this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday. before the start of business today, president elect donald trump already named people into key cabinet positions. and he's making moves as to divest from his various business interests. abc's kenneth moton is following all the announcements today. the president elect is tapping fellow billionaire wilbur ross as secretary of commerce...and goldman sachs executive steve mnuchin to lead treasury. sot steve mnuchin the carrier deal i think it's terrific. mnuchin at trump tower this morning...prai sed trump's new deal to keep 1000 jobs with carrier in indiana, the home state of his vp elect, mike pence. sot mnuchin the president- elect and the vice president-elect picked up the phone and called them and said we want to keep jobs here...i cant remember the last time a president did that tomorrow, trump and pence will be in indiana to announce the deal. it's the first leg of their victory tour...they'll end the

rally in cincinnati, ohio. nats restaurant applause applause for trump who broke bread last night with mitt romney, a possible secretary of state contender. the man who once called trump a con artist, a fraud and a phony now says... sot mitt romney i happen to think that america's best days are ahead of us. / that better future for trump will come at a cost...his business. the president- elect announced on twitter he will "leave his great business in total" to his children "in order to fully focus on running the country." trump said "legal documents are being crafted which will take" him completely out of the business opera interest. trump says he'll hold a major news conference in two weeks when he steps away from his company. if he takes questions from the press, it will be his first time since july. kenneth moton, abc news washington. and within the last few minutes,

they've re-elected nancy pelosi as their leader. the california lawmaker has led the party since 2002. she turned back a challenge from ohio congressman tim ryan. democrats will remain the minority in both the house and senate next year. the ashes of fidel castro are on a journey. the ashes will spend 4 days across cuba to follow the victory tour he took with his rebels when they overthrew the ba sunday in santiago, ending the official 9-day mourning period in the country. some world leaders will attend the funeral. president obama will not be there. new this midday... iowa's board of regents named its third and final candidate up to be the next president at the university of northern iowa. he's mark nook, the current chancellor at montana state university

started his career at concordia college in minnesota as a physics teacher. people will have a chance to meet with him tomorrow afternoon during a public forum at u-n-i's maucker union. it goes from 2:30 until 3:45. today, people can meet with the second candidate, jim wohlpart. he's already serving as u- n-i's interim president, and was previously their provost. yesterday afternoon, the first finalist, neil theobald, attended forum on campus. he is the former president of temple university in philadelphi board held a no confidence vote. regents had chosen a fourth finalist, but that person withdrew. they will meet next week tuesday to interview the candidates and select a new president. turning now to the approach of winter weather. justin, you're talking about snow. flurries and light snow will continue across much

actually stick. northern iowa could see maybe a quarter-inch accumulate on the grass, but temperatures are warm enough roads should only get wet at worst. it'll be a windy afternoon with gusts as high as 25 mph. temperatures won't move much over the coming days with highs in the middle 30s right into the weekend. skies remain pretty gray, too. we have another snow chance coming up sunday.today: chance of light snow. little or no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 alo: 37 dbq: 37 iow: 39 the families of 2 people that died in a crash on i-380 say they're trying to help their children understand what happened. 21-year-old martrell watson leaves behind a young daughter. so does his

mother says the couple was also expecting a child together. watson was driving an s- u-v early saturday morning when he lost control of his vehicle, and rammed the back of a police s-u-v. watson had a five year old daughter name marianna. the girl's grandmother says watson lived with her family since he was 13. they haven't told marianna what happened yet, because they're waiting for watson's family to come from illinois. "i think any child that grows up without a father impacts them tremendously. i think it's just going to be very sad for her especially it's a christmas, thanksgiving holidays this is going to b that's supposed to be happy and family oriented." the family is holding a vigil for watson on thursday and will plan funeral services at a later date. they've set up a gofundme page for funeral and other expenses. kaitlyn hall's mother says she's

