utility pole and some wires and so this stretch has been closed throughout the night. we're here along springvale road. the closure runs all the way down to nicholas run drive. v-dot is here to keep the cars away but when we come back live, you see the cars that have to turn off and go down springvale road to catch up with leesburg heights to get around this closure. that is the latest live from great falls here in back to you. >> molette, thank you. let's turn to melissa mollet in first 4 traffic with a little more on how to get around this. >> this will be a pain for a lot of people here this morning. we're talking about having to take route 7 instead. again, if you take georgetown pike in the morning, listen up here, we have a section shut down there between nicholas run drive and springvale road. all lanes will be blocked through the morning for the morning commute. so kind of a big pain for folks in the area. route 7 will be your friend today.

66 and 95, we're okay. 95 northbound here, a little slow and that is normal. taking a look at the bottom of the beltway and the routes through prince george's county. you're okay as well. 210, indian head highway, getting typically slow as you're headed inbound. right now on metro, delays to franconia on the blue line. a chilly start but a nice warm up is on the way. what do you say and you're going to love tomorrow. back to the sunshine today, no chance for rain and temperatures will be up in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s today. sunshine, tomorrow, with a shot at 70. perhaps low to mid-70s for some tomorrow afternoon. enjoy it. soak it in while you can. lots of wind and a big drop in temperatures arrives here late saturday into sunday. i'll show you the chilly details of the weekend forecast coming up in a few more minutes. for today, nothing to worry about.

about 65 in washington. >> chuck, thank you. your time is 6:02. developing right now, neighbors are on edge after a bear attack in fredrick county maryland. a 63-year-old woman suffered a broken arm, cuts to her head, and puncture wounds to both arms the maryland department of natural resources is using a tracking device to find the bear. megan mcgrath is live in fredrick now with what officials are saying as they hunt for the bear and she will join us again live in just a few county. closing arguments begin in a trial against a man accused of killing a 3-year-old girl. davon wallace is charged in the murder of khnijah bibb. he fired six shots at a landover apartment after a fight with somebody. wallace did not intentionally shoot the child say his defense attorneys. a status hearing for the

a man was fatally shot outside the metro station last summer. marcus king, christopher proctor andre dudley have been charged in the shooting death. look for updates in the nbc washington app. president-elect donald trump has a full slate of meetings today as he works to build his white house team. south carolina governor nikki haley is scheduled to meet with the president-elect. she is being considered as secretary of state. trump is also expected to meet with former national security considered michael flynn as national security advisor. mike pence will head to capitol hill today. he will attend a meeting, a conference with house republicans this morning and meet with speaker paul ryan as well as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. pence is expected to meet with democratic leaders of the house and senate. >> america is worth it. our children are worth it.

give up. that was hillary clinton's message to supporters last night in her first public appearance since conceding the election. she made the remarks at an event for the children's defense fund. clinton was honored by the organization. aides say her appearance was planned long before last week's election loss. students in montgomery county schools will watch a video message from their superintendent. he wants the protests over the presidential election stopped. yesterday a 15-year-old donald trump supporter was beaten up at a protest. >> when students are threatened or injured as part of a protest it raises serious safety issues that require us to rethink the situation. >> today, students at the university of maryland are expected to walk out of class in protests this afternoon. the smoke from the wildfires in the drought ravaged south is now getting blamed for crashes on the road.

causing air quality warnings across several states. kentucky and south carolina, even parts of virginia are part of the warning zone with bans on lighting fires. as many as 30 large fires are still burning and are uncontained. a close call for a police officer in los angeles county who had his back window shot out after a traffic stop last night. this is in baldwin park in l.a. making a traffic stop near a fast food restaurant when the back window of his cruiser was shot out. police had k-9s in the area, helicopters in the sky, looking for the shooter. thus far, they have not been able to find anybody. we can tell you that the officer is okay but a very close call. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez.

