snow hits chicago ahead of the thanksgiving holiday and this time it looks like it's sticking. high winds along with the snow are forcing delays at the airports. good afternoon. i'm steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. live in the loop with more on our top story. when i left home this morning it was 54 degrees. it is now around 32 degrees here in the loop according to my if own thermometer. it is that the transition point here where we saw

the sprinkling rain earlier today. kind of a steady drizzle. the changeover to snow. now we're beginning to see just a tiny bit of accumulation. cars and automobile windshields. we are beginning to see a little bit of snow piling up. it is just accumulating. it has been a steady wind this morning. it has been clipping all this with around. people who left home this morning thinking they were preparing for a rainy day are now having to deal with kind of a snowy day. as a make that transition from rain and snow. it is one of those days that we have to prepare for everything here in chicago you concede that we are showing some of the people of them

walking bias this morning have their umbrellas up free there's been a stiff wind that has made it tough for people to be able to maintain those umbrellas. will have to see where it goes. was saying earlier that this transition might maintain itself for a while before get a steady amount of snowfall in the loop. just enough to slow down the traffic and make it rough to get around. hopefully by rush hour maybe it will have improved in this area. we will throw it back to you. this weather is causing problems for air travel since some flights at o'hare were delayed up to 30 minutes this morning. at least a dozen flights are backed up by about 40 minutes. it is always a good idea to check with your airline before you go to the airport.

to announce his resignation. he will remain in his post until the senate confirms his successor. president obama praised him as an exemplary defense secretary saying he is helped transitional military and bolster america's leadership around the world. >> to during its tenure afghan forces took the lead. combat ends next month. will partner with afghans to preserve the gains that we have made. >> will continue to support you mr. president. every day. so on selfishly. >> despite the press conference there reported this was critical of the it ministrations policy on syria. reportedly includes two former defense department officials as well as the rhode island senator.

>> isn't obama comes home to chicago. the president will be on the northwest side talking to members of the community. the estimated 16,000 poles are living and illinois illegally. >> without fear of deportation as long as they pass police back from checks. fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of an explosion that trapped two women and a dog inside an aparmtnet building last night. wgn's tonya francisco reports from washington park with the latest. >> despite many witnesses saying they heard an explosion. crews from peoples gas have not shut off the natural gas to buildings on both sides of this collapse and are working with investigators and chicago fire department and other agencies to to determine exactly what happened here.

piquancy a lot of the victim's personal belongings. a blunder in the death of. their lives exposed to anybody who walks by the building in the 5800 block of south calumet. >> after you heard the explosion what did you do? >> in the basement apartment next door. just before 7:00 last night. the setting is toward awake but what he says sound like a bomb. follicles on the way to meet my maker. >> this is what the building looked like before the explosion. a newly constructed three story building. now has been reduced to a pile of rubberubble. 70 year-old woman and her dog run the second floor at the

time. 51 drove woman was on the third floor. both were talking when they were pulled from the debris. the explosion sent material flying everywhere. damaging the car across the street and breaking windows. >> the window blew in right next to my knees. they came in and that came back out. >> lives on the third floor next door. he spent the night in the car with his mom and his dog who cried all night long. >> it was scary. hills a blessing. the two women who were pulled from the rubble have a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving holiday. one of the whitman has already been released from hospital. there is no information about the condition of the other woman. she was less said to be in serious to critical condition. >> >>today is

sentencing day, for for a top lieutenant in mexico's sinaloa drug cartel. alfredo vasquez was the cartel's point man for a trafficking operation that picked up cocaine from south america. flew it to mexico in a fleet of 747's then trucked it up to chicago, where it was distributed to cities like new york, washington and cincinnati. in a plea for leniency, vasquez said his greatest fear is dying in prison before he can be reunited with his family. >> 15 year-old was shot while standing with classmates. prosecutors say shortly after the shooting her accused killer stopped nearby to pick up to france. >> install them about the shooting. allegedly got angry and told williams to stop talking. prosecutors said they plan to use the silence as in the commission of his guilt. the hearing has been scheduled for december 8th. >>

>> a big fire killed 32 horses in a stable in northwest suburban woodstock. it happened in the 51-hundred block of mount thabor road saturday night. a person who runs the stable says a "crackling sound" coming from the stable woke him up. fire departments from 27 areas were called to put out that fire. >> most people have a kitchen room. we have a kitchen in the living room in the barn. >> losses in the fire including the horses are estimated to be more than a million dollars. >>chicago's new archbishop made three visits yesterday, and delivered his first homily as

archbishop. blase cupich chose saint agatha catholic church on the west side, where former priest daniel mc-cormack sexually abused at least five boys. cupich apologized for the pain mc- cormack inflicted, and offered to meet with the abuse victims and their families. the man named by pope francis to prosecute priests accused of sexual abuse is himself accused of covering up priest abuse. including cases here in chicago. father donald mcguire was accused of molesting minors in the 19-90's. according to the "boston globe" father rober geisinger was the second-highest ranking official among the chicago jesuits at that time and failed to report the allegations to police. mcguire was transferred to another church but was convicted in 2006 of molesting two boys in wisconsin. today is the deadline to file nominating petitions for next february's mayoral election. candidates expected to submit petitions today include. dr. amara enyia. dr. willie wilson. cook county commissioner jesus garcia. and alderman bob fioretti.

mayor emanuel filed his petitions last monday. coming up this midday on wgn. a temporary warm spell hits the east coast. how residents are preparing for possible flooding. >> plus, what led leaders at the university of virginia to suspend all of its fraternities over the weekend. >>and later chicago based united airlines adds trans- atlantic routes. where you can go flying the friendly skies. skies.