granddaughter. heather hugh says the child is too young to understand what happened. she says she's remembering kaitlyn as someone who loved to sing and dance. as she gets ready to bury her daughter on sunday, hugh says she's planning for her granddaughte r's future. "i'm just gonna have to give her the best life that i can. we have a huge support system and family. she'll have more parents then she is going to want." odie's bar and grill in ely, where hugh works, held a fundraiser for the family yesterday. they are continuing to take donations. in a kcrg t-v nine follow up... today, iowa big will celebrate the opening of a new building and the $1 million dollar award it got earlier this year. the program gives high school students a capstone like experience through a real world project. back in september, iowa big announced it received a million dollars from the x-q super school project. it applied for the grant

in cedar rapids. iowa big will use the money across a 5-year period. today, speakers including mayor ron corbett and the super school president will talk about the new learning space. they will also talk about the different opportunities for cedar rapids high schoolers through the organization. officials expect at least 200 people at the event in the newbo district. it takes place is from 5 to 7 p-m. right now iowa kids net is looking for more families in 16 counties to foster and adopt children. at the need, and the safe, permanent homes already found for some children. lisa metzler has five children, and her youngest two are adopted. armando is 14, and tristan is 7. both of them have special needs. "35:14that's kind of the area, where we felt we were kind of called to do. to kind of take care of those kids who might have those needs, where other families might not be able to or

fostered more than 50 children all while raising their biological three. "37:00they've just kind of grown up having kids in and out of the house and i think it's been really a good experience for them to see what their life is like, compared to what other kids have to go through." armando and tristan started in the foster program. they've been in the family since they were babies. metzler says its rewarding to see how far they've come. for those looking to adopt or foster, iowa kids net says the best advice is to start now. "43:29it's not really hard to do, but it does take time. you want to make sure that you're making a good decision for your family and we're making a good decision about what the best for you guys." for those looking

eastern iowa. "44:48there's no stigma about that, there needs not to be. giving your child the best life for them or helping them find a family that could be a parent for them is amazing." the metzlers are an example of an open adoption. both tristan and armando's families are still in their lives, which just v themmore ad can give to otr kids, to give eg rough at this time." learn more about fostering d a ur help withurfill the plate te2 ousand dollarf theritage area ay on aging. all that money will go to meals at several dining sites and home deliveries for if you want to volunteer, you can do that on our website, or contact heritage at 319-398-5559. senator chuck grassley is starting to move forward with some of president elect donald trump's picks. find out who he met with regarding an administration pick... coming up in our next half hour. and up next we're looking at the dangerous interactions between medications, and how it's becoming more of a problem

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however, very little if any of it will actually stick.

grass, but temperatures are warm enough roads should only get wet at worst. it'll be a windy afternoon with gusts as won't move much over the coming days with highs in the middle 30s right into the weekend. skies remain pretty gray, too. we have another snow chance coming up sunday.today: chance of light snow. little or no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 alo: 37 dbq: 37 iow: 39

32 alo: 32 dbq: 32 iow: 33 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-20. high: 37 alo: 36 dbq: 36 iow: 37 tom. night: cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 30 alo: 29 dbq: 30 iow: 31 friday: cloudy. high: 36 low: 30 saturday: mostly cloudy. high: 36 low: 26 sunday: chance of snow. high: 37 low: 29 low: 28 tuesday: mostly cloudy. high: 37 low: 28 wednesday: chance of snow. high: 37 low: 25 thursday: chance of snow. high: 29 low: 24

48 percent of americans are taking at least one pharmaceutic al medicine. cnn's kim hutcherson looks at the rise in numbers when it comes to bad reactions in medications. dangerous interactions between medicines are sending an increasing number of americans to the emergency room. that's according to a c-d-c t medical association. researchers examined data from over 42-thousand emergency room visits in 2013 and 2014. they found that drug reactions sent one in every 250 americans to the e-r during that time. more than a quarter of those patients experienced effects so severe they had to be hospitalized. during the same time period, drug interactions accounted for 35-percent of emergency room visits among adults 65 and older. in

