winter storm warning in effect for lockport county until the afternoon. snow tapers off and ending in rockford. to the west you are out of the woods but looks like the snowfall amounts will vary from 2-3 in.. three-6 in. for cook county. heavier amounts south of the city in burbank all the way down to morris. temperatures will fall down to 20. the heaviest snow will taper off pretty rapidly. >> stay with us all morning for the latest developments. you can also log onto our website at *wgn t-v dot-com ... or download our free weather app, for your smartphone and tablet. coming up ... the latest on the search for a missing malaysian flight that vanished from radar. and -- a jury took two hours to reach a verdict in the murder trial of allan kustok. plus -- a massive fire destroys a high-rise construction site in san francisco. we'll have the latest. and -- a north side couple asks for help finding their french bulldogs, missing after a break-in. details, next. 227-million dollar high rise under construction in san francisco. the building collapsed after the

media is reporting the half-dozen remote landing strips were found on the simulator recovered near lockport programs into the simulator are sent to retrieve ships from sri lanka and the. freezing a suggestion that it could be on u.s. territory was dismissed outright. >> some reports say that the missing flight that landed on u.s. aids in the center of the indian ocean. >> i will rule that one out. reporter: a "new york times" report was tried to be downplayed in another possible indicator that the jet was rejected by the pilot or by one or more individuals with flying experience. [inaudible] >> it could be speculation. >> in washington, the homeland security emphasis was with police and authorities that said it is in the lead and it's not altering security in the u.s. >> it requires domestic flights in so far as flights into the united states are concerned. >> more than 2 million square miles, that is the size of an area of australia. one said it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. lou: catherine herridge, doing an outstanding job in the disappearance of flight 370. and stocks postin

. >> timothy mcveigh was born on april 23rd, 1968, in the town of lockport in upstate, new york. by all accounts, he had an ordinary childhood and adolescence. >> we were never told anything that would have gave you warning he was going to do something like this. in fact, as a teenager, he was the young man that people in the neighborhood would choose to baby sit their kids. >> he was a good student. he was bright. above average intelligence. sometimes you look at the history of severe criminal conduct and there's childhood abuse or abandonment and you can see how someone developed into it. nothing striking in mcveigh's background. >> the young mcveigh did have a dark side. while still a teenager, he discovered the turner diaries, a venomously racist novel, lead by white supremacists against a federal government. >> it describes a truck bombing of fbi headquarters in washington, d.c., shortly after 9:00 in the morning sounding very similar to what took place in oklahoma city on april 19th, 1995. >> if timothy mcveigh was looking to make a statement, then he had succeeded in the w

john basile took this young siberian tiger to a bar in downtown lockport. he has a license to own wild animals at his big run wolf ranch, but he's not supposed to take them out in public. so now he's charged with reckless conduct and keeping a dangerous animal. he's due in court in a few weeks. he has apparently come across some cougars in the bar. >> not anymore. >> temperatures of right now 41 at o'hare. these temperatures will fall this afternoon but that's the least of the problems. it's 41 at o'hare. we have made the 30's north and west of the city. 37 up in union. cloud cover will thicken as the go through the days. maybe some peaks of son but rain upstream will get in here later this evening. by six or 7:00 tonight we will have some spotty rainshowers changing over to snow overnight. heavy snow starts falling around 3:00 a.m.. up to 6 in. are possible in some spots. lake effect snow will linger. most of us will grind down during the rush hour but it could linger into the morning hours bring lake effect enhancement. just incredible for march. today, h