. When youre done, you push the two sides against each other and hold them in place with a rubber band. Im not a fan of the rubber band. To use your hand . We never have left ever kick in my house of this is not a problem. I hope this is another rubber band. The cake does look good. Nothing goes better with Morning Coffee than a piece of cake. Their hand prints all over that period which will do monday that this week the weather would be just like miami. Warm temperatures chance of thunderstorms. Then we threw in the chance of showers and storms every day. Today more the same. Todays high will be 83. 20 percent chance of rain by 2 00 p. M. Baby or shower or storm. The tryout with sunshine for the afternoon. Overnight road work out there to watch out for on the trusty headed northbound from 75 right through archer. Two planes out until 5 00 a. M. Not causing any delays. Much more to come. Including plans to grab an asterisk andgood morning, im erin mcelroy. Donald trump thinks the city should thank him for his beautiful sign. And walker is at the center of a fundraising scheme. Allegedly. And the reviews the new movround two bee kennedy construction project. Live with what you need to know. The white house announces it will send military advisers to help the iraqi government. And the cubs will talk about their new parking lot with the zoning board. But go to demetrius for a quick check of the Stormy Weather. I think i have given you the same toss all week. It was. This is just a replay of the same forecast. Just a change of the day. Todays rain early in the morning but we move towards trying conditions. Just to let you know how much rain be obscene, basically this week the best we can do is tell you when it will rain. I can tell you each day there is a chance of showers and storms. Not much rain today. Pre hundreds of an inch. Then towards pontiac with obscene about onefifth. Drying conditions now. Chance of rain had today villa moved toward more stable and drier conditions. Temperatures will begin to fall as it gets into tonight. Todays High Temperature is 8380 percent chance of rain. 20 percent chance by 5 00 p. M. Six degrees is your low. Tamaras high 82ยข limit 83. Monday 88 with a very good chance of showers and storms. Good morning. We have kennedy construction. Last weekend impacted drivers on the north and west side heading into downtown with the inbound closure. Is begin its the outbound. Southsouthwest drivers impacted. Nancy is live with more on what you can expect. Good morning. As you know, ground to of this major traffic challenge that will start tonight at 10 00 p. M. And the odds are again, things will go as smoothly as last weekend. Among the major hurdles is a stormy weekend forecast. This time the traffic impact is corn to be on the outbound side of the kennedy like last weekend, five lanes of traffic will be squeezed down to two lanes with slower speeds with the kennedy closed between grand and ogden. These down the ramp from the icon will also be closed. All to accommodate the demolition and removal of the 55 yearold ontario street bridge. Work progressed faster than expected last