Chicago Morning News at 7 a.m. - Monday, Jun. 15, 2026

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[00:00:02]Incredible. All right. Uh the Cubs are in town tonight. They'll be taking on Colorado. Weather should be good for that game at Wrigley Field. I really think today is going to be spectacular.

[00:00:10]Lots of sunshine, low humidity, temperatures getting up into the mid70s after this kind of chilly start. We'll be 72 at noon, 75 for the high with a mixture of sun and clouds at that time.

[00:00:21]Right now out at O'Hare, partly sunny, 58 degrees. We have a southwest wind and a really low due point. That's that measure of moisture in the air. This air mass is really dry. Current temps are in the 50s. Got 57 at Gary, 58 at Valareerezo, 57 in Midway, 54 Joliet, and in Woodstock. Skies are partly sunny, and 52 degrees. Two days with thunderstorms in them tomorrow and Wednesday. I'll tell you which day I think is more concerning in a little bit, but right now, let's get you an update on the morning commute.

[00:00:49]>> Mike, we're looking a lot better when it comes to incidents on our roadways. Um, I'll go through some of the travel times because I have no crashes to report. 45 minutes on the Kennedy from O'Hare to downtown. Close to 40 minutes on the Eisenhower from Route 390 to the old post office. Let's call it about the same on the Stevenson from 355 to Daba Lakeshore Drive. Maybe a little more stop and go on the Stevenson due to that earlier crash near the Dan Ryan exit ramp. 25 minutes on the Dan Ryan from 95th to the burn interchange. And again, we're just watching what's happening on the Green Line. Harlem bound trains will not stop at 43rd Green Line Station.

[00:01:21]It's due to some planned uh work that's happening there. President Trump says the US and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and reopen the straight of Formoose.

[00:01:31]>> President Trump announced that agreement on social media on Truth Social. A key mediator with the Pakistani government says an official signing is scheduled for later this week in Switzerland. The deal includes a 60-day negotiating period where both sides can discuss the future of Iran's nuclear program. In the meantime, as Gabby indicated, the Straight of Hormuz would reopen without tolls with the US lifting an ongoing naval blockade of Iran's ports. Talks were at risk of falling apart, though, when Israel launched strikes against a Hezbollah commander in Beirut. An activist says it's a good deal for the Iranian people. Here locally, we're also following some breaking news of a shooting that sends two men to the hospital. Police say they were both in a car when they heard gunshots and then felt pain. They realized they had been shot and drove to the 8700 block of South Ada and that's where they called for assistance. The 18-year-old and 49year-old both suffered gunshot wounds to the leg. They were hospitalized in good condition. No word if they were the intended target. We finally have a count on just how many tornadoes hit us last week. 17 hit northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. That is the latest total from the National Weather Service.

[00:02:48]Last Thursday's storms produced two EF3 tornadoes. Those are categorized by wind speeds of 136 to 165 miles per hour and those hit the communities of Strereer and Hebrin and Couts in northwest Indiana. No major injuries, thank goodness, have been reported. Power is just about fully restored to people impacted by last week's storms. Kameed says power has been restored to 99% of customers. They say crews are in the final stages of repairs after 2 days of storms. Nearly 675,000 Comet customers had no power. In total, crews replaced nearly 500 power poles and used more than 295,000 feet of cable wire. A heartbreaking story here. There's an investigation into a plane crash in Missouri that left 12 people dead. The plane was carrying skydivers and it went down yesterday morning. Authorities say the plane took off from Butler Memorial Airport. That's about 60 miles south of Kansas City.

[00:03:51]Then it turned back for an unknown reason before going down near busy interstate. The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash. A former employee at an assisted living center in Evston is accused of sexually abusing a resident and he is due in court today.

[00:04:07]22-year-old Oscar Leon Patino is facing multiple felony charges. He worked as a laundry aid at that facility. The indictment says Leon Patino sexually abused the resident knowing that victim had both physical and intellectual disabilities.

[00:04:23]Chicago police are looking for a suspect in a stabbing on a CTA Blue Line train.

[00:04:28]These are photos of the man they're looking for. Happened back on June 3rd in the 500 block of South Lasal. Police say a man got into a fight with that suspect on the train and then was stabbed. The victim is expected to recover. If you have any information, you are asked to call police. 7:04 now this morning and we've been talking about it for a couple weeks now. The Obama Presidential Center opens to the public on Friday. And while there's a lot of excitement around this, there's also a lot of road closures in the area right now that are taking effect this morning. Brian Jackson is on the road right now to check out conditions. this morning. Hey, Brian.

