but the scene on lake shore drive and in nearby lake michigan beach front today was very different. sun worshippers enjoyed temperatures in the mid-80s, but any time it gets this warm this early in the midwest, that usually signals the potential for severe weather. >> the front is going to be moving very fast from west to east, so not only are these tornadoes going to be powerful, but they're going to be moving very rapidly. >> reporter: that means come monday morning, there could be more towns like mapleton, iowa, which bear witness to nature's power. cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> mitchell: meanwhile new york north dakota, are -- residents are dealing with their third major flood in as many years. rachel slavik has more. >> reporter: good evening, russ. the river crested overnight two feet shy of the record set in 2009. but just outside of town, water is overtaking entire neighborhoods. for those who live in the red river valley, the flood fight is becoming a springtime tradition. >> it's no fun, but it's really nice living out here when you don't have this. >> reporter: bu

you want to begin to have a chicago tea party in july i mean kapilow so i want to show up the lake michigan out of the start. testifying to the cross roots nature of the uprising the vast majority of tea partiers a middle class americans with little or no experience in political organizing i'm just i'm on that was tired of seeing what was going on in my country and i decided to do something about it. the day after rick say in telling he had his way and there were about twenty thousand people that got together on a conference call and we decided to have around the tea parties one week from that day we have fifty tea parties with thirty thousand people in attendance. to talk is something brewing if we have on april fifteenth eight hundred fifty plus tea parties across this country with one point two million people and it's in. but if the tea parties began as a bipartisan not prizing against government waste they quickly morphed into an all out attack on president obama and his entire policy agenda. not charenton problem doctor not a promise to write our own making our crying transparent crock

a flock of gulls flew over from nearby lake michigan in the third inning and they had no plans to leave. they were dive-bombing and circling the field. they even rattled the cubs' center fielder, making the game-ending catch. oddly enough, his name, marlon byrd. >>> up next here tonight, back to basics at a place that makes what's old new again. >>> if you watch us even a few nights a week, you know the world is changing quickly, and some places the violence has been unrelenting. so perhaps it's no wonder that something simple like nostalgia is making a big comeback these days. anything to get us out of today and transport us to another time. nbc's anne thompson tonight looks at one store that's making a lot of americans very happy by taking them back to basics. >> reporter: tradition marks vermont's landscape. people take pride that life moves a little slower here. trendy is taboo. what's time-tested is treasured. no place more than at the vermont country store. a centuries-old tradition. and the orton family business for 55 years. >> my grandfather was a wonderful marketer. and he rea

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the deepest part of lake michigan, our port, is in milwaukee, wisconsin. we have lots of parcels of land available for trucking and storage. our governor, our very popular governor, scott walker, who just turned down $810 million for high speed rail, now wants $150 million to improve the one through chicago and milwaukee. we're only 90 miles from o'hare which is overcrowded and so i think the aerotropolis concept could improve the profitability of that airport. i would reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. mica: i rise in opposition and claim time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mica: while i do rise in opposition to the amendment, i do want to first of all thank the gentlelady from wisconsin for bringing this amendment forward. our committee did have an amendment which we included a provision for the gentleman from tennessee who she's been working with, mr. cohen. i think they have an excellent proposal for lookin

the president attends three fundraisers in chicago today, the son of the navy pier among lake michigan shoreline. you are watching c-span 2. >> we also owe my chief of staff to other units debt of gratitude [cheers and applause] for taking a city that i was always a great american city and turning it into a great world city, healing some of the divisions in the city what we are grateful for richard daley. give it up for richard daley. [cheers and applause] but i can tell you that i like to tease rham. i joke about him. this is one of the guide who stepped into one of the toughest jobs in washington said by my side every step of the way and i've seen how he performs under pressure and seen the kind of commitment he has to the american people. you guys made a good choice. he is going to be a great mayor and i'm proud to call rham emanuel my friend. [cheers and applause] i looked around the room and just see if friends everywhere, people i've known for a long, long time. [cheers and applause] it's good to be home. [cheers and applause] feels good to be home. this is the city where i fell

now strong thunderstorms moving across the upper midwest and the great lakes this morning over portions of wisconsin and michigan but it gets worse this afternoon. the strong risk of severe storms and tornadoes from chicago into wisconsin today. be on the lookout and a mixture >>> and we're going to see a few extra clouds as we head through sunday. right now, low clouds and probably a little bit of drizzle in a few spots. off to the west, more clouds. that system will weaken by the time it reaches the bay area, but it willnd toss more clouds r way today. highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow for the north bay, a chance of a few showers, cool and breezy start to the week. and we warm up nicely, highs closer to 70 by friday. >>> now here is jenna. >>> and now to the royal wedding just 19 days away and we have surprising new details about who will be in attendance. live in london we have the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. deciding who to innovate and who not to invite to your wedding can be, let's say, a little bit tricky. when it's a royal wedding, you can imagine the diplomatic issu

lake mead just outside of las vegas. that's where they will tie the knot on september 24th. the fiances on foot join us from michiganyou have your packs ready to go. i'm sure plenty of people are sitting at home going, why in the world did you decide you need to walk 2,200 miles just to go get married. laura, what's the real story here? >> oh. hmm. joe usually answers this one. >> all right, joseph you answer that one. >> the original idea came from a friend who he was living in texas, and he was going to iraq for a couple tours, and i thought of like a way to, you know, help him out. he wasn't feeling really well and needed some friends, you know, to talk to, to make him feel better and i decided maybe i should walk to see him. maybe that would change his mind, make him feel better. >> just by simply walking. >> yeah, i don't know. that popped in my mind. and then after that, i told laura about it and she thought that was a cool idea. but he had moved back to deer born by the time we had actually decided to walk. so we just decided to visit some friends in l.a. and along the way i wanted to get married. so i decide

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michigan's best. showers and cold. 48 degrees and we've got activity making its way across the central plains into the central great lakesther foot of snow or so in the cascades tonight in the sierra. high surf advisories along the central southern california coast. snowshowers northern new england. beautiful weather throughout the southeast on into texas. west texas going to see places over 100 degrees today. >>> good morning to you. it is going to be a pretty nice day today. we are starting out cool. you will need a jacket on the peninsula. it has been mild the past couple days, we've been paking in the 50s. this morning the 40s are back. we end up in the upper 60s where we should be this time of year, places like san jose, temperatures up to 69 degrees. that's actually the average for this date. temperatures through tomorrow, 56, and for the giants home opener looking good. >>> and that's your latest weather, meredith? >> al, thank you very much. coming up, the tragic coincidence for a family with an 18-month-old daughter. how they are fighting back. color color...don't go away. [ female announcer ] new aveeno living