an orange line derailment in the loop sends metal and wood falling to the ground below. the latest in a *live report. u-s forces capture the suspected ringleader of the deadly terrorist attack in benghazi. and more funnel clouds form in the midwest, as storm victims work to pick up the pieces. 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. and >> let's talk about our weather. yesterday was in '91. the atmosphere is really ready for a thunderstorm to pop up. we had a trace of rain at o'hare but in some of the northern suburbs the cut dumped on pre good. we are try right now. this could change later today. we will have this

on stable atmosphere, moist and warm air. it won't be until this time next week or things cool down and cried down. our high today is near 90. possibility of strong storms. almost anything has potential to be strong if not severe. it is 79 at the lakefront. lansing is 76 degrees. we find rainshowers and even thunderstorms north of the area. that will continue to go to the north. we stay drive right now nothing is popping up currently. but the potential is there for those areas shaded in yellow under that slight risk of being a strong or severe storm. if today's high temperature all the way up to 90 degrees. >> good morning. everything is

back to normal for the writers hanging into the loop because of that minor derailment. nancy will have more but for now the good news is that everything is back to normal. dealing with a few lean blockages in the loop area because of construction. kennedy, the ramps to the inbound kennedy are both blocked this morning expect added delays. >>c-t-a train service in the loop is back to normal this morning after a minor derailment. nancy loo is *live in the loop with the latest. >> good morning. the repairs were clearly on a fast track overnight. the cta calls the incident minor but there were major service delays last night after what happened. it is a remarkable that no one was hurt when a chunk of steel and wood

fell from the train. it happened around 6:45 p.m. when a set of wheels from the northbound orange line train some have derailed and that cost nearly 100 steel track fasteners and pieces of wood to rain down on to the street below. no one was hurt by the falling debris. but all orange and pink and green and brown line trains were halted for about one hour. despite all the debris, the cta claims the the room and did not cause any structural damage. >> there are literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of metal on that structure and for the few that were damaged we will prepare them. >> the repairs were trapped at 1:30 a.m. and service was back to normal by 2:00. there were said to be some signal problems

yesterday ahead of the derailment. not known yet whether that is linked to what happened. service is back on track and nobody was hurt in the incident. >>nebraska got hit by more tornadoes, even as people began the grim job of cleaning up from *monday's* storms. andrew spencer is following the cleanup and rebuilding effort. >> this pile of rubble is all that is left of his home in nebraska. for right now it's the for the spring from his mind. >> and the tornadoes are destructive i've had to clean up to myself but never been in this situation. >> his mother is in a, he does not know yet that his five year- old sister is dead. >> how my going to tell her? still trying to figure that out. >> the storms also destroyed a home that doubled as a day care. >> i laid down on the two

obelisk kids and everything fell on top of us. >> recklessly, they all survived though she and her husband are still being treated. more funnel clouds formed on tuesday as more storms rolled through sweeping into wisconsin which sought damaged early on tuesday as well. a tornado touched down and lifted several times as the wind damaged more than 40 homes in madison. survivors count themselves lucky if especially after close calls like this one. this bank was basically a blip in half with nine people still inside. most were inside the vault. all narrowly escaping injury. the suspected ringleader of the deadly terrorist attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi, is now in custody on a u-s warship. special forces captured ahmed abu khattala, in benghazi on sunday. he's accused of being the leader on the consulate attack that killed four americans in september of 2012. he's now aboard the u-s-s new

york, in the mediterranean sea. khattala has been living openly in libya, even though he's a known leader of a militant group with ties to al qaeda. he will now face charges in civilian court in washington, as early as next week. president obama meets with congressional leaders today, to search for the proper response to the islamist militant takeover of iraq. members of the al-qaeda splinter faction "isis" moved into the city of baquba yesterday, and are fighting with police, less than 40 miles from baghdad. so far, the city hasn't fallen. an american aircraft carrier and five other warships are deployed in the persian gulf, awaiting orders for possible airstrikes against the attackers. a soldier from mokena was remembered yesterday at a memorial service in afghanistan. aaron toppen was one of five troops who died in a "friendly fire" incident earlier this month. they called for air support during an ambush by the taliban... but the coalition planes mistakenly targeted the americans. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a shooting in the north

