police say a fight started between two men outside of the chicken restaurant one man went into a restaurant the other followed inside and opened fire hitting seven people to of the seven were killed including a 16 year-old sophomore in high school >> all i know is he went to get himself something to eat at the next thing we know my nephew has been begun dow >> family members and friends say still in shock coping the boys killer is brought to justice >> the only thing i know is that my brother is deceased nothing to say the words >> i would say he was an innocent bystander at the wrong place at the wrong time >> also shot to death 17 year- old families gathered at the grandmother's home on the south side to comfort each other >> did everything in her power to make sure kids have everything they wanted and that they took her baby from her >> family members said he was a good student the oldest of four brothers who all looked up to him >> he was always there for me at the time i have problems i would talk to him if i had trouble with homework or needed to talk he would let me know what to do >> five people injured in the shooting taken to hospitals at least two of the five victims were treated and released police say the man intended target of the shooting is not among the victims. police may have somebody in custody not confirmed yet. no charges have been filed. >> two teenagers charged with shooting a man on a cta platform monday night a 14 year-old woman charged with one felony count aggravated battery use of a deadly weapon police say a 16 year-old boy accused of shooting of lawful use of a weapon victim treated at northwestern memorial hospital released additional reports two groups are doing what 16 year- old opened fire. chicago state university student dies while playing in a pickup basketball game. 19 year-old jerome porter shooting hoops at jacoby dickens gym on campus suddenly collapsed rushed to hospital pronounced dead. autopsy scheduled today to determine the cause. star jerome porter be an engineering. woman accusing chicago police department of systematic torture and abuse leading to her husband committed suicide while in custody linda bradford late husband harpe himself in a develt bradford cell around 130 in the november 17th hours after charged with shooting to death security guard. linda bradford filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city today are doing her husband was the victim of torture and abuse because he was black. lawyers also called on united states attorney's office to investigate the suicide. >> we do not need 15 years from now to be read addressing this like we have to do with the john birch to not need another 135 victims before the city of chicago takes this seriously three days after he committed suicide another man hung himself and naselle also area 2 police headquarters city officials have not commented. not backing away from comments that have enraged gay rights activists comparing them to the kkk, cardinal francis george says changeover for cape rate would interfere with parishioners when asked to reconsider change of plans ignored cardinal francis george clarification. equality of the north responded by calling the comments a last-ditch effort to squash recent progress of gay rights. slimming down the annual taste of chicago along the lake front of the major changes also include moving the food festival away from the biggest holiday of the summer. action packed half the time state, a taste of chicago shorted this year from 10 days-pipe and not the fourth of july but it has been put the past 32 years 2012 taste of chicago july 11th-15th movement to mitchell by shortening of five days will that change anything? >> would not affect me at all >> not dealing with the crowds for me does not matter i will still be there >> mayor rahm emmanuel talks of changing admissions the festival will still be free instead organizers looking for other ways to keep the festival viable and not continue to lose money. >> tightening up the budget always work towards that this will help us tight at the present five days of wonderful free entertainment and great food. lou malnati's restaurant famous for its deep dish pizza at sweating it out at the taste for 31 years marc malnati no intention of stopping >> talk about an 80 degree day in middle of july buckingham fountain with the lake in the background good food and entertainment you cannot ask for anything else whether five days or 10 days >> definitely money to be made restaurants like lou malnati's there is no better marketing that taste of chicago tourists he wants to win over the restaurant largest shipper of frozen pizza and the country and with millions of people visiting the taste of chicago each year hard for a business like this one to pass on the invitation >> bring some highlight shops out to the demonstrations to sell crude all day up equality of the event at fewer days more money to spend on higher quality entertainment i think it is a wind all the way around >> if not for the city could be more changes in 2013. >> still ahead targeting target a group of mothers over breastfeeding. new pilot program letting cameras inside court cases and inside the weather center may be a return to milder weather? tom skilling slight warm up just ahead. wgn news @ 9 0 jasen said casey anthony conrad murray of three high- profile case something else in common cameras in the court room in the newsroom to explain a pilot