all the wet wealth ser focused from st. louis to kansas city. that's where it's going to be a wet day today. this front is getting stalled out here and a new storm system brewing in new mexico has also brought snow to the high country, is going to be going through the middle of the country. as far as the wet weather goes, interstate 44 going from tulsa through springfield, joplin, st. louis, that's probably one of the worst highways to be on as far as today. fort smith has wet weather outside oklahoma city. as we go throughout this afternoon towards tonight, cold air moves in behind the storm. we're talking more snow in colorado. this is the third storm already. this is out in the plains. pueblo to kansas, this pink color means six to ten inches of snow. good land, a possibility of seven inches. interstate 7 may be treacherous over the next two days. the forecast today, rain in the midwest from dallas, kansas city, chicago, st. louis, minneapolis. minneapolis is the exception today. tomorrow you get your wet weather. look at the beautiful foreca

he arrived at his home in st. louis last night after connecting through dulles. sweeney says he and two other students were on the street during the protests in cairo, but he denied the accusations that they threw firebombs into the crowd. sweeney says his days being detained were some of the scariest experiences of his life. >> well, they threatened to force us to eat gasoline. they put our shirts up over our heads so we couldn't see where we were at all, and they hit us in the face and the back of the neck a lot. then we spent about seven hours in the fetal position with our hands behind auerbach handcuffed in the dark, and they were behind us with guns. rirchlgt the other detained students are also back home tonight. sweeneyy and his family are planning to have a belated thanksgiving dinner this evening to celebrate his safe return. >>> millions of americans are making their way home tonight after the long holiday weekend, but so far everything appears to be smooth sailing across our region. all of the airports are reporting on time departures and arrivals. on

in st. louis, it looks like a rainey day. periods of heavy rain at times. albuquerque, new mexico, a little rain today and snow showers tonight. that is the storm in the middle of the country, going to produce snow, even heavy snow tomorrow. details, coming up. >>> also coming up, greece settles, but is italy next? and the million dollar mistake during a cleaning job. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the latest shocking report in the ongoing legal saga that is lindsay lohan. >>> coming up, a thrilling finish in pittsburgh and a super bowl flashback. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. more than 500 people are now dead from thailand's worst floods in half a century. nearly half of bangkok has been evacuated as pools of polluted sewage water creep towards the city's subway. >>> a report breaking finish at the new york city marathon sunday at geoffrey mutai shattered the course report. firehiwot dado won the women

. >> st. louisnt not gonna pay a penny to illinois get it by traded a transaction in mumbai india i pay illinois. i did not see where that makes any sense. >> from chicago mercantile exchange to sear's pensions a lot more to go on and this session another issue dear to the heart of the mayor emmanuel schools all the red light cameras look for that to be taken up by the house tomorrow but no need to take my word for that. good to have you want with us chicagotribune.com rick pearce said talking expanded gambling in chicago so much money at stake rick pearson. >> yes business revenue going to indiana revenue going to wisconsin, we should have the money here illinois gamblers going to the state's >> hearing this from the senate president governor's fellow democrats money leaving the state have to keep that what will it take to keep that money here to expand gambling? either a super majority of which looks next to impossible at this moment or get something the governor will reluctantly signed off on. >>

. >> 19-year-old derrik sweeney arrived in st. louis, missouri, late last night, and early today he arrived at his family's home in jefferson city. how does it feel to walk into your house after everything you've been through? >> it feels really nice. >> reporter: sanctuary? >> yeah, feels like home. >> reporter: the three were arrested last sunday, accused of throwing molotov cocktails near cairo's tahrir square. derrik describes first terrifying night in custody. >> we were in a near fetal position with our hands handcuffed by hide our back, and with our shirts still over our heads so we couldn't see anything even in the dark, and they said if we proved we would get shot. they would shoot us. >> the three were brought before cameras showing them with fire bombs egyptian authorities said came from their backpacks. derrik says these bottles might have belonged to egyptian, but not to the three americans. >> there is a picture of you holding what looks like a dasani bottle, but there's definitely colored fluid in there. >> yeah, yeah. >>

