lake michigan full of coal ash? well, that's no different than lake michigan with no coal ash in it. have a sip, take a dip, eat some fish, it's fine. wi energies, the company that owns the power plant where this happened today in wisconsin should be noted also lobbied heavily against the epa being able to do anything about this. they insisted they had this sort of thing all under control on their own, didn't need pesky regulations. they obviously had this thing in hand. the oak creek power plant, site of this disaster, is in the district of congressman paul ryan. famous for writing the house republicans' kill medicare budget. paul rye wrap voted to block the epa from doing anything about this.ç maybe he will help himself in the cleanup now. that vote in the house was 2 1/2 weeks ago. this week, part of the oak creek power plant collapses and coal ash and god knows what else in storage units the size of semi truck trailers careened into lake michigan. they have a line of boom out there trying to clean it up. what

lake michigan full of coal ash? well, that's no different than lake michigan with no coal ash in it. have a sip, take a dip, eat some fish, it's fine. wi energies, the company that owns the power plant where this happened today in wisconsin should be noted also lobbied heavily against the epa being able to do anything about this. they insisted they had this sort of thing all under control on their own, didn't need pesky regulations. they obviously had this thing in hand. the oak creek power plant, site of this disaster, is in the district of congressman paul ryan. famous for writing the house republicans' kill medicare budget. paul rye wrap voted to block the epa from doing anything about this. maybe he will help himself in the cleanup now. that vote in the house was 2 1/2 weeks ago. this week, part of the oak creek power plant collapses and coal ash and god knows what else in storage units the size of semi truck trailers careened into lake michigan. they have a line of boom out there trying to clean it up. what did

nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shrimp-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food source. so it's led to kind of a cascading effect from one species to another throughout the food web. in addition to altering the food chain in the great lakes, these mussels attach to all types of surfaces including boats, buoys and docks. they clog water-intake pipes sometimes cutting off drinking water supplies that require expensive remediation. which is why the financial impact of these tiny invaders is staggering. the u.s. fish and wildlife service estimates the economic losses over the last decade at about $5 billion within the great lakes region alone. at the dusable harbor on chi

nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shrimp-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food soue. so it's led to kind of a cascading effect from one species to another throughout the food web. in addition to altering the food chain in the great lakes, these mussels attach to all types of surfaces including boats, buoys and docks. they clog water-intake pipes sometimes cutting off drinking water supplies that require expensive remediation. which is why the financial impact of these tiny invaders is staggering. the u.s. fish and wildlife service estimates the economic losses over the last decade at about $5 billion within the great lakes region alone. at the dusable harbor on chica

nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shri-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food source. so it's led to kind of a cascading effect from one species to another throughout the food web. in addition to altering the food chain in the great lakes, these mussels attach to all types of surfaces including boats, buoys and docks. they clog water-intake pipes sometimes cutting off drinking water supplies that require expensive remediation. which is why the financial impact of these tiny invaders is staggering. the u.s. fish and wildlife service estimates the economic losses over the last decade at about $5 billion within the great lakes region alone. at the dusable harbor on chica

waters here in 1988. >> these are typical quagga mussels in lake michigan. they have a little flatter shell. >> reporter: the quagga mussel has become the most pervasive and destructive invasive species ever to enter the great lakes. over the last 15 years, the quagga population has exploded eclipsing the zebra mussel and infecting all five of the great la .es nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shrimp-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food source. so it's led to kind of a cascading effect from one species to another throughout the food web. in addition to altering the food chain in the great lakes, these mussels attach to all types of surfaces including boats, buoys and docks

they have got those out in lake michigan right now. the first one is about 200 to 300 feet off the shore. the second one was placed about 100 feet further out that to try to keep the oil contained on the surface. >> okay. so as they work with those booms, what -- let's just back up, why did -- why did this breach happen in the first says there what is wisconsin energy telling you? >> well, they don't know yet. they are still investigate, along with wisconsin department of natural resources and osha. they don't have any kind of idea what prompted this not quite sure if any answer will be obtained quickly, it looks like it will be a much longer process to figure that out. >> okay there has been this sort of ongoing argument over who should be overseeing this. two weeks ago, house republicans passed power to how to regulate coal ash. the senate didn't pick it up, the white house issued a statement opposing such a measure way and the to read part of the statement from the administration. so i have got to ask, and i know story is sort of st