[00:05:07]>> Well, good morning to you guys. If you drive anywhere through Hyde Park or Jackson Park for the next week or so, you're going to want to give yourself a lot of extra time on that commute. Right now, we are on Hyde Park. As you can see, we are just in front of the uh Griffin Museum of Science and Industry making a right right now on to 57th Street this morning. So, this is uh we just passed one road closure uh sign here. So again, we're on 57th going around the bend of the Griffin Museum Street. You are going to see a ton of road closure signs here. Uh we're pulling up to uh 57th Street right now.

[00:05:45]You can see this uh road closure with the uh Obama monument right there in the background. This is one of the closures you're going to see this morning. Now, there's going to be a series of road closures in in front of the uh celebrations for the Obama Presidential Center. The biggest impact for drivers is going to be along Stony Island, uh, which is just to the left of me where we are making a lefthand turn right now.

[00:06:08]You're going to see a lot of partial and full full closure so far this morning.

[00:06:12]Doesn't look like it's causing any major backups or anything like that. As right now, but this is going to be impacting traffic throughout the next week or so.

[00:06:22]Uh, we are still driving uh along this morning. Uh we are right in front of the uh lab Chicago lab schools. As you can see, we got a stoplight here. Uh the city is keeping some of these lanes open in certain areas, but officials are warning that commuters can expect delays as traffic patterns shift uh throughout the week. We are pulling up to it looks like 59th Street. We're on Stony Island right now. And you can see all of these barriers in front of me. So again, again, if you're trying to head south on Stony Island this morning and once you hit 59th Street, you are no longer able to go further south, you're going to be forced to uh make a right-hand turn here at 59th. So again, if you're going to be in this area all throughout the rest of the week or so, definitely give yourself a few extra minutes on this commute. Uh now we are heading west on 59th Street and we got a lot more uh road closures on the way. We're going to be driving around just to give people an idea of what's happening as we are getting ready to celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. Kicks off our private ceremony on Thursday with a full opening to the public coming up on Friday. You guys, that's some of the road closures in the area. We're going to be keeping an eye on this and uh giving you updates throughout the morning. For now, reporting literally on the go this morning. Brian Jackson for Fox Chicago.

[00:07:44]>> All right, thanks so much, Brian. Brian were to roll down the window, he might get a little bit of a chill surprisingly. Uh Brian, I know he brought his jacket today. Um because it is in the 50s and you said even the upper 40s in some areas today.

[00:07:57]>> Natalie, we had some upper 40s early this morning. Those are gone. Uh it's going to be a rapid warmup. We'll get into the 70s here pretty quickly. Uh which is just going to be a little bit cooler than normal for this time of year out there now. Mixture of clouds with a little bit of sunshine in there. Any cloud cover that we have is of the high and transparent variety. So I think mostly sunny is the way to describe today's sky. Temperature- wise not too shabby now. It's in the 50s. 58 at O'Hare, 57 Gary, Chicago Heights, Joliet, a little cooler at Woodstock where it's 53. Lasal Peru in there with a 59. And in Valareerezo it is 58°.

[00:08:32]Brand new updated weather authority futurecast. So let's look at this and see if it tells any difference. If you've been watching all morning, you know what it's been showing for Tuesday and Wednesday. Well, I'm going to try and describe any minor differences that we see and more importantly the similarities today. All good. Plenty of sunshine, a few clouds out there.

[00:08:51]Tomorrow morning, same story as the previous run of this model. We get a couple of showers, maybe a thunderstorm in here. Then this moves out of here by about 1:00 in the afternoon. And the rest of the day when it had looked like over the weekend there'd be a second round of thunderstorms. Nope. Which further minimizes the risk of severe thunderstorms tomorrow. Now, let's get you to Wednesday. Previous model showed some showers sneaking in here in the morning and then some heavy stuff late morning, early afternoon. There it is still showing up. The reason why that is important is because it could impact the next round, the one that could be the stronger round of thunderstorms late in the day on Wednesday. [snorts] Today, you're going to see sunshine, high temperature getting up to 75°. 709 Chicago's morning news comes right back after this.

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[00:12:56]An aerial view of the Obama Presidential Center. It is opening officially to the public later this week. [music] We are live all week long with everything you need to know about the opening with [music] street closures, dignitaries in town. You name it, we've got it covered.

[00:13:12]Sky Fox obviously giving us a [music] live look this morning and we'll continue to keep our eyes on the forecast. Mike says it's going to be in the 70s, but some storms [music] could be on the way later this week. He's going to join us in just a few moments with your full forecast.

