nancy loo is *live in lansing with more. >> good morning. police are saying very little about the case. merely confirming that it is a death investigation involving a two year-old girl. the father of a young girl found her unresponsive arunta o'clock yesterday afternoon when he returned to their home at 179 and wildwood. she was pronounced dead at the scene but it's not clear yet how she died. illinois state police have joined lansing police in the investigation which had technicians gathering evidence from the home for much of the day and night all while nearby residents took in the unusual sight in this quiet neighborhood with many young families. >> this is shocking. very shocking. this is a peaceful block. everybody knows each other. i some prize that my neighbors are not out here. it's shocking. , everybody knows everybody. it's a small town. it's sad because if we knew something was happening before we could have tried to do something to help. it's just so sad. >> an autopsy will be performed on the girl later this morning. the whereab

lansing has heavy snow moving through. only two and a half a mile visibility there. you can see that line whips' through the southern viewing area. makes its way through cook county about an hour-and-a-half ago it brought an inch of snow. we continue to see the snow blowing back into the northern counties. we will watch it move through and be gone by 6:00 a.m.. some lighter snow will continue to move through their but we will have to be on the lookout for slightly snow- covered roads this morning. sunshine today. but as the get into tomorrow more clouds come through. good chance for rain for thursday and into friday as temperatures warm up. today's high 28 our low is 14. thursday we had 80 percent chance of rain. let's go sarah for traffic. >> a few spinoffs because of the snow but nothing to avoid. the big story is the cta blue line train not running between rosemont and o'hare because of the derailment that happened yesterday morning. shuttle buses are in place, running every five-six minutes but give yourself extra time. lakeshore drive project on the navy pier fl

lansing is currently at 20. today our temperatures are mid-20s. are high is 26. would melt away some of the snow on thursday and friday. yesterday the north areas had a rough go with lots of crashes on the north and try stage. this morning already on the tristate heading north bound we have a crash that was just cleared. north end of the tri-state we have to watch this morning. expect slick conditions and low visibility. >>erik runge is *live on the roads. >> it's a bit slow out here on the roads. we are on the kennedy near addison and you can see the snow is starting to accumulate on the roads. not quite high with speeds but we're not at a crawl yet. but as the snow continues to fall this will change. this is the third snowiest winter we've had. have not seen any accident yet. we have seen a lot of the plows out on the road to try to get a head start. the good news is that with the temperatures where they are, the salt and some of the chemicals they are putting on the roads should help. but snow just continues to fall here. speeds are a bit slower than normal. l

lansing and 19. crystal lake is 14. mccaffrey reading of 13. satellite's radar composite shows sunshine coming. there is a reason for optimism there. we will see some skies and temperatures jumped up a bit on the computer model forecasts expect to stay dry today and into tonight. but as get into late friday we have the potential for a light rain changing over to snow by saturday. after that temperatures rise again. today, 28 by 5:00. 7 a.m. we're still at 24. the seven days forecast has a high of 30 today. friday we make 40. saturday we only make 31. >> a new crash on the dan ryan. let's look outside around 35 you can see everything is moving just fine. getting word of the crash continuing south bound at 59th. right lane is blocked because of that. travel time is elevated seven minutes heavier outbound on the kennedy all because of construction at cumberland. >> parents at three local high schools are being warned about a social media app that allows people to post hurtful messages anonymously. randi belisomo is *live at new trier high school i

we are at 27 at midway 27 at lansing.eep in mind this is the time of the year when the normal high is 51. we're way below normal. that has been so often the case. >> producing a windchill of 13. across the metro area here are some weather temperatures. it feels like it is in the teens. and dodgers in the upper 20s except at lake geneva. and those areas the code there is running off of a heavier snow pack. we will have a cold high-temperature today at 28 than any of the normal high temperatures that we see in january which is our coldest month. >> >> the 28 degree high compared to the normal high of 50. it is occurring because the steering winds in from canada. it will not be for long. this is some good news. the flow will turn westerly. that will bring a big storm that one just up. problem is there of the wind off until late on friday. this next wind mass sets up another storm. day as the data could produce the warmest temperature so far this season. here's our high pressure. >> the and see the clouds and showers and thun

