Flash Flood Warnings in Chicago Area
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: The National Weather Service has just issued a flash flood warning for much of the Chicago area. Jennifer Delgado has more from the Severe Weather Center. Jennifer, what can you tell us about these flash flood warnings.</s>JENNIFER DELGADO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hi Christine. Yes, we are talking but flash flood warning in place because three to five inches of rainfall is already coming down through parts of Chicago as well as various parts of central Illinois. Now as we show you in the radar, you can see for yourself, for Chicago, yes, heavier bands are on the way. This is going to make certainly for a messy commute and -- and you can see more of that heavy rainfall is still out to the west. Now what we're dealing with is a flash flood warning. This is in place until 2:00. Anywhere in red -- we're talking for Chicago, down to Quincy, anywhere in red -- that means if you are driving on the roadway, it doesn't take much of course to lose control of your car, so make sure you're taking extra precaution out there. And also I want to talk about a big area that's going to be under the gun for flood warning. And then includes a good part of the Midwest. You can see even for areas like Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, so a lot of big cities are going to be affected by this. Again as I said we've already seen three to five inches falling in the last 24 hours for Chicago. So certainly a dangerous situation there. As we go throughout the afternoon we are setting up for another day of severe storms. A moderate risk category, that includes Chicago, Detroit, all the way down towards Memphis. And of course, we'll continue to follow the storms moving through parts of West Texas. We'll send it back over to you, Christine. A very busy day weather wise as well.</s>ROMANS: Ok Jennifer Delgado thank you so much. Let's head back to Boston now, where John Berman is standing by. Hi, John.</s>BERMAN: All right. Thanks so much, Christine. So much news. New developments in what authorities are calling a possible breakthrough here into the investigation into the Boston Marathon terror attacks. The focus right now this morning is on two men, caught on surveillance cameras right near the finish line. Their pictures coming from cameras at a Lord & Taylor Department Store roof near the site of the second blast and also from a local television station. Now in these images, one of the men is reportedly seen carrying a black backpack. You'll remember, three people were killed in these blasts of the 178 injured, 66 are still in the hospital; 13 still in critical condition. Later this morning, the public will get a chance to gather, to pray, to grieve together at an interfaith prayer service here in Boston at the Cathedral at the Holy Cross. President Obama and the First Lady traveling to Boston later this morning. They will -- they will attend this memorial service, which will honor the victims of the bombings here in Boston. There will be other dignitaries there. Former Governor Mitt Romney, former Governor Mike Dukakis, Willy Well (ph). Pamela Brown, CNN's Pamela Brown is live outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross right now with more on today's service. Good morning -- Pamela.</s>PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you John. Members of the public began lining up right outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at around 4:30 this morning. That line continues to grow. It's several blocks down as far as the eye can see. We spoke to members of the public in that line, people are here for different reasons, but there is a sense that everyone here is united in grief. Some saying they are hoping for a message of hope comforting words for President Obama. But everyone we spoke with says that they are here to show their compassion for the victims of Monday's tragedy and that is expected to be a big part of President Obama's message focusing on the victims and their families. Late yesterday afternoon, Boston University officially released the name of the third victim killed, a 23-year-old graduate student and Chinese national by the name of Lingzi Lu, who is studying mathematics and statistics at Boston University. She was known as excellent student with a bubbly personality who had a love for the city of the Boston. Lingzi joined three friends to the marathon Monday. She was standing at the finish line when the bombs went off. One of her friends suffered injury and was taken to the hospital. After that, a frantic search erupted on social media from friends looking for Lingzi reporting she was missing. That of course was followed by a wave of sympathy Tuesday after it became apparent she had been killed. Her loss has sent shock waves throughout the BU campus which has a strong international community. Here is what one student who helped organize a memorial service for Lingzi had to say.</s>JACK CAO, STUDENT: She is just like one of us. I am a student from China. I am a master -- I'm a grad student here. So I was just think if I was killed in this bomb, because I was really close to that bomb blast. I was like 200 meters away from it, so if I was the one, how my friends would feel, how my parents will feel.</s>BROWN: Students at Boston University we spoke to, calling Lingzi's death devastating. Some are seeking counselling after her death and also we have learned this morning that Lingzi's parents may be en route to the U.S. from China and that they received an expedited visa, that's according to a State Department source. Now along with Lingzi, we're expected to hear from President Obama talking about the other two victims that were killed, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell and eight year-old Martin Richard, really the face of this tragedy who has captured the hearts of so many people. President Obama will not only talk about the victims also the first responders who were there during Monday's tragedy. So we are expected to hear a strong message from him, a message of compassion.</s>BERMAN: All right, Pamela Brown, thanks so much from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross where that interfaith prayer service will begin at 11:00 Eastern Time. The President will be there leaving Washington shortly for the service. Just one of the events we are covering today. Again there is so much going on in the world. We've been covering the breaking news all morning from that town of West Texas about 18 miles away from Waco. The massive explosion at a fertilizer plant there. Ammonia gas, possibly a threat still, the fire smoldering in this town still. The search and rescue continues, we'll bring you the latest, when we come back.