bruce rauner will face pat quinn in the illinois governor's race. we'll have election results in a *live report. two people died and another man injured, in a fiery helicopter crash that shook downtown seattle. and *two winners will split the 400-million dollar mega millions jackpot. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. >>demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> some showers out there to knock the salt off your car. >> it's a free car wash. >> always a positive spin. >> looking for showers. possibly some thunder and lightning. how did they get that song on so quickly? there are now planning car wash. but professed. showers are likely today. decreasing

clouds later today. 47 at the lakefront. waukegan at 36. 42 in joliet. later today temperatures will fall you'll need your heavy coat as the temperatures fall back into the '30's after the front moves through. the rain covering the entire viewing area. no plunder or lightning. slight chance this morning. we have a temperature in the low '40's by noon. we will be down to 39 by 530. as many people check out of work we're back into the 30s. partly cloudy skies thursday. friday we make 55 degrees. >> throw to looking good. no delays. everything on schedule. a few construction projects we will continue to see these for the next few weeks as we are in the spring construction schedule. >>

one person was killed, after a van carrying at least four children crashed into a semi- truck in elwood. it happened yesterday evening near mississippi avenue on route 53. police haven't released many details on the crash. a witness says the truck was travelling northbound when the van pulled in front of it. several victims were taken to the hospital. their conditions have not been released. governor quinn now knows who he'll be facing in the general election in november. bruce rauner won the republican nomination, in what turned out to be a close race. nancy loo is live in the loop with more. nancy? >> the race is set and both candidates will be out and about today with governor clinton planning to be at this construction site later this morning to tout the restart of work here. his work is cut out for him now in the general

election in november. the republican businessman bruce ruaner narrowly defeats occur, dillard. bill brady and treasurer dan referred were a distant third and fourth. in the meantime, the win comfortably with 72 percent of the vote. activist that 20 percent. it is quinn against rauner and he's ready to rumble. >> he has driven up unemployment, risen our taxes and 60%. jacked up real-estate tax well home values went down. shredded our social services and he defunded our schools of thousands of children are trapped in failing schools. he is a failure and we need to get him out. >> pushing term limits for

lawmakers and lower taxes. the long campaign wrote to november is sure to include more jabs. he said there's more work to do on the state's dire financial situation. quinn vowed to continue pushing for a higher minimum wage of seemingly taking a shot at his wealthy republican opponent. >> i believe in everyday people. i think the governor has to have a heart. i may not have nine mansions and one house. i am not a billionaire. and never will be. i'm not part of the 1% and never will be there. i'm not even part of the 0.01%. >> clan has already debuted a new tv ad attacking his opponents shift against and for

a higher minimum wage. voters will be seeing a lot more tv ads from these men through november. back to you. >> kirk dillard came close, but he black senator durbin will face an opponent with deep pockets in november. jim oberweis ... owner of oberweis dairy ... defeated doug truax by 12 percent of the vote in the republican primary. that result was closer than expected. oberweis lost five campaigns before finally winning a state senate seat in 20-12. but his focus has been on the general election all along. >> it's always been about replacing dick durbin in the senate. >> challenger will guzzardi defeated toni berrios in her bid to hold onto a state house seat in the 39th district on the city's northwest side. berrios had the support of her father, cook county assessor joe berrios, who is also the county's democratic chairman.

state party chairman and house speaker mike madigan also backed her campaign. guzzardi says he's eager to get to springfield and begin working on the issues that matter to his district and the entire state. >> i think we are concerned about the quality of our public schools and the future of our state's economy and fundamental injustice in our society. we need leadership in springfield to build coalitions to fight for the issues. >> state representative darlene senger won in the 11th congressional district. she grabbed 38-percent of the vote ... beating out grundy county board member. 33-percent of the vote. senger says she's ready to go up against incumbent democrat bill foster. >> i am looking forward to facing him and beating him and basically winning the race. this demographic for the district is 55 percent women. when you think about it, women in the house are really concerned about health care. looking at the problems we're going to have with obama