lansing 45. aurora is 42. look at the wind. it's one of those mornings were you need to hand on the steering wheel. we will have some pretty stiff wind. 12 mi. per hour in waukegan. o'hare read at 16. down to 20 in bartlett's. we do have a fairly stiff wind this morning. the rain continues across portions of the counties. it moves to the south and east. the computer models show the rain making its way back into cook county before the morning is done. as temperatures fall, snow comes through the region. nothing too heavy but there is potential for snow until 9:00. we will have high pressure off and on the sun and clouds but a monster storm is a forming in the ohio valley. we will watch this down to the south and east hear the good news is we will stay dry but big things are happening if you're traveling toward the east coast. anywhere in the ohio river valley or toward the new york city area. be on the lookout. that is a powerful storm. 40 degrees is our high. sunday we make 60. a bit of sunshine there. get your brunch reservati

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sheila lansing reports. big game sunday at the astrodome. all right. yay! yay! i talked with the players. ahmad? yeah. all right. how do you feel about playing in the astrodome? well, sheila, we've worked hard. we've got what it takes to do the job. do i sound like that? our base running's coming along. i'm real positive about the game. we're expecting a real good game. boy, do i sound stupid. hey, hey. i'm next. next i'll talk to right fielder miguel agilar. all right! whoo! what happened? i was next. how do you feel about playing in the astrodome? miguel? this is sheila lansing in downtown houston. all right! yay! all right! good shot. listen, you've stuck me with a bunch of kids in a hotel that say they can't play without you. what do you want to do about that, huh? you going to play or quit or what? don't you think your friends have a right to know? look, i'm sorry i got hot at you. this whole thing's about something else. maybe we should think about that. maybe we should deal with the fact that we're st

. >> 17-year-old emil kraft is one of dozens of students enrolled in the state's program at lansing community college. >> if you look at this, what could be wrong with this system. >> today they're getting a lesson in megatronnics. >> i know there's a demand for these types of career option, being able to program robots. and it drew me in. >> it's that connection that michigan is hoping to achieve. career jump start was modeled after the german education system, which at times taylors learning to market demand. and organizers here believe that what works for the germans will also work here in michigan. right now, michigan's unemployment rate is 7.7%. governor rick snyder said that closing the talent gap is the single most important issue which could bring unemployment down by 1.5%. salaries for these skilled trades jobs can range from 5 to $100,000 a year. for kraft, who was a senior, the opportunities seem endless. >> that's what it has done, it has given me the opportunity to say, well, this is really something that i want to do with the rest of my life. and so far, it's something that i fo

a christmas ice storm devastated east lansing, michigan, and sent a massive tree crashing on to chad's house. repairs? $30,000. >> it will be over three or four months before we get back on track. >> reporter: and that all takes a toll on his young family. what has been the hardest part for you? >> not having any floors with a toddler who wants to put her face on everything. >> reporter: $5.5 billion in damage alone to homes, businesses, agriculture and infrastructure. and cities will battle the scourge of potholes for months, more than 30,000 alone in toledo, ohio, no wonder they're calling it holy toledo. >> we have a plethora of potholes. >> reporter: manndy ger kin's family has been making asphalt for four generations. >> we've never been open this early before. >> reporter: in chicago it snowed again today. after nearly 80 inches of snow this winter in chicago and 23 days below zero, locals feel like they've been digging out forever. >> i think it will stay winter at least for another month. that is what it feels like today. >> reporter: but just to make sure the boys of summer wo

at this moment is 30 and lansing. we have east wind at five. a low dew point indicating the origin.s pretty chilly up there. the sunshine is going to work on the air mass. libertyville at 29. >> it blows in from the pacific. when that happens you are on the cold side of the jet carrie .. you get some storm action. that is where they locate themselves. here's the forecast on sunday. that one could produce some rain changing to snowfall. as you can see next week how the flow parks up to the arctic. that is cold weather pattern for us. here's our firstborn. it comes in tomorrowfirst storm. a high-pressure ridge comes in here on a thursday. it tracks across the area. it is going to be a chilly spring weekend coming up. temperatures continuing below normal. the weather service models and other models are all suggesting below normal temperatures that will continue to dominate. temperatures rebound to above freezing by afternoon. the normal high temperatures 47. the ice has really disappeared out on to the lake. only 75% of lake michigan covered by ice. >> se wind the morning. very windy a

