your favorites, in pieces. it's election day. we are bringing you coverage of today's key races here in illinois and around the country. i'm steve sanders. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's julian crews is live downtown with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. this has been an awfully tight race. battle to be the next senator from illinois. democrat aleksei giannoulias hoping for a big turnout among

voters here in the city. but republican mark kirk likes his chances. kirk's people say they moved ahead in the race. most recent poll shows the congressman has a three to four point edge. traditional strong holds like chicago's collar counties and downstate illinois are expected to turn out for the gop. it could very well boil down to independent voters deciding who will sit in barack obama's old senate seat. >> i think there is a growing wave of independents that want thoughtful independent leadership. and someone who won't rubber stamp everything that nancy pelosi wants to do. >> reporter: but aleksei giannoulias hopes those independents will go democrat. he spent the morning shaking hands at union station hoping to win over any late undecides.

have the independent vote but he is depending on a big democratic turnout. yesterday he worked to fire up the base in greektown traveling north to lincoln park hoping that he could summoned up enough excitement to pull out a come from behind victory. this is about turnout. we saw polls that had us up a points. at the end of date if you don't come out you could be up ten points. this is all about turnout. voters have the last word and anybody who thinks they have this won is usually in for a rude surprise. >> of course the democratic senator with a vested interest in aleksei giannoulias, durbin and other democratic leaders hoping to keep control of the u.s. senate and to avert the embarrassment of barack obama's old seat falling into the hands of the gop. in downtown chicago, julian crews, wgn news. and here is a look at the balance of power in the u.s.

senate right now. the democrats hold a 57 seat majority with two inbound- points that generally vote with the dralts. republicans need to pick up ten seats to take control. and in the house right now democrats have 255 votes compared to a 178 for republicans. so republicans need to add 39 seats to take the majority. poll trends show they could pick up more than that. about 45. across the state a record 37 governor -- across the country 37 governor seats are up for grabs. illinois is one of them with democrat pat quinn and republican bill brady locked in a very tight race. nancy loo is live on the northwest side right now with the latest. >> reporter: hi, steve. we are about at the halfway point of voting hours today. both major party candidates in the race for governor are expressing confidence. governor quinn cast his votes here just over an hour ago. joined by his two grown sons,

governor quinn was upbeat heading into his usual polling place at galewood community church. he took the time to chat with a future voter and then set to work on the longest ballot in the history of chicago and cook county. >> obviously voting for governor was a high honor to vote for myself for governor and as they said a moment ago i want to thank everyone who has voted for me. it's still time to vote. we have until 7:00 tonight to vote. >> republican challenger bill brady spent the morning at mass. he attended services at holy name cathedral with his wife. by late afternoon brady will have cast his vote downstate in his hometown of bloomington. >> elections are humbling and we want to say thanks to the people who supported us. we look forward to victory today and encourage everyone to get out the vote. and we look forward to the next few year for illinois as we provide leadership to move illinois forward. from here governor quinn headed to suburban river forest to take his 93-year-old mother

to her polling place. tonight he will watch returns here in the city while bill brady will await the outcome downstate in bloomington. right now we were live on the northwest side, nancy loo, wgn news. the brother of a state senator is seriously hurt in a hit-and-run accident. outside a south side polling place. happened just before the polls opened at 4,000 block of south archer. the victim has been identified as 40-year-old martin munoz. the brother of state senator antonio munoz. witnesses say he was hit by a speeding driver who flew through an intersection. the car was found but so far no charges have been filed. munoz is now in surgery for head and leg injuries. certainly a busy day for city and county officials, the ones who keep track of the voting. wgn's jay miller is live from the cook county clerk's office. >> reporter: good afternoon. so far so good.

election officials telling us that in the six hours that the polls have been opened, voter turnout has been strong, steady and smooth. here is what voters are telling us. >> is there any problems at >> very smooth. quite a few people in there which is a good sign. hope it lasts all day. >> we were glad we aren't too good on that old system with the machines. i was glad they got rid of that. pull the hand on that, that was a pain in the butt. this isn't too bad. >> it's a typical election. judicial tension business is silly because most of the judges are running unopposed and then you vote to retain them or whatever and you don't recognize any of their names. everything else, it's fine. so that's just one some voters are telling us about their voting experiences this morning. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. and several of the 1218 polling places reported long lines this morning. a lot of folks voting before

