high wind and severe flooding tapirs often makes way for a drop in temperatures. you ockham are fewer is watching us around the country. live in north chicago with our top story. i'm standing right smack dab in the middle of u.s. 40 to stock of buckley wrote. there is a pair can up the road preventing people from coming down here. despite the barricaded and vast amount of water, would you believe in someone still manage to get stuck in the water? >> this is the scene just about 20 minutes ago. man and

his wife try to make it to the water. instead he realized it was much theater thadeeper than he thought. the good samaritan across the street saw him jump into his pickup truck came on and pulled the cart out of the water. the gentleman in the car was so thankful. unfortunately not everybody had been so lucky. unfortunate he did not have done it. they had to wade in their clothes just to get to their vehicle to buy into it back to suck up to 4 in. of water that went into their conduct they just moved into. my carpet is soaked. there is no way around it. the furniture is all wet. >> the carpet and there was soaked to.

and-o of snow and you have the and a blizzard of this point. the unrelenting rain turns u.s. 41 into a river songs several cars along the way. more than a dozen employees. >> got to work around a 30. as soon as i got right around here it was really hard to see. it was already starting to flood. . i already knew the flooding is going to happen. the 930 they shut down the road. >> you're not going to fool mother nature she always wins. he could not

be the mother nature. that is something employee is now all too well. that to leave their cars in the parking lot for someone to come and pick them up here. they're hoping to get their cars tonight or maybe even sometime tomorrow. the emergency management office tells me that the rain fell so fast that they have nothe water had nowhere to go. the rivers in the area of low water levels are starting to rise. they do not expect them to rise above minor flood stage which is good news for homeowners. unfortunately there is no time table for one u.s. 31 will open41 will open. folks in north suburban glenview also experienced flash flooding. one block of glenn dale road was submerged. one

homeowner says the area has flooded before but this is the worst she has ever seen. >> live in the albany park neighborhood with the river is closed to flood stage there. rushing down this way and to counter an to the north side of chicago. take a look at how fast the river is flowing in and out. it tremendous volume of water flowing into the neighborhood. the national weather service is issuing a flood warning from now until this evening but in north branch. >> people keeping a nervous eye on the river pouring down

sandbanks to minimize the damage and bracing for what is to come. the fast-moving river expected to rise to 7.1 ft.. slowly starting to subside later tonight. loans and certain sections threatened by the flood waters unfortunately this section sees flood waters every spring. question you might remember the mayor and natural politician district announcing plans for a $60 million tunnel to divert flood waters during major weather events. completion of the project still a ways off. there is not a lot that does for us right now. we think about it and follow it. until they show us something concrete there is only speculation. it has been a year since the mayor toward the flood prone area. predicted an 18 month completion

date upon completion of the design phase. we're told the tunnel project still in the design phase. no word and how long that will be before the project breaks ground. minor flooding is forecast. >> in the northwest suburbs the rain is also causing rivers and creeks to rise creating flood concerned. >> the flooding is actually not too bad in this area. however the river could rise another 2-3 ft. over the next one to four hours. although the river is not to blame for most of the recent road closures. overseeing is the same thing that all of the other suburbs have seen. it stops some

intersections of block some intersections. then it went down. a lot of training has helped. the river continues to rise today. and is already about 3 ft. above flood stage. it is not even close to triggering panic. flash flooding is still inconvenient. the back-to-back rounds of rain forced police to close part of open road due to standing water. so the same problem as a deterrent to rainfall also forced the shutdown and part of glendale road. conditions are a nuisance for now officials and his plans are closely tracking the river level because things could quickly become a problem. a factor and that will be today's rain fall.

the flood warning will remain in effect through 1230 this afternoon. >> you can download it for up-to-the- minute traffic updates and alert. you can use the interactive maps to find the best route for where you go with one click you can access information from the cta metro and pace. >> a developing story that we're following. a dump truck as planned a television station. swat teams are surrounding the building according to baltimore county police. the suspect is a man and potentially armed. according to employees at the station weapons are found in the vehicle. the man may have barricaded himself in an office. a nearby school was also been evacuated. we're hearing everybody in the building has been evacuated safely. the girl was

seriously injured but her condition has not been released. the driver left the scene after he hit the girl but then came back 30 minutes later. charged with leaving the scene of an accident. he will appear in will county court on court today. >> after coming in contact with a patient already diagnosed with middle east and respiratoryand respiratory syndrome he gets it done this way to visit family in florida. the man is in good condition and continues to improve. the first confirmed case was a monster indiana. as for the two health- care workers one of them is now hospitalized while the other is an isolation.