drug reactions were studied -- they only accounted for 26-percent of e-r visits for that age group. estimates indicate that three types of drugs led to nearly half of these e-r visits. blood thinners led to hemorrhages, antibiotics caused severe allergic reactions and diabetes drugs caused hypoglycemia with neurological effects. the study's authors said health care professionals should be more careful about managing patients who take these kinds of drugs. for today's health minute, i'm kim hutcherson. to ethanol and biodiesel, and it has to do with the environmental protection agency. the organization finalized it's target number for the renewable fuel standard, and we look at what it means for farmers. that's next in the agribusiness report on t-v nine. welcome to the agribusiness

targets.. are finally back on track.. last week.. the environmental protection agency finalized the renewable fuel standard or r-f-s.. for next year.. reaching the target of 15 billion gallons for ethanol.. much higher than the proposal.. though.. that may not immediately help out corn prices.. according to the iowa renewable fuels association.. there's a lot of corn this year.. "but it definitely puts an upward pressure on corn demand and corn prices, which is good for farmers. it sends a signa these higher blends out there and i think it gets the rfs back on track for the handoff to the next administration and so we are very excited about that." biodiesel.. is also part of the r-f-s final numbers.. the iowa biodiesel board reports right now there are 12 plants in the state of iowa with the capacity to produce more than three hundred 20 million gallons of biobased fuel... which is about three hundred 45 million in gdp

means lower soybean meal prices to livestock producers for lower feed costs, so it's a win-win-win all the way around for the entire iowa economy." shaw.. with the i-r-f-a says he's disappointed the epa did not set the biobased diesel number higher, they ended up at two point one billion gallons for 2018.. this year.. biobased diesel will produce close to two point five.. which he says the r-f-s was intended to push the industry forward.. "it was not intended to maintain the status quo, or to lag what was going on in the marketplace, so we think the epa really did miss the boat in not pushing further forward with the biodiesel specific number. kimberly says the advanced biofuel category is a bright spot for biodiesel in the r-f-s.. they were only expecting 4 billion gallons.. and the epa raised

of those advanced biofuels.. but it has to compete with sugarcane ethanol for that target. "so we think biodiesel volumes are going grow even more so than what people have initially proposed because of the advanced biofuel category." ---- and that wraps up the show for today.. thanks for stopping by.. i'll be back here again tomorrow. ---- we'll post a video every day in the agriculture section

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family and friends are holding a fundraiser for a man shot by a cedar rapids police officer. and a county official will speak at the event. and from wildfires to deadly tornadoes. the south is taking a one, two punch right now, and we're looking at some of the damage left behind. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. pipeline protesters continue to

despite the snow in north dakota. and now... authorities are doubling down to get them out. cedar rapids police say burglars aren't looking for your electronics or jewels when they're breaking into homes now. they're looking for something else. and iowa senator chuck grassley met with one of donald trump's picks. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday.

we're finally talking snow in one of the last days of november. justin, just how much are we talking about? flurries and light snow will continue across much of eastern iowa this afternoon. however, very little if any of it will actually stick. northern iowa could see maybe a a temperatures are warm enough roads should only get wet at worst. it'll be a windy afternoon with gusts as high as 25 mph. temperatures won't move much over the coming days with highs in the middle 30s right into the weekend. skies remain pretty gray, too. we have another snow chance coming up sunday.today: chance of light snow. little or no accumulation. wind: w 15-25.

to blame for at least 5 deaths in two states. storms spawned tornadoes that ripped apart homes and buildings. the clean up begins today, as firefighters in that area try to gain control of ea destroyed houses. abc's elizabeth hur looks at both issues. - "there's the tornado right there. let's go! let's go!"from louisana to tennessee.. death and destruction.. "great lightning vo/nat" in northeast alabama.. tornadoes ripped apart homes and business.. leaving animals to roam the roads.. killing 3 people in this trailer and critically injuring children at a daycare center. man: "trees and some 18- wheeler beds and things that were actually tilted over,

