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. >> some showers out there to knock the salt off your car. >> it's a free car wash. >> always a positive spin. >> looking for showers. possibly some thunder and lightning. how did they get that song on so quickly? there are now planning car wash. but professed. showers are likely today. decreasing clouds later today. 47 at the lakefront. waukegan at 36. 42 in joliet. later today temperatures will fall you'll need your heavy coat as the temperatures fall back into the '30's after the front moves through. the rain covering the entire viewing area. no plunder or lightning. slight chance this morning. we have a temperature in the low '40's by noon. we will be down to 39 by 530. as many people check out of work we're back into the 30s. partly cloudy skies thursday. friday we make 55 degrees. >> throw to looking good. no delays. everything on schedule. a few construction projects we will continue to see these for the next few weeks as we are in t

and i'm erin mcelroy. happy st. patrick's day. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> nothing like coming off vacation back to st. patrick's day in chicago. >> at least she remember to wear green. >> if i didn't we all be in trouble. >> for anybody who maybe has the same flu we all caught on saturday that today is the real say patrick's day. nice conditions. it will be as warm as two years ago when we hit 80 degrees. but we will make an 35. 21 degrees right now at the lakefront. 17 at o'hare. 19 in waukegan. bartlett is down to 11. here are the wind chills character degrees for valparaiso. temperatures are cool but we to warm up. yesterday's highs were in the low 20s. today we believe that in the 30's. expect sunshine for st. patrick's day. we will reach 33 by 5:00 p.m.. at 7:00 a.m. it will be 28. 51 degrees out the high today. partly sunny. rain changes over to snow. light flurries into wednesday. blow down to 34. >> much of it has melted.

and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. it's not only friendly, we have a good weekend coming up? >> sunday we get warmer. today we are still in the '50s. but it will get better. did we say it's friday? let's take a look at our day. cooler conditions today as a cold front comes through. we have potential for rain and snow. no big issue. temperatures will be cooler along the lake gusting up to nearly 30. wind is already sustained at 20. 43 in waukegan. 46 of the lakefront. 20 m.p.h. in bartlett. 24 in rockford. there is a disturbance moving through bringing as rain as a potential for lights know as well but it will be short- lived. the rest of the region and cold front out to the south expected a call weekend. a monster east coast storm down to the south. it should dominate our moisture. temperatures will warm up. 48 degrees today. tomorrows high temperature is 45. sunday is what i'm talking about. high temperature of 60. >> a few items to start with inbound dan ryan b

and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. with a check of our weather. memo what a difference a day makes. >> you are smiling and you are here. >> back is ok not to much shoveling. we're starting off today clear and cold but no snow. we don't expect much for the next several days but it is chilly to start. the snow is gone but the cold is here. it will be breezy today. right now the wind is calm. nine in bartlett. 15 at the plate. normally we are in the mid 20's so we are well below average. the wind chill is matching the air temperature reading now. it feels like 3 degrees in kenosha. a few clouds to the south. no major storms of any type will affect us for the next few days. we will have a warm-up after today. today we settle for highs in the mid to upper '30's. for a mix of clouds and son today. 38 tonight. close to 50 tomorrow. we will be dry through the weekend into most of monday. more details on that in a bit. >> if you are smiling and i am smiling. today looks better on the roads. nice and clear. no major issues. trav

and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. whether it is the big story. there are some schools closed and a lot of schools opening late today because of the snow. they are scrolling at the bottom of your screen. the complete list is on our website .... wgn tv dot com slash closings. tim mcgill is in for demetrius with a check of our weather. >> a sloppy start foreshore. heavy wet snow is falling as much as 4 in. in some areas. the winter storm warning continues until 10:00 a.m.. winter weather advisories until 7:00 p.m.. winter storm warnings until 4:00 in some areas. temperatures are freezing the will drop to about 20 this afternoon. wind chill in the teens and 20s but visibility is reduced as the snow is falling heavy south of the city. snowfall coming down pretty good right now especially from the city to the south along 80 that's where we will see the have the band's setting up. we will soon in to enhance and you can see the darker shade of blue just south of city do

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. >> you guys are ready for the day. we are all back to work. ready to play ball. warmer temperatures today. we will cool down into tomorrow. but still yesterday we were at 57. today we will top that in some areas. time to play ball and we have temperatures in the low 60s tiered we think we will get the game in today without the rain. you can expect to see some showers of moving through. and what week is coming. it's 47 at the lakefront. five degrees cooler in bartlett. aurora at 42. sunlight composite shows we are dry. low pressure system out to the west moves a cold front in changing things in a big way. basically today we warm-up but that's it. with a 20 percent chance of rain at around 5:00 a.m.. tamara's high temperature is only 50. i just said only 50. two weeks ago it would pay for this. wednesday is probably a washout at 43 degrees. >> looking a traffic. big story is the blue line is back to normal after monday's derailment. big news f

