. >>> one of my favorite extreme sporting events of all-time the valparaiso urban downhill mountain biking race put on by red bull. every year they do it. these guys are fearless. this whole race put on through the streets and stairways of valparaiso, when they do it right, oit awesome to watch. when it goes wrong -- >> oh, no. >> it's still awesome to watch. >> oh, oh. >> here we have philippe polk this is during one of his test runs, he's got a very strong helmet on and also a neck brace. he's going to need both of them right here. >> oh! >> oh! >> face plant hard. >> that makes my head hurt. >> apparently he said he went a little too slow on that wall ride section. let's break it down. first of all, some course marshal goes right in front of him, see that guy in the orange vest, that could be what slows him down. >> yeah, i blame him. >> up on the first ramp it goes up off a vertical wall. look where the landing ramp is way down there. basically you need to defy gravity and ride on a wall and manage to put that together and he doesn't quite do it. went right over the handlebars and righ

in valparaiso we are currently at 15. our lady of mount carmel is 15. windchill of zero. island lake is reading of 4 degrees. wind chill down to - 9. harvard is 5 degrees. this is going to be a cold day. typical ties are 40 this afternoon we will be 30 degrees colder than that. the seven days forecast shows a warm-up not coming our way. today's high temperature this afternoon is 9. expect snow showers friday night into saturday and sunday and letting up on monday. >> coming up ... a bus driver is attacked by a passenger. and by a delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing. and of police found students doing inside and a glue near college campus. and what will happen if someone tries to tamper with a news are phone? it doesn't operate out ofone? basements or back alleys. it grows more sophisticated every day. if it were a business, it would be a fortune 500 company. fraud has evolved. american express intelligent security gives you tools to fight fraud and a global service network that never stops working. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is wh

for below at valparaiso this morning. lots of small across the metro area.ut what about the next know fall heresnowfall here? >> it is going to take a lot more than the system will produce to break them out of it. reservoirs' are down to a quarter capacity. there really worrying about running out of water. that is bad news for all of us. we grow a lot of vegetables that we buy in the supermarket out there. here in chicago that weather system will produce snow fall sunday. we'll talk more about it during the update. eighth degree high temperature. >> the los -13 in the outlying areas to plus one in the loop. o'hare will bottom out around 9 below. tomorrow may be a flurry early. frigid high just 13. saturday clouds over with snow developing. several inches of accumulation are likely saturday- saturday night. >> after the bond we could kill a little more moderate brand of colds next week. >> we will celebrate that. >> what does that mean for a bowler to score a turkey. >> 0-5-7 fireball is 6. moving on to pick4. >>jackpot 13.5 million dollars. >>here we go. fir

we have some windchill but not a lot. 10 at midway. 10 at lansing and valparaiso.tly subzero wind chill. the warmer sunshine >> bitterly cold this morning from sycamore to the cal pauperharbor. it is also quite cold in other areas around here. well tonight will be cold. we're going to start to warm up. what this flow will do is power these storms across the country. i have advisories' out west. you'll see the precipitation there. those span up into a pretty respectable storm. if has taken the southern route. here in chicago we should be in reasonably good shape. >> and no great amount of snowfall expected in the chicago area. just a little dusting. i do think the plan that is evolving as one that runs the risk of bringing in the snow storm. as far as temperatures go hear the wind chills predicted today and you'll see how these come up into positive territory. temperatures will be moderating a little bit. here the forecast temperatures this afternoon. we'll cycled through the week. that is the warmer air. might be the first time since january 30th that we hit the fr

