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come back very resilient community >> twisters part of system rainfall and snowfall to chicago tom skilling live in the weather center more on the storm >> 33 states tied up in the storm system exploded today between 80 degree temperatures and the 20 degree readings to the north 150 mi. per hour jet stream. thunderstorms producing super cellular cells producing tournedos look at the state's 13 of them involved in the tornadoes biggest march tornado outbreaks in four years chicago area. so far 91 twister reports storm prediction center twisters across nine states tonight our area snowfall and the area satellite view and radar shows no fault moving out. coming back with much more on the totals coming down colleague has been out there during the course of the day chasing a snowfall about to report on that i understand >> buffalo grove standing by >> he was smelling hestanding there. 911 call gang activity chicago police officer shot. christ hospital oaklawn with more on that story >> good evening of the cirque 41 years old seven year veteran of the chicago police force expected to make a full

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tom skilling has never heard this ...ne the birds are not thrilled about the cooler temperatures or this wind today the jet stream coming from the west tomorrow will bring warm air to give us an near 70 degree temperature. it will be cool tomorrow morning but we will have those 40 mi. per hour wind gusts in the afternoon it will remain mild wednesday. the storm is flaring up in north and south dakota will shift eastward and we will possibly see some thunder we will be in the los tonight in the 40's but we'll get to the '70s in the metro area but in the '60s on wednesday. that will hold their stand friday with the wind blowing off the lake. saturday will also be in the '60s sunday will warm up to the '70s and that will go into early next week 71 degrees for tomorrow 64 cooler sunny wednesday 64 thursday 63 friday in the '60s saturday in the '70s sunday ... as we look at the next two weeks we will by and large be in above normal temperatures. no complaints here. thank you tom skilling and we thank you for joining us today.

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back to you >> warm-up but today in chicago springlike weather stick around tom skilling tells us how up. s neru ♪ ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests but your basic paper towel can handle them. especially if that towel is bounty basic. the towel that's durable and scrubbable. in this lab demo bounty basic is stronger than the leading bargain brand. everyday life. bring it with bounty basic. affordably priced. tested by everyday life. ♪ it's the way you bring out the sun. ♪ sunny d! ♪ it's the way you make it all fun. ♪ know who makes the day sunny? my mom and sunny d! i love the taste. mom loves the vitamin c. and now it has 40% fewer calories than most regular soda brands! sunny d! ♪ make today a sunny day! ♪ find out more at sunnyd.com hold onto your hat and launch the weather today very warm also very windy. workers downtown near randolph and columbus a battle in the breeze to get across the street. i think i saw you blow by their >> yes. look at what happened early in the day it was windy another day coming up amazing. going to be warm. forecas

variate basilian to community >> staying alert because tom skilling says severe storms in the region tomorrow latest on storms heading our way could make for a messy friday night >> mayor rahm emmanuel getting friends from old friend announcing program hundreds of jobs in chicago and rod blagojevich pays off more debt in the days forced to present at president obama says to not blame him toward the rising price of gasoline. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin without the need for regular blood tests. i sure was glad to hear that. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like u

tom skilling seven day forecast with lovely sound and numbers >> you are going to love this flock of early this year in the wake of the warm weather 37 degrees current temperature warmest air in the southeast over the next two weeks only small portions of six states below normal temperatures. virtually the rest were 48 basically 4/5 of the country to the east above normal way above normal. artificial satellite forecast sequence driven by the numerical models westfields sunshine tomorrow clouds stay away from us clear tomorrow night and saturday morning all day saturday bright sunshine and moisture southern wind colp moisture northward clouding over during the day on sunday after a sunshine start. what happens to the temperatures cool warm into the 60s to the west. forties' here. tomorrow night down to the low 30's 20's in the suburbs not far from 60 on saturday. that is just the beginning low temperatures at night only in the 40's rising into the '60s during the day on sunday the wind will taper off tomorrow morning at the baltimore evening in the wind faded away back over the weeken

