Little cooler along the lake which is not good news. Low to mid 70s. Its 61 right now. Its 59 waukegan. 57 in morris. Satellite rigour composite shows we are dry. No rain today. But later this weekend we do have the potential for showers and storms as we get into saturday. Warmer temperatures. Today we reach 77. Tonight we drop down to 57 degrees. Tomorrow, 82 clouds are on the increase. Chances of spotty showers and potential thunderstorms. High of 87 on sunday. Everything is looking good and the roads. No major accidents to report. Hurricane arthur has come ashore. Ed payne reports, the storm made landfall in North Carolina, just a few hours ago. Fourth of july vacationers fled the beaches in North Carolina on thursday as the hurricane comes to shore. It made landfall near cape lookout shortly before midnight. Waves as high as 35 ft. Were reported. Officials warned the storm if it had moved farther inland and the predicted. We had concerns about people who were inland may be impacted by potential flooding and rivers going over the banks. Parts of wilmington flooded after more than 1 in. Of rain fell in an hour. Most seemed to be heeding the warnings. You just have to be prepared. If it gets to a point where you need to go, you need to go. As arthur moves north more states are getting ready. In virginia beach, sand dunes are built to prevent flooding. Some vacationers canceled reservations and others packed up and left before the storm got there. Changes to the fourth of july celebrations and some will miss out. This fireworks have been put off until saturday. Others are sticking it out. We have a Holding Group here and were having a hurricane party. In washington, thursdays reversal for the celebration on the national was closed to the public due to storms. Forecasters say the skys should be clear for fireworks tonight. Comed restored service to 99percent of those who lost power in mondays storms. 420thousand outages were reported after strong winds, heavy rains and several tornadoes swept through illinois. Service is still out for some customers to the south, where there was more extensive damage. Comed expects to have power back on to those residents and businesses by tomorrow. A manhunt continues for the suspect in two murders, after he was spotted in the victims car. Nancy loo is live at the ohare oasis with the latest. Nancy . Police are using electronic message board along the tollway system in hopes that it will help in this manhunt. After a setting last night near rockford. A strong indication that the suspected murderer is still in the region. The manhunt intensified at his car nationwide with police releasing this new photo, is the 36 yearold leaving a record store. Believed to be in possession of a blue camping tent and driving a gray Nissan Altman with a sticker are back and a custom plate, bragmn2. It belongs to the 44 yearold woman who was found murdered at a rest stop in sterling on tuesday. Hes also suspected in the murder of his friend, a High School Friend and coworker in rockford. Authorities say the suspect was spotted by a sheriffs detective from 7 00 p. M. Last night near a store north of rockford. Detectives indicated that when he spotted the vehicle he turned around and the driver of the vehicle fled north bound very fast. No reported sightings since then. Anyone who spots the suspect or the car with this license plate is urged to take safety precautions and called 91 immediately. In a related development, the suspects wife was granted an extension on an order of protection and she told a judge about the increased drinking and gambling of her ex and she said she feared for her life. Chicago police are on the scene of a deadly shooting this happened around 230 a m near the corner of 63 and demon. His 34 yearold man killed, another wounded in critical condition. One woman was killed, another injured, in a shooting on the west side near garfield park. The two women were sitting on a porch in the 38hundred block of west monroe yesterday afternoon. A group of men in masks drove past in a blue sedan and opened fire. Authorities say the shooting was in retaliation to a botched drug deal that happened earlier this week. They do not believe the women were the intended targets. I feel bad because there are girls. Lots of kids. Nobody cares but just trying to get revenge. Maybe the ridges of the wrong place of the wrong time. The 22yearold woman died of a gunshot wound to the head. And the 21yearold woman his hospitalized after being shot in the arm. No arrests have been made. A former chicago bull as the charged with attacking a woman at a health club. Police say rick brunson grabbed an employee at the Life Time Athletic Center in vernon hills on june 25th. Hes now charged with criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery. Brunson played for several nba teams, including the bulls from 2002 to 2004. He is currently a candidate to be a new assistant coach at temple university. Brunson has not commented on the charges. A jury acquitted a former High School Basketball coach charged with sexually assaulting an underage student, and attempting to assault another. Prosecutors accused kevin jones of using his position to take advantage of the 17yearold girls. One of them said she had sex with jones in a motel, which he denied. He was found not guilty yesterday. Jones was a varsity basketball coach at Epic Academy Charter high school, but he lost his job when he was charged last year. Governor quinn enters the july fourth weekend under federal investigation. A grand jury is demanding emails