lawndale neighborhood left a 14 year old boy critically injured. he was walking in the 14- hundred block of south drake avenue when he was hit in the lower back yesterday night. earlier that evening, a shooting in the west garfield park neighborhood left a 30- year-old man dead. he suffered a gunshot wound to the head. chicago police are warning residents of a pair of home invasions on the city's far northwest side. just after one monday afternoon, two to three masked men broke into a home in the 63- hundred block of lowell avenue in the sauganash neighborhood. they were armed with hand guns and searched the house. a similar break in happened june 7th 58-hundred block of north jersey avenue. a shot was fired inside the home in one of the attacks. police believe the same suspects were involved in both incidents.no arrests have been made. a search is underway for a missing man in gurnee. it's been more than a week since 57-year old andy adler went on one of his regular long distance bike rides and never returned. police say the biggest challenge to finding adler is the vast area that needs to be searched. his 40 to 50 mile rides could have taken him almost anywhere. daniel shoffner is being held

without bond -- accused of killing a woman, and stuffing her body in a freezer. the body of birdie elder was found monday in a 3-foot-tall freezer at her home in laporte. prosecutors say shoffner admitted stabbing her -- claiming he was practicing knife moves. they did not disclose a motive. police arrested four people for using a dating website to find someone they could beat up and rob. 18 year old andrew widmer and laroy bills are both charged with robbery and battery. a 16 year old girl and a 17 year old boy face charges as juveniles. police say the group set up a date with a man they met online saturday night. they say the girl met the man in round lake beach and led him to an area where the other suspects attacked and robbed him. there's growing support for bringing a floating entertainment complex to the lake. breakwater chicago is a proposed vessel that would be half a mile from shore. it's designed to entertain up to two-thousand people with its restaurants, bars, and a swimming pool. a kickstarter campaign for this

project reached its goal of raising 30-thousand dollars in less than two days. the project could cost 23- million dollars, so another kickstarter campaign may be in the works. >> i give it a 20 percent chance of happening. >> i forgot the primary fund- raiser was a demetrius. >> i keep saying that is prime real estate but nobody is going to move in next door. today we have a warm temperatures. here are the current temperatures. typical high is in the low 80s. how about those two points? into low seventies already. when the air gets that moist you can feel it. to what you can to beat the heat. stay in and out of the air conditioning today. we are dry today. at this time yesterday there were a few thunderstorms. be on the lookout because we do have potential for storms to develop. the atmosphere is just and stable enough and all we need is a trigger to take up

those storms. here is the seventh day. today is a lot like yesterday which is a lot like the day before. hot and the chance for storms. 86 degrees tomorrow. >>coming up ... marcus is *live at six flags, ahead of goliath's big opening. >> two convicted killers are put to death overnight. the first time since of botched august execution two months ago. >> and a man has an unfortunate run in with a beaver. >> i hate it when that happens. >> again!?

off the western coast of malaysia overnight, killing at least two people and dozens more missing. the boat was carrying 97 suspected illegal immigrants from indonesian when it sank in the strait of malacca. officials say women and children were among those on board. 60 people were rescued but another 34 are still missing. those missing. the boat was reportedly not fit for sea travel. it had no life jackets on board. >>two inmates in georgia and missouri were put to death overnight - becoming the first executions since a botched execution in oklahoma in april. marcus wellons was declared dead just before midnight at a prison in jackson, georgia.