program in chicago putting cameras and our federal courthouse, high profile cases drawing international attention at times all criminal cases 3 year pilot program for civil cases only no doubt a lot less sexy when it comes to courtroom drama but no less significant and cameras are ready to roll as of today. in time could it be goodbye to interpretive courtroom sketches? a thing of the past? technology changing at warp speed could bring everyday federal courtroom cases to your living room cameras in place and ready to roll when judge and attorneys agree to play a case for the public that the gives us an opportunity for a field how this would be perceived by the public how they would use this how much information to collect >> disgraced ex governor rod to which or convicted media mogul conrad black those were criminal cases to your program will allow the court to tape only civil cases making even a case like former police commander jon burge a candidate all would have to agree general consensus a controversial figure such as john birch would never get the green light george jackson the 3rd used to try cases as a federal prosecutor represents civil and criminal parties from the other side of the court room >> indictment or sell of the chicago police department >> 3 cameras would be positioned during trial one pointing at the but this box and others at the zero lawyers podium in third at the bench if the judge wishes jury will never be shown at video download it to network accessible on-line maybe even a date later no live streaming at the judge can edit the pictures if need be plan is simple conservative in theory but does not come without concern. >> the concern that i would have how would this affect the decorum of what did affect the of the kids in the case in other words with the plant to the camera or the court? batt but one problem with allowing this to happen would be the showmanship. you will have individuals that will grandstand >> another potential problem public opinion jackson says could influence a number of cases caught on camera >> strategy moved by perception those commenting on who is winning not when it was a good day? what was not? >> baby steps technology is here some say only a matter of time >> inevitable cameras and the court room >> again this is only a pilot program taking place 14 districts across united states chicago program the largest at told plenty of federal judges in chicago have shown interest in participating so far no lawyers have to learn more wgntv.com. >> breast-feeding mothers staged "nurse-ins" a number of target stores around the country even in chicago showing support for a woman in texas who says she was harassed by target employees while nursing her son and a target store in number of mothers who breastfeed gathered at the store today breast fed their children while in the store all captured on cellphone video >> it is a state right and federal right we want people to realize not try to block anything in front of them not about us is not about our convenience is about the comfort and health of our babies >> target says it does allow breast feeding in its stores even has set-aside areas for mothers to do so a target spokeswoman says what happened at one store in texas should not have happened at >> occupy movement taking aim at presidential politics plan to occupy iowa caucus is next and one good deed turns into opportunity to save several lives in the kidney swap help grant supple strangers together. 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>> diagnosed with kidney failure and february been on dialysis for four hours a day three days a week wanted to help but helped so many others in the process >> i asked a million cases a day assured me she could get a live donor i was fine with that wide not help others? if we could bring more people at the some two or two others why not print that out >> universal donor and when the four way transplant took place thursday northwestern hospital martha's a kidney went to the direction of this man at david >> such a bond i do not know what brought us together >> looking forward to do simple things most take for granted by going it to the bathroom and consuming liquids freely now carries a month as kidney sisters went to talk a near perfect recovery in the hospital with the flu >> donatus making informed the voluntary choice to have operation they do not need potentially putting themselves in harms way to the benefit of another individual >> when the dr. joe leventhal the team of surgeons to operate highly unusual but the surgery requires tremendous resources and coordination as well as the understanding that the procedures will take place simultaneously nobody can back out circle broken >> everybody is in this to when it tried to ensure on the day or two we are doing and exchange all of the operations happen >> i am a giver so did not have to think twice about this at all >> kidney now belongs to pedro >> she did not have to do this appreciates the sacrifice she made for all of us and for me that not even put it into words >> they did not have to their faces say it all friend francisco gave his to christina completing the circle cementing a bubbly ship for ever. batt but she is my first niece my brother's daughter always very close it very special bond >> still ahead hundred breath can detect lung cancer and a track for a dog learning how to dial 911. coming up the less said that guy learned giving his owner