without a safety net below. sarah schulte from our chicago affiliate reports. reporter: with their necks cranked up, the crowd became bigger and bigger as the wait for nik wallenda became longer and longer. many arrived by mid-afternoon to stake out a spot. it wasn t until after 7:30 when the 35-year-old stepped out and wowed thousands of people who watched with camera phones or with their naked eye. when he did niagara falls, i wish i was there. i said when he did the grand canyon, i wish i was there. he s here in my hometown. reporter: that hometown pride prompted many to witness it in person. for somebody to choose my city to do this, i m proud to live here.g1u reporter: whether it was watching it from the bridge house tavern or a balcony at marina towers or in an office building with a great view. everybody was staring into the sky as he made his way with
and she said good fellahs had a license to kill and whatever. today s arrests of the five members of the crime family brings an end to the violent and ruthless ways. jason carroll, thank you. he wanted to father a child, but not be a dad. now a sperm donor in kansas has to pay child support. our affiliate reports that a judge came down that the ruling ordering a donor to pay child support. you see he initially answered a craigslist ad from this gay couple who wanted a baby. the women separated. one went on public assistance and that s when the state of kansas stepped in and sought him out saying he should provide for his biological daughterment back in january, he talked to our own correspondent, victor blackwell. if you are found to have to
internally for any potential wrong doing associated with all of this. really interesting both of them saying they are affiliating themselves with wounded warrior organizations as they try to rebuild their lives. that is a strategy we have seen so many times before. and worthy, too. great to see you this morning. it is ten minutes past the hour. it is may 1. there is a powerful winter blast dropping snow in parts of the rockies. it is a very rare occurrence for this time of year. our jim spellman is live in boulder, colorado where two years ago it was 80 degrees. reporter: it is really beautiful. the sun is starting to come up here. it s really nice. you can see that it is sticking to the grass about maybe two inches or so. not sticking too much on the pavement here. it is causing problems in the mountains our affiliate reports that i-70 is closed.
storm is going to develop monday into tuesday across the central plains, possibly over a foot of snow. kelly: it s been quite a winter. maria, thank you. evil part of the day, as you can see i put [ bleep ] over it baby [ bleep ]. heather: he said my favorite part of the day. that guy is named dog the plow driver and now he is unemployed. he put it online and fired from his snow plowing job. eric was our boston affiliate reports. i m sorry. what you got down there. you would have to enjoy it that much? i probably don t have to enjoy it so much, hey, it s the little things in life.
major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far we ve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the school s handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. holmes was being seen by university psychiatrist, lynn fenton. cnn affiliate reports that she had concerns he might be a danger to others and told her colleagues but holmes dropped out of school before any investigation was before. in oakland a brick was thrown through a window of a obama office. reports say several car windows were broken as well. to oklahoma now and the wildfire disaster there. there are at least four major fires burning this morning, hundreds of homes are being threaten the