care and how it will affect women. >> tom dart has effectively been re-elected sheriff of cook county. in a field of four candidates, dart won the democratic primary by a more than 5-to-1 margin over his closest competitor, bill evans. no republicans are running... so dart will be unchallenged in the general election. as expected, voter turnout across cook county was at or near record lows. barely 13 percent of eligible voters in chicago bothered to cast ballots. voter apathy was driven by a lack of contested high-profile races. in the suburbs, the turnout was only slightly better -- around 15 percent. more republicans than democrats cast ballots in the suburbs, because the republican ballot for governor featured the close race between bruce rauner and kirk dillard. on non-binding ballot issues, voters in chicago supported limits on the capacity of gun magazines, and a prohibition on guns in restaurants that serve alcohol. voters opposed an increase in taxi fares. a routine takeoff by a news helicopter suddenly went wrong, plunging the chopper onto a downtown seattle street. the pilot and a photographer were killed.

a man whose car was hit by the chopper suffered severe burns and is in critical condition. camera man bill strothman had worked at k-o-m-o since 1979. gary fitzner was a veteran pilot. a spokesman with the n-t-s-b says witnesses reported hearing an "unusual noise" from the chopper before the crash. there is growing evidence that the disappearance of a malaysian jetliner was an intentional act. experts now say it appears the plane had already made a pre- programmed turn toward the indian ocean, moments *before the co-pilot said good night to air traffic controllers. two minutes later, the plane's transponder was shut off. now, we learn, people in the maldives islands, in the indian ocean, reported seeing a low- flying plane, just hours later. there's no way to know whether it was the malaysian plane, flying low to avoid radar. officials in thailand also revealed radar picked up a plane about the same time the jet disappeared. a spokesman said that wasn't shared earlier because malaysia's first request for information was not precise. russia has announced it will take over crimea, despite the

disapproval from the u-s and europe. russia's parliament gave president vladimir putin a standing ovation as he made that announcement. that came after the white house and europe imposed travel bans and financial sanctions on dozens of russian officials. russia remains confident that crimea is rightfully theirs after it voted to separate from ukraine. >> in our hearts we know that crimea has always been and always will remain a part of russia. >> it doesn't legitimize taking what you want because you want it. or because you are angry about the end of the cold war or the end of the soviet union. >>one ukrainian soldier was killed after russian forces reportedly stormed a base in crimea. ukrainian forces are being ordered to defend themselves. several hundred pro-russian supporters broke into a ukrainian naval headquarters today, and raised the russian flag. *400-million dollars was up for grabs last night in the mega-millions drawing. .. and two people got the golden tickets! unfortunately they weren't

bought here in illinois. they were sold in florida and maryland. the winning numbers were: eleven-19-24-33-51.. and the gold mega number was: *seven . but don't toss your ticket just yet. lottery officials say the drawing included *eight one- million dollar "match 5" winners. one of those tickets was bought here in illinois. >> early today we continue to see the grain moving through. showers through the morning. they're starting to taper off but then the temperatures will fall. 100th of an inch rain right now. current temperature is 45. in waukegan behalf 36 degrees. more rain in cortland. about 300 of an inch. you can see light showers moving through. potential for a thunderstorm today. me bullet a rumbling of thunder and not a

widespread system. you can see the back edge of the rain changing over to snow across portions of northern wisconsin and north eastern iowa. later today we have the potential for that light snow. today's temperatures continue to tumble. 27 degrees tonight. tomorrow we make 45. >> coming up ... a teenage girl is caught in gang crossfire on the south side. we'll have an update. and -- a suburban window washer is hurt after falling into a deep hole. plus -- a new jersey honor student has a change of heart about suing her parents for college tuition. and -- a look at the plan for the "navy pier flyover", that promises to transform the lakefront trail.

taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a 16 year old girl is in stable condition.. after she was shot neighborhood. it happened yesterday afternoon in the 18-hundred block of south wood street police say the girl was caught

in gang crossfire following an argument. she was not the intended victim. the girl was taken to the hospital in critical condition. so far, no arrest have been made. a judge denied bail to the man arrested after the standoff on joe felton is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. prosecutors say felton led police on a high speed chase that led to several collisions on sunday. felton is also wanted for his wife's murder in georgia. a window washer was seriously injured after falling through a grate in deerfield. the man was hanging from the building in the 17-hundred block of lake cook road.. when he fell to the bottom of a 20 foot deep ventilation shaft an ambulance rushed him to lutheran general hospital. deerfield police are investigating. construction begins soon, on an ambitious plan to relieve the bottleneck for lakefront runners, bikers and skaters as they pass navy pier. practically everyone has to stop for a light at illinois or grand avenue. but a new raised bike and pedestrian trail -- the "navy pier flyover" -- will soon be erected, stretching from north of the ohio street beach, to south of the chicago river. the entire project will take four years to complete. a judge is delaying a second

psychiatric exam for james holmes. holmes is charged with the mass shooting that happened inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado in 2012. twelve people were killed, and 70 others were wounded. holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. he underwent a sanity evaluation last summer, but the findings were not released. the judge is putting off a second evaluation until defense objections are resolved. the new jersey teen who made headlines for suing her parents has dropped the lawsuit. rachel canning... an 18-year- old high school senior... sued her parents for financial support and college tuition after leaving home last year. she returned home last week. an unusual sculpture is making waves on tribal land near san diego. the work of art depicts a hand with the middle finger raised. f-c-c regulations forbid us from showing you the whole thing. june setori says the one- finger salute stands for fight... her fight against tribal leaders who she says let livestock roam her land and misuse tribal funds. the sculpture has been up for

five years, but last week santa isabel tribal leaders asked her to remove it, calling it offensive and an embarrassment. >> a good thing we blurred and that out. >> brittany to offend so early. that's what we say on the road here were telling you to fight when we do that. when looking at rain across the region. 44 degrees right now. showers will continue wind out of the south at 9 mi.. we will see showers later today as temperatures start to fall the rain changes over to light snow. 38 degrees in kenosha. 42 right now in joliet. 44 in kankakee. down at midway we are at 45. radar shows the rain across the entire area. it's not have the at this hour. as it gets out into portions of will county that rain could be heavier. we have a slight chance

of thunderstorms. we're not seeing it right now. but here is the rain and snow line moving through portions of wisconsin and iowa. it will make its way here later today. at noon you can see the rain is getting lighter. the line will be at o'hare by then. temperatures will fall quickly today. we begin to try out slowly tonight. the we expected drier conditions. warmer temperatures for tomorrow. temperatures will be up and down for the next two days. we will be in the mid to upper '30's by the afternoon. clouds decrease. not as breezy tonight. thursday's high will be 45 degrees. freddie have a chance of rain. friday is a keeper. >> they're throwing some mambo music your way that must mean spring is coming. >> one more day. >> will work along the morgan street bridge. it will last until 5:30 a.m.. between morgan

and racine expect a bit of a squeeze in the morning. that's picked up at the end of april. crystal lake along 14 and oak because of a water main break. that should be picked up by 9:00. other than that we have a crash outbound kennedy and agusta taking out of the far right lane. >> come up, who's been called the underwear model of the century. >> in sports, the blackhawks tried to recreate the scene of the 2010 stanley cup victory. >>

u-s stocks finished higher tuesday, as investors look ahead to the federal reserve's policy meeting today. the dow gained 89 points. the nasdaq rose 53. and the s-and-p added 13. toyota will pay about a billion dollars to settle claims about faulty accelerators in millions of its cars and trucks. there were numerous reports of sudden unexpected acceleration in 2009 and 2010 model vehicles. toyota launched a massive recall campaign and fixed the pedal problem. the billion-dollar settlement is expected to be announced as early as today... and it could keep toyota out of *criminal court.

