anamosa is set to crest today. as the cedar river continues to fall, the city of cedar rapids plans to address what it's left behind. i have more on that coming up in a live report. a vigil last night in southeast cedar rapids -- only 12 hours after someone shot and killed a 13-year-old girl as witnesses say she was in a parked car. good wednesday morning! it's 4:30 on september 28th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj...

plenty of of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, it'll likely feel like the 50s the entire day. tomorrow through sunday, the weather continues to be very consistent with upper 60s to lower 70s likely. next week, we'll have a brief warm up well into the 70s by tuesday with a seasonable cold front generating some showers or storms going towards mid-week.today: mostly cloudy and cool. a few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. wind: nw 10-20. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: n 5-10. low: 48 tomorrow: mostly sunny. not as windy. wind: n 5-15. high: 70 tom. night: partly cloudy. across cedar rapids, most people are see the crest of 22 feet and think the city will be okay. but the threat of flooding still exists in cedar rapids -- with many low- lying

at a ave ne and 5th street this morning. forrest, when does the city say things can get back to normal? during a news conference, the city manager says it will be at least 2 days until they feel more comfortable with the river level. they are looking for the cedar river to get below 18 feet. the river crested just below 22 feet yesterday morning. and it's not expected to drop below 20 feet until thursday. council is meeting in two special sessions today to continued updates on the flooding conditions. those meetings are at 9 this morning and 7 tonight at the cedar rapids ice arena. the council is looking into decreasing the evacuation zone today, but is currently focusing on seepage and pressure concerns. the city says the temporary barriers are keeping us safe so far above ground. but the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the storm sewer system below ground. crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. law enforcement in cedar rapids

zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city's fire chief mark english says a survey found troubling number of people in the evacuation zone taking pictures. " we're asking everyone to continue to work with us and it is not time yet to go back to life as usual. " live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. and farther upstream, just south

of anamosa, the wapsipinicon river is expected to crest this morning at 22.8 feet -- that's down from the earlier prediction of 24 feet. as the wapsipinicon bends through anamosa, the fortunate part is that most of the homes are on higher ground -- the riverside cemetery and high school athletic fields would be the first impacted on the city's side of the wapsi. since the city spent $250,000 dollars to build 3 new containment levees near the entrance of the wapsipinicon state park. in our next half hour, we'll take the tour of the wapsi, from central city to oxford junction. governor branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will be back in eastern iowa today to tour flood damage. they will make a stop in vinton at noon. from there, they'll head to palo at 1:30. and they'll wrap up their visit in cedar rapids. many homeowners in the time check neighborhood in cedar

outcome -- so far. especially as time check will always bear the scars of the flood of 2008. floodwaters destroyed cathy burns' historic home in 2008. her family re-built the home with new siding, stairs and windows. when burns heard the news of a second devastating flood this weekend, she panicked. she moved nearly all of her furniture out of her home and sandbagged along the edge of the house. burns was able to get back into her home briefly yesterday. much to her surprise, she had no water damage. relief an i think the city did a really good job of letting people know this time" burns took some furniture back into her home yesterday. she plans to move everything back into her home this weekend. a reminder the cedar rapids community school district has cancelled classes through friday. june 2nd will be the make-up day. cedar rapids metro catholic schools are also off for the rest of the week. moving upsteam on the cedar river, people in vinton are

the cedar river is now going back down after cresting monday morning at 21.8 feet. kipp schoettmer, the owner of john's tires, says his business only had about an inch of water. he says his shop completely flooded in 2008. he spent yesterday pumping and sweeping out the water. "8:08:56'didn't wreck anything we put everything up, expected the worst and actually got the best it was pretty nice'. " he says the hesco barriers and sandbags made a major difference this time around. if you need any help durin t central iowa. the number from a landline is simply 2-1-1. and from a cell phone, it's 319-739-4211. both congressman rod blum and dave loebsack are on capitol hill, working together, calling for the corps to prioritize its review of the the flood mitigation project in the past year, both blum and loebsack have sent joint letters to the corps, the house appropriations committee and the

flood protection funds to be released. congress approved the cedar rapids project in 20- 14 but the obama administration has not yet included the project in its budget. " it's very tough for a small, urban area like cedar rapids to compete with the larger cities in the united states. so we are asking them to prioritize this project and go outside of their guidelines because this is the second flood in eight years in cedar rapids." " the army corps of engineers released a statement saying that limited federal be prioritized so available funds are focused on the highest performing projects first. as flooding and flood recovery continues, let us know if you see news. give us a call on our newsline 9. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also email pictures and videos to newsroom @ kcrg.com. cedar rapids police say they will identify the 13-year-old girl killed in a shooting yesterday morning on the city's southeast side. police did take 3 people into custody soon after the shooting. police came out to the corner