they went to work. no major problems had been reported. however, there were a few calls about people campaigning a little too close to polling places. also about half a dozen polling places opened a bit late. aside if that, it's been smooth sailing. >> so far the only problem we had is that a few precincts did not open on time. so we will have about six precincts that we will go to the court to ask them to stay open an hour later at the end ever the night. that's standard for suburban cook coingt. six didn't open on time. >> so those six precincts are niles 29 and lincolnwood. northfield 25 in glenview. northfield 66 also in glenview. proviso 95 and melrose park. proviso 53 in maywood and proviso 46 in western springs. those precincts will be open an

our later. all the other polling precincts will close at 7:00. that is the latest here in the loop. make sure to check back at 5:00 and i will have a full wrap of how the polls are shaping up. that's the latest live here in the loop, jay miller, wgn news. some important local races also up for grabs in illinois counties. for cook county board president, democrat tony prep wgnle defeated todd stroger. she faces the republican and green party candidate. >> and race for cook county assessor, it's been contentious. joe bareious and independent forest claypool are expected to have a close race. republican sharon ekersel and robert from the green party are on the ballot. and in rural county there is a heated race for sheriff. democrat is challenging the incumbent who has been criticized for his handling of high profile murder cases. and for more on today's big races, we are joined by

political analyst paul lisnek. a lot of last minute campaigning. you know, this -- cuz it make a difference? >> for some people it does. there are some people that get up in the morning and say i'm going to vote, i don't know what i'm going to do until i glet and then the last hand shake at train station -- you know something? that's what i'm going to do. lengses that are close and may turn on that. >> we have some close one. >> very close as soon as with all of this early voting, so many people have already cast their their vote. >> by the way, that's a great point. a lot of money is spent in the last weeks. people are complaining left and right every commercial is political. how many people have already voted, mailed in early voting? >> absentee. >> 50 million across the country. this is pretty significant. people's minds made up. >> let's go national for a minute and talk about president obama and the effect these losses will have on him. i mentioned earlier i heard

jonathan alter say that obama has dawn poor job of getting out the message of his successes during his first couple of years in office. and that is hurting him. >> what are your thoughts? >> the president is one of the objectively -- one of the greatest communicators we had. whether you support him or don't. congress has passed health care and financial reform. there has been a lot of things done. i think early on in his presidency when he was showing up on every television known to humankind he got flak for that and he backed off. we didn't see him. coming in now is a bit too late and that's the concern. because the message against all these programs is very strong, very steady and very consistent. it's now the president who does send a positive message across most people have made their minds up about it. the jonathan may be right it's something he should have begun many months ago. >> didn't sell it. nationally we are looking at one of the most fascinating developments and the emergents of the tea party.

>> what's going to be interesting to watch is that some the winners may win not just because they are a tea party person, christine o'donnell in delaware who is one of the classic tea party people, she should -- not expected she will win in delaware. but sharon engel will likely beat harry reid. not because the tea party is victorious. the dislike for harry reid is intense that's what they are left for, but then they have none of the above but you can't send that person to the senate. there is a shake up. by the way, democrats will be happier with tea partiers winning than they will be traditional republicans winning. because if you get this fringe person and several of them in the senate, they are republican, so the message goes what are the republicans doing. the republicans will make great strides tonight. plan to finish the job in 2012 but taking over the senate if they don't do that tonight and then the presidency. if you have five or six of these very ultraright wing people in there, you may send a message throughout the country that it's time to go back the

other way. >> assuming the democrats lose the house, i'm trying to look at the picture of the president and how he gets anything done going forward. and i can't help but think about harold washington in his second term and how he was completely shut down. >> here is what's interesting. and i know you mentioned the house but let's look at the senate. three senate seats take place immediately. a lot of people are saying after the tsunami thing, the president will be impacted in january. when the reality is, immediately. because illinois, west virginia and delaware all send senators there immediately because of the robert byrd vacancy and obama vacancy and joe biden vacancy. two of those three seats are anticipated to go republican. delaware will stay democrat and possible if kirk pulls it off it's a republican seat as does west virginia. the point is that means president obama's margin of 59 -- this is heightthetical goes

to 57 and his life is that much more difficult starting immediately. >> got a busy day. going to be on cltv. >> 6:00. you know what? everybody listens to us all day long and that's great. but people say i wish i could ask a question. i wish i could make a statement and tonight you get to. because from 6:00 to 7:00 on cltv i will host decision 2010 your turn. we will take calls and i will have leaders of the republican and democrat, senate, illinois. and we will take calls and having a very lively discussion. >> i'm going to be your intern. >> i will give it an official name. the call paul show. >> that will work. >> coverage on election night will begin with the wgn evening news at 5:00. complete coverage on cltv with paul from 6:00 to 9:00. then the wgn news at 9:00 coverage until all of the major races are decided. another quick note from 6:00 to 7:00 on cltv, again,

call paul. paul will take your calls in an hour live call-in show. first time you have done this. >> looking forward to it. up next arc suburban teachers under a i rest. a victim of a small plane crash is identified. and embassies on edge, mail bomb is a riffe at five international buildings in greece. come on, kids, come inside.