and barns.. no match for strong winds.. gusting over 60 miles per hour.. man: "we're really lucky that nobody was hurt here tonight, you know, it could be the other way." man 2: "thought it was my time for a minute there." in tennessee.. the storms.. also turned deadly.. this as people begin to get a better look at the damages done.. after those raging wildfires swept through a resort area.. dollywood theme park.. spared and parton said in a statement.. she is "praying for all the families affected by the fire." including.. those whose homes were gutted.. their cars and belongings scorched.. the governor there.. calling this.. the largest forest fire in a 3 deaths.. and forcing more than 14-thousand to scramble for safety.. this man.. is still looking for his mother. man: "she called me at 8:30 said the house was on fire, i told her to get out immediately and we got disconnected." elizabeth tag: in tn.. there could be some relief for firefighters today.. forecasters say after seeing no rain rearly 2 months.. there's

opec will cut 1.2 million barrels of oil a day from its first cutback opec has made in 8 years. it takes effect in january and means the organization will still pump out 32.5 million barrels daily. there's no list of countries included in the cuts, but russia announced they agreed to cut 300 thousand barrels daily. earlier in the day before the announcement , soaring oil prices already sent energy stocks higher, and put the dow jones industrial average up to another all time high. the u-s army corps of engineers says

pipeline in north dakota. " "water is sacred. but, it's also good business to protect your water resource." " members of the standing rock sioux tribe, who filed the original lawsuit against it, say they're not going anywhere. but both federal and state officials are turning up the pressure. the morton county sheriff's department says they'll continue to punish trespassers. north dakota's governor is warning them about the harsh winter weather that's coming. and the c- trying to convince people it will be safe. " "this pipeline is being built where two existing pipelines exist today, that were built through your state in 1982. we've not disturbed any historical sites." " 17 native americans who served under the obama administration signed a letter. it's asking the president to allow the protesters to stay. in boone county, iowa... police took two pipeline protesters into custody. law

yesterday after a group of protesters ran past security to the construction site. 2 of protesters chained their wrists together inside of a p- v-c pipe, wrapped in chicken wire and tar. firefighters cut the pipe. a state patrol plane searched the area for others in the group, who call themselves "mississippi stand." "we fully understand the risk of every direct action we take...and we are willing to take those risks and put our lives on the line because we deeply believe water is life therefore we must do everything in our human capacity to protect it " the des moines river is the one of the last sections of the pipeline left to complete in central iowa. protesters are focusing on that spot. the pipeline will cross through 18 counties in iowa when it's finished. the new unitypoint clinic urgent care facility in cedar falls is now open at its new location. the new facility is now open at 5100 prairie parkway and will be available for patients 7 days a week. their hours are

clinic will offer walk-in and after-hours care for non-emergency situations. other clinics, like family medicine, o-b-g-y-n, and a pharmacy will open at the facility within the next 6 weeks. people still looking to sign up for health insurance for this next year can get some help with a free, online workshop this evening. it's called "smart choice - health insurance", and is offered by the i-s-u extension and outreach. it's happening from 6 until 8 p-m. you do have to register for it. class, contact any extension and outreach county office. friends and supporters will raise money today for a man cedar rapids police shot and seriously injured. on november first, officer lucas jones pulled over jerime mitchell near coe college for a traffic violation. police say the two men got into some sort of altercation. jones fired his gun at mitchell who was still inside his car. mitchell's family says the shooting paralyzed him. linn county supervisor stacey walker will talk at

from five until nine tonight. the money will support mitchell's family. when thieves break into businesses, cars and homes in cedar rapids, they're looking for your check book. police say burglars are now taking checkbooks and writing checks. the number of counterfeit and forgery cases in cedar rapids is up from 171 through mid november last year to 306 so far this year. several eastern iowa police departments caught thousands of dollars rapids police say that accounts for the early increase in counterfeitin g cases. but later, investigators noticed more people stealing blank checks and checkbooks. "they're just going for whatever is the easiest, people put their checkbook in the glove box they're just taking the checkbook, forging the checks... signing off scribbling a name what have you so the banks will take it." police say if you are missing checks, call