[00:13:26]Chicago police are investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital. [music] Police say they were both in a car when they heard gunshots and then they [music] felt pain. The two men are expected to be okay. We're working to confirm if the driver was in fact a ride [music] share driver transporting a passenger at the time of the shooting. Chicago police are looking for a suspect in a stabbing [music] on a CTA Blue Line train. This happened back on June 3rd in the 500 [music] block of South Lasowl. Police say a man got into a fight with that suspect on [music] the train and then was stabbed. We finally have a count of the amount of tornadoes that hit us last week. 17 in northwest Indiana and northern Illinois. That's according to the latest total from the National Weather Service. Again, 17.

[00:14:14]Last Thursday's storms produced two EF3 tornadoes. Power just about fully restored to people impacted by last week's storms, although we know there are pockets that are still without.

[00:14:25]Kameed says about 99% of customers are back up and running. They say crews are in the final stages of repairs.

[00:14:33]President Trump and the US says the US and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A key mediator with the Pakistani government says an official signing is scheduled for later this week in Switzerland. Police in Arlington Heights are investigating a sexual assault that happened in a parking garage. Police say a teenage girl told them she was on the top level of the Eastman parking garage on Saturday afternoon when she was approached by a man. She says the man asked for assistance with an issue involving his car. Police say she got into the man's car and that's when the reported assault happened. The suspect is a white man with dark hair and he was wearing a black t-shirt and black athletic shorts.

[00:15:17]In Brazil, six people are dead after two helicopters crashed in Rio de Janeiro.

[00:15:22]American comedian and singer Oliver Tree was on the passenger list of one of the helicopters. He was in South America for his world tour. The military fire department says one of the helicopters crashed into a parking lot of a dealership where several electric vehicles were parked, setting off a fire. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the collision.

[00:15:45]Violent clashes erupted ahead of today's G7 summit in France. Tear gas and water cannons were deployed to disperse crowds of protesters yesterday after they smashed windows and torched a Tesla.

[00:15:57]Protesters say they were demonstrating against the global elite. The unrest comes as leaders including President Trump go to France for the three-day meeting. On the Glo on the agenda will be global trade, international safety, the future of AI, and discussing next steps in Iran. Game one for the United States at the World Cup happened right here on Fox Chicago. Five US starters made their World Cup debut against Paraguay on Saturday. The US went on to win the entire match in a dominating performance, four to one. And that is the most goals the United States has ever scored in a World Cup game. Here's [snorts] the lineup for today's matches.

[00:16:38]Spain will face Cabo Verde at 11 this morning. Belgium and Egypt are next at 2:00 this afternoon. Then Saudi Arabia versus Uruguay at 5:00 p.m. And finally, Iran and New Zealand will step onto the pitch at 8:00 tonight. And you can watch all of those matches right here on Fox Chicago. And when the World Cup is [music] on Fox, you can still watch the news on Fox Chicago Plus. We're also on Fox Local and Fox [music] Chicago.com.

[00:17:09]And I mentioned this earlier, I'll mention it again. The US plays its next match on Friday against [music] Australia at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

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[00:17:47]>> Oh, I know, Gabby. [laughter] >> Hey, you know, you're talking about that game Cabo Verde versus Spain. And what where is that? Uh may maybe folks are more familiar with us during hurricane season. We talk about the Cape Verie season where tropical storms get going.

[00:18:02]That's right off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic and that's kind of a breeding ground for what later become hurricanes around here. So that's where the Cabo Verde Islands are. We have on the weather map now rain anywhere within striking distance today. Got some showers and thunderstorms on the Gulf Coast. But I direct your attention up here. Doesn't look like much, but along the US Canadian border, you know what we have here? We got a cold front that's going to come through here tomorrow. And it looks like it's going to arrive in the morning, which is why that appears to be the first time that we'll get some showers and thunderstorms in here. And that may mean that in the afternoon we get nothing, which is fine. That would minimize the risk of severe weather tomorrow. Wednesday is a different story. Right now, mid and upper 50s. Got 56 at Chicago's Lakefront and Marville.

[00:18:48]Chicago Heights, Joliet, Midway, Gary in there with 57. A little cooler in Woodstock, but you still have a good deal of sunshine there. And we'll see plenty of sun today. A little bit of cloud cover out there, but nothing that's going to block the sun for any extended period of time. 75 for the high. Pretty nice warmup after the chilly start that we have tonight. 58 for the low. Skies will be partly cloudy and we'll have a southwest wind at 5 to 10. Now, tomorrow, showers, maybe a couple of thunderstorms looking more likely to be in the morning with nothing in the afternoon. and computer models are really starting to key in on that solution, which would minimize, if not eliminate, any risk of severe thunderstorms. Wednesday is a different story. That's a day we got to be weather ready. Could be thunderstorms in the morning and midday. And how those play out will determine how strong and where any bigger thunderstorms get going late in the day. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I'm going dry. 75, 76, 78.