whether center tom skilling more storms are coming is harrisburg clear? >> for now another storm on the way downstate illinois in a brisk area full of satellite read you back to last night of the storm. the line through harrisburg this morning you can see coming out of kansas missouri and hitting harrisburg this morning before 5:00 in the morning frightening because at that hour of the night of the bortnick who is awake to hear the warning? the warnings were out. harrisburg sits there we can blow this up and slow it down the fact of the line is bowed strong a straight line wed indebted tornadic circulation as well. storm categorized ef4 wind was 166-200 mi. per hour. it warning 13 minutes ahead of time. this thing come together troublemaker coming up our way big snowstorm upper midwest what is interesting about this severe weather area showing do that quickly right here. down to the south look at the way the area extends one day after covering much of downstate illinois and indiana. active season we have going. more about that and to the next storm possib

and tom skilling said the attempt might go back up.ly in the '60s and and and it is near the lake. here is the radar. it shows that the showers and thin out in our area we are not done with the rains yet. here is what our model is doing. shows a lot of cloud cover drizzle and light rain. with the south- southwest winds tonight. a lake water temperature occurring at 50 degrees today. that's 25 days sooner than it did one year ago. tree and leaves of the big culprits on today's allergy front. the winds will turn northeast on monday and we will get a thunderstorms. it is going to get chile. not a route lot of rain. here is our 70 forecast. 64 tomorrow. 61 on sunday. there will be a falling temperature by sunset we shall have temperatures down to around 50 degrees on sunday. dropping down to the upper '30's at night. a warm front will swing through starting cool on tuesday morning and then pushing up to 70 degrees. breaking news on the west side. unconfirmed reports that two people may have been killed and a fire. >> we are still waiting t

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tom skilling ... we really need this rain ... >>that's right ...gest drain in one month is coming into this area there are some lower clouds following the cooler air coming in off the lake ... there will be some fog particularly by the lakeside. we have some colder air coming and. it will be in the '60s. if we get any sunbreaks that will cause the air to produce some fast-moving wind gusts and thunderstorms. we have some moisture coming into this area producing that fog limiting visibility just about everywhere except when you moved inland we had days historic warm spell eight days at 80 degrees. very unusual it is currently 62 degrees in chicago we hit a record high yesterday as did so many other cities here in north america. no records today however that warm air is collapsing. but we are well above normal for this time of year but we have dropped 18 degrees since yesterday at this time humidity is 94% ... that is critical. as that wind comes off of that 40 degree lake water and hits the dew point in this fog the air not great visibility this is

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>>tom skilling has an update on the forecast >>it will be the first day of 60 degree temperatures ... we have reached 60 degrees at o'hare airport. it is currently 72 degrees in st. louis ... we are up more than 30 degrees in 24 hours! thanks in part to powerhouse wind that is costing it 40 mi. per hour across about a thousand miles of the united states ... we have a wind advisory in effect here in chicago through 630 this evening ... we are looking at all the 40 plus miles per hour wind gusts around the chicago metropolitan area ... warm temperatures across this metro area with beautiful sunshine but that will change tomorrow we will still have another day of 60 degrees but the skies will get over cast ... from arizona to florida there will be heavy wind and some red flags alerts ... there is concern for wildfires and when stormswindstorms.. wind advisories for the chicago area ... we have unseasonable dave grohl likeapril like weather.. we are waiting for the news conference at the white house we will have that and right now the president is addressing reporters in his first news co

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tom skilling, how are you doing. >> we have some big storms often the west.icating the storms are producing hail and downpours southwest of us. northeast winds and cooler temperatures and then the winds began turning southerly. it will be in the low seventies late saturday and the mid '70s on sunday. if the thunderstorms hold off, it could be get more than that. here is what the short-term range looks like, this is the forecast by three in the morning. this is at 5. in the morning rush-hour we will see some rain and thunderstorms may lead north and west. but these could pop up almost any time. it will rain through lunchtime and then it will go to drizzle and low clouds. look at the temperatures. they will be down in the forties tonight. arise to the '50s tomorrow and then back to the 40's to more night. we will begin to warm ought. up. some strong storms after an 80 degree high on monday. the storms could hit in the afternoon. opening day looks like mid 50s now. that is tolerable. it is a local work and we would like to see it but it is tolerable. >> more tha