he was convicted of raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in 1996. minutes later, john winfield was executed in missouri. winfield was sentenced to death for the shooting deaths of two women in 1996. both men were executed by lethal injection. and a third death row inmate is scheduled to be executed in florida at six o'clock tonight. john henry was convicted of killing his wife in 1985. a federal appeals court has denied his final request for a delay. the circus acrobats injured in a hair-hanging stunt have hired a chicago law firm. their human chandelier act came crashing down last month during a show in providence rhode island. the ringling brothers performers are undergoing rehabilitation at a center in boston. four of the eight injured told tearful stories today of their nightmares and painful recoveries. one says she dreamed of becoming a star-- now she dreams of walking again. >> all of us are terribly injured. some of us require many surgeries and may need even

more. we are trying to come to terms with knowing will never be the same. but we know we are lucky to be alive. >>attorneys with chicago's clifford law firm say the acrobats want to make sure this never happens again... and are deciding who would be named in any lawsuit. a man taking a kayak lesson, encountered an unexpected hazard in rochester, new york. mike cavanaugh had just climbed into the kayak, when a *beaver emerged from the water... grabbed him by the arm... and pulled him out of the boat. when rescuers showed up, the beaver was still clinging to mike's arm. the kayak instructor separated them by breaking a paddle over the beaver's head. the kayak school owner says he's never seen a beaver attack before. that's a huge bieber. >> it looks menacing. >> i'm staying out of this one.

>> the bieber doesn't look so bad when you talk about the chucpacabra. >> the bieber vs. the to the macabre. >> the whole world may and after that. but soccer but today's temperatures. the prepared for this. it's going to the humid. do whatever you can to beat the heat because it is going to be a very aggressive. the type of stuff that attacks the body. 77 and garlic. 76 in joliet. midway is at 80 degrees. as the look around the region, the satellite and radar composite shows dry conditions. further to the north we have that rain continuing. we are on the lookout for more potential for showers popping up later today. we do have the

potential to see something strong in the afternoon and evening. computer model forecast shows a wicked line moving through by lunchtime. then it is long keeps around 8:00 p.m. a very valid solution. we will end with more storms in the region. 90 degrees today to its low is 66. mar we make 86. friday 87. >> we're dealing with a crash in mount prospect at 83. expect added delays. overnight roadwork to watch out for heading in bound on the kennedy. slow traffic with the two left lanes blocked until 5:00. also, construction on 53 slowing drivers south bound. to break lanes will be out. >> christmas and new year's and his birthday all combined. he is

live at six flags this morning. >> i can't believe the day is finally here. it is my super bowl. check it out. i just saw all the trains running their warming up. today is the big opening kickoff. the media day event. 180 ft. drop the tallest on a wooden college rollercoaster. fastest on a wooden roller coaster. 85 degree first drop. that's the steepest. and check it out. look at this crowd. these are my people. how are you guys doing? what are you excited about? >> just to get to ride it would been watching it for so long. >> what is going to be so good? you have a shirt and the glasses. >> that inverted stahl has to be a killer. >> one-of-a-kind maneuver never been done where you hang upside- down for that long. describe

that. >> it takes you one direction and you just hang there upside- down then you flip back around. >> you will put those glasses away don't want to lose those. i don't know how long it took to make those. we will be here all morning. demetrius, sorry you can't be here but we will find somebody to ride with me later. more coming up from great america. i am excited. >> good times. >> he's going to scream! >> i already see the front- runner. >> a new list is out as the best dressed mayor's where does the mayor frank? >> and a lot of touchdowns for the bears this fall? sports will be up next.

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for pumping crowd noise into the center and the opening day of minicamp. in the nfl you can't pay enough attention to the details. for the bears its about how well they block and tackle. they should be able to run and tackle just fine. almost everybody was there. a few were not due to personal and injury.