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northwest suburban school teacher is charged with the sexual assault of a children. he resigned from lake zurich high school on friday. school officials say the student reported the allegation the day before.

the english and drama teacher surrendered to police yesterday and now out on bond. culver was at lake zurich for nine years. he was involved in school plays and the drama club. federal and state investigators are trying to figure out what caused a plane crash that killed a pilot from chicago. the single engine plane went down after takeoff from schaumburg airport yesterday afternoon. witnesses say the plane got about 100 feet into the air and then stalled, spun and crashed nose first into a field east of the runway. the pilot was 66-year-old bill borgstrom. he was licensed as flight instructor and commercial pilot for single engine planes. bergstrom's family owns the boat company in chicago. the number of new hires by the chicago police department will not make up for the number of officers leaving the force. the city plans to hire 200 officers next year but a projected 300 will leave. the city's budget director says about 450 officers usually leave the force every year. he says the city could hire more officers next year if more

money is made available. chicago will have about 950 vacant police officer positions at end of the year. a toll road ramp in northwest indiana is closed indefinitely after it was damaged in an accident involving a truck carrying pigs. the semi overturned causing structural damage to the ramp from the westbound indiana toll road to i-80 and 94. drivers who normally use this exit will have to get off at the westbound portage or i-65 exits. 23 pigs died in the crash. others wabderred on to the grassy area. of course, today is election day. we said it all morning and here is a look at the key races in states that neighbor illinois. republicans are expected to pick up a senate seat in indiana. former senator dan coats is way ahead in the polls over democratic congressman brad ellsworth. democratic senator evan bye is retiring. coats was previously senator in

indiana for ten years. governor of wisconsin is up for grabs because democrat jim doil decided not to run. republican scott walker the milwaukee county executive is leading in the polls over democratic milwaukee mayor tom barrett. and the democrats could lose a senate seat in wisconsin. russ feingold has been in the senate since 1992. but republican ron johnson is ahead in the polls. health issues force a chicago alderman to withdraw himself from the race for mayor. and later in medical watch, what a major government study say being the use of omega 3 supplements in older patients in alzheimer's. in lunch break, get ready for a side or a main dish, we were making butternut squash whichset

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chicago. voters hit polling stations for the mid-term elections, wall strait is buzzing about what issues are key for them this election. extending the bush tax cuts and tackling the nation' deficit that's about $1.3 trillion. traders say that trade in china's currency are also issues that need to be addressed. speaking of the economy, looks like consumers are spending again and that helps boost master card which reported third quarter profits that exceeded wall street estimates with more consumers using those debit and credit card master card taking in revenues there. but over at illinois' archer daniels midland third quarter profit missed estimates because of a drought in russia. the decatur based grain processor took a hit because russia expected to see the grain harvest slump. that drought is causing corn prices to soar and that's impacting the price of meat and thanksgiving turkey for consumers as well. and lastly, looks like people

around the world love their ipad. according to strategy analytics, cupertino based apple increased market share in tabulate computers to 95% in the third quarter. global tabulate sales rose 26% to $4.4 million. apple sold most of them in that period selling nearly 4.2 million ipads. all right, on wall street right now we were seeing stocks gain for a second day. as companies including master card beat analysts earnings storm systems and investors are waiting for the federal reserve plan to bolster growth. that's expected out tomorrow. live at the cme group in chicago, angie lau, bloomberg news. some breaking news to tell you about. reports of multiple gun shots fired at a bank in south suburban homewood. let's take a look live at the scene from sky cam 9. this is happening at a u.s. bank.

at 183 and kedzie. earlier reports say the shooting happened at jewel grocery store. but you can see this police activity centered around the bank. we are still getting more details. the story is still unfolding as we speak. we will bring you the latest information just as soon as we get it. after more than two months underground, one of the chilean miners say he will take on a new grueling physical challenge. >> then later in medical watch, how breaking a sweat could help you avoid the fevers, chills and other symptoms of flu season.