[00:19:43]Pike. And then Saturday night into Sunday, we'll get a couple of thunderstorms in here, especially Sunday during the day with a high of 75. Not quite 7:20. We'll be back with more of Chicago's morning news after this.

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[00:23:19]Oliviana, tell us a little bit more about this crash. It just it it's just so horrifying for so many people to be on board that plane.

[00:23:29]It is Natalie. Good morning. We know today that the investigators will be here to uh to really try to answer the biggest question. What happened to go wrong? uh where 12 people, all the ones on board, were killed in this accident.

[00:23:42]That's according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. I'm going to step out of the frame so you can see a little bit this morning what we're looking at. Um yesterday on some of the video that we saw, there was a big blue tarp over all of this. Today, we're still waiting on some investigators to come and take uh some notes here and uh start that investigation. Um but this is what we're looking at as far as the wreckage from that crash. The FAA saying the plane crashed around 11:30 Sunday morning soon after leaving uh this Butler Memorial Airport. This local airport Sheriff Chad Anderson saying it was a skydiving flight that went down. The Bates County Emergency Management Director saying the privately owned plane crashed about 300 yards from the runway. And investigators are still trying to find a cause. The sheriff though saying that some of the people who saw the crash happen were family members of those on board.

[00:24:32]There >> there were witnesses that were family members. Yes. You know, our our hearts go out to them. Uh there's there's nothing we really can say to make it better. Uh we just pray for them and their loved ones and and their friends and their family and uh hope that they can recover uh to some sense of normaly if we can.

[00:24:53]>> Authorities are treating the crash as a mass casualty event. The sheriff saying there's no indication of criminal activity or terrorism. And again, federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board will be the ones leading the investigation. It could take months to complete. I just caught up with some police here telling me that uh they should arrive here in about 1 hour to start that investigation as of this morning. Uh but of course, this is really just heartbreaking. It's crazy to hear the story coming out of this airport just about 65 miles south of Kansas City. Natalie, >> do we know anything, Oliviana, about the the track record of this skydiving company? Had there been previous reports maybe of of mishandling uh some of the jumps? I mean, do we know anything like that?

[00:25:38]>> Well, we know that the skydiving company did post acknowledging that this happened. Um, of course, they uh are just putting their hearts out to the the families involved, but um I don't know that off the top of my head. Um but I know that the skydiving comes with risks of course, but you never think something like this is going to happen. Um of course, that's the biggest question.

[00:25:58]What's next? What happened? Um, when we hear that this lifted off and just soon after came right back down, Natalie, >> so stunning. Thank you so much, Oliviana.

[00:26:10]>> Let's take a look at some of your other top stories here locally. A shooting sends two men to the hospital. Police say they were both in a car. They heard gunshots. They felt pain. They then drove to 87th in South Ada to call for [music] help. An 18year-old and a 49year-old were both shot in the leg.

[00:26:27]They are in good condition. [music] Police have not released any more details, but we are working to confirm reports that one of the victims was a [music] ride share driver. President Trump says the US and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and reopen [music] the Straight of Hormuz. A key mediator with the Pakistani government says an official signing is [music] scheduled for later this week in Switzerland. The deal includes a 60-day negotiating period [music] where both sides can discuss the future of Iran's nuclear program. In the meantime, the Straight of Hormuz would [music] open without tolls with the US lifting an ongoing naval blockade of Iran's ports.

[00:27:06]Excitement is building around this [music] week's opening of the Obama Presidential Center and road closures [music] building as well. Most of those closures will be in neighborhoods around Jackson Park. We've got the big ones on your screen in just a moment here. There they are. Former o President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are in Chicago ahead of the grand opening celebration. As you can imagine, those closures will last through Friday when the presidential center officially opens. And Mike, it is such a beautiful building. It It doesn't even look real, does it? It is so gorgeous. As we take another look here uh via our chopper. I mean, the whole grounds, it it really looks spectacular there. And uh and inside, we were able to, you know, get a few sneak peeks in there. Uh and I'm sure this place is going to be packed here pretty much every day this summer starting on Friday when the weather is going to be quite nice on Friday. But tomorrow and Wednesday present an opportunity for some thunderstorms, especially Wednesday. [music] I'll explain coming up.

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[00:30:36]Give yourself some extra time if you're getting around the southside this week.

[00:30:39]There are several road closures in effect as the city prepares for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. It's finally here. Brian is live with more on what we can expect. Hey, Brian.