>> marriage causes coughing fever and sometimes fatal pneumonia. a coalition of labor unions is trying to stop the new pension law from going into effect. the group we are one is asking a court in springfield for a delay until questions about the law's constitutionality are resolved. scheduled to go into effect june 1st. the law calls for reducing automatic cost-of-living increases. requiring employees to work longer before retiring. under the illinois constitution public employee pensions are contractual relationship with benefits like not be diminished over and. . >> will not seek election for a full turn to the post. took over last year after his predecessor was forced to quit over his support of gay marriage. he is backing the cook county commissioner as his successor. the plans to drill and bruce brown has

campaigned to work on as finance committee. >> thousands of police officers will be in washington d.c. tonight to take part in a candlelight vigil. the names of 286 more fallen officers are being added to the law enforcement officers memorial. including the illinois state trooper. he was killed last year and a semitrailer truck hit his patrol car on interstate 294. also being added to the memorial. president obama is honoring heroism today with the military the highest award. former army sergeant were received a medal of honor for his service in afghanistan >> after recovering from a grenade hit he save the lives of fellow soldiers. >> you retired from the army in 2011.

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from a previous marriage believe he is in the care of his life. >> the judge appointed his daughter as his conservative. >> play taken will suspend all activities. his opponent was found dead in his home. the dutch from injuries after he fell. democratic primary was held last week. when there hasn't been a winner has yet to be determined. >> sterling created a controversy with a personal attack on the basketball legend magic johnson who is seen pictured with starlings girlfriend. >> when they get successful they will help their people. some of the african- americans to not want to help anybody. what has magic johnson really

done for children's hospitals? what has he done for any group? i do not know. maybe he has done a lot. the incident as a charity to support urban communities said after this week known more sterling talk. >> sterling said he baited him into making those comments and he did not know he is being recorded. it is not believe the nba has enough votes from other owners. the clippers ceo disagrees. >> so much momentum for doing the right thing here. at the end of the did i believe ownership would change. >> also believed the clippers players still support him. he repeatedly said he was not racist and blames the media for the backlash. >>jay- z is attacked by his sister-in- law. it was all caught on video. the security video has gone viral. there is no audio you can

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>> we have some amazing pictures. you do not see what you're about to see here very often. it takes this picture of the approaching storms. looking west. what a nice shot. the intensity of the downpours was stunning. the flooding is produced in places. it cannot be overstated. when

she took the shot she said the hell was horrendous. flooding was horrendous in the wake of the storm to hit this planes. so many other areas north and west of chicago. she is the scene and disciplines. one of the clear shots that i have seen in recent years. a microburst in progress. it occurs when air crashes earthward. it's the ground and since dust and debris airborne. it can damage as a tornado does. they can also cause plane crashes. out on the farm country. imagine coming in for a landing in one of our major airports while the storms are ongoing. that is exactly what happened to richard of chicago. took a shot of lightning flashing above the city lights. here's

a spectacular shot of a club which produces a thunderstorm. he took this of our route 37. what you're looking at is a thunderhead. and from that that all of these downpours and lightning discharges come. look like something out of independence day. he was on the tarmac of here. awaiting takeoff which did not come for least 15 minutes. the cut the ground lightning struck. uc droplets of rain on the window. there would be rather nerve wracking proposition said in an airplane with storms coming into the airport area. folks went through there yesterday. here is what we're left with in the wake of this rain. the big stuff is over. however another storm is developing in arkansas. second

