now we re looking for a messy storm tonight and tomorrow. rol? we ll keep our fingers crossed and baton down the hatches tonight. thank you, bonnie. checking the other top stories. former senator bob dole is in the walter reed army medical center this morning. the former republican presidential candidate being treated for a fever that originally popped up earlier this week. doll s 87 years old, served in the senate from 1969 to 1996, when he resigned to run for president. happening in southern sudan, voters go to the polls to decide whether to succeed or remain united with the northern cartoon government. this is south sudan s president casting the first ball lost he calls a historic moment. it s expected the christian south will choose independence from the north. caretakers of the transalaska pipeline are trying to find a leak that has slowed a rate of oil to a mere trickle. inspection crews found oil pooling in the basement of a booster pump yesterday.