the teams must win to advance to the final competition in st. louis. still unable to score. >> might as well just get in there. >> the robot didn't do too well. it achieved well for us being rookies. >> reporter: but their hard work is rewarded -- >> our next award is rookie inspiration award. congratulations 3675. from seymour, tennessee. >> i didn't expect to get an award. >> get out of my way! get out of my way quick! hit it. >> reporter: meanwhile in pennsylvania -- >> back, mini bot, mini bot. >> 1403, set, fire. here we go. oh, burst. >> we're not taking that penalty. >> i'm pretty sure we got second or third. >> beautiful. >> reporter: shaan's team wins an engineering award. but they don't score enough to advance to st. louis. >> i'm kind of disappointed right now. i don't feel too bad because we had a great time. >> reporter: new jersey and tennessee are out. >> are you ready? >> reporter: in arizona, maria's team is still in. everything hangs on this last game. >> blue, blue, blue. >> drop it. there you go. right there. up, up. >> mini bot, go

arrived in st. louis late last night. and gregory porter was reunited with his family as well. another student, luke gates returned to indiana where he goes to school. chuck bell has a look at your sunday forecast afte

st. louis. an abc television just aired david crockett, indian fighter, the first of three episodes produced by wallet disney for his studios then new series that premiered only two months earlier, and it was called simply disneyland like the park that would soon appear in anaheim. it was called that for quite a while. this anthology, series, but there's a variety of other names including the one you most remember commonly, the wonderful world of disney, which would become one of the longest showing prime time programs in american television history. now, that evening, i, myself, was 9 years old, but i could have predicted the show's success. i was hooked, myself, only moments after hearing the theme music, and if you want to hum along, you can. when you wish upon a star, sung by the cartoon insect jim cricket from the sound track movie, pinnochio. dick wesson introduced host disney and a flittering tinklebell, uncle walt unleashed this frontier character, davey,. i was sitting indian style in t

though st. louisolice eventually trace the gun back to texas, it would never lead them to franklin. >> being a sniper is an unusual type of serial killer. you choose the place you want to shoot, you are kind of off, so it minimizes any contact whatsoever of the people you're going to shoot. and i wonder, what is it like laying there when you're getting ready to have a person walk in front of your sights? >> the way people would sit down there and wait for wild game, i guess. hunters who, you know, climb a tree stand or something, it's a similar situation. you wait for the target to appear and shoot. i would stake out an area, find a good place to hide, bushes or a distant vacant yard, as long as it was dark, you know? i could see them but they couldn't see me. you go over ever little step that you take so when you do get your adrenaline going, you can follow the plan you already had in mind. you don't have to worry about getting so obscure you can't move. >> did you actually feel like you were hunting

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this evening before catching a flight to st. louis. an egyptian judge ordered them released from jail yesterday saying there was not enough evidence to charge them. sweeney's mother says her son seemed jubilant and that the family is ready to celebrate thanksgiving when he returns. >>> we have a developing story this morning and it's a good one. it appears the nba lockout may be drawing to a close. overnight negotiators for the owners and players reached a tentative agreement. it was their first day back at the bargaining table since players refused to accept the owners 50/50 revenue split and vowed to take their fight to court. 15 of the league's 29 owners and the majority of the unions' 430 plus players must vote to approve it. if approved the 66-game season would tip off on christmas day. that would give a lot of people a warm feeling. >> something to do. time to get everybody back to work in the nba. it's the people who sell popcorn in the stands and do everything else need their jobs. that will be good news for them and great news

but now the clock is ticking for st. louis to find his replacement.ir >> interview: let me add one thing. most of you today are telling me. quarter of 10 today starts, tony, get to work. for for >> how we looking over there guys. >> reporter: looking great. you're supposed to dress up for halloween. >> interview: i'm sorry, my normal look. wednesday look. >> reporter: the 49ers won their fifth straight game yesterday. they are now 6-1, that's the first time they've had that kind of start since 1998. they are walking away with the n.f.c. west. in fact, the rest of the west has the combined four wins total. it is looking good. on offense, frank gore went over 100 yards for the fourth straight game and is now the second leading rusher in franchise history. trailing only joe perry and it was more of the same from the defense. four sacks, two take aways and they kept the browns out of the end zone until late in the fourth quarter. >> did you see him. >> no, did not see him. are you accusing us of being soft? where i come from those are fighting words, so i

