it is moving through the rockford area. at the front edge it is crossing 39 you can see it move towards winnebago county. not much. watch out for that decrease visibility. it won't release dick. temperatures will climb above freezing. it will be in and out quite quickly. a morning flurry today. partly cloudy conditions. chile. 45 is the high. tonight we have a possible mix redeveloping mostly cloudy skies. race for the overnight low. tamara's high as 56 carries saturday wheat make 40 degrees by the potential of another mix of snow coming. temperatures will fall again this week and even a week moved into the season of spring today, temperatures don't cooperate. iran is doing weather, traffic and bird news. >> land for a dollar. to forget. coming up, the latest developments in the malaysian jet search. and why the white house pastry chef left his job. and patrick kane will be out for weeks after an injury at last night's blackhawks game. and trending this morning, what one there are major newor developments this morning in se

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 basically the exit ramp to the eisenhower has been blocked with ongoing construction. we do have some details there. in elgin we have a hazmat situation with has a exit shutdown. here there are 50 gal. of acid that have been spilled through there. not a lot of details but you will be able to get through there. work on 88 and jane addams but neither are causing many delays. in other news, a serious car accident overnight a blue island. the car crashes into a utility pole. this is just after midnight. two people trapped inside. th

they've dropped the advisory is in to the rockford area. are in effect for cook county all way south to kankakee county. here's how the system is expected to move. here it is right now. see how this noble and develops. here's the set up at 3:00 this afternoon. >> here's the corridor that will see the heaviest snow. >> the night goes on and start developing patches of sleet and rain and even snow fall. there is the set up at 3 in the morning. southern suburbs >> here's our in- house model. here's a weather service model right here. we will keep an eye on this. this could be one of the three bigger snowfalls that we have seen this season. the center is down in missouri. look at the wind field blowing in. it will initially be very wet snow. at that point you might get some blowing and drifting. look how the wind picks up. this is 6:00 this evening. here's a forecast at midnight tonight. 30-40 mi. per hour wind gust. at the moment it is 42 at soldier field. look how the wind is picking up already. these temperatures are down. we still have 48 g

loved him on the rockford files. >> a block. the lede. that's the first sorry. >> [inaudible]. >> that was a two-fer. got both of us. should those who protect avoid getting wrecked? three secret service agents assigned to president obama in amsterdam were sent home and put on administrative leave after a night of heavy boozing. one of the men was reportedly drunk and passed out in a hotel hallway early sunday morning. sound familiar, kennedy? the agents member of an elite unit of the secret service broke rules that prohibit anyone on an official trip drinking alcohol in the 10 hours before the assignment. as part of the team they would have had a classified briefing ahead of obama's arrival on monday. let's go to our white house correspondent live in amsterdam. >> i just don't think this is the time for soccer. actually i don't think anything is a time for soccer. it is a boring sport. >> how dare you? >> many jobs you can get away with drinking or maybe coming to work hung over. the secret service sounds like it is not one of them. >> ke

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 fire burned for several hours. nearby b

so this guy from rockford, illinois, is the champion with almost a perfect score, 280, bowling backwardsspare yet? >> yeah, he got it. >> crazy. he even gets the spare. >> incredible. wow! that's incredible. i will say when i bowl, i always figure if i can get it down the same line every time. i try to do the same thing over and over again. but it never works. >> this works fine for him. try it that way. maybe you'll do better. >> wow. >>> so from there to this really cool video. every time we have these videos of soldiers coming home to surprise their families, we want to show them. they are great and emotional. this is a compilation. this soldier decides to surprise his entire family. starts with dad, then to mom and then sister starts out with dad. you'll be able to see the reaction. >> oh! oh, you look great. >> this meeting is over. over. more important things going on here. >> there you have it. clearly, that meeting was over. then he goes on to surprise his mom, who's a school teacher. she's in the classroom hugging her son. library action there. of course, she's loving this momen