but tensions are high. every anxious to see how the safety situation plays out. on the other side, keeping color as healthy as he was when he came to chicago. >> i was good until i got here for a while. it takes its toll from time to time. the guys are doing everything they can. last year was last year. to fake injuries.injuries. i don't see t happening again. i feel good i got back into an early this year just with injuries and wanted to get my left side back to even with my right side. i feel good. >> cubs monday night in miami extra inning victory more good stuff on tuesday for a while ... in the second evenininning o

run homer. leading into the seventh can the bullpen a letdown? but cannot. it's a ball to right field over the fence it's a three run home run. the cubs lose 6-4. the giants' catcher right off the beam on the seat of his pants last night. that's pretty much where the giants were most of the evening. third evening at them down to-a zero. the equalizer the control the game for the rest of the night. not too bad. only one earned run on five hits. the sox got three in the port to take the lead. in the next inning pretty much every inch is hit on the ball making it 8-2 and that's how it ended. a much-needed win for the white sox. mexico and brazil played to a scoreless draw and the world cup.

stocks closed higher tuesday for the third straight session. the dow rose 27. the nasdaq added 16. and the s-and-p gained four. the california beer has paved the way for the largest brewery in chicago. the brewing co. has set up shop in an old complex on the city's west side. 300,000 sq. ft. 1.5 million bar. of beer per year also created 150 jobs. the tack room and restaurant will open next wednesday or you can drink one of their craft beers that they produce in the same facility. the company says that will give you the full an intensive flavor. check out a prototype that in turn it watch into a smart watched. it sinks in tears parfum also shows you alert for text messages it can be used to control your television like a remote. it will come out in october for

about $65. we have smart everything. smart watches and smart cups. >> i remember i know if your member inspector gadget. i kept picking one day it would be just like that. >> let's take a look at our day. on the jet since we were already flying in cars. today's high is 90-91. chance of showers and storms. >> a crash this morning at mount prospect watch for the delays. otherwise the rest of the roads are looking good. >> still more to come. including an attack on the world cup viewing party. >> and an ex-wife is now suing a lawyer and a suburban police station here details next. >> and hillary clinton weighs in on the at a rest made in the

deadly attack in benghazi. >> and john stuart asan orange e

loop sends metal and wood falling to the ground below.

the latest in a *live report. police in this and it a pair of home invasions on the northwest side. >>and more funnel clouds form in the midwest, as storm victims work to pick up the pieces. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. you walk outside and it's sticky and humid. >> it's like a hot summer night. it's not summer yet. but chance of storms will stay there today. much of the area yesterday avoided the storms but now we have potential for more. the chance for a strong or severe thunderstorm is still out there. dealing with great heat and great instability. this will not change until the flip side of the weekend. here are the current temperatures. it's 78 degrees and here in chicago is 79. air conditioners on full blast. the good news is we have

showers and storms across michigan and portions of northern wisconsin. we know this area was hit hard. that area is dry now and we are dry as well. looking at the forecast, you can expect to see showers and storms develop this afternoon. then that line the long days. some areas need the rain across the southern communities. some computer models are kicking out numbers in excess of 1 in. of rain. today, high temperature in the low 90s. typical high would be in the '80s. tomorrow we're back up to 86. >> a few hot spots we have one at rand and elmhurst. that intersection is blocked off. also in downers grove, lingering closure from last night is blocked off. this is all because of a gas leak that happened. that's a look at the roadways.

>>c-t-a train service in the loop is back to normal this morning after a minor derailment. nancy loo is *live in the loop with the latest. >> the repairs were clearly on a fast track overnight. the cta calls the incident minor. there were major service delays last night. it is remarkable that nobody was hurt when heavy chunks of steel and wood fell from the train. this happened at 6:45 p.m. on the heels of the evening rush. a set of wheels from northbound orange line train somehow derailed above them urine. that cost nearly 100 steel track fasteners and pieces of wood to rain down onto the street below. no one was hurt by the falling debris but all orange and pink and green and

brown line trains were halted for about one hour. despite the debris, the cta claims the derailment did not cause any structural damage. >> there are literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of metal on that structure and for the few but or damaged we will prepare them overnight. >> and the repairs were wrapped up at 1:30 a.m.. service back to normal by 2:00 a.m.. there were said to be some signal problems yesterday ahead of the derailment. not known yet whether that played a role in what happened yesterday. nobody was hurt and all service is back on track. >>more tornadoes were spotted yesterday in nebraska, even as people began the massive task of cleaning up and rebuilding from *monday's* twisters. a rare double-twister left much of the town of pilger in ruins. and a tornado destroyed a home in stanton that doubled as a daycare center.

