airforce 1 taxied in chicago and from there a quick chopper ride to the lakefront before heading to ken wood to vote for himself 12 days before election day. he joked with election volunteers about the lack of gray hair on his driver's license one woman gave it right back by scrutinizing his photo. did you see that? a thank-you. >> he joined 16,000 who cast their ballots today early voting numbers are up significantly from four years ago. i cannot tell you who i voted for but i very much appreciate everybody here and it's good to be home back in the neighborhood. meanwhile outside onlookers' patiently waited for a peek at the president before itsthe brain. i think change is going to come in these next four years. then the rain fell antarctica and the motorcade moved on to hyde park obama didn't miss a chance to stop at his campaign office to say thank you. and make a few phone calls even admitting that a close election lies ahead and now's the time to get the word out. this has been a huge tour for the president today alone he woke up in florida flew to virginia, stopped by chicago to vote and then headed to ohio before heading back to the white house tonight. mitt romney's campaign reporting today they collected $112 million during the first half of the month he is ready for the big push to election day. this campaign is about big things because we happen to believe thahahaha recognize this a yeawiththththth big choice in the americans want to see big changes and i will bring it to this country. >> the romney campaign says 92 percent of donations for contributions of $250 or less, he made three campaign stops throughout that battleground states. and an incumbent tea party congressman put against his democratic challenger, tami duckworth vs. joe walsh. what stands out right away for you? first let's look at the numbers this is a race being watched all over the country what we found is that it's duckworth, 50 percent, walsh 40 percent. nine percent are undecided which seems like a fairly large figure so close to election day but when you go deeper into the numbers it's very simple why she has this lead, it's the women's vote among men is 46-45 walsh but when you look at the women's vote it is 54, 34 duckworth 20 percentage points. everybody is talking about women's issues. plus you have these recent flaps with wash talking about saying a abortion was and never medically or technologically necessary to save a woman's life. duckworth is running against walsh and points out the issue of child support that was resolved. nine percent of women here are undecided which is quite a large chunk. when we look into these numbers there are really hurdles here for walsh to try to earn a second term you've got the fact that independent voters were 35 percent of the district voters, 48-37 for duckworth. thank you for joining us. former state rep derrick smith continues to dodge his chief opponent lance tyson the man trying to win his district seat accused of taking $10,000 in bribes. smith only found in for a few minutes. smith was expelled from the illinois house after being indicted but remains on the ballot if convicted of bribery he could get 20 years in prison. stay with us for updates on all of the races leading up to election day. you can fall was on wgntv.com/decision2012. >> temperatures dropped as much as 25 degrees in one hour and a half we are 30 degrees off the day's high going into a mid november spell of whether subnormal temperatures, coolest in six months coming into a monster storm forming on the east coast. >> what dna testing has confirmed about a woman's son who for years was considered one of john wayne gacy is victims. ar 's victims. >> father and his four year-old son were discovered dead inside their home. >> york phil police received a request for a well being checked yesterday afternoon at a home when officers arrived they found a man and his son dead inside the groszarage, kendall county coroner tells the chicago tribune there were no signs of trauma to the body and the homeless locked when officers arrived, he said the suv parked in the go-ahearage not running but investigators believed it had been running, dickey was in the ignition turned on and the gas tank was empty records show he was going through a divorce with his wife and she was the one that requested the well being checked. police say there is no danger to the public. autopsies are scheduled for tomorrow. >> dna results create doubt in the case of notorious serial killer john wayne gacy who murdered 33 men and boys in the late 1970's one of the victims was believed to be michael marino he vanished in 1976, his dental records matched the body found in casey's crawlspace but the boy's mother never believed it and tests on his jawbone did not match his mother's dna so it is possible that his body is buried elsewhere, the state attorney alvarez has had the application for weeks they released a statement saying: what a difference a few hours max, a 20 degree drop in temperatures in just a couple of hoursmakesar it's like four seasons in one day. >> we were almost 20 degrees above normal today and later we will beat 15-20 degrees below normal. did you see the storm's coming through? they were pretty ominous. michael latino capture this from rockford illinois and josh was out with his camera in buckingham illinois. that is one angry sky and here is another in buildthunderstorm. they produce quite a temperature drop that is the big story. our day is starting out with lots of sunshine we had a temperature up to 77 today at the lakefront. we are 30 degrees off the day's low and will be 27 degrees colder tomorrow than today. what a change a couple of hours makes still raining and in pockets you can see in the three-dimensional radar the piles of clouds flashing lightning mainly to the east of us. these are areas where temperatures are colder than 24 hours ago. almost 6 in. of snow in nebraska today. measurable snow that went into parts of minnesota. not much additional snow expected in those areas. the dew point which was up in the '60s is down to 45 with 93 percent humidity at this point. we have some chilly day is on the way. we have the 40's forecast high temperatures during the day saturday and the wind chills are really impressive. here is the cold there it takes residents through the coming week look at the snow on the ground. at this mess out in the east coast as this cold air becomes entangled with this low. there are frost and freeze advisory's in 12 states produced 72 mi. per hour wind gusts this morning for five hours at guantanamo bay in eastern cuba. the storms have been making their way through the bahamas and the heaviest rains are off the coast. here is the track from the hurricane center. that could be real trouble for folks out there. the perfect storm which is the closest thing we have had recently to this. $200 million damage. geoff masters who writes for weather underground says this could be $8 billion storm that is what he is estimating. showers gradually ending tonight markedly kohler, near 40 at the lakefront. and 37 is the low temperature at o'hare. a cloudy sunday and monday there could be a sprinkle or flurries that, and after that. any concerns about jake colors availability for sunday's game and the descend on rosemont dan roan is next with sports. hahahaha! hooohooo, hahaha! this is awesome! folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? 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