about halfway through we are at 20 valparaiso. when shall will be an issue tonight. right now it's above zero. but will stay there through the day tomorrow. 19 degrees is the temperature by 5:00. - 3 is the low tonight. it will be called thursday high temperature of 9. 80-94 has without conditions. the entire stretch is bad. it looks like we still have a slide off accident at klein. the eisenhower at wolf, it's hard to see the road. blowing and snowy conditions there. snow-covered roads and slick conditions. and number of slides on the eisenhower. all the accidents have been cleared. but the airports are already canceling a ton of flights. midway is close to 30. this is in advance of all the snow coming down. just try to be proactive there. we're joined on the phone by the illinois state police. >> can you give us a quick description of the roads? >> right now the roads are covered with snow. poor visibility, slick road conditions and blowing wind. >> of we were looking at totaling up the damage. 10 damaged cars, two people injured. when people are heading out, what

valparaiso is at 17. the wind chill is -10 in aurora. still zero in aware. the snow is coming in from the west. a chance of letters in charlotte south of 80 is where it will be. temperatures are cool. 32 yesterday. 19 at 5:00 today. we reached 21 for a high. snuggle weather. tomorrow high temperatures are 21. cuddle up. >> that was part of the best weather forecast you ever given. >> top five. >> mind traffic is going to be pretty poor. not a lot going on. everything is looking good. we do have crews busy digging up the road in rosemont where a gas leak happened. that was at technology boulevard. from foster to balmoral is closed. the gas is shut off. the only major hotel affected is the intercontinental. most of the cartels are north. they didn't say when they hope to have it back on. >>a toddler was severely burned and is now in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. judy wang is *live at comer children's hospital with more. >> paramedics brought the child here in critical condition. there are more questions than answers at this point. chicago police

let's take a look at our day. 35 degrees is the current temperature in valparaiso. foster park elementary in the mid-30s. sugar grove 26. sure would 28. some areas are below freezing which means the snowmelt is slowing down but other areas are just above freezing. the satellite's radar composite shows we are dry. don't expect rain today we are actually expecting sunshine but tonight we have the potential for freezing rain after midnight. heavy rain is possible with even a thunderstorm on thursday changing over to a rain and snow mixed. today's high temperature is 42. >> coming up, a girl in missouri is missing after being kidnapped. >> and another incident a severe turbulence. and an elderly nun is sentenced to prison for her role at the break-in at a nuclear facility. >> and woman falls into a giant sinkhole. we hava man is in cusl was abducted in missouri. 10- year-old hailey owens was reportedly kidnapped near her home in springfield yesterday afternoon. a stranger pulled her into his ford ranger and drove away. the vehicle has since been recovered, and the kidna

current windchill of -14 in valparaiso. looking at windchill advisory's in effect until noon today.emperatures will climb a bit but not much. we will make lower teens and that's about it. dry conditions across the region. like affects snow on the flip side of lake michigan will not hit us. our next chance of precipitation is the system dropping into our region. a cold front comes through this evening which could pick up a few flurries. then the system comes for the weekend. potential for some showers friday and potential for heavier snow saturday and sunday. computer model is still out as to how much but we do think several inches are likely to saturday in to said they. mostly sunny today. - 5--20. tonight we're down to - 3. it degrees is the high on thursday. friday's high back up to 19 with snow likely to complete the day. >> a quick update on the water main work. it will cause some of closures for about one month. this is from california from 24-26. and starting on tuesday, 26 street will be closed to traffic from sampras's coach the california. two significant stretches will be

harvard is reading at 17 valparaiso currently at 18. union and south elgin both at 11. wind chill down to - one. i'm lynn lake is reading at 11. by this time tomorrow numbers will be colder. satellite are composite shows dry conditions. cloud cover across southern cook county. that's about it. expect clouds and son to come our way. another cold day. really it's a cold week. it's much colder than it should be. 12 is the high temperature on wednesday. we could make a record low down to - 4. - 5 in the morning. thursday we make -10. winter is still here. >> coming up, three women in cleveland held captive for a decade are honored. >> a mystery illness is paralyzing kids in california. and the bus driver is credited with something for saving his life. >> and demetrius is checking at the ice on lake michigan to tell us how brittle this winter weather is going to impact our it appears, there was no foul play in the deaths of two americans aboard a famous container ship in the indian ocean. the bodies of jeffrey reynolds and mark kennedy were found last week aboard the maersk