>> calfed mother nature. >> severe thunderstorms piercing chicago went bringing damage to several locations. >> fast and furious that some residents describe the storm that moved through here this afternoon uprooting trees and damaging homes. >> it's crazy how fast things

happen. >> mariel was just leaving her house when a tree smashed through the back of her home. force sent her flying into the hallway. >> i got 10 stitches on my ankle. >> crews were at removing parts of the tree piece by piece maria and her family will be staying with relatives they do not know when or if they will be able to return home. not far from their a ferocious storm uprooted this massive tree that fell over on a car, the driver inside was not hurt. in only his wind chill was damaged and the front of his car that was it. >> to light poles snapped. >>flooding temporarily closed road

like this one in the lake forest but the worst damage was here where residents were busy cleaning up their yards. >> it was the strongest wind i have seen in a long time. >> we heard an extraordinarily loud boom. >> they were inside when a tree came down on their house on eighth avenue, it doesn't look like the tree tore through a roof and he is glad no one was seriously hurt. >> houses can be rebuilt people it takes a long time for them to get rebuilt. >> the street is still just perched on top of this man's home he says the damage is not bad enough to force him out of their but this is certainly not the way he wanted to spend his memorial day weekend and he should mention that there were

several funnel cloud sightings reported but no indication that anything actually touched down. >> let's turn to jim ramsey and the weather center. >> it was a fascinating set up warm air coming up from the south served as a trigger as it finally moved into this cold air mass of coming in the chicago area. in spite of a few funnel clouds in illinois and no reported touchdowns but as that cluster of storms trapped up to the east there were some tornado touchdowns in south central michigan even reported some damage and a place called old water michigan. but in chicago now that the rain has and it will mean a dramatic warmup and we could see temperatures coming up tomorrow within a one degree or two of the record high of 93 degrees. this promises to be an interesting memorial day with a

lot of bright sunshine expected, clear skies and very warm temperatures humidity could also be an issue. >> the severe storms are being blamed for a power outage at a far west suburban chemical plant that led to evacuation, anyone living within 1.8 mi. of the complex in morris was told to evacuate. a spokesperson says the storms caused the power outage. in southern illinois and neighborhood and alton suffered from a huge mudslides, it happened early today around 3:00 a.m. one home is on the verge of collapsing. people who live there are at a town but neighbors see widening cracks in the pavement and are worried about their own property. so far no homes have been damaged and nobody has been hurt. >> president barack obama travel to joplin missouri touring the

devastated area and joining hundreds of people at a memorial service. >> the community of joplin came together to honor tornado victims during a memorial service on sunday. president barack obama spoke at the service offering hope and healing and toward some of the hardest-hit areas in joplin. >> what i've been telling every family that i've met here is that we're going to be here long after the cameras leave we're not going to stop until joplin is back on its feet. >> one week ago more than 140 people lost their lives when a tornado with winds past 200 mi. per hour whipped across the area dozens are still missing. >> once again troopers are making that most difficult decision notifying the families of the loss of their family

members. >> please join me in a minute of silence. >> 5:41 p.m. local time is when the tornado tore through an changed so many lives. >> it's been one month since tornadoes ravaged southern states, progress is slow but there are signs of hope. the water system is operating. some survivors are still living in tents. >> i have to start over with everything is everything is just dirt and debris. but i have my family and we will make it. >> the people there are working to build from the wreckage and helping each other when they can while waiting for federal aid. >> west side family whose home caught fire this morning had

quick thinking and neighbors who heard their cries for help and ended up saving lives. >> a fire broke out early this morning at a home located at 4246 west haddam. injuring a 74 year-old grandmother and two for grandchildren. the fire started when a five year-old was playing with a lighter and birthday candles catching a mattress on fire, his mother was there at the time. >> i thought i had put the fire out. >> 40 year-old daniel was working on a friend's car nearby when he smelled smoke and came to assist the family finding that elderly woman and her grandson line in the backyard, someone heard a woman call for help on the first floor. that is an action at this family greatly

appreciates. police reports that the grandmother suffered second- degree burns to her face in her grandson's suffered from smoke inhalation. >> she is doing pretty good right now she is sedated. >> good news for the family who suffered great loss and has much to clean up. >> some disappointed flight fans in rockford legendary blue angels are grounded. >> cycle is takeover lakeshore drive. >> and we're checking in with a live report from the state capital where lawmakers are picking up some big financial issues.

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>> of 14 year-old boy is charged with sexually assaulting a girl at a high school. she told police she was assaulted in side and the accused attacker was charged with criminal sexual assault and turned over to the juvenile center. >> of west side church damaged by fire. the congregation rented space at the new life temple of

christ. the pastor prayed outside the burned building today. >> u.s. navy's blue angels flight demonstration team is grounded and will not be performing at the upcoming rockford air france, the cancellation comes following four of the six jets flying too low during an air show in lynchburg virginia about one week ago the team was hit with a safety review and the commander. for blue angels faa 18 hornets flew below their minimum safe altitude and landed early as a result. >> area the weather gave them a chance to stretch their legs. >> chicago cyclists had the road to themselves with no cars in their way.