he decided he wanted to cut channels that would travel from lake michigan, through the fairgrounds, and so there would be water. there would be waterways traveling over the fairgrounds, and it would be possible for people to go from a traction to a traction at the world fair by boat. now, he had a vivid, almost hallucinating vision of how he wanted the boats to be. he wanted them to be small to seat a maximum of four people. he wanted them to be brightly colored, and he modeled this idea in his mind on the chinese that he had seen during his sea voyage to china 15 years before. now, daniel burnam, the administer of the fair, thought it was a ridiculous idea. having people travel through the fair by boat was a stroke of genius, but limits -- little boats four at a time made no sense. he went behind frederick olmstead's back and signed with a steamship company. when he learned about this, he was furious. he wrote burnam a series of memos that are obsessive, demented, but logical. he made the argument in these memos that first of all that ultimately the world fair would be confined to memo

they described them as coming from the northern and a top of toledo to the bottom of the trade lake michigan. that is why ohio is start the angled line. congressman -- they recognized ohio made a little shift. they did see it is typically deal until the 1830s when this man became the boy governor of michigan. stephen mason was 19 years old when president jackson appointed the secretary of michigan, made in the governor because the governor at that point had basically gone fishing. the people in michigan were outraged this letters to the president saying please get rid of this kid give this man a governor. so mason had a quest to know us to show an enemy had the moxie to leave this. when he became a governor and later the territorial governor, were not talking the early 1830s. there were more canal is being built because of the erie canal. one in particular was called the wabash and erie canal. it connected the wabash river or the circle is on the map to the mommy repair. what i did was create a waterway through the hinterland of the united states -- this is now looking at this map. if you st

several inches of snow around cleveland and buffalo and lake michigan. it gives you an idea of how chilly this air mass is coming down into maryland. we will have some clouds in maryland. into western maryland, you could see some rain and snow showers down to garrett county. a mixture of sun and clouds. breezy and chilly. upper 40's and low 50's. it will feel cooler than that. mostly clear tonight. the wind will diminish. temperatures drop back into the 30's. the seven-day forecast -- a chilly start on saturday. it will warm up to 58 on saturday and back into the 60's on sunday. mid 60's on monday. the next chance for rain will be monday night and tuesday. >> the investigation of the rape of a girl in a baltimore school. jennifer franciotti is live with the details. >> the 12-year-old says the incident happened at the end of the school day on october 4 inside a classroom. she said she went back to the classroom when a student falter inside the classroom. she said there was a box cutter put up to redneck and if she did not do what he told her to do, he wa

michigan? this man happened. be affected more state lines than any other person with the exception of stephen a. douglas, that jesse hawley dated from jail. [laughter] >> jesse hawley was a flower merchant in western new york and he depended on the mohawk river to transport the flower to the markets in the east. at the time the mohawk river was not fully navigable and the company that controlled the navigation on the mohawk shipping company had promised the merchant going into western new york that they would improve the navigation. but they didn't. and jesse hawley and probably others went bankrupt. and when you go bankrupt in those years, you go to debtors prison. while he was in debtors prison he wrote a series of lengthy articles that he published in newspapers using a pseudonym because debtors prison wasn't a good for the resume. in which he described an idea that he had, and that idea was the erie canal. jesse hockett was not the first person to imagine such a canal. by the way, up there,

that came over lake michigan. that's where i fell in love with the science of weather. we'd see the huge storms. and i'd freak out. >> i'd be screaming at the top of my lungs. everyone down in the basement, quick, quick, quick. >> i would want to know why we were hiding in the basement. >> reporter: it was a genuine fascination for ginger. not to say she wasn't well-rounded. >> she played soccer. she was a competitive cheerleader. all those are fond memories of her working hard and having it pay off for her. >> reporter: but her passion -- >> i loved science. and math came so easily to me. when i got to physics in high school, it was like, yes. the world makes sense. and i realized i was a little weird. >> reporter: she says she never really thought about being on camera. but when she was studying for her bachelor of science in meteorologist in college, one of her professors suggested an internship in television. >> the one thing she learned about southern culture when she was here was eating barbecue ribs and dri