you see what appeared to be russian soldiers guarding his suit and lansing. one hour's drive away. it's a different world this is a village inhabited by crimean taught us. miss here for the first time in crimea. we see a ukrainian flag. the boys in some circles to prayer inscrutable we're ready to protect your house is our cemeteries our culture. we don't want the russians drops. his use of weapons. the protective diligently. the conduct of the board that when we light a fire here at night. this forty of this year we want things to stay peaceful the goal here are afraid of it no one goes outdoors and a nice tart as the council one six the prime years population. during world war two the soviet told them all after the breakup of the soviet union. they returned to their homeland now they feel vulnerable again. what did you should not just the right to do this he just made another country ah country. what's going to happen to us. we completely amputated. outrageous. we want all cultures to live together peacefully in crimea that amounted to a sushi is returning at night during the sav

lite light affect snow continues up near lansing. the big storm that is really pounding the east coast will continue to move in that direction. disgraced us it was about 5 in. of snow for us the whole weekend. that was on saturday. taking a look around the region, light snow moves in tonight. while we are dry for much of the day. another chance of snow comes wednesday. the heavy snow is north of chicago. that is generally tuesday night into wednesday. today's high only in the teens. temperatures will decrease today down to 10 degrees tonight. tamara's high as 26. wednesday good chance of snow we had 29. >> eyes and light on the road so far. everything looks fine on the tollways. expressway's are checking in nicely. you won't run into any problems in the downtown area. we will keep you posted throughout the morning. >> coming up, and dominating effort in sports. >> good morning. the academy awards were yesterday. big day on the red carpet. in honor of that i decided to set up a red carpet right here in our studio i surprised all the e

cooled down again as a cold front comes our way. 30 degrees in waukegan. 294 aurora. 29 degrees in lansing. satellite and radar composite shows we have cloud cover out to the west. we will see sunshine today. sunrise comes at 658. that's in about 12 hours. then we expect to see the clouds continue to win out and bring comes our way tonight changing over to snow. 51 degrees is your high today. showers are likely. a thunderstorm is possible tonight down to 38 pyrrhic marwick remix high temperature of 45 degrees on thursday. still ahead, we go behind the scenes to a candy factory with mark this. >> to do have too much candy this morning? a fashion designer found dead in new york apartment. >> courtney love says she has found the missing malaysian plane ... we will look at her evidence. >> ended discovery to help approve the big bang theory is real. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... fashion designer and longtime girlfriend of mick jagger -- l'wren scott has died. she was found dead in her new york apartment yesterday morning, after an apparent suicide. a spokesma

an autopsy confirms that a two- year-old girl from lansing died as the result of child abuse. jahariah patterson was found dead wednesday afternoon at her home on wildwood avenue. the medical examiner's office says her body bore the marks of blunt force injuries. in other words, she was beaten to death. investigators have begun interviewing members of her family. prosecutors say they have video evidence against a man accused of killing his girlfriend's daughter. james harris is charged with the murder of amierah roberson. her funeral is today. an autopsy found she died from blunt force trauma to the head and her body was lit on fire. prosecutors say video shows harris carrying a bag into a wooded area, where the girls remains were found. the house ethics committee confirms, it has opened an investigation into the conduct of congressman luis gutierrez. the congressman's former chief of staff, doug scofield, got a half million dollars in contracts to train the congressman's staff, and help draft new releases. if scofield did any *political work, it would violate congressional et

