sign up deadline may not solve all the problems.` the holiday season brings out the giving spirit. but one man's hope is that his charity sends a message. seven years after massive flooding in cedar rapids, the city council is checking in on the progress of the city's flood control plan. good friday morninin it's 430 on december 18th. less than a week until

first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloo-maquoketa line. whiled& no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any s sow shower . we'll see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid-30s. mid-upper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. have a great weekend! thanks kaj. one person is in xhe hospital this morning after a late night fire in cedar rapids. the fire department responded to the area of i avenue and first street rthwest. they got on scene around 10 o'clock last night, but were still on the s sne for

hours. first responders took one person to the hospital who had set up a tent in that area. the fire department hasn't said how severe the person's injuries were or how the fire started. iowans usii medicaid now haveve more time to sign up for a new program. the federal government stepped in, delayinthe transition from a public to private system. the federal government ordered the state yesterday to delay the transition until march 1st. the centers for medicare and medicaid services says the extra time will help the state move half a million people to one of four private insurance companini. governor branstad had originally wanted to make the switch by january 1st. this shift comes as some pple complained thdt iowa was moving too quickly to shift patients to private care. kcrg-tv9's chris earl reports one mother of 3 in marengo says just getting information to hospitals for the switch watime consuming. kelli scott never expected to watch for news on medicaid -- then trenton

world nearly 2 years ago, the youngest of 3 siblings...but with treacher collins syndrome. about one in 50,000 people is touched by it. " he is lacking facial bone development... small jaw. he doesn't have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower." the challelees aren't just on the outside. . t-c-s p pient also has smaller airways. if you're a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital... nearly every time. " a common day cold puts him in the hospital. " kelli notes her other children, 17-year-old page and 7-year-old payton are on the family's private insurance but medicaid isn't just on income guidelines -- it also covers disabilities. to transfer trenton and his medicaid in recent weeks... " i'd call the hospitals and try to help them b bgetting on the right program for trenton and they could not tell me anything. they told me to keep calling back." now, a 60-day wait for iowa - with about 15% of the population using medicaid - to truly have the infrastructure to handle the transfer. " i received thousands of emails

from people across the state wondering what is going to happen next. how are they going to know which managed care organization to sign up with? maybe their child has 5 different doctors and each is with a different managed care operatatn. " that's the case for trenton, with a team of doctors between uihc and unity point health - st. luke's in cedar rapids. and, for the shift, kelli will be ready -- amidhe others trying to transfer their coverage. " i can be on the phone long periods of time even though it's hard. " kcrg-tv9's chris earl with that story. most health care providers and political leaders in iowa approve of the delay. that includes state senator liz mathis, who has been one of the biggest critics of governor branstad's plan. giving caregivers more appreciation is a new focus for one cedar rapids hospital. mercy medical center in cedar rapids opened the new "family caregivers center." it says there's plenty of research about those

with intense stress and even loneliness. so, the cenenr pairs each caregiver with a volunteer coach, who works with a family to provide support. "family caregivers are stressed because they feel overwhelmed and isolated. and often times they can't figure out what they need when they're taking care of someone with a chronic condition. so our center will help them f@gure out what their needs are." the mercy foundation is raising money for the family caregivers center, which is currentlworking with 50 families. several republican presidential candidates are stumping through iowa today and this weekend following the final 2015 gop bate, earlier this week. senator marco rubio will be talking t tvoters in dubuque following stops in other cities yesterday. he spoke at a town hall in muscatine. today, rubio will hold a town hall at giese sheet metal in dubuque. that will be at

carly fiorina will also be talking to voters in dubuque today. she has two other ops planned, as well. fiorina will art in clinton at 11 this morning. then she will go to dubuque. fiorina's town hall there starts at 2 o'clock this afternoon. finally, she finishes off her day with a christmas reeption in davenport at 5 this evening. republicic presidential frontrunner donald trump will be coming to cedar rapids tomorrow. he plans to hold an event at the veterans memorial coliseum at 2 o'clock. in a recent abc news/ washington post poll, trump is leading the other 13 gop candidates at 38 percent support. one cedar rapids man has launched a fundraising campaign to help struggling families, but his efforts also come with another message. it's one of kindness and love. hassan selim is a relious leader at the islamic center of cedar rapids. he recently started a gofundme campaign to raise 30- thousand dollars for the salvation army to help struggling families. selim says he wants to help his neighbors and create a

positive message surrounding the muslim community. " 8:06:56 comments that are made by certain people, certata politicians - the b b news comininfrom the middle east and even here we've been hit by terrorism so all of these things just fuel bad feelings and people don't feel comfortable, don't feel safe, don't feel like they can trust eachchther and i just w wted to share with some people the good news." if you want to help, you can find a link to his gofundme page with this story on kcrg dot com. the salvation army in cedar rapids hopes it spread some holiday cheer. more than 250 people turned out for a holiday meal yesterday afternoon. extra volunteers came together to make it happen. organizers say each year it gets a little bigger. major paul logan says this meal is all about the holiday spirt and spending time with friends. "it's open to the public so anyone who wants to, they can come, if they want to stretch their budget a little bit or ifhey wanthe fellowship together so it's really open to