of five people who helped run quinns controversial 54million dollar antiviolence program. Launched during quinns re Election Campaign four years ago, the program has been characterized as little more than a political slush fund for the governor. The programs former director and four other people are being targeted by the grand jury subpoenas. A quinn Spokesman Says the Governors Office is cooperating fully. Jon burge gets to keep his police pension. The former Chicago Police commanders is in prison, for lying about the systematic torture of suspects, to get them to make phony confessions. Still, the Illinois Supreme Court voted 4to3 yesterday to let burge keep collecting his 3thousand dollar a month pension. A police board approved it, but attorney general lisa madigan challenged it. Illniois new pension law could be in trouble after a state Supreme Court ruling on Health Benefits. In a six to one ruling, the court ruled that Subsidized Health care premiums for retired state workers are guaranteed by the state constitution. The case involved a law that let the state charge retirees for Health Benefits that were supposed to be free. Some say that puts the new pension law in doubt because it changes cost of living increases and the retirement age. But governor quinn and attorney general lisa madigan says this ruling focused on health care and not the larger issue of pensions. There are lots of fourth of july parades and barbeques planned for today, all leading up to the fireworks tonight. People we spoke with say they are excited to celebrate, especially since the weather will be so nice. That lake breeze that makes it so wonderful to travel around here. Of celebrating with friends. We will go see the fireworks. Going to the park to listen to the music and then go to a friends house and watch the fireworks. About 125thousand people are expected to pass through navy pier today, which is hosting the citys only lakefront fireworks display. It starts at 930, but once the pier reaches capacity. People will start being turned away. Many suburbs are having fireworks tonight as well. You can find a complete list on our website. This is expected to be the busiest fourth of july travel weekend since 2007. Triplea estimates nearly 35 million americans will drive 50miles or more, despite the highest gas prices in six years. The illinois tollway expects to see more than 5million vehicles through sunday. Meanwhile, hurricane arthur is causing delays at ohare and midway for people who are flying southeast. If you head to the lakefront this weekend, youll be spending time on one of the best beaches in the midwest. At least, according to gq magazine. It ranks chicagos lakefront as the best in the heartland thanks to beach volleyball, the Navy Pier Ferris wheel, and easy access from the l. Easy access can be interpreted in many different ways. Keep armed pouring it on. Its only for 10, but we can do whatever we want. Lets look at our day. Fairly nice conditions. Temperatures cooler than normal. Only in the upper 70s today. If youre headed to the beach with a lake expected to be cooler there. Right now its 61 in willamette. The satellite shows we are dry. High pressure means we stay dry today. A fairly nice fourth of july. If you look back to a few years ago we reached triple digits. Not today. Down to 82 for the high arm saturday. 87 on sunday. 30 percent chance of showers and storms. Come up with the u. S. Military ground the entire fleet of fighter jets over night. And what caused a bridge to collapse in brazil near the world cup that view. And what the fbi was forced to move a convention in pittsburgh. [ shutter clicks ] hi there [ laughs ] im flo i know im going to get you your rental car. This is so ridiculous. 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The f35 is nicknamed the lightning two. It has a single engine. And its part of the militarys most expensive weapons program, the joint strike fighter. The fire broke out june 23rd at Eglin Air Force base, as the plane was about to take off. The pilot wasnt hurt. All f35s will get a thorough inspection before the fleet is allowed to return to service. One man has come up with a clever way to help panhandlers maximize their profit. This convention attacks thousands of people from around the world. They dress up as fictional animal characters Authorities Say someone posted a vague threat of this book there would be a disturbance at someone else posted a more drastic message threatening to use of bullets and bombs. Security has been stepped up. One man in 7 cisco has come up with a clever way to help panhandlers maximize their profits. Anthony bustos says getting a little change starts with a smile. So he makes signs with funny or catchy phrases on them. Then hands them out to the homeless. This social experiment started a few months ago. He was driving down van ness and saw a panhandler with a sign that just said, poor, hungry. I had no inclination to give any money. I wondered if something funny was written would i give money . I decided i probably would. Hes handed out at least 15 so far. Hoping that a laugh translates to a donation. One man told anthony his sign was attracting a lot of tourists some asking to take pictures with him. Happy fourth to you. No fireworks coming today at least from mother nature. We are expected to be dry. It was a rough week so we deserve a nice holiday. It is 69 degrees right now wind of the west at seven. Elsewhere we have temperatures at 59 iwaki in. 61 at the lakefront. 