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but those included explosives packed in computer printers. and investigators say it appears al qaeda used shipments in september to test how air cargo was handled. al qaeda bomb maker is the prime suspect. a former guantanamo bay detainee is credited for revealing the plot to saudi officials. german police are investigating a suspicious package in the mail room at chancellor engla merkel's office. the no one was hurt today when mail bombs went off in athens. police destroyed other parcels. yesterday greek police foiled attempts to send mail bombs to french president nicholas sarkozy and the dutch, mexican and dutch embassies. one bomb exploded at a delivery service injuring a worker. france and great britain are working out a historic agreement to pool their defense

resources. two super powers will share war head testing facilities and aircraft carriers. they are forming a joint force to deploy together on peacekeeping combat and rescue missions and they will work together to develop new defense technology. the deal is expected to save both crints hundreds of millions of dollars. england and france have been cutting defense budgets during the economic downturn. one of those chilean miners will run in this weekend's new york city marathon. edison pena has accepted an all expensed paid invitation to participate in this sunday's race. while trapped underground, pena ran three to six miles in dark tunnels every day. he said running gave him strength for those 69 days. and he is hoping the marathon will show the world that he is a true survivor in the true sense of the word. >> get the message. sunny skies today but blustery and maybe even snowy weather.

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time for sports. the san francisco giants were crowned world series champions last night. the pitcher's duel between cliff lee and tim lincecum until the seventh inning when edgar renteria broke the scoreless tie with a three-run homerrer. lincecum gave way to brian wilson in the ninth and struck out nelson cruz to capture the first world series title since 1954. lincecum spoke about the team stepping up their play as a whole.

coming up their first win of the season, the bulls hosted unbeaten prbled trail blazers last night. derrick rose continuing a strong start. we will hope to get you video in a minute. he had 13 assists to his 16 points. offense was paced by a career night for luol deng. he scored 40 points on 14 of the shooting. the bulls were in command all night. beat the trail blazers 110 to 98. next game is this is when they host the knicks. now the blackhawks, they were in new york last night where they had a tough time scoring. rangers goalie stopped 35 shots and rangers deflect 33 others. they couldn't stop one. six minutes into the third period patrick kane ties the game. again, use your imagination here. 28 seconds later eric christiansen is hit by turkey. hawks lose 3-2. now tom skilling is coming up next with the full forecast. blam

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tom skilling here. made good on your election day forecast. you cast your vote. now i'm hearing talk of maybe snow in the forecast? >> you know what? the lake is still warm, low 50s. hard to get it to snow off the lang when you lake water temperature in the low 50s. tell you what might happen. we will get snow in the clouds and it will come down and a flake or two might survive on the spot. but ice pellets become the bigger possibility and even those will be mixed because low 50-degree lake water temperature don't lend themselves to a lot of snow. we were talking about lake effect action that's coming in. not a cloud in the sky today. not a drop of rain within over 500 miles of chicago.

so what a gorgeous election day across good part of the mid west. and another cool night last night with mid-20s at west chicago and freeport. hebron, indiana, 27 and orland park checked in at 28 this morning. these are the lows plotted and map form for you so you have wheatfield, indiana 29. valpo at 29 and kankakee hit 28. while there were mid-30s in algonquin and warmer in algonquin than in our southern suburbs. and that happens from time to time. at this hour with a southeast wind blowing and not a cloud in the sky, it's 50 at o'hare. 40 at midway. 51 at burr ridge. and hickory hills it's 51 degrees. with dew points indicating we have another cool night tonight. though we that i scattering of clouds started by morning. then clouds will pick up during the day tomorrow because there is a cold front imbedded within this cloud area to the northwest and this is the beginning of a big upper air realignment that we will talk about in a second. going to dump the coolest air since april into our area

thursday and friday. it will stay cool into saturday morning and then will bounce back very quickly. could be back in the low 60s again by sunday. rains to the south and to the north and west of us here in the country. and this shows up on our two day forecast. big rains from thunderstorms down near the mouth of the mississippi. back into northern texas and some lighter rains and mixed snow showers up to the north of us. but we said high and dry and it's an amazingly dry period around here. we have the third sunniest october on record. the warmest in 39 years on the chicago area. and one of the dryest as well with only a third of our temperatureical rainfall in the chicago area. so it's very dry. there are the 50s across the area. and nowhere in the mid west is there any sign of really barbaric cold. in fact, temperatures are up by double digits ahead of this cold push in the dakotas. you sometimes get compressional warming before the cool air masses dive into the area. the air piles up on the front