[00:30:51]>> Well, good morning to you guys. The city's message this morning is pretty clear. If you don't need to drive through this area for the next couple of days, or week or so, just don't. Save yourself a lot of time this morning. Uh we're now on the south side of the Obama Presidential Center heading south down uh Stony Island Avenue this morning.

[00:31:08]This is We just passed one. It said lane closures to come. Uh now we're approaching 64th Street. And this is where those road closures begin uh to start. It looks like we're already closed down to just the uh lefthand lane. Uh there not causing too many backups or so right now. Just to the left of us is the southside YMCA as we're down to just one lane here approaching the Obama Presidential Center which you can see just ahead here up to my right. Uh we're going to make a left here on 63rd Street. This is where you are completely blocked off. You can see this GMC in front of us uh tried to go forward this morning. As you can see, they were promptly stopped and told that they need to turn around and find another route. And if you do attempt to go uh south on Stony Island past 63rd, this is what will be waiting in front of you this morning. Just a ton of road closures. Uh these aren't the only closures in the area today. In addition to Stony Island, drivers are going to see a lot of changes along Cornell Avenue, Midway Plazons, and Blackstone Avenue. Now, some of the streets will have limited access while others will have parking restrictions for people who only live in the neighborhood. Again, uh there's going to be a lot of closures and you can expect some heavy traffic later on this week. So far, it's not causing that many backups from what we've seen so far. Again, just to give you an idea of where we are, we're right at Stony Island and 63rd Street. Uh starting to make a lefthand turn here.

[00:32:35]Now, as you're going west on 63rd, you're not really seeing any uh closures uh heading this way as far as west. But if you're coming back east and you pass uh Harper there, you're going to start to run into some of those road closures, you guys. Uh that's a look at what we are seeing uh so far this Monday morning. again with some of these road closures as we are getting ready to uh celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center uh with a private ceremony for Thursday and then it opens up to the public on Friday. For now, reporting here on the southside, Brian Jackson for Fox Chicago.

[00:33:10]>> All right, thanks Brian. You gave us the lowdown. Better you than I, I guess. Uh let's go over to uh talk about the storms from last week because it's clear that cleanup is going to take a very long time.

[00:33:21]>> For some people, their lives will never be the same. Sequan is live and se explain where you are and do those folks have power right now.

[00:33:31]>> Yeah, so we are here in Elsip right now and yes there are many people still dealing without power. Look at this here. We just ran into this home. You can see two generators are kind of helping them right now. At the same time, you can also see their driveway is pretty much scattered with debris or at least it's surrounding uh that driveway right now. And that's kind of what we're seeing here. Again, this is kind of the intersection of 120th and Leverne. Uh, this block right now looks like they are still not able to get that power turned back on. If you take a walk with me here, you can see though that crews are making progress, right? You can see that there is a brand new utility pole ready to be installed, ready to get that power turned back on for a lot of these folks.

[00:34:11]But you can also see that house right by it has windows open, likely to get some air in, especially without that air conditioning still available for those folks. I do want you to take a look at the outage map though from this morning.

[00:34:23]We did uh take a look at it. We are still talking about more than 2600 people across Illinois who still do not have power. Uh but this is a big improvement from what we saw last week when initially about 450,000 KMED customers were left in the dark. This of course comes as several rounds of severe storms hit some communities across the state particularly hard including Elsip, Crestwood, Palis Heights, Juliet. Those winds were just strong enough to knock down several power poles and wires, uproot trees, causing significant damage to homes and cars, and leaving debris scattered pretty much everywhere. In the latest statement from KMED, it says in part, "If you are still without power, we want you to know you have not been forgotten." Adding, "This has been the most damaging storm since the 2020 do.

[00:35:09]We large trees are down across equipment and blocking access to neighborhoods with restoration needs and hundreds of utility poles broken and must be completely replaced, not simply repaired. That kind of work is complex and takes more time to do safely, even with crews working around the clock.

[00:35:28]Back out here in Alam, you can see some of that debris still toppling over cars.

[00:35:32]Some of these cars, you can actually notice, uh, have flat tires on them as well. So once again, crews are going to need to make the rounds here, pick up all of this debris, while at the same time work on restoring that power to still so many customers across the state. Comemed also says the additional storms over the weekend have made things even more challenging. They're asking for patience at this time. And if you do see a down power line still, you are asked to report it uh to comm.

[00:36:00]Uh we also know that people there are customers in Indiana still uh dealing without power as well. So, we're going to kind of check in on those numbers and see how customers in Indiana are doing this morning as well, guys. All right.

