Temperatures are going to stay warm. Today we are in the low 40s. Right now it is 34. 3340 hair. Union reading at 31. 314 decal. Light snow tapering off across the northern communities. We will have a mixed precipitation delivering tonight after midnight. When a potential for freezing rain and potentially icy travel tomorrow. It changes over to rain and then a rain and snow mixed. We just dont know what we are going to get. We are going to have the mixed early on thursday. Potential for rain and thunderstorms happen out. High temperature 49 degrees. We call that slop. Things are looking good on the roads. Outbound kennedy have a few leans down at cumberland. Whenever we see these temperatures warm up they get out there and start to do that work. Theyre also taking a manageable literatures by cleaning the snow off the side of the expressways. You may see more of those plows out there but other than that you are in good shape. A full rundown coming up in just a bit. With all the snow weve received this winter, you just knew it would have melt sooner or later. Flooding will be a big fear for the next few days. Tonya francisco is live in bolingbrook with more. Good morning. This is a prime example of what people are worried about. This is a snow pile. Im 5 ft. Five. This stockpile is almost to the top of my head. We know it has to go somewhere. People are concerned hoping that it doesnt end up in their homes. We are starting to see this issue popped up around the area. This is video from a library of 95 and halsted that flooded after snow on the roof started melting and came raining down from the ceiling, forcing the library to close. Also concerned that the basement will start to flood said the City Department of Water Management crews are working around the clock to try to prevent that from happening. We have our crews working going around and checking the catch basins to make sure that they are clean. We ask residents to give us a hand with this because as the snow melts, the catch basins will start to claude. Other municipalities like elmhurst are doing the same. Asking residents to help them clear at the catch basins. If you see ice, called the department of water so they can come out and clear that because it may be too dangerous for you to do that. People living along the Kankakee River, they are being warned to prepare for flooding starting tomorrow. Ice dams could cause flooding anywhere from 1520 ft. Within 20 minutes. People are urged to be prepared that they may have to evacuate. But not seen this kind of flooding in 30 years. Coming up later, tips from an expert on what homeowners can do to try to protect their property from flooding. Back to you. Protests continue in ukraine after its deadliest day in the standoff between the government and demonstrators. At least 25 people from both sides were killed. Andrew spencer has more. Smoke filters the sunlight as it shines on Independence Square in kiev after a night of continued protest. Standing behind walls of fire, demonstrators separate themselves from Government Forces using whatever they can find to fan the flames holding shields on what is presumably the front line. Theyre here for their future. These fireworks serving as an improvised weapon. This pipe, they use compressed gas to propel the fireworks attached to molotov cocktails to get bigger distance. The makeshift weapons include more than just makeshift cocktails, similar weapons pass up. Stone ridge from the very streets of kiev. When state the ukrainian president pinned the blame for the violent clashes on antigovernment groups the banning protesters disentangle themselves from what he calls radical forces provoking bloodshed. This clear escalation began months ago when he backed away from a trade pact with the European Union opting instead for closer relations with moscow. Its all about whether they are a european nation were part of russia. Thats what its all about. An overwhelming majority of ukrainians want to be part of europe. For now, the onagain off again talktalks remain stalled. A police chase on the dan ryan ended with a car crash. And three men were critically injured from gunshot wounds. Officers began chasing the car after it was involved in a shootout with another group of people on the west side yesterday morning. They were headed south on the dan ryan when the suspects pointed a handgun at the officers. The passenger in the rear seat at about 20 street points of gun at the officers pursuing him. Theyre right next to the car. Its a semiautomatic 9 mm with an extended clip. At that point, the officers in the car fire at the offenders car. The car exited at 35th street. Hitting another car and smashing into a snow bank. Police say they fired into the car again when they saw a passenger raise his gun. No officers were injured. The body of a missing Southern IllinoisUniversity Student was found nearly a week after he was last seen. 19yearold Pravin Varughese was last seen leaving a party on campus last wednesday. His body was found yesterday in a wooded area near the school. Authorities say had got a ride from someone at the party. But he later got into an argument with that person. And got out of the car. They say he got lost in the woods and froze to death. Police say no evidence points to foul play in his death. An autopsy and toxicology report have been ordered. This is something that has to be solved. Which just missed him so much. We dont think this happened on his own. We feel like someone else is involved. Police say no evidence points to foul play. An autopsy and toxicology report have been ordered. Taking a look at the other top stories this morning. Three more men have filed sexual abuse lawsuits against the chicago archdiocese. All three claim they were molested by former priest Daniel Mccormack when they played on the Basketball Team at our lady of the westside school, a decade ago. Mccormack went to prison in 2007. The lawsuit also accuses the archdiocese of knowingly letting mccormack work unsupervised with