from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . police officer removed from a pinned vehicle. i'll have more on that in a live report. political sign problems. authorities say voters from both sides are having yard signs vandalized. double homicide in perry. police say a boyfriend beat his girlfriend and their home. good tuesday morning! it's 4:30 on november 1st. here's a live look at the

has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a very warm start to november! we do have some fog to deal with for the first few hours of the day, primarily over the northern half of the area. there's a cold front that has stalled across the region, allowing for a 15 degree temperature spread across eastern iowa. the fog is located on the cold side of this front. today, plan on highs into the upper 60s north with lower to middle 70s farther south. our weather continues to look active late tonight into wednesday with some spots able to exceed a half inch of rain by the time everything is all through late on wednesday. from thursday through early next week, dry conditions are anticipated with highs generally in the mid-60s and lows in the lower to middle 40s. this is around 10 degrees abo day!today: partly cloudy and mild. wind: n 5-10. high: 72 tonight: isolated showers late in the night. wind: ne 5-10. low: 55 tomorrow: showers and storms likely, especially south of highway 20. wind: ne 5-15. high: 60 tom. night: gradual clearing. wind: n 5-15. low: 44 thanks kaj. crews in cedar rapids had to pull a police officer out of a pinned vehicle early this morning. they say the officer crashed in what started

get more information on what led up to the crash. kcrg-tv nine's brea love is live close to where this happened near coe college. brea, what do you see out there this morning? chris and nicole, we have received three reports of crashes early this morning. currently i'm here at the corner of 1st avenue northeast and 12th street southeast. police have told us this started out as a traffic stop. police confirmed to tv-9 that kcrg-tv9's crew on scene saw a police vehicle pinned forcing crews to extract the officer inside at about 2:15 crashed into several other vehicles in a parking lot about 1000 feet from the police vehicle. police also tell us that a person had a minor injury following a collision with a train this morning. patty weiland sent us this picture. police say it happened around 1:30 this morning at 4600 bowling street south west. police say a single car was involved. tv9 has also confirmed a vehicle

power box and knocked out power to surrounding areas. we're working to get more details on all of these crashes. live from cedar rapids, brea love kcrg tv9 news. the election tensions are bubbling over into some iowans yards. authorities say it's becoming common for people to vandalize or steal

spoke to a homeowner who had to adjust how he showed his support. jordee: the homeowner here had his original donald trump sign destroyed in mid-october. so he recently put up this new trump sign on the second floor of the building in hopes this will make it harder for vandals to reach. charles heath says he immediately contacted iowa city police. he says officers there are still handling the lack of respect in this election season. he says its okay for people to disagree, just not to the level where someone would deface public property. health says especially because political signs directly correlate to freedom of speech. 16:23, "it comes back to respecting people and the constitution and obeying what it says jordee: officials say they've received multiple reports of stolen and defaced political signs this month alone. officers say this happens to both republicans and democrats. in iowa city, jordee kalk, kcrg

sheriff's office says it has responded to four reports of missing signs. three of those were missing donald trump signs, one was for hillary clinton. local candidates also say someone is vandalizing their signs. more than two weeks ago, republican shannon lundgren reported someone damaged political signs outside her restaurant in peosta. she's running against democrat tom stecher in the 57th district of the iowa house. and an openly gay candidate in black hawk cun front of his home. chris schwartz is running as a democrat for county supervisor. waterloo police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. donald trump jr. will be campaigning for his father today. he will be at social house bar in cedar falls, starting at 1:30 pm. several hillary clinton surrogates are returning to iowa. v-p nominee tim kaine will speak at loras college in dubuque at 1:45 p-m on wednesday. former president bill

afternoon. senator bernie sanders is also coming to iowa, but we are still awaiting details on the exact time and location the former president and senator sanders will be campaigning. we are learning more this morning about the two people killed in a town near des moines over the weekend. police say they found a mother and her 14-year- old daughter dead in their perry home. police say believe a man beat lourdes flor de leak and her daughter melany barraza authorities arrested 24- year-old carlos hernandez-ventura in illinois. they say he's leak's boyfriend. friends of barraza, a high school freshman, remember her caring spirit. "she was really a nice person. she was always there for everyone. and really like a loving person. she had a great personality " police also found a 78- year-old man beaten in the house. he's in critical condition. neighbors say he owned the house and was renting it to the

des moines police say there's new evidence in the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old boy. police released dashcam video they say could be critical to helping them solve the case of who shot . they are trying to find information about a silver chevy equinox. it was seen driving north on keo way -- leaving downtown des moines -- and just moments after someone shot in the head while he sitting in a car. "

then, at jessup hall, he shot and killed a university vice president and critically wounded a student. he then shot and killed himself. he reportedly had been angry because he had not won a prize for his physics dissertation. today's ceremony starts at 4:30 this afternoon on the north side of the old capitol building between jessup and macbride halls. the university's executive vice president and provost will speak first and then a representativ e from the physics and astronomy department. u-i will eventually place a permanent the old capitol building. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. the cedar rapids city council is moving ahead with its first permanent flood protection berm. today, the council is reporting on bids for the sinclair levee. this is video of their groundbreaking ceremony last month. the project includes a pump station and detention basin project. the city is estimating the project will cost close to $6 million dollars. if you were out trick or treating last night, your kids are probably counting -- or consuming --

