with police. we have the details on this late night incident coming up. police in cedar rapids are going to schools to talk about gun violence. officers are hoping kids will make a pledge against guns. one teacher in oelwein is thanking her student's science project for saving her life. a simple reading led to a big issue she can now keep track of. one man is dead this morning in cedar rapids after police shot him late last night. it started when officers tried to pull three suspects over in an ongoing narcotics investigation. that happened in the 32 hundred block of ravenwood terrace northwest. it's also where the shooting happened just after 10-30 last night. the three suspects inside the vehicle were believed to be involved in drug-related activity at a nearby drug store. when officers pulled them over, one of the men got out and fled. two officers used a police k-9 to track the man down, here, within the block. as they closed in to make an arrest, the suspect opened fire,

shooting a weapon at the officers. they fired back. the man, who police say was in his early 20s, was fatally wounded. he has since died from his injuries. the two officers and the k-9 were not hurt. police are waiting to release the suspect's name until family has been notified. as part of procedure, the two officers involved in the shooting are now on paid administrative leave. the iowa dvision of criminal investigation is looking into the incident. police have not released any information about the two other suspects or the names of the officersnvolved. we will continue to follow this story throughout the morning. live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9. a new york police officer is dead this morning after a gunman shot him during a chase in east harlem. police say housing cop randolph holder was responding to reports of a man with a gun last night. he and his partner, both in plainclothes, shot at the suspects. the gunman shot holder, and he died at harlem hospital. police arrested him four blocks away - he's in custody with gunshot wounds to the leg. three others are also in custody. "

i saw people running from the street back over here, a woman. and how many shots? about 10 to 12." holder is the fourth officer killed in new york city in 11 months. thanks kaj. after some areas picked up tremendous rainfall yesterday, the action is now well off to the east of us. we should be pretty dry over the next two days. plan on highs to rebound again into the 70s. our next chance for measurable rain continues to be later friday into friday evening. these showers , may impact friday night football. this system should move steadily east, giving us another spectacular fall weekend with highs back into thlower 60s. next week does look somewhat cooler, with highs in the upper 50s to start off the new work week. have a great day!today: partly cloudy high: 71-77 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 71 dbq: 73 iow: 75tonight: mostly clear low: 42-48 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 40 dbq: 44 iow: 48tomorrow:

mostly sunny hi: 61-67nds: 10 alo: 64 dbq: 64 w: 67tomorronht: increasing clouds low: 47-53winds: s10-15 alo: 51 dbq: 47 iow: 53 rst, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... one man is in custody this morng for leading officers on a chase. officers tried to pull him over on his motorcycle on highway 218. he sped away north on the highway - officers took him into custody at a hy-vee gas station on logan avenue in waterloo. deputies with the black hawk county sheriff's office, cedar falls police and waterloo police were all involved in the chase. this is where officers pulled the suspect over. today is the day of national concern, so students across linn county are talking about ways to end violence. cedar rapids police chief wayne jerman is going to washington high school this

morning to talk to students. local law enforcement and an assistant u-s attorney talked about this with students yesterday at jefferson high school. students told tv-9 they think violence is an issue in cedar rapids. students at jefferson and at several schools in the area are also signing pledges against gun violence as part of the day of national concern. they're omising never to bring a gun to school and never to use a gun to settle a personal problem. "13:30:46 next to car crashes, gun violence is the second leading cause of accidental death to teenagers and gun deaths are fast coming up on car crashes " " 13:44:09 gun violence in the streets and shooting people is not important, it's not what we are here to do. we are here to grow and become better citizens." panel members say this is a big first step in getting this conversation started with students. they also told the audience that a big part of

law enforcement officials are challenging the teens to hold true to that pledge. an artist in iowa city and his wife hope some of their artwork survived a fire at their home. firefighters saw flames and smoke at 623 east college street. that happened about 5:15 yesterday evening. witness think a lightning strike caused the fire. they told tv-9 they heard a loud boom before it started. everyone in the home made it out safely. t-v nine has confirmed that well-known artist hans breder lives at this house. police say a cedar rapids man broke into anempty home and started a fire. 50 year old richard alatalo faces arson and burglary charges. police say a witness at a gas station near the house at 16-16 j street southwest saw a man kick in the front door. officers weren't sure if the man was armed, so they surrounded the home with guns drawn. then they arrested alatalo when he ran out through

the back door. police put out a small fire on a bedroom floor. several groups in iowa city plan to protest at the board of regents meeting today. the union called the campaign to organize graduate students is partnering with iowa defending our universities for the protest. they will gather outside where the board of regents meet today at 3 this afternoon. they claim the board is corrupt and doesn't have the best interests of students, faculty, and the community in mind. one of their problems with the board is their appointment of the new university president. the board made bruce harreld the new president last month. they passed up 3 other candidates that had more education experience. harreld says people should give him a chance. he starts as president on november second. today the board of regents ill discuss the final terms of the university of iowa taking over the american institute of business college in des moines. last month, the des moines business record reported that the board of regents considered getting a consultant to determine if des moines was the best location for

a-i-b. an oelwein teacher says a middle school science project saved her life. two students studied how age affects blood pressure. to collect data they asked young children, high school students and some teachers to wear an automated blood pressure cuff. math teacher michelle gearhart says her numbers came back shockingly high. 196 over 110 - a hypertensive crisis according to the american heart association. 15:20:25 "first i went to the school nurse and asked her to check it again, i was sure the numbers were wrong. she agreed, she thought no, that can't be right. so she took it and i think it was even higher when she took it. so i called my doctor and got checked out and it's definitely a problem." gearhart says doctors gave her medicine to lower her numbers while they work to determine the cause. congratulations to our gazette, kcrg-tv9 student of the month - kailin lust. she's a senior at west high