children, after it knew there were serious allegations against him. Jury selection has begun, in a highprofile murder trial. Allan kustok is charged with shooting his wife anita at their home in orland park in september 2010. Hes the father of sportscaster sarah kustok. And zak kustok, a former Northwestern University quarterback. Sarah was in the courtroom yesterday, to support her father. Witnesses for the trial are expected to include several women who say they had affairs with allan kustok. Prosecutors put torture tools on display at the trial of a former Chicago Police officer. Jurors saw handcuffs, hand saws, pry bars and sleeping pills. Steve mandell is accused of plotting to kidnap, torture and kill two businessmen. The feds say he planned to use a building on devon avenue as a torture chamber, and force the men to sign over their real estate holdings, then kill them and drain their blood into a giant sink. Two men face charges after police said it started a flood at trump tower. Carl koenemann of des plaines. And benjamin nitch of barrington. Face charges after police say they started a flood in the trump tower. Authorities say they were angry after being cut off at the bar. The two were caught on video turning on a water valve in fire exit stairwell. The water gushed for ten minutes before it was turned off. Causing extensive damage to the floors and two elevators. Damage to the elevators alone totaled more than seven hundred thousand dollars. Today is the last day of the ongoing faculty strike at uic. About half of the classes were canceled when the strike started yesterday. Classes that are taught by graduate students are not affected. Hundreds of faculty members and supporters spent that time in picket lines and marching through the campus. Classes that were taught by graduate students were not affected. The union that represents tenured and nontenured faculty members planned the strike to push along negotiations for a new contract. The next bargaining session is friday. The head of the rta is stepping down when his term expires this summer. John gates junior has been rt a chairman for four years. He told the Chicago Tribune that he was confident he would have been reelected, but he wants to focus more on his business commitments. Gates said hell announce his decision at todays board meeting, which allows time to elect a new chairman by the time his term ends on june 30 th. Heading over to sochi for a Winter Olympics update. American david wise won the gold in the skiing halfpipe. That gives the us six golds overall. The us and the netherlands lead the medal count with 20 apiece. An amber alert has been issued for a missing girl in missouri. Everett, wash the olympics and we are losing. I dont know why. Lets take a look at our day. 35 degrees is the current temperature in valparaiso. Foster park elementary in the mid30s. Sugar grove 26. Sure would 28. Some areas are below freezing which means the snowmelt is slowing down but other areas are just above freezing. The satellites radar composite shows we are dry. Dont expect rain today we are actually expecting sunshine but tonight we have the potential for freezing rain after midnight. Heavy rain is possible with even a thunderstorm on thursday changing over to a rain and snow mixed. Todays High Temperature is 42. Coming up, a girl in missouri is missing after being kidnapped. And another incident a severe turbulence. And an elderly nun is sentenced to prison for her role at the breakin at a Nuclear Facility. And woman falls into a giant sinkhole. We hava man is in cusl was abducted in missouri. 10 yearold hailey owens was reportedly kidnapped near her home in springfield yesterday afternoon. A stranger pulled her into his ford ranger and drove away. The vehicle has since been recovered, and the kidnapping suspect a whitehaired man, has been arrested. But theres no sign of hailey. Investigators believe the abduction was a random act. A nun is going to prison for her role in a peace protest. Sister megan rice and two men were convicted of breaking into and vandalizing a Nuclear Facility in tennessee. They say they were trying to prove a point about the danger of nuclear weapons. Yesterday a judge sentenced the 84 year old nun to 35 months in prison. The two men were sentenced to just over five years. The three were also ordered to pay more than 50thousand dollars in restitution for damaging government property. A cruise ship worker is is accused of beating and sexually assaulting a female passenger and then trying to throw her overboard. According to a criminal complaint, this Room Service Attendant on Holland America line cruise hid in the womans room. Then attacked her. He was allegedly was angry with the woman for swearing at him when he delivered food. The woman was airlifted to a hospital in florida. Her condition is unknown. Nine people were injured when a boeing 747 hit severe turbulence over japan. Cathay Pacific Airlines said two crew members and six passengers were taken to hospital after the jet from San Francisco landed in hong kong last night. The plane was carrying 321 passengers and a crew of 21. One passenger said he felt like he was a on a roller coaster during the turbulence, which lasted two minutes. And some passengers were thrown out of their seats and hit the overhead bins. A woman and her dog have been rescued after falling into a 20footdeep sinkhole in oregon. Authorities say she was trying to find her poodle last night when she fell into a sinkhole in her backyard. A neighbor who heard her calls for help called 911. Fire Officials Say that both the woman and her dog were not hurt. Crews are covering up the hole temporarily. Thats why robin never goes in her backyard because you never know whats going to happen outside. You never know if you leave the house. We have 33 degrees right now. Were just above freezing. Most areas will drop below freezing which will slow down the snow melts. That will hold back the potential for flooding. 33 at ohare. Aurora at 27. 