he decided he wanted to cut channels that would travel froma lake michigan through the fairgrounds and so there would be water, there would be waterways traveling over the fairgrounds, and it would become possible for people to go from t attraction to attraction at the world's fair by boat.e now, olmsted had a vivid, almost ha louis that story vision of what he wanted these boats to te be. he wanted them to be small, to t seat ao maximum of about four o people, hef wanted them to have brightly-colored awnings, and he modeled this idea in his mind on the chinese sam pans that he'd seen during his sea voyage to china 50 year before. now, daniel burnham who was the administrator of the fair, he thought this was a ridiculousir, idea. he thought why would you if you're trying, you know, having people travel through the fair by boat, stroke a genius, a brilliant idea. but having them travel in littlu boats four at a time made absolutely no sense. to burnham. so he went behind olmsted's back and forged a relationship and w signed a contract, ine fact, wib a steamship company.tea now, when olm

debris was sent down a cliff in lake michigan. it happened around 11:00, and crews say it was about the size of a football field with debris. crews say the landslide poses no risk to anyone working at the plant and it remains open. >>> specialist michael griffin surprised his family at a football game. he came home from serving in iraq. he surprised kids after the national anthem. >>> it's a great way to get rid of unwanted halloween candy. why dentists are willing to give you something in exchange for those sweet treats. >>> it's the two month itch, kim kardashian files for divorce. shocker. details coming up when good morning maryland returns on this tuesday, november 1st. >>> your child may have a stash of candy from trick or treating but you don't want them to eat it all. dentists organized a buy back program that will exchange candy for cash, coupons, toothbrushes and prizes. giving the treats to operation gratitude to fill pack ams for our troops stationed overseas. we found one area dentist whose actively seeking candy dona

lot that came over lake michigan. that's when i really fell in love with the science of weather. we'd see the huge storms. and i'd freak out. >> i'd be screaming at the top of my lungs. everyone downstairs in the basement, quick, quick, quick. >> i would want to know why we were hiding in the basement. >> reporter: it was a genuine fascination for ginger. not to say she wasn't well-rounded. >> she played soccer. she was also a competitive cheerleader. all those are fond memories of her working hard and having it pay off for her. >> reporter: but her passion -- >> i just loved science. and math came so easily to me. when i got to physics in high school, it was like, yes. the world makes sense. and i realized i was a little weird. >> reporter: she says she never really thought about being on camera. but when she was studying for her bachelor of science in meteorologist in college, one of her professors suggested an internship in television. >> the one thing she learned about southern culture when she was here was eating

lot that came over lake michigan. that's where i fell in love with the science of weather. we'd see the huge storms. and i'd freak out. >> i'd be screaming at the top of my lungs. everyone downstairs in the basement, quick, quick, quick. >> i would want to know why we were hiding in the basement. >> reporter: it was a genuine fascination for ginger. not to say she wasn't well-rounded. >> she played soccer. she was also a competitive cheerleader. all those are fond memories of her working hard and having it pay off for her. >> reporter: but her passion -- >> i loved science. and math came so easily to me. when i got to physics in high school, it was like, yes. the world makes sense. and i realized i was a little weird. >> reporter: she says she never really thought about being on camera. but when she was studying for her bachelor of science in meteorologist in college, one of her professors suggested an internship in television. >> the one thing she learned about southern culture when she was here was eating barbecue r

crashing water battered lake michigan shoreline shutting down paths used by runners and bikers. definitely wouldn't want to be using those yesterday. now for a look at your national and regional weather, let's check in with meteorologist todd santos with your weather channel forecast. >> it also caused flight delays. 525 flights canceled just out of o'hare. today an improvement as far as winds are concerned. northwest gust around 21 miles per hour, 14 at the moment. so, again, for today we'll see winds coming in more out of the west, dropping back to 10 mile per hour. starting to wind down, good news for many folks flying, especially in and around chicago. look at the system. this is the same system that dropped snow down in the south. at this point we've seen a few bigger numbers especially back towards northeastern indiana. yesterday we had 10 inches in peru, indiana. you can see the conveyor belt of moisture, some leaving boston but early this morning travelers be ready to deal with a few spots of ponding on the roadway. winter storm warnings expire at 7 a.m. enough to keep s