school in iowa city. kailin is the president of her school's best buddies chapter. in between a-p and college courses, she volunteers her time to help kids who have special needs. we'll introduce you to kailin next week on tv9. and if you want to nominate a student, head to our website, kcrg dot com slash student of the month. some cedar rapids middle school students are learning the effects of bullying. motivational speaker jim jelinske is talking to three middle schools this week. he stopped at at wilson middle school yesterday morning. jelinske uses real-life examples, magic and skits to get students thinking about their words and actions before they bully somebody. "nobody should be afraid to go to school. no one should fear going down a hallway, going into a classroom, going to a bathroom, being on a bus by themselves, if we have all of the same information and we have a concerted effort to stop that kind of behavior, it will happen. " jelinske says he has adults come up to him after his

talks saying bullying can be felt even in adulthood. he has been traveling to different schools with this message for 12 years. asbury children will soon have a new place to splash and play. the city bought land in 2000 on sanibel lane to create cloie creek park. it will start developing the land into a splash pad, playground area and recreational trail among other things next spring. asbury's mayor says the town has needed something like this for a while. "our park system has not kept up with the growth. we've just, we've got to get this park going. we've got to give people the green space and the amenities, all the quality of life things that we are so proud of in asbury. this is what we are behind in, this is why it's so important to get this done and continue to move forward." this will be the first splash pad in the asbury - dubuque area. asbury will start taking bids this fall for the various projects in the park. it's expected to be finished by june.

a wisconsin congressman and former vice presidentia candidate says he is willing to run for house speaker. but paul ryan says he'll only run if h the full support the republican party. one man is dead in florida after an officer shot him. but this police officer was in unmarked car and plain clothes. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---.

tremendous rainfall yesterday, the action is now well off to the east of us. we should be pretty dry over the next two days. plan on highs to rebound again into the 70s. our next chance for measurable rain continues to be later friday into friday evening. these showers , may impact friday night football. this system should move steadily east, giving us another spectacular fall weekend with highs back into the lower 60s. next week does look somewhat cooler, with highs in the upper 50s to start off the new work week. have a great day!today:

high: 71-77 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 71 dbq: 73 iow: 75tonight: mostly clear low: 42-48 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 40 dbq: 44 iow: 48tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 61-67 winds: e 5-10 alo: 64 dbq: 64 iow: 67tomorrow night: increasing clouds low: 47-53 winds: se 10-15 alo: 51 dbq: 47 iow: 53

a five dollar "less than footlong"? subway is going to be baking longer bread after complaints their subs weren't as big as advertised. that's in today's america's

wisconsin lawmaker paul up to the gavel after adamantly turning down the house speaker role. that's after another lawmaker said "no thanks" to the job. abc's stephanie ramos has the details from washington. paul ryan...is no longer resisting the pressure t run for house speaker... sot: rep ryan "i consider to do this with reluctance" this comes after weeks of lobbying from republicans for him to take on the job of leading a divided house. now, the wisconsin lawmaker and former vp candidate.... finally says he's down to do the job...agreeing he'll run to replace john

unify behind him. sot ryan: "if can truly be a unifying figure, then i will gladly serve," but ryan's got a few conditions. even though he has support from most republicans he says he'll only run if supported by all the key groups within the g-o-p. including the hard-right house freedom caucus, the group that helped push speaker boehner out of his post. ryan also wants changes to house rules to be made as a team... he wants to make it harder to overthrow a sitting speaker and the 45 year old father of 3 school age kids ....wants a better work- life balance. sot ryan: "i cannot and will not give up my family...may not be on the road as previous speaker...visio n ...message." california congressman kevin mccarthy .. was up for the job but abruptly withdrew following outcry from some conservatives and these comments about hillary clinton and the house benghazi committee. sot/mccarthy on fox: "everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable right? but we put together a benghazi special committee. a

committee. what are her numbers today. her numbers are dropping" authorities in palm beach, florida, are investigating authorities in palm beach, florida, are investigating the death of a black man in a police shooting. family members say corey jones' car broke down on a highway early sunday morning. he called his friend for help. an officer in an unmrked car and plaincloth responded.... and somehow a confrontatio n ended with that responding officer shooting jones. the officer who shot him claims jones confronted him with a weapon when he approached the vehicle. the american cancer society now says women should have regular breast cancer screenings starting at 45 years old. several contemporary studies led to these new guidelines. for years, doctors

recommended that women turning 40 get annual mammograms. now the guidelines suggest for most women, later and fewer may be better. " if she starts screening at the age of 40, she increases dramatically the lifetime risk that she's going to have a false positive result, that she's going to get a breast biopsy that turns out with the dr saying, you don't have cancer, soy we put you through all of this. " the american cancer society also no longer recommends clinical breast exams in which doctors or nurses feel for lumps. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

october 21st, 2015. that's today's date, and a special day to doc brown and marty mcfly. marty: uh jennifer, i don't know how to tell you this, but...you're in a time machine. jennifer: and this is the year 2015? doc: october 21st 2015. that's right today is the day the duo from the back to the future triology traveled to the future. on their travels they saw hover boards, 3-d holograms, and crazy outfits. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... after some areas picked up abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson have this morning's america's money. trt oc good morning. topping "america's money" -- toyota's latest recall.

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