good morning, i'm erin mcelroy. big developments overnight. officials in australia may may have a lead in the search of the missing malaysian flight. a toddler is found dead in the south suburban home. we will have a live update on the investigation. and where you can buy land in chicago for just a dollar. dan joins me at the top of the hour. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. he is doing the spring dance. >> i want to hear about that land for $1. rent is pretty high in this town. >> bring some sunshine and we can talk about it. >> spring begins in a few hours. just before noon. temperatures will be feeling like spring. we cooled down into the weekend. right now we have readings of 27. south elgin is at 27. glen ellen in the upper 20s. the elementary school is reading at 33. radar shows more snow coming through moving toward rockford. not much. we are expecting some light snow but that's it. temperatures will jump up a bit. typical high is 48. we will come close. tomorrow we are up to 66 degrees. after frida

and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. we were talking about the fact that it feels like it should be friday but it's only thursday. one great thing is that the error does feel a bit warmer. there was less of the bite out side. >> things are changing. a reader will look like this. but this paper. this means rain. let's take a look. hint of spring. showers are likely. even potentially a thunderstorm. early today we have potential for some sleep. it could make things like. the good news is temperatures are well above freezing. 30 degrees is winning this winter. that's a warm temperature for us. bartlett is coming in at 35. here is that rain coming in from the south. it basically covers the entire viewing area. light showers this morning. in many to use your wipers. later today we have the potential for some heavier rain and even potential for a thunderstorm. not a widespread stormy day but a few rumblings of plunder. either way, rain is in the forecast all day. 49 degr

and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius will have your forecast in a couple of minutes, but we start with breaking news ... several people were injured overnight when a c-t-a blue line train derailed at o'hare airport. tonya francisco is *live at the scene with more. >> we are here at the lower level right next to the hilton o'hare where at 3:00 a blue line train was coming into the o'hares stop. the last stop on the line apparently not able to stop it kept going and crashed into a platform. according to witnesses, the train went up the escalator. no word on if anyone was standing on the escalator. at least 30 people have been injured. we've seen several taken from the scene on structures. many of them are able to walk. a lot are able to talk but a lot of them are in shock saying that it is utterly devastating what happened to them early this morning. still try to figure it all out. we are hearing from passengers that maybe the conductor or the driver of the train may have been in some kind of medical distress whi

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. >> today is a keeper. temperatures have been up and down. this is as good as it's going to get. we keep on wintering after today. we will see high temperatures in the low 50s. then comes the rain and more snow in time for wednesday. the warm-up will be here for a very short time. today we have a high of 50. parisi gusting up to 30 mi.. it's currently 30 in waukegan. 29 at o'hare. 33 at the lakefront. satellite's radar composite shows no rain at this hour. it will move in later tonight and it will begin to change over to a light rain. it's a league he said season hit of snow. wind out of the south east 10-15. 45 degrees by noon. 5:00 p.m. we are at 49. then we have all the wet stuff at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning we have the chance of showers which could mix with snow and we do have potential for thunder and lightning tonight. 33 for the overnight low. thursday we're back up again. mostly sunny high temperature of 45. >> things are looking goo

and i'm erin mcelroy. we are all blue today except for demetrius. i guess you are a bit in the blue family. >> you are royal i am more navy. >> how's the weather? >> it's looking good. people are trying to adjust their tv sets so we are remiss in color. the weather is looking good so far. we are only 10 degrees right now so it is cold but we will warm up a bit. i don't know about you, but it's a bit tough to get used to these temperatures. sometimes we reach the '40's and in most cases this week we are only in the upper 20s. but we will warm up today. right now we have readings of 20 degrees. satellite radar composite shows we are dry. for the day, 38 is our temperature by 5:00. that might fill nice with the sunshine. by 9:00 p.m. we're back down to 34. to our morning rain will be in the region. this weekend is probably a washout. >> keep in mind we still have shuttle buses to the tail end of the blue line. you'll have to get off that train and then take the shuttle to the airports all because of the work on those trucks. that's from the derailment

i'm erin mcelroy. dan joins me next hour. thanks for watching the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. we made it through the first day of spring in use today is the keeper? >> today we are just feeling the love. i do want to say right now, ohio state lost. seven people in the studio have 40 said this to me. >> is that why you wore a pink tie? you gave up on your colors? >> compassion. we should boycott the rest of the tournament. >> listen to you, you're not doing sports you are on the weather! >> partial sunshine today. high near 60. evening showers with precipitation are possible. today, we are speeding through the mid 30's. it's 36 degrees at the lakefront. 35 at midway. 30 in union. satellite's radar composite shows like sprinkles. not too much. we will move to sunshine. in nice day but the next system is coming. a cold front arrives tonight bringing us rain. it's probably the shortest warmup in the history of chicago. today we hit 60. the would drop all the way down to the twenties into the morning. enjoy today. >> does not a warm-up, t

erin mcelroy organizes for the san francisco tenants union, which put together this rally to halt evictionsh she claims have increased 175% in the last year. >> the real issue is gentrification and the systemic displacement of longtime residents in san francisco, and what's happening is the people are being displaced by a particular political economy that's benefiting from the money that tech is bringing into the city. >> reporter: mcelroy says that landlords have found a way around city-enacted rent control, using a state law that makes it too easy for landlords to evict low-paying tenants from their apartments. that, she says, is what is happening to roommates tom rapp and patricia kerman, who are being forced out of their rent- controlled three-bedroom apartment in an old mission district building, where their rent is less than a thousand dollars a month. >> what's really happening is that long term residents are being thrown out on the street, like garbage. and it's not just me. people who have lived here two, three, four generations. because they didn't have the money to buy property,