[00:36:11]Thank you so much, S. I mean, that that's like the the last thing that you want if you got the storm clean up and then you're still without power. You don't even you know, luckily you have a home to to get inside of and but I mean, you don't have that relief.

[00:36:25]>> All right, let's cool, >> right? Right. We want to move on to some major international news now. President Trump says the US and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and reopen the Straight of Hormuz. Apparently, gas prices already feeling this this morning. President Trump announced this agreement on Truth Social. A key mediator with the Pakistani government says an official signing is scheduled for later this week in Switzerland. The deal includes a 60-day negotiating period where both sides can discuss the future of Iran's nuclear program. In the meantime, the straight of Hormuz would open without tolls with the US lifting an ongoing naval blockade of Iran's ports. Talks were at risk of falling apart when Israel launched strikes against a Hezbollah commander in Beirut.

[00:37:13]Senator Mitch McConnell is back in the hospital for undisclosed health issue. A spokesperson says he was admitted Sunday morning is quote receiving excellent care. The longest serving Senate party leader in US history was previously hospitalized for eight days earlier this year after experiencing flu-l like symptoms. The 84year-old announced last February that he would not seek re-election and would retire when his current term ends in January next year.

[00:37:40]Police in Arlington Heights are investigating a sexual assault that happened in a parking garage. Police say a teenage girl told them she was on the top level of the Eastman parking garage on Saturday afternoon when she was approached by a man. She says the man asked for assistance with an issue involving his car. Police say she got into the man's car and that's when the reported sexual assault happened. Police say the suspect is a white man with dark hair and he was wearing a black t-shirt and black athletic shorts. In Brazil, six people are dead after two helicopters crashed in Rio de Janeiro.

[00:38:15]American comedian and singer Oliver Tree was on the passenger list of one of those helicopters. He was in South America for his world tour. The military fire department says one of those helicopters crashed into a parking lot of a dealership where several electric vehicles were parked and that set off just a massive fire. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the collision. We are just three days away from the start of Summerfest. The Milwaukee Music Series begins June 18th.

[00:38:46]The 58th year of the festival will keep its three-w weekend format going this weekend, June 25th to the June 2 to July June 27th, excuse me, and July 2nd through the 4th. That means Summerfest will include Junth and the 4th of July.

[00:39:01]Again, some of the headliners are Gar Brooks, Ed Sharon, Post Balone, Jelly Roll, and Tyler Hubard. How cool. Sounds good. All right, we're taking a live look, Mike, from Sky Fox. It looks like just over the city, and the sun is shining, but you're saying it is a little more cool out there, right?

[00:39:18]>> Yeah. Uh, but I think you'll be able to put the jackets away here shortly, even if you need them. Early this morning, we were showing a 54 there in our bug temperature. Most of us are in the mid to upper 50s now, but it's be a quick warmup and you're going to see a good deal of sunshine. And the sun this time of year is about as strong as it gets.

[00:39:34]Uh we have our summer solstice coming up here in just a few days, marking the beginning of astronomical summer. Today, you're going to see a lot of sunshine.

[00:39:43]There will be a couple of high clouds from time to time. That's it. Nothing will be falling from those clouds till we get to tomorrow morning. And that is when showers, maybe a thunderstorm will start to encroach on the area. This is 7:00. So, right about now, 24 hours from now, we got some showers coming through.

[00:40:00]But here's the deal. Most models, including hours, and I'm showing you now, take all of that activity east of Chicago Lane early in the afternoon, and then there's not much left to play with during the afternoon. And what had looked like it might be a period of time where a second round of thunderstorms would light up. That is appearing to be not the case anymore. Instead, we may get a couple of hits on Wednesday. The first of which will be morning into the early afternoon. Some of that could be heavy rain, gusty winds, the whole deal.

[00:40:29]Then will the atmosphere be able to recover and give us some more vigorous thunderstorms late in the afternoon and at night. That's our highest risk of severe weather today. Severe clear. 75 for the high. Some boomers around tomorrow in the morning and then particularly Wednesday. Quiet weather Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before a few more showers and thunderstorms arrive on Sunday. 7:40. Let's get you where you're going on time. Gabriella.

[00:40:51]Mike, I'm not seeing any issues on our train lines. You're taking Metra in or if you're taking an L this morning. Um, we do have one crash to report. It's over on the eastbound side of I 88 at Route 53. Looks like it's an accident blocking a left lane, a left shoulder. A little stop and go as you approach that area. Your drive times closer to the city, they're pretty typical for a Monday morning. 45 minutes on the Kennedy from O'Hare to downtown. Let's call it the same there on the Eisenhower from Route 390 to the old post office.

