substitute teacher is looking at upgraded charges for her relationship with a student. balancing billboards. a woman says she's keeping area campaign ads fair with one of her own. one time meet up. candidates for iowa's first congressiona l district state their case for voters. 4:30 on october 27th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in

late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. while records are safe at the moment, we'll continue to watch this going forward. the weekend continues to in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: mostly clear. wind: se 5-10. low: 46 tomorrow: partly cloudy. breezy and milder. wind: sw 15-25 high: 74 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. low: 55

from flood mitigation to the iran nuclear deal, candidates for iowa's first congressiona l district talked tough with less than two weeks until election day. as kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders shows us, republican rod blum and democrat monica vernon made the most of last night's first and only debate - seen on kcrg 9.2 -- trading shots from the start. vernon and blum each fired a few shots at one another from their podiums, wednesday night. claimed blum was playing the blame game in d-c when it came to federal funding for cedar rapids' flood mitigation. "to me, and a lot of other hard working people out here, it just sounds like a lot of finger pointing." blum shot back reminding the audience how long it took for federal dollars to get approval, pointing a finger at vernon. "it took you monica vernon and the city council six years. that's not exactly overnight." later, vernon went after blum's voting record, saying he supported a medicare voucher program and raising the

do those things. i think those are moves that would be very, very destructive." blum said vernon was stretching the truth. that the vote was for a budget bill, which are often full of thousands of ideas, not necessarily policy. "they're not legislation. they're not laws. they are not binding." now on the attack, blum hit vernon on her support of the iran nuclear agreement. he called it was a head scratcher that would allow the middle eastern country to become a nuclear power. vernon called it progress. "it's gotten inspectors in there. there's concrete in the core of that reactor. it's slowed down things." finally, vernon called out blum for his continued support of donald trump. she said blum's endorsement of trump was telling. "this is a guy who has disparaged nearly every ethnic group, every religious group. he's been a sexual predator toward women." blum, turned things around. "he's a crude new york city guy." "i'll say as an aside, most americans agree, hillary clinton is a pathological liar. both of them have personality flaws." polls have shown blum slipping into a dead heat with his opponent. what was once a double digit lead, has dwindled to a one point deficit for the

startegies. they point to trump for blum's slump. in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. republican presidential nominee mike pence is campaigning in fort dodge today. the indiana ov central community college at 1:30 p-m. doors open for that event at 11:30. and both presidential candidates will be in cedar rapids on friday. democrat hillary clinton will be at newbo city market at 1:15 p-m.. she will campaign in des moines later that day. and republican donald trump will bring his campaign to the mcgrath amphitheatre. that event begins at 7 p-m on friday. after growing tired of a particular campaign ad, one woman says she is leveling the

billboard she drove past every day in dubuque. so, she raised 600 dollars to buy her own ad on the same digital billboard. parks says the display was up along highway 20 near h & r block for more than a year. she says she doesn't care for trump, but had issues with the lack of representation of other parties. her billboard doesn't mention trump or the clinton campaign. instead it has the word "vote," and lists some words she says describe the values people should consider when cast "those are the values that we really care about as americans, especially as iowans. i think they represent our community more so than some of the rhetoric we've been hearing from the trump campaign and what he's been saying in his message. " parks says the trump campaign has every right to display a billboard whenever and wherever they'd like. but she says she feels there is now more balanced representatio n. tv9 reached out to trump's

comment about the billboard, and didn't hear back. des moines police say they are now following several leads in the shooting that critically injured a 14-year-old boy. this morning, yore jieng is still in hospital after someone shot him in the head. the boy's pastor says this is a time to reach out to young people about stopping violence. every wednesday, jieng attended a youth outreach program at zion lutheran church in des moines. the church's youth pastor says he is on a ventilator and in serious condition after monday night's shooting near incident makes younger people understand the consequences of violence. "i believe it's going to be students like you that get tired of the violence! get tired of going to funerals! how many young people have to die before some of us get a clue that we need to wake up " police say they don't know if jieng was targeted. a decrease in staff is forcing the dubuque county jail to temporarily close its juvenile detention center. according to our coverage

authorities say the training process to transition part-time employees into full-time is taking longer than expected. they hope to reopen in the spring. juvenile offenders will be transferred to facilities in waterloo or des moines. the woman who was involved in a crash with a springville school bus has died, according to an obituary posted online. she was 26-year-old molly zelinskas of dubuque. the linn county sheriff's office says she crashed into the back of the bus on springville on monday afternoon. the bus had stopped to let out a student. a former cedar rapids substitute school teacher is now facing a felony charge for her sexual relationship with a student. mary beth haglin had originally faced a lesser charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee, which was an aggravated misdemeanor. but prosecutors upgraded that to felony sexual exploitation, citing her t-v interviews as evidence for the more serious charge. in those interviews, including one with kcrg t-v9,