later died at u-i-h-c. of the three people in custody -- all are males and two are juveniles. more than 50 people gathered for a vigil last night for the girl.. the vigil started with a prayer from the teen's aunt. candles lined the sidewalk spelling out the girl's name. family, friends, and neighbors struggled to hold back tears. neighbors told tv-9 that the girl's death was not intentional. one witness says she was sitting in a car when one of the suspects pointed a gun at her, off "8:28-8:46 "i heard a gunshot. and when i did, i went to the window, that's when i seen a couple of males, which threw me off guard because my girlfriend said it was only three girls, so i ran to the girl, and when i got to the door, one of the girls yelled that her sister had been shot." " boike said investigators took the car for evidence and did recover a firearm. at this point, police have not announced any charges in connection with the shooting

to those risking their lives in an extraordinary way to save the life of another. a jackson county man's selflessness and immediate action when a shooter was on the loose in a courthouse has earned him that honor. but right now, here's a look at today's

plenty of clouds. a sprinkle may fall out of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even

lower 60s, it'll likely feel like the 50s the entire day. tomorrow through sunday, the weather continues to be very consistent with upper 60s to lower 70s likely. next week, we'll have a brief warm up well into the 70s by tuesday with a seasonable cold front generating some showers or storms going towards mid-week.today: sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. wind: nw 10-20. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: n 5-10. low: 48 tomorrow: mostly sunny. not as windy. wind: n 5-15. high: 70 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: n 5-10. low: 49

share with you. this was cedar rapids yesterday shot by lone star aerial. great pictures as you can see of the barriers

also on the west side of the river as well, you can see downtown cedar rapids. the cedar river was getting pretty close to the bottoms of those bridge deck, but never did get up to the top or overtop of the bridges. we have a second piece of video here of edgewood road, heading off towards the west. you can see now why edgewood road is closed. it's the water from ellis park that's flowing onto the road. you can see the current that's coming off of edgewood road, making it impossible to drive through. it will take several days for that water to move off the road. a jackson county supervisor has received national recognition for risking his life to stop a shooter inside the county c at yesterday's supervisors meeting, the carnegie hero fund commission presented its carnegie medal to buck koos. 2 years ago, koos tackled former maquoketa city manager gus glaser when glaser fired a gun at the county assessor. during a struggle, another shot killed glaser. "i am like everyone else who was in that room that day. i am just an iowa farm boy doing his thing. my thing just happens to be a county supervisor. " koos is one of 24 people

next in today's tech bytes, space x c-e-o is laying out his plan for a spacecraft to put people on mars. mars? many would settle for no delays when flying through atlanta. stay with tv9.

clinton and donald trump have new attack material for campaigning. clinton is in new hm today with bernie sanders. donald trump is in council bluffs for a rally at the mid america center convention center. abc's ray raimundi has the latest. the aftershocks of the historic presidential debate continue both candidates hitting southern battleground states in north carolina? a victory lap for hillary clinton sot - hillary clinton "did anybody see that

donald trump complaining about a faulty microphone and unfair questions from the moderator sot - donald trump "almost every single poll had us winning the debate against crooked hillary clinton, bigly." nats - from debate both interrupting one another and both candidates... hitting each other hard o their experience to be president. clinton threw the first jabs... slamming trump for celebrating the housing crisis sot - hillary clinton "what kind of person would want to root for 9 million families losing their homes?" trump firing back at a rally in melbourne.. sot - donald trump "she traveled all over the world and you know what it got us? nothing. a fiesty donald trump last night.. after starting off the morning on the defense... doubling down on his

?.she was the winner and gained a massive amount of weight and it was a real problem" machado... whose story was told during the debate? now a clinton campaign supporter sot - alicia machado "he was very rude to me." pkg tag: the debate showdown at hofstra...shattered records over 80 million people tuning in. ray raimundi, abc news, new york senate democrats have blocked a republican bill that would fund the government and battle zika because it did not includ crisis. 12 republican senators also voted against the bill. this comes as federal agencies face a possible shutdown at midnight friday, due to a lack of funding. now, congressiona l leaders are searching for a compromise bill in order to prevent an election season government shutdown. investigators in southwest north dakota have taken 5 people into custody following a pipeline protest that brought out 300 people. they say protesters rallied at 2 oil pipeline

yesterday. the state's bureau of criminal investigation is looking into reports of a possible assault on a construction worker. authorities also received reports of protesters blocking workers from leaving the site and chasing them on horseback. protesters later gathered for about an hour at another construction site. " "this is a peaceful march today of protecting mother earth. we are protectors." " a are facing allegations of disorderly conduct. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

plenty of clouds. a sprinkle may fall out of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, it'll likely feel like the 50s the entire day. tomorrow through sunday, the weather continues to be very consistent with upper 60s to lower 70s likely. next week, we'll have a brief warm up well into the 70s by tuesday with a seasonable cold front generating some and cool. a few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. wind: nw 10-20. gh: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. nd: n 1 low: 48 morrow: mostly s windy. wind: n 5-15. high: 70 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: 5-10. l: 49 c's kendis gibson a

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sandbags at newbo are helping keep the low-lying area dry. monitoring the wapsi. the wapsipinicon river has crested in many spots -- including this morning in anamosa. fall, the city of cedar rapids plans to address what it's left behind. i have more on that coming up in a live report. good wednesday morning! it's 5 o'clock on september 28th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara