showers gradually ending tonight markedly kohler, near 40 at the lakefront. and 37 is the low temperature at o'hare. a cloudy sunday and monday there could be a sprinkle or flurries that, and after that. any concerns about jake colors availability for sunday's game and the descend on rosemont dan roan is next with sports. hahahaha! hooohooo, hahaha! this is awesome! folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no m

in chicago high winds and high surf creating dangerous conditions at the lakefront. wfld reporter is live in chicago with the latest. >> reporter: well, greta, i can tell you chicagoans have been so intrigued by these dramatic waves here on lake michigan. in fact, behind me, the waves are still battering the lakefront. officials have telling people all day to stay away from the lakefront. because it's such a rare event, people have been coming out in droves, taking photos, bringing their cameras and their friends. we're still under a flood warning until 4:00 tomorrow morning, and the good news is that the waves are expected to subside throughout the night. i should mention, though, that we hit a near record, waves as high as 22 feet were measured. the highest recorded waves were recorded last year at 23 feet. we're talking about a one-foot differential. overall, these monster waves were the main attraction, and it was all courtesy of super storm sandy. greta, back to you. >> greta: what's the temperature there, and do you have any power outages? that's part of the sto

waves and there are a lot of people better curious about going down to the lakefront we have had a police patrol down there throughout the day. all day all along the lake the extreme weather has been drawing onlookers close but not too close to the water and up close view of nature's power in action. parents and grandparents bought children to the lake shore before police shot it down. >> it's beautiful to look at. >> the wind and the waves at remain pretty ferocious tonight local officials say they will likely reopen the lakefront thursday, folks still coming by to take a look but police are keeping a close eye, we will be leaving it pretty soon. >> for more on the remnants of sandy and how it's affecting us here let's check in with tom skilling. they are strongest going into the indiana michigan shoreline . last night there were 24 states under advisory's, tonight it's down to 14, this brings some incredible pictures from ourlater on in the broadcast. coming up drew peterson attorney drama why joe brodsky is not pulling himself off of that case. conflicting testimony in the civil case o

the juvenile diabetes research foundation welcomed thousands on the lakefront who took part in the 34thto cure diabetes." wgn was out there in full force. lourdes duarte, judie garcia and erin mcelroy, along with tom negovan and news manager jennifer lyons with her family. the walk helps to raise money for research to prevent, treat and ultimately cure type-one diabetes. it's a disease which cubs hall- of-famer ron santo struggled with for years. olympic gold medalist gabby douglas was in town today hoping to inspire and empower young girls and their mothers. the gymnast posed for pictures and spoke to the crowd at the "pink pearls and pretty dresses" luncheon. today's event was a fundraiser for the mentoring organization: "inspire girls to lead our world", or: "i-glow". the chicago based group provides support for fifth through twelfth grade girls pairing them with community leaders who give them strategies for success. an action thriller takes the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row... >>" taken 2" ... the movie brought in another $22 million... here are some of th

. >> how would imagine that there are some photographers placed on the lakefront. chance they will develop. this has been the autumn that just keeps on giving. this is from indiana. look at the view of lake geneva. we're right under the heart of an uncontrollable system. the waters about 55. that is a 25 degree drop in temperature through the first mile. the hair tends to rise. air tends to rise. you can see how said rainier the center of circulation. take a look at this. by the end of the weekend there'll be a real springlike field. feel. rainfall beyond this rain system is 1.6-3.0. temperatures first five days above normal. here is that they cool down. that might be some thunderstorms rolling the area for the big game. red flag warnings in the deep south. to win the starting to pick up with an axe system that will come on herethat nec system that will come. here's a good look at the radar. more rain to the west of us. here are the big showers and thunderstorms going into the mid-atlantic. it is quite a system. here is the rain that we have had in the last 24 hour