look at this video, a day after a huge section of bluff right next to it, along lake michigan gave way. some trailers and at least one pickup truck ended up in the lake. carried by the debris. no one was injured. >> unbelievable there were with no injuries. >>> take a look at your morning road conditions on this tuesday. expect some ice to develop in the rockies as rain there turns to snow. also, it will be wet along parts of i-95 in florida and in the mid-atlantic region. >> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in the mile-high city, denver. mostly clear skies across the rest of the nation. >>> surfers and swimmers off the coast of san diego are now being warned to stay out of the water this morning. a great white shark was spotted dangerously close to shore. >> experts say it's rare for a great white to be sighted in the area. the surfer who had a too close encounter with a huge predator still can't believe it. >> i was shaken up about it. it did a couple circles around me. checking me out. not too comfortable about that. if i could have walked on water, i would have. >>

crashing water battered lake michigan shoreline shutting down paths used by runners and bikers. >>> let's check in for your national weather with todd santos. good morning, todd. lots going on. >> lots going on. for chicago, winds dropping back to 5 miles per hour. a big improvement there. we are going to start to see winds picking up over the next couple of days across a good portion of the west. underneath some of the clouds you are seeing here on the satellite and radar together, little bit of snowfall copping down. at least still across eastern portions of michigan and lot of that now channeling up into southeastern canada and see some of the showers exiting the major cities. if you are headed out to the east coast looking fairly good from boston through d.c., look at this system. starting to see some cooler air channeling in down towards billings where snow falling across the bitter roots and getting down into the tetons. late tonight and early tomorrow morning, even start to get some of that back towards denver itself. winter storm watches in effect that go -- really say later on th

we have precipitation coming off of lake michigan that's on the michigan side changing to snow flurries ... while the upper midwest will get sticking snow this weekend we will have a wendy try a couple of days we have a 39 degree day predicted today we will jump to 51 degrees tomorrow with 30 mi. per hour or more wind gusts it is currently 32 degrees in chicago we're on the southern flank of a bitterly cold air mass ... way up north near alaska temperatures are 40 below zero at this hour expect a warm up next week for thanksgiving as well ... we might see a cooler. maybe two weeks away ... the coldest overnight low was up in wisconsin near spartan 17 degrees near camp douglas ... look at the warming happening out west it's coming our way ... currently we have 30 mi. per hour wind gusts with this low temperature so field's nippy >>harvard was the coolest over nine ght it was in the '20s and the authorand lots of the northern suburbs >>it's the coldest temperature since march 31st recorded at midway and o'hare this morning ... it feels like 12 degrees and harvard right now with the wind c

when dover lake michigan is a gusting at 60 mi. per hour ... we are warmer at this hour than we were yesterday ... that cold air is cutting into montana to set up a snowstorm that will hit the upper midwest over the weekend >>44 mi. per hour wind gusts at o'hare right now ... this has been a wendy month november is tied with april. it's exceptionally windy 12 days of high wind 6 is normal this time of month ... the wind is gusting to 51 in east chicago ... we have sensors scattered throughout the area to monitor the wind ... there is a wild fire risk for this afternoon that's a red flag warning on that dry combustible condition. so please be careful if you monitor and outdoor fire or at least be careful ... cigarette discards are dangerous there are signs that we will stay mild into the week for thanksgiving it will be a little bit cool monday tuesday but it will warm up for the big weekend holiday the light yellow area is the area of the western suburbs with that wind advisory there are also 19 states under advisory for winter weather and incl

per hour are churning of lake michigan. police have closed off the bicycle and jogging pathways from ohio st. 2 north avenue due to the waves and the flooding will also have moderate to heavy rain which could turn to slushy snow in the southern parts of the viewing area if tom skilling will be along later with a look at the forecast >>an investigation is under way into the chicago area's second deadly plane crash in three days. a medical plane went down in north suburban river was last night killing three people robert jordan is live with a report >>to of those five passengers were pronounced dead on the scene the other three were transported to area hospitals one of them has since passed away two of those passengers were identified as an aide year- old man and his 75 year-old wife they were pronounced dead here at the scene of the crash there were the only ones so far early on the investigation there were no victims on the ground even though the plane crashed right between two houses. >>all the sudden i heard a big floodli