. >>> coming up, the biggest name in baseball, maybe, will be leaving st. louis. his old manager, tony la russa on the future of pujols. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. >>> getting to your holiday destination could cost you more this year. that's because today, the average price of a gallon of gas is three there's $0.24, 10% higher than it has ever been before at this time of year. the oil price information index says next spring could top the all-time record of $4.60 a gallon, back in 2008. crude oil prices are headed back up toward $100 a barrel. >>> we've been enjoying nice weather. but big changes coming to the forecast. r

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and we're going to be traveling from st. louis to chicago. normally, of course, we'd go to an airport on this day, the busiest travel day of the year, but instead of talking to angry airport passengers, carol, we've decided to take the train and talk to some of these folks. 42.5 million people will be taking the train, and we're going to be taking the train along with them. we're going to use this little backpack thing here. this will enable us to go live from inside the train . it's a 5 1/2-hour train ride. we'll be on the train reporting, talking to people about all kinds of things from the super committee to why they chose the train and where they're going. we're hoping our technology works. and we're hoping to meet some great people on the train. 42 million people traveling this week. but only about 1 million of them take the train. we did sort of a cost analysis on this trip from st. louis to chicago. and it's a little cheaper, actually. we found a round-trip ticket from st. louis to chicago runs you 80 bucks. costs you about 100 bucks t

you can see why look at how warm it is in st. louis 69, 56 chicago.40s around seattle and portland. any time you travel use our flight tracker abc7 news at the bottom. >>> 4:17 now. you are looking at live pictures from sky 7 hd near frank ogawa plaza in oakland where police are beginning to gather. we've been telling you that drum beats have been growing all night that oakland police might raid the encampment there. they are gathering a large group, protesters and police seem to be too. jonathan bloom is live at 14th and broadway to tell us more. >> reporter: the crowd just a few seconds ago got very, very quiet now the drum beats have resumed. everybody is gathered here in the middle of the intersection. a lot of makeshift gas masks, helmets, skate s, sort of a waiting game now. -- no real police activity going on there seems to be the general rumor that police activity could happen any moment. everyone gathered waiting for a confrontation obviously not any traffic age to flow on 14th or broadway this -- able to flow on 13 or bring broadway. people

joining me on the line from st. louis, missouri, is mr. price from rock creek global advisors. as a former economic adviser to former president george w. bush and organizer of the g-20 summit in 2008, welcome to the show. will the greek debt crisis dominate the g-20 agenda? >> that is the question. the world breathed a sigh of relief after the brussels meeting last week, and g-20 leaders were looking forward to a discussion of implementation. now the announcement of the greek referendum height as the market perception that the page has not been turned on the euro crisis and makes it likely the g-20's discussion on europe will be center stage. >> what other issues, mr. price, deserve attention from the g-20 leaders apart from this ongoing euro debt crisis? >> i would say they fall into three categories. the first is to push forward to the import of regulatory reform agenda, dealing with increased capital of banks, dealing with liquidity, addressing the too big to fail institutions and plans to resolve them without taxpayer assistance. the second topic is persistent problem of gl

