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WGN WGN Morning News September 5, 2014

Under the weather on friday. Petard. Is it wooden nickels thursday last night . It was nichols appears. Of to look at our day. Showers and thunderstorms to the day. Early on we are dry. It is 76 degrees in union. 76 in morris. Satellite and radar composite she is generally dry conditions. But later today we have potential for showers and storms. A cold front is coming through it should have been here close to 7 00 a. M. But probably not getting here until lunchtime. The chance of rain will pop up. Dan will leave the bar open for you. Todays official high is 81. Cooler on saturday in the 70s. With construction hotspots the road to where construction began yesterday it will be picked up by 6 00 tonight. Still going to be slow for people approaching their between 41 and the Illinois State line. At 555 we had some ramp work that goes through december at the intersection of 30 impacting north and south bound ramps. A driver was killed when he crashed into a pickup truck on i57 a few hours ago. This happened near 159th street, in South Suburban markham. Police say the driver was heading south when it rear ended a construction truck that was parked on the left shoulder. The driver died at the scene, and he has not been identified. The truck was empty at the time. No one else was hurt. All southbound lanes on i57 are closed. Three employees were shot during an attempted robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in aurora. Patrick elwood is live outside the restaurant on the citys Near East Side with the latest. Good morning. Not a lot of information at this hour but we can tell you two people hospitalized in Critical Condition after an attempted robbery at this k at sea last night. Three people shot in all as part of the robbery. Police say the trouble started about 8 30 p. M. When employees were getting close to closing up. The two men walked into the restaurant and announced a robbery. Sometime during the robbery things went wrong and shots were fired and three employees were hit. It was getting pretty ugly lately theres been a lot of shootings. People are scared for the community. Police are telling us that two people are in custody in connection with the attempted robbery and it appears it will be business as usual with a food truck making a delivery heres a few moments ago. A woman was killed by a piece of facade that fell from a church in the south loop. Sarah bean was walking to lunch with her fiance in the 19 hundred block of south michigan yesterday afternoon, when a piece of decorative metal came off of the second presbyterian shaw church. The metal knocked a stone gargoyle off the building, which hit bean. Killing the mother of two almost instantly. The fiancee said he felt something hit him in the shoulder and he stepped back and when he stepped back he must have moved toward an turnaround and by that time the fragment had already hit her. I could see something coming down. As it came down i just saw her fall down on the ground. Buildings Department Records show the church, which was built in 1874, failed a string of inspections between 2007 and 2011. A longtime member of the wgn family is gone. Roy leonard passed away last night at evanston hospital. From 1967 to 1998, leonard was a popular radio host, celebrity interviewer and entertainment critic. He hosted wgntvs family classics upon the passing of Frazier Thomas in 1985. His family says leonard had been battling health problems. And this week he suffered a sudden drop in blood pressure, and needed a transfusion. Last night a priest was called to his hospital bed. His family was there when he passed away. Roy leonard was 83. New York State Health officials are investigating the clinic where joan rivers underwent surgery a week before her death. According to the new york fire department, the 81yearold comedian was undergoing a minor procedure at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic last thursday when she suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest. So far the clinic has not made any comments regarding the investigation. Funeral services for rivers will be held on sunday. Katie tong takes a look back at rivers rise to stardom. Joan knew she wanted to be a star. Instead she became a pioneer. I come from a town called larchmont and if you are a girl and not married and you are 21 you are better off dead. I was the last girl in larchmont. Brooklynborn, raised in long island share originally dreamed of a career in theater. But in between auditions, something happened when she worked to pay the bills. She found out she was funny. And so did everyone else. The a figured if the lord wanted women to cook it would give her aluminum pans. She found herself on the tonight show with Johnny Carson. He said god you are funny. After numerous appearances she was named Johnny Carsons permanent guest host in 1983. I have no sex appeal. Last that i said to my husband edgar would you call me attractive woman and he said call your own. They became one of the most famous duos. He banned her from the tonight show after she got her own latenight program on fox in 1986. Recently Jonah Melissa had been best known for the Fashion Police on the channel e. Police and the jury it was more crap on this woman then you would find in the entire sky mall catalog. Should continue to do stand up until the night before she went into cardiac arrest. In may 2014 she returned to the tonight show for the first time in 26 years. Or as she said, for noses ago. Its special to be back. Very special. Helping to launch her stardom almost 50 years ago. , bless him he said you are born to be a star. Rivers sharpened her skills in chicago, working at second city as a writer and improv artist. Joan was a force. We are so honored the issue is part of our family. Only here for a short period time in the 60s but the career she had was extraordinary. A true inspiration and friend. Unfiltered. One of the nicest women you would ever want to meet. Rivers was scheduled to perform at the Chicago Theater two months from now. Time she took the stage there since 1986. For more photos and videos on the life and legendary career of joan rivers you can go to our website wgntv dot com slash joan rivers. And ahead at 6 45 a. M. Comedian Patti Vasquez joins us on set to talk rivers life and legacy. Taking a look at the other top stories this morning. This man being held, without bond, for the murder of a retired Chicago Police officer. 