first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another mostly cloudy day. while more breaks may occur than yesterday, the sky will fill right back in with more clouds as a weak system approaches from the northwest during the afternoon. at this time, it still appears this won't be much more than passing brief light snow showers with little to no impact. highs will generally range from 30-35 degrees north to south. more clouds are likely on thursday and friday with highs again into the 30s. this weekend, a series of weak low pressure systems look to keep the clouds around at minimum, and possibly generate some rain or snow saturday night into sunday. looking ahead to next week, a substantial storm system is still on track to impact parts of iowa in the tuesday/wednesday time period. stay tuned!today: m/cloudy, sct flurries high: 30-36 winds: sw 10-20 alo: 33 dbq: 32 iow: 33tonight: scattered flurries low: 23-29 winds: w 10-15 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 26tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 31-37 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 34 dbq: 33 iow: 34tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 21-27 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 22 dbq: 22 iow: 24

early morning travelers may see authorities at the eastern iowa airport this morning. they were called out there around 7:30 last night for a suspicious substance found in a bag. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live at the airport this morning. forrest, what can you tell us so far? chris, nicole, it's back to business as usual here at the eastern iowa airport. earlier this morning though, totally different scene. airport police had closed off this entire area, the bag claim, while hazmat checked out an unknown substance. here's what authorities are telling us: this started just before 7 pm. airline personnel altered airport public safety a suspicious bag had come in on a flight from chicago. the bag area was closed off a little while after. hazmat was called in to investigate.

hazardous. the bag claimed area re-opened around 4 a.m. no one is in custody. no flights were impacted. nor should they be for the rest of the day the next flight arrives in just a few minutes. guys? live at the eastern iowa airport, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. two men will be in court on monday for a fatal fire in ottumwa 10 years ago. 28 year old christopher yenger of ottumwa and 27 year old zachary dye of council bluffs each face two counts of first degree murder. in 2006, the iowa fire marshal said they couldn't determine the cause of the fire. but authorities say new information shows the men started it intentionally after yenger got into a fight at a party at the home.

county at about 6:30 in the morning on march 5th 2006. the fire killed 20 year old nathan messer and 22 year old seth anderson, both of ottumwa, who were sleeping on the second floor. yenger and dye have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on monday. a dubuque man accused of killing his grown daughter won't go to trial until april. a judge has delayed the trial that was supposed to start tuesday. 63-year-old robert stern's trial will now start on april 26th. stern faces a 1st-degree murder charge. police say he shot and killed his 27-year-old daughter, kimberly stern, last june. investigators found her body in the home they shared on clark drive in dubuque. a case against the university of iowa law school is going to the federal appeals court. lawyer teresa manning and her attorney are still fighting for the case and believe manning deserves a new trial. two different juries already decided the school did

discrimination by not hiring manning - who is politically conservative - for a full-time professor position. a man is in custody this morning for 3 separated break-ins in iowa city. police say 22-year-old da'rell henry stole x-boxes from 2 separate homes in november and december, and pawned them off. police say he threatened a homeowner with a knife in one incident. in a third break-in that happened in january, police say they matched henry's boot-prints in the snow with the prints found at an earlier break-in. as the caucuses get closer, the pressure for candidates to secure votes is rising. frontrunner for the g-o-p donald trump held an event last night at the university of iowa - and plenty of supporters and protestors showed up. kcrg-tv9's sarah mccarthy has more. "this space inside the university of iowa fieldhouse was completely filled with people waiting to hear from republican presidential front-runner donald trump. but not everyone was a supporter." scenes like this stopped donald trump's

