a lot of tow trucks trying to retrieve stranded drivers. jennif jennifer delegate toe joining us from chicago. a lot of flight cancellations in chicago. not so much fun for travelers. reporter: yeah, absolutely. you never want to be stuck in the airport. but the reality is, we are talking nearly 1,000 flights that have been cancelled and this is just the precaution. this is not actually weather cancellati cancellations. we are talking about 850 flights out of o hare as well as 230 out of midway. and that s between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., a preemptive order. we want to talk about what s happening in chicago. yeah, snow is coming down. it s going to get heavier. even by the time folks are coming home on their evening commute we re looking at tough travel conditions because we re going to combine in winds coming from the north, northeast, around 30 miles per hour and that s going to drop the visibility at times. in addition to causing more air
i m sure he would make the case that despite the dismal results on election day that his group prevented it from getting worse. really? is that the argument? that is what, you know, people will say when you spend a lot of money and you come up short is that without that spending you would have done even worse, but the problem is it s very difficult to pinpoint which parts of the campaign architecture and infrastructure tend to help. it s difficult to get those metrics. yeah. politico s alexander burns. thank you, gentlemen. we have a whole lot to get to in our next hour. the storm, of course, that started as a major inconvenience is now deadly. two people have died in connecticut, two in new york. a young boy died a short time ago this afternoon in massachusetts. stranded drivers, abandoned cars and there s a travel ban from connecticut tomas mas. we are going take you live to the places that have been
chippewa river. the speed boat came crashing into their pontoon look boat. the driver of that boat and another passenger on the boat were killed in the crash and these two men thrown into the water. three people survived. she was the first bond girl starring as the super spy as love interest in the 1954 adopttation. mexican actress, linda christian has died. a starlet in the 1940 s, 1950 s known for her marriage to hollywood icon tyrone power and a string of movies, tarzan and the muhr maid. up in arms empty one of dave s favorite. christian died of colon cancer, 84 years old. in chicago, record breaking rainfall has many streets flooded and homes are underwater. stranded drivers on city streets, never good to have your car submerged like that. after more than six inches of rain fell in a single
flooded and homes are underwater. stranded drivers on city streets, never good to have your car submerged like that. after more than six inches of rain fell in a single afternoon. that broke records for the city. last checked, tens of thousands of chicagoans are still without power and that of course leads to a wonderful segue with maria. maria, i can t believe 90 degrees feels to me like almost a cooldown after the last two days. feels a lot better than two days ago and even yesterday we were looking at heat index values in the triple digits so it s been a hot couple of days, not just here in new york, but across much of the midwest, southeast and also the southern plains. though, unernl to dealing with the hot temperatures out there. all because of a high pressure system that s finally going to get out of the eastern seaboard and taking a look at today s highs. high at 91. minneapolis, today s high 85 degrees. big cooldown out there all because of a cold front that will be bringi
even reported acid bombs. tonight why president mubarak s message did not calm his country and what to expect next as the world s capital descends towards anarchy. plus, 2000 miles of ice and snow. it stranded drivers, cancelled flights and dumped a huge mess all across the nation. tonight, this groundhog claims spring is coming, chicago may disagree. and news of the big storm coming up. but first from fox this wednesday night, news out of egypt, we are tracking the rapidly deteriorating situation there after thousands of pro-government supporters all of a sudden descend on the streets to fight the regime s critics. it was urban hand-to-hand combat that wept on for hours. about 90 minutes ago, one of our reporters said the military has started firing live tank rounds over the crowd. warning shots so far.