>> i've taken spin class's since january, i've done over 700 mi. this year but this is my first time doing bike to drive. >> the route was 30 mi. long. >> it's less silly south so it's easier to ride south of and it is north. >> they say it's well worth the 45 box all proceeds had to the active transportation alliance. what bikers' seem to unanimously of >> we went all the way up to hollywood and back the fog was kind of cool and you couldn't see anybody until you got really

close to them. this whole pack of bikers just emerged from the fog. >> i don't really like driving that much, i think biking is a more free mode of transportation for me. >> state lawmakers are taking on big issues as the recession comes to close big contributions raising eyebrows. >> the crew of the space shuttle endeavor completes its mission.

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paul >> the legislative session is coming to close in springfield with plenty of big issues still to be decided. >> tonight its workers' compensation reform, it is getting the chicago tribune's attention. >> wreck what is the status on the bill and what did you find out about contributions? >> this bill was kind of a compromise with businesses and gov quinn had planned on signing, it lost by a handful of votes in the house. he is not going to call for another vote again. >> you had indicated in your report that the two democratic leaders are not shy about some very significant contributions what you mean by that? >> there's a new state law about

campaign contributions that give you real time reporting of what is going on, we are about 48 hours away scheduled from the end of this session it involves the most controversial legislation. " we found things to the new finance laws that the two democratic leaders of the house and senate the ones who control the springfield agenda in the month of may alone they have raised more than $600,000 in contributions to campaign funds that they control, but those contributions of a thousand dollars or more. >> who were the contributors? >> we talked about workers' comp those interests are very much involved in this. look at the illinois trial lawyers to have a big interest involving workers' compensation, $56,000. hospitals $51,000. the laborers' union international $15,000.

other unions have weighed in as well, the end. >> what kind of reaction are you getting from republicans? >> they have been the minority for a decade and they will be the minority for another decade. the democratic leaders say that if money doesn't influence the decision making process and they say that thanks to a new supreme court ruling that allows on regulated entities set raise money they will keep raising money around and combat those attacks. >> look forward to your report in tomorrow's tribunes thinking. . >> he wants voters to see him as the man that will tackle the tough issues like raising the debt ceiling. >> it better be permanent and structural like a balanced

budget amendment and like permit caps that are specific not just aspirational. >> plenty has been promoting his budget track record as governor of minnesota promoting himself as the candidate who can solve the nation's financial woes. >> the endeavour's astronauts said goodbye to the crew members still on the international space station, they finished the last experiment then moved back aboard the shuttle before leaving. forthe astronauts plan to enter the shuttle's reentry system monday. this was endeavors last mission. >> you're live illinois lottery drawing is coming up next. >> jim ramsey returns with good news from the weather center. he has a positively summary memorial day forecast.

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and hot even our weatherman had trouble getting into work today. >> adjust the dismal afternoon but the rain o'hare received an inch in a hundredth when totalled up with all of the rain came up and up month of may makes this bank the fifth wettest on record. this may was the fifth wettest on record. this is our time

lapse view of what happened today you can temperatures at the moment are still rising we haven't hit the high today but we are at 58 degrees at the moment. take a look at dodge city kansas, 106 degrees today that said a new record for them. their previous record was 99. and st. louis down to the south, made it up to 93 degrees, we should comfortably make 90 in chicago and there will be a lot of sunshine. but the temperatures across the entire area, there is a warm front which is resting in this direction, the cold front is pressing to the north but the cause of the approach of the cold front is that storms blew up early this afternoon. when is

not terribly strong,winds were not terribly strong. we are probably looking at wins tomorrow between 10-20 mi. per hour. three tornado reports now evidenced by the star prediction center taking place in south central michigan, a close-up look at this storm and you can see there's still some power in some of those thunderstorms. there is a flood warning which continues in effect for a big part of the area so if you live around the flood prone area there will continue to be some water problems tonight but it should begin to subside after midnight. here's our forecast:

for the remaining hours of the evening mostly clear skies gusty winds steady temperatures. low temperatures in the '60s. again by morning mostly sunny tomorrow temperatures soar, take a look at those numbers. 89-93. tomorrow night mostly clear temperatures overnight down to about 70. wendy at times early but then on tuesday morning sunshine clouds by evening. we have a couple of hot days here. let's call it 85. but on monday and again on friday we should hit 90 degrees across the area. how about that for memorial day? >> we skip the '70s and we go right from the '60s to the '80s.

>> that looks like the entire week we will have some nice warm air around here. >> more memorial day observances in chicago.

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it wasn't a total washout today at the 27 annual belmont music festival. >> heavy rain took musical acts off of the stage but things been going strong even with the rain delays. vendors are staying busy keeping a brave souls fed despite the weather. with the delay things may go a bit later. >> is that the news? >> you are done. >> an instant replay with rich

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