horsepower engines was not enough to push through there. those passengers are being bused back to chicago this morning, bill. bill: wow. how long is it supposed to be this way, garrett? reporter: well, any amount of time is too long, that is what a lot of people have said today but by the end of the week it is supposed to be above freezing here in chicago as well as throughout much of the width mess but that doesn t mean most of the problems are gone. we have flight delays going on throughout the midwest. at o hare, 750 flights canceled. at midway airport more than 755 flights canceled today. that is after 1600 canceled yesterday, 1200 on sunday. a lot of flights are still far backed off. that will carry through much of the rest of the week. roads throughout the region continue to be blocked. we know an 80-mile of stretch of