derrik sweeney made a connecting flight to st. louis from dulles airport tonight. 9 news now spoke with derrick's mom who told us the whole family will be meeting him at the st. louis airport, then heading home for a belated thanksgiving dinner. >>> it was a violent saturday morning on some streets in northwest washington. three young people were shot, two of the victims have died. armando trull reports tonight in one case the gunman stalked their teen victim who was running and hiding for his life. >> they don't have no life and no one to care for them. they die like flies. >> a dozen shots rang out saturday morning near the intersection of benning road and 19th street northeast. the victim ran to this store and tried to get in, but the door was locked. so he ran further up the street and that's where he was ultimately gunned down. >> you didn't see anything, huh? >> reporter: the convenience store clerk behind the bulletproof glass had no comment, unlike the neighbors. >> so this kid must have been standing here. >> reporter: the vict

front down through louisiana bringing showers to new orleans and a steady cool rain now moving from st. louis and heading to areas from indianapolis southwards. owensboro. through memphis, nashville, you'll get a period of rain. and there's a tiny bit of white showing up the snow north of st. joseph. but kansas, no snow for you, just chilly. by 5:00 p.m. it should be knocking on the door in atlanta, so the general rule of thumb if you're watching us in the atlanta or georgia area, dry morning commute, late they are afternoon, you may feel a little bit of rain. florida looks dry, your best chance for showers is tomorrow morning along with our friends in the carolinas. let's break down the forecast for you today. the biggest highlight, rainy and cool weather arriving in the southeast. we're cold and sunny from denver to minneapolis. if you're joining us from new england and the mid-atlantic, no problems, sun mixed with clouds, after a cool start, it should be a nice, enjoyable afternoon. >> billy, thanks so much. >> billy joe. let's just go with that. >> sticking with billy. >>> big ben speaks,

st. louis cardinal manager tony hanging up the cleat. explain why.ng back grower strping on the klets as he chases all time rushing record for the niners. what makes him so special state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. text save to 7-8836. >> when paid to coach or play a sport for a living tough the know when to walk away and tougher to go out on top. today tony goes out on top as world champion. he called it quits three days after the cardinals won the world series. yesterday he celebrated the title with finance in a parade through st. louis. 67-year-old managed 33 s

st. louis cardinal manager tony hanging up the cleat. explain why.running back grower strping on the klets as he chases all time rushing record for the niners. what make ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> when paid to coach or play a sport for a living tough the know when to walk away and tougher to go out on top. today tony goes out on top as world champion. he called it quits three days after the cardinals won the world series. yesterday he celebrated the title with finance in a parade through st. louis. 67-year-old managed 33 seasons winning 3 world series ring and 4 time manager of the year. he's one of only 2 manager to win a world series in both league

since the world series went the maximum seven games, st. louis projects economic impact from the playoffs to exceed $56 million. additionally, the cardinals could earn $30 million to $50 million over the next five years in incremental ticket, merchandise and sponsorship sales just by winning the title. not bad for a team that only made the playoffs on the last day of the regular season. the good news extends beyond the team level to the league level, as well. despite ongoing economic turbulence, league-wide attendance increased 0.8% over last season to nearly 74 million people. that's the most since 2008. thanks to sponsorship renewals from bayer, chevrolet and others, m.l.b. gross revenues are at an all-time high of $7.5 billion. now the stage is set for a wild offseason. world series hero albert pujols is a free agent and could sign the richest contract in baseball history. the florida marlins prepare to open a new ballpark, and many doubt whether fans will show up. and most significant: the leagues' collective bargaining agreement expires dece

and in st. louis, police say 27 protesters were arrested saturday after defying an he canisting park curfew. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> child sex allegations out of penn state are a national conversation in the home at water cooler and tv. during the weekend, one presidential republican candidate weighed in on the controversy. >> on the level of a apparent i think about my children if it was my child and i think my automatic reaction would be even though i am a small woman, i would want to find that guy and beat him to a pulp. >> michelle batchmann -- bachmann believes her view is that of the people in the nation. >>> elected officials took part in the event after three cars were set fire. there was graffiti and kk come and ss for the nazi military group using the initials. >>> a rescue caught on tape in missouri. four fishermen were stranded along the mississippi river. current pushed the stalled boat into rocks when it damaged it. they began taking on water in st. louis city firefighters were a

