negotiators in washington. we ll have the key sticking points as the clock ticks down to a potentially catastrophic default. and later, nine lives. these so-called ghost cats were driven to the brink of ex tecs tinks, but are pouncing back. protects your way of life. yes, sir, it does. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. all eyes are on capitol hill tonight as the deadline for a possible government default closes in. both president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy insist a deal is close. more on that in a minute. we begin this memorial day weekend at the national mall. thousands are turning out at the poppy wall of honor. the red flowers symbolizes bloodshed and lives lost in service since world war i. there are more than 645,000 flowers lining the wall this year. and as always, many of us are on the move for the holiday weekend. whether by ground or air, travelers are feeling the impact of the economy bo
holiday travel is back this memorial day weekend, and here s a live look at the bay area airports. the tsa is saying they ve screened more than 5 million passengers in the past couple of days. yesterday was the highest single day number since thanksgiving of 2019. people driving into san francisco had a tough start to the day because there was an accident in the middle of the bay bridge. traffic nightmare after a multicar collision. there was some police activity in the middle of the bridge. chp was able to reopen lanes by 2:30 in the afternoon. the back up remained for hours. and because we re covering traffic, let s see what weather is going to be like. here s darren peck. well, we ll start out with a quick look ahead to the forecast for the holiday. i just want to give a view of what things will look like around here. for memorial day, we still have a really nice sunday coming our way. but if we just jump ahead to monday, we re going to start out in one of the cooler spots. well
and points northward over the next couple of days. speaking of tropical systems, there is one trying to form offshore, but all models suggest it doesn t have what it takes here to develop. around the bahamas, turks and caicos and eastern seaboard. speaking of a tropical system that has formed, sam has been in place north of the canadian marry maritimes. taking the scene i can route in cooler waters, our friends in iceland and greenland may see impacts associated with it as the system arrives late next week. here s what s happening around the united states. warmt warmth developing into portions of the great lakes region. almost summer like warmth in place. chicago climbing up to 80 degrees in places such as new york city middle 70s and around the nation we look, we have one of our cooler spots, atlanta thanks to the rainfall. highs of 70 degrees. isa? thanks very much, pedram.
through friday it stays coolish. the cooler spots will be in areas of arkansas and texas. this upcoming weekend, d.c. not a bad fall weekend. it s not going to be rainy but it will be cool. areas like green bay only 44. we were complaining on the east coast about the humidity only about seven days ago. now it s quickly turned to mid to late october type weather. in texas still some rain out there, still a flash flood watch, nothing close to the horrific flooding that we saw two days ago, but we ll see isolated problems. san antonio and abilene are in the flash flood watch. travel weather, not that many problems at the airports. just bundle up this morning especially in the northeast and the great lakes. the red sox are one game
hours. damaging winds and lightning are the features for the most prominent concern. temperatures this morning, mild nationwide. 64 in chicago. one of the cooler spots. working toward d.c. and new york. warmer in new york city than panama city. here we go with the stationary front that has been in place with storms firing up. into the early morning hours, detroit and cleveland by lunchtime and by the afternoon and evening, philly and new york with the storms. the heavy rainfall in the next couple of days around eastern oklahoma and northern arkansas and branson, missouri. unfortunately, a wet start to the weekend. a wet start to the weekend. thanks pedram. all right. an nba free agent stunner. where is deandre jordan going to play next year? the answer keeps changing and changing. andy scholes with the bleacher