scientists dumped the red dye because they are studying asian car migrating to lake michigan. they are not wanted in that lake because they are competing with native fish. the dye is harmless and will eventually be diluted. >>> thanksgiving is just one week away from today. >> if you have not bought your organic turkey, he might be out of luck. maryland farmers says demand for organic turkeys exceeded demand available. they actually sold out months ago. this is thanks to a growing trend of buying organic and supporting local agriculture. >> i think that the health messaging behind organic inverses mass-manufacture and poultry is getting out. i find that encouraging. >> one farmer said he started taking orders in march and suggested that if you want a free range organic-fed and turkey for next year, you start planning ahead. >> that is a lot of planning. arizona state police officers took part in a strange case. a dog gave officers the runaround. he was in the back of a car involved in an accident. he freed himself and took off for it. officers cornered the dog. i cannot read t

michigan. that was a really striking backdrop. olmstead came up with this really kind of out there idea and decided he wanted to cut channels that traveled from lake wishes through the -- michigan through the fairgrounds so there was water ways traveling over the fairgrounds, and it was possible for people to go from attraction to attraction at the fair by boat. he had a vivid vision of what he wanted these boats that people would travel on the fairgrounds to be. he wanted them to be small, seating a maximum of four people be brightly colored awnings, and he modeled this in his mind on what he'd seen in china 50 years before. the administrator of the fair thought this was a ridiculous idea. why would you, if you're trying -- having people travel to the fair by boat, stroke a genius, but traveling in little boats four at a time made no sense. he went behind olmstead's back and forged a relationship and signed a contract with a steamship company. olmstead learned about this, he was appellatetic w

some areas of snow are coming across lake michigan. we will see clearing skies tonight. as we get to sunset you can see the clear to the north and west. 46 degrees in frederick. 49 in quantico. fixed -- 51 in lexington park. these numbers are running 10 to 15 degrees colder than they were yesterday. partly cloudy, breezy for veterans day parade 48 to 53. mid-60's for monday and tuesday. we have more for you at 6:00. >>> this story, it seems to get worse and worse. >> the trial has not even started yet. there is a whole lot we do not know. after the firing of joe paterno last night the emotions exploded. there are unanswered questions on decisions to be made as they tried to turn the corner. college football move dawn today without joe paterno. >> we are in a press -- an unprecedented situation. >> joe paterno's penn state program was the epitome of all that is right in college athletics. >> i have no regrets. >> in a span of just days, these images have been toppled over by bees. -- these. as is camelot of a career has come to a controversial close. outside his house lat

michigan rainfall coming off of the lake mixing with cooler air to produce the snowfall had in fact possibility of slippery driving tonight in parts of southwest lower michigan and north central indiana. chicago area things appear to be drying up nicely after just a trace of snow fall at o'hare airport today snowfall brother of rainfall expected forecast expecting a trace over the next couple of days a better chance on sunday passing showers we should have a pretty good day on saturday wind as we say it softer than they were earlier today wind speed generally running between 5-12 mi. per hour. the forecast for tonight skies across the area clearing slowly a few scattered clouds expected with low temperature between 25 out in the suburbs to 35 downtown. for tomorrow mostly cloudy a good warming expected temperatures where they should be 48-54 degrees high temperatures and friday evening scattered clouds cold once again temperatures could drop into the upper 20s in the suburbs and saturday morning sunshine morning sunshine by evening possible could be a shower or to pass in the area o

we have in gale warnings on lake michigan. and it out in california there were 80 mi. per hour winds blowing of those santa anas are happening now ... we go into the day tomorrow bright and sunny. it will stay windy through tonight there will die down by tomorrow afternoon they may pick up again over the weekend. we had gusts of 47 mi. per hour just of the chicago shoreline this morning. by morning they will be dropping. a lot less wendy tomorrow was the day continues the high-temperature today will be 49 degrees. for tonight we expect clearing skies with priuses and cooler temperaturesin the thirties in the city saturday will be mostly sunny with the wind coming from the southeast 61 the high. in the mid-60s are forecast for sunday i will be back with the 7 day forecast. it's time for today's trivia: in 1870 which state elected the here is the illinois live lottery drawing: here are the winning pick three numbers: 3 99 here are the winning pick four numbers colin col: 5 7 9 4 these dogs wake up too early! you know what else is early? medicare open enrollment. now thro