time for sports. the blackhawks are eight points behind the first- place blues heading into tonight's game at the united center... but first they had a quick trip to philadelphia. where they had no love lost for the 2010 stanley cup opponent. andrew shaw scored a few minutes in... 90 seconds duncan keith lines up a slap shot for his first goal in 30 games and fourth of the year. it's two- one later in the period... scott hartnell fires a quick shot to beat antti raanta and it's tied at two. stayed that way into overtime... off the hawks turnover, claude giroux brings it up and scores the game- winner with four- point- two seconds left. the hawks have failed to score in overtime for the 20-th time, and they lose 3-2. the bears have brought back defensive end israel idonije. he spent the last year in detroit, but he returns to chicago with a one- year deal to provide depth to the defensive line. idonije spend nine years with

the bears, and has 273 career tackles. henry melton and earl bennett won't be back next season. bennett was reportedly asked to take another pay cut... he refused, so the bears released him after six seasons. melton signed a one- year deal with the cowboys, and reunites with former bears defensive coordinator rod marinelli. the bears also signed safeties craig steltz and danny mc-cray to one- year deals. the cubs lost to the rangers in ten innings, 7-6. the sox fell to oakland 16-6. and the bulls visit the sixers tonight. >> david beckham is being called the best underwear model in the past 100 years-- at least according to tommy hilfiger. that might be a little biased. >> this is inappropriate. >> hilfiger made the declaration in a recent interview. he said "we all wish we look like david beckham at the end of the day, he's like the

underwear model of the century!"" beckham retired from playing soccer last year.. and has appeared in numerous underwear ads for h-and-m.. and armani. >> i thought it might be somebody else. i guess i was wrong. >> a female? >> you said it not me. >> on our radar it's getting heavy just south of kankakee county. this will continue to move to the north. showers could slow down this morning. potential for thunderstorms today. it all begins to change to snow later in the afternoon as temperatures fall. by 9:00 we are at 37. >> 80 over the spleens river has some bridgework more of a bridge inspection. that is causing some minor delays. on top of that we have an accident that looks like it's on the outbound side of the

candy. then we have the on an offering closures along mannheim oats bound balmoral. in balmoral to north mannheim they have a detour starting this will be in place until the middle of summer. we're talking about summer projects. it's almost here! >> still to come, we will hear the big winners in last night's primary election. >> to people died in a fiery helicopter crash in downtown seattle. >> and focusing on the prosthetic legs out of the blade runner in south africa. >> and whose heading to the music festival. names are one person is dead after a van

carrying children crashed into a truck in the southwest suburbs. bruce rauner will face pat quinn in the illinois governor's race. we'll have election results in a *live report. and *two winners will split the 400-million dollar mega millions jackpot. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> it wasn't a winner. but remember i said i would be

calmed. i might start firing people though. year-ago. rain continues today. our water bug locations show the numbers going up in south elgin we've had about five hundreds of an inch of rain. not much there. st. charles has seen the same. as you get dressed today, rain this morning and even some thunderstorms are possible. but we will have a cool down coming later today which means temperatures will drop significantly. that rain and snow line moving through wisconsin and iowa will get here this afternoon. bring your heavy coat. you won't need it this morning that as we get through the afternoon you will need it. 39 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. temperatures will fall down to 27 tonight. friday is a keeper at 55. cooler for the upcoming weekend. >> we have an accident causing

minor delays along california it goes all the way up to 31. that's close to the end of march before it gets picked up. a few more weeks before that gets wrapped. earlier accident we're watching out bound kennedy has cleared. things are recovering nicely through there. >> one person was killed, after a van carrying at least four children crashed into a semi- truck in elwood. it happened yesterday evening near mississippi avenue on route 53. police haven't released many details on the crash. a witness says the truck was travelling northbound when the van pulled in front of it. several victims were taken to the hospital. their conditions have not been released. primary election results are in, and the nominees for governor are already taking shots at each other. nancy loo is live in the loop with more.. nancy?