with another honor this morning. look at him there, after multiple no-hitters and that historic 20 strikeout game, he is now also the winner of the cy young award. it is the second time he has won that in his career. scherzer had 20 wins this year and led the national league in strikeouts. to win, he beat out two pitchers on the world champion chicago cubs. >> that is how good he is. >> that is awesome. >> this is the sixth time in history that a pitcher has won >> there was a controversy in the american league, justin verlander got robbed. >> that is because he is from virginia. maryland native katie la ledecky is making a big crash. >> booster seat ratings, next. >> and breaking news continuing

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breaking news in first 4 traffic. again, we're talking about a big problem here in great falls. georgetown pike shut down between nicholas run drive and spring vale road because of poles and wires th all lanes blocked. right now, news4 chopper brad freitas is over this. tell us what it is looking at from above. >> right now, crews are working to get this reopened and these wires back off the roadway. let me pull up the shot for you. the road is blocked. 193, georgetown pike. right now your best alternate is to get on to route 7. that is where police are redirecting you through the side

back down to you. >> thank you, brad. other problems around town right now. outer loop before kenilworth avenue. crash blocking a right lane. 301, before the 5 police. crash in the right lane. 66 inbound, 95 north looking typical here right now. taking a look at 270 from germantown to the spur, you're on time and top of the beltway looking okay as wey listen car today. and as far as the weather is concerned. we'll have plenty of sunshine the next couple of days. tomorrow will be sunny and warm and no weather worries today. there are weather worries as we get into the weekend for your outdoor plans saturday. likely to have showers saturday afternoon and evening. sunday will be windy and way super cold. if you're going to the redskins, packers game.

gate h collecting food for families, canned good donations and dry food donations. come out and give us a hand shake and say hello and drop off a donation, game time temperatures, that is going to be cold. in the 30s and 40s. a check of the five day forecast and more details on the weekend changes coming up in ten minutes. see you then. >> chuck, thank you. it is 6:12 now. prince george's county school officials release the student safety action plan. they're aiming to address training for staff members. it was organized last spring in the wake incidents. deontay carraway is accused of sex acts with students. today in arlington, the police department will be out promoting the fall pedestrian and bike call safety awareness

safer for drivers and pedestrians, from 10:00 a.m. until noon, officers will be on lee highway and edison street. 90 pedestrians are killed every year in traffic accidents in our area. the possibility of expanding d.c. streetcar service is up for debate. d-dot is holding a public meeting today on the proposed plan that could extend service from a street to georgetown. it e millions of americans are affected by osteoperosis. there is a new concern for doctors. doreen gentzler has more. >> reporter: it is a big problem. 50 million americans have it. women are the most vulnerable. half of all women over the age of 50 will break a bone because of osteoperosis. men can get it too and their bones can break as well.

hip fractures have been declining but all of a sudden it levelled off. that is a problem. >> in terms of treatment of osteoperosis and diagnosis, we have a crisis. >> find out more about this and why diagnosis and treatment are so important tonight on news4 at 5:00. 6:14 right now. today, the expedition kazakhstan. peggy whitson will become the first woman to command a space station twice. katie ledecky is tearing up the world of college swimming. no surprise there. . 19-year-old in her freshman year at stanford right now. she set a new ncaa record over the weekend. she won the 1,000 yard race, 35 second, 35 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

won't be her last. she broke the records for the 500 yard and 200 yard freestyle events. every race she has been in so far in college has resulted in a record which has to be horribly discouraging to anybody else who wants to be a swimmer in college right now. >> she is an incredible athlete and the nicest person ever. she just started at stanford. she has her career in front of her. all right. >> go, katie. we just talk anymore. i'm trying to run away. >> maryland is beating the drum on this. state highway administration will hold the annual snow show today. >> the agency will show off new winter tools including new infrared pavement centers deployed throughout the state. >> everybody is getting ready. chuck bell is not getting ready for snow. >> keep the snow away. >> you mentioned a little bit of snow -- >> you did for sunday's game. thanks for reminding me.