peace of mind. medical watch tonight the latest study on a popular drug prevents heart attacks and strokes suggest could be more widely used plavix keeps blood cells from forming clots concerns the medication would not work well people difficulty metabolizing or breaking down at the drug fda requires plavix to carry a warning level but new study says medication safe and effective >> put that over 32 studies of 40,000 patients the gene affected the response of the drug did not matter whether you had a lot of the chain or a little bit affects the same >> plavix 40 million people take that. take a breath test and the doctors will be able to identify and to differentiate between the type of lung cancer you have diagnostic company called metabolomx focused on the signature cancer of exhaled breath accuracy exceeding 80 percent in lung cancer detection similar to each could lead to lower health cost published an online issue of journal of oncology. coming up a few more miles days ahead but tom skilling says temperatures might take a dive. in time for the new year save big during the last sale event of the year- the kmart after christmas sale! take up to 60% off family winter apparel... intimate apparel is buy one, get one 50% off... ...plus find hefty storage solutions starting at $3.79! now that's kmart smart. packers. vikings. packers... vikings... red state. blue state. vegan. carnivore. announcer: we come from different places. uptown. downtown. optimist. cynic. announcer: we come to different conclusions. half-empty. half-full. announcer: but when we live united, we create real, lasting change in the building blocks of life. the education, income and health of our communities our families, even the person next to us. both: live united. announcer: real change won't happen without you so give. advocate. volunteer. live united. sign up at liveunited. org. wgn news @ 9 great temperatures for new year's eve but don't through freezing rain? >> yes there is rain developing parts of south dakota where they have been a lot warmer than we are coming in this way by morning. could be big red ball falling subfreezing temperatures. i sit around here for the morning rush speaking of bison, look at this from sister bay wisconsin beautiful ice shots here. halleck from lake county farm region what a great shot. and reminding us what it looked like what you're go to 16 in. of snow and said of the 1.7 in. we have seen this year. what a difference a year makes. whether history. this was the coldest day in 18 days today high-temperature to 30 degrees only the second time below freezing in tire cold season imagines that end of december something like that only three years have done that three other here's end of the year so few subfreezing days by now we had snowfall passing across the area watching to the west of us spend time concentrating on this rainfall area moving east seems like it is cold because it is pretty chilly tonight although the temperatures will not drop much from this morning and liquid precipitation falling into the subfreezing air mass could freeze on the cold pavement be aware especially on a surface tomorrow should up to the '50s and other storm moved to the west coast. some big warm air across the country. something of a dry spell run and four-6 in. below normal of precipitation since october. in comes the windfall that changes the smell and the mountain you can see the process and made it snowfall pacific northwest measured in feet in the next couple of days in the meantime high temperatures cold air to the north temperatures are subzero but that this demarcation to british columbia through iowa and downstate illinois to the carolinas is the arctic air pacificare mild on the other thunder bay ontario is at 0 following international falls at 21 degrees the boundary shifting eastward getting into that war and tomorrow mid-40s around here 16 degree increase what we saw today. while we are five degrees cooler than 24 hours ago temperature drops to the west giving you an idea of the extent of the warm front, and tamara why the rainfall is developing warm air rising over this cool air mass. humidity is 81 percent with a 2 point at 22. mike get ice pellets developing of the operative cooling. started the day at the coolest will close since december 12th to 18 days ago harbored-kenosha schaumburg tonight 27 degrees at o'hare recover to 30 degrees today but that was not warm one of the few subnormal temperature is all season. look at some of the big chill across the metropolitan area pretty chilly the forecast is for warming to take place tomorrow and 40's to return not only tamara but friday in new year's eve on saturday could flirt with 50 and to get a 51st time and whether history that 141 years back-to- back 50 degree new year's eve together 53 degrees in year's eve one year ago no blizzards or ice this year mild and windy with a spell of rain snow and sleet perhaps tomorrow night and early friday second comment on the heels of this one on the way later tonight the next five days averaged 9.4 degrees above normal at 4.9 degrees above normal 6-10 days out all of the models averaged together watch how this works a 10 day animation of air mass cold air arctic air bottled up here comes the loeb of warm air coming in with 40 mi. probably because and partly sunny skies on saturday should be a nice warm day turning colder on sunday in new year's day at a pretty good 2-3 days left of arctic air monday- tuesday