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>> " following the developments and is in the news room with the latest. will this be the day. ferguson as the city already on edge. one man who participated in a weekend protest fears. >> supposed to receive advance notice of a grand jury decision. that could be a few hours' notice or days. >> police report no major problems during a weekend protest. to make a few arrests. in l.a. times reporter was hurt. there were signs indicating a sunday announcement. st. louis county police changed to 12 hour shifts and saturday. the seven men and five women

began examining evidence in the michael brown shooting in late august. your options. >> and in schools are closed all week. the police command center is in place. >> there are different areas where we expect different levels. we have police officers and first responders they're in these areas. there is a plan in place. we're trying to secure these areas. >> the grand jury's term does not end. prosecutors expect a decision any time. ferguson's police chief says he does not expect wilson to return to the job even if the grand jury does not return an indictment. >>two police officers in cleveland are on administrative leave

while the department investigates the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy. police responded saturday to a report of a man pointing a gun at people in a park. the man who called 9-1-1 told dispatchers that the gun was probably fake. the police union says the officers were never told that the gun might not be real. police say the boy did not point a weapon at the officers or threaten them. but tamir rice did reach for what turned out to be a large b-b or pellet- type replica gun resembling a semi- automatic pistol. rice died of his wounds yesterday morning. among the representatives meeting in austria. the group is working to close serious gaps needed to reach a deal. the new deadline for a political framework agreement has been set for march 1st. the deadline for final agreement is now july 1st. >>two soldiers from the u-s-led

military coalition in afghanistan were killed when their vehicle was hit by a bomb. the coalition has given no details about today's bombing in the capital city of kabul. but sources say the victims were americans.. and that at least three civilians were also killed. the attack comes one day after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest at a volleyball match. killing 45 people. so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. to report >> in rolling stone magazine alleged sexual assault in 2012 involving seven men and clear pressure urging the victim not to report. released a statement thursday saying there were horrified and disgusted by the allegations in the article. the fraternity at the heart of the allegations called the actions of vital. temperatures could reach the 60s today around buffalo york. with up to 7 ft. of snow they're bracing for

flooding. 700,000 people in the area under flood warning. rescue teams are already on standby in western new york. more than 50 boats are ready to evacuate. both the government and red cross said shelters ready. the new york governor says no one should wait until the last minute to get out if they think their home might be flooded. >> the the the situation brings. if you live in an area that typically floods or has flooded prepared to evacuate for a flood situation. >>national guard members are clearing snow and laying sandbags around low- lying homes. >> christmas tree in pennsylvania has community members feeling like scrooge. people in the town of writing are complaining the christmas tree is ugly. ruining their holiday spirit. >> the plan to get the tree from a farm boy when they arrived the farmer will not accrue drive their trucks

on to the wet ground. the found a last-minute replacement at a city park. residents protested this 50 ft. spruce. it will now be replaced by a more visually appealing tree. >> up all launches a massive holiday campaign to win support in the fight against aids. holiday gift and concerns. we're checking out a list of recall toys. chilis you'll want to avoid this year. we're putting it twist on the traditional thanksgiving sides.

the markets are mixed this today with the nasdaq and s&p in positive territory. the dow was off just a bit. down about eight

points. jakarta travelers getting in the option for air travel for nonstop flights to our land. a direct flight from chicago to double and.dublin. no word on what it will cost. flight times are listed as seven hours and 30 minutes. . apple has launched a campaign bill will allow customers to support world aids day. by using certain applications. starting monday they will offer 25 applications with exclusive new content. proceeds will go to a global fund to fight aids. some of the applications participating include angry kurds crossband and she fell 15. the campaign runs for two weeks. >> get tips on what to is in children's products to avoid law you shop for the holidays. just released offices 2014 safe shopping guide. this year's edition has a new feature that addresses identity theft. the fall guys

can be found on the web site. >> the bears capitalize on several turnovers and get themselves out of last place. >> performing in her 23rd annual saturday after thanksgiving show.

offensively. defense of lea think they were playing really good football some of the players were challenged each other. in new that if we continue down this road we were going to lose this ball game. we did not want that to happen. defense gave us another spark. we're able to put some drive together. made a little bit easier. >> a big win for the bears over the tampa bay buccaneers. both

left with injuries. the bears have a short week to recover. travel to detroit on thanksgiving morning rather have a chance to get back to the 500 mark. the alliance dropped to second place after suffering a second straight loss. the bp packers blackhawks playing their third game in four nights in canada. the canucks up a goal in the second. duncan keith fires a long shot and kris versteeg re-directs it in for the power play goal. his seventh of the year. in the third vancouver on the fastbreak and yannick hansen tips it past corey crawford for the go- ahead goal. he completed the hat- trick with an empty- netter and