i'm still mentioning it now. a chance for shower showers, in the western mountains of west virginia. chance for snow showers late saturday night into early parts of the day on sunday. you'll go to the oklahoma game on sunday. lay yup. if you're going to the redskins game, layer up as well. have the nbc washington app downloaded and ready to go. find me and i'll keep you up to date on the forecast on the social media when we're not on the air. we should be in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s with sunshine for afternoon temperatures today. that will be nice. also, tomorrow, another a plus day tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow, up around 70 degrees. some areas may be well above that. but here is the bowling ball of change that is coming our way. denver went from 80 yesterday to

arriving here saturday night. so there goes the warm air out, here comes the cold air in. exactly how cold? northwest winds over 30 miles an hour saturday night and sunday. here is your weekend. mild ahead of the rain drops, mid to upper 60s on saturday. but cold and windy on sunday. melissa mollet has no good news in first 4 traffic this morning. >> it has been a tough morning in northern virginia. breaking news right now. still have georgetown pike shut down between and springvale road. pole and wires down from a crash overnight. all lanes right now are blocked. this could be reopening here in a little bit. we'll keep an eye on that. chopper 4 over the scene, showing us the crews there on the scene on the section of georgetown pike. outer loop before kenilworth. the crash is out of the way. this one, still hanging around and take a look at all of the red. 301 inbound before the right

66 looking good, same thing. 95 northbound, a look at 270 coming up. >> all right. thank you. it is 6:18 right now. there are nearly 700 homeless youth in washington today. half of them haven't finished high school. more than half will go without food at least one day this month. i'll be part of a group that will help could have intent house change the facts. -- 18 to 24-year-olds are able to take ged and job t classes. there is mental health care and a pantry for young people that might otherwise go hungry. >> when they come here, they don't have family. they're disconnected from family. disconnected from school. disconnected from church. we come and fill the space. we become their family. >> 100 local business and education leaders, politicians and celebrities will sleep outside in solidarity with homeless youth.

awareness about youth homelessness. it starts at 6:00 p.m. on freedom plaza tonight. so we expect a pretty big crowd for the sleep out event later. we'll be there through the night and i'll be on-air tomorrow morning after sleeping out. >> i can't wait to hear about your experience. >> i'm a little nervous to be honest with you. it will be obviously an experience i've never had before but i think one that is worthwhile for these kids, these young people. >> good for you for doing it. it is a story that you will want to see before you hit the road this morning. the booster seat ratings just in overnight. >> it is a national anthem fail but not one where the singer forgot the words much how the crowd at the caps game came through for the win. >> one week from today, you'll be getting ready and preparing a thanksgiving meal. >> we're working for you in the community to provide food baskets for those in need. we need as many donations as we can get. drop them off at this sunday's redskins game with storm team4

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often knows more about it than the man trying to explain. >> was that in the script? >> union in sweden says members can talk about mansplaini in fg. more than a dozen experts liquor answer those phone calls. are you calling right now? >> listen. >> there is a time change in sweden. >> she knows so much more, i can't handle it. i can't win the arguments. can i get >> what did you say? i'm just a squirrel. >> just a squirrel trying to get his nut. we've been talking about division in this country especially following the election. it was a divisive campaign season. >> last night at the verizon center, we saw a great show of unity. ? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air ??

apparently in the middle of the national anthem before the capitals game. the singer carried on. the crowd joined in and helped him out. everybody on their feet singing the star spangled banner. >> the caps went on to beat the pittsburgh pirates 7-1 so a good night by all. go caps. >> go caleb! 6:26 now. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic. a big change for a northern virginia road. s >> a 60-year-old woman attacked by a bear in a driveway in fredrick county. i'm megan mcgrath. a live report, coming up. >> and we have a warm up on the way but big changes are in

commuter trouble, part of a major route into work, just reopened. we have the impact on your commute. >> safety surge.

dealing with delays even longer. >> new arrests in bb gun attacks. the university of maryland just benched a couple of football players. chopper 4 is over the scene right now. workers just cleared the scene on georgetown pike where a pole shut down part of the roadway. you can see traffic there, though. >> it is a problem we've been following for drivers in northern virginia. >> keep up with melissa on first 4 traffic tweeting about this all morning. >> we have. we've been talking about this all morning. this started as a big problem for the entire morning with v-dot tweeting as well. we have just reopened. this is great news. we were seeing the back-ups. chopper 4 over the georgetown pike here as we just said, it is now open. georgetown pike open, was shut down between nicholas run drive and springvale road taking time to show you that.