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more daylight and 70 degree temperatures next week thank you tom skilling have a great weekend remembere back again at 5:00 and again at 9:00 p.m. enjoy the weather this weekend we leave you with lee dewyze

we will be into the '60s tomorrow and wednesday and cooling down later in the week >>thank you tom skilling

we just got some disturbing news from tom skilling ...ttle bit of a wrinkle overnight the macy's some thunderstormswe may be seeing thunderstorms ... that will happen late tonight and carry over into the pre dawn hours tomorrow and taper off ... we are looking at the changing direction of the wind ... we have a cool day there is a cluster of thunderstorms passing down state ... that's fueling the storm clusters. there was a high yesterday of 68 degrees the 19th consecutive above normal day of temperatures and that is running for six months ... we had one drop in september. we've been running warm for quite some time now. we are 16 degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this hour ... there are frost and freeze advisories' to the west. but the next storm is riding across the rockies and that will pump warm air into the center of the country but around the perimeter of some of those thunderstorms will be developing. let's take a look at the temperatures on the map their holdings into the forties across our area we have been spoiled by elis

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>>tom skilling we will have another warm day tomorrow? >>yes it will reach 84 degrees ...eye on the rain co ... that will take place thursday night into friday and that will be the case throughout the day well into saturday ... today will be 83 degrees the high-temperature ... we think 84 degrees tamaratomorrow and then we have a temperature dropped along the lakefront for cooler air to come and for a thursday night into the weekend ... there is still snow on the high elevations out west ... and storms in the texas and louisiana area ... the heavy rain will come in on friday ... the wind is a factor today gusting over 30 mi. per hour coming from the south ... that a spring met air fromand is bringing the warm air up from georgia and from tennessee into our area ... we will be warming up again possibly early next week ... back into the '70s ... 64 friday with rain and thunderstorms ... what a r

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skilled. >> when we return, on the verizon gln gln bracket preview show tom will tell you the game to watchn the first round. >>> welcome back to the verizon 4g lte. and coach, we were in the east region and what is the best first round matchup for you. >> cincinnati and texas. cincinnati and texas is lose or go home two high powered teams. cincinnati is playing so well and texas is a perennial power. and they got the great -- >>> and a perfect world, what matchup would you like to see until the final four? >> i like syracuse and florida state. florida state coming out winning the conference. florida state getting out of this and tremendous success. and guard the basketball playing against the syracuse zone and shooting the ball very well and now florida state is great. >> a tremendous. a confidence coming into this tournament after beating duke twice in the regular season. >> that confidence you don't beat ciewk twice and play carolina the way they did. very good team. >> more coverage, check out the verizon 4g lte bracket preview show tomorr p.m. eastern time with duke taking on -- >> tha

ronald reagan had to record communication skills and he overcame that over time. host: our guest is tomter joining us from atlanta, a longtime observer of southern politics. we have a link to his blog available on our website, c- span.org. we want as to a fundamental question has been looked at a map of the south. what is the new south? what is the southern strategy? what is the southern vote? guest: obama carried three of the larger southern states, virginia, north carolina, and florida. there was not a solid south in the sense we have spoken about in previous elections. the other thing about that election is that if obama had not won any of those three states, he still would have had the electoral votes to win the election. we come in to this year with this out, again, being the beneficiary of reapportionment. with the electoral votes in texas, it makes the south still necessary for the democrats to contest and try to take some of the states away from the republican candidates so that it will not be as solid said. host: james from grand forks, north dakota, on the independent line wit

