Thicker in some areas where visibility is down to zero. This morning we have a mix of clouds and son. A few scattered gun and storms are possible as chance between midday and into the afternoon. We will have some dry hours today coolingoff smile with a morning shower. 75 degrees on wednesday. Heres a look at the monday morning commute. So far so good just a few spots of over the construction especially in bound kennedy from chicago avenue to ohio. The two left lanes are a until 5 00 a. M. Otherwise the roads look good. No major issues or problems. Israel is holding its fire for a seven hour humanitarian truce this morning. But hamas has not agreed to honor the cease fire. The onesided truce comes after israel was widely condemned for a bombing that killed 10 palestinians at a school that was sheltering refugees. More than 100 rockets were fired from gaza into isreal yesterday. Medical Officials Say more than 18hundred palestinians have been killed since israel invaded gaza on july 8th.
Temperatures down to the fifties we will see the sky is clear hours. Temperatures will be below average. A few showers and sprinkles this morning most of that grain will be light. Its starting to clear out of lake county grade now. But the rain still lenders to the south. Looks like through six or 7 00 this morning we will have a light rain. Upstream the skies are clear. Now mid to upper fifties. 57 at the lakefront. Looking for a high today in the mid70s. But sunshine skies will clearly this morning. 77 tomorrow for the fourth of july. Loss of sunshine. East return over the weekend. Indian commuters were supposed to be waking up with some big closures on u. S. 30. And eighth mile stretch was blocked off at 10 00 last night between 41 all the way over to tie 65. This was to repair damage from mondays storm. I had to repair a lot of those Traffic Signals and the wires that came down. They expect this to stay closed until 10 00 really impacted the commute. The good news they finished ear
Tax hikes and spending will kick in. Economists say it could send the country back into recession. Republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the stalemate. The democrats want to extend the bush era tax cuts for those thinking less than 250,000. To taxes will go up for every taxpaying american. Republicans are not about to write a blank check to us because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. Consistently show that a majority of americans support the president s position on tax es. Did the shooting as the chicago at 500 homicides for the year. So far no comment yet. Chicago police have been working hard to prevent it. The 500 happened last night. The shooting death on the west side. 40 yearold Nathaniel Jackson was pronounced dead just after midnight. Three hours after he was shot in the head. His death pushed chicago homicide rate to 500. Today that is the talk of the town. It is crazy. I think these people are going out of their mind. The need to do something about t
A good dose. Up to half an inch is possible as the system moves through. A stationary front is stopped in our region. Late night a cold front drops temperatures eventually trying us out. Today High Temperature is about 12 degrees below average. As we look at the temperatures its 37 degrees in waukegan. 43 at ohare. 39 at the lakefront. 42 in aurora. Cooler in joliet. Dont expect the temperatures to move too much. We will be stuck pretty low for most of the day. Thunder and lightning to the south. In moving towards pontiac right now. The good news is this is not a widespread severe event. The Severe Weather is down to the south. Todays high will be 42. Showers early and late. Tomorrow we are 52. Mostly sunny high of 48. And everything is looking good. A bit of construction but not causing many delays. No accidents to report. Four people are dead after a mass shooting at fort hood. The shooter was an iraq veteran being treated for Mental Health issues. Tonya francisco is in the newsroom
An unmarked squad car. Was walking with the three victims as this shots were fired. Walking towards the daughters of. All we heard were gunshots. Came and arrest him off. Come to find out he was shot in his shoulder and i did not know. Im scared. There really was in my dreams all day. Not sure who the gun and was aiming at. And then on and is a couple of times. Expected to be released. A little more seriously injured. Has been identified as calamari and a. Her mother will survive but she lost a lot of blood when she was shot in the leg. Police have made no arrests. But not released the description of the gunmen. Tracking hundreds of vehicles at a selvage yard to determine how many of them have been stolen and sold for scrap. Investigators have been cross checking titles and vehicle identification numbers. A Law Enforcement source tells the Chicago Tribune Police Identified about 40 stolen vehicles. Vehicles are usually stripped of their parts within two days. A 31 yearold is accused of