changes to your account. installing sufficient locks on your home and keeping valuables out of sight in your car can also make a difference. for the first time, a donald trump cabinet nominee met with a member of congress on capitol hill. it just so happened to be iowa senator chuck grassley. he met with with the president-elect's pick for attorney general yesterday. jeff sessions is a republican senator from alabama who sits on grassley's senate judiciary committee. in the meeting, grassley praised sessio " he knows the justice department well, not only from serving on the judiciary committee and having oversight and policy for that department as a senator, but he has had a long relationship as a u.s. attorney and other positions within the department of justice." grassley says the panel plans to hold a confirmation hearing before the inauguration on january 20th. whether it's movies or music,

see the newest star wars movie. you won't believe how much money the movie has already made before it even hits theatres. meteorologist justin gehrts

first alert forecast. stay with tv9. flurries and light snow will continue across much of eastern iowa this afternoon. however, very little if any of it will actually stick. northern iowa could see maybe a quarter-inch accumulate on the grass, but temperatures are warm enough r only get wet at worst. it'll be a windy afternoon with gusts as high as 25 mph. temperatures won't move much over the coming days with highs in the middle 30s right into the weekend. skies remain pretty gray, too. we have another snow chance coming up sunday.today: chance of

high: 38 alo: 37 dbq: 37 iow: 39 tonight: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-20. low: 32 alo: 32 dbq: 32 iow: 33 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-20. high: 37 alo: 36 dbq: 36 iow: 37 tom. night: cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 30 alo: 29 dbq: 30 iow: 31 friday: cloudy. high: 36 low: 30 saturday: mostly cloudy. high: 36 low: 26 sunday: chance of snow. high: 37 low: 29 monday: mostly cloudy. high: 40 low: 28 tuesday:

wednesday: chance of snow. high: 37 low: 25 thursday: chance of snow. high: 29 low: 24 thanks justin. it seems everyone wants to get

wars movie. and there's a record set in the music world. cnn's rick damigella has the latest in the hollywood minute. "the empire's building a weapon, capable of destroying an entire planet. it's also capable of the hollywood reporter says "rogue one: a star wars story" boasts the biggest number of ticket presales for

adds the first stand-alone "star wars" adventure is tracking to open above the 130-million dollar mark when it hits theaters december 16th. "tell me you have a backup plan ."more "rogue one" news as twitter announces it will hold a live-stream event for the film. produced in conjunction with people magazine and disney, the event will feature never before seen footage from "rogue one" along with a question and answer session with the cast and director. the event takes place friday, december second. music news: the weeknd has set a record. spotify says the weeknd has broken the record for largest number of single-day streams on the music service. the actual number of streams to qualify for the record or whom the previous record holder was. in hollywood i'm rick damigella. it's wednesday so we welcome your pet questions -- those dogs will be outrudging in the snowflakes in if you have a question for dr. allan berger, call us now at 319-399-5998. we're joined by dr. allan berger

taking your pet questions... allan, thanks for being here. coming up tomorrow, we'll talk

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donald trump tapped fellow billionaire wilbur ross as secretary of commerce. leading the treasury, he named goldman sachs executive steve mnuchin. just last night, the future president met with mitt romne, contender. in washington d-c this morning, house democrats re-elected nancy pelosi as their leader. the california lawmaker has led the party since 2002. she turned back a challenge from ohio congressman tim ryan. opec announced today it will cut 1.2 million barrels of oil a day from its current output. that's the first cutback opec has made in 8 years. it takes effect in january and means the organization will still pump out

its third and final candidate for the next president at the university of northern iowa. mark nook is the current chancellor at montana state university billings. this afternoon people can meet the second candidate, neil theobald, during an on campus public forum. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. flurries and light snow will contin however, very little if any of it will actually stick. northern iowa could see maybe a quarter-inch accumulate on the grass, but temperatures are warm enough roads should only get wet at worst. it'll be a windy afternoon with gusts as high as 25 mph. temperatures won't move much over the coming days with highs in the middle 30s right into the weekend. skies remain pretty gray, too. we have another snow chance coming up sunday.today: chance of light snow. little or no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 alo: 37 dbq: 37 iow: 39 tonight: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-20. low: 32 alo: 32 dbq: 32 iow: 33 tomorrow: cloudy and

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