inner loop at kenilworth avenue. crash in the left lane. beautiful weather comes back into fashion today. a mostly clear sky out there. a little bit of fog over washington no reduced visibility across the city. there are pockets of light fog. keep your low beams on and speeds down just a bit. 4 things to know about the weather. let's try this begin. yesterday was supposed to be today, sunny and nice. we're going for it. sun today and near 70 coming up for tomorrow. a cold blast arrives here on saturday night. i'll show you how low the temperatures will go with the ten day forecast coming up. there is a chance of dealing with rain drops here on turkey day itself. the whole outlook for the holiday travel is coming up in a few. see you then. >> chuck, thank you. right now it is 6:31. from the emotional appearance of hillary clinton to donald trump's transition moves, we

eun? >> here is a look at what we're following right now, trump transition, the new name that rises to the top for secretary of state. hillary clinton's return it was an emotional night for her in d.c. president obama is waking up in germany today, but first, a new controversy over metro's safetrack. >> the metro board is meeting today. it is execed to discuss a new scathing report from the federal transit administration. the agency says metro does not have a clear plan on how to finish the work could cost more than $100 million and wouldn't be done until next summer. >> you can expect a lot of activity at trump tower today. the president-elect is expected to meet with several people, including south carolina governor nikki haley who is being considered for secretary of state. >> president obama is in germany right now, last night he had dinner with german chancellor angela merkel. it is the final trip a board while in office.

conceding the election. she was being honored by the children's defense fund in washington. she told supporters to never give up. senator breaking news wants president-elect trump to rescind his appointment of stephen bannon. a former breitbart news executive has been labeled as >> the superintendent wants the protests over president-elect trump to stop. >> two football players have been suspended indefinitely. they're charged with shooting three students with air soft bb guns on campus. lorenzo harrison and dj turner have been charged with second degree assault. earlier this month, three students reported they were shot by a bb gun while walking on

a group gathered for a rally in honor of philando castile. officergeron mo yanez was charged with mans in castile's death. they gathered in minnesota. castile's death sparked a wave of protests over the summer. many hoping the case could set we're learning more about the man at the controls of a commuter train that crashed. thomas gallagher's lawyers say that he was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. gallagher's train slammed into the hoboken terminal. he was the engineer. he received the diagnosis after the crash, not before it. the government official says the ntsb is looking into that as a part of the investigation. developing right now, a

for us in fredrick county with the latest on the search for this bear. megan? >> reporter: well, a very frightening situation. a woman in the driveway with her dogs, attacked by a bear last night. take a look at the map here. it happened on iron gate lane off of spookztown road not far from middle town. folks with the department of natural resources are on the scene this morning. a rural area. take a look at the video we shot a little while ago. dnr, they're tracking a mother bear that is in the area. now, she is wearing an electronic collar part of a dnr program. she was actually tagged about a year ago, and she has three cubs, we're told, and they believe that that may be the bear responsible for this attack. now, 63-year-old karen osborne was in the driveway of a home on iron gate lane when it appears she inadvertently got between

now, she is going to be okay. she is being treated for puncture wounds, a broken arm and cut to the head. the bear stopped attacking when she dropped to the ground and curled up. experts say it was a chance encounter between the woman and the bear that had tragic sequences. what she ran into was wrong place at the wrong time. this was not a bear laying in wait for a human being. >> now continues. i'm told that dnr protocol is to euthanize a bear that attacks a human being and the folks with dnr here on the scene here this morning, they tell me that they believe this is the first bear attack on record in maryland. back to you in the studio. >> all right, megan. thank you. hillary clinton's heartfelt return. what she wants her supporters to

>> and several problems right now on the beltway.

breaking news in first 4 traffic. continuing in a different spot. chopper 4 over the scene of this problem. take a look. this is the inner loop at 50. arlington boulevard. you have the left side of the roadway blocked and the express lanes, all of the express is other problems on the beltway, beltway here at van dorn street. crash on the left lane. that should be getting out of the way. we hope, quite soon. 66 inbound looking normal. same thing, 95 north, quantico to the beltway. 270 looks okay and so does the top of the beltway. 95 to 270. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. chuck bell, have you had more of