[00:41:18]40 minutes on the Stevenson from 355 to Daba [music] Lakes Shore Drive. 30 minutes on the Dan Ryan from 95th to the burn interchange. Stay with us. Much more of Chicago's [music] morning news.

[00:41:28]We'll be right back.

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[00:43:32][music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Welcome back to Chicago's morning news as we take a live look at the city.

[00:44:11][music] Little cooler start to the week.

[00:44:13]Michael will be with us in just a moment. Chicago police investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital. Police say they were [music] both in a car when they heard gunshots.

[00:44:23]The 18-year-old and 49year-old both suffered [music] gunshot wounds to the leg. They are expected to be okay.

[00:44:31]Chicago police [music] looking for this suspect in a stabbing on a CTA Blue Line train. It happened back on June 3rd in the 500 block of South Lasowl. [music] Police say a man got into a fight with the suspect on the train and was stabbed.

[00:44:46]We now know how many tornadoes hit us last week. 17 confirmed by the National uh weather service in northwest Indiana and northern [music] Illinois. This includes two EF3 tornadoes, one in Streer, the other in [music] Couts, Indiana. Gabby Natley, thanks. uh against the backdrop of what's happening with a possible peace deal in Iran. Iran begins its World's Cup play today in Los Angeles. Rebecca Caster joins us live with more. Good morning, Rebecca.

[00:45:19]>> Good morning, Gabriella. Outside Iran, Los Angeles is actually home to the largest Iranian population. And many of the soccer fans we spoke with over the weekend acknowledged that there are mixed feelings about cheering for Iran in the World Cup, but they're choosing to take pride in their home country.

[00:45:36]>> I'm super excited. We're going to cheer for Iran.

[00:45:39]>> With news of a peace deal and the Iranian national team set to play their first match in this year's World Cup, Iranianameans have a lot to cheer for, but aren't celebrating yet.

[00:45:49]>> Everybody, I know, is very skeptical.

[00:45:51]The Iranian national team arrived in California Sunday after leaving their training camp in Mexico where it was relocated from Arizona because of visa complications, security concerns, and more.

[00:46:02]>> We were worried that they might not be able to come.

[00:46:05]>> But opinions are divided across LA as some Iranians argue the national team represents the regime.

[00:46:11]>> But I've told all of them, I guarantee you when Iran scores the first goal against New Zealand, everybody, including you guys, will jump. When asked about possible protests outside the stadium, Iran's head coach and team captain say they respect all Iranians.

[00:46:26]We are here to play football.

[00:46:32]Always despite the large Iranian population in Los Angeles, there are still plenty of tickets available for Monday's game.

[00:46:42]Iran's football federation accused FIFA of revoking its ticket allocation for Iranian fans who likely would have been denied visas anyways due to the current travel ban instated by President Trump.

[00:46:53]>> Hopefully, they win.

[00:46:57]>> And there is a chance the US and Iran could face each other in this tournament. If they both finish second in their group, they'll play each other on July 3rd in Arlington, Texas, outside Dallas, which would surely be a highly charged match. Gabriella, back to you.

[00:47:13]>> All right, Rebecca, we'll be watching.

[00:47:14]Thank you very much for that report.

[00:47:16]Stay with us. We have much more of Chicago's Morning News on the way after this break.

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[00:50:20]>> [music] >> Welcome back to Chicago's Morning News.

[00:50:32]We've got a look at [music] some of your top stories this morning as we follow the sunrise. President Trump says the US and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war [music] and reopen the Straight of Hormuz. A key mediator with the Pakistani government says an official signing is scheduled for later this week in Switzerland. [music] The deal includes a 60-day negotiating period where both sides can discuss the future [music] of Iran's nuclear program. In the meantime, the Straight of Hormuz would open without tolls with the US [music] lifting an ongoing naval blockade of Iran's ports. A shooting sends two men to the hospital. Police say [music] they were both in a car when they heard gunshots and then felt pain.

[00:51:12]They realized they had been shot and drove [music] to the 8700 block of South Ada and called for assistance there.

[00:51:19][music] The 18-year-old and 49year-old both suffered gunshot wounds in the leg.

[00:51:23]They were hospitalized in good condition. No word if they were the targets. It is [music] monsoon season out west and that's what it looked like in Arizona this weekend. Might be glad to get caught in that downpour, especially, you know, since it gets so hot out there. It's going to be near 110 degrees through Wednesday around Phoenix. Monsoon season runs through the end of September. That columns of rain there, that is really >> cool looking, isn't it? A lot of people think monsoon equates to a certain type of rainfall. Monsoon is actually a seasonal reversal of the dominating wind direction which then is often accompanied by more rainfall. But monsoon has more to do with wind than it does rain. How about them apples?