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a bit of a mess out there. some intensely dangerous driving conditions. colder weather moves and. it is lifting out of here pretty expeditiously. it is a mess. what a transformation from a near record weekend rain. the biggest warm-up and in november and nine years. here we are in the midst of a full winter again. tonight at 9:00 we'll take a look at the winter outlook. please put something together on that. what a change this morning. we know that the called shot last week produced some amazing effects around the area. i thought the school. this is a shot of the mall and. thanks to artificial snow and sure the weekend once did not help any. we of cooler air coming. the coal

sends us the shot just before the melting began over the weekend in the wake of the lone goal surge. >> stacey smith was quite an honor for jack frost handiwork. this is in the middle of a cold front last week. also snapped the shock of a frozen buckle eliminated by the rising sun last winter. >> snapshot of the single snowflake of autumn leaf. shows us what happened on the display is a river. the docks were feeding in the shallow water. doing in the wind and rain. a temperature increase. 52 for high both saturday and sunday.

>> frass westerly winds level of the cold air on the backside. rain to this note. as we blow this up on the radar. uc the heaviest snows lifting northwards. we expect this to be letting up at our area. quite a snow before this is all over. there is the rapid transition that led from rain to snow this morning. a real mess out there in some areas. the pavements are warm enough at the moment or they're sustaining just water in most areas. >> water forecast keeps the snow coming in and out of here. >> there are it pfizer's for wind up to the east of us. for winter weather appear in parts of wisconsin. a winter storm warning. snell

advisory's in part to the chicago area. the snow before thanksgiving is prompting those watches. here is some guidance on how much snow might come down. about one-2 in. in the city. mostly on grassy services surfaces. the temperatures was started in the '40's of crest. that is thanks to the powerhouse winds that are blowing into the area gusting over 30 mi. per hour in some areas. producing windchill that is very unpleasant. intermingled especially with all of us know we have in here. the to the temperature drops. that is the warmer air that we were in yesterday. the colder here has sent temperatures plunging. we are down 21 degrees from 24 hours ago.

>> can see this loper of colder air coming in off of this big reservoir of bitterly cold air. it is down to 20 of twin cities. 22 at bismarck. what will happen is our temperatures tomorrow will fall back to the upper twenties and low 30's. >> you can see this little shop of cooler air. the wave of low pressure comes along. clipper system with snowfall. a drexel really colder air down here for thanksgiving. that ought to be bitterly cold day with augusta leigh northerly wind.northerly wind. maybe the tone for the winter. these rapid fluctuations. last winter the cold held on and never let go. this may be the winter where we bobble around a good deal. but to the predicted wind gust to 50 mi. per hour. he really are in the coal sector. these are forecast and us this evening.

tomorrow evening they're still elevated but not as strong as we have seen this afternoon. here's the clipper system that comes down here. tsks turns winded to the south and sets of the area of snowfall that comes in on wednesday. look at the wind on the backside bringing in the arctic air that will be in here on thanksgiving. it will cool down a great deal. those are wins thursday morning. the snow is pretty extensive. it struck a great deal from the half of the upper 40. systems are lined up out west of us. the fact this one is targeting warmer air up north is the reason we would get colder tomorrow. >> this is the pattern wednesday and thursday that brings the arctic cold in the flow flattens out over the weekend and that

brings pacific air and warms us up on saturday. the colder air begins to move him again. we get an ominous looking did and the jet stream. that is often a storm pattern. >> here's the warmer air pushing the polar air back up to the north again. you see how it flirts with us again next week. that is because each storm goes by puffs up warm air. keeps this temperature oscillation going. >> we expects no fall which will accumulate 1-2 in. in the city and up to two-4 in. as you go farther north. even more north of the wisconsin plan.

>> it will be windy and cold this afternoon. windy and cold air with snow flurries of things getting around here. a little concerned about that wednesday snow for the travel. >> it is not good timing for that. we certainly are visiting the full range we were all bike riding yesterday and now look at it. 20 degree temperature drop. amazing. some breaking news into the newsroom. a decision expected today. >> u.s. and local law enforcement officials tell cnn there will be an

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transition into this cooler air to say the least. temperatures dropped over 20 degrees. a local colder air comes in for tomorrow. we're down and the low thirties having started in the '40's. look at the temperature drops. >> these are actual thermometer readings in the low thirties around here with our big storm have and ran on us yesterday. the heaviest snow is lifting off to the north of us. we had several hours we're really came down. here are some cameras. the camera looking on the north end of the city. here's the edge water neighborhood. up in evanston the big flakes came down and turn the fall to

>> it's not accumulating on our weather but a camera there. the heaviest snow lives north word. see some more snow fall, and perhaps as the next weather system comes in from the west. with winter weather advisories in effect. >> blustery cold affair with 26 for a high temperature. temperatures warmed to the '40's over the weekend. but we will bounce right back again. it certainly is chilly out there right now. most of it is liquid. some of the interest >> you want to remind our viewers to stay with us for continuing coverage of the ferguson

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