>> i'm freaking out over here. >> she is a one armed operation over here. quieter weather for everyone stuck in the traffic this morning. the sun will be up shortly. it will turn into a brighter morning. 41 in prince william. 35 in manassas. 46 in leesburg. that is a warmer spot. look at the clear sky. medium jacket. sunglasses coming our way later today. temperatures should rise from 30s mid-60s today. you guys have a plus weather today but a big cool down comes this weekend. that comes with the forecast at 6:51. a slam dunk of a donation, new information just in about the generous gift lebron james is giving to a d.c. land mark. >> a tuberculosis scare at a local high school.

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traffic. chopper 4 over the scene here. inner loop before 50 in the main lanes. you can see the left side of the roadway is blocked causing quite a delay. express lanes are stuck. this is one of the three problems on the beltway. we have a problem on 270. another on 66 coming up. >> we're following breaking news in great falls virginia now. georgetown pike is back open after being shut down for hours because of a pole down in the

>> let's get more information on how the pole came down with molette green in great falls. molette, good morning. >> reporter: i'm standing on -- at busy georgetown pike. take a look. crews worked throughout the night and 15 minutes ago, they got this roadway cleared. we saw several utility vehicles dominion, virginia power, one told me they had to do a complete fix in this area when a car crashed and snapped a utility pole in half. the major repair had to happen in order to get it all done and when it was happening, it blocked this stretch from springvale road down to nicholas drive. everything is all clear. everything is flowing along as it should be this hour of

it is 6:46 right now. to a developing story on metro, a new scathing report from the federal transit administration. >> the report looks at serious problems on the tracks that that need to be fixed now and the problems with the program that is in place to fix them, safetrack. let's start with safetrack here. the report predicts the total cost of the project will be $118 million. general manager paul wiedefeld million. it could also take until the summer of 2018. crews will work 12 hour workdays, six days a week and no plans to finish work not done during at lotted time. this is according to this report. loose or missing fasteners, water issues and tunnels with no light are among the issues.

nikki haley today. she is rumored for secretary of state. there are rumors michael flynn will be considered for national security advisor and trump primary rival ted cruz for attorney general. >> mike pence will head to capitol hill for a busy day of meetings. he will attend to and speak to the house of republican conference this morning and speaker paul ryan and democratic leaders of of the house and senate. >> hillary clinton had a message for her supporters last night. never give up. she made the remarks at the event for the children's defense fund here in washington. she reflected on her campaign. >> i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. more than i can ever express. but as i said last week, our

>> aides say clinton's appearance was planned long before last week's election loss. >> president obama is meeting with several european leaders over the next few days. he is on his final trip abroad while in office. look at the high security outside of the hotel where he is staying right now. in a few hours, the president will sit down with german chancellor anga merkel. he meets with leader from france, spain, italy and the county maryland are working to find out if more people could be at risk for tuberculosis. a person at la plata high school has been diagnosed with the illness. they did not specify whether it is a staff member or a student. those with prolonged exposure to that person will get a letter. this will make any parents heart stop.

brother as head falls off a changing table. the mother turned her back to deal with another child. he fell off the edge of the table. the brother caught him just in time. the baby is okay and the mom gave her older son a big hug. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. lebron james is donating two and a half million dollars to support an exhibit at the new smithsonian museum of african-american h that money will go towards specifically the muhammad ali exhibit that spans two portions. so the money is coming from the cleveland cavalier star, his foundation, and his business partner maverick carter. king james made the announcement in an exclusive interview with usa today sports. he called the cornerstone of him as an athlete because of of what he represented both inside the ring and out. at the live desk, i'm ericag

the weather with our weather man. >> it is a great, clear sky out there this morning. sunshine is on tap for today. mild weather. >> you're being hard on yourself today. >> you think snoe. >> i don't think so. >> i sat in the rain yesterday. >> couldn't be much harder. >> people are cruel. you would be shocked. but we have a clear sky out there now. we'll keep it clear all day today and for tomorrow as well. northwesterly wind at 10 miles an hour. i think the competing efforts, the northwest wind trying to keep us cool. i think the sunshine wins today. upper 50s in northern maryland through the panhandle of west virginia. to low, perhaps mid-60s in and around town today. a lot of changes coming in the forecast as we head into the weekend. not changes in the forecast but changes in the weather. have the nbc washington app downloaded. find me on facebook at