>> good morning. the race is set. both gubernatorial candidates will be out and about today. governor clinton will be stopping by this construction site later this morning to talk to the restart of work and his work is cut out for the general election in november. republican businessman peppers rauner 140 percent of the vote narrowly defeating kirk dillard. bill brady and then referred were a distant third and fourth. on the democratic side, incumbent pat quinn won 72 percent of the vote. the activist got 20 percent. it is clean against rauner and the businessman is winning away. >> he has chased employers out, driven out unemployment. reason our taxes from 60%. jacked up real-estate while our home

values were going down. shredded our social services and he has defunded our schools of thousands of children are trapped in spilling schools. we need to get him out. >> ruaner pushing term limits for lawmakers and lower taxes. the long campaign road to november is sure to include many more jobs thajabs at governor cn including telling him to fix the financial mess and quinn will continue to push for a higher minimum wage. he took a shot at his opponent. >> i believe in everyday people. i think the governor has to have a heart. i may not have nine mansions and one house. i am not a billionaire and never will be. i am not part of the 1% and never will be there. i'm not even part of the 0.01%.

>> quinn has already debuted a new tv ad attacking ruaner's slip against and then for a higher minimum wage. back to you. >> senator durbin will face an opponent with deep pockets in november. jim oberweis ... owner of oberweis dairy ... defeated doug truax by 12 percent of the vote in the republican primary. that result was closer than expected. oberweis lost five campaigns before finally winning a state senate seat in 20-12. but his focus has been on the general election all along. from the day i got in, the focus has been how to beat dick durbin. if he wins i will support him but it's critical that we replaced dick durbin in the senate. >> challenger will guzzardi defeated toni berrios in her bid to hold onto a state house seat in the 39th district on the city's northwest side. berrios had the support of her

father, cook county assessor joe berrios, who is also the county's democratic chairman. state party chairman and house speaker mike madigan also backed her campaign. guzzardi says he's eager to get to springfield and begin working on the issues that matter to his district and the entire state. state representative darlene >> we are concerned about the quality of our public schools, about the future of our economy, concerned about fundamental injustice in our society. we need leadership. we need to fight for the issues. >> senger won in the 11th state rep congressional district. she grabbed 38-percent of the vote ... beating out grundy county board member chris balkema, who received 33- percent of the vote. senger says she's ready to go up against incumbent democrat bill foster. >> i am looking forward to facing him and debating him and basically winning the race. this demographic district is 55 percent women. when you think about it, women in the household

are really concerned about health care. i'm looking at the problems with obama care and the problems it affects women with. >> tom dart has effectively been re-elected sheriff of cook county. in a field of four candidates, dart won the democratic primary by a more than 5-to-1 margin over his closest competitor, bill evans. no republicans are running... so dart will be unchallenged in the general election. as expected, voter turnout across cook county was at or near record lows. barely 13 percent of eligible voters in chicago bothered to cast ballots. voter apathy was driven by a lack of contested high-profile races. in the suburbs, the turnout was only slightly better -- around 15 percent. more republicans than democrats cast ballots in the suburbs, because the republican ballot for governor featured the close race between bruce rauner and kirk dillard. on non-binding ballot issues, voters in chicago supported limits on the capacity of gun magazines, and a prohibition on guns in restaurants that serve alcohol. voters opposed an increase in taxi fares. two people died in a helicopter

crash in seattle. >> add pain has the story. >> just seconds later streets and cars erupted in flames. aboard the helicopter, a veteran photographer and a pilot. >> i know for a fact that he was doing everything he could to try to regain or maintain the aircraft. it is possible he tried to steer it away from people and cars. i knowed it was the last thing. >> the photographer required from komo in 2008 but was working as a freelancer. >> my heart was shredded. he was somebody i had worked with for 30 years, somebody who was an extraordinary photojournalist. a passionate guy. a great friend. >> his son is now a photographer for the same station. the loss is hitting many in a personal way. >> i didn't realize until i got