. >> romney is pretty skilled and experienced in understanding about this and could be helpful. >>neil: tom donohue is saying romney is his guy. rarely does he talk to the media. tonight. on fox business network. there for times of war. or disaster. but the president says ben stein -- ben stein thinks this number is more like this number. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ >>neil: and now the national average is nine cents shy of $4 a blond and questions the white house will tap into our emergency reserve. according to french officials the white house asked france to join in a possible joint emergency release. and our guest says this is a big mistake. why, phil? >>guest: it is ludicrous. right now there is no shortage of oil. anywhere. we have oil here. we is record supplies here in the united states. and in europe it is not so much a sh

ronald reagan had to record communication skills and he overcame that over time. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta, a longtime observer of southern politics. we have a link to his blog available on our website, c- span.org. we want as to a fundamental question has been looked at a map of the south. what is the new south? what is the seventh -- the southern strategy? what is the southern boat docks -- what is the southern vote? guest: obama carried three of the larger southern states, virginia, north carolina, and florida. there was not a solid south in the sense we have spoken about in previous elections. the other thing about that election is that if obama had not won any of those three states, he still would have had the electoral votes to win the election. we come in to this year with this out, again, being the beneficiary of reapportionment. with the electoral votes in texas, it makes the south still necessary for the democrats to contest and try to take some of the states away from the republican candidates so that it will not be as solid said. host: james from

tom. some of the best chefs in our area work at some of the many embassies in washington. this week some of those chefs will be showing off their skills at an annual competition. one of them is chef li from the embassy of the republic of korea. she joins us this morning along with linda harper, executive director of cultural tours in tours. good morning to both of you. i hear you are quite a cook. i can see the results of a lot of your work right here in front of us. are you going to show us how to make something shortly. linda, tell us about the competition. >> it take place this thursday evening. we have 13 chefs participating. it is our opportunity to let people taste the great food going on at the various embassies around town. this t chefs compete. then on thursday night, we also have a people's choice. so if you are there, it is a ticketed event and there are still tickets available. you can go to our website and purchase the ticket, come on down, we are going to treat you to these fabulous cuisines and you will get to vote and we will have the people's choice as well. >> i'm hungry just looking at the things that chef li brough

skills. and he overcame that over time. and we're going to have to see if romney has anything similar. >> our guest is tom baxter.atlanta. he's a long-time observer of the political process writing for "the atlanta-journal constitution." and we also have a link to his blog available through our web site at c-span.org. and tom baxter, i want to ask you a fundamental question. we look at a map of the west and south. what is the new south? what is the southern strategy? and what is the southern vote? >> hmmm. that's a good question. if you look back to the last presidential election, you saw two significant things happen. one was that obama carried three of the larger southern states. carried virginia, north carolina, and florida. so there wasn't a solid south in anything like the sense that we've spoken about it in previous elections. but the other thing about that election was that if obama had not won any of those three straights, he still would have had the electoral votes to win that election. now, we come into this year with the south again being the beneficiary of reapportionment. and with a net seven elector

skills, and he overcame that over time. we are going to see if romney has anything similar. host: our guest is tom baxter, joining us from atlanta. he writes for the atlanta journal constitution. we have a link to his blog at c-span.org. i want to ask you a fundamental question as we look at a map. what is the new south, what is the southern strategy, and what is the southern vote? guest: that is a good question. if you look back to the last presidential lexi, you saw two significant things happen. one is that obama carried three of the larger southern states, virginia, north carolina and florida. so there wasn't a solid south in anything in the eps like we have spoken about in previous elections. the other thing about that election was that if obama had not won any of those three states, he still would have had the electoral votes to win that election. now we come into this year with the south again being the beneficiary of reapportionment, with a net seven electoral votes, several from texas. it makes it necessary for the democrats still to contest in the south and to try to take some of those s

times the skill sets of these veterans can be difficult to define. we're going to talk about that with nbc's tomw you can take part in a jobs fair in the coming days. >> that's right. >> great we're excited about that. also you all know that learning a new language is say difficult thing. but we're going to meet an amazing young man, just 16 years old, get this he already speaks 23, yes that's right, 23 languages. we're going to meet him and also put him to the test. we're going to grill him. >> like -- [ speaking foreign long ] what language is that? >> dutch? >> a totally made up language. >> meantime, a guy who never makes it up is john robbins. he has a series on the oprah network talking about how to take adversity and turning it into something positive. how to shift the way you think and having something good come out of it. it's always a pleasure having him in our studio. >> all right. lots to get to. first let's get a check of the weather from maria larosa. >> good morning, guys. we have a lot of birthdays on the plaza. your name and where are you from? >> freda. indiana. >> happy 18th b

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