updates of the forecast. here is the change. denver went from 80 yesterday. the highest temperature on record in the entire month of november. the snow going down in denver later on today. that big change arrives here on saturday. we won't go from 80 to the snow but we'll go from 70s tomorrow over to 60s on saturday. here is saturday afternoon. there is the change right there. 6:00 saturday night, a little ribbon of through here to interfere with your saturday late afternoon and saturday evening plans. look at that. snow flakes, morgan town, mountains of west virginia. snow showers likely saturday night into sunday. it will stay west of the west virginia border but nonetheless, a cold, cold wind will be notifying here as we get towards saturday night, sunday, and monday. so today, in the 60s, tomorrow, upper 60s to low 70s around the area. it will be a nice one. redskins game sunday night.

kammerer and myself. we'll be at gate h to collect canned goods and dry goods for our food for friends. that is sunday at gate h. come out and say hello. the redskins and the packers game will be a chilly one for sure. here is your ten day forecast. nice today and tomorrow. breezy, showers on saturday, windy and cold on sunday and monday. quiet weather for the big travel day on wednesday. but maybe a shower on thanksgiving. breaking news c 270 southbound at montgomery village avenue. a crash that didn't seem to be such a big deal causing a five mile back up. southbound just after montgomery village. chopper 4 over the inner loop before 50. that is looking better. still have the delay. the express lanes are just reopened and main lanes are okay as well. still a little slow there. inner loop before 50. inner loop before van dorn street. still crash blocking the right lane this morning.

any big delays. that is good there. inbound 11 street bridge at m street. crash there in the right lane. northbound 301 before the 5 split there, crash in the right lane this morning. looking at 66 and 95, no big problems there. northbound 1, a crash in the left lane this morning. westbound 70 at 27, left lane gets by there. taking a look at metro, silver line to wiehle-reston east. take a breath, melissa. the search continue bear responsible for a brutal attack on a fredrick county maryland woman. >> megan mcgrath is live for us where this happened. what is going on? >> reporter: they are still looking for the bear that is responsible for this attack. the victim, a 63-year-old woman was just in the driveway with her dogs when she was attacked by this bear last night. take a look at the map here. this happened in fredrick, not far from middletown on iron gate

here in the area. it is a rural area. a heavily wooded area. folks with the department of natural resources, they're on the scene. actively tracking a mother bear known to them. this is a bear that they actually put a collar on about a year ago. she has three cubs. she is in the area, and they believe that this may be the bear that is responsible for this attack. they have some electronic equipment. they're actively tacking her at this point. the hospital, she has puncture wounds, broken arm, a cut to her head. we're told she is expected to be okay. she just has to be treated for injuries but certainly a very, very scary experience. it is our understanding the pro capitol, the bear will be put down. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. all week long, we're getting you ready to start your holiday

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your time is 6:56. here are 4 things to know before you head out the door this morning. closing arguments begin in the trial against a prince george's county man accused of killing a 3-year-old girl. davon wallace is charged with the murder of khnijah bibb. >> the metro board is expected to address a scathing report. the unfinished safetrack work could cost more than $100 million and wouldn't be done until next summer. president-elect donald trump has a day full of meetingst he is expected to meet with nikki haley, expected to be considered for secretary of state. georgetown pike is reopened after a pole down was in the road. chopper 4 was over the scene when the road reopened at 6:30. >> this is a major issue. 270 southbound, jam after montgomery village after approaching 117. a five mile back up from a crash that really didn't seem to be

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choices. sources tell nbc news retired lieutenant general mike flynn is at the top of the list to be donald trump's national security advisor, while the president- elect gets set to meet with south carolina governor nikki haley today. giuliani, as hlary clinton speaks out publicly for the first time since conceding the election. >> there have been a few times this past week when all i wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. >> this morning, what she's saying about where she goes from here. deadly blast. a gas explosion rocks an illinois town overnight.