times tuesday night. an organized group of protestors with bright red t-shirts reading "i stand with my muslim neighbors" interrupted trump with plastic whistles.. for one iowa city mother, she's here for her son. 12:58:29 "i'm raising my son to stand up when he sees things that he doesn't agree with, so i feel like i needed to be here. i really feel strongly that love is more powerful than hate." but several supporters also stood in the crowd - including several university of iowa football players. cj beathard and others threw out trump hats from the stage with tight end peter pekar sending a caucus message to the crowd.. 12:52:42 "in order to steer the country in the right direction and make america great again, vote for trump. go hawks." trump touched on issues like building up our military, keeping jobs in the us, and reforming education. 01:14:13 "we're spending tremendous amount of money educating our students... yet we're number 28 in world. so we have 27 countries ahead of us. " issues some potential caucus

the difference as they decide on a candidate. 12:53:50 "donald trump to me, needs to get more into the specifics. to me, he talks about immigration, but that's one of the only policies he really covers. he's also given his tax pla, but aside from that i find it's very hard to find the specifics. and he makes it a lot more personal than it needs to be." "democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders will also make an appearance here at the fieldhouse ahead of caucus night. he'll speak at 6:30 this saturday with a special appearance by from the band vampire weekend. in iowa city, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news."

debate tomorrow his campaign manager says he will hold events in iowa, instead. there has been an ongoing feud between trump and fox news since the first debate back in august. trump has repeatedly criticized host megyn kelly for what he calls unfair questioning during the debate. democratic candidate hillary clinton says president obama hasn't gotten enough credit for his achievements in office. she made several campaign appearances yesterday in eastern iowa, including this one at the hotel winneshiek in decorah. there clinton praised president obama for his work over the past 7 years, and says republicans haven't given him the credit he deserves. she mentioned several of his accomplishments, including job growth, yet added there's more work to do. " 14:55 what has not recovered is incomes, is recouping the lost family wealth. 401ks, iras. and what everyone used to stay afloat. the job of the

democratic president, is building on what we've achieved but go further. " some parents in marshalltown aren't happy their kids were let out out of school early because of trump and clinton campaign events. trump spoke to supporters shortly after 5 o'clock last night at the high school, while clinton held an event around 8:30 at a middle school. because of the visits, the district decided to dismiss all students early yesterday, at 1 o'clock. that meant families had to shuffle schedules - and some aren't convinced it was for the best reason. "cancel appointments to pick up my nephew, had to rearrange to have somebody watch them so i could come get my nephew." the district says it made the decision when it realized how much chaos there would be at each school leading up to the events.

first priority. stay with kcrg t-v nine for complete caucus coverage monday night. we'll have live reports from des moines and across eastern iowa along with expert analysis. it all starts at eight o'clock on kcrg nine point two. then, we'll have full coverage starting at nine o'clock right here on t-v nine. a pro-life group is pleased that planned parenthood is closing its health center in dubuque. planned parenthood of the heartland said its stopping its clinical services there immediately. the non profit says it's doing that because there isn't enough demand at the location on hillcrest road. dubuque county right for life applauded the decision. "very excited. very good news. we've looked forward to this. now we can have more time to continue our education efforts in more avenue instead of spending time in front of planned parenthood. " planned parenthood says it plans to shift resources from the dubuque clinic to its cedar rapids location where it's

growing demand for services. the marion mayor says the city's population has grown 37 percent since 2000. and he's hoping to document that growth. marion mayor nick abouassaly delivered the state of the city message for marion yesterday. he told a large crowd the city saw 243 new homes going up inside city limits in 2015. he also expects big news this year with plans for shape. feature the unveiling of a new statue. the coralville city council is set to vote on a contract with a kalona company that could design and create a hayden fry statue. the contract would be with max-cast for making the $36,000 statue to honor the former hawkeye football coach. the plan is to have the statue ready for the annual hawkeye celebration and concert at the start of every football season. coralville hopes to put the statue somewhere in the iowa river landing. the mayor says there will be no cost to taxpayers. coralville has

named a street after the coach - hayden fry way. law enforcement will be speaking in a press conference this morning about the protestor in oregon who was killed. and the protestor said he never wanted to leave the cause. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---.

