trixie has been getting around by walking on her front legs. paralysis from an old injury took away the use of her hind legs but she still manages to get where she needs to go. looking pretty cute doing it. >>> here's bill karins with your weather channel forecast. >> trixie is cute. the mosquito thing -- simplo not so cut on. >> they're horrible. irene dumped all that heavy rain and people are been waiting for the first freeze and hasn't happened in some areas, especially in the mid-atlantic where mosquitos are still running around president right now the wind is the big story. wind gusts have been making huge waves on the southern end of lake michigan. chicago, wind have been gusts up to 50 miles an hour. saginaw, michigan, high wind gusts. all of indiana and a good portion of the east half of illinois under wind advisories in areas other than appalachians and a few spots in vermont. the wind right now are the highest around chicago and indianapolis, saginaw, 39. green bay, 36. overnight they've been in the 40-mile-an-hour range for the most

meet trixie. she is a chihuahua that has paralyzed back legs. she was brought into a animal shelter after being spotted by drivers scampering down a road. the had a hard time finding her a home because of her unique requirements. a group of researchers say they have succeeded in making a malaria vaccine. that is encouraging news for thousands of children in africa. each year, there are more than 200 million cases of malaria and almost 1 million result in death. the new vaccine was tested on 15,000 children and protected about half of those who received the shop. while the effectiveness are not as high as they would like, it will still have a huge impact. for best results, it should be used in combination with other anti-malaria tactics, like mosquito nets and indoor spraying. women with high pressure are more likely to give birth to babies with birth defects, regardless of the drugs they take. studies have shown that is inhibitors could increase the risk for birth defects. but a new study of 4000 mothers shows that the risk for defense was the s

. >>> good news to report, trixie, the homeless disabled dog who can only walk on her front legs has been adopted. we told you about the chihuahua last week and more than a dozen animal lovers nationwide reached out to adopt trixie. in the end animal services decided a florida veterinarian would be a good match with her home and all of the medical care she could possibly need. it is four past the hour. here is matt and al. >> you had a question? >> yes. >> never mind. how about a check of the weather? >> we've got a check of the beautiful young ladies. what are your names? whoops. what is her name? >> caroline. >> what's your name? >> caroline. >> caroline and caroline. >> no, this is natalie. >> that's natalie, okay, very nice. you're now natalie's spokesperson. very nice. let's check your weather and see what's going on. we'll show you for today, we've got hurricane rina, 215 miles southwest of grand cayman, 100-mile-per-hour winds, category 2 storm barely moving. we have the path early friday, comes across the yucatan peninsula, made a right turn into cue barks but as we look at s

find the owner of trixie. hitting the road again, the latest stomping >> if you haven't heard already, the baltimore ravens suffered an embarrassing loss last night. coming into the game as 10-point favorites against the jaguars, the ravens gave one of the worst performances in recent memory. while the defense managed to limit the scoring to just a few vehicles, joe flacco an offense or -- to just a few field goals, at joe flacco and the offense were at the most of the game. the effort was too little too late. the ravens lost 12-1/7. that brings us to our ravens question of the day. what surprised you most about last night's's game? grab your cell phone and send a text to this number. standard text messaging rates apply. we will reveal the results tonight on 11 news at 5:00 and 6:00. the president is taking his housing initiative on the road, and this week's troubles have him rubbing elbows with hollywood royalty -- this week's travels have him rubbing elbows with hollywood royalty. kate amara has the story. >

trixie has been getting around by walking on her front legs. paralysis from an old injury took away the use of her hind legs, but she still manages to get where she needs to go. and just fine. looking at your national and regional weather here is bill karins with your forecast. >> a cute doggie. >> we thought that would help you start out your morning. >> and help you forget the mosquito video and make everyone squirrel and scratch and itch. the pacific northwest is now in for a period of damp weather. we're going to see a zonal flow and what that means is that pretty much everything is going to go from west to east. not see any more dips or ridges or troughs. that's what we were dealing w a big ridge in the place and tranquil weather everywhere. that zonal flow will continue to bring one storm after another into the pacific northwest and occasionally into the state of oregon. but still you're going to be left with high pressure and great weather for many days in a row. much of the desert southwest and california, the only active weather up the