that brings the cooler air in. barometer is way up there. humidity 68% and water temperature at 53. and again very dry air is evidenced by the low dew points. muggy air that's raining is down in the gulf coast. here is what happens to cool us off. ridging develops out in the western part of the continent, our upper winds in from the north and boy, those things will be sailing along. we were getting model estimates of jet airplane level 150-mile- per-hour northwest winds and these line up with the gusty northwest winds of the surface with this huge cold high pressure that's coming in. there is the front at our doorstep with maybe a sprinkle or light shower tomorrow afternoon and then the north winds blow and they will do so through the rest of the workweek and ultimately they will shift until they come down the lake. just above the surface at cloud level the winds are running from the north end of the lake to chicago. we call that a full fetch wind when they travel over lake water. that means the cold air contrasting with the warm lake

clouds and not number sunday will it warm back up again. that goes into early next week and then cool air regroups and comes in at us by the middle of next week. ten day animation of the weather. here you can see the rains right now and the fact that it's raining heavily down by the gulf coast and then the gulf coast states means a lot of that moisture will transport northward into our area won't be availle for this front coming in tomorrow. adding precipitation tomorrow will get quite light. this has taken up most of the moisture theation avaidable in the atmosphere. and we have been pointing this out. tropical storm tomas with now 50-mile-per-hour winds is about ready to go into a strengthening phase. see how disorganized the clouds are. don't get the nice round looking cloud mass that you see with the eye in the middle with tomas. however as it moves out of the warm waters of caribbean it's supposed to pick up strength and the sheering and upper winds that have torn it apart and caused it to weaken the last couple of days led up. this will turn into a hurricane

it looks like and then make it to high tail it toward 80. that's a horrible scenario. they had 330 deaths. 5,000 people sick due to cholera outbreak because of flooding in the wake of the earthquake and hundreds of thousands living in tents in haiti in the wake of the big earthquake. imagine bringing out a hurricane into that environment. that could be devastating. and so we are watching that very, very closely. for us it's far less traumatic but there is the beginning of the chilly air that comes in here and calls us off. reminder that we are in autumn. there is a look at the beautiful sunny skies in downtown chicago. and we expect a sunny cool election day but seasonally so. high temperature today near 54 degrees. the winds today will be from the southeast and they will be light. then tonight we expect a clear sky and scattered clouds toward morning. lows from the low 30s inland to

the low 40s at the lakefront. o'hare should bottom out at 35 tonight and east, southeast wind will continue. clouding over on wednesday with a front bringing a sprinkle or light shower in the afternoon but a high of 57. and then blustery and colder. couple of chilly days on thursday, friday. cloudy periods developing after some mixed sun thursday and maybe a little rain shower off the lake in the afternoon and maybe an ice pellet mixed in with the rain showers in spots thursday night. the lake effect variety. not everybody will see them as you move inland you will get out of the cloud and shower pattern all together. 40s forecast thursday and friday. >> we are ready. >> we were. >> see you later. okay, here is our trivia question for today. what year was the first woman elected to the united states senate? was it 1929? 1932? or 1943? the answer still ahead on the wgn midday news.

we want to update you on the breaking news. fbi confirm thrz has been a shootout at a bank in homewood. you are looking live at the scene from sky cam 9. happened at a u.s. bank at 138 and kedzie around 11:30 this morning. officials say two armed suspects tried to rob the bank but a witness saw it happen and called 911. local police responded and got into a shootout with the robbers. two suspects are now in custody. one is hospitalized with a gunshot wound. the getaway driver is still on

the loose. no bank customers or employees were hurt. the chicago alderman is dropping out of the mayoral race after being diagnosed with throat cancer. second word alderman was reportedly diagnosed after an emergency tonsectomy. he is expected to start a two month treatment plan. however he does say he will run for alderman again. in medical watch today, some commonly used diabetes drugs may help protect lung cancer patients. a new study reviewed the medical records of 157 lung cancer survivors with diabetes. those who took the drug or other diabetes medications known as tzds were significantly less likely to have vanlsed lung cancer that spread. the lead author of the study suggests it may some day be possible to use met forman to prevent lung cancer in smokers.

researchers say there is no evidence that omega 3 fatty acid pills help boost memory in alzheimer's patients. multimillion dollar government study found that omega 3 pills did not slow mental and physical decline in older patients with mild or moderate alzheimer's. the study is published in the journal of the american medical association. regular exercise could lead to fewer cases of the common cold among adults and children. adults generally catch a cold two to four times a year while children get a cold six to ten times a year. researchers found those who exercise five or more days a week had nearly half the frequency of colds. this was compared to those who only exercised one day a week or less. they found that exercise lowers the severity of the cold. dominoes pizza in japan wants a delivery driver. looking for one age 18 or over. no experience necessary.