december starts on friday and here is a nice shot from milwaukee county looking out over lake michigan late to affect brain and snow showers that came out today. we will show you that on the time lapse. same thing right here. these were off of the late today a couple of sprinkles a flake of snowfall. the lake is at 46 degrees. has been my experience like temperatures down to the low 40's very hard to get all snow in the city often storms like this one at wrapping up tonight already dropped 3 in. of snow tenn. new storms lined up to the west a couple of inches of snow in arkansas right under this down here this storm moves northward the wind turns northeast 46 degree breakwaters and they can't to warm up. a look at the snowfall in the western tennessee parts of missouri and even downstate illinois. the rains are coming northward and you can see how they bump into this band of dry air. we may have trouble pushing this deeply into the western and northwestern suburbs. he made just that sprinkles all of the wind without the heavy rainfall and people in northern indiana able to play this do

per hour today at pushing lake michigan water bubbles up 26 in. at one point this morning matt harbor, the storm surge all of the wind pushing the water against the shoreline indiana michigan tonight these are the brand that what remains of the powerhouse wind today costing over 20 even above 30 in some locations all around the chicago area out last the winter reported that is what is coming our way. cost to 60 degrees today new weather bug center at soldier field 60 mi. per hour gusts. high school university of chicago blue island all reporting powerful wind and in these locations in chicago university park. tonight we still have 70 mi. per hour wind blowing with 44 degree 34 degree bone chilling temperature at o'hare. still blowing at 26 degrees gary indiana. makanda rate is down to 29. and you can see the effect of the plant on the camera and dekalb county and akron indiana becomes a better wonderland snowstorm had crawford indiana and look at the rainfall that preceded the style in that area. up and down indiana today the east of our area. in

michigan and the wind and the dry weather perhaps any fires that might start spreading and storm will move on heat and howling northeast wind coming into chicago the wind will die friday and next storm to the west more heavy snow to the rockies southerly wind and one in temperatures into the plains states surface wind turning suddenly but the storm will pass tomorrow to the south and to look at the upper wind blowing from the south and the plants that is the way to warm things up fast. the goodies projected wind friday evening the day after tomorrow late in the day saturday look at that space of southern wind gusts to going over 40 mi. per hour in places we will not see that right away turning breezier as we get into the day saturday. sunday when the and a mild upturn in clocks back to see the sun set at 4:39 p.m. but daytime temperature will feel springlike and offset the discomfort of having that sunset with a 61 degree temperature. a forecast on sunday turning rainy again cooler later on and signs of cool air coming in the middle of the month it we can't have keeping an eye on that

michigan and parts of northwestern indiana so we are hardly done with the rainfall. wind fields over the next seven days you concede the winds diminishing in picking up, that is a fairly interesting storm on tuesday. let's check our forecast specifics now. for tonight across the area cloudy skies. of rain and fog with a low temperature is 35-42 by morning, tomorrows high should be between 39 and 44, again some showers all little lace no mixing in wins out of the northwest tomorrow night mostly cloudy could see a flurry but most of that will have left, low temperatures 34-37 and for monday a few early cloud since the clouds will build evening showers possible high temperature in the 40's into the seven day forecast without a lot of hope for much of all warm-up. for several chances of seeing some passing showers. tonight's focal lottery drawing as next and still to come in sports the hot seat gets hotter in campaign, continuing their big skid. northwester and hopes to continue in evanston their big win [ male announcer ] in 1894, a small town pharmacist set out to crea

lot that came over lake michigan. that's where i fell in love with the science of weather. we'd see the huge storms. and i'd freak out. >> i'd be screaming at the top of my lungs. everyone downstairs in the basement, quick, quick, quick. >> i would want to know why we were hiding in the basement. >> reporter: it was a genuine fascination for ginger. not to say she wasn't well-rounded. >> she played soccer. she was also a competitive cheerleader. all those are fond memories of her working hard and having it pay off for her. >> reporter: but her passion -- >> i loved science. and math came so easily to me. when i got to physics in high school, it was like, yes. the world makes sense. and i realized i was a little weird. >> reporter: she says she never really thought about being on camera. but when she was studying for her bachelor of science in meteorologist in college, one of her professors suggested an internship in television. >> the one thing she learned about southern culture when she was here was eating barbecue r