eat it all, there's another option. operation gratitude gathers more than 120 tons of candy across the nation each year. the candy will go into care packages for troops abroad. this is the third year the cedar rapids smile center will participate. you can donate any unopened pieces of candy in the lobby and get a dollar a pound, up to five pounds. owner dr. yossi says it's a nice thing for troops to get to remind them of home. "25:02anytime that we can show our appreciation for lives on the line daily for our safety. i think is just a wonderful wonderful thing to do." it doesn't have to be candy. you can donate toothbrushes or other oral hygiene product starting at three this afternoon, families can stop in, drop off the candy, meet local soldiers and participate in activities. we have three finalists for our kcrg-tv9 student of

she's 13 and 8th grader at lisbon. if a perfect g-p-a isn't enough, brynnley looks for ways to earn extra credit and focuses on the details. she's vice president of her student council, participates in athletics and music and is active in her church and the lisbon sauerkraut day committee. next, 17-year-old ryan adams, a senior from independence. ryan excels in academics, athletics and the arts. he participates in speech team, a-v tech club and his school t-v news production, among many other act finally, we have jonathan wisner. he's 17 and a senior at linn mar high school. jonathan loves to serve his community as a volunteer at st. luke's, with the march of dimes and as governor of the nebraska- iowa territory for key club. he's successful in many extra curricular activities and has a 4-point-2 g-p-a. congratulations to our finalists. you can vote now for your favorite. voting ends friday. head to kcrg dot com slash student of the month. we'll

the fight against a fire turned into a battle for an elderly woman's life. it was in those tense moments when 5 fire fighters made the quick and tough choices they're now being honored for. today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---. plan on a very warm start to

few hours of the day, primarily over the northern half of the area. there's a cold front that has stalled across the region, allowing for a 15 degree eastern iowa. the fog is located on the cold side of this front. today, plan on highs into the upper 60s north with lower to middle 70s farther south. our weather continues to look active late tonight into wednesday with some spots able to exceed a

the time everything is all through late on wednesday. from thursday through early next week, dry conditions are anticipated with highs generally in the mid-60s and lows in the lower to middle 40s. this is around 10 degrees above normal both day and night. have a good day!today: partly cloudy and mild. wind: n 5-10. high: 72 tonight: isolated showers late in the night. wind: ne 5-10. low: 55 tomorrow: showers and storms likely, especially south

wind: ne 5-15. high: 60 tom. night: gradual clearing. wind: n 5-15. low: 44

have received the department's highest distinction. they've received a medal of honor for saving a woman from a burning home. " i just think this is an opportunity to recognize what we do on a daily basis. i'm proud and honored that i was able to be here today but i think it really represents the wh last november, a fire trapped an older woman inside her home. some of the 5 firefighters started working to put out the fire, while others went inside the house. they found the woman inside and took her to a safe place. people are still facing long wait times for their iphone 7s. but in today's tech bytes, we have new details about what the iphone 8 may include. stay with tv9. it's

demanding answers as the f-b-i reviews new emails belonging to one of hillary clinton's closest aides. as a-b-c's lana zak reports, republicans are looking to capitalize on the late october surprise. trump: i think we hit the motherload...." donald trump campaigning in michigan, sounded celebratory... 17:19:30thank you anthony i never liked you anthony. i never liked you but thank you very much thanking weiner for his role in an alledged sexting scandal with an underage girl...the computer he used, shared by his estranged wife, huma abedin, one of clinton's closest aides...her emails found on this computer are what prompted the probe. the fbi says it's moving ahead with urgency as it begins

newly discovered emails, many of which could be duplicates of ones they have already seen. sot 14:30:08 i'm sure a lot of you may be asking what this new email story is about and why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election with no evidence of wrongdoing with just days to go? that's a good question. clinton sounding defiant... there is no case here! other democrats taking democrat on the judiciary committee saying the justice department's response to their questions for clarification was "disappointing and inadequate" and arguing that the timing of the fbi's announcement led to "widespread confusion and unfair speculation" for her part, huma abedin's lawyers, said she "will continue to be, as she always has been, forthcoming and cooperative." tag: on a conference call with reporters, clinton campaign manager robby mook argued that the fbi director exhibited - quote "blatant double standards" -- opposed to releasing information about the russian hacks so close to election day lana zak, abcn, washington now for a quick check on your

plan on a very warm start to november! we do have some fog to deal with for the first few hours of the day, primarily over the northern half of the area. there's a cold front that has stalled across the region, allowing for a eastern iowa. the fog is located on the cold side of this front. today, plan on highs into the upper 60s north with lower to middle 70s farther south. our weather continues to look active late tonight into wednesday with some spots able to exceed a half inch of rain by the time everything is all through late on wednesday. from thursday through early next week, dry conditions are anticipated with highs generally in the mid-60s and lows in the lower toddle 40s. this is aroun day!today: partly cloudy andld.2 night: isolated showers latein orms likely, especlly south hi high: 60 to night: gradual clearing. wind: n 1 w: 44

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from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news early morning news. officers had to pull one of their own out of a car, after a crash near coe college this morning. more than a year after a crash killed 5 young people outside of urbana, a difference of opinion on whether the intersection is dangerous. back in politics. patty judge says she decided to run against senator hearings for a supreme court nominee. good tuesday morning! it's 5 o'clock on november 1st. here's a live look at the