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marcella raymond has the latest. >> reporter: it is the third day of raw emotion as firefighters from across the country pay their respects to the second chicago firefighter to die in the past week. the firefighters from across chicago, the country, and even canada lined up 50 deep for a formal walk through. as a group they pay their respects to corey ankum and his family. his wife demica and his three children. the ladder that holds the american flag was scrubbed down and shined until it sparkled. this is part of what firefighters do to make sure fallen comrades are honored properly...

with more of that. >> reporter: hello. we're here at o'hare and security is moving relatively smoothly this christmas eve day. homeland security and the tsa are advising that insulated travel containers like this or bottles like this could conceal explosives. the items will be subject to closer scrutiny as you go through security at any airport in the u.s. because, they say, the items could be part of a potential terror tactic. >> they are high-profile. tomorrow is the anniversary of the underwear bomber. generally speaking. >> anything that you cannot carry with you that will draw a...

itself and the owners. the structure has a serious and troubling history of code violations. a memorial continues to grow outside of the buildings where the firefighters lost their lives. there have been flowers and notes outside of the building and while they ared remembered tonight, the city of shotgun are exploring legal options how to deal with the owners. the former laundry facility has code violations after the building failed six years ago, the owner struggled to make payments and the taxes were unpaid. the building is in such disrepair that there was a lawsuit file against ch...

exterior walls contribute in anyway to this tragedy. if so, the city law department has let it be known that they are reviewing all legal options which could include civil or even criminal contempt of court charges against the building's owner. now, court records show a history of problems here at 1744 east 75th street. the city filed a lawsuit against the building owner's back in 2007 citing 14 code violations beginning with cracked and defective walls, rotting boards and timbers and perhaps most significantly, a structurally defective roof with overburdened trusses. >> i asked enti...

laura lynn ryan's health has been apparent for each court appearance. she was already diagnosed with a terminal lung disease and given one to two years to live. today she was hospitalized where doctors determined her prognosis is much more grave than previously thought. >> she's got a 7 centimeter tumor in her left lung that did not show up just months ago in the scans. which indicates it's a fast- growing aggressive tumor. >> reporter: so aggressive george ryan's attorney filed an emergency motion today imploring federal judge to release ryan to spend his wife's final days by her si...