we do want to let you know they are on the willamette avenue in the willamette. dinner is on september 16th. we will link you there from our website wgntv.com/midday. we will also have the recipes for both of have the recipes for both of these delicious dishes. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips you think the cold came too quickly think again. we do have some warmer weather and the seven day. we'll >> do. we still have to deal with showers this afternoon. we are expecting some clearing after that. cool weather across the country. coolest at the higher elevations out west. current temperatures. there are the dewpoints in the upper '30's to well below 50s. winds are blowing from the north and northeast at 12 mi. an hour and the water temperature at the shoreline is only 60 degrees. there are the lowe's tonight. big spread from the lake to the inland areas. nice rebound

the ring get in and out of here early on than the heat remains. 74 in willamette. high temperature up to 90 degrees. tonight we're track quickly down to about 73. >> looking at the hot spots on the road starting with the kennedy. iran is temporarily blocked at the ohio on ramp. should be opening this in about 15 minutes. westbound on the kennedy the on ramp also blocked with ongoing construction until 5:00 a.m.. on the edens, if you lansdowne outbound which should be moved off to the shoulder shortly. and on 290 outbound the tristate off ramp will be blocked again until 5:00 when things clear up on a lot of these expressway's and tollways in advance of the the rush-hour. >> coming up, marcus has a new mr. bright said. the mad and the latest movie role that has him in tights ... former teen idol david cassidy pled guilty to drunk driving charges yesterday. cassidy was scheduled to appear before a judge in july, but was seen judging a (bah-chee) ball contest instead. a plea deal reduced his charge from felony to misdemeanor, allowing him to avoid jail time. cassdidy,

generally to the south of willamette. as you continue further to the west, the rain continues through downers grove and westmont. showers right up along their than south of 80 the heaviest of the rain continues to move to the southern and western counties. the heaviest is right there along 39. it will slow down today. passing showers this morning. filtered sun shine high temperature 82. tonight and 66. big rain comes tomorrow as a cold front comes through high reaches 79. 63 on thursday. >> still ahead, marcus takes us behind the scenes at motorola to get a close look at the news marked watch and other high-tech products. >> hehere are a few stories thae trending online this morning ... it was once the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world... but on monday, it erupted in flames. fire broke out at the colossus ride at magic mountain in california . no one was on the ride at the time... and the park was closed for the day. the fire started while the coaster was being disassembled. firefighters doused the ride with

in willamette its 59. 60 right now in lincoln park. elsewhere, it's cooler. in wheeling its 48. satellite and radar composite shows we are looking at high clouds filtering in from the north and west. but no rain coming today. we do have a higher clouds but the sunshine should come through. by 9:00 p.m. we are at 65. we continue to please everyone. 78 degrees by saturday. 79 sunday. sunshine in time for the bears game. erin has a legal pad which can be good news. >> does it make me look smarter? have so many notes i can keep track of this. here we go. this is the construction project going on that kicks off the pavement repair all the way to a u.s. 20. this is my other safety net. basically, everything down to one lane both directions for a month. about four weeks of this for people they're not far from the bluff city. and on glen road work over by the jane addams. northbound river road. one lane down until 7:00. but the bigger deal is the intermittently in closures up to 50 minutes at the time. about 50 minutes before the move this out of the way. this could cause problems. more

colonel lawrence wilkerson, secretary of state to colin powell and professor at the college of willametteuld like you to speak to a moral obligation to help the humanitarian crisis which is unfolding not only because of who isis is doing, but also because of the bombing that has taken place. sort this out for us. >> yes. i think we do -- let me say first, i just can't resist this, ed. you just had former vice president cheney talking about the state of the army. his figures aren't correct, but that's usual with dick, but he's talking about an army and for that matter marine corps, too, that if it's in bad shape, it's in bad shape because he virtually murdered it in iraq for a decade. i just can't get away without saying something about that. the humanitarian crisis -- >> it's interesting, colonel, how the cheneys are always the ones to come out and attack president obama. it's never republican leadership. it's almost as. he's on the assigned mission from the conservative right to be out there first and as furious as he possibly can to make sure the country knows that obama is the problem.