chicago wins always amazing in their ability to take it in stride. >> last time during the storm at walked to the nearest bar intimate friends and have fun so why not? we have a lot of people who are making most of the situation tonight. earlier this cta deburred did all of its buses awfully short. last february 1st that stuck cta bus led to a 1015 vehicles backed up behind on the outer drive. today those buses are running normally again but again lots of problems on the major drive. no major

injuries reported in that and i guess that's the one lesson we can talk about tonight. >> let's talk about the highways. >> a lot of people are being pelted on those major roadways, really long commute. >> in some ways this was a perfect storm for us, on fridays we always see some of our highest traffic volume and when we have a major storm such as this one we are only moving as fast as the surrounding traffic. >> how are the highways now? we have had some folks said wgn leave late on purpose hoping they can get through faster. >> we appear to have gone

through the worst of it, we still see some very high travel times on expressway's particularly the evening the kennedy, conditions should start to improve rapidly and certainly by tomorrow morning they will be rapidly better. >> should we take those major roadways or go on the side streets? >> was a night like tonight you can stay home i think that might be the best device, we can do our job is much quicker the lighter the traffic volume. even though we haven't gone through the worst that there are still some very high travel times out there. >> let's take a look at the

travel times on the expressway right now. wgn is gaynor hall in ter crew out on the roads all night. >> inkathawe just emerged on to the

kennedy expressway the inbound kennedy from the eating, 9:00 at night you would think that traffic would be much better at this point but sadly that is not the case. we got on the eden two and a half hours ago and we have made it to just about five and a half miles really inch along here that is the story for drivers all over the chicago area this evening. today just wasn't there a day. >> i have been sitting in traffic for two hours now and i am not home yet. >> and he wasn't alone. >> about 5 mi. per hour. >> as snow kept falling and

falling and falling throughout the afternoon into the friday evening rush drivers kept crawling their way home, we were on the kennedy expressway in edison just to go nowhere fast, less than 10 mi. per hour and things got even worse when we finally made it to the outbound eden. a full slate of plows on the job but they were stuck in traffic to make it for treacherous roads into nervous drivers. >> it is still quite slippery. >> some tried to bypass the expressway's but jason was sticking to his normal route from northfield to elmwood park usually takes about an hour. and the snow has eased back out here the traffic has not the

roads as you can see are still covered with snow, we just passed two cars in the center lane and i can tell you we have seen numerous disabled vehicles especially back on the eden heading outbound so it's still a very dangerous driving situation up there tonight. >> you better stay home if you can tonight. coming up what is happening at the airport and how the suburbs are coping with the snow. tom skilling spool forecast is coming up. check the bottom of your screen for school related closings tomorrow. >> betty loren maltese fight to get her adopted daughter. and a musical legend loses her battle with leukemia.

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been more than 700 cancellations and delays at chicago airport. inbound flights are running about an hour and a half behind schedule. midway was delayed more than 90 minutes but according to least one traveler we found it's not clear why there are so many delays. more cancellations are possible as now moves to the area, officials recommend passengers arrive more than the usual two hours before flight time allowing extra time to get to the airport. we have the director of media relations from the department of aviation on the phone right now. what are we looking like now that everything is backed up will that cause us

to go into the morning and the next day? >> that is up to the airlines to determine what their plans are going to be. they are reporting to us up to an hour of delays, they canceled more than 700 flights at o'hare. delays could be from icing issues it could be because flights and other part of the country are delayed it's kind of a domino effect. sabbath it's not necessarily always what you see it could be mechanical. >> you also told us that 5:00 during the news that you set up

the sleepover situation explained that. >> it's called the passenger assistance program and the airlines anticipate people will be staying overnight into the morning and they ask us to set up cots, we set up kits with toothbrushes and had some of our concession stay open all later for passengers who want to make use of the accommodations there. >> her careerthe loren maltese is days away from getting her adopted daughter back home, after that she lost custody of her 14 year- old ashley, these are pictures that taken over the holidays. when ashley came north from alabama where the sister of loren multis has custody and the

sister has agreed to let the " return to the chicago area for school. >> i know it will be an adjustment for her and an adjustment for me because we haven't lived together so i am excited. i knew we would be together one day. >> getting the ok to return her for school is the easy part's she said regaining full custody of her daughter will be up to an alabama judge and that could take months to sort out. remembering a musical as added james dies at the age of 73, a look back and her life. the president, a tribute to al green. putincalls in the south carolina