into a room that i had met both the sun and the photographer as well as the pilot. a site that can help but think about the family and those who lost their lives and what they're going through. >> the mayor says the crash is a reminder of the risks that they take on the job. a third victim remains in intensive care. the 30 year-old is in critical condition with second and third degree burns. witnesses saw him engulfed in flames running from his car after the news chopper crashed on top. >> a 16 year old girl is in stable condition.. after she was shot in the chest in the pilsen neighborhood. it happened yesterday afternoon in the 18-hundred block of south wood street. police say the girl was caught in gang crossfire following an argument. she was not the intended victim. the girl was taken to the hospital in critical condition. so far, no arrest have been made.

russia has accepted crimea as its own, as ukraine's military prepares to fight back. today, hundreds of demonstrators broke into the ukrainian naval headquarters in crimea and hoisted russian flags. this comes after a ukrainian soldier was killed as gunmen seized a base. ukraine has now authorized its forces to open fire. aviation experts now say, the missing malaysian jetliner had already changed course, and headed out over the indian ocean, when the co-pilot spoke his final words to air traffic controllers. he gave no indication there was a problem. two minutes later, the plane's transponder was shut off. now, we learn, people in the maldives islands, in the indian ocean, reported seeing a low- flying plane, just hours later. *400 million dollars was up for grabs in the mega-millions drawing ... and two people won the big prize. the tickets were sold in florida and maryland. the winning numbers were: eleven-19-24-33-51.. and the gold mega number was: *seven . lottery officials say the drawing included *eight one- million dollar "match 5" winners. one of those tickets was bought here in illinois. the 400-million jackpot was the third largest in mega millions history.

michelle obama is leaving for china today. the first lady will see three cities during her week long trip. events include talking to students about education and youth empowerment in their communities. china's first lady will give her a tour of the forbidden city and the great wall. obama's mother and daughters are coming with. president obama is meeting with china's president next week. this is a view of the moon you don't normally see. nasa scientists used cameras aboard an orbiter to create this mosaic of the moon's north polar region. it's made up of more than 10- thousand pictures. two specialized cameras captured details including texture and shading on the moon. that looks like the pink floyd show in seattle. >> first time ever and that's what you think of. 42 in bartlett. 45 at midway. temperatures will fall today. take your have your coat. the

rain is getting heavier across southern parts of kankakee. that's where we find a line of heavier and a wicked line of grain moving south of 80. it is pressing to the north. some areas will start to be affected. the line up to the north and west gets here this afternoon. today, showers are likely. temperatures tumble. snow possible today. 27 degrees tonight. trust 545. friday we make 55. >> still had the latest on the murder trial in south africa. >> the and as a records phone calls in another country. and when a new report reveals about the chances for older women to get alzheimer's. details ahead. >> update on a new star wars movie that is trending this morning. that's coming up next.

the latest testimony at the oscar pistorius murder trial covers physical evidence at the scene. a blood spatter expert is on the stand this morning talking about the blood left behind, after the shooting. earlier a ballistics expert testified that reeva steenkamp was sitting on a magazine rack, in a defensive position, when she was shot multiple times. the expert says the path of the bullets show that pistorius was *not on his prosthetic legs. pistorius says he felt vulnerable without his legs, so he fired his gun through a closed bathroom door. he says he thought his girlfriend was a burglar. federal agents say they have broken an international child pornography ring. 14 people were arrested, including michael gaw of fremont, california. investigators have already counted more than 250 young victims in 29 states and five countries. some of them were less than

three years old. the ring reportedly encouraged people to share child porn videos on a web network called tor . more than 300 other active child porn cases remain unresolved. the washington post is reporting, the national security agency recorded every single phone call in one foreign country. the post won't *identify the country, at the request of federal authorities. but it says, agents listened to many of those recorded conversations, a month later. americans who made or received calls from the targeted country, are on those recordings. the a-c-l-u says it's chilling to know that the n-s-a now has the ability to record any phone conversation. women age 60 and older have a one in six chance of getting alzheimer's disease in their lifetime. and they're twice as likely to develop alzheimer's than breast cancer. that's according to a report from the alzheimer's association. the disease affects more than five million americans, two- thirds of them women. some parents at an evanston over how rules are being enforced for leggings. girls at haven middle school were told to put on gym shorts by teachers who deemed some skin hugging leggings to be too revealing. the principal points out the dress code does not ban