we are running warm -- east of the mississippi. 70s st. louisallas up the eastern seaboard. 36 denver, low 50s seattle and portland. with those delays use our flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> 4:49. republican presidential hope phil herman cain will hold a news conference today to answer allegations that he sexually harassed several women. a fourth alleged victim came forward revealing her name and face. katie marzullo is live with more. >> reporter: he said he wasn't going to talk about it any more. but he has scheduled that news conference for 2:00 this afternoon. he has already talked about it. it was one of the topics the republican presidential candidate discussed on jimmy kimmel live last night. that following the fourth accusation of sexual harassment. that fourth woman the first to come forward and reveal her identity. at her own news conference yesterday she described what she said happened 14 years ago. >> he put his hand on my leg. under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towar

st. louis and kansas city and houston later on.'s your highlighted area for severe thunderstorms. one intense tornado dropped down in tipton, oklahoma, yesterday. luckily, no injuries. the potential for seeing tornadoes across the red shaded area today. relatively quiet once again. east of the atlantic coastline, sub tropical storm sean developed overnight. it has some tropical characteristics. kind of a hybrid storm. it will be making its way towards bermuda and away from the u.s. coastline likely with winds no more than 50 miles per hour. most north and east of the center. just north, slightly east of atlanta proper. we see this video every couple of times a year. folks in a taco mack great place to have a brew and wings. a deer comes flying in the door front. i hear it's tough to get a table up there. popular spot. this guy is running for his life with toilet paper. >> let me out! >> he was on a manhunt. that's the first time i've seen that video to be honest with you. i might have to show that again later in the morning. good s

it is first time st. louis won at verizon center since 2006. >>> the maryland hosted illinois in the annual acc challenge. terps looked pretty good. they finished with a 4-point lead actually. saglynn scored ta but with eight minutes left in the game, illinois went on a 10-2 run. maryland couldn't keep up. terps fall 71-62 hosting notre dame on sunday. >>> a shocker in charlottesville last night. uva hosted 15th ranked michigan and the cavaliers went on a 19- 2 run led by mike scott's 18 points and uva wins! 70-58. calves are 4-0 at home this season. congrats to the calves. >> howard visiting american. riley graph scored 18 off the bench. he was one of four in double figures. 77-66. >>> a shock to the system. a nice, cold slap in the face this morning. >> it is november saying it is still november. december starts tomorrow and this is where we should be. >> ok. >> so, 66 yesterday morning before the cooler air moves in. the cooler air has really moved in this morning with 30s and 40s out there. our bus stop for

st louis to name a few and new york's zuccotti park the heart of the movement also cleared for the first time since the movement began now many worry what's next for occupy d.c. so one of the first things they did here is to clear this part of the park protesters tell me they've moved their tents closer to one another if they've condensed their efforts because they want to stay focused they want to stay organized i think there's a chance that some of the protesters from the other occupations around the country could wind up here on k. street because this is one of the last places very few clashes with police in washington christine preserve our team. was that had this syria gets shut out r.t.r. who's pulling the strings arab league is taking a tough stance on its own estimates of this outside influence and susan suspend syria. the new number crunching leaders in greece and italy are getting their teeth into the country's financial problems in rome prime minister designate variables he says he's sure they can get back on track or announce his cabinet with incremental secured support from

night, we invited more than 100 teachers to a town hall at nine news network, our pbs station in st. louis to talk about the challenges they face in the classroom. here's a small sample. >> we have to look at our students differently now. classical or traditional education is dead. it's failing our students. >> if you taught concentrated phonics to everyone in first grade they're dying to read. they would stand on their heads. but the problem is they don't drop out in high school. they drop out in second grade, and they hang around for eight years. >> reporter: these children are coming from homes where nobody understands what is positive. no one is educated. we have a cycle of ignorance. one, two, three, four generations where people don't have the ability to read. >> so it sounds to me like your focus is on the teachers a much as the students. >> absolutely. i think that experience and stories would tell us that you can take an extraordinary teacher who is deeply committed to getting to know the community where they serve and place them just about anywhere and with the proper support and