primary are getting tighter. with fewer candidates but more conflict south carolina's primary predictions are as cloudy as the weather. mitt romney came here a front runner and now he is downplayed expectations of a woman and also a slipping lead. right now looks

like it is neck and neck and it's a pretty good spot to be and. he estimates and he spends about 15 percent tax on his income and many americans who pay less who earn less than romney pay higher percentage of tax. newt gingrich went on the offensive releasing his return showing a 31% rate but he played defense about his ex-wife's allegations that he wants an open marriage. >> i am appalled that he would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> he says that the allegations are false. rick santorum said that it is a three person contest with character matter. we want less government and more freedom. ron paul is the final

candidate to have survived by what and do hampshire. coming up here the latest snow totals and the effect of the black hawks game had. and in the medical watch, a new device to help ast impatiens breeze easier. asthma patients breathed easier.

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what is doing damage to that muscle that is underneath that is causing the restriction. this is radiofrequency energy that comes in that will turn to a heat. >> the procedure is repeated three times and then in three months... >> this from a woman who spent nearly as much time home with her children as she spent to in the hospital. now they say a woman poised to take on the world. at every stage or be so scared to do anything. i used to

feel so uptight i couldn't do anything there were times i would be so depressed because of this disease and i don't have that anymore. >> it's important other bronchial serve zero plastique is not a cure for asthma. still to come, tom skilling is fall forecast. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderate to severe ra,

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offthe birds gusts up to and with similar just as hard as the city. it's always amazing drive in a round all day tessie how many people keep driving recklessly even s snow is coming down in full force. trafficked crawling along and lagrange tonight there is however a fair amount of the foot traffic. it's the perfect

opportunity to show off in a christmas head and clubs. and while it is a pretty winter scene in downtown lagrange a big snowstorm can hurt local businesses. they say even if is an epic snowstorm the customers keep on blowing through. earlier in the afternoon there were not too many complaints. as soon as rush-hour hits traffic is backed up just about everywhere. always nice to work

close to home on days like today. in chicago they asked to take care of the main arteries first. of course know it's on to the side streets. honda

>> ryan threw water in the air and it turns a media elite to ice crystals, that's a fun thing to try. a colleague of ours lives in joliet and he measured up to nine pori 1 in. of snow there. the biggest snow since the big blizzard the system snow is gone now began with more localized and very scattered showers. 49 in. came down. the

snow started and 922 at midway airport. we are in the 12th hour of flurries on the south side. another shot from dire indiana. look at this accumulating at sandwich today big snows out in dekalb county. winds were blowing from the gulf of mexico several thousand feet above the ground. northeast winds into

this cool air will produce quakes nos. . here are some of these snow totals. our models say here is the lake a plume that will flirt with the shoreline. parts of iowa had 8

in.. the galena area had nearly 7 in. of snow to. this is the latest the pineapple express is delivering to the west coast this thing is hammering california. we are going to try and blow the warm air up over the snow bank and it could warmus up a little bit the problem is after to malls like snow break down southerly winds could stars and freezing drivel drizzle.

we will warm up again the middle of next week it looks like. the temperature will be 50 degrees up of 4,000 ft. on sunday and only near freezing here at ground level. we may actually get above freezing and accumulates of rain on sunday and sunday night. keep up with the forecast because it could be some icing on the front of that. what we bring in with the cold air on monday could be a watered-down version of it. winter is slamming us here in

the back end. still continues to wind down, it has most periods. hoh temperatures which may stay below freezing and through the morning get some rain going here late in the day. we have a little bit of something for everybody.

>> still coverage continues another check on those roads.

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joining us live once again from the chicago roadways. and and >> i am kind of excited because three hours after we battle on the edens we have finally made it to downtown chicago. just south of the loop. right now heading on to the dan ryan in terrace this situation the roads are still slippery. i counted at least six cars that were either stopped in the center lanes along the kennedy wore on the side lanes or on the side of the road with hazards on so it's a very dangerous driving situation, we are just taking our time, and should along very gingerly and cautiously and the good news is

that other drivers seem to be dealing with this the very best that they can. we should know how to drive and that we are chicagoans. it's been a long frustrating commute for a lot of people ourselves included. >> to tom skilling tells you what you can expect the next seven days coming up. >> a different type of precipitation in cleveland. highlights later in sports. living

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