18 year old Jesse Kazmierski is charged with the murder of elber brown. Brown was shot and killed during a Home Invasion in march. Prosecutors say kazmierski and two others knocked over browns wife before they demanded him to open his safe. This man was also denied bond for a murder that happened in 1992. 71 year old Robert Serritella is charged with the murder of 15 year old david chereck. Chereck was strangled with his own scarf before he was dumped in a forest preserve. Prosecutors say they brought charges after reexamining evidence and interviewing witnesses. They say serritella was always a suspect, but the trail went cold. Federal Officials Say a hacker breached the Health Care Dot gov website. It happened back in in july. And investigators say malware was loaded onto the server, but no personal data was taken. Congressional critics are calling for a hearing on website security. New dinosaur fossils suggest. The Worlds Largest dinosaur ever has been found. Remains were found in argentina. And has been identified as a new species dreadnoughtus. Scientists say this dinosaur was nearly 85 feet long. Weighing about 65 tons. They resembled the giant brachiosaurus. But about twice the size. About 70percent of the dinosaurs skeleton was in tact. Making it one of the bestpreserved, large dinosaurs ever discovered. Thats a big name. It sounds like a transformer. I think they realized dinosaurs needed names that they teach the kids. The mad if he is last in line you have to debate. Todays High Temperature 85. Chance for rain 60 percent. A burly spikes this afternoon as the front takes its time to get through. That 85 is going to be an early date time high. 74 small. Sundays 76. Nice football weather. Not to want, not too cold. Monday we make 77. Tuesday and wednesday and thursday chance of showers. Back to you. Coming up. World leaders meeting for the final day of the nato summit, vowing to take swift action in response to the isis threat. Plus the third american aid worker infected with ebola returns to the us, now why doctors say he cant receive the same treatment as the other two americans who contracted the virus. And garth brooks makes his big return to the stage right here in chicago. Well have all of the details from his first show at all state arena coming up later on. Fast food workers took to the streets in 150 cities, to demand a higher minimum wage. Here in chicago, Police Arrested about 50 people when they spilled into the street and disrupted traffic. All to draw attention to their campaign for a 15dollaranhour minimum. The workers say they cant support themselves or their families on the state minimum wage of 825. We are just trying to feed our families. We cant do it on this salary. These people out here are working families. There are homeless families out here. If you cant pay for life with this money. 31 demonstrators were arrested in cicero. And 19 in chicagos chatham neighborhood. The fast food chains say a higher minimum wage would force them to raise prices, cut employee hours and lay people off. The nato summit continues today in wales, as president obama looks for allies in the fight against isis. The official agenda of the summit included ending the Afghanistan War and resolving the conflict between russia and ukraine. But the president and british Prime Minister David Cameron are using their time to form an international coalistion to take on isis in iraq. The terrorist group has beheaded two american journalists and threatens to wipe out nonmuslims in the region. This extremist narrative is not just in iraq and syria, which ceded in somalia and in afghanistan when hosted by the caliban. This is a generational struggle. Prime minister cameron says he has not ruled out airstrikes against isis forces in iraq and syria. So far theres no talk of nato sending in troops like it did in afghanistan twelve years ago. A third American Health worker infected with ebola in africa will return to the us today. Dr. Rick sacra is expected to arrive at the Nebraska Medical Center in omaha. Its one of only four facilities in the country equipped to care for people with dangerous and contagious diseases. Officials say the staff is fully prepared. We have several different types of protective equipment that will be determined based on the patience and self of what kind of sentence hes having what we are concerned about. Dr. Rick sacra was infected while treating maternity patients in liberia. There are no more doses left of an experimental drug, which was given to the two other americans who caught ebola. The drug takes months to manufacture. Health officials dont expect more until next year. Catching a fish is always fun. But how about catching a fish thats almost 700 pounds . 17year old adam sattar was fishing off the florida coast when a fish bit his line. But not just any fish. A massive swordfish. It took nearly 4 hours to make the catch near north palm beach. The fish measured more than 14 feet long and a weighed a whopping 693 pounds. Dozes of people on the dock were treated to swordfish steak. Adam and his dad are seeing if the catch is viable for a world record. You know if you catch things in florida to take into the restaurant will cook their right for you. I am on the side of the animal. How about it only fed dozens. 