. >>> the washington caps dropped the puck on a new era tonight when they host the st. louis blues. bruce boudreau is out and dale hunter is in anew coach. hunt are played 12 soaps for washington and will have his number retired. >>> red, green, yellow, even flashing lights, this neighborhood is decked out in eye-popping holiday cheer. >> i think colored lights are festive. >> reporter: just up the road from here. >> we have to decorate out here. >> reporter: it looks nothing like that. it will be a white christmas for sure. >> it is limited to white lights only. that has been our family tradition. that is what i grew up with. that is what my husband grew up with and even some of my neighbors. >> reporter: that is why she started this petition with the minimum 62 signatures, the homeowners association requires to even discuss the issue. she hoped they would lighten up by letting the neighborhood brighten up. >> people should able to celebrate the holiday how they feel appropriate. >> reporter: the board mailed out its own survey. only 38 of more than 200 homes responded. 19 in favor

it is near st. louis and south of chicago. we have a few high, thin clouds.atchy fog in some neighborhoods. we will see plenty of sunshine today. if you have some fog in your neighborhoods, there could be some slippery spots. 28 in frederick. 44 degrees in annapolis. one quick tropical update. the tropical season goes to the end of november. this storm is swirling of the southeast hi coast. this could become a tropical storm. it will probably stay offshore. rather interesting. mostly sunny skies today. we will make it up to 62 this afternoon. tonight, mostly cheer. back into the 30's. 4:59 for the sunset. a nice state's mark, 64. the average height is 59. -- a nice day tomorrow. the average high is 59. breezy and cooler on thursday. it should warm up on sunday. it looks like a dry weekend at this point. >> each thanksgiving holiday means more business for amtrak. they are adding extra trains to a number of routes. the day before thanksgiving is expected to be the busiest travel day. passengers are encouraged to buy tickets early. it could be awhile before we

there's no sense in flying from st. louis and i've changed planes at midway. so it's just more economical. i only pay $30 round trip for my train ticket. >> you're going to see your son for thanksgiving? >> in fairfax, virginia. >> back for christmas? >> exactly. >> and she's going to be taking the train again, brooke. she has seen it all. she serves beer, liquor, and other things on the amtrack trains. this should be a reality show you a you should star in it? >> yes, absolutely. >> absolutely. we want to show you this. this is a dome car. there is only one dome car in the whole amtrack fleet. we have to go around the stairs and go up these stairs this is why it's call the dome fleet. you can see out and not only can you see the entire trip through the windows, but you can also see the motorists that have made the decision to drive rather than take the train. and robert, train better than driving for you? >> definitely better than driving. sit back, look out the beautiful windows. amtrack has great service, very relaxing. don't have to deal with the traffic.

st. louisgames with 3 different teams in the 33 seasons and today he announced he is rae tiring. going out on top and tony does. announced he is rae tiring. going out on top and tony does. that hear from the futurey >> coming up tonight 7 news at 11:00. california high speed rail plan unveiled tonight. finally the price tag but can it pay for itself? >> haunted house is shut down in the east bay. but like a zombie it is taking on a new life. those stories and more in one hour on abc 7 news at 11:00 on channel 7. hope you can join us for. that but larry is off and mike is here with the sports. >> when you love what you do hard to walk away but tony when you pay to play or coach sports for a living tough to know when to walk away or go out on top. today st. louis manager tony is going out on top as world champion. he called it quits just three days after the cardinals improbable run to world series title. just yesterday he sell brited the titles with fans during a parade. through st. louis.