stormy night. 60 mi. per hour wind gust. range up to 4 in.. in some cases 1-2 in. in diameter. there's the storm. see how repetitive thunderstorm clusters below operate there. that is it today animation. that is more rain than we get it most of the time. there are the botanic gardens. look at some of these rights. this is what was stunning. 2.7 in. fell in 70 minutes. no way the sewer system can handle that. of or rather but rain gauges were producing equally impressive rainfall. here are some other ones. will indiana. really amazing. just

to give you some idea how much water we're talking about. when 1 in. of rain falls across cook county. nature drop 16.4 billion gal. of water that way 147 billion lbs.. that is why the rivers have trouble getting rid of it. even the deep tunnel project is overwhelmed by rainfall. more than an inch of rain that fell across the county area. 84 rainout at cleveland. 53 out and the milan. we're checking into the cooler air. remember those '80s is today it was the second warmest day of the year with 73 dew points. not very often do you get that kind of wish to this time of year. and now we're staring down the '50s that coming in from the west. 62 at o'hare. west wind blowing at 14. i have a dew point down to the '70s.

spotty showers come back to us on radar. most of us her off to the east. here's a doppler plot of the rain fall. i've always marvel at the energy it takes to lift the moisture of of the gulf of mexico. many fear hundred and 30 billion t of weight or pounds of late justin, county a match in the tonnage. it is just extraordinary. that is the way it looks right now. that will start later tomorrow. their flood warnings just coming down and up north. their flood warnings east of us in cleveland. down in arkansas as the next warm kind of revs up and look at the rain and will be producing across the area tomorrow night. we're not done with this yet. as the

tracks north word northerly wind will begin to pick up during the day tomorrow. you'll see how the rain comes in later in the day. a strong northeast wind. as it moves off we're left with this cloud cover and instability shower and the wake of that system. a little closer look at the rain. christopher castoff of our models. somewhat weather ahead. little shower with early april level temperatures instead of mid-level temperatures. we're turning the clock back. it is like greer going from july whether to april weather. it is going to warm up again next week. clouds bring a different leader this estimate. we've had a high of 68. temperatures will trended down as the afternoon goes on. tonight partly cloudy. low fifties in the city. gives

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>> that is a classic. hard to believe we were in the '80s. we're not today. on the other hand we did not have

flooding rains staring us down. here's a look at the temperatures yesterday. a whole different world. 84 at o'hare 86 at midway. that was the second warmest day of the year that translates to 63 at midway. down to 59 at o'hare. 53 out of the kelp. dusty west wind blowing. here you can see the temperatures. and if have the highs for the day. tomorrow we will be hard-pressed to get out of the '50s. may be near 60 in some spots. the same thing on thursday with a rain system lifting into the area. here's what has gone on. the jet stream blowing from the south has dipped. we have a northwest flow coming into the center of the country. this is a 10 day animation. look what happens as we get into next week. we develop a ridge over the area. that is a one signal. well have

unseasonably cool weather coming and even into the weekend saturday starts cool and begins to warm up after that. by tuesday next week we could be in the '70s. we could have warmer weather dominated much of next week. that is the good news. here's our forecast. 54 tomorrow thursday and saturday goes to 63. sunday 69 and los '70s on monday and tuesday. rain developing later tomorrow and tomorrow night. sprinkles of light showers thursday and friday. not an all- day rain fall. the sun comes up after that. we sell as part of the weekend and start warming up a little bit. will not be quite as nice as mother's day weekend. >> right now we'll to update you on a developing story. a ground stop it still in effect at o'hare and midway airport. all flights and

stopped going in and out. because of smoke and a radar facility. not in any of the airports. operations have been transferred to the faa chicago center in aurora. which usually handles high-altitude traffic. we invite you to stay with us for continuing coverage of this story. we will also coverage of this story. we will also be able to tell

the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. you're lucky your plane didn't land earlier. it would have taken hours to get across the bridge. we could have splurged 2.50 and taken the tunnel. killing ourselves breathing that air. where did you fly in from, honey? lagos, nigeria. africa, oh. that's about, what, ten hours on a plane? what time is it here? five minutes, it's tomorrow. i can't keep my eyes open. jet lag, huh, it's a bitch. guy came in last night from paris. said the best cure was a hot bath and a bottle of cognac. ( chuckling ) i visited my sister down in tampa.