he decided that he wanted to cut channels that would travel from lake mashes, through the fair -- michigan, through the fairgrounds so there was waterways through the fairgrounds, and it was possible for people to go to attraction to attraction at the fair by boat. now, olmsted had a vivid, almost a lose nate -- hallucinating vision of the boats. he wanted them to be seat to seat a maximum of four people, wanted them to have brightly colored awnings and modeled this in his mind from china that he saw in his sea voyage 50 years before. now, daniel burnum, the administrator of the fair, thought this was a ridiculous idea. why would you, if you have people travel by boat, stroke of genius, great idea, but traveling in little boats four at a time made absolutely no sense to him, so burnum went behind his back and forged a relationship and signed a contract, in fact, with a steam ship company, now, when olmsted learned about this, he was furious. he wrote burnum a series of memos that are obsessive, demented, but logical. he made the argument that first of all that ultimately the world's dpair

>> mike: he put it in things that went well above the hole on the shores of lake michigan. >> but bought a lot of stocks and invested in a lot of companies and pretended he wasn't doing it. we need savings and investment. that is what grows the economy. >> mike: i want to watch this sound clip. michael moore at occupy wall street talking to some of the protesters. >> i want to see the people responsible for destroying the lives of millions of people. >> i want to see the people responsible for destroying the lives of millions of people. >> in handcuffs. >> in handcuffs. >> and led away. >> and led away. >> and brought to justice. >> and brought to justice. >> immediately. >> immediately. >> mike: you know, i find it comical and not that he is saying it because he gets away with it but there are people who are so duped that they honestly believe that he is kind of their leader. and i want to say i tell you what, michael, release your tax returns and let's see if you paid as much as you legally could and didn't take any detuckions. >> if you make your money making documentaries t is okay b

take area and gale warning along the east coast but all of lake michigan under a death watch for sunday. wind advisory is in the plains states including a red flag warning in parts of kansas in the mountains of various winter weather advisories for snow as we said goodbye to this rainfall on the east coast and hello to the brand fall to the west we might get a brief shower from this system to spin through on sunday otherwise the weekend looks beautiful pretty nice clouds will increase during the day on sunday very windy day across the chicago area. sunshine for tomorrow in this tense weekend of all six of the 10 weekends would have gone up above normal by the time this one is done this will be above normal weekend with '50s tomorrow 60 sunday and the 30 plus mile per hour wind expected sunday to come in here another windy day at that time. when it tomorrow se slicing up a bit like holding temperatures to the '50s but look at the extent of the wind field purple and red area the model for testing powerful 40 plus mile per hour wind to blow from texas north to the canadian border expanding

it will be the first lake effect snow across lake erie and ontario, maybe lake michigan and some snow in the mountains as well now that that colder air will come in. it will be chilly tomorrow, breezy with winds 15 to 20, occasionally 25. take temperatures in the low 50s, combine it with the winds and you'll need jackets and we may be talking about a bit of a wind chill. frontal system is off the map as mentioned. big sur face high pressure will build in and pull in those northwest winds and cooler air and that's the ingredients for the lake effect snow. we'll have the breezes around here. we're thinking when it comes to lake effect snow in these regions, even though it's the first of the year, it's probably only going to amount to a few inches, same for our mountains. second round for the mountains down here and the first time for snow for places like cleveland, erie and buffalo this year. we got our snow before they did. meanwhile tonight we are at 48 degrees. i've seen colder nights than. this the atmosphere is still breezy here. our winds 10 to 15 miles an hour tonight, but culpep

whitecaps on lake michigan interesting to drive down the drive had to get to work. thursday morning. next storm behind that wind blowing a southerly the area getting to the blizzard tonight could have 50-60 degree temperatures and that worked well swing in here for the weekend. forecast spotted showers popping the area big red ball to the north tomorrow getting in on some of that tomorrow night on the update how much rainfall may come down to that system and it looked at spithead day snowfall forecast for north america how autumn is starting to take hold across the continent. breezy mild for the season tonight temperatures 47-52 degrees that would do daytime proud during the day for high temperatures this time of the year sot wed 10-20 degrees of dusty. tomorrow partly sunny when the isolated showers and a spot or too high temperature 65 degrees. the second consecutive day in the mid '60s and we will take that rainfall development when it turned northeast shot work + 3 much cooler brand fall down on thursday high temperature of only 49 degrees. maybe 60 degrees on s