just south of st. louiso arkansas portions of jackson, tennessee, up to 3 inches of very wet snow tonight, could get some flakes here through mississippi and alabama. it's rain for the rest of us and maybe some heavy rain because it's really been coming down in southwestern virginia. they could get 1, maybe 2 inches of rain. so these green boxes indicate where some flood watches have gone up. those will be in place through tomorrow afternoon for that heavy rain enhanced by the mountains down there. that area of low pressure we saw spinning over tennessee will come up the appellations and stay to the west of us tomorrow. -- appalachians and stay to the west of us tomorrow. we'll be on the warm side of that storm. it will trend colder later in the day as the storm moves out and the cold front moves through. so temperatures tomorrow night will drop back down to the 40s, a good 20 degrees cooler than we are tonight. check out the futurecast. tonight at 10:00 we've got clouds and let me take this forward to the m

then go home to his family in st. louis later on tonight. >>> trouble for a group of students flying into the united states. the students who are from the united air, removed from the u.s. airline wails flight in washington, d.c. and delays for four hours because of a security threat. the group is saying they were singled out. >>> president barack obama is expected to be on the university's campus later today. the tigers basketball team will face oregon state. a team that is led by the president barack obama brother- in-law. robinson. if you are going to the game today, make sure that you get there early. gates. n't at noon. every one must be inside by 145 time for the 2:00 game. security for the president. >>> mayhem at the mall. across the country, shoppers are hurt with black friday and now, meghan mccorkell has more than nationwide frenzy. >> reporter: good morning. stores opened with sales earlier then ever this year. that had customers fighting for deals. pa blitz spiraled out of control in los angeles. a woman inside

severe weather can go all the way to st. louis missouri.e's a close-up view of how things will unfold we will have rain by 3:00 this afternoon it will increase by dinner time. the warm front approaches the area overnight with embedded thunderstorms. it will be a rainy rush hour tomorrow morning. the snow flurries will hit northwestern illinois by midday tomorrow. here are the rainfall accumulations ... that is beyond what has already accumulated so far ... again this is the heaviest rainfall we have seen in the area since late september. 55 degrees this afternoon in rising to the '60s overnight it will be windy and sharply colder tomorrow with more sporadic showers in the afternoon the high will be 61 falling to between 38 and 44 degrees by the evening ... thursday will be cloudy blustery and cold. make it into the 30's in the afternoon it will warm up this weekend i will have more later it's time for today's trivia: in algebra a letter or shape that part of my job is teaching my patients how to take insulin. but i've learned a lot from pat

ted rowlands boarded the train in st. louisiring at amtrak? >> well, things are going well. we're in funksville, illinois. basically in between springfield and bloomington, normal, on our way to chicago. we are hearing from passengers and people taking the train for a number of different reasons. this is brenda and tiffany webb, they're heading to milwaukee to see family and right here is fay hammel and laurie gregory and you guys are headed to chicago and also for thanksgiving to see family. why the train? >> why the train? first time on train and it's good. it's a good way to travel. >> you're getting a break this year. normally she cooks thanksgiving for the entire family. this year she gets a break, going to your daughter's house. >> correct. >> but you're only going for one day because it's best to visit relatives in short spurts. >> exactly, exactly. >> what do you think of the train and the difference between driving and flying and taking the train? >> oh, the train is much better. it's relaxing, it's economical, you can

people have been arrested in oakland and st. louis. tonight, philadelphia is likely to be next. do things stand with occupy d.c. it? started popping up a month ago. tonight, how long did the people plan to stay here? will occupy d.c. turn as violent the moon -- the movement has elsewhere? i'd occupy los angeles, themselves.urned on in oakland, the violence was at police. the occupy movement is turning to violence as cities tried to them out. >> it became a place where we repeated violence, and this a murder. >> in d.c., occupy protesters been paying close attention to the violence elsewhere. >> it is really disgusting. >> are you worried they might do that here? >> as of right now, no. >> so far, it has remained peaceful. police are monitoring day.sters 24 hours a >> eventually, it will happen. violence, i do not think so. >> the city may have to act if becomes a health issue. volunteer medical crews are to keep everyone healthy. with 200 people living in a tiny weeks, conditions are go downhill. >> the bathrooms are horrible. >> they have gotten so bad, a nearby gymnasium that