32 in dekalb. The flood watch has been issued in effect starting tonight. It expires at noon tomorrow. We are expecting the entire area will be under a flood watch. Across the region today, rain is not here yet. It will get here in about 24 hours. It will move into the area by 5 00 a. M. Watching this system to a comes in from the south. It brings a powerful storm burning lots of moisture. Up to 1 in. Of rain is possible. Here we have rain even the potential for a thunderstorm during the day. Here we are thursday night with the cold air coming in behind the warm air which means we changeover to a wintery mix of rain and snow. Not much snow as that moisture gets out of here. Here is the 70 forecast. Would make 42 degrees. 49 degrees on thursday. Thursday we do want to percent chance of everything, rain and snow and ice. Everything. Pizza where colorful weekend with sunshine. You can fit anything else about graphic. We have some standing water and roads. This is the bishop ford reports of high standing water from a steel bridge. Watch for that. Its apparently on both sides. On 80943 leads are running slow due to ongoing road work. Its hard to tell but you can see the headlights coming in. A bit of a slow go on 8094 heading west bound. Everything else is looking good. A full run down in just a bit. Coming up. Why some hot pockets are being recalled. Plus what a new report says about the federal minimum wage hike thats heating up the debate in congress. And the white sox have already given jose abreu a nickname at camp. Details next in sports. Hey marcus every once in awhile the stories pop up on the internet with surveys asking people current event questions and its really depressing the this people cant answer questions like who is the vicepresident of united states. We decided to go out and put one of these to the test. We will give you the results. He makes a lot of noiseg off a tee. When he gets outside at batting practice its a whole different story. As long as you throw a strike making feelgood. Hes an impressive guy on and off the field. Not yet conversational in english but his teammates have already welcomed him inside the clubhouse. We call him, the spanish word for bear. We call them yogi. Because it looks like yogi bear. I think he really worked his tail off. Is very quiet. But is passionate about the game. You can see it in his body language if he doesnt do something right he goes after it again. He said he is learning english its very important to him. One day when he learned how to speak he will do the interview in english. The white sox made a huge investment. 68 million. But the early returns have been nothing but positive. When you watch him in practice hes worried about getting the ball around the field and hitting it. Even fielding, you watch him do things for a reason. He has a way to go about it thats very professional. Two varieties of hotpockets have been recalled the philly steak and cheese hot pocket were pulled from shelves after finding they may contain recalled meat. No illnesses have been reported in relation to the recall. Nestle says consumers should return the product to the place of purchase for a refund. Stocks closed mixed on tuesday the dow dropped 24 points the nasdaq raised 28. And the sandp closed up 2 points. The Congressional Budget Office released a new analysis regarding a possible minimum wage increase. They look to the impact of increasing the minimum wage from 7. 251010. Raising the minimum wage could cost jobs. The height would reduce unemployment by 500,000 workers. The agency says the job loss numbers could be less or could be as high as 1 million. Todays powerball drawing has an estimated 400million dollar jackpotthe sixth largest in u s history. If no one matches all the numbers today, the prize could grow even more by the next drawing saturday. Each drawing without a winner rolls the jackpot over, adding money to the pot. A thing, come dont let me win 400 million. That could be a good sign. But sticker look at how things are going. 41 degrees is the temperature at 2 00. Temperatures will start to tumble and the rain moves in. Heavy rain develops after midnight. As much as 1 in. Of rain with Flooding Risk. Potential for a thunderstorm tomorrow. Lets look at traffic. We have Police Activity along oken and milwaukee. It looks at that intersection is tied up. Not a lot of details but we are working on that. High standing water with these temperatures dropping overnight it looks like its causing an issue on the bishop ford from the steel bridge all the way over. Watch for spin out through there and hydroplaning. West bound 80943 left lanes moving slow this morning due to ongoing road work. You can see that indicated in your travel time. And this is right along indianapolis boulevard, lots of Traffic Building up. Lots of headlights coming through all from the extra trucks on the roads. Thats the latest for transportation. Another hit in a bit. Coming up, and warm weather poses a Flooding Risk. And what the former illinois congressman did that got him arrested in zimbabwe. And the president is personally apologizing to an art teacher for a joking made in milwaukee. And and the mother takes matters into her own hands another day of warm weather could lead to flooding as the snow melts. Protests turned deadly in new clashes in the ukraine. Some groups are heading to springfield in a fight over pension. Good morning, im dan ponce. And im erin mcelroy. Lets go to Demetrius Ivory for a check of the weather. Its one of those days were you have to say enjoy today because you probably wont like to mile and you will like the day after. Its going up hill and then downhill. Today we start off with temperatures above freezing. Gary indiana is at 36. At the st. Matthias school is 35. We do find it temperatures below freezing. This is good for us early today because it slows down the slow melt and our Flooding Risk will be relatively high but cooler overnight. Would dip below freezing to help slow down that snowmelt. Sallets composi