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the bears host the panthers on the lakefront this sunday at noon. they are going for a fifth win in a row, while carolina tries to turn around a one- and- five start. jay cutler had full participation in practice yesterday, and should not be bothered by his bruised ribs. the vikings lost to the buccaneers on "thursday night football," so the bears are a full game up in the division. n-b-a comissioner david stern is stepping down in 15 months. he'll retire on february first of 2014, after exaclty thirty years on the job. when stern took over in 19-84 the average player salary was 275- thousand dollars, and now it's five- million. the league has also expanded from 23 to 30 teams. deputy comissioner adam silver will replace him. >>lolo jones will try to qualify for the winter olympics as a abob sledderbiob sledder. she will be what they call a pusher. + + that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next good afternoon. winning pick 3 numbers 43,0,0 winning pick 4 winning pick 4 numbers 8,1,9,7 mega millilonons 21 millions dollars.÷;

here's a look at the chicago lakefront being battered by strong winds at this point. there you see the big storm. that is sandy and is still centered in pennsylvania right now. there is rain moving into parts of northern indiana as you can see right there. nice weather out in the planes but the whole pattern is kind of blocked. we have several more days of 40 degree temperatures. 45 at o'hare now. note the shoreline temperature down in the '40's for the first time this season. here is what is ahead in temperatures. going down into the thirties tonight and back up into the '40's tomorrow. factor in the wind and look what it does to a wind chill. even some teens in northwest illinois. there is our upper air pattern which remains pretty blocked right now as sandy dominates. 48 degrees is the forecast for tomorrow.

the mayor has also ordered audit for the skyway and lakefront parking rod. >>a public hearing on the new city budget will be held tonight on the northwest side. it's the first of three hearings being hosted by the city council's progressive caucus. the hearings are intended to encourage chicagoans to offer their own ideas, suggestions and concerns regarding mayor rahm emanuel's proposed budget for next year. tonight's hearing gets under way at 6 p-m at the copernicus center, at 5216 west lawrence. the city council's progressive caucus will host two more budget hearings next week on the south and west sides. >>chicago police are still looking for the driver of a hit and run accident that killed an 85-year old woman yesterday. the accident happened on west dvision street shortly after three in the morning. bessie manning was walking along waller avenue, when she was struck by a dark-colored car. manning had lived in a senior residential home in the 300 block of north menard avune. >>a woman and her two young children who were reported missing last week were fou

the coolest weekend expected around here since march. you see that in our computer forecast which keeps lakefront temperatures in the mid forties tonight,42 at o'hare going back up to 57 tomorrow. most of the western suburbs down into the 20s. showers will keep shifting out of the area. the wins will let up 6-16 tonight tomorrow starts a sunny but clouds build in the afternoon. high of 58 scattered clouds and colder tomorrow night. and partly cloudy more like november then early october. >> north side vs. south side and we're not talking baseball, the marathon rivalry that is sure to get some attention this weekend. [ bell tolls ] agents, say hello to the biggest hailstone in u.s. history. oh, that will leave a dent. which is exactly why we educate people... about comprehensive coverage. yep. the right choice now can pay off later. looks like a bowling ball. yeah. oh! agents, say hello to the second-biggest hailstone in u.s. history. [ announcer ] we are insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in

lake michigan plus canceled flights at the airport are just the beginning of what we will see locally >> anyone who uses it chicago's lakefront path will want to be extra careful in the days ahead. we will feel the impact of hurricane sandy. feeling it already with extremely high winds... giant waves in lake michigan in the possibility of flooding >> at montrose harbor, today... winds whistled and whipped against the masts of sailboats. im glad i don't have a boat in maryland. lets put it that way. greg johnson and his wife were packing up their 22-foot catalina. hurricane sandy --bringing high winds and waves to the chicago area --could cause problems for boats not yet stored for the winter season. hopefully it won't be too bad....boats kind of scattering serious problems. sandy also causing serious problems at chicago's o'hare airport.. nationwide, airlines have canceled thousands of flights to-and-from the east coast.. and, while many are still trying to get away from the "superstorm"..some are heading right towards it, to lend a helping hand. com ed sent 700 workers from illinois...to battle power outages chicago's red cr