anybody who just wants to enjoy some time."." the salvation army is still working to reach its 790- thousand dollar christmas campaign goal. it still needs to raise about 330-thousand dollars. the money helps fund programs throughout the year. people now have an idea of what mount mercy university in cedar rapids plans to do in order to add oodoor athletic fields. the 15 million dollar capital campaign is called the home field advantage project. the goal is to provide a "tr" home field for the university's track and field, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. so far, crews have cleared the land close to campus. up until now the mustangs' outdoor teams have been competing throughout the city, often on high school fields and tracks. "17:49e've been looking different fafalities and so forth and, in the last 6 weeks, i've learned about track surfaces and artificial turf and we've been to some places but this is about what we want to do and how we want to model something. " mount mercy leaders also stressed the imimrtance of having facilities accessible to

young people in the nearby moundview neighborhood. city leaders in cedar rapids shared a year in review on the city's flood control system. . the flood control program manager says in 2015, the city transitioned from flood recovery to the control stage. crews have met with the community and have laid out plans for a series of levees, removable walls and permanent walls to protect the community from the cedar river. "while we are not flooding today, it's just an emphasis why we need to do this. we are having record flows in the cedar river for the month off december. just imagine if this was happening in the summer, we would need this." they also discussed a big project that's slated to begin in late 2016. they're already preparing land at the former sinclair site where a levee will protect the newbo area. in a -9 follow-up this morning.. cedar rapids could soon make some changes to the nuisance property ordinance. that ordinance holds landlords accountable for the upkeep and number of

emergency calls to their properties. the change will make sure the city doesn't penalize crime victimsmsho are just t ting to get emergency help. a vote on the modified ordinance is coming in january. people in cedar rapids will have easy access to bus routes starting today. the cedar rapids transit division is launching their mobile application. users will be able to view bus routes, track buses in real time, and figure out when the next bus will arrive at a location. president obama will be in san rnardino california today talking to victims' families following the attack that killed 14 people. this comes after authorities arrested a neighbor and friend of the suspected shooters for giving them guns used in the attack. a police officer in omaha was reassigned after video showing him punch a student while

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around 30 degrees in many spots. along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloo-maquoketa line.e.while no major isssses are anticipated, a

in any snow shsher . we'll see our coldest night 4& of cember so far tonigig, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid-30s. mid-upper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. have a great weekend! thanks kaj. plan on anotr windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. aang this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along

line. while no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any snow shower . we'll see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid-30s. mid-upper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. have a great weekend!

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president obama wl head to san bernardino today to meet with the victims of the terror attack and their r milies. this comes as police arrest syed farook's childhood friend-- who bought the weapons

shooting. abc's stephanie ramos has the details. more than 2 weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino ... 24 year old enrique marquez---a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. nats -- marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside california ..to ce serious terror charges... thorities say 4 years ago...marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting.... nats: chaos on san bernardino scene...ambula ncesesetc marquez himsmsf called 9-1-1 after the shooting spree... identifying farook as the killer? using his gun. the f-b-i then raided marquez's home soon after farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened firi killing 14 people at the inland regional center... investigators say the two friends ininially planned attacking a southern california community college. then... wanted to target drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and then shooting drivers. plots dating back to 2011 -- that never happened. sot -- brad garrett, former fbi

weeks before the attack friends say marquez dropped hints of an impending attack. nick rodriguez: he would just talk about how there's so many sleeper cells...somethi ng big would happen."nats -- president obama will make a trip to san bernardidi today to meet with h the victims and their families. sot -- president obama sot karen spigner - san bernardino: "i do appreciate him coming and talking to the families, and this is going to go a long way towards healing." tag: according to the federal complaint, farook persuaded marquez to convert to islam and then radicalized him. marquez is also facing weapons charges and immigration fraud -- for an alleged sham marriage with a member of fark's extended family. stephanie ramos abc news washington omaha police have temporarily reassigned d officer, after a video on social media shows the officer punching a high school student. in the video, the officer was helping break up a fifiht at millard soututhigh

school in omaha. the officer throws at least three punches, then he's seen with a student on the floor. the school district is investigatingnghe incident along with the police department. the police department says the video only showed part of the incident and "failed to capture the situation in its entirety." now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

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around 30 degrees in many spots. along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloo-maquoketa line. while no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any snow shower . we'll see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid-30s. mid-upper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. have a great weekend! abc's reena ninan has this morning's america's money. trt oc hey there good morning. toppingamerica's money" -- a

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