[00:52:05]>> Interesting.

[00:52:06]>> All right. You going to talk about the local weather?

[00:52:08]>> Sure. Let's do it.

[00:52:08]>> Let's do this thing. All right. Bright sunshine reflecting off the bean here.

[00:52:12]It's going to be a nice day. Uh it was a cool morning though. We had some 40s out there earlier this morning. Now everybody squarely warming up nicely.

[00:52:19]It's 59 at Chicago's Lakefront. Up to 60 at Chicago Heights, 56 at Woodstock, 59 at Joliet. In Michigan City, it is 55.

[00:52:28]I've got us hitting 75 today. A little cooler than normal, but still nice, mostly sunny, low humidity, not very windy tonight. Comfortable low 58 degrees. So, not quite as cool as it was this morning. And it'll be partly cloudy, still quite comfortable. So, you can give the AC the night off. In fact, really for the upcoming week, there's no intense heat in sight here. But what we are concerned with really is Wednesday.

[00:52:51]That's a day when showers and thunderstorms would be at their strongest. There's a risk of severe weather of all types associated with thunderstorms. Not looking at snow, but uh we have that risk on Wednesday.

[00:53:01]Tomorrow's risk of severe weather is really low. Mid to upper 70s Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with the next chance of rain, scattered thunderstorms arriving on Sunday. Becky, >> everything's aokay on your trains here, Mike. I'm looking at Metra and L. Let's take a look at your travel times, which again are pretty normal for this time of morning on a Monday. 45 minutes on the Kennedy from O'Hare to downtown. Close to 40 there on the Eisenhower from Route 390 to the old post office. Same on the Stevenson from 355 to Davo Lakes Shore Drive. But if you are going inbound on the Stevenson, there is a crash reported before Pilaski Road. So that number might um tick up a little bit. It looks like it's over just on the right shoulder, not blocking any lanes, but still as crews respond, they might be in that lane. Uh 30 minutes on the Dan Ryan from 95th to the burn interchange.

[00:53:46]Natalie, >> former AllPro linebacker Alden Smith has died. Smith was drafted by the 49ers in 2011 and had one of the best rookie rookie seasons in NFL history. He went on to play for the Raiders, Cowboys, and Seahawks. There has not been a cause of death given he was just 36.

[00:54:05]>> President Trump's name has been removed from the Kennedy Center. A US District judge ordered all Trump branding be removed in a ruling that said only Congress has the authority to name the Kennedy Center and the venue must honor President John F. Kennedy alone. The order also included the removal of all references to Trump, including promotional materials and gift shop merchandise. Illinois's so-called right to die law is set to go into effect later this year. A new lawsuit, though, hopes to stop it. The lawsuit names Governor Pritsker and the state's public health director as defendants. It claims the right to die law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Affordable Care Act, and the 14th Amendment. The law lets terminally ill people end their life with medication.

[00:54:51]It will take effect in September. Keep it right here. More of Chicago's Morning News is coming your way next.

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[00:57:06]>> [music] >> Welcome back. According to research from Capital One Shopping, uh the value of merchandise returns doubled from 2020 to 2025. The Wall Street Journal citing research from a return company reported a rise in clothing exchanges because customers are getting smaller for the past 3 years. Retailers say those returns are becoming a growing headache since some items can't be resold at the same price and stores lose the cost of shipping for the returns. The Justice Department has officially cleared the way for a big Hollywood merger. It looks like Paramount and Warner Brothers will become one company. Federal regulators decided the massive $110 billion deal won't harm competitors or customers.

[00:57:55]However, Paramount still needs final approval from state and international regulators. Illinois is one of seven states suing to block the merger. AI tools can impair brain performance. A new study tested math skills. Half the group worked without help. The rest use an AI assistant. 10 minutes later, the help vanished. Early scores rose with digital support. Performance crashed when researchers removed it. That seems like it would happen. Experts say the technology is safe. The FDA is recalling a baby formula because of a potential bacterial contamination. Nara Organics is removing all of its powdered infant formula as a result. So far, there have been three cases of bachulism in infants in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington. All the infants have recovered. Their products were sold at Target and through Nara's website between July 2025 and this month.

[00:58:51]Thousands of coffee makers sold online are being recalled due to potential burn risk. It involves Kid Isle 6 to 14 ounce coffee makers. The agency says it's aware of at least 107 reports of the coffee makers releasing hot liquid, resulting in at least 27 injuries, including first and second degree burns.

[00:59:10]The coffee makers were sold online at Amazon, Walmart, and eBay between June 2024 and April this year. your urge to stop using it.