>> the to list of the four kids i laid down and everything fell on us. >> and the tornadoes are destructive of had to clean up a few myself but i've never been in this situation. >>nebraska wasn't alone in being targeted by twisters. *wisconsin got its share of the bad weather, as tornadoes damaged more than 40 homes in madison and nearby verona. a world cup viewing party in nigeria was attacked by a suicide bomber. up to 15 people may have been killed when someone drove a tricycle taxi into an outdoor viewing center, and exploded. no one is claiming responsibility, but locals are blaming the islamic extremist group, boko haram. that's the same group that kidnapped 234 nigerian girls from their school two months ago. the girls are still missing. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. chicago police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a teenaged girl as she jogged on the city's south side last night. the 15-year-old girl was

running southbound on california avenue near 50th street when a dark blue 4-door car pulled along side her. police say a man in his 20's jumped out of the car and grabbed the girl by her arm and tried to pull her into the car. the girl was able to break free and run to safety. a shooting in the north lawndale neighborhood left a 14 year old boy critically injured. he was walking in the 14-hundred block of south drake avenue when he was hit in the lower back yesterday night. earlier that evening, a shooting in the west garfield park neighborhood left a 30- year-old man dead. he suffered a gunshot wound to the head. chicago police are warning residents of a pair of home invasions on the city's far northwest side. just after one monday afternoon, two to three masked men broke into a home in the 63-hundred block of lowell avenue in the sauganash neighborhood. they were armed with hand guns and searched the house. a similar break in happened june 7th in the 58-hundred block of north jersey avenue. a shot was fired inside the home in one of the attacks. police believe the same suspects were involved in both incidents.no arrests have been made. u-s forces captured the suspected leader of the

terrorist attack of the diplomatic compound in benghazi. they grabbed ahmed abu khattala in benghazi on sunday. he's now on a u-s warship, as officials plan to charge him in civilian court in washington. the attack in benghazi stands out as one of the worst moments in hillary clinton's time as secretary of state. clinton answered questions on that and other topics during a c-n-n town hall meeting in washington. the biggest issues covered whether she will run for president and the latest developments involving benghazi. >> i am pleased. this is another vacation as the president said that the u.s. has an unwavering commitment to bring to justice those who are responsible for attacks on americans in a matter where they are or how long it takes. >>hillary clinton is on a book tour for her latest memoir. she did not announce she's running for president, but she did say that some of her political views have evolved over time. she says she's now a proud supporter of gay marriage and is open to discussing

legalizing marijuana. the ex-wife of n-b-a star dwyane filed a federal lawsuit against wade's lawyer, and against the police department in suburban dolton. siohvaughn funches-wade was arrested in 2012 and charged with child abduction and resisting arrest. ultimately, all but the *resisting charge were dismissed. now, funches-wade claims, police and her ex's attorney filed false charges against her. after the arrest, a judge ordered funches-wade to travel to *florida to visit their children, rather than sending them to the chicago area to visit her. a federal judge has removed himself from a long running court case involving michael jordan. jordan filed multi-million- dollar lawsuit against grocery store chain... dominick's. the judge recused himself... after jordan's attorneys claimed he was bias. he didn't go away quietly, though. he called the accusations on his integrity groundless and unwarranted. ironically, this same judge ruled in jordan's favor in this case several years ago... agreeing dominick's used his name without permission in a magazine ad. the two sides are still battling over those damages.