louisville is not a huge surprise although i think it's interesting that earlier this year he was in east lansingm izzo influence him to make sure he made the selection of michigan state. >> he went with harvard and north dakota state, those were his biggest upsets? >> the harvard pick not a surprise because they won last year when they beat new mexico. north dakota state a trendy pick up in that 12.5 matchup against oklahoma but that's as far as he went with the double-digit seeds which i think most people won't go that far with double-digit seeds. >> you know what that means? most people are not going to win -- well, nobody is going to win warren buffett's billion dollars. andy katz, thank you, my friend. we'll be watching you a lot over the next three weeks. that's it for today's show. chris jansing is next with more on crimea and more on the plane. >> most of the country is looking nice and quiet today except for the western great lakes, the upper plains and midwest, that's where we'll see snow showers, especially through the morning but those will taper off this afternoon with about three to

another constituent, brian, from okemos, called my east lansing office because he was upset that his health plan had been canceled. the replacement plan he was offered by his insurer wasn't affordable. he let us know how upset he was. he then asked what he was supposed to do. we suggested he go to healthcare.gov to see if he could find a more affordable option that would meet his needs. he said he he didn't have a computer so we gave him the 1-800 number to call. he was skeptical, of course, that he would find a good plan and said he expected to have to wait on the phone for hours to talk to somebody. but we encouraged him to give it a try. he called the office back shortly with some good news. he had called the 1-800 number and someone answered right away. they were very friendly and helpful, he said, they helped ryan find a plan that had better coverage than his old plan, and on top of that, it was $60 cheaper per month than his old plan. and he was able to add dental coverage, too. he apologized for his first call and we certainly understand when people get those kinds of notices

your dad is going -- >> i was born in east lansing.ng for, ginger? >> msu all the way. i'm right there with amy. my mom went there. all my friends went there. i'm going to get killed by all of you fans but that's okay. let's talk about a fellow meteorologist in the making. what's your name? >> maison. >> nathan is from tampa and fell in love with weather at age -- >> 3. >> he's on the way to being a meteorologist. brother is here. everybody from tampa. such a great group as we check in this morning on a place that's a little raw. raleigh, north carolina, starting in the mid-30s, fog obviously and some drizzle around and that's how it kind of is in the mid-atlantic and parts of the southeast. and then the rain will move in. everybody for later today, grab an umbrella, okay? you'll need it later. that's just a little warning. that's just a little warning. a live forecast and in the pacific northwest, same deal but cow see some rumbles of thunder with a pretty energetic storm that makes its way in portland today. >> amy. >> all right. gin

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. >>> some beauties from east lansing, michigan, and someone online just said, i'm giving up snow foryes? bianna? >> i think we all give up snow at this point, ginger, thanks. >>> now here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu." in "pop news," john travolta speaking about his very viral oscar night flub introducing idina menzel. >>> and meet "dancing with the stars'" most inspiring new contestant. we'll introduce you to paralympian amy purdy. >>> and oscar red carpet looks for less. how you can score the dresses by top designers. all that and much more coming up here on "good morning america" in times square. keep it here. ♪ keep it here. ♪ >>> "good morning america's morning menu" is brought to you >>> "good morning america's morning menu" is brought to you by centrum silver multivitamins for the most amazing parts of you. ♪ multivitamins for the most multivitamins f you. for the most amazing parts of you. ♪ . say "buh-bye" to the old way with it. run payroll with your finger with it. scan receipts with it. sync this stuff with that stuff and that stuff, with it. maintain

an emergency manager out of bin harbor so he can declare victory as he tries to run to go back to lansingthis year and so we must call for out tom and say that this is not a win for emergency management or for governor rick snyder yeah that wall also isn't in a certain level just saying there's nothing left to sell and there is that that that park i'm assuming that there were other assets that got optioned off to to rich folks that park along the the ocean sure are the same sure there are like michigan which was supposed to be in perpetuity for the city was sold to a golf course wasn't. that's right gene clark park give us the park back if you want to help the city have been are all of that property mange three goals toward st joe that had been earmarked for development that no longer under the control of the citizens have been harper but now it's under the control of a special organization or group there and then let's talk about this transition team the transition team has has members on it that are folks who work for the whirlpool corporation and so basically what you have is the emerg