700 lbs. And only dozens . They all get 20 lbs. Apiece . Still have 600 lbs. To go. 78 degrees is the current temperature. This is really a cry for help. And not try to state my case. 77 degrees rate not the lakefront. 76 in bartlett. 76 in aurora. Heres the deal. One temperatures early on. Will have High Temperatures in the 80s. Showers and storms will come through. This cold front initially would have arrived around 7 00 today. Its slowed down and significantly the warm air not getting through yet. This front will move through but it will be around lunchtime. Showers and thunderstorms with the chance of rain increasing with each hour into the afternoon it looks like some this rain could linder into the evening. Scattered showers and storms. Into tomorrow, its a different story with clouds on the breakup. Decreasing from northwest to southeast. Cooler temperatures in the wake of the passing. 85 degrees. Thats an early a date time high. It will probably be more like the mid to upper 70s. 61 tonight scattered showers most aquatic could do what for friday night football. Traub, 7420 percent chance of rain early on. Sundays are dry High Temperature 76 degrees. We are dealing with a big mess on a 57 after a serious accident several hours ago. Right now it looks like all lanes are down south bound 57 at 159 while the investigation continues. All traffic now being diverted off at 147. The northbound lanes not far from their full name closures up to 50 minutes at a time. Thats happening on the northbound and a bad crash outbound. This is a big mess this morning. The numbers look good a systemwide volume looks good will bring down with another traffic hit a few minutes. Coming up,details on how apple is stepping up the security of icloud after some celebrities accounts were hacked and nude photos leaked. If and next in sports one of the most maligned bears of last season is healthy and ready to start putting 2013 behind him sunday against buffalo. Dave eanet has the details. The biggest question about the did bears defense has been who will play safety. A few newcomers and a rookie in the mix along with players coming off of surgery and most recently a concussion. Now with the green light to play practicing not known if he will start. But if cleared he will be in the game against the bills. Injured in the seattle game two weeks ago, that was his only action since that nightmare finish against the packers last january. I am excited. It was a good warmup in seattle and now its the real deal. I know how excited everyone is. I feel like weve got a good group and the chemistry is pretty good. He has made a commitment to come back and be at his best. He said everything he can do he will do what he can to play and will continue to assess his play just like we do everybody elses. A reminder, dont miss our bears a preview special. There will be a preview of the season tonight at 10 00 here on wgn. Thats sports. Hope you have a great friday. Stocks were down thursday. The dow fell 8 points. The nasdaq down 10. Sandp lost 3. Apple is planning to launch security alerts to icloud users. This comes after celebrity accounts were hacks. And nude images were leaked on the internet. The alerts will be push notifications anytime someone tries to change a password, move icloud data, or access an account from a new device. The company is also planning to secure its logins. By requiring more personal information before logging in. A celebration took place last night at chicagos National Museum of puerto rican arts and culture. The museum celebrated the completion of its second floor. Wgns very own ana beleval was there for the premiere and fundraising event. And. This weekend is the 12thannual barrio arts fest. Its a celebration of the arts, crafts, music and performances that encompasses humboldt park. Hoping for a good weekend. Heres why. The bears. Time for football. We have four seasons and one of them is football. Buffalo bills this weekend. 70 degree cookickoff. Nothing but the best for that game. 78 degrees right now. We will be up to 84. A big cooled down as the front comes through we will drop to about 78 by 5 00 p. M. Mary by Third Quarter it will be 71 with the chance of rain. Work along the dan ryan were intersects with the stevenson really busy thoroughfare. Luckily it will be picked up at 5 00. Cars will be slowing without any delay. Traffic is now being forced into the express lanes. Over on 57 a huge mass of all liens are blocked southbound at 159 from accidents several hours ago. Still try to clear that up. Ongoing investigation taking place. On top of that on the northbound side, intervention and full lane closures. There will be picked up in about 30 minutes. Heavy delays northbound everything south bound everything is focused on the hot spot right now. Still more to come in the next half an hour. Outrage after Elementary School students have access to pornography on School Laptops. Plus weve now learned just how much money the cubs are asking for in federal tax credits to renovate Wrigley Field. And the u. S champions Jackie Robinson west Little League team hits the road again. Details on where they are headed this morning. Three people are injured after an attempted Armed Robbery at a suburban fast food restaurant. Broadcasting legend and wgn radio personality roy leonard has died. The new York Health Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding joan rivers death. Good morning, im dan ponce. And im erin mcelroy. Lets go to Demetrius Ivory for a check of the weather. Hi, demetrius. Big change this weekend in terms of temperatures. Yesterday was 85. It rained all morning. This began, temperatures. You will have to fish through your closet for heavier jackets. Put the white pants away. Theyre done.

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