the cheering was deafening at this large obama rally on cleveland's lakefront but many obama supporters say it feels different than four years ago. >> it's seriously just a different kind of excitement. it's more sort of tempered in like reality that this is a campaign, not a crusade. >> thank you. >> reporter: on the gop side, anti-obama sentiment remains a key component of pushing supporters to vote. much the same as four years ago. >> i think it's more important to get obama out. i do. i absolutely think it's more important to get obama out. >> reporter: clearly mitt romney and barack obama have some complicated relationships with their supporters. but no doubt neither candidate will care as long as the supporters make it to the polls. gary tuchman, cnn, cleveland. >> let's delve into the raw politics with gop strategist mary matalin and democratic strategist, james carville. good evening to you both. james, cornell belcher, the obama 2012 pollster, was on the program last night and he was saying that in internal polls, they're not seeing this romney momentum that the media has talke

joe says the new salesman told him how he used to be a successful stockbroker, had a beautiful lakefrontthey even looked up his property on google earth. so why on earth, joe asked, would someone leave all of that and come to great falls? >> he had had shared that his wife and a couple of her friends had taken their yacht down to the gulf of mexico, and were going to go sailing for the weekend. during that time, a storm ensued, and the boat was capsized, and his wife and her friends all perished along with the boat. so he had shared that looking at large bodies of water was just more than he can bear and he wanted to get as far away from that kind of environment as he could. >> reporter: and who did this tragic past belong to? joe said the wealthy salesman told him his name was harvey morrow. harvey was quite chatty with joe, but one thing harvey didn't know, joe, his attentive audience, was a former police officer. and harvey's amazing story made joe's antennae buzz a little. >> the more he would talk about the loss of his wife and his boat, the more intrigued i became. >> reporter: so

lakefront community. >> it's a bunch of old cottages that get converted into homes. kind of in theiddle of nowhere. >> not much is known about the previous owner. but for schaeffer, the price is right even though the house appears to be in shambles. >> i've seen people save things and collect things. but i think in this case, the individual was cleaning the neighborhood, so to speak. >> armed with a video camera to document the scene, schaeffer visits his new property with a friend, david lang, and lang's neighbor ryan lamere. >> you want to see hoarding? you're going to see it. >> looked like a typical house that had neglect. the neighbors had put up a fence on the one side because of what had been there. >> the trees were all overgrown, the bushes. so they were overgrown on the house. there was a car parked outside. it was completely packed with stuff. >> that was overflow from the house. basically when you opened up the door to the car, it was filled to the ceiling. >> i shut the door and locked it. i'm sure if you opened it up, it would all fall out. >> looked like stuff you'd

the storm developing. it made everyone kind of on averageedge. were anxious to get home. >> amtrak stop service between washington d.c. and chicago. >> people i've been warned to take caution on chicago's lakefront because of hurricane sandy. it could with up waves higher than double decker buses. 20 ft. waves are expected this evening and 33 ft. waves are expected tomorrow. >> president obama is canceling his appearance at a campaign event in ohio with former president bill clinton. he also canceled an event in virginia. >> michelle obama got out of washington a day early and spent the night here in chicago. she will fly to iowa for a couple campaign appearances and then get back to chicago where she will wait out the storm. she has canceled an appearance tomorrow in new hampshire. >> mitt romney cancelled events in virginia and new hampshire and is moving his campaign and land. inland. both campaigners are urging supporters to donate to storm charities. >> hms bounty was in distress about 90 mi. southeast of north carolina. the captain gave the order to abandon ship at a coast and the coast guard helicopter was sent to rescue crew members from lifeboats. two members of the cruel are still miss

it is also the home to the wolf borrow lakefront compound where they host the romney olympics.m "buzzfeed" reporting the campaign played some more games with yesterday's alleged storm relief benefit. according to the web site aides went to walmart and spent $5,000 on supplies that they could stage so people -- until people showed up with their donations. >> oh, really? >> props! as for election day, we've got people asking what's going to happen now that some polling places impacted by hurricane sandy. it looks like those polling places according to cnn will have to be cleaned up or relocated. electronic voting machines that need consistent power may have to be replaced with alternatives like paper ballots. but it is unlikely we're going to see any sort of extension beyond that. local paper -- local power companies rather know that they have to make polling places a priority when they're getting the power up and running. some early absentee voting has been extended but all in all officials seem confident so far that next tuesday will run as planned. back after the break. our co