there are no vacancies in eastern wisconsin. in western wisconsin, one person took office as a district judge, and another judge simultaneously took senior status and continues to hear a full caseload. judge connolly immediately became active as chief judge because there is no other judge in the district. the acting title will vanish in one year. the statue requires a one year of service to be a chief judge. as far as i can tell, there is no difference whatsoever between and acting chief judge and any other judge, but there is. the nomination has been reported to the senate floor for a vote. though i have mentioned several times people who have taken senior status this last year, there are an awful lot more senior judges on the circuit. we expect our active judges to work hard, and did they do. but we have no right to expect the same level of service from our senior judges. six continue to provide continued help. 27 are hard at work, without which these vacancies would be much harder than they are. bankruptcy judges are helping t

even one tornado report in eastern wisconsin. more across new england. so here we are in radar. there is that weather front for -- akron, ohio. severe thunderstorm watch is in effect. we might see some isolated strong storms around here on friday. so clear skies to start the day tomorrow. then we will get a few clouds. mostly sunny to partly sunny. the next two days. where -- there is an isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow and a better chance friday with the secondary weather front coming in. possible risk of severe weather, ohio to pennsylvania. the forecast for the evening. clear and comfortable. we will drop from 78 to 70 degrees. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, mostly clear. not as cool. sun up at 6:05. high temperature like today, nosing just past the 80-degree mark. look at the weekend, wendy and jim. breezy with a high of 75. 66 on sunday. very nice because we have taken the rain out of saturday. sunshine for mom but chilly starting in the 40s with a high of only 66. back to april. >> all right. thanks, veronica. >>> still ahead, teaming up on dri

david obey of wisconsin will announce his retirement at 1:00 eastern.ey is a democrat from that state. here's why he's certainly important. he chairs the powerful house appropriations committee. the national republican congressional committee already out with a response. basically, here it is. there's no question david obey was facing the race of his life. that's why the architect of president obama's failed stimulus plan has decided to call it quits. we'll watch for the congressman announcement and keep you covered. >>> we have you covered from the east coast to west coast. federal authorities are working with police far and wide for a puzzling case. they're investigating in ohio, idaho and oregon the case of a john doe. a decades old id theft and thursdayed baby boy. police are trying to figure out his true identity. he's been calling himself jason robert evans for more than a decade. the real jason evans is a 3-year-old boy who was kidnapped and murdered in cincinnati in 1982. police say this john doe used a stolen id and got a job with the oregon li

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system moving out of minnesota, and wisconsin, that will drape across the mid-atlantic as we get toward friday sat and day. that's the next chance for changes. 81 on the easternhore, with sunshine tomorrow. 81 across the central portion of the state w more sunshine. kind of like what we saw today. in the western edge of the state. temperatures right at 81. and that sunshine. tonight clear skies. 66 degrees. mild night. tomorrow plenty of sunshine downtown. pleasant day. and looking at the five-day forecast. 84 with a slight chance of a stray shower, with the front pushing through. 82 on friday. and then the chance for showers, and thunderstorms possibly on saturday. by saturday night, i think, the activity should get out of here. there is mother's day and moms ought to like it. cooler, with upper 60s and sunshine. back to you guys. >> a story to teach what you not to do at a professional baseball game. >> what better teacher than a philadelphia sports fan. philly fan stormed the field at the game and was tasered. look at this "youtube" video 17-year-old ran onto the field. and was out running security for quite some time. and then a guard zapped him immediate