temperatures around 62 for today. in the east, we're going to see conditions start to improve in the northeast with the exception of the wind over much of the great lakes. so the severe weather is done for now, but we still have a lot of wind that we're going to have to deal with for the next 24 hours, kate. >> i'm looking closely at chicago. i'm headed there tomorrow. >> very windy. >> windy, windy. thank you so much. russian president vladimir putin is speaking out about the allegations of rampant widespread state-approved doping among russian olympic athletes. putin called for an investigation into those claims in a report this week that came from the world anti-doping agency. the fate of russian's 2016 olympic hopefuls could be decided tomorrow when the international association of athletic federations, that's the governing body for track and field, when they meet. and it could mean some u.s. athletes could benefit. joining me now phillip hirsch, olympic writer for "the chicago tribune." he's covered 17 olympic games.