by youth oriented business is located in rockford illinois across from where the naval exchanges to be in this interesting beer after it was shut down by the city for a whole bunch of -- issues by retail thefts dropped by 70%. that is not the reason i'm calling though. i'm involved in a lot of activities which take me to music events. i don't think parents quite understand there are a whole slew of other research chemicals that are being mixed because it's so cheap. we have had ods that were heroin related at music events around the country. it was actually mixed with heroin so what we have happening also is people are dying from other things that stem with heroin. really what it was was mixed with the heroin which could affect someone's heart. so i think we have a huge problem in this country. we have a huge culture where people will use these drugs and we have a huge problem with people selling the drugs to get people addicted to heroin when they don't know that they are addicted to heroin. >> absolutely. in fact the drug enforcement agency that i spoke with reiterated that. he said

youth-oriented business is located in rockford, illinois, right where the needle exchange used to be, in a year after the needle exchange was shut down, my retail dropped i 70%. i am involved in a lot of activities that take my venting to music events, and i do not think parents quite understand that there are other drugs out there, research chemicals that are being mixed with heroin because it is so cheap. that aread od's heroin-related and music events around the country, let's see they were taking ecstasy, or ly.t is called mol what is happening on the front is people are dying from other things mixed in with heroin. it is long as a heroin debt, but what it really was was an inside amine mixed with a depressant, and you can imagine what that would do to someone's heart. what is tested as a drug test only comes back as opioid. we have a huge problem in this country with a culture where people will use these drugs, and a profit incentive for people selling the drugs to get people addicted to heroin when they do not even know they are being addicted to heroin, if you follow what i mea

. >> caller: my youth-oriented business is located in rockford illinois right across from where the needle exchanges to be and it's interesting the year after the needle exchange was shut down by the city for code issues and other things my retail thefts dropped by 70%. the reason i'm calling though, i am involved in a lot of activities which take my business spending to music events. i don't think parents quite understand that there are a whole slew of other drugs out there and research chemicals that are being mixed with heroin because it's so cheap. we had ods that were happening at music events around the country from taking ecstasy or a refined quality of mali mixed with heroin. what we have happening also is people are dying from other things mixed in with heroin. really what it was was amphetamine mixed with a depressant which of course you can imagine what that would do to someone's heart that the drug test only comes up as an opioid. i think we have a huge problem in this country. we have a huge culture where people will use these drugs and we have people selling the drugs to get

they come from places like rockford, illinois, scott city, kansas, they come with no silver spoons. they're grinders. they're hard workers. they're scrappy and they're fighters with big hearts. they reflect our town and the best of america and we love them. god speed to them, go shocks. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. mrs. beatty: as our economy continues to experience high levels of unemployment -- ms. fudge: now is not the time to further decimate vital assistance to those who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. i will not abandon two million americans including 200,000 veterans. we must give them a hand up. yesterday i signed a discharge petition to force action on extending unemployment insurance benefits. a move supported by more than 3/4 of the american people. additionally, nationally, there are three unemployed

youth-oriented business is located in rockford, illinois, right where the needle exchange used to be,n a year after the needle exchange was shut down, my retail dropped i 70%. i am involved in a lot of activities that take my venting to music events, and i do not think parents quite understand that there are other drugs out there, research chemicals that are being mixed with heroin because it is so cheap. that aread od's heroin-related and music events around the country, let's see they were taking ecstasy, or ly.t is called mol what is happening on the front is people are dying from other things mixed in with heroin. it is long as a heroin debt, but what it really was was an inside amine mixed with a depressant, you can imagine what that would do to someone's heart. what is tested as a drug test only comes back as opioid. we have a huge problem in this country with a culture where people will use these drugs, and a profit incentive for people selling the drugs to get people addicted to heroin when they do not even know they are being addicted to heroin, if you follow what i mean. gue

that guy, andrew cohen, he's from rockford, illinois, brian, you know that name?us backward bowling record of 278 set back in 2006. >> that's amazing. and he dresses for it in shorts. >> i wish i had a rotator cuff like that. >> i'm very proud of him. from your homeland. >> see you later. >>> it has been a little on the rainy side as i look out our magic window. i see a few people have umbrellas. maria molina, not one of them. >> that's right. we have a little bit of mist rolling through the city. just outside the city, we have reports of some snow is coming down. it's been such a mess across the northeast over the weekend. we also had strong winds. we have reports of several inches of rain across the region. take a look at this picture. this is out of massachusetts. as some of you head out to work early this morning, you may notice you have no cell phone service. that's because strong winds knocked down two communication towers out there. so a big issue for them. they got to get that power back up or at least that service back up with these towers across the regi