mayor emanuel is winning international praise for his wardrobe. vanity fair has named emanuel as one of the world's best- dressed mayors. his came in forth behind the mayors of london, paris and milan. vanity fair points out emanuel's his fondness for luxurious fabrics, his "salt and pepper hairdo" and his penchant for blue ties. the article also says "perhaps, no politician wears the navy suit better". mayor rahm emanuel is among the critics blasting the glowing "trump" sign on donald trump's building downtown. emanuel says its tasteless, but trump doesn't really care. this feud now has the attention of the daily show. >> i think this is on you. did you not think donald trump would put his name on the building you let him build? it's what he does. have you been to new york or as you think it would be called from the buildings, new trump city? he put up apartment towers that literally block the sun from the entire upper west side. it's the classiest most

luxurious gloom the city has ever seen. >> that's a good point. >> i think that sign is there to stay. we need to get used to it. >> early today we are expecting a warm conditions. another hot day. 79 degrees right now. once the dew point gets into the '60s you feel that committee. upper 60s it really attacks the body. in some areas the dew point is in the low '70's. that's a clear indication of the moisture in our air. looking across the region, there's moisture to the north. rain across portions of central michigan but not right now. here we have potential for a thunderstorm to pop up later today under a risk of strong or severe storms. the heavy rain and of course the hail and strong wind. we just have to watch the radar. it will be one

of those days with all the ingredients for strong thunderstorms. 90 degrees today, 87 on friday. >> still had a world cup player is trending. why he is being called the mexican cheeses. >> and what was found underneath a picasso painting. and the latest on the poop gate saba with the california and mayor. >> and we are also checking in with marcus who is at the big goliaths opening. i'm getting my creed raised foot massage. and we have goliath! it opens up to the public tomorrow we are writing it today. coming up we will show you how toin cas

caught on camera tossing a bag of dog poop on a neighbor's yard has resigned from his office. earlier this month, the neighbor posted the surveillance video of the mayor of san marino throwing the poop on his grass. residents were outraged and called for the resignation of dennis kneier. at the time, kneier said it was an embarrassing mistake. last night, kneier submitted a letter of resignation and called the incident a "lapse in

judgment" and an embarassment to him and the city. the neighbor says kneier targeted him because he opposed a public dog park. sitting for too long has been linked to cancer. more people to spend more hours of the day have a higher risk of getting cancer. it does not change things if the person still spend hours sitting down after exercising. you heard it from us first. but >> a few stories trending. an incredible discovery is making waves in the art world. researchers have found a painting by pablo picasso hidden beneath one of his most famous works. that painting is called "the blue room". it was painted in 1901, when picasso was 19. but new scanning with infra-red cameras clearly reveals the image of a bearded man. earlier x-rays -- and some odd brush strokes -- suggested the older painting was there. now art historians are hoping they can identify the mysterious man in the painting. the saying "jesus saves" has a

new meaning in mexico. mexico's goalie in the world cup is now being called the "mexican jesus." guillermo ochoa had several saves, from nearly point blank range, to keep brazil scoreless yesterday. some say he made four *miraculous saves, hence the nickname. the game ended in a scoreless tie. we know about baseball games being delayed due to weather... but how about a *bear on the field* delay! is this the same bear? that's what happened at an american legion baseball game this past weekend -- in juneau, alaska. a black bear was spotted strolling leisurely by the outfield gate. it stayed behind the fence, eventually heading back into the woods. i wondered if it was the one from rockford illinois. >> that's not the best feel they're playing on. >> it is alaska. >> the president of "ultimate fighting championship" -- u-f-c -- was forced out of his seat on a private jet by the man some people considered the

ultimate fighter -- mike tyson. it was all caught on instagram video. dana white says tyson smacked him on the chest, and demanded that he give up his seat. he took it with a smile. white says, you don't argue with mike tyson. i wouldn't fight with him either. he might take a bite out of your ear. >> he has been here and sat in that seat. >> he's a friend of the morning show we like mike. >> he's a little while but are you going to tell him? let's take a look at our day. 79 degrees. at lincoln park is 79 as well. st. mary's of the wood school it's currently 79. the kids are not there so they did not catch my mistake. sublets composite shows dry conditions. we do have the rain continuing north of kenosha and portions of wisconsin. their brain is