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beautiful risotto. >> butternut risotto. butternut squash risotto for the season. we will saute' some garlic. oil in the pan. >> this is an old sicilian recipe where your folks are from in italy? >> a recipe that me and my grandma came up with a few years ago for the season to make it festive. >> my grandma, my mom, my dad. >> that's a little garlic? >> little garlic. get it nice and gold. don't want to burn it. >> what's the secret to a really fine risotto. >> good rice we use this rice,

a nice italian rice. that's saute'. ready now. the way we put the vegetables in first, we will go through the ones that will take longer to cook. so we will have two ounces of orange peppers. all right. now we have the butternut what we did was we peeled the butternut squash. >> this is cooked. >> we cut it in half and we baked the squash. put a little salt, pepper, a -- nutmeg, olive oil. let's lett it get nice and soft. >> looks really good. >> about four ounces of that. don't have to be shy.

just go ahead. be generous. >> that's right. >> how long have you been around? year now. >> just a year? >> just a year. >> one-year anniversary? >> may 6. it was our one year. >> congratulations. >> thank you. now adding the peas last because they will cook real fast. don't want to overcook them. so another two ownsz apiece. -- ounces apiece. >> don't be afraid to use frozen peas. >> frozen or fresh, okay. you got to get some fresh. >> fresh squash. >> it's a beautiful dish. just the colors are so vibrant. the nutmeg is my spice of the season. life it. i try to use it whenever i can.

>> nutmeg with just a hint. it can go bad. >> all right. about 12 ounces of risotto. we have precooked risotto. one of the magics of being on tv. you cook the risotto is you saute' some onions and -- you put your italian risotto and dry white wine. and keep stirring it and adding water slowly. chicken stock. six ounces. >> calm that down. so then how much longer on this stove for all of the ingredients that come together. >> come together.

few more minutes left. >> okay. let's take a look at the final product over here. >> so what we have in here is -- we added the chicken stock. we finished it up with butter. salt and pepper to taste. and a little pinch of nutmeg. and then keep mixing it in and mixing it in until it gets the perfect consistency and then plate it. here we have a little parmesan. >> i know. i like that. you are at 1227 west 18th street in chicago. for more information on the chef's recipe today, check out our website, wgntv.com/midday. chef, thank you.

let's start with the answer to our trivia question today. the risotto is delicious. what year was the first woman elected to the united states senate? was it 1929? 1932? or 1943? the answer is 1932.

and the woman was patty w. caraway from arkansas. >> very interesting. >> things we need to do today, vote and get the winter coats out. >> for later in the week. for a couple of days. the temperatures as you will see bounce back nicely later in the weekend early next week. there are temperatures right now and nothing terrible about these readings by early november standards. winds are southeast at 10. the water temperature at 53 and the dew point 28 with a 43% humidity. rain passing south of us. and the little showers just coming out in minnesota, north dakota. that's a front that comes in here. a ten day jet forecast. how we will get cool with the flow coming in like that out of the arctic and then it flattens out on sunday and so temperatures with a gusty west to southwest wind sunday could recover to the low 60s. and do the same thing on monday. in fact, early part of next week is fairly mild. we are up to wednesday and you will see how we develop that

dip. always a sign some inclement weather and then the jet drops south of us and puts us on the cool side of it and we will get colder later next week a nice rebound coming before then and one last one, this is updated. there is the track for tomas expected to turn into a hurricane down in the caribbean. kind of a disorganized storm right now. it's been encountering some sheer but supposed to come together. there is the wide view and the cool air taking shape to the north of us in our 49th state. that's what drops in here on thursday and friday. seven-day forecast, 54 today. 57 tomorrow. 40s on thursday and friday. with some lake effect rain showers maybe a pellet of ice mixed in in spot thursday night and friday morning. clears up friday afternoon and nice for the weekend. 64 by sunday. >> very nice. >> sounds good. we always keep our coats nearby. and we thank you for joining us today. and we have a program reminder, our coverage