next week but but later next week back in warm air and get more about that of the update and 10 minutes but tonight mostly cloudy spotty light rain and perhaps freezing rainfall or ice pellets steady rise in temperatures overnight upper twenties and low 30's with the south-southwest wind. tomorrow the early precipitation partly sunny and windy noticeably milder afternoon at 15-16 degree temperature drop. rising as we get the 45 and we think we will cloud over tomorrow night system producing a chilly rain ice pellets towards morning at a friday cloudy light rain and a touch of sleep in the morning could be a snow flakes mixed in with high temperature 43 degrees in this day and age people internet looking at the computer model forecast cd freeze and allied south at 5,000 ft. but if you look at the entire profile of the atmosphere warm air above the ground. snowflakes normally formic that kind of situation freezing temperatures out 5,000 ft. warmer air above, and downed liquid will not be much of snow fall is the bottom line but north could be smell when that will happen in the next couple of days for those with. >> defense lawyers say already talked too much so why is former penn state coach jerry sandusky thinking about doing more television? 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[ laughing ] brought to you by america's navy. wgn news @ 9 former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky reportedly looking to do another television interview report tmz jerry sandusky and his wife are shopping or round interviews together some time next year reportedly are considering oprah, barbara walters or 60 minutes and rock center no word on any offers to jerry sandusky yet but accused of sexually assaulting 10 boys facing 50 counts of child sex abuse involving boys he met children's charity he founded. better read in the floor that supper's from post-traumatic stress disorder saving grace weighs just 11 lbs. and service dog he named pay pay paypug dial 911 huge comfort because of his disorder and hearing loss sometimes he falls and the dog is there to help. >> with lowder i cannot imagine my life probably from what i supper severely winter i can go out i know if i have any kind of problem should will help me fight through it and that is what she does >> also alert him to fire alarm and wake up and having a nightmare. smart dog. tom skilling in the weather center you can use a helper or brought their? >> absolutely when you work back here with bill snyder you need a helping hand. just to take bill steiger is great. looking at small numbers of indianapolis 43 degrees. snow levels. 200 mi. per hour jet stream aimed at the west coast along those clouds there is the jet eight buckle comes in here tomorrow night and early friday could set up a light rain perhaps ice pellets and we go into a bottle of the jet warmer air coming in here by the time we get to new year's eve on saturday in the short term the area of rainfall se word across iowa and minnesota expected to move as follows add to the area the forecast at three in the morning and by morning rush hour rainfall sleep or freezing rain in the area will be like cutting out the pier by mid morning the rest of the day partly sunny and much warmer across the boundary between the arctic air and the pacific air will make us up tomorrow snowfall like to the north bringing warmer air passing to the north streaming to the north but a second system developing right there the one that comes through late tomorrow night and early friday with liquid perhaps ice pellets and then look at the isobars pact on new year's eve today. that is a big deep warmth affair with the big red ball is occurring pacific northwest backed up against the mountains like the smell of their expected to fall each mountain range maximum area of snow fall strings the moisture out of the air. leaving us with a mild oceanic air. frost and freeze advisories in florida tonight freezing rain advisory parts of the dakota and the minnesota host of weather advisories from flood watches lower elevations spell out their measured in feet but look at the volunteer looking ahead into the weekend the wind gust by saturday afternoon ahead of new year's eve and look at the brand arctic air into montana cold air slams into the area early next week pulls out expeditiously. penn de precipitation forecasts. the 10 day precipitation forecast coming into the continent bigger forecast trumpeted the danks to 45 degrees tomorrow-43 degrees on friday. i spelled action early in the day but sprinkles afternoon. partly sunny and windy saturday partly colder cloudy and would be on sunday but overall not a bad years day weekend coming up. keeping up didn't that in the days ahead. thank you so much >> sunrise on a chilly morning at cancer survivor it tipped up want to cancer patients breastfeeding when this opening with man-made snow all chicagotribune.com for those of the day. chicagotribune.com photos of the day. or photos on our website wgntv.com at chicago tribune .com kings to the west side as deep red hot black cop should import another win highlights are coming up and northwestern trying to get the monkey off their back literally wildcats go bowlin with the "name your price" tool you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out mostly for, like small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good. hey, flobot, great job. oops. 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