missing madison a wicked little complex of northeastern iowa. hopefully it does not hit them they got hit hard yesterday. today's high temperature and 90. the drop into the sixties tonight good chance of storms through the day. >> a few hot spots this morning. one of them in mount prospect a work to get that cleared. also in downers grove, a gas main break from last night still has roads blocked off in both directions at washington. overnight roadwork court that dan ryan express lanes are blocked until 5:00. think about using the locals. at o'hare we have one lane block to. >> marcus is *live this morning at six flags great america. behi marcus! his day is finally here! >> i am feeling good. you get a little nervous and anxious

because this is it. finally opening day at six flags great america and you could hear everybody cheering they're finally getting on. we have been showing you how they built this from start to finish from day one until now. take a look. >> things are going great. everything is in the ground the starting to put the wood up in the air. >> early december we first visited the construction site at six flags great america. snow had fallen. the rocky mountain construction team was hard at work getting the ride to hundred concrete foot into the ground. building in these conditions you can see that snow already in early december, does this hold them back? how did they deal with this? >> it's important to get the in groundwork done before we get the freezing and the snow on the part is done. it's just a matter of tolerating the temperatures.

>> you can use a banana as a hammer it's that cold. it's that frozen. >> we were having fun freezing bananas during the polar vortexes the crew was out in below zero temperatures as much as possible. >> these guys have been following through doing an excellent job even with the snow and cold weather. it's on track where it's supposed to be. >> not a surprise but the cold did not stop enthusiasts from coming out for a closer look. >> the special thing about rocky mountain construction is they are the only wooden coasters that go upside-down. they are innovative. >> it's incredible. i first time on a site like this. it's amazing. people don't know what goes into building a ride. look at this tunnel. i've seen pictures by did not note it was

that deep. >> it's march. just about done with the ride over the next few months they would finished the nature and structure work on the rest of the ride and apply more of what they call topper tracks. if thick steel track injected with a ground mixture for extra stability leading to a smoother ride. >> this is used for one reason. if it was just a regular wooden coaster, having that inverted would be difficult. this makes it fast and smooth and giving it the ability to make this unique elements that this ride possesses. >> that was the great american president given us one last four in may. the 165 foothill is topped off the final pieces of track put in place and the first car finally in the station. >> these lap bars go down but in addition there are shin guards. they keep your feet snug and in

place for added safety seat belts. >> but citing the brutal winter weather the park did not meet their original late may opening date. that did not stop some fans from enjoying the ride. >> the alliance is finally opening. it opens to the public tomorrow. i will be writing this in the next hour. sorry demetrius and know you are sad they could not come out because you have to fill in for paul today. the thing to set this up on purposely did not have to ride it. >> it was not a conspiracy. >>, tried to keep us apart. >> right to your congressman years. >> we thought if he didn't come back least we have one more standing in the studio.

>> coming up, the jersey shore reality and start the situation is arrested. details on that. a chicago musician has lost

her lawsuit against lady gaga. rebecca francescatti wrote a song called "juda" in 1999. she claimed, lady gaga ripped off her song when she released the song "judas" as part of an album in 2011. "judas" wasn't a big hit. a federal judge listened to both songs, and said he didn't see any similarity. case dismissed. mike sorrentino-- better known as "the situation" -- was arrested after a brawl his family's tanning salon. t-m-z reports that the fight started after an argument with his brother over how to run the salon. sorrentino was booked on simple assault charges and released after posting his 5-hundred- dollar bail. he was the only one arrested. his rep declined to comment on his arrest. and by his tan is looking fabulous. >> good morning. today we have warm conditions. today's high of 90 degrees. a slight risk of a strong storm. 50 percent shot of a storm today and friday. said

to the heat and humidity and potential for storms it will be here through saturday and potentially through sunday. >> coming up we're talking live with an astronaut from nasa.

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