leggings, but says they must be covered by a shirt, shorts or a skirt that comes closer to the knees than the hips. i am thinking of my pay grade dance. >> i'm thinking of the megging. don't than that. the nine you're about to see a very happy scientist. we told you yesterday, faint light from the original "big bang" was picked up on a telescope at the south pole. and scientists say it proves that the universe was indeed created by a giant explosion. i don't know how this the role is related. here's how the physicist who first offered that theory in the 1980's reacted when he got the news, 30 years later, that he was right, all along. andrei linde celebrated the news with a bottle of wine. now that makes sense. *star wars episode 7 is set to begin production in may. the studio says the film is set about 30-years after "return of the jedi"... and will star a trio of new young leads, and some very familiar faces. *star wars: episode 7 is scheduled to hit theaters in december of 20-15.

this will be served at arizona diamondbacks games this season. it's called the d-bat dog. its' an 18-inch corn dog that is stuffed with cheese and bacon. unclearbut if that's still too healthy.. it comes with fries. let's throw a beer on top and call it a day. all of this will be sold for 25-dollars. i love a good corn dog but that's a lot of money. >> that is so awesome. tumbleweeds have been piling up in colorado. they are stacking up along fences, cars and homes. some residents can't get out of their driveways because of the tumbleweeds. city and county officials say they're working on plans to clear streets and highways. >> we don't have that problem in chicago. every other problem but we don't have tumbleweeds. sorry colorado. >> been trying to get home for

two hours. all because of tumbleweeds. >> corn dogs and tumbleweeds. >> that was a great block of news. >> i am proud to be an american ... bam 44 degrees for now. a bit of rain but not too much. here is the radar. across the area south of 80 we continue to see heavier rain moved through. is that more country music? don't play country during my weather. >> they just didn't want to hear me singing again. >> as much as half an inch of rain is possible across these areas. for the down to juliet we have a half an inch as well. we think between 10 maybe half an inch of rain a possible. it changes over to snow into the early afternoon. here's a the seven day. 45 on thursday. friday we make 55. saturday we

hit 39 degrees. >> a quick update on traffic. i promised i wouldn't sing again. now the play all lydia behind me. jane addams, a bit of work causing delays early this morning between 59 and bartlett. taking out one lane until 5:00 a.m.. other than that, if you light construction projects early starting up. just got word that the outbound dan ryan stalled car is very close to moving off. it's still causing a bit of a delayed vote early this morning. >> coming up, who will reportedly be headlining lollapalooza. and -- miley cyrus got into some trouble on her tour bus. we'll show you the amazing video, next.

the lineup for lollaplaooza won't be announced until next week, but some big names have been leaked. the tribune reports that industry sources confirm eminem, electronic music performer skrillex, and rock groups kings of leon and arctic monkeys will

perform. all four headliners have played lollapalooza before. additional headliners and the complete lineup are expected to come out next week. lollapalooza tickets go on sale next tuesday. the festival runs august first through the third. miley cyrus' tour bus caught fire on the way to new orleans, yesterday. her sister posted this video on instagram showing the flames with the caption "tour bus down." she later tweeted that there were no injuries, but gave no details on how the fire began. kate winslet named her third child, a boy born in december -- *bear blaze. >> that his name? >> winslet told ellen that she had a friend nicknamed bear who was a "big bear hug" and a "great figure" in her life. as for the middle name -- winslet says she and husband, ned rock-'n-roll ...wanted a name signifying their bond. they chose "blaze" because the two met in a house fire in 20- 11. is this a real script?

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