day. while more breaks may occur than yesterday, the sky will fill right back in with more clouds as a weak system approaches from the northwest during the afternoon. at this time, it still appears this won't be much more than passing brief light snow showers with little to no impact. highs will generally range from 30-35 degrees north to south. more clouds are likely on thursday and friday with highs again into the 30s. this weekend, a series of weak low pressure systems look to keep the clouds around at

some rain or snow saturday night into sunday. looking ahead to next week, a substantial storm system is still on track to impact parts of iowa in the tuesday/wednesday time period. stay tuned!today: m/cloudy, sct flurries high: 30-36 winds: sw 10-20 alo: 33 dbq: 32 iow: 33tonight: scattered flurries low: 23-29 winds: w 10-15 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 26tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 31-37 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 34 dbq: 33 iow: 34tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 21-27 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 22 dbq: 22 iow: 24

iowa senate leaders have put together a budget plan that totals 7 point 39 billion dollars. this would be for fiscal 2017, which starts on july first. that's just below what governor branstad's proposed. his budget plan adds up to 7 point 4 billion. the iowa house hasn't released its budget proposal yet. a foreign car maker is still the world's top selling auto maker for the fourth year in a row. we're comparing car sales for last year coming up in today's america's money. stay with us.

enforcement officials will hold a press conference on the oregon wildlife refuge armed protest. which is now stretching into its fourth week. it comes less than 12 hours after a shootout between police and protesters left one

"honestly, there are things more important than your life, and freedom is one of them."oregon protester lavoy finicum -- telling n-b-c news that he would rather die than be arrested... tuesday night, finicum was killed... ...as authorities arrested protest leader ammon bundy and several members of the armed group occupying the malheur national wildlife refuge. officials say it started with a traffic stop, and that finicum and bundy's brother - ryan - refused to surrender. the bundy ranch claimed on facebook that finicum "had his hands up and was shot 3 times." officials.. haven't commented much beyond saying it's not clear who fired first. ryan bundy suffered minor injuries -- finicum died at the scene. he had been one of the most outspoken members of the armed group... ...that took over the refuge earlier this month to protest federal land policies. "hello america, this is lavoy finicum. we are not going anywhere. we're here to do a job." tuesday's incident ended with ammon and ryan bundy and three followers in federal custody on felony conspiracy charges. three other activists were arrested separately. i'm reid binion, reporting now for a quick check on your

meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

plan on another mostly cloudy day. while more breaks may occur than yesterday, the sky will fill right back in with more clouds as a weak system approaches from the northwest during the afternoon. at this time, it still appears this won't be much more than passing brief light snow showers with little to no impact. highs will generally range from 30-35 degrees north to south. more clouds are likely on thursday and friday with highs again into the 30s. this weekend, a series of weak low pressure systems look to keep the clouds around at minimum, and possibly generate some rain or snow saturday night into sunday. looking ahead to next week, a substantial storm system is still on track to impact

tuesday/wednesday time period. stay tuned!today: m/cloudy, sct flurries high: 30-36 winds: sw 10-20 alo: 33 dbq: 32 iow: 33tonight: scattered flurries low: 23-29 winds: w 10-15 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 26tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 31-37 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 34 dbq: 33 iow: 34tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 21-27 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 22 dbq: 22 iow: 24 abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan have this morning's america's money. trt oc good morning. topping "america's money" -- toyota is still number one. >> the company sold just over 10 million vehicles last year, making it the top seller for the fourth year if a row. >> volkswagen, which overtook toyota in sales in the first half of the year suffered in the second half from the emissions scandal. add this to the list of things your smartphone can do. withdraw money from an atm. chase bank is upgrading all of its machines this year. >> eventually, account holders

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you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news early morning news. suspicious substance at the airport. authorities are still on scene. more to come in a few minutes. cedar rapids police and community leaders are forming a new task force to tackle violence. which calls for digger deeper into societal issues. cedar rapids schools want to attract more interest for more magnet schools. but they'll have to wait to see if they get funding.