54 in lansing. Out to the west we have readings at 55. Satellites composite shows we are dry. Not just today but for much of the weekend and into tomorrow. Next chance of rain doesnt arrive until we get into saturday and sunday. Warmer air is on the backside of that High Pressure helping the mercury climb up above 80 tomorrow. Heres the next chance of rain, saturday night into sunday. As you enjoy this three day weekend, i think one and a half days will be dry. 78 degrees is the High Temperature today. Cooler along the lake. If youre headed out to need. You will need that jacket into the evening. We will have relatively cool temperatures. 57 degrees tonight. Clear and quiet and cool. Saturday, 82. Said the chance of rain. Almost up to 90 we top out at 87. Coming up, demetrius talks about Fireworks Safety with important tips and advice. And the latest on the nba free agent frenzy as both Carmelo Anthony andit would appear the knicks ae sitting in the drivers seat but should never know until you actually know. Carmelo anthony met with the lakers and then the knicks on thursday. Phil jackson said it will give him the next deal, five years 1. 9 million. He turned that down for four years and nearly 70 million from the bulls . Maybe a signed in the trade but the handwriting may be on the wall. The bulls were in l. A. Also courting another player who is reportedly deciding between the bulls and the sun. His decision could factor into the Carmelo Anthony deal. Could they get both guys . Its a warm shut but possible. And apparently james was meeting with many different teams. Lots of discussion about the miami big three breaking down. You want to store your Independence Day with some baseball. Tune in at 10 00 a. M. The cubs open a hole in a series against the nationals in washington hoping to keep their hot streak alive. They been going along pretty well for a while. 500 in june and then a squeeze of the red sox. The put 15 on wednesday night. A two run homer in the fourth and then in the fifth its the deepest part of the park. 19 hits, 15 runs. That is why they hope to carry this momentum into d. C. We know we have a job to do. We have more confidence going in. Working hard to be comfortable. We have to figure things out and get back to it. Also baseball the south side to make the white sox and mariners opened the Holiday Season beginning at 6 00. Good morning demetrius happy fourth of july. Were talking about Fireworks Safety. Here we are worried about keeping people safe. Almost everything we do is about safety. Here we go. Are almost everything. Fireworks safety tips. Never allow Young Children to play with or ignite fireworks. Let your Young Children use glow sticks instead. They can be just as fun but they dont burn at a temperature hot enough to melt glass. Never point or throw fireworks at another person. Also, make sure you point them away from homes, and keep away from brush, leaves and flammable substances never carry fireworks in a pocket and make sure you wear loose clothing. If a firework does not go off, do not stand over it to investigate it. Put it out with water and toss it in the trash. You do that all the time. You go look over to see why its are going off. That we teach Fireworks Safety here at wgn. But the Consumer ProductSafety Commission did a video and they did it wrong. Take a look. What you have there . Be careful. Consumer fireworks are very dangerous. Thousands of people are injured every year. That video was so bad its almost too good. It makes you want to go out. Surprised american lobby hasnt come after them already. Everybody stay safe. We are telling you the right way. The government missed that. At least they got the point across. Lets take a look at the weather. If youre heading out to the fireworks, fairly nice conditions today. Temperatures will be in the upper 70s. Look at these fancy graphics. There really went crazy. I think he drew that. 74 degrees this afternoon. By 5 00 p. M. We are at 77. 9 00 p. M. Is picture perfect. More to come including an update on a new video of the arthur passed up the east coast and a dramatic 911 call made after a womans car falls into a giant sinkhole. And disturbing facts about the trial of the man whose son died after he was left in a hot car. And what is happening in this video of a crime coming up, what caused a concrete patio to collapse. Those details ahead. Two men wanted for two murders may have been spotted. And hurricane arthur makes landfall in North Carolina and continues up the east coast. Good morning, im dan ponce. Erin will be here a bit later on. Lets go to Demetrius Ivory for a check of the weather. We are looking at temperatures climbing up into the 70s. Cooler than normal but no rain. Well take the 70s as long as we dont have the thunderstorms. Its 53 degrees right now. Pontiac at 54. Elsewhere, at the st. Matthias school its 62. Melete Elementary School is at 61. Fairly nice temperatures. Cooler than normal. Satellite and radar composite shows we are dry. Stay dry across the region through the day and also into tomorrow. Take a look. Beach and voting, we are firing the grow up. 70 degrees this afternoon. Expect a mix of clouds and son share. More sunshine than anything. Everything is looking good on the roads. Several people have been displaced after a patio collapsed in the west town neighborhood. It happened in the 14hundred block of w chicago around 1 am this morning. The entire concrete section between two apartment buildings fell 10 feet into the basement. Nobody was on the patio when it collapsed. But three people had to be rescued by emergency responders. Authorities are not sure what it