. >>> a chihuahua named trixie isn't a typical pup. the unusual thing this paralyzed dog can do. >> a warming trend in the forecast for your afternoon. coming up, just how much we expect those temperatures to climb. >>> something here sure to depress -- this video from a wisconsin liquor store what happened when almost 7,000 bought, of wine came crashing to the ground as shelving ripped away from the wall. the store says the shelves had been intact 31 years and they're not sure why they suddenly collapsed. it took 25 people the entire day to clean up the glass and wine. >>> on monday, a michigan there are head to new york as the youngest contestant in a speed texting competition. this is 13-year-old tyler adams, and he is one 13 people heed to the big apple to compete. the others include texters from oregon, florida and california. he said he can text about 50 to 60 words better minute. the winner of the competition takes away $50,000. >> of course i want to win the $50,000. but at this point, i got a trip to, no, a got a new phone and

trixie, maybe? no. i'm just glad you're here. well, you were right.bably deal with that. but i'm not making any promises, okay? well, i am. and i'll drive you to the center right now. all right, let me just go get my stuff and clock out. okay. then i'll wait here. all right. thank you. for everything. i'll be right back. i assume you're not here to turn over your son. just here to talk. lieutenant, all that i need in this life is my family. there must be something that you need. you know, diego, offering a police officer a bribe is a crime. (laughs) so is allowing these girls to be murdered. diego, i'm gonna take your son off the street one way or another. unless i take you off first. hey, diego. it might not be that easy. (line ringing) (cell phone ringing) (sighs) jennifer. jennifer, jennifer. i guess next time, i'll have to take you and your sister. then there will be no one left to go to the cops. like i said, esteban, it's not gonna be that easy. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. captioned by media access group at wgbh ac

trixie, maybe? no. i'm just glad you're here. well, you were right.bably deal with that. but i'm not making any promises, okay? well, i am. and i'll drive you to the center right now. all right, let me just go get my stuff and clock out. okay. then i'll wait here. all right. thank you. for everything. i'll be right back. i assume you're not here to turn over your son. just here to talk. lieutenant, all that i need in this life is my family. there must be something that you need. you know, diego, offering a police officer a bribe is a crime. (laughs) so is allowing these girls to be murdered. diego, i'm gonna take your son off the street one way or another. unless i take you off first. hey, diego. it might not be that easy. (line ringing) (cell phone ringing) (sighs) jennifer. jennifer, jennifer. i guess next time, i'll have to take you and your sister. then there will be no one left to go to the cops. like i said, esteban, it's not gonna be that easy. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. captioned by media access group at wgbh ac

with an old injury to her back legs trixie the chihuahua walks around using only her front legs poor thing. she was brought to the shelter after drivers saw her walking down the street, got distracted, and crashed. the shelter is now trying to find her a new home. poor thing. it is now five minutes past the hour. let's go back outside once again to matt and ann. >> wow. that's not easy. >> no. she's got some strong front legs. >> mr. roker is down the other side of the plaza. >> we've got some nice guys here. what's your names? where are you from? >> colorado springs. >> cool! very nice. having a good time? >> yeah. >> you're bouncing up and down. you okay? doing all right? yeah? okay. let's check our weather here. getting dizzy. all right. why is it so windy from chicago to the northeast? we got a tight pressure gradient. that's the difference between pressure systems, the tighter the gradient the stronger the winds so we're looking at windy conditions. we've also got you can see on the radar rotating around that low we've got 29, 30-mile-per-hour winds in milwaukee. 20 miles in peo

. >>> good news to report, trixie, the homeless disabled dog who can only walk on her front legs hast is four past the hour. here is matt and al. >> you had a question? >> yes. >> never mind. how about a check of the weather? >> we'vemind. >> how about a check of the weather? >> we have a check of the beautiful young ladies. what is your names? okay. well, what is her name? >> caroline. >> what is your name? >> caroline. >> caroline and caroline. >> no, this is natalie. >> you are natalie's spokesperson. very nice. let's check your weather and see what is going on. we have hurricane rina, 250 miles south of the grand cayman. it's barely moving. we have the path. early friday it comes across the yucatan peninsula, and may make a right turn into computer, but there's not a lot of agreement on what rina will do, it will take a while before it makes up its mind, and it could curve towards florida. we'll keep an eye on that. there is storm watches and warnings for the central rockies, some areas picking up to two feet of snow, and denver will see 8 to 12 inches of snow before it's over. t