at cedar rapids washington high school last school year. most kennedy high school students will be waking up for school soon, in the comfort of their own bed. but tonight, more than 80 students will spend the evening in the cold. the students are doing it to raise money and awareness for the homeless. this is video of a past sleep-out. right now, the cedar rapids school district says about 240 students are homeless. in the past, that number has ranged from 500 to 600 students over a school year. it can sometimes feel almost eat fruits and vegetables. while most kids grow out it, but there is a small chance they may not. that can lead to people who go their whole lives omitting entire food groups from their diet. more extreme cases could even be considered a disorder or an eating anxiety. "10:03:35;13 people come in for treatment there is a clinically significant distress as what is suggested by cutting out those groups because vitamin-wise, mineral-wise bloodwork looks like there's a problem there can also be dehydration, there can also be malnourishment. tonight at 6, kcrg-tv9's

at picky eaters and the dangers - short and long-term - that can come from it. and, exhale again, cubs fans... see, it's going to be okay. chicago jumped out to an early lead last night in cleveland... the world series is off today -- but games 3, 4 and 5 will be in chicago starting friday night after the cubs dominated game 2. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets.

plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in he today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s.

this going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: mostly clear. wind: se 5-10. low: 46 tomorrow: partly cloudy. breezy and milder. wind: sw 15-25 high: 74 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. low: 55 thanks kaj. plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the c today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. while records are safe at the moment, we'll continue to watch this going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily

warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: mostly clear. wind: se 5-10. low: 46 tomorrow: partly cloudy. breezy and milder. wind: sw 15-25 high: 74 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. while records are

going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: that little voice inside the heads of cubs fans kept popping up all throughout wednesday. "what if we don't win game 2?" cleveland's game 1 shutout victory was a statement... returning to cleveland for game 2 last night... frozen managers and all. cubs already up 1-0 in the top of the 3rd. chicago's kyle schwarber slaps a hit on a 3-0 count to center field.

start for the cubbies. chicago starting pitcher jake arietta was "on point" as the kids like to say. tapping the top of the strike zone in the third inning. top of the 5th, the cubs crack the game open. ben zobrist, former royals world series hero, fires a ball that dances all around the corner. rizzo scores from 1st and is need of some oxygen. zobrist gets a triple. we miss him in kansas city -- he's great in victory par tied at 1... games 3, 4 and 5 are all in chicago -- starting tomorrow night. get ready apple fans. more on the tech giant's unveiling event today in tech bytes.

the candidates are hitting more battleground states today. donald trump is defending this

clinton is working to keep her lead in the polls. a-b-c's kenneth moton reports. today donald trump is ohio bound... sot donald trump "we are going to win the white house believe me." last night, he was in north carolina going tit for tat with rival hillary clinton who called him out for taking a break to open his new hotel in dc. sot trump "she said, i used illegal immigrants to build the building. except i didn't use one" clinton...spent her 69th birthday in florida where she campaigned with jose andres, the out of trump's dc hotel because of his comments about mexicans. sot hrc "today was a perfect time to have jose be with us the latest polls have clinton up but she's not taking anything for granted as millions vote early. sot hrc "we cannot stop for a minute. no complacency here. nobody flagging. we have to get everybody out to vote" also on the trail for clinton in virginia, the father of army captain humayun khan, the muslim

was killed in iraq in 2004. trump attacked khan's parents after they spoke at the dnc. in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos for gma, trump said he has great respect for the khan family but.... sot trump "had if i were president at that time, captain khan would be alive today." khizr khan called trump's comments cruel. sot khizr khan "there's no sincerity in those remarks" trump has several rallies on the books in ohio. clinton will campaign for the first time with her not- so-secret weapon first lady news washington. italian, building crashing two earthquakes struck central italy just hours apart yesterday. 5.5 then 6.0 magnitude, according to the u-s geological survey. the quakes toppled buildings and sent frightened

are no reports of serious injuries. but the earthquake hit the same region where 300 people were killed 2 months ago. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s.

going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: mostly clear. wind: se 5-10. low: 46 tomorrow: partly cloudy. breezy and milder. wind: sw 15-25 high: 74 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. low: 55

topping "techbytes" -- apple expected to unveil it's new line of macs today. >> reports say the tech giant will also review a new view eer guide for apple tv. it will recommend shows based on user access content. >> but customers will have to wait for those new ear pods. >> the wireless earphones for the iphone were debut this month, possibly today. the spokesperson says they don't believe in shipping a product before 'tis ready. and emojis are now considered works of art. a new york museum has gotten the first ones designed by a japanese artist. they were designed emotions. >> and now we have kim-ojis.

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early morning news. far from over. protesters are camping out hoping to keep oil out of a pipeline. campaigning across the county. traveling from colorado, republican vice presidential nominee mike pence is meeting with iowa voters today. confronting construction. neighbors